The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 9, 1954, Page 1

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Acting Chief Bienvenido Perez instituted a campaign of po- courtesy about three months . Perez said that the police of- r should observe a man’s civil reas gfe LOS ANGELES w — James Roosevelt ran away with the Dem- cratic nomination for Congress in California’s 26th District, despite adverse publicity from his wife’s accusations of infidelity and oppo- sition from National Democratic Chairman Stephen Mitchell. In a district with better than 2-1 Democratic registration, the late Says He Would Go Before Committee To Answer Charge WASHINGTON (®—Sen. Syming- ton offered today to testify in the McCarthy-Army hearings if Sen. McCarthy will agree to a speeial Senate investigation of his finan- cial dealings. McCarthy declared he was willing. Denouncing Symington’s chal- lenge as “a vicious smear,” Mc- Carthy said he was glad it was made on television ‘‘so millions of People can see how low a man can sink—I repeat, how low an alleged man can sink.” At another point, McCarthy said Symington had taken up the line of the Daily Worker, which McCarthy said has been belaboring:him for years about old charges of mal- feasance in office. “Waste Of Time” Acting Chairman Mundt (R-SD) broke in to criticize both Syming- ton and McCarthy for what he called “a waste of time” in the current proceedings. Mundt: said it was difficult for him to find ways to stop “this mid- morning madness.”’ Symington dared McCarthy.to go before a special Senate Committee —which Symington suggested that elt,| Vice President Nixon appoint—to e &@ margin of abdut 6-1 over his losest rival, was running second to Owings in the GOP column, In 115 precincts out of 901, Roosevelt had 2,736 votes. His chief opponent, newspaper publish- er Ned Redding, had 476; Architec- tural engineer B Bartlett had 439 and Owings, 359, In the Republican eontest, Owings pol'ed 1,190 and Roosevelt, 262, also in 115 pre¢incts. Altogether, six candidates were in the Republican race and seven in the Democratic. Another candidate, Republican Richard Westbrook, withdrew and threw his support to Democrat Redding to “beat Roosevelt.” That was the campaign cry of all Roose- velt’s opponents throughout the campaign. They hit hard on his domestic strife and frequently quoted Democratic Chairman Mitchell’s statement that Roose- velt should. withdraw until his marital difficulties were straight- ened out. Shortly before the campaign started Roosevelt’s estranged wife Romelle, 38, charged him in a sep- arate maintenance suit with adul- tery, naming three co-respondents, and filed a letter dated 1945 in which he admitted intimacies with +|nine other women. Roosevelt, 46, has denied any. misconduct. He said he signed the letter to prevent a divorce and thus in- crease the burdens of his father at that time. In conceding defeat, congratulated Roosevelt and said, “All Democrats must now close ranks for a final victory in No- vember.” Sailor’s Body Found In Plastic Clothes Case RUGBY, England (®#—The naked body of an 18-year-old sailor was found in a tightly fastened plastic clothes case last night aboard a train. The dead youth, John Barber, was discovered in a washroom by the conductor, who noticed that the Reddit .; compartment had been engaged for more than an hour. The conductor forced the door. Slumped on the floor, with the semitransparent traveling ward- Tobe fitted around him like a glove, was the young seaman. His cloth- ing lay strewn on the floor, The train was stopped here and a doctor called. He gave the cause of death as suffocation. puzzled over how the case came to be fastened air tight, police investigators said they had (Continued on Page Two) answer questions raised by a Sen- ate Rules subcommittee in its re- port on a 1952 inquiry into Mc- Carthy’s financial dealings. Symington proposed McCarthy sign a written agreement with him. McCarthy didn’t sign it but said “if it is necessary to have a spe- cial committee . to re-investigate these smears, I will now make a firm commitment to go before that committee to answer the smears.” Hearings Not Likely The possibility that any such hearings will be held is remote. The Senate itself would have to vote such a procedure, irrespec- tive of any agreement Symington