The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 6, 1954, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 68° VOL. LXXV No. 56 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Che Kev West Citisen IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1954 For <Quick Communication, .” Use CLASSIFIED. Ads! You'll / réach buyers and) sellers— ) denants or. workers Just DJAL 2.566)or 2-56625 E FIVE CENTS Leader Of Fanatical Puerto Rican Road And Toll Bridge District Opens Books Party Captured In San Nationalist. Party Chief Is Seized After Gunplay, Fire SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ™ — Police captured Pedro Albizu Cam-| pos, 62-year-old chief of the Na- tionalist party, after gunplay at his San Juan apartment today dur- ing an island-wide roundup aimed at the three dozen persons within minded group. E Tear gas finally routed Albizu Campos, who gasped: “I am as-| phyxiated.” He was removed by ambulance. 4 : The apartment, set afire during) the action, also yiclded Doris Tor- resola, one of five women named in police warrants, The raid was officially described as having no connection with the Washington shooting which wounded five U.S. representatives March 1. Firemen got the fire quickly un- der control. Miss Torresola is a party secre- tary and sister of Griselio Torre- sola, who was killed in Washing- ton in making an attempt on the life of President Truman in 1950, Police raids were launched to- Twenty-five prospective adopt: being investigated by the State De The 25 children involved wer placing agencies. The welfare de, jhomes and will make recommen jnection with adoption proceedings. The Citizen learned today tha father adoptions. That is, a wido Others of the 25 children, Th the prospective adoptive homes b: One child, it was understood, w Complete Sex State Welfare Dept. Checks Prospective Adoptive Homes marries and the husband wants to legally adopt the children. home by Mrs, Eva Warner Gibson, judge of the juvenile court, 610 Monroe Countians Were Welfare Recipients In Feb. day to arrest Albizu Campos and 37 other Nationalists. Met With Gunfire Albizu was arrested two hours after police closed in on his apart- ment, The police first rushed up-| stairs to serve the warrants but were met with a volley of gunfire from Nationalists on the stairway and retreated shooting to the street. Capt, were met with a volley of gunfire from Nationalists on and retreated shooting to the street. Capt. Benigno Soto, in charge of the detail, then called) all his men out of the building for| the time being, ordering*them to fire only when fired upon. The exchange of shots continued in, sporadic but intense outbursts. One detective said four or five persons apparently were firing from the apartment windows, Eyewitness Report One eyewitness was U.S. Army Sgt. Roy Wrenn of Greensboro, N.C., who drove by in a jeep while tn military police patrol. He said he saw at least three homemade bombs in glass bottles hurled by (Continued on*Page Two) Wreckage Of C47 Is Spotted Today Buried In Snow NICE, France (#—Police head- quarters in Nice said today the Benigno Soto, in|, tehstairway| Change Told LONDON (#—Hormone _ treat- ments and three years of plastic surgery are reported by the Press} Association to have transformed) a British World War II fighter) pilot into a woman in what “may well be the most complete change} of sex in the world’s medical history. ” The British news agency said! last night it has documents to! prove Bob Cowell, 35, a former Juan Today ive homes in Monroe County are partment of Public Welfare. ‘e not placed through licensed child partment is investigating the dations to the Circuit Court in con- t some of the 25 children are step- w or divorcee with children re- e Citizen learned, were placed in y doctors. as placed in a prospective adoptive $27,342 Is Amount Distributed To County’s Needy During February, 610 persons in Monroe County received aid from the State Department of Public Welfare, it was announced today. The assistance to the 610 persons amounted to $27,342. The District No. 9 Welfare Board, State Department of Public Wel- ‘are, made the announcement through Harry Zukernick, chair- man. Board No. 9 covers Monroe and Dade Counties. Three Categories Royal Air Force lieutenant and! father of two children, is now a female. Its account, the source of which was not given, said €owell—di- vorced by his wife in 1952 on a charge of desertion—is now living “somewhere on the continent” as |Roberta Elizabeth. Relatives were reported caring for their daugh- ters, 10 and 12. According to the Press Associa- tion dispatch: Cowell came from a prominent) family. His father is Maj. Gen,| Sir Ernest Cowell, an honorary surgeon to the late King George VI. During the World War II afri-| can campaign, the elder Cowell was President Eisenhower's