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Vote Tomorrow — Polls Are Open From Seven A.M. Until Seven PM. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average fenge of only 14° Fahrenheit For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just VOL. LXXV No. 259 Filming Starts Wed. For “The Rose Tattoo” Hal Wallis Here; Burt Lancaster Is Due Tomorrow The cameras will start grinding Wednesday morn- ing as the first scenes of Hal Wallis’ production of Ten- nessee Williams’ play, The Rose Tattoo are filmed. The shooting will start in a Dun- | Ken West Citisen SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1954 IN THE U.S.A. DIAL 25661 or 2.8882 Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Batista Is Unopposed In Cuba Presidential Poll TV Argument Slaying | Grau San Martin Pulls Out; Minor Violence Is Reported ean St. residence, adjacent to that | of playwright Williams, according | to officials of the production com-| pany. | ‘The Home was chosen as the re-| sidence of Serafina Delle Rose, the central character in the play, to, be portrayed by Anna Magnani, | Is Probed By Coroner A coroner’s jury today probed the case of a Navy wife who fatally shot her husband in an argument over a TV set.’ Justice of the Peace Ira Albury and a six-man cor- | oner HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Cubans voted under part- ly cloudy skies today in a presidential election that, through the last minute withdrawal of Ramon Grau San Martin, is returning Fulgencio Batista unopposed to the Island’s White House. A 72-year-old former president, Grau quit the race Italy’s ranking actress. Work on Details Meanwhile, members of the com- pany got down to work today on the myriad details of producing the movie. Producer Hal Wallis arriv- ed in the city last night to super- vise personally work on the film. ‘The company has set up an office in the lobby of the Casa Marina Hotel. Burt Lancaster, who will play the male lead in the picture, is due in Key West Tuesday. He is pre- sently in Cleveland after directing one of his own films on location in Kentucky. Playwright Williams, who did the screen adaptation of, “‘The Rose Tattoo,” is also expected to arrive here Tuesday. Local Personnel Final interviews of Key Westers being considered for minor parts in the film will probably be con- ducted this afternoon. Director Danny Mann, dialogue director Mickey Knox and assist- ant director Richard MeWhorter have been screening applicants for several days. Mickey Renna, president of the Key West Players has been aiding in this phase of the planning for the film. Key West high school students ‘will also appear in the movie in scenes to be shot in the high school auditorium, Publie Civil Defense Meet Set Tomorrow A public meeting for further discussions of Civil Defense will be held at the City Hall on Tuesday, at 8 p. m., it was announced to- day by Charles Curry, chair- man of the local Civil De- fense Committee. This meeting will be a follow-up of the one held last week at the Jaycee Clubhouse. Local response to the last meeting was indicative | of the need for a larger place to meet. A steady increase in atten- dance is anticipated for forthcom-| ing meetings as the local Civil De- fense Program is implemented, Attendance Urged At least one representative with authority to make comnritments in| ferendum would cost the taxpay-| py behalf of his organization should be present at the meeting for every | needlessly. Dr. DeCamp added that | movie on civic and fraternal organization in| the trend in Florida is to approve/ The B the city. County and city commissioners are requested to attend, since Je-|city of Naples voted for fluorida-| mer gal aspects of the program will be tion; the city of Belle Glade weht | Mrs. Ben Ada under discussion and certain poli- ey-making decisions will be consi- dered. All members of the organza- tional committee are urged to be present at the meeting and any in- dividual interested in furtherance of the local Civil Defense pro- gram is also invited to attend. PEACE DESIRE TOLD SAIGON, Indochina — Indian Prime Minister Nehru says Chi na’s Communist rulers want peace to carry out 15 or 2 years of intensive industrial development. i and their families. Opposition Is In Minority. State Man Says There is a good chance that Monroe County’s water supply may be fluoridated in the near future, according to Dr. Floyd DeCamp, Direc- tor of the Dental Health De- partment af the Florida Board of Health in Jackson- ville. Dr. DeCamp made that revela- tion today during a meeting of Monroe County teachers to discuss dental health problems held in the Harris School auditorium. “Not Based On Fact’ Dr. DeCamp, in