The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1949, Page 1

VOL. LXX. No. 164. a BLIN)) WOMAN BEATS OFF MOLESTER MISS JOSIE RANDOLPH (left). blind employe of the Alabama School for the Blind at Talladega, shows Policeman Walter Thackerson how she beat off a man who tried to molest her. She said she stopped ithe stranger on the street to ask directions to her home. He offered to guide her home, but instead led her to the rear of some houses and tried to throw her to the She struck him with her cane and screamed for help. Miss Randolph said the molester “hollered” with pain and fled. << ae {oom ; pa mscocncomm “Would Limit). Be Presented With ee ‘ Trophy Monday : Housing Unit } To $8,465.00 Edwin Trevor was selected last (My The Awanginted press) night as Key West's most out-! standing citizen in a’closely con-' tested ballot by. the selection. WASHINGTON, June’ 20—~The board at the American Legion’ housing bi!l in the House of Re- Home. | presentativés is. expected to pass ; Trevor was selected from a to-| by nightfall, administration lead-} tal of 20 nominations for the hon-‘ ers said early this afternoon, des- or and will be presented with a' pite a fight that is being made to beautiful trophy by the American ; reduce the sum for hosing units, Legion at 5:00 p. m., July 4th as! Under the measure as it now a special feature of its Charity} stands, units may cost from $12, Festival. which is to run from} 000 to $15,000, but many ‘repre- July 1st through Fourth of July. | sentatives ‘are protesting that The trophy. is on display, at the j those sums aré too high, particu: Beachcomber on Duval street. (larly for laboring men or other’: The list of nominations, from | workers in low income brackets: — whom Trevor was selected was! A movement is ‘afoot to limit! truly an imposing list of persons | the cost of each housing unit to: who have worked toward the civ- } $8,465. dhesf UP) Photo ic betterment of the city of Key ; ——————____________+__ : West. He isto be sinicerely con-! zens: Mrs. Wilhelmina G. Har- | gratulated that a group as repre?! vey, Miss Marie Hartel, Louis sentative of Key West as was the | Carbonell, Dr. Lance. Lester, (Jr., ‘selection board should have cho-| Mrs. “Genevieve Allen Warren, sen him from such an outstanding ; Albert DiNegro, Joe Pinder, Earl array of citizens. Adams, Mrs. Gloriana Bayly, Joe | “Trevor was nominated by_the| Allen, Earl Dillon, Mrs. Herilena ‘Key West Rotary Club, which} Russell, A. Maitland Adams, Mrs. jcalled attention to the fact that} Naomi Hiort, John Spottswood, {he has served the community} Paul G. Albury, Professor W. E. faithfully in the past and is con-| Fowler, Joe Sirugo, and last but ound, NEW HOMES RECORD LOW TIME BY SUNSHINE CONSTRUCTION Chief Swann And Jakie Key Honies Realy Middle Of Next Werks. 30, Honses Sold . Chief Joseph A: Swann and’ his wife are préparing to move into ‘the first of the Flury and Crouch homes to be erected here under a $1,000,000 program. They are expected to have the house turn- ed over to them the middle of next week Shortly afterward Jakie Key,! veteran charter boat fishing guide, will be able to move into his newly finished house just ay few doors down on Patterson ave- nue. Other homes are under con- struction for Harry..Knight, pre- sident of the Key West Golf club, and Newt Ketchings, foreman for | Lucas Electric Company. Chief Swann and Jakie Key say the thing that impresses COMPLETE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED. LEGION CHARITY AFFAIR Will Be Held On Stock Island July 1-4; Many Events Scheduled, Including Fireworks At a special meeting held at the American Legion Home Mon- day night a schedule was agreed upon for the Chariity Festival to be held July Ist through July 4th. ‘The festival is to be a gala af- featuring nany attractions including concerts by the high sehoo! band, and other orchestras, exhibitons by the local skating elub, fireworks displays, a baby NOTICE PALM LODGE OF PERFECTION Exemplification of the Fourteenth Degree. Wednesday, 7:30 P.M., Scottish Rite Hall All Scottish Rite Masons Cordially Invited RUSSELL HOFF, Venerable Master. MARCEL A. MAZEAU.| Secretary-General. [airs | tinuing to do’so that he has spent | not least, President Harry S. Tru- ;much of’ his time and money in| man. ; the interest of Key West progress.