The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 31, 1950, Page 1

VOL. -LXXI. No. 26 Building Record Set Be Exceeded This Year * January, 1950, Far Exceeds Last January Key West's record-breaking building year in 1949 carried over into January and with an even increasing tempo, a check at City Hall revealed today. If the next eleven months hold up like January, 1950, started, it will mean a total of $3,698,700 worth of construction, which would set a record far ahead of any previous year in the history of the city. Last year, it will be recalled, set a record of construction which to- taled $2,155,135. With this year's total of about $3,698,700 the building would exceed last year’s record by $1,243,565. Some persons might say that January this year is an unusual month. They would be right be- cause in January, 1949, saw $107,- 000 in new construction while in January, 1950, the month has so far set a record of $283,225. Today Roy F. Butler, director. of the City’s Department of Pub- lic Service, issued permits for a $3,000 small frame home for the home of John Lord, 1019 Watson lane; for general repairs for the home of Mrs. Fiorida Wake, 303 Petronia street, at a cost of $500; for Jose Avila, 612 Petronia st., for a new roof on his home at a cost of $200 and far construction of a new sidewalk in front of the home of James McManus, 1013 Grinnell street. 1,954 Persons Have Registered, England Reveals A totat of t,>9* persons nad re- gistered to vote in the primaries and the November elections tip to last night, John England, county registration supervisor said to- day This is about one fifth of the expected registration, however, and at the rate so far followed several hundred potential voters will not qualify to vote in the May 2nd primaries, since April 1 is the deadline for qualifying. England said that during Feb- ruary his office in Monroe Coun- ty Courthouse would be _ open from 5 to 6 p. m. each Monday and Tues y in order to register men and women who are work- t other periods of the di terday this office as open from 5 to 6 p. m., and only one man came in to register”, said England Many Residents See Homesite Map At Citizen Office A number of residents of Key West haye viewed the homesite map, sent to The Citizen by the Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, Wash- ington, D. C The map lists all the home- sites by number. Some of the lots on the waterfront. One of ots, number 38, hes been re- by the government for use as a public beach In the sent to the Citi- zen, mention was made that an- other copy of the map had been the County Re- Monroe County. This morning, Monroe County Re- vorder Earl R. Adanis stated that his office had not’ received the map The only map ef the homesite area is office WEAVERS STOCK ISLAND INN Air Conditioned Bar and Restaurant Open All Night story forwarded to corder of Che Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST. FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1950 Dr. Walker Tells Of Miami Trade Fair Organization While much work has been don toward the formation of! plans for the Inter-American Cultural Center and Trade Fair at Miami, a great deal more must be accomplished before it is. def- initely settled. So'said Dr. W. H. Walker of Miami, Organization Committee of the Inter-American Cultural Center and Trade Fair, before the members of the Key West Chamber of Commerce meeting last night at Harris School. “We have the wholehearted | support and assurance of co- operation. from Charles Sawyer, : Secretary of Commerce of the United States, who believes that this program will be an element of great strength in carrying out international policies of the ad- ministration,” said Dr. Walker. “Jaeques Kunstenaar, leading expert of the United States gov- ernment in matters of this kind, lis working actively with our or- ganization committee. “The major municipalities of Florida are assisting and are rep- resented on our committee. The Florida League of Municipalities, representing 102 incorporated! cities and towns of this state, has unanimously endorsed the’ pro- ject. “It is believed that it has the support of Florida’s entire dele- gation in Congress. By special apointment with Governor War- ren and his cabinet, the subject willbe discussed in. detail, in| Tallahassee within the next few} days. “This week it is expected that all committee assignments on a state-wide ‘basis will, be -com pleted, and Kunstenaar of _ the | Department of Commerce will) meet in accordance with these committees. “The next steps are to adopt; definite plans of financing and } elect a general management.