The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 21, 1949, Page 1

VOL. LXX. No. 68 3 HOMES; TAKE ABOUT $359.50 Reported To Office : Of Sheriff This |Helicopter, Morning Take $357 From Home Ground Crew Of Frank Fernandes; 17 ook For Plane Two Other Homes Pancaked In Smoky Mountains Near Reported Entered Three house burglaries, which | netted the thieves a_ total of | Tennessee-N. €. Border; $359.50, were reported to the sher-; - | 5 Aboard, Two Hurt iff's office this morning. | The biggest haul made by: the | tiny tie ainda Pree thieves was for a total of $357, NASHVILLE, March 21. — A whieh they found in the pocket ' st of the trousers worn by Frank helicopter and a ground crew are; Fernandez, 803 Virginia street. | searching for four of five men ‘ernandez said today that he; who were on a plane that pan- | come home last me andl Tenino, cake atop a 3,400 mountain in| itely ynt to sleep. en he}, ccs ; nee awakened this morning he said ; the Smoky range along the ‘Ten he found a sereen on a side win- | Nessee-North Carolina ‘bor dgw of his home opened. Then he! The plane had five men ard he gpa but one of them struck out alone The thieves next went to the| to look for help. He walked 25 home of Berl Curry, 1219° Eliza; Miles in 42 hours through woods strect. T sred the house,} 4nd tangles of undergrowth be- "| fore he found ‘assistance. He said during the e of the family, through a screen on a window of that two others were unhurt but | They found $1.75, but | ase the other two were stretch- se was taken, according , &T Cast elee was taken, according) rontcers’ wert organized to to Cu + The final t of the thieves, 8% to the top of the mountain, was ot the he of Paul F. Rob-! 2nd shortly afterward a helicop- | orts, 12 Von Phister street.! ter took to the air to see if its They ransacked the home and} Pilot can locate the place where finally fled with a small strong| the Plane fell. box ex ining a number of U. S. the papers intact was later found. © sbundoned at the High School Association " ange in ress- ! . & Jape change = cress") Meets March 21 Annex. The thieves found 75 wo other householders re- tSpecint to The Citizen) THE SOU among the most attractive build- ing, erected in Key West. The site is at streets, where the -old Scottish Rite Temple now stands. The building will cover the entire lot, 50x100 feet. will be two stories, gardeh. comprise four sto which have prospecti The second floor three of - PROPOSED SCOTTISH RITE The proposed new Scottish Rite and affiliated bodies, The. roof Temple, pictured above, will be will serve a Eaton and Simonton ever, plans are provided for the Miami Be: The building now on the architect's boz with a roof invitation bids for The ground floor will will be called for sometime dur- the lot, either tenants. ing will not be determined until building may write Scottish Rite P.O. Box will be used after the architect and engineers Temple Association, entirely for lodge meetings, etc., have completed plans and specifi- by the various Masonic bodies ca THERNMOST NEWSP i The building was designed and a banquet hall, with plans prepared by the office of kitchen facilities, a dumb waiter Henry Hohauser & Associates, will serve the roof garden. How- architects, 4011 Chase avenue, h, and the consulting installation of an electric eleva- enginecr is Richard A. Belsham, tor in the near future. 3500 Main Highway, Miami. Plans and specifications are One of the problems confront- ‘d, and ing the Temple Association is to construction dispose of the building now on by sale or. gift. in the old ing April. The cost of the build+ Anyone interested ions. portedto Clty Police last Friday et pele Dedeics fide Deen ens or ane burglars, but in neither 2!--Drs Charles, Higgins, Giove- we did they get anything for land, president of the Ametican Ghote teeuble. . Urological Association, will ad- The homes entered were those Gress the southeastern ‘section of Willie McClintoch, the association at Boca Raton, ‘et and Mrs. Cros. Mar. 21-25, it was announced to- | street, The bur- 4ay by Dr. Robert B. Melver, matehes through. Jacksonville, past president. | homes but apparently’ Dr. Higgins is an outstanding thing to “authority on unreteral transplan- | , tation and is one of a dozen fa-} mous medical authorities on the | ' program. INVILLE,. Pia. Me ch steal Gandolfo Now On Florida Keys County Tax Assessor Claude c folf went up Florida Keys applications for s. He was unk Roberts re STRAND concitionea Last Times Today THE REST YEARS OF OUR LIVES +P. ow. font tax After spending the day at Is- Gandolfo will be at the at Tavenier 2p.m — iR 4p.m, MONRO cies Last Times Today Cachita De La Triana | : MOTOROLA America’s Finest AUTO RADIO Roy's Key West Auto Parts Arthur Takes Over 121 Duval St. r