The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 8, 1954, Page 1

VOL. LXXV Ne. 33 Boy Scout Week Begins 44th Anniversary Of Founding Boy Scouts Is Marked Today ‘The Boy Scouts of America or-| Scout. Scouts do not accept tips | those deys was restricted to 32, tion is 44 years old today. movement has come a long since that foggy day in 1909, William D. Boyce, late well American publisher, was searching for an address in old London, All day long the city had been covered with a heavy fog. Now night was coming on and it was almost impossible for Boyce I approached and asked if he od be of service. He told the where he wanted to go, and ‘as more surprised when the boy him, and said, ‘Come with ” his address, Boy- his pocket and of- the boy a shilling. He was surprised then ever when the boy refused it. “No, thank you, sir, | am for good turns.” “Good turns: Scouts?” asked Boyce. “What are the Scouts?” THE special permission was obtained to enrell over that number and on one camp (to Orliende) the SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1954 Injunction Eighty-Y ear- Highway Mishap At Naranja Saturday Against City Given JUDGE CANNON ISSUES ORDER IN THE Ghe Ken West Citisen U.S. A. Local Historical Drama ld W The boy proudly told him and| troop had 100 Scouts and four of- showed him the way to the Na-| ficers. ‘tional headquarters of the England} Two years ago this troop had a Scouts. There, Boyce decided that/reunion in Key West in honor of American boys would like the great|its Scoutmaster, Charles Sands, game of Scouting. now residing in Miami, and men On February 8, 1910, Boyce and|gathered here from all sections of other leading Americans interest-|the to meet their former ed in the idea, formally incoroprat-|buddies of Scouting days. ed the Boy Scouts of America. Scouting has made considerable Today, Feb. 8, is celebrated as |progress in Key West in recent the birthday of Scouting in the |years. Today there are six Scout United States. troops, five Cub packs and one Sea So it was that Scouting began in|Scout ship. Several hundred boys South Africa as an idea for train-|are enrolled and close to 20 adults, ing young men in outdoor skills|among them two Navy captains, and came to America by way of|give many hours of work in help- England, because of a good turn.|ing promote the welfare of the One of the earliest Scout troops..|movement in this city. was Troop 1 of Key West. | Throughout this week the anni- This organization won national |versary of the Scouts is being ob- honors year after year. Although |served here, as well as throughout the membership of a troop in.'the country. Pirates Swarm Into Tampa To ‘Sack’ The City Gasparilla Krewe Sails Up Hillsborough River To Commemorate Leng-Ago Pirates ~~SAMPA (#— Gasparilla pirates, mostly on the chilly side, today invaded Tampa from their new pirate ship which bucked strong head winds to make an entrance. Blustery winds had the sku and crossbones atop the Jose Gasparil- ke vigorously as the black aul crept up, borough River for the sion, It. was the start of Gasparilla’ ‘and that means fun, dances parades, dreds of smaller craft, with sirens and horns setting up a terri- fie din, accompanied the Jose Gas- parilla into Tampa, A parade wound through down- town streets to the Florida State Fairgrounds where Mayor Curtis Hixon surrendered the city to the pirate band, The floats are some of the pret- (Continued On Page Two) A belated “‘thank you” was. the Tesult of a story in The Citizen Saturday which told of the heroic act of a local man in removing an automobile from atop a winter! visitor at Big Pine Key last Wed- nesday. A man who identified himself as Harold Lamoreaux, of Grand Ledge Michigan, phoned THe Citizen this morning and said that he was the man who was saved from possible death or serious injury when local restaurateur Harry 0. “Wimpy” Gabrielson managed to lift the ear from his chest after it had a jack during re- contrived a lev- large board and raised removed from beneath the car. Tmuch excitement I forgot to thank Gab- even get his name,”) Lamoreaux today. He added no serious injury mishap but that he was bruised, Lamoreaux is a winter visitor at} ig Pine Key. | High Class Fir Finish Lumber at Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton Street, near Bank i g 1, JOSEPH YATES PORTER ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR-AT-LAW Announces the Removal of His Offices from 413 Fleming St. to 505 Whitehead St. Effective Feb. 8 SAFETY GROUP RECOMMENDS STRICTER LAW ENFORCEMENT cae W. L. Gale Praises Cuban Official ee i Issues Statement ; Se On Ferry Plan REGARDING CAR RENTAL BUSINESS Another city ordinance was tem- Porarily thrown out today by a circuit court judge. Judge Pat Cannon in Miami ordered a temporary injunction that stops the city from enfo: ing its ordinance requiring years’ residence here before a license to operate a car-rental agency can be granted. Aquilino Lopez, Jr., circuit court judge here, recently issued a tem- Porary injunction stopping the city from enforcing an ordinance re- quiring a $2,500 license fee for out- of-town stores making deliveries here. The Retail Division of the Key West Chamber of Commerce Pressured the City Commission inte passing the out-of-town sto license when Burdine‘s of Miami wanted to make deliveries here. Judge Cannon told The Citizen To Be Produced May 30 Cmdr. Byrn’s “The 1 = Eines” fen BUSH PILOTS we ‘ SAVE LIVES OF SIX AIRMEN Performance Here A producton at the San Carlos Theater, “The Fili- busters,” a three-act play} Two Are Known jwritten by Commander Ray! Dead, Eight Missing |Byrns, will highlight the ob-} After C47 Crash In Alaska Wilds CURRY, Alaska ‘#—Two veteran annually |Alaska bush pilots were credited servance of Cuba's Inde- \pendence Day here May 20. That day is os {men tumbled into the snow-covered officials of the San Carlos countain wilderness near here Institute have announced |Friday when the plane in which that this year’s local cele-|they Leatbr wre explodes; o i | . + + | Two of the other 16 men aboa' Liraeper ss eee ecadage - bration will eclipse any held |the air Force C47 when it left plaintiff, the Couture Company, a in recent history. They have|Elmendorf Air Force Base near 7 =| |Anchorage on the ill-fated flight Miami Beach auto-rental agency.|,-ranged for the use of thé|were known dead. pal clea,” As tiene ' Drincl-| ater and will give all of| Eight were missing and bush The judge said no one was inthe proceeds from the play re pepe pein teapetiey en weet Key Wert.” |to the.dMonroe. County -4u-|ing theaescue af thersin succivers, J. ¥. Porter IV, city attorney, e U-|ing the rescue of the six survivors, venile Council for their )Said there was little chance any of said he would file an answer, when : é he received a copy of Judge Can-|Children’s Home fund. gore pee names \Cuba’s greatest holiday and today with saving the lives of six. “City Manager Victor Lang’s re- port showing principle causes of Mr. Orencio Nodarese, president of the Cuban Tourist Commission, local automobile accidents is an immense forward step toward mak- has released a statement in which he says that organization is not ‘backing or endorsing any specific Key West-Cuba auto ferry project. The statement came as aresult of a news story which said that| a ferry line proposed by the Key West-Cuba@ransit Company, stat-, ing our town a safer, better place: in which to live,” W. L. Gale, pre- sident of the Key West Safety Council said today. “‘Now that we have the facts, we can take de- finite action toward eliminating known hazards.” Gale was speaking of a report recently compiled by the city man- ager avd his staff and forwarded: ing that their plan “has the en- dorsement of the Cuban Tourist to the National Safety Council for further study and recommenda- non’s order. The judge said he did not know what time limit for answering had been set since he had not yet seen the order. He authorized the order about 10°a, m. and talked with The 5 ys Judge Cannon 4 © that usual time limit w: a sie freedom from Spanish tyranny, is|who spent two nights and most oi packed with local history. and members of the ~Key West/ At a, specis-commission meeting Piavers il stege Oy. Commander Byrns’ play, which of the dead and missing pending has a Key West setting in the days notification of next of kin. when the city was a hotbed of The Air Force said Hudson and activity during Cuba’s fight for| Sheldon saved the