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VOL. LXX. No. 120 THE SOUTHERNMOST. NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1949 | ARMY ANDNAVY. PAY CITY FOR SEWER Cheeks For Total*— Of $11,107 Paid To City Vinal Settlement Of Army Bill; Navy Now Controls All Ex- Army Land, Buildings ® SERVI Russia Ready To Hold Talks To End Greek War (By ‘The Assvemsed press) LONDON, May 26. — The Tass News Agency, which is often used to express the Kremlin’s views, | | A total of $11,107.89 in checks , said today that Russia is prepar- were received today by City Fi-{ing to make a proposal to the nance Director-Comptroller Chas. | United States, Great Britain and . 0 Lewis Trying To « t 5 re. Get Coal Miners ‘pieha hear Batk In A.PiofL. im 0. GABF eTRE Anscotnted Pressey WASHINGTON, May 20. —It | ‘Wasireported today that John L. | Lewis, president of the United ;Coal Miners of Am is try-' ing to get his union back into the membership of the American Federation of Labor. H In December, 1947, Lewis sent ;@ penciled note to Willam Green, ‘ident of the A. F. of L., s ing that the mine union had “ affiliated” with the Green o ganization. Since then the coal- mining union has been operating independently. | AF, of L, leaders are trying to ! ' figure out what is Lewis’ object ' in trying to have his union re- stored to membership in the fed- eration. If his union is admitted, will he start a drive to try to THE PRESIDENTS FEAST ON_CAKE COE ot ahem nagrdsl ’ House Passes ray Seven Monroe County Bills Arrested By Treasury Miami; To Be A From Before r U.S. Commissioner Here Vive negroes were arrested here last aight om charges of poe iey and making marijuana products (By The Annoctatea Prepn? TALLAHASSEE, May 20. — afternoon, the men pleaded for @ The House of Representatives has commissioner gave them w tor sale. Arraiqned betore U. 8. Commissioner C. Rodney Guyne the chance to employ coumeni endo» it 2:30 to do se. passed the following bills, “intro- . duced by Representative Bernie Before Commi:sivacr vn C. Papy and relating to Monroe , Edward Lewis Terry, 62: Ev wor Roberts from the U. S: Army and | France that would put an end to the U. S. Navy for sewer services | the civil war in Greece. control the A. F. of L.? Questions of that nature have they identified themsives ae Armeld Terry, 97. tis som: Glee furnished Fort Taylor, U. S. Army Barracks and the Naval In- stallations here Neither France nor the United States government has commen- made the A. F. of L. leaders wary. | They did not say what action will be taken on the Lewis’ re- | PRESIDENT TRUMAN (left) and Brazil's President Eurico Gag- par Dutra eat birthday cake at Washington during the welconi- (®) Wirephotol county: HB 496, amending act relating to catching stone crabs. | ence Alce, 21; Thomas Milian, 41, an! Poonk Bebert. && They were arrested by U. S. Treaury agents trom Moar: ee» Per ted on the Tass report, but Brit- pt Sin iti rieenaliv:. (ve dey : ame’ a... a, faire ish government officials said that baba i pre agai eg ing ceremony for the chief executive from South America. It is rae aE pein Fe have been here making a quiet investigation jor several wee) of sewerage services furnished | Great Britain will not enter into a President Dutra's 64th birthday anniversary. He arrived im | record judge. Sn Che St Ge been sae t the Army while it controlled Fort ‘any agreement that does not rec-| R P. T cds Washington Wednesday from Key West, Florida, on a state visit. ° HB 1105, authorizing reregi: FREISTADT TALKS (that agents prretee! th oo Taylor and the Army Barracks in | ognize the full right of the Greek! ep. apy oday Erk RS ae ation of Monroe County vote: se! am Ss |iuana in buth amd cigaret White street. Now the U. S. Navy | government to continue in power. 