The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 5, 1949, Page 1

VOL. LXX. No. 107 (#) Wirephoto HOUSE SPEAKER SAM RAYBURN (left), Democrat of Texas, urged the House to accept the new Democratic compromise labor bill introduced by Rep, Hugo Sims, Jr. (right) of South Carolina. They are talking it over off the House floor as debate continues. Navy Op ns Bids. Soon Fo F or _Boca..Chica | Announcement B Comdr, A, C, Husband May 19 Bids Will Be Opened For Eleetric Line Fr To Field Bids will be opened by the Na- vy Department, Bureau of Yards and Docks, on May 19 for the construction of the electric pow- ef line from the city of Key West to Boea Chica Field. This announcement was made today by Commander A. C. Hus- band m Ci civil engineering corps, of the Navy, who is officer in charge of construction at the Key West Naval Base. with the 18th street substation CITY ELECTRIC NEEDS r Power a operated by: the City Electric sys- tem to Boca Chica Field by way of Roosevelt boulevard and Over- seas Highway. It was announced that after the power line is Completed, the Navy will discontinue its operation of the power plant at the field, but will keep the plant ready for em- ergency ‘operation. There is no announcement as to the rate to be-charged by the City Electric System\and as ta the amount of electricity to be) delivered at Boca Chica Field. While the City Electric System has announced that it, has ample reserves now to sell electricity to the Navy Department, the plant needs improvements or recon- ‘struction entirely. ‘A long report by engineers re- garding the rebuilding of the el- ectric plant is now being studied by the City Public Utility Board.! the local Florida State av It is expected to be some time|ment Service at 314 Simonton, The power line will connect |before the board reports on the| street, telephone 489. matter to the City Commission. FACILITIES, RAMSEY TELLS ROTARY CLUB Must Either Expand Diesel Plant Or Built | A New Steam Generating Unit Ernest Ramsey, a the City Utility Board, today at noon offered the Rotary Clb an explanation of the need for er facilities at the City Electric System | Ramsey said that, depending on the g h nad expansion of the City o ey West, the Utility Board had to settle upon eith} on new diesel engines at the old | SPECIAL 35e 35c 35c Any Size ROLL FILM Developed and Printed For Only 35c One (1) Day Service EVANS CAMERA STORE 509 SOUTHARD STREET Next to Bus Station (SUMMER RATES) — member of | {He also said that he electric plant or for construction jof a new steam plant involving jan expenditure of about $1,300,- 000. The expense involved in a new diesel engine at the old “plant | would be $400,000, Ramsey aid. ad every reason for feeling that the city would grow and expand. “The city is getting the best el- ectric it ever ”, said Ramsey een re- paid many times for the expense (Continued On Page Four) Palace Theater JIMMY WAKELY and CANNONBALL TAYLOR in “OUTLAW BRAND” \Best Paint Sold STRUNK LUMBER YARD | TELEPHONE 816 | |Reds Cut H ! \ | { | | a | Service Gets —| Asks Permit To 1 ij | + a \pamesssesee.e22.00e ‘ Off Area Of South Central China (ity ‘The Annoctated Prexa) SHANGHAI, May S2Ganie nist troops were reported today | to have cut across ‘south central | China, thus blocking ail roads:of | escape toward the south by the | Nationalists in Shanghai, The Nationalists have with-| drawn their forces’ from thej{ banks of the Yangtze south of the | city. Preparations to try to with-,) stand the Reds attack are being | made here day and night. It is! not expected the clashes will be- | come general for another. week. Employment SHANGHAI EVACUEES | | ps | i { Jobs For 102 While 102 applicants were placed in jobs through the Key} West Florida State Employment Service office in April, 213 were still seeking employment the first THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949 THESE WOMEN AND. CHILDREN are in a wagon fleeing to the open countryside from the streets of Shanghai—with Communist troops not far away. Their faces reflect varying degrees of anxiety to get out of the cit FLEE TO. COUNTRY IN ! (@), Wirephoto Y as rapidly as possible. of May. Jeff H. Knight, Jr., local office manager, said these ap- plicants are chiefly sales clerk, clerk typist, waitress, and la- borers. Only 16 of the 213 job appli- cants in Monroe county seeking work through the employment service were receiving unem- ployment compensation benefits HELD HERE i for the week ending April30. All; The Rev. William unemployment compensation ‘ claimants must register for jobs} F, Moses, Lakeland, Re-Elected Secretary... with the Employment Service of- ficer before receiving any. bene: fits, a “One gidtp éf Monroe county” unemployed are