The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has most equable ciimate in the country, with an ave: range of only 14° Fahrenheit the rage THE Che Key West SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER I or Use reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers DIAL 2-S66] or 2-S662. Quick Communication, CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll - Just ; VOL, LXXV Ne. 50 Ready To Take Off For Havana (pints ais FORTY PRIVATE PLANES Field for a mass flight to Havana. of the Sportsman Pilots Association. their families along, adding up to 120 persons who are making the trip for a one-week stay will return here next Saturday.—Citizen Staff Photo by Finch from a Faraldo Flying Service plane. Visiting Planes Take Off For H 100 Pilots And Their Families Make Mass F. light Outlawed The By DENIS SNEIGR Forty private planes took off this morning from Meacham Field for Cuba. The planes — all at least four- Phssenger jobs — carried 100 pi- Wits and their families, The pilots are members of the Sportsman Pi- lots Association of Troy, Ohio, and the members come fro.n all parts of the United States, The group is composed of busi- nessmen and industrialists who fly for pleasure. They make three jaunts a year. This is their first trip to Key West and Havana In July they will fly to Nova Scotia and. in October to Mobile, Ala. Return Next Week They will return to Key West next Saturday after a week in Ha- vana and Veradero Beach, Yesterday the group assembled at the Key Wester Hotel for a cock- tail party. Later they had dinner at Raul’s Restaurant. The planes began taking to the air at 10:15 a. m. today, under the watchful eyes of the Coast Guard and the Civil Aeronautics Authority, A Coast Guard liaison officer at Meacham Field briefed the pilots spotted along the route from here to Havana. Cleared By CAA The CAA had set up a mobile flight plan station to clear the planes for Havana. A Coast Guard communications truck was at the field, also. Besides the communications set up and the vessels posted at sea, @ Coast Guard plane escorted the Planes to Havana. An 83-foot Coast Guard vessel Was spotted 22 miles south-south. west of Key West and the cutter Ariadne 66 miles away. About 44 miles from Key West, the PMB circled, Coast Guard Aids Another Coast Guard liaison of. ficer was on hand at the Havana field to assist. Robert Fisher of Keokuk, Iowa, f president of the Sportsman Pi- dots Association. Some of the members, such as 4. L, Hamilton of Charlotte, N. C., (Continued On Page Two) rr —_—_—_—_—_—_— NOTICE Cub aLedge No, 15, 1.0. 0. F. rgently requests all members to attend a special Meeting to be Deld Sunday, Feb. 23, a: 919 Blizabeth Street at} P.m, to meet with the Honorable Herbert Souto, grand master, Visiting brethren are welcome. Attested by B. FERNANDEZ. —_———_______ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1954 = today took off from Meacham | | i Body Is Found The body of an unidentified | Negro man was found floating | in the water near the Standard | | Oil Co. dock early today. Justice of the Peace Ira Al- bury and the Sheriff’s Depart- { ment are investigating. | 35 Members Are Recruited The pilots are members Most of the pilots have at Veradero Beach. The group Flying Boxcar Explosion Kills 4 Airmen Traditional Buzzing Ends In Tragedy In Tennessee Town HUNTINGDON, Tenn, (#—An Air Force “flying boxcar’’ avana Today Mexico Has was carrying out a hometown} { People’s Party e tra@ftiM of buazisY the courthouse and the erew of four died in the crash, The twin-engine C119, on routine flight from Lawson Air Force Base MEXICO CITY (®—Mexico last/at Ft. Benning, Ga., blew up di- night outlawed the Federated Peo-|rectly over the courthouse on its | Anti-Cortines | Group Is Called | Subversive |Ple’s party. chief opposition to/second thunderous tree-top levell President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines’| pass asi dominant Revolutionary _Institu-| z : | tional party, on the ground it en-| Burning gasoline and bits of| gaged in “constant subversive|wreckage sprayed a four-block’ agitation.” The Interior Ministry announced the order barring the three-year. old political Spanniaatied of Gen,|here Homer DeMoss and Free-| | Miguel Henriquez Guzman, a re-/man Taylor were plowing a} tired army officer who ran a dis-| garden. tant second toRuiz Cortines in the) Both men, splashed by fiery gas, | 1952 presidential race. 3 jleaped into a nearby creek. The There was no immediate com- ment from Henriquez, but political |‘¥® terrified mules, trailing flame, sources said today strong protests,tan wild down a highway, \ are inevitable and the party, which; The dead pilot was identifed as! polled 17 per cent of the vote inint, Jack Jenkins, Jr., 24, son of! deee es ROU eMC Y: Mrs, Mabel Jenkins of Huntingdon, | The general's followers, called well known here before he joined Henriquistas, are the first official-/1.6 air Force in 1951, | (Continued or Page Two) The others: 2nd. Lt J. ¢/ jPeachey, 26, of near Prescott,| jArk.; Airman David A. Probus, 24, lof Hammond, Ind.; and Airman Motel Owners | ‘To Meet Monday [arturta.” “bake \ Residents said since World War The Key West Motor Court Asso-'II it had been tradition for pilots ciation will meet Monday at 12 a.