The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 7, 1949, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has thé most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Insurance Given To New Change Requested By Rep. Bernie Cc. Papy Key West Insurance Company Awarded Contract For Monroe County Clinic Monroe County Commission voted last night to gi the coun- t nsurance — busin to the Key West Insurance lompany, &s agains: tue Porter-Allen Insur- ance Company, which had held the insurance business for many State Representative Bernic Papy appeered before the com- m with the statement thet the Porter-Allen, Company had held the county's insurance busi- ne for many years and he re- quested the commission give, the bmaine for a change” to the Key West Insurance Company, nm which he and Howard A. Wil-| son, are associated Wilson said that the city and vunty should split the business between the two firms. He offer- ed to divide the city and county , wurance ness between the (Continued On Page Three) busi Frank Bentley Chairman Of County Board Harry Morris, Tavernier. Selected By ¢ Bentley (Mf Road Coammitier irman As Chairman Fronk Bentley was reappointed n of the Monroe County i Commissioners at last night meeting of the commis- as named ul E. Saw- legal ad- i Saunders wn, and Pi was reappointed the board ? ew county” commiss: T nie Harry Harri d by Chairman Bent- an of the road com- ch has to do with con- sll highways on the Commissioners and junders other members h trectior f Higes ned mitte Bentley itter announced as fol- members buildings and Commission Joe of | n of the mittee 1 nd Commissioner new member 4, and Harris of the another welfare mmissioner Allen with} Higgs and Saun-} ' n com | er for f the finance com ( sued On Page Three) Best Paint Sold | STRUNK LUMBER YARD} TELEPHONE 816 | BEGINNING will be O Dance to th NO ADMISSION Company By County Board Ahree year ANOTHER Hotel La Concha ANNOUNCES... and Every Friday and Saturday THE RAINBOW ROOM DANCIN Hector Barroso arid His Orchestra Carbonell Gets Beach Concession | Last Night Louis Carbonell was awarded the contract the Monroe County Commission last night | for the County Beach concession. Mayor A. Maitland Adams ap- peared before the County Board and told them that the widow of ; Willard Russell,, who was award- , ed the contract at a meeting held December 27, was unable to go, through with the contract. “I believe that the board ought | to award the contract as soon as | possible,” said the mayor. “I have had many people ask me} when the Beach was going to be| ready.’ Russell bid $326 a month for | two y and $360 a month for; Carbonell's bid was $2,400 a year, with the county \ taking 15 per cent of the gro: receipts above $150 a day. It was | the next highest bid received. The mayor also asked that the next highest bidder also assume the obligations Russell pad con- tracted before his death. Car-| bonell agreed to the terms. by Reappointed MILESTONE { | 4 (®) Photo | SIXTY-SEVEN-YBAR-OLD 0. | B. KEELER, famous golf writ- the Atlanta Journal, | pauses at his desk at the be- | ginning of his 4Ist year newspaper work. He has set something of a world record by covering 66 major champion- ship golf tournaments in this country and Great Britain for the Journal. in { ry ry e e ° ‘sued an order to its troops to cease ‘Swiss Try Fifth | members of the Nazi fifth column . jgprisonment, THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST. FLORIDA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949 Jews Issue FOUR ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES Cease-Fire Order Today Went Into Effect At 7 o’Clock This Morning; Arabs Had Issued Similar Order «By The Aswoctated Press) TEL AVIV, Jan. 7.