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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Lord Tells OF
County Judges
State Meeting

County Judge Raymond Lord
hopes that Juvenile Court Judge
Eva Warner Gibson and other
Juvenile court judges IN the state
win be invited 10 future conven-
tions Of County Judges.
A motion was made 10 this Ell
feet al the County Judges con
ventlon held Friday and Satur-
clay in Daytona Beach. 1t was re-
ferred TO the Executive Commit
tee.
Judge Lord said that had Juvcn-
tic Judges been invited they would
have heard discussions that would
he Of great value 70 them in their
work. He was referring uartica-
lsr]y 10 the speech Of Judge Rich.
ard p. Robbins OF West Palm
Beach an the subject Of tbs neW
Juvenile Law passed At the 1851
legislative session
The new law prescribes for
treatment Of Juvenile delinquency
in the State and the procedure Il
be followed by Juvenile courts
Judge Lord pointed out that t1
most counties, the Counts Judge
is also in charge Of the juvenile
Goa 'nued On Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Kew West Haven
For Hay Fever
Victims OF Nation
R Wirephot.

The Key West Chamber of Com
mcrce today released a pamphlet
announcing that this city is a
haven for hay fever victims
Facts contained N the booklet
state that one out of every so
Americans are susceptible to hay
fever The danger period comes
about August Is when weeds shed
pollen in great quantities and
cause hay fever Complete relief
can be obtained only by going
10 areas where there is no rag
weed (thc chief offender
The release goes on 10 say.
THE absence OF air borne rag
weed pollen in SUNNY Key West
makes that Island City as near
perfect as any point in thc United
States south of the Canadian
border and east Of the Rockies. ~
Recent tests by the American
Academy of Allcrgans proves the
statement
Scientific proof IS also given in
connection with the United States
Weather Bureaus when daily slide
exposures were made from June
20 November, and the index Of
only 70 established. In six
months. only n DAYS showed rag
weed granules in the air The pol
len on those days was only two
grains per cubic yard Of atmos-
phcTc in contrast 10 most areas
with d record Of - To 80 times
more eranulcs.
The survey was made in i949
and since then the small patches
Of raeprecd seen growing along
tho beaches has been eliminated
Control IS maintained by chemical
spray. Another control is the nat
ural ono Of tho wind here which
prevails from the southeast over
the ocean, The nearest land Is
Africa
Since Key West has no factor
jcS, the AIR is free of smoke and
dust particles
The experiment conducted by
the weather bureau here was IN
der the direction Of Q. C. Dur
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Cars Collide

Two men collided in their ears
Slightly damaging their front
tenders when an Overseas Trans
purtauon truck was said to have
blocked their vision OF each other
IN front Of Dukes restaurant on
Whitehead street yesterday,
Pauroinan ". l.. James invest
igatins tho accident found that
James Drotorus. 707 Seminole
stree was without 4 drivers Ii.
ccnse. He gave him q summons Il
appear in court today.
Charles Guns. OF Havana. Cuba
who was driving q 1880 Plymouth
north on Whitehead street was
covered BY insurance for the
damage IL his car. Dgotorus
was also Ct, erred by sufficient IN
Surance. James said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Disaster Control
Drill Starts Fri.

Eight blasts on the Navs dia-
phones shortly after 900 O'Clock
tomorrow morning viii mark the
beginning OF a disaster control
drill Ambulances. fire and res
cue apparatus will move 10 the
Seaplanc Base during the drill.
the Navy announced
For training purposes It VIII be
assumed that an aircraft has
crashed into gasoline storage
tank ON the Scaplauc Ease south
II the Fleming Key bridge
The firc-figbting and rescue
drill will he under the direction
Of Captain Harold Paysor DlSas-
ter Relief and Control officer of
the Naval Base Tho dril wlil be
secured about has a.m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Permits Issued

