The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 13, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV No. 114 Man’s Body Is Discovered In Marathon Area Identified As Former Southard . Street Resident The body of a 42-year-old man was found late yester- day in a mangrove swamp on Crawl Keys, about 844 miles north of Marathon. Through papers in his wallet, the body was identi- fied as that of Bernard Wil- liam Kelly, 42, who lived at 1012 Southard Street at one time. The sheriff's department said the badly decomposed body was found at 5:30 p. m. yesterday by The Royal Palm Ice Company is asking $4,000 in damages from for $1,032.30 each but that the Key pL Ice Company has paid only According to the plaintiffs ex- hibits, the promissory notes were signed by A. E. Peirce, vice presi- dent of the Key West Ice Company. W. Curry Harris is attorney for YOSHIDA TO U.S. TOKYO # —Prime Minister Shi- geru Yoshida has booked passage aboard a Pan American airliner leaving for the United States June 4, the newspaper Asahi said today. Yoshida plans to spend about six weeks visiting the United: States, England, several European coun- tries and possibly India and Paki- stan, McCARTY MEMORIAL TAMPA W—A Dan McCarty memorial award for community service will be presented: at this year’s convention of the Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce, which opens here today. Pesta aver Named for the late r, is being made by the Fort Lauderdale Junior cantar pobre maaan... llpansaneietandel ——————— Complete Lumber Stocks and Building Materials AVAILABLE at STRUNK LUMBER 120 SIMONTON STREE: Near Bank in Key va Delinquent Tax Sale Announced A delinquent tax sale will be held at noon June 4 on the court house steps. Howard E. Wilson, county tax collector, today advised taxpayers to check the delin- quent lists when they are pub- lished in The Citizen, The list, he said, has been published once and will be published three more times before June 1. If your property is listed, Wilson said, you can call at his office in the house _ and pay the taxes ccrued charges before June ee Cab Driver Is re | Judge Esqui Sets Trial For .. Next Tuesday Trial on a chai f using his cab for “imm@fal pur- Posen held against a local was ‘postponed -yesterday until next Tuesday. by Municipal Judge Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. The cab driver, Eloy Ferrer, 1612 Josephine Street, was arrest- ed Tuesday night by patrolman John Linehan. However yesterday, his attorney Ben Ketchum asked that the city prepare a bit®of particulars in the ‘ease. Ketchum added that he had not had time to study the case and-asked that it be put off. Judge Esquinaldo agreed. Seriousness Cited Ketchum had pointed out that it is a serious charge and that his client faces loss of his license, if convicted. The police made no report of the details of Ferrer’s alleged law in- fraction. He operates from Duval and Greene Streets. Earlier this (Continued on Page Two) KEY WEST'S | TearFic BOX pone May ahd -| Accidents _. 7 201 Traffic Deaths __ tC) 0 Traffic Injuries _ 2 37 Property Damage $4,000 $52,786 Key West enjoyed its third accident-free day of the mon- th Wednesday and boosted its chances of bettering April’s record considerably. To date, in May, accidents are occurring at the rate of only slightly more than one per day. This compares rather fav- orably with the 1953 record of about a one and a half crash- es per day. Incidentally, the talk deliver- ed by City Manager Victor Lang before the Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Divsion is worth noting — not only because it offers concrete suggestions for relieving con- estion, but because it would also have an effect on driver safety, (Complete text of Lang’s speech will appear in The Citizen tomorrow.) The Duval Street accident rate continues to soar — with most of the mishaps occprring at intersections or involving parked cars. — Drivers Wanted — Free transportation to Philadel- phia and Pittsburgh. National or- ganization moving 200 new cars. We pay gas expense. For informa- tion call Mr. Monroe, 2-874. Rey West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1954 BE CAREFUL, MOTORISTS!—The unhappy situation pictured above was caused by the effect of today’s rain on an un-marked sewer excavation, Charles Rivas, 800 Duval Street, driver of the car shown said that he was driving down Angela Street, between Simonton and Duval Streets, when “down she went’ into a recently filled sewer ditch. The experts theorized that the marl fill became soupy and collapsed. Rivas, quite naturally unhappy about tMe situation, needed the services of a tow truck to remove his car from the ditch. the condition of the city’s streets.