The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1947, Page 1

i a ee Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the with an average Fahrenheit country, tange of only 14° . Wire Mes ‘ures For 67 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West rat Crtizen NEWSPAPER Che Key HE SOUTHERNMOST IN THE vu. VOL. LXVII. No. 259 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENT® IMOS AT HOME IN GOTHAM SNOW. Palestine Worst Riots; THIRTY-SIX JEWS AND 11 ARABS KILLED IN REFIN- ERY PLANT; 14 ARABS ARE SLAIN OUTSIDE PLANT (By ‘The Ansociated Press) _ JERUSA. |, Dec. 30.—Pales- tine experienced its worst slaugh- | ter today since Jews and Arabs began to fight with firearms on November 29, the day United Nations decided to partition Pal- estine between the two rac At a refinery near Haifa this morning, 100 Arabs were lined City Commission Meeting May Be |, Delayed Tonight 4JOHN CARBONELL ASKS POSTPONEMENT OF MEETING SO DEMER- ITT CAN ATTEND Considerable controversy rag- \ ed today around the spe al | meeting of the City Commission } scheduled for tonight when it meets to act on the apointment j of a City Manager. While the majority members; ‘Pitifully Inadequate’, President Says Of Cost | Of Living Legislation *HE SIGNED BILL MUCH | TALK TO SMATHERS PERIL? OF INFLATION | ON POINCIANA AREA’ TO HEAD THIRD PARTY ' | (Ry The A | WASHINGTON, up outside the plant looking for of the commision, Mayor A. President Truman signed the jobs, and members of the Jewish Maitland Adams, Louis Carbon- | ¢ i Re 5 nace: " underground in an automobile ell and Fred J. Dion, are set to! Letter States That Navy epublican sponsored cost while passing by opened up fire appoint Captain Ralph D. Spald- | ! = i living bill at 9:15 o'clock th with machine guns on the Arabs, ing as City Manager, Commis- Will Not Throw Hou ng | ‘Navy Officials ! killing 14 0 fthem. nioner! dohint Carboucll willl seek! ; morning, though he said that it Inside the plant there were 2,- postponement of the meeting to: Project Tenants Out On! = G Fi ’ s “pitifully inadequate” to 200 workers, two-thirds of which permit Commissioner W. W. De- | 6 0 Greet First were Arabs, the others Jews. meritt to attend. Streets urb the spiraling of prices of When the Arabs inside the plant Demeritt is at present in Mu- eee ce ia eet | | ities . i heard of the shooting outside, nicipal Hospital ietovortne froin | presentative George Smath- Barge Sune ay) ‘commodities — in the United they began to attack the Jewish a heart attack he | suffered s has received written word} States. bynes Rages stl Hee Christmas Day and will be un- | |from W. John Kenney, the Un-! ‘The Key West Naval Base and! Realizing he had to take that continued for almos' minutes able to attend the mecting of the | jdersecretary of the Navy, stating the U. S. Submarine Base here’ 4, pgining at this time, in | before it was broken up by Brit- : commission tonight. Carbonell. MEMBERS OF AN ESKIMO FAMILY, two brothers and a sis- [al be represented in the cere- : ; ish soldiers. By that time 36 “Henry Agard Wallace Weel ievings tothave ihe necting} ter, from Wales, Alaska, feel right at home on Park Avenue in that the Navy “will not throw ; ies Sunday afternoon on the! attempts to stop inflation, the riser ee, a hoe been postponed until January 6, the| New York City as they go out for exercise with their dog team any of its tenants out on the! arrival of the first barge from’ President said that he would do a ares pr both ey ery ‘next regular meeting night. in the snow left by Friday's record fall. They are from the street” after it takes over the j Miami, City Commissioner Louis! the best he can under the pro- euied Allarghiparcentage(ct (mo ANCE FOL) sonn carbonett also attac Kea | Eskimo village at the Christmas show in Grand Central Palace. Poinciana project here. | Carbonell announced today. visionmect the bill GHadihe wot the wounded, it was stated, is not the proposed cigarette tax of 3c | ae __ |. Smathers enclosed the letter! ¢ Bend aeawille be Capie Cecil signed the bill, it would have expected to live. allace ‘ar a Large that may cone be \ in a statement to City Commis-' fiver of the Key West Neale ed by a pocket veto by mid One Jew was killed and cight| ty: — ee ‘Bi ds For Te “a ¢ sioner Louis Carbonell today. | and Capt. Willard Saunders, USN, , MSht tomorrow wounded from gunfire in Galilee, } 9 Carbonell said the tax would not ; 1a8 or urnis ung ounty The jetter from Ki are annanding officer of the Sub.