The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 12, 1954, Page 1

- ‘ Welcome Home Conk. Key West Is Proud Of Its Baseball Team Key West, Florido, has the For Quick Communication, most equable climate in the eountry, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV Ne. 140 Free Service To Key West Citisen THE Be Given June ’ |Suspect Is Held After Kidnap 1 Through 19 Victim Picks Him In Lineup One X-ray machine will ‘be moved into Monroe Coun- ty today and tomorrow which will be used to offer to every person in this vi- cinity a free chest X-ray. This service will begin June 15, and will continue for five days. -Each X-ray machine of the most recent design is cap- able of taking at least 125 pictures per hour. The process of having a free picture made requires only enough to give one’s name, address ? one but of the film reading any have f | Ey fy ; eyiges i exposed — most of whom are aware of it! Early tuberculosis ean be detected by the chest X-ray ers S. R. Beacham and F. J. Ru- der, Ledrs, 0. L. Watson, C. H. Eaton and A. T. Fichman and his aide Lt. O. Kimzey, Commander, Operational Deve- lopment Force will visit Surface Anti-Submarine Development De- tachment, Mine Warfare Evalua- tion Detachment, Airship Develop- ment Squadron Eleven, Air Deve- lopment Squadron One, and will witness operational tests on board ships,.airplanes and airships of his command. NOTICE DR. JOSEPH J. GROOM, M. D. Saturday, June 19 For Appointment Call... Dr. J. A. Valdes PHONE 2.7821 : Esthonian Refugee Bill To Congress Word has been received that Congressman Donevan ef New York introduced a hill in the House on June 3, te allow per- manent residence te Ludwig Sigus, one of the Esthenien re- » fugees whe crossed the Atlan- tic in « small beat and landed on the Nerth Carolina coast in 1948, Sigus is new employed eas a shrimper en ene of the beats of the Thompson Fish Co. aS Audio-Visual Aids Workshop To Be Held workshop (Continuea on' Page Two) Navy Man Held Police Lt. Jimmy James stated that he was parked near the cor- ner of White and Truman Streets when he observed Hartfield’s ve- hicle sideswipe a car which was waiting for a traffic light to change. James said he gave immediate chase and caught the man. Bond has been set at $200. Trial will be held Monday in City Court. at the Post Office Building. He will be glad to be of assist-| school Unemployed Father Is Jailed Today In Arizona Case PHOENIX, Ariz, @—A 41-year. old father of two children was ere’s no question about it.” William Mahoney, Maricopa County attorney, closeted . hims: SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Chest X-Ray Program [Robber i Set Here Next Week Nabbed By Alert Cop Sheriff’s Deputy Gives Quick Action. On Radio Report By DENIS SNEIGR A radio message flashed from the Highway Patrol Station led to the arrest two minutes later of an armed robber by a Monroe County deputy sheriff. The robbery, the sheriff's de- partment said, could have had ser- ious results since the robber left ‘a 64-yeard-old man and an 11-year- old boy locked in an almost air tight dynamite shack on West Summerland Key. ‘This is the sequence of events, according to the sheriff’s depart- ment here: - Charles P. Swink, 64, of West Summerland Key and Miami, and .| Kim Hull, 11, of Miami, were driv- ing south on U. S. 1 at 10 a. m. yesterday. “Pick Up Hitch Hiker In South Miami they picked up -|a hitch hiker, Bruce D. Lyngklip, I I . = B Ml if iF i ie i k i rat i i rare if i i ; & e | Af vette EE a He demanded to see an attorney but refused to select one, asking if he wasn't entitled to one paid by the state. Detective Lt. Vie Soule said that ‘Elks Spo West Summerland Key. There Swink provided another meal for Several hundred ‘yards ‘from the Swink home was the old shack that had been used for dynamite stor- (Continued on Page Two) msor “Flag Day” ‘Observance All Civie Groups Asked To Display American Flag With the slogan “‘Show Your Co- “{lors,” Key West Elks Lodge will conduct a campaign for the com- munity-wide display of Old Glory in observance of Flag Day, Mon- day, June 14. * Jack Baker, Exalted Ruler of the Lodge, said the Elks hope that the Flag will be displayed publicly be- fore every home, office and fac- ‘tory building in the community in honor of the $117th anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by the Continental Congress on Jume 14, 1777. Appealing to all civic, fraternal ith. and patriotic groups in the City to with whom a man left Smith's golf bag with the ransom note. The (Continued on Page Two) UNOFFICIAL RETURNS SHOW LANIEL OUT PARIS — Unofficial returns indicated the French National As- sembly unseated Premier Joseph Laniel and his Cabinet in a con- fidence vote today. The Laniel gov- ernment has been in office 114 months. The unofficial count showed 305 deputies voting against the -ov- ernment and 295 in favor. The of- ficial vote will not be announced for about an hour. SEBRING