The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 27, 1954, Page 1

“most equable climate in the range of only 14” Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A, s. He was president of the Brazil-United States Institute in, 1941. In 1944, he was the Brazilian dent’s Social Progress party plat form calls for greater freedom for — investors, the country generally back touched Vatgas’ suicide, a police (Continued On Page Ten) ls and others connected with the Caribbean Ferry System's hand this morring for ground-breaking ceremonies on the Simonton St. Left to right are S. H. Berrens, a stock- company: Charles Rosen, who will operate con- Weech. assistant to Bennett.—Citizen Staff ay Might at the local Red Cross Chauter headquarters will . be during a hurricane in i ‘Chamber of Commerce foom, All residents who feel that their homes are insecure may go to the shelters at the Reynolds Element- ary School, corner Reynolds and South Streets, The Bethel A. M. E. Church, er Truman Avenue and Thomas Street and the Pres- byterian Church, 717 Simonton Street. Shelters On Keys For residents in the Marathon area, shelters will be opened in the Sue M. Moore School and the Fire Department Building. Anoth- er shelter. will be opened at the Prison Camp on Big Pine Key. Dr. C. W. Morrison and his staff at the Monroe County Heaith .| Unit are prepared to care for any minor if the need arises. Major injuries will be met at the Monroe General Hos- pital. Doctors Ralph Herz and Edward Gonzalez will serve on the Medical committee with Dr. Paul Morrison. Bayly announced other sub-com- mittee chairmen serving are Paul Esquinaldo, vice chairman, Joe Crusoe and David Freeman, com- munication, Jacke Einhorn, food, OU | George Lee, survey, Neil’Knowles, transportation, Mrs. Gloriana Bay- ly, Clothing and Wilbur Franklin ~ | will supervise the white shelter. cane,” said Grady Norton, chief forecaster in the storm warning center here. “Tt probably will grow eal Veet with winds Rev. Everette and Rev. W. McClean will supervise the color- ed shelters with the assistance of Grace Palacios, Marie Welters, V. F. W. Commander, Lang Milian and American Legion Command- er, Jose H. Planas, ‘Those attending Thursday night’s planning meeting were Edward Bayly, Mrs. Glorianna Bayly, Dr. Cc. W. Mortison, Dr. Ralph Herz, J. L. Crusoe, Grace Palacios and Carola R. Nettles, Fire Causes Only Slight Damage A fire which broke out in the winds ‘of 75'| roof of the Southernmost Phar- miles an hour or more are classed allowing around still,” said area with lead ing and Georgia coasts was advised to dis- play caution. | macy, Duval and Fleming Streets last’ night attracted scores of spectators. but caused little damage. Fire Chief Charles Cremata said that the blaze broke out when a neon. sign became short circuited. Firemen from the main fire station answered tbe telephone alarm. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1954 ———— EES First Team Is Here For Sun. Tournament ‘The Muirmen of Los Ange- les, first team to arrive here for Sunday’s national spear- fishing meet, hopped off the National Airlines plane at 8:37 a. m. today and shoved off im- mediately for a dive on the reef. Ed Ciesinski, professional di- ver, had his boat in the ocgen near the airport. The three spearfishermen — Dick " Frank Hops, and Bill 6 sent their luggage to a motel and climbed in the boat. © Five other teams are expact- ed. They are from the Great Lakes region, Miami Beach, Guantanamo Bay and two more from California. Saturday at 6:30 p. m., the entrants in the tournament will be guests at a fish fry given by the Chamber of Commerce at the Casa Roma Motel, Flag- ler Ave:, at Roosevelt Bivd. near the Naval Hospital. Kids’ Parade ! Nets $77.86 | For Drive Winners In Last Saturday’s Event Are Announced The kiddies parade for the Emergency March of PRICE FIVE CENTS Huge Celebration Will Mark Initial Ferry Run : 0 Dimes collected $77.86 for the polio fund, it was an- nounced today by Bob You- mans, chairman of the em- ergency drives» : Judges of last Sai parade were three ‘The winners were? * Cutest costume up to Zour years old, Barbaramae © Cejudo, 18- months old, who was born while her mother was in an iron lung. Boy’s largest’ animal, Curry Blackwell and his horse, Dolly. Girl’s largest animal, Harriett Hutehings and her cat, Slippers. Boy’s smallest animal, Curry Bruce and four fleas in a bottle. Girl’s. smallest animal, Jackie Craft and her parakeet, Blue Boy. Boy’s most talented animal, Anthony