direc-| tor of medical services. Young Cowell went in for rugged sports—rugby football and auto and motorcycle racing. ‘As a Spit-| fire’ pilot, he chalked up a good) record in wartime dog fights. He spent six months as a war pris- oner after being shot down over | | | | i (dren. The total number of persons as- sisted in the three categories of Public Assistance was 7,660 for the! two ec: ies wiih an expendituiy! of $362,060. Here is a breakdown: Old age assistance, 5,923. Aid to dependent children, 1,530) families representing 4,175 chil-| Aid to the blind, 207, Aid to Disabled Another program, aid to the dis- Police Seize Guns; Arrest Two Cubans Anti-Batista Group Is Questioned In N. Y. After Cache Is Found NEW YORK (#—Police seized an arsenal in a deserted - looking} Manhattan store yesterday and} placed two Cubans, alleged oppo-) nents of the Batista regime, under| arrest. Detectives swooped into store, on West 99th Street, yester- day and came up with crate: |mortar shells, anti-tank guns, Gar- jand rifles, grenades and a big supply of shells, Later Mario Cruz, 34, and Ro-| berto Oscar Acevedo, 36, were tak-| en into custody, They were booked | early today on charges of violating the weapons law. Police Commissioner Francis W.}| H. Adams described them as mem-} bers of a Cuban organization op- posed to the regime of Fulgencio Batista, president of Cuba. Eight other persons were ques- tioned by police and released. Among these, Adams said, were six men and a woman known as members of anti-Batista organiza- tions. f The arnsenal is the second dis- covered in the metropolitan area since Carlos Prio Soearras was ousted as president of Cuba by Batista in March, 1952. Adams and other police officials| the | arms seizure: | Cruz, a bus boy ordered by im- Jaycees Say ‘Don’t Delay, Register Today’ Jim Keen, chairman of the Jaycees public affairs commit- tee, today said the group is using the above headline as a slogan in this year’s get-out- the-vote drive. , He said he wanted to call the attention of all eligible vot- ers to the fact that this elec- tion is very important. Among offices to be filled are those of governor, con- gressmen, state representativ- es, state senators, and county commissioners. “And you can’t vote unless you register,” Keen added. There is about another month remaining in which to register, he said. i Keen also pointed out that if you let the deadline pass for re- turning registration cards to Commissioner Allen Asks Senator To Confer With Board Sen. George Smathers (D- Fla.) will talk with mem- bers of the Civil Aeronautics Board Monday morning to} clarify the position of Pen- insular Airlines, it was learned today. Peninsular wants to begin| regularly scheduled service between Miami and Key West. County Commissioner Joe Allen) yesterday afternoon talked with Smathers by phone. For Citizen Reporter In Answer To Charges Smathers Will Talk With CAB On Airlines Question Commission Seeks To Refute Charges Of Irregularities The Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District com- mission today opened its books for The Key West Citi- zen, Today’s open door policy on the part of the com- mission was in answer to charges in Miami newspapers that the commission had held secret meetings and that there had been irregularities in the conduct of the com- Ce eo ONE buses: Legion Contest |..." “era Winner To Be of the commission; Brooks Decided Here Bateman, general manager; |and Clifford G. Hicks, assis- Ramos And Winner From Coral Gables tant manager. “In our opinion,” DeMer- ritt said, “‘we have at all times adhered to the re- 5 quirements of the State Compete Tonight Board of Administration. 's of| | Smathers, who was in Miami, |said he would be back in Washing- first thing Monday morning, ac- cording to Allen, to clarify the situation. Reassurance Smathers said Peninsular had nothing to worry about as long as the line was not violating any CAB regulations, Allen said. Executives of Peninsular Air- lines have said they thought Na-' tional Airlines, which flies one 14- Passenger plane daily here, might object to the CAB, when Peninsu- lar begins service here. Allen gdded that Smathers as- sured him he would do everything |possible to see that Key West got adequate air service as soon as possible. Inadequate Service The county commissioners and gave these details on the latest many businessmen here have said| The baby’s story first appeared 0 glen jthat one flight a day is not ade-in the February 12 issue of The TePresent Lindley-DeGarmo Post) quate. abled, which was passed by the|™igtation officials to leave the) Mearwhile, Commissioner Frank last legislature, is not in operation. Funds have not been released pend- ing a decision by the state supreme court. Zukernick said that in addition to the public assistance program in Monroe County, special services were