Building Inspector Ralph luS-
sell granted seven small permits
today and yesterday
Robert Evans, 7Ia Windsor
Lane, is making general repairs
Ia has home at an estimated cost
of 81 600.
Edwin Trevor. lll9 Von Pbsster,
Is spending so on repairs O. has
car porte
Raul Garcia, 7i0 Eaton street.
is repairing the roof 10 has garage
~ a cost OF $3.50.
Dalbert Bethel. 6l2 Eaton street
is breaking curb. Thomas Il.
Russell. 606 White street is build
ing 4 concrete porch and making
repairs al & cost Of S400. Mrs.
Claude Williams. 6i9 Eaton street
took out b SIS repair permit as did
Kathleen Is Whylrs, Si6 Emma
street
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Application Made
To Dre,lse In Bay

Tarpon Lodge has applied for
q permit to dredge and FIN in
Florida Bay, Marathon. the Army
Corps Of Engineers announced To-
day.
The application asks permits
sion TO drcdge channel 80 feet
wide and five feet deep leading
from the five foot contour in the
bay and 70 dredge basin Of like
depth $50 feet long and about 200
feet wide. adjacent 10 the high
water shore iinc. The drodgc ma
tcriaj would be deposited in shoal
water alongside the channel and
basin To form tho brcakwaterS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
MOtOriSt Fails
Drunkomelcr TEST

Myron i,cc Klcmann is charr.
cd with driving under the m
flueucc Of liquor and reckless
driving after drunkomctcr tests
showed last night that he had
.235 alcohol IN his blood. Acting
Chief Harry Lee Baker reported
today Minimum amount OF al
cohol for prosecution is Is.
Klemann was arrested bv State
Patrolnan Marvin j. Wilder who
stopped him at the Naval Hos
pital and Roosevelt Boulevard.
wilder asked Patrolman Robert
Garrison to run through q drunk.
onaeter test ON him.
Garisons test showed that
the man was under tho influence
of alcohol, fact he reported 10
Wilder. The State patrolman
win testify against Klemann to-
day in Municipal court
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
SirugO Would
Dredgc Channel

Joseph Sirugo has applied to
the Army Corps OF Engineers for
a permit SO drcdsc In Hawk Chan
mel. Stock Island, about 1900 feet
southwark Of Fourth avenue.
STugo SIS permission Ia
dredge ar area 300 feet wide OK
tending into the waterway about
1900 feet The dredging would be
carried t. a depth Of ten feet be
low the plane Of mean low water,
The dgeged material would be
deposited O nthe upland shore
ward Of adequate retaining dikes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Child Killed
From Sheet
Rock Blow
Lanny Jackson Dies
After Fatal Head Injury
Occurs From Blow
BY Sheet Rock Wall

Gene "Lanny" Roland jackson
eyed I, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene jackson Of 1917 Poinciana
place died of a severe brain in
jury following an accident oc-
curing in bathroom in back OF
has fathers laundry on Duck ave
nue. at noon Yesterday, DR.. Lance
lot Lester, Jr., announced today.
Lanny's father reported that
he was standing al the counter
at his laundry, when he heard 2
loud crash. Shortly afterwards a
little boy came running into the
laundry and said.
The wall has fallen on Lanny
and he Is hurt. '''
When the father reached the
bathroom. he found Lanny under
pile Of sheet rock. struggling TO
get up from under il. The father
quickly moved the sheet rock TO
free the boy. Lanny told him his
back and head hurt. Jackson
asked d customer 10 drive him 70
the Monroe General hospital.
Little Lanny was conscious all
the way TO the hospital and tried
10 get out Of the car under his
own steam. He couldn't make il
SO his father picked him up and
carried the dying boy in his
arms to the hospital He went
into coma shortly afterwards
and died after several hours.
Doctor Lester was the attend
ing physician.
His father says that before he
heard the crash in the bathroom.
the child had asked him to open
the locked door to the bathroom
so he could use il. This the
father did and then returned to
the store 10 conduct his business,
He was writing check for
Henry Winzor, Modern Cleaners.
when he heard the loud crash.
Winzor drove Jackson and the
dying child to the hospital
The bathroom is directly in
The rear Of the Jackson Laun-
dry Il is private, for the use
of the family only.
PaUolman 4, Albertus. in
vcst'gating the scene Of the ac-
cldent last night at $50 said that
st was clearly an accident"
Upon entering the bathroom, -
Albcrtus reported. y found the
loom in q general disarrangcd
condition with the sheet rock on
the floor and hanging from the
ceiling"
Sheet rock. according To pc
lice is a substance heavier and
thicker than beaver board.
Lopez Funeral Home is pre-
pairing the body and sending the
remains today 80 Monck's Cor
ner, S. G. for funeral services
and burial there.
Tie child is also survived by
his grandmother. Mr.. Ethel L.
Jackson,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Korean Negotiators Start
Talks On Actually Making
An Armistice To End War
Many Salient
Points Must
BE 42rccCI To
By RedS-U.N.
TOKYO. jul, 26.--{P).

