The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1950, Page 1

Nav Atomic-Powered ubmarines CENTER OF PHONE STRIKE DISPUTE * Navy Will Also Convert Cruiser Into Guided Missile Vessel (By Associated Pream WASHINGTON, Apr. 25,’ —tThe United States Navy has disclosed plans to build radically new type sub- marines. One of the riew, —e submarines will be atomic. | } powered. The Navy also disclosed plans to convert a’ cruiser into a guided mis-' sile combat vessel. : These construction plans were made known in a re- quest to Congress for’ aus! thority to build 112 vessels. of varying types. The Chief of Naval Op, erations. Admiral Forrest: Sherman, told the Hc Armed. Services... , ‘ tee the recommendations’ were pat before Defense! Secretary Louis Johnson’ de! on Februery 13. ens 3 Pguth Rep... Indw, ledivectie serene Sherman said the pro- ppg bop ape y hig 81 ely ee 4 ipa “workers to wi through the pasture ov , the tower. | claimed the field was deep in mud. program would cost They CURRY. SONS TAX ABATEMENT NOT DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT oe Cee a Eisner declared that the matter Mayor Eisner Says Matter To sing the $5,682.95 tax sheteragnt | to the owners of the d N Curry Sons property. |night’s ineeting because the ; or large © ad gath- ating w special and not a tred: Next ° A rather large crowd had gath- | mee ered to hear the tax gift dis- | regular meeting. cussed. And seemingly were Mayor Eisner called City At- Monday Night) «:: After the Commission meeting last night,a group. of taxpayers’! and citizens of Key West: were quite put out that the matter was} torney M. Ignatius Lester into not’ even brought on the floor, | the controversy when it-was being discussed free-| The attorney stated that in his ly‘ throughout the city by the| opinion the tax. granting of $5,- public. 1682.95 was legal. Attorney Les- ‘The Mayor, Louis M. J. Eisner, (Continueé On Page Four) was brought into the, discussion. | - TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES /PRICE TOURS | 411 Fleming St. Phone 124 quite critical of'the action’ of the discus- City Commission in ‘not Hear... CLAUDE PEPPER Thursday, April 27, 8:30 to 9:00 P.M., Over Station WKWE: ‘ t | WRESTLING TONIGHT at 8:30 at Simonton and Greene Street Arena Be © ee. Main Event He Works and Builds DOT WESTON vs. for Monree, County! DORIS, DEAN (Raia Poligical Advts! Py Sao, Bite Une. Tex) ? afar Reserved Se: Besancon alah (Incl. Tax) ELECT FOR... ige sa COUNTY COMMISSIONER (Paid Political tea) Advaererrent ye LO For An Equal Opportunity For The Little Man... VOTE FOR mits William | could not be brought up at last, THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST FLORIDA, TUESDAY, April 25, 1950 | Draper, Adler ‘Ask For $200,000 |Damages In Suit , HARTFORD, Conn.. April 25.— \().—Dancer Paul Draper and | Harmonica Player Larry Adler | went inte court today in an | attempt to win $100,000 damages | | each from a housewife in Green- | wich, Connecticut. | They complain that the house- wife, Mrs. ‘Hester McCullough, j called them pro-Communist andj} supporters. of Comimunist front organizations. Draper and Adler arrived here last’ night for the } trial which opens today with the: | selection of a jury. Neither one me a comment on the case. | The two entertainers claim that. they” lost professional ‘en- gagements as the result of al- leged libelous statements by Mrsi McCullotigh in “an article pub- ! lished in a Greenwich newspaper | and in spoken comments. | Mrs. McCullough said that she} | had obtained her information om the two from official sources, Russians Chase ‘Swedish Vessel | Out Of Baltic STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April! {25.—(P)—A Swedish newspaper) “tells today of another interna- ; tional incident in the Baltic. It concerns a Swedish trawler, which was fishing 24 miles. oft; the Polish: coast, and a Russian; navy ship, described as a heavi- ly armed minesweeper. This is the story, as told by the Stockholm press. The trawler had been. salmon fishing in the open sea when the Russian minesweeper bore down, fue skipper left his nets behind and lit out for Sweden. The minesweeper took up the chase, the two.ships racing across pthe Baltic at top speed.. At times the Russian minesweeper was fo ee behind. So it went “until the “fishing Ik irgtace in Syery -tgrr- h ckaft, was" shmds as the Larex, the same ship that wes siezed~ by )Russian "Navy patrol in the Baltic last February. National Airlines Shows Profit Of $156,000 So Far MIAMI,. April 25,—().—Na-. tional Airlines made. oyer_a_mil-. lion. dollars in profits during the Florida “winter season’. months, The profit wiped out deficits of the first six months of the fiscal ; year, and left a profit of some $156,000 for the nine months. Line President G. T. Baker said in the first nine months of NAL’s fiscal year of.’49, the net loss was some $108,000, January was the biggest month in the airline's history. B. W. Ketchum For JUDGE of the JUVENILE COURT The Man For 16 the ob | LGA (Paid Political Advertisement) Fine Fishing Tackle STEAKS - STEAKS Featuring CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS Served from 6 P.M.