The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 29, 1949, Page 1

vem é SAR. Ne. S07 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1949 Hungary Siezes All American, British — Today (leimed That All f oncerned Were teailty OF Spying, fin € communists f Mun-! plan i 2 practwatly m that land feregn cor | nabization | “ ngarian | international er apt pany com the the many ot per " the ated A bn mare et Cemnyeny bltomd ' i euthorrtios | guilty | rady the fat ae = tere cache Wak haw | * tone barthquake Reck« Island CH Lazon BOXING MORROW 8:30 end Greene Arens meno en eat PAPA ALY five and a half pounds. DRINKS A TOAS (@) Wirephoto by Radio from Bern, Switzerland A PROUD AND HAPPY PRINCE ALY KHAN (right) raises his glass for a toast with newsmen efter announcing the birth of a baby princess, Yasmin, to his actress wife, Rita Hayworth, at the Montchoisi clinic in Lausanne, Switzerland. The prince said the birth was a natural one and that the baby. the first granddaughter of Aga Khan, spiritual lead of millions of Moslems, weighed 275 Tourists Attend Fun Night At Key West Chamber Of Commerce Rt SSIANS ACCCS —# US. OF PREPARING FOR GERM WARF ARE AS WAR WEAP( SOCOW, Dec accused the United ng to use disease yar. The Pravda logical w: ope Pravda adds newspaper, existence almost two years Com says ton ngton ted the vspaper also ac deliberately | war crimin- | 4y the Rus-| ved On Page Six) Miamian’s Car Is Discovered Here edan, yesterday The 1 own- ' Depart j Palace Theater GENE AUTRY and BARBARA BRITTON in LOADED PISTOLS” Seeeeeeeeenan ee ed TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS Se 4a) Fiemins 8: GQ DENIES REPORT CONCHITA GASTON, beautiful Filipino op- said in New York she (above), era singer, that Philippines were reports may wed Elpidio "gossip President Quirino mere rumors. | Second HAPPY 4th of JULY— Drive Out to Spider's, Take Worst Road Food eS ne | roominghouse | in jrainy weather |80 persons | tourists Naval Station, Most All Hotels, To Near Capacity Nearly every hotel, motel and Key West is well filled with winter visitors, a survey revealed today. The first Fun Night for Tourists of this winter’s season drew a crowd of 275 persons at the YMCA auditorium t night, despite The Chamber of Commerce only figured on about and was 5 persons entered License tags of dozens states outside Florida are able on the str Hundreds are ttracted to the and the Little White House, occasional home of President Truman, is the princi pal attraction However, dozens of daily park at the Naval and view the 5 How Gilmore, submarine tende the dozen or so submarines are v»ored there City Manager Ralph D. Spald ing said today that additional parking space would have to be provided outside the Key West Aquarium, which attracting crowds of visitors these days Probably the city will have to} restrict parking of cars in Front street in front of the Aquarium to out of state license: Fun Night pr Aileen Ro: ttionist here Wil (Continued Or Page Six) when the of tourists Station Ww and that is last a two WEEK END SPECIALS Devil’s Food Layer Cake 49c Cocoanut Cream Pie 49c (With Meringue) Headquarters for Birth- day and Wedding Cakes MATCHETT'S BAKERY 901 Duval Street Phone 301 surprised | notice- | of} ‘Charlie Bolero- Now In Charge At Perky Lode Charlie Bolero, one time Gee) er of the Old Heidelberg Inn, Miami, has taken over the man- agement of Perky Lodge. Bolero told The Citizen that it was his Syndicate’s intention to develop the 375-acre peauty spot on Cud- joe Key. To date, Bolero has refurnish- ed the entire lodge, and adjoin- ling buildings on the ‘property. Bolero is known to many Key Westers, and some time ago held a special meeting with City Com- mission relative to building a dog track on City land in Stock Island. This proposition has just about: fallen through, Bolero told The }Citizen today. First of all, the Stock Island property was not found feasible. A survey reveal- (Continued On Page Six) Will Not Close Flight Training Bases--Sherman CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Dee. 29.—().—The chief of naval op- erations says the Navy has no intention of closing flight train- ing facilities at Pensacola or at Corpus Christi. However, he says that such ac- tion always remains a possibility. The comment came from Ad- miral Forest P. Sherman, who is} |now on a tour of Naval Air Sta- tions. Charles Brickley Dies Of Heart Attack Last Night |- NEW YORK, Dec.*29.—(#).— Football fans and old Harvard grads are mourning the death of Charlie Brickley, one of the greatest drop kickers of all time and a legendary figure in foot- ball history. Brickley died of a heart attack late last right, minutes after he was found seriously ill in his room ina New York hotel. He; ‘was 58. Only yesterday he and ior, had appeared in court on dis- orderly conduct charges, growing out of a fight. The fight started in a Manhat- tan restaurant, where a patron had pointed to the elder Brickley and said, “You mean_ that old ; baldheaded man is the great Charley Brickley.” Both Brickley took exception to the remark. It jtook ten policemen to subdue them. Yesterday in mid-Manhat- tan court, the case was thrown (Continued On Page Six) | father and son, | iGeneral Collins iArrives Jan. 3 USA, Chief of; | General Collins, Army, is ex ; Staff of the U.S. | pected to arrive