The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 10, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average. range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV Ne, 215 ‘WAITING—Wives, parents, sweethearts and infants anxiously await the lowe: ine tender Gilmore tied up at Pier Baker. The Gilmore returned here after ficial U.S. Navy Photo, Housing Survey Bears There is a shortage of two and three-bedroom dwell- ing units in Key West. “This was announced today as a result of housing survéys by the Navy and the Chamber of Commerce, ‘That there was a shortage of two and three-bedroom units was *e opinion of the chamber’s housing «committee before the surve;s v.... Were conducted. _ The figures resulting ‘re survey merely bore out the opin don of the com,...., FE é —~ inded to newspapers today — contained no sp... ii: * The number of Navy men reply- ing to the Navy's survey was not given. The number of landlords revlv- ing to the chamber’s survey was not given. However, it was learned that a- out 2,500 Navy men filled ov: questionaires and that very few landlords ‘illed out we ¢ questionaire. The 2,500 Navy men represent about 8,000 individuals. The chamber’s report on the sur- veys’ findings made one recom- mendation: That Stockton, Whatley. and Da: vin, Inc., operators of Sigsbee Park build more two- and three-bedroom units. Text Of Report The Key West Chamber of Com- merce Housing Analysis Com- mittee and representatives from the Navy, Captain C. L. Murpiy, Chief of Staff, and Lieutenant J. T. Theriault, Housing Officer, met yesterday to discuss results of two housing surveys made recently, Figures on both surveys — one conducted by the Navy, the other by the Chamber of Commerce — indicated the same general. con- clusion: There is a decided shortage: of two and three bedroom dwellings units in Key West, and immediate steps should be taken to alleviate the situation. These surveys were the result of a Miami newspaper article some. weeks ago which disclosed that a letter from Rear Admiral George . Crawford, commander of At- lantic Fleet Submarine Forces, to the Chief of Naval Operatio:s in Washington, reco >-~* Jess housing conditions be improv. ed in Key Wes:, c. be asked for removal oi certain fleet units. : Crawford Quoted The article quoves .... Admiral Crawford as saying, “The situation in Key West is critical. Personnel Teporting there for duty have con- (Continued on rage Seven) Lions Hear Faets, Fietion. in Tornadoes Weather Bureau Man Outlines Tornado Action “A tornado once picked up a ' railroad steam locmotive, turned it jaround and put it back on the | track, heading in the opposite di- }Fection,” Jack Brown, of the Wea- ther Bureau told members of the Lions Club during their weekly meeting held last night in the Lions Den on Seminary Street. In telling of another example cf freaks that occur during the de- vastating twisters, Brown said that a large tree was once split open by the 500 mile an hour winds, a car was placed in the split, and/ the tree closed up. How's That Again? He also told of a rooster that was picked up off the ground and carried four miles and set down unharmed with a bunch of hens. “Children have been picked up by the tornadoes,” he said. “Some- times they were killed and at other times they have been gently set down.” Brown displayed a weather map which he used to explain how tor- nadoes are formed. He said that tornadoes occur all over the country can pccur anywhere. He stated that they oc- cur on the average of 142 times a year, Tall Tale | Brown added that he -had heard jof two freaks that had occurred during a twister which he found hard to believe. One was a report- @d case of a large steel pot that had been turned inside out. The other was a case where a rooster |had been put unharmed, inside of a gallon jug with only his head sticking out. During the routine business con- ducted at the meeting it was de- cided that the club would have a Father and Son night September 2B. Spaghetti and meat balls were served for the dinner at the meet- hing. Miss Jean's and Nursery School Re-Opening September 13th 15th WHY NOT THE BEST FOR YOUR CHILD? ¥ Day or All Day 728 Fleming Street Kindergarten Year Phone 2-3719 THE DADDY'S HOME—That's what Mrs. Carol McGuire is telling her daughter, Mary, as Mark McGuire, CK-3, greeis them on the pier after the submarine tender Gilmore docked this morn- ing at the Naval Station.