| Further progress reports will be issued as soon as the committee organization and conferenc with governmental agencies have been completed.” President Joe Allen of the Chamber presided, and Edwin Trevor, former president of the | introduced Dr. Walker Work Finished, Cabot Leaves Here.On Friday USS Cabot, large airplane car-| rier, which has been here for month ,undergoing repairs to her flight deck and other mainten-| scheduled to leave Key ation on Friday Then under the command of Captain Charles Lee, USN, the Cabot is expected to return to Pensacola where she is engaged in training the Navy Air Forces} in landing on the flight deck of; a carrier. The work on the Cabot has gone ahead with considerable r pidity at the Key West Nav Station. She leaves on Frid about three days ahead of the original schedule SRD Receive Bids Totaling $3,800,000) TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 31.—() —The State Road Department has received apparent low bids to. taling some $3,800,000 for 62 mi of road and bridge improv ments. The projects for which were received are located in Du- val, Orange, Hillsborough, W. ton, Palm Beach, Broward, C lumbia, Okaloosa, Hamilton and Pasco counties. TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS 411 Fleming St. Phone 124 bids d !13-YEAR-OLD WIFE BECO MRS. E. J. DEAL, Deal is 18 years old. YMES MOTHER | (®) Photo 13-YEAR-OLD WIFE OF A FARMER. is in Martin Hospital at Edison, Ga., ounce baby daughter. Doctors says doing fine.” The little girl has been named Winnie Louise. Papa with her seven-pound, two- “both mom and babe are } CONTINUED TODAY | ON EASTERN FRONT | a Daughter Insane At Time Of Killing Dad, Says Mother BRIDGEPORT,. Gonna’ Jan. 31. —().—Carol Ann Paight’s: moth- er, Mrs. Mary Paight, testified today that her daughter was insane at the mo- metn she shot and killed her po- lice sergeant father. Carol Ann broke down for the first time in her week-old trial here, when she heard her mother testify. Carol Ann wept silently, The State is trying Carol Ann for secohd degree murder in the death of her father, Police Serge- ant Carl Paight, who was incura- bly ill of cancer at the time of his death Minelto Here; Off To Havana. Virgin Islands S.S. Minelto, a 64-foot consoli- dated cruiser with deisel power, arrived at the Porter Dock yes- terday and will stay here as long as the winds are kicking up quite a fuss out in the Gulf of Mexico After the winds Minelto will leave for Havana, where the owner, Alvin Handma- cher of,New York, will board the vessel. Then she leaves on a cruise, tnat will include Jamaica and the Virgin Islands. The Minelto came here from Miami, after a trip from the Ba- 1as. Only her crew was aboard at Key West. subside, the Captain Van Metre Reaches Key West Captain M. Van Metre, commanding officer of Service Division 61 and three members of his staff arrived at Key West yesterd about 5 p.m Captain Van Metre and _ his staff are here to make an inspec- tion of the ships attached to the Command of the Services Forces, tlantic Fleet. Headquar Serv rfolk, V USN, MASONIC NOTICE Regular Communication of Dade Lodge No. 14, F. & A.M., Wednesday evening, Feb. Ist, at 7:30 P.M. The E.A. Degree will be con- ferred. Sojourning Masons are fratern- ally invited to attend. CHAS. S. TAYLOR, W.M. F. O. WEECH, Secretary BERLIN, Jan. 31.—(#).—The Russian little blockade here con- tinues today. And it’s now a mat- ter for action on the higher Coal Mining AEC Says America Must Get Most Out Of Its Atomic Resources Now That James Douglas Stewart arriv- ed January 26, in Bremerton, | roaring again. | Wash., to take delivery on a light He $1200 Collected a big question mark in Washing- scientists have been discussing) A irplane Here Cammission Louis Carbonell] port says atomic scientists have ton, pops up again today in the ‘ ° By March Of Dime . whether a hydrogen bomb should} cal to a i been working on a study of three; HM me to an end Ssturday night wd ‘airplane and fly it back to Key )4i,) Fact- Soviet Russia Has An Atomic Bomb : WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—(#).%- | Travels Thousands) semi-annual report of the Atomic : Energy Commission. Duval Street Show) wisiner «rior . 