—The gov- ernment of the State of Israel is- fire at 7 o’clock this morning. In| the order it was explained that : Israeli forces directed to! fire only if they were fired upon * by the Arabs. Earlier a cease-fire order had been proclaimed by the Arabs, | ; but despite both orders, fighting ! was reported in central Palestine. j (Cairo complained that Jewish | troops had constructed road- | blocks inside Egypt, and had } established bases in that area. ' |The Tel Aviv statement, regard-} ing that charge, was that ieeselil | troops had been ordered to main- tain the positions they occupied | when the cease-fire order went into effect). were (®) Wirephoto THESE FOUR MEN ARE UNDER ARBEST in New York on bribery charges after a college baskethall player told authori- ties they tried to bribe him to “fix” a game. Top, left to right: William Rivlin, 43, of New York, and Philip Klein, 34, of Brook- lyn. Bottom, left to rght; Joseph Aronowitz, 35, of Brooklyn, and Jack Levy, 40, of Miami, Fle. Bail for each was set at $50,000 pending trial. District Attorney Frank S. Hogan praised the player, David Shapiro, co-captain of the George Washington University team, for reporting the bribe attempts to him. Columnis BERN, Switzerland-——(4#)—Since the end of the war, 102 Swiss cit- izens have been prosecuted as i in Switzerland, according to a government ‘report. Of the 102 persons charged Florida Citrus Grewers Sorina ioe revo crores "Tg Learn Extent. Of Loss the Germans and undermining } i s ’ Switzerland’s neutrality and “> (in California Fr Fr t dependence during the war, only three were acquitted. Ninety- nine fifth-columnists were sen- >) g .* tehced! 46. warying Neenis” of. im- Report Places Damage y Fo Citrus, $15 To $25 aire fruits and Hew in... Cali- | ornia, Million; Other Losses | ranging. from. 20. Ups Sum To $60 Million years to six months. Those sen- (Ry The Axsnctated Prean> tenced to prison terms included several tried in absentia and still believed to be abroad. destroyed, and that the as | vegetables and flowers ‘crease the damage to $60-million. will in- T. e JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 7. — Fai Bie calla armanvent emperatures | Florida citrus growers are ot! scratures in Caliaieia,, have set At 7:30 A.M,, EST accepting as_ conclusive the re- | in, and. growers. afl’; members of | parts .that shave come’ out of | the California’ State.) Board Station— “Temp. California about the damage the | AgYiculture-Wave “begua . an ii Atlanta 35 recent frosts had done to citrus! vestigation to. determine the ex- Billings 43 | fruit in that state. tent of the loses. Birmingham | Growers in this state have; The blizzard has.died’, out, in Bismark 36 named a committee to go to! Wyoming, Colorado and, Nebras- Boston 221 California to ascertain just what, ka, and snow plows are. élearing Buffalo 37’ was the damage suffered ey the highways. z Chizago 35{ sae AE Corpus Christi 48 | i [Det = ORATORICAL CONTESI Detroit 28 | El Paso Ft. Worth {Galveston :/TO BE HELD BY LEGION | Jacksonville Kansas City |! KEY WEST Will Be Held In * es nal ptiesuiasizvert a Key Weat Hich |roe County champion fll see taneale Bal ee Sane |pete against the Dade County Meridian 31{ School Auditori \Champion in the 10th District Miami 63 | Meee Contest. Expenses of the Monroe, Minneapolis 32 | On March 3rd County Champien to Miami to | Memphis 371 The county contest for the , compete will be borne bY the | New Orleans 33" american Legion Oraiorical Con. | Atthur Sawyer Post No. 28. The j New York STs | District Champion will compete | Norfolk 41; tests will be held, Thursday 3] in the Area Contest, and the | Oklahoma City 36, March at the High School Audi-; Southern Area Champion will Omaha Pensacola ; torium at 7:30'p.m., Charles C.