The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 8, 1952, Page 1

rereansaen Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST TH E SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER’ IN =| Ghe Hey West Cilisen THE ene: Lot Oe io Tre Astbdisted:Pressfeletype Regtures and ee Far v2 Years a. US As VOL. LXXIII. No. 7 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1952 PRICF. FIVE CENTS City Instructs Attorney Lester To Foreclose On Properties:‘Delinquent in Amount Of $25,000 Since 1945 No Application ~*~ ae ec ae mene a 9000 will be started im 4 Z Flames ae icaets Hotel For Deed Has 5 iate'v across from the Casi Been Pressed In - : , Marina Hotel on the corner « Six Unit Apartment To Be Built Here Dr. Rebinson. Donald Loftus Will Have Bldg. Constructed Across From Casa Marina A modernistic six-unit apart ent building costing an estimat Waddell and Seminole This became possible wher the City Planning ard las night anproved a change in zon ing from residence A to AB for Dr. Webster Robinson and Don ald Loftus. Leftus and Robinson both reside on Seminole Avenue. The Key West home-owners are large builders. They are at present erecting a $50,000,000 | and $10,000,000 construction | project outside of Florida. | . Vote for the spot-zoning was |4-2 with Mayor Harvey anc !Commissioner Delaney opposing ;The plenning commission had a | previously unanimously approv ied the change. The doctor presented his side |for the change in zoning, and jalso went on record as opposing } {spot zoning, and said as a build- | er that he was well aware of the i Past Seven Years City Contniissioners un- to have animousiy vo’ City Attorney M, Ignatius J Lester foreclos? on parcels of land that ave *irrear in old taxes in the amount of 5,000. Some ‘6f ‘the Tind, 8.) ally in the ‘past’ vear! exceedingly pe has become valuable. | Both the Attorney and City | Tax Collector Archie Roberts | were of the opinion that bidding | would be brisk for these lar These property taxes are all for 1945 and years ¢revious | At the 1945. public, sale of | land on the City Hall steps, tor | \ | , horror of it Commissioner John Carbonell ‘p| paid the doctor a high com +ment when there was some ques- some unknown reason certain parcels of land were not pur- chased. At the end of two years those certificates still unpaid re- verted to the City With the certificates possession, no commissi jority of previous years application for a deed, and as a result the land is’ still not in the! (P) Wirephoto erected at the corner. Said Car- A RAMPAGING WIND-WHIPPED FIRE engulfs a section of the unoccupied St. Charles Hotel on ee come te ae nihkine the famed boardwalk at Atlantic City, N. J. Three other hotels, all closed for the season, were |g gs Goune te Go something wiped out. There were unofficial estimates that the fire damage might run into several million | Robinson thanked the commis dollars. Cause of the blaze was not determined immediately.$ sioner for his kind remarks and {reiterated his desire to keep mo- in their} n ma- | pressed | bestesion a the ay: The feKer - : Dia alates Te ee eon sack be-| Memorial Service | Disappearance Of (Spe Houlton, wiht ia you y was for scrutinizing the | and not compelling those who , ‘Th d For were poor to pay taxes. He told | nurs ay Or of a ¢ during the State Mur- M SR Re tints opiate largaret Myers $10 monthly pension had her! pi OO pandotch 7. Riksell, home ‘sold from under her. \ a aaa Attorfey M. Ignatius Lester} — sioner Carbonell. Not Ver bg F ru iendly, “Webster. The Doctor comes | from being a PHD at the uni- When Commissioner Loui *} Gon being. ows builder” Eisner end Louis Carbonell | Duplex Approved served the city—they were By 5-1 vote, property on ave- Mrs, LeMay Causes: ‘Nationwide Effeet: The disappearance of Mrs. George LeMay is attracting na- aati of Ha quickly reminded the commis- | ROUnCEs memorial | services for’ fign.wide attention, with reports | always ‘at odds. nue D belonging ty George Hans sion that exceptions could not be! yitteg recently inthe, “aS | trom people, whe believe they Now that