The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 5, 1954, Page 1

Today Was KEY WEST 68° VOL. LXXV No, 31 Warmest City In Nation THE First Step In Fishing Catwalks STATE REPRESENTATIVE BERNIE C. PAPY (center) and State Road Department engineers Kirby Storter (right) and H. P. Williams look over the Boca Chica bridge as the first step in the construction of fishing catwalks there and along the keys. Papy secured a $50,000 appro- priation from State Road Department for catwalks last week.—Citizen Staff Photo. SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, F zzz 514 Aliens Are Registered Here A total of 514 aliens register. ed here during January as re- quired by Federal law, it was announced today by the Immi- gtation end Naturalization Ser- vice. More may register even though the Jan. 31 deadline has passed. If an alien was out of the country during the regis- tration period, he has 10 days after returning to the United States in which to register, Roosevelts Will Talk Today About Money Problems Hearing Slated To Air Finances Of James Roosevelt PASADENA, Calif. 2 — James Roosevelt, who says he is broke, and his estranged wife Romelle, who contends he is worth two mil- lion dollars, will talk about money today and not about the infideli- ties she has accused him of. A hearing in Superior Court here will air the finances of the eldest son of the late President Franklin RIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1954 | IN THE Civil Service Boar he Ken West Cilisen | max eee va ICE FIVE CENTS U.S. A. d Reftises e For 47, ce Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll teach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . “pasDIAL 2-568} or 2-5662. Just ‘0 Oka Police Captain; Cobo Denies Violation Patrolman Avers He Should Have Been Given Promotion Welfare Aid To 616 County Residents App Over $27,000 Is Allotted For Use Of Needy Here Welfare assistance to 616 Monroe County residents totaling $27,529.50 was ap- proved during January, it |was announced today. The approval was made by Mem- bers of District No. Board of the State Department of! Public Welfare, according to Harry |Zukernick of Miami, chairman of \the board. The report was forward- ed here by Miss Elizabeth M. Fike, \director of the Miami office of pub- lic welfare. and Dade Counties. 9 Welfare} District No. 9 includes Monroe A total of 7,681 persons received roved In Jan. \ahente Freed On Failure To Register Charge W. H. “Bob” Roberts cleared yesterday of charges that he failed to register with the Sheriff's Department as a | felon after a hearing before Peace Justice Ira Albury. Attorney M. Ignatius L: = Roberts’ attorney, argued suc- cessfully that Roberts was not Tequired to register since the | law which went into effect last May applies only to persons entering Monroe County. Roberts has been a resident here for the past three years, The Civil Service Board balked last night in ap- proving the appointment of Bienvenido Perez as police captain. | They took strong exception to the “manner In which | the appointment was made by Police Chief Raymond | Cabrera and hinted that some city commissioners may have committed a misdemeanor if they instructed the chief to appoint Perez, but one city commissioner Delio Cobo today denied that was the case, Dulles Claims Molotov Fears Free German Vote Says Russian Plan Follows Pattern Used In Eastern Europe Since War By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER The city charter, they say, Points out that the commis- {sion may not interfere with jthe hiring and firing of po- lice. . And at the same meeting, Pa- trolman Harry Lee Baker charg- ed that he is the only man on the police force that is eligible for the |Job. Baker said today that he has contracted an. attorney and “may shin suit if the law is not follow- But today, one city commls- sioner, Dr. io Cob hit back Lester pointed out. The law *|Roosevelt to determine if he is|a total of $362,927. Survey Starts On Catnal Project For Reys Bridges Papy. Road Dept. Engineers Study . Layout From B.C, To Summerland There is good news today for Keys bridge fishermen. State Representative Ber- nie C. Papy, along with two engineers from the State Road Department began yes- terday a preliminary sur-| vey of keys bridges from Boca Chica to Summerland Key as the latest step in pro- viding the catwalks for use by fishermen. The next step, Papy says, is the, drawing of plans by the road de- partment and a call for bids. Monroe County residents may see actual construction begin | sooner than they