The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 27, 1949, Page 6

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ete ee PE EN Release (Special to The Citizen) * June Léinplete reorganization of the State Beverage Department's law enforcement methods was, an- feuneced today by Assistant Di- = Joe H. Brown, who is also department’s chief enforce- ment officer. ‘The announcemnet followed a statement made by Director Lew- tM. Schott that beverage de- it expenses would be cut cent. reduction in state beverage department personnel designed te slash department expenses the 25 per cent required by budget om was announced by fe Director Lewis M. Schott. A total of 36 employees were released as of June 27, Sehott said The “WEATHERMAN Says: Mey West and Vicinity: Partly} eleady and continued warm to- day through Tuesday. Gentle to moderate southeasterly : winds. Flovida: Clear to partly cloudy tedey and Tuesday; little change im temperature. Widely scattered afternoon thundershowers in the nerth and central portions. 4ecksonville through the Flor- ide Straits and East Gulf of Mex- feo: Gentle to, moderate variable | modtly east to southeast winds} ever south portion and south to} enMhwest over rérth portion to- @ey and Tuesday. Fair weather exempt for a few afternoon thun- near the shore in nerth portion. Jacksonville to “Apalachicola; No -amall craft or storm warnings have been } REPORT Key West, Pia, June 27, 1949 (Observation taken at City Office, 6:30 a.m., EST) Temperatures Highest yesterday last night 81 eet 83 Precipitation Total last 24 hours 00 ins. Total this month 4.18 ins, Excess this month .25 ins. Total this year 8.33 ins. Defiviency this year 5.12 ins. Relative Humidity, 8:30 a.m. 66% Barometer (Sea Tevel) 8:30 a.m. 90.12 ins.—1025.0 mbs. Tomorrow’ ‘9 Almanac Sunrise 5:40 a.m. Sunset 7:20 p.m. Myonrise 7:42 am Moonset 9:43 p.m Brat bas) Tomorrow £ | (Bastern Standard Time) High ae | pe 3:06 a.m, Fan: 000 5:07 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA (eference Station: Key West) Time of| Height of a.m. p.m. Station— Tide |high water Bahia Honda (bridge) —Ohi0m 0.0 ft No Name Key (@art end) -.+2h 20m Bova Chica (Sandy Point)—0h 40m Caldes Channel (morth end) NOTE: (—)—Minus sign: Corrections +2h 10m +1.4 ft. ° Fy Poss (#) Wirephoto FIREMEN AT RIGHT BATTLE BLAZE which destroyed block-long warehouse at Vancouver. Wash., shipyard Friday night, built in 1942, The shipyard has not been in use for some time. The building, totally destroyed by the fire. cost $400,000 when ' “HIDDEN BOY” COLD TO MOTHER WHO WANTS HIM NOW f (@) Wirephotos FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GERALD SULLIVAN of Boston has turned a cold shoulder to his mother, Mrs. Anna Sullivan, accused of keeping him a “hidden boy” locked in a room most of his life. The picture at left shows Gerald just after he broke out of his room and was found by Boston Police, He was dressed in an old ragged gown. Center: Dressed in a neat boy's suit, he enters Boston court Thursday for a hearing on his mother's plea that he be returned to her, Right: Mrs. Sullivan enters court with another son, James) a Marine. Gerald refused to speak to .her.. The mother said she hid the boy away to hide the secret of his illegitimate birth. Hilburn Roberts Made Corporal (Special PANAMA C TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: (Know America) Helen A. Keller, famous, afflic- ted author, born in Tuscumbia, ‘ Alabama, 69 years ago. , Fla., June 27.| negie dnstitution, Dr. Merle A. Tuve of the Car-} : Washington, jured in cutting scrapes on Gun- 5 | Two Negroes Cut In Affrays Two negroes were slightly in- ~Hilburn H. Roberts, son of Mr.