The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 27, 1952, Page 1

VOL. LXXItI. No. 75 Gene Otto Painting Sold To Canadians | “AND BEYOND. THE SEA.” painted from La Concha’s Quarterdeck lounge Gene Otto, was just sold to private Canadian collectors following the painter’s exhiibtion of this and other famous panoramic painting “As the Gull Flies” Miami. The painting has gone to its new owners in Toronto, Canada. The larger canvas, i Gull Flies” remains in Key West at Otto's studio. Gunman Kills |Custom-Made Painters’ Pallet Three Persons, Presented To Gene Otto By FBI Official, Louis Nichols * CAREFUL WORK Wounds Two Roadblocks Were Thrown Up In old” baby,” were Authorities, immi blocked ‘this entire: ene Northwest Nebr: Plane after pla into. ‘the air in the unidentified slayer. First speculation by authorities was that the slayings Inust have , been by someone carrying a “grudge’ or someone Bene’ ber- serk. i Killed were “Goerge Mensinger, 28; Mrs. Mensinger, his 23-year- old wife, and a neighbor, Deo Gadner, About 50. Wounded were >the Mensingers’ ‘baby and another neighbor, Cliff “McDonald, atout 35, Marvin Hansen, state safety pa- troliaal staticned at Valentine, * said the assailant apparently had not entered the Mensinger ranch home five. miles south of Merriman but shot through doors and win- dows. Mrs. Mensinger apparently was jfellea as she stood by the tele. phone, trying to summon help. * McDonald, who lives about a ‘ (Continued On Page Three) PALACE Chas. Starrett are Shirley Burnette “BANDITS OF EL conan ol “There was generous si the rails ut the list despite several ‘areas. Steels held - | steady. The advance: carried « up around? two points at the best among leaders while some issues as out smartly ahead of that ‘age gain. Losses were almost aulvarsally fractional. Oils and companies with oil in- terests disnlayed the heavier gains with Texas Pacific Land Trust for tween six and seven points at times. Good progress was made by Phillips Petroleum, Amerada Petroleum, Columbian Kern County Land and Northern Pacific. Higher stocks included Santa Fe, Colorado & Southern, Sinclair Oil, U. S. Gypsum, American Tele- phone, Consolidated Natural Gas, }Homestake Mining, Allied Chem- ical, International Paper, Repub- | lic. Steel,..General- Motors, Mont- gomery Ward, Boeing, Radio Corp. and Admiral Corp. More active issues on the Curb Exchange showed a rising tend- ency. Higher were Alaska Air- lines, International Petroleum, Mc- Williams Dredging, New Mexico | & Arizona Land and Venezuelan Petroloum. Lower were Creole Pe- tional Union Radio. | Corporate bonds advanced nar- | rowly. Long-term governments im- proved while shorter maturities held steady in the over the counter market, There's G00D DINE AND DANCE DAILY 7 P.M. — TA. M. Simonton St. DIRECT FROM CIRO’S LOGUN’S BEAUTIFUL OCEAN PATIO PHONE 870 FOR YOUR RESERVATION NEWS Tonight! UNDER THE STARS SUNDAY 3 - 6, — 9-12 on the Ocean at the Lowe 'Gallery, rt for example running uv a gain of be- | SATOH | rood 1¢-Inch wide: pallet for his troleum, Investors Royalty and Na- | | ALL AIRLINES | | Rock. Sand and | CHARLEY TOPPINO: | Phones 1865 - 1648 THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER | Action Now Before It Is Too Late | Louis Carbonell, former jcity today | stated that unless some re- lief is afforded soon, Key Gua be Larry Karns | West will be without water | _ | this sununer, | ear The condition now .be-| ling suffered by, residents of second story houses and | apartments will be dupli- cated for those on the bot- tom floor, 1 Carbonell. The civic leader urged all concerned to see that the Ta- vernier pump is acquired im- mediately. This would require only an expenditure of about $60,000, and could provitle seme 500,000 gallons daily for the Key West area. ON WALNUT ‘ At 10 a.m. this morning, Sen- PALLET ‘CARVED ators Smathers, Holand and | BY FBI FRIEND Representative Lantaff are méet- commissioner, by University of “As The 2 [ing with high navg? officers rel-1 areal ative t dbicving! wae cgene paigter is gs vital | ater problem in the _Tslyna a ‘partner in his work as a type- }Gity. writer is to. a writer, }- Whe ‘Tuniog nator Ges in “Bey West (Ca hotell as soon ag te ; painter. ys nce an magnifice: Prat ie na! (Pe 2 a ter? ca” Auk Lite p “I searched for five years to iets | authorities are askip be ‘find the fight. walnut foe ‘this for 9, $450,000 dmergen- pallet. There isnothing more’ ina P89 hy fappropriution fo "Build a sb- portant than an easy-to-hold pal- let. When you are painting eight to ten hours a day, the pallet must be comfortable and. fitted