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Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the Country, with an average FELD HERE WEDNESDAY; VISITS LEAHY Chief Of Naval Operations Brief Visitor In Key West; Men Sweeping Streets Now | With the city mechanical sweeper laid up for repairs, men aré now sweeping the streets and Ivan Roberts, acting direc- tor of tthe Department of Public Service, asked persons living along ‘the thoroughfares not to Leaves For Washington Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, in command of all active units of the U.S. Fleet and shore groups, was a brief visitor in Key West yesterday, it was announced to- by the Key West Naval Base. Admiral Denfeld and Rear Ad- da miral Edmund TT. Woodridge,} throw papers and trash along USN, who contacts the U. S. De-| the ‘curbs, partment of State for the Navy,:} “We - have only four men whe accompanied him here,| Sweeping the streets and the called upon Fleet Admiral W, D.} Help of property owners would be greatly appreciated,” said Vest Naval S Roberts, The sweeping machine is being completely overhauled and Rob- ranking Naval ,Offi- chatted pleasantly for some time. and then Admirals Den-| erts said will be like new when feld and Woodridge left Bo-; it is ready about a week from ea Chica Field, They took off at | now. nee for a fight back to Wash- crocs nyton | FLEEING BOGS, Adnural Denfeld was making BOY SHOT pection of all units in the $. Navy stopped th n the Cartbbean,.and| WHITESBURG, Ky. — Chased ff in Key West to re-| by a pack of dogs, Grant Cornett, rplane r Jr., was shot to death as he beat were mét at| upon the front door of the house ! Air Field | of Lester Polly, 35, who mistook c Acell, USN,| him for a burglar. The boy was f the Key West Na-| returning home from a baskét- and other ranking of-)| ball game when he was attacked the Key West area by the dogs. Acevedo Goes On Tridl After Being Held Sane Merock Woman, We Holts TH He X ne To Be Constructed By Sam H. Drudge | r Witch, With Ha r Pedro vedo al Court ine hear the tes- Robert pson, teh, David McCur Baker and Robert S SOS SE, TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS CS 4h) Fleming 8). MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami Every Fridav GAS RATES REDUCED The Key West Gas Com- pany this week is pleased to announce a reduction in Gas Rates effective February 1, 1949, on gas bills with due date of March 10. Powell, colored FOR SALE! Good Used Cars TWINS GARAGE Your Friendly Studebaker Dealer TELEPHONE 169 FOR SALE! KEY WEST GAS CO. 419 FLEMING STREET PHONE 61 Peri riir titi i esemieitiy wie he Key THE sou THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST. FLORIDA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949 Lewis Cracks At Taft-Hartley Labor Measure (By ‘The Ansociated Prensa) WASHINGTON, Feb. United Coal Miners of America, testified today before the con- gressional committee that is con- sidering the bill to replace the Taft-Hartley labor law. Lewis spoke of the law as the cism in America.” He also hit Taft several times as being an enemy of labor. | Lewis advocated the immedi- ate repeal of the Taft-Hartley act. He said there was no good reason whatever of letting the! law continue in effect any long- ; jer. He added that the present / bill probably will become a law within a month, and explained | he thought that the country could operate without any dan- ger to its economy for that length of time without any labor law. |) Key Westers Cet Teaching Certificates cial to ‘The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 10. Four-year college graduates held | 211 of the 307 teaching certfi- cates issued by the Department of Education during January, State School Superintendent Thomas D. Bailey reported ot- day. { Bailey said advanced post graduate certificates went to 3 teachers; post graduate, 43; grad- uate, 81; provisionel graduate, 13; and temporary, 132, Out-of-state teachers received 48 of the permits. Five residents of Key West re- ceived the certificates in Janur- ary. They awere: Temtporar’ certifieates—Miss Lavina..Reiber Wagner’ William: Bowen Cutter, Cornelius Brad- ford Harvey, Mrs. Wilhelmina G. | Harvey and Mrs.,Ruth Hawinson Larson. 