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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
Real Estate Market Stays
Active In Summer Months
sssurdsy. July Dc. I9ss

1910 South Street, . lot In Key
West.
The company has also sold 4 lot
for $500 to Carl Cruz, 1918 South
Street.
Porter Wager Russell have sold
for $2,7OO q lot to Mr.. and Mrs.
william 4. Gates, 11l6 Thompson
Street.
Mr.. and Mrs.. ]. A. Davis have
sold to Patrica X. Powell Of the
Everglades Hotel, Miami, 4 lot In
IMatecumbe ocean-Bay subdivision
for 5000.
Key West Foundation company
has sold for $1,000 to Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward A. Amber four lots in Key
West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin e. Samp-
SON have sold to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Chipchase for 5000 q lot
At the corner Of Thomas and Tru-
man Avenue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
Contractors
Shave Profits
TOCet Jobs
Business Is Good
But Sill Hard To
Come By, Mid Year
Spot Check Shows

Building contractors are doing
some close figuring these days "a
come up with low bids and some
are finding the competition 50
rough they're shaving profit mar.
gins TO get jobs, Engineering News
Record. McGraw-EIill publication,
reports.
A mid-year spot-check by the
magazine finds contractors from
lccsss to coast talking about bids
they won or lost by the skin Of
their teeth. Business Is still good
but harder to come by, thu maya
zine says.
Root Of the competitive surge Is
two major factors: there are more
contractors In the field. and pur-
lchasers are in q position to de-
mand more for their money and
hence are more difficult to sell.
According to the magazines
count Of contractors who signed ur
500 900 or more Of new business,
1885 total Of 1920 contractors
topped the 1851 figure by 10 pei
cent. The Z 400 contractors took on
Is $50 new Jobs, II per cent more
than the year before, for . total
dollar volume of nearly $10.7 bill
lion, u per cent higher than II
81. This figure differs from the
$15.7 billion total Of contract a
wards reported for last year b.
Engineering s-Record. because
III does not include owner-huilders
land contractors who got less thar
$l0O. 900 of new business.
ID addition 10 the influx Of new
builders. competition IS being spur.
red by an increase Of capacity d
contractors to take on more anC
bigger jobs and to complete then
faster. This Is indicated in prelim
Iinary returns from another Engi
gneering News-Record survey d
AGO contractors.
Jobs are attracting up to three
times as many bidders IS q yea
lago. The spread on bids is becom
ing exceedingly narrow and offer
public contract awards are below
government estimates. In addition
contractors are seeking bills In neEl
localities to q greater extent, thu
margarine points out. There's alst
Il movement among contractor.
who have been engaged In relative
.lly small projects to bid on bigger
jobs and different, types OF con
lstruction, for example. from HON,
land small commercial building Il
! heavy construction.
1 According to the magazines con
l'tractor count the biggest increase
.I16 per cent. in the number Of con
tractors came in the heavy-eon
IIsrtuction field. This I6 per cent In
icrease took place right across The
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18

ID. Il. BENNETT president OF
pany, co-chairmen.
All sections Of the industries
which build, furnish, decorate and
service homes win be invited 10
participate IN Monroe County
Home Week.
"lndusiFy IN Key West and the
Keys q sbIs 70 provide every.
Trims for MedaEn home eenstrve.
slon," Ssrunk sid.
Many home builders who have
been given the green light on put.
ding Up their dream houses BY cleo
trifIcatiOn 81 the Lower Keys are
finding that thy do moi have to
90 farther than Key West, or Mara
thon 70 get the Job done
The LEGAL eeIebraniicH Is gsar-
e y National Home Week being
spensored lhroUghoui me nation
espsemiseg - ~ ~.
The Florida Keys and Key West
are n the biggest building boom
81 history, Ssrunk said. The lumber
man Is President Of the Strunk
Lumber Yard and Marathon Lum-
Der company. he has been a lead.
e. ii this field for g years.
The contest for IDEAS for a Keys
Dream House Is open to all Citi-
rem readers, Strunk said.
Home building problems and
possibilities are different In this
frost nee climate than anywhere
else II the United States. Reams
n copy from northern and western
home design associations come 70
this editor and are cast ID the
waslebasket because the cellar i
not needed here nor are attics.
On the other hand. homeowners
on tho Keys and Ii Key West have
learned over the years what are
the "musts" for tropical living.
For example, most native Key
westers who build today design
their homes % catch the famous
prevailing southeast breeze.
Another design feature becoming
popular u the Keys Is the building
81 homes on stills Or piles. Double
honed windows are returning q
popularity because of the tremefi
doas increase Ii air-conditionini
ovei recent years, Strunk said.
Citizen readers who have built o.
are haIldlna their Keys Dream
House have found the dos am
don'ts ii design Cor tropical living
n you have sUnuostloUs snd
wanl 70 onlsF ihe eonlest. write
d ono paeo ard accompany 4
viii ! slteleh, He single feature
e. home design yeu find most
suitable q eur naeds h Key
West and Ire Keys. The sketch
& nof mandatory.
Winning letters win be judges
~ strunk, Pearlman and Bennett
and this editor.
So send In your idea for YOU
Keys Dream House. Prizes win b,
announced later, Is win county
vide Home Week Committee. Ey
cry Industry dealing with HON,
building from real estate to inter
Tor decorating viii be represented
On the committee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
TAKES THE PLEDGE

