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Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit LXX. No. 20 Ferry Company To Spend $2,000,000. Completing Vessel Complete Outlay Is To Be About $7,000,000 Vout (Over 13 Million Votes Cast By i s14.dion View Jap Right Wi bred J. Di Vice ap ig t ing President Of Ferry | (Wy The fated Press) pany, Ret | TOKYO, Jan. 24—Even though Te Kev West communists in Japan increased (their seats in the Diet to 35, a + J. Dien, who was elected | gain of 31, General Douglas Mac- ' lent and a director of | Arthur today expressed. gratifica- ; tion over the result of the elec- tion It showed that the Conserva- tives still have a vast majority. | The Right Wing or Conservatives ‘ Atlantic Transportation | ‘ wf Jacksonville last; Key West over et ito ) wil today that the com- ! polled 13 1-2 million votes and ' x4 appropriated about $2,- ; elected 623 to the Diet. 000.000, instead of $1,000,000, to plete the ferry that will run} Cuban government:has agreed to t K West and Havana, ! waive. all taxes usually charged and t wen the ship was fin-| visitors to that country. it ' tment of GATCO| Work on the ferry ‘will be ‘ be approximately $7,000,-; awarded on the basis of 120 days mw iy essel from February 10, when the con- I be the finest ferry} tract will be Ict. That would be u aid Dion. “All| 120 days from February 10, or any that xe done on the} time prior to June 10 when the ‘ i el is to con-| ferry is scheduled to be ready to truct t uperstrueture and to}go_ into operation. n lrties for the 900 pas-j It is understood that when the nue t ferry will carry.” ferry leaves Jacksonville it will th ! GATCO is at present} come directly to Key West. Then tating for one of three sites | a number of nd county offi- f ete nal of the ferry in| cials and others are scheduled to r. while one of two} board her for the first trip to Ha- the Clyde Mallory Docks or | vana ter Dock, will be util In Cuba, the guests aboard the t ferry, the Carib Queen, would be ms, president of} feted by Cuban government offi- announced that the} cials while they are in Havan. “_G ul GATCO, ha: JEWS AND ARABS ON POINT OF BREAK RESUME, DISCUSSIONS Dr. Ralph Bun Suc eods In Having iia Canizares ‘Died This A.M. John Canizares, 46, at a local hospital after a short illness. He resided at 1207 White street. Survivors are his widow Mrs. Ida Canizares, mother, Mrs, Clara De Lariz, daughter, Mrs, Mabel one grandchild; two sis- Mrs. Anna Newkirk and Mrs. Clara Bell Garcia, three brothers, Manolo, Clario and An- drew Funeral arrangements, which are in charge of the Pritchard Funeral Home, will be announced later. Them Resume Confe Inted Dreamy N, Jan, 24.—It dppear- today that the Jews and Rhodes died today between island of eadlock Ment the conference, t sides, de- ild see no way out te that had arisen ng of the bounda- « desert A isted on all of w ert remaining in’ their had on when the Jews 5, but the Jews eir stand to roth 1 they en it appeared that the < { ended, Dr. Ralph ' presenting the United Dr. Rudolph Ayala Former Resident Physician of Dr. ator, sueceeded Trelles Clinic and Staff Physician sed On Page Six) of Dr. A. A. Gonzalez Hospital. — Tampa, Florida. a General Practice Aluminum Roofing STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE Office Hours: 10-12 and 2-6 Daily Except Sunday PHONE 1075 409 Fleming Street Dr. J. A. Valdes OPTOMETRIST ‘ Announces the Removal of His Office to .. : Galey Memorial Hospital 417 EATON STREET HOURS BY APPOINTMENT Telephone 9 till 12 2 till 5 332 he Key THE SOU KEY WEST. FLORIDA. MONDAY, JANUARY 24, ssi eeing Before. Spots ced. Reds Thousands Of Nanking’s Residents Are, Fleeing South; Other Thousands Remain In City Proper (Dy The Asgectated Presa) NANKING, Jan, munist bordes, without resistance except in sectors. : any a few array, are headed for this city. It was said that they include. many of Chiang Kai-Shek’s troops. While the Nationalists are com- ing here, many thousands of civi- | lians are going south, some of them as far as Canton. It is be-j lieved here that not more than! a token resistance: will be offered | in protecting Nanking. 1k * Other thousands of civilians have decided to remain here. ; Some of them have asserted that | they could not be any worse off than they have been under Chiang, and that they will take their chances with the commun- ist hord Chas, E. Garing ‘Died Saturday Charles E. (Bud) Garing, died Saturday in his residence at personal H i | \ i | | at ( 707 South strect. i Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 0'- clock in the First M. E. Church, | where the body will be placed at | 2 p. m. 1 Rev. G. Leon Wells will offici- ate, Burial will be in the family | plot in City Cemetery with Lopez | Puntral Home in charge of ar- rangements. i] Survivo widow, Mrs. Violct: Garing; son, Charles Jr., daughters, Misses Vivian and, 3etty Lou Garing; brother, Will-! am N. Garing, Hartford, Conn.; sisters. Mrs. Charles Emick. Lake- ! tand, Florida, and Mrs. J. L. Wil- liams, Miami; mother, Mrs. Mary ™. Garing, Lakeland. Pallbearers will be Howard