The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 6, 1949, Page 1

Snipe Arrives In Key West; Leaves | Started Good*— ~~~ a any Local Maikas Should Work For Cuban Tourists | Suggestion that Cuban-Ameri- | | can residents of Key West to form an organization to support the | Key West Chamber of Commerce in its efforts to increase Cuban | trade was made last night at i meeting in Delimonico’s Restau- rant. The occasion was a_ cocktail hour that was put on there for Justo Mendez, a Havana radio | Just Will Tour To Last Three Months Commander Walker Calle On Acting Mayer, City Manager; Proud Of Displays The British war vessel, the} Snipe, arrived at Key West Naval Stetvan this morning. After calling on Captain C. C. Acell, USN, commander of Key | West Neval Base, Commander C. iG Walter, Royal Navy, called | pon Acting Mayor Louis Car- \nonet! and City Manager Ralph Peep commentator, who said that if re ie Spalding at City Hall. more people in Havana knew CB Gent Gente of owe _ They were sccompanied by J.| about Key West they would sure- @ Meneses, (G. Thompson, British Consul at) jy stop off in Key West. her Meekend, Potice, Jeeksonville, who will remain! “The people of Cuba feel that Guadesete, wes chet [P22 Wh the visiting British} Key West is closer to the hearts ‘qamen until they depart for! of Cubans than any other spot on Cth eth te own platel [Jacksonville on Thursday igontinental United States”, said TD Were coe Snipe tied up at Pier Baker at Mendez. ithe Naval Station She is @ fast.) Arturo Boza then suggested Htong-range slovp, on pe anon that the Cuban American resi- jim 16. She ts 299 feet long and) dents of Key West should do ev- hus « draught of 11 feet. erything in their power to in- Tomorrow any visitors to the) crease tourist travel from Cuba | Newel Station will have an op-| to this city. portunity to inspect the Snipe.) «] suggest a sort of Latin-Am- | Vettors are te Be permitted to/ erican Chamber of Commerce to | come heard her from 2 to 6p. ™-) work with the Key West Cham- & reporter for The Citizen was | ber of Commerce”, said Boza. conducted aboard the Snipe to-/ Acting Mayor Louis Carbonell ey ty the public relations offi-' greeted Mendez. cor Then he was introduced to yp | ‘Bricklayers Speed Up In Warsaw The Snipe has just started a geod will erwige that will take her « full three months to com- 0s age men Leeving ber home base, | = vmuda, the Snipe went to) WARSAW, Poland—(#)—A new = © ©" Tieeeentcam Republic, then visited champion bricklayer is crowned as betord com: | almost every day in Warsaw. Rema wns em ~ “wt + -| Records are” as: rapidly Alki BD om Seer wd heme representative as they are estal d a by work- * betes: oo thee af the trophies ca ty by | ers helping to rébulld this war- ete & we crewmen of the Snipe. He | devastated capital. The newest Page « [tht of im men who handled iy record is by Waclaw ‘ vett | whakng race and wen it | Lesiewicz and two; companions. guee the Gnwpe « cock, | They claim to have laid 24,000 come ok het | preemman proudest = it Bape: eight hours. ow et ee Mg ent ee ey a oa Se We CITY GIVES $4,910.50 TO COUNTY HOSPITAL * at | | Contributions To Hempital Heaviest During October, November. December { Key West so far this 4 $4,910.50 toward | { the County | | f City Hall re- BLAST VICTIM bene W athine ed tant Vieht 0 heck vealed today County Hospital has m the City of Key ‘ mtributions for said a City Hall The contribu been made monthly as te ft today we . ved ‘ Necemertly, the contributions . ave been the heaviest during the October, November ; have been | during the; in which taxes a 4 Decembe and etieularly hght ymer months tected usual practice, exent calendar year | upported the Hospi- | (£) Wirephoto LYING ‘ON AN OPERATING TABLE in a Birmingham hos- | pital is Leslie Methvin, one of five young scientists burned in an explosion during laboratory | tests at the Southern Research Institute. A large part of his by the city have been paid services rendered ees during the first six mths of the year which have | wnted to $254.95 The city gives annually $15,900| the County hone. tous em- j RAUL S CLUB |}: Ph eae? sees 4 wy Aseport Here On Thursday; | Later