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iLiuL.u.jijjjn. i.nunjiniJuiHiuin- i-ju jumnjujnniji.iiiwujiiwii i mi-wj'H 'jiajwci i' hihii, i 1 rr 1.1. Court Action Seen Abusing Each Other Odham Stalks Duval, Johns Visits Dade. Collins In 'Pasture' In Vaccine (h i flit zi it Fort Lauderdale Daily News By THE ASSOCIATED TRESS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, Brailey Odham bid for votes in populous Duval County today while LeRoy Collins toured the cow country and Uharley K. Johns campaigned in Dade County.

Odham started the day with a 15-minute television appearance at Jacksonville, then paid a short visit to Fernandina in (Dmlly News photo by Virginia Woodward) ing the season. There is, however, another side to the waterway, the story of permanent living and of people who have adopted it as their way of life. GLAMOR SIDE Pleasure yachts like the Nan Pat, out of Essex, captained by Bill Talton, are familiar around the Hollywood Yacht Basin dur- Taxpayers Making Yacht Basin 'Family' To 'Keep House' Year Continues Around iiiLjii iiipiimni tt. mi i iuiii wpwvw.VWMiiMWawMlmmi Mwnr 1 lr "ViliiifT in'in mMinM'-nfrrnrfrnrfliiii hi riiiminniiiMiHitniiiiMihin I By VIRGINIA WOODWARD Daily News Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD. Under a new improvement program, a well-planted parkway has replaced the pitted sand bars and a finished road has covered the rough and stony entrance to the Hollywood Yacht Basin, but living, to the old-time residents of the docks, goes on in much the same manner.

The winter season brings an influx of luxury yachts, charter boats, sailboats and speedsters, but in the summer months life continues at the basin for the handful of devotees of life on the water. For nine years, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Christiansen have lived on board "The Mes-, senger," jiow a rather ancient and bedraggled yacht, which they are planning to leave soon for a landside home. For four and a half years, Skeeter, a Welsh terrier, has shared their life.

Recently, August, a Blue Terry puppy, has joined the Christiansen family. Another old timer is Capt. Podro-sky of the "Spiteful II," whd arrived five years ago with a boat for charter and who has remained to become one of the most familiar and popular figures at the dock. Albert and Norma Grenier, Quincy, brought their small daughter. Penny, to Hollywood seven years ago on the "Penny-Jeff." Penny grew, and young Gary arrived, so a comfortable family-sized houseboat was acquired, and for four years the family has lived on the "Pennywide." Penny is a sixth- grader in Hollywood Central school and, although the Greniers return to Massachusetts during the summer, most of their time is spent on their waterway home.

Every dock must have its pelican and Nellie, who last year was an injured has adopted the Hollywood basin as home. The particular pet of Mate Teddy Ko-mar of "Spiteful she and her self-appointed caretaker sit side by side in leisure hours, napping. Nellie depends on Komar for her daily rations and spends much of her time on.th "Spiteful II." Although she does go out to sea, Nellie is always with the fishing boats when they come in. Komar, who evidently thinks a pelican's life may be a lonely one, is taming a friend for Nellie. He is Big George, who was pugilis- tic at first, but who now will stoop to accept- ing a bit of help in catching his meals.

The yacht basin family is completed with the dockmaster, Nesta Cremata; "the Jennings," who have been at the bait shop for five years, and Tom, Joe and Helen Tubridy of the restaurant. (Daily News photo by Frank Cioeone) POLICE CHIEF HONORED Pompono Beach Police Chief Frank Tuppen was presented the Junior Chamber of Commerce "good government award'' last night for outstanding civic service. Jim Camp, Jaycee state award chairman, presented the certificate. Tuppen is a former deputy sheriff and probation officer for the Broward County juvenile court. He was cited for meritorious work in combating juvenile delinquency.