and McCarthy might make. Specifically, Symington, Missouri Democrat, mentioned among other things a $10,000 payment McCarthy received from the Lustron Corp., and the question of whether Mc- Carthy had converted to personal use any funds contributed to Mc- Carthy for his fight against com- munism. Symington read into the record near the outset of today’s Me- Carthy-Army hearings a letter to McCarthy, setting up the condi- tions. McCarthy Won't Sign Symington proffered a written agreement to McCarthy, asking him to sign it. McCarthy refused to sign, but stated he would consent to go be- fore a special committee if one is created. Symington had proposed that a special Senate committee be ap- ding | pointed by Vice President Nixon, (Continued on Page Twr,) KEY WEST'S - TRAFFIC BOX SCORE To Date 233 June Accidents _ 7 Traffic Injuries 0 43 Traffic Death: _ L 0 Property Damage $770.00 $59,626 The accident damage rate is now running about $110 a day for Key West and some people wonder why their automobile insurance is so high. If the property damage rate continues, $120,000 will have been spent to repair automobile damage by the end of this year in Key West alone. The damage does not include payment for person- al injury. Remember, when you're speeding around town that “a crutch may support you but it won’t support your family.” ¥ ¥ !of $162,500 and another was sold SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1954 luge Sale Of Bld. Land Made Modern ‘Shopping Center Planned By Miami Beach Land Developer South Florida’s most mod- ern shopping center will be built in the near future on Roosevelt Boulevard, it was announced Tuesday when it was revealed that a sale of land there totaling $192,500 has been made. Ben Marden, Miami Beach, was the purchaser of the land which Tuns approximately 1,300 feet along was sold to Marden by the Bay- view Enterprises for a total price by Howard Wilson Gandolfo for $30,000. Benjamin Bernstein is president, and (laude Bayview Enterprises. Next To Restaurant The\land sold runs municipal swimming pool, south the boulevard. One parcel of land| — and Phil Toppino is secretary of| © Stock Developmen from the! § about 1300 feet. It is adjacent to the recently. constructed Howard Johnson Restaurant. Extensive fill operations must be RE oo act con> ‘strtiction..of tortie ce ter-ean begin, No definite “asthe tion concerning. the. project’ has been released. Tentative starting date for construction, however, has been set for next February, ac- cording to an informed source. Marden is a prominent south Florida real-estate developer. Bowen Clears Up Question On Assessor Craig Bowen, city finance direc- tor, stated today that Sam Pinder’s salary ceased as of the 7th of June. Pinder had submitted his re- signation as city tax assessor on that date. Bowen also stated, “You don’t Pay anyone who is not working.” Controversy arose on the asses- sor’s resignation when the city re- fused to take action on its accept- ance. One city official stated to- day that he did not believe that the commissioners had to accept the resignation since Pinder was not a department head. Not A Dept. Head The tax assessor is a division head under the Department of Fin- ance and it was stated that only the finance director and the city manager need to except the re- signation. City Attorney J. Y. Porter said that he didn’t know yet what his opinion would be because he would have to study the issue. City Manager Victor Lang said that he had not accepted the re- signation. Action on Pinder’s successor is expected when the city commis- sioners meet in special session Thursday night at 8 p, m. One city official said that Key West should follow the lead taken by other small Florida cities and hire an outsider who is an engi- neer on assessments to do the job. The official stated that qualified engineering assessments usually stand up in court. NO DAMAGE SUFFERED IN SMALL BLAZE Fire fighting units from num- ber 2 and 3 fire stations answered a call yesterday at noon: to the sewer contractors stere yard on Flagler Ave. Fire Chief Charles Cremata stated that a spark had set off a small can full of gasoline. In an attempt to put out the flame, the can of gas was overturned and the burning fuel spread over FY small area. : No damage or injury was re- ported and the blaze was