The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 2, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit he Ken West Cit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A VOL. LXXV ‘No. 234 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1954 PRICE FIVE CENTS Ferry Sails After Gala Sendoff Today Fish Fry Leads | a | “SRO” Sign Is Out At Dock Off Cay Fiesta Activities Here By BILL SPILLMAN Approximately one ton of fried fish was consumed by ever 5,000 people who at- tended the Ferry Fiesta Fish Fry held last night at the ferry dock between Duval and Simonton Streets. The event was termed a huge success. Officials cun- sidered that it was one of the greatest celebrations ever held in Key West. Credit to the success of the fish fry goes to Ray Knopp, city build- inspector, who managed and pa Pe 00% the bong erowning of the Ferry Queen at the Key West Kennel Club. pageantry of the crown be- break up ‘The community spirit of the fish fry event was shown when two wo- ™men came down to the ferry dock observe the preparations. The two women, Mrs. D, Demree and her daughter Naomi, did not like the way the men were putting on the table cloths. They imme- diately took over by saying that the table cloths had to be straight. ‘They did not stop working until the fish fry broke up last night. Delay In Trip ‘The radio show held at the Ken- nel Club was delayed considerably | | | | THE “CITY OF KEY WEST” sails away on her maiden voyage to Cardenas, Cuba, from Key West, with a host of happy passengers aboard. The Navy and Coast Guard participated in the event with helicopter and small boat escorts as the ferry made its way out the channel this morning.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. J. J. Trevor, president of the Florida National Bank, told fellow Rotarians at the club’s regular luncheon meet- ing at the La Concha Hotel Thursday that banking has kept pace with the growth of the United States. a member of their group to act as banker to the present .with its many financial instit 5. “Business can ha ist. witli- out banks,” Trevor iBank pings in two things, and cre- it “Money,” he continued, ‘is 2 medium: of exchange’ and credit is based on the mutual trust and be- tween the bank and the individual. Prior to the Revolutionary War, the colonies dealt with English banks and the financing of the war Posed a grave problem. State Currency Each state issued its own cur- rency as well as the Continental Congress. At the end of the war, when Tom Moore failed to show up on time. The delay was explained as be- ing that the plane arriving in Mia- mi with Moore aboard was late, causing connections to be missed for the plane trip to Key West. ‘The radio ‘party then rented a car for the trip down the Keys. Out of town dignitaries who were present for the Ferry Fiesta cele- bration included Mayor Abe Aro- novitz of Miami. After the crowning of the queen, a dance was held on the slanted platform in front of the grand stand of the Kennel Club. Music was furnished by the Mamboleros, a,local Latin dance band. TWO ARE SLIGHTLY HURT IN ACCIDENT Two sailors escaped serious in- Jury at 4:30 a. m. today when their car overturned and wrapped itself around a power-line pole three miles north of Boca Chica. The sheriff's department said | Charles F. Hurd, 21, the driver | of the 1947 Chevrolet, sustained cuts about the head and neck. The passenger, Dallas E. Sasser, 21, suffered a fractured left elbow. Both men are in good condition in the. Naval Hospital. They are at- tached to VX-1 at Boca Chica, RE - OPENING OF COLUMBIA RESTAURANT SPECIALIZING IN SPANISH. AMERICAN MEALS this money was practically worth- less and the phrase “not worth a Continental” is derived from this state of affairs. Trevor said that the Constitution was drawn up giving the national government the right to regulate currency, but the states still had control of their financial institu- tions, thus we still have national and state banks. The chaotic conditions arising from the War Between The States when the Confederate States issued their own currency led to the Nz- tional Banking Act which stabiliz- ed currency and was a protection for the depositor. Stable Curtency Since a stable currency depends on the stability of government, this act established a system of char- tering national banks with a uni- form set of standards. Other financial crises in the his: tory of the United States such as the money panic of 1907 and led to the Federal Reserve Act, re- cognized as the best banking sys- tem in the world. The establishment of the FDIC to which all national banks must belong was the result of the de- pression of +1932. Trevor told the Rotarians that the two main objectives of the ethieal bank is to maintain a sta- ble currency and to protect the de- Differences Noted He showed: four five-dollar bills and explained the difference be- tween the silver certificate, Fed- eral reserve notes, national bank note which has almost disappear- ed from circulation, and one out- Mours: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Standing on the local bank bear- ing his signature. “You can’t legislate ethics,” Tre- vor said, “or the human equation of honesty, trust, and dedication to the profession, and so we have bank difficulties today