The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 11, 1954, Page 1

ep West, Florida, has the “most equable climate in the country, with on average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV No. 247 Ken West Citlis THE sO UTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN T KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1954 HE U.S.A. “S For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll pmants or workers ., . Just F; - Allen Is Baffled SRD Attorney Says He'll To Regain Toll Rd. Lands For State By Navy Objection Ti 0 Airport Plans By DENIS SNEIGR “Even if it means abandoning Meacham Field, I don’t want to retard Naval progress and expansion.” + County Commissioner Joe Allen today made that statement in commenting on the Navy's objections to ex- panding Meacham Field because it is too near the Navy field on Boca Chica, and that Boca Chica plans to ex- pand. i... oe The Navy here has meatal its objections to the Chief of Na- val Operations in Washington with the recommendation that the mat- ter be taken up with the Civil Aero- nautical Authority. Speaking For Himself Making it clear that he was ing for himself and not for the other ‘county ‘commissioners, Allen said: nine asked Paul Sawyer mt and the Mona Passage, between the Domini- Davis, storm forecaster Miami Weather Bureau, ‘appeared from present. in- @ications that the center of the ‘would move through the ‘Windward. Passage, the body of water between Haiti and Cuba, or over the western portion of Haiti. May Hit Bahamas. From there it would pass into the southeastern Bahamas. “After that we will just have to wait and see,” said Davis. “There is a good possibility that the storm will go on out to sea toward the northeast, but we can’t be sure of it yet. It is moving too slowly and pressure patterns are changing.” At 11 a.m. the hurricane was 230 miles southwest of Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti, and 750 miles southeast of Miami. ¥ The storm was in a_ position which the Weather Bureau termed *critical” for a wide area. “Hurricane winds should be felt in Haiti during the day unless the storm again comes to a isalt or changes course,” said Leonard Pardue, meteoroligist in the Mi- ami Weather Bureau, Flood Danger “More important to Haiti is the probability that torrential rains in its mountains will cause serious floods. Most of Haiti’s cities and towns are in valleys protected from the wind but wide open to flood- waters rushing down out of the hills.” A slight change in course, and this is possible with the storm moy- ing so slowly, would carry the wind-and-water threat to eastern Cuba, where the biggest city is Santiago de Cuba and, farther east, the U. S» Navy has a great base at Guantanamo Bay, The northeasterly course would place Florida and the western Ba. hamas in the clear if it is tinued, A more. northerly would carry the threat to the tral Bahamas, and a swing back to its old northwesterly course would bring a storm alert to Flor- - ida. —— ——— | Wardrobe Sliding Door Units — at Strunk Lumber ‘ (county legal adviser) to tell Wilde to have the architect hold up work on plans for airport improve- ments.” Harold Wilde is county airport consultant. The commissioners re- cently okayed the drawing of plans jfor the improvements, including a Paved and extended east - west runway, lights for the field, and a terminal. Allen said that when the county bought the airport, the Navy had endorsed the move, “Now the Navy objects to the field,” he said. ‘It is beyond me.” 1951 Comment A story in The Key West Citizen ron March 20, 1951, quoted Capt. R.-S. Quackenbush, then com- mander of Boca Chica, as saying: “We have never had any occas- ion to criticise or object to the, op- eration of the Key West aiport at Meacham. Meacham Airport is like an old neighbor. It is not a per- fect situation from the Navy point of view, but we would never ob- ject to our old neighbor.” Capt. Quackenbush’s remarks were made in connection with a to build a new county field Key. The Navy objected to Rockland Key, sa: it would be too close present the fields: are 4.3 miles apart atthe nearest points. If Measham will be about 4.1 miles apart. ‘Experts Expected - The Civil Aeronautics Authority probably will send safety experts here to make a survey.of the flight patterns. ~ - ees at said he bergen to a rect reports that. were cir- culating about the airport. One report, he said, is that the county is charging National’ ‘ Air- ines $10 a day rent for the build- ing the line occupies: at. the field. “Before Jan. 1,” Alléti said, “‘Na- was charged a $10 per day fee. The line paid no rent building. Just $10 a day fee: e i ee i S. 1,” he went on, billed at $35 per the county $5,144 from to Aug. 30. Part of that is $35 per month building rent. Temainder is based on 50 cents each passenger landing or tak- off at the field. ational has refused to pay on the basis of 50-cents per passen- The county has threatened legal action to collect the bill. glee J ~ Bae zeae A bartender and three minors were arrested Saturday night and charged with violating the state beverage laws, the sheriff's depart- ment reported todays. Herbert Roman Cfuz. 22, bar- tender at El Chico on Big Coppitt Key, was charged with selling alcoholic beverages to minors. He is free in $100 bond. The three minors, all sailors of the USS Sea Cat were Gerald A. ‘White, 20, Ricnard M. Fortier, 19, and Michael L. Irwin, 18. They were released to the Shore Patrol in.