The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 12, 1949, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the County, with an average fange of only 14° Fahrenheit vo LXX. No. 10 Papy Urges County To Be At State Road Meeting Advises One Man*— [Tourists To Be Or Committee Be Sent tells How M County Got Only _ 8169.000 Last In Roads | Bernie C. | addressed the! stoners advising | man or a com- state road board held in Lakeland s month Papy told the county fathers: Mf you are not there when they cut the cak you may met get « piece of it.” teran state representa- ed the gathering how aroe Year tute Representative ' wet night to send one ft ' M « county faired un- Caldwell administration that only $169,000 the county by the ' wed On Page Six) ia presentation of | slides, all Key West scenes that {miles up the Florida Keys from | Feted Tonight At Chamber Winter visitors will be enter- tained at the Chamber of Com- merce “Fun Nite” party tonight by the Douglas High School Glee ' an investigation of the burglary | Club. Beginning at 8 p. m. at the YMCA—CofC outdoor patio, | the program will consist of musi- }cal numbers by the singers and! kodachrome are a part of the collection com- ; piled by Mrs. Vera Reilly, a new resident of the city. A “Queen of the Island” will be selected from the audience and prizes awarded her. Community singing is scheduled and refresh- ments will follow the program. Mrs. Bill Lee will be at the pi- ano. No admission is charged and all tourists and winter visitors are invited. BYRD AND TABOR TO FIGHT AGAIN INCREASE IN Byrd Asserts 210,000 #— pl He Released Without fepairing Efficiency Hy The Sasmetated Preaey WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. — nservative Demo- Senator Byrd of northern conserva- ans, headed by Rep- | SITUATION G ST BIG BUDGET sentative Tabor of New York, were reported today to be lining- up to fight against the $4 million increase for which President Tru- man asked in his budget addr to congress. Tabor asserted that the Presi- dent would be “lucky” if he got one-half of that amount. Byrd aid that the govermment. easily MIDDLE EAST, BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE SAYS Frouble Stems From Jewish Fighter Pilots Sheet Uriti-h I tHe The 8 XON, Jan. 12.—The Brit- ont considers the sit- the Middle East as a eat to peace, it was an-| . \ Minister Ernest Bevin na members of the for- would hold a confer- | report to Prime ttlee and his cabinet (Continued On Page Six) in adjoining Evyptian territory, over which five Royal Air Force reconnoitering planes were shot down last Friday by Jewish pi- lots in fighter planes. It is that incident and the Jew- ish government's complaining to the United Nations about Great Britain’s military activity in tne Middle East that have caused the trouble. Secretary Bevin declar- ed that the situation had so im- proved it looked like a s tory settlement would be between Jews and Arabs up un- " n Palestine and (Continued On Page Six) U.S. Great Britain, : France And Russia Keep ” In Chi Hands Off”? In China so tt Was Reported In ¥ Continue Attacks On China ; Chiang Kai-Shek and his advis- Tientsin, Pi ng ers were reported to have heard TSS of the stand the four great pow CIN Jan Foreign © stated today that ent that the United t Britain, France and FOR SALE CHEVROLET TRUCK 1'..Ton Stake Body MEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT J, Redio .. Guaranteed Like New $1,500 Terms Arranged ... See JAMES MUNIZ 1028 Truman Ave. Tel. ers had taken (Continued On Page x) Reeccercccce eeccees PALACE THEATER, DONALD O'CONNOR and OLGA SAN JUAN in “ARE YOU WITH IT?” ATER LEE ETE EEE, POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Division Your PURE _OIL Dealer LET U Grease, Spray or Change Your Oi) cian ioe BERIT Whatever tas set | Phene 9134 i KEY WEST. FLORIDA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1949 Steal $1,000 In Post House Of Greyhound Entered Through Rear Window; Sheriff's Office Still Investigating A safe containing approximate- }ly $1,000 was looted by burglars | who broke into the Post Hoyse of jthe Florida Greyhound Lines, iInc., last night. They took the oS away with them. , William Archer was still making ‘and had not been heard from. | It is presumed the thieves en- | jtered through a rear window, and, going into the office of the} !Post House, which is about 50 ; Key West and took the safe. fov three Masonic lodges in Key West