The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 21, 1949, Page 1

se na gyn ee HH i PRR NRG gic searchets have becn. tramping through. the tangled fo nay “ort Whe sce yp THE ‘TOTAL AND SEMI-TOTAL DEVASTATION AREAS which could be pee Tear South On HERE ARE from en Ne eae ciel attack on strategic targets in Washington. according to & report of experts to. | the Atomic Energy Commission staff. Hesvy sircles around the Capltoly White House’ and Pada. { gon buildings enclose the 2,500 feet radius within which every building would. be ‘damaged and made unusable.- Dotted lines circle the area 7,500 feet distant from the point of explosion within» [nicks sebemiaens Seecias ees Co. Masneay WAL litinge, accor As tes teirves: tiled WLAL ATT National Security Commission. Widespread fires, due to smashed equipment, broken water pipes’. ee and Collapte of utilities;\ would allow blazes to merge speedily, completing the destruction of water; eee most of the crushed area. : The AEC report is based on the assumption that the old-type bomb, To This State 1 ATLANTA, . Nov. 21.—().—| [r= President Alben Barkley’s ii? it rambling honeymoon headed. fur- |ther South ‘this morning. The chipper. Veep and his : | 3 i i at p Saturday ome day’s rations E setf a Private Robert H. Dobson. His im Decatur, IMinois, spite of our loss - it been a great relief to otter families. It is imposgible te @@peese our gratitude over the. «@temee effort so many people put} John ot teoking for our boy.” titi i LATEST WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF By The Associated Press SHAM GIVEN RECEPTION new YORK.—New Yorkers gore the Shah of Iran one of fereeus tieker-tape and con- Settt showers today. About 200,- G28 persone watehed the Persian nang parade ° nary. the POSTPONE THOMAS’ TRIAL WARMINGTON.-The trial of Reereeentative J. Parnell Thomas New Jersey has been delayed = Wederal Judge Alexander Steed has rescheduled the trial «xt Monday as Thomas’ at- eey & ongaged in another trial. COMMUNISTS LOSE ELECTION | |. AUBANNE, Switzerland.—The ; we Workers party, Communist label stuck on it, tent heavily in the latest com- eke The results in * ay pal balloting in Lewsanne district indicate the Workers party received every where: mu ed tree ha MELLEMS FILES SUIT “EW HAVEN, Conn.—Vivien «hes filed a law suit at vert nt in her battle + the meome tax withhold. vetinwed On Page Taree) bride. spent the night in’ an similar to those Drovers on Japan, would be used with the burst set for approximately 1,800 ‘feet: | atianta hotel, got up’ rather : early, and checked out at about} © j ten o'clock EST. Barkley, like most other bride- {Continued On Page Four) City Fathers Rrbicenea Me == SIN WILD mony Sond of the. first free “trip to Cuba. eye Louis M x Paes te iy isner,: inrique Esquin- hog Mrs. Ernilio |, Ro Joe” _Sirugo, were: a some of oe special guests, of the Board of Directors, ‘includ- ingWoe Boza, Douglass “Blythe,| Luis Muniz, Arturo:.Boza, Juan! Lopez and Enrique. -Esquinaldo were present.:All of those attend- ing,senjoyed the informal emcee- ing of Joe Boza’as well as. the short, but pertinent and. spirited talks made by Mayor Eisner, Enrique Esquinaldo, vicepresi- dent Douglass Blythe and Rogelio Gomez. First, Mr. Boza explained: that each member of the 225. persons; who had joined the Latin-Ameri- boa! Chamber of Commerce had a Aber, and each of these with : FLIGHTS ca Chungking Is Being Left By Pociicinis In Confusion CHUNGKING, Noy. 1.—\2).— The last days of Chungking under the Nationalis re running out in wild confusion. Peasants who fear a scorched- earth policy if the Nationalists | abandon Chungking are fleeing to! countryside. Other, panic-stricken the exception of the 12° board! Peasants in the countmy, fearing members’ numbers were placed in a small box with a cover and then Rogelio Gomez, of Aerovias “Q,” through whom the ‘free plane trips had been donated was put to work. He shook up the large box of numbers very thor- oughly and then Mrs. Eisner picked the first winner. The second winner was picked by Mrs. Enrique Esquinaldo, and the third by Mrs. Emilio Romero. The which has Winners and alternates—all paid up members of the~Latin Ameri- can Chaniber of Commerce ‘were as follows: Winners Allan B. Cleare (0023); Charles Wells, (0120); Faustino Soriano, (0147): Alternates Rose Brown, (0070); Dr. Eliot of Homestead, (0200); Opal Van Deurseri, (0164). In the event that one of the; winners cannot or does not wish to accept the trip offered, his or; ‘| her place ‘will be taken ‘bythe alternate. If ‘the alternates do not get to, go this time, their numbers will be included. in next (Continued On Page Three) the Communist advance, are flee- ing to the city. , Tue. , Provincial capital of Szechwan Province, Chengtu, is the popuiar refuge at the moment.. An Associated Press correspondent, Spencer Moosa says the buses running to Chengtu from Chungking are packed to the suffocation point. And bandits. smell disaster. | 1 Seon ines On Page kee Dy (Speeiat to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Out of | every dollar spent by Monroe! ‘County residents in their | stores, 29 cents goes to buy | for the family table. This fact is brought out by Sales .Manage+} ‘ment ‘as part of its latest’ copy- | righted survey of the spending habits of people in all 48 states. That is more than the house- percent of retail expenditures is for food. In the South Atlantic | retail | food ! Nationally, 24! : License | Supreme Court Of Canada Hands Down Decision | { On Noronic Fire OTTAWA, Nov. 21.