The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 4, 1954, Page 1

Polls Close At 7 P.M. — Be Sure YOU Vote Today ! ‘Ney West, Florida, has the most equable elimate in the country, with an. average gange of only 14° Fahrenheit | VOL. LXXV Ne, 106 Mass | GG Injections Will Be Given Here This Week Friday Set For Navy, Civilians ‘Mass gamma globulin in- oculations will be given here Thursday and Friday. Dr. C. W. Morrison, coun- ty health officer, today an- nounced those days for the GG shots and also reported Key West’s’ twenty-second polio case of the year. The new case is that of a 25-year-old white woman, a Police School Folds For Lack Of Interest A police school sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been. cancelled because the Key West Police Department failed to show the proper enthusiasm, The Citizen learned today. Officials said today that of the city’s 27 police officers, only one man put in an appearance for a class in traffic investigation. This week’s session was the third in a series of courses sponsored by the FBI at no cest to the city. Earlier, courses had been held in small arms and judo. Only one police officer attended the judo course, how- ever. Sheriff's Dept. Navy Participate However, four members of the Sheriff's Department investiga- tive staff of five men attended the school. The Navy sent 18 mem- bers of their shore patrol and security details to the class. City Manager Victor Lang, who was instrumental in arranging for the training program, had “no comment” on the discontinuance of the school program. He added that he had not been officially notified that the FBI had called off the program. Police Chief Bienvenido Perez, said however, that the reason the police did not attend is because they were not notified of the time early enough to be there.” : Two sessions were held daily so that both day and night shifts could attend. Police were given overtime pay for attending the ir ip sarheoRiEe bi 3 i E if j ie a Eee i i i 5 9 5 i fi el i i i I | il eft Es ii i When he was notified that the course had been discontinued, ef- fective immediately, -Perez said that he had no comment. Allen Calls For Cooperation Tolnerease Tourist Business Commissioner Addresses The Key West Motor Court Assn. tion “between''the city’s motel op- ‘with the city and county governments as part of a concert- ed efforts to improve Key West's 583: Absentee Votes Are Cast By the deadline at 5 p. m. yesterday, 583 absentee ballots der, supervisor of registr Pinder sent out 613 applica- tions for absentee ballets. The ballots probably will be count- ed at 9 a; m. tomorrow by the | Canvassing Board which is composed of Pinder, Gerald Saunders, chairman ef the beard of county commissioners, and County Judge Raymond the city to make é& more attractive Lord. i to tourists. Allen said that we have taken our climate and natural quaintness for granted while other Florida communities have gone all out to impress themselves on the travel- Delegates From Vietminh Are At Geneva Now By EDDY GILMORE GENEVA, #—The U.N. allies in Korea were reported today ready-| ¥ ing a compromise proposal for uni- | “ fication of the occupied, divided peninsula. This development was reported by a highly informed source as a delegation of five Vietminh Rebel leaders arrived today from Indo- china to join the impending talks aimed at ending the seven-year war in that Far Eastern battle: The source reporting the pro- jected Allied proposal on Korea said it would be a “very difficult thing” for Russia, Red China and North Korea to turn it down. The Communists reaction to the Allied proposal, the source addéd, would determine whether there is any real chance of unifying the divided country and holding free elections there. Since its beginning, the Korean phase of the Far Eastern confer- ence has been stalemated by each . | Side’s insistence on its own plan For (Continued on Page Two) County Commissioner WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, JR. Capable | (Becend District) LEVER 23-A Aggressive (Pd. Pol. Adv.) * For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— The Key West Citis . THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1954 Judge Caro Buys Votes--For KWHS May Day Queen Criminal Court Judge The- mas S. Care yesterday stood in the lebby of the county court heuse and bought votes, Newsmen watched the trans- action but Judge Caro appar- ay didn’t care. He just grin- But the busy grand jury won't investigate Judge Caro. The judge was buying the vetes for 14-year-old Darlene durezynski, Key West high scheol student. Each penny counts as a vote and the girl whe collects mest votes will be named May Day Queen tomer- row. The money gees toward a Gaver ana be thai sheteueees: Dignitaries Are Invited To Cuban Fete City, County And Navy Are Asked To Attend = = aeF e242 if day, also suggested a cleanup of| and 3 County Com: missioner and Mrs. Joe Allen; City Commissioner and Mrs. Delio Co- ‘bo; Engineer and M: A. Sax- CG _A total of 10,209 persons are re- gistered as voters in Monroe Coun- ty. Here, according to Sam Pin- der, supervisor of registration, is a breakdown of the registration by Precincts: No. No. No. No. No. No. No. $ : Tritrlr le gag ehtgagh? SESFSSSS #88 TaRRGRES Fite tnd E 2 i=} 2,896 Vote rs tenants or workers . PRICE FIVE CENTS At Polls Before Noon 80 To 85 Per Cent Tarnow Of Registered Voters Seen By DENIS SNEIGR Monroe County voters flocked to the polls today, climaxing the county’s hottest election campaign with whet looks like a record turnout. Up to noon today, 2,896 persons had voted. There are 10,209 registered voters in the county. Observers of the political scene predicted an 80 to 85 per cent turnout of those registered. COULDN'T, VOTE—This woman was among scores of would-be voters who was unable to cast her ballot because she had failed to return her registration card to the County Supervisor of Reg- istrations before the deadline. Failure to return the card re- sulted in automatic: removal of the name of the voter from the Sheriff’s deputies were patrolling the precincts but up to The Citizen’s press time, Sheriff John Spotts- wood said there had been no trouble. Here is the vote by precincts as . 