The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 20, 1952, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST mu? \ VOL. LXXIII. No. 69 Kev West Citisen IN Tees U.S.A. SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER™ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, fHuRsDaY, MARCH 29, 1952 THE Bic) wisi CENT! "| Hope To Come Back To Key West Next Fall’ x * * zk kK kek x * x k wx ® x * & Key West Only City In Florida Where Mosquitoes Can Be Entirely Eliminated Says Dr. Wilson Sowder, Head Of Florida Health Department City Officials rd Already on Cabanas Formally Started Campaign Announces For To Aid Work “Key West is the only place in Florida where it would be possible to get rid of all the mosquito prob- Wilson lem,” declared Dr. T. Sowder, head of the Florida State Health De- partment, at a public hear- ing on mosquito control held at the Monroe County Health Clinic Auditorium. © Speakers representing the state, county, city and the navy discussed Monroe County’s mosquito control problem, with the state and navy officials flying here|: from Jacksonville especial- ly for the meeting. City officials, looking forward to a greatly increased tourist trade in Key West with the elimi- nation of mosqui' nate u ly duri summ: s, have erent @ campaign to fill and clean vacant lots that breed mosquitos fsllowiny each rain. Letters have been written to Key | West property ewners who own va- cant lots, to fill clean these quito breeding is approximately 3500. inches of fill. in a gac-inch stand of water, takes only 30 minutes for mosqui- to eggs to hatch. City Manager Dave King stated, that where property owners do not voluntarily fill their own lots, the city plans to do so and charge the owner with the filling and cleaning costs. The city’s letters have brought results, a8 many lots have already been cleared. : Neil Saunders, county chairman of the Mosquito Control Board, call- ed last week as meeting, at the re- quest of Capt. C. C. Adell, Com- mander of the Naval Base, Key West. This hearing was to discuss the need for permanent control of salt mareh mosquitos in Key West and vicinity, including Stock Is- land, Big Coppitt, Geiger and Bo- ca Chica keys, and to discuss co- operation between city, county, state and naval agencies in this | effort to make this area mosquito- free. Dr, Sowder, is addressing the group, agreed with the local na- val authority, James R. Hutch- craft, that only practical so- lution of the mosquite problem kere is permanent control, that rather than spending money on chemical control, which only kills the current crop of mosquitos, with a new crop breeding follow- ing each rain. Hutehcraft promised Key West- ers they would see the “biggest (Continued On Page Six) . Do YOU want a GOOD used CAR? m9 Ford Station Wagen Ceiling Price $1455 Sele Price $1199 stude. Landeruiser. Ceiling Price $1642 Sale Price $1195 1948 English Ford Ceiling Price $853 Sale Price $545 440 Chevrolet Tudor Ceiling Price $565 Sale Price $295 449 4. door All cars one-third down Balance Monthly =| these lots Most of | he he hed worked di them require approximately six | best interests of Most of these lots | schools. \~ are wet only following rains, where | “ Duting World War II he served it | as a civil service employee of the | School Board Julio Catanas, Jr. today formally annuunced for Member of Monroe County School Board 4th District, where he is seeking re-election to the job which he now holds in the Democratic Primary on (May 6). A native of Key West» and educated in the public schools of this city: In a move to further in- WE Sk ASE PA aT Se aE crease his education, Mr. Cabanas training’ with il chgineering. - Mi: Cabanas said he felt he was well qualified, basing his..can- didacy. ye on hig, reeord ‘of ponte ntly for the Mroc County Navy Dept. He ‘entered \ pon those duties as. joingr and ad- vanced himself. to civil engineer's aide. His. reason to. want to: continue to serve as ‘a member of |.the Monroe County School Board ‘is to’ Work and achieve ‘an thay to do his part to further p in the education . system of bes entite county, so that’ our, chil dren will have a much better 'ép- portunity’ to advance. thebiselves, The fact that he is a father of three children and that he at- tended the public schools of this county, give him a gre: sight as to school children. Cabanas platform last clection feel that school prograi be intelligently and consi planned so as to provide: Ist— ing. 2nd.