The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 23, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Floride, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV Ne, 149 DEATH CAR—A woman met death and four other persons were injured ear! today when this car everturned ‘eight times and tumbled 500 feet along U.S. 1 on Cudjoe Key. dead woman was, Debbie Mortel, a Miami Beach model. Two other women and two sailors also were in the car.— Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. Woman Dies As Car Overturns On U.S. 1 Demo Candidates Sit In On Turnpike Authority Meeting Miami Beach Girls, Two Sailors H urt ‘A woman was killed and four other ms injured at 4:30 a, m.t@day when an and rolled 500 feet on U.8. 1 at Cudjoe Key. All fivé persons were thrown from the ear, Patrolman George R. Bennett of the Florida State Highway Patrol and sheriff's deputies identified the dead woman as Debbie Mortel, in: her early twenties, a model who lived at the Boulevard Hotel, each. ae other Funeral Home, which sent two ambulances to the scene, has the body. Sailors Injured Two sailors, crew members of the submarine Sea Dog, were in- ieee ett said Edward Peter Quick, 23, of Ellenville, N. Y., one of the sailors, was driving the 1951 Ford coach which was headed to- ‘ward Miami when it went out of control on a curve and overturned, ‘The other sailor is Richard A. Sinclair, of Brockton, Mass., who sustained a possible fracture of the right wrist’ and cuts ahout the face. Quick also sustained cuts and bruises. Half-Sisters Hurt Re two injured women are half- Pitas Barbara Carroll Fields, 22, and Geraldine Ann Richardson, 23, both of the Boulevard Hotel,, iami Beach. as Fields is a waitress in the hotel’s coffee shop and Miss Rieh- ardson works in a Miami Beach shop, Bennett said. Miss Mortel was dead on arrival at the Naval Hospital. All. the in- jured were taken to that Later, the two women were tfans- ferred to Monroe General Hospital. NAVY HERE KNOWS NOTHING OF PLAN FOR MINE BLASTS A Navy spokesman here today said the Navy knew nothing about a reported plan to explode mines six to eight miles off Key Largo in the Atlantic Ocean, { A Miami newspaper quot- ed R. O. Riddle, of J ville, executive vice pre: of the State Hotel Association, as having protested to Sen. Spessatd Holland (D.-Fla.) that — such ~ explosions would destroy fish, ~ The Navy spokesman here said that when loose mines are found they are disarmed, not exploded. ee CLASSIC ences : Arthur Murray’ Air Conditioned pig $17 DUVAL ST. U.S. Opposes Meeting Of U.N. Council - Lodge Warns Of Reds Making Cat’s-paw Out Of Guatemala — By FRANCIS W. CARPENTER UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. @ — |The United States today firmly op- poser Guatemala’s request that the UN, Security Council meet at once ‘to act again on the Central Ameri- can fighting. WW.S. Delegate Henry Cabot for June, last night warned Guate- Mala against becoming a “cat’s- Paw of the Soviet conspiracy to meddle in the Western Hemis- Jr., the council president | mary, sat almost unnoticed alone Lodge said the council by a 10-1 vote Sunday had showed “it em- Phatically believed that the Organ- ization of American States was the place to try to settle the Guate- malan problem.” The Soviet Union ast the negative vote, a veto, kill- ing the move to refer the issue to the regional organization. ’ Letter Te Secretary Despite the Lodge statement, do Castillo Arriola delivered a let- ter shortly after midnight to U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammar- skjold formally asking for a coun- cil meeting. Castillo Arriola wrote that in de- fiance of the council’s cease-fire call voted last Sunday, “the ag- gressive acts have continued against my country, in the air, ‘on sea and on the ground . . . from airfields and centers of operation situated outside Guatemalan ter- The letter renewed Guatemala’s charges that neighboring Honduras and Nicaragua were aiding the Guatemala, and asked the council {to compel the two countries to “cease all aid or consent for such aggressive acts,” Charges Considered The same charges against Hon- duras and Nicaragua will be dis- cussed late today by the five-nation Inter-American Peace Commission in Washington. Hammarskjold was expected to deliver the Guatemalan request for a council meeting to Lodge some- time today for action. Should Lodge refuse to call a meeting, any of the other 10 coun- (Continued On Page Eight) Floors Look Better —LAST LONGER, WHEN LAID WITH PINE OR OAK FROM Strunk Lumber Comparison Songht With Financing Of Sueh Roads Elsewhere TALLAHASSEE @— All three candidates in the recent Demo- cratic governorship campaign sat in on the turnpike authority meet- ing today but none had much to say. LeRoy Collins, victor in the cam- paign, attended with his advisors who questioned engineers and fi- nancial consultants for the pro- posed Miami-Fort Pierce toll high- way. Acting Gov. Johns, who was ab- sent yesterday when the authority began its two-day session, also was present but said little. Brailey Odham, who was defeated in the first primary and threw his sup- port to Collins in the second pri- in the audience. He said he was in Tallahassee on business and attended the turnpike meeting just to see what was go- ing on. \ McRae Asks Questions William A. McRae Jr., Bartow attorney who is advising Collins, did most of the questioning. Most of his inquiries were directed to- wards bringing out