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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27
Sullivan Appeals
Tax Fraud Claim
OF $3O.746.W
BY FRANK o'BRIEN

WASHINGTON lR - James A.
Sullivan, the former sheriff of
Miami, Fla, has appealed in US.
Tax Court here against govern.
ment tax fraud claims amounting
to $3O,746.
Sullivan said in a recent petition
filed with the Tax Court that no
fraud was involved and that hi
was the victim CT returns filed
for him by another person.
The government made the
claims for the years 1945, 1916,
and 1947. The Bureau of Internal
Revenue advised Sullivan on
March Is, 1851, that it considered
returns filed for those years to be
joint returns with Sullivan's wife
Ethel Sullivan.
The government alleged that the
SullivanS reported in 1945 a net
income of $3.50 but had net in
come of $17,036. In 1916, the bu-
reau said, the SullivanS reported
net income of 6,436 but actually
had net income of $50, 511. In 1947,
the bureau said, the Sullivans re-
ported net income of $16,27O but
had a net income of $20,326.
Fraud was involved in all the
returns, the Bureau of Internal
Revenue charged.
The bureau said that for 1945
the SullivanS owed additional taxes
of 1921 and a penalty of $2,115.
For 1916, the government asked
additional taxes of $14,3S1 and a
penalth of 81 100. Back taxes for
1947, the government said, were
1885 plus a penalty of $943. This
totaled $40, 49S in back taxes and
penalties of $1O,248.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27
Senator Spessard Holland
Makes One-Day Key West
Visit With Old Friends
MEETS WITH
LEADERS AT
LUNCHEON

There's never any dearth of pro.
blems in Key IVES, because of its
location and the fact that the Navy
has chosen this Island for some
large-Scale operations, Senator
Spessard Holland told The Citizen
yesterday.
Among those problems that he is
trying to help the city most are
the water crisis and the sewer sit
uation.
Yesterday Senator Holland met
with Ernest Ramsey, manager of
the Florida Keys Aqueduct Comm
lsSlon to discuss civilian water pro.
blems. The Navy has recently OBJ
tanned $495, 900 appropriation for
expansion of pumping facilities and
well resources from Florida City
on down the Keys.
On Key Vests efforts to obtain
81 500, 900 in federal loan to mod
ernie its debilitated sewerage Sys.
tenn, the white haired Senator said
ne would do all he could to help in
the move for Federal funds.
The Senator said that he has al
ways been fond of Key West, hav-
ing spent six months here at Fort
Taylor at the outset of World War
|.
II remember such friends as the
OttoS, the Porters, Judge Winning
Harris"
On the legislative level Sen. Holl.
and said he will continue to push
for enactment of his states control
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27
Abe Aronovitz Blasts Opponents
Figures On Dog Racing Percents
Urges Key Vest
To Vote "YeS''
On Tuesday

A last minute plea for
the cooperation of Key
West people to approve the
dog track was made by Abe
AronOvitz, president Key
West Kennel Club in an ad
in The Citizen today.
The track attorney scored
a group who refused to
entity themselves" who
had another ad in The Citi-
zen opposing the track.
Aronovitz said:
I'VE state unequivocably that at
the end of any day, the law re-
quires that the total percentage
of all the play shall only be II
percent for any and all purposes,
including the five percent state
tax"
Aronovitz said that the anony-
nous advertisers had charged that
if you bet $4,000, by the end of
the first race there will be only
$S. 300 left and il continued TO be
bet by the end of the tenth race
there will only be 81 1863 remain
ing. They ask Who gets the diff
ference?"
ArOnovitz said this Is "prepos-
ferrous logic"
This disregards the fact that
there will be winners (amongst
whom the SO percent is distribut-
ed and that winners do not bet
their entire winnings on the next
race. II disregardS the fact that
they do not always play the same
amounts.
II disregards the fact that new
players will be entering into the
grounds, at subsequent times and
after different races.
The logic is on the same par"
the attorney said with the state
u,ept that a child weighing twea'
poia at the end OF oBds wear viii :
wei2h two hundred pounds at the
END OF len years The same
$4,000 referred 10 In the groups
advertisement bet during any Day.
irrespective Of any numC1r of
persons, or any amount bet in
Continued On Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27
2 Men, Woman
Are Jailed For
Assault Today
Police Have Busy
Night On PctrOnia
Street; Three Are
HOspitalized

