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THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE USA. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1947 Schools, Churches, Hospitals Geta 50% Cut In Electric Costs Under, . New City Rates; Street Lights 20%|) i { Hi (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third in a series of | articles on the new reduced electric rates of the City Elec- ‘|. trie System.) e 4 By JOHN R. VOSBURGH, City Editor, Key West Citizen Reduced Price “Key. West’s’ schools, churches der the new schedule from 50 to bd | Sales Meeting | oe mane hpspitals, and street _lighting| 60 per cent. The Key Wiest Ci system will find the new-reduced| _ The new flat rate of 4 cents | ith It wil cost about $17,009 te = of the Cit; rincile Sy stém | pas uiclie ata ieee ces seee | Wi Success vrepare & portion of Gece Chive : y vy! | churches, hospitals and coun- iField for operations by the Ne. almost like a present from Santa; ty buildings will bring the fol- (Ry 'The Anauetnted Press) i Airlines and Acrovim @ Claus. The average non-profit in-| lowing reductions. in their elec- | NEWBURYPORT, Mas.. April: it was announced by the Mey stitution has its rates slashed un-' tric bills: 23.—The experiment of local) West Naval Base today Kilowatt 1946 1947 merchants in reducing prices 10, ‘The Boca Chica Field will be Michael Hoare i Bill Bill Reduction Pet cent has caused a boom in) inade available for the operation Beach Mo- $ 2.00 60.0% {bUving, it was reported today.!of the commercial airlines as of the 2 teday, 4.00 55.5% | There have been increased sales! soon as the companies affected ‘ = in all lines, with demands for aoe 60.0% in al a meet the Navy's requireretnts, eer commrete block bs 1inen’s furnishings and automobile | ¢, Cooper “ ye Fam — international bank. a0 86.8% |cupplies greater than in any line | nanding afficer of. the Maval Sironion srevts| “Wallace explained that, before 10.00 55.5% lof trade. Ef eaget ee a ‘ ‘ : . . grantinge Russia the money, she 300... 26.50 12.00 54.7% The experiment is to last 10) gchedules of both wirlines minet nite Must agree to withdraw all ée-} Electric System officials sayyas in past years, may bring as, days, and some merchants said be adjusted to the hours thet yy ak ae mands for reparations in Ger-| the average church or school]much or more revenue to the| that if the success in increased! the tower at the field is manmed te the Gato ay. 8 that thot country an | anes not use over 300 kilowatt| City Electric System, since the oe cae the time may be! by Navy personnel, Capt. Cooper be able to adjust herself eco-' fours. lower rate should be an induce- | eXtended, : r said. Yt ome | sumically. | The reduction for the, city| ment for expansion. (Sherman Oaks, California, re-} Armong other requirements are these He also nk street lighting system will be| ‘The following figures from R. ees today that the mercon fencing about 2.500 feet of the on should 1. somewhat less in proportion but; W.. Beck and Assaciates, cogeult- | F ere talg try yay out the New-| runway on two sides of the roa Cohen plan | will still mean a lessening in costs| ing engineers for the City Elec-|>Uryport’s experiment. In the/tg the airport and alterations t ‘of $1181.30 per year, assuming}... & California city, however, reduc- be mae Bui we H : Zi tric System, show how the street} 4:0... made to Building progressive. | Ghar serleaiia'el' te future, these twe models embedy!some-suy- |{0%, Same nuynber of kilowatt) toe eocts inthe city have| arg. ee Tom 10 10 50 Ber! Improvements inatate © sate ome layout of the future United Nations Headquarters |!OUrS is used in 1947 as 1046. ‘ : pe | cent): factory office and waiting room However, the improved illumina-|vopped since the city acquired} with modern conveniences fer New York City’s east side.