The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 22, 1954, Page 1

Vote Tomorrow For Aqueduct District Comn Che Ken West Cilisen Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 69 VOL. LXXV Ne. 45 THE SOUTHERNMOST NE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MO! Fury Incarnate! BOXER TOWSER discovered this Mouser and decided to have a little fun; Mouser was in no mood for frivolity and lost no t a couple of ceiving ime in so expressing himself. he had been taught as a pup.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. Chaishes Membership Drive Organization Is One-Day Drive Will Be Made By Large Group Of Volunteers Organization of a drive for new chamber members has been com- pleted, it was announced today by Mrs of Commerce president. Mary Lee Graham, Chamber In a one-day campaign, sche- duled for Thursday, nearly 50 workers will contact business firms and individualls, extending | an invitation to affiliate with the chamber. The workers will be divided into i two teams headed by Bob Dopp Ping 1 Joe er, both former di rectors of the chamber “A number of new businesses have been ¢ ed in Key West dur- ng the past year and they will be i to join with other chamber g a business- is conducted Mrs. ram as chamber Graham stated A ten-point program which the vnization will adopt is present-! ec below d ad- ote Key by 1. Expanded publicity vertising pr West newspaper, Expar gram to pi as a vacation paradise a ne and radio. maga tist recreation fa- es to attract more visitors and p them longer, Stress importance of the Mer- Completed Medical Care Fund For Little Delores Grows The medical care fund for De- lores Disgdiertt, 5-month-old glau- coma victim, increased today with the receipt of six more con- tributions, five of them at the of- fice of The Key West Citizen The money is being turned over to the Lions Club, which is spon- soring the drive started by a story in The Citizen. Contributions brought to The Citizen office, 603 Greene St., will be forwarded to the Lions Today's contributions totalled $67 and were from: The Little Theater, 900 Truman, Ave., $32. William Kroll of the Municipal Aquarium, $10. Wilson Walker, $5. F. P. Bufford, $5. Boca Chica Fire Department, $13, Anonymous, $2 Safe Is Taken From Mote! On Plantation Gey A safe with at least $3,500 in it was taken from the office of the Plantation Yacht Harbor Motel on Plantation Key, the sheriff's de- partment said today. chants Divis ake more funds The theft occurred between 11 available fo’ t etc. P. m. yesterday and 6 a. m. to- 4. Create ] an Divi- day. sion of Chamber to e Key The sheriff's department said the West as vacation place and trade burglars pried a hasp off a door center for Cuban visitors 5. St emphasize Key West as convention city. 6, Promote industry that can pro- itably operate in this area, ctions tourist a Continue to foster and im- tion between agencies rnal nPrOve COOF ate and federal nercial and fra i work of an ac nee the Cha of Con aber CLASSIC BALLET Languages PRINCESS NINA Children and Adults TEL. 2-3161 METAL LATH at Strunk Lumber 120 SIMONTON, near City Hall } sl and then jimmied the door to get into the office. Of the $3,500 in the safe, $1,200 was in checks, tained an undetermined amount of Create and develop more Money and valuables that was be- political opponent of Pri ing kept for guests of the motel. The safe was about two feet 1 relationship with U. ee and two and a half feet accepting million-yen bribes from Hurt Saturday A 10-year-old boy was only slight- injured S day when his bi- automobile m and Willi police said tod The boy, id comb, 514 Bahama St. reported. truck the side of a car driven velio Alverez, 31, of 1109 Vare- la Street Young Holcomb was taken to the val Hospital by Mayor C. B. Harvey, who was near the scene by of the mishap. He was said to be suffering from hock, Patrolman Lionel Soriano, ho mvestigated the acident, 1zb¢ @@ charges against either Towser approached, but after re- harp slaps to his jowls, decided that chasing cats was not as much fun as Scout Court Of ‘Honor Slated The Boy Scout Court of Hon- or meets at 7 p. m. today at the County Court House. Fol- lowing the court, there will be a meeting of the district Scout Committee. Cuban National ~ Gets Free Ride ‘To His Homeland A long series of arrests by city police on morals charges resulted | in a Cuban national being returned} to that country Saturday, police said today. | They identified the man as Ruben Alemenares, an employee in a loc- jal restaurant Police said that he had been ar- jrested several times for investiga-; |tion of complaints that he had been} molesting women, | Alemenares’ latest brush with the} \law occurred Saturday morning {when he was arrested by Patrol- jman Ralph Maribona, According] |to his report, a pickup order was jout for the man and he spotted! him walking down Duval Street. He arrested him, but Alemenares \resisted, kicked