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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
Flagler Ave. Re-Zoning Bid
Turned Down By Commission
Permission Granted
Sirugo For Duplexes
In Residential Area

The city commissioners last
night turned down an ordinance to
re-zone the lots on Flagler Ave.
nue. between Josephine and Bertha
Streets for business.
Attorney w. Curry Harris spoke
for the people asking for the re-
zoning for the lots. He said that
the owners are being penalized be-
cause they cannot possibly build
residences across the street from
the Table Supply store and yet
the city will not permit re-zoning
for the owner to put in businesses
across the street.
Harris added that besides the
food store across the street there is
a bar next to the lots and drive.
In restaurant across the street. He
pointed out that no one had ap-
peared to object to the re-zoning.
Arguments ignored
The commission ignored Harris's
arguments and denied the recon
ing ordinance.
The commission at the same
meeting approved re-zoning for
Joe Sirugo to enable him to put
duplexes in the Sunshine home
area.
A group of residents from the
Sunrise Shores" housing develop
ment requested the commission to
raise their coming from Residence
B to Residence A.
Mayor C. B. Harvey pointed out
that the deeds out there had res
trictions in them that would hold
up in court better than the coming
laws.
Deed Restrictions
Harvey added that the people out
there should just get a court in
junction against anyone who viola
ties the deed restriction.
A spokesman for the home own
ers, Lcdr. Morris of VX-1, stated
that it was better for the city to
take the case to court than for the
home owners to do so.
He added that they had taken
the action about seven months ago
and thought that the re-zoning had
taken place but that somebody had
dropped the ball.
The city attorney was directed to
make out ar ordinance for the re-
coming for the next session of the
commissioners.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
Mystery OF
Missing Widow
Is ClearedU Up
Sheriff Says She
Disappeared Under
His Instructions

LAKE WALES R-With the ar
rest Of two men, one a well known
attorney here, on charges of con-
spring to murder, Sheriff Pat
Gordon disclosed today that
wealthy widow reported missing
under circumstances indicating
violence had disappeared under his
direction.
The sheriff refused to say where
Mrs. Byrd T. Roach, 81, was "be-
cause we have one more principal
to arrest in this case"
"She is in excellent hands, she
is in excellent health, and we are
proud of the beautiful part she
played" Gordon said.
Held in county jail at Barlow on
charges Of conspiring to murder
for profit are Emmett Donnelly,
about 60, a lawyer here for many
years; and Willard burden, about
49, of Orlando.
Charged With Conspiracy
They are charged with conspiring
to kill both Mrs. Roach and X. H.
Gerlach, owner of the Barlow Co.,
maker of calendars.
Bond for each has been set at
SIS, 900. Maximum penalty for this
misdemeanor is a year in prison
and a $500 fine.
burden was picked up at the bus
station in Haines City yesterday
afternoon. Sheriff Gordon said an
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
Sally Rar,d's Land
Here TOBe Sold

Sally Rand, The gal who par.
IaYsd . fan into . bundle Of
money with her strip tease
rovtines, Is n trouble with
Uncle Sam = about income
taxes.
As . result. her Two pieces
Of property in Key West will
be put up at public auction in
the post effies July s At II
D.: m.
According to the Bureau Of
Internal Revenue, there are two
lots and . sassins frame house
TO be sold. The money will 90
70 pay back taxes ewing since
1s4s. The property in question
Is said 10 be located on north
Beach Road.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
Ordinance To Lower Fee For
Car Inspection Turned Down
Further Study Is
Asked By Mayor,
Commissioners

The city commissioners
turned down an ordinance
last night to lower the city
auto inspection sticker fee
to SO cents from $3.50.
Commissioner Louis Carbonell
said, "This illegal dollar and a
half inspection fees is just another
skin game to take the money from
Key Westers. We've been using
the money for everything and it's
time we reduced the fee to a legal
cost"
1.-THE insection we get out there
isn't worth 10 cents" Carbonell
said. people go out there and
have to wait in long lines. I know
one man who went out there on
The 18th of May and found the
place closed up at a quarter to
one. That man was Mr.. Spots.
wood"
Attorneys Ruling Read
The clerk was instructed to read
the city attorneys ruling on the
subject. The ruling stated that the
inspection fee should only be ac-
cording to cost.
City Manager Victor Lang got up
and requested delay on the mea-
sure until after the budget had
been discussed.
Carbonel then stated that the
budget had nothing to do with the
inspection because no money was
supposed to be made on inspec-
tons.
Lang said that he wanted to dis
cuss the thing first. He said he
has planned a four point program
of which he gave the following
points: 1. Better service in the in
spections; 2. No more four hour
waiting deals; 8. The possibility of
only one inspection a year.
The manager did not give the
fourth point.
Study Called For
Mayor Harvey said that a study
should be made. He added that the
so cents may be too much.
Commissioner Delaney said that
it was he who first wanted the fee
to be legal but he wanted a study
made of it.
1t was reported previously that
a certain element wants to add the
cost of running the city such as a
portion of the city managers sal
airy to the income from inspection
fees.
Carbonell said that the only ex-
ira money that it cost the city
was the salary of the girl who put
the stickers on.
The motion was killed when a
second was not heard by the may
or.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
Man Is Booked
On Trespass,
DC Charges