-The tall building in each model 7 i fap a uD Teen , dresses in as offices for U.N’s staff while the lowest structures | tion of the streets, if continued! the electric properties: iLand Transferre passengers: _establinting 4 perk meeting halis for U. N. meetings. Still at work on de- | Year— Kwh Revenue Cost Kwh ther Courtne +! allocation of space, architects emphasize that their § = 1943 0 97,387 $8,350.42 08575 : Expenses of these lmpeo Fa ys, ea cad ee | 1944 : saa 128,379 8,439.60 © 06596 In City, County ments must be borne by the ° | omen ee Siig tate Gian ied cede bo WN GCE 1945 ~ 188,409 8.46849 08348 | cries sieves of property were [ee cael, Comper, sald Relieves pleted by the end of we already been made by 1948 182.530 9,402.50 04847 bree pieces of property were} Rogelio Gomez, Key West men ira ah oe ! : a a ree s transferred by warranty deeds! ager of Aerovias @ left teete e | ; e: 1947 - 04000 | filed yesterday with County} for Havana for # conlerence «ah Friends Here: Red Cross Starts Drive : Not only have the costs per; Incidentally, officials of the} Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Jcompany officials un the Nw t | kilowatt hour dropped more than! City Electric System pointed out{ Mr. and Mrs. Jose C. Perez} requirements, A conferemer ®t and acquaintances of | ad 150 per cent, but the quality of; today that the primary reason; transferred the property near} National Airlines will be soe Courtney, assistant iY Last 1 00 of Fund street lighting has been boost-' for the increased operating ex-| Margaret and United Streets tol by Gomez when be returns Chureh of the In. or or ‘ed considerably since the city ac-| penses described in esterday’s| Adela Kantor, 409 Eaton street,! Havana, i i | if fF ? ¢ uf ui FE F vant i ef | meculate Conception in New Or- | quired the electric facilities. Inj article was the poor condition in| for $7,000. —— - leans, who was stubbed at his’ With the hope of completingy—————————________ | 1944. work = was commenced which the electric facilities were] Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Axelson, Seek Di communion rail Sunday, were the Fund Drive of the Key West! changing the street lights from. left by the former owners. For} transferred 80 acres of mainland} ve vorces | relieved to learn today that the Chapter, American Red Cross ‘Red Cross Names 600 to 1000 lumens. This task was’ example, after the city acquired |property to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin. Divorce petitions were fled condition of the wounded priest ~" ig ; completed last year at no extra'the properties, it found four/C. Lunsford, Miami, for $1,600. | yesterday with Clrewit ‘ continues to improve. this weck, 16 members of the| cost to the city. damaged liners in one engine, all] Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Forbes; Clerk Ross €. Sawyer by We Father Courtney, who gave a chapter's board of directors plus: Alabaman As New While the rate reductiqn to 4 of which had to be replaced.| transferred five lots near Seiden-| Nesbit against Kenneth L. Nee» retreat here at the convent a few three key chairmen are today; j cents pee silowalt hour fer the Other yplts requis igri pac and ring streets to Glenn} and by Alton B. Goekring years schoolmate Vee c a Ss S : street lighting system is a 13.9! repairs and the extensive depre-| Ingle for $500. lage Ida L. Gookri ot Lh Rn EE, pastor of baeee: Ree eS | Exee:. Secretary pe: cent cut, it amounts to close ciation of still others have kept} ~~ > > = peta St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church and leading individuals for con-' At a epeciiemneatinis «Gf the; 2:20 per cent: when computed maintenance costs on a high level. C ® he T. A here, has been placed under ¢riputions. ; sigicbcbal hee 2 a ~, Qh kilowatt hour's used, acording Complete replacement. of, some} Omnussion 0 ‘ ae armed guard at Mercy Hospital, ay special . meeting mMeminion ines" Othe €¥'| to Beck and Associates. ‘apparatus has been necessary. | New Urleans, since three uniden- the directors allotted among West Chapter, American Red; —--——— is : RET f men reportedly themselves, the chapter hair.) C'9Ss: Tuesday, resignation of * his life. man, the chairmah se the frig: Miss Sue Day, Holmes, executive ' Poland Plans secretary, was formally accepted. Grand Jury Still At CAA For Ai I i Benita avae"spoint’ Rail Building, In Session Today, Project At Key West if ? ' priest's assailant, a 27- Drive, and the chair Marine of Houston, special gifts comm ex. é |Texas, Don L. Laurentz, con- of 190 firms. praanizations, and tinued baffle poll iS indivi . ithecto he ed to the position. tones : es : json te 2s eats tn wiltien individuals who hitherto had not) “ry “committee and officers of| WARSAW, Poland —(AP)—The| Grand jury was still in S03" SORPRISH MEETING OFW ae form that he almost stabbed an- “Approximately $1,500.00 re-| the chapter were enthusiastic inj MInSity OF | transr ort plans to today. No session of Circuit Court , Traian a other priest after buying the’ mains to be raised to bring the their praise of the work Miss} have a double-track railway line | was scheduled to be held, and| COUNTY COMMISSION Effe ts To R w {jack knife with which he later fund drive total to $9,000.00, J. ¥,; Holmes has done here. _ | in operation between ‘Warsaw,’ therefore nd report by the grand ERS HELD LAST SAT 4 pris ene - stabbed Father Courtney four porter, 1V, over-all Fund Drive’ Miss Holmes feelingly said! Gydnia and Gdansk by 1949. jury was expected, Judge Aqui- passa = - yey est age, Reconstruction of the | ilroad bridge in Poland over’ were taken to the Mealth times. Chairman, reported. {she had ¢ Tuesday afternoon by) The church where the attack (that since she sid, URDAY | Negotiations In longest lino Lopez. Jr is considering The grand j le more clo: 4 Oe aS Application will be made to 9 — occurred was ified yesterday . ye 1946, she had murder ¢ agai illie seek i ; Phe h 2. — ~—— > an ancient Catholic ceremony This Is No Circus, friends than in any other com-;the Vistula at Tezew and the ‘Joe Putt. a Ma athon ere eae oh Toe STE poner Siri ¢ the correct method for dating back to the fifth century. | i :munity in a similar length of construction of a second railway is alleged to have stapped Oscar| roo County Commision for an Peas el in and caring for the “p, | Horse Decides Armstrona ha been witn| 72K on the Malbork nee Jenkins, 28, ducing a card game} ainprst project for Key West, tt WASHINGTON. Ayyil 20 watan! oachers Destro i i Sliheaciein Atea Head. | Warsaw. line’ is to) be started at Mi Jan. s learned today. <2 = coe Present te the third, | y | COOTAMUNDRA, Australia. Somtleastern | Area Heads shortly. These projects, along died in Municipz There. | ‘the neat Nate Gen weer: 8S 2 aie ceasinee wach. held at the! "(AP).—A cart horse which | saw OF the Red Cross since | vith a new. bridge over the Vis-| Also under consideration is! sion met: last Saturday, and de. |” ts trying to Gring ¢ dapheen Square USO this winter | German Forests an elephant for the first time in eet portion, et field se.| tula at Opelenic, will make pos-! charges of rape against two local cided to file this application. No| ® On and telephone es Severs! of the members of the! | this country town of southeastern eee e ee ine eee ey master's| sible double trackage from War-| Youths. notice of the meeting was given, PHhy officials to renew meget Attending the session of the BERLIN.—(AP). — Many Ger- New South Wales dropped dead saw to the coastal cities of Gyd-| the publie and it was not known) tions in the hope of coméne | ’ , iegree from Howard College, Bi lesions ’ 1 forests, once tended with in the main street. ea uiaraiend tele ie pp ia-| Ria and Gdansk. Lerang ey coe é ae © ‘ | until y jay that it was held.! gyre nt a severe ‘shuddered and collapsed as the 7 2 + we rourl room accom-| ¢, re 3 FERAL aie 8 nad poker ty me ing sl : faahee ‘Child Welfare Commissioners Frank Bentley,. {le said he panied by Assistant State Attor-| Gorsid Sounders, Ch ney William V. Albury. i ee wy pole from poachers who chop first elephant in a circus parade trees indiscriminately for passed by. i wood. | Later motorists and moto: famed Gruenwald in Ber- clists were sent out by Secre' ence Higgs, ; ish. County Clerk, tee to try to obstaie