The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 19, 1950, Page 1

Se NEE ETERS MS 6 THE MIGHTY U. S. BATTLESHIP MISSOURI SS en the Missouri () Wirephoto sisiautiovaty to a mud bank in Chesapeake she ran aground off Hampton, Va. A Navy fuel ‘ship is removing fuel oil from to lighten her and tugs are waiting to Sev 09 pel) $68 boge veetel fl the shoals "| WANT TO SEE KEY WEST, MAYOR O‘DWYER TELLS EISNER Soon Horrell Is Latest To Run Against Pepper |LLAHASSEE, { an Jan. 19.—(). has shaped up for the United State Senate. Former Sta Representative, Jemes G. Morrell, of Orlando, is the tates to enter the i ry Morrell announced yesterday that he will carry his campaign ettly to the voters in Florid: ©? counties in unmistakable lan- He said he & Right pused t ungquivocally for and unalterably op- what he termed the “so- slied, but misnamed Civil Rights Legislation Horrell also said he is for a eign pol that will effective- mac unist Russia Others 'n the race against Pep- e Congressman George ather { Miami and citrus J. Ratliff Yearwood, of Fort Pepper and Smathers have been te national health 4 Two ex-cops met yesterday afternoon at Key Largo, one “is now Mayor of Key West, and the other is Mayor of New York City. Mayor Eisner called upon May- or William O'Dwyer to exchange personal greetings, and also to invite the Mayor of »the » largest city in the United States to be the guest of the Island City. O'Dwyer told Eisner: to sce Key West, Anid if:my doc- tor allows’ mé to. make. the trip, rm be, acoet 70m, device y. in | the fun at the Anglers’ Club, Key ODwyer only recently mazried the former model Sloan Simpson, in Stuart, Florida, They: og mooned in Monroe County, have returned for their Midna visit to the county. Eisner said the Mayor. looked (Continued On Page Two) Life Magazine To Feature Key West Conga Line before a district con- the American Legion Key West will receive more th in Miami national publicity. This time it Peppe one of the sponsors of] wil] be from Life magazine, 5 health bill, while | Last night at eight o'clock, Life ha attac ked it as “So-| yy a gazine photographer ‘took cine over 100 photos of Al Boza’s Reception Held For Two Admiral At Officers’ Club , f SubRon Four at the k est Naval Station held a tion last night at the Navy Club at Fort Taylor for ‘ | D. D. Duncan, USN, wR Admiral James Fife, ! rning Admiral Duncan sted for Norfolk, Va. but Ad al Fife will remain here Maenday, inspecting the sub- the Key West area. tral Duncan is commander of Task Fleet in the Atlantic Fleet Admiral Fife is in command the Submarine Force of the antic Fleet CAR TROUBLE W «@ Have PARTS, PARTS and PARTS Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. 121 Duval Street Phone 442 WEAVER'S STOCK ISLAND INN Air Conditioned Bar and Restaurant Open All Night conga line group. The Key West- ers put on a special rehearsal in front of the Cuban Club for the benefit of the photographers. Boza told The ‘Citizen today that the nationally circulated magizine men were well « satis- fied with the rehearsal pictures. Wallace Kirkland was the photographer, while Lon Reyn- olds, Atlanta Bureau Chief for the magazine, was assigned to Key West to write a story of Key West and Florida Keys. Quake Awakes Many Residents In Los Angeles Today LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.—(). —An earthquake awakened many residents. in Los Angeles Beach suburbs today and was felt in Hollywood. The sharp tremor was’ timed at 1:34 A. M., Pacific standard time and tesulted in a flood of calls on police switchboards. Police said there was no report of damage. NOTICE Special Meeting of Plumbers and Navy Yard Workers in the Pipe trades, Applications for membership in new Local Union in the City of Key West. also Monroe County. to be taken at this meeting. Meeting to be held at Redman's Hall Friday at 8 P.M. COMMITTEE, U “I want 53 Band Students To Make Tampa Trip February 5 two adult couples will be taken on -the Gasparilla Festival trip, the Band’ Boosters. chub decided| | last night at a meeting at. 8 i driver af the the. Key. that. West’. High on February 5 and February 7. Of the fifty-three band students going, twenty-five {Continued On Page Four) Price Of N. Y. Times To Be Upped Monday NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—(4),— Starting next Monday, the New York Times will sell in New York City for five cents per copy, in- stead of three cents. Announcement of the _ price rise was made today by the news- paper, It is the last of the city’s standard-size papers to go up to a nickei. The Times said, “Continued increasing costs in all phases ot operation of this newspaper” made the increase necessary. The Times already sold for five cents per copy outside the city. Denfeld A Retired To Be Retiree T From Navy WASHINGTON, Jan.19.