The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average \ range of only 14° Fahrenhei YOL, LXXIII, No, 356 Che Key West Cities THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1952 "I Love That Man!” Says Shooting |Coast Guard Victim; Refuses To Press Charges Gunman Held In * County Jail May Go Free As State Lacks Witnesses Mabel Albright, 33 year old -colored woman who was shot in the stomach by| 4 George Dean, Jr., 35 year old police officer, Saturday morning, said today she} was not going to press | charges against him be- cause she loved her man, Propped up with pillows and looking wan, in her hospital bed at Monroe General Hospital, the thin faced woman said “Mr. Hamlin was here but I did not sign the affidavit. I am not going to press charges. I got nothing much to say. There was nv-quarrel.” Reminded thai Dean had signed ‘a statement shortly after his ar- rest by his own father, a deputy sheriff, saying he had shot with in- tention of hitting her, she shook her head. “It was an accident.” The high velocity bullet penetrated the stomach, liver, spleen and lower leit: lung lobe. She told both Justice of the Peace Roy Hamlin and the | Citizen reporter, ‘I’m so much in love with that man | don’t ‘want to do anything about this.” dustice of the Roy Hamlin said that in would be held in the county jail pending the condition of the Albright wo- man who is his sweetheart. ‘This is the second case of as- #ault with 2 deadly weapon in the past two weeks in which the wo- man in the case will not appear against her assailant. The other prc agtog a bac cere, stal ie of seven months, | gg vine atr icepi¢k. Four days jater, the wourded girl, aged | 22, left Galey Memorial hospital and flew back to Cuba where her parents live. Mrs. Garcia did sign an affidavit against her husband but evidently will not appear inst him, Man Hospitalized After Beating A fight in which James Linder, in his middle fifties, was kicked in the side and back, resulted in the removal of a right kidney last night at Monroe General Hospital where the patient was taken for a second time. Linder's attacker, also colored, is 26 year old Henry Poole now in the Monroe County jail pending the out- —_ of the beaten man’s condi- The battle started at Shorty’s Bar, Petronia st., by-standers said, on Sunday morning at about nine | o'clock, Genesis Broxton, colored | policeman, arrested Poole and turn- | ed him over to police officer Henry h Lounders. “My $94 Goes To Fort Village Streets” MISS MARY LOUISE SPOTTSWOOD, 531 Caroline street, in answer to the Citizen poll on what she’d spend her share of Key West assets, was one of eight citizens pushing for street improvement. | | | | | | Has A Busy Weekend Here Stricken Vessel Is Aided Off Coast Of Cuba; Honduran Ship Is Searched For The Key West Coast Guard had a busy weekend helping a vessel off Cape San Antonio, Cuba, con- ducting a serch for a missing Hon- duranian vessel, and transferring a sick man from an Esso Tanker, ; Lt. Clem Pearson, CG Commander reported today. The rescue vessel Ariadne rush- ed from Tampa to Cuba to help the Avenger, fishing vessel, which | 4 had sent an SOS. The Ariadne steamed down from ! Tampa where she had been for two days and found that the Aven- ger was merely out of fuel. She supplied 50 gallons to the vessel and is expected back in port to- day after her week’s voyage answering innumerable calls . for PRICE FIVE CENTS | Five Key West College Boys Injured, Community Concert Heads help in the last seven stormy |g 1 days. At midnight last night the Coast Guard 83 footer brought sick skip, per John S. Conaghan off the US Esso Lynchburg Tanker into port. He was rushed by Coast Guard station wagon to the Naval hospital where his acute gastritus is being * | diagnosed and treated. Citizen Staff Phot. Conaghan was removed from the | Esso tanker at the Sea Buoy. The . | tanker was en route from Jackson- ville to Galveston, : Conaghan’s next of kin is his wife who lives at 121 Nelson ave., Staten Island .New York. The Coast Guard was instructed by Ralph Herz, public health service surgeon, td take the acute gas- (Continued On Page Five) 94 Dallar Question Asked 20-Key Westers Brings. Improvement Suggestions Local Tire Dealer Given Contract Dick’s Tire Service, 929 Truman Avenue is the first Key West firm ever to receive an exclusive con- tract for tire recapping and repair- ing from the Federal government, it was announced today. Dick will henceforth cepair all the Navy’s tires, all those of the National Park Service, the Post Office, and other Federal agencies located in this area. Federal agen- cies here can only go to other firms & it is an emergency or Dick can’t provide the service or the item needed, he said. Dick who was the low bidder on the contract, is distributor of U.S. Royal tires. He has been in busi- ness here for three years and has established a reputation for re- BETTER STREETS LEAD ALL CIVIC NEEDS IN POLL BY THE CITIZEN By