The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1949, Page 1

ae : <i VOL. LXX. No. 04 JOINT CHIEFS CONFERRING AT NAVAL STATION Meeting With Gen.| Eisenhower Here Chiefs Arrived At Boea Chica Field Yesterday; Driven At Once To *White House’ Presumably, the joint chiefs of ‘steff_af the United States Armed services were conferring today at! Key West Naval Station. with, General Dwight Eisenhower, who is acting as chairman of the| 1 | EVARTS, fener FHRE VICTIM ip. At all events the joint chiefs of staff arrived at Beca Chica Naval Newsraren aN tHE use KEY. WEST, FLORIDA FRIDAY, Air field at 6:10 p. m., yesterday the Little White House, and were driven immediately to the poe ty gelling gg prapneclaam atin Hoge at app lay mining town since August. One of his: predecessors, was ‘shot. tp, death, another quit after shots were fired into his automobile, two others, resigned. and another: was ‘sentenced to prisgn recent- ly. for killing a townsman. McLain is a 23-year-old veteran orld War Il. -ActingCity ‘Judge building oceupied by President Truman during his periodic vis- its, Mapa some ok Sreinaaciserenes wen td - a. ‘\ Louis Johnson, secretary of Na- be . - tional Defense, arrived on the ) Wirephoto seme airplane with General Omar N. Bradley, chief of staff “PR, HILARY CLEMENTS (of the Army: Admiral Louis E. ere), Th wee planning to Denfield, chief of the Navy and | General Hoyt S. Vandenberg See Der job os & muree—aed | chict of the Air Force. tet Monday night wes herfinet They were accompanied by tor of Gety at Bt Anthony's (their deputies and by Major Seeptte! & Eitingham. Mi, That | General Alfred M. Gruenther, di- | we whee fre destroyed the | rector of the joint staff. The party Seeetel end che was injured | was met by Captain C. C. Adell, tetelly after coving soversi pe. (USN, commander of the Key Geet Ghe died Tucsdey night West Naval Base and other of- @t> berms on these fourths of ficers of the local Navy ‘organi- zation Gov Ganp This morning there was a " Ps “ . marked stir atound the Little Social Securit White House. Cars came and ‘ ‘ went, messengérs made frequent . . ° appearances, While the White Marsha!l Plan Aid For Widows teu: was Surrounded by a guard) © jof U. S. Marines, ‘ And Children Ae Sa Not Passed chiefs of staff met General Eisen- . it been announced ¥; By Senate. Phe Recta Heures Ant Mier uae wunced As et py ms Sie impurtance of wed to = newspaper ; (Ry De Axsveiated press) ve teemiy. wives special -» Genora! isenhower in an in- | i % Hf : textoon te wamen with A one ferview granted the newsmen} WASHINGTON, April 8—Con- hee” ht Bie Louise Pen- seid that the chiefs of staff prob-; trary te predictions_on two occ ote «= epreeentotive in ably would be here for about 4} sions, the Marshall Plan bill; pro- hey West of the Miami Social days discussing various matters | viding for the expenditure of not wee rity office which he had talked about be-| than $5 billion $580 million, ‘See women callers.” Miss fore the recent illness in Wash- | Te an vo 3 has not yet been adopted by the The general looked well but|s Today another senator, said he tired very quickly and | is Myers, of Pennayivania; announced that he would not! predicts that the measure will overdo himself while in confer- | pass the senate before ' today’s ence with the chiefs of staff. meetin csited tc an eo, However, a bloc of senators as- | serted that the passage of the bill is not yet in sight. Other propos- iting for Thus far, s have de- | feated every movement designed | to reduce the amount set forth in Pennington ington. ‘hat benefits are pimid only to 6. veer old witows When o quali fed worker of any age dies and ore a widew who was living wimued on Page Four) GIRL'S EYE INJURED VINOCK’S SUCCESSOR “ARRIVES IN KEY WEST Meee Margaret Kerr Bae Tekew Teo Miami To Comat An Boe Speetabint Mee Mergeret Kerr 16 daugh af @. and Meo gem Commander Alexander, * ad 1960 Khieeteth ctrect sulftped an am be ae ; - ght eye this morn Former Commanding = 2>out May 1. Arriving in San itis tne chase Gun ¢ Francisco, the Vinocks will leave Gee Har West High Se Officer Of Destroyer, probably by boat for Guam. ee wee first taken to G Now In Island City Comma: Minge> Mewrertad Mienetel where it was (Continued On Page Sated the cornee im her eye Commander J M. Alexander, Pah ASIN bed been 4covetehed owas not USN, arrived at Key West Naval beeen whether the girl gerateh-) Base today and will become ad ae one was taken we Miami orice vat ouuie are ; fn of. USED CARS goat be Mer Gether On! ficor of the Basc Reeut April 18 Commancier Al- BARGAINS exenter will succeed ( nander Eli Vinock, USN. Ait tach- | 194] Buick, 4-Door ee Re sant wave Key Was.] Seder $695 geccevesececcccccceseces | 1941 Oldsmobile WANTED Club Coupe $600 Manager for Small Hotel || 1940 Buick. 