The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 4, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, November 4, 1952 Three Stores Burn Associated Press Wirephoto WICHITA FALLS, Texas.— Firemen battled for four hours Monday to control this fire that gutted three stores and threat. ened the downtown business district of this North Texas city. Owners estimated damage at $540,000. Four persons were in- ured slightly including Fire Chief Thurston Harvick, who had smoke injury and exhaustion, Flames are leaping from the roof of the North Texas Furniture Co. on the corner. A shoe store FLORIDA VOTES “"MASSE TODAY "+ The Associated Press and Stevenson’s stand on such things as federal control of tide- "o,/a doubtful state in the “sl contest for the first . nearly a quarter of a cen- > ‘a9king for a record turn- ‘haps 850,000 voters in 21 election today. "sso close that supporters 1 Republican Dwight D. Ei- ver and Democrat Adlai E. nm were making on!y cau- tious claims that they would win the »opular vote and Florida’s 10 eles‘oral college votes. On the eve of election, Chairman E. B. Donnell of the State Demo- cratic Executive Committee con: ceded E'senhower would run ahead on, the populous, East Coast. But he said Stevenson would get erouth votes in North and West F’e~'da to win the state. It. was the Hottest presidential lands and proposals to let the gov- ernment act against racial dis- crimination in employment, that gave Eisenhower his boost. Republicans alone. couldn’t have sustained a campaign that would bring their, candidate close to a | Florida victory. They are outnum- | bered 10 to 1 in the record regis- tration of 1,340,000. | There was no indication that Democrats for state offices, in- cluding the governorship, would |have any tight squeeze. Of secondary interest in the bal- | loting is the voters’ decision on 11 | proposed amendments to the Flori- da Constitution, Polls opened at 7 a. m. in the state's 1,684 precincts. They w ll remain.open until 7 p. m., except where all the registered voters in | candidate would be replaced by) morning. He stopped in Marathon | Senator Nixon as president of the | and had a snack at the L and L |tonstall in his Senate committee} Hamlin said that Pennsylvania | jobs. Senator McCiellan, of Arkan-} and Essex County, New Jersey au- is sien Florida has seen since | a precinct cast their ballots before 1822, when the state last broke | then. awey from its Democratic voting| Perhaps 40,000 Floridians al- trad't'on and gave its electoral | ready had voted absentee ballots vote to Republican Herbert Hoover | by Monday. They won't be counted over Alfred E. Smith. until later in the week along with The contest brought both Eisen- | the official county canvass. In a hower and Stevenson to the state | close race they could be decisive. for campaign speeches in unprece-| Only five times in 107 years of dented visits. | statehood has Florida failed to give and a dress shop also were destroyed. RECORD BREAKING SEARCH FOR KLUG (Continued from Page One) (Continued From Page One) Fay Dickens, all members of the] bought in New Jersey last winter, committee, ¥ still unaccounted for, but the 1952 The rally, arranged by Saunders] Chevrolet rented from a Miami and his committee as well as the] agency on October 29, the day be- official Democratic Executive Com-| fore his murder, figures in the mittee, heard Floyd say that hej case. for one didn’t want a change. It was in this latter new Chevro- He listed the long-time Democra-} let that Klug, Jr., was allegedly tic leaders of Congress whom he} seen nude by a Miami housewife said would be thrown out of their|last Wednesday morning. The car seniority-obtained committee posi-}had been rented at 9 a, m, that tion in Cot s should the Repub-| day and was kept out until 2 p, m. licans get in office. He said that] It was the following day, Thurs- Sam Rayburn, speaker of the House|day, that young Klug, riding his would be replaced .by GOP Joe! shiny black Indian motorcycle rode Martin of Massachusetts; that Sen-| through the Matecumbe toll gate ator Sparkman, vice-presidential] alone, between 10 and 11 in the Senate, should the GOP win. Sen-| drive-in, according to Hamlin. What ator. George, Ga., who has long} his moves were between that stop held a key post would be replaced| and the fatal trip to. the lonely by Senator Milliken, Colorado, andj beach one mile off the highway on that Senator Dick Russell of Ga.,} Little Torch Key are still unreveal- would be replaced by Senator Sal-| ed. sas, Floyd said, would be replaced] thorities are cooperating to the full- by Senator Joe McCarthy of Wis-| est in trying to crack the case. It consin in a top Senate post, andj is also known that sheriffs of coun. Senator Maybank, S. C., would be} ties up the line are working on va- replaced by Senator Homer Cape-|Tious angles of ‘the Little Torch hart of Indiana. murder, “Do you want these changes?” CLYDE MALLORY Floyd asked the raliy crowd. (Continued From Page One) The Democrats are for change, 4 and have been, said Floyd. It was {to equalize the number of voters in each district which is set at a change from repression and in- security for America when the| 42 average of 500 persons. The WEATHERMAN on 2 Key West and Vicinity: Clear to partly cloudy today thru Wednes- day; continued cool tonight and Wednesday. Gentle to moderate north and northeast winds, fresh at times offshore. Florida: Fair thru Wednesday ex- cept partly cloudy southeast and extreme south portions. Cooler north and central this afternoon and tonight and in extreme south tonight and Wednesday. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits: Fresh north to northeast winds thru Wednesday. Partly cloudy weather with fé showers south and central portions. East Gulf: Fresh north to north- east winds thru Wednesday. Clear to partly cloudy weather except for showers south portion, Western Caribbean: North to northeast winds, moderate to fresh over extreme north and moderate elsewhere thru Wednesday. Partly cloudy weather with widely scat- tered showers. Weather Summary For Tropical Régions A broad flat low of weak circula- tion just east of the Bahamas yes- terday has moved east or north- eastward to a position about half- way between Puerto Rico and Ber- muda today. Weather conditions elsewhere in the area are about normal with no signs of a tropical storm. Precipitation Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean __— Normal ——.. TOMORROW 11:37 p.m. GE Will Meet Coca Cola Wed. The General Electric softball nine will meet Coca Cola tomorrow night. in Bayview Park in a single game. The action will get under- way at 7:45 p.m, The gamhe should be a hot one since the two teams are co-cham- pions of the Island City loop. Coca Cola captured the first half crown over the treasure . » . made. teresting when the cut-throat turn traitors .. . and at the it looks like clear sailing for Ticane Smith and the handful loyal followers, ANYTHING NCERNING AUTOMOBILES SEE TWINS PH.1e 1871 THE 130 Duvac Sr while the GE’ nine came back and won the second half title, * MAID’S NIGHT OUT By RAYMER “HURRICANE SMITH” at San Carlos Theatre John Ireland skulks and Yvonne de Carlo slinks through this ad- venture tale along with as motley a crew of rough-necks as you’ve ever! a crew of rough-necks you've ever| discoveries SEWIN( MACHINE seen on the deck of an old ship of | ba the pirate variety. Yvonne is part Polynesian and comes in for one choice bit where she dances to the drums of native crew members, Most of the time she simply adds’ to the decorative color of the pic- ture which is considerable in glow-, ing gem tones. Ireland and his men take a ship from a blackbirder, a man who raids the islands of the Pacific for; slaves: Then they are hired. by a man who is searching for buried treasure . , . and Ireland poses as a crew member, making first mate captain. The plot involves a great many battles with belaying pins, rifles, pistols and fists. Once, Yvonne is yanked overboard when a shark grabs her bait and Ireland battles the monster. with a knife. Those in the know laughed when Ireland’ came up out of the depths with no) skin shredded or scraped. A shark/| is not a cozy customer to embrace and real contact with his hide! would certainly leave a battler with a scratched surface. Of course, Ireland wins the girl; the villains die in a final brawl! It was recalcitrant Democrats, | its electoral vote to the Democrat- falling out with the party platform lie candidate. (“ontinued from Page One) peratures at 24 degrees, what would you be planning for the day or for the weekend? You could only stay inside in a theater, night club, or bar. Or you could stay indoors and read or listen to can- | ned entertainments, huddled next to your radiator. Lucky for you, you are in Key West where you have a wider var- iety of outdoor entertainment than in any place in the world. | Spearfishing, trolling, sea plane rides, water sports at beaches and pools at luxurious hotels, plane DEWEY CLAIMS “NEW DAY FOR AMERICA” party took over in 1932. It was a change from isolation to collective resistance against fascism and communism when the party came: in. ' He lauded Democrats Fullbright NEW YORK (®—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. wound up an 18-hour tele- i vision and radio campaign mara- thon last midnight with a declara- tion that ‘‘a new day for America lies ahead.” “I am tired but happy,” Dewey told newsmen at the end, “‘be- cause I believe the American peo- ple are going to do the right thing.” The governor still was swamped with questions from his viewing and listening audiences when he closed his campaign Dwight D. Eisenhower. for Gen. | rides to Miami and a plane ride | bdo: to Havana and back, these are! In ancient times meteors were some of the prizes you can choose | believed to originate in the at- from if you provide the SCOOP-OF- | THE-WEEK. This column will list each week the trips or events offered to win- | ners of the SCOOP-OF-THE-WEEK | prize. Here are the first prizes that | can win by sending in your | tip: A Round Trip by Sea Plane to Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, on | Col. Pen Edgar's Seabee. A Night at the Casa Marina with @inner and breakfast. A Day on a Yacht, fishing or | apearfishing out at Sand Key or/ one of the other world-famous fish- | ing spots. | A Day and a Night at The Ki ‘Wester, with meals at Raul's Res- ; | what’s mosphere. on the boat, plane, or motel, or hotel are for two, not one. Be a