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"CAPTAUT CHARLES GUERRERO, charged with grand larceny of thp shrimper ‘Ramos" belong
ing to Frank Frantz, General Electric analyst, as he was picked up by Sheriff John Spottswood
and Deputy Jack Baker in the Federal building, Simonton Street. Guerrero flew over from Cuba
yesterday afternoon, was picked up for questioning by U.S. Customs agents here who informed
the Sheriff’s department of his arrival. His bond was set at SI,OOO when he was taken to Monroe
county jail. Guerrero came quietly when stopped by officials. A hearing will be held before Jus
tice Ira Albpry as soon as Manuel Brabt Perez, Cuban teenager who accompanied Guerreip,
comes back from Cuba. Ralph Maribona, ex-policeman, was the third member of the crew that
left Key West on the stolen vessel . ,
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Anniral Legion High School
Oratory Contest To Be Held
At CM! Auditorium March 5
Local Level Winner
Will Go To District
Content In Miami
Arthur Sawyer Post No. 2*.
Americas Legion, announced that
the County level of the Sixteenth
National High School Oratorical
Contest svill be held at the Convent
auditorium on Thursday. March 5,
1853, at eight p. m. Prank Rorna-
Stiera, chairman of the contest
committee indicates that all high
Schools in the County will be repre
sented at this event.
’Only students actually enrolled
0 their respective schools for the
scholastic year are eligible to par
ticipate. In the county level contest
there will be representatives from
the Convent of Mary Immaculate,
the Key West High and the Doug
lass High. The Monroe County win
ner will comoctr with the Dade
County winner in the 10th District
contest to be held h. Miami the
week of March 14.
The 10th District winner will go
to the Area competition to be held
in the Palm Beach area the week
of March II then go on to the De
partment (State) finals which this
year will be held at Gainesville,
Florida, the week of March 28
State finalists are usually award
ed substantial monetary prises and
will go to the Regional contests aod
finally to the National eliminations
which wilt be held at some point
c< National interest and will be an
nounced at a later date. The grand
prim awarded at the National fi
nals and for which thousands of
atudents from all over the nation
(Continued on Page Eight)
Now On Display
“The New American Car with the
European Look!'*
THE HEW 1153 STUDEBAKER
TWINS GARAGE
1130 Duval St. Dial 22401
Wcit Sfeg Hfest Cittern
THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. \v
VOL. LXXIV No. 54
Park Expansion
Letters From
Fla. Delegation
! Opposition of Monroe County
Commissioners £o extension of
Everglades National Park into the
j upland county land has been noted
but not approved by U. S. Sena
tor George Smathers and U. S.
Representative Bill Lantaff.
Senator Smathers wrote County
Clerk Earl Adams a note in which
he acknowledged receipt of the
j County's resolution passed at its
I February meeting. He said:
\ “My inclination is to be very
decidedly against any effort to
disturb the Everglades National
Park.’* He said he hoped to get
together with Senator Spessard
, Holland and w ith Rep. Lantaff so
that a united front on the ques
tion of Park expansion could be
agreed upon.
Rep. Lantaff said that he too
wants to discuss the matter with
Sen. Holland, who had informed
him that he had dictated a leng
thy letter to the Commission on
the matter. Sinclair Wells, Land
j Agent of the State Department of
Agriculture acknowledged the
I Commission resolution without
comment.
The resolution vigt roc sly op
posed the Park’s authorised ex
j passion into the upper reaches of
the country. IU action stimulated
by the appearance before it erf
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Homesick Mother
Keeps Lonely Vigil
Can you spare a dime's werth
. . .af time?
Than drop a card or a note to
Mrs. Jasper Walker, tha mother
of Baby Jaspar who is still
undergoing the diagnosis for his
illness at a hospital in Roches
ter, Minn.
Mrs. Walker is a local Kay
West girl, tha former Helen Nor
cisa, and she is standing vigil for
word of her child's condition in
a strange town far from her
homo and friends. She is not al
lowed to too tha baby and can
only go to tha hospital at 11 a.
m. each day to ask how ho Is.
Noturalty, sho is homosick. A
word of encouragement can ha
worth o lot.
Her address is Mrs. Jasper
Walker, care c* Flksdal, 1227
Second Street S. W., Rochester,
Minn.
Navy Starts
Big Mosquito
Control Job
County Commissioners, acting j
in their airport committee will j
grant easements to the U S
Navy for an extensive mosquito j
control ditching and draining pro- j
ject that will include Meacham >
airport as well as other large
areas of Key West and Boca I
Cbica.
