The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 10, 1949, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an averagé range of only 14° Fahrenheit Three Injured In Head-On | Car Collision Two Autos Crashed At Marathon Sunday No. 8 Devros whose head injury re- quired 15 stitches. Others jured are his son, Robert William Devros suffering with a broken wrist and head injuries. William Cofax Scott another passenger {suffered no injuries but was in- Vheree Chicagoans Were E To | badly shaken up from the ordeal Driver of the car going north, hey W Ivan Rowe, of Marathon, is suf- fering from head injuries. The Devros’ and Scott are from Chicago and were enroute to i Key West to spend a two-week vacation in the Island City. The 2-Week Vacatic A head-on n Marathon yesterday at 12 collision by two noe esulted the injury of | ’ “8 patie > yoth | Chicagoans were driving a Ford eT SON: " ‘ and Rowe was in a Packard. of the injured are at the} Rowe isto be charged with Galey Memorial hospital, Eaton{“drunken driving” by — State. treet Joe Farto, driving a Lopez! Highway Patrolman — William Funeral home ambulance brought | 3 if feces a aus to ae Weel. Stevens after Rowe's release Worst imjured is Gus Nick. from the local hospital. NATIONALIST TROOPS WIPED OUT SOUTH OF SUC HOW, REPORT SAYS —_____—_—_——_ st Broadeast P {hold between Suchow and Nan- ares Nationalists | yi Killed, Wounded Or | Chiang Kai-Shek’s leader are i } still talking about a peace confer- ‘ence, but no official announce- ri Have Surrendered ment has yet been made public ste Vie RENEE yee! ‘about the time it will be held NANKING, Jan, 10—A com) China has been torn out by t radio broadeast from Su-. war, leaders said, and her econo- THE he Key West Citt SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST. FLORIDA. MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1949 PRESIDENT TRUMAN C — message Truman sent to congress today. Checking-Up On New Building In Key West County Tax Assessor Claude Gandolfo and his assistant, J Frank Roberts, began this morn- ing to make the rounds of Key West to check-up buildings that structed during the last year Mr. Gandolfo said that it will the been on new have con j require about a week for him and | Mr check-up Robets to. in complete — their Key building construction West, set a record here last year. When they complete their work in Key West, they will begin to check-up on new building on the Florida Ke also set a record in 1948 Up to today, 357 property own vs have filed for homestead ex- ‘mption in Mr. where construction Gandolfo’s ofice Last year the applications for ex- | | ' BUDGET SEMINAR IN’ THE U.S.A. ves| ATTEND JOINT Associated Press Day Wire, Features ana Photo Servuwe For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Destroyed By Chief L. Torres a *Called Masardous CLUBS WILL tnd ‘Unsightly? By Officials Boats “Fired” By PRESIDENT TRUMAN and his top fiscal aides conduct a seminar for reporters on the budget | Order OF € : Left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John W. Sny- pa ity Manager der, Budget Director James E. Webb, and Assistant Budget Director Frank Pace. On Friday, Mr. D E Ralph Spalding After Truman nominated Webb to be Undersecretary of State and named Pace as budget director. 4 Thi j ose i Thirty-Day Warning sans U.S. CG OF c.. Man Fire Chief Leroy Torre ee é dinner will be held at the Hotellis burning seven ves ‘ t ! start at 7 30 4 p.m pate 4 Address |” Chamber President Edwin ¥.|*tmed “Hingardows,” and Us i }Trevor said today Since shy! Stghthy After the veosed Li * j William J. Bird ‘civic organizations in Key West | been destroyed at Crs Dowk, | F rare tied so closely together, the | Torres will n then " { Will Speak On imessage will be of particular | | lessees ame. condyion at G s IN AREA ODA {National Affairs At | Mr. Bird, an expert on Nation- | Bight 5 tal affairs and behind the scenes Torre » te P. ny . * January 20th Meet i. Conus has p20 ved aide|@l Cy Menngte Gateh arade Tonight To* Civie clubs and organizations! #eclaim as a speaker. After his | Who ordered the boats se : | fournament tonight with a pa- | in Key West will attend « 1 2ddress