The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 7, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florido, has the most equable climate in the an average gange of only 14° Fahrenheit ' country, with VOL. LXXV Ne, 135 AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION—Key West Safety Council workers resemble pallbearers as they remove potential casket of a child. Hardly a day goes by that some child doesn’t meet death through suffocation in abandoned iceboxes. The Key West Safety Council is striving to prevent such axtragedy from happening within our town. Shown loading icebox in truck are Frank Rad- ford, Dick Hunter, and Willie Pryor. ‘See story below.—Citisen Staff Photo, Sybil. Potential Death Trap Removed From Play Area Here Saturday. Local Officials, Citizens, Safety Council Cooperate By BILL GIBB Within minutes after an aban- doned icebox was located ‘on Pin- der Lane last Saturday, Dick Hun- ter, Safety. Council, Direstor, had a truck and workers from his on way to remove the poten- tial casket, : It is a dramatic story ‘because operativeness on the part of half a dozen people who don’t wish to see our children die as so many others have throughout the nation — suffocated in an icebox. Credit for the icebox campaign should go to “Dingle” Gonzalez, Safety Council member and City of Key West firefighter. Gonzalez sparkplugged the original drive commenced last year. Cautious Father Frank Hart, 822 Fleming St., has two active youngsters and when he noticed an old icebox in the Iane behind his home, he im- mediately called Vic. Lang, city manager, Lang referred the mat- ter to the Key West Safety Coun- cil which always stands ready to cooperate in matters of this na- ure. ‘As goon ‘as the. box was located by a council worker, an emergency request was put through to Dick Hunter, safety director, Hunter called two men away from their tire recapping and told them, “‘Get that death-trap right now, Tomor- row might be too late!” Hazard Removed rank Radford and Ellis McMil- Jan picked the hazardous icebox up and carried'it to empty parking lot behind Dick’s shop, There the lock was broken and arrangements made to have the City. Public Ser- a department dispose of it to- This is the kind of cooperation that the Key West Safety Council needs so badly. While Dick Hunter has volunteered his time, equip- ment, and labor, the Council would like to have the names of other business concerns who perhaps have a truck and are willing to send it-out.on .such emergency missions, Imagine if you will how that story could hav> turned out last Saturday! Neglect on the part of Hart to spot the hazard, stub- borness on the part of the owner in refusing to part with the box, laxness on the part of Safety Council workers — any of these apparently minor details could have meant that today’s paper would be headlined “KEY WEST CHILD DIES IN ABANDONED ICEBOX.” Pl Lumber, asonite, Etc. FOR STORM SHUTTERS at Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton Street, near Bank a 4 Names Of Tax Certificate © A list of the buyers of 410 coun- ty tax certificates has been re- leased. The sale, held last. week, pro- duced more than $15,000 for the county. . ‘The list of buyers: Ed Woodson, Woodson’s Trailer Park, Stock Island; Angela Vau- ghn, 1700 Flagler Ave., Key West; Luis Cisneros, 404 Grinnell., Key West; M. N. Elsenau, Kendall, Fla.; S. F. Whalton, 1402 Tropical Ave., Key West; Helio Gomez, 721 Duval St., Key West. Robert C. Young, 1003 Seminary St., Key West; Russell Hoff, 1003 Seminary St., Key West; Ed Cies- inski, 504 Simonton St., Key West; Minnie Lee Brown, Miami; B. Cur- ry Moreno, 610 Southard St., Key West; R. G. Walling, 313 William St., Key West; Bert A. Roberts, 1410 Angela St., Key West. Ben Steiner, 27-A Sigsbee Road, Key West; Charles H. Carnifax, 606 Truman Ave., Key West; C. E. Baker, 2011 Patterson Ave., Key West; Floyd E. Cherry, Ft. Laud- erdale; Spencer Co., Miami, Fla.; Sinclair Co., Miami, Fla.; T. J. Crutchfield, 806 Thomas St., Key West; Alton Parks, 1218 Duval St., Key West. George Ehrhart, P. 0. Box 593, Key West; E. A. Ramsey, 530 Wil- liam St., Key West; Ross Trailer Park Inc., 611 Truman Ave., Key West; W. R. Neblett, 415 Francis St., Key West; Angela Macon, 718 Whitehead St., Key West; Milo Corp.' Miami; Henry Hamilton, 1732 Johnson St., Key West. Hugh R. Stephenson, 625 Mar- (Continuea on Page Two) Civil Service Board Holds Special Session + The local civil service board met in a special session Saturday and answered a letter from City Attorney J. Y. Porter. In Porter’s letter to the board he outlined the steps according “to his opinion” that should be taken by the city to fill the vacancy of Chief of Police. The letter stated that the com- mission should send three names of police chief nominees to the city commissioners for a decision. In the board’s answer to the city attorney, they stated that they would submit the names, “three or a lesser amount” whenever the commission requested them. The position in question is now filled by Bienvenido Perez who is called “Acting chief of police.” The civil service board also ap- proved temporary suspensions of two police officers. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1954 [Registration Set For Summer Recreation Increase Seen In County’s Annual Program Registration for Monroe County’s summer recreation program is ex- Pected to soar to a new high, school officials predicted today. ; Registration for the program, sponsored by the Monroe County Board of Public Instruction will start at 9 a.m., June 15. The Pro- gram is open to children from 6 years of age on up through high school age. Horace C. O’Bryant, superintendent of public instruc- tion, estimated today that 700 children will participate in the daily activities this’ summer. Hours are from 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m, daily. Jones Heads Program Winston S. Jones, high school athletic ‘director, will supervise the summer program. It will mark the fifth straight year that he has held that position. Since he inau- gurated the program, he has seen it grow from practically nothing to the point where it plays an im- portant part in the summer recrea- tion picture. There were 512 chil- | dren taking gdvantage of the pro- es | gram last year. Scale Map Will pray ~ng Beige te ony Show All Bldgs. sonnel in charge. Activities range from games and crafts to swim- In Key West City Manager Victor Lang ming and music. announced today that the city Registration Set Parents wishing their children is purchasing a map of Key West which shows all buildings to attend the activities should make arrangements to have them register atthe school nearest their in the city drawn to scale. The map will be highly in- formative to the tax assessor, 5 ac Sd home. The program is to be held Lang ‘stated. He said that the at the. following schools. Truman, Poinciana, Harris, Douglass and map lists the type. <pnstruction, é.type roof, wall: of in the Key West High School gym- the ‘fruétures’ and nasium. Jones emphasized that they cannot aecept children under area covered by the building. He agreed that property as- sessments could be listed di- rectly on the map. Lang said that the map will be especially helpful to the building inspector. However the first intended use for the map ig for the benefit of the fire department in their inspections. The map was prepared by the Sanborn Map Company on the request of insurance com- panies. The first map is com- ing to the city on condition that it if approved before the pur- chase is made. The scale is 50 fee to the inch and is divided into 36 sep- arate pages, The cost to the city is $91. Elks Lodge Plans Program To Mark Flag Day June 14 Plans for the annual Flag Day program to be conducted by B. P. O. Elks Lodge 551 were announced at the last regular meeting of the lodge by Frank Romaguera, chair- man of the Flag Day committee. This year the program will be Presented on Monday, June 14, at 8 p. m. at the air-conditoned an- nex of the Elks home. This is an event to which all Elks look forward with anticipa- tion and in which veterans organi- zations are invited to Participate by presenting and retiring their co-|' lors. The observance of the anniver- sary of the conception cf our flag was made mandatory for all sub- ordinate lodges by the Grand Lodge in assembly at Dallas, Tex- as, on July 1908, and since then this day is observed either in pri- vate ‘session or in public ceremony by each subordinate lodge. Chairman Romaguera and com- mittee members MacDonald, Thompson, Cates, and Gomez are preparing a suitable program for presentation, one which they fell certain will please those attending (Continued on Page Twr) CREDIT UNION HAS 128 MEMBERS NOW Eve Smith, secretary - treasur- er of the Southernmost Federal Credit Union, announced today that the union now has 128 members of city and county employes. In her report, she stated that the union has taken in $11,086 in de- posits and has paid out in loans, $9,210 at the end of May. t six years of age. oes Elastic Programe). “Children can many or as few y as they care to,” Jones Said- today. He added that