—(4)—. Admiral Louis Denfeld said to- day that he has asked to be re- tired from the Navy. He reeord of 40 years has a service in the Navy. He was removed as Chief of Na Operations afier hear- ings in Weshington on unification Admiral Den- ed that his re- ffective March o tthe armed forces. feld said he had as tirement become Ast. BOAT BAR $03 Duval Street Phone 9165 AIR-CONDITIONED Sports Results Daily Key West's Most Comfortable Bar Visit the Wedding Ring Store Three - Five Day Repair Service All New and Repaired Watches eELECTRONICALLY TESTED for ACCURACY Knonles Jenelers $04 SOUTHARD STREET inewsmen checks in some ways, and doesn’t | From Havana Monroe County Airport Mana- ger George Faraldo stated. today | that 136 planes arrived in the Is- Hland City yesterday afternoon | from Havana on their way north. Three hundred and one land- ings were &ccomplished at Mea- (Continued On Page Two) BOSTON, Jan. 19.—(#).— The head of the FBL J, Edgar Hoover, is said to have taken over the investigation of the million dollar Boston robbery. The Boston Traveler says it received this information from Assistant FBI Director Louis Nichols. The paper says Nichols declared that Hoover is personally handling all matters of policy and tech- nique in connection with the case. BOSTON, Jan. 19.—(#).—Three ; men are being held today for! questioning in conection with Boston’s million-dollar robbery. A revoler and one thousand rounds of ammunition have been ; seized in a raid. The raid was the result of a story told by a man in Newark, New Jersey. Early toduy this man, who gives Fifty-three band .membgs and | his name at Jackie Horrigan, put alled to the 20 and 25 per cent:in- in a phone call frém Newark to' Eales. Captain John Ahearn in Bosto. The. man said he had been the} taway |? him fewark, and that‘ wit The group will leave Key West] five others were in Boston. The ¢S return On’ man said also that the holdup had} been planned for seven months. And that the robbers had used keys made from one they got from a guard who had been discharged by the agency which was robbed. While the phone call was pro- | ceeding, the Police Captain is Boston ordered the call traced. And Newark police picked up Horrigan at his phone booth. He j wouldn’t talk to them. saying he wanted to talk only to Boston, Newark police then arrested him and held him for question. The FBI tatked to the man this ! morning. The Boston police captain tells tht Horrigan’s tale check in others. Newark Plice doubt the man had any connection with the hold- up. But, they said: “We can’t af~ ford to take chances on a thing like this Key West Gets $5,810.22 From Cigaret Taxes Key West will receive $35,810.22 from the state cigaret tax, which Florida started collecting Novem- ber 1, city officials were advised today. Since the city cigaret tax, now annuled, ran to about $5,400 monthly, the city’s share of the state tax is about $400 greater than Key West formerly realized each month. This will be the first allotment of state cigaret tax money the city has received. The state collections cigaret tax amounted to $1,202,000 (Continued On Page Two) HOTEL LA CONCHA on the QUARTERDECK Atop Hotel La Concha Buffet Supper Every Sunday Evening, 5:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M. ALL YOU CAN EAT 2.79 FOR QUESTIO IN BOSTON ROBBERY from the | ARY 19, 1950 G Wants Freight | Rates Raised ‘In Florida WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—(4). —An Interstate Cemmerce Com- mission Examiner has held ‘that within the state to conform with authorized interstate increases. Exminer A. J. Banks filed his report with the commission in ) Washington yesterday. It followed an investigation which was asked by railroads operating in Florida. The railroads complained the ‘state railroad and public utilities ;commission had not allowed in- trastate freight rate increases par- terstate increases authorized by ‘ICC in 1947 and 1948. They also complained that the state’commission had exempted a of fe cael products, i “pes an Exminer Banks said_the dis- parity between the interstate rates and those charged for traffic inside Florida constituted a dis- crimination against interstate | commerce. ‘Wound Britisher Trying To Rescue Two Americans HONG KONG, Jan. 19.—(#).