commenting on the sprinkling of opposition which popped up in the wake of the an- nouncemerit that controlled fluori- dation of the county water supply to reduce dental decay among chil- dren was being considered, said comes from a small minority and it is obviously not based on scien- tifie fact.” He added that he does not think a referendum on the question is necessary in view of the endorse- Ments that have been voiced by civic groups in Key West “A large number of Key West- | ers seem to think it is a good thing — it is a fair indication of the wants of the people,” sad Dr. De- Camp. Referendum “Neediess”’ He also cited the fact that a re- ers a large amount of mone} | fuoridation at the pools. |} He pointed out that in July, the JOSEPH J. GROOM, M.D. EYE SPECIALIST Will Be Here For Consultation On Saturday, Nov. 6 FOR APPOINTMENT CALL DR. J. A. VALDES Phone 2-7821 CUB SCOUT JAMBOREE—Cubs of Den 4, Pack 251, are shown as they operated their dart game concession at the big Jamboree held Saturday afternoon in Bayview Park for all Cub Scouts The Jamboree was hailed as an outstanding success.—Photo by Spillman. Dr. DeCamp Sees Likelihood Of Fluoridation For County (Community Concerts Drive Is Over The Top For Fifth Year . At closing time Saturday night it was clear to see that the workers had once more completely sold out the seating capacity of the Convent Auditorium, ee > There will be three brilliant con- for it by a 2-1 majority and that | certs this season, two of them Fort Lauderdale is in the process | 8Toup attractions. i of installing fluoridation equipment. | The association has been making Dr. DeCamp cautioned the large | SPecial efforts for some time to group of teachers at the meeting | V@TY the season of concerts with that 95 per cent uf the elementary | More group attractions. school children in Key West need| The season will open January some sort of dental treatment. |24 with the Corelli Ensemble of Tooth Decay | Rome, Italy. This string group is “Dental decay is the second most | famous in Europe and is making a prevalent disease known to man, | Second triumphant tour of Ameri- exceeded only by the common|ca this season. They will also play cold,” he declared. jin South America, Puerto Rico, He expressed confidence that the | and Cuba city and county commissions would |soon join Key West's medical and} dental men in approving fluorida- | Rabin to Key West. tion. aa Een | Rabin has just turned eighteen The Navy's approval is expected | and has been a sensation since his Violinist Slated February 16 will bring Michael to be forthcoming shortly. Dr, De that “the opposition we are getting | | Camp pointed out that the S 8 General of both the Army and the | Navy have endorsed fluoridation debut three years ago as soloist | *|with the New York Philharmonic Since then he has play-} | Orche all of the major sym- "3 jury visited the little three-room house at 904 /|/ast night after the five-man Superior Electoral Tribunal | Olivia Street where the shooting occurred about 5:30 {Unanimously rejected his request for postponement of the p. m. Saturday. The husband, James P. Blaton, Jr., a gunner’s mate first class on the USS Robinson, was shot, po- lice said, as he stood on the back steps of the house. His wife, Eleanor, 28, fired one shot from a .22 caliber rifle. The bullet struck Blanton in the chest severing large blood vessels and causing a fatal hemorrhage. Ran Outside Blaton, police added, ran through the house, out the front door and collapsed face down in the gutter, only a few yards from the fence of city cemetery. His wife ran out into the street after him and when police arrived was bending over Blaton, sobbing: “I didn’t know the gun was load- ed.” Blaton was dead on arrival at the Naval Hospital. Police took Mrs, Blaton to the county jail. It was not until yesterday that sheriff's deputies told her that her husband was dead, Wife Weeps Mrs. Blanton broke down and cried hysterically. A doctor and a Navy chaplain were summoned to the jail. A spokesman at the saeriff's de~ partment said he did not know if the doctor gave Mrs. Blaton seda | tives. A coroner’s jury composed of George Schrieber, foreman, and Orlando Rodriguez, Berlin A, Saw- yer, Lionel Plummer, William Ad- ams and Winifield Russell, along with Albury and a sheriff's de- partment representative, visited the death scene this morning. No Verdict Today Albury said he was lining up wit- |nesses and that he did not expct |a verdict from the jury today. According to Police Lieutenant | 15 Candidates ‘Are On Ballot For Tues. Vote Name Of Deceased GOP Candidate Is Still Listed Key Westers will go to the polls tomorrow to vote on 15 candidates — al) un- opposed — and