The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 29, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL, LXXV No. 308 THE % CARELESSNESS CAUSED THIS—What might have been a dangerous fire was quelled Tuesday by firefighters at 4 Simonton Court. Firemen said that the blaze was caused by a cigarette ap- parently dropped on a sofa. It smouldered a! afternoon and burst into flames when the occu- pants of the apartment returned late in the afternoon. Damage to the building, owned by Ross C. Sawyer, was slight—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Navy Payroll Would Jump $9,000,000 If Raise Passes First Baby To Arrive In’55 Military Pay Increase Asked By Senator The proposed 26 per cent| Wilt Show Immediate Profit The “First to Arrive in Fifty-Five’ — the first baby, that is, will be several hundred dollars wealthier than he or she realizes immediately upon arrival in Key West tmilitary pay boost would mean a \$9,000,000 per year increase in the Navy’s Key West payroll. A Navy spokesman: here today said the present Navy payroll in this area is about $36,000,000 per year. The 25 per cent. jump would mean a total Navy payroll of $45,- 000,000 annually for this area, Of course, the spokesman point- ed out, not all of the Navy pay- roll is paid in cash. Much of it is in the form of allotments and for insurance payments. Proposal Made ‘The proposal for a 25 per cent military pay jump was made yes- terday by Sen. Mansfield (D- Mont) as a means to maintain a three-million man military force on a permanent basis with a mini- mum use of the draft. According to the Associated Press report from Washington, Mansfield said too he is opposed to any universal military service program which is not accompanied by a new excess profits tax on war production. He included the modi- fied system which the Eisenhower administration has said it will ask Congress to approve next year. “If we have to draft men, then we should also draft the excess profits which come from war and defense production,” he said. Excess Profits Issue He said that when the adminis- tration’s military manpower pro- gram reaches the Senate he will propose that kind of a tax as an amendment, An excess profits tax was in effect during World War Il and again during the Korean War. It was allowed to expire a year ago. As outlined last week by Secre- tary of Defense Wilson, the new military manpower program con- templates extension of the present draft law, due to die this summer. In addition, there would be pro- vision to give give six months of training each year to 100,000 youths who volunteer, They would then be obligated to serve in the reserves for 942 years. Men currently are drafted for two years and then are supposed to serve in the reserves for six years, * The administration plans to ask for an increase in military pay, but has not announced the amount. | —_—_ January Ist. A total of 27 gifts have been dios, Baby Stroller from Ideal Togs, made available for the first baby! Baby Bath Set from Southern- of the new year by members of the Key West Chamber of Cummerce. Chamber Sponsors The Chamber’s Retail Division is sponsoring the project and Hannah Baer is co-chairman with Harry Lurie, general chairman of the Di- vision, Not only will the first baby re- | ceive gifts but the mother, proud | father and any other members of | the family, brothers or sisters, will | be remembered too. Some of the gifts are for them. Early morning, January 1, a check will be made with hospitals and midwives here to learn of any deliveries. The time entered on the birth certificate of the first child born after midnight, Dec. 31 will be de-| cisive in selecting the baby, to be} honored, Gifts Listed Here follow the list of gifts: A baby photo from Poray Stu- | Pipeline Talks To Be Jan. 4 The Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission and Navy repre- sentatives will meet here Jan. 4 to discuss sale of the water pipeline, it was learned today. The commission wants to buy the 130-mile line that sipplies water to Key West and the Flo- riday Keys. Yesterday the date was erroneously reported to The Citizen as Feb. 4. New Year's Eve DANCE AMERICAN LEGION HOME STOCK ISLAND 10 P.M. ‘til "?” Admission: $1.00 Per Person RESERVATIONS CALL 2-7912 AFTER 12 NOON End of Year CLEARANCE SALE THESE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALS GOOD UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1955 From $10 to $250 33 TO GO AT THESE PRICES! Monroe Motors A-1 Used Car Lot CORNER SIMONTON AND GREENE STREETS snost Drugs, one loat of Bread for 30 days from Holsum Bakery, one case of Baby Good from Gulf- stream Food Department Store, 2 dozen diapers and laundry service | for 30 days from Columbia Laun- | dry, a five dollar savings account from Florida National Bank, a hand-woven blanket from Old Is- land-Traiding Post, dinner for the family at Lee’s Orient Restaurant, silver baby cup from Paul J. Sher, and $5 gift certificate for mo- ther or the baby from Kress, Me- Crory’s, Mar-Ed, Three Sisters, Ru- bin Appels, Millers, Schiffs, The Aquarium Gift Shop, Mangel’s and | Diana Shops. Mama will receive cosmetics from Donald’s Beauty; Shop, too. | That the baby will have enough milk is sure. Home Milk Distri- | butors and Adams Dairy will each deliver a quart of milk daily for 350 days and Land O'Sun is going to deliver a gallon of ice cream each week for a month to the fam- ily. The proud father will be pre- sented with a gift from Aronovitz | Men’s Shop and Lewinsky’s and} SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1954 Pay Boosts Sought* Service And Postal