there will’ be classes at Douglass Sehool and that a band program: will be held at the Key West High School when Dr. Harold Casterton returns from summer school, probably in Aug- ust. There is no charge for attending the activities. The following instructors will aid Jones: Poinciana School, Har- old Allen and John Marzyck; Bay- view Park, Mrs. Twylla Fishel, Frank Waynick; Harris School, Mrs. Isabel Chandler and Vincent Gehr Mrs. Elizabeth Dutton; Douglass School, Alphonso and George Dean; Key West High School, Winston Jones, KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE : Te : June Date Accidents 8 232 Traffic Injuries __ e 43 Traffic Deaths _ 8 ° Property Damage $760.00 $59,616 During the first four days of June no accidents were report- ed but the weekend came and the total jumped up to 6, an average of one a day. Although this column does not report accidents occurring in water traffic, it is well, as a safety measure, to point out that the use of common sense and courtesy, among boat own- ers and operators close to shore may prevent the loss of life, limb and property. Take for example the fool who was running his speed boat dangerously close to bathers on the south side of the Island Sunday afternoon. From the conversation of people on the beach it seemed that if anyone had been hurt by the boat running among bathers, there would have been a lynching — and probably justly so. “SS NEW ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE PAGE BEGINS A new feature advertisement page starts today in The Key West Citizen, Page 7. Designed to give the public an intimate insight into various businésses oF Ey Siero Doe wilt Nan every Monda: y thirteen. Se 4 IN THE Che Key West Citisen U.S. A, For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach Fully Concur V Senator Evidently Didn’t Want Controversial Issues Face City Commissioners Tonight Monroe County Ranks 36th In Traffic Safety Figures For First Two Months Given Monroe County ranked 36th in traffic safety among the 67 Flori- da counties during the first two months of 1954, but unless the traf- fic death rate slows down, it stands a good chance of dropping even further in the fTatings. That information was contained in a traffic report issued by the State Department of Public Safety in Tallahassee. It shows that in January and February, there were only four traffic deaths in the coun- ty. But since then, a rash of fatal accidents on the Overseas High- way. has sent the toll soaring up to es deaths, Reason for the ite in as} p Duritig" all of 1953, there were only six traffic deaths in the coun- ty. The City of Key West, how- ever, continues to maintain its fine record, with no traffic deaths re- Ported to date. The report is based on a “mile- age death rate” which indicates the number of deaths per 100-mil- lion vehicle miles travelled. Mon- roe County has a mileage death rate of 16.8 which gives it the ranking of 36th in the state. There are 22 counties in the state which had no traffic deaths in the first two months while Sumter County, in the north portion of the state, has the highest rating mile- age death rate of 45, Other information contained in the report shows that in the two months under ‘review, there were 41 persons injured in 140 accidents reported. Fifty-two of the accidents were reported outside of Key West. Rural Areas Lead The report also says that, based on national accident experience, there are in rural areas about 20 injury accidents and 35 property damage ($50 or more) - accidents actually occuring for each fatal ac- cident, and in urban areas about 55 injury accidents and 200 pro- perty damage accidents per fatal accident. Z The Department also comment- ed: “The Department’s program is fundamentally one of accident pre- .| vention, but before successfully at- taking this problem it was neces- sary to obtain certain basic facts; i. e. how, when and where traffic accidents occurred most frequent- ly. Reliable information could be secured only at the scene of acci- dents. This is the reason it was necessary to obtain legislation for (Continued on Page Two) Motel Owners Slate Meeting The Key West Chapter of the Florida Motor Court Association will hold a meeting Wednesday noon in Cifelli’s Restaurant, 920 Truman Avenue. W. J. Hallet, president of the Florida Motor Court Association will be a guest at the meeting. J. Pendleton Gaines, executive vice president of the association will al- so be a guest at the affair. The pair is presently touring the state, making a survey of the motel ‘in- dustry. Mel Levitt, president of