The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 1954, Page 1

Key West. Florida, has the most equabie climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che KH THE VOL. LXXV No. 35 Boy Scouts Take Over City Hall; Push Through Street Paving Job High Finance Police, Fire Departments Are | | Re-Organized By Boy Scouts \ | There was a complete) change of administration in| City Hall yesterday. \ It came about when scores: of local Boy Scouts “took, over” the city government as, a part of their observance of | National Boy Scout week. | They elected officials who} beginning yesterday took ov-| er the posts from the official | city government. And judging by the way, the “city commission” push-) ed through a full-scale re-| paving program, there will! be no shortage of politicians here in the next 20 years. Mayor C. B. Harvey was on} hand when the commissioners went into session to explain the finer points of law making, but the Scouts needed little briefing. ‘They went right to work and push-| ed through a motion that “all of] the city’s streets be paved imme- diately.” Commissioner Benny Pierce made the motion and it brought a quick second from David Wadelin. Street Project Mayor (for the day) Douglass Allen then called for a discussion on the motion and Commissioner’ Michael Leon raised the question ‘of where they should place the streets. “All over town — we sure need them,” was the rejoinder from x SCOUT ROBERT HOWE of Troop 54 was selected by his fellow scouts to be Finance Director of the city for a day when Scouts took over city hall yesterday in observance of National Boy Scout Week. Craig Bowen, regular director, explains that the streets of Key West cannot be paved at this time because “there ain't no money.”—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. Top Official Will Visit Local Fleet Reserve Branch Thursday B= ely Knickerbocker Commissioner Larry po . il M Alien then a Roosevelt Has wa poater herae the whole problem of| With Local drawing » the lang aod speci ‘tions i r , was No Comment = | F®4 lever acta ercenaneer tt Lipschitz for study, just as the of- fical city commission does. Mayor Harvey then presented his under- study with a key to the city. Other Officials Other scouts took over the bal-| ance of the city’s administration! for the afternoon. Leslie F. Knickerbocker, Region- al Vice President, Southeast, Fleet Reserve Association, will visit Key West tomorrow. He will be accom: panied by his wife, who holds a similar position with thé Ladiés Auxiliary. The purpose of the visit is On Trouble James Talks To His Mother In Chicago Meeting primarily an inspection of Branch CHICAGO ®—James Roosevelt, | declining to comment on his mar- 56, and conferences with its of- ficers, followed by ceremonies at For example, Wayne Lee took over City Clerk Victor Lowe’s tasks and Raymond Bazo estab- SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1954 DANTE B. FASCELL Fascell Campaigns In Key West, Advocates t'ax Cuts Judge Gibson Will Attend. State Parley — Council Of Juvenite Court Judges Meets In Jacksonville Judge Eva Warner Gibson left at noon today to attend the annual conference of the Florida Council jof Juvenile Court Judges in Jack- sonville tomorrow. The meeting will be held at the Mayflower Hotel. During her absence from the city, Raymond R. Lord, County Judge, will handle the work of the Juvenile Court. Congressional Candidate MUTILATED West Citisen I U.S. Investi¢ Economy Of South Upset By Returnees Layoffs In North Cause Many To Dritf Back Home By BILL CRIDER MEMPHIS (#—There are uneasy signs that the South’s economic stream is being complicated by an undercurrent of “driftback” job- seekers. These unemployed are homing Southerners, most of them labor- ers and former farm workers who went North during the ’40s, lured by high wages. During the past few months a —Citizen S.2°7 f hote, ern industrial layoffs and other ‘reasons— are coming back to home ground. Any sizable driftback would ad d Miami Attorney Seeks Election To U.S. Congr. cotton belt, coming on top of cotton acreage cutbacks, mechanization id “day cropping.” | Some farm leaders believe the homing workers are the underlying its to'cause of the situation in upper runsumer east Arkansas and part of the sain objec-/Missouri Bootheel, where about 000 are reported on the ragged ge of hunger. think the biggest trouble: is 4 Florida's Pouth Districw He is a/that a st of people who went up jcandidate for the seat being vacat-/North are coming back,” Hilton, | ed by Representative Bill Lantaff.