The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 8, 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. 161 Ken West Citisen THE Spear Fishing Meet Slated For _! ‘Two spear fishing meets— ne of which will draw nat- ional attention — are sched- uled for Key West this sum- mer, Lt, Jerome M. Dowling, _ president of the Key Cudas, Key West spear fishing club, today announced the state- wide meet for July 18 and the national meet for August 29. This marks the second consecutive year that the Florida state meet has been held here, ‘The winning team in the national championship meet in August will be invited to attend the Internation- al Underwater Spearfishing Cham- Pionships in Rio de Janerio in De- cember. National Competition Teams of spear fishermen from all over the United States will be here for the national champion- ships. Teams from 16 Florida towns will take part in the state-wide meet here a week from next Sun- day, Lt. Dowling said. He said he did not have a com- plete roster of the towns yet but that he knew the following towns would be represented: Key . West, Bradenten, Dania, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Sar- asota, Tampa, Ft. Myers, West Palm Beach, and St. Petersburg. Lt. Dowling said he felt sure a team from Tallahassee would be entered and that possibly Miami would enter another team. Two Miami teams already are listed for the state meet. Small Boats Provided Small boats from which the Key West To Draw Nat'l Notice spear fishermen will work will be available from Cliff’s Marine Sup- ply on Stock Island. The Greyhound, Capt. Tony Tar- racino, will carry members of the | press, contestants and a doctor furnished by the Navy, Lt. John- son. The Dixie D, Capt. Bill Bell also will take contestants and others to the reef where the meet will be held. Site of the meet will be along the reef from American Shoals light to the J marker from 8 a. m. to 2p. m. Fish speared by each team will be judged on a point basis to de- termine the winning team. All fish that are caught will be donated to charity. For spectators, the glass bottom sightseeing boat Fireball, Capt. Clyde Montgomery, will make a trip from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. On the morning of the meet, the contestants will have breakfast at the Flame Restaurant. _ City Tax Millage Expected To Remain At 24.5 For This Year Finance Office Jumps The Gun a ‘On Extending ' The Tax Books By JIM COBB In case you Key West pro- . Perty owners are wondering, , “what-your city tax millage’ will be this year — it’s a good bet that you'll pay the same rate you did last year — 24.5 mills... At least that’s the rate be- ing used: in figuring individ- ual tax levies, based on as- sessments prepared by City Tax Assessor Sam Pinder, dr. before he resigned. ‘The books are being extended, even ‘though the Equalization Board has yet to pe ts first ‘ing to assess- pena An euarioses of the city office is presently engag- out th actual tax sent to property owners 24.5, the maximum al- law, in an effort to keep e city’s tax machinery on sched- Outeome Uncertain But what will happen if, when the Equalization Board meets, they toss out some of the assess- ments has city *: observers . It is a month's work to . Deadline for the City Tax is August 1. City Manager Victor Lang has Prepared a Jarge chart used in computing the individual tax bills on the 24.5 mill basis. He said that he is “assuming that this year’s millage will be the same as last year.” But the city commission has City officials admit that they fhave departed widely from usual methods of processing the tax rolls. Usual procedure is for the tax meets to hear complaints and pleas for adjustments in individual assessments from taxpayers. When the book is straightened out to their satisfaction, the board “ac- cepts” it. Budget Prepared Meanwhile, the city manager Prepares a tentative budget for the city commission’s consideration. After the city fathers have revised that document to their satisfaction, they know how much money they need to operate for the fiscal year. Then they hold a meeting and set the millage. The tax assessor then “extends” (Continued on P; Two) Warning To Motorists . . . Straying horses have been proving a menace to night traffic in the Stock Island Bridge Vicinity recently, according to reports received by The Citizen, The horses: wander along the side of the boulevard, evidently grazing, and frequently step on to the highway in the path of cars, Mrs. George Mills“ White, president of the Humane Society here, says that the hands of that group are tied when it comes to dealing with these animals, because the society has no facilities | for caring for large animals. The Society has issued Tepeated warnings, in the interest of the animals’ safety, and for the safety of the public, when the owner of a straying horse could be disé City Law Cited covered, There is a law in the Key West City Code, enacted as a whole, June 2, 1952, effective July 31, 1952, pertaining to keeping cattle and horses within the city limits, which is apparently not enforced, reads: Found on Page 110, Chaper Four, Article 