Louis w. Carow, q, stationed
aboard the USS Gilmore was ar
rested early this morning on char
ges of trespassing on private pro-
perry and disorderly conduct.
He is being held in city Jail. His
bond has been set at $3.50.
The nan was picked up after po-
lice were called to investigate two
reports of a prowler in the vicinity
of the 500 block on william Street.
In his report, police officer Mario
Santana said that after the check
was made on the first call at 2:20
a. m. with negative results, an
other call from the area was re-
ceived at sos.
At that time, woman living in
the neighborhood said that she had
found a prowler behind her closet
door. Her screams had startled the
intruder so that he fled from the
house.
Although search of the area
revealed no trace of the man, Of
ficer Santana later picked up Ca
row walking toward the Naval Sta.
ton and held him up for investiga-
ton.
When the sailor was placed in a
police lineup, the woman picked
him out as the man she had seen
in her apartment.
Carow's trial was slated for city
court today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
State Mental
Hospital Turns
Down Patient
Youth Remains
In County Jail;
Treatment Here
Offered By Navy

A 1s-year-old New Yorker suf-
fering from a mental disorder is
still in a padded cell in the county
Jail and nobody seems to know
what to do with him.
The youth attracted considerable
attention after he succeeded in
smashing one of the jail's two pad.
ed cells by pounding against the
sides with his head and feet.
Commitment papers to send him
to the State Mental Institution At
Chattahoochee> have been prepar.
ed, but officials there say that they
are full and unable to admit him.
Surgery Offered
And county commissioner Joe
Allen today denied reports that
an offer made by a Navy sur.
geon to operate on the youth has
been turned down. Allen verified
the fact that the offer had been
made and that the surgery would
have to be performed in the coun.
lty hospital.
n
But Allen explained that the Of
fer was not definitely accepted
pending the word from Chattahoo-
Chez IF we can get the boy ad.
mitted to the state institution, we
can save the county considerable
money" said Allen.
He added that the county com.
mission, at their meeting tonight,
will decide what disposition to
make in the case.
Meanwhile, the Sheriff's Depart.
ment reported that officials in
Chattahoochee phoned yesterday to
say that they ara full 1t the pre-
sent.
Appeal Il cevssper
Commissioner Allen Indicated To-
day that an appeal may be made
to the Governor b obtain action
in the case.
The youth was lodged in the
county jail after Monroe General
Hospital authorities said that they
could no longer care for him since
he had become violent. After he
was placed in the Jail. the youth
continually pounded on the walls
and side of his cell and nearly sue
ceeded in breaking loose.
That prompted commissioner AL.
len to ask for a probe of the Jail
to find out why it should have been
damaged so easily.
The youth came here from New
York recently and was found un-
conscious by city police on Roose.
welt Boulevard. His family in New
York said that childhood injury
is blamed as the cause Of his pre-
sent condition.
Attendants at the county Jail
have expressed fear that the youth
may seriously injure himself II he
Is confined longer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08

For Quick Communicates.
Use CLASSIFIED Adsl You'll
reach buyers dnd sellers
tenants or workers lust
DIAL 2-S66l or 2-5662.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
Chief Of Police Issue
Raises Hot Argument
Porter GiUes
Legal Opinion
On Selections