—Official U.S. Navy Photo. ting of the gangway this morning after the subma- completing six weeks of northern operations,—Of- SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRI ah ie DAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1954 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The northeast braced itself today (Friday) for fear Hurricane Edna might rake the coast anywhere from Cape Hatteras north to Maine. Storm warnings were out the entire length of the coast and coastal dwellers were moving in- side. As far north as Montauk Point at the tip of Long Island the sky was reported “grey and eerie” by storm-wise residents. The wind was ominously warm, the Atlantic dark and swelling. Boston Bureau Reports The Boston Weather Bureau re- ported near noon that the hurricane is expected to be near southeastern across the bow of the City Youth Wounds Police Officer In Gun Battle MILWAUKEE (®#—A youth on Probation» for narcotics offenses wounded a police officer and two firemen last night with a shotgun barrage from his suburban Wau- watosa home. The officer, shot itr the abdomen, was seriously wound- ed but expected to live. After an exchange of gunfire that lasted several minutes, Wil- liam C. Hake, 22, threw the 12- gauge shotgun from a bedroom window and was seized by two Wauwatosa officers who accepted “Here come the neroes,” he said as they burst into the bedroom with drawn guns. Police said Hake went berserk after an argument with his father, insistence on drinking. The firemen were not in serious condition. They were wounded as they pulled up in a fire truck in j¥esponse to a call for reinforce- |ments. Dr. Hake and his wife left |the house after William threw a butcher knife at a bathroom door during the argument. —_—<—_—_—_—_—_—<—<—<—<—<—<—<——— * DUFFY'S TAVERN * Presents KIP ANDREWS and the Talking Hammond Organ Also Featuring KEY WEST'S BEST PIZZA We Up ORDERS. TO TAKE OUT 218 Duval St. Phone 2-9357 |S rene en EE “Old Sour”-—-Not Champagne— Will Be Used In Christening When Mrs. Wilhelmina Harvey smashes a bottle Wednesday, it won’t be a bottle of champagne. : It'll be Old Sour — the famed concoction of key lime juice, garlic and salt used to season many Conch dishes. his dare to ‘‘come in and get me.”’| Dr. Cecil B. Hake, over the son’s| of Key West in Miami next It will be a real Conch Christen- ing. That information was contained in a letter today from Hoite Agey, public relations counsel for the fer- ry company to Citizen reporter Jim | Cobb. | Mrs. Harvey made the sugges- | tion after she was invited to offi- ciate at the christening of the ship | which will provide the first sea link between Key West and Cuba in many years. She felt that Old Sour would be more appropriate. ‘Tain‘t Old Pow Wow Mayor Harvey passed the infor- mation on to N. C. Hines, execu- tive vice president of the Carib- bean Ferry System, in a telephone conversation early this week. But during the conversation, the words “Old Sour” were apparently misunderstood by Mr. Hines. He thought, being unfamiliar | with Conch terms, the Mayor said, |“Old Pow Wow.” | He instructed Agey to obtain |some Old Pow Wow. Frantic Appeal Agey then wrote the following let- ter to Citizen reporter Cobb: “Dear Jim: “Can you obtain for us post haste a bottle of “Pow Wow,” the famous Key West concoction about which Mayor Harvey spoke to Mr. Hines the other day. “We feel that it would be very appropriate to employ it in the New England by early Saturday, with winds reaching 50 to 70 miles an hour by late tonight. On the Long Island and New Jersey coasts some late vacation- ers were leaving their summer homes, recalling the fury of Hur- ricane Carol which struck with Earth Still. Trembles In Quake Sector Death Toll In igAlceria Believed To Be Over 1,000 * ALGIERS, Algeria @—The earth still trembled at Orleansyille to- pi day, more than 24 hours after the wreaked a death toll estimated at more than 1,000 Europeans and Algerians, Another 2,000 were believed hurt. Shocks less violent than the first were felt five times last night and this morning. One lasted several seconds, bringing down unsteady houses and great pieces of shat- tered walls, Blasted buildings in the heart of the town were crum- bling into the streets. There were 2,000 rescue workers and as many more troops, on the spot about 100 miles west of Al- giers. The French army, which rushed all available troops and ambulances to the area, also sent four bulldozers and eight big water tanks, along with eight tons of bread and other food, 50 field kitchens and 35 cooks to man them. The mayor of the city was quoted |as saying: 95% Evacuation “We've had to evacuate 95 per cent of the houses, but we won't evacuate the town. We're going to put everybody into tents.” Rescue teams returning here said identification of European | victims was proceeding