Employes Citizen Office Newly Expanded Another step forward was ta- ken by The Citizen today when the editorial staff moved into their new recently added to The Citizen Building on Greene St. The new office can be reach- ed through the buisness office or through a special entrance on the side of the building. The public is cordially invit- ed to inspect the new facilities. Outstanding Record Made By Henderson Admiral Who Will Relieve Towner Due Here In Spring Rear Adm. Harry H. Hen- derson, who will take over as commander of the Navy Base here, has an outstand- ing naval career, ranging from ,an Olympic boxer to a deep sea diver, it was learn- ed today. He will relieve Rear Adm: eC Towner next March or April, the Navy said. At present, Adm. Henderson is commander of the Navy’s Middle Eastern Forces, the Navy an- nouncement added. Adm. Henderson, of Kendall Green, Mass., was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1925. On Academy Teams He was a member of the varsity football and boxing teams at the Academy and in 1925 was an in- tercollegiate boxing champion. After graduation he served a- board the USS Utah and the USS Sturtevant. He was detached in 1928 to re- turn to the Academy for duty with the 1928 Olympic boxing team. Then he saw service aboard the submarines S-19, 0-2, and S-12 From Jan., 1932, to Feb., 1934, he was on duty at the Academy, including 18 months in the depart- ment of physical education and six months as assistant secretary of the. Academic Board. During the following three years, Adm. Henderson served aboard the (Continued on Page Two) TONY'S RESTAURANT 808 SIMONTON STREET Will Be Open Thursday, Rawlings’ Trailer Sales will buy a box of cigars for papa to pass around. December 30 Closed New Year's Day Make Your Reservations Now for the Gala New Year's Eve Party at the CASA MARINA HOTEL $7.50 PER 8 PERSON Includes 3% COMPLETE 7-Course FILET MIGNON Dinner! WALL-STAR ENTERTAINMENT featuring BETTY MADIGAN, famous songstress LUIS and LEE VALENTI, society dancers JOE CANDULLO, and his wonderful band DINNER SERVED 7:30 TO 10 P.M. IN OUR MODERN DINING ROOM Dancing from 7:30 P.M. ‘til 3 A.M. (P.S.—There is a $3.00 minimum beverage charge for persons arriving after 10:00 P.M. who do not wish dinner.) | IN THE U.S.A. og A STAR IS BORN—Miss Betty Madigan, one af the nation’s most popular young singing stars, poses at the keyboard at the Casa Marina Hotel Tuesday. Miss Madigan received her start in Key West three years ago.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Songstress Betty Madigan Got Her Start In Key West By JIM COBB We consider our inter- view Tuesday with Miss Betty Madigan, MGM re- cording star, highly success- ful. £ Reason: She sang for us. And since Miss Madigan earns something like $3,500 a week singing for people, the tune she warbled in our direction made us feel opu- lent, indeed. We talked with Miss Madigan on the patio of the Casa Marina Ho- tel, where she opened a two week engagement Monday. She was hav- ing lunch with her manager, Ar- thur Pine, when we arrived and Clark Inquest To Be Thursday J. Lancelot Lester, state attor- ney, today announced the time of | the inquest into the death of Har- old A. Clark, millionaire retired industrialist, for 10:30 a. m. Thurs- day. The inquest will be at Marathon before Justice uf the Peace R. D.| Zetterower. Clark, 59, drowned in the Gulf vf Mexico in front of his $135,000 Marathon mansion last Friday | morning. He was buried at Mara- thon Monday. Dr. Herman K. Moore’s autopsy report said Clark died of drown- in; Z. Clark left a party at his home early Friday. His body was found about 9:30 a. m. that day lying | face down in the water. SCREEN WIRE GALVANIZED, BRONZE, | ALUMINUM and PLASTIC — at | | Strunk Lumber | 120 SIMONTON, near Post Office a taking time out to sign scores of autographs. Rise To Fame The reason we arranged the in- terview was that we were inter- ested in learning just what it is that has propelled Miss Madigan from relative obscurity to the point where she was tagged by no less jan authority than Broadway col- umnist Earl Wilson, as the year’s top singer — and the recipient of the aforementioned pay check. Her |recordings on the MGM label of such tunes as “Joey,” “Always You,” “Be A Little Darling,” and “Funniest Feeling” have sold more than 350,000 copies. It was only three years ago that Miss Madigan was singing for | coffee and cakes in her hometown, | Washington, D. C. Then things started happening. Washington Visit As she pointed out to us Tues- day, her current Casa Marina en- gagement is a sort of sentimental journey back to the scene of her initial success. For it was the far-sightedness jand judgement of Casa Marina jowner Max Marmorstein, who | recognized her talent, that sent \her along the star-studded road to fame. Here’s how it happened: Pine, who was handling the pub- |licity for the Casa Marina, told Marmorstein about Betty who was then working in Washington. He jinduced Marmorstein to fly there from Cleveland for a look-see. The hotel-owner liked what he saw and the result was Betty’s first away- from-home booking. The two weeks stretched into five months, fol- lowed by other bookings in the nation’s top night clubs and TV |spots like the Red Skelton show, | the Colgate Comedy Hour, the Perry Como show, Sammy Kaye and the Edgar Bergen show. Busy Schedule But even though she has a busy schedule, Betty still has something of a sentimental attachment for the Casa Marina and tries to get back every year. We were wondering just what (Continued on Page Two) This office will take applications for