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- SSA tty aerated vice: gb Sci web estens: beset anne is Fb ennedneriorncngcns SoS RAEN ae a ati Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the Seuntry, with an average range of ohly 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE’ U.S.A. KEY WEST. FLORIDA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1949 STRIKES TREES AND WIRES IN ATLANTA SS esmaemaneiail PRICE FIVE CENTS: Lone Burglar Gets. $200 From Filling ‘Station Early Today Seen By Waichnan Who Calls Police; Thief Gets-$200 \ A lone burglar broke=into- the Hotel Fire Causes Loss Of Two Lives. . Four More Are Missing; ICE. STORM | |AROFLTo Fight State \Labor Laws \ Standard. Oi, Company: filling $By The Ansocinted Preas) ‘ station at Truman avenue and WS RRREANRLE BRL. Lac (| Aaaan RRR RA ER NER GL Amssison, Podorsbion of Labas peosisasisls $10 susly this wos. joday they, ing. had started a drive to have “lit-| William Renders, a watchman. Ye Tait-Hartley laws” repealea| noticed the man in the filling sta- in those states that have adopted | tion and immediately called Po- labor measures similar to the na-|lice Headquarters. Patrolman N. tional law that is about to be re-|G. Dapensport answered the tel- for, may ave aed in the Sire. At 2-o'elock this morning, a! \ woman, residing in.a cottage next * {to the Grandview Hotel, a three-} Story brick structure, saw pan) | !the alarm to occu contributions j coming from the roof and gave March Of Di Campaign Director-—————— Third Story And Other donations are’ continuing to RIPON, Wis. Feb. 1. — At} Saturday will definitely wind ! off. SSeasirp Sas ca aoa SRS, COUSIN TK ECE ERE REGO TEBG, Pobice think that! possi- flosing feature of the campaign, | "Phe “followin ed on all downtown corners. Miss’ Junior Woman's Club—$100. in charge. Man Jumps From in the winter follies recently. ° ° Will End Dri ve (By ‘The Asnoctated Presa) | quarters, but the goal is still far } : in a hotel fire here early this was announced this morning by \<tived from Charley Toppino and Paisn Girector. © tas day wit€ be ‘fim's donation Mary Immaculate will be station- » $200.00 AND OVER cent solicitation contest, will be Seaplane ‘Base and Boca Chica R ls Tae D | nated $100 from its fund raised ls evedls Lag Vay _ Apparently Not Hurt ) arrive at March of Dimes head- : : \least two persons lost their lives up the 1949 March of Dimes, it} A paid receipt for $152 was re- ) DPD PP WYP) BVLP, a> Wa), My vx vers nov ysv aysoonwo when girls from the Convent of were announced Edith Knuck, winner of the ‘re- $50.00 TO $99.99 Metal tags bearing the slogan, of Commerce on progeeds of the Casa Marina ball...Mrs. Vera ‘Wood, of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary, sponsors’ of the La Concha ball, estimated that about $100 will'be turned over to the March of Dimes after federal taxes and printing expenses are deducted. H A special appeal is being made to Key West high school stu-! dents who'did not turn in coin made | The Junior Woman's Club do-! rards. They are asked to get . 5 weRs. : | Any. dog syne preesing ba img HREE Mi Lf ION DOLLARS ie in ig Fries a thee ni Minnie Porter Hat i21 Years Needed j Leading Civilians And = i. é proper license is considered un T a) L é. ; drive can be brought to a close! Guy, Carleton—$5. i F podit Necu-Giace Mingles With Mald ;ticensea and subject “to bein : : ie over the week-end and all reports Louise Maloney—$5. To Build Shi lead java ieers ; Picked up by the humane agent, Utah Co: gressmen Say * 5 | | morning by the Junior Chamber IN--KEY--WES , Firemen—$53.00. Matecumbe School—$51.60. $10.00 TO $19.99 Na Wives Club No. 88—$15. Poinciana Community Sunday School—$10. Joseph B. Gates—$10. Boat Bar—$10. Bob Dillard—$10. $5.00 TO $9.99 Joe Lazarovici—$5. pants of the} { hotet. ing. Local firemen and three fire idepartments, from nearby’ cities fought the blaze, but it had pro- ceeded too far to save the build- ing, which was gutted. Just be- fore the local firemen responded, a young man jumped from the third story, but apparently was 's Bar—$5. Mi Charles H. Smith—$5. Oriental Phz 5 | i Catherine D. West-—$5. Eileen Coughlin—$5. | 7 3M | to builds “Launched todtatefor World not hurt. Two Wars. Will Meet With Mayor Adams And