4 j i Te Re John L. Lewis, president of the | “first ugly, savage thrust of Fas- | 103-MILE CARGO BELT CONVEYOR SYSTEM PLANNED “<ite HERE ARE ARTIST’S SKETCHES showing the exterior and interior of the Proposed. cargo belt conveyor system planned for construction on stzel towers across Ohio from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. The newly-formed Riverlake Belt Conveyor Lines, Inc., is Promoting the project. The 103-mile main line of the $210,000,000 system would be a two-way belt from Lorian, O., to terminal near East Liverpool, O. It would haul coal north, and iron ore south. Spur lines would serve Cleveland and Youngstown. At left is sketch of the line extending across the coun- tryside. Right: Cutaway sketches show how system would operate. At top.is a transfer point at which cargoes would be relayed from one belt to another. The belt doubles back to provide “twin track” shown at bottom in metal gallery atop steel supports. ai (#) Wirephoto 3 Of 5 Persons On Street Have Social Security ~—* Rotarians Told 41,- (Manager Names | * 000 Employers |Butler Building In State |Inspector Today At least three of every five persons met on the street today Approval was sought today by. : has a social security account eet } City Manager Ralph D. Spalding up for them, William B. Weaver, j for the appointment of Roy F. manager of rial Sec: Butler, 1118 Fleming street, as a ee eek cramer Mae | office at Miami, told the members building inspector of Key West to| ® 4 a ge fill the vacancy caused by the| Of the Key West Rotary Club at death of Exrol V- Sawyer. fou aay be also interested ¢ The manager requested the Cit : , Civil Service Commission for the| learn that more than 41,000 em. appointment of Butler, whom he| Ployers file quarterly reports cov qualified by education,| €Ting close to 500,000 employes ning, “experience, ability and, i? Florida alone.” Weaver said |character to fill the position, ! “One very significant and intor- | which pays $3,600 annually. j esting fact is that almost exactly -} Butler makes his home here,! 99 Percent of these employe: ‘and has been in the construction | had not more than 20 employes. | industry for a peridd of about 25, Gee ee nen: BAL Ge ac aHA Be ieal i a arly one- ol ma | years, the city manager said. e in Browall" nds aad.ie General MacArthur Reports On One Of Most Successful py Rings In War’s History Operated For Ru In Japan Shortly Before Japanese attack, transferred the! y greater number of them to the ‘European front: The information ‘was, learned to be positive a few} j days before the sneak attack on | Pearl Harbor. | | Democrat ans * Democrats Give Two Causes For Fle Pearl Harbor Attack; Republicans Blame Gives Two Names Administration (By "The Assoctated Presse) {By Phe. Awapeiated Presi) is considered in military circies the German’ ambassador in To- in offiéial circles here: today. ane eat ac’ — Ground was broken yesterday | Temperatures to poison him, with for a new $37,500 three-store| ay 9.49 Hine t November building at White and Virginia was held not to be strects which will be constricted! — chatian— ae . ig cy PY by Sam H. Drudge, owner and} Atlanta 30! Boar) Gaainel Who willbe: (he.conmacton Augusta 52 fe bused his con- Drudge has __ not definitely | Bilings he xamination made made up his mind whether the] Bismark sh n yesterday with Dr. viding will be one-story or two.4 Boston aA t witches He has not yet taken out a build-| Buffalo 22 we trying to ing permit for the structure. Charleston 60} uld say that ‘The building will occupy cl ae die : a od De Gonnntes ” lot 68 feet square and will bel Denver aa a his talk about COMstructed of modern concrete | Detroit 26 . block. The work is scheduled to] gy paso ther things that be completed in 90 days. The! py Worth xe under way and Stores will be used for rental pro- | Gatveston r afternoon. A Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Key West Airport Los Angeles Louisville Meridian Miami Minneapolis | Memphis |New Orleans New York 34, H Norfolk 44 | Oklahoma City 31 Omaha -1 ; Pensacola 67 Pittsburgh a7 Roanoke 39 St. Louis 26 San Antonio 45 San Francisco 43 Seattle 43 Tallahassee 71 | Tampa 68 Washington 33 FOR SALE QUALITY USED CARS Lindsey Motor Company 404 Duval St.