the lo- eal chapter, issued an invitation a as689ollclfroo a0 for all local motel owners and op- erators to attend the meeting, whe- ther they are members or not, f Commission Will Also Convene As Equalization Board The city commission meets to- night in the City Hall for the first regular scheduled meeting in June. The meeting is expected to be one of the hottest of the season since several controversial subjects will be discussed. The commissioners and Sam Pin- der, Jr., city tax assessor, . will meet as an Equalization Board to tenants or workers DIAL 2-566] or 2-5662, buyers and sellers— - « just PRICE FIVE CENTS Cohn To Learn His Views On Schine WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. McCarthy told Secre- tary Stevens about the time G. David Schine was drafted last fall that Schine was not indispensable to his investi- gations subcommittee, but he didn’t want his chief coun- look over the tax rolls. It has been stated by one source that the board will convene and then immediately trecess for two weeks to look over the rolls. May Ask Publication It has been reported that one sel Roy Cohn to know he felt that way. In a monitored McCarthy-Stevens telephone call of November 7, read at the McCarthy-Army hearings today, McCarthy was quoted as saying: “For God’s sake, don’t tell Early Start For Key West, Havana Ferry . Dion Announces Dock Obtained In Havana Today (blank.) He would go right back and tell Roy.” This line was not includ- ed in the transcripts of his calls which McCarthy him- self released for publication over the weekend. It never was disclosed who the person was that McCarthy was cautioning Stevens not to tell: Senators conducting the hearings looked at the transcript, but de- cided the person mentioned by Mc- Carthy was not connected with the present controversy, and that his name had just as well be kept commissioner will request the pub-| ‘The chances for an early start | Secret. lication of the complete city tax for automobile ferry service be- Cohn “Unreasonable” roll to be carried in a newspaper.|tween Key West and Havana re-| McCarthy’s comment that the The commissioner said that the publication of the tax roll’ would let the public compare their tax assessments with that of similar Property. | ceived a boost today when Dion, vice-president of the Gulf Atiantie Transportation Co ny announced that his firm 5 notified by their at - vana that dock space is now avail- The tax roll controversy began| #ble for their use. a when one of the commissioners re-| | Inability to obtain the dock quested a special meeting to look| ‘the only stumbling block in the over the tax-rolls, As a result of| Path of the start of service. The the incident, the city tax aséessor | Gulf Atlantic Transportation Co. has said that he will quit and coun- ty tax assessor, Claude Gandolfo, says that the city tax department must get out of his office. The county tax assessor’s deci- sion will cost the citizens of Key West an estimated $50;000 to set up its own tax rolls. In spite of this cost,, Gandolfo says he intends to remain firm in his decision. New Ordinances Commissioner _ Louis Carbonell says he plans to introduce two or- dinances at tonight’s meeting. One ordinance will drop the cost of au- tomobile inspection fees to 50 cents. The city car inspection fee of $1.50 has been called illegal by many people. The city attorney in a ruling stated that the city could only charge what it costs to give the inspection. : Carbonell is also requesting that the city take bids for automobile wrecker service or towing service. The bids will only be accepted from Key West wrecker service li- cense holders, Carbonell stated. A group of local citizens plans to come before the commission to request the re-zoning of their city area from Residence B to Resi- dence A. A spokesman for the group said that this is the second time that the upward zoning has been asked. Mrs. Dickerson To Attend Nat'l Union Convention Mrs. Ruby Dickerson, secretary of the Key West Federation of Mus- icians Local 202, will represent that organization at the 57th Annual Convention of the American Fed- eration of Musicians in Milwaukee, Wis., it was announced today. The Convention will open on June 14 at 2 p. m. Delegates will hear addresses by their president, James C. Petrillo, and distinguished guests and will transact union business including legislation and the election of of- ficers. The convention, which has been held every year since 1896 (with the exception of two war- time years) is the supreme gov- erning body of the union. More than 1,100 