—Citizen Staff Photo, Karns. Candidates 'To Meet On Miami TV Show City Commission |To Meet Today The «city commission will meet in special session this af- ternoon at 4:30 p. m. to con- sider the possibility of purchas- ing a portion of the Poinciana Housing project. City Attorney J. Y. Porter, has been negotiating with the owners of the land, the Key ‘West improvement Company and the Key West Foundation Company, in an effort to arrive at a satisfactory price for the land. The city proposes to op- erate the projects at a profit. The federal government has indicated that the housing will be razed before the land is re- turned to its owners. Laubscher’s Absence From Job Explained The following news release from the Key West.Chamber of Com- merce is being printed in its en- tirety. It was written by Harold Laubscher, manager of the cham- Facts about Harold R. Laubsch- er’s absence from the city (if any- ore’s interested): The Florida Chamber of Com- merce Executives, an organization composed of Chamber of Com- merce managers from throughout Florida is headed this year by Harold Laubscher. The 35th an- nual meeting of the organization is currently in session in Lakeland, Florida. President Laubscher will pre- Side at the 4 day meeting which will study such problems confront- ing Florida communities as : Na- tional firm participation in the Chamber movement; Advertising and publicity policies and prac- tices; Regulation of door-to-door selling in Florida communities; the Chamber executives responsi- bilities to his community; and re- gulation of the use of the name “Chamber of Commerce” by com- munity organizations. _ Appearing on the panel discus- sions will be representatives from the U. S. Chamber out of Washing- ton and Atlanta; a representative of the Central Registry Bureau’s New York office and to address the -convention’s annual banquet will be Sir Stafford L. Sands, chairman of the Bahama Develop- | ment Board from Nassau.: Other. officers of the Florida | Executives include John Bryson, Secy-Treas, manager of the Lake- land Chamber of Commerce and W. Scott Christopher, manager of the Greater Tampa Chamber, who is this years Vice President. Laubscher has been a member of FCCE for 6 years and last last year served as Secretary- Treasurer. | Acting Governor Overrules Campaign Advisers To Appear By HAROLD PARR MIAMI (#—Charley Jobns over- ruled his campaign advisers in deciding to meet LeRoy Collins face-to-face tonight on a televi- sion question-and-answer program. ‘Johns last night told a dinner meeting with a group of former supporters of Brailey Odham, who was eliminated in the first Demo- cratic governorship primary May 4, “I wanted’to get on TV with Collins and Brailey during the first primary campaign because I like a good argument. But my friends didn’t want me to. “I overruled my friends this time and will appear with the’sen- ator from Leon County.” Johns said he wanted to appear on the television station at Hallan- dale with Collins “but he didn’t.” “I wanted to appear on radio but he didn’t. “I hope he isn’t sick tomorrow (Thursday) night. Don’t you worry about Charley Johns taking care of himself.” “I know we’re gding to whip him. We're going to whip him so bad that two years from now we won’t have to put up with him running for office.” Earlier in the day Johns had accepted an invitation to appear with Collins on a Miami radio sta- tion (WIOD), saying he would be glad to appear anywhere with Sen. Collins. The station said Collins had accepted, but later it was an- nounced that Collins, who is cam- paigning in Palm Beach County (Continued on Page Two) SR. Ea ay ISLAMORADA MAN HELD ON THREE CHARGES George E. Williams, 62, who told deputy sheriffs he was an Islamor- ada real estate man, today was in the county jail charged with driv- ing while intoxicated, assault and battery and disorderly conduct, ac- cording to the sheriff's department. The deputies said Williams was causing a disturbance in a trailer camp at Islamorada. When a de- puty arrived, Williams drove a- way. He was overtaken and brought to Key West. Enroute he assaulted the deputy, according to the char- ges. Incident was the ‘latest in a long series of complaints about Collins Will Speak At West Palm Before Flight To Miami sinied By BENNETT DE LOACH WEST PALM BEACH (#—Bring- ing his campaign to Palm Beach County today, LeRoy Collins prom- ised leadership in getting for Flor- ida sound road, law enforcement and advertising programs. Collins, who led Acting Gov. Charley Johns in Palm Beach County in the first primary gu- bernatorial voting, is to go on tele- vision at 6 p.m., then fly to Mi- ami for his first television appear- ance with Johns, The Johns-Col- lins TV meeting is at 10 p.m. He came here from Pinellas County where he spent a long day making a pitch for support from those who went with Brailey Od- ham in the May 4 voting. In each of a half dozen talks he directed special appeals to the Odham fol- lowers and also conferred