an open forum is} Over 4 month agua, A ( Get Underway | race which is hoped to adver. |i" Sc¥ West will allend a dinner scheduled, at which time he has [Joseph Kemp had | poste : - | tise the event. The paride meeting January 20th to hear red to discuss questions that | 09 the vessels not ng t At 7:30 | will begin tonight at the Stand- { William J. Bird, of the United are presented from the audience Jers that thet ard Oil Docks at 7:30 o'clock {States Chamber of Commerce,| At least three organizations, [oe tioved unless they Line Of Mirch | and will travel all over town, {ive an address on National Af-' the Lions, Rotary, and Kiwanis, | moved within thirty day si | “All interested parties chould! faits and how they affect the | have voted to cancel their regula | Att .” Will Begin At register with the Charter Fisher-| Community. imeetings that week and attend (City Man Ralph 8 . a men at the Standard Oil: Docks. Sponsored by the Key West the Chamber cinne n their }today Ailse Che t Standard Oil Docks; Everyone has to register te bet Chamber of Commerce, the respective groups | Taree to destruy 3 S IS of Lavoy Te « i A fe able to compete in the Island City} 77> The Citizen ty inform tt Re tion Urged ' Fishing Tournament. | oT j Th Presets oc Island City Fishing Tourna-+ At a later date, the Jaycees Inear Cra Doek ' ment gets underway today. It! will open up a booth at Garri- fuing of the ve is sponsored again by the Junior’ som Bight when the Charter NOG | progre Chamber of Commerce. This; Boatmen make their move out CALLED IN SESSION This morning the " fishing tournantent has gaincd in’ there. i : is Le Jears packed on Grinne popularity and the advance reg-' Prizes will be awarded ofr the} entering Cre xk t istration has shown a lot of in- biggest catch in its class) . The! AB T PALESTINE ltered with ‘eperetion terest this year, tournament will run until An 4 ; The Jaycees will open the spring of the year. | ied mai Co agian * Action Due ‘Yo Shooting4-— —-——-——- ‘Ore nancemen he weed heré today, said my is now in a distracted .state. | cinption totaled 2,483. Owners of that nif Nationatist "Ppposition People do not know wiex® to] homesteads will have till April turn for assurance in the posses-| 1 to make applications for exemp- th of that eity hed been wiped ion of their belongings. The war] tions. Those who do not file by must end, and end shortly, they] that time will have to pay full whkesman said that the declared Gl taxation, as, meauiret by law. wsitions began las! The rumor persists that Chiang = aoe sik roe ee: will resign his post by the time |= ind that all National- peace conferences begin. He will , or res ps either had been killed, ae his son in Formosa, accord Ve LPG ratures w had surrendered. It ing to reports made in official] St 7:30 A.M.. EST the Nationalist major strong- Chinese circles . -- —— -] Station Temp Atlanta 52 LA CASA MARINA MAY = [ic : al ahs 3illings. -20 Birmingham 47 STAY OPEN ALL YEAR press: Fr } Buffalo at : ; é as May Charleston 46 ‘ 1 A ON ay ABO 2 orpus Christi 66 If FERRY OPERATES ae é Detroit 33 Se Says Owner Of aaa, See el ASO: 4 heoteds fF N = Ft. Worth 25 Motels 1 Ferry Not | Cold Weather Galveston 60 Ready May 1, Wing Of |... . Teahcas City 17 sopen | Ulits Again At KEY WEST Hi ie FE OT beg) URL Wt 68 i rd Hicks, owner o! a |( “4 | f A wos Angeles 30 ‘ nformed The Citi Jalitornia Louisville 53 today that if the ferry Carib (iy ‘The Asnocinted Presay Meridian 43 i | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10.--Win-} Miami 61 — Regine te aperate be: P a ar sting | Minneapolis 4} try blasts again are buffeting apolis Key West and Havana ony southern California. It was pre- | Memphis 60 » hotel will remain open] dicted today that during tonight] New Orleans 56 und or tomorrow morning the ther- |New York 39 i Hams, president of the} mometer will fall as low as 19 de- { Norfolk 41 tlantic Trnasportaitn Com-| prees in some parts of the fruit-| Oklahoma City 15 told Mr. Hicks that the} growing area, adding greater } Omaha 10 Queen ll be ready to be-| losses to the 5 million last | Pensacola 5 between here and Ha-| week's freezes cost ifor- | Pittsburgh M In