The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 25, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Floride, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV No. 124 Big Blimp Sets NewFlight Mark§ Top Endurance Mark Set For 200 Hrs. In Air The world’s largest blimp the Navy’s ZPG-2 — was set to land here this after- noon after setting a record endurance mark without re- g25 a5 etek Fu TG : : | ae Ryan Tells Of Favors Asked For Pvt. Schine Account Of Leaves From Ft. Dix Given In Testimony Today WASHINGTON (#—Maj. Gen. Cornelius E. Ryan testified today the McCarthy subcommittee staff repeatedly asked special leaves from Ft. Dix, N.J., for Pvt. G. David Schine but said he had no knowledge the requests were for Ryan, commander of Ft. Dix, gave an account of the leaves with illustrations provided by two Army- Prepared charts which drew hot blasts from Sen. McCarthy, attempt to deceive the American people.” One of his objegtions was that the charts depicted in large black squares the days Schine en- joyed pass privileges during’ his .|basie training, and in relatively A itt 3 z Supreme Court today waited an of unblemished white squares the THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1954 * rod, aie / Q A Peet! VOTER NUMBER 74—Rabbi Abraham Schwartz signed up as.the 74th voter at Precinct 7, City Hall, this morning. istered voter. Voting all over the state this Ellie Sanchez, center, clerk, and Jean clear the Rabbi as a reg- ‘was heavy and may reach the propor- morning tions of the May 4 primary by the time polls close at 7 p.m. today—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil Arrington. y 1,974 Voters Cast Ballots In | 2nd Primary By Naon iToday with Stevens every mo- of the time last November when the McCarthy camp contends did make such a request. 2 There was no “preferential treatment” given Schine at Ft. Dix unless passes to leave camp for subcommittee work was to be called preferential treatment. 3. He made available at Ft. Dix ‘@ conference room to be used by Schine and the McCarthy staff but the'room was used only once, 250 Long Distance Calis 4 Schine made 250 long distance telephone calls during his eight at Ft. Dix. Ryan said so far as he knew no other private “ever approached this record.” But he re was nothing wrong about aking telephone calls if time and the money to pay for them. 5. Schine, despite his leaves, is training course with 8 “superior” rating but was rated only “fair” on character—a rating Ryan.eailed “very low.” 6, Members of the McCarthy staff Ryan’s headquarters 29 times about Schine during the eight Weeks training period. Ryan’s aide, Lt. John Bruce took the stand to relate telephone calls with Roy M. Cohn. He said Cohn was “extremely angry” over treatment of Schine at fort and let him know about it “in-no uncertain terms.” Asked if Cohn used “abusive i language,” Blount said that was a provide for segregation,” Rinehart said. “Until the laws are changed by the Legislature or ruled unconsti- tutional by direct decision affect- ing our state, we will follow them. “We'll wait until our Florida (Continued on Page Eight) LARGE STOCKS— PROMPT DELIVERY Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton, near Shrimp Decks 1 very loose term and “‘no swear were used.” K, P. Protested Blount said one incident was a call from Cohn Jan. 9 about a Jan. 10 assignment of kitchen police duty to Schine. He said Cohn accused the Army of “ren ”? on an agreement to make Schine available for McCar- (Continued On Page Eight) CITY TO GIVE FREE LIGHTING FOR GAMES The city commission last night in a special meeting voted to give free lighting to the baseball games to be played between Clewiston and Key West High School on Friday and Saturday. The motion was made by Louis Carbonell and received unanimous vote of the commission. Judge Gibson Praises Navy ~ Relief Society Activities Navy Assumption Of Responsibility Lauded At Meeting By BILL GIBB “Without the Navy Re- lief Society, juvenile prob- lems couldn’t be solved in Key West,” Judge Eva War- ner Gibson stated last night at a Monroe County Juven- ile Council meeting. “The Navy assumes re- sponsibility for its own,” she explained. Judge Gibson’s warm praise of the Navy was vol- unteered during a discussion by Council members as to the best means of awaken- ing Key Westers to the local juvenile problem. That his problem is acute and that it will probably grow worse until a Children’s ‘Home is: built was apparent to everyone present. Juvenile authorities are now faced with the alternative of either plac- ing underprivileged children in jail or in foster homes when available. The one is inhuman while the other is less than satisfactory because of its temporary nature. Interesting Meeting The Council’s meeting, conduct- ed by Mrs. Fernando Camus, pre- sident, was both interesting and in- structive. Though no definite plan was evolved as to how to gain the support of Monroe Countians for the Children’s Home project, it was decided to release a more far- reaching publicity program as one phase of the work. Final reports from the Fiesta Al- legre y Beneficia were not avail- able last night. Proceeds from this gala, two-day affair are to be donated to the Juvenile Council. However, there is little likelihood (Continued on Page Eight) FOR HONEST AND RELIABLE TV Installation PHONE 2-6747 or 2-7849 AFTER 5:00 P.M. Free Estimates Given } Brown’s Farm Veers Toward Collins Today WEST PALM BEACH ™ — Acting Gov. Charley Johns and LeRoy Collins each received six votes for the Democratic nomi- nation .for .govetnor .in .the Brown’s Farm precinct of Palm- Palm Beach County today. The precinct, usually the first in the state to report a complete vote, has 13 registered voters. There was one absentee ballot «which has not yet been opened.