The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 31, 1954, Page 1

For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2-566) or 2-$662 Today near future with the officials ef the USO to discuss the possibility of asking them to move from their’ Jackson Square’ building so that the ‘city hall can be moved to ann g \ "There'll be more of the: te, wit, rain, the . midnight and neon of water fell. on Key look: for continued showers and says. Between West. os der # i3% THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 6:30 TO 9:00 P.M. First Congregational Church Service Center Whitehead Streets) to determine how much actual space is avail- | USO for several yeats, was pur- chased by the city from the; fed- eral government in 1948 for use as a city hall. Used Rent-Free However, the city never made the move and has given the USO building rent-free. They also Meanwhile, Lang said that he conduct a survey today to see there” avail- en ‘that if we EE bat eee i 4 ie Full Fury Of Hurricane I's BACK TO SCHOOL—Youngsters all over the nation are returning to school this week and next. Here in Monroe County where 4,469 are enrolled for the new term, regular class sessions opened today. School Enrollment Is 4,469 For First Day Monroe County’s school enrollment at the end of the first day of the new term was exactly the same as at the close of the school year in June — 4,469 studenis. Navy Chief Still On Critical List Robert C. Drouin, 34, a Navy chief, who drove his + into a bridge abutment at 75 miles per hour. today was in “little better” condition but still on Horace O’Bryant, super- intendent of public instruc- tion, said he expected more students to register’ before the end of the first;month of school. At the end of the first month last year, 4,620 students had been enrolled. Double Sessions Because of the crowded condi- . | tions, the first gradé classes j Action Promised Steyenson said yesterday a Repub- : ign promise to revise Act was not kept. Eisenhow.r administra- , this has beer. a year or worse,” in meeting is of labor-management re- es dropped to a new low n with the revising of ng some 3,500 delegates i convention of the AFL Brotherhood of Elec- », Stevenson said: ‘Republican candidate in gn (Eisenhower) said to unions during jocratic administra- By City Attorney In Housing Hassle The question of, whether or not a group of houses at Staples Ave- hue and Von Phister St. will be repaired or torn down, will proba- bly be decided by next Monday, City Attorney J. Y. Porter said’ to- day. ° Porter was instructed yesterday by the city commission to “get re- sults” in having the buildings, con- demned for several years, torn down. They are owned jointly by the estates of William R. Warren and William R. Porter, Key West fin- anciers. Porter, who represents the Por- ter estate, said that he will meet with the executors of both estates and attempt to reach an agree- en by next Monday’s commis- ion. meeting. The buiidings, completely devoid of sanitary facilities, have been oc- cupied by ‘‘squatters” for some time. They were built many years ago to house workers in the city’s cigar industry. KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE August To Date 61 Lassan Jarj, Tovabb Ersz! That’s Turkish. It means “Caution Prevents Suffering.” The statement is true in any language. Whether we are referring to the agony that accompanies . bodily injury or the mental anguish caused by financial loss by accident which can wipe out your life savings in an in- stant, the statement has an all too grim truth. © BLOW ..... STORM!! P’'m Shuttered With Material from - STRUNK LUMBER 120 Simonton Street, near Bank two schools — Douglass and H — were'-on double sessions. first session is from 8 a. m yesterday and: as of the:end of the last school year in June: Last Yesterday June HIGH SCHOOL 1,155 1,121 TRUMAN 813 854 HARRIS 42. 599 POINCIANA 880-789 DOUGLASS 523° 608 SUE MOORE 180, 194 CORAL SHORES ms «(278 SAN CARLOS Ww 1s GRACE JONES “ nN TOTALS 4469 4,469 Key West High School held regu- lar classroom sessions yesterday. Grade school students registered yesterday and began classroom sessions today. Instruction persognel in Monroe County Schools thig year totals 192 teachers and six principals. Sixty- seven’ of the tea¢hers are new to the county schools this year, some as replacements and others as ad- ditions. Durden Case Ruling Due BARTOW #—A ruling on, de- fense motions to quash charges of conspiracy to murder against Wil- lard ‘Durden will be made by Criminal. Court Judge Roy Hi. Amidon some time this week. The main issue presented by Durden at a hearing yesterday was a contention that he received im- munity from prosecution by giving County Solicitor Clifton Kelly a | spiracies. Durden, an Orlando contractor, testified Kelly assured him he would not have to serve a prison sentence and would get his bond lowered if he made the statement. Bond Lowered His bond was lowered from $30,- 000 to $5,000 but the solicitor testi- fied he had promised only to rec- ommend that there be no prison sentence if Durden “nade a com- plete, ‘truthful. statement. Kelly