The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 14, 1949, Page 1

were thrown the water. No sight of the was found. tee El eam om ong Premanm hw »- the | a, | — in — : esas _/ - ae went im fe tehepiems They owns the palice and ee Gerth) etfiee eon there, what its membership feels about subject of sales taxes, in or- Pee Vater OF der to take a stand on the sub- ject ’ Members were to vote wither for a sales or against offe in any form. Those who did not their ballot were to be considered as not caring one another. wo days of the "Tig ommpne tax with the FL sé site - a th in Tallahassee considering nominations. Repre- Weeeieetiowe: General | sentatives of all clubs in the city have been invited to attend and Putte Mey Attend will elect a committee to consid- ° er all nominations and to make ‘Whe Hee Wert: outstanding | the final selection. all = the hand The general public is invited to — ° i the PLS attend the meeting and to make (Continued On Page Six) he * > ean we ae oe wheeh will consist ” iver cup sur- getd figure repre. “Heenetup, has al. be of Hf and will afternoon ates toed i The pretrensees y imewth will be 4 Le Gednentes —y Sth at the | Yestricted area, but in an unrestricted area it would be better to Sees Lemon Meme for the} have them all together, policing them would be easier for one thing.” a Commissioner Louis Carbon- ee SOUTH GROSS MOTEL) Ol disagreed with the mayor. hte tee Every Carbonell believed that resi- a ote dents of @ non-restricted area should have the same protec- OF tee Guests tion as those in a restricted BH) ares. - Commissioner John Carbonell sponsor of the ordinance declared street will soon be a busy area, end that this ordinance would thought the tourists should be Mayor Adams: “I would be for 5,000 feet between bars in a ——————_ —_—_——_——_—_——. that the downtown area of Duval owner of the property estimated protect the city in the future. He| (left) and Prosecuting Attorney in the trial. , SR Mere EEE C. B. Harvey Says: C. B. Harvey, local businessman and civic leader, last night told i the City Commissioners at their 3425 that is now before Congress. bill at all, particularly since the THE SOUTH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1949 3 ON TRIAL AFTER MAYOR SNATCHED Future Of Key West i soma Depends..On. Developm Romesh The Florida Keys i i 4 THREE DEFENDANTS (top) go to trial at-Sopertbn. Ga., Monday on charges of duct. and loitering as result of Mayor James,Peterson snatching Ku Klux Klan: masks from their faces. The snatching incident occurred on a Soperton street last month. The defendants are being sworn to testify. Left io right: John Edge, Malcolm Braddy and Joe Green, and their attorneys, W. R. Lewis and J. Ross Sharpe, Bottom: Mayor Peterson (right) talks with Sharpe N.'G. Reeves (center) in agreeing to disqualify himself as judge regular meeting that the “future of Key West depends on developméni of the Florida Keys.” Harvey made the comment dufing a discussion of House’ Bill . He said he does not favor the present agreement. between the Aqueduct Commission and the Navy..requires the latter to supply: the City of Key West with 500,000 gallons of water. the Navy receives 1-3 of all wa- | ter pumped into Key West with the city using the other 2-3 sup- Ply. In fast-expanding Key West| that is bursting at its seams as} new construction continues to soar, the problem of water is be- coming more acute daily. The solution of the water prob- lem in Key West and on the keys could be easily solved by the Aqueduct Commission and its| manager by the construction of | To Space Liquor~Dispensing Places -.. NO MORE BARS WITHIN 150 FEET OF EACH OTH City Commissioners on first reading last night passed an ordi- x. mance prohibiting issuance of licenses for consumption or sale of intoxicating beverages within 150 feet from an established. licensee. ‘The bill exempted restaurants having a seating capacity of 200 and with 50 or more guest rooms. i distance is to be computed by following the shortest route ordinary pedestrian travels along the public thoroughfare. The vote for enactment was 3-1 with Mayor A. Maitland Adams spared from seeing one bar right next to the other. Building Inspector Over-Ruled Building Inspector Roy Butler was overruled last night when the city gave a temporary per- mit to James G. Tuttle to build a sandwich stand at the corner of Bahama and Southard. Mr. Ness, that the total investment would be about $5,000. Tuttle had taken out a temporary permit, but But- {ler had revoked same, and order- ed the building stopped. 259 Lots In Town Owned | By City Of Key West \ 259 lots in the city have no jowner but the City of Key West. These lots were sold at public jauction and bought by the city greed no other offers were heard. There are $37,80% in bre ‘owed on Under present arrangements, (¥—)———$———————————— water storage plants or erection of booster pumps. The only thing lacking by thej commission is money! Florida Keys Aqueduct Com- miission has defaulted its princi- pal payments to the RFC, but to date have paid its interest charges. The defaulted princi- pal payments were made known at the commission meet- ing by Louis Carbonell who has (Continued On Page Six) (®) Wirephoto disorderly con- HIGHEST PAID () Wirephoto CHARLES P. SKOURAS, $810,- 000-a-year movie theatre mag- nate shown above, is listed by the Treasury Department as the highest paid corporation employe in the United States in 1947. Skouras, a native of Greece, has topped the list for three consecutive years. 