The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 23, 1949, Page 1

’ VOL. LXX > No. 97 MUSIC DEPT... GIFTS TO HIGH Institution Receives Much Needed New*= ; Piano, New Cyelorama And Public |'Ta'ks Held Address System With Amplifiers By MONA FIELDS ‘There was « completely @t the Key West High Schoo! lest night. And if you didn’t attend, just seeding about it should warm the hearts of all end wheats more make them very proud! Key Weet's High Schoo! youngiters have learned very early how t© work together and put their own shoulders to @et whet they went, end they heve incidentally learned the fun of @rving = weil—it means hard work. ‘The fhgh School badly needed f———— @ new piano, new stage curt NORFOLK, Va., ° April to the Seaboard Air Line Rail- { road. First of their type to serve the South, the sleeping cars embody the latest innovations in modern train equipment ‘and appoint- ments. They will be operated on ." New York-Florida str - thought that rather than present | tine’, ‘and the “Silver Comet” Ge ehool with » gift at the) New York-Atlanta-Birmingham we of their gradyation, they | so eamiiner. would work on « project that they toe could possibly enjoy as; Seniors They have worked hard ol year on two or three projects. Minstrel Show in NEARLY UP Roberts Reports That As Of March 31, | City Has $1,441,000 Albury and present demt Horace O'Bryant Cice patio surrounding the g sehool auditorium where thay | in Bonded Debt : have their shuffleboard courts 4 2 BY and hold their dances and said! For the "three. “ihonth period | i wes such consideration for the | ¢nding March 31, the city. has students thet made them willing | collected, revenue -amguatihg to te work hard for the school. | $100,284.03" of the budget esti-! In the fine program attending the presentation, Helen French!R. Roberts, finance — direetor-| sang two solos, “Dedication” and | comptroller, reported today. Because.” Eleanor Garcia play- ed « piano solo; Bonnie Dennis and Lelie gave interesting read-{ ings; and Major Dillon and four students presented a novel hard, ensemble | for under appropriations. for year, only $7,667.36 ‘had been ex- | pended in the three month period ending March 31. The city had a balance of $282,- Hetty Louise Roberts as Presi- 766,32 on March 31 this year,’as ‘city of Key West in order that he dent of the Junior Class .made|compared with.a° balance of her Clase’ presentation and | $284,898.14 January 1. Mesic Dep't. presentation was| totaled $157,510.21 and disburse- made by the President of the} mente totaling $159,642.03 were recorded | period. The - city has a total bonded debt of $1,441,000 ‘at the end of March, which consisted of $921,- 000 of Series A and B_ bonds out-’ standing, $445,000 of permanent Senior Class. BOAT LUMBER STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 616 DANCE Sponsored by American Legion Junior Baseball Team AMERICAN LEGION HOME Tonight, 9 O'Clock Music by John Pritchard and His Orchestra Admission . . . . 50c Person beds bsabbbsbabaa. sewer revenue certificates. Each year, according to Rob- lerts' report, the city must pay $27,630 for 3 per cent refunding bonds, $18,200 for 4.per cent re- funding bonds and. $1,950 for the 3 per cent sewer revenue certi- ficates. The total of interest pay- ments is $47,780. Plaace Theater GLENN FORD and EVELYN KEYES in “The Mating of Millie” ' » ment, he explained, has proceed- : 23.— ed too for to be stopped now be- Thirty-one new stainless’ steel cause of discussions with Russian sleeping cars will soon be added ; delegates about the blockade. THE 80U unpublicized but very special program Berlin Blockade CITY CASH BALANCE TO JAN.1 | mates*for the year’ 1949, “Charles : Naval Air station, | said today that the spirit of co-! Of the total of $54.800 budgeied . operation between the Navy and this. local merchants is exemplary. | Air Station said “I sent my pub- Receipts explaining to the young men of in the three mon'h ‘Parrishes Sell non-callable bonds and $65,000 of terday in the office of Circuit i t { _—— a ECON 12 SD i | | | | i Se tt) Klomine 6 | division will be able to answer S. iT L About Lifting (By The Associated Press) ter Schuman disclosed today that discussions. with the. Russians about lifting the blockade of western Germany began at Lake Success, N. Y., as long as three weeks ago. He said that the subject had | been discussed by the American { delegate, | Russian representatives. | Great Britain and France in or- Phillip, Jessup;; a Schuman added that the talks{ have in no way ittterferred: with} the