The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 22, 1952, Page 1

Florida, has the climate the average Fahrenheit key West, most equitable in with of only an we country, range —_—_———_ VOL. LXXIII, No. 123 51,019 Okaye For Payment To M.E. Bennett, Co. County Solons To Return ‘eater High Performance Pp ‘| C Bond Soon upl s Get Monroe County Commissioners three of them present, voted to re- | lease $51,019 of the total contract | fund of $277,019 to M. E. Bennett | construction company contractors | for the new jail and ccurthouse re- | novations. | The funds will be released by | the First National Bank of Miami. | The meeting called at the request of S. D. McCready, fiscal agent on the $321,662 reconstruction job vot Legi i gion Prize Arthur Sawyer Post 28 Selects Good Citizen Winner At 4 Schools; Presentation By Legion Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28. Ameri an Legion, in announcing its participation in the annual ed unanimously to release the | American Legion school award, funds. | disclosed this year’s winners as On the suggestion of Commis- | selected by their respective fa- sioner Higgs, Building and Grounds | culties as follows: chairman, the commissioners a Sandra Louise Johnson, daugh- greed not to return the $300,000 | ter of and Mrs. Joseph Mira performance bond to M. E. Ben- | of 1310 Newton street, represent- nett company until Architect ing the Convent of Mary Imma- jculate; Allen P. Bonamy, son of Mr. anc Mrs. George Bonamy, of |2400 Patterson street, represent- ling St. Joseph's School; Joan | Knowles, daughter of Mr. and James Gamble Rogers III has cer tified the work as complete. The payment of $51,019 to Ben- | nett will be made in three parts. Decatur Iron and Steel company which has done the $44,643 con- | Mrs Nei. Knowles, of 312 Mar- tract job for that part of the jail garet, street, representing Key construction will also receive their | west Junior High School; and final payment Mario Roque, son of Mr. and Following the 11:30 convening of | wrs. Ramon Roque, of 516 Cath- the meeting on the jail and court-jerine street, also. representing house subject, Tax Collector Ho- | x, “poate i 5 ey West Junior High School. ward Wilson asked for the floor, | . The An.erican Legion school award is designed to place em- ternoons. The sun oours in on that |Phasis on the development | of West side of the building, cutting | CParacter, Abnor, courage, schol- down the efficiency of their work | 2"S>!P, service, and compankin: gutput. ‘The problem was referred | ship in school, pupils and ig in the Building aa) Grouoc's chair |awarded annually to students of | em Higas. At pre pat all apf Junior Hizh Schools who have | in'the Courthouse “Save Wilsons, |derelage® tnese aia outstanding (Continued On Page Three) —_ Walities of good citizenship. ) ” Awards are limited to Janior | High students because it is be- | lieved they will prepare the stu- dent on the threshold of en- | trance into a more extensive pe- f education, or perhaps into the bread- He said that the heat of his office | is knocking out his staff in‘ the af. Gl Teachers Can Take Summer Study Must Have Statements From School Officials riod 0} entrance g world. { al award is one of | | the tions of the American (Continued On nued On Page T Three) ($560,000 10 Robbery That They Are Eligible | iR ae |hheported in Kng US. Paid Ed | P °° Sch Vorid| LONDON uw — The known loss | War U n the biggest mail robbery in | pesd t wry shot up to 200,000 50,000) today, all in bank | ned also that the haste, left behind r 100,000 pounds ($280,000). | ne Minister Winston Church- nservative government, | the daring coup near 1 of London, promised an ment on the affair to inte s of Parliament tonight i Yard called e to help Sc n do’ seven masked men t s mail truck Announcement (°""".:°", —- Oxford Stree s before dawn oR JOSEPH GROOM Eve Wedn Specialist, of Miami West, Saturday, May will be in Key n TICKET OFFICE Appointments arranged by calling ALL AIRLINES | DR. VALDES. PRICE TOURS | Phone 332 411 Fleming St Phone 124 | gave it to us. Not on the Mother-In-Law Can Vote GOP If She Wants Bremerton Woman Whose Complaint That Only Democrats Can Vote Here, Invited To Register GOP Protests against the letter pub- lished in The Citizen by a Navy mother-in-law who beefed about Key West where she lives with her daughter and son-in-law, rose at the Courthouse today. The letter written by a Brem- erton, Wash. woman, claimed among other things: “One can register only as a Democrat,” in Key West. A check at the office of Super- visor of Registration Sam Pinder disclosed that her own son-in- law is rgistered as an Independ- ent, that her daughter is a reg- istered Democrat. “There are 282 registered Republicans in Monroe coun- ty.” Pinder said. “Tell the lady if she wants to register Ri publican I'll be glad to register her. There are also 22 Inde- sendents and 17 non-parti- sans.” The mother-in-law who. dis- |likes her son-in-law’s base of | | duty was advised by one com- mentator at the Courthouse: “If she doesn’t like it here, why does she have to stay? She isn’t assigned here by the Navy, it’s her son-in-law who is.” The blast at the Island City was reprinted in The Citizen yes- terday from the Bremerton, Wash. Sun because it had been sent to Mayor C. B. Harvey who con- structive side, the letter express- ed one woman’s opinion of the city to which her son-in-law has been assigned. First Grade / Group In Fall 625 Children Will Enter Elementary Schools Here Annual Spring Round-Up Tomorrow At 2 P.M. More than 600 children will | enter the first grade in Key West next September, it was learned today. The annual pre-school round up of the tots’ who will enter school next fall takes place tomorrow, at 2 p. m. at the various elementary schools. spring Largest group of first graders} will enter Truman school. There 250 are expected Po: comes second with 175 Harris has 125 and/ 75. first next grade y gS- ters to roper elementary