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

Key West, Floride, has the most equable ciimate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit For Quick Communicatica, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers-~~ tenants or workers . . just VOL. LXXV No. 162 THE Program For Fluoridation Of Waier Supply Proposed Reduetion Of Tooth Decay In Trevor Reporis On Seattle Children Is‘4im |Rotary International Meet ‘A long-range program to reduce tooth decay in chil- Gren by two-thirds was of- fered here today by health authorities. The program would mean adding fluoride to the water supply as is now done in 967 cities throughout the United States, ineluding 30 Florida ministration building at the Naval Station, was attended by representatives of state, teounty, Navy health offic- ers and representatives of the city and county govern- ments. ‘Those at the meeting heard doc- Fifty | ago, Sicicas, Cale: dentists there dis- eovered why children in that city id mottled teeth. was too much fluoride in the No Positive Clue Found In Probe Of Rape Slaying MIAMI (#—Police in south Flor- ida dredged up a bedraggled bunch of child molesters, sex per- verts, peeping toms and burglars but were without a positive clue today as to who kidnaped, raped and slew seven-year-old Judith Ann Roberts. The motley crew of vagrants and deviates drawn in by the police dragnet of a number of cities was questioned and released. Detective Lt. Chester Eldredge, head of the homicide, bureau, said police “have no definite suspects.” “I can’t accuse anyone at this time,” he added. Detective chief H. G. Howard said a teen-age boy who left his home two blocks from the house where Judith Ann was kidnaped was not missing, as at first re- The boy had gone on a visit to his father. He is not in custody and is not regarded as a suspect, said Howard. Renewed questioning of the child’s family and other witnesses led police to believe the blue-eyed Baltimore girl may have been kid- naped from her grandparents home as early as midnight Tuesday. ‘The time previously had fixed at 1:10 a. m. Wednesday. Judith Ann was buried yesterday in private services at Mt. Nebo Cemetery with only her parents, Mr. and Mrs, James Roberts, the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rosenberg, and a few friends Present. Power Lawnmowers FOR RENT BY THE HOUR OR DAY POINCIANA SERVICE STATION Commercial Row, Poinciana Place TELEPHONE 2.6368 Air Force Colonel Is Slain Today Wife’s Former Common Law Mate Is Held WEST PALM BEACH (#—An Air Force lieutenant colonel was killed by six bullets early today which Detective L. L.. Hargraves said were fired by the former common law husband of the of- ficer’s wife. Hargraves and a county investi- gator, John R. Hiatt, identified the victim as Lt. Col. William A. Covington, 46, and said they were holding Orville Waldron, 31, of Fairfield, Calif., as the man who Covington was killed as he slept with his wife. Hargraves said Waldron cut the front screen, un- latched the door, entered the bed- is fest Palm New Mexico shooting. intended to shoot Covington but “blew his top” when he saw the officer and his wife in bed together. Hiatt quoted Mrs. Covington as saying she lived with Waldron in California from 1948 to 1953. She and Covington were married last year at Tavares, Fla. The investigator quoted the wom- an as saying Waldron came to West Palm Beach a month ago, ard when he left she accompanied him to California where she re- mained several days. Covington asked her to return, she said, and she did so. f The next time she saw Waldron, the investigator quoted her as say- ing, he stood at the foot of the bed Pumping bullets into Covington’s chest. Covington, a native of Alabama, has been in the Air Force since 1925. He served here with the 1370th Mapping and Charting group at the West Palm Beach Air Force Base, He has a 15-year-old daughter by a previous marriage, Karen Covington, of Lometa, Calif. Mrs. Covington told Hiatt she had been married five times and had two sons by previous mar- riages, KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE Accidents ___ Traffic Injuri ‘| Traffic Deaths __ 0 Property Damage $2,175 $71.31 The city’s accident rate for July is runing more than 50 per-cent over the same period in the month of June. Already, there have been 11 mishaps—although there were none reported yesterday. Pro- perty damage amounts to $2,175 while on June 10, the total amounted to only $770. City officials blame the in- creased tourist business for the jump. And with another weekend starting today, they fear that the toll will jump even further. Only really bright spot in picture is the fact that Key West-has escaped a traffic fatality during