Worh To Start Soon Road Board Shifts Its Funds To Tush' Brook Causeway A "rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul" fund shift by the State Road Board has paved the way for the beginning of construction within two weeks of the $1,600,000 Brook Memorial Causeway. Seeking to speed the badly needed project by six months, the board voted in Tallahassee yesterday to permit use of $1,200,000 department primary neighboring Nassau County before returning to Jackson ville to make stump speeches in suburban areas. Collins talked at Kissimmee and St. Cloud in the heart of Florida's cattle country during the morning, then headed for the east coast and stops at Melbourne, Eau Gallie, Cocoa and Titusville before heading into Orlando for an overnight stay. Johns flew into Miami late yesterday to make a talk on a national radio network pro gram, then decided to remain to get in a few campaign licks Johns missed out on campaign ing yesterday, being in Tallahassee for the cabinet meeting and conferences with administrative officers in his role as acting governor.

But Odham and CoUins kept the pace lively in the Demo cratic race for the unexpired term of the late Gov. Dan Mccarty by tossing verbal darts at each other and getting in -some barbs at Johns. Speaking at Sanford. Odham's home i town, Collins attacked Odham for lack of sincerity, being reckless with the truth and character assassination. He challenged Odham's sincer ity, saying that in 1949 after fighting a legislative bill which relieved counties of having to match state school funds he switched his vote to "yes" after the bill had passed.

He said Odham abused Gov. McCarty during the 1952 cam paign but now claimed they were good mends. In speeches at Daytona Beach and Orlando, Collins re peated his charge that Johns has used the acting governorship to create a political na chine and is trading promises of roads promises he cannot keep for votes. Collins dwelt heavily on his own plans for constitutional revision. including provision for a lieutenant governor elected by aU the people to succeed to the governor ship in emergency.

Odham spent much of yester day in Bay County, then flew to Jacksonville, In a street corner talk at Panama City, he again charged that both Johns and Collins used their positions as state senators for private gain and gave his plans for constitu tional revision, equalization of tax assessments and central pur chasing by the state government. He criticized Johns for selling insurance to state agencies and Collins for appearing as an attorney for private utilities before the state railroad and public utilities commission which regulates them. IHarlow P. Davock, who Is dt recting Johns campaign in the gubernatorial race in Broward County, today said he planned attending a conference of all county campaign heads in Jacksonville at 10 ajn. tomorrow.

City To Move One Of Streets HALLANDALE. Moving a "misplaced street" seven feet to the south will cause no complications other than the changing of six or seven utility poles. City Manager Ralph Smith said today. The misplaced street was discovered by surveyors doing work preparatory to resurfacing of streets in the northwest section of Hallandale. The street to be moved Is NW Ninth St.

from Dixie to NW Sixth Ave. It's centc line was Incorrectly established years ago, Smith said. "Moving it won't make much difference, because we pave only 18 feet of the 40-foot right-of-way," Smith said. The street will look nearly the same as always except for a resurfaced roadbed and moved poles. MAYOR RE-ELECTED WEST PALM BEACH.

(51 Mayor Perry McCampbell yesterday won a smashing victory in his bid for re-election when he received 7,663 votes to 2,515 for his opponent, c. w. Fiiefer. mm m-: i I Hi! liiilSiliilllllll Filial Rush Late-coming taxpayers and home exemption seekers today crowded the offices of County Tax Collector Herman Meeks and Tax Assessor L. O.

Hansen with deadlines only hours away. Payment of county taxes may be made until Meeks' office closes at p. m. tomorrow. Annlicants for homestead exemptions will have until midnight tomorrow to get under the wire.

Tax collections this year have shown a sizable jump over last year, Meeks reported, with approximately $8,600,000 having been paid in through yesterday. The total for the corresponding period in 1953, Meeks' records show, was $6,976,508.34. The tax collector said approximately $100,000 was collected yesterday and a like amount was expected to pour into county coffers today. Hansen, who already had re ported that homestead applica tions had practically doubled those of any year in Broward his tory, said his office would be open irom 7 to 9 p. m.

today in addi tion to remaining open until mid night tomorrow. Friday and Saturday the office will be closed to give Hansen's overworked staff a rest. In a last warning to late filers. the assessor said that persons who are mailing in applications must be sure that such communications are postmarked before midnight tomorrow or they will not qualify. Failure to make application be fore April 2 will automatically disqualify homeowners under state law.

