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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
.Admirals Inspect
Sonar School On
Navy Visit Here

Vice Admiral Emund T. Wool
ridge, USN, Commander Second
Fleet, and Rear Admiral Wallace
M. Bleakley, USN. Commander Of
the Hunter-Killer Force, u. S. At
lantic Fleet and their stats
visited the Fleet Sonar School
yesterday to observe anti-Submar-
Inc warfare training and devices.
The group was conducted on a
tour of the school by Captain W..
H. Truesdell Commanding Off
Ger, Fleet Sonar School.
The two admiralS and their staff
members will today visit other Key
West Units concerned with anti
submarine warfare.
Tomorrow, Admiral Woodbridge
viii inspect Fleet Sonar School per-
sonnet at graduation exercises and
viii afterwards present diplomas
to twenty Fleet Sonar School gra-
duates.
Relatives and friends Of the gra-
duates are cordially invited to at
tend the ceremonies which viii be
held On the school parade grounds.
The admirals and their party are
scheduled to leave Key West for
Norfolk, Va, Sunday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Toll Autu Hour
Hiroshima Remembers The Day A-Bomb Fell

Now the scars of the bomb are
gone, except for the gnarled skele-
ton of steel which was all that was
left of Memorial Hall.
The rebuilt homes are flimsey
and the streets are rutted. But
the city seems to be on its feet
again, mentally and materially.
Only $4,000 out of the population
OF 350, 900 were here on that day.
The rest are newcomers to this
commercial town. They don't
know.
Flash Recalled
kiyoichi Tsuchoka, member of
the city council remembers. He
was only 1000 yards from the blast
center and his body is SCARED by
burns.
Il saw the great FASH" he re-
called. "The next moment / was
blown several yards. I staggered
back and thought I saw a second
Wave-a heat wave-which set fire
to my shirt. l ripped off the burn
ing shirt and ran to my home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Noes Clubhouse
Is Robbed Thurs.

Thieves who broke into the Noes
Club building, 1921 Duval st. made
off with an electric record playe-
$3.50 in cash and several packs OF
cigarettes, police reported today.
The theft was discovered Thurs
day afternoon by the janitor, Der.
nard RAMS, of TIC Thomas ST.,
police said.
Investigation by Police Sgt.
Frank Carballo revealed that the
thieves had gained entrance by cut
ting a screen in a rest room. A
cigarette and a soft drink machine
had been smashed open and $3.50
in pennies were taken from a desk
drawer, Miss Eileen Coughlin, ms
mayer of the club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Wanted Man Is
Picked Up In
Keys By FBI

Boyd Robertson, Jr., Il, Of Col
umbus, Ohio, today was arraisned
before u. S. Commissioner william
v. Albury on a charge of inter.
state transportation Of . stolen mo
tor vehicle.
Robertson was to be taken 70
Miami later today.
And FBI agent and Deputy Sher-
If Sidney Curry arrested Robert
son yesterday, according TO Ed
ward J. Powers, Special FBI Agent
In Charge In Miami.
Robertson was arrested at the
Plantation Yacht Harbor Club
where he had been working as a
handyman since the middle of last
March.
He is charged with driving q
1850 Chevrolet pickup truck from
Albuquerque, N. NJ, to FL Paso,
Texas.
Powers said Robertson abandon
ed the truck in FL Paso and fled
to the Florida Keys via New Or
leans and Miami.
Tho maximum penalty for the
charge is 5000 fine or five
years Imprisonment or both, Pow.
ers added.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Jet Aviation
IsExplaiined
To Rotariians
FAWTU Operations
Officer Speaks
At Weekly Meeting.

Commander E. H. English,
operations officer at the
Nays Fleet All-Weather
Training unit here, told Ro-
tarians at THAR regular meet
ing at the LaConchs Hotel
yesterday. that until guided
missiles take over, military
planes will be jets"
FAWTU recently issued its 10O0th
green instrument card to Com.
mander English. He received the
special instrument rating. To at
tain this rating, the pilot must dis.
play exceptional skill, judgment
and instrument flying proficiency
and must have at least 1000 hours
of flight time in rigid wing aif'
craft.
In developing his topic "Jet A.
Walton as we see it and as it af'
fects Key West" Commander Eng
lish sketched the history of jet pro
pulsion and told briefly hots the
jet principle operates.
Models Displsysd
He displayed models Of jets thai
are used in training operations al
FAWTU and the special gear
that q jet pilot must wear wher
flying the planes.
"FAWTU operates round-the
clock" English said, "And our pi
lots are taught to intercept ant
attack without ever seeing the tar
get"
"We do this with radar," he con
tinued, land each pilot must have
20 hours Of night flying without
lights to graduate.
Following his talk, Commander
English showed a color film of The
recent speed trials Of the Dougla.
"Skyray."
carrisr-B Based Jet
This new jet plane is the frs
Continued On Page Ten)
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Fund Drive On To Send Little
Leaguers To State Tournament

