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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Rare Childbirth
Case Reported
By Navy Medics

CHELSEA, Mass. R-The us.
Naval Hospital here disclosed to-
day that a Navy wife who gave
birth to a daughter 10 days ago
is expecting a second delivery in
six weeks as a result OF separate
conceptions, believed to have been
at least month apart.
The mother has dual organs of
procreation, naval authorities dis
closed, an extreme rarity in med
ical history.
The first child weighed three
pounds, IA ounces at birth March
Is and has been in an incubator
at the big naval hospital, reported
ly doing we'll"
The mother, Mrs. Wilbur Chap
man, 81, of Foxboro, Mass, is at
the hospital but expects to be al
lowed to 60 home for a while be-
fore returning for the second birth.
The unusual circumstances OF
Mrs. Chapman's pregnancy were
discovered by 1t. Pauline E. Clark
of the Navy Medical Corps.
Capt. Lewis T. Dorgan, Navy
doctor, said it was believed no
more than six such cases are
listed.
The naval officers report ap-
pears to rule out the possibility
of delayed birth of a twin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Salty Comedy, ''Mr. Roberts, y
Is Hailed On Opening Night
BY SUE JONES
''Now hear this -" j,

''Now hear this -" ~
The Key West Players produc-
ton of "Mr. Roberts" at the Barn
Theatre is something that all you,
well, all you people should be sure
to see. ffsfy
It's a fast moving, amusing play
that combines salty comedy and
a very real sense of actually being
aboard the AK6O1, a Navy cargo
ship where the monotony. of rou-
tine duty during a shooting war"
is wildly portrayed by real sail
OrS.
If you have a maiden aunt of
the lavender and lace school, it
is suggested that you ask her to
sit with the children while you and
father 60 to see "Mr. Roberts, I"
because the Players haven't chan
ged a single line of the play that
caused so much controversy when
IL OPCIICO LII OOStOAls
Real-life Sailors
Your maiden aunt would proba-
bly, be somewhat disturbed by the
remarks and actions of the crew,
but, as some of the audience who
had seen "Mr. Roberts" during its
long run on Broadway remarked,
the very fact that the cast is pre-
dominately Navy or ex-Navy per-
sonnet makes the play just that
much more believable. No profess
sional actor, however competent,
could inject as much realism into
a play as this cast does.
Even the Army nurse, the only
female in the cast is played by a
Navy wife, Nancy Calls, and her
reaction to the discovery that the
crew had been watching the nurs-
es' rooms was one of the best bits
of action in the play.
TyrsnnieaI Captain
The Captain of the ship, is play
ed by Ed Giesbert. His portrayal
of this tyrannical character who is
determined that nothing will spoil
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Nine Cop Pleas
I'm Criminal Court

Nine persons pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge Thomas S. Caro- in
Criminal Court.
The names, charges and SEN
fences follow:
Janice McGraven, vagrancy, SIS
bond forfeited.
Jordan N. Klein, improper IL
cense tag, SIS bond forfeited.
Frank H. Ezell, no drivers Ii
cense, $50 or so days.
Ruth Mathews, failing to stop
when approaching school bus, SIS
bond forfeited.
Eva H. Mckinney, failing to
stop when approaching school bus,
SIS bond forfeited.
Justo Aguear, possession of I'M
dersized crawfish, SIS or Is days.
Bert C. Condor, illegal passing,
SIS or 80 days.
Jules Becher, no tag, $40 or 10
days.
John A. Coyle, reckless driving,
$50 or go days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
AWOL AIRMAN
JOINS BROTHER

PUEBLO, Colo. R-Gilbert Gar.
biso of Camp Carson, Colo, serv.
ing a 90-day jail term on a traffic
Charge, had company yesterday
considerably more than either he
or the company bargained for.
GarbisO's father ice and brother
Bernie appeared at Sheriff John
Krutka's office and asked for a
pass to visit the soldier. The pass
was issued and then Krutka began
thumbing through his files.
When father and son arrived at
the jail, Bernie was particularly
welcomed. He readily admitted he
was Arthur Bernabe Garbiso-
AWOL from Offutt Air Force Base,
Omaha, Neb. He joined his brother
behind bars TO await military
authorities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Blast And Fire
Wreck 5-Story
Atlanta Bldg.
Doors Of Nearby
Fire Station Are
Blocked By Debris

