The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1950, Page 1

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~ A single-engine land plane at- “taghed to one of the units at the Navel Air Station, Key West, made @ toced landing, 15 miles northwest of Key West at 2:19 PB m today. At press time, the pilot, sole| i GE gipETSS il aa i : FF r & i j it i I i : : a cf “ast George A. Wingate Man- cheer, oe elderly detk ina tate store 0. Fortin of Greenville, a Jone ph McNeil of a ve vhdte aged mill es 2 | i ? | g di i an - the oan oe the Swedish Aonee een Stockholm, but a | : f Fi i i i 5 5 | held. % Navy Orde Boat Company of Groton, Conn., Miami Today tary, L. C. Compton, rived in Mixmi, The Governor have ar made an P. Sullivan, the operating direc- tor of the Greater Miami Crime Commissio. this afternoon. Newsmen, who had. .fruitlessly searched for the Governor for Velasco Brother City Councilman Jailed In Tampa TAMPA, Feb. 20.—(#).—A city official and one of the Velasco brothers are being held in jail in Tampa with couspiring to mur- der Sheriff Hugh 4 Culbreath. The two being held are Cit: Councilman P. Joseph. Rodri- @uez and Arthur Velasco. Velase» is the brother of Jim- my Velasco, the Tampa gambler and politician who was slain in 1948. There is no word on details of why the two men are being. SANDER (above) went on trial at aMnchester. yon 8 Charge of murder by an “act of mercy” that lithe death of a cancer patient. The prosecution charg- ‘injecting 40 cubic centimeters of air into : s Fall Speed Work " On First Atomic-Powered Sub; May Set Up Second U.S, Capital Atomic Reactor Could Be Installed 5 Suggest ' Seattering Federal Agencies Far And Wide WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—(4?.—The United States Navy* has ordered “full speed ahead” on construction of what will be the Submarine in the world to run’ on atomic power, Word has just come out that the Navy has asked the Electric to build a submarine hull in which an atomic energy reactor could be installed, atomic power plarits—are now being developed by the Atomic En- Be { } t \ nor Warren and his press secre. ; Sans are also’ trying” to build ap-| TEMPORARY CAPITAL veintment to confer with Daniel NOW IN PLANNING 5 several hours, got the announce- tial’ Congressmen, : qne ment of the appointment ‘from that one well-placed, hydrogen , bomb could wipe the 1 } ‘far_advanced that Congress may Tydings of the Senate | Services Committee, the defense jporery capital where, in case of —Federal J Have Ignored It WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-(A). udge Richmond Keech | . end to the strike, - The: new ek order ‘unti Judge Keech has had. il March 3. against John L. Lewis the Unite? Mine Warkers, strike order out since Ft 4 (* Wirephoto Reactors—or tiny ergy Commision, The project is described as so be asked to » appropriate funds for it in the 1951 Navy budget. There are many who believe that a nuclear-engine submarine might well revolutionize naval warfare. It would have an al- most unlimited range of action. It's understod that the Rus- the one. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20,—(4). ~-There’s a good deal ofjtalk here today about deferiding the capital against atomic attack, Influen-y 5 Warning} city of Washington right off. the map, And, they are asking, what is to be done about it? According to Chairman Millard Armed planners of this country are toy- ing with the idea of setting up a second capital of the United States—perhaps a network. .of|! bombproof shelters, deep under the ground. It would be a tem- an enemy attack, the government could take refuge. Much the same thing hag been recommended by the head pf the new Office of Civilian, Defense, Atomic Scientist. Dr... Paw Lar- sen. He-says the most ; (Continued On Page Two) Palace. Theater PETER FERNANDEZ and AL. WILKE in “City Across -the River” SeSeeeeeueee RIT ERE SOE POOR. OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division time, but fore, they auto. sey’ : a ick” Saturday: ON NINTH DAY TODAY WASHINGTON, Feb. 20: work—by a federal court tion. Over ‘the week-end, }Mr. Lewis told them for the se time; get back into the nm But the diggers remain defiant. They didn't show up’ for work this morning in West Virginia or Pennsylvania—and as far a§ the soft coal miners are concerned. as sContinued: On Page FiveY J.P. Farrell Navy Charity. Carnival Proved To Be Huge Success This Year After 2 run of three successful days the 1950 Navy Charity Carn- ival closed Saturddy night at the Seaplane Base. » Highlight of the last night of the carnival was the awarding of the 1950 Buick Con- vertible which wag sponsored by the Chief Petty “Officers of the Naval Base Joseph P. Farrell, QMC, USN. now serving a»oard the USS Al- batross was the lucky winner of Winners of the prizes. to be evenly divided between those who provide the sources of living for the City of Key West. The first night of the saw a tourist from Boulder, Colo- rado ‘win the Correct Craft boat. Friday night a*native Key West- se gd Farrell ight. » } Totab pec it dipts af the’ carnival are not known at the is thought that as be ill exceed the previ- ous year. The carnival has been increasin® in popularity + was first started. Each booth sponsored by the different Naval Activities in Key ‘West seemed to do very good. People seemed to go from one (Continued On Page Five) llth. But the 372,000. “soft miners have ignored it.’ ¥ | Lewis himself has observed. -| trial of crash, her. released. Tramen proved carnival and then present since it American. _ Vogeler made a final Be a i Ie de | coperty sith of: te baalavaed hones without pressure or | ftom the state, eee I have said Five) Albert. Atwell, street; suffered a cut on the chin| wheA.the three cars came toget- to Monroe was taken County Hospital and later was . Three automobiles _ were volved in a collision at 8:40 in Roosevelt boulevard and man was hospitalized after the 1201 The cars were driven by At- well, Charles F. Heitmeyer, 904 avenue, Bauermeéister of St. Payl Minn.! Heitmeyer, who was arrested on I a charge of reckless driving and causing an accident, said he fell asleep at the wheel of his car. He reported re had insurance, which would~pay for the dam- Lage: t9,.the snachines.. 21-Gun Salute To Be Fired At Noon Wednesday ies F ebruary 25 and New Low Prices i or INSTALL IT YOURSELF LINOLEUM GUARANTEED EXPERT INSTALLATION (°° ASPHALT TILE-CORKTILE || ‘FORMICA -TILEBOARD , °° » KEY WEST FLOOR COVERING 132 Duval = FREE. ESTIMATES “we Pty ee eon 2 COMPANY Phone 1454 most severe’; in- one Edith LONDON, Feb. 20—U).—The | businessman | + Vogel ‘and’ six’ others &? Property for. another bait ended in Hungary. All that | house at Roosevelt. Boulevard, | now is for the vérdict to Pa" Palm Avenue. i ad. That will be done to-' state- he Olivia | At noon on- Wednesday, Wash ington’s Birthday, the Key West Naval Station, will fire a 21-gun salute fron: the mole, it was an- nounced today by Commander J. A. Fitzgerald, USN, executive of- ficer of the Naval Station. ' | 1 { | ; the court adjourned to-! | day, pros' what it called “ ion . demanded | i the question of leasing city-own- Howard R. Sanchez, Roosevelt chez proposes - Sanchez ‘now*oj house at the foot street. This afternoon at 4:30. o'clock, the. commission will go tonight to pass the final budget. budget for the City Electric Sys the city commission. The comm amendmeht to an ordinai would force any sub;contractor to remain until after approval by the Board of Examiners’ who. mect March 15 to 31 and from Septem- ber 15 to 30. Under the terms of another ordinance to be introduced to- night, Ramon Delgado, who op- and Flagter granted a be enue, “would be ind wine license. Rear Admiral - Comes To City Rear Admiral E. T. Wool- bridge, USN, commander of the Destroyer Forces, Atlantic Fleet, is coming to Key West February 25 to inspect the destroyer forc- jes stationed at the U. S. Naval Base. Admiral Woolbridge will come aboard the USS Yosemite, a de- ,Stroyer tender, which is a ship as large at the USS Howard W. Gilmore. He and his staff of in- spectors will live on the vessel while here. Admiral Wovibridge will be here until March 2, when he will leave for inspections of other units of the destroyer Force of the Atlantic Fleet. RMT NOAA LEE A NCTE: TEGO Borthe God *of*YouF Business, Switch to \Dodge “Job-Rated” Trucks Fit Your Job NAVARRO, Inc. 601 DUVAL STREET BOAT BAR 503 Duval Street Phone 9165 AIR-CONDITIONED Sports Results Daily Key West's Most Comfortable Bas At a meeting of the City Com-) mission tonight it will consider |” the 1950 pudget and will take up| 1713 | Washington street, has “proposed | to the city to lease some proper- ty along Roosevelt boulevard for | piihishment” for Vogeler and the construction of a fish house She se ai ce’ in -chaboger! | t0 ‘cont 44000. anil: bay’ the. aie? with spying for the United States. | rent at the rate of $15.a month. | The city recently acquired the, There is now.a fish house on, to errect another other of Virginia into caucuc to thrash out the details! of the 1950 budget. They are ex-/ pected to be ready at’ 8 o'clock Also at tonight's meeting | the tem for the fiseal year beginning} April 1, will be considered by on will take un- der consideration for adoption, an that contractor or idle from} erates a grocery at Bertha street j felt he was: “utterly: ; far as assistance of officers was -day [Plane QUAKERTOWN, Pa., Feb. 29. —(#)—Two persons were killed City. Also guests at today when a navy plane carry- during their stay tear ncor ” ing experimental equipment! Duke and crashed in the outskirts of - Philadelphia Naval Base said a YMCA Is Closed pilot and Civil Servicé worker U til 1 P M. n ol building in Jackson Squ remain chewed until t pm. fh a On Sunday - ed 9 a.m. but under the chung | Nearly every shrimp boat left] S#tus with only one man os ats Turner's salary i being pet The boats had been held in veer port by heavy weather in the by the Notional YMCA. bu >n seas because the USO deactiveted the open seas. A campaign is now unde 3,130 Persons Turner sald todey thet be tended to keep the pragrem alive at the YMCA and give the « superisor or regiseration, an-| The office of the Chamhe nounced today that 3,130 Key|}Commerce ix alse in the YMCA Westers have registered to vote| building, but the remainder « England has received no word from the Upped Keys as to the number of voters who have re- Sponsored by Key West Garden Club INN Air Conditioned Bar Quakertown, Pennsylvania. were in the plane. ‘poe Shrimpers Leave Turner Announces be open from | pam. until 1 ee for the shrimp areas off Key| ‘ty. Forrest T. Warmer, @ we Gulf of Mexico, but iced up yes |'ree other persons to reise « total of $4,860 Have Resi ave Registered vieemen plenty of clean efits in the May primaries and in the/ te building will be roped off gistered. ELKS CLUB ANNEX and Restaurant Open Of! 1s at. Mustin I'eld at the Beginning today, the For Open Seas Formerly the building wer qr West on Sunday. not open watil 5 pam terday and immediately left for | D8 0” duty at the ¥ weve het , ate the servicemen’s club John England, Monroe county |tainment, such es dances | general election next November.) til 1 p.m. | WEAVER'S SSSR RBBB Bees February 25, 26 and 27 Children 25e Saesaeeeeeaue

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