Phone 442 c an, Free Demonstration Tuesday, March 22 Everyone Cordially Invited (sae thie New Frigidaire Electric IRONER— Te irons clothes faster, smoother, neater; all without lifting, backache, physical strain. The open ends will take sheets and tablecloths . . . easily ! Ichas many convenience features, such as selective heat control, foot-treadle action, two ironing speeds, roll-stop for pressing and a 30-inch roil. Hours: Arte = | Martinez Refrigeration Co. 1024 DUVAL STREET TELEPHONE 279 j Senator | Stead of prices decreasing Taft Says Prices Are Falling, But O Mahoney Deelares They Are Spiraling Cte The Assecinted Prewd WASHINGTON, O’Mahoney, and Senator Taft, Republican, are | poles apart in their opinions about | inflation, or the lack of it. | Senator Taft said that, with| falling prices for arch 21. —! Democrat, commoditie: there is no iurther need of pa: ing bills de: tion. He added that the law of | supply and demand is now work- | ing satisfactorily. But Senator O'Mahoney takes an entirely different view. In- he de- clared that prices have gone up on several commodities during the last month Danger of inflation, he assert- ed, is still imminent, and for that | reason congress should pass the! bills recommended by the Pres- ident to curb inflationary trends The proposed bills, if they be- come laws, O’Mahoncy explained, {would give are President powers ! to step in, when r he thought | ' it necessary, to halt skyrocketing | prices. i Nine vice presidents of labor} unions today asked congress to | repeal the Taft-Hartley law and | substitute a masure based on the former Wagner labor act. ' —— Masonite Prestwood, STRUNK LUMBER YARD: TELEPHONE 816 SRA T RI GA Patace Theater RED SKELTON and JANET BLAIR in “FULLER BRUSH MAN”! BUY STUDEBAKER The su TRUCKS | xo are we, | “Twins Garage’ Your Friendly Studebaker Deajer 1130 Duval Street Phone 163; Senators Entertain Opposite Opinions” About” Inflation ~~ gned to curb infla- | a | Temperatures | At 7:30 A.M., EST APER IN TH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 21,1949 . THIEVES ENTER: Plans And Specifications Are Now In a Temple Here | the. rent-control bill pass before}: Nurses, safety. . engineers, por-} Atlantic and ithe house must come to an agree- } Neon signs in; Bradenton; a physi- Senator Maybank Hopes Senate Will Pass Rent Control Bill By Tomorrow MowseSeute Contes | List Jubs Now WASHINGTON; March 21. _| Available = The senate is. racing to try to have Striving To Beat the present law on. that motige ral Bnetoernbners ne and. 2 | sociation, Inc., i . pre ion mahager are emong OXDIEGS CHOMIRTEN Bs \the aifficutt-to-fill jobs listed in Senator.” Maybank, Democrat, | the Florida State. Employment } Key North Carélina, whose commit: Service's: current. state inventory | dorsed by . Manager Hart of tee reported the ‘bill favorably, Of job openings, Jeff Knight, Jr. Meal. id tod hopes the senate | Said todaly. ©» ; ‘ r said that Hart would oa i Ae a cane ie _ Among the other job openings | present the proposal to the Miami In the event the bill is adopted ; listed in this raport are calls for) City Commission in a few days, by the senate tomorrow, confer-| 200 colored: “bean: harvesters in | and that it would ces representing the senate and (Belle Glade; a glass blower for Nkewlie endorse re building of the canal. ment regarding the changes. that} Stherapist in Pensacola; 25. line- have been made in the bill since | en in Miami; two meat butch- it was sent to: the upper cham- | &S in-Key-West; an experienced | proposal to the National fivers bee: : sd gate Sloth cutter in Jacksonville; and| and Harbors Congress Senator Maybank said further! ¥ stenographer’ who is interested] . r, saying he was ih clue that there js-no. time to lose,’ be- , 12 bookkeeping in Winter Haven. | touch with the U. S. cause there. is no telling if.a! ns interested in these or} office at Jacksonville, will see te hitch. will &tise between the sens other Jobs either :locally or with- of estimates of ate and house conferees. _ _ | in the state may further j the of building the canal to , Opinion was. that ‘the bill will | information -by: applying to” the} Key imerder that Con- | hot pass the te tomorrow. be~) Florida, State B Serv- : asked to cause of the’ opposition against’ ce office at 314 Simontor — approp: ia rent-eo! mn fai : ‘ oa Pair W cans. A few are inst control as a whole and. others oppose ! . some of the provisions in the bill Over Most 0 as ve will be. offered to the sen-| ate for consideration. _ In some instances, particularly | Eastern States in large cities, landlords may | raise rents: as much as 10 per- cent. And. there are other pro- ons that would leave the West depends very much on a faverstie re | action of Congress to the ep | propriation for the canal werk Ih was estimated some that the canal could be | as fer as Key West for « $2,500,000, The coste tedey would be considerably higher (spect Otttzend BOSTON, Mass., Mar. 21.