7 H 1106, providing for appoint- FOR CONGRESSMEN Ht of the land and build- by the controls ings formerly Army The $3,332.42 eb occupied rk covered the It was said further that the eas- iest and quickest way to end the attacks by Greek rebels is for countries bordering Greece to Introduced | Five Measures ment of Stock Island Hospital trustees. HB 1107, relating to Overgeas Road and Toll Bridge District, j and grown im the tomes ens j the defendents = te ete | section of the ojty They fret bought the marijane “Nester period from July 1, 1942 to June | discontinue ‘supplying the guer- WY ll I Sk o} Bee, Kalli o HB 1108, relating to Flomida night and again last wight whee 20, 1947. Roberts has been try-| illas with arms. (By The Associates Pres: a n ‘ nan lal, in Keys Aqueduct Committion. the five were arrested. ing for several years to effect aj Goverment spokesmen con- TALLAHASSEE, May 20. — C3) te} HB 1111, relating to Overseas Ween: settioment of the claim. The bill] cluded that it is solidly behind Renreaentative Papy today in- . ° ° Road and Toll Bridge District. an im the was finally pproved by the|the present Greek government, | troduced HB 1173, requiring Key | f | tae offes Clans ision of the General} and that the British will not en-} West City Penal Ordinances to be our Inamen n r 1€ 1 A P SELES on Avewunting Office. at Washing-| ter into any agreement that will| published by title in Key West SREY os . Fastorini ton | weaken that government. newspaper. Ca Nationalist Troops Ls sl a T E d S . The U.S. Navy check was in , providing for election “ci i “des payment to the city for handling | sewer service check due from the of sity commissions, Score Temporary fyssecrelne: bonite Sreah icean | 0 En ervice bee : 3 ® gallons of sewage for| U.S. Navy for the period from 1175, validating lease of Joie ed bs a hee from July 1 to Decem-| April 1, 1942 to June 30, 1943. It!Key West property to Legion Successes; Some Reds © | who nave given a good account In Local P. 0. » 41, 1948. The check was for} amounts to $4,593. Roberts says | Post. Only 3 Miles Away | of themselves. at , $7,775.47, and was paid on the} it is in process of being settled at} \HB_ 1176, repealing act allow-! ; . In two of the four sectors, the Arthur Pastorini, after 42% we bass of 6 cents per 1,000 gallons} Washington and he expects to re- | ing Key West to abandon Stock] (By The Axnociated Press) | defenders are holding their own, ; years of service in the Key West we of sewage handled There is one other delinquent ceive a check for if within two months. NUMBER OP. DOCKETED TODAY IN CRIMINAL COURT regular morning session of | {Navy Here'Séeks~ Island Park. { HB 1177, eliminating authority of Key West civil service board to employ personnel director. OT Rent Controls At Tallahassee Commander Joseph Alexander, | SHANGHAI, May 20.—The first. according to a Nationalist com- . (munigue. The report said that afof this month. However, the re- shells from, communist guns to- day fell into Shanghai, and in city. The shells fell in an’ airfield in headed toward ; concession killing: column after column, while the the French four Chinamen. The battle for possession of the ing. city is raging in four sectors, al-|{ though all of them are on the column of Reds was beaten badly only temporary, a the Whangpoo: in ring of Red batteries is increas- Plane after plane, each loaded to capacity, is leaving the city for the Reds are} With the Post Office, will retire at the end tirement will not become formal aover- that long: peritod ception of the time he was in the United,States armed forces during the first*world war. He has set a record for. length of service in any capacity in the lo- cal post office. Besides his service in the post office, he has been the local sec- F in a frohtal attack before its sur- | till the end of Jupe; as he has 30 one quarter the attacking forces a oa turned and fled. | days annual leaveicoming'to’ im. * re, reported tobe. only. thrge) That sékback was regarded by paises pert heart of i gn biti ca observers as; (P) Wirephoto| were brought here free watching certain saaperted im connection with the @etri tion and sale of mariyusme «u rets. Finally, U. &. Treasury _ “ The agents, it is underst , i : AUSTRIAN-BORN Hans Frei- | «i USN, operations officer of Key i k of the Whangpoo with refugees. 