Meeks reminded property own ers that they are subject to a 3 per cent penalty if the deadline is passed without payment of taxes. College Needs To Be Studied By Educators GAINESVILLE. JP)An early first study of its kind in the nation to evaluate needs of higher education for itself and the people of the state stood approved today by Florida universities, colleges and junior colleges. The study, looks forward about 25 years and was 'termed by edu cators heading it a necessity if colleges are to survive and meet community needs. Only accredited institutions were asked to participate in the first study sessions, authorized by the 1953 legislature, but at the next meeting probably in a month participation by nonac- credited schools will be taken up because of the desirability for total needs of the state to be included in the picture.

Dr. Ollie Edmunds, president of Stetson University, struck a key note of private Institutions when he said "Stetson wants to partici pate fully" and suggested that private, non-state funds as well as public funds be used to finance the study jointly so that all schools in the state might take part. Those present agreed with this view. CIVIC GROUP PASSES LAWS; NOMINATES 15 WEST HOLLYWOOD The by laws for the Beverly Park Civic Association were passed at a meeting last night at the home of Dr. H.

R. Faringer, 6045 Hibiscus Dr. The 24 residents attending the meeting nominated 15 men for the board of directors. Election will take place at a business meeting Tuesday. Test Court Suit Promised By Foes Inoculation Of Children For Polio Opposed Legal red tape may block Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties from partici pating the national anti-polio vaccination tests, attor neys for Polio Prevention, with headquarters in Coral Gables told The Daily News today.

Dr. Paul Hughes, Broward County Health Director, said today that regardless of Miller's intended action, the program here would be followed through as planned. He said he did not place much credence in the proposed suit. The attorneys, representing Polio Prevention, whose pres ident is Duon H. Miller, said that "within the next few days" an injunction suit would be filed in Dade County Circuit Court asking that health and education officials be 'restrained from vaccinating children, even on a voluntary basis.

The attorneys, who have their offices in Ft. Lauderdale, point out that their client believes that "operation needle" has not been sufficiently explored as to subject children to the tests. Polio Prevention, according to the attorneys, takes the stand of: "Who would accept the responsibilities in the event of complaints or lawsuits growing out of the mass inoculation of school children." Dr. Paul Hughes. Broward County health director, said yesterday that April 13 would be the probable starting date lor the mass tests for paralytic polio In which about 2,400 Broward County school children were expected to take State and county officials In Illinois, Minnesota and California have acted to deter instigation of the vaccinajtions.

Like in Broward County, the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation had planned to. spearhead a program to inoculate second grade school children in the above states. The suit planned by Polio Prevention, will specifically ask that the foundation first prove that the anti-polio vaccine is not dangerous before tests are made on school children. The attorneys for Polio Preven tion, said they did not think it would be necessary to file suits in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. "The one suit in Dade County should act as a curbing action here' they said.

The Polio Prevention, group feels, according to their legal advisers, that Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties health au thorities should be sure of the "potency and safety" of the vac cine. Polio Prevention, the at torneys say, is a non-profit organ ization. The attorneys say they are working on the case without re muneration. Hollywood Hunts 'Meanest Thieves' HOLLYWOOD South Broward's police blotter looked like a "meanest thief" contest today with reports of $100 stolen from a deaf mute at Hollywood Beach, and a new bicycle stolen from a Dania school boy the first day he owned the bike, police said. Another "mean" thief took $30 and a purse belonging to Dr.

Charlotte E. Mason at the Professional Building in Hollywood. The purse was taken from her office while she was at work in another room in her offices, police said. Detective Irvin ooetz is investi gating theft of $100 which was in the wallet of James Anest of the Chandler Hotel. Anest had left the money in a basket of clothing while he took a shower at Flamingo Pool.

A bright green English-make bicycle was stolen from Michael Fitzpatrick at Dania Elementary School. He had just earned enough money to buy it after receiving dollar bills for each on his. report card. particularly through Pompano Beach, where the road now ex ceeds that figure. Saxon indicated that the SRD will probably let contracts for construction within the next two months if rights-of-way can be worked out by the county.

