The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 29, 1953, Page 1

| =| The Key West Citiss THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. + VOL. LXXIV Me. 237 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1953 Polio Shots Start Thursday At 8:30 A.M. Funeral For Governor To Be Held Wednesday Rites To Be Conducted In Home Church In Ft. Pierce TALLAHASSEE (# — Funeral services for Gov. Dan McCarty wet for 4 — “esr Wednesday for the Bi “hadrews hall Hn oi f =F there at i i #t ‘ : i i it ! ; i i FA it 8 : itl ae aa LE ! | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gov, Dan McCarty”s death w Florida lauded sit beet a i iis if HEE : g 4 E BE st Hf .. Es Hl if Fe the s 4 3 embers of his fam- m Richard Ervin said fine man and a great and it is an almost ir reparable loss to tne state.” Commissioner of Agriculture Na- than Mayo: “I can't think of ter calamity that could ha to Florida—certaini; is é* said Jurtice John E. the state Supreme a former Senate colleague, administer the sath. } governor brings to the jative background that extends back to 1935 when he served in the House of Repre-| Bradford County. he was the embracing Bradford Keen Urges Key Westers To Enter Prize Contest . jannounced today. . | frequent interva’ Johns returned ‘o sored by the First Federal Savings ate in 1944 and bi Loan Association and only since then. U mber Commerce, legislative practice, ae te * ted im 1951 as president of ithe 1953 session by a majority of ithe 19 senators who would held over for the "53 session. This designation two years ago, it was assured that Johns resulted in Johns being governor today. He won re-election to the Senate in 1952) fellow senators went the formality of electing im president on the opening day the 1953 session. There are no indications as to ‘what Johns’ polivies will be = « acting governor. He supported Mc- ‘Carty's candidacy in 162 | Shortly after MeCorty’s heart at-| -jtack Feb. 25, Johns said in re- sponse to newsmen's questions that called to take over the gover-| nor’s office he would try to carry out McCarty’s policies with Me- before would session, acting fist ppointees 1958 legislative session him and the administration frequently opposed. Jobns said last night he would make no policy statements until he had an opportunity to study other the overall governmental picture |He added that he would take no No- official actions witil after the their funeral services for Gov. McCarty Johns was born im Starke. His jfather died in Johns infancy and |he was forced to leave school to help support the family. He spent \29 years wih the Seaboard Airline the Railroad and still carries the union ecard in the Order of Railway Con- also! “fis cider brother, Rverett Mark. is elder r, Ever ark. ovina at whieh melt? Seaen, pneeenes Set a0 ene . tor from the 15th District. Markley missiONETS) johns was named — desig. nate of the 1933 Senate but died registration roll8 nefore the session convened. | short of expect®| Johns is married to the former 4887 voters regis Thelma Brinson of Starke. They have two children, Charley Je- of Registration in the rome, 25, and Markieyana, 10. City Hall will be daily from) johns may be barred from elec- I day OM/tion to the office of guvernor be- all e i i i i fstiell rial 5 i Civilian Children Go To Truman, Harris, Douglass; Navy Dependents To Navy Hospital At 9:00 A.M. The inoculation of 7,800 children with gamma glo-| bulin to prevent polio begins at Truman, Harris and) Douglass Schools Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock, Jeff Knight, chairman of the Monroe County Polio Foundation! chapter announced at noon. Children from birth through 14 years are eligible) for the free, voluntary injections of the polio preventive —|shots, he stressed. From 8:30 a.m. until noon, eivil- o | | Inoculation ian children whose family name| begins with “A” through “G" will |be injected. After 1 p.m. the chil- u dren whose family name is “o" said. R Na Each child must be sccom- panied by © parent er guardian, qualified te sign permission for To Begin At | the child to be se injected with { the anti-pelie serum, Knight For Families With } Plans for the inoculation of ex- “an Pectant mothers are still being) A” Last Names |Wworked out, Knight sald. Polio inoculations for all The injections at Truman, Har- Key West Naval dependents, ™ from birth through 14 and available at the Naval Hos- pital on Thursday and Fri-| Knight has been in steady con- day from 9 a.m, to 12 noon ference with Dr. J. Lancelot Les-| and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Capt. vTaty Mn ed of the a " comm: appointed last, R. S. Simpson, Commanding night, and Mayor C. B. Harvey, and of eae oe R. J. Dalton, Plans are being formulated to County ‘ei irector who made| Provide ‘shutlew bus service at{t few for the gamma globo iis during these)!" Saturday night. | The 58,000 CC's of the precious this morning to- through “Z" will be taken, Knight 9 AM. Thursday seid. all pregnant mothers will be officer, U. S. Naval Hospital leaders of voluntary organizations.| Takes Over Governer’s Duties | TALLAHASSEE. Fia.—State Senate President Charley E. Johns rostrum during the 1953 session of of Starke is shown at Ervin Issues Ruling On Key West Vote Question Today Att’y General Says Those On Federal Lands Cannot Register State Attorney General Richard Ervin today issued a ruling which will prevent a large segment of local serv- ice personnel from voting in the November City elections. The opinion, given in answer © a query by City Attorney M. ignatius Lester, closely approximates one given to Escambia County officials last year. Ervii, in no uncertain terms, backed up an earlier »pinion issued by Lester, hat those living on certain government owned lands in Key West cannot, legally segister to vote in the up- »oming balloting. In a two page statement the At torney General said that under the City Charter, a person who resides the Florida legislature. plans t6'tait® oath as Floride’s act- ing governor shoffly after 6 p.m. today. that position upon the death of Gov. McCarty last might.