The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 7, 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.....366 Che Kry Spottswood Gets Top Total As Vote Count Is Finished COUNTY VOTES REACH 8,157 AS ABSENTEES ARE COMPUTED The final canvassing of Tues- day’s machine and absentee vote of 8,157 finished at 10 this morning with Sheriff Elect John Spottswood receiving the highest vote of all local candidates in the grand total. In the absentee count, Eisenhow- ar nosed out Stevenson for Presi- @ent by 293 to 232, Supervisor of Registration Sam Pinder said, Spottswood was high man among the absentee voters out running not only county but national can- didates, with 455 votes, The five highest men in the grand total of votes received (machine and absentee) are as follows: Senator Spegsard Holland, 5,060; aonb 4,913; County Judge Raymond R. Lord, 4,690; County Clerk Earl “Adams, 4,687; State Attorney J, Lancelot Lester, 4,665 and State Representative Papy 4,662. Stevenson received a total of 4,941 votes in the official can- vas; Eisenhower received: 2,943, Pinder will air mail the official count to Tallahassee to the Secre- tary of State this afternoon. Of the absentee ballots of 526 bie got 455, Pinder got Judge Lord, 441, Earl Adams, 435 and ‘Superintendent of Public Instruction Horace O’Bryant, 433. The canvassing of the absentee ballot disclosed no upsets. Justices of! the Peace and Constables in the county’s three districts were all elected as nominated in: the Continued On Page Eight) | * Sub USS Sennet Arrives Sunday At Key West Base The submarine Sennet, based here, will return Sunday morn- ing after three weeks operations off Jacksonville, Fla, and Guan- tanamo Bay, Cuba, Submarine Squadron Twelve headquarters here announced today. The USS Sennet operated for a week with aerial units based at Jacksonville Naval Air Station and also operated with the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo. Another Key West-based sub- marine, the USS Amberjack, will leave Saturday for a four months routine overhaul at the Philadel- phia, Pa. Naval Shipyard and is expected to return sometime in Apfil, Legion Schedules Church Services To Mark Armistice The first in a series of activi- ties which have been scheduled by the Arthur Sawyer Post, Ameri- can Legion for the observance of Armistice Day will be the atten- dance by the membership at church services at 10:30 a, m. Sunday, November 9th at the Fleming Street Methodist Church. The pastor is preparing a special Continued On Page Eight) A first degree murder indict- ment against William Henry | Cotton and a second , degree tuling against Joseph Perez ‘were reported by the Grand Jury at noon today, State Attorney J. Lancelot Lester said. A certified copy of Cotton’s in- dictment will be sent to Chatta- hhooche where the accused hasj{ been committed by the County. He is indicted with the murder of Joseph Thomas in Marathon last July. Perez is indicted on the second degree murder of Frankie Kee in Key West, also last July. The original indi¢tment is being sent to Criminal Court where he will be tried. Cotton comes under the juris- diction of Circuit Court, on the first degree indictment. Two Arrested For Driving Without Safety Stickers The Key West Police Department cracked down yesterday on per- sons who are operating motor ve- hicles without the required Safety Inspection stickers when they ar- rested two persons for that offense. The motorists, William R. Shir- ley of Stock Island and Charles Jackson off322 Angela Street will appear in City Court today. The inspection stickers, which should have been obtained before the October 18th deadline, may be, had by paying a $1.00 penalty at the office of City Tax Collector Archie Roberts. However, anyone found driving without a tag will be subject to a stiffer penalty, AN INVITATION To the Public, Our Depositors and F riends: ES on Be x= The Officers, Directors, and Employees of our Bank wish to extend to you and your friends a very cordial invitation to call on us Saturday afternoon, November 8th, from 4 to 6 p.m., when we are having a formal opening of our newly completed banking house, The building will be open for inspection at that time and we will take pleasure in showing you through it. Our Key West Bank is one of the oldest in Florida, and in doing over our banking house we have endeavored to keep as much of the old atmosphere as possible, at the same time provid- ing ourselves with a place that would allow us to offer to the public the very latest in a complete banking service. We now have a bank- ing house of which we are very proud and which we feel is in keep- ing with the growth of this section, and one of which the entire community can well be proud, To all of you, — friends who have been with us for many years, new friends; visitors, and prospective customers, — a very cordial invitation to come out and see our new banking house, — proof of our belief in the continuing growth of Key West. JHE FLORIDA NATIONAL BAN AT KEY WEST 4. J, TREVOR, President Member of the FDIC K Member of the Florida National Group ef Banks A SOUVENIR GIFT FOR EACH PERSON ATTENDING pat Citizri THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A KEY WEST, FLORIDA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1952 Chief Deputy Tommy Dixon Gets Axe As Spottswood Outlines His Policy Truman Visit Is Still Hoped By Local Folk | Messages Are Sent | To Truman And Ike | Urging Trip Here Many Key Westers are today feeling that there is no Santa Claus. Today was the day that eyery- j one here expected President Tru- !man to fly into Key West on his blue and silver Independence. Today was the day the little White House was prepared to re- ceive its distinguished visitor, Yesterday, however, the White House shattered the anticipatory excitement of the Island. Called to The Citizen by AP, the announcement said: “The White House says Tru- man has no plans