The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 16, 1954, Page 2

\ Page2 = THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Jet Fighter Squadron Here Thursday, September 16, 1954/ ——————— —_—_______________} Emergency Drive Tops $14,000 Woman Is Struck By Automobile, Revealed As “Kidnap” Case | CHEST-RED CROSS __ includes the Red Cross, as eo-} (Continued from P2ce Cue) 0 does not automatically insure that| the NCCS, the UDF (USO), The| jthey will receive the full amount/Salvation Army, Monroe County | jof their request,” Plunkert added. | Juvenile Council, Key West Youth/ For Night Intercept Training The Navy jet Fighter Squadron 171, known as the ‘Screamin’ De- goons” under the command imander James S. Dearth, USN jas afrived at the Fleet All Wea- ther Training Unit, Atlantic, at Bo- ca Chica, to undergo night inte:- cept training during all-weather flight operations. The “Screamin’ Demons” have recently completed a world cruise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. They left Norfolk, Virginia, in September 1954 to participate in “Operation Mariner” in the North Atlantic for three weeks. In October they went to Naples, | Italy, tramsited the Suez Canal to| Ceylon. Om October 30 they eross- ed the Equator enroute to the Phi-| lippines and Japan. Beginning on November 15, VF- 171 took part of Task Force 77. In January they visited Hong Hong and Formosa. While at For- mosa they participated in an Air Show for Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek and his guests. VF-171 left for Manila on Janu- ary 10, 1954 to take part in train- ing operations with the United Sta- tes First Fleet. On March 12, they took part in another Air Show. This show was for President Ramon Magsaysay of the Republic of the ines. After repaits in Japan the USS Wasp left to retun to the states. | ‘They stopped at Pearl Harbor be- fore continuing on to San Diego, California, where the squadron dis- embarked. The ‘Screamin’ Demons” then | flew across the country to its home base at Jacksonville, Florida. While in Jacksonville, they be- gan a new work routine of inten- sive night flying in preparation for FAWTU’s All Weather Intercept course. The course of instruction will involve one month of inten- sive flying. Upon completion the “Screamin’ Demons” will then re- turn to the fleet as an All Weather Intercept squadron. The is composed of 17 ‘Commodities Distribution Is Described School days have a meaning te/ More than just pupils, parents, | patrons, teachers and other school administration, Horace O’Bryant who is County School Superinten- dent, ot served today. Take the Department of Public Welfare of Florida for instance. During the three summer months when schools are closed, distribu- tion of federally donated commodi- ties sinks to almost nothing; but | when the schools are open, send- img out more than twenty differ- ent kinds of food for use in school cafeterias in every county of the state becomes “big business.” School Lunch Aid The commodities used in school lunchrooms go a long way toward making it possible for children to get the kind of lunches thev do for as little as they pay, O’Bryant age ing the last school year the Desartment of Public Welfare, acting as the distributing agency for the United States Department of Agriculture, sent to the schools in the state food with a fair whole- sale market value of $3,196,325. This, in terms of pounds of groe- eries, amounted to over 4,000 tons. Commodities come to Florida with- out cost threugh the price support Program of the Devartment of Ag- riculture and the National School Lunch Program. Received Here Here in Monroe County, commod- ities received last year had a wholesale market value of $23,812.- 88. Among the items received were canned peaches, canned tomatoes, tomato paste, frozen ground beef. | The Emergency March of Dimes has cetlected more than $14,000, it was announced to- day by Bob Youmans, chair- man of the drive. Youmans added that the to- tal! wilt be increased when con- tributions from the Keys ar- rive Were. He said he expect- ed the Keys’ money to be here next week. Meanwhile, it was announc- ed that Local 202, Key West Federation of Musicians had contributed $83.48 to the drive. ‘The Weatherman Says Key West and Vicinity : Cloudy | with showers or thundershowers |thru Friday; not much change in | temperature with low tonight near 76 degrees and high on Friday near 88 degrees. Moderate to fresh east jand southeast winds occasionally | moderately strong 20 - 30 offshore. Small Craft Warning. Florida: Partly cloudy with wide- |ly seattered showers and thun- | dershowers mostly during the night | and early morning hours on lower | east coast and - afternoons else- |where thru Friday. Little temper- ature change. | Jacksonville thru the Florida | Straits: Small craft warning dis- |played West Palm Beach south- ward thru the Keys. Southeast | winds, fresh to o¢casionally mod- erately strong in display area and | moderate to fresh elsewhere thru | Friday. Partly cloudy weather with widely scattered showers and thun- | dershowers. East