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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-25
Number Plead
Guilty In Court

Cr~.inal Court guilty pleas were
light today following the pre-elee-
ton lulu in activities over at the
Cou- " Courthouse.
Next Friday a jury will be drawn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-25
ToDAY's GAMES
BY The Associated Press

0t Inc Associafed PresS
American League
Chicago at Cleveland
New York at Washington (night)
Boston at Philadelphia might
only games
National League
Philadelphia at Boston
Brooklyn at New York (night)
Cincinnati at Chicago
st. Louis at Pittsburgh
Florida international Lesave
Lakeland at Havana
Miami at Fort Lauderdale
st. Petersburg at Tampa
West Palm Beach at Miami Beach
Florida State League
Palatka at Cocoa
Sanford at DeLand
Jacksonville Beach at St.AuRustine
Leesburg at Orlando
Daytona Beach at Gainesville
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-25

Johnny Cline. Nays basketball
ace, set five individual scoring re
cords and tied another during the
recently concluded court season.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
Taft Thinks
Durkin App't
Incredible"

CINCINNATI, Up - Sen. Robert
A. Taft today called the selection
of Martin Durkin, a Democrat, as
secretary of labor can incredible
appointment by President elect
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Sen. Taft, who campaigned for
Eisenhower after losing the COP
nomination to him, said in a pre-
pared statement:
"The appointment of Mr.. Durkin
is an incredible appointment. This
is no reflection on the character
or ability of Mr.. Durkin. / had a
number of talks with Mr.. Herbert
Brownell who has. been the key
man in Cabinet appointments, and
made several recommendations of
qualified men.
1T was never even suggested
that man would be appointed
who has always been partisan
Truman Democrat, who fought
General Eisenhower's election, and
advocated the repeal of the Taft
Hartley law.
ut is an affront to millions Of
union members and officers who
had the courage to defy the edict
of officials like Mr.. Durkin that
Continued on Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
|Upped Enrolment At KWHS
Requires 3 New Classrooms
O'BRYANT TRIES
TO GET FEDERAL
FUNDS FOR BLDG.

The need for three more class
rooms to accommodate an expected
1900 students at Key West High
school next year is being presented
for aid, to the U. S. Government
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton Horace O'Bryant said that he
has already made a general es-
innate of costs of the needed ex.
pansion to the U. S. Office of
Education.
The high school is gaining pupils
at an ever increasing rate. This
morning IA new students signed
up bringing total enrolment to
1890. Next September the number
will be closer to 1900 or more,
with new arrivals in the city and
upgrading of younger students.
The School Board will consider
this problem and that of changing
school board districts at its month
ly meeting tomorrow night at 1880:
These changes are being made TO
conform to the area districts OF
the Monroe County Commission.
Meanwhile completion o. Poin-
ciana schools huge expansion is
still promised by February l. AT
present, however, only so per cent
of the new construction is finished.
The roof is on, partitions are up,
window frames are in, but much
work remains to be done, O'Bryant
said.
Plans for the eight additional
classroomS at Truman school are
being drawn by the architect. He
is also making sketches of the new
County school administration build.
ing which will go up back Of the
jail on courthouse square.
Monroe County schools viii be-
gin their annual Christmas holiday
on Friday December 10. Students
will return to school on January
S, Monday, 0'Bryant said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
MediatOrs TRY
To End Strike
In EAL Ranks

MIAMI R-Flight engineers and
national mediation board mem
Der conferred until a. m. today
and then agreed to meet again
before noon in an effort tC end a
wage dispute that grounded East
ern Air Lines Constellation fleet
throughout the eastern United
States,
81 am not able to report any
appreciable progress in getting the
men to go back to work at pres
ent," said Leverett Edwards, mem
Der of the mediation board who
called the conference.
Naturally the first step is to
get them to go back. We can dis
cuss other matters later"
The conference between Edwards
and union leaders began shortly
after $50 p. m. Monday. Union
representatives caucussed shortly
before midnight and then resumed
the session.
EaStern's contract with the
Flight Engineers international AS
ISOLATION (AFL) expired at mid
night Nov. 30 and union members
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
Miami Station
Is Confused