SUSAN MCAVOY Street improvement was the number one city need put forward by 20 Key Westers polled at the jval street today. These Key Westers were asked a $94, not a $64, question. “You are worth $94.94 in city land, furniture and machines, a figure arrived at by dividing the city’s assets of $2,509,470 by its latest civilian population figure 26,- 433. Now if you had that $94.94 in cash what would you do with it to improve the city of Key West?” Out of the 20 led, eight re- plied right away: “Fix up the streets.” Better sewers, a public auditor- capping tires so that they are | ium, more water and more recrea- The badly beaten Linder of 112 Olivia st., was taken to Monroe General Hospital where he was/| examined and given x-rays, then! returned: home. No broken bones showed in the x-ray film, but Lin- der's condition became worse and he was re-adntitted to the hospital where Dr. J. L. Lester performed! surgery, removing the kidney, which he said had been “kicked to * causing internal hem-| errhage. “He would have bled to @eath slowly, There was about two quarts of blood in the area,” Lester paid, No reason for the battie was giv- equal to new tires, he says. General Services Administration which js the coordinating Federal | agency charged with maintenance of Federal property awarded the, contract to Dick’s Tire Service | last Wednesday, The contract runs tion were other answers. nue E replied : “I'd like to give my $94 to fix- ing up streets in Poinciana before I get buried in a chuck hole or at least split a tire open. In rain you from November 1, 1952 through April 30, 1953. Before the award of the contract to Dick's service, Government } agencies here had to send their work to Miami firms. A blare at West Puoinc- are. It's ruining my tires.” Mrs. G. A, Wood, 615 Greene st concurred saying, “I think streets jin general need improvement most,” Mary Louise Spottswood, 531 | SMALL POINCIANA FIRE| C2mline street, said “I would put my $94.9 toward |EXTINGUISHED SUNDAY | fixing and grading the streets out at Fort Village so that thes aren't en in the police report. City police | ciana in the Butterfield residence | Ueder two feet of water every time * gurned Poole over to county author-| (Continued On Page Five? Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN | ‘The Man Whe Lives In Town Phone 366 and 378 We BUY all kinds of JUNK | Rags, Mattresses and All Kinds of Scrap Metal Lecated at Simonton & Dey Sts. was put out Sunday afternoon with | a CO 2 fire extinguisher. Number Two fire station men responded to the call which came in at 3:10 p.m. Damage was confined to the heater and immediate area. |taterr=tional Marine Pain For Beats of ali Types Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. Phone 885 rains.” Ernest Ramsey, manager of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commis- sion surprised us. Instead of say- ing he'd give his $94 to the cause of getting more water, he said: (Continued Jn Page Five) ROLLER SKATE For Your Health NIGHTLY — §- 10:30 Kid's Matinee, Set. 2:30-4:38 TEL. 9116 i Mrs. Louise Claywell, 3389 Ave- ; can’t tell how deep these holes | Grand Jury rand Jury began its investigation of/ public buildings this morning with a tour of the completed but idle new jail. Though no information has been released on'the deaths which have been probed by the Grand Jury, it is known that they have reports which will be issued this week. The deaths of Frankie Kee, kil- led last July “and of Joseph Thomas, Marathon, were invest- igated last week. Witnesses ap- peared at the Courthouse every day. Post Office, courthouse and on Du-| The final reports of the Grand | they will lose their vote for Presi-! ca Jury will clarify some of the open homicides that have occurred jin the county since its session last spring. Hurricane Fading MIAMI (®—This advisory on the hurricane was issued by the Weather Bureau: Hurricane Fox has apparently seattered into an area of squalls. At 11 a. m. the squally area was located by aircraft in the vicinity of latitude 26.0 North, longitude 74 to 76 West. Strongest squalls were encoun- tered on the southeastern side of the squally area with winds up to around 5@ miles per hour. Pres- ent location is about 200 miles northeast of Nassau. Future movement is uncertain. There has been a slow northwest ward drift during the past 12 hours. We Are Now In Our New Location KEY WEST SALVACE CO. CORNER 23ND AVE. AND FIRST ST. HIGHEST PRICES FOR JUNK BATTERIES, OFFICIALS FOR THE COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES DRIVE Two Seriously, In Miami Auto Mishap Gas Tank Blows Up After 3 Car Crash In South Miami Today Five well-known Key West college boys miracue ‘\lously escaped death early ‘jand” Mrs. Citizen Staff Photo for this year are, left to right, Mrs. Ann Cobo, membership chairman and campaign manager, Roy Williams, Community Con- certs, Ine., representative from New York, and Mrs. George Mills White, president of the Key West Community Concert Association. They are pictured as they outline plans for presentation to the volunteer workers inthis yeat’s drive. Ad Voor Vote! Pinder Warns .