lives of the six |two days in subfreezing tempera- A local cast of Cuban-Americans|ture awaiting rescue after the wrecked two-engined transport, was sighted: te Bioduced on} Hudson p, drama. spotted the wreckage For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2-5661 or 2-S662. Mrs. Edward L. Roberts Dies After Being Struck By Car Mrs. Edward L. Roberts, 80, who had lived here since she was 15 years old, was struck and killed by a car Saturday night. Mrs. Roberts resided at 317 Peacon Lane, The accident occurred at 7 p.m, Saturday on U.S, lat Naranja. “Fast Talker” Is One of Mrs. Roberts’ Sought After daughters, Mrs. J. C. Brod- Double Slaying sky, and her husband, of |Newell, S. D., are visiting jhere, New York Writer, Woman Found Dead In Furnished Room | The Brodskys, another jdaughter, Mrs, Iva McDer- NEW YORK (#—Maxwell Boden- heim, bad boy writer of the 1920s, |mott, of 1108 Fleming St., and a woman believed to have and Mrs. Roberts’ niece, jbeen his wife were found slain yes- Mrs. Merrill Stirrup, and jterday. A 25-year-old “fast talker” her husband, of 1413 Olivia Street, and the Stirrups’ {was sought by police today for ‘questioning. daughter, Orletta, 14, along with Mrs. Roberts, had driv- The 63-year-old Bodenheim was discovered with the woman in a en to Miami. cheap furnished room where drink In Miami, they visited Mrs. Rob- erts’ sister-in-law, Mrs, Charles and poverty had sent him after a spectacular and controversial ca- Watkins and her husband and fam- reer in the 1920s and 1930s as a ily. | The group was returning to Key Ww ,;Writer of poetry and harsh fiction, Police today issued a 13-state ‘est when they stopped at Naran- broadcast for Harold Weinberg, ja to buy vegetables. According to Mrs. alias Joseph Greenburg, and) twarned that he “may be. armed.” Meanwhile, 50 picked detectives jstarted a methodical search of Manhattan for clues, One of the areas on which they \concentrated was Greenwich Vil- jlage, the bohemian mecca of art- \ists and writers where Bodenheim ‘had flourished and flougdered, “Chief of-Deteetives Thomas A. Stirrup, everyone left the car except Mrs. Roberts. She had decided to wait in the car. The party crossed the four-lane highway to the vegetable stand, While they were making their pur- jchases, Mrs, Stirrup said, they ‘heard the squeal of tires on con. ferete and then a thump. | Mrs. Roberts evidently had | changed her mind and cugiel 1 follew the group to the vegetable | stand, Mrs. Stirrup said. Nielson told newsmen last night Mrs. Stirrup added that the 7 res | $s first last Friday. Commissioner Jack| The Blay wa late Friday. The following day i that Lamoreaux could) president of the ferry company: The letter said: “Following the conversation we! has this morning, 1 am glad to tell you that this Cuban Tourist! Commission will be pleased to see a ferry service established between the port of Cardenas, Cuba, and the port of Key West.” “Thanking you for your efforts in increasing this means of transpor- tation to Cuba, I am Sincerely yours, ORENCIO NODARSE. But, today, Mr. Nodarse said that his letter was a message of congratulations and does not con- stitute “backing of any specific |project,” Top Navy Supply Officers Due Captain J. W. Boundy, SC, USN, |Commanding Officer oi the Gener- jal Stores Supply Office and his |Field Service Officer, Lieutenant |Commander J, J, Hackett, SC, US- N, will arrive in Key West from |Philadelphia tomorrow for a two- |day visit, A general meeting of all Supply Corps officers in this area will be/ held to discuss general and speci- fic problems in connection with jOperation of the General Stores |Supply System and to present pro- cedures for implementing the GS- SO fractionation plan, The conference will be held at 2p. m. tomorrow in the large jtraining room on the second deck of building 91 on the Naval Sta- tion. All Supply Corps officers in this area are invited to attend, Pawn Shop Is Robbed Sunday Commission.” tions. The story came as a result of a| — Laitg’s. report pointed out that letter from Nodarse to Joe Sirugo,| the mi of accidents were fee Geher « etn ston ots srek, @ stop sign or a traf. fi signal. Collision with perked cars, opening car doors in traf- fic, and ramming the