|Bracey, manager of the Missouri Fascell, who is now rounding out|Cotton Producers Assn., said to- his second term as a member of'day. the Florida House of Representa-. ‘‘And a lot of people who usually tives, is in Key West for a two/move on somewhere else stuck day stay to meet Monroe County around. There are lots of factors. voters in preparation for the May|Drought, maybe, but not much. 4 primary eiection. {It’s hard to put a finger on it and He'll speak tonight before the |! can’t prove my theory, But | Junior Chamber of Commerce in |that’s my opinion. their Flagler Avenue clubhouse. | : F It will mark his first formal ap- |°f the situation until about April, pearance in Key West. He spent |When planting is under way and the day lining up his local cam- |seasonal layoffs in industry usually paign organization along with his end. \lot of them—in the wake of North-| to pressure already felt in the| There won’t be any clear picture | For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers Just DIAL 2-S661 or 2-S662. Pressed By Authorities | Rock And Board Were Used In Beating Of Obie Poole Sheriff’s deputies today pressed their investigation into the murder of Obie Poole whose battered body was found yesterday at Marathon. Poole, deputies learned, came to Marathon from either Sarasota or Orlando only a few days before his brutal slaying. He was in his early twenties. | A rock and a board were used to beat Poole and frac- ture his skull, Three men are being held in the county jail—one for investigation and two as ma- terial witnesses. Held for investigation fs William Henry Steele, 20, of Altmore, Ala. Held as material witnesses are |Willie Smith, 58, of Marathon, and Charles Cobb, 23, of Atlanta. Poole’s body had been dragged | Flow Of Traffic | through the brush fer about 200 feet off U. S. 1 to the spot where aol coe es oe fs Son it was found in Marathon’s color- jfic will be bypassed entirely if a) 9 town, and D. M. Andrews, Proposed new road is built. constable of the Third District The 10-mile link that has been | Investigators said Poole still was proposed would connect the Tam- alive when he was left to die in res the brush, iami Trail at Krome Ave. with “He had thrashed around In U. S. 27 near Pennusco. (See the brush,” a deputy said, and map, page 9.) added: ‘I don’t believe I’ve ever Petitions addressed to the State seen so much blood at the scene | i of a crime.” ‘Road Department asking construc- Gireins, cinthine uncoording ado tion of the road now are being ine deputy, was spattered with circulated in Key West and all plood. Steele said it was blood ‘other towns that would be affected from fish he had cleaned. iby ‘the new link. | Bis clothes, however, have been The petitions are to be returtiéd sént to the Dade County Bureau of |to John Balfe, of Homestead, who Investigation for analysis of the is secretary of the group of citi- blood stains. \zens from towns affected by the Poole’s fingerprints have been cut-off. It is estimated that the forwarded to the FBI in Wash- |new link would save better than ington in an effort to learn more two hours in travel time between of the man’s background. Homestead and South Bay. | J. Lancelot Lester, state’s at- Harold Laubscher, manager of torney, has ordered an autopsy on the chamber of commerce here, Poole’s body, Dr, Herman K. Moore isaid: | will perform the autopsy. “The sign in fromt of the court house, reading ‘End of U. S. 1,/ Proposed To Bypass Miami | 10-Mile Link Would | Allow Speedier will be changed te read ‘End Rebel Troops of U. S. 1 and 27.’ This would be wonderful for the keys and Key lished a reputation for being aj ital troubles after a meeting with, the lar be ; — |tough cop when he spelled Police his mother last night, prepared to- the Branch at day to leave for New York, | Thursday. *|Chief Raymond Cabrera for the ; afternoon, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt; in Chi- 5 ; cago on speaking dates, also re-| aoe ee _ cares John Refo became City Auditor! i |and Robert Howe gave Finance Highlight of the conference will be an address by the Honorable | L, F. Chapman, superintendent, uti re Ch Tay-.| For unemployed farm workers, | West.” : ee wae iacheer te another complicating factor is the} W. H. Lanier, president of Road ° In Indochina i Jaycess in 1948. jcotton acreage cutback imposed by |27 Association and an official of | : ° Florida State Prison. | Fascell, a life-t Democrat, ex- law because of the cotton surplus.