The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 7, 1954, Page 5

Air Force To Increase Its Power Abroad By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON # — American air power in Europe will be in- creased under a plan announced today to rotate tactieal Air Force |; units for temporary tours of duty on the Continent. The program, starting in the next few weeks, will send squadrons of Air Force fighter-bombers, which are used for the support of ground forces, and troop carries outfits, overseas under a schedule similar to that which has been in use for several years by the Strategie Air the Command’s torce of long-range bombers. | The official announcement said the rotation plan was to test the mobility of fighter-bomber and troop cartier units and to “afford crew members the opportunity to obtain valuable experience and in- doctrination in tactical Air Force operations: in the European area.” The Air Force didn’t say so, but the presence of additional squad- rons under a schedule which will keep several on the scene at all times also means a net increase for air strength in Europe. 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Says|Successor To oie Maybank Named Vitinity: COLUMBIA, S. C. #—Charles :|E. Daniel, president of a large de- Greenville construction firm, yes- terday was named by Gov. James F. Byrnes to the U.S. Senate. The 59-year-old Democrat will fill out! the unexpired term of Sen. Burnet R. Maybank, which ends TARN-| Jan. 2.. Sen. Maybank died of a ;| Said the heart attack last Wednesday. To replace Maybank as the Dem- ecratic nominee for the full term, the State Democratic executive Committee picked Edgar A. Brown, veteran state senator. The nomination in this tradition- ally Democratic state is tanta- mount to election. Old Weatherwane Parts Sought BOSTON (H—The vicar of the Old North Church, which lost its Revere steeple during last week's hurricane, appealed for help to- day in his search for parts of a weathervane made in 1740. The Rev. Charles Russell Peck big N-E- Spelling the points of the compass, weathervane set in place 35 years before the lanterns were hung that sent Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride. The weathervane was found oth- erwise intact after it crashed to the ground with the steeple. FERRY CO. MOGUL (Continuea From Page One) tion westerly of and immediately adjacent to the demised premises, within 90 days of the ive date of the lease, arid further sp agrees to actually begin scheduled operation of an automobile, pas- senger and freight car service from the City of Key West to the Republic of Cuba and return not later than six months from the ef- + | fective date of this lease.” be ie : ~Ee seks see = ee That's the clause that the com- missioners say they were not a- ware of. Cerbonell’s Claim Commissioner Carbonell hag re- Peatedly said that he was told by Hines that the dock and terminal building would be built on the city Property. “We played fair with him but he hasn’t i with us. If he thinks he is going to get that property and use it for a parking lot, he has another think coming. “I'll fight it to the bitter end,” said Carbonell, attempt to break the lease if neces- sary. The ferry company is currently paying the city $100.per month for the property. They will pay the $1,200 annual rental for the first ten years and will then pay $1,800 for the balance of the 25 year lease. They also have an option to buy the pi after ten years, at a price to be arrived at by an inde- pendent appraiser. il f 2 t j iapltyt ch if lj t i GARDNER'S — PHARMACY — The Rexall Store Til TRUMAN AVENUE ally Action On Staples Avenue Houses City Attorney J. Y. Porter has asked city for more time in ig of several dilapidated houses on Staples Avé., according to a letter submitted today. Porter representing the estate of William R. Porter, who with the estate of the late George Allen, own the houses, said that “due to eertain legal technicalities, an ear- lier sale of these houses was im- possible. However, within the next few weeks a division of the pro- perty is contemplate’ bv the -‘rs ‘ the two estates above mention- He asked the commission for “forbearance” in the matter. The commission had asked that the houses, built to house workers in the city’s defunct cigar indus- try, be torn down. They complain- ed that squatters have been living | in them without proper sanitary facilties, DEATHS MRS. MAUDE LEE Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Maude Lee, Jack- sonville. Mrs. Lee formerly lived in Key West. She is survived by two daugh- ters, Isabel Lee and Mrs. Margar- et Novick of Jacksonville; brothers, William Manuel, 3 West, and George Demeritt, Lees- burg; and one sister, Mrs. Lillie Singleton, Key West. Funeral services were held to- day at 2 p. m. with Hardage and Sons Funeral Home, Jacksonville, in charge of arrangements, GUS E. ANDERSON Gus E. Anderson, 72, died Sun- day at 7:15 p. m. after a long ill- nm ess. Funeral services were heli Mon- day afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home. The Rev. L. Wayne Pitts, pastor of the Glad Tidings Tabernacle, of- ficiated at the services. Burial was in City Cemetery. Mr. Anderson was born in Swe- den and came to this country many years ago. He was a commercial fisherman. MRS. MILDRED M. PENT Mrs. Mildred M. Pent, 71, died Sunday afternoon at the Monroe General hospital after a brief ill- |. ness... * She's survived by two daughters, Mrs. Virgil Higgs and Mrs, Jacob Heintz; two sons, Whitney Knowles and Charles E. Pent, and eight grandchildren, Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 5 o’clock in the Chapel of Pritchard Funeral Home, with the Rev. L. Wayne Pitts of the Glad Tidings Tabernacle officiat- ing. Burial will be in the family plot in City Cemetery, LINDA MARIE ROONEY Funeral services for Linda Marie Rooney, infant daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Paul James Rooney, Jr., were held this morning at 10 o’clock in the Chapel of the Prit- chard Funeral Home with Chap- lain Gibbons of the U, S. Navy of- ficiating, Burial was in the Cath- olic Cemetery. SPECIAL THIS WEEK 20% OFF on “Do It Yourself” Brush-On Roofing Monroe Spesiahy Co. - 19% FLAGLER AVE. Deaths Mar Fla. Holiday Weekend By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A dozen persons died violently in Florida during the 78-hour Labor Day weekend—10 in highway and railroad crossing accidents and two by drowning. Three of the deaths were re- corded Monday. Gail Ownes, 2, toppled from a seawall into Sarasota Bay as she attempted to retrieve a ball with which she had been playing in her yard. She was dead when her father, ALen T. Ownes, pulled her jout of the water. J. D. Smith, 26, of Clanton, Ala., was killed in a truck collision near the Pasco-Hernando County line; and Benjamin Croft, 63, was struck and killed by a car in Bradenton. Although a huge iron ore de- posit was discovered on the Que- bec-Labrador border in 1893, no determined effort was made to exploit it until the 1940s. Tuesday, September 7, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 8 HE WON ANYWAY WEST HARTFORD, Conn #— Jeffrey Truesdal, 8, had to argue with officials to be allowed to enter the West Hartford pet parade but yesterday he walked away with second prize. His entry: A can of angle worms. Citisen Want Ads Pay Off! OFFICIALS SEEK (Continued from Page One) - submit while holding a gun on er. 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