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meant in tax receipts and Adams
said about $21 900.
Joe Sirugo brought the meeting
back to the sheriff's department
by asking how Monroe County con-
pared with other Florida COUNTIES
in the cost of law enforcement.
Spottswood said that $4,000 was
spent in Monroe County last year.
He cited Collier County, which be
said had a population of about S.
600, as having spent 81, 900 on Law
enforcement last year.
SpottSwood then read figures
showing the per capita cost of law
enforcement in Monroe County and
in several other counties.
In Monroe, he said, the per CAPT
ia cost was SIS; in jackson,
$1.6e; in Lake, $1.65; in Bay, 1921;
In Volusa $2.O1; and in Broward,
$2.11.
New Hospital Wing
A. T. Dean, Negro civic leader
and head of the Community I'm
provement Council, asked the com.
missioners about the proposed new
wing at Monroe General Hospital
for Negroes.
Commissioner Clarence Riggs
told him the plans already had
been drawn and that the county
was ready to call for bids on the
wing.
Higgs said the wing would cost
about $4,000
John Goggin, president Of the
Marathon Chamber of Commerce
and county engineer, suggested
that the budget be approved as j,
is set up with the increase.
Charles Pent, clerk of the cir.
cult court Of Hillsborough County
told the meeting he also was .
Monroe County property owner and
that he thought the commissioner
should be complimented instead O.
criticized.
He said the commissioners were
doing their best 10 keep costs
down.
Pent pointed out that the tax mil
lage in HillSborough County wal
81 mills and that the assessment
rate was about the same az in
Monroe County.
Sirugo took the floor again q
suggest that the tax Increase b.
limited to one mill.
Items Set DY Law
Commissioner Joe Allen explain
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ed to the meeting that 80 per cent
of the times in the budget were
set by state law and that the coun-
ty commissioners did not have any
thing to say about the cost of those
items.
He cited $4,000 in the tentative
budget 20 be used to build an an
mex at the court house for law
library. That item is called for by
state law, Allen said, and the
county commissioners must pro-
vide for it.
Allen also pointed out the need
for beach improvements since
Monroe County depends heavily on
tourist trade.
Gehr took the floor again to say
that the people of Monroe County
Thought enough of these commits
sinerS to elect them and if they
decide we need more money in the
budget, we should 60 along with
them"
Goggin again said he thought the
budget should be adopted and add
ed: "As president of the Marathon
Chamber of Commerce and on be-
half Of that organization, l want
to give the board of county COM
missioners a vote of confidence.
Allen moved to postpone action
on the budget. Higgs seconded the
motion and it was passed unani-
mously.
It was after II p. m. when the
meeting adjourned.
No Ofhsr Business
Last nights meeting was confin-
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fund was s121 ,207. The new budget
calls for sl65, S15.5S in this fund,
an increase of $44, 6OS.5S.
This year two-tenths of a mill
increase has been proposed in the
building certificate fund, bringing
this fund to $39, 202.55. Last year
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MRS. BELLE HAMILTON

Mrs. Belle Hamilton, age 49,
passed away last evening at her
residence, 622 Eaton Street, after
a long illness.
Mrs. Hamilton is survived by her
husband DR.. Aubrey H. Hamilton,
two daughters, Martha Hope and
Elizabeth Howard Hamilton, of Key
West.
Other survivors include her IA
Their and several sisters and cou-
sins in New York and a brother in
California.
She was educated at Washington
Irving High School in New York
City and took various poSt-gradu-
ate courses subsequently. She was
for Is years secretary of the ED-
ert Furniture Company and other
firms at the Furniture and Ex-
change IN New York City and en-
gagged in interior decorating work
at that time.
She also appeared with the Man.
haitian Opera Company and with
the ballet Of the Chicago Opera,
and was secretary for years Of the
Astrological Guild Of America.
A memorial service will be held
at the First Methodist Church of
which she was an active member,
at 500 Thursday afternoon, the
Reverend ]. Paul Touchton, min
lister Of the church will officiate.
The body is being sent this eve
ming to Brooklyn, N. Y. for intern
ment IN the family vault. Lopez
Funeral Home is in charge Of local
arrangements.
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Joan Crawford
Stars In New
Islander Film