to your arm.” Gene told a good friend ‘of his Louis Nichols, who is J. Edgar Hoover's assistant about his need | $7,000,000 pipe line to Key West} for a really good pallet. jif financing can be obtained. Nichols, who is a regular win-| One official who wants to re- ter visitor in‘Key West is a very|main anonymous, declared that good amateur woodworker. he could see no possible gain He has‘ panelled his honie in| from the present practice of using walnut. He told Gene Otto that | booster pumps for secOnd-story he would try ‘to fashion a really | residences. He claimed that cause a health haz; |if “defective sewer line were nearby. At any rate a number of f \ries of pumps. If this approprig- ; tionsis granted, »Kay- West and the’ Keys will be relieved com- fletely ot ‘Avater” Werries. sibility of the Florida Keys Aque- duct Commission tonstructing a this could painter friend. NicholS went to work on some jwalnut that Otto had fin: found at the’ Miami boa’ these pumps “used by ‘consecu- ! |Back. in Washington, hé’ sent} tive housesswould eliminate any progress reports to Otto, Wwho| chance for’ water going to one- waited eagerly ‘for the pallet story homes in the neighborhood, } jtions for the kind of pallet he wanted. It should be scooped |CUBA RECQGNIZED jout so that the right arm can| HAVANA, Cuba (® — The United | fit snugly around it and carry} States today became the 18th na- } most of the weight. It must be | tion to recognize the revolutionary jcarved so that the balance of the! government of Fulgencio Batista. | pallet is perfect and does not! ‘The announcement of American |sway with an extra daub of oil | recognition came as custed Presi- |paint, or brush fressure | dent Carlos Prio Socarras appealed Nichols gave his off hours to! from exile in Miami. Fla. tc the perfecting the fine walnut pallet. | Cuban Senate not to recognize the | } The great day came when he Batista regime, which seized —: { | U Jrges Immediate * Navy May Send Water To Key lest By B Also in the offering, jis the pos- ard, especially | |which*he knew would be the} best he ever had, Q ki | Otto had* given his friend | } ADULTS 75 se Kev West Citisen IN THE U.S.A. The Associated Press Teletype, Features and Photo Service: For 72 Years Devoted to the _est interests ot Key Wes? naa FIVE CENT FF 2:18; WASHINGTON. —(AP).— The Navy said today it is considering. a plan panded. crats. these possibilities: Florida... thon, some buildings. — * & send water to Key West, Fla., by barge until the city’s water, supply can-he ex. Rear Adm. Joseph F, Jelly, chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, met |}, this morning with Sens. Holland and Smathers and Rep. Lantaff, Florida Demo- | Afterward, the Congress members. told a reporter the Navy is looking into| Jelly told the Floridians that the Budget Burean has been asked to authorize | appropriation of $495,000 to enlarge present facilities. jmew-well at. Florida City and additional pumping stations at Tavernier and Mara- S Neinerant Photogr License Cancelled | STUDIO. AGREES TO DELIVER ALL PRINTS CONTRACTED FOR LOCALLY The “Happy Hunting” grounds of Key West for itinerant photographers and salesmen is coming to a quick halt. City Manager Dave King last night cancelled the oc- tional. license of the Tot” studio of Wil- liam street. King’s action was the carrying out of the city ordinance re-! quiring certain regulations in the photography business that is licable te both locol.and non- studios, iials of the studio were or- to deliver all prints to their custémers, and forbidden Amateur Talent Show High School Auditorium TOMORROW NIGHT, 8 P. M. CHILOREN 50c | (Continued On Page Four) jer March 10; TICKET OFFICE “convict stock of Mechenie HAND TOOLS Comet jor Life Wi PRICE TOURS. 411 Fleming St. Phone 124 MARL 121 DUWAL STREET. TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 NOTICE ALL COUNTY REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES Become Delinquent After April 1, 1952. Interest and Advertising Charges Accrue After That Date. Loaded at Stock Island Pit 8x 8x ve BLocK . 20c Per. Block ( In Quantities) "Ready-Mix Concrete the meeting te be held Gravel & SONS Stock Island Control agencies will be TONIGHT AT 8 P. M. at the COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC AUDITORIUM Movies of Key West in 1944 will be shown and representatives of County and State Mesquite | | 5c Rackes. Xd. | ene ee eee | NOTICE. All these interested in ridding the city of Key West of its mosquito problem are urged te attend present. * to take any further ‘shots.’ Any resident who does net re- ceive their paid-for prints is ask jed to contact the city manager's | office. The ordinance for photograph- ers, etc, provides that a place of business be secured in the city in a business zoned area, and that a notice of office hours he | placed outside to afford the pub- lic an opportunity to render complaints of work done by the | studio. The Miami outfit had acquixed | a place of business on Win \street, but neglected to pay rent to the landlord. It wasn't an easy job to fing the erring salesmen. They woulé park their car on one of the city’s streets and then go about their business. Finally, the car license number was acquired, and then it wasn’t Jong before. the police spotted the car. The men were found eat- ing in a Fleming street restau- ‘rant last night at seven o'clock. | King was notified, and _per- sonally informed the photog-} raphers of Cancellation of the | occupational . licénse They | agreed to deliver what prints | had been contracted for, and not to take any further pictures. One of the officials deciared that the only reason for the _de- lay in delivering of the prints was because of his father’s death. He .was out-of-town at the fu- neral. CHOICE BUILDING LOTS Convenient to Schools and Shopping Zone, WA" from $1500 CHARLEY TOPPINO & iE 1865 - 1648 | commercial | At Tru man, | Marsha May, Poinciana Winner; Daniel Pearce, Is Champ At Truman; Other Winners Listed The winner of the Poinciana Elementary School Spelling Championship is Marsha May, Grade 6, age 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard May, 3021 Flagler Avenue, Key West. The runner-up is Toni John- son, Grade 5, age 10. Her par- ents are Mr. and Mrs. A. J, John- (Continued On Page Four) ANNOUNCEMENT Dr, Jeseph J. Groom, eye Specialist from Miami, will be in Key West, seeing patients Saturday morning, March 29th. Appointments arranged by calling Dr. Valdes, Telephone 332. Sorat a teletype ' MONROE ADULTS: Matinee ot 3:15 This would include aj MIGHTIEST OF MOTION PICTURES! NOW SHOWING AT spent ona + RELEASE ENGAGEMENT Feature SPECIAL SAT. & SUN. EARLY MATINEE — 12:30 GOME BACK Key West Will Be Without Water | ByT. his Summer Says L. Carbonell * The President Shows Benefits | Of 20-Day Stay | In Key West Sun |By SUSAN McAVOY The last morning of President Harry Truman's ~ | 1th Key West visit dawn- |ed rainy and cooler as if to make it easier for the Chief to leave his favorite. vacation city for the 43 degree temperature of the {nation’s capital: The President, looking - }tanned-and relaxed after a 20-day vacation left ai 2:18. from. Boea Chica in his personal plane The In- He was due te arrive at Washington “National airport. some 3 hours and 40 minuies later. Tonight he moves into the White House he.vacated in No vember, 1948, when rebuilding eaused: him and Mrs. Truman to stay across the street at colonial . 1. An immediate study of the possibility of providing a supplemental water | Blair House. jsupply through barge service from the Fiorida Peninsuls:, 2. A request for $50,000 for an emergency pumping station at Tavernier, he ae aay day address takes ‘Tomorrow’ he has a cabinet ting, Saturday his. vital Jet. place, At yesterday's press conference Presidential Press Secrétary Joe Short would neither confirm nor denyxthe St. Louis Post-Dispatch story that the President has ask- ed. Gov. Adlai Stevenson. ¢f Key West now gets its water by pipeline from wells in the Florida City area, | Minois to become’the Democratic | Expansion of the island city’s civilian and military population has brought.about.a water shortage and created cases where water fails 10 reach the second floor candidate for President, At the last press conference of of. correspondents — had Slee ith working vacation, the ranks <= j thinned out somewhat. Some had Teft. for i 5 rae ee ; e men, and big daily re pital already... The pia aya Joe Short. wit about ‘the President's last fulj day in Key West. » said smiling that he the | President —had lunched with sailors at the Naval a that he stood in the chow "Ye Woked at me and asked; “What is the name of the place the sailors eat and where is it Susan?” T replied that it was the enlist- ed men’s mess. and_that ik.was next to Building 136. A White House correspond- ent asked: “What did he eat? What was ‘on the menu?” “H's all in The Key West ¢ just get a copy,” I re- plied in a brief moment of “Where is The Citizen?” half watt could (Continued On sa Four) Have you filed your Homestead Exemption for 1952? Deadline ex- pires April Ist. CLAUDE A. GANDOLFO Monroe County Tax Assessor Rw od ‘a toe ORE ts) Os ee ll THEATRE CHILDREN All Day 50s — 6:30 — 8:30