1, Section 4.2, the law . “Requirements as to keeping cattle and horses. “Tt shall be unlawful for any person to keep cattle or horses within the corporate limits of the city, except in accordance with the following regulations: “(1) Such animals must be provided with completely screened stables. “(2) There shall be a daily collection of the manure on the Premises occupied by such animals and same shall be deposited in fly-proof and water-proof containers until disposed of by removal to the city dump or trash.pile. “(3) The premises on which be maintained in good sanitary nuisance and a breeding place for such animals are kept shall also condition so as not to create a flies.” Since the owners of the straying animals apparently do not have the good of the animals and the public at heart, motorists are urged to protect themselves by taking extra precautions on Roose- velt Boulevard and on Stock Island near the bridge, after dark, when these stray horses are an added safety especially hazard. Red Cross Disaster Aid In Flood-Stricken Area Told KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE July To Date i uN 278 Traffic Injuries __. t 56 Traffic Deaths __ 0 0 Property Damage $2,175 $71,311 One of the two accidents which occurred yesterday fol- lowed a patterm all too prev- alent in past weeks—it oc- curred at the intersection of Truman Avenue and White St. It was the sixth accident to occur at that intersection this year. Only one other intersection —Roosevelt Boulevard and 13th Street has been the scene of more accidents. There have been eight there. Both of yesterday’s acci- dents were caused by careless- ness. In one, a driver was fol- lowing another too closely and the second was the result of a car backing up without check- ing for oncoming vehicles. The cost of these lapses was $225 in property damage. Executive Board Of Local Group Plans Activities The new Board of Directors of the local branch of the American Red Cross held its initial meeting last night. Ralph Rogers, chair- man, opened the meeting with dis- cussion of the past year’s activities and the responsibility the board Possesses in rendering a civic ser- vice to Key West in the year to come. Mrs. Carola Nettles, executive secretary, discussed the organiza- tional structure of the local board for benefit of several new mem- bers. aster chairman, spoke of the known to follow if the Key West popu- lace were to be confronted with a hurricane or any other disaster. Home Nursing Program Leslie Ray, Red Cross Field Di- Perience of going into disaster areas that one of the most valu- able phases of the Red Cross or- ganization is its home nursing pro- gram. Mrs. George Towner is the chair- man of this committee. Mrs. Towh- ulated program for home nursing in Key West was to be put into ef- fect this fall. Jack Burke, chairman of safe- ty service, informed the board that (Continued on Page Two) SCUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1954 Miami Police Push Search For Slayer Known Sex Perverts, Child Molesters Are Listed For Quizzing MIAMI, Fla. (—More than 30 men were questioned and seven were being held by police as homi- cide detectives sought today to crack the kidnap-murder of 7-year- old Judith Ann Roberts. Lt Chester Eldredge, head of the homicide bureau, said however that his men were without a “definite” suspect. The police still had about 40 men listed for questioning, all known sex perverts and child mo- lesters. The body of blue-eyed Judith Ann was savagely beaten and rav- ished when found yesterday a few blocks from Miami's City Hall at Dinner Key. “We will work around the clock until this vicious killer is in jail,” said Eldredge. Neo FBI Aid A report that the FBI was call- ing signals in the case was denied by Edward J. Powers, special agent in charge of the Miamp of- lacked jurisdiction because the body was not taken across state lines and there was no ransom demand. One suspect seized in a South Miami bar. when the bartender Was among those still being held. Laboratory tests were being made of his clothing. He denied being Ed Bayly, newly appointed dis- | refuges and the immediate plan | rector, advised, from his past ex- | er informed the board that a stim- | |] the Chamber ef Commerce that action would be taken! the area of the crime. Judith Ann, daughter of a Balti- more lawyer and labor leader, was raped and murdered and her body left in a Palmetto thicket off fash- ionable South Bayshore Drive, a few. miles south of downtown Miami. Seized From Bed Five hours earlier she had been taken in her sleep frem the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rosenberg, about 24 miles away in Miami’s southwest section. She. had been strangled, beaten on the head and criminally assault- ed. A night gown had been ripped from her body. The victim’s 3-yearold sister Betty told police in the presence of a reporter that a ‘“‘colored man” had talked to her and Judith on the street Tuesday. A neighbor said she saw two Negro gardeners who worked at the Rosenbergs talking to the children on several occa- sions. Mother, Son Die In Home Fire WAUKESHA, Wis (2 — Robert Kneuse awakened