Carbonell is no Kutt was rezoned from residence illed recently in the crash of an) Kaye seen her, coming in from | longer on the commission— ‘A to A-1. This was done in order made. He implied that action) ~ oo ea, ee iigtka Yaken aguinatell'or none |onen 1 New Nori starz wil jbe held at 8:45 o'clock Thurs‘ to allow Hanskatt to. build a they still are. duplex on the property, Delaney many southern stat The Hatfield-McCoy feud The Key West Citi: m received a Roe Eee aye morning in the school auditor- a call yesterday afternoon from burst into the open once more | opposed the motion. “What is the. status of the; the Montrea!, Canada, Gazette, last night, | A request for a better de- Thompson tax issue?” | aE : Rh SE ed for information convern- Businessman Car bonell scription of zoning for Olivia and ns 4 rom ‘43° to were ing Mrs. LeMay. called it “discrimination” to | Packer, was asked of the plan-| allow Eisner and others inj ning commission before any de- Reet Local law officials had no add- ak ‘itional information today on the é disappearance of the Canadian bride. Deputy sheriff J. O. Bar! of Tavernier and Dade county of ficial in Miami, are now working and are investigating reports that she has not paid because it was alleged that Thompson Island was not in the city limits. Mr. Thompson's suit died with him. But his at- torney .has advised me that peti- tion for revival will be filed this week.” is aid Commissioner Cartonell “i have been on the council and commission for 14 years, and many wealthy persons during that time didn’t pay their taxes. ! We had to force them to pay.” Added Mayor Harvey: “For a@ number of years, a man never paid his taxes to the city until we decided to fore- close. He. .was.in. the..ci+y..col- lestor’s cffico with the 81.500 in a fow day: vhe@ val! tcision is taken in the matter Officer Santana 'Receives Prais ‘For Polite Deeds Bouquets come even to the Key t in this Police Poinciana to employ a_ pri- vate scavenger contractor. He demanded that they be forced to obey the law like all others. City Manager Dave King argued that the city could not make a daily run to Poinciana stores as there were so few of them. He | maintained that it would cost |... rie the City money to handle | Ves! Police Departmen these accounts, “4 City Commissioner Louis Eisner inquired of King: “Did I not make a_ request | | | | been seen. | | Most frequent reports have been coming from the Tamiami Trail ‘area. Officials in Miami have stat ed they are expecting a break in| the mys bak soon | | following letter of commendation be received today It came from D. H. Iseobs whe for the city to pick up MY — accompanied a troop of boy scout: debris?” to Key West Riel “Last Sunday, December 301) “Tem willing to pay either s my privilege to visit in vou the city or a private firm.” Six men from Durham, Nort! Sleeping ng Tablet Victim’s Identity Revealed Today wasabi , N wk, fo mak Di ; ment.” Commissionert bids os A THE identity of the woman who Kinz ex:la‘ned that the .earried a troop of Boy j : Ei ner deck ared died Sunday night from a dose of few firms at Poinciana had Svouts on a tour through Florida : Other hs nee transacted was sleéning tablets at a Stock Istavd years ago hired a private and while in your city we had the - Asay bape establishment known as Mom's contractor, and that the City pleasure of meeting officer Mario ana. He was very helpful ir giving us informaon and assist ing us in our preparations for set had continued ts recognize this service for those few has been established as that ¢ Miss Irene Rena Ginger, 25, of Po: tland, Maine. Approved the ca for bids om three more garbage trucks for customers. paces bye pe ctia ued eke a nee MESeRnEY ee The slender brunette was known The City has ordered an ting up camp at the municipal ment. Three otter garbage trucks 7 me ee here as Rita Rogers and investigation into the mat- beach have recently been purchased meres who was third ner age as 29 in medical records ter. “Naturally, on a tour of 2400 mi Refunded $75 to Herm ade teacher at Harris school | ““Apout two