the event that} nia growers of fruits, vegetables | Roanoke 53 the ship is finished in| and flowers. St. Louis a3 the May 1 trip, Mr.! A 75-mile wind is sweeping the} San Antonio 68 © hotel will be kept} cold weather over the mountains} San Francisco 34 }toward San Diego. Los Angeles | Seattle 17 t he added, he may already has felt the nipping cold. | Tallahassee 5 La Casa Marina} Today, for the first time since | Tampa 57 the summer whether | 1932, Los Angeles had a snow | Washington 3i Carib Queen begins op- | fall, and Long ach reporte! — mt late set by Mr.] two fallings of snow, one last | --— ar a ‘night and the second today, the nee the United} Zero weather is gripping at Bette: Comm auiaien tee ante Homin enone LojNew Mes DEANNA DURBIN and the insuring of a loan ico. This morning, Livingston DICK HAYMES in Montana, reported a low of 26] {]P IN CENTRAL PARK” degrees below zero. Sioa Rmel halite Reawnts Ist ream Benefit for Convent of Merv Immaculate CASA MARINA HOTEL | Tis @ truly sad ballad, a groaner. Says she ‘One to me | gave a drink free the thot of that loss im « groaner Bao and Dance on ithe Patio| Radio. 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Prime Seeoiahaeenh 4 MER H E am Clement Attlee called planer apeciy = opened on Mow i cabinet into session today to Service ft Station AK “ psa the situation in Pales- Pay Respec ' —— securily tin and the Egyptian territory mal Naval Officers, 5 .° | adjoining Palestine along the Ne- ex ce -prese eC cou City Manager Representative jew desert comeenen Here Tomorrow The conference was held as a ' Will Remain In | S Miss Louise Pennington, | result of the shooting down of 1 Key West Area who is connected with area | five British plaes by Jewish pilots ed fos Weeks I headquarters in Miami of this jJast Friday. The planes were . a A Social Security district, will {yer Eyyptian territory, Attlee , 4 . be here tomorrow to inter- | ‘ Praining Operations view anybody who wishes to | States, and were on routine re- Iding 91, N HMCS “Nootka,” HMCS “Hai- obtain information about that j Connoitering, flights when Jew- he "i neice ce? coy ioeed| ptederal sasney: ish fighter planes opened fire on : da”, HMCS “Swansea” comp sed Mig Peenic noob bexiat, [Tie GR oe te , ae of 500 offic and men arrived in fi f the Florida Stat | cla . the city today for a stay of about! ie eeeee af tee Ficride Stee It was announced that the Brit say ’ Re aeekee lon tie nations, Employment Service. 314 Si- | atest RTP METRY Se ! ithe Canadian ship’ command: | smontonjstrest, fromr/O o'clock, | G00 “Ts ane \ Tae oticas Gamat A H. G.- in the morning till 1 o'clock demands on the United Nation i Simo MERON Gund: ani AUae in the afternoon. that the State of Israel be dealt nou c BS cael RCN: Lt. R. W. Tim pal — {with summarily because of the ‘ prell, RCN this morning paid a, sep eee tae Bae Wot Pla ( visit to Captain Cecil Adell and “Ond a cm ee er it was suited. CHIANG KAI-SHEK (above). ye : sii eaaienelts officers of the TONIGHT as mniieitonsihe destnuctiot of 1 | saGaent oh Ching delivers Bis the Canadians also visited the High School Auditorium [planes ont in tne eee New Year's Day message to the A Mffices of City Manager Ralph 8:15 o’Clock I chat if catiafaction is not obtained; government’ in Nanking in in pale Seem ee Adm. 75c, Tickets at Beachcomber! 4, the United Nations, Great! which he expressed the pos Seg Ncolka. 7 Wass aee Brita I proceed to tak lit ‘ “ West last vear for training ect a diate aa ae ; ie ce ey of his Heras Sat " ties, but the other two vessels are Of Isiael. urday, a usually reliable source in MoneU ne first call here to the see in Nanking said China has INDIANS BEETEVED Both the HMCS “Nootka” and RUDOLPH oe WANTED -_ ithe United States, France HE WANS BECAME GW the “Ilaida” are destroyers, while nd Britain to attemp. to me “ I |the HMCS “Swansea” is a frig , WAITRESSES and BAR MAIDS | aaioniiwicieie was ( ate APPLY : é Miornesdeysay aa) Inahe Oficers’ | Former Resident Physician of 700 DUVAL STREET i Key West Players | Club eon ayiu: Dr. Trelles Clinic and Staff |) ners {+ z ae = | Physician of Dr. A. 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