The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 31, 1952, Page 5

Friday, October 31, 1952 ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Clash Tonig Page $ 5.000 Expected For Concii-Belle Glade “ Gridmen Seek sth *Win Of Season In Conch Bowl _ Tilt Tonight The hard-hitting Key) West High School football) ‘eleven is primed today for| their attempt at getting back into the win column when they tackle a heavy- weight Belle Glade squad teeking their fifth win in six starts. The ball game is a crucial @ne for the Conchs ‘victory would insure a bet-| as a - ter season’s record than the "1951 Conch football war-| tiors, The squad is in fine fet-) tle after absorbing a hard-| fought 28-20 loss at the! hands of the Seacrest Sea- _ hawks last week. With the “pressure off, they are in good mental and physical shape for tonight’s clash! which is expected to attract} 5,000 fans‘to the Wicker’s Field arena, Coach Ed Beckman today an-| nounced a suprise change in the starting lineup when he named Stu Logun as his starting right tackle. * NLRB Will Act On Navy Pay Increase Undersecretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair, in a phone conversation with State Repre- sentative Bernie C. Papy last night, confirmed his approval of an 18-cent per hour pay increase for 1500 Navy workers. Whitehair added that the next step is approval of the boost by the National Labor Ri Board at which time th will go into effect. Action by that group is expect- ed within a week, Whitehair said. JC’s Planning Xmas Lighting Competition ‘ The sixth annual Christmas Lighting contest will be sponsored again this year by the Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce, it was announced today by Sam Col- lins, committee chairman, “Collins said that the committee was in the final stages of setting last minute rules and regulations to govern the contest and that their final plans would be announced. shortly. The main purpose of the contest is to help encourage the local citi- zens to take an active part and help make out city a colorful and cheer- ful place to be during the Christmas season. The contest will run along simi- In. drills this week, Logun showed / jay jines of those in the past and so.impressiyely that he nosed out! entry blanks will be . available regular Julio Henriquez. shortly. With a dry field in the offing, the} The City Electric. Company has Conche--are ‘expected to rely on a} plans to light up Duval and Tru- passing game in the face of a giant| man and perhaps another thoro- Belle Glade line. The upstaters are clearly the huskiest bunch of grid-| ders that the locals have run up| against to date. Defensively, Belle Glade is rated| one of the top clubs in the state and | what they.Jack in offensive finesse, they make up in physical ability. Won Last Year Last year the Belle Gladers cap- tured a win over the Conchs and Wicker’s Field will resound to some real grid-action as they try to avenge the"ldss, 0 ing is certain, if the Conchs hit like they did in Seacrest, the) visitéfg are going to know they| were@git a ball game. : | Against the brawny visiting line, Key West is expected to take to the air for theiy ground gaining with} Fullbdtk ‘Toe Piheda ‘on the to8sing| <a fe, Gonzalez will be the man to ‘watch in the running department while Tony Dopp will call the sig- nals Dopp, has shown some good oftapaltg Biccking as well. . will start at full-| batk Gnd handle the kicking assign- ments, on which the Conchs have| heen Workitig in drills after some | disastrous work in that department last week. Ralph White has been named to start the ball game at left end with husky Wayne Brantley at the left} fare with their colorful lights cross- ing the street, Last year’s winner ~was Fred Schoneck’s home display on Grin- nell street. Persons and business houses interested in entering the contest this season should start making plans now as Christmas is only 55 days away. VICTIM OF SLASHING » NEEDS 51 STITCHES An argument over an oil stove sent Thelma Jenkins, 37, to Mon- roe General Hospital with a slash- ed face which required 51 stitches. Her assailant; Vivian Knight, <5; was arrested an hour after the cut- ting scrape which happened at 5:30 p.m. yesterday, The Knight wo- man is in the city jail held for in- vestigation. Both colored wonien live at 306 Amelia street, where the fight took place. Dr. Hernandez who treated the badly cut woman said