The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 10, 1952, Page 8

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FBI Looking For Ernest 'L. Whetzel Was Dressed In Uniform Of A Warrant Officer Thursday, January 10, 1957 Page 8 739 Phones Added Here In Past Year Now 5,362 Phones In City Of Key West; Still Number Of Unfilled Orders | Robert W. Wall, Special Agent Telephone service to 739 addi-|in charge of the FBI in Florida, tional citizens of Key West help-j announced that the FBI and law ed mark another big year of cone, | cotorrernent tlic shrumbput the southeastern section of the See Teoerens soaring papi e | country are vigorously seeking ap Cold, Manager of Southern Bell Te-| | ohend Ernesi =. Whetzel, Jr., lephone and Telegraph Company, line was a Warrant Officer with said today. the U. S. Coast Guard at Camp As the year ended, there were | Gordon, Augusta, Georgia, where approximately 5,362 Southern pn. | be disappeared on January 3, telephones in service here, com- eer : z : pared to 4,623 at the beginning of| me the year, he announced. Cold declared the total number | ; of telephones now serving Key West is almost twice the number in-use at the end of World War I. Christmas telephone calls to far’ i Z es distant points. were 30 percent 2 @teater than last year, Cold said. Telephone facility expansion in the’ éommunity was pa-t of a state of Florida program that totals ap- proximately 51,487 telephones gain- ed during 1951. There are now 503,- 778 telephones in service which is More than twice the number in ser- in-the state six years ago. required an expenditure in the State of $126,980,846 during the six year -period, $21,906,909 of which spent in the state by South- ern Bell during the year just ended, Mr. Cold said. Rural expansion in the state in- eluded the installation of 16,227 te- 8 during 1951. These tele- Phones now total 79,800 which is | more that four times the number Operated by the company six years | go, he said. One of the big ob- 1952, simultaneously with the discovery of $45,339.99 missing from the safe he had custody of las ae a Officer. He is believed to have left vi the ce Augusta, Georgia, about 3 a.m., rae for ‘anne ear January 3, 1952, driving a 1951 Said. Maroon Chevrolet Coach, bearing “The company is aware that, in} 1951 Georgia License S-29075 and of good overall progress in | Augusta City Tag No. 12668. He | state. during 1951, a large num-: was dressed in the uniform of a ber of unfilled applications for te-| Warrant Officer in the U. S. lephone service are on hand. This|Coast Guard and was accom- Jargely is a result of the | panied by a woman de economic growth of the state. We {age 30, 5’ 4”, 130 lbs ‘orking hard at the job of|hair, green eyes. Whetzel is de- full telephone service |scribed as a white male, age 36, Mr. Cold said. 200 Ibs., 6’ 342” tall, brown eye rn Bell's activities in con- | and light-brown hair. All indica- feetion~-with civilian telephone | tions are that he was coming to e carried forward in a | Florida. year in which the greatest military | Mr, Wall suggests all law en- je demands since the war | forcement officers and individual Were also needed,” he added. persons be alerted and, in the event information is received as 4 735 Payment | Wits's, wheesbouts, tha leasant Surprise To Superintendent Headquarters at Miami, tele- phone 9-2421, be advised im- “A complete and pleasant sur- ise, at this time,” was the way mediately rhich, Superintendent of Mon. Joe Pinder Will County schools, Horace Build $38M House oBeat described the allocating Of 9-$42,735 grant given by the House construction in the Sun the! MONROE COUNTY (Continued from Page One) | years covered by this audit as indi- leated on Exhibit B. More care {should be used in anticipating re- | ceipts.” | ©The financial records of the Bo- ‘ard were well kept. The account- ‘ing system in general conforms to |the methpd prescribed by the Com- ptroller. The minutes were neatly | kept and reflected the business be- jfore the Board. Tae Chairman had | signed all minutes during the audit period. Paid vouchers generally | bore no signature to show receipts for goods; however, they showed the County Board's approval for payment. Insurance The Audit claims that public li- ability and property damage in- | surance on motor vehicles should be “cancelled and the premiums recovered.’ It states that “The Attorney Gen- eral nas repeatedly ruled that the ' county has no liiability, therefore the premiums for liability and pro. perty damage insurance are pay- ments for which no value is re ceived.” Contradicting this statement is that of the legal advisor, who says that there is “fa chance than the Supreme Court would not uphold - eral. The lawyer, Paul Sawyer re commends the continuance of liabi-! lity insurance as a protection to the county.”” Preminiums on this insurance are said by Howard E. Wilson, Tax Collector to be less than $50 * a year. He contradicted the state- ment made in another paper that all of the county insurance is car- | ried by Key West Insurance Co. of which he and State Rep. Bernie C. | Papy are owners. Wilson said: “We carry the majority but not | all the insurance of the county.” ; Wilson came in for some criti- {cism in the audit for ‘‘unreason- -lably high automobile expenses.” He explained to The Citizen that ‘the $1,402 in 1949 and $1,339, in} ;1950 are just over the $1,000 a| year depreciation authorized by | Florida law. He said that the | jState Auditor, Bryan Willis, him- | self, said it was permissible to | {charge off $1,000 a year for de- preciation. The charge, he said, jhas been approved by two pre- | vious audits. | Otherwise Wilson's office came | off well in the audit. “All collections of record were | accounted for and cash resources | were adequate to meet all lia- | bilities of record. Reports and re- | mittances have been regular and | accurate. Validaing machines were | used for the collection of es | | | i and intangible taxes. The safe guards and control used in con- | ‘nections with these machines did | not appear to be adequate.” “The percentages of collections | on general and intangible rolls | have been high as shown on Ex- hibit E. “Records of collections and dis- tributions were well kept and re curate. They were in good cond- | ition and information was readily | accessible for the purpose of the | j audit. Records of office Mnances | were incomplete.” | COUNTY CLERK ADAMS: | “All collections of record were | accounted for,” said the audit. | , “Tax redemptions were accurately | State board of education. “We didn’ tbexrect this money until Maret “15,"'1952," he said. “We were given the funds be- eause ofthe jump in increase of stutfenfs” in the area. Under or- dinary circumstances, we could could get no extra help because Our present allotment is based on last“year’s figures of the number 6f students in schools here. The Money will help pay teachers who have. already been hired and for other costs, as transportation, current expenses, capital outlay ahd retirement of bonds floated for School building projects,” he Bhid. The sum will be added to the viously alloted amount from i¢ minimum school foundation fund of $361,114 for Monroe @ounty for the school year 1951- 1962, Envoliment in schools here showed -a 12.49 per cent increase ih white schools while the over- all county enrollment increased 10.33 per cent. Four Small Permits Issued Building in Key West showed lit- tle activity today as City Building Inspector Ralph Russell reported that only four permits amounting to $880 were issued from his office. These include: Mrs. Margaret Hanna, 321 Ame- lia Street, Repairs amounting to $80; J.P. Richardson, Passover and Windsor Lane, who will move his fésidence from that address to the corner of Josephine and Johnson Streets. William Freeman will Paint the interior of his store at 613-Duval Street at a cost of $50; Blizabeth Sweeting, 1119 Petro- hia Street, An odd juniper tree, found on the Crooked Rivet in Oregon, grows like a spire 40 feet in the air. It looks like a a domestia shrub MOBILES TWINS 20 Duvar Sr, Pr General Repairs, $300, | shine Subdivision near Roosevelt) reported and remitted. Tax cert- | Boulévard is underway. One of ances were properly | the ‘First of the group of . State and county tax cer- 4 8 cates were pronerty sateguard- | residences will be a CBS home at! ed and accounted for during the | 1614°Stevens*street on Lot 25 of the} | audit period. | subdivision. Jos Pinder applied} “The records in general were yesterday in the office of Ralph |Well Kept. A daily cash book and | ‘ ¢ 5 ledger were maintained, but did | Russell, building inspector for fade: ail the permit. The house will cos jnot include all accounts. A record | $8,000. | of receipts and disbursements for Mrs. Ellcebeth Sweeting | individual tax redemptions was Dattonin: cae eyes mania | heeded and was started after the close of this audit.” raed sir pire ma for | OFFICE OF TAX ASSESSOR oun, Ci . | CLAUDE GANDOLFO: A plumbing permit was given| “The Audit states that “The ex E. E. Hood, 2601 Fogarty avenue. | penses of, the office from January | Electrical inspector, Paul Ma-| 1, 1949 until July 31. 