FFA BOYS TO VISIT IN K. W. Twenty-five Sebring (Fla.) high boys, members of the Fu- cooperate in the campaign by fly- ing the Flag on its birthday, Jack Baker declared that this is an ef- fective way for every loyal Amer- ican to reaffirm his belief in the principles of freedom ahd self gov- ernment. Local Committee The Elks leader announced the appointement of a Flag Day com- mittee to draw up plans for a pa- triotic program on June 14. Named as chairman was Frak Romague- Ta. The “Show Your Colors” cam- Paign is being conducted through- out the nation by 1,675 Lodges of the Order of Elks, which has been observing Flag Day since 1907, ac- corind to Baker. “We thing that these times call for some good old fashioned Flag waving,” the Exalted Ruler declar- ed. “Every patriotic American will want to fly the Flag and be count- ed among those who love freedom and intend to fight to keep it.” SE FOR SALE—New 2 bedroom house from Key West at beautiful SUGAR LOAF SHORES. See E. R. SYCKS, REALTOR, on the premises. IN THE U.S. A. Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . Just DIAL 25661 or 25662. PRICB FIVE CENTS Contractor DeniesCharge Of Housing Project Faults Moretti Says Specifications Were Followed To The Letter By BILL SPILLMAN Miami contractor Joseph G. Moretti in a telephone view with The Citizen denied all charges made gpinst ‘him by the Public Housing Authority in connec- ion’ with: alleged building failures of the George Allen partments on First Street near Roosevelt ‘Boulevard. DANGEROUS PLAYTHING—The unused icebox shown in the picture is already under the surveillance of the Key West Safety Council, to which it was reported. The icebox door is stuck, but the ‘potential casket’ has been the toy of seven children. The abandoned box stands in the yard of the children’s home on Staples Avenue.—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. Local Safety Counc Ridding Key West il Welcomes Aid In Of Icebox Menace Perspiring Safety Council workers have been swamped by an avalanche of calls requesting removal of old iceboxes — boxes which the Council has labeled ‘potential caskets for Key West children.” In spite of the work involved, the safety-conscious citizens who compose the Council, are happy. “We can’t move the hazardous boxes as fast as we would like to,” says Bill Gibb, president of the org: good progress.” anization, “but we're making Aid Is Given Particularly encouraging, explains the Council president, has been the response of business org: anizations in offering aid. Charlie Smith, of Dion and Smith, has stated that his company is 100 per cent behind the Council’s efforts. John Archer, speaking for Archer’s Grocery, has also come forward with constructive aid and sugges- tions. The City of Key West, represented by Ivan Roberts, Director of Public Service, has been very cooperative and is working closely with Safety Council members who locate and request permission to | had started looking into the delay remove the dangerous iceboxes, “Old Glory”? May Be Changed Again... American Flag Has An Interesting History ‘The American patriots used a variety of flags in the early mon- ths of our Revolutionary War prior to the adoption of the Stars and Stripes. One of the best known was the Rattle Snake Flag which showed a rattle snake and the mot- to “Don’t Tread on Me.” At the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, the Americans carried a crim- son banner with a pine tree on a white field. According to historians, the ban- ner which emerged as the imme- diate predecessor of the Stars and Stripes was the Grand Union Flag. This consisted of 13 alternate red and white stripes and a blue field with the cross of St. Georgeand St. Andrew — the Flag of England. This flag was designed by a com- mittee of the Continental Congress, composed of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Harrison and Thomas Lynch, in 1775, some months after the Battle of Bunker Hill. American Navy John Paul Jones is believed to have hoisted this flag over the ship “Alfred” on December 3, 1775, George Washington raised it over his headquarters near Cam- bridge, Mass., on January 1, 1776, and for this reason it is sometimes referred to as the Cambridge Flag. But this flag resembled the Bri- tish flag too closely to suit many citizens, wh wanted a flag that was distinctly American. Thus, the Continental Congress, on June 14, 1777 nearly a year after the De- claration of Independence of the United States, adopted a resolution that: “The Flag of the United Sta- tes be 13. stripes of alternating red and white and the Union be 13 stars, white, on a blue field, re- presenting a ‘new constellation.” Old Glory was born. Popular Legends The absence of aay documented account of the designing of the first flag has given rise to a num- ber of stories and legends. One of the most popular, tells of George Washington visiting Betsy Ross in Philadelphia and commis- STORMY SEASON COMINGI! GET READY WITH STRUNK’S Building Materials Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton, near Citizen Bldg. ee ¢ The local Housing Authority Board met with PHA construction and legal advisors from the Atlanta office Wednesday, June 2, and discussed a possible $100,000 law suit against Joseph G. Moretti, Inc., building firm, builders of the George Allen Apartments. The law suit was contemplated in view of certain alleged construction failures in the apartment buildings. 