that she left the hospital against his wishes and returned to hey home. About two weks ago, Buster Jen-| kins, a brother of the woman was in the Democratic party are invit-| plete with bonfires ‘and feasting | also involved ia. knifing. SPORTS tackle spot. Peter Knight has the nod at left} guard with hard digging Johnny MIRROR | By The Associated Press COMMISSIONERS (Continued from Page One) night’s meeting, which lasted over two hours. Expected at today’s con- clave is Admiral Irving T. Duke, commanding officer of the Naval Station in Key West. The Navy through Admiral Duke, will be ask- ed to give a boost to the call for Federal aid. Finance Plans Discussed The most important topic for dis- cussion and consideration last night was planning a means to fi- nance the proposed sewage re- vamping and extended project. It was pointed out by City Manager King that Key West could raise not more than $600,000 for the project and that the rest of the money would have to come from the gov- ernment. King just returned from a three-day conference in Atlanta with the authorities there and said that his application for federal aid was already in Washington, Commissioner Louis Eisner said, “We have one of the biggest Naval bases in the country here and the government hedges on helping. Since a lot of the increased popu- lation is due to government work- ers and the Navy, why not ask the Navy to give us a boost in applying for federal help.” ask Admiral Duke to today’s con- ference when the discussion will continue. Definite action was taken and the | resolution passed authorizing the city manager to purchase land for the site of the sewer life station. The property is a lot on Semin- ary and Thomas Streets which will be bought for $1,200 from John D. Marks. The land has a front of 50 feet and three inches on Semin- ary and a depth of 100 feet. Con- ditions of the purchase include the furnishing of a good, marketable abstract title which is to be war- ranty deed, and taxes are to be/ pro-rated to the date of closing. | The session also approved the re-issue of licenses and permits to operate and drive taxis after the new regulation application forms | have been filled out, submitted by | \the drivers, and approved, A public hearing was set for Nov. 17 to consider a written re- commendation of the planning commission on a matter of @ proposed variance ordinance | »thanging the rear setback . re- quirements of a proposed build- | ing to be constructed by Dr. | «John B. Hayes as an addition to + his present office, 518 Fleming St. Continue in today’s meeting will | be the consideration of the hiring | of a fiscal agent to handle the bond issue and other matters per- taining to the proposed sewer pro- ject. Present at the meeting were Mayor C. B. Harvey, Commission- jers Jack Delaney, Louis Eisner, Dr. Delio Cobo and M. Ignatius Lester, Charles Roberts, Victor Lowe, C. T. MeCreedy and J. Y. | Porter III. PLANS COMPLETED (Continued From Page One) ed to participate in the motorcade, | Watson said. The motorcade will get underway) ‘The commission then moved to | Ghoulies And Ghosties Citizen Staff Photo WHEN THE WITCH WINDS WAIL and ghosts gallivant to- night, you'd better be on the lookout for tricks from lurking hobgoblins like these two, ‘ Beware Of. The Ghosts Of The Buccaneers Tonight For They Will Be About On Solares Hi * jus again to the weird time, the jsuch a time. Heed The Words Of Recio Or Dire Deeds May Be Done Against You By The Weirdies By MARGARET FORESMAN ‘Round roll the seasons, bringing time when fact yields to fancy, the time when people talk and think of “ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties And things that go boomp! in the night.” So park your broomstick, sit Hallowe'en. You know, I suppose, that Hal- lowe’en goes back almost as far as history; perhaps ~farther in some countries. Beforesthe Chris- tian era, the pagan races had a festival at this time'’of year to | which different names were given | in different countries; but which | were all along the same general | lines: a sort of combined Thanks- | giving and harvest ' festival com- and the story-telling that went with When Christianity became | Jea his vengeance on any and all by such willful misdeameanors. Who could say that the tick-tack | at the window was really a small boy with a notched spool on a} string? Need the white phantasms flitting through the yards be chil- dren