The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1949, Page 1

alanced Right Now, Says Snyder ett Blames GOP. For Russians Regret ‘Red Ink’? Now On Fatal Shooting | Government's OFUS. Sergeant | Ledger Books WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—(4).— RRHLIN ine 2—4#).—The Congress heard toda) Ren ave miormed the id yes he N ary commander in| ™4" who handles the, nation's fee io regret the recent | money. fate . q So SUS © RAM) Treasury Secretary John W. wnt Snyder went before a Senate- Th. onat ‘ regret was House subcommittee which is on os oe no | making @ detailed investigation pt ote hooting. De Of government credit and finan- te t mete heve not cial policies. ” igh - ranking, Here are some of the major Acree excribed the | views expressed by Snyder: tes ~ + ‘ ~ ~ gy a The Treasury secretary told. span naming 1 the committee the federal budget Ruse. « wanton|should be balanced—right now, be ~ . t "by | when times are good. National 7 . income, he said, is close to the wm et » the highest level in our history, and Hut je at it one ) by every standard of sound gov- ernment finance, the time to have ' Nuewien sen-| @ balanced budget is now. on pO MN") Snyder said the tax cut adopted efter Staff faul-|®y the Republican - dominated ar oo (Continued On Page Six) that when it ° ve onan »e] White Cane Law arch Sta head. At the —— * - w iriving the 5 iving the Now In Effect, ae 3 Sawyer States. Ross C. Sawyer, former Citcuit Court clerk of Montoe County, who retired about 11 months ago, called attention of Key Westers to the new state law protecting blind and incapacitated persons crossing the highways ahd streets of the state. The law, passed by the 1949 fering book et Beme wt teenies Tito Regime Starts Own Spy Trial } Legislature, is known as the itiued On Page Five) aad lee t ve 8 ee lens atcs from 45 nations are c |erupted suddenly with a muffled white cane law. It requires ve - - jroar. Hugh craters were torn in 2.-.—& phicles to stop if césthih «cases mending. $e ithe eee 2 Vi jth 1e busy street intersection right pres ' jay at the (Continued On Page Six) Piainda Whe workeis dhat they! > [ws re to: ia about By sme Vows ors em oc Ee are going to get a greater share \Intervi 1ew i ersons | stens quis ag ates one of the ¥ ‘ a in the world’s wealth J autos was hurle : ¥ ve of tee! Father Coppock declared that work =) T Dar Vis it fee alarm box, setting th ent a M a‘ S try. But on that point he nee not} lignitea, “the fire raging for two “ king for /IVEPS, 4 irugo paige srocecrenia: the tn Miller, counsellor voca- | hours before it was brought un: Digerr ternationa! Federation of tie of Miami, ;der control, Water mains were urged = wit! P ses A * fig ands Woddworkers:, (Co Sey West | torn apart “ s ‘< ig and ‘oodworker Florida he Key West E : eo asse way insisted—as he expressed it clinic from Tuesday, Dec. 6 from} Homes and buildings in rales ’ < as alice S must have a plan of economic)? to 5 p. m., and Wednesday, }area were iolently jarred on } Mrs. Jos Suga pea a and social justice.’ | Dec. 7 from 9 to 5. and 12 houses sed with| morning for tertineville: 7V. Preliminary discussions by the) Miller will be gla inter- uated as un- ae ie ina been called there Kecause |42-Pation delegates are due to be! view any persons 4 stave service she! ofthe death of har father, James py Gontina.® On a Page Five) times. ' (Consaned) | On Page Five) Spicer, on Wednesday. 5 a ene iia tapas Mrs. Sirugo recently: returned i: S| rarer SSS Persons Saved In Million Dollar. Oklahoma fotel Fire t,| Virginia city, leaving her father na-{|much improved, and on the road it was believed. ked] to recovery 4 Upon her second return to Key ted| West in the near future, Mrs. }Sirugo will be accompanied by ther mother, Mrs. Spicer, and the | to} latter may make her home here Page Four) eer CE eel POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE ST ATION fF cemcss ot Division _, Fine Fishing Tackle Thompson Enterprises, Inc. Proud to Present “NORMAN” cemerly at the “Bamboo Room” Playing Your Favorite Selections On The Key Board - Piano Or Accordion 7 10 10 P.M. NIGHTLY (Except Friday) THE SOUTH BEACH PATIO. RESTAURANT 4%0 LOUNGE suMONTON STREET ON THE OCEAN Sait THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1949 It REFUGEES CROWD GHINA’S BORDER AS REDS} TAKE CHUNGKING REFUGEES AND TRADERS CROWD ‘the’ railroad bridge at Lo Wu, the border point linking Com- munist China with the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. This view looks from British terri- tory into Red China. The building im right background is Communist headquarters for the district, Communist forces moved in on Chungking Wednesday and the Nationalist capital fell at. noon. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek arrived at Chengfu, new Nationalist capital, shortly before noon Wednesday. i Gay Sending Representative Here Monda¥ To Answer Sales Tax Questions Of Key West Residents 3 Maj. W. H.. McCormick, repre-g——__. sentative of the State Comp- 9 troller’s office, is coming to Key heir sales tax problems. Major McCormick has just re- ‘ t mprovec turned to Miami from a 10 days DOLLAR troller Gay, Latest interpréta- LONDON, Dec. 2.— (4). — A tions of the complicaed British labor leader has told dele- | tax law will pe explained to FIRE New World Organization that a/at 8 p.m. Monday-on the second| da j program of anti-Communism is. floor of the court house not enough. AFof L President} Those having questions that Wanis Wor kers’, West to assist business men with visit in Tallahassee with Comp- gates’‘who ‘ate’ “establishing at ines men” hy«. Maj. «McG William Green and UAW Presi | they desire answered can inter- DAMAGE dent Walter Reuther had pro-| view the comptroller’s represen- posed the anti-Communist cam- ' tatives on the second floor of the | so as ae paign earlier. The Briton, Rich-!court house Monday irom. 9 a.! Ege ae a as Dees # ard Coppock, said the Labor In-|m, to 4 p. m (#).—A gas main Morey te jay, ternational being formed alsoj McCormick informed Circuit | FAuSing Bpnghe cen taueke on must campaign to better the lot/ 1¢ surt Clerk Earl R. Adams that; the fringe of the business section of workers if it is to succeed The ground over the leaking pipe to a wide} fare carried on in Key West wa- IN. THE Uea Laidis Ashetteen Cueva Del Humo Clothing, Foodstuff Drive Saturday At the meeting of the board o! Chamber Ends f directors of the Latin-American Chamber of Commerce held at the home of its president, Dr. Julio de Poo last night. # was decided that Saturday would be the final} (®) Wirephoto| day for the collection of clothing and other donations for the fire victims of Cueva del Humo, suburb of Havana, Cuba, ‘been so overwhelmingly kind and generous, patticulasty with regard | ‘he to the fine clothing sent, that the people of Cueva del Humo should, after the distribution of the clothing, be among the best-dressed/ed to the Election Tuesday For Trustees Of School District Monroe County school authori- ties were busy today arranging} for the special tax school district election to be held on Tuesday. The election is for the purpose} of balloting for three trusfees, Jo- seph A. Boza, Samuel B. Pinder and Fernando E. Camus, and for} the school tax district millage levy. | Horace O'Bryant, superintend- Le ent of public, instruction, pnw out that ho increase in amount gf takes -is: “Phe: election calls for ballots’ on 4 per cent millage levy for the regular term and for the cil school building and br erve fund of 1.5 mills”, O'Bryant. “There is no increase in taxes. The 5.5 mills being vote on is contained in the regular county , levy of 1'.5 mills for school pur | poses.” % $s res- said | Admiral Switzer | Arrives Monday Rear Admiral W. G USN, commanding officer of Car rier Division 17, will arrive at | Key West Naval Base on Mon- day, it was reported today by | the Naval Base operations offi- Switzei cer. Admiral Switzer is expected to remain here for two weel studying the anti-submarine w ters. | PULPA, Okla., Dec ()| the corridors, pounding on doors | fumes cleared aw here have been no reports of |to arouse the ests. Guests fled | remained unanswered Shanienown. death et in the | in the clothes—some via| Had anybody failed to get out ciple oases eae deena |the exits, others across rooftops|in time? The man who jumped million-dollar hotel fire here of adjoining buildings or by|and broke | d he looked The flames roared through all) jumping into fire nets: \back up after he landed on his four stories of the downtown ho One man, caught in his tenth-| matress and saw a man, on the tel, turning it into a smoke-filled, | floor room, — a mattress gut | fourth floor, smoke boiling up blazing trap. Bell boys ran thru|the window