TOKYO. July 26.-(P).
Korean truce ucgOiia'
lprs have now started talk.
90 aclualI, cffcciing an
arn1isiicc. That. the --latest
wOrd from the Allied adj
sance camp ia Korea.
Agreement has b e II
rcacl'ed om am agen,la.
and. an official announce
mcnl says:
Preliminary discussions be
gan Immediately after the
agreement on the agenda."
No text Of the agenda. but q
lEommunique has announced lis
Salient points. The first of
seourso. IS the foImality Of adopt.
ssne the order OF business.
Then, there is the matter of
Establishing a buffer zone be
tWeen the opposing armte $,
(Which are sun fighting although
sthere has been comparative
slul. The allies are 80 miles or
sso into North Korea and prob
sably viii resist any retirement 10
.fhc 38th parallel.
There is 40 be a discussion OF
sclcfinlte arrangements for end
.ing the shooting and supervising
s1he truce This may involve ac-
#tivity by neutral officials behind
both our lines and the lines Oh
/. the enemy The Communists have
,,lv avs resisted the presence of
non-C0mmunlsls
As fas been expected. tae truce
ncaoliators Nlil take up the mat
ter of exchanging prisoners OF
war and. finally. there is to be
what the official announcement
calls recommendations to the
governments of the countries
concerned on both SIDES"
This last presumably means
flaf matter yf g.fhrIraSt-al If for
eien troo from Korea This
point tlr Communists backed
dow ON >Thcn it threatened to
break up the preliminary truce
talks. The latest word was that
tho military viii discuss only The
matter ot passing ON the issue TO
ncgouatms al tie political level
Tho observation-disclosures actually
aimed al cncttlne an armiStice
RESUME at o pm. EDIT.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Actor John Agar
Pleads Gully

HOLLYWOOD, July "a. llI1-
Actor john Agar faces q possible
maximum ri pnc year il Jail and
o $1,000 finc- Former husband Of
Shirley Temple Agar pleaded
guilty % t8renken driving Yestef-
day after having been couvictcd
nf the Same charge ono day earl
ier
tic viii be sentenced August
nth
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Membership Drive
Starts FRIDAY

Monroe County Cerebral Palsy
Association VIII begin their
membership drive tomorrow
Booths w n ere Memberships
wlli bc sc&d are noN being set
up lhfnl4hoal the city
All Key WcStcrs arc urged 90
cooperate ia this drive % secure
money far q cerebral palsy clinic
here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Housing For Enlisted Personnel ShHA
Serious Problem Naval Officials Reveal
Rentals Would
Run From S00.I2
Through 1892

