The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 22, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florido, has the most equable climate in the range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE Sts + SHARK WHO CAME TO DINNER—Well, he came to lunch,'anyway. This 450-pound hammerhead ‘was found parked on a bench in front of the Sugar Bowl, a luncheonette at 1019 White Street, ‘when the place opened for business this morning. Police are looking for teenagers believed respon- sible. In the picture, Richard L. Freeman, left, and gel Hernandez prepare to remove the old boy to more suitable surroundings.—Citizen Staff Photo, Arrington. State Supreme Court Decide On 3 Monroe County Cases Propane Co. IsHeldToK.w. |\Committee To Study Traffic Situation Named By C. OF C. Ice Co, Purchase The State Supreme Court yesterday handed down de- cisions involving three cases that originated in the Mon- roe County Circuit Court, The high court dismissed an appeal from the Circuit Court in the case of Donald Joseph Mooney versus the State “because it is frivol- ous.” Mooney was convicted of car theft and was repre- sented by Thomas Edison Lee. In another case, the Supreme Court granted dertiorari in James T. Benn versus the Key West Pro- pane Gas Corp. $75,000 Purchase Price "This case involved the purchase of all the stock in the Key West Ice Co., Inc., for $75,000. The pur- chaser, the Propane Company, can- celled the stock-purchase contract on grounds that the sellers had made false statements about the plant’s condition and earnings. ‘The high court said the purchas- er had waited too long to make the complaint. J. Fritz Gordon and Joseph Par- do, Hunt, Salley and Roman, and Theed and Theed represented Benn and others. Choat and Sinclair re- presented the Propane Company. Land Sale Case In the case of Sam Kay versus the Key West Development Co., in- volving a land sale, the Supreme Court reversed the Monroe Circuit Court. : The Supreme Court said there appears to be a “hopeless dead- lock” between the parties, each holding 50 per cent of the voting power of the corporation. The court said it sees no reason why the Circuit Court can not give Telief under the “broad equity pow- “(Continued on Page Twelve) Keep Your Workmen Busy with STRUNK LUMBER Prompt Delivery Service 120 SIMONTON STREET Near Marine Ways Independ ependence Day Fails To Pay Off In City. Court One person pleaded guilty to charges of drunk and disorderly yesterday in city court. When Judge Esquinaldo asked the man for his story, he said, ‘Well, you know, Judge, it was Cuban Inde- pendence Day.” He was fined 10 dollars or 10 days. He took the ten days. In addition to that case, Judge Enrique Esquinaldo tried 20 other people on charges ranging from drunk driving to failing to stop at a traffic light. Two sailors were charged with drunk and disorderly. They had been accused of breaking glasses e street. In the testimony, said they were just coming the street from a bar carry- their drinks when they bent look at something on the . The drinks slipped at this from their hand and broke, telated. lice Officer Smith testified that r of the bar had to sweep glass on the opposite side street from the pint where ie sailors were when the glasses “slipped from their hands.” No Injuries In Two-Car Crash No one was injured in a two- car crash at Fleming and Simon- ton Streets early today, police re- Ported. Both drivers, Vivian Van, driv- ing east on Fleming, and Nildo Garcia, driving south on Simon- ton, told police they had a green light. ile, Andres Diaz, Jr., of 14-C Por- ter Place, was the sole witness, police said. Fleming and Simon- ton are both one-way streets. Of- ficer Santana, who. investigated, (Continued On Page Twelve) For County Commissioner WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, JR. (Second District) LEVER 6-A Para Commissionado del Condado (Pd. Pol. Adv.) For Committee Work dene thowt the peckng ted ettee al e. and tri problem here. J B has The Chamber of Commerce to- day announced that a traffic com- mittee has been appointed to work with Victor Lang, city manager, in developing his plan to solve the Problem. Lang’s plan was submit- bes to the chamber several days ago. M. E. Bennett was named chair- man of the committee. Others on the committee are Paul J. Sher, Sam Silberman, T. 0. Bruce, Igna- cio Carbonell and Edna Miller. Three-Point Program Bennett