The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 21, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, ‘has the most equable climate in the range of only 14° Fahrenheit “MOL, LXXV Ne. 199 * THE e SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1954 eo ‘17 members of the Key West Outboard Club left this morning on a 200-mile at Bahia Honda and Marathon for rest periods and fuel. is Criminal Court Judge members will spend the night. Tomorrow, they will return to Possibly the most prominent Thomas S. Caro, a fishing and boating enthusiast. Others in Pierce, Jimmy Wells, Ray Maloney, Dr. Fred Carbonell, Sparky Carbonell, Bas- Gene Skaggs, Waldo Collins, Jerry Schnaedelbach, Otis Carey, and iy JIM-COBB ‘ Ground willbe beaken early next week for the con- struction of a ferry dock at the foot of Simonton Street to accommodate the “City.of Key West’”—+the first sea- The Toppino Construction Company was award- ed the contract for the dock. city building inspector Fri- day. Only the arrival of breaking ground, company| BURLINGTON, Vt. — Joan officials said today. Con- | Boss-Dilley, 24-year-old tennis star here last night, a victim. of -what added. a doctor described as amnesia. a Te first concrete step in the of service after Calif., blonde, a native of England, link between Key West and Cuba in many years. They took out a $5,000 : permit in the office of the T e Tennis Star special materials for the Has Amnesia job is keeping them from yom ' struction will require about rpg ad ll rere two or.three weeks, they Identification of the discus. | W48 de fro) Associated VE gop all aaanes Brose Wirephita shown pute Representatives of five local con. 3 sigs malig Ege Te- |. ¥., yesterday morning arriving there from Buffalo, . She could not recall any- about, Boston or being a ten- . She was wearing a thin her neck with tennis racket attached to it. vanished from the Boston home of her hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew. Marshall, with whom she was staying while playing in the National Doubles Tennis Champi- ; tion, ‘onships at Longwood Cricket Club, , ye’ added that definite plans are| (Continued On Page Eight not completed, as yet. ; Celebration Planned GOOD HOUSES SHOULD # tvo BE PAINTED WITH BEST PAINT SOLD—jrom . . . aE Ee2 Hi = g ee 120 SIMONTON, near Bank By FRED S. HOFFMAN WASHINGTON (®—After a final burst of legislating and oratory, | the 83rd Congress has broken for home with President Eisenhower's thanks for its “record of accom- plishment.” In its final hours last night, Con- gress sent Eisenhower’a social: se- eurity bill just about as he asked for it and a federal worker pay boost bill that Senate Republican Leader Knowland of California warned may be vetoed. The House adjourned with a whoop and a holler at 7:38 p.m. It won’t return until Jan. 5, barring @ special call from the President, Meanwhile, most of its members will be battling for re-election Nov. 2, Senate Finishes The Senate finished its last leg- islative chore early in the evening when, by voice vote, it completed congressional action on a bill to bring another 10 million persons under social security and to boost both benefit payments and the tax- es that support them. However, it stayed around for another 3 hours and 12 minutes as some of the senators got some final remarks off their chests. it also confirmed a few more post- masters before quitting at 10:50 p.m. Unlike the House, however, the Senate still has some. uninished (Continued On Page Eight) Man ospitalized In Barroom Brawl A man identified as Charles Jon- es, of the shrimp boat ‘Miss Sarah” is in the Monroe Genera] Hospital suffering from a gash on his cheek incurred in a fight in Shorty’s Bar, Petronia St., Friday. According to the report of Patrol- man Edward Pinder, his assailant was Miss Ruth Warren, of 803 Eli- zabeth St. She allegedly struck Jones with a bottle during an argu- ment. Both are being held under bond of $100 for appearance in city court Monday. March of Cimes: Roast beef dinner — tonight given by VFW Post 3911 and auxiliary at the VFW. club- house, 325 Elizabeth Street. Beta Sigma Phi card party from 8 