However, he added, "Broward County road engineers informed the commission that there are few, if any, rights-of-way to acquire in order to widen the road Saxon said the reconstruction program Is designed to make the route safe for increased travel and to relieve some of the traffic burden from its sister road. Federal Hwy. 1934 PAGE 1-B Circuit Clerk Hits New High In Recordings Business is booming In the recording department of Circuit Court Clerk Frank H. Marks. A new three-months' record was set today when Marks and his staff recorded 16,374 instruments through the close of business yes terday.

This represents an In crease of 2,500 over the same period a year ago. The instruments include such documents as deeds, mortgages. homestead exemptions and other legal papers, Marks said. The clerk predicted at noon today that by the time his office closes at 5 p.m. today the number of instruments filed will exceed 17,000.

Marks said that recordings made yesterday totaled 517, the largest volume of transactions handled in any one day in the county's history. He said that about 40 per cent of the work was in recording domicile papers for new residents Negro Convicted, Draivs $50 Fine In Dania Court DANIA Bobby Davis, 28-year- old Negro construction worker, was convicted in Municipal Court this morning on charges of disorderly conduct lodged as the result of his breaking into the home of a Negro woman Monday night. Ossie Balon, NW Sixth and Tigertail said that Davis entered her house by cutting a screen. He then tore off her clothes and beat her, she told police. Judge Archibal Black fined Davis $50 or 60 days and placed him on a a year's probation.

I PL FRANCHISE WINS MIAMI VOTERS' OKAY MIAMI. ffl-Bya vote of 17,628 to 2,874 Miami yesterday approved a new 30-year franchise for the Florida Power and Light Co. The company said the new fran chise will enable it to finance expansion programs to keep up with the continued growth of Mi ami. county will survey the winding route which has become "overly bumpy and worn out." The plans will be turned over to the SRD. The SRD, he said will initiate construction through funds earmarked for primary road-building.

"We expect to have the survey completed in less than two weeks," Saxon asserted. He explained that State Road Board Member Dave Turner is in Tallahassee today, attempting to speed ultimate construction of the route. Engineers said the road will be widened to a minimum 24 feet and that some areas will be wider. funds, designed for building a bridge at Dania, until such time as bond money for the former span is in Funds for the Dania bridge already are available since the road board had provided for that structure in its budget and it is not involved in the $6,000,000 bridge bond issue recently vali dated by the Supreme Court. Use of Dania-designed funds for the Ft.

Lauderdale bridge will not delay work on the former, however, since it is fourth on the building program. The Brook Memorial Causeway long has been designated as No. 1. Contractors bids already have been taken on the Brook Memorial Causeway, and Turner, board rep resentative from this district, esti mated today that the contract likely would be awarded within the next week or 10 days. Should work be delayed until bonds have been sold, he said, a six -month delay likely would be experienced.

Turner said he did not approach the board on a Broward County Commission plan" to borrow state funds to construct temporary spans while permanent structures are bemg DUiit. The district repre sentative said he was waiting until the county could supply him with an approximate figure of how much money it would need before raising the issue. Unofficial estimates have placed the cost of such bridges at approximately $50,000 each Turner said that the bridge at Oakland Park probably would be the second undertaken as plans for that structure are expected to be off the drawing board within 30 days. As necessary rights-of way already have been obtained for the span, he estimated that work on the structure might get underway within three to four months. Plans for the Pompano Beach bridge, he said, probably wall be completed within the coming 60 days or at approximately the same time the Dania span is expected to come off the drawing board Firemen Have Hot Time After Big Night Of Fun HOLLYWOOD If firemen didn't have a "hot time" recently at the annual firemen's ball, then the following day made up for it.

There were eight fire calls yes terday just a few hours after most of the firemen were returning home after an all-night dance. The fires caused minor damage to brush at Hollywood Hills School, a yard at 2023 Hollywood and kitchens in Liberia and at 1931 Jefferson St. SEEKS CROWN Carolyn Terrone, Ft. Lauderdale, is one of 20 entrants in the 1954 Miss University of Florida contest. The contest will be judged Friday.