in a joint inStallation cere- mony held at Scottish Rite Tem- ple under the direction of Pablo Fernandez, R. W. D. ‘D. G. M. installing officer, a: W. Fernando E. Gian as mai shall. The officers of Logia Dr Varela Lodge No. 64, are lows: Fel briel Gutierrez; Sec’y—José Fei (Continued On Page Six) Temperatures At 7:30 A.M., EST Pe Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Key West Airport Los Angeles Louisville Mer n ! Miami Minneapolis New Orleans New York Norfolk * Oklahoma City Omaha Pensacola ' Pittsburgh Roanoke St. Louis San Antonio San Francisco Seattle ! Tallak Tampa Washington ee Key West Players vs Present “ONE'S A CROWD“ A Modern Comedy |; By EUGENE RASKIN j First Time On Any Stage | Opening Gala Performance JANUARY 17th Tickets, $2.50 Tax Ii ij TICKETS ON SALE NOW at Key West Drug Store At edition time Deputy Sheriff | as as fol- j Other Regular Performances: CAPTURED A‘ i ! \ 1 i MARATHON KEY () Wirephoto all former inmates of Nazi con- boat Semper Fidelis at Mara- Three crewmen of the ix W. M.—-Feliciano Castro; S. W. Benjamin Femmander, 3. we-| Approve Dr. Jose C. Sanchez; Treasig-Ga- | Liquor License | Application for {An application ‘censt for the liquor 1i- own of Perky, It is now four- 52 fifths finished, and will have a ‘dining space of more than 4,000 square feet, and be able to ac- commodate over 200 patrons. Application for a beer 32) wine license for Francesco Zeppa, 3 Patio restaurant, 325 Greene 511 street was likewise approved. 63 Set Meeting Dates 13; The Commission voted to of- 54/ ficially set the regular meeting 30 nights as first and second Tues- 42; days of each month at 7:30. (This 21; is the same as now 17 hered to.) 59 and awarded the being ad- 1 William Arnold, manager of | | Florida Greyhound Lines, said} {that safe had contained abopt} $1,000. It was believed certain the thieves got the cash. ° | Three Masonic 6 4 THREE JEWISH REFUGEES, Lodges Officers centration camps who are being held at Miami on charges of oO " | conspiracy in connection with their entry into this country, are “ Tancu Herscu, 26 (center), and his wife, Milica, 22 (left), of Are Installed Roumania, and Artur Woloski, 25 (right), of. Poland. They were captured on the charter Installation Under ; thon Key, Fla., after a 28-hour watch by border patrolmen A A 7 along the lower coast of Florida. Dir ion OF R.W. | Semper Fidelis are charged with conspiracy and attempting D.D.G.M. Pablo to smuggle aliens into this country illegally. Fernandez Recently ae Officers have been _ installed ‘BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED RECENTLY “| TOTAL 566,500. 00. Largest Permit $23,000 Filling Station | Issued Was For i By Texas Company A total of $66,500 in building 1 permits were. issued by Acting City Inspector ‘Ivan Roberts -in the last few-ttays*According to an announcement today. Station— Temp {Florida Lodge was approved. ; Allanta 57 (before license can be issued the! “The largest’-permit issued was Augusta BL state must first approve the re-! OMe for $ $23,000 to the Texas Com- Billings 5 quest. pany for the: construction of a Birmingham Vth a Repent filling statioh’ at ‘the corner of | Bismark * neo US : Seid OES Duval street and Truman avenue. Bacon 3} said in their letter to the county j f i ” This permit was issued to Charles Buffalo 22; commission that they had ex- qooaing and Sons, who are the Charleston 58 pended $20,000 for their new (onbm ane ate ee Chicago irestaurant and another $20,000 a ; Corpus Christi rv ‘remodeling other buildings. The The fact.this permit would be Denver . new restaurant-bar was started issued was arinounced last weck Detroit 28° three and one-half months ago!in The Citizen. El Paso ‘and is expected to be completed| Other permits issued were: Ft. Worth 30) | by January”, To J. W. Albert for the erce- tion of concrete block residence tat Leon and Flagler streets at a \cost of $10,000. The Sunshine Construction Company has been contract for the work involvéd, To A. Bergeson for the con- struction of a conerete block re idence at 741 South street at a cost of $8,000. | To Mario Blanco for the erec- tion of a concrete block residence ‘in Elizabeth strect at a cost of } $8,000. To Eloy Villate for the e of a frame residence at 15 j inary street at a cost of $8,000. ! To Y. Sterling for the erection 31 | 1946 CHRYSLER, 4 ‘Door “Sedan of a concrete block residence at i +++ Nice Family Car... | New Paint ® NAVARRO. Inc. Opposite Bus Station (TAXPAYER WHO WHERE HIS MONEY I8 GOING) 1316 Elizabeth strect at a cost of | 36,000. To Edmund S. Koehn for the erection of a frame residence at 616 Amelia strect at a cost of 1 $3,500. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS In Behalf of the Taxpayers, Please Inform the Public Who Receives ‘ALL INSURANCE | for the County and Why Do We SAVE MONEY ; By Not Sharing the Policies With Companies That Return Dividends? A. G. ROBERTS WANTS TO KNOW . Che Key West Ciftern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. age PRICE VIVE ( Joe Crusoe Asks County To Divide Clinic Insurance MONTHLY REPORT OF COUNTY FUND ACCOUNTS BeReved To Be First Time Monjhly Report To County Commissioners Has Be Accomplished; New Clerk Reveals He Intends To Maintain Such Reports To Board Monroe County Clerk Earl Adams has released the monthly report of the condition of county fund accounts Amount On Hand As of Oct. 1, 1948 $18,770.52 following | = ADAMS RELEASES | | 7 Name of Fund— General Revenue Fine and Forfeiture Road Deposited 31,0 Hospital 4,276.18 Excess Fee Monroe Co., Fla., Beach Acct. - 63,667.91 Bathing Beach Bonds ‘ 7,943.14 15,724.28 Wararnts Amount Paid On Hand Budgeted Name of Fund— Out Jan. 11/49 1948/1949 General Revenue $65,243.99 $44,429.05 $244,140.00 Fine and Forfeiture 9910.78 35,600.00 Road 29.793.85 2000 Hospital 3.276.186 17,500.00 Fla. Beach Acct. 52,70: 10,964.69 81,878.00 Bathing Beach Bonds = 15,724.29 25,140.00 The new county clerk stated that he believed that this was the first time that the commission had received a month- ly report of the existing condition of each fund of the county. Adams added that he intended to maintain this monthly report to keep the commissioners advise enue, fine and forfeiture, road, hospital, (Fla.) beach -aceount and bathifg beach bonds dof the funds in the general rev excess fee, Monroe Coupt «de CITIZENS MUST SERVE ON JURY Excess Fee Monroe Co. WHEN ‘Jury’ Of Justice, Law And Order’ Solicitor Allan Cleare Wants Only Reliable, Substantial Citizens Monroe County Commis- sioners meeting last night in regular session that lasted less than one hour heard County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare plead with that body to place only reliable, substantial citizens’ names in the new jury box. The County Solicitor told the ‘commissioners that the “jury” is jthe foundation of justice, law jand order in the community j Cleare adde dthat it is not asking too much of a citizen to three or four days a year juryman, and that it would be pretty hard for a citizen to be excused unless it was a very valid excuse. County Chairman F jley informed the rank Bent solicitor that MOTOROLA America’s Finest AUTO RADIO | Roy’s Key West Auto Parts ; 121 Duval St. Phone 442 i i '*Great Stock Island Poems’ | There was a fair bride from Sioux City. Who said, “I can't cook, mores the pity: But, Hubby, don’t worry, Out to Weaver's lets hurry— Where the food is so tasty and pretty!! Pe | EVERYBODY'S SAYING IT!! y’s Foundation* CALLED the jury ‘ist would be chosen at a special meeting of the Coun Commission Wilson Wanted County Tax Asse i Wilson asked the commission t designate a deposito Ww aid that his bondin ur had ked him for a cop ft designation of depos County Clerk ! \ stated that the designat not have be made until J 15. Paul s Coun A torney, agreed wit Asks That Bani Be capers Karl Dillon, Direct {M al the Key West High Set a lette cad by Clerk A asked that the count the tourist seasor bn afte ns at le ‘ Sunday. Dill nt ocal Ke Band « Window & Door Frames STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 FOR SALPF! FOR SALE! Good Used Cars TWINS GARAGE Your Friendly Studebaker Dealer TELEPHONE 169 Gi eMEME | MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami [Re a very Friday en * Appeared At Meet In Court House Last Night Commirsioners Tell Minn That At Meee Be Present Before | Re-Considering | Joe Crusce, agent lantic Mutuel Fire be company, last t county corn nl ‘ t + f the $40,000 ole wane rn" mension ' ‘ Woe w ¢ et Wants His Share ‘ ‘ uirance t past. | ' th am entit t ri ‘ tien “Until « full board can be pre ent. the Key West ineurenc company hes the insurance The At Mute ’ tion be ¢ ty AM he vd the Answer: Question DOCTOR | RUDOLPH | AYALA Phy mnett AA Hospital. T ' Announces | THE OPENING OF His Offer tow GENERAL PRAC Tic Office inane 0 12 4&2 ¢ DAILY EXCEPT n PHONE bars [er ing See 109 blen Strest