The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 11, 1949, Page 1

Endorses ‘City On Island Canal! Pertains To Inland?" Waterway, Miami |Intense Storm » ToKey West | Over States In Local’ Commission's |Northeast U.S. Stand Is Unanimously | - pcg AR EON Approved By Directors |’ BOSTON, “Mass. March 11.— 7 ” Though: fair“ ,Weather is the rule Of Miemi Chamber ip the ;Great..Plains, Gulf and} Miami Chumber of Commerce, #74 Southern Atlantic states the| hus endorsed Key West's -cam-; Northern states his , morning are | paign for the Miami-Key West Under the “influence «of. the i) inland waterway, it was an.| tense stofin which was centered nounced today in a letter re- “over Kentucky: yesterday. morn- eeived from J. Kennard Johnson, ; ‘This:storm is now’ centered | general manager of Miami Cham- ; uit the middie Atlantic ber, by City Manager Ralph D. cbast! ‘As 4° result ‘ raw, windy | Spalding | Weather with’ mixtures of rain, | ‘The Board of Directors ofthe! \gniow and sleet prevail this morn- Miami Chamber of Commerce} :: (Continued:On Page Five) endorses the resolution by City Commission of Key West on! February 2ist for the construc- tion and development of a 7+ foot ; ehenne! or canal over the entire} toute between Miami and Key West and instructs its Marinei Division to lend every aid possi-! ble in securing the building of the waterway at the earliest pomsible date,” says the letter to ‘he city manager. ‘The letter reads as follows: ‘The recommendation for en- dorsement coming from the Ma-! rine Div nm gives us the infor- t mation that three plans have heen proposed for this develop- ent by the United States Army Engineers; that Plan No. 1 is in- wtiequete for the needs of trans- portetion and that Plan No. 3 is expensive to be considered. there recommend that Mien No. 2 ot & cost of $1,830,000 me pumyed because —_ The ei otdew » between Miami and Key present operation wbor of any kind » vessel leaves niend until In tir sdent Air Mechanics, ‘Carpenters Needed | Examinations for probational | appointment to the positions of; Aircraft Mechanic, General and | Carpenter will be opened on March 10 by the Board of U. S.| | Civil Service Examiners at the ‘ Naval Station. Registers established as a sre | sult of the current examinations | will be used to fill vacancies in| these positions which may occur } at Naval Activities in Key West. | Rates of pay for Aircrait Me- | chanic, General begin at $10.88! per diem. Intermediate rate is $1.36 per diem, and maximum is $11.84 per diem. Rates of pay for Carpenter begin at $10.64 per diem. Intermediate rate is $11.12 _per diem, and maximum is $11.60 Application forms may be ob-| tained from the Record¢ Board at building 91, tion, from the a Board of U. S s aminers, at any first class Post Office, or Regional Director, Civil Service Georgia Copies of the examination an- nouncements with details of the! duties gnd qualifications of the positions, are posted at the Key West Post Office, and at Build- ing 91, Naval Station. the of the ice Ex- second the! U.S. Atlanta, of from Fifth Region, ed ra v an be rtial protetion larly needs fo or of Ypeurtant various Five) t qua ikepresentative Patman Warns Against Removal Of Rent Control In Large Cities ave That Vote to Ki Rent Control Paqvivatent To Vote . because a major fac of living the ree for higher wage n the cost ¢ favors continua Strikes ase citic Vin i ut se mntrol for as months. However. extremees adopted ee Veewe M Oy Seer re hor aid the MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY D2CKS TELEPHONE 6 \| Barge Leaves Miami Every Friday Sirois eeeteeeetinnieemeniaal For Sale Special This Week | x 4° Studebaker Pick-Up Overstocked wh Wey Below List