The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1947, Page 1

‘Fulton Lewis, Jr, famous .news commentator, quoted) The Key West Citizen, in his broadcast that the United Nations Gity Commission ‘was: in- (dist night; by. City, Man: Q.. J. S. Ellingson that) the Soevib> fi Eni m said he had been in- _fofmaea’ by. Officials ‘of ‘the: Gulf ‘Atlantic Transportation | ' Com-| & , who will operate the ferry | een here and Cuba, that the .; Wessel has been compieted as far; ag the second deck. The re- ‘mainder of .. the superstructure | willbe added after the 500-foot | ship- reaches Jocksonville. | ©The ship left Mobile a few | days ago. It is being towed by} who tug at about tive miles. an hour. | ‘as, Work (on the hull, it is under- yes- , Stood, was completed at Mobile, ‘Ala., where the former Landing L. Saun- | Ship Docks was converted. Commissioner ‘Alpert Cooper outa immediat@) eToski eke ved , Ellingson’s ‘announcement proposed, @ traffic for the | er ue: traffic con- ' HUabigh! will ktgyelop: phen 7 ferry starts operating) His Funds for Schools| ttt s"vare | Later:the commissioner proposed : buying 12 traffic lights for this dy Tee Ancortated Prees) = “| traffic program, but Commission- TALLANASSEE, May .7.—The er Hunter Harden and Mayor ‘, passed house bill \w. W. Demeritt voted against the @ $1,500 annual) motion. Arts and Crafts De- | Cooper had expressly pointed County ‘out the need of ‘a traffic light 882 es-jat Palm »avenue and Division Music ' street, The city manager said Depart-}he has four lights on order now and upon receipt of them will was house bill 584; place one at that corner, or if County | necessary, move one there from to grant additional } another corner. and | agreed to: act to-p gg hel wal to Near City can stop us by a majority vote. | But .when we. joined the United Nations,*we and all other nations mander of Key West Naval Base, said: the transper of the. property would be effected on or about June 1. ' Under existing housing regula- "| tions it is provided for the rental “| of these units bythe’ Navy. to Vseryice personnel ahd to civilian [employes of the War und’ Navy their people in. their country, I want to resist-the spread of com- munism in every proper way. could to put this matter in the, jurisdicti the’ United Na: ie be prescribed by law with|at the meeting of the’ tall possible consideration given} Commission, which also” tions along with other Senators, and failing, I felt I had no choice _ Departments. Hence, after doing everything 1} Present occupants of the’ units, which afe at the east end of the island, not coming within these categories ‘will be given vacating notices. Length of time to vacate | FIELD ‘SAID TOR Hin. the Key! W ral Be land “from | Mosroe ‘County et Navy's seaplane base is. This was brought out Jast save to vote for the measure. But {*0 the vacating tenants, Capt.| naunced that the $60,000 I warned the President, I warn- ed the State Department and I have warnéd my colleagues that they shall’ ‘regret the method chieving | their- worthy objectiv ‘ City Takes Tender, Cuoper announced. Although complete details have not been worked out, it is probable that rental rates for civilians and officers will-be the same as that set up by the Hous- ing Authority in its letter to the tenants of Poinciana Placé dated May 1. Rental rates for enlisted personnel will be the same as neat other -housing projects.._ Navy now has’’6,500° of- have. been ‘unable to ‘move ‘their the thousing shortage. ‘and: takifig over by ; ie tana; be used te acquire property ‘ being used as Meacham Field the Island of Key West. A long discussion, of the posed city airport marked night’s meeting. It was out that the Key. West ‘Company, which owns Meacham Field, _ might. shortly disallow any airplanes to land there in the 4;ficers and: menvashore: and afleat’ event: the county idid» ant. spen ‘im Key West. Many’ of them{make an. ¢ffort to’ /atquire the ‘My company is umable to buy: the airport, at present,” -¢ “It has ho desire to 16% At could not get sistance as_could the county ‘(or city. “Any day we may,wake up to; find our service with Havana congluded because the airport is! Me ao [Boy Hopes to ae ana 4 pipbiahg. of S00 OF T9SE occas ai vid y taken over June 1, the Navy will ls fo ncn at enne have a of 685 housing units: Refunding Bonds is Sai’: Waraas RN e 4-seventy-five of the units are lo- Uppri_recomniendation of ‘City, cated at Rest. Beach,.Ft,. Taylor, Finance’ ‘Director - Comptroller the: entrance. to the. Seaplane Charles’ Roberts, the City Com- Base and at the commissary mission last night moved to take, stores in White between United up $40,000 worth of its refunding bonds, dated Jan. 1, 1938, Series’ “A” and Series “B.” In response to an advertise- ment inserted in the “Daily Bond Buyer” of April 9 by City ‘Clerk Roy Hamlin, J. H. Moon of*Chi- , cago made a sealed tender’ of $50,000 at 96% cents and inter- est or any part thereof. Roberts said that the city had about $40,000 in its debt liquidation fund which could be devoted to this pur . Hamlih was authorized to send' figor' after a telegraphed acceptance of $40,- between Australia and 000 of the: tender to Moon, at ( i A ° Regain Lost ° Speech in US. ; BLOEMFONTEIN, South Aftica' —.