The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1949, Page 1

Fer Daig dS Re bn NOEL R te Bit I Lali iancnn cian e SES THE ‘SOUTHERNMUST. NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. AD ethan a RN rae ted ong te VOL. LXX. No. 181 DOCTOR REMOVES OWN APPENDIX UL §. Help Has Curbed ue rilla War In Greece (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—Presi- dent Truman told congress to- day that this country’s assistance risings there has gone a great way in cutting down the guerilla} warfare in that country cor along its borders. He said that, since Greece re- ceived assistance from the United Stats, guerilla casualties number 70,000 to 8,000 losses by govern- ment forces. The guerillas still “ attack at isolated places and they still are receiving supplies from Albania but added that their resistence has been weakened along the en- tire front. Lions Club s |Blood Bank \Nearly Ready (@) Wirephoto | UNUSUAL PHOTO, Dr. George C. Balderston is shown taking out his own appendix at Telluride, Colo. The picture, copyrighted by the Denver Post. was made from a color trans- | The Ch "i th perency taken by @ nurse, Mrs. Gladys Wood. Shortly after- | and WA eee ae ward. for the first time in her career, Mrs, Woods became il | Herman Moore, reported to the ‘nd had to leave the room. Dr. Balderston: was aidéd by a |Lion’s Club President C. E. friend. Dr. Richard Gladman, who injected the local anaesthetic @id the sponging. The next day the doctor was up and fending his patients. He performed the unusual operation as @m experiment to get a first-hand reaction to local anaesthesia and post-operative results. Smith, Jr., at last week’s meet- ting, that of the equipment to {establish the Monroe County Blood Bank, for which the Lions tclub raised $1,000, all of the ma- jjor equipment except the refrig- — —— ITT eer has been ‘received. . The ivefrigerator is expected here ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD == j Lion Moore was placed. in charge of the Lions’ Club project : for August to provide thermostat controlled development tanks for the x-ray equipment at the Mon- LAND OWNED BY STATE | IMPROVEMENT TRUSTEES jie eo |club that he expected each com- mittee chairman to have a club to’Greece in combatting the up- Fi irst Permanent*— and Bulgaria, the President said,jel, the first permanent KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1949 Dedicate Chape! At Naval Station At3 P.M. Sunday Naval Structure |PADIC MAN SLAIN In This Area Admiral Miller And Monsignor Williant Barry Arc Expected To Attend Event Naval Station Memorial Chap- Naval Chapel constructed in this area, will be dedicated Sunday at 3 p. om., it. was announced today by the Naval Station. Among those who expect to at- tend the dedication ceremony are Rear Admiral Thornton C. Miller, USN, assistant director af’ visita- tion for the Chaplains’ Division in Washington; Captain L. F. Ger- hart, USN, Sixth Naval District Chaplain with headquarters in Charleston, South Carolina. Monsignor William Barry of Miami Beach; Captain J. A. Far- rell, Jr., commanding officer of! Key West Naval Station; Lieuten- t J. W. Gorman, USN, officer in®charge of construction of the Chapel; and Chaplains E. T. Mi- chaels and W. A. Rennie, ayer (®) Wirephoto W. Hy, (BILL) MASON, 51 (abovel, veteran newspaper and radio man, was shot to death at Alice, Texas, as he sat in his automobile on the edge of town. | Congress May Not Adjourn Till Labor Day Marshall Plan Funds, Other Appropriations Yet To Receive Final, Action (By The Associnted, Presat WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—Sen- ate Leader Scott Lucas, in discus- sing pending legislation. tod said that congress may not ok journ till Labor Day, and added, “Perhaps not even then.” Specifically he talked about the appropriation for the continuance of