The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 6, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIII. No. 365 “What Democracy By JOE PE * (Editor’s Note: The -Key West; Junior Chamber of Commerce, as part of their Americ n Pro-| gram, has asked sever... leaders in| Key West’s business and _profes- sional life to comment on “What Democracy Means To M2” To- day’s article, the four’. in the se-; ries, is by Joe Peaziman, a local merchant.) “WHAT DEMOCRACY MEANS TO ME” Democracy to me means free- dom, opportunity, unrestricted in- dividual initiative, free enterprise, | a voice in government through the | power of a free vote. The privilege to worship God according to you! Sewn’ choice, “desire and conscience: ‘A system which encourages it's citizens to rely on their own in- dividual enterprise for their wn security rather than relying on their Government. It is a “Way of Life’, that pro- vides a standard of living as yet | upparralieled by any other system | of Government since the beginning of time, It is predicted upon conviction avowing that all men are created | free and equal, and dates back to} which permits the greatest develop- { the early scholars of Biblical times | ‘who expressed their belief in equal- | ity of all men in the pithy parable ' City’s Quarterly Financial Means To Me™ ARLMAN that God created only one human being in the beginning, so that no man should ever be able to claim more noble descent than his fellow, One of the great differences be- tween our system of Government and that being tried in other parts of the world, is our desire to main- tain our Government and its in- stitutions through unity and not uniformity, We believe in the in- dividual and his right to do the kind of work he prefers, live ac- cording to his own tastes, and have a measure of control over his own life and destiny, We believe in Government ou! cooperation and unity, wnrough: sent Of the -individ- ual, rather than strengthof Govern- ment, through uniformity, where everybody is fitted into a uniform pattern as a cog in a wheel with- out freedom of thought and action. Countries cannot remain strong for lony merely through strength of their Governments, such as the strong hand of the dictator or the communist rule, Real and lasting strength comes through a system such as ours, ment of individual initiative and free enterprise. That system, as we know it, is democracy. Report Indicates Healthy Situation; Spending Is Down Incoming Revenue Is Over Expectations Of | Budget According Ta | Figures Given Today The City of Key West is in about the healthiest financia! condition in ‘its history’ according to the * First Quarterly Financial Report released by City Treasurer Charles Roberts today. The report covers the period from the start of the current fiscal year on July 1st through September 30th According to Roberts, reyenue (Continued On Page Seven) ball GAME TOMORROW NIGHT Pompano HIGH SCHOOL Key West HIGH SCHOOL 8:15 P.M, WICKERS’ STADIUM GIN. ADM. $1.20 Tickets en Sale: Payl Sher’s, Key West H. S. Korean Vet Will Marshall Parade Here Armistice Day Fete Will Be Sponsored By Legion Post 28 This year’s Armistice Day pa- rade, which is being sponsored by Arthur Sawyer Post 28, American | Legion, promises to be one of the finest in recent years, according to | the interest being shown at this time. |_ The parade will start promptly at | 7:30 p.m. on November 11th at South and Duval Streets and move ; down Duval to Front Street where it will be disbanded. | Grand Marshal for the parade will be a returned decorated Ko- : rean war veteran, George Garcia whe served with Company A, 2nd Infantry Division. Garcia is the holder of the Silver Star for gallantry in action, the Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Korean Campaign ribbon with stars, Combat Infantry Badge, the European Occupation ribbon and the Victory Medal. The selection of a war veteran is a departure from the usual prac- tice of engaging a “big name” for the task. To date, among the many organi-| zations which have indicated eager- ness to participate in the parade, are: Truman School, Douglass High School, Fleet Sonar School, Troop 52 Boy Scouts, United States Ma- rine Corps, Key West Shrine Club, Girl Scout Troops, Naval Air Sta- tion, Fleet Reserve Branch No. 56 and its Auxiliary, Jaycees. VFW Post 3911 and VFW Post} 3911 Auxiliary Unit, Fleet Air De-) tachment, Troop No. 253 Boy Scouts, V. F. W. Post 6021 and its Auxiliary, Voiture 728, 40 and 8 So- (Continued