In "Torch Song" M-G-M offering
al the Islander Theatre, Joan
Crawford makes a triumphant re.
turn to the studio where she first
won stardom. It is her first Tech
nicolor picture and its highly-keyed
drama of a vibrant musical COM
edy actress, taking place for the
most part against backStage scenes
in a Broadway theater, offers film
goers 4 chance to see a singing
and dancing Crawford as well as
the dramatic talent which has won
her an Academy Award and three
Oscar nominations.
With Michael Wilding co-starring
and with such prominent film per-
sonalities as Gig Young, Marjorie
Rambeau, Henry Morgan and Dor
othy Patrick playing pivotal roles,
''Torch Song" unfolds the story Of
Jenny Stewart, a temperamental
and volcanic musical comedy star
who browbeats and alienateS every
one with whom she works, then
meets her Waterloo when she
comes up against the perception,
insight and love of blind pianist
Tye Graham (Wilding).
The part of Jenny is a meaty
role for Miss Crawford-one call
ing for display of theatrical
temperament, glamour personality
and stark emotional intensity, and
she gives it all three in abundance.
From her very first scene in which
the famous Crawford legs flash
across the screen in a fast re-
hearsal routine only to be halted
by 4 fusilage Of temperament be-
cause of her partners misstep, she
holds the audience in the grip Of
her characterization. Nor does the
tempo flag as the story of a girl,
too caught up in the struggle to
get to the top ever to have found
time for love. mounts to its moving
climax.
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MARKSMEN TEST
SKILL ON AUTO

LOUISVILLE, KY. N - Three
"DanI Boones" couldn't find 4
bar to test their craftsmanship
on yesterday.
So they riddled Frank Jasgars-
zewski's automobile with. nine .lS-
caliber, automatic slug and 10
from a .22-caliber rifle, peppering
the right tires, rear glass and right
side.
He said he noticed three men
shooting at . nearby tree when
he parked to 60 fishing in the Ohio
River. He returned to find his ear
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ful purposes merely because So
Wet Russia has refused to 60
along with the idea. He said he
still is trying to find a way to put
the plan into effect without Russia
and intends to keep on trying.
POLITICS-So far as he is con-
cerned, the President said, the
main issue of the fall congressional
campaign will be simply this: Is
the record of the Republican adj
ministration q good one or is it
not?
EUROPEAN FLOOD RELIEF
Eisenhower announced that both
Austria and Germany-he did not
say whether he was talking Of
West or Red-dominated East Ger
many-have accepted the us.
offer of surplus food for the relief
of flood victims in the area of the
Danube River and its tributaries.
He added that Communist Yugo.
Slavia's anti-Soviet government
has not been able to make a reply
as yet. Nor have there been replies
from other countries eligible for
such aid, he said.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTH.
ORITY-The President said he
chose Brig. Gen. Herbert D. Vogel
to be the new chairman of the
IVA board of directors because
Vogel is the kind of a man the
administration wants in that Job.
The President said he told Vogel
that he looks for him to base his
recommendations with respect to
any expansion of iva, or anything
else, on his own best Judgment.
Then Eisenhower said emphat.
ically he wanted to repeat that he
Is pledged not to destroy iva.
HOUSING AND OTHER CON,
STRUCTION-E Eisenhower said he
was unfamiliar with the details u
pending legislation which wouic
authorize emergency construction
of school buildings. He said hi
would look into it and say later
what his position viii be on tn,
matter.
AS for housing generally, tn,
President said-as he has man,
times before-that there should b,
~ racial discrimination in connec
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NEED FOR NEW DIMES

