The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1949, Page 1

VOL. LXX. No. 98 BRITISH SAILORS (®) Wirephoto via Radio from Shanghai AMERICAN SAILORS, marines tention as 25 seamen, killed by Chinese Communist artillery a’ tecks on Britih warships in the full military honors in Hungjao cemetery in Shanghai. tenquier burial plet is banked with floral offerings. The dead sailors were from the British destroyer “Consort.” Churchill To Demand Full ‘ Explanation Of Attack By Reds On British Warships Prime Minister Atlee Promises Full Details When Parliament ape ed OD dor slp nobetiylen - LONDON, April 26.—Winston @hurehill, leader of the Conser- party, declared today that, when parliament convenes tomorrow, be would demand a full explanation of the commun- tet attacks on British naval units in the Yangtze River, Prime Minister Clement Att- lee replied that the explanation would be forthcoming. He indi- cated that the ‘admiralty has ‘ed more British warships to the Hong Kong area, and that they may include two airplane carriers The British public how hotly it resented the attack on the Amethyst and other British warships in the Yangtze, when furious crowds tried to cateh a British communist who hed condoned the assault by the Red batteries on British ships. Poliee, in order to keep him from faling into the clutches of the owd, spirited him out of a basement window in a jail and traneférved hm to some other un- named prison Plumbers Exams | To Be May 20 Examinations the issuance a journeyman and master plumber permits will be held at City Hall May 20, it was announ- eed today by Roy Butler, Direc- of the City's, Department of Public Service Previously, it was erroneously announced that the examinations would be held this Friday plumb-dis- hwit oe a LT GET YOUR AWARD #1 the FRIENDLY Overseas Bar 017 FLEMING STREET M, F. S. MAXWELL'S Furniture Sale STILL GOING ON! vative showed fou tos ~ MIAML- KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami svery Friday | KEY WEST, *LORIDA, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1949° Siuce Soviet Blockade Began; Morale On Higher Plane { (By ‘The Assvetsted Press) | BERLIN, April 25—Spol:esmen , for the American military gover- { H jnor’s office annonce? today.| that, 4fter conducting a thorough | investigation, it was found that! the German people, numbering two and one-quarter -million, in the western zone of Berlin are | far better off today than ey were when the Soviets began thir blockade of western‘ Berlin in June of last year. | } Germans generally have gain- | jed-in weight and their physical condition is better. The rate of | sickness from various diseases is lower than it was at any time during the war. It stands even be- : low the average for 193i accord: | ing to Berlin vital statistics for | that year. Because they have more food4 j now than they had since 1939, the i morale of the Germans in the western zone is on a far higher plane. but Germans that have { escaped from the eastern zone, | under Soviet occupation, report | that there is much dissatiisfaction | among the Germans in that area To Observe Americanism Day Wednesday | Next Wednesday. has been des- ignated as “Americanism Day” throughoyt' the nation. Under the sponsorship of the national head- quarters of ‘the Ladies auxiliaty of Veterans of Foreign Wars, ad- dresses on Americanism will be made in each community. { Although April 27 is Ameri- and British sailors stand @t at- Yangtze river, are buried with Rec- City Directory Now Nearing Completion. - Publishers of. the, Key West City Directory. advi The Citizen today that canvassing is river barrier. Chinese Communis caneaaiake Troops Apparently Heading By-Passing Shanghai, SWerly To Reds’ Object Is To i (#) Wivephoto Map THIS MAP DETAILS succession of Communist victories that have carried the Chinese Red armies from Manchuria to Nanking in six months. Nanking, capi al ef Nationalist China, was aban- doned by the government as the assault breache dthe Yangtze Shaded areas show territory controlled by the with arrows locating main drives on Na- tionalists’ Yangtze defenses. Soviet Russian territory and areas in control of the U.S.S.R. are in black. ward ‘Han *- echow fl County Offices Close Tuesday All county offices. will bs closed tomorrow because of the observance of Confeder- ate Memorial Day, it was an- nounced by Circuit Court Clerk Earl Adams today. Only the office of Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer will be | Open, 4 VA LAALA AEE roach ata lwthtaethoal |Homing Pigeons | \To Try Flight | Cuba ToS. Florida homing pigeons will make another attempt to conquer the 112-mile. stretch of open wa- ter between Cuba and the. Uni- ted States—a test 15 other racing | birds failed to accomplish last | year. | The’ Plant City-Lakeland (Flo- | rida) Racing Pigeon Club plans to { (ee 26 pigeons frum Miami to! Havana by Pan -:merican World 1 Airways Clipper ‘April 30. |. They will be réleased upon ar- | ,tival at Rancho Boyeros Airport for the 350-mile flight back to