The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 4, 1954, Page 1

¥ States Coast Guard For’ Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll Teach buyers and sellers— Key West Hails 164b Anniversary Of The United Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit 3 3 |Party Control | lls At Stake KEY WEST, FLORID: 00s. 26 In Kansas Vote Four States Have Primary Elections In Nation Tuesday By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A revolt against the Republican Statehouse administration in Kan- sas took the spotlight from three U. S. senators and 41 House mem- bers seeking renomination in four . | state primaries yesterday. iS 3 OLD RAILWAY STATION TO GO — This old frame building, being torn down to make way for a new $755,000 Navy building, once was the passenger station when the Florida East Coast Rail- ‘way operated here. Until recently, the old building on the Naval Station Annex was used as the ships service store. —Official U.S. Navy Photo. The new reinforced concrete building will be used to test underwater ordnance. Navy To Break Ground Friday For $755,000 Bldg. At Annex Demolition Of Old FEC Station Set To Provide Space Key West's construction activity will get a boost soon when the Navy, begins: work off &°$755;000 building on the Naval Sta- tion Annex. In announcing the start of construction on the two- story building, a Navy spokesman said today ground breaking ceremonies will be held Friday. The building will be used for test- ing underwater ordnance, Although the building will be only two stories, it is so planned that another two stories can be added later. It will be built of concrete block and stucco on a reinforced con- crete frame. Dimensions are 100 by 182 feet and 32 feet high. The building will have attached lean-tos to house air-conditioning equipment and compressed air equipment which will be used in the operations of the testing eqip- ment. Layout Described There will be four torpedo shops on the first floor and four labora- tories and offices on the second floor. An elevator and traveling cranes will be installed to handle heavy units that are to be tested. The building will be fitted with movable partitions and a sprinkler system. Besides the building itself, an outdoor movie theater of 1,300 square feet will be constructed as well as a parking area. Because the building will go up on a site that has been filled, 622 reinforced concrete pilings one-foot square and 16 feet long will be used to support the building. The contractor for the new build- ing is the Leifert Construction Co.; the architect is Stewart and Skin- (Continued On Page Eight) KEY WEST LODGE NO. 551 BPO ELKS REGULAR MEETING THURS., AUGUST 5 8:00 P.M. Members and Visitors Invited BALLOTING ON CANDIDATES Eisenhower Raps Foreign Aid ut; Defends Gen. Marshall Text Of ke’s Praise For Marshall Given WASHINGTON — The White House today authorized direct quo- tation of President Eisenhower's news conference remarks in praise of Gen. George C. Marshall as follows: es Question by Edward T. Folliard, the Washington Post and Times Herald: Mr. President, Sen. Me- Carthy put a letter in the Con- gressional Record the other day, and it was from Harry Woodring, former secretary of war, Mr. Wooding had this to say about Gen. George C. Marshall, quote: “He would sell out his grand- mother for personal advantage.” He went on to say other things in that same vein. Mr. President, what do you think of that appraisal of Gen. Marshall? The President: Ladies and gen- tlemen, there are some things that cause me to be almost emotional. Now, I believe that there are many of you here who know Gen. Mar- shall well yourselves—all during his war years, the work he did, and the way he did it. I happen to be one of those Army officers that did not meet Gen. Marshall except in the most casual way until the war started. I think I had seen him twice in my life, tin either case not over a minute or two at the time. I was brought in, and my relations with him have been largely, almost exculsively, official. But I would like to say, and I have been saying that ever since I first knew him well, that he to me has typified all that we call— or that we look for—in what we call an American patriot. I saw many things he did that were proof, to me at least, of his selflessness. I am quite certain that he did not want to sit in Washington and be a chief of staff. I am sure he wanted a field command. But he wouldn’t even allow his chief to know what he wanted, because he said, “I am here to serve, and not to satisfy personal ambition.” Now later on, of course, after the war was over, he went to a different post. What the circum- stances were of that post, I know nothing. What were his judgments, what were the things that could have been done and were not done, or what things were done that (Continued on Page Eight) Tells Newsmen Deep Aid Cuts Will Hurt This Country WASHINGTON (#—President Ei- senhower said today the foreign aid cut voted by the