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gee Gee eee, ee . ». SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1950 THE KEY, WEST CITIZEN UNV VV VW WWwewwrwe: KEY WEST Of Days 0444444444444444464 10 YEARS AGO tallation of sewer connec- h got underway yes- tions, wh ter in Eaton street between Whitehead and. William street, marks another step toward op- eration of the citv-wide sewage al system, officials of the and Board of Public Works indicated today Reka * It n 9 Friday members ¢f the Florida Keys commission hold their with Julius Stone, Florida FERA admin- o has been serving as on agent for the commission. v ngton in connection with ication for federal funds for a water system eren . former ator, Ww Betw dren f 30 and 40 school chil- in Key West this week to iday and a dip in the the southernmost The group will ’ by R. B. Fan- >» operates the Key West n bureau in the lobby > Miami Chamber of Com- merce. ¥* * Coast Guard Tender Ivy will leav today enroute to Key d Fort Jeffers B. Haskins, ass’ commanding _ officer, umander Carl H. Hil- need today. On the way the Ivy will relieve whistle buoys. eo oe Local Chapter of B.P.O. Elks, s announced its annual in- stallation of officers meeting and »ker to be held at the Elks » quarters Thursday evening starting at 8:00 n, Henry t to th I ton, ar t one of the week, | paragraph: ng never re fe Gere 20 YEARS AGO northwest cHai The Florida, Unless. the is deepened before the into new P..&O. ervice, that boat will have vhile en route to Tampa. ll add some three hours to West-Tampa sailing time. KEES Recent passage by congress of the ‘Key public building ill undoubtedly hasten erec- of a new post office build- ng here, despite the fact that not made in the any specific strue- for This is the opinion of Sena- Fletcher and Ruth Owen, both vyhom have wired the local er of Commerce. x * Alfred De Barritt, who ex- Dr pected to leave for Tampa, has Citizen that he t Monday in- e of attend- med The | before the steamer is put, than 40 miles out of; Gone By Taken From * The Files Of The Key West . eae Daily Citizen A AM Mi A Bi Mi Me tie it, tt te jing a church meeting: of the Presbytery in that city. H 5 ih the, Hee Sea Sccuts Ship 3, of which C. Sam B. Curry is skipper, is re- ported to have held an interest- nig and well attended meeting last evening in the American , Legion hall i x wk * Charlie Carey, former Key Wester, who is now making his residence in Tampa, is in the city for a visit of a few weeks. } RAK | Heimie Sanz, who is now em- ployed in the mechanical depart ment of one of the Miami news- papers, was an arrival in Key West Iasi evening for a visit of \a few days with his family at | their home on Gréene street, op- Posite, City Hall. b ee Ga | 25 YEARS AGO Tax’ Collector Arthur H. Shep- pard is still making an exceeding- ly good showing in the collec- ition of delinquent taxes. Dur- ing the month of ' March the ; amount of. delinquent taxes col- lected totaled $16,100.96 and ; Mr. Sheppard said he feels coi ‘fident that the sum’ for this month will exceed that for March. ~*~ k * According to information re- ceived by Cuban Consul Domin- go J. Milord, in'charge of the consulate at Key West, Presi- dent-elect Machado of Cuba, ac- companied by a_ distinguished | party, will arrive in Key West on the afternoon of April 13, and will remain here for a few hours aftet which the party will spend a visit of a few weeks. be, eli ad The Over-Sea Company, an or- ganization formed by Key West men for the purpose of handling engineering and development work in this section, enjoyed an unusual amount of business when they, ope’ ithéir © doors for business, ‘ol for public: bscription their new Country addition; "SumeKrest. ~'' The information bgoth on the local station grounds,’ which was conducted during the winter under the euspices of the Three- way Committee, and: which) was in charge of C. C. Syftionette,, was closed yesterday for the season. Bridges Trial ‘Jury Resumes Deliberations SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.