The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 30, 1952, Page 1

[key West, Florida, has the ! most equable climate in the country, with an average ' tange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL, LXXIII, No. 233 V oting On Dog Track Referendum THE DN THE) GS. A KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1952 Taxi License Question Is Settled George Gomez Protests Building Permii Of Mitchell In Ga. ison Bight; Order Work Halt The City Commission settled the thorny taxi license question at a special meeting last night when they voted unanimously to approve all,applications for permits to op- erate and drive cabs in the city. However the approval was given contingent on receipt of fingerprint information from the Department of Justice. According to an ordi- ' nance passed at the last commis- Citizen Staff Photo ONE OF THE 1,305 CITIZENS OF MONROE COUNTY to vote before 12:30 noon today, Andrew Navarro ec: sts his ballot at Precinct 6, the County Courthouse. Honoring the secrecy of the ballot a basis of democracy, we did not ask Navarro how he voted on the hot i issue. County Commissioners Ask Governor Warren To Fulfill Campaign Promise And Lift Overseas ony Bridge Tolls By Jan. 1 oi PAPY S MONEY se AVAILABLE TO LIFT TOLLS County: conunissionets' yester day voted unanimously to ask Governor Fuller Warren to lift the tolls on the Overseas high way by January 1, 1953, at a special meeting. Backing up the efforts of State Representative Bernie C. who appeared at the Commissioner Joe Allen moved | that the Commission cooperate 100 percent with him to win the long awaited removal of tolls from the high i They urged all citizens write Governor Fuller W on to ulfill his campaign promise to ift the tolls. Other officials who should be written or wired are State Treasurer Ed L sen, ‘Com- roller ¢ Gay, and State Road Depa rtment chairman Alfred Mc an. Rep. Papy reported to sioners yesterday that th S now available He said that wo weeks ago state officials nise on toll-li (Ci _ (Continued On Pa ~ New aa Umble’s Canvass Shop 102 Carolina St. Tel. 9234 UPHOLSTERING Papy meeting, to Commis- for ‘olls. Complete Stock of Mechanic HAND TOOLS Guaranteed for Life Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 121 DUVAL STREET | ent, | Moriarity Is Given Ten. Year Jail Sentence Edward Moriarity’ of Marathon was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary on conviction of lewd and lascivious behaviour and contributing to the delinquency of a minor child in Criminal Court yesterday. Moriarity has a record which in- | cludes three cases of breaking and entering, vagrancy and hopping railroads. Judge Thomas Caro im- | posed the sentence following the | jury's conviction of the man. In the case of Arthur Freeman, | found guilty yesterday of as-| sault and battery in the case of stabbing James Jenkins, the Judge ruled as follows. turns to the Veterans’ Administra- tion hospital where he was a pati he will not be jailed. If he doesn't return to the hospital, he must serve six months in the coun-} ty jail. In this morning's short court ses- sion Jimmie L. Baron, 34, was sen- tenced to six months in the county | for a previous offense for| which’ he: bad been given a pended sentence. When he finishes (Continued On Page Three) ELECTRIC FANS All Standard Makes Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St, KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling Mr. FEINSTEIN, Phone 826-W We Buy all kinds of Junk LOCATED aT SIMONTON AND DEY STS. a NOTICE All State and County L must be secured on or betore Failure to do th under the with you your city He mean Wine and Beer ber 1, 1952 Licenses the loss of your license tis necessary that you bring WARD FE. WILSON, County Tax Collector. If Freeman re-} sus- | Phone 886 Mayor Harvey To Be Given New Bible Presentation Will | Be Made Tonight By Rev. Eldon Simmons The Revised Standard Version of | the Bible is today being officially accepted by Protestant churches throughout Key West, the state, and | the nation. It will be presented to Mayor C. | B. Harvey and other leading of- ficial tonight at ceremonies at Ley Memorial church, The Rev. Eldon Simmons announced. Chief speak- er at the celebration which starts at 7:30 tonight will be The Rev Charles Meeker, pastor of the First Congregational church. Clergymen of all denominations are accepting the revised version which