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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21
BY WILLIAM ]. WAUGH

PEARL HARBOR Up - Western
Pacific islands form Americas
front-line defense against commu-
nism in the Pacific today but the
only guns you find there are the
rusted relics left by a beaten
Japan.
The reason is the old military
dictum that the best defense is a
good offense.
Millions of dollars are being
poured into key islands hut it isn't
being spent on shore defenseS or
combat troops.
In nearly a month of travel from
the Marshalls north to the BONN
Islands I didn't see one shore
based fighter plane or infantry
unit.
These islands once bristled with
shore guns of an imperialistic
Japan. America uses them today
as military transport airportS and
supply depots.
On Kwajalein, for instance, the
{, 5OO-foot airstrip on the 21a-mile-
long island is a major link in our
military global air route. In event
of war it and the strip on Roi
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21

Robert S. Lyle, owner of Cor
relation, and Allie Reubens, owner
OF Hasty Road entered their ia
vorites yesterday. So did Howard
A. Jones with For Free and Sunny
Blue FARMS Admiral Porter.
Stu expected to dare to come
In besides Ring King are Maine
Chance Farms Jet Action, Wala-
mac FARMS Hasseyampa, Wood
vale Farms Goyamo, Joe w.
Browns Gigantic and maybe T. A.
Sears Nirgal Lad and E. M.
O'Brien's Galdar.
Some of the enticement is that
after the first prize of around
$4,000 there is $25, 900 for second,
$4,000 for third and $500 for
fourth. Mrs. Ada L. Rice put up
the equivalent of fourth prize mon
ey just to make Ring King eligi-
BILE and pays another $1,000 to en-
ter and start.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21
We; Salntee To
TryFerl.Mle
RecordSat.

BOULDER. Colo. R-The spot
lirht is focused on miller Yves
Santee Of Kansas in the Big Seven
Track and Field Championships
here tomorrow and Saturday but
several other top-flight athletes
may set new conference records.
competitors in the meet at mile
high Folsom Field have equaied
OF surpassed this season seven OF
the records on the conference
books. Only marks made in the
league meet are accepted as con-
terence records.
,Santee, fastest miller in U: ).
history, has registered better-than-
record time in the S80-yard run,
the mile and two-mile. But track
experts figure the rarefied air viii
keep him from setting conference
records in the mile and two-mlle
runs.
Santee's. best chance, veteran
coaches say, is in the SSO-yard
run. II is in the longer races tnat
the thinner air begins to tell. Glenn
Cunningham, another great Kansas
distance runner, holds the Big
Seven $50 mark Of 1;52.2. Santee
MAS been clicked this season IN
1918 In an official SS0-run and
was timed in 1:4S.3y as part OF 2
relay run.
Other record-b reaking prospects:
Neville Price, oklahoma's senior
broadjumper from East London,
1cuth Africa, who will be defend
ng his 1853 championship when
u set a record of "a feet e11A
inches. He's jumped Is feet 2inch'
es this season.
Harry Lee Of Oklahoma, who's
been clicked in 4S seconds HAT
or the 44O-yard dash this year:
That is the same as the record
set in 1912 by Bill LYDIA Of Okla
homa.
The discus record of 100 feet
81 inches by Edsel Wibbels OF
Jebraska in 1910 is also threat
ened. Bob Van Dee, Oklahoma's
ophomore sensation from Ada.
Okla. has bettered that mark by
4 inches.
The pole vault mark Of IA feet
finch is only three fourths of an
och better than Frank Dickey OF
fissouri registered indoors last
winter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21
BY GEORGE BOWEN

BALTIMORE Up = Ring King, a
Raggedy Ann little colt even to
the trainer who made him what
ever racehorse he is, typifies en-
tries being made today for Satur.
days Preakness in the face OF
knowledge that the formidable
Correlation and Hasty Road al
ready are down to start.
Trainer Tommy Kelly is full OF
doubt that Ring King belongs IN
such a high-caliber race as the
500, 900 middle leg of the triple
crown. But there's only one way
to find out for certain and that's
to try. he, admits.
This is the first time IN recent
history -,of the .sPreakness that
horses have been entered before
The regular opening Of the entry
box on the day before the race.
;cratch time for the race IS 3 Pm.
Friday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21
Aid To Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Up -
The United States has agreed to
give military assistance to Hon
duras as part of the program for
the defense of the Western Hem
isphere. j.,
A military agreement was signed
yesterday by DR.. J. Edgardo Val
enzuela, foreign minister OF Hon
duras, and US. Ambassador W. A.
Willauer.
A similar agreement was signed
recently by the United States and
Nicaragua. Both Honduras and
Nicaragua are between Red-tinged
Guatemala and the Panama Canal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21
Baseball Crowds Greater Than In Past Years