| famed physicist, born in Canton, ! 4ay- s(S. D., 48 years ago. and Mrs. Hilburn H. Robe 1430. Virginia street, Key | West,'| | Mann Rivers of 7-D Fort Vil- Juan T. Trippe, president of lage was taken to Galey’s Memo- has been promoted to the rank of Pan American Airways, born at "al Hospital yesterday ‘morning corporal. Seabright, N. J., 50 years ago. Corporal Roberts is now assign-! Julien H. Collins of Chicago, ed to the 3839th School Squadrén | former. president of “the ‘Invest- of the Air Tactical School with|ment Bankers Association, born the duties of a supply clerk. Jin Chicago, 52 ago. Roberts entered the Air Forces | in August 21, 1948. He was as-|} singed to Tyndall Air Force Base of the Air Tactical School in No- vember. WILL YOU § |American’ Iron and Steel In- sttute, New York, born in New | York, 48 years ago. William I. Nichols, editor of This Week Magazine, born Brooklyn, N. Y.,.44 years ago. |_ Dr. Kendall. Emerson of New MI LE? i a] . Convenient |York, noted surgeon and tuber- “A. shocki weanaanueiae culosis authority, born North- shocking cowa y S- ton, © 5, 74 : band is. I was telling "em off] *"3onn" Ber. 1+ veers ago John L. Rogers, Interstate Proper outside the public libra-} Commerce Commission, born in ry. When off'e run _ inside an’ | Knoxville, Tenn., 60 ears a Stood near one of them ‘Silence’| ze i 2 aa to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. “New Plymouth Suburban Announced | notices.” The flag should be displayed during school days in or near ev- Mail The Citizen to Friends | cry school house. ‘The new Plymouth Suburban, above, a completely new combination passenger and utility vehicle of all- metal construction, was announced today by R. C. Somerville, general sales manager of Plymouth Motor Corp. With i1t-inch wheelbase, the Suburban has the same 97 horsepower engine as the DeLuxe and Special DeLuxe Piymouths on the M8%4-inch wheelbase. Unusually large luggage space and washable trim and upholstery give ear 0 variety of uses. Factory retail price at factory, Dejrait, Michigan, is $1,740, i George C. Rose, secretary of the ame Ad with cuts on the neck. Rivers would not tell the name of his as- sailant. Felix Dobbins of 811 Thomas street was cut on the left leg by another colored man, James Ad- ams a ted for as- sault and battery and for tres- passing on 811 Thomas street. The ancient Romans often built in! huge ponds in whcih they kept | decorative fish. On the Sunny Side of the Street — Be Cool with our NEW CANVAS AWNINGS ® Enjoy that sun . . . but keep your home cool and comfort- able with Canvas Awnings. Quality made, of the finest materials, in gay, colorful stripes, woven of painted. Don't wait. Choose now while the selectionis good. Estimates freely given. Telephone today. Convenient Payment Plan CALL—PHONE 1042 ——KEY WEST—— VENETIAN BLIND CO. a iyeuetian mia 123 DUVAL STREET ~ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN |Traffie Shows | Route No.T 3s (weal to "The Citizen) : NEW SMYRNA BEACH, June 27—Figures just released by the | Division of Research and Records of the State Road Departme: show traffic on U. S. i 10.5 per cent fory same month of i Coast Highway tion“ an- {nounced today. Vehitles number. ‘ a \ 1918—First © S, soldi al ing 2,378 per day passed eheck point south of Oak during the month. “ | “The traffic on U. S, 1 was €x* ‘ceeded in volume by ‘ic x U, S, 41 north of T; wae: averaged 3,774 vehi day and by the traffic on U-S. 17 rear Oéala, which averaged 3,171 ve- | hicles’ per ‘day. The’ increase over the same period in 1948 on these two’ highways was.only 3.5. per cent for U.'S. 41 and'1.7 per cent or U. S. 1% th East Coast High- ways