The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 18, 1952, Page 1

anne key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average “(range of only 14° Fahrenheit @ 2 ———————— VOL. LXXII1, No. 197 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER "KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1952 Key Wesi Citize The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West }- IN THE U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS CITY POPULATION OFFICIALLY SET AT 26,433 BY U.S. GOVERNMENT wk *k * wk & kok iit oh xkkk xk x * *& xk* * RUBIN BUYING $250000 OF DUVAL STREET PROPERTY Tells Citizen New, Modern Downtown Area To Be Built “A new modern down- town shopping area in and around LaConcha hotel” » will goup very shortly”, |; Seymour Rubin, million- today. Rubin is acquiring prop- erties totalling $225,000 to $250,000 on Duval street near La Concha, i cler wrote The Citizen from his vacation spot in Bethle- hem, N.H. in. answer to specific questions on his ac- quisitions in the Island City | ” » and his future plans. Rubin replied today! taf aorta say that I am: ly’ convinced that} | Benjamin Bernstein who. wi Key West is going forward. x Thelieve you will see a new pacpeny oo ; reper lites Concha hotel wery shortly. “T have purchased 66 feet .opDuval from the Bank, yecross from the hotel. I have acquired other prop- erties on Duval. At this . time due to certain curcum- stances and also some pro- , Mises I made to the sellers able to give you the details, but I assure you that I will advise you the moment it is possible, “T can say that I am go- to erect several new store buildings and what- ever I do in the downtown area will be a credit to the city, something both the city and myself will be proud of. Anyone wishing to contact me can get me through my office at 600 _ Lincoln Road building, Mi- ami Beach, phone 5-84314.” First Rubin purchase made public by Johnson and Johnson pioneer Key West ‘real estate firm last week was the bank’s sale of the old Livingston W. Beth- el home across from Hotel Conch: = ef i afi chee i ae e295 z af g ysis 5 ae E if ; gE F i H 2 ge Fvks F NAVARRO, Inc. Experienced, Announces Fall Registration Now of "JACK and JILL JOYLAND An Outdoor Kingergarten-Nursery Sch Ceol, Shady Playground and Porch AK Weekdays 8 to 12 ° Available PHONE 1413-w, 75 PLANE MODELS WERE ENTERED Over 200 flights were made by a total of. 75 plane models in the model airplane meet held at Mea- cham Field all. day Simday. Con- test director Charles Faraldo, Ex- change Club chairman, announced the winners today. Top point amas- ser was W. T. Thomas, Jr. of Day- of: Charles ‘Toppino and ‘Sons asked | M2" Newell Terry, 1st, 116, Bartow, Wilson Larkin, 2nd, 30, Miami. U CONTROL SCALE 0} Richard Jim White, 2nd, 146.5, . SPEED U CONTROL CLASS D OPEN i Jackson, Ist, 124.18 mph, Mi- Bill Thomas, 2nd, 120 » Day- waa te Bascomb’ Groomis,’ 3rd, 107.75. mph, West. SPRED U CONTROL CLASS D SENIOR J. M. Todd, 112.55 mph, st, Miami. SPEED U CONTROL CLASS ¢ OPEN W. J. Thomas and Bill Thomas (team) ‘Ist, 117.64, Daytona. Bill Jatkson, 2nd, 112.50 mph, SPEED U CONTROL CLASS C, SENIOR (J, M Todd, ist, 111.8 mph, Mi- ami. SPEED U CONTROL CLASS B Bill PE eg, 116.88 mph, Bill Jackson, ay 38 ae 105. 5 : 2nd, mph, U CONTROL SPEED CLASS B oe Todd, ist, 104.04 mph, Mi- U CONTROL SPEED CLASS nice JUNIOR Mies. Holbrook, ist, 66.66 mph, U CONTROL SPEED CLASS A OPEN Bill Thomas, Ist, 107.14 mph, U CONTROL SPEED CLASS 4 A OPEN ati Jackson, 1st, 36.96 mph, Mi- Ww. B. a, Larkin, 2nd, 52.94 mph, Bill Thomas, 3rd, 52.63, mpb, (Continued On Page Four) RRA ate POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION ee eee een + Tubes . . Batteries Spectacular Maneuvers Keep |Marathon Man |Rear 4 Crowd Fascinated At State Model Airplane Meet Here Molests Child, Charge States 50 Year Old Fisherman Held In Jail On Bond dmiral Irving T. Duke Calls On City Mgr. King. % Of $2500; Will Be Tried| j In Criminal Court’ Term Edward Morarity, Marathon fisherman is being held in Monroe county jail on $2500 bond for molesting a minor girl, Chief Deputy Sheriff Tommy Dixon an- nounced today. Morarity was bound over to the next term of Criminal Court by Prowler Who Slugged Woman Dragnet Spread For Early A.M. Attacker Of Navy Wife Today The Key West Police Department spread a city-wide dragnet early this morning in an attempt to ap- Prehend a youthful negro who is alleged. to have attacked a 31- year-old Navy wife