PHOENIX, ARR R-A three
|year-old boy went ON q hinge here.
He found 20 partially empty
wine bottles tossed near his hause
and consumed what was left
An ambulanceman revived the
lad and ; doctor subsequently re-
ported no damage was done. The
boys parents said he win be Z
teetotaler from nov On.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
Sales Continue
Brisk In July,
According To
Warranty Deeds

Loren Troup has sold 10 r. D.
Zetterwer and Ralph 3. Gun.
bingham, Jr. Of Marathon for $1S.-
900 five acres on Key Vaca, &C
cCrding to q warranty deed filed
in the Office Of County Clerk Earl
Adams.
Clark McCloy and his wife have
sold to Mr.. and Mrs. James Bonn
ar for $500, land near Black
water Sound.
The City Of Key West has sold
to the American Legion for one
dollar and other valuable consider,
atoms land at the northest corner
LOT the Easterly face Of the eaSterly
abutInent Of the Stock Island bridge
containing 3.134 acres.
Tamiami Everglades corpora.
ton has bought q total Of l0C
acres in the Everglades. One par.
Gel was purchased from Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond L. Parker, com.
|prising $40 acres. The. second par
Gel consisted Of 90 acres, and was
sold to the corporation BY Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard S. Reeder. Price for
each parcel was under 500, &C
cording to State stamps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray 1. Parker
bought zoo acres Of Everglades
land from the Orange Acreage cor.
poration at . price Of 5000.
The Tamiami Everglades cOrpor'
alton has sold for $4,000 to Ray
L. Parker. several thousand acres
of Everglades land IN the county
together with the gas, oil and min
eral rights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emile Cotton, Sr.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Emile Cotton, Jr.
have sold to Mr.. and Mrs. F S
Wilson Of Georgia for s.. 900 q lot
in Bowen's addition 70 Rivieda
village, near Blackwater Sound.
Mr.. and Mrs. War Axelson con
'tinue their sales Of Everglades
land. This time they have sold 16C
acres to Mr.. and Mrs. Leibisch
Hagen Of Miami Beach, for $1,0o0
l160 acres Of Everglades land.
Jack Aronovit1 has sold to Mr.
and Mrs. Erskine Sands, 313 Amel.
In Street, for 400 land at Olivia
and Emma Street Ii Key West.
Frank D. Camalier, wid0wer hai
sold to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert 7.
Lamberson. Key West. lot 5 IN the
Key West Realty company subdivi'
sion Of Tract a and Salt Pond
lots I. 2. :, 4, and 5 a the island
for 5000.
Sunshine Construction Of Key
West have sold % Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillip Afevalo for 1900 q lot h
Key West.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Curry have
sold TO Mr.. and Mrs. Carl J. West,
ling for 81, 500 Q lot In Macros, 1
subdivision, lying between Laird
Street and Atlantic boulevard.
william John Boucher and hi
wife have sold % Mr.. and Mrs
Robert ]. Bishop, Key West, FOL
$4,000 . parcel Of land in KeS
West.
| Chs construction company bal
sold for $1.soO to Maurice Gates
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
|Plywood Pram
is Easy To Build

Building boat Of your own isn't
as tough . project as you might
think - provided you don't get
your sights too high to start with.
And few do-it-at-hOme projects
win pay you and your family big
ger dividends In fun and relaxa.
Ition during summer weekends or
on your vacation.
One Of the simplest crafts you
can build Il = T. g. pram. With
III, three people can get out on the
water for fishing or just drifting
about. This little boat can be
scuIled with 4 single oar. rowed,
padded or driven by light out
board.
CARRIES THREE
Even when fully loaded with
three people the pram has . COM
Portable margin Of freeboard. II
weighs only 60 pounds complete
and you can carry Il on the top Of
your car. Two Of your children can
lit II into the water. What's more
lit takes only two standard panels
of Y" exterior fir plywood. the
panels with waterproof glue. for
sides, tOttom and seats. The other
materials consist Of fittings, and
simple framing members; cost Of
material Il surprisingly small.
You can get plans at your local
lumber dealers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18

board: in the group of contractors
getting new business Of from So.
200 to. $50, 900; those in the $780,
600 70 81 million group, and in the
group with new business totalling
81 million or more.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18

