The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 2, 1954, Page 1

VOL. LXXV No, 28 The Ken West Cit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN. .T ~ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1954 HE U.S. A. a SSQIFIED Ads! You'll 2 and sellers— City To Launch $750,000 Street Program Soon “Where's The _ |Demands Retraction who asked that Goldberg be charg- ed the same rate he would pay at the city’s commercial docks, After Cobo asked that the lease nego- tiations be continued, the commis- sion moved to defer action until their next mi a Goldberg has also opposed the fishing pier, saying that it would interfere with his operations. But City Manager Victor Lang said that in any event, construc- tion of the fishing pier will begin using Chairman Named | Sheriff’ s Dept. MRS. RICHARD DURANT, above, protested when she read the 5 ‘news that linked her name with James Roosevelt. Mrs. Durant, |partment conducted 148 investiga- mother of five children, is the socially prominent wife of a Honolulu doctor. She said she had wired Roosevelt demanding ‘|today by the department. an immediate retraction of the “false, libelous statement” link- ing her name with his. Wirephoto via Radio from Honolulu. Was Blackmailed Into Signing * “Phat Letter, James Charges Shrimper Is Still Aground 75-Foot Vessel Is Badly Holed By Estranged Wife LOS ANGELES w# — James Roosevelt,. denying his wife's charges that he committed ‘adul- tery with 12 women, says he was being blackmailed when he signed a letter admitting nine infidelities. He says he knew the letter to A former Coast Guard vessel|pe false but he signed it to keep still was on the rocks off Cottrell|nis wife from suing for divorce in Key today, apparently badly holed|1945 and thereby adding to his Grand Jury To Meet On Feb. 15 Circuit Court Clerk Earl R. Adams, today mailed out calls for the Monroe County Grand dury for Monday, February 15. At that time, it is expected that the grand jury will probe @ murder charge held against Ignazio Castiglia, who ‘s held in the county jail after admit- ting to the slaying of Bruno dames Colosimo in a Duval Street bar. The jury is also expected to consider rape charges held against Frank E. Senk, local Navy man. Reports On Jan. Activity 148 Investigations Are Made With 111 Cases Being Closed ‘The Monroe County sheriff's de- last month, it was announced The 148 investigations, made by @ staff of four deputies, do not include cases that carried over from previous months. Cases closed in January totaled 111, A breakdown of the 148 investi- gations follows: (homicide, sui wounded six times, is entitled Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. 7 involved death cide or accident) pom Senk Faces Third 1 prostitution 2 sex offenses other than prosti- ‘tution 17 investigations involving fami- lies or chi 2 narcotics 9 disorderly conduct 7 gambling 14 vehicle violations Peace Justice Roy Hamlin said today that he will file a third. warrant charging ‘ape against Frank E, Senk, 20 year old Navy man, The Sheriff's Department said that according to information Rape Charge Here and sinking. The 75 = foot Elliott, now a shrimper owned and captained by Bryant Story, went aground Sunday night. The Coast Guard sent the White Sumac, a cutter, and a 52-foot buoy vessel to the Scene yesterday. Story and three crewmen were taken off yester- day afternoon. This morning the two Coast Guard ships returned to the scene and tried to pump out the Elliott at low tide. According to a Coast Guard spokesman, the water came in as fast as it was pumped out. The spokesman said the Elliott is badly holed and any salvage @perations will be up to the own- ar. The Coast Guard is net auth- orized to conduct salvage opera- | tions, The. Elliott was launched in the late 1920's as one of the fleet of} (Continued On Page Two) Polio Fund Gets Gift From Elks father’s burdens as president. This was the answer given in a prepared statement yesterday by ithe eldest son of the late Franklin 'D, Roosevelt. He said also that he will decide before April 2 whether he will run for Congress in the 26th District. Some Democratic party leaders have suggested he withdraw. April 2 is the final date on which to declare candidacy. Mrs, Romelle Schneider Roos- evelt made the adultery charges in filing suit for separate main- tenance last Thursday. The letter was filed with her complaint, A preliminary hearing on her de- mand for support payments has been set for Friday, “My wife has chosen to make the most ugly accusation which it is possible to make against any man,” Roosevelt’s statement said. “Each and every allegation of mis- conduct by the 12 persons men- tioned with me is completely false and without foundation.” Roosevelt offered “an especial apology to the nine women named in the letter signed by him. “Each and every one of them 37 miscellaneous investigations The department also handled 614 radio messages and the vehicles of, ithe department travelled 8,557 Dick Haymes Hides Away From Officers NEW YORK #—The door to the hotel suite of singer Dick Haymes and his actress wife, Rita Hay- worth, stayed shut today