The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 4, 1952, Page 1

po key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14°. Fahrenheir VOL. LXXIII. No. 363 Search For Klug Slayer Moves To Florida Mainland As New Clues Are Unearthed By Hamlin The search for the murderer of Harry E. Klug, Jr.,' found dead last Friday on Little Torch Key beach has moved from the Keys up to the east coast of Florida’s nainland. An inquest into the how’s of the jeath of the young aspiring writer cannot be held, Coroner Roy Ham- lin said, until he has found suffi- cient evidence of murder to pre- sent to the coroner’s jury. The autopsy proved that Klug died of a bullet in the brain, fired from his own .22 caliber target pistol. Suicide was ruled out by the Coroner when the skull was * revealed broken in many places. A blunt instrument has not yet been found which caused these’ frac- tures. The locale of the killing, however, is full of heavy driftwood logs which could have been the weapon used to beat the handsome, dark- haired Rutgers’ University gradu- ate before or after killing him. The woman, whose high-heeled footprints marked the sand near the corpse, is believed to have © been the one with whom Klug spent the days from October 26 until October 30, the night of his death. King checked out of his tempo- rary abode, the Boulevard House, 526 Biscayne Boulevard on October four days, they are not talking for fear of tipping off the woman com-} panion and possibly her husband or lover, Coroner Hamlin is trying to fit| all the clues together and wrap them up before calling the inquest. The trail of Klug leads through at least three states, Lancaster, Pa., where he last wrote his fgther, and| where he bought the brand new Incian motorcycle, New Jersey, his home, and Florida. The Indian motorcycle, brand new, was found next to Klug’s body last Friday morning when two mullet fishermen first spotted the corpse. Hamlin revealed yesterday that the motorcycle was bought in Lan- caster by the dead man on Sep-/ tember 19. He made one down payment on it, but evidently could not get delivery on it. This ex- plains, said Hamlin, why he show- ed up on October 23 at the Boule- vard house on an old motorcycle, described by manager Mrs. Edith Sherman. During the three day stay at the Boulevard house, Klug must have received a delivery on his new Indian motorcycle. In any case, he explained the new cycle to Mrs. Sherman by saying he had wrecked the old one and bought the new one. 26: * . hough law enforcement agencies have fairly reliable information on how and where he spent those last KEY WEST IS MY BEAT, The young man was very busy with vehicles, the last month of his life. Not only is his 1947 Chevrolet, Continued On Page Eight) — By SUSAN McAVOY. Key West is big enough for everything to happen and. small enough so that you know’ about it. ~ "Key West is the world in miniature. Murder and mayhem. Boom and bust. Heartwarm- ing success and heartbreak- ing failure, These happen daily within the four square miles of this little island. When Key West is your beat, the whole world comes before your eyes and ears. It is the listening post of the world, ’ U.S. Presidents and U. S. fugitives. Abandoned moth- ers and Admirals, B.-girls and Nobel prize winners. Ambassadors and ambush- ed car thieves, these are the people it is my job to meet. TI report their deeds and words every day of the week every week of the year, to you The Citizen readers, This is my job. For Key West is my beat whether it is the courtroom where a man is on trial for his life, or the Little White House where a President of the ; United States tells correspondents of the state of the nation. How would you like to make Key West your beat? How would you like to be an on-the-scene re- porter at some of the press con- ferences, trials, inquests, recep- tions, plane arrivals that take Place in this city? That's why I'm starting this column today, to make Key West your beat, as well as mine, to take you where the news is made, and to have you meet the Charac- ter of the Week, whether it is a world-wide actor or statesman or a Key Wester, native or adopted, whose bad or good deed has made Bim or her hot news, ‘That's just one way Key West will become your beat. You teil me whom you want to meet, what Dr. Joseph Groom EYE SURGEON OF MIAMI | Will Be In Key West Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Office of Dr. J. A. Valdes 619 DUVAL st } Fer Appointment — Phone 332 event you want to cover with me and I'll take you there. Now no reporter worth her salt ‘week go by without at least Some scoops are just city wide orscounty wide, 4 however, like my interview with President Truman last spring in the chow line are world wide “beats”, The credit for that scoop goes solely to a reader of The Citizen who dashed over here on his bike to tell me the President was stand- ing in the chow line. It was