The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1954, Page 1

Fer Quick Communication, ' Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll tgach buyers and sellers— VOL. LXXV No. 27 The Ken West Citis THE sou THERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1954 IN THE U.S. A. ants or workers IAL 2-5661 or 2-5662. - « « Just PRICE FIVE CENTS New Key West-Cuba AutoFive Candidates File For County Commission Ferry Plan Is Announced Pgsis Today As The Qualification Books Close Sirugo To Ask Lease On City Owned Land On Waterfront Joe Sirugo, local contrac- tor and movie operator. said} today that he will ask for a lease from the city on a par- cel of waterfront property at the north end of Simon- ton Street for use as the terminus for a auto-ferry line- between Key West and Cardenas, Cuba, Sirugo told newsmen at a press conference at the Chamber of Com- merce office this morning that he will present the city comission with an offer to lease the city-own- ed “Wagner property” which has lain idle for upwards of 30 years. He that if he is given a lease, he will break gound for "he construction of buildings to handle up to 200 passengers within six, months. And he said that unless his company actually starts opera- tions prior to next December, the lease would. be voided. Sirugo’s offer is the second to be presented during the past year, Earlier, the Marine Bridge Transport Company, a Cuban concern, indicated that they were contemplating a ferry service, but mo action has been announ- ced on the deal. They were to have run thrice weekly service between Key West and Havana ship, tage series of labor trouble and dock shortage in Ha- vana have plagued them. The city more than a year ago purchased the Clyde Mallory Docks for use as a terminal but they are now rented to a local shrimp pack- er and the city has granted per- mission for the construction of a public fishing pier there. ‘The latest offer came as the re-) sult of four months of negotiations’ with Cuban officials, Sirugo said. Present plans call for the opera- tion of the ferry line three times per week between Key West and} Cardenas, which lies only 75 miles from Key West as compared with) the 94 miles to Havana, In addition, there is a surplus of} dock space in Cardenas while Ha- ew Police Captzin BIENVENIDO PEREZ, 1425 Catherine Street, was appointed Friday as a Captain of Police to fill the vacancy created Jan. 11 when Chief Raymond Cabr-*- was promoted to that rank. Perez has been in the city’s employ since 1920 and served as Police Chief for 14 montis in 1946-’47.—Citizen Staff Photo. Vexing Problem Of Reuniting Germany Faces Big 4 Today City Commission To Meet Tonight Only three members will be present tonight when the city commission hold its regular meeting at 8 p. m. Mayor C. B. Harvey and Commissioner Paul R. Roberts Foreign Ministers Convene In Red Sector Of Berlin By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER BERLIN #—The Big Four for- eign ministers convened in the Russian sector of divided Berlin this afternoon after a Sunday re- cess in their global talks which now are pinpointed on the vexing problem of uniting Germany. MIGI5 - At The Deadline Senk Facing me Second Charge A second charge of attempt- ed rape was placed Saturday on Frank E. Senk, 20-year-ol Navy man who was earli charged with rape in connec- tion with an alleged attack on a 17-year-old girl. Peace Justice Roy Hamlin issued both warrants and set bond at $5,000 on each count. He indicated that he will sche- dule a preliminary hearing lat- er this week. Senk, attached to the Boca Chica Naval Air Station, was jaifed Wednesday night by lo- cal police. Air Battle Reported Off Korean Coast Air Force Tells Of Engagement Between MIG Jets And U.S. Planes By EDMOND LE BRETON WASHINGTON (# — The Air Force said today U.S. planes and fighters fought a sharp: gagemeat necr the Korean coast only 10 days ago, after a. U.S.) reconnaissance bomber was at- ‘tacked. commissioner in the fourth dis is at the typewriter. board in the third district, is Finch, today about his wife’s LAST MAN TO QUALIFY HE. struck today was William E. Cates (left), candidate for county RE when the noon deadline trict. Earl Adams, county clerk, Keller Watson, candidate for the school at center.