to go to Key West.” This official confirmation of Truman’s plans to stay north hit boom-minded Key Westers who say that the President's visits here are worth a million dollars in publicity, The post-election invitation to President Eisenhower sent by the Key West Chamber of Commerce found no better response. AP out of Atlanta talked with Ike’s Press Secretary James C. Haggerty at Augusta, Ga. Miami AP relayed his quote back to The Citizen. “President-Elect Eisenhower has no plans to visit Key West soon, or after inauguration.” Though the word on Truman’s giving up his plans to come to Key West comes from the White House, there is still a possibility he might change his mind and come, The Navy has had no on-the- record or off-the-record word from the White House regarding the most famous visitor to Key West. Truman Beach over at the Naval Station generally used as the President’s swimming place, however, is blocked off as though awaiting his arrival. The Big Wheel, the Admiral’s barge, al- ways used by Truman and staff for fishing trips while here, is tied up near Truman Beac! These preparations for the Pre- sident’s arrival may not be alto- gether in vain. The President has always been skittish about an- nouncing his Key West visit plans. Sometimes the Navy has not been informed of his arrival antil four or five days before hand. They have dusted and aired the Little White House just in case. This fancying up for the guest’s arrival has taken place this time, as it has in the years before. The Presi- dent could change his mind and Coninued On Page Eight) | KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. Corner 2nd Ave. and First St. STOCK ISLAND OLD CARS, TRUCKS AND JUNK CALL 136 | POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Phone 9134 Dealer Caroline St. Sherif. Eehet Spottswood Fires 2; Retains 2 —— Citizen Staff Photo WITH HIS NEW BROOM, JOHN SPOTTSWOOD, who becomes Sheriff of Monroe County, January 6, swept out of office Chief Deputy Tommy Dixon and Deputy Sergio Hernandez. He kept Emma Cates, bookkeeper, and Gerald LaBrada, jailer, shown with him in this picture. npers ‘And Dock Owners For Two British Differ On Pier. Rental Plan Services Are Set yers Here Today The bodies of two British Naval flight officers, who were killed last! Sunday in an automobile accident near Milton, Florida arrived at Bo- ¢a Chica airfield shortly after noon today from Pensacola for burial in the Maine Plot at the City Ceme- tery. < The pair, Sub Lt, Donald H. Smith of London and Midshipman Paul L. R. Dewar of Nigeria, West Africa died when their car over- turned on Route 90, 18 miles south of Pensacola, They had been taking flight training at Whiting Field near there. They will be buried with full military honors this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. with service per: of both nations participating. Two officers and twelve men from the HMS Rocket, under the command of Commander Thomas Halifax, RN, will be present as a guard of honor, Lt. Commander W. R. Cunning- ham, RN, was in charge of the detail escorting the bodies here. —————— FISHING TACKLE Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION —DINNERS AT— RAUL’S NOW SERVED FROM 6 P.M. to 12:00 MOVIE TONIGHT IN OUR RESTAURANT — 10 P.M, “Beautiful But Broke” EAT AND BE NEVER A COVER OR MINIMUM THE NEW, ALL NEW 1953 PLYMOUTH WILL BE ON DISPLAY NOVEMBER 20TH-COMPLETE BODY STYLING “TOW RENTAL RATE’ COULD SET OFF SHRIMP PRICE WAR | Formal Ope nin -OBJECTORS INSIST Key West shrimp operators and Of Fla. Natl. Bank dock owners are sharply divided on] Tomorrow At 4 the question of the rental of the newly acquired Clyde Mallory! docks to local shrimp dealer Harry Goldberg. Some hailed the move as a step forward in the promotion while others decried it as discriminatory because of the low rate of rental which will be charged. One shrimper said that the 25- cent per 100-pounds of shrimp un- loaded on the docks (as compared to the average of $1.00 charged by private interests) would permit Goldberg to sell at a much lower price and could precipitate a price war, Berlin Felton, local dock owner, was- most vehement in his protest against the move by the city when he said, frankly: “I think it is a is $1.00 a box, which is what every- one else has to pay. If I had to Phone 886 | rent my dock at that price, I would not be able to pay my taxes. How Continued On Page Eight) ONLY 4 More Days and a CHICK | |] 700 Duval B= Alr Cond. || The formal opening of the new building of the Florida National The Man Who Lives In Town Phone 518-XM and 378 We BUY all kinds of JUNK Rags, Mattresses and All VKinds of Scrap Metal Located st Simonton & Dey Sts. PRICE FIVE CENTS Stiff Tests Are Set For Sheriff's Office By New Official At Meet . Chief Deputy Tommy Dixon and Deputy Sergio ae i asked “not remain” in office by Sheriff-Elect John Spotts- wood following a 40-minute conference in Sheriff Berlin Sawyer’s office yesterday at 5 p.m. The office of Chief Dep- uty was abolished by Spotts- wood who takes office on January 6. The dismissal of Dixon and Hernandez is based, says Spottswood, on their “inability to meet all the re- quirements” he has set @p for effice deputies in the newly organized Sheriff's Department. These minimum qualifi- cations, Spottswood _indi- cated, are not rigid guides to his future appointments. “I wish to specifically reserve the right to waive thé compliance with any and all of the above require- ments in instances where ex- perience or other qualifications not listed outweigh the minimum re+ ments set forth above." ‘The 32-year-old Key Wester in- NEAT, RELIABLE YOUNG MAN DESIRES EVENING OR WEEKEND WORK PRESENT JOB CLERK « Phone 1118-3, after 5 p.m. Monday and Thuredey Night Classes Mornings By Appointment Tel, 1490 Pinder's Dance School RE-OPENS FOR THE SEASON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 506 FLEMING ST. PHONE 1379 NAVARRO, Inc. 601 DUVAL ST.