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own antibodies TO resist the polio
virus.
In explaining where the money
is used, he said, Gamma slobulin
costs about $40 = shot and some
peple have received - many rs
three injections"
When questioned by one Of the
Kiwanis members, concerning pos
sible i'll effects of the new vaccine,
Youmans said. mo one who has
taken the vaccine has reported any
i'll effects" ,,-t ..ss
He also explained that the new
vaccine Is given to children only
with the consent Of the parents.
Project Committee
Ralph Faraldo, president Of the
local club, appointed Joe Boza 10
head a committee to study propo-
sails for projects for the emergency
polio drive.
Faraldo also told members that
he had received q telephone call
from Captain c. L. Murphy, Chief
Of Staff to Admiral George C. Tow
ner, Commander Naval Base, IN
which Murphy requested the Xiv
anis Club to sponsor one Of the
Navy ball teams that are coming
to Key West for tournament. The
proposal was favorbly received
by the members.
The Navy has made similar pro-
posals to other civic clubs in the
city. The Navy merely requests
that the club members come out
and cheer for the team they choose
to sponsor. The sponsoring Of
teams by the clubs is aimed at
making the visiting teams feel at
home during their stay IN Key
West.
Challenge Given
Il was announced at the meeting
that the Upper Keys Kiwanis club
has challenged the Key West Club
to a game Of soft ball with the
players dressed as women.
It was pointed out that the Up
per Keys club recently played the
Marathon Lions club in which the
proceeds were $500 for charity.
The plan for the local game Is
10 have women for umpires. "You
can't expect them to be. very good
as umpires," one member said.
Gleason Snow was appointed to
make the arrangements for the
game.
During the meeting the crown Of
the club King was auctioned of in
4 Scottish style auction. Bill South
cot was the successful bidder and
viii be club King for the month Of
August.
Three lnitiaseA
william v. Albury, past presi-
dent, had the honor Of initiating
three new members. In the initia-
ton ceremonies, he told the new
members that the motto II the
club is 1--WE Build"
"0ur purpose is to build ehafae.
ter and morals in the community, -
Abury said. "YOu will only get
out of the club what you put in. -
He also said that Kiwanis has
for its favorite charity the helping
Of underprivileged children.
The new members installed were
Harvey Sellers, Sheldon Smith,
and Lou Monroe.
The weekly bulletin Of the elut
stated that clothing had been civ
en- to two needy families. The bull
letin also urged members to do,
nate used children'g clothing tol
the charitable cause. Ira AIbury 1.
accepting the clothing.
l k;a- ,,,skG 49, ha,,elmn nro rva~ -.
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Life Insurance company special
izing in business and estate an
aIysis, desires to add to it's sales
staff a college trained man, 80
to 40 years of age, capable of
dealing with important clients;
this man will he adequately COM
pensated and trained I'm nm ad-
vanced analysis technique; the
average earnings of the estab-
IiShed man i'm our organization
is in excess of $500; previous
experience not desired, but must
have college degree, dependents.
success background. and he of
potential management timber;
automobile required. Write Civ
Ing details in full to Key West
Citizen. Box W-S5.
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the building certificate find was
$500
The addition of the tWo-tenths
mill increase is necessary because
the surplus fund this year is not
near as much as it was last year.
Lat year the surplus was SIS,
$50. This year it is $500.
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ton with any housing program
where federal funds are used.
FEDERAL INSURANCE - The
President said he was delighted
over Congressional approval Of an
administration bill 70 provide
group life insurance for govern
ment employees. He called the
measure highly desirable.
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Scientists now believe that grav-
ity results from the fact that space
is warped in the vicinity Of 4 mas
sive objects in some dimensions
higher than the familiar three.
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Judge Gibson Praises Navy
Relief Society Activities
Navy Assumption
Of Responsibility
Lauded AT Meeting
BY BILL cIBB

without the Navy Re-
lief Society, juvenile prob
lens couldn't be solved in
Key West" Judge Eva War
ner Gibson stated last night
at a Monroe County Juven-
lie Council meeting.
"The Navy assumes re-
sponsibility for it's own" she
explained.
Judge Gibson's w a r m
praise of the Navy was vol
unteered during a discussion
by Council members as to
the best means of awaken
ing Key Westers to the local
juvenile problem.
That his problem is acute and
that it will probably grow worse
until a Children's Home is built
was apparent to everyone present.
Juvenile authorities are now faced
with the alternative of either plac-
ing underprivileged children in jail
or in foster homes when available.
The one is inhuman while the other
is less than satisfactory because OF
its temporary nature.
Interesting Meeting
The Councils meeting, conduct.
ed by Mrs. Fernando Camus, pre-.
sident, was both interesting and in
structive. Though no definite plan
was evolved as to how to gain the
support Of Monroe Countians for
the Children's Home project, it
was decided to release a more far
reaching publicity program as one
phase of the work.
Final reports from the Fiesta AL
legre y Beneficial were not avail.
able last night. Proceeds from this
gala, two-day affair are to be
donated to the Juvenile Council.
However, there is little likelihood
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Fla. Supreme
Court Awaits
Court Order

