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oe No. 201 VOR. LXX. a mn By Key Westers ‘Teackers Will. | ‘Meet Tuesday Here Yesterday; . Extended*-— WELDING GRANDMA | Talks; To Gather in ‘Terms OF Good Fellowship : There will be a’ county-wide ! meeting of the public jteachers next Tuesday at Key! West High School, County Sshool Superintendent Horace O’Bryant announced today. The meeting will be to develop followship among. the teachers, who begin teaching the | children of the county on Tuesday, Sept- { ember 6, ana to hear inspi i Visitors Invitation By | CalC. Cuban Officials Have | | } school | Veameh. Sipdet-ecing Trip And Tour Of Ploridea Keys ; peepee te an invitation by | Ge Rey West Chamber of Com. | ort, at Readed By Dr. Jose ; ther Garret President of the | Cty Comet of Havana, « party! tere Cuban dignitaries | wets the quest: of the peuple of | Bry Weet ve tertey et af the cipport at 9:50 yes) wodey be @ are of keel citi- | te witlond Adams | oftheraily wehemed the visitors to ! fhe enativer inet tty Peet Alpers beet representa- O'Bryant said that there are a total of 115 teachers in the county. All are on hand now getting ready for the reopening of the -public schools, and all of them should be |, on hand when the meeting is held. One of the addresses will be delivered by Philip Warden, nat- ional president of the Classroom Teachers’ Association. There will wet hy wt fee of Newene’s Touran Com- | also be speakers from the Florida femeem formation office here, | Educational Association. arert @ chet guide for the { “We want to have a gathering pty eet wen aeeteted by Gon- | of all the teachers of the county”, Gate Be mtn Lopez, (#) Wirephoto| said O’Bryant. “They will have a ot dawn Logee Fernan-| MRS. ETHEL WAKEFIELD of | good fellowship gathering and will dee am) Vomernt Moline ‘The erty wee esvorted = from ee @epert & Hetet Le Conche weet o nthbeeing tour of ety ae a neduled. | a A tanekeee in haner of the | ty we given at Lee's Oriental | grandmother, is the only wom- een o neem end was at-| 40 out of 1.200 to stick on her ty Meter Adem, Joe Al-| job as @ tack welder in the yard \ Teekeen, FF. W. Smith,| after the war ended. She likes ey Lene. eet Herold R. Lau-| welding, she says, and adds that teeter ff lien te the above! she is staying on in a clatter. wetuaned pore ing world of rivets and girders i fee @elowk. the Guban visi-| 46 save money for a. Vermont tore placed @ wreath at the statuc| oi cnen farm. NA : : Among the Democrats or form- . * ‘ der Order F rom would be virtually no loss cfs Desngecets pp: Were. decied ' of] representative was J. Strom | > Navy. jctvilion persuneii employed here: | Thurman, who ran for. president _— . | _ Employes that are to be severed} on the Dixiecrat ticket last year. De vt } from the Navy payroll will be dis- William Boyle, Jr., was elected i od {missed in from three to four] chairman of the committee, suc- Station Officially Said | months. A study being under-| ceeding J. Howard McGrath, who ; taken by Naval Station officials] was appointed Attorney general. feday That Employes There Will Be Cut to determine which of the employ- satiation tidabpas. i Sh es may be dismissed without hurt- Perez Arrested; Prom 1,103 To 817 Displ yed Arms While the Neval Station offi ing the service. ' “It is with extreme regret that Rogelio Perez, 815 Simonton . anmunced t at 2 ; a mens today Gat 206 street, who was arrested at 7:30! would be dis. hear some inspirational talks. The teachers should be inspired by the meeting, the talks they will hear.” Boston pushes back her helmet to relax a bit from her welding job at the Bethlehem Steel | Democrats Keep Dixiecrats Off Committee thy The Agencies WASHINGTON, August 24.— Dixiecrats or State-righters were expelled from membership in the Democratic National Committee at a meeting held t The credentials committee sib- mitted~a report against Dixie- crats from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina and recommended that they be “read out” of the party, so far as representation on the National i Democratic Committee is con-+ cerned. ‘The’. recommendations was acted on favorably. ‘ | ‘step,” said an officer today of the Naval Station. “We have seen it coming, however, but we did | we are compelled to take this not think it would mean quite the] p. m. to Patrolman W. L. James j ervthan employes heed. Representative George | number of employes that will be} on charges of carrying a conceal- | Smathers announced in a tele-' fected by this order.” ed weapon and reckless display | chee communication to The! 2nere are now 1,103 civilian} of firearms, will be arraigned } jemployes at the Naval Station, ©iteen