years ago, she main les on a large 41 passenger bus: Holtsberg and $30 to Maizic since 1948, will be remembered ‘tained a residence on Truman av one has an opportunity to observe bury on occupational taxes at the ser Atatives enue, but moved to Stock Island | -— - —— -—~ the attitude of many. It was this Granted a quit n deed for ‘for the var tions in bout a year and a half ago. unusual attitude of Oficer Santana , 2’ of iand en straps whinh. she Principal at first reported murdered in a Scheol Board Met that pyoppted me to write this the esta A. John- | Russell has e service. rumor which\ spread throughout letter. He surely would be a credit on, A or back in he Key West area, it was learned Th Me Af RY to any department i. it is this 1914 wa »v the motion WV bbe r iia = t iT | hat she had been despondent for hs ter noon cordiatity and friendliness that Pi sound-truck ebpe en 0 | jometime over a pending *opera-| ‘The Monroe County School Board , Makes us appreciate the way of orcina Cobo voted ne bre we have here in America that | On her return from a trip toMi-| “Superintendent of schools. Hor of Mon- | imi over the holidays, she repeat | ace O’Br ed an e ‘Please give this fine officer our best regards and may good for- The sheriff's department said that he was ng on all! edly, according to an attendant at expecting word from Tallahassee | ‘i » County is still work - | ingles of investigation in the. case ‘the house where she lived, said she j ta any time now concerning the ‘une follow him always. i wf the disappearance Of Hughue- | wanted to die. {ans for buildings for the schoo’ | ot Jace She had evidently succeeded in] project at Poinciana, and that a | D. H. Jacobs te LeN Canadian beauty, who } een seen since last Satur- | »btaining barbiturates from vari-| conference with the architect from | Fords :. New Fords | «asn’t al Gables would take place pro- | Tuders . . Ferders lorida Kevs fishing trip with her | .ered a lethal amount which she ; bape Ciub Coupes Continued on x took sometime Sunday. By 9:30) ——_ sepa Palace Theater A FEW MORE STILL AVAIL i | that night, she was dead ce ee i ee a Geo ks ABLE BEFORE POSSIBILITY OF Doctors on duty at Monrve Gen | a PRICE INCREASE ses Cobian | Jentued Or Page Si. x 2 , m= POINCIANA — “Never Trust A FESTIVAL "y when she was allegedly on! ous sources until siie had gar- | Co Victorias IN POSITION TO MAKI TRADES IN TOWN STIL1 BEST Complete Stock of Mechanic LUIGI'S HAND TOOLS pepe RESTAURANT } e—CHICKEN CACCIATORE M (©) NR O E ie 4 en : Guaranteed for Life MOTORS INC © Sivset Seatiepii Roy's Key West | Feb. 12. Thru Feb.23| Low Cost Als Cnch SCHEDULED AIRLINES | WICKERS STADIUM! pRICE TOURS 11 Fleming St. Phone 124 SALES ESD SERVICE S eee. Auto Parts Co. WHITE ST. PHONE 72 ORDERS TO TAKE our | 121 DUVAL STREET | 27 DUVAL TEL. 908 | TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 | lie j tion that a motel might be} “When Dr. Robinson tell: } oe name—the press would like iTw oO Lous Are Sull know?”, inquired Spree | | Chief Joseph Kemp released the | i reading. Dr | ion and an emotional upset with | met today at 1:30 p.m. at the coun lee A ary. ely — Miami By Sheriff ja girl friend. ‘ty courthouse He prem y any other people | Smathers Conferring With Navy Officials On Key West Water Crisis Mayor Harvey Commends Senator For His Prompt Action Senator George Smathers wired ayor C.B. Harvey late yesterda; at be is conterring with high Na y officials in the nation’s capitel about the Key West water crisis ‘The Senator wored Harvey im ‘mediately atter the Mayor explain fed to him via long distance phone “the problems facing civilian Key West ‘with the curtailed water sup which makes second-story ten practically waterless “I certainly think Senator Smat thers is to'be commended uvon his ‘prompt action,” said Harvey. The Senator said he is discussing the possibilities of additional pump j ing station with the Navy in Wash ington. He added that he will ad vise the Mayor of all developments All was too quiet on the rest o! » ‘the water front of Key West. Flor ida Keys Aqueduct