Price! TWINS GARAGE * Duve Phone 169 LOW COST TRANSPORTATION Sold 1949 Ford Tudor $1895 i TT Overdrive, “Radio 1948 Chevrolet. Subur- titer the Flower Show ban C-A $1695 1941 Buick Convertible $1095 {/ 1940 Buick Tudor $ 545 1939 Chrysler Tudor S$ S45 Tested Used Cars at Rock Bottom Prices EASY TERMS Monroe Motors, Inc. 1119 White Phone 725 SATURDAY NIGHT Ge w the DOGS DANCE « Reul’s Club Bee and Mear DENNIS ous Television Pups * Mumane Society ha i { | tity benefits we Wirephoto DAVID WHITTAKER (left), Mrs. Norma Holt (center), and hee! husband, Emory Holt (right), were shot to death in New York Wednesday night.’ Police described thes triple. shooting’as a ‘double Slaying and suicide over Holt's suspicion of a love. affair.between his: wife and Whittaker. | Russian Holds Tongue In Espionage Case pionag (Ry ‘The Assudinted Press) NEW YORK, March 11. — The} Russian engineer, suspended by | |the United Nations, refused to- ; day to answer questions regard- | ing the charge against him and } | Judith Coplon of conspiring~ to | obtain secret government docu- ; ments. The only comment he! made was that he claimed diplo- | matic immunity. Officials assert that he was ti ing to obtain information about | government deenses. i (Pravda, semi-official "Russian | Paper, asserted editorially. toda: that the charge against the engi. neer is a “frame-up.”) (199 Residents Of Monroe Get COUNTY SURVEY Will Arrive In Key* West Some Time ‘Legion Confers Monday ‘Sunday At Miami To Make Study ‘Post Hags. Of Tavernier, | a The 10th Legion District Con- Aslanrorgda Att ,stitutional Conference will con-| Marathon On Way ; vene at 9:30 a. m. on’ Sunday at! | Seven members in the office of , Harvey Seeds Post Eome, Miami, | | James T. Campbeil, Supervisor of With Vance C. Stirrup, 10th Dis- | Surveys and attendance of the ‘ict Commander, presiding, as-| ed by: Robert s~ Distiiet © Departmont ” of) “Education > m - } Florida will make a study of the Adutant. Albert\Dinegro, Chap- lain, Key West Guard of» Henor, . Monroe County School System on Monday, Tuesday and Wed- , Will offer the invocation. SS Benefits | nesday. Reports of Post Commanders eae Distriet Chairman, and others! xpected that the commit- Wil be, rcnived bee Chiceaace| One hundred and ninety-nine | te en will report theit i oye A successor ertie persons in) Monree Coun is to: whether Monroe «oP i ccted in the “atoms, receiving monthly Social G a SECISE Uy nes SeteEngon, . s well as 2 District Committe amounting to $3, and alterng men and delegates Miss Louise Pennington, Monroc | d ht : to the, Natta Concanitn lcounty ficld representative of Thos ho will come dawn the ic s al tonal onvent ion, lthe 's slat Seavey en mitieRn- | Keveron Monday will be: Augie Tite ieee etn = tion announced today. Dr. R. L. Johns, professor of | as a pene na ae can These bencficiaries include re; | school administration, Univer. | and the Auxiliary will be held at tired workers and thajr wives, | sity of Florida, and research: and | [2:3 p. m. at the Dining Room of lend Gortcenwaticce Oe clasrul field studies cocciniict the Harvey Seeds Home. A dance Daas ‘ State Department of Education, _ |08 Saturday evening ‘will be held 05. widow Dr. Joseph M. Leps. p -| for the visiting Legionnaires and! Auxiliary memb Del es from Key West Post have in their a minor child| of education at the Unive are of the deceased worker, children Florida, who has long y ¢ under age 17, and dependent par- , experience as a principal here in Will be George A. Wi Com- ents Florida. mander; C. B. Many persons mistakenly think Pope Baird, supervisor of Sikes! Albert : that the possession of — property sportation of the Florida De-| Johnson; Frank ind_a bank account