The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 11, 1951, Page 5

rs. be re Bee ses P- of id 0 d is ys 5, y bee le Se a ee we we : ¢: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 912, 1951. + ounty In B * Clerk Adams Reveals County Had* ~ $269,637.88 As Of March 31 : The Monroe County Commissioners learned last; night that:the county ‘is in a better ‘financial position| Ahan at any, preyious time in its history. | , County Clerk.Earl Adams revealed that the County | had $269,637.88 at the end of the first six months of the! current fiscal year on March, 34,.' 8 435-434 4d | This figure | was com—————— pared with $214,398.73 for Funeral'‘Servi oe he'same period’ last year, Sunday For Hicks $157,048.51 in 1949, andj $162,415.60 the year be- | fore. And Roberts “The balance now is the! Funeral serviees for highest in the history of Roberts, 33, and ciy: Monroe County,” said Ad-{?7 he were accidental “ all hed on ams. “There isn’t another}, county of this size. in Flor, ida that is in a better finan-| cial position.” « Puring the. first six months period; aceording to Adams, the county; spent. $263,032.50. This| compres with |$250,547.57 for an tqvivalent pert6d-last’ year, $258,- 143.67’ the ycar before, and $250,-: 656.53 in the first six mouths of Albert G V. Hicks. + drown Sunday even trin in Channel. will be held during Ch ay af- ternoon from the Pritchard Bun- | eral Home Chapel at 4 p.m. Futlér “Joseph } Marin, St Mary’s SI of the Sea Catholic Church, will officiate at’ the serv- ices”'Burial will bein the Family Plot in the City Gemeterv. Mr Roberts ‘served in the. United States Marine Corps and Mr, Hicks ‘served in the U.S. Coast tHe. 1948 fiscal year. | Guard. during World War I. Full (-sOL, this amount; $89,754.85 was] Military honors, will be cohdugted dgyoted ta. the construction of @t the graveside by the Key new roads: Expenditures in this West Guard of Honor of Arthur category multiplied almost eight|Sa@wyer Post No. 28, American times since the first six months of | #810. last year. In that time, $11,655.56|. Mr. Roberts is survived by his was the entire amount spent onj father, Ernest Roberts; one sister, naa nies. Mrs. Dorothy. Williams; several The latest expenditures for| Pieces and nephews. Mr. Hicks is roads have reached a new high} survived by his wife, Mrs, Vir- for the county, Adams said. He|&inia Hicks; two children, Clyde adtied that a large part of this}#%d Marshall; parents, Mr. and money comes from gasoline tax. |Nrs.. V..S. Hicks, Sr. Starke, | The Monroe County Beach andj ¢'!a.; four brothers, V. S. Hicks, Recreational. Activities branch rq: | JF», and Tommy V., both serving ceived $11,109 during, .the six,in the Armed Services in Korea, months period. This sym included} Etrl‘Scott ‘and Gerald of Starke, . the, post, of eonstructing the three Fla.; two sisters; Mrs. ° Harty = ©ReW courts, at, the County Beach} Derch and Miss Ann ¥ Hicks, fishing B a su @bout, $8,009), aswell as work ‘Adapis said.-that,,$18, >paibean,used, sa, fax. Sree thes on. thes recreational. park at Ta’ ernier, to ,.whigh, $3,225 was, de- »woted, 5, £W --county. welfare, fang; -Of his, is aanoupt, $6,000 ;had -been; given te’ * Monteoe: County Hospital... «! 2 Invadidtion, the hespital reeciv- Jvddh $21,500 dirdm..the regular hos- pitahsfund, bringing its. total to 2 $99,5004 This: amount is about: eqbivalent i «that eipeanat this time. |! spent last buy end sell the engine, rather than just rent it.” C. A. Wan Deursen, City Elec- trie ‘general manager, asked his arke, Pia. k V Erne padies win Wie ih siate at Prigchard’s chapel from 6 p. m. jae \Ghtih thhid GF BA Tices Oun- Window MacARiHUR TO “\Weutitiued Fron! Pagd Une RN rete est Financial Condition In Its THE KEY WES? CITIZEN PAGE WORLD'S RECATION re ST ‘i that being revealed in our own (Co; tinued From Page One) | 80vernment. ¢CQntinued From American critics of General Mac- K nits him to “come Arthur, — . United States after The senator warned that now| New Altied success in Korea! of’ 14 years. the whole Far East is’ placed in| coincide with today’s news of | jeopardy. ; | WITH UNITED NATIONS ! General. MacArthur's. .removal fram command gives the United} Nations perhaps, its biggest sur-| ise since the Korean war be- a es—especially the j General re Prony Pim. | “In fact, an official communique A a siseigeer the: atten, €X-) pictures U.N. forces as on the Major’ Geni ed wish of a number of| offensive and holding the initiq-| DF%:. Milita: MacArthur's’ dism from. command. ,, Allied. plan and artillery have wiped out the massing. center. -.pf,. Shorwon,' General MacArth where three Red Chinese armies) Notice of his di were being palued, fer a,spring | family lunct offensive in west-central Korea. | home. There tive on the Korean battlefronts. WHAT THEY SAY MacArthur Received Ouster Notice With Silence nur jnounced. This has been his fin-] McCarthy a eéali,| Fage One} iS hour. back to the an absence Gen. Ridgway: No Comment | , General Matthew Ridgway has refused to comment on his ap- pointment to the post’ held “by |General MacArthur. Ridgw re- ceived the news as he was visit- ing, frontlines with Army Secre- tary Frank Pace. It has not been ennounced when Ridgw will fly to Tokyo to take over hi ev duties as U.N. ew Far East. British and French, But MacAr-| This dispite the fact that 500,000 'GOP Leader Say: ther has supporters in the U.N.,|Reds were ma: for a huge "| Republican Senate Leader as well as his opponents. The} counter-attack just one week |Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska main difference was that MacAr-| ago. said: “The President has re- T opponents were more out-; Today, the —- panes cchagak sadihout ‘oday } moved the general without con- en. Those who ‘have béen only a single, U.N, Military Command |sulting the American people. iemanding the U.N. commander’s South Korea ecretary Says: | Anything can happen in oCn- fficial scalp opposed him largely tive nifi r Genera n fear that he heir might embroil countries in a war which they do net want and for which they hold they are not prepar Realizing {President Truman's | action owever, all U.N. members con-| tected and advised of the <it-| ation refused to comment. The bviously were surprised Netherlands Delegate Danic!| Von, Balluseck—president of the| Security Council—was among those surprised by the news and would not discuss the mubject., He! said the matter was one for the} United States. government and| not for the Security Council since the United States was act- ing as agent for the U.N. in car rying on the war. and MecARTHUR BRIEFS Here now is other news, in brief, related either directly or indirectly to the MacArthur and Far East situations: In Australia In Australia, Prime Minister Robert Menzies ‘has praised Gen- eral MacArthur's conduct of the U.N. fight :in Korea. The Aus- tralian leader said MacArthur is @ man “entitled to great honor in Australia.” Menzies described as. “queer’’ the theory of MacArthur critics that all required in Korea‘is to oe tirtue’ the ‘Asthiir. But” the, military, EST MNS MMe Goneeet secretary. of » the. Nations © command— General Courtney Whitney —says the:five-star general took thé’ news; “magnifi- cently and. without turning a hair.” General newsmen: “T have just left the gen-. Whitney told eral. He received the word Pace, Jr. arrived at Eighth Army opinion by Chairman Eisner, said: ‘ 5, ne ¥ = “Fg rent it, not buy it. Then-| 9f the President's dismissal the owners are responsible for the. engine when we finish with it.” from command magnific- pled Se Aan a esars that “if we are going to néego- fiate'on Korea.” negotiations must be conducted from strength and not from weak- | ness. He said’ that never was @ campaign conducted with more skill than MacArthur has shown in Korea. push the Communists north of | With Pace In Korea Secretary of the Army Frank headquarters yesterday to learn: gf frontline problems in Korea Commented Pace on his ar- ently.. He never turned a) rival: “My sole purpose is to | Horace O'Biyant said he) hair, His soldierly qualities | thought it should be