and = jw d. ee ee ees ae pulls eee ___| landed on the mattress, but broke Tm his leg So far, he is the only] person known to have been in-| DANCE USED CARS [ir wien the tomes dea 1949 Willys Jeepster down and the choking smoke} Saturday Night 1949 witlys Station Wagon |] ae 5-PIECE ORCHESTRA = <p | BOAT BAR | 9:00 Till “22” jodge Clu! oupe 503 Duval Street, Phone 9165 | Admission $1.00 (Couple) oe es | TION. | 1948 Pontiac “e* seaan |) | AIR-CONDITIONED || AMERICAN LEGION 1946 Buick Super Convertible |! Sports Results Daily HOME Coupe Stock Island 1946. Ferd Tudor Sedan 194] Buick Special 4-Door Sedan 1939 Oldsmobile “6” Sedan— Excellent Condition 1938 Piymouth 4-Door Sedan LINDSEY MOTOR CO. || 327 DUVAL STREET |! “Across the Street From the Southern Cross” | Key West's Most Comfortable Bar | WEEK-END SPECIALS Black Bottom LAYER CAKE ... 49c Boston CREAM PIE .... 49% Headquarters for BIRTHDAY || and WEDDING CAKES | MATCHETT'S BAKERY || 901 Duval St. Phone 301 | BOXING | TONIGHT, 8:30 at Simonton and Greene Street Arena 10-Round Main Event HY MELTZER vs. ANGEL CHAVEZ Four Other Bouts Gen. Adm. $1.25 (Inc. Tax) Reserved Seats, $2.00 (Inc. Tax) ANNGHUEUU0UUU00AQ0Q UUM AACA one question ; 2 all around him. ne “Then,” said the survivor, » seemed to fall back and I nev aw him again.” The might clerk said the noe t register was lost in but that 53 persons wer: “F Fire officials said there was possibility that a few guests 1 {have been trapped upstairs, 1 Savings For You!! BUY GOOD USED CARS that CAN be USED From Your "Friendly Ford Dealer” Monroe Motors 1119 WHITE STREET Discount On All Pre-War Models Better Than Average Post-war Cars Below Average Prices | American friends, | Mr. ‘ pital citizens of the Island Republic. The Key West store of Rubin ‘Appel, alone, sent enough new | tropical weight slacks and trous- ers (some of them just slightly sun faded), to dress most of the |young men of the fire-stricken area, as well as three large car- |tons of other fine assorted cloth- ; ing, stockings, etc., for women and children. Practically all of the donations ‘were essentially of outgrown, | rather than outworn clothing and | 4 !few things that Americans or even our State Department can do, will surpass the literally well- heeled feeling that wearing these fine clothes and shoes from their ; will give to our glosest Latin-American neigh- bors. . The first parcels and the first mecting uf Board of Directors last night, Allan B. Cleare, Jr., and Mrs. George Wells and} Paul Keller were heard over the Cuban Cadena Roja (Red Net-,| work), where. the M. C. intro- duced th to the Cuban and radio audience as ambassadors (ConpaneaiOn eae? On Page Five) COLLECT ‘$272 FOR X-RAY The Monroe County X-Ray fund committee has collected ' $272 to date towards purchase of the X-Ray machine to be placed in the Key West Municipal Hos- The new X-Ray machine would replace the one now in-use at the local hoSpital, which is said to be antiquated.” Gifts are as follows William R. Porter $100 Eric Curry (CPA) 2 Mamie B. Porter 10 | Elsworth Johnson 10 i Boat Bar 25 Lopez Funeral Home 40 aunders Wholesale Grocery esse Porter Newton 5 ental Pharmacy 25 El Rancho Motel Jacqueline Rackley Ma Abrahams 10 Blue Marlin Hotel Total— | seen RERRRON Le SNENUMENR eam | For the Good of Your Business. Switch to ‘Dodge * “Job-Rated” Trucks Fit Your Job NAVARRO, Inc. 601 DUVAL STREET ° {said rief Ceremony pi ay ‘Tomorrow At Little White House “Miss ;.. “the Prestiuee, hoe will | remain here for full three weeks originally planned, unless seme- inot know whether they are shape yet.” Ross also announced that Eben Ayers, another secretary to + (Continued On Page Four) Late Bulletins . LATEST WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF LIMITS ASSISTANCE WASHINGTON. The fee government has announced no further FHA fénancial ance will be given te terms “racially restricted » ties.” Solicitor Geners Perlman made the ann ment. ITALIAN STRIKE FL ROME, Italy —A 24-h munist-led general strike ended this morning at.a Most of the nation’s ignored the strike government sources the Red strike as a flo MONTY HEADS NEW YORK.—% Marshal Montgome: ne today afte in the Unitec that Europe (Continued On Palace Theater GENE AUTRY and PATRICIA WHITE in “RIDERS OF THE WHISTLING PINES” t. é e%\ qa 4 ON n of Den onan that The Stig and ys Now Cooks a . | By The Associated Press j *