NEW YORK Up - Major league
baseball attendance, after hitting
the skids the past few years, is tax.
ing a turn for the better this
season.
An Associated Press survey dis
closed today that the 1854 turn.
stile count is up more than 400 900
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21

Of the three senior loop clubs run
ming behind its 1858 figures. The
Braves show a deficit Of II, 217.
The Phillies and Pirates also are
under their IS gate totals.
The spirited play of the Detroit
Tigers is reflected in an almost
$780, 900 improvement in atten-
dance over last season. Chicago
(45,022) and Philadelphia (17,30l)
also have attracted more Ameri-
can League fans at home.
The Red Sox, Indians, Senator'S
and Yankees all are trailing, with
the Yankees the biggest losers.
31,S72.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21
REPORT ON REDS
IN KOREA DENIED

LONDON Up - Moscow'S Pravda
today denounced as ''pure inven-
ton and the imagination of prim-
tive mind" us. assertions that
1000 to $4,000 Russians took part
in the Communist war effort in
Korea. ..>
The information was made pub
lie by the Pentagon in Washington
Saturday. It was attributed to in
telligence data and analysis of in
formation from other sources.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21
Friday, May n. 1858 InE ".s' CITIZEN
BASEBALL
Es -
NOTES

NEW YORK Up R- New owners
of the Baltimore Orioles might
make note of the fact that the Mil
waukee Braves are running about
5000 behind their 1853 attendance.
The Braves hope to make it up,
however, since two big games with
the Brooklyn Dodgers were post
poned. Baltimore has been pack
ing them in, but most observers
around the American League shud-
der when they think Of the future
if the Orioles don't develop into a
pennant threat.
Pittsburgh third baseman Sid
Gordon, whose right leg has been
ailing, says, cts nice to be on a
club where the fellows are so in
terested in me. Makes you feel
good when they keep asking how
you feel. It will be nice when /
can help them score some runs"
Ray Boone, who only year ago
was an unnerved young man try
ing to play shortstop for Cleve-
land Indians, has been batting
third and fourth for the Detroit
Tigers. The year has made a great
deal of difference. 81 knew every
body was watching me all the time
in Cleveland" he explains. Il
couldn't help but feel the pressure.
It means a lot to have the fans
on your side"
If you want to shove sentiment
aside, the St. Louis Cardinals
seem justified in dealing away
Enos Slaughter. Since young Wal
ly Moon has been in their employ
he has stayed around the $50
mark. Baltimore's new scoreboard
is valued at $4,000. Cleveland
General Manager Hank Greenberg
wants every American League club
to play a home-and-home series
with every National League club
during the regular season, the re-
suits to count in the standings.
He'll make the proposal at the
major league meeting before the
All-Star Game.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-21

In some places earthworms grow
to a length of four feet.
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Page J
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-03-19

dies, curious caperS, carefree es-
capades and unrc3trainad excite
ment. Even the Synagogue, which
usually is the scene of reverence,
takes on the air of levity and fun.
Purim, like Chanukah,is a mi
nor festival. This does not mean
that it holds an inferior position
among the holidays. The distinc-
ton of major festival is given to
those holy days prescribed in the
Torah. All holidays which came
into being during the long years
of Jewish history, after the giving
of the Torah at Mount Sinai, are
listed as minor holidays and Jew
ish ecclesiastical law does not for
bid labor or prescribe other re-
strictions in their observance as
in the case of the major festivals.
Like Chanukah, Purim is a fes-
tival of deliverance. On Chanu-
kah, Jews observe the deliver
ance of Judaism; on Purim the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-03-19
Savannah, Georgia
Purim A Merry Holiday