ATLANTA, IA midnight ex-
plosion and fire wrecked a five
story downtown building today and
Uttered Pryor Street with tons of
debris.
Fire department officials were
unable Immediately to determine
the cause of the blast. The struc-
ture, owned by Ivan Allen Mar
shall Co., an office equipment con-
Germ, housed the Baskette Piano
Co., and the Atlanta Book Store
on the main floor.
Upper floors were occupied by
D. C. Heath and Co., and Scott
Foresman and Co., publishing
firms.
The explosion hurled walls of
the building into the street and
blocked doors of a fire station
across the street. Firemen man.
aged, however, to drive a ladder
truck over the rubble and into
action. -
Hundreds Nof firemen battled the
flames which caused damage of
several hundred thousand dollars.
William David Findley, a fireman,
suffered a back injury when he
was hurled against the running
board of fire truck by flashing
hose. He was dismissed after hos
pital treatment.
The explosion came as flames
were first seen shooting from top
floor windows of the building.
A dozen business establishments
smoke, water and falling debris.
The area includes the Walthour
and Hood sporting goods store and
the First Federal Savings and Loan
Association.
Dozens of employees of Eastern
Air Lines, Delta-C. and S. and
Scandinavian Air Lines, working
on the second and third floors of
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Rotary Fetes
Ladies Tonight

Members of the Key West Rotary
Club will observe their apnua, Ia
dies night at the Casa Marina Ho.
tel at 1880 p. m. today.
Principal speaker will he DR.. Ro.
ger Turner of Miami. DR.. Turner,
well known in South Florida as an
after-dinner speaker has been a
Rotarian for many years.
Robert Dopp will be POSTMASTER.
remarks of welcome will be extern
ded by Rotary President Ralph
Rogers and Joe Pearlman will
lead community singing.
Favors for all Rotary-Anns will
be distributed. This years COM
mittee on arrangements consists Oh
Harold R. Laubscher, Bob Dopp
and Dick Evans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25

Top CUBAN OFFICIALS, including
Mrs. Martha Batista, Cuba's first
lady, will be invited to attend the
festival.
Cuban Navy
Officials of the San Carlos InSti-
tute have already invited the Cuban
Navy to dispatch a gunboat and
band to Key West for the affair.
Cuban press and television cam
eramen have announced interest in
the event.
Proceeds from the performances
of the play will go to the Juvenile
Council, for their Children's Home
Fund.
Meanwhile, Jack Clarke, who
will direct the play has issued a
call for talent, particularly from
among Key Vests Cuban Ameri-
can colony. RehearsalS will begin
next Wednesday at p. m. in the
San Carlos Institute. Clarke direct
ed the play in its last highly sue
cessful run when the Key West
Players presented it in 1851.
Key West Locale
Burret Gsrnatt who desipned the
scenery 1.-THE initial staging of
the play, will again handle that
phase of the production.
Commander ByrnS, who was sup
ply and Fiscal officer at the Ma
val Station, has made his residence
in Key West since his retirement
from the Navy. He spent many
months in gathering facts, legends,
and lore concerning Key West and
its role in Cuban history before
penning the play.
The plot centerS around the
smuggling of arms from the KEYS
and Key West in 1893 to aid the
Cuban cause.
Key West was termed by Jose
MART. Cuba's greatest patriot, the
"cradle of Cuban liberty"
Meeting Held
Those attending last nights
meeting in the San Carlos Insti-
tue, included Cmdr. Byrns, Julio
CabanaS, president of the San Car
los Institute, Juan Lopez, a men,
Der of the board of directors of
that organization, Juvenile Court
Judge Eva Warner Gibson, Burret
Garnet and Jack Clarke.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
City Fishing Pier Dedicated;
NavyMan Wins Angling Prize
Dignitaries
Attend Normal
Opening Of
Public Facility

