The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 17, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable ciimate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV No. 65 What The American Legion |Wm. Primrose Means To Me — EDITOR'S NOTE. Lewis Bays, YNI, a native of Kentucky, thas been in the Navy almost eleven years, He plans to make @ @areer as a Navy man. He became a member of the American Legion, Arthur Sawyer Post No. sently serving at Post Histo of a son and two daughters.) By Lewis Bays, YNI, USN When I became a member of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, Am- erican Legion, I didn’t realize at the time what a wonderful organi- zation I was joining. I only knew that as a veteran with overseas service during World War II and holder of an. honorable discharge I was eligible to become a mem- ber. The night I was initiated into the American Legion I found out the solemn duty that I was as- suming as a Legionaire. At that moment I began seriously thinking about myself as an American citi- ven. In 1943, when seventeen years of age, I joined the Navy. Shortly thereafter I was sent overseas and served in the Pacific campaign for over two years before the war end- ed, Sure, I served in the defense of my country when I was need- ed, At the same time, however, several million other young men and women were doing the same. When the war was over the big question was yet to be answered. What was I doing or what could I accomplish for my country here at home? This was the question that was answered when I became a Legionaire. For the first time in my life I felt as though I belonged; was actually a part of this great nation of ours. For the first time I could help my fellow man. Here was an organization that recogniz- @s no rank or station in life and The KEY WEST COMMUNITY CONCERTS ASSN. Presents WILLIAM PRIMROSE Violist Thursday, March 18, 8:30 P.M. CONVENT AUDITORIUM (Membership Subscription Only) 28, three years ago. He is pre- is devoted to the elimination of any prejudices due to differences of race, creed, or color. Here was an organization that was free of polities and expressed no political conviction, This was the Sele tion I had been looking for. As I becdine more familiar with the Legion and its work I found that I enjoyed it more each day, The American Legion's vast youth- _/Program was vividly to my attention right here in Key West. Through American Legion Junior Baseball, Oratorical Contests, School-Medal Awards, Boy Séout Troops, and sponsorship of Boys’ State, we are constantly contributing to the healih and knowledge of our future citizens of tomorrow, To explain in detail exactly ort the American Legion stands for would like to quote the pecs to the American Legion: “For God and Country we asso- ciate ourselves together for the fol- lowing purposes: To uphold and de- fend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpe- tuate a one hundred per cent Am- ericanism; to preserve the mem- ories and incidents of our asso- ciations in the Great Wars; to in- culeate a sense of individual obli- gation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; (Continued On Page Eight) CLASSIC BALLET Languages PRINCESS NINA Children and Adults TEL. 2-3161 Knights of Columbus St. Patrick's Day BALL Tonight — 8: P.M. Casa Marina Hotel Valuable Prizes .. + Entertainment TICKETS ____ — $2.00 DRESS OPTIONAL NOTICE All Journeymen Electricians and Electrical Helpers are requested to attend a meeting tonight at 8:00 o'clock at City Hall. The new electrical code will be explained Howard Oikle City Electrical Inspector. and placed in effect. THE Will Appear In Key West World’s Greatest Violist To Mark Musical Milestone In Concert Series A capacity crowd is expect- ed tomorrow night in the Convent Auditorium when William Prim- rose, billed as the world’s greatest violinist, makes his first Key West appearance. His performance will mark the third community concert event of the year. The concert is open only to Community Concert Association members. No less an authority than Serge Koussevitsky has said: ‘I consider Primrose an incomparable artist whose name will remain as the greatest viola virtuoso of our time.” Popularized Viole William Primrose is the man who has popularized the viola as a solo instrument in this country. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. As a child, he studied the violin and was only ten when he made his first public appearance in the Mendles- sohn Violin Concerto. At sixteen, Landon Ronald heard him and was so impressed that he arranged with the Corporation of the City of in, Bays is married and the father London to finance Primrose’s edu- cation at the Guildhall School of Music of which Ronald was then principal. He made his London debut playing with the Royal Al- bert Hall Orchestra. All this time, however, Primrose nourished a passion for the violin’s bigger contralto sister—the viola. ‘The beautiful mellow tone of the in- strument attracted him irresistibly and im secret ne wouia wy out dus father’s wonderful Amati Viola {the very one Primrose plays to- (Continued On Page Eight) Lawyer Seeks To Close Doors In Baker Case NEW YORK w—The first wife of Jack Benny’s new son-in-law has been accused of trying to ex- tract money from him through the courts and newspapers. The attorney for stock broker Seth H, Baker, 26, made this claim in asking that reporters be barred from court to protect Baker and his new wife, the former Joan Benny, 19. The request came yesterday dur- ing a hearing in which Joan Scott Baker, 21, sought to invalidate a Virgin Islands divorce from Baker and instead get a legal separation and support. Baker, who married Miss Benny last week in a lavish $50,000 Holly- wood wedding, is now honeymoon- ing in Hawaii. His lawyer, Harold S. Lazar, told State Supreme Court Justice Mor- ris Eder that Joan Scott Baker brought the action “because she (Continued On Page Eight) (Special To The Citizen) By JACK M. LEVINE Little Delores Disgdiertt struck it rich here Tuesday to the tune of $325. Her mother, Alba, appeared on the nationally famous TV and ra- dio program “Strike it Rich” and gave the correct answers to all questions asked by master of cere- monies Randy Merriman, substitu- ting for vacationing Warren Hull. The net result was the programs highest cash prize of the day, $325, to Delores’ mother. 1 Recognition for Citizen The Key West Citizen also struck it rich through the resultant na- tional recognition. Mrs. Disgdiertt told a television and radio audience throughout the United States how The Key West Citizen’s front page stories spark- ed the Key West community fund taising campaign that made pos- sible little Delores’ New York mercy “Flight to Sight.” Key West and south Florida ra- dio listeners heard a coast to coast SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WE , FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1954 IN THE Che Kev West Cilisen U.S. A. For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers DIAL 2.5661 or 2-5662. + + Just PRICE FIVE CENTS County Requests $324,000 In Federal Aid For Meacham Field Improveme Civil Service Meet Starts 60 Personnel Executives To Attend State Conference Here The 18th annual confer- ence of the Florida Associa- tion of Civil Service and Personnel Agencies will get) underway tonight with a re-} ception at the Casa Marina , Hotel. City Clerk Victor Lowe, president of the association said that more than 40 civil) service executives and per- sonnel specialists from all corners of the state have al- ready arrived for the annual ; meeting with more than a score expected to arrive shortly. The group will launch busine: meetings tomorrow morning at ! a. m. in the Casa Marina with + invocation by the Rev. Ralph R ers, pastor of Key West’s Chi of the Rock, and a welcoming dress by Mayor C. B. Har Then, Mrs. Alma Arm: Jacksonville, secretary of t. sociation will address the group, followed by introductions and the appointment of committees to con- sider by-laws, nominate . officers and draft resolutions. Address Slated At 10:50 a. m., Oliver Short, na- tionally known personnel author- ity and author will address the group. His topic will be: “The Federal Loyalty and Security Program and Its Application to Local and State Government.” Although retired, Mr. Short serv- es as a part-time consultant to the Hoover Commission on personnel problems. He is a past president of the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and of the So- ciety of Public Administration. He also served as Civil Service Com- missioner for the State of Mary- land. During the war years, he became Director of Personnel Ad- ministration in the Department of Commerce. Mr. Short is the author of several (Continued on Page Two) MACHIN CLEARED Armando Machin today was cleared of a charge of serving beer to a minor when Judge Tho- mas S. Caro, in criminal court, dismissed the charge. It was al- leged that Machin, then a barten- der at the Boat Bar, 503 Duval St., served beer to a minor Navy man last Sept, 18. Radio-TV Show Pays Off Little Delores “Srithes It Rich” nationwide broadcast of yester- day’s “Strike it Rich” program featuring Mrs. Disgdiertt, little Delores and this newspaper, at 11:00 a. m. this mornirig over ra- dio station WIOD, Miami. On Miami Station The TV “Strike it Rich’ pro- gram will be re-telecast over sta- tion WTJV, channel 4, Miami, next Tuesday morning, March 23, at 9:30 a. m. Originally Delores and