The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 9, 1949, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the Tange of only 14° Fahrenheit ene Oe BOA Hee marten a VOL. LXX. No. 34 ine spall cnasasssiartitsg) 52 KEY WEST. FLORIDA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1949 © Che Kry We THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Smathers Would. . Invite Dignitariesé. o Ferry Opening, Acting On His Suggestion, Carbonell* May Have City Invite Members Of Maritime Commission Acting on the suggestion of who is Monroe county's representative in Congress, City Commis- | Representative George Smathers, sioner Louis Carbonell today started a movement to have the city invite some outstanding visitors to take the inaugural ferry ride to Havana. Smathers wrote Carbonell a letter telling of a dinner the rep- resentative recenity had with Admiral W. W. Smith, chairman of the U. S. Maritime the fe and Comm: former Secretary of the Tresaur: These men, and, I believe, the! others members of the Commis- ry company sion are unofficially most anx- | ious te on hand at the dedica- tion cer ynies,” said Smathers, referring to the operation of the Key West-Havana ferry I think it would be a wonder- ful idea for the city, or the Gulf Atlantic Transportation Com- par wners of the ferry) to in- vite them to be on hand to make the first trip across to Havana.” result of this letter Carbon ell contacted Fred J. Dion, Key fer recently elected vice president and a member of the hoard of directors of the GATCO. | Out of their talk may come some wetior m the suggestion I think it would be a wonder- Commission, which recently authorized a loan to joner Andrew W. Mellon, son of the * (ful idea to have the city invite the members of the Maritime ;} Commission to make the first \ trip of the ferry, at the expense }of the ferry operating company,” } Carbonell said. ! The contract for the awarding» of the contract to finish the fer- |Ty, now resting at Jacksonville, | originally set for tomorrow, may not be signed by the directors of the company at once, it was re- vealed here today. Some other companies are planning to bid on the big cgn- tract, which is expected to run about $2,000,000, and the com- pany executives may just open the bids. tomorrow. They will hold them for later awarding by the directors. Republicans Think Dewey Has No Further Aspiration fo Ru Again “For President's sonst thus They Viewed His ®& Remark He Is Now “Eider Libs Statesman some! » 1 jiscussed the ‘ er Thomas E. Dew wet might at a Lincoln sblican leaders, in tor aid they con m tatement that | 1952, jority of Republican leaders They feel confident that Dewey will not be up for nomination in and that, in the event his name is submitted to the conven- tion, he will not receive the nom- ination. Oldline ..Bepublicans did relish Dewey's remarks that too many Republicans are living in the past. He said that the Re publican party should be more liberal, and added that any Re- publicans who could not see their way clear to support liberal pol- | not sted into a class of | icies, should get out of the party tesman” to mean! Success, he asserted, will come | iurther thought, to the Republican party when it} r the presidency hitches its wagon to social pro-! f ns added that,! gress. While that prog has | construed 4 great ma Index Shows Wholesale And Some Exceptions Are As Prices Beef, Veal, And Lamb Noted, Such bor Mu fallen and retail | t © not become ticed ap ahtl below he OPA as M46, but the pr Page Six) Dr. Rudolph Ayala Former Resident Phys: Trelies Clinic and St { Dr. A. A. Gonzales Hospital. Tempe. Florida. General Practice Office Hours: 10-12 a ian of Dr. Deily Except Sunday 409 Fleming Street PHONE 1075 ore ndex | hysician nd 2-6 been going on, licans static too many Repub- have continued to be sociated Press Hiise Decreases In Retail Lists Four Degrees 'Warmer Here In January grees ast month averaged four de warmer than usual in Jan- in Key West, the Weather Bureau reported wary local today. |The mean temperature was 73.5 with a normal of compared ) for January Only 39 of an inch of rain fell last month as compared witha normal of 1.96 for Highest velocity January of wind was only 22 mies an coming fvom the east on January 23 The percentage of pc sunshine was 73. as co with a January normal of MARALOY Mufflers, Tail and Exheus! Pipes for All Cars Roy’s Key West Auto Parts | 121 Duval St. Phone 442 Bridge Traffic Makes Big Gains InJ anuary In collections, passengers number of vehicles, the Overseas Highway bridges went far ahead | last month of the January busi- | ness in 1948, port issued today by Clifford G. Hicks, auditor of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge district. Collections last month amount- ed to $61,272, an increase of $12,- 241 over the receipts of $49,031 , in January of 1948. Passengers last month 67,338 as compared with 55,836 in January, 1948, an increase of 11,502. Motor vehicles of all types} using the bridges last month totaled 36,853, which was 8,607 more than the number of 28,246 that passed over the January of last year. 4 Men Of State Hotel Commission bridges in ‘Visit In City ! | Four officials of the State | Hotel Commission were in Key ‘West today investigating con- , ditions that exist here among the reoming houses, motels and ho- fels. They will Jaber: with eather