— | (®).—A federal jury here resumes its delibe~ations today in the per- jury. trial of. CIO. Longshoreman President Harry Bridges. The eight men and four women making up the jury finally got the case yesterday. sul NEWS| Highest yesterday 70 Lowest last night 64 Mean 67 [Normat ae 74 Precipitation j Total last 24 hours -00 ins. Total this month 00 ins. Deficiency this month __.04 ins. Total this year 4.90 ins. Excess this year 17 ins. ' (?) Wirephoto ROBERT E. BEDNASEK (above), 24, University of Iowa Psychology student, nears the end of his trial at Iowa City for the death of his co-ed Sweetheart, Margaret Anne | (Gee-Gee) Jackson. He is charg- ed with strangling the pretty girl in his rooming house. The “WEATHERMAN Says Key West and Vicinity: In- creasing cloudiness and warmer today, tonight and Sunday. Mod- erate east and southeast winds ‘becoming moderate to fresh j : southeast and south. j | Florida: Increasing cloudiness | ‘and warmer today and Sunday. Jacksonville thru the Straits and East Gulf of Mexico: Moderate east to southeast winds becoming moderate to fresh, southeast and south Sunday.| Partly cloudy weather. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings have been issued. Report Observation Taken at City Office, 8:30 A.M., EST Key West, Fla., April 1, 1950 Temperature Relative Humidity, 8:30 a.m. 2% BAROMETER Sea :Level,. 8:30 a.m. 30.12 ins.—1020.0 mbs. i Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:17 am.| Sunset 6:44 p.m.) | Moonrise 6:49 pm. Moonset 6:04 a.m. |Full Moon April 2 : | Tides Naval Base | TOMORROW | Eastern Stanoard Time High Low 9:17 a.m. 3:50 a.m. 10:04 p.m. 3:26 p.m. 000 ‘Start To Bloom of the countries Mrs. Mary Fortner. a winter visitor from Centerville, Tenn came to The Citizen office today and reported that for the first time since she started here four years ago that a royal poinciana tree in front of 1007 Fleming street has already start- ed to bloom. “The royal poinciana tree are coming Fortner. usually don't bloom until May, but one in front of 10007 Fleming street has this year started to bloom already Johnson Sets _ Three Objectiv Of NA Alliance THE HAGUE, lands, April Secretary Louis Johnson set 3 objectives for the countries in the North Alliance. First, said Johnson, we seek to deter aggressic second, we seek to defend our selves; and third, we seek to de- feat the aggressor war upon us The defense The Nether- toda twelve if he forces a ministers of are meetir the Hague to adopt an over military defense plan. Johns opened the meeting of the min ters’ committee by saying that! they were “exercising the right of all men to prepare to d 1 themselves.” He cou:tinued: “Now let us get on with the urgent business that the free peoples of the Wes world have entrusted to S And let us do it well. Let us work for peace through strength the best guarantee for the pro- tection of our freedom and our way of life.” The only member of the North Atlantic Alliance not represent- ed at the Hague meetin. Ice- land. Iceland has no army and no defense ministry. The military plan under cussion has been described as a middle-term one — that covers the next few years fore Western defenses can brought to full efficiency. It Had To Be You The girls at a restaurant table be- be were discussing a shattered: xo-| ed mance. “It’s all a mystery to me,” sigh- ed one. “All I know is that one afternoon at the office I got to thinking about him, so I wrote him a long letter, saying what I thought about things, I never heard from him again.” | Disgustedly, her girl friend told 1.—(#).—Defens: | Atlantic | ] di |Couples only. 1224 Seminary is, 10) FURNISHED t | | t just} and| APARTMENT, r | - Classified Ads INFORMATION FOR THE ADVERTISER Rates Per Line of Space for Single and Consecutive Days 8 Point Lightface (Regular) Type 1 Day ate eee | 3% Consecutive Days Be 6 Consecutive Days 8c 5 Consecutive Days .