with Od- ham campaign committeemen. In his discussion of roads, Col-| - lins said highways should be built on a basis of need “and as a mat- ter of duty to the people and not done according to the whim of a governor” who like a “sovereign goes over the state parceling out roads and bridges as gifts as he sees fit.” Two projects of interest in the Tampa Bay area gained support from Collins. He promised com- pletion of a parallel span to Gandy Bridge which connects Tampa and St. Petersbirg and a gap in U. S. 19 near the Lower Tampa Bay bridge. Both projects have been approved for construction. He said “You can come nearer (Continued on Page Two) Crawfishermen To Meet Saturday A meeting of all Monroe County crawfishermen has been set in the Chamber of Commerce building at Marathon, at 10:30 a. m. Saturday, it has been announced by Monroe County Conservation Agent Joe Knight. At that time, General Conserva- tion Agent Gordon J, Parker will discuss new rules and regulations affecting crawfishing. All interest- ed are invited to attend. NOTICE The general public is hereby notified that there will be absolutely no parking on Duval Street to Truman Avenue and on Truman Avenue to North Beach Road beginning at 5:00 P.M., May 15, 1954, and continuing until the Armed Forces Day Parade is over. Cars parked in this area during the said hours will be moved at the owner’s: ex- pense. VICTOR LOWE, City Clerk. Army Counsel Denies Favor || Trade Charge John R. Adams Says Army Did Not Attempt To “‘Appease” Senator WASHINGTON (#—Army counse- lor John G. Adams insisted today the Army had no desire to stop the McCarthy subcommittee’s in- vestigation of Ft. Monmouth al- though he conceded it was pleased when the prospect of a suspension arose last fall. And he denied the Army (1) ever engaged in “trading favors’ for Pvt. G. David Schine in an effort to get the investigation stopped, or (2) sought to ‘‘appease’’ Sen. Mc- Carthy. - Adams said any special consid- eration for Schine stemmed only from the McCarthy subcommittee’s picturing him as essential to its work, and that any special defer- ence for McCarthy was a matter of trying to avoid “‘open hostility.” - Second Day ‘Adams was back’-in the witness chair at the McCarthy-Army hear- ings for the second day—this time for cross-examination. At the outset, he swore Secre- tacy Stevens never instructed him to try to halt the McCarthy in- quiry ino alleged security risks at Ft. Monmouth and that he never attempted to stop it. But he said, as Stevens did ear- lier, that they wanted the “type of hearings’ ended. Stevens had char- acterized those hearings as “ham- mering” the Army on the head. For the rest of the forenoon ses- (Continued on Page Two) USS Medregal Makes Gala Plans For Open House Meeting of the public’s demand for sightseeing tours of today’s le- thal submarines, open house on board the USS Medregal, SS 480, will be one of the feature attrac- tions of Armed Forces Day to Key Westers. Capturing the spirit of the day, the first and second place winners of the Elk’s Essay Contest. Hilario Ramos Jr., and Joyce Johnson of Key West High School, will be named honorary Commanding Of- ficer and Executive Officer of the submarines. The two winners will also be giv- en official orders for the appoint- ments honoring their commands a- long with Honary Submariners and Snorkelers Certificates. Crew members of the Medregal will act as guides for the visitors during the “open house” hours, 1300 to 1700. For the occasion, the Medregal will ‘dress ship,’ and will display in the officer’s wardroom, a painting of the sub, loaned’ by Noble’s Art Gallery. The Medregal, a converted snor- kel type submarine, is named af- ter a fast-swimming streamlined fish, and is attached to Submarine Squadron 12. A comparatively new sub, she was commissioned in °45 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Key West-based, she is com- manded by Cdr. William M. Pugh, USN. Recently promoted to his present rank, Cdr. Paugh, who served on seven WW II war pa- trols, holds the Silver Star, Gold Star, and a Navy Unit Citation. The Medregal has a crew of sev- en officers and 65 enlisted men. Ex- ecutive officer is Lt. J. C. Love- day, USN. FREE SHRIMP COCKTAIL With Each Meal DUFFY'S TAVERN—218 Duval St. For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2-5661 or 25662. American & Italian Kitchen Entertainment ELINOR WILLIAMS at the Piano PIZZA PIES 75¢ UP ey a . PRICE FIVE CENTS Back To Dut Recommendation He Be Fired Reversed After Public Hearing By JIM COBB The Civil Service Board voted 3-0 last night to ignore a recommendation that Patrolman Henry Roberts be fired from the Police Department. They took that action after a heetic one-hour hear- ing last night that attracted scores of spectators to the city hall and at one point threatened to get out of hand. Flaming tempers