Commissio) » |manager Ernest Ram said he | 2 |had nothing new to report. Navy j & officials had no further comment jat the present time. They stand jon their story which appeared in 'Saturday's Citizen. = | Meanwhile it seems that every citizen in Key West has recom- mendations for solution of the wa- ter crisis. { One well informed group who Prefer to remain anonymous said | “Why doesn't civilian Key West switch over to the Navy systein and use salt water for toilet fMush- ing instead of the precious fresh ‘ water?” i er bright. suggestion came aed ¥ ize all thé. plum . —e rs in Key West to fix up every | Citizen Staff Photo |teaky faucet and toilet?" : | KEY. WEST BOOM shown in phenomenal growth of local Coca | A rather precious suggestion ‘came from an unquotable source. | He said: x * { “Well I guess we men should crifice shaving- that uses water Consumption Of Coca Cola Has. oliso"ti"s Sci Ses aie r . | Key West would really look like fripled In Key West During ie ei Past Six M onths; Will Expand Sea ds a the let bank of the Seine, if the id one emergency need. ; beards start sprouting. f Mayor Harvey wired both Sena- Chamber Starts ee ke, th x New Equipment ; On the more serious side. the ‘majority of citizens and technical tor Smathers and Representative Bill Lantaff asking them to. re Costing Thousands Of Dollars To : | Fi é F Ni | |quest emergency legislatitn in Be Installed Irst fun Nig at Congress appropriating funds for The consumption of Coca Cola 3 p k Ce nee ean ene pape nn ae ee ‘i - \ at is the subject of conferen n Key West has tripied in the At Bayview Par 'ces that Senator Smathers | ast si months requiring the in E mi: : ing at present with: Nav tallation of a complete new line of Guy Colby, popular WLS Barn {in Washington, Key Westers wait ottling ant to core tor the Dance caller, is tor be master of | eagerly for word of suc Pro xoandei business it was announe- | ceremonies at the season's First | Continued Gn Page Sis, lsd tod’ by E. Garcia. manager (Fun Night program sponsored by | sees = V the Ki West branch ahd Mrs. the Key W hamber of Com- G er president of the merce at Bayview Park tomorrow . Floridal Coca Gala Sage ee ene yw dOhn Spottswood 1 pm Nsist of Square Dances, “wy md ite hyve increase im output at {Virginia Reel, Two step, Poike, |L8 First 1952 loca! plant caused Mrs. Buck er to buy the new equiptment te George J. Mever Man of Wisconsin. of the comp: Schottisch and other old time dan 4 uJ Soh County Candidate First cendidate to qualify for the Democratic primary | afact ey iter ont wineetelhe elections this May is John M. = tion se vip Spottswood, owner of Sta- he equiotment is used in maior tion WKWF, who is entering ities such as Jacksonville and the race for Sheriff. pottswood qualified at noon today by paying « qual- itying fee of $250 to the Monroe County Democratic executive committee and the Monroe county commission- ers. His formal announce- | ment will be made lator, Candidates for county office have until March 15 to quali- fy at the county courthouse, into the bottle washer, ___ pase ——_ re soaked in a sterilizing. deter- tie’ and'nd radinibiston will be charg: Hotel La Concha sent for 15 minutes and then brush- | oq = Tyyjarists “and” Winter visitors INVITES YOU TO vViSiT THE QUARTERDECK COCKTAIL LOUNGE & SUN SOLARIUM FINEST VIEW OF KEY WEST SUN BATHING FACILITIES Light Luncheons Served Daily OPEN FROM 10 A. M. ENTERTAINMENT NITELY Palm Be as increased 50 t the t of the company here he original franchise for lated April 1993 was 19 Piodela plant on Si has a big job to > large population of tablish in Coe 0 BUY COLBY n. Bottles are EEE TED ‘Fine Fishing Tackle | Thothpson Enterprises, Inc. | HARDWARE DIVISION nye ; “Lone 886 Phone 8st | Ne, 4, # eA. &., Wot evening, January 9, at 7 EE? } >, MM. Master Masons degree | suena | conferred. NOTICE communication of Dade} All Master Masons are invited fv | | attend 1 WALTHER M. LAZIER, W. M.| F. O. WEECH, SECY. {Young Man as apprentice Painter | land Body worker. May qualify| lunder G. |. bill if qualifiied. Apply, NAVARRO, Inc. | RETESET TT