— |A British co-pilot of a Chinese | Air, Transport plane was wouned ; Monday by Chinese Communists. The incident occurred during an unsuccessful attempt to rescue two American airmen stranded on the Nationalist evacuated airfield in Yunnan Province. Co-pilot Harry Davis of Nort- humberland, England received a flesh wound in his leg from an ex- plosive bullet when his civic air transport plane landed on the air- strip. The plane managed to take off again unscather but the two American airmen were left be- hind in Communists hands. The Reds are holding Robert Buol of Stockton, California and Jose Jawbert of Puerto Rico, Buol and Jawbert were respec- tively pilot and crew chief. for General Claire Chennault’s Civil Air Transport Line. Chennault today filed a request with American ‘consul General (Continued On Page Four? NOTICE There Will Be No Boxing Card Tomorrow Night NEXT FIGHT WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT, JAN. 27 KEY WEST | SPORTS ARENA || WEEK-END SPECIALS Cheese Pies. either | Cherry or Pineapple 60c Also CHEESE CAKES Headquarters for BIRTHDAY and WEDDING CAKES MATCHETT'S BAKERY 901 Duval Street PHONE 301 APER IN THE U.S.A. | Florida should raise freight rates; sugarcane, the iticreas- | | ed on several tips. _ 250 Permits Total $168,200 This Month, Report Six New Residences To Be. Constructed; Far Ahead Of Total For Last Year Building permits issued so far went Sun- ce of of Washington, where he day to attend a confer ficers. NAVY WIVES and VISITORS to KEY WEST! Send for your free copy of The Key To Key West-— a selected fishing, shop- ping and tourist guide. A map of the island is in- cluded. Address Pos: KEY WES WELCOME 1411 Truman Avenue FBI AGENTS AND STATE POLICE enter a road Wrentham, Mass., during a snowstorm Wednesday in for seven bandits who took a million dollars from Brink’s, in Boston. tae ae ens me ae choco ee Boston, was SERVICE || | uman Says Order For rome To Go Back To Five Day Week Not His Doing But Denham s | ROADHOUSE SEARCHED FOR BANDITS in case of shooting. The area, 25 miles from ete oe tii — ne Entertained By Chamber Last Night 4 Nearly 250 tourists and winter , Visitors were entertained at the | Chamber of Commerce Fun Night| duction of « hydreses Mr. Truman aise steted thet be stil! feels there i¢ me seth? emergency calling for hie mt Mr. Truman possibility that left wate « ne ~—e | program last night at the YMCA, bomb. The United States har bee ! patio. It was { Canadian night at the } years, visitors from Canada al i most outnumbered those from |any of the 48 states. Outnumber jet only by tourists from Ohia. who were 22 in number, Cana- | dians present totaled 20 persons. | Two movie films were shown, j Which were enthusiastically en joyed; one, which ws Time re: and the other a new ‘film showing the plays of major football mediate past season (Continued On Paae ka | aii cad Palace Theater | GENE AUTRY and SMILEY BURNETTE in “CAROLINA MOON” See eeeeeeees || Auto Painting | $15.00 Per Coat | BODY and | FENDER REPAIRS Complete Radiator Service TONY'S AUTO BODY SHOP 603-5 GREENE STREET party, as for the first time in four a March of rumored to be going sheed «+ plans for hivdrugen bomb peo tion, and the President was at about it. Me replied that he com n (Continued On Page Three: most thrilling . cba com Rush Suppli games | " that were played during the im | us Supp ies this month, including six issued yesterday for residences, total; Mrs. Elsie Hamilton, a winter} CAIRO, W Jar ‘ $168,200, or more than $61,300) Visitor from Tisdale, Saskatche-| Flood threats at twe of ahead of Junta: ga wan, Canada, was elected asjber spots in the Midwest « Permits issued yesterday call Queen of the Island and received] shed appear to be eaaime | for the construction of five new} (Continued On Page Six) |Cold weather and freer frame residences by the Sunshine otepietbtianbdae have heaped tom Construction Company totaling CG: ° . jt ousends i refugees $36,000 anc’ another $9,600 con- Garrison Bicht | Winter's element crete home built by Charles Top- © ed other parts of pino & Sons. ( I : U | mas The Sunshine homes are for; ontract S P Jed the Northern Ps Jack J. Peckford at 2109 Harri s| Fre xas end spree (Continued ntinued On Pag ? 0 ity oare nee to Go Ge jing driztie dampe Adell Returns | Three matters n-| esuthern tal Is ed at this a t-| Oregon. N wonte ‘ z ling of the City lowlands were flow From Washington | oc. syetes cag mr voxel coe tae c | Lowe, City Clerk ties. Fifteen pe - Captain C. C. Adeli, USN. corm The first thing is the making ed in a week mander of the Key Naval {@ contract with Joe S | the Pacitie Northwe Base, returned last dent of the Sunsh c Four person the Midwest f wets (Continued On Paae T TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES ‘PR Tours a RICE | FLORIDA ‘POULTRY & EGGS WHITE STREE? MARKET Formerly Brady's fe noe ’ a