The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 17, 1954, Page 1

& Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV No. 41 Jury After Rape Hearing Stop Burdine's Forbids Show: Navy Wife Tells Of Assault On Keys Dec. 14 Frank E. Senk, 21-year-! | old Navy man, was ordered, held for grand jury action! on a rape charge yesterday, after a preliminary hearing) before Peace Justice Rey Hamlin. Senk. also faces trial in'| Criminal Court on a statu-} tory rape charge and anoth- er of assault and battery. | Hamlin held separate hear-| ‘ ings into each of the charges. and then set bond at $5, 000) each on the rape charges and $500 on the assault and battery count—a total of $10,500. Senk has been held in the county) jail since January 27 when Pe was) arrested on the bern let i. year-old girl who pin, had assaulted her. Further investigation led him to) be charged with raping a 17-year- old baby sitter and a 21-year-old Navy wife. All three victims yesterday’s hearing, THE [Accused Rapist I i ' Rice ‘City To Make $140,000 Bid —Citizen Staff Photo, FRANK E. SENK twitet «Qn Poinciana Lees be tek pub > prctoch anos Negotiations (Quick Windup pected In Roosevelt Case James’ Attorneys Present Amended Balance Sheet Of Assets, Liabilities By GRAHAM BERRY PASADENA, Calif. W—A quick Roosevelt, who contends he is $72,185.15 in the red, can meet his estranged wife’s demands for $3,- 500 temporary monthly support. An amended balance sheet filed yesterday stated that as of last Jan, 31 the son of the late Presi- dent Franklin Roosevelt had lia- bilities exceeding assets by $72,- 185.15. Mrs. Romelle Roosevelt has said he is worth two million dollars. Attorneys said that after a brief period of testimony today they would make their final arguments. Mrs. Roosevelt, 38, seeks the temporary support for herself and/ent. their three children pending trial of separate maintenance suits six to eight months hence. She has accused her husband of infidelities Serk, a elim: youthful oppoor- Planned For with 12 women and named ‘three U of them ag corespondents. efector eens | <UL Lots In Rootea a who ed te oi Proceedings, but when the Navy Housing Project he taal cai cent: oh main wife polstedihipt-ouf 9s the men denies infidelity charges. who lured her Itite his automo. | The city commission has agreed The name of one of the women bile,.drove hetup the keys = to make an offer of $140,000. to the: assaulted her, he tensed visibl¥ lowers of 11f lots in the Poineiana poppéd.up in and lowered his eyes. Housing Project. again Her testimony in the case —a employed at one of Rooseveit’s in- charge that could cost the defen- City Attorney J. ¥. Porter, who! i once gems, ant his life—alleged that Senk; Roosevelt had-related that Atty. waiting for a bus on Flagler Ave., “lift to the drug stose in Poin-| ciana.”” Her husband was at sea on a! three-week cruise at the time, she said. It was raining that day, whe added, and she accepted his offer of a ride. She testified that Senk told her' he had dropped his wife off. in; town to visit friends. ‘They drove out Flagler Avenue} and when they reached Bertha) out Street, found that the street was} torn up, she said. Senk then made| a detour at which time, he alleged- (Continued On Page Ten) Bowen Proposes Financial Plan City Finance Director Craig Bowe| en has advanced a plan that will put some of the city’s surplus cash’ to work by depositing it in a bank! jnite where it will draw larger interest. And Mayor C. B, Harvey has suggested that the income from Bowen's plan be used to augment) the skimpy pensions some former city employees receive. The plan calls for the withdraw-) al of certain funds from various reserve and contingency funds in} the Florida National Bank includ- ing the special payroll fund, the! firemen's relief and pension funds and the regular pension fund. He) said that in the payroll fund, there} The 111 lots now being negotia- |ted for represent only about 37) \per cent of the total property the city wants to buy, it was pointed’ oevne C. B. Harvey asked that \the city commission ‘‘take emerg-|? ency action in acquiring the prop- erty.” Deadline Is Past its owners—and razing the housing ‘units, is more than two months, joverdue. He said that the owners jhad agreed to postpone taking pos- session until the city makes a def-; inite purchase offer, however. Porter also urged fast action on making an offer. “If the city were, to lose that housing, it would dis- rupt the entire economy of the community,” he said. ‘New Commander ils Named For ‘Atlantic Forces $e currently a 13-thousand dollar’ WASHINGTON u — The White surplus. }House announced today the ap- Bowen points out that these funds|pointment of U.S. Adm. Jerauld are lying dormant in the bank and|Wright as supreme commander of not drawing interest. He proposes! Allied forces in the Atlantic. to deposit the surplus with the} Wright will replace Adm. Lynde First Federal Savings and Loan|C. McCormick on April 12. Association where it will draw 3.