The city commission last
night in a regular meeting
voted to ask the city civil
service board to submit
names of nominees for the
Job of chief of police.
Commissioner Jack Delaney said
that he thought that it was only
fair that acting Chief of Police
Bienvenido Perez be informed as
where he stood. He stated that he
was for Perez.
Commissioners Paul (Blondie)
Roberts and Delio Cobo both took
stands for Perez to become per
manent chief Of police.
The discussion became heated
when Louis Carbonell said that It
was time that legal steps be TAX
en-.
Perez "nominsfsd"
Delaney stated in his resolution
that he was nominating Perez to
become chief Of police If it was
legal.
Carbonell jumped up and said,
s'This is a direct violation of, civil
service code and if you don't know
any better you shouldn't be sitting
UP here as commissioner" he said
to Delaney.
Delaney then asked ]. Y. Porter
City Attorney if it was legal. :
Carbonell stated that Porter had
already made ruling.
Delaney said, 81 just asked him
what was legal and he just sat
there like all attorneys do and
shook his head"
Portsr's Opinion
Porter then took his written sta
tement Of opinion on the subject
and handed it to Delaney.
Carbonen said that it should be
read to everyone. The clerk Of the
meeting, Victor Lowe, then read
the opinion.
The opinion stated that there
were two conflicting rules in the
civil service code and that q hap
Ply medium between the two should
be that the civil service commits
ion should submit three names to
the city commission, one of which
to be provided for chief Of police
selection.
Delaney said that it was Illegal
10 appoint Perez then it had also
been illegal to appoint Cabrera
who was named to the post after
Police Chief Joe Kemp resigned.
He insisted that nobody had told
the commission that it was illegal
in Cabrera's case.
Porter Wasn't Asked"
Porter stated that no one had
asked him for his opinion in Ca
brera's case.
Cobo got up and said that il was
''only" the city attorneys ruling
that the commission should 60 be-
tween the two conflicting rules. He
said he understood that if three of
the commissioners voted to put
man in the vacancy that was all
there was to it.
Lets appoint him (Perez) and
let the courts decide" Cobo said.
Carbonell jumped up and said
that there was no use to pay the
City attorney if nobody was going
to listen to him.
Porter stated, "that's my opin-
ion."
Salary Question
Carbonell at this point jumped
up and wanted to know why Perez
was being paid the salary of chief
Of police when he was only acting
chief.
City Manager Victor Lang said
that he had asked the city attor-
ney for a ruling.
Carbonell stated that he violent
~ disapproved of Perez getting
pay as chief. He stamped his foot.
Carbonell stated that the COM
missioners hadn't acted on the pay
question and that Porter had no
business giving permission for the
raise.
Loud Talk
At this point Porter got up and
said, Don't raise your voice to
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08

The city commission was sched-
uled to meet last night as an L1ua-
lization Board to make an official
survey of the city tax rolls, but
the absence of Pinder made it i'm
possible for the board to take ac-
ton.
The group will make another eff
fort to convene as the Equaliza-
ton Board on Thursday night.
Following the reading of Pin
der's letter of resignation Louis
Carbonell made a motion that the
resignation should not be accepted
because Pinder sis a fine Chris
tan boy and the city could not find
better man for the job"
Mayor Harvey. said that he saw
no reason for Pinder to quit.
Some one brought up at the meet.
ing that the assessor had quit be-
cause of the unfavorable publicity
he had been given in the news
paper.
Assessment Check
Harvey stated that he had seen
nothing in the paper that should
make him quit if there was nothing
to hide. Harvey said that the only
thing he had seen was that one of
the city commissioners wanted to
look over the rolls about some pro-
perry that may have been wrongly
assessed. He said, I'VE look over
the books anyway"
Commissioner Paul Roberts said
that all he had wanted to do was
look into certain tax deals. Rob-
erts added that he didn't want to
see taxes raised but that he did
want to see a fair assessment on
all property.
Roberts said that if a fair as
sessment was had on all property
that the millage could be dropped.
Heated Discussion
In heated discussion Carbonell
asked Roberts what his house had
been sold for on Garrison Blight.
Roberts answered him imme.
diately. 81 sold the house for ST.
600 and it was assessed for SIC, 900.
When built it, the permit was for
$4,000"
Carbonen said, "Then you think
it should be assessed now for ST.
OOO?"
Roberts: eyes, if the whole tax
roll is worked that way. What's
your opinion on that, ]. "" he
said pointing to the city attorney.
Porter gave the opinion that as
sessments should be 100 per cent
Of value.
Careful Check Promised
Roberts added that he was 60
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
FERRY LANDING
LEASE is ASKED

The Caribbean Ferry System, IN
a letter signed by Robert B. Reyn.
elds, president, has asked the city
for a lease on property near Por.
ter Dock for a ferry landing.
The sum of $12,sO0 per year was
offered for the lease.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
Ldiag Receiibes :
Confidence Vote

A unanimous vote Of conf.
dencs for City Manager Vic
tor Lang was voiced last night
by the city commission.
The expression Of The groups
satisfaction with Lang S work
was requested by Mayor c. 3.
Harvey. Harvey said that he
was asking the vote in order to
sqUeleh the Constant rvmors
that have been going around the
CITY,"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
City Commission Refuses
Assessors Resignation
Thurs. Meeting
Set For Look
At Tar Rolls