TALLAHASSEE R-The Florida
Supreme Court today waited an
order from the us. Supreme
Court before reconsidering its re-
fusal to require the University oi
Florida to admit four Negroes.
Atty. Gen, Richard Erwin, whose
Office represented the state Board
Of Control in its opposition to the
suit brought by the Negroes, de-
clined comment until he received
o copy of the order for study.
Specifically, the court told the
Florida Supreme Court to recon.
slider its refusal to order four
Negroes admitted to the Univer.
sity of Florida.
Hollis Rinehart of Miami, chair.
man of the Board of Control which
supervises the state operated uni,
versities, said as he understood the
decision, 1--WE don't have any prob
lens" Immediately.
Law Change Needed
''We operate these institutions
according to the laws and Consti.
tuition of the state of Florida which
provide for segregation" Rinehart
said.
"Untd the laws are changed by
the Legislature or ruled unconsti.
tutional by direct decision affect.
ing our state, we will follow them.
Swell wait until our Florida
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Man Is Fined On
Assault, Battery
Charge Monday

The city collected a total of $451
for fines and $S5 court costs in yes
terday's session. Four defendants
elected to take Jail sentences in
lieu of fines totaling $215.
Marcus Hannah was fined $50
and five dollars cost or 80 days in
Jail for assault and battery. Han
nah had been picked up after a
warrant against him had been sign.
ed by Esther Smith of 2O7 Petro.
MIA Street.
The woman testified that she
used to be friendly with Hannah
but she had warned him to stay
away because she had five chill
dren and didn't want to lose her
welfare check. She said that Han.
nah had come to her house and
beat her up without reason.
Mrs. Smith appeared in court
with two black eyes, a swollen face
and a laceration above the nose.
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BrOsun's Farm
Veers TOWARD
Collins Today

WEST PALM BEACH R -
Acting Gov. Charley Johns and
Leroy Collins each received six
votes for The Democratic nomi.
marion for governor In the
Browns Farm precinct Of Palm
Palm Beach County today.
The precinct, usually the first
in the state to report a complete
vote, has Is registered voters.
There was one absentee ballot
.wh!eh has not yet been opened.
Collins picked up six VOTES he
didn't have in HE first primary.
At that time. Johns got 10 votes,
Bradley Oldham 3, Collins o.
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Youth Slays Pal

BALTIMORE RAEdeard Per-
rero, 15-year-old high school stu
dent, was shot and Killed yester-
day while target shooting in a
wooded area with his best friend.
George Allender, Perrero's Is.
year-old friend, ran from the
woods to get help after the shoot
ing. But when police arrived he
was nearly hysterical and had lost
all sense Of direction. Six police
men hunted for 30 minutes before
locating Perrero's body, which had
rolled part way under bush.
Allender was held at Northwest
ern police station.
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DC. Education
Board Makes
.SchoolPlans
Wiping Out Of
Separate Schools
Set For This Fall
By DOUGLAS 3. CORNELL