3 Midshipmen Get Delayed Commissions In Question Of Being Security Risks ANNAPOLIS, Md. » — Three young offtcers who sweated out the-rest of their class. showed no’ rancor today as they prepared to head for leaves and new duty stations. They were commissioned in quick ceremonies at the Naval Academy last night, a few hours after the Navy in Washington had cleared them of being possible se- curity risks. The three midshipmen, who be- came close friends during their week-long wait, went to Washing- ton yesterday for separate, per- sonal interviews with Secretary of the Navy Chai Thomas before their clearance was publicly an- nounced. All “Feel Honored” Ens. Paul Shimek Jr., 22, of RFD 2, Hazen, Ark., said last night he “felt quite honored to be ushered into the Navy by a per- secretary.” Ens. Harold I. Pollack, 23, of Hartford, Conn. said he was about to claim the same credit and “felt great.” And Marine 2nd Lt. Peter Yad- lowsky, 23, of Jersey City, N.J., said he was “honored.” Shimek also expressed appreci- ation for the interest taken by Sen. Saltonstall. (R-Mass) and his armed servites committee which (Continued on Page Two) sioning her to make a. flag. But through Washington was a prolific letter writer and a keeper of de- tailed diaries, there is no mention of this is any of his writings. Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, claimed that he designed the Stars and Stripes. Still another version introduced in 1850 by the English writer, Martin Tupper, held that | the Stars and Stripes derived from the Washington family’s coat of| arms at Sulgrave Manor, England. Historians do not give credence to any of these accounts, however, and the Bulletin of the United Sta- tes Quartermaster General dated | May 28, 1892, states flatly that, “The designer (of the United Sta- tes Flag) is not known.” Raised on Ship According to the noted flag his- torian George Henry Preble, on the day it authorized the new flag, Congress directed Captain John Paul Jones to take-command of the U. S. S. Ranger, then anchored at Portsmouth, N. H. Shortly there- after Jones, who had been using (Continued on Page Two) Moretti said that building specifications were com- pletely lived up to through- out the construction. He said it was not his fault if the design specifications were wrong. When queried about inspections of the units, Moretti said that two Housing Authority inspectors lived on the job. He added that not once did he hear any complaints from the inspectors or the Housing Au- thority. Got Along With Lewin Moretti said that he got along }very welt with Kermit. Lewiay-who - was executive director of the lo- cal Housing Authority during the construction of the George Allen Apartments. In its preliminary studies in con- nection with the possible law suit against the Moretti building firm, the Housing Authority is investiga- ting alleged cement failures, elec- trical conduit rusting and popping out of the buildings, and other fail- ures, On the question of the Housing Authority’s charge that the project buildings have not been accepted, Moretti said that the buildings were inspected on April 17, 1952 by an inspector who came down from the Atlanta office. He said that the inspector gave him an O. K. and that he has a copy of a letter to back up his claims, Final Payment Withheld Housing Authority attorney, Wil- liam V. Albury stated yesterday that a token amount of about $2,- 300 is being held out as final pay- ment to the Moretti building firm to show that the building has not been accepted by the Housing Au- thority. Albury also stated that there is a matter of a $1,000,000 perform- ance bond which is still in effect. Moretti agreed that the Housing Authority still owes him a couple of thousand dollars but he said that this was payment for landscaping that was to be done much later by the Exotie Gardens landscaping firm. Along the same line, Moretti sta- ted that the landscaping was not completed at the time the apart- ments were finished because of a season weather factor. Acceptance Claimed To add proof that the buildings were accepted, Morctti said that he has a copy of 4 letter to ‘ic Exotic Gardens from the Housis Authority stating that the uni's were accepted and that the land- (Continued on Page Two) In New York, It’s The SOUTH SHORE INN In Key West — It's ROMEY'S BAR Under New Management BOB GEORGE FAMOUS MIXOLOGIST Now Featuring ... Television Nitely *Also Gould AT THE re,