—Next to La Concha Hotel—Telephone 501 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS PRIZES Sponsored by Catholic Daugh- ters of America—Holy Name Soc., St. Vincent de Paul Sor, TONIGHT at 8:00 o’Clock St. Mary’s Parish Center 1021 Duval Street 20 GAMES SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSESS Palace Theater ALLAN “ROCKY” LANE and EDDY WALLER in “Renegades of Sonora” Air ditioned Lilé WHITE STREET One Block Nortic of Former Location STRAND... Thursday - Friday - Saturjav THREE GODFATHERS ndavin, Walter and THE SNAKE PIT Coming: 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 409 Fleming Street PHONE 1075 eeoecesecnenaasseese AIR OOLED MONRGE « Thursday - Friday - Saturday KILLER McCOY Mickey | FOR THE BEST IN POULTRY and EGGS LOWEST PRICES, We at Invite You to CALL ON US Phone No. 5 Coming: No Basta Sercharro i And Republicans ‘Switch Blame For Price Drops On Chicago Board Of Trade | ations; Prices on e counties, which the Mia That's why the M ami office is the largest in the | state and the third ranking office , in the six southeastern states “Every ohe of you who have given any consideration to old-age | and survivors insurance will agree that the benefits we now pay unreasonably , low. They don’t begin to meet even the minimum needs of the beneficiaries Weaver was introduced to ¢he the Administration’s Rotarians by Jeff Knight, sane policy of buying wheat in Canada! ger of the Florida State Employ and beef in Argentina when the ment Bureau in Key West United Statos was full: able to; ‘The list of visitors attending meet the demands for those pro- the Rotary meeting held in % ducts in this country. Paul's Church Parish Hall veas Sel WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The | Some members of the ring had| WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The gop Wocicnegs “DHE pat heen | ie, aetna held here. Her: United States Army today issued free access to the German em-| government's ordering @:. COMs + contelled by the Republicans, | 10" * gh sayy a report of 35,000 words, written) bassy in Japan and were also on} plete investigation of the et aad sehedider mest. of Mine Sam on ry. -- e ughas. MacArthur. if ‘intimate. terns Ube: Japan-| ket.on. the _Chieago:, Board’of yy ing.) ay . ae Ant Re n AS Tokyo, giving an account of what ese cabinet; ‘They learned: that, Trade’ evortd “varying coniments. 4.5 Republicans pushed’ through ¢ ; Boor, Piedmont, W. Vo a Taw requiring the federal gov- as one of the most thorough and kyo was trying to persuade Japan | Some Democrats, faithful to Crniment to have a backlog of 130! Buss: Anm Arbor, Mic = successful espionage rings, oper- to strike at Russia in Siberia, and the Administration, said that the | Ditton bushels » of .wheat, and Etiling, Piedmont, W. Ve ated for Russia in Japan during that the Japanese cabinet was son for the fluctuating prices | that the reledsing of that stock C; LUdwig. Keyser, W. Va.; Chas the last war, in the history of solidly against any such attack. . Was the connivance of some op- dé then, hud brought about tne W. Bledsoe, Angola, Ind warfare General MacArthur said that erators in trading transactions. ° Since then had brought abou \_ Fred Davis, Keyser, W. Vs What the ring learned and re- some of the spies have since died ‘But Republicans took a differ-- nervousness noted in the mar- } Elmer Cave A Ellic att City. Ine ported to Moscow had a_ great but that some are still living. ent view. They blamed failing ket. : j ated ar rhe — ~~ deal to do in the success of the Two he named were Miss Agnes — 3 * . — | ot sl ah pptagah , we nM A a Allies in the European theater of Smedley and Gunther Stein of * { Walies. Bloushy Barjon,, Sie war. The Kremlin