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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
"a Acres, TiUO Bedroom House Sold
To Miami YachtSmen Developers;
Originally O'Uned By C. TingIer

One of the largest real estate
sales of the Florida Keys winter
season was the transfer last week
of the Elliott Roosevelt estate at
Marathon.
Buyers were Kenneth NJ. Dun
ming and Robert L. o'Dell. The
price was reported to be close to
$40, 10000. Brokers in the trans
action was Romer L. Baucum, re-
presented by Bill Alderman, and
The Keyes Company, represented
by Bob Harrill.
Elliott Roosevelt and Minnewa
Bell Roosevelt purchased this
tract of land at the time of their
marriage in May 1851. They bought
from the Chester F. Tinglers, long
time residents and pioneers in the
development of the Marathon area
in the Florida Keys.
The Roosevelt house is situated
upon a coral knob high above the
vari-hued, beautiful waters of the
Gulf of Mexico at the tip of a
headland. It was designed for COM
Portable, tropical living. There is
an outdoor terrace above a 70-foot
swimming pool carved from the
coral rock, and a large breezeway.
The tract of land comprising "a
acres is ideally situated, and may
be easily reached by air, water or
land. 1t faces U. S. Highway air
strip, which was built by the Fed
eral Government during the war
for bomber training. 1t is ITO miles
south of Miami and so miles north
of Key West.
There is more than a mile water
frontage and a large yacht basin,
which is reached from the Inter-
coastal Waterway by turning south
above Rebecca Bank Beacon no.
Is. Sailing craft can carry Z feet
draft to the point and through the
dredged 2,000-foot channel to the
landlocker harbor. Under the new
owners, who are active in yacht
ing and fishing circles and who
are flyers as well, it will undoubt-
eddy become a rendezvous for boat
ing enthusiasts because of its
strategic location and because faci-
/, lities are contemplated for com
Portable living aboard.
The plans of Dunning and 0'Dell
are not complete at this date, but
the Lamb Construction Company,
Marathon, is already engaged in
filling and leveling portion of the
tract to make it ready for sale in
smaller tracts from a quarter-acre
to an acre in size.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Pages THE KEY WEST Saturday. January 81 lss
Don't Cut Financial Corners
Too Closely In Home Buying

that buyer win find himself fac
ing additional payments equal to
4 or per cent of the actual loan.
The housing agency noted that
closing charge practices vary in
different sections of the country
and are influenced by the relative
availability of mortgage money.
Nevertheless, it said, some charges
are about the same everywhere.
Title insurance is usually the
largest closing cost item, running
about $S5 on $1,000 mortgage in
the Jacksonville study. It protects
the lender or purchaser of the
mortgage against prior claims,
faulty title, forgerieS, etc.
Another significant item is the
mortgage service charge, some
times called mortgage loan brok-
erage. In the Jacksonville market
cent of the mortgage or $50. which
ever was greater. 1t is designed
to defray the expense of such
things as lenders appraisals, at
services, escrow charges,
notary fees and various overhead
items.
Hazard insurance, prepaid inter-
est and taxes are other major
items of expense which come up
at the time of purchase.
In addition to the practicable
charges, HHFA said sometimes
are required for such
matters as equipment inspection
fees. construction inspection fees,
construction loan cost, brokerage
fee for placing the loan, and water
tap deposit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Wilson, Candolfo
Ask To Modify
Permit In Blight

Application has been made to the
Department of the Army by
Messrs. Howard E. Wilson and
Claude A. Gandolfo, Key West,
Florida, for modification Of a per-
NIT issued Z November 1852 to
maintain an existing fill and to
place additional fill, in Florida
Bay, at applicants property, at the
northwest intersection Of Roose-
welt Boulevard and Dredgers Key
Road, on the northerly shore of
the Island of Key West, Florida.
1t was proposed to extend an ex-
listing fill, beginning at the above
mentioned street intersection and
extending northward about 545 feet
along Dredgers Key Road and
about 400 feet westward along
Roosevelt Boulevard. 1t was also
proposed to fill two additional
areas; one Immediately westward
of the aforementioned area, about
1880 feet long and 545 feet wide,
parallel to and about LIS feet
northward from Roosevelt BouIe.
ward; the other are to be filled
was about 700 feet long and 545
feet wide, and parallel to and
about lbs feet northward from
Roosevelt Boulevard. The latter
area was about 1000 feet westward
from the intersection of Roosevelt
Boulevard and Dredgers Key Road
and connected to Roosevelt Boule-
ward with a causeway about so
feet wide. Fill material would be
obtained elsewhere than from the
navigable waters. The applicants
now propose to fill the two I25-
foot wide strips between the above
mentioned fill areas and Roosevelt
Boulevard.
Plans of this work may be seen
at the office Of the District Engi-
neer, Corps of Engineers, SIS
Riverside Avenue. Jacksonville.
Florida, and at the office of the
Resident Engineer, Corps Of Engi-
neer. foot of Collins Avenue, Mia
mi Beach, Florida.
1t is not proposed to hold a
public hearing on this application.
Anyone desiring to submit a pro-
test based on the proposition that
the proposed work would unrea.
sonably interfere with public navi-
gable capacity Of the said water
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
ROBERT BUCKLER
LA CONCHA STUDIO
MANAGER WRITES
TWO COLUMN PIECE