on seven constitutional amendments. The ballot will show the name of only one Republi- can nominee — J. Tom Wat- son, who died recently. The amendment that most vital- ly affects Monroe County residents is No. 6, an amendment providing for consolidation of the city and county tax assessors offices. Candidates Named left to right on the ballot are: Leroy Collins for governor. Dante B. Fascell for congress- man from the fourth congressional district. Glenn Terrel for state supreme court justice. Harold L. Sebring for state sup- reme court justice. John E. Mathews, supreme court justice. Aquilino Lopez, Jr., for judge of | the 16th judicial circuit. for state The candidates, reading from) s they will appear | |J. Cerezo, Alexander Lubinski of | Wilbur C. King for railroad and the sie paar Ft oe | Public utilities commissioner. velt Blvd., went to the fon | Jerry W. Carter for railroad and | and that approval on the local level | Shony orchestras }is expected to be routine, ee a r Ear pecsent at today’s meeting | The concert season will were Miss Mary E. Quay, Dental! Health Educa of the Fiorida Board of He and Miss Betty Warner, D Consultant of the United States Publie Health Ser- | vice in Washington. Panel Discussion The group held a panel discus- | sion which touched on all of preventative dental hea } cluding nutrition and fluor The patiel was in a uoridation is desirable The group th saw a 15 close ranger - accompanist have been }mamed one of the finest musical attractions in America by the Na- | tional Society of Music. Widely Lauded They have been singing as a phases | group for seven years, and their nation-wide tours are completely sold oat each year The Men of So lovers, fri and Jazz n their extensive tc ed by a special i ne White House to sin President and Mrs. Eisen- id he Classics | Me inc’ nders of the dis d: Dr. C. W. M roe County Healt of the Monroe County Superintendent of | Public Instruction Horace O’Bry- ant; Dr. Delio Cobo, Raymond Bia isof the Poinciana Elementary School facult d Mrs. Ruth Kra- mer, public ith nurse. Dr. DeCs was moderator for the discussio’ CAYO HUESO GROTTO Benefit COUNTRY STORE DANCE Sat., Nov. 6, 9 till *?° ELKS CLUB ANNEX Music by JOHN PRITCHARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA Door’ Prizes Adm. $1.00 Public Cordially Invited THEY UNDERS TAND BUILDING — at Strunk Lumber 128 Simonton, near Western Union i a TV set, been drinking and that she would | “cool off in a little while,” the po- lice report continued. Dispute Told Mrs. Blaton announced that she ‘would shoot the first person who | brought any part of the TV set | into the house. Lubinski, police said. told her he house Blaton told Lubinski, the police not that kind of a woman.” Blaton then entered the house. A few minutes later he staggered out, pointing to his chest, and collap- sed. Lubinski did not hear a shot, po- lice said Had Two Drinks | At the police station, Mrs. Blaton told police that he had drunk one beer and one whiskey. The Blatons had one child, sal ll-year-old daughter of Mrs. Blat- on’s by a former marriage, accord- ing to Judge Eva Warner Gibson | of juvenile court. Mrs. Gibson said that the girl had been a ward of the juvenile | court for the past six months. Blaton’s parests live in Dariing- ton, S. C. vag | j home Saturday afternoon to install | phic utilities eommissioner. William R. Neblett for state sen- March 3 with the Men of Song. | Mrs. Blanton objected to the TV) ator from the 24th senatorial dis- These four singers with their ar-| Sais told Lubinski his wife had| trict. sentative from Monroe County. William A. Freeman, Jr., for county commissioner. William R. Warren, Jr., for the Monroe County school board | Keller Watson for the Monroe | County school board. Here are the polling places where ing music for | Would not bring the TV set into the Monroe County residents will vote tomorrow: Precinct 1 — NCCS Building, .|report added, “that Eleanor was | Duval and Virginia Streets. Precinct 2 — Rear of the Cave (Inn Bar, Petronia Street. | Precinct 3 — High School Cafe- teria, Whalton Street. | Precinet 4 — No. 3 Fire Station, Grinnell Street. Precinct 5 Street. | Precinct 6 — Monroe County | Court House. | Precinet 7 — City Hall. Precinct 8 — William and Flem- ing Streets. Precinct 9 — Grinnell and Elgin | Streets. | Precinet | Street. | Precinet 11 — Truman School. | Precinct 12 — High School An- | nex. | Precinet 13 — First Street and 700 Elizabeth — 1001 Southard Bernie C. Papy for state repre-| Batista, the one-time army | sergeant revolutionary who | forced his way back to the top in a 1952 coup, counter- | ed this attack in a television speech. He said Grau pulled out “because he knows