his tip that won me the international scoop of a chat with the President while the nationally known White House correspondents were else- where under the sun. You readers of The Citizen can become a part of these scoops by opening your eyes and your ears and becoming reporters for this column. Send in or call in your tips to me, Not idle rumors or gossip or private scandals. For this column will not publish any such tips. The kind of tips we want are those that can be checked by me and lead to a bona fide SCOOP-OF- THE-WEEK, The example of the Key Wester who raced over to tip me off on the President’s chow line lunch is just one example. You, if you keep your eyes and ears open, know of incoming cele- brities that I may not know of. You may know of some hot politi- cal fight that is still in the sub rosa stage, or some deal that is being made that the public should know about. You may hear or see somé violent incident that we are not witness to. Call me if it’s hot and for today; write me if it’s a time story. Now what do you get in return for reporting tips to this column? Are you just to get the pleasure of seeing your tip enlarged in a full sized newstory on Page One? No, indeed. You will get a prize for sending in a tip leading to a verifiable SCOOP-OF-THE-WEEK to this column. Here's where you get something in exchange for giving something, Lots of you, whether you are na- tives, tourists, civilian, Navy, com- Plain that there isn't enough to do } to amuse yourselves in Key West. | Actually I've found more to do / | in Key West that 1 can find time | | for. { | Right today, for example, if you | were in a northern city, with tem- | Continued On P; Attention Please! } KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN The Man Who Lives In Town Phone 566 and 378 We BUY all kinds of JUNK | Rags. Mattresses and All | Kinds of Scrap Metal | |Lecated at Simonton & Dey Sts THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. te gies gen Se KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1952 By The Associated Press Voters got out early and in droves today to make their great deci- sion between Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson as the 33rd man to be- come their president. Across the nation, the story was \the same almost everywhere: vot- ing so heavy that election officials in state after state called it un- precedented. Many polling places had long lines from the opening. ballots was going into the making | of the verdict on the Republican argument that “it’s time for a change” and the Democratic con- tention that Americans “never had it so good.” _ Some forecasters predicted 50-60 million ballots. The biggest vote cast in the past was 49,820,312 in 1940 when Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Wendell Willkie. Though the outward scene was similar everywhere, the big mys- tery was what was going on be- hind the curtains of the voting booths--did the big vote mean “a landslide for Ike” as Republicans hoped, or “a sweep for Stevenson” as Democrats wished? The result may be known around midnight (EST) tonight, or, if the voting is extremely close, perhaps not until sometime tomorrow, The last of the polls to close, some on the west coast, will be open until 11 p. m. (EST). As usual, a scattering of smaller precincts xot in all their votes and made a count soon after the opening hour. Sharon, N, H., bidding to be first in the nation, had all its votes in by seven minutes after midnight. The count: Eisenhower 32, Steven- son 14, Four years ago, the vote in Sharon was 21 for Republican Thomas E. Dewey, four for Demo- erat Harry Truman and two for Progressive party candidate Henry ‘A. Wallace. Brown’s Farm, Fla., gave Eisen- hower four and Stevenson four. In the last election, it gave Tru- man four and J, Strom Thurmond, State’s Right candidate, two. Rutland, another small Florida precinct, reported 14 for Steven- son and 10 for Eisenhower, From Cataloochee, a mountain cove in North Carolina’s Great Smokies, the returns were 7-0 for Stevenon. Truman got the seven votes there four years ago. Pointe aux Barques, Mich., an- nounced 15 to @ for Eisenhower. It was 14-0 for Dewey in °48, Eisenhower and his wife, “my Mamie” who campaigned by his side, were among the early voters in New York City. They got their ballots in at 7:35 a. m. and went back to their home at Columbia University to await the returns. Stevenson cast his ballot in Half Day, Ill, at 10:06 a. m. President Truman voted early at Independence, Mo., and left on his campaign train for Washington. Mrs. Truman and their daughter, with him and got their ballots in right behind his. Despite the intensity of feeling aroused at many places over na- tional and local issues, there were no reports of disorder in the fore- | noon hour: Rehearsal Set |For Players Cast | At Barn Tonight Another rehearsal has been slated for tonight at the Barn Theater