said the committee has developed a three-point program which will be submitted to the City Commission for action. . Here is the program recommend- ed’ by the, chamber: 1, No parking on Duval Street— except for loading and unloading to be confined to one side of the street only; 2. A public parking lot in a cen- a location in the downtown area; ane 3. A public parking lot on lower Duval Street to accommodate the cars of the Naval Station em- ployees. Congested Areas Bennett said the most congested areas center around the Duval Street business district and the area around the Naval Station on. Whitehead Street. He said his committee feels that by eliminating parking on Duval Street and limiting all deliveries to one side only, the street will be immediately widened by one traf- fic lane — cutting to a minimum the present frequent bottlenecks, and allowing commercial deliver- ies to be made faster. Bennett said that the committee (Continued on Page Twelve) GOOD HUSBAND Give Your Wife A Day Off On Sunday BRING HER TO BENNY'S FOR DINNER Prime Roast Beef - Baked Turkey - Baked Ham - Roast Chicken - Chicken and Rice and Spanish Specialties! 909 Simonton Street PHONE 2-6932 est Citisen SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1954 * & Ut Two-Day Fete Is Marked By Many Events By JIM COBB Relations between Key West and Cuba were furth- er cemented yesterday when a delegation of 20 promin- ent local citizens participat- ed in the celebration of Cu- ba’s Independence Day in the Havana suburb, Santa Maria del Rosario. Led by. Mayor C. B. Harvey and County Commissioner Joe Allen, the group included Navy and civic representatives. They were guests of the Cuban Government for the two-day fete which included din- ners, the placing of a wreath at the statue of Jose Marti in ‘Hava- na’s Central Park and a solemn mass commemorating Cuba’s 52nd year of Independence in the cen- turies old cathedral of Santa Mar- ia del Rosario. Cuban Greeting The group left Key West Wed- nesday morning. Immediately upon their arrival in Cuba, they were welcomed by Sra«Ada Pozo, daugh- ter of. the Mayor*of Havana. As the group stepped from th vias .Q the Havang. pal Played the American nati anthems. Tele- vision corded Harvey made an address over a Havana radio station. The group was then whisked in a mortorcade 20. miles to Santa Ma- ria where they were offically wel- comed by the Mayor Senor Gon- zalo Guerra. At that time, City Commission- er Delio Cobo presented an Ameri- can flag to the town. Officials of Santa Maria reciprocated with a symbolic key to their city and a Cuban flag. Marti Monument The group then went to the Cen- tral Park in the town where floral offerings were placed at the monu- ment to Jose Marti by the visitors and school children and Boy Scouts of Santa Maria. The group was then taken on a tour of the modern U. S. Rubber Company plant in Cotorro, a small town adjacent to Santa Maria. They then attended a luncheon tendered by Senor Clemente Cruz, prominent Cotorro attorney. Wednesday evening a dinner was given for the Americans by the Ro- tary Club of Cottorro. Early Thursday morning, the group went to Havana’s Central «Park where floral offerings were laid beneath the monument to Jo- se Marti, Cuba’s apostle of free- dom. Special Mass They then attended the special mass in the historic and beautiful cathedral of Santa Maria del Ro- sario. Father Raul Martinez also said special prayers marking the anni- versary of the fire department there. The group then went to the ceme- tery inthe small Cuban town where the graves of members of the fire department were blessed. They also heard patriotic addres- ses at the monument to Cuban General Antonio Maceo in Cotor- ro. Thursday afternoon, the Hatuey Brewery was host to the group at (Continued on Page Twelve) & ke ate IN THE U.S.A. xk wk reach kk * tenants or workers DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662. For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll buyers and sellers— - » just PRICE FIVE CENTS onditions For Divided Korea Elections Are Given At Talks kw kok Key Westers Take Part In Cuban Celebration KORE K Parade, Dances End Gay Fete} communists dre Formal Ball Is Finale To Two-Day Festivities Here By SUE JONES The grand ball at the Casa Marina last night cli- maxed the Fiesta Alegre y Benefica in honor of Cuban Independence, The official party repre- senting the government