The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 13, 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. 297 Confessed Thief Gets Five Years In Jail Local Lawyer wo ek KOK LK Che Key West Citiz THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. x ok Dog Track Employment To Begin Soon Mer eo te JUDGE CARO SENDS THREE TO STATE PEN FOR GROCERY THEFTS ON FRIDAY A five year jail term was hand- ed out yesterday to the confessed Fingleader in a stolen grocery ring which nas been responsible for the theft of over $3000 in foodstuffs, ®ver a period of several months. Two accomplices received prison terms Of two years and six months respectively. Passed out the sentences after | trial in Criminal Court. * The convictions came less than a week from the time the thefts man in whose home the stolen! southern Bell also was granted | merchandise. was stored. John “Jack”? Monroe will spend the next five years in the state prison after admitting to being the ringleader in the group which broke into the warehouse of the Fausto’s Food Market at the Clyde-Mallory Docks. Marvin Brown, 19, a Navy man fattached to the Seaplane Base. was handed a two year sentence for bis part in the thefts and Jessie Thomas was sent to the Monroe County Jail for a six month stretch, Monroé and Brown pleaded guilty ‘to grand larceny charges, The former, who admittedly mas- teredminded the thefts, testified at the trial that Thomas aided him in the piecemeal robberies and that he used Brown’s car to trans- port the stolen goods. Police and Sheriff's Deputies re- covered cafned goods and assort- ed groceries valued at upwards of $500 last Saturday morning when the case first came to light | after Mrs, Patricia Patterson, 1016 Howe Street phoned police and said that she “knew Where some stylen groteries were.” When Police des: cended on that address, they found 23 cases of groceries and Sheriff's Deputies later confiscated 27 ad tional cases of loot. Carl Weekley, owner ot the food market, has set’ the total value of the missing merchandise at “near- | ly $3000.” Monroe, had been employed by Weekley as a helper after being | Paroled from the State Prison Camp at Big Pine Key where he was serving a sentence for rob- bery. A key to the fond company warehouse was found in his pos. session when he was arrested. Monroe’ made a complete confes- sion to the thefts, admitting that | he hid the merchandise home me of Mrs, Patterson. , FOR SALE Street and Evening GOWNS For Every Occasion Samples . . . Closeouts Reasonable At MINNA'S 933 WASHING. ON AVE. MIAMI BEACH, FLA. sudge Thomas Caro | in the | \ Florida Phone Rate Boost Is Approved Fri. 10c Pay Station Rate Approved By Utilities Commission Fri. TALLAHASSEE (® — Another boost in telephone rates is coming jup in Florida—a general increase in territory served by Peninsular {Southern Bell Telephone Co. a six per cent raise for some serv- ice charges, The Florida Utilities Commis- sion, which gave the companies the increases, ordered Southern Bell to make one reduction. Four- reduced 25 cents a month. Peninsular is an independent company serving Pasco, Hills. borough, Pinellas, Manatee, Polk and Sarasota Counties The com- investment: To do this it granted an increase of 7.97 per cent in rates. It directed the Peninsular Com- pany to submit for final approval a schedule of proposec rates for various types of service within the total revenue increase figure al- lowed. The effective date of the increase will be se. at the time. the specific rates are approved. The commission made the in- crease on Southern Bell special | (Continued On Page Twelve) Local Pharmacy |Sued By Creditor | The Southernmost Pharmacy | of this city which is reportedly ; being sold to new owners, is being sued by McKesson and | Robbins, Inc. a drug corporation for $15,000 according to a suit | filed last week, | The pharmacy owes $11,290.70 | im goods delivered to it by the | whole: drug m, according | to the suit. The it is alleged, | have accumulated since May, | 1952. | Representing the complaining drug firm are Smathers, Thomp- son, Maxwell and Dyer. zz | ANNOUNCING ... Opening of Coral Isle Patio Restaurant Stock Island On U.S. No. 1 ¢ SHORT ORDERS | e SANDWICHES OF ALL KINDS |@ ENJOY OUR PITCHERS OF BEER IN FROZEN MUGS WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE GRAND RE-OPENING ‘KOTTON KING 604 DUVAL ST. WITH A BRAND NEW COMPLETE LINE OF LADIES SPORTSW: AR - BEACHWEAR + BLOUSES - SKIRTS . DRESSES - SUITS - Telephone Co., and a boost from | ¢ame to light on the tip of a wo- |e suiicente tonipay mone ofthe: party residential service is to be , mission found it is entitled to earn | 6.81 per ceni on its net average | | RACING SEASON DELAY DUE TO MATERIAL SHORTAGE The Key West Kennel club will | start employing Key Westers for | the $350,000 dog track next week, | Abe Aronovitz, president of the ‘track told The Citizen by telephone | today. | The racing seascn is being de- \layed until March 1 at the latest | by government defense regulations jwhich released only 6590 pounds | of needed copper and four tons of; heiress next Easter, flew to Key sizel yesterday, Aronovitz said. This means that the permanent grand stand cannot be ouiit untii next year. This season a temporary grand ig taken over the the te Ringling Brothers circus seating. Charles Toppino, contractors building a slope rising to a level of six | feet above the track which will also hold seats and %oxes. This will resemble a grandstand. Total seating capacity this sea- son wi 2500, Aronovitz said. Aronovitz and Architect Steward | of the firm and Skinner appeared | | before the National Production Ad- | ministration in Washington on Thursday to ask for the copper | | and steel for the track. They were successful in getting j needed amounts of copper, but un. ; successful on the steel require. ments. The allocated sour tons are insufficient for the permanent gransstand, Aronovitz said. Aronovitz is hopeful, however, | that the Republican administration | will lift controls after January so construction of the permanent (Continued On Page Twelve) the 1952 official vot as ‘tabulated by for president reports. It shows the total vote, | |Republican, Democratic, and “other” vote and percentages of each, by states: |State Yr. Tot. Vote Republican Ala. 426,120 149,231 214,980 40,930 260,569 152,042 177,065 77,5977 404,800 177,155 242,475 50,959 5,141,849 2,897,310 4,021,538 1,895,269 630,103 379,782 515,237 239,714 1,096,911 611,012 883,518 437,754 174,010 90,059 139,073 69,588 988,986 544,036 577,643 194,280 Ga. 651,303 198,979 | 418,760 76,691 276,254 180,707 214,816 101,514 2,457,327 1,961,103 1,136,259 821,079 808,906 494,018 616,302 423,039 495,029 _ Ari. Ark. Cal. Col. Con | Del. Fla. 52 32 48 Ky. 52 DUVAL CLUB DANCING NIGHTLY MON., DEC. 15 Proudly Presents... LOU BORDISE and His “International Trio” In Its New Room THE HUT | EVERY NIGHT from 10 P.M. ‘till 3 4.M. 426 GREENE STREET Next to the Western Union e ASsociated | Press from state canvassing board | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBEP 13, 1952 Set To Sing In | scoand? Chub | Key West will lose a lawyer and | St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, will gain a baritone singer by the first | of the coming year. Bob Youmans, member of the | law firm of Neblett and Youmans, ; 604 Duval Street. expect to return | to his music career and will open’ |at the Mahogany Club in the | Virgin Islands on January 15. The |Club is owned by Ceecee Crom- ‘well Hoffmann, heiress to the | $20,000,000 Dodge fortune. Preliminary arrangements were |made two weeks ago when Bob Ellis, who is engaged to marry the |West from Washington, D. C. and | talked over the initial moves of the deal with Youmans. Yesterday la cable arrived from Ellis, now | jin St. Thomas with his bride-to-be, | | stating that after conference with | her, the plans discussed at the Key | West meeting were. confirmed. | Youmans is to become a member | lof the new nightclub team with | Ellis and a piano accompanist as jyet unnamed. Youmans will meet Ellis and Ceecee Hoffmann in Miami on December 20 to confer with a song- writer on the team’s music and | jlyric material. The conclave will | ‘last through January 2 during | which period the heiress and her |‘ groom-to-be will probably visit | Key West before leaving for the | Virgin Islands. Youmans said that Ellis had had the team in mind since a year | ago” when Youmans was guest | artist on the Ellis show at a local | cocktail lounge. “I always wanted to return to |show business,” Youmans said. “Bob Ellis and I sang together at the grand opening of the Miami (Continued On Page Twelve) 34i,z10 306,925 12,659 232,353 150,234 499,424 294,814 1,292,325, 909,370 1,551,529 1,038,595 763,211 483,617 112,966 5,043 959,429 655,039 157,394 96,770 421,603 264,774 50,502 29,357 166,289 121,299 1,374,613 981,124 132,170 80,308 3,952,815 2,841,163 558,107 258,572 191,712 115,139 2,100,456 1,445,684 518,045; 268,817 | 420,815 | 260.904 | 2,415,789 1,902,1977 210,935 iia 351786 264,787 902,074 596,735 2,383,398 2,107,146 2,798,592 2,109,609 1,379,483 1,212,226 285,519 192;190 1,892,062 1,578,628 265,037 224,278 609,660 488,939 82,190 62,117 | 272,952 231,440 2,419,554 1,949,555 238,608 185,767 7,128,241 6,177,337 1,210,910 791,209 270,127 220,716 3,700,758 2,936,071 948,984 721,599 695,059 524,080 4,580,562 3,735,149 414,498 jLa. 2 48 5 52 | 48 Md. 52 | 48 |Mass. 