Senate is too deep and will hurt the United States badly. He also said it re- flects some lack of comprehension as to what the people in the Krem- lin are doing. The President told a news con- ference that before the bill went to Congress the administration al- ready had trimmed the program as much as it felt was justified. Eisenhower asked Congress for nearly 3% billion dollars for for- [eign aid, The Senate late yesterday jvoted to put the figure in an authorization bill at, $2,610,000,000. The House had voted $3,368,000,000. Defends Marshall The President also came up with a ringing defense of Gen. George C. Marshall when asked for com- ment on a statement by former Secretary of War Harry Woodring that Marshall would sell out his own grandmother for personal advantage. Eisenhower said Marshall — who as army chief of staff was his superior during World War II— typifies all that we look for in an American patriot. The Woodring statement, in a letter to a friend, was made pub- lic earlier this week by Sen. Mc- Carthy (R-Wis). As to the controversy in the Sen- ate over whether McCarthy should be censured, Eisenhower said in reply to a question that of course that controversy will have an ef- fect on Republican party unity. But he said he feels he should not try to evaluate the situation in ad- vance of a decision by the Sen- ate on what course to take. Party Di?ision The President added that any- |thing which tends to divide the party concerns him and means he must take some steps with respect to the situation. On other matters: COMMUNIST CHINA— Eisen- hower reiterated with great em- phasis that he is opposed to ad- mitting Red China to the United Nations under present conditions. But the President went on to say |see whether the sinner reforms and comes into the fold. He would jbe off his rocker, he added, if he attempted to say what conditions would be five years from now with respect to Red China and the U. N. ATOMIC POOL — The President said he does not propose to be de- \feated on his plan for an interna- tional atomic energy pool for peace- (Continued on Page Eight) he is always ready to wait and/ While most of the incumbent Congress members won easily, Lt. Gov. Fred Hall of Kansas held a mounting lead in his challenge to the administration of retiring Gov. Edward F. Arn. Party control is at stake. Y Hall, seeking the GOP nomina- tion for governor, was trailed by George Templar, former U. S. dis- trict attorney, who had the sup- port of the state’s party leader- ship. All incumbent congressmen won their races in Kansas, Missouri and West Virginia. And all but one of the six Michigan congressmen opposed for renomination held leads. Veteran Democrat George D. O’Brien trailed by a narrow margin. Incumbents Win Sen, Matthew M. Neely (D-WVa) was renominated to a fifth term, topping the closest of his three opponents 4-1. In Kansas, GOP Sen. Andrew F. Sc tri- umphed easily over two ‘ Sen. Homer Ferguson of Michigan, chairman of the Senate GOP Pol- icy Committee, was unopposed for renomination. Among the successful congress- men was Rep. Dewey. Short (R- Mo), chairman of the. Servic ‘Noel Cox, “gave mé a tittle scare ‘| for & while.” But Short won by a comfortable margin, Late returns gave Short 33,600, Cox 24,367. Balloting in all four states was unusually light. With few excep- tions, campaigning had been list- less and many Congress members did not campaign at all. Michigan Race There was a four-way contest for the Republican gubernatorial nom- ination in Michigan, The winner was Donald S. Leonard, former state and Detroit police commis- sioner. With more than half the votes counted, Leonard had 107,744. His nearest opponent, State Treasurer D. Hale Brake, had 86,952. Leonard will oppose Gov. G. Mennen Williams in November. Williams was unopposed in the Democratic primary, as was Sen. Ferguson’s November opponent, union leader Patrick V. McNam- ara of Detroit. West Virginia Republicans nom- inated Thomas B. Sweeney of Wheeling to oppose the veteran Neely in November. Sweeney had one opponent. Police Continue Probe Of Death Of EAL Steward MIAMI (#—North Miami police and sheriff's investigators contin- ued their investigation today of the death of William T. Simpson, 27 - year - old Eastern Air Lines steward. Simpson’s body was found early yesterday on a lonely road in North Miami. He had been slain with a single shot from a .22 cali- ber pistol fired into the right side about six inches above the waist- line. A young couple found the body lying in the middle of a deserted road. Simpson’s yellow converti- ble was 500 yards away and po- lice theorized he had been shot in the car and had staggered to the |spot where the body was found. An autopsy revealed Simpson died of loss of blood. No arrests have been made. Police. said Simpson’s wallet was missing and his pockets were emp- ty. A 1950 University of Kentucky ring and the car’s license plates led to identification. Simpson, who joined Eastern four years ago, returned