—Citizen Staff Photo, James Roosevelt Promises An Answer To Romelle’s Suit LOS ANGELES ® — J a me s{versy between Roosevelt and his|@ former Key West city manager Roosevelt promises a statement| Wife. suit for) “T feel very strongly that a man Should have his house in order No American aircraft were lost, but one of the Russian-made jets} was shot down. An Air Force! spokesman here, who had only! terse information on the incident, | separate maintenance, in which hefore he seeks public office, and I she accused him of jnfidelity with/don’t see how anyone with a mod- 12 women. |icum of common sense could fail His attorney, Samuel B. Picone,'t0 see how this situation would said so far as was known in|said a “lengthy statement” is) Washington there were no U.S.|being prepared for the press cover-} casualties nor plane damage. jing many phases of the sensational | As for the nationality of the MIG case. i : | pilots, he said only, “It is safe; Picone said Rooseyelt will be} to assume they were Communists.”|present when the statement is} This was the first known clash|issued but “there will be no ques-| between U.S. and Communist!tions and answers.” | planes since the Korean armistice) Whether the statement will an-| was. signed July 27. Whether by|swer the No. i question—why coincidence or not, it occurred on|Roosevelt signed a letter to his| a day of considerable tension—Jan.|wife in 1945 admitting adultery) 22 was the day on which Unitediwith nine women—wags not dis- affect the party,” Mrs. Edwards stated. Roosevelt said Saturday night he is undecided whether to remain in the race, Roosevelt refused comment yes- terday on statements by Mrs. Rich- ard Durant, the former actress Jayne Shadduck and now the wife of a Honolulu doctor, and Mrs. Robert S. Howard, the former ac- tress Andrea Leeds, both of whom denied they are the persons of Judge Lopez Is Unopposed In May Primary Election Race Here Five men had qualified as candidates for two county commission seats by noon today, the deadline for quali- fying. In the second district, Frank Bentley, incumbent, | will be opposed by Bill Freeman, Jr., and Rodman J. ; Bethel in the May primary. In the fourth district, Gerald Saunders, incumbent, | | will be opposed by William | Bentley is an accountant with the A and B Fish Co. Freeman, Jr., is insurance salesman with the Porter-Allen Co, Bethel is mana- iger of the H, Ramos and Co., | wholesalers. | Saunders is with the Gulf Life \Insurance Co. Cates, a former iprofessional baseball player, has been named manager of the Key West team in the Florida Interna- tional League, if Key West is given a berth in the league. School Board Candidates In the school board race, Wil- liam Warren, incumbent, a real- tor, is unopposed in the first dis- triet. In the Fifth district, Edney Parker, incumbent, also is unop- ‘posed. Two men are running inn the third district: J. Carlyle Roberts, incumbent, and Keller Watson. Roberts is a city employee. Wat- son is employed by the Florida Greyhound Lines. State Representative In the race for state representa- tive from Monroe County, incum- bent Bernie C. Papy, Key West businessman, is opposed by C. B. Harvey and Dave King, Harvey is mayor of Key West and a licensed engineers. King is and also a licensed engineer, Others In Race In the race for circuit court judge from the 16th District, Aqui- lino Lopez, Jr., the incumbent, is unopposed. | The* nooz’ deadline today also |saw these candidates on record as having qualified: For the fourth congressional dis- ‘trict: Francis O. Warriner of} |Homestead; Charles L. Vocelle of Miami; Dante B. Fascell of Coral! Gables; and Robert H. Givens, Jr., of Miami. For the state senate from the 24th district: Travis A. Gresham,}| \Jr., of Fort Myers: James A.j (Continued or Page Two) | E. Cates. 