p. m.:te 10 p. m. and a dance from 10 p. m. to 1 a. m. tonight at the Casa Mar- ina Hotel. Tag Day all day foday, spon- sored by Mother's Club of the Convent of Mary Immaculate and St. Joseph‘s School. Kiddie Parade 2 p. m., start- ing at NCCS and ending at the county court house. Court Fight Starts Over Thorne Will CHICAGO (7 — The anticipated court fight over the $1,800,000 es- tate of the late Montgomery Ward Thorne was started yesterday by his mother. Mrs. Marion Thorne, mother of the 20-year-old heir to a mail or- der fortune, charged his fiancee and prospective mother-in-law with having exercised “domination and undue influence” over him in the making of his last will. In a Circuit Court suit, Mrs. Thorne sought to set aside the will made by her son June 10, nine days before he was found dead in his North Side apartment. The suit was filed shortly after Probate Judge Charles G. Seidel admitted Thorne’s’ second will to probate and approved the appoint- ment of Miss Maureen Ragen, 18, his fiancee, as executor. Terms Of Will In the will, Thorne left one half of his estate to Miss Ragen, one fourto to her mother Mrs. Aleéen | Ragen, one eighth to an aunt and) one eighth to his mother. In an earlier will he had left the entire estate to his mother. ~Mrs. Thorne named Mrs. Ragen (Continued On Page Eight) LAND O'SUN LUNCHEONETTE 1001 TRUMAN AVENUE Vacation Time Closing Aug. 23 - Open Sept. 7 IN THE lray Beach Good-Will Representatives, Key West We Key West Citis U.S. A. »* DIAL 2-5661 or 2.5662. PRICE FIVE CENTS Work On Catwalks © Promised By SRD” Annual Meeting will hold its final meeting ed for early in October. Members who have suggestions | for changes in the by-laws are re-| minded that such changes must be | approved by the board of direc. tors. The next opportunity to amend the by-laws will be at the annual meeting but they must first be pre- sented to and approved by the pre- sent board at the September 15 meeting. Suggestions for by-law changes should be submitted to any board member of division chairman who | will im turn present them to the board for*disenssion and approval. Ideas Solicited otorists entering the state at} thé Georgia line will continue to be given the special summer pamphlets, prepared and distribut- ed by the Chamber. of Commerce, during the rest of August and pos- sibly inte September. 1gS- | land, Folkston, La Hunta and” Woodbine, Georgia. i Chamber members are urged to, attend the meeting called by May-| or Harvey for the purpose of dis- | cussing with civic leaders and bus. iness: people the plans for conduct-* ing a city-wide celebration of the’ first sailing of the Havana ferry. The meeting will be at City Hall | at 8:00 p. m. Thursday, August 26. The Chamber’s part in the cele- bration will be directed by a spe- cial committee composed of Ralph Faraldo, chairman, Merville Ro- sam and’ Paul Sher. . More. Publicity At the August board meeting, (Continued On Page Eigat) Chamber Reports Success Of Sale The Key West “Bargain Days” held early this month were very successful according to “Trends,” monthly news bulletin of the local, Chamber of Commerce. Forty-six firms participated. This is considered a good number since this was the first time a city-wide sales promotion has been schedul- Of Chamber Is Scheduled For October The present board of the Chamber of Commerce on September 15, and the annual meeting of the organization has been schedul- is the prettiest me: of the Delray Beach good-will tour that is in Key West today. Miss Steiner recently was named Miss Dixie.