said the statement turned out to be neither, _ Durden is charged with conspir- ing with Emmett Donnelly, Lake Wales lawyer, to kill Mrs. Byrd T. Roach and K. H. Gerlach, both of Lake Wales, and Mrs. Louise Clark Hawley Sandberg of Orlando so Donnelly could dispose of their es- tates without check. Donnelly ;shot himself to death after being rested. “ot = y statement about three alleged con- | oq. Carol Hits New En Youngsters Carry Out Polio Project Three youngsters today turn- ed in $3.10 they raised for the Emergency March of Dimes by selling lemonade and cookies. The kids used their own mon- ey to buy the ingredients for the lemonade and to buy the cookies. They sold them in Peary Court. Their names were Bobby Grant, 11, Jimmy Grant, 9, and Arthur Southerland, 10. Detroit Paper Gives Outcome Of Hearings Says, Committee Found McCarthy, Army Both At Fault _ DETROIT #—The Detroit News Said today in a copyrighted story “that, the Republican majority on the cOmmittee which conducted the a rmy-McCarthy hearings both Sen. McCarthy Army Secretary Ste- fault.” len of the News! Say “the wia- traddles the question of] jority whether McCarthy or Stevens was the more guilty.” While joining three Republican. colleagues ‘in the majority report, the News said Sen. Potter (R- Mich) issued a separate report which was much more critical vf both Army Secretary Stevens and Sen. McCarthy. The committee had three Demo- crats, who have prepared a mi- nority report. The Army accused McCarthy of using undue pressure in an attempt to gain an Army commission for an aide, G, David Schine. Mc- Carthy counter-charged the Army had used Schine in an attempt to influence him to call off investi- gations into alleged communism within the Army. Impartial Slapping The News said the majority was “impartial in slapping’ Roy M. Cohn, former counsel’ for Me- Carthy’s Senate Investigating Com- mittee, and John Adams; Army counsel. Potter’s separate report said that McCarthy’s suggestion during the héarings that executive department employes defy superiors and slip him classified material ‘‘could wreck the entire security system.” On the other hand, the News said Potter charged Stevens with a “lack of competency” when “‘the morale of the United States Army was at stake.” Taking the “accused” one by one, the News said the four Re- publican members of the Army- McCarthy committee, reached these conclusions: Conclusions On McCarthy: 1. That charges he used improper influence in behalf of Schine were “not established” in so far as the senator “personally” was concern- 2. That McCarthy should have exercised “‘more vigorous disci- pline to have prevented such im- proper influence” by members of his committee staff. 3. That “in condoning such aec- tivities” by his staff, and, “to the extent he permitted their contin- uance,” McCarthy deserves “‘erit- icism.” On Cohn: 1. That he made many contacts in executive departments in behalf of Schine-and that, in view of his position as counsel of a committee investigating the Army, such con- tacts “‘take on a different connota- (Contuved on Page Five) COWBOY & SONS ‘Landscaping Ist Session Of McCarthy Quiz Has Noisy End Wisconsin Senator Is Called Out Of Order By Chairman WASHINGTON ( — A Senate committee wound up its first ses- | sion inquiring inte cersure charges against Sen. MeCarthy today with the chairman banging the Wiscon- sin senator into silence and thun- dering he was’ “‘out of order.” McCarthy and his attorney, Ed- ward Bennett Williams sought to raise the question: of whether the committee’s vice chairman, Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-Colo) was quot- ed truthfully or not in a Denver Post story of last March. The newspaper said Johnson, in an in- terview, had declared: “In my opinion, there is not a man among the Democratic leaders of Congress who does not loathe Joe McCarthy.” Chairman Watkins (R-Utah) ruled that Johnson’s right to sit on the committee had not beea chal- lenged and that even if it yas the com: itself couldn’t act on it. He said. the matter was irrele- So. sae and that Me- Carthy jams could get mont ‘the Post quotes Statement Read Prior to the flareup, Johnson had read a statement denying that on March 12 or any other time he had ‘said that he personally “loathed Senator Joseph Mc- Carthy,” McCarthy asked “are we en- titled to ‘know whether the quo- tations of March 12 are correct or incorrect?” Watkins told him he could get that at some other place than the hearing. “Mr Chairman—” McCarthy be- gan again. “Just a minute,” Watkins broke in. “You have filed no challenge.” “T should be entitled to know,” McCarthy started once more. (Continued On Page Five) Mothers Will March On Polio Thursday Night Key West mothers will march on polio Thursday eve- ning when they call at every home where a porch light is burning for contributions to the Emergency March of Dimes. Mrs. Joe Lopez, chairman of the Mothers’ March, today said the hours for the collection will be between 7 p. m. and 8 p. m. Thursday. She asked that the same mo- thers who aided the January collection to take over gain in the same areas they covered