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ley West, Florida, has the moat equable climate in the country, with an average range oi only 14* Fahienheit VOL. LXXV No. 147 t; l W BBT JaR ** jL* dflfc - _ v#n - t j£/f**H® . jm^^F ,z,jmjm\i v f* - 1* %W[ ± OFF FOR BOYS' STATE—Twelv* Key West boy* left Saturday to participate In the American Legion-sponsored Boys' State at Tallahassee. The local lads boarded a bus which was to stop at Marathon and Tavernier to pick up other boys bound for the capital. A chartered bus was to lake the group from Miami to Tallahassee. The local group included, left to right. Judson Ste phens. Legion chairman for the event; Frank Hood, Manual Boa, Henry Clears, Arthur Nobla, Mike Cates, Robert Sacker, Sammy Curry. Frederick Thompson, Ronald Sawyer. Joseph Luppens, Jr., Tony Herce, Jr., and Evelio Sibila.—Citizen Staff Photo, Spillman. Navy Would Have Ended Free Tours Regardless Of Protests Unofficial Use Of Navy Buses Not Permitted There will be no more free-loading tours of the Navy station in Navy buses. That was the word today from Washington. From last Oct. 16 to June 8, a Navy bus carried tour ists on free tours through the Navy Station daily ex cept Saturday and Sunday. Thousands of visitors took advantage of the trip. Clyde Montgomery, operator of a glass'bottom sight seeing boat protested that the free tours were competing with his boat trips for Which tourists paid. He wrote his protest to the Sec retary of the Navy. However, Senator George Smath ers (D.-Fla.) wrote Mrs. Mary Lee Graham, president of the Key West Chamber of Commerce, that the Navy intended to stop the tours anyway. Appropriations Riskad According to Smathers. the Navy Department ran the risk of losing appropriations for Navy buses. The appropriations, he said, are for the official use of Navy buses on ly. Smathers also said that the bus tours had been arranged by the Key West Naval Base and had not received an okay from the Depart ment of the Navy in Washington. However, there is a possibility that commercial t>us tours will be run through the Navy base. In a letter to Smathers from Vice Adm. R. FT Good in the of fice of the Chief of Naval Opera tions, he said the commander of the base here (Rear Adm. G. C. Towner) has been authorized to arrange a schedule for commer cial sight seeing buses to enter the base with appropriate security regulations. Copies Sent Smathers forwarded copies of the letters to The Key West Citi gen. Smathers letter to The Citizen follows: “I have received so many pro tests concerning the action of the Navy in discontinuing Navy Bus tours at the Navy Base that I will appreciate your publishing the in formation contained in the enclos ed copy of my letter to the Presi dent of the Key West Chamber of Commerce an<J copy of letter from the Bureau of Naval Operations explaining reasons for the action (Continued on Page Two) Power Lawnmowers FOR RENT BY THE HOUR OR DAY POINCIANA SERVICE STATION Commercial Row, Poinciana Place TELEPHONE 2*4368 mt Urn Drsi Citlfri THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. British Captain WiU Be Buried Here Tomorrow The captain of a British freigh ter who died at sea yesterday will be buried herd*tomorrow. Capt. James Brown, the sheriff’s department reported, died at 1 p.m. yesterday aboard his ship, the SS Lapland. The ship put in to Key West later yesterday after noon and turned die body over to the Lopez Funeral Home, for burial in City Cemetery. Later the ship sailed for Corpus Christi, Texas. The Lopez Funeral Home said an agent of the ship’s United States agents, Maxey-Savon, Law rice Cos., New York City, and the British consul from Miami would arrive here tomorrow for the funeral at 3 p.m. from the Lopez chapel. Rev. Ralph Rogers will officiate. Capt. Brown is survived by his widow, Nancy, and a daughter who both livp in Scotland. Dante Fascell To Be Honored At Dinner Thursday Dante Fascell, Democratic nom inee for U. S. Representative from this district, will be honored with a dinner at the La Concha Hotel Thursday at 7 p. m. His local campaign manager, Frank Bartolone, today said tick ets are available from him at 2-7632 or from Sam Silberman at the Key West Venetian Blind Cos. Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., ■ will be toastmaster. Among those in vited are Bernie C. Papy, state representative; Bill Neblett, Dem ocratic nominee for state senator; Adm. G. C. Towner, commanding officer of the Naval Base; Capt. C. L. Murphy, chief of staff at the base; and Horace O’Bryant, sup erintendent of public instruction. Miss Barbara Cusumano. of Mi ami, coloratura soprano, will sing. C. OF C. MEMBER MERCHANTS PLAN CITY-WIDE SALE Merchants who are members of the Key West Chamber of Com merce will Sponsor a city-wide sale on August 2,3, and 4. Chairman Kathleen Lucas of the Chamber’s Retail Division has an nounced that for a participation fee of $lO dollars per firm, the merchants will share in a full page ad in The Citizen, 10,000 re prints of the page to be distribut ed door-to-door in Key West and Marathon, 50 spot announcements on the local radio station and 10 \v : - banners for each cooperat ing firm. ' >rs who desire to partici pate should contact either the Chamber of Commerce or Mrs. Lucas. City Commission Meets Tonight Tho city commission will tackle a light agenda tonight their regular mooting. The session it tat at $ p.m. in tho city hall. Thrae xaning erdtnance* are to be aired at that time, eleng withs request far permission to operate a trailer park at 71£ Toppine Court. Coast Guard Aids Injured Seaman A merchant seaman is under going treatment in the Naval Hos pital for a leg fracture after he was removed from a New York bound freighter early Sunday morning. Lt. William H. Burgess, of the Key West Coast Guard Station, identified the seaman as C. C. Rogers, 600 Brooklyn Ave., New Orleans, La. He said that the injured man was removed from the SS Seatrain New York short ly after midnight Sunday at the sea buoy by a Coast Guard boat under the command of Chief Boatswain’s Mate Bryan J. Wil liams. He was transferred to the hospital by Navy ambulance. Cause of the accident in which the man was injured was not learned. 2 Slightly Hurt In Keys Accident Two persons were only slightly hurt this morning when the truck they were riding in overturned on Channel No. 5 viaduct, 24 miles north of Marathon. State Highway Patrolman George R. Bennett, who investigated the accident, identified the pair as Hayden Henry Jesterson of Orlando, the driver of the late model trailer truck and a woman companion, Dorothy May Finch, Nashville, Tenn. They were treated at the Marathon Clinic for minor cuts and bruises. Bennett said that the truck was headed north when Jestersen ap parently went to sleep. The truck went out of control, struck the curb and then careened across the road and overturned. Two sections of the bridge railing were tom out by the force of the impact, Bennett added. The truck was listed as a total loss and damage to the bridge was estimated at SSOO. Jestersen was charged with reckless driving as a result of the accident. It's Fun To Uso "DISTINCTIVE" 2x4 from Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton Street, near Bank KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1254 Teacher Is Badly Hurt In Crash Mr*. Mavereen Meador Is Victim Of Freak Car Crash Sunday Mrs. Mavereen E. Mead or, 51, of 613 William St., a sixth grade teacher at Har ris School, was in serious condition today in Monroe General Hospital as a result of a freak auto crash at 1 :30 p. m. yesterday. The car in which she was rid ing collided head-on with, a boat trailer that had broken loose from the car that was towing it. Patrol Report According to Robert Young, State Highway Patrol trooper, Mrs. Meador was riding in a car being driven south on U.S. 1 by Misis Lavinia Riber Wagner, 62, of the Pearle Trailer Court, Stock Island. She also is a teacher at Harris School. The car, a 1950 Chevrolet coach, Young said, had just cross ed Tea Table Bridge and was on Indian Key Fill when the acci dent took place. A 1953 Ford pick-up truck, pulling the boat and trailer, was headed north. Just before the two cars were to pass, Young said, the trailer hitch came loose. The trailer and row boat swerv ed out into the other lane and met the Wagner car head on. Windshield Rammed Young said the tongue of the trailer rammed through the windshield of the Wagner car, striking Mrs. Meador, who was riding in the right hand front seat. Herbert L. Hudson, of Holly wood, Fla., was the driver pf the pick-up truck, according to Young. Young added that Mrs. Ken neth Meador, 21, of 613 WiUiam Street, and a child were also rid ing in the Wagner car but sus tained only minor cuts. The Wagner car went out of control after the collision and rolled off the highway into four feet of water. The car did not overturn. Injuries Described Young said Mrs. Meador sus tained a fractured collar bone, cuts about the head, and a frac tured skull. Dr. Herman Moore, who is treating her, said her condition was serious. He said she sus tained very severe cuts about the head, face and shoulders. He added that the exact se riousness of her injuries has not yet been determined and that it might be a few days before the extent of the injuries are fully determined. "She was very painfully in jured,” he continued. 