The Commissioners heard a let- j
ter read from the Navy that it is
prepared to “proceed with an ex
tensive project for the control of
mosquitoes in the Boca Ouca aod
Key West'area. Tins project will ;
consist for the most part, is the
elimination of mosquito breeding
areas by means of digging of
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Strunk Lumber Yard
Met In Stock AM Sue* el
PLYWOOD
for Boat end Household Use*
DIAL 1-Jftl
US St MONTON STRICT
Attention Please'
KEEP OU* CTTY CLEAN
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Ail Kinds of Scrap Metal
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KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1953
Local Shrimp Boat Seized
By Mexican Gunboat Tues.
6 Georgiana 9 Later
Released As Mex .
Authorities Crack
Down On VS Boats
A Key West based shrimp
boat, the Georgiana, owned
by the Key West Shrimp
Company was among 21
American vessels seized at
the Campeche fishing banks
by the Mexican government
w ho claims that they violat
ed territorial rights here, it
was learned today. Captain
Alphonso Williams, 323
Olivia Street, of the Geor-i
giana radioed local head
quarters that his boat had
been impounded and later
released by Mexican author
ities when it was found not
to be carrying any shrimp.
The seizure marked the first to
be reported this year although last
spring, several such incidents oc
curred involving local boats.
Bert Simmons, manager of the
local company, said that the Geor
giana had just completed the
transfer of 3800-pounds of shrimp
to another craft when a Mexican
Navy gunboat moved in to consifs
cate the boat.
The controversy, long a sore
spot with Florida and Texas
shrimp fishermen stems from
Mexican claims that their territor
ial at sea
Visiting V lmii'al,
Party Live Here
For Consultation
A visiting party from Norfolk,
Va.. headed by Rear Admiral F.
I. Entwistle. USV. Commander
Operational Development Force,
arrived in Key West yesterday for
a four-day period of consultation
on operations with personnel of
Surface Anti-Submarine Develop
ment Detachment, Airship Deve
lopment Squadron Eleven. Air
Development Squadron One, and
for a demonstration of operations
at sea on board the USS Saufiev.
Members of the party accom
panying the Admiral include Lcdr.
A. N. Volk, Capt. G. E. Williams,
leapt. W. L. Tagg, Cdr. E. H.
Simpson. Lcdr. J. W. Durborow,
Cdr. S. N. Beacbman, Cdr. J. M.
McComick, Cdr. B. W. Sarver,
Capt. R. I. Olson. Cdr. C. R Ste
phen, Cdr. E. S. fried rick, Capt.
T. W. Hopkins. Capt F. N. Noes
sle, AFC. F. O. Garcia, YNC. L.
D. Borden and UNI T. Hamby.
Testimonial Fete
Set For Bervaldi
Key West's retiring Postmaster,
Hollon Bervtldi. wtll be feted to
night by members of his carrier
staff at a testimonial dinner at the
Columbia Restaurant.
The affair to honor Bervaldi.
who has been associated with the
local office for 39-years, will get
underway at 7:30 pm.
YOU'LL SPLIT YOUR SIDES ROARING
AT THE TALENT PACKED
Lion's Club Minstrel
Tomorrow - Friday - Salurday
• Comedy • Variety • Songs
• Dances • Musicals • Oleos
• Puns • Tricks • Corn
Baefii Of Dm Bliad Fad
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
8:00 PM.
Admission SI.OO
Thieves Steal
Orchids Worth
SI,OOO Here
Mr*. A. Mills,
Mrs. W. Warren,
And DeLand Boy
Robbed So Far
More than sl,ooo in Key West
orchids have been stolen from the
gardens of Mrs. Albert J. Mills,
Mrs. William Warren and from
young Merle Deland whose heart
has been in orchid growing for
some time.
The thieves started their ne
farieus work Saturday night.
They broke into the garden of
Mrs. Mills who has the most
valuable collection of orchids in
Key West and stripped her trees.
Mrs. William Warren's back
garden was stripped entirely of
bar valued and laved orchids.
Last night Merle Deland took
his orchids home from the Flower
Show where he had been exhibit
ing them. Some SSO worth of his
orchids were stolen.
Tha orchid growars think that
tha precious Rowers ere being
stolen for sale out of Key West.
They reason, however, that there
must be help from e Key West
er who knows where the most
valuable orchids con be found.
