The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 29, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the { country, with an average [range ot only 14° Fahrenbei VOL. LXXIII. Ne. 207 Monroe County Blood Bank Affiliates With Dade County Blood Bank; Never Again Will Blood Ever Be Wasted Commissioner Joe Allen Praises Move A veritable life-line of blood was linked at an his- toric meeting between Dade and Monroe county blood BS bank leaders at the Monroe’ » County Courthouse last night. Monroe county is now af-|i filiated with the most ade/ vanced blood bank system of the nation, the southeast-| ern Florida Blood Bank As- Monroe Blood Bank Joins With Dade County’ Citizen Staff Photo LEADERS IN THE MONROE-DADE BLOOD BA NK PROGRAM made their affiliation official at last night’s meeting. Left to right are Willard Albury, Monroe General hospital administrator; Dr, John Elliott, developer of blood plasma, blood plasma bottles and methods of shipment; Dr. Ralph Herz, vice-president of County Medical Society, and blood bank leader; Dr. Don- ald Smith, chief surgeon, Jackson Memorial hos pital; Commissioner Joe Allen and J. Hutchcraft, USN, who mobilized 10,000 pints donated by Key West servicemen. r é é Powell Will |Number Voters Register At Back Adlai |Last Minute For Referendum auornor’ =|. ADVISORY DECIDED YET MIAMI W—The Miami Weather Bureau issued the following advi- A last minute rush to register sory at 11 a.m. EST today: for the'dog track referendum took | The Atlantic hurricane oF et is FS H fie Ks a has shown a slight increase and has a more definite center today. “At 11 a.m. EST the center was near Latitude 28.0 north and Lon- for| gitude 76.5 west, or about 280 miles east of Melbourne, Fla. “It is moving west northwest- strongest winds estimated by air- .' craft about 75 miles per hour. cur during passage over the Gulf Stream and movement is expected to continue at about the present rate and direction with a tendency to curve more to the northward as it approaches the coast. “The Upper Florida East Coast, Georgia and South Carolina are warnings are displayed from Wil- mington, N. C., to Vero Beach, Fla. All interests are advised to stand by for further advices and possibly hurricane warnings this "| afternoon and tonight.” | La APRA AAAAARAAARRRS z etd Fskiek = 3 iy r s & g COIN OPERATED PHONOGRAPHS For Every Type Location Key West Music Co. H.C. McLARTY. Mgr. 590 Petronia St. Phone 100-R . i Reaper z ? if FIRST SHOWING IN KEY WEST ' 2 BEDROOMS ___. $10,500 3 BEDROOMS 11,150 Floors « Tile Bath - Jalousie Windows - Tite Sills Si Elect. Water Heater NOT 1952 Model Home Open Saturday & Sunday, 10 - 6 1616 Seminary Street PORTER- WAGOR- RUSSELL, Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTORS ROY WEST: 18? | NEW SHIPMENT SEPT. 33D NAVARRO, Inc. ward about 18 miles per hour with | in line of path at present. Storm | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1952 PRICE. FIVE CENTS Navy Calls For BidsOn100-Unit x kek 8,000 Tax Statements Are In Mail About half a million dol- lars in taxes will be paid by Key Westers beginning Tuesday at the City Tax Collector Archie Roberts’ office. The $414,564 yield is based on the agggegate city tax roll of real and personal property valued at $23,888,- 760, Roberts said. The City Tax Collector mailed out 8,000, 1952 tax statements on real and personal property today. Tax roll opens for collection Tues- day morning at 8 o’clock. Taxpayers must bring their statements with them when they come to pay their taxes, Roberts said. Discounts are made for taxpay- ers who up in the next four months, Taxes become delinquent after February 1, 1953. If you.pay your taxes in Sep- tember, you'll get a four percent discount, x kk Steigman, Who s) Bite ec 90,000 * Fled Three Times From Reds, Nazis Addressed Rotary Thursday WAS INTERVIEWED * IN OPEN FORUM BY EARL ADAMS Calling himself ‘an old time re- fugee” because he was forced to flee three different countries when certain regimes took over, Max Steigman addressed the Rotary Club. members at a luncheon yfesterday. He was interviewed in an open forum conducted by Earl Adams, Steigman was born in Rumania. When he was 16 years of age, he moved to