Scores of topranking city and
civic officials attended the form
al dedication of the city's new
public fishing pier ut the Clyde
Mallory Docks Wednesday,.
The dock, built by the city at the
urging of the Key West Motor
Court Association, also attracted a
large crowd of fishermen who par
ticipated in a city-Sponsored fishing
contest.
And the fish were biting.
Winners Announced
After the weigh-in shortly after
S p. M, a local Navy man was ad-
judged the winner of a new salt
water fishing rod and reel donated
by the Key Tackle Shop when he
entered a fine 31a Id. macker-
ell. He was Chief Petty Officer Will
liam W. Wrigley, of the USS
Bushnell. Mayor c.. B.. Harvey
presented him with first prize. Sc
cond prize winner was William
Bittner, a retired Navy man of 1903
Fleming Street. His catch was
two pound mackerel.
Mrs. James Brownell, Washing
ton, D. c., and Carl B. Newcomb,
Portland; Maine, were tied Tor
third place with / IL pound mack
erel entered. Bittner received a set
of artificial lures given by the
Thompson Hardware Company,
and the third place winners were
each presented with fishing knives
dons-1cd By Thompson.
Weekly Contests
City Recreation Director Paul
Albury directed the tourney. AL
bury said that weekly contests,
with prizes to be given by the city,
will be held.
The 75-foot pier was improved
by city workmen with the addition
of a railing, benches and extern
sive renovationS to the piling and
planking.
Future plans call for the erection
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
NY. Newsman
Visits Here

Jess Stearn, well know New York
City newspaperman, is a visitor
here.
Stearn, who works for the New
York Daily News, has just COM
pleted a Notwithstanding series
on teen-age crime in the New
York City public schools, the SER
les caught the attention of juvenile
and school authorities throughout
the country.
He is a guest of DR.. j. Harold
Reilly, 1925 Flagler Ave.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Responsibility For Damage Done
By Stolen Car Up For Discussion
Macy Legal Office
Says Sailor Isn't
Legally Liable


The Nays legal office
here today advised a sailor
he was not responsible for
the damage his car did when
it was stolen and being driv.
en- by the thief.
The sailor, Willard E.
Grant, electronics technician
second class, said that City
Police Sgt. Frank Caraballo,
who also operates a filling
station and garage, had told
him he was responsible for
the damage.
Grants car - 1913 Buick con-
vertible was stolen Sunday. The
thief hit three parked cars while
driving Grants car.
Grant said Sgt. Caraballo ap.
preached him in City Court Mon
day and told him he was reSpon-
sible for the damages and towing
charges and that the easiest way
was to settle the matter with the
onwers of the other cars.
Presents Card
Grant further said that Sgt. Car
aballo handed him one of his bus
mess cards during the converse
ton in City Court.
Sgt. Carballo, according to Grant
also said that Grant could not own
another car until he had gotten re-
leases from the owners of the
other three cars.
Grant added that Sgt. Caraballo
told him the total cost of repairs
and towing for the cars would be
about $500 and that Grant owed
him $40 for towing Grants car to
the garage.
The Navy's legal office advised
Grant that he was not responsible
for damage caused by his car
when a thief was driving it and
that Grant should only pay for the
towing and storage - if any - of
his own car.
Grant said he would not do any
thing about the matter. His own
car is insured, he said.
The Auto Bankers Corp, the fin
ance company, is sending an insur-
ance adjuster to Key West from
Miami, Grant added.
Previous Complaint
Sgt. Caraballo and his garage
were in the news March Is after
A. P. Stickel, AIT Duval ST., com
blamed to the City Commission
that Sgt. Caraballo's tow truck
towed his car 200 yards to the 20.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
1920 Neav Voters
REGISTER Here

New voters registering IN
Monroe County now total 100
and over half Of them are Neg.
roes, Sam Pinder, supervisor
Of registration, said today.
April ; at 5 p. m. is me
dsadiins for registering.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
CONGRESS CANDIDATE
FRED ROUTH TO SPEAK

Fred Routh, candidate for US.
Congress, will be here Friday and
Saturday, it was announced today.
Tentative plans call for Routh to
speak at Bayview Park on either
Friday or Saturday. The time will
be announced later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Gala Festival Planned To Mark Cuban
independence Day Here For May 1920
'The Filibusters" To Be Staged
At San Carlos; Parade Planned