—Photo by Spillman. Delray Group Arrives Early For Visit Here Special Bus Brings Good-Will Group Here Last Night The good-will tour from Delray Beach rolled into | |Stop Signs Mean ed on a large scale. and Her daughter as principal de- | fendants and charged they had| A questionnaire circulated to par- ticipating stores immediately fol- lowing -the sale, indicated all re- porting managers felt the mid-sum- mer sale should be scheduled an- nually. At present the retail marchants division of the Chamber is work- ing on plans for observing the pre- Christmas shopping period. Harry Lurie, Edna Miller, Han- nah Baer, Jack McNeil and Lou Summerfield are the committee now working on plans for this pro- ject. LOGUN’S Presents , For The First Time in Florida TERESA FELIX Charming Young Pe THE BEST FOOD IN TOWN Bar - Entertainment Until 4 A. M. itown last night in a special bus and the members of the jtour were all set for a big day here. The 23 members of. the tour checked into the La Concha Hotel last night and then spread out through Key West on individual sightseeing tours of night spots. Today they are scheduled to lunch at Logun’s Lobster House, take a sightseeing trip through the city and the Navy Station and then have cocktails at the Sun and Sand Club. at 6 p. m. Official Greetings Doyle Morgan, manager of the Delray Beach Chamber of Com- merce and head man on the tour, | will meet city and county officials }at the cocktail party. | Other guests will include Rear | Adm, G. C. Towner, commander lof the Naval Base, Capt. C. L. | Murphy, Chief of Staff to Towner, and Bill Neblett, Democratic no- minee for state senator. The Key West Chamber of Com- merce is host at the cocktail party | and also will take the group on the sightseeing tour of the city and Navy Station. ALL-MALE LITTER HUGO ,Olta. —A purebred Po- land China sow owned by Mrs. T. L. Webb has farrowed ‘10 love- ly pigs, all males,” a rarity, she reports, r Webb Favors Construction Of Alternate Overseas Highway By DENIS SNEIGR Bill Neblett, Democratie nominee for state sen- ator, last night returned from Tallahassee with good news for Monroe County, The news was two-fold: 1. That catwalks for fishermen on the bridges along the Overseas Highway will very likely be built in time for next winter’s tourist season. 2. That Cecil Webb, chairman of the State Road Board, is enthusiastic about construction. of a second Overseas Highway to connect No Name Key and the mainland, Neblett also said that Webb and Fred McMullen, senior counsel for the road department, indicated that civil suits to recover road funds allegedly misspent. in connection with operation of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District will be filed by the end of this What They Say Police Chief Bienvenido Pe- rez said today that he has is- sued orders to the department for a crack down on people who fail to honor stop signs. He said that he has received num- A plan has also been sum |. gested to have the fine increas- Ce ee ee obile To 5,000 Books Were Loaned To Kids During Summer Approximately 5,000 books were loaned to child- ren during the months of July and August by the Children’s Bookmobile, it was announced today by Commander Walter Toy who headed the drive for the mobile children’s li- brary. The Bookmobile will discontinue operations until next summer on Aug. 27. The final week, starting Monday, will be only for the pick- up of outstanding books. No new books will be issued and all children are urged to return books borrowed from the Bookmo- bile, The librarian will also accept do- nation of childrens’ books to aug- ment the library for use next sum- mer. The Bookmobile began operations on July 5 and has carried out its purpose in that wholesome books have been loaned to Key West chil- dren, without charge, during the y Chest, Truman PTA, Officer’s Wives Club Fort Taylor, and the Masons. Other civie groups have also pledged aid to the Bookmobile. Plans for next summer call for (Continued on Page Eight) FORTUNE FADES FAST Sailor Learns Inheritance Is Hoax QUONSET POINT, R. lL @ —)telling him he was the sole heir Gary. Leith Stone III, 22, is back ote ng ways Jeft by a wage —s on duty as a $145-a-month Navy en came ashore from aviation ordinanceman third class|°™P; the carrier Antietam, ‘he today. idence telegraph office to verify Yesterday for a few brief hours|the telegram. he was the well-publicized heir to| He discovered there that the in- {an 18-million-dollar fortune—until | heritance message had been sent a hoax was discovered. to the office in an envelope ac- The Pasadena, Calif., sailor re-|companied by $5 to cover tele- ceived a shipboard telegram, sup-| graph marked aboard posedly from a California attorney, | the aoe