P Captain C. C. Adell, Comman: der, U. S; Naval Base, today call- from the’ Navy "Charity Carnival War would be divided. I, this holder of (®) Photo} pealed. ephone. Spokesmen said that. the state | f bia aeatiee th’ Neca e ses |ADELL CALLS MEETING ‘TO DETERMINE HOW NAVY (CHARITY TO. BE DIVIDED } frei | ‘Rain And Snow Weather In U.S. Carolia codstiif “area” “yesterday morning moved rather rapidly 'Practised j | Several persons have reported j to the police and the city mana- A committee will be appointed} used a screw driver and” a ti: ; to guide the fight in each - state} took to open the cash.vegister. whose labor law the A. F, L.j deems unfavorable to labor. t ‘Stealing Dog Licenses Now | tigated the burglary. i By. the time Davenport arrived “Fight Infantile Paralysis,” will ane tO aid oe I roam wner Said that | every} RESIDENTS OF ATLANTA, GA... gaze in awe at trees broken and bent by, heavy coating of ice | where anti-labor lesislation is/at Pruman avenue ond Wine be offered. All donations will be| witiam Freeman_-$25 room was occupied, and that the! after a night of freezing rain. The icy storm ga ve the entire city a fairyland appearance of rare | most drastic is Delaware. The) street the man had disappeared. accepted, but donations of 25; ‘5. mboo R 25. guests totaled 48. Forty-two mrt beauty—but disrupted communication and trans portation facilities for many hours. Habor law in that. state, it was! So had the money. ai cents and up will be required to Re ao | the building or were rescued, two : | asserted, is even more. stringent; A rear window, Davenport get one of the lapel tags ein aaa are known to have died in the See 3 ae a, — | than the Taft-Hartley act. ifound, had been forced: The thief No report had been made this gina . flames, and four others are miss- re, The sheriff's office ‘also ‘inves- GOVERNMENT BOOSTS — HAYLIFT’ RELIEF TO ser the theft of dog licenses im the last week. Such theft” ig: punishable under the law. as are dogs not wearing a 1949 license. They can only be re- Moore Needed; Requires deemed by the owner paying a Mrs. R. Baez i re Se ot eee < Sanaa: ; i ie Ls @ — aR ed a meeting of leading citizens! The Key West Weather Bureau’ fine of twice the original cost off Rescuers Three Days o 7. t . t reighters can constructed in| of Key West and senior officers: today released. the following bul-| license. eS ae jles Died Las N gh ¥ |: few months, but there is afloat ‘oe pe inthe Rey is " bi: = fs eihinns ebinenirsine= weaken ae “There is a’serious misappre= | To Go 30 M | , today a former American cargo a Pa Sebi ncuipembie tok cane sf jhension current among. many; Hy Associated Press) | Riaitin Bes “dhditect vessel that required all of two|{ thé purpose of “determining the’ tions throughout the counter | dog-owners *in the . city,”. Masii) . WASHINGTON, Wan. Lhe : Mee USaria tn Sy cedelas' Wrold Wars:and twenty-one years | manner in. which the proceeds A low. pressure wave off the! George Mills White said | yes ernment todas ni eet ee | unt for te relie of replacing a license for one lost cattie and shéep in the west from day, about the pol fin. her residence as 710 She-is survived by her widow- unique shipbuilding record was Civil ashe veatagsstned s i or stolen. “We find — that in spite-one to three million dollars, but|er, Ramon Baez; four brothers, , } laid up as an unfitiished hull yp- Mans who have been asked northward spreading freezing rain | of the city ordinance which fors,’ congressmen fromy Utah said they |Louis, Angel, Felix and’ Juan ; til World War If forced its com-|t? be present at this meeting ave and snow over the Atlantic States bids dogs on the street. after ten thought at least five millions will} Gonzalez, iy \ | pletion, tae American Merchant |Mayer A. Maitland Adams, Judge and New England area during; 0’clock at night, without their be needed to give adequate feed Funeral services are being held | Morine Institute reveals ogg Lopez, Jr. and Joe he ida ; owners, a great many persons ing until the livestock can be| this afternoon at 5 o’clock from 1. 2 Caeeoie a ——— | The Trento 'slid down the ways| Pinder. Senior Naval officers a ES ewe sanded. believe that as soon as their dogs reached by their owners. the chapel of Pritchard Funeral Truman Advisor Is oat Pascagoula, Miss. in 1490 haf Who will attend the mecting are Rain on cone: hi sues are tagged they may roam the’ Army officials said that the|Home, Father Maring of St . 