The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1949, Page 1

—_ Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit — VOL. LXX. No. 4 Policy Discussion Marks Meeting Of Monroe Held Last Night Iv Courthouse With New Supt. Gerald H. Adams Named Chairman Of _ | Board: V A discussion of general policies | for the public school em in Monroe County marked last night's meeting of the Monroe | County School Board, Horace | O'Bryant, new superintendent of | public instruction, announced to- | Edw. Sweeting Chairman day | Broad plans for the possible | expansion of the schools of the! county were laid down, but noth- | ing of a definite nature was act-! ed upon { Gerald H as chairman of the school at | Edward Sweet- Adams was selected | night’s meeting ing was named as vice chairman. The other members of the board who attended the meeting are} Julio Cabanas, Mrs.. Jennie C. Pierce and J. Carlyle Roberts. It was decided by the board to hold regular meetings at 7:30 p. m. on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of each month, The meetings have been held hereto- fore on Thursda The board also approved of the appointment of Shadrach Hanni- bal, colored, as janitor of Doug- lass School nt said today that the by the old board of four adjoining the Reynolds } Street School was a fine gesture. » “Itowill provide a gootl play- | ground space, and for suture, room | for expansion,” said O'Bryant. “The children need the space for | playing. The lots will probably + have to be fenced to prevent the into first graders from. straying the streets.” { Former Editor Now Lawyer~. ) In Orlando | | ORLONDO, Jan. 5. (FNS) — Richard H. (Dick) Cooper, former Florida newspaper editor, last} week opened his law offices in| Orlando in partnership with Ver- non W. Evans of this city. | Cooper edited newspapers in| Orlando, | DeLand, Lakeland, | Clearwater, Ft. Pierce and Sara- sota, before studying law at John 3. Stetson University. A veteran of World War H, Cooper is a past director of the} Florida Press Association and | was a candidate for governor in| the May Democratic primaries. He graduated from Florida Sou- thern College in 1940. Mrs. M. A. Archer Died Yesterday Mrs. Mary Ann Archer died | yesterday at 5 p. m. in the Mon- roe County Hospital, after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the Fleming Street Methodist Church, where the body will be placed at 2 p.m. Rev. J. B. Reid, pastor, will of- ficiate. Burial will be in the fam- | ily plot in City Cemetery. Lopez | Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors: Two sons, L. Emer- son and W. Franklin Archer: six grandchildren and five great grandchildren CHICKEN WIRE STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 New BATTERIES for all Cars Guaranteed for 18 Months ROY'S | American |Command Hits | , by some Americans. governed by the 48 states, a good cross-section opinion can be haven't thought, but others here are leading a fight to decommercialize : #Christ’s birthday. School Bd. [At Soviets Says Soviet Consolidation \ In Berlin Insult | To Western Powers; ' i Airlift Still Good ! (By The Associated Press) BERLIN, Jan. 5.—The Ameri- can military command in Ger- many complained today against the action of the Soviets in con- solidating their one-third of Ber- lin under a communist govern- ment, with a puppet German communist in control. The command stated that it was the worst insult administered to the Western Powers during the ; Berlin dispute about the blockade and the issuance of currency. Correspondents asked the spokesman for the command if he considered the “puppet” was at heart a communist. The spokesman replied that anybody who a communist is as which goes a bit further each Here in W obtained. Many, of course, “OLE MAN RIVER'S” NEW BOSS (®) Wirephoto BRIG. GEN. PETER A. FE- RINA (above) has been given a recess appointment by the White House as president of the Mississippi River Commis- sion. He spent his early life in Michigan and was graduated from Lehigh University. Woman Takes Over Office KOKOMO, time in the Ind.—For the first 100-year-history of this county, women will adminis- ter a public office. Mrs. Mildred Bertram, 35, takes over as coun- ty auditor and she has announced she will have an all-woman staff. i} MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DSCKS TELEPHONE 6 KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval St t Phone 442° Barge Leaves Miami Every Friday | big a fool as a communist himself. hours to_ pass. | “Operations Vittles” is still “Our float one of most popu-f proceeding satisfactorily. The lar; great publicity for Monroe! margin of surplus in practically county. Float had a prominent{ all supplies continyes to get bet-' place. Our chair is in governor's | ter and better. + office.” . ! | John Q). Public Protests | ‘Commercialization Of Xmas By EDWARD R. SIMS, The Citigen’s Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON—The ‘commercialization of Christmas. every poor ; through next year. i The department store heads! bubble over with