their -home loft. The club had 16 entries in the i last May. None of them ever “Mp six weeks later | ! ‘ {in New Jersey, exhausted and | covered with oil, The only expla- | nation for its being so far off} route was that it probably hitch- | hiked a ride on a steamer. | — May Charge Sezeral Residents With Failure To Pay Bills Presented By City’s Public Service City officials were considering with failure to pay the trash and bringing them into Municipal The city has already cut off service, and may charge the residents ‘not the charges for this service, but with Unger. Section 10 Shilo. the ity, at sauve lows: : “For the protection of the heal-| . th of the citizens and the sanita- tion ofthe city, each and every residence, place of business, apartment house, unit or dwelling ; with the city limits of the City]! testing this or i of Key West shall be subject to the service heretofore mentioned (trash and garbage collection) and to procure the same. shall pay the rate as provided in this ordinance. “Failure to pay .the fee here- tofore provided shali be prima fa- cie evidence of the violation of this ordinance.” City Attorney Ignatius Lester was today instructed by City Manager Ralph D. Spalding to draw the court summons against several residents, | The summonses .were to be} signed by Roy F. Butler, director of the Public Service ’ Depart-| ment of the city. { “Under the terms of’ the ordi-' GIRL. KILLED | | tomatically thrown today charging severwi ks ——heae Sie Court, the trash and collection only with failure to pay tad ; of Orcinenene—— “9 T take itv ench oecupant ¢> co rtinent or a Dus inoss, ee st tke end imiast Pay for the trash omt gorbege collection’. seid a city affichet te day. “At all events. Tam in faver a tt : courts. If we can't dents of the city to pay service, then let us pass ure that will make. such nanee binding.” It was announced at last week that the to collect the ; against residents and garbage collection. dents of many notifted the city tion against them if pay for trash and tion. “Many residents of this have failed to pay for trash and garbage the expense of the u t le Bg. i 2 z tl | 72 Hn 4 3 . t 2 z nt te dents”, said the statement } ‘ ’ “ON OVERSEAS — ROAD nearing completion and the. direc- tory will be issued shortly. In many instances where can- vassers found no one at home, canism Day the entire week will be considered American Week. Due to this fact, Key West high school held its assembly yester- special visits will be made to these addressés on the weekend and at night. % The canvassers and the adver- tising solicitors have been in- structed by.the publisher to ex- plain the various uses of a city directory ‘to advertisers and householders. There are many people who ean be: reached . by telephone through the city direc- tory, and it should be used in conjunction with the telephone book, Citizens are listed not only (Continued On Page Three) Harry Lowe, 66, day morning with a program of musical entertainment. As an added attraction, Chap- lain William Rennie of the U./ S. Naval Station spoke on Amer- | icanism. He stressed the advan- [tage of a full and complete ed- | ucation. Addresses wil be made on the 27th at the Poinciana elementary school, the Harris school, and at the Convent of Mary Immacu-| late. Chaplain O. E. Sporrer is to! be guest speaker at the convent, and will be introduced by the president- elect of the local La- dies Auxiliary to V. F. W. Post 3911, Key West, Mrs. Edna Ar- thur. | On Thursday, April 28, there will be guest speakers at the Di- Died Yesterday 3 vision Street school and Doug- Harry Lowe, 66, died Sunday |jass high school. Mrs. Ida Smith after an extended illness. Mr.|o¢ 92-2 Poinciana Place will in- Lowe resided at 317 Margaret st. liroduce the speaker at the Poin- Funeral services are to be held | giana school and Mrs. Judy! this afternoon ‘at 5:00 o'clock in| Foulds, the speaker at the Harris the chapel of Pritchard Funeral] <p oo). | Home. Mrs. Vera Wood, chairman of| Services will be conducted by} this project, will introduce the the brethren of the Grace and} guest speakers at the Divison St Bt pe he pinneliy the school and at the Douglass high Survivors are: One sister, Mrs | “°°” Mary Knowles; three brothers, Joe and Victor Lowe of Key West, and Paul Lowe of Miami, and a number of neices and ne- phews. RATERS, POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Division Phcne 9134 Your PURE OIL Denter LET US Grease, Spray or Change Your Qil NOTICE Annual Election for Officers of Key West High School P.T.A, will be held at High School Auditorium on - Tuesday. April 26, at 8:00 P.M. a ii AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Try To Hem-In 300,000 Nationalists Stationed At Hangchow (By The Associated Preset SHANGHAI, April 25.