The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 19, 1954, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was For Quick Comm Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll teach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 25661 or 2.5662 Today KEY WEST 72° Sse | VOL. LXXV No. 275 THE ‘SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER se GEE—Startled at the sounds of electronic beeps, Virginia Grey tries to tell Ben Cooper of what she is hearing. Mike Orbovick, torpedoesmate first class (SS), center, on duty with the Squad- ton 12 submarine Balao, is amused at Miss Grey's explanation. Both Hollywood stars are in Key West for the Hal Wallis Paramount Vista-Vision filming of “The Rose Tattod.”—Official U.S. Navy Photo. ———EESEE__ == Spray Planes Arrive Today ‘Three spray planes from the Brevard County Mosquito Con- trol district arrived at Meacham ~ Airporf at 1 p. m. today, The planes were brought here te fight an expected mosquito swarm that may hatch as a re- It of last weekend’s record —— Strange Incident At Casa Marina | ig ” Screen Star Marsia Pavan ‘was rescued from an eight- foot tiger shark here today by, an ex-policeman, who pulled her up onto a pier only five feet ahead of the pursuing fish, according to the Paramount publicity de- partment, The shapely brunette actress who fs on location here with Burt Lan- caster and Anna Magnani filming Hal Wallis’ “The Rose Tattoo” was swimming beyond a pier, outside a fenced bathing area, whefi Gwen Carter, a vacationing Detroit court reporter, screamed a warning of the shark’s approach. Johnny Yates, 28, former police- ‘man of 2120 Seidenberg Ave., Key ! West, ran to the end of the pier and hauled Miss Pavan, twin sis- ter of Pier Angeli, to safety. The shark then skirted the fenced bathing area, where members of the Chattanooga High School foot- ball team were swimming, and ap- proached within 50 feet of a beach before disappearing. Lancaster, Miss Magnani, Di- rector Daniel Mann, Virginia Grey, Ben Cooper, Playwright Tennessee Williams and others of “The Rose Tattoo” company have been swim- ming the same area for two weeks and Paramount Pictures officials immediately ordered them to stay wut of the vicinity. Miss Pavan and Cooper, who play young lovers in the VistaVi- sion filming of the high Broadway comedy-drama, will be. required, however, to swim from a boat off the same pier tomorrow but will be guarded by spear fishermen C. W. Morrison, M.D, W. R. Ploss, M.D. PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS Announce the OPENING OF THEIR OFFICE 1019 FLAGLER AVENUE HOURS: 10:00 - 12:00, 2:00 - 5:00 Telephone 2-3865 A STAR LOOKS UP—Seeing how’submariners look through a periscope, Virginia Grey, featured in Hal Wallis’ Paramount filming of “The Rose Tattoo,” is busily engaged in getting first- hand knowledge of this important piece of submarine equip- ment. Miss Grey and Ben Cooper toured submarine Balao * —Official U.S..Navy Photo. Thursday and were luncheon guests of the officers and crew. Secrecy Surrounding Fields Family Continues At Reunion - ZURICH, Switzerland ™—Her- mann Field arrived in Zurich to- day for a reunion with his wife, Katy, He has not seen her since his imprisonment in Communist Poland five years ago. Both Field’s wife and sister, Dr. Elsie Field of Urbana, Ill., were in Zurich to meet the. man who was set free by the Communists three weeks ago, The air of mystery and. hush- hush which has surrounded the ease of Hermann and other mem- bers of his family was present again at his arrival on a Swiss plane from Prague. | Field was met by Swiss police | who whisked him off to the cus- | toms office in the airport admin- |istration building. They barred newsmen and photographers from approaching the plane, and for a while the identity of the arrival could not be fixed. Press Ban Ordered Police said they had been ordered by the government’s political de- partment to ban reporters from the ing at the request of U.S. Ambas- sador Frances E, Willis. Hermann’s wife and sister were making every effort to avoid news- | papermen. In this they had the full cooperation of authorities. Field, the former Cleveland arch- itect,. flew unaccompanied into Zu- rich. About 20 minutes after he ar- rived his sister, Elsie, was brought to the airport in a police car. Ap- parently his wife was also in the airport building but police kept re- porters from observing her. The same precautions surround- ed yesterday’s trip by’Field’s wife and sister. The crew of a British airliner said in Vienna they had helped the two women leave their plane in Zurich last night without newsmen at the airport being aware, Howard Donovan, the U.S. con- sul general in Zurich, was at the airport to talk to Hermann, who had been convalescing in a Warsaw sanitarium since the Poles released him. His brother Noel, a prewar State Department employe, and Noel’s area around the plane. The airport | wife Herta were hiding out from manager said the Swiss were act- the press in Budapest. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRI Painters Union Pickets Motel In Protest Renovations At Cohen’s Beach Motel Hampered * Work on renovations to | the South Beach Motel, ; Simonton Street, came tc a/ virtual standstill Thursday | DAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954 IN THE U.S.A, The Ken West Citisen PRICE FIVE CENTS U.S. Takes On Buildin ar Projec when Loeal. 