The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 29, 1952, Page 1

ee = ta ee ee VOL. LXx{1l. Alord Formally Where Tragedy Str Announces For §§ r- Re-Election | | | | | { Judge © Raymond R. a ‘County Judge of Monroe County’ for the past sixteen yéars, today announced his candidacy for re- election as County Judge of Mon-! “roe County, subject to, the May primaries. In an interview with a repre- sentativesof this paper today WVudge Lord, among other things, said as follows: “For the past sixteen years it has been my privilege and pleas- ure to serve as vty pee of | this County. mt of time I have Peel tercoeeatal | in bringing about the. following #mprovements: . “1, The compilation of an ac-|~ curate and simple index of ail estates, marriage licenses and guardianship proceedings from the earliest records to the present date. 2. The rearrangement of all probate files in the office in an orderly fashion so that the same |y could be located with the mini- mum delay. | 3. Complete ‘probate forms, woperly catalogued and filed, for |” convenience of the public. — 4. Through my efforts I was successful in securing larger and ‘More adequate space for the’ County Judge’s records and files. The above are the major im- ‘provements that have bee: - brought about. However, during oy entire sixteen years of ser- No. 77 — RAY ELLIS, 223-F Poinciana Place, points to the spot where the bedy of Ralph Whitlock was dragged ashore. — Che Ken West Cilisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER ~ IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1952 uck RAL Says His Lawyers Advised Him Not To Come George LeMay, husband of 21-year-old Huguette Le¢ “| May who “met death as result of an act of violence," . | has decided not to re : : ‘we Key West or Florida, i ~ + | Montreal Bureau of the “a } * " | wired this morning. 1 2 _ | LeMay was asked by thé) — enon 7 | Monroe | County Grand Jury Citizen Staff Photo ; yesterday to appear volun- jtarily a witness before | the Grand Jury and waive _{his immunity in so doing. iene ‘I have honestly and sin- Poy tried to improve my of- w the convenience of the ‘publi requiring its facilities. As an example, I make it a regular visit the Keys annual- dam a Virgil Whitlock, oe vt ast HIS TRICYCLE pode by { the Key people for! INTO THE WATER a met ‘ice available to}. + Virgil L. : eae fs ight oe A ad ‘a aa which tapers off from a few inches to a depth of over | six feet.) The pond is in the rear -+of Poinciana. The, child had driven his tri<cyele into the water, and must have fell} from the vehicle, © The youth was first notic- ed floating atop the water by Shalrdine Sopkowich, | eight-year-old daughter of; Mrs. Maxime L. Sopkowich, | 223-D Poinciana Place. Shalrdine told: her moth~- er what she saw while the latter was ironing. Mrs. Sop- kowich rushed to the scene and found the boy about 15’ from thé shoreline. | Artificial respiration was given, and the child taken to the Naval fospital, where he died. Armando Perez, Key West police iment, made the tion for the city. days when the customarily | ch serve a public, if : i a side to a in the County Judges of , State and take in com- ig the facilities of my office with those available in any County of a‘size comparable to Monroe County. If the voters see fit to return me to office for an- othet four years, I promise the satne efficient and courteous ser- vice which my office has always furnished in the past. If new methods should become available for the furtherance of public “oe vice during the next four years, I promise that if I am your County Judge such facilities will be ex- - tended to. the residents of Mon- roe County. ‘ (Paid Political Aavt.) ‘ MASONIC NOTICE Special communication of Anchor Ledge No. 182 F. & A. M., Monday, March 31st, 1952 at 7 o'clock P.M. Confering Master Mason in full and dramatic form. Alt Mes: | ter Masons invited to be present. GERALD H. ADAMS, Sec'y. yi By Order OSWALD J. SHEPPARD, WM of the | depart- | investiga- 411 Fleming St. Phone 124/ In Poinciana Pond Last st Night YOUTH HAD TAKEN * 2g VISITING jizen and: newspapers and | LeMay said that he would not | return. He said that he » made 21-2, TrOWwRS | his decision after consultation with his lawyers and othér ad- | visors in Montreal. He added | that he might make a further statement later, -| AP in Miami dictated this ing! formation to The Citizen at noon. today. 