activitiy of the United States, | ganizing a German government | in western Germany. That move- i In commenting on the organi. zation of the government in western Germany, Schuman sta- ted that German Socialists have found fault with some provisions intended to be included in the constitution. However, he added, concessions made by the three powers, have pleased the Social- | ists, who will likely give full suport to the formation of the Merchants Cooperative, Office Says The commanding officer at the Key West, \ Captain F. L. Busey, USN, is} commanding officer of the Naval lic information assistant to the might place a display of posters, (Continued On Page Five) j Waterfront Home A warranty deed filed late yes Court Clerk Earl Adams ‘records the sale of the waterfront home! of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Parrish of Marathon to Iva Storm Davis of Miami for the sum of $32,500. Parrish was the former county commissioner, who went out of the county scene in last fall’s el-j; ections. TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS MAXWELL’S FURNITURE SALE Extended for One More Week New Merchandise Coming In Daily From Our Miami Warehouse RAUL'S CLUB On the Boulevard: by Airport PHONE 9287 BIG DANCE TONIGHT 10:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M. MUSIC by The Debonairs 50c Door Admission KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATUR Paris, April 22—Foreign Minis- jtion of the*house -in . Patterson $10.00 DOOR PRIZE THERNMOST THE BRITISH CRUISER LON shell marks inflicted’ on ‘hull and superstructure by ‘Chinese Communist shore batteries on the Yangtze river. The fought @ running battle with the the British sloop Amethyst, grounded earlier in the week by Communist shélling. It was estimated that Red firing killed 15 men aboard the London and wounded 23. } Sy 8 0°9 < @y Wirephoto via mache ee ONDON docks at Shanghai ‘with | Slogan Of Kiwanis Group Cited By |COMMUNISTS SEIZE CHINESE TOWNS Speaker. + | sara a ss Of Kiwanis Helped Observe ‘Birthday “The right of free , enterprise ~ {and the fullest exercise of that '{right, is_the basis for America’s | Teadership' in the world of na- tions." { 8d. Belmont, Mosses, president of © | Kiwanis, International, dramati- Reds in her attempt to reach / cally called the attention to those - words of one of the Kiwanis slo- { gans, “It’s -Fun to Live in Amer- ; ica”, in an address: here at the | first ‘annual birthday banquet of i ni _,| Plane at Boca Chica Naval Air IST HOME UNIT 22222) a 3 2 Cencoha by City Police and State , a 2 Bo Highway Patrolmen. Use of Bo Foundation’ Work Nearly Complete, ‘ Sirugo Reports Work Series Monday On First Housing Unit Of Million Dollar Project For City Materials for the first 6f-100 or more new homes. that. will be built here ‘ata -cost of about $1,000,000. arrived in: the city to- day and work got under. way im mediately ‘by: the Sunshine Con. struction Company.™.).‘” Joseph Situge, head. of. the} construction.company,’ said ‘today that the, foundation work. ;was } nearly complete: and actual -erec- 1 y | avenue, between: Fifth and Sixth streets, will be in» full” “swing | Monday. The first building, which will! be ready in about 14 days, will serve as a model and will. be opened to the general public. Si- rugo invites inspection of — the | work as it progresses, beginning Monday, Edwin F. Trevor, president of the Key West Chamber of Com- | merce gave the new housing set- up a first class recommendation when he said yesterday that the | Chamber had investigated Flury and Crouch, Incorporated, West Palm Beach firm which turns out | pre-cut materials for the homes, | and found the company to be) rated AA in credit and perform- | ance. Yrevor was one of the many | civic and business leaders, head- | ed by Mayor A. Maitland Adams, who attended a luncheon at | South Beach Restaurant to hear plans for the $1,000,000 construc- tion program outlined by Sirugo, T. T. Flury and other members of the West Palm Beach compa- ny. | An office is to be set up here} within the next few days when nen from the sales and financing any questions housing plan. concerning the Wanted! Wanted! Couple to Manage Small Hotel— Husband can be Employed Else- where .;. . Apartment Furnished Reply to BOX 708, CITY | Come In and See the NEW 1949; HUDSON, 6 & 8 Cyl.