of Cuba were the honored, guests at the final function of the Fiesta. They were introduced by Senor! Oscar Morales, Cuban Consul in “fine Castillian English.” Senor Morales included in his introduc- tions a few remarks about each of the official guests. He said that they had enjoyed their stay in Key West, and that the importance of the Fiesta in cementing better re- lations between Cuba and the United States should not be dis- counted. Am ‘Those Present niacin the dance were Briga- dierGeneral Juan Rojas y Gon- jalez. and “Sentra Rojas; Com- ‘mandant Cosme A. Jaras and Sen- ora Jaras; Major Jon Fernandez y Hernandez; General Daniel P. Giespert, and his young grandson; Captain Calderon of the Cuban fri- gate Jose Marti. Also present were the pilot of the official party’s plane; Lt. Cmdr. Rice, USN; a number of the Cuban educators headed by Senor Fran- cisco Domenech, president of the Cuban Edueation Association, and staff members of the Havana TV station. The guests were welcomed by Miss Zola Camus, dance chairman (Continued On Page Twelve) Cops Probe Case Educators Are Grateful For Hospitality _ Education System Followed In Key West Members of the delegation of Cuban educators who arrived in Key West Wednesday for a “working vacation,” expressed themselves as “very grateful to the heads of the local school sys- tem for their courtesy and coop- eration.” Visiting Group The visiting teachers, including Francisco Domenech, president of the Cuban Education Asociation, an affiliate of the NEA, and Dr. Mina Llanos, the founder of the CEA, They said that ‘technically Cuba and the U.S: are striving for the same dard of education in their systems.” 4 ‘Impressed By, Addition * They were particularly impress- ed by their visit ‘to the new wing’ at Poinciana Elementary. School. It is one of the most .nodern ele- mentary schools in the county and the visiting teachers: were fronkly envious of the school plant. They were principally interested in how well the various depart- ments in the school system had been adapted to fit the need of the students, and were very much impressed by the equipment in the home economics department and the music department. The library facilities and the chemistry lab were also praised by the visitors. The party was met at Meacham Field on their arrivel by a group of Key West educators headed by County School Superintendent Hor- ace O’Bryant, Dr. H. C. Campbell, Harold Casterton, Mrs. Mary Mil- Of The Straying Hammerhead When the Sugar Bowl, a lun- cheonette at 1019 White St., opened for business this morn- ing, the first customer was waiting. It was a 450-pound hammer- head shark, sitting on a bench in front of the lunchroom. The police were called and a little investigation showed that the big hammerhead had been hanging at the dock of the Greyhound until early today. Police suspected teenage pranksters and immediately threw out a city-wide dragnet in a search for them. Capt. Tony Tarracino of the ~ Greyhound said the shark was caught off Sand Key yesterday by Allan Meyers. When it was brought ashore at the Grey- hound’s Garrison Bight dock, the shark gave birth to eight 1% hour fight. It was hooked on 80-pound test line. Incidentally, the owers of the Sugar Bowl don’t want the shark. COOPERATION IS ESSENTIAL James A Franklin has always cooperated with Monroe Coun- ty’s State Representative in the passage of legislation beneficial to Monroe Cou A vote for oy as the present Senator is familiarly known, means continuation of this cooperation in Tallahassee. With the coming session of the Legislature slated to be one of the most important of recent years, County is going to need Experience and Cooperation in Tallahassee. Your vote and support in Tuesday’s election will be appre- James A. Franklin for Re-Election As State Senator LEVER NO. '3-A ciated. (Paid Political ner, and Miss Benildes Remond. The visitors were taken to the San Carlos School and later in- spected Key West High School where they had luncheon in the school eafeteria, before visiting Poinciana School. LOGUN'S Presents CRITICS’ FAVORITE From the Gatesworth Hotel In St. Louis Entertaining Nightly with Delightful Organ Interpretations FOR THE BEST IN ENTERTAINMENT Food Bar UNTIL 4 A.M, — IT’S LOGUN’S Advertisement) (Dinner ‘Til 10 P.M.) Thousands See Evening Parade Along Duval St. By BILL SPILLMAN Thousands of people lin- ed Duval Street last night to witness