The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 13, 1954, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN —___—_ CAIRO, Egypt %—Prospects for @ settlement of the British-Egyp- tian dispute over the Suez Canal zone were bri, today by the lifting of Egyptian restrictions on British trade, Bh A trade boycott was instituted mearly two yearseago as a protest against British occupation of the zone, Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser called a Cabinet meeting tonight. At it the Egyptians may decide whether to reopen formal negotia- tions with the British on a settle- ment of the Suez problem. WASHINGTON u#—Sen. McCar- thy (R-Wis) today called for a Senate Investigations subcommit- tee meeting Thursday which could produce action on demands for the firing of some staff employes. McCarthy, the chairman, told newsmen he was calling the meet- ing specifically as a step toward his long-deferred investigation of alleged Communist infiltration on defense The meeting will mark its first official session with McCarthy as chairman since the subcommittee voted last spring to investigate the McCarthy-Army row. He stepped off the group for that inquiry. WASHINGTON (#—A never-say- die Southerner raised the Confed- erate flag over Ft. Stevens yes- terday—something Gen. Jubal Ear- ly failed to do just 90 years ago. It was found snapping in the breeze when workmen came out to the reconstructed Civil War fort on the northern edge of Washing- ton to prepare for a ceremony marking the anniversary of the skirmish that ended Early’s 1864 threat to the capitol. WASHINGTON (#—Secretary of Commerce Weeks has been chosen by President Eisenhower to head a special Cabinet committee that will conduct a detailed study of “‘over- all transportation policies and problems.” FT, MONMOUTH, N.J. (—Ber- natd Maftin, a technical writer suspended a year from Ft. Mon- mouth as a purported security risk, has been cleared and reinstated. In an announcement yesterday, Army authorities said Martin had been notified he couldd return to work at the electronic center. But the Army did not disclose whether he would be put back on his old job. FRANKFURT, Germany #—The U.S. Embassy in Prague said to- day it is “pushing” for release of seven American soldiers seized by Czech Communist border guards July 4, “We keep pushing for their re- lease,” an embassy spokesman said by-telephone, ‘‘and anything is possible. We are hoping some- thing might happen this week.” But he added: “So far, we haven't heard a thing. We have no idea where they are.” RANGOON, Burma #—Four po- licemen were killed and one was wounded by a Communist gang that raided an outpost six miles from Mandalay, reports reaching here today said. One raider was killed. The attack was one of several reported staged by Communists and Karen rebels against govern- ment outposts and communications in upper and lower Burma. ASHLAND, Ky. (” — Eighteen- month-old Jeanine Jackson choked to death yesterday when she swal- lowed a medicine dropper with which she had been playing. Read The Citizen Daily The Weatherman Tuesdiy, July 13, mK ey Cudas Choose Team To Enter Spear Fishing Event Teams From Twelve Florida Towns Will Compete For Cup Names of the six-man team |which will represent Key West in the Florida state spear fishing tourney next Sunday were announc- ed today. Says| Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy today through Wednesday with local showers or thunder- showers; continued warm and jhumid. Low tonight near 78 de- grees; high Wednesday 90/92 de- @rees. Light to moderate variable mostly east winds. | Florida: Continied warm and ‘udas, partly cloudy through Wednesday i pokes Bee " with widely scattered afternoon | *© kt es: thundershowers in south and pos-| Buddy Roberts, C. L. Alexander, sibly a few at places in the north|J. L. Ballew, Paul Dammann, J. the Key West club, Lt. J. M. Dowling, president of | portion. Jacksonville through the Florida Straits: Light to moderate mostly southerly winds and clear to part- ly cloudy weather with scattered showers in south and central por- tions through Wednesday. East Gulf: Moderate easterly winds over south portion and light to moderate variable over north Portion. Clear to partly cloudy weather through Wednesday. Scat- tered showers in south portion. Western Caribbean: Moderate easterly winds, fresh at times and partly cloudy. weather through Wednesday. Occasional showers. Weather Summary for Tropical Atlantic, Caribbean and East Gulf: There is a weak wave moving wesiward, extending from the Florida Straits area across Cuba and the northwestern Caribbean. It is attended by local showers but it shows no signs of development. Elsewhere in the tropical area settled weather prevails. Observation Taken at Post Office Building, 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., July 13, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night -. Mean Normal Precip’ Total last 24 hours ........... T. ii Total this month 0.25 i Deficiency this month _ 1.39 ins. Total this year 21.62 ins. Excess this year 6.00 ins. Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 10% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 29.99 ins.—1015.6 mbs, Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunrise 5:46 a.m. Sunset 7:19 p.m. Moonrise . 5:37 p.m. Moons¢t,,. 3:24 a.m. TOMORROW'S {IDES (Naval Base) High Tides Low Tides 8:17 a.m. 1:28 a.m. 10:04 p.m. 3:23 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of Tide high water ins 9.0 tt. No Name Key st end) ....+-2h 20m Boca Chica Sandy Pt. Caldes Channel (north end) —oh 40m +2h 10m 41.4 ft. {—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtracred. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. MOVIE COUPLE EXPECT STORK HOLLYWOOD (® — Singer Rose- mary Clooney and her husband, Jose Ferrer, announced last night on the eve of their first wedding anniversary that they are expect- ing a child next January. The couple returned yesterday from New York, where Miss Cloon- ey appeared in a television show. She hopes to appear in one or two more movies before the stork ar- Tives. NOT NEW I} | this year at |W. Prejean, and Dowling. | The teams from 12 Florida towns | will be competing for the Cuda Cup plus three other trophies. Two-time Winners The Cuda Cup has been held by the Neptune Club of Miami for the |past two years. If the Neptunes win it again, they will have per- manent possesion af the trophy. | The first place trophy is being | offered by Ed Townsend of Dania; | second and third place cups by | Dr. George F. Grissinger, MD, of Clearwater. Dr. Grissinger is publisher of the | Water Bug, magazine devoted to | Florida spearfishing. Bill Burrell, of Coral Gables, an | AAU official, will be here to referee the tourney. BOATS NEEDED | Boats and motors are need- ed for next Sunday’s state-wide spear fishing meet here. Anyone wanting to rent his boat for the day can do so. The spearfishermen will pay regular rates for use of the boats and motors. For details, contact Lt. J. M. Dowling, president of the Key Cudas, Key West spearfishing club, at 2-6875. |* The winning team will be select: ed on points basis, depending on jthe number and weight of the fish speared. | Eligible Fish Five types of fish are eligible for shooting in the tourney. They are grouper, mangrove snapper, other snappers, jacks and barracuda. | All fish will be donated to chari- ty. | The team winning the tourna- |ment next Sunday will represent |Florida in the National Tourna- |ment to be held here in Aug. 29. Teams from many parts of the | United States will compete in the |national meet. The winner of that meet will be invited to the Inter- national Underwater’ Spearfishing |Championships in Rio de Janeiro | |next December. | | | EQUALIZATION BOARD | (Continued From Page Cne) jects were built is owned by the government. 2. ;The project is not in Key | West, | 3. The city has no jursidiction over the property. They stated further that their $1,056,480 assessment is ‘grossly excessive.” The Peary Court project carries an additional assessment of $431,- 520. The projects were constructed three years ago at a reported cost | |of more than eight million dollars. | | When it came time for them to| | act, the Equalization Board stood | | firm. | “I think it is a fair assessment,” | ;said board member Louis Carbon- jell. No Change Recommended | Tax Assessor Robert Pollock, jin his report to the board, recom- mended no change in the tax levy. On Carbonell’s motion, the board | voted to leave it unchanged. | Four other complaints were lodged by taxpayers at last night's session. | Mrs. James Porter, 1925 Fogarty | Avenue, complained that her home |was assessed for eight thousand | |dollars. She asked that it be set at six thousand dollars. | However, tax records showed | that she apparently misunderstood | | her assessment in which is set $6,850. Last year's j one-eighth share. Cost Set On Global System Of Air Bases | By RUSSELL BRINES | WASHINGTON (® — The Air | Force says now it