The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 1, 1952, Page 1

VOL. LXXIII. No. 79 Louis Kideer “ p Announces For Sheriff's Race Tam a native of New York, age | 53, father of three ¢hildren all! residents of Key West. I reside at 913 North Beach with my wife, Martha with whom I am happily married for 34 years. In 1944, I came to Key West to live. I bought property and became Kev eerie ir va tax-payer. This also brought me nearer to my sister and brother- in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Sabini and also Dr. Julio DePoo who is one of my family through mar- riage. Tam a tetired N. Y. City poliee- man, 21 years of service as patrol- man and plain clothes assignments in all parts of greater N. Y. City which carried with it-its trials and tribulations, including loss of posi- tion and subsequent re-instatement by the highest courts of N. Y. State. My work brought me in con- tact with every typé of police pro- cedure, and, testimony before y brilliant lawyers in defense of "their clients, and With it all a vast amount of experi- ence of investigation of almost SURROUNDED In November 1945, 1 was appoint- ed Chief of Police of Key West after being carefully investigated by members of the Charter Group. Because of political interference of my office, 1 resigned July 31, 1946. November 8, 1946, I was elected to the city commission with a re- cord vote in the city’s history and subsequently appointed Mayor ~ the Commission and member of une of 60 1 was, appoinied by June was aj Governor Fuller Warren to a tae. year term as member of the Aque- ‘duct Commission and at present jam serving my third year of a “four-vear term.on the city com- mission, I base my candidacy entirely on my record of service to the public. | I am proud of the many accom- plishments brought about during my administration and if elected to the office of sheriff I will do my utmost to (protect life and prop-' erty), (preserve the peace), (pre-) vent crime) and (enforce the law). ‘The office will be operated with! KEY WEST, FLORI * { fi t Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN¢ THE U.S.A. TUESDA 7 APRIL 1, 1952 — The Associated Press Teletype, | Features and Photo Services: For 72 Years Devoted to the | Best Interests ot Key Wes? o scamcinthinbaia FIVE cenr u _— City Commissioners Told Water Needs Are 22,000,000. Short Each Month; Out In New Navy Agreement Price Will ‘Be Raised ~ City Commissioners will! | decide tomorrow afternoo: at five o’clock whether ‘to | sign the expiring | }agreement- with the Florida | Aqueduct offices, Citizen Staff Phot’ | BRAILEY ODHAM, CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. is surrounded by well-wishers as he leaves the speakers platform after speaking last night at Bayview Park. Keys Aqueduct Commission. ! ~ Manager ‘Ernest » Ramsey and Boatd Chairman Ever-| ett Russell urged: haste in reaching a decision: The lease: expires’ May 29th. The. joint meeting between the | [tommissions was held at the | Southard At first both Mayor Har- rvey and Manager Ramsey were the opinion that the meeting ‘should be closed to the press. City Commissioner Delio Co- ceeded. Ramsey told ihe city eommis- operation. Aronovitz’s offer: sion that when the Aqueduct|tops this Commission sells its one-third ' ment. interest’ for’ $1,087,000. in. the “»pwater line, it. will then float a SU TON CONVICTED - Declares Sales T: ‘ax Caused 52‘. Increase In Taxes Of All Key West's first political rally | attracted about five hundred re- office | Sidents last night at Bayview Park. ‘The will be open and attended with competent personnel 24 hours a day me of ave all times. T will seek the full co-operation | of the Florida Highway Patrol / City Police and Government agen- | cies and particularly the shore pat i rol of our local Navy establish. ment. T humbly ask the citizens of Monroe County to consider me. T am aymember of the following: | National Police Chiefs Associa-! tion, Florida Peace Officers As; sociation, National Retired Police! Officers Assn., Florida Lodge No.| 551 B. P.O. Elks; Monroe County | Juvenile Council, Institution Re- preseatative Troop 253 Boy Scouts‘ America, Key West. | T am also the organizer of the | ¥. A. L. (Police Athletic League). Pull Lever 15-A (Paid Political Advertisement) Cty. Commission . Meets Tonight The regular meeting of the Mon- | roe County commissioners will be} held tonight at the County Court-} pane Fine Fishing Tackle Thompson om Bogs HARDWARE DIVISION Phone 886 Phone BLANKETS CLEANED Sterilization, Sanitation and Moth Proofing Ready to be put away for the Summer at NO EXTRA CHARGE, Special Rates to Commercial Firms. POINCIANA DRY CLEANERS 218 Simonton St Tel 1086 } { ' Main sveaker of the evening was Brailey Odham, gubernatorial can- didate. Odham is running against Dan MeCarty and Alto Adams. | They are the big three’ of the Florida Governor's race, but the hard-hitting speakér aimed = mcst of his big guns last night at State Representative Bernie