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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Senate Hears
Breakdown On
Hospital Aid

WASHINGTON a'-Dr John w
Cronin. chief OF the division Of
hospital facilities cf the Public
Health Service, has given a Senate
appropriations subcommittee a
breakdown on how The so million
dollars approved by the House for
hospital construction aid would be
allocated in the year starting July
!. provided that total is voted by
Congress.
DR.. Cronin said that in IA states
local sponsors Of hospital projects
under the Hill-Burson act will have
to raise more money themselves or
suspend construction underway and
defer projects ready to start un-
less Congress votes more money
than the $50 million the House
has approved.
DR.. Cronin emphasized that
state authorities administering the
Halliburton act viii make the final
decisions on federal aid to individu.
al projects.
He detailed the situations where
more federal aid has been ear.
marked than would be available
under so million dollar national
program. These include:
Florida - allotment, 81. PAS 81.
earmarhed, 81 AZ. $50. a difference
of $I6T 81. Projects and their 1854
share as originally programmed
include Fish Memorial Sanford,
$50, 600: Munroe Memorial. ocala
$50, 900: Broward, TT. Lauderdale
$40, 900: st, Vineeuts. Jacksonville
SIS, 500; St. LuSes, Jacksonville.
SIS, $50: Hope Haven jacksonville
ST 500, District laboratory and
public health center, Jacksonville,
s1Ts,sS2.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
CountyToMeet
With Navy On
Airport Lease
21-Year Lease
Needed To
Obtain Funds
For Terminal

Monroe County must have at
least Fl year lease on land ada
cent to its own Meacham field to
obtain CAA funds for building an
airport terminal, it was announced
at County Commission meeting last
night.
The CAA informed the Commits
sion that its present five year
lease of land from the u. S. Navy
is inadequate for compliance with
the Federal Airport act.
Monroe county purchased Meac-
ham field from Key West Improve
ment Inc. last year. Land needed
for the airport terminal, however,
was obtained by lease only from
the Navy.
Since CAAArequires at least a q
year lease for granting of terminal
construction funds, the County Air
port Committee will meet with
Rear Admiral Irving T. Duke, COM
manding officer U. S. Naval Base
to request lease extension.
At present there are two frame
buildings housing terminal facilit-
les of the two airlines serving Key
West.
Serving on the Airport Commit
tee which viii meet with the Ad-
miral are Chairman Clarence
Higgs, Commissioners Harry Har-
ris, and Frank Bentley.
The County Commissioners also
voted last night to name the Flo
rida National Bank as a deposit
ory for County Funds.
The short meeting adjourned be.
fore 8 p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Tentative OK
Given Juvenile
Space In Jail
State Prison
Superintendent
Must Approve, Too

The first floor of the new jail
will be altered to make room for
juvenile detention space next fall,
if the plans are approved by the
State Superintendent of Prisons, it
was agreed at County Commission
last night.
The Commissioners approved
the request made by Joe Allen,
chairman of the public health and
welfare committee. that funds be
set aside in the 1854 budget for
the extensive renovations.
Allen brought 10 the Commission
ers the opinion of leaders in the
youth field who met at a special
conclave last week in the court
house. They agreed that space in
the new jail was the only temper
airy solution that seemed practic.
able when youngsters must be de-
tanned away from their own homes.
The renovations suggested for
the first floor of the new jail In
elude the removal of the two pad.
ded cells which occupy the floor
now. They win be moved to the
old Jail.
Estimates Of the cost OF the re-
noyations win be asked for imme-
diately. following the Commits
sion's action. The amount viii then
be set in the new budget which
goes into the full discussion stage
at the July meetings of the Com.
mission.
Approval Of the State Superin-
tendent Of Prisons was stated as
necessity before any hudgetary
action could be forthcoming. :.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Elks OfUpper
Keys,KW Plan
Joint Meeting
First Joint Meet
OF Inier-Ciiy
Lodges To Be
Gala Event

