The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1950, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the ™ost equable climate in the Country, with an average Fange of only 14° Fahrenheit FERS gees | es VOL. LXXL N No. 85 Truman Arrives In Washington At: L:51 | From K. W. Vacation | City Officials On Hand To See U.S.s Chief Executive Airborne President Truman and his daughter, Miss Margaret, were air- borne at 10:04 a.m. today and the airplane arrived in Washington at 1:51 p.m The President, his daughter and the officials of his staff motored to Boca Chica Naval Air Station, going out Caroline, Simonton -treet, Truman averiue and Roosevelt boulevard. nner ay «There was quite a number of persons on hand to wish him fare- | INHERITS well, but not nearly as many as pote turned out be greet him when he arrived here last November. At Boca Chica the President Stopped. before boarding his air- e, the Flyii Carpet, chook -hands jwith Police, Chief Joseph i}Kemp, Lieutenants Harry: Lee Baker and Ray Atwell, and Motor | Rycle Officers J. Cerezo and W. :| B. James Then he shook hands with Mayor Lolis M. J. Eisner, City Manager Ralph D. Spalding and with Captain C. C. Adell, N, commander ot the Key West Naval Base and with other sal ing officers. President Truman followed his daughter up the gangplank one entered his airplane. The Pr dent borrowed the ship from the U. S. Air Force because his per- sonal ship, Independence, is in Santiago to bring President Vi- dela of Chile to the United States for a state visit. Then came John Steelman, as- others of his afficial group, but were waiting for the President to follow him to the waiting ves- sel. New problems await the Presi- dent on his arrival in Washing- (Continued On Page Four) Several Thousand éy Westers Are™ ~|Expected At Rally) ral thousands Key West- e expected to attend the Wednesday night rally at 7 in Bayview Park when in a tion to Smathers, candidate: state senate, state represer (#) Wirephoto WILLIAM THORNTON WHITE, III, 9 (above), has been bequeathed a large fortune by his grandmother, Mrs. \Kath- erine Brown Irvine, at Moraga, Calif. It was reported the in- heritance would be $9,000,000, byt the boy's father, William Thornton While, Jr. tha was an exaggeration, Meyers Loses Bid For Freedom From Federal Prison WASHINGTON, Aprii 10.—(). county commission, juvenile aainet Maict Geheuis Ba judge and others are expected to % ; eneee €n-| speak. nett Meyers, one-time purchasing} Plans for welcoming Smath-)| officer for the Army Air Corps, has lost another bid for freedom from prison. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals h rejected a request today for Meyers’ release from the federal reformatory at Lor pn, irginia. Mey was sentenced (Continued On Page Four+ WEAVER’S Stock Island Inn AIR CONDITIONED BAR and RESTAURANT OPEN ALL NIGHT ers are as follows: A motorcade will form at 1:30 (Continued On Page Four) LAST TIME TUESDAY WHITE GYPSY Harris School Auditorium 8:00 P.M. two In Response To An Invitation Extended by the Smathers Committee To All | Candidates || J. ¥.PORTER Candidate for State Representative Will Speak In Bayview Park On Wednesday, April 12 You will have a powerful motor that just I sat hilly and big trucks when it ix tuned at - NAVARRO’S New Service Department GoL Duval Street Phone 600, (Vaid Political Advertisement) Florida’s Hard-Working Senior Senator CLAUDE PEPPER HAS EARNED ANOTHER TERM IN THE United States Senate He Gets Things Done for Florida! (Paid Political Advt.) VOTE FOR LET’S END DICTATORSHIP | QUADS BORN ON PEAN man allegedly made | advance toward him. He THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Che Key West Citizen IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST FLORIDA, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1950 FOUR NURSES HOLD ONE EACH OF QUADRUPLET BABIES born at Peroite, Ala,, to the wife of Homer L. Singleton, 33-year-old peanut farmer. (left to right) Nurses Dollie Hollingsworth, Mrs. Maude Madrid, Carolyn Crumbley, and Mrs. and placed in incubators. Virginia Singleton... The quads AMERICAN SUB GOES | 21 DAYS WITHOUT RESURFACING ON TRIP —* “‘Prapéled From a bale 7 1 jessant ty sae President. east w{Grand Jury To | Hongkong To Investigate Foster Killing The Grand Jury will mect to- morrow at 10 a. m. to consider the af the charge laid against John~C. Collins, a U.S.