The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1954, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 63° VOL. LXXV No. 51 THE Official Opening Of Key West Flower Show And Mart i ADMIRAL GEORGE C, TOWNER and Mayor C. B. Harvey watch as Mrs. Towner and Mrs. Har- 1 | | vey pull the ribbons opening the Flower Show Saturday night. The show will continue through tomorrow night.—Citizen Staff- Photo, Finch. Tropical Beauty Keynotes Annual Floner Show Here Towners And Harveys Open Show Saturday To go to the Key West GardenFlower Show and Mart, which was officially opened Saturday night by Mayor and Mrs, C. B. Har- vey and Admiral and Mrs. George Towner, is to walk into a scene of tropical beauty that is almost unbe- lievable with its colorful and exotic shrubs and flow- ers. As you enter the door, you see the Educational and Herb display. The herbs are shown with direc- tions for using for medicinal pur- poses. Some of these herb reme-| dies date back to slavery times; others were brought to Key West trom all over the world by sea captains and planted in Key West. It is interesting to note that many favorite decorative plants are used in these home remedies. | Slat House Just to the left of the door is! wonderful selection of potted roses. On beyond these to the right is a “slat house” with a center table of blooms from flow- ering trees native to the island. Included in this display are’ the “Lenten tree” with its clus- ters of pointed scarlet blooms and gnarled seed pods; a tall branch! of lavender Bauhinia, or “‘orchid tree”; Jerusalem Thorn with pine- like leaves and bright yellow flow-| ers. Big copper and brass contain- ers hold limbs from the Bombax| tree with big red blossoms that) look like a cross between a tulip and a hibiscus. Pottery containers) hold frangipani, in palest pink and in white, and a tall branch of la-| vender Gliricidia, Minlature Gardens On shelves at each entrance to the slate house are the miniature gardens — a new exhibit this year. These are flat trays with tiny| @fowing plants and little figurine: carrying out the chosen theme. | In “Hawaii Heaven,” an out-! (Continued On Page Two) Drowned Man Is Identified Warm Weather Goes North Chamber of Commerce please note: Buffalo, N. Y., had a tem- Perature of 62 degrees at 7:30 a. m. today—the same temper- ature that was recorded at the airport here at that time. The downtown Key West station was 63 : Sam Goldsmith, chief of the weather bureau here, said he heard that several tourists were caught shuffling off to Buffalo. Police Beat Off Anti-Naguib Demonstrators ‘KHARTOUM, Sudan (®—Police bullets beat off a wild attack on the British governor general’s tribesmen brandishing steel-tipped spears in a demonstration against visiting Egyptian President Mo- hamed Naguib, At least 20 persons were report- ed killed, including the British po- lice commander, Col, H. S, Me- Guigan, and six of his men, More than 100 persons were wounded, 30 of them critically, Authoritative sources reported the Sudanese po- di, among the victims. The clash came after more than 30,000 demonstrators: agitating for marched on the home of Governor (Continued On Page Two) Knife Wielder Slashes Woman An unidentified knife-wielder in- The body of the Negro man found floating in the water off the Stand- ard Oil Co, dock Saturday has been| identified as that of Robert Pink- mey, 27, the Sheriff's Department said today. Identification was made through a draft card from a Brunswick, Ga., draft board. Justice of the Peace Ira Albury returned a ver- dict of death by drowning. flicted a wound requiring six stit- jches on a local woman Sunday and |then escaped from a police officer. Poli-> are still searching for the jman who allegedly slashed Gladys Holtinon, 44, of 3 Baptist Lane ‘and then fled the scene. Patrolman H. Harris gave chase but could not capture the man. Six stitches were taken in a }wound on Miss Holton’s neck at Monroe General Hospital lice chief, Brig. Martada El Mah-) | | the filing of his or her applica- home today by yelling Sudanese | { | “Mystery Ordinance’ To Repeal 2-Year Car Rental License Law City Fathers To Consider Law Tonight The mystery of “an ordinance: ‘to repeal ordinance 367” is solved. The ordinance, to be considered tonight by the city commission ap- pears in their agenda without the usual explanatory preamble, and citizens were wondering what the ‘bill was all about, It relates to the city’s Heensing regulations for auto-rental agen- cies. The city is being sued be- cause that ordinance, (No. 367) states that all car al agency operators must have resided in Key West for at least two years before they can obtain licenses. The Couture