|1952 Drive At Woman’s Club Registration Head | Calls Thursday Meet > To Inform 5, iy Navy Man Arrested On New Voting Method | After 3 Car Crash Voters must be informed that) Gervis Garland NAS, driving a rr owned by Vernon Gross of the | dent, Governor and Representative! Seaplane Base, sideswiped two |‘unless they pull down individual] cars parked on Eaton st. near levers for each on November 4, Su-| Peacon Lane, left the scene of the pervisor of Registration Sam B./ accident without stopping, made Pinder said today. a left hand turn on Elizabeth st. “This is a different system from) and ended up against a brick wall other years,” Pinder stressed. “In| after surging across the sidewalk. order to cast your vote for national) The accident happened last night officers you must pull three sep-| at 6:30 p, m. Four charges were arate levers, one for President and| placed against Garland: reckless | Vice-President, one for Governor) driving, causing an accident, no | and one for, State Representative.| driver's license and leaving the You see, those offices are all op: | scene of an accident. The car he posed, so you must pull the lever,| was driving sustained $250 damage en or Republican, that you) to left front fender, front bumper, wish.” | right front fender and the grill. After that task is completed, then} Two other cars, owned by Rich- the voter pulls a single lever for; ard Barber and G the 34 unopposed candidates on the Barber suffered fender damage of ballot. }$10 each. “Your job is still not complete,”| Fred H. \Green Pinder. said. “Then you must pull; damage to his parked car eleven different levers to express| Was st by a Ford sedan driven your vote on the eleven constitu. east on man ave., Sunday at Continued ive | 2:40 p. m. by Julio Quesada, 6 H : css eg | Porter Place. Quesada was arrest- ed for reckless driving causing an accident and driving under the | influence of intoxicating beverzge. | Quesada’s car was damages. to the lL extent of $50. Marine Thaddeus Stanley Rick- wa, Naval Station, failed to stop Saturday at 7:40. p. m. at Duval and United streets where there is a stop sign and hit a Plymouth \sedan driven by James Wilbur Garrett, Surasdevdet. Garrett's car sustained $25 --- Stock Island (Continued On Page Five) SCRAP METAL, RAGS AND IRON OLD CARS AND TRUCKS CALL 136 & 1959-J For Prompt Service ROLLFAST & COLUMBIA BIKES LAY YOURS AWAY NOW FOR XMAS STOWERS’ 23 Devel Launches Community Concert which } ,famaged ig estimated at $125. | f 20 Tickets. GOAL OF WEEK’S CAMPAIGN, 750 TICKETS SAYS DRIVE HEAD An advance sale of 20 tickets to this season’s Cummunity concerts opened the first day of the 1952 drive, Mrs. George Mills W's, president of the association «id today. Workers are expected to bring in reports of many more sales this afternoon. The drive was launched last night at a kick-off dinner at) the Woman's Club on Duval street which is also serving as head- quarters all week. Mrs. Delio Cobo is campaign manager this year. Only 750 tickets can be sold for the concerts which take place in the auditorium of the Convent of Mary the Immaculate. The purpose of this year’s drive, eorge William | #5 in other years, is to acvept re- newal memberships ‘ram past subscriters and to enroll new members for a series of conrerts ito be given in. the Convent Audit- orium, Truman Avenue. Mrs. Cobo stated today that in the past, the Key West Community pleton. | Attendance at the concerts is by | membership only. While a canvass | will be made here William Meb- sett, association secretary, seid that a campaign headquarters will be kept open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Woman's Club t accept ‘memberships there. Telephone ( number of the Woman's Club is 54. Neblett made a specia) point FFE org this morning when their car was completely pss ae molished by its ex . gas tank in South Miami, Two of the youths, Juan Borges, 20, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Juan Borges, 1107 Duval street and Hubert Martinez are seriously burned and cut. They are in Doctors’ Hospital, Coral where they were after the accident, | The other three boys, ine jured slightly were, Miche ael Hamilton, son of Dr, and Mrs. Aubrey Hamilton, Clayton White, son of Mr, Mills White and David Freeman, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs, William Freeman, 724 Eaton street. They are being brought back to their families by Dr. Hamilton and Mr. Freeman who rushed up the Keys in the doctor's high powered Jaguar at 5:15 this morning. David Freeman who was driv- li E 9 * ack 5° 3 s | & 5% : ; fi fe ar Hits z 5 YOUR FUTURE IS AT STAKE ‘= STEVENSON PRESIDENT PROTECT IT ON NOVEMBER 4th! Attend Rally At Bayview Park, MONDAY, NOV 3, 8 P.M , . . Paid Advt. By Monroe County Democratic Exec. Committee '