The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, mest equitable climate in has the the country, with an average range of only 14° VOL, LXx! Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY Sen. Kefauver Arrives KW Monday; Will Speak At Elks Club Annex Will Fly Back To Miami For Political Rally Monday Night Senator Estes Kefauver will be in Key West on Mobday, May Sth, it was announced today. Senator Kefauver wil fly from Fort Myers, arriving at Meacham airport at four o’clock, where he will be met by friends and admirers. The Senator will motor to the Elks’s Club Annex, where he will speak briefly on national affairs before leaving again by air to speak at a rally in Miami Monday night. “You can quote me”, the Sen- ator said, “As wanting to see the Little White House. I also want to see and talk to as many Florida residents as I can, from Pensacola to Key West.’ ' Estes Kefauver was born on a farm near Madisonville on July 26, 1903, and is descended from gener- ations of Tennesseans. His great- great-great grandfather, William Henry Cooke, fought af Valley Forge with George Washington. His father, Robert Cooke Kefauver, 4s still active at 81 and has served five terms as Mayor of Madison- ville, and his mother, the late Phredonia Estes Kefauver, was a native of Haywood County in West Tennessee. His wife, the former Nancy Pig- Continued On Page Eight) Sr sapaciniemigaienentsa tates eaten EISNER FOR SHERIFF - PULL LEVER;18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) AMAA NN a PROOF! My opponent, Fred J. Dion, with him in the payment of taxes. PROOF! * S. C. Flying Club Planes Arrive Three of the 25 planes of the Co- lumbia, S. C. Flying club expected at Meacham airport today had ar- rived at ndon, according to local CAA authorities at Boca Chica. The planes are on a run to Ha- vana, according to the Chamber of Commerce. Their leaders have not given any information to Key West, | that receptions cannot be planned, | it was said. ‘610,000 Men To Be Drafted WASHINGTON (#—A defense of- ficial said present plans call for drafting 610,000 men during the 12 months beginning July 1 — or 136,400 more than this fiscal year. Maj. Gen, E. C. Lynch, director of the Defense Manpower Require- ments Division, said in an inter- | view the draftees will help replace | 1,080,000 men being released from active duty, and add 110,000 men to the armed forces to reach the 3,700,000 total president Truman has requested by July, 1953. The remainder of the gap will be filled by 70,000 recalled reserv- ists and an expected 520,000 enlist- ments and re - enlistments, 18 A PROOF! has said I have not cooperated The following letter from the President of a company, of which Mr. Dion is a Director, disproves his charge: GULF ATLANTIC TR ANSPORTATION CO. P. O. BOX 4277 JACKSONVILLE E 1, FLORIDA SEPTEMBER 18, 1951 Mr. Claude A. Gandolfo, Tax Assessor Monroe County Key West, Florida Dear Mr, Gandolfo: We wish to take this opportunity to thank you for your cooperation with property tax on o We certainly tion and cooperation, We are West reciate yo ector, Mr. Fred J. Dion. relative to the property. ur fair and equitable considera Yours very truly, Gulf H. G HGW, ie CLAUDE A. Atlantic Transportation Co. WILLIAMS, President. GANDOLFO Candidate for renomination for County Tax Assessor Adv. Prize Winning Key West Painter — we | however, as to estimated time of, | arrival of the major groupings, so Citizen Staff Photo JOSE MARTINEZ at his home-studio on Catherine street after hearing that he had won third prize in the International Ama- teur Painters’ competition. Martinez does his painting after work 3rd Jose Martinez Wins Prize For Still Life In International Contest Jose Martinez, 901 Catherine cording to the contest director won street, has won an_ international) unanimous approval by the judges prize for his still life oil painting! The winning paintings are on he was informed this week. | exhibit now at the Condado Beech Martinez, a Sunday painter, read| hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico 1 pur | re the contest originated. about the International Amateur| Where eS Painter's Competition in Art News,| They will go on a tour of the Uni to which he regularly subscribes. | ted States, when the current exhi bition closes. Martinez who works daytir one year ago in the Art News Ama-/¢. cuddath company here in K teur contest, Martinez decided to| West, devotes every spare minut enter the more ambitious contest). pic hobby of painting. He h this year. painted sii he was nine year Unanimously Approved old, and this latest honor w { He sent in a painting of two avo-| him painting till he is ninety cadoes, a handful of Key limes.| caid. Married and the father of ‘and a limb of a lime tree in blos Martinez still finds {som. With an orange backgrou the time to paint blue vase and green t as conferred getables, the colorful pai A winner of honorable mention) w judges, among hem g yr, Frankfurter, Editor of Continued On Page Eight) . _ . : Art EISNER FOR SHERIFF : PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) LATE EISNER FOR SHERIFF PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) Low Cost Air Coach SCHEDULED AIRLINES PRICE TOURS COUNTY JUDGE 411 Fleming St. Phone 124 ( Vote For One) Continue In Office As Your State Attorney J. LANCELOT Lester A Man Of Mature Judg- ment And Experience Lever 1 3-A LESTER for SHERIFF Hilary U. ALBURY Pol. adv.) ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THE Elk’s Club Annex Ben:fit Dance every Saturday Night 9-1 PUBLIC INVITED Admission Sd< Music by Joe Torane and Orchestra Paid Pel. Adv VOTE FOR | before the election is held next| | tempting to get Senator 3, 1952 CARL BERVALDI NAMED MGR. Carl Bervaldi has been named the new manager at Lindsley lumber Company here in Key West. Paul Mesa, Jr., will take over the assistant manager’s job vacated by Bervaldi. Having worked since 1944, in a variety of jobs. at Lindsley Lumber that included outside salesman, inside salesman, and assistant manager, Mr. Bervaldi} is thoroughly qualified to hold his present, position. Prior to his affiliation with the lumber company, he was | connected with the cigar indus- | try here in town. He worked as an office manager for the Amer- , ican Cigar Company. Mr. Bervaldi served Key West- | ers as their County Commission- | er for twenty-four years — re-|} tiring from office in 1944. He resides with his family at 510 Francis St. Senator Russell Thanks Carbonell Louis Carbonell has been at-| Richard B. Russell to Key West to speak Tuesday. Following is a telegram| that he received last night: “Deeply regret that my Florida Campaign Headquarters have} scheduled me so closely that I will | be unable to speak in Key West | prior to the Primary. Deeply ap- | Preciate your kind invitation”’— Senator Richard B. Russell, Businessman Carbonell has call- ed Russell's Jacksonville head- quarters since receipt of the tele- gram and they have definitely promised that between now and the general election, Senator Rus- sell will be brought to Key West. IN THE U.S.A, For 72 Years Devoted to Best Interests of Key W \ PRICE FIVE CENTS Pinder Warns All Concerned That He Will Tolerate Ni Irregularities At Polls Run-Away Youths Wreck Stolen Auto; Parents To Pay Cost ‘Two teen-age Miami boys, af- ter a wild afternoon of car steal- ing, car wrecking, bicycle steal- ing, reckless driving and driving without licenses, were arrested by Capt. Andy of Marathon, brought to the Sheriff's office and detained by Juvenile Court Judge Eva Warner Gibson yes- terday. The Judge will release the 14 and 15 year-old boys to their parents and refer them to the Dade County Juvenile authori- ties as soon as more than $150 | in damage to Reggie Trevor's car is paid. This morning the parents, who motored down from Miami, fol- lowing notification of their sons’ delinquency, promised Judge Gibson to pay every cent owed to Trevor. The youngsters ran away from their parents in Miami, came down to Key West, and stole two bicycles yesterday. They said they had not eat- en in two days. Riding the bikes used up energy, so when they spotted Trevor's car near his charter boat “Osprey” on Roosevelt Boulevard, they studied it for just one mo- ment. EISNER FOR SHERIFF | PULL LEVER is A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) Pull Lever 27-A For County Commissioner FIRST DISTRICT J. M. FERNANDEZ, JR. "JOE” Paid Pol. Adv, i} PULL LEVER 23-A AND RETURN TO OFFICE HOWARD E. Wilson For County Tax Collector Efficient - Honest Courteous - Experienced His pest record of handling your money over a peried of 18 yeers speaks for itself. Pull Lever 23-A Pull Lever 23-A Paid. Pol. Adv, When they found the keys right in the ignition, the tempta- tion was too great. Abandoning 'the bikes, they leapt into Tre- vor’s 1939 Hudson Terraplane, and raced up Stock Island, Boca swiped a car at Perky, turned over twice and wrecked their stolen car. Hesitating on!ty a | minute, the boys abandoned the | smashed Trevor car and hitch- hiked back to Key West. One of the boys suffered a bruised knee but :his did not stop him or his partner in juv- enile delinquency. Tired of walking, they spotted the car of Berlin Knowles, Mon- roe Motor mechanic. Again they did not resist temptation. The | nition. The boys climbed into Knowles’ car and proceeded once more up the Keys, past the scene of their recent crack-up. They were speeding along in Knowles’ car when the Big Pine Toll Gate loomed before them. Broke, the boys somehow got through the gate, but not with- out arousing the suspicions of the gate keeper who sent out the alarm, up to Merathon. Knowles, meanwhile had sent out an alarm on his stolen car. 5 tt a Si stop Eight) EISNER FOR SHERIFF PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Ady.) Than | | Chica and to Perky. They side-j; keys were invitingly in the ig- | Instructs Clerks Inspectors Of Their Duty To Maintain Order Any irregularities at the polls on Tuesday will be “immediately cor- rected” Supervisor of Registration Sam Pinder said today. Clerks and Inspectors are per- sonally responsible for the opera- | tion of their respective precincts jand have complete authority te | maintain order, Pinder said. The Supervisor will personally tour all 14 precincts in Key West from the time the polls open at 7, to 7 p.m., he said. The three precincts up the Keys at Mara- thon, Islamorada and Ta will be watched by their clerks and inspectors. At 5 a.m. today the registration books and four voting maching® for the Keys were taken up to the | precincts, Marathon gets two ma- chines, the other two precincts one each. Here in Key West, 983 absentee ballots came in by 5 p.m, yester- day. That was the deadline for in- Person absentee balloting. Monday at 5 p.m. is the deadline for the mail-in absentees, Pinder said. Any ballots arriving between yes- terday at 5 and Monday at 9 are being held by the Postmaster, at Pinder's persona] request. They will be delivered to his office on Monday morning. Pinder said thet ft has still not — a If the absentee bal. will counted Tuesday ight. The Keys machine vote must be brought by car down from Tavernier, Islamorada and Continued On Page Eight) ECR EISNER FOR SHERIFF PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol, Adv.) PERFORMANCES N-O-T PROMISES In the last two years, through my HARD, | PERSISTENT WORK, at my OWN EXPENSE, |I have brought into Monroe County More ONE MILLION DOLLARS For the Construction and Reconstruction of Roads , ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF MONROE COUNTY Candidate for Renominstion os C. PAPY - f State Representative Pd. Pol. Adv. JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD 19-4 Paid Poistice! Adv.