1315, Painters | ; Union, threw a picket line | around the establishment in: protest of the hiring of non- union painters on the job. The painter’s action resulted in the union carpenters, masons and roofing officials removing their workmen from the project. Cohen Warned Gus Disdier, business agent of the painters union, said that the owner of the motel, Max Cohen, had been warned that the action would be taken but that he had -|gone ahead and hired non-union ‘|workmen. They are being paid from $1.25 to $150 per hour instead of the union rate of $2.47 per hour, Disdier said. The picketing started Thursday and continued today. The other; § trade’ unions pulled their men off the project early today in sym- pathy. : 5 Two non-union painters continu- ed to work on the exterior of the building today, but all other work was at a standstill. Second Action It was the second Key West bus- iness place to be picketed by the union ‘men in the past two weeks, according to Disdier. Meanwhile, motel proprietor Co- hen ‘shrugged off the infant strike saying: ‘“‘Let them ‘picket — I'll still be open for business Nov. 24.” He said the motel is und a complete remodelling job in pre- : Chamber Backs Committee’s Traffie Plan The Key West Chamber of Commerce has gone on record sustaining its traf- fic committee’s recommen- dation for easing the flow of automobile traffic in the business section, it was an- nounced today. After several months study the chamber’s special committee sub- mitted a plan that included expan- sion of the metered parking area to streets adjacent to Duval, and Simonton Sts. Parking on Duval was recom- | mended to be abolished, except for loading and unloading on one side only, Parking Area Another recommendation the chamber made included the pur- chase of the property at ‘Simton- ton and Angélia Streets for a pub- lie parking area. Parking space at the Clyde - Mallory property on Front Street was also included in the plan. _ The recommendation now goes to the City Commission with the chamber’s board’s blessing. Prior to this the Traffic Com- mittee itself headed by M. E. Ben-| ing nett and the city’s traffic com- mittee headed by Jim Keene ap- proved the plan. Now the recommendation has the entire Chamber’s approval through! this Board action. Growing Alarm Chamber directors expressed their growing alarm of what the downtown traffic picture will be during this coming winter season if immediate action isn’t taken to relieve the congestion. They agreed that the parking of autos and trucks on Duval Street was the principal cuase of traffic bottlenecks.. All-day parkers on downtown side streets also contri- bute problems. They have expressed hope that this action, if adopted by the City Commission, will help put to an Returning Tomorrow and Every Nite - To Cocktail Lounge and Bar HECTOR BARROSO'S Three Kings and An Ace DANCING - FUN - LAUGHS 10:00 P.M. Till 4:00 A.M. end some of our problems, ~ ih LABOR DIFFICULTY—Members of ‘the Beach Motel in protest of the hiring of ket,” By Local A concentrated member- ship drive has been: slated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for tonight and to- morrow,. Senior Vice Com- mander Sam Bath said to- day, Bath will be in the 500 block on Duval Street tonight from 6 to 8 Pp. m. and tomorrow from 4 to 8 p. m. to outline benefits assured by membership ‘in the VFW and to enroll veterans who have serv- ed overseas in wars involving the United States. : Leader’s Urging Commander - in - Chief of the organization, Merton B. Tice of Mitchell, South Dakota, urges eli- gible veterans to join the VFW by saying: “In times of war, men join to- gether in companies, regiments and divisions to win the victory. “In times of peace, America’s overseas veterans have the oppor- tunity to join together as members ot the VFW to help make sure the blessings of victory are not destroyed. “You owe it to your country, to your community, to your loved ones and to the men who served at your side overseas to belong to an organization that is dedicated to only one great purpose — to honor the dead by helping the liv- “If you’re an overseas veteran who is entitled to wear, any of Uncle Sam’s military campaign ribbons, you are eligible to be a member of the Veterans of .For- eign Wars.” The theme for the membership drive now being carried on is “America — Love it or leave it,” and_ Bath urges that all eligible veterans take advantage of this opportunity to show their love for their country. NEW ATOM PLANT AUCKLAND, New Zealand w— Work on New Zealand’s first atomic plant probably will begin within a year, Dr. H. R. C. Pratt, a member of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, said to- day, Britain is financing the ini- tial plant. painters union are workers on a renovation project. says owner Max Cohen.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. al Washington Distant Early Warning Posts Are Planned WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has ase sumed the job of building the “distant early warning” | line of radar stations along |the Canadian-Alaskan rim of the continent, An announcement made simultaneously today in and Ottawa said the two governments have agreed: 1. “To proceed with the construc- _ |tion” of the perimeter warning net shown as they picket the South “Let ‘em pic- é Women Play A Vital Role In _|Givil Defense, Leaders Say Colonel Alvin R. Moore, USA (ret) urged every wo- man in Key West to assume responsibility for some job in Civil Defense even if it is to learn to take proper care of her own children in the event of national disaster, be- cause if this were done, these children would not require the attention of others. . Col. Moore and Charles Curry, Monroe County