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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
CIGARET TAX TAKE
Sl.5lI.3OO IN DEC.

TALLAHASSEE fo - =
pack cigarette tax brought $751;
800 into the stase &C.
cember, an Increase Of $50 ,56S
over the corresponding month a
year ago.
Florida's Incorporated cities win
get $1,l36,4 S9 of the total, COM
pared with a rebate Of 81 ,07O 50.
They get all the tax collected in
side their boundaries.
The state general fund win get
1914 $40 from taxes collected out
side city limits compared with
$S5l ,987 last year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
$500 More Planes Could Be
Built # Budget Approved

the biggest cash outlay for de-
Tense since World War II days.
And, it developed at a Pentagon
briefing in connection with the
budget for the year starting July
/, the department thinks spend
ing will be even higher-a 4S bill
lion dollar figure.
Pentagon fiscal experts said the
White House and Budget Bureaus
estimate of spending might prove
right, but the military predictions
we're guided by improving rates
of deliveries in weapons and other
equipment long on order. As an.
example of the upward trend of
spending, it was noted that the
monthly spending figure reached
four billion dollars in December,
for the first time.
The more than $500 planes the
Defense Department would buy
under the expenditure program, if
Congress approved it, would add
to about $500 aircraft ordered
since the Korean War and rearm-
ament started in mid-195O.
Truman's budget gave the first
timetable for expansion of the Air
Force to the ultimate goal of 143
/ wings, Of from 30 to IS planes
each. The Air Force would have
log wings by next June 80. against
present strength of about 100,
and 1873 wings a year later. The
143 level would be reached some
time in 1855.
Pentagon officials said the air
craft strength Of the armed forces
by next summer win be about
81 500. The Air Force viii have
81 900, the Navy and Marines 49,
500 and the Army 5000.
of the IS. 800 planes on order or
delivered up to now the Air Force
has 5000. the Navy and Marines
1850 and the Army 1900.
Assistant secretary of Defense
Wilfred J. Mcneil, the depart.
ment'S comptroller. said the new
budget includes about us million
dollars for third, 60, 0O0-ton super.
carrier. The Navy wants to build
at least IL such carriers. a rpo-
Jet looked upon with disfavor by
the Air Force.
| The e. so COO 900 spending bud.
get figure used By the President
consisted Of SIS. 400, 900 600 for The
armed forces, with most OF the
remainder going 10 build UP stock
piles Of critical war materials.
Truman said the rate Of mill.
tsry spending should begin TO de-
cline sometime following the 1856
fiscal year ard might. 'scn the
basis of present rough estimates, .
tConsiaued Ca Pre- Threel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09

year. called the budget proposal
Every realistic" He said he
couldn't figure how to cut it 10
billions but agreed sharp cuts
could be made in foreign-aid
spending.
OF the total budget, Cannon said.
only about SIC, 900, 00O, 600 is for
non.security and non-veteran pro-
grams. He doubted if deep reduc-
tons would be made in appropria-
tons for defense and veterans. He
said he didn't see how Congress
could cut taxes and balance the
budget at the same time under
prevailing conditions.
The more you cut taxes the
further away you get from a bal
anced budget" he said.
Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich) said a
balanced budget would require a
slash Of about IL billion dollars in
the Truman spending plans. INA
tional security problems can be
met within the income of our
government" he said.
Eisenhower, with his knowledge
Of military and national security
problems, can so manage our fis-
cal affairs as TO operate well with.
in 4 balanced budget and proceed
to q reduction in taxes" Ferguson
added.
Even before the budget message
had been sent 10 Capitol Hill for
reading By House and Senate
clerks, Sen. Ferguson had said
that II actually means very
little - except Il is q starting
point"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
Girl Seriously
Hurt In Cycle
Accident Thurs.
Severe Brain Injury
Incurred As Woman
Falls From Cycle