AN appeal was issued today by City Commissioner
noneh Tor funds to finance trip to West Palm Beach Vests
Naonal Little League ASrs to in the
The youngsters won the right compete the state emnaons
yesterday in Miami.
Carbonen revealed that the city has started rolling
800 donation He pointed out however will require $25
finance the trip Hell make for donations tonight
finals the Fourth District Softban tourney Bayview Park
Pickup OF Donations
He added that wishing donation may phone
him at 27S51 and ne will pick to bring and
Appliance Store, 522 Duval Street.
Carbone also said that at least wagon will
needed to transport the bapayers to the
veaed that City Recreation Director Paul Abury
Kennel Club have offered the Of their station wagons but that
more transportation is needed
He pointed out that by taking the players wagons
$500 in bus fare be saved Fifteen players adults
will make the trip. s
Meanwhile the youthful players arrived KEY West about noon
today and where whked through the city behind police escort to
the city han where they officially greeted by Mayor c. B.
Harvey.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
|Veniire Drawn
For Criminal
Court Term

Bob Youmans, Of the law firm
of Neblett and Youmans, will SUBJ
stitute for Allan B. Cleare, Jr.,
county solicitor, at the July term
of Criminal Court, Judge Thomas
S. Caro- said today. Cleare is i'll.
The July term begins Aug. i6
and a venire of 90 names was
drawn yesterday by Judge Care
The prospective jurors are:
Franklin B. Parker, Leonard c.
Williams, Manuel Camera, ST.,
Ralph X. Johnson, Leslie L. Buch'
lew, Linton G.. Camus, ST., Oswald
v. Alfonso, David e. McCurdy,
Herbert L. Alley, Howard S. Eng
land.
Geraldo~M. Alfonso, John M. Ste
wart, Evelio P. Vargas, Wilbur J.
HORT, Lykes o. Turner, William
N. Spindler, Jr., Francisco Veliz
Benjamin G. Saunders, Paul A
Childers, Charles w. Patterson.
Amanda PARA, Edward E. Lew
is, Louis D. Edwards, Donald B
Williams, Charles R. Marshall,
Emilio F. Corral, Allan o. Lang
don, Eugene Albury, Debs Leon
Saunders, Earl S. johnson.
Thomas S. Woody, w. H. Cooke,
Keller L. Watson, Albert Valdez
Angueira, william H. Knowles,
Raymond F. Johnson, Alvin J.
Woodson, Harry H. Roberts, Joe
Beiro, Jacob o. Fisher.
Ignacio Perez, Clarence c.
Brown, Ralph W. Young, Willard
M. Lowe, William Meyers, Jack T.
Murray, william M. Allen, P. A.
McMasters, ]. B. Watkins, Harry
M. Sawyer.
Roberts H. Watkins, Arthur H
Borntraeger, MILFORD L. Kern,
Chester W. Harris, Everett e. Ri
vas, Nat Bremen, Charles E
Worth, S. L. Fl. Hazard, Edward
R. Johnson, Virgil D. Lowell.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Boys AreSaved
From Shack In
Path OF Fire
Woodlands Fire
Sweeps Through
Vast Scrubland