- Collins pi At that time, Johns got 10 votes, Brailey Odham 3, Collins 0. Man Is Fined On Assault, Battery Charge Monday The city coliected a total of $451 for fines and $85 court costs in yes- terday’s session. Four defendants elected to take jail sentences in lieu of fines totaling $215. Marcus Hannah was fined $150 and five dollars cost or 90 days in jail for assault and battery. Han- nah had been picked up after a warrant against him had been sign- ed by Esther Smith of 207 Petro- nia Street. The woman testified that she used to be friendly with Hannah but she had warned him to stay jaway because she had five chil- dren and didn’t want to lose her welfare check. She said that Han- nah had come to her house and beat her up without reason. Mrs. Smith appeared in court | with two blaek eyes, a swollen face and a laceration above the nose. Thailand Seeks To Avoid War BANGKOK, Thailand (®—Thai- land does not want to become in- volved in the Indochina war, Lt. Gen. Mom Luang Kharb, deputy chief of the Thai Defense staff, Said tades. ¥ & Drop Of Only 922 For Similar Period On May 4 Monroe County voters to- day were not turning out in the numbers they did for the first primary, but it still was a respectable number for a second primary. Up until noon in the May 4 election, with the voters hot |over the Papy-Harvey race, 2,896 persons had vot- ed. | Up until noon today, 1,974 had voted — a drop of 922 persons. | Vote Up To Noon Herp is how the voting stood by precincts at noon: 1— 131 2 156 3-55 4—107 5 = 108 6 — 57 7 — 101 8.— 141 9— 9 10 — 120 12 = 61 13 — 206 14 — 153 15 — 201 16 — 45 17 — 136 . Naturally, all candidates were predicting victory. Six Names On Ballot On the ballot in Monroe County there were only six names, Here is the line-up: For Governor: Acting Governor Charley E. Johns vs. Leroy Col- lins. For State Senator: Incumbent James A, Franklin vs. Key West’s William Neblett. For County Commissioner in the second district: Incumbent Frank Bentley vs. William A. Freeman Jr. Youth Slays Pal BALTIMORE (®—Edeard Per- rero, 15-year-old high school stu- dent, was shot and killed yester- day while target shooting in a wooded area with his best friend. George Allender, Perrero’s 18 year-old friend, ran from the woods to get help after the shoot- ing. But when police arrived he was nearly hysterical and had lost all sense of direction. Six police- men hunted for 30 minutes before locating Perrero’s body, which had rolled part way under a bush. Allender was held at Northwest- ern police station. IN THE | Accidents U.S.A. The Ken West Citisen PRICE FIVE CENTS |Agreement Is Made To Prevent Razing Voting Pace Is Fast All Over Florida Total May Reach That Of First Primary By Night By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Good weather and a fast early morning voting pace in the big- ger cities indicated the turnout in, Florida’s governorship runoff between Acting Gov. Charley Johns and state Sen. LeRoy Col- lins might mateh the first primary ballot total, Pre-election predictions were that lack of interest in the un- ptecedented special Democratic primary to fill the two-year unex- pired term of the late Gov. Dan McCarty might cause the total vote to, fall. below, 50. pep cent of the ttt’ 1,197/000 registered voters, | Even Split Collins and Johns. split even on the first precinct to report. Each got six votes at Brown’s farm in Palm Beach County. In the. first primary Johns got 10 there, Brailey Odham 3 and Collins none, Voters in Dade County, Collins stronghold in the first primary, turned out fast. By 10 a.m., more than 45,000 had voted—9,000 more than at the same hour tliree weeks ago. Registration Supervisor Carl Holmer predicted a total vote of more than 150,000 in the county, which marked up only 128,000 in the first primary. + In Duval County, where, Johns topped the ticket May 4, election officials reported at 10 a. m. the voting was averaging about the same as in the first primary. In Hillsborough, 6 per cent of the qualified voters had been to the polls by 9 a. m., compared with 4 per cent at the same hour in the first primary. Voting was reported heavier than before in Alachua County, and about the same as in the first primary in Pinellas and Leon. Heavy Early Vote Some of the heavy early turnout may have ‘been due to the short ballot, cutting down the waiting lines and letting people vote be- fore going to work. Fast counting and the short bal- lot may give Floridians their de- cision on the governorship by bed- time tonight. Polls will close at 7 p. m. and returns from voting machines on which about 70 per cent of the vote is cast should be tabulated within a couple of hours. The two candidates closed their campaigns with predictions gf victory last night in statewide radio speeches and television ap- pearances, then went to their homes—Johns to Starke and Col- lins to Tallahassee—to cast their own votes. (Continued on Page Eight) KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE To May Date 35 219 | Traffic Deaths _ 0 0 Traffic Injuries __ 5 Property Damage $8,140 $57,196 No one was injured in the two accidents that have been reported since yesterday. We’re still batting zero as far as deaths go but we're get- ting close to the 250 mark on accidents. The National Safety council says that one death oc- curs each 250 accidents. Better take care. Johns was conceded his greatest! Of Housing Units Land-Owners, City Agree On Plan