is the result of 15 years of intensive research by 91 scholars. | Back in 1929 the International | Council of Religious Education au thorized a committee of 15 scholars to set to work on the monumental task. Here is one example of the modernization of language in the | revised standard version “But Jesus said, Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for ta,such belongs the king dom of heaven.” The King James Version has read since 1611 in this verse of Matthew J igsi4: “But Jesus said children and forbi come unto me, for of such kingdom of heaven | The revised standa | dropped the use 2 | thy thine, and the verb en and edst, eth a pass that, whosesoev nsomuch that, becaus t unto, howbeit, etc Errors in translation (Continued On is the version has thee meanings age Three Front End Special WHEELS BALANCED. CORRECT COSTER CAMBER AND TIE IN $6.95 Including Wheel Weights | NAVARRO. Inc. 601 DUVAL STRFET sion meeting, all drivers and op- erators of cabs in Key West must {submit fingerprints and the City fathers reserved the right to cancel the license of any individual found to have a criminal record, which in their opinion, would make it un- desirable for that person to operate acab. In other business considered at the abreviated meeting, a motion was passed which will prohibit parking on Virginia Street, between Duval and Simonton Streets, be- tween the hours of 7:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m. pending a study of the traffic situation in that area. Ac- cording to complaints, a dangerous situation exists when school children traverse the area to and from school. Upon complaint by George Gomez of 717 North Beach, the commis- sioners moved to pick up, tempora- rarily, a building permit issued to Mrs. Margaret Mitchell, pending an investigation by the city attor- ney into the legality of the permit which would allow her to en- large an existing building adjacent to Gomez’ Marine Railway, exten- ding it to the lot line. A difficult zoning problem which exists in that area since the Gomez | Property is designated “industrial” | while Mrs. Mitchell’s area is zoned “Business B”, was brought out in | the discussion and it was decided to obtain a ruling from city attor- ney M. Ignatius Lester. Following the commission meet- ing, the city fathers met as the Planning board at which time they granted permission for the: remod- cthting wile 7 elling of a Petronia St., to Carlos Ferrer who will conduct a restaurant xbusi- ness there. Under the provisions of ‘the move, Ferrer will be allowed | to extend the building to the side- walk, Youth Brought ‘From Cuba To Local Hospital United States Naval Attache in | Havana, Captain William M. Ra- {kow, was in Key West Monday. | Captain Rakow made a flying trip to this city to bring his fourteen- year-old son to the Naval Hospital for a minor operation. The son is expected to be able to return to Cuba later this week. Capt. Rakow flew back to his duties in Havana Monday afternoon Chief Cremata Urges Caution F Chief Charles Cremata to. day urged Key West home-owners to be sure that when they their homes all cal appliances are turned off Cr ta made this statement after fire fi test in a series of alarms day. in which a stove was to have been left on by a jin West Poinc when they went leave | stoves and electri- | 1309 VOTERS IN he Kev West Citis SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Key West Interests of PRICE FIVE CENTS LIGHT BALLOTING ek & Tragedy Averted By Heroism Of Two Van Goidtsnoven, Barsanti Pull Francine Delaney | Out Of Well | | Tragedy was narrowly! averted Monday noon at the | Convent of St. Mary Imma-| culate by the heroism of | two ninth grade boys when| the concrete top of an old| abandoned cesspool gave way beneath the weight of | six little girls who were playing on it. | Only little Francine dh: laney, daughter of and Mrs. Francis tn of 623 Truman Avenue was seriously injured. It was 12:15 p.m. and half of the } noon lunch hour had _ pass- ed. Mary Francis Smith, Joan Edwards, Rachel Mat-| tingly and Pearl Sosin, all) students in the sixth grade, and Diana Blanco and Fran- cine Delaney of. the fifth | grade were holding an im. | Promptu rehearsal of a play! atop the old cesspool, back of the big playground, on territory forbidden to the} Suddenly with no warning at all} the concrete started to crumble. Francine tumbled into the dark hole containing about ten inches of} water first, and with a roar the) concrete slid in on top of her along| with the other five girls. \ Their screams brought two of the/ Sisters who were supervising play on the playgrounds nearby, and a so some of the. students. They pulled five of the little girls to safety with nothing worse than a| few scratches and bruises and a} bad scare. Then Sylvia Alverez who was peering into the hole noticed a foot portruding from the rubble. | She called the attention of the Sis- ters to it and ran for help. She met Jean Van Goidtsnoven and Ronald Barsanti who quickly low ered themselves into the hole and started tugging at the concrete Before the rescue squad who had also been called by Sylvia, cé arrive, the boys had lifted F: cine out of the cesspool and Sisters had carried her to jlaundry and laid her on one of | tables. The Lopez ambulance | called, and efforts were made hy | the child's grandmother lives at 623 Truman Avenue to get in touch with the parents. She was taken to the County Hospital where Dr | Lester was waiting. She was mediately placed in an oxygen t who also Meare ISLAND CITY LUNCHEONETTE ‘ 222 Duval Street 1 be open Friday morning at 7 A.M. for Business. We will be happy to serve all our friends. WIMPY and EMMA. CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOC DEALER —The man whe lives in tewn— KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. Highest Prices For Junk Bat Scrap Metal, Rags, Iren — Olc Cars — Trucks CALL — 166 — FOR PROMPT SERVICE ¢ Young Heros Of Near Tragedy At The Convent KS. & and 7 students. | y PICTURED AT TOP ARE. 1920 Patterson avenue and Jean Avenue, of Mary Patte the Convent ow where } ink he ¢ left to right Van G + Hmoessi St. Monday ng today a series of mysteriou ed On Page Three) Oe eeereeee eee FOR THE ENNEL CLUB EUCLID DUMP WAGON AND HEAVY TRUCK DRIVERS R. H. Wright & Son BOCA CHICA FIELD TELEPHONE 1431 [em Cee Ey aos HOUSE PAINTING AVOID SEASONAL RUSH PAINT NOW Bill Wagner 1026 WHITE ST. ! NE ROE REE SEATS an W oman he Shot On Two Charged " All now due Sta are October 1, P prescribed by law. ad NOTI and County te and 1952 Islamorada Crash HOWARD F Ninth Grade CMI Boy Students Mon. * * +% “& 12:30 Tour Shows Peace At All Polls More than 1300 voters had cast their ballots by 12:30 noon today in the hot- ly contested dog track re- * ferendum. A tour of all 14 precincts from 11:45 to .12:30 proved voting light so far, only 1309 but an anticipated heavy business at the polls this af- ternoon when Navy civil- ians and sailors are let off to vote. From the utter peace and quiet of Precinct No. 9 at 910 James street to the busy Cave Inn Bar on | Petronia street, the machines were | operating efficiently to record the opinion of some of the 12,085 regis tered voters in the county, Returns are expected to he known by 7:30 or 8 tonight. With only 47 absentee votes to be cast, the in town totals will be quickly brought to the Court House to Su pervisor of Registration Sam B Pinder. Heaviest voting this morning was at Precinct 1, the NCCS build ing on Duval street, with 117 bal lots. Next highest was Precinct 11, Truman Elementary school with 115 votes. Third high } littieiear stgyt in Pacinct & 5 William street, lit. Predinet 2 | Cave Inn Bar also had 111 votes. Precinct 13, the Piggy Park an nex on Flagler counted 109; Pre- ,cinct 7, City Hall had 102 at noon; | Precinct 5, 917 Simonton street had }97; Precinct 4, had 92; Precinct 14, Poinciana, ‘expected to be the |largest at day's end had only 94 at 2 noon; Precinct 10, had 80; Pre cinct 12, had 76; Precinct 3, had 66 and Precinct 9 the quiet little James street shack had the lowest | number, 63 Electioneering at the polls much lighter than in the previous county elections this year, Though a couple of school boys shouted |“Vote Yes” as The Citizen ap- proached Key West High school ap- nex, no active campaigning was done within legal limits of the (Continued On Page Three) was Special Motor Tune Up Check battery and all eonnee- tions. . Check voltage regulator an@ generator. Check and replace spark plugs if necessary. Remove distributor, Check points, Set timing. Check all external adjustments on carburetor, Check carburetor floa! setfing. Road test for performance, $6.95 NAVARRO. Ine, 601 DUVAL STREET Occupational Licenses secured be on or before pase secure these now and avoid the penalty WILSON, County Tax Collector,