Miss Terrone, 19, is sponsored by Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Party Planned By Civic Club HOLLYWOOD committee appointments were made at last night's meeting of the Italian-American Civic League of Broward County and plans were completed for the fifth anniversary ball Saturday night. George Conti, president, made the following appointments: Dr. Anthony Galluccio and Frank S. Cannova, Anthony J.

Criscuolo and Ricardo A. Ray mond, past presidents, ways and means; Vincent Romano, house oemmittee; Patsy com mittee; Mrs. Raymond Morceau, sunshine" committee. D. Galluccio, parlimentarian: Cannova, counselor and historian; Criscuolo, publicity; Joseph Cheries and Mrs.

Cesare Favarato, auditing committee: E. Richard Villavecchia, Dr. Galluccio, RO' mano and Cannova, by-laws; Jo seph Iacino and Sal Gallo, ser geants-at-arms. About 600 persons are. expected at the annual ball from '9 p.m.

to 2 a.m. at the clubhouse. 700 S. Dixie Hwy. A Miami Beach or chestra and floor show will pro vide entertainment and music.

LIBRARY DEDICATED LAKELAND. UP! Florida South era College today dedicated the Humanics Library to the E. Roux Library building to the mem ory of Richard M. Magoun. yonng FSC psychology professor who died of polio in 1952.

Plea Of Guilt Delays Term For Man Here Sentencing of Ewalths Glenn McKee, 30-year-old short order cook, in connection with an attack on a bonding company employe, was withheld in Criminal Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty of assault with intent to commit murder. Accessory-to- plea the state nolle prossed a charge of assault with" intent to commite murder. Accessory-to-the-crime charges' against Mc-Kee's girl friend, Kay Louise Rowan, also were dropped. McKee admitted entering the Claude Anderson Bonding Co. office the night of Dec.

26 and at- tacking Floyd E. Mincy, an employe, wijth a wrench to an unsuccessful robbery attempt. On a grand larceny charge Involving theft of two pistols from Sears-Roebuck, James Ray Beaty, 29, was placed on probation for two years after entering a guilty plea. Frank H. McClain.

83, was com mitted to the state mental hospital at Chattahoochee after his conviction of lewd and lascivious assault on a 10-year-old girl. The incident occurred Feb. 1 on the parking lot of a super market on Sunrise Blvd. Meanwhile, the sheriff's office announced solution of a break-in Sunday at the Willie Gates Bar, Pembroke with arrest of Jimmie Smith, 34, Negro. Dep uties Claude Tindall and James Primous, who were in charge of the case, said Smith confessed to stealing nine quarts of wine, $20 worth of cigars, $4 worth of cookies and a table radio.

Part of the loot was recovered. Miami Beach Man Accused Of Fraud HOLLYWOOD A North Miami Beach resident and a former owner of a Hollywood appliance store is free today after posting bonds of $750 in connection with charges of intent to defraud and writing a worthless check. L. Claude McKenzie, was ar rested yesterday by Constable Floyd Johansen and Deputy Con-i stable Jack Lustgarten. A hearing in Peace Justice William J.

Young's office is set for April 22. McKenzie is accused of defraud ing a woman who made a down payment on a sewing machine and writing a worthless check as payment to a finance company. an Inner office, cut telephone wires and stuffed the money into canvas zipper bags. How authorities tied the Cash gang in with the robbery was not revealed but three Tampa law en forcement officers came to Miami with the warrants yesterday. They are Det.

Inspector O. C. Beynon, investigator Malcolm Beard of the Hillsborough County solicitors office, and Constable Clarence Pre- vatt. Fred and Virgil Cash were con victed here last year of wounding County Road Patrolman Mike Daugherty when he interrupted their flight from the "scene of a fpayroll robbery at White Belt Dairy. More About Pearl Harbor Continued from Page 1-A base when the Japanese struck on Dec.

7, 1951, says Roosevelt delib erately goaded Japan into war with the United States by keeping the U. S. Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor to lure the Japanese Into attacking it. Military commanders were absolved from responsibility by Theobald, who asserted they were merely obeying orders. In a message from Washington on Nov.