then. The money will again be turned in at the Key West Electric Co. office. “lf any mother knows of an area mother who is out of town or otherwise unable to cover her area, please take over her duties,” Mrs. Lopez said, Mrs. Lopez can be reached at 2.5969, LET US SPRAY! LYONS, Kan. @—An unfortunate skunk made the mistake yester- day of wandering into Mrs, Paul Dring’s garage. Mrs. Dring and a neighbor, Mrs. J. M. Hoss, grabbed a garden hose and attacked before the skunk had a chance to go into action, ‘The animal retreated into an ad- jacent garage, whose owner, not Cement Walks - Porches - Patios wanting to get personally involved, REASONABLE 1208 Watson St. Tel. 2-8521 ¥ == ae eee glan State Of Emergency Declared As Ammo Barge Breaks Loose : BOSTON (AP) —A howling hurricane accompan- ied by fiercely driving rain struck New England with its full fury today setting adrift a loaded ammunition barge in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island and causing a state of emergency to be declared in Providence, R. L, and New London, Conn. The Weather Bureau, meanwhile, advised residents along the coasts of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island to leave for high ground. This applied particular- ly to Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod. Phenix City Gamblers Face Prison Terms 59 Individuals Named In Grand Jury Indictments PHENIX , Ala. Wi—Master- minds of City’s withered gambling e faced the grim Prospect of prison terms today as a grand jury which has already re- turned 545 indictments turned its vice hunt in a new dizection, ...The-blue-ribbon. jury, concentrat- on gambiing, hi down ictments against 59 individuals yesterday and then went back to work immediately to broaden its rackets investigation into other fields. Although the jurors recommend- ed speedy trials for those indicted, there was no immediate indication just when court would be called. In its initial interim report, the jury, said it had departmentalized the “various phases” of racketeer- ing and corrpution in order to make a gigantic task as simple as possible. Later Slate Later, in subsequent reports, the jurors will consider election frauds, charges of corruption in public of- fice, organized prostitution, B-girl rackets and perhaps even what National Guard investigators have called a “flourishing” abortion ring. At leas four of the big gambling lords were indicted yesterday, in- cluding three members of the family of Godwin Davis Sr., who has jong been identified as the boss of a $15,000 a day lottery syndicate. Another defendant was the fore- man of a recent grand jury which found no evidence of gambling in Phenix City. C. W. Franklin, who signed that jury report last spring was indicted on 25 counts of op- erating a lottery and one charge of possessing gambling equipment. His bond was fixed at $13,250, Equipment Dealer The grand jury also indicted the owner of a fantastic crooked dice and marked card factory uncov- ered by National Guard raiders several days ago at the home of H., T. Webster. Adjutant Gen. Wal- ter J. Hanna said the place sup-_ plied more than 100 regular cus- tomers throughout the South -as well as in other parts of the nation. But the heaviest blow fell on another gamber, E. L, (Red) Cook, He was indicted on a first degree murder charge in addition to 40 (Continued on Page Five) Women Get First Squirt At Skunk drenched and presumably hostile skunk in an enclosed place. Mrs. Hoss recalled that when she was a girl on the farm, there was a saying that if one could grab a skunk by the tail and get all four feet off the ground fast enough, the skunk couldn’t use its scent ‘No one wanted to try it, so Mrs. Hoss did. She succeeded. ' Holding the outmaneuvered skunk at arm’s length, she instruct- ed Bailey to do his duty. A bullet through the skunk’s head ended the episode scentlessly. Streets were flooded in Providence with the water rising steadily. The Coast Guard reported the ammuni- tion barge adrift and load- ed. Shortly before noon the wind velocity at the Harvard Blue Hills Observatory was steady at 70 to 72 miles an hour and rising. Five-second gusts of 80 miles an hour were reported. In Worcester, Mass., the wind hurled a man 10 floors to his death from a fire escape on a downtown building. Another man was report- ed drowned at Dartmouth, Ma: while trying to moor « boat. Coast Guard was searching for at Newport, iy a8 the eye of the hurricane that city about noon over The hurricane began with winds ranging up to 150 miles an hour but it lost force last night as it surged up the Atlantic Coas' tering coastal areas and driving vacationists inland. No deaths or serious injuries were reported. The metropolitan area was lashed by the hurricane’s fringe, which apparently extended 150 to 200 miles on each side of the center. _ High seas and downed power lines were reported along the New Jersey coast but no particular damage was recorded, Liner Delayed In New York, the Italian liner Cristoforo Colombo was unable to take aboard customs men, immi- a) ' Rowmonnbon OCK-UP TODAY CT a | moother Fabs = Monroe Beer Distributors, Inc.