at Key West Naval Station on January 3rd, {the 1 Base, announced today. General Collins will be accom- panied by his wife and will re. main here until January 10, rest ing and enjoying the sunshine Theq will be quartered at Quar ters L, and same_ building occu- ‘pied by General Eisenhower, who is now President of Columbia | University, when he was here jabout a year ago, when he was recovering from an illne: { VVVVVVYVVYVYYVYVVYY vvvvy Radio Combinations | Given Away NAVARRO. Inc. Service Department FLORIDA ; MAb, WHITE STREET MARKET Formerly Brady's White At Eliza St. POULTRY & EGGS | |\his son, Charles E. Brickley, Jun-|™ Motels Are Filled | | Jean, 4, and Donna Rae, ‘Air Technical T 1”? tHE U.S. A. 600 Officers, Enlisted Men And Their Families Solve Housing Problem A PIGEON SPREADS THE WORD (®) Wirephoto MARY ANN DIERKER RELEASES a homing pigeon at Havana, Il. which will take to President Truman the news of Scott W. Lucas’ candidacy for reelection as United States senator. Gov- ernor Adlai Stevenson is at left and Senator Lucas at right. The occasion was a rally for Lucas by the Havana Secagencine Committee. LT: JENKINS REPORYS TO VX-1 FOR DUTY Lieutenant Henry C. Jenkins, & U. S. Navy, on Christmas day re- ported to Development Squadron M f d 0 ONE (WX+1), Boca Chica Field,| ontiords pen for duty. Mrs. Jenkins, the former Miss! Wi H ary Delores Thompson, is the inter Home daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin I . Thampeons of 330 Margaret suet IM Island City Lieutenant and Mrs. Jenkins,! © with their two daughters, Carla} yr. and Mrs. James Montford ae, 12, are! of Lawton, Michigan, have open- y at the Mar- eq their winter residence at 1119 ' Washington street. The Mont-| fords have been coming to the Island City for the past twelvee years. Today, Montford is trying to find a place to berth his 42’ ex- press Cruiser that is presently in | Miami The Michigan man can’t : quite understand why Key West was graduated trom Rich-| hasn't any docking _ facilities 1 High School, Rich-! 5 yailable : H in February) Montford knows of from eight in May) to ten yacht owners who would re ke trip to Key West were en he Research D. € of over residing tempor garet street addre Prior to his being duty at Key West Jenkins was stati 1 at Naval aining Center, Memphis, where he served as |sistant Training Ofifcer in t j Aviation ctronil Office School. He mond Uni mond, Calif 1 assigned Lieutenant ceived h sign in § Material Laboratory, He has served 28 1 a seas duty sh has been hav- rainfall of late, Magic City, | told friends (Continued On Page Six) the i proudly Airplane Said To Make 2.000 Miles Per Hour ‘Senator Thomas ‘Comes Here Jan. 12 Elmer Thomas scheduled to West ama i January inced today by re aimed the Senator Kee Senator t ation, al- » that here is cial ord received Wf the ew 1,700 miles an (Continue BOAT BAR | S03 Duval Street Phone 9165 AIR-CONDITIONED Sports Results Daily 1 Or Key West's Most Comfortable Bar ‘ For Your Holiday Joy $1.00 per Qt. CALL ADAMS DAIRY 455 CAR LAID UP? | We Have or Can Get the Hard-to-Find aris | Roy’ 's Key West Auto Parts Co. ‘121 Duval Street Phone 442 PHONE | Rev. J. H. MacC« | were ———* Six Apartments Made In Day’s Work By SubRon ' Four Group Here Entire Work Done At No Cost, Says Captain Stephan Officers and enlisted men and their womeénfolks and children, all representatives of SubRom Four, comprising the USS How. ard W. Gilmore and all the sub- marines at Key West Naval Ste- -tion, heid an outing yesterday et the Army Barracks. But it was an outing that in- volved, among other things, the -rehabilitation of three of the old Army Barracks, so that six apart ments could be made out of them for as many enlisted families in which to live. fhgd soon as they had finished, e painters got busy. Whole pence of men wielding paint brushes became extremely busy and by the mdidle of the after noon had painted the three build- ings a vivid Navy grey. Other men got busy with mow ers and rakes clearing the heavy underbrush and the tall gress from around the buildings. There ee group of men whe ” Phaabers among the men pres ent got busy installing plumbing equipment on the second floor of the building. They originally hed been one-family homes, so that it was necessary to build bath rooms on the other floor Meanwhile the many women present were not idle. In one house they took a roo mand cut draperies. In another building were another group of we hard at work sewing the drapes Pretty soon there were draperies on all the windows in all of the rooms. The entire outing did not cent, according to Captain E Stephan, USN, commanding cer of SubRon Four, whe hand, in civilian clothe ing in the work. As Captain Stepha it, the Army Barrack later be used as part 0 housing program for Then the old buildings torn down to make homes, all on a low-cé “But Navy enlisted sent here in the winter (Continued On Page S 070.50 Given Aged And Blind This Month Here More than throughout Florida lic assistance during through the State We onnell nea amen cust a + ft wa x) 131,000 pe receiv They received from Federa nearly $1,41 funds. Here in Monr 534 a ceived $22.6 children in aided with $7 aid to dependent = we 57 needy bline Streets. All Master Manone are to be present sons invited to attend RIGHT WOR! JAMES P, Mc’ Dist. Dep. Gra: 24th Masonic