Homestead Exemption starting January 3rd and thru April Ist. Please be sure to bring your 1954 tax receipt with you which bears your tax roll number. CLAUDE A. GANDOLFO, Monroe County Tax Assessor. For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2.5661 or 2.5662 Today President’s M mending pay increases for f and postal employes. Another special message January 13, the little White the armed servic The second message will also deal with the new re- serve program outlined re- cently by Secretary of De- fense Wilson. James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary told reporters the proposals for civil service pay in- creases and adjustment of job classifications would add about 202} million dollars a year to present | payroll costs. | This figure is about 5 per cent | of the present payroll for classified | civil service workers, he said | No Figures On P.O. | Hagerty did not provide any fig-| ures on the increases being con- sidered for employes of the Post Office Department and members of | the armed forces. | He did say, however, that the | administration still feels that an increases for postal workers should come from increased postal rates, | and that any legislation would in-| clude provision for sué¢h hikes. | Hagerty declined to say whether Eisenhower would recommend a one-cent increase in the rate for first class mail, bringing the sealed | letter rate to four cents. Congress | balked at this last year. | Eisenhower vetoed a pay hike! bill for civil service and postal | workers last August because it did | not contain provision for postal rate increases. Separate Bills Hagerty said the civil service | and postal recommendations this year would not be linked in one bill. | As now drafted, the recommen-! dations provide for a minimum} increase of $125 a year for civil) service workers in the grade of| GS 1 and a maximum of $800 a year in the top grades. In addition to pay rises. Hagerty said, the special message relating to the armed forces will recom-j| mend increased medical aid for) dependents, improved survivors’ | benefits and expanded housing facilities. Local Picture | About 553 federal civil service employes and 57 post office em- ployes here would be effected by the President’s proposal to increase their pay. According to the Associated Press report, it is understood that only graded or classified federal civil service employes would re- ceive raises if the Congress acts on Eisenhower’s recommendation. There are about 550 such em- Ployes who work for the Navy in the Key West area. The ungraded civil service employes number 1,- 187 in this area. The figures quoted in the Asso- essages Will Include Military Pay Plan AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — President Eisenhower will | Send a special message to Congress January 11 recom- ederal civil service workers will be sent to Capitol Hill House announced, outlining a program of increased pay and benetits for members of Special Meet With P AndO Slated F riday City Submits Estimate For Dock Repairs Officials of the P and O Steamship Co. will meet here Friday at 1 Pp. m. with the city commission. ; Purpose of the meeting, accord- ing to Mayor C. B. Harvey is to discuss terms of a Possible lease and repairs to the city-owned Clyde - Mallory Doek for use asa Key West terminus for the shipping company’s tri-city service slated to Start Jan. 24. Up until now, negotiations with the city have been of an informal nature. Monday PAeeting At a special meeting Monday evening, the commission was ad- vised that the P and O Co, wants the city to repair a section of the dock for passenger traffic, and that a plan for sharing the cost vould be considered. They took that action after negotiations with the Gulf Oil Co. for use of their dock fell through. Mayor Harvey said that an in- formal estimate of $7,000 covering the cost of completely rebuilding an 80-foot section of the dock was sub- sailed to the shipping firm Tues- ay. The company has taken the mat- ter under consideration but did not indicate whether or -not the pro- posal is acceptable. Income For City The commission is expected to ask that some sort of income to the city be obtained from the start cf the passenger ship service. Slated to attend Friday’s meet- ing are K. A, Osborne, vice pres- ident and general manager of P and O and Robert F. Lord, marine superintendent. The company announced Tuesday that they will start service using the 4,600 ton vessel, the SS Cuba on the run between Key West, Tampa and Havana. Tours to the interior of Cuba in conjunction with a Cuban bus com- pany are planned, they added. ciated Press dispatch from a minimum of $125 to a maximum of $800 increases—are too sketchy to provide a basis for figuring a pos- sible payroll increase for this area. The 57 postal employes here are those regularly employed. The figure does not include extra workers such as are hired dur- ing the Christmas holidays. REAL FLYING SAUCERS LEICESTER, England (# — Fly- ing sauvers by the hundreds land- smashing into thousands of pieces. Flying cups too. A truckload of china overturned. Due to the Death of a Charter Member, the V.F.W. Auxiliary has Cancelled its New Year’s Eve Dance If People Holding Tickets Will Contact the Person Who Sold to Them, Their Money Will Be Refunded CARIBBEAN CARRIERS ARMORED CAR SERVICE Serving the Public To Day and Night, REASONABLE RATES— inch and From Your Bank, Except Sunday luding 100 Percent Insurance and Bond Coverage—Certificates Furnished Service Starting January 3, 1955 For Further Information, Call 2-6311 714 SIMONTON STREET KEY WEST, FLORIDA