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Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average sange of only 14° Fahrenheit ‘CITY HALL ANNEX — Several city offices will be transferred from the old city hall on Greene Street te the building shown above — the Poinciana Community Center on Duck Avenue. According te City Manager Victor Lang, the new building will have all offices on the ground floor and ade- quate parking space. Offices slated for move include the finance director, the tax assessor, the public service department and Lang. Building was given to the city by Key West Realty Co. when they purchased portion of Poinciana housing project. — Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. New County Budget Sets Tax Increase ernment and in the money needed; Here is a break down of the mill- By DENIS SNEIGR You will pay $2.80 more on each $1,000 of county property assessment, accord- ing to the $1,254,225.19 bud- get adopted last night by the gounty commissioners. The new budget calls for a 2.8 mill net increase, Last year the millage was 24; this year it is 26.8. "Zhe increase is in the funds fmeeded to operate the county gov- THE ling for the hospital. The new budget calls for 8.9 mills for the county government. the old budget was 6.6 mills. Hospital Gains Under the old budget, the hospi- tal received 1.5 mills. This year the ‘figure has been upped to a flat 2 mills, The millage for the schools, mos- quito control district and the heal- th center all remain the same as in the old budget. The schools get 14.5 mills; the mosquito control district, 1 mill; and the health eqnter, 4 mill. i Final: Cease-Fire In. Indochina Offici 3 icially Ends By JOHN RODERICK SAIGON (® — The fifth and final eease-fire in Indochina took effect today, officially ending the world’s last active war. But the peace stirred no fanfare in this capital city of South Viet Nam. Commanders of the French Un- ion troops and the Communist-led Vietminh ordered their opposing forces to lay down their arms in South Viet Nam at 8 a.m, The order was mostly 2 formali- ty. Fighting had tapered off since the cease-fire became effective two weeks ago in North Viet Nam. The Geneva agreement to end the eight-year-old war called for truces in five stages to enable the Vietminh to get word to their scat- tered guerrillas. After the North Viet Nam cease- fire July 27, the armistice reached Central Viet Nam Aug. 1. It be- came effective in the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia Aug. 6 and 7, Demonstrations Expected Today in this city of two million French, Vietnamese and Chinese, police and military stood at the alert to counter expected Vietminh demonstrations. Armed with tom- my guns, they kept a watchful eye on pedestrians and motor traffic. low. Otherwise, the day seemed like any other, It was no holiday and | there were no outward signs of either rejoicing or sadness, The final truce today in South Viet Nam marked one of the few periods when the world has been free from full-scale war since Dec. 9, 1934, when Mussolini's Italian troops clashed with Ethiopian sol- diers on the frontier of disputed Somaliland, Under the Geneva agreement, Vietminh bands operating in the! south are to withdraw into speci- fied pockets and then be evacuated | to the north. The French, mean- while, are withdrawing their forces NOTICE To All Scottish Rite Masons Regular meeting will be held Thursday, August 12, at 8 p. m. Movies and Refreshments Your attendance is most welcome. | Accidents | Traffic Injuri | Traffic Deaths _ | Prop. Damage Long Warfare from above the 17th Parallel, which will divide Viet Nam. Refugees Still Flee At Tansonnhut airport, a few miles outside Saigon, French planes kept up their daily shuttle trips to Hanoi and Haiphong, bringing thousands of straw-hatted refugees to new homes here in the non-Communist south. French authorities said the planes are fer- rying 3,300 persons a day. Preparations also are moving ahead for an American fleet to help move the several hundred thousand Vietnamese who want to get out before the Hanoi-Haiphong {area — last French holding in the north — is turned over to the Viet- minh. Yesterday Rear Adm. L. S. Sa- bin, commander of U.S. Amphibi- ous Forces in the Western Pacific, examined dock facilities in Haip- hong. An unspecified number of American transports already are standing off Haiphong, waiting to start loading. Moving and resettling the ref- that the peace has thrust on the {anti-Communist South Vietnamese government. But it also faces a constant threat in the Commu- nists’ attempts to make inroads in |the Vietnamese army and spread (Continued on Page iwo) KEY WEST'S || TRAFFIC BOX SCORE August To 10 2 0 56 “Un automovil esta siempre tan borracho como el que gu- 1a. That's the way our Cuban- American friends would express today’s safety slogan. Tt means: “An automobile is always as drunk as.the man driving it.” How true! We’ve had altoge- ther too many arrests for drun- ken driving — and too many accidents caused by the same factor. Hardly aday goes by but what there is at least one