U. S. Senator rived in Key West this morning. the Summer Conference of the La Concha Hotel. | “At eeting Tonight Arrives By Airplane This Morning: Meet With City ie Today Claude Pepper, accompanied by Mrs. Pepper, ar-' Tonight the senator will address Junior Chamber of Commerce in Among those who greeted Senator and Mrs. Pepper on their arrival by National Airlines from Miami, was Captain C. C. Adell, nie C. Papy. Acting Mayor Louis ne Chairman Frank Bentley of the Monroe County Commission, Charles Curry, president of the Key West Jaycees; Al Cahill, na- tional vice president of the Jay- cees, and various members of the local Jaycees, Senator Pepper said he did not ACTRESS INGRID BERGMAN she will divorce her husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom, and retire from the movies. She and Dr. Lindstrom dined together (top) be- Bottom: Miss Bergman talks with Roberto Rossellini, Italian director of her latest movie, “After The Storm,” which she is making in Italy. Well informed sources close to the Swedish star say she intends to marry Rossellini fore their estrangement. after her divorce. (®) Wirephoto \ announced in Rome Friday that DION SAYS LEGAL STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO STO PAPY FROM TEANERC BD. Governor Of Hawaii Given Power In Strike (By Tae Associated Press) | HONOLULU, Aug. 6.—The Ha- waiian~ legislature, in an all- night session, passed a law em- powering the governor to try to stop the 98-day old strike of the longshoremen in Hawaii. | The governor said that he will put 2,000 longshoremen to work to load and unload ships here and elsewhere in the islands. He said that already men are loading ships with canned pineapple consigned to San Francisco for distribution in the United States. Harry Bridges, head of the union, who arrived here yester day directed the men on strike not to go to work, regardless of the governor’s order. The gover- nor said he expected to employ a sufficient number of non-union workers to load and unload the ship: ttle Star Cafe Featuring i zeaxfasts - Sandwiches | GB ALL BEVERAGES MIAMI-KEY WEST | BARGE LINE. Inc. { CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS | TELEPHONE 6 Barge Leaves Miami Every Friday t meen! | ithe City Electric System, said to- lieve, ‘py from introducing any legisla- ‘tion not having a majority vote Do You Know... | Assume Papy Wants _ “To Add: Additional Members To Utility Board Of City City Commissioner Fred J. ws on, who is a member of the City Utility Board which regulates day that he would take legal menas to stop Representative Bernie C. Papy from introducing legislation to increase the size of the Utility Board. His statement followed the publication in The Citizen last | night of a legal notice by B. C.! Papy of his intention to change! the state laws regulating the Util-) ity Board at the forthcoming spe- citl session of the State Legisla-! ture. i The Utility Board has made se- | veral efforts to hold a meeting to} decide on certain matte: ee mal been ae so a meeting could not br ing the City Electric no time has a quor ent, held am presuming that Repre- | sentative Papy intends to add ad- | ditional members and expense to the Utility Board in order to con- trol it’, said Fred J. Dion’s state-! ment today. “Speaking for myself and, I be- other members of the board, every legal means will be taken to stop Representative Pa- of any elected board.” commission or MM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAS Palace Theater BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO in “MEXICAN HAYRIDE” have a prepared speech, to deliver tonight. He said he would dictate something later in the forenoon. During the morning, Senator Pepper and Captain Adell made a tour of the Key West Naval Base. The senator said he was interest- ed in the Key West base, and wanted to see what was being done at the Naval Base. This afternoon, Senator Pepper scheduled to meet with the which has been called into session to deal with the problem of the lay-offs i City Commission, by the Key West Naval Base. disturbed. ton. The call was issued “by Acting Mayor Carbonell, and he said he hoped that