3 Meanwhile State Attorney J Lancelot Lester, prosecuting ath torney before the 18 man grand jury which filed its report iy, {Circuit Court yesterday. when | |asked. if anyone in ee LeMax 'LOVERINGS thim after. the oder’ guides “Not.a word have I hotel” Chief Deputy: Sheriff} “Tommy | Dixon also’ said © that> *hé had | Years Ago; Now |heard) no reactions*‘from © the In Tampa , | Grand Jury’s finding® ‘that Mrs. ‘ | LeMay is probably dead, accdrd- ing to physical evidence and tes- mony of investigating officets. Writer First Pike | To Key West 32 | Two long-time friends ‘of Key West, Mr. and Mrs, Frank W. Lovering, drove in last nigh} ‘The jury sdid that Mrs. LéMay from ‘Tampa, and are at La'”may be dead, and if dead,‘ she Concha Hotel where they have met death by an act of violenc: been guests many times since it!” husband, George LeMay | was opened. was the last person who has ‘said | Mr. Lovering is managing edi- | he saw the, beauty. She vanished tor of Florida Grower, the State's | off Tom's Harbor Bridge No. 4 leading agricultural magazine, | while night-fishing with her hus- jand came to the city to confer | band’ on ‘January 4. The Cana-! with the publisher, Lieut. Har jdian girl said she was cold,! ris G. Mullen who is stationed | went back to their convertible to here with the USS Wilks. ‘put on warmer clothing. Her Mr. Lovering published the | husband said she did’ not re- Florida Keys Sun here seven;turn and that he never Saw Jed years, and was associated with |} again: L. P. Artman of The Citizen in}. An-intensive sevrch led by: the publication of the Key West Sun- | Monree-County — Sheriff's. office day Star. For years he has been ; was conductedfor weeks. follow- boosting the Island City by spe- | Continued On Page-Kight). cial articles written for The Cit- | joe ese ‘Woman Stabbed Tecoi- Haitic Mae McCloud was. stab- lection his initial introduction to, bed in the back by Annie Laura | \Key West 32 years ago. He and : Williams at 12:35 a, m. this morn-| his wife came from their home| ing at 1025 Whitehead _ street. ; in Massachusetts to recover from | Williams was arrested by Officer | the flu and arriving at the old) Harris at the corner of Virginia’ P and O docks from Port Tampa | and Whitehead. { Lovering inquired for a hotel. A| The case was investigated by travelling man exclaimed, “Hotel !Chiet. Deputy. Sheriff Tommy ¢ s here? H——! This is the} Dixon and Lt. Eugene Hernan- | last place God made. If you can dez. Hattie McCloud refused to} get out of it the same day you!sign an affidavit against Wil+ get in... . get out! I'm goin ams, and the officers had "| to take that train for Miami.” urn Williams loose. Mr. Lovering looked at the ee man with amazement, and then} zines of the north, He recalled with vivid Lelery Re ‘Named YMCA Director Here | at the ent ee the conference. lied New wirector | the building on Whitehead street,’ | EE a Sie 4) ‘Rieh ard Evans ‘Killed In Rios Chica Auto Crash Replaces Late F. Turner Whost Work Expanded USO Program To Size And Interest Of Present Richard Evans has been appcin- ted nermanent Director of the Key: | West Armed Forces USO-YMCA, | replacing the late Forrest Turner who died New Years’ day, it was announced today. } Evans will come to Key West to assume his duties around April 15. Herbert Hitch who has been acting director until. a permanent man was appointed will leave Key West | to return to Knoxville, Tenn. on May 1. Evans comes to Key West from | Service in Clarksville, Tenn. where he rurs the local USO. He has had yéars of experience in YMCA work. Hitch left yesterday for the At lanta, Ga, conference of the South- ern Area Council of the YMCA, it ; was annoumeed by Miss Dorcthy Rath, program secretary. He will return to Key West on April 7. fol- | lowing a trin t0 his homie in Knox-:| ‘Hivais + will take" over.a program of recreation and | activities for Key West servicemen that ‘has expanded so: much since the Korean war, that the walks of | are bursting at the seams. Daily the. servicemen’ find pro- | grams for their entertainment at : the USO-YMCA. Dances, card! games, parties, and just lourging in the comfortable, though crowd- ed roc.ns are some of the features of life offered to the men who do (Continued On Page Seven) 'Monroe County Courthouse Mobbed Today wh Registration Sam Pinder said. wi; Candidate: for office mingled | with new veters in the court- House as Pinder and two assist- | in ant registrants signed up j crowd as fast a3 they could. Among the new voters present this morning was young Pat He- tmingway, who was brought to the courthouse by Jim Sullivan, old | friend of Pat's father, writer Er- | nest Hemingway. EEE" | phere of Rollins which he graduated two decades ago than in the august decorators panneled office now his but ori- ginally designed for Hearst Jr., son of the founder of the Hearst empire. | Two days, before William Ran- PH GERTH, ET-3, = eae ‘i OG a 7 2 e wal © uses To Return -Voluntarily To Key West The Associated Press Teletype, | Features- and Photo Service: For 72 Years Devoted ‘to’ the | Best Interests ot Key Wes’ Prarets| x we * RALPH M. GERTH, Ul, ET3, Portsmouth, be of car against railing of bridge on old un 'S. No.” other naval personnel wel * tered. ‘ony }Tabeyetians.