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Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXVIII. No. 238 BANKERS COMING TO KEY WEST TODAY Truman Spends Quiet Day In Key West; Suns Himself At Ft. Taylor PRESIDENT MAY GO FISHING TOMORROW; WILL* ' GO OVER SPEECH HE WILL DELIVER AT EVERGLADES DEDICATION President Truman spent a quiet day in Key West today, resting, sunning himself on the beach at Fori Taylor and aenerally taking it easy. . 4 It was the first time in weeks that the President really could rest, and he made the most of his holiday, which will come to an end Monday. Charles G. Ross, Presidential press secretary, held a press con ference at 10 a.m. in the Bachelor Officers’ Quarters in the Subma rine Base. “Mr. Truman really was tired when he arrived yesterday aft ernoon,” Ross said. “He went right to bed shortly after his arrival at the commandant’s building at the Submarine Base and slept for • two hours. “Last flight he went to bed again at about 11 p.m. and slept right through until 7 a.m. today. He looked rested and more relaxed than he did yesterday when he got up this morning. j “Just before 8 o’clock this morning we had breakfast, which consisted mostly of bacon and fried mush. It was really good that mush, really good. 1 “He is going out shortly to the swimming beach at Fort Taylor. I don’t know whether he’ll go in swimming or not. I believe he will just sun himself. jf : ! “He is wearing a tan outfit, with a sleeveless sport shirt and tan slacks.’’ “What color will be his swim ming trunks today?” asked one of the newspaper correspondents j who are traveling with the Pres ident. “Well, I’ll see what I can do about his wearing blue trunks,” responded Ross. “I’m rather partial to green ones,” said the newspaperman. ' “I’ll see what we can do - to morrow to have him wear green trunks,” said Ross. Ross added t,hat Mr. Truman’s party would leave Saturday to dedicate the Everglades Na tional Park, but wasn’t sure yet where the party would land in the Sacred Cow, the airplane of the President. Lt. Col. Hank Myers, the pres ident’s official pilot, flew the large ship over to Naples yes- JUST RECEIVED!! First Shipment Since 1942 Blue ard White Marbtlle ASPHALT TILE Key West Floor Covering Company 118 Duval Street PHONE 1042 Key West. Fla. DR. HARRY H. YULIib Chiropodist - Foot Specialist OF MIAMI WILL OPERATE ON FEET . . .AT THE I LaCONCIIA HOTEL . . . FOR 2 DAYS ONLY Friday and Saturday , Dec. sth and 6th j Call La Concha Hotel Early for Appointment for Either of These Two Days . . . Telephone No. 160 | : ATTENTION!! p im. WELCOME ————— WELCOME —— WELCOME : OPENING SATURDAY NIGHT ■ Something New! Something Different! m Introducing : THE RHYTHMETTES ; “AU Girl Band” I\o Increase In Price • No Cover - ]\o Minimum : SLOPPY JOE'S BAR ißDßaißßHlililSjlllllßHaiOßlß Ufa Km West <m£k. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSP A.P ER. IN THE U. S. A. J terday and found a field there j to land on. “I understand that today Col. ! Myers will fly to Immokalee, an j other little town further up in | the Everglades,” Ross explained, j “We’ll know more about where ; we’re going to fly to and when j after the colonel returns.” Ross said the plane ride to Naples or Immokalee would j take about half an hour. The i towns are about 35 miles from j Everglades, where the Presi { dent is scheduled to make a 20- ! minute address Saturday aftcr ! noon. He woultf drive to Ever ' glades. ! Tomorrow the President may j possibly go fishing, with a Key i West fishing guide. Several of I them have offered their services I to Mr. Truman without charge. ! Edward (Brau) Saunders, who (Continued On Page Five) France Will Hike Wag es For Strikers j SCHUMAN CALLS SPECIAL ! SESSION OF CABINET TO ! REACH DECISION FOR AD | VANCES IN WAGES I ll> AuMiirinlril I’rruM) ! PARIS, Dec. 4.—As a result of i a resolution passed today by government employes to go on strike tomorrow, Premier Schu man announced this afternoon 1 that he had called a special ses sion of his cabinet, and added that he would recommend that the workmen be given an in crease in wages. He stated that he hoped the proposed increase would be ac cepted and thus avert a strike. Troops were called out this morning to stop rioting in < the vicinity of the central post of fice in Nice. It was said that Communists had- stirred up crowds of strikers to riot as a | demonstdation that they were determined not to return to work until their demand for higher wages is granted. Two bills are before the na- * tional assembly, one aimed at ! strike instigators and the other j at saboteurs. Both bills, which, it was said, will become laws, provide for heavy fines and im prisonment up to 10 years. NOTICE