The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 19, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ‘VOL. LXXV Ne. 146 21 Recommendations Made Report Of Grand Jury Raps State Road Bond At By DENIS SNEIGR Monroe County’s busy grand jury late yesterday aft- ernoon issued an interim report on its weeks-long investi- gation of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. Among other things, the eight-page report sharply rapped the State Road Board and made 21 recommenda- tions, including one suggesting “that the toll system formerly in use here not be permitted elsewhere in the state.” In the to Circuit Court J Aquilino , Jr, preeorg: 6 seccaplectlactieg James hea caenscaed state’s attorney and special investigator, asked that the jurors “be held in abeyance since other things may develop.” Newell Pinder, foreman of the grand jury, asked the court that loisy Jury . submitted to the court after a day of wrangling Mocges and om 4 the ground floor of the eounty er ‘persons on jurors shouting. The jury room is on driveway between the court house and; building also could ‘hear the shouting was typed, McEwen brought various pages for re-typing after the language of the jurors. much loud talk from behind the ‘ the the erce He was then asked if he was “fed wp with his job here.” “No,” he replied. This, the spring term grand jury, was impanelled April 19. They have been probing the affairs of the toll district intermittently since Bateman, former generai manager of ‘The indictment charged him with * ent was returned, Bateman already by John Marsh, Dade county solici- tor and also a special in tor, with grand larceny in the misuse of $49,000 in district funds, Installation Of Officers Set - For Legion, Auxiliary, DAV Ceremonies Will Be Held Tonight At Post Home ‘The annual installation of offi- eers for Arthur Sawyer Post -No. Resignation Of Welfare Worker \-C. Hunt (D-Wyo)-was found shot 28, American Legion and its Aux- iliary Unit will be conducted to- night at 8 o’clock at the Post Home on. Stock Island. « Legion Officers The Post has extended an invir tation to the Key West Chapter No. 33, Disabled American Veter. ans, to hold their installation of officers in conjunction with the regular Legion and Auxiliary in- stallation. 10th District Commander Vic- tor Wilde, Hialeah, will install the Post officers, assisted by the Key West Guard of Honor. The new officers are: Post commander, Norman C. Kranich; ist vice commander, M. E. Lewis; 2nd vice commander, Paul L. Mesa, Jr.; chaplain, Nel- son Cannon; historian, Louis 1Is- may; adjutant-finance officer, Le- Van C. Reber; service officer, Kenneth Longhurst; judge advo- cate, Paul E. Esquinaldo; execu- tive committeemen, Lewis Bays, Harry J. Metzger and George W. Sikes; sergeant at arms, Kenneth Auxiliary Installation 10th District Auxiliary president, Betty Ayers, Miami, will install the new officers of Auxiliary Unit 28 as follows: President, Teresa Braxton; 1st vice president, Christine Key; 2nd vice president, Marian Arango; secretary, Alice Robinson; treas- urer, Ann Browning; historian, Eula Sawyer; chaplain, Florence Gamble; sergeant at arms, Annie Ulchar; Assistant sergeant at (Continued on Page Two) ———————— CLASSIC BALLET PRINCESS NINA Arthur Murray's Air Conditioned Studio SI7 DUVAL ST. PHONE 2.3430 Sent To Allen Official note of the resignation of Miss Elizabeth M. Fike as dis- trict welfare director has been received qy the Monroe Commission in a letter to Joe Al- len, chairman of the Monroe County Committee on Health and Welfare. This news was received by the local commission with deep re- gret as much has been accom- plished for the benefit of the:re- cipients of old-age and blind benefits during Miss Fike’s ad- resigning at the same time was Miss Fike’s twin sister, Miss Eliza Fike, in charge of the local welfare office. The. commission is high in its praise of the work done here by the local adminis- trator. Miss Fike’s letter to the Mon- ve County Commission is as fol- lows: Mr, Joe Allen Monroe County Commissioner Key West, Florida Dear Mr. Allen: I want to let you know that I am resigning my position as Di- rector of District No. 9 of the State Department of Public Wel- fare, effective June M. I have certainly enjoyed work- ing with you and realize how helpful you have been to the de- velopment of the Child Welfare Program