resulted in three police officers, at the meeting to preserve order, stalking from the hall in anger. In addition to reversing [S| the recommendation of Act- Phone, Telegraph Service Disrupted Telephone and telegraph ser- vice between Key West and the rest of the world was dis- rupted yesterday for more than four hours when a truck cut the wires on Big Pine Key. The truck turned off U. S. 1 and hooked the overhead wires about 10:53 a. m. Service was resumed about 3:30 p. m. Navy Relief Fund Campai Begins Monday The Navy Relief Society’s ““Com- mand Fund Raising Campaign,” begins at all the twenty-one naval activities in the Key Weat area Monday, May 17. The Navy Relief Society is, in one sense of the word, the Navy’s Community Chest. Although all na- val activities have a vital interest in the various community fund raising campaigns, the Navy Re- lief Society is the organization that takes care of most of the Navy’sj own individual financial needs. Goal Is $21,000 With a goal of $21,000 set, the various naval activities, including the ships, in the Key West area) will begin a concerted campaign Monday, to meet this goal. The figure $21,000 represents the 1954 anticipated needs of the NRS. Few people, outside of the Navy, understand the workings of the NRS, whose slogan is “We Care For Our Own,” Although the Navy Relief Society is not a charitable organization, in the strictest sense of the word, it is available to all active duty Navy and Marine Corp personnel, their dependents, and dependents of deceased personnel. Work Confidential The work of NRS does is kept confidential to protect the partici- pants from embarassment, how- ever, it publishes monthly figures which graphically illustrates the a- mount of work it does. The local chapter of NRS, at this moment, has more than $26,000 in loans out to naval personnel, and their dependents in Key West. This ‘sum represents loans to nearly 700 people. Monday is pay day for most ac-| tivities in the Key West area and each command will use this oppor- tunity to solicit funds from naval personnel. All contributions are | voluntary. The Navy, which actively parti- cipated in the local Community Chest Campaign and the Monroe County March of Dimes Campaign, | will not request afi from the Key} West citizenery, although all dona- tions will be accepted“and acknow- ledged. ———— I Thank You For Your Vote On May 4th Travis Gresham (Pd. Pol. Adv.) ing Police Chief Bienvenido wre the board voted to re-- uce a 15-day suspension given Roberts to eight days. Perez had suspended Rob- erts on April 20 for being absent without leave. He was returned to duty last Friday, pending last night’s hearing. City Commissioner Louis Car- bonell, who said that he was act- ing as a private citizen, appeared in defense of Roberts while City Attorney J. Y. Porter represented the city and Acting Chief Perez. Petition Introduced Carbonell introduced a_ petition signed by about 400 residents of the colored section of the city ask- ing that the 35-year-old policeman be returned to duty. He also cone tended that the punishment met- ed Roberts was “too severe.” Testifying in defense of his ac- tion, Perez said last night that on April 19, Roberts failed to report for duty. He added that he sent Police Lt. Buster Cerezo to his home to check and he was unable to locate the officer. Perez then said simply that he suspended Roberts and recommended that he be fired. Tempers Flare Perez delivered his testimony in a voice that was little more than a whisper and the audience surged up against the railing in the city commission chamber. At this point Lt. Cerezo and Patrolman Arman- do Perez, who were stationed at the meeting, attempted tp force the crowd back. Carbonell, however, protested this action saying that “the peo- ple are entitled to hear what is going on here.” Cerezo and Patrolman Perez \then stalked from the chambers in a huff, their faces livid with an- ger. “Do you mean you want these people that close to you?” Perez asked pointedly at one point. Roberts Testifies Roberts then testified in his own behalf, admitting freely that he did not appear for duty on the 19th. But he said that it was due to an error. He explained that in the two years he has been a police officer, his monthly three days off have fallen on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday with his knowledge. He admitted that he did not consult the bulletin board in police head- quarters and started his holiday on Sunday as usual — a move which resulted in his suspension. Carbonell, in his plea that Rob- erts’ punishment be reduced and that he be retained as a police of- (Continued oz Fage Two) Announcement | POINCIANA | LAUNDRY COMMERCIAL BLDG., POINCIANA Now Ready to Serve the COMI With | OMPLETE | Landi and Linen Service Shirts, Uniforms, Flat Work, Fluffy Dry. Wet Wash Telephone 2-7632