Miss Barbara Keltz, %, 62S Du-
val Street, was critically injured
last night after she fell from a
speeding motorcycle on Roosevelt
Boulevard. The victim is on the
danger list at the Monroe Gen.
eral Hospital with a serious brain
injury.
According to the police depart
ment report, Miss Keltz was riding
on the buddy seat" of a cycle
driven by Warner O. Baxter, a
Navy man attached to the USS
Gilmore, when "she attempted to
stand up" and fell to the pave
ment.
The cycle was estimated TO be
travelling at about 40 miles per
hour at the time Of the accident.
Maurice Hayes, q friend Of
Baxter, who was riding on an
other motorcycle about 200 feet
from the scene Of the mishap,
said that fhe girl "hit the pave
fer first and then rolled
ever several times"
baxter then rushed to the Mon
roe General Hospital where he
summoned aid. 1t. Commander
r. C. Lewis Of the Naval Hospital.
administered first aid at the scene
until an ambulance arrived to
take the injured woman to the
County Hospital.
There, her injuries were diag.
messed in addition to the brain il.
jury, as a probable fractured
skull, and abrasions and contu.
sions about the face. head and
body.
The victim regained conscious.
ness but is said to be in a very
.disoriented" condition. The at.
tending physician, DR.. Ralph
Herr, today called in a Miami
brain specialist to treat Miss Keltz
No charges have been placed
against Baxter by police.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
.Windstorm Gives
Blow To Sarasota

SARASOTA, Fla. IA sudden,
violent windstorm swept through
Sarasota today sinking boats, over
turning trailers and knocking out
windows over . wide srea.
Residents described the storm as
a twister and said Il moved In
rapidly from the culf Of Mexico
about go. d -.
Damage was estimated unoiEi-
cially at between 500 900 and "a
100000. No deaths were reported,
Several boats moored At NUM-
cipal Pier were sunk and between
Is and 20 feet of wall in the Clam
Der Of Commerce building was
knocked down.
The storm hit the Ohio Trailer
Park, upsetting several traiIers and
cars.
Power was knocked out in some
downtown sections. roofs damaged,
and phones put out Of service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
" LIKE II HERR, )" SAYS
MAN ABOUT JAIL LIFE
Daytona Beach Man
Asks Judge For 90
Days Added Sentence

A packed Criminal Court
session, the first in three
weeks, was enlivened this
morning by a defendant
who asked to be sentenced
TO 60 more days in the
Monroe County Jail be-
cause:
~ like IT," Maybe I'm not
right bright, but like II in isiI
here"
The defendant, John Clark, .
polio victim from Dayfona Beach,
had been arrested by State High
way PafroIman Jack Walden on
charges Of no drivers license and
defective brakes, causing damage
Of $3.50 in a collision at lslamo-
rada.
Criminal Court Judge Thomas
Caro- postponed sentence until next
Friday. Clark, Walden said, has
been refused a drivers license by
the state because Of defective Wis
ion and his handicap. Clark said:
Il don't want any consideration.
A sixty day sentence in jail would
be satisfactory to me-"
Meanwhile Albert Davis of Mia
mi, who has ten counts charged
against him by Walden and Dade
County authorities, said he was
actually only guilty of two. He
denied resisting Walden with vio-
lence. Judge Caro- said:
"We'll leave that up to the
jury"
Davis, whose bond was set at
$2,725, has been in JAN since his
arrest. He will be tried by jury
Continued On Page ThreeJ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
As MPH Winds
Sweep City Today

TorrentiaI rains, accompanied
city Of IS miles per hour struck
fhe city shortly after noon iodsy,
but no immediate reports of
storm damage have been receiv-
ed.
Officials at fhe Boea chies
Station Of the v. S. Weather
Bureau said that the severe
squalls, which are expected to
continue throughout fhe after
noon, are fhe forerUnner Of
cold front from The northwest,
expected TO engvlf the city to-
night.
The Weather Bureau made q
special broadcast at noon today
to warn owners Of small boats
and pilots Of private planes to
remain at their bases.
Commercial air traffic TO and
from the city has been halted
as . result of the storm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
COP Heads Call Truman Budget Fantastic

expressed surprise ct an estimate
Of $1,000, zoo. 900 for foreign aid.
Promises to slash this were nearly
unanimous.
Sen. Bridges GRIND, who win
head the purse-string appropria-
tons committee, said the .iOb
which lies ahead 10 staggering. I"
ut win require complete team
work between the new President
and the new Congress-" Bridges
told a reporter. 81 am confident
the American people car count on
such teamplay to work this coun.
try out Of the fiscal morass into
which Il has been plunged BY 20
years of deficits piled on deficits.
Of living for today without thought
Of tomorrow.
A 10 billion dollar cut was the
goal set BY Rep. Taber (R.NY).
chairman Of the House Appropria.
tons Committee and top COP
congressional spokesman On the
federal budget.
Taber didn't say where the
money would be cut.
"A 10 billion cut Il not too
much" Taher told newsmen. add.
ing that q bigger sIash might be
made.
Taber said the Presidents own
budget figures don't jihe In some
respects with Treasury DEPART.
ment official figures.
"The whole picture presented Il
that IT utter confusion, = Ne added.
Rep. Reed tRNYl, chairman o.
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee and . leading advocate d
tax reduction for individuals.
called the budget fantastic. |"
There's going to Be 1 tax cut
and there's going 70 be q balanced
budget" he said.
Rep. Cannon Cd. Mol, top minor.
ity member Of the appropria tons
committee and its Chairman last
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
Personnel Cuts
Worrying Workers
In Tallahassee

