The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 15, 1951, Page 1

sot, ena Se Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOU THERNMOST NE WSPAPER he Ken West Citisen IN THER . USA. VOL, LXXII._ No. 116 SS THOUSAND-UNIT NAVY HOUSING Nine Believed PROJECT WILL START AFTER | ("xi \"s JUNE 15, NAVY INFORMED ee Landscaping Plans *- Finished And Forwarded To Washington, D. C. é .Construction of the thou-|: sand-unit Navy Housing! { project here will start “im-| mediately” after June 15, Captain C. C. Adell, Com- mander of the Key West Naval Base, was informed yesterday. Last month Joseph W. Davin of Key West Homes Co., sponsor of the seven- million-dollar undertaking, announced that work would start June 1, at both hous- ing sites, the Army Bar- racks area and Dredger’s Key. However, some of the sponsor’s plans have not yet been submitted to the Federal Housing Adminis- tration. George Talley of the Coral Gables office of FHA, said that as soon as, the remaining plans are ap- proved, financing of the project can be guaranteed " avy THE U.S. NAVY SEAPLANE TENDER VALCOUR (center) gets help from a Navy tug (left) and a Coast Guard tug (right) acer she and the Collier Thomas Tracy collided off Cape Henry. Va.. Monday. Both ships caught fire after the collision. } KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1951. Ship i Collier Collide () Wirephoto Davin informed the Navy that landscaping plans for both sites have been finish- ed aiid 'forwatded. Plans for sewage disposal and water supply will reach ‘the ad- ministration shortly, he added. Spring Round-Up Ends Tomorrow The final meeting of the Spring Asks Se: Commitice To Grant Powers To Maintain A Sound Dollar WASHINGTON, May 15.—() ston warned today that we can't | Needs Unless We Cheek Inflation,” ‘Says Johnston © the nate Banking * | Five Shrimping —Economic Stabilizer Eric John- 'In Distress Roundup of pre-school children| meet our defense needs unless | will take place tomorrow at 2:30} we check inflation. And he ask- | p.m., according to Leland S.! ed the Senate Banking Commit- March, assistant superintendent} tee to grant the powers he said of Monroe County Schools. are needed to maintain a sound All mothers who attended and] dollar | registered first grade children for| Jn testimony prepared for to- | next year should bring their} day’s banking committee child to the same school that they | on control slation, Jo visited last Wednesday. Any par-!did urge the lifting of one pr ents who didn’t r dren gister their chil-| ent ceiling. ave cordially encouraged to) }y¢ their youngsters to the) : at 2:30p. m. tomorrow, a boost in the of $10,000 on fines the defe want ent top limit |for violating © produc pres- | } | | | pupils ‘fn this way “willition act. He termed the present t their teachers and class-|jimit: “an invitation to try to get | mates for the coming year. ‘It is] away with bigger pickings.” hoped that, this meeting. will] “Johnston was ‘called’ before guminate the VOU gsters’ x of} the senators in connection with starting to. school. So lwoking | the administration's request fos year, the child will have alrea ate eee " met his teachers and home room! act eyed ba spiration date ‘ot classmates | Mothers will be informed of the | PPOvisions time to take their children to the}. Fer one thing, Johnston urged| : fo tne) inclusion of rent control—omitted clinie for their health examina-| INCISION OF en een ont tion. 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The "General Clark” has only three and one-half hours of fuel, and is making no headway due to the heavy seas. or ——— Special For Tomorrow Only New 1951 De Luxe FORD TUDOR | AUTOMATIC DRIVE $50.00 Under Miami Prices Don’t buy a car from anyone un- til you have checked our prices. Let us give you proof of our big trade-in allowances. | | MONROE | | MOTORS INC. > SERVICE SALES itl |—The Navy , te tender | the now says that two are known dead and seven end presumed dead. 19 others ere in hospitals. ed at bL men. pli ed to have engine room to enter the engine room or fou compartments— taining crew quarters. 