The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 9, 1949, Page 1

om. Lax eens Re PORE TAKES LIVES OF eek | ; | | (#) Wirephoto @ AM ARIAL VIEW of Montana's deadliest forest fire © he Getee of the Mountain wilderness 25 miles north- =f Wetewe «Thirteen forest service men have perished in thet bewe bermed over about 6.000 acres since Fri- themdved five fighters are batting the blaze. INSURANCE HELD BY CITY ELECTRIC GIVEN TO K.W. INSURANCE CO. Pett) Rewrd Vates Pheer fe Tee Again-t Ue Bob ther berm AU ALUX WIZARD BANISHES MASKS ¢ trestemmee Com. © Papy & Ween, wae given Looters Warned By President Of Ecuador tRy The Axawermies Preany Strict orders against looting were issued today by President Galo Plaza Lasso n the stricken earth- quake area. Leaders of the civil guards, tachments of calvary and police- men said that they will shoot {looters without warning. President Lasso stated that he feared the Indians in the area, who go wild when they are drunk, will conduct looting raids. Special detachments of cavalry- men are on guard in the Indian } area. The president said further that he intended to request a loan from the United States to help jtake care of the 100,000 who were made homeless by the earth- quake. He explained that to feed and clothe that many people had taxed government and_ relief agencies’ capacities. Winter weather makes necessary large quantities of clothing, for a large percentage of the homeless fled from houses thinly clad when the trembler struck. Te stated also that the num- ber of dead is still undetermined, band that he believed that many } bodies would not be found. The pesumate is still placed at between ii and four thousand. Montana Fire |Shortly To Be ‘Under Control (By The Associated press) HELENA, Montana, August 9. j=The forest fire in Montana that has caused the loss of 13 lives and destroyed 6,000 acres of timber- Jand will be under control by to- morrow, it was announced offici- ally today. The fire now has been confined strip 25 miles northeast of this’ city. It was’ explained that control of the fire would have been attained cotee had it not been for the cliffs‘in that locali- ty, which makes it difficult for the 500 fire fighters to perform 2 QUITO, Equador, August 9.— THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1949 IN THE r IN “S PERCENT” PROBE | ewwel af three in their tasks readily. wa ‘Nat. Airli eeting wa at. Airlines tect e propel to| Sustained In masitens chive ' ° + al thre 9 % 7 oe Pilot’s Release ae per G. T.-Baker,- president. National Airlines, Inc., said today: we “The arbitrators’ decision su: on ‘ = taining the discharge of Captain se as Maston G. O'Neal by National Airlines, Inc., following an ai ‘ | plane accident at Tampa, Florida po | ptember 13, 1945 is of import- ance to every individual in the {nation whose stake in air trans- | portation safety is a personal one. \ “The decision reaffirms the pro- . jvisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act whch establishes that it is the air carrier—and not its employees ’ (®) Photo} their agents, which has pri- mary responsibility for the con- MR. GAMUEL GREEN. im- | trol of airline operations includ- periel wisard of the Association | ing execution of government and of Georgia Klans, sits in office | @itline safety regulations designed at Atlanta. Ga. Monday and | ‘© Protect the public.” reads his edict to banish the | Ww, x wearing of masks by members Lake Worth ‘= public. He said members | ee ‘cine . would be banned trom the klan Off aye it . Vy f they appeared “on any street, 1clais isit rood or highway wearing a iV : mask or visor.” an Duersen al i a ‘a “A Mayor Baker, Commissioners Michael, Preston and City Man- No Trace Found ‘ager Clark and Utilities Manager of M R I Crawford, all of Lake Worth, f : iwere in Key West Saturday and o verts j Sunday to confer with C. A. Van No trace o 4 has been Duersen, manager of the City El- ‘ by the sheriff's office !