$25 bond each. eo-|Prisoners Work wcc(In City Cemetery prisoners in the city jail have b pressed into service to clean e city cemetery, it was an- Perez. e ‘addition, Chief Perez said, pri- Sohers. are at work in the south ef the city cleaning up fallen ‘trees and debris which might creat'a dangerous situation in the event of a storm. Veterans Day New Title For Nov. 1] Event Local Organizations Plan Parade, Other Special Activities Plans have been formulat- ed for the observance of America’s first Veterans Day on November 11 by the vari- ous veterans organizations of the City. Highlighting the celebration will be a colorful parade on the eve- ning of November -1ith. By actionof the 83rd Congress and at the request of the veterans’ organizations of the country, Nov- ember 11 of each year has been set aside officially as Veterans Day. It was formerly observed as Ar- mistice Day. Honors All Veterans In re-designating November 11 as Veterand Day, the Congress urged that it be made an annual occasion throughout America for the honor- ing of the veterans of all Ameri- can Wars. President Eisenhower promptly signed the bill and urged that the first observance of Veterans Day be made a memorable event throughout the land. Vance C.. Stirrup ‘has been” sel- ected as general chairman for the observance by the veterans organi- zations in. the city.- pay Local Units Help Organizations cooperating to ‘hake the day a success are Ve- terans of Foreign Wars Post 3911; Disabled American Veterans Chap- ter 33; William Weech Post 168; VFW Post 6021; and Arthur Saw- yer Post No. 28, American Legion. The loca Navy command has in- dicated full cooperation to make the observance outstanding. Lt. W. P. Winslow has been-appointed to meet with the committee in plan- ning the program for the day’s ac- tivities. Private Rites For Norton MIAMI (#—Private funeral serv- ices were planned today for Grady Norton, the famous weatherman who earned the gratitude of coast- al residents all over the Western Hemisphere with his 24-hour pre- dictions on the courses of hurri- canes. The last rites were conducted privately.to avoid the huge crowds that may have attended. His wid- ow, Ruth, said he had always told her he wanted a small funeral. The 60-year-old forecaster suf- fered a stroke Saturday morning. He died that night at 7:20 p.m. His death came as the eighth hurricane of the season roamed the Caribbean Sea. He had spent all day Friday helping keep track of it. Accurate Forecaster Norton, a native of Choctaw County, Ala., became head of the hurricane forecasting service in the Southeastern United States in 1935. At that time, the Red Cross said, hurricanes striking the main- land caused am average of 500 deaths each. Today the average has sunk to five. He had three well-trained assist- ants who are continuing the hurri- cane warning service, W. R. Davis, his chief assistant, assumed charge of the office, at least temporarily. Other storm forecasters here are Cecil Gentry and Paul L. Moore. MAN INJURED IN AUTO CRASH TODAY. Robert Turnbull, 38, of Little Torch Key, was injured this morn- ing in an auto crash near Sugar Loaf Shores, the sheriff's depart- reported. of Turnbull's injuries not m at The Citizen’s time. He still was in X-ray at Monroe General Hospital. ment The were press Local Craw fishermen Warned Of Danger In Restricted Areas The Goast Guard asked crawfishermen to cooperate restricted areas and to the in observing Navy security regulations. Lt. John B. Hayes, Coast Guard commander here, said crawfishermen have been approaching too closely to two submarine tenders tied et Ferry Trip Moved Because Of Hazel Hurricane Hazel has caused Postponment in the scheduled | Tuesday sailing of “The City of Key West.” Company officials said today that the ship will remain in Mi- ami -for further improvements and repairs and arrive in Key West Wednesday evening. Weather permitting, the ferry will sail Thursday. Reservations for 31 cars and 70 passengers have already been received.for Thursday, company officials add- ed. I1:15 Advisory Shows Hurricane” Moving Northwar MIAMI @®—This advisory on hurricane’ Hazel was issued