1951 were not | Ene te ie tal of ht ee Se the “assessor ‘amounted | fees amounted to $7.600, accord- | amount represented retainage on | ing to records for the past year|the 1950 tax roll which had been | in Charles Robert's tax office at| billed. but not received. The As- | City Hall. | sessor had not properly billed the (HAP | various taxing units for commis The word “Yankee” was first ap-| sions due for additions to the tax plied yong Dutch to a shrewd,) rolls and for commissions on errors tricky fellow, according to a gen-| on the tax rolls.” erally accepted version of its ori “Many expenditures | sin new | 1119 shown on WALA Niiiens. -oe properly substantiated. When this “Born Yesterday”, the sixth’ was called to the Assessor's at- pone run play in New York thea-| tention he stated that better re trical history had 1,643 performan-| cords would be matnained in the ces. It closed on Dec. 31, Remiittances to the County GET A LOAN ENTIRELY BY MAIL SAVE MONEY! HE Beneficial Plan way to get a loan entirely by mail is convenient +++ and saves you money! Small “tide-over” loans made as promptly eee SAVE MONEY: COMPARE! 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Lowe, of Tavernier were given n bills of health Il amounts due the Justice were paid by the county..Fees charged appeared to be proper Records were adequate.” COUNTY JUDGE RAYMOND R LORD: “All collections accounted for hy of record were remittances cash on hand. Civil dockets \y well kept, probate dockets needed improvem : adequate sof record Fees char and the nublie appeared to confrom to the statutes governing. No excess in come was earned.” CRIMINAL COURT: The accounts of Harry Dongo. clerk of the criminal court were reviewed by the auditors. “As of July 31, 195 ere was a cash deficit of $1,485. The Clerk } handled jury pay rolls. As of July 31, 1951, the Clerk had paid ou of a $2,000 jury pay roll and ad no monies on hand or in an official bank account to cover the remaining balance of $1,485. Since the close of the audit period an official bank account has been op. ened and the balance of $1,485 has been returned to the State Com ptroller. Records were adequate but the entri in the Criminal Court dockets were not current.’ The audit of the Board of Public Instrucion will be covered in a separate story. The swiftest part of the Gulf St m flows at 4 to 5 nautical miles an hour off the promontory of Cape Hatteras MacArthur May Speak At GOP Convention Move Is Under Discussion Of The Party's Executive Committee WASHINGTON (® — The possi- bility of inviting Gen. Douglas MacArthur to be keynote speaker at the Republican presidential nom- inating convention is under dis- cussion by members of the party’s| Executive Committee. \ prominent GOP official, who} asked not to be quoted by name, told a reporter that he and his e ses have talked over such an invitation to the general. If MacArthur iis invited to speak and accepts —- «he convention might note a contrast between his attitude toward Army regulations against political activity and that of Gen. Dwight.D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower has made it clear that so lon< as he is in uniform s North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion (NATO) commander, not discuss political matters al- though he has made himself avail- able for the GOP nomination if his friends can get it for him. Although MacArthur was re- ved of bis Pacific commands by President Truman, the five-star general .emains tecunically on ac- tive duty, a: ed to the chief of staff but stationed in New York. In letters to some office holders, Gen. MacArthur is reported to have de it clear he looks with a great deal of friendly interest on the bid of Sen. Taft (R for the Republician nomi With this in mind, any invitation to MacArthur to keynote the con- yention might meet with opposition Flying Courses To Be Held According to Mr. Alfons Zitter, ; Public Information Officer, ; Jan. 15, when Mr. Arthur Holler- der the direction of Mr. Wallace D. Culbertson. With 21 charter members and | over 50 applicants the local squad- {ron will meet at Faraldos Flying | Service on January 15. | from within the ranks of the Eisen- | hower backers. | Political developments Wednes- day promised a head-on clash in Illinois among three of the candi- dates—Taft, former Gov. Harold | E. Stassen of Minnesota and Eisen hower. Taft announced he will enter the April 8 Illinois primary, although he previously had would confine his primary efforts to the April 1 Wisconsin and May 6 Ohio contests. Taft expects to have the solic he will! backing of the Illinois delegation | but Stassen said he would put his | name in the presidential preferen- tial race, the results of which are merely advisory on the delegates An Eisenhower - for - Presidient group has announced intentions o putting up delegate candidates ir all the congressional districts ir Illinois. | On the other side of the politica! | fence, Sen. 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