Elks from the Florida Keys
lodge win journey % Key West
Thursday night for an inier-lodge
meeting with Key West EIks.
This viii be the first lnter.cliy
lodge meeting ever held BY Key
West Elks.
Officers Of the Key West Lodge
win conduct a joint initiation.
There win BE- q class Of eleven
from Key West and five candidates
from The Upper Keys Lodge.
This VIII be the first class 10 be
Initiated By The new officers 81 Key
West ladRe.
A shrimp cnchllada dinner win
be served after the meeting.
A large number q the Upper
Keys EIks are expected 70 journey
to Key West for the meeting and
. large turn cut u local Elks ls
expected. Visiting Elks are invit.
cd.
The class WlIi BE- Initlased NJ
CONTINUED On Pace Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Alice Dissipates

MIAMI R--Alice. The storm that
blew - u the Caribbean over the
weekend and moved into TIE Gull
Ct Mexico. disSipafed today into
squaily weather west AZ Cuba.
The Miami Weather Bureau said
fresh to occasionally sfrcng squalls
extend outward 100 tc 90 niles
fruFn the center. especially 10 the
east ard Northeast.
The squaIly weather should ncve
slowly toward the east n0rthesst
with gradual spreading ard de-.
crease Of hixheSt winds, the YEA.
Their bureau addsd.
Small craft were advised u con.
tlnne castles in tie FIarids
Until winds dfminlsh.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Key Westers
Speculate On
Job Choiice
City May Have
Tough Time In
Obtaining Kings
Replacement Here

Key Westers are specializing TO-
day on who will be their next city
manager but the city commission
may have difficulty finding a suit
able replacement for Dave King
who submitted his resignation
Monday night.
No plans have been announced
by city officials for replacing King
in the city's top administrative
post, but some quarters have in
Dictated that it viii be necessary
to find a competent engineer since
the city manager viii have the
responsibility for the supervision
of the construction of the city's
new sewer system. About 80 per
cent of the men employed as city
managers In the nation are pro-
fessional engineers. At this time,
there are only about Is cities in
the country seeking city managers
and such qualified men, those in
formed say, can get a good job
within two weeks they are that
much in demand.
Another factor which may
make II diffievlf Is find ! TOP
man to take over the eiiy's Job
is fhe fact that the city charter
has been altered 50 drasficaIIy
that experienced men may be
hesifant in assuming ire Fsspon-
sibllity without the authority they
are accustomed 70.
The present city manager gave
as the chief reason for quitting,
the fact that his control over
the police department in particu.
lar, has been weakened to the ex-
tent that he cannot do the Job jus.
tice.
The city charter states that
when the qualifications of prospec-
tive city managers are consider
ed. emphasis should be given to
experience and knowledge Of ac-
cepted practices in city manage
ment.
When the charter went into eff
feet. 1t was necessary that the
first city manager not be a resi-
dent Of the city OF Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Papy Outbids
Cook On Keys
South OF Torch
SOL An Acre
Bid By Scion On
Keys In Atlantic

State Representative B. c. Papy
was high bidder on two small Keys
south of Little Torch and north of
New Found Harbor Keys, at the
State Cabinet land sale yesterday.
Papy out bid Percy A. Cook,
owner of Cooks Island in the New
Found Harbor chain, whose base
bid was $500 an acre. q
The State Representative upped
it to $T01 an acre. The islsnds are
very small but located near navi-
gable water, and near the desir.
able New Found Harbor area,
which is south west of Big Pine.
Benjamin Bernstein of TOPPING
and Sons bought ia acres of bay
bottom in the straits Of Florida,
off Stock Island, at the same sale
at $150 an acre. Kirbey L. Me-
Claim, Jr. bought "a acres of bay
bottom off Of Raccoon Key at $500
an acre.
The Trustees Of the State Inter-
nal Improvement Fund did not act
on requests that they sell Monroe
County tracts on Crawl Key and
Long Point Key. applied for BY
Stanley Switlik. He offered 500 an
acre. The Trustees also failed TO
act on Joe Sirugo's application for
a fraction of an acre OF bay bot
tom off Stock Island. Sirugo had
offered $3.50 an acre.
Objections were filed against 81.
rugo's purchase, according to the
APP, by Arthur Gibbon on behald
of Glenn Price.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Douglass Schl.
Crisis Brought
Before Board
ColOred Leaders
Urged To Act
Now On Their
School Problem

