The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 3, 1949, Page 1

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SOUTHERNMUST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A.- : KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949 Greater Influx Of Cuban Tourists To Key West Recently jOne Family Of 5' Checked In For Month { t | | | Believed Resulted ! | Fror Key West Chamber Of Commerce Campaign In Havana The tourist promotion cam- : paign being conducted in the City lof Havana by » Chamber of Commerce has_ been the Key West (A) Wirephoto} in progress for one month, it was JOHN MARAGON. one-time Kansas City bootblack. talks to Rewemea in Washington whil> @ senate sub-committee inves- figetes ectivities of “five per- eentagers.” Committee investi- @etors say they are working on @ leed furnished them by Mara- @on. now « fast-talking man- shout Washington who claims friendship with many high gov- ernment officials. “Five per- Jaycees To Hold Conference Here August 6 And 7 The summer conference of the Fiorida Junor Chamber of Com- merce, to be held in Key West, August S Gn’? ~ issumes ~ anim ternational aspect, with the ex- tension of an invitation to the president of the Sociedad de los duvenos, the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Havana, to attend the conference as guests of the Plorida organization, next Satur-* dey and Sunday. Menntime, Fred Edwards, chair- Yan of the registration commit- \ee, states that reservations con- tinue to come to the local club, by letter, wire and long distance calls Por delegates arriving Friday might, the Key West Jaycees will hold open house at their club on nue. yshees have prepared a buffet dinner of native foods, in-{ eluding Florida Key lime pie, as of the pre-registration event. m sources outside the it has been learned that at t two clubs in the state have chartered busses to make the trip to Key West for the conference. Bill Cody of Kissimmee is; the first arrival in Key West for the conference. He arrived Tues- day and will stay until the con- ference ends Sunday. New Apartment To Be Built In Hilton Haven A building permit calling for the expenditure of 000 for the construction of an eight-unit apartment building on Hilton Ha- ven, off Roosevelt boulevard, was taken out teday by Gilmore Jones, according to an announce- ment by Building Inspector Roy Butler The structure will be of con- and frame construction. Anather mit calling for the! outlay of $8,000 for a private resi- dence to be constructed in Flag- ler avenue was taken out today by cise Trudeau | ARN RR ONE NRE POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis et Division Phone 9134 Your FURR O11. Renter {stated in a report by the Cham- ee today. The campaign, which is the most intensive that this city has ever launched in any one partic- lable area, has received remark- able cooperation from business | People here and in Cuba. ‘ Newspaper ads in five Havana | sates, that was purchased by the Chamber totals 120 inches . . . or almost one full newspaper’ page. Publicity and photos of the good- will party that visited Havana, plus releases that were sent to Havana during the month, has re- sulted in several pages of copy. The amount of radio time that has} been devoted to Key West ste | 'Havana stations is unestimable, | but it is known to be great. Six 1 professionally prepared thousand advertising folders printed in the Spanish language have been distributed in Cuba. All newspaper ads used were by a Mi- ami adveritsing agency and con- j tain atrractive art work and copy | d end to feature Key West's attractions, hotels and facilities. In reply to the ads, nearly 100 letters from prospective Cuban visitors have been received by the. Chamber of'Commerce. Each in- quiror is mailed a letter of wel- come to Key West, a list of hotels: and another folder explaining what he can enjoy while on vaca- tion in our city. At present, the Chamber is at- tempting to learn from business people how the response has been to date in connection with the campaign. Several hotels have re- ported a greater influx of Cuban visitors. In one beach motel at least, a Cuban family of five has, checked in for one month. To underwrite the cost of the campaign, local businessmen have made avilable to the Chamber $515., which is highly commend- able and sincerely appreciated by committeemen in charge of de- tails, who are: Frank W. Smith, Chamber of Commerce Merchants | Division chairman, and Victor Lang, chairman of the Chamber’s Hotel and Restaurant Division. shopping iPrince Aly Kahn And Rita Hayworth Robbed of $600,000 To $800, 000 In Jewels Today Bandits Believed Same Who Yesterday Stole $600,000 In ' Gems From Store _ (By The Ansociates Preset PARIS, Aug. 3—Prince Aly Kahn and his wife, the former Rita Hayworth, reported to police today that they had been robbed of jewelry worth between 600 and 800 thousand dollars. They said they had left their | villa in Deauville, France,, border- ing on the English Channel, to ride to Cannes to ~ visit the Prince’s father, when four ban- dits armed with tommy guns, held up their car and pointed the