Planning is underway for gala two-day festival
marking Cuba's Independence Day here May 1920.
The fiesta, according to plans, announced at a meet
ing of its steering committee last night will eclipse any
held here in recent vars
High points will be huge carnival parade and
production of "The Flibusers three-act play written
by Commander Ray Byrns, retired Naval officer who
resides here The play which has Key West setting in
the days when the city hotbed of revolutionary ac
witty during Cuba fight for freedom from Spanish yran
ny, will be given two performances on May 20, annually
Cuba's topmost important holiday. 1t was on May 20,
1902, that Cuba given her freedom.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Boys Condition
Remains Critical

The condition of seven
Year.old Wayne Williams.
lilo Curry Lane. remained
critical today! although Mon
roe General Hospital officials
said that he spent good
night.
The boy suffered serious
head injuries Monday eve-.
ming when he was struck by
a car while riding on the
handlebars of a bicycle.
He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Williams. Of
the Curry Lane address.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Hospital Workers
Nabbed AS Bookie

LOS ANGELES Up - Sheriff's
officers said it wasn't exactly love
for his work as an operating room
attendant that brought James r.
Newsom to Los Angeles County
General Hospital an hour. ahead
of time each day.
Newsom, they explained, had an
avocation, rather profitable one.
Bookma king, to be exact. That's
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
Enthusiasm
Mounts For
Keys Jaunt
5-FathOn. Club.
Will Vacation On
Lite Duck Key
Especial To The Citizenl
BY JACK M. LEVINE

ROSLYN, Long Island, N.
Y.-The Easter vacation ex-
petition to Little Duck Key
has stimulated unanticipat-
ed interest among the stu
dents at Roslyn High School,
1t was reported here by
Joseph Albertson, faculty
advisor of the Give Fathom
Club" at Roslyn High.
The science teacher says that
approximately 100 students have
applied for Give Fathom Club"
membership.
I'VE are limiting the expedi-
ton personnel to the original
group Of six students" Albertson
stated. The adult members will
be the teacher and Rowland Lo-
mer. The teacher explained that
admission of new members will
be considered after the teenagers
return from their sojourn at Lit
tie Duck Key, just south of the
Seven Mile Bridge.
The granting of an extra week
OF Easter vacation by the Mas
sau County, Roslyn School Sys-
ten Superintendent George E.
Bryant made possible plans for
the extended trip to the Florida
Keys. Albertson explained that
the plans and detectives of the
'.Five Fathom Club" has the ap-
prevail and sponsorship of Rus
sell B. Rose, principal of the Ros-
lyn High School, as well as the
sponsorship of the members of
the entire Roslyn School sys-
tern.
Keys Site Selected
The selection of Little Duck
Key as the initial site of this un.
precedented expedition of New
York high school skin diving en-
thusiasts, resulted from CORE
spondence with Brooks Bate
man, general manager of the
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District. 1t was based on a re-
ferral of correspondence by Har-
old Laubscher, manager of the
Key West Chamber of Com
merce.
Albertson stated that the six
students who have been selected
to make the experimental expe-
dition are conducting daily plan
ming meetings. The boys are also
engaged in after-school athletic
activity. They hold their Give
Fathom Club" meetings before
classes begin. The usual meeting
hour is about 7:30 in the MORN
ing. The faculty advisor attends
all meetings.
Present plans call for the group
to leave RoSlyn on the morning
of April 10. They expect to arrive
at Little Duck Key the following
Tuesday. The group plans to
maintain a most flexible program
of activity during the initial phases
of the expedition. They will sleep
In pup tents, and prepare their
own food.
First Keys Trip
Neither the students, nor the |
two adults have ever visited the |
Florida Keys before. THAT'S what
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-25
RECRUITER DUE MON.

S-Sgt. Charles A. Kaniewski,
USAF, viii be in town next Mon
day and Tuesday, March 20 and
80, to talk to anyone interested in
learning about enlisting in either
the Air Force or the Army.
He will be at the office of local
board IS, Post Office Building.
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