4-Door. Man and Wife Sedan . $495 Phere Grade “A-A” Eggs APPLY BOX 708, CITY eeee'| 1938 LaSalle, 4- You Well Like Them © WHITE ST PHONE 5 Door Sedan $345 e 1949 FORD sal 1948 CHEVROL STATION WAGON Extra Clean . Low Mileage PRICED LOW MONROE MOTORS, Inc. LINDSEY MOTOR CO. | |] 404 Duval St. Tel. 501 | CL YVOR MALLORY } ame TELEPHONE Reece Leaves Mam: & J. D. Housley (left) administers the oath of office in the Ke Applies To Three Zones Occupied By American; British : \ And Frech Troops | (By The Ansocinted prenn). ; LONDON, April 8.—Military (iy The Asxveiated Prens) WASHINGTON, _ April liance’ have applied to the De lenenelar of State for funds or | material to put into stfect a res nanienyyppogran Dean Acheson; seh thny. ‘of state,’ said that the major factor in the’effectiveness of ‘the: pact is te-rearm-the member nations in. Europe, which really, wilt ‘be a first line of defense agai: sack | wight of the. European’ member nations of‘the North Atlantic AP |’ EIGHT. ATLANTIC PACT NATIONS — ae | APPLY TO THE UNITED STATES : | TO PROVIDE FOR ~ -REARMAMENT Many Congressmen Oppose Additional*-—— Taxation; Acheson Says That - Rearming Major Factor & H the | * W..O..L. 3k YEARS United States. in ‘the- event -war | - , breaks out in that area. Other government officials de- clared that” the - United -States, should, begin: to rearny the nations even beforé their entrance into the alliance -is ratified by, their), parliaments: Thé spokesmen re: soned ; that -the.quicker the .re- | armament; of the’ western’ sfations.| of Europe: is. brought. to. a. high’! standard the: greater will be the: curity against any nation that; is actuated by a spirit of-aggres- sion However, funds for the rearm- ament is sure to cause a determ- ir ition of additional | I . ined fight in congress against the , pos taxes. | Many members of congress favor | the plan announced two days ago | by Dr. arms in the United States to re- way. ‘DODGE Job Rated Trucks. ¢ Job—Last Longer... etter More Comfort ~WE Navarro Inc., 601 Duval St. | Jackson Day | at the Orange Court Hotel. Those AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Norse to use funds for | to! VE ‘a; Per, } | Photo CHARLES RUTLEDGE (above) is in the Chatham Field guard. | house at. Savannah, Ga., be- cause he claims -he has been absent without leave from: the army since 1918. He said he skipped from Norfolk, Va., Nov. 12, 1918, after serving about year in.the army during World wer L arm other nations signatory nee the pact Spe k 1 "te'is edtimated that it will:re- BASE aKers. quire from one and one-quarter.} billion to two billions to bring the | iF J “ | program in’ the eight nations that | or setterson- have applied for rearmament up | | to a satisfactory standard. J eckson Di Nations that have avplie? for ae nner ' rearmament by the United States 7 “1 2 wNS)— are Great Britain, France, Belgi- QRBANDO, April §.. (FNS) ‘um, the Netherlands, Luxeim- } Top-notch speakers from the bourgh, Italy, Denmark and Nor- ranks gf the Democratic party, India Edwards, executive director of the wo-! man’s division of the . National Democratic Committee, and Flor- ida’s senior senator, Claude Pep- will be in Orlando April 9,; | for the gala statewide Jefferson- | Dinner to be held’ including Mrs. in eharge of arrangements hee {dict that the affair will bring largest gathering’ of party rae i \ ever held in central Florida. i | eeeccce Palace Thegter HOOSIER HOT SHOTS: and GLORIA HENR “ARKANSAS SWING” , Window Screens STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE. 816 Ithe military authority. j al i tion and prompt {does not have the | But the life of the | 121 Duval Street ‘sections of Germany will’ ty Solicitor Allan B, Cleare, Jr. strengthen the civil as well as” Unified civil authority will do! away wth any chances of dis-' similarity in the action in west- | ern Germany of the three-oc- , cupational forces. Instead of three different poli- ¢ies-that now prevail: in, some’ matters among the 40 thillion! yGermans in the es, all of! ‘them will be under ome authority. ; i : ICancer pel : Dr. Allen Shepard says that, while it is true that one in every | six-people in Monroe County is} estined to be stricken by cancer, | ‘ording to medical averages, it} does not mean it will kill one inj every six. He added: i “In fact, out of every four per- sons cancer strikes, early detec- medical treat- ment is saving the life of one./ Two die because the disease is} ‘inaccessible to treatment or a| type for which medical science | cure, as yet.| fourth is lost! s why the American, , Cancer Society needs your help | ‘and your dollar, for it is not a fight for the life of Somebody, | but it is your life and mine. And} addressed simply Key West, Fla., or mail or ‘it into the cance , at 532 Duval str bring headquarters {along the some are being exported to the detriment of the *Pleads Guilty Before Judge r. S. Care Today To Breaking And David Matthew Lathers. who was shot while burghertalmy © ee taurant and who escaped from a hospital end was later feenphered ‘was today sentenced to serve five years in the sate peRINEIONy Lathers pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking amt entering the Céamopolitan Restaurant with intent to commit grand tareemy be fore Judge Thomas S. Caro of Criminal Court, -Lathers made a lengthy plea t0?