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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-04
Toppino> Cothron Win Bids
OnMarathon> Stock Island;
Frank Bentley Opposes 81
S4o5, 900 IS AUTHORIZED
FOR NAVY WATER PUMPS
THIS is ONLY
THE FIRST STEP
In GETTING
APPROPRIATION

The first Congressional step i'm
bringing more water to Key West
and the Keys was taken yester-
day when $495, 900 was tentative
ly authorized by the House
Armed Services committee.
This is the first step in the
appropriation to build expanded
water facilities, according to SEN
ators Spessard L. Holland and
George Smathers and Congress
man Bill Lantaff.
The three Legislators wired
The Citizen this morning:
I'VE are continuing to wage a
battle to obtain appropriation for
this project. Regards"
The $495,000 appropriation
would be used by the Navy to
provide pumping and treatment
facilities at Florida City, origin
of the pipeline. It would also be
used to build an additional
pumping station nthe Keys.
The Navy is 100 percent owner
of the pipeline. The Florida Keys
Aqueduct Commission no longer
owns any interest in the water
line, having sold it for over
q million dollars to the Navy. The
Commission now purchases water
from the Navy at an average of
IS cents per thousand gallons.
Work cannot begin on expand
ing the water supply until the
$495,000 appropriation is passed
by both Houses of Congress and
signed by the President.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-04
COURT CLEANS UP
Al TRAFFIC
CASES IN AM.
SESSION TODAY

Joseph Russell was given two
six months consecutive sentences
for being a lewd, / lascivious and
wanton person by Criminal
Court Judge Thomas Caro- today.
Russell was convicted yester-
day by six man jury on the
charge. Judge Caro- sentenced
him to what will be a year in
the county jail.
Without the jury. the court
raced through a crowded docket
of Al traffic cases this morning,
with County Solicitor Allan B.
Cleare, Jr. moving that bonds be
forfeited in many cases.
The big case of this term, that
of Bennett Fielding Hill, sailor,
accusr ] Of second degree murder
of George Hopkins, comes before
the court tomorrow. A jury for
the trial of Hill will be selected
in the morning. Attorneys for
the defense Enrique Esquinaldo,
Jr, and William Albury are pre-
pairing their case now. Cleare
will present the states case
against Hill.
The following traffic cases
were de :. with In court this
morning:
Harry Edward MichaeiS, no
drivers incense, nolie pressed:
Lawrence Joseph Inburgis. reck-
less driving. 10 drivers license,
fined SIS or 30 days on the first
charge and five dollars or five
days on the second; Donald Lee
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-04
Navy And City
Answer Fire Call

A burning automobile al the cor.
neg Of Whitehead ard Soushard s.
resulted In two City Engine Com.
nanies being called cat early last
night.
The car, Plymouth sedan, vas
Got badly damaged.
Fire box = had been pulled. As
result. the Navy Fire Depart.
meat also answered the alarm.
II has always been Tire Nays
policy 70 send machines into -.
City whenever . fire is near Navy
smSta IIafscns
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-04
Commissioner
Calls ST Road
Real Estate
Promotion

