The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the in the average Fahrenheit ma equitable climate an 14° coftry, with rage of only pas fl. LXXIH, No. TIT Bennett Congratulates Pinder THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Che Key West Citisen IN THE U.S.A. On Way Monroe County Election Was Conducted; Is Satisfied Handwriting Expert Could Find Nothing Wrong During Check A clean bill of health on the ionesty of Monroe County's elec- jon was given personally to Supervisor Sam Pinder by Mi- ymi handwriting expert Herman 3ennett yesterday after he had thecked the signatures on absen- ee ballot envelopes with @ation signatures in three ‘Incts. “If every election in the na- tion were conducted on the same fine principles as Mon- roe county’s, there wouldn't be any trouble,” Bennett told Pinder who also serves on the three man Board of Canvas- sers. } “Your office,” said Bennett, “is to be congratulated on the | way it conducted this election.” The handwriting expert told the Supervisor after scrutinizing -very signature of the three pre- cincts that he was satisfied there | was no fraud or intent of fraud. | “There were a few differences between signatures in the regis- tration records and those on the envelopes of the absentee ballots — but those were due to illiter- | or blindness,” Bennett de- } dared. “Mr. Pinder you have done a wonderful job,” he told the Su- pervisor who has been work- ing night and day for months with his staff preparing for and conducting the largest | registration ever held in the history of the county. Pinder regis- pre- and his staff's job was not done even then. Following the record breaking registration, the office had to handle the largest number of absentee ballots ever recorded. 988. As if that were not a sufficient task for the one man, two wom an staff, Tues s actual prin ary vote was the largest in his tory. And the job was not finished Tuesday night. The Mr » Mae Bullman Mr es Lowe worked 9 yesterday mornin, mor this ng, counting bsentee THANKS and Mrs county, once again you have given ne the honor to serve you as your Me Voter of Monroe county Commissioner from the Fifth District. | am grateful for rour vote of confidence in me. | vill continue te work for your best nterest. Thanks! Thanks! for that plendid vote. HARRY HARRIS Pd. Pol. Adv. To The Voters Of Mo Tuesday's election ren for the best interests of Monroe C Sincerely BERNIE C. PAPY Pp NAVARRO, ANNOUNC a Po * JULIO CABANAS, JR. GRATITUDE } am grateful to you for Count y Electio n Certified “Clean” yee y Citizen Staff Photo HERMAN BENNETT, Miami handwriting expert, checking ab- sentee ballot signatures, found “a complete lack of irregularity” in the John Hancocks after he had compared them in the regis- tration books and the envelopes bearing the names of absentee voters Bennett spent the Gay at the Courthouse going over as many as possible of the signatures. He left'on the late after- noon plane. ruman To Spend Next Ten Years Having A Good Time And Doing As He Pleases PRESIDENT IS SOLEMN ON WORLD CONDITIONS By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON — \#—President mews conference, which coincided with his 68th birthday and the sev- enth anniversary of Germany's World War II collapse. Mr. Truman said he would like Truman said today that after he |to travel to some parts of the leaves the White House next Janu- | world he hasn't seen, but he will ary, he plans to spend 10 years | go'nowhere and do nothing that having a good time and doing just | might embarrass the next Presi- as he damn pleases. dent. That was in reply to a ques- He discussed his future with re- | tion as to whether he would travel | porters at the weekly White House | abroad when he leaves office and is perhaps visit Generalissimo Stalin. Mr. Truman was in good humor in talking of his personal plans. (Continued On Page Six) TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS | 411 Fleming St. Phone 124 Appreciation =F = t deeply appreciate the wonder. | ful support accorded me in the pri- To The People of | 1.1) ctection of Tuesday. Monroe County fee tf