The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1949, Page 1

CLARENCE SWEETING NAMED SAFETY CHAIRMAN _TODAY Pere: To Be Freed By Soviets ng to be freed by wities in Austria » Relief Agency Hungary | deal may be wm jail in Hun id expeiled from anced that the Captain Jones Not lo Obey Blockade | Order Of Non-Reds by the State Released in those waters e| YMCA. © Flying Arrow Roberts Pleads Not Guilty Hamlin yester one} and r eeeeeeeeeeee for the fusther { Felton with a shot argument with = Gerers RFWARD eeeeeeeeeeee THE SOUTHERNMOST [NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A, KEY WEST FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1949: species were seen by members of the Monroe County Audubon Society on the Christmas bird count Monday, with. goldfinches, myxtle warblers and gulls pre- dominating. Goldfinches had not Py Wirephoto been recorded here until last when a flock of 25 were} New York’s Mayor O’Dwyer and seen on. Christmas Day. He is not; his bride of a week will end konwn to be a migrating bird | their Florida honeymoon tomor- winter, and is expected to spend the winter in his breeding area. Why he has come so far south in such numbers is just one of the mys- teries of the bird world. Myrtle warblers were here last year but only eight birds were to be found against the present count of 52. ° A few herring gulls can be seen around the docks at any time be- tween October and May, but here in such numbers. lieved that severe weather along the Atlantic coast and the recent strong northeast brought them down. The real find, however, was nine white-wing doves, like the mourning dove but heavier with a rounded tail, tipped with a broad white band and broad white margins to the wings. His natural range is from the Mexi- can border of the United States, ' south to Costa Rica, Cuba and Jamaica, and is rarely seen in this country. These. were seen! feeding on the gréud in a pro- tected ‘area and appeared to be quite tame. Many species, such as prairie bler, red-bellied woodpecker | and snowy egret, recorded at) Christmas time/ last year are! missing entirely but when all re- "| ports are in and compiled into “Audubon Field Notes,” a great | learned about the movement of our birds. Members and visitors pating in the Count Florence Baldwin, Mrs. Louise White, Miss Ellen McCaffery, Mr. and Mrs Wallace Kirke and | Mrs. Frances Hames. partici- were Miss Gilmore Leaves ‘On Training rad In preparation for ing of th huge aire the USS Cabot, the USS Howard W. Gilmore, large submarine] tender, expects to depart on a training exercise a week: from to- , it was announced by Sub- Four. The Gilmore proba- Re bly will remain out at sea until January 6. The aircraft carrier expects to be docked at the berth usually loceupied by the Gilmore. It will be necessary to back her into the The Gilmore will be jocked at Pier Baker, further out in the channel, while the Cabot is here being repaired. ae. hamber’s Fun Night Tonight will be ob- Chamber of Cor Armed Servi Tonight Fun Night d by the the at at Jackson Square, Har- old R. Laubscher, manager, an- nounced tc The prog will consist of tricks by Dick Bartholomew, a lfermer professional entertainer, but now a permanent resident of Key West: community singing, with Mrs. Bill Lee at the piano {and quiz show between the rep- | resentatives of the various states represented at the performance. Att ye prizes will be award- jed. A lady in the audience will be crowned “Queen of the Island” eive awards as well. | $c | POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION 'a special Pan American Airways | ber 20, at Stuart, the Mayor and never before have they been seen; It is be-y wind has} ‘Right Hand ‘United States | that H. Merle Cochran had_ been! | day. 41 SPECIES OF BIRDS RECORDED IN BIRD '|COUNT HELD MONDAY A total of 917 birds and 41%. O’Dwyers Fly Home Tomorrow: ; From Keys’ Stay. KEY LARGO, Dec. 21.0) row and fly home. The newlyweds leave Miami International Airport about 10 a. m., for a non-stop flight aboard clipper. Since their marriage, Decem- his bride have been along the Florida coast. cruising Must Amputate Betty Marbury’s MEMPHIS, Dec. 28.—().