-Navy sailorsin the déath of case murder Atherton (Tony) Foster, 42, of Tuckahoe, N. Y., in a Fleming| street apartment Collins admitted: hitting Foster / with an ash tray stand when the en uoprgbes was (Continued On Page Fours Harold Mohr fs Given 3 To 6 Year Jail Sentence ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 10 (®).—Harold Mohr has been se tenced to a prison term of thr to the so- called | g of his brother Mohn’ convicted on Fri- day of voluntary manslaughter His brcther, Iter, was suf fering from cancer ‘s for Torchlight Parade Gigantic Political Rally! In the Interest of GEORGE SMATHERS for U.S. SENATE WEDNESDAY, BAYVIEW PARK (Paid Political Advertisement) Always the Favorite LandO Sun FRESH Pasteurized Milk NOW. ONLY 28c PER quart ASK FOR IT AT YOUR FAVORITE DEALER FARM were rushed to Eufala, Ala., Pearl Harbor WASHINGTON ,April 10. —An American travelled more than 5,000 miles,! tall the way from Hong Kong to Pearl Harbor, without once com- | ing to the surface. The trip took 21 days. The Navy belie this. is the longest underwater jaunt ever made by (AP). submarine has a sub, the Pickerel, equiped with the snor The submarine is which is kel breathing . apparatus , which ,was developed by, the Germans t-lin the war. For all the three weeks it took the Pickerel to {make its Pacific jour the snorkel breating tube was the cnly part of the submersible to} reach the surface The complicated mechanism! draws in air for the crewmen ta’ breathe. It also tak in air to permit the subma engines to operate while tne sub- jmarine is underwater Older \types of subs must use batteries to run while submerged, and this ns frequent trips to the sur- tare to hate the belie. | The Pickerel’s impressive trip | { etting particular interest be- of U.S. concern over Rus- growing submarine fleet, A number of the Russian submar- |ines are likely to be the snorkel }type, inasmuch as Russia grab- |bed some of th submarines, j from -the Ge In Pearl Hi the be journey. Commander z eight officers and 67 enlisted men on his craft. All hands had | to take things easy during the} trip, so as not to use up more air than absolutely necessary. He! says when they got an urge for a| (Continued On Page Four: CHARLIE BOLERO Presents Terry Shand Appearing Nightly at PERKY LODGE NORWOOD ‘STRAYHORN Candidate For STATE SENATOR Accepts With Pleasure the Invitation Extended To All Candidates To Speak in Bayview Park Wednesday. April 12 (Vaid Political Advertisement) The baby girls, as yet unnamed, are held by ’s diesel} , the skipper of | Pickerel has told something, says there were? Press Teletype, gid Photo Services | “Years Devoted to the | st Interests of Key West | PRICE FIVE CENTS Comunissioner City Commissioners, in spec by the owners of William Curry | erty adjoining Front and Simonto: interest and penalties compromise settlement 2 gift was the isince 1946. Owners of this prop- erty have been singled out as the only taxpayers in the City of Key West, who now - have a different assessment from the county. It:has been the practice of the city to follow Monroe County Tax Collector Claude Gandolfo’s (?) Wirephoto assessmenis.. This has been done EE 2S ROS _.—__.. | in every case. and as a_ result, deurfent’ assessments on some personal, and real property -have been lowered or ingly. Never has the city differed raised accord- in this single, particular case. Since 1946 tax certificate sale, taxes of $1,700 on the Ida Gold- stein property were asked re- § 500 B ildi j ed the property to build a church, § o and Goldstein had d ul ing the land if the tax moved Permit nk. J Here’ what Gostin got 1 unanimous motion by the By Roy Butler | City Commissioners asking M. Ignatius Lester, city attorney, to start suit immediately. Gold- {A building permit | today to John L. Sevier, Phister street, for the stein faced with a suit that would relieve him of his prop- erty, immediately came in and tion of a concrete block residence Roberts, in Sul, Ail. the interest, “ata vost of $9,500. The, work will Penalties, arid taxes. No dis- {be done by Roy Edwards. count, no rebate. Other permits issued today by' Prior owners of the Casa Ma-! Roy F. Butler, director ofthe De- rina asked the commission for a partment of Public Service, were lower assessment. They were given to John S. Johnson, 1119 denied, and the case is now be- Florida str for making. gen- fore the Florida Supreme Court eral repairs his home at a cost for final decision. The lower} of $600. |court upheld the city in the case | To Arimentha Neeley, 722 Eliz-'that is being defended by At- |abeth street for making general torneys M. Ignatius, and J airs at her home at a cost of Lancelot Lester. | $500. | ‘Now that one has been given Toe a rebate in taxes, what about the other tax delinquents? Are they going to be given a 30 percent reduction also?