The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 14, 1947, Page 3

ERIDAY ; NOVEMBRE 44 Another Tilt For Florida B.C, Railway! WES PALM BEACH, Nov. 14. (FNS).—With Sen. Claude Pep-! per champion of the ACL, in; one’ Gurnet, and Ed Ball, mana- Bing exectitor of the vast Flori- da DuPont estate ih the other,” ed battle over operaiion of the Florida East Coast 80 ‘into another the in round Washington before Ja nery,.7 next arb the forthcoming hearings, ments ‘will be heard onl pi ‘ey, in the record, sad estimo - thithed hy will be per When the FEC went into bahktuptcy early in the 30's, the luPont estate, under Ball's: di- rettion, bought controlling inte- , rest in the road’s bonds. A plan then offered to the ICC for: ‘ont operation of the railway | 4 an independent, Florida-con- | trolled route. Instead of accept- , ing this plan, the ICC. offered | one of its own, which duPont in- | terets accepted, expecting to! take over operation, as well as ownership on January 1. 1945. An ACL plan to take the road was rejected. But on instigation of Senator. Pepper, the hearing was ordered re-opened—at time when: Pepper ;who himself, had suggested a hearing date— was at the war crimes trials in| Germahy. ast March operation of the road was granted by the ICC to} the ACL, but Ed Ball promised | a finish fight, declaring . that | East Coast interests would be | injured by ACL operation. The hearing on January 7, 1948 | is @ part of Ball’s promise to re- | new the fight. | Ball, who with former Gover- | nor John Martin, is _co-executor | of the duPont estate, is said to control duPont interests wea | | | - $70,000,000 in this State. Insiders claim that Pepper’s opposition to} duPont control is based on Bal)’s reported support of Ollie ; Edmunds when he ran against | Pepper for the latter’s seat in} the U. S. Senate. This, Pepper ' has denied, declaring his sole in- } terest in the fight is “in the best! interest of the people’’—al- though in the 11 counties servic- | ed By the Florida East Coast re- | sidé 55 percent of the State’s voters. | * * 4 How They: Stand) BASEBALL Key West's Senior Baseball League (Wickers Field) Club— W. L. Pct Red’ Raiders 5 3 .603 xNaval Air Station OR ey! xBoca Chica Flyers ... 2, 5.300 xTie game. BASEBALL. GAMES SCHEDULED WICRERS FIELD (Municipal Stadium) Afterrioon Games cat a] for receiving part of the loot | gee ne Raiders vs. Naval Air Goes To Jai ,from the safe. Base, TAMPA, Fla.—An entire fam- | a 3:45—Red Raiders vs. Boca ily.—two boys, their mother | Borda, a Frenchman. made an| wnt oie ahd stepfather-—-was given pri- | , immense fortune oie meme re - tis sentence for safe bulgaries! mines of Taxco, exico, in e bhi ee ae “oan pe ae pwn coal youths. The 1700’s and founded the present | pet jor aaa Ms 500,000 ! boys Robert, Hayes, 16, and his town of Aaxco and built its ‘mag: | mett | Départment lonig’ tors. | Railway will j WHERE THERE'S HOPE... i mHtL TH PAGE HREE' 1947 THe KEY WEST CITIZEN - a a ras ota, Sans Arn sae Pr nn es Coen ni comes orm by Mun’ “and F rank fii “snanee SPORTS and RECREATION STUNT LLLLLACL LLCO SWIMMING—South Beach, south end of Duval Street. DEEPSEA FISHING—Gulf Dock, ~ west Caroline Street; Craig Dock, nurth end of Grinnell Street. 'BASEBALL—Games, usually on Sunday afternoon, at Munict- pal Stadium, Duck Avenue and 14th Street. sOLF—Municipal Stock Island. ‘ENNIS—Bayview Park on Dt- vision Street (day and night | facilities). | 3ASKETBALL—Outdoor courts ' at South Beach and Bayview Park. | HANDBALL—Bayview Park. ' SHUFFLEBOARD — Bayview | Park and South Reach. |PICNICKING—Tabies at Bay- | view Park. \ | CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND — : Bayview Park. ' SOMFORT STATIONS—Bayview Park. - | Cheering ‘Em | On ‘ | 3 Golf Coursé, _ te nip | y wy : ABAMA i There are more tan 709 mil- lion cattle in the world. Subscribe to The Citizen. 1 u 3 en eblite hss (REG ORD: 15 meee 41 W rong, nineTies. PCT.: .737. Ties omitted | in Pet.) S Ke : - scare wt ee oe | sendin, AC ey, aotes ° ‘Your Grocer SELLS That Good "STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN j Try a Found Today Ho* $. ee oe, & sone Site Be oft we See West Transit Co., Inc., Will Operate BUS SERVICE to the ALL-PROFESSIONAL SHOW AIR CIRCUS at MEACHAM FIELD SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th Take the POINCIANA BUS (No. 1) From Southard and Duval Streets Direct to Meacham Field Leaving 1:05 P.M. - 1:20 P.M. .~1:35 P.M. - 1:55 P.M. 2:10 P.M. - 2:25 P.M. and 2:45 P.M. Immediately After the Air Circus Busses Will Return to — City oy! AP Newsfeatures BOB HOPE puts some life into half-time proceedings at a home gerise | of the Los Angeles Dons. Bob sponsors a teen-age teant which plays | between halves. Other teams are fielded by Mickey Rooney, Al, Jolson and Jimmy Durante. | three years for cracking two ‘safes. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hayes} ' were sentenced to one year each { 17, were sentenced. to nificént cathedral. brother, ee MEACHAM FI DIAMOND SOLITAIRE $9() It’s simply de- signed but in ex- quisitely good taste. The sparkling | diamond looks twice its actual size in the modern mounting of 14K iI) yellow gold. |||] The fine quality \\\)] of our diamonds is backed by Pol- lock’s generation of experience Use Our Christmas Lay-Away Plan ‘ fen Ly QUALITY PWeELERS eet 514 Duval ‘Duval St. Key West, Fla. SEE OUR STORE * Open ae Evening Until Christmas for Your Shopping Comfort and Pleasure ELD at 2:30 P.M. - $1.00