The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 29, 1949, Page 1

VOL. LXX. No. 205 KLAN HEAD” ; Ed “4P) Photo SAMUEL 'W.. ROPER .54.'a po- lice officer for 29. years, took over the leadership of the As. sociation of Georgia Klans Sat- urday..;, Mr. Roper, shown above, anndtinced he had been elected Imperial Wizard to suc- ceed Dr. Samuel Green, who died of a heart attack Aug. 18, Senator Gautier Against All But Revenue Bills (Speeial to The Citizen) MIAMI, Aug. 29:—Any attempt to re-introduce ‘the Gulfstream racing date bill. will jeopardize the success of the special legisla- tive session. which must solve the state’s financial crisis, Dade Sen- ator R. B. (Bunn) Gautier, Jr., said today. "My information is that such an attempt will be made in one form or another even if it is necessary’ to disguise the bill. Iknow that nieetings concerning the bill have been held in various parts of the state," Hegtatedes's kone Gautier. said that he will fight the introduction of any bill that is not concerned with geenral welfare of the State and the prob- lem of providing revenue for the $240,000,000 budget. Driver's License September 1 {Special io se Cittsend «TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 29:—The drivers license division of the Florida Department . ef Public Safety today announced the Statewide sale of 1950 . drivers licens beginning September 1. County Judges throughout the state act as agents for the depart- ment in the sale ‘of driver's li- censes. A supply of the new lic- enses was placed in the hands of the judges August 10. The new licenses are green with the printing in red letters. Chauffeur’s Icenses are green with the printing in black. T. M. King, Jr., Drivers’ Lic- ense Supervisor, said: “Everyone is urged to cooper- ate with county judges and the drivers’ license division. by re- newing his license early this year. Avoid standing in line and wait- ing by getting that 1950 license early in September. Legion Schedules Meeting Tonight Tonight marks the special meeting of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion, at the Legion home. Time set is 8 ‘p.m. Post Commander Albert L. Di- negro announced today that plans will be formulated for observance of the second anniversary of the American Legion Home. The fu- ture event is slated for Armistice weekend. Cyress Lumber For Boats For Cabinet Work For Inside Trim For Knotty Panels STRUNK LUMBER YARD PHONE 8 |} Flood Control | ‘Smathers Asks | Authorization Of $4,000,000 Has Been Approved By Bureau Of Budget | (From Wasbington Correspondent, | Key West Citizen) : WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 29 —In strongly urging a flood con-{ | trol pregram for Florida, Rep. jeeoree A. Smaters, sad floods ; did heavy damage to the heavily jpopulated south Florida and! .threatened an epidemic which was only averted by ‘the excel-' lent work of the state, county | and local authorities and | the Red Cross. An. authorization of $4,,000,000 has been approved by the Bur- eau of the Burget and by the Senate. “In.1947 there ws approxi- mately $4,000,000 damage by reason of floods, ‘Rep. Smathers |' said. “Some 20,000 square miles! were under water, and approxi-| mately 20,000 families were driv- en from their homes. There was immediate and grave danger of an epidemic breaking out in the; liohs of dollars. HURRICANE TOSSES TREE INTO. WINDOW AT. WEST PALM BEACH oy fe eee THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1949 () Wirephoto HURRICANE WINDS THAT ROARED UP ‘TO.162 MILES PER.HOUR uprooted this palm tree in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday night and then tossed it into second story window of the resi- dences.: Only one person was killed but damage to property and citrus crops ran into the mil- highly populated areas of south Florida. We do not want this to happen again, and if the $4,000,- 000 which we seek in appro- priated, it will greatly minimize the danger to life, limb and pro- perty in our state.” : Rep. Smathers said it has been semoneTaee by ge Army, Eng- ineers that if flood control pro- ‘< gram is put in effect there will} Demand Drag Li be a benefi: to the national s - Arrive Qn Time eronomy in an amount of $25, 000,000. This would be broken At Dredge Key Ask Use Of down into increased production Larger Machine; o Winter vegetables, increased cattle production and citrus pro- duction. Taxes coming from this increased . production would total eighty to one hundred mil- lions, he said. Action, was held up temporarily. Mayor’ Adams Heads Campaign C. Of Commerce itland’ Adams: has ‘de f-thaitman of the educational financial cam- paign ‘in the drive for new mem- bers of the Key West Chamber of Commerce. General salesmanager for Chamber of Commerce was conference this morning with the two apointees and R. G. Brad- field, director of the drive. Brad- 4 field was formerly general mana- | the group wants a larger machine. ger of the Florida State Chamber ! All operations out at Drdegers’ of Commerce. iKey have been suspended until | The object of the educational , the condition is remedie part of the campaign is to point | pes = = up the past accomplishments of ; a B a the organizition and to finance an‘ FisOMer beats expanded program of work in = iy the Chamber of Commerce. J: if Es ae p ‘J Detailed plans will be announc auer, capes ip ‘From Lockup ed tomorrow. | | (By ' i Operations Here Are Suspended A “Baker's