Charley TOPPING and Sons made
a front page picture spread and a
two column story in a recent issue
of Florida Building Journal.
Written by Robert Buckler, La
Concha Studios manager, with pho
tographs by him, the piece tells
the history of the firm. and makes
these points.
"The firm leads all private en-
terprise in Key West and has the
largest civilian payroll of any com.
pany in Monroe County"
The corporation founded In 1908
by Charley TOPPING started with
the owner and his two hands, a
few tools and a will to work, &C.
cording to Buckler.
1t was his vision that led him to
buy Keys acreage, unmindful if it
was by the acre or by the gallon.
The Toppinos,. Philip, who is
President, and his father have
"plowed In the ocean" They be-
gan to bring to the surface the
oceans floor and moved it into
swamps and marshes. Like magic,
these worthless mosquito breeding
grounds began to turn into valu-
able acreage of good solid ground.
Navy projects rs well as private
housing have been made possible
by TOPPING and sons. The firm now
occupies a vast acreage on Stock
Island.
Opposite the story In Florida
Building Journal is a full page ad
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
The Veterans
Corner

Here are authoritative answers
from the Veterans Administration
to four questions of interest to
former servicemen and their fami-
lies:
Q. I have a chance to get an
Atomic Energy Commission fellow
ship at university. Would also
be eligible for monthly education
allowances under the Korean CT
Bill?
A. No. The law prohibits VA
from paying the allowances to
veterans whose education is paid
for completely by the U. S. Govern
ment. Your Ale fellowship would
come under this category.
Q. I'm a World War II veteran
and I've just finished training as
an accountant under the old CT
Bill. Now I'd like to take CPA
coaching course, since have some
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Former German Won't Go Back
10 Homeland For Any Riches

BRAND DON, Manitoba u
Things looked pretty dark last
spring for John Kreutzer. He had
so cents to his name, and his fam
lily of three had barely enough
clothing.
He had arrived in Canada as an
immigrant from Germany and
worked year on a farm, as the
conditions of his entry into Canada
required. Then he set out on his
own.
Besides his so cents, he had a
thorough knowledge of landscape
gardening gained in a German
school-and tremendous urge to
get ahead. He realized there was
a future for landscape gardener
here and he found a place to get
plenty of sodded grass, a basic
need for the job in this area.
But he had no money to buy a
truck. A bank, without asking
security or references, loaned him
the down payment.
For the next six weeks, John,
his wife Ann, and their two small
children headed for the nearby
Carberry hills to haul sod for an
Army base. They worked from 3
am. until dusk.
Some days we loaded and
hauled more than 1000 yards"
John says.
The process consists of taking up
strips of desirable grass from a
field and planting il where some
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
BY FRANCIS ]. KELLY

WASHINGTON Rl-Wnen Duylng
a home, don't cut your financial
corners too closely. Remember the
closing costs" Ian important but
seldom stressed expense.
These are likely to amount to
several hundred dollars on any
sizeable mortgage and can prove
a source Of serious embarrassment
to prospective homeowner who
does not take them into considera-
ton. 4
This word of caution comes di-
rectly from the governments
Housing and Home Finance Agen-
cy (HHFAl.
It's division of housing research,
in collaboration with the Universe
ty of Florida's Bureau Of Economic
and Business Research, recently
completed a study of such closing
costs in the residential mortgage
market at Jacksonville, Fla, over
a six-months period.
Closing costs are charges over
and above the down payment ad-
vertised by the builder. The in
clude such items as title insurance,
mortgage service charges. proper
ty surveys, reports on the buyers
credit and various fees, revenue
stamps and intangible taxes.
In the study, involving mort
cages executed in 1850, these clos
ing charges for a $4,000 indebted
ness ran approximately $244 for a
loan guaranteed by the Veterans
Administration, $685. for a conven-
tional loan.
In other words, II is probable
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Elliott Roosevelt Estate Sold For SO 900