think, And with them will come the end of a hazard which has long been a source of concern te motorists along the Overseas Highway. | Acting Governor Charley Johns two weeks ago in a speech at Ma-| rathon promised keys residents that he would intercede with the, State Road Department to obtain; the catwalks, Last week, Papy ap- peared before the Road Board and! obtained an wppropriation of $50,- 000 for the catwalks. The Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District then! pppropriated $83,000. Yesterday's survey covered an south of the Big ite and was of a pi ary nature. No data concerning the actual details of the place- ment and construction have been feleased although tentative dis- eussions indicated that 300 feet ef catwalks may be placed on the Boca Chica Bridge — 150 | feet on each side. ‘The 50-thousand dollars that the Road Department has to spend should furnish a total of two thou-/ estimated. | Preliminary plans call for the eatwalks to be constructed of steel.| The weather bureau has been eonsulted for tide data to aid in the placement of the catwalks, Pa- py said. In Candy, Case Many Suspects Were Suggested Lake Wales Chief Was “Flooded With Ideas” As To Sender Of Poisoned Fudge TAMPA W—The Lake Wales. poison candy mystery was one case in which there was no lack of| suspects, an investigating officer| says. Police Chief K. M. Mellick of Lake Wales said he had never seen a case which presented so many suspects. The candy went to about 40 persons in a Bible City Commission To Meet Today The City Commission will meet this afternoon at 5 p. m. to consider @ request for a lease on waterfront property at the north end of Simonton Street for use as the Key West terminus of an aute-ferry line between Key West and Carden- as, Cuba. Siruge proposes te break ground for the terminal with- in six months, if the lease is granted and to have service going by next December or the lease would be null and void. class and five families, and these: = people and many others flooded Neighbors Plead officers with about the sender. Mellick said his force and postal ideas For Freedom Of inspectors interviewed at least 150 before working up their case Wanted Man against Mrs. Letha Overton. Mrs. Overton, 49, pleaded guilty before U. S. Commissioner Paul Pinkerton Wednesday to sending poisonous matter through the mail. She was held in county jail un- der $2,500 bond. { Her husband, Jesse Overton, is (Continued on Page Eight) Johns Tells Of Gigantic Road Program Set JACKSONVILLE % — Acting Gov. Charley Johns disclosed Jast night his administration is em-| barked on a gigantic road and bridge building program costing! 100 million dollars. “The goal that we've set is to; give Florida the best and safest roads of any state,” he said at a testimonial dinner given him and} State Road Board Chairman Cecil/ M. Webb. “Of course, we can’t expect to} do that in the short space of a/ year although we can make a lot of headway,” he said. “There’sje”, and added: “I think he is be-|pefore U. LOS ANGELES —Alex R. Bry- ant, 48, was listed as one of the! FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives before his recent capture, But now nearly 100 neighbors and business associates want him, They want him to stay here with his wife and baby in the suburban cottage on Mt. Washington, where his attorney says Bryant has led an exemplary life for nearly two years. The wife, Mrs. Gladys Lawson, says the 100 friends and neighbors have signed two petitions to Gov. Goodwin J. Knight asking him to deny a request for extradition. Mrs. Lawson married Bryant 18 and charged with the theft of gov-\Navy’s two smallest submarine months ago under his assumed name, Edward Lawson. She still insists on using the name Lawson. (Sey have a daughter, 5 months ol Bryant escaped from Michigan State Prison in January 1952 after serving 22 years of a life sentence for a series of robberies committed in 1929, when he was 24 years old. Prior to that he had served a re- formatory term on a rape charge. Mrs. Lawson said yesterday a lot more signatures are anticipat- able to meet his wife’s demands for $3,500-a-month, alimony and support for tLeir three children. However, on the eve of tae court hearing there were reports that strong efforts were being made to effect a reconciliation. The New York Mirror, in a story by Harry Hershfield, said today the case “may wind up suddenly with a reconciliation, a quiet out-of-court settlement or both, brother Frank- lin D. Jr. told me Thursday night.” Hershfield wrote that at a New York County