rapidly but they were having more difficulty j with the Moslem dead. Casualty estimates were made more difficult by the fact many Moslems were burying their own dead without sending in any report. The French interior ministry said last night 590 deaths have been confirmed officially, but most of them appeared to be European residents of the area. They said an accurate accounting of the quake toll will take many days. 12-Second Tremor The harrowing quake hit just after 1 a.m. yesterday with a 12- second tremor which toppled even Orleansville’s most modern struc- ture — a nine-story building — like a stack of matches. People who were not crushed in their beds ran terrified into the streets, where many of them were felled by crashing masonry: In Orleansville, a prison holding 120 men some of them Tunisian rebels confined there by the French — was demolished. How many prisoners managed to escape was not known. Some forty guests in Orleans- christening ceremonies Wednesday afternoon. Of course, this means awe have to have it by Tuesday.” Cobb, rather confused over the term “Pow Wow” phoned Mayor Harvey, who enlightened him. He obtained a bottle of Old Sour from Lowe’s Fish Market and will | ville’s Hotel Baudouin were report- ed buried alive when the building collapsed. The village of Vauban, 15 miles east of Orleansville, was reported wiped out— the fate of its 2,000 residents unknown. Three other villages in that area also were get it to Miami in time for the|badly hit — Miliana, Duperre and| Gold Coast Casuals christening. Rouina. IN THE U.S.A. Northeast Coast Area Gets Ready For Edna damage approaching one-half bi- lion dollars, Meanwhile, the weather bureau reported that skittish Edna—so named for the fifth letter of the alphabet and the fifth hurricane of this season—is expected to skim past Hatteras. It warned, however, of dangerous gales and high tides along the coast there, Shore Residents Alarmed Most shore residents from New Jersey northward were alarmed but determined to brave Edna’s fury—though some were heading for the cities, Stores reported runs on kerosene lamps and candles, Beach dwellers boarded up windows, brought furni- ture inside, Stored their cars in garages. One man _ said liquor stores were selling quite a few bottles of the drops that cheer even in a hurricane. Near Montauk Point one man said “The heck with this, I’m go- ing back to New York.” But a neighbor declared, ‘Well, Florida gets ‘em all the time. I guess I can stand one.” New Jersey Prepares Openings in sea walls were closed up along the Jersey shore. In re- sorts such as Asbury Park, offic- ials began clearing the boardwalks. Boats were “ashed down’ with extra lines everywhere and emer- gency crews alerted, The chief forecaster of the New York Weather Bureau, Ernést J. Christie, returned’ from vacation because he viewed the situation as an emergency condition. To New Yorkers and New Eng- landers the possibility of a hurri- cane was a topic of conservation everywhere. Names Ready For Hurricanes MIAMI, Fla. —When Hurricane Edna makes up her mind and moves off the weather scene, names are ready for 18 additional tropical storms this season. Edna is No. 5, so named for the fifth letter of the alphabet. Her predecessors were Alice, Barbara Carol and Dolly. That makes a total of 23 names. Grady Norton, chief storm fore- caster in the Miami Weather Bu- Teau, said that number should be more than sufficient since the greatest number of tropical storms ever recorded in the Atlantic- Caribbean-Gulf- of Mexico area was 21 in 1933, List Given The entire list of names is se- lected by the Air Coordinating Committee on Meteorology made up of Air Force, Navy and Weather Bureau men at Washington. In se- lecting a name, they study how it will transmit by radio to ships and airplanes at sea with a minimum of confusion. Gilda, for example, formerly was called Gail, but that confused with gale winds and the mame was changed. Names remaining after Edna are Florence, Gilda, Hazel, Irene, Jill, Katherine Lucy, Mabel, Norma, Orpha, Patsy, Queen, Rachel, Su- sie Tina, Una, Vicky and Wallis. Norton frequently gets requests to name a hurricane after a fa- vorite girl friend or someone's | wife. | “T can’t do it,” he replies. “I receive a list of names and orders to use them in sequence. I follow orders.” FLORIDA BAPTISTS SET BUDGET NEEDS JACKSONVILLE (#—The Florida Baptist Convention State Board of Missions seeks a 1% million dollar budget for the coming year. | —SLACKS— Gabardines .. . 