The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 13, 1951, Page 1

i Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only | 1° Fahrenheit | Che Kev - Se UTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE est City U.S.A. Associated Press Teletype | tures and Photo Services it 71 Years Devoted to the | st Interests of Key West 89 VOL. LXXII. "No. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1951. PRIC, b FIVE ( CEN $44,671 Spent For Street Repaving Program During February, March Key West’s financial statement issued monthly corroborates the statement that “the city is in the best, financial condition in its, | history,” made at City Com- mission meeting Monday night. Key West revenue re-' ceipts rose almost fifty per-' cent during March of this year over the same month in 1950, it was announced today by City Comptroller, Charles R. Roberts. Compared with 1949, the || increase was 111 percent,} Roberts said. | Disbursements for general city operations and capital expendi- tures for equipment during March 1951 went up 59 percent over March 1950. It should be noted, said Roberts, that 29 percent of the above indicated increase in expenditures is due to the pur- chase of a dragline and compres- sor during March 195! Total revenue reciepts in Key ycontinued On Se Kight) Ai irport Issue To Be Aired Here Tonight's meeting of Commis- sioners, City Manager Dave King and Rogelio Gomez, will be a special open meeting, said ng. The press and public are invited to the meeting. which will be limited to discussion of Meacham field only Gomez offered $25,000 in cash (Continued On ape eet: Three? LOOK-—-LOOK 1951 KAISER 4-DOOR SEDAN—A one-owner car, very low mileage . . . Refer te our adv. in Classified Columns TWINS 1130 Duval St. Phone 1870 - 1871.! of our employees, we will close It is our earnest desire to ning till 8 o'clock. freshness be greatly appreciated. Saturday sy Bee Bakery” CITY'S. | Attend Conyention | EFFECTIVE APRIL 22ND Owing to present existing conditions and for the betterment customers in every way and will remain open Saturday eve Baked Products will be prepared late Saturday to insure for Sunday. The cooperation of our customers will We Solicit Your Orders for Fresh Bread, Rolls Pies and, Cakes. for ” Malaais Brothers Bakery Matchetts Bakery Perez Brothers Bakery ZA 1p Ss STATUTE mikes ae fp Res ae OA hunche - SOUTH (Cen: ‘a HUNGNAM UF Yonghung 3 Sco of Japon (®) Wirephoto Map PLANE SYMBOLS ON THIS MAP locate the scene of the great- est jet plane battle in history o ver northwestern Korea Thurs- day. Engaged in the air fight were 80 Russian MIG-l5s and 72 American F-86s and F-64s. The U.S. planes shot down five enemy jets, probably destroying two more, and damaged 15. The broken line on the map shows the approximate battlefront Thursday. Solid arrows show where Allied forces are exerting greatest pressure against the Reds (open arrows). The heaviest fighting was at Chorwon and near Yanggu on the southeastern edge of the Hwachon Reservoir, Veliz, Molina To Veliz, the *nobie}* Lodge, No. 15,} Francisco grand of Cuba 1.0,0.F.,. and», represeptgtive » the grand lodge , of, Florida, .j leaving Sunday morning for $a) ‘ae | sota to attend the convention of| the order in»thatscitys Mr. Veliz is being accompanied! by Vicente Molina, also past noble grand of the. lodge. | Tarpot Blazes A blazing tar pot was no match for the Key West Fire Department this morning. Ar engine was dis- patched at 7:45 a. m. ,to exting- uish the fire in the 1700 block of Flagler avenue. Fine Fishing Tackle Thompson Enterprises. Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Phone 886 Phone “886 cameras ee Serer our businesses on Sundays. please and accommodate our ff! | | {cer disclosed the joocen Bening THANK YOU. ———— ade pa tiated ee neebeeeeetd AF Announces iLoss Of 5 Planes “WASHINGTON, April 13.