even with all the fine banking regulations that are in effect.” quoting George E. Allen’s defini- tion of a successful banker which when he first went to work at the bank thirty years ago. A Successful Banker The definition says “A successful banker is one-fifth accountant, two- fifths lawyer, three-fifths Political economist and four-fifths gentle- man and scholar. The total — ten fifths, double size. Any smaller person may be a pawnbroker or a promoter, but not a banker.” Rotary president Paul Sher pre- sided over the brief business meet- ing preceding Trevor’s talk. He reminded club members of the Caribbean concentration to be held in November in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and announced that the scholarship committee wi'l give its report at the next meet- ing. Souvenir Weapons To Be Registered Many souvenir firearms brought +home by veterans must be regis- | tered with the Federal treasury de- j Partment, ex-servicemen were re- minded today. W. L. Getzen, supervisor of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax, U. S. Treasury Department, said any of the following guns must be regis- tered: Machine guns, machine pistols, ; any silencer or muffler for a fire- arm, rifles or shotguns with a bar- rel less than 18 inches, except a -22 calibre rifle or less which must be registered only if the barrel is less than 16 inches. Getzen said anyone having such arms should contact his office at 705 Pacific Building, Miami. Correction of error made in Miami Herald as to ownership of ADORABLE BEAUTY SALON 924 Simonton Street KAY HOLLAND, Sole Owner He closed his interesting talk by | was given to him by Will Porter | Staff Photo, Don Pinder. 13 Witnesses Are Listed In Roberts Case MIAMI (#—Names of 13 witnes- | ;ses whose testimony led to the kidnap - murder indictment of | James T. Roberts, 43-year-old Bal-; timore attorney, were revealed by a court order yesterday. | Roberts was returned to jail here Thursday from Baltimore where | he was picked up last Sunday on a warrant charging him with kid- | naping and slaying his daughter, | Judith Ann, 7, while the family | was visiting in Miami last July 7. | | The court order, signed by Cir- |euit Judge George E. Holt, made |the names of persons who served |as grand jury witnesses available to Roberts’ attorneys. The list included Mrs. Dorothy ; Lawrence, Winter Park, an at- |tractive blonde who Roberts said was with him on a tour of ni jclubs at the time of the slaying: | Roberts’ wife, Shirley |Mr. and Mrs Harry Rosenberg of | Miami; Clark Wood, a privaie ... | Vestigator, and two private detec | tives, Leonard Harrelson and Lloyd | |Furr, both of Washington, who gave | | Roberts a lie detector test. | SRB | . PROBE SET | |. TALLAHASSEE (#—Complaints | that Florida’s highways aren’t.be-| ing built fast enough are being} investigated by the State Road Board. | | It will review the situation at its 'next meeting, scheduled for Oct. 18 in Orlando, | “BON VOYAGE”—The crowd watches as the “City of Key West” makes its way to sea.—Citizen President Confers With Allied DENVER (#—President Eisen- hower today kept abreast of efforts to clear away new ‘obstacles to a western European defense alliance against communism and arranged to talk over the military aspects with Gen. Alfred M. Grueuther. Gruenther, Supreme Allied com- mander of North Atlantic defense | forces, flew to the President's va- cation headquarters here last night to report on the troublous situation as he has observed it from his Paris vantage point. The Eisenhower-Gruenther con- ference today came against the background of a new and unexpect- ed crisis in the attempt of Western allies to create a defense alliance against the Reds. The crisis developed in London last night when France came up with a surprise veto blocking a compromise plan to free and re- arm West Germany within the proposed alliance. Only a few hours earlier a nine- power agreement on an anti-Com- munist pact had seemed certain. Among other things the program called for rearmament of West Germany under strict international watch. French Premier Mendes- France raised objections that the plan did not go far enough in con- trolling all phases of such rearm- ament. NO HOPE FOR NORTH TALLAHASSEE (M—A. Elwood North, his last delaying action lost, apparently has no hope now of escaping death in Florida’s electric chair Monday morning. [Deteai Forces Head Today Despite that, the word from Lon- don was that the French had let | it be known they would not let the | conference fail. | Eisenhower was being kept in | close touch with the developments by Secretary of State Dulles, who | is attending the London sessions. | Dulles warned earlier this week |that the United States might have to withdraw its troops from Europe unless the talks succeeded. That aspect of the situation ap- | peared certain to come up for dis- cussion at the President’s confer- ; enhower’s deputy when the Chief forces. | Newsmen asked Gruenther last night whether he felt western Eu- {rope could be defended as effect- | ively under the proposed nine-pow- er London agreement as under EDC, which called for a six-nation European army. “Yes,” Gruenther replied, “so far as the purely military aspects are concerned. We can handle it either way.” But