50,600 Key West Brochures Set For Distribution Fifty-thousand brochures on Key West will be distributed this sum mer to southbound motorists at three different locations on the main highways entering Florida according to "Trends” the monthly publication of the local Chamber of Commerce. The brochures will stress the trip to Key West via the toll-free "Overseas Highway” and the fact that Key West has 2,000 hotel and motel rooms at summer rates as well as fine restaurants. The fact that Key West is the gateway to Cuba will be played up. To check the effectiveness of the promotion, motorists who re (Continued on Page Two) Thirtieth Polio Case Reported The city's thirtieth polio case of the year was recorded to day, the County Health Unit reported. The new case, the seventh since the gemma globulin shots were given was a 35-year-old white woman. She has a non paralytic farm of the disease. The woman is net a Navy de pendent. Guatemala’s President Proclaims Martial Law Throughout His Nation ■ i * ' %l■ • , % i, : * Ifttir# v <v - $ 7- • * ■*; • ! ' ' V ' QUJ& \NTINE INSPECTOR—-Familiar figiU* at jfk airport and on tha waterfront whenever planes end ships Item foreign ports arrivo is Edward F. Schaffer, Quarantine Inspector of tho Port of Key West. Schaffer has bean with tho U.B. Public Health Service for 30 year*.—Citisen Staff Photo. SybiL Edwai 1 ° u ‘ ,f fer Is Honored For 30 Years’ Gov’t Service KEY WESTS TRAFFIC BOX SCORE To June Date Accidents 25 251 Traffic Injuries t 46 Traffic Deaths 0 0 Property Damage $6,260 $65,116 Key West's accident tell was comparatively light ever the weekend. Only two accidents occurred, with total damage estimated by police at $250. Ne one was injurad. On# of the accidents occurred when an automobila struck a barricada at tha bridge now un dergoing repairs an Roosevelt Boulevard. Key West motorists should use special car* whan driving on the boulevard since traffic is being channelled into one lane there. Anothar boulevard danger spot, especially on weekends, is the triangle near the Navel Hospital. Let's take it easy end observe step signs there, mot orists. Polio Reports Are Deplored As Misleading The Chamber of Com . -ce de plores the fact that newr releases on wire services that g out all over the nation when a unusual number of polio cases report ed in this or any othe. *.ea, are frequently misleading. The “box %?ore” is continuously used. Last month when they were using “27 Cases of Polio” as headline, a good many n f these victims had already recovered. Last October, the r*PW* were screaming “52.. Cases of Polio” when that was the number report ed during the entire year. People contemplating Key West (Continued on Page Two) U.S. Public Health Official Tells Of Quarantine Work By MARGARET FORESMAN Special recognition and the pres entation of a pin and an award certificate marked the completion of 30 years of duty with the U. S. Public Health Service for Edward F. Schaffer, Quarantine Inspector of the Port of Key West The ceremonies honoring Schaf fer, conducted recently at Miami International Airport, were spon sored by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Public Health Service. Dr. Arthur W. Newitt, medical officer in charge of the south Florida, quaran tine activities, with offices at the Quarantine Station, Miami Beach, made the presentation and gave Schaffer a special recommenda tion citation. Schaffer, who live* at 3802 Ave nue E, says that the majority of his 30 years of Public Health Ser vice has been spent in the Key West area. Early Days A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Schaffer first came to Key West in 1920 for duty with the Marine Corps. He became familiar with the opportunities presented by a career in the U. S. Public Health service, and upon the completion of his hitch with the Marines in the mid-twenties, he joined that branch of government service. He was assigned to duty at the old Marine Hospital here, and for 17 years worked in the Hospital Division of the Public Health Ser vice. This division had its headquar ters at the Marine Hospital, and during these years of service, Schaffer worked with many doctors whose work is familiar to Key Westers. His first medical officer (Continued on Page Two) CLASSIC BALLET PRINCESS NINA Arthur Murray's Air Conditioned Studio 517 DUVAL ST. PHONE 2-3430 Showdown Battle Against AntUßed Rebels Planned; US. Citizens Flee By SAM SUMMERLIN TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) —President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman of Guatemala proclaimed martial law throughout his invaded country today as his Communist backed government mobilized for a showdown battle with anti-Red rebels. Insurgent leaders claimed their forces were pushing ahead in a three-pronged drive aimed at key rail and road communications in the southern part of the country. Officials