WASHINGTON METhe District
OF Columbia Board Of Education
adopted 8 to today a five-point
blueprint for ending segregation of
white ard Negro children in Wash
ington's public schools.
Plans are to make the start next
fall and have it completely in ef-
feet one year thereafter.
President Eisenhower has voiced
the hope that successful plan for
wiping out separate schools in
Washington may serve as a guide
to ease the way for abolishing
school segregation in II Southern
and border states where it has
been compulsory.
The plan is designed to put into
effect the Supreme Court decision
holding racial segregation in public
schools is unconstitutional.
The five points in brief:
Five Point Plan
1. All assignments and ratings
lin the school system shall be based
upon merit, not race or color.
2. No pupil shall be favored or
Disseminated against because of
race or color.
3. Children in no event shall be
permitted to attend schools out
side the boundaries in which they
live for reasons of race or color.
4. No records of pupils or per-
sonnet shall make any reference
to race or color.
S. ALI schools shall be used to
maximum efficiency without re-
gard to race or color.
The Supreme Courts decision on
public school segregation came
May II.
In a series of follow-up decisions
yesterday, the court issued orders
aimed at giving Negroes admit
lance to publicly supported colleges
and universities, theaters, golf
courses and housing projects.
Some Rulings Final
In some instances the rulings
were final. In others, lower courts,
were told to do some reconsidering
on the basis of the May II deci-
sion striking down segregation in
public schools.
The District of Columbia COM
missioners quoted Eisenhower as
depressing great interest a week
lago in plans for ending school seq
regation here in Washington and
asking them to keep him posted
on progress.
There are more Negro than
white children here. And aides said
the President feels a successful
plan to end segregation in the CAPT.
tai would ease the way for the
change in the II Southern and
border states where school segre-
cation has been practiced.
While some Southerners have ex-
pressed a willingness to comply
with the Supreme Court decision,
Others are declaring angrily there
never will be combined white and
Negro schools.
TaImsdse Speaks
1 Appearing on recorded MBS
radio program last night, Gov.
Herman Talmadge of Georgia said
Eisenhower will be hurt politically
In the South by the fact that the
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Is Fast All
erFlorida
Total May Reach
That OF First
Primary By Night
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


Good weather and a fast early
morning voting pace in the big
ger cities indicated the turnout
in. Florida's governorship runoff
between Acting Gov. Charley
Johns and state Sen. Leroy Col
Inns might match the first primary
ballot total.
Prediction predictions were
that lack of interest in the un-
precedented special Democratic
primary TO fill the two-year unex-
PRED term Of the late Gov. Dan
McCarty might cause the total
vote to fall below 50 per cent
OF the t.sd 1,la7 600 registered
voters.
Even Split
Collins and Johns split even on
the first precinct to report. Each
got six votes at Browns farm
in Palm Beach County. In the
first primary Johns got 10 there,
Bradley Oldham 3 and Collins none.
Voters in Dade County, Collins
stronghold in the first primary
turned out fast. BY 10 am, more
than $4,000 had voted-9,0OO more
than at the same hour three weeks
ago. Registration Supervisor Carl
Holmer predicted a total vote oi
more than 10000 in the county
which marked up only 1884, in
the first primary.
+ In Duval County, where. Johns
topped the ticket May 4, election
officials reported at 10 a. m. the
voting was averaging about the
same as in the first primary.
In Hillsborough, 6 per cent Of
the qualified voters had been to
the polls by 9 a. m, compared
with 4 per cent at the same hour
in the first primary.
Voting was reported heavier than
before in Alachua County, and
about the same as in the first
primary in Pinellas and Leon.
Heavy Early Vote
Some of the heavy early turnout
may have been due to the short
ballot, cutting down the waiting
lines and letting people vote be.
fore going to work.
Fast counting and the short bal
lot may give Floridians their de-
cision on the governorship by bed
time tonight.
Polls will close at Z p. m. anc
returns from voting machines or
which about 70 per cent of the
vote is cast should be tabulatet
within a couple of hours.
The two candidates closed
their campaigns with prediction.
Of victory last night in statewide
radio speeches and television ap
pearances, then went to their
homes-Johns to Starke and Col
Inns to Tallahassee-to cast then
own votes.
Johns was conceded his creates
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CITY TO GIVE FREE
LIGHTING FOR GAMES

The city commission last night
In q special meeting voted to give
tree lighting to the baseball games
to be played between Clewiston and
Key West High School on Friday
and Saturday.
The motion was made by Louis
Carbonell and received unanimous
vote Of the commission.
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Naturally, all candidates were
predicting victory.
Six Names On Ballot
On the ballot in Monroe County
there were only six names.
Here is the lineup:
For Governor: Acting Governor
Charley E. Johns VS.. Leroy Col
Inns.
For State Senator: Incumbent
James A. Franklin vs.. Key Vests
William Neblett.
For County Commissioner in the
second district: Incumbent Frank
Bentley VS.. william A. Freeman
Jr.