\from Huntingdon to buzz the court- m, in Cifelli’s Restaurant, 920 Tru-jhouse if they ever got within 100 man Avenue, it was announced to-|miles of the town, day. J. H. Williams, justice of the Melvin Levitt, president of the peace, said the pilot definitely was organization which comprises 29 of “buzzing.” Mayor R. M. Murray the city’s 35 motels, said that im- said “we're lucky the whole town portant business will be discussed wasn’t ripped wide open.” 3 including plans for a drive to ob-. The mayor said the huge plane tain associate members to the or-clipped the top of a house at the ganization. {start of its second buzz, shuddered, All businessmen, who are in any and started trailing smoke. way connected with the tourist bus-| It was a clear, sunny day when iness will be invited to join includ- the plane first roared over. People ing restaurants, hotels, gas sta-\ran from houses and stores to tions, and gift shops, Levitt said. watch. Nearly everyone in town (pop. 2,500) saw the violent climax. Chief Deputy Chai Field, Tonight's Special Mayor Murray and others were at a trial in a courtroom on the sec- Roast Prime Ribs of Beef au jus ond floor of the two-story court- house when the plane made its ON THE DINNER diving run. Raul's Restaurant larea before the big plane smashed! into a field at the edge of town’ “Second time he came over town he was so low he looked like he was coming right in the court- house,” said Field. “But he pulled up over—and just as he went over I heard an expiosion. “Everybody was scared to death. I went up on the roof and found part of the wing and other pieces of the plane. We thought the plane had hit the top of the courthouse, but I couldn't find any sign of it.” Taylor, 22, was listed in serious condition at a clinic. DeMoss, 72, Dancing Tonight Local “Ham” Radio Operator Defends Key West Motel Men ex-|_ Operators from St. Petersburg,| Points while Joe Pinder's team ploded y lay while its pilot; Tampa and Sarasota were-dgn the | turned in a total of 967%. The | esterd = | Crusoe, 902 Florida Street, for- | | countered their unfounded char- (8:90 and closed at 7 o'clock Thurs- ‘For Chamber Team Headed By Robert Dopp | Bests Pinder's | Campaigners Upstate Radio Men Say That Eighty-five new members were Motels Hive recruited for the Chamber of Com- 3 merce in Thursday's one-day drive, Are Overcharging jit was announced today | More are expected within the | By JIM COBB next few days to reach the goal | A local “ham” radio operator, of 100 new members, Mrs. Mary | had a hectic time of it last night Lee Graham, president, said. when he staged a single-handed| Mrs. Graham was high in her battle to defend the honor of the Praise for those workers who de- Key West motel industry against Voted hours of time in the cam- the charges of at least 14 amateur |Paign. H radio operators in other parts of] The team of workers, headed |the state that motels here are prac-, by Robert Dopp, won the com- ticing “price gouging.” | petition with a score of 1283 3-4 THIS PERFECT BRANCH sands of exhibits that will at 6 o'clock at the Elks Clu the phalaenopsis orchid an ttle of the airways, | scoring was based upon five _ Ba = = A Thing Of Beauty OF ORCHIDS is one of the thou- be on display when the Key West Garden Club opens the doors of its annual flower show tonight ib Annex. This plant is known as id is one of the showings of Mrs. Marion Stark.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch, tor, J. Lt) Points ter-each new member and ‘ene point for each dollar in mem- mer commercial radio man who | Pership dues collected. operates the 160-watt station W4. | The campaign opened with a AT in his home, successfully breakfast at the YMCA-USO at But the lecal ope with on effor in day night, Of Dark Hous cov, lehaaiial Poet estat | Those who assisted in the effort ar ouse Motor Court Association, to place |2Nd who were congratulated by John: Ry Wateon 100 of the state’s radio “hams” (Chamber officials are: M. E, Ben. re pe hae tt i en id not in beach motel here at rates no Nett, Kip Kiplinger, Merville Ro- P rae es af = eal be mit higher than $12.per day. Pee ge at ng are Rg el pn RCRA The hassle started when one op- es Kreilek, Dick Hunter, Earl nae eau gece iecaec: erator taunted Crusoe by saying Adams, Mel Levitt, Clem ’ Price, aaa oe sass) ty —— “you can’t get a motel room in Bill Neblett, Joe Pearlman, wWil- Wate ate the iid not report Key West for less than “$20 per liam Arnold, Ed Tucker, John Gel- ,- Watson said he did not repo alley |abert, Alan Hampton, Claude Spear, mcieent to Lea eae They started to give me the Gtace Crosby, Mary Graham, Mar-| He said someone threw business,” said Crusoe. 