TALLAHASSEE R - Personnel
reductions accompanying b e
change in Florida's T 'ministrati0n
have state workers so worried one
employee said ''you can hear the
teeth cBattering out on the street. "
Biggest impact was felt in the
State Road Department and the
Beverage Department, both Of
which experienced wholesale dis.
missals.
Some 100 Road Department
workers were either retired or dis.
missed with two weeks pay foI
economy reasons-or fired out Of
hand with no salary Ia lieu oil
notice if they had been loafing on
the job.
There was no total available on
Beverage Department dismissaIs
but good many were dropped
from that payroll.
New heads of other department:
are still looking their situations
over and appear to have made few
changes so far.
Perhaps the most fear and trem,
bling was evident in the MOTOR
Vehicle Commission which LONG
has been favorite target of legis.
lators attacking unnecessary state
workers. They have labeled it q
political dumping ground" Past
motor vehicle commissions have
replied many of their employees
were hired at the request Of legis.
lators.
E. v. Fisher, the new motor We.
hicle commissioner, said staff
members were so upset half Of
them can't do their work. I've told
Continued On Page Threel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
Police Crack Case OF Purloined Panties";
Seek Owner OF Confiscated UnmentiOnables
SCIENTIST JAILED
AS AFTERMATH TO
NOCTURNAL PANTY
RAID HERE TO-DAY
BY i'm rsR1

S
Police today, are at d loss Il
decide what to do with seven pairs
of ladies' silk panties and tire.
brasSieres, which were recovered
last night from 24-year-old re
search assistant at the Pennsylva
mia State College scientific projec
which is conducting research a
the Naval Ordnance Unit. =
The garments are now hanginS
up to dry at Police Headquarter.
after police moved swiftly to cracl
what they termed 1.-The Southern
most Panty Raid"
Donald 2. coosan, 1917 Fle-
ming Street. is in The City isiI
after he was arrested by patrol
man William Walker early this
morning following . wild chase
on Truman Avenue where he
was found 70 be eoncesling The
'UnmentionabIes," which were
soaking wet. under his shirt.
Police speculate that fhe sesnf-
les were stolen from . nsighboF.
ing clothes line, although as Of
noon today, no one has appear.
ed at the police station 10 claim
The apparel or reported u stolen.
In addition to the underclothing
several other items of apparel
lady's petticoat and pair of pa
jamas were included in the loot.
Coogan is being held in lieu o
$3.50 bond for appearance in Cit,
Court this afternoon on disorder
ly conduct charge, to wit: ''havini
women's clothing concealed undo
his shirt"
His employers at the research
unit we're al a loss to explain tn
actions of the youth. One spokes
man said. I'VE have never had
panty raid at the college and
can't understand what got inf,
CoOgan or where he got the idea.
Patrolman Walker captured th
youth only after 4 wild chase i
which he Communicated a taxi I
overtake him. The police repor
said that coogan was observed o
Truman Avenue with q suspicion
bulge beneath his shirt. When b
ran down the street the polieema
gave chase and finally apprehenc
ed him. A search revealed u
underwear beneath his shirt.
Coogan said simply that he ha
been drinking and could remen
Der nothing" He was described b
co-workers ~ lone Of the quotes
men we have here. =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
BY EDWIN 3. PARKINSON
and WILLIAM r. ARBocAsT

WASHINGTON R - Some con-
gressional fiscal specialists shout
ed confusion and fantastic
today at President Truman's new
budget. Some of them promised
TO cut ii at least 10 billion dollars
and also reduce taxes.
Republicans who will control the
federal purse strings in the present
Congress indicated they would
ignore Trumans proposal for
spending $7s,6O0. 0OO, 600 in the fis-
cal year starting July /, and wait
and see what President-elect Eli
senhower has TO say on the sub.
ject.
They expect Eisenhower to sub.
NIT a revised, much lower budget
sometime after he takes office Ii
days hence. One top Republican
said substantial reductions already
have been outlined by men who
viii mead the big federal depart
ments after Jan. 20.
Some lawmakers voiced conf.
dence that as much as IL billion
dollars could be whitfield out az
the spending plans. Others were
more cautious.
Budget-cutting talk has always
been prevalent on Capitol Hin ID
January. In past years, with Dem.
ocrats in control Of Congress, per.
Torrance has often fallen short II
remained to be seen whether
things would be different under the
COP.
Both Democrats and Republicans
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
Welcome Home For
Truman Family