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 52 48 | | Mich. | | Minn. | | Miss. 48 52 48 | WE WILL REMAIN OPEN SATURDAYS FROM 9 to 5 | ROBERTS OFFICE | SUPPLIES | & EQUIPMENT 126 Duval Street Dial 2-5634) CHRISTMAS CARDS IMPRINTED RECONDITIONED TYPEWRITERS AT LOW PRICES Royal Standard and Portable xk * McCarty Tells Spottswood He'll Aid Crack-Down Governor-Elect Dan Mc- Carty will throw the full weight of his office behind Sheriff-Elect John Spotts- wood in an all out attack on gambling in Monroe |county and any extension of |legalized gambling here, he | wrote Spottswood from his} Fort Pierce home The Governor-elect stated to Spottswood: “As Governor, ' am going to insist upon strict enforcement of anti-gambling laws... 1 am prepared to act immediately to assist you in the control of gam- bling . 2.” The letter, which was released by Spottswood to The Citizen, stressed the new Governor's de- termination to prevent any out- break of gambling from January 6 on when he takes office. and when Spottswood and the other newly elected officials are inaugurated. The full text of the letter to Spottswood from the new Gover. nor follows: “With the near approach of my: inauguration as Gover. or of Flori- | da, I shall extend a personal word of greeting and good wishes to | you as Sheriff of Monroe County. ; “The people of your county have | elected you to be their instrument (Continued On Page Twelve) (COMPLETE OFFICIAL VOTE TABULATION WASHINGTON (®—Following is | 135,791 158,312 5,386 23,857 129,651 446,147 202,914 1,102,878 282,240 194190 124,402 109,717 75,926 349,037 172,070 599,107 386,315 419,970 316,251 979,744 590,959 8. ¢. $s. D. Fri rn 142,593 294,283 250,105, 892,553 550,283 2,076,846 1,147,245 329,554 216,305 153,557 123,382 619,689 419,256 1,102,708 905,059 873,548 748,750 1,607,370 1,276,800 129,251 81,047 101,425 47,947 61,547,861 33,927,549 289 21,969,170 Tenn. Tex. SVENERSRESEKRENS GERESSSERS Masonic Notice Special Communication of An- chor Lodge No. 182, F. & A.M, | Monday, December 15 at 7:30 P.M. | | Conferring degree of Fellowcraft. | | All members and visitors in- vited to be present. By order of OSWALD J. SHEPPARD, w.M. | Gerald H. Adams, Set’y. yesterday. | Ke WE te . : — . The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the New Battle InK W TREE GOES A huge Christmas tree, towering 28 feet into the air, will gleam in its holiday glory in Bayview Park this year. The tree has been ordered by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and it is expected to arrive in Key West early next week. The Jaycees, through their Christmas Activity committee headed by Sam Collins, have also ' ordered gorgeous new sets of de- corations and ornaments to glorify the tree. Each year the City Electric Sys. tem helps the local Jaycees by | Stringing gay colored lights on the jtrees they erect and they also | assist in setting up and otherwise | | decorating the trees. The home and decorating con- cees, will officially open on Mon- day, December 22, at 7 p. m. and will continue through Friday, Jan- | uary 2, 1953. Persons who wish to enter their | | Jaycees contest must mail in ap- plication blanks not later than |Saturday, December 20. Entry blanks are available at the Cuha | Shop, 532 Duval Street and Arthur’s | Newstand 100 Truman Avenue, or | call the Coca Cola Company, 2-6643. There are three categories in the ; Christmas decoration contest for homes and businesses, yard and | residence, window lighting and | small - displays. First prize in the yard.and resi- dence is $150, Builder Talks To Rotary Club Here Thursday Joseph G. Moretti, construction company head, from Miami, Fla., was guest speaker Thursday at the Rotary Club luncheon held in St. Paul’s Parish Hall. He wa« troduced by Paul Sher, program | director who said that Moretti, a member of the Lions Club “got half a credit from the Lions when- ever he