— Te 39 Consecutive Days __ 6¢ (Display Rates Op Applicatier* 8 Point | LIGHTFACE CAPS The rate for 8 Point light- fuce (regular) caps is 1% ty line more than the cost for & Point lightface regular type. | 8 Point | Blackface Type i The rate for 8 Point black- ‘face type is 1% times a line more than the cost for 8 Pcint lightface regular type. 8 Point BLACKFACE CAPS The rate for 8 Puint bluck- face caps is 2 times a line more than for 8 Point light- face regular type. Display 10 Point Type 1% times rate for 8 Point lightface regular type. (2 Point Type 2 times rate for 8 Point lightface regular type 18 Point Type 8 times rate for 8 Point lightface regular type. 24 Point Type 4 times rate for 8 Poim lightface regular type. ‘PAGE FIVE 'Eleanor Gato, CML, \Wins Spelling Bee [Here Last Night Hi ' Eleanor Gato, 13, of ghe eighth grade, Convent of Mary -Immacu- Minimum Charge late won the spelling, bee last Minimum space to be night at the Kei West High charged for any one inser- School Auditorium. tion will be for 3 lines. (Ke- iJ: Runner-up was Sheifi Sweet- timate 5 words per line.) i Sheil ‘ing, 13, of the Key West Junior High School, Eleanar.Gato won by spelling “contemplating” after Sheila S-veeting had missed it, then spelt “guaranteed” correct- ly. Previously both girls had mis- sed “picknicking”. —~ Deadline Yo insure pubiication, copy must be in the Adver- tising Department office be- | fore 11 o’ciock in the morn- | ing 9n the day of publica- tion. Charles Papy Appointed To Police Department Charles Papy. went-on duty at 10 p. m. t night after his ap- pointment by City Manager R. D. Spalding to the. Police. Depart. | ment. ‘ | The appointment is- probation- Phone 52 Use your phone. Adver- tisements may be inserted in these columns by phone. Office Lusiaess office in The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Door to the right on enter- ing building. ALL ADVERTISING IS ACCEPTED under the following conditions: In ‘he event of error in advertis- | ing, transient or contract, The Citizen will be responsible only for the sirst inserticn in CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING, and in DISPLAY ADVERTISING for only the actual amount of space occupied by the part cf the advertisement where the error occurs. FOR RENT--APARTMENTS AND HOUSES pary: If he makes good at the end of six months he. willbe given a permanent berth by the Civil Service. Board. ‘ Meil The Citizen fo Friends FOR RENT—COTTAGES AND TRAILERS | FOR SALE—USED CARS AND FEMALE = tas i } $i EW tv 50m suse, com-;COMPLETELY furnished cot- HERE is vour chance to get a WAITRESSES and. kitchen help. pletely furnished. Call 105-W} tage or house trailers. Daily,! good car for nothing down, Apply in between 3 P.M. and 4:30 P.M weekly or monthly rates. Young's $5.00 monthly. ‘47: apr1-3tx near beach. Adults only. Phone 667-J aprl-tf TWO apartments available and ht ckeeping rooms. 411 mar31-6tx tNISHED apartments, electric kitche: Children welcome. Reasonable. Apply 909 Elizabeth Street mar31-tf TWO modern efficie apart- men $50.00 monthly each. it. mar3i-6t ment, overlooking ocean. Pet accepted. $115.00 monthly. 401 South St., mar28-5tx upstairs. FURNISHED apartments, 3 rooms and bath. Everything furnish- Coral Hotel: Apartments, op- posite Post Office. mar28-30t MODER oom apt. Private bath. 1 White Street. mar30-tf wly renovated, all modern con- week or month. private bath, veniences. By her, “So you had to go and open; Post Office Inn, Simonton St. your big typewriter!” LEGALS NOTICE UNDER FICTT NA STATU 3 Y GIVEN tt & to engage name of Simonte inten nam Court with the clerk of Me Dated ¥ DRED A IN AND IN CHANG « OK MONRO a Case Ne. 12. | | OpE {OWN your country, | OVERSEAS Hotel mar27-tt BRAND NEW _ all-electri effi- ciency apartments. Daily or Adults only. No pets. aribbean Hotel Apartments, site the Chamber of Com- mar24-tf 2 or 3 bedroom home, No down payment. $63 month. ly. Phone 598 from 1 to 7 P.M. mar6-tf FOR RENT—HOTEL ROOMS 917 Fleming St. Rooms from $10.00 weekly. hed apartment | Tourist Rest, 1721 Flagler, Phone 1172-J. apr1-tf Ponte’ Lee, hans | Luncheonette, 20% Sygabton St behind miniature goit'é marl6-tt WANTED TO RENT | UNFURNISHED house or apt. | for Navy couple and 4 year old daughter. Citizen. mar30-6tx Write Box 8-GH c/o} i © apriritx OEY L Z \ HELP WANTED—DISTRI 1°46 CHEV coupe in very good | condition. New tires, . 