by the MiamifWeather Bureau at 11:15 a.m. (BST): Hurricane Hazel continues to move slowly about 8 mil¢s per hour towards the north-northeast and et 11 a.m. centered at latitude 16.7 north’ longitude 75.0 west or 230 miles southwest of Port au Prince, Haiti. Highest: winds 115 miles per hour over small area near center and gales extend outward 125 miles north and east and 80 miles to south and west of center. Winds are, increasing over west- ern Hispanola and eastern Cuba and should reach hurricane force over western Haiti this afternoon and tonight. Extremely heavy. rains are expected in Haiti and al. precautions should be taken against destructive winds, abnor- mally high tides and torrential rains. Winds will continue to increase over extreme eastern Cuba and in the southeastern Bahamas as the storm progresses northward and precautions ‘should be taken in these areas for possible gale to hurricane warnings tonight or Tuesday. Continued north northeast move- ment at about the same speed is indicat edfor the next 12 to 18 hours. ig here. “This has been happening at night,” he added,. “and armed guards on the piers and on the | tenders have orders to shoot.” The restricted areas, Lt. Hayes said, are the three piers on the Naval Annex, the channel between Fleming Key and the Annex, and the two tenders — Gilmore and Bushnell. 100 - Foot Limit He asked crawfishermen not to set their traps in these areas and that they stay at least 100 feet off the piers and tenders. “The Navy’s patience is. just about exhausted,” Lt. Hayes. said. “T am afraid there may be a shoot- ing incident.” The Coast Guard commander al- so pointed out that many night fish- ermen in the channel between the south end of the Mole and in the channel between Fleming Key and Senet hat aes ions in not carryii lights. ¥ He said regulations specify that the boat carry a white light aft and a combined lantern forward and lower than the white light. The @ombined lantern, he added, must show a red light to port and a green to starboard from Som a- head to two points abaft the beam on the respective sides. Fine For Violation Violators can be fined and the boat held by the Coast Guard until the fine is paid, Lt. Hayes said. “This regulation,” he added, “covers motorboats under 26 feet in length and includes outboard powered boats.” Yi Lt. Hayes said &kiffs without power should carry a flashlight for their own safety. _ ‘They should show a light if any vessel approaches,” he said. Lt. Hayes also said that some boats are violating the registration regulations, “Boats longer than 16 feet with power — inboard or outboard — must be registered with the Coast Guard,” he said, “and any boat, regardless of length, with a per- manently installed motor must be registered.” HEAVY RAINFALL CHICAGO (# — Torrential rains dealt devastating blows to Chicago and communities in northern Illi- nois and northern Indiana over the weekend. GIFT TO CAP—George Faralde, commanding officer craft plane shown above te the organization |be guest speaker City Commission To Meet Tonight The city commission will meet tonight at 8 o'clock to negotiate for the purchase of land at Angela and Simonton Sts. for use as an off-street parking lot. The land has been offered to them by its owners, Brown Properties, for $100,000. But ap- praisals on the land have rang- ed from 60 to 73 thousand dol- lars. The city is expected to decide on an offer tonight. Also to be considered at to- night's meeting are the widen- ing of Truman Ave. and a change in the sewer contract of Powell Brothers Construction Co. Shulenberger To Speak At Chest Kick-Off Annual United Community Chest Launching Friday Dutch Shulenberger, Mi- ami insurance adjuster, will at the “Kick-Off” breakfast to of- ficially open the 1954 Unit- ed Community Chest - Red Cross Appeal on Friday, Oc- tober 15. Schulenberger, one of the most popular M.C’s in Miami, is no stranger to Key West, having been the principal speaker at the Jay- Cees installation and at Kiwanis Ladies’ Night. He also M.C.’d the floor show at the JayCees March of Dimes Ball in 1953. Reservations Needed The dutch treat breakfast will be held at the La Concha Hotel at 8:00 a, m. Friday. Reservations must be made at Campaign head- quarters at the La Concha by Wednesday, October 13. The phone number at the head- quarters is 2-8824. All campaign workers, Communi- ty Chest and Red Cross board members and board members of the Community Chest agencies are urged to attend the Kick-off break- fast. Briefing Session In addition to Schulenberger’s talk, workers and board members will be briefed on campaign pro- cedures and given final instruc- tions for the 1954-1955 appeal. Sam Collins, Community Chest campaign chairman, has suggested that all those who attend the break- fast, bring their own contributions to the