given to eight children in fost-| er homes needing long-time foster care. The expenditure for the spe- cial services was $308.16, The Monroe County board mem- bers are Rev. Ralph Rogers and Mrs. Beulah Russell. wreckage of a missing U.S. Air Force C47 had been spotted in the mountains behind this French Riviera city. The plane was carrying 20 per- sons when it disappeared Thursday | on a flight from Rome to Bitburg,| Germany. Germany. In 1948, however, he started ;hormone treatment to switch his \sex after noticing a change in his (Continued on Page Two) \ The police said a wing of the plane had been spotted by a French farmer, Etienne Gallean, through field glasses, and that they James Still Wants To Be Candidate bad confirmed his report. | The plane, mostly buried in! snow, waS at 7,800 feet in the| Alps, 10 miles southwest of the, LOS ANGELES (James ski resort of Auron, |Roosevelt is seeking his party’s The wreckage was located only ¢Mdorsement as Democratic can- seven miles south of where an Air ‘idate for Congress from the 26th France passenger plane bound for|California District. Saigon, Indochina, crashed last! But he has notified the 26th Dis- ear, killing famed pianist Jacques |ttict Council, which meets here Thibault, \tomorrow afternoon, that he may Police said as far as they could|not abide by its recommendation’ learn there was no sign of life if it picks another of the 11 aspir- around the wreckage. They added/ants for the nomination. In June Primary there were indications the crash| That means, said Miss Rosalind! had caused several avalanches at|Wiener, Los Angeles City Council- the site. {woman and president of the coun- Police immediately began organ-|cil, that the son of the late Presi- izing foot parties to go to the dent might be a candidate in the acene, ‘which they said was in a'June primary without the council’s fegion very difficult to reach. They endorsement. said professional mountain climb-| Mrs. Romelle Roosevelt's attor- ing equipment would have to bejagreed yesterday to a postpone- used. ment until May 10 of a deposition The Plane was identified byjhearing in her separate mainten markings on its wings. | ance suit agaimst her husband be- Stock Car Races jcause of his political plans. Sponsored by KEY WEST Roosevelt was ordered Feb. 24 to pay $1,265 temporary monthly STOCK CAR Assoc., INC. Tomorrow, to go to trial for perhaps a year, ; The State Department of Public | Welfare office in Monroe County is located at 919 Whitehead Street, telephone 2-7923, : Miss Eliza E. Fike, 8” yecvisor, will give information on the work. of the department, Helicopter Crash Victims Are Sent Away For Burial resident here since 1945, rented the of which had been painted black. The Cubans contacted an em- (Continued on Page Two) ationalist Party Probe Set By KARL R. BAUMAN WASHINGTON (® — Court-ap- Pointed attorneys today assumed responsibility for defense of four Puerto Ricans charged wounding five members of Con- Sress in a wild shooting demon-| with The bodies of the six Navy men) |who died in the flaming crash of two helicopters all were sent to other cities for burial, the Prit-! | hard Funeral Home announced to-| jday. | Here are the names and the cities to which the bodies were, \shipped: Lt. (jg) Robert Kuhn, Hi Park, N. Y. miebleos Lt. H. M. Walters, Jr., Arling- (Continued on Page Two) NOTICE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION This office is calling to the attention of any- one who is entitled to Homestead Exemption that April Ist is abso- | stration Monday, | U.S. District Judge James W. Morris assigned the attorneys at, a brief hearing yesterday. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, mean-of Rep. Alvin M. Bentley (R- Harlem \while, Courtney Owens, represent- Mich), the most seriously injured'Mitchell, and Jose Martinez, $2 United States by April 22, and a!Bentley tried to contact Gov. Char-| lie Johns by phone. Peninsular store for $75 a month last Novem-|wants a state okay to fly regularly|has been contributed. ber. They said it was to be used|scheduled flights within the state.| The Disgdiertt’s wil! leave Key ee to manufacture crates. Recently| Bentley said Johns’ office told/West Tuesday morning for New finals. Department of Fiorida fin- jtrucks started unloading heavy him the governor would not be York where Delores ‘a1as an ap- alists are normally awarded mone- |cases outside the store, the window available until Monday morning. Johns is playing conductor on a railroad this weekend. governor again Monday morning. Court Appoints Attorneys To Defend Puerto Ricans ton and would call on the CAB the) Sam B. Pinder, supervisor of registration, you must call at Pinder’s office in the county Tonight at the Key West High School Auditorium at 7:30 p. m. Hilario Ramos, Jr., Key West High |School Senior will compete against |Ed