from a flight to. Detroit Monday. With him on the flight were a former room- mate, Harold Shafer, also a stew- ard, and Miss Dorothy Hoover, a stewardess. . DAY, AUGUST tenants-or workers . . . Just DIAL 2.5661 or 2-566. PRICE FIVE CENTS County Board Postpones Move On Annual Budget Pros And Cons Of Proposed Airport Improvement For Key West Appears Closer Today meee See Bldg. Permits Are Up Over Similar Period Last Year City building permits for the first seven months of this year are slightly more than for the same period last year, a check at city hall showed teday. For the first seven months of 1953, permits totalling $1,583-- 5 were issued. In the first seven months of 1954, the per- mits totalled $1,590,729. During all of 1953, $2,790,264 in permits were issued. In July, 1953, permits were $97,970. In July ef this year, they were $225,629. Need For New Dimes Drive Kiwanis Receives New Members, Hears Project Proposals “Monroe County may be one of the counties selected to receive the new polio vaccine next year,” Bob Youmans told members of the local) Kiwanis club last night at their weekly meet- ing in the La Concha hotel. In urging the Kiwanis club to undertake a project to raise funds for the forthcoming emergency March of Dimes Drive, Youmans said, “Nobody asks for a deposit before you enter the Children’s Variety hospital in Miami with po- lio.” Passive Device © Youmans explained that gamma globulin is merely a passive de- vice that consisted of active anti- bodies in comparison to the new vaccine being tried which is a substance that stimulates a persons (Continued On Page Eight) Community Chest Needs Should Be Indicated Now Community agencies. and local committees of national organiza- tions who are supported by public contributions have been urged by William R. Neblett, president of the Community Chest of Key West, Inc., to indieate their desires to be included in the coming local cam- paign for funds for 1955 on or be- fore Thursday. Whether as member agencies of the Chest or as participating or- ganizations in a United Fund cam- paign, the Chest Board must have these applications in order to de- velop plans for the coming cam- paign, Neblett indicated. | Letters of application should be filed with Joe Pinder or Paul J. Sher, co-chairman of the Chest Budget and Admissions Committee. Presentation and consideration of the various agency budgets will fol- low. The Executive Committee of the | Chest Board of Directors will meet at the La Concha Hotel Coffee Shop Friday noon. Expected to at- tend are Neblett; Admiral G. C. Towner, USN, vice president; Mrs. Mary Sinclair, 2nd vice president; J. J. Trevor, treasurer; R. E. Ev- ans, secretary, and some com- mittee chairmen and members. CAA Queries As To Needs Here; Gov't Aid Is Predicted A bigger and better air- port for Key West seemed assured today. Gerald Saunders, chair- man of the board of county commissioners, released the next of a telegram from the Civil Aeronautics Adminis- tration asking what im- provements the county in- tends to make at Meacham Field this fiscal year. It is believed, according to the telegram, that the Federal govern- ment will appropriate $28 millions of dollars for airport aid through- out the United States. The county wants to pave and extend the runways at Meacham Field, build a terminal building and control tower, light the field, and pave aprons and taxiways. Text of ‘The text of the Jers fol'ows: = oraid Shunders, 8 Chairman, Board of County Com- missioners. © Millage Increase Are Aired Action on the tentative county budget was postponed last night by the county three hours of discussion, commissioners after almost More than 40 persons crowded into the commission chamber to hear the pros and cons on the proposed in- Man Freed On Cruelty To Animal Count “Rusty” May Get New Home With Miami Horse Lover Joseph Fallon, 1103 Flor- ida Street, was freed of a cruelty to animals charge in city court Tuesday for lack of proof that he was the owner of a four-year-old horse found abandoned in a vacant lot near Roosevelt Boulevard last week. In anticipation of favorable Con- | j gressional action on pending 22 million dollars appropriation for Federal aid airport program and in: view of your expressed interest in participating, request you ad- vise Civl Aeronautics Administra- tion district airport engineer by airmail not later than August 7, regarding specific items of development which you are pre- pared to undertake this fiscal year and for which you request Federal assistance. New criterat exclue building utilities, auto parking, landscaping and non-essential items but include land grading, drainage, runway, taxiway and apron paving, sealed lighting, access roads and fencing. New criteria give high priority to acquisition of approach areas and obstruction removal, Plans Asked Your reply should include clear description of proposed develop- ments, an accurate estimate of the cost broken down to show cost of major items of work and sta‘e- ment