D. Catts, Talla-} State They were E hassee, supervisor of the Hotel Commission; F. E. Mank, inspector for the Miami office; | Jerald Pitt, supervising architect | for the southeastern district ex- and> according to a re- | totaled | moran | PERRY BROWN, national commander of the American Legion, places the Sacred Torch before the Tomb of the Unknown Sol- dier in Arlington National Ceme: Paris. SCHOOLS AT State To Determine Needs Of Co Sehool Syste nty’s 3 To Begin On March 14 Official authorization of a sur- vey in Monroe County by the | | State to determine whether more | schools and equipment are necd- ed was Bivenwat-aémeeting i hight of the School Board, i announced today by O'Bryant, superintendent of pub-, jlic instruction James T. Campbell of sur supervisor s and attendance of the | € State Department of Education | tending from Palm Beach to Key ‘at Tallahassee announced in a West, and Max Marks, former jetter mailed some time ago to! Key Wester, who is’ also an in- O'Bryant that he is sc! heduling ; spgctor out'of the Miami office. | the survey to begin March 14. | This morning they called upon! The School Board also agreed |City Manager Ralph D. Spalding | 49 the conditions of the survey. | and other officials {O’Bryant announced today that “We are just making a routine the principals of the sch of | inspection,” said Catts. “We have 'the county already are engaged set up the Miami office so as to | accomodate b both Dade and M mn | countie } roe Jaycees T urn ‘March Of Dimes in their portion of the the preparation showing the location hor the pupils their respective schools | Much other work remains to be survey— of a spot map. of all the attending s of er mem bers of the eaching staffs of adminis and the SACRED ence AT bs re TOMB was ignited from the Eternal Light on the Arc de Triomphe jin French Ambassador Henri Bonnet stands at right. torch is a gift from the Federation of French War Veterans, BOARD AUTHORIZES SURVEY OF MONROE — Now Attending | Temperatures IN. THE. U.S.A. Rogelio Peace To Be Discussed Again {By ‘The Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 9.—The United States, Great Britain, France and ‘Russia have deéided again to try ER to, agree on a peace treaty sal a Miephoto Austria. {ie was discussed by the Big! tery at Washington. The torch }Four, representatives of the | The which no_ progress made toward reaching an agreement. the Western Powers, while Nor- way and Denmark were inching closer. Police Called After Harrell ‘Arrest, Claim City police were MEETING 783 Students called sailor convicted of trespassing in High School Thejlargest number of stu- dents this year attending both Senior and Junior Key West High School, according to a report received today by Horace O’Bryant, Monroe's superintendent of public in- struction, T.. Archer, 621 Caroline street, sand no policemen were Called to }refute Harrell’s testimony he was .| Pushed-around in City J 7 ‘y This was the response city officials today to a jury in Crim inal Court* yes! after it had heard -Harrell’s testimony, which directed that city police be instructed on the “proper method of making arre “The attendance report re- “The police were to ceived today from the High | make the arrest of Harrell after School shows there is a total {he had been placed under arrest enrollment of 783, the largest by the sheriff's office,” said a number in the history of the | city offic today. “And the school,” said O'Bryant. "This | police were not called to the compares with a total of 749 last year.” witness stand in Criminal Court yesterday to contradict the testi- mony of Harrell. “It appears that contradictory testimony would have been ob- tained at the Criminal Court hearing or such testimony could have been secured.” At 7:30 A.M., EST i | | Temp At other times when that mat | | Wester Powers refused to ac-| cede to many of the suggestions | Sweden was reported today to, i be drawnng away slightly from | after | the arrest of Murray M. Harrell, ' the home of Mr, and Mrs. Charles | | i = TRIAL UNDER WAY OF | Gomez Protests. aising Landing Fees 100 Per Cent At Airport *Warns That Aerovias‘Q’ CompanyMay Be Forced Out Of Business lf Compelled To Pay Fees | “The raising of landing fees to $32 daily will rum us “Q") out of business. National Airlines would also have to leave Key West, for no one company could sustain the full cost of operating the airport.” So declared Rogelio Gomez, local agent of the line, in an address at the Board of County Gomez, speaking in a soft tone, agreed to meet with and lay the full facts before that governing body. thet he would show the commission the traffic income figures, ex- teen paid (cancelled checks), etc. Gomez further informed the county officials that, to his knowl i2dge, only two airports in the country were showing @ profit. They ; are LaGuardia Field, New York, and the Miami airport, | § vi 7 Rogelio Gomez; “Yesy we are ) trying to expand, and besides the | month of February. isour- peak ‘ month.” Le | The airline official then tok | | what the Cuban airline-ameant t ithe Island City. The ajpline <i | only in daytime, and hence many tourists are forced to stay over H in local hotels, stated Gomer | Among the arguments used. by ' : = Gomez were: } The Cuban airline is the means of supporting 30 employees a { rectly. Only in February when freight and passengers are numerow could