The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 6, 1950, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit 1 Re Ren : THE ; VOL. LXXI.N No. 82 ¢ PASTOR B. E, SMITH stands amid the ruins of the First Baptist Church at Elam, Tex., which was blown down by wind just as it was nearing completion. Members had worked at night to build the church with their own hands. When the storm struck, Pastor Smith was in the parson- age nearby reading the Bible—the sixth chapter of Joshua which tells of the walls of Jericho falling Gown. DULLES APPOINTED CONSULTANT TO DEAN ACHESON BY TRUMAN WASHINGTON, April 6.—(A).. —The State’ Department an: ‘Says Denhain’s Separate nounced today that John Foster eg cee ae Authority Sen Be Ended widely consideted one of the Re- publican rty's top foreign af-} fairs exp '—The National Labor Both President Truman and Board told a Senate Committee j Secegtory: Achéson \esked Dulles»agdey that itsigivision of powst | Dulles had agreed to serve as a consultant to Secretary of State] Dean Acheson. WASHINGTON, Apri 6.—(A) Relations HER DE: AT H PLAC ED nape ma job. eer Hs (with its General Counsel, ms Last night reports were current ort Denham, has been a failure that the Republican foreign poli-| "Chairman? Herzos told the! cy expert might be offered a top genators Denham’s se parate au- policy. post with the park ee thority should be abolished, pe aa Ut nite proposed by President Truman’s eee Se Charles Ross pian to make the gencral coun- sae Ae Iuties, the State De. |S¢h Subordinate to the board. As for his ¢ es, ee State e~ y statement t partment says Dulles will advise Fapendivures Cone Secretary Achwion on broad mittee, Chairman Herzog said prablems a the field o! Hee present division of authority has affairs and on specific lines 0} i caused friction within the agen- action which this government cy, and confusion among man aay follow aera ry cae j agement and labor unions. OG Fe PONTE: $008 a Without referring to Senator lar part of the world, but will! ; Robert Taft's recent criticism, Cage vnued On Peae # Five) | that Mr. Truman i ae make Chairman Hei ' czar, Herzog said the 7 ze « | gatory and regulation functions V ere Killed In Fire; to all five NLRB board members| {and not to the chairman alone. Ty: : General Counsel Robert Den-j This Morning Cs ae aks - comment ater. MUAY ane Ap Nai Mae (®) Wirephoto} sort hotels in the country. ed in a fire today. The blaze de-j| HERE IS A PREVIOUSLY | Mr. Conniff said that he will stroyed new home of the 4 UNPUBLISHED PICTURE of | take almost his entire staff of Rokert Haan fainiiy. here. pretty Margaret Arne Jackson, |C#S@ Marina employees to the Nine-year-old Bobby and his! Oceanside Hotel with him. was found dead in a men's | University of Iowa co-ed, who / ; reoming house near the cam- (Continued On Page Fivey {| ——-j]_ Package Store ‘haimamies pus. Her sweetheart, Robert E. WEEK-END SPECIALS Bednasek, university student, : \| Gigantic Easter Special || was charged with murdering pda Ente sre oe pies 9 P her and was tried for his life ‘ocoanut Cre ek SALE He was found (With Meringue) { ; innocent. (®) Wirephoto (Mae Kaplan Wins Annual ‘DAR Award Miss Kaplan Selected | | By Secret Ballot Of | Student Body, Faculty | Miss Mae Kaplan, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs, Harry Kaplan is the} recipient of the D. A. R. award. }This is bestowed an- nually on one senior high school girl for good citizenship at thei jstate conference of the D. A. Ru} It consists of a letter of recom- mendation and a $10v.00 govern ment bond. The winning essay entitled |“Why does the United States \favor World Organization rather {than World Government” won in| competition with submit-; ted by other se students | throughout the stat Miss Kaplan was selected as} the Key West High School en- trant in the competition by a secret ballot of the student body } and the faculty. Selection of ; Kaplan was based on her out~-{ standing rating in scholars! dependability, service, leaders! and papriablann x gs 2n honor or Emmett Conniff To Manage Large Hotel In East Left Today For Magnolia, Mass., To Assume Duties At Resort Hotel Emmett F. Conniff, n General Manager Casa Marina for the winter seasons, left Magnolia, Massachuse he will become gen of the Oceanside Hotel coming summer season. The Oceanside Hotel, compos- ed of 250 rooms and cottages, isi considered one of the finest re4 who has of the past three for bes today s, where manager for the. GOING big FISHING! Feel the tu your He, have bumper t and chiles a dependable used NAVARRO'S New Setvice Department $01 Duval Street Phone 600 1 | at Iowa City. Hot Cross Buns FRIDAY | Headquarters for BIRTHDAY and WEDDING CAKES MATCHETT'S BAKERY 901 Duval Street PHONE 301 Thursday. Friday, Saturday Call Us At 14l1—or |! See Us At $01 Duval St. All Orders Promptly Delivered BOATMEN! We Stock the Famous STEWART WARNER MARINE GAUGES ‘and METERS Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. 