the first six months of 1954. Let’s keep it that way. Drive carefully. Hospitality Of Western Members Lauded In Talk Edwin F. Trevor, retiring dis- trict governor and a member of the local Rotary Club gave his report on the recent Rotary Inter- national Convention held in Seat- tle, Washington, at the regular luncheon meeting of the club at the LaConcha Hotel yesterday. Trevor told the Rotarians that the convention was “outstanding.” He particulary mentioned the hos- Pitality of the host clubs and the entertainment facilities that were Provided for the delegates. One evening _the convention, every delegate was invited to din- ner at the home of a member of a Rotary Club, in that area. At each assembly a different choral group entertained: the delegates and they also had an opportunity to hear the Seattle Symphony. Beautiful Setting The “House of Friendship” was located at the huge Seattle aud- itorium. Trevor said that it was beautiful with rhodendrons and, of course, apple trees. He also said. that delegates could help them- selves to apples at anytime. Over 800 young people under 16 were present at the convention and “they really took good care of them.” One of the most- interesting. hibits atthe ‘convention was” a Siant redwood tree with the im- Portant events in the history of man marked by the. growth rings of the tree. Trevor said that he had brought back several redwood plaques and had taken the liberty of presenting them to the school libraries on behalf of the Key West Rotary Club. Business Session He spoke briefly on the business sessions of the convention and said that a full report of the conven- tion sessions: appears in this month’s Rotary magazine. After the convention, Trevor joined a group of 65 other Rotar- jans on a flight to Spokane via (Continued on Page Seven) | ea SCUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ye Ken West Citisen FRIDAY, JULy 9, 1954 IN THE U.S. DIAL 2-5661 of 25662. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Title To 736 Acres Of Land At Stake In Today’s Talks xk & ® kik * x & * ke &e ® bd Towner Says City Failed To Keep Agreement Claims Navy Was Deprived Of Chance At Units By DENIS SNEIGR Because the city comis- sion failed to live up to an agreement, the Navy lost the opportunity to buy 182 Poin- ciana units and may or may not be able to acquire the remaining 368 units. Rear Adm. George C. Towner, commander of the Navy Base, today told the story of the agreement the city forgot’— an agreement that, if kept, could have done much to alleviate the Navy housing shortage the Navy says now exists here. “In 1951,” Adm. Towner said, “the Navy told the Federal Hous- ing Authority that the Navy need- ed the Poinciana housing as part of its lofig range plans for ex- pansion“of the Naval Base at Key West" The city complained af 4 tose got the housing.» ¢ “The Navy then agreed,” Adm. 1 Towner said, “‘not to press its| |. claim in view of the city’s desire to have more housing.” Tells OF Resolution Adm. Towner said the city com- mission, on June 20, 1953, passed resolution No.'950 and Mayor C. B. Harvey signed it. The resolution said the city hoped to acquire the property but if it couldn’t, the city agreed to consult with the Navy on the Navy’s need for housing here. Adm. Towner said he heard no more about the situation from the city until he read in the news- Papers of the passage of another resolution by the city. That resolution recommended that the housing authority sell the First Round In Inheritance Fight Opens Pathologist Says Youth Died “By Undue Means” CHICAGO (#—The first round in the expected legal fight for Mont- gomery Ward Thorne’s two-million- dollar fortune opened today as coroner’s officials investigated a pathologist’s report hinting he was slain. Dr. Harry Leon, in a report yes- terday, said the 20-year-old mail order heir died violently of alcohol and drug poisons, and that some- one else probably injected the drugs into his veins. Thorne died “by undue means,” Dr. Leon said in his report to Coroner Walter E. McCarron. “This definitely was not a natural death,” he said. The possibility of foul play is| under consideration by McCarron. Something Wrong | “There is definitely’ something wrong in this case,” McCarron | said. “It appears from the phy-| sician’s report that a second party, | expert with the needle, may have administered drugs into the veins of Thorne before he died.” | Thorne’s body was found in his | one-room apartment June 19. The coroner’s office has started a search for all persons who may housing back to the owners—Key West Foundation Co. and the Key West Realty Co. He said reading about the reso- lution in the papers was the first word he got about the city’s recommended