The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 18, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just VOL. LXXV Ne. 19% Back On Menu First reports on the season’s crawfish production ghow that the industry is in its regular August slump. The crawiish (Florida lobster) @eason opened Sunday and will continue through next April 15. Re- ports received today included only the first day’s catch. Veteran fishermen are not par- Wcularly concerned with the cur- rent slump, holding that the pro-] duction will pick up in September. Many Fishermen About 150 fishermen are engag- ed in the crawfishing industry, es- timates show. This includes Dade County fisher- fen who range through the keys Towner T First Ball Of Sports Event Sub Force Tourney Is Being Played At Walker Field Rear Admiral G. C. Tow- ner, Commander of the U. S. Naval Base at Key West, commenced two weeks of softball highlights when he threw out the first ball for the opening of the Sub- marine Force, U. 8. Atlantic Fleet elimination tourna- ment yesterday afternoon at Walker Field. The submarine force tournament is a prelude to the Atlantic Fleet tournament, which will get under way on Monday, August 23, on Di- amond Nod, 1 at the Naval Base at 4:00 p. m., bringing to Key West for the first time the out- entire’ Fleet. : ‘The of Force tournament will the Atlantic Fleet play-offs. Tournament Host Host for both tournaments is Captain W. R. Laughon, Command- er Submarine Refitting and Train- ing Group at Key West, as the representative of Commander Sub- marine Force. The tournament director is Com- mander C. K. Miller, Commander Submarine Division 121. Facilities for the tournaments are being pro- vided by the Naval Base. Following the final game of the Atlantic Fleet tournament, on Aug- ust 26, Rear Admiral G. C. Craw- ford, Commander Submarine Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, will (Continued, on Page Eight) Delray Group — Due Saturday About 30 members of the Del- ray Beach goodwill tour will ar- rive here Saturday, the Chamber of Commerce announced today. The group will pull into Key ‘West Saturday morning and -de- part Sunday in a special bus. Among the visitors will be Doro- thy Steiner who recently was nam- ed Miss Dixie. Other members of the goodwill tour are chairman of the county commissioners of West Palm Beach County, Delray Beach cham- ber officials, and the mayor of Del- tay Beach. -The goodwill tourists will spend Friday night in Marathon and ar- rive here Saturday morning. That evening, they will be guests at a aetee Party at the Sun and Sand lub. NOTICE All owners of occupational li- censes for the sale of alcoholic bev- erages must file, with the City Clerk, applications for renewal of mses for the Year 1954- These applications must be acted en by the City Commissioners of the City of Key West, Florida. Applications are now being re- ceived, and must be in the hands of the City Clerk on or before Monday, September 20, as the Jaw requires new licenses to be on display at places of business on the first day of October. Application blanks may be secur- ed in the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Key West, Florida. VICTOR LOWE, Bie Submarine | naive in the search for the valuable crus- tacean. Prices, fish dealers say, are “fair.” About 90 - per cent of the local crawfish production is ship- ped to out-of-town markets. The State Conservation Depart- ment, meanwhile, is keeping a close check on crawfishing opera- tions. New Regulations A series of new regulations en- acted this year will be rigidly en- forced according to Charley Bevis, head of the state conservation de- partment. Included in the new regulations are'rulings that only wooden traps may be used and that each of them must be marked with a registra- tion number which must be obtain- ed from the state agency. There is go charge for the registration. Legal size crawfish is one-pound. Tails must be six inches long. It is illegal to remove the tails. US. To Pull 3 Divisions (Out Of Korea SEOUL (#—South Korean Nation- al Assemblymen said tonight the United States plans to withdraw all but three U.S. divisions from Korea by the end of 1954. * ‘There are now six U.S. divisions in Korea, cuss the matter top U.S. of- ficials tomorrow. Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Whang Sung Soo said the United States plans to pull out all but two U.S. divisions and. one combined division of U.S. and other U.N. troops. Decision Expected di _ S =n Rhee " y vised er ngman Rhee ‘was advi by eet now in hanes that the U.S. National Council will make a decision ‘ two days.” Rhee and other ROK govern- ment officials long have demanded that three South Korean infantry divisions be formed for each U.S. division pulled out of South Korea. Twenty South Korean divisions and seven divisions of U.S. an U.N. troops now are in South Korea. Demonstrations against the re- ported withdrawal were being (Continued On Page Eight) Oliver in a short talk explained the functions of the Diversified Co- operative Training Program