—the smart- | est design lines in body and its | economical model engine at... K. W. HUDSON CO. | Simonton and Greene Streets Antonio Estenoz, Owner PHONE 1696 lt Likes to Show You” Outboard Motor MATERIALS ON occ HAND HERE FOR » ’ F Florida Negroes 4 | The Kiwanis International pre-| a V \NotInFavor (sda evga." Communist (By ‘The jthat American Negroes ‘would G | declared that he di dnot know. for heads of all civic organizations | in Key West, numbered 177. | Of these, 38 arrived by special ; chartéred National Airlines | town fell like clay pigeons before a mounting Red onslaught,” The ue portant city of Kiangyin, flanking Nanking te east, felt ble through the courtesy of Cap-; into Communist hands Friday, reports said. tain F. L. Busey, USN, command: | oe ing .officer of the’ field. ca: Chica Field.-was made. possi: Seale Seats gree ment officials who fail to carry it the ‘principles of democracy a RTIOKS by fathers of this Fall At Six Intensification of support and part a attention’ to school, home and Reds Expeeted To * church was urged by Mosser as! , = | leaders Vin a 4 the. surest method of firmly, es-; Continue Mareh To ptr pate ae the Rote ablishi tthe Am-! § ; ;He .warned of the rapid en- Kai-Shek Is Now | eve that the cote set croachment of government con- will meet with reuistence The trols and the burden of heav: (Sneclat to ‘The Citizen) | explained that onky a few Mattie taxes. Mosser’s address and NANKING, April 23—'The van- | alist troops are a Shanghel, o {that Chaing Kei Shek steppe | there only on hb. way te Ame Patt of Stuart C. Simpson, Fi entered Nanking, and Red lead-| From there he is expected te « da: disttict governor “of Kiwanis ff | were broadcast from the Rain- r ‘ers announced they would for- | @ Formosa. British authorities have aw the Conference for World. bow: Room of La Concha. held in Paris. The statemént:is-}.--Presiding over the meeting sued here pointed out . that the | was Président William V. Albury ed the 4,000 Britons in Shangh« American Negro is a loyal patriot, | of the local Kiwanis Club, who to leave the eit and cited his efficien¢y and)introduce@ Kiwanians from the p. m. today, basy in Shanghai bravery in the second World| Miami arga and several promi-' Time). Americans to leave, and War. - | net. local citizens. | ed them that the United Stet It also spoke about the He-calléd upon James Callo- has « sufficient number of gress made by American Negroes: way, first} president of Key West In port to evacuate all A in the city. Advanced comenuw: troops are 40 miles from Shang h MIAMI, Apr South Florida are ‘not-in aceo! with the statement made in Paris by. Paul Robeson, Negro. singer, not fight against Russia inthe event of war between that. caun- try and the United Sates. ‘The denial was ‘issued “by ee iam, Negro-leadér hére; who what group Robeson. . spoke’. bu that he didnot speak. for -Negioes in this area. 3 Robeson made his thtee days” ago at a .mée' guard of communist troops have mally take control of the city at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning (6 Eastern Standard Amer eee ha. Communist headquarters nounced over the radio that one million of their troops have pass ed over to the south bank of the since their liberation less than a; Kiwanis Club, to cut the birthday century ago, and pointed out as a| cake. James presented the piece “shining example” of their abil-|he eut to his wife. Pieces of the | yangtze River. _ Py er learned that the duty in the, cake were later served the guests. | ! | saboe reece Chef Russell Imler of La Con- j cha served the dinner, with tur- | from the city. Not even a token | key, the main course. ‘resistance was put up by them Among the guests from out of | At Shanghai, where Chaing Kai —s * ge t , town were Mr and Mrs. Homer | Shek arrived this morning, it was| horde for more than ® dap \ ce, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Van Ordel, | Stated by Nationalist military so MT GET YOUR AWARD _s#Frank Rooney, George Haas, Al- | at the FRIENDLY len Frisbee, Charles Costar and | Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Adkinson, ' Overseas Bar |Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schilling and 917 FLEMING STREET ‘ (Continued On Page Six) “WHERE GOOD FRIENDS MEET" | 2 COLUMBIA LAU NDRY Ee Announces the OPENING of A POINCIANA BRANCH OFFICE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, POINCIANA Monday, April 25 Complete Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service Is Offered With ROUGH DRY and DAMP WASH A Spocieliy ity and devotion to success of Dr. Ralph Bunche, a Negro, as a United Nations. co- ordinator, in settling the differ- ences between the State of Israel and Arab countries. 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