The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 8, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equabie climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll teach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2.5661 or 25662 Today Che Key West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER VOL, LXXV No. 239 Federal Engineer Quashes Rumors About Sewer Job Current Project Ranks With The Finest In The Nation By JIM COBB Key West’s new sewer system ranks with the finest in the natiom and reports that it is substandard are not backed up in fact, according to James A. Anderegg, sani- tary engineer from the regional office of the United States Public Health Service in Atlanta. ‘Hazel’ Roughs Up Navy Plane; Crewman Hurt Storm Is Still A Long Way From Florida MIAMI, Fla. @—Violent turbu- lence in Hurricane Hazel today in- jured a crewman aboard a Navy storm hunting plane. The hurricane, hurling 115-mile winds around its well-defined eye, has become so turbulent that the Navy pilot radioed “No further penetration advised.” Hazel, eighth tropical storm of the season, then was centered about latitude 13.5 north, longitude 71.44 west, or about 100 miles due north of the Gulf of Venezuela on the southern coast of the Carib- bean Sea. It was about 1,000 miles southeast of Florida. No Details On Injury The radio report from the plane gave no details of the injury to the crewman and did not identify him, A crew of 10 was on board. After penetrating the eye, “the}- storm flyers emerged and headed forthe naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ey Reporting on its flight, the crew of the hurricane hunting plane based at Jacksonville stated: “Circular eye well defined, about 25 miles in diameter. Many spiral bands converging towards center. Maximum winds 100 knots (115 miles an hour) in west quadrant 20 miles from eye, higher velocity bélieved in squall bands. Turbu- lence extreme in squalls. No fur- ther penetration advised.” The south and west quadrants are the weaker portions of the hurricane. Its highest velocities are in the east and north por- tions. Grows More Severe Grady Norton, chief storm fore- caster at Miami, said Hazel “is getting to ne a very severe storm.” It continued to move almost due west, but its forward motion had slowed down to less than 10 miles an hour. “That sometimes indicates a change in course,” said Norton. “We are watching its path very closely.” Only open water lay ahead of the storm for 1,000 miles if its westward course is continued. Nor- ton had predicted a more north- westerly curve when the storm reaches the latitude of Jamaica and eastern Cuba. Lad Doesn’t Want ToGo Back Home A 14-year-old boy who doesn’t want to return to his home i Lamesa, Tex., today was in the county jail. J. L. Johnson, child welf, worker of the State Department of Welfare, said the boy had been living with a grandmather in La- mesa. “He now wants to go live with his other grandmother in Indiana, - Johnson said. ‘ The boy’s parents separated be-| fore he was born, Johnson said. NOTICE! Special Meeting CAYO HUESO GROTTO Friday, 7:30 P.M. 41814 FRONT STREET sd: 0. 3, PARD, + pay _Anderegg is in Key West for the last in a series of periodic checks of progress on the job which started more than a year ago. He commented on reports voiced in some local quarters, say- ing that “(Key West now has a sewer system which will serve it admirably for many years to come.” He pointed out that the sewer system passed his phase of the in- spection “with flying colors.” Fin- al inspection by the federal govern- {ment will probably get under way {next month, he said. Federal Funds Funds for constructien of the sewer system came from the Hous- Sing and Home Finance Agency and the Public Health Service a- long with the proceeds of a bond issue floated by the city. Anderegg also clarified rumors that some of the sewer lines have been laid too near the surface of the ground. He pointed out that in flat coun- try, as in Key West, it would be a tremendous cost to lay the lines as deeply as in other sections of the country. “It is a unique situation — we have the same problem in 10 ‘other projects now underway,” said the engineer. . _ Depth” Explained Anderegg explained that the deeper the sewer is laid, the more “lift stations” are needed. He point- ed out that the cost of the eight “lift” (pumping) stations in Key West’s new system ranges from $17,500 to $160,000. “The main lines of the system range from six to nine feet below the surface of the ground. There are some feeder lines that are