a comparison between turnpike financing and planning in other states and in Florida. He was particularly curious as to why sectional engineers already have begun drawing turnpike plans “when the matter is in a state of flux.” He said other states had not be- gun section-by-section engineering work until after turnpike bonds had been sold. ‘ Consultants said early planning would make it possible to reduce the sum needed for a contingency fund; would cut interest payments on bonds by permitting their sale after planning instead of before, would allow earlier opening of the turnpike and would make it pos- sible for it to start bringing in revenue sooner. Savings Told Authority Chairman Marvin Ad- ams told McRae “You call it a state of flux and others call it a state of progress. We have saved interest of 89 million dollars from March (when sectional engineers began work) to September.” A protest against location of the turnpike came from Shelby Dale, Fort Lauderdale attorney who said he spoke for a group of citizens. He said his clients object to pay- ing toll to drive from Pompano to Hollywood and are opposed to use of the State Road 9 route as part of the turnpike. }that the man will be —__. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WE! ESS Inspection Today Monree County's grand jury teday inspected the county jail and met with the building and grounds committee of the Coun- ty Commission. New Action In Stalemate On Sailor Navy Sends Legal Eagle From D.C. To Probe Matter The stalemate between the Navy and the sheriff’s office over a sailor wanted by civil authorities on a man- slaughter charge took a new turn today with the word that the Navy is flying a: commander here from Washington w look into the matter. He is Cdr. John Maloney, of the Judge Advocate General’s office. Cdr. Maloney is expected here next week. The sailor wanted by the sheriff is Ray Emil Drake, 20, attached te the Seaplane Base. Manslaughter Charge He was charged with manslaugh- ter following a June 3 auto crash in which Mrs. Sheila Perren, 20- year-old Navy wife, was killed. The sheriff's department says Drake was driving her late model. convertible when it overturned on a section of U. S. 1 that was under Before surrendering Drake to the sheriff, the Navy here says it must have a written sereement tence at no expense to the gov- ernment. The sheriff's office says it has no authority to sign such an agree- ment. President Tags" Foreign Aid Cuts “Unsafe” WASHINGTON (#—Presiient Ei- the administration's proposed $3,- 447,700,000 foreign aid program would be “unjustified and unsafe” in the light of “the continued ruth- less drive of Communist impetial- ists for world domination.” In a special message to Congress, Eisenhower said in an allusion to the Indochina war: “Recent events in Southeast‘Asia have created grave uncertainty. The security of that region and the interests of the United States and its Allies there are clearly endan- gered. “It is, therefore, critically im- portant that the Congress author- ize the appropriation of funds needed to provide military and oth- er assistance to this area and that authority be granted to adjust he use of these funds to rapidly chang- ing conditions.” To Decide Soon Eisenhower's message came as the House Foreign Affairs Commit- tee moved toward a possible final decision on how much should be recommended for foreign aid in the fiscal year beginning July 1. Murray Snyder, assistant White House press secretary, was asked by newsmen whether the President sent today’s special message to Congress in a move to try to head off possible cuts. “I think that is a fair interpre- tation,” Snyder replied. In urging approval of the full amount requested, Eisenhower said the amount he asked in his January budget message repre- sents approximately a 40 per cent reduction over the course of the last two fiscal years. Then he de- clared: “Further. reductions in the au- thorized program at this time, in view of the continuing threat to our senhower said today any cuts in|’ IDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1954 City’s IN THE Che Ken West Cilisen THE SCUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER U.S. A. For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll teach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . Just DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662. PRICE FIVE CENTS me lo Show Increase, Budget Says Tentative Spending Program Bombing Of Honduras Town Sparks Rumors Of Reprisal By Neighboring Guatemala Citizens’ Panel Suggested To Probe Ferries Chamber Group. To Recommend Investigaton The Key West Chamber of Com- merce came up with a recom- mendation today that a citizen’s committee be appointed by the city commission to investigate three bids for a lease to the city- owned Clyde-Mallory docks for use as a Key West-Cnba ferry terminal. The city commission will meet tonight at which time they will consider a tentative lease agree- ment with the Caribbean Ferry Service Company. : Twe Other Deals | But there are two other com- panies also interested in gaining, a Lat goin. ar? dock to operate. a, . . “They are a Cuban iiliate of the Gulf Atlantic Trans- Portation Co. and .an. un-named gncern Which entered the picture amber of Commerce presi- dent Mary Lee Graham said this je ea that the board of direc- of that organization “feel that ‘it is a good idea to appoint a citi- zen’s committee to investigate all phases of