The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 21, 1951, Page 8

Paget THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Less Than 200 | Herman Martin \Is Dead At 106 SPOKANE, Wsh. #—Herman F. Martin, who was turned down Glad Tiding Messages Left fer military service in the Civil War because of ili health, died Little Consolation For | Thvrsday. He was 106 The 7,853 Families Of | Missing Men Who Are Not On The List By JOE HALL Hl WASHINGTON (®—The Defense} Department has less than 200 glad, tidings messages still to send out! to families of American prisoners | of war in Korea, but a glimmer] of hope remains for those who will] not get one. | The Pentagon announced Thurs-! day night it had sent telegrams! DESCRIBED AS to next of kin of 3,006 of the 3,198 al aces men. whose names were furnished) SATISFACTORY ih the Communists in Korea Tues-| MAN HIS AGE jay. | At the same time, however, the} radio in the Red Chinese capital! at Peiping continued to broadcast purported greetings from Allied °Vvich Is 72 Years Old Today FOR By EDDIE GILMORE MOSCOW \f 5 Djugashvili prisoners to their home folks. Some aS Generalissimo Josep! names in the broadcasts were not' Prime Minister of the Soviet | on the lists handed over to truce, jgn—became 72 years old today negotiations. I Se marked the day It was reealled, too, that Russia's), Little ans ae ae nek ag United Nations delegate, Jacob The press observe rd of Sta Malik, several months ago produc-|S0uncements of the ed a peace appeal he said was lin Prizes for stren froth ‘Americans, captured in the Anes the peoples Korean fighting. There were 37 leg-| N° seat sboed ane ible signatures and 27 of these| Vet Stalin's birthd: thening peace been made ince he a Ht v.|70, a decade birthday that called seman sie pot tisn up on Tuesday's forth great celebrations through Jout the Red world The 192 names out of 3,198 re-| Stalin was presumed to be spend maining to be tracked down. at t his desk, be the Pentagon presented special| Ing his biriha y alls _ ihe ‘ret problems, mostly over confusion| Miné : } of identity. Military officials MONAT Seis “health: wan described here unable, to say exactly how long! .. satisfactory for a man of his it would take to complete checking| age. on these. | (Observers outside the Soviet The bulk of the work in fitting paye noted his recent public ap- the names to next of kin, home! pearances have been fleeting, and towns and street addresses was|that the Soviet press has been eleaned up in one 38-hour spurt at the sprawling building which houses defense headquarters here. ; publishing old photos showing him | in glowing health, inst of newer 2 ones which might show him to be BR began Tuesday, night, extended failing, He has been reperted ill through...all of Wednesday, and) several times since the war, and through: the early morning hours] scraps of information indicate his to about dawn Thursday. health is poor. He is said to puff So far, military officials find the! at the slightest exertion. Medical Communist-supplied list jibes, for) circles indicate he may have some the most part, with records here.|kind of heart disease.) ‘Theré were few discrepancies and| Since the war he has most. of these were cleared up by/ annual autumn holiday in extensive checking. warmth of Southern Russia, usu But this was little consolation for! jally returning by his birthday. No the 7,853 families of missing men, public announcement of a holiday taken an the whose names were not on the list.jhas been made this year, but he For them, the Christmas season is presumed to have taken his was bleaker than ever, aside from| annual rest as usual the faint hopes stirred by such| The six winners of the Stalin Communist gestures as the Peiping| Prizes are Mrs. Monica Felton broadcasts and the Malik docu-|housewifely British novelist: Anna ment. Seghers, a German novelist; Pi About 20 names on the Commu-! etro Nenni, leader of the pro-Com nist POW list appeared to be those Munist faction of the Italian So. of American soldiers previously re-| Cialist Party; George Amadu, a ported as killed in action.’ But some! Brazilian author; Kuo Mo-jo, pres of these proved to be confusions ident of the Chinese Aci resulting from two names exactly Sciences) and Ikuo Oyama alike. All were being investigated) 9¢8€ professor. closely by military authorities. Prizes to each are 4 In North Carolina, a tiny blonde} 10,000 rubles (equal of at bride faced a heart-rending dilem-| the Russian official exchange rate) ma after learning she may have! 2"d world recognition as favorites two husbands. of world Communism whether they Mis: Agnes Dixon Sasser found| Want such recognition or not = st, a correct beg num-| a, er ‘Of her first husband, Walter Elks i} I Hh Rixon,.j on, the list’ although’. she! S 10 initiate May he had been killed. she had) Three Member. celleeted: his $10,000 GI insurance. iree members The POW list came out only aj Two Key Weste liam Sasser announced their secret! vented them fr unde r marriage, which took place in Sep-| their initiation BPOE tember. | Elks, and another who is due t trip to visit his home at LaGrange, | subjects of N. C., when word of the POW list| ceremony came. ny of Japa in the 1 F 0. the had “been ‘tidtified~oftictally—lest had few days after she and Pfc. Wil-| ice Arme The Sassers were starting on a! enter the Coz ast Guard special for initiation the Elk ate {lub on Dec. 26th | "The men, Mertland ¢ and Joe Fleitas, who en thereby Yr emonie wil be “J just don’t know what te do,”! the bride said services | initiation |home on Ch |} mond Sawyer j ter the Coast’G the t 1s d RB 7h l Issued By The VA Florida Veterans seeking benefits | the oe during the next two weeks were | ~ reminded today by the Veterans | Administration that all V-A Offices, | except hospitals, will be closed on the Noondays of December 24 and 31, and open on the Saturdays of | December 29 and January 5. The! offices will close also Christmas | Day and New Year's Day. The holiday work-weeks were set by presidential order. Offices affected in Florida are | the Pass-A-Grille and Miami Re- | gional Offices and their local offi- | aes at Daytona Beach, Gainesville, | Jacksonville, Lakeland, Marianna, | Ortando, Pensacola, llahassee, | WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF Children’s TOYS COME TO THE TROPICAL TRADER 718 Duval St. Phone 100i Friday, December 21, 1951, 5 ‘Joseph Stalin | Snow Is Fun, But . , Cashier Ellen Penko told police, linstead of paying for the dinner \he quietly drew a pistol robbed |her of $40, and sped away. Miss Penko said none of some 30 other ‘or Some, Judge Refuses Eats Meal; Then To Expunge Robs Restaurant PHILADELPHIA — “P—A shab-| persons in the restaurant knew ! bily clothed man ordered and ate/ what had happened. ury eport one of the most expensive meals} - | on the menu in a midtown res-| Talent is that which is in a ! taurant Thursday night. Then,: man’s power. Grand Jury Had Criticized Riviera Beach Cou On | Floating Bond Issue Fly to Havana Also For Reservation anywhere in the WEST PALM BEACH (#—Circuit | Judge Joseph S. White has denied ja motion to expunge portions of a Palm Beach County grand jury report criticizing the Riviera Beach | Town Council’s handling of a water Three Flights Daily TO HAVANA j m expansion program Leave Arrive ‘ | he report brought in question Flight Koy West Havana :. ed ‘here shows that the grand jury’s 952 10:15 A.M. 11:00 A.M, Unit States on , |investigation disclosed conduct of 954 1:45 P.M. 2:30 P.M, sos | town officials concerning which the |} geg M. | Scheduled Airlines :00 P.M. 1:45 P.M, citizens of the town were entitled ‘ . ” | to be fully informed,” Judge White Call at « : |said Thursday. TO KEY WEST 121 Duval St ii ts SES i a eames | “To expunge the same from the Leave ee jreport now is to say that it was Flight Havana ey West |, ; : jthen the duty of the grand jury [| 951 9:00am. s«sam, | Next to Margaret THESE KIDS are having t u . : 'to suppress the information. such 953 12:30 P.M. 5 P.M. iches of st jumpe rib ae ja stand is in direct opposition to 955 3:00 P.M. 3:45 P.M, Ann Store part of New York on rec nd r i € {the principles of which the grand t jury system was founded.’ |of the soport was fig ty cites Small Craft Steel Labor Warnings Are Up Dispute Talks Holi AEROVIAS “Q” S. A. ROGELIO GOMEZ, Agent 162 - 448 - 1106 Beach Councilmen Fred Ownes, Joahn A, Flaherty and William |Savacool. Their attorneys contend. jed at a hearing Monday that the jgrand jury bad exceeded its au | thority. Citrus Shipping lay Begins Phones: Airport: 482 LAKELAND w—The annual wa na cot a rc i sig e's saree ees, | CHRISTMAS SPECIALS remained up along Florida's East H: ae E d * | scheduled to start today and con- | titiclzed the Riviera Beach Coun. , ind West Coasts today and along ave nh ec tinue n Ke pide en Ay mg? floating he Atlantic Seaboard {rom Jack- | ’ : + Phe which fruit pb thik gat hag pepe Heenan 4 BURNER GAS. STOVE ille to Cape Hatteras,,N. C.;| Federal Mediator Wie ne om packing | Me town’s water ‘system REGULAR $110.95 e Weather Bureaw predicted i fh ed by the’ Judge White said “the State of 25 to 35 mile an hour southerly! Director Stops Wagers Agreement | Horta Recoeniteg Ye) power of Now $94.95 » inds, shifting to the west and Efforts To Canimit lates inter- | Sand jury to investigate every of = northwest over the northern part state shipment of fresh citrus. |fense that affects the morals, 54” STEEL SINK AND CABINET of the Florida Peninsula Negotiate Settlement Dates selected by the committee | pentth saniteuoe and general wel- REGULAR $134.95 P ae ee = gts castor ae | WASHINGTON (P—Steel labor | i ; Pr ies eli the U. S.} ee : Now $119.95 ida Gulf Coast near Tallahassee, | negotiations collapsed today and |" py. idea the holiday is to| The membership of the Roman CLOSE OUTS through Key West and northward | the displite was referred to Presi- j,i, rthern merchants time to,Catholic Chureh in the United oars eee nn” der Tecan os Bhiog lao comm (tier Noctbern, merckinie esa fe Satone Sa Oe JAPALAC ENAMELS — | Plete deadlock rapefruit and tangerines after the | 27 million. HIGH GLOSS—REGULAR $8.95 GAL. yy { Cyrus S. Ching, Federal Media- |) o3yy Christm ah so at 95 Nav Vy Reports Two tion Service director, ended his /""Eervess and. gift. shippers are] Now $3. . efforts to negotiate a settlement. | not affected nor are canners. | . . : Plane . Overdue He told reporters he was sending sir 95.09) urove and. packing | fief ce cette Plaster of Paris Figurines, 49c ea. 4 : e : eclee dani as ae ie PU AUTOMOBILES SEE Tt NATIONAL OIL, BASE PAINT JACKSONVILLE, (The Navy aoe ea de on the. next |idled by the holiday TWINS INTERIOR . EXTERIOR rdue Thursday night ride The F4U Corsairs took off Thurs- | New Year | steel indust Day strike in the vital 1130 Duvat Sr S year to raise} PH. 1870-1871 day morning from the carrier (eel 1nduatty: as twe WINDOW GLASS—All Sizes Leyte and were last sighted over! + ee as as a Med led Pete ihe Sa iit hisia ~ pin Re ik 3 courses to take. . pena aa as ney Fin |. One is to invoke the Taft-Hartley Christmas Spray Snow, $1.75 can 2 ene “* | Act, with its provisions for an 80 Serr ae PRGA REETR REE | t 0 ar 1 } A ao 40 Sebe checking air.|¢@¥. court injunction prohibiting a | THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES fields where the vis -ould have | Walkout # . edad he Panes could have | ris, however, would” prababls Located in the Heart of the City oe coe tt shelve the unsettled steel dispute RATES WRITE or WIRE | e until March, with the possibility REASONABLE ROOM for RESERVATIONS Wage Official | that John L. Lewis may be threat with BATH and TELEPHONE ening a nation-wide coal strike is " " 211 SIMONTON STREET TELEPHONE 378 i i Pershing Mille Here Next Week [fis secona course vou ve to|| — PRALZ ershing iller a NRA a refer the steel crisis to the W 4 Edward Clement of the Wage and! Stabilization Board for a recom Hotel Hotel Hotel Hour and Public Contracts Divi-| mended settlement 132 E Flagler St. 226 N.E. Ist Ave. 229 N.E. Ist Ave. ld sions of the U.S. Department of However, it was considered high Be svonuis 109 ‘Rooms ad Labor willbe in Key West, Florida|y unlikely the board could con ‘teeta postin Bone on December 27th, 28th, and 29th| plete this process before C10 Presi Higa PUISE'S INCORPORATED -——-———— — and will be available to local employer on wage tion matters. any} dent Philip Murray’s Jan. 1 s stabiliza-! deadline It is suggested that| any employer desiring an appoint with Mr. Clement write the Wage Stabilization Board, 702 Dade-Com monwealth Bldg., Miami, 32, Flo: 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION “THE STORE OF QUALITY” Key West's Largest Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Store rida, and an appointment will be OF HIGH The Perfect | Family Gift What could be a nicer gift for Xmas for any member of your! family than a new pair of eye | glasses with an attractive frame! or a pair of very necessary sun glasses either plane er te your own prescription. | We also suggest an Airguide/ Barometer, Field Glasses, Binocu | lars or a Zenith Hearing Aid | priced at $75.00 comparable to any Hearing Aid, regardless of price. 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