~ 10 Days Without A Necktio Sell Hearst Publisher On Island City’s Charms BOB LEVITT, AM. WEEKLY, LIKES LOCAL INFORMALITY By Susan McAvoy A handsome young man with a | erew-cut, prematurely white and the face of a cynical college sen- | jor, beach lately and’ I finally took it ypon myself to find out his Who, | has been causing a stir at the y, when, what and where. Bob Levitt deos not look like the | top-flight ‘executive of the Hearst | corporation that he is. ‘publisher of the American Weekly Associate | ich numbers its circulation in the millions is his: title. Levitt’s looks place him more the sunny country club atmos- college from ph Hearst died last August, Le-! (Continued On Page Seven) injured’ in ot a Car Crash | Occurred | Five Miles From BC Base Qne Navy man is dead and four others are injured Pin a two ear crash at seven ) elock Jast:night about five miles north of the Boca Chi- Pea air base on old U.S, Route One. ‘ The injured are: Richard | EB. McClain, ET3. Richard A. O'Connor, ETSN. Joseph /F. Killeen, FC. and Roland /M. D’Olivio, ETS. “State Highway Patrolman M. J. Wilder, Jr., and Co- roner Roy Hamlin. are. still investigating the case today, Here is how the erash oc- jcend a © Citizen, Photo ‘to'the St “| the car vehicle. : “ There were three Nix personnel © fishing on. narrow bridge; one ee was unable to elude “the first car, and was knocked over into the water. He was one of the four injured. The second car that slam- med into the wreckage, hurtled it over three times: The eerie tropical turbance, the soft chirp- ing of nocturnal insects, bits of scattered glass, personal ‘belongings of the two autos’ occupants, scraps of tortured metal and the soft” lapping “of HEAR OPS OFFICIAL Report On Rotary Foundation Was Presented By Judge Lopez John Bolt of the Office of} iPr ice Stabilization spoke briefly | to the members of the Rotary | Club who attended the Tuncheon | meeting in St. Paul’s parish hall, |He stated that there would’ be no more regular Visits of the \OPS to Key West, explaining that regular meetings have been discontinued in many cities due |to. the smali_number df mer- ‘chants who visit the off: ! Bolt made it clear, thatthe Office of Price ili ‘vation: would be glad to send a representative here at anytime it | (Conginund On Page Seven) forthe . body “in: the rpadway.: | Ambulances from the U.S. Naval Hospital, Roosevelt Boulevard," answered — the call which came through at 7:80, p.m. ALACE vies and Jack Oakie waters formed a ‘shroud blanked-cornered _ i@ to himself, “I'm going to} ‘ = eee RAE istand aside “and ee this great MONDAY AND TUESDAY | NOTICE ; ‘ sight.” t Have you filed r Homestea | a never has lost interest in| FINAL : Exemption for Bias Deadline ex | the city and told The Citizen that} jhe and his wife are most happy | i (Continued On Page Seven) =} ( pires April Ist. CLAUDE A. GANDOLFO Monroe County Tax Assessor } { MAUD: DINSMORE "Fay ee Zone, Residence “A” from $1500 CHARLEY TOPPINO & SONS 4194 DUVAL ST. i PHONE 1065 - 1648 75c Per Cu. Yd. Louded at Stock island Pit 8x 8x 16 BLOCK ' BUS TICKETS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE NOW AVAILABLE BOOK OF 20 TICKETS FOR $1.00 UE Red Ae CN a TNT ame Saka Oem omnes ome TON WHE: MESON IN-GAME sem se ‘Dotaced ont Bencted by CIEL MELA «Patent wit fee campenten of Degiag Bar Remon 6 eter Coss lew) ALL COUNTY REAL AND ‘ ‘weg nc ah, se gn ade 5. = Sing ya fa, Raton a ae PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES Become Delinquent | oe After April 1, 1952. TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED FROM YOUR BUS DRIVER MONROE THEATRE Interest and Advertising Cha Eepetve anton ease iets. Catives Sener" DAILY 7 Po, ge a SPECIAL PRE - RELEASE ENGAGEMENT, oie w accrue After That Date. seeg tickets will be vequested te poy full cash fare. " Smanten St. on the Ocean | 3 Feature at 3:15 — 6:30 — 8:30. | THE KEY WEST. TRANSIT co. Es SPECIAL EARLY MATINEE — 12:30 bowabarsssonagy rs