as put forward by the state. The DTC has over ninety-seven projects, he stated. It is a pro- gram of vocational training for high school students who will not be going on to college. “The programs turns students in- Hy productive citizens,” Oliver sta- As an example, he cited a case of a student who took an automo- bile mechanics vocational subject. “Instead of an expensive labora, tory, we got out into the city where well-equipped shops are manned by experienced mechanics and re- quest that they be the class room,” Oliver explained. Florida turned down federal aid Strunk Lumber IS OPEN ALL DAY THURSDAY City Clerk. cee rc 120 SIMONTON, near CITY HALL i | guilty of breaking THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1954 IN THE U.S.A. DIAL 25661 or 2-5662. PRICE FIVE CENTS Key West May Have Future As Tuna Industry Center, Report Indicates Skipper Of Calif. Tuna Vessel Judge Caro Sentences Three To Raiford In Garcia Robbery Case FOURTH MAN IS PUT ON PROBATION BY CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE TODAY Three men today were itentiary and a fourth put in the July 21 robbery of Eaton St. Criminal Court Judge Thomas S. Caro sentenced Alceo Perez to four years probation. : Angel Miranda got two years in prison. Amado Rocamora and Raymond Hernandez each were sentenced to five years at Raiford. The trials of the four men began Monday. A parade of county prisoners yesterday took the witness stand as a defense attorney sought to prove that the sheriff’s depart- ment offered immunity to crimin- als or turning state’s evidence. Guilty On One Count However, the attorney for Hi nandez, Negretti Gino, of Mi: was only half successful. The man jury found Hernandez not ty of grand larceny. Hernandez was the m men 4 be tried in connection with the Garcia robbery. : Earlier this week, a jury found Rocamora, 806 Ashe St., guilty of ing an accessory before and af- ter fact of breaking and enter- ing and grand larceny. Miranda and Perez had pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entéring and grand larceny. They then testified for the state against Rocamora and Hernandez. By calling the string of prison- ers from the county jail to the witness stand, Gino sought to show that Watson Roper, Jr., deputy sheriff, had offered suspended or light sentences to Miranda and Pe- rez of their testimony against Hernandez and Rocamora. “No Promises” Roper took the stand and testi- fied that he had made no promises to the pair. As each prisoner took the stand, Bob Youmans, acting county soli- (Continued On Page Eigat) Florida Leads In Vocational Training For H.S. Students “Florida leads the nation in vocational training in high schools,” Horace D. Oliver of the State Depart- ment of Diversified Cooperative Training told members of the local Kiwanis club last night at their regular meeting at the La Concha hotel. to the program because it limited the number of programs that could be undertaken by the state, he stated. “In four years we have added sixty programs to our state school classes,” he added. J. C. McNeely, local coordinator at the Key West High School for the DCT program also spoke on the subject. He explained the class room techniques of the program. The two vocational training men were introduced by Dr. H. C. Campbell, principal of the Key West High School. In introducing the vocational educators, he said that Florida schools are leading the country with programs of vo- cational type. He explained that the state was not the leader as far as money was concerned. In routine business conducted at the meeting, a motion was passed to have a supper as a project for the emergency March of Dimes drive. A definite date will be set the Dora Garcia home, 708 sentenced to the state pen- on probation for their parts Calendar Sought On Drive Events Clubs and civic groups who are planning events for the benefit of the Emergency March of Dimes should contect Bob Youmans, chairman, not later than neon tomorrow. Youmans’ phone number is 12-3242. Youmans said today _repre- sentatives of the clubs should let him know by noon tomor- row the time, place, and nature of the event for the polio bene- fit. In this way, he added, he can arrange a calendar of events se there will be no overlapping. | Police Report itana’s Was Suicide A 76-year-old man died this Morning of a gunshot wound, ap-| parently self-inflicted, police have, reported. Coroner Ray Hamlin said that a coroner’s jury will be convened to view the body today and that an inquest will be held shortly. Identified by police as Cecilio Santana, of 1213 Watson Street, the man died shortly after he was admitted to Monroe General Hos- Pital. He had shot himself in the head with a .38 caliber Spanish revolver. The body was discovered by a brother, Manuel, who heard what he thought was a firecracker ex- ploding at 7:30 a. m. today. Man- uel Santana, who is blind, groped his way into his brother’s room and felt around on the bed until/ he found the revolver. | Relatives said that Santana had| complained recently of being ill,| although