| compete in the Department Con- ‘Simmons, County Chairman, an-| test. | Pittsburgh 33} nounced today. The use of the; The Department winner will St. Louis 27'Auditorium was arranged! go into the Regional, and finally} San Antonio 45 through the courtesy of Princi-{ the Regional Winner will go in San Francisco 37 pal Goldsmith of the Key West, the National Finals. The top | Seattle ei 38 High School. ; prize for the National Winner is Tallahassee 37; The primary purpose of the a $4,000 eeholacahin given by the Tampa 41 Oratorical Contests is not ora- | National American Legion. Washington 38 tory, but the teaching to our’ Only students who are actually ————_—_—_—_—_——__——— | children of. our Federal Constitu-, enrolled in high school during OAc wiad sn un epae | tien and its meanings and ap- the current year are eligible to | plication to life in the United compete in the Contests. TONIGHT =} PEN for : FROM 8 P.M. 3 TOIAM 3: e Music of NO COVER BRADY’S | States ce In the County Contest, there for: Pail be two contestants from the | MARALOY Convent of Mary Immaculate CHOICE POULTRY, Sr, saa a a Ete Pr 1214 White Street Phone 540 Koy West High School. The Mon- for ars wae aananesecesee | Roy’s Key West Auto Parts is a Say ° 121 Duval St. Phone 442 1948 Chrysler Town “ke Country E THEATER Convertible Coupe . . . Priced $1200 Under List for Quick Sale; ;oHNNY MACK BROWN and NAVARRO, Inc | VIRGINIA CARROLL in hee i “ >GERMAN” Opposite Bus Station i TRIGGER é CUBAN CLU as sa - 4 FRIDAY, JANU ae is FOR SALE! FOR SALE! 8:00 P.M. PRIZES Public Invited Sponsored by RECREATION COMMISSION Good Used Cars : Fine Fishing Tackle. | TWINS GARAGE | Thompson Enterprises, Inc. Hardware Division—Phone 886 Your Friendly Studebaker Dealer TELEPHONE 169 -| that unless these licenses are se- | Latest reports say that from 15 | to 25, percent of fruit had, been) -loss to | : ens Che Key West Citize ‘Secretary Marshall Resigns; Dean Acheson Named As Successor SAE a PS cha? ‘James Webb, | 1949 Tags For Dogs Go On Sale | January 22nd Following the new city ordi- nances regarding dogs, it has sbeen announced that the. 1949 dog “licenses will go on sale Monday, and continue through Saturday, January 22nd, and will be on sale at the Garden and Lawn Supply Co. on Fleming street and also at the Poinciana Rental Office on; Duck avenue for the convenience ! of persons in that locality, from 10 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. daily. Male dog licenses will be $2 each, and-for the unsprayed fe- male dogs, $3.. It is pointed out} | cured during the period between} January 10th and 22nd, untagged [ dogs will be picked up. and the cost of redeeming these picked- (Continued On Page Six) ‘ ———J Lost Nose Recovered NEWHALL, Calif. — Returning | from their honeymoon, the au- tomobile of Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Griffin went over an em- bankment and the nose of Mrs. Griffin was completely cut off as she was hurled through the windshield. She was taken to a hospital: and a physician sent ‘police hurrying back to the {ier of the accident to search for the missing which they found on the car’s running board.” Tt was. rushed back to the hospital in a surgi-/ cal bag and ‘sewed back on. “Looks pretty good,” the doc- tor commented. recently. Soviet Swamps | Drained MOSCOW—(4) — The subtrop- ical swamps of the Cholchides are being drained. Located along the seacoast etl Soviet Georgia these swamps} were famous in antiquity and en- | tered into Greek mythology and chronicles. Theve rich soil but all; +j attempts at drainage of the area} formerly undertaken failed be-' cause of the fact that the swamps flooded whenever strong western winds forced up the waters of the Black Sea coast and drove them | into the swamp areas. The Soviets have now for years been cai ng out a cientifically | planned major effort to drain the ; swamps. Large areas have been reclaimed for citrus and other sub-tropical cultures | Crown Jewel Face. Housing Problem LONDON—(?)—Even British’s | crown jewels have housing - and queuing problems. Only 6,000 of the 20,000 visitor's a day at the Tower of London are able to see them. As a result, efforts are be- ing made to move the display to larger quarters. Col. E. H. Carkect-James, gov- ernor of the Tower of London told reporters: “I hope soon we shall have the use of the dun-} geons of the White Tower (larg- est in the Tower of London group) for the display of the crown jewels. There we can spread out a bit and there would be plenty of room. LITE. POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Division Phene 9134 Your PURE. Dealer LET US Gresce Your ot Your Oil MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami Every Friday appendage, | ! by the National Cotton Coun- a feck IAD 2 ee re ‘PRICE FIVE GENTS Budget Director, Selected Undersecretary; Truman Denies ‘Time’ Story (iy ‘The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, aJn. 7.