The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 2, 1954, Page 1

? Do Your Duty As A Citizen — Vote Today — Polls Close At 7 PM. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an “average range of only 14° Fahrenheit eee SSS Charge Is Filed In TV Slaying Mrs, Eleanor Biaton, the TV killer, was charged late yes- afternoon with first de- the inquest will be at 2 p. m. Fridey. , Mrs. Blaton, 28, set quietly In her evil in the county jail. Police seid she shot her hus- band, James P. Blaton, Jr., 29, late Saturday afternoon in an Installation of o home at 904 police said, did set in the arrival at the Naval Hospital. Buddy Poppy Sale Planned For Nov. 5-6 VFW Head Meets With Committee To Plan Evént The local Veterans of Foreign Wars annual Buddy Poppy cam-| paign got off to a flying start last | night when post commander Char- | Jes Machin addressed the Auxili-| ary Committee workers who will sell the symbolic flowers on Nov. | 5 and 6. | ‘The Commander outlined the oy-| eraif'plans for the sale and strefs- ed the need for increased effort in) this year’s sale if the V.F.W. is to continue operationof its National Home for widows and orphans of veterans at Eaton Rapids, Michi- gan, on the same high scale as it has in the past. Obligation Noted “We have an obligation,” the commander said, “‘to the departed fathers of those children. They gave their lives so that others might live; now we must continue to show their efforts were not in vain by giving their children at clean and healthy anks to people like you,” he continued, “we have not failed, but this year in the face of increas- | ing costs we must redouble our ef- forts if we are to continue to suc-| ceed.” Commander Machin also pointed | anything, and it surely does, “The Rose Tattoo” is go-| ing to be a great motion picture. That fact was evident this morning as preparations |for the filming of Tennessee Williams’ play advanced at out that in addition to the money that goes to the National Home, a| large share of the money remains here in the community to help local needy veterans. | Made By Veterans ‘The Buddy Poppy is made by veterans who are still hospitalized | and they are paid for. their efforts. “But even more important,” the commander said, “top medical au- thorities have told us that giving those men something constructive to do is often a far greater cure than all the medical treatment in| the world.” | “Let's not fail these men,” he concluded; “Our motto is to honor the dead by helping the living; this is our chance to put that motto to pracical use.” Mrs. Eula Sawyer is chairman for this year's Poppy Sale. | NEW MEMBERS NAMED | FOR PLANNING BOARD | Four persons were appointed to the city planning commission last | night to replace members who - @ not attended meetings regu- | y. The appointees: Col. Alvin R. ¢ d os Se PLAXWBIGHT #HERE—Tennessee Williams, a visitor to Key West. arrived here this morning to be present for the filming of his play, “The Rose Tattoo.” his Duncan Street home after a trip this summer which took him and New York. Accompanied by his secretary, Frank Merlo, he drove here from Miami.—Citizen to Italy. New Orlea: Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Filming Tattoo” To Start By JIM COBB If the enthusiasm of the the Casa Marina hotel. Everyone concerned with the pro- duction from producer Hal Wallis and cameraman James Wong Howe to character actors Sandro Giglio and Georgia Simmons, make no secret of the fact that they think they have a winner in Wil- liams’ drama of passion and emo- Anna's Choice And the fact that Italian actress | Anna Magnani chose the vehicle for her long-awaited American film debut is pretty good reason for believing that she is sold on the | play which tells the story of a wo- | man’s obsession with the memory of her dead husband and the burn- ing fear that he may have been’ un- faithful to her, Sandro Giglio, a veteran charac ter actor who interrupted a vaca- tion in Italy to play one of the key Taxi License Moore, Larry Eschen, Charles Cur- ry and Laura Brophy. Ordinance Tabled THE Che Key West Cilisen SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Light Vote In DIAL For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers + «+ Just 2-S661 or 2.5662 Today PRICE FIVE CENTS onroe Count | Follows Trend All Over State he aX regular winter He's shown at | Polling Places Action Today Voting was light through- | out Monroe County, a check jof polling places showed late this morning. None of the 15 candidates jon the ballot in this county was opposed. Here is a rundown of the |county’s 17 precincts taken {late