Three persons were jailed and
three more hospitalized in a rash
of fights and Standings on Petronia
St. that kept the police depart
ment in a Other early this morning.
The first incident that sent police
rushing to the area involved Mrs.
Christine Corbett of 3OS Southland
Street, who was taken to Monroe
General Hospital with cut on her
head after being hit on the head
with a gallon jug that required
five stitches. The woman said that
she had been in a fight with a man
known as Grady B. Little who was
arrested by police patrolman Her
man Conley and charged with ass
ault and battery with a deadly
weapon. He is being held in the
City jail
Later police were sent to the
same area when James Jordan
was involved in a fight with Will
lam Harvey. Jordan was rushed
to Monroe General Hospital with
four inch cash under his left eye.
According to the police report, Har-
vey struck Jordan with a length
of lead pipe.
Harvey is in the city Jail on a
charge of assault and battery with
deadly weapon and fighting.
Less than a half an hour later.
violence erupted in the same vicin-
ity when Mrs. Mable Dean was tax
en- into custody on an assault
Continued On Page FOUR
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27
Sheriff-EIect
SDOttSlUOOd
Says He VIII
Stop CarniUaIs

City Commissioner John
Carbonell and Attorney Ju'
Illus Stone, Jr., came out ir
strong statements today
against the establishment OF
dog racing at Stock Island.
The attorney says he il
against the track because OF
the tremendous drain on the
economy of Key West.
81 have already voted against
the track, because ] may have to
be in Cuba on airlines business
Tuesday" Stone said.
The City Commissioner based
his outspoken opposition on the
fact that he also feels dog racing
would be a "detriment to the
economic structure of this COM
munity."
In an open letter released today,
Carbonell addressed the "voters
of Monroe County and my many
friends who have always support
ed me:
81 have been a public official of
the City of Key West for Is years.
l have always been very liberal
minded official. Being liberal
minded does not mean that my
policies have no limitations, and
I after having conscientiously stud
led the proposed dog track queS-
ton, want to say to you that |
am definitely against the proposal
of a dog track to be operated in
Monroe County, as | feel that it
would be a detriment to the Geo.
nomic structure of this communi-
ty.
"A dog track would drain too
much money from the many low
income civilian and Navy people
of this area. Little children would
60 without shees. and not get the
proper nourishment. Bills will go
unpaid with the storekeepers.
Don't be fooled about this SO
percent return, apd just three per-
cent for the dog track owners.
friends! If you can't FIGURE it out
frineds! If you can't figure it out
get good honest mathematician
and someone who knows the story
to show you that since there are
10 races a day, and 80 days of
racing, that the take would be
considerably more than three per-
cent of the available money to
bet.
81 have no axe to grind. and my
Continued On Page Five)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27
Comes Back To
Get Cut In
Our Payroll
A Dog Track Is A
Gambling Institution
That Lives On Losses Of
Men And Women BettOrs

