The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 6, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average sange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV Ne. 186 Bells Toll The Awful Hour Hiroshima Remembers The Day A-Bomb Fell By FRED SAITO HIROSHIMA, Japan #—The bells of Hiroshima tolled today for the awful hour of nine years ago. It was 8:15 a.m. when the first atomic bomb ever loosed in war- fare burst with frightful fury over Hiroshima. It was 8:15 a.m. today when massed sirens screamed their pro- test to the memory. Then the ehurch bells of Hiroshima rang out, calling the Japanese of this eity to prayer. Mayor Shinzo Hamai, who lived through that day, presided as thou- sands of citizens gathered in the menter of the city for a memori- al service. Mayor’s Prayer He prayed that “there will be no more war, and no more human beings atomized.” He had been lucky on that day, He was three miles away from the center of the blast. | Now the scars of the bomb are gone, except for the gnarled skele- ton of steel which was all that was left of Memorial Hall. The rebuilt homes are flimsey and the streets are rutted. But the city seems to be on its feet again, mentally and materially. Only 90,000 out of the population of 350,000 were here on that day. The rest are newcomers to this commercial town. They don’t know, Flash Recalied Kiyoichi Tsuchoka, member of the city council remembers. He was only 1,000 yards from the blast center and his body is scarred by burns. i, saw the great flash,” he re- called. “The next moment I was blown several yards. I staggered back and thought I saw a second wave—a heat wave—which set fire to my shirt. I ripped off the burn- | ing shirt and ran to my home. ev West € SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER THE “The house was flattened and my wife was crying ‘help, help’ from under the debris. I was injured and could not lift the heavy beams j and pillars that pinned her down. I looked around for help. Dead Bodies “I saw only dead bodies strewn around. I had to leave my dying wife because fire was spreading. Her voice still rings in my ears.” Prof. Kanae Watanabe of Hiro- shima University was also only 1,- 000 yards away but escaped with- out a scratch. “I was in the library when the bomb exploded,” he said. ‘“Per- haps the books shielded me. I ran into the hall after the explosion and saw three of my colleagues dead, their skulls split open.” Watanabe found his wife and son unharmed in the suburbs, although their home was knocked down. “I guess,” he said, “‘we are the luckiest of all the citizens of Hiro- shima.” Boys Are Saved [Fund Drive On To Send Little Leaguers To State Tournament Kennel Club Management Gives Plans For 1955 Racing Season From Shack In Path Of Fire Woodlands Fire ’ Sweeps Through Vast Scrubland JACKSONVILLE (#—The coura- geous rescue of two boys from a flame-seared shed and damage io a suburban furniture firm yester- day underlined the menace in a woodlands fire that has swept over 5,000 acres of scrublands east of the city. A fire crew told of the rescue of the two boys by Edgar A. Cow- art, a city fireman working on his day off as a volunteer in the week- Jong battle against the woods fire. “The flames were completely surrounding the buikding and seemed to be 80 feet high,” ‘of the volunteers,’ Robert-Hi Zier, re- ported, “You could hear the boys screaming in there. Cowart put his hands over his face and plunged right in there without a moment’s hesitation.” Zier said he grabbed a hose and played a stream of water on Cow- art as he ran about 40 feet through the flaming brush to the shed and back with the boys. Boys Unhurt The boys, about 10 and 12, were/ mot. seriously hurt. No one got their names. They had been carry- ing drinking water to the fire crew when the flames turned with the wind and whipped toward the crew. Everyone but the boys ran for a highway 200 yards away. The boys _ sought shelter in the tin shed but within minutes it was encircled by dames. One shift of the wind drove the flames to Maron and Sons Furni- ture Co, on Beach Blvd. When the fire was put out, with the help of a city fire company, damage, was estimated at $3,000. Smoke blackened forest rangers (Continued On Page Ten) KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE August To Date Accidents ___ 4 908 Traifie Injuries e u ‘Traffic Deaths __ 8 : Prop. Damage $170 $78,707 Key West’s traffic picture appeared a little brighter to- day, with no accidents report- ed to the police department. City officials are hopeful that it indicates a new respect for traffic laws and an eventual downswing in the number of accidents. Eddie Cantor, beloved com- edian, has this suggestion for the motoring public: “Not until the time arrives when we have respect for the most important of all motor- cycle cops — our own con- science — can we hope for relief front the thousands of tragedies that happen annually