this morning, showing | the total votes at that time: Precinct 1 — 26 Precinct 2 — 32 Precinct 3 — 14 Precinct 4 — 36 Precinct 5 — 36 Precinct 6 — 12 Precinct 7 — 26 Precinct 8 — 45. Precinct 9 — 18 Precinct 10 ~ 27 Precinct 11 — 26 Precinct 12 — 14 Precinct 13 — 34 Precinct 14 —~ 32... Precinct 15 — 52 Precinct 16 — 25 Precinct 17 — % The total was 491 votes. Elsewhere in the state voting al- Of “Rose actors and technicians means | roles in the movie, that of Father DeLeo, summed it up this way: “It’s one of the best parts I've/ had. Tennessee Williams is one of | our greatest artists. He writes, not} to show us how beautifully he can} write, but how truthful he can be. {1 like that.” | She Knows The Life The play hing new to} actress Georg Simmons, who} say she is a “Georgia Cracker” b: birth. She played the part of k Strega (she'll do it it in the film in the road company of “Tattoo. La Strega, a witch-like charact-) er who continually harrasses Se- rafina (Anna Magnani) in the play. Miss Simmons says, is a natural} for her — st been playing such parts for ye She got the part.) she said, wh Williams in know you'll be broke by the time | you get home so you may as well | play the witch.” c who has won more than his share of Academy Awards, is another who is enthusiast‘: about putting The appointments are effective nance changing the res j uirement for obtain es in Key Wes night until the next eeting of the city com immediately, j « ae —..| taxi tabled regular mussio: The ance states that appli | cants live in Key West for least one year prior to the date ton, Previously, the law ten years residence. The ast REGISTER NOW Single Girls between the ages of 16 and 20 years of age are requested to register this week enly for “Conch Bowl Queen” to be chosen at the Elks Club Dance on Nov. 20. Will be crowned at the game Dec. 3. Pensacola Naval Air Station vs. Eglin Field Army Air Foree Sponsored by KEY WEST LIONS AUX t conduct an inves. character of appli Commissioner Louis Car- asked that the ordinance be so that it would require ission approval for taxi licen- “The Rose Tattoo” on film. Good Character Types ve ve got a lot of good charac- ter types appearing in the picture which will give us a chance to create mood I spe effects. And the Key West settings are wonderful — we couldn't dup- licate them anywnere,” said Howe, who has lost not a bit of his en- thusiasm after 38 years in the bus- iness. He added that the lighting here is “sharp and crisp—just what we need.” Howe, who has won acclaim for his technique of instilling action in- to film scenes, is particularly hap- | Py about working with Miss Mag-| (Continued on Page Five) ‘ } so was reported slow. Didn't Make It The Associated Press reported that Brown’s Farm, traditionally one of the first precinct in the na- tion te report its complete vote, missed out today. Of 10 registered in the rural precinct 13 miles southwest of here, seven voted early in the day. The three missing votes were those of a man who was visiting a brother in Vgssissippi, and a couple which moved to La Belle, a com- munity west of Lake Okeechobee. Hope was expressed that couple would drive in from La Belle and the Mississippi visitor would fly back to uphold the early voting tradition, but it proved vain. Precinct officials sat around for lornly awaiting the missing three. FSU Physical Ed. Director To Speak Here Dr. Howard G. Danford, head of Physical Education at Florida State University, nationally - known as an author of various books relating to Physical Educa- tion, and an authority on recrea- on, will conduct a public meet- ing Wednesday evening, 8 o'clock, t the Poinciana hool Auditorium. His topic for the evening will be “The Con- tribution of Public Education to Democratic Citizenship.” Hearing} rr. Danford will be of interest to all persons, especially those work- ing with children. Danford’s visit to 9 West is mainly for the purpose of instructing an extension course in| Physical Education to the teach- ers of the county. The Rotary Club will have Dr. luncheon Thursday afternoon. Here See Little’ the | Elementary | | | GOOD CITIZEN—Sam Hart. 324 William Street, was com- mended last night by tHe city commission for good citizenship. The resolution honoring Hart said that “his innumerable acts of good citizenship over a period of many years personified the good citizenship to which all citizens should aspire.” A volun- teer firemen for many years, Hert bas also been first in line to NAL Asks A representative of Na- tional Airlines has proposed to the airport use panel that NAL and Aerovias Q use ithe Navy airfield here