The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 23, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with am average range of only 14° Fahrenbeit KEY WEST, FLORIDA, The Key West Ci THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1953 i The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 73 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West FIVE CENTS Mosquito Control Chairman \Buying Power Is High In Monroe County, ® Answers Keys Complaints [ Malaria Bearing | Bugs Completely { Eliminated From | Key West Area f Neil Saunders, Chairman of the Monroe County Anti- Mosquito District today issu- o4 a statement in answer to teriticism levelled at his or- ganization that the upper. keys are not getting service to which they are entitled. Saunders pointed out that the agency, with only one | He addéd that more gmoney is spent in the keys mrea than in Key West to}- plague. ».Complete.text of Saund- er’s statement follows: “The County Anti Mos- been criticized (iat i it a i i [ i f 8 tel Fl i He i jE ae BE giz H f i Fge re NET in t g 2 j int 5 i is f £ | it i : i i 48 = g ay ve | Miamian Is Named To Assume Post Of City Finance Director-Comptroller A 32-year-old Miamian has betn selected to fill the now vacant | post of City Finance Director-Comptroller, it was announced to- day by City Manager Victor Lang. To Appear after winding Eleven Charges ‘ Filed By State Against Sailors In Vandalism school of finance. salary It is a civil service position. Bowen is married and has two children. Staff Works On Final Plans Allan B. Cleare, Jr. said to- day. 4 The solicitor has filed eleven i | i:,! riet i | ff rt ifs Pi = tir i zt ri Special office of Naval th Uy i i aE H ? *f il f rt , Ey ut HH g f E | = H 28 Hi i f i ze ze Fh Hl : | 7 i sf be z i i i f é f z : I : E ; : Hy | : i i i i te unl nit f i [ chi 3 it i [: i 4 2.58 if L Hh | E f j pores NUMBER OF Season High School Football Tickets AVAILABLE AT . The descendants of the as Finance Director will be $450 per month duringjeleven dead Key Westers a six-month probationary period and $500 per month thereafter.|whose graves were desecrat- ed-by vandals in the Key West Cemetery last Febru- ary are requested to appear at the trial of the two accus-! ed sailors next Wednesday at 10 a.m., County Solicitor ee OUANE N. RENVILLE, Torpedoman rell of the AUW School here for heroism im action im Korean wai State Asks Relatives In Case Of Mutilated Graves Here Marathon Man Seriously Hurt In 2-Car Crash Dick Tracy of Marathon is in serious condition at Monroe General Hospital today follow- ing an accident in which ribs and collarbone were broken and lung punctured, State Trooper Frank Cline reported this morning. Constable D. M. Andrew worked the accident which ec- curred when a new Pontiac crashed right into Tracy's Crosley, knocking him out of the car, and injuring him. The accident was reported to Cline. Ortega Gets Six Months Manuel Ortega was today sen- 'tenced to six months in jail after ' |pleading guilty to a charge of ex- hibitionism before a. young girl. Represented by attorneys Will Albury and Enrique Esquinaldo, the small man. remained ut- -|terly impassive during sentencing) .|by Criminal Court Judge Thomas Caro. His attorneys indicated that ill receive medical ic treatment while in the » and and fine in the case of Jack Anes- itey, charged with causing the ac-; (Continued on Page Two) Woman Says Dance Partner Stole Wallet Police Arrest Merchant Seaman On Theft Charge A 2% year old merchant seaman’ jis in the city jail today on & theft! charge after he allegedly relieved a woman of her wallet as they danced in a Greene Street bar,| Wednesday, police said today, According to the report of Patrol- man R. L. James, a man identified as William E, Hughes of the mer- chant vessel Mission Santa Ynez, was dancing with Fay Norcisa, 25, 808 Ashe Street when he took her wallet from her pocket. The wallet contained more than $30, Idiss Nor- cisa said. Hughes then fled down Greene Street to Telegraph: Lane and through Charles Street to Jack and Bonnie’s Bar, Duval Street. He calmly ordered a drink. Police were called and, aided by @ group of cab drivers, ins- tituted a search of the area, find- ing the man in the bar. He was called. outside but he denied tak- ing the wallet. A search of his person revealed that he had $30 in his possession. Jack: Gray, owner of Jack and Bonnie's later found Study Of 1952 Business Activity Shows Retail Sales Of $23,820,000 Show 16.9 Per Cent Gain Over °51 (Special to NEW YORK, —A com activity in 1952 shows that copyrighted survey of buyin, for the year, a marked gain accounted for by local store: Manslaughter Case Continu sleep at the By Judge Caro Two Important Witnesses Are Absent As Case Is Called Today The trial of Lt. Clinton E, Roche on manslaughter in the} Easter Sunday death of Clifford; E. Brown has had to be contin- ued by Criminal Court Judge, The Citizen) prehensive study of business Monroe County maintained a high position among the 8,072 counties of the United States. The findings are contained in Sales Management’s ig power, just released. Monroe County recorded retail sales of $23,820,000 over the $20,643,000 volume s in the previous year, This gain, 16.9 per cent, was a better one than was produced by the nation at large, 8.2 per cent, and by the South Atlantic States generally, 8.7 per cent. The chief factor in the big spending locally was the better earnings of Monroe County families. The data shows that the 9,300 families in the county had a net dispos- able income after taxes of $34,628,000, a gain over the 1951 total of $18,741,- |. 000. The improvement, which amounted to 84.6 per cent, Thomas Caro because the lead-|W#5 @ much better one than ed to locate the widow. who left the area shortly after the insurance ‘was made on her husband's death. Trooper Frank Clirz, who leaves ¥ ‘Though| Sunday for two weeks National Guard duty, with permission of, the Florida State Highway Patrol. It was Cline who investigated the early Easter morning when he j psy 4 a | | } | { } | | , Ist Class, receives a citation ters kota, Renville was presented with the Commendation Ribbon with Combat on the order of Vice Admiral J. Jj. Clark, U.S. Seventh Fleet Commeader. He is now stationed in Key West.—U_ S. Navy Photo, Pe 4 - 4 For lack of these two key wit- esses court has postponed the case until further efforts can successfully locate the missing widow. Magazine Tells Of Key West’s \Safety Program The City of Key West's Auto Mm program received a big boost in the current edition of “Motor” magazine, a publica- tion distributed national'v those in the automotive industry. to The article, which was brought to The Citizen by Arnold Brye local service station operator, points out that the citv’s in-nec- tion program as “a model for a community its size.” Former City Manssrr Dave King is given the credit for mak- the program possible. It was his untiring efforts and devotion to duty that resulted in the safe- In addition to the benefits to was achieved generally, The nation as a whole recorded jan increase of 5.3 per cent. In the South Atlantic States vas-7.5- per cent. e averagé. income per family logally, obtained by dividing -total {ncome by number of families, is given as $8,723. It was $2,348 per family the prior year. The rating of a market depends on various consid- erations, including the num- ber of people, the amount jthey spend and the amount they could have spent, ‘The results are set forth in what is called a “buying power quota.” Monroe County is jrated at .1061, which is the per cent of the national death of Brown which occurred! business that could be pro- duced locally. With only 0145. accounted for last year, considerable business potential is shown to remain. Chamber Gets Aid In Cleanup \Campaign Here Contributions and offers of help to aid the Chamber of Commerce Boulevard clean-up drive are be- ginning to pour in, George Ehrhart, chairman of the Chamber's com- mittee stated today, “A few of us have been keenly interested in this project for a long {time,” Mr, Ehrhart stated, “but it jlooks like the whole community fs ‘behind the movement now.” | i |