To Retain Poinciana Buildings By BILL SPILLMAN The City Commission, in a special meeting last night with Attorney Stanley Morris, passed a resolution stating the need for the housing of Poinciana Place and West Poinciana to remain as a housing unit. The resolution will keep the buildings from being razed by federal decree. \D.C. Education [Board Makes School Plans Wiping Out Of , Separate Schools Set For This Fall By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON i#—The District of Columbia Board of, Education adopted 6 to 2 today a five-point blueprint for ending segregation of white and Negro children in Wash- ington’s public schools. Plans are to make the start next fall and have it completely in ef- fect one year thereafter. President Eisenhower has voiced the hope that a successful plan for wiping out separate schools in Washington may serve as a guide to ease the way for abolishing school segregation in 17 Southern and border states where it has been compulsory. The plan is designed to put into effect the Supreme Court decision holding racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The five points in brief: Five Point Plan 1. All assignments and ratings in the school system shall he based upon merit, not race or color. 2. No pupil shall be favored or discriminated against because of race or color. 3. Children in no event shall be permitted to attend schools out- side the boundaries in which they live for reasons of race or color. 4. No records of pupils or per- sonnel shall make any reference to race or color. 5. All schools shall be used to maximum efficiency without re- gard to race or color. ‘ The Supreme Court’s decision on public school segregation came May 11. 2 In a series of follow-up decisions yesterday, the court issued orders aimed at giving Negroes .admit- tance to publicly supported colleges and universities, theaters, golf courses and housing projects. Some Rulings Final In some instances the rulings were final. In others, lower courts, were told to do some reconsidering on the basis of the May 17 deci- sion striking down segregation in public schools. The District of Columbia com- missioners. quoted Eisenhower as expressing great interest a week ago in plans for ending school seg- regation here in Washington and asking them to keep him posted on progress. There are more Negro than white children here. And aides said the President feels a successful : plan to end segregation in the capi- tal would ease the way for the change in the 17 Southern and border states where school segre- gation has been practiced. While some Southerners have ex- pressed a willingness to comply pwith the Supreme Court decision, others are declaring angrily there never will be combined white and Negro schools. Talmadge Speaks Appearing on a recorded MBS radio program last night, Gov. Herman Talmadge of Georgia said Eisenhower will be hurt politically fim the South by the fact that the (Continued On Page Eight) In an agreement with the Key West Realty Company and Key West Improvement Company, the commissioners agreed to allow the owners of the land to retain posses- sion and operate the Poinci- ana projects. According to the agree- ment, the buildings now owned by the Government would be “given” to the landowners. In return for the resoltuion and agreement, the City would be deed- ed a tract of land on Duck Ave- gue for Municipal Purposes. The land the city is to receive fronts Duck Avenue for 260 feet and runs north for 475 feet. The land now houses the Poinciana Community Center. Federal Decree By federal decree all public housing units must be disposed of by the Federal Government by July 1954. It had been the intent of the Federal Housing Authority to tear down the Poinciana Hous- ing and return the land to the own- ers. Poinciana Place and West Poinciana have been termed “Tem- Porary War Housing Projects.” Under the agreement with the city, attorney Morris stated that “it was not the intent” of his cli- ents to raise the rents at Poincia- na. The word “‘intent” was not clarified. Commissioner Jaek Delaney | brought out the fact, that the rents jShould be tied to something. Rents Discussed Mayor Harvey believed that the rents should be tied to tax assess- ment of the property. The agree- ment was changed to read that rent hikes should dirctional pro- Portional to tax accessment increa- ses. It was not discussed whether the Present rents on the property would be tied to a forthcoming as- sessment or not. The Property now | does not have any assessment, The Federal Government pays to the city $18,000 yearly in lieu of taxes. Carbonell said, “Let’s don’t ar- gue with the-man. This is the first time anyone ever offered to give the city anything. Santa Calus doesn’t come around very often.” Added Expenses Told aoe Morris stated on the question of rents that his people didn’t want to raise the rents but some expenses that the Govern- ment didn’t have to pay that his client would have to, He specified hurricane insurance, The Federal Government does not pay for hurricane insurance. Under the terms of the agree- ment, the Key West Improvement Company and the Key West Realty Company will operate the housing units for five years. A year-to-year option by the city commission after the five year -period was agreed upon. In the discussion of the second five-year option, Carbonell said that it should be left up to the (Continued on Page Eight) — Drivers Wanted — Free transportation to Philadel- pPhia and Pittsburgh, National or- ganization 200 new cars. We pay gas expense, For informa- tion call Mr. Monroe, 2-8744. 07—__—_—_—_——— ,