| The President, though, did not % and a British policeman was} raise $75,000 as its proponents he letter from Kenney is dated sign the original bill. It was lo marine Base, Carbonell said. December 22 and is in reference | killed in this city, say it will. in some manner unaccount Heads Agree | i i 2 i : fo - “And the $75,000 is scheduled ; Home 0 Be Reeéived Jan. 3 to Smathrs' letter of December sharply at 4 p.m. Sunday. "The! and though a thorough sear a to be spent for sewers and strect | ® 20 and “in confirmation of our; arrival of arpare © Clyde-, for it was made, it was not 9 | fe matt A . Ne arrival of the barge at the Clyde-, Board Appoints WALLACE SAYS, “THERE'S! paving”, said Carbonell, “I wish ! telepnone conversation of this Mallory docks will be greeted by! found. RCOUNTY COMMISSION TAKES ACTION YI afternoon.” The Kenney letter read as fol- lows: city. offici: ‘the Key West High School Band and a delegation of county and s of Key West and As the deadline drew close, 4 score of workers extended then selves to make a facsimile of the ALWAYS HOPE”, BUT SEC. | '° call attention to the fact the +sewage disposal system will RETARY GRAY SAYS NO, have to be improved before any 4 To Positions Judges To Make bd s ! more sewers are built. The pre- TERDAY > ' As Mayor Floyd, City Manager R. D.! pill 7 ; 5 ‘ ss I advised | ‘ wee y bill and rush it to the White In Municipality (HOPE FOR HIM IN FLORIDA sent system is barely able to Light Decisions \ FERDAY One ' tit 5 not Ae See a ROMER Danner and Traffic Director Wil- | prouse. (Hy The Associated Presy) handle the daily discharge.” _ i i CHASE | EC OU IPMENT = liam Grady and other city offi-{ é sy 1 fi uf ul | Department summarily to evict rials of Miami who a af «| In explaining his reason for At its meeting yesterday, the} _ WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. = If the meeting of the commis- persons. opcupying ...houieg Co” tami who are coming signings the Hilla: Ueland City Civil Service Board made |Demcratic and Republican lead- | sion does continue tonight, it, is “rae Thursday Bids wall be’ received by the area taken over by the Navy. they are expected to accom. ! liked very much to affix his three probational and one per-| ers here ‘today © agreed that speawied a Fevineahe eremace * Cgunty Commission January 13' Every effort is made to effect a pany Louis Berger, president of Signature to it, | the "President " manent senevolggmantitn, at mite Wallave, who “announced Rltcier: thom one canto five Tonight from 7:30 to 9 o'clock “for a refrigerator and a washing | st? adual and amicable transi- Miami-Key West Barge Lino,| said that the country is in prone i Se ieee che * y, | last night ‘in Chicago that. he | cents, and an ordinance appoint- ‘the five judges of the Key West ;™&chine for the new Monroe | tion. \Inc., and other company officials | “grave peril” from inflation employee and changed she 30D) will run on an independent tick-|ing the City Electric Company .Coca Cola lighting contest. be. County home on Stock Island, ' “Because of the housing short- j who will be here, jand that no time could be lost classification of another. ; ieiliites hos hat aloe ; paby (Coca Cola lighting contest be-| .cconding to action/taken yes-'age in Key West, for Navy per- ee in attempting to stop the up jet for the presidency, has “not alas th~ agency to which the city | ; ; ‘ 5 F | The board found Walter Mun- | hog a chance” ing cl-Jmaintsing acd reoaive ite fire! ne staged by the Junior Cham- | ter at a special meeting of }sunel, the Navy, as 1 advi al > N ward trend in: the cost of liv ‘ shost of a chance” of being el-| maintains and repairs its fire ie t « . ro, Jr., guilty as charged by | ected, Pe cienn cavctenimannignthiy Mitgthe ber of Commerce will make; the enmmission, 1, is most anxious to obtain roper y Sales _ ing Ri Public _ Service re eel But they disagreed about the] lights at a monthly rate of $100, | their final decisions among the) Clerk Ross C.senwyer told the lite occupancy of the Poinciana | It .was :predicted in political Dopp and recommended his dis-} joity his 1 ing will aff ae j 28 contestants who are partici- | Commissioners that there re- | housing project. It was our} W. -B. Reese and wife, ¢ have itcles here, particularly among re re . parly unning will affect ad H ntestant ti e partic ‘ inhi Yih } missal as a janitor, ‘oba- | Versely. Republicans said’ that|parking meter fee should be 5c’ pating. “= | mained opty: $2,578 inthe fundi thought in giving the ninety | transferred to | Mr. and» SMgs Democrats, ite much