—(@).—The | Noronic fire last September has resulted in the suspension of hér jskipper for one year. Captain | William Taylor of Sarnia, On- i tario, was master | ship when she burned at her pier ‘in Toronto on- September 19. One ‘hundred. nineteen persons lost their lives. The order suspending Taylor’s license for one year was handed down by Justi¢e R. L. Kellock in the Canadiaw’Supreme Court in | (Continued On Page Two) Cabrera Promoted: To Lieutenancy Sergeant Raymond Cabrera, who has been a member of the police force for more than 20 years, has been promoted to a lieutenancy. Lieutenant Cabrera will hereafter serve on the 4 to 12 midnight shift. Lieutenant Harry Lee Baker is in charge from mid- pighy untii-8 a. m. t | States, it is 22 percent and, in Florida, 21 percent. This ability to spend more for food is one of the chief indicators of better living standards. Mon- roe County's retail food bill,: in meat markets, vegetable stores: | ana other shops camé"to $2,351,- of the cruise: Stadium ‘Plans Drawn By Howard England Are Expected To Be Given’ Commissioners Presumably tonight. at the City Commission meeting the city , bus fore-increase measure will come up again, city. officials a today. It may be up at the ed meeting on second reading of the ordinance. The commission unanimpusly agreed to ‘aise the bus fares inthe city 5 cents, making the fare 10 cents, on the first reading. However, there are two new! mempers of the commission as re- ‘sult of the recent election, and no one knows how they will vote. They are Mayor Louis M- d. Eisner and C.‘B. Harvey. Also the tentative plans for the. new stadium at Wicker’s Field may be submitted to the com- mission at: tonight’s. meeting. ‘England ‘has drawn the | lans calling fer = seating capa- Benn of ,5,000. |, However, England's plans pro- j vide for gradual completion of the work. The commission may direct. engineering plans and specifications be drawn by a_li- censed enginer. There are two or three resolu- tions allowing homestead ex- emptions on certain properties, er correcting the assessments B accigiads certain other peepee Seed me eh oe tie tm & Ppt be Hw 6 the tathime, aoe oe ett Tee Precme we 4 i eee aes = ew Weare Cont inard ontinued $10,967,000 Is County's Income: 000 in 1948, equal to $132 per per- son. Monroe County residents were able to indulge more amply in food beeause of the larger in- comes received by average earnings, determined by dividing their total net income of $20,967,000 by the population, | ATTENTION 1 month’s| wives in most other counties ap-{ drawifig, along with the rest of; portion for food. NEW 1950 HUDSON PACEMAKER “6” them, - Their! POOR OLD « CRAIG AAatassdaheaaaanens.| Palace Theater $134; HUMPHREY BOGART and JOHN DRAKE in “Knock On Any Door” Se tp tn ttn tetndndn dnd tntntndn ined SERVICE STA’ Francis at Division Your PURB OT ‘Grease, Sprey_ or Change Your Oil Gen. Adm. 91.25 (Incl. Tax) Reserved Seats, $2 (Incl. Tax) NOW ON DISPLAY We Invite You To Come In and See the Car Which Costs Less To Buy—Less To Drive .KEY WEST HUDSON CO. Corner Simonton and Greene Streets Phone 1870 Thqeum capita last with jay's Chemtee pean We aides ‘Field: Mi lar A number of individuate ahd efvie rived in New York: today for his| Services YMCA, Forret ‘Turner, Geet © ie second visit since the end of the today, el cin | auhlor Chamber of Comms tas sue fs Se {ries which will be served every Saterday, quae Ge (Continued. On Page. Three} Pi HAMBERS GAIN es en ha ed i" * State Documents ir Plans For S ll Baltimore, Says or Seawa Ex-Communist | Whittaker Chambers i n the trial Plans and specifications for the} Alger Hiss, and he eastern end of Roosevelt boule- deities vard should be ready by the] ”/, : Chamber testifiec acd tion of a Soviet spy chiet. Cha bers said he then rece w Navy | nit Have docun Cham | Russian spy ring were $620 per year,; Today he said from the previous $546 | doc ument: fro the Stete De } An examination of other signif-| partment to his home et the em the indication that Monroe Coun-/} take the documents to Balter ty is a quality rket. Local sales | where they would be photag $791,000, taking 10 cents of each} Hiss at his home thet seme sight retail dollar spent. Drug store! Chambers seid this prmetios three cents per dollar spent. Sales| New York meeting a Chinese !of furniture, household equip-|restaurant between Hie « | accounting for another four cents.| identified Bykov as th | (Continued On Page Pony shall ato) t cara the ar-j either now offering thelr services or Say ae Tee Kiveals Cheb 6 SRS 8 9 SON ish battle dress, with nine rows | The fish is to be suppliod by the Key Wee Charter Cheer Gee e Repa Were Taken To Are Completed NEW YORK, Nov. 2h--@ j his testimony today repairs to the seawall along the implicate Hiss in Soviet 069 meeting ot the County Commis- al Mita _ De ainneill jhad photograpl ade self comparing favorably the stand: “M Hiss shed ficant business factors bears out} of the work. | would then of general randise ched | ed. I would return them t fsales amounted to $205,000 or| was followed after he arranged « |ment and radios were $294,000,; Colonel Boris Bykov | ' i _ ARORE is a TORR | BOAT BAR Ale her umacvniriones. | DODGE soteed tends)! 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