Vienna, Austria, where | he lived until ditler came into power. He fled to the open port of Shanghai, China where he was employed as.a civilian worker in ordinance for the U.S. Army. When the Chinese Communists Vandenberg Says Reds Can't Win Declares No Means Exist For Stopping An American Atomic Counter Offensive DETROIT # — Gen. Hoyt Van- denberg declared today that “the means do not exist for stopping an American atomic counter-offensive —nor are such means likely to ap- pear in the near future.” The Air Force chief of staff said Trailer Park Off Flagler Avenue ~ x ODAY wx wk Bids Will Be Opened September 11 The construction of a one-hundred unit trailer park on Navy property be- tween Flagler . avenue and Roosevelt Blvd.,. for the housing of Key West's Naval personnel will ‘be- gin in the, near future, Naval officials said today. The project will be fi- nanced as a defense heus- ing project by the Federal Public Housing Authority, according to a call for bids for the construction issued by that agency yesterday. The project is an emerg- ency measure to relieve Key West’s critical housing situation. The seven and a half acre tract, at (CITY SENDS OUT BILLS OF NEARLY $ Roberts said; three per-| invaded, he went to Israel where | he was led to that conclusion } known as the “East Martello Bat- controlled cent in October, two percent in No- vember and one percent in De- cember. In January, taxpayers get} ‘no discount, and after February 1, voit Gcetinued On Page Seven) DWI Charge Puts Man Behind Bars John Hill was sentenced to 60 | days in jail by Criminal Court Judge Thomas Caro on charges of driving while intoxicated and no drivers license. Other cases pleading guilty in Criminal court this morning were John Henry Scott, fined five dol lars for no driver’s license; Jeanne ten dollars for drunke “Further intensification may oc- | ness; Roy Lowe, ten dollars foi setting bait traps; Milton Ham mond, ten dollars for having nc drivers’ license; William Henr: Jahns, $50 for driving while intoxi. cated and causing an accident Robert D. Bell, $40 and costs fo reckless driving and Jessie Clif ford Wright, driving while intoxi cated and reckless driving. Fairbanks Water Pumps | From $88.00 Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. Phone AUGUST SPECIAL $10 TRADE IN ON YOUR OLD BIKE TOWARDS A New Columbia Rollfast at City Tax Roll (Real and Personal) will open for collection, Tuesday, September 2, 1952. ARCHIE ROBERTS, he waited three and a half years oe his quota number for ad- ittance to this country. he-was with the Amrican Steigman rem: in China and children are tress of being poor and under- privileged. Paul Sher, program director for Rotary Club brought out another issue of the weekly club bulletin and noted that a new dignified title is desired. Birthday greetings were extended te the following Rotarians whose. birthdays cam this month: Rev. Ralph Rogers, M. Ignatius Lester, Harold Laubscher, Dr. J. L. Lester, Jr., Allan B. Cleare, Jr., and B. Curry Moreno. Attendance reports for July and August were lax, the report in the bulletin stated. Members are urged to resume activity. The group meets each Thursday afternoon at 12:15 p.m. at St. Paul's Parish Hall. In Israel, | Embassy through “all the available evi- dence, based upon our own ex- haustive and continuing tests and: further reinforced by the experi- ¢ | friendly. air forces.” strained. “But,” he added, “let us not de- lude ourselves into believing that fleets of cheap ‘hot rod’ airplanes ~~ bring the economy we all de- “The right solution, we are con- vinced, lies not in masses of rel- atively cheap and simple aircraft, but rather in the careful choice (Continued On Page Seven) POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION francis at Truman Phone 913% Your PURE OIL Dealer Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries oo OCEAN PATIO RESTAURANT AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE The Key Shows On The Keys THE MELLO TONES Plus JOE LAWRENCE : TAP DANCING - SINGING - PIANO MAGIC For your entertainment and Dancing Pleasure Continuous to 3:30 A.-M. SUN. MATINEE JAM SESSION —- 2 - 6 P.M. 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