€cttic System, to learn about the sole e sher's ONCE operation of that system in Key gerding the whereabouts of, west Lelenette Roberts, 28, of Each visitor, Mr. Van Duersen Petrona eet, missing stated, commented favorably on Suad i | the operation of the electri : Miss Robe attend }tem nee ' nee given by the Junior I. : eee ee" Exams For Clerk- | . a» Saturday night, she ° otwo nant sts tater, L'Ypist August 27 —_— epert / 4 She os Frank Pa A Civil Service examination PEON BOARD ay "information sthat for city Senist clerk will De bed | amr Rox to do with Miss Rob- |i y : 5 ) wil « be welcomed by the {Clerk Victor Lowe announced to- CELOTEX ra mt aay MASONITE — | The position pays $140 a : —" we month. See cverenge STRUNK LUMBER YARD ome fie teal For Sale! For Sale! Block of Four Lots, Each 50 x 100, Flagler St.. Between 2nd and 3rd CALL TELEPHONE 124 or 1348 AT 411 FLEMING STREET J. Otto Kirchheiner EXTEN IS GRANTED AT CITY AQUARIUM a- Agrees To Pay City $6,000 Annually, Or 22 Percent Of Gross, Whichever Greater William H. Kroll, who leases Municipal Aquarium, was grant- | ed a five-year extension of his} lease yesterday by unanimous vote of the City Commission Kroll has agreed to pay the city $6,000 a year or 22 per cent of the gross annual intake, which- | ever is greater. He will spend up- | wards of $5,000 immediately on | the aquarium property. i Among the improvements he Membership Drive Of Boy Scouts In September At Meeting An immediate looking | survey tew vl further improvements at th> Monroe County Bey Scout camp at West Summerland Key was decidéd on at a meeting of | Monroe County Boy Scout leaders | held Monday night | The camping and activities | committee of the county council will make a weekend survey of} the site. Fred Frohock, who heads | the committee, has been directed | to prepare and recommend plans for the expansion and improve ments. 1 Plans were laid for a city wide membership drive in September. | In an effort to revive scouting in this city the council will meet Musicians Union Local 202 Presents PAUL GRINDLE, furniture manufacturer from Framingham, Mass., testifies in Washington Monday before a senate com- mittee investigating “five percenters’ ment contracts. He quoted James V. Hunt, former army officer and key figure in the inquiry. as having said: “I have only one thing to sell ,and that is influence.” SION OF LEASE SURVEY TO BE MADE OF BOY SCOUT CAMP AT SUMMERLAND KEY Plans Laid For bad Epidemic Stage At This Time. Dr. Peeples, County Health Officer, Says Polio Here In Very Mild Form | There have peen six cases of in- fantile paralysis developed in Key West in the last few months, Dr. William J. Peeples, Monroe a Health Officer, said to- lay. “The outbreak of polio here has not reached the epidemic stage”, said Dr. Peeples. “There has been no paralysis in any of the recent cases. The polio is a very mild form. There is no cause for alrm, “Three of the patients are now in the hospital. They are in an isolation ward. Two of them are adults and one is a boy of 14, - = Three of the cases had developed () Wirephoto | here in the last two weeks. Two weer in April and one last June.” Dr. Peeples said that one of the | cases that had developed had + been of a Navy officer who had just completed a six-week eruise on a destroyer. “Since that virus takes about two weeks to incubate the officer -—-—-— —----— | must have fallen victim to the po- Ps attack while at sea”, said Dr. influence in govern- Peeples. In connection with the out- break of polio, it was announced today that films would be shown on Thursday and Friday at 8 p. m., in the Public Health Clinic, Fleming and Thomas streets. The film is a special showing loaned to Monroe:County by the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly- sis. The public in invited without cost to see the film. “Any docal jorganization — wish- ing’to show the-flm should contact Mrs. Barbara Hawkins at 1532-W” said a statement issued today. |Dion To Petition Against Placing anne te ee Land Outside City grow to the point where fully 90,- Petitions:seeking to ‘prevent the 000 will visit the aquarium this} State Legislature from declaring year”, said Kroll. e net-| property owned by Norberg ting about what the city