her par- ents were scheduled to appear on the “Strike it Rich” program Tuesday morning, but the infant had not sufficiently recovered from last Friday’s reported eye surgery. The weather turned extremely cold accompanied by high winds, and the parents decided not to chance the possible adverse re- sults from exposing Delores to the northern cold outdoor weather. Disgdiertt elected to remain at the Bronx apartment of his brother Mario and baby-sit with his six- monthsold daughter. Mother Appears Mrs. Disgdiertt, in the interest of her ailing infant daughter, agreed to face the wnafamiliar Sue M. Moore : hool Size »Be Doubled id Of $73,135 Cothron Group west Received ‘on doubling the size of the Moore School at Marathon Monday, it was announced oy Horace O‘Bryant, super- * public instruction. chool board last night a- the contract to the A and er and Supply Co. of Is- , @ concern headed by vthron. xe bid of the A and B was $73,135 to which is 9 for an electric clock “ing a total bid of $73,- System 1 the $750 clock that were of- vere priced ase bids Coral WEN, 219,00. > Philip A, Saunders, of Marathon, $77,350. aFrkete Construction. Co., of Del- tayy Beach, $74,364. Marathon Addition A new wing will be added %0 the Marathon School. Included are four classrooms, two of which will be primary rooms set up as are the Primary rooms in the new wing ita Poinciana school, O’Bryant said, Also in the new wing will be a library room, a principal’s office, a teachers’ lounge, a storeroom, an addition to the kitchen and cer- tain alterations around the build- ing. In addition, O’Bryant said, a cloister will be built in front of the new classrooms to match the clois- ter that is in front of the existing classrooms, When completed, the new wing (Continued On Page Eight) CONDITION OF AILING SEAMAN GOOD TODAY Marshall Covin, seaman off the tanker SS Lucille Bloomfield, was reported in good condition today by the Naval Hospital. Covin was removed from the tanker yesterday by a Coast Guard vessel after he had suf- fered a hand injury. The Coast Guard vessel met the tanker off the sea buoy and removed Covin. frightening television cameras a- lone, thus, although a complete novice, she in the true tradition of the theater proved true to the legend of Broadway, “the show must go on.” For her TV debut, Delores’ mo- ther appeared on the historic stage of the famed Maxine Elliott The- atre, West 39th Street, just west of the Avenue of the Americas. Nam- ed for a famous theatrical person- ality, the theatre is now a CBS television studio. Mrs. Disgdiertt made her dramatic appearance on the same stage where many great personalities of bygone days scored their greatest theatrical triumphs. Fitting Climax The young mother’s TV and stage appearance in this historic setting served as a fitting climax, Though obviously nervous, she went on to tell her story to both the studio audience and the un- seen nationwide viewers and list- eners. The resultant applause was a tribute to the journalistic accom- plishments of The Key West Citi- zen and to the generous financial response of Key Westers. Without this unprecedented effort, baby KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE To Match Date Accidents ____..___ 27 126 Traffic Deaths us. 0 0 Traffic Injuries __ 7 19) Property Damage _$6,860 $35,276 Two accidents yesterday, which sent the number of ac- cidents in Key West soaring to 126 for this year, were both caused when cars pulled away from the curb into _ traffic. Damage in the accidents amounted to $145. Turning to the lighter side of things: I think that [| shall never see Along the road an unmar- red tree, With bark intact, and pain- ted white, That no car ever night. For every tree that’s near the road Has caused some auto to be towed. Sideswiping trees is done a lot e hit at By drivers who are plum might see, Yet any fool can hit a tree. —(Inland Tips) |Purchase Of New School Buses Set The purchase of two new 66- passenger school buses was auth- orized last night by the school board. Horace O’Bryant, superintendent of public instruction, said it is hop- ed the buses will be delivered by Sept. 1. The county school system now has four 48-passenger buses in ser- vice and one 60-paSsenger bus on order. Bid will be called for to pur- chase the two new buses. BUSHNELL SCHEDULED TO RETURN THURSDAY The USS Bushnell (AS 15) is expected to arrive here about 7:30 a. m, tomorrow, the Navy said today. Tentative plans call for the sub- marine tender to anchor in the channel and come alongside her dock Saturday. The ship’s move- ments depend on the weather and ship movements inside the harbor. The Bushnell left here last Wed- nesday for New Orleans. Training exercises were conducted en route. Delores’ flight