at 3:30 a.m. today as she returned from a party at the beach, According to the police report made by Officer E. Rogell today, he was standing on the corner of Duval and Southard Streets when he heard a woman’s screams. Rushing to the corner of Angela and Duval Streets, the officer said that he found the woman in a highly hysterical condition. According to the woman, the man, in the company of a small boy had followed her from the beach area from the corner of Truman Avenue and Simonton Streets and stopped her by grasp-' ing her arm. At this point she screamed and’ the man dashed off. She then walked rapidly down Simonton Street to Angela where she turned towards Duval. Midway between the streets (Simonton and Duval) the man loomed out of the dark and hit her about the face. (Continued ‘9n Page Four) 50-year-old/ \ kk * Average Age Of Population Is 25.8 Years Key West’s civilian pop- ulation has increased more than 100 peréent from 1940 to. 1950, according to the U. S. Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. The civilian population of the Island City alone ‘|mumbers 26,433. This is exclusive of an estimated ‘| 12,000 Navy personnel Citizen Staff Photo CLOSE COOPERATION between the Navy and civilian Key West is shown by the call made by the Commanding Officer of the Key; West Naval ‘base on..City Manager Dave King this ~ morning. The Admiral chatted with Kitig for half an hour. His-official car drove up before-City _ Hall at 10:30, on the nose. He walked up City Hall steps accompanied by his aide, Lt. R. F. Mer- rill, Among the subjects covered in the few moments The Citizen reporter and photographer were present, were Key West sewers and Dry Tortugas fishing. The Admiral went to Fort Jef- ferson on “The Big Wheel” over the weekend, first time he had seen it since 1929, he said. The official party caught grouper and yellow tail. “I’m not.a fisherman, but I love to go fishing,” Admiral Duke commented on his weekend. Switz Fled With 70 G’s And {City Hopes Wife Of Gangland Associate [To Buy Docks In Attempt To Avoid Talking |Tonight Tonight’s City Commission meet- ing promises to be an interesting one with several. subjects on the agenda that have been under dis- cussion for quite awhile. Most important resolution to be brought up is one authorizing and directing the transfer of $20,157.69 from the cigarette tax fund the General Revenue Fund imburse the latter fund for costs and expenditures involved in the purchase of garbage and refuse col- lection equipment, Passage of this resolution will ! pave the way for another resolution held in| authorizing the purchase of the the Monroe County Jail following | Clyde Mallory Dock premises from his arrest two weeks ago. the Gulf Atlantic Transportation Company for docking * No mention of ferries to Cuba resolution The troubles of Michael Switz, ' and later released. Bonner, himself alias W. W. Carr and Michael Sero k off to avoid prosecution on vitz, which have been mounting gaming charges, evidently in an- since the first time he was arrested other direction. in 1941, took a new twist today,| That Mrs. Switz, in a fit of anger, when it was learned that in addi-| might have put the “finger” on tion to facing 5 indictments on/| Switz,is a matter for conjecture gambling ‘counts, and assorted| at this time. charges of bail jumping and in-| The next step in the fight to free ¢ome tax evasion, he will undoubt-| the Philadelphia gambler will take edly have to face the ire of his wife, if and when he is returned to Philadel, to iphia. It seems that when he fled from Philadelphia to avoid testifying in various investigations into gamb- ling in that city, he was in the com pany of one Alice Bonner who hap- pened to be the wife of another bigwig in the racket setup in the Quaker City. It is also. rumoured that a goodly portion of the person, belonged to his associates in the numbers game there. Mrs. | Perly drawn up. Bonner was arrested with Switz | However, this morning, | District Attorney Vincent that All owners of occcupatio: censes for alcoholic beverages must file with the City Clerk applica- mses for wal of lice the tion of Key West to nearly 40,000. In 1940 the Cen. ay 8f5 ? EB #3 £3 ; aiak ¢ EE | i erg 2 a F i of ? i i li ive He tE8 ; Watch for the Announcement Ice Milk at your Dairy Queen JUST WHAT WE NEED FOR KEY WEST CLIMATE... LESS FATTENING, NON BODY HEATING, MORE CALCIUM, VITAMINS, MINERALS AND IRONI “It Won't Be Long Now Till We Have I¢*