the officer and but- jted him in the face, | Maribona said that he subdued |the man with the aid of a near-by |fireman, Pedro Perez. He was Polls Open At 7 A.M. Tomorrow | Polls in the county's 17 pre- | cincts will open at 7 a. m. to- morrow for a special election to select five commissioners for the Key Florida Keys Aque- duct District. The polis will close at 7 p. m. All registered voters in Monroe County are eligible to go to the polls, not just freeholders, it has been an- nounced. Eleven persons are in the race. The top five will be elect- ed to the posts. The election is being held as required by a special act of the hich set up last Vance Stirrup, Paul E. Mes: Anthony Ulchar, Benj Freer, William Freeman, Jam. es W. Murphy, Harry M. Bak- er, Manvej Rodriguez, Allan L. Hampton, and Laurie F, Rob- erts, all of Key West, —SEE—— a Ike Will Return Wednesday For Dulles’ Report PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (n—Va- cationing President Eisenhower! will return to Washington Wednes- day morning and get a report on the Berlin Big Four conference a few hours later from Secretary of State Dulles. The President’s plans were an- }nounced here yesterday by his |Press secretary, James C. Hagerty | who told newsmen Eisenhower had sent a message congratulating Dulles on “the fine job he did” at the conference, The President and. Mps, Eisen- hower plan to board their private plane Columbine Tuesday evening for an overnight flight to the cap-| ital. They have been vacationing at this desert resort since late last Wednesday. Eisenhower planned to get back on the golf course today after a quiet Sunday. He and the First Lady attended services yesterday at the Protestant Community Church of Palm Springs, where the pastor—Dr. James H. Black- stone Jr.—praised them for devo- tion to Christian principles. The pastor said their regular at-| tendance at church services had inspired “‘many, many thousands| to think of righteousness.” Local Diver Is Pictured In ‘Life’ Eddie Ciesinski, of: 504 Simonton St., Key West diver and salvage expert, is pictured in this week's issue of Life Magazine. held in the city jail and placed on a Havana flight later in the day. Alemenares was in this country on a visa, The Cuban Consul made arrangements for his return, | Political Crisis On Bribe Issue Erupts In Japan The safe also con-| TOKYO «# — Japan's political lar dropped t! crisis boiled up anew today as a me Min- ister Shigeru Yoshida direct! accused two Cabinet ministers of {a shipbuilding company. | Yoshda’s opponent, Progressive party Diet Member Yashuhiro Nakasone, named the bribe takers as Transportation Minister Mitsu- jiro I. and State Minister Bam- boku Ono Both Cabinet members {mmedi- ately went before the same Diet committee at which the charge was aired and denied receiving ribe money. Both demanded that akasone give the source of his formation. It was the latest development in a series of charges and counter- charges of kickbacks and lush en- tertainments for government offic- ials by representatives of compan- s doing business with the gov- nment Yoshida himself has scorned the charges of scandal in his admin- istration and apparently is plan- ning to fight the issue out without ng or dissolving his Cabinet he Diet. res ort Ciesinski is in Nassau with a Walt Disney location crew, filming] Salvation Army WSPAPER IN T INDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1954 ! | Resumes Work In Key West Lt. Henry Russell Returns To Home Town To Re-Open Army’s Activities After an absence of 18 years, the Salvation Army is re-opening here. Lt. Henry Russell, who form- erly lived here, was back in town today. Russell said the Sal- vation Army opened a tempor- ary office in the education build | ing of the First Methodist Old Stone Church, 500 Eaton St. | He said the Salvation Army ex-| peets to buy their own building HE U.S. A. LISIO1 Ww L} For Use reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers DIAL 2-5661 or Quick Communication, CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll - - Just 2.5662. PRICE FIVE CENTS Nehru Asks For Ceasefire In Indochina Before April Geneva Peace Conference S. Koreans Try To Block Train ° ) Carrying G.L’s U.S. Troops Clear Track Without Bloodshed; Train Resumes Journey By JIM BECKER SEOUL — American troops, ‘| jabbing with bayonets, chased off | LIEUT, HENRY RUSSELL here and until then the Army won't be in full operation here. Tempor- arily, however, Russell. can be reached at 2-6147. | Russell, who is living at 716) Southard St., was born at Rock Harbor. He graduated from Key West High School in 1945. Shortly afterward, he moved to Brunswick, Ga. From there he went to the Salvation Army train-| ing college in Atlanta, Ga, For the past two and a half years, Russell has been in charge of the Salvation Army in Orange- | burg, S. C. He has been transferred here to re-open the work of the Sal- vation Army in Key