With Commissioner Frank
Bentley dissenting, four County
Commissioners voted to approve
road bids by Charles TOPPING for
SCI, 468 on Stock Island and
Alonzo Cothron $2.222.l7 in
Marathon at their meeting last
night.
Bentley said that he objected
TO inclusion Of Stock Island roads
as "a real estate promotion
scheme"
why not build the Sugarloaf
road for $l0,28i instead?," Bent
ley asked, "and leave the Stock
Island road out?"
The discussion on which road
TO build came as a result of
County clerk Earl AAsants' state
ment that the County road budget
of $117,oo for remaining roads.
Balance Is less than than $500
County Commissioner Harry
Harris. road chairman moved
that the Sugarloaf road bid be
held for the time being which
was also Toppino's low estimate.
Commissioners, except Bentley,
approved the TOPPING and Goth
ron low bids on the Stock Island
and Marathon roads.
County Engineer John P. Cog
gins was present last night at
the Commissioners request to
compute the various bids made.
He stepped out of the Commits
sion chambers to add up the costs
presented by the contractors,
both of whom were present.
Commission chairman Gerald
Saunders said that he hoped
there would be money left in
the road budget for the Sugarloaf
road following the completion of
the other two roads.
Plat Discussion;
Commissioner Harry Harris
moved with Commissioner Bent
ley's concurrence that a minimum
for lots to be approved for record
be set at 5000 square feet.
This action was taken before
approving three lots smaller
than that minimum, comprising
so feet by so feet.
Commissioner Harris pointed
out the difficulties ahead If more
of these small lots are approved.
They are too small for building,
and become pockets for debris
between other houses, he said.
County Engineer Goggin said tina,
they present sanitation problems
also. Henceforth the Commission
viii approve only lots Of 5000
square feet and over If the legal
advisor. Paul Sawyer. says such
limitation is proper.
Budget Talks To Begin,
County Clerk Earl Adams said
that he viii present the tentative
budget to Commissioners on july
IS for sheir peruSal and discus
sion.
Adams read long lists Of bills 10
Continued On Page SIX
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Bldg. Inspector
Needed By CITY

The Civil Service Board Of Key
West has announced that il is seek.
ink ; competent Building inspec.
tor,
AT last nights regular meeting
Ire present inspector, Ralph Rus
sell. was granted leave Of absence
s. dura,ion. at least three months.
Il Is not definitely known whether
Continued On Page SKI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-04
Stop Golf Balls
Before Too Late,
Hospital Sup. Says

Injury TO patients and person
mel at Monroe General hospital
by hard driven golf balls is . res
danger. hospital superintendent
Willard Albury wrote County
Commissioners last night.
Albvry asked that Commission.
ers do something about the men,
ace presented by golf balls driv-
en- by golfers at the adjoining
Municipal Golf course, before one
hits rssienfs or staff.
Commissioners Clarence Higgs,
chairman Of the hospital commit
tee asked that fhe matter be re-
ferred to his committee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-04
$1,000 I'm Tax
Certificates
Held By | Man

Robert Harrell oE Homestead WAS
the largest buyer ug land on Ahieh
1881 county taxes have become de.
linquent, paying 81 500 in the sale
held Monday. County Tax Collector
Howard Wilson announced today.
Second largest buyer waS Wi.
Continued On Page SIX
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-04
NOTICE

Applications fer me position 81
buslosns inspector - RE City 81
KEY WssE, Fisssds will be received
BY shs Civil Services Beard.
lNFoRMATIoa AND APPlIcA.
TON BLANKS May &c sEcuR-
Ed AT THE city CLERKS or.
FicE. CRY HALL. key WEST,
FLORIDA.
VICTOR LOVE,
SseFstaTy.
ci~si Services Seer.
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Suspend Dr.. Comfy If He Cannot
Prove Hospital Charges Riggs Says
School Board Retir1y $4,000
MBomds FoothuHBhuchery
Pay Raises
Of S25 Are
Given To
Many Employees