he added that the problem is “much broader” than the mili- tary aspects. FLAME RESTAURANT NOW OPEN t |enee with Gruenther, who was Ei-| Executive was supreme command- | jer of the North Atlantic Treaty _ As Ferry Gets Under Way By SUE JONES It was standing room only at the ferry slip at the foot of Duval Street this morning as Key Westers and « good many visitors watched the “City of Key West” leave for Cardenas, Cuba, on its maiden voyage at 10 o’clock, The crowd was on hand early to watch the passengers arrive and the placing of the 25 cars aboard the ship. The departure was delayed an hour because some of the out-of-town passengers were late in arriving here and Crowd Waits Patiently For Ferry To Sail Navy, Coast Guard Add Color And Pomp To Initial Jaunt By DENIS SNEIGR Crowds lining the water- |front this morning had an hour’s wait to see the ferry start her initial trip, but ap- parently they thought it was worth it. Shortly after 9 a. m. a squall moved around the east side of the island but only a few drops of rain fell jon the area around the foot of Duval Street. Whistles Blow her whistle. A few minutes later the boats that made up the water ‘parade began to move into posi- ' tion, At 10:01 a. m., the “City of Key West” sounded her whistle again. An 83-foot Coast Guard boat moved out into the channel two minutes later and fired flares. While two Navy helicopters cir- cled overhead, Navy AVR boats (aviation rescue) led the parade. They were followed by. charter boats, shrimpers and other AVR’s. Fire Boat Show A Navy fire boat pumped streams of water into the air al- most continously from shortly af- ter 9 a. m . until the ferry sailed. The boats, with flags flying, pro- vided colorful shots for the cam- era enthusiasts. All Navy ships in port were at full dress ship. As the City of Key West moved out of ports, all the Navy ships sounded blasts on their whistles for two minutes. | The parade of boats escorted the ferry about four miles out to sea. Suspicious Area Is Reported In Culf Of Mexico MIAMI —An area of suspicion has developed in an easterly wave which extends from Tampa soutb- westward to the western tip of | Cuba and the Weather Bureau said “there is a possibility that a tropi- | cal storm will develop.” The suspicious area is in the | Gulf of Mexico northwest of Cuba. Broad circulation of wind has de- veloped in the upper air but has not yet extended to the surface, W. R. Davis, storm forecaster in the Miami Weather Bureau, said there are no strong winds in the ported today was at Dry Tortugas, | west of Key West, where squalls |reached 35-mile velocity. | “The easterly wave moved over south Florida without development, but it is over open water now and |there appears to be something cooking,” said Davis. “It is an area of suspicion, at least.” A broad band of showers follow- ing behind the wave kept skies gloomy and dripping over the southern half of Florida. Small craft warnings which flew as the wave moved away. They ained up over the keys, easterly wave yet. The highest re- | ‘hey had to go through customs procedures. The arrival of the Key West High School band, which had evidently been saving its best efforts as its contribution to the occasion, signaled the beginning of the ceremonies. Reynolds Speaks Lou Carbonell introduced former US Senator Bob Reynolds of North Carolina, president of the Carib- bean Ferry System, operators of the “City of Key West,” who told the gathering, “We are indeed more than grateful for the warm welcome and fine cooperation that we have received from the people of Key West. “I am happy to be here on this auspicious occasion of the inaugur- ation of the ferry line. “I want to extend my thanks and that of all the officials to Key West and to your fine paper The | Key West.Citizen. They have been most kind and thoughtful,” sident ‘of the company, said “This is historic oeeasion for the town, for the state and for the nation, “It will be a wonderful have this ferry and their cars vantage of this and devote selves to making this venture success and learn to know the Ple of our sister republic. cials of the national government and the state department would re- cognize the value of this means of building friendships with our nel- ghbors. Congressman Dante F. spoke briefly and said that he and his wife were “tickled to death” to be making this trip.” “The beginning of this service has wonderful economical and in- | ternational aspects and I hope that this ferry will make a lot of money | for Key West.” Alex Balfe, representing the Mia- mi Chamber of Commerce, got a laugh when he said, “Up until yes- terday, the Miami Chamber of Commerce. thought we had this game in the bag, but after seeing yesterday's crowds and the way you folks have turned out this morning, I can only say that you have beaten us in the fourth quar+ ter and on the last down.” Growth of Key West More seriously, Balfe said, “Key West's greatest growth is yet to come, and remember when people come to Key West on this ferry, aren't coming to the United — They'll be coming to Key The high school band broke into the stirring strains of our National Anthem, followed by the Cuban na- tional anthem. As the rest the passengers (Continued on Page Two) LOOKS GOOD! LASTS LONG! Good Red Cypress —from—