Dozen” of indepen- dent truck drivers held a protest meeting in the Courthouse this ! morning. They claim that Charles Toppino, construction manager, who rents them the dragline for marl excavation, does’ not .send out the machine on time. ‘ The situation results in, , ‘lost, working hours for the men. To top the situation, the truckers say the drag line outfit is equipped the !with a very small bucket. It re- in { quires 16 or 20 buckets of dredged j material to fill one truck, and since it takes 12 to 14 truck loads to make a decent wage for a day, Advise Drivers To Be Careful And Save Lives (Special to The Citizen) “ae Anuociated Presa) RSBURG, Aug. 29—A 0 is searching today for ‘John Calvin Russell, charged with ‘murder, who escaped from the | Pinellas county jail, after beating ‘a guard into insensibility. ! Late last night, a prisoner com- TALLAHASSEE, Aug, 29.“Do | Plained of a severe headache and you need a license to live? peaked 2 guard 2 get an ea This question was asked today 4° 0°" ar te, pce ha by “HEN. Kirkman, director of 2007 with the’ aspirin, Usse m Shale _, Struck the jailer with a steel rod the we Department of Pub-\11 2+ was covered with cellophane The prisoner who had asked for ST. F | posse of 2 It’s your os iver’s seen ~ the aspirin tried to protect the at- and those made out to other tacker, who then turned on the drivers—that may save your prisoner and knocked him down life time and time again, he said. aoe Russell and another prisoner then “Your driver's license- means Bis 4 .escaped by climbing over a wall, you have met certain minimum atop .of which was barbed wire. qualifications and that you and! Russell is charged with having other drivers: hace assumed cer- beaten Norman Brown to death tain obligations to operate your: with a club on August 7. cars according to the traffic laws. Se aa The traffic regulations you have'« ° re) ill I pledged to whserve are resigned Spalding Sti % ll to give the same fair break ‘to i 3 evryone. Implicit in them are the City Manager Ralph. Spalding tules of safety and ‘courtésy that js still too ill to return to his of- will make our vehicles and our fice in City Hall. He has been streets o fthe greatest usefulness| suffering from a respiratory ail- to all—and at the least risk to/ment but hopes to recover suffici- life and limb.” jently within the next few days to resume work. DION'S AUTO SERVICE Corner White and Fleming Sts. TELEPHONE 96 MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY jae Dredge Truckers Meet Against Charlie Toppino Complete Auto Service Standard Oil Products MECHANIC ON DUTY ess Leaves Miami Hold Protest CIVILIAN WORKERS SET. TO GET SAFETY AWARDS FROM. NAVY At Beca Chica Field; one, two and three year old “safe- Shops: To Receive Merit Certificates Safety awards will be presented to civilian employees and navy shops at the Naval Air Station, } of the administration building Thursday at 1 p.m. Ensign Dal L The roster of workers to receve Hirst, ‘safety. officer for the Na-j}the wards are as follows: val dir'station announced the ce- Three year awards: Paul Di Ne- remony would take place at Boca | gro, 614 Francis street; Richard T. Chica Field. |Gaskin, 914 Watson street ick Commander Michael G. Q’Con-! Hyman, 1417 Albury nor, cating comanding offieer of ; worth the air station, will present the James F awards-which ate given for hav- eet. Eugene D. Ro: ing had no “lost time” accidents | herine street; Char in the preceeding year | 611 Maragaret street; Clarence Certificates of commendation | Stewart, 123-A Poinciana Place; from the navy department and! (Continued On Page Four) ‘The shops wil! receive certifi- cates of merit. All naval air station personnel are invited to attend the ceremo- nies which will take place in front , 1424 Salas, HURRICANE TURNED TOWARD GEORGIA Gull of Mexico (®) Wirephoto Map Ss LARGER ARROW SHOWS HOW once-giant hurricane, its winds somewhat spent, swung up the storied, moss-hung Suwanee Riv- er Saturday. Shaded section in the arrow indicates path of the hurricane as it whirled across the lower peninsula leaving dam- age in the mijlions of dollars. Black arrow indicates hurricane’s corg which still packed winds of 70 miles per hour late Saturday. The weather bureau ordered hurricane warnings up from east . of Carabelle to Cedar Keys at the time this map was drawn and hoisted storm signals elsewhere from Fort Myers to Pan- ama City. ly pins” will be given employees. tu Hoodlums” Broke Up Entertainment; Lashes United States (By Annociated Press) LONDON, Aug. 29—Radio Mos- cow today gave its version of ‘the rioting at Peekskill, N. Y., where; Paul Robeson,. negro singer, was stopped from giving a concert. Though Robeson was not pres- ent when the rioting occurred, Moscow said that “Thugs and hoodlums rushed the stage and tunately, was spirited away by his frineds. The radio spokesman then: went on to tell how devoted Robeson is to the Soviet Union and how he declared that he loved is better than any other country in the world, It was for this reason, , the speaker proceeded, that the Fas- cists in America resented Robe- son’s giving a concert and organ- ized. a,mob of “thugs and hood- lums” to break up the proposed entertainment. ‘The speaker then used the xiot | as thestext.ox.pyetext for ah on- slaught on the United States, where, he asserted, only the capi- talistic few have liberty, while the remainder of the population live