} The selection board was _com- i He has made many trips at his| posed of representatives of Vari ‘own expense in order to promote. ous Key West organizations and j were Vance C. Stirrup and.C. B. Harvey of the American Legion; Miss Gretna McClain, American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. Reggie Pritchard, Sr., Hospital Auxiliary ‘local welfare. He has served and is serving as president. of the Chamber of Commerce; Past Pre- jsident of the Rotary Club, and Chairman of the Boy Scout Ex- ecutive Council. He has served as; of Monroe County, Harold Li | leader of many local fund drives | scher, Chamber of Commerce; ee Tomine, Builf Jo conserve During an- emergency: period, | News; Anthony Demeritt, Rotary and utilize all’ available SPace he served without compensation | Club, and R. Bélyu, JayCees. Miss the modern bungalows are de- as Key West's. City Manager. In} Ellie Rae Gwynn, president J ‘ and ‘Trevor, the. -gelected . man of whom. it may truly’ be| Sweeting, Commanity Christmas; said, “He is the outstanding citi-|Tree Organization were present zen of Key West!” as alternates but; did not partici- Balloting was very close andjpate in the balloting since all Trevor. was selected over the fol-}members of the selection board lowing list of outstanding citi-| were present. mn’ nearly as big as it really is. When we show it to our friends they are all amazed.” The Navy man plans to return to Key West to make his perm- janent home after his, retirement from the service: sie: To date about 30 houses ‘Have ! been sold and rapid production is j getting under way this week. Sunshine Construction» Co., the i Key West firm responsible for | erection of the houses, said they j will be putting up an average of three a week shortly. ; The model house, Sy ei thet State School Superintendent [Bailey Certifies $60 Million Needed For 9 Months’ Term In Event That Amount Is Cut 25 Percent, hools Will Be Operated Only 7 Months (By The Associated press) TALLAHASSEE, June 29— Thomas Bailey, state superintend- ent of public instruction, today certified to Comptroller Clarence’ Gay that the public schools of Flofida require $47 million from completely furnished by local firms, is open | to the public until 8 p. m. daily. { It is located on Patterson avenue, just off Fifth street. es Photographs Of i Ike’s Painting Now In Demand Photographs of, the _ picture painted by General Dwight Eis- enhower, now president of Co- umbia University, when he vis- ited Key West, and which was FOR GALA shown. in the Martello Gallery } the state and $13 million from the shaw, and an award to be given/here recently, are much in de-jcounties to operate for nine to Key West's most outstanding (Continued On Page Six) months durng the coming achoal! citizen. | Proceeds of the festival are to go into the American Legion Charity fund which has been se- riougly depleted *by such activi- ties as the present Blue Baby | fund which was spearheaded by the Legiionnaires. + Transportation wiil be furnish- j ed on a regular schedule by the local bus company and the park- | ing space is being enlarged to take care of additional cars. A feature of this affair is the fact that it is to be operated by Legionnaires exclusively and that all receipts will remain in this area to be used for local charity and child welfare work. Mer- (Continued On Page Three} ee ee eee Palace Theater year. Should that sum be reduced by 25 per cent, in accordance with the action tof the state cabinet little more than a week ago, then the public schools will be kept open only seven months during the 1949-50 term. Superintendent Bailey conclu- ded that the sum of $60,887,000, as appropriated by the 1949 legisla- ture, is required to keep the schools going for nine months. LATO. POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION | Prancis et Division Phone 9134 B. Soldano, 71, Died This Morning Baldassare Soldano, 71, died this morning in his residence at 705 Windsor lane, after a. long illness. Funeral services under the di- rection of the Lopez Funeral Home, will be announced later. Survivors: widow, Mrs. Angela Soldano; three daughters, Mrs. Louise Barroso, Mrs. Mary Kemp and Mrs. Angela Domench; five sons, Louis, Joseph, Anthony, William, Henry; 10 grandchild- ren. Your Oil Change ALP RNRNE SERS UR OLAS For the Good: of Your Business! Switch to MARGARET LOCKWOOD Dodge “Job-Rated” and IAN HUNTER - Fit Your Job Tea, ) NAVARRO. Inc. | ST 601 DUVAL STREET MIAMI - KEY WEST | BARGE LINE. Inc. || CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami | Every Friday Exterior Plywood STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 | “BAD SISTER” 532 CAROLI Announcement Dr. Gonzalez. back from his studies, announces that he will renew his practice. He will devote two hours a week on Saturdays, 12 to 2 P.M., to Charity Cases. Appointment, is necessary. se (®) Wirephoto GOV. FULLER WARREN of Florida and’‘his bride, the former Barbara Manning of Los Angeles, pause’in New Orleans between planes en route to their honeymoon retreat at Fort ‘Walton, Fla. After a brief visit at Fort Walton, they will go to he executive mansion in Tallahassee. “We The People” Give The People Untrue Account Of “Antonia Mujica Ft By EARL R. ADAMS “We the People” of Key West are peeved at “We The People” program. The citizens of this coramunity have every right to take offense to the radio program presented Tuesday night oves a nation-wide teylio hook-up ‘by “'We- The People". ; ™ The teletype’ operator from Na- tional Airlines, Inc., who sent out the message that resulted in con- tributions to assist Key West's now famous blue baby was a guest onthe program. There is no denying that the | operator did a good job. There is {a denial, however, to’ the state- ;ment that Key Westers contribu- | ted only after