121 Duyal Street TELEPHONE 1877 - 1878 Florida’s Hard-Working Senior Senator CLAUDE PEPPER LIONS’ HAS EARNED ANOTHER TERM IN THE . Extended For One Week United States Thru Saturday, Senate April 8 Gomez Park DUVAL STREET He Gets Things Done for Florida! The Audubon Society, | Presents GEORGE H. ORIANS Color Movie By Erie’s Changing Shores|| Key West High School, Tonight, 8 o’Clock i] Admission Adults 60c } FLORIDA POULTRY & EGGS WHITE STREET MARKET Formerly Brady's White At Eliza St. | employm« { Washington by a courier, }of the President, with (Dead In Train Che Key West € SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER : KEY WEST FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6 6, 1950 F cage to Congress urging a strong- er and improved unemployment compensation measure. The mes- sage dispatched to Washing- ton today by who is remaining here until Mon- day. ‘| at would have cost the various | states the sum of $850,000,000' more than was paid out for un-! t compensation, if the present measure were a law in 1949, the President’s message in- he dicated. The taken to Joseph stenographer directions to rush it to Congress before that body recesses this afternoon for Easter. State legislators which will meet in 1951 to meet the govern- ment’s proposal for a stronger and improved unemployment re, the Presi- message was Giorvano, personal on the measure bill _be- President action nd improved before the the stated. The government pays only; stronger is necessary, comes efiective, the administration cos unemployment compensation pro- gram. Mr. Truman came down from his quarters at 7:50 a. m. today, and had breakfast at 8 a. m. He worked on official papers until time to go for a swim at Tru- man Beach. He walked down to the beach but did not enter the' water. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Tru- an and her daughter;-Miss Mar-} garet, gave a luncheon for the | officers’ wives, who every day have supplied the Little White | House at the Key West Naval | Station with flowers, a luncheon aboard the Presidiential Yacht, Williamsburg. 1 Among those women were Mrs. (Continued On Page Three) 40 Persons Feared Crash In Brazil RIO De JANEIRO, | Brazil, April 6.—(?).—A_ train loaded} with Easter holidayers is said} to have plunged from a collap- sing bridge into the flooded In+ dian river near Tangua, Rio De Janeiro state, killing 40 persons and, injuring 200. Tht train left Rio De Janeiro for Santos night and was said to have toppled into the river shortly after midnight. Two sleepers and one coach fell directly into the turbulent river. Three other coaches tele4 scoped and sagged from the bank into the waters. SSBeee BB ees Palace Theater JIMMY WAKELY and CANNONBALL TAYLOR in “Across Tne Rio Grande” san HEAR J. Y. PORTER Discuss the SALES TAX President Truman, } ‘Grand jury of the” WKWEF at 7:15 On Thursday, April 6 NO BOXING On Good Friday, APRIL 7 Simonton and Greene Streets Arena IN THE U.S.A. The Associated Press Teletype, Features and Photo Services For 70 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ‘Ex-Convict, Political Boss Shot To Death April 6. 41-year KANSAS CITY. Boss Tom Pende th early today argotta, Kansas iarlie Both men were shot in the® head. Chief of Police Henry Johnson said it looked as though! Binaggio has been shot by an! acquaintance, since he apparent- | ly was relaxing in a chair when he was shot Binaggio was head of a polit- ical faction opposing remnants of Pendergast’s once-powerful machine. The Political leader recently was a witness before a Federal investigating under- world activities. Binaggio's polit- | ical activities have been the sub- ject of articles recently in Na-} tional Magazines. | The bodies were discovered by a cab driver. Police speculated the men apparentiy were shot shortly after mindinght. The bodies were found at 5 AM, SET. Gargetta figured in a gang- land slaying in 1933. He*served 19 months in prison on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Continue Geo. | Acevedo Case OnMonday i Judge Lopez May | Reduce Bail After | Hearing Evidence i Judge Aguilino Lopez, Jr., of Cireuit