Station WGBS in Miami is not
popular today with Key Westers,
unless it changes its view on the
answer given to the Party Line"
quiz program by Mrs. George T.
williamson, 6I0 White St.
When Mrs. Williamson was call.
ed this morning and asked the
question as to the name of the
Lindbergh kidnapping act. She
gave the answer as it appears IN
encyclopedias aRS as lawyers
know it. The station said she was
wrong.
FrientA. of Mrs. Williamson are
writing to the station to point out
the discrepancy in the hope that
she may yet come in for the $155
prize.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
Scholarship Won
By Local Youth

Louis Lorenzo Thomas of Key
West has won the Lewis Scholar
ship for $40e for the remaining two
years of his college career in
Florida Agricultural and Mechan-
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
Funeral Set For
Last Big 4 Man

ROME R - Vittorio Emanuele
Orlando, Italy's premier of vic
tory" will be buried tomorrow be-
tween the tombs of Italy's land
and sea commanders during World
War I.
The aged Sieihan states.
man. last survivor of the Versailles
treaty'S big four" died yesterday.
He suffered stroke a week ago.
Prime Minister Alcide De Gas
peri announced that Orlando would
be given a state funeral.
Orlando was Italy's premier dur
ing the first World War. Although
he was one Of the architects of the
Versailles treaty at the close of
that conflict, he refused to sign
the pact in protest against the re-
fusal of the Allies to grant Italy's
claim to the Adriatic city of
Fiume.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
Sixteen Year Old Runaway Is
Returned To Home In Boston
FLYING VISIT TO
KEY WEST COMES
TO END AS COUNTY
APPREHENDS YOUTH

A 16-year old runaway Boston
youth was picked up by juvenile
authorities yesterday after he had
aroused suspicion by attempting to
purchase a one-way plane ticket
to Havana. Earlier, 16-year old
Tennessee girl had been taken into
custody for the same reason. The
pair were the 54th and 55th Juvenile
runaways to be found in Key West
this year, according to County
Juvenile Court Judge Eva Warner
Gibson.
The Boston youth, after fast
bit of planning by County officials,
was sent back to his anxious
parents early this morning under
the care of the Tavernier's Aid
Society.
The boys odyssey started q
week ago at New York's La
CUsrdia Airport when fhe youth
boarded a plane for jacksonville.
After q short stay in that city
the lad went on to Melbourne,
Florida. There, he contacted his
disfraUshf parents in Boston who
sent him money TO return to his
home.
Instead Of going 70 Boston,
however, fhe youth caught a
plane TO Key West, arriving early
yesterday. After attempting TO
purchase the plane ticket, the
youth went TO flying school
operated by George FaraIdc at
the airport saying that The
thought he would like TO take
fIyinq lessons" Fsraldo then
took him Up for . trial flight.
Meanwhile, airline officials had
notified Judge Gibson who sent
q juvenile worker to the airport
and when the youth aIighfed from
fhe plane, he was taken TO the
juvenile detention home.
The well dressed, good looking
youth admitted to being on proba-
ton in Boston. He was described
as being extremely well-mannered
and had a considerable sum of
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
Booster Brunch
For Sen. Sn,athers
Saturday Morning

A gala breakfast for U. S.
Senator George Smathers and
rs leaders will be given al La
coneha hotel Saturday at 10
am, Louis carbonell, Smaih-
ers' Booster Club official an
noUnced today.
Joe Allen and AL Mills are
planning The breakfast alona
with Carbonell.
Senator Smafhers will ad.
dress the group on undlseIosed
subjects. He will, however,
touch as usual on county prob.
lens.
Smathers arrives at S Friday
for the big Navy.Marine foot
ball game at Wieker's Field
stadium. He will go to La
coneha hotel where friends of
his will be welcome, carboneII
said.
The junior Senator has been
touring Florida preparatory to
the opening Of the s3rd Con-
gress.
carboneIl is inviting U. S.
Senator Harley Kilgore who Is
staying al The Key Wesfer and
Rear Admiral Irving T. Duke,
commanding officer Of the US.
Naval Base, as we'll as many
other outstanding leaders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02