2 % Then another operator in Mara- Sher, ¢ roc B. Harvey, Ralph Faral- 2 his home, 1208 Watson St., G : seo, tween 11 p. m. yesterday and 12:15 thon chimed in and reiterated the 4° Bill Gale, Harvey Sellers, Geo. t P ’ story that Key West motels were Erhart and team: captains Dopp # ee = i h overcharging a Se eae ew ~ 5 damage, Wa At that point Crusoe “got mad,” Ve I aes “I don’t believe, but I'm going light,” he said to check,” he told his listeners. not have thrown at the house Then he telephoned Levitt who He added that the thrower quashed the rumor and made the offer of $12 per day at the beach. n said have turned on Demonstrators In Syria Sweep Into Rina ‘Complains Of Bombardment who has com- garet Cusik, Earl Lindsey, Paul beer bottles, ice and light bulbs and there was “Maybe they would parently didn’t know a house was \“What’s This?” ‘Politicos Ask City Hall observers are pon- dering this one today The city commission will con- IS: sider an ordinance Monday to-night entitled “an ordinance to at repeal Ordinance 367.” he Ordinance “367” is an Ordin- ance amending Section One of the Ordinance 273, it points out. That‘s the only information given in the agenda for the re- gular commission meet. What's it all about, is the question? Usually, such ordinances con- tain a brief explanatory para- graph to tell the commission- a ers, and the public, what the commissioners are voting on. be- ap- “Tain't so,” said Levitt, “Th an R di TV Sil t:40;"" 2 itt, he Last Tuesday Watsor omplain- bi average prices around won are Damascus Today «7 wt omnian Radio, TV Silence from $8 to $10 per day. ' ai elactiealpernit Mote! men claim that the ru-| BEIRUT, Lebanon i@—Thou. @™ 4” ¢lectrical perm ‘é: Asked For Lent The city said they would not mor spread by the radio oper- sands of demonstrators supporting cal permit to W ators is only the latest in an ap. the rebel army forces who ousted sue an elect ; Rese sted until he complied with the requ Parently well organized cam- Syria’s_ dictator president, Gen. ments of the santary code Paign to keep tourists from com- Adib Shishekly, swept through Da- City Manager Vi tor Lang said ing to Key West. mascus today and seized the House On the mainland, they point out, of Parliament, advices to Beirut tourists headed in this direction said. the the seve was refused beca members of the Wat: fam are using an outdoor to’ are still cautione dto “bring plenty The demonstrators demanded and drinking from a well that of spare groceries and ‘oline the resignation of the new tempo- 30 feet from the toilet when you go to Key West.” rary president, Maahmoun El Kuz- And Crusoe pointed out the harm bari, speaker of the house who took that such rumors can cause when over yesterday after Shishekly fled they are spread on the airways the country. when he said that stations like his| Usually reliable sources said the can be heard all over the world. Modern Bible Picture Drawn son PHILADELPHIA \#—The Ro- man Catholic archbishop of Phila delphia has suggested that eastern Pennsylvania Catholics off and sets ire use turn SON their radio ilet is television during the lenten season, The Most Rev. John F. O'Hara noting his suggestion was not man- datory these inventions can for the glory of God, but they may also be a means of destroyir ‘both our spiritual and intellectual said jonstration appeared aimed at life.” installing one of the rebel leaders The lenten season lasts 40 days ° in the presidency. MEMPHIS, Tenn. #—"Think of beginning with Ash Wednes. No Facets Given Warplanes belonging to the mili- 2 St and then next week, and ending Easter tary command of Aleppo were re- draw a picture of it.” the Sunday Suday Ported flying over Damascus as SCh00! teacher told her class of In Wiley Death crowds swarmed through the city gs No further information has been The informants said the Damascus released concerning the death of 2°™Y garrison withdrew to its | Uleie Wiley, local shrimper who atTacks died in Monroe General Hospital Kuzbari, who took over in the early Friday morni natural line of succession, had an- ased with the res 1 one boy dra pee : what Bible story g. y t tells?” she asked Wiley had been taken there for Nounced he would stay in office ”. e Lord driving Ad treatment after he had been in- until constitutional elections could gq out of the Garden Jured while alleged: trespassing be held to choose a new president. E in a Whitehead Peace Justice Re today that “he had had not been offi cially notified of the