Gulf: Fresh southeast winds |thru Friday. Partly cloudy weath- er with scattered showers. Western Caribbean: Moderate east and southeast winds thru Fri- day. Partly cloudy weather with | Seattered showers. A local woman was injured Wed- nesday when she was struck by a car at Fleming and William Streets, police reported today. Identified as Lucille Pinder, 58, of 815 Fleming St., the woman was taken to Galey Memorial Hospital where she is being held for ob- servation of a head injury. According to the report of Pa-| trolman Edward Pinder, she was| struck by a car driven by Robert | ‘J. Johnson, of 402 Smith Lane. | Johnson was charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. DEATH LEE BAKER Lee Baker, 66, died early this morning at the Monroe General Hospital after a brief illness, Mr. Baker resided at 823 Fleming Street. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Miriam Baker; three sons, Jack, Harry Lee, and Russell Ba- ker; and two grandchildren. Requiem Mass will be held Fri- day morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church with Fr. John Capelle, S. J., officiating. Burial services will be held at 5 o’clock Friday afternoon from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church. Interment will be in the family plot in the City Cemetery. Pritchard Funeral Home is jn charge of arrangements. HUGE CROWD SEES {Continued from Page One) Cuba phase of their operation “is just the start of a two-year plan calculaed to provide ferry service between 20 Latin American coun- tries. He said that negotiations are currently underway in five na- tions in the Caribbean area with a view to extending their service. Next probable link in the chain, he said, will be between Cuba and Mexico. Harvey Speaks i I Custody Fight Patino’s granddaughter simmered down to-| day to a custody fight between the wealthy Bolivian family and their British son-in-law. had asked the Paris | | | By PIERRE LEGRos | PARIS (#—The reported kidnap-| ing of tin millionaire Antenor | motherless 4-month-old The young father, 20-year-old hotel heir James Goldsmith, re- ported last night to police that his}ed in as soon as possible to Sue baby daughter Isabela had been | Jones at The Citizen office. kidnaped by an ‘unknown person or persons” from the Versailles hotel where she had been living with her grandmother. The baby, Patino’s lawyers an- nounced today, “is somewhere in| or near Paris with her grandmoth- er,” a Spanish Bourbon princess’! who has been estranged from An- tenor Patino for years. The lawyers said Mrs. Patino ivil Court for custody of the child and the case would be argued tomorrow. The attorneys refused to say just where Mrs. Patino and the baby were but added, “we can say they are together.” In filing his own charges in the civil court last night, Goldsmith | = dropped his kidnaping allegation | Key West Radio and protested against ‘‘non-presen- tation of the child.” He said he expected a thorough search to be made for the baby. Court sources said after such a charge an investigation was rou- tine. But they doubted any all-out hunt would result from what they said appeared to be essentially a family quarrel. Goldsmith married Patino'’s 18- year-old daughter Isabela last Jan- | uary after a headline elopement to Scotland. Her parents joined in | pursuit of them, but finally con- | sented to@he match, The young couple’s baby was delivered by caesarian operation last May 14 shortly after Isabela underwent complicated surgery for | removal of a brain tumor. The | mother died a few hours later and ittle Isabela lived in an incubator At the meeting next Wednesday center, Community Servicemen’s night, representatives will be brief-| Center, South Florida Children’s ed on what will be expected of Home, The American Heart Soc- them in order to insure the com-/iety, and the Children’s Bookmo- | sponsors, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, | FREE! — FREE! — FRESI 3-Day Tour To Havana Inquire At EL PASAJE SPANISH RESTAURANT 5S Truman Phone 2-6136 plete success of the drive. bile. Interested citizens are also in-! Present at Thursday's vited to attend this meeting. |were Paul Sher, Admiral George In the meantime, agencies should | Towner, Burt Garnett, Mrs. Alice submit information suitable for in-| Robinson, Dick Evans, Sam Col- clusion in a Community Chest bro-| tins, William Neblett, Capt. C. L. chure which will be used to pub- Murphy, Dave King, William Plun- licize the work of the member a-| ert, Tom Kunz, USO representa- gencies. |tive, and Sue Jones. meeting Eisner Furniture Co, Poinciana Center Tel. 2-6951 Special Chrome Dinettes . Wrought Iron Dinettes Lime Oak Dinettes . 