Housing for enlisted per.
sonnet in the navy il slili
a problem in spite of the
construction of the pro.
posed S7,OOO,OOO project
here.
+ igurcs announced
through The office of
COmdr. Robert Stafford.
public relations officer for
the navy, paint a dim pie
ture even if Secretary of
the Navy approves the
boost of 81 in rental price.
The cost Of utilities. water and
garbage removal will raise the
cost OF living in the navy hous-
ng project 10 S66.l2 Through
Sl32.32 instead OF rent schedule.
as announced IN a Miami paper
ranging from low of $50. SO
through a high OF $llo.
This places the average rental
scale at $40, figure which IS
far above the family allowance
ioF enlisted paen.
According to thc official navy
release, the family allowance Tor
an enlisted man with no children
IS $45 a month. A petty officer
with no children receives a SCI.
50 allowance.
Any navy person who has one
child gets $3.50 "a month family
allowance. Those with two OF
more children arc allowed S85 a
month.
CoTdr. Stafford said that APP
proval OF the rent boost was OK
Gccted from Washington very
shortly and that work on the
project ponds that word from the
Secretary of the Navy
The reinforced concrete and
concrete buildings arr to b c
started on September / accord
ins to present plans. a sewage
system change accounts for the
additional cost Of rent outside OF
the utilities Key West Homes
company. sponsors Of the project
asked for the rent increase,
claiming they could not fulfill
/ 1he contract without tho advanc-
ed rent, this making it possible
to obtain another FILA loan.
II the housing for f58 families
on Dredser'S Key and the homes
for 3l2 families in units al the
naval annex is completed by
nid-v inter. the navy viii still
have a housing problem. Hos
tvcr. the prices may nc within
reach Of civilians, and the Key
West housing barrier ma$ bc
cased in general.
Another local angle as the fact
that more money for schools de-
ponds on immediate constructitse
work of the navy housing pre-
jcct, Federal aid is forthcoming
.If an increase in school children
demands construction of school
buildings One premise uf the
proposed aid stated that tho
housing project muSt nc started
and families with children ui
school age be living IN the quar-
tiers by nld-wintcr in order 10
-et the asked tor appropriation
at school funds.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Challenges Group
To Face Him III
Neat Meeting
On CudjOe Key

State Representative
Bernie c. Papy blasted
vide open with powerful
charges at a special mcel-
ing of The Lower KEYS
Property Owners Associa.
ZION at 3 p. IN. Yesterday.
Main target for the night
vas a guest column by
Charles Nj. Brookfield.
Tropical Representative Of
The National Audubon So.
riety, which appeared in
Wednesday, edition Of The
Miami Herald.
Endorsed as guest writer
~ Ailcn GorsOn. wIloss
fishing column i Il Herald
fcaiHrc, Rrookficid eriti.
cized a public hearing he'll
N Key West. June Il.
shrn Congressman IsN.
.'naaff directed i r,se.;nr
.''ss'',er'linz Florida Kew
'e''r' and wI,a, 10 do about
- ~r'a'iol ,racl for ,I,r
"..:. ',;n" s,e,ic4.
Pa7v read some az the a,.ea,.a,
from the ealuslan in ,whirh ~,
meeting attended bv Kcvs b..r,o
owners. and at which Rcn psn,.
S'eoke. was termed a .knerg.
nn''.a. drae-ouf public hearing
snd verbal rough and tl,os
I don't know Stuart Within
Paw declared, sb,it what r;abt
has Brnokfield 70 write 0,haf LIZ
nd. with the sancIon If Amor
~oISon. or ANYBODY else ana
make personal remarks when
VAS sinanly trying 10 do e.hat
ran for the taxnavers in Monroe
County. nv county. my pconle9e
Brookfield's story stated ihe,
Stuart Whtine. president af tha
Monroe County Audubon Society
had forewarned the society 5pf
Re were sfill unrreparea Ion flae
exhibition Of ignorance. acarlre
and cheap political chicanerv dis
PLAYED by the opposition.
Incensed II the charges nsao
oy Brouklield and by Whninax
'o-calic5 forewarning. Papy went
on TO State. These carpet bar
gers who come down here ami
i've for few years IN our coua
IS have no right 70 accuse us ii
ignorance. That burned me az,
We've lived here for $50 yeas
We are the pioneers who bailteu
his land The progress made 3eas
made BY rs. Who paws for he
-oads in this county, Or any Other
marks IF progress. The taxasv
rs the land oSgners here When
inc owners ia the area they want
70 condemn for & game tFapt res.
used 81 give up their homes and
and. they had a right 10 do so-
L they do not want b sell. they
ion'i have to do 50. If they agree
o sell or lease. that's a business
But there's no law
phhch ean cali for condemnation
L their land Papy said
Papg underscored heavily That,
ontrary 70 the accusation in
article. he did not
Iwn one stick Of land IN the
area. As for SAYING
hat confused the issue with
ignorance and did not know the
Inference between inc Fish and
service and tiac Nasl8n.
Continued On Page Fivcl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26
Key West Had
Hand In Fifth
Miami Jubilee
Joe Conrad Recalls
Ol'liiInc Days I'm
Miami " cekly