Christmas | Che Key West Cth THE U.S.A. THE SOUTHERNMOS T NEWSPAPER IN KEY W WEST. FLORIDA. WEDNESDAY, ven ARY 5, 1949 CROWD WATCHES AA ae ORI OF GOVERNOR WARREN () Wirephoto HERE IS A SECTION OF THE CROWD watching the inauguration of Gov. Fuller Werren at Tal- lahassee Tuesday. When this picture was made, Warren and retiring Gov. Millard Caldwell had just entered the inaugural stands. - veer Wires | WARREN TAKES OATH ‘About Parade In Tallahassee Allan B. Cleare, Jr., one of the lieutenant colonels from Monroe county appointed by Governor Fuller. Warren, who was among the Key Westers who attended} the inaugural ceremonies yester- day, sent The Citizen the follow- ing telegram: “Fifty thousand attended par- j ade. Required three and one-half | Christmas— year—is being hotly attacked ‘ashington, which is owned and (4) Wirephoto FULLER WARREN (right) places his hand on the Bible held by Chief Justice Elwyn Thomas and takes the oath’ as gover- nor of Florida in inauguration ceremony at Tallahassee on Tuesday. when onc . given the issue much They have a point the | unhappiness brought on by com- | Stores in the} i almost lick | \ \ considers profiteering and} WARI BARBECUE (N TRIES INAUGURAL mercialization large eastern cities their chops at the They working thought of that ; devil must | realize cember and spends farty or fif dollars, or twenty-five if he completely broke. He pays for it in January and February , or is often the case with generous | but poor Daddy, he pays for it all; buy Susie and William a present Maybe he can’t afford it, but} it must be done anyhow. i Since the poor city urchin can’t | buck thé conventional, he plods | wearily to the stores each De- | 1 spjirit, but naturally, and to them | Christmas is a fine time of the | year. Here in Washington some! government employees got fed up with the ‘racket’ element in Christmas, and let out a squel in} the form of letters to Washing- ton’s newspapers. They had ; something, it seems, 1 One claimed that stores ac- tually hited prices when Chvist- , mas came around each year. It; is a known fact that certain stan- } dard products are dressed up inj a new box and ribbon (costs ten ; cents) the price doubled. Con-j sumers ought to pass such com- | modities by when they hee them on the counters. Other manufac- turers offer completely new arti- | cles for sale, which are priced for out of proportion, and which could on be sold under the , guise of a Christmas price. One objector to the commer- cialization of Christmas suggests that the trend towards manufac tured gifts be reversed. That is, ane would make a giit, or card, P) Wirephoto FULLER WARREN STIRS A BIG POT of pilau being coked for the mammoth barbecue that accompanied his inauguration as governor of Florida Tuesdey. The barbecue grounds are near the capitol in Tallahassee. 1949 MAY BE BETTER ' By CYNTHIA LOWRY, AP Newsféatures Writer NEW YORK—Oh, it wasn't such a bad year after all .. or give a party, dinner or some- thing to suit the occasion, but) It was the year we expected to win a first lady whose fav- would not buy presents for ss is | oa : rite recipe was Berkshire pudding, made with rice, and we every Tom, Dick and Hubert he | ° P polagl g actually received a first lady whose favorite is Ozark pudding happened to be connected with. , In this way the rackets and, made with corn meal * profiteering would be almost It was the vear a couple of leeep acre andl atevtesiethe ines entirely eliminated. Of course, portant male socialites proved} °™ such a plan isn’t likely to be anew that Cinderelia story} Stimb back toward our knees. adopted, since the men don’t really is a true one } It was the vear a je pack make candy, knit, or bake cakes. It was the year that skirts | of Paris designers stopped pre- However, the idea is good | stopped dropping around our (Continued O sige Six) *| said Two Reported a i Previously Held j t | | ‘In Sears Case i | i | Later Released After Questioning About Beachcomber Robbery New Year’s Day | Five men were arrested last} night by City Police in connec- | tion with the investigaton they | are makng about the burglary of | j the Beachcomber Store in Du- |} val street New Year’s Day. One was a Puerto Rican, who is {a member of the créw aboard al harbor; two others | j were from out of town, whil ‘two are local men. % The Puerto Rican sold a watch | ih a local man and is known to} ee associated. with others. Po- | jlice Chief Joseph Kemp ordered {all the men in. for questioning, iand were released this morning ;when the department was 'reasonably certain none of, the men were involved 4 th ach jcomber burglary, dich “netted ‘the thieves of between $8,000 and $10,000 worth of watches and jewelry, according to R. C. Dick-; son owner of the shop. ] It was reported that two of the men had been arrested by the sheriff's office some time ago in {connection with the burglary of a safe from Sears), Roebuck Store, ! at Simonton andFleming streets. | They were subsequently re- leased from custody, when the ; sheriff's office and Miami detec- | tives who were brought down ‘here could not make them con- fess their part in the burglary of ; the safe. The strong box has not {been recovered. Final Count Of ‘Nov. 2 Vote ‘In Florida | (Ry Associated Preasy | TALLAHASSEE, | Florida is one of twelve s ithat have completed a_ revised, | official tabulation of the ballots | that were cast in the election last : November 2 i Florida's vote 577,638, of which the following were cast | | for president: | Truman, 281,988. i (ship in the Jan 5. tates totaled Dewey, 194,. Gal Thurmond, 89, Wallace, 11, an ‘Local Service ‘Gets Jobs For 50. 