The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1952, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST rl VOL, LXXIIt. No. 311 The THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1952 The Associate. Press Teletype Features and Photo Services, For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Midnight Ushers In Free Highway For County Drivers LeMay’s Entry Refusal Called Routine By US County Plans No Action On U.S. Refusal At Border George LeMay,, whose wife disappeared one year ago off the Florida Keys,| 4 yenire of 150 names returnable ‘yas refused entry in a|January 12 in Circuit Court for SCRE the first degree murder trial of poyene; -omoner. by ay Carl Carmichael, Sr. and Jr., was United States Immigration | drawn by Circuit Court Judge Aqui- office, the AP said today. {ino Lopez, Jr. this “morning. Witnesses for the state have al- The young Montreal real estate | ready been served subpoenas, both ran was driving to Monroe coun-|in town and out of town. Jury List For WITNESSES WILL APPEAR JAN. 13 WHEN TRIAL OPENS ‘» and Miami to “confer with| The father and son accused of : thorities’’ on the mystery of his | murdering “Mellow Moon” off wife's disappearnce from Tom’s |Stock Island, one year ago, are ‘“tarbor bridge, January 4, 1952. out on huge bonds, following their He said last night after being indictment for murder by the barred from entry: “Now | won’t go by myself and * #£.1 do go all expenses will have so be paid, But 1 don’t think any officials in Monroe county or cisewhere want to see me. If Grand Jury last spring. It is reported that the son is in Marathon with his wife and the father in Kendall, Fla. Former contractors on the Keys, they have not done any work here since their they. did, |. wouldn’t have been |#!Test last year. Sicpped at the border. In addi- tion to my vacation, | knew why 1 was going, and they knew too. 1 won't say anything now.” All Monroe county. men listed on the panel must appear in Circuit Court at 10 a. m. January 12. further | Witnesses are subpoenaed for 9 a. m. the next day. State Attorney J. Dancelot Les-| The trial date had been agreed ter said when questioned by The |¥POm) | Citizen: “I do not plan to do -anything about LeMay’s being barred by the United States.” When asked if be planned to ‘ring LeMay back to the county: Lester said tersely: “No comment.” The barring of George LeMay. at Champlain, N. Y., was routine May’s papers were not in order and that the Canadian had been directed to U. S. Immigration of- ficers in Montreal for corrected documents. One reason for his barring may have been that Le- May declared his intentions pub- licly of going to Cuba. It is more complicated for a Canadian to (Continued On Page Seven) GREETINGS! BENNY'S CAFETERIA Turkey With Dressing and Cranberry Sauce Candied Yams All for 905 Simonton St. PHONES: 2.0675 — 2.6952 subpoenas fcr witnesses when a new postponement loomed as a near possibility. She- riff-elect John Spottswood asked for a postponement since he was to be at the Florida Sheriff's meet- ing on January 12 and 13. The Carmichael Trial Returnable Jan. 12 City Accepts Federal Sewer Funds Tuesday Commission OK’s Resolution At Special Meeting The final step in the accept- ance of funds from the Federal Government for the renovations to Key West’s sewer system was taken yesterday afternoon at a special meeting when the city commission passed a routine resolution which will give them some $700,158 for the project. The money, which includes an outright grant of $536,158 and loan of $164,000 from the Hous- ing and Home Finance Agency will be put to use in remodeling Postponement was denied by sates Lopez inasmuch witn had Electrical Appliances & Supplies, R General Hardware, etc. REFERENCES REQUIRED Phone 2-5922 for Appointment 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. NOTICE TO ELKS AND GUESTS NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE AND FLOOR SHOW DANCING WILL START AT 10:00 P.M. ‘TILL “2” We Have Fun Makers for Everyone FLOOR SHOW — McConnel & Moore, Internationally Known Gay 90's - GET TICKETS AT ELKS CLUB 313 Duval Street Tickets Are Sold to Elks and Guests Only Music by ... GERALD PINDER ORCHESTRA LEE’S ORIENT NEW YEAR’S DINNER Served from 11:30 A.M, "till 9:00 P.M. SPECIAL CHILD’S PLATE DIAL 2-7932 FOR RESERVATIONS 506 Fleming Street LO GUN’S 218 Duvel St. Key West, Fla. NEW YEAR’S EVENING SPECIAL — $1.50 Soup Shrimp Cocktail Chef Salad - French Dressing ENTREES Glorified Baked Virginia Ham Steak - Apple Sauce % Broiled Spring Chicken— Broiled Filet Mignon Mushroom a la Sherry Fried Shrimp Dessert - Key Lime Pie Coffee or Tea Pizza Pie all the time 7Sc Up Special for New Year's Evening and New Year's Day PHONE Happy New Year and the Best of E verything 2-5631 To All from All of Us Monroe Motors, Inc. PHONE 2.5631 OCEAN PATIO Safety Group City Gives Land Lauds Local Traffie Plan Committee Asks No Change In _ STATE HIGHWAY ' PATROLMAN HAS _ IDEA FOR YOUTH CENTER IN KEY WEST “ One Way Traffie "The City Commission took the On Simonton St. first step yesterday to give the The governor’s Safety Commit-| youth of Key West a new “Youth tee, at a meeting last night, tossed | enter” yesterday when they the thorny question of Key West's Fhe to offer a revokable lease Suni 4 one-way streets right back into the | merce ke py a ee laps of the City Commission when for that purpose. they reported that after an inten-| The project, which has been sive study, they could not justify |the “dream” of a 32-year old making any changes in the present | Florida State Highway Patrol- setup, man for several years, will take The commission had asked them in the form of a com- to make a study of the situation Project for the benefit of after complaints were received, | the youth