not eligible for At Convention | ~~ unemployment compensation be- The Rev. Willi F Mos cause their former position was eae ee aoe Lakeland, was today re-elected secretary at the 27th annual con- not in afirm of eight or more or was in one of the many types of firms now excluded by the Florida law, while others of a group are excluded because they did not earn the minimum $150 during the preceeding quarters,” Knight said. Compensation benefits are paid out to unemployed workers who are out of work through no fault of their own and are able and available for suitable employ- ment. Individuals out of work as a result of injury or illness are not eligible. Employment opportunities are rather limited in this area at the to a close tonight at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. p. m. today, with the election still incomplete, announced the following slate of officers had been named today: ; sistant secretary The Very Rev. Melville Johnson, Orlando, as registrar. A. Eugene Carpenter, Orlando, chancellor. E. present time. However, this is aj qo treasurer. natural trend after the winter] Members of the standing com- season, Knight said. Job orders, applications for jobs and unemployment compen- sation claims should be made at Employ- | Dredge Channel Off Matecumbe Herbert R. Roth, 761 NW 13th avenue, Miami, has applicd to the Army engineers in this dis- trict for a permit to dredge a channel and construct a break- water off his property at Palm Harbor, half a mile southeast of Matecumbe. The application specifies that the channel is to be 30 feet wide, three feet deep and extending 1,000 feet from the shore to the contour in Hawk Channel. No hearing will be held on the Commerce Group To Vote On One Man Who Will Represent Group The Key West Hotel taurant Association has ‘advised the Key West Chamber of Com merce that it has dissolved as such and will hereafter become a and Res merce. In making this announcement today, Edwin F. Trevor, presi dent of the Chamber, said that application. Anybody wishing t0/the move was urged by the object to the project may state|Chamber’s board of directors their objections in writing to the| some time ago, as it was felt engineers at their offices in| more can be accomplished if both Jacksonville. ‘organizations work together as a | unit, Trevor also announced that in order to select a person among BRADY’S ———-for-————_ CHOICE POULTRY | 1116 White Street Phone No. 5 HIS AS MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami Every Friday CHIROPODIST - FOOT i WILL OPERATE ON FEET at the La Concha Hotel for | 2 Days Only, Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7. NURSE IN ATTENDANCE, Call La Concha Hotel early for appoint- ment for either of these 2 days. TELEPHONE NO. 160. OFFICERS AT MEET ILt. Terry Detached From Duty At | Boca Chica Field | Sent To Tulane ! University For Schooling Under TODAY mittee were as follows: | The-Rey. Martin J. Bram, West .Pabw Beach,.-president. «<0 | Halstead W. Caldwell, Winter. Licutenant Geprge D. Terry, U. | Park, secretary. |” The Rev. G. I. Hillar, Miami. {S- Navy, 1329 South Street, was: | Dan B. Weller, Daytona Beach.’ today detached from Anti-Sub- | Elected to the executive board| e i were: {marine Development * Squadron fs Netyrogeam sl obstacle to the Allies continuing he added. Trygve Lie, general secretary of the United Lake Success, N. Y., that ending the blockade is toward peace.” BLOCKADE WILL BE ENDED ON MAY 12; SINCE JUNE 24, 1948, WHEN INSTITUTED, 27 AMERICAN AND 22 BRITISH LOSS OF 28 PLANES; BIG 4 MEETS MAY 23 (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 5.—"A major victory | Air Force” is the way Defense Secretary Louis Johnsen | ized today Russia's agresing to lift the blockade of 4 American flyers bave demonstrated to Russia that | ability and the United States hod th» planes: » | come what Russia had thought wou! “‘icve cosr AND the £ trrources 4) insurmountable their cccupation of western J blockade by the Western Powers on May 12. The Big Four will begin their conferences on May ing to Germany as a whole. ern zone, instituted the blockade lin. After Russia had disregarded “Great Britain and France against the July 2, began “Operations vittles.” operations three days later, and the airlift would be fraught lift increased the amount of not till three months later tonnage delivered in Berlin. continued to increase till today. Official comment here about Russia agreeing to end the ade is that she was not actuated by goodwill, with Gradually, almost 23 to i slretry | for several weeks difficulties Hi itl i The convention shortly after 1} ; James L. Duncan, the Rev. C. W. | Brickman, William E. Tylander, Oscar W. Gilbert, Arthur. Gib- ‘bons, T. Picton