of Tampa, Fla, were low bidders
to supply Wicker's Stadium with
portable steel benches.
AT the meeting of the School
Board last night it was disclosed
that only two bids had been sub
mitted for these benches. M. E.
Bennett Construction Co. of Key
West offered to furnish the benches
and erect them on reasonably lev
ell ground" at a cost of $3.50.
Matt G. Reeves & Company, Inc,
said in their bid:
Eve propose to furnish and de-
liver, fob, Tampa, with freight
allowed to Key West:
81 sections, portable steel blea-
chers, 20 tier high, and Z sections,
portable steel bleachers, Is tier
nigh, for the sum of $7,S59.OO.
"AH seat and foot boards shall
be treated lumber"
The difference between the two
II a. s<snounts TO 81, 79l.0o and The
School Board members felt without
hesitation that the smaller bid
should be accepted. Some discus
sion conferred around freight rates
and it was decided to write the
Reeves Co. for furtherE clarified
ton.
Raise Pay
The Board members present,
Carlyle Roberts, Gerald Adams,
and Julio Cabanas. Jr., along with
Superintendent Horace O'Bryant
were unanimous In their belief that
certain employees of the school
system were underpaid.
They voted raises Of SIS. per
month to all office help - the var
ious secretaries at the schools.
Janitors we're given a raise in
pay of $500 per month with those
working at the Poineiana School be-
ing granted an additional $500 be-
cause of the cost Of transportation.
superintendent 0'Bryant stress
ed the difficulty of hiring and hold
ing good, reliable men for janitor-
ial work. The character of the men
must be exceptionally high because
they are In constant contact with
so many children.)
The hundred dollar bonus for
teachers viii be continued during
the coming year.
Retire Bonds
II was agreed to retire the last
of the old District Bonds. This will
amount OF $50. 1000 Some of these
bonds date back as far as 1925.
Superintendent 0'Bryant caution
ed The Citizen reporter at this
point: Don't give the people the
impression that there viii be no
more taxes after the retirement of
these bonds. What it means is that
there win be no future tax levies
for school purposes placed upon
homesteads.
Financial problems formed an
important part Of the evenings dis
cuSSion. All present were deeply
concerned with problems that will
arise next year.
Additional classrooms must be
secured; new teachers hired build.
ings repaired; adequate transpor.
tation furnished for children from
up on the Keys.
School Board Members ask Mr..
O'Bryant about the new develop
meni at Dredger's Key and how the
childrea from that area would get
TO school. No definite decision was
reached. Il Is hoped that the City
OF Key West viii complete a street
running from the Blvd. over to
Poinciana which wiil shorten the
route 10 school by at least two
fTnnfinpAA IN. pmwn e.
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Commissioners.
Md's To Meet
On ConIy's
accusations

III LeohaTu comfy, leading
member of the Monroe hospital
Medical board will be suspended
by the Monroe County Commits.
sionerS if he cannot prove his &C.
cusations of political administra.
ton of the hospital made In a let
ter read before Commissioners last
night.
Commissioner Clarence Hfiggs
chairman of the county hospital
committee moved that DR.. Conley
be called to joint meeting of
Commissioners and the hospital
medical board.
IF DR.. Conley can't prove these
accusations then / move we sus-
pend him." said Higgs.
Commissioners unanimously ap.
proved Higgs resolution.
Conley's letter to the Monroe
County Medical Beard, which adj
ministers ely thu medical end 4
the hospital was released by DR.
H. K. Moore. secretary Of the
Board.
Letter Is conly's Personal View
DR.. Moore wrote Commissioners
that Conley's accusations "repre.
sent his personal views" that Conly
mad requested that . copy Of his
letter be sent to the Commissioners
and Hospita, Superintendent VII.
lard Albury.
DR.. Comfy one Of the most ac-
tive doctors in Key West wrote the
following letter for release TO the
Commission which is the supreme
governing body OF the hospital.
Text of letter follows:
MY part in the last election was
mainly to help US have a better
run hospital. not a dictator.
The hospital Is here in active
service because Of my work in part.
This place would have been under
USNH IL DIR. Page and I hadn't
come along when we did. AZ that
time there was no one doing any
surgery and a hospital cannot be
wen run without surgery.
Whatever the political favor Of
any OF us there Is a need for Re.
gistered and practical nurses ade-
quately paid; for good food AZ.
fractively served; for a clean hos
pltal. Whatever your politics. your
Patients and their family require
disqualification. Because OF the 90.
iidcs do you want them 10 feel
some trepidation In coming here IN
case they happen to be on the
wrong slider
Patients Wslfsrs ignored
II believe that We can an vork
together withMt dissension. Az far
as | can make out nobody. inciud-
ing the County Commissioners 40.
pears TO have any thoughts about
the patients. II is their hospital
Why shouldn't they have q suffI.
cient number Of adequately paid
PURSES TO care for the patlenss7
Why should the patients pay io-la
dollars a day for food that can Be
bought In any beanery7 Why isn't
there a skilled anesthestist ayaIl.
allie at all times for the conveu-
fence of the patient and the sur.
geon2 Judging By the amount a
money paid into the county lately
there should be enough available
for these things.
In any community a poorly run
hospital is = reflection on the phy.
sicians as well as the city.
III Is not 10 our credit 20 Be
pickering openly. let's settle things
here, demand what we want from
re commissioners personally then
CONTINUE On Page Fiye)
Evening star., 1952-12-17
Farmers Net Income Seen
About Same as Last Year
BY the Associotsd Press