| The White House said President percent interest. Eisenhower also is nominating Bowen plans to set up about|Wright to be commander in chief three accounts of ten thousand dol-jof the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and com- lars each so that they would be|mander in chief of the U.S. Atlantic covered by Federal Deposit Insur-/Command. ance, The announcement said nothing The City Attorney has been ask- (Continued On Page Ten) ed to rule on the legality of the plan, Old Friend Misses Ike ABET de PHILADELPHIA #—Screen star; CLASSIC BALLET Languages PRINCESS NINA Children and Adults TEL. 2-3161 George Murphy, a California Re-| publican leader, won’t be on hand! to greet his old friend today when| President Eisenhower arrives in| Palm Springs, Calif. Murphy is convalescing at a lo- eal hotel from a serious throat operati@n seven days ag. John K. Sloan helped write his will about last September, where- ‘upon Arthur E. Schifferman, Mrs. ing, Roosevelt's counsel, demanded: “You mean that in the solemn act of drawing your will you em- ployed a man-who had represented Mrs. Irene Owens in her divorce action?” Superior Judge Kurtz Kaufmann} sustained the objection of Roose- velt’s attorney, Samuel B. Picone. Mrs. Roosevelt, called to the stand briefly, testified she had been forced to spend $3,000 for in-| vestigators and attorneys in pur- suing her separate maintenance suit, She added that some of her divi- dends, which she said were sup- posed to be reinvested by her hus- band, had been transferred to|the “another account” without her Permission, Under questioning by Picone she said she believed it |was a joint account. Roosevelt testified he borrowed $100,000 from his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, partly to pay Political bills accumulated in his unsuccessful campaign for gover- nor of California four years ago. “I found that there is nothing (Continued On Page Ten) End Of Line For Runaway Car windup is expected today at a/cul court hearing on whether James! SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Che Ken West Cilisen IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1954 Senk Is Held For Grand “ty Failstn Its Effort To Judge Lopez Grants Injunction Against Enforcement Of Local Ordinance The city’s attempt to force Burdine’s, Miami de- partment store, to pay $2,- 500 annually to make free |deliveries here fell flat on its face today—permanent- ly. And instead of collecting, the city! may have to pay. Judge —— Lopez, Jr., of cir- cuit court, granted a permanent| | Judge Lopez ruled that Bur. dine’s can recover all costs in- curred in the court action. ‘Commission Series, enacted by the City of Key West, Florida, on the ‘14th day of December, 1953, be and unconstitutional. No. 2 — that. the temporary in- junction heretofore entered be and ithe same is hereby made perman- i Tedey's order also released the bond Burdine’s had posted, and further said that Burdine’s “do have and recover from the de- — all costs herein incur. pa a (constitutional anti-<delivery ordin-| When Burdine’s announced merce held a meeting. A delegation of the division, headed by J. E. Tucker, chairman| Of the division, called on the City Commissioners at a special meet- ‘The delegation first wanted to Put a $5,000 bite on out-of-town stores to make deliveries here, but the ordinance was written halving that sum, The commission passed the mea- )Sure aS an emergency ordinance, ‘The ordinance was introduced by Commissioner Louis Carbonell. At the time — the Dec. 14 city | ; commission meeting — Tucker | said that local retail businessmen | | “did not want to keep business |! from the city — but rather want fo encourage new business in the and the same is declared invalid! State Compti Another Step Forward lea mR JOE SIRUGO (standing) is waiting while Mayor C. B. Harvey signs the papers leasing the old Wagner property at the foot of Simonton Street to a concern represented by Sirugo for building docking facilities to handle a ferry operating between Key West and Cuba. Formal signing took place yesterday afternoon.