On Page Seven) NAVARRO'S "Bt USED ONE TO A. Year Make j PLYMOUTH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1952 Break In Klug Murder Expect a ed By Weekend PRICE FIVE CENTS After Florida Mainland Leads Are Checked 24 Take Oath |Blood Check To Detect Three {Army ShipHere Today As New |Major Ills Now Being Given Citizens Here |For All Citizens Of County 79-Year-Old Woman Is Naturalized In Circuit Court Twenty-four Key Westers became American citizens this morning when they took the solemn oath of allegiance to the United States at impressive ceremonies in Circuit Court. United States District Court Judge John W. Holland presided at the session and Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez addressed the new citizens after the oath was adminis- tered by Clerk of Court Earle F. Sprigg. The group included 79-year-old Mrs, Ellen Curry of 1010%2 Wash- ington Street who came to this country 56 years ago from Green Turtle Cay in the Bahamas. The radiantly happy Mrs. Curry, the mother of eight children, said she was “happy beyend words” at finally becoming a citizen of this country. Mrs. Maria Bagwell ef 102¢ Peary Court held her twe-year- old daughter in her arms today as the solemn oath was adminis- tered by the Clerk. Judge Lopez told the group “that it is a proud moment for me to (Continued On Page Seven) BEST BUYS CUSTOMER © Down Payment en $635.00 Heater, Sunvisor, Low Mileage KAISER - 4-Dr. __._. i New Paint Job, Radio - Like New DODGE - Cl. Cpe. Radio - Very Clean Car FORD + 2-Dr. Sedan —. Radio, O.., White Sidewalls FORD - Cl. Cpe. Custom _. a Radio, Heater, Very Clean Inside CHEVROLET « Convertible New Paint Job, New Tires, Radio, New Top CHEVROLET - 4-Dr. Very Clean Car Radio, Overdrive Radio, Orig. Paint, Radio Radio DeSOTO Sdn. New Yorker—New Low Mileage, Good New Paint Job and DODGE - Cl. Cpe. New Paint Job, Ne DeSOTO Sedan 8 Passenger CADILLAC - 4-Dr. Radio, Automatic Trans. 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Find out for sure, the easiest way and for no fee at all, Florida State ‘Board of Health technicians said today. j Today the Board of Health launched its week’s three-way blood’ check in Monroe county at its first location on Duval Street in front of Kresses’ store, Almost 40 citizens showed up in the first two hours of the check to find out if they have any of the three: diseases. Checks for. anemia and blood sugar aré done right here at the mobile laboratory. Blood specimens are then sent to the laboratory in Miami for syphilis checking, said E. W. Gur- pues, head technician of the eam. i Sterilization, of instruments, ac- tual drawing of “blood, and some testing take place right in the ef- ficient. mobile trailer which is checking Monroe county as part ofa statewide survey. ~The Monroe County Health Cli- nic, Dr. R, Dalton, director, is men than men showed up this fhorning. “This is usual,” he said. “For of course more men are working and women’ stop by while they are shgpping.”” “ Saturday is expected to be a bi: day for all those five day a week workers in the city. The mobile lab is ready and waiting for as big a crowd as comes in. “We can take many more than the 40 who came in this morning,” Gurganious, said. “‘So we urge all citizens to take advantage of the free blood tests and make sure they are really free of these three Should the blood tests reveal any danger signs, the patient is re- ferred to his own physician for treatment. aaa See JOE‘’S FISH MARKET 801 Whitehead St. FRESH RED SALMON, WEST COAST SALTED MULLET FRESH WATER BREAM STEAMED BLUE CRABS SPECKLED TROUT ¥f it Swims — ft have IT Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN The Man Who Lives In Town Phone $18-XM and 378 We BUY all kinds of JUNK Rags, Mattresses and All Kinds of Scrap Metal Located at Simonton & Dey Sts. Languages Easy Conversational Method Monday and Thursdey Night Classe» Mernings By Appointment Tei. 14698 Pinder's Dance School BULLETIN President Harry Truman has no plans to come to Key West, nor has President-Elect Eisenhower, cording to the AP. The Citizen called AP in Miami for verification this morning on Truman‘s plans. The AP answer came at } p.m. as The Citizen went to press: White House says Truman has no plans to go to Key West.” The AP checked Atlanta through te Augusta, Ga. where the Presi- dent-Elect is vacationing: isenhower’s Press Secretary C. Haggerty replied: “He has no plans to visit Key West soon, fter inauguration.” County Clears Way For Road Repairs In an abbreviated