Senator Pepper would! spot and set up a Little White intervene in behalf of Key West j House, Key West got some na- to see that the Naval personnel tional publicity”, said Senator nor civilian employees here were}Pepper later at the La eee et Rete, nd Renee Chiefs Of Staff Preparing To Leave For Home (By The Associated Press) the Air Force, chiefs of States, today completed in Western Europe. Portugal. bers of the staff will home shortly, after “If it is the choice of the Presi- Senator Pepper said he would|dent, then other people will be) mem for te go to — tomorrow to talk be- | attracted to your city. bf a wationalsunion: Later. he}—-“Key- West and all along<the heen will go’stfaight back to Washing- Keys, I predict a tremendous growth. This area will be heavily , “When Mr. Truman chose Key] populated in a relatively short, ™emeer of & iiloas as his choice of a recreation | time.” Brooks Batenian Named General’ Manager Today To Assume Office After Qualification And Check-Up; C. G. Hicks Elected Assistant Brooks Bateman was {geenral manager and chief engi- neer of the Overseas j Toll Bridge District at a reorgan- ization meeting of the Bridge Commission held this morning in the county courthouse. Mr. Bateman succeeds B. M. Duncan, who had held the pos: tion since 1937. Bateman will as sume office after he qualifies and a state auditor checks up the fi- nances of the commission. The commission decided unanimously to give Mr. Duncan 30 days leave of absence with salary for that period, beginning from the date he relinquishes his office as gen- eral manager and chief enginter. The commission elected Edwin F. Trevor chairman and Sam B. Pinder, vice chairman. The vote was unanimous in both cases. Clifford G. Hicks, who has ser- ved the commission since its in- ception as secretary and auditor, ea TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS elected | ‘Of Overseas Road District Moscow Plans ‘Party Courses ' MOSCOW—()—“Culture and Life” has announced the organi zation of summer schools for preparation of Communist Party propaganda. About 25,000 per sons will take the three month | course provided this summer. was unanimously renamed to those positions and also elected assistant general manager Preesnt at the meeting, besides Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Hicks, were Commissioners Edwin F. Trevor, Sam B. Pinder, Mrs. Isabelle Fleming, Ralph Betancourt, An thony Demeritt, William Arnold and Sam E. Harris. Bateman was a member of the State Road Department for four years during the Cone Adminis tration. He now resides in Coral Gables, but upon his assuming his iduties as geenral manager and | chief engineer, he said he wiil re ; Side either at Pigeon Key or in Key West. PARIS, Aug. 6.—General Omar! Bradley of the Army, Admiral’ Louis E. Denfield of the Navy! and General Hoyt Vandenberg of staff of the military forces in the United| their conferences with military leaders | NOTICE Due to the fact that there was not « quorum ct ‘PEPPER Meme | ' | | ‘Their last conference was with military men from Holland and Admiral Denfield said that he and the other two mem- leave for ing been successful in all their interviews. day that mo France of = sate Be faery tmete their \ acetem Reason for the Lolbossee TUMOLS, Une qpechemine® smd [afternoon and ¢id aut cohee nednight | One | been het at epert | fallen overboard at ad we led a Un a | boat hed founders All report : spokesman tens | Franco had a | cause fishing _ | the fist « man said, we which weg ‘Chas. W. Sawyer ‘Passes Away tn Asheville, N ( -" th ung ‘ frend r A oo Charle W Sew city Friday. inte place in Ashevalle | Mr. Sawye dent Key Weet tor ar M many treet apts Emtertemment PR we 20 4M. HEAR! HEAR! U.S. Sen. 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Florida. held at 10:00 A.M. thie date, notice is hereby given that this board will meet Monday. August 8th. 1949. at 100 A.M. ot the City Electric System office to discuss insuramee. In the event a quorum is not present at thet time, the meeting wil! be held at 2:00 P.M. the same afternoon. T. REGINALD PRITCHARD, Chairmen. Utility Board of the City of Key West. Pile. —e'_—_—_—_——— ties