Key Vests colored community
was urged to express itself on the
need for getting more for their
money out of Douglass school. by
the School Board at its regular
meeting last night.
Three parents Of Douglass stu
dents appeared at the meeting,
representing the Regular Fellows
club.
Spokesman Arthur Sands said
that his group felt that the school
situation had been misrepresented
to Superintendent of Public In
struction. Horace 0'Bryant by
some Douglass parents.
We want to do our best 10 Inn
press You that We feel we should
get more cut o. our teachMr
we dc" Sands said.
Issue at controversy seemed to
be the suggested changes in tea
ching jobs made by Principal Roy
Allen. Allen recommended dismiss
sal of two teachers but reseinded
his own action when he himself
resigned, it was said.
Now the action on these teachers
viii go TO the Board Of Trustees
of the School system, Bryant
said.
0'Bryaut told the three man del.
agation that there were a couple
Of weeks In which to get public
opinion modified for lettering the
Douglass school situation. They
were urged to cali a meeting.
Also on the delegation were Rob
ert Butler and Cyril Fisher Of the
Club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Sobre Jet Crushes
Into Road Grader

A SABRE JET BASE. gorea g
"A Sabre tet pl0Wed into . huge
road grader IT TIE end 81 . pun
way On takeOH today. killing TIE
American plot ard two Army e..
gAneers
II vas The second Sabre crash
~ this base In TO days.
TIE Air Fovce wikhAsl9 namea
Of ths dead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Navy Man FOrfeiis
$50 Bond Monday

captafn W. n. Truesdea 81 ne
Fleet Sonar sehooa forfeited hia
bond q so IN City Corr. yesser.
dsy AFTER he was arrested Monday
night o. charges n reckless dry.
Ing and rssistiag arrest. posles
said today.
Truesdeil was arfeStss - 4
police oGfieeF Wien hls car pns
a8egediy travelling n 80 Excess.
sire rais % speed. Ire resisting
arrest shafge ksemmed fgon ~
iseidsEi near NE eitT hAii, psiiss
Gald.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Recruiting Sgt.
Here Nest Week

The United States Army and
U. S. Air Force Recruiting Ser
seanf will be at the Seleefivs
Service Office, Key West post.
office, on June 8 and 3 for the
purpose Of accepting application
for fine United States Army, Avi-
alton Cadets, WAc's and WAF's,
as we'll as fhe Army Technical
Training program for high School
graduates.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03

south of Florida City.
Preliminary planning for the
huge project. which win include
the construction of barracks, mess
halls, service and utility buildings
as well as extensive road building,
has been completed.
Naval officials here have reveal
ed that the project viii in no way
affect local operations. There viii
be no cutback in personnel at the
Naval Station, they declared.
The station viii. have . COM
plement Of from 50 TO 50 enlist.
ed men and about four officers.
No announcement was made Fe.
gardins civilian employment In
the activity.
Reason for locating the commu-
nications setup in the Homestead
area is the fact that the radio re-
eeption quality there fits the Ma
vy's standards admirably.
The land being purchased has
already been subdiylded and the
Navy is currently negotiating with
the separate owners Of the par
GELS.
No date for the actual start Of
construction has been released al
though a preliminary contract for
design work has beea awarded TO
a Miami engineering hrm.
A statement released from Char.
lesion, indicated that security con
siderations prevent disclosure Of
detailed information about the pro-
ieet and that only preliminary
icif this taa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03