7 fi | it was decided not to fnich the! Captain J. A. Farrell, Jv, Com- wr petal ny ax rede panei streets at will. There would be Sixth Army has prepared to send | Mary’s Stax of the Sea Catholic At Naval Base For Temperitures jshin which was placed in layup Meutling Officer, U.S. Naval. by noon and. -watmer weather’ many less stolen licenses, were to the snowbound ar é Church offiviating, Burial will be : | é in 19 hen Station, Captain A-G. W. Me- during the .<fterivon = melted, tne jaw understuod and observed| The “haylift” is still continu-|in the family, plet in City Ceme at, Mobile. . Buty in 1941, when ‘ yp A fit ite Stay AL TAM AM. ERS aR ees Saikano mek schith: ~j adden, Commanding Officer, most of the accumulated ice in! more generally.” fing satisiactorily. Photographs | tery. ndefinite Stay *' -] wa ‘cBusetl apather’ shity’sshprif eeteae Gummmanding | Officer, most of te a é ; satisiactor : Figiiars) 2 le ahs Sees Seco MeeutaGamm enicklyonns py Heats etc Goce CorsideruhiW énow ellauer ial ae to» : bes peonedms of re- have been taken of thousands of | ——— ea Fleet Admiral William =D : 97 pleted. her hull being remarkahly | : i Now Engl va. ‘The totay) Placing a lost or stolen tag it is cattle and sheep that were feed-|bulance and tractor started to Atlanta 7 Shilae | Watine Squadron Four, and Cap- New England. area wi"; the policy to sell the second tax ing from the hay and cotton seed | ward the location from where the hy, USN, who is Naval advis : 31 Preserved. Renamed the Philae’ |, beget ioe : ne This coun e kbIS Ganon ; policy ; + Leahy N, w Augusta eee slnbedsaikies ?&hes anken: rtd J. R. Lee, Commanc amount on the ground th : at 50 cents after the fact has oil cakes dropped from planes. {signal came. Despite the use to or to President Truman, and who Billings 95 flag. because ‘of. Neutrality Act: puiqe ee eee ented tae a inches aver, been established that the dog was) The pilot of one of the haylift| which the tractor was subjected was adviser to President Roose- Birmingham eee Lines oa tS awe ae ; i ” 3 es licensed. This is an casy matter! planes received a signal two days}in hauling the ambulance, it 1 velt Guring his lifetime, is in Key Bismark aN Zi ae Nahe tye} rhe Navy Charity Carnival northern Maine as the Humane Society has a ago from a man standing outside} quired two days to cover the 30 ae s Boston 30, American aa ae cen iet Wit be held-on the 16-17 ant 18 Partly cloudy «kins with tom.‘ record of all tage-sold, the names a cabin that. indicated help was | miles ‘het Buffalo 2a, Uitowprout, the. wat. Recently of Rebruary at the Seaplane Base peratures eonerall '~'‘h~ °": ~~ ang addresses of the pwners andi neaded. ‘The pilot. reporied thet Thes-resbers reported that Quartered in L building, be- Charleston 34, Mherwas gold to qcrvecion own: Munger of the U.S. Naval Air near normal prevail this morning the description of the dog, as call for help at a station 30 miles {some of the snowdrifts: through cause the Little White House is Chicago 18° 6F8, Who named her the ‘Thor foes from 6:00 -p. m. to 11:00 over Georgia and the Carolinas well as the tag number j away, and rescuers with an air (Continued On Page Six) , Pres *hristi 3 scape. >. m. nightly while mild weather in the 69, ——s being reconstructed for the Pres- Corpus Christi 43 |p. n : while mile ; lent. Adimival Eeohy- is whiline Dene is Tee ee The purpose of this Carnival continues over southern Flo GUNS. BLAZE IN HUNT FOR ASSAILANT OF PRIEST ane icupsdeagiueales scams es 9 4 s c a means whereby TT F over Tex yU NS ILALE, F t Y ASS UAL 3 vy see a tape Gate = ». p | ;T h jis to. provide where The cold air mass ’ sway his time at the U. S. Naval Detroit of Oles Lighten lallchacitable and wellace. or where mivimum teciperatur eo es Station Ft. Worth 15 ; ganizations’ fund raising drives of zero prevailed yesterday \ He he ? I find that Key West is the 4 4 can be combined into one affair vin eastward to wi 1 Uh . Galveston | porder Contre moving northeastward to v i bevt piace. ,tp) Feet: Shae E: knows “a tnnvilie 41| It is the opinion of the various Tennessee ‘where. temperatures aid Admiral Leahy this Bes eee cits 4) WARSAW. Poland — UP) — Po-! Senior Commanc Offi in apn heloweh@ Seamues in, ‘The President invited me ani . si: ae ‘s - i Ry the Key West tha this re res were KEY WEST 74 jand:is tightening her? frontier | 4 hr Temperatures — we to come down here and here I am é ee} 8 Charity Carnival produce ..