the three proposals and give the city commission the bene- fit of their findings. Public. Service “I think we owe it to the com- munity as a public service,” she added, The Chamber is expected to pre-| sent a letter to the city commis- sion tonight recommending that the committee be composed of one member of the city and ¢ounty commissions and © represegtatives from each of the city’s civic or- ganizations. p 3 ‘The Hotel and Motel division of the Chamber of Commerce was scheduled to meet this afternoon with representatives of the Carib- (Continued On Page Eight) KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE Accifents - Trafic Injuries __ 8 Trafic Deaths _ 0 Proprty Damage $6,880 $65,736 While this corner has been c@cerned solely with the West traffic situation, the inting accident toll on Overseas Highway war- r@ts serious consideration safety-minded citizens. erhaps the only way the d for caution on the high- y can be impressed on mo- ists would be for them to it the scene of one of the rible accidents occurring ently. For example, the sh which snuffed out the of a young woman on djoe Key last night did t present a very pretty pic- e. Bodies were reportedly ewn along the highway for re than a hundred feet. -As in Key West, excessive . (Continued on Page Eight) “Tt would serve the turnpike pur- pose if you moved the turnpike west of State Road 7,” he said. “We feel traffic relief will be best PHONE 2-3430| 120 Simonton St., near Coca Cola = RR SS 9 OE RR A RR served by getting it out of the He tow «."_uthority the pres- (Continued on Page Eight) ———— Power Lawnmowers FOR RENT BY THE HOUR OR DAY POINCIANA SERVICE STATION Commercial Row, Poinciana Place TELEPHONE 2.6368 inking is listed as the cause many Keys accidents. Don’t it. Don't even get into a car ith a drunken driver. If your better judgement lis you not to fly with a inking pilot, or ride behind drunken railroad engineer then why wouldn’t the ie judgement keep you Key Road Junction Reported Bombed By Mystery Planes By SAM SUMMERLIN TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras #— The Honduran government said last night mystery planes had bombed a town in Honduras. The report touched off speculation that invaded Guatemala may be strik- ing back at the’ neighbor from whose soil Guatemalan rebels launched their drive against Pres- ident Jacobo Arbenz Guzman’s re- gime. The Foreign Ministry said the planes bombed the town of Santa Rosa de Copan, key road junction 21 miles from the Guatemalan fron- tier. The terse announcement made no mention of casualties nor of how many planes made the raid. Guatemala has accused Hondu- ras and Nicaragua of being the bases for land and air “aggres- fluenced government. Both coun: tries have challenged Guatemala to prove the charges. UN Action Urged Guatemala pressed demands in New York early today for a sec- ond urgent session: of the U, N. Secucrity ohtar, ras atid Nicaragua Wee ont: ing to aid the invaders. Council President Henry Cabot Lodge jr. of the United States said the Organ- ization of American States, not the U.N., Guatemala could appear a “catis-paw” for a Soviet con- spiracy to meddle in the Western Hemisphere. Col. Carlos Castillo Armas, lead- er of the anti-Communist Guate- malan forces, moved his headquar- ters last night from Honduras to Esquipulas, about six miles inside the homeland. The insurgent leader said his rebel army was “not fighting the Guatemalan army or the Guate- malan people, only the Commu- nist government” of leftist Presi- dency Arbenz. No Heavy Battles He said he was not pushing the fight faster because he does not want “unnecessary bloodshed.” He said there had been no heavy bat- tles with federal troops so far, but that there have been several mi- nor skirmishes and some casual- ties. Reports from various points last <Cantinued on Page Eight) Rebels Are Ready For Any Length Fight For Power By SAM SUMMERLIN TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras w#— Col. Carlos Castillo Armas said to- day his anti-Communist forces in Guatemala “are prepared for a long or short battle” in efforts to take over the government. The rebel leader was inter- viewed by this reporter and other correspondents at his headquarters in Esquipulas, Guatemala. Asked how long he thought would be re- quired to unseat the government of President Jacobo Arbenz Guz- man, he responded: “Tt depends on how long Arbenz keeps thinking he can win.” Esquipulas, a town of 12,000, is six miles inside Guatemala. Col. Castillo Armas was dressed in khaki, with black boots and a leather jacket. He appeared very weary. Castillo Armas said he will an- nounce soon the composition of the! . cabinet in his provisional govern- ment. The rebel forces appear well armed, largely with machine guns of German manufacture which | seemed brand new, and an older type of German rifle. But they were bogged down by a lack of transportation and have had to rent cars and jeeps from civilians in Esquipulas in order even to move around the town. Outlines Financial Plans Anticipated revenue for the City of Key West for the next fiscal year has been set at $1,161,282.91, accord- ing to a tentative budget prepared by City Manager Victor Petition Filed By Lawyers In Larceny Case Bills Of Particulars Sought By Attorneys For Cothron, Bateman Attorneys for Alonzo Cothron, Keys contractor, and Brooks Bate- man, former general manager of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, today