reporter for this column jand your life will become fuller because you will be awake and ert to the life around you. And more you'll find through these prizes new things to do in our leisure time. So start now realizing that Key and Kefauver for their investiga- | tion of corruption in Government. | Dishonest men are found in both | parties. He said: | “But when we find them we dis- |miss them immediately,” said Floyd, | He attacked Vice-Presidential | candidate Nixon for his alleged ac- | ceptance of funds used in politics. “You can’t vote for Eisenhower for President without getting Nix- on, who would be one heartbeat away from the Presidency.” Floyd made various points on foreign policy which elicited far | less applause than his comments on the GOP candiwates’ personalities. |He deplored such Democrats as | Governor Jimmy Byrnes of S. C.,| | who have swung to Eisenhower. “Byrnes has tried to forget the 20 years in which he was the archi- | tect of the party, and much of what) we have today was built by him. | “But I can’t forget a depression. | I can’t forget that my mother work- ed for $11.50 a week for Sears Roe- buck when she could find work. | They ask us to return to normalcy. West is big enough for ever ¢ |1 don’t remember a time of nor- RESOLVED to accept the low bids of Navarro, Inc, and the Ro- ‘land Truck Equipment Company for a new garbage truck and its body. APPROVED a $525 expenditure for fire equipment. PASSED a resolution authoriz- ing a correction in the personal property tax assessment against Larry Dion when it was found that | property owned by him, which is | outside the city limits, had erron- eously been included in his assess- | ment. PASSED an ordinance on second reading establishing four areas where sightseeing guides may operate and establishing the rates |} to be collected by the city at $5 per annum for residents and $100 | for outsiders. sections of the Party platform by saying that .no platform has ever had whole hearted approval of all sections of the party. Countering the civil rights plank, | unpopular with the South, he put }forward the achievements of he} Democrats in the last 20 years in | such measures as Rural Electrifi-| cation, Tennessee Valley Authority,| and equal tariff and frieght rates.! The latter, he said, helped the| South in that it lessened discrimi- | pation against Southern industries. “We in the South have progres to happen and small enough for You to know about it. Let we w ou know and Key West will bec your beat. Ss to y The Citizen of the week. You en malcy. I remember depression, two] sed more in the last 20 years of} wars, Hitler, Mussolini, As long as Joe Stalin exists in wn tonight and drop a card the world we can't return to nor-/ me/ mal times, As long as 87 cents out/ the South. More become | of every tax dollar must be spent/ South are today owned by Southern faurant, and a swimming lesson ja part of the newscenter of the | on defense against Communist a: at The Key West Pool ‘These prizes, of course are for | two people, Your Annie Oakley's Is just by keeping your ¢ and ears open, and Key West w be your beat. gression we can't have norma! times,” Floyd declared. Floyd defended the civil rightsi and Hiro-} t Democratic administration than inj the whole previous period from the| } Civil War until 1932.” he declared. We have more homeowners in! farms in the ywners, ot absentee Northern landiords. Income in the South has| increased far beyond national rate of increase,” Floyd stated, j Wil 4 Ts nN FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY GARDNER'S — PHARMACY — 209 S$. MIAMI AVE. MIAMI __ MILES & MAIL COUPON I Without I the mescmaetineee 1114 TRUMAN AVENUE Corner Varela Street PHONE 177 I Ploose ~ He Even Hates to Stop for Lunch ! Put a man behind the wheel of a Golden Anniversary Cadillac—point it to a destination some hundreds of miles away—and try to stop him! And small wonder! In all the world, there is no finer relaxation for a work-weary man than a day's drive at the wheel of a Cadillac. : Try it sometime, and see for yourself. The moment you slip into the driver's seat, you'll sense that some- thing extraordinary is about to happen to you, The car has a “feel” to it—even when it isn’t in motion. You sit right. The wheel falls naturally into your hands. You look out through the big curved wind- shield—over the beautiful hood and into the distance and you know that “this is it”! And then you turn the key and the great engine whispers into action—and the day’s fun begins. First, there's the silence—only the sound of the wind and the occasional tick-tick of the electric clock. And then there's the com/fort—the casy, soft, steady tide over almost any type of road. And next, the ease! The steering whee moves with the weight of the hand, There is remark. able steadiness on straightaway and curves. And the confidence each time you touch So the miles go by and the miles go by. Towns and “What's that? It’s time for Lanch? “Okay—but let's make it something quick and easy, We'll have a big dinner tonight.” — > i . Don’t you think you'd like to own the car that cag make a journey such a great delight? If so—come in and see us—any time. brakes give added the pedal. MULBERG CHEVROLET CO. COR. CAROLINE ST. and TELEGRAPH LANE