—President Truman today announced the resignation of Secretary of State Marshall and Undersecretary of State Lovett, and the appointment of their successors, Dean Acheson, secretary, and James Webb, undersecretary. Webb is the —<$<$<$<$<$<$$<$<$______—_-q former director of the budget. S The President did not cor- “MAID OF ment on the reasons for the ions, but it had been anticipated that Secretary Mar- | shall, would resign because of the | condition of his health. ! ‘That opinion had been enter- | tained ever since he underwent | an operation in the Walter Reed ; Hospital for the removal of a kidney. | After the resignations and ap pointments had been angounced | by the President he was usked if COTTON” a story, appearing in the maga | zine Time, that the government jintended to change its foreign | policy, was true, and his response , was immediate and emphatie. | The President declared that practically every paragraph in ;the story is untrue. He said jfurther that the writer had no basis in fact for writing such a story | <<idieonencdnnaieiai 44 Weather Data ‘In Key West t ‘In December | j The average mean temperature tal Key West. during December was 5.7 degrees Higher than th: “normal for that month, aecordiny | to report issued today by the (®) Wirephoto local Weather Bureau ‘The maximum mean for De SUZANNE HOWELL (above), | comber was 80.5, while the nor 19-year-old blonde co-ed at the | imal is 74:6, and the minimum University of California, is the |.mean was 71.6, with a normal of 1949 “Maid of Cotton” and | 65.8. The mean was 76 as com good-will ambassador for the | pared with a normal of 703 American cotton industry. She | Rainfall during December to ‘taled 5.05, as compared with « was chosen at Memphis, Tenn., | a nm 10 " in the annual contest sponsored | "°"Mal of 1.67 for that month | Highest velocity of wind was 3! 2 2 jmiles an hour on December 30, cil, the Memphis Cotton Car- jand came from the northwest Percent of possible sunshine nival Association, and the cot | ton exchanges in New York, | New Orleans and Mampbite was 60 as Imal of 67 compared with a nor (Dinner Meeting January 21 Of Jaycees’ Officials President Al Cahill Parone ae Will Be Among has been tentatively agreed uy : : on and from then on it wil State Officers up to the fisherman The Island City Fishing Tour Meet Here nament has béen a great set The Jayeves =nnounced today |i the past: the tourists she keen interest in the event and that a dinner meeting for State the Jayveces received A President Al Cahill and Red many letters last’ year f Powell will be held Jan. 21. This various participants. It is b will be the annual visit by the that this year the tournamer state officers and a big turnout will be even bigger and — be is expected for this event. The than last year affair will be a mixed social and A wide seale project t ut the time and place wilk be an. fy the Jaycee Clubl nounced later ct in motion last week. The 4 The annual Island City Fish of the building has been cle ing irnament che led t und graded an 1 CoH t open this weekend: a com: ip of, Jack Appel, Bt composed of Jaycee i¢ Lopez and Charles W Boatmen ari Gi n appointed te evinplet« details now. An opening progia ub avis co = ” yet ver ‘ TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS OF KEY, WEST. Tif , CASA MARINA HOTEL. + is holding its Annual Formal Opening Ball o1 evening, January 8th, and you are cordially invited. W sent out many invitations but naturally could no’ everyone. We do want you to know that you ar ’ Bob McGrew Marina again this season to play for dinner and THE MANAGEMENT most welcome. will return to tt Jar = — >