the Marshall Plan, about two- thirds of which will be. earmark- ed. Amendments are to be acted on specifying $1 billion $800 mil- lion for farm supplies and a $50 million loan to Spain. The foreign aid bill in its present form totals $5 billion $500 million. Congress is cluttered with pro- Posed appropriations on which fi- nal action has not been taken. Gages of the appropriations apply (Continued On Page Six) | |Monroe Co unty Exceeds Quota In Bond Drive Jerry J. Trevor, Monroe coun- iy charman of the Treasury De- Station chaplains. | Deputy Sheriff Sam Smithwick ;P@rtment’s U. S. Savings Bonds “A great deal of iiterest has! surrendered following the ;Committee, announced today been aroused during the construc-| shootign. Mason, program di- |‘hat the report of the final week's tion of the Chapel and it is anti- | rector of Alice radio station cipated that a large number of} persons will attend the formal de- dication on Sunday”, said a Naval Station news release today. “The building is near the areas of the softball fields and the Nav-« al Station Recreation Beach that| 4et against KBKI. referred to the deputy as owner of a bulding which houses a dime-a-dance palace. Sheriff H. P. Sain of Jim Wells county filed a charge of mur- the Smithwick. permits a generous area to be, Feeling ran high in the South sales in the Opportunity Drive added $29,925 Series E, U. S. Sav- jings Bonds to the total previous- {ly announced, bringing the figure for the entire gampagn up to | $167,733, which is 149 percent of the county’s quota of $112,000. 52 of Florida’s 67 counties over- subscribed their Opportunity PRICE Five cana SEEK VIRGINIA GOVERNORSHIP - THESE VIRGINIANS are seeking the Democretic nomination in the August 2 primary the November election to@ucceed of Virginia. They are: top, left, Charlottesville, a wartime colonel in intelligence on hower's staff; top. right. Horace of Richmond; bottom, left. State Sen. John by the organization of Sen. IMPROVEMENT OF AQUARIUM IS PLANNED l a HF | | Se City Attorney t project ready for submission\to| used for landscaping and allow| Texas oil and cattle town after Drive quotas by more than $3 ‘PLL HANG FIRST” jthe regular August directors’ } for seme parking space.” the slaying. Five men blasted million, while only 15 failed of wih Bepyrt To City | be Meeting. Chapel will be Sabie thedance palace with shotgun |#ttanment by an aggregate de- T. aS ae toate - Key West Tiong Club will spon for ie See Baptisms’ ane” fu- | yiee ‘before’ dawn Tess than zee y.-of. legs: than. 2 Cost.H i ammission | sor a series of charity bingos at} nerals, as well as being open daily | pours after the crusading radio r. Trevor’stated that + he had | aquatiion wilh attract from Se ond Tonight's Mcetin | the denon Seminary street the] for private meditation. | or he crusading rea? Tbeen commended by State Ad-| Of Total Of to 95,000 visitors, compared with 4 ie ' {first Monday of each month in an] pivine services on Sundays will | &°™™MeMator Had’ Deen slau visory Chairman V. H. Northcutt @ maximum ¢ ‘ City Attorney M. Ignatius Les- | ‘effort to raise funds for the wel- | pe: ——_—_—_—_—_—_—_—__—————_|of Tampa and R. L. Markham, | $5. 000 visited the plece in any pre ter will report to the City Com-! fare and blind projects. The! Catholic Mass, 0900 and 1200; Military personnel as well as de-|state director of the savings ? vear aie tenia bingo game will be held tonight, | protestant Worship, 1100. ‘pendents. are invited bonds'division, for the commend- | Place Will A By contrast with other & : y meyes %. bes maps Pin sina beginning at 8 o'clock. The Dedication Ceremony is to] The’ YMCA Glee Club will ren- ples Baise natin by the people | ace Will Attract | 4quariums, the Key West in ~ . tory vo . aaa Lt. Porter from . Naval Air] start promptly at 3 p. m. Sunday | der selections for the afternoon’s|of Florida in the Treasury's Op- ce res The tion ¢ aly 25 cont pegs 7 an etee Sane Station, Boca Chica, demonstra-} and is to be followed by an infor- | musical program. This group is/portunity Drive. 