in Monroe County. Miss Hazel L. Adams will be Acting Director so that in the fu- ture she will be in touch with you. In the meantime, however, if you need to discuss any part of our mutual program around child welfare or other phases of the State Welfare program, please get in touch with her in the Dis- trict Office. My sister joins me in telling you again how helpful you have (Continued on Page Two) County | tal. An office aide found him when SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1954 IN THE iT U.S. A, For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers DIAL 2.5661 or 2-5662. PRICE FIVE CENTS Key West Is Rated High As Trade Center, Survey Shows Business Productivity, Buying Power Are At High Level Here (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK — With its business productivity and buying power at a high level, Key West is rated a strong JUDGE LAUGHS IT UP—Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr. (left), gets a big laugh out something James McEwen (right), special prosecutor in the toll district probe, has just told him. A few minutes before, McEwen had submitted the grand jury‘s interim report of the probe. The court business was finished and the men were posing for news shots when this Photo was taken.—Citizen Staff Photo. Tmo Ports Axe Re Senator Hunt Is Found Shot In His Office WASHINGTON (#—Sen. Lester in the head in his Senate office today. , At Casualty Hospital, to which he was taken, his condition was reported “‘serious if not critical.” Dr. George W. Calver, the phy- sician to Congress, authorized a statement that Hunt was found wounded and removed to the hospi- he arrived at work about 9:15 a.m. (EDT). The statement said Hunt suffered @ wound over the right temple from a .22 calibre rifle bullet. “The senator was alone in his office when his condition was dis- covered,” the statement added. Health Poor Hunt, 61, a former governor of Wyoming, was elected to the Sen- ate in November 1948 for a term ending next Jan. 3. He announced last Tuesday that he would not be a candidate for re-election this fall because of ‘“‘health conditions.” He | had been undergoing treatment at | the Naval Medical Center in near- |; by Bethesda, Md. In announcing his plans to retire | from politics, Hunt said he had no} plans other than to return to his} home at Lander, Wyo. Hunt entered politics in 1932, serving in the Wyoming House of | Representatives. He was Wyoming secretary of state from 1934 to 1942, when he was elected gover- | nor. He was re-elected ‘governor in 1946 and served as chairman of the | Governors’ Conference in 1948. Hunt is a member of the Senate Armed Services and Commerce committees and of the special Sen- ate Small Business Committee. | Two Men Die | In Auto Crash ACKSONVILLE #—Twe men were killed last night in an auto crash on Atlantic Boulevard he- tween here 7nd Jacksonville Beach. The dead were identified as Frank Harris, 48, and W. E.; Harden, 18, both of Jacksonville, 4 af Anti-Communist Revolt Rages In Guatemala By SAM SUMMERLIN TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras #— Two strategic Guatemalan sea- Ports were reported in the hands of invading anti-Communist “lib- eration army” forces today. Local informants of the libera- tion army identified the two ports as Puerto Barrios on the Carribean and San Jose on the Pacific. The army, under command of former Guatemalan army Lt. Col. Carlos Castillo Armas, said two in- land towns also may be in control of the invaders, May Have Border Towns These towns were identified as Zacapa, which lies near the: Hon- duras border between Puerto Bar- tio and Guatemala City. and the alien rye of Retalhuleu, in the southwest corner of the near the Mexican border. x 1d The informants said, however, that if the Guatemalan army has (Continued on Page Two) Seized By Rebel T: roops Outstanding itizen To Be Selected Arthur Sawyer Post Of Legion To Make Presentation July 3 Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 American Legion has made plans to honor again this year the out- standing citizen of the year, Post Commander-elect Norman C, Kranich announced today. The presentation will be made ‘on Sat- urday, July 3, at 8 p.m., at the Legion Home on Stock Island. The presentation is one of the elaborate features planned for the observance of the 4th of July. Nominations for the