The Agriculture Department
estimated today that the country's
farmers will wind up the year
with about the same net income
they got last year.
Although farmers total gross
income is setting another new
record this year." the department
said in a report on farm income,
higher costs of production are
holding their realized net income
at or a little below last years
level of SLAB billion"
Gross income includes cash re-
!ceipts from marketing Of farm
products, value of home consumed
products, the rental value of farm
dwellings and Government pay
Iments to farmers.
Cash receipts from marketings
|of crops and livestock, the depart
Iment said. total $30.1 billion for
the first II months Of this year,
Slightly above the corresponding
period of 1851. A 4 per cent de-
cline in prices. the department
said. was more than Offset by a
IS per cent increase In volume In
'marketingS. . q
Evening star., 1952-12-17

a protector of waterfront rack
eteers.
1t was a picture described as
completely unrealistic by Mayor
Kenny, who defended himself
from New Jersey while showing
no inclination to take up the COM
missions invitation he come to
New York today to give his side.
Mr.. Kenny was the chief topic
at yesterdays commission hearing.
Witnesses-whom Mr.. Kenny
later called irresponsible-gave
testimony that he associated
with underworld figures and that
his election in 1949 unleashed
lawlessness on the Jersey City
waterfront.
One witness. Charles S. Wit
kowski. said Mr.. Kenny brought
about his demotion from COM
missioner of public safety to COM
missioner of public works because
he refused to break up a special
gambling squad at Mr.. Kenny's
iinsistence.
The probers last week sent Mr.
Kenny written invitation that
he appear today. Mr.. Kenny i'm
imediately turned down the offer
but it still stands.
Although the New York State
body is conducting the inquiry
with the approval Of Gov. Alfred
E. Driscoll of New Jersey, it does
not have power to serve subpoenas
in New Jersey. However. New Jer-
sey authorities are cooperating
and as soon as Mr.. Kenny turned
down the invitation. he was SUBJ
lpoenaed by the New Jersey Law
Enforcement Council to testify be-
fore it in Newark December 80.
Mr.. Witkowski. who now is
Evening star., 1952-12-17

Jersey City's public works COM
missioner, said crime was SO
rampant on the docks that in
August, 1850. he organized a spe-
cial police squad to deal with pier
thefts, loan sharking, gambling
and other waterfront evils. At
the time Mr.. Witkowski, as public
safety commissioner, was in
charge of the police and fire de-
partments.
His breakdown, and the ensuing
arrests, Mr.. WitkowSki testified.
first brought personal protest
from, Frank (Buffo) De Lorenzo,
la water front figure. Mr.. Wit
koWski quoted De Lorenzo as
telling him to call off the special
squad or I'll tie up the water
front"
II told him." Mr.. Witkowski
testified. "the squad can go any
where and if you're not doing
anything wrong, you have nothing
to worry about. Now get the hell
out of here"
| The witness added that De
Lorenzo replied he'd remember
that "the next time came up
for reelection.
Told to Break Squads, He Says.
A short time later, Mr.. Witkow-
ski continued. Mayor Kenny came
to him and advised him that the
special squad is hurting our
friends and the best thing would
be to get rid of it. The witness
said Mr.. Kenny told me to
break the squads or he'd break
me-"
!. Mr.. Witkowski said be-. turned
down this advice and that Mr
Kenny then got the city commits
Evening star., 1952-12-17
McKeIdin Is Asked
for R! Rosewood School
Data After Protests