JACKSONVILLE R-The coura-
geous rescue of two boys from a
flame-seared shed and damage TO
a suburban furniture firm yester-
day underlined the menace in a
woodlands fire that has swept over
5000 acres Of scrublands east of
the city.
A fire crew told of the rescue
Of the two boys by Edgar A. Cow
art, a city fireman working on his
day off as q volunteer in the week
long battle against the woods fire.
"The flames were completely
surrounding the building and
seemed to be 80 feet high" one Of
the volunteers, Robert IIs Zief, re-
ported. 'You could hear the boys
screaming in there. Cowart put
his hands over his face and plunged
right in there without a moments
hesitation"
Zier said he grabbed a hose and
played stream OF water on Cow
art as he ran about 40 feet
through the flaming brush to the
shed and back with the boys.
Boys UnhUrt
The boys, about 10 and IL, were
not seriously hurt. No one got
their names. They had been carry
ing drinking water to the fire crew
when the flames turned with the
wind and whipped toward the crew,
Everyone but the boys ran for a
highway 200 yards away. The boys
sought shelter in the tin shed but
within minutes it was encircled BY
flames.
One shift Of the wind drove the
flames to Maron and Sons Furni-
ture Co. on Beach Blvd. When the
fire was put out, with the help of
n city fire company, damage was
estimated at $1,000.
Smoke blackened forest rangers
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"The house was flattened and my
wife was crying help, help from
under the debris. l was injured and
could not lift the heavy beams
and pillars that pinned her down.
l looked around for help.
Dead Bodies
81 saw only dead bodies strewn
around. l had to leave my dying
wife because fire was spreading.
Her voice still rings in my ears"
Prof. Kanae Watanabe of Hiro-
shima University was also only l.
600 yards away but escaped with
out a scratch.
II was in the library when the
bomb exploded" he said. "Per-
haps the books shielded me. I ran
into the hall after the explosion and
saw three of my colleagues dead,
their skulls split open"
Watanabe found his wife and son
unframed in the suburbs, although
their home was knocked down.
81 guess" he said, 1--WE are the
luckiest of all the citizens Of Hiro-
shima."
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of $3.50.
He was arrested by Police
1t. Gene Hernandez, after
a man identified as r. D.
Helton, 1913 Catherine St.,
complained that SIS in cash
and q gold watch was TAX
en- from him when he fell
asleep in Whitmarsh's cab
when it was parked on
Greene st.
others Seized
The raid also resulted in the ar
rest of Armando Fernandez, 4O2
Virginia St., on 4 concealed wea-
pom charge after . 20-gauge shot
gun was found In his car. Fernan-
dez claimed that the gun Is q hunt
ing gun.
He was released on bond Of 500.
Six other men picked up in the
raid were taken to the Sheriffs De-
partment for fingerprinting and
then released.
According to the police report,
Helton said that he met Whitmarsh
Ia the Celebrity Club. Duval St.,
about 8 p. n. Thursday and bought
him a drink.
Helton added that he left shortly
and drove around In his own car
for the balance of the evening and
wound up in the Preview Lounge at
4 =. m. today.
Lsfs Might Club
He said that he met Whitmarsh
there and they left together In the
taxi cab.
Helton reported that he soon fell
asleep in the front seat Of Whit.
marsh's cab and when he awoke
it was parked on Greene st.
His watch and SIS In cash was
missing, he said.
He notified police and 1t. Her
nandez found the money and the
watch locked In the trunk Of the
car.
Helton later picked Whitmarsh
out Of 4 police lineup.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE
August

Key Vests traffic picture
appeared a little brighter to-
day, with no accidents report
cd to the police department.
City officials are hopeful that
1t indicates a new respect for
traffic laws and an eventual
downswing in the number of
accidents.
Eddie Cantor, beloved CON-
edian, has this suggestion for
the motoring public:
Mot until the time arrives
when we have respect for the
most important of all motor
cycle cops our own con-
science - can we hope for
relief from the thousands Of
tragedies that happen annually
from reckless driving"
How true.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Lions Club Den Is Sold To
School Board For $4,000
Club Plans New
Building Located
On Roosevelt Blvd.

The Key West Lions Club Den
on Seminary Street was sold yes
terday to the Monroe County Board
of Public Instruction.
Edelmira Morales, president Of
the Lions Club, displayed the $12,-
600 check to the members of the
club last night at their regular
meeting.
The check was turned over to
Joe Allen, chairman of the board
of the Lions club corporation. AL
len Immediately turned the check
Continued On Page Ten)
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Colonel Wins Battle To Suppress
OUer-ExpOsure OF Female Charms

strapless dresses and beach shorts
in public.
Blast A. Hair Curriers'
One blast was aimed at women
who 60 to the PIX (post exchanged
with curriers' in their hair.
They look awful, he said.
The feminine counterattack was
powerful.
Storming mad, some Army wives
screamed their objections.
"The idea, telling us grown
women what we can wear and
can't wear" said one. "You never
hear of us going around telling
colonies what to wear"
Hes got a nerve" said an.
other.
No RefrsatI
But the colonel, a decorated
veteran of the North African cam.
paign, stuck to his guns.
Somebody had to tell them"
he said. "You should have seen
the worst offenders against good
taste"
After the initial jolt, the women
began to surrender, one by one.
Maybe the colonel was right, "
said a young mother as she en-.
tered the Frankfurt PIX looking like
q fashion plate.
81 think Dilley is q dilley," said
another. Some of us did look
pretty bad, wearing everything
from blue jeans to beach suits
right out on busy Streets
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Kennel Club Management Gives
Plans For 1855 Racing Season
Year Around
Sport Program
Planned Here

