The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 15, 1952, Page 1

| Rey West, Florida, has ‘the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIII, Ne. 220 Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN TH E U.S.A. Devoted to the Key West KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1952 Jaycees Map Plans For Giant Dog Track Debate Huge Motorcade On Duval Street Will Precede Park Meeting * A giant motorcade of proponents nd opponents of the $300,000 Stock Island dog track will precede the Junior Chamber of Commerce rally September 25, it was announced today. JayCees are sending out invita- fons to local clubs to participate with banners, posters, and people fn the motorcade which will form at 7 p. m. at South and Duval street before the 8 p. m. rally, ‘The Jaycees have also invited the Key West Kennel club, sponsors of the track, and the civic clubs who oppose the track to address the rally. Members of the «arrangements committee are working now to in- sure the success of the rally pre- ceding the September 30 referen- dum, The Key West Kennel club has Obtained a permit for the track from the State Racing Commis- sion. It must, however, obtain a majority vote approving the estab- lishment of a dog track here, from the voters of Monroe county. Abe Aronovitz, president of the dog track has been invited to speak before the Key West Ministerial association before the election, Father John Armfield, president, said that members voted unani- mously to invite Aronovitz follow- ing the latter’s offer to come and speak to them. The date will be set when Aronovitz returns from Georgia and North Carolina, Father Armfield said. The First Baptist Chugch ie Planning a ear pool on election day | to take voters to the poll who op- pose the dog track. There will be @ telephone stnadby who will come to piek up anti-track voters during | the entire day, church officials said. | The Woman’s Club which opposed the track at a meeting last June, | is sending out a mailing list to all its members urging them to vote on Septamber 30, Mrs. Robert Dopp | waid today, Serving on the JayCee Rally com- mittee are Jim Keen, Jack Delan- ey, Bob Youmans, Louis Ovide, He- | Mo Gomez and Ray Green. They will complete final arrangements this week. Key West Youths To Be Heard On Car Theft Tues. Gregory Rodriguez, 20 and Jose Clenera, 18, Key West boys charg- | ed with stealing a car last week, Will come before Peace Justice Ira at a hearing tomorrow at | offiee at 5 p. m. will be joined by a 16-year- from Tampa, also involved e car theft who will have his | hetring before Juvenile Judge Eva | Warner Gibson at 4 p. m. His name Fics I Yeleased according to la fhree youths, it is alleged, the car of Robert Weich, US- Highway Patrolman J. Wilder will testify at | “8 hearing how he found | arrested the boys. He returned oar to its owner, i jto serve as * Monroe Co. ‘ Mileage Rate ‘Of Death High Twelve Persons Reported In Fatal Accidents From Jan. Through June A dozen persons lost their lives in motor accidents in Moaroe coun- ty from January through June, the Department of Public Safety re- Ported today. Of the 247 accidents reported, four percent were fatal to Passen- gers or drivers. Though the number of persons killed in highway and other acci- dents is much less than in the big counties such as Dade, where 64 died and Palm Beach where 43 died, Monroe county has the fifth highest mileage death rate in the state. Its rate of 21.2 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, came after Taylor county with a 30.9 death rate; Osceola with 25, and Nassau with 22.2 mileage death rate. There were 104 accidents on the highway and county roads compar- ed with 143 urban accidents. Of those smashes occuring in the city of Key West, no deaths were re- Ported. The Florida Highway Patrol has been holding down accidents thru its constant safety campaign be- ginning with teenagers through the efforts of Patrolman Marvin J. Wilder and going on through adult safety*eduration. DeMolays Elect Officers For ° Coming Year At a recent meeting of Robert J. Perry Chapter, the local Chapter of DeMolay, Jay West was elected Master Councillor. Charles Taylor was elected Senior | Councillor, and Ronald Pinder el- ected to serve as Junior Council- lor. Those selected by the Councillors to serve with them were: Henry Cleare as Senior Deacon, Jack ; Wells as Junior Deacon, George Steward as Senior Steward, Frank Bervaldi as Junior Steward, Glynn Archer as Marshall, C. Sam B. Curry, I, as Chaplain, George Reese as Standard Bearer, James Wright as Almoner, Ray Stickney as Orator, and George Russell as | Sentinel. Those selected to serve as Pre- ceptors were: Arnon Boyer, Frank Cole, Ronnie Singleton, Ralph White, Tony Dopp, Robert Muse and Jack McDonough, Installation is set for Sunda afternoon, September 21 at 3 P. m Jay is the son of Mr. and Mrs. |Glen West of 10 Nassau Lane. He | is a graduate of Key West High School, a member of the class of 1952. He is at present emploged at the Naval Ordnance Unit, \Child Poisoned * JACKSONVILLE (# — Two-vear- old Marilyn Elane Townsend died where she was taken today after drinking from a can of cleaning fuid at her home, NOW ON SALE RESERVED SEAT SEASON TICKETS BEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES H.S. Gym... Paul Sher Columbia Laundry LIMITED NUMBER FOR SALE 33.50 State Approves $70,000 In Roads The State Road Department is going te pave and wide: Matecumbe and Taver: Bernie C. Papy at a meeting last week. Rep. Papy returned from the two day meeting in Tallahassee and the legislative caucus held later in the week with the news that the Road Department will spend $70,000 on the two roads. Commissioner Harry Harris, road chairman of the County Commission attended the road de- partment meetings with Rep. Papy Commenting on the caucus the state representative said: “It's the first time we have had 100 percent of the members of the legislature present.” All Animal Film Planned In Hollywood HOLLYWOOD (# — The casting director for a forthcoming picture is going quietly batty these days. Reason: All the main players are animals, and they all talk! When I was told about the film, I thought my informant was pull- ing my leg. But he assured me that this was the real McCoy and that the picture, “First of April,” will start soon at 20th-Fox “{ was ‘) invited. to come out and talk to Director Al Rogell, the perpetra- tor of the project, I found Rogell to be a perfectly sane individual, in fact, he was a hard-headed veteran of 30 years about the wacky movie. “It’s very simple,” he remarked. “We're doing the picture from the viewpoint of animals. In the be- ginning, we'll see a beautiful shot of Kentucky and hear a Damon Runyon-type character describing the scene. In a few moments, we discover who's doing the talking. It's a dog.” The dog isn’t the only one that talks. There is also the thorough- to do with April Fools Day, you leading horse actor is first-born Get it? Besides - ‘Firstie,” there’s his | Sweetheart. She’s a white horse | with brown mane and tail | parts include a cat, a goat, a duck | and several other horses. There's a stable scene in which arious race horses are discussing \their triumphs. One Argentine berated by a colleague you've taken a hundred thousand dollars out of this country and you | can't even speak the language!” | A French poodle will also be featured. Of course, the dog speaks only French, so there will be Eng. lish titles on the screen, just as in a foreign movie. | “A couple of Hungarians brought | the story to me two years ago,” | Rogell explained. “I thought the | story had tremendous comedy pos | sibilities, so I bought. But I had | plenty of trouble selling it to a | studio, Whenever I explained the Story, I'd get an invitation to see a psychiatrist. Finally, I made some tests (Continued On Page Three) | International Marine Paint Fer Beate of all Types ¥] MARDWARE DIVISION | Carotine St. Phone 886 SCS RIESE IOI POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION Frencis at Truman Phone 9134 Your PURE OIL Dealer | Tiwes .. Tubes . . Batteries «. Accessories of movie making. That's why I | was a little awed when he told | bred horse that plays the leading | Tules of not riding bicycles on one- role. “First of April” has nothing | Way streets. see, though well it should. The | that their children are instructed of a champion mare named April. | tions,’ he said. “Of course the rule ? With | must be eliminated.” her light brown hair, she naturally | champion speaks Spanish. He is | “Here. | | } Absentee Vote Ballots To Be Mailed Today John Sosin Is Ist Absentee Voter In Noy. Election The first Monroe county citizen | to vote absentee in the Presidential election showed up at the Court: | house today at 11 a. m., and made | his choice of the county, state and | national slate. A first-time voter, he was John Sosin, 21 year old University of said. John was sitting in Pinder's of- fice waiting for the first ballots printed brought over from The Artman Press to Pinder's office. The balance of the ballots will be mailed out to servicemen overseas today and the rest of ithe week. According to law they nust leave Key West 45 days before the No- vember 4 election. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sosin of 728 Duval street. He was obviously earnest about casting his first ballot in the im- portant national and state election. The November 4 election is just one of those being conducted by the office of Supervisor Pinder in the next month and one half. It will, however, have the largest turn out of voters since the numbers registering for the gener- al election are mounting to an all- time high. Voters will be asked to express their choice of two nominees for State Supreme Court Justice on October 14. The winner will go on the November 4 ballot. Lastly, the dog track referendum will provide another big job for the Supervisor’s office on Septem- ber’ 36. Intense “inte: cst in this is- sue is being shown by local groups, who are planning various methods for getting-out-the vote, including rallies, motorcades, car pools and literature, Absentee ballots for the Septem- ber 30 election and the November 4 election are now available, at the Supervisor’s office. Police Chief Asks Caution Chief of Police Joseph Kemp an- nounced today a request that all Parents teach their children the “It is up to the parents to see in observance of traffic regula- jalso applies to adults, and the riding of bicycles on one way | Streets is a dangerous one which Chief Kemp added ghat all pe. destrians should walk facing traf fie if they are on streets which have no sidewalks Bushnell To Make Florida student who will be back | at school by election time, Super- | | visor of Registration Sam Pinder Reds Youth Arrested PRICE FIVE CENTS After Attempting To Enter Bahama Street Home Sun. ¥ Police Say Man must hold some sort of a r day night. FRANKFURT, Germany \?—The tions cards away from three mem- bers of the Soviet military liaison mission here and ordered them out of the American zone. The action retaliated for similar Russian measures last month against three U. S. military men in Potsdam. U. S. Army headquarters an- nounced yesterday it had forced the three Russians — a lieutenant colonel, a captain and a private — to give up their passes on Sept. 5. Since then, they have remained in their mission compound here Three American Army men of the same ranks were arrested by the Russians north of Berlin in August and charged with spying in a restricted area. The Soviets later released the three but de the U. S. mission at Potsdam, in the Soviet zone. The U. S. Army announced yes jterday that its “careful investiga | tion” had proved the espionage al Adlai-For-Pre: ‘KW Group Starts ‘Campaign Soon Gerald Saunders, chairman of th Steve! of the on fi ‘or President Monroe ceived official notice commit tee nty has re m the na tional campaign headquarters, he said today Wilson W. Wyatt wr Two Day Cruise ‘The submarine tender Bushnell based here, will leave tomorrow for | a two-day routine training cruise off Key West, submarine squadron twelve headquarters here announc- | ed today. The tender, which goes to sea about every four to six weeks train new persc conditions be pract: fire and other regul. The tender is expected t some time Th will nel in shipboard yllision return ay afternoon. ! PAINTING | DONE BY THE HouR DEPENDABLE WORKERS Thompson Enterprises, Ine. Wagner Paint Shop 1026 White Street KEEP OUR CITY | By Calling | Mr. FEINSTEIN, Phone §26-w We Buy all kinds of junk LOCATED aT | SIMONTON AND DEY STS | RS i ders as sox Stevenson's Springfield I fice said “Governor Stevenson and I ex Press our deep appreciation of your letter as a evidence y friendship “In quest, lam support accor paign materia the Dem tee in W Many Than headquarters Allen's store ture, ca ve. CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEALER —The man whe lives in town— KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. Highest Prices For Junk Batteries Scrap Metal, Rags, tron — Old Cars — Trucks CALL — 166 — FOR PROMPT SERVICE CASH ord for British Navy U. S. Army has taken accredita- | | The Long And The Short Of It Banned From U.S. Zone legation unfounded. It did not dis- lose whether the three men had | been recalled, as the Russians de- manded. To retaliate, American Army of- ficials sgid they notified the colonel who heeds he. ligmap Russian | mission here on Aug. 28 that he | must surrender the passes of three of his staff. When the order was ignored, U. S. military police on Sept. 5 took stations at the en- | trance to the mission with orders to stop any Soviet military person nel from leaving. Shortly after the passes were surrendered and the police detail was removed. The Russians charged the Amer- icans with blockading their Frank furt mission, threatening its mem bers and forcing them to hand over certain documents The two missions were set up in 1945 for the chief purpose of ob serving German conduct in the two zones during the occupation Today’s Stock Market NEW YORK (#—The stock mar. ket was lower today with the rai roads and oils in front of the de cl Trading was at a rate of around a million shares a day as com pared with 1,040,000 shares traded Friday | Lower Pacific stocks included Southern Northern Pacific, Illinois NJ), Ameri General Motors al Distillers, and Radio Cor } m of America Petr ional Petro ley Gas, and | ere mixed NOTICE! All of tional licenses for the sale of aleoholic beverages must file applications with the owners occupa- | City Clerk for the renewal of same on or before Mon- | day, September 22, 1952. VICTOR LOWE. City Clerk. men while diminutive 5-foot, 3 | Has the genera 2 | Citizen