—_ nee the ‘court as to why he should not! be sentenced to serve a tong term | PME A in prison and asked for merey Lathers from Judge Caro. Se. Judge Caro listened to the plea’! said he governors in Germany, represent» | of Mrs. Arnon Boyer, one of the! | Jacksonville ding the United States, France} owners.of the restaurant, which ' record in North an [apa Sreat Hertel eat agreed is at 528 Fleming street, for leni- {Una and that when they heed ; to set, up a single ied zone in 0% his story he could Germany, instead of continuing Ber ogg = yerhiones “Then t chime oe wader She Dreert arrangement! “We have recovered the money | bane said. “I went ol two ther Civil authority for all of weést-| Stolen from the restaurant and -do| {OF =a Teeitered wb heart jern Germany willbe under one + Ot wish to prosecute Lathers too and | grew weary of teyeme te unit. The governors maintain ;strongly”, said Mrs. Boyer. sleep about midnight f got ap ond that acting in unison in their | As filed against him by Coun-| went downtown Lathers was charged that at 1:30/ a: m., March 29 he entered the ' Cosmopolitan Restaurant, and while armed with a pistol, stole money to the value in excess of! , $50. Deputy Sheriff Albert (Willie) Gwynn testified that early Mar.| if 29 he was passing the restaurant | and noticed a screen had been cut. He investigated and entered the restaurant and told Boyer, | who had been gegen, by a noise, his screen. was Just then, he Said, he heard a the year of the restau- Se ea rot front yo waeaeee around to the front of the building, Gwynn said he heard a-erash of the front door being broken and then saw Lathers. “He had a bag of money in one hand and a gun in the other,” Gwynn said. “I ordered him to drop the weapon and when he did not I shot him. The bullet went thru his right leg, through his stomach and came out, of his car did about $100 damage = & left leg. ; county property on Sek ivhend “While lying on the ground he | An insurance company paid fer dropped the gun. Boyer and I! the damage = & oy Judge Caro said | Was to sentence . Whose places criticize | go straight if you want te | a= sentencing you to five fears «& the penitentiary. If you behow ; yourself Probably in tee yeere | you wiil become eligitte for » pe role—if you have @ good record in the ry.” Judge he sentenced Charles V. Huntley, whe pleeded guilty to reckless driving change to pav a fine of $85 Phunties 'Goveinnient Buying ynthetic Sponge To Detriment Of Natural Sponge In Florida Representative Peterson¥— » the fight is yours and mine. | ; ging 8 ! “So don’t delay with your con- Says That Real Trouble [tural sponges ant to bert ’ tribution. The dollar you con-| 3 thetic variet ‘tribute this year may mean help To Sponge Industry | Representative Peterson some stranger in his or her battle} . je ee | en nferring with t t against cancer, but next year, or} Is Synthetic Variety Tariff Commission relative ¢ ithe next, some stranger's COM-! (ueym w 1s gundens increase in the tariff oy tribution may be the means of; me ; from the Mediterrean aeee Tie helping you or someone close to! WASHIN April 8.; commission made en Geert }you in their fight to live. Drop|——Government agencies are pur-!tion and submitted « pepert ¢ your contribution in the il,| chasing synthetic sponges and | the House Way ve om mittee. He said he had net rooeiwe it wasi report on his request te the ponge industry Florida coast, t a" j learned today | Bureau of Standards for © The benefit dance to raise} First District Representative | durability of syntmetic seen: money in the cancer fight is be-| James H. Peterson said the real! (Continued On Page Fours ing sponsored by the Jaysee’s. j trouble With the Florida sponge It will be held Saturday night in La Concha Hotel, with a floor show from Miami Fine Fishing Tackle Thompson Enterprises, Inc. Hardware Division—Phone 886 | RTT TIGERS GROWL But the GEARS In Your Car Should Be Quiet See Your Favorite Mechanic WE HAVE THE NEW PARTS Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. | Phone 442 | | thetic ; been buying Eee agen ncies renee t Division Phcne 9134 industry is the advent of the syn-} sponge. He said he had been investigating end had found Department had} ynthetic sponges 4 been urging all | to buy na POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION | He said he K_OUL Deale: Grease, Spray o: Change Your Oi) ‘LET US DRUM BAR 925 Truman Ave. Phone S99 BEER THE Miller's High Lite SPIDER < igh ~ eBchivts Is Fixing Regal ePabst Blue Ribbon K Ti His Web Blais ow" Champa ~< ~ i] “Coldest Beer In Towa” ’