The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 4, 1947, Page 1

E Che Hey Wh SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER INTY TO PROTEST NATIONAL PARK BILL: THAT TAKES Purchases Made At: War Assets Sale Here To 1 P.M; Throng Gato Warehouse * By JOHN R. VOSBURGH City EGitor of the Key Went Citizen Key West's first over-thexoun- a fishbowl at 4 p. m. Fhe first Whe Wee the Governor's iter War Assets Administration | 50 numbers entitle the :holders Here GUrIOE hic, was @ smash sucdéss Before |t° to Tight ‘to buy. a typewriter. “ old hy Royal, Remington, Underwood was af hour today ag bun-| and other top-grade typewriters dreds of war véeterang thronged | were selling for $23. Gate Warehouse;this morn-| North said ‘he also certified Long before the doors open- | seven veterans for business sales of War Assets. Certification was not necessary for today’s sale. So many , veterans crowded around ‘the doors when they at 9 a.m. that only a few could be admitted at a time. ‘The: sale. continues. until 9 p. m., with time.out for restocking from 4to 6p. m. s Shelves were pretty’ well de- pleted’ of stock \at-1 o'clock but War Assets was planning to re- stock them: fully between 4. and 6, p. m,. The last. remaining all- metal tool boxes were placed on leat 3:30 p,m... z 82 FL : Fe ¢ i Thee ‘App ly: For a4 Permits To Marry | Application : for’; marriage ~ 1i- | Representatives: At Na- IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1947 Expand Cemetery; U.S. A. The City Commission last night to expand “the — cityi cemetery and clear Virginia St., between Varela ‘and Watson Sts. in aceordance with plans of Com- | missioner Albert Cooper, explain-| { ' moved IN KEY Letters Will Be Sent State ed in The Citizen yesterday. The commission decided, on the suggestion of Cooper, Commis- Measure sioner Louis Carbonell and Cecil County Commission last night }Carbonell, realtor, to have three expressed alarm over the Con-jappraisers contact the owners of gressional bill fixing the boun-jthe property at 1023 Watson street daries of the Everglades National |and the Knowles’ vacant lot be- Park and decided to send letters |hind ‘that residence with a view of protest to the state représen-|t0 négotiate.a purchase of the| tatives at Washington. preer tan gs block fags was expressed that the |Street. city. manager and city : Pte boundaries of the National. Park |attorhey. were authorized to name!’ MONTREAL, June. 4—The would include part of Key Largo, |*¢, appraisers. ! hip Ei freight and the waters in which Monroe} The city manager and’ city at.\S¢amship Emperor, “a “freighter fishermen now get a large|torney were also authorized to Of 7,000 tons, sank today in Lake amount of their commercial fish |Contact the owners of the Pinder Superior, and at ‘first 14 members: and sponges. and -McCook homes in Pauline “of her crew. were reported miss- Maps of the proposed boun. jane with a view seelatnen ge BO and 21 rescued. Commission meeting, On one of [te soutbweet end of the cemetery| SHE was owned by Whe Cam: them the boundary was shown nd to make contact with | the) #aan wae shes Sag to include half. of: Key Largo, {Property owners along Garrison| officials of the company report, and’ all of the lower keys down |BisRt to secure release of: their) SO Tit saad: Whe Gattis to Tavernier. Tt was showh to |/Patan rights. If neceensy, they) te abe pe hago ot include all of the northern and|™8¥ resort to condemnation to, and the first: mate/'were among Gul. nabee ot Msnnc free the riparian rights for fu-, the dead. g / Catiiae dent in proted to: Phe ture development of. the bight. _ The ship, heavily loaded with Citizen and J. Rrank Roberts,|,, Parlier in the session former] iron, went down at 4:10 o'clock county assistant tax assessor, |Police Chief Louis M. J. Eisner | this morning. were read before the commission, hi ad. taken Cooper to task for hall In the letters Ivar Axelson, Coral |POSiNg Possible | condemnation Gables economist, pointed out He jag wah nage kibeqnaslacr pee: that many keys and 200,000 acres Hreitnquish his riparian, rights. to in northern Monroe county were | the sity in writi a it acounaathas included in the bill now before the. “cit: ill proceed: with di ‘Ccnigiaas . e- city ‘will proceed’ with de- Commissioner W. A. Parrish, eager etre the’ ahs Aopige' Marattion, protested the bill .as| mayor W. W. Demeritt foe. lie Biving the Department of Com- mérce- unlimited ~ pewer ~ to tt aoe tion’s Capital Against 11 Lose Lives As ‘Ship Sinks In Lake Superior Income Tax Veto May Hold In US. Senate (Ry ‘Aanoctated Prewy WASHINGTON, June-4. — If Hospital From Federal Goy’ broaden. the. boundary lines of the ‘park at any time:the secre- tary saw fit. . Parrish offered a resolution, President Truman’ vetogs ‘the ig>' come tax bill, doubt was exp) ed today that the senate ‘be ‘able to muster @ ‘two-t! which ‘passed _unaniriously, “di majority. to override: the veto. The: meeting will be ata eon at St. Paul’s Church : House. st Gitize Buys MONROE CLINIC ALSO INCLUDED IN CON. TRACT. FOR TOTAL OF $62,500 Key West General Hospital and. the Monroe County Clinic e icuisiibidball Pre waved i ‘MOVE FOR GARRI The Commission went reo ae te oe were purchased last night. under | _ contract with the. War Assets Administration for a total of $62,500 by the Monroe County ‘Commission. The hospital cost the govern- ment a total of $375,000, exclus- ive of certain equipment, while the. clinic cost ‘the federal ageney |" which built it,’a total og $100 000, including the equipment, “The hospital operated during the 12 months that ended April, 30 with ‘a deficit of only $5,800, according to figures submitted by E, A. Ramsey, president of the board of © directors of the General ‘Hospital. 5 Total operating costs of the institution during the year were listed as.'$100,698. Of this total | $65,658 was collected from pa- tients; $13,000 was paid by the county and $16,192 by. the city, so that the total operating reve- <, ‘hues were $94,850, ‘ It was €xplained that the de-| ficit came: by reason ‘of the hos- pital treating so many persons who were unable to pay. AN pa-