George Wilson, outfielder for the
Minneapolis MiIlers IN the Ameri.
can Association, recently bit three
home runs IN three successive inn.
ings against Kansas City. che inn.
ings were the sixth, seventh and
eighth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
THEY CAN'T DO THAT

TULSA. Okla. "a For nine years
Bob Hansen watched two clusters
OF strange plants grow IN his yard.
Thursday, he was told by q
bOtanist they were sOtOls. Z rare
desert species. They can't grow
in Oklahoma climate" he was
advised.
The plants are 10 feet tail and
SIN growing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
Natl.Hone
Week TOBe
Marked Here
South Florida
Builders win
Participate LIN
Week Celebration

All segments Of the home build
ing industry In South Florida,
including the Keys. win join in the
celebration Of National Home
Week from September 70 to n,
1858.
National Home Week d sponsor
ed on q countrywide basis by the
National Association Of Home
Builders, and the Builders Assoeia-
ton Of South Florida. N. A. H. b.
affiliate Is handling all the details
locally for the week-long event IN
order that the public recognize the
advantages Of home ownership, the
desirability Of well. planned homes,
and what private industry has done
to provide good housing for all
types Of families.
'eThe home building business Is
a major factor IN our economy, |"
said Perry E. Willis, President Of
tn Builders Association of South
Florida. "and this year year many
millions of dollars worth Of homes
win be sold here to those who are
seeking the best home at the price
they can afford to pay. These
homes win include modern mater
halls. equipment and furnishings
produced by hundreds Of compan-
les. This tremendous market Of.
fers terrific opportunities to many
diverse businesses In the area. /"
Local builders. sub-contractors,
companies, manufacturers,
home furnishers, department stor-
les, public utilities, material sup
pliers, banks. chambers Of COM
Imerce, appliance organizations, la
Dor groups and others who parti-
lcipate IN the new home develop
ments are all joining In this pro-
gram 10 focus the attention Of the
public on what IL new In the hous-
ing field continued President VII.
Lifts, and il Is my pleasure to an
In0unce that Vince ]. DeMeo, q
prominent local builder has ac-
lcepted the craftsmanship Of the
National Home Week Committee
and that he win coordinate the
activities Of other members Of the
group, which win be comprised Of
leaders IN the various fields which
make up the home building indus
try"
In accepting the post Of chair
man Of the National Home Week
Committee, DeMeO stated, .'Tre-
mendous economic import to this
community IS generated by the pro-
iduction Of thousands Of new homes
annually. Materials, equipment,
supplies. and products pouring into
the assembly lines of home build.
ing means jobs and prosperity for
many thousands in the entire South
Florida ares"
We plan to have 4 simultaneous
demonstration of homes in differ
ient sections Of the South Florida
area, following the pattern which
has proven so successful In all the
other major building centers Of the
nation, continued Chairman De.
lMeO, land judging BY the many
inquiries already received BY our
office and the plans being put into
operation by national. manufactur.
iers for the promotion Of National
Home Week In FlOdida, we hope to
receive national recognition for the
progress home building has made
and the vital part Il plays in the
continued vel being Of the lower
East coast Of Florida"
-@s44sa.s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
Prizes For Best Single
Idea On Design For Lining,
Mark National Home Week
81 SUSAN MeAvoY. Real Estate Editor

National Home Week will be celebrated in Key
West and the Keys with awards Of prizes to Citizen
readers who contribute the best idea for Keys Dream
House, A. Strunk Jr chairman Of the Monroe County
Home Week committee announced today.
Strunk is being assisted the committee by Joe
Pearlman, President Of Chs Construction company and
H. E. Bennett President of Bennett Construction COM
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18

To add extra flavor to cole slaw,
mir savory seeds celery. cara.
way. or mustard with the shred.
ded cabbage and dressing.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1953-04-11

