The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 25, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIS!. “‘.. 355 POLICE OFFICER JAILED IN SHOOTING OF WOMAN kkk kkk Stabbing Victim In Serious Condition am kK &* Victim Is In Critical Shape With Wound In |Income Is George Dean, Jr., 35, colored | doliceman, was arrested by his | own father, George Dean, Sr., de- j West High School football income puty sheriff, after shooting a Ne-| Va released today by Superintend- +) pee ‘ent Horace O’Bryant showing a gro woman named Mable Albright | balance of fn a house at 319 Virginia st. this | 21, morning shortly after eight o’clock. | “So many peoplé think that be- The woman is in the Monroe cause Wicker’s Field Stadium is General hospital in critical condi- packed for games, that the high tion with a bullet wound in the | school is making lots of money. stomach. George Dean, Jr., made a state- | goes, nent to Patrolman H. Lounders | there is to operate on.” at the county jail signed in the| The analysis of cash receipts and [Use Of Grid The exact disposition of Key —_—_—-- —_—_-— * $3,178 on hand October! xk 47 Stitches Are | Needed After Che Kry eat Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1952 Storm Tossed Bird Takes Hamster’s Cage By DOROTHY RAYMER Storm warnings are down in Key {West as Hurricane Fox lost its | wolfish aspect and moved offshore to threaten Cat Cay across the Gulfstream from Miami and Grand Bahama Island, 60 miles east of Early Morning Brawl Today Deep and serious knife woun? requiring 47 stitches put Alfonso Sears, aged 40, colored, in the Mon- roe County hospital where his con- | dition is reported as poor, and ‘landed Thomas McIntyre, 52 year j old Negro, in the city jail early this morning after a fight over | money at 908 Pauline Lane. Police officer Herman Conley called to the scene of the cutting | When you see where the money, at 3:25 a. m. today found blood | Re you understand how little’ on the outside of the house and , a blood soaked room where the Palm Beach. Moving across the | south coast of Cuba near Cienfue- | gos took the teeth out of the 165 mile an hour blow and reduced the force to 75 miles an hour with squalls which can still snarl at 115 miles an hour. There was no damage in Key West except to hundreds of birds ; Homeless Hamster fray took place. A brother of the | presence of Chief of Police J. 0. | Kemp, at 8:40 a.m. twenty min-! ates after the shooting, admitting that he had used his service gun, » 38 calibre, and had fired with the intention of hitting the woman. According to the statement, Dean, Jr., and the Albright girl had | an argument at about 8:10 a. m. at the house on Virginia st., and she got his .32 calibre pistol from a dresser drawer. Dean saw her with the gun; which she put in her pocketbook. She had the gun | in her hands. According to the | signed statement, “after he saw/ her with the gun in her hands, he then fired once with the intention of hitting her.” Lounders report reiterates the statement given him by Dean, Jr. Dr. J. L. Lester, Jr., who per- | formed surgery on the woman said that he had removed a bullet from } her stomach and that she was in critical condition. Bulletin ) MIABT 7 iis-wdvixdey “on the hurricane ‘was issued’ at 11 a. m. (EST) ‘by the Miami. Weather Bureau: Aircraft reports this morning that the hurricane's center is weak- ened and distorted after passage | over Cuba but still has winds in squalls around 100 miles an hour | or slightly higher, ‘The center is large and not well Gefined. At 11 a. m. (EST) it was near Latitude 24.0 North, Longitude 79.1 West or about 130 miles south- east of Miami, It .is. moving north-northeast- ward 8 to 10 miles per hour and | son tickets, $3,889.50, and Pahokee his turning more to the northeast, Some acceleration in forward movement is indicated today tonight. * The center will pass between | and expenditures from July 1 to Octo-| Wounded man had rushed Sears | be 21, 1952, was meuiied by the} to the hospital. Conley found the | Key West High School’s Men’s: assault weapon in the kitchen | Athletic Association which handles, Where it had been tossed. It is a the money, butcher knife with