1,000 jmiles on at. oil, $815.00 Arch! ONE of the oldest legal. reserve | Apt. No. 3, upstairs. aprl-4tx| life, health, accident and hos- pitalization companies @vants high class salesman capable of build- ing direct agency. Leads furnish, | FOR SALE—USED TRUCKS FIREPROOF safe. Apply J. R Stowers Co., 515 Duval St. j OUTDOOR playpen, 42” x 42” THAYER baby carriage, in good Easter toys and gifts. your order today for a beautiful jmorning. The Hebby Shop, SIX } ter. shopping days until Eas- Visit-.. IDEAL TOGS 421 Fleming Street and COMMERCIAL BLDG., Poinciana for fashionable clothing for the boy and girl. They’re reasonable, too. mar21-tf ROCK, marl, sand, top soil. See us forgcheapest prices in town. 1350-M, Buster Cerezo. marl1-30t FIVE bundles of old newspapers, 5c. Inq‘ire The Citizen Office. Phone 51. mar2i-tf THE NEWEST fashions in cus- tom made Easter gowns for the fastidious Miss from 1 to 16 on |FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS mar31-tf| condition. Reasonable. 3736 Key West. ° aprl-3tx Duck Ave. Phone 742-M FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE mar30-3tx | _ WE HAVE a complete line of Place Motels, investments, building corsage for mother on Easter mar27-6t 1942 CHEVROLET truck, 1%|€4. Insurance experience . desit- tons. $300.00. 896 United Street.| ble but not essential,” We will mar30-3tx | t’ain you in our system: Guaran- teed renewals. Here ts'a chance to better yourself, Must have car. Call Mr. A. V. Jamison; La Con- cha Hotel, for interview. apr}-2t FOR SALE—HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and APPLIANCES _ Adjustable sun shade, casters|LARGE frigidare, $50.00. 727! jand pad. Sturdy and in good Windsor Lane. mar29-6tx FOUND .... condition. See at 1400 Alberta. mar30-3tx pelea setae Betis DOUBLE Hollywood bed, com-]} VICINITY Stock Island-12’ white plete. Perfect condition, $36.00.] rowboat, owner waite descrip- | Phone 506-XR. apri-3t} tion. J. B. Swain, P.O Box 755, TRANSPORTATION —— ee DRIVING to Chicago, Take three, Share expenses, drive. lots, business property on Davat Phone ISDE bg) apetitc Street, etc.” Paul Boysen, 626 GARPES Sa aa wn : ‘Fleming Street, Box 303,. K. EASTER H mar4-30tx {COMPLETELY furnished home| Key West Garden.and ; of three bedrooms, readily con-j Supply, 820 Fleming: St. jverted into two apartments, on] 1019. ¢ landscaped lot, together with ad- joining fruit lot on which another. ; building can be constructed. —— sais Price, $10,500.00. Liberal terms.! “EXCLUSIVE dealérship “a¥ail- Johnson and Johnson, 419 Duval? able.” For air co Street, Phone 372, for FOR any kind of property, large or small homes. Ocean frontage. A GOOD BUY: Lot [2 ft. fronting} « 1 ! on Duval Street and running tains aceite along Olivia Street 226 ft. tol jine of low priced A Center Street, with one large tWo-| ors for this terri story house, three duplex houses} jast, Air pe so and four small houses, the reach of all, $40,000. Terms, $10,000 cash,} tributors Inc., 1509 N. balance payable $3,000 per year.| Miami, Fla. The rent will more than pay off — the deferred payment. Johnson ei & Johnson, 419 Duval Street. | Faces 372. mar4-t£ | 300° by approximately 275’ on old | Coffee shop, bar. Phone 798. | mar31-tt ) ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA | Hwa) OLISON Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height of display at... IDEAL TOGS 421 Fleming Streei | WULHELMINA C. OLASON, | OVERSEAS Hotel, 917 Fleming Station— = Tide |highwater, = vorice uy remacaTioy | St. Roovas from $15_ weekly.