The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 11, 1949, Page 1

yigiee Te Fe*t : : i i iift [ } & H H f i i ig Hy q ie & +t is ? i i nee aH Het fi | | WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—(). ~-A member of the House. Armed Services Committee has protested on order by Secretary of the Navy Matthews to all personnel of the Navy. The Congressman, Republican Representative W Sterling Cole of New York, says the communi- cation actually constitutes a gag for Marine Corps generals and Navy admirals. Cole said that on October 28 he asked all Marine generals and Navy Admirals to. tell him in “strict confidence” whether they agreed with the. views expressed in committee testimony by the deposed Chief of Naval Opera- (Continued On Page Three) Pepsi-Cola Co. Will Build Plant At Later Date Mrs, Sydney C, Curry said to- day that eventually the property she has purchased at Simonton and Amelia streets for $12,000 is intended as a site for the future bottling plant of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, of which she is the head. There were three lots in Sim- onton ‘street and four lots in Amelia street which figured in the purchase from the Gato Real Estate and Improvement Com- pany. The property is about 126 feet in Simonton and 248 in Amelia street. “I can’t say just yet when we'll build the new bottling works on the property,” said Mrs. Curry. “A number of persons now make abandon. . it had to be that way. Por this was total war—a titanic struggle that could not be won ey halfway measures Then came the aftermath—the fillies and billions spent for vehabilitating the Western Euro- pean countries devastated by the war—the cost of maintaining an an force—the interest on Ap automobile owned by Fred Wofford, a chiet shoard the uss Chanticleer, the submarine res- ee vessel stationed at the Key West Navel Station. which was repented we jay night wm dbo ——— ‘ aoe. LECUONA CONCERT NOVE Ey % ThUbi HELD ON MBER 22 The meeting’ of the Latin- American Chamber of Commerce held last’ } at. the Delmonico Resturant was very well attend- ed by most Of the Board members ded. ,, Included in the order of © busi- ness was. the motion to vote for a permanent ‘Soard: of Directors and offieers, but by popular con- sent, a vote of confidence was given to the present acting Board of Directors and they were re- quested to remain in office, sub- ject to the consent of the individ= ual members. The officers remain as follows: Dr. Julio DePoo, Pres- ident; J« Y. Porter, IV, Vice Pres- ident, Douglass Blythe, second vice president; Jos. A. Boza, treasurer; and Arturo Boza sec- retary. The remaining _members of the Board of Directors are; Frank Smith, Louis Muniz, En- rique Esquinaldo, Jr., R. C. Dick- son, Juan Lopez and Joseph Mer- curio. Because the giving out of mem- bership cards has not been ¢om- pleted, the choice of the three members to receive the free trip to Cuba will not be made until the Latin-American Chamber's next meeting on November 20. There are 25 members to date ‘to be. requires that the: en the Mayorship, has been to award the high honer Tower of Pisa is leaning some more. Scientists say the famed tower has listed three-tenths of an inch more during the past 12 years. of plumb. 5: tral Philippines, including the area where a typhoon’ struck’ 10 days ago with heavy casualti¢s. of the Spanish royal family died today. He was Prince Charies de Bourbon, 79 years Charles was the brother-in-law of the late King Alphonso of Spain and father-in-law of Prince Don Juan, the current pretender. member of the Roosevelt family is expected to announce shortly that ‘he will ‘be a candidate for elective office, in Los Angeles that the eldest son of the late’Franklin D. Roosevelt, James. Roosevelt; next Tuesday that he will be a candidate for governor of Cali- fonria. atidthe three winners of the free (Continued On Page Three) trip to Cuba are to be chosen at| Paratrooper has made a two-mile but custom, LEANS MORE ROME, ' Italy.—The ‘Leaning | It's already 16% feet out DIES TODAY SEVILLA, Spain—A member old, Prince WILL, ANNOUNCE Z LOS ANGELES, — Another There are rumors will announce TWO-MILE DROP STANSTEAD, ©Eng.—An_.ex- (Continued On Page Three). high man be giv} good. 5 louse was given a conditional pardon on recommendation of | Agriculture Commissioner Nath- an Mayo, who is also head of the prison system. His mother, Mrs. Hallie Bru- baker, said House agreed to take the clemency because she was ill ahd plans to go outside the state for treatment. ‘ i She stuck“by her son for years; ind once was accused of smug- i and amunition to never tried on. the charge. House tried force and legal means in an effort to gain his freedom. The legal means were his own—celf-taught from law books in the prison library. He had been sent to prison for A-total of 50 years for» several ugh county crimes, in- robbery. HONG KONG, Nov. 11.—(#).