CT entitlement remaining. Could I
do it?
A. No. VAS post-cut-off-date re-
gulations allow you to take adj
vanced training only when it's q
normal progression from your
basic course. Rewivew or coach
ing courses such as the CPA
coaching course = do not represent
an advancement to a higher level
of knowledge, ana therefore may
not be taken after you've completed
your basic course.
Q. I'm the widow of a World
War / veteran and I'm figuring
my annual income to see whether
! qualify for a VA death pension.
From time to time during the
year, my relatives have given me
gifts of money. Are they counted
as income?
A. Yes. Gifts must be included
in computing your income for
pension purposes.
Q. l got CT home loan when
the top guaranty was $4,000. I
understand it has been raised to
$500. Am / entitle to another
loan which could be guaranteed for
$500 : the difference between the
old and new top guarantees.
(Veterans living in Key West and
vicinity who wish further informa.
ton about their benefits should
contact the VA office at 2ls Post
Office Bldg, Key West, Fla.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31

one wants grass in a hurry. It can
give a better stand of grass than
the usual seeding methods, in
many areas.
BY the end of six weeks. he was
far enough ahead to buy a sod
cutter and began taking orders in
Brandon. From sodding he went TO
grass seeding and tree planting.
As the season shortened he began
top-dressing lawns.
Several large projects gave him
the volume needed TO employ a
staff. In August and September he
had eight or nine men working for
him.
Johns greatest worry was the
winter season when there would be
no lands"aping. The sale Of Christ.
mas trees provided a partial an.
swer. Now he keeps busy cutting
and pruning trees.
Mrs. Kreutzer for more than six
months has been able to devote her
full time to her home and children,
Manfred. 4, and Norma, 3.
The Kreutzers still have language
problems to overcome but they are
making Roadway. Johns greatest
desire is to receive citizenship
papers. He says:
II feel | am a Canadian and il
sounds strange when l hear some
one speak of me as foreigner.
We wouldn't 90 back Ito Germany
for all the money IN the worl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Assessments Up

NEW YORK R-The assessed
valuation of New York City real
estate was set yesterday at $ls.-
81, 29l Goethe highest in history.
The figure was a S4S6, S3i ,633
increase over last year.
way. should submit such protest
in writing in sufficient detail to
admit Of = clear understanding of
the reasons therefor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
TOPPING Firm Featured In
Florida Building Journal

of the Toppino's with photographs
of drag lines, cement block build
ing plant and other equipment.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Security Hearing on GP0
Will Resume SATURDAY.

Public hearings on the Senate
investigation of security condi-
tions at the Government Print
ing Office will not be resumed
until 1890 am. Saturday. 1t
had been expected the hearings
would start up again tomorrow.
In announcing the new date
today. Francis P. Carr. execu-
tive director of the Senate Inves-
legations subcommittee. said
Chairman Mccarthy will be in
St. Louis tomorrow to address
the National Security Committee
of the American Legion.
The Senator has been on the
West Coast examining additional
witnesses in the printing office
inquiry.
Evening star., 1953-08-27

on the thesis that music as an
adjunct of other forms Of
therapy deserves a regular
place in the general program
of a mental hospital"
Speaking of some cases
where mental patients have
shown striking improve
ments" after treatment with
music, DR.. Friedman adds:
although it is justiflable to
suspend final judgment on
these enthusiastic reports, un-
til we can obtain further con-
flrmation, continued expert
mentation should be encour-
aged. Certainly the dangers
are almost nil. Side reactions
and toxic effects are said to be
rare, except for some mild
nauseau produced by Ravel's
Bolero." 4
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Woman Follows Diagram
Shoots Self in Heart
By the Assoeioted Press

MIAMI, Flas, Aug. 27.-A
woman employe of the Miami
Public Library shot herself in
the heart early today after con-
sulting a medical book to find
the exact location of the heart
Homicide Detective Neal Cos
ton identified her as Mrs. Mar
guerite F. Vance, Al, and listed
the death as a suicide.
Near the body Detective Co.'S
ton said he found a diagram
in blue crayon showing the ioca-
ton of the human heart in its
nest of ribs, evidently copied
from a medical book in the
library
A % caliber pistol was nearby.
A note explained she was de-
spondent over her health, the
detective said. adding that she
was partially crippled and need
ed two canes to walk.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Quick Arrest in Hit-Run Case
Brinus Award to Pvt. Gilbert
Got Clue to Car by
Juggling Tag Digits
Reported to Police

