The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 4, 1951, Page 1

~~ Key West, Florida, has the 4 + ° ost equable climate in the country, with an average vy : | Tange of only 14° Fahrenheit ] THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. rrp a = a anes VOL, LXXII. No. 81 KEY WEST, Seg a WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1951. Key Westers Will Pay Lower Electric (u"*'«m County Votes To | Improve Meacham Bills IfVanDeursenRecommendation Pew Airport Runways Is Approved By R. W.Beck Engineers | i" etn econ nye Oe ee. Legless, Armless Boy Finds Joy As Portion Of ‘ = : ee jhas admitted pumping a volley| Report Will * of shots through an Ozark’s| | The Associated Press Teletype bi Runways Already Condemned By CAA Yanks Cross 38th Parallel Into Red Korea eee een SET Be Made . Sheriff E. I. Cunningham iden. | _ Monroe County Commis- O tifies the farmer as Kenneth sioners voted last night to 4 Essery. who lives near the scene | of the slayings. STATUTE MILES Essery was arrested early today at his father’s home here. The slayings occurred last night four j miles east of Conway in the Qzark hills of southern Mis- souri. A prosecuting attorney S i that Essery has declined to give |a motive for the shootings. No charges have been filed. Without warning, the <ille fired a volley of .22 calibre rifle & shots into the living room of the \e PARALLEL Yangyang farm home of 43-year-old’ Willi- ; : e Songdong am Shockley At present, Key West SS ay ia sO Aachen masans Seconds later there lay on the | § rates | steadily = blood-soaked floor the bodies of rates, though steadily re- Pupyong PSchoekieye! qotier, duced in the past eight]}.. ; | Mrs. Gus Shockley. : years, still rank high among) |& q [f Kepyong ae) Chunchon ‘ Six other Shockley children the surface, bonding, wet- *itie: 7 : i970 ; a ee ; were in bed upstairs. the young- | cities of its size having eat i0rwanvis, tie ober rence “ting, and rerolling. No municipal plants. A cause wees up to 14 years. ’ " (®) Wirephoto| New material would be re- of this has been that City eHongchon * SOUTH Ten-year-old Ellen Shockley quired. “ran screaming downstairs and| | THREE-YEAR-OLD FREDDIE THOMPSON (right) was born called a neighbor for help. without arms or legs. But that doesn’t dim his birthday celebra- Joe Sirugo, presideiit of ask for bids on improve- ments to the runways on Meacham airport and the construction of a connect- ing taxi road. Airport Manager George Faraluo. was present at the meeting to urge this ac- tion. He said. that Civil Aeronautics Authority of- ficials had warned of the ' necessity, of repairs tothe F | runways. He emphasized the fact that the only work neces- | sary would he scarifying of Within Next Three Months Key Westers will pay lower electric bills if the feasibility report of its con- sulting engineers backs up the recommendation of C. A. Van Deursen,~ general 5 manager of the City Elec- . aA 38° tric system. Electric System has spent more than $1 ,000,000 to ex- KOREA Luke O’Connor and his wife tion in his home at Moana. ash Tere is haces ee the Sunshine Construction i We igs 2 ckley f in their} day gifts piling up in the home, a is mother, Mrs. schel pand facilities, thus doubl- Yangpyong — \ ee eee ane thd Thompson, shares his joy. Their birthday anniversary comes on! Company, suggested. to. the y the same day. ing the value of the svstem. a J. Kessler of West Orange, N. J.. has + commissioner: that 4 “4 gunman opened fire on them, Dr. Henry 'S a it Yesterday the _— wounding O'Connor in the arm. She se ee ee aks ageing = wi ‘lao Dag or og would be impossible for a Board unanimously, i ‘The car's-windshield was shatter-|"* '\rsiticial arms, | contractor to make a close 2 P) Wire d-and glass ir ts cut Mrs. | structed R. W. Beck, ¢on- iP Wicephoto Mae Tae estimate on the work. He O’Connors