21 of the lots have accumulated taxes and interest in excess of the assessed valuation. Bills Affecting City To Be Further Publicized City-Manager Ralph Spalding told city commissioners last night that he expected to have informa- tion on all 23 local bills that were published in The Citizen. He said that he would tell how many of the 23 bills advertised were pass ed. How many passed the House. How many were stopped in the Senate. The ones vetoed by the Governor. Those signed by the Governgr, and those passing without the Governor’s signature. Buy Five $1,000 Bonds Five $1,000 non-callable bonds were purchased from the Crum- mer Company, Orlando, Florida, for $1,040 per bond and accrued} done by that committee in 1943. interest to date of redemption. Commissioner Fred J. Dion in- quired the reason for the $40 .| premium being paid when the Knotty Pine Panels TELEPHONE 816 present bond market is down. Why not get bids?, inquired Dion. City Manager Ralph Spalding: “The bonds are non-callable, Bre should the city not want-any, they (the bonds) can be disposed of lo- cally”. Mayor A. Maitland Adams: "These $1,000 bonds will cost | the city $2,000 by the time the bonds mature, unless redeem- ed.” ‘ Authorize Transfer of $3,500 From the judgments special fund to the permanent refunding bond fund was transferred $3,500. The money was set aside to pay legal claims, but all anticipated claims have been. satisfied. Thank Shands Committee A resolution was passed thank- ing the Shands committee of the Florida State Senate for the work | The resolution added that nent dreds of thousands of dollars had| been saved the city. A copy was{ ordered forwarded to the Presi- dent of the Florida State Senate. Grant Five-Year Lease Southernmost Pistol and Rifle club was granted a five-year re- STRUNK LUMBER YARD} @icining the Key . West vogable lease for city property Golf Yeerly rentel is set at $19.) {The pistol ana rifle club must provide insurance for possible history of the defendants in alle- ——_ Sworn In As Representative (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, © June Franklin D, Roosevelt, Jr. today was sworn,in as a member of the House of Representatives. : It was learned that he had been aerate pate in, New York had refused to put his name ticket, he was nonetheless 1 or port. came out of York that Rooseyelt oe ; for mayor of that city in the next election, but he denied he would be a candidate for/that office. —_—_ (By The Associated ‘presn) TALLAHASSEE, June 14—It became known today ver= nor Warren vetoed a~bill that would ‘have 5 ; tory features. : The bill ‘specified goods that could be sold on. Sunday and other goods it would have been unlawful to sell. He concluded that the bill was evidently aimed at grocery ‘stores. Hiss Case Nears - End; Coplon’s Still Continues {By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 14—Two cases in which counsel for -the government are probing into the ged disclosure of secret docu- ments were moving along oppo- site lines today. In New York, the case against Alger Hiss, charged with perjury, was nearing its end. The govern- (Continued On Page Six) claims for personal iniury of $50,000 to one person, and $100,- 0000 to more than one person. Lt. W. A. Christie, USN, is pre- sident of the organization, and LTJG Thomas H. Littlepage, USNR, is Secretary-Treasurer. Revoke Grocery Store Beer And Wine Package Licenses On first reading, an ordinance was passed prohibiting issuance -| of licenses to persons, firms, corp- orations owning or operating gro- cery stores. September 30 is the date when present licenses issued expire. The commissioners voted unanimously on this measure. Grant Restaurant A Beer And Wine Retail License Manuel Ortega was given a beer and wine license for restau- rant “El Pasaje”, 1005 Truman avenue. Wholesale liquor license was al- lowed for No. 4 Wall street, Cly- de-Mallory warehouse. J. M. Fer- nandez is the owner of the busi; ness. Samuel Blank was likewise | LEER ELIE LESTE, Palace Theater ROBERT LIVINGSTONE and MAE CLARKE in ‘Daredevils of the Clouds’ - 14— ! h : z = it I I ~ | ; i? ei 3 [ft fl z fF Stock Market, on reopening te prices yesterday to a level than that of any other time ing the last four years. But the Market perked up om hour after opening, registering slight increases in a good stocks and then holding ite own By noon the quotations one-tenth of a point higher they were in the first hour of selling. given a license for a wholessie |" beer and wine place at the same location. Public Hearing July 4th j There will be a public hearing held on July 4th to consider re | zoning of areas adjacent to White street area to ec A-1. Under! this new designation, dupleses! could be built in that ares Pinball Machine On City | Property To Be Removed | Commissioner John Carbonett! complained relative to the allew ing of a pinball machine te be operated on city property et Mey view Park. Carbonell thet parents had made the complaint to him. City Manager Ralph Spel ding said that the machine, @ there, would be removed at Want 100 Loads Of Fill On Stock Island Past Commander C. B. Hervey of the American Legion requested of the commission that 100 leads {Continued On P. Six) ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS ° EE i Fem “Se day, still showed signs of the | selling wave that sent down Ga=® © <— [i 1 aca ay att i ? ited gt : : ee i bey Peseta ee ~~ fw haa wee mee erie coe oem re toke oe 0g » ek We etme: he * tome gee ee * ee lite wad tb nontng Gas at