The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 19, 1953, Page 1

The Key West Citi THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS aoe Red Cross Chapter Votes With New Case} To Join Community Chest Navy Cracks Down On Sanitation see ocvree | Campaign At Meeting Fri. One new case of polio was reported today, bringing | sees Eleven Organizations Will cheer aeopmet 12 Absentee | Participate In Chest Drive Bice —_ a _ Ballots Cast hired penis Connie semerese: ——_ Red —_ ee eee eke Water Tame | Comcsanky Cost asters oot unlareay early in Neer Dalton, county health offic-| _ Twelve absentee ballots have | ber. . s eas been cast for the water bond ~ The move, in effect, will eliminate the necessity of er, said. She is a civilian. lecti i : “Levt year there were 14 cases The ae sicelisbaacs conducting two seperate campaigns for funds. Key West of polio in the county and ne! oniy, will decide whether a sec- | Das joined nearly 200 other Red Cross chapters in the es LanaTe CeneneICM, tx western tome, ok on | SS Gan, deats Hom: Oe | Go aera amt | nation who are affiliated with Community Chests of Jordan's Arab Legion points to mat-covered bodies in Kibya, Jordan-held | disease. wine pony races pong ; ik Jannat 2 pearance tre A 2 i it w eeping e see Jerusalem. Jordan accuses Israeli troops of killing 66 persons and veduc- Meanwhile, naval officers were! in bonds will be sold to finance spirit of the community if we Kibya to rubble in a border-penetrating attack Wednesday. A Jordan spokesman said inspecting naval housing projects) the new line. would unite with the other welfare the Palestine war may flare anew unless the UN and Big Three Western powers with an eye on the sanitation re-| The deadline for registering organizations of the city - especial- halt Israeli military action across the armistice line—(P) Wirephoto via radio from London, ene as lec by Rear) and for casting absentee bal- “|ly since the Navy is not sponsor- mi George C. Towner, com- mander of the Naval Base here. | 29, Asti . a Magee poe: y jing a charity carnival this year, ° said Rev. Ralph Rogers, president Admiral Towner made it clear ‘ e It Or Not, Twenty Years Ago ther "noncompliance, with, bic | of reetetretion, pelted out t- et the County Bad Coens Chaater. directive to keep quarters clean | He added that he will mail .| solidating the drives it will “make West: Had Some Wetter Weather . Y would be the basis for eviction of | absentee ballots to those desir- “ it easier on the community.” ing them or the ballots can be Highway Travel | Campaign expenses will be low- cast by calling at his office in er and less time and work will y the county courthouse. — be required from those partici- an added his figures today and found that total er t Year pating, it was pointed out. beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday and ending at 8. m.| gyi eqnaty, he wes delivered : f However, the local Red Cross Saturday was .92 of an inch, Sunday saw! died of polio was still on the Building permits were up for Chapter has reserved the right to . serious list today in the Naval ; Sen. Smathers atenber, compared = the conduct a fund drive in the county 8 same month last year, postal outside of Key West since the ee leeceipts were down. Chest Campaign will be limited to The figures were disclosed today|the city. at tes in Trends, monthly publication of| They also said that they will be sKey West Chamber of Com-/“receptive” to any special gifts directly to the Red Cross, business ‘analysis section | William R. Neblett, who will building permits total- |head up the local Chest drive, wel- jcomed the Red Cross to the fold, apne at “dt will bea big help. te us. } : Mea lanning for the ten- tative Nov 1 kickoff date for the Communit§§ Chest campaign, Key West's in five years, is advancing. The Budget and Admissions committee met Sunday to review budgets of ten organizations who 7 hi indi¢ tha’ Id Water Meeting Uke to. participate, in the’ benefits ° Key West Business and of the Chest. Each agency is re- Postescloral ‘Woman's Club will quired to submit their budgets for we Reporting ss * the year so that the Chest officials may determine their quota. “helping to preserve American lib-| KWH of electricity used totaling} They will study the proposals erties even while in POW camps.”’