Court this morning con- tinued until. Monday his inquiry on the petition of a it of haba- es corpus which was filed in be- half of George AVevedo, who id charged with armed robbery of Mom's Place on Stock Island March 7. His attorney, Hilary Albury, pleaded with Judge Lopez to re- lease Acvevedo, who has been, held in Ccunty Jail since he njorning of March 7. “We claim there is insufficient Acevedo evidence against which to hold hi of armed robbery, “We contend that the on bail set by (Continueé On Page Four: } VICTOR FUENTE EXPERIENCED MECHANIC . Now at the B. & B. CYCLE SHOP 822 Fleming Street Phone 1013 TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES | PRICE TOURS 411 Fleming St. Phone 124, { WEAVER'S Stock Island Inn AIR CONDITIONED BAR and RESTAURANT OPEN ALL NIGHT Lions’ Carnival KIDDIES MATINEE THURS., FRI. and SAT. Adm. To All Rides 9c Tickets Given Each Day Good for Bicycle To Be Given Away On Saturday. Gomez Park DUVAL STREET PP). ud Charles City s shot to death with Bir Karly Today A oneti Binaggio, was political club. BBio. 1e underling of the late shot to An ex-convict, BULLETIN FHA Approved Four Billion ‘Dollars For VA WASHINGTON, April 6.— (P)—The House has okayed an expansion of about four billion dollars in the Federal Housing program. It was a piece of compromise legisla- tion, and administration lead- ers expect quick Senate pass- age. The measure provides spec- ial aids for Veterans Hous- ing. including a new 150- million dollar program of di- rect loans to former service- men. VA Calls Off ‘Dismissal Of © ‘4,700 Hecclaseek WASHLAGTON, April 6.— ()—The Veterans Adminis- tion has called off, at least temporarily, plans to dismiss 4.700 employes next Monday. The VA has also abandoned, for the moment, its plans to close a number of clinics. The employes who were scheduled to be dropped from work in hospitals and clinics. The VA said it will go ahead with the scheduled dis- missal Monday of 3,000 non- medical personnel. All contemplated were ordered last month cause of budgetary proble: CHARLIE BOLERO Presents Terry Shand Appearing Nightly at PERKY LODGE Fresh Arrival Today! DRESSED and DRAWN RABBITS . - Ib. 69¢ BAER'S MARKET Served from 6 P.M.-1 A.M. PALM CLUB STOCK ISLAND t * Finally, the Lattimore Under Oath Says McCarthy Lied About Him TRUMAN URGES MORE AID TO UNEMPLOYED sident Truman sent a mes- x Resignation Of McCarthy Would Be Great Service To U.S., He Says WASH 3TON April —Owen Lattimore swore tod that Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges azainst him are base and contemptible lies. Lattimore, an authority on the Far East, has been charged by McCarthy with being the top Communist agent in the United States. Lattimore claimed that Carthy has flagrantly violated his responsibility as a Senator. | And, noting McCarthy’s conten- {tion that he can prove Lattimore has been a Communist, Latti- ; more declared: ‘ “TI was not and have not been 6—7). Mc- a Communist and I am not a Communist now.” | Much of Lattimore’s lengthy | statement consisted of accuse i tions of his own, directed against | McCarthy. He charged that the | Wisconsin Senator, has used {secret documents without - |thorization. Lattimore — char that McCarthy has _ vilified | American citizens without giving | them an. opportunity of refusing ; to submit alleged evidence to a ; Senate committee. And finally, Lattimore charged that McCar- } thy has failed to live up. to his | word, Lattimore noted that McCarthy has called him the architect of | American foreign policy. But Lattimore said today: “I think I can fairly claim, with j reat regret, that I am. the least have a public repiitation in this (Continued On Page Threc) Wanted Criminal [Killed In Mojave Desert Yesterday LOS ANGELES, April 6.—(7. —The FBI can mark closed the record of one of its most-wanted criminals, 39-year-old Fred Wal- ter Lemmon, a native of ‘Mad- ison, Minnesota. He was-kilied yesterday after a 70-mile-ani hour chase and gun duel across the Mojave desert in California. An F-B-I agent and a rookie California. highway patrolman, Sam McDaniel, were put on the trail of Lemmon or Lemmon’s partner, Lee Emory Downs, by a tip. The car the law officers were looking for finally came past their desert waiting point, but the driver sped away, refusing to stop and answering gunfire ~ with gunfire. fugitive “stopped «Continued On Page. Five) Benefit D Dance CUBAN (CLUB Frdiay, April 7, With Uncle Harve and.His. Ragtime Wranglers Sponsored by VFW Auxiliary ADMISSION, $1.00 . Tax Included . For Reservations, 419