The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 29, 1949, Page 1

Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit 25 No s VOL. LXX WOMAN SUE RAILWAY FOR SLANDER (®) Wirephoto MRS. ROY THOMAS ROBERTS, 33, of Memphis, Tenn., who is one-eighth Cherokee Indian, is suing the Illinois Central Rail- reed for slander on the claim that one of its conductors called her « Negro. She said she and her nine-year-old daughter, Cerolyn. were forced to ride in a coach filled with Negro pas sengers on @ trip from Chicago to Memphis. She seeks $20,000 demage. Carolyn sits on her mother's lap after both testified im trial of the suit at Memphis. Landlords Plan Fight Against Proposed Rent THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST..FLORIDA. SATURDAY, (Bgueto’ 29, 1949 Miss Knuck Winner Of March Of Dimes | Contest; ToBeQuee 200 Reservations For Casa Marina Ball Tonight Jimmie Calloway, March Dimes campaign director, nounced this morning that Edith | Knuck, representing the Business and Professional Women’s club, thas been declared winner of the ‘solicitation contest and will reign as queen of the President's Birth- day ball tonight. j | Miss Knuck, a member of the ‘graduating class of the Convent of Mary Immaculate, accounted for $766.17. Her closest rival was Marjorie Fields, with $674.97, re- | presenting the Rotary club. Nan- | cy Phillips, representing Lions was ‘next and Leila Lynch, of the Kiwanis was fourth. | While accurate figures are not availabl Calloway an- nounced at deadline that ap- proximately $4,000 has been collected in the current drive. This includes some $1,300 from the schools. More detail- ed reports will be ready Mon- day and Tuesday. Last night’s street show at Du- val and Southard streets was by far the best of the series. Almost | {$400 was collected by the girls and by Louis Carbonell, master of ceremonies. He was ably aided | SHE TENDED BABY FOR “OTHER WOMAN” of | an- (A) ) Wirepheto| 'Gallupe Going To Miramar ‘Navy Base Chief Machinist Amos P. | lupe, Jr., U. S. Navy, 65-1 Poin-} ‘ciana Place, will be detached |Monday from Anti-Submarine |Development Squadron ONE |(VX-1) at Boca Chica Field. CHMAH and Mrs: Gallupe, with their daughters, Judy A., born August 14, 1940, and Joyce B., born December 23, 1941, will depart Key West Monday evening enroute to San Diego, California, { where CHMAC Gallupe will re-| port in mid-March: for duty at ‘#the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, & Miramar. The Gallupes will spend 30; ‘days of leave in Chula Vista, California, visiting his parents | and other relations and friends | in the area. | He was graduated from Hoover} High School, San Diego, in 1934 | and entered the Navy in August | | of that year. He received his} commission as ‘a commissioned | warrant officer in the Admiralty} Islands on August 1 1944. Having served 7 years 9 months | of overseas duty with Submarine} Squadron 11 at Coco Solo, Canal} Zone; Submarine Station, Pearl Harbor, T. H.;, PATSU 1-8 in the Solomons and Dutch East Indies; and Utility Squadron 1, Nav: ‘Air Station, Pearl Harbor, he} j has been awarded the Commen- jdation Ribbon, Navy Good Con-} duct Medal, American Defense ! Service Medal and a star, Ameri- jan Area Campaign Medal, Asia- , He: Pacific Area Campaign Medal {and 3 stars, World War II Victory | ‘Medal, . Phillippine Liberation Ribbon, and Navy Expert Pistol |Shot Medal. Gal- FUGITIVE SEIZED ON SPY CHARGE ; of Key West | PRICE FIVE CENTS [New Labor Measure Ready For Action By Senate Committee *Follows Line Of Former Wagner Labor Law (By The Associated Presa) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.— much-talked-of bill to repeal the | i The Taft-Hartley tabor law was sent today by the White House, it had been Truman, and proval, to Capitol Hill. Secretary of Labor Fobin wilh appear before a senate commit tee Monday to explain’ the new features of the bill. It will follow jalong the lines of the Wagner labor law, with several additional provisions, one of which is designed to stop or cur. tail strikes and to eliminate the provisions of obtaining court in junctions, A.30-day cooling off period period when a strike is threaten ed is’ provided for’ in the measure, as also the power of the president to appoint a fact- finding board to determine the demands of unions and the atti- tude of companies against which where read by President receivéd his ap- former by Police Lt. Harry Lee Bake Ucinkare thanks te MRS, HORTENSE FOSTER, 2%. |“ Attached to VX-1_ since June: Se accede Control Bill. Now Ready Measure, With Presidents Approval, WASHINGTON, © Jan f landlords 29.