The 1855 racing meeting
at the Key West Kennel
Club will get underway Jan.
1, it was announced Thurs
day by Sidney Aronovitz,
president of the club.
He was in Key West to confer
with newly appointed track gener-
al manager Louis Carbonell, and
his assistant manager, John Me-
DopoHgha t.,a,,.ta
At the same time Aronovitz, d
native Key Wester, revealed plans
for Transforming the Stock Island
racing plant into a year around
sports center, under the direction
of Carbonen.
They said that top-hight sporting
attractions will be brought to Key
West including boxing shows, bas-
ketball games and other events.
Local Emphasis
They also emphasized that the
track which includes a plush grand.
stand is available for the use OF
any Key West service clubs or
other organizations who may wish
to use it.
In commenting on CarbonelP s
appointment, Aronovitz said: 1--WE
are extremely gratified at the op.
portunity to have Lou as general
manager of the track. We feel
that the Kennel Club is an inte-
grail part of Key West and to have
local man of LOUIS stature at
the helm is only natural"
Aronovitz also said that renova-
tions Of The tract are now under.
way. They consist of the re-sur-
facing of the track, landscapins
and a general Identification pro.
gram. at will be a brand new
track when we are finished" said
Carbonell.
He added that the track mana.
cement will welcome suggestions
and criticism from the public.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Woman Jailed End
Time As Vagrant

A woman identified as Joan Di-
ma, of the Southern Cross Hotel,
was back in the clutches of the
law on a vagrancy charge today,
police reported.
She was given a stiff warning
Monday in city court when she and
q companion were tried on char
ges of indecent exposure and va
grancy. They had been Jailed last
Saturday on Duval st. wearing
brief short and blouse costumes.
City Judge Enrique Esquinaldo
Jr., dismissed the charges but
warned the pair to obtain work
and stay out Of trouble
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Ground Is Broken
For Macy Building

Ground breaking ceremonies
were held at II am. today for
the new S775,000 Underwater
Ordnance Testing building On
the Naval Station Annex.
Among those present st The
ground breaking were Rear
Adm. 6. c. Tewnsr, command.
or Of the Naval Base; Cdr. }.
c. Wheeler, commander Of me
Naval Ordnance Unit; and Ste
phsn c. Lsifert, president Of HE
Leiferf Construction Co., which
was awarded the contract for
the new building.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

FRANKFURT, Germany u
The peek-a-boo war is over. The
women lost. The colonel won.
Captivating. us. Army wives
and daughters here fell in line to-
day with orders of Col. John Dilley
to avoid exposing too much Ut their
charm.
Col. Dilley, commander of the
Frankfurt detachment, fired in
structions at American Army wom-
en- here to refrain from wearing
bare mid-riff sunSuitS, low-cut
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Capitol Cops
Are Amazed
AT Curfew

WASHINGTON R-Capitol police
confessed establishment today al
an order to empty the office Of
Sen. Douglas (D-M) at 9 pm.
every night, by force if necessary.
The curfew was invoked for the
first time Wednesday night when
fivl Capitol guards were SUM
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Woman Weeps
After Staying
Best Friend"

MEMO PARK, Calf. H-A
pretty Menlo Park society matron
was shot and killed in the drive
way of her fashionable home yes
terday by q woman who sobbed
historically "she was my best
friend.''
Shot down before the eyes OF
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
MIAMI JUDGE FILLS
CIRCUIT COURT POST

Judge Stanley Milledge of Miami
today was sitting in Circuit Court
here in place of the vacationing
Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr.
Judge Milledge, who is well
known here, heard routine chan
cey cases and was to return to
Miami this evening.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Police Raid Cab
Stand, Jail One
Man For Larceny
Local Man Complains He Vas
Rolled BY Cabby On Greene St.

