The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 18, 1954, Page 1

VOL, LXXV Ne. 42 One Of Senk’s Accusers Picked Up THE sou As Juvenile Delinquent By Police Police Raid Nets Ten In Local Teenage Rendezvous A 14-year-old girl, who accused Frank E. Senk, lo- cal Navy man, Tuesday, of attempted rape, was picked up last night by juvenile au- thorities and city police in a raid on a shack frequented by teenagers in the Salt Pond area near Flagler Ave-) nue. The crackdown also re- sulted in the apprehension of eight other juveniles and the jailing of two older youths on’ charges of_contributing to the delinquency of minors. The latter pair was’ identi- fied by police as John D. Fuller, 18, Poinciana, and Harrison Goodheart, 19, of} Felton Road, Sigsbee Park. They are being held under bond of $100 each. The ju- veniles were released in the custody of their parents. A hearing has been set for the case next Wednesday at 4 p. m. in Juvenile Court. ‘The raid was conducted by Ju- venile Courts Judge Eva Warner Gibson, Police Lt. Baster Cerezo and Patrolman Armando Perez. menses ae they didn’t uss that shack to do their homework or play checkers ‘The 14-year old girl, Whose com- Plaint that Senk had attempted to rape her resulted in his arrest Jan. 27, was among those picked up. After a preliminary hearing he-} fore Peace Justice Roy. Hamlin Tuesday, the charge against Senk in the case involving her was re- duced to assault and battery, The raid, Judge Gibson said, came as the result of more than a month of investigation. She said that it had been kept under sur- viellance and that Monday “a big party waa held there.” She added that the shack has been suspected as a haven for truants, as well. At first, the shack was built with only one room, but since, another has been added, she said. An in- vestigation is underway to deter- mine where the new lumber used in its construction was obtained, Judge Gibson said. There have * been numerous complaints from contractors of missing lumber, she Scene Of Nocturnal Raid { i See ———— THIS SHACK was the scene of a gala party Monday which prompted police and juvenile a and raid it. Juvenile Court workers are investigating to de- termine where the lumber to wake of complaints from contractors that their material has Ten were arrested in crackdown.—Citizen been disappearing. Staff Photo, Monthly Publication ©, Tells Of Aétivities Of Local Chamber According to “Trends,” the mon- thly publication of the Key West Chamber of Commerce, a Cham- ber committee composed of Clem Price, Earl Adams and Merville Rosam, has been working on a pro- ject for developing Garrison Bight into a small craft anchorage. — The group has had several dis- cussions with Major C. B. Har- vey and City Manager Victor Lang toward checking into the feasibility of completing the city- owned fill that extends into the Bight next to the Yacht Club. Cognizant of the City Master Plan, which calls for a small craft anchorage at the opposite end of the Bight, near North Beach Drive, the committee nevertheless favors completing the work al- ready started at the fill, The Com- Chamber Committee Works On Anchorage Of Small Craft uthorities to move in last night build it was obtained in the anuary County Savings Bond Sales Annnunced | Bond Chairman reported that Sav-! ings Bond sales during January in Monroe County as reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta were $48,456, while sale for the en- tire state amounted to $5,092,461. This lacks less than 1 per cent of| equalling last January’s high which THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN T KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1954 Interior Of Teenage Rendezvous See 2 a FOUR BUNKS like the one shown above made the interior of a shack frequented by teenagers near Flagler Avenue “real cozy”. Ten persons, including eight juveniles, were picked up during a raid on the shack last night by juvenile authorities and city police. Shack was lit by a single red lantern.—Citizen Staff Photo, Whether The Rodeo Plays Or Not, Kids Swarm To See Stadium Sights While adults wrangle over the on-again, off-again rodeo, the kids are having fun. Hundreds of small fry swarmed around Wickers S$ dium yester- ‘day afternoon to ogle cowboys, Cowxirls,.. steers. jd Besides the great attraction of ariything connected ith the West, many Key West children have never seen a steer, bull. or cow. Last year, one cow was brought to Key West so children could see what the animal looked like. When Poinciana School youngsters were turned loose yesterday afternoon, practically the entire student body swarmed across the street for a close-up of the rodeo performers and the stock. Some mothers picked up their children at other schools and drove Jerry J. Trevor, Monroe Savings | em to the stadium. And if the