Staff Photo LIEUTENANT E. M. T. SEGAR (left), of the HMS Rocket, who towers some 6-feet, 8'%-inches, -inch Lieuten- ant P. J. Durrell, RN, a Fleet Sonar School instructor is at the other extreme. Caught in the mid- dle is Lieutenant D. J. Adams of the Rocket. Group gathered at Fleet Training Group fete Fri- Stevenson Says Taft Is Mapping Race Claims Taft Is Planning GOP Campaign For Ike By RELMAN MORIN SPRINGFIELD, Ul. ®—Gov. Ad. lai Stevenson said today “Sen Taft has taken over” the presiden tial campaign of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Stevenson told a news confer. ence, which covered a wide range of subjects “This puts an entirely new as pect on the campaign and the election. Hitherto, I have had to address myself to the rival poli cies of both Republican parties because it was not certain whether Taft or the general would end up in the command post. It now pears brutally clear that Sen has taken over.” Stevenson said he believed many people would be “genuinely alarm ed” by the turn he said the Repub. licans have taken since the Friday conference between Taft Else wer “Whose asked not be he Taft and views will prey r oneile abandoned h abanc Replying to questio also said 1. He believe di be 1955, depending upon the of the rearm the internationa He has exch rs and had te expected progre Was Not Prowler A sailor from the USS Howarc Gilmore, Leo J. Cashin, attemptec to gain entry into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wynn at 416 Baha- ma street at about 10°o’clock Sat urday night, police today Within 15 minutes a second man | was arrested for chasing Mrs. Har- ry Pinder, and her family on Ba- said | hama street. | Not a prowler, the first man | boldly walked up onto the porch | on Bahama street and began bang- ing on the door. According to How- | ard Pinder, an orderly at Monroe General Hospital whose wife was |om the porch of the Wynn home, | the sailor demanded “I want some | girls.” di | Mrs. Pinder, was waiting on the | porch for their 15 year-old adopted daughter, Dolly Owen, who had | gone to the Southernmost drugstore on an errand. When she saw the | sailor approach Mrs. Pinder ran | inside Wynn’s house, He continued to pound on te door and when she asked, “What do you want’”* |Kashin repeated “I want some | girls.” Mrs. Pinder told him to go jaway, but he yelled, “I'll knock down the door if you don’t let me jin.” Frightened, Mrs .Pinder | screamed to the oecupants of the | house to call the police. | Mr. and Mrs. Wynn were in bed, | but the mother-in-law was ir the kitchen. Police were called and in Ja few minutes, Kashin was picked ;up on the corner of Fleming and Bahama streets by police officer Frank Caraballo. Kashin§ was charged with drunk and disorderly conduct and attempting to get into the house at 416 Bahama street. | Mrs. Pinder thought the man had a gun under his arm, but it turned out to be a shaving kit. He vas wearing civilian clothes. According to Pinder, who is a | frequent visitor with his wife of |the Wynn home and at the house | of relatives next door, another sailor also came to the Wynn's on Friday evening and demanded |to “see some girls”. “And that isn’t all”, Mr. Pinder | Said. “After the first excitement | was over, my wife and Dolly and my wife’s mother, Mrs. Lola Salin- | as, who is 83 years old, started to walk home. On Fleming street they noticed that they were being followed by a sailor in uniform, They stopped a’ Warren Sawyer's at 525 Fleming street to ask that police be called again,” Mrs. Sawyer confirmed the fact that the second man came up the street as they stood outside the house talking about what had just happened, He went on past, and then turned and came back. Frank |Caraballo arrested the sailor and asked Sawyer to call the patrol wagon. Mr. Sawyer had just ree turned to his home and did not wit ness the first part of the incl dent, although the entire neighbor. hood was aroused. According to Pinder, the sec« arrest took place about 15 min after the first one and that ( accomplished it by telling the girl to walk back as a decoy toward her grandmother's house, that of Mrs. Antonio Dominicia on Bahama street. Caraballo watted until the sailor began following the girl again and then arrested him Report of the first man was on record at the police department ang is set for today’s Municipal Court, ballo Truck Load of HESTER BATTERIES ARRIVED AT 1116 WHITE STREET BATTRIES FOF STARTS 609 TIMES AFTE a recent test stock This operation FOR 12 MONTHS—39 PLATE, 80 Hester MAKE OF CARS ONLY 5 MINUTES REST Battery was a car, with the engine over car was then deliberately e switch off battery was started and the was repeated 80 T ¢ ARS AMP. BATTERY Reguiar Price $16.28 for only $9.95 18 MONTHS—45 PLAT Reguier Price $19.84 for 16 MONTHS—51 PLAT ( Exe.) 100 AMP. BATTERY oly $12.95 110 AMP. BATTERY Reguiar Price $22.54 fer only $14 95 LOU SMITH ( Exch.) 1116 WHITE ST.