action. “I immediately notified the Navy Department,” Adm. Towner said. Seek To Stop Sale The department moved to stop the sale, he said, but before the Navy could act, 182 of the 550 units had been sold. “The Navy now is trying to stop (Continued on Page Seven) Collision Of Sub And Tanker To Be Probed By Navy The Key West-based submarine Trumpetfish collided Tuesday with a civilian tanker in the nar- |row Houston, Texas, channel, it was announced today by the Navy. According to the word re- | ceived here, there was no damage to either vessel. The Trumpetfish, operating out of Houston, giving Naval Reserves in that area submarine training and indoctrination time, scraped the tanker SS Monmouth slightly on her port side abaft the beam. After the incident, the Coast Guard in Galveston, Texas, par- ticipated in the survey of the two vessels. They further confirmed the fact there was no personnel injuries or damage to either ship. Rear Adm. George C. Craw- ford, USN, Commander Subma- have seen him between 1 a.m. and |rine Force Atlantic Fleet, has des- 5 am. Dr. Leon said the position of fresh needle marks on the youth’s arm indicated another verson made them shortlv before his death. Asked directly, “Was Thorne murdered?” Dr. Leon replied, (Continued on Page Seven) ignated a senior submarine Naval officer from this area to investi- gate the accident. Lt. Cmdr. J. A. Naylor is in command of the sub- marine . The Monmouth is operated by the Keystone Shipping Co., Phil- adelphia, Pa. eee City Commission Slates Meeting The city commission is sched- uled to meet tonight at 8 p. m. te consider the budget for the coming year. But whether or not they will be able to muster @ quorum depends on whether or not three of the commissioners re- turn in time from Havana where they have been investi- gating, start of a Key West Havane ferry. Those in Havana include Mayor C, B. Harvey, Paul R. Roberts and Louis Carbonell. They left Wednesday morning for the Cuban capitol. No Epidemic Of Polio Reported In Florida Now JACKSONVILLE #—Incidence of polio in Florida so far this year shows af increase compared with recent years but no particular area is in danger of an epidemic, says the State Board of Health. Forty Mew cases reported for the week efded July 2 were spread over 13 counties. Total cases so far thié year—406—have been spread @ver 37 counties. Dr. L. L. Parks, director of the | Bureau of Preventable Diseases, | said polio has hit Florida lightly in recent Years. At the half-year) (Continued on Page Seven) Sanchez’ Carving ToBe Displayed | A woddearving executed by! Mario Sanchez, a native Key Wester, now living in Tampa will be displayed at the office of Prado Tours, 620 Duval Street., until | closing time Friday, it has been announced , Considerable interest has been| fruit store which corner of Duval Streets. stood at the and Petronia | BANKER TALKS—J. J. Pinder, vice president of the Florida National Bank here, spoke to the Lions Club last night. urged the purchase of savings bonds and told the Lions of sound banking practices—Photo by Spillman. He Pinder Tells Lions Club Of Need To Save Drive To Construct New Club House Is Planned By Group By BILL SPILLMAN “There are more savers in this country than borrowers,” Joe Pinder, vice president of the Key West branch of the Florida Nation- al Bank told members of the Lions Club last night at their weekly meeting. Pinder was the guest speaker. His well-delivered speech marked the beginning of the Lions Club drive to construct the new Lions clubhouse out near Hilton Haven where the club now owns some bay bottom land that needs fill- ing. In Pinder's address he pointed out that upstanding banks encour- age a sound money pelicy — not hard money and not soft money. He added, “The value of money is everybody’s concern. Money is a commodity. It’s unsound when there is too much of it. The hon- est sound dollar should be our present goal.” Cost Of Survival In describing the effects of in- flation and cost of survival, Pin- der said that the World War II B-29 cost $600,000. The present jet bomber of the intercontinental type costs $10,000,000.” As a conclusion to his talk, he urged everyone to invest in the | sound dollar of prosperity by buy- ing savings bonds. Morris Stutz, chairman of the club’s safety council, urged all the | members to join the city’s safety | council. He also requested that safety be a Lions Club project. Jack Burke, a navy man and press agent for the local submar- ine squadrons, requested that the Lions Club take it on themselves | to support one of the Navy’s visit- ing teams that will be here for evinced in the woodcarving which | navy sports event. Burke said that depicts the old “Monkey Man’s’’| it