Seek Missouri Boy For Rabies Treatment Sheriff's deputies, the city police, and the State Highway Patrol today war# on tha look out far a family of three from Missouri who were reported bound for Key West. One member of the family, an 11-year-eld bey, was bitten by a skunk before they left Missouri. Sinco thon, the skunk has been found to be rabid. Authorities want to notify the family so the bey can take anti-rabies shots. The family is Mr. end Mrs. Henry Zellner of Blue Springs, Me. The boy is namod Russoil. Thoy aro travaling in a groan 1951 Ford sodan. Thay loft Missouri Saturday. Tha boy was bitten Friday. Street Paving Work Behind On Schedule Heavy Rain Last Week Hampers City’s Program Key West’s street building pro gram was thrown behind schedule due to last week’s heavy rains, Ctiy Manager Victor Lang said to day. Lang added that using the city’s new street building machine work will get underway today in an ef fort to regain the lost time. He pointed out that about five'miles of the city’s 25 miles of defective streets have been surfaced since the machine was put into use about two months ago. Vary Much Pleased The City Manager said that to date, he is “very much pleased” with the operation of the machine. He admitted that the city has had some trouble with streets built with it but expressed confidence that it is the answer to the city’s street building needs. Work to be done immediately, Lang said, is in the Fifth and Ashe Streets areas. "People who have suffered the longest will get first service,” Lang said. United Street will also get pri ority treatment, he added, because of the fact that it is one of the (Continued on Page Two) Two Applications In For Tax Post Two applications have been re ceived by the Civil Service Board for the post as City Tax Assessor. The post was left vacant when Sam Pinder, Jr., resigned two weeks ago. City Manager Victor Lang, who is responsible for making the appointment of the tax as sessor, under the provisions of the city charter, did not release the names of the applicants. The Civil Service Board, which advertised for applications, meets Thursday night, at which time it will consider the applicants. For Quick Communicatiom Use CLASSIFIED Ada! You'll roach buyers and seller s-t --tenants or workers . . Just DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662. PRICE PIVI CENTS " The martial law decree was announced late last night after a government ap peal for all private cars to be turned in for use in mov ing troops. Reports from Guatemala said the decisive phase of the bat tle for that neighboring Central American nation may come within 48 hours. Associated Press Correspondent Jack Rutledge, in Guatemala City, quoted Guatemalan arnr’ off ers as saying no field action had yet been fought. They added, .e that a battle could not be delayed much longer. Evacuation Planned The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City announced it is making plans to evacuate wives and children ol U.S. citizens. With a wavs tJ-fcnti* U.S. fee£% sweeping the city, the embassy reportedly feared vio lence might break out against North Americans. There are about 1,200 U.S. citizens in Guatemala. Part of the rebel force was re ported striking toward the Pan- American Highway, near the Sal vadorean border. This is a two headed drive from Neuva Ocotepe que, Honduras, toward the town of Jutiapa. . Another invading column re portedly was moving in from Macuelizo, Honduras, about 20 miles west of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala’s chief Caribbean port. The third was reported toward Zacapa, midway on the vital rail line between Puerto Barrios and Guatemala City. Planes Drop Arms Rebel sources said their planes also are dropping arms in western Guatemala, where uprisings against the government have been reported. President Arbenz reportedly has taken personal charge of defense strategy. It was speculated the (Continued on Page Two) i Nearly 2,000 Get Free Chest X-rays In County Almost 2,000 Monroe Countians received free chest X-rays in thg past few days, the County Health Unit announced today. Since June 15, a mobile X-ray unit from the State Board of Health has been in the Keys for the freg X-ray service. Here is a breakdown of tht number of X-rays and where they were made: Tavernier, June 15, 153 X-rays; Marathon, June 15, 239 X-rays; State Road Camp on Big Pine Key, June 15, 45 X-rays; Table Supply Cos., Key West, June 18, 196 X-rays; Emma and Petronia Streets, June 17, 139 X-rays; Kress store, June 18, 526 X-rays; Kress store, June 19, 593 X-rays. The grand total was 1,927 X-rays. Something New In Special Service* at the Palm Service Station STOCK ISLAND We Now Honor All Credit Cards Including TRIP - CHARGE. INC.