Key Westers, the speakers for
the dog track proposal in Bay
view Park Thursday night could
have thrown at you all the soft
soaping words in the dictionary.
and yet could not have hidden
these two GLARING FACTS:
1.-The promoters are ALL
outsiders. One of them has point
ed out he was born and grew up
in Key West, but failed to men,
ton he left for Miami many
years ago and has resided there
ever since.
"A dog track Is a legalized
GAMBLING INSTITUTION. It
thrives on the money lost by bet
tors. If we permit this proposed
GAMBLING INSTITUTION to
be established on Stock Island, 1t
will feast on money derived from
our payroll.
Our Sheriff cites the success
OF dog tracks in other cities. He
knows his beloved hometown is
different from any other city in
Florida. He knows we have no
back country on which to draw
to replenish our payroll: he
knows that, il We get the dog
track. the GAMBLING INSTI-
TUITION will get a Cut out of
our payroll.
Our Sheriff would not do any
thing knowingly TO hurt the Ole
Rock he loves so we'll. but doesn't
he know the GAMBLING INSTI-
TUITION would HURT IT. Doesn't
he know il will bite into the paw
checks of hundreds of his friends
who have stood firmly by him.
He has three more months to
serve. Let him retire with sweet
peace in his conscience. How
would he feel when he came 10
realize he helped to bring TO
Key West a GAMBLING INSTT.
TUITION that would bite into the
psychecks Of his many friends
ANTI DOG TRACK
COMMITTEE.
(Advt.l
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27

Key West. Florido. has the
most equoble climate in the
country. with On average
ronqe OF only 40 Fohrenheii
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27
AID TO BIAZA FAMILY
INCLUDES $3.50 GIFT

When B. A. Biaza's house burn.
ed down at Poinciana a few weeks
ago, he was really in a tough spot
for he lost just about everything
he owned. His buddies at SurAs-
DevDet and 0perational Develop
ment Station and also few civil
lians working for a private con
tractor at OpDevSta Clipped in $3.50
to help him our. which proves
the Navy does take care of its
own
Arizona sun., 1952-01-25
EDITORS NOTE
BOOK

Tt isn't very often that Phoenix
is blessed with as much excitement
as it has this week. In fact, it is
ordinarily dull in these parts for
most of us.
The limelight at present, is TO-
cused on the Phoenix Country Club
where Joe Louis and his three
Negro companions are competing
in the $4,000 golf meet here. This
is another "first" and it gives us
a chance to redeem ourselves from
the stigma of the Reed case = just
closed last week.
The Negro woman who was de-
MED the chance to show her boxing
wares at Madison Square Garden,
was number two on the excitement
agenda this week. This young lady
had to take "a walk" after the
city fathers turned thumbs down
on her match here.
The weeks luckiest person is
Mrs. Ophelia Myers of 1908 E..
Washington ST., who retrieved her
purse which was snatched from
her by hoodlums sometime ago. 1t
was found in the bottom of the
drained Grand Canal with the con-
tents still intact except the cash.
No doubt this seasons baseball
in the SWI League will take on
added interest if the arrangements
are completed that are being con-
templated to add to the league a
Negro team One thing sure, the
directors have a keen eye for bus
iness.
Another encouraging note for
this week is: This column has
been informed that for the first
time, 1870 of our city clubs and
organizations have consolidated
their strength for a common cause
= the Infantile Paralysis cam
paign, which will be demonstrated
Wednesday, January 80, at dance
which is to be given at 333 West
Washington. This is further proof
we can and will get together for
"a real worthwhile cause.
Arizona sun., 1952-01-25
Race And Golf

One of the porodoxco situations which hos been
the world of sports the Son Diego golf deal in
voIvng Joe Louis. We all know the story very WE'LL
The story Louis pvgistic life in which he is
example Of greet sportsmonshP He met oil
regardless Of and noono origin Nevertheless the
temporarily closed him in San Diego by the PEA
After brief but effective bottle, Joe out.
significant ho Phoenix, hUmiioed by the oct OF one
group the Reed burial displayed and
he spirit democracy by inviting ond allowing Joe and
several Negroes participate in the PGA tourney here
as We all should pin bouquet on the oPe
Of the great sports found in Phoenix
desire and hope that others in the community who
control hotels and other concerns which
bar Neoroes heed and do right oso. America expects
at least.
Arizona sun., 1952-01-25
Walter Bimson Urges
Restraint In Arizona
Water Solution