—Improvement in teaching (Continued On Page Six) NOTICE Have you filed your Homestead Exemption for 1952? Deadliné ex- pires April Ist. CLAUDE A. GANDOLFO Monroe County Tax Assessor Bei ON” BAYSIDE TRAILER PARK 615 Green Street CITY SEWERAGE CONNECTIONS FOR MODERN TRAILERS Select Your Lot Now Hours 4 - 6 Daily MARL 7$c Per Cu. Yd. Loaded at Stock Island Pit 8x 8 x 16 BLOCK 20c Per. Block ( tn Quentities) Ready-Mix Concrete Rock, Sand and Gravel | | CHARLEY TOPPINO: hee Phones 1865 - 1648 Stock Island PO ETEL ST eee S| bilizer Charles E, Wilson to Key Adequate classroom hous- } nator Missing Beanty’ . ; Uncle To Testify Today; Deputy Barker Spends Two Hours Before Grand Jury On Huguette Le May myaey TREAL ‘ DETECTIVE CHIEF Sailor Faces ACCOMPANIES e ° BEAUTY’S UNCLE Possible Life By SUSAN McAVOY i e | Monroe County Deputy Sher- Term In Jail |iff James O. Barker testified two] By The Asseciated Press hours and 15 minutes before the; President ‘Truman “ook an indi- Bennett Hill Indicted Grand Jury this morning on. the | Pect Swine today at his Democratic : i BS iepaio es ie _ national chairman. And Sen. Rob- On 2nd Degree Murder vl ee —— Lai se tert A. Taft went even further in Will Come Before May TO! anadian eauly mass- —-s Political Notes a verbal burst against the governor since January 4 when she4of New Jersey. ing Criminal Court Term | disappeared off a Keys’, bridge ae wat Wek foi Fastin x i aaa ey West that what happens Bennett Fielding Hill, indicted on | While fishing with her husband; mo. has’ “netiing to. to with secorid degree murder charge | Mopping his brow, Barker} whether or not he'll run for re- walked out of the Grand Juty room of the courthouse at 12:15 noon following the 18 men whe against the late Gcorge Hopkins, winter visitor, faces at most a life of Stpressions” &. McKinney said Wednesday he Chairman Frank Sehtence and at the least 20 years | comprise the jury. had got from his talks with theh in the stat prison if the jury of} “] can't reveal what we've dis- | President. May Criminal Court session here | covered at this stage,” Barker] ‘Tall, Ohio senator campaigning _| finds him guilty, it was learned to- | Said when he came out of the} fer the Republican presidential nomination, anpounced he is quit- ‘ting the New Jersey primary with a sharply worded blast at Gov. day. | The 22 year oid sae was in- | dicted on the lesser charge ye day by the Grand Jury. Since sec- ond rec murder is not a capi- se, the case will be heard uy ury room. “But you can quote me as say- ing what I've said several times ‘ befove: that.it is my opinion he E. par’ pig 7b: Mrs. LeMay is dead and that she RAMA Oh ten. Daal was the victim uf an act of Ng a figured prominently in violence. Albury. The jury can cither up- coll “has obvioasly taken steps to hold the second degree murder charge, or reduce it to manslaugh- ter-or acquit him. The round faced sailor has been held without bond in Monroe Coun- ty jail since February 3, the day after the brutally beaten corpse of the slim, hotel man was found on Simonton Street. ~ Quebee Provincial police in Mon- treal. These two men{ were ‘waiting to testify before the Grand Jury which is investigating the mys- tery of LeMay's _ unsolved disappearance. Barker told me as I walked along with him down the hall} that though he has concluded his testimony he expected to an- swer more questions this aiter- er in the presidontial primaries. noon. He looked at his watch and} Tq their only other meeting, Kisen- gave me the exact time of his | hower was a clear winner. That report reading, identification of ; was in New Hampshire. @ Wilson To See ° President Today | . objects as two hours and 15 min-!| Kisenhower’s name came up at utes, He said that of course he! the Truman news conference when Truman summoned Defense Mo. |CoUld make no comment on his}the President was told by a re- testimony. porter that Columnist Walter Lip- When I asked M LeMay’s |pmann suggested that in view of | uncle whether he had any feel- | Eisenhower's New Hampshire vic- (Continued On Page Six) (Continued On Page Four) primary.” New Jersey officials said Taft's name: will remain on the ballot. The deadline for. withdrawal had passed. Taft's statement did not ask that his name be taken off the: ballot. The New Jerscy primary. would have marked the second direct clash between Taft and Eisenhow- West, Fla., today to discuss the steel wage dispute, after Wage Board deliberations were halted | by the physical collapse of the | board chairman. - | Nathan P. Feinsinger. of the government's Wag zaiion Board (WSB), who h working night and day on th in an effert to avert a strike set | for midnight Sunday, keeled over | about 6:30 a. m. today. A physician said Feinsinger col- lapsed from fatigue, and the board chairman | NOTICE Effective Friday. March 2st the cash fare on all Route 1 Poincian Buses will be 15c. $2.00 books (sixteen tickets per book) can be purchased from the Poinciana Bus Drivers. Tepesaetl pd 2p. m. The un- exped! ¥ posed a serious (Continued On Page Three) | KEY WEST TRANSIT CoO, INC, PHONE 360 ONE BIG WEEK STARTING TUESDAY m ee y 20 Minutes Drive from Key West WATERFRONT LOTS (Large) | RESTRICTED .. RESIDENTIAL, The Best Lots on the Keys For Less Money SEE GEORGE DYKES H Office on Site j The Junior Class Junior Variety Show Key West High School Auditorium | MARCH 20 AND 21 | oP. Mm. j ADMISSION 50 | | “An Extraordinary Television Show” | PEER TT cman a . i electica. This was a repudiation ! ; ‘Pouhis rigat is b best ttt :¥ es were the Mia fathéy andvancle of. h as Wil Hill ‘will face trial before a six | the missing beauty, Drr* Dolphe | 1f2™ the Api 45 primary becaus man jury, not later than the May |'Perron and his friend and ad- | Drisoall “hag en. his ward” in | term, it is expected by his counsel | visor Dr. Alfred Quennevillo, }endorsing Kisendower for the GOT Enrique Esquinaldo Jr. and Will | former chief of detectives for | Momination. And, ‘Taft said, Dris- eccrupt the intent of the preference } stride toward BOQ 123, en the 9:30 o'clock this morning. “Has everyone had. breakfast dent Truman and Capt. Adell | Pseudo-Relaxed Mood In Toned-Down Clothes Of Subdued Tone Bua Press Questions Sharp By DOROTHY RAYMER | The White House Press confer ence this morning looked Ii P busmen's holiday before Pros lent | Truman arrived. Every newsmar TICKET OFFICE | | ALL AIRLINES | 411 Fleming St PRESIDENT HARRY 8. TRUMAN, ac eit by Capt c. c. Adell, Commariding Officer of the U. S. Naval Base, Key West, dent condueted his personal news conference With reporters at Smiling, hale and ‘hearty, .Presi- dent Truman greeted -assembled newsmen with the question, right, Presidential Press Secretary Joe Short. Pre-Press : Conlenende Sieme : ‘Resembles Busman’s Holiday; i Reporters Read Newspapers PRICE TOURS Phone 124 ¥ Naval Station, where the Presi- this morning?” Behind « Presi- are newsmen and on the far | REESE SSE SE Se | was reading @ paper or fooking at ja magazine. Exeept Ernest (Tony) AL ro, He was catching a cat- | green-covered chairs at the, BOQ ; where the conference was held at! [9:30 a.m. Bat don't be misled! The (Continued On Page Three) - PALACE J. Weissnuller and Ann Savage “PYGMY ISLAND” i ; { (Se | Complete Stock of Mechanic | HANDTOOLS | Guaranteed for Life Roy’s Key West Auto Parts Co. _21 DUVAL STREET TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 CHARITY FUN NITE Thurs. 9 P. M. at the Ho Sein peor Se hp es x * * “Mr. President” Heads For Gitte! So Says President | Traman In Reply Fo. Reporter’s Query By SUSAN McAVOY President Harry Truman today replied to my ques- tion at his personal pres; conference held at the: Naval Station: “I hope to come bach to Key West next fall.” Elmer Davis, ABC com tely pip “What about next spring | Mr. President?” “PIL ansyer ‘that nexi fall after the election,” re. plied President of the | United smiling im a | mysterious way. The President, looking hand some ands tanned in a silk cor suit, open necked bluet and white | shirt, stood at a microphone ir |} BOQ 128 to answer the qi tions flying at kim from the m than a score of White House and focal’ pres: He sarily dodged the $6; is. running..fi and agath anc [with good naturec “AlL you fellows have been trying to set a date for me. I'll et the date myself in plenty oi bs for you to get your stor ne =f orean war situation | would determine his running for |the Presidéncy, as Frank Me Kinney, Democratic National chairman had implied at his press. conference yesterday. The Korean situation, Presi dent Truman said has no bearing whatsoever on his decision to Yun for re-election to the White House, The President said firmty thar he had never commented on the Korean ‘situation at a press-con ference, and he would not at: the present time, Whatever .goes- on in Korea, he said, is ititary matter and not for disciission at this time, Again when he was asked whether the Democratic Nationa} Convention in July would be an open one, the President. smiled and said: “It TL announce my candidacy for the Presidency it will not be an open convention.” He further said that there never has been an open convention when a President “made up his mind to run.” The President then tuirded, The (Continued On Page 4 ATTENTION Iraportant Meeting WILL BE HELD Friday, March 21st AT 2. M., 119 OUVAL ST, Mr. Cariola will be here Hotel, Restaurant and Bartenders Union Local 156 A. F. 4.