The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 30, 1949, Page 1

SPREAD OUT IN THIS AIRVIEW is the scene of wreckage after an American Airlines plane crashed in flames and killed atdeast Dallas, Tex. The big plane, flying from right to left, hit the Magnaflux chemical plant 00 perens Tussdey on Love Field ot fa Ups ate had a scientific | party aboard. The Coast’ Guard needed . Wirephotos of the American Airlines. plane crash May Be Found In This Issue of. The Citizen On Page Four) . ‘had to travel 180 miles from the land City to aid the schooner, (eaght) and the nd the Dallas Aviation Behooi building (left). colo pada were set on fire. Most of the bodies were recovered from the wreckege af the right of the picture. Which was wallowing about. 10 miles off the coast of Cuba. Congressman Thomas Has Pleaded Guilty To Charges Of Defraudi Judge Holtzoff Thomas On 9th Of December WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—(A). ~Gemgremman J. Parnell Thomas |" hee withdsewo his plea of not || qattty te charges of defrauding | Senna CALL he $4 yeer old Republican leg- | LOCAL 1 WELCOMES GOVERNOR . The Rotary Club of Key West tomorrow will be host to Edward €. Bowen, Governor of the 243rd District of Rotary. International, | who is making his annual official visit to each ‘of the twenty-five | Rotary Clubs in Southeast Flori- da. He will confer with President } Robert H. Dopp, Secretary John |B.-Hayes and other local Rotary rater trom Now Jersey is ‘somal jofficers‘on Club administration and Rotary activities. 04 «f pedding his clfice payroll | Mr. Bowen ig District Manager| eos eccepisng kickbacks from 'for the Southern Bell Telephone whe worked in tis office.’ ROME, Nov. 30—()—Com-| and Telegraph Company in West | munist union leaders have called| Palm Beach and is a member of} Yaomes changed his not guilty | a 24-hour general strike in Italy| the Rotary Club of West Palm giee © mele contendre, which! ,,, protest the slaying of two Ital- | Beach. He is ane of the 186 Ro- (| t qemeee BP dees mot contest tHe! jan farm hands in a clash with) y qeverament 5 charge. | police. ; Dee temediate remult of this) The strike is due to begin to-; j “ete development was the} morrow. f et 4 Giemdesl of seaap sc FA Original plans called for the) ; le — against Miss Helen Camp- monstration to start at mid- | On Page Five) night tonight but it has been put Be back six hours. The delay: is be- tlieved to have been arranged to Labor Covernment give the Communists more time f ito organize the walkout. Their | Voted Out By a New Zealanders | strike call has gone out to five’ ‘a million workers. The ‘anti-Com-}| j munist free labor confederation | | has told its one million members! © | not to support the walkout. SEREPEN, Nov. 20 New)" The strike was called to pro-| Hemiend eters have repudiated | ost 4 police clash with s ties squatters | + later Government which! trying to take over farmland.near hae keen i power i4 years In | Bari yesterday. A government Oe Porherertery elections to-/ announcement said that police ais oe. © goudewell of ng seed Be involuntarily fired a yolley from Edward C. Bowen Se Stoned te tne labor [2 SB>smachine gun” at an angry };ary District Governors who are ; ceaves a Prme Minister Toes BAUS: Se: hereon: supervising the activities of some nee = . - i Italy’s Interior Minister, Mario 7,000 Rojary Clubs which have a © Preeer. At the latest count) scejba, has declared that the gov-|? har S a BS seuearet that the ‘opposition! (Contiqued On Page: two) {membership of 390,000 business Relemeit party will have 46 ‘|and professional executives in 81 geutiementary seats compared to countries and geographical re- wet for labor gions throughout the world. ee ee oe Praser haal| STOCK ISLAND INN Wherever Rotary Clubs are. lo- c in its advanced o cated, their activities are similar oeewel begieletion, but the voters} Formerly WEAVER'S , to those of the Rotary Club of appeared & be tired of govern- > they are based 'developing better understanding and fellowship. among business and professional men, promoting community-betterment undertak- ings, raising the standards of bus- iness and professions, and foster- (Continued On Page Five) GT Ra csi as Na aS POOR OLD CRAIG 1 from $1.65 includes; Salad. Vegetables. Po- tatoes, Rolls, Bread and Butter Famous for teaks, Chops Sind Seafood OFFICE HOURS pO Until 4:00 P.M. - ON STOCK ISLAND SERVICE STATION and ae BAR AND GRILL, || Frese, s: Dives, Shene PHONES OPEN ALL NIGHT Grease. Spray or ILET US 4 Residence 360-XJ Change Your Oil i we | —— Air Conditioned ——— Key West Free Of Ragweed; No | Hay Fever Here ed with the American Pig ight. of Alergy, Chicago, said today that ‘in opinion Key West is one of 1! communities that is free of © r weed, to which sufferers hay fever are, subject. records, but expressed the opin- jon Key West was free of rag- weed. * Communist Troops © Enter Chungking This Morning Chinese Communist troops have entered Chungking. Kong, 20,000 Chinese Red soldiers jare in the outskirts of the city. Last direct reports from Chung- king itself had Chiang Kai-Shek+ the Chamber of study the charts that have — Bureau here to determine if any {repair it. So we ragweed was. West. The party on the zoology ex- pedition was led by Captain Les- lie M, Barrett, owner of the boat and Dr. Luis Rene Rivas, associ-~ ate professor of zoology at the University of Miami. The other vessel aided was the Arbutus, a 108’ boat, that was found disabled about eight miles, who. is connect. ‘southwest of American Shoals 0. C. Duncan, Captain Barrett said this morn- ‘ing at Porter Dock ,that there _Was a strong northwest wind _Tunning off Cay Sal Banks,! and who hails ‘from Duncan is here on invitation taken dailiw-by the B.S. prevalent in Key)U. S, Coast Guard to pick us up and bring us into Key, West.” Captain Barrett said that he had ten college students attend- ing the University of Miami on board. The students were engaged in getting fish specimens off Cay Sal ween, the trouble all happen- He is still studying: the charting 8 wasn’t a seaman among the boys,” said Captain Barrett. “That's what made it so tough. But they are all good men and came through the . experience in great shape. We'll leave here in a day or so to continue our search for fish specimens.” HUNTS HONG KONG, Nov. 30.—().— According to word frém Hong leading his troops i nthe defense } of the city. On Foriaosa Island heodquar- ters for tze Nationalists, it is said that’ Chiang will be forced |to resume tge presiaency in two jor threedays. Acting Président {Li Tsung-Jen has Passport to _ | States, Kong. Li has been quoted as sa ing he turned down Chiang’s gest that he, sidency. Li became President last January when Chiang The two men have been at odds ever since. Chamber’s Board Met Last Night West Cha nber of Commerce held a the Lions’ Club. The board met to discuss the placing of extra | guest. Policemen around the. city. 0000000000000 00 0000000 oboe aOR eCSEEECeOoOeS 0000000000000 0O LOCO OOOO TO OO TOOOESS, Ma) 2 BOOKIES ras 7 AHASSEE, Nov. 30,— atthe Met ie ties (ENS) Attorney ‘General Rich. jard Ervin has started a hunt for illegal bookmaking connections in the private wire contacts of Florida telephone and telegraph | companies. He said he has one of his assistants examining a big batch of contracts as the first step’in emtorcing the new law that denies communications faci- lities for use in gambling on races and other sperts events. The contracts were filed by the wire companies with the State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, which has the pri- mary responsibility for enforcing the new law. The commission furnished Ervin copies at his re- He and all state attorneys (Continuea.Or Page Six) Li, give up the pre- retired. Board of directors of the Key business meeting last night at Cabana Cocktail Lounge 605 DUVAL STREET Presents “PAT LA VERNE" IMPERSONATOR Direct from the “Gay Nineties”, Cleveland, Ohio Playing Your Favorite Request Numbers on Piano and Solovox @ Appearing Nightly “WE 8:00 P.M, where the e: pedition was fish-} Ge AITO ek RA, alin ae Senator Claude Pepper and@ Representative George Smathers! “ A . trees: yesterday notified The Citizen th nue _— —a that’ 170 public housing units written, baw Oe ee under the National Housing Act ber te Tie cece of 1949 had been approved for | ti ti Rene Merete ad been app nvestigation = ==<3.52 the Key West area | "theyre Public Housing Commissioner Of A . wa ioe John F.igah aproved the te eciden | "Ries ‘Teaman peskaniagr tock uest of thi y West Housin: a thot or twe of oe peed 7, ao see ance DALLAS, Tex, Nov. 304%.) (Continusd Gm uthority. Egan also approved __tnvestigators are studying bits | ain the request of a $61,000 loan for a of wreckage and stat nts trem survey. This loan is subject to survivors in an effort piece to — Presidential approval before final #ether all details of yeuenday . authorization. plane crash w 1 28 persons were Eighty-five units are to be killed. Eighteen other persons built in Key West the first year, Were injured in th rash before _ and eighty-five the second year. dawn yesterday et the Dallas at These “nits are all for low-in- Port. The Armeric Airlines| By Tee Assectated Press come groups, plane was bound from New York City Commissioners at a ses- to Me City when it crashed en sion a few months ago approved into two buildings and exploded | BARKLEYS HEAL LAST unanimously the additional hous- ' s at the edge of the aif SEA IBLANL (eorgian to. ing for this @rea. At that meeting, Port From the injured pilot and | Presstent Berklee aed be it was stated by a City Commis- Co-Pilot came statements of what; plan to Tete Slee Gene sioner that Without the city’s ap-, h@ppened, but not wi wneyines® havep fee Mew Fut proval, the Public Housing Cor a the dtencen Then * missioner would not consider the | A | M | i Cluster), seed tae compte phate ¢ matter. \f ppea ade i0 cave on the = Rewtew Sine: | | Meteor (4 “ore. oe hey step tne Waste [Local Merchants 27 oe Se For Aid To Needy ~ume WANT EVIDENCE Disetiente Wilson‘ Sent To State Insane avatow 2 |By EARL R. ADAMS NEW YORK The gevecmment Hospital Today (For Xmas Relief Commitise) has been axdered te chime oon ? Attent al | why ies > i © Ralph Wilson, convicted more} This story eant te ee ~ es : rwy' than 10 da ago by a jury of|'5 4 direct appeul t p nt . oy —_ , a . molesting fo. young ‘girls in a] ring a ray of sunshine this[/SS Aaie See. San Mee local theater, was sentenced t nt u te - a, ‘ serve 10 years in the State In t " yo od - ; > = sane Asylum at Chattahoochie wi Iso be ak “ Rete yt —_ d Judge Thom Caro of Crim-| Christmas a | met pe - ° a * inal Court in handing down the|there is nothing ahes 0| ON el ot eine sentence for Wilson said that he, happier than theless Guvieaneans Gal acted on the advice of Drs. J! ** att “ ped | ie, Nas . . Lancelot Lester, Jr., and Herman} PF a “ ow | Moore, who adju d the | insane and r to be e you wonderir hat 4 FIND MISSING Gite large in the com’ can do, Mr. Merchant LOS =ANGELAN « Judge Caro appointed the twe u can make a ¢ see. year > doctors to. study Wilson’s case|0" if you so desire ound in & a and they returned the foregoing; ®'V® fruit, candies, toy Bir Hund 4 verdict this morning. Judge Caro|iné. Foodstuff is also t earched ‘bre deferred sentence in one of the Begs Seam ary there are some} the young ;| old folks { - cases, so if Wilson is released from the hospital before 10 year he may be sentenced to serve 10} years in the state penitentiary Now heve’s some } (Continued On Page Six) }* _ aac aS BOAT BAR s} a eh AIR-CONDITIONED ae Page Palace Theater 603 Duval Street, Phone 9166 DODGE ice tered tents EDGAR BUCHANAN gi vee bette: and ANNA LEE in "Sports Results Daily CS é “BEST MAN WINS” —— ‘West's Mest Comfortable Bar | Navarre “~ en ee enema