Laudacer, 17, Coral High School Senior for the seat in jthe Southern Area meet of the 17th Annual High School Oratori- cal Contest. Both of these young men are very well versed on the Constitu- court house to register. Gratitude For Little Delores Aid Expressed Little Delores Disgdiertt’s grand- an excellent competitive contest. father, Orlando Rodriguez, came in! Ramos last week defeated Miss |The Citizen office this morning and Jackie Delaney for the Monroe thanked the staff for the ball rolling” on the fund raised|Arthur Sawyer Post 28 in the 10th |to send the baby to New York for District. Laudacer also last week ‘medical treatment. ° |defeated severa] contestants for the Dade County crown and will erica, which is the subject of these Citizen, telling how the family was, 70 of Coconut Grove. ‘ in need of financiai aid. in the) The winner of this contest will ooo, next compete in the Area contest jand the winner of the area will \then later compete in the state |past three weeks more than $2, |Pointment with an eye specialist..tary awards for their efforts. Kennel Club Collection After the state finals the contes- | Members of the Island City Na-|tants next compete in the Regional |ploye of a stevedoring firm several Bentley said he will phone the vy Wives Club will be at the Key|Contests and thence the winners \West Kennel Club tonight to ac-|compete in the National Finals. /cept contributions for the little De- Finalists in the National Contest jlores fund, it has been announced|are awarded scholarships in the by Max Carey, general manager. following amounts: First place, Contributions received at The|$4,000, second place, $2,500, third {Citizen office include $17.19 from place, $1,000 and fourth place, $550. |H. R. Demerritt’s 7th grade class) In 1938, the first year of the con- jat the high school annex; “Brush’’,tests there were only about 200 sent $12.70, Mr. and Mrs. “‘W. B,” National contestants and the grand |$2 and an anonymous contribution Prize was a wrist watch for the lof $1. |four top finalists. Since then the The Latin-American Social Club Contests have gradually increased Gables tion of the United States of Am-; contests. The public is assured of “starting County crown and will represent) |The board has annually aud- ited our books and given us a clean bill of health.” Insurance Charge Another charge by Miami dailies \is that the commission tossed all its ‘hurricane insurance business to |the Key West Insurance Co., a {company owned by State Repre- sentative Bernie C. Papy. | In answer to that charge, Hicks i said: “In 1948, the Porter-Allen Com- \pany of Key West handled our in- ‘surance, That same year, Porter- jAllen cancelled our insurance be- \cause of excessive storm risk. “The Key West surance Com- pany,” he added, “was the only jother Monroe County concern that id insure us. e always try to do business | with Monroe County concerns when {possible,”” he said. Bateman Speaks Bateman hit at the Miami pa- per’s charges, saying “‘they are completely false.” He said the papers were inaccu- rate when they said that “certain district employees held other jobs.”” “For example,” he continued, “John Castell, state conservation agent, who was named by a Miami paper as holding a district job, too, resigned from the district one month before he took the state job. “The payroll record printed in a Miami paper was more than a year old.” Case of Andrews Taking up the case of D, M. An- frews, constable of Monroe Coun- ty’s Third Justice of the Peace District, Bateman said that, An- \drews was an employee of the dis- |trict for 10 years before his elec- jtion as constable. | Andrews still is a district em- dangerous weapon, jing here “to defend independence collected $126 from members and| of our country.” \their friends which was given di- The judge entered innocent pleas)rectly to the family for personal also for the three men—Rafael,expenses while in New York. Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa] The following persons gave to Cordero and Irving Flores Rori-jthis fund: Reverend Teddy Abreu guez—on “‘the same grounds.” and Armando Fernandez, $10 each. Each is charged on five counts Florencio Busot, a friend, Chachi, with assault with intent to kill and) Manuel Garcia, Mr. and Mrs, Man- on five counts with assault with a uel Gonzalez, Juan Soriano, $5 leach. Robert Lowe, Nestor Dolis, Moreover, U.S. Atty. Leo A,'Vileta Garcia, Jesus Carmona, Rover told the court the condition Virginia Solano, Dulce Perez, the Inn, Cyrano, Margaret ing Chairman Velde (R-Ill) of the of the congressmen who were shot, each. Committee, conferred yesterday small, fanatical Nationalist party. A resolution was introduced in ‘the commonwealth senate formation of a special security commission to investigate the Party. At the arraignment here yester- day, the judge tried to