C. Papy. Qdham lashed at Papy with everything he had. Qn his platiorm, Odbam pledged to rid the state of a book ies. crooked sheriffs. advocated more economy in government, less | money for dog track owners. The Sanford man emphasized | that he voted avainst the sales tax. And declared that this tax caused a 52 percent increase in taxes of everyone. Other candidates and the posi- tticas for which they aspire were: 4. ¥. Perter. State Representa- tive; Helio (Moni) Gomez, State | AMornsy; Hilary VU. Albury, County Judge; Fred J. Dion, Tax | Asscosor; George Gemez, Tex Collector; Wm. “Billy” bers Schoo! Board; James Light- beourn Fert, Justice of Peace. Robert Dopp introduced the can wa | didates, and highly praised Odham | Rev. Ralph Rogers delivered the aboard MARL 75c Per Cu. Yd. Leaded at Steck Island Pit 8x 8x 1% BLOCK 20c Per. Block & In Quantities) , Ready-Mix Concrete Rock. Sand and Gravel CHARLEY TOPPINO & SONS f Phones 1865 - 1648 Steck island: Free- | man, end H. Earl Duncan, Mem- | Displays No Emotion As Verdict Told NEW YORK #—Master Crim- inal Willie (The Actor) Sutton was ccavicted today of staging, a $64,- | nation’s most-sought fugitive. |} An all-male jury returned guilty | verdicts after more than nine hours | of deliberations against Sutton and | his key henchman, Thomas (Scup) | Kling. Queens County Judge Peter T Farrell remanded the pair to jail for sentencing. No date was set. Newsmen were the cnly spec- | tators in the courtroom when the | Jury returned at 5:45 a.m Sutton and Kling displayed no emotion as the jury foreman @roned “guilty” four iim ‘or each defendant on counts rob- bery, burglary | larceny For the first time, since-. their | arrest ia Febreary, the iva “men! | were ‘locked up in the same jail. Sutton had been kept in Queens and Kling in Manhattan ‘because | of their records a$ jail breakers. Sutton, 51, and Kling, 45, were | charged with holding up the Sunny side Branch of the Manufacturers Trust Co. in Queens on March 9 | | 1950. | The robbery was a slick beries puiled off by Sutton. Each of the defendants faces up to 30 years in prison. Taking into (Continued On Page Five Low Cost Air Coach SCHEDULED AIRLINES PRICE TOURS 4il Fleming St. Phone 124 CLEGRA’S BEAUTY SALON Permanent Waves $6.00 $7.00 $8.00 {PPOINTMENT CALL 106 628 William St. FOR , 000 bank holdup while he was the | assault and grand | preci- | | siva job typical of previous rob | On 195} Rolls | ‘Smallest Ever | Archie Roberts Auctions | 31 Parcels Of Land From City Hall Steps Makes 100% Collection The smallest real estate’ tax | | sale in the ory of Key West took | place on City Hall stens this morn- | ing, auctioned eff by City Tax Col- { | lector Archie Roberts with a aie > total in tax certificates, sold. | Some 31 parce:s of land were sold {to the bidders who agreed to pay | the interest on the parcels delin- quent on the 1951 tax roll A crowd of ahout thirty Key Vesters and several Miami buyers! ne to buy un fer taxes the’ par- cels. Ali narcels advertised in Friday's Citizen were sold. I y the best collection in the history of Key West.’ according to the tax | cctleetor argest tax sale came in 1946 | amounted to $25,000 approxi- toberts said. auctioned off the 31 par- of land beginning at 11 a.m finishing the sale half an hour | | later N ‘omers to the sale could not fact of bidding fast encugh to get in on the auction Continued On Page Bight) fs HAND. TOOLS Culitritaite2a For Life * Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. +21 DUVAL STARET TELEPHONES ..1677 ~ 1878 DUFFY’ “ pwater for, and what price a 100 percent collection { on real estate of the 1951 tax roll, | Complete 2 tock of Mechanic $700,000 revenue bond issue. With. this sum, the of existing lines, storage, pumping station. j water ie Keys inne “ont from 10 oe 12 fo Papal on gallons. There are bane yp te in Key West ; and 1,094 on the | fest-growing wield “In the new, agreement with the Navy, will the water charges |be higher?” Manager Ramsey { | | | t 1 | Pieces "38,000,000 gallons month- \ly, we ean use 55,000,000 gallons lright now, We (Key West and jthe Keys) haye. got to have water. If we don’t, we are finish- ed. “What price do you buy the do you sell. it for?” “We: buy it for 28 a gallon, and sell it for $1 a gallon,” re- plied Ramsey. It was stated that if conditions are bad now what will happen lease ; O gallons monthly, | years, Dog Track School Principals Blast Grand Operators Plan $75, 000 Land- Filling Here aoe ROTOR leon Miami Attorney Abe Aro- ‘SURRENDER | Minor | Deficiencies novitz yesterday evening | ps The principals of five presented to Mayor C. B.j Hard Bitten Conviets West schools. today. blasted i ‘ 1». Finally Quietly Call Grand Jury report’ as’ “stres arvey and City Manager ‘ minor deficiencies and overi Dave King a tentative plan it Quits After 45 jing the real improvements” for operation»of a dog track Hours Of Defiance d. ENTON, N. Jy i) —: Twenty- jom Stock Islan three of the meanest convicts in