in constant fear of “imperial- istic rulers,” Registration © Begins Aug. 31 Registration for the fal] term at d| the Key West High School is sche- duled for August 31, and Septem- ber 1 and 2. Registration will be by grades. The 7th, 8th and 9th grades will meet in the high school auditori- um on Wednesday, August 31 The 7th and 8th grades meeting at 9:30 a. m., the 9th grade an hour later at 10:30 a. m. The 10th grade will meet Thursday, September 1 at 9:30 a. m., in the auditorium. Friday, September 2nd, the 11th grade will meet at 9:30 and will be fol- lowed by the 12th grade at 10:30 a. m. in the auditorium. Further instructions for regis- tration will be given each group as it meets. Parents are urged to have their children register at the ! time indicated so that the school’s roll can be completed as soon as possible. Car Inspection Now Underway New car stickers are now avail- able at police headquarters in the city hall, Chief of Police Joseph Kemp said today, and car inspec- tion is well underway. Kemp advised drivers to obtain car inspection beginning now, in- stead of waiting until the last rushed minute. The deadline is September 15. CR A aS ans a aI BOAT BAR 503 Duval Street. Phone 9165 AIR-CONDITIONED Results Daily Key West's Most Comfortable Bar __ REGS Sade, POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION pe Sa Tis os Change Your Oil (Maccow Says Rioters Tried |To Lynch Singer Robeson, a Though He Was Not Present Declares “Thugs And | *-—~ i ‘Economy Today — tried to lynch Robeson”, who, for- | Truman May Talk Of Great Britain’s |e" | Gy The Angocinted Press) | | WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—Pre- sident Truman left here today for | Deh Philadelphia to make a speech at ts the American Legion’s annual a payment is convention. January, 1950, By February, all It was said that he may discuss; taxes in arrears are considered the economic situation in Great | delinquent, Britain. Probably he will disclose | _ Office ‘hours are fromy 9m: to : = << {5 Dem, On and nine to |the action the. United States is ph on Sai onsuqet Archie Roberts, city tax celiec- tor and seeneene. stee i a4 Payers not to come in City Hall to pay they have the tex s tate- ments. with, If are not received, citizens. are in- structed to call the office jlkely to recommend in th:.t mat- ter at the conference to be held | here next week with Prime Minis- ter Clement Attlee and Sir Staf- \ford Cripps, head of Great Bri- |tain’s economic department. |. The conference is due to be held next week. Great Britain is trying to find a way out. of the economic crisis with which she is confronted. Dollar shortage:is.the- | major factor in Great - Britain's ‘economic troubles. ; | ‘London reported today that To Receive RFC Loans “(By The Aangetated Preaa) cae 3 WASHINGTON; Aug, 29-—Offi- Ferrel tax cials of the. Reconstruction Fi- ‘amount t6 $3,168,511. nance Corporation today declared'| Non- ipt total tax sum those cities in, Florida that bore. comes to $9,213,240. Only $6,316,- the brunt of the hurricane as dis- 740 of property in the area is tax aster areas and announced it} exempt. - would make loans there to per. Fy CONS Seen sons who had lost their homes o1 s business places, or who had sus- Vets Service tained major damages. RFC further said that is arrang- ing to open a loan office in the Office Slates area, probably in West Palm * Beach, where the damages mount . Evening Hours into millions of dollars. The Federal Works Agency, with regional offices in Atlanta, has been asked to provide surplus materials for reconstruction work. valuations Jack “A, Saunders, Monroe County Veterans Service Officer, announces that his office will be open until 6:30 p. m., on Monday, Tuesday ahd Wednesday of this week. Purpose of the later hour is One Position Open to give working veterans-time to apply for special national life in In Teaching Field surance dividend, at the office in All but one of the positions in, the County Courthouse.~ — teaching school are filled, Horace Applications are in the form of a three-fold card. The insured is O’Bryant, superintendent of in- struction, said today. to retain one third of "the tard which contains the instructions for filling out needed faets; inclu “We need a colored teacher in | 4iM€ the applicants’ name, service carpentry for the Douglass school. | 2U™bers, date of birth, claim He must bea college graduate number, if any, insurance policy and hold a special certificate in| "nbers, and address. industrial education,” O’Bryant| The county service office will wailed: attach stamps and mail the appli The office heré has been in touch with the State Department | of Education, but so far, have cation on the Veterans Adminis tration, Washington, D. C. There, been unable to find a suitable ap- plicant. the application part will be de tached and. the other section sent back to the veteran to acknow ledge receipt of the application, The cards are also gvailable at the American Legion Home on Stock Island and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Home on Bliz abeth street. Martello Tower Week RAMI | Palace Theater Old, new and prospective { members are invited to at- |; ROD CAMERON and GALE STORM in tend the formal opening of “STAMPEDE” This Is anew ART EXHIBITION at Martello Gallery, Tuesday Evening (August 30) 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. JOIN the Key West Art Historical Society!