face. sulting engineers, to make] BLACK ARROWS ON THIS MAP show how the fighting is shaping up in Korea, In the western Minutes later, two of Shockley’s said that the county could be. surer bs adequate work as y . sector, American troo; ossed the 38th Parallel in force and rolled into Red Korea along a 10- | j,xoth ived at the farm. Th S h ij A hi : Men ; a study of Key West efec-| aie air rpiaig dicseacage asi@ they rast only light resistanen et ihe stust. ede were, reported = ee arm ™Y SCHOO re itect | iam ~? roe oe Then the killer fled into a Sai commercial bills through- ig ne | heavily wooded area, apparently ys tric rates with thé idea of] massing about 63 divisions (open arrows) for an assault an U. N..positions. On the eastern, front, aay fired upon, but escaped in-; Only Oné ‘Of Nine out the city. on foot. Te engineers witl -¢|Two Armored Task Forces ,,:/Stock Island, .'|Mayor Kenhelly, “Building Pi Ojects “Coinplere » Gen. Dou MacArthur jeeped 13 miles inside North Korea te Priatt South Korean troops. He lowering both domegtic.anct wiih S06 yards of tee Goin Ved line north of Yengyane, port back. to’ the Beard in three months, it was said: 6 | D A | M Bi Age } \Chie 05 Defeats Contractor ‘Sirugo’ 4 ’ u Board members also voted Are ta pbing eeper itt ay ecome % : ; Maintains All. : working unjts. Merriam, also unanimously to. ask Monroe {Re ublican Foe a charged that not ehbugh siilled chine eocionives colina ae t ort orea Part Of Cit Po P Projects Are Ready labor was used on the projects. chise. exclusive, if possible, for D er n 0 N h Ke < y CHICAGO, April 4.—().—The i A Also at last night’s meeting the the installation of electric pow- cep : | Dernnerata are gull-insbower iA Gee Speak teen board veled: pay thee aaa A road far taxis, connécting the two runways, was also needed, er from Key West to the end of > a : aa “ nes in| Faraldo said, The commissioners i = » Bill To Incorporate { Chicago. Mayor Martin Kennelly gram of Monroe County schools|the legal expenses involved in mmissioners Little Duck Key, known as the = * One Russian-Type ‘ dhs hax been elocted’ta hie-seound =. - Soupleted, Y William the city and county's suit against| *8teed to include this in the xo- Big Pine Key power line. 2 ‘ Jc Destroyed Remainder Of Stock four-peap term, | He debate Bis ae the architect in charge’ the Atlas Investment Company. | 1U°st for bids.on the runways. Attorney J. Lancelot Lester Island Into City Republican opponent —_Robert of the program told the Monroe|!0:mer owners of the . Casa Ma'| The commissions endorsed a vas instructed to prepare the 0 ce 4 1€ In Dogfight Nez sane oe y i i ci rc resolution presented. by. the.-En- ” some votes in re 5 Wass prepi 9 hn Dogtight Near s Hunter, by s 150,000 vote: County School Board in a letter, !ina hotel, for city and county ime - ane : ° Manchurian Border Sent To Rep. Papy yesterday's election. This com-| read at the school board meeting) t@xes- pera ba Bey West ey, joard members agreed that " f ventire ig.| Pates Wit ha plurality of 270,000/ last night. The case has been decided in University "extension if the franchise for power is lve ner Ss TOKYO, : Z A bill to make the “entire is-| 2 aay courses for the city. The resolu- the c t , April 4.—(/P).—Allied i ‘votes he received in 1947. Merriam advised the board not| the city and county's favor by | tion pointed ‘out that funds were forthcoming, R. W. Beck will lnviorad ¢occes| aba aeiethnidasc. land of Stock Island” a part of. The Republicans won three of to make the final payment of| the state supreme court. The les in “akg call for bids on the necessary , ea ck, |the City of Key West is being! the five runoff elections for the | : school board agreed to pay half | T2d¢ available “by the’ ‘state, materials for the Big Pine Key | er into North Korea, probing posi- $65,000 to the contractor. 