rodeo plays hére this weekend, you can bet a majority of Key West kids will be on hand to whoop and holler, 9312 Per Cent Of City Tax Roll Jan. Business Analysis Given ‘had been 56 per cent above Janu- ary 1952, “National figures for January,” | Trevor said, “were the highest for’ the month in seven years and ex-; ceeded 1953 by 10 per cent. The| redemption of unmatured E and Is Collected ‘Inc. OFC. Paper the 1953 City of Key West tax roll!. phe chanber et Comers ie was announced today by tax col-/iNess analysis for January of this lector Archie Roberts, The roll be-/Year shows that building permits came delinquent Feb. 1. have dropped from $152710 in 1953 Roberts said that a total of $472,-'to $141774 last month. Che Key West Citisen HE Jude U.S. Judge Will Decide What James Pays Four-Day Hearing | Wnids Up With Accusations By Romelle’s Lawyer By GRAHAM PERRY PASADENA, Calif. W—A judge will announce within’a few days how much temporary support James Roosevelt, who claims he’s worse than broke, shall pay his estranged wife Romelle, who de- mands $3,500 a month, A four-day hearing on the matter wound up yesterday with her attor- neys accusing the eldest son of the of “making false statements for the purpose of concealing his |assets.”” . Roosevelt's attorney said Mrs. |Roosevelt will have to get along | with $30 to $40 dresses instead of $300 ones, |. Superior Judge Kurtz Kauffman took under submission the support demands and the amount to be jallowed Mrs. Roosevelt for court jeosts and attorney fees. | The support order will be effec- jfive pending trial of -their sepa- rate maintenance suits’ In hers, |Mrs. Roosevelt, 38, accuses her 46-year-old husband of adultery, naming three co-respondents, She jalso filed letters signed by him istating he admitted infidelities with nine other women. Roosevelt has denied all the charges, He already is paying his wife, who has temporary custody of their three small children, $1,073 a month, Judge Kauffman said his deci- jsion will be based on Roosevelt's lability to pay as shown by his {income and disbursements the Past five or six years, The insurance executive's finan- cial records, introduced in court, show gross annual income rang- ing from $30,000 to $51,000 the past jfew years and yearly disburse- ‘ments varying from $40,000 to $79,000. and restraining orders to remain effective pending trial, which will late President Franklin Roosevelt} | The judge ordered stipulations For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2-5661 or 2.5662. coe Ss PRICE FIVE CENTS On Injunction To Forbid Rodeo Showing In Stadium Petition For Mandatory Injunction | Is Filed By Group Of Taxpayers | To show or not to show. That is the question confronting the rodeo and it very likely will be settled today by Judge Aquilino Lo- | pez, Jr., in circuit court. | The circuit court was brought into the picture late yesterday afternoon when a petition for a mandatory in- junction was filed with the county clerk, ; The petition, naming the ESS tive city commissioners as ° ° defendants, asks that any |\Deadline On °54 permit that the city gave the iTag Purchase Is rodeo to show in Wickers \Midnight Feb. 20 Stadium be revoked, The petition was signed by Claude Saturday is the deadline for buying your 1954 auto tag. R. Thompson, David E, McCurdy, |W. Curry Harris, and Roy Hamlin. There will be no extension of time, Thomas J. Dixon, de- Harris also signed as attorney for the plaintiffs, puty motor vehicle commission | Named as defendants were: ger made Howard €. Wil- Mayor C. B. Harvey, and Com- son, tax collector, will be open |Missioners Delio Cobo, Paul R. in the county court house from | Roberts, Louis Carbonell and Jack | 9 a. m. te Sp. m. Saturday /Delaney. | for persons wanting tags. The bill of complaint sets out that the plaintiffs are taxpayers in Key West and that the Wic Field Stadium was erected with public funds. The city ordinance, Sec. 8 of on said, anyone without a 1954 tag will be subject to arrest. The tag must be on the vehicle. Out-of-state motorists, from states where the license has ex- pired, alse are subject to ar- | Ordinance No. 328—otherwiss Test. known as Sec. 18.12—which bars SEE coe trom he stestomy eve ‘Korean Peace _|s:i*:sisss ite. Soi Parley May Be Held In April permit for the rodeo to play the stadium Friday, Saturday and Sun- day. The bill of complaint then says that the city commissioners okay- ed a permit for the rodeo on Feb. 12; revoked the permit on Feb. By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER BERLIN #—British informants) said today the Big Four plan to hold a Korean peace parley in Geneva about April 15. Soviet For- eign Minister V. M. Molotov is con- sulting with the Red Chinese re- L__ sss BULLETIN Just before press time, ro- deo hands were packing, ready rire tee to leave Key