The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 30, 1949, Page 1

LXX. No. 128 vou. CONVICTED r 3 (#) Wirephoto by « Cedar Rapids, for the slaying of . Oo Chiang Kai-Shek? (fy The Assvetated Press) SHANGHAL May 30.—Where ® the ontime Generaiissimo Chiang Koi Shek ‘That was the most interesting question askeu here today in communit held Shanghai. Tt was stated that he had re- mained in this city until com- m@unist guns were heard along the Whangpoo River. Some say he then Bearded a Chinese war- ship, and others that he left in @ plane. It was surmised further thet either he was in Amoy or in Formosa. Sonaret inion was, he was in plage, beewuse he believes he is safer there from coramunist attack than he would be in Amoy. Another story was that he had said he would go to Formosa to weit till the United States and Russia go to war, and then he felt that the United States would choose him to command its forces in the Far East. o a . Legislature In . . Florida Begins ye Final Week 8 Anmuorate TA ASSEE, M ure today turned into the estretch, with Friday set as endl of the session. Legislators greatest concern is te come to an agreement on bills that will provide the state with an additional $52 to $56 million} for operation and maintenance during the next two years. Where the additional money is coming from is the problem that faces the legislature. Many like- ly sources are being considered, even to the imposition of another cont tax on each package of cig- arettes Lobbyists are in full force in the legislature, about evenly divi- 1 in the house and the senate. Whetever action the legislature may decide on it is sure to. run inte opposition by lobbyists, who represent a score of interests. : Finds New Babies ST PETERSBURG, Fla.—When the le “ herelitter of ten pups wee given away by her owner, a Beottic dog was very forlorn. Net for long, however because the Se adopted three new- boot Where she found then y rite eCoOn » mystel FRUIT JUICES: Orange .. - + Fruit Punches ‘e-GAL. 70c Phone 5 SENN SN RS KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY;MAY 30, 1949 SAILOR HANGS HERE’ SUNDAY Inquest Adjourned*—— Until Coming Wednesduy Man Had Been Member Of United States Navy For 11 Years Inquest into the death of Gun- ner’s ' Mate’ Delbert R. Nielsen, } 29, who is supposed to have com- 'mitted suicide. in -the Monroe ;County Jail early Sunday was , adjourned to 4 p.m. Wednesday jby. Peace Justice Ira Albury: Nielsen's body was ‘found by Jailor, Malcolm Roberts at 6:45 a. m., a little more than:12 hours after Nielsen had been arrested for’ driving while intoxicated. Prisoners in the ji adjoining | cell occupied by Nielsen said \they heard no unusual. noise from 10 p.m. until 1 aan, Satur-} day night, when Nielsen looped a piece of his bed sheet. around his ‘throat and then hanged himself twith his own belt strung from the door of the cell. Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer said Nielsen was rathera tall man,'ed Nielsen’s body and then ad- and that he had to double his, journed until. Wednesday. legs up under himself to keep! - It was learned from the U. S. Holiday Toll Of Deaths Total 129 Thus Far {By ‘the Ansocinied wrens) WASHINGTON, May 30.— The death toll thus far re- ported in the week-end and Memorial Day accidents total, 129, with some states not yet reported. F Drownings figured next to highway accidents in fatali- ties. Off Green Isle, in the Mississippi, five persons, three boys and two adults, lost their lives today when. their boat capsized. An outboard motor was attached to the boat, and the motor had been running a few minutes when water began to sweep into the boat. The occupants be- came excited. and, in moving about, turned the boat over. Florida seven ac- cidental deaths, three of them from .drownings. from touching the floor. It is be- Navy that Nielsen, who was serv- |nets, which is the third and most |. ~-— lieved that Nielsen deliberately ing temporarily with the Fleet set about to take his own life. ‘Sonar School, came from Salt A coroner's jury was summon- , Lake City, Utah. He had been in ed by Peace Ju: e Albury. The|the Navy nearly 11 years, had a jurors, who are George Schrieber,| good war record and had earned S. Francis Barry, Charles E.]several decorations. He is sur- Curry, W. H. Roberts, John W.| vived by his wife, Isabella Sylvia Nelson and Frank Velasco, view- | Niclsen, who lives here. | TREE PLANTING ON OULEVARD STOPPED’ Oleander Planting — ‘CAB Recommends | Nat. Airlines For Two Cities Is Discontinued Temporarily; Work To Be Resumed Later Henry Higgs, chairman of the! Junior Chamber of Commerce; beautification committee today stated that the planting of olean- (Speciat ca The ei der trees on the boulevard by the; _ MIAMI, May 30.