5 weet rei- | dressed poorly and went a Rudolph Ayala, Local *— us Naval atikke, - weturned: Cp opposite bank of the aR EROS Red broadcasters predicted that pai ee ie United deed ae stadt (above), ‘Communist stu- | the back yards in the colored Naturopath, To Be Rafael Vancells and Caridad|Key West yesterday after ap-! Nationalist commanders an-! communists and Nationalists will] 95° yar for the last | dent at the University of North | tion until they sew the » , i Avalo, who are charged with|Peaving before the legislative] pounced that their troops that be fighting inside the city in the ee Bea RENE = Carolina, tells Senate-House | owing. It was nut long tet Tried Wednesday For | malicious injury growing out’ of} Committee at Tallahassee to tes-|have been fighting against the next two or three days. C ¢ d | Atomic Committee in Wash- joe a men gathering Ghee ‘ a dispute over a fence in Petronia|tify to new rent control meas- PRO eee ce ore a ee | CORRE uar' ington how he got an Atomic |! [ound them mwhong the Falsely Advertising street are scheduled to be heard. ie : aA one é : oe . bag Commission fellow. | "* Phi ae nae S . Wednesday morning the trial representative of the base A | F ship. His $1,600 fellowship for ; femmanintind onal Part of the cases to be tried | o¢ Rudolph ala jocal ~naturo-| Was sent there to testify that re- eetin omorrow t pp. les For 3 the study of physics becomes he fingerprinted ot the she beginning Monday in Criminal] path who is charged with false|™oval of rent controls would in- : effective July 1, 1949. | ees YS See —. Court were docketed today after | advertising, will be held. Judge|flict @ hardship on many of the| ose oorimng Buoys | they themscives were ts the Aquilino Lopez, Jr., of Circuit}: AMES “WHORE WENMAIE “Hie Islamorada : Py court was held, Judge Thomas S. Caro, B. Cleare, Jr lowing cases , scheduled the fol- after | consulting County Solicitor Allan | Court will preside at the Ayala hearing because Judge Caro agreed to recommend his removal to Governor Fuller Warren. Thursday morning the case of Navy is interested in. It was said at the Naval Base today that of the 1,951 Navy families living here only 645 of j them reside in Navy quarters or Interes ted In School Seventh Coast Guard District, with headquarters in Coconut Grove, has applied to Army en- gineers at Jacksonville for a per- mit to place three mooring buoys Receive Bids On Fire System May 31 ‘Blaze At Foot OFS —— « Monday morning the triat of Cecil Jenkins, charged with the|!0w-rent housing units through-1 G31 @. Plantation oo “yin Man-of-War Channel, an arm | , eee bids will be received monton Mt. Roy Williams, colored, of the|theft of a boat and with operating | Ut the city. ; : : Pieces { of the Gult of Mexico, near Key | bY the U. S. Naval Station at I1| U. & Navy. who is charged with the boat without the owner's Further, the remaining 1,306 Key Recommended; which is planned for antation | Wot, a. m. May 31, for the construction At it — grand larcency in the theft of a(consent is scheduled. renting from private _ owners, ui s , ithon One buoy will be 400 yards, | f fire escapes and installing fire | out in " . ‘i there are more than 1,500 ci- 123,000 School 1 the three school authori- another, 535 yards, anda third, |#larm.systems at the Naval Air | structure wrist watch from Thomas T.| There may be other cases ) q/ another, 525 yards, da Pie Childvey, colored, another sailor,| which will be docketed on Mon-| Vilian employs who might be af- re ties will inspect the site proposed G95 yards from Key West harbor | Station, Boca Chica Field back of William ¢ will eg Sree. gases, aay fected by removing rent con-| May Be Built There for the new school to supplant the omens Gane ‘Tiie work consists of constewcts Vane Tuesday morning the trial of! On their pleas of guilty today, trols. ‘ Gis Soro Ades andl Davcomet§ choo. and Ane s\ a No hearing will be held on the [ing 4 wood balcony along the rear ; street - !Judge Caro fined Richard D.