1 — 195 . 2 — 200 » 3— 100 . 4 — 230 . S— 156 6 — 100 7— 151 8— 174 9 —.129 10-— 162 11 — 14 12 — 106 No, 13 — 277 lists-—Photo by Karns. Distinguished Cuban Guests. Political Future Of Sparkman At Stake In Primary By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Five states hold primaries today "| with national attention focused pri- "| marily on Alabama, where Demo- cratic Sen. John J. Sparkman’s political future is at stake, and on Ohio, where Rep. George H. Bender seeks the Republican Sen- ate nomination. Bender, whose home is in Cleve- land, is opposed by Wdliam Saxbe of Mechanicsburg, speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, for the GOP nomination for the re- maining two years of the term of the late GOP Sen. Robert A. Taft. Sen. Thomas A. Burke, former Cleveland mayor now holding Taft’s former seat by appointment, has no opposition for the Demo- cratic nomination. He will face the Bender-Saxbe winner in the November general election, A light vote was’ forecast in DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES The Award Sponsored by the Ladies of the Latin-American Social Club, has been postpon- ed until TUESDAY, MAY 11. 8 P.M. in the SAN CARLOS BUILDING. . A Cuban Navy gunboat will binrg a group of distinguished guests from that country to Key West May 20 for the celebration of the Fiesta Alegre y Beneficia. That information was released today by a committee planning the affair, who journeyed, to Havana last Friday to extend official invi- tations, The group included Com- mander Ray H. Bryns, juvenile judge Eva Warner Gibson and Ju- lio Cabanas, Jr., president of the San Carlos Institute. May. 20.- 21 have been: officially proclaimed by the city and coun- ty commissioners as being set a- side for the festival being staged for the benefit of a Juvenile Home building. fund. May 20 marks the 52nd anniversary of Cuban Inde- pendence. ‘ War Veterans A Cuban Navy band, a detach- ment of sailors and a group of men who served in the Cuban war of liberation will be included in the group of visitors. The distinguished visitors will in- clude General Daniel Gesper, Col- onel Afredo Lima, Plutarco Villa- lobos, now serving as the treasur- we 8 of Cuba, and Dr. Gonzalo Ques- Dr. Nicola Perez - Hernandez, minister of defense, acting on be- half of president Batista assured the committee of his hearty co- operation and that of the Cuban government. He also expressed re- great that Mrs. Batista could not . 14 — 238 No. 15 — 260 No..16 — 92 No. 17 — 152 TOTAL — 2,896 Greatest interest centered in the three-way race for state represen- tative, Victory Predicted Supporters of all three men— Bernie C. Papy, the incumbent, and the two men who are seeking the office, Dave King, former city manager, and Mayor C, B. Harvey —confidentl: i ly predicted 5 At the county court house, about 50 persons showed up to inquire about their registration status. However, at all polling places things went smoothly as the vot- ers kept the machines busy. Elsewhere in the state’s 1,724 precincts, interest centered in the three-cornered race for the unex- pired term of the late Governor Dan McCarty. Early Returns One of the first’ precincts to re- port a final vote was Brown’s Farm in Palm Beach County. Of the 13 votes cast in that pre- cinct, 10 went to Acting Governor Charley E. Johns and three to Brailey Odham. LeRoy Collins got none. The three candidates for the De- mocratic nomination for governor all voted in their home towns. The departure of Acting Gover- nor Johns from Tallahassee was (Continued on Page Two) Grand Jury Is Recessed Today Monroe County’s busy grand jury met for an hour and 25 minutes this morning, Fifteen jurors were present. The body recessed until 10 a. m. tomorrow when it will meet with J. Lancelot Lester, Monroe County state’s attor- ney. On Thursday at 10 a. m., the jurors will meet with Jam- es McEwen, Tampa state's at- torney assigned to the toll dis- tirct investigation. |Record Armed |Forces Day Observance Set Saturday, May 15, will be the fifth annual Armed Forces Day, a day set aside each year on which the nation inspects its defense team. Citizens, including service- men and women, will again have the opportunity to see how the U. S. is maintaining power for free- dom and peace. Plans for this year’s celebration are shaping into the biggest Arm- ed Forces Day show this area has ever seen. Scene ‘of most of the operations for Armed Forces Day will be at Bayview Park and along Garrison Bight. Stati¢ displays will be avail- able to the general public in Bay- view Park, and the Navy is at- tempting to arrange for a jet en- gine display that will illustrate a jet actually in operation. Navy “Open House” Free boat rides will again be of- fered to the general public at “Open House” to be held Saturday, May 15. Boats will leave from in front of the Administration Build- ing No. 124 and eruise in and a- round the island. “Open House” on the Naval Station will begin at 1 p. m., and guides will be present to provide information. The American Legion has an- (Continued on Page Two) LUIGI — een Luigi's Italian Restaurants 227 DUVAL STREET KEY WEST 435 WASHINGTON AVENUE MIAMI BEACH Announces He Is Now Owner and Operator of THE SAND BAR 224 DUVAL STREET ERNIE BERGEN PIANO VOCALS - Playing All Your Requests Also for Your Entertainment, Phil Milo FORMERLY OF THE TRADE WINDS Enjoy Our Free Pizza Snack Nitely