West, it was re- gime at Peiping on the details cf) portea by City Patrol Lio- its participation, they added, penta etenes nel Soriano, These were the developments \from the foreign ministers’ 0. aS ference this afternoon as it neared|15- and then okayed it again on its close, |Feb. 16. Earlier Staging the rodeo Is illegal, the American authorities added. mittee will petition the City Com-; The shack contains four bunks|mission accordingly in the near and was lit with a single red lan-/future. sist tern, she said. | “Trends” also noted that since; When. the officers made their|the Navy Yard bus tours were! raid, several of the occupants of| started in October, 2556 people the shack fled the scene but were|have taken the trip. H bonds at the same time were the | ®50.95 was collected in real and lowest in spite of a heavier val| Pecmonel Property taxes before the ume of maturities as a consequence! ‘ame overdue, Jof 1944s peak of war bond sales,|.. Te total roll for the year was The total redemption of |$504,673.33 leaving a balance of and unmatured “E and Ht bene ($32,082.08, Of this amount, $17,686. later captured by police. The 50 passenger bus made | Judge Gibson said that she will) available by the Navy is filled | request the fire department to raze| to capacity each day. The bus | iT the shack shortly, ay ves the Chamber office at 2 | | Bm, weekdays. Tickets are . ] : | tributed beginning at | Unusual Sitter ese eens Lameres con | be: BALTIMORE # — Ten-year-old be checked at the Chamber of- William Welsh can be classified ibedicheaeerh ash ba cone as a baby sitter—but not in the/ nt iqu aseKis Come 1 sense, avepagiegg) members ip in the “ 2 Visiting a home yesterday. 7 |Club” are a popular item with win- was only 3 cent higher than 91 represents overdue real estate last Saausie eel was $114,219,000|*2%€S_and $14,345.47 in personal less than the month’s sales.” Tty assessments, “Of the $10,754,000,000 of E bonds|_ The list of property for the am that have matured since May , nual tax sale will be given to The or 75 per cent are holding them Citizen for publication at the close under the 1 year extension pri-| _ business on Feb. 19, Roberts vilege, and the volume of these said. Any tax-payer not wishing to two issues now outstanding has have their property published will {fore 5 p. m. on that date. | Key Westers may still pay their axes after that date and their pro- grown to $36,887,000,000,"" Trevor be required to pay their taxes be concluded, | Post office receipts have increas-|be at least eight months hence, ed from $26901 to $27854, and oe ne veinaph either person j rom disposing of property. A) 30610 south bound passenger £afS) stipulation bars either from mak. jhave come over the Overseas High- ing derogatory remarks about the! way as compared to 29258 during/other in the childrens’ presence. jJanuary of 1953. Roosevelt also has the right to | The use of electricity has mos her sopesar bay toot ae creaséd from 3330005. KWH last). ve; the house when her husband year to 3715395 for the same Per-jis with the youngsters. iod this year. | The judge ordered Roosevelt to | The Chamber of Commerce of- ipeepete sey oo arate and a ax Payments on the family house. fice tegistered 1003, visitors. The) In his summation, Arthur E. |1953 figure was 1147, The Cham-|schifferman, one of Mrs. Roose. jber has sent out 2236 letters andjvelt’s three attorneys, declared: received 1568. Last year the Cham-|“‘We have shown that Mr. Roose- ber received 1912 and sent out jawaiting only Molotov’s concur-| said the Big Four had approached agreement on the Geneva parley, rence in a clause spelling out that| the meeting itself would not con- stitute U.S. recognition of the Pel- ping government. The Geneva meeting would be the one major dividend from the otherwise fruitless Berlin confer- ence, The proposed Geneva conference would embrace about 20 nations— 16, including America, Britain and France, which fought on the U.N. side in Korea—South Korea; Rus- sia, Red China and North Korea. Today—last of the Berlin talks— Dulles and Foreign Ministers Eden, Nam sat down on a kitchen chair ter visitors. The cards are present- (Continued or Page Two) 1960 letters, velt cannot be believed in any f| Bidault. and Molotov held their complaint adds, beyond the auth- ority of the defendants, as city commissioners, and is specifical- ly contrary to the provisions of the ordinance, “Staging the rodeo on February 19, 20, and 21, or any other time, is contrary to the interests of the citizens of Key West,” the com- plaint says. It adds that staging the rodeo will involve damage to the stadium turf and to the baseball and foot- ball facilities, Unless a permanent mandatory Injune: is granted, the peti- tion says, the rodeo will be held to the irreparable damage of the citizens of Key West, The