more shallow, but they present no great problem,” he said. “If we made it any deeper, the cost ef the job would be greatly increas- ed.” No Disadvantage He also pointed out that there is no real disadvantage to a shallow system since the deeper the line, thfe more infiltration of salt water. The old WPA built sewer system went as deep as 18 feet he said and caused trouble. The real!y shallow lines are encased in con- crete to pevent damage. Anderegg also emphasized that he “is not here to check any de- fects.” Seu ; “Jt’s merely a routine inspection to see how the project is progress- ing,” he said. i Cost of the job is running very close to the estimate, he added. The Public Health Service loaned the city $136,000 for the job and made an outright grant of another $436,000 due to the fact that Key West is a “defense impact” area. Cost of the job, he said, will run very close to the total figure. Sur- plus money must be turned back to the government under the law. Hamlin Files For Exemption On Personal Property Roy Hamlin, justice of the peace, personal property with the sheriff, to $475, the sheriff's office said. Bill Neblett, attorney who ex- ecuted two judgments on Hamlin Tuesday, filed an. answer which said Hamlin was not entitled to the exemption since he was not the head of a household. The judgment executed Tuesday resulted from two suits for debt. Both suits were uncontested and Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lo- pez, Jr., signed final judgments. One suit involved $488.15 worh of law books; the other, $159.49 worth of paint. On Tuesday; deputy sheriffs car- ried the law books, a tape record- James L. Atkinson, $9. er, a typewriter and a fan out of Hamlin’s office at 823 Whitehead. yesterday filed an exemption of | claiming all he owned amounted | John Goggin Re-Elected To Chamber Post New Board Members Name Officers Of Marathon C. Of C. John P. Goggin was re- elected president of the Marathon Chamber of Com- merce at a meeting of the newly-elected board of di- rectors of the Marathon Chamber. The Chamber officers were elect- ed at a meeting of the board in Goggin’s office this morning. The directors were elected at a meeting at the Marathon Cham- ber headquarters last night. The board also elected Ralph E. Cunningham, Jr., as vice-presi- dent and Marie S. Kennedy, an employee of the Chamber, secre- tary-treasurer. Other board members are W. A. Parrish, Sr., Fred Center, F. P. Sadowski, Floyd W. Davis and Phillip A. Saunders. Ballot Reported The Chamber reported that 72) ballots were cst in the annual | election with Goggin receiving 51) votes. Center and Cunningham each re. ceived 47 votes. Parish and Sadowski, 41 each. Davis, 39. « Saunders, 32. . | The Marathon Chamber mem- bership includes 73 businesses, 18 | personal memberships and 19 con- tributory members. The Marathon Chamber of Com- merce was in the forefront of the fight to prevent the change of; name of the Overseas Highway and was successful in having the Marathon Community Fair on July 4. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1954 Yankee Tells Key Westers Of Hurricane Rotarians Hear First-Hand Story Of Carol’s Capers Rotarians agreed with! | Jerry Trevor when he said | —a Yankee telling Key | Westers about a hurricane that happened in Massachu- setts.” Dr. Herbert Crum, a member of the Key West Rotary has just fin-| ished telling the club about his ex- Periences in Newburyport, Massa: chusetts, during the hurricane “Ca rol” at the club’s luncheon meet- ing at the La Concha Hotel yes terday. Dr. and Mrs. Crum were visiting jtheir daughter and son-in law Mr. | jand Mrs, Edgar Dunning, and “had read something in the paper | about a lady named ‘Carol’ who| was fussing about in the Atlantic.” Radio Report On the morning of August 31, ! ‘their grandson, Peter Dunning, heard a radio report warning that the storm was due to hit the New England Coast at 2 p. m. “That was about 9 o’clock and an hour later the power went off, and we were without water, electricity or refrigeration for five days and three hours.” After the storm, which packed winds up to 125 miles an hour aud caused nearly 5 million dollars da- mage, all their cooking was done on an out-door grill. “At first we heated water and washed the dishes, but that didn’t work out too well — we had to haul our water a third of a mile| |— so we used plastic dishes that | | we could throw away.” | Destruction Noted Dr. Crum said, “I never saw any- thing like it. I've never seen a hurricane in Key West yet, but I’ve seen a lot of weather in my weir “The damage