Lightbourn Fort ——— Thanks for your overwhelming support. Also | wish te say that that my succesor is a fine man and will do the job well. Pd. Pol. Adv. MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL Lady Orch'd Cake | $1.50 WITH GENUINE ORCHID FLOWN DIRECT TO US FROM HAWATI BRING OR PHONE ORDERS EARLY AS SUPPLY IS LIMITED MATCHETTS 901 DUVAL ST. Pd. Pel. Adv. nroe County: the support you gave me in pledge to be “Always fighting Yours Ady BAKERY PH. 381 INC. ES ‘ | Bernie C. Papy ; | C. Sam B. Curry — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1952 Official Returns |Heart Disease Absentee Ballots The following are the official Rate Lower In Monroe County totals of absentee ballots for local candidates. Complete chart will be published tomorrow for all candidates iucluding machine Smaller Percentage Of Deaths Is Caused By Heart Disease Locally Than Most Communities and absentee totals: State Attorney: Helio (Moni) Gomez J. Lancelot Lester (Special te The Citizen) NEW YORK, May 8—Heart disease, the leading cause of death in the nation today, Jess of a factor in the lives of Monroe County residents than in the lives of people in most other parts of the country. A smaller percentage of deaths is caused by heart diseases lo- cally than in most other com- munities, according to data gath- ered by the National Office of Vital Statistics in 1950, covering the previous year. and just re- leased. Out of a total of 186 deaths in Monroe County in the year from all causes, 74 were the result of some form of heart disease, the official figures show. Thus, heart disease was charg- ed with responsibility for 40 per- cent of the local deaths, as com- pared with nearly 52 percent in For Member State House of Representatives: J. ¥. Porter —. County Judge: Hilary U. Albury se Raymond R. Lord _ Sheriff: Louis M. J. Eisner John M. Spottswood Tax Assessor: Fred J. Dion - wets Claude A. Gandolfo Tax Collector: George G. Gomez Howard E. Wilson For Clerk Criminal Court of Record Harry Dongo County Commissioner: (First District) Joe Allen J. M. Fernandez ——— County Commissioner: (Third District) Clarence S. Higgs Charles W. Wells, Sr. percent in the South Atlantic States. In the State of Florida, death from this cause also amounted to 49 percent. The fact that more than half more than the combined total of those due to cancer, the other diseases and accidents are chargeable to heart ailments, points up the importance of the problem and the emphasis being placed upon it nationally. The 74 heart deaths in Monroe County in the year were equiv- alent to a rate of 293 deaths per 100,000 population. In the South Atlantic States the rate was 430 per 100,000 population and, in Florida, 448. Elsewhere in the United States the average was 492 heart deaths per 100,000. The; chances of dying from heart disease are becoming great- er year by year, it is pointed out bp the U. S. Public Health Service. This is due largely to the fact that other diseases are being conquered and people are living longer. Older people are more subject to falling victim to it than are younger people. Hope is held out for an even- tual solution, however. Rapid | progress has been made in the last 25 years, so that at present, according to heart specialists, we | have compiled more knowledge about the disease through re-! County Commissioner: (Fifth District) Harry Harris Milton O. Peacock Member Board of Public Instruction (Second District) Gerald H. Adams Wm. (Billy) Freeman Member Board of Public Instruction (Fourth District) Julio Cabanas, Jr. a H. Eazy] Duncan Commissioner Monroe County Anti-Mosquito District Albert W. Moeller Neil Saunders Raymond O. Shuey — Chester F. Tingler _ 160 - 385 152 164 Justice of the Peace (Second District) James Lightbourn Fort Roy Hamlin — 42% 366 Justice of the Peace (Third District) Buck Grundy —__. oe rend e | search than we have yet learned R. D. Zetterower 13 | t© apply. a Constable 7 (First District) MOTHER S DAY Harry Lee Baker -——- 71/ Make it memorable with flowers Harry H. Johnson inna mB from the face TOP FLORIST SHOP) 4 ag 830 Francis St. Phone 801 (Second