Walter r. Bimson, president OF
the Valley National Bank, today
urged that AriZonans "act with
wise restraint while seeking a
sound solution of this problem of
water rights" If the situation is
exaggerated, Bimson asserted, mil
lions of outside dollars necessary
to finance Arizona crops and farms
may be frightened away. He fur
ther declared that the banking in
stitution which he heads will con-
tine to lend money to farmers "as
it always has" based on sound lend
ing principles.
In a formal statement of bank
policy, Bimson says:
Because the Valley National
Bank has always played a major
part in financing the farmers of
this state, it is appropriate to an
nounce that the recent ruling of
the Arizona Supreme Court con-
cerning underground water rights
will not change our policy of lend
ing money to farmer customers
for the protection of crops during
the coming season.
Arizona sun., 1952-01-25
Delegation To
Represent
President

Washington, D. G.. (NNPA)-
President Truman designated Mon
day a four-man delegation to rep
resent him during the Inaugural
ton ceremonies of President w. V.
S. Tubman of Liberia, which will be
held in Monrovia January to IA.
Chief of the American delega-
ton to the ceremonies will be the
American Ambassador to Liberia,
Edward R. Dudley. Other members
of the delegation are Mrs. Mary
Mcleod Bethune of Daytona
Beach, Fla, and Carl Murphy of
Baltimore.
Major General James S. Stowell,
commander of the Continental Di-
vision Military Air Transport Serv-
ice, United States Air Force, with
headquarters at Kelly Air Base,
San Antonio, Texas, completes the
delegation.
Mrs. Bethune is founder and
president emeritus of the National
Council of Negro Women and
founder and president emeritus of
Bethune-Cookman College at Day
tona. Mr.. Murphy is president of
the American newspapers,
which are published in several
American cities, and chairman OF
the National Negro Press Assoca-
ton.
General Stowell, a 1924 graduate
| of West Point, commanded the Cen
tral African Wing of the Air Trans
port Command during World War
II and in June, 1914, became com
manding General of the North At
! rican Division of the ATC, sta
toned at Casablanca. He became
temporary major general in Feb
ruary 1914, and has held his pres
ent assignment since 1850. He
holds the Distinguished Service
Medal, the Legion of Merit and the
! Air Medal.
Mr.. Tubman is being inaugurated
for his second term of six years.
Before beginning his first term as
President in 1914, he visited the
United States as guest of the late
President Roosevelt.
Arizona sun., 1952-01-25
N.A.A.C.P.

Following are committee chair
men of the N.A.A.C.P. whose names
were omitted from the printed list
Of last weeks issue. They were ap-
pointed by the president at the
regular January meeting. Enter
tainment chairman, Mrs Geraldine
Solomon, co-chairman. Mrs. Mary
Cross; Veterans affairs, DR.. Lowell
c. Wormley and o. w. Phillips,
Tr
Arizona sun., 1952-01-25

Alan Ladd and John Ireland stage
a savage knife fight in Hal Wal
lis "Red Mountain" which Ladd
describes as the toughest screen
battle of my entire career"
John Ringing North, executive
head of Ringing Brothers-Barnum
and Bailey Circus, makes his screen
debut in Cecil B. DeMille'S "The
Greatest Show On Earth"
Arizona sun., 1952-01-25

Mary Lee Jones, Holly
Springs, Mississippi, is grateful
for the March of Dimes assis-
tance she has received. Her air.
plane splints, long brace and
supporting girdle enabled her
to return to school after hOspi-
talization for an attack of polio.
The 1852 March of Dimes runs
fhrouph Jaruarv 31S
Evening star., 1952-09-02

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per, l8" length. White.
pink. Sizes rs to "a.
b. Royon sotin lostex pan
eIed oirdle. Sizes 1852,
pink and white. IS" length,
7.o5; l7"--------------
{. Pull-on panty, pink, white.
S, IA, or /. Matching eirdIe
also ovoiloble at 5.95.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1952-10-04