guns at them. While one bandit | deflated 'the tires, the other three , ‘took the gems from Aly and Ri- ‘ta, and then sped away in their r, which is said to resemble pene i | of the carg that were used yester- day in robbing the Van Cleef and Arpels jewelry store branch at Deauville of $600,000 in gems. Aly Kahn told reporters, after the robbery, that nobody in his car was hurt, but that he, his wife and ‘her maid were “terribly frightened.” Covered by the tommy guns and commanded to hold up their hands. Aly said they did as di- rected, and that, within a few minutes, the robbers had the jew- elry and had sped away. He explained further that they were masked, as were the robbers who stole the $600,000 from the store yesterday. Judging from his deséfiption of the masked robbers and their automobile, French po- licemen said they believed that the men who robbed the store are the same who held up the Prince's antomepie: Monroe County Commissioners last night answered a plea for *% | help from the Board of Trustees of the local public hospital by pass- \ ing an emergency grant of $10,001 from that account. The $10,000 will come from a surplus now on hand from the profitable marl account. This expenditure now removes all surplus | come fea the stax eee and | the county will have to purchase | County Hospital is in debt to the tune of $17,000 and the money will “hold-off” creditors of the institution, and allow the hospital) to regain its credit standing. read from J. D. McAndrew chairman of the board of trus- tees. Attorney Enrique Esquinaldo, a member of the hospital board, | addressed the commission and! | pleaded for help. Esquinaldo said ' i unless the county commis- ; sioners granted some aid that it would be imposible to run the, hospital any longer as the insti- tution was without funds or cred- | it. Esquinaldo concluded his re- marks by saying “It is a question of ‘life’ or ‘death’ with the hospi-! tal, and I beg you to come to our aid.” | “Has City of Key West paid! anything on their $15,000 appro-. priation to the new board”, in- quired Commissioner Saunders. , “No,” answered Esquinaldo. Commissioner Joe Allen: “We, (County Commissioners) should! meet with the board of trustees! DION'S AUTO SERVICE. Corner White and Fleming Sts. TELEPHONE 96 Spray or 4 Change Your Oil Complete Auto Service Standard MECHANIC ON DUTY | | Oil Products | A letter asking for aid wat—————_—"_—_""" | ana reach an understanding on fi- i nancial matters”. Saunders to Esquinaldo: about a round table d. next Tuesday afternoon?” “We will welcome it”, the attorney. “We have a net profit of $10,- 000 that has accumulated in the ;marl fund. This is surplus, and | won't cost the taxpayers in the county a cent. I will entertain a motion transferring the $10,000 to the Monroe County Hospital. This is an emergency”, said Commis- ; sioner Frank Bentley. “Can we legally $10,000 without first the state on the matter?” “Commissioner Joe Allen. “How ‘ussion replied spend this contacting asked [BRITISH SLOOP OF WAR EVADES COMMUNISTS AND RETURNS TO. Residents In Crown: Colony Today Held Informal But Very Enthusiastic Celebration; {Mr The Ansoctates Press) | HONG KONG, Aug. 3 yin this crown colony of aed Bri- | ' tain held an informal but enthusi- astic celebration today over the return to port of the Amythyst, the British sloop of war, that was trapped and badly damaged by communists in the Yangtze River when: they took possession of Shanghai. Several members of the crew aboard the ship were killed by gunfire from communist batteries ; ed to watch her. HONG KONG) ————— along the shore. The ship entered a creek to escape the fire, and since then her commander had been ordered by the communists: not to leave her position. But the Amethvst succeeded in gelling out of the river at night. | Hugging the shore, she slipped downstream and got out into the open sea without detection by the communists who had been detail- —_ She proceeded to Hong Kong; and on her arrival here her crew was wildly cheered, and the cel- ebration was begun. Officers and members of the crew have been given a week's vacation, with the Hong. Kong Navy Fleet Club their headquar- ters, POSTOFFICE Guido P. Lawrence Is New Director Of Local Office; To Inform Landlords And Tenants Appointment of Guido P. Law- rence as director for the Key West rental ared and opening of an area office in the postoffice building to administer rent con- trol in Monroe Gounty was an- nounced by Kenneth A. Camp- bell, Regional Housing Expediter in Atlanta. “Lawrence has established an enviable record as a member of the s in the Miami Areagof- fice, an am confident that’ his appointment and the opening of an area office in Key West will meet with the wholehearted ap- proval of the community,” Camp- bell said. Lawrence has been a resident of South Florida since 1935, com- ing to this section from Nashville, Tenn., where he had been engag- ed in the practice of law and in the insurance businessi He first; entered. government service in 19- | 41 with the U. S. Civil Service] Commission. He joined the staff of the Miami Area Rent office an 1946, and held the position of ex- aminer-inspector there until his appointment as director of the! Key West Rental area. i The office hours to the public; will be from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Lawrence speaks Spanish fairly | well, and this fact should be help- | ful. Here ees Lawrence is Hil- | ton R. Carr, director-attorney | in the Miami ‘tice, but he said KEY WEST RENTAL AREA OPENS TOMORROW IN BUILDING Closed Session On Bill To Rearm Western Europe {By 'The Ansociated . Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a closed conference today to hear testimony regarding the bill that provides $1 billion $450 mil- lion to rearm Europe. High officials in the Army and the State Department were call- ed to testify, Congiderable-bpposition has de- veloped over the appropriation of. the entire amount and also hel provision that would give the President power to decide to what nations supplies of arms should be sent. Some senators and many repre- sentatives have declared that the President should not be given that arbitrary authority. SSS ey ee ————— he was merely here to assist Law- rence in getting the local office started. “The law and the administra- tion will be handled fairly and | impartially”, said Lawrence. “I will take immediate steps to ap- praise landlords of the liberalized adjustment provisions of the reg- ulations, as well as to advise the tenants of controlled housing ac- commodations of their rights.” The local office will be opened tomorrow morning. It will be open five days a week, Monday through Friday. School Board at a meeting last} pence Albury adopted a resolution changing the name of Division Street School to | the Truman Elementary School. A petition asking the name be} of the science department at the | changed $500,000 School Bonds To Be Voted Upon This Fall By County Voters Chiefs Of Staff Hold Meeiing In Great Britain (By Associated Preatds LONDON, Aug. 3.— General Omar Bradley, Admiral Louis Denfield and General Hoyt Van- denberg, chiefs of staff of the Army, the Navy and Air Force of the United States, arrived here today and conferred with British military men behind closed doors. The -North Atlantic Pact ana} To Reach Key the rearming of nations in West. ern Europe were the subjects; discussed, though nothing ects West Saturday revealed about the exact nature The British warship, the Snipe, of the discussions. Reporters were told that a public statement | , a . may’ be issiedstumonow? follow: will arrive here at about 10 a. m. ing a conference with Danish and Norwegian military men in| by Key West Naval Base. sila 4 4 When the ship reaches the Key in that city, communists said West Naval Station, Captain C. today they would picket’ the C. Adell, USN, commander of the Ameican —embass; in rotest’ against the holding of the con- , Naval Base, many other officers ference. Bond election will be held some time this fall (er appeewst the plan to spend $500,000 on new school buildings end ment of present schools, it was decided last night Monroe County School Board. The date for the election will Horace O’Bryant, superintendent ¥50 Percent Plus One Of Freeholders Must Vote In Coming Election: No Increase Seen In Taxes nd npr es ate meeting of be announced later of schools for the county on get 30 per coms ph. DORA teste Fequires thet least 50 per cont plus cee of © appre for or gasinst the be! me said O'Bryant. “In come counters the school bond cleetiem: b« failed because they could eet oe | that many voter te appes t ed. A pi Majority af the per cent voters weashet cares & the bond issue jcounty in the bend Gea Wy jand newspapermen have been in- | think the mothers ef eteltres « vited aboard to meet the skipper | be for the bond tue GF ener However, Paris police head- quarters: issued asurance that | of the vessel. the people of the Upper Baws an the communists would not create Sunday afternoon there is to} strongly in faver of the bene any disturbancé that may cause be an open house aboard the | Sue, and can be capected t) te a a postponement of the conference. Snipe. for it vtech eit —<- As previowly explained NAME OF DIVISION ST. SCHOOL NOW BECOMES..." = "TRUMAN ELEM. SCHOOL School Board Votes j For Unanimously For Change; Accept Three Teachers’ Resignation change in the name of Division street to Truman avenue, in hon ; or of President Truman, was pre {sented to the school Board sever- 8 | al months ago. The school board also voted to accept the resignations of Joel Martin, who taught in the science department at Key West High i School; of Miss Inez Newman, who taught Spanish at the High {School last year and of Mrs. Flo. Mullinax of the Truman Elementary school Martin resigned to study for his doctor’s degree at the University of Florida. He will be succeeded | by Walther Lazier, who was he ad! No longer will the schoo} build- ing at Truman avenue and White street be known as the Division Street Elementary School, is was ; decided by the Monroe County night. The school board unanimously | in keeping with the; (Continued On Page Six) LOCAL HOSPITAL GETS $10,000 EMERGENCY GRANT FROM COUNTY Sawyer concurred with and the state