election night 4 sion ‘pass will permit a reso- lution whic! state penses for two proposed auto tag stations in Marathon. Wilson said that a potential sale of but 1200 tags up the Keys would nat give the vendors a large enough margin of profits to pay the neces- sary expenses and make it worth- while. However, County Attorney Paul Sawyer said that the County can- not, according to law, pay the ex- penses. Commissioners present at the | session included: Allen, Bentley, Higgs and Chairman Saunders. WORK WANTED NEAT, RELIABLE YOUNG MAN DESIRES EVENING OR WEEKEND WORK PRESENT JOB-CLERK Phone 1118-4, after 5 p.m. Complete Stock of Mechanic HAND TOOLS Guaranteed for Life Roy's Key West ‘ Auto Parts Co. | TELEPHONES 1877 . 1878 12) DUVAL STREET 5 More Days ! THREE CHAPS and a CHICK 700 Duval St. * Air Cond. CRATE AAAI, To Chart Coast In Map Project Work With Navy A U.S. Army ship, the “Lt, Harry J. Michael,” moored this morning on the Naval Station di- rectly in front of the Administra- tion bldg. Capt. Harold Payson, Chief of Staff on the Naval Station said that the ship was here for the re-map- ping of the coasts of Florida, Flori- da Keys and Cuba as part of a huge project in connection with the Inter-American Geodetic Survey conducted by the U. S. Army with rt ate = the Navy, a, nry manek’s report in a letter addressed to naval authorities here, mariners are to be warned of the operation which begins about Nov. 15 and lasts through Dec. 17. During this period, the army vessel and two navy ships will conduct flare triangula- tion survey operations between the Florida Keys and Cuba. The operation involves the drop- (Continued On Page Seven) Charges Dismissed Against Navy Man snc btie ie of assault and battery intoxicated held against . ice to believe he was intoxicat- A veteran of several years Na- val service, Landers is the holder of two good conduct medals, Local Woman Stricken With Polio Tuesday Mrs. Thelma J. Cejudo, 19, 626 Carson Lane who was stricken with polio on Tuesday, has been rushed to Children’s Variety Hospital in Miami where she is in critical con- dition. Mrs. Cejudo, who is confined in an iron lung, is the wife of Marine Pfe. Oscar M. Cejudo. Her mother, Mrs. Melville M. Russell resides at the Carson Lane address also. E LINE OF GARCEN TOOLS | Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. Phone 886 Hamlin. Flies To Miami Today To See Dade Law Agencies The first “break” on the Harry K. Klug, Jr. mur- der is expected tomorrow, a week from the day his bullet “pierced body was found at Little Torch Key by two mullet fishermen. Coroner Roy Hamlin is going to Miami this after noon to follow up leads in Dade county and to confer with Broward county au- thorities in the week old murder of the 26 year old Rutgers university gradu- ate. He expects to return to Key West with definite in- formation on how the young man came to his death with the .22 caliber gun registered under his name last April with Miami police, The mystery of Kluc’s last four days. from October 26 when he checked out of. the Boulevard house in Miami, to October 30 when he was killed, according to the autopsy, may be solved this. weekend, Hamlin has been in touch with police not only in Miami, but in Lancaster, Pa, where Klug lust his father on SB Nes é tober 23 on an old motorcycle, Mrs. Edith Sherman, manager, said. new one arrived while he was there. The Indian motorcycle hed only Klug as its passenger when he came through the Overseas toll gate at Matecumbe on Oc- tober 30, between 10 and 11 a.m., the day of his death. He then stopped in Marathon at the L & L Drive In on the highway. The female companion whose * high heels engraved themseives on the whife sand near his body is the key to the mystery, Whether she was, a married woman whose husband shot the young man, or whether a jealous lover did the job, is not being revealed at this time. Coroner Hamlin will have the answers to some of the questions on the latest Keys murder. He will call together the coroner's jury, empaneled on October 41, only when he ‘has (Continued On Page Seven} ‘ima oremmemewer 2: Help Wanted, Male New and Used Car Sales jmen, preferably men with ex- Corner 2nd Ave. and First St. STOCK ISLAND OLD CARS, TRUCKS AND JUNK CALL 136 1 atenee in KEY WEST SALVAGE Oper and reliable: “Apply ia selling. Must be NAVARRO, Ine. 601 DUVAL S&T. DINNERS 6 P.M. 12:00 a RAUL’S MOVIE FRIDAY NIGHT * IN OUR RESTAURANT — 10 P.M. “BREWSTER’S MILLIONS” EAT AND BE NEVER A COVER FREE ENTERTAINED OR MINIMUM