35 Killed As A.F. Plane Crashes Today No Survivors Found In Area Off Jap Island TOKYO wW—A U. S. Air Force plane only 10 minutes from landing |Plunged 34 American servicemen jand an Army civilian employe to death today in icy waters off | Hokkaido Island, thee F ocirrn |Hokkaido Island, the Air Force said. None of the 30 passengers and five crewmen survived the crash jof the twin-engine C46 Commando, ‘a courier plane shuttling mail and {supplies to a base in .northern Japan, said an Air Force spokes- man, The plane crashed in the frigid |25-mile-wide strait between Hok- kaido and Honshu, Japan's main island. It was on a regular run from |Tachikawa Air Force Base near |Tokyo to Chitose AFB near Sap- poro, principal city of the bg {northern island of Hokkaido. The Air Force spokesman said only some open parachutes and an oil slick were spotted by search planes at the scene, about 20 niiles from land. “It’s bitter cold up there now; | | jthey had a big blizzard on Hok- kaido day before yesterdzy,” he said, Passengers on such flights cus- tomarily wear life jackets and parachutes. However, a man could stay alive only a few minutes in the icy water of the strait. Yana harbor is overcrowded result-| wit! be absent, it was announ- The American, British and|Nations officials released to civil-|closed. Mrs. Romelle Schneider) Similar names included in the; Names of the victims were with- ing is a serious shortage of dock) space. Cardenas, about 25 miles east of Havana, is also adjacent! to the Via Blanca, new four lane| highvay running between Havana} and Veradero Beach, a multi-mil-| lion dollar resort area, It would re- quire only a two hour drive to reach Veradero from Cardenas. Vehicles entering Cuba at that! point ‘would also avoid Havana’s. heavy and often erratic automobile traffic, it was pointed out today. The Cuban Tourist Commission’ has put their stamp of approval on the proposal, Sirugo added, He ex-| On Bricker Bill darn, Sent of hn ost Okayed By Ike " the plan. Sirugo said that negotiations are} WASHINGTON — President tender way for two vessels, one Of) pisenhower looked over the latest which would accommodate 44 autos! : and the other 77 vehicles, He add-|PToposed compromise on the! ed that if speedy approval is given!Bricker treaty-power amendment} te his lease proposal, he could|today, and was reported to be in- (Continued On Page Two) clined to endorse it if one “major! }legal and constitutional problem H Jan. Count On jean be cleared up.” ced today. Chief item of business to be discussed tonight is an ordin- ance which would require local bar owners to soundproof their establishments. Latest Proposal igreetea nis colleagues in the ‘Hall | | French ministers in succession drove through the old Brandenburg Gate onto Unter den Linden and swung through the iron portals of| the Soviet Embassy shortly before the opening hour. As host and as chairman for the dav. Soviet Minister V. ¥_ 2toivwv of Mirrors”—where a round. table 12 feet in diameter was set up for the parley. Russian jeeps with armed mili- tary police escorted the Western automobiles from the frontier to the embassy, a little less than two) city blocks inside the East sector. They returned the courtesy the West arranged when Molotov was escorted daily last week from the Russian border to the Allied Con- trol Authority building in the American sector. U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was first to arrive,! followed by French Foreign Mi ister Georges Bidault. Foreign Sec- retary Anthony Eden was last. The Big Three met at the ACA building for a brief exchange of ideas be- fore going to the East sector. The Western three went east, ian status prisoners of war who|Roosevelt's complaint included a refused to be repatriated to Red-|copy of the letter, and charged had insisted they must be kept in}women in the last twoyears. neutral custody. However, no ser-| Attorneys will have a minor ious incident developed. |skirmish in court today eoncerning The Air Fcrce gave this account/location of the trial of the Roose- of the plane incident: velt litigation. Roosevelt sued his A US. RB45—a light, jet-pro-|wife for separate maintenance Jan. pelled bomber fitted for recon-/18 in Santa Monica. She filed her naissance work—was flying a re-|suit last Thursday in Pasadena. connaissance mission Jan. 22 over| Ficone said, “It makes little international waters northwest of|difference to us where gither or Sok Island, off the west coast of|both suits are heard; we just want Korea, when ‘‘a large formation of| quick hearings.” MIG15 jet fighters” attacked it. F86 jet fighters guarding the/of prominent Democrats that he bomber opposed the attack and in|should withdraw from the race for the ensuing fight shot down one/Congress in the 26th falifornia MIG15. | District. The clash apparently took place| Mrs. India Edwards, vite chair- north of the 38th Parallel, the old)man of the Democratie National dividing line between North and|Committee, and former Gov. Cul- South Korea. jbert L. Olson of Califomia both There was a rash of incidents said yesterday that Roosevelt can involving Communist and Western |best serve the party by éropping planes early last year. A U.S.