That company Is now paying
IiqUidafed damages Of $50 a day
for failing to complete the 1900
XIV plant by contract termination
date in November. Foreman and
workers will remain here until
ths plant Is In complete running
order.
Though the new plant win be
running continuously from now on,
no formal date of opening for the
100000 plant has been set, Van
Deursen said.
Work began on the steam cleo.
trio plant about IS months ago,
following a protraeted battle with.
in the City Electric Utility board
on the merits of steam versus
diesel power for the much needed
expansion.
Consumption Of electricity has
scared more than any other index
of population growth in the Island
City in the last five years, &C.
cording to the Chamber Of Com
MERGE monthly business analysis.
Meanwhile, some Lower Keys
property owners will GET power
by January I, Kenneth Ward, r.
W.. Beck consulting engineer,
said Yesterday.
They have started strinRing
wire at .Johnsonville and spurs
from the main line at Perky. Sugar.
loaf Key ara other PAGES. Ward
said.
Big delay in the Transmission
line to Big Pine Key was the
sinking of the work barge Of the
Reynolds company which has been
installing the poles and the line.
Dynamite evidently ''loosec up"
the barge during some OF the
necessary blasting. It took on more
water than il could get rid Of
and sank during the night several
weeks ago.
After days Of effort the barge
was floated again and the install
lation of poles began once more.
Most Of them are staE5ing now
waiting for the aluminium trans
mission wire TO be strung and
powered.
I'VE hope 10 have part Of the
line hot by January l." Ward
said. He indicated that this part
would be from here 10 Sugarloaf.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
FUNDS FOR IKE

NEW YORK. R-A committee
has been formed to raise about
$3.50, 900 to cover the operating ex.
penses of President-elect Dwight
d. Eisenhower's headquarters UNI
til his Jan. 20 Inauguration.
The Republican National Com.
mittee now is meeting the expenses
Organization of the Embarrassing
committee was announced yester-
day by Rep. Hugh Scott (R-Pa),
who said the headquarters is cost
ing $40, 900 a week.
There is no law appropriating
funds to maintain the office OF a
president-elect until his inaugura-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
JayCees Will
Meet Wednesday


Winners in the Voice OF
Democracy Contest will be
guests of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce at their regu-
lar monthly dinner meeting
Wednesday night at the club
house.
AT the same time, the out
standing law enforcement
officer for the year will be
recognized.
Meeting fine is ? p. m.
and all members are urged
to attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
$1,000 900 Civilian Lime
ToBrimg WaterM3 Years
short Supply
)f Water Up
The Line Is
Oro.Uback NOoU

A $12,OOO,O00 civilian
alter pipeline operating
thin three years was
:omised by Florida Keys
aueduct Commission man.
rer Ernest Ramsey today.
Ramsey is consulting now
it'll municipal bond brok-
S Emerson Cook company
[ Palm Beach who are go
IL to take the Commits
on's revenue bonds.
fright now about 1000 units
I'D be going up on the Keys,
h can't because of lack of water.
r. biggest single drawback to
e development of the Keys Is
e short supply of water" RAM
" said.
The Upper Keys people have
,esn good eonservstionisfs with
70 short wafer, because they
loliEe they will be penalized
tyen more than they have been,
Atould they use more.
Lower Keys and Key Wes' resi-
lnts have grown accustomed,
Emsey said, to the small amounts
hd light pressure of water in this
tea.
big demand, of course, for
alter comes from transients,"
amsey declared. Tourists who
,me to the Keys and Key West
rnt their accustomed amounts of
rter for bathing, cooking and
kaning.''
ProprietorS Of motels, hotels and
tstautants are Lard put t. satisfy
lase az Sads. 80 wiil4bc until
Ne new $50 mile civilian pipeline
completed.
The Navy owns fhe present
pipeline from Florida City to
Key West. The AqUedUcf COM
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
Steam Electric Plant Set For Full Operation
Soon With Power For Lower KEYS By January
"Bugs" To Be Checked
Before FHH-Tinle Run
Of NeiU Plant Starts

Half of the $751; 900 steam electric plant is oper.
ating and the other half will running next week.
c. A Van Deursen general manager of City Electric an
nounced today.
The unit that is going is generating 1000 XIV
during the peak hours of Key West consumption said
Next week the workmen and electricians will shut
down this unit and start the next The unit working now
will be thoroughly for bugs by ]. Prtchard
company, contractors of the sizable job.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
charges Against
sailOr Dismissed