the operator had sent out an appeal over the air- lines teletype. x A committee for Arthur Saw- ‘yer Post of the American Legion jlanched the drive. Key Westers | were asked to contribute $1,000 to the “Let Antonia Live Fund.” . | Donations of $1 were asked. | The response was splendid, Not only from Key West residents, but from sympathetic peuple in other East Coast cities more than $1,700 was ised. Even a larger amount could have been obtain- ed, but the committee announced five days after the drive started that it was officially closed. a a. © Name Spottswood To Hospital Board This Morning John Spottswood was appoint- ed a member of the Monroe County Hospital Board this morn- ing at a special meeting of the | County Commission. Spottswood succeeds the Rev. G. Leon Wells, pastor of First (Continued On Page Four) Group Leaves. Today For Havana Several Key West business and civic leaders left this morning for Havana to interest Cubans in tra- veling to Key West this summer. The Chamber of Commerce! “We The People” was not fair plans to.start a summer advertis-|{o the school children of Key ing campaign in Cuban newspa-}| West who contributed their nick. pers next week in the interest of | inducing a number of Cubans to| come here this summer Among those who left today les and dimes; neither was it fair to the bed ridden woman who sent in a sizeable contribution; to the little four year old victim were Mayor A. Maitland Adams, | of infantiile paralysis who donat- County Commissioner Joe Allen, | ed $1 Arturo Boza of Delmonico’s resta- urant, Louis Muniz of the Gulf- stréam® Super © Market, Victor Lang of the Southern Cross ho-| Antonia Mujica, the four y old blue baby is in Johns Hopkin’ hospital today because a sympa- thetic community «responded no- tel and’ Harold Laubscher,'man-}| ply to the Legionnaires call for ager of the: Chamber of Com- tance. merce ‘ur the record ‘We The People’ At noon ‘today the delegation! should make a correction on its met? thé “Presiddnt of Cuba. The | next broadcast. pgroup plans to return here Thurs- ;. day..afternesn: ++. - +:— * Several Stock Islands Lots | HIGHWAY and WATERFRONT ! PROPERTIES Priced to Sell - Call 124 or 736-R } J. OTTO KIRCHHEINER i 411 Fleming Street i DION'S AUTO SERVICE Corner White and Fleming Sts. TELEPHONE 96 Complete Auto Service NE STREET Loknlens Mate Seeten pipe burst as a result of is caused by erosion by the’ pipe} « Jaid in the acid soil. Ernest Ramsey, Aqueduct Com- , mission manager, ordered a re- duction in the pressure at but directed all water to off shortly after 6 p, m. to the work of repairing main. { 3 Pp. m., be shut speed ‘ Naval Hospital Ralph Payne Craft, 69, captain, U. S. Navy (retired), died in the U. S. Naval Hospital early this inorning. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery, with full mil- itary honors. Survivors -are the widow, Mrs. Edith D. Craft, one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Wayne Earnshaw, wife of Colonel Earnshaw of the U. S. Marine corps, two grandchildren, Joan Wayne Earnshaw, Joseph Wayne Earnshaw, Jr. Captain Craft graduated* from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1902 and served in France all thru the first World War. His last’ com- ymand was the USS Colorado. { Among his decorations were the Navy Cro: of Honor. and French Legion Funeral arrangements are in charge of Pritchard Funeral Home. |Four Destroyers |Get Here Today Four U. S. Naval destroyers ar- rived in Key West today on a re- servists cruises, it was announced today by the Key West Naval bas The destroyers are, the USS Hyman, the USS Purdy, the USS Beatty and the USS Bristol, that sailed from New Orleans. Two of the vessels tied up at the Naval Station and the others at the De [velopment Station Tomorrow the Hyman and the Purdy leave for Houston, Texas. the Beatty for Galveston and the Bristol for Mobile, Alabama. ' POINCIANA NURSERY SCHOOL Is Open Year Around From 7:30 A.M. Till 5 P.M. TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE For Information, Tel. 1306 FULL TEACHING STAFF jof any avail, ministration forces ty the emer headed by Senator Geet} bere are crestialien today Grey te outcome of the vote yesterday the labor bill thet is demgmed te repeal the Taft-Hartiey tew Lucas stated that pre that the measure wilh: perrlpedpuamepyho law, in view of oe wete ad to retain the chaune against strikers wt plants. Several other 4 ri the bill are to be ont Lucas said they be appfoe ed as the Taft blee segs §% > _ The administration tarriee te lose regardless of what offer ie tion the senate may take The ete of President Truman, a: steemee’ during his campagm fer elven last year, was to Fenmee tie junction clause in the ew vetoing the measure-will mut because, if he then the Taft- Hartley law «alt main in effect A spokesman for the © he realized that seething done in congress during ent life toward gettm™ junction provision Gut af bor law, and that wmsemiete wait till after the elections next year te ty the administration tail For Sale Duval C BEST BAR IN KEY Fees é i teeth! |