Wardlow, Dr. W. |P. Dismukes and A. R. Howard. vention of the Episcopal Diocese| ‘The Rev. J. Mitchell Taylor, | ONE (VX-1) at Boca Chica field. | of South Florida which will come ; the Rev. John H. Soper, the Rev. | He and Mrs. Terry and their sons Bruce, 41-2, and William, 3 1-2, will depart Key West May “110 and proceed to Ney Orleans tion, it is generally believed. is because of the success of the Mer | shall Plan and the certainty of the formal adoption of the North | Atlantic Alliance by the United States and 11 other nations. Morton O. Nace, Tampa, asvAs- | KEY WEST HOTELMEN, [RESTAURANTEURS NOW FORM CHAMBER GROUP division of the Chamber of Com DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF DR. HARRY H. YOUNC DR. M. A. ;were Lt. Terry will report on May 31 to Tulane University of Louisiana for schooling under a Navy program. Lt. Terry had been attached to} VX-1 since December 1947 and served as Project Officer, Assist- ant Tactical Development Offi- | Daytona! cer, and Air Force Liaison Offi- Je i The Rev. Tage Teisen, West ‘alm Beach, was elected to a one vear term on the executive board. For three terms the convention named the Rev. Richard I. Brown, Fort My the Rev. Gladstone, | Miami, the Rev. Sam- Cc. W. Fleming, Daytona Beach, Randall Chase, Sanford, jand Francis R. Mills, Beach. Lt. and Mrs. Terry were guests | ! of honor at a squadron party held { April 29 at Aero Club, Naval Air | the evening j palms Offic Station (Seapl When he sion as an ens jvy at London, in De- te erry had al | ready served 27 months of duty as a pilot in the Royal Air Force. | * | He served 13° months of ov ' fseas duty in the Hawaiian} ‘the hotel and restaurant opera-! Tslands in 1946-47 as a member tors to serve as Division chair-' of Patrol Bombing Squadon 115. ‘man, the Chamber members isos would vote for one of the hotel | jand restaurant operators ph Doubles | The person receiving the larg-! As Church Bell est number of votes will be ap- | 4 pointed as chairman of the hotel; _ BAYEUX, France — (P) — Be- and restaurant division to repre-| cause it is too poor to buy a new sent the inductry at board mect-| church bell, the village of Littry ings and act as general spokes-} oa» here has man for the group. “It is hoped the future of the} Staph with an hotel and restaurant business and | church tower. Peter's. Rome, (Continued On Page Four) -| villagers to Mass. Wanted! Wanted! Couple to Manage Small Hotel— Husband can be Employed Else-' | where ... Apartment Furnished | | Reply to BOX 708, CITY | Phonogt installed a phono- amplifier in the The of St. will now call the bells | The Key West Players Present 3 One-Act Plays ‘MY FRIEND CURLEY’ ki A DELIGHTFUL COMEDY and “THE VALIANT” A STIRRING DRAMA SOCIATE KLEIMAN SPECIALIST OF MIAMI Barn Theatre May 2nd Thru May 7, 8:30 P.M. | Tickets $1.50 Incl. Tax | At Key West Drug Co. Or At Door Western Powers Take No Chance If Russia Puts Blockade In Effect Again Airlift Planes And Personnel Kept Lutact; Germans Jubilant Over Reopening Traffic (Ry The Associated Press) * | needed again to take supplies to the Allied zones in Berlin News that the blockade will b ended on May 12, caused gre jubilization among mans both the Russian and All zones. Those in the Russian sor BERLIN, May 5.—It was dis-; io had suffered more from th closed here today that airlift! counter blockade than the G planes and their personnel will) mans in the Allied zones by t event that mind, and into effect be kept intact in the Russia changes her puts the blockade again The Western Powers, aware of the Kremlin’s acting in what it thinks is mysterious ways, are not taking any chance of being found unprepared should — planes be Will Be Improvements blockade, were jubilant possible than their fellow ¢ trymen across the Russian lin The Allies have a hefty bw ; log of supplies as compared wi! the amount of supplies im th | Russian zone, which is short ' many essential raw material ‘some foodstuffs. Made To Casa Marina Mrs. Florence Barnes, Owner Of Hotel, Came Here Yesterday This suramer the Casa Marina Hotel will be considerably proved, Mrs, Florence Barnes, owner of the hotel, said today Her statement confirmed the announcement of Leonard Hicks, general manager of the hotel, re garding the construction of sever- Second Best Bar-B-Q in the World— Drive Out to SPIDER’S al bath rooms, and gene provements. Mrs. Barnes ————— 7 TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS iwed in K ‘Threes |Come In and See the NEW 1949 | HUDSON, 6 & 8 Cyl.—the smart jot deste Maee fp hedy ond ite model engine at... | K. W. HUDSON CO. Simonton and Greene Streets Antonio Eatenos, Owner PHONE 1696 Also Mr. Alligood Likes to Show You the New Johnson Outhoard Motor