he was not particularly) despondent. brothers, Manuel, Steve and Willie, | and seven nephews. Services will be held Friday at} 6 p. m. in the Chapel of the Pritchard Funeral Home, with the} Rev. Manuel Figueroa, pastor of El Salvador Methodist Church, of-| ficiating. | Burial will be in the family plot, city cemetery. Hitchhike Thief Is Sentenced To | 20 Years In Pen year-old hitchhiker who locked a, 64-year-old man shack and then stole the man’s station wagon. | | Bruce D. Lyngklip, of Chicago, | |who also is wanted by the Army for desertion, had pleaded guilty | to a robbery charge. | ro in Criminal Court pronounced | sentence. | On June 11, Lyngklip hitch-hiked | a ride with Charles P. Swink, 64, of Summerland Key and Miami, and Kim Hull, 11, of Miami. ‘After they reached Swink’s Sum- FLYING REUNION—When the west coast tuna fishing boat, Santo Santonino, put into Key West with engine trouble earlier this week, it proved to be an ideal time for its captain, John Rawlings, to. arrange a reunion with his son, John. Jr. He put through a phone call to his wife in Manhattan Beach, California, and the lad, oldest of four sons, boarded an airplane. Vessel has been at sea since May. met him in Miami Sunday. He did Father and son are shown aboafd. It's “working vacation” for Junior—he serves as mess-boy, He'll return to school in Cali- fornia in about two weeks.—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. Coroner’s Coroner Roy Hamlin w Recruiters For Air Force Will Be Here Thurs. Two Air Force recruiters, T-Set. | Don Meyer and S-Sgt. Charles A. Kaniewski, will visit Key West | Thursday, August 19, to see young | men and women interested in op-| portunities now offered by the Air| Force through regular enlistment, | aviation cadet trainig and the Wo- men’s Air Force. | second floor of the Post Office! there. | Sergeant Kaniewski has made periodic visits to Key West since his assignment to the South Dade| and Monroe County area several | an official recruiter. | Eight Monroe County boys have enlisted in the Air Force during the past two weeks. They are John W. Saunders, Frank D. Russell, Har- old D. Miller and Roy R. Butler, | | all of Key West; Bennie R. Carter, | later for the planned event. Each|merland Key home, Lyngklip took|Dewey L. Carter, Walter E. Al-| Walker’s suspicions were arous-| Inquest Set in Baby Case ill schedule a coroner’s in- quest into the death of a two-day-old baby found aban- doned in a salt pond Tuesday morning, he said today. Hamlin added that an autopsy will be performed by Santana is survived by three) pr, Herman K. Moore, probably today, to determine the cause of death. The inquest, Hamlin said, will probably be held early next week. The possibility of an early arrest in the case loomed to- day as the Sheriff’s Depart- ment checked a number of leads which were turned over to them by city police. But the Sheriff's Department would not comment on the case, except to say that they are conduct- ing a full-sacle investigation. Erroneous Report A 20-year sentence to the State, They will set up shop from 10) Meanwhile, it was rearned today penitentiary at Raiford yesterday a. m. and until 3 p. m. at the Se-|that the infant is a girl, probably afternoon was handed to an 18-|lective Service Board office on the | 0t more than two days old. Sheriff's Deputy Rene Raiole, in a deserted | building. Applicants for the Air) who conducted the investigation at Force are urged to contact them} the scene had originally said in | his report that it was a male in- fant. But attendants at the Lopez Funeral Home said today that the child is a girl. The infant was found floating in The pale, long-haired youth stood | months ago. This will be Sergeant|two feet of water at the foot of | motionless as Judge Thomas S. Ca-| Meyer's first trip to the area as| Virginia St., by Johnny Walker, | who operates a bait stand on Roosevelt Boulevard. Walker said that the baby was wrapped in several cloth diapers, a plastic bag and brown wrapping paper. Woman At Scene member was asked to sell at least | a pistol from a bedroom and forced | bert and William J. Jones, all of|ed when he saw a woman walk- five tickets for the affair. (Continued On Page Eight) Marathon. (Continued On Page Eight) Tells Of Catches In Caribbean By JIM COBB The possibility that the waters surrounding Key It’s tuna fish. 4 West may abound in resources heretofore unknown was || advanced today by the captain of a west coast fishing ‘| vessel which put in here for repairs. ‘The fisherman, Captain John Rawlings, of Man- hattan Beach, California, reported that several hundred ‘|pounds of choice blackfin tuna were caught last week in the waters between Key West and Havana. Rawlings is skipper of the Santo Santonino, an 87-foot tuna vessel capable of freez- ing and storing up to 90 tons of fish. Owned by the South Pacific Can- |ning Co., a California concern, the ship has been ranging the Carib- bean from Trinidad to Key West, in search of tuna. Rawlings report- ed that they found tuna all over the Caribbean. Speculation