thet ne more than 78 of | the only Navy group in the Key wh workers would be cut from, West area that is affected. When late today in Municipal Court. , we " {the layoff is finished there will ee ae at amathers re. |O= 8tT mployer. STRUNK Stet the Re saieiietinen ' Cong: ae ae Bate mete a L M ER YARD on . etapa appropriation to the Navy - een Seeretary of Defense partment, but it is known that U B hon ar Admiral Price in the amount sourht will be con- PHONE 816 Washengtowny tctay Cypress and Pine that they told siderably reduced. om they would not cut over 78 of, There are a total of 1,015 civil- West emplo: ian employes in the 6th Naval The evretary of hers add-| District that will be discharged STORM LUMBER ot that th preventative may in three or four months. Key te able to nave Key West Thin or Thick ett otebl furth forces | West's share of the layoff totals are undertaking a study to PLYWOOD ine which employes may es r ‘be let go without affecting the 4” Up to % ; Palace Theater ®ORIS KARLOFF and BELA LUGOSI in ‘BLACK FRIDAY” Station,” said an officer of the Na- val Station toda MASONITE | PRESTWOOD I 1-8” and 3-16" Thick DION'S AUTO SERVICE Corner White and Fleming Sts. TELEPHONE 96 Complete Auto Service Standard Oil MECHANIC ON BOAT BAR 889 Duval Street. Phone 9165 URAONDITIONED Bt Ce Aluminum and Steel | ROOFINGS ! ucts services performed by the : buTY i Galvanized and Steel |; SHINGLES SECOND BEST DRINKS Tarpaper Roofings Straws Are Useless In CEMENT SHAKES Drive Out to SPIDER'S Nails .. . Roof Cement . . . Roofing Asphalt STRUNK LUMBER YARD PHONE 816 SECOND BEST FOOD KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1949 Cubans Entertained Public School [ess sms ms mason mance - Will Hear inspirational [ ' jsust UP FROM AN UNDERSEA WEDDING Work Week (#) Wirephoto POLICE AND DETECTIVES LOOK OVER MAX FEIN, 63 (seat- ed left), after he plunged six floors from an open window in an office building at Los Angeles. He landed on a steel-barred skylight. When police arrived he was walking around asking. “What floor is this?” Fein told police he became dizzy and fell while looking out a window. Doctors say he may have skull and ankle fractures, 4 i (#) Wirephoto] be taken at SMILING LOUIS VILLANL 21, carries his bride, the former Ruth Ehlers, 17, as they emerge from a diving bell at Atlantic City after they were married at the bottom of the ocean. Hold- ing the sign is Rev. J, Ramond Vann, who performed the cere- mony. The newlyweds are from North Bergen, N. J. Syrian Army School Pushes Its |10PerCent CINCINNATI—(AP)—The _ na- { tion’s vacation travel income this ia—(AP)—President | year will exceed $11,000,000,000, Zaim’s plans to expand | an increase of 10 per cent over the Syrian army have given new | 1948, it is estimated by automo. mpertance to the Home Military ; bile builder Powe y, Jr ys Academy. This Syrian West Point | “Present indications are that be- is to turn out officers for armed | tween 65 and 70 million people forces which, the president has} oyer the nation are taking vaca- promised, soon will reach 50,000 | tion trips in their family automo- men bile: 10 million are At present 120 young men work | going by train, bi plane and eight hours a day and six days a} boat,” he said. “Vacationers will week—they reston Frida »| spend, all told, more than $11,000- graduate after two years 2 - | 000,000 at hotels, resorts camps, ond lieutenants in the army. They combine and physical training. and another st aN }restaurants motor courts and gas. technical | statio. j | IDEAL FAMILY CAR 47 STUDEBAKER. 4-DR.| ‘4g DODGE 2-DR. SEDAN $465.00 Down $430.00 Down 18 Mo. to Pay - Clean - New Paint 18 Months to Pay Navarro, Inc., 601 Duval St.‘ Navarro, Inc., 601 Duval St. Advisory Ladvisu ry No. 13, 10:15 A.M., Aug. | }the lower Chesapeake Bay. |U.S, Travel Gains | Russia Restores ew By Mrs. Weaver Last Night In Stock Island + Woman Fires Nine Ballets Inte Ber ome Husband's Body: He Gied Later In Hospital Thomas Albert Weaver, 4. peeptietar House at the foot of Duval street, wae teteiiy o'clock, by his former wife as he FIRST HURRICANE MIAMI WEATHER BUREAU, 24, 1949: The hurricane at 1015 a. m. EST is passing a short distance east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina apparently slowly curv- ing to a north-northeast direction and moving at a rate of about 18 mph. This gives the location at Latitude 35.1 north and Dbongti- tude 75.5 west. Diamond Shoals Lighthouse which is located a short distance southeast of Cape Hatteras reports winds of 115 mph. from the east-southeast. Hurricane winds cover a small area near the center and gales ex- tend outward 100 to 150 miles north and east of the