2 for $8.90; SEE AD PAGE 10 | lb » Group States That Fluorine Addition To Water Is Safe The Monroe County Medical Society placed their little warning on Aug, 90 and took stamp of approval on fluoridation of the water supply a toll of 67 lives and wrought| at their regular meeting last night. Acting on a motion by Dr. C. W. Morrison, Monroe County health officer, the 10 members of the society voted “ to go on record as stating that the amount of fluor- ine added to drinking water is negligible as to the general health of the communities where it has been add- ed for many years to prevent dental caries among child- fA MN BI HE aac SS NYC Expects To Be Hit By Storm NEW YORK (7) — The Weather Bureau reported to- day “it will be a miracle if hurricane Edna does not hit New York City head-on to- morrow” The Bureau said it would be one of the “most serious hurricanes in the New York Weather Bureau's history.” Warnings Are Raised From S.C. To Maine To Pass Near Cape Hatteras \ JACKSONVILLE # — Hurricane warnings were hoisted at 11 a. m. today from Morehead City, N. C., to the Virginia Capes as Hurricane Edna whirled 115-mile winds in the direction of Cape Hatteras. Storm warnings flew north and south of the hurricane area, from Myrtle Beach, S. C., to Eastport, Me. Grady Norton, chief storm fore- caster in the Miami Weather Bu- Teau, ordered the warnings up in an 11 a. m. (EST) advisory and said the center of the: tropical storm should pass near but slightly outside of Cape Hatteras by or be- fore midnight. High Tides Expected “Precautions should be taken for very high tides and dangerous winds on the North Carolina and Virginia Capes this afternoon and tonight,” he said. The storm at 11 a. m. (EST) was centered about 225 miles south of Hatteras and moving about 10 miles an hour on a course slightly east of north. Hurricane force winds extend 100 miles out from the center in the eastern semi-circle and about 50 miles to the west. Gale winds extend outward 150 to 200 miles from the center in all directions. Norton’s Territory Norton’s forecasting territory ends at Cape Hatteras and pre- dictions for areas north of there are made at Washington. Norton was reluctant to discuss the storm’s Possible effect on the North At- lantic coastal area “because it would tie the responsible forecast- ers’ hands.” Thirteen aircraft were trans- (Continued on Page Seven) ren.” The motion was seconded by Dr. William Ploss and after a lively discussion, carried. Dr. Edward Gon- zalez, president of the so- ciety, presided at last night’s meeting. The Medical Society became the first local professional group to ap- Prove of fluoridation. The Florida State Board of Health has asked that county medical men and den- tists, along with the city and coun- ty commissions, approve of fluori- dation before it is started. Minute Amount One part per million of sodium fluoride would be added. That a- mount has been added to the wa- ter supplies of many American ci- ties, resulting in no harmful ef- fects and great improvement in the dental health of children. In other action taken last night, the medical society authorized Dr. Ralph Herz to arrange a series‘of weekly radio programs as outlined by the Piorida Medical Association and the American Medieal Asso- ciation’ as a service to the ¢in- munity. Long teh cc oF were wel- comed to society last night by Dr, Herz, vice president, They are: Dr. William R. Ploss, Dr, Joseph J. Scarlet, and Dr. Kolbein L. R. Waering. Obligations Noted Dr. Herz pointed out that the pri- vilege of membership in the Mon- Toe County Medical Society also entails some obligation including regular attendance at meetings as well as arranging and tahing part in scientific programs. The society now has 12 members — the greatest number of physi- clans ever to practice in Key West. The purpose of the organization is the promotion of better between the public and the medi- cal professon, aiding in furnishing medical knowledge and securing harmonious relations between all interests making for the advance- ment of medical science in the ci- ty, county, state and nation and in furthering measures which pro- mote the welfare of the com- junit; iy. 250 Bodies Are Returned To U.N. PANMUNJOM ® (#— The Com- munists turned over 250 bodies to the U.N. Command today, raising the total to 2,100 for the first 10 days of the exchange of Korean War dead. The bodies were identified by the Communists as 1,576 Americans, 70 Koreans, 51 Britons, 19 of other nationalities and 384 unknown. The U.N. has turned over 5,400 Communist war dead, including 4,300 Koreans, 1,000 Chinese and 100 unknown. After the Sad Ending of the Long and Critical Illness of His Wife DOCTOR A. H. 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