E Wilson, Berlin A. Sawyer, Claude Gandolfo, Earl Adams, A. Mait- land Adams and Herman Albury. aring, | ——— Temperatures At 7:30 A.M., EST Station— Temp. Atlanta 56 Billings -19 Bismark un Boston 35 Buffalo 37 Charleston 58 Chicago 36 El Paso a 38 Ft. Worth i 63 Jacksonville 62 KEY WEST 4 Key West Airport 73 Los Angeles 34 Meridian 38 Miami 5 | Memphis 66 : New Orleans 64 Omaha 2 Pensacola 53, Roanoke 39 St. Louis 43 San Francisco 38 Seattle 18 Tallahassee 63 Tampa 63 \ Washington 40 ij (Palace Theater Donald O'Connor and | Marjorie Main in | *FUDIN*’, FUSSEN’ and ‘Foor OLD cAI. SERY. ICES STATION Phone 9134 | MIAMI - KEY WEST ' BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami Every Fri 24—Tens of, thousands of Nationalist troops ; are retreating today before com-| offering | Tho Nationalists, in full battle president of the IN T 1949 TFHERNMOST NEWSPAPER () Wirephoto via Radio from Moscow RVI ym pare im HE U.S.A. RUSSIA‘S LEADERS GATHER IN BOLSHOI THEATER, MOSCOW, to hear P. N. Pospelov, Pravda editor, call this the century of Communism, not of Wall Street. Left to right: G. orated the 25th anniversary of Lenin’s death. The meeting comem- M. Malenkov, vice chairman, Council of Ministers; Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov; Marshal N. A. Bulganin, Armed Forces minister; Marshal K. E. Voroshilov: G. M. Popov, 2 Communist Party secretary; Premier Josef Vv. Stalin; L. P. Beria, Minister of Infernal Security: P. K. Panomarenka, a Communist Party secre- tary: N. M. Shvernik, president of Praesidium of Supreme Soviet of U.S.S.R.; and M. F. Shkirya- tov, Central Committee member and one of oldest living members of Soviet Party. TREVOR GOING TO ATTEND CAB HEARING FEB. 14 Jaycee Attempts To Keep* in Route To Key Penton Will Be West Open Here Tomorrow Key Wester To Present M. E * service officer, will be the Monroe County Veterans Service Office from 1:30 to 4:30 on Janu- Penton, assistant State Petition Jnterveni In National 25th; also from 8:30 A. M. to jepeten eee 4 ,!2 noon ‘on January 26¢t \ Airlines Fight The purpos™ M4his -visit it the assist all veterans and or their de- pendents with any claim for ben efits to which they may be en-| titled on account of their military service which includes assistance to widows, children and depend- } ent parents of a veteran in addi- tion to any claim for compensa- | tion or benefit that -the ve when a hearing “may wish to file under the * Bill,” or under any other law granting bencfits as a result of; entitlement for military service. A petition inter effort of National Airline attempting to vening in 3, Incor which is | keep its routes, including one to Key West. will be finished this the Key West Chamber porated, week by of Com On February 14 held in ¥ is to be ashington. by the Civil the question of tional Aivli routes, Acronauties Board on whether the Na to keep all its win Trevor, Chamber of will attend and will interven- PRESIDENTS present Commerce, present the Chamber's tion petition Sins h Club In | Tallahassee Names Officers ie Citizen) TALLAHA Ji 24.-.-An- drew M. Rodrigu Jr. former from Key West on- Janu- president of an’ orgenization (Special t aty 16 was clected the Conch Club, of Key West students attending ‘the University of Florida. Other ' officers clected were: Klip Smith, vice-president; Melvin Russell, Jr, sveretary; Joseph Lowe, tre- asurer; and Ernest J. Avila, pub- licity director. _ The outgoing officers were: ney Mathews, presic ah vice-president; A. etary; Ernest nd = The good, publicity director Before the election. mer was accepted for ship in the club. The outgoing officers were congratulated by the new presi- dent for the splendid work they performed during the past semes- ics as | Swice- Jack Par- member- .!ter. Plans for the coming semes- ter were discussed. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 10. BIRTHDAY BALL SET FOR SATURDAY The Chamber's petition will point out that National Airlines See! “at at present runs scheduled flights Jayeces Announced ———________ between Key West ond Miami. If Pay Casa Marina tine BuIA NeHinecueatncey wont the route is discontinued, as the ie eee per cng @heeNatO Will Be Site Of March | ‘Leonard Hicks, Key West would lines fear it will, out of the city, have no airline except to Cuba Of Dimes Affair The proposal is made by the Ci-' The Jayce nounced toda vil Acronauti¢s Board to do away that their ual Charity Ball with a number of National Air- for the Hevoethe Marchcol line routes. Nearly every ,other p; known as the President's city in Florida would be effect- Birthday ball in former years, ed, according to the statement of will be held on Saturday evening and many of sted to intervene ton hearing. airline officials, them have requ in the Washir Jan. 29 at 9:30 p.m The committee for the function stated that Emmett Conniff. the resident manager of Casa Marina, has extended his fullest coopera. tion along with the facilities of the Casa Marina to help make _ ROY'S _ KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 DUVAL ST. PHONE 442 i1ANDRAKE MAGIC Wishes to Announce to the