per- son tried in city court for driv- ing while intoxicated. The same goes for the criminal court. Let's, not drive when we've had anything to drink. ugees is the most pressing problem | 1 black plas! - $1,692 $80,220) tained valuable papers. age in the new budget: General revenue fund: 5 mills. Fine and Forfeiture fund: 2.7 mills. Bathing Beach bonds: .4 mill. Building certificates: .8 mill. Hospital: 2 mills. Mosquito control: 1 mill, Health center: .4 mill. Budget Totaled Those figures total 12.3 mills. Add the schools’ 14.5 mills and you have the new millage: 26.8 or a budget of $1,254,225.19. Earl Adams, county clerk, ori- ginally set up a tentative new bud- get that called for the same mill- age as last year — 24 mills. The county commissioners upped this to 27.1 mills. This budget was discussed last’ week by the com- missioners at their reguiar meet- ing. Last night the commissioners knocked .3 mill off the 27.1 mill budget to make the millage they adopted — 26.8. The .3 mill saving was effected in the fine and forfeture fund — by cutting that millage from 3 mills to 2.7 mills. There was little discussion of the new budget last night before it was adopted unanimously, Seen As Temporary Commissioner Joe Allen spoke | briefly, saying the increased miil- age was a ‘“‘temporary measure” and that he hoped to see it re- duced next year. Construction of a wing on the hospital for Negro patients is a necessity, he said, and improve- ments are needed along the Keys. All these things cost money, he Pointed out, and added that they should have been done last year. “I hope the people will go along with us,” he concluded. In contrast to last week’s meet- ing which heard arguments for and against an increased budget by sev- eral taxpayers, not a single per- son spoke from the floor on the budget. The following is a breakdown of | the new budget: (Continued on Page Two) Man Complains Of Theft Tuesday A man identified as O. E. Sin- clair complained to police Tuesday that a w&tch and $30 in cash was taken from him in broad daylight when he fell asleep on a bench at Duval and Greene Streets. curred between 2:30 and 4 p. m. | Tuesday. The money was in a) tic wallet which also con- | ROBINSONS CRASH | HORSEHEADS, N. Y. (Three | cars collided at an intersection yesterday and the drivers found | they had more in common than} dented fenders. Police ientified the motorists as Mrs. Margaret Robinson, Ralph L. | Robinson and Clifton G. Robinson. | They were not related. Strunk Lumber IS OPEN ALL DAY THURSDAY 120 SIMONTON, near CITY HALL | SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Che Ken West Ci KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1954 eee Father Jailed For Non-Support By Judge Gibson The father of three young children was ordered to the Monroe County Jail yesterday by Judge Eva Warner Gibson of the Monroe County Juvenile Court for contributing to the dependency of his children. At a hearing last week, the father was ordered to assume his responsibilities to his three children and to his wife who had come here to join him. When no effort was shown, the arrest followed. The man’s brother and neighbors have been very kind to the neglected ly effort is being made to send the mother and babies back to Connecticut. Malenkov To Be Entertained By British Of Soviet Premier Is Unprecedented By STANLEY JOHNSON MOSCOW @®—The British em-| bassy polished up its best china, silver and glass today for Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov. The No. 1 Russian makes an unprecedented appearance tonight at a n embassy banquet honoring former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and six other Labor party leaders visiting MoscOw en route to a three-week stay in Com- munist China. Malenkov and other top Soviet leaders set the pace for Attlee’s top-drawer reception—the biggest given a Western delegation since World War IU—with a four-hour dinner party last night at the {country home of the late» figueu, Russian writer Maxim Gorky, Affable Atmosphere The British guests described the atmosphere as one of greatest af- fability. After dinner -Malenkov strolled into the garden with .the only woman visitor, Dr. Edith Summerskill, and picked her a bouquet of phlox and gladioli. The Russians whisked the La- borites and British Ambassador Sir William Hayter off to the Gor- ky villa, 22 miles from Moscow, only two hours after they arrived in the Soviet capital by Russian (Continued on Page Two) Ike Opposes Diplomatic Breach Now WASHINGTON @ — President Eisenhower said today the United States could not possibly serve its interests by severing diplomatic relations with Ruia. The President also told a news conference the free world is build- ing up a structure which he be- lieves will be impervious to any Communist assault. As for waging a preventive war against the Communist world, as some people have urged, Eisen- hower said there is no such thing as a preventive war—that it would be unthinkable for this country to undertake such a project. Eisenhower’s remarks came in connection with a request for com- ments on views