@enn quite, bortreffli1e MenIben
onrb lire @egenipart boriibergebeno
mnier Sans belebten, onrb ibren fri
i9en @eiitesooem aud llnier @eien
(0estietune a,sf eette y
Evening star., 1953-11-27
Horse Show 10 Open
International Exposition
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-The Ma
tion's biggest agricultural show.
the International Livestock Ex-
position. opens tonight with
some SIS million worth of prize
livestock and crops on exhibi-
ton.
The 54th annual exposition,
which opens with a horse show
performance, will run through
December at the International
Amphitheater at the Chicago
stock yards.
Farmers and stockmen from
81 States and 8 Canadian prov
inces will exhibit in the competi-
tions for 26 breeds of cattle,
sheep, swine and draft horses.
Entries in the international hay
and grain show are from 26
States, Canada and Germany
for the worlds largest crop ex-
hibition.
In all. 1852 head of cattle.
swine, sheep and horses have
been entered. Exhibitors of an
imals will compete for more
than 100000 in prizes in addi-
ton to silver trophies and purple
and blue championship ribbons.
Evening star., 1953-11-27
Police 10 Question
Kidnapers Monday
On Missing Ransom
BY the Associaied Press

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27.-St. Louis
police officials will question the
doomed kidnap-slayers of Bobby
Greenlease Monday in their con-
tinuing efforts to track down the
missing $303,00 ransom money.
I. A. Long. president of the
Board of Police Commissioners,
said yesterday Chief of Police
jeremiah O'Counell and Circuit
Attorney Edward l.. Dowd will
go to the Missouri Penitentiary
to question Carl Austin Hall and
Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady. both
sentenced to die in the gas cham
ber at jefferson City Decem-
ber 18.
The police board inquiry, which
began October 18 following re-
ports of discrepancies in police
records of the arrest. is centered
on finding the missing ransom.
Less than half the 100000 paid
by Robert c. Greenlease, Bobby's
wealthy father, was recovered
when the pair were arrested here
October 6.
Mr. Halls confession. read at
his Kansas City trial last week,
reported the suitcases with the
ransom money were left in the
hotel room when he was taken
to a district police station.
Former Police 1t. Louis Shoul-
ders and PatroIman Elmer Do
Ian. the men who arrested Hall,
said they took the suitcases to
the station with Hall.
Chief O'Connell got permission
from Federal authorities earlier
this week to question the pair.
Evening star., 1953-11-27

Two bachelor policemen cele-
brated Thanksgiving by deliver
ing a baby to a young mother
in an automobile outside the
emergency room of Walter Reed
Hospital.
Pets. Andrew j. Heneghan and
William T. Thrower reported
they stopped speeding car at
Florida avenue and North Capt.
tol street about $3.50 am.
They found that Pfc. Ronald
Hunt, 1349 F street NE, was
driving his wife, Auneita, 20, to
Walter Reed Hospital and that
she was in labor on the back
seat.
The policemen escorted the
couple to the hospital. When
they pulled up at the emergency
room, Mrs. Hunt was unable to
move. Pfc. Hunt was sent in to
bring a doctor.
/. In the minute or so before the
doctor arrived, the policemen de-
Evening star., 1953-11-27
Ava Gardner Reported
Firm on Divorce Plan
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27.-Ava
Gardner is on her way to New
York and Rome after a studio
spokesman said last night she
will go ahead with plans to di-
vorce Frank Sinatra.
The spokesman quoted the
actress as saying the crooner'S
latest visit with her at the Holly
wood home of her sister, Bea
Gardner, was merely to say
goodby.
She left by plane last night to
make a movie in Rome.
Evening star., 1953-11-27
2 Policemen Aid Boby's Birth
In Car After Race to Hospital

livered the baby. It was the
first time for both Of them.
Both Mrs. Hunt and her new
son were reported doing well to-
day 1t is her third child. Pfc.
Hunt is stationed at Walter Reed.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-08-01

HARRISBURG, Pa, July %
Two bills designed to improve
economic opportunity and work.
ing conditions for Negro citizens
were defeated by the Pennsyl-
vania State Legislature this week.
First an FEPC bill was turned
down and the following day the
lower House narrowly defeated a
bill outlawing employment OF
children under IA years OF age
in agriculture and commerce.
Both bills were strongly support
ed by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People and other groups
In last minute effort to save
the child labor bill, Walter White,
NAACP executive secretary,
wired Gov. John S. Fine urging
mis- vigorous Intervention in be-
half of the measure" Meanwhile,
Herbert Hill, NAACP labor re-
lations assistant, and DR.. Cyrus
Karraker, chairman of the Penn
sylvania Citizens Committee on
Migrant Labor, were in Harris
burg mobilizing support for the
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-08-01
PAGE SIX

