The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 26, 1950, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the ace ak oe country, with an Tange of only M° Pahrenhelt VOL. LXXI. No, 99 Congress Battles Tough Problem Of Rent Controls Compromise Must Be Reached Or All Controls Go RAIL MEDIATOR |Arrest Wilson She Ken West Ci THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, April 26, 1950 On Complaint arago * | “MAID OF COTTON” HOME FROM TOUR FOR VISI1 { IN THE U.S.A. The Associated Press Teletype. Features.and Photo Services For 70 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Jury Takes Only One Hour And Half To Convict Him WASHINGTON, Apr. 26.—(AP).—John. Maragon Off June 30, 1950 has been found guilty of lying to Senate investigators. li Of Dr Moore Maragon is the onetime man. of influence in Wash- 31 By WALTER BREEDE. JR., e * . f as vo Associated Press Writer ington who claimed he: never made a business of. inter- fre WASHINGTON, April 26.—It's} Claim Man Is Prae a4] vening with government agencies on behalf of business red quite a battle they're having in Medicine Without firms, and that he never got paid for anything like that. tht! the Senate Banking Committee} lic ta’ iced At . ? 5 or these days on the question of Fed- HCOUSES; FICAFING ———k A federal court-jury took he eral Rent Controls, which are 2:00 P.M. This Friday 3 mly ar hi -a-! due to expire this summer. e, f Send Four Found : on widest and = halite It’s up to Congress to decide if) Jack vines wa araesieit ae ae: ; convict him, of perjury. lebs the present rent law is to be ex-jterday afternoon by ie! ep~ Guil T rs 4 ‘}itended beyond that date, or to|uty Sheriff Frank Web@r for ale) ty Of Robbery ee jury of nine ar inn be revised or allowed to vanish | legedly practicing mediciqe, with-| | 3 ‘ : ani ree. women got the i into the limbo of forgotten legis-}out a license. Webber made an! TTo Raiford Today Maragon case shortly be- ie Jation. investigation after receiving a mn y fore 11 ‘o'clock (EST) this '} The pressure is being applied} complaint by a local physician, | * 2 ee * § ir XL 0 Chloe! tl is from all directions. Dr. Herman Moore. },,Sheritt Berlin, Sawyer’ this morning Federal Judge hes }) President Truman, the Mayors] Wilson, employed at the Ar-| pee Eataban pyawrence | J-)Jennings Bailey cautioned of the big cities and the Govern-} cade, a shooting gallery and tat-! fan (‘Meniean Joc"), Wena the jurors that the issue be- a ors of some states want present rent controls extended “as is.” too parlor, on Duval Street, was charged with administering Vita-' wz and George Acevedo to au- ee fore them was not whether rities from the State Peniten- Maragon: did ri girt -or wrong: as a man of-~influ- Some real estate and landlord groups regard rent controls as ‘anathema and want them killed min B-1 and penicillin injqctions with needles. par at Raiford. Handcuffed and avily guarded the four men His bail et at $1,000 and outright. a hearing was oot feysBea. i tos (®) Photo oy optanlh aa ibe, county. Jail’ ente’ ‘among government ithe - - — raug: i ley + "eS ice ou en pas- j te atgis or the Tat ae tate | ee ee senices: OF Justice of) amp OF COTTON” ELIZABETH McGEE arrives home in Spartanburg, 8. C., for a three- |senger prison truck. baad sO ines ing about compromise _ legisla- At the hearing this. morning] ay visit during her tour as goodwill ambassador of the cotton industry. Her mother greets her The quartet was convicted of ; ee beara ton, or you to rae tion. Wilson requested the services of} With a hug. Papa Tom McGee, president of Spartanburg’s biggest department store, is at left, |robbery in the brazen hold-up of determine,” said the judge, z The present rent control law/an attorney and Albury moved| At right is.South Carolina’s Gov. J. Strom Thurmond. ewe Leas ive Atock Island; “is whether when he testi- (P) Wirephoto| is due to go off the books at mid-|the hearing to Friday at 2:00 p.|.__ , Pe oe eat Ras an if oe ce ae turn-. fied, he testified to facts "| night on the 30th of June, unless|m,, to allow the prisoner to ob- prarnige that ” t d Ke FRANCIS A. O'NEILL, JA. | Congress acts before that time to] tain counsel. pind of one: year. at were not true- an We (above), chairman of the Na- | extend REE es i : Sail Sis. dovomplices inthe koty which be believed to.be-not (9-6 tional Mediation Board, says | Here's what the — present root Mi Wi Fr, A Say boat received. four. year: trie.” Sati ‘ ry law doe: vA] Tms.. tiat Chicana toon fo alfacts te slee (ait tives the Federal Housing| ssing liness The government accused = Maragon. of cashing in on FOR 1951 MILITARY BUDGET ‘tialian Admiral (Meyrgicoe * Secretary Of * ‘Will Visit Key bel eng 100 Attend Second , Defense Johnson \BCG Drug Can West Next Month - ‘ae ae at he. : }/ Anniversary Of “] Recommends’: Whip TB In US.; ies a i, cae Expediter authority to hail land- lords into court for rent over- charges. He can sue them for three times the amount of the overcharge. Until the present law. was» passed, only the ‘injured tenant could sue. But now legal action»can be instituted by the »Pederal “Housing Chieg or his * local ‘agents, * ‘The present rent law also gives threatened strike of railroad firemen. The sirike, due to- day on several key railroads, was averted by the union's ac- ceptance of O'Neill's proposal for a two weeks truce. Labor Governmen Claims Mental Blackout In NYC MTP. VERNON, N..Y., April 26, —().—A witness who turned M4 missing in Washifigton last ‘ni this naorning telephionedt his? and’ said he had “fad a blackout.” However, there ‘is no inaleatisa y p 9) M B Ou Pls the | housing. expediter . control] ‘* i tad Laneahd eure K. W: Kiwanis Club} Increase Today | Say Dr. 0 Brien ay € over evictions. If a landlord| #5_¥@6' #nat happened betwer Vice Ay | wants to evict a tenant. he’has to| the time John Huber disappeared WASHINGTON, April 26,—(A).| party’ will bé Rear Ayana Carle: F Kiwanis clus of Key West | | COLUMBUS, Ga, April 26.— F. Tallarigo, director. of, Italian t Naval Intelligence, ‘Admiral’ ‘Ferrente ¥ peek from his Washington hotel and get the ‘expediter’s okay first. —The House Appropriations Com- S| From Powe his call, ostensibly. from New |°¢lebrated its second anniversary ; | (@®.—One of the nation’s top ex- } er ne i ok tandhitas oe Bi Aad York City. lash tet et ite South Beach mittee has recommended increas- perts. on tuberculosis, .Dr, Ed- 5 BULLETIN , 1 watses PRE Beasent law, lawdicila Descritied as ‘a one-time in-| *<stauran gu 100 persons | ing the 1951 military budget by! ‘ward O’Brien of Detroit, has in! i LORDON.The BritishLes [eOplving 10 Boomistich ta Jock| former for the FBI, Huber had were 8 attendance, including; 350 million dollars. The raise’ effect Jaunched a one-man cam- Acadeniy afd pril 26.—(). Te | bor Govecsmant..by five. | uprents have to shaw their books.| Been subpoenaed by. the . Senate| Guests from, Miam! Beseh, Coral | was be eee ano wine 2. paign for a vaccine called “BOG.” | Admiral Ferreri, four-story Seattle : i 3} a suggesti f Senati c ouis Thi ne iracle. drug, but part; 4, votes, has kept itself in | They have to prove they have at the augers ee iuber’s test | Dr. Allen Shepard, President | Johnson to tighten the nation’s seca eae uae in Europe, — is non Joseph McCarthy. mony was expected to form part of the case McCarthy has been building against the Far Eastern expert, Owen Lattimore. At the time of Huber’s disap- his fellow-witness, Italy toda; While ‘in Contes: Oa, Ba 1 ioe money on improvements and repairs—or that they are not taking in what the government regards as a fair net operating in- come. Under. present legislation, the power. A defeat in the voting would have forced the-Labor- * 4 ites to resign. The vote was 1 on @ government proposal ‘to double the gasoline tax. of the local’ Kiwanis’ Club pre- \ defense against Russia. sided over the. meeting and in-| Johnson explained that the troduced the principal speaker,} Russian atomic explosion had District > Lieutenant :- Governor | come earlier than we had expect- ; Ray Sterling. Ray lauded the ’ ed and as a result it meant a com- formation’ of the Kiwanis Key plete revaluation of defense | known ‘to have, been highly ’éf-, Cees On. Page four); LONDON, April 26.—(®)—=A expediter must end government | Pearance, Club; junior civie club conduc plans both by the United States - vote: x I: he: tat ts| Lawrence Kerley, suggested that | -— 7? tps decide today whether the Labor or whenever a state legislature} (Continued On Page Four’ | Gance of the Key West Kiwanis! Among other sii Government remains in power: A decides that controls are no ‘long- Club. He urged the Key West bringing about a tightening of | i i And if a'town ora 100%. attendanc a j i (Continuea Or Page Six) er heeded. Ani B. W. Ketchum club to get 100% attendance for armament and defense plans, } (Continuéd On Page Four) ah company number hres - of the-Key West Fite Departmen battled a large and stuborn gress fire Seotersiag: aaniieaint aa (Continued On Page Four’ (Continued On Page Six) NOTICE TO PUBLIC Due to conditions beyond our control; the drawing of the 1950 Chevrolet Sedan ements by Chapter No. 33, Disabled American Veterans, will |}! be extended until July 4. We thank the public for your support and will appreciate your continued cooperation in our efforts. For JUDGE of the ‘oe JUVENILE COURT 1A. Een IGA (Paid. 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