in our area was not so much to the houses — but to the. trees. Trees three feet in diameter were uprooted and they fell across powerlines and blocked Toads,” It took several days to get the roads open and the Crums later drove to nearby Cape Cod and Pro- vincetown where they saw steam ers 40 to 50 feet long across the Membership Growth Membership has increased in| spite of a 500 per cent increase in| dues, | The Chamber also built a new| reception building on the highway | and sent a committee to Key West. which was successful in having} improvements for cluded in the county budget. | The Chamber took an active part in the furtherance of the Vaca Cut | bridge project and secured assist- | ance from the county for continu- ing work on the Marathon beach. A rally bringing together all the candidates for office in the May| primary election was sponsored by | the group for the purpose of acquainting Keys voters with the| various candidates and their plat- forms. Other Achievements Through the efforts of the Cham-| ber, Marathon is now included in| the Miami Metropolitan Fishing | Tournament. | 100,000 brochures boosting Mara- | thon as a good place to recuperate | from a cardiac condition were printed and dissemanated by the Chamber. “The Marathon Story,” a direc-/ out, damage from “‘Carol’’ reached | @ tory of all facilities in Marathon! was compiled by the Chamber and | 10,000 copies printed. | The Chamber has also made ar- | rahgements for a convention of the “Flying Farmers” to be held} in Marathon on December 7. NEBLETT GOES TO JAX FOR CONFERENCE Bill Neblett, Democratic nominee | for the state senaie, flew to Jack- | sonville today for a legislative con- | ference. | The Duval County legislative! delegation has invited all law mak- | ers in the state to the weeeknd | conference. On Monday, Neblett will be in Fort Myers to appear on a TV! show. Wednesday he will address! the Women’s Club at Naples. Marathon in-| , |the clients of a private meteoro- jned, due to a cut in Congressional road 20 feet above the Charles Ri-| ver, He said it was interesting to see | how the people went about correct- | ing the damage, and told how! trucks were sent from as far away | as Ithaca and Binghampton, New York. “Now I’ve heard everything | . Big Repair Job Linemen from the power and telephone companies worked — 17 and 18 hours a day removing trees from the lines and repairing them. “They got double time after the | first 8 hours and some of them| got the job done.” Dr. Crum said the only people who got warning far enough ahead of the storm to prepare for it were logist in Lexington, Massachusetts, who makes a business of forecast- ing the weather. He said “There was no reason | for the lack of information except the Weather Bureau is underman- appropriations for the service.” Scant Warning Congress this year appropriated $24,750,000 dollars for the Weather | Bureau, but as Dr. Crum pointed | 5 million dollars and 66 lives were | lost. | “If people had had time to pre- | pare for the storm, property loss | would have been much less and certainly some of those lives could | have been saved,” Dr. Crum said. After his talk, Dr. Crum showed | fellow Rotarians clippings from | New England newspapers with pic- tures of the storm and its after-| math. | ___ Business Session _ During the brief business meet- | ing, Paul Sher, president of the | club, introduced Norman R. Mar-| shall, manager of the Key West | Coca Cola Company, as the newest | “Baby Rotarian.” | W. H. Reuss of Nebraska and Al-| len Gibson of Johannesburg, South | Africa were guests of Merville Ro- sam. There were no visiting Rotar- lans. | Walter Price, Jr, reported on| Bobby’s BIRTHDAY Party Tonight, 7 o’Clock ‘til “2?” Free Eats On House DUFFY'S TAVERN 218 DUVAL STREET the work being done at the Boy|ven; Wilson Carraway, Tallahas-} WANTED! Scout camp on Summerland Key | and Ignatius Lester, chairman of the club’s scholarship committee said that the committee had con- tacted authorities at the University the Key West club. Count Bar a \ PRICE FIVE CENTS Will Act To From Field VISITING ADMIRAL—Rear Adm. Walter Thomas Couchman (above) of the British Navy arrived yesterday to visit Naval in- stallations here. He was net ei Meacham Field by Rear Adm. “%, C. Towner, commander of ~ Photo, Don Pinder. the Naval base—Citizen Staff Stiff’55 Opposition Seen To County Unit Primary System TALLAHASSEE (#—An Associ- ated Press poll of legislators today indicated that any effort to put Florida’s Democratic primary elec tions under the county unit system would meet stiff