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VOL. LXX. No. 81 Special Meeting Minutes Released: By City Manager} : Commissioner John Carbonell Votes Against Civil Service Removals Minutes of © special meeting held in City Hall on March 28 by ; City Commissioners were finally released last night by City Manager Ralph Spalding. ‘Al commmiesioners were present and their votes on charter shone © be submitted to Representative Bernie C. Papy were Pe ee Sun Pil Settle Vek; To Dr. Parramore With Candidate Of Own Choice | Consideration of a successor to The perwon chosen by the com- pr” James B. Parramore as mimeroners would not have to be : Monroe County Health Officer, the second highest defeated can- yi) occupy the attention of the @itete, but just anyone of their Monroe County Commissioners showwing. What would happen in at their first. regular meeting of the event of » vote deadlock of April tonight. ® 4 “ee pas 3 oo wd ey Dr. Parramore recently resign- bg . « am arene. ed because of ill health. It is re- Publish Only Title ported that there is more than 1 (@) Wirephoto| SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN ACHESON signs ‘the! Atlantid: defense treaty for the. United States during the meeting of foreign ministers and ambassadors jin Washington’ Monday. Presi- dent Truman (center) and Vice President Batkley (left) converse during the signing: i } paki Henesiza” SCHOOL BOARD Dies In Havana and nieces here in Key West. The body will arrive in Miami, on Friday morhiitg: anc Counders | will be buried on Friday after- explanation could be made to the press informing the public Hartlen’s change of vote, -. Harden emphatically told ‘the press that he had reconsidere? them hed asked for legal nto trum the state's attorncy jam oe Can Remove Member Of City Civil Service Board When the Board meets tonight, ‘ace. O’Bryant,. superintendent fo public imstrueti jthat he planned to ‘di Land Immediately At High School, Gym Aud of The most. complete 4 Piet charter upon would alow the the four" ~~ competent workers avaiable Png Pose of trimming trees and their foliage was defeated om seeed has "tdnaney "ty County Board May [Roving son pn Gallien on the 0c acmaitease, Name Successor Service, akcording.49.: Jett at Key West Garden Club, through its president, Mrs. William 1 oxtets, This vacaney could exist ‘Knight, ca manager of the Key! Warren, strongly opposed the ordinance, and urged abendowmes j other wor! kers, may find valuable | \ aid by referring © their Nereefier omty titles of penal’ one applicant to succeed Dr. Par- erdimences of the City of Key’ ramore. | Wee will be published in the Outside of this matter, the| Herman Lounders, veteran of | Key West Citizen. commission, it is believed, will|the first world war, and employ- Publtiehine enty the title and consider only routine matters. ed as a cook for many years in ‘i #6 mention of the body — —-—- . * 5 ; ond penalty provisions of penal Marden advised City Clerk | Key West, died in Havana on ordinances could possibly lead, if bean Lowe me pwene the min- | Saturday as the result of an ac- onterted, fe the uneonstitution- tes, changing his vote from a | cident. ality ol oll futare penal ordi: yee tos, Tae’ on the $75 | At the time of his death’ Her- ‘Will Take Up State’ memers The legality of this monthly salary charter change. jrarbeciee aus Gan ulecehs «€ymnasium in order te permit of | Meanute estionable Clerk Lowe would. not do this) ™é ie ee ‘ Proposals At Meet ' an addition or an enlargement of ‘Commty tx collector, on a until he had a legal opinion from|a cook on the S. S. Florida. He ithe gym. smmewhet siler subject, was the city attorney, Ignatius Lester.