Last night the charges against
Mrs. Stark were brought by a
member of her own sex, Mrs.
Ralph Noble, mother of two chill
dren not taught by Mrs. Stark.
Mrs. Noble had written her
complaints against the public
speaking teacher to the School
Board in compliance with the
ruling passed on May S, that all
such dsrogatorY matter should
be in writing, and aired at clos
cd hearing.
The School Board with four
members voted to table Mrs. No
ble's complaints. Concensus was
that the Stark case had been settl-
ed once and for all on May 5 when
Mrs. Stark indicated herself a.
gainst her former accuser Win E.
P. Roberts, father of Billy Rob-
erts.
The accusations last night, ac-
eording to Board Member Earl
Duncan were only rehashing those
already answered by Mrs. Stark.
Mrs. Noble who, appeared
early at the p. m. meeting Of
81 che Board in the Courthouse.
said that even juvenile delin-
auents were projected BY anonY-
nifty II their crimes brought
them TO court. She scored Mrs.
Stark for her vicious. public at
faeks" on KWliS student Billy
Roberts. She charged that As .
teacher, paid cut Of public funds
Mrs. Stark IS supposed TO pro-
iact her pupils, not make indis-
Greet remarks about them in
public. She called Mrs. STARK to
task for sending her own daugh-
fer 10 private school, while she
was teacher In she Monroe
County public schools.
Mrs, Stark said crisply in her
letter that il was no business of
Mrs. Mobiles what school her child
attended. But that as a matter of
record the youngster attends pri.
vate school because only there
can she get transportation to and
from.
AS to Billy Roberts, the speech
teacher said his reputation was
''common knowledge" throughout
the school. She questioned Mrs.
Mobiles knowledge of the Pasade.
ma affair, stating that she could
not know 1t well enough to say
whether or not 1t was comparable
with the Key West school situa.
ton.
Following Mrs. Stark's written
statement to the Board, Mrs. No
Bile asked il she could read an add.
itional statement. Chairman Ger
aid Adams granted her this re.
quest.
She asked how could parents
cooperate with teachers when q
teacher used . boy as target IN
. verbal battle with parents. She
picked apart ell the details oF
Mrs. Siariss accusations against
silly Roberts.
AT the conclusion of this state
ment, Member Duncan said:
II think thiS case was settled al
. public hearing. The case was in
the papers two weeks before the
hearing. Az that time Adams ask.
ed Il there was anyone else who
wanted 70 be heard on the case.
The things you have brough, here
Continued On Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Principals Get $500
4 Year Pay Increase
Across The Bourd
Rdises For All
Teachers. Sec'Ys
And Jonitors

In a surprise move last
night the School Board voted
a $500 per year increase to
each of Monroe County's
seven school principals.
The action taken on the motion
of Member Earl Duncan pro-
Vides that fhe Jump of $500 will
be added on to the present SAL
aries of the school heads, bring.
ing the top saIaried z. o. Sch.
weitzer Of Key West High School
to $1,000 annually
The raise applies 10 fhe COM
bination principals teachers at
Sue Moore School, Marathon and
Coral Shores, lslamorada.
The move to raise pay for primo
ipals came after the final adop-
ton of across the board $3.50 a
year raises for all teachers in the
Monroe county school system.
1t was followed by raises of $500
year for office workers
and secretaries, in the school sys-
tenn; $120 a year raises for janit-
ors; $120 a year increases for
maintenance workers; $500 a year
raises for bus drivers and a raise
for Joe Gates, maintenance super
visor.
Harold Maarton. band leader
and Tom Whitley, music director
at KWHS were also raised $3.50 a
year.
The teachers raises are part of
a state minimum foundation fin
anced increase. Part of the in
crease comes from state funds, and
part from Monroe county funds.
The raise for the principals, how
ever. comes out Of Monroe county
funds, exclusively.
The School Board also approved
sending out the regular and con.
tinuing contracts for some of the
teachers for the coming year. The
total number of contracts were not
available last night.
Seven of nine teachers were Civ
en- continuing or lifetime contracts
on the recommendation of the prin-
cipals. Two were given additional
years contract, not continuing, but
probationary.
o'Bryant said that the pay rails
es for teachers are designed in
such way as to offer inducements
to teachers to remain a second
year in the school system.
For example q Rank III teacher
hired at $3.50 viii automatically
go up 10 $3.50 her second year.
Examples of the new salary scale
under the general $3.50 increase are
that a teacher with an Ma degree,
can receive a maximum of 81 $50
a year or SASS a month. A Rank /
teacher can receive a maximum of
S4,T5o a year or S4T5 q month.
These figures are for the ten
months at the school year, where
as raises for school principals are
on the basis Of IL months work a
year.
Earl Duncan moved that the &C.
ton taken by the Board in January
against hiring Harold Gates as .
janitor since his son Joe was al.
ready employed. be reseinded, and
that the father be hired as soon
as an opening in ianitnr service ii
found.
o'Bryant pointed cut the need
for new busscs on the Marathon
and Tsla morada run. He has asked
Tor q statement Of prices which
sin be available a. the next
Board meeting in July.
A requiSition Of s. .0s7 81 for NJ.
E. Bennesf vas paid hy the Beard
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Navy Plans Halt Million Dollar
Communications Ceutev In Dade
Charleston NaUdI Officials Are
Negotiating For 24O-Acre Site