Pvt. William K. Gilbert of the
Metropolitan Police Departments
Accident Investigation Unit. has
been selected as July Policeman
of the Month for apprehending
a hit-and-run suspect less than
two hours after fatal accident
on July 81.
The officer was nominated for
the award by Capt. William j.
Liverman, commander of the
investigation unit. He also was
commended by Acting Chief OF
Police Howard v. Covell, Traffic
Director George E. Keneipp and
Capt. John j. Agnew of the
Traffic Division.
Pvt. Gilbert had just gone off
duty at 1870 pm. July 81, when
he heard the police radio look
out for the hit-and-run vehicle
that had killed a pedestrian, Will
lard Thomas. so, of 5000 Georgia
avenue NV, shortly before at
Georgia avenue and Ingraham
street NV.
Pvt. Gilbert checked the tag
listing and found the number
and car description given by
witnesses did not match. He
juggled the four digitS in the
number and found one combi-
nation that fitted the cars de-
scription. The car was owned
by Mrs. Mable Myers. of the 300
block of Whittier street NV.
Pvt. Gilbert proceeded to
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Taft's Papers Deposited
In Library Of Congress

The papers of the late Sen
ator Taft. almost 100000 items
have been deposited in the Lii
brary of Congress, it was an
nounced today.
The Library, calling the pa
pers "of first Importance, Saio
they will not be open for public
examination until the family OF
the Senator converts the de
post" into a gift.
Senator Taft's father, former
President William Howard Taft
deposited his private papers
with the Library of Congress in
1919. In 1852 they were con-
verted into gift to the Nation
and were then opened to the
public.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
10th Hearing Postponed
Until HoItzoff's S Return

The case of former Air Force
Sergt. Robert 10th. originally
scheduled for hearing Tuesday
in the U. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia, today was
postponed until next Thursday.
The postponment was granted
by Federal Judge James r. Kirk
lard in order that Judge Alex
ander Holtzoff, now on vacation,
may hear the case. 1t was Judge
Holtzoff who issued a writ of
habeas corpus to bring 10th back
from Korea where he was taken
to face court-martial on charges
of completely in the murder of a
Korean civilian while he was in
service.
The former airman was ar
rested by military police last
month while his job in a Pitts
burgh steel mill. Judge Holtzotf
has ruled his arrest illegal.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
District Boy, IA,
Awarded YMCA
SO Camper Trophy

James r. Lee, a 14-year-old
all-season camper at the YMCA
Camp Let's, at Edgewater. Md.
has been selected best all-around
camper for the 1858 season.
James, who lives at 3112 @
street NV, was awarded the
yearly trophy at the closing OF
the 47th season of the camp for
boys earlier this week.
Other outstanding camper
awards were made to boys for
each of the four periods of the
summer season. They are:
Robert S. Engel, IL, 6 Virgilia
street, Chevy Chase, Md; Ernest
Langley, los North Pitt street,
Alexandria, Va; Maurice Chen.
IL, 1903 East-West highway, Sill
yer Spring, Md, and Douglas
Perry, 8, Herndon, Va.
James Lee is the son of Navy
Capt. James R. Lee. presently on
duty in the Pacific theater.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Crash Kills Mother
And Daughter Being
Rushed 10 Hospital

A mother and her daughter
who was being rushed to Freed
mems Hospital, were killed early
today in an automobile collision
with a tractor-trailer truck at
Fourth street and independence
avenue S.W.
In critical condition at Emer-
gency Hospital was Joseph B
Mackie, So, colored. of 429 O
street S.W., Washington Ter
minal employe. who police said
was driving the car.
The dead were listed as his
wife, Marie, AZ. and his daugh-
ter. Rosa Lee, 16, who was being
taken to Freedmen's Hospital tc
have a baby.
Police said the truck carry
ing a 17,OO0-pound load was be-
ing driven west on independence
avenue by Guiles c. Blevins, 35
of West Jefferson, N. c., at the
time of the 5 am. collision with
the car going north on Fourth
street.
John E. Speaks, 33, of Winston
Salem, N. c., the trucks CO.
driver, was sleeping in the cab
at the time, police said, and was
thrown to the street. He was
treated at Emergency for a pos
sible cheek bone fracture. Mr.
Blevins suffered face lacerations
according to the report.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Revised Fiscal Estimate
Discussed by Cabinet
BY the Assoeiosed Press