united appeal and get the campaign off to a flying start. Claims Act Giving County Parks Is Unconstitutional By JIM COBB The State Road Department attorney said he will file a suit here today to knock out a special law giving Mon- roe County millions of dollars in surplus lands formerly owned by the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. Attorney George Dayton, of Dade City, teld the Ase sociated Press in Tampa that he would come to Key West today to file the suit which will seek to show’that a special act giving the lands to Monroe County for park purposes is unconstitutional, As The Citizen went to 13-Year -Old press, Pertti not a Boy “Found” In County Jail an appearance and the suit Conflicting Reports had not been filed. On Responsibility A deed was filed with the Mon- roe County clerk on September 22 Given By Officials A 13-year-old boy, who granting the land to the county. The legislation introduced in 1947 by State Representative Bernie C, Papy, gave the land to the county spent 16 days in the county jail before his parents were notified, was back in jail to- day for the same offense — when the bonds financing the road were paid off October 1, Papy a stealing a motor scooter. peared before the State Board af ‘The boy. was pick i+, | Administration and " Picked up by city pleaded for police Sept. 24 and sent to the |fer of the late nwo! county jail. county The of a lease-purchase agreement ne- Sotiated in 1946. On September 21, Rep, A he s His parents were not notified of his whereabouts until Saturday night after The Citizen published a story at his mother’s request, say- ing the boy was missing. Deputy Sees Story The deputy who notified the par- ents said the parents stated it was the first news they had that their son was in jail. He notified the parents after reading The Citizen story. The boy was released to his mo- ther Sunday afternoon. Sunday night city police picked up the boy for allegedly stealing] The act provided another motor scooter. County Mrs. Eva Warner Gibson, ju-| or excess lands” venile judge, said that when the|trict’s rights-of-way a boy was jailed Sept. 24, city po-|district’s facilities lice failed to notify the parents. | debtedness wa; paid off. She also said that the sheriff's} Dayton explains the department did not notify her that|Partment’s argument is the boy was in the county jail, | 1947 act is Sheriff’s Dept Denies This was denied by a spokesman | called an original Papy bill on the at the sheriffs department. subject from the Governor's office He said: and amended it so completely that “Mrs. Gibson was notified with-| it was practically rewritten, in a half hour of the time the boy| The attorney also contends that was admitted to the county jail. | the house bill in its original form “We also talked with Mrs. Flem-| never has been certified to the ing” he added. “They knew the | secretary of state from the gov- boy was in jail.” ernor as required by law. Mrs. Isabel Fleming, of Judge “Not Excess Or Surplus” Gibson’s office, said, “We thought Another point in the suit is that the police had notified the par-| the grant of district lands to Mon- roe County is invalid because i +t = B Ey BR committed the boy’ to Marianna, state boys’ school. this, Dayton holds, the state has However, she added, since then the parents had made arrange- cape ton: Noevow plipra Youn ments to send the boy to a mili- tary school in North Carolina and that his parents would take him there tomorrow. BERNE, Sagas not been discharged and bonds CHECKUP FOR DOTTY | were outstanding at the time of HOLLYWOOD — Dorothy La-|*he conveyance. mour entered Cedars of Lebanon Right-of-Way Excepted Hospital yesterdav for a checkup| The agreement approved by the and rest. board of administration calls for more than 700 acres of choice keys land to go to the county. It amounts to all of the toll district's land with the exception of a 100- foot right-of-way which goes to the road department. They will maintain the Overseas Highway. The county commission will designate which portions of the lands, which lie from Lower Matecumbe Key south to Big Pine Key, shall be dedicated for park and beach purposes. The balance of the land may be leased, for not more than 10 years, to provide revenue for the county. PERRY TO CONFERENCE GUAM —Asst. Defense Secre- tary Francis B. Berry, on tour of U. S. Far Eastern military medical facilties, left Guam by plane for Honolulu today to attend a con- ference of the PanPacifie Surgeons Still another section of the suit contends conveyance of the lands is illegal because the bonded in- debtedness of the district had Now Is The Time! PROTECT YOUR ROOF with ALUMA-TITE ALUMINUM ROOF COATING Aluma-Tite water proofs any type of roof for ten or more years. 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