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Grand JuryR he Key Wes THE SOU KEY WEST. FLORIDA. WED: . 4 ree eps am THERNMOST NEWSPAPER ESDAY, MARCH 9, 1949 Receives NoGambling Evidence; SubmitsReportToday Finds ¢ itixenry Apparently Unwilling* Te Present Sufficient Evidence To Return Indictments ‘The Grand Jury & net prepared 6 gambiieg 1s Menroe County. ‘Tite Wee ome of the sentences in a report submitted this morning | Aquiline submitted were W, Curry Harris, Ear! ony aunty is appar ont: anew time to present to this tare bee uffiownt evidence & otter the beste of an in Bee Ooo cot vetuels whe me “ ooorned. the Grand be Crend Jury has te investigations + ot the laws of i «¢ * elative to S gambling theg—— Bids Received March 30 For Navy Building Lopes, Jr. of Circuit Court. Adams. There was a re! Robert M. Graham. a re- the next term of Circuit te investigate any question. Sealed bids will be received 11 to state unequivocably that Starts Off With { ' x H ‘Red Cross Drive ‘Advaneed Gifts | |. With $1,315.74 in the till fran} | advanced gifts, Monroe county’s j annual Red Cross fund campaign ; Sot under way Tuesday. The goal | is $10,000. % Fund chairman Edwin F. Tre- | {vor hopes to reach the county's | | quota within 10 days. | “We should raise { day,” Trevor said. | Pointing out that the Red Cross | ; distributed $40,000 in Key West! j late last year to those who suf- ' fered financial losses in the Sep- itember and_ October hurricanes, Trevor said there should be no | hesitancy among citizens to con- tribute to the campaign. t “One $1,000 a| should not wait to be | Solicited,” the chairman *® m Mareh 30 at the Public! “Checks, or cash should be mail- ‘said. headquarters, |HIGGS STATES ONLY FLORIDA'S ROLLINS COLLEGE GIVES & PRESIDENT TRUMAN (center) reaches out to accept congratulatory handshake just, after “Dr. Mamilton Holt (left), president of Rollins Colloge. had conferred Doctor of Humanities degree upon him at Winter Park, Fla. Dr: Wendell C, Stone (right), dean of the cellege, places the hood ever the President's shoulders. Mr. Truman returned to Key West at 4:15 yesterday afternoon. 1 Govern . & ‘YESTERDAY FROM Quakes Hit In Southern California HERE SATURDAY; TARIFF AGREEMENT WITHt CUBA REACHES HERE; TRUMAN GOT BACK ORLANDO "| The program today of President Truman consisted of sleep. st: _| Fort Taylor. ' eating,” said Hassett. “If anybody is iriterested I sew what he ate “W®) Wirephoto| 5°M* tomato juice ‘and buttered toast. Tt was @ simple little mee! * Hassett also revealed that he had semt-the original of the Gute Department’s proposed agreement with Cuba to Washingtes “L can give you the tithe ef the ; Paper. It was ‘Supplementing ter Proposal made December 10, 1%, and January 1, UMA, carryene oot general A eben we, ev tal > he ‘ % .. . ; a ~ > _ . Be eee tke “© works Office. of U. S. Naval Sta-; ed to Red -Cross COMMISSIONERS WILL | San Franeisco Feels Seam 6 per fi wm" tion for the dismantling and re-| 301% Front: strect.” . t i WwW hocks whee Ge Grand » > wee meovel of Building 40 in the Sea-| “Civic club members have been | * ® i “ana 5 By ee Gee © @etdenee of Plame Base. The material sal-: given various business sections ot : $ 4 Temblors, Though Feh " . dtm oh tee laws of YeROd will become the property | the city te. solicit. They have f y 3 ‘ ie Sete of Pharkde petetive to Of the contractor. started work. ‘ " : eee : |. In Extended Area ~ ' “ ~ the Gr Si - - eee ermee celine © ested tel enih ia tee tee | SO > 2 7 “we * . o mitns we the Gren | “Tr ty Fells Bourd Members That Tliey Alone)” = comes ont the ERY oF Congress O- Paver...) Temperatures - Represent Canty’ And “earthquake shocks” early this | sane - a Wed ae pee forrmeng ' . ‘ . / morning. The first struck at 4:29 | M- son Wek anthounced by ies @ © Mitieetes & ° rune At 7:30 A.M, EST Must Act Accordingly... | and the Second a minute, lator. | Hassett, The chief jmatice bas ot ees North Atlantic Alliance; keer Tone is {Storia fom the trblore were vised he Preset hate b likes 4 n “We. the Board of County Commissioners, are supposed to rep- ‘felt as far south ag the Santa) Spend part of his vacation i © a 5 ee ° ° ta 47{ resent the county. The county clerk and the county attorney must C/@r@ valley and as far north as| Little by aPhereggatngl on - Hien » * e a 16 if i (24 yo Sacremento, (answer telephone calls and tebe peal Poms pposition 1 e mor {Billings 16) act according to our wishes and in harmony. Let us (County Com- | "Window panes were broken in| Tats pint read sine nilieaal ne eatin with an | Bening m or missioners) run this board, or I, for one, am going to get off it.” | this city ‘and rocks rolled down| Bers that have arrived here fem ting tt ber ation Loaiien Risers Great © Deft Renee So declared Commissionér Clarence Higgs last night in a stern} a hill in this vidi ity. Thousands | “4 cane ‘ panerenny BNey wees - beet j 'ddress at the regular meeting of the County Commissioners man residénts, who were awakened e b kad syuien set back tng i Britain Will Act iii | P Sec N terres n the County Courthouse. y the shocks, ran into the | Orlando at 4:15 pm. yestends pevatior ; | 18 h Prices Not ph ate Higgs’ statements closed a long drawn-out argument between | Stteets. Nobody was’ injured and, | At Winter Park, four mulles f Paverably Early In D T M K beorpu j Monroe County Attorney Paul Sawyer and Monroe County cet alee been reported, no os " ner tab praia, | R sae substan lamage was done. egres 4 Semen mpertect April; Reds Resentful ue 10 ovine | Dayton 40} wae ee * cs “ from Rollins College Ving : { Detroit 37]; Monroe County. Clerk Earl : is At Winter Park the Presid: : fH The Sesnemted Pres. hc ~ El Paso 40} Adams, who seemingly is ver ead fr P . o - WASHINGTO March 9. — osts, u ears | Ft. Worth 51| conseientious about his duties, ena or ucas 0 et | which was handed. the wowepe eq. Sentiment was reported so strong % es paar \ Galveston had declared to the commission |permen at Orlando. Ip & @ i MT bs Seceevess for the North Atiantie f : nes a Of articles aaa fuscksonville ne ie aes nites Pole to neces eS | President said. pute eee "i r the } or higher prices of articles sold} Kansas City 35] any more. resolutions or con: 5 t F V t C Goderme Wescen, > Seal PL Ele Altiance, it will pass the senate here more often than is neces-/ KEY WEST \ 66 cnatin alatosa they eee corny 1énatures ror ote n | Holt, - distinguished ements A. Gren Bien tittle opposition when. it * ms it yes pas out) by Glyas Key West Airport 64| completed. Adams objected to ‘and all friends of Rollins € ons . nes up fe vote, the out- (Tener, of the Overseas *ranpor-| Los Angeles 44\the practice of recording ‘a reso- p This is for me ao ver wae we ree ne ae os tation Co., in an address ‘to th | Meridian 57 | tution or a contract that was not roposet A oture u e€ day anda vay » os 4 SP TMEEEEA' SS the pact ei ee aS a st | Miami 54| actually completed. He (Adams) | tke Gameneetn - ho malted ee « ag bas alate a conversa. | Minneapolis 15| said that he would record the May Pur Questi masterpiece. It covers tt th constitute e wat. 7 made public in a week. How-| Archer pointed. put a conversa: | Memphis 58 | resolutions, contracts in the min- May Put Question ba {tion with which we are fe ever, it is known to contain a tion hi a ee di ich @{ New Orleans [utes as they actually-were, and Before Senate It brings to realization ” ease Galatta lenges .40 cockhens a faplained toa custo-| New York not have to wait a considerable Persons May Pa | that I have long cherishet " hether the) ee ee one Was in| Norfolk 8 | length of time on the county at- Tomorrow; Southerners Jeeply sensitive of the clone Bo say whether or not the terested in costs $2 less in Mi-| Oklahoma City | torney to act. F ie Tr | which this college stot, ben - ay hepend vaatton path A tral neon. ee he ne the {Omaha Sawyer had his say on the mat- Determined To Fight | axes, Register | upon me . ‘ to the allian. S attacked by trahenoeealiva Pan aaa ihelene Mendes tate: would: de ‘(is The Abana laiealstetan’ , Rollins Colleg . “ Ae a1 en 2 es t 37| cide what was most important to Bp parila rte Lomas ; « State of Florida and t e whe other nation, not included in! freight cost at particular ta. : Pp WASHINGTON. March 9. o ] - tn - ~ Ae m, ne neluded in freight cost od that particular Roanoke 38} do first for the county in legal ng nee mu ak Pe t t ame ace faithfully and well t ity reper ongressr eneral ch is many 2s the true} San Antonio 45) Clerk Earl Adams asked for ||, 1"? ER ITS onday the city’s registration : ways tressure U ; ‘ . the alliance as a bulwark egninat freight rate. Pm mcanclics 63! asheedews on the matter ana |° 7 te against the filibuster: | books will be moved from the] day und the p t ° ot is comular amy aggressive action by the, He outlined the development | Seattic 37) th ri ; |ing Southerners, said this after-] 5. of C ; its me i ‘ ’ ©. February Russians, The Kremlin has di-! (Continued On Page Three) | Tallah; aa, RG orbal battle continued for’ | oon he has prepared to distrib-| S¢¢ond floor of City Hall to the} mits me inte ; March | and rectly indicated it realizes that! bcaab 9] Sent Some time until Commis | io a peti tors to} round floor space at the office | Rollins alumm. 