—The | Florida thunderstorms ended last tnight and the weather is now fair | Station— Atlanta ... eae . At psy lng £8 Piling Pe Birmingham Bismark ym , Boston A ' Buffalo % | Charleston Free Cross | chicago ¢ T rs Corpus Christi | ‘ Cincinnati ountry rip Senter 2 zi é . Detroit SAN FRANCISCO — Someone yy paso ‘ : ;--and the San Francisco Munici- Ft. Worth 56 pal Railway would like to know Galveston 67 Pena - oD —— ‘ip aera a6 on one of e company’s NeW yey west "4 bus: and didn’t pay his fare, ; See Geen being ship. Key West Airport 73 eithe @ bus was being ship-' 15° angeles 42 ped across-country on a_ railroad: Meridian 55 atcar from Kent, Ohio. The Minneapolis nonpaying passenger rode in the Memphis bus, converting the rear seats New Orleans 67 into a bed, and living on food he New York 38 had brought with him. He van- Norfolk 44 ished at the end of the journey. Omaha fear) a ——— Pensacola - 64 ‘ ° fn Pittsburgh 4 Most Active AL95 — Roioke 32 St. Louis 55 AMHERST, Mass.—Mrs. Lois San Antonio 66 Mitchell, who will celebrate her San Francisco. 51 95 birth on April has Seattle 43 recently taken up horse-back Tallahassee riding, mountain’ climbing and Tampa hiking. Washington BIG MOMENT FOR LITTLE REFUGEE t 4 "| 4 (P) Wirephoto BETSY ANN SCHMIDT, 3!2, rests on a stack of law books after becoming an American citizen Friday in Pittsburgh. The refu- gee daughter by adoption of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schmidt, Betsy Ann is the youngest immigrant ever to be naturalized in Pitts- burgh’s U. S. District Court. adoptien or rejection of rent con- | trol to states, cities.or towns. | over all the eastern states except | Visitor Dies | for some light snow occurring in| 4 New England. At Miami, @ total} of 7.07 inches of rain fell in «| Shortly After {deluge that lasted from 16:30 a i 10:30 p.m. Showers and Arrival Here storms are still occurring as northward in advaice , ‘of a low pressure system over the | Dt. Clifford Vivien, 43. wie | panhandle. , visitor to Key West, died day night, after a chert He had been her when he was strickes Miami First Stop Cold air with freezing drizzle His daughter, Mix f USS Williamsburg, President. and some light snow in the north- | vian, who wan with ‘ :Truman’s Vessel Leaves Key West; Mew oo ly two de | Truman’s personal yacht, will ern Plains has moved very little | e Key West Naval Station (Continued On Page Five) | this afternoon at 6 o'clock. | SPEER RECT Tres «are The Williamsburg. commanded by Commander Donald Mac- Donald, USN, a noted hero of the | last World War, will take off for | Miami, where it will spend about Francis | two days to allow the members of tor ui | held. | her crew recreation. ‘LET U ie Then the Williamsburg will be Change Your Oil | off for the return trip to Wash- TES Come In ond See the NEW 1) ieee, |! Podele when be he | The body was take ] POOR OLD CRAIG (0s Priston’ hme SERVICE STATION | nag mo agar de the ai ‘ | neral services and burial Welt tx ington. The ship came here | HUDSON, 6 & 8 Cyl.the emart ishortly before the arrival of , _eecesesceeeneereentees jest design lines in body end tte President Truman. The vessel! MIAMI - KEY WEST | economical mode! engine a! was not used by the President. during his recent visit. : Nae Messed g 1 equip-{] CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS 3ut the radio and other equip. E6 ment aboard the 210-foot vessel , TELEPHON! : were extensively used by the|| Barge Leaves Miami | | Presidential party in maintain-| Every Friday ing communication with Wash- | ington. ! BARGE LINE. Inc. | K. W. HUDSON CO. Simonton and Greene Streets Antonio Pateses, OF wer PHONE 1686 ne Mr. AMigend tim New dobnaen “DODGE sobratedtues| The Casa Marina Hotel | WILL REMAIN OPEN After the Official Season Ends April 4th On account of the mafiy requests for Reservations, we at@ going to keep the Hotel open (ROOMS ONLY), European Pian. Our Dining Rooms will be closed. | TRUCK ¥ | Navarro Ine., 601 Duval $1. ——TRY— BRADY'S Florida Grade “A-A” Eggs’ Ya wallLike Chem Our Cocktail Lounge, Bath Houses, Bathing ewe! ou Wil e : J P PHONE 5, Tennis Courts, Wonderful Gardens, Broad | | Restful . Porches WILL REMAIN OPEN We Are Grateful To Our Key West Friends tor Their Fine Co-operation Respectfully ‘yours, LEONARD HICKS EMMETT CONNIFt H President and General Resident Manager Manager 1116 WHITE ST. | Bring Your Car In This Week for’ Complete Motor Tune-Up with, | Latest Motor ANILIZER Machine ‘and save money. We service all ‘makes of cars at... { “Twins Garage" Your Eriendly vc Phong ie a 1130 Duval Street dress