in- | stead of Meacham Field. In a Washington dispatch today, the Associated Press }said the Air Transport As- | sociation (ATA) favors the switch of commercial air- | lines from Meacham to Boca Chica Naval Air Station. The ATA represents NAL along with the other scheduled airlines. Only last week, a major stumb- | ling block to the proposed im- provements at Meacham was re- moved when the Chief of Naval Operations rejected objections to the field by Rear Adm. G. C. Towner, commander of the Na- val Base. Towner sought to block the pro-| posed improvements by asking the Chief of Naval Operations to re- commend that the $130,000 Civil Aeronautics Authority grant be kill- | ed. | However, the Chief of Naval | | Operations turned down Towner’s objections and did not bring the matter before the CAA. Towner said extension of Mea-/ cham’s east-west runway would, bring Meacham traffic and Boca} Chica traffic into conflict Apparently the Chief of Naval Operations did not think so. In Washington today, Ai, pot? his city taxes for mere then y, half cenutry, Use Panel For Terminal Switch The airport use panel is now studying a request for improve- ments at Meacham with a proposed expenditure of $640,000 including $130,000 in federal funds, Flynn said. The ATA, he said, has no objec- tion to development of Meacham from a general aviation standpoint. But he added ATA felt it would be more desirable for commercial planes to. use Boca Chica, Runway Propose! He said Monroe County is pro- posing lengthening the east-west! runway at Meacham. Traffic mov- ing from this runway in an easterly direction, he said, would move to- ward Boca Chica 3% miles away and create a traffic hazard. National, Flynn said, is now op- erating Lodestar planes into Key West because of the limited runway | Space at Meacham. The air line, he continued, is getting rid of its Lodestars and will use Convairs and DC6's. The Convairs, he said, will barely be able to get into Meacham while DC6’s cannot land there. National would like to operate DC6 coaches into Key West, Flynn said, and could if Boca Chica were made available. The air line, he added, would like to give more service and see Fey West further developed as a resort area, Similar Set-Ups The use of Boca Chica by Na- tional, Flynn said, would not be setting a precedent. He said com- Increase In Volume Seen at midday, Navy Man Hurt Critically Here Two Navy men were injured, accident on Roosevelt Bivd. early today. According to the report of Patrolman Brian K. Lloyd, the accident occurred when a Navy jeep, reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed, failed to negotiate a curve near the Na- val Hospital and overturned. Listed in ciritical condition with a head injury was Robert S. Levine, 22, of the Naval Sta- ‘tion. The other sailor. Chester Thornton, 19, was said by Na- val Hospital officials to be in fair condition with lacerations on his left arm and severe abrasions. The accident occurred at 1:45 am BoatRide Lands Pair ‘In City Jail By DENIS SNEIGR A leisurely Sunday after- noon boat ride landed a man and a woman in the city pokey today. It all started Sunday aft- ernoon, according to city po- | lice, in a downtown saloon. said: “Let's go for a boat ride.” Off They Go So Pat, Kathleen Szcyzt, 23, of 713 Windsor Lane, and two sail- ors, ‘Lary Curtis and Kenneth McGaha of the USS Raymond the A and B Lobster House dock. Tolson, police said, pointed to the shrimp boat Cudjoe and again | suggested a boat ride. “Who owns the boat?” Kathleen wanted to know. “I'm the captain,” Tolson sai The party of four climbed a- [board the Cudjoe and Tolson steered the boat away from the | dock, } Stuck In The Mud Very shortly the Cudjoe was i mercial airlines are now using 115/ stuck on a mud bank Roger | airports in the country along with! They fiddled around for a few | Flynn, a spokesman for ATA, said | the military and that 32 are strictly | minutes and got the boat off the |the plan for joint Navy-airline use |of Boca Chica has been placed. be- | military installations. Flynn said the ATA requested in | tional to use Boca Chica but was jturned down on the basis that ‘Department of Commerce. | bank, | Ten minutes later they ran the ‘ameraman James Wong Howe, |Danford as guest speaker at its|fore the airport use panel of the January that the Navy allow Na-|Cudjoe on another mud flat. “We got a ship-to-shere radio here,” Kathleen pointed out. “Let's A bunch of the boys were whoop- | ing it up when Pat Tolson, 33, | all piled into a cab and drove to |} For Closing Hours In Fla. By The Associated Press Floridians were voting slowly in