The heart-broken orchid fanciers
(Continued on Page Eight)
Special Patrol
Against Drunks
On County Beach
Drunkenness at Monroe County
Beach is being vigilantly squelch
ed by a stiff policy of Monroe
County Commissioners, it was
agreed at their meeting last night.
Commission Chairman Gerald
Saunders said that on two Sundays
he had observed abuse of alcohol
on the County Beach. Last Sun
day a drunken couple became so
profane that he called city police
to arrest them. Each was fined
$25 in City Court.
Commissioner Joe Allen said
(Continued on Page Eight)
Moscow Radio Gives Details Of Stalin's Grave Illness
LONDON UP—The text of the
Moscow radio broadcast announc
ing the illness of Soviet Premier
Joseph Stalin ami quoting the of
ficial Soviet news agency Tass fol
lows:
A government statement about
the illness of the chairman of the
USSR Council of Ministers and
secretary of the Centra! Committee
of the Communist party of the So
viet Union, Joseph Vissarionovich
Stalin:
The Central Committee of the
Communist party of the Soviet
Union and the Council of Minis
ters of the USSR announce the
great misfortune which has befal
len our party and our peoples—the
grave illness of Comrade J. V.
Stalin.
During the night of March 1.
Comrade Stalin, while be was a
Moscow to hie apartment, had a
Condition Of Stalin
Called Grave After
Stroke Last Sunday
County Road Money Runs Out
After Next Contract Award
Bids Let To
3 Contractors
At Commission
Meeting Tuesday
More than $35,000 in bids for
county roads were awarded to
three contractors practically clean
ing out county budgeted funds for
roads in 1953, Road Commission
Chairman Harry Harris said.
The final award of 1953 will
be made on the already author
bed widening of Fifth Avenue
on Stock Island. After that there
will be no more money for
roads until the 1954 budget Is
effective, Herrls said.
Henry Hudgins of Hudgins end
Alfonso was low lump sum bid
der on roads on Big Pine Key
I and Stock, Island. On the first he
bid $9,857.25, and on the Second
street, Stock Island, he bid $2,-
756.25 for a grading and drainage
job. Alonzo Cothron was low bid
der at $6,357.55 on Oceania Ave
rse, Key Largo and roads in
Tavernier, bid at $2,521.75. Allan
Perez was low lump sum bidder
on a Sugarloaf Key road at $4,-
637.82 and one on Big Pine at
$6,075.20,
All five Cemmissieners wtra
present et the regular meeting
which else approved the plana
for a cress section a# the new
$60,000 secondary state read on
Summerlend Key. The two-mile
reed will be given engineering
approval and plane returned cer
tified to District engineer of the
State Reed Department, Wins
ton Carlton. County engineer
John P. Goggin was present lest
night to advise cemmissieners on
the various bids opened end
ether engineering matters.
Bids from a single company on
fire equipment at Marathon had
not been computed so award was
postponed untjj next week. .
Commissioner Clarence Higgs
(Continued On Page Eight)
hemorrhage to the brain which af
fected vital parts of the brain.
Comrade Stalin lost conscious
ness.
A paralysis of the right arm and
leg developed. A loss of speech
occurred. Serious disturbances de
veloped in activities of the heart
and breathing.
Medical forces enlisted to treat
Comrade Stalin:
Professor - Therapeutist P E.
Luknomtky of the Academy of
Medical Science of the USSR
Professor * Neuropathologist V.
Konovalov.
Professor * Therapeutist A L.
Myssnikov.
Professor - Therapeutist E. M.
Tareyev.
Professor - Neuropathologist L
N. Ftlimomov.
Professor-NeuropatholoClst R A.
Tkachev
Professor - Nruropatboiogu* I,
S Glazunov.
Docent (teacher) - Therapeutist
V I. Ivashov,
The treatment of Comrade Sulic
is conducted under the guidance
of A. F Tretyakov, minister of
public health of the V*AR, and t
Kupera. chief of the Medical San
itary Board of the Kremßn
The treatment of Comrade Bu
te is conducted wader constant
tuperviiMM it the Central Com
■suttee of the Communist party of
For Solo! Far SoU!
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STOCK ISLAND
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' STOCK ISLAND
PRICE FIVE CENTS
National Air
Explains Its
Cancellations
Plane Delays
From North And
No Lights Held
Responsible
Flight caneellations by National
Airlines into Key West, com
plained of at last night's County
Commission meeting are caused
by “en route weather” and lack
of runway lights at Meacham
Field, R. E. Pence, local man
ager told The Citizen today.