prohibits the nt of Education. addition to the de payment of Old- and Survi- red Horn, supervisor of Legionnaires will » attend — in- !vors Insurance. Such is not the school plant planning of the ¢luding Albert J. Mills, National case. This is strictly an insur- | State Department of Education. | Foreign Relations Committee ance system, mot charity, andi W. H -|Chairman; Paul L. Mesa, Jr., ayments are based on income | or of i t- George J. Pernick; William R. earned in jobs covered by Social ment of Eduction Warren, Ji Security: ‘Phese benefit payments s T. Campbell, supervisor The District 40 and 8 Promen- are not a pension. They were of surveys of the State Depart-, ade will be held at 8 p. m. on bought and: paid for and there- | ment of Education Saturdi ay evening fore ic th a person as a mat- On the way to Key West, the ter »srovided he meets | seven members of the St le rements. The work- partment of Education ill in ae percent of his! spect the schools at ‘Tavernier - DODGE: aca a ; earnings, up t a year and his | Islamorada and thon iployer matches these pay- , will arrive here Monc ts “I judge from your letters and Ar $7,000.000 a vear are the materi s that you are mak- (Continued On Page Five) (Continued On P. Six) Fine Fishing Tackle Thompson Enterprises, Inc. Hardware Division—Phone 886 SUPT RE POOR OLD CRAIG ATION Phene 9134 PURE OIL Dealer Jiet US Grease, Spray or Change Your Oil BRADY'S Florida Grade “A-A” Eggs You Will Like Them 1116 WHITE ST. PHONE 5 ASUANUGUAREASAOGGHNOTANSHANGERDOTTOGEAESOOUTUEGAEEEOO AU ALL UMTS HE’S BACK!!! Welcame Home to Our “WANDERING BOY”—THE GREAT FREDDIE BERNARD Air STRAND Conditioned WORDS and MUSIG sith SAND. weK EY NE ALLYSON AND e¥b CxRISSE Coming: The Velvet Touch Rosalind Rosselli. Lee Gleun, Claire and Sidney “I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU” —————— Supported By All-Star Acts MONROE coon SHOWS NIGHTLY 3 Darling Daughters 9 P.M. — 11 P.M. — 1 A.M. widoxaro. gost: NO COVER —— NO MINIMUM AHNOLD : Amores de CLUB TROPICS “KEY WEST'S MOST POPULAR NITE CLUB” uveastungeeren event eneeesage eaten EPH AERA E 7 MEMBERS OF STATE TO MAKE | both World rry | with the Barkley Rules | Favorably On Cloture Vote Whether Or Not Clotare Will Be Invoked, Depends On Bloe Of 8 Senators |) dmy rne associates Press) WASHINGTON, Match Te ot | Vice-President Barkley ruled, to- |day that action on the cloture | rule is now in order. Senator | | Russell of Georgia appealed to | Barkley to reverse his Tuling, but, | on his refusal to change, the | question of cloture will be: put to! | a vote. It was said to be doubtful | whether the administration for- | ces will be able to muster a two- { | thirds vote to put cloture into ef- | | fect. The decision was’ said ‘to | , Test with eight senators, most of ; | them Republicans, who have re-{ fused to comment on the matter. ! The outcome of the vote de- | pends on the way they swing ; their support. ‘Dr. Parramore- ‘Resi ns As: Head f it | | | | Diente Hl Paramare ha nounced his resignation; as Di- rector of* the..Monr6e’” County | Health Unit beeause of ill health, Dr. Parramore has been’ direc- sor of this Health Unit for twelve } (12) years, coming to Key West! ly following his Public | ning at the University of North Carolina in 1936. He was. instrumental in securing one of } the finest public Health Buildings in the South for Monroe County. Dr. Parramore is a graduate of | Rollins college and received his | medical degree at the Unive sity | of Maryland. He is a veteran of | ar 1 and = World War Ul, having served in the first as Regimental Surgeon with the 77th Division and in the , second | United “States Public Health § Re: Draw more’s successor has not