The purchase of some 240 acres of land near Home
stead being negotiated by the Navy for the site
for the construction of hafmion dollar communities
tons center officials of the Sixth Naval District Head
quarters have announced.
The tract is situated the Old Dixie Highway just
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Mrs. R. Mobiles Charge
AGAINST Mrs. Marian Star k
Tabled By School Board
Speech Teacher Is Unanimously
Upheld By Board For Second Time

The Marian Stark fared into fire for than
hour last night and then extngushed by
mous of confidence for Mrs. Stark, KWHS teacher,
the second time in one month
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03

Key West, Florida. hos the
most equoble clirnote in the
country, with an average
T0nge of only LAO Fohrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03

The Associated Press Teletypv
Features and Photo Services.
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the second time in one month.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-12-16

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
/ of NILS NILSSON BOYNE, deceased.
No. 83l
Notice of Hearing and
Settlement of Final Account
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Peter
N. Bahls, Administrator of the above
named estate, has filed in the above
named court his Final Report and Ac-
count, and that the 10th day of February,
1854, at the hour Of 10 o'clock AM of
said day, at the Office of said court,
Nome, Alaska, has, by court order, been
fixed as the time and place for hearing
on said Final Report and Account, and
an adjudication naming the heirs and
distributes of said estate.
Objections to said report and account,
and proof of heirship will be heard at
this time.
Dated this 7th day of December, 1853
Peter N. Bahls,
Administrator
James A. Won der Heydt,
Attorney for Administrator.
Publ. Dec. 8, 16, %, 80, 1858.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-12-16
Indian General
Fails To Win Back
y els To Allies

PANMUNJOM, R- Indian Lit.
Gen. K. S. Thimayya failed Tues
day in a personal appeal to- coax
% balky American prisoners to
hear Allied efforts to WOO them
home. He said afterward he felt
they never would agree.
Thimayya said he is certain in
his own mind that all prisoners in
the pro-Red north Campo Am
orleans, 1 Briton, and 1923 North
Koreans-decided to stay with the
Communists because of firm pol
itical beliefs.
Thimayya pictured the Ameri-
cans as suspicious and hostile and
pointed out that any who wanted
to 60 home could do so easily
merely by turning himself over to
an Indian guard. NJ
The Indian chairman of the Neu-
trail Nations Repatriation Commits
sion said the % Americans told
him Tuesday that after they are
released some plan to attend uni
versities in Peiping and other
cities. Others plan to farm in
China or visit Iron Curtain coun-
tries in Europe.
'They say they will work to-
wards world peace" Thimayya
said.
He added that one American
told him that any who change
their minds and decide to go home,
after say five years, will return to
the United States.
Cali presumably would be sub
ject to desertion charges and pos
sibly more serious offenses if they
returned openly, howevro
Other prisoners told Thimayya
the Communists had told them
"after a couple Of years, if you
like, we will take up the question
of bringing your families out
here"
Thimayya said Indian troops
will not retain custody of prison
ers who have refused to 60 home
after Jan. %, removing one Of the
last remaining barriers to the re-
lease of all unrepatriated prison
ers as civilians.
The armistice provides for their
release on Jan. %, but the Com
munists have argued that they
must be retained in custody until
a peace conference decides their
fate.