Reported "deplorable conditions"
and gross neglect" Of children at
Rosewood State Training School
for mentally retarded and handi-
capped children prompted the
Montgomery County Council yes
terday to seek official information
on the situation there from Gov.
McKeldin.
The council directed its clerk to
write the Governor requesting
both the majority and minority re-
ports Of the State Mental Hygiene
Board Of Review. A copy Of the
letter also will go to the county
delegation to Annapolis.
The councils action came after
a delegation Of parents Of children
who are patients at the school ap-
pealed to it for assistance in inn
proving conditions there.
Mrs. Rupert L. Dunn. president
Of the newly formed Rosewood
Parents Association, painted a Sor-
did picture of conditions at the
school
Mrs. Dunn charged that accurate
information on conditions and the
need for personnel at the school
was nearly impossible to obtain. I"
She said the county should be in
terested, since it helps support the
school which cares for some 81
children from Montgomery among
its 1,428 inmates.
Low wages. insufficient housing
for personnel, insufficient clothing
for dependent children . insult
ficient recreational facilities, lack
of physical rehabilitation pro-
gram g.. all these things are part
Of the picture which results in
gross neglect of children" Mrs.
Dunn told the council.
Mrs. Dunn emphasized she was
not critical of the present staff
and attendants at the school To-
Gated near Baltimore.
Evening star., 1952-12-17

sion to vote 3-to-2 to remove him
as safety commissioner over 1900
men and reduce him to public
works chief over five men.
Mayor Kenny left me in charge
of street lights" Mr.. Witkowski
said.
The WitkoWski testimony topped
off a day in which witnesses said,
among other things. that Mr..
Kenny hooked up in a plan to
shake down longshoremen; that
he was visited by known under
world figures at City Hall. and
that a loan shark once boasted he
had Mr.. Kennys okay to oper-
ate on the piers.
Says Crime Broke Out.
One witness. James F. .(Happy)
Keane, a former boss loader, said
waterfront crime broke out after
Mr.. Kenny was elected mayor in
I1949. Keane said the docks were
kept clean of rackets before Mr..
Kenny took the Democratic Party
leadership from former Mayor
Frank Hague and succeeded Mr..
Hague's nephew, Frank Hague
EggerS, as mayor.
Mr.. Kenny, who appeared be-
fore the New York commission in
private last summer, issued q
statement in Jersey City last
night declaring the commission
was being imposed upon by ir-
responsible witnesses, including
his political enemies.
II feel it is possible that the
commission is being hoodwinked
by sources anxious to develop sem
,sational and unfounded informa-
tion-all designed to defame me
four months before local munich
pal election, he said.
Evening star., 1952-12-17
Shops Held Up Here;
Armed Man Robs
Woman on Street