Association pointed out. Traffic over U. S..1 has show: a substantial increase over simi lar months of the previous year for the past 8 or 10 months,” Howard A, Smith, executive sec- retary of the highways associa- tion, stated. “The average of the monthly increase over ‘the past 3 six months is aproximately 14| ente:Ribzman Meredith. wife. of per cent. Theyé is no doubt that | Carl Evers Meredith, LTJG, USN, this favorable) trend is due in Chica. part to the publicizing of improv- med Pamela ‘Sue. ed highway and traffic conditions = along the holiday highways of the Florida East Coast”. ae (| erry DIXIE MODEL AIR SHOW (Continued From Page One) linen charge for the night of Sat- urday, July 16. Male and fe- male contestants may eat-on the Navy’s general mess and the to- tal cost of three meals a day wilt be about one dollar and five —Beryl James, 24, chosen “Miss Australia” over 1,000 competi- as she arrives in London on her tour of England, the Continent and South Africa. Three Births In Naval Hospital tA six-pound, 10-ounce daugh- | toinette Fogg Thompson, wife of Perry T. Thompson, QM1, USN, SURASDEVDET. The child has been named Terry Marlin. An eight-pound, 12-ounce son was born to Mrs. Yolanda DeSi- | mone Farr, wife of Don P. Farr, cen EMC, USN, U.SS. Ceaaer ptai x ati The chil Captain F. L. Busey, command- U.S. Naval Station. ing officer of Boca Chica Field,| 24S been named Don Stephen. stated that he thought it would be a splendid idea if some of the ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT loeal civic organizations were to 3 DUVAL ST. PHONE 250 sponsor some deserving young- ster. Busey also said that Prot- estant and Catholic church serv- iges would be held at the meet fo rthose wishing to participate.| Used Typewriters and Adding Application blanks. will “be| Machines, TYPEWRITERS“and available at the Publie. Informa-} “ADDING MACHINES For Rent tion. Office, Boca Chica, Field. _| (See Our 14-Karat Gold xen| | ROYAL PORTABLE We Repair Typewriters and Adding Machines SLB. dil eee The English language is spoken today by more than 270 ‘million people, of whom more than half are Americans. +e Cid oO TAB nt, ; ; founder, and his go ‘ter was born in the U. S. Naval! Hospital, Key West, to Mrs. Flor-' The child has been, ; ~A. seyen-pound, one and a half ¥ ounce. son was bora to Mrs. An-. th, Mormon brother, killed 1884—Bureau of Babor Statis- | _ ; ties,” later created thusiastically reecivea in Itily. World War 1. + 1934—The Federal Housing ministration established. 1942—-FBI first breaks news of ‘the Nazi spies secretly landing in | Florida, 1943—American planes bomb airfield near Athens, Greece. 1944—Cherbourg formally sur- renders to Americans. Aa- bans use of any American money i ' ! ’ || Flight Key West Havana 952 10:15 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 954 1:45P.M. 2:30 P.M. 4:00P.M. 4:45 P.M. BROADWAY MARKET | Duval at Petronia Street 1 BORDEN’S “Silver Cow” MILK .......,.4 i. 45e HEINZ , “BAKED” 16-02. BEANS RAYVALE “In Syrup” Bartlett Pears 15e ecccese Jar 2% Ca 50C Colored Quartered OLEO CHURNGOLD 35c P TAa White | ORR ee PEACHES JELLY GUBAN IDEAL TIDE .. Department of Labor, | 1946—U. S. House tentatively | 718 Duval. Hotel * Hotel 60 N.E. 3rd St. 226 N.E. Ist Ave, 80 Rooms. 100 Rooms Elevator Elevator Solarium Heated 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION AEROVIAS “Q" S. A. ROGELIO GOMEZ, Agent Shop Here Early for The Town's BEST FOOD BUYS GRADE ‘B’ Ly. White EGGS 002. 5% SILVER BAR “SLICED” WELCH’S "PURE GRAPE” CUAVA PASTE. “= POC CooooCORCOCOR CO COC OLED OOCCRSCCCOCeseS 8:00PM. 248 “2 “ die %

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