00 Information Asked STRAND | The information should be ‘turn-| CONTINUOUS SHOWS List of agencies requesting ad- mission to the Community Chest Tires .. Batteries . . Accessories DARLOW’S PURE OIL STATION STOCK ISLAND TEL. 2-3167 | Open 7 A.M. ‘til 10 P.M. || Automotive Repairs || Wheel Balancing | Front End Alignment | Thurs, - Fri. - Sat., Sun. and Mon. Don't tell whe is the “betrayer” in this fascinating mystery drama Of the secret three! CLARK GABLE LANA TURNER and TV Service Calls Answered Promptly RADIO — TV REPAIRS INSTALLATIONS PHILCO DEALER RANGES — TV SETS REFRIGERATORS 826 Duval Street TELEPHONE 2-8511 | Birinci deal Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. | aes J coun ey Technicolor RADIO and! CIFELLI'S 2°22 | Factory Methods Used— | | All Work Guaranteed | | Marine Radios & Asst. Equipment | | FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLE 1k .™ ‘ % Air Conditioned Box Office Opens at 1:45 P.M, FROM THERE ON The Finest and Largest Theatre in Key West Tues. and Wed. TARZAN FACES HIS GREATEST PERILI 32 TARZAN AND THE SHE DEWtt LEX BARKER JOYCE MacKENZIE ‘wes RAYMOND BURR » MONIQUE VAN VOOREN, ‘TOM CONWAY + Produced by SOL LESSER Show Times 100% AIR CONDITIONED Sun. and Mon. CARY'S FUNNIEST squadron | . for two months. VICE—! officers and 110 enlisted men and | canned peas, canned beef and Weather Summary for the eran ei apace is currently flying the F2H-3 “‘Ban- shee.” The “Screamin’ Demons” will be trained in their assigned aircraft and will also receive some | instruction in FAWTU’s F3D-2, “Skynight” fighters. Arizona Man Held In Attack On Baby Boy FLORENCE, Ariz. #— => An ashamed and remorseful young service station attendant,:: who begged that his name be kept out of the papers, has been charged with three felonies here involving a sexual attack on a: nine-month- old baby boy. et Bob Spencer, 24, has been ac- cused of kidnaping, sodomy and aggravated assault in the com- plaint, filed by Pinal Count} Atty Timothy J. Mahoney. Mahoney said Spencer had} signed a confession admitting that he took the baby, Daniel Ernest Stephens, from his crib in his home at Stanfield and molested him. Stanfield is a farming center 40 gravy, dried lima beans, cream- ery butter, cheese, dried milk, peanut; butter, honey, shortening, cooking oil, orange juice concen- trate, dried apricots, grapefruit sections and shelled pecans. Reports indicate that many of | the same commodities will be re-| ceived during the 1954-55 school year in a volume possibly greater | than last year. | OVERCROWDING (Continued from Page One) Park is also the concern of the bpard of education as well as the! overcrowding of the schools. | O’Bryant Concerned } “We sincerely hope the Sigsbee Community Council can work out | something,” said Horace O’Bryant, | Superintendent of Education of Monroe County. “When they were byilding Sigs-| bee Park I -had hoped’ that they | would include a primary grade | school in the plans,” he told the| P. T. A. meeing at Poinciana} Elementary School. | “T wish something could be work- ed out along that line. It would} ease both the crowding of the} school and the transportation pro- blem at the same time.” | miles west of Florence. The baby was abducted about 12:45 a.m. yesterday by an intru- der who tore open a screen in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stephens Jr. Stephens discovered the baby was missing a short time later and summoned police. The child was found whimp ing in a corn field. i" Spencer was arrested in the si vicinity and jailed pending a hearing. Red-eyed and weary, he pleaded with reporters that the case not be publicize. “T've got a lot of friends,” he| said. “I'd hate to have this come out in the papers.” POLICE INVESTIGATE WANTON SHOOTING City police today are investigat- ing for possible clues to the identity of the person that fired shots into a boat anchored off Rest Beach. The small boat was sunk by bul- lets believed to be from a 38 cal.} gun. | Another case of shooting has} been reported to police concerning | a street light that was put out} by a gun shot. | NAL, COUNTY POARD | (Continuea From Page One) | der a contract for engineering and architectural plans for the airport. | Steward and Skinner and Mau- rice H. Connell and Associates, Inc. of Miami, the engine’ tects, had previously submitted a contract for the work that cal'ed for the county to pay 10 per cent of the cost of the job for drawing the plans. The commissioners today okayed the contract, subject to negotia- tions on the time and manner of payment of the 10 per cent. It is expected that the cost of the airport improvements will run a-/ round a half a million dollars. The Federal government has 1-| greed to put up some of this mon- of school children in the area will .|the findings will be presented to} ind archi- | Survey Made | Working along the same line the Sigsbee Park Community Council is making a door-to-door survey in the housing area. Ages and grades | be compliled in a master list and| the school board for possible ac-| tion. | Plans for a small newspaper | to be supported by advertising and to be distributed free to every resi- dent in Sigsbee Park were discuss- ed and accepted by the Council. “We have only started,” said T. H. Roberts, president of the Coun- cil. “The United Community De- | fense Service is lending us a hand but it is also up to us to help our- | selves. That we are pledged to do.” cal Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the East Gulf of Mexico: Weather conditions are about normal with | no areas of suspicion or under re- | connaissance except for the area in the western Gulf of Mexico. Observation Taken at Post Office | Building, 7:00 A.M. EST, | Key West, Fla., Sept. 16, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Mean .. Normal Total last 24 hours .. Total this month . Deficiency this m Total this year . Excess this year . Relative Hu: 80% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 29.91 ins.