Five holdups occurred in the
District yesterday and last night,
including three bold daylight
forays, police reported.
Two liquor stores within blocks
of each other were the first vic
Tins of bandits. Three armed
colored men walked into the DNS
Liquor Store, 1927 Eleventh street
NV, about 3 pm. They forced
Tom Grisby, manager, to face the
wall.
A clerk, Tom Fuller, was ordered
Ito lie on the floor behind the
counter. The men then took
about $3.50 from the cash register
and fled.
Minutes later, three men en-
tered the Bargain House Liquor
Store, 1913 Thirteenth street NV,
and ordered Charles Schoock, the
manager, to lie on the floor. They
scooped about $500 from the cash
register before leaving.
A lone gunman held up the Blue
Ribbon Laundry at 10 Florida
avenue NV, about $50 pm.
Mrs. Catherine Simmons, clerk,
was forced to hand over $18. police
said.
An armed colored man held up
Mary A. Kane of 1927 @ street
NV. as she was walking down
the street near st. Matthews
Cathedral, police said. The man
stepped out of a doorway, flashed
a revolver, and forced her to hand
over So, police said.
Last night. a man entered
Highs Ice Cream Store at 1000
Fourth street NE. and at gun
point forced the clerk. Geneva
Kidwell, to hand over 81 from the
csah register. police reported.
Evening star., 1952-12-17
Crime
Continued From First Page.)

thing extra for time cards'-a
reference to a plan to pad a pay
roll in favor of the policemen. He
also quoted Alu as saying, Well
give you up to 10 checks"
Time Card Scheme.
Interpreting this. Mr.. Waldron
said that 40 checks" meant up to
10 policemen would be put on the
rate of $3.50 a week through falSi-
flying records. Something extra
for time cards" meant, Mr.. Wal
dron said, that there would be still
further payments II police entered
into a scheme to falsify Dade
Brothers time cards.
Mr.. Kiendl brought out that
the payment for 10 false checks
would amount to about $4,000 a
year.
AS the commission waded into
Hudson County. N. j.. politics yes
terday in its study Of crime along
the piers witnesses pictured Jer-
sey City Mayor John v. Kenny as
Evening star., 1952-08-24
Egyptians Holding AZ
Accused Of PASSING
for Reds
BY the Associoted press

CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 23.-Forty-
two persons are being held on
charges of spreading Communist
propaganda in Egypt, police said
today.
Sixteen were arrested this week
and their cases are being investi-
gated by a new "Ofhce of General
Investigations" set up earlier this
month by Premier Ally Maher's re-
form government, to determine
whether they should be brought
to trial.
Officials refused to comment on
the extent of Communist activity
in recent months, but one source
said there had been no increase
such as he said had been noted
in other countries.
This source said the Red activity
here has been generally limited
to the distribution of Communist
pamphlets in which the word de
Evening star., 1952-08-24
|11B-29s Dump Bombs
On Red Rail Yard
|0ne Mile From YaIu
BY The Associosed Press

SEOUL Sunday, Aug. "a
Eleven big B-29 Superforts roared
through fax and Red fighter
planes last night and dumped their
bombs on Sprawling rail yard
only one mile from the Yalu River
border of Manchuria, the Far East
Air Forces announced today.
Ten other Superforts, carrying
on the campaign to '.hit 'em where
it hurts pounded a 55-acre sup
ply area in the northwestern sec
tor of Pyongyang. the North Ko-
rean capital, Three others hit the
Communist front lines.
Report Good Hits.
Pilots reported good results"
against the rail target at Supun-
dong in the first attack of the war
on that city. It is 33 miles north
east Of Sinuiju in Northwest Ko-
rea.
Red warplanes rose to challenge
the big bombers. but did not open
fire.
Prime target in Supundong was
la 1,600-foot rail line with FIVE
spur tracks and rolling stock.
The Pyongyang target was a
cluster of military supply build
ings and small industrial plants
of various types, the Air Force
said.
All Superforts returned, the Air
Force said.
The co-ordinated raids came
only a few hours after American
ISabrejet pilots claimed probably
"the most cleancut victory" of
the Korean war, shooting down
I26 MICS and damaging 29 at a
cost of only one Sabre in the first
I22 days of August.
How high the Sabres might
boost their August total was in
doubt. MIG jets which offered
battle at great cost to themselves
early in, August have been shy
lately. And rains now are ham
pering operations.
The Air Force said that six Al
lied planes failed to return to base
last week. Two were shot down by
Red ground fire. Four others, in
cluding two Sabres, were lost
to "other causes" presumably
weather.