| leaves two brothérs: Oscar Loun- ‘Oni. } ‘Phat the board take steps at veently ti ned that the eunty sh ayn ag ogy ba ders in’ “Mismi dnd’ “Richard Set For Tonight ~once to eeaaite soul ie at tetequent tax lets must be pub- Vv! a e. m les . musi fe sa dineiati arile wis once surroun ing. the colored thet Tax Collector Howard stand as ts, out that a note of|Lounders and several nephews: yo vicion Due On Buying, school, Douglass school. assed By City Commissioners ‘Bill To Allow Trees To Be Trimmed On Private Property By Utility Board Is Defeated 5-0 The controversial “tree cutting” ordinance that would ave au urce ,of| Servants and employes, to enter upon private property fer the per Employment Office Here Places 6 2 West local office. Employers who nheéd clerk ty-! pist, stenographers, sales clerk, stock clerk, truck drivers further consideration of the measure, Commissioners Hunter Harden. Louls Carbonell end Fred 4 or} Dion spoke against enactment of the law. In addition to Mrs. Warren who spoke so knowingly of Hey | West's irees and the work she had done years ago in planting hum this dreds of them throughout the city with the aid of the late Mire. Phe tion’ of the state-are available; M& Jared Daniels also addressed the commission asking Set the through the Florida State Em-| ordinance be defeated, ployment Service.” Knight point-! He told how a shade tree had been almost completely desteeped ed out, “so that if the particular | on Simonton street, and that the present owners hed purchesed the Eee een see eey Geo] Property mainly because,of the existence of the shade tems Gets Best Applause 50 To 60, Including Nuns |.2:25 sss sos And 11 Infants, Lose Lives In St. Francis see Fire nance that would make one we) streets of Windsor Lane, Amele 2 Expeetant Mothers Escape Unhurt And street, and other, Gene (tt, Give Birth To Son’ An Daughter employ-; ment service. “Not only workers in well-known Key Weet ertiet, wee granted the Moor. Mr. Otto said that all ayer te miles. south charred bodies hid been recover-! could be found yon -z awn Cemetery i At Douglass School | procurement of these sites. It war! oT sinite: ed. A nurse who barely saved her ; traffic problem ag they Hy » #1 vole, with Comuniasion- and that he would have the min-| oon at Woodlawn Cemelery in} j estimated that the cost of acquir-| 1171 ae Mmwelniee vrem ITife. told the police that 30. in-| Paris, France. In Paris, ie sk o Jobe Corbonell dissenting, the utes changed at the next meet-| Miami. | The question of purchasing ad-' ing the extra land might run in-| _ c ee Between mates were on the third floor| on even days of the month perk eomretetoners approved the char- ing. Neither Commissioners John | > ditional sites for schools of the; to thousands of dollars. 50 and 60” persons, including when the fire was discovere ‘ing is allowed on one side of t or chonme that would allow any and Louis Carbonell approved of! Vi ile PE | county will be discussed at to-| As yet, Monroe County has not} nuns, the ¢haplain and 11 in-| and that none of them had s street and on odd days of her wl the civil service board Harden's change of voting proce-| isitor Here [night's mecting of the Monroe | received a full report of the ex: | fants, lost, their lives in a fire!” (Gogtinued On. Page Six) th ‘postion tx eeu tm the be Pomewed by @ majority vote dure, anc advised Lester andj {County Board of Public Instruc- | perts regarding expenditure of side of the street any wher meeting of the Lowe that the special meeting Died Sunda ! tion | about $500,00 for enlargement of When, @ite's someste east catpdanene minutes be thrown out complete- | 0 y One of the first things recom | the school facilities, so the board Missin New York B: ker | oul poe om | @emuntectenass To Bessive ly if changed in any manner from mended for Monroe by the corps | can’t act on. a propgsed bond is- 5 an . SS = Gan 978 Per Month Salary the original record | Hervey M. Amsler, 51, oil and} of experts sent here recently by | sue covering that amount. | artist quickly % Motion @es pamed by @ 3-2 The Carbonells reasoned that) sas executive of Houston, Texas,! the State Department of Educa-j Also coming up at tonight's | | plied, without csesking @ smile vote te chenge the charter to this wes. not legal and would be} qigg Sunday, after a short illness. | tion was the matter of obtaining | meeting is receiving of Ban for arget it | “Don't you give people intel stew the city commissioners to setting a precedent. ’ ‘he remains were sent this morn- | additional land for certain’ installing — clectric wiring. ane ligence enough to knew what wecive monthly «lary of $75. Monroe county commissioners | jt Houston for funeral servi- | schools ; Bene the ie ae Street day of the month it is.” oe for the measure receive a monthly salary of | 660 andy al in famgly plot. It was specifically recommend.’ Schoo! hey will be two con Th ft KF | I Da t ‘ The conmissioner — z Cor a ya Carbe $150, A set ry of $75 [sey aa Lagheegirns caer in| cd that the Monroe School Board | tracts awarded, one covering e o oun n la ona | proved the following res john Carbonell and Hunter monthly for the city commis: | onorge of arrangements. should move at once to acquire | about 7,500 fect of wiring and ad- | and ordinates Hos cher sioners would be costlv to the Accompanying the remains; eXtra land for Key West High | ditional conduits, and two, the Had $54,000 In rs +o: | Ancien Some time efter the March taxnavers but not at all unrea- | v0. Ashicy H. Priidy, son-in-; School in order to provide addi-| award covering the actual instal- | i | Authorized payment of Shee th «meeting. Commissioner sonable. |law of Mr. Amsler school facilities jlation of the lights themselves. | Syiteaxe When Arrested; ined there for two hours.) the Grummer Compame, Os 4 =i) nay een a at the board should make, It is roughly estimated that} ~ drove away and then returned in| }h4o Bla. for City of Ker We Cl I N an immediate effort. to acquire’ cost” of the entire’ job, will ve | $700,000 In Bonds a new sler. four percent refunding bud " " land adjacent to the High School: abos:t "04 ees . ‘The garage man said that, so , teen EISEN HOWER is pROpper 48 Ow —{ Thrown Into Atlantic far as he had been able to re-| “ated July bs 1048 call, Crowe had the same license y q Mg The Asseciated Press ‘ i“ a pane we fe ae . Attached Here PALSTO’S NEW Foob pattie smraewa troy | Siaie-on eagh ear, That aroused | unt Dal | 2 oy ed a 0 | : the garage. man’s suspicion, and eee Behe : K 'Richard Crowe, 41, assistant he reported the matter to a local | Mgke More Through Steeere U Chopper, A. piipnaring | manager of the Broadway branch FBI man, who, alter give val | Traffic inanes “ 1 the Pacific FBI man, who, after given a des p Hlately attached “to. the. Pacific | Mp | of the National City Bank of New ¢ 2 who, alter given a des-| the following right-of-wa Fleet, h arrived at the Key H Ada Moi wie i feds = Rilday. cription of the owner of the two pproved: ) : ria hah ork, who disappeare: Nees as G ont that he was | #PPEO West aval Station and will + 8 ~ me 24 \ cars, was confiden 7 ¥ a s Strwet fire ION hereafter be attached to it for : (Oe n a shortage of $833,000 was Robert Crow’, for whom a na- |. Francis ste . ee end exercises % |FBI men while drinking in a lo- 4OnWi ? Bertha street mn « ° The Chopper carries a crew of 2 ets of food will thus be awarded. i ducted. Avenns to Gaute 0 t snally Putts Golf about 80 officers and enlisted | 24 is ail there will be 24 such bask- feal bar. seen tym hated ¢gthe FBI Washngton headquas Pe health and vigor at the Key West) men. Baskets Of Food ued to the lucky winners. When he was take i apt , ters was contacted, and a contin ; Rall A 1 Naval Station where he is unde The store itself is a commodious | Where he was registered. the FBI] gent of FBI men, was hurried to den. <M a rount ~ To Be Given Away jone. It measures 51 feet by 101 | men found $54,000 in one of his) St. Augustine. They succeeded Gans Westmont. he Bigs bei and conte re than 6,- | SUitcases. Asked about the $700,-|in tracing Crowe to Daytona stl takes light % Res ¢ feet, and contains more than 5, : p ei Lawn The general daily takes ligh! | Fausto's Food Palace, the new] 999 square fect of the shopping | 000 negotiable bonds he bad sto-| Beach. Last night, the FBI men suovelady weually 36. the inthe re ril 12 Utra-modern, streamlined Super | space. Ten, he said that he had thrown, found a Chrysler parked in ‘ ro putting a golt ball around the p ayer Market Flaz Store at 522 Flem-' Jn the rear of the building is a! them into the Atlantic Ocean. He‘ downtown section, and its licen. ¥# Fakes Light Exercise lawn surrounding Quarters L, € id Aifost willsopen officially Re gadis A er oe x. {explained that the reason for his se plate was numbered the same During diacussion of the trat fivery Day: No which is his hume while in Key, The PC-1078, which