opposition in the 1955 Legislature. It has been rumored that Acting Gov. Johns would call a special legislative session next month to consider a county unit proposal for Democratic primaries. State Sen. LeRoy Collins defeated the unexpired term of the sate Gov. Dan McCarty. ; Collins won by 66,060 votes, in- cluding a 55,000 majority in Dade County. Johns carried 44 of the state’s 67 counties, many of them small. Under the county unit system, each county gets a certain number of unit votes. In Georgia, each county has twice the number of unit votes it has members of the state House. How It Would Work Such a system in Florida woud give larger counties six unit votes nd smaller counties two. The can- didate getting a majority of the popular vote in the county would receive the county unit vote. Collins is opposed to the county unit system and Johns has given |no public indication of his feelings on the matter. If a poll of 23 of the 38 senators and 49 of the 95 representatives can be accepted as a reliable guide the county unit would likely be rejected. The other lawmakers could not be contacted for the poll. Here is the result of the poll, made by member newspaprs ofe th Associated Press: Senators for (5): Philip D. Beail, Pensacola; Dewey M. Johnson, Quincy; S. D. Clarke, Monticello; Edwia C. Fraser, Macclenny and Jack O. Phillips, Lake City. Neblett Opposed Senators against (9): Harry O. Stratton, Callahan; Paul Kickliter, Tampa; Harry King, Winter Ha- see; Verle A. Pope, St. ‘ine; R. B. Gautier, Miami; E. W. Gau- tier, New Smyrna Beach; William R. Neblett, Key West; Democratic nominee Joe Bill Rood and GOP jon the loan fund being set up by | nominee Kent S. McKinley in Maa- attee Sarasota district, | Senators declining comment (9): J. Graham Black, Jasper; John Rawls, Marianna; L. K. Edwards Jr., Ocala; B. C. Pearce, Palatka; |George G. Tapper, Port St. Joe; |C. H. Bourke Floyd, Apalachicola; | H. B. Douglas, Bonifay; Fletcher |Morgan, Jacksonville; Woodrow Melvin, Milton. Representatives Polled | House members for (6): W. E. ; Bishop, Columbia; G. Fred An- jdrews, Union; Sam D. Saunde: (Clay; J. W. McAlpin, Hamilton; Houston W. Roberts, Suwannee; |didn’t work very fast, but they | Johns in the May 25 primary for | Jeff Webb, Washington. | House members against (27): | George S. Okell, John B. Orr Jr. jand Cliff Herrell of Dade; Roy | | Surles, Perry Murray and Boone Tillet, Polk; Jim Moody and Tom Johnson, Hillsborough; Tom Beas- ley, Walton; D. C. Jones Jr., Col- lier; Tom Cobb and James Sweeny, | Volusia; F. Charles Usina, St. Johns; Ken Ballinger and Mallory | Horne, Leon; C. Farris Bryant and | W. V. Chappel Jr., Marion; Walter O. Sheppard and William H. Car | mine Jr., Lee; J. R. A. Williams, | Pasco; J. V. Varn, Hernando; J. |B. Hopkins, Escambia; Ted David, | Broward, and both Democratic and | Republican candidates from Mana- tee and Sarasota counties, two jeach. | Papy’s View | House members against or un- | decided (15): Elbert L. Stewart, |Hendry; Bernie Papy, Monroe; | Doyle E. Connor, Bradford, John M. Hathaway, Charlotte; John J. Crews, Baker; William Lacy Ma- hon Jr., Harry W. Westerberry and William H. Maness, Duval; James Page, Jr., Nassau; Homer T. Putnal, Lafayette; Marion B. | Knight, Calhoun; Webb Jernigan, ; Escambia; John Pittman, Santa Rosa; Charles Stewart, Okaloosa, and E. B. Jones, Madison. Republican nominee for House membership from Clay County, Edward H. Peace, said “yes and no—yes because it is good for Clay County and no because it is bad for the state.” ; WANTED! Experienced Waitresses For Day Work SHORTY’S DINER 116 DUVAL STREET Commissioners Vote To Make Good On Threat To Airline By DENIS SNEIGR The county moved last night to throw National Air- lines out of Meacham Field. The unanimous vote of the five county commissioners backed up an ultimatum to NAL Sept. 16. At that meeting, Gerald Saunders, chairman of the board of county commissioners, handed Alexander Hardy, NAL vice president, a bill for Over Last Year SRD Calls For Bridge Work Bids The State Road Department today called for contractors’ bids to sand blast and int steel on the Seven Mile Bridge. | The Associated Press dis- | patch from Tallahassee also said a call for bids was issued to restore concrete sui son the 11,960-foot Long Key Via- duct on SR 5. The bids are to be opened Oct. 19. | County License Total Up 1,125 Drivers’ licenses. issued in Mon- roe County in September showed an increase in every category over the same month last year with a total of 1,125 more licenses over-| all, County Judge Raymond R./ Lord said today. Figures for Sept., 1954, were: Operators, 10,019; chauffeurs, 1,- 360; special chauffeurs, 424; re- stricted, 157. Sept., 1953, figures ere: Operators, 9,499; chauffeurs, 789; special chauffeurs, 406; restricted, 141. The increases in each category were: Operators, 520; chauffeurs, 571; special chauffeurs, 18; restricted, | 16. Judge Lord expressed his appre- ciation of the press and radio in| reminding drivers to get their new| licenses early. | “We always have avoided a last- | minute rush,” Judge Lord said. | “There never has been a line of| people waiting to get a ligense.” Weather Balloon Transmitter Lands In Bight The transmitter of a radiosonde | balloon parachuted into Garrison Bight about 6 p. m. yesterday, a spokesman at the Naval Air Sta- tion said today. Radiosonde balloons are releas- ed from weather stations all over the world daily. Several are set out from the Naval Air Station here every day. The balloon carries the transmit- ter aloft. Weather information is automatically broadcast to ground stations. When the balloon bursts, the pas rachute eases the transmitter to earth. The transmitters are expend- able, the spokesman said. The ‘chute prevents the instrument from plummeting to earh and per-| haps striking persons or buildings. The one that landed here may have been released from Trinidad or from Boca Chica. Three men from the air station used a life raft to recover the ‘chute and trans- mitter from the bight. POLIO RECORD SET TAMPA (®—Hillsborough Coun- ty’s 1954 polio total, already by far a record, is at 99 cases today with four reported yesterday. OPEN ALL SATURDAY MORNING ead Similan $5,144 for NAL’s use of the field since January 1. Saunders told Hardy that |if the bill was not paid by October 1, the county would | take legal action to bar the | line from Meacham Field. NAL has not paid. Near the end of last night's hour and a half meeting, Com- missioner Clarence Higgs moved to carry out the ultimatum “te the letter.” Commissioner Frank Benticy seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. Thissmotion passed only aficr 9 similar one by Higgs died for lock of a second. Another motion, offered by Co.u missioner Harry Harris, would have accepted NAL’s terms. It, too, died for lack of a second, The probable legal action a- gainst NAL will be an eviction order to move the company out of the building it occupies at the field, and a Circuit Court injunc- tion -barring NAL planes from the field The argument between the coun- ty and NAL over landing fees dates from Jan. 1. At that time the county placed a 50-cent fee on each passenger landing or taking off. NAL refused to pay the charge or to collect it from passengers, Instead, NAL promptly cancelled two of its three daily flights to Key West. _ The one-flight daily schedule con- tinued until mid-April. Thursday Discussion Last night’s special meeting in the county court house opened at 8p. m. with Saunders telling the meeting that he “‘wanted to gec this National Airlines thing settled to- night.” Commissioner Joe Allen was a- gainst taking any legal action at present. He pointed out that the county was about to sell airport certifi. cates to raise $130,000 to match a like amount of federal funds to im- Prove the field. “T think it is the wise thing not to do anything until the bonds are sold,” he said. He, wanted to bill NAL mont but Put off litigation until Tater” Future Action Paul Sawyer, legal adviser to the commission, explained that litiga- tion would stop the sale of the cer- tificates. However, he said that if the county had a contract with | NAL the interest rate would be bet- ter. Saunders said force is the only language George Baker (NAL pre- sident) understands. “It makes no difference when we sue — now or next April — it se work a hardship on the peo- ple.” Throughout the discussion, Allen argued for postponing action until after the bonds were sold. _ Saunders took the floor after ask- ing Higgs to take the chair. Saunders detailed the nine month battle with NAL and told of the county’s efforts to compromise. Long Fight Seen He warned that “Baker will car- Ty us to every court in the land— even to the United States Supreme Court.” “I don’t know how many years it will take to settle this,” he con- tinued, and asked: “Can you ima- gine what our legal bill will be?” Saunders said, “I am the last one to want to eat crow by accept- ing National’s terms. The only way (Continued On Page Ten) OPEN AIR CHURCH SERVICES Moguening Subhag Meat at 8:45 120 SIMONTON, near City Hall Islander Drive-In Theatre