Civil Defense cbair- man, were guest speakers at a recent meeting of the Business and Professional Women’s Club. . Both men agreed that women are “vital” to the civil defense of a community, Curry spoke on “Recognition of Civil Defense Needs in a Com- munity” and Col. Moore, who was stationed in England during World War II, spoke on “Civil Defense in Action and the Part Women Play in It.” ® Meaning Of C. D. “Civil Defense,” Curry said, “is exactly what the words imply - defense on the part of civilians— and is recognized as ‘the fourth arm of defense of the nation.” The speaker told the business women that the Congress had turn- ed the job of organization over to the states and that Florida had charged the counties with the re- sponsibility of having adequate civil defense. In Monroe County, he said, Key West had received favorable action from the city commission who adop- ted an ordinance officially recog- nizing Civil Defense and providing leadership for residents to follow in organizing their own civil de- fense. * Apathy Rapped He blamed public apathy for the Jack of activity in Civil Defense and warned that the community should overcome this soon since we “never know when disaster may strike.” In answer to the question “What's the use of worrying about Civil Defense in Key West with the Navy here?” Curry replied that the Navy will be doing the actual fighting and these men would not be available on land to save lives, give first aid and provide atten- tion. He listed the “big ten’, of. civil defense — the services it is up to the civilians to organize. These services are warden, fire, Police, health, welfare, engineering, (Continued On Page Ten) WATCH for the OPENING of our REMODELED DINING ROOM Many Surprises EES Errant Choppers |Found By Coppers ‘Never let it be said that the Key West Police Department ‘isn't ready to tackle any as- signment, however novel, and carry it through to successful completion. Tangible proof of that record was called upon to retrieve a tourist's false teeth from the ocean off the Key Wester Ho- tel, South Roosevelt Bivd, Lt. Buster Cerezo and Patrol- man Mario Santana were the intrepid officers who conduct- ed the search for the errant choppers. They found them. The bridgework had ben r at the hotel who fell into @ nocturnal stroll. He was taken to Monroe General Hospital for treatment of a gash on his head, ‘His wife requested a police escort back to the scene to retrieve his teeth. « ~LSSSSS——5Ss Lockwood Boy-Is Reported Missing Eston Lockwood, 14, was report- ed missing at 10:30 p. m. last night by his father, A. L. Lock- wood, 34-B Sigsbee Park, the sher- liff's department reported today. The boy had been missing since He was described as slender, five feet, four inches tall, and weighing 110 pounds. Eston was wearing a T-shirt, blue chéckered jacket, blue dun- 'garees and pilot boots. The sheriff's department said Eg- ton was last seen with George Tay- lor, another youngster. The department said it had no description of the Taylor boy, for enemy bombers, whose cost is unofficially estimated at about one billion dollars. 2. That “although both Canada and the United States will partici- pate in the project, responsibility for the work of construction and installation should be vested in the United States.” Money Available Defense Department officials said sufficient money is available in the current budget to go ahead with the project and that additional money will be requested in the next budget. The announcement ‘was much like one issued last Sept. 27, out- Hining two existing: or ‘building northern radar systems, saying there was agreement on need for a. distant early warning system, That announcement said “the basis of participation by the two coun- tries in the construction and oper- ation of the line, and the division of costs,” would be determined later. In Planning Stage Today’s ¢oordinated. announce- ments spoke only of “planning” for the distant line. However, in September 1953, the Western Electric Co. announced it was starting work, under a contract with the U.S. Air Force, of the first experimenta] units of a “distant early warning line.” That an nouncement said the project was started in December 1952, and that the first units were being installed on Barter Island, off the ‘northern coast of Alaska. In response to questions, an Air Force spokesman said today the first experimental. units have been linked to the continental defense system. Announcement Text Today’s announcement said: “Four main elements of a warn- ing and control system now appear _ to be practicable, namely: The main control and warning radar installations in the populated part of Canada (the jointly operated Pinetree network) and in the United States, which are now in Operation; a warning line north of the settled areas of Canada (the mid-Canada line), being built by Canada; a warning line across the most northerly practicable part of North America (the distant early warning or Dew line); and portions of the complete warning’ and con- trol system in Canada to be extend- ed.to seaward on both flanks of the continent by the United States.” The announcement did not ex- Plain this latter reference. How- ever, it presumably referred to air- 2orne and seaborne radar. Also, the United States is constructing. off its own eastern coast a series of radar stations mounted on towers standing in the sea at points up to 100 miles off the coast. WEATHER STRIPPING — at Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton, near Weather Bureau Seesmic LOGUN'S 23" Simonton on the Ocean