—(>) —Thé Air Force announced today AF ert 0.8. B-29 SuperPortre’ 4 ? lbombeds! have been, sidot{ Adwri in Korea.” The announcement »was made| after an. Ajr Force briefing offi- loss of two of, the big tombers in an air battle with Red jets near the Yalu,river yesterday. Three additional B-29s (Continued on Page Three) "Palace Theater Allen Rocky Lane-Eddie Waller in “Vigilante Hideout” For The Best eles In Used Cars’ women Se HE TWINS. GARAGE 1130 Duval St., Phone 1870 GARDEN CLUB Will Hold A CAKE AND FOOD SALE at the Woman's Clu) SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH, AT 3:00 P.M. THE 'Casa Marina Hotel ‘and Beach Club Is! Now Operating on the Eviropean Plan RATES Double $3 up Sifigle $6 “up Wengerful-Bpad <aRnterisinment Cocktail Lounge Closing Date—May 2nd PHONE 308 4P -| Statement credited to His Honor} have} | | _ Of Navy Woes Clubs _ To Be Held In City Meeting Will Draw Several Hundred i Women To Key West In Fall Of 1952 The Navy Wives Club of Ainerica, a national group} | hold its 1952 convention in Key West, it was announced | | today. | The national club made the decision to hold its 1952 convention here at its 1950 convention in Bremerton, Washington. Mary Smith, chairman of arrangements, of the local La Con- cha Navy Wives Club No. 88. Local club president is.Mrs. Teresa Braxton. The convention will draw several hundred women i to Key West in the fall of 1952, local leaders said. Further plans for the Key West convention of the Navy Wives will be made at the Navy Wives regional meeting in Jacksonville, May 8th and May 9th, it was said. Ten Key West Navy Wives will go as delegates to that convention, taking concrete offers of Key West hos- pitality with them. They will also take an exhibition of Key West sca shells to the regional meeting. The 195t Convention of the Navy Wives will be held at Chicago. he Fake Sieietw Way ‘Eisner Denies fe iM Sa SE a tall |Papy’s Propesdél | aking Hospital | 4mendment To Be Statement At Meet (Brought Up Today, Mayor Louis M. J. Eisner today ;answered a letter signed by the’ Women’s Hosp:tal Auxiliary vit yesterday's Citizen. The Auxiliary took-issue-with a| TALLAHASSEE, April 13. ().—Fep. ‘Bernie Pany of Monrose. County will bring. up, today. Friday, his sroposed amendment to the State Con- stitution to ‘make’ Monroe County a separate senatorial district, the Thirty Ninth. ‘The bill was ready for ac- tion Thursday, but Papy gave his‘time to D.C. Jones of Collier County, who got House agreement on a bill to let certain children appear in the motion picture now being filmed at Naples. Paov said his constitutional amendment would give the in the Herald ‘that the hospital is| “not: very: good, anayway"! | Said the Mayor! “I.read*the ar- | ticle-in the Mieini-Herald of Apr-} i) Lend Jetter: to.the Editor in| | April 12tb’s Citizen. : And I em- | phatically;. deny. making the ; statement that the hospital is not} very good, anvwav “I spoke io ine Herald reporter, Mr. Taft, and he denies writing | the article and told me that he at no time heard that statement} j made. . State thirty nine senators in- “It is indesd a shame that these] stead of thirty eight as now (Contmuea Fight. | constituted, and would split ame Morroe County away from See the... | Lee and Collier in the dis- | trict mow served by Senator a | CROSLEY James A. Franklin. The House is expected to complete action on the Papy ! | bill today., Following is ~an- Twins Motor Co. | octieramendment whith would 1130. Duval St. Tel, 1870! require the state “legislaturé GE «tO redistrict in 1953. instead’ - of waiting until 1960 and an- New 4 Ss | other federal census. ow Sor, Summer Rates =| — Babh.. is fighting. to. set SURF HOTE!. | Momree county a stronger 521 UNITED STREET voice im:the