|his candidacy. Thunderjet was shot down near the’ Mrs. Edwards and Olgon both West German frontier by a Czech emphasized that they were con- MIG15, a British bomber was cerned only with the party welfare attacked by Soviet MIGs near thejand were not attempting t judge East German border, losing five the merit: held territory. The Communists |him with adultery. with three other | Roosevelt also pondered opinion; Roosevelt letter. Mrs. Durant said she had cabled Roosevelt demanding an immed-' iate public retraction of “the |false, libelous statement” linking] ther name with his. Mrs. Howard said she felt com- pelled to make a public statement jbecause of widespread ‘‘assump- tions” that she was the Mrs, How- ard named in the letter. “How could I be? It’s ridicu- jlous! It’s terrible!” said Mrs. | Howard, who lives in Palm Springs |with her wealthy sportsman hus- ‘band and their two children. Atty. Arthur E. Schifferman, representing Mrs, Roosevelt, said her action in exposing Roosevelt's jconfessions of adultery was purely defensive, done in the interests of| herself and their three children, C.C. And Navy Work To Save Grounded Boat | The Coast Guard this morning | |the last message and the plane| Three Orlando ‘Doctors Die As Plane Crashes MIAMI (#—A light plane carry- ing three Orlando doctors crashed last night in a swamp 30 miles! northwest of Melbourne and the) three doctors were reported killed. The Coast Guard here said it} had been advised by Civil Aero- nautics Authority officials in Jack- sonville that a land party had reached the wreckage and reported there were no survivors. Dr. Val Cardanas, Dr, John Vance and Dr. Roger Gridley took off from Miami’s Tamiami airport at 5:50 p.m. yesterday in a Navion plane piloted by Dr. Cardanas. He} listed his expected time of arrival at Orlando as 7:50 p.m. At 7:26, the tower at Melbourne! received a call from the plane ask-! ing weather information. That was failed to reach its destination. ‘held, Japanese coast guard. boats re- ‘covered some of the bodies, There was no immediate report on the cause of the crash. The pilot mere- ly ‘reported an emergency and three minutes later said he was ditching the plane. A rescue amphibian was over the wreck scene shortly afterward but could see no sign of life, The plane was attached to the 315th Troop Carrier Wing, based at Tachikawa, Man Injured In Effort To Save Life Of Mate NEW YORK ‘#—A Bronx house- wife plunged to her death from the roof of a six-story apartment house today, and her husband was {n- jured when her body struck him as he tried to catch her on the street below. Police said Benjamin Racen- stein, 32, returning from purchas- | Sen, Knowland of California, | | BRET! AAR, Air Passengers tf oe Ski Lift Runs raced to ward off a “‘Molotov|crewmen, and a U.S. plane which| ‘dispatched two vessels to the aid |the Senate Republican leader, gave Released Today that report to newsmen after he and other GOP leaders reviewed ‘The county and National Airlines @oday released figures on January passenger traffic at Meacham’ Field with the county figures showing 15 more passengers than the NAL| the controversy with the President at a 2% hour White House confer- ence, Knowland declined to say just what is the legal and constitutional problem to be cleared up. cocktail”—a plan for a unified/the Air Force said was on a rou- Germany too weak and isolated|tine weather flight near Siberia of a fishing boat aground in 30 to resist Russia. The parley opened in the East sector with the Big Four about as far apart ss ever on all major was fired on. The Russians insisted this plane was over Russian terri- tory at the time. However, since the Korean armi- inches of water. | Two Navy helicopters from Hili-| copter Squadron One were hover-| |ing over the stricken vessel which| Bridge Fisher ‘Drowns Sunda And he emphasized that there,World problems they have consid- ;was no definite agreement on the gount. jpart of the President to support NAL shows 319 inbound passen-'the proposed comipromise. @ers