school tion must take place now so that the Principal (Continued On Page Three) eC RT ployed either germ or gas warfare WANTED DRAGLINE OPERATOR $2.00 HOUR, FREE TRAILER FOR LIVING AT SUMMERLAND Key, PHONE OR SEE HUDGINS & ALFONSO, SUMMERLAND KEy. Reports from the ernor of Florida. The to consideration his We, as Key Wes Candidate. Paid Political WE MUST DO OUR PART! that Dan McCarty will be the next gov- tive record, his business experience and his personal integrity. ourselves to go to the polls on May 27th and pull lever 1-A for the Winning entire state indicate voters are taking in- outstanding legisla- ters, should interest Advertisement) Parents are urged to take their | IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1952 Che Key West Cilisen THE SOUTHEPNMOST NEWSPAPER The Associated a Teletype Ls Features and Pho J For 72 Years Dev Best Interests 4 Key Wes PRICE FIVE CENTS Truman Says Neither Courts Nor Congress Can Take Power Away kkk xk kk * & & Tells Congress That He Nears His European Job} With Confidence By FRANK O’BRIEN WASHINGTON ®) — Gen. Mat- thew B. Ridgway told Congress today Communist germ and gas | warfare charges against the United Nations in Korea are ‘“‘a monu- mental warning . . . as menacing and urgent as a forest fire bearing down on a wooden village.” Ridgway branded the charges “false in their entirety.” The former commander of United Nations Far Eastern forces , Was not more explicit in his warn- | ing. But he appeared to be thinking along the lines of a recent state- | ment by Secretary of Defense Lov- ett that Communists charge others with crimes they mean to commit. Ridgway is here en route to take | over the Allied command in Eu- rope being relinquished by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. He gave Congress a dramatic account of how the Eighth Army in Korea, only three di: under his command, repulsed an attempt By AX: inese and Noi k it out after 2 pa aap rose again on the in less than a month. He spoke at length of the armi- stice negotiations, which he called “no failure” despite the lack of a cease fire. Ridgway said he appreaches his new job in Europe with high con- fidence. He made no mention in his pre- pared text of Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur whom he succeeded to the Far Eastern Command when Mac- Arthur was fired by President Tru- man, or of his own successor in | the Orient, Gen. Mark Clark. He likewise said nothing about the controversy surrounding the cap ture and subsequent release f Gen. Francis T. Dodd by Communist prisoners of war at the camp Dodd | commanded. But he gave high praise to Gen. James Van Fleet, commander of the Eighth Army in | Korea. ' , Ridgway reserved the gravest | language of his speech for his MRS. SARAH WATSON, 915 Southard street, tary School with a life membership by the Jr T. T. Hood, president Monroe County Coun son for faithfyl service to the school ct ida. Mrs. Watson has had three c children attending. The thir want to work for our children as long as I live.” on of on Poataniod With Life Membership PTA PTA Award xk * Citizen Staff Photo was presented last night at the Truman Elemen- . High School Parent Teachers’ Association by Mrs. P.T.A, This award came as an honor to Mrs. Wat- e 1922 when the PTA was first organized in Flor- own in Key West schools and n in Monroe County to be so honored, Mrs. Watson stated, yw has four gr and- | warning atout Communist and gas wapfare | charges. He said BEIM | PV VOT OY propaganda | cove First Sergeant John Dion icly “I wish to reiterate wh stated repeatedly publ these allegs Ise i thei | k we me we jentirety; th ent of the . | United Nations Command has em. Received Purple Heart : & & in any form at any niin we wine tack soot «Returns From acs Comins should stand out | j as am | _ (Continued On Pag | | Raa d00sessssssesssssssesesssssssseans i [By DOROTHY RAYMER D and wears the HOLE -IN-ONE feant Die. | GOLF ‘router Thurs., Fri., Sat., and Sun. 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GREEN WASHINGTON @ — President Truman said today (A) he is sure of his power to seize industries in an emergency, (B) he likes all the men who have come out for the Democratic nomination for President, and (C) he believes the government cleanup will take care of itself under his new attorney coneral. Mr. Truman, in a far-ranging news conference, also said he doesn't know whether Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois might be per- suaded to seek or accept the Dem- ocratic nomination, Politics took second place in the discussion. The conference was highlighted by the President's statement that he has power to seize industries in time of national emergency. Nobody—and he in- eluded both Congress and the "| courts—can take that power away, he said, questions But when pressed. by ‘om what he would do if the Supreme Court specifically denies his au- thority to seize and operate the steel industry, the President said he would turn the mills back to their managements. He added, however, that he did | not believe the court would do that. In the best of humor, the Presi- dent smilingly ‘parried questions from reporters who said they were trying to reconcile his reassertion of “inherent” presidential powers with his willingness to yield on the steel seizure if the court declared it illegal. As for Jegislation out- lawing the seizure, Mr. Truman reminded questioners that any act of Congress must be signed by the President — a plain reference to the Presidents power to veto legis- lation. lle remarked that he has been trying, ever since he entered the White House, to get an industrial relations law which would make Nae real collective bargaining. The law, he said, must provide some method of keeping the coun- @ try running in cases of’ major t hreats to the nation’s welfare. The President said he did not know whether seizure authority was the only way of accomplish- ing this. 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