3 e built. e report to Con- The March of Dimes shows on gress does not mention any plans after having provided entertain- | different forms of hydrogen for ; ment for throngs of people for|the production of atomic energy! West. The airplane was purchas- ‘0 weeks. —The word “hydrogen”, already Of Miles To Bring Administration leaders and} €s 10 Duval Street conducted by City; for a hydrogen bomb. But the re- on a laboratory scale. ed by Lt. Herbert C. Williams of Key West, and he sent Stewart do some digging itself—some <ig- scientists are ready to go ahead | ©° Washington foe ‘tips Fine is: ae aged plesk | and‘makd a hydrogen bomb if} Stewart was caught in the hk ptt yes Scr bae foe in 4 President ‘Truman. gives the| West Coast city in one of the big- | towed a pra iee He avoided shows at the Tropics, the Mardi! signal. The President has said he | Ses stowstonys/ ot: De yma pn ae eny use "of the Taft Gras, Hector’s Bar, The ‘Cabana | alone will decide if the H-bomb| “i! be grounded for about a Hartley Labor Law he dislikes Club, the Havana’ Madrid, and| should be made. wee and iit his political patty others, means that polio stricken j Meantime, American atomic! . ‘. children will be able | weapons are being produced, im-| to walk once again’ proved and stockpiled at a grow-| because of their ef-!ing pace. In its report, the! forts. The people of; Atomic Energy Commission also| These shows made possible through the spendid cooperation of the local musicians union and the members of the casts of the This may indicate that the Messages went out from the White House to the mine work- French Approve Record Budget this community owe; 21-year-old . level. Yesterday, the Soviet guards at point of Helmstedt vote of thanks. the boarder relaxed their inspection of trucks rds are taking ghrough Louis Carbonell so that going east to Berlin. Today, restrictions are or again. O} more, Soviet gi their time checking papers up on the west side of Helmstec and only about five trucks a hour are getting through. normal rate is thirty hour. Western Allied ing de! , but there's answer yet from the Ru on the high commission leve | Only the western high sioners and Soviet Confmande on the matte up the Western Allied this way, “We are in effect ting tight in Berlin on this ques jtion. Any further action come from higher levels.”. As for the Russian }sored East German Police “We ar trucks i 1of these. policemen, simply checking these the normal way.” |Full-Seale Labor War Threatened In St. Petersburg ST. PET SBURG, Jan (?).—A disagreement over sprai painting threatens a_ full-scal labor controver here. It ma: involve the Anti-Ciose Shop Law. Today non-union crews took over paint brushe and spray equipment dropped b union painters at the huge Ty ate terday. The union painters a ed re had been exceeded Other union painters who re ported for work today wer threatened with expulsion AFofL local leaders. SECOND Pr CARLOS Convent! WEDNESDAY Doors Open at 8:00 P.M. As a result, there’s a big line- The trucks an authorities in audience enrapturd while Berlin have protested the truck-' Sang their songs. Many been No contributions were from the im-| : S1aNS. maculately dressed Sailor in his) And it’s expected that the block- ade question will be thrashed out commis- General Vassily Chuikvo can act One American official summe attitude sit- will attitude, that comes from the Soviet-spon- at the Helmstedt zonal boade Said one Harvey drew attention to all 31— painting meeting laxed spray painting vegulations the high naval officer to send al b COMMUNITY CONCERT BARITONE Assisted by MERRILL JACKSON AT THE PIANO Mr. Carbonell and the{ personnel above a big! Norman Kranich, president! of Local Musicians’ Union, and Mrs. Ruby. coordinated the ~ entertainment every walk of life was gathered o Duval et to hear and see It outstanding performer: n “The U. S. Navy, which is so! vital a part of our ¢ »mmunity, | played an important part also | for several enlisted men kept the , they | of the | white uniform. Our U. S. Navy | personnel could be heard to re-; I. mark, “Wait just a minute, lady, I want to deposit a dime in your polio coin collector for a friend of mine back home had polio. I| know, what it is.” The people gathered there all gave generously of their money while the talent gave generou: S- ly of themselves. It wis through ; their efforts that Louis Carbonell ! was able to have collected by his March of Dimes girls more than $1200 during the shows. | March of Dimes Chairman C. cd oy n (Continued On Page Two) City Commission Meets Today In Special Session Mayor Louis M. J. Eisner stat- ed this‘ morning that the City] Commissioners will meet in spe- % cial session this afternoon at 4:30 ‘o'clock in City Chambers. A number of local contractors | have asked Eisner to call the! = Topic to be discussed is the | y urgent need of mar! for constru y- tion purposes in the city rane Garden House project yes- | Eisner has notified Captain C |C. Adell