on Future Asked if he thought that Key West may have a future as a tuna fisn- ing center, Rawlings said “— It could very well happen here — the problem is to learn how to catch them efficiently.” He pointed out that they have been fishing for tuna in Cuba for more than 10 years. Rawlings spent more than four years with the United States Fish and Wild- life Service, doing tuna research. The catch off Havana was made on hook and line using sardines and herring for bait, Rawlings said. He added that the supply of bait on the fishing grounds in this area is good. The bait supply, he said, is one of the major problems in tuna fish- ing. It is caught by seine at night near the stirfacé of fhe ocean. c the Caribbean area among fisheries is that a tuna canning plant was re- cently placed into operation in Ponce, Puerto Rico. ‘Tuna to keep the plant in opera- tion, has been shipped from the west coast through the Panama Canal — a very expensive opera- tion. Hence, fishing companies are searching for a source of supply closer to the cannery. Rawlings said that while the cur- rent trip is more or less a survey expedition, they hope to pay the costs by their fish production. Safety Council To Consider Local Problems Recommendations of the National Safety Council concerning support and action which the public may take to make Key West safer will be discussed tonight at the regular meeting of the Key West Safety Council. Mrs. Alice Robinson, secretary of the group, has announced that the meeting will take place in the Lions Den on Seminary Street, at 8 p. m. Further discussion of plans for Safety Week, Sept. 20 - 26, will al- so be a part of the program. Dur- ing this period, emphasis will be placed on traffic safety. An essay contest will be held in all schools; Cpl. H. Gillett of the Florida High- way Patrol, will be in Key West to address various groups; educa- tional material will be distributed. Mrs. Robinson says: “‘Anyone in- ‘terested in safety is cordially in- vited to attepd tonight’s meeting. The Council meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.” REWARD To the person who may have found the chain with a tiny medal of Our Lady of Copper |] (Caridad del Cobie); an avis- tor’s white metal watch; a key chain; and a cigarette lighter Jat the scene of Mr. William |] Glisch’s automobile accident on the Boulevard—where our dear husband and father lost his life. These keepsakes are treasured by his family for their senti- mental value, although of not |] much monetary value. MRS. CHARLOTTE GLISCH j 916 William Street \ ————_—_—_EE__EEE Citizen Story Finds Bond Owner A $25 war bond apparently lost by a Navy man when he was stationed here, is winging its way to its owner in London, England. The bond had been turned over to The Citizen after two small boys had attempted to use it for payment for 10 cents worth of bubble gum at Blos- a@ sundry store White Streets. ny Sanchez, owner of the store had turned it over to The Citizen after an unsuccessful search for the owner, listed on the bond as Phillip O. New man. Monday, Miss Dora Martinez came into The Citizen office, saying that Newman is now sta- tioned aboard the USS Darby in London. She mailed the bond to him there. President Says Books Are Open On Power Deal 3y JACK BELL WASHINGTON (#—President Ei- senhower says the books are open for inspection on a contreversial Power contract in the TVA area. Democratic Natiopal Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell says he’s glad Eisenhower is ready to disclose “the whole story behind the Dixon- Yates deal” Mitchell’s latest blast at the pow- er contract came in a statement he issued in Chicago last night after Eisenhower had told his news conference he is astonished at Mit- chell’s criticism of the way the matter was handled. The ruckus was stirred up on Monday when Mitchell—in a Chi- cago debate with Republican Na- tional Chairman Leonard W. Hall— charged that the President issued a personal order for award to the Dixon-Yates syndicate of a long- term contract to sell power to the Atomic Energy Commission in the TVA area of the middle South. Mitchell's Charge Mitchell said Eisenhower did so over the protests of both the AEC and the Tennessee Valley Authority and with Competitive bidding. And the Democratic party leader men- tioned in this connection the Pres- ident’s friendship with famed goif- er Bobby Jones, an officer of one (Continued On Page Eight) Greyhound Plans To Modernize Miami Terminal MIAMI #—Work on a “com- pletely modern, air conditioned and enlarged” union bus terminal in downtown Miami will begin within six months, Philip Howe of Jacksonville, president of Flor- ida Greyhound Lines, said todav. The terminal will be located on the present site and will he c ble of handling an estimated 6,000 passengers traveling in and out of Miami daily on 228 busses. Howe came here for the inaugu- tration run of Greyhound’s new Sceni - cruiser 43-passenger bus which left for New York at 7 a.m. (EST). Florida Greyhound is a division of the National Greyhound Corp,