— Betty Lou Marbury will lose her right hand today. Doctors have! decided they must. amputate, if} ithe ten-year-old Tennessee farnj girl is to live. Betty had “ated everyone tv! pray for her when she ' leaptied that a malignant bone tumor might spread through the blood- ‘stream to the rest of her body. { But now she says: “If the . Lord wants my hand, that’s all right with me.” Betty’s father told her yester- day that she might die if the hand is not removed. Says her father: “She wasn’t aj girl when she heard that. She | t was a grown-up woman.” Later Betty. laughed and chat- | ted in her hospital room, as her | | parents wept. Last week, Betty was examined by experts at Boston children’s hospital. An anonymous New Yorker had paid for the trip after hearing of her plea for But the Boston doctors agre that the hand must be amputated. Recognizes New Indonesian Nation WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—(4)— The new government of Indones- ia was formally recognized today by the United States. The White House announced appointed as the first Ambassa- dor to the new republic. Cochran was United States rep- resentative on the United Na- tions Commission for Indonesia. In that post, he had a great deal to do in bringing about the agree- ment that resulted in the creation of the new republic of the East Indies. Williams Held For Higher Court Ray H. Williams, Miami for passing worthless checks at, the Poinciana Food Center, admitted the charges when he was arraigned before Peace Justice Roy Hamlin yes- terday. Williams was brought to Key West County jail on Mon- arrested - at Hamlin bound Williams over to the next term of Criminal Court, and set bond at $500. BEB BEBBSBRBHRRER Men’s and Ladies’ WATCHES GIVEN AWAY Available For |TRUMAN AND FRIEND WALK IN SNOW ally if they are acted on immedi ately. If you don’t believe it, let's NEAR Leds take the exeprience of Mrs. Elijah Sands, 2746 Staples avenue. Mrs. Sands had an She si ter, pounding away at a typewrite I called had the dr: the trade publication, Writer. Sunday she got her re-! ward. For on the cover of the magazine was the photo she had, sent. The G Writer had the fol- lowing to s | who at 11 (months, that is) look: ready to ripple warmup drill to s' write. She is the Greg! nomination for Miss Si ary of 1967 H chance of winning that! honor are all in her favor, too, Frances Lou is the daughter of| the accom Just arrived by Christmas day so to feel mighty cover is surely most for the fi Gregg Write Appoints Three Men Patrolmen NAVARRO, Inc. Service Department S888 88 8 8 BB Bw Band Richard J. Broadhead. Richard Yates, who has been box-! W@S to Mrs. A ing at the Key West Sports arena, | making of general re Available struction, said today. O'Bryant was in Coral Gables by IMPROVING PRESIDENT TRUMAN, out for his usual morning walk, met an old friend, Rufus Burrus (right foreground), as he strolled through the snow of his hometown. He asked Burrus to join him and side-by-side they walked and talked the rest of the way. Special detail of secret servicemen trail the President. DREAMS | DO C COME TRUE, AT LEAST MRS. SANDS’ DID Dreams can come true! Especi-f& One night not too long ago, | odd dream. a picture of her daugh- nces Lou, atop a chair Mrs. Sands ‘al photographer and m vision reproduced. She forwarded the snapshot to Wasting no time, a Ic The Gregg | “Meet Miss Frances Lou Sands, dashing | off a i VIRGINIA GRACE EUBANKS, manager of the Paul B. Dennis, 16 (above), is in critical con- New York office of the Gre dition at Union, S. C., after her Writer has written Mrs. Sands th skull was crushed by an attack- following letter er who left her beside the “The cover girl of 1950 is in} Police family Christmas tree. report the girl's father, Charlie Eubanks, a textile worker. is being held for investigatio ying envelope. this morning “I hope that this will reach you! that you! ses may have the opportunity to| Officers said no charge show the Gregg Writer to your} been filed against him. friends. Se “You certainly have something proud of. The appropriate | of the 1950 Permit Issued iFor Sidewalk A. J, Dion took out a builui permit yesterday for the | struction of ar sidewalk and 1a driveway at his new motel that {he is completing at 512 Truman st issue con- Three men were given proba-!ayenue. Dion did not h tionary appointments to be pa-{ eee ee s | muck e lewalk an trolmen in the Police Department | MUCH the sid by City Manager Ralph D. Spald-| Would be : a ing. The appointments are sub-| Another permit issued recently ject to approval of the Civil Ser-) by Roy F. Butler, director of the vice Board, the manager said. of Public Service Lena Kelly for the Depart t The men are Ray Atwell, John| <Partmen | home, 622 Grinnell et. (®) Wirephoto and Elijah Sands, who | opel the Frances’! *hoto School, of Key West,; has | irs at her| $651,000 Is Estimated Cost Of Additions To Schools, With Only $450,000 For Work Estimates of the cost of the work planned by the architect for | Monroe Schools is far over the money available’ from the. $500,000 | bond issue, Horace OBEEEH erate superintendent of public in- yesterday conferring with Arch itect Merriam and the estimates, as obtained by the architect from two well-known and reliable builders at Miami, amounted to $651 000 for the work so far planned. day that about two acres ‘oposite th? Key West High schoo! « (®) Photo ; MISS MIRIAM THURMOND | _(aBove), shot twice by soe ai. “vorce wife of a” prot fessor, is reported improving in an Athens, Ga., hospital. Miss Thurmond, 28-year-old bru- nette and University of Geor- gia Journalism: Dean John E. Drewry were wounded in the Thurmond home. Mrs. Kath- leen Drewry, the dean’s ex- wife. is in jail. No formal charges have been filed pend- ing outcome of Miss Thur- mond’s condition. Mrs. Drewry told Clark County officers she shot her ex-husband and Miss Thurmond in a fit of rage. Late Bulletins... LATEST WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF By The Associated Press ;. GREETS POPE PIUS XII | JANNINGS CRITICALLY ILL VIENNA.—German Actor Emil | Jannings is reported critically ill | today at his country home in the |US occupation zone of Austria. |Dr. Hans Iauda, dean of the med~ |ical faculty of Vienna University, jhas been called to Janning’s ickbed. SEARCH FOR GIRL > N. H.—Neighbors ching wooded ountry ar here for a 13-year old girl, |Irene Biron, and her seven-ye tons to Architect Merriam as the revisions he thought should Say what his contenting hims ment that when the plans are re- vised the School announce the results. There the se faster tl now and bigger Elizabeth, which is tops for sige which the School Board wants for the construction of the new gym- nasium, cannot be acquired for some time yet. John-T. Koehler, assistant See. retary of the Navy, wrote a letter to U. S. Senator Spessard L. Hol. land, -who transmitted it te O’Bryant, that the Navy cannet declare the land surplus yntil ef- ter decent living quarters can be found for six Navy families liv. ing there. After the Navy approves of the plans for the construction of about 1,000 housing units, then the Navy can declare the land surplus and turn it over to the General Services Administration for disposal to the School Board. The School Board will have ap» proximately $450,000 to spend for a new school and make additions to other ones. The remainder of the $500,900 is covered by the cost of selling the bonds, by archi- tect fees and for other purposes. Since the estimates of the gost the ne ra ey and ba Ros nites to are thon, Poinciana School, High School Annex and the High School itself, and for Reynolds School and Douglass School total $651,000 extensive revision of the plans are now necessary, O'Bry- ant said. And the estimates did not cover the cost of building the High School gymnasium, equipping the proposed new ool rooms 4 the cost of the site developme O’Bryant made some be made. O’Bryant would not Uggestions were, lf with the state. Board would “We will build as far as the money that is av ble will go”, said O’Bryant. “We just simply have planned to meet the needs, but those revised, tha’ good news to ri ans will have to be all. It wasn't very eive when I dig. ke covered it was necessary to revise ‘VATICAN — CITY.—Czechoslo-| the plans. vakia was the only Soviet-con- “In making our estimates of trolled country represented! the cost of the work we follow. among, the foreign diplomats|ed the State Board of Bdueation who saw Pope Pius the 12th to- suggestions. Now we find that day for the regular New Year's! the costs will be cons rabby meeting. above what we have provided by the bond issu New Queen Of Sea To Be Built By Great Britain LONDON, may Dec. 28.—(AP ee be a new queen of giant British ner n anything in servigg than the Queen t present. Shipping circles jg jold cousin, Robert Bourque.| London say the Cunard Line jg They have been missing since| planning the new vessel—and yesterday momeng. that if the keel is laid down early 2 in 1950, the ship will be ready 3 CHU?CHILL j for the Southampton to New é.raerican Winston Chu: hill (of the half-cen contribution, the magazine s (Continued On Page Four} York run in 1954 According to maritime Sources, the new vessel would be an ange wer to American, | Dutch bids for the ¥"))The United States Lines has @ big vessel now, to be completed in 1 French and tlantic trade, under construction Second Sccond | | quae eases HAPPY 4th BOAT BAR Best ( Deive Oct to ) Best ||509 Duval Street Phone sigs Spider's, Take AIR-CONDITIONED Worst Road Food Drinks Sports Results Daily Key West's Most Comfortable Bag = _ CHORARERNRTESeeit PRRRE ce