- Ke Piting and : Key West Airport 73 contro’ H . s ever the southern lains é I may go out fishing a few 9 better results than dividual ‘i we » yesterday ss f sles 33 nie 55 “ 2 od : Mississippi Valley yesterday but f times, for I enjoy the _ fishing oe oui 101), asiament has just ratitich 2} drives.Up to the present time, coger Me from Canada is agnin j around Key West. But I intend Louisville g5 | covemmmental decree prov twe|no definite decision has been “cine atuthward aver the { merely to relax and rest. At my ae ian ga, three yeas bropsizonment) we +tmade as to the manner in which Vovtnern Rockies and northern| i age I would not think of any- Miami ‘crossing the ‘country’s frontiers} the proceeds from the Carnival ™% " thing era wids” Atinhsapolis 1 withaut the proper documents. fay Waeeees Ee at ee tee | Admiral Leahy arrived here Memphis 32 cr in a place which has not been; Monday afternoon members of = th alent toca ecbwrestere late Saturday, He will stay for an New Orleans 31 fixed for the crossing of ffon-/the various committees met with GraH kcal secon aenteT indefinite period New ork ag, Hers: jthe Board of Governors of the: eee eee eee 20 inches on| Bi aah eth EES Norfolk vq. Government authorities have! Navy Charity Carnival at the the Rockies except 20 inches or} = P 4 ) > are reported over northern Oklahoma City 18 expressed irritation over the land-| Seaplane Base to crystallize final More arg reported over rn MIAMI - KEY WEST Omaha 3 ing of American planes from plans for the C vy. Captain Wisconsin. ete | BARGE LINE. Inc Pittsburgh a Berlin in Poland with crews lack-| Francis L. Busey, USN. Com- —— | NC. Roanoke v’, ing Polish visas. {manding Officer, val Air Sta- | CLYDE. MALLORY oacEs St. Louis ag The new decree also apparent-| tion is Chairman of the Board of FOR SAL ' TELEPHONE San Antonio 32 jy is aimed at halting the illegal;Governors and members ani Barge Leaves Miami San Francisco Bey flight of Poles into Czechoslo-' Captain George H. Wales, the QUALITY USED CARS Ever ‘riday Seattle °* vakia or German Commanding Of r of the USS Lindsev Motor Company nr BLUE, lahassee pa ——_—_——— HOWARD W. GILMORE 404 Duval St—Next to La Concha j ———— —————_— Tampa og WARSAW BECAME {Commander John Fitzge Hotel—Telephone 501 ¢ a SE *9 POLISH CAPITALIN 1539, _ (Continued On oh ° fi hi T kl WARSAW—This city became, eee SESE — ¥ Fine Fishing Tackle Phage yar nego neo 9 UPSON BOARD kingdom of Poland in 1550, but ; ; i i es it was a centuries-old city even | E Teanite Eaterprises mel STRUNK LUMBER YARD ‘ r. 5. pa eyes oy ce Phone TELEPHONE 816 : Palace Theater | Wishes to Announce that * j Dr. Rudolph Ayala Former Resident Physician of Dr. Trelles Clinic and Staff Physician of Dr. A. A. Gonzalez Hosp Tampa, Florida. General Practice i : 10-12 and 2-6 tice Be gen Sunday PHONE 1075 409 Fleming Street eoeeeee NOTICE Regular Meeting Of B.P.O. Elks NO. 551 THURSDAY at 8:00 P.M. SUPPER JOE KIRKWOOD and ELYSE KNOX in | “JOE PALOOKA IN FIGHTIN’ MAD” EEE PHONE 124 TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS Hours by Appointment ES 1 Fens st, Practice of 417 at EAT Dr. George Lawson AN EYE SURGEON OF MIAMI Will Hereafter Be Associated With Him in the Eye Surgery ON STREET Telephone 332 ) Wirephot« THREE POLICEMEN (circle) crouch behind an automobile, another policeman (right) holds a rifle in readiness, and a tear gas bomb explodes on the sidewalk in front of a house én New York’s East 69th street as officers close in on klmer Stanford, 40. Stanford is suspected of shoot- ing a Catholic priest in the midst of confessional in a nearby church. A little later the policemen burst into the house and arrested Stanford after the gun battle. They found him with wounds in his neck and stomach. Bottom: The suspect (center) is led from the scene of the gun fight by officers. He was charged with attacking the priest and wounding a detective who took part in the manhunt. “