Company, Miami Beach, was granted a temporary injunction February 8 by Miami’s Circuit Court Judge Pat Cannon to’ force the city to grant them a li- cense, They were given a franchise ‘by the county commission on De- cember 30 to operate at Meacham Field after they were low bidders ‘on the contract. They were granted the temporary injunction when the two-year resi- dence requirement came up and hey filed suit claiming thet it was’ “arbitrary, unreasonable and. dis- criminatory.”” The ordinance states that to ob- tain a license for a car rental agency “such person, individual or persons who constitute a firm or own a majority of the stock in a corporation who apply for such a license shall be required to be a bona-fide resident of the City of Key West for a period of not less than two years prior to tion.” The Couture Company also said and against Naguib massed in the|that the ordinance violates the Bill capital. Members of the pro-inde-|of Rights, the Fourteenth Amend-| jpendence Umma party, brandish-|ment to the U. S. Constitution and ing spears and shouting anti-Brit-|that the city has no right under its sh and anti - Egyptian slogans,|charter to enforce such 2 law. Their petition states that the ord-| $/General Sir Robert Howe, where|inance amounts to unreasonable re-| straint to intra-state commerce. The case was heard in Miami before Judge Cannon, due to the ab- sence of Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr. | Judge Lopez has not set a hearing date on their petition for a per-| manent injunction. | The Couture Company operates | (Continued On Page: Two) Lopez To Miami i} | Aquilino Lopez, Jr., circuit court \judge, will sit in the circuit court in Miami, beginning next Monday, jit was announced today. ; Judge Lopez said the case is set for Monday and may last the re- mainder of the week. A -MUTIL SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER ATED. IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1954 Housing Group To Call For Bids On Notes Low-Cost Projects To Be Re-Financed With Proceeds Of $650,000 Issue The Key West Housing Authority will issue a call for bids tomorrow for the sale of $650,000 in tempor- ary notes te be used in re-financ- ing the city’s two low-cost housing projects. Housing Authority Director Vance C. Stirrup said today that the money realized from the sale! of the notes will be used to liquidate outstanding indebtedness of the agency and thus obtain a lower rate of interest. Opened March 16 The bids will be publicly opened on March 16 at 1 p. m. They will become due April 8, 1955. The city operates two low cs: projects, the Porter Place aud George Allen Apartmeuts. Meanwhile, no further progress has been reported in the negotia- tions between the city and the own- ers of 111 lots in the Poinciana housing project. The city commis- sion voted Feb. 17 to make a pur- chase offer of $140,000 for the pro- perty, City Attorney J. Y. Porter has been negotiating for the property (Continued On Page Two) Weekend Riots, Bloodshed Hit Moslem World By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Riots and bloodshed rocked the Moslem world over the weekend litical unrest spreading through the Middle East, Africa and In- donesia. Today’s developments: SUDAN—Screaming Sudanese tribesmen armed with steel-tipped spears rioted against visiting Pres- ident Gen. Mohamed Naguib of Egypt. At least 21 persons were killed as police drove the rioters) back with gunfire. Among the dead was British Police Commander Col. H. S. McGuigan, EGYPT—The ruling Revolution- ary Council which ousted Naguib to leadership Saturday took stern measures to prevent a repetition of the rioting in Cairo yesterday, when police gunfire injured 12 stu- dent demonstrators. There were more demonstrations today but the police quickly put them down, The government charged Communists and nationalists were using the po- litical events to create unrest. SYRIA—A night of rioting Satur- day took one life and caused injury to 21 others in revolt-torn Syria. It was the first bloodshed in the political turmoil which sent dicta-| tor Adib Shishekly packing off to} Saudi Arabia and brought 79-year-| old Hachem Bey El Attassi back| as chief of state. Rival army fac-| tions joined forces today to avert } Fisherman’s Pier CITY WORKMEN were busily the old Clyde-Mallory docks th devoted solely to fishing began that a fishing pier will add a g THE Aid To India oa Che Key West Cilisen U.S. A. , . See ane} tearing up and reconstructing is morning as plans for a pier to become a reality, It is said reat deal to the present tourist attractions of the town.