from reckless driving.” How true. Shutter Against Storms with Material from Strunk Lumber 126 Simonton, near Post Office An appeal was issued today by City Commissioner Louis Car- bonell for funds to finance a trip to West Palm Beach for Key West’s National Little League All-Stars to compete in the state tournament. The youngsters won the right to compete in the state eliminations yesterday in Miami. to finance the trip. He’ll make an Kennel Club have offered the use more transportation is needed. $300 in bus fare may be saved. will make the trip. Meany today ang where Carbonell revealed that the city has started the ball rolling with @ $100 donation. He pointed out, however, that it will require $325 appeal for donations tonight at the finals in the Fourth District Softball tourney in Bayview Park. Pick-Up Of Donations He added that anyone wishing to make a donation, may phone him at 2-7951 and he will pick it up, or to bring it to Lou’s Radio and Appliance Store, 522 Duval Street. Carbonell also said that at least one more station wagon will be needed to transport the ballplayers to the tournament. He re- vealed that City Recreation Director Paul Albury and the Key West of their station wagons, but that He pointed out that by taking the players in station wagons, Fifteen players and three adults , the youthful players arrived in Key. West-about- ‘whisked through the city behind a police escort to the city ‘hall where they were officially greeted by Mayor C. B. Harvey. KENNEL CLUB MOGULS — Sidney Aronovits, (right) presi- dent of the Key West Kennel Club, discusses plans for making their Stock Island racing plant a year around sports center with Louis Carbonell, (center) general manager of the track, and John McDonough, assistant manager. Plans call for the club to operate boxing shows, basketball and other events. Racing season will open Jan. 1—Citizen Staff, Sybil. Venire Drawn For Criminal Court Term Bob Youmans, of the law firm of Neblett and Youmans, will sub- stitute for Allan B. Cleare, Jr., county solicitor, at the July term of Criminal Court, Judge Thomas S. Caro said today. Cleare is ill, The July term begins Aug. 16 and a venire of 60 names was drawn yesterday» by Judge Fare. The prespecti are: ive : Franklin B, Parker, Leonard ¢: Williams, Manuel Camero, Sr., Ralph K. Johnson, Leslie L. Buch- lew, Linton G. Camus, Sr., Oswaid Lions Club Den Is Sold To School Board For $12,000 Woman Weeps After Slaying “Best Friend” MENLO PARK, Calif. —A Pretty Menlo Park society matron was shot and killed in the drive- way of her fashionable home yes- terday by a woman who sobbed hysterically ‘“‘she was my best friend.” Shot down before the eyes of (Continued On Page Ten) FRANKFURT, Germany # — The peek-a-boo war is over. The women lost. The colonel won. Capitulating. U.S. Army wives and daughters here fell in line to- day with orders of Coi. John Dilley to avoid exposing too much 4f their charm. Col, Dilley, commander of the Frankfurt detatchment, fired in- structions at American Army wom- en here to refrain from wearing bare mid-riff sunsuits, low-cut Woman Jailed 2nd Time As Vagrant A woman identified as Joan Di- Na, of the Southern Cross Hotel, was back in the clutches of the law on a vagrancy charge today, Police reported. : She was given a stiff warning Monday in city court when she and & companion were tried on char- Bes of indecent exposure and va- gtancy, They had been jailed last Saturday on Duval St. wearing brief short and blouse costumes. ity Judge Enrique Esquinaldo Club Plans New Building Located On Roosevelt Blvd. The Key West Lions Club Den on Seminary Street was sold yes- terday to the Monroe County Board of Public Instruction. Edelmira Morales, president of the Lions Club, displayed the $12,- 000 check to the members of the club last night at their regular meeting. The check was turned over to Joe Allen, chairman of the board of the Lions club corporation. Al- len immediately turned the check (Continued On Page Ten) Colonel Wins Battle To Suppress Over-Exposure Of Female Charms strapless dresses and beach shorts in public. Blast At Hair Curlers One blast was aimed at women who go to the PX (post exchange) with curlers in their hair. They look awful, he said. The feminine counterattack was powerful. Storming mad, some Army wives screamed their objections. “The idea, telling us grown women what we can wear and can’t wear,” said one. “You never hear of us going around -telling colonels what to wear.” “He’s got a nerve,” other. said an- No Retreat! But the colonel, a decorated veteran of the North African cam- paign, stuck to his guns. “Somebody had to tell them,” he said. “You should have seen the worst offenders against good taste.” After the initial jolt, the women began to surrender, one by one. “Maybe the colonel was right,” said a mother as she en- tered the Frankfurt PX looking like a fashion plate. “T think Dilley is a dilley,” said another. “Some of us did look Jr., dismissed the charges but warned the pair to obtain work and stay out of trouble pretty bad, wearing everything from blue jeans to beach suits right out on busy streets.’ V. Alfonse, David E. McCurdy, Herbert L. Alley, Howard S. Eng- land. Geraldo.M. Alfonse, John M. Ste- wart, Evelio P. Vargas, Wilbur J. Hjort, Lykes 0. Turner, William N. Spindler, Jr., Francisco Veliz, Benjamin G. Saunders, Paul A. Childers, Charles W. Patterson. Amando Parra, Edward E. Lew- is, Louis D. Edwards, Donald B. Williams, Charles R. Marshall, Emilio F. Corral, Allan O. Lang- don, Eugene Albury, Debs Leon Saunders, Earl S. Johnson. Thomas S.’ Woody, W. H. Cooke, Keller L. Watson, Albert Valdez Angueira, William, H. Knowles, Raymond F. Johnson, Alvin J. Woodson, Harry H. Roberts, Joc Beiro, Jacob QO. Fisher. Ignacio Perez, Clarence C. Brown, Ralph W. Young, Willard M. Lowe, William Meyers, Jack T. Murray, William M. Allen, P. A. McMasters, J. B. Watkins, Harry M. Sawyer. Roberts H. Watkins, Arthur H. Borntraeger, Wilford L. Kern, Chester W. Harris, Everett E. Ri- vas, Nat Brenner, Charles E. Worth, S. L. H. Hazard, Edward R. Johnson, Virgil D. Lovell. Admirals Inspect Sonar School On Navy Visit Here Vice Admiral Emund T. Wool- ridge, USN, Commander Second Fleet, and Rear Admiral Wallace M. Bleakley, USN, Commander of the Hunter-Killer Force, U. S. At- lantic Fleet and their staffs visited the Fleet Sonar School yesterday to observe anti-submar- | ine warfare training and devices. The group was conducted on a tour of the school by Captain W. H. Truesdell Commanding Offi- cer, Fleet Sonar School. The two admirals and their staff members will today visit other Key West Units concerned with anti- submarine warfare. Tomorrow, Admiral Woolridge will inspect Fleet Sonar School per- sonnel at graduation exercises and will afterwards present diplomas to twenty. Fleet Sonar School gra- duates. Relatives and friends of the gra- duates are cordially invited to at- tend the ceremonies which will be held on the school parade grounds. The admirals and their party are scheduled to leave Key West for Norfolk, Va., Sunday. Year Around Sport Program Planned Here The 1955 racing meeting at the Key West Kennel Club will get underway Jan. 1, it was announced Thurs- day by Sidney Aronovitz, president of the club. He was in Key West to confer with newly appointed track gener- al manager Louis Carbonell, and his assistant manager, John Mc- ri ‘ At the same time Aronovitz, @ native Key Wester, revealed plans j for ‘transforming the Stock Island racing plant into a year around sports center, under the direction of Carbonell. They said that top-flight sporting attractions will be brought to Key West including boxing shows, bas- ketball games and other events. Local Emphasis They also emphasized that the track which includes a plush grand- stand is available for the use of any Key West service clubs or other organizations who may wish to use it. In commenting on Carbonell’s appointment, Aronovitz said: “We are extremely gratified at the op- portunity to have Lou as general a manager of the track. We feel that the Kennel Club is an inte- gral part of Key West and to have a local man of Lou’s stature at the helm is only natural.” Aronovitz also said that renova- tions of the tract are now under- way. They consist of the re-sur- facing of the track, landscaping and a general beautification pro- gram. “It will be a brand new track when we are finished,” said Carbonell. He added that the track mana- gement will weicome suggestions and criticism from the public. VISITING ADMIRALS — Vico NY Stand, Jai For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL lise I 2-5661 or 2-5662. PRICB FIVE CENTS One Man For Larceny Local Man Complains He Was Rolled By Cabby On Greene St. Ground Is Broken For Navy Building Ground breaking ceremonies were held at 11 a.m. today for the new $775,000 Underwater Ordnance Testing building on the Naval Station Annex. Among those present at the ground breaking were Rear Adm, G. C. Towner, command- er of the Naval Base; Cdr. J. C. Wheeler, commander of the Naval Ordnance Unit; and Ste- phen C. Leifert, president of the Leifert Construction Co., which was awarded the contract for the new building. Capitol Cops Are Amazed At Curfew WASHINGTON (#!