frown thie rf iff 28 ij Mrs. Armstrong was formally < a introduced tto-the executive con-| OCouncil Meeting mittee by F. J. Miller, chairman! : P of-the committee of personnel, at, The Child Welfare Counc 1 th ti hich presided; held a_ supper: meeting in Poin- Sar: > afi aa) : ra : he meeting which was presided -) is in: | : ' by last over cpeetror gers’ sacs cbs ie aan hits over by Allan L. Hampton, Chap-| ciana Community Hall next Fri- KF N y KF ide On mention of Commissioner | “Should that information be Severe eer ey bee; trainers: of the: clepha ore ter Chairmen, ‘day at 6:30 p. in. i Mor N.Y. Bid ay Parish, Bentley was authorized) tyined trom sean oe eee Sienies oO ' The © speakers will be Mrs.! ito sign an application to the CAA! aid he F Ross C. Sawyer was net informed the lowest imereas sfield Leav ey a meeting of the commission wa to be held. 7 tll be willing t i . H . J a FY a “< a ES = = Fe g e =z ES 3 il w ti : 5 4 cometelt comp f poachers resist anel are invited to! Miss Hursh, who was senior field carries 200 men and is com-| Saunders to, Washington to fol | , tie tot Ap ge KATOWICE, Poland.—(AP).— display not! of articles that) child welfare worker in Key manded by Comdr. Frank R.}low up the application. Thi Sbaitninatn ain ane 8 {Polish coal production continues they would like to buy, sell, or| West in 1945 and 1946, is widely Putnam, USN. be accompanied by County At-\ . [to climb steadily. Miners pro- exchange. ie known here. | —----——_—_——— _j torney Paul EF. Sawyer. ! ope Auxiliary {duced 2,825,400 tons of coal in ~~. __ aS Sas AOE © - EEE | They were directed to the first 20 days of March, 98 per | at ‘Tallahassee to see S Meets Tomorrow | of the total target for the Palace Theater Bernie C. Papy in regard to pass Reports of the delegates to the | month. A total production of 60.- Announcement!! STEPHANIE BACHELOR in | ing an act authorizing bond! 27th annuel department conven- | 900.000 tons is planned this year “UNDERCOVER WOMAN?” | issue to purchase the land for #n| KEY tion at peg Oy lian ear in Poland. st Asphalt Floor Tile and News and Serint airvort to construct such a proj-| 12) Duval Street GRRIRERURSEREANE REPRESSED qemmmmems Prone 44) qemenee eon nema Asphalt Roofing: Shingles POOR OLD TT is rr 1 t e ° enaDys (live) “ge Are Now Available for Immediate Shipment 1 SERVICE ST. ATION Holiday Notic € and Navy pe eee Poach in the darkness to Co 1 P di re | ©Stean Board” At USO | Anne Cates Bunch, district di-! USS Sarsfield, a des . willl for the airport project a gays elude British and American UOAL ETO uction ! The USO Navy Wives Club! rector, and Miss Eleanor Hursh, leave for New York City on Fri-| Higgs then introduced a ieso | ain Ge Ga Weweoveshinee Scents tants ond Corman police. j « b , has a “Swap Board” at the Jack-| case consultant of the State Wel- ¢ for a general overhaul, it) lution, which passed, to send phat eral nd Guin ee ae moe ptonvt In Poland Clim IS son Square USO and all Army! fare Department. ;was announced today. The S Commissioners Bentley and) ipaders have net vet reached Charles Hiort, and Ege Mar Limited Quantities . . . . Limited Colors J. H. Brady, Mer. Phone 9134 a lcon. Dining Room and Jack Saunders, | 1818 Wass ot recor ||| PLEASE CALL ~ SEARS ORDER OFFICE for DETAILS, ||) _Pivision and Froncis Streets [pepERATE, MEMORIAL. DAY. stountTeD STREET Eithasteen, firs, | -Soeeonrvecemarowte sss : in P: Deli ft ¥ons Matchondice Your PURE OIL Dealer——/ being a Federal legal holiday. this | Owed and Operator by =e Use Only=—— ane ars = saguawe sat % pies i oe ! = SATE iG TORS {Bank will not be open for busi-| KN NOUNCES. . is Simonton an emma reets 1 J y, . os | re { sakes Ce Cheyoler Pants. | imonto: eg BA 'TBOARD ae HS 4 ness on that a | jointly} Factory-Trained Mechanic i. PHONE : TTERIES Founwelt lorida National Ban May 3 and to Serve You i Order Office | Auto Tires - Tubes - Batteries at Key West for initiating the members 1 360 | Spraying, Oil. Greasing ey newly organized Marathon i! be discussed. Navarr 0, Inc. | ROEBUCK & CO. os A Ei a