today’s general elece jtion but there were indications of an increase in volume Some of the more populous counties reported a bare trickle of ballots in the early morning, With greater num- bers voting in the afternoon, advance estimates still held good that 500,000 ballots would be c ast by poll closing ———time at 7p. m. Two hard-fought congres- sional battles and scattered local issues — but not a single exciting statewide contest — left a majority of voters unexcited and unhur- ried. Jacksonville reported voting was slow in Duval County. One precinct with a registration of 620 had no ballots cast by 8:30 a. m. Another large precinct where yotes were cast at a rate of 300 an hour in the primaries had only 40 votes two hours after polls opened today, The only contest in Duval County was for commissioner of the Flor- ida Inland Navigation District, Miami Slow Carl Holmer, registration super- visor in Dade County (Miami), at first said the voting pace was “aw ful,” but later reported a quicken+ ing volume of ballots cast. Tallahassee, Tampa and Gaines- ville reported very light voting. Generally fair weather was on tap throughout the state. The only statewide contest—the governorship race between Demo- crat LeRoy Collins and Republican J, Tom Watson of Tampa—was j erased when Watson died Oct. 24. Collins, a state senator, was left unopposed to fill out the last two years of the unexpired term of late Gov, Dan McCarty. However, Watson's name will ap Pear on the ballot in some counties. In other it won't. The Watson votes will be tabulated because of the jlaw that if » party polls 20 per cent of the vote for governor: it | must select its national commiliee members and national convention |delegates by direct primary elee- tion. Disputed Votes Heaviest voting is expected in |the St. Petersburg-Tampa (First District) and Central Florida (7-5 District) areaz where Democratic j incumbents have rugged opposition from Republican opponents, In the ist District, Republican | William C. Cramer is making bis second effort to unseat Democratic incumbent Courtney Campbell. | Cramer lost to Campbell by less |than 2,000 votes two years ago. | Republican E. B. Sutton, a for- }mer Democrat, has waged a hard |fight to replace Rep. James 3 | Haley, a Democrat, in the 7th Dis- | trict. Seven proposed amendments to |the State Constitution are on the | ballot but none has aroused much interest. Most significant is one to permit the Legislature to extend its bien nial 60 day session an additional 3% days and increase ‘egislative {pay from its present $10 a day while in session to a flat year- round monthly salary of $100. Others would: NOTICE A Public Hearing will be held by the City Planning Commission of the City of Key West, Florida, on Monday, Nov: ember 15, 1954, at 7:30 P.M., at the City Hall, for the following purpose: 1. Consider request “A” the Southwest corner of Truman Avenue and North Beach Road, fronting 39 feet on North Beach Road and 100 fee: ‘were adequate existing facilities call the Coast Guard. They will | when the Meacham situation was and that the Navy did not want to come pull us off this mud bank.” offer competition to Meacham. She turned on the radio. ATA representatives met with, ‘Nothing doing,” said Tolson. the airport use panel last week | “If we call the Coast Guard we might get in trouble.” discussed, Flynn said. The panel,| He turned off the radio. which will decide whether Meach-| Sometime later, they got the am is adequate for commercial; Cudjoe off the second mud bank airlines, will issue a report soon. | (Continued on Page Five) for rezoning to Business | am is inadequate. Flynn said, ATA will again press the Navy to allow National to use Boca Chica, He declared ATA did not see why federal funds should be spent in improving Meacham when it would | be inadequate to accommodate the | larger planes now proposed for the » Key West run. t on Truman Avenue. CECIL CARBONELL, Chairman. If the panel decides that Meach-; GOOD HOUSES SHOULD | BE PAINTED WITH BEST PAINT SOLD from | STRUNK LUMBER | 120 SIMONTON ST., near Bank | Give the governor 20 days consider legislative bills after sine | die adjournment before they auto- | matically become law. | Bar use of state funds on turn- |pikes extending into more than three counties, Permit more than one eounty judge for larger counties | Authorize the Legislature to per- mit consolidation of county and municipal tax assessment and col- | lection, Permit the Monroe County tax | assessor to assess all property ia | the county for all tax purposes. Permit an additional judge for - Escambia County Court of Ree-