— @) Wirephoto. ee Johns succeeded to lvote in Key West elections even though such property may have once been a part of Key West The effect of ceding jurisdiction went seas City Financial Report Released wo Si .| Representatives of more than morrow. Parking will be provided *ore of civie organizations volun- at the Naval Hospital for ali de- teered last night to come in and pendents arriving in private cars. >¢lp in the packaging of the in-| It is requested that dependents ‘ividual needles and syringes be avoid Naval Hospital. | inoculations are given to | Or. Dalton issued an eppes! traffic congestion Incculators will be available in the Ward A area of the hospital, and ample guides will be present sides to call him et the clinic, to provide information. an orderly and smooth flow of de-| Thursdey and Friday. pendents through the center all dependents are instruct. patients a day. ‘ed to report to the Naval Hospital physician, five nurses and 24 other jate strictly schedule listed below. Changes, if any, in the inocula. said last night tion schedule will appear in The} Ne new police cases have de- Citizen and will be announced over veloped since Saturday, Or. Dal- Radio Station WKWF. ton said. The total remains st 38. Schedule for inoculations for The need for the mass inoculation Naval Hospital: \of the children and pregnant wo THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1 men was pointed out by Knight First Letter of | (Continued On Page Two) Mour 9:00 A.M. 9:45 10:15 11:15 1:00 1:30 ~ 2:00 2:30 3:15 PM Hour 9:00 AM 10:00 10:30 1s Vv, W, X,Y, Z Only 2 Days Left For Tax Discount | report covering that period inoculation) Each medical team serving 500 jeased today by City Finance Di- $66,663.64. must have one rector Craig Bowen This figure represents both nor. for the operation of the department of tities that the according to the helpers, Dr. C. P. Bernet, State mal funds coming into he city and of public safety which includes the poids on them. In areas where the Board of Health epidemiologist « final cause he was a member of the” 7 ' , y West taxpayers have just wislature which taieed the gov Fp Hin days o which to take ernor’s salary from $12,000 to $15,- advantage of a four per cent dis- part of the United States, similar Ervin went on te sey thet peo For Months Of July And August ‘iss"s.si0" "= “* have # scat im the 1953 leave the hospital area as soon as fore sterilizing takes place at the) Sewer Money Expenditures Are Outlined The city’s income during “non-revenue” receipts, he added Actually, only $75,192.06 wes ebtained from regular sources. The city spent o total of $116,892. 77, oF $1,700.71 more than they received. The reason for the def- icit, it wes pointed out is the fact that the twe months under review are “lean months” since \Life-Saving Polio Serum Arrives | there is ne money | fected from taxation. Collections the preceding twe month peried. telephone 2-2312, 1 they can help months of July and August was To avoid waiting and provide, @* the ineculetion centers en $140,691.42 according to a financial the month was for the operation re-‘of the Public Service Department, being col- fer September heave siready shown @ huge increase over the the jurisdiction of thet state. Otherwise they ere subject te the laws of the United States. Earlier, the City Attorney had sent him a list of government Second greatest expenditure Was iands in Key West and the types United States Largest single expenditure for fire and police departments. It re- quired $23,419.58 to operate those services during the two month (Continued On Page Two) period, the report shows Other expenditures ineluded: Ex Hoover Sworn ecutive, Administrative and Fin on eeas, wae olin As Head (Continued On Page Two) . eae Of Commission WASHINGTON # — With Presi- dent Eisenhower looking on, a new 12-member commission on govern- ment reorganization headed by for-\ mer President Herbert Hoover was sworn in today at the White House. Supreme Court Justice Harold 1. Burton administered the oath. As is bis custom, he read the long oath under which appointees swear not only to uphold tne Constitution but that they are neither Commu- nists nor Fascists, nor members of any organization advocating the overthrow of the government by force The commission iv expected to organize quickly and get down to the job of trying to save money and make the government more efficient through reorganizing an@ —abolishing if necessary functions. The reorganization group is the 12th presidential commission or _ committee set up since the Eisen- 000 a year. LONDON W—The International Closes Tomorrow |i 9Go%.c2 ancais scenes for today the world speed record of Laeger g ls the oS 727.6 miles an hour set up Brit gg well without ‘8% test pilot Neville Duke Sept.7 Judge Raymond count on their current tax bill, ij was pointed out today DR. R. J. DALTON, County Health Director, received the 58,000 cc's of gamma globulin and 48 cartons of 7.200 syringes and needles at Meacham Field when the 7:62 National Airlines plane brought in the vital supplies’ Inoculations of 7,800 infants and children through 14 begins Thursday morning at 8:30 at Truman, Harris and Douglass schools for civilian thildren of those areas. Navy children and expectant mothers are being inoculated st the Naval Hospital, ac cording to schedule in accompanying story —Citizen Staff Photo by Finch. °