A. Prescott, Mr.. and Mrs, Ralph
Chisholm, and Miss Lorena Cuz-
zens.
Also Mrs. Claude Bland, Ber-
nard Neal Biller, Mrs. Alice A.
Casneau, Miss Eleanor Cherry,
Mrs. Gertrude Clarke, Miss Ruby
Colley, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Crockett, Miss Irma D. Docket,
Miss May Flemming, Mrs. Charles
H. Flood, Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Freeman, Mrs. Ella S. O'Ban-
youn, Mrs. Ebba S. Perry, Mrs.
Joseph L. Pollard, Mrs. Suzanne
Percival, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter ].
Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.
Williams, Mr.. Paul E. Woodward,
Mrs. Anna B. Marshall, Mrs. AL
onza Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel
o. Lindsay, Miss Romayne Lynch,
Mrs. Blanche Chandler Morris,
Mrs. Arthur F. Morse, Miss Vivi-
an Millmors Mrs. Gladys A.
MacAdoo and Mrs. Blanche c.
Nelson.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1952-10-04

DR.. Sllas (Shag) Taylor
The State Democratic Party
held a convention last Saturday,
all day, at the Hotel Bradford
and made plans for conducting
the campaign. Addresses were
delivered by several leaders and
a state platform was adopted.
DR.. Silas F. Taylor was mem
Der of the platform committee.
Among planks is one on Civil
Rights, an uppermost issue which
may decide the November cleo
ton. This plank was the eontri-
button of DR.. Taylor.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1952-10-04

work Of 80 scholars who labored
Is years to revise the scriptures
in the light of modern scholar
ship, was released for distribu-
ton.
In the Boston area, the churches
Joined in a statewide program
under the auspices of the Mass.
Council which arranged for SER
vices in more than 5000 cities
across the land. The Bible OBJ
rNanceS program conceded with
the celebration of Religious Edu-
cation Week and will eliminate
in World Wide Communion Sum
day on Oct. S locally and through
out the world in churches of all
denominations.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1952-10-04
GLYNN OPENS new HEADQUARTERS

After a smashing victory in the
Primaries Rep. William A. Billy
Glynn's campaign for reelection
goes into high gear at his new
headquarters located at 95 Rox-
bury st. Opposite the Roxbury
Municipal Court House,.
Rep. Glynn stated in a. PRI-
MARY VICTORY RALLY to over
200 of his workers (who came
from all wards of the city,,
"Since l am a candidate for re-
election from my home Ward 9
and this is not city wide cleo
ton, I am compelled to wage my
campaign from my new local
headquarters at 95 Roxbury st.,
where I can be reached "a hours
around the clock by the constitu-
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1952-10-04
HERMANN CAN'T
IN DEBUT OCT. 9

Sponsored by the Women's Ser
vice Club of Boston, Hermann
CAN'T, bass-baritone, will give
his Jordan Hall debut Thursday
evening, Oct. 9, at $3.50.
The Women's Service Club Ex-
ecutive Committee, Margaret L.
Youngblood, chairman, and a
committee of officers: Mrs. John
B. Hall, president, Mrs. Beatrice
F. Ware, secretary, Mrs. o. H.
Fitzallen, treasurer, Mrs. Cora V.
MacKerrow and Mrs. Ethel Smith
have the arrangements in charge.
Sponsors of the concert in
clude: Miss Marion Anderson,
Arthur Fielder, Leonard Bern
stein, Melville Smith, A. Minturn
Sedgwick and Madame Serge
Koussevitzky.
Patrons of the concert are: Mrs.
Charles H. Flood, Mrs. William
A. Doe, Mrs. John T. Bottomley,
Mrs. Leonard E. Fulbright, Mrs.
Pearl Armstrong, Mrs. Hamilton
Jones, Mrs. Jenny CAN'T, Mrs.
John Inman, Mrs. Esther Wilson,
Mrs. Marguerite Gibson, Miss
Alice Falvey, Miss Priscilla j.
Dorr, Miss Zenobia Maclin, Miss
Marjorie Prescott, Miss Harriet
S. Curtis, Miss Marion j. Romans,
DR.. and Mrs. John B. Hall, DR..
Robert S. Macklin, Mrs. Antonio
J. Cardozo, Herbert G. Austin,
Mrs. c. F. Shaw, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hoffman, Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
rad A. Barrows, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. F. Whiting, Mrs. Oliver w.
Moody, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Bernard
Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM w.
Wright, Mrs. David NJ. Small, Guy
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1952-10-04
CHURCHES MARK Bible week