the parade that highlighted the festivities of Fiesta Alegre y Benefica. The parade began at 6:30 Pp. m. sharp and paraded the full length of Duval. cheers ‘and applau: given to the Cubay’ meuo as they spectators the street. The Cuban band was a marching unit of sma Cuban blue jackets from the ¢: cro f°) of the gunboat Jose Marti. | The and and drill-uait“from the Fleet Sonar School represented the Navy in the festivities parade. Music was also furnished in mar- ~ ee ate Floats in de Floats in’ the parade included the. ones furnished by the city, the San’ Carlos Institute, and the Motel as- sociation. The Arthur Sawyer Post of the American Legion furnished their Color.Guard for the occasion. Miss Xiomara Alfonso, 12, had (Continued on Page Twelve) Havana TV Man Disparages Story Of Interference Dr. Arnoldo Sechwerert, public relations manager of Havana’s channel 6 television station, said today that the channel 4 station could not increase the power of its transmitter. Sechwerert made the statement in answer to a ques- tion asked by the Citizen. A rumor had been circulating a- round Key West that the signal now received from Miami’s television station WTVJ would be hampered and interfered with by the forth- coming increase of power and tow- er height of Havana’s channel 4 station. Both Miami and Havana trans- mit on channel 4 frequency. When two stations are received at once on the same channel dark horizon- tal lines appear on the screen and the voices become distorted. Sechwerert is in Key West to cover the events of Fiesta Alegre y Benefica and Cuban Independ- ence Day for Havana’s channel six Television station CMQ-TV. He was assisted by Rigoberta M. Rod- Tiguez of program productions and Juan Pineda, a camerman. — 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. Sure To Reject S. Korea Demands By EDDIE GILMORE GENEVA (AP) — South Korea finally agreed today to elections throughout di- vided Korea but laid down conditions which the Com- munists are sure to reject. In a speech before the 19-nation conference on Kor- peace, South Korean ‘tROreign Minister Pyun Yung -tai outlined a 14-point plan Band led by Cyban/Navy » unificati i ence send Fe thp. unification of his oun d the Communist- controlféd} North. At two of the conditions he set forgf"for the all-Korean elec- expected to be bitterly y the Communists. - of these was that any elec- tions must be carried out under United Nations supervision and that the U.N. must certify the elec- tion results. The Contmunists have ruled out any U.N. role in Korean Peace Plans. Another is that all > unist-troops must be lwn from North Korea at least one month before the elec- tions, but that some U.N. forces should remain in Korea until a unified government achieves effec- tive control over the entire penin- sula. Agreement Asked Pyun called for an agreement that “the integrity and independ- ence of the unified, independent and democratic Korea shall be guaran- teed by the United Nations.” Another provision of the South Korean plan would assure control of the unified country by the South Koreans, The plan proposed that representation in the all-Korean legislature shall be in direct pro- Portion to the population of the entire Korea.” The population of South Korea at present is about 20 million and that of North Korea 4 million. Pyun rejected the earlier pro- ,Posal of North Korean Foreign {Minister Nam Il calling for Com- munist-style elections to be carried out by an All-Korean Commission on which North and South Korea : would have equal representation. No Time Named “A careful perusal of the Com- munist proposals reveals that While the Communists s¢t a time limit to the withdrawal of foreign ,forces from Korea, they have care- fully avoided to name a time for the elections. “This means that the Commu- (Continued on Page Twelve) KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Regular meeting of Key West Lodge No. 163 will be held Tuesday at 8 P.M. to nominate officers for the coming term. Buffet supper will be served. All members are urged to ai- tend. RE-ELECT County Commissioner _ Qnd District Present Chairman of Important Finance Committee A Man of Experience and Mature Judgment is required to Properly Prepare Your Every Tax Dollar is Properly Spent and Accounted For. County Budget and see that 35 YEARS ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE (Paid Political Advertisement)