(AP)—A_ Bloemfontein boy, Douglas Sutherland, ‘11, who has lost his power of speech, will be’ taken to America for special treatment. if his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Sutherland, can faise the necessary funds. At the age of three, Douglas suffered a serious shock ‘just: be- fore undergoing a minor opera- and em- 6 Adm. Fife Leaves, - ‘To Return Sunday ~ Rea. Admiral, James Fife, USN, commandant of Sul rine, 'Fotces, Atlantic Fleet, arrived in West last night from Ne , Conn. and took, off. to- -for Batbea, Canal’ Zone. Ad- mifal ‘ Pifé will «return to Key West Sunday and will make an Buila-| inspection ‘of the Submarine $25.00 WYER, Fectory-Trained Mechanic to Serve You Navarro, Ine. tion in Port Elizabeth, where his parents then lived.- Two days after ‘operation, he developed St. Vitus dance, Race later this. d vel teria, with grad- Neigiet Loo pola hg e child is still dumb, though perfectly fit, pheicaly except for his neryous | California Sets :-Pace for Autos SACRAMENTO, Calif. —(AP) —California is expected: to hold | its, dad ‘as “the state with the; most motor vehicles. . With 3,489,824 registered in 1946, “California had ten per! cent more cars, trucks, trailers and les than in 1945. State icials estimate that registration for 1947 will reach 3,725,000. : }also know this terr' and Seminary streets. Australians Plan Luxury Flights SYDNEY, Australia. —(AP)— Three Sydney men have formed a syndicate called Intercontinen- tal Air Tours to operate charter flights to England and other parts of the world. “We plan to make air trave} England a luxury. trip,” says Warren Penny, one of the sponsors. “We will have no priorities, no dawn starts, and no bad-weather fly- ing. The planes will, fly .mainly between @ a.m. and 4 p. m. daily, with a two-hour stop at midday.” | ~ , ty * Passengers would be able to stay overnight at a hotel or club and see the sights along the route. Present flight schedule al- lows 14 days for the trip to Lon- don. Faré hasbeen set at $1,135. On thé current air services to England, single fare is $1,215 on & four-day flight, and $1,053 by flying boat on an eight-day | fight. The trip from Sydney to Lon- don takes five. to six weeks by steamship, “costs around $625 for first class accommodation in a two-berth. cabin. Alaskan Minerals KETCHIKAN, Alas Thar’s more than gold Alaskan hills, podne ‘ s silver, platinum, tin; antimony, arsenic, bismuth, chromium; iron, manganese, mer* cury, tungsten, zinc, molybden- um, nickel, asbestos, barite, jade, gypsum, garnet and sulphur. EOP EREEEEE SREB ERED ROASTERS and FRYERS ae ee 1216 White St Phone not owned by the county or the city. “Phe owners of the prop- erty want the county to sequire the land.” Chairman Frank Bentley ex- plained that the commission was doing all it could to acquite the |’ airport. If the county took it over, he said, the county seems assured of federal assistance up to 25 per cent of the cost of the land and up to 50-per cent for the cost of buildings. Overseas Bridge Tolls Continue | Upward Trend * Despite a slight falling off in the number of passengers, tolls collected on the Overseas High- way Bridges last month were almost $2,000 more than the re- ceipts April of 1946, accord- ing to a statement issued today by Clifford G. Hicks, auditor for’ the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. While the passengers were fewer, the number of all motor ized vehicles that passed over the bridges last month were 2,069) more than: the total for April of last year. Receipts last month, totaled 25.50, and in April last year, 18.50. Comparison .of vehicular traf- fic shows 19,969 last month and 17,100 in April, 1946. ° Passengers last month num- bered 37,954, and in April last year, 38,059. ‘Collection of tolls for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1947, shows a total of as compared with a total of $347,- 032.50 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1946. POOR SERVICE STATION J. HM. Brady, Mur. 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