27. 1941, Kimmel was told in plain language that the Japanese aggressive move was expected in the next few days, Toul-min said. He quoted this portion of the dispatch: "This dispatch is to be considered a war warning. Negotiations with Japan looking toward stabilization of conditions in the Pacific have ceased and an aggressive move by Japan is expected within the next few days." Toulmin said Kimmel can not escape the guilt since he did not take the necessary precautions following the "war warning" mes-iage. "Honolulu newspapers carried lull reports ol conditions demand ing an alert for the full two weeks lefore Dec.

7," said Toulmin. "If Kimmel had respected the reports the press and trusted its accur acy and diligence, he would not Have lost our ileet." Toulman, 64. an attorney, lives at 1804 SE Ninth when in Ft. Lauderdale. His main office is in Dayton, but he also has an office in Washington.

During World War I he received the Distinguished Service Medal at age 28 for Army duties in France when he was chief of Aircraft Armament and later chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force. In World War II he was a colonel in the 329th Infantry, commander of the Eighth Mobile Fort, assistant chief of the Transportation Corps, for which he was awarded the Legion of Merit, and assistant to the commanding general of the Air Service Command in over-all charge of the Atlantic and Pacific Air Service Commands. Toulmin was appointed to the Army Pearl Harbor Board of Gen. George Marshall and operated un der a joint Congressional resolution.

There was a similar Navy Pearl Harbor Board. The board's report, written by Toulmin, was presented to Gen. Marshall in October, 1944. and to the Senate and House. Both later adopted it fully.

CASH GANG MIAMI. The notorious Cash brothers and two other men were sought today on warrants naming them as the persons who carried out the $36,000 payroll robbery of a Tampa cigar factory last Friday. A fifth man surrendered last night and was released under $5,000 bond. He was identified as John C. (Long John) Fulford, 21, acquitted last year on charges of attempted murder ana roooery.

Already out on $37,500 appeal bonds each after drawing 30-yea prison terms here for robbery and attempted murder, Virgil casn 27, and his brother, Fred, 26. were charged with along part in the TamDa robbery. In addition to Fulford, the war rants also named Henry Artigus.i TIED TO $36,000 THEFT COUNTY SPEEDS DIXIE HWY. PLANS Hallandale OKs Streamlining Of Aged Bookkeeping System HALLANDALE. A resolution establishing a new type "machine" bookkeeping system for Hallandale city offices was passed by City Commissioners at a special meeting today.

The new system is "a vast improvement," City Manager Ralph Smith said. Hallandale bookkeeping has previously been scored by auditors as antiquated. Auditors recommended the payroll accounting machine which Hallandale will officially start using tomorrow. "It will be easier to check income tax and social security figures with the new machines." Smith said. The old system of paying individual salaries out of the general fund is to be improved by a new payroll accounting machine similar to those' used in larger cities.

The meeting was called so the new system can be started tomorrow instead of passing a resolution on it later in April during a regular meeting. Smith said. The system is part of overajl improvements being made to bookkeeping at City Hall and is the result of an audit last fall which showed Hallandale books to be in "terrible order" with sIopdv records and missing papers. The audit by Raymond R. Maxwell showed inconsistencies, inaccuracies and incomplete corrections and he recommended a better and more efficient system.

Maxwell's nine-page criticism of Hallandale's books included 21 recommendations for improvements- 26, and Thomas Warsley of Tampa. The Cash brothers and Artigus were reported ready to give themselves up at county jail today and a search was under way for War sley. Peace Justice W. Marion Hendry, who Issued the warrants, made the bonds returnable in Tampa April 15, the date he set for a preliminary hearing on the robbery charge. -The holdup occurred at the Cor-ral-Wodiska Cigar when three neatly dressed bandits, wearing silk stocking masks, walked into the office where the payroll for 1,000 employes was being pre pared.

They herded six employes into POMPANO BEACH Reconstruction of worn-out Dixie Hwy between Deerfield Beach and Ft Lauderdale was put into high gear today as the Broward County Road Department assigned two crews of surveying teams to map rights-of-way and possible rerouting. County Commissioner Vivian Saxon reported that two teams of surveyors tackled the job of planning available rights-of-way for widening and of determining if dangerous curves can be eased in the $220,000 reconstruction program to be undertaken by the State" Road Department. Saxon explained that the..