| Navy representatives from} = (-nallina eh morady School. The site 1s 16! application, but objections may | °f two buildings, providing exit) Fivemen from Grane S75 aad coats or 60 Sage Jacksonville, Pensacola and oth-! Julio Cabanas, Jr. of the Mon yacres and is being offered the be made in’ writing ‘to the Corps doors from living spaces to the! worked fox For Sale! For Sale!! i, jail for reckless driving, Silvio| ¢* cities in Florida were also}roe County School ti ant School Board at a reasonable fig-| °F Army Engineers in. Jackson: | balcony and steel stairways from| out the lage. Pener w Wurli s DA 10450 and.costs for reck-; Called upon for testimony before} Horace O'Bryant, superintencen) ure. sa Ville: the balcony to the ground and| Simonton street caught ta urlitzer Spinet Piano eect ond W. M. Brown for|the legislative committee. of public instruction, are going tof As explained by O'Bryant, the ; = Raine eal cloacae L, MORENO efeheniee re rms it heey Islamorada tomorrow to see) State Department of | Education | quer | crated fire alarm system in each = » discharging firearms in the CiLY, | rewewyywv¥VYVYYYVYYYYVEVN) about a new school building experts who studied Monroe, of 17 buildin H Teo The Petsons of Pieno Tuning and Repairing | $250 and costs or 90 days. = School needs have said they USED CAR eae ate Sane ™ 907 TRUMAN AVE. TEL. $25-J Palace Theatre - (Continued On Page! Sia : _— |The TRADEWINDS CLUB m= E BY OWN mommmmmmmmmmn! 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HUDSON. 6 & 8 Cyl.—the smart- est design lines in body and its economical model engine at ,. . K. W. HUDSON CQ. Simonton and Greene Streetp Antqnio Estenoz, Owner Second Best 601 DUVAL STREET | ' Inc. j i Cts ty dt dh ote tn ttt tn tndndn dll | BRADY’S| 1949 Mercury 4-Door Sedan; fully equipped; driven only 985 miles: New Car Guaran- tee 1949. Mercury: Club Coupe; fully equipped 1947 Ford Super DeLuxe “8” $2.00 Chicken, Ham and All Fixin's Try Us! You Won't Be Sorry!! COCKTAIL LOUNGE Fine Fishing Tackle Thompson Enterprises tnx Hardware Division-Phone #6 the Hard-to-Find Parts TELEPHONE ¢ “one Of The ‘Terlua” ULTRY | converuale Coupe? excellent eee Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co.|] Barge Leaves Miami ff) | PHONE 1696 : ; CHOICE PO |] 1987 Ford Super DeLuxe .”8” 121 Duval Street Phone 442 the New Johnson Outboard Motor |{ Food Drinks | L116 White Street Phone No. 5; 4-Door Sedan: excellent con- k page for some (sd) Albert G. Roberts. Every Friday » of Key West—I welcome a good, clean fight. - Lam ready, and please turn to facts. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS | Saturday Night Elks and Their Guests Cordially Invited NO ADMISSION Thrills and Spills Tonight—7:30 o'Clock at BAYVIEW PARK PART OF PROCEEDS Se TO HIGH SCHOOL BAND } ‘ 8a aeeeereeererseaee Under Direction | of Don Briton || Open to the Public | 6 to 9:30 Each Night dition 1946 Ford Super DeLuxe “8” Tudor Sedan; clean 1938 Plymouth DeLuxe 4-Door Sedan; above average for a 1938 LINDSEY MOTOR CO. an examination to establish a should select from the registe: ~ ATTENTION CONCHS ! 404 Duval Street Phone 501 || new register. Why do you insist on temporary appointments when ie? A. G. Roberts, Taxpayer. | . ion,: q a 1942 Packard 7-Passeriger Lim- City Manager. we have many good. clean cut and time | Ww Fe | T i ot E Atel mines iT s HERE H SUN AND SAND CLUB Sina; “160 Series; 6-wheel; upstanding Conchs in this community eligible for Pole i vite i 4 oe fender well type Register. i wm =|] Charity Dances | Comedy Show of the Year| Dining Room 1941 Plymouth Special DeLuxe According to the charter, please explain to me and to th CONCHS—and I mean the good solid citi- Are Held Every Plenty of Excitement, Laughs, Se eath other Conchs who pay you, just whem yeu ase gsiag te ce