District) Espinosa 314) (Continued On Page Six) De al WATCH TOMORROW'S PAPER FOR BIG SPECIALS | AT THE | \M & M Super Market WHITE AT PETRONIA ST. | THANKS I wish to thank my many friends and supporters for the vote they gave me in Tuesday's primary. JOE FERNANDEZ Pd. Pol. Ady. MANY THANKS AND CONGRATU- LATIONS TO MR. SAM B. PINDER AND HIS STAFF FOR THE EXCEL- LENT JOB THEY DID IN THE SUPER- VISOR OF REGISTRATION’S OFFICE DURING TUESDAY'S ELECTION JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD 24 MONTHS is | the nation at large and with 49| ~ of all deaths in the country —|’ |man as a neighbor. Earl Duncan School Board The Associated Press Teletype, Features and Photo Services For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key Wes By 22 Vote Margain Higgs--- “Smokey Joe” And Citizen Staff Photo CLARENCE HIGGS was returned for another term as County Commissioner of the 3rd District. “Smokey Joe” Espinosa won re-election as constable in the second district, Col. Vermette, Crack Shot, Shows Equal Marksmanship Killing Scorpion By Broom them.” GOOD NEIGHBORS Little did I really think that 1 would be asking on “Joe,” as he By SUSAN McAVOY is called by his wife Anp, for A month ago when Col. and |help so soon. NEW RESIDENTS OF KEY WEST PROVE TO BE Mrs. Raymond E. Vermette mov-| Last night at 10:30 when T/ ed next door to me on South walked into my apartment, a |huge black scorpion scurried street, ? said to him laughingly: “ | across the floor T certainly am glad to know!” Now 1 have’ killed two scor tha} 1: have: & champion: Inari pions myself, and I don’t consid- With your | (Continued On Page Six) record as pistol champion and rifle champion none of us in this | qua | THANKS! ee | THANKS! THANKS! 1 am deeply grateful and will To The Voters In The First District | i| The votes of absentees, * Julio Cabanas Had Cut Lead By Winning Absentee Vote 22 of them, kept H. Earl Duncan ahead | of Julio Cabanas, Jr., in the school board race and clinched him decis- {| ively as the sole new office holder in the entire county election today. Duncan had nosed out Cabanas the machine vote by 144. He stay- ed up all night until 8:30 this morn- ing, however to learn if the absen- tee votes from 17 precincts insured ; his lead. At 8:30 the Marathon vote was | counted. Its 13 absentees all went for Duncan, which was the final | victory. Duncan's total absentee and machine vote was 2926. Caba- nas’ total was 2904. The 27 year old winner, one of the youngest men elected in recent history went home to freshen up a bit after he learned he had really | won. At 11 a.m. he was back at the courthouse. So was Cabanas who was a good loser, Incumbent on the school board Gerald Adams kept his lead over opponent Billy Freeman, nosing him out 433 absentee votes to 278. Adams has 2,744 machine votes compared to Freeman’s 2,440, The other absentee votes did not make any change in the machine results. Duncan who lives with his wife and two children at 1207 Duval st. has won the first office he ever ran for. A Navy veteran and holder of ‘the Croix de Guerre bestowed on him by Gen. De Gaulle, Duncan has been an active JayCee, resign- ing as Treasurer only to run for the ing as Treasurer-only to run for the school board. He is a former vice- president, and is a member of the board of directors, His largest absentee vote came in Precinct 14 which also gave him his largest machine vote. Lowest absentee vote, only one, came in Islamorada. Cabanas carried it, while Duncan carried the crucial (Continued On Page Six) ATI NG Complete Stock of Mechanic HAND TOOLS Guaranteed for Life Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 12) DUVAL STREET REESE vi | | be ever thankful for the splendid! 1 am greateful to you for the | vote you gave me in Tuesday's pri- | mary. | assure you | shall continue te perform my duties faithfully. vote accorded me. You showed your ith by electing me to the office School Board Member, Fourth HARRY H. JOHNSON, up to your expectations. Constable First District H. EARL DUNCAN Pd. Pol. Adv. Pd. Pol. Adv. 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