he | cannot win” and urged a full turnout. Uncertain Number How many would vote was still to be determined, but there were good-sized crowds standing in line | outside many Havana polls as they | opened at 8 a.m, There was a flurry of minor} violence in the night. Two unidenti- fied persons drove by navy head- quarters in Havana and fited sev- eral shots, The guards fired back No one was reported hit, A bomb exploded in the Cuban Telephone | Co. office, wrecking a window and} nicking a thumb of a woman pass-| ———J|election 8 or 10 days, He denounced the election as a farce and called for a voter "s boycott. ballots. Grau has said, however, that under the rules of his Cuban Revolutionary party (PRC) none can accept offices or seats in the Congress even if they get the most votes. An estimated 20,000 police, sol- diers and sailors stood guard at the 8,319 polling places and other strategic points throughout the is- land to keep order following a cam- paign filled with terrorist activites and severe government crack- | downs. No Casualties Yor No casualties were reported up to the eve of the election although | bombs exploded in scattered places the last few days. Security forces, making surprise raids and searching automobiles, said they uncovered hidden bombs, arms and ammunition and arrested | more than 100 suspected “subver- sives.”” Universities were closed to ing in a car outside, Cuban air force planes roared | over the island and along the coast | today to spot any potential trouble. | Motorcycle policemen patroled the | streets. About 20,000 armed men—! police, soldiers and sailors—stood guard at Cuba's 8,319 polling | Places and at other strategic spots to maintain order | Other Names | In addition to a president, the island republic is choosing a vice president, a new Congress, six gov ernors and many mayors and less- er offcials. Approximately 2% million Cubans were eligibie to vote in the elections, Cuba’s first major ballot- ing in six years. Grau’s name and those of his followers will appear on the secret aa \Give TODAY For |Haitian Relief This is the last day te con tribute to the Haitian Hurricane Relief Drive. A truck is com- ing from Miami headquarters tonght to pickup the Key West contributions. Charles Smith. co - chairman said contributor can call the city police to heave packages picked up. —_——_— SS SS BLAST TRY FAILS FALL RIVER, Mass. » — The} arrest of three boys who stole 22} sticks of dynamite and some gun- power and then tried for days | set off an explosion was reported by police early today | | | Flagler Avenue. | Precinct 14 — Poinciana Ad- ministration Building | Precinct 15 — Marathon Chamb- er of Commerce Building Precinct 16 — Old Matecumbe Sehool House Precinct 17 — Clinic Building at | Tavernier | All retail of intoxicating bever-/ { ages is prohibited during the hours j the polls are open. Prevent demonstrations. Firearm permits were withdrawn. Police blamed the campaign dis- turbances on Communists and fol- lowers of ex-President Carlos Prio Socarras, whom Batista over+ threw. Prio, in exile in Florida, already had called for Cubans to boycott the election. Charging that the cards were be- ing stacked against him, Grau asked for several changes in the election procedures and repeatedly threatened to quit the race. The electoral tribunal rejected his de- mands that his party be given equal representation on election boards with Batista’s four-party coalition and that crowds be al- lowed to assemble at the counting places, Postponement Asked Finally he asked yesterday that the polling place chairmen an- | Mounce results instead of the tribu- jnal and that the tribunal appoint inspectors in 126 municipalities to j watch the polling on his behalf. The tribunal agreed to this, but Grau said the decision came too late to be effective. He demanded | @ postponement He announced his final withdraw- al to a crowd gathered in the garden of his villa. Charging gov- ernment persecution, he said the Batista regime had jailed his fol- jlowers, taken away identification cards necessary for voting and ¢ stroyed press freedom In his retort, Batista said that if jthe postponement had been grant- ed, the opposition later would have asked that the balloting be suspend- ed. The 53-year-old ex-coloncl re- iterated his promise of a free elec tion ‘in a “peaceful climate.” C. W. Morrison, M.D. W. R. Ploss, D.D.S., M.D. Announce the OPENING OF THEIR OFFICE at 1019 FLAGLER AVENUE, KEY WEST For the Practice of General Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics HOURS: 10:00 - 12:00, 2:00. 5:09 Telephone 2-3865 Y—VOTE DEMOCRATIC MONROE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE s (Paid Politleal Adv’t.)