yet been gn dad ul ock a Legion Men’ MenTo | Represent Po: At Convention ates to the vention we! lar mee Delega Legion Albert! Dinegro: C. y; and : =| Gove Sikes. The Convention will be held at Sarasota on April 8- i Post an- for The nominations were received. nual election will be held March pay Rules for the club facilities the Post Home were The application of Knuck of | adopted Edward F. ; pproved mmons made an ex- eport relative to the Oratorical Contests held at the High Sehool on March 3 It was stated that “Boy would be held again this allamassee in June. t Se Elem. School Library Spomsored by their Parent- RUMMAGE SALE 3 Teacher Association : } Simonton and Angela Sts. —Abhh th bbb bhhbbbahhhhbbsd | Saturday, March 42, and Monday, March 14 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Benefit Division Street MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALAL By. Mr. Hickg Serrdiacae This Moruing De Stebthege is the assistant to, The President andUsetsic such’ matters as: the ‘secretary. Of the, interior i am. > He ‘Te took a long about the Na- mperature var aa, and came. to break a ea, 2 rman Bech st Out Beart ‘ruman” Above Normal {fz Sch s Ouljjatns: I thared Agee temperature in Kapil oon eta ae West last month was 5.7 degrees} The President has made no ‘higher than: the normal for Feb-| plans at all, Ross said. He is ox ruary, according’ ‘to a monthly | pecting Chief Justice . Feed M. statement issued today . by the | Vinson of the United» tes teh local Weather Bureau, | morrow. He wiil come The normal for that month is! 1 rae with Ayers, eno 70.5, but lest month thé mean or} “He's just resting SOT CADying avgraire was 76.3 degrees. \ himself,” said Ross e average maximum was; When the jident Beer oo 81.1 degrees, as compared with ai for a walk he be ‘normal of 75.4, andthe average | two Seeret One iminimum was 71.2; with 2 nor-! walks behind the President, the mal of 65.6. jother. with. him, Rainfall last’ month was onl > President lagra 6 of im inch, ac compared to Tha coe ‘to Philip Che “4 normal of 1.34. {son,of Alfved M. Cohen, The highest wind during the nati, - Fone was 20 miles an 89, % hour oes the seat, and the cen sassie Riissian Military In Berlin FR Death Penalty For Economie Sabotage etary Of War seca Says Blorkade In Berlin Daily Threat To Peace Of World | Temperatures At 7:30 A.M., EST Station Atlanta Temp. (ty The Assorinted Billings 17 BERLIN, Mareh 11 Birmingham 35 sian military commanger in t seek 6 _castern zone enavunced today tt oston 35 the death alt will | Chicago Pea wth penalty i | Cineinnati ag Reset for econumic sabotiowe in Detroit 25 the area of Germany unde Ft. Worth 37. control. Death will be the p¢ Iveston 57 alty also. for the cunvict Jacksonville 39 fies tok Kika Cas an anybody | who deliberately t 2 op t) cut down production. in the psi ors aoa ad $y While production “wa Mimi 527 constantly increasing in Uv . - fey ™ renet Minneapolis 17 ie of Ameri b. ' , Memphis 39 | British control, it has been ¢ "iNew York : in the Soviete cen te Oklahoma City w reached (iat f t | Omaha fearful even a f i ‘ stiri Pig oe atile =. 44; (Continued On sage Six 36) am — ey lace Th | Window & Door Frames alace theater srrunk LuMBER YARD wie | YELEPHONE 816 “SUNDOWN SANTA FE" Seems NOW OPEN Specializing in Dressmaking and Alterations Yard Goods . . No Goods . . | Goods . . Notions Have Your FORM Your FORMAL Made to Order! Estimates Gladly Given! ELLA’S SHOP Ella Castro, Prop. 608 DUVAL STREET Plastic Nu-Fle AUTO PAINT Roy’s Key West Auto Parts 121 Duval St. Phone 442 SATURDAY NIGHT After the Barn Theater Show “CHRISTOPHER BEA‘T” Go to the ‘DOGS’ DANCE’ at Raul’s Club $1.50 Admission Benefit Key West Humane Society