and 330 outbound passengers.' ‘The senator added, however, The county figures show 325 in-ithat he was ‘much encouraged” Qound and $39 outbound. jabout the prospects for an agree- ‘Three persons who came in on ment, svectal NAL flight last Friday; He said he and his colleagues| | Pid ido, airport manager, said. children inbound and two outbound are not added in totals, Faraldo added, he did not know if the, were old enough to be 2eee., aegat added to the count, George were returning to the Capitol to| 3. Dulles and Molotov have had consult with the Democratic lead- ers of the Senate and with Sen. Bricker (R-Ohio), Bricker, author of ‘a controver- sial proposed constitutional amend- ment to restrict treaty-making! ered. 1. They are deadlocked on hold- ing a Big Five conference to in- clude Red China. 2. They are supporting rival plans for uniting Germany so rad- ically in conflict that another dead- lock appears inevitable. their first brief feel-out on Presi- dent Eisenhower’s proposal to es- tablish a world atomic pool for; peace, but so far the talk has been confined to the procedure for get- ting negotiations started. stice the skies had been relatively} peaceful. A bridge fisherman d IKWHS Band Plans Concert Tonight The Key West High School) |Band, under the Direction of Har- jold Casterton, in cooperation with jthe City Recreation Department, will give a band concert tonight in Bayview Park, beginn:ng at 7:15. Partment, Albert Brown, & of of ay SW “ourth Ave., stead, we} crawling up abutment beneath the ever Snake Creek when # into the water. Snake Creek is b lamorada and Tavernier. Two Navy helicopters Helicopter Squadron One | was aground just northeast of Cot- ° ‘ Wild Sunday’ CHEWELAH, Wash. W—~A ski/ lift jammed yesterday and ran un- controlled in reverse for 30 ter-| rifying seconds as passengers ing breakfast supplies and a newg- Paper, saw his wife, Lillian, 33, walking along the edge of the reef of the building where they lived, Racenstein shouted and pleaded with his wife not to jump, polfee said, but she plunged from the roof. Racenstein dropped bundles trell Key. 95-foot Elliott, skippered and own-| jed by Bryant Story, was being! jpounded badly by waves. Three} jother men were aboard. The Key’ jWest Shrimp Co. said the Elliott! put out from here yesterday. | Gone to the aid of the Elliott| was the Coast Guard cutter White! Sumac and a 52-foot buoy boat,| the CG-52303-D. i | | | The men aboard the Elliott were|virtually dragged from not believed to be in any immedi-| jumped to escape being pulled into the lower terminal where the pow-| er equipment was installed. Don L. Katke, Robert Katke and Roy Shetter, all of Spokane, were) injured when they jumped from the $50,000 chair lift. | Officials of the Chewelah Peak’ (Continuea On Page Two) Judge Lopez Goes 0 State Meeting ‘Ski Club said an expert’s report Aquilino Lopez, Jr., judge of the of the cause of the acc'deri p-op- cireuit court, will leave Wednes- ably will not be available until day for the annual conference of early this week. circuit court judges, A boy about 10 years old was The conference, called by Rich- his seat ard Ervin, -attorney general, wif! when the bottommost chair started be held Frida; Hi 3 y and Saturday fm ate danger. HS-1 reported that the|to enter the lower termina). Pensacola, men could get tothe beach on the’ The reversal was stopped when Judge Lopez said today the con. \Key. The helicopters are standing the lower four chairs became/ference will discuss changes fa by to give any possible aid to the'tangled in the ball wheel of the|procedure and recommendationg Elliott or the Coast Guard vessels, lower terminal, to be made to the state tegislature, t g ying passengers. powers, announced yesterday he 4. Clashing plans for disarma- les one 14 passenger plane would accept a compromise draft-/ment—one inside the United Na- and out of Key West,|ed by Senate GOP leaders if Eisen- total of 868 seats in hower im turn would agree to sup- port gently in preparation for their trip) ched the area for three to the Gasparilla Fair in Tampa| chaif» hours but failed to tions and one outside of it—havejnext week and the concert tonight, the body, been turned over to secret sessions|promises to be an excellent ner- (Continued On Page Two) formance. 4 é se a a “4 re [ om A & ‘¢