According to a story which ap-
pcared in a Miami weekly recent
IT, Key West had a hand in
Miami 5 fifth Jubilee back in 1901.
Oldtimcr Joe Conrad. in recall
ing the dav said, The Magic CITY
took all the credit, but our early
Jabilecs would not have made the
grade without The crack military
companies and bands from KEY
West No one in Florida question
cd Key Vests social leadership
9 half century ago and the social
st. OF Charleston. S. c. and the
CITADEL was no more exclusive
The only complaint I ever
heard was because we bunhcd The
soldiers on loose hay in Lovcts
and Laws big feed store. while
Key West always put our men up
al the jefferson Hotel. Great AZ
spcctations. watching excursion
Trains srrisc ana the City OF Key
West dock.
Practically all of Key West.
and many from the out islands at
tended the Jubilee and the pine
grove around the station was fiN-
cd with many who had never seen
a railway train before.
The arrival Of the steamer.
City of Key West. with lis CLEAN.
INF white paint and gold eagle
atop the pilot house and lam
Tackcd with our good Key West
neighbors, with flags flying and
bands PLAYING, was the signal that
We were all set for the big parade.
Somehow the youStabouts on the
wharf could hear her whistle as
she rounded into the old Flaclcr
Channel at Cape Florida and they
would begin singing their chan
icv.H
thot that heard the
City blow
Oh! ! that that heard the
the City blow
tact that | heard the
City blow
AS she rounded the buoy
down below.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-26

Key West, flcrtdn boa the
most eQuuble climate in the
country. with CID uveFdqs
runge OF only Ia FolSeuhsii
Evening star., 1951-03-13
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, Mar. 13.
Mrs. Minnewa Bell Ross, Cali
fornia heiress, and Elliott Roose-
welt, son of the late President,
plan to be married here Thurs
day.
Mrs. Ross. 80. was granted a di-
vorce in Key West yesterday from
DR.. Rex L. Ross, jr., of Santa
Monica. Calf. She and Mr..
Roosevelt then drove to Ever
glades. seat of Collier County 80
miles west Of Miami, and applied
for a marriage license.
They told County Judge s. s.
Jolley they would return Wednes-
day afternoon for the license and
that they planned to be married
by Dade (MiamD County Circuit
Judge George E. Holt Thursday.
A close friend said the wedding
would take place at Miami Beach.
Normally, Florida's three-day
waiting period would mean they
could not get the license be-
fore Thursday but Judge Jolley
said he told them to return We'd
nesday afternoon, and added:
i know the law says three days,
but I am allowing them one day
Tor coming, one day in between
and one day for coming back. That
might not be strictly legal, but
according to Hoyle I think it
will be all right"
In applying for the license. Mr..
Evening star., 1951-03-13
Elliott Roosevelt Will Marry
Heiress in Florida Thursday