wouldn’t cost the club anv mon- ey: all he was asking was that the club sponsor the team by going to (Continued on Page Seven) ¥ x k *® State Road Department. set for 5 p. m. in the county Col. Castillo Is At The Top Of The Heap Rebel Chief Named President Of Junta Ruling Guatemala By CARLOS ESCUDERO mala today. The government nounced the rebel chief was president of a new three-man jurita, the fifth’ government turn- over in less than two weeks. Oliva, was defense minister in the provisional government which the rebel leader set up at Chiquimula aiter his army of Guatemalan ex- iles invaded their homeland from neighboring Honduras June 18. Decree Gives News A government decree last night said Castillo’s election was effec- tive immediately. The announce- ment said the five members of the previous junta voted unanj- mously to make him head man at a meeting Wednesday night. The other two members of the previous group—Lt. Col. Mauricio Dubois and Lt. Col. Jose Luiz Cruz—resigned. In a formal state- ment they said a smaijer group would make governing easier. It was speculated the two would draw diplomatic assignments, one likely in Washington. Castillo’s emergence as chief of regime had been expected for sev- eral days. The move finally gave the colonel’s liberation army a clear-cut victory. Clears Dissatisfaction Most of his followers were openly dissatisfied with the compromise arrangement he reached with Mon- zon at a peace conference last week in El Salvador. The conference set up the five-man junta which Mon- zon headed as temporary chief. It was agreed that a permanent president would be picked by July 17. Castillo’s drive into Guatemala from Honduras set off a series of rapid government shakeups. First, ex-Preident Jacobo Arbenz Guz- man, whose government had had Communist support, quit on June 27. A junta headed by Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz, his army chief of staff, took over for one day. Then .Monzon—like Castillo, a strong anti-Communist — stepped in. Through mediation efforts of (Continued on Page Seven) President Withdraws Goddard Nomination WASHINGTON #—President Ei- senhower today withdrew from the Senate his nomination of Leland H. Goddard to be postmaster at Key West, Fla. The White House said Goddard, who was acting postmaster, re- | signed after the nomination went to the Senate and said he did not want the job. RK County May Jump Into Fight To Keep Valuable Keys’ Land For Taxpayers By JIM COBB Anthony Demeritt, chairman of the Overseas Road and Toll: Bridge District Commission indicated that the panel will be in a “listening mood” this afternoon when they meet with Sen. George Dayton, attorney for the The meeting, first since the seven man commission was reinstated by acting governor Charley E. Johns, is court house. At stake in the talks will be 736 acres of Keys land valued at more than 10-mill- ion dollars to which the com- mission holds title. The SRD claims that the land should .revert to them when the bond issue floated to finance con- struction of the Overseas Highway is retired October 1. They cite a agreement negotiate” * the commission stating th-* ‘‘e lands owned by them shev'd * turned over to the state. ‘Will Stand Firm The toll commission, howev.< a F rity Ae areas, when the bonds off. § 5 with the 1946 agreement. The result is e: Indications were today that the county commission may jump into (Continued On Page Seven) Soldier Is Held In Stabbing Of Younger Brother MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. #—Pvt. Don L.. Dombrosky, 19, was held for questioning today after his three-year-old brother, Paul De- wayne, was found dying of stab wounds in their bedroom. Patrolman William Springer said the soldier, on furlough after com- © base training at Camp , Ga., admitted orally that stabbed the child but “I don’t other, Alice Dombrosky, rd the younger boy scream today and found him lying lower bed of a double bunk. as bleeding from the abdomen died after a doctor was called. The solier was lying across the foot of a 15-year-old sister’s bed in another room, fully clothed, Springer said. He began crying when his mother shook him, think- ing he was asleep. The father, Edwin C. Dombrosky is a foreman in a Michigan City bicycle manufacturing plant. BUS STRIKE ENDS PANAMA # — Panama City’s strike of bus drivers ended last night after four days of reduced transport service. The drivers’ un- fon agreed to submit its demands fer a guaranteed wage of 50 cents an hour to a conciliation court, Seven Communists arrested dur- ing the work stoppage for agitating were sentenced to jail terms of 20 and 99 days on charges of disturb- ing the peace. 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