95,000 Visitors This | federal tax of 5 cents f ee ee es ted ‘the many. life-saving items] mal get-together at the beach,|under the leadership of Donald pS chia ele MeansAuhing luiop. In all other aquariums ed cate ead of Lame now cartled.by, the Naval avia) whieh will permiitt all who wish |Gilles, and-is comprised of local} Pp d F iT Wi : , regular charge range Sue ae deans of G tal tors and spoke on emergency res-] to’nieét’ the distinguished: guests: and Navy talent.” ul 0 ry: Ins Lease Extension earn the identity ot the land Se ag : i : es For this pe goont whieh the city wants quire. | ti Lt roar tae ae M W 2 mprovements to the lunici-! that same \ cf get act daa ann eee en trite. ese eo M _— 7 ifi jami- ey est ie ctume use ae willl coats ups a vailath rr ere tes ete ct | cees, and District Governor Gel. | Qy@NETA arsna estities Marathon Rac warels of $5,000 will be under- | aie! Kroll ; Florida says the lands are owned | re eer ofsiaons -internabons arathon hace taken during the next wwe | moron mynd in 10. °. ° quar i : by the Trustees of the Internal } : months, William Kroll, who di- | range Bayo wemaeh Purd | i ae ety In Favor Of A ro riation The boat, Bud Folly, whose| ier the institu Sg ee the tag TE ee tart: y al iMrs. Edna Cabrera owner is John Lamont of Coral |tgay " tg ape ‘ acquired the Garrison Bight prop- | ° ore Avest Eis tas He made this announcement af- | and the insta " erty from the Trustees of the In- | . me: ° KF R an W. \ E bg sami mey vcs. marathon iter he had been assured by the | better rest ternal improvement Fund. The Dies This Morning} for Nearming estern Kur OPE see which finished a the Coun | iy that is lease of the mi | AY tah Land Agent states in his lette ty Beach. pally-owned property in Front st., | Comm : that the to fe Trustee ity f will give title my lands that ar public purp | Alse to be considered at to-} night's meeting of the City Ce Mission are | A resolution authorizing the | cancellation of the lease by which | the quir the Municipal | Beach ot the foot of Duval str and outhorizing the acceptance of | @ warranty for the property from Charlotte M.— Larranaj Minnie Isabella Sweeny and 1 bel G. Sweeny In payment of the cost of the | land the city would issue eight/ Continued On Page Six) | SORE, SE ‘ 1 . — Y BINGO, « Den, Seminary St. \ 8 O'Clock Tonight | foster parents. Wirephoto! MRS. NELLIE BESHEARS, 23, looks grimly at a snapshot of her seven-year-old daughter, Ona, on a cell wall of the coun- ty jail at Tulsa, Okla., where | | she is being held. The cotton | mill worker defiantly refuses | to tell authorities where she has hidden the little giri from Mrs. Beshears agreed to the adoption, but says she didn’t know it meant “giv- ing up the child altogether.” The mother, charged with steal- ing the child, said, “I wouldn’t tell where she is if they were fixin’ to hang me.” Complete Stock of Colors REASONABLE PRICES Formica and Enameled Tileboard and Trims for your own installation Also Inlay Linoleum and Guaranteed For Life “Kentile” Asphalt Tile Key West Floor Covering Co. 132 DUVAL STREET PHONE 1454 Declares Second World *———— War Would Have Been Inc uest Today Shortened Had France } In Baby’s Death | A’ coroner’s jury before Peace Gen-! Justice Roy Hamlin is scheduled eral George Marshall, former(at 4 p. m., today to hold an in- chief of staff and secretary of quest into the death of the infant state, testified today before the} whose body found in the can- House Appropriations Committee; al at Patterson avenue and 8th jin favor of the bill that is design-! street Saturday morning ed to provide $1 billion $450 mil-|" pr. Herman