honor may be made by anyone or any or- ganization in any manner whatso- ever. However, Post officials pre- fer that the nominations be sub- (Continued on Page Two) Moonlight DANCE at the CASA MARINA ] Sponsored by LADIES OF LATIN-AMERICAN CLUB TONIGHT (June 19) — 10 P.M. to 2 A.M. Music By LOS MAMBOLEROS Adm. Members 75c Palm Beach Suit or Ladies’ Outfit As Door Prize by UNIVERSAL CLEANERS Key West Dogs Start Revolt Guatemala is not the only place with an _.uprising. Key West's dog population is apparently revolting against mail carriers. The casualty list, result of a canine campaign against post- men, stood at-three today when they: were bitten Friday by three separate dogs. Those mail carriers wounded as they made their rounds in- clude: Ernest Cates, 704 Olivia Street; Sidney Lowe, 10 Lowes i of them were hurt seriously and the dogs were properly reprimanded and placed in confinement. Police Dept. Is Commended For Courtesy Campaign Pays Off As Detroit Couple Comment On Treatment Commendations from # Detroit couple and one from a Marathon resident have been received by the Key West Police Department in connection with their courtesy campaign started a month ago. Patrolman Armando Perez was singled out for praise by the De- troit couple after he unsnarled a traffic jam they had been involved in. The Marathon woman, Mrs. Tom Collins, in a letter enclosed with payment for a traffie ticket, also commended the officer who issued it. “May I take a moment of your time to comment on the courtesy of the officer mentioned,” she said. “It is so nice to meet up with a pleasant police officer.” The letter from the Detroit couple: market in a new, national Management. survey conducted by Sales The copyrighted study contains detailed data on individual incomes and on retail sales for every part of Navy Releases Dispatches On Local Dispute © Release Of Sailor Wanted By Sheriff's Dept. Still Pending The question of the Navy re- leasing to the sheriff a sailor wanted for manslaughter still was unresolved here today. The ‘Navy today released the text of two dispatches concerning the case—one to the Judge Advo- cate General and the other from that office. The sheriff's office holds a manslaughter warrant against the sailor, Ray Emil Drake, 20, as a result of an auto crash June 3 in which a 20-year-old Navy wife was killed. Cited Navy regulations call for a signed agreement by the sheriff’s office or someone ‘designated by the state government covering the return of the man to Navy jurisdiction after the trial: The agreement calls for the state to foot the transportation bill, if any, for returning the ac- cused man to Navy custody. The sheriff's office says it has no authority to sign such an agreement, The Navy here sent a dispatch to the Judge Advocate General outlining the case. 5 Dispatch Receiv: The Judge Advocate General then sent the following dispatch to the Navy here: “This office -assumes man will be confined and tried in Key West. If this is true, you are re- quested to advise Monroe County City Manager, sheriff that agreement.as to ex- Key West, Florida. penses of returning man to Naval jurisdiction will not be required Dear Sir: and only agreement that man We understand your chief of} will be turned over to Naval au- Police is conducting a courtesy |thorities, provided that he is ac- campaign in your city. quitted, will be required. It is While visiting your city, an in-| apparent that no expense will be cident happened to us and we’d| involved if man is acquitted and like to bring it to your attention|then turned over to Naval guard and to the attention of your police| at Monroe County court house or chief. In our driving around your city, we happened to get on one of your one-way streets and of course we (Continued on Page Two) Small Area, : Big Troubles (For Guatemala By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The little Caribbean republic of Guatemala is about half the size of Kansas, spanning slightly more thn 200 miles — east to west — at its widest point. Its population 1s 3,283,209. The country runs 150 miles north to south except for an extension of the eastern border which meas- ; ures 300 miles to the northmost tip. The capital — Guatemala City— lies about 1,000 miles south of New Orleans, La. Puerto Barrios, an east coast port where serious uprisings re- | Portedly have