petition asks an immediate |his testimony, A ino ha ¢ se re 7 n .,(sixth secret session on sponsoring ‘hearing and asks that any permit by fone navensaren thst ne iq the new conference. They met for|be revoked, tn t king fal — jan hour and 15 minutes. Then they) Yesterday, issuance of a permit aay Neues parade ary: broke up to reassemble later in a/by Howard E. Wilson, county tax for the purpose of concealing his ‘bigger open meeting at which|collector, was held up by a letter Defore he looked on the seat. He/&@ to visitors registering at the and i , (chamber headquarters, Sn er cheaee Se era all conch shell is also ivea|d aycees To Give es . a. away as a souvenir. merge buss ce bp Mgur The cards were designed by Burt Annual Awa rd SPECIAL re de assets.” 5 ci i |from the offi B yay , lcarnett and Bill Kroll at the Parl Maacautites president I eply, Roosevelt’ t |American officials believed they| office of C. M. Gay, state gh otort, roe bell ter abe enee |Aauarinm made four bushels Of] o¢ the Jaycees, "will be the prin- Samuel B. Picone, “said. ary would Se east eacticatioa |; he eine z Shells available without cost. a eee The Chamber also distributes lit tle hand-out sheets, entitled “‘Wel- | come Visitors’’ with a list of places ito go and things to see while in |Key West. These sheets give the visitor a fairly complete picture of what they can do to amuse them- selves while vacationing in Key | West. All hotels, motels, restaurants, }and other firms engaged in the itourist industry were given a sup- iply to. be distributed to guests. |More copies are available at the} Office. Thursday, February 25> ha | been tentatively set as the date Take advantage of this }} for the’ Chamber's membersh : ff | drive, Two teams will canvass exceptional offer and || 299 firms for membership. buy yours now. i i: hinese participation! The letter said by Sinai Hospital, dispute over Chinese p: Pp: said no permit could cipal speaker at the Jaycees’ dinmer-dance tomorrow when the group’s Distinguished Ser- vice Award is presented. Adams also will present the award which is given annually to @ young man who has per- formed outstanding and die tinguished service for the com. munity. The dinner will begin at 7:30 P. m. tomorrow at the La Con- cha Hotel. It will be followed by the presentation and the dance. We Have 3 New 1953 Fords That Must Go! We Have 4 New 1954 Ford Trucks That Must Go! We Have 1 New 1953 Mercury That Must Go! We Have 2] Late Model 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. 1117 WHITE STREET PHONE 2-5631 A-1 USED CAR LOT 235 SIMONTON STREET PHONE 2-588] Roosevelt now “has more than $100,000 in assets which she never (Continued On Page Two) Bargains In Gas Ranges While they last, we are giving large trade-in allowances on all ranges now in stock. Due to Unforeseen Circumstances Candlelight age Dining Room WILL BE CLOSED For the Remainder of the Season by making clear that it would not|be issued until the rodeo associa. mean recognition. tion complied with all laws, in- It was also considered probable |cluding remittance of state sales aia ° that the four would issue a state-\taxes. Civil Service ment favoring disarmament efforts| William A, Thoss, area supervis- r lin line with a resolution adoptedjor here for Gay’s office, said to- ‘by the United Nations last fall,|day at 12:30 p. m. that he had not Meet Set Here \which called on all nations to work/|yet been Paid the $377 due the for arms cutbacks. jo in back sales taxes. Nearly a hundred civil service) But the great problem of German} executives from all over the state'unification was without any solu- are expected to attend the conven-'tion and an Austrian independence }tion of the Florida Association of|treaty seemed to be in the same} Civil Service and Personnel Agen-|deadlock—unless Molotov was will- cies at the Casa Marina Hotel,|ing to change radically his insist- March 18-19 according to City Clerkience on keeping Soviet troops in Victor Lowe, president of the or-/ Austria. i ganization, -4| Western diplomats said the con- Lowe is presently-planning a full|vening of a conference on Korea round of social activities and busi-| would lead immediately to a con- ness meetings for the group com-jference on ending the Indochina GUTTER and Bob Dopp and Joe Pinder have; }agreed to serve as team captains) FIXTURES at for the one-day effort. Prospect} cards will be distributed at the! Strunk Lumber kick-off breakfast. If 59 werkers'129 Simonton near Weather Bureau (Camfikaued On Page Pwo) posed of representatives of state, War. They said this was true be- county and municipal civil ser-cause the Western powers had vice officials. felaxed their condition that pro- All sessions will be held at the gress in making a Korean settle- casa Marina, { (Continuee On Page Two) KEY WEST GAS COMPANY. ' a ‘ — —_