dea He ‘ said that he was notified by hos- Pital offic that the man Was © See dead and that he had been remov- = by Steen ips AT KEY WEST'S EXOTIC TROPICAL at would indicate that a PLANTS and FLOWERS certificate had been signed. * ELKS CLUB ANNEX Opens 6 P.M. Today eet home. Hamlin sa n,”” he replied “It was a violent death and there should have been an isves- igation,”” Hamlin said got away with relatively light) A member of the Sheriff'sPe-] Sunday, Monday, Tuesday—10 A.M. to 10 P.M. PIERRE DUVAL burns by shrugging out of his partment said today that he bad cela day, and His ORCHESTRA clothes. The seared mules were no knowledge of such an investi- Admission stale,» Seo Incl. Tax shot. gation. ats Justice Speaks s car with three faces GAINESVILLE ‘#—Owen J. Rob. erts, former U. S. § do justice, speaks this at the closing session of an institute am on legal ethics for Florida lawyers of at the University of Florida Last night George E. Sokolsky, — newspaper columnist and radio commentator, told the lawyers he considers it is criminal for a judge to withhold pre-trial information. CARRIER MAKE SHORT STOP HERE The escort carrier Corrigedor stopped here last night to take fuel, a Navy spokesman said today. The 580-foot ship is in the Mili- tary Sea Transport Service. mov- ing fuel and NATO aircraft was converted to an escort carrier from a tanker during World War TI by the Kaiser Shipyards. She * hower publicly endors PRICE FIVE CENTS Stevens Will Continue In Present Position Despite Recent Criticism Source High In Administration Tells Of White House Opinion By G. MILTON KELLY WASHINGTON W — A source high in President Eisenhower's administration said today Robert T. I, Stevens will continue as sec tary of the Army, despite the crit- icism levelled at conduct during his quarrel with Sen, Mc- Carthy (R-Wis). This source, who declined to be quoted by name, said some of the administration's top advisers had counselled Stevens against taking on McCarthy at a televised he ing. The source said they were now satisfied that, whatever loss of prestige Stevens may have suf- fered because of an agreement widely interpreted as a surrender, he still would have been made to “look worse” if the hearing had taken place, } Issue May Die Some Republicans in Congress expressed confidence the row over Stevens’ demands that Army wit- nesses be guaranteed against abu- sive treatment would now die down. McCarthy himself said yesterday he did not feel he has any diffi- culties with the White House and that his differences with Stevens are ove ‘if he lives up to his agreement” to let McCarthy ques- tion Army personne] in investiga- |tions of the stormy case of Maj. \Irving Peress, The duration of — the present peace seemed today to depend at least in part on the timing and {procedure of future probes by Me- Carthy’s Senate investigations sub- committee. his Case Shelved He has for the moment put aside |the case of Peress, whom he calls ja “fifth amendment Communist” Promoted and given an honorable \discharged from the Army. Peress, {a New York dentist, has termed ;McCarthy’s charges “sheer non- 'sense.”” McCarthy, however, summoned two other Army men to a hearing Monday on a different matter. The still unresolved issue be- tween Stevens and McCarthy is the Army secretary's contention that military personnel appearing be- before MeCarthy’s subcommit- tee should be guaranteed against the kind of treatment he said was inflicted on a general. | Permission Given Stevens first refused and then Rave permission for that general and another to appear as wit- nesses. The permission was ex- Pressed in a written memorandum that covered also other demands McCarthy had made and was gen- erally interpreted as a surrender to the senator. Stevens reacted strongly against this ‘nterpretation and issued a statement intended to counteract it. The President helped write this Statement the source said today. McCarthy, who had charged that the state it contained “come pletely fa and “entirely un- true” language on two points, told 4 news conference yesterday he had nothing to add to that, Statement Endorsed In the statement, which Elsen- Stevens he had administration Thursday n made the a y after re ceiving assurances Army wit- nesses would not be “‘brow-beaten”* by the subcommittee, McCarthy stuck to h that was a “false tending that if he had a to browbeat anyone ir it would be the same ay a is 01 charge con. 4 not future he had browb them ube past. He denied having « this and said future witnesse will have the same consideration as t the past.” The administration source eal@ that the advice to avoid the tele- vised hearing came from Wiltes B. Persons, liaison man betwee the White House and Capitol HID; (Continued On Page Twa) CLASSIC BALLET Languages PRINCESS NINA dren and Adults TEL. 2-3161 Ch