—Shang- hai’s five million population has been waiting anxiously for the arrival of spearheads of com-| munist troops ever since yester- day, but thus iar none of them! has been seen from the outposts} of this city. A report reached here early this afternoon that the Red fore evidently intended to by-pass Shanghai. They were headed to- ward Hangehow, where it was} said 300,000 Nationalist troops are stationed. It was explained that the Red .commanders are! more concerned in capturing or! wiping out the Nationalist army j; than they are in capturing cities, | and for that reason they swerved | from Shanghai toward Hang-| chow. i Latest information places the (Continued On Page Four) Commercial Credit Head Gets Award G. J. Stricker, manager of Commerical Credit’s office, 507 Grene street, has been awarded a certificate of graduation for the corporation's training school in | Baltimore. The training classes include thorough instruction in all types Ss financing, including pro- sold to consumers such as automobiles, major home appli- ances and property improve- ments as well as the financing of machinery and equipment in the automotive and commerical _ re- frigeration fields. Mr. Stricker who lives at 1920 Flagler avenue, servea in the U.| S. Navy during the war for more than three years. THE COLUMBIA LAUNDRY Announces the OPENING of A POINCIANA BRANCH OFFICE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, POINCIANA TODAY Complete Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service Is Offered With ROUGH DRY and DAMP WASH A Specialty 25% As An introd DISCOUNT ON CASH and CARRY uctory Offer For the Period April 25th thru May 4th Homing pigeons dislike to fly | over water. This year’s entries | however, have been trained by i three races from Key West to Lakeland and Plant City—aj Wins Radio Se ‘ course that includes simabie, WANS Kado Set stretches of overseas navigation. bs The Florida speedsters—old Sunday Night hands at racing—have flown | be) home from Key West in five! hours and 40 minutes an.average | speed of 45 miles an hour. Earl Yates, 1205 Von Phister street, said today that his family | had been awarded a console radio ‘set, for correctly answering the title of a song that was being Boy Sentenced |To Marianna {eee tu Fai om mies i |. He said the jackpot called for Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer start- $24,500, but he was unable to an ,ed for Marianna , today taking swer the other half of the ques- with him a 16-year-old boy who tfon, so. ‘did not win any of the | Was found guilty by Juvenile money. His daughter, Miss Ann Judge Frank O. Roberts of break- Yates, was at the telephone when ing windows in the Poinciana the calf eame. ; district. | “I don’t know how the | Judge Roberts sentenced the program got our telephone | boy to serve two years at Marian- ber, but we received the jna radio num call,” the same boy had been sentenc jed to serve a term at Marianna! previously. | |_ “I can only sentence them to Miranna until they are 18", said [Vf ; Brok | Judge Roberts today. sone elers roken |there would have been a heavier ; Sentence for this boy.” 40 Or 50 Parking Police were today logking for ! the culprits who ke between 40 and 50 glasses in the parking | meters during the last week, | Chief Joseph Kemp announced | There were only about four or | five of the meters that were af- | feeted mechanically, but in all } the others the glasses were brok en. i | tae : LS Plaace Theater GLENN FORD and EVELYN KEYES in “The Mating of Millie” ; | Wanted! CEMENT | Couple to Manage Small Hotel— | Husband can be Employed Else- ; STRUNK LUMBER YARD! where . . . Apartment Furnished | Reply to BOX 708, CITY Wanted! TELEPHONE 816 | SUMMER IS COMING Have Your Car Overhauled |When Garagemen Are Not 3 | Snowed Under With El Prado Will Serve : : *HOT BOLLOS | Tourist Business *CUBAN SANDWICHES | WE HAVE THE PARTS *MOLLETES eICE CREAM | Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. || (Kitchen Will Be Closed 121 Duyal Street Phone 442 Temporarily) Under New Management EL PRADO RESTAURANT EFFECTIVE APRIL 27 Ullman, w The judge said today that’ said Yates today it } of faulty driving dail, | SUNDAY - Year - Old Child Run Over By Auto Pamela Ulhman, Who Lived In Washington, Victim Of ludian Key Accident A five-year-old child, run ove Pamela and kilbed in Over lighway ot Indien Key Sund: secording to the State Highway Patrol La Grande Leg Landre of tb Oo afternoon, ami, driver rested by Si Highway Pat man C. C. Reynolds but heter free without bond when am iy ion revealed .\o not guilty According child was on ¢ way and Mrs whom the litt visiting, was on the other side Mrs. Weber called to her not te run across the highway Suddenly the child dm cross the road toward M Web er. Landre car at that point automobile to Weber and ran She instantly Pameia’s parent Washington, D. C and an inquest has been 10 a. m. Thursday by Co R. Lowe of Tavernier. f will appear also at the w came alom jress swerved b avoid hittin over the died wh were = BRADY'S Florida Grade “A-A” Eggs You Will Like Them 1116 WHITE ST. PHONE § Body Work ... Mechanical Repairs or New Paint Job CALL 600 For Appointment . . . No Delay ... All Work Done by Qualified Trained Preonnel NAVARRO, Inc. 601 DUVAL STREET ee eosee