|3,702,411. That was an increase ov-| throughout the week and next “In the meantime if there arejer the 3,333,034 kwh used in Sept.,| Sunday will meet and grant each said: 1952. group @ ten minute hearing to “Naturally the whole country re-|_ Letters received by the Cham- | discuss their requirements. foiced at the release of our men| ber of Commerce dropped from | Each agency will be required to justify each expenditure, Ben Knepper, a fund raising ex- tegen hia Cae Hi e i ih ree Tl sEcte FEGget | “bli of i ce thelr Se torium fine i Ht nf eee i) £. iss sg i i i Bee, Ae if SEee - z FI ig ws gE | iF it ui i i | iu month, Visitors te the Chamber of Commerce office also declined from 425 in Sept., 1952, to 390 in t : § and hew thankful 1 am /a billboard was being erected at you were permitted te re- |Krome Ave., and Tamiami Trail, —_—_—. to the home shores and be [urging eastbound Trail motorists to your loved ones again, fabs the shortcut to the heys, Thel Uw OO C, Slates “You know that as a veteran you|Homestead and Key West Cham- (Continued on Page Six) (Continued on Page Six) Vote On Chairmen For Divisions The Key West Chamber of Com- A ex s? sin an i be i I wouldn’t want to say at|Keeping the toll from who. I want to talk with| The takeoff came after a them personally. I saidjof more than rege pro i that those I want to/Was only about ign I will ask—and I will ask|funway when it shuddered plunged through a grassy m: about one-half mile from Jamaica fe ad g fie HH HHL rr ball RoR will serve as chairman of the \Chamber’s nine classified business divisions, The groups into which the organization’s membership is divided are automotive; wholesale- retail; restaurants-bars - amuse- HE th i fe Ht gs Le ff Persons connect-jsituation has created a serious! arrest” questioned/health menace — particularly in| following published reports!view of the city’s potlo situation.! : is found a number| He added that he will recom-| Ito him, e tae’ gehen Ps Sy es Most of ne u-carty spmoictees/ Has Light Agenda : man of oe divson “ help to accomplish the job if neces-| 7 mae hold | Tagen re — = : j rhasase" cueinnan, acy sary. He said that a survey of the|‘; . ‘tending ant ve icati : : after situation Sunday showed that stag-| they will not submit resignations; The City Commission will tackle nant water is overflowing into|® fact today on a small scale, a'voluntarily until a man is elected @ light agenda tonight at their reg- ‘yards, Scores of complaints have|Postam I was the only candidate} to fill out the last half of the Mc-(wlar meeting in the City Hall. reached him. to sponsor . Carty term beginning in January,| Chief item of business to be dis- n 7 1955. ‘cussed will be a resolution appoint- -|ferently from what I advocated,jof statements, Johns announced manager. Lang has sbut I believe both are much im-jhe was not accepting the resigna-jon a temporary tion offered last week by Conser-/resignation of -jvation Supervisor Charlie Bevis, a the summer. q ii jay is|McCarty appointee. | The commission will also YY. + See Classified Page— No. 10 |}s23,000. been| Motor ‘Vehicle Commissioner E. the payment, of bills i SYRACUSE. N. Y—SPCA attendant Edward Jones holds Mal 5 c " in lard drake which was found floating in a creek south of the OTHER HARDWOODS nevertheless|V. Fisher also offered to quit be- bill for $1,310.02 . F F a 4 Westmorland work.|fore the acting governor issued t presented city recently, its neck pierced by an arrow. The arrow was STRUNK U held relativejhis statement suggesting resigna- Company and a payment of $1; removed by Jones, who reported the drake appeared “little 120 Simenton St., near Coca Cola (Continued On Page Two) ‘Continued On Page Six) Pe x the worse for wear.”—() Wirephoto. —= or ‘ : » ’ : -E 3 ii Hh } i a7 é E g eft tee ifs