K. Moore, who per- lion for the rearming of Western! formed an autopsy on the body, Europe. | reported the baby was born alive! He asserted that had this coun-/ and was drowned, presumably in try been in a position at the be-} the canal in which the body was ginning of World War II to supply | found large quantities of war material! There are yet no clues leading to France, hostilities would have! to the identity of the child or of come to an end six months before ; its parents. Deputy Sheriff Frank they did and would have saved; Webber said today the United States $60 billion and! thousands of American lives. Marshall maintained that the! adoption of the rear ming pro- preserving the peace of the wor! id. | 5 i , He did not name the other two; STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 steps, but evidently he meant the | (Continued On Page Six) ( Mrs. Edna Cabrera died this ; morning at 8:45 o'clock in the Ga- \ley Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are under the direction of the Lopez Funeral | Home, and will be announced la- ‘ter. Mrs. Cabrera was the wife of Police Sergeant Raymond Cabre- ra. Been Fully Armed farasa porewoesy <a) WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 '$ Fire Alarms | ‘During July ! There were only ‘alarms last month, according to a report filed today with City ‘Manager Ralph D. Spalding by Fire Chief Leroy Torres. The fire loss for july totaled an esti- i mated $150, the chief reported. eight fire The Southernmost Pistol ———EEE i | =) and Rifle Club Will Hold | A Meeting Tuesday Night ' August 2, 8:00 P.M., at the | AMERICAN LEGION HOME i on Stock Island | Palace Theater ROD CAMERON and BONITA GRANVILLE in “STRIKE IT RICH” ROR A | DION'S AUTO SERVICE Corner White eae aes Sts. | oe Complete Auto Service | —_ _ es Standard Oil Products VACATION SPECIAL ieneral Motor ‘Tune-Up, Clean ee ‘Key West Neon Sign Company SALES, SERVICE and MAINTENANCE Estimates Given On All Neon Sign Work MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami Fi Second prize went to the Candy Lind, whose owner is Clyde, Pouter, and third prize went to the Log, whose owner is Arthur | Coffey. Louis Carbonell presented the prizes yesterday afternoon, fol- lowing the races staged off {County Beach. ; The winners of the races "yes: terday were Theme Song, owne Cleveland Johnson;/ second, Can- dy Lind, Clyde Pouter; _ third, boatmen were guests at the’A & B Lobster House, where dinner was served, and later were taken lto the dance at the Elks Audi- { torium. Poland Ac : ‘On Sabotage WROCLAW, Poland.—(4)—Ec- onomic sabotage, most of it ap- in industries parently centering |operated in former Eastern Ger- { man lands, s o be on the in- crease in Polar Arr ised of asual check of a iby Polish newspapers since Jan- uary 1 showed 160 persons had landed in jail. Many of these cluded directors or vice-directo of indsutvial plants. eR LE POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Division Phone 9134 Your PURE OIL Dealer LET US Grease, Spray or | i Change Your Oi) ~~ ee s and trials of those accu- abotage are frequent. A “FOR WORK ON AUC. Prowler, whose owner is Forrest } Johnson. Saturday night the visiting ests reported | would be years. Kroll said that this year 120 TEACHERS REPORT extended another five on € the i will 15 Will Prepare For Schools’? Opening | On September 6, Day | After Labor Day j Approximately 120 public o |school teachers will report for on {duty on August 15, it was! state law t . announced today by Horace (Continued On Page Six) SURRSRCRSeeeeeeeeeeeee” i. NOTICE Effective Aug. 1, 1949, the price of our propane gas in cylinders will be eight cents per pound. 100 eo — $8.00; 20-lb. cylinders, 1.60. No Delivery Charge On LOOP 20-Pound Cylinders Are Se KEY WEST GAS CO. gm PHONE 61 419 FLEMING STREET [SOQUNSURORennuenunnen i ylinders fercwe