—1012.9 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise ...... - 6:14 a.m. Sunset Moonrise Moonset ... TOMORROW'S fIDES (Naval Base) Time of Height of Tide high water Low Tides Station— High Tides 12:02 a.m. 7:02 a.m. 1:24 p.m. 6:29 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda (east end) ....+-2h 20m Boca Chica Sandy Pt. ch 4m Ne Name Key Caldes Channel (nerth end) = +2h 10m 4-14 ft. (—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Deepening of the channel lead- ing into the yacht basin waf/ brought up and action on this pro-|ed from Ft. Vancouver, Wash.,| j ject was promised in the near fu-| was made by Gen. Oliver Howard ture. An increasing number of shop- Ping center operators favor more than one department or grocery store in a shopping center because the added store attracts more buy- ers by offering a chance for bar- gain-hunting. Connecticut claims it has more acres of public park# and spends more money for public libraries than any other U. S. state The Library of Congress catalog card system was set up in 1901 POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE (4a STATION SERVICE Francis at Trumar DIAL 2-9193 Your PURE OIL Dealer Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries ACCESSORIES es The last Indian campaign laun¢ch- in 1878. Litile Theatre |are bound to result.” “| and Francisco de la Torre, a repre- “| sentative of the Cuban Tourist “| Commission. “| Aquilino Lopez, Jr., State Sena- “|torial nominee William R, Neb- “}lett, City Commissioners Paul R. Mayor C. B. Harvey spoke for the city of Key West, saying that Key Westers “have been aS one in working to fill the need for a sea link between Key West and Cuba.” “It is something we have need- ed for many years, and some- thing which will go far in pro- moting friendship between the United States and our sister re- publics to the south,” said Mayor Harvey. “When .the common man here mingleswith the com- mon man there, ¢losef relations t ti fi 8 Other speakers iheluded Mayor Harold Shapiro, of Miami Beach Arenovitz Absent Mayor Abe Aronovitz was un- able to attend due to the press of official business. Dante B. Fascell, Congressional nominee also was on hand for the christening. A partial list of Key Westers (more than a hundred attended) included: Circuit Judge and Mrs. Roberts, Jack Delaney, Louis Car- bonell and Delio Cobo; Mrs. Mary and Mrs. Patino had quarreled on whet sort of medical treatment she Conservation Men Speak At Meeting | vation department in Tallahassee, | discussed salt water conservation la) Keys Chamber of Commerce Mon- day evening. | Kee’s Museum of Sunken Treasure, | Treasure Island, on Key. Since then she had been cared | for by an English nurse in the swank Trianon Palace Hotel, near he famous Chateau of Versailles, while Goldsmith was on a business rip to West Africa. | Goldsmith said the baby is suf- | ering from anoxemia, a lack of oxygen in her blood, ‘‘caused by the unusual circumstances of her | birth.” He said she “may die if not properly cared for.” Patino’s lawyers said Goldsmith should be given. Jim Turner of the State Conser- ws at the meeting of the Upper The meeting was held at Mc- | Plantation | County conservation officer, John Castelle, was also a speaker at the DAVID CIFELLI $28 Truman Avenue TELEPHONE 2-6008 _ ELLE WINTERS ‘Vcan'pega married | man as far-as | ¢dn’see. him... unfortunately !’ All “I can’t forget my wife with that other man!” Lee Graham, president of the Key West Chamber of Commerce; Har- old Laubscher, local chamber man- ager; George Earhart, Ralph Far- aldo, John McDonough; J. J. Trev- or and Joe Pinder, president and vice president respectively of the Florida National Bank at Key West; City Manager and Mrs. Vic- tor Lang, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Al- bury and Cuban Consul and Mrs. Oscar Morales. ii meeting and outlined his plan for patroling the area by plane. a check for March of Dimes chair- man, Mrs. Kay Wilkson, who re- ported a total of $325 collected. have done valuable research work | geography, in addition to establish-| Boy Scout Troop 258 presented Speleologists (cave explorers) in geology, anthrology, biology and | ing purely sporting records. 922 TRUMAN AVENUE “Air Cool” Thursday—Special Nite... DOUBLE FEATURE Showing First at 6 P.M. RIVER GANG and at 7:30 P.M. THE GRAPES OF WRATH Henry Fonda Showing Friday ... THE PRINCE OF FOXES Tyrone Power - Orson Welles Wanda Hendrix Saturday—Prize Nite... UNDER THE GUN |] Richard Conte - Audrey Totter jam Jai Showing Sunday ... 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