The city commission, In
its regularly scheduled meet
ing held last night in City
Hall, refused to accept the
resignation of Sam Pinder,
Jr., from his post as city tax
assessor.
Finders letter of resigna-
ton was read to the COM
missioners by City Manager
Victor Lang, and was fol.
lowed by a flood of pro and
con arguments. touching on
the cjkfaUSa issue.
tiQY &f Game to igSAlsst week
weH4Fwas revealed hAR the as
sfsIE mad told Lana toy Took for
akdMF GQ:akexkk hi Pinder,
~tesiknation followkAdiscuss-
ioA o4the city tax ro1s, based on
a cdssnfsS-aSt e>hi1 lsihess of
assessA&nts<k * -
N0~kaai-k olIs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08
NOTICE

NOTICE.
A Public Hearing will be held by
fhe City Planning Commission Of
fhe City Of Key West, Florida, on
Monday, June n, 1854 at 1880 PM,
at fhe City Hall, for fhe following
purpose:
]. Consider request for drawing
UP variance ordinance for set
back Of s feet instead Of TO feet
for Mr.. Roy Henson's house which
is TO be built on the corner Of
Georgia and Flagler Streets.
CECIL cARBoNELL,
chsirmsn.
june8, 1854
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Morgot's Back
Sud|er's Wells Dancers
Are q Capitol Delight
By Horry Macarthur

sonation of John Gielgud made
up to play Hamlet.
Miss Beriosova and Philip
Chatfield danced the leading
roles in "The Shadow" This also
has some opportunities for its
ballerina to shine and Miss
Beriosova made use of them most
effectively. The ensemble work
was fine here. too.
The closing item last night was
Les Pauneurs." an old standard
in the Sadler's Wells repertoire.
With the dancers impersonating
ice skaters. it is a light ana
CHEEKY affair and makes the right
sort of nightcap to a ballet pro-
gram. Avril Navarro, Miss Jack
son. Brian Shaw. Julia Farron,
John Hart and the ensemble
danced the Ashton choreography
in a properly frolicsome spirit.
The orchestra which travels
with the Sadler's Wells dancers
knows the score and lent them
full support last night. IT was a
thoroughly satisfying ballet per-
formance on all counts.
Evening star., 1954-01-13

with the family's meals is merely
the female animals way Of en-
ticing the young to maturity.
What is maturity? That Is the
hideous condition to which
alcohol-happy Uncle Sid has
come because Aunt Lily refuses
to marry him.
Richard. as Hiken plays him,
is the child upon whom all Of
the sins of all of the fathers are
visited. He is the cosmic victim
and comic one with an endless
array of touching colorations.
He is O'Neill in Self-caricature.
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The other inhabitants of this
Connecticut Gethsemane profit
equally by having O'Neill as their
creator. He holds them all in
fond recollection in "Ah. Wilder
ness" He blesSeS Richard with
a decent, gentle father in Nat
Miller; a good mother in the
roundest sense of the phrase; an
instructive girl in Belle. the
swift" type he meets in his first
barroom, and the multitude Of
others.
These are more than mere
waymarks on the landscape of
Richards suffering. They are
people with problems of their
own and funny ways of saying
the most commonplace things.
They are stereotypes who do not
ever quite succumb to their con-
genital deficiencies.
Major credit for this patiently
belongs to O'Neill. Nevertheless
Arenas production has several
performances for which to be
thankful. Allen Joseph's. for
one, as the father of the an
archial Richard; Lillian Little as
his tormented mother: Marion
Reardon as his withdrawn Aunt
Lily: and Dick Sykes as the roll
licking. reveling Uncle Sid.
Even the lesser bits can be
brought up grandly in "Ah. Will
derness." as in the case of
George Grizzard's Yale man on
the loose; and certainly Ruthe
Elliot's poor. puzzled Belle. the
hoozey who never before had met
up with the young poet type.
1t is good of O'Neill to have
found them belatedly in the
misty memory of his New Eng
land boyhood.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
The Posing Show
O'NeiII's Boyhood Echoes
Merri|y on Arena Stage
By Joy Cormody

With nature collaborating by providing New England weather.
last night around Eugene ONe only comedy
"Ah Wilderness"
Inside the theaer safe from the biting cold, oNells
recall his Connecticut boyhood seemed especially cheerful
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Where and When
Current TheoteF Attractions
And Time of Showing

