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has the imate in the with an average Fahrenheit country, range of only 14° THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER VOL, LXXIII, No. 108 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1952, d Press Teletype, Pheote Services Devoted to the sts of Key Wes IN THE U.S.A. Ballots To Be Counted Tomorrow Night At Request Of Eager, Waiting Candidates Judge Lord, ' Chmn. Saunders, 16 Pvt. Planes Pinder Will Tally | | Stop Here On Way Grand Totals 'To Caribbean The liveliest primary with the | biggest turn out of voters in the bering 16 flew into Meacham field recent history of the county, will start tomorrow at 7 a.m. when | ast weekend en route to Caribbean the polls open and continue un- | countries from the Columbia, §. C. til 7 p.m. tomorrow night | Aero club, CAA peep | James Hancock said today. More than 8,000 of the nearly, 12,000 registered voters are ex-| , The Planes took off from Méa- pected -to go to the 14 precincts |Cham yesterday at 9:40 a. m. for in Key West and three on the | Santiago de Cuba. From there they Keyg to register their choice of will fly to Trujillo City, Dominican Governor, Senator State | Republica, thence to San Juan, Representative down local | Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Virgin Is- county officials. jlands, Port Au Prince Haiti, and ee P then back to Havana. They will fly rv peak cael pions through Key West on May 12, and ei i iv ea ik ies! sanunod | thea back to their respective rs homes, Hancock said. tomorrow night after the ma- Hancock checked them all off chine vote is in. yesterday as they took off in two The Board of Canvassers,| major groups. The good-will flying County Judge Raymond Lord, | tour has so far encountered no mis- Monroe County Commission | haps, he said. Chairman Gerald Saunders and} Comdr. B. F. Engel, Coast Guard, Supervisor of Registration Sam | Miami, was in charge of their es- (Continued On Page Five) (Continuc” On Page Five) EISNER FOR SHERIFF | PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) Private one-engine planes num- and to ‘iano Ne EY EISNER FOR SHERIFF PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) monotonous regularity.” CAN ANYTHING BE BETTER THAN ,, ‘PERFECT? The late Comptroller J. M. Lee COMMENDED me K.W. WINTERS, for the condition of the Records, Maps, etc., in my VINEYARD ottice, SUMMERS SET The Present Comptrotler Clarence M. Gay also | WRITER'S PACE has COMMENDED me. | By SUSAN McAVOY | The love of Benedict {noted author, for Ke ‘like his publication of f Charles Pent, who was born and grew up in Key West and has been for many years Clerk of the Cir- cuit Court in Hillsborough County, informed me that on ae , ; % | 24 years, constant the Records, Maps and the General Facilities in my | office are comparable to the BEST KEPT Assessors’ | r no’ rvels the offices in the State: | spends n months * at his home, 614 Dey street, ar Every year ds have been examined by }five months on the other isle of his choice, Martha's V Mass Thielen expressed his love of a State Auditor ineyard "VERY Report has been that On the That EFFIC the Keys in his great novel. te GC at EFFICIENCY and the CON- =}! =the Lost Men.” perhaps the ANT COU wn Callers at my office, I | finest and most moving ac subn my Ca’ iacy for Renomination to the Voters count of a hurricane ever wri!- M se C ten. In it he and his readers ot Monroe Co a | relive the dread 1935 Labor Day catastrophe which wiped Claude A. Gandolfo, | out Matecumbe, many of it date for County | Sc CAR Tax Assessor. | EISNER FOR SHERIFF | | PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv al Advt.) Continue In Office As Your State Attorney J. LANCELOT Lester A Man Of Mature Judg- ment And Experience Lever 13-A LOT LESTER Paid Pol. Adv Key West---A Writer's aad tion in the Benedict Thielen, Author Writes 12 Months A Year . With The Sea Around Him #| mittee is ho’ | their custom for years. They were . | put out of the picture by the Demo- (Continued On Page