fttended a Rotary Club meeting.” Moretti counter- -answer- | ed by saying Rotarians ought to! get two whole credits should they attend his club. That set the pace for the frank, amusing and informative talk on Moretti’s recent trip to Europe. | | Munich.” He also quoted his wife as saying “This was your idea, Now for my part, I want to stay at the best places.”” Moretti stated, however, that top service and the | (Continued On Page Twelve) | Fairbanks Water Pumps test, also sponsored by the Jay-: homes or business displays in the | He took his wife along but advised | that no one should take “beer to | Stevenson Shows Sense Of Humor Even In Defeat Defeat has not dimmed Gov- Adlai E. Stevenson’s spirit or sense of humor as shown in a letter to L. P. Artman, publish- | er of The Citizen, received to- day. The leader of the Democratic Party who lost the Presidential election to General Eisenhower wrote: “The Citizen is a member of a very select group, it seems, | for it was one of some 200 daily newspapers which supported my candidacy during the recent elec- tion. | am deeply grateful te you, and to the members of your staff, for that support. | hope that | 1 did nothing to discredit it, and | hope that | may alweys merit your confidenc: jainly you | have earned my enduring thanks. “Cordially yours, High Honors At Scout Honor Court For the first time in the history of Scouting in Monroe County an Eagle Scout will receive a com- bination palm for Eagle Rank when the District Court of Honor is held Monday night. This signal honor has been earned by Thomas Cornell who will receive his palm in lieu of his fourth extra Eagle award, Also to receive Egale rank at the (Continued On Page fwelve) "Tin te NEA Delegates | To Visit Here | The National Education As- sociation meeting in Miami the second week in January, will take a day to come to Key West on January 7, it was learned Friday. The members of the conven- tion will make a sightseeing tour during their stay here. | | Christmas Suggestions Home Bar A_ essories Full Line of Pyrex USE OUR LAY AW. Y PLAN HOME APPLIANCE CO., INC. 605 Simonton St. Dial 2-3621 - DUKE’ S | BAR-B.0Q. From $88.00 | Thompson Enterprises, Inc.| HARDWARE DIVISION { Caroline St. Dial 2-3132/ DAIRY ROOSEVELT @ Try Delicious FREEZE BOULEVARD Key Lime Sherbet @ Will Serve Butterpecan Ice Cream Sunday AT THE DAIRY FREEZE | No Cover No Minimum Typewriters Can Be | Opp. the Aquarium | Open Sundays 10 AM. to 10 P.M. MAIL THIS FREE THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE, P.O. Box 173, Key West, Fla. Please + » “New Worlds to th Interests of Key West Key West Gambling Doomed {BIG CHRISTMAS UP IN BAYVIEW PARK SOON kok & Independent To Cut Price Below Present 27.5 Cent County Figure By SUSAN McAVOY The gas price war bee jtween the major service |stations in Key West and the sole independent sta jtion in this area, the Overs seas Garage on Stock Island will break out in a new bat- tle next week when Overs seas’ prices will be cut bee jlow the present 27 and one- lhalf cents a gallon, it was learned today. One month ago, the “majors” as big national chain gas stations are known, reduced their price per gallon from 30 and one-half cents jto 27 and one-half cents, the ; amount charged by ‘independent operator Frank Russo on Stock Is- land. Russo, it is reported without confirmation from him, is going to retal by cutting several cents lower next week, in his ef- fort to keep below the majors’ prices. Russo, owner of the Overseas Garage, when called early to- day, would not comment on the size of the cut. It was learned, however, that he plans to bring his price below the 27 and one-half cents per gallon next week. Russo's gasoline is tested by the state and is required to meet state specifications. He said today that motorists }have saved thousands of dol- hte] costs by puPoniting , independent stations ’in the Kiys,” of which his and the one in TaVer- nier are the only ones. A cut below 27 and one-half cents would mean a cut in profits | to the independents as well as the | majors if they go down. It has been reported that the | overseas Garage price may go !low as 23.9 a gallon. Russo, how- ever, refused to confirm this (Continued On Page Twelve) —————_— Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN DIAL 2-3036 We BUY all kinds of JUNK All Kinds of Scrap Metal | Located at Simonton & Dey Sts. J. R. 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