3 ‘hrough the University of Florida, recreate e Big Pine Key) ATG oun et i a ii | Sent Rep. Bernie C, Papy at the| Chicago City council but the De- O'Bryant, .| of the’ county's expenses in the | 4, such r ‘ main power line. tions where one-half million Com lmmocrata still: hawe: conéedtio® that'} 2) eee zyant, county supor-| «i. which’ amounted to ap- uch courses in various parts The entire job including later: munists may be building up for| State Legislature in Tallahassee | T°Ctals S| e intendent of schools, also read to a of the state. It asserted that Key 1e entire job including late: Attack Takes Place : és | body by a wide margin . foxenh proximately $1300,:The amount | wy, t's isolat * al lines will cost about $150,000; ‘Stlac Ss Place la spring offensive by City Commissioner Louis Car-} phe Democrats won races for.| the board a letter from Joseph Bei. of taxes and penalties to come | Vest's isolation, and its need for according to W. H. Reuss, resi-/: In River Falls, One Allied task force onthe! bonell, he said today. city clerk, treasurer and munici- | Situgo..president of the Sunshine! 4, 16 city and county drom the | Tore” trained ee Suidle exe dent engineer. The main line on ‘ ict western front has driven more} “ the pill would amend the Key} pal court judge. Construction Company, contrac-| 7 is approximately: $24,000, ‘. which bids will be ‘called for as Ala., Last Night than four miles north of the 38th) Wess charter so as to include|’ The Demockate’have rgled Chi, |(0F forthe: project, stating “All soon as the franchise is granted, parallel against heawy Commun- cobTORUaSS, wee oor ae tie RIVER FALLS, Ala. April 4.|ist resistance. It ran into heavy! Stock Island as an integral part) cago for two decades. Last Re ee eee ncand. ny bschook buses were opened at the will cost about $70,000, it. was ‘ : : ° ..) of the city. publican mayor in that city was . meeting, following a heated de said{ Lateral lines will come to, —(?).—Sheriff Cliff Meredith pie i ce lagen ee Dated April 2, the notice of in-)the late William “Big Bill” | According’ to the board's con-| bate concexning sending » these abopt $80,000. veported that a Negro man went/") ept.going tention to apply for the passage} Thompson. tract with Synshine, the building} bids to the transportation head of ‘The Board and Beck engi-'}on a shooting spree here last| a. i of bill was brought to The Citi- ——_— was to have been completed by] the state department of education gilt nother Allied task forces has saan Sa he board voted to neers agreed that the Big Pine | _. : Fi Pi zen today. It was not one of the E + ? Cl b March 30. “The bvard vote to be aproved. Both chairman Key line would probably . ant night and wounded six persons.| punched two miles into North nemeers HU . 8 i : e x i thirty-odd bills presented by abide by the architect's decision] Gerald Adams of the board and be complete until August 1952, | including Police Chief Dick Pian nein ties: - (Continued Un Page Five) and notified their attorney, Allan) Julio Cabanas, Jr., stated opin- when the $3,000,000 steam | Bowen. ; , Re ' B. Cleare, to notify the bonding that the ecunty: bomed wiaelel 2 ctor, which indicates that k = rve Here See ions that the county board shot electric plant goes into opera- | The Negro, Artie Lee Hutchi-|}; 12 aves Makes Su y compar y to invoke the $50 a day|muke the final decision an thie : it is advancing along a key rail- N d a te ott contract | make, the final decision, as they Hee. | son, was jailed for investigation.| road leading northeastward. 