automobile ahead were also listed in that order as being responsible for a large portion ef local accidents. “Mr. Lang has said that 90 per} cent of the traffic accidents in Key West are caused by careless or discourteous driving,” Gale ex- plained. “‘The Key West Safety! Council is primarily devoted to in-/ vestigative and educational work. | The city manager and those with) him are chiefly interested in elim-} inating accidents through engineer- ing ays “However, the Safety Council wholeheartedly agrees with Mr. Lang that at this stage of the game, emphasis needs to be placed on another branch of safe- ty work—law enforcement. When the police crack down on a few careless drivers, word will soon mance, will again direct the play. Burret Garnet, who designed the scenery will also handle that phase jof the production, Commander Byrns, who was Sup: ply and Fiscal Officer at the Key West Naval Station, has made his residence in Key West since his |retirement from the Navy. He |spent many months in gathering chance of waking up with a ciga-|facts, legends and lore concerning Tette hangover, Key West and its role in Cuban His loot included 25 cartons of|history before penning the play. cigarettes, a box of cigars and) The plot centers around the two cartons of chewing gum. ‘smuggling of arms from the Keys Police officer Fernando Stirrup’s and Key West 1898 to aid the Cuban Teport showed that the thief usedjcause. Key West was called by considerable ingenuity in gaining Jose Marti, Cuba’s greatest partiot, entrance to the store. He first/the cradle of Cuban liberty. forced open an upstairs door and) Julio Cabanas, Jr., president of Thief Makes Off With Cigarettes A thief who entered Wilson’s Grocery Store, 630 Elizabeth Street, Sometime last night stands a good the floor and lowered himself into nounced that a large delegation of the store with a rope ladder. {Cuban officials has been invited No money was taken in the burg- here for the presentation. Cabanas lary, The police and sheriff's de- added that the affair would be cov- Partment are continuing their in- ered by the Cuban press and tele- vestigation into the robbery. jvision, spread and folks will begin to take their driving a little more. seriously. We can have Safety here in Key West but only if all | of us are willing to work for it.’ City Manager Lang has repeated- ly said that he wants the police to adopt a stricter policy toward traf- fic offenders, Since most of the accidents involve local drivers, ig- norance of the law can hardly be used as an excuse. In the past, a large portion of traffic violation tickets have been issued on Roose- velt Blvd. or Flagler Ave. Yet the highest percentage of accidents has occurred on Eaton St. and at locations within the main sec- tion of town. This would seem to indicate that if stricter law enforce- ment is to be applied, the police would do well to concentrate on such thoroughfares as Eaton, Si- monton, Whitehead, Truman, White Streets, etc.” Key West Safety Council, has ask- ed the public to contact him or An undertermined amount of merchandise was taken last night \from Esther and Bill's pawn shop, | 704 Duval St., the sheriff's depart- ;ment reported today. | Entrance was gained through a tween 11 p. m. Sunday and 9 a. m. today. CLASSIC BALLET Languages PRINCESS NINA Children and Adults - TEL. 2-3161 other members of the organization (Continued On Page Two) Eye Specialist Will Be Here For Consultation, Saturday, Feb. 13 DR. J. A. VALDES PHONE 2-7821 | W. L. Gale, as president of the! i FOR APPOINTMENT, CALL |} MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America, a youth move: ment comprising thousands of American youngsters, are this week observing their 44th anniversary, and WHEREAS, this organization has played an outstand- ing part in the developing of good American citizens who have proved their loyalty to this country in peace as well as in war, and WHEREAS, it is necessary that this movement be endorsed and sponsored by the various citizens as well as civic, religious and veterans organizations of each community if it is to continue its splendid work among the youths of this great country, and WHEREAS, a youth organization that teaches its members