|the U. S. Sugar Corp. at Clewiston, AY ¢ 1 Panel discussions on “The Jud- nleiied ay ead nal ake natinue Reduced cotton acreage has put said: | ear apita No Immediate fused to comment. | |ges view the Juvenile Court law,” economy — a problem he termed 2” undetermined number of ten-| “When the connecting road is) The eldest son of the late Presi- Director Craig Bowen the balance|and “Let’s Talk about Children’s the nation’s “most pressing” — by 2%t farm, families on the road. |built by-passing Miami, any num- jof the day off. Services” are also on the agenda. saying that while he believes Pre- There isn’t enough cotton land to/ber of folks, living in the lake area Assault Expected, French Observers Report Today dent has been accusec by his es-| tranged wife Romelle pi eeeon |f William Deegan was elected Fire} Outstanding persons participat-' sient Eisenhower's financial pro- go around. Some farm owners have will visit the keys more often. And duct involving 12 women and she Chief, John Truesdell ‘served asing in the first discussion include gram is basically sound, he doesn't| eee to ‘day cropping.’ |for agriculture, it offers a wonder- has asked $3,500 monthly support chairman of the Planning Board, Judge Harvey E. Page, Escambia'think it “goes far enough, fast Under this method, the farmer ful saving in time of transporta-' in a separate maintenance suit at William Doster was City Sanitary |County; Judge D. R. Smith, Mar-| enough.” nes workers by the day when he tion.’ ie Pasadena, Calif. Inspector, Merl DeLand was Elec-'ion County; Judge R. H. Wing-| «tn addition to the tax cuts being ss ape under Uexeldahare.| A petition is available at the trical Inspector, Charles Oliveros field, Volusia County; Judge G. B. given to business, limited cuts in pping system, the worker re-;chamber of commerce office. Asked by newsmen if he had dis- ; " By MAX CLOS jtook over from Building Inspector Hunt, Polk County and Judge W. taxes should be given to the con- mained on the farm. If he ran out] aaa Two Men Die In SAIGON, Indochina #—Fifteen hundred Vietminh rebels were re- cussed his marital problems with of ‘aumldwinter esol Ray Knopp and Arnold Bryan serv-'S. Criswell of Duval County. Listed sumer to provide money to absorb money in midwinter, the planter his mother, Roosevelt said: “You calcd jet as Tax Collector. as resourse persons for this panel the nation’s production,” Fascell OMIM AGU Anes cexralit cma ttieanext know more about what's going on than I do. I'm trying to clean up Real Job are Judge Richard P. Robbins,’ saiq crn F ‘i | as Ported 6 to 12 miles from Luang everything and I’m leay for = eee by hie qJhe, “‘driftback trend” is re-) Prabang tod. ij Newevore Weineiday® ! A note of realism was the re-/Palm Beach County and Hon. Rog-| He aided that he comes by hisifiected in the number of ‘ace Headon Collision Sabang today but thadecench $aid Roosevelt said his trips to Chi-! cago and New York were in con- nection with his father’s estate. He said he planned to be back in Cali. fornia in time for a Monday court session dealing with the separate! " maintenance suits, | James’ brother, Rep. Franklin! DESLIE Eee D. Roosevelt (D-NY) also was in|guished official announced that ar-/ Chicago on a speaking date outirangements are complete, and a he did not take part in the family |gala welcome is planned. conference. James described the; The agenda includes a banquet | presence of the three family mem- dinner at the Candlelight Inn, os Chicago as “entirely a co-| from which the party will leave cidence. for the Fleet Reserve Home at The meeting yesterday by James, 920 Caroline Street and the regu- and his mother heightened specula-| jar business meeting. Vice presi (Continued On Page Eight) i County Collects Over $270 In License Fees The county collected $273.33 in’ occupational license fees last month, it was announced last night at the meeting of the county com. issioners. The state collected $546.65. Commissioner Joe Allen told the er Waybright, Jacksonville attor- oe Dr. Paul Penningrath, Director, Mental Health Program, State Board of Health, will direct the second panel. He will be assisted by Miss (Continued On Page Eight) interest in economy naiurally state unemployment compensation his greatest accomplishment in the claims filed in Southern states state legislature was the revision against other states, mostly in the of the state’s policy of granting ap- North and East. propriations for capital improve-| | Louisiana and South Carolina) ments, Before his election, he was at- jtoo great a trend.” (Continued On Page Eight) SPECIAL We Have 10 New 153 Fords Sharp increases in such claims, were counted, however, by Misssis- (Continued On Page Eight) Chamber Division In Miami Today MIAMI @—The grandson of a) reported a normal seasonal in- former Miami mayor and a Phila-ithe 12,000 rebels who invaded the , ‘ . crease in interstate claims. Ar- delphia man were killed today in Frances Davis, Acting Assistant torney for the Dade County dele- kansas noted an increase but “not the headon collision of two auto- Highway 1. Police identified them as James |Loomis, 28, Miami Shores, a sports invaders, afte: veri ps announcer with Hallandale televi- ice oe sion station WITV, and Walter J. Cannally Jr., of Philadelphia, who came here to find work. A passenger in Cannally’s car, bang might not come before they were only lining up supplies for the bulk of the Communist-led forces threatening the reya! capital of Laos. The French maintained most of Indochinese kingdom of Lao last week still were 50 miles north of \mobiles at 190th Street on U. S.| Luang Prabang, resting up in the |valley around Nam Bac, Military observers believed the |through mountainous jungle, had |stopped to recuperate and replen- jish their supplies. There was spec- lulation any assault on Luang Pra- meeting that a number of elderly roe people had been transferred from ir i \the Monroe General Hospital to the Mapbevelt heaton After adjournment, there will be county home on Stock Island. cosevelt has testified at a sup-/g big celebration in honor of He said the home now had more Mas he chal ross ba he guests, featuring a buffet supper inmates than one matron could Y s . exper > | y i i } heritance from his father's eats Prepared by the ee eG bande. He asked for an okay to (Continued On Page Eight) hire a hel 100 nthly s basis fe $100, a helper at $100 monthly. The Fe fasts cor & $200,000 Loan from Board approved the request. ~ ATTENTION Girl's 24” bicycle: concrete mix-| er, 42-gallon galvanized water All Flower Show Workers |tank for electric pump. J. D. BEARUP, 514 Margaret St. rear. A general meeting of all chair- men of their committees is called | TELEPHONE 2-6283. for 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Elks Club Annex. MRS. KATHARINE S. MONROE, |General Chairman. ° To Meet Friday |John T. Breen, 29, was injured. ‘next week, © |Doctors at North Shore Hospital) Both in Saigon and Hanol, the The Retail Division of the Cham- Said his condition was “fair.” jess major French command cen- ber of Commerce will meet at 10' Loomis was the son of Horace ters, the belief flourished that the a, m. Friday at the La Concha Loomis, New York advertising| Vietminh might not even attack the Hotel, it was announced today by agency executive, and the former/hometown of Laos’ aged King J. E. Tucker, chairman of the di- Elizabeth Lummus. Her father, J.'Sisavang Vong. The rebels last vision. Plans for the children’s|E. Lummus, was mayor of Miami'spring marched up almost to the Easter parade will be discussed. |™any years ago. | (Continued on Page Eight) eequliges The sports announcer was re- ——____—____ turning to his Miami Shores home after covering jai alai games at the Dania fronton, north of Miami. Peace Justice Edwin Lee Mason said Cannally was driving north in the wrong lane of the highway when the accident occurred, Garage Doors —at— STRUNK LUMBER 120 Simonton, near Western Union tion that they would discuss pos-| dent Knickerbocker will address sible financial settlement of Roose- the meeting. velt’s court fight with his wife. That Must Go! We Have 6 New 1953Ford Trucks That Must Go! We Have 4 New 19/3 Mercurys That Must Go! We Have 20 Late Molel Used Cars That Must Go! COME IN, NAME YOUR PRICE,WE MAY TAKE IT, NO MATTER HOW LOW YOUR OFfER — TRY US NOW! MONROE MOTORS, Inc. 117 WHITE *K1 USED CAR LoT. 2.5631 235 SIMONTON STREET Annual HUMANE SOCIETY Benefit Dance ELKS CLUB ANNEX Thursday, Feb. 11, 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. Surprise Floor Show TOM WHITLEY’S ORCHESTRA Eye Specialist Will Be Here For Consultation, Saturday, Feb, 13 FOR APPOINTMENT, CALL DR. J. A. VALDES PHONE 2-7821 General Meeting KEY WEST GOLF CLUB Thursday, Feb, 11, 8:00 P.M. 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