Roosevelt gave his age as 40 and
his occupation as a writer. He
listed his home address as Hyde
Park, N. Y. and said he had been
married and divorced three times
Mrs. Ross also has been married
three times.
Mr.. Roosevelt told reporters he
is going into the tourist court
business at Marathon, about 100
miles south of Miami in the Flor
ida Keys.
Mrs. Ross is the daughter OF the
late Alphonzo E. Bell, millionaire
real estate developer and oil
operator in Southern California.
Mr.. Bell, who died in 1947, was the
developer of the exclusive Bel-Air
residential district in Los Angeles
and as an oil operator was the dis
coverer of the Santa Fe Springs
oil field.
Evening star., 1951-03-13
Snyder Leaves Hospital
After Eye Operations

Secretary of the Treasury Sny-
der was released from Walter Reed
Hospital yesterday after four
week series of eye operations.
Mr.. Snyder will rest at his
Wardman Park apartment for
about a week before returning to
his Office. Physicians said his
progress is satisfactory.
Evening star., 1951-03-13
Bond Fixing Delays Fight
On Barbara Hutton Divorce
By the Associated Press

MEXICO CITY, Mar. 13.-
Prince Igor Troubetskoy's attor-
neys waited today to see how
much bond would be set for them
before proceeding with their fight
against Barbara Hutton's drive for
a quick divorce from the prince.
A divorce judge in the resort
center of Cuernavaca yesterday
recognized the princes lawyers
but said he would fix bond to
guarantee that they defend his
interests in the absence of his
power Of attorney, which he has
not sent from his home in France.
The judge did not set the
amount of bond since the attor-
neys were not in court at the
time,
Evening star., 1951-03-13
Tfuin Whistles Dute to 1885

acknowledgements whistles
have been in use for 116 years.
The first one was made by Taylor
g. Co., Warrington. England, in
1885. Before that time trains
used post horns.
Evening star., 1951-03-13
s17,617.1s5.0O
100000
15,111.47S.O0

42s,72S.00
5, President.
~.
before me this
.DCLIFFE.
otary Public.
Evening star., 1951-03-13

OE TTyE
Evening star., 1951-03-13

s12.542. 10000 S152.275 20
CHARLES D. JAMES, President.
F. w. WEIDENFELTER, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day Of February, 1851.
CARL A. PALM
Notary Public, Milwaukee County.
My commission expires May 4, 1862.
Evening star., 1951-03-13

Total S45,73s. 7O3 90 S72,643.25
A. B. JACKSON.
President.
r. H. BANCROFT.
Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
goth day of February, 1851.
(Seal) P. ]. DANIELSON,
Notary Public.
Notary Public, Ramsey County MINI.
My commission expires December 5. 1858.
Evening star., 1951-03-13
You're better of 8 woys
with Hard Coal!

!. Steadier, more comfortable heat z. More even
odor a. Can't smoke under any conditions S. Safe
heat no worries about possible explosions 6. You
can store full winters supply in advance. It's not
boarding it keeps mines operating the year round,
helps keep America strong! 7. Automatic Anthracite
equipment gives you modern, troube-free convenience
8. Automatic Hard Coal cuts your fuel bill! Savings
help offset higher taxes.
Evening star., 1951-03-13

STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Century indemnify Company
|of Hartford, Connecticut on the 31st day
|of December. 1850.
Evening star., 1951-03-13

You get AUTOMATIC heat
at q big savins!
Mr.. Edmund O'Brien of Jersey
City writes: ''Our fuel used to
cost S286 a year. Then we began
heating with hard coal and an
automatic stoker-which re-
duced our fuel bill to S117.50, q
saving of S168.50."
Evening star., 1951-03-13

Unassigned funds (surplus)
Total
Evening star., 1951-03-13

Guards asainsi unhealthy
'Up-ond-down" heat!
Hard Coal gives you steady heat.
And what a saving!" writes
Mr.. S. K. Warrington, Baltimore
owner of a fully automatic
Anthratube. 1--WE used to spend
50% more for fuel. Now our
neighbors want an Anthratube!"