The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 21, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITI: ZEN Tuesday, October 21, 1952 Florida Editors Of Presidential Say Visits Candidates To State Have Evened Race TALLAHASSEE (#—The visits of the presidential candidates to Flor- ida appear to have about cancelled each other out as far as rallying voter support goes. A new survey of editors’ views on how the election would go in their counties if held today shows republican Dwight Eisenhower and democrat Adlai Stevenson running about even—just as the editors re- ported them a month ago, The survey follows the rare event of visits to Florida by both candidates. Such wooing of a nor- mally Democrati¢ Southern: state is unusual byt warranted by the | fact that Florida is in the “‘doubt- ful” category for the first time since Republican Herbert Hoover carried it in 1928. Fifty political reporters, news- paper editors and radio newsmen in 40 of Florida’s 67 counties were asked their opinion on the vote percentage each candidate would it if the election were held now. ie counties covered represent 88 per cent of the state’s 1,333,000 Tegistered voters. The consensus: Eisenhower 53 per cent, Stevenson 47 per cent. Counties not covered in the sur- vey are largely farm areas and so likely to hew to the Democratic line traditional in the rural South that Stevenson’s percentage prob- ably would rise if they were heard from, making the forecast more of a 50-50 proposition. A factor to be reckoned with in a close election such as this may be in Florida is the large number _ of new voters. There are some 330,000 more voters registered now than four years ago. No one can tell how they will vote nor how many of them have come to Flori- da from Northern states where the tradition of voting Democratic is not the almost hallowed one it is here. Most newsmen considered the visits of Eisenhower and Stevenson offset each other pretty well and made no radical change in the prospects of either party. However, some saw Stevenson's speeches in Miami and Tampa as .a stimulus to a somewhat lacka- daisical Democratic campaign or- tanization in the state.Stevenson iad not planned to speak in Miami originally but changed his mind ' Democratic leaders declared ing the South Florida metrop- s would be a costly error. E’senhower spoke earlier-in Mi- ' i and Tampa and appeared in onville as well. The to-do over the Nixon and venson fund disclosures carried e weight in Florida in the eyes { the editors, Those who thought e Nixon fund made a difference were divided in their opinions as to its some calling it dam- aging and others saying the end r t was to help the GOP cause. Seven of the participating editors are on papers endorsing Stevenson, Fifteen oi either supporting Eisenhower open- ly or leaning to his direction. The others have not committed them- selves, More editorial polltaking went en in the state before this survey than before the previous one. Of nine | polls—conducted through straw votes, telephone inquiries, neigh- borhood checks and the like—seven Dorothy Gray Creams SPECIAL Half Price Sale SALON COLD CREAM REG. $2.25 Special $1.25 DRY SKIN CLEANSER REG, $2.25 Special $1.25 CLEANSING CREAM REG, $2.00 Special $1.00 REGULAR $4.00 JAR OF EACH Special $2.25 | {Ul Prices Plus Tax i GARDNER'S —~ PHARMACY — The Rexall Store Nil TRUMAN AVENUE Corner Varela Street PHONE 177 | them: represent papers | gave Eisenhower the edge and two favored Stevenson. However, all the editors were more conserva- tive in their personal estimates than the poll findings. With most of them frankly tag- ging their estimates as guesses, the editors found Eisenhower gain- jing over Jast month in 16 counties, including important population ce..- ters like Alachua (Gainesville) Broward (Ft. Lauderdale) Escam- |bia (Pensacola), Hillsborough, |(Tampa), Lee (Ft. Myers), Leon, | (Tallahassee), Polk (lakeland) o- lusia (Daytona Beach) and Sara- sota. Stevenson advances were re- ported in 10 counties including’ Dade (Miami) and Duval (Jack- sonville). However, editors still gave Ei- | senhower the edge in both coun- ties, Dade by 55 per cent and Du- at opposite ends of the state have together nearly a third of Florida’s registered voters and might make the difference in determining which candidate will get Florida’s 10 electoral votes. What reasons did editors give for Eisenhower's gains? They said President Truman’s vigorous par- ticipation in the campaign is hurt- ing Stevenson, Democrats-for-Ei- senhower clubs are making them- selves felt, there is dissension in Democratic ranks, Republicans scent victory and are out to get it. Korean Vets Due tary transports from the Far East are due here today. The Marine Serpent, originally scheduled to dock yesterday, is bringing 2,636 Army, Marine and Navy veterans home from Korea. The Gen. Nelson M. Walker is ar- riving from Japan with military and civilian passengers. Both ships were delayed at sea by storms. GRAND JURY (Continued *rom Page One) iff and as such cannot serve on the grand jury. Lester asked the venire if any of them er convicted a None said yes. Lester asked if there were any men over 65 who wished to be ex- , cused. An 82 year old said.yes he would like to be excused. One other man came forward and was ex- cused from serving after a whis- pered conference with the Judge. Adams then brought the names of those present to the bench. He snipped them into tiny slips. A cap | was found after a few seconds of searching, the slips were dropped in and Judge Lopez began the | drawing out of an old fishing cap. As each name was called the se- lected juror walked from the left | hand side of the court room to the jurors’ box on the right, set up for a 12-man not an 18-man jury. The following jurors were select- }ed: Philip W. Kiefer, foreman; | Charles W. Wells, Sr., acting fore- man; Horace A. Ladd, Jerome B. Sawyer, Theodore Ness, Will P. Roberts, Jr., Harry J. Richardson, Bertram C. Milord, John L. Ogden, Jack Swift, Charles E. Malone, Ed ward Ciesinski, William Key, | Charles B. Lunn, Bernard Vidal, |Feem G. Papy, William Billy Freeman and Charles L. Albury. CITY FATHERS | {Continued From Page One) | ship on local companies. Previ- | ously, unlicensed companies have | been able to come to Key West | and make installations without | the payment of such a fee while the local companies we | ed as electrical appliance deal- | ers, | The city fathers passed a reso- }lution which would empower the city manager to assign parking places for sightseeing buses in the city, According to the measure, the buses will be limited to the northwest corner of Duval and Fleming streets, the area near the Municipal Aquarium and at the Municipal Beach. A request for an jincrease in the annual fee for the operation of sightseeing buses to $25 was vetoed. The fee will re- j main at $5. | The commission also voted to request that State Representative Bernie C. Papy be asked to turn over a lot that he owns at the jcorner of Simonton and Catherine streets for the use of the city as | playground. The city would then clear the lot and instal! playground }equipment to add badly needed j recreational space in that area L. P. Artman, Jr. appeared be- fore the commission to ask that they investigate what he termed val by 52. The two big counties | SAN FRANCISCO (®#—Two mili- | | felony in this or any other state. j licens. | Teday’s Stock Rerket NEW YORK — Pricks drifted lower on the stock market today, continuing yesterday’s trend. It was in many respects the same | small and trading was light. There was a fair amount of trad- | ing in Seaboard Air Line with the price ahead around three points at times. Among the declines were Youngs- |town Sheet, Studebaker, Zenith, | General Electric, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Standard Oil (NJ) and U. S. Gypsum. « Advances included Goodyear, |Caterpillar and American Cyana- | mid. The WEATHERMAN Says cee Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy, ' windy and showery today and tonight; clearing, cooler and continued windy Wednesday. Moderate to fresh oceasionally moderately strong 25/40 mph. northeasterly winds. SMALL CRAFT WARNING DISPLAYED. Florida: Considerable cloudi- | ness on east coast and in extreme south portion with occasional rain. Partly cloudy otherwise. Colder in north and central por- tions this afternoon and becom- ing cooler in south portion to- night and Wednesday. Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits: Small craft warnings are displayed for fresh to strong 25/40 mph. north to northeast winds which occasionally are higher in gusts. Winds should shift to north or northeast over extreme south portion and in- crease this afternoon. Mostly cloudy, occasional rain through Wednesday. East Gulf of Mexico: Small craft warnings indicated. Fresh | to moderately strong north to northeast winds through Wed- nesday mostly 25/40 mph. but occasionally higher in (gusts. Partly cloudy weather. Occa- sional rain in extreme south portion. Western Caribbean: Moderate to fresh winds mostly northerly over northwest portion and mostly southeasterly over east portion and variable elsewhere. Partly cloudy to cloudy weather with scattered showers through Wednesday. Weather Summary for the Tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea Area and Eastern Gulf of Mexico: A strong “Northeaster” is af- fecting ‘the Atlantic coast and will be affecting all of Florida by this afternoon. It is giving winds up to 45 to 50 mph. in gusts in parts of Florida. There is a weak low pressure area over extreme southern Florida and another just to the east of Swan“island. There are no tropical disturbances, | | | Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Oct. 21, 1952 9:00 A.M. EST Temperatures | Highest yesterday — | Lowest last night Mean }Normal 85 78 82 . 80 Precipi | Total last 24 hours — Total this month Excess this month ~ | Total this year | Deficiency this year .01 ins. . 6:78 ins. 2:34 ins. 30.93 ins, —— 1.80 ins. Relative Humidity at 8:00 A.M. 84% | Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 &.M 29.88 ins.—1011.9 mbs. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Tides Naval Base TOMORROW HIGH 12:23 pm 11:19 pm, Low 5:51 am 4:49 p.m. eOo ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Station— ‘Tide high wate (Sandy Pt.) —ch 40m “an error” in the personal pro-/ perty tax assessment for his place of business. The comission instruc ted City Tax Assessor Sam Pin- der, Jr. to make a study of the situation and repe to them at their next meeti Ar con tended that his tax is higher than comparable businesses in Key i West, (+ Phas sign: Correstions to j be added. cons always start from 25 degrees morth or south { the equator, says the National { Gecgraphis Souety, | type of market. The losses were | 1.| PRECINCT No. Marathon Marir s | Is Decorated }.. Marine Captain Frank E. Autrey, 28, Marathon, has been awarded the Air Medal for his successful com- pletion of 21 combat missions over Communist held North Korea. Capt. Autrey, a jet pilot, was | awarded the medal while serving | with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing’s | “Able Eagles” jet fighter-bomber | | Squadron of Marine Air Group 33! in Korea. His wife, Marjorie and son, Dale, reside at 2852 S. W. 33rd Ct., Miami. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Loeber, Marathon. Ginny Sims Is Separated HOLLYWOOD Singer Ginny Simms and oilman Bob Calhoun have separated again and she says the marriage is “‘all over.” “I can’t keer on going through all these emotional. upsets,” she said. “I need some peace and also have my children to think of.” They are David, 6, and Conrad, | 2, by her previous marriage to Hyatt R. Dehn. Miss Simms said she was going to arrange for a “quick and quiet” divorce. Calhoun confirmed the separa- tion, saying, “It’s just a case of two people who love each other but can’t get along.” They were married in June in Las Vegas, Nev., separated in Sep- temper, and were reconciled early this month, NOTICE OF ELECTION The following Clerks, Inspec- tors and polling places have been designated by the Monroe County Commissioners for the General Election to be held Tues- | day, Nov. 4, 1952. PRECINCT No. 1—NCCS (USO) Building, Duval and Virginia streets. Elizabeth Schneider, Clerk; Mizpah Pierce, Ella Johnson, Geraldine Pinder, Albert An- gueria, Inspectors, PRECINCT No. 2—Rear Cave Inn Bar, Petronia and Duval streets. Nymia Sikes, Clerk; Vermell Hutchinson, Emilio F. Corral, Wm. F. Duval, W. B. Curry, In- spectors. PRECINCT No. 3—High School Gymnasium, Walton street. Beulah Demeritt, Clerk; Lykes Turner, Hilda Sands, . Kathryn Cates, Inspectors, PRECINCT No. 4—No. 3 Fire Station, Grinnell street. Florence Baker, Clerk; Or- lando Rodriguez, Corrine Nor- cissa, Flossie Roberts, Louise Fowler, Inspectors, PRECINCT No, 5—917 Simon- ton street. Kathryn Perpall, Clerk; Ra-! chel Sanchez, Gladys Trombley, Frank Del Villar, Alfred John- son, Inspectors, PRECINCT No, Courthouse. Louise R. Thompson, Clerk; }Flora Michael, Caroline Ford, Grover C. Albury, Inspectors, PRECINCT No. 7—City Hall. Ellie Shaw, Clerk; Leon Pea- jcon, George Schreiber, Edward} |Goehring, Grace Kerr, Inspec- to 6 — County rs. PRECINCT No. 8—504 William | street. ; Carrie E. Hattrick, Clerk; | Jennie Gwynn, Dorothy L. Rob erts, Mizpah L. Curry, Manuel | Perez, Inspectors. | PRECINCT No. 9—910 James | street. | Agnes Lowe, Clerk; Emma} | Thompson, Janice Saunders, Ru- | pert Kno" Inspectors. PRECINCT No, 10—1030 South ard street. Harold R. Pinder, Clerk; A Leroy Sawyer, Violet Stickne: Fae Solomon, Will Baker, In spectors. PRRECINCT No. 11—Truman Elementary School. Dorothy DiNegro, Clerk; Mari M. Roberts, Harry Sawyer, Violet L. Pinder, Inspectors. 12 — Higt | School Annex, United street Nell Rose Lopez, Clerk; Ruth Carey, Virginia Sands, Claire Saunders. Inspectors. PRECINCT No. 13—Piggy Park j Annex. Flagler avenue and Ber jtha street. | Saunders, Clerk; Juanita PRECINCT WN Chamber of Cor j than. ' | RO. BuShea, Clerk: Don Fox, iF. # I specters PRECINCT No. 16—Old Mate- /f mbe School Building. Mate- 4 be. | Paul Chesley, Clerk: Jay Peh!- man, George J. Rawlins, Alvin Pinder, Inspectors. PRECINCT No. 17 — Clini WwW. Attery. Clerk Cyril George W. Sawyer Rodney Albury, Inspectors ' oct1-23, Center, Albert Harvey, In- 1 He Left His Fingers In Korea eee . Citizen Staff Photo PFC. EDWAR WEECH, was once a saxophone player. Then shtapnel shattered his right arm, took two of his fingers. Pfc. and Mrs. Weech live at 1-D Fort Village. - * MUSIC CAREER (Continued from Page One) two hands. The fifth finger of; his right hand and the fourth finger of his left hand are gone completely. He hopes that surgery will restore some use of his right arm. At present it is in a plaster cast and completely use- less, The happiness of homecoming is naturally dimmed for the young soldier by the blight to his career, The night of the attack he was going up a hill at Chowan. The artillery started. “We were pounded for 15 minutes. The captain got hurt. The squad leader got killed. I got wounded. The company medic, though he was wounded too, tried to help me. He tried to bandage my arm. I struggled back through mud and water trying to reach the First Aid station. I got half way when I was picked up anda medic bandaged me. I was taken in a jeep to a First Aid station. After that they knocked me out with morphine and I don’t remember anything much except coming to in an ambulance and then being in a Swedish hospital.” » After the hospital in Korea, PFC. Weech was moved to Osaka hospital in Japan. He was brought back to the states via Hawaii and San Francisco. Last hospital before this leave in Key West was Melbourne, Ala. Next hospital at Fort Bragg. will decide for Weech if he will ever again have the normal use Typhoons can be 500 miles across. Mammals are believed to be the descendants of ancient reptiles | whose ancestors lived in the sea. ATLAS sacaae tec. cet etlgation | wovkt Me a Fron ee of his right arm. ‘Thé anxiety with which he awaits that trip showed clearly on his young face when we interviewed him, * STRONG ARM GRAND COFFES Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS sy iE sree! beSbbe a8 Pio ©. & Tes, Seve ae Betrs 10% BACH WAY with « Bored Tey COAST GUARD (Continued From Page One) Fort Pierce and drifted way ‘in heavy winds. A Coast Guard boat stood by to tow it back to calm waters. Two vessels: in distress are re- ported off Fernandina. One, the Rio Escondida, reportedly a con- verted four-stack World War I vintage, said she is “disabled, adrift with dangerous with seven men aboard, was drift- ing off Ponce De Leon inlet near St. Augustine, with the tug les attempting to get a hawser back aboard it. The other was barge Burol, which the reported was lost during force winds. In Tampa Bay, a floating cem: mixer used on the Tampa bridge dragged anchor and adrift. with six men on board. men abandoned the wieldy vessel which was last reported off the mouth of the Manatee River, U.S. railroads 8,500,000 carloads of coal in 1951. Nepal, a small state on the 2% I SEESSEERSScESs WASHINGTON NAVY ~ (Continued from Page One) ent water supply is expected to taxed to the utmost. ‘The news from the Undersecre: tary, therefore that, a “progressive beginning January 1, 1953,” is timed to help when help is most needed. Baking Powders often are label- action, while a double ac- baking powder acts more wly, releasing part of its gas it room temperature, the remain- a ne etter GREYHOUND