needs $7,600,- | 000,000 to Build a global system |of air bases for its strategic bom. bers, a cut of nearly two billion dollars from earlier estimates. James H. Douglas, under sec- retary of the Air Force, said in testimony made public today that minimum operational _require- ments for a 137-wing Air Force should be completed by the end of 1957. A wing ranges from 30 to 75 planes. He told a House Appropriations subcommittee that ‘closer figur- ing” had cut nearly two billions off the 914-billion-dollar estimate given Congress a little over two years ago. Maj. Gen. L. D. Washbourne, as- sistant Air Force chief of staff, testified that the 137-wing Air Force now projected and former Presi- dent Truman’s onetime goal of 143 same “over-all combat potential.’ Douglas said air strength now is 115 wings and he added: “Some of these have highly in- adequate base facilities, and these inadequacies must be corrected.” The committee was told that to accommodate 137 wings new bases must be built overseas and some World War II bases must be put back into service, The Air Force asked the sub- committee for 218 million dollars to continue construction at a num- ber of overseas airfields. This is Part of a $1,100,000,000 budget for military construction in all three services for the year ending in mid- 1955 which is being studied by the subcommittee, Overseas requests included 48 million dollars for four airfields in Spain and the same amount for 31 bases now used by the Strategic Air Commasd in Great Britain, The Spanish figure was in addition to 40 million dollars appropriated earlier. Heat Wave Sends Thermometers In Hospital Way Ip GRANITE CITY, Ill —St. Eliz- abeth Hospital nurses had trouble keeping their clinical ther- mometers down below 105 degrees because of the heat here yesterday, The temperature in the hospital rooms was 105 degrees and it was a sweltering 109.3 in nearby St. Louis. A hospital official said the ther- mometers maintain the tempera- ture of the environment until hey are shaken down, She explained an accurate reading could be taken by keeping the thermometer in cool water or alcohol and then Putting it quickly into the patient’s mouth. One nurse took her thermometer into an air-conditioned room, ran cool water over it and cooled it to 98 degrees but by the time she | got back to her patient the ther- | mometer read 105 again. THORNE’S BODY TO BE (Continued from Page One) under an earlier will, was left a Thorne told his attorney, Jay Stough, at that time he feared he might not live until his 21st birth- day in October. He asked that his death, if it occurred, be thoroughly investigated. First Opinion Dr. Leon attributed Thorne’s death to the depressive breath. halting effects of narcotics, a sleeping potion and wood alcohol. | He opined a second person might have administered narcotics in Thorne’s veins. However, the panel reported SUSPENSION LETTER (Continued from Page One) to appear at the Civil Service Board hearing to ensure that Her- nandez is given a fair trial. As the situation now stands: 1. Lt. Hernandez has been sus- pended temporarily with recom- mendations for permanent dismis- sal if the charges are proved valid. 2. Roberts admitted that he was preferring charges. 3. The Civil Service Board will old a hearing Thursday night on the suspension. DID KNOPP CATCH (Continued from Page One) around a piling in an effort to slow | down a series of mad rushes the | fish made in an effort to gain his freedom. Knopp said that friction made the line so Hot it actually smoked Soon his hands were raw and blistered. Finally, Knopp got that fish to within 10-feet of the shore. The fish spit out, the hook. His Spirit Broken Knopp, a broken man, stared at the fish as it drifted away from the pier. And this is where the fish story really has merit—the certain touch which sets it aside from run-of-the- mill variety: The old jewfish got So excited about being free that he accidently snagged himself in the belly and the fight was on again. Then, (and Knopp claims this is the Gospel), the jewfish got him- self all wound up in the line. At this point, he apparently be- | came confused and made a mad| Tush at Knopp—and slammed into a concrete piling, knocking him- self groggy. It was a comparative- ly simple task then to drag him into shallow water, Knopp said. About that time, Sewer Inspect- or Walter Ziff ambled onto the scene. “That's some fish you've got there, Ray,” he commented. Knopo’ then asked Ziff if he would hold the line and keep the | ~~ fish under control while he went | to summon aid in getting him out| of the water. Air Of Confidence “Well, if you caught him. I guess T can hold him,” said Ziff with a confident air. Kopp left the scene to get help. | When he returned, there was Ziff locked in a titanic struggle with| the fish 75 feet out in the channel again. He had almost escaped. Several blisters on Ziff’s hands bore testimony of the battle he had | waged in Knopn’s absence. | Finally the fish was dragged a- shore. The task consumed the better part of an hour. Knopp, who was tired and thirs- ty left the fish on the shore while he went to, Sloppv Joe’s for a cool- ing beverage. That-was a mistake | within a few minutes a courier dashed breathlessly into the bistro to inform Knopp that certain un- savory characters were plotting to swipe his jewfish. | Knopp dashed back to the dock, | claimed ownership and canvassed | the city’s seafood dealers by tele-| Hotel La Concha Phone for a buyer. He sold the fish for $25. Knopn is having a fine time to- day relating his fish story. The earth’s magnetic pole has been found to move slowly over a period of many years and one theory is the earth’s magnetism | comes from the liquid core of thi | earth which does not rotate quit as fast as the earth’s surface. 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The motors | Colorado, Arizona and New Mex. | were down a shade. i e 5 ico, has sent two motor caravans | g ts d y a Among ‘higher stocks were New| onty the vast Colorado Plateau, York Central, Southern Railway, ————_—_—— POOR OLD CRAIG American Airlines, RKO Theatres, | American Cyanamid, U.S. Steel, | North American Aviation, Curtiss- | heart of the nation’s uravtum boom, to gather the facts. Actually begun in 1950, the study may take years more to complete, are scheduled to visit 20 mining districts in the four-state area this summer. Officials said that more than 1,000 miners and mill workers have been examined in the last four years. Tires . . Batteries . . Accessories DARLOW’S Pure Oil Station STOCK ISLAND TEL. 2-3167 Open 7 A.M. ‘til 10 P.M. Automotive Repairs Wheel Balancing Front End Alignment | lease? |ernment housing? Wright, and Radio Corp. 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The in-| Monday that “toxicological exam- |crease, according to the tax col-| ination of vital tissues has not re- lector, is due to the construction | vealed poisons in quantity to cause | TECHNICOLOR US im Antiques Dishes Kitchen Wares Books Eve: 421 FLEMING ST. ing Must Be In Good Condition Leave Your Articles on Consignment | of a garage on Mrs. Porter's prop- || erty. mend no changes in her assess- ment, Mayor C. B. Harvey suggest- ed that the Tax Assessor meet with Mrs. Porter and explain the situation to her. McCrorys Turned Down McCrory Stores, Ine., of New York, was also unsucessful in get- ting a reduction in their current assessment of $39,000. That figure jincludes both stock and fixtures |] in their Duval Street store. They jij | claim that total valuation is only 1] | $35,000. | However, the tax assessor point- J |ed out that “in comparison with |other similar enterprises in the ||| city, the complainant would ap- \|| pear to have no grounds for com- |plaint aginst this assessment.” Clothes Radios Toys Silverware (La Concha Hotel) their valuation of their stock and Diana Stores. Inc., presented a TELEPHONE 2-8615 lteter complaint. They held that (fixtures is only $8,830 while the as- After the board voted to recém-| | death.” | The panei members microscopi- cally examined slides of tissue sec- tions from Thorne’s body and also } studied new specimens they pre- pared from organ _ samoles removed from the body” before burial. sessment was set at $14,200 by the city. However, Tax Assessor Pollock stated in his report that ‘the com- | | plainant’s assessment is well below jthe local average. | Their plea for a reduction was} | denied. | | After they had disposed of last | night’s complaints, the board re-| cessed until next Wednesdav at 8 |p.m. at which time they will have | the tax books on hand for discus- | | sion. However, deadline for filing | \formal complaints on individual | tax assessments was the first , Monday in June. a Spanish Fox News Box Office Open: 1: 2:45 - 9 PLM. CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE Last Times Today | 245 - 9:00 P.M. Daily WEDNESDAYS . Qa «TELEPHONE 2-2419 FOR TIME SCHEDULE “Ba San Carlos Theatre Air - Conditioned Show Times 30 — 6:30 — 8:30 AIR COOLED Wed. and Thurs.