Democratic dinner last night Franklin D, Roosevelt Jr., brother of James, told him: “She (Romelle) is now trying feverishly toeffect e reconciliation, drop the charges-and. e>ttle the} ther [whole thing out of court just as soon as it can be done.” In her separate maintenance suit, Mrs. Roosevelt listed her ex- Penses as $2,455 monthly and those of the children as 4 total of $1,575 a month, She broke her expenses down partly as follows: help $565, food $350, clothing $350, house main- tenance, utilities and auto ex- penses $100 each; medical and den-) tal $150, furnishings $100, charity $50, house payment $19v, insurance $50, travel $50, entertainment $50, and other expenses for other items. Among expenses for the children she listed tuition $175, special in- struction $270, musical instru- ments and instruction $130, cloth- ing $200, dental $225, other medi- cal $100, travel and recreation $150, Mrs. Roosevelt has asked for the support money pending trial of her sensational separate maintenance (Continued On Page Eight) Second Man Held In Theft Of Cable From Navy Another man was arrested late’ yesterday in connection with the theft of copper cable from the |Navy here, it was announced to- \day by Naval authorities, | Shelley Ashley, 35, now of Mi- ami and formerly of Key West, |was arrested in Miami by the FBI ernment property. |_ Ashley formerly lived at 812 |Thomas St., the Navy said. | He was arrested as a result of jan investigation by the security |forces of the Naval Station here, |Ashley was an employee of a sub- |contractor on the Naval Station. | Ashley was the second man ar- \Fested in the theft of $1,575 worth lof capper cable. | Cleveland Jones, formerly of 323 |Petronia St., was bound over for trial after a hearing Wednesday Persons receiving old age as- sistance in this county in January were 479. Persons receiving aid to the blind were 34. There were 103 families including 255 children receiving aid to dependent chil- dren during the month. The District Welfare Board serv- es as a citizens committee which studies and approves or rejects all applications for these three public assistance categories administer-| ed by the State Department of Pub- lic Welfare. The Board employs a staff to study the applications of persons applying for assistance and, also, to make periodic visits to ail these persons to determine wre- YY are eligible on the basis of need for the assis- tance which they are receiving to be continued. The Board meets regularly each month to take whatever action is persons who are in need of assis- tance continue to receive it. Monroe County has two persons Tepresenting the county on the Board—Mrs. Beulah Russell and/ Rev. Ralph Rogers. An office is Eliza E. Fike is Supervisor there and has working with her three visitors and ‘two stenographers. In addition te granting Public Assistance te the above three named categories to persons who are in need in the community, child, welfare services are also avaifible to abandoned, neglect- ed and runaway children and un- married mothers under 21 years of age. The District is, also, responsible for the study of adoption petitions for the Circuit Court where chil- dren or infants have not been Placed through a licensed adoption agency. . As soon as a full time child wel- (Continued On Page Eight) necessary and to see that these) located m Key West to handle the| area.” work of Monroe County. Miss, states that ‘‘all persons with Fecords of conviction on fel- enies shall register with the Sheriff within 24 hours of their arrival.” * Roberts was arrested last week and had been free under bond of $500. Bulletin Says Pope Continues To Weaken Today VATICAN CITY (® — Pope Pius’ difficulty in taking food has con- tinued to weaken him, said the first official bulletin issued on his jeondition today by his private iphysician. The bulletin, issued by Prof. Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, said it is hoped “‘as soon as possible to re- jpeat particular X-ray examina- tions to determine the condition >f/ both the (Pope’s) gastric area jas well as other organs in that The bulletin said tha: “since Jan.) (25, the Holy Father has shown, to-| gether with a light fever, symp- toms of gastritis, preceded by in- sistent hiccups.” “Objective clinical tions,” it added, ‘excluded any lother peritoneal (abdominal lining) | reaction whatsoever and labora- tory examinations resulted normal| normal amount of nitrogen in the blood or of cardiac lesions.)” The bulletin said the 77-year-old) Pope has continued to weaken. | “The general