Ulchar, Jr., and his parakeet, Billy. Girl’s most talented animal, (Continued On Page Ten) Darden Denies Murder Intent BARTOW #—J. Willard Durden of Orlando, accused in a murder- for-hire plot, says he was “stalling | all the time and didn’t want no- body killed.” & 69-page statement by Durden, made at the time. of his arrest June 7, was released yesterday by Clifton Kelly, Polk County solicitor. In the statement, Durden said Emmett Donnelly, a Lake Wales attorney arrested with him on charges of conspiring to kill three persons, never asked him directly to kill anyone but suggested he rough up an 80-year-old man and that it would be to his advantage to have two women out of the way- Donnelly—the mastermind of the plot, Kelly says—killéd himself a few hours after .making’ bond on the charge. Durden, a contractor, is free on bond. * The two were accused of plotting the deaths of K. H. Gerlach, re- tired Lake Wales calendar manu- facturer; Mrs. Byrd T. Roach, 51, Lake Wales; and Mrs. Louise Clark Hawley, 50, Orlando. Stood Te Gain Donnelly stood to gain from the «Continued On Page Ten) NEW COMMANDER—Capt. whd yesterday Chauncey S. Willard, USN; (left), ‘assumed command of the Naval Air Station here, pen, the Naval Base, after the change of commands at Boca itp. Looking on are Capt. C. H. Hutchings, : Mae od rear, and Lédr. L. H. Rice, aide to) rf Staff Photo, Sybil, » Takes Commit | At Naval Air Station Here Captain Chauncey S. Willard, USN, assumed com- mand of the U. S. Naval Air Station, yesterday after- noon, He relieved Commander Richard H, Rice, USN, who has been the acting Commanding Officer since the detachment of Captain ‘ Thomas Faith Healer (Is Ordered To Leave US. . MIAMI (#® — Avak Hagopian, bearded faith healer who claims he “talks to God 24 hours a day,” must leave this country before Tuesday or face deportation. Avak’s case has been on file with the Immigration Service for nearly six years while he fought to stay in the United States. A deportation hearing was held some time ago but his departure was held up after a bill was intro- duced in Congress to grant the Persian mystic special residence status. Congress adjourned last week without passing the bill. Under Immigration ‘Department procedure, Avak, native of. Iran, may leave the country voluntarily and choose his destination. If he remains after Tuesday, he may be deported. Divorce Witness Avak figured as a key witness in the divorce case of Mrs. Fred- ericka Phillips against Khudourie Chaachou, wealthy Miami Beach hotel owner, on a claim of common law marriage. Avak, who has been living in’ Miami Beach with Mrs. Phillips and her sister, Mrs. Victoria Fredericks, dresses in flowing white robes, has a full black beard (Continued On Page Ten) Ashcraft, USN, on June 4. The change of command cere- mony was in the new hangar now nearing completion at the Naval Air Station. Prior to this assignment, Capt. Willard served on the staff of the Commander in Chief, Allied Fore- es, Southern Eruope. In Navy Since 1928 He entered the naval service in 1928 as a midshipman, graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy and received his commission as Ensign in 1932 and was designated a naval aviator in 1936. Capt. Willard was Commanding Officer of the USS San Pablo, a seaplane tender, in 1944 and 1945, From 1947 until 1949, he was Ex- ecutive Officer of the aircraft car- rier USS Bairoko. In 1949 he. at- tended the Armed Forces Staff College. Chief of Staff From 1950 to 1952 he served as Chief Staff Officer t» the Com- mander Naval Air Bases, Fifth Naval District. During his naval career Capt, Star Medal with Combat “‘V,” Na- Willard has received the Bronze (Continued On Page Ten) Postal Employes To Keep Present Rates Of Pay MIAMI BEACH (®—Nobody in {the postal department will face a cut in pay, says Norman R. Ab- |rams, asst. postmaster general in charge of the Bureau of Opera- tions. “No man in the postal depart- ment has had or will have his pay ~ |) cut,” Abrams told a banquet meet- ing of the National Assn. of Postal Supervisors closing their conven- tion here last night. “But we are econo- mies,” Abrams continued. “In the A huge celebration, arrival of the first train in Curfew Law Will Be Enforced Here Police Chief Bienvenido Pe- rer said today that police have been instructed te strictly en- force the city’s curfew laws for minors. He made that statement af- ter a personal investigation re- vealed that many teenage youths have been seen on the streets as late as