expressed by Gen. Mark W. Clark. Clark's Views Clark, retired former U. S. com- mander in the Far East, told the (Continued*on Page Two) Vogue Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service Newly Equipped To Give You: 1. QUALITY DRY CLEANING 2. FOLD DRY, All Items Care- fully Sorted and Folded Ready to Put Away 3. DAMP WASH 4. PICK UP AND DELIVERY, ONE DAY SERVICE 1104 Duval Street TEL. 2-5141 Key West is one of the sponsors. IN THE U.S. | | | af | WINNERS — Mrs. Stanley Bjorklund (left) of Loves Park, Ill., and Mrs. Lloyd Ringel of Rockford, Il. of Florida Calling, a Mutual Broadc. were here today as guests System show, ef which Thei it here is part of a state- wide tour. — Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. Cabby Freed Of Theft, Hts Accuser Is Beaten A cab driver was free ‘in city court and tie man who accused bitit. of -“‘rolling** him last Friday morning was found dazed and badly beaten early today on Rest Pre-School Specialist To Be Here Miss Judith Cauman, day care consultant of the Child Welfare League of America and the United Community Defense Service, will conduct a five day institute here on the care and teaching of pre- school children, it was announced today. Planning sessions will be held at the Monroe County Health De- partment Aug. 18. Two sessions will be conducted, one at 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. All interested persons are invited. Miss Cauman has had wide ex- | perience in health, education, so- j cial work and community day care problems. She hsa served on the faculties of several nursery and early childhood education training schools and has conducted a radio (Continued on Page Two) of a theft charge yesterday Beach. The theft charge against cabby, Ross Whit- marsh of the George Allen Apartments, was dismissed when the complaining wit- ness Robert D. Helton, 1013 Margaret Street, failed to appear to testify against jhim. But Whitmarsh was ‘found guilty of having a concealed weapon and fined $25 by City Judge Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. The charge was filed after a knife was found in Whitmarsh’s cab. Helton .told police last Friday that he had been out drinkin with Whitmarsh and when he fell asleep in his cab parked on Greene Street. When he awoke, he told police, a watch and $15 was missing. Police later found the watch and money in the rear of the cab. Yesterday, Whitmarsh testified that Helton had become intoxicat- ed and that he had taken the watch (Continued on Page Two) For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers ... Just DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662, lise PRICE FIVE CENTS Seven Jailed By Police Chief For Gambling Here Perez Personally Conducts Raids On Gambling Joints All Over City By JIM Police Chief Bienvenido COBB Perez continued his c.u- sade against vice in Key West Tuesday when he person- ally conducted seven gambling raids, Perez, along with Patro Iman Bernard Waite, swept through the city between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. counts. The charges were They arrested seven men on gambling brought when “tip boards” and poker games were found in operation. Six of the accused forfeited their $25 bonds when “| they failed to appear in city a 4 & / Attempt Here Medical Technician * ON Turns On Gas After Sodium Cyanide Fails A 27-year-old medical technician failed Tuesday in his second attempt at suicide in two days. The man, A. William) Rogers, of the Coral Hotel, Simonton Street, is in good condition today in the Naval Hospital after he was found unconscious im his room by a friend shortly after 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. He bad openéd up all the gas jets and stuffed a blanket in the window. Monday, Rogers had attempted court for trial. The trial of the seventh is set for this. afternoon. ibe: n in the colored a. m. and ended me was allegedly in the Cabana afoul of vere raided’ Sunday night ‘ Manager, Leonard “Cook ie” Key, was fined $100 in city court for allowing an indecent show. A stripper employed there was also fined $50 for indecent ex- Posure, According to the police report, the following persons were jailed in the raids: Ne ery of the “33” Club, etronia St., operating a ti board. iy . if G. Eaker, of the Hi Hat Club, 411 Petronia St., operating a pok- er game, A. Curry, of the Broadway Cigar Store, 610 Duval St., operating a tip board. B. Saunders, of Romey’s Bar, 513 Fleming St., operating a tip ard. to take his life by swallowing | board. sodium cyanide, but was unsuc- cessful. He had been treated at the Naval Hospital and released yesterday afternoon. Dinner Invitation A fellow worker at Monroe Gen- eral Hospital had invited Rogers to his home for dinner last night. When he failed to appear at the appointed time, the friend went to Rogers’ hotel. As he approached the room, he smelled gas fumes. Rogers was found by the friend and the hotel manager lying on two chairs with his head near the’ gas jets on a stove. The blanket was stuffed in the window. The fire department inhalator was called to the scene and Rogers