clothed in sheets? It only took a little imagination to make them be actually grisly haunts on evil bent, Today people have left off be- lieving much in ghosts and spirits, | | and a lot of the gruesome glamor | down, and let’s talk awhile about | has gone out,of the Hallowe'en season. But you should know that Key West has its own macabre spooks. You don’t believe me? Have you ever walked along White- head street about the witching hour of midnight when the moon is full? If you have, of course you didn’t see a ghost, but when you were passing along the block between Olivia and Petronia streets you were in the thick of the spirits of a pirate crew, and if you had stopped to listen you would have heard the faint tap, tap of a wooden leg, as the old WOMAN HUNTED (Continued from Page One) indicates, he said, that Klug has been dead for two days. Bad odors emanating from the sun and salt- water drenched corpse were evi- dent this morning. A brand new Indian motorcycle ,| was found standing on end by the body at the water’s edge. Klug was found lying with his nose in the sand, and blood stains from nasal bleeding were still in the sand this morning. - The .22 caliber Challenger -auto- matic gun was lying next to the body. One bullet remained in‘ the chamber of the gun. Fingerprint- ing will be difficult because of the — exposure to water, Hamlin said. Though no wallet was found on the dead man, his Navy discharge card shows that his address when discharged was 838 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, N. J. An empty Pay envelope for $37.72 net and a Pint of Seven Crown with two shots left were also found. The murder took place in day Nght, Hamlin thinks, because of the detour the motorcycle took be- fore a pool of water. Hamlin pointed out that the cy- ele went up a lonely lane until it | made an abrupt skid just before | the water’s edge. The bullet from the .22 caliber) pistol entered Klug’s brain from | the rear, from behind his left ear and came out over the right eye, Hamlin said. No other wounds | were found on the body when it was taken to Lopez funeral home. | An autopsy will be performed and | its report given-to the Coroners jury empanelled by Hamlin when he was called at 9:30 this morning. A drenched package of Pall Mall cigarettes was lying beside the | body. Klug was wearing blue dun- garees, a white sweat shirt and | | return te seek the loved ones from } | where they were so rudely torn. But f am sure we will have one new ghostly apparition in Key West this year. The specter of Von Cosel will be among the disembodied spirits whe come to the island city. His love for the fair Elena will surely be strong through space and time to seek again for his beloved. Whether he will find her waiting for him PILOT IS UNHURT IN BOCA CHICA CRASH An F6F (Hellcat) plane made a forced landing yesterday afternoon at Boca Chica Naval Air Station. The pilot, Ensign T, N. Henderson, attached to Fawtu, was uninjured. The crash ocurred at 12:32 p. m., when the pilot reported a loss of power and made a belly landing on | the field. The plane was salvaged. high motorcycle boots. His light brown hair was closely chopped, his face lacked any sun tan even over its death pallor. Hamlin called P.. W. Atkinson, Montclair insurance man who told him Klug is divorced and his father is also. Klug’s body was spotted this from their boat in the Atlantic Walker, Sr. and Jr. saw the corpse lying on the sand at water's edge. They immediately called. the She- riff who called Hamlin. Monroe County Sheriff Berlin Sawyer and Chief Deputy Sheriff Tommy Dixon, as well as Hamlin, | rushed up the Keys at high speed | to view the body. It was not moved until the six-man coroners jury hurriedly empanelled by Hamlin had viewed it at about 10:30. Lo- pez ambulance brought Klug’s re- mains back to their funeral home. Hamlin is conducting an inten- sive investigation on all. possible clues. He is asking Toll Bridge officials to check Klug’s toll ticket to determine whether or not the woman rodé on the motorcycle with the dead man. He is further investigating fic- \tion found on lined composition | paper in the pockets of the dead man, “All evidence so far points to foul play,” Hamlin said at the death scene, “Further, the foot- prints of the woman in high heels show that he was not ajone.” morning by two mullet fishermen | side of Little Toreh Key. John | Hamlin said that Klug'’s father | EX-COP JAILED (Continued From Page One) gins tried to intervene and Atwell brushed her aside. A registered nurse and extreme- ly calm, Mrs. Hudgins walked to the phone on the porch and called State Patrolman Jim Wilder, who called Deputy Sheriff Serge Her- nandez for her. Meanwhile Hudgins, © unable to control the fighting man, asked Mrs. Hudgins to get. the handcuffs. He locked them on the ex-policeman and kept him sub- dued until the speedy arrival of Deputy Hernandez. | is a tile contractor in New Jersey. | lin’s call immediately, enough to bring him back | He was expected to return Ham- KING MERRITT & COMPANY, Inc. 270 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, N.Y. or whether the rattle of his chains and the woeful wail of his voice calling for her will echo through the night, we won't pre- sume to guess. and you should hear, over the sound 6f the wind in the palm trees and thé surf beating in, a voice calling softly and mournfully, the name it calls is almost sure to be. “Elena.” . Scoff if you must, but take care fore the embers of the bonfire di lies and ghosties,” For the Gob- lins ‘ll get you if you don’t watch out! But if you are out on Hallowe'en | and walk softly. Hurry home be- | and you'll be safe from the ‘‘ghou- | A Nation-Wide Organization Specializing In “Anvestment Funds, Takes Pleasure In’ Announcing That BEEN DESIGNATED TO REPRESENT \ THEM IN KEY WEST. 4 aRit || OUR WIDE SIVE FACILITIES ARE SERVE YOU. 419 DUVAL STREET . or Y TO not later than 6:45 Monday night.| widespread, these festivals were Car stickers, posters, banners, and) changed and were held in honor buttons can be obtained before then| of the saints. Thus, the first day at Stevenson-for-President head-| of November came to be called | quarters, Allen's store. A new ship-| All Saints’ Day, with the preced- | | peg-legged Captain fed his men on in their recurring effort to | find their long-buried cache of | doubloons and pieces of eight. Were you ever on Solares Hill | DeMerritt at center. Tommy West,| TODAY A YEAR AGO — John! ment of the campaign items has| ing day being known as All Hal- | within a block or two of the ceme- Co-Captain, will see service at right guard and John Carbonell will be on tap at the right flank. The problem of the evening for the locals will be how they are going té stop quarterback Bill Wil liams who paces the. Belle Glade running assault Game time is 8:15 p.m. Outstanding Grid Player Award Is_| Announced Here | At the football gsme tonight be tween the Key West Coftchs and Belle Glade the fans will be able to see at all times the number of minutes left to play in each quar ter by the 5 foot e! timer in- stalled this week through the m al courtesy and cooperation of The Quarterback Club and Pollock’ss Quality Jewe Official timing of the game, as nsmitted te the scoreboard, Wittnauer In addition to the annual football trophies awarded by Pollock's es- tablishment, there will be an Out standing Player Award. This play er will be selected by the football fans themselves by means of bal lots. A copy of this ballot is on the front page of this issue and may be used as an official ballot. Fans may deposit a single ballot after each of the remaining home games and the ballots will be counted after the last game The award will be sturdy. 17 Langines ewel, wrist Wittnaver, McHugh, 80, famous track starter, died ~ FIVE YEARS AGO — Gus Les- nevich stopped Tami Mauriello in the seventh round at Madison Square Garden TEN YEARS AGO — Riverland }out ran Tolu Rose and Alsab to ‘win the Westchester Handicap. TWENTY YEARS AGO — W. D. Lamdin of Baltimore shot a 365- yard hole-in-one at the Baltimore Country Club. Miami Rates Edge MIAMI w—Kentucky and Miaml, tivo young teams in the rebuilding | stage, clash in the Orange Bow! tonight, with Miami favored to win by a touchdown. Some 40,000 fans are expected to turn out to see Miami's Hurri- canes, definitely on the upgrade ~\ after a poor start, seek their first victory over Kentucky in a series that started in 198. The Wildcats beat them 25-5 in 1M8, 21-6 in 1949, and 32-0 last year. Both teams are bow! champions »| Kentucky whipped Texas Christian in the Cotton Bowl last Jan. 1, while Miami was bumping Clem son in the Gator Bowl THURSDAY NIGHT'S FIGHTS By The Assqiated Press VANCOUVER, C.—-Eddie Cot ton, 168%, Seattle, stopped Frankie Crane, 163%, Los Angeles, 9, WATER VILLE, Me.