The former Key Wester New Jersey State Prison sur- five local schools. Heading the attack on the re port is Randolph .T. Russell of |proposed to. spend $75,000 , tendered to their keepers Monday , é ht aft filling the land which once Setinace' aaah aaa: agli housed the city dump and ‘ ‘ Proposition Must Be Key Harris School, the only. principal mentioned in the report. “I. feel called upon to «com- ment upon the report because } am so incensed over it. When I Sullen, hungry and cold, the 23 guarantee the city a yearly | return of $9,500. The city under State Law| would normally receive $50} daily fee for the 90 days of! mandatory pay- Should city commission- ers at their next meeting approve the Aronovitz pro- position that is backed by multi-millionaire Friedland, trooped singly from a 3-storv sev- regation building they had all but ; | gutted in a desverate bid for privi- leges they said were denied them. jplumbing, set mattresses the project still. would be subject to vote of the. elee- iH ogetn of the referen- must be borne by the sed operators of the dog track. If the track is not. oper-| ated for a period of three! all fixed. ,improve- ments such as_land-filling, etc., will become the prop-. erty of the city of Key West. $16,269 Collected | By City Of K. W. | Fines and Forfeitures for the | first three months of this vear are $16,269, City Clerk Victor Lowe an- nounced this morning. Total budgetary estimates for the first six months for firas and forfeitures were $20,000. It was expected that in the next; three months, receipts will not! compare with the first quarter he- | cause of the top-season winter acti- vity at that time. 57,000 Painting Permit Issued Suddath Storage and Moving | company, Staples and Second | streets, have taken out a $7,000} permit for painting the exterior of | when the 100 Sirugo units, Sun- | their building. rise Shores, and Toppino projects are completed. Commissioner Delaney how could supply of other pro- | jects be considered when Poin- . Ko On tap echesha al Five? PALACE Se oe ere grower “Hurricane Island” CHOICE BUILDING LOTS Convenient te Scheels and Shopping Zone, Residence “A” from $1500 CHARLEY TOPPINO & SONS | PHONE 1865 - 1648 (NO FOOLIN’) on the site of the old Deimonico’s $0 FT. BAR — ALL OPEN 8 A. M. — AMERICAN FOOD 2 A. M. DAILY ENTIRELY NEW DECOR — NEW POLICY FAMOUS FOR | Other permits issued were to: K. | W. Trailer Court, 1015 Simenten, asked | construction frame, $75; Rosa Gar- | cia, 412 Amelia, addition tc pre- sent building $350. | STANDS FOR Low Prices et Values 49 Studerbaker, landcruiser fordor $1195 "SO Wiliys Station Wagon $1395 ‘® Chevrolet, fleetiine 91495 "49 Lincoln, fordor $1395 Many other reali Bargains The | who stood in the spoke to the Grand Jury Fore man, Hoke Holcomb about it bh said that a vital part of the re port had been omitted in the typed Grand Jury statement. | This section stated: “‘We wish to commend the Board, Superintendent and Prin- cipals for the general “.n dition of the schools.’ *, ., Russell said the Foreman ici not explain. why this — positive alire, statement. was ieft out of the re broke up beds and demanded fet. PEXt and all the negative criti- ter treatment. elepnipti: tn. Sis. pei assigned trasty intendent of Public In- posts: in. building were. held ‘Horace O'Bryant called captive, Guards lobbed tear 4 special meeting. of the Prin- grenades into the building, but had no effect. By dawn a of aes police. Killers, thugs and sex offenders, the gang had been placed in the | building With 22 cthers to keep them from mingling with the pris- on’s 1 300 other inmates. : Baap Sunday morning, ose riot e out in the building, men doors, ripped out We tx nurse Ege cc i ond the t threw Lieee exercise yard. ‘They weapons put of lead pipe trig cables. ©. gang fibod their keepers yard, and complaints seaeed’ and oa (Continued On Page Five) totally omitted any mention of che an predominantly favorable condition which. exists in Harris Schoyi.” The other~ principals. and Mr O'Bryant concurred with Russell in the statement printed below: “One would conclude from ps that the schools of (Continued ©n Page Five this E levied First Vice President Of FE la. Association Of Civil Service And Personnel Aannatns In Jacksonville Citizen Staff Phe CITY CLERK VICTOR LOWE, 624 Ashe street, has been elected to the post of first vice president of the Florida Association of Civil Service and Personnel Agencies in Jacksonville. The election as first vice president automatically insures Lowe's elevation to the presidency of the association at the next annual meeting to be held in Tempe. Lowe will be the first Key Wester to hold this State offi of the organization is Ed Rood, Tampa. Rood is a past ident of the Stete Jumior Chamber of Commerce At the Jacksonville meeting in the Seminole hotel, 3% Speaker of the Florida House of Repre Haydon Burns of Jacksonville delivere Fa Motto of the organization is “To the victor belong ponsibility ef good government.”