1 expected to enter ments today, Only Northeaster, Says Grady Norton, crail wainings ek Jacksonville to Key West today. an hour started the first forecaster busy informing callers the winds’ by the Housing Administra- aa did not result from a tropical} 2 storm. . tion “in about a week or ten j 66, 9 M 0 “It is a tvpical northeaste: days.” (ant Meet Our Defense soil Grech Seaton, “Saker Sea forecaster. out of a high pressure centered strong enough to shake treelimbs wrong. time and with the. wrong! Quiet On Surface fand kick upa rough Rescue Crews Have Been Unable To ‘MacArthur Strategy Would Involve UsIn Wrong War, Wrong Place, Wrong Enter Engine Room Of Four Compartments | WASHINGTON, May 15.—(1.! has_ revised—down- he official toll of yes rday’s collision of a seaplane and a merc} Atlantic fleet ant vessel of headquarters ere missing Earlier the death toll was fi wut. the Navy ains that included men_believ- been trapped in. the Rescue’ crews have been unable one of them con- the compart- but it was post- (Conunued On Page Fiver t i MIAMI, May 15.—(4).—Small continued to fly yng the Florida cast coast from Gusty winds, of 20 to 30 mi hurri- Weather were kept € of the year. at Miami “The wind is comi system} Virginia. It is} over ocean, but; ien't a storm. | He said the wind will slacken! vacasonville area along the rest of coast. | fense already has outlined at the] Senate foreign policy hear-| TimeandWith Wrong Enemy—Bradley Says Costly War Is Less Expensive Than Vast Destruction Of World War WASHINGTON, May | Bradley has told senators he believes General MacAr- Balance Now | @ 4 thur’s Korean proposals would increase the risk of glob-| al war. Bradley said that as ¢ | war is, it is less expensive than the a world war. Bradley, chairman of as the: Korean war joint chiefs of staff believe inerease the risk of globa should not be taken unnec- essarily.”” Bradley’s argument fol- lows the opinions which De- Secretary Marshall ing. Bradlev told the Senators the !fundamentel military issue in the sj foreign policy dispute is to ine by taking which additional open measu: we to dominate th n the opinion e world. Frankly, f the joint chief; rthur strategy in the wrong place, r, at the wrong enemy. Bradicy denicd that President Trvman, State Secretary Acheson} and Dei Seeretaty Marshall, have a pol all their own and! (Continued On Page Five) We Guarantee CHECK THESE PRICES Window Screens 25¢c and Up.. Good Inside Doors $5.00 . . $1.00 ... Jalousies Cheap . . Timber Very Cheap . Complete Available If Interested in a Complete Building, We Have the Following For Sale Warehouse Bulg.. 25 x 160 With Less Than 50 Percent of the Material Cost. $2659.00 De- livered in the Vicinity. Two Sections of Building No. 42. Two Bowling Alleys. or Divide Into Cabins, $26: Alleys. The Other Section, Approximately 27x45, Suitable for Nice Home, About $2350.00 Delivered. Building T-106, 26 x 150, Suitable to Cut into Sections for Du- plexes or Houses, Beautiful Oak Flooring, About $4590.00 Delivered in Three Sections. Also Two Big Houses Suitable for Apartments: ‘Two Small Warehouses for Sale, Cheap, Note; The Delivered Prices Above Do Not Include Permits or the Necessary. 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China is| fnot the px SANGIN nation seeking| at the} 15.—(AP).—General Omar | ostly in lives as the Korean| vast destruction of | | the joint chiefs of staff, said But, he added, “The that these same measures do} | war and that such a risk | \ iPapy Introduces | |City Mill Raise TALLAHASSEE, May 15.— (P)—Rrpresentative Bernie | ©. Papy today introduced | HBI178 requiring City of Key West to levy special | two mill ad valorem for maintenance and operation cf Monrce County hospital at Stock Island and declar- ing hospital .or municipal as | well 2s county purposes. i} | | | Rollins College WINTER PARK, Fla., May 15.' —().—Rollins College here is quiet on the surface today fol- |, Hlowing:-the discharge of its presi- !dent, Dr. Paul Wagner by the p school’s board of trustees. But more fireworks may explode at any time with two men—Dr. Wag- ner and Dr. Hugh McKean—cl. ing the school’s top post. For took over Sunday night prexy, but he is us } fice as Dr. Wagner continues to! occupy the president's office. ended their strike which followed | I tie turur started by Der Wegne ‘disclosure two months ago that he planned to ban intercollegiate athletics and fire 23 professors for reasons of economy. In a :radio broadcast last night, Dr. {Wagner said he was ready to take ‘action, legal or otherwise, to up- hold the principles of decency: and fair play. House Grants $100 Teacher Raise TALLAHASSES, May 15.