West. The organization a branch here | | ago. For the present, Russell is re- newing acquaintances and calling on old friends. Freeman of Asheville, N. C. They have two children, a girl, five jyears old, aud a boy, three, Jones’ Condition Reported As ‘Good’ ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” The Life photo shows Ciesi bolting down an underwater cam- era. Mrs. Ciesinski, who recently returned from a visit with her husband in Nassau, said today that she expects Ciesinski to retum to Key West in about a week, HARD-WORKING THIEF. BOSTON (mM haa said a burg- rough a skylight and then hacked his way thet the walls of three connected stores His loot was 48 Pints of liquor. I The condition of Winston Jones, Key West High School Athletic Director, was reported as ‘‘good’’ today. Jones is in Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital where he went underwent emergency surgery ear- ly Sunday morning as a result of a Tuptured appendix He and Mrs. Jones, The Citizen's Society Editor, were returning to Key West after attending a coach- es’ meeting in Miami, when he was stricken. According to physicians, Jones is ly to reach Brigham’s Liquor Store. |resting comfortably and ‘no com- plications are expected.” Tomorrow you go to the poll TAXES on your Property. “pill as big as a grapefruit’ ai ourselves to OPPOSE the plac Vote For... ALLEN H. HAMPTON Clip This List and (Paid Political Citizens Of Monroe County COMMISSION to replace the group which recently tried to saddle you with a $14,000,000 pest supported by UNLIMITED At the election tomorrow a_ new selected to take their places. BUT BEWARE. Two members of the group who tried to make you swallow that $14,000,000 are candidates for the new commission. LET THERE BE NO MISTAKE. We the undersigned, while urging the fact that Monroe County needs more water, pledge to furnish anyone with a $14,000,000 plum. PROTECT YOUR POCKETBOOK ANTHONY ULCHAR HARRY M. BAKER JAME: w is to elect a NEW AQUEDUCT 1 commission will be others who feel as they do i ing of taxes on your property S W. MURPHY iM. “BILLY” FREEMAN Take to the Polls Advertisement) year of more Bridge Commission Priated more than 80-thousand dol- without apparent bloodshed 200 to 300 South Koreans who early to- day tried to halt a train carrying nomebound Indian soldiers, the U. S. 8th Army said, The Koreans were cleared from he tracks after some minor jab- ging and shoving, and the train continued to Inchon port without neident, said an 8th Army spokes- man, However, Kim- Chang Heung, vice chief of South Korea’s nation- al_police, said American tanks vere called to the scene. He de- nounced what he called the 8th Army's “heavy countermeasures” against “a righteous move by in- dignant anti-Indian demonstrators. An American officer said the anti-Indian demonstrators were cleared in about 30 minutes, shoit- ly after midnight. They had massed on the railroad embank- ment and had lighted fires to keep warm. The incident was the first show of interference which South Ko- reans had threatened against the Indians. Both the 8th Army and South Korean police reported they knew of no injuries in the demonstra- tions, three miles north of Seoul. A South Korean police official who said he was present reported that some of the group were for- mer prisoners of war turned loose by Indian custodial troops last month, | for years but closed it 18 years | in explaining how the South Ko- not positively reans were dispersed, the ROK of- ficial said: “They were told to go and they just went.” The demonstrators were not He is married to the former Lily! armed, the police official said, and) Marie Myers, Indianapolis, saw they could do nothing against “such an overwhelming force.” The Korean official claimed more than 1,000 Americans were Protecting the train but the 8th Army spokesman said there was not anywhere near this number, Work Starts On Bridge Approach Widening Today State Representative Bernie C Papy today announced that work Washington Dip Discount Possib NEW DELHI, India (A a tremendous pity that this when a serious effort to me | | is scheduled April 26 at Ge fire without any par Juvenile Council Meets Tonight Council meet tonight at 7:30 p. m. in The Juvenile will | | Health the Monroe County Department building. Elizabeth M. Fike, of Miami, director of District No. 9 Wel- | fare Board, State Department of Welfare, will be at the meet- ing. District No. 9 is composed of Dade and Monroe Counties. Police Probe Mystery Of 2 Found Dead ROCKVILLE, Ind. (—Two bod-| ies in a wrecked automobile—a |woman riddled by bullets and a) {man without a mark of violence— gave state police and the coroner a mystery today. Coroner B. M. Merrell said the {man was Clarence Anderson, 52- year-old Putnam County farmhand. He planned an autopsy to deter-| | today for a cease-fire in Indochina “It is desirable, I think, giving up its position, lomatic Officials ility Of