Police moved in early today in a full-scale raid
a Duval st. taxicab stand and jailed .
theft charge in connection with incident in which
O man said that he rolled"
The cab driver Ross Whtmarsh Of the George Ale
Apartments is being held in the city jail under bond
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

For Quick Communicated.
Use CLASSIFIED Adsl You'll
reach buyers ond sellers
tenonts or workers Just
DIAL 2-S6sl O. 2-S6e2.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03

the Democrats 1852 choice for vice
president, against three Demo
attic opponents who want his US.
Senate seat:
Laurie Battle of Birmingham,
who gave up his House seat to try
for the Senate; John G. Crom.
'melin Of Wetumpka, q retired ad.
miral; and william C. Irby ST.. Of
Jacksonville.
Battle is expected to put up the
toughest race against Sparkman.
The major issue is civil rights.
Battle says Sparkman promised
Northern Negroes one thing and
Alabama's governorship nomina.
This Sparkman denies, saying he
consistently fought the civil rights
program aimed at ending racial
segregation.
Other Democrats lined up for
Atabama's governorship nomina-
ton include James E. (Big Jim)
Folsom, former governor, who is
trying comeback, 1t. Gov. James
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03

B. Allen, Gadsden; Winston Gul
latte, Selma; Bruce Henderson
Miller's Ferry; James H. Faulk
ner, Bay Minette; Henry Sweet
Bessemer; and Jack Over, Tus
cal0oSa.
Alabama's Democratic victors
may be a shoo-in this November
since the Republicans haven't vel
decided whether to put up candi
dates for the top offices.
In Ohio the feature attraction
is the Republican contest for the
term of the late Sen. Robert A.
Taft, which has two years to rur
Singing it out are Rep. George
H. Bender, congressional veteran
who says he has Eisenhower ad'
ministration support, and William
Saxbe, speaker of the Ohio House
who has termed Bender a "ward.
heeler-type politician"
Whoever wins here will run
against Sen. Thomas A. Burke,
former Cleveland mayor, who now
holds Taft's seat by appointment
and has no Democratic opponents
in his try for an elected victory
in November.
Ohio's Democratic Gov. Frank
J. Lausehe, who broke the record
when he won a fourth term to tn
states top executive post, is now
out for a fifth two-year term. His
COP opposition this fall will
be James A.. Rhodes, state auditor
and former Columbus mayor, since
for the first time in 40 years the
two parties candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination are I'm
opposed.
Indiana has a party-control fight
to pep up its primary. This centers
in. the 9th District, where Republi-
can Rep. Earl Wilson faces stiff
opponent for denomination in State
Sen. Ed Whitcomb.
Wilson, now in his 14th year in
the House, stands with the eRepub-
lican faction led by Gov. George
N, Craig. Whitcomb is lined up
with the "Old Guard group head
ed by US. Senator'S Homer Cape
hart and William Jenner, who now
control the state organization. The
party split started two years ago
when the senators backed Taft for
president and Craig went for Gen.
Eisenhower.
Otherwise Indiana's primary day
was expected to be relatively quiet,
with the states 10 Republican con-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03
Democrat Party
appears Sure To
win In Turkey
By FRED zUsY

1STANBUL, Turkey M-First of.
fetal returns from Turkeys gen.
eral election promised Premier
Adnan Menderes' Democratic party
a smashing victory today-pos.
sibly "a per cent of the SAL seats
In. the National Assembly.
The early returns from yester.
days nationwide voting showed the
Democrats ahead in IS of the So
reporting provinces and taking
nearly two thirds of the popular
vote. 81
The Democrats were surprising
even their 1850 landslide victory,
which ended Is years of one-party
rule by the Republican party
founded by the late Kamal Alta
turk, Turkeys national hero.
And returns today indicated the
Democrats would seat sos depu-
ties, the Republicans no more than
% and the Small Nation party
probably 5.
In the previous 487-member as
sembly elected in 1850, the Demo-
Gratis won 366 seats and the Re-
publicans and allies So.
Observers viewed the outcome
Of the election as a vote for con-
tinuation of the past four years
of prosperity under the Democrats.
The United States has poured over
a billion dollars in economic and
military aid into Turkey since the
Truman Doctrine was launched in
1S47.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03
Fight
For Fortress Is
lCalled Useless

BONN, Germany H-Germany's
World War II governor of northern
France and Belgium described the
Fench Unions stubborn defense
OF Diem Bien Phu today as 1.-The
second Battle Of Stalingrad, in
which the French are making all
the mistakes Hitler made"
Former Gen. Alexander Won
Falkenhausen told an interviewer:
ITO insist on holding Dilen Bien
Phu, like Hitler did his famous
'fortresses,' gives this battle q
propagandistic significance which
can have catastrophe conse-
quences.
"Dien Bien Phu has no strategic
significance"
Before World War II Won Falken.
hansen was a military adviser to
Chinese Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek. He is considered an expert
on Asian affairs.
The Nazis arrested him in 1914
for alleged completely in the Off
GERS plot against Hitler. After the
war the Belgians sentenced him to
a long prison term as a war crimj-
nal, but released him in March
1851.