of the United States] °- | Naval Station, and has requested | representative to the meeting | | today. ©| Also at the meeting of the City| ¥; Commission this afternoon, an| |” (Continued On Page Twor | | IN A SERIES | esents | SHERMAN Auditorium EVENING AT 8:30 says new marks of accomplish- ment have been set in its pro- gram of adapting atomic power toward peacetime use. The AEC also declared that it has changed its production sys. Crawley,.. secretary, tem to an industrial rather thar a custom-built type of operation. This would mean faster produc- tion. And the AEC it advanced ‘its design of weapons, presumab- ly for more strength. The report adds the output of uranium and plutonium set new records. Summing up its work, (Continued Gn Page Two) the |For 1950 | PARIS, Jan. 31.—(4) — The ‘French National. Assembiy has japproved a record budget for , 1950. | Assembly gave Premier Georges |Bidault a new vote of dence. The final vote was re- { ported unofficially as 300 to 284. That is the widest margin for the Premier ina series of five! confidence votes on his budget policies upon which he staked the life of his three-months-old government. H confi- | In okaying the budget, the | no hint as to whe they would The President tacked an RSYP* on his invitation. He said Answers, please . . . by Saturday Noon. Mr. Truman stepped into the situation as the number of coal miners now idle rose to over 100,000. The other 300 000 miner (Continued On Page Four) BULLETIN “Start Work On Hydrogen Super Bomb:—Truman WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—(4”)./the report, the AEC made no the over-all objectives of our pro- —President Truman has told the Atomic Energy Commission to work on ine hydrogen or super- bomb. In a two paragraph statement, the Chief Executive said he has | ordered the commission to con- tinue work on all forms of atomic weapons—including the hydroben bomb. Mr. Truman said he gave the order because of what he called his responsibility “to see to it | that our country is able to defend | itself against any possible gressor. The Chief Executive added that this atomic work will be pursued on a basis consistent with Amer- ican plans for peace and secur- ity. The semi-annual report to Con- gress by the Atomic Energy Com- mission discloses that the United States is stockpiling atomic weap- ons at ar ever-increasing rate. In ag- BOAT BAR 503 Duval Street Phone 916° AIR-CONDITIONED Sports Results Daily | Key West's Most Comfortable Bai Palace Theater FREDRICK MARCH and FLORENCE ELDRIDGE in “AN ACT OF MURDER” reference to any plans for pro- ducing a hydrogen bomb. but it ; said that there had been some research on the possibilities of using hydrogen to produce atom- ic energy. Mr. Truman ordered develop- ment of atomic weapons to con- tinue until—he said—"a satisfac- tory plan for international con- trol of atomic energy is achieved.” The question of whether the United States should undertake production of the H-bomb has been a behind-the-scenes debate for at least four months—perhaps longer. The cost of the project has been variously estimated up to four billion dollars. | Here is Mr. Truman's ;ment : “It is part of my responsibility as commander-in-chief of the armed forces to see fo it that our country is able to defend itself against any possible aggression. “Accordingly, I have directed the Atomic Energy Commission to continue its work on all forms of atomic weapons, including the | so-called hydrogen or super-: bomb. Like all other work i: the field of atomic weapons. it is being and will be carried for- ward on a basis consistent with | i | A SER ET Fine Fishing Tackle Thompson Enterprises, Inc. state- | ! gram for peace and security. Y'This we ‘shall confinue to’ do until a satisfactory plan for in ternational control of atomic en ergy is achieved. We shali also continue to exainine all those factors that affect our program for peace and this country’s se curity.” That was the President's stete ment. In recent davs in Washincion. a number of prominent legisla tors have joined the clamor for going aead with the H-bomb. Mostly. they argve it is necessary in order to get the jump on So viet Russia. The Russiens have created an atomic explosion—and are be lieved to be making A-bombs similar to those which the United States used against Japan. As for the H-bo-.ib—there is « feeling among experts in this country that the Soviets are also likely working towar2 construc tion of hydrogen bombs. NOTICE xk? * j The Elks Club will be open to Elks only from 7:00 P.M. on tonight. No Guests! MYRTLAND CATES, Chairman of House