—Capitol police confessed astonishment today at an order tu empty the office of Sen. Douglas (D-Ill) at 9 p.m. every night, by force if necessary, The curfew was invoked for the first time Wednesday night when five Capitol guards were sum- (Continued On Page Ten) NCCS Clubhouse Is Robbed Thurs. Thieves who broke into the NCCS Club building, 1021 Duval St. made off with an electric record player, $2.50 in cash and several packs of cigarettes, police reported today. The theft was discovered Thurs- day afternoon by the janitor, Ber- nard Ramis, of 716 Thomas St., Police said. Investigation by Police Sgt. Frank Carballo cevealed that the thieves had gained entrance by cut- ting a screen in a rest room. A cigarette and a soft drink machine had been smashed open and $2.50 drawer, Miss Eileen Coughlin, ma- nager of the club. MIAMI JUDGE FILLS CIRCUIT COURT POST Judge Stanley Milledge of Miami today was sitting in Circuit Court here in place of the vacationing Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr. Judge Milledge, who is well known here, heard routine chan- cey cases and was to return to Miami this evening. fac dae hah ates Admiral Edmund T. Wooldridge Police moved in early a Duval St. taxicab stand theft charge in connection a man said that he was “ro! today in a full-scale raid on and jailed one man on & with an incident in which lied.” The cab driver, Ross Whitmarsh, of the George Al- len Apartments is being held in the city jail under bond Jet Aviation Is Explained To Rotarians FAWTU Operations Officer Speaks At Weekly Meeting Commander E. H. English, operations officer at the Navy’s Fleet All-Weather Training unit here, told Ro- tarians at their regular meet- ing at the Li Concha Hotel yesterday; that™until guided missiles take over, military planes will be jets.” FAWTU recently issued its 1000th green instrument card to Com- mander English. He received the special instrument rating. To at- tain this rating, the pilot ‘must dis- play exceptional, skill, judgment and instrument -flying proficiency and must have at least 2,000 hours of flight time in rigid wing air- craft. In developing his topic “Jet A- viation as we see it and as it af- fects Key West,” Commander Eng- lish sketched the history of jet pro- pulsion and told briefly how the jet principle operates. Models Displayed He displayed models of jets that are used in training operations at FAWTU and the special “gear” that a jet pilot must wear when flying the planes. “FAWTU operates round-the- in pennies were taken from a desk | clock,” English said, “‘And our pi- lots are taught to intercept and attack without ever seeing the tar- et.” . “We do this with radar,” he con- tinued, “and each pilot must have 20 hours of night flying without lights to graduate.” Following his talk, Commander English showed a color film of the | recent speed trials of the Douglas “Skyray.” Carrier-Based Jet This new jet plane is the first «Continued On Page Ten) (center) commander Second Fleet and Rear Adm. Wallace M. Beakley (right) commander Hunter-Killer Force of the Atlantic Fleet, today called on Rear Adm. G. C. Towner, commander of the Naval Base. Wooldridge and Beakley are here on a familiarization tour of training and development activities.—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. ‘of $250. | He was arrested by Police ILt. Gene Hernandez, after a man identified as R. D. Helton, 1013 Catherine St., complained that $15 in cash and a gold watch was tak- en from him when he fell asleep in Whitmarsh’s cab when it was parked on Greene St. The raid also resulted in the ar- rest of Armando Fernandez, 403 Vi St., on a concealed wea- pon charge after a 20-gauge shot gun was found in his car. Fernan- dez claimed that the gun is a hunt- ing gun. He was released on bond of $100. Six other men picked up in the raid were taken to the Sheriff's De- partment for fingerprinting and then released. According to the police report, ae said that he met core Celebrity -Club,. Duval about $ p. 1. Thursday and bought him a drink, Helton added that he left shortly and drove around in his own car for the balance of the evening and wound up in the Preview Lounge at 4a, m. today, Left Night Club He said that he met Whitmarsh they left together in the taxi 5 Helton reported that he soon fell asleep in the front seat of Whit- marsh’s cab and when he awoke. it was parked on Greene St. His watch and $15 in cash was missing, he said, He notified police and Lt. Her- nandez found the money and the watch locked in the trunk of the car. Helton later picked Whitmarsh out of a police lineup. Wanted Man Is Picked Up In Keys By FBI Boyd Robertson, Jr., 21, of Col- umbus, Ohio, today was arraigned before U. S..Commissoner William V. Albury on a charge of inter- state transportation of @ stolen mo- tor vehicle. Robertson was to be taken te Miami later today. And FBI agent and Deputy Sher- iff Sidney Curry arrested Robert- son yesterday, according to Ed- ward J. Powers, Special FBI Agent in Charge in Miami. Robertson was arrested at the Plantation Yacht Harbor Club where he had been working as a handyman since the middle of last March. He is charged with driving a 1950 Chevrolet pickup truck from Albuquerque, N. M., to El Paso, Texas. Powers said Robertson abandon- ed the truck in El Paso and fled to the Florida Keys via New Or- leans and Miami. maximum penalty for the charge is a $5,000 fine or five years imprisonment or both, Pow- ers added. PAUL BOYSEN’S Registered Real Estate Brokers NOW LOCATED AT 801 Fleming Street KEY WEST, FLA.