auditor. Sawyer reasoned that the funds did not hence could be spent as suggest- ed. The vote for approval of the $10,000 transfer was unanimous. | Receive Bids For Printing Needed For New Registration | A bid of $1731.80 was received from the Drew company for sup- plying printed forms for the su- pervisor of registration’s office for the new type of registration. No action was taken on the mat- ster, as it is not definite just who! will be held responsible for pur-| chasing the supplies. abe state! ; Wants Appropriation For Bentley ; Passed the legislation but did not | welfare committee for recommen- | were re appropriate any funds. Should the state not grant the funds, then same. Colored Area Made Ed McBride of Fort Village last | night asked the County to come to the aid of the Sunday school | Union (colored) and fill in land that has been given them for rec- reational purposes. McBride said | that if the county filled in the land, that the Sunday School Union would begin construction on the property. His request was referred to the chairman of the } Complete Stock’ of Gin , REASONABLE PRICES Senn Formica and: Enameled Fileboard TThave tgken it up with the|| @d Trims for your own installation Also Inlay Linoleum and ‘state. auditor and he is of the} opinion that it can be done”, said Bentley. Monroe County Attorney Paul CHICKEN WIRE STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 Guarantee d. For Life “Kentile” Asphalt Tile Key West Floor Covering Co. 132 DUVAL STREET | PHONE 1454 | i |run into the hundreds of dollars | ‘ax Collector Howard Wilson in dation. Decide Not To Prosecute collectiane Morris Blumberg | Housing Resolution The commissioners decided not} Passed By County to prosecute Morris Blumberg! A FHA resolution pass who allegedly committed perjury ; ed last night by county commis in 1947 around December 26.; sioners that was entirely different Blumberg is alleged to have | from the one passed by city com claimed that he was a resident of | missioners in special session Key West and Monroe County,} The city’s resolution was hard and to have acquired a divorce | hitting and to the point, while from his wife at that time. Coun-| the county avoided the issues in ty Solicitor Allan B. Cleare men-| volved and centered only on tioned that Judge Aquilino Lopez’ generalities had set aside the divorce. , The resolution read in part Cost of trying Blumberg would! “That the Federal Housing Au thority be Commissioners | quested to lend its financial assis tance to and to aid in every way possible individuals desiring to was and the County did not fee] disposed to spend this | amount. The commissioners did | f= of Army engis ported by Monroe County } ie report on last year’s tax roll) and it is hereby re- O'Bryant, the bend meee cee tb erty Coane Board's appreyst ¢ bond issue was due f th ¢ that the local beard beget t nance the cost of the aew et and tinprovements of peeeent « by using tax legislature approved O'Bry said that he we communication with the & School Superintendent ot 7 hassee yesterday art fre learned that would confine special se discusmon of tax « The county hee now totals about § school board repert an enviable the bond imeue certificate ( th the lee re !Asks For Permit |For Improvement i At Stock bland Edward T Woods inary street, he apple sonville for Ha wk Channel i? ' jots 1, 2, 18, 19 and t First street, between F MacDonald verniae Isla ad He prog to cunstewed id-fill pier, 75 feet wid ing into the onnel 4a from an existing bulk hew construct another pie {Continued On Page Six ‘Change In Law Motor Vehicle Title And Lien TALLAHASSEE, ¥ Collections of 99.9 Per Cent Tax collections of 99.9 per Palace Theater GLORIA HENRY and WILLIAM BISHOP in “PORT SAID” ey he etter, agree to prosecute Blumberg if| construct homes in the county of | Py hong someone else would “foot” the| Monroe, State of Florida, and the t bills. clerk of said board is hereby au-{lien law be | City of Key West Is thorized to forward copies of this| Aug. 1. Mot Ve Granted Request resolution to an appropriate agen- | sioner Areh I ‘ City Manager Ralph Spalding’ | cy of said FHA as a recommenda- | cha sre desig request that Howard S. England|tion and request by said Board | up handling of be allowed to “run off” prints of }for financial assistance in Mon- | ters 64 pages of plats 1 and 2 for the|roe County, Florida, to those ap-| He added city was approved. Spalding | plying for same.” ; method of ree agreed to pay for all expenses in- | Road Department Engineer H nd mortgage volved. To Examine Boca Chica Road. vehicles he Wilson Reports Tax A member of the engineerting! lien after seven yew staff of the State Road Depart- | mits destruction of @ ment is to confer with Board! — Chairman Frank Bentley in the | == Do You Want A Home? {near future relative to the possi | bility of fixing the old Boca Chi- | Well, by golly, you can he for only $10 & week. All deute ‘ca road that is now in a bad con- | dition. Bentley and the engineer | and single outside reer. will examine the road, and the| engineer will advise Bentley on| Corner Duval and Seuthers or i eeeeeeenemenemnee