delegates will attend, representing the 698 locals and the 248,078 professional musi- cians of the United States and Ca- nade. Mrs. Dickerson will also at- tend the Southern Conference of Locals, which will convene at the Schroeder in the same city, will be a guest of Chicago Lo- No. 10 for two days immediate- ly following the main conventon at aukee. € are stockholders in the Marine Bridge Transport Co., the Cuban firm which will operate the car ferry. Ship Repairs Their vessel, the Caribe Queen is currently in Jacksonville under- going conversion for car ferry ser- vice. Dion said that when it is converted, it will accommodate 900 passengers and 250 automobiles. Next step in the negotiations, Dion said, is the signing of a.lease agreement with the city for the Clyde Mallory Docks. A lease had been drawn up about two years ago, but no action was taken in executing it. The lease guarantees the city a minimum of $30,000 per year. The city would receive 25 cents per passenger and one dollar for each ton of freight and each auto- mobbile carried. Rent Advance Dion added today that an in- formal agreement had heen reach- ed to advance the city enough rent so that the dock could be put into first class ¢condition: The dock needs extensive repairs and alter- ations to accommodate the ferry service. Tentative plans call for thrice weekly service between Key West and Havana. Negotiations have been conducted for the past seven |. years in an effort to start the ser- vice. Financial aid for the operation of the company is being obtained from the Industrial and Agricult- ural Bank of Cuba, a government administered bank. Concealed Weapon Case Slated For City Court Today Robert R. Brambley, airman ap- prentice of HS-1 at the Naval Air Station, was arrested Saturday night for being drunk and disor- derly and carrying a concealed weapon. Police officer Atkins states in his police report that he was passing the Happy Hour Bar on Duval Street when he was approached by a young lady. The report states that the lady told him that she had observed a man loading a pis- tol at the bar. Atkins immediately called Police Lt. Jimmy James for instruction. Brambley was James and Atkins as he left the car. The report states that when he was searchec at the police sta- tion, a holgtered 22 caliber pistol was found. Trail for Brambley was set for this afternoon in City Court. unnamed persons “would go right back and tell Roy” came after McCarthy told Stevens that Schine “is one of the few things” he had seen Cohn, “completely unreason- able about.” McCarthy had° said that Cohn inks Dave should bea general and work from a penthouse of the Waldorf.” Schine, wealthy New Yorker who was an unpaid consultant to the McCarthy subcommittee, reported to training camp Nov. 10. Special counsel Ray H. Jenkins read the McCarthy-Stevens trans- cripts and did a bit of editing in the process. Drink Invitation Omitted For one thing, he left out an invitation by McCarthy for Stevens to join him for ‘‘a drink.” Among other transcripts going into the record were those of three talks between Sen. McClellan (D-Ark) and Secretary Stevens. In one of these, McClellan advised Stevens to beat. McCarthy to the punch. Stevens had telephoned McClel- lan Feb. 20 to discuss his clash with McCarthy over alleged abuse of Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker by McCarthy. Stevens told McClellan he had talked with McCarthy, who was in Albany at the time, and told him he was consulting with McClellan and other members of the McCar- thy subcommittee. “Hopped O11” Stevens McCarthy “hopped on me pretty hard,” Stevens told the McCarthy subcommittee. McCarthy told Stevens at that time that he was under subpoena to testify the following Tuesday. Stevens told McClellan he was willing to go before the McCarthy subcommittee at the “appropriate time,” but was undecided whether Tuesday was that time. McClellan suggested that Stevens consult an attorney and “beat him to the punch’ by announcing that he was requesting to appear before McCarthy. Zwicker, commander of Camp Kiimer, N. J., had been questioned on Feb. 18 by McCarthy at a one- man subcommittee hearing behind closed doors in New York about the honorable discharge of Maj. Irving Peress, a New York City dentist whom McCarthy ‘has de- scribed as “a Fifth Amendment Communist.” 2nd Cail To McClellan In a second call from Stevens to McClellan on Feb. 21, Stevens (Continued on Page Two) NOTICE TO SERVICE STATION OPERATORS You are invited to attend « meeting to form a Gasoline Retailers Association at the ree Office, vesda: