The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 3, 1949, Page 1

P eeued the seeding of many Ween spy trinis teen held in the Tron Btate, the trie! now go | * Vegesbavia is ontee tr a hee » —t) agaimat the contes Dormitory Fire Today 19 Others Are TRUMAN TO BE MADE Se Injured In Half Million tear gee Sate purgertediy obtained dur | 7 emg confinement iefore the | I DHF MEMBER OF MAHI Dollar Blaze O08 ati Ge vest But while the Cte art techniques ore pret NORMAN, Okla.. Dec. 3—(). eh ee come ae these em —There was a spectacular fire on Gee m Se diem of Hanger the University of Oklahoma enema tie Bulga oad} ' Geeewe te heseeieee ase G8 campus early today. A fire that Greet Cet im the rote al President Truman will be swept a dormitory crowded with 8B eee White Russiens, who made a member of Mahi Templé gy students. @mertediy worked for a Soviet Stoek Market lof Miami at the same time as he Three students were killed. and b nf = & henger ho we hear | becoleat honorary Grand Master jg injured, two critically. The : pecan cherue—cupeas A of the Florida Masons at cere- shree bodies were removed from be a - wee dy. |monies to be observed at the * hia tee Mtates that the | ances On Little White House this. after- the ruins of the building. dete 2 4 ‘ antry to noon. Three hundred others fled from Se whe ‘ . es The announcement that the the building without suffering Fhe oatie u | Fresh Buyi cll President would be made a mem- any serious injuries. The fire ~~ "| NEW YORK. Dee. 3.—i4.- press secretar this morning. , The building was a sprawling , } Freeh buying poured imto the| Ross then gave The Citizen. wooden affair, built during the = A he wh Market today and prices | the list of the following mem- war as a Navy barracks, and the : . =| Mivanced fractions to around a| bers of Mahi eo the flames raced up and down. the , ad | Pournt Yang of ic ‘da: ‘ S \ corridors like wildfire. ~ “| Impeoverncents followed a! From Miami will come the fol-| Aroused from sleep. the stu- ;*eppy two-day rise which car-; lowing men: B. H. Blakey, Po- dents fought their way to the od the general price level to a|tentate of Mahi Temple; Russell exits or jumped to the ground 3. manth high Houston, Chief Rabban, who is from windows on the first and never t the Grand Commander of the second floors. Many couldn't take ver was fast for a while,’ Grand Commandery of Knights time to dress and fled in nothing wed ebowt half way! Temptar; Dr. R. H. Baldwin As-, but their GI shorts. But while i wah the session. sistant Rabban i they left their personal belong- Aw ners were U. S. Ray Williams, High Priest and ings behind, most of them had Mtes Steel, Chrysler, Prophet; Robin Mulloy, Past Po-, sufficient presence of mind te demented Montgomery Ward, tentate, acting Oriental Guide;|grab their first-of-the-month Gi |Deugiee Alteraft Radio Corp.,| Robert C. Booth, Recorder, Isa-| subsistence checks, received only . One® |Consaiiieted Edison, American|dor Apolin, Potentate's Aide, | yesterday. * one | Power laght, Kennecott Cop-|chairman of the publicity com-| It was the fourth destructive sal ve Westinghouse , In-} mittee; Frank Brown, Potentate’s| fire in Oklahoma in three da: ‘ ° tormetienst Paper, Sante Fe,| Aide, past Grand Master of the|/and the second at the U: ~~ . . o Seuthern Retlway, Baltimore &/Grand Lodge of Florida; Robert, versity in two years. mien” de, a ate fon Boma Pecitic, Standard! Floyd, City Co w and Sox set at _ bat © million [= =| ae seeter ), Unitet Ale Lanesaand| former mayor, of essai “ < - . dots Manville ! And Gerald H. Adams, Presi- Othd University is located at * & wh | Corptrete bonds held steady (Contiued Gn Frage Five) Norman, Oklahoma. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Three College Students | Burned To Death In. | More than 1,000 toys have al- ready been donated for the Xmas Relief gigantic Christmas tree. Today the S. H Kress Co., donated 200 spanking brand new toys. The only comment from the management was “Our Xmas gift to the needy children of Key West.” Down at the “toy hospital” in No.1 Fire Station the fire lad- dies are doing a bang.up job. More than 300 discarded toys have already been made present- able by the firemen. No better work has ever been turned out by these volunteer workers. More: than 60 dolls are being made presentable by the girls of the home economics class of Key West High school. Dresses are being made. Lipstick and rouge being applied. In many cases the| dolls look better than when they were first offered for sale. Paul Alburyy-general chairman of the comittee, today asked that «Continued On Page Five) Permits Issued For Two Homes Costing $16,000 Austin Taylor, local building | contractor, took out permits for | the construction of two $8,300 | concrete block homes at 3619 and | 3623 Eagle avenue. The permits | were issued by the office of Roy; F. Butler, director of the De- partment of Public Service, i Permits were also issned to-/ day to Flossie Higgs for refloor- ing théskitchen of her home at 413 Smith Lane at a cost’ of $100, and by the Standard Qil Com- eae for painting the exterior: of the filling station at White and Fleming streets at a cost of “e IN THE U.S.A. HOTEL FIRE SPARES GUESTS’ LI ‘Py Wirephoto A MILLION DOLLAR FIRE roars through the four-story Loraine Hotel at Sapulpa, Okla.’ Firemen said the only known casualty was a guest who broke his ieg in jumping from a third floor window. Fifty-three guests. were registered. Some were forced to jump into fire nets, destroyed a quarter of a block. Goddard Is Elected Chairman'“ OF Local’ Red” ‘Cross Chapter” ane Bastends Lai. © s Activities ‘Reyond American Continent... eee ———— — — — HANDS ACROSS THE SEA Sports Results Daily HOME BENNY’S Or Acc Sioct teland Sy CLD MAN GREEN With the typical youthful enthusiasm of Key West's newly jes to tide you over your stay.| cussion of Key West's status and’ sentsed Latin-American Chamber of Commerce, Manager’ And besides, “they added, “the| future possibilities as a resort, Arturo Seon eager to extend the Chamber's activities beyond! Overseas Highway to Key West Judge Porter and Victor Lang, we American continent, reached out yesterday afternoon to grab is unsafe jaided by pretty, petite Alma E. , . to publicize Key West in far off British South The Beatons were dubious. But} Bray who up to that time had not} ‘ like Americans, the South Afri-|dropped the ough nt as aS cans had otions of their own.|she had lived in South Africa, “ A noteworthy visitor from that fabulous coun: rai.iny it over, both Beaton and| Beaton was led on to talk of his y ee visiting in Key West with an itinerary that provided for’ ),;. jovely wife Rene, agreed that| native country e wight’s stay. Bo went into action. Time was if Key West was good enough for Inevitably, the subject develop- was much te do and little time to do it in. He the President of the United|ed into a friendly. informative me States, it was good enough for} comparison ef South Africa and stened he told of Peter J). Beaton, retired owner. thenr American living standards eewen tiem of P. J. Beaton, (Pty.) Ltd., of Kokstad! However, with their children} In a revealing duel of questions | South Atriea. He told them of how this unusual John 5, and Joan 6, to consider,}and answ sometimes critical, : silet love with Key West at first sight,and was'they decided not to take any | oftimes provoking, for the next * much as he possibly could about'the Island chances on any possible shorta two and a half hours without é ve he had lett is disposal of water and foodstuffs. They} moment of respite, South Africa nay ne loaded sutficient for their three] fenced with Key West across a day stay narrow table in an atmosphere of € er of a needed} “You know what might be afinternational understanding and ey We reach | 00d idea?” suggested Douglas] portent goodwill .| Blythe after hearing the painful} At one time, on the subject of M recital, “Take back a jug of Keyi gold, Fred Schoepflin, Louis K West’s pure water to those peo-| Muniz and Mike Bonamy ceded a ple and sive it to them with Key] point to the visitor with broad K : ; rds.” ed Beaton, “I simply at, followed by a dis- — = « n to explain brink repeatedly | : : vets! BOAT BAR, . : a id trailer 603 Duval Street, Phone 9165 {| RAUL 'S CLUB “ t good AIR-CONDITIONED || Best { . T2ke, the ° _ . mea FOOTBALL GAME RESULTS | Worst Hone to | “Bamboo Room” ordion fe, Dence ; Key West's Most Comfortable Food Tonight ns ———-- — errr : DANCE Sunday Menu |!] We Are Proud to Present... » Tao Bebensizs | | Spanish Bean and | wu wa Se" |) remicut Pe og re a NORMAN ont : PCE ORCHESTRA PRIME RIB OF BEEF | Formerly at the : ngage ROAST TURKEY | 5 : ‘ hen 9:00 Till “??" ROAST CHICKEN '! Playing Your Favorite Selections aie 00 mise : Adenteston 6108 Couple CHICKEN AND RICE ! re) Th K ii vt | AMERICAN LEGION BAKED HAM | m The Key Board - Piano | { Cater “We Were Strangers (| tr o: | L A CE tee tones ond John Garticia | Famous A ant ' CHICKEN or os mapene of Te | IN THE BASKET eu «em Werwrrrrr rrr 7 TO 10 P. M. NIGHTLY (Except Friday) THE SOUTH BEACH PATIO, RESTAURANT ano LOUNGE SIMONTON STREET ON THE OCEAN can’t understand why South Africa should continue to dig up great quantities of gold to sell to ,the United State when you Americans do nothing but put it right back into the ground at Fort Knox.” Frank Bartilene found a par ticular spot in his heart for the visitor. Beeton had also come up jthe long, hard road | Hard it had truly been it ap | peared, as the South African told of starting with the equivalent of $160 to found a business. But ns 3 rteen y tafter many hard knocks u bu EVERYONE WELCOME CUBAN CLUB Sunday Afternoon December 4th 3:00 P.M. Until 6:00 P.M. Sam Korn and Orchestra Transcription Fund Local 202, Key West. F,O.M. | | Paid by Recording and { | | | ———e | | ceeded Attorney W. Curr The fire spread to other buildings and Allan Hampton Is New Vice Chairman; Directors Named Lee Godd: man of the K the American: Red Cross. Gets Up; Walks, Reads Official ee man, who will submit the writ ten suggestions of the depert ment heads. “Steelman called here morning, ‘stating he had con red with the various departme chiefs, budget officials and wit ‘the members of his own staff is customary for the official make written suggestions to ¢ President on the message A former: Navy’ officer, God.) Thee livin teeta decal dard has been active in Red Cross] the Presirlent worked on off | work in this area for the past (Continued On Page Five) five years. The last two of which - - he served as chairman of the important disaster relief com- Late Bulletins " { of pione the busine > he 1 | take this edu 20,000 vaca tion throagh Europe and the United States and Mexico. 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