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch, of the Fleet Reserve, Murray was trol of the car about 10 miles north Trail. added. ami hospital, The child, a girl, was according to Deegan. Summonses For Jury Duty Are Sent Out Today Jury summonses were being sent out today for the next term of, criminal court, beginning March 5, according to Harry Dongo, cle7k of that court. Judge Thomas S. Ca- ro will preside. civil war. Damascus was under a! tight dusk to dawn curfew. INDONESIA—A mammoth reli-| gious-political riot by a quarter of la million Moslems occurred Sun-! day in Jakarta. At least one per-| son was killed, many were injured and two army barracks were burned down. The Moslems were| protesting “insults” to their reli-| jgion in recent political speeches, we Have AY SPECIAL The following 75 perseas have| been called for jury duty: Hector D. Pita, Charles D, An- derson, Charles J. Papy, Jr., Ma- rio Hernandez, John W. Stirrup, Armando Bermudez, Maynard V. Lowe, James W. Murphy, Jerome B. Sawyer, John S. Watkins, Rob- ert J. Pinder, Louis Anuez, Char-| les W. Curry, James W. White,| (Continued On Page Two) Fleet Reserve Home Manager Is Hurt In Highway Accident F riday and through today in waves ofy.o- |. ‘ Bill Murray, manager of the F leet Reserve Home here, today was reported in good condition at the Naval Hospital, Murray was in- jured when his car overturned early Friday. According to William Deegan, a friend of Murray and a member driving to Miami when he lost con- of Homestead on the Tamiami The car was demolished when it overturned four times, Deegan Murray, he said, was en route to see his haby who was in a Mi- released from the hospital today, Mrs. Murray went to Miami when news of the accident reached. her at the Murray home, 134 D Poinciana. | While Murray is hospitalized, Al Miller, a former manager, will last week and then restored him|take over the duties at the Fleet Reserve Home. ee] Senk Indicted On 2nd Rape Charge The. Monroe County Grand Jury this morning returned a second rape indictment against Frank E. Senk, 21-year-old Navy man. Senk was arraigned last charge of rap- r old Navy wife I during the cur- rent term of circuit court. Today’s indictment stemmed from an incident involving a 17-year-old baby Senk had ier been charged with statuatory rape in connection with this incident. He is being held in the County Jail without bond. Private Planes Make Safe Hop To Cuba Saturday The 43 private planes that hop-| ped from here to Havana Saturday| PRE-WAR AND LATE MODEL USED CARS THAT MUST GO Price Range from $35.00 to $1895.00 That Must Go! 6,000-MILE OR 6-MONTH GUARANTEE Lincolns - Mercurys and Ply; MONROE MOTORS, Inc. 1117 WHITE STREET A-l USED 235 SIMONTON STREET i i ! That Must Go - Fords - Chevrolets ‘mouths PHONE 2.5631 CAR LOT PHONE 2.5881 |made the flight without incident, James Hancock, Civil Aeronautics | Station chief here, reported today. | The pilots are members of the |Sportsman Pilots Association, a | group of businessmen and indus- trialists who fly for pleasure. They will spend the week at Veradero' (Continued on Page Two) Wreckage Of Convair Found NEWCASTLE, Wyo. W—A ground party early today found the shattered wreckage of an airliner snowstorm and killed nine persons. In the first brief report from the scene by radio, State Highway Pa- trolman George Wilcox told the and $10.00 from Arthur Sawyer Post|be held in (Continued op Page Two) . For United States No Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll teach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662. - + Just -PRICE RIVE_CENTS Raps Pakista Says Pakistan “Intervention” Makes Longer A Neutral NEW DELHI, India (AP)—Prime Minister Nehru blisteringly rejected President Eisenhower’s offer of arms aid for India today and demanded that American observers with the U. N. cease-fire team Under Secretary Of Navy To Visit ‘Local Activities Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas S. Gates will pay a one- visit fo the Naval in- stallations here on Thursday, the Navy announced today. He will be accompanied on the flight from Washington by his aide, Capt. J. W. Ailes. G will be given full honors in a ceremony in front of the administration building at 9:30 a.m. Rear Admiral George C. Towner, commander of the Na- val Base here, then will e the under secretary on a tour of Naval activities. 4.04 Inches Of Rain Deluge Area Sunday ‘Tent On Boulevard Is Flattened By High Winds Which Accompany Storm It didn’t rain as much as you Probably thought it did. Sam Goldsmith, chief of the weather bureau here, today said Sunday‘’s rainfall totalled 4.04 inches, The rain began at 5:45 a. m, and fell intermittently until 7:35 p. m. Yesterday’s high temperature was 74 degrees at 7:30 a. m. The low was 63 degrees after the rain. It was still 63 at 7:30 a. m. today.’ The forecast for today was clearing and cooler with strong winds, decreasing later in the day. Small craft warnings were expected to be lowered at sun- set. Early this morning the north- west wind reached 35 miles per hour in gusts, Yesterday’s rain brouyl¢ the ex- ‘cess rainfall for the year to 1.45 inches and for the month, of Febr-| uary to 2.65 inches of. excess. Damage from the storm yester- day’s morning was reported by the Global Gospelaires. Their tent on Roosevelt Bivd. across from the Hilton Haven Motel was blown down. Instead of holding the revival in ja tent, it will be at the Cuban American Baptist Church on White |St. near the high school. Services will be held nightly beginning to- night. Program Tonight Will Aid Cause Of Little Delores Tonight, beginning at 8 o’clock, |station WKWF will present a solid hour of music furnished by the local Musician’s Union, for the, benefit of the Little Delores Fund. | The Key West Police Department; jhas offered to send a car to your ‘home if you call the station during the broadcast and pick up your contribution for the little five-mon-| 'ths-old girl. Key Westers have responded gen- erously to the appeal in The Key West Citizen to help the little glau- coma victim. Recent contributions to the fund |. | which apparently crashed in ajinclude $25.00 from the A and B |Fish Company, $20.00 irom the freight terminal employees of the Overseas Transportation Company’ 28, American Legion. in disputed Kashmir be withdrawn. By giving military aid to Pakistan, Nehru told his cheering Parliament, the United States had interven- ed in the Indian-Pakistan fight over the Himalayan jstate and the American ob- jservers therefore “can no j\longer be regarded by us as neutrals.” At the end of 1953 the United States had 14 officers with the 48- member U.N. military mission supervising the Kashmir truce. The U.S. Air Force also makes a C47 transport and crew available when needed. Eisenhower's offer of American arms aid “has done less than jus- tice to himself,” the Premier de- clared, continuing: “If we object to military aid jbeing given to Pakistan, we would |be hypocrites and unprincipled op- portunists to accept it ourself.” Announcing the aid to Pakistan last week, Eisenhower had said the United States would give “most sympathetic consideration” to any request from India fo: such help, |Ir a letter to Nehru he also as- sured India that the United States would see to it that Pakistan used the arms from America for de- jfense only. Nehru today made public his three-paragraph reply, thanking jthe U.S, President “for your per- sonal message’ and saying his | government would continue to fol- low its present policies ‘‘which are based on a desire for peace.” India now buys her arms where she Ple&’ses and does not accept direct arms aid from foreign govern- ments. Other than this, however, the letter made no specific mention of the U.S. arms offer, The Premier’s review in Parlia- ment of the arms aid question was another matter, however. “I have no doubt the President is opposed to aggression,” Nehru said, commenting on Eisenhower's assurance that the aid to Pakistan would not be misused, “But we know from past experi- ence that aggression takes place and nothing is done about it. Ag- gression took place in Kashmir 6% years ago and thus far the United States has not only not condemned it, but we have been asked not to press it in the interests of peace, Aggression may well follow in spite of the best intentions of the Pre ident and then a long argumen will ensue on what exactly is a gression.” He cited press reports of con (Continued On Page Two) No Injuries In Crash North Of Marathon Sunday No one was injured in a three- lear crash 10 miles north of Mara- thon yesterday at 11:45 a. m., the State Highway Patrol reported to- day. Cpl. S. R. Walker, of the high- way patrol, said a southbound car sideswiped a northbound ear, A second sorthbound car then hit the rear of the first northbound ear, Cpl. Walker caught Joe Phinesee, 43, of 998 Emma St., driver of the southbound car, about three miles north of Marathon. Walker charged Phinesee with leaving the scene of an accident, Schools To Close Wed. Afternoon All Monroe County schools will close at 1 p. m. Wednesday so that teachers may attend the Distriet Parent and Teachers Association meeting, it was announced today, But school officials emphasized that lunches will be served at the schools as usual. The conference will be attended by PTA members from Dade, Bro- ward and Monroe Counties, It will the First Methodist Chure>