Five) Citizen Staff Photo BENEDICT THIELEN finds constant writing stin Southernmost City where “the unexpected happens with almost Rally At Park i , bog ie Full Scale Investigation a Of Election Signatures To Take Place Tomorrow | At Elks Club | Senator Estes Kefauver will lead off the day’s p cal talks with an address to be delivered at the ’s Club Annex. The senator is} ey V ctedaled Ge, arrives fcc (Miacit| Handwriting \this afternoon at 4 p. m., and will} Bird Law Breakers proceed directly to the auditorium. ; His stay in town will be brief due to an appointment in Miami to- | night At Bayview Expert Bennett Arrives By Air To Check Names The spotlight of expert scrutiny will be on every absentee ballot signature tomorrow evenire as the ballots are counted when Hand- Many Entries For Armed Forces Parade All Civie Groups To Be Tried Here In Federal Ct. Almost a score of illegal pos- sessors of migratory birds will be tried before Federal Court Judge John H. at Federal | Court, Post Office Building Wed- , beginning at] ecord crowd r to hear local} 7 a ieir final bid} p. m. Dar-| | nesday at 1:30 p.m., it was an Are Urged To writing expert Herman Bennett a motorcade) nounced teday. Cooperate gives them a thorough going over, get underway from the coun-| ‘The warrants served within the eS On it was learned today, : \ty < Peach; parade the Pht last year charge these offenders a is Date Bennett who arfrves by plane to- jand end up at the park. Anyone} tries of floats an orro ning tour wishing to enter this parade should gaunt wees Laem gs se units to participate in the Arm- } ed Forces Day Parade, Saturday, May 17th, are being daily re- ceived by the Armed Forces Day Parade committee of Arthur Sawyer Post No, 28, American! Should a single discrepancy be j Legion, it was announced today. | found in the absentee ballot can- Indications are that it will be |vassing by Bennett, an immediate (Continued on Page Nine) (Continued on Page Nine) precincts during the day and check on any alleged discrepancies be- tween signatures on the Tegistra- tion books, and signatures given to- morrow prior to voting. be at the county beach at 6:30 | tonight. | The Democratic Exe of these migrant birds is against the law. Bird involved in the dispute include cardinals, mocking birds, blue bunting, non pareils also known as Mexican canaries and mariposa, The alleged culprits will ex- plain their actions to the judge Wednesday, it was said. EISNERFOR SHERIFF PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) cutive Com- olitical rally , a non-parti4 had planned to}! as has been | tonight. The y San organization ., | Sponsor the affair EISNER FOR SHERIFF| EISNER FOR SHERIFF PULL LEVER 18A | PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) (Pd. Pol. Adv.) TS RR Pa 2 n> RENO SECS SORE A a eee) EISNER FOR SHERIFF PULL LEVER 18 A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) 1. No Beer Parties he can't afford 2. No boasting of a@million dollars worth of roads which we the public pay for anyhow But for (Paid Political Advt.) ¢ residents and scores of World | | War I veterans, Thielen wrote this of first | novel experience out hand with s wife nearly los 2 8 New Eng h did elain EERE. EISNER FOR SHERIFF PULL LEVER 18 A I A AMIE eae a POOR OLD CRAIG aregshpean STATION Franci s at T Phone 914 Tires .. Tubes - . Batteries oe ccumeccias nan Vote R McCARTY GOVERNOR Pull Lever 7-A o SHERIFF ‘or FOR JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD ¥ GOOD HONEST GOVERNMENT LEVER 15-A . Y. PORTER For State Representative Paid. Pol. Adv. , Please Turn To PAGE 6 For Proof That I am “ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF MONROE COUNTY” BERNIE C. PAPY Candidate for Representative. (Paid Political Advt.) PULL LEVER 23-A AND RETURN TO OFFICE HOWARD E. Wilson For County Tax Collector Efficient - Honest Courteous - Experienced His past record of handling your money over a period of 18 years speaks for itself. Pull Lever 23-A Pull Lever 23-A Paid. Pol Ady, j j 19-A Paid Political Ady.