a seven and a Though $13,464.28 is listed as in- half inch blade. He also found a come in the analysis, expenses of small stick with a nail in one end more than $10,000 have cut into which Sears used in defending him- that amount leaving only $3,178. if. Largest source of income is gate receipts amounting to $6,709, Largest expenditure is the pa’ ment of $3,500 on bleachers at Wicker’s Field Stadium, Other sources of income are sea- Conley at the hospital while he was | being treated by Dr. M. E, Jim- inez, he had overpaid his rent to | his landlord, McIntyre and asked for a refund. In the argument | which started, McIntyre attacked | tenant with the butcher knife. Conley described the victim’s | condition as serious, “They gave Sears plasma and a blood trans- fusion. He was bleeding very bad- game guarantee, $300. Other large expenditures of: the KWHS football team are as follows: Travel, conferences and meet- ings, Pahokee, Seacrest (including band) $1,549.80; uniforms and play-| ;.4ing how many stitches were put ing equipment, $1,289.09; visiting] in as the surgeon worked on him.” | teams guarantee, $1,200; erecting) Conley described the seven or bleachers and preparing field.) eight knife wounds telling that | $928.70; referees, $224.00. Sears had two long gashes in his The exact amounts spent for oth-| jf jeg side by side, one of which er items follow: I ince, €qUIP-| Henetrated into the bone and past ment, $43.00; players, $171.00; laun-| i¢ requiring stitches on both sides ly but he was conscious and kept | dry deposit, $10.00; Of} of the leg. - games, * “Sears has two had stabs in the game officials, $157.50; H st-on the left side about four erecting fence and press “or five inches deep and at least $81.02; supplies, $115.08; practice| two inches long. If his ribs hadn't equipment, $227.23; printing tickets, (Continued On Page Six) nan: oe $51; Erase other teams, 50; miscellaneous, Pl . ay Equipment Arrives For $17.09, Total, $10,286.26, State Auditor Colored Beach Playground equipment for the Cheeks County Retirement List | sinh hc fe Monroe county’s retirement sys: ty Commission Chairman Gerald tem is being given a thorough Saunders announced today. going over by Earl J. Morvis,! Children will have swings, see- field auditor of state comptroller | saws, slides and other play struc C. M. Gay's office. tures. Morris has been in Key West| Adults will have a new recrea Bimini and Nassau late this after- {almost a week checking payrolls| tion building at’ Ocean View in noon with dangerous winds over | the Western Bahamas. Winds along | the Florida coast will not reach dangerous ‘velocities. Small craft should remain in port along the} On his first trip of any duration southeast coast and keys until the storm passes, Key West High School Mens | at the courthouse, going over re-| coming months, Saunders said cords and consulting with any | An existing building is being re tcounty officials who care for his | novated for lounge rooms, meet advice. ing rooms and a snack bar, Bids (Continued On Page Six) jin Key West, he told the Citizen | ——~ - (Continued On Page Six) ST ROLLER SKATE For Your Health NIGHTLY — 8- 10:30 Kid's Matinee, Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 TEL. 9116 +-a@ hamster, natch; who had | Fairbanks Water Pumps | RELUCTANT HOST Is “Hem give up his tage to a yellow-. throat warbler rescued by Jeanne and Ski Skewis, 213 Telegraph lane. The storm-toss- ed bird which flew into their The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS ls Huguette LeMay Dead Or Alive? No, Says Brother; Yes, Says George — ‘Spotswood Announces Plans For Ultra’ ‘Modern Communications Setup For Monroe County Sheriff's Office After Confab State-Wide Network Mapped To Cooperate With Florida Law Enforcement Agencies Sweeping modernization of the sheriff's office has been arranged for by Sheriff-Nominee John Spot- tswood in two days of conferences _ | with Miami and Florida state po- lice officials, Spottswood told The Citizen that the county will have state- wide radio communications for the first time when four mobile trans- mitters and receivers are installed in as many Sheriff's patrol cars. “We can then