occurred, lies some 150 miles northeast of the capital. Zacapa, another town mentioned as a scene of action, lies 75 miles northeast of Puerto Barrios. San Jose, also mentioned in the battle dispatches, is a naval-air base lying wm the Pacific Cost The city of Retalhuleu were fighting also was reported lies near the Mexican border some 75 miles west of the capital. J Bee Pima egy pt Gastemals | county jail. Advise final dispo- sition.” The Navy authorities here then answered that dispatch by send- ing the following one to the Judge Advocate General: Reply Sent “Man will be tried in Key West but confinement if found guilty would be in Raiford, Florida, un- til classification and thereafter at any prison camp in the State of Florida where services of his classification could be employed. Therfeore, return to Naval jur- isdiction would involve consid- erable travel, and in the absence of an agreement the Navy might be placed at considerable expense to return man to Naval jurisdic- tion.” A Navy spokesman here today said it was expected that another dispatch would be received from the Judge Advocate General on Monday, giving further instruc- tions in the case. Marital Woes End In Death CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Florida department store manager shot to death his divorced wife and fatally wounded himself on a down- town street here yesterday. Frank M. Ewart, 64, of Ocala, | fired two bullets at Mrs. Rose Lynn Windsor, 53, and as she lay dying he turned the gun on him- self, Detective Leroy Kingstonre- ported. Ewart died an hour later. the country. Incomes were good in Key West during the past year. The 9,400 families account- ed for $49,234,000 in net earnings after deduction of personal taxes. It was an in- crease over 1952 when the figure was $26,807,000. The pre-family earnings locally, arrived at by dividing the total by the number of families, amounted to $5,238. It compares favorably with the income in the nation as a whole — $5,173 per family; It was also better than the earnings in the South Atlantic States — $4,- 670 per family. Surpass Expectations Just how successful a year it was in Key West is shown by the fact that earnings-here were above the amount to be expected. They totaléd .0200 per cent of the national income, compared with the .0195 per cent it represents of the entire population. The good year locally, with more real money available for spending, found expression in the retail stor- es of the city, where the cash re- gisters jangled to the tune of $23,- 419,000. This was a big gross, exe yao og the prior year’s $21,;54,- Savings Mount The ability to save has also grown, with rising incomes. Des- pite the large volume of retail bus- iness done in the year, a consid- erable reservoir of potential spend- ing remained untapped locally. With consumer spending strong and construction at a near-record level, optimism is growing for a healthy economy for at least the near future. Most signs point to- ward it. The feeling among many econo- mists is that there is a lot more buying power around than meets the eye. Crime-Fighter Is Shot Down In Alabama By REX THOMAS PHENIX CITY, Ala. —Crime- fighting Albert L. Patterson, Ala» bama’s newly nominated attorney general, was gunned to death in his car here last night just as he had predicted he might be. The 59-year-old Democratic no minee, who was to take office Jan, 17, was shot in the mouth by an assassin who, officers said, appar« ently rammed a small caliber pis- tol between Patterson's lips and fited twice. One steel jacketed cartridge was found wedged in an opening where two or three front teeth had been knocked out. An associate in the anti-vice cru- sading Russell (County) Better- ment Assn. blamed what he calied “The Crime Syndicate” for the former state senator’s death and vowed swift revenge. So did Patter- son’s former Army major: son, John, who we: 1 member of his father’s law firm. Phenix c..y Clean-Up Howard Pennington, president of the Betterment Assn., which has campaigned for years to clean up one once gay and gaudy Phenix City, told reporters he had ‘heard Patterson say only Tuesday night that “they might try to get me.” “He said ‘there’s nothing you can do to help me,” Pi re- (Continued on Page Two) ee All Building Trades Buy at Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton, near Western Union %