sought 14 bills of particulars in connection with grand larceny charges against the two men. § The petition for the bills was filed this morning with Harry Dongo, clerk of the Criminal Court, by William V. Albury and Enrique Esquinaldo. Jr., attorneys for the accused men, Charged April 28 The charges were filed April 28, by John Marsh, Dade County so- licitor and special investigator ap- took $49,727.09 in toll district funds and that Bateman aided and ab- betted him. Later, on June 11, Marsh filed an amended information which .broke the charge down into 14 counts. : The: petition today asks for a bill of particulars on each of the 14 counts. Charges Are “General” The petition says “that the charg- es in the information are so gen- eral in their nature that they do not fully advise the accused of the crime with which they are charged so that they could not properly prepare a defense.” The petition also asks that the bills of particulars state how the accused men allegedly obtained the money under false pretenses and the basis for obtaining the money between Sept. 9, 1953 and Mareh 11, 1954. The trial of Bateman and Coth- ron, free in $5,000 bond each, has been set for next Tuesday in Crim- inal Court before Judge Thomas S. Caro. Russian Paper Denounces U.S. Segregation Move MOSCOW (#—Izvestia today de- nounced the U.S. Supreme Court decision against segregation in Public schools as just a demagogic gesture that would leave race re- lations in the United States un- changed. This was the first public men- tion in the Soviet Union of the court’s historic May 17 decision. The Soviet government newspa- Per said the decision was “of a purely masking character and it has been undertaken: with propa- ganda aims alone.” “The peoples of Asia and Africa \form their ideas of U. S. policy as |regards the so-called colored peo- ple by the deeds of American ra- cists,” it said. “American ruling circles from timé to time make demagogic gestures designed for export as well as to lull the Amer- ican public and conceal ‘the strug- gle’ of American officials with (the | problem of) Negro discrimination | “Touching in one of his press) jconferences on the decision of the | Supreme Court, United States Pres- | jident Eisenhower gave a negative, |reply to the question of whether | he could advise the southern states |how they are supposed to react. | “Thus behind a formal Position | of noninterference, which is by it- self sufficiently revealing, official support of race discrimination is being concealed.” Lang. Work on the 1954-55 bud- get has been in progress for several weeks. The city commission has held several caucuses to iron out details of the document and the fin- al budget is expected to be submitted to the commission shortly, Lang said today. The tentative budget, at this writing, is $27,142.73 out of bal- ance with proposed expenditures amounting to $1,188,425.64. The city’s street program will eat up the largest share of revenue coming to the city in the next year with $283,936 in cigarette tax funds ear-marked for that purpose. Police Dept. Police protection will require an expenditure of $142,585 and the operation of the firs depart- ment will cost $137,228.64, accord- ing to the tentative budget. The city-operated, garbage and trash removal service will have $128,870 to finance their opera- An itemized analysis of pro- jected cigarette tax expenditures for streets shows that the city Proposes to contract for $85,000 worth of services and to’'make an outlay of $50;000 for the construc- tion of storm sewers, Salaries in the street division of the Depart- ment of Public Service will total $56,436, according to the budget and materials and supplies will eat upanother $88,000. Capital outlay, including the purchase of new equipment, will amount to only $4500. ’ Raises Given Substantial raises have been given to members of the police department with second grade Pa- trolmen now slated to receive a starting salary of $250 per month, Total wages for police as outlined in the tentative budget, are $112,- 335. Capital outlay for the police department, including summer uniforms, purehase of two new Police cars, a patrol wagon and a motorcycle amounts to $9,800. The fire department has received Pay raises identical to the police department. Their payroll will total $115,200. Capital outlay for the fire department, which in- cludes the purchase of office equipment, amounts to $5,278.64. Scavenger Dept. A total of $97,370 of the scaven- ger department’s appropriation will go for the payment of salaries, The city will also spend $24,000 on a dump site, according to the budget. The city apparently intends to spend $33,000 on the much-herald- ed Garrison Bight improvements, The city commission has indicated that they will take steps to con- struct a yacht marina and other facilities to attract pleasure craft to Key West. A total of $25,505 has been ear- marked for the Clyde-Mallory Dock administration and improve- ments, including $2,000 for the city fishing pier. Other Costs Other expenditures include: Ex- ecutive and Administrative De (Continued On Page Eight) {BLOOD TO DADE BANK A quantity of blood collected by a mobile unit from Dade County yesterday was taken to the blood bank there from Marathon by a deputy sheriff, the sheriff's de- partment announced today. Something New In Special Services at the Palm Service Station STOCK ISLAND We Now Honor All Credit Cards Including TRIP - CHARGE, INC.