talk to any place in the State,” the young Sheriff- Of equal importance will be the brand new teletype service to be installed after January 6, This will connect the Monroe county’s of- fice in the new jail with every law enforcement agency ranging shington. A third modernization will be the Carmichael Case Jurors Named Nov. try the controversial Carmichael first degree murder ease and other criminal, and civil cases was apartment last night lost his: jdrawn by Cireuit Court Judge rudder tail-feathers and can’t be on his merry way. The ham- ster is living in new quarters, | a bucket, until a cage can be found for the grounded bird. Hundreds of the small warb- lers were blown off migratory | course by the storm which hit Cuba yesterday but by-passed Key West, which were evidently their migratory path to South America and buffeted inland Scores of the small birds identi- fied as yellow-throats of the war- bier species, fluttered around Red | Cross headquarters at the YMCA- | USO late yesterday afternoon. Af- ter darkness fell, flocks of the tiny singers battered themselves (Continued On Page Six) From $88.00 swept off | ; Aquilina Lopez, Jr. yesterday af- j ternoon at 3 o'clock. The death of Mellow Moon, | found drowned off Stock Island last December will come before {the Circuit Court jury and the Judge on November 6, when the 100 jurors named must show up at the courthouse. It is the leading case scheduled for this term of Circuit Court. Both Carl Sr. and Carl Jr. Car- michael, accused of the murder, are out on large bonds, follow- ing their indictment by the Mon- ree county grand jury last spring. Witnesses for the defense which is being conducted by Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr, and Will Albury are being lined up for the trial, Prosecution will be conducted by State Attorney J. Lancelot Lester. Four civil cases including da- mage suits will be presented by (Continued on Page Six) * utilization of a telephoto service of the Miami communications cen- ter, “We can send by air mail photo- graphs and finger prints. These are transmitted directly to the F BI laboratory, which sends a re- turn report the same day. This new service will cut time rom one week to one day in checking on law breakers or missing per- sons,” Spottswood said. Miami Police Chief Walter Head- ley with whom Spottswood confer- ered offered the facilities of the Miami police academy and all other facilities of the laboratory to the incoming Sheriff. Spottswood made these arrange- ments for his new office in Miami Thursday. He ‘talked with Col. Kirkman, director of the Florida Highway Patrol, Davidson, chief radio engineer, FHP, Bouchard, radio engineer for this district and | Capt, Clifton, also of FHP. Permission was granted Spotts- wood at this conference to go ahead with his plans to install the four mobile transmitters and re- ceivers in the four Sheriff's patrol cars which will operate on the fre- quency of the Florida Highway Pa- trol. The County Commission has already approved the radio transmitters, and will buy two of the cars. The new Sheriff's office will buy the other two cars. The dural transmitters and re- ceivers will also provide a fre- quency for the exclusive use of the sheriff's office for intra-county communication. Spottswood also had conferences with Police Chief Walter Headley of Miami, Lt. Ben Denby, head of the communications centers of all the law enforcement agencies in the Miami area. The center ties together police, sheriff, and high- way patrol of Dade county and the sheriff's office of Broward county in one big network, It was with the communications center that Spottswood made the arrangements for the installation of the teletype services, Over 350 Register As Absentee Voters For November Election INTEREST IN VOTING REACHES ALL-TIME | Local Child Is Pinder said ‘. Persons who expect to be out of town on the day of election are coming in a steady stream to Pinder's office at the courehouse. Servicemen’s ballots were mailed overseas 45 days before Noyember 4, complying with the law. The Supervisor and his assistant Mrs. Edna Mae Bullman are pre- paring for the heaviest turn out at the polls in the