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. i the! Plight Of Little Delores Opens rapel se would make tree deliveries gn, pe wat Togas ae mee Key West Hearts And Pocketbooks Yesterday afternoon a little fellow who could just barely reach thé top of the counter at the front of The Citizen office, shyly hand- ed an envelope to one of the staff saying, “I want to give my al- lowance to help the little blind girl.” Some one sent a note that said, ‘‘The enclosed dollar bill to ap- ply to the Baby Delores Fund.” The City Commission is giving the city’s percentage of the gate receipts from the Rodeo at the Stadium this week. Many of the civic and service clubs in the city are calling Meetings of their welfare committees, and individuals are digging down into their jeans and piggy banks to help little Delores. So many have called wanting to know where to send their contribution that the Lions Club is depositing all money in a special little Delores Fund. The Citizen is turning all money sent to the office over to the Lions for deposit. If you could see Delores, knowing that there is hope that sight can be restored to her big dark eyes, and see the love and affec- tion that surrounds her, and how grateful her family is, you’d feel jjust like the youngster who is so willingly giving up bubble gum and ice cream cones to help her, city.” Commissioner Jack bye the constitutionality e ordinance, but Carbonell Te-) “Let's leave that up to the courts to decide.” ‘The court did. 2slSchool Set For City Employees Runaway Car Causes Damage The city commission has author-| In its petition requesting an in-lized the city manager to send an \junction, Burdines said the ordin- unspecified number of municipal ‘Late Tuesday An attack of iiness was blamed) For Use By They-Went-Tha By DE! Since last Friday the Sheriff Continues Abduction Probe The Sheriff's Department said today that they are con- tinuing their investigation into the story of Angelo Leto, 312’2 William Street. Leto said that he was abducted Sunday and tortured before being released early Tuesday morning. He said today that he “has no idea who his kidnapers may have been.” He added that he “could recognize one of | them if he saw him.” Leto could offer no explana- tion of the bizarre happening. He told police that he was tortured with lighted cigarettes and forced to walk over sharp stones in his bare feet. Traffic Pane Head Asks Ai From Public Jim Keen, chairman of the city’s five man traffic safety committee, today appealed to Key Westers for “constructive criticism and sug- gestions concerning the city’s traf- fie problems.” He said today that the panel is presently studying the report drawn up by City Manager Victor Lang for submission to the Na- tional Safety Council, preparatory to making recommendations based ‘on the actual facts contained there- in, “We would also like the public to know that we need their help if we are going to make pro- gress in our work,” Keen said, He also defended the recommen-' parking on the east side of Duval Street between the hours of 4 and 6 p. m., saying that their research has shown that five out of seven accidents on that thoroughfare in- volved cars parked on the east side of the street. Keen also summarized the list of recommendations of the com: mittee that have been acio~ -4 by the city. tenants or workers .. DIAL 2-S661 or 2-5662. could play here this week dations of the committee to ban! Quick Communication, CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— Just PRICE FIVE CENTS er Ropes Rodeo; y In Florida taway Boys Didn’ Get Up Sales Tax, Letter Says NIS SNEIGR The rodeo is off again. Today’s shut off order came from the office of C M. Gay, state comptroller because, Gay’s office said, the rodeo association has not complied with state laws, rodeo twice has been told it end and twice told it could ‘not play here. Here’s the box score: Friday—City Commission uns imously okays rodeo to play Wick ers Stadium. Monday night—City Commission unanimously vetoed rodeo playing Wickers Stadium. Tuesday noon—Three of four city commissioners present okay rodec to play Wickers Stadium. Today, Howard E. Wilson, county tax collector received a copy of a letter from the office of the state comptroller saying no permit can be issued and no county tax collector can issue a license “until such time as your organizations (the rodeo) com- ply with all laws, Including the remittance of sales tax money.” The text of the letter follows: February 12, 1954 “Southern Rodeo Assn., Inc., and. or “National Rodeo Association 2622 Harrison Street “Orlando, Florida “Re: Application