Copyright, 1854, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)
Although there are many fes-
tive days on the Jewish calendar,
all, with the exception of one, are
observed with reserve and Solem-
nifty. Most of the holidays like
Passover, Shavuot, Succot are
cheerful occasions, but levity and
mirth are not associated wit h
their observance as in the case of
30 many non-Jewish festivals and
Observances.
One holiday, however, stands
out in the Jewish calendar for its
prescriptive status as day of fri
volity and fun-making. Histori-
cally and additionally, Purim has
been, for centuries, a holiday for
pranksters and testers, of paro-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-03-19

deliverance of the Jewish people
is celebrated. The name Purim
comes from the Persian word
"Pur" meaning a ''lot." At one
period in Jewish history, when
Persia was the home of many
Jews, "a wicked prime minister,
Hannah, prevailed upon his king,
Ahusuerus, to destroy the Jews
living in his dominions. Hannah
knew that historically the Jews
could not be destroyed easily.
Since he was superstitious, he
resorted to casting of lots to de-
eide a favorable date for the de-
struction of the Jews. The lots Cor
Purim) indicated the day which
is the 18th day of the Jewish
month of Adar.
The hero and heroine Of the
story are Esther and her cousin,
Mordecai. 1t was Mordecai, loyal
to the faith of Israel and to the
traditions of the Jewish people,
who influenced Esther, as queen,
to reveal Humans wicked plan
before the king. The king, learn
ing that the life of his own queen,
as a Jewess, was also in danger,
fumed with rage. The gallows
which Hannah had erected upon
which to hang Mordecai, the Jew,
was now utilized for his own de-
struction. For the Jews, there was
now light and gladness, joy and
honor. From that time on, the
Jewish people took it upon them
selves and upon their descendants
to keep the festival of Purim eve
ry year. It was to be a day of
memory against the tyrants of
all history.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15
Girls Take
Over City
Stiff Sentences
Are Handed Out
In City Court
BY jim COBB

There were plenty of ju-
dicial hi-jinks this morning
during a special" session of
city court.
Occasion was the annual Girls
Day program sponsored by the Key
West Business and Professional
Women's Club when girls from the
senior classes of the Key West
High School and the Convent Of
Mary Immaculate took over the
| administration of the city govern
ment.
Posts from the mayor on down
to police patrolmen and firemen
were filled by the comely lasses.
City hall observers agreed that it
was a vast improvement at least
from the visual angle.
Efficient Cops
The police department did an ef-
ficient job as was evidenced by
the size of the city court docket
this morning.
City Judge jeanne Atwell heard
cases ranging from charges of in
terupting a funeral procession to
being drunk and disorderly."
Defendants were hapless bows
rounded up in a raid at the high
school this morning.
After hearing the evidence in ac-
cepted city court fashion, under the
guidance of City Clerk Victor
Lang, Miss Atwell handed out stiff
sentences to most of the defendants.
How They Decided
For example, Norman Allen was
found guilty to interrupting a fun
eral procession, despite the fact
that witness, Red Stickney claim
ed he merely got lost on the way
to school and wandered into the
procession.
Allen was sentenced 10 tell a
joke. He did.
JOHNNY DeMerritt was the only de-
PENDANT to beat the rap this morn
ing. He was charged with "nude
bathing" by police officer Rose
Yates.
''How else would ! take q bath?"
asked DeMerritt.
The charge was dismissed after
ii was determined that he was not
on a public bathing beach but home
in the tub.
Unsrvstworthy Friend
Wayne Brantley was convicted of
being "drunk and disorderiy'' after
his star witness, Joe Russo cross
ed him up and told the judge he
was guilty.
"You ought to throw the book
at him - he's guilty as SIM" Rus
50 told the Judge.
Other activities this morning in
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15
Veterans Day
Parade Route
is Announced