reported to have been quickly extinguished. NAS SKIPPER SAYS GOODBYE—Captain gave his farewell speech as commanding officer Air Station here at change of command ceremonies IN THE U.S. A. Islan The Ken West Citisen f PK DIAL 2-566] or 2.5662, PRICE FIVE CENTS Deep-Water Channel, Ice Plant Being Constructed For 800 Boats By JIM COBB A huge marine development on Stock Island, in- cluding more than six miles of deep-water channel, an ice plant, marine railway and thousands of feet of dock space for pleasure boats, will be placed in operation next Octo- ber, it was announced today by Phil Toppino, president of Safe Harbor Enterprises, Inc.,.a company which has : spent three years developing the area. Ashcraft station,Captain Ashcraft will assume command of Fleet. Air Wing ao-crsat Point, Rhéde Island, as iis next assign- ment. *Hé H. Rice, wi U.S. Navy Photo. % relieved of his duties here by Commander R. is standing at his left in the: picture-—Official Linda Sue Gets Lots Of Mail But None From The Martians Allen Explains Statement On Mental Patient County Commissioner Joe Allen said today that prospects are bright for immediate admittance to the State Mental Hospital at Chat- tahoochee of a 19-year old New Yorker who has been held in the county jail for more than a week. At the same time, Allen clari- fied a statem/t he made yester- day which, he said, “might have given folks the impression the ‘county is not interested ‘in helping the boy.” He has been refused ad- mittance to Chattahoochee because officials there say they are full. Allen told The Citizen yesterday that the county could save consi- derable money by getting the youth admitted to the state institution in- stead of treating him at Monroe General Hospital. Expense Authorized “But, actually, the county com- mission has authorized any neces- sary expense to aid this boy,” Al- len pointed out today. He empha- sized that a local physician was the one who recommended that he be sent to the state hospital where (Continued on Fage Two) Van Fleet To Resume Survey HONOLULU — Retired Gen. James A. Van Fleet arrived at Hickam Air Base last night on the way back to the Far East to re- sume his interrupted survey of mil- itary assistance needs of U.S. allies. He had been called back to Washington from Formosa. He planned to leave tomorrow for Tokyo after conferences: with Adm. Felix B. Stump,. Pacific Fleet commander. Van Fleet said, “We to back Asian troops with American sea and air power.” He declined to comment the Tridochina crisis except to sa looks bad out there.” ? 9-Year-Old Girl Asked Men From Mars To Stop War By JULIUS GOLDEN ALBUQUERQUE (® — Every- body’s writing to little Linda Sue Russell—except the Martians. The 9-year-old “Little Girl Who Wrote the Martians” is receiving a stream of letters offering advice, Prayer, thanks and hope from all over the country. Linda Sue recently wrote her simple letter addressed to Mar: It said: “What business I am writing about is to stop the earth people from fighting. All they have is war, war, war and I’m getting tired of it, so be here.” Never Came The Martians never came. But grateful people answered for them. “Bless your heart and more pow- er to you!” wrote a Santa Monica, Calif, woman. “Keep up your courage and believe in your ideals, Surely it is a thrill to know that a child has the vision of what is right.” A young boy from Mobile, Ala. who doesn’t want Linda Sue’ schoolmates to laugh at her, wrote: “I am the Martian you wrote to and I would like to stop war in the earth too. I’m afraid I can’t come to your city but I can write to you.” The lad asked Linda Sue to draw another map showing where he should land his space ship. On -|the bottom of the letter was a crude drawing of his celestial transport. Letter Of Praise A letter of praise arrived from the SFCon, call letters for the 12th annual Science Fiction Convention, to be held soon in California. “We can’t promise you that there will be any Martians pres- ent,” the letter said. However, it made Linda Sue an honorary member for the conven- tion and invited her to attend. Saucers in the won't give up her go ahead with her plans to see the Martians “in my own spaceship.” Linda Sue’s moth- er, Mrs. Arthur Russell, said: “Linda Sue and I will try to (Continued on Page Two) t |NATO Head Warns Russia Of A-bomb