history on Novy- ember 4. With 12,686 citizens eligible to vote, and a President of the United States to be chosen, interest jin voting is expected to reach an jall time high. Lively controversies over the choice of President are taking place even in this traditionally all Dem- ocratic county. Though the county will go overwhelmingly ‘or the Democratic presidential candidate, the insertion of a Republican in the campaign in Monroe county makes for full public discussion of jissues as well as personalities | aecording to a review of last week's | Citizen, Voting machines will be taxed to the utmost in the city’s 14 pre- | Earique that she light attack of the se, cincts and in the three polling places at Marathon, Islamorada and Tavernier. The official Democratic Exeeu- tive Committee is sponsoring a huge pre-election rally November 3, at which Robert Floyd, Dade County State representative and former mayor eof Miami will the rally, The Key West High School Band will play and leading Demo- erats will appear on the platform to get out the vote, An official campaign cormittee was named at @ special meeting two weeks ago when Democrats of the Executive Committee and the Stevenson for President commitee met at the courthouse. Gerald Saunders is chairman Stevenson for President committee, Esquinaldo, Sr. is chair- man of the © Democratic International Debate Stirred By LeMay Call To The Citizen which will she is alive. Raymond Daoust, Montreal lawyer and broth- er of the missing beauty, de- clares the family believes she is dead. Deputy Sheriff James 0. Barker, chief investigator in the ten months* old case, told me yesterday: “T’ve never said she is dead. My opinion and evidence indicate that she is dead. Blood stained gar- ments found on the Tamiami trail were identified as having been in the LeMay car.” George LeMay snapped angrily at this statement of Barker's re- layed to him via The Citizen and AP. He said the blood stained gar- when it comes out in two weeks,” {Continued On Page Six) Located at Simonton & Dey Sta | commdtion. cna tiling eee Help Wanted, Male| . New and Used Car Sales | |men, preferably men with ex- perience in seljling. Must be sober and reliable. Apply in NA Athletic Association Analysis of Cash Receipts and Expenditures JULY 1 TO OCTOBER 21, 1952 Balance Cash on Hand, July 1, 1952 $ 2,565.40 Receipts Season Tickets $3,889.50 Gate Receipts 6,709.18 game guarantee 300.00 Expenditures Insurance — Equipment Players Laundry Deposit Travel — Conferences and Meetings Pahokee APPLIANCE REPAIRS Th i is ompson Enterprises, Inc. | AND SERVICE =e HARDWARE DIVISION | ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Po Phone 886 | Floctet Elks Club Benefit — | pepicony oo onoiymeg Hallowe’en Dance WANTED | Service. Guy Or: Might All Work Gusranteed and FLOOR SHOW Two ‘Waitresses FREE PICK UP & DELIVERY Tonight at 9:30 P.M. ‘till ? Experiencea, Reliable |P.0. BOX 631 PHONE 2286-w ELKS CLUB ANNEX gr Hey eye | KEY WEST, FLA. Music by ... HOURS 5 P.M. to 1 A.M. Working Conditions Good GERALD PINDER ORCHESTRA Public Invited PHONE 214 SHORTY’S Dress Optional DOORS OPEN AT 3:00 P.M. Many Thousand Southern Democrats Voting For Ike Lead by loys! Southern Democrats such os Governer Byrnes of $.C., Governor Shivers of Texas; Geverner Kennen of La., and Senator Byrd of Virginie, VARRO, Ine. 601 DUVAL sT. 10,898.68 $13,464.28 | | | gs=e wv? BECAUSE of Needless loss of fife tn Keres; Internal Re- verwe Tax Scandals; Mink Costs; Deep Freezes, Selling of Political influence and jobs; Communists in High Pieces lebelied by President Truman os « “Red Herring” and proved true by conviction of Aiger His and ether commut ists. bo} rad Seacrest (Including Band) Filming ef Games ‘elephone T Game Officiols Referees Police Visiting Teams Guarantee Erecting Fence and Press Box Supplies Practice Equipment Uniferms and Playing Equipment Printing Tickets Advertising Scouting Other Teams Erecting Bleachers and Preparing Field Payment on Bleachers Miscellaneous We Are Now In Our New Location --- Stock Island KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. CORNER 2ND AVE. AND FIRST ST. 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