—National Air- Jaycees will be discontinued tem-, lines was informed today that porarily until work to be done! the Civil Aeronautics Board Ex- a fon eres by. 8 vice, gute aminer had recommended Na- be i eee > | tional as the company best fitted This procedure was decided , to provide service for the Florida upon in order to cooperate with | cities of Ocala and Gainesville. \"Saeeeeee ea. the company that will do the | work, since many of the trees al- lready planted by the club will; !have to be transplanted in order | that the ‘vork can be done. Upon completion of the work, Higgs continued, the Jaycees will) order the balance of the Olean- ders necessary to complete the beautification project, and plant! them along the boulevard. One hundred plants have al- ready been set out by the club, of which four have died. Car Wheel Kills Girl | CAMDEN, N. J.—Little Joanne | Iannaco died of injuries received when she was hit by the wheel of an automobile, which raced 350 yards downhill and into the Tannaco yard where the little | girl was playing. \Ressuliabn Cets Electricity TEL AVIV, Israel—For the first ; time in its many centuries of existence, Beersheba, the ancient watering station for biblical caravans in the southern desert of Palestine, is electrically illum- inated as a result of the comple- j tion of a lighting plant by Israeli | engineers. ALY TNE POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION , to 35 the number ‘left without scheduled Addition of the two points to National’s system would bring to 19 the number of Florida cities served by National Airlines, and served in 12 | states, the District of Columbia and Cuba. Ocala and Gainesville were air ser- vice recently when Fidrida Air- ways ceased operations. Before the CAB can approve the Examiners’ recommendation and permit National Airlines to inaugurate service, it must per- mit filing of exceptions to the recommendation by other in- terested lines or parties to allow time for the presentation of briefs from those filing excep- ions and finally hear oral argu- ments. National would like to have Gainesville and Ocala on flights between Jacksonville and Tam- pa, and between Orlando and Tallahassee. Palace Theatre WILLIAM ELLIOTT and JOS. SCHILDKRAUT in ' “The Gallant Legion” SUMMER.IS COMING Have Your Car Overhauled When Garagemen Are Not Snowed Under With Tourist Business Peancis at Phone 9134 Your PURE OIL Dealer Grease, Spray or Change Your Oil ce WE HAVE THE PARTS Roy's Key West Auto 121 Duval Street ee ee Parts Co. Phone 442 Memorial Day . Over Nation | President And Defense - Secretary Johnson Attend Ceremonies In Washington (Ry The Aaneciated Presa) WASHINGTON, May $0,—Me- morial Day _ services. were con-* in ducted here today and thousands of other places in the YALL, [Observed All. |. United States. Overseas, wher-, - ever American. soldiers are sta- tioned services were held also. Here the President and De- lfense Secretary Louis Johnson jmade addresses, and a wreath was placed-on the grave of the! unknown soldier in Arlington | | Cemetery. The President called ° on the people all over the -nation to pray for. peace, and Secretary Johnson said that the - wor! yearns for the elimination. of threat of another war. Harris School Medical Exams OOOeee ee 4\K oy Beginners _ The medical and dental exam- ination of Harris School begin- important phase of the Summer round-up program, will be held Wednesday morning June 1, at {9 o'clock in the Monroe County |Health Unit, Fleming and Thom- as streets, with Dr. Peeples and Dr. Cobo in charge. All beginners, including Navy personnel children, whose last name begins from A through Ly are expected to be there wit! their mothers or fathers or some older persons for their very im The remaining children will be examined the following week, June 8. The Summer Round-Up Com- mittee of Harris School P. T. A. comprises Mesdames: Malcolm Sawyer, Kirkland Albury, Mar- garet Russell Frederick Key, Al- fred Guinette, Reginald Trevor, Allen Curry, G. Nordgren,’ and Neil Knowles, Mrs. Lillie Sawyer Died This Morning Mrs. Lillie Jane Sawyer, 76, died this morning after a short ilmess. She resided at pe rear of 518 Margaret street. Survivors are the widower, Adolphus Sawyer; two daugh- ters, Mrs. Elma Kobor of Boston and Mrs. Annie Rodriguez of Key West; two sons, Wilbur of Miami and Harry Sawyer of Key West; four sister$, Mrs. Josephine Cat Mrs. Carrie Sweeting, Mrs. C rine Parker and Mrs. Clara Rus- sell, and four grandchildren. Funeral serv under the di- rection of Pritchard Funeral Home, will be announced later. Missing Art In Cellar FRANKFURT, Germany.—The more than 100 valuable old paint ings, including works by Rubens, Van Dyck, Franz Hals, Cezanne and Renoir, missing from the Frankfort Art Gallery since and for which a worldwide has been made, were’ recently; found in the cellars of the gal-| lery. | 1 Your Last Opportunity To Take Advantage of Maxwell Furniture Co.’s WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE SALE | when leading medical experts va (®) Wirephoto via Radio from London * GERHART EISLER (center), who has been called America's No. One Communist, is flanked by a London bobby (right) and his lawyer, Stanley Moore (left), as he leaves Bow Street court in London Friday after Magistrate Sir Laurence Dunne had re- jected demand ‘by the U. S.. that he be returned to this coun- try. Eisler, out on bail pending appeal of conviction on charges of falsification of passport information and contempt of Con- gress, had fled the Unted States as a stowaway aboard the Pol- ish liner Batory. Sir Laurence ruled the offenses