while two sheriff's deputies waited outside to arrest him on a civil writ. The deputies took up their posts last night and still were standing by 15 hours later, No food had been sent to the Toom since the couple had dinner shortly before the deputies arrived. The deputies arrived at 8 p.m. last night with a civil arrest order obtained by Haymes’ former wife, actress Joanne Dru. | contained in an affidavit filed yesterday, the incident took place last October, Senk already ~faces one charge of statutory rape in- volving a 17-year old girl and a charge of attempted rape in- volving another young girl. He is being held in Monroe Coun- ty Jait under $10,000 bend. Traffic Report Released Here “It isn’t tourists and Naval per- sonnel that cause most of Key West’s traffic aecidents,” City’ Manager Victor Lang revealed to- day. - It’s the local citizenry. | Lang said that information is contained in a report now being compiled for submission to the Na- |tional Safety Council. The report shows that of the 474 traffic accidents which occurred during 1953, only about 25 per cent) The Key West Elks Club has/is completely innocent of any mis- presented a check amounting to|conduct with-me,” he said. “The |$311.95 to the March of Dimes Po-jharm which has been done them I lio fund. The money represents thejcan never repair, but I can and proceeds of a dance given last}do emphasize their innocence, ask week at the club. their forgiveness and understand- In addition, the Elks voted ear-jing of this unfortunate incident.” er to give $50 to the March of} From the very beginning, he Dimes, said, his wife displayed an ‘“un- The committee which planned the|reasoning demand for material se- affair, assisted by the BPOE Does,jcurity” and developed “an unrea- jincluded: J. Stuart Hicks, Jamesjsoning fear and jealousy” of his Felton, Charles Felton, Charles'social contacts. The result was “a Kraegar, Norman K. McDonald,{calculated campaign” to transfer Charlies Brown, Myrtland Cates,|to her all his material assets “and \Charles Wells and Don Thompson./a constant threat to accuse me of, oe ae he said. “This pa’ rea its climax , um Na in the early part of 1945, when I . Ketch med was repeatedly faced with the de- A ‘a J d mand that I acknowledge these £ cting U ge imaginary happenings and, as she put it, ‘purge my soul,”” his state- Attorney Ben Ketchum was nam-|ment said. ed last night by the city commis-| “I was given an alternative. She the re-jsion to serve as that Doval/Judge from Feb. 8 to Feb. 12. | would forever cease these demands notified of the' Judge Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr.,jand begin our martial life anew. it is passed on will by «ut of the city during that If I did not, she would proceed|ing of the commission at which'for the children’s Easter parade’ On Sept. 8, 1953, he was at Camp been employed (Continven On Page Two r time. Lawyers for Haymes and Miss involved Naval personnel — and a Dru followed the officials on the/much smalier percentage involved scene; the doors remained closed tourists, to them too. Then came reporters) « ” said, “of ead phaboeriohers: ‘For example,” Lang The civil arrest order was signed yesterday by Supreme Court Jus-| invol tourist.” tice James McNally on the|°@Y be eda imi | The report also shows that there — me from were only two traffic deaths in Key Miss Dru alleged: in the com-|West during 1953. Bighty persons, plaint Haymes concezled assets|WeTe injured in accidents. “for the purpose of defrauding| a + Retail Division (Continued or Page Two) Electrical Law Meet Postponed Today's meeting of the Retail Passed Monday Division of the Chamber of Com- A 32 pag> ordinance modifying/merce has been cancelled. the city’s electrical code was pass-| ed on first reading last night by/day at the \the city commission. ibeen postpoa |any questions or objections to the chamber officials said. ordinance appear at the next meet-| At the ‘meeting next week, plans time a hearing will be held. will be discussed. |24 crashes which occurred at inter-| the most serious ‘kind,| ‘Retires After 31 Years MASTER SERGEANT JOHN W. McCARLEY, of 2825 Staples Avenue, who retired after 31 years in the Marine Corps, return- ed to his home here yesterday. McCarley, who has been |time. to wear 21 campaign ribbons.— Marine Master Sergeant Ends Thirt:-One Years Of Service John McCarley Is At Home In K.W. After Long Duty By DENIS SNEIGR He was orderly to President War- ren G. Harding when Harding died Aug. 2, 1923. He fought in Nicaragua. He fought in the South Pacific. He fought in Korea, But today Master Sergeant John/ W. McCarley was back home at 2825 Staples Avenue, retired after! 