last night, smelled smoke and rushed into the living room where his wife Made- line had been‘ resting on a couch. He found her covered with flames. He tried to drag her from the house, but failed. Neither could he Teach the bedroom where his three small children were sleeping, Driven back by smoke and flames, he ran to summon a neigh- bor, and he and the neighbor chopped a hole in the wall of tae children’s bedroom. They brought out two of the children, Mary, 3, ard Margaret, 2, but were unable to find Robert Jr., 6. Firemen later recovered the bodies of the 35-year-old mother and her son. ; The two small girls were dead on arrival at a Milwaukee hospital. Fire Chief Franklin Wirth said the fire apparently started in the couch in the living room. {SEVEN ARRESTED AS STRIKE AGITATORS PANAMA (#—Secret police ar- | rested seven persons, including one ;woman, last night and accused |them of agitating the four-day-old bus drivers’ strike in Panama City. Secret Police Chief Jorge Luis Alfaro said all seven were Com- is continuing, he said. fice. He pointed out that the FBI i IN THE U.S.A, noticed blood spots on his clothing | | 4 Puerto Rican Terrorists Get Prison Terms WASHINGTON (#—Four Puerto Rican terrorists who shot up the House of Representatives March 1 and wounded five of its members today were given maximum prison sentences ranging up to 75 years. ls fiery brunette, Lolita Lebron, 34, self-styled leader of the group received a sentence of from 16 years and 8 months to 50 years. Her three male companions re- ceived sentences of from 25 to 75 years each. US. Dist. Judge Alexander Holt- crime was ‘“‘so heinous, so infa- mous, so daring and so atrocious as to shock the conscience of the | nation.” Tougher On Men The longer sentences for the three men resulted from the fact that a jury convicted them last month on five charges each of as- sault with intent to kill and five charges each of assault with a dangerous weapon. Mrs. Lebron was convicted only \on five charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. Before hearing their sentences, the four Puerto Ricans protested anew that they merely staged a demonstration in behalf of Puerto Rican independence, and did not intend to kill anyone. Their lawyers said they would file notices of appeal. The men are: Rafael Cancel (Continued on Page Two) CLEARE BACK ON JOB | Allan B. Cleare, Jr., county | solicitor, was back on the job to- | day after a brief illness. | During Cleare’s absence Bob |ing county solicitor. | RELIEF IN PARKING SITUATION! What's happened for relief of the parking problem that |] geing te secure the property? faces Key West? The City Manager promised merchants and Is he | (sd.) YGNACIO CARBONELL. \ Robert E. Pollock Named City Tax Assessor, Lang Announces a Appointee Has zoff said he felt maximum sen-| tences were justified because the | Miranda, 25; PRICE FIVE CENTS Chamber Sets Early Date On Local Housing Survey Naval Personnel To Be Queried On Rents, Availability.Of Units The Key West Chamber of Commerce is going right to those who should know all about the situation in an effort to determine the authenticity of the Navy’s claim that there is a shortage of housing for Navy personnel here. Their fact finding committee voted at a meeting yesterday to distribute a questionaire among Naval per- sonnel to see if their opinion of the housing situation coin- cides with that of Rear Admiral George whey manding officer of the Navy Base ay \ George C. Crawford, Atlantic Sea § US. Threatens | |To Veto China Entry In U.N. Dulles Denounces Peiping Regime’ For Flouting U.N. WASHINGTON (#—Secretary of State Dulles said today the United States would use its veto, if neces- sary, to keep Red China out of U.N. Security Council. . Dulles expressed complete :eon- fidence the Red China .vpegime would be unable to gain adi Had Widespread Business Experience Robert E. Pollock, 527 Margaret Street, has been named City Tax Assessor it was announced today by City Manager Victor Lang. Pollock will fill the $300 per{ month post made vacant three| weeks ago by the resignation of Sam Pinder, Jr., City Finance Director Craig Bowen recommend- ed the appointment and Lang plac- ed his stamp of approval on it. Pollock was among three persons recommended for the post by the Civil Service Board. A 45-year-old native of New York, Pollock was engaged in the operation of the jewelry business his father ‘established here in 1936 up until a few months ago. He jhas been a Key West resident and | property owner for the past 10) years. Wide Experience Pollock has had wide experience jin the business world including the |operation of his’ own real estate firm in New York. Previous to |that he was office and credit man- | ager for a large distilling firm and | ;secretary to the general manager | | of the Semet-Solvay Company. | Active in civic and fraternal | circles in‘Key West, Pollock is presently Worshipful Master of} Dade Lodge, F and AM, secretary |(and past vice-president) of the |Key West Players, and a member | of the Elks, Shrine Club, Chamber, (Continued on Page Two) |ARMY RECRUITER WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK M-Sgt. Henry J. Reynaud, Jr., | United States Army, will be in Key | West on July 13 and 14, and again on July 26 and 27, at the local} draft board office in the Post Of- fice building. | He will arrive about 10:00 a.m. on July 13 and July 27 and will not | leave until 3:00 p.m. the following munists. The groundup of agitators | Youmans batted for him as act- day. ; Any one desiring assistance in |answering questions about enlist-| {ment in the United States Ar should contact Sgt. Reynaud dur- ing his stay in Key West. NEW EXEC REPORTS TO SONAR SCHOOL A Silver Star holder, Charles W. Lynn, Jr., recently re- ported to the Fleet Sonar School | as executive officer. Cdr. Lynn; was awarded the Silver Star. for) gallantry in action while serving | on board the submarine S-32 dur- Cdr. | ing an engagement off the Aleutian ‘Islands in World War IL. f at the fall session to any principal U.N. organizations, in- eluding the Assembly. . At a news cdiifepence, Dulles-de- nounced the Peiping Tegime for flouting the United Nations in Ko- rea, supporting the Communists in Indochina and generally failing to fulfill international ‘obligations Dulles said firmly, in answer to questions, he did not believe there would be any occasion for the United States to withdraw from the United Nations if Red China is admitted, as Sen Knowland (R-Calif) has proposed. “Defeatism” Rapped Talk of pulling out of the United Nations, he said, strikes a note of defeatism which is entirely unjusti- fied because the United States and like-ininded countries have a pow- erful case for blocking Red China’s membership. President Eisenhower said yester- day he is ‘completely and unalter- ably opposed under the present situation to the admission of Red China to the United Nations” His stand was believed to have warded off likelihood of any early Senate action to put Congress on record with formal notice of Amer- ican withdrawal if Red China should be admitted, as suggested by Knowland. Knowland himself has been cool- ing on his idea and Sen. George (D-Ga) said in an interview he does not now expect such a proposal to be offered. George, who is senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he would oppose such a move because it ‘might de- prive us of freedom of action at a critical time.” Other Comments Dulles also said in dealing with other matters: 1. Neither he or Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith has any pres- ent plans to return to the Geneva Far East conference, even Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, French Premier Pierre Mendes- (Continued on Page Two) Tot’s Screams Save Her Life SOUTH BEND, Neb. (# — A 3- year-old girl “screamed bloody murder” and saved her life—by the hair of her head. Linda Lehman of Grand Island, Now., was playing in her grand- father’s car when the vehicle started to roll backward to Park Lake near here. A witness said Linda screamed bloody murder” and brought her | grandfathes Orley Clement, on the run. He was pushed into the water by the car. Gene Grimm of South Bend dove into the lake and, reaching through a window, grasped Linda’s long | tresses and hauled her out. Clements was pulled out by an identified rescuer. Omething isn't done to relieve the situation. Ne Shortage But, at meeting of the Chamber committee’ headed by Paul J. Sher, the opinion was ex- Pressed that there are currently more dwelling units available for rental than there have been for the past several years. The committee had been formed by Chamber president Mary Lee Graham at the request of the Board of Directors of that organiz- ation. Mrs. Graham told the group yes- terday that Admiral Towner had said there were 825 Navy families Thompson Enterprises told the meeting that there are plenty of one bedroom apartments in the city but that if the Navy is looking for two or three bedroom housing— or cheaper rents — “We can’t pro- Fallacious Claim Adams also took sharp exception to Amdreris’ alnowT daya anditer to Admiral Towner’s figure on the number of families wanting hous- ing. “It’s fallacious,” he said. “It is never adjusted when Naval per- sonnel is transferred, given temp- orary duty or Je; the city for some other reason. He pointed to other Navy cities, saying that the problems here is not different, or any more acute, It was generally agreed at the meeting that federal action in building another large low-cost housing project—as indicated earli- er, might prove disastrous, spend- ing on the type of units and in the (Continued on Page Two) 7 Guilty Pleas Entered Today Seven persons today pleaded guilty in Criminal Court before Judge Thomas §. Caro. Their Names, offenses, and sentences follow: s Jesse Thomas, uttering a forged instrument, two years in the state pen. W. E. Moore, drunk driving and reckless driving, $500 and costs or 9¢ days and driver's license re- though | voked. Lucien T. Ragonesi, drunk, $15 or 15 days. ) Patrick Gryan, drunk, $25 bond forfeited. William Langstreet, illegally parking on bridge, $15 bond for- feited. Reginald H. Bigelow, speeding, $100 or 60 days. JoShn W. 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