Use Gruenther Speaks At Dinner Marking D-Day Anniversary By ARTHUR GAVSHON LONDON #—NATO’s supreme commander in Europe, U.S. Gen. “Alfred M. Gruenther, warned Rus- sia last night that the West will meet a Soviet attack with “every weapon in our arsenal,” including bombs. . targets in enemy territory,” Gru- enther told a D-Day anniversary dinner at which Prime Minister Churchill also spoke and the Duke of Edinburgh presided. If war with Russia should come is year, the NATO commander id, “the Soviet Union would be ated.” do not want to say we would »” he added, “because I am sure in a third world war there would be no winner.” Red Power Grows Gruenther also told his audience he was not sure time on the side of the West. Russia’s indus- trial and atomic stockpiles are mounting, he explained, and her air, power displayed at the recent May Day parade in Moscow was “devastating.” But at present, he said, the So- viets have no answer to the Allies’ long-range aircraft. He cited the big American B47 jet bomber, “a plane which can fly so fast and so high that there is no defense against it in 1954.” Gruenther told of one B47 which recently flew the Atlantic in 4 hours 34 minutes. Churchill told the West that (Continued on Page Two) Prowler Suspect Is Fined In City Court Tuesday Louis W. Caron, 21, stationed aboard the USS Gilmore, was fined $25 yesterday in City Court on charges of trespassing on private Property. A charge of disdrderly conduct against him was dropped. The charges were made Monday night. Police officer Mario Santana testified that he had answered a call to go to the 500 block on William Street to investigate a re- ported prowler. Santana stated that police offi- cer E. Pinder and the Shore Pa- trol inspected the immediate area while he patroled the neighbor- hood. The testimony revealed that Caron had been picked up for in- vestigation and taken to the po- lice station where he was identi- fied by a woman who had report- ed a prowler in her room. The woman appeared in court and testified that she had been friendly with Caron before and that on night in question, Caron had bee nin her room for some time. She testified that she had given him a cigarette and they talked. Caron had remained in jail since the charges were made un- til the trial was held. The 130-acre develop- ment, which will be capable of servicing up to 800 shrimp boats, is expected to give a boost to the area’s shrimp in- dustry, already a multi-mill- ion dollar per year opera- tion. At the same time, the facilities are expected to lure scores of pri- vately owned yachts to the area. At the present time, pleasure boats generally avoid Key West because of the shortage of suitable dock space. . Protected Anchorage Toppino revealed today workmen have that will be constructed Toppi said. One section of the channel will be reserved for pleasure craft. Facilities for servicing the vessels with fuel and water will be pro- vided and future plans call for the installation of ddrydock and boat lift accommodating vessels up to 100 feet in length, he added. Ice Co. Near Completion The ice plant, now nearing com- pletion will be operated by the Pure Ice Co., of Miami. Isadore Kruman, president of that com- pany, said today that it will have a capacity of 150 tons of ice per day, with storage space for 1,000 tons, in addition. Besides servicing the shrimp boats, Kruman said that his com- pany will selh ice at retail. A shrimp packing plant is also, planned for the development. Aid To Shrimpers Toppino, who is also president of Charley Toppino and Sons, local building material manufacturers and general contractors, said that his firm conceived the idea of de- veloping the area three years ago when scores of shrimp boats left Key West for other ports because of the shortage of dock space, the (Continued on Page Two) CARBONELL, PARTY TO WATCH CONCHS PLAY AT FT. PIERCE City Commissioner Louis Car- bonell left Key West this morning by private airplane for Fort Pierce to be present during Key West High school’s baseball. games for the state champion- ship. Carbonell accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wayne. The pilot is Fred Johnson. The party took off at 10 o’clock this morning from Meacham Field in a four-place Beechcraft =~ anza. The trip to Fort Pierce was expected to take less than an