for Permit ‘Gentlemen: “I am returning herewith West- ern Union Money Order No, BM- 12722 in the amount of $15.00 which bese Temitted to this office in pay- emt of a permit to operate your show, hein. “I am also returning your ap- plication for a permit to operate at Ft. Lauderdale, Key West and ‘Ft. Pierce, February 1954, no date given, which is not acknowledged before a notary, “No permit can’ be issued for any ocation in Florida and license is- sued by a tax collector until such time as your organizations com- (Continued On Page Ten) Fla. National Guard Band Will Appear Here The 42-plece band of the Florida |National Guard is being brought to Key West for a public concert in Bayview Park on Sunday after- ‘noon, February 28, “Arrangements have been ten- tatively completed” Bethel P. Johnson, Commander of Arthur |Sawyer Post No. 28, American ‘egion, announced here today, “‘to ance was discriminatcry and un- constitutional; that it attempted to [confer extra-territorial jurisdiction] upon the city; and that the city} was not authorized by its charter| ito levy such taxes, {employees back to school. At the suggestion of Finance Di- | rector Craig Bowen, the city fa- thers put their stamp of approval on a proposal to send workers to (Continued On Page Ten) dent which resulted in fence yesterday evening at Tru- man Avenue and Varela Strnet. They include: Arequest to the »ave the Band of 51st Division, Flo- Patrolman John Linehan said that the accident occurred when Ernest Teel, 45, of the Casa Mar-; lina Hotel, suffered an attack of] and lost control of his car, smash- jing into a parked car owned by |tel. Damage to that car was es- timated at $50. Teel’s car then caromed off and |Struck another car owned by Ron- ‘ald A, Larsen, 1116 Truman Ave- by police for an automobile acci-\ Navy that they open we $800 in damage to three cars and a wire|ing the rush hour to relieve traf-| Street gate to the Navy Yard auv- fic congestion on Whitehead Streets | a recommendation that a traffic officer be placed at four traffic ilights during the rush hour; the erection of a traffic signal at White and Virginia Streets to protect liliness, “blanked out’? temporarily |PuPils at the Truman Elementary School and pedestrians during the busy Saturday shopping rush; a \Kenneth Katt of the Tropical Ho jnew light and warning sign at the intersection of Roosevelt Boule- (Continued On Page Ten) Gloucester Boats nue, causing another $200 damage.| | into a chain wire fence at the home of Thomas Reyes, 1108 Tru- |man Avenue. Damage to the fence was estimated at $250. Damage to Teel’s car was set at $300. He told police that he suffers |from ulcers. He was taken to Mon- jroe General Hospital for treat- ment. ‘Body Of Boy | Found In Bay ST. PETERSBURG #—The body of Chad Akins, 16, one of four {boys tossed into Tampa Bay Feb.’ THIS CAR ENDED UP agairist a fence at 1108 Trea acca yesterday after its "driver “blacked out” because of illness and the car went out of control. It alsp struck two other cars. Total damage was estimated 4 My at $800.—Citizen Staff Photo. ' 18 when their small boat over- |turned, was found yesterday by al fisherman. A Coast Guard cutter picked up the body. Akins was the son of J. C. Akins, jcirculation manager of the St. |Patersburg Independant. The runaway auto then rammed! Try Local Waters New England coast. Three fishing | vessels from Gloucester, Mass.,| were in port today and five or six waterfront scuttlebutt. | Besides the Gloucestermen, there are close to 20 New Bedford boats shrimping out of Key West. The port was packed with shrim-| pers yesterday. The winds of the jpast few days have kept them in port. However, late yesterday aft- lernoon several were seen heading ‘out to sea. z ‘HOMOSOTE, Exterior Wall Board ‘at Strunk Lumber | 120 Simonton Street, near Bank | seitencsiininudiisdiailal more are expected, according to| sida National Guard, come to Key | West to give a concert, free to the The concert ts being arranged by Arthur Sawyer Post as part of a national effort by the American |Legion to boost voluntary enlist- bes ere ae the Air | Under the direction of Chief War- rant Officer Murray Austrian, the 51st Division Band won the Eisen hower Trophy as the outstanding National Guard Band during 1953. The (Program it will present will consist of military, popular and members music as selected by mem! of the Key West Higt ac In Cas : Ranges While they last, we are giving large trade-in jowances on all ranges now in stock. Take advantage of this exceptional offer and | buy yours now. KEY WEST GAS COMPANY,