legislature, and One Boek Vr his chances this session. ap- pear io be excellent. Beach i Daily Rates from $1.50 Person Dacias the Summer eae : Raul's Restaurant WillBe Closed Mondays sm WE W'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE SAME H HIGH QUALITY FOOD AT REASONABLE PRICES (COMPLETE DINNERS FROM $1.85) LOREN LONG AT THE HAMMOND ORGAN NIGHTLY Herb Rose and His Men From‘Mars Playing Music You Love To Dance’To Friday and Saturday Nights NEVER A COVER OR MINIMUM - COME JOIN THE FUN AT Res Announcement was made today py Mrs. Josephine ‘| Stankiewicz, corresponding secretary and Mrs. j composed of thousands of wives of enlistea men, will. ind Gen. MacArthur's iahahpdnee- tle Reck,.. Park. Flag was-lowered by eek aS MacAithur “got ¢ raw, desl” whe kok Ok Astrologer Says 3th } x *k *® THE FLAG FLIES AT HALF STAFF before the building at Lit- Ark. in which Gen. Douglas | January 26, 1880. At that'time. the house w: commanded Ly MacArthur's father. It is FRIDAY TE, 13TH FAILS TO! Affects Only Certain “Signs” National Convention MacArthur Wants To Get His Views Before Congress; ” Arrives Monday In U. S.A. Declares General Wants To Minimize War, Not Spread It TOKYO, Apr. 13.—‘AP) | —General MacArthur is ex- |} pected to reach San Fran- j cisco Monday night. | The General and his party plan to leave Tokyo | Sunday at 5 p.m. E.ST., in MacArthur’s own plane, ; SENATE INVITES DISPOSED GENERAL TO SPEAK WASHINGTON, April 13. | —(P)—The Senate Armed 4 Services Committee has in- | vited General Douglas Mac- | Arthur to appear before it to discuss American policy in the Far East. The commiiice chairman, Georgia Democrat Richard Russell. declared that the American people are entitled to know all the facts of the MacArthur controver- sy. except where security forbids. SCAP, named’ after ‘his former title in Japan—Sup- reme Comander, Allied Powers. Flying with the general will be Mrs. MacArthur, their 13-year-old son, Art- ie ~ six associates. party Pp over- age “Be aches proceed’ to , San’ Franeiséo where the general has ten- (Continued On Bai Eigniy | (#) Wirephoto ‘ur wah born on on a military post rw el Macarthur ag abe se Game on Presiden eon ogegnenna On one Key West x * * FRIGHTEN 13° KEY WESTERS By SUSAN McAVOY Friday the 13th frightens few Key Westers. Thirteen out of 13 men and wo- {men I polled this morning said: “It's just like any other day to me.” Fuller Brush Manager | ome e—eee | Leeds, who is an astrologist on the | Poor Old Craig side, said: “The onjy people who should (Continued On Page Eight) —— ae SERVICE STATION Fyangls. a! at Division Phone. 9134 aur PUN DAL Dealer =; © I mT : reas rf j Summer Rates In, Effect. >, change, ¥pur" oi seas’ ras Hill Yaar Bar worse PRESCDAS .wcoruernce ow MARGARET STERN | SCONCERT PIANIST — Benefit of the Key West Library Fund HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Friday, April 13, 8:30 P.M. Admission $1.20, incl. tax Tickets Available At Door Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Presents Spring Fashions Casa Marina Hotel: Sun., Apr. 15,5-7 p.m. Kiddie Clothes by Children’s Corner Fashions by Rubin Appel ; Shoes by Rose Bootery Jewelry by Beachcomber Hair Styling by Donald's Beau- ty Shop Music by Gellrich’s Orchestra Adm. $1.00, Tax Incl. ~ ELS’ Saturdigy. April DOOR P DONATION. . . 525 CASH AWARD The Key West Ministerial As- sociation, in a special session af the First Methodist Church on Friday, the 13th of April, voted to take up the! matter of the pro- posed “Wide Open Key West* on Sunday morning, April 22.Ali-the Hank | pastors will use the subject, “You Can't Do That Here.” The next regular meeijng of the association will be held at Ley Memorial’ Methodist “Church 18 on Monday, May 7. The’members City erg saa and ge r interested 14, From 9PM. TTENDING GUESTS Public Cordially Invited