31 years.service in the Marine Corps. ; He stood his last parade last Saturday at Camp Lejeune, N. C., when the Second Marine Di- vision—100,000 men—turned out for his retirement ceremony. The weather was cold. Snow and sleet fell. Maj. Gen. B, E. Goode, orders, The two men, both old jtimers in the Marine Corps, shook hands. Neither said anything. “I was too choked up,” McCarley The 125-man band played “Red Sails in the Sunset” as McCarley’ walked back to his barracks. Two} hours later he was en route to Key West. McCarley, whose wife is the for- mer Ruby Carey of Key West, was born at Columbia, S. C. He enlist- ed in the Marine Corps at Parris \Island, S. C. His first duty was as orderly to President Harding. After the president's death, McCarley ship- ped to Nicaragua. After that duty, he played with the All-Ma- rine baseball and football teams at Quantico, Va. Then he sailed for Pekin, China, for duty at the American Embassy. |More duty in Nicaragua followed In 1939, McCarley was transfer- ited to the Navai Station here. Then came World War II and \McCarley saw action at Guadal- canal, Cape Gloucester and Bou-' gainville. He was wounded in each of those engagements. After his Pacific service, McCar- ley went to Klamath Fails, Ore., \for malaria treatments. Then he |was shipped to Boca Chica Naval ‘Air Station for duty. The meeting, set for 7 p. ™. to-' From Boca Chica, McCarley was|Baxter, contractor on Flame Restaurant, has shipped to Camp Pendleton, Calif.,|line here, was recovered. ed until next week,!and then to Korea in 1950. After, The deputy who acting Municipal| stated that if I once did this she| They asked that anyone having the time and place to h» announced quty there, he was returned to the asked Ri jstates, but in July, 1953, he was once more in Korea. ‘Continued On Frge Two) t Cobo, Carbonell Spark Drive To Use Cigarette Tax Surplus The city commission moved last night to put the city’s cigarette tax fund to work on a “first class” street repair program. First step in the program will be a call for bids on $200,000 worth of “asphalty-concrete” streets. Com- | missioner Delio Cobo moved that City Manager Victor Lang be instructed to issue the call for bids after Com- missioner Louis Carbonell revealed that he believes the city can borrow money on the city’s future receipts from state cigarette tax revenue. Presently, the city has slightly more than $200,000 in their cigarette tax account, Key West receives more ; than $100,000 annually from that source. Under the | law, the money can be spent only for street construction and repair. Formation Of | |.2: s2Snees. Girl Scout Council Set jzation to call for bids on a 14-thou- ‘sand dollar road building machine Monday Meeting Scheduled For so the city could institute its own Organization Of street program. Lang, along with Public Service Director Ivan Rob- Fla. Keys Council erts recently travelled to Orlando to observe the machine in opera- tion, But the commission rejected his plan and voiced the opinion that they “‘want first. class streets.” The commission was of the opin- ion that they did not want any more streets like the city’s abor- tive*program last November, |..““We don’t want any more of ; Leet dary streets,” said Car- rary ell after Lang admitted that ing in Monroe County. At thatltne streets he proposes to build jwould not be the best possible. *|And we don’t want third class or *|fourth class streets either,” he ,|added later, Commissioner Cobo then suggest- ed that “‘if the city car obtain the money, Jet's call for-bids on first Lang said last. night that he es- timated the cit ould have to ~yspent at least to repair all of the city’s s' is that need it — including which have been torn up for the sewer pro- .jject now in progress and which the city is obligated to patch, There are about 25 miles of .|Street in need of repair, he added, Lang said today that the $750,000 figure would include repairs to the streets affected by the sewer pro- ject, The city agreed to take over This group will be chartered ‘ey national | s 3 ‘activities sz 2 : HE HE A a ies Hi g e i ii ¢,4% fi County which brings USMC, read McCarley's retirement | gi McCarley was wounded again at} 414 girls and 110 adults. The sent organization has 4g) from five troops in 1949 to the Present number, There is, at present, a known! need for at least five more troops within Key West city limits. The growth of the keys and the increas- the stallation of new iproval of the budget will ‘the work necessary to set ‘Council for action, Man Jailed In Connection Wi BE was ‘build a still a into |tion with Wylk 8 E 8 g 'Wyik’s place. iH that phase of the project when the bid on the project was about $200,- 000 higher than the amount they could finance, Lang today continued his opposi- tion to the commission’s street pro- posal when he said that a lot of streets in the city do not have enough traffic to make it feasible (Continued On Page Two) ‘Car Destroyed ‘By Fire Today A car owned by a local Navy man was listed as a total loss after it caught fire on Charles Street early this morning, Fire fighters identified the own- er of the car as R, A, Harding, of the Naval Station, Cause of the blaze was undeter- mined. Police officer Edward Ra- mirez discovered the blaze early today and turned in the alarm. |But by the time firemen from the main station arrived the car was completely gutted by the flames, STRAND WEDNESDAY Box Office Opens 12:30 P.M. i] First Show Starts 1:00, Second “|| Show 3:30, Third Show 6:00, Last Show 8:30 MATINEE—ADULTS, $1.25 Children, 47¢ | NIGHT—Adults, $1.50 Children, 47¢