explain to the defendants the significance of Victims were still hospitalized, but bury released the following list of cutting the screen of entering pleas and their rights to counsel and a fair trial. Harry Hastings, a secret service agent stationed in Puerto Rico,| Was called in as a Spanish-English interpreter, Finally Lolita Lebron, self-styled} leader of the Nationalist demon-| strators, said: is stil a “touch and go proposi-| Contributions of $1 from Albert |with Gov. Luis Munoz Marin, pre- tion.” If Bentley should die, he Pazo, Mr. Grass, Mario Sanchez, h sumably on plans to investigate Said, the government will prompt-Damilo Martinez, Armando Cuna- p. m. yesterday and heard some-| activities on the mainland by the ly seek indictments for first de-lejo, Eriverto Rodriguez. Claude one moving around in the house. gree murder, |Valdez, Dionisio Diaz, A. Boza, Jr., Bentley was listed at Casualty R. Vargas, Curito, C. E. Himphries, for Hospital as in serious condition, Sanduyt, W. Umble, Evelio Var- was his wife. A bullet shattered his liver and 8as, and L. Cardenas. pierced other organs. | A check for $25 from the San Rep. George H. Fallon (D-Md),Carlos Institute was included in was well enough to go home from|the amount raised. the hospital yesterday. Three other Lions Club president Paul Al- reported improving. They are contributions recently received by Reps. Kenneth A. Roberts (D-'the club; Supply and Fiscal De- Ala), Clifford Davis (D-Tenn), and partment at Boca Chico, $11; E. Ben F. Jensen (R-lowa). Dealph, $5; A and B Fish Co., $; Judge Morris named F. Joseph Night Crew, Fawtu Parachute loft, |Donohue, former chairman of the $5; Bayside Trailer Park, $5; John District of Columbia Board of L. Day, $3; Gordon D. Hamilton, Commissioners, as senior defense Jt. $2; and George and Grace to the point where last year over)Ployee. 3,000 contestants competed for the} Commenting on charges of ex- four top positions. 47 of the 48|cessive expenditures for food, De states had contestants competing| Merritt said: in 1953. “I have never seen steaks, The public is cordially but|squabs, and so forth. From time jstrongly urged to be in attendance|to time I have eaten in the em- lat this district meet and show/|Ployees’ dining room and found the ‘Dade County what Monroe County food wholesome but not of the lux- ‘ean do for its young Americans.|ury variety.” Sy Entertains Notables Mackey Surprises He did say, however, that the Burglar In Home district has entertained notables, realizing the ‘‘publicity value of Charles W. Mackey entered his) ome, 3616 Eagle Ave., at 9:05! such.” “For example,” he said, “last year the United States Chamber of Commerce was holding its convene tion in Miami. The group was en- tertained at Pigeon Key.” Turning to the possibility of the road tolls beng discontinued in the near future, both Bateman and De Merritt said they were of the opine ion that maintenance “of the road would suffer, They added that it would be @ tremendous burden on the tax. Payers if jurisdiction of the tol} Toad were turned over to the State Highway Department. Maintenance Is High Bateman estimated It would re- |quire a half million dollars am |Mually out of state road funds te | maintain the toll road. | He pointed out that Monroe Mackey later told Patrolman’ John D. Linehan that he thought it! It wasn’t. It was a burglar. Mackey turned on the lights and found the house ransacked. The |burglar had fled without taking anything. Entrance was gained by the rear door. ELKS CLUB DANCE \counsel. Myron G. Ehrlich, Abe Laudenslager, $2. Tonight, (Continued on Page Two) support to his wife pending trial 2:00 P.M. jof her suit, in which she accuses him of infidelities wth a dozen BOCA CHICA ROAD TRACK women. The case is not expected ADMISSION - “TI would like it to be charged Goldstein and Ben Noble will be! that what I committed was the associated with Donohue. They are defense of my country.” not paid for their defense services.! “But do you enter a plea of Judge Morris set April 5 as the not guilty?” the judge asked. trial date for the Puerto Ricans. “Yes, on those grounds,” Mrs./The defendants went back to jail Lebron replied. in default of $100,000 bond each.; One of the three male defen-. By coincidence, Donohue, hewi- dants said something about com- (Continued on Page Two) t | lutely the deadli Duffy’s Restaurant | filing. on | American-Italian Kitchen ~ $1.25 | Buses Leave Cor. Sou: Elks Club Annex SQUARE DANCE, VIRGINIA REEL, POPULAR DANCING (Country Store Night) Music by Gerry Pinder Public Invited ADMISSION ............. FENCING and POSTS at Strunk Lumber 248 Simonton, near Citizen Bldg. CLASSIC BALLET Languages PRINCESS NINA Children and Adults TEL. 2-3161 CLAUDE A. GANDOLFO, Tax Assessor. Free Shrimp Cocktail with Each Meal thard 1, 12: and Duval 30 & 1:30 P.M, 218 DUVAL STREET . $1.00 fa