the line afford to pay the $32 daily ($32 is a 00% increase in rates. clevieal on 1° ployed Duval Ghreet ‘ud. i 4 dress of by Cuban fae rg This sum would be lost if for any reason the air port was taken over by the (@ Photo! Navy. } The airline cornpany pays | FRANK W. PHILLIPS (above). | nonths from $600 to $700 jn long one of the nation’s most | ertime payment alone to leh hunted men, vanished from the | gration and Customs men Fulton county jail in Atlanta, { . Afl utilities at Meaeham a Ga. Officers believe he calm- sj Sot paid for by Agrovin ly mixed with a group of visi- er hearing Mr. Gomes. the tors and walked out of the jail | board voted unanimously to meet with Gomes at 10 & m. i them. st in At- Sith themes Arseneagin February 24th in the court lanta on a counterfeiting charge. | oso he was being held for return to Prior to the proposed rine Columbia, S. C., to stand trial: [meeting to discuss tehanntes for the murder of John W. / fully, Board Chairman Fra Kelly, wealthy farmer and | Bentley had called upon A ‘ real estate operator. | Committee chairman Gerald } Saunders for comment Saunders said: “My only sug gestion would be to charge a flat rate on each landing. and then in the lean months of the The School Board < ted Bism: Sah * : 4 — | year, the company Woyl@ not | the erection of a flag pole at the Bisa a REN R POWE LL | be working under a hardship eee acs Street Sh ela Sees an : Ye vi | Inquiries About Colored Beach All monies ‘colleétéd’ by the Board now has a 25-foot pole and Gnaieeion | Tom Kelly, colored, last | Key West Juniar Chamber of/O’Bryant was directed to make Chi a6 Colored Man Charged = + - {headed a delegation that « | Comm at the annual charity ; arrangemenis for its erection Carpae ene “ sd ry : i a for the eounty to spead a port | ball last month w re turned over Pa With Entering i granted a petition presented by i of the $2,400 appropriasiisl t |to James Calloway at the March Denver Attorney William V. Albury for! budget for the beach t {of Dimes yesterday afternoon Jury F inds B: aker tere Local Home; Acevedo | th« sumantpas of a lunacy | maintenance man. Kelly r , et a commission to examine Pedroleg that he could . t | ee th ee + the Galveston Gets Lunacy Study Acevedo, who was arrested last | employee aie Pace $100-$ hes (apes fee reeia in sicalartat cae iec Aceic enta Jacksonville , é Nov saulting Mrs.|monthly, but added “thgt” % feat ean tet yess ‘oHicial | Kansas City Trial of Warren R. Powell, an .woman, | molntenatue? Meant aeamneros hicvens BeReue fer the Maceh Real Ji TITHE ary i [eey ee colored, who is charged with two hamme | making a civic and ecomorme sm sf Dimes was a great success; the | e e | SevaNent Dosp ort counts of breaking and entering that in his opinion | rifice when hired at th se as : ui | atl Jud th ld ‘ check from the club was we nIES : ‘ kil a home with intent to commit n is plainly insane. Judge | (other moneys would be -meede cer $200 better than last year Edgar who was kille | cot ps ly selected Drs. | for lights, ete. total. The Jaycees wish to thank !0n Overse Highway a mon misdeamanors, got under way y Pica Dagens shigs aren CeRyOne who participated in! 889, ca to his death as result Minneapolis this morning before a jury and tudoly the | contact the Buidings & Grown ee she RET Charity Ball ©f injuries suffered in a collision Judge Thomas S. Caro in Crim eae ae | consniltthes aie Ge eee HELL A dr itabaa emt with a truck driven by Fred Ha inal Court. eo ; : | chut-comugiiee: sate Gia the event of the season 1 = Sipea E anaes fecteduige eae ie » returr | The Jayshees, the women's{Tis without any negligence of The jury selected to hear the a uenteae cy cee eee uxiliary, raised from | Harris | testimony consisted of Frank O. J Boal sthatel ¢ | County Commissioners for aj their wishing well; the merchants; This was the verdict of a Norfolk : Weech, Douglas Papy, Jerry R ing proval who donated so generously in Coroner's jury sitting before Oklahoma City {Trevor, John K. Austin, Harry ceviuch, Gu AE |. Aes tarnehiieas abides srizes for the ball were respon- Peace Justice er | Omaha M. Sawyer ahd Adolfo Lopez es Aries ; Cyril Mar epreser jtible for $811.00 calleated in raf. . was an emplo Inc., Pensacola From early indications the tt ee the arte oF Mae Week Gee fles. The me admissions totaled ; at the timc 1 was Pittsburgh | will extend pretty well through Page Six) that the local a were 100 $495.00, and other contributions “tiving two ci Key ' Roanoke | the afternoon. Powell pecifi- {behind woner Joc Ale end atinenilanecie FA West when the accidk ceured. | St pou 23 {cally charged with entering thc ugvestio nke a hustas an alst . an against a State Sa antonio ome f Jose Hernandez Bye »roject o th f The total nus a tax of Ba no again aj kate Sane {homeo} rai ‘ that aS ieee irasded to the Road Depai t truck dr weattic Virginia street, with an atter STRAND concision i the one Ma {March of Dimes Chairman, J- by Harris. Harris was injured Tallahassee to trespass, and with committing made sit knewe. tuk ws Calloway, was $1] and was in the host for som and battery upon Last Times Today work would be needed t : z oni ee SN A titre the Fort. He a d that t a Albury called as witnesses to se ETE a Caro THE BIG CLOCK (Continued Gm @umeidiees dag- Dr.“ Allen Shepard and , Asie Riles. . 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