state, weakened by/| excessive, prolonged labor, both} mental and physical, has suffered) a further weakening because of the) fatiguing gastric disturbance and/| «Continued on Page Eight) |Germany through free elections be- BERLIN Secretary of State) Dulles, denouncing the Russian| plan for German unification, told) the Berlin conference today Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov is trying} to extend the Kremlin’s power to the Rhine. Dulles said Molotov had rejected a Western plan for unification of | ceuse he is afraid that the 18 mil-| lion Germans in the Communist zone “wot overwhelmingly re- ject” its nt Red regime. “Mr. M wv has good reason to be afraid,” the American Secretary said, Dulles led off the Western attack on the Molotov plan, which he said follows the “tragic pattern” by ions saying that “the commission instructed the Police chief to appoint a captain —we definitely did not tell him who he should appoint.” Mayor C. B. Harvey and the other com- missioners could not be reached for comment today. The wording of a letter from Po- lice Chief Cabrera to the commis- sion started the controversy, Addressed to the Mayor and the City Commission and dated Jan- uary 24, it said: “In pursuance of your instructions, I have this day appointed Bienvenido Perez as Captain of Police subject to your approyat and to that of the civil septice board.” Civil Service BearéChairman which the Soviet Union has spread|Isabel Fleming then read this ex- Communist control over Eastern Europe since the war. Dulles said Britain’s Anthony Eden, France’s Georges Bidault | and he had come to Berlin two weeks ago hoping that solutions) would be found to the problem of German unity in a conference) which at the outset carried the promise of easing world tension. But, he said, the Molotov pro- g:am which the Russian minister put before the conference yester- day shows that “he has no inten- tion of seriously seeking German unity with freedom.” “I would say to Mr. Molotov,” but not too late to redeem the promise of Berlin.” The cornerstone of the Russian) program, Dulles said, is the Com- (excluding the possibility of an ab-/munist government of East Ger-|this section, shall be many which he declared was put in office and kept there by Soviet power. It would have been “‘forci- |bly ejected” by the workers of East Germany last June, Dulles as- serted, had it not been for “ele-| ments of 22 Soviet divisions, in. cluding tanks and armored cars. He referred to the workers’ re- (Continued On Page Eight) |the T-1 and T-2, departed from the New London submarine base last Anti-Submarine Schooling Aids Pygmy-Size Submarines To Arrive Here Soon? :i72="c,cmssc.0% tor stands for target, which is ex- actly what they are. The Hunted GROTON, CONN.,—The U. S. constructed by the Electric Boat|the T-1 and T-2 are equipped with s,/Co., in Groton. Their “‘T” designa-|snorkels. They can, while snorkel- ing, maintain the same maximum ‘speed as when running on the sur- face. When completely submerged |Friday. The ultimate destination’ The T-1 and T-2 work with anti-\they must depend on batteries of the pygmy-size subs is Key submarine forces in a game of|which are no larger then those in |West, where they will operate with hide-and-seek in which they are the/forklifts and other such vehicles.| Unique is the fact that the engines) Only smaii-fry in comparison to are built by Navy specifications) |Submarine Squadron Twelve as a Permanent assignment. ones always being sought. | En route to the south Florida'the larger subs, the target boatsbut are supplied from standard base, the T-1 and T-2 will visit the displace only 250-tons. The con-|stocks of the manufacturere. ports of Norfolk, Va., Charleston, S. C., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Nassau, British West Indies. The skipper of the T-l is Lt. Joseph M. Snyder of Hyattsville, ventional boat displaces 1500-tons| or more, The T-1 and 2 are 131 feet in length as compared to the normal subs 300 or more feet. Crowded with equipment, the T- T-Boat Armament For armament the T-boats have a single torpedo tube in the bow and can carry two torpedoes. Al- though it has not been mentioned, no reason in the world that this| ginning to feel a little hope. He was vy. ree — William Mé., and Lt. Edward Holt of Per- boats offer little in the way of com-'they possibly could be placed into ia rysburg, Ohio, is captain of the fort for their crew of two officers combatant service if the need state can't be No. 1 in the South as far as roads and bridges are| so hopeless before.” “We the undersigned,” reads! Bond was set at $1,000 and Jones was taken to and twelve enlisted men. should arise. This, of course, is un- cerpt rtm the city charter: “Neith@the commission or any jof its mi ‘s Shall direct or re- ent of any per- son to or removal from office by the city Inanager or by any of his subordinates, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of employees in the ad- ministrative service of the city as hereinafter prescribed. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the com- mission shall deal with the admin- istrative service solely through the city manager and neither the com- mission nor any commissioner shall give orders to any subordi- examina-|Dulles declared, “that it is late,|mate of the city manager, either publicily or privately, Any commis- sioner violating the provisions of this section or voting for a resolu- tion or ordinance in violation of | guilty of a |misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall cease to be a com- missioners of the City of Key West.”” The board also charged that they were by-passed in the ap- pointment, pointing out that the law says that they shall prepare a list of three names of eligible persons for the police chief, to guide him in making the ap- pointment, At a meeting on January 14, two members of the board, Mrs, Flem- ing and Mrs. Sybil Dexter refused tank of captain, The names were presented by board member Robert Valdez. The board then instructed Exee- utive Secretary Victor Lowe to turn over Cabrera’s letter and @ |copy of the civil service rules for making appointments to City At- torney J. Y. Porter for a ruling, (Continued On Page Eight) WARNING It is a violation of City Ordinance No. 93 to throw trash, dead fish, or fish heads, ete., into the waters of Garrison : the Dade County jail! !?- for trial by U. S. Marshal E. Jack- ‘son Butler. Testimony at that hear- Surveys were made at bridges | Two-Fold Purpose lofficial, and it would appear un- subs were scheduled to These little undersea craft are likely that the small submarines reach Norfolk on January 31 and serving a two-fold purpose for would ever be used in this capac- to depart from that Virginia city|Uncle Sam’s Navy. While acting ity, especially now that the Navy yesterday. They will spend twoas an enemy raider, they offerjhas launched an atomic submarine, days at Charleston, arriving Feb |ample opportunity for anti-subma-jthe Nautilus, which supposediy will \g and leaving on the next Mon-jrine units to develope new techni-'revolutionize submarine warfare. lday. Arriving in Ft. Lauderdale on/ques in submarine detectifig. And) Probably the most important Feb, 1¢, they will sail the follow-|vice versa, they present the equal/factor about the T-boats is the eco- : 2 concerned.” ‘one of the petitions, “believe that Trip Schedule Mires Kaha ae The program, he continued, will!Ed Lawson should go free after. Nanecdsigiic Loni. Ken sadatee be under construction this year.he has been free for two years ing revealed that Jones sold the! eiemarnes 3 That's not enough,” he said, “but and has obeyed all tie laws. < cable to a junk yard for $140. (Continued On Page Eight) it’s still a tremendous program|are the people he would have to/ a wa 3 | ——| (Continued on Page Eight) jlive among and feel he is perfectly) RECTION Peg-Board and Accessories at Bight or any other waters around the island. Anyone apprehended shall be prosecuted to - the full extent of the law. BENDIX Of Key West CORRECTION jsafe. We are all mothers and jfathers and we feel our children Senne In the advertisement ‘“‘Ar~* Get) are as safe around him as in our! | A 1 Service Your Gun” appearing last night onjown living rooms or our own! ling dey for Nassau where a four-/chance for the Navy to study meth-|nomical side of the picture. These | On All Appliances Page 1 of The Citizen the time of arms.” | Strunk Lumb \day layover is planned. They should|ods by which the submarine canjcraft do the same anti-submarine HARRY P. ALSING, TEL. 26 the shows should have read Friday; Bryant, after his escape, came} er enter the Key West area on the/better elude being detected by sub-|schooling job that formerly was) Sanita ° 511 at 6 and 9 P.M. and Saturday st/west and got a job as a truck/ (hunting surface ships and aircraft.|assigned to their larger counter-| autary Inspector, : 120 treet, 16th of this month. ; i 2:30 and v.70 P.M. ' “(Continued On Page Eight) serenten Sirest eee meek The midget submarines Powered by two diesel engines, parts at only a fraction of the cost. were