| between La Concha Coffee Shop|} highway, Stock Island, to wa- Bahia Honda x saath peel shop, bar. Phone 798. and Key West Gas Company of- terfront with riparian tights, $5,- jomage) ze —Oh 10m = 9.0 ft. | mar6-tf | tice, mar15-tf 000. Phone 600 (Dan ge oY lio Name Key ee ck: <3 ‘ag fel ti (east end) _+2h 20m ye eae ce | FOR RENT—APARTMENTS [KEYSTONE model $-25 slide Boca Chica plaint for Dive | AND ROOMS projector, brand new. Chean.! FOR SALE—BICYCLES (Sandy Pt.) —0h 40m Bee A ——— 52 by 52. Da-Lite screen. 1328 AND TRICYCLES Caldes Channel ¥|LARGE, cool rooms, sun White Street. mar30-tf (north end) .+2h 10m 41.4 ft. rates. Beauty Rest beds. Clean EES i eee poets soil |ond comfortable. Good neighbor-| FOR SALE—TRAILERS | “4215, Victcle, $10.50 Oo een itt tee NOTE: | fe Se eal AE | hood. 729 Truman Avenue. : : Southard St. apri-Itk|Phone 1098-R. - wn: (—)—Minus sign. Corrections mar30-3tx| 1946 INDIAN trailer. ae . State 3 eee ce ee ee ; AD So oe actos. | ONE-BEDROOM apartment, ev- “iy (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to mediate possession. Overseas ri ees erything furnished, _ private| Trailer Park, Shildow. mar30-3tx z uonees Go ee |beach. Also rooms. Attractive ead ree era os REASONABLE, gi saan “| weekly, monthly rates. Marine] NATIONAL house . trailer, 1948,! member repairs. Pick uy LEGALS Rae | Motel, South and Simonton. 23 feet, refrigerator, bottle gas; Guatemala. Phone 1696. stove, new awning, extras. After mar31-3tx 6 P.M. Snell, No. 17, Overseas apr.1-8-15-22,1950. | mar29-30tx Phone 769-M. . IN i vr oF rH nciAt. ciuctrt PLEASANT, well furnished bed-| Trailer Park’ Stock Island. WANTED IN CHA OF HRUEDA « room. $8.00 weekly. 2800 Seid- marl6-tf ne No. ONHOH COUNTY: | enberg Ave. Phone 1067-M. Ca Dealers and Distributors DONALD STUART & on . | mar29-4tx| POR SALE—BOATS AND For MOHAWK TIRES a: ARDELL 1. FORDA eee sa MARINE MOTORS Write For Particulars Ree ee ee ee creadunit vs : pivonce. | FOR RENT—COTTAGES - - \ PUBLICATION SELES SOREAS aes LET'S go fishing! 24 ft. cabin ec xo" ‘| MODERN, cool, one bedroom] cruiser. New condition. $1,000. Se UL ay yeas Gaba | cottage, near beach. Adults] Will demonstrate. Tel. 146. shee cuit ton dlepeee fi Veen tiled | You AR np | only, no pats: ine ee ocean mar31-6t against you here a you are re-!and REQUIR copy of | zation, “lemin; Z one Guired ta gerve a 2 at sour an: our Answer to. the a brag Bt ars tt] FOR SALE_KEY WEST { Jand tite the original thereot with || and. fi hon REAL ESTATE = the Clerk of this Court on or be- COTTAGE, near beach. Garden. Ep fore April 10th, 1950. otherwise Court eM “4 Z , 5 block from Pro C ; »5 dults. No pets. Every-| LOT 44’ by 98’, one z (P) Wirephoto | Decree Pro Confesso will be enter- __D., 1950, in the 0 tt | Quiet ad on White “DATED thie'20% day of starch, | ions thetein * contained "will te | wane, furnished. $30.00 weekly.) | Coma een Cn eas Gee FRANK PACE, JR. (center) hes been promoted from budget |, j); 0, at Key We Monroe contenged. i pe a a ape ae prose By haga “4 ¥ “01 , Florida. RDE. at Key . Le director to Secretary of the Army. oe ta sisal hes an payee, Here Seap snroe Count . dls) Street, Phone 243-R. aprl-tf 4 mes budget director. re 8) = a9 y of March | ae pyran office at Washington after the appoint- By: (sd) Kathleen Nottage, ‘ | FOR RENT—ROOMS es ced by President Truman at Key West Sat- Be i Deputy Clerk Monroe County, F oo LEASES, 5c each. ments were announ N.C. Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. By: Kathleen Nottage. |= 53 : 5 3 caer he Pace succeeds Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem, N.C. tiorney for Complainant. ‘ ckeee Deputy Clerk.|SLEEPING rooms in private] notes, leéach Wickes bomen Mee hy ore ed as Secretary of the Army to become president of |! 0. Box 3). Solfettor for, Plaintite | home. “Breakfast privileges.!e. Artman Press, Citizen pri-It whe. seenorts ih North Carolina se : 1s 1959. © apr.1-$-15-22,1950, Phone 1418-XR apri-3t' Phone 51 mar2l-tf CASA CAYO HUESO. apri-It" the University 0! :. .