merely erie H 4 rented: Decision of purchase Lepr never more wenger? will be made later, it was said. present three §}members bution system, expansion, al tions to powemip omit plan for officers and em loyees. The resolution asks that the City Commission adopt a resolu- tion authorizing the Trustee of the system, the Miami Beach The United Nations’ ground ad. First National Bank to transfer| vance is moving methodicall: a maximum total of $40,710 from the Reserve contingency fund to this special Fund No. 29, in the Florida National Bank in Key West. The tranfers of funds shall not be made, the resolution ~states, unless and until the” consulting gineer has firgt filed .a certin enginee ‘st of hitney added: is hag been ,his finest * < Z . our." Se TAN © "News of tHe’ ehange of Korea. Even now, ma troops may not-know'that they have a new command- er. northward, paced bv artillery The an Chinese air. preparation. Communists base of Chorwon, on) been} the western front. has blasted to ruins by American ar- tillery. It is 17 miles north-of Par- allel 38. On the central front. the fight continues ‘for the third biggest power “Uhit in Korea. the Hv " | AL’ Commiatider Cocke i } Sestow i ngthir in the Far Bast policy dis reaching the front i fieste for eee ual abr }:fh0n reserwoiPsAflied troops have venich fee, tein Teached its southern shores, but prove the @ 4 ae ~ gpcensorship clouds exact Pe a nt “tions. Sarr read € Board soem + { There is little or no Commv-! Lahidern ae % these Mist resistance on the east coast, y ve. eer County where South Korean troops have eck eng w stew Commissioners 1g@ week. * 2 '} thrust about 15 miles north of the At that time C@ynty Compiaite so at Eighth’ Atmy 4 x Bio ighth Atmy sioners inform; { cig cae tid Barter> is that Licutenant they woul os MGenefal Frank Milburn, the First 30 or 35 yeal 2 vaca. 2 City Electric system for ene sion of electric power to and in- Gorps commander, will command the Eighth Army until General Van Fleet arrives. cluding Big Pine Key. .| Stunning Blow ! Gounty attorney Paul Sawyer The Chinese ~ Nationalists on was instructed by commissioners | Fo onosa are taking the change to meet with State Road De- partment oficials to check on State right of way for the main line. Attorney Lester said that he will confer with Sawyer as to’ the next steps on the State and «-eounty- action. of command as a stunning blow to thei~ cause. Only yesterday, Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek said that the dismissal of MacArthur would ‘be a grave setback for the anti-Communist cause in Asia. Today, he is dismissed. see conditions in Korea.” He had just left Tokyo after long talks with MacArthur, Tn Washington alain, President | Trémgn.ehtbbed American Le-| gion Coierstinne Etle*Cocke, Ir. | —a-upporter of Geferal MacAr- | a “Cocke ‘had an appointment to disclose ‘his views to Mr. Tru- man at the White House, but the President cancelled the ap- pointment of the Purple Heart | veteran with the comment that Cocke already had given his views to the press and radio. | Great Britain Informed Washington officials say Britain has asked the United} States to revise the proposed Jap-! anese peace treaty so as to give; Formosa to the Chinese Com- munists. Britain is undersiood also to have asked in a terse note that the American government in- clude Communist China in Jap- anese peace treaty negotiations now underway. Britain recog- nizes the Red China’ regime. Informants say the propo: are not acceptable to the Ameri- can government, Chicago In Chicago, the head of the Na- tional Association of Evangelicals —Dr. Frederick Fowler of Pitts- burgh—has blamed left-wing forces in the American govern- ment for what he termed “the/ repudiation” of the Chinese Na-} tionalist government. H Dr. Fowler would not dispute charges of corruption in the} Chiang , Kai-Shek government. | But he said the Chinese political corruption “was not as wide- » spread cr as deeply rooted as the great magnitude: ago. John N. 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