The route for the colorful
Veterans Day Parade No
vember IL was announced
today by the joint veterans
committee in charge of the
activities.
The parade win get under way
at 1880 p. m. a. the corner of Du-
val and Front Streets, proceed a.
long Truman Avenue to the Bay.
view Park where it will disband
Local civic and military digni.
taries win review the Parade from
the reviewing stand to be located
at the intersection of Southland and
Duval Streets.
The theme for the first Veterans
Day Parade viii be LEST We For.
i, get"
Trophy Presentation
The local veterans groups are Of
fering beautifully engraved troph,
les as follows: Best military float
depicting the theme of the Parade)
Best civilian float depicting the
theme of the parade; best band
best civilian marching unit; and
the best military marching unit.
The trophies win be presented a,
the Veterans Day Dance to be held
at the. American Legion Home III
Stock Island following the parade
The joint committee has already
received many entries. All organi
cations have been invited to parti
cipate in the event.
Planning Group
The committee viii meet on Sat
urday at 1880 p. m. at the Legion
Home on Stock Island to further
the plans.
Vance C. Stirrup, Past. Com
mander of Arthur Sawyer Post No
%, is the general chairman anc
| is assisted on the committee b,
Legionnaires Paul L. Mesa, Jr.
william Utermark, Carl L. Saw
yer, Tony Leskosky, U. ]. Delga
do, Norman Kranich, Francis Pho
della, Cliff Schumacher, and Nor
man Whitesides.
The DAV Chapter 80 is repre-
sented by Commander Anthony III
char. WV Post 1911 is represent
ed by Commander Charles Machin
William Weech Post 1853, Am. lie
gion by Commander Jose Planas
VFW Post 6021 by Commander
Lang MILAN. 1t. william P. Win
slow, Jr., Fleet Sonar School, re
presents the local Navy command
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15
Quick Aoqnittad On
MamsMngbter Charge
Albury and Esquinaldo won the final round in Il
Quick case
Edward Peter Quick, 23-year-old sailor charged wit
manslaughter, found not guilty yesterday evenir
by six-man Criminal Court jury before Judge Thom

Today, Quick was once more I'M
der Naval jurisdiction.
"Quick will not face a court mar
tial," said Capt. C. L. Murphy,
chief of staff. HE will be made
available for duty"
1t has been rumored that Quick
would be tried by Navy court
whether the Criminal Court found
him innocent or guilty.
Statement Called Fer
However, it was learned that be-
fore a Navy trial of Quick, the Ma
Wy requires a statement from the
civil court saying the not guilty
verdict was a grave miscarriage
of justice.
This statement then would be for
warded to the Secretary of the
Navy for action.
The manslaughter charge was
filed against Quick as a result of
an auto accident. The state said
he was the driver of a car that
overturned and killed Debbie Mar
tell, Is year old Miami Beach
model.
Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., and
William v. Albury represented
Quick at preliminary hearing be-
fore Justice Of the Peace Roy Ham,
lii.
Hamlin's Decision
After hearing testimony of three
witnesses who were in the car at
the time Of the crash, Hamlin de-
clared Quick not guilty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15

However, Quick was immediate
ly re-arrested on direct informa-
ton filed by Allen B. Cleare, Jr.,
county solicitor.
Yesterdays trial was a result of
the re-arrest. The jury was out
almost two hours.
Last summer Quick was the Gen.
ter of q dispute between the Navy
and the sheriff's department from
June %, day Of the accident, until
Aug. 8.
Navy Stand
The Navy refused to release
Quick to the sheriff unless the
sheriff signed an agreement say
ing Quick would be returned to the
Navy after the trial or completion
Of sentence.
The sheriff's office said it had
no authority to sign such an agree
ment.
The sheriff and the Navy finally
compromised on an agreement.
The sheriff agreed to notify the
Navy of the trials result.
On Aug. 8, Quick was released to
the sheriff.
Quick is from Elenville, N. Y.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15
New Division
Chairman Named
For Chamber

New Chamber of Commerce d.
vision chairmen were named in an
election today.
Of the nine men, only one was
reelected from the past term.
He was Mel Levitt, had of the
Hotel and Motel Division.
The new heads are:
Restaurants, bars and amuse-
ments, John Carbonen; real estate,
finance and insurance: j. Otto
Kirchheiner; building and construc-
ton Philip TOPPING: professional,
Aquilino Lopez, Jr.
Diversified, Earl Adams; auto
motive, Virgil Hargis; industry,
Neil Knowles; wholesale and re-
all, Harry j. Lurie.
The new heads viii serve for one
year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15
Petition Filed For
Custer Of National
Ferry Due Here
This afternoon

The "cify Of Key West" will
arrive here late mis- afternoon
and will resume ferry service
y csrdsnss. Cuba, Saturday
inornins..
Officials sf The caribbssre
Ferry system said today that
reservations for . full load Of
automobiles and 30 passengers
have been made for HE trip
scheduled 10 leave here at 9
.. m. Saturday. II was nsess.
sary TO turn down several re-
quests for reservations for cars.
they added.
= The ship has been in Miami
for repairs during fhis weeks
bad weather.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15
Japan Plans
Arms Projects