County Legal Advisor Paul Saw
yer said he had received com
plaints from motel and hotel
owners that National flights were
not coming in, and that their
guests were Inconvenienced. He
said that a guest of his had to be
dbiytn to Miami by station wagon
because the flight did not go out.
3Comiaiffaioners agreed to write
Vi CitdF Aeronautics Board in
Washington and make a formal
complaint about this service.
“If they can’t give service, they
should get out," Commissioner
Joe Allen said.
“You can’t beat the weather.
We need an improved airport
here," said Pence when inter
viewed by The Citizen.
He said that the two reasons
flights bad been cancelled this
winter were:
“En route weather. That meant
weather delayed the planes com
ing down from another flight in
the North. The second reason is
that there are no runway lights
at Meacham. This means that the
(Continued am Page Eight)
the Soviet Union and the Soviet
government.
In view of the grave State of the
health of Comrade Stalin the Cen
tral Committee of the Communist
party of the Soviet Unioo end the
Council of Ministers of the USSR
finds it necessary to publish be
ginning with today medical bulle
tins on the state of the health of
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
The first bulletin on the state of
health of 3. V. Stalin, at It p m.,
Greenwich Mean Time (• pm,
EST) March 3, I*o
“During the night of Match 12.
13M. Comrade J. V Stalin had
a sudden hemorrhage of the brain
which effected vitally important
parts of the brain as a result of
which paralysis of the right leg
and speech.
“Relevant medical steps were
taken on the had end 3rd of March
directed toward improving the dis
turbed functions of hrvathmg and
Wood eimi.'stioo which so far have
aot resulted to a material change
m the eourse of the Alness
"As at ll pa, March 3, the
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Food §rrmd Srommd t tork —ltausunrs td 10 PM#.
Vie Associated Press Teletype
-features and Photo Services.
73 Years Devoted to the
Anxious Crowds
In Russia Await
Further Reports
By BODY GILMORE
MOSCOW tR-s-The disclosure of
Prime Minister Stalin’s grave ill
ness kept thousands of Russians
near their radios tonight, waiting
for further medical bulletins.
The original bulletin, covering
the situation up m Z a. m. today,
is 17 hours old as this dispatch
is written. Further bulletins have
been promised, but there Is no
indication when they will come.
Radio stations are continuing to
repeat the original communique.
This said Stalin was stricken Sun
day night with a brain stroke and
that his brain condition later grew
worse.
Between readings of this com
munique, the stations are broad
casting slow and somber instru
mental and choral music.
The Council at Ministers and the
Central Committee of the Commu
nist party announced themselves
as guiding the government and
party, respectively. Hew ever,
there is as yet ao indication how
leadership of the government will
be affected.
“Comrade x x 4th praf 31 end
“Comrade J. V. Stalin had a sud
den hemorrhage of the brain which
affected vitally important parts of
the brain, as e result of which
paralysis of the right leg and right.
arm oc*al£*4, together with the
loss of consciousness mad speech,’*
the eight attending physicians an
nounced. .
They afi#d that treatment had
brought AiTmaterial ehang# in the
condition of their patient, end “the
degree at the disturbed functions
of the brain has somewhat in
creased.”
The Central Committee of the
Communist party and the Soviet
Union’s*Council of Minister*—both
headed by Stalin—said bis absence
from duty would be “more or less
prolonged " But they called his
withdraws! temporary, and srged
the 200 million people of the So
(Continued on Page Eighty
stale of J. V. Stain's health re
mains grave
“Considerable disorders in
breathing are bring observed. The
rate of breathing is up to 31 pm
minute and the rythm of breath
ing is incorrect with periodic
lengthy pauses
“HU pulse rate is up to 130 per
minute end completely irregular.
The blood pressure maximum to
S3, the minimum. 133.
“His temperature to 33.3 degrees
centigrade (1933 Fahrenheit)
“la connection with the dtoturbei
breathing isd btod cbtuMoo, |
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The degree of the disturbed fono*
time of te brain baa somewhat
increased
“At primal a series of thera
peutic measure* are being taken
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The medical brikUn was rigsmi
by Tretyakov, Kaperta end the
right attending phyririnno.
The Central Cemmitteo 4# tin
Communist party sf the BovtM t%-
(Continued ea Face Eight)