whether sponsor sums will be readily available in one amount and from what source. If source is bond issue, advise whether bond has been authorized and if so, if bonds have been sold. Also show number of civil air- craft regularly based at airport, both single engine and. multi-en- gine. The request in your reply will be given consideration in allocat- ing any Federal funds that might be made available, but this wire should not be construed as any commitment on the part of the Government. Your reply should be sent to the district airport engineer, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Box 266, International Airport Branch, Miami, Florida, by August 7 in or- der to receive consideration in al- locating funds this program. L. C. Elliott Regional Administra- tor Civil Aeronauutics Administration. SAFETY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT The Key West Safety Council will meet tonight at 8 o’elock at the Lions Den on Seminary Street. Mrs. Alice Robinson, secretary of the group, has announced that it is hoped to complete plans for a local j Safety Week to be held Sept. 20 - 26. It is expected that child safe- ty during the coming school year will also be a principle tropic. Mrs. Robinson urges anyone in- terested in safety to attend these Council meetings, Every attempt is ‘aay to limit discussions to one ed” by a Miami horse An investigation is being ducted by the Miami Humane Soc- iety to insure that Rusty will be given a decent home and good care there by his new owner. Meanwhile, Rusty is showing considerable. improvement after more than a week of good care and feeding. He is perfectly heal- thy, Henning said. Contributed Several Key West animal lovers have contributed money to pay for feed for the horse, since the local humane sotiety does not have funds to care for him properly, A total of $13’ has been contributed to date, Henning said. Henning added that the humane society, in cooperation with local Police, is going to institue a crackdown on the mistreatment of horses in Key West. He pointed out that several re. Ports on lack of care have been re- ceived, particularly on the fact that horses are running loose on city streets, creating a severe KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE To 308 Cy 1 $130 $78,667 When a local motorist dis- regarded a stop sign Tuesday, it cost him a $60 repair bill Plus a visit to city court, Was it worth it? Failure to heed traffic signs is probably the number one cause of accidents. A particular danger spot is on Roosevelt Boulevard where one is undergoing repairs, ite the fact that the scene ¥s marked with signs and a special traffic light has been in- stalled, cars have crashed through the barrier a total of six times. Let’s be careful. crease in the budget. Most of the discussion centered around the budget to operate the county gov- ernment where the biggest increase has been proposed. This budget would be raised from 6.6 mills to 9.2 mills. The rest of the ov- eral] increase is in the: hos- pital budget which has been Proposed at 2 mills instead of 1.5 mills as it was last year. The bud; for the health cen- ter, scl and mosquito control are tentatively set at the oa ae as last year. action on the proposed budget will be taken at a special meeting of the commissioners, Ne Date tals the incresee ag increase divided. . iment had enough that a deputy sher- at Marathon. good of the people,” “we meed more depu- tentative budget specifies /o new patrolmen for the sheriff “a Lig pig See fest, of Southernmost School of Beauty, told the meeting he had been in Key West since 1941 and that he had done much to improve his 5 taxes should be upped. Allen E. Roberts took the floor next to ask if the increase is to be permanent. Possible Cut Later Saunders assured him that if it is possible to cut the millage next year, it would be cut, Roberts also wanted to know if the return of Poinciana housing to private ownership would increase the county's tax take, Paul Sawyer, legal adviser to the commission, told Roberts he did not know how much it would in- crease the tax income. Charlie Mendoza asked about the items in the new budget for the sheriff's department. Sheriff John Spottswood explain- ed that his department had only two patrolmen now and that two men were not enough to cover a county the size of Monroe, He went on to say that when he took over as sheriff, the depart- ment was behind times and that he had’ been making improvements er tert “Marathon is growing,” Spotts- wood said, “and we need a man there.” He said the second patrolman called for in the new budget would be used in the Stock Island - Boca Chica area, another place where the population is increasing. Tax Roll Additions Paul Sher asked how much had been added to the county tax rolls this year. Earl Adams, county clerk, told him $3,500,000 had been added. Sher then asked how much this (Continued on Page Eight) Strunk Lumber IS OPEN ALL DAY THURSDAY 120 SIMONTON, near CITY HALL a3 z