to New York would not have been realized. Sky Coach air lines vice presi- dent, Paul Zerler, helped bring this reporter’s files of the “little Delores” stories in The Citizen to | the attention of the “Strike it Rich” program producers. Pictures Taken The Associated Press assigned a photographer to take pictures at the TV studio. Following the program, the photographer ac- companied this reporter to the| Disgdiertt family’s temporary Bronx residence. Here additional photos were made of little Delores and her father greeting the jubli- ant mother as she presented her husband with the “Strike it Rich” check for $325. Little Delores has another ap- pointment with the New York eye specialist for Saturday morning, March 20. As of this date the par- ents advise that the doctor has | given no indication as to the pos- sible course of further medical at- tention. They have no idea when they will be permitted to return to Key West with their baby. They hope to obtain a definite answer Saturday morning. Papers F ied} $648,000 Progre 1G By ven tediite A $324,000 request for Federal "Sid to improve siea- cham Field has been filed, County Commissioner Frank Bentley said today. The total sum planned for field improvements is $648,000. The county will put up half the amount. Harold A. Wilde, county airport consultant, prepared the forms which were signed yesterday by Bentley. Any member of the county commission can sign such forms. US. Medical Aid Offered Test Victims Joint Investigation Of Injury Incident In Bikini Tests Asked By JIM BECKER TOKYO #—The United States today offered top-flight American medical aid to 23 Japanese men burned and blistered by ashe from a supersecret U.S. test blast in the Pacific. U.S. Ambassador John Allison also proposed a joint Japanese- American investigation of the March 1 incident in the Bikin- Eniwetok test region. Only one. of the 23 crewmen was considered i dangerous con- dition when their boat arrived Sunday but all had entered a hos- pital today. Three were added to the serious list but doctors said they expect all 23 will live. The intensity of their burns— skin blackening and hair falling out—and their story of the blast stirred speculation that the March 1 test may have been a thermo- nuclear (probably hydrogen) ex- plosion. The crewmen’s reports indicate they were about 80 miles from the blast center. The U.S. Embassy said a team of three American and three Japa- nese doctors associated with the atomic bomb casualty commission in the atom-bombed city of Hiro- shima will treat the victims. First Official Word Allison’s offer was the first offi- cial comment from the United States on the incident. Kyodo news agency said the Japanese Foreign Office intends to take up the matter with the United States officially. Japanese officials say they will ask compensation for the victims. In Washington, Rep. W. Sterling (Continued On Page Eight) PEG - BOARD All Sizes Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton St., near Post Office The $648,000 improves ment plan is broken down this way, according to the papers filed with the Civil Aeronautics Authority: Preparation of site—$200,000. Paving runways, taxiways and aprons—$150,000. Lighting the field—$20,000. Building costs—$150,000. Other miscellaneous construc- tion—$30,000. Engineering and supervision— Administrative costs—$3,000. Contingencies—$60,000. Features of Plan The planned improvement pro- gram will include paving and ex- tending runways, building an air- craft parking apron, and cone structing an airlines’ terminal building. This building will include a con- trol tower. The CAA, Bentley said, does not at the moment have funds for air- port improvement but it is expect ed that the present session of Con- gress will grant such monies. The CAA has incorporated pro- visions. for such funds in the CAA budget, Bentley added, County‘s Share The county’s share of the im- t, Bentley continued, will airport revenues, out that the 50-cent per passen{r charge brought the county bett®r than $4,500 in Feb- ruary from Aerovias Q operations, If necessary, Bentley said, the county can borrow on the antici- pated revenues to raise the money to match the Federal grant. He added that in all likelihood it would not be necessary to put up the entire county share at one time. On The Ground Floor By filing the papers now, Bent+ ley said, it is felt that the county will be in on the ground floor for such Federal-aid requests when (Continued on Page Eight) Boca Chica Bar —STOCK ISLAND— Now Open Under New Management Be- WELCOME -3G Why Not Dine In Luxury at the Beautiful Casa Marina Hotel Breakfast, Luncheon and Dinner Now Being Served at Popular Prices! 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