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. IN =
President Truman and his family
will receive hometown welcome
Jan. II when they return from
Washington.
Mayor Robert p. Weatherford
Jr. has appointed a committee OF
SO to plan the affair, which has the
approval Of the President.
Plans call for a delegation to
welcome the family upon arrival
in independence by train and pro-
vide an escort to the Truman
home Several days later a dinner
win be held to honor the Trumans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09

Key West. Florida. hos the
most equuble climate in the
country. with ON average
ronqe of only IA Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
Navy Asked To Grant County
Long Term Lease On Airport
Admiral To Petition
Permission From Top
Capitol Officials
For Green Light

The Navy in Key West
will ask Washington head.
quarters if it can lease to
Monroe County for an in-
definite period their seven
teen acres at Meacham
Airfield necessary for ter
minal buildings and weath-
er reporting facilities, Coun-
ty Commission Chairman
Gerald Saunders told The
Citizen today.
Rear Admiral Irving 7. Duke
presided At fhe 300 am. meet.
ing Of Navy, County and City Of.
fieials. Representatives Of the
commercial sirlines. Of civil
aercnsUtics administration and
civil cir patrol az his office.
ktHhe Admiral stressed that he
can only ask Washington for per-
mission to grant the County for Z
long term lease Of the II acres.
CAA officials at the meeting en-
phaSiTed that they cannot contri.
butte to building the more than
$4,000 airport terminal unless
the county has an indefinite or
long term lease tantamount to
control.
The Navy, on the other hand,
win include in any lease q re-
verting clause in the event Of 4
national emergency.
The county, . LEGAL public
body must have control of ire
seventeen acres hsfers he cAA
cen spend = esnt 81 Il saDnders
see. The eosuky ro1aaiy boushg
Che airport for $50, 900. 81 which
$4,000 was contributed 81 cAA.
The important and amicable
meeting was fully attended. Com
mander Luppens, Public Works
Officer at the Naval Rasa and
other officers were present at the
session.
Chairman Saunders. Commits
sioners Clarence Riggs and Harry
Harris and County. legal officer
Paul Sawyer were present. Joe al
len represented the Key West Art
and Rhetorical Society which
maintains IFS gallery al the East
Martello towers on the Navy land.
Mayor c. B. Harvey, 4 public
works official at the Navy Base.
represented the city Of Key West
at the meeting along with City At
torney NJ. Ignatius Lester.
George Faraldo, MANAGER Of
Meacham Airport, a representa-
tive from National Airiines and
Aeroyias Q and two cAA repre-.
sentatives were also present. The
Y. S. Weather Bureau, which
planned facilities at Meacham
Field, was represented by Key
West chief Sem Goldsmith. The
conference ended at 1880.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-09
NAVY ALSO WOULD
GET A THIRD
SUPER CARRIER

WASHINGTON Up - A military
budget which would make it pos
sible to order $500 more planes
and build q third supercarrier was
handed to Congress today by Pres
ident Truman.
The $46, 800, 600, 900 spending pro-
posed for the military would be
Evening star., 1953-10-31
Anthracite Industry Has Few Words to Say
By David 6. Boreuther

Oil, gas and electricity have
enjoyed so much ballyhoo lately
as home heating fuels that the
advantages Of coal, used in mil
lions of established homes, seem
to have been sadly neglected.
Many people seem to have the
notion that you can't have a
neatly finished basement and
that you can't have automatic
heat if you burn coal. They have
this notion because they have
never seen automatic stokers and
ash removerS in operation
feeding anthracite into modern
home heating plants and vac
uuming out the ashes.
The Anthracite Industry Com
mittee, comprising representa-
tives Of % producing companies,
tells us that more than 5 million
homes are now heated with hard
coal and that automatic equip
ment is heating the average
dwelling at less cost than COM
petitive. fuels in 80 per cent of
the anthracite marketing area.
In some areas the use of hard
coal chalks up savings Of 40
per cent.
So the use Of coal in home
heating is something for the
prospective home builder to in
vestigate as we'll as something
for the coal user to continue to
consider.
An interesting architectural
development which has come
about through the use Of auto
matte stokers is an underground
coal bin removed from the base
ment, similar to underground oil
tanks which are required by law
in many communities.
These bins are built on a slant
toward the Stoker. The coal
truck pulls up to the curb in
front Of the house. A metal
hatch is opened and the anthra-
cite is poured into the under
ground storage.
This system makes hard coal
one Of the cleanest Of all fuels.
Since it burns with q blue fame,
it does not smoke or create ex-
ceSsive SCOT. The anthracite
committee says it is being speci-
fled more and more for civic
cleanliness by smoke-abatement
and anti-air-pollution authori-
ties.
There's a lot to that clean
illness feature Of stoker-fed hard
coal. In contrast, a reader re-
Gently wrote to this department
about an oil mess he had on his
hands. A small 275-gallon oil
Evening star., 1953-10-31