106 Persons i Jeff H. Knight, Jr. manager of |the Florida State Employment | Service, local office, announced ‘today that bis office placed 106 } persons in suitable work during ' December. Of this total 19 were veterans of World War Il, and two were handicapped workel counseling or labor market info mation should contact the Florida State Employment Service office {at 314 Simonton street. Knight Job arders may be placed over telephone 489 | Persons seeking jobs, ' FOR SALE! FOR SALE! | Good Used Cars | TWINS GARAGE Your Friendly Studebaker Dealer’ TELEPHONE 169 Names Director | Of Instruction ” | For 69 Years to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS President Truman Delivers Message On State Of Union *Sen. Robert A. Taft FIVE MEN HELD (meine toon -INCONNECTION | _ WITH ROBBERY Appointees It Embodies Many Major Planks In Democratic Platform; Discusses Big Issues (By 'The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Pres- ident Truman delivered his mes- |Security Council Meets ‘Tomorrow ! Democratic party’s platform that Dutch Military Action | 5 ; was adopted in Philadelphia last { | sage to congress this afternoon on the state of the Union. He dis- \ . j cussed all of the outstanding is i {sues that were specified in the In Java And Sumatra t Matter Will Be € (By ‘The Associated Presa) | July. ‘That ee considered was predicted that among | the first bills to be considgzed by Congress will concern the. prb- NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—The Uni-! lic welfare, including such meds- ted Nations Security Council will jures as an amplification of So- at Lake Suc- cial Security and the high cost ‘of living. A national health pro- ! gram, as advocated by. President Truman in the 80th congress, most likely will be put “Tfite"ef- | fect. the} Opinion in political circles is general that the President, turned | down on many of his “ecommen- dations, in the 80th congress, will have many of them put into law |in the present congress. Senator Robert A. Taft, Repub- in, Ohio, said, before the Pres- ” Kident- delivered hi Wessage) thet | he will not reply to Truman as | Taft had done during the two years the Republicans had been in power. However, he remarked that the message would be a “ClO message,” and also com- plained about the way the Dem- ottats were organizing the com- niittees in the senate,” convene tomorrow cess, N. Y. The first question on the agen- ‘da will deal with the military ac- {tion of the Dutch in Java and Sumatra. During the last week, (Continued On poe ee School Head TALLAHASSEE, NS)—State School Superintend- ent Thomas D. Bailey has an- nounced the appointment of Dr. Theodore (Ted) Q. Srygley, Aus- tin, Texas, as director of instruc- tion with the State Department Jan, 5.—(F- , of Education Taft pointed ott»that, during Dr. Srygley has resigned as di-| the two years the Republicans rector of curriculum and instruc. | Were in power, the appointees on tion of Austin, Texas, public! the foreign relations committee schools to take the Florida posi- | Steed, Republicans, seven; Demo- at eight Demo- crats and only five Republicans will serve on that committee in the present congress. The cutting tion. He fills a vaeancy in the state school department created } by Joe Hall, who has become di- rector of instruction of Dade County. down of the Republican member- x . J ship will apply also to seven oth- S : 1 ‘er important committees. Swiss Snow ———————— Plows Conti : Temperatures ows Continue At 7:30 A.M., EST ST. MORITZ, Switzerland--() The private railroad connecting Station— Tem this famous winter-sports center atianta 3 with the outside world appealed ‘Auareta 58 to the cantonal (state) govern- pillinas 24 ment recently to withdraw snow pBirm 67 plows operating on the Julier Bismark 10 pass, the only road between St. Boston Moritz and the rest of Switzer- Buffalo land. Charleston The appeal stressed the rail- Chicago road’s financial difficulties and pPenver pointed out that, if the Julier Detroit Xe pass were permitted to remain fg] Paso blocked by snow throughout the winter, the railroad could trans- port automobiles as well as pa engers through a tunnel between Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Switzerland and the St Moritz Key West Airport district. i Los Angeles The appeal aroused violent op- Louisville position among motorists and Meridian 5 hotel interests throughout he Miami 72 area. 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