was rushed to the Naval Hospital. He is recovering nicely. Naval Hospital officials said to- day that Rogers’ parents had ar- rived from Cleveland, Tennessee, and that arrangements are being made for treatment in a veteran’s hospital near there. Friends have been unable to ad- vance a motive for Rogers’ actions. He is said to be a good workman by his employers and was called cheerful and well adjusted by his friends. Hoover Expresses Willingness To Aid GOP In Pre-November Political Campaigning By RELMAN MORIN CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa # — Former President Hoover says he Date | Patrolman Armando Perez, said|Senate Internal Security subcom: | will be “glad to help in any way 315 | that Sinclair told him the theft oc-| mittee yesterday that he favored |1 ean” -in Republican political {campaigning between now and the {November elections. He was completing a round of visits in his native lowa today. They began yesterday in. his birthplace at the nearby village of | West Branch, where more than {10,000 people gathered to honor him on his 80th birthday. After \the ‘‘birthday party,” he flew to |Mason City and was scheduled to |dedicate a school there and an-| {other in Cedar Rapids before fly- ing to New York this afternoon. The nature of his speech at West Branch aroused considerable spe- jculation as to whether it was an |opening gun in the GOP political | cannonading. He blasted the Dem- ocrats for presidential ‘‘misuse of | power” in both domestic and for- | eign Policies during the 20 years they were in office. Plans Asked | Before he left his hometown, a ‘reporter asked him if he ihtends to make any campaign speeches this fall. “IT have no specific plans,” he |said, “but I'll be glad to help in jany way I can.” Hoover’s appearance, on his 80th | |birthday, deeply surprised people | who had not seen him in some} years. He was full of vigor. He marched through a warm sun, de- llivered a lengthy speech without | a falter, rode dusty miles to dedi- | j cate schools in Iowa City and) | West Branch — and was still in ja joking mood at the end of 2 long day. “Some people have to endow a school to have it named after | them,” he told a crowd at a new} elementary school. “I am more fortunate.” | The force with which he attacked | the actions of the Democrats, and the applause he evoked, showcd | that he is still capable of taking | part in a political affray. | Major Points Among the major points he made | we! 1. ‘“‘Unrestrained presidential ac- tions have resulted in a shrinking | Soviet annexationist policy “extin- jists “furnished the boarding lad- of human freedom over the whole world. From these actions came the jeopardies of the cold war. As a by product, these actions have shrunk our freedoms by crushing taxes, huge defense costs, inflation and compulsory military service.” 2. “Our tacit alliance with Soviet Russia spread communism over the earth.” 3. “More terrible were such agreements as our recognition of Russia which opened the headgates for a torrent of traitors.” | 4. American “acquiescence” in } guished the liberties of teng of mil- lions of people” in Poland, the Bai- tic@tates, Mongolia, North Korea and China. | 5. These actions were a “misuse | of power.” | Socialism Rapped | 6. Socialist doctrines had gained headway in the United States, and elsewhere in the world; the Social- ders by which the Communists captured the ship of state.” 7, Individuai initiative, enter-! (Continued on Page Two) John Garcia, of the Cabana Club, Duval St., operating a poker game. Cleanup To Continue All but Garcia estreated their bonds. Garcia was arrested too late for yesterday’s city court session and was scheduled to be arraign- ed today. The raids were the latest in Chief Perez’ avowed goal of “cleaning up the town.” He began last Sunday when he warned local (Continued on Page Two) Teenagers Held For Gas Theft Three teenage boys a:c held for juvenile court a they admitted siphoning g from a parked car on © Street last night. Police said that they were alcrt- ed by a William Street resident who saw three boys loitering near the car. Patrolman Edward Pin- der, who answered the call, said that he found the three boys on two motor scooters during a search of the neighborhood. They were identified as the boys who had been seen earlier. Two hoses and a gallon jug were taken from one of the buys. They were taken to the county jail. POLIO EPIDEMIC ON IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES #®—Polio has reached epidemic proportions in Los Angeles, the City Health De- partment says, and this month and next comprise the peak period for the disease. Health authorities said 11 new cases were reported — yester- day, bringing the year’s total to 300° with 3 deaths. This total, thy said, is the highest since 1943, when 1,314 cases and 53 deaths were recorded for the year. Dr. Anthony DeNote EYE SPECIALIST, M.D. Will Be Here for Consu!- tation—on SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 FOR APPOINTMENTS, c. ALL Dr. J. A. Valdes PHONE 2-7821

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