with the cast of “John Loves Mary” com- ing along rapidly in the pro- | duction which is directed by | Mickey Renna. | First and second acts have It was plain a record total of | Margaret, went to the voting place | been completely blocked out im action and the third act nearly completed. The comedy will be pre- sented by the Key West Players in the near future, Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 12) DUVAL STREET Clyde Mallory ‘Dock Is Rented To Shrimper City Commission OK’s Lease For Thirty Day Period; Eisner Says KW Shrimping Down The City Commission last night, at their regular meeting, gave Key West’s ailing shrimp business a badly needed shot in the arm when they voted to tease the new- ly acquired Clyde-Mallory docks to |local shrimp operator Harry Gold- berg for use as a packing dock. The question came up when com- missioner Louis M. J. Eisner re- ported that Eugene Toomer, here- tofore the city’s second largest shrimp packer had moved his busi- ness to Fort Myers due to un- satisfactory conditions here, Eis- ner said that the City is in grave danger of losing its profitable shrimp industry. Eisner asked that the commis- sion do everything in their pow- er to aid local shrimp dealers in promoting the city as a shrimp fishing center and last night marked the first action in this direction. The lease was given after 's lengthy discussion and alls for the payment by Goldberg of 25- cents for. each 100-pound of shrimp packed on the dock. The term of the lease is for 30 days after which it will be renegotiated. Goldberg agreed to vacate the premises in the event that the city needs the dock for any reason at any time. chased. operation on February f In other action, the pn iF was forced to deny # Tequest a permit for a liquor ‘license zoning requirements for the license. According to an ordinance pas- sed last month any restaurant with a bar must have an area of at least 4000 square feet and seat 200 persons, The proposed restaurant was at first thought to have satisfied this ; requirement and as the license was about to be approved a neighbor- ing bar owner protested tha. he |had measured the premises and jfound that they fell short of the minimum figure. City Building In- spector Ray Knopp was dispatch- ed to re-measure the building | which was found to be lacking in ithe needed area by a small mar- gin. Hence the commission was forced to turn down the request | for a license. An ordinance granting the Is- land City Gas Company a nine year extension on their franchise for delivering gas to Key West- ers was passed last night on first reading. At the same time, | the commission passed on second | reading, rdinance giving the Key West Transit Company per- mission to operate in the city for @ five year period. Attorney J. Y. Porter was given a lease on an area in Garrison Bight where he proposes to operate a sightseeing boat business. Under the terms of the arrangement the city will receive ten per cent of } the net profits from his boat, the | MV Cactus. | In other action, the city: PASSED on first reading an or- dinance establishing 17 voting pre- cincts in the city. This was done Continued On Page Eight) | | (STE NG | FOR SALE or LEASE Poinciana Grocery and Market 50-Million Votes Record Breakin Seen In Election * The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key Wes PRICE FIVE CENTS g Mc=xoe County Vote Indicated Here This Morring At Polls SBS ARS Td Democratic Rally Star Peers * 9500 Voters Are Citizen Staff Photo . DADE COUNTY REP RESENTATIVE FLOYD gets congratulations for his speech at Bayview Park Rally last night from Keller Watson, Democratic Executive Committee secretary. The former Miami Mayor urged endorsement of the 20 year achievements of the Party, Key. West High Stork Winsitace Here Last Band Tag Day |Night As Baby Girl Is Born Huge Suecess [In Taxi On Way To Hospital Gasparilla Trip Is Assured As Fund Drive Goes ‘Over The Top Sat. Thanks! Thanks! Said Harold Ca: of the Key West High in appreciation of the do- nations Saturday by ‘Westers to the band’s tag day, “We raised sufficent fund to carry the band to Tampa for the Key West good publicity while on the trip,” he added. From an early morning hour Saturday until 9 p. m. Merabers of the Band’ Boosters Association and the band members worked un- tiringly to make the day a success. The St. Paul’s Episcopal church gladly turned over its Parish Hall as the headquarters for the work- ers. At night the band put on an! hour’s exhibition on Duval Street, while flag twirlers, cheer leaders, baton twirlers and letter girls cir- culated among the crowd receiv- donations. all who contributed in any way in making the day a success. For Trailer Taps Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Careline St. ANNOUNCEMENT THE SUN AND SAND CLUB RESUMES WINTER SCHEDULE SERVING DAILY BREAKFAST 8 AM. .12 Noon | 1435 Simonton St LUNCH 12 Noon- 4PM. SPM - 10 P.M Emil Lundbloom, taxi driver for the Bell Cab Co he was thankful he wa: arrival of babies to relay in- structions over his shoulder while driving te the Monroe General Hospital last night in a race with the stork. The stork won. A little girt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parker, 1012 El- gin St., arrived in the rushing world while the cab was in route to the hospital. Lundbloom said he didn’t stop at all and had his foot down to the floor on the gas pedal, but that he was pretty sure the spot of the arrival was jvst beyond - Hilton Haven. Lundbioom said he got a call about 10:30 to pick up a hospi- tal passenger at the Parker home and was met by the father who told his wife was expecting in a very short time and to rush them to the hospital. Lundbloom said he made the trip in six minutes from the Elgin St. ed- dress to the door of Monroe Gen- eral but the stork was faster. He said Mrs, Parker said | “Please step on it. My child is | really on the way.” { Lundbloom, father of five of his jown and one adopted child said he told her not to get excited that |he was doing about 85. “Just lie still and let nature take its course’, he said. |. “Then I heard the baby | I told the father to feel neck and see if the cord and not choking the once wi gi! cael! 3 | ds “t ROE ert feet ? | what to do,” he at the corner of Greene and Duval streets. He laughed when asked # there was an extra charge for the unex- pected passenger. “Mr. Parker gave me five bucks and that was enough,” Lundbloom chuckled. The sign on his cab reads “radio dispatched for better service.”’ And you better believe it. Car Overturns On Duval Street Mon. Mary Cartler, 815 Pearl St., going north on Duval driving a Nash, got too close to the curb, hit a sign post and turned over, The freak accident happened about noon Saturday. Damage to the car amounted to $400, British Flyers To Be Interred Here MILTON (#—The Navy reported today two British flight students were killed in the weekend crash of their car about two miles east of here. The victims were Sub Lt. Donald H. Smith, London, and Midship- man Paul L. R. Dewar, Nigeria, West Africa. They began flight training at Whiting Field near here last May. ‘The Navy report said their car went out of control rounding a curve on U. S. Highway 90 iate | Saturday night Burial will be in Maine Winslow Naval Cemetery at Key West. NINE ARE KILLED IN MEXICAN BUS CRASH PUEBLA, Mexico #—Ning per- sons were killed and 25 injured yesterday in 2 head-on collision between a loaded bus and a heavy truck. We Are Now In Our «| KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. Corner 2nd Ave. and First St. Highest Prices for Junk | Expected In The County; Poinciana Vote Is Highest A record breaking turn out of voters was found at all 14 precincts this morn- ing in a morning check by Keller Watson, secretary of the Democratic Executive committee. By 10:30, 2100 voters, or an average of 150 per pre- cinct had cast their ballot for President, Vice Presi- dent, governor, U. S. rep- resentative, the 33 unop- posed county candidates, and their opinion on. the eleven state constitutional amendments, __ Watson predicted 9500 votes by TF p.m. when the polls close from Key West te Tavernier. This exceeds the record- breaking vote in last May’s crucial Democratic priraary, in which more than 7,743 Heaviest voting this |morning wasat the city’s largest precinct, No. 14, out in Poinciana. All records are expected to be broken there when Navy men are released early from their ships and dyty to come home and vote: ‘ Democrats got their last shot in. the arm to get out the vote in to- day’s crucial election at the Bay- view Park rally when State Rep- resentative Robert L. Floyd re- minded them of the achievements of the last 20 years of Democratic © administration in Washington, A crowd of about 500 turned out to hear the youthful former Mayor of Miami, following a successful motorcade of 20 cars and 20 motor- eycles drove up to the Park at 8 p.m. The Key West High school band, under the direction of Harold Cas- terton, played a stirring hour's concert before the rally, Keller Watson, master of cere- monies, and secretary of the Dem- ocratic Executive committee,’ in- troduced leading Democrats and unopposed candidates in today’s election. They sat on the platform wearing huge Stevenson buttons, Gerald Saunders, chairman of the Stevenson for President committee sang a solo “Don't Let Them Take It Away.” State Rep. Bernie C. Papy who rushed to the meeting from out of town, took a back seat on the plat- form when he came in late. leaders and ing a ater Democratic party was represented by Rose Catals, Mrs. Norma Saw- | yer, Mrs. Isabel Fleming and Mrs, Continued On Page Eight) SRR RATA Help Wanted, Male New and Used Car Scales men, pr men with ex | perience in Must be sober and reliable. Apply ia | NAVARRO, Ine. i $0! DUVAL ST. | RRR eae ET