Revised estimates of Federal
income and outgo for the current
fiscal year ending June 80, 1854,
were discussed at a cabinet
meeting today.
Pending release of the figures
for publication tomorrow there
was no official comment.
The cabinet session was the
first since President Eisenhower
left on his Colorado vacation
August 8. It was presided over
by Vice President Nixon and
lasted nearly two hours.
Secretary of State Dulles also
briefed the cabinet on develop
ments in the international field
A National Security Council
meeting began almost immedi-
ately after the cabinet session
ended.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Air Force Collars
N Photographer as
He Films TemporayU

Like so many others, NBC
Television's Cameraman Brad
ford Kress thinks there is a
story in Washington's unsightly
temporary buildings.
But documenting that feeling
can be risky, he found out today
Mr.. KreSs was in the street
filming Temporary U, an Air
Force installation at Twelfth
street and Constitution avenue
NV. From the outside it is just
as unimpoSing as any other
temporary.
AS his camera began to grind
three Air Force police strobe
from the building, told him il
was Air Force property, restricted
and that he couldn't take pic
lures.
They took him inside. he said
held him for 40 minutes and re-
leased him after taking his
name, address and explanation
for the photographing.
"The guards we're just too con-
Scientious," an Air Force captain
in charge of security said later.
There is no restriction on ex-
terror photographs, he explained.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Starlight Movies
Playground Film @
Proaram for Tonight

Programs presented by The
Evening Star through the CO.
operation of the District, Airing
ton County, Prince Georges
County, Montgomery County and
Alexandria Recreation Depart
ments and the Film Center OF
Washington:
Washington, at Dusk.
Stoddert, Thirty ninth and
Calvert streets NV.
Raymond, Tenth street and
Spring road NV.
Powell, Sixteenth and Lamont
streets NV.
Sherwood. Tenth and G streets
NE.
Garfield, Second and F streets
Sc.
Anne Beers, Thirty-Sixth place
and Alabama avenue Sc.
Cook. first block of P street
NV.
Rose Park, Twenty seventh
and o streets NV.
Langston, 2210 H street NE.
Fort Stanton, Seventeenth and
Erie streets Sc.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Suspect Surrenders
In Ambush Staying

An Arlington (Va.) man,
hunted since Monday as a Sus-
pect in the ambush Staying OF
a father of six, surrendered yes
terday to Prince Georges County
police.
Arthur w. Greene, 81, colored,
of the 2400 block of South First
road, was brought to the Upper
Marlboro station by his counsel,
j. Franklyn Bourne, a District
attorney.
Greene was served with a war
rant charging him with the shot
gun Staying of Eric w. Hubbard.
80, colored, of the $500 block OF
Firth Sterling avenue Sc.
Later in the day, the accused
man was ordered released under
$4,000 bond, after a habeas cor
pus hearing before Circuit Judge
Charles c. Marbury. A prelim-
mary hearing was set for Friday
in Upper Marlboro.
Police said the shooting early
Monday followed an argument
between the two colored men at
a tavern at Cedar Haven, near
Aquasco, Md. Greene is accused
of firing at Hubbard from be-
hind a roadside sign.
Evening star., 1953-08-27

Admitting that completely
conscious and practically
sane persons must at times
''get away from it ALL" a
District doctor today recon-
mended music as a form of
doing it.
Writing in the monthly
journal of the District Medical
Society Medical Annals of
the District CT Columbia DIR.
Maurice M. Friedman sug-
gested:
Undoubtedly all of us have
had the diSheartening expert
ence of recommending two
weeks in Florida to a poor
fellow without the bus fare.
fishing trip to a man who
loatheS fish, or gardening to
woman who is allergic to every
/. thing that grows. And yet
Evening star., 1953-08-27

Fortunately" he writes,
"these may be had at a very
low cost. Every Wednesday
night $500 to 5000 people are
whisked away to gently roll
ing, green hills, to stark noun
tains with torrential rivers and
roaring waterfalls to the peace
of sacred temples and to the
land of the gods-all without
leaving town"
How?
DR.. Friedman explains these
excursions, leave Constitution
Hall at $50 pm. The swift
and thoroughly satisfying
transport to never-never land
is conducted "by a crew of Sc
under the direction of Con-
ductor Howard Mitchell"
DR.. Friedman says that
agreement is pretty general