formerly | Thompson at he head of the island grossed.” to be outside the city limits were ____ | being circulated by City Commis- sioner Fred J. Dion. Notice of the intention to seek the State Legislature approval of placing the Thompson property outside the city was contained in a legal printed in last night’s Cit- izen over the signature of John N. Thompson, son of Norberg. As soon as the notice came to the attention of Dion he immedi- ately said that the law gave the city the right to assess the prop- erty, but that it was the intention on the second and fourth Mon-]of the owners of the property to days of each month seek political cancellation of that A court of awards will be held | right. on the second Monday of every! “I’m going to petition Governor third month. Fuller Warren and the members The first court of awards to be] Of the State Legislature not to let held in Monroe county in a num-|the Proposed measure become ber of years is slated for Moni Aur one ‘The TD oe sar i roperty is worth more than it is peut at ee Coen foe essed and we intend to fight to keep the assessment of $70,000 on KROLL plans to make-are~ .the,. construc- tion of bigger tanks for showing larger fish and sharks, and build: ing larger rest rooms for visitors. Kroll explains that every day in the wintertime that two or three bus loads of tourists come here on the Florida Greyhound Lines and that the s always stop at the aquarium wheer the low cost of viewing the fish is an attrac. tion. 7 An attendanes award will be | ¢h, ” = e ‘ty.’ presented the troop whose mem promeny seas bers have the largest attendance - of parents at the award on Ch k T B Franklin West, son of Mr. and ar o be Mrs. Glen West of Nassau Lane, Confirmed To Supreme Bench (By Tae Annociated Prens) WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—For mer Attorney General Tom Clark who was appointed to the su- preme court bench by President w al Present at the meeti v Fred Frohock, Rober opp, Car! ton Smith, Charles lor, nard Frank, Robert Braun, Maring ,Tony Martinez, Harold McMasters, Dave Myers and Roo sevelt Sands. awarded the Life Scout med- Speaking for the Republicans, CHOOSES JAIL SHANGHAI VICE CONSUL BETH Te & Sree. WILLIAM M. OLIVE, 32. of tronten. Me. U. & Whe Gaaeet a Shanghai who was beaten by Chinese Commeeete! Galles o& Shanghai and held in jail two days as the elteret® Selle all traffic accident arrives by plane with his wile Gee Peeneee He is enroute to Washington to make « cepert of Ge Geutee and refused to make any comment, ee ee cae i. MRS. NETTIE W. CAPPS, 57 a gold star mother. is heid wm jail at Salt Lake City for re fusing to obey a court order te transfer her son's wartime im surance benefits to his ried widow and his three children. The son, Jacob | Capps, who was killed Battle of the Buige mother the beneficiary he wa sseparated from his the children being designated contingent beneficients The grandmother claims the chi dren wouldn't “get the ful amount of money.” remar mal nm the made he when wate F. H. Rom Dies In Washington Frank W. F 1 Rom, of t ast Gua Truman, will be confirmed by the | Fleming street 1} senate with little opposition, even | died in Wa Republican senators said today. August 8, ac tion received | Senator Kenneth Wherry ‘i ; that Clark will be closely ques-| Survivor - A ( A / A DA NCE tioned but that he will be con-}Carl Rom. on« firmed. Wherry added, “What’s} Louise Hunct Honoring the use of batting at him when | grandchildren. St we feel sure of his confirmation?” | Rom CREWMEN OF H.M.S. SNIPE is aid TS TTT DETTE pci os ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF KEY WEST Courtesy Recording and Transcription Fund TONIGHT, 9 P.M.—N.C 1021 DUVA Fine Fishing Tackle Thompson Enterprises, Inc. Hardware Division—Phone 886 S.—Tonight, 9 P.M. LL STREET ‘ P eee ee sii i ee mine CCNA. eee TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS TAT AE EEY | BI nt Admiral Le Nav set 6 beva of the Aw fF : - Warhington t ae Light Poles (he Boules ard Draw Protest OF Cheb Palace Theete SIPS RATTORTY « MELER comet ve BUSH CHRINTMAS Se _”