is attyched Thursday beginning at 9a. m. | tains 6,554 square fect of parking | t#king the money and bonds was as the Chrysler that had stopy pide J "pie aned aa West >» Pensacola Naval Base, will ar A preview of the official spn and it conveniently located } Pecause he had serited ine at the garage in St. Augustine torney if liability te the city Definite Time OF Riemeh there hes been some! s,. here from Kingston, Jamai-|ing will be held tomorrow from (tp.the store treatment he received at the} All night long FBI men watet oy i Soe oe Se talk about having a conference ata Koni nd. will depart 15 to § Nothingiis tabeissid & Ee Gil hire wall be mimo -aittee | bank ed the car but its owner did not iste in the eas Set s ca, on April an I 5 to 9 p. m. Nothing is to be s n all there will be nin er xy ; Wes markings were absent, Departure of the chiefs of staff during Gen- 4, 13th ‘at the preview, but everyone who} ent departments, including , a! eae a tie: show up. Ci ee 4 ‘ Dwight Eisenhower, ¢r@l Eisenhower's visit here.\ carrying a group of Na- | attends will be served free icc!complete line of quality grocer : trues |, Neither did ynybody at nie ee ae cod ut the Chiefs of @othing had been done about, ya) reservists on a training | cream, sandwiches and Coca- Co-| ies, fresh meats, fresh fruits and tionthat Crowe was n Florida | to open and drive off in the 5. an | try ") & Armed Forces that as yet, it was learned to-' cruise. She puts into Key West | la | vegetables, dairy products. fraz-|Was received on Satur dy ght this_ morning > Lng y in 4 ya wing his old day take on supplie | Then the market is officially!en foods, baked goods and finc om the aoe ae ie oa FBI men were searching hotel : Pot Oe ee eeeeee——~ | Any move for such a confer-) — i i. opened Thursday morning and | delicatessen items. | Augusting. Crowe first visited the’ and rooming, n Daytona | hed ues: seeaes ence, it is said, would have to . running through Friday and Sat-| Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weekly, who) $a'age_in.a_new Pontiac, re" Beach for Crowe, when one of! would be Sone be initiated in Washington Then Air urday there will-be free pot hold-! operate the store, announced to- | nem Reed in, answering i. w et th . General Eisenhower would de- | SW MRMAINIDD conditioneaflj ers for ladies ani free balloons day that in the delicatessen de- prowels pemeen, cols a dt (Re on fe | clare whether or not he was well J — for their chile partment cooked foods, ready to oon. *ne FBI man cntered a mo ” (Conbiamais ti Pe PUBLIC enough to-attend such » mecting. THE BiG PUNCH Besides these, cach person at-|take home and cat, including ment later and arrested Crowe | _ ee : No definite time for the depar- the official opening baked ham, salads and roastea wars Be Waseerinic ie) ture of the genera? nas yet been Los s Friday and Saturday ;stuffed chicken and other tiems, He frankly admitt set, it was said today. It was canny *" Bi will get a free chance at 24 bas-! will be stocled : s Richard Crowe and said #9 presumed when he came here : MANCE ON THES! Kets of focd. valued at $10 each.! Weekly said that a new line for Dae Some of the money In & suis es ain hd over a week ago that the general. Coming: aoe SEAS Those attending must sign a card,' the store will be a full line of Si at oC Dney, ae t Jkebe eines i covered, “a ren Crowe said | cps WH. KOHN TASSOS F would remain about two weeks.} : without obligation to purcha: afoods, and thx meat depart Shen ae a BLE rOND: a1) STRUNK LUMBER YARD w indefinite, because so! Jack Carson, Dorin Da janything for the lucky drawings.’ (Continued On Page Six) a ‘own the bonds into th ‘That is now indefin i Paige Oxear L Atlant TELEPHONE 81% te Be Longer ~~ | = much depends upon the general! Every hour from 12 noon Sat- cee Hepes j thorued To | ‘AIR ay until 8 three bask- i pe arrangec rm jf wor Aw A regaining his health. | MONRCE Ganven! urday until p. m., three ba; federal district court in Tampa. | —— oe f j iia tidal, SEED 0NE 124 oD j HUDGINS & ALFONSO, = \l DEVIL ON WHEELS TICKET OFFICE é ue. KEY WEST / ° on } i corporated h T kl | with P: | ™ Th < LINE. 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