Breaking and entering charges
cd against Michael X. Bunce of
be Naval Station were dismissed
csterday following a preliminary
caring before Justice of the Peace
ra Albury when the sailor agreed
B make restitution for damage
eused when he allegedly smashed
door to gain entrance to a build
r owned by Frank Wayne at 500
t'tthard Street last Friday night.
The sailor agreed to pay SIT in
= nages plus court costs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
City Officials
Due Back From
Jacksonville

The status Of the plans for the
projected Key West-Havana ferry
line is expected to be clarified
when three m m bers of the
City Commission return today from
a meeting in Jacksonville with the
Continued On Page Eight)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02
Fire Destroys
Warehouse Today

An early morning fire today
resulted in complete destruction to
warehouse owned by the Sunshine
Construction Company on Roosevelt
Drive.
Firefighters from the Number 3
and Main fire stations under the
directions of Chief Charles Cremata
fought the blaze for two hours in an
unsuccessful effort to bring ii
under control.
Damage was set at 81, 900 by Joe
Sirugo, president of the construc-
ton company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-02

Key West. Florida. hos the
most equoble climate in the
country. with ON average
ronge of only IA Fahrenheit
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
NIXON RESTRICTIVE
COVENANT REPRINTED
BY POPULAR DEMAND

Every copy Of this newspapers
last weeks edition was sold by
Friday. Oct. 10 at 8 p. m. We
were totally unprepared for the
demand for papers but found that
the photostatic copy Of re-
strictive covenant signed by the
Republican candidate for Vice
President, Richard Nixon and his
wife. Patricia was the reason for
the unprecedented demand for
copies Of the paper.
Therefore, due 10 popular de-
mand the photostat and the story
accompanying it are reprinted for
the convenience Of persons who
wanted additional copies or those
who could not obtain any copies.
The item il found on page 4.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
Banquet To Observe
10Th Anniversary
ST. Peter Church

The 10th anniversary of st.
Peters AME church will be cele-
brated with a banquet Friday
night November "a. at 1880 p. m.
at the Dyckman hotel, Mime
apolis.
Reverend Reuben X. Youngdahl
will speak on his recent trip to
the Holy Land and other parts Of
Europe.
Rev. Youngdahl was the first
chairman Of the Minneapolis may
ors council on Human Relations.
Other speakers on the program
will be L. Howard Bennett, who
will give a brief talk on the hist
Dry Of the African Methodist Epis-
copal church and Raymond w.
Cannon on the organization and
progress of st. Peters AME
church of which Rev. Martin
Luther Simmons is pastor.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
Record Number Twin
cltians Register To
Vote On November 4

Both st. Paul and Minneapolis
election registration bureaus re-
ported Wednesday that more peo-
pie would be eligible to votes this
national election year than any
time in either city's history.
AS an example of public inter-
est
Crispus Attacks Home for the
Aged in st. Paul reported that
every resident of the home had
registered to vote.
In Minneapolis. a total of 292,
262 persons are eligible to vote
on Nov. 4, which Is 1882 more
than were on the poll books in the
previous high year Of 1948.
st. Paul registrations total
19O,26S or 1929 over the four
years ago total.
It looks like a big mess" of
folks are going to the polls in
the Twin Cities come the fourth
day OF November.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
Moody. Northern
Demoerat Signed
Ruce Covenant

Washington, ID. c. - Shortly
after II was revealed that Senator
Richard Nixon, Republican vice.
presidential candidate had signed
restrictive covenant agreement
in the purchase OF a $41, 900 house
1t was learned that he had the
company Of his opponent, Senator
John Sparkman and Blair Moody.
Michigan liberal Senator.
Others who were on record as
signing the covenants were Sen.
Herman Walker, CR.) Idaho: Sen.
Burnet Maybank Cd South
Carolina; and Sen. Estes M. Ke-
fauver Cd Tennessee.
The storm broke after the
AFRo-AMERICAN papers, east
coast chain, printed a photostat Of
the agreement by Sen. Richard
NJ. and Patricia r. Nixon, his
wife, to covenant restricting sale
or rental Of his house to persons
of Negro blood, Jews, Hebrews,
Persians and Syrians.
A photograph Of the signatures
and the covenant section was
printed in the SPOKESMAN and
RECORDER papers of Oct. 10.
Every available copy of the
paper was purchased by p. m.
Friday.
1t is also a matter Of record
that not all of the nations top
figures have signed racially re-
strictive covenants.
Some Of those not signing are;
Secretary of State, Dean Acheson;
Secretary Of Commerce, Charles
Sawyer; Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge,
Mass. and former Attorney-Gen-
eral J. Howard McGrath.
After Senator Humphrey moved
TO Washington in 1913 he pur-
chased home that does not have
a covenant.
He stated:
my wife and were contem-
plating buying a home in another
area but when we were told we
would have to sign a restrictive
covenant, we just said we didn't
believe in them"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
Prominent Citizens
Sponsor Mill CRY
NAAcP Drive