0 Foo Increase In order to Pay: CAS = conn pay for and use the buses to be He also said that the story in assure establish- The Citizen, following this mect- while, Beck engineers | tutchison himself was hit in the : 1 ment of university credit classes | _ In his Jetter, Merriam told the) purchased. i ng, was misléading and 1 that they needed a Had by a ae fired by Bowen,| American patrol had captured two In Past Two Weeks in Key West, the Engineers’ Club pearane, pra careare ied : supe: intend Berets be aes os if Joe 9 ies pea < green light to obtain increasing- but the wound was not consid-| hills on the central front. This is is making a survey to find out] T0m Sue Mo ae % 0 ara-) lieved the request from the sta’ commissioner there.” dy hard-to-get materials for the| oeq serious. where the Chinese are believed] WASHINGTON, April 4—(P|how many ‘people are interested | thon completed. He advise for the bids was made to protbet."“Giiittonad Gfie ie Guaksieas” main power line that will bring} “pioce wounded in addition to|t? be staging their main buildup|—A second consecutive two-weck| in taking evening classes leading not: to have a state: inapertes °f} county school boards throughout Mr. Allen denied that the com. electricity to the lower Keys. the police chief were for a possible all-out offensive.| period has passed without an in-|to college degree. _ this pea e a scene Pan TS] ARE eee om ee O18 atscloners bad not, discussed Bird Rates and service to customers |'"h PB'Wictins Atmore insur-|The patrol probed the outer de-| crease in food prices. To accomplish this purpose, the | WES Mee td in bis letter that hel Gide cok te ca eats ts Gn | ie oe eee in the lower Key nould be the aieiaaleailan akiot aastheven fenses of the buildup area. This report was made for the; ¢lub is publishing the application e nds se! D od that some confusion had ex- same as in Key W was said by Re Board member C. B. Harvey (Continued On Fage Five) Down “Red” Jet February 26-March 15 period by | 0n page two of today’s Citizen. understood the troubles of the|state, the state board can judge American jet fighters destroyed | the Federab Bureau of Labor-sta-| The University of Florida will{contractor and realized some of|if the bids are kept at a fai one Russian-type jet today in a i give these courses only if there is} the cause for the delay on the} price. (Continued on Page Three) a sufficient demand for them If} projects was due to government} The board voted to make thei eau were Atlanta, Boston, Chi-| residents are interested, they’ are | restrictions ef: materials; ‘Buti he| selection, then send all the bids Mmmm wa Columbus, New York, Rich-| urged to,complete the application | placed*the main "blame én the fact! with their recommendation to thc st proper, it)“ Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Walters, both shot in the left arm. Two unidentified Negro girls given emergency treatment at an Andalusia hospital and discharg- sted and that Rockland Key had n reality been referred to. The commissioners turned $2,- 300 over to Monroe County Hos- pital from the hospital _ “main- : i ington. on page two and send it to the' that Sirugo. failed to properly co-| state board. . (Continued ‘wh Page Fiver Sheritf Meredith, gave this] s7, PAUL'S CHO GUILD ; Engineers’ club. as soon- as pos-] ordinate the work of the sub-| The low bid, submitted by a e€ version: Presents | sible. cronromeamenon RAPA" T oontractors and that “much ill-/ Monroe’ Motors’ Company. for Hutchison was sitting on his . ‘ Boe Sle feeling. has jahisen ‘between .thes¢|"two, 48-passenger, pir eg ir porch witha AG panes anbigun ashions Commencing APRIL 2nd | (Continued On Page Five) eis teed — Foe Mating Ha fells Palace Theater Fas See the Thrifty One for ‘51 ’ ‘Langford-Phil Regan in Friday, April 6, 1951 ““"T REACH FOR | SLUDEBAKER | EL PATIO GAS IS CASA MARINA HOTEL and Reach Chit A STAR” TWINS GARAGE Key West's Newest Will Operate on the 1130 Duval Street Phone 1870 Apartments—Anhounce at aed European Plan \ Summer Rates NCCS CLUB THEATER GROUP ay . 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