Measure P) — Premier Nehru called nce it would Seem terrible war should continu et and discuss this proble neva, to have some kin d of cea * Nehru told Parlament. (The Associated Press, in a Un ed Nations dispatch Saturday ni reported Nehru was pla a step. Comme patch Washin, diplomatic officials said they doubted Nehru anyone else could succeed in arranging a cease fire in Indochina before the Gen- eva conference starts (French Embassy officials have made it plain they do not relish Indian intervention. The Nehru government, they point out, does not even recognize Viet Nam, one of the three Indochinese fighting the Communist-led els with French help, (In addition, diplomats say, there s too little time between now and April 26 to get a cease-fire worked ut; and even if there were, there jis no clearly defined line along which to Go.rk ‘the’.combat zones of each side as there was in Ko- rea.) Speaking in a lower house de- bate on President Rajendra Pra- ad’s inaugural address, Nehru re- sserted India’s independent for- eign policy with the declaration “On no account, whatever the loccasion may be, are we going to allow any foreign troops to land in India.” Deputies cheered as Nehru, in a renewed attack on proposed U.S, military aid to Pakistan, said: ng s on this dis in ‘on yesterday, or states reb- mine the cause of death. | The woman, in the late 40s, was identified, but the coroner said she closely resembled a picture Anderson carried in his! billfold, which bore the name of, | The bodies were found in a car which ran off Highway 59 north of Bellvore last night, Anderson was slumped at the wheel, and the woman's body was in the back, covered by blankets. The rear seat {cushion had been removed, ! Other motorists told the coroner the car went off the road after weaving as if the driver were drunk. Dr. Merrell said Miss Myers’ parents in Indianapolis stated that she left home yesterday to be mar- ried to a man who looked like a farmer, whose name they did not know, The woman apparently had been “We do not want to enter into this circle of hatred, violence and fear that is the cold war—and we do not want others to do so either.” Drive Slated On Unlicensed Dogs Key West dog owners who have failed to buy 1954 licenses, are in for a jolt if their pets are found without tags, it was announced to- day, Humane Society officts have announced that city police ha been instructed to issue warra for the appearance in city cou owners of dogs w added that the fi is five dollars In addition to court costs and the price of the They also reported that complaints of dogs roan Streets and barking Jate at ni, has begun on the widening of the killed at the tenant home where have been received. “There is a city ordinance which h approaches to bridges on the Over- seas Highway. Anderson lived alone on the farm of Oscar Clodfelter near Russell says that all dogs must be off Papy said that a survey of the ville, Dr. Merrell said. Anderson streets by 10 p. m. and a licens lower keys bridges for fishing cat- walks revealed a serious safety problem due to inadequate ap- proaches. He requested the State Road Department to widen the road near the bridges. Today the state moved in its heavy equipment and began work on the project. Boca Chica bridge was the t to be worked on. Papy also announced that he fs leaving tomorrow for Tallahassee to attend a budget meeting of the ment. Papy said that he will remain there until Friday e board is expected to ap- prove a budget for the coming than 80-million dol- ars He added that in Tallahassee, he pedite the start of con- of more than 2,000 feet alks on Keys bridges s successful last month in housand dollar ap- for the construction of Overseas Road and Toll also appro- The ‘ars for catwalks. i was a widower were grown. Bullet marks and blood stains were found in the home. Deed Awaits The | Juvenile Council The Juvenile Council may not know it, but they have the title to a very valuable piece of real es tate. Mayor C. B. Harvey said today t he ed the « 200 foot lot on Stock Island ad- jacent to the city’s botanical gar- dens on December 7. whose children The council had requested the grant of the land so that they can 7 le detention home, build a juveni he city granted deed was drawn up. The gned But, f ls have never picked up the deed and filed it with the County lerk. Earlier, the County Com- mission had accepted the gift of the land from the city. It is there waiting for ther does not er nuisance even e perty,” commented Mills White, president of the du- mane Society. “T can’t don’t he all,” she added. Dog license tags are avaflable at the Key West Ga and Lawn Supply store, Fleming and Mar. garet Stree and at the Humane Society Shelte ock Island. e dogs t nd why folks for the good of Hear... C. B. HARVEY CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE LAY THE FACTS |} ON THE LINE ABOUT WATER Over WKWF Tonight at 7:20 (Paid Pol. Advt)