-1 A.M. PALM CLUB UIS Salvation Army Will Return Here Senior Major Allan S. Whor-' ton, field representative of the} Salvation Army with headquar- tes in Jacksonville, yesterd: told The Citizen that the vation Army will to Key West. Whorton is now ‘seouting about” for a location He is looking at a number of sites that have been offered to the Salvation Army. The Major stated that they have received numerous requests king that the SA return to the Island City. The Salvation Army moved wut of Key West in 1935, ‘and was then under the guidance of Major and Mrs. Heathers. As ‘soon as a suitable location has-been purcha the Salva- ain in the city tion’ Army. will resume operation after a lapse of 2 years: ‘Germans Tincatiad To Resign From German Republic st Cit IN THE U.S.A. | | | Sai-| soon return} | | FRANKFURT, Germany, April! 25.—{/)—West German politici- ans are threatening to fold up their government. They warn} that they may resign and turn the operation of the West Ge man Republic back to the alli Their tone, in fact, coneiliatory, is far from| There is no great mystery inj the development, however, t is election time, And that ci cumstance goes a long way tow- ard explaining the outbursts of} anti-allied sentiment in the Am-; erican, British and French zones. Within the next several months, state legislatures will be elected in several of the west! (Continued On Page Four ST; PETERSBURG; pril 25 (®).—Detective Chief John S.) Siers .plans ‘to bring a first ae gree thurder charge today against Charles Gifford. Pull Lever 11-A RE-ELECT James A. FRANKLIN STATE SENATOR EXPERIENCED: 8 years service as your Senator ABLE: Proven ability to obtain bene- fits for AGGRESSIVE: Will continue to‘work for im- provement of - District (Paid “PoliticAl J. Y. PORTE! i | | FIRST DEGREE } F PLACED AGAINST CHAS. | Meanwhile, police are digging|dren’ of the ian who was. ad+ into the question of what motive} ministration floor leadex in we} caused the frail little old man to| 1949 legislature, @ ted shooting the 38-year-old law- i EST Ate Dir ma genet A 3 $15,102:80 Ball Pe Construction Contract Awarded Last Night * Work On Modern Ball Field May Be Started In Near Future City Commissioners in special session last night awarded the ,construction of a concrete block fence and seeding of ‘a baseball field to “Sunshine Construction company and the Charles Ward- low’s. Landscaping’ concera. Total cost. will be $15,102.80. Sunshine "Construction com- pany will build the fence for $9,- 163.28, with construction. ot the ball field ‘totaling $5,939.52. Charles Toppino & Sons’ bid $15,136 ‘for the — complete job, which was $83.20 higher than the total. of the individual -bids. of Wardlow and Sunshine company. Approve Special Fund For Electric System Bsc bs Approval. was’ granted -fer-the setting up of special fund num- bet 23, in which $111,027. would be transferred to.. It was explain- ed that the funds are already ap- propriated in the budget, and all deposits would have: to be ap- proved by the City Electric Sys- tem’s: corsulting engineers, and all disbursements. by they Utility Board. ‘| Purchase Land For estate “ye MAROONED VICTIM OF FLASH sleiitag aes scaidelaiserinnctehesestacrmearne | THIS DOG HAS FOUND REFUGE on the roof of @ shed-in a flash flood that sweeps through Crookston, battered a hole in the Ottertail dam on the Red’ loosened flood water over most‘ of Chooksten, Teperted lost.” shoot and kill popular State Rep- resentative ‘Charles J. Schuh, Jr. esctipme Kidhapaig’ reat gvief-stricken widow,.. and. chil- 9. Da Id B. 5 Ce: 5 : y Old Baby, - Siers ‘said Gifford freely oa maker five times with a .32:cali- -’ NEW .YORK,, “Aptil 25.54). bre -pistol_yesterday’ in. Schuh’s Bronx county authoritits say. they} ’ downtown law office, have ‘a confession. in thé kidnap-| A But. the detective wasn't satis- pj f ine. ineul mericans T fied With Gifford's statement th pie a i ies, that “rotten politics” was bebind 30° at Rospital, Maral; Off ‘ironic Bon. the shooting. Siers said there was 3 no evidence to support Gifford’s The arinouncement came from, claim he had been distributing Bronx County ‘Chief Assistant! Pacific Again campaign, literature for Schuh District Attorney Edward Bres- and that Schuh had not paid him. lin. It followed an all-ni J The detective was inclined to tioning session for athe BONOLUL, Ape 28 believe the motive lay in the fact Mrs, Evelyn Jane Jordan. \And fi Quesada, back from (Continued On Page four» the admission apparently was “made despite the fact, that foot- (Continued On Palace Theater JOHNNY WEISSMULLER JOHNNY “BOY” SHEFFIELD in “TARZAN TRIUMPHS” | Saesgsepueeeeaeaa' > in I NOTICE—To all holders of Dis- abled American Veterans Club DO YOU KNOW. war Eva Warner oe eh tee el f ¥ ie erties ete adults and youth. _the help of the City Fire De 15. ARI : 1 t t