—it ba has been asked. To give the $5,682.95 rebate, Killed In Train (Crash Tin Manila (tirs"ana corsecied sssecoments H each year to arrive at the gift. MANILA, April 10.—() —An In uing for the rebate in jore train overturned near the} taxes, A. Maitland Adams assur- Philippines town of General Mae-}@4 the commmission that he al- Arthur Saturday night. At least} ¥@YS paid taxes on land that he 14 miners were killed. Rescuers} °Wned. And that the delinquent rescued 12 others, d. g them! taxes 3 | Rescue cperations are continu- |P™OPerW: | ing because it’s not known hows , That, is all, quite “true! But many workers were riding atop) When Mt “¢ams.purohased cony the eight loaded cars. {trol ofthe shares of the company, jhe ad thé’sellers -both took: into consideration the:taxes owed, and subtracted them from. the net worth. The City Commission erred Saturday. They should either were re- was issued 1026 Von construc- Fourteen Miners SMATHER'S SUUPPORTERS. Meeting Tonight, 8 P.M. | Woman's Clubhouse EVERYONE WELCOME STEAKS - STEAKS ed Featuring > CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS Served from 6 P.M,-1 A.M. PALM CLUB STOCK ISLAND (aid Political Advertisement) OL RRC OR NN NRT | The Best Dance of the Yeagl!, THIRD ANNUAL HUMANE SOCIETY BALL (THE “DOGS” DANCE) ©’ | LaConcha Hotel, Wins | Night. April 13, 9:30 Tad Dress Optional ~ | $1.50 PER PERSON * (including Tax) GET TICKETS AT | Gift Shop, La Concha Hotel * | Stower’s $ Roberts Office Supplies Key West Drug Co. Joe Allen's é AND at the Door Thurs. Night* JOIN THE | MOTOR HERS AT a ‘OCK iSt. ' For Additional Information | Call CHARLIE WARDLOW PHONE 748-W Advertisement) (vaid Bae Unprecedented Move By City afternoon, voted unanimousiy to forgive $5,668: “ Sor first ¢. from the county. They do now | no rebates in have been given to anyone. | Just recentiy, iong over-due e Church of God want-! greed to sell | paid City Tax Collector Archie | Cancel $5,682.95 In Taxes Owed By ‘Wim. Curry Sons Co. pass another resolution with- i Co., for waterfront prop- The Citizen predicts that th s Done Saturday dtawing their action or. else : give about 30 percent to all ial ses: o'clock Saturday} other delinquent _ taxpayers _ v.,| who have not paid through the owed) years. | tax rebate will cause more harc amounted to $18,- | feelings, and hurt the city in its s agreed on { (Continued On Page Eight) ns of WORK TO peisie TRAPPED MOT ORISE 3 P) Wirephot | FIREMEN WORK TO FREE ROBERT PATTERSON; 30 (arrow). se la br cok Sue a ae ee hectic acon Havana AP Head. {Approve Pact By’ ‘Sent Here To ‘iain, Pakistan; ‘Covers News Item. May Prevent War Paying a courtesy call at The; NEW. DELHI, April 10.—Pos- Citizen oifices this thorning were sible war between India and Pa- Ben Meyer, of Havana, Cuba, and. kistan hax been forestalltd* by ‘a | Earl Shugars, of Miami. ;' { pact: approved ‘today by. the In- Mr. Meyer 1s the.‘ ASsoclated , didn parliament. Press head in the Cuban'city, and! .’ Both: Prime Minister Nehru’ of came to Key. West to cover the Indid :ane Premier Liaquat~ Ali departure of Président "rasan dia pact ‘comes, pust, in time. this morning and the arrival of Khan say ‘the New Pakistan-In- President Gabriel Gonzalez Vide-| ‘The Pakistan assembly, how- la tomorrow night. | ever, has not yet taken action on President Videla will visit the’ the new agreement. And while Island Citv and stay at the Little | the Indian parliament gave it ap- White House in the Naval Sta-; Proval by vowe vote, the recep- tion ‘grounds overnight, and will, tion was not»unanimously enthu- then continue -on to Washington | siastie: Representatives of Ben- on Wednesday in the presidential! gal, where bloody fighting be- | plane, The ~“Indépendénté, which! tween Me-lems and Hindus caus- President Truman dispatched to ¢¢ theycrisis, sat in silence today ‘Santiago, Chile to bring the Chil, : while Nehru read the. terms of ean dignitary to: this country. | ‘the agreement. And the Parlia- Earl Shugars, an” ace photog: ment still fages general debate on rapher of the Associated Press, i (Continuea un Page Four) stationed in Miami; . Y . i ESE Poor Old Craig SERVICE STATION Francis at Division Phone 9134 Your PURE OIL Dealer Palace Theater LEE BOWMAN ‘and ELYSE. KNOX in “THERE'S A GIRL IN MY HEART” AY J. Y. 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