A large number of Minneapolis
citizens from all walks of life
have been announced as sponsors
Of the annual membership drive
of the Minneapolis branch Of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People. The
drive opened Friday. October 3.
Among the sponsors announced
by L. Howard Bennett, campaign
co-ordinator are:
Mayor Eric Hoyer, Orville Free
man, Judge Edward Waite, Judge
Irving Brand, Judge Betty Wash
burn, Judge Paul Jarosek, Judge
Leslie Anderson, Clifford Rucker,
Howard Brin, Douglas Hall, Carl
T. Rowan, Rabbi Albert G. Minda,
Mrs. Lawrence Steefel and Brad
ley L. Morrison.
Also Robert I Wishart, William
Sinnott, Edward L. Boyd. Theo-
dore Woodland, Raymond w Can
NON, Rev. Carl Storm, Rev. Reu-
ben X. Youngdahl, Rev. Martin
l.. Simmons, Rev. c. M. Sexton,
Rev. H. w. Bolts, Judson Bemis,
Dewey Balch. Charles Z. Spring.
Miss L. o. Smith, Wyman Smith,
Gerald Frieden and DR.. w. d.
Brown.
Also Rev. Leonard Hirman, AL
bert Allen, Arnold Karlins. M. G.
Williams, Mrs. Earle F. Kyle, Rev.
Elmer S. Hjortland, Marcella
Killen, Roy Wier, Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey, Edwin Seestrom,
Charles d. Fist, Mrs. Nelson
Drake, Gov. Elmer Anderson and
Sally Luther.
Also Wilfred C. Leland, Stan
ley Ballard. Sam Segal, Alfred
Wilson, James L. Markham. Mrs
Clarence r. CLANCY, Earl Harris,
Richard Seigal, Opal Gruner, Mrs.
F. Peavey Hefflefinger, Gideon
Seymour and Cecil Newman.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17

ven that the Negro vote is the
balance OF power in IL states.
Those states are New York,
California, Illinois, Ohio, Michi-
gan. Missouri. Pennsylvania, In
diana, Mass, Maryland, West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky.
The director of branches gave
the main address at a banquet
which was the high point of the
conference.
Governor c. Elmer Anderson
introduced by Rev. Denzil A.
Carly. the state president and
pastor of st. Phillips Episcopal
church, and the governor in turn
welcomed Current, who gave the
principal address of the evening.
Frank Madden, representing the
Mayor of St Paul also welcomed
the conference and the guest
speaker TO the city.
Current continued by saying
that while Negroes are vitality
concerned about other vitality i'm
pOrtant problems on the national
and local scene, the deciding fac
tor in how the Negro casts his
vote will be how the candidates
stand on civil rights.
The speaker called attention TO
a resolution passed by the ma
tional board of directors dealing
with the two major candidates,
part of which stated:
Stevenson Most Fortnight
The most fortnight position
taken by any Of the presidential
and vice-presidential candidates
Of the two major political parties
has been that of Governor Adlai
E. Stevenson who has made clear
his support of efforts to abolish
filibuster through amendment of
Senate Rule No. %, his support
for FEPC with enforcement pro-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
Join Up Today

ought not be necessary readers contribute
to the annual Red Feather drive The Importance of making
szeabe contribution to the Community Chest be
stressed too strongly.
In St Paul the Negro community benefits very directly
from the Chest through the Halle O. Brown House. the ST.
Paul Urban League and Crispus Home and is free
utilize the services various other agencies supported by
Community Chest
In Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Urban League and
Phyllis Wheaey House receive their financial support from
the Chest Most all of the other agencies the Negro
munty we'll
It's good to set aside of your earnings for the
Chest campaign The Chest benefits every single Twin City
family. Join up today