stro! | The board also gave proba-, 4). support will «come. chiefly | because right now the city police a. ; | available 16. furnish the 20-roon | days’ notice that this length of | Claud Hawkins a property : ‘at bill to, stop the high cost of liv tionary appceitments teatalande from. the Democratic ’ putty, | are issuing more than four times! The judges are Mayor A. Mait-' County Hews. tim sould permit tie non-Navy | Marathon for $3,800, “according ; ing will be’ adopted ut the next Socyrros and Andrew Latiz 5 nite Deméerats. asserted that |the number of summonses for: !and Adams; Cyril Marshall, “What were you planning on | nants a reasonable time with jto a warranty deed filed yester- | session of congr laborers in the scavenger divi- 10 «11 attract. many thousands | overtime parking than they for- | tist: Hunter Harden, Slesstel| jdoing with the furniture inthe in which to arrange for thew re-|day with Circuit Court Clerk =a ‘ = i : " . Sawvyel al alan, nGeoreS rode voit heen of Republican liberals who are | merly did. jengineer; Mrs. Dan Navarro, Ay hanes” aad @aimnietin miayallatoudtherausnters Eee See ; 'dmunds Heads borer in the street lon, and: dissatisfied with the Republican | “If you put two cents in the! the Woman's — Club; Harold! 6. Clarence Higgs. i ‘Of course, if this removal is! Paul G. Albury transferred a M4 s aus a Lasgo Ma to Jeddership in Washington. parking meters it immediately !Laubscher, manager of the Key} wy. jad planned on offering | Pt Possible within this period |property in Petronia street to} j . 5 rn George inde as city mechan- nye hea 1 ees *.| West Chamber of Commerce. i ‘ BRRCE ORO! you can rest assured that the; Edward G. Gates for $3,500. . hl Disinterested opinion ecomes plugged”, said L. Car-; fit t b city to be sed a‘; i niversi | ic at a salary of $225 a month. || Disinterested opinion bonell, “The charge chould have| Names of the winners, includ-{)1 (0 ple SLY te Pe sed GS 4 Navy will not throw any of its} Mary J. McKnight transferred i i Classification was changed in jv oe ice next November more {been left at five cents ing the first prize of $100, will | presen tenants out on the street, and we | to Mrs. May Wyber a property : \ the case of Octavio Castillo nore s i 7 misstoner id Saunders. will certainly endeavor to work |on Big Pine Key for a nomi e Lane Va : ses than he will the Republican | People could remain a be announced in Thursday's Cit- | i te et il certainly endeavor to work | 3 ¢ iy B Ads from truck driver to a laborer. pypiical their cars a full hour.” igen “We had better make a survey | out a fair and reasonable date | nal sum. : ; nominee. seus }to determine how much furni ton which non-Navy tenants canj Violet’ McDougal transferred | (By The Asnocinted Presa) I ° L 3 , | (Asked today what he thought] iii. | ive we will have for the new get out of the Poinciana pro-|toe O. S. Parmer a property on! _,DeLAND, Dec. 30.—J. Ollie N) Lip eaves ‘of his chances to win, Wallace hom remarked Coinmissioner | ject.” \the mainland for a nominal E2™unds, who ran for the Unit said, “There is always hope”, but Higgs. “We have only 13 patients eT ee ater ed States. ote Bain Claude oP Secretary of State Richard A. at the home now and the beds | Oe Pepper in 1944, has been named Tee ceived in Key Wert today, Gray of Florida, commenting. in Nici ine een cel. Seeks Divorce | TENDERFOOT BADGES Se of ate niversit bite ; ” 'Tallahssee, kK that . see * pee : Ria Sos dmunds w. janitor in’ the to take the former USS Vaga- [i Anise | TemaNe ein Patio, Dining Room and Cocktail Lounge — Jf} be ft» we in the new] atmyn . Binion filed a pe-| GIVEN FOUR SCOUTS jiniversity many years an 1 mundo, a ship formerly used by Shia ctteucammnede dla wecicial afivFacticnithelOcean, Fost oi Simonton Sicest | eee ae {tition yesterday with Circuit Tenderfoot badges were given fore monary ioieackeonvilioato ' the Senar School at Key West hat Ind Henne Chairman Frank Bentley said] Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer | last week to four scouts of Troop prepare to practice law Naval Base, her back to New Leah thewbcndel he anit eee | that some funds ought to be} seeking a divorce from Harlon | 2 He was county judge of Duva 4 Jersey. LaPalle bought the ves- i 7 { (Continued From Page Binion. Scoutmaster Tony Martinez 14 years. , sel through the Maritime Com- G'@y said, that Wallace can get A New Year s Live a : jee kan preesnted the badges to Scouts! Edmunds worked hi \ ' mission. 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