—(). y a vote of 69 to 21 the Flor ida House has passed a 268 mil-| lion dollar gencral appropriations Will. The bill, which contains fig- ures close 1¢ final ones adopt-| ed by the te, allows a 100 dollar a year pay’ raise for all {school teacher ince the figures | are close to those of the Senate, a compromise shouldn't be too hard to reach. The biggest differences are that the House voted more than three (Continued on Page Three) Elks Club Benefit HOLIDAY DANCE SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, | 10:00. P.M. TILL ”?” Public Cordially Invited | Elks Club Annex Enjoy Dancing In Our Air-Conditioned Auditorium Re Se oe ‘For Cost Of MacArthur's proposals have strong military value as far | ‘Living Raise stee Lowe City Of Key West’s $406,850.23 —* Teachers Ask Declare Monroe County Schools Are Being Operated On 1947 Salary Basix Monroe County teachers have asked the proper coun- ty officials to good hool teachers an adequate pay salary and thereby assure} Monroe County a _ well- qualified and able faculty. The following statement was is- sued today in regard to teachers’ salaries. “There are many factors rela- tive to sehools with which our eachers and school officials are confronted and which they wish |to brihg to the attention of the of Monroe County. 3 hetero are} $49 992- Se being ‘operated on a 1947 salary basis. Since that time the cost of living, has increased to such an (Continued. Cn Page Eight) Stock Prices Drop Sharply NEW YORK, May 15.—(@).— Prices broke as much as $5 a hare in a selling rush on the tock exchange today. The high speed ticker was four minutes behind at one time in re- Meanwhile, the students have j Porting actual transactions on the floor of the stock exchange. There was no immediate ex- | planation for the fall. Some brok- ers said it possibly was the result of an economic accumulation -of adverse and political news. When the selling drive ended ;in about thirty minutes, many of the losers rebounded fram their lowest points. Hardest hit were oils, and motors. were andard Oil (NJ), Chrysler, Bethlehem}, Gypsum. heaviest rails, | HAVANA $20.00 Round Trip Reservations - Tickets Domestic and Foreign SIMONE TRAVEL AGENCY 510 Southard St. Ph. 298 Opposite Greyhound Bus. Terminal Excessive speed one firmly set. Thank You, BREWER COMPANY OF FLORIDA The cooperation of the good people of } ing the speed limit (15 miles per hour) on eee esd tee at a Cash Receipts For Past Month Drop Some $25,181.29, Chas, Roberts Reports of Key cash bal as of May 06, ‘ led in a summary ued by Charles R finance The amount was $25,181.29 less than \for a similar period last y | Revenue receipts of the of Key West realized ‘April 1951 show a deercase of 23.96 percent when compared with April 1950 receipts and an increase of 53.13 percent when compared with collections during | April, 1949, Disbursements for equipment and operating costs during April, 1951, show an inerease of 40.90 percent when compared with ex- penditures during April 1950 and an increase of 27,28 percent when compared with April 1949 dis- bursements. Capital expenditures for equip- ment, ete. aggregates nearly 11% percent of the total disburse- ments during April of 1952. ; Revenue cones _Jast- month West’ lis § Vity nce tement i; ' Roberts, director. City during ror. Individual account receipts were as, follows: : Year Delinquent Taxes (net) $ 3,072.80 Redemption of Tax Certificates : Sale of Tax Certificates 1,357.83 Interest, Costs, ete. 263.12 Occupation Licenses 968.50 | License ‘Penalties _. 32.25 Bicycle Licenses ? 43.00 Auto Safety Inspections _. ree Scavenger Serves Fees 6,1 Sewer Service Fees .. “6, Cigarette Tax ...... ee Fines and Forfeits _.. ~4/784.00 Miscellaneous 2,748.64 Total— $37,708.95 |Marathon Boat Is Missing At Sea A 34-foot cabin cruiser with Nickel | five men aboard is’ missing since Cities yesterday afternoon. The vessel is owned by ty Hazlewood of | Marathon and was due té ‘dock yesterday after a two-day fishing trip to the Cay Sal banks. The Coast Guard office in Key West requests that anyone | Know- ing of the location of the boat should so inform the» Coast Guard. Palace Theater ane ‘THE ee the rosd. were $37,708.95. r wD,