—Larry Grif. fin, M44, Lewiston, Me. stopped Evan Roy, 143, Old Town, 10. NEW YORK (Sunnyside Gar d@en}—Ralph “Tiger” nes, 133, Y Mike kers a P a Koballa, 136, Putsburgh, 8. | just arrived. Robert Floyd, Dade county state ‘representative, will be the main | speaker at the Bayview Park rally. Leading Democrats of the county | will sit at the platform. A capacity crowd is expected at the park, not only to express local enthusiasm for national and county candidates j but to hear the Key West High school band which is going to give an hour's concert. ] Should it rain the rally will be held at Harris school at the same_ | time 8 p. m., Watson said. | SLAIN MAI (Continued From Page One) which were evidently to be used for stories and character sketches, perhaps a novel, “In the math field, there was per fection, exactness, then there was a check for each answer, the thrill ‘of abandonment to learned and de vised means of solving problems, was one analytical observation. Notes on a man named George | a pre-med student, are obviously intended for a book. Another is or a student named Kagan “who no longer deferred visibly the cam pus image, no longer felt like the cipher.” | Kiug’s jotted observations arr evidently made by a man who wa neurotic but who Rad a profoun and cynical insight into characte study, There are some phrase which might point to a mind which toyed with the ides of suicide. “After be bad done his best to accept defeat, # & came, then he would try again in a new direction He knew what he knew: also noth'ag bet death could take ava) Gum eo.” | lowe‘en or Eve. On that day, |tery at midnight on Hallowe'en. especially after twi fell, bon- | 1 won't tell you which house it is, | res we iM lighted and many | but under one of the dwellings | beliefs grew up about the day, there, there is a cave where the | chief of which was that the | ghosts of the buccaneers foregather spirits of the departed were al- levery year on October 31, and the | lowed to visit their old homes. ‘cellar rings with their lurid oaths For long and long only a very | and their chant of “Yo ho ho and | hardy soul would venture out into | a bottle of rum.”” j $ | the night hours of All Hallow E’en. The wise man sought the safety of his own hearthside before the last embers of the bonfire had faded into blackness lest he be accosted by a disembodied specter seeking his former habitation All countries in which Hailo- we'en was marked evolved their own particular way of celebrating the holiday, and America was no exception, For years the annual obser- vance ef Hallowe'en in this coun- try was marked by careful souls battening down everything that was movable and locking up the doors and windows becadse the night was dedicated te the dep- redations of hebgeblins and sprites whose voices might sound like the little beys from gown the block but whese activities must surely have been dictated by Old Splitfoet himself. Woe betide the person so remiss s to leave his porch swing hang . unsecured or bis gate on the hinges. t of the first November i was sure to disclose countless outhouses wantonly over turned, windows seaped and ash dumped in the middie of freshly scrubbed porches. Who did the mischief? Why. the spirits, of course. Everyone knew hat * atom could mot ' The j The story that in thet cave the id qucslics od cao a vat of wanton revelry in their hey- day, end it is to this spot thet they return when the year grows old and they are allowed one night te wander. No one questions the grim as. pect of a graveyard at night, and the grimness is multiplied on Hai- West lowe'en. But in our Key | graveyard any night at midnight, | if you are stauch-bearted enough to stay you cam see on the stroke of twelve the spirit of Jose Recio, who was hanged for murder in the early days of the island city rise from his tomb and shake the hand of another gibbeted murder er named Cooper who is buried close by When Recio wes hanged. his last words were that he bad eaten he breakfast in Key West. but would eat his dinner in Cuba However that may have turned ¢ out, be spends the hour of mid- night im the city of his crime and his punishment. There must be a score of other | grish: jot their happy days sorrows. There ma, old soldier w beat at the old forts on Perhaps off the island where old quarantine ship used te be 1 it rotted away j fmt bes Bowe ‘* vist, he wresk-, wreckage, Vietims of yellow fever om x . GOOOFSTITEAR ) “SS