Stage.
Arena Stage-"Ah, Wilder
ness!"; $3.50 pm.
Capitol-"S "Sadler's Wells Bal
let: $50 pm.
National-"Porgy and Bess";;
2;30 and $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - His Majesty
OKeefe"; lis. 800. 5:25. 1880
and $40 pm.
Columbia-"Quo Vadis"; 1885
am. 2:40. $50 and 1855 pm.
DupOnt-"Fanfan the Tulip:
l, $40, $40. 7:30 and 9:45 pm.
Keith's-"Miss Sadie Thomp-
SON.; 11:l5 am. 1:05. 2:55, 4:50.
GAO. 8:35 and 1925 pm.
Little-"Streets of Sorrow;
6:25. $40 and 9:55 pm.
MacArthur-"The Holly and
the Ivy; 6:15, 8 and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan His Majesty
Okeefe': 11:15 am, lis, 1928,
$50. 7:35 and GAS pm.
Ontario Here Come the
Girls; LOS. $50. 4:35. $40,
sos and $50 pm.
Palace-"Beneath the 12-Mile
Reef: II am. los. 3:l5, $40.
1880 and 9:35 pm.
PlayhOuse-"The Living Des-
ert"; 11:l0 am. 1855, 2:35, 4:20,
Cos, 7:50 and 9:35 pm.
Plaza-"Gilbert and Sullivan:
1880 am, 1885. $40. $50. 1855
and 10 pm,
ROth's - Gilbert and Sulli-
van";; 2. 4, 6. 8 and 10 pm.
TranS-Lux From Here to
Eternity: 11:10 am: lis, 1925,
5:35, 7:50 and 10 pm.
Warner-"This Is Cinerama"::
2:30 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1954-01-13

Margot Fonteyn, probably the
greatest ballerina in action to-
day. gave her local admirers an
other sample of her grace and
style last night. The Sadler's
Wells Ballet opened a three-day,
four-performance stand here
Since the troupe was booked by
Patrick Hayes into the Capitol
Theater. where the stage is a
stage. Miss Fonteyn did not suf-
fer any indignity like the slip
Of her last visit.
The company also is allowed to
use its effective scenery and the
dancers have some room to
move around. They can do it
in plain view Of the customers,
too. It's a happy arrangement
all around and a capacity audi
ence braved last nights chill to
provide a warm welcome for the
British ballet.
-
The major work on last night S
program was Homage to the
Queen" first performed the
night Of coronation day last
June. It's choreography was done
by Frederick Ashton to a score
by Malcolm Arnold. It also has
eye-catching costumes and
scenery by Oliver Messel and all
things considered is quite a
rouSer.
Arnold's score is stirring one
and AShton's choreography winds
up in some exciting patterns of
motion to a really striking tab
leau at the finale. 1t is a long
and lively ballet with opportun-
ities for some splendid dancing.
This Is brand in which the
Sadler's Wells troupe specializes
There are some talented dancers
on the roster headed by Miss
Fonteyne. but the Britons also
generate excitement when they
have the stage well peopled. They
are true ensemble instead of a
group Of dancers performing
more or less the same dance.
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Still, it is Margot Fonteyn who
is the really special item on the
Sadler's Wells menu. Her beauty
and personality radiate high
wattage and the grace of line
Of her dancing motion is clean
and precise. Her role in HON.
age" last night provided ample
opportunity for her to display
all facets Of her ballet art
though not as much. of course,
as Fonteyn fans could stand.
Svetlana Beriosova, another
Sadler's Wells ballerina whose
grace and charm are noteworthy,
also made the most of her part
in Homage" Rowena jackson
added some moments of beauty,
Alexander Grant added verve to
some passages and Michael
SomeS and John Hart helped
Miss Fonteyn and Miss Berio-
sova, respectively. through their
PAGES.
The Shadow" with choreog-
raphy and scenario by John
Cranko and score by Emo Won
Dohnanyi, also had its Washing
ton premiere at the Capitol last
night. This one concerns a young
man who has a terrible time try
ing to keep his CIR! friend out
OF the clutches of a sinister figure
who is either death or an imper-
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Jean DoIrympIe
Heads City Group

Jean Dalrymple has been
named as permanent director Of
the New York City Theater
Company.
Newbold Morris, chairman of
the Board of Directors of the
New York City Center of Music
ard Drama, in making the an
nouncement cited Miss Dali
rymple's splendid work in charge
of production for the just COM
pleted Jose Ferrer drama season.
The City Center. which was
having serious financial trou-
bles last June. ended its current
season with an $4,000 profit.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
For Children

Adventure Theater will pre-
sent Cinderella" at the Leland
Junior High School on February
6 and 13.