Thousands gathered in Protest. !,
ant churches throughout Greater
Boston on Tuesday night in SOL
emn tribute to the new revised |
Bible, fifth authorized revision
since 1889.
Special services were held IN
each community under the aus
pieces of ministers associations
and councils of churches. At
each service, five persons We're
called from the audience and pre-
senteC with an engraved COPY
of the new bible in recognition
of their special contribution to
the work of the church and the
life of the community.
Likewise, distribution of the
new Holy Bible, the finished
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1952-10-04

The Flower Club of 18th Bap-
tiss Church will present the IA
nous Ellison Duo in an After
nom Concert this Sunday at $3.50
pm in the Auditorium of 18th
Baptist Church at which time the
SINGING Ellisons will present one
of their best programs of the
year; They will build their pro-
gram around the great music
Masters such as Schubert,
BRAINS, Franz, HUM, Schumann,
Porgelesi, Mozart, Speaks, Nevin,
Handel, Charles, Niles, Johnson,
Buneigh.
Called "Vocalists Of Distinc-
tor, Henry and Ruth Ellison,
natives of Atlanta, Georgia, were
icontinued on Page Five)
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1952-10-04

HUMAN BONDAGE, winch is
the same as communism, was
glorifed by advocates of early
American slavery for many years
in literature. The stories about
IS a m b o" and "happy slaves"
stayed on shelves. Abolitionists
and editors who opposed such
thinking were mobbed even here
in Boston. But other writers
spoke" and cured the ill.
THE JEWS, who recently OBJ
served their famous Holy Days,
are even today being subjected
to a new and rising tide of anti
semetism which possibly could
match that of Europe unless it
is curbed. But few editors of
Boston or elsewhere, are demand
ing such writings be banned.
Yet as long as there are writers
free to combat this and any other
un-American propaganda, the re-
forms will be made.
81 80 &c
CoLORED TROOPS in two
world wars, and in Korea, have
been serenaded with all sorts of
literature, loudspeakers and other
persistent propaganda from Ger
mans, japanese and Russians. 1t
did not work, even when their
kin was being lynched and their
homes destroyed. There never
was and never will be greater
loyalty test than this. That fact
should be noted by those now
stirring up ''hysteria."
80 - 80
BEN FRANKLIN demonstrated
by his actions, the ability of Am
orleans to think clearly and SEN
sibly for themselves. So did
Thomas Jefferson, the House Of
Adams, and, of course, John
Hancock. The American people
were wise and intelligent enough
to brush aside the ''blarney' Of
King George, Kaiser Bill, Hitler,
Benito, and TOTO without BURN
ing the books" And good Am
orleans will always reach good
opinions. Even in elections.
80 - 80
THE POLITICAL campaign
has very much to do with the
current campaign to confuse and
bewilder the people. There are
forces which would indict the en-
tire Democratic Party as being
communist, with every unit un-
der its administration as COM
munist infested. This is a low
way for any editor to win an
election. The Republican Herald
has truly said that our demo-
cratic danger lies in such fanati-
cal folly.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1952-10-04

PSUEDORA CUNNINGHAM
Concert pianist, W h o m the
Adams School of Music will
present in a recital October
IL. at 8 Pm. in the charter
room of New England Mutual
Hall, the proceeds to go to
the Mcdowell Colony Fund,
Miss Cunningham, B to n
music teacher, received her
concert training under Gug-
Iielmo Sabatini, conductor of
Trenton Symphony Orchestra
and at La Forge Berumen
Studios in New York City.