mid- night. Under city jaw, children un- der 16 years of age must be off the streets by 9 p. m., un- less they are accompanied by an adult. “The law is going to be en- forced,” Chief Perez said. He added that parents can be pro- secuted under the law, and will be held responsible if their chil- dren are found in violation of the curfew law. Due In France French Cabinet To Meet Before Assembly Acts By HARVEY HUDSON PARIS #—President Rene Coty hustled back from a vacation today to preside over a full dress Cabinet meeting just 24 hours before the French National Assembly takes up ratification of the European Defense Community treaty, The deputies themselves, facing the showdown on EDC they had put off for 27 months, were in a turmoil of political intrigue that could end in the downfall of the two-month-old regime of Premier Pierre Mendes-France. The Assembly was in session over Tunisian and Moroccan prob- lems, but most of the deputies were talking about EDC and the government’s future. Coty returned on the urging of former Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, a champion of EDC and bitter foe of the. present govern- ment. Bidault urged that a full ; discussion be held on possible fu- ture policies before anything final is done to reject EDC. Developments These were among the day’s top developments: 1, The Assembly of the French Union, the top consultative body for France and her overseas terri- tories, recommended by a vote of 100-65 that France reject the six- nation European army plan en- visaged under EDC. While this had no legal weight, the vote was another indication that EDC will have tough going in the National Assembly. ; 2. A group of pro-European army ministers who had been under heavy pressure to resign imme- diately decided to stay on a while longer, at least until after the EDC vote. They feared the pro-EDC elements in the Assembly would have no voice it the ministers re- signed now. 3. The Foreign Office announced Communist Poland had offered France an alliance against Ger- many. A spokesman said the pro- posal—obviously timed to affect be re- satellites Key West Will Assume Festive Atmosphere For 2-Day Event By JIM COBB rivalling those held to mark the Key West and the opening of the Overseas Highway, is being planned to herald the maiden voyage of the “City of Key West” when it inaugurates thrice-weekly ferry service between Key West and Cardenas, Cuba Oct. 2. Initial planning for the _ affair began last night at a meeting gathered to conier with officials of the Cari- bean Ferry System, Inc., and their public relations director, Hoite Agey. All responded enthusiastically to an appeal to make the celebration “the biggest ever in Key West.” Plans Discussed Preliminary plans discussed last night, call for the celebration to start on Friday afternoon, Oct. 1, when the City of Key West arrives here, and to culminate at 9 a. m. the next day when 'the vessel leav- es Key West harbor bound on the voyage making the first regularly scheduled sea-link between this city and the Island Republic in many years. The ship will bear scores a2% ed Floridians, along with a “Ferry Queen” to be selected from among the ranks of Key West’s beauties handles the Miami Orange jamboree. Merchants have asked to cooperate. In the eve of the sailing, the ty company will play. host to the public at an open house the vessel and a gala “Ferry Ball” will be held. A meeting will be held next Thursday to discuss further plans for the affair. Plans Announced e For High School ° ° Opening Session Dr. Harold C, Campbell, princi- pal of Key West High School has announced that all junior and sen- ior high school students will report to the following assigned places at 8:15 Monday -morning, August 30. Seventh grade pupils will report to the high school annex building. Room assignments will be on the bulletin board. Students will report to the room wheer assigned, Eighth and ninth grade pupils will report to the junior high school building and will find their as- signments on the bulletin boards and will report ‘o assigned rooms. Tenth, eleevnth and twelfth grade students will. report ts the senior high building where room assignments will be found on the bulletin board. They will then, re- port to their assigned home rooms. This year lunches at the high school cafeteria will be 40 cents for a single day or $1.75 for five meals if the student or teacher buys tickets for the week. Lunches will be served at the high school on Monday. Good Boat Materials —at—