Your descendants may achieve
lives of 100 TO $50 if they choose
their foods carefully 10 get the
vital elements provided by ma
ture.
Such is the advice of Ray Ho-
sier, noted nutrionist and re-
searcher of Birmingham, Ala,
who came here TO see the pre-
miere of HolsuTn's new stone
ground, baked-same-day bread.
Ancient people, some of them
mentioned in the Bible, did live
extremely long lives" Hosier
pointed out, because they lived
largely on raw foods. These foods
were just as nature made them
with all the vitamins and miner
ais present.
Even in our present time, we
find the finest physical specimens
of humanity are the HunzaS,
Sikhs, and Pathans, people who
live in the mountainous sections
of India, who store-grind their
whole wheat daily. The rugged
American Indian did the same.
Prof. Harry Snyder, Of the
University of Minnesota, after re-
'earch, reported that all through
history, the most intelligent, en-
ergetic, courageous, progressive,
healthy and moral people have
been wheat eaters and until rs
years ago, they ate only fresh.
stone-Tound whole wheat.
LAS provided in the stone
ground Homac bread, the pro-
ems Of the wheat berry, next to
mothers milk, are the most val
liable found in nature. In grind
1g the wheat berry and baking
re -four the same day, the nu-
---.-so-sl value Of the wheat germ
= -ezioed.
II ne whea. germ are cap
@-sd to- human Improvement the
needed minerals such as mang-
soese, copper, zinc and cobalt.
Cobalt Is especially important be-
cause L manufactures Vitamin
BIZ II your system.
Also, the wheat germ, re-
tanned as II is in Homac bread,
is the richest natural source of
Vi1anin z. VItamin z has now
become identified with more bod
ny functions than any other vita
min. It's full influence on the hui
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-08-01
Government Urged To Reject
Housing Plan To Dust Negroes

WASHINGTON, July % - The
federal government has been urg-
ed to withhold approval of and
deny funds to a multi-million
dollar slum clearance proposal
for Birmingham on the ground
that it would diSplace some 600
Negro families for the develop
ment Of hospital facilities and
dwelling units for whites only.
In a meeting on July q with
j. W. Follin, new head Of the
governments redevelopment pro-
gram, Clarence Mitchell, director
of the NAACP Washington Bu-
reau, strongly protested against
this proposal. The association,
Mr.. Mitchell told the federal Of
fetal, heartily supports slun
clearance bu: vigorously opposes
any program, such as that pro-
posed for Birmingham, which
would move all Negroes out OF
the area 70 provide new housing
for White families.
Following the protest Of the
NAACP and those Of local Biz
mingham citizens, Col. Harold
Harper, executive director Of the
birmingham Housing Authority,
advised that no new housing
would be developed in the area.
MIR. Mitchell charged that this
new move was simply device to
secure federal support Of a pro-
gram 10 herd colored people into
special areas.
Settlement of this issue, Mr..
Follin informed the NAACP rep
resentative, requires considera-
ton by top administration Off
Gals. Meanwhile, he said, no IL
nal approval has been given to
the Birmingham proposal.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-08-01
ELKS' CHIEF BANS
HIP-SHAKING
IN PARADE

PHILADELPHIA - There
shall be no Glowing, no wiring
ing, twisting and shaking Of the
hips and no vulgar antics will be
tolerated." is the firm order is
sued by Grand Exalted Ruler
Robert H. johnson of the Elks for
the big annual Elks parade at the
Grand Lodge August 1928 in At
lanta, Ga.
This will cut down the gyra-
tons of hip-swinging drum ma
jorettes who have cavorted like
tornadoes in previous parades Of
the biggest public demonstration
put on by the Elks at their an
nual meetings.
"The Grand" has, also ordered
that "intoxication while in the
parade or uniform will not be
tolerated" No commercial floats
or advertisements will be allow
ed TO appear on vehicles or floats
in the parade, as Mr.. johnson
made his move to put Elkdom on
a high plane.
ViolatorS of his orders will meet
with severe discipline. Mr.. john
son will reinforce his orders with
a new 25-member police depart
ment of the Elks, which will
function officially for the first
time at the Atlanta Grand Lodge.
He has already received many
compliments for his new orders,
something unheard of in the days
If the late J. Finley Wilson. Mr..
Johnson is devout churchman.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-08-01
Careful Foods Make
For Longer Life

man is not yet even fully known.
The effects of a lack of Vita
min E have been indicated by a
report in the annals of the New
York Academy of Science. In a
test conducted on cattle, approx
imately fifty percent of the ami
mails died within three years
when fed grain robbed of Vita
min E."
page 256, Volume So
Annals of the New York
Academy of Science