was assured New York City, both of whom de-' Q@K oniidence n | cae ee that the spies had learned from nied the charge. Miss Smedley | baer, Brie ea Lae x authoritative sources that Japan = she has never been EES Gel 5 9 Je Pd abel eee was not going to attack Russia. with any spy ring, and Stein OF l | : R: d: é M; . ‘5: PM Peas tae That country, which had sev- characterized the charge as “ridic- aStiwin( yvadial ajor vee ce i oe eral armies poised, ready for the ulous.” i ae ; e : Bihar eee tee a ° : Pp, ™“ ; 5 « > “y ae Sayre, Pa.; Harold G, Reilly, New ee Cause OF Collision At Sea ser-rs:neei's roar USS ALBEMARLE WILL ea eet i aieaca = That Sceming Fact ~ —-—---- tawa, IL; Henry Ford. Mo@ ] eeihetns ,. Calif. and W. H. Dizler, Per ARRIVE HERE FRIDAY fewsitomte”” Fis woseacgng Festimony About Crash | “about five miles,” until the in va ( { ae Seaplane Tends © fo jstant of the crash. At that time a Mian Tak ve Large Seaplane Tender Vhat Caused 12 Lives | heavy fog suddenly set in, he an Laken . i Bearing Rear '© DAG F Pe eaeae: ! said m™ : Y ‘ I: & pservices For Oo Feb. 10 _Lack off Shortly after four o'clock he anker ester¢ ay Admiral Callaghan | ! : . Ra continued, the radar operator on | ] . trust te the” Eastwind’s vader ii. cn, ceocrted a target om hie: ot é Of Training Command M ° Mulhollanc equipment on the part of Lieut Loe Laat Lat aan on the ; a U.S. ye wt _ t b USS Albemarle, a 527-foot Na-| Funeral services for Mrs. Mary deck at the HOUSE AReACGS se ae eee en estes the SSF har 1 J. Toph val seaplane te sr, will arrive |C, Mulholland, 77, who died Jan- Guard cutfer’s collision with the eae : tanker, ag e laid uf off Key West tomorrow at 8:30 uary 25 in Philadelphin. is being, tanker Gulfctream, was apper-" At about 4:15 a. m., when the | ‘ally at the ya qr f and will remain until next held this afternoon in the chap. ently jor cause of the dis target had closed to five miles, |Cmrance yesterday afte acy Ny nounced today el of Lopez. Funeral Home. The , aster that cost the lives of Ewell Estey told the board, he ordered 4p!" | was seliean aaa ah by the Key West Naval Base. procession will leave the chapel Busby of Key West and eleven), | course change to 3P: Who oe ‘s On board the Albemarle will to go to St. Mary's Star of the. other coastguardsmen, according ; shat fe took 16 be anoth: | StuP Was enroute: tem. Mes ,be Rear Admiral W. M. Calla- Sea Catholic Church wher to Estey's story in New York to- el. At the same time he | **¥. it: on oS ghan, US commander of the jces will be held. Rev. Jc Ray De Oh ee) Ve Tan bast aierted: tie) watch/enditook:a\ pos) a gan epete ee Training Command of ,the U. S. Maring, S. J. will officiate. Bur ition on the bridge himself. The ¢ ce 2 mn : Atlantic Fleet, who will inspect jal will be in Catholic Cemeters visibility whi he maintained until the yc him off the tar an the the element; of his command in = Ms, Mulholland was the W umned his or, MS Rea the Key West area mother-in-law of Captain Carl ; duties January 19, Este tated that the last r eee The Albemarle is coming here Hilton. Mrs. Hilton accompartied ' — port he received before the col ae from Norfolk, Va. On Tuesday the remains to Key West : nsion stated that the target was she will depart for Guantanamo Pallbearers are: J. Ott) Kirch oy only 1.200 yards off the starboard, Window & Door Frames Bay, Cuba, and wil! later con- heiner. William A. Freeman, Vin bow, but that he could see noth tinue her trip to other N cent McDermott, Pena Morales. ihe <llevedt STRUNK LUMBER YARD gfoups in the Caribbean 1 Louis M. J. Eisner and Henry B jf 5 While here, Admiral Call Haskins New Location you received the re TELEPHONE 816 (Continued On Page S ae (Continued On Page Five) ’ Te et REE RE By Appointment Only Dr. George Lawson Will Be In the Office of Dr. J. A. Valdes, 117 Eaton Street. Saturday and Sunday of This Week. Dr. Lawson, one af the Leading Eye Specialists ef the country, brings to Key West years of experience aad an unlimited knowledge of Eye Surgery and Treatment Hours By Appointments Telephone 33 LE Ae eS