center. Continued curvature to a more north-northeast direction at prob- (By Tre Associated Yereast t “ able accelerating rate is expect-! WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Gen — ana — ed during the next 12 to 24 hours. eral Omar Bradley, et of toe a s Tides will continue high on the the chiet ” bperemuagel 3 abe North Carolina and _ Virginia} e chiefs of staff. and Admingl| S°* Ge © — coast until the storm passes. Denfeld, who represents the Ne ee a? = a Shipping in the path of the} vy on the staff, are among the perm of Cemeer§ Opes storm should continue to. exer-| witnesses scheduled to temily | (, x. were & 3 aioe cise caution. . agement Hurricane warnings are dis- late this afternoon before the jceeded the seating played from Manteo to Cape congressional committee invest) — — <« oe Lookout North Carolina and . storm warnings elsewhere from | program. , is Ocean City, Md. to Morehead M e Defense Secretary Louis John- City, North Carolina including te son, who had been accused rita favoring the production of the | @ S* “ giant aircraft, testified yesterday | The ©H* that he was in no way connected | =F ht with the manufacturers and that he had acted on recommendations | #1 i ** received from General Eisenhow- | tee 4 The next advisory will be is- sued by the Washington Office. DAVIS, ‘Weather Bureau. SECOND. HURRIC jen MIAMI WEATHER. BUREAU; Advisory. No, 4-B, 11:00 AM., The second» hurricane in the It was'Te “mystery document” thet had started the investigation had been | ¢*'mg he Atlantic was centered at 11:00] written by Fredrick Worth, at the i a a.m. EST. near Latitude 20.5| suggestion of officials whose a North and Longtitude 68.0 West | names were: nol ‘disclosed _—_ * or about 225 miles east southeast | eee of Turks Island: This. position esti- * mated from ship reports.and be- Steel Hearings lieved acurate ‘within _ half de- | ae ee gree. It-is moving west-north- iC ti ued Till nt westward at 16 to 18 mph. attend- | CONUM ping. ed by hurricane force winds with- | — = in 30 miles of ‘center. Estimated | highest winds 80 to 90 mph. T! is an in sing storm and prom- Next Tuesday (By The Associated Preses WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.--The ises to become a very dangerous *: . a hurricane in the near future. | fact-finding board that has heard ean “> 2. 4 The center should pass very | testimony about the differences La prea i ra near Turks Island tonight around | between the CIO Steelworkers reed midnight and every precaution; Union and steel corporation, said against a severe hurricane should } today that it has continued the Da ‘Turks Island and in | hearings until next Tuesday - The | Today had been set as the final ind | day for the hearing, but @ mem group should stand by on the; ber of the committee said that the |” alert for further advices. | extension of time would be agree EST, Aug. 24, 1949: ge to the President the southeastern Bahamas. remainder of the Bahama NORTON, The 60-day “cooling off" period Weather Bureau. { does not expire till September 14 135,000 Civilians In Armed Services To Laxe Jobs, See. Johnson States Navy Hardest Hit | The Weave . Its Kremlins MOSCOW (P)—The Kremlin ! is only one — and of course the | most famous among its many | kremlins. A “kremlin” in old{ Russia was a fortified center of al town, usually erected on a hall or } elevated area, and walled with! wood piles or brick. It was the | e- bit wath TO aoe center of defense of the city With 76,000; Army (1.068, ane ¢ and in the early days often con- ’ pw tained the whole city — when the; ‘To Lose 41,000, And | » a Steal Mongols, Tartars or other ene- ee a. an = mies attacked. In connection with | Air Force, 18,000 _— a general campaign to restore his- | (ar eee ob Geet the “po torical monuments throughout WASHINGTON "hee et ee Nom - the country, in many centers res- yee t r - oa toration work has been under-] fense Secretary Louis nam ee . taken on local kremlins. announced today that between). 0. now and the beginning of the | cused eat all otto A RRA A RE next fiscal year, 135,000 eviliem ‘ oct z PRICED TO BEL: employed in the armed serviee Jute cng Ge 46 CHEV. CLUB COUPE] 11; tose their jobs we on © S a Ne atinntin Che! ae $1075.00 The Navy will be the harde | < Ge hae Navarro, Inc., 601 Duval St | | ce SPARKLING CHARTREUSE LT AANANCRENS ARI ; Que Cone hoe Been > ALBERT 6G. of ROBERTS American Standard Plumbing Supply Co. Announces that his Former Business Partner MR. A. H. WILLIAMS LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER is returning to Key West and will be employed at the address of this company . . . 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