tank in his basement sprang a
leak and ruined his floor covering
Of asphalt tile before the mis-
hap was discovered.
Since his house was less than
3 years old, could the builder
who supplied and installed the
tank be held responsible for the
damage?
The anthracite industry Is now
putting on quite campaign to
keep people from forgetting about
hard coal. Statistics are being
compiled showing less incidence
of fire or explosion in homes
heated with this fuel.
Another study is designed to
show less likelihood of respira-
tory illness among children under
Is and adults over go in anthra-
cite heated homes.
, 1953-05-09
CALL FOR M

I, WALTER M. HODGE, Chairman Of the LeglSlative
ASSEMBLY of the Virgin Islands, acting in conformity WIZ
Resolutions of the Municipal Council OF IT, az
and the Municipal Council Of ST. Thomas & St. John' adopted
on April %, 1858, and May 4, 1853, respectively, do hereby
call a Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Virgin lslanoS
to convene in the Municipal Councils Chamber, Municipal
Building, Charlotte Amalie, st. Thomas, Virgin ISLANDS, al
1000 o'clock AM, Monday, May II, 1853, for consideration
of the following:
Report and recommendations of Organic Act COM
mHtee on Revised Organic Act for the Virgin Islands
2 An Act to Amend "Law Concerning Actions TO De
clare Void or Dissolve the Marriage Contract, and for
Other Purposes" approved December %, 1914"
TN WITNESS HEREOF, / have hereunto set my hand and
,arsed the Seal of the Legislative Assembly OF the virgin
stands of the United States to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VIZ
gin Islands, this 5th Day of May, AID, 1858.
Walter l. M. Hodge.
Chairman
, 1953-05-09
MOTHERS DAY

THE IS full of special days" of every imaginable
one kind or another take time out to observe whatever day
means most to them. However, there is a day, which except
for Christmas and Easter, is perhaps the one which has most
meaning to everyone. Mothers Day is really everybodys day.
THIS DAY IS e~verybodys day because while it is set
aside to honor mothers, it gives everyone an opportunity to
take genuine pleasure in paying the honors. There is something
quiet and warm and very genuine about this day on which
mothers are remembered for what they mean to their
children.
IF H ONE IS the greatest institution in the world,
then it is safe to deduct that this is SO becausee of a mothers
love and devotion. 1t is her sacrifice in the face of the greatest
odds which means the difference between a child who would
grow into an indifferent man or woman in the community,
and a real asset.
EACH YEAR COMMUNITIES throughout the land pick
a Mother of the Year" This mother of the year ~symbolizes
those qualities for which every mother stands, and indeed,
regardless of whether or not it becomes spectacular know
ledge or not, a mother is endowed with the type Of love and
devotion which makes it second nature for her to give her
all for her Children. And this quality knows no bounds or
barriers, being expressed by the mother in her palace, or her
igloo, or her grass hut. 1t is this kinship with the Divine which
makes motherhood what it is, and the day representing it the
outstanding day that it is.
ON THIS MOTHERS DAY let us all take advantage OF
the opportunity to remember the greatest friend we know, and
to dedicate our thoughts anew to giving her the place she
truly deserves. And more, to take even more seriously the
command which ~admoniShes us to honor her.
, 1953-05-09
NOTICE

The Virgin Islands Corporation is offering for
sale Is : one horse cultivators, 9 horse drawn ploWs,
several two wheels carts, a quantity OF wheels
assorted sizesl and a few bull carts and wooden
vokes. If you are interested in any Of these items
notify Mr.. Taylor, Bethlehem Field Office before
May 18th.
, 1953-05-09
N oTIcE

Our company is offering for sale a quantity OF
barrels in knocked down condition
These barrels are unused and. offers will be &C
cepted at the Field Office, Bethlehem Factory, be-
fore May 18th. ~
R ISLANDS CORPORATION