7 "es i» Powe Sx’ the alliance is directed toward ee 30| sanet Clerenice Higgs conclud- | ascertain if he can obtain a Tas tof Tax Collector Archie Roberts, | ‘7&" which t — feussia, because, since it wés | Wash r 39} ed the discussion with his jority fora vote on cloture rule, {City Cler Z . en the world { —p- “ NOTICE } —— — | Statement. may : ; ap Cuy Clerk Victor Lowe an-} odd years have t first announced, Moscow has } = 3 which ‘must obtain a two-thirds | | blaring propaganda against it P re) | Both Adams end Sa || ankas to he ellective nounced tod: of den y whe t plas o da agains! eople who are bern and |! hi il ‘| 1 0 J 2d no persona Swards)| Sa tees Ton Re GEteeny *Anvone paying city ; for reir Life Hire Wes recnived here trom | sened tne cer eo, TS i@us in Uven = “pets paksniroo y owatds Tt was stdted. that he may, Anyone paying city taxes ca ns ste us London today that Great Britain i try , . ceed in getting the s atur’ ister to vote at the same time, not so keenly alive to the bless. |) ") cab of each other's lack of coop- | i . oe | by ng premee will et favorably on the alli- | ings of freed th atat to boy |a majority of th ‘ id Lowe. “The hours will re te ee ings of freedom as are the peg: || = ¢ eration on county matters. | one : cat ape 3 bear witness 1 @nee when it comes up in parli- | ple who come to that country 7 The Sawyer-Adams debate | that it was doubt ill xet; main the same: From 8:30 until, © ‘of a TRLEPHONE 616 ment for a vote early in April to live under that freedom. : HAMBURG, Germany —(?—A| which later Covered many oth. 2 hues vole 4 nthe. <lo- aD Bomel b- arte See od the Gin ' = oe I came to the United Siates ousewife in Helmstedt found (Continued On Page Six) Ae eve uestion eae | . (Continued On ¥ her cake form was too é consideration | RREENETTONNT ATARI Lae The Late Christopher Bean By Staeey Howard & LAUGH FRALED COMEDY | Barn Theatre i Opening | Night THAETS, 61.50 e? On SALE ot Key Weet Drug. Bimenton Street nee ie mare a ee For the Good of Your Business. Switch to Dodge “Job-Rated” Trucks Fit Your Job NAVARRO, | Inc. $0) DUVAL STREET ifter the Flower Show: SATURDAY NIGHT Go to the ‘DOGS’ DANCE’ # Raul’s Club See and Hear MORGAN DENNIS and his famous Television Pups Admi jp... . $1.50 Key West Humane Society (1) 57 years ago from Romania, and |! have been keenly appreciative |! since. Many a time I have thought of the vast difference between the way I have lived and the way millions of the people of my race have lived. Iam 86 years of age. and re- side, about half: a mile from President Truman is spending his vacation, I am anxious for him to know how grateful I am for what he and |! the Congress have done for my people in other parts of the |/ world. Millions of them were |) ruthlessly killed during World |! War Two, but the millions whg |! survive are thankful for the |; help they have received from the President and the Congress, || (sd) J. MARKOVITZ. 821 Duval St. Key West, Fig. || ——— i | of this country’s freedom eves || She then pushed it into the } and she lost a leg. ‘BENNY'S RESTAURANT | ~ light so weighted it down with two shells. But Senator Lucas is ged hot ‘Ai mined to"put the question before ir oven. In the ensuing explosion | S FRA 7 the senate. antl indicated that it hhevteni yeat cid son’ wea killed (hoe R ND conditiones probably will come up tomorrow Last Times Today (Continued On Page Six) Poreecocesssevseces Palace Theater Alan Ladd and Hugh. Herbert “THE BLACK CAT” = DESERT FURY ve 905 Simonton Street CHICKEN IN BASKET $1.00 Also SHRIMPS and OYSTERS To Take Out WENDEL, COREY Coming: WORDS and MUSIC Judy Garland, Wickes Koones, June Allyson and Cyd Charisse AIR MONROE COOLED Last Times Today IF YOU KNEW SUSIE with CANTOR and ec =e POOR OLD CRAIG © SERVI TION Francis at Division. Phcne 9134 PUBE OIL Dealer LET US Se Change Your Oil | MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami Every Friday EDDIE JOAN DAVIS Coming: 3 Darling Daughters Jeanette Macdonald. Joxe Uurbi. ‘Fexn Morgan. Jane Powell and Edward Arnold - MOTOROLA America’s Finest AUTO RADIO , Roy’s Key West Auto Parts 121 Duval St. Phone 442 { a | SATURDAY NIGHT After the Barn Theater Show. “CHRISTOPHER BEAN”, Go to the ‘DOGS’ DANCE’ t Raul’s Club $1.50 Admission Benefit Key West Humane Society (2) LOW COST TRANSPORTATION 1949 Ford Tudor Sie Overdrt 1948 Chevrolet. 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