TOKYO R-Japan was drawn up
a three-year plan calling for an
outlay Of so million dollars to re-
vive her aircraft and munitions
industries, the newspaper Asaai re-
ported today.
The newspaper said the plan
calls for the United States to meet
two thirds Of the cost.
Asahi said the government draft
ed the plan to present to the
United States in forthcoming talks
in. Washington between Prime Min
ister Shigeru Yoshida and top
American leaders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15

For Quick Communication,
Use CLASSIFIED Adsl You'll
reach buyers and sellers
tenants or workers Jus,
DIAL 2-566l or 2-s662 Today
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15

Paul Sawyer, county legal al
wiser, filed the petition at 9 a. m.
At $50 a. m, Judge Lord signed
the summons.
Summons To Be Served
It is expected that the summons
will be served on NAL in Miami
this afternoon.
The petition says NAL is a ten
ant on a month-to-m0nth basis and
that NAL is in default since the
airline has not paid the county
since January /.
The petition further states that
on October II the county served
NAL with a written notice to either
pay the rent within three days or
vacate the field.
The airline has neither paid the.
rent nor vacated the field, the
petition continues, and also says
that NAL is wrongfully holding
possession of the premises.
The petition asks that sum
mons be issued requiring NAL to
vacate or show cause why not
within not less than three days or
more than five days from the date
of service of the summons.
Final Judgment Asked
Finally, the petition asks for a
final judgment, including costs
for the county.
The October II notice to vacate
or pay was signed by County Com
missioner Clarence Higgs, vice
chairman of the board of county
commissioners.
The Monroe County-NAL dispute
began January when the county
placed new rate schedule in eff
feet at Meacham Field.
The new rate was based on q
50-cent charge for each passenger
landing or taking off at the field.
NAL fatty refused to pay the
fee or charge it to the passengers.
The $5,144 the county says is
due is based on the 50-cent charge
plus $35 per month rent for the
frame building NAL occupies at
the field.
Airline's Offer
The airline has offered to pay
$3.50 per month from January /
until proposed improvements at
the field are completed The line
said it would pay $500 a month
after the Improvements are ready.
possibly next June.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority
has tentatively allocated $3.50 900
Continued on Page Eighty
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15
Tourney Held
Here Pictured
In Latest Life

The national spsarfishins
tournament. held here recent.
iy, Is reported on in seven pho.
tos and fsxt In fhs Oct. 10 issue
Of Life Magazine.
The photos show underwater
and surface shots OF the tour
namsnt which was staged ..
long The reef off Key West.
One Of The photos shows The
winning team - fhe Pinder
brothers Of Miami. Art, Don
and Fred.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15

Carolina Coast

WILMINGTON, NC. REHurri-
cane Hazel, still packing winds o
100 miles an hour, smashed its
way northward through eastern
North Carolina today after wreak-
ing havoc along 120 miles of the
Carolinas coastline.
There we're no immediate re-
ports of serious casualties among
the well-warned residents of the
coast. Most of them sought safer
quarters. A few minor injuries
were reported from falling debris.
Property damage ran into mil.
lions of dollars as the storm tore
up coastal installations, washed
away houses and snarled commun-
ications. Heaviest damage was
caused by towering waves gener-
ated by the windstorm.
Moves On North
It was moving north at about
q miles an hour and the Weather
Bureau said it gradually would
lose force as it moved over the
land across North Carolina, Vir-
ginia and into the North Atlantic
states. Rains will be heavy over
all the states in advance of the
storm.
The tropical storm, which
wrought heavy damage and loss
of life in Haiti Tuesday. struck the
us. mainland a severe blow. but
towering waves caused more dam.
age along the coast than wind.
Continued on Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-15
United Appeal Is Under
Way; $4,000 Coal Set
Miami Man, Shulenberger,
Advises positive Attitude"
BY SUE JONES

The 1854 United Community Chest-Red cros. inn.a,
got OFF to its official start with Kickoff breakfast At
the La Concha Hotel.
Goal for this years appeal is $4,000 dollars which
Will 60 to the IL agencies that make up the Kew West
community Chest and the Red Cross cosponsors of the