not extradit- able and ordered his release. BURGLARS BREAK INTO LINDSLEY LUMBER CO., TRY TO ENTER SAFE % ~=Knock Combination ~ Off Safe; But | Did Not Get Into Strong Box Burglars broke into, the, office of the Lindsley Lumber Contpa- ny, 530 Truman avenue, some time over the weekend, knocked the combination off the safe, but got nothing for their trouble. According to Francis A. Van- Landingham, local manager of the-company, the thieves entered | the office of the lumber company some time between Saturday at 5 a. m., and 8 a. m. today. When he came into the office jthis morning, VanLandingham found pieces of the safe’s combi- lnation lying on the floor. The theieve: smashed the knob | off the s but did not get into the strong box There nothing else disturb- ed. Sheriff's Deputies Frank Web- ber and William Archer investi- | gated VERING, af (@) Wirephot LITTLE PAMELA LAMP- HERE (above), two and one- half, puts a finger in her mouth as she looks wistfully from her bed in a Chicago hospital after completion of the last of three operations to correct a rare bladder malformation. The tot was born with her bladder out- | taken to Monroe County Hospital side her body. Pam's parents | Saturday night for nearly got a divorce because of | elbow. After differences of opinion as to the | released necessity of an operation. How. | Police arrested Hachel tv | the ¢ of the Mitchell wo man, taken from the Im- | perial . on Whitehead at Colored Woman Cut fn Quarrel Sarah Mitchell, colored, lives at 920 Pauline lane, i who | | avin just treatment she was al were advised the series of operations. Pam's mother is expecting an- other child next month, Switch to | Dod Fit Your Job NAVARRO. Inc. 601 DUVAL STREET “Around the World, .. deross the Seas . | None Can Beat Our... JALOUSIES .- Sale Ends Tomorrow 909 Fleming Street WORKS PHONE , 1487 was treatment of above the ith cece ee ‘For the Good of Your Business, i ge “Job-Rated” Trucks A thief entered the home of Charles Aronovitz, the Duval street merchant, who lives at 525 Simonton street early this morr- ing, was seen: and escaped trom. the building. Aronovitz reports that nothing | ‘was’ stolen, though the burglar searched two pairs of trousers and dropped them after they fail- ed to reveal anything of value. Patrolman Rene Raiole, went to the Aronovitz home to investigate, said that the thief used a step ladder to reach the second story window that he en- tered. Going through the room, the thief then entered the bedroom occupied by Mrs. Aronovitz. Then jreturning to the room he had | first entered, the burglar searched one pair o: the trousers, then threw them on the floor. Returning then to the bedroom occupied by Mrs. Arnovitz, the thief was seen by her and she screamed. Aronovitz had been awakened just before that and fran to the window of the room Ithe thief had entered to watch a fight underway in Simonton street. Just then Aronovitz heard the scream of his wife and saw the burglar at the same time. The _jthief ran down the figst--floor and), kitchen. door. Avomloyitz {only give a meager deScription of | j the man,,He reported that he was / idressed in white and was rather | | tall. ( _ Aronovitz said the hallway was | | dark and he could not get a good | ; view of the prowiler. Raivle found a screw drive® and two pieces of paper in the Aronovitz yard. For Swimming + Boy’s Head In Trestle SEATTLE, Wash Albright, 7, climbed up under a raflroad trestle and stuck, his} head in a gap between two gird | ders. He couldn't remove it, even | though a train was approaching The train was flagged to @ stop. A fire truck screamed to the scene, Traffic jammed the high way below. Hydraulic jack igrunted and strained and an acetylene torch showered sparks: Ninety minutes later, . Jimmy pulled his head out. His were swollen, his face drenched and his head bathed lard In his heart was to go under another ré bridge. i a vow nev RAUL'S CLUB On the Boulevard by Airport PHONE 9287 MEMORIAL DAY DANCE 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 AM. MUSIC by The Debonairs 50c Door Admission $10.00 DOOR PRIZE IF ive Sailors Arrested who | This morning, member of ¢ Arthur Sawyer Unit Ne. MA erican Legion Auxiliary, pier U. S. Flags on the graves of | deeased war veterans im the © Cemetery as @ token of endurin: memory Memornal Day will be otmery this afternoon ot Bayview Pere where services will be held at pm In Nude ‘At Monroe County Beach Also Charged With Tearing Down Parking Signs: Piet Trouble For Kaowles Walter Know the M at the foot Re ynotd walking slong opm Se night wate man County Bee wa at “n parking signe an hae ynolet i te ther " ap the ” nes ' treet sow the two sign “if at the grour aw « five eee nin wither treme alled the acbeginee eported the after. Then wok notified the f men they ot. 7 eases bovn Carahe men t n breakin Then tb t He and went and te us F © under « ambled get he iat bens beac fave ident Myer a vie, sattor Navy They a exposure theres “WwW KR. Lowder, W Pope N. Mullins and WG. Me othe United und with destrtet public property Know later that since man at the been it was ec has beer any trouble Exterior Plywood TRUNK LUMBER YANI TELEPHONE 616 so eeeneeimnin