—A from arranging to Febru- the en rent contingent states are n Washin test th yn on ugainst ye proposed 00 landlords. ntable units, have ement that is based on Tulsa, Okla. plan, the ‘Chief provision of which is the eviction { tenants after the expiration of 4 60-day notice to move Proponent f the rwever started owning 98,- joined in measure he have @ counter courts the for to have against ations ur injunctions of appli movement t ynting here today that aid to b pa Mid { rentable ents declare they are now te exorbitant but sts of upkeep bill be likely (2) Photo DAVE WALDEN caped Jan. 20 from jail at Brunswick, Ga., while he was being held there temporarily to testify at a trial. He was con- victed last October and sen- tenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Johnny Frank Stringfellow in 1944. - aves Steal Mi ‘arch Dime The (above), es- and nd apartir ental not n urged to pvesentative ting law against Box $80, and a box liv. ted | Dr. Rudolph Ayala Former Resident Physician of Dr. Trelles Clinic and Staff Physician of Dr. A. A. Gonzalez Hospital. Tampa. Florida. General Practice Office Hours: 10-12 and 2-6 Daily Except Sunday PHONE 1075 409 Fleming Str eeecccvccccccs RAUL'S CLUB On the Boulevard by Airport Big Dance Tonight 10:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M. Music by THE DEBONAIRS $0¢ Door Admission $10.00 DOOR PRIZE ft »ximately whisky lection nton an \DE ttles of Di ts heriff's office. f the b was br but the loss | not reported MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami Every Friday REMEMBER??? Darling Brother: tadpoles, will like a frog? they would kill him!! Same D. Brother: Well, they didn’t. Which brings the t eating question of the HAVE YOU HAD A STEAK at... he heve @ mouth 4 EZa7 Va ge) LATELY????? If baby eats’ Doting Mother: No,| Sincere thanks to the police de partment for their efforts in b half of the March of Dimes wai expressed by Calloway. the officers have been giving of their own time, working while off duty, in interest of the cause. He said | sits in jail at Mobile, Ala., charged with murder for the fatal shooting of her husband, John Foster. in a dispute over her rival for his affections. She Some 200 reservations have been made for the Casa Marina ball tonight, and argangements | Waive been made for accomodating 450 more, the Jaycee committee announced, Nick Kenny, New York Daily Mirror columnist, is a guest at the hotel and has offered his ser- vic ; master of ceremonies or as needed. An array of fine talent has been lined up for the dances tonight. Eleanor Kern-Dowski, retired professional musician who appeared before many of the her own CBS orches' playing York, is in charge of the show In addition to arranging the per- imitable French and violin solos. Gerald Pinder and Petty and Bob Simpson will perform a love- ly waltz number to the music of j Bob McGrew aid his orchesira Their smooth working trio has gained wide acclaim in recent months. Charles Vallet, who will be re- membered for his pantomine and impersonations, is slated as mas- comedy songs again present his side act without words. An added attraction Bobbie Lastres, Key West’s Al Jolson, who brought the house down at the street corner shows Preparation is being made for any celebrities who may arriv unexpectedly. Good seating is as: and tickets may be pur- ed at the door. splitting will be PALACE THEATER’ JOHN CARROLL and ADELE MARA in “ANGEL IN Interior Doors | {STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 ee tad The Proctor Collection | of Art Objects in the Form of Fish, Antiques and Decorations Fred J. Johnston 716 FLEMING STREET | from the Waldor#-Astoria in New | } formance, she will present her in- | ter of ceremonies and will once told police she was paid $6 a week as a baby sitter for “the | other womai i 1946, CHMACH Gallupe served | as Welfare Officer, Engineering Officer, First Lieutenant, Boat} Officer and Plane Line Crew Of-} \ ficer. | / The Gallupes were guests of | honor at a squadron party held! \ Thursday evening at Scones Officers* ee Seaplane Base. RUSSIA COMPLAINS AGAINST WESTERN MILITARY ALLIANCE has | | i i Asserts It Is Designed crowned heads of Europe and had | Solely To Prepare For s U. Joining i War; Oppe And Canadi cms The Aw LONDON, Jan radio and press Moscow complained bit- jterly today against the Western Military Alliance, which jprises Great Britain, Belgium, Netherlands. The complaint was directed {chiefly against ~the indication that the United States and Cana- da will become identified with the alliance. Radio Moscow as- |serted that the pact is designed to prepare for war, under the Idirection of the Anglo-Saxon !nations, the United States and Great Britain. Those nations, the {commentator declared, will be ie moving spirit in the alliance, with the other nations doing as | they are directed to do. | The broadcaster, echoing the Kremlin's views, said that the al jliance is a clear violation of the com- France, 7 Every Friday a Luxembourgh and the y La United Nations charter. In what} ; way the charter was violated he | did not say, but, instead blared about the preparations as direct- ed solely at the Sovict Union. , Domination by foree, he added, | is the actuating motive behind | the alliance, despite what he! called the “pretense” of its “bulk- heading democ' i BLONDIE LEARNS Concha and Saturday THE RAINBOW ROOM will be OPEN for DANCIN Dance to t FROM 8 P. M. TOTA M. he Music of Hector Barroso and His Orchestra NO ADMISSION NO COVER : ; UPS Wirephoto SAM CARR (left), accused of having been a co-leader of a Russian spy ring in Canada, leaves the Federal building in New York with en FBI egent after his arrest. He was turned over to immigration officials at Ellis Island: pending deportation pro- ceedings. A Canadian justice department official said Carr prob- ably wilt be tried in Toronto.on charges that he vidhated- the official Secrets Act. MARCH OF DIMES CONTRIBUTIONS Sea-Ket Turtle Soup Abe Wolkoff—$10. Key West Venetian Blind—$10. $5.00 TO $9.99 Mrs. K. Smiley—$5. El Prado Ramonin’s Restaurant—$5. Additional contributions to ther March of Dimes, Director James low: $100.00 AND OVER Herman’s——$100. $50.00 TO Boca Chica Fire: 5.00 TO Citizen $10. as released by Calloway, fol- 599.99 nen—$53. 19.99 Some contributions cannot be listed because March headquarters has no record them, due to the fact that they were made either anonmously or } Luther Pinder Lopez Funeral FE Liquors— 20.00 TO $24.99 s Orient—$20 $15.00 TO $19.99 Pritchard—$15. $10.00 TO $14.99 W. E. Fowler Rulee Pitcher Stower Fred J. Dion—$10. Martha C. Brennan Pepsi-Cola Bottling A. & B. Fish Market $10! Andrew Pritchard—$10. R. W. Hampton- -$10. Harry S. Pickerir J. Y. Porter, IV. in cash at the downtown street shows. ares 7 Tern Temper At 7:20 A.M., E: Station. Atlanta Aug Billings Birmingham Bismark Boston Buffalo Chicago Corpus Ch Denver Detroit Jacksonville nsa iy KEY WEST Key West Airport Los Angele $10, e ‘ 43 $10 tat $10, Co $10. For Sale?! For Sale!! § 3-ROOM Furnished Trailer ERECTED ON YOUR LOT $1,090 - Terms CALL MARATHON 15 MR. GUY TIPTON of Dimes) of | 36! In that way as long as 80 deys may expire between the time a ‘union decides to strike and the time the strike may go into ef- fect. + 3 Submarines Here Next Week USS Sea Cat, USS Diablo and the USS Sea Robin, submarines, will come here next week for training Operations, It was an | nounced yesterday by the Key West Naval Base. The Sea Cat will come here from Pensacola and the others from the Panama Canal Zone. USS Witek, a destroyer, will dock at the Naval Station Wed \nesday. She will come here from Hampton Roads, and will remain here for several weeks. It will be assigned to the Fleet Sonar | School. The USS Borie, another | destroyer, will reach this city to- ‘morrow. She will rémain ; month, Hastings Thinks | By HASTINGS BAKER Mr have | A blind couple, Mr. ~ and | Jones of Tampa, Florida | recently finished theirr nine } job of building their two stor | home with their own hand xk ke ok Recently in Detroit, Juliette divorced Romeo and thes ended the married life of Mr. “and M ; Amour. Amour l'amour! | * man, retiring linals profes: Jimmy Conz coach of the Ca al football team, paints | pride to his record of buildir | character, saying: “I've, got three-year-old son who sucks h thumb. I've been trying to mold him out of that habit, but the only result is that I'm beginning to suck my own thumb.’ SE HONe TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS a ion-* - CEN 410 Fleming st. SWISS and AMERICAN WatchRepairs All Work Guaranteed Most Reasonable Prices in Town 12 to 24-HOUR SERVICE 833 OLIVIA ST. PHONE 405-R Work Called For and Delivered FOR SALE! FOR SALE! Good Used Cars | TWINS GARAGE Your Friendly Studebaker Dealer TELEPHONE 169 A March Of Dimes Benefit i DANCE TONIGHT 9:00 P.M. Till 1:00 A.M. LA CONCHA RAINBOW ROOM | Hector Barroso and Orchestra FLOOR SHOW ; Sponsored by VFW Auxiliary | | $1.00 PER PERSON (Tax Incl.) | il DRESS OPTIONAL