of the city, according from merchants on Simonton and | to present plans. Fleming Streets stating that the} | Marvin J. changing of those thoroughfares of the Youth Safety one-way in action taken ittee of the Junior Cham- months ago, had resulted in a Commerce, conceived hardship to them. lea after working on a in a report to City Manager Project in Deland, Flor- Dave King, the committee mem- where he was stationed bers said that “in view of the fact that the results of the changes have been most gratify- ing, they felt that they had ac- complished the objectives which they had primarily strived for. tend for our hurt any» ind pvanapsigedie-4 make any ae tiens or revisions te satisfy coubidians of individuals or tax- payers,” they said. The committee, which is made up of Key Westers cited the fact that according to information gleaned from the files of the Po- (Continued On Page Seven) LUIGI'S Wishes All a Happy New Year ENJOY YOUR NEW YEAR DINING FAMOUS ITALIAN and AMERICAN KITCHEN and PIZZA PIES Open New Year's Eve and New Year's Day LUIGI'S 227 Duval Paint for Trailer Tops Thompson’ Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline ‘St. Dial 2.3132 2-5631 STOCK of You FOR Best T-Bone Steak in Town _- SIDEWALK CAFE For Community Youth Center To JayCees Mon. Audubon Screen Tours To Begin Friday Evening Opening the 5th year of the Audubon Screen Tours at Key West High School at eight o'clock Friday evening, January 2, is the eminent scientist, artist and ex- plorer, Dr. George Miksch Sutton who will present the natural color motion picture “Bird Magic in Mexico.”’ Dr. Sutton is presented by the National Audubon and the Monroe County Audubon. Society. In this outstanding color taken by Dr. Sutton and Dr, Pet- tingill during an ition to the jungles near Tamaulipas, Mexico, the action moves s from one episode to the other: green para- |keets feeding in a bamboo tree; an alta mira oriole building its huge hanging nest; the amazing The film and 5 interesting commentary upon it, will provide an unforgettable even- would be dispatched to the: home, with no questions asked. From 9 P.M. ‘Til? PRICE $1.25 - TAX INCL. NEW YEAR’S DINNER Turkey and All The Trimmings ____ $1.50 . 2.00 ’ KEY WEST SALVAGE co. | ISLAND Contractors and Builders Attention SALE USED — STEEL PIPE - BEAMS - ANGLES OF ALL SIZES COMPLETE FLOOR SHOW NEW YEAR’S EVE We Want Junk of All Kinds OLD CARS AND TRUCKS DIAL 26141 or DIAL 2.2940 Never A Cover Last Toll Payer Of Monroe County Will Go Through Upper And Lower Toll Gates Before New: Year Begins The first Monroe county. resident to pass free through the Big Pine Key or'the Matecumbe. toll gates will have this pleasure anytime after midnight. tonight when tolls are lifted for all Monroe county cars and trucks on the Overseas Highway. His will be the first car in 22 years to go free over the highway. For that number of years, county residents as well as visitors have been paying tolls, first as ferry fares on the old Matecumbe to No-Name Key ferry, and SS ee ee eee on Oe ene. The Overseas Road and Toll Bridge district, collector of the tolls, will be abolished in July. Early tomorrow morning, hows ever, the cars and trucks bear- FBI Commends 2 Local Policemen The Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation has commended two Key West police officers for their part in the apprehension of William James Smith, Jr. of Los Angeles who was a fugitive from justice on several bad check charges here on December 18th. Lt. W. R. “Jimmy” James and Officer Beinvenido Perez; were the recipients cf the letter of thanks from R. W. Wall, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami FBI office. Wall commended the officers for their as “‘astuteness and observation which made the apprehension of the badiy wanted fugitive possible.” The policemen had captured +} twe companions of Smith as they - bearded a Havana bound airliner after they were alerted by a re- Porter. Smith is en-route to Hartford, Connecticut to face charges of ing Monroe County tags, that is with the number 38 on the tag will still stop at the toll gate and receive receipts for free passage up and down the Keys, The abolition of all tolls for Monroe county cars and trucks has been worked for hard and long by State Rep. Bernie Papy. He has tried to free the highway for all cars, visiting as weil as resident. The State Board of Administration and the State Road Administration granted this alternate. request at meetings last fall. By February 20 of the new year, every Monroe county driver must have a sticker on his windshield bearing the same number as his tag. These stickers should be ob- tained at the office of the County Tax Collector at the courthouse gt (Continued On Page Seven) c. Featuring . . . “THE FOUR REASONS” DANCING ‘TIL DAWN FOOD -- DRINKS -: FAVORS Voting registration for Key West will get underway Monday morning Hall, City Clerk Victor innounced today. “BIRD MAGIC IN MEXICO” Key West High School Under a revised plan, it will be | 8:00 P.M., Friday, Jan. 2 (Continued On Page Seven) Admission, Adults 75 Monroe County Audubon Society ANNUAL New Year’s Eve ATTEND THi Gala New Year’s Eve Dance’ AMERICAN LEGION HOME STOCK ISLAND 10 P.M. *TILL ???? ADMISSION: $1.75 Couple $1.00 Stag FOR RESERVED TABLES CALL 2-7912 TONIGHT FROM 10 O'CLOCK TO 3:00 A.M. Music by ... TONY BARRERA AND HIS FLORIDIANS For real Latin Rhythm, meet at the Cuban Club where the New Year rings in with rhumba. Admission: GENTS —_..$1.50; LADIES _.._ .50/ For Table Reservations j DIAL 2-3274 DONT FORGET TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT FOR HOWLING AT RAUL’S No Cover or Minimum At Any Time FOR TABLE RESERVATIONS PHONE 2-5251 OR COME IN AND HAVE A DRINK OR TWO IN THE SEAFARER’S LOUNGE DIAL 2-3233 FOR RESERVATIONS