Many International Truck Users, Garage and Service Stations that we are NOW HANDLING International Motor Truck Parts Along With Our Many Other FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE By PAUL STARK SEELEY, C. S. B. OF PORTLAND, OREGON Membe Board of Decuulesnip of the Mother Ct JM ch of Christ. Seients Bustony Ma. Tuesday, January 25, 1949 - 8 P.M. HARRIS SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Under Auspices of Christian Science Society of Key West, Fla. ALL ARE WELCOME weh, of tl Direct Regular Part- Lines’ + *:6eeIshene 3 manag r of the Cas sonally invited Bob Hope.and his | entire troupe to come down for. the benefit; it wa: learned, however, that Hope will not be able to be with us because of previous commitmer Jimmy Calloway has assured the Jay at there will be top-flight en fair (Everyone is urged to make Charity Ball evening: reserva necepted now and nizauons in Key West are distributing tickets for the event. The ball will be held on he patio to the music of Bob ns to attend the this Saturd tions are be all Civic Orgi Megrew and his orchestra The ball will last from 9:30 p m. until 1:00 a.m. Dress will be . though evening wear i Complete RADIATOR SERVICE We Clean, Repeir or Replace COMPLETE §$TOCK ON HAND OVERSEAS GARAGE t\Rhone. 1432 -GREAT STOCK ISLAND POEMS There was a young lady named Blake, Whose favorite food was steak. Said she, “It’s a pleasure, Table joy in full measure, At Weaver's, a feast to partake.” just recently } nment provided for the af-} For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West | PRICE FIVE CEN Te ron tolie Roosters Here Fowl That Crow* InEarly Morn To Court Upholds Be Quieted _ Conviction Of Owners Must Get ‘Andrew J. Mi: y Permission Now; j | (By ‘The Asaocinted reas» Nearby Property WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 conviction of former Representa Owners Can Protest tive Andrew J. May of Kentucky Roosters which unlimber their] and the Garson brothers, Mur: oy throats in the carly morning and]and Henry, on charges of de- unlicensed dogs which are run- | frauding the government, was ning the streets of Key West are UPheld today by a United States ex circuit court of appeals. now due for extinction. ' They had been found guilty Under the terms of a pair of last May and had appealed their city ordinances passed recently cases. They were released under by the City Commission, roosters $2,000 bail each during the pends which crow in the morning are’ ing of their appeal. The court now scheduled to be quicted, voted two to one to uphold — the while unlicensed dogs are subject conviction. to be picked up and destroyed. | — cies If anyone wants to keep hens: pired Saturday and all such dogs and roosters they must take out. now are subject to be picked up, a license with the city. If th The Humane Society has + ” owners of the hens and_ rooster: tructed by city officials te do not take out licenses they are, seize such animals. If the owne clearly violating the ordinance. | of the dogs miss their pets the $ nould any property owner ; May find them at the Humane Se joining the land on which roos-: ciety, which 1s in 1th street ters and hens make an unusual! By paying double the fee for racket protests against the noise,| the licenses the owners may pet ithen the c investigates. If it) their pets back. In other w is found by the city that the rack-! for a matter of $4 they may | The et is “unreasonable” then the | cen u owners of the hens or roosters! ima $ y must do away with them. | The dogs will be he id by the There have not yet been any, Humar wciety for three « complaints, but the city police are | The ty may also charge the now prepared to accept them joes 8 for board, as well Regarding unlicensed dogs the manding twive the regular fee f time for licen, taking out license: Papy Files Request™ m For Road Improvement On Lower, Upper Keys headed b + ° Goes To Miami To {en seteguen voor ~~ {Select Sign Site | ince the following pes include the following » . | the 1949 budget, listed im Harold Laubscher, manager of | priority set pipers | the Key West Chamber of Com-| Loaf Key from Perky t merce, Miami looking for | 4A Construction i) ul ee ! is in another site for the neon sign ad " ul West. The present," ¢ ne present) m U.S 1 on vertising Key isite at Biscayne boulevard and] (ey and constiue Sixth street is needed for other! from Big Pine to No N , purposes. ) Rebuilding of old Key Largo from p east of where US ' to Jewfish creek While in Miami, Li make ubscher will arrangement for they a Key West booth in Miami Motor Ds also {inglusign of, the February Show. } miles to where t to M | Geewwvewevveweree! BRADY'S ———for_——— CHOICE POULTRY is White Street Phone 840 - asaeee LISTEN TO “The Band of The Week HECTOR BARROSO AND HIS URCHESTRA aaace | 1946 DeSoto Custom Club Coupe |... Radio... One Owner... Excellent Condition | NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite Bus Station MARCH oF DIMES BENEFIT. Wednesday, Janua ( ; RESORT, FASHIONS : fom Herman's : SHOES COURTESY RO: : Public Is Cordiall t 3 (FREE-WILL OFFERING 8 POTEET