— Twenty foreign pilofs employed by the Chinese Central Air Transport Corporation refused} today to steal their airplanes and fly. into Communist China. Rath- er than do this, they resigned after a meeting in Hong Kong. Three other foreign pilots stay- ed or the job. Two of them are Americans and. they indicated’ a willinghess to work for the Reds; under preset conditions. The third foreign pilot an English- man, did not indicate his decis- ion. While the meeting. was under- way, guards kept a careful watch} on the company’s remaining 40 planes at Hong Kong Airport. Several days ago the Chinese Central Air Transport Corpora- tion and the China National Avi- to'‘the Communists. when the pilots flew them to Red bases. Several thousand Key Westers lined Duval street this morning for the annual parade in ¢om- memoration of the men and wo- men who-have given their lives in recent wars. Promptly at 9 a. m. the parade moved off from Duval and South MILLWORK CABINET WORK Furniture Repairs and All Type Woodwork their homes there, and it will take some time for them to find other places to live.” Tr Palace Theater ALLAN “ROCKY” LANE and EDDIE WALLER in “Navajo Trail Raiders” ni Thompson Enterprises, Inc. BOX DIVISION Tel. 103 W. P. Archer streets, THOUSANDS APPLAU and stretched about three-quarters of a mile toward Front street. The affair was spon- sored, by Arthur Sawyer Post 28 of the American Legion. A reviewing stand was placed in the entrance of the Palace Theater. It was occupied by Captain C. C. Adell, USN, com- mander of Key West Naval Base; Commander J. A. Fitzgerald, USN, commanding officer of Key West Naval,Station; Captain O. A. Smith, USN, Medical officer in command of the U. S, Naval Hos- pital; Captain E. C. Stephen, USN, commander of Submarine Squad- ron Four; Captain W.R. Carru- thers, USN, cdimanding officer ARMISTICE DANCE TONIGHT 9:00 Till 1:00 FLEET RESERVE ASSOCIATION Front and Fitzpatrick Streets Admission . . . - « 50¢ CC of the Fleet Sonar School; Cap- - WEEK-END SPECIALS Cocoanut Cream Pie 49c (With Meringue) LADY BALTIMORE BAR CAKE. .... 49 KEY LIME PIE. . . 89c MATCHETT’S BAKERY 901 Du val Street TELEPHONE 301 EPL BOYS tain F. L. Bussey,” cormanding} shes, float, which’ was labeled| officer of the U.S. Naval Air|the “Dove of Peace” and which, Station; State Representative} was all in white with a girl as| Bernie C. Papy; the dove, and -the Chamber 0! Mayor A.. Maitland Adams; Frank Bentley, Chairman of. the Monroe County Board of Com- missioners; City Manager Ralph 1D. Spalding and William N. Hoff- | parade were applauded, particu- jilarly the U. S. Marines, the U. S. Navy Detachments and the Na- tional Guard of Key West. Likewise.a few floats were ac- the Jay- claimed, among them Fine Fishing Tackle | Thompson Enterprises, Inc. Hardware Division—Phone 886 POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Prancis at Division Phone 91% Your PURW OI. Dealer LET Grease, Spray o: Change Your Oi) man. A number of units in the Planes For Reds PIG is attached to the USS. Robinson, H 17. a destroyer BEER L FAILS TO PASS nen The old city commission held Colored Sailor | IsSlightly Guat, Alexander Caddy, colored, who } stationed in Key} West: Naval Base, was slightly | ation Corporation -lost 12 planes | D PARADE | eut during an argument with an-j other colored man last night, the; police reported tod Caddy was! (Continued On Page Three) which show Commerce float, four U. §. Marines reinacting the} raising of the American flag on| Mount Surabachi, on the Island| of Iwo Jiina offered by| The prize winners (Continued On Page Threey BOAT BAR 503 Duval Street, Phoné 9165 "AIR-CONDITIONED FOOTBALL GAME RESULTS Sports Results Daily Key West's Most Comfortable Bar | | FLORIDA POULTRY & EGGS WHITE STREET MARKET Formerly Brady's WHITE AT ELIZA ST. Phone 5 GIE PARK” ICENS its final’ meeting last night, but in ending its regime, unpleasan- tries were passed. It all happen- ed when Clerk Victor Lowe did} not narrate the second reading of the “Piggie Park” retail » beer ordinance. The ordinance passed on first reading October Mayor A. Maitland Adams in- quired the reason for the ordin- ance being deleted. Clerk Lowe answered that ‘the ordinance’s sponsor, John Carbonell, had withdrawn the measure. Adams would not withdrawal, and asked the City Attorney ject. legality, but did say ommissioners in the or four y past three City Commissioner John Car- inal, i bonell was indignant ‘thet his | SO Ge agen: Ste = - gomery today, Crommelin' was fellow commissioners would: act} ©. rate tag pointedly told that he would be in such a manner. Carbonell said (Continued 0; Si that in all his years on both the ona Lim age Ce council and commission that this was the first time that the spon- (Conunued On Page Three) Play Shuffleboard and: ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE DRINKS in the QUIET, SOOTHING SURROUNDINGS of the AMERICAN LEGION HOME Bingo and Free Eats EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT a at He Bonn. and Berlin. 6 State was. ted .hundred rant Frankfurt, plans to I’ve Talked Enough,” Says —— Capt. Crommelin MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 11. had| ~).—The citizens of this city are host today to a home-town boy who has become quite pro- minent. because of the argument between the Navy and the Air Force. He is Navy Captain John Crommelin, who was recently re- stored to active duty following ~ earings a for releasing Navy acted Aue cocuegs the service squab- \ Commelin was. born in Mont- M. Ignatius Lester to! gomery 47 years ago. He flew to give his legal opinion on the sub-| his home town yesterday and to- Lester was not sute of the bona clay tgp mes ge a that other | meeting. When Crommelin was restor rs had withdrawn rned rdinances after their first read- bi Paend asaralioven Ln snipe | ing. controversial mat. ters. And when he was gitdnted Four Other Bouts Gen. Adm. $1.25 (Inc. Tax) Reserved Seats, $2.00 (Inc. Tax) veil