to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent must be encouraged in its work if our American way of life is to be preserved, now, THEREFORE, I, C. B. Harvey, Mayor of the City of Key West, in the State of Florida, do hereby proclaim and designate the entire week of 7 February 7 to 13, Inclusive, BOY SCOUT WEEK and call upon the citizenry of our city to render a special tribute to Scouting each day throughout the year. Done at the City Hall at Key West, Florida, this 8th day of February, 1954. C. B. HARVEY, , Attest: Mayor. VICTOR LOWE, City Clerk. a. then cut a 16 inch square hole in the San Carlos Institute has an-! Del: re June,6, 1950 at the Barn Theater, } thnk, we ought to drop the (and ivas well received, Jack Clarke,|Sheldon located the first three (Continued or Page Two) who directed the initial perfor-/Survivors huddled in the snow 15 {miles from the wreckage where they had floated ‘down in their |‘chutes. Sheldon, Hudson and an Air Force doctor flew to the spot in a | blinding snowstorm Saturday. They |were grounded overnight when the jweather worsened, | Hudson struck off then on the to reach the crash scene, Sheldon, meanwhile, flew his trio of survi- vors yesterday to Anchorage, 75 miles southwest of here. The oth- e | Hudson said the survivors told |him the plane exploded as it was |flying between Air Force bases at *|Anchorage and Fairbanks, some} 200 miles north of here. There was no warning, he quot- ed the survivors. They were “‘rid- ing along smoothly one minute and the next thing they knew they were floating down to earth.” All the men were wearing parachutes, he said. None of the survivors was ser- usly injured. Elmendorf Air Force Base today identified 7 of the 10 victims listed officially as missing. Two of the 10 were assigned to the (Continued On Page Two) jio CRASHES GALORE and thr land Track under auspices of ~ arduous trek through 3-foot snow! rs were picked up by helicopter. } ills for everyone were furnished by the daredeviis oi Jesse James when they brought their troupe to Key West Saturday for a two-show stand. Pic- ture above shows the crash when a car goes up a ramp and attempts to fly over two cars, about 30 feet from the end of the ramp. This time he did not make it. {that “this is definitely not a rob- |bery murder.” No other motive was indicated. The room in which police found |the bodies of Bodenheim and the woman, identified as Ruth Fagan, |35, had been rented three weeks / ago in Weinberg’s name, Whether Bodenheim had regis- tered under the Weinberg name | or shared the room with Weinberg/ jwas not made known by police.! The police alarm for Weinberg noted he had a scar under the! chin and said he was “a fast talk- er.” The alarm asked other of-| ficers to “make inquiries in your} neighborhoods of all dry cleaners! (Continued On Page Two) family thought the accident was unavoidable. Mrs, Roberts, who would have jbeen 81 years old June 3, was born lat Green Turtle Key in the Ba- hama Islands, She moved to-Key West when she was about 15 years (Continued On Page Two old. Her husband, Edward L., die~ Dr. Carbonell Injured Sunday Dr. Fred Carbonell received a gash on his right foot that requir. ed more than 30 stitches when his | | ° outboard motorboat overturned RCN Officers jSunday during a race in Garrison |Bight. To Visit Here Dr. Carbonell was piloting the | (boat, of the hydroplane type, at a | Captain D. W. Groos, DSC, CD, SPeed estimated at nearly 50 miles REC chief of Staff to Naval Mem- Per hour when it ploughed into the ber Canadian Joint Staff and Cap-|Wake of a charter boat and over- tain J. C. Littler, RCN, Chief of turned, |Staff to CanFlagLant, will visit) He was thrown clear of the ves- Naval Activities in Key West to sel but was unable to explain just jobserve and discuss torpedo, anti-|how he incurred the injury to his isubmarine and mine warfare de- foot. He was treated at Monroe velopments in which the Royal|General Hospital. Canadian Navy is interested. The mishap occurred during the | They will arrive here Wednes-|second lap of a March of Dimes jday for a week’s stay. [benefit race, Slam Bang Driving f Prank and Show was held at Stock {s- the American Legion.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. 4