Key West Fire Department will hold a mass meeting at No, 3 Fire Station, Friday. December 5. for the purpose of selecting first, second, third choices for position of Fire Chief, Key West Fire Department. Fried Chicken The Kind That Mother Always Tried to Cook AIR-CONDITIONED WEAVERS jSP with our DEPENDABLE FORD Brake Service Monroe Motors INC. 1113 While Street PHONE 725 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1947 Many Measures Coining Up At Tonight’s Meet . Of City Commissioners AT LEAST 11 RESOLU-* j TIONS AND ORDI NANCES TO BE CON-! SIDERED . I Several ordinances and reso lutions will be considered at to- J night’s meeting of the City [ Commission, it was announced j today. These are the measures due j for consideration: A resolution to refund SSO li- j cense fees charged by the mas-! ter electrician’s examination 1 board to R. C. Virgin and V. B. i 1 Bard well. | A* resolution for the return of a fee of SSO to Edward K. Smith, i paid for a beer and wine license. ! A resolution to pay the Mon- j roe Motors, Inc., $1,515 for a ( new Ford two-door sedan. A resolution to pay William ' A Freeman $1,483 as agent for i the American Surety Company, j A resolution to pay $720 to the Florida State Board of j Health as payment for Key i West’s mosquito control. A resolution reducing the as- j sessed valuation on part of lot No. 6, Tract 3, from $2,000 to j $1,200. | A resolution granting home- ' stead exemptions to Vencio j Brava, Susie A. Gardner and An- j gel. Alvarez. 4 An ordinance to change the < present city ordinance fining! anyone, guilty of breaking a parking meter $250,. to not less than $25 and not more than $250. An ordinance giving addi tional privileges to the board of examiners of the charter boat fishermen. • An ordinance to change the zoning laws making property 4 owned by Jessie Porter NeWton at Whitehead and Caroline streets frpm resident B to busi ness B. I An ordinance amending Ihe ! (Continued On Page Six) j PALACE THEATER! “SMOKY RIVER ; SERENADE” With The Hoosier Hot Shots ' NEWS and SHORTS ; [ HELD OVER? ► BY GREAT POPULAR DEMAND i B. S. FULLY ► HOLLYWOOD Wants Him! The LANDLADY is Looking For £ Him! The PAROLE Board Wants Him! But, Unfortunately, We Have Got Him! . / . Assisted by His Life-Long Playmate— ► The ONE and ONLY .... ; H. S. GUMP t Extra Added Attraction \ MOUSIE GARNER ► DIRECT FROM THE "PADLOCK CLUB", MIAMI BEACH £ Also l A SENSATIONAL LATIN DANCE TEAM ; CLUB TROPICS ► Key West s Most Popular Nite Club Opening Tonight ... The New and Beautiful CLUB TROPICANA ON STOCK ISLAND Featuring GOOD FOOD In the Casual Atmosphere of the Tropics PHONE 1326 for RESERVATION * |lo3 Residents i Placed In Jobs By Service Here During last month 103 people I were placed in suitable work by | the Key West office of the Flor ] ida State Employment Service, j Of that total. 24 were veterans I of World War 11, and nine were j handicapped, Jeff Knight, Jr., ; manager of the local office, said , today. j Knight further stated that the ' local office had placed 352 vet j erans in suitable employment I since January 1. Of this total, 38 i were handicapped veterans. I Veteran readjustment "allow -1 ance claims for unemployed vet | erans in the Key West area to j taled $2,769,000 for the week : ending November 29. Statewide | payments to veterans for the ; week were $223,705.00, refleet ' ing a 21 per cent decrease from j those on the last week in Oc ! tober when benefits were $283,- ! 535.00. j Veterans and non-veterans in j terested in securing employment i are urged to come to the Key j t West office of the F.S.E.S. at 314 j'jlimorilbn street. Employers hav i/ng job openings may come to office or calk-telephone num j her 489 to list their openings. I Jam m I "7 SHOPPING DAYS I I TO CHRISTMAS STERLING'S market E. Sterling, Manager 904 FLEMING STREET Large Supply of SOFT-BONE ROASTERS. HENS and FRYERS Jews And Arabs Carry On Fight From Rooftops GUNFIRE STOPPED BY BRIT ISH SOLDIERS; JERUSALEM. TEL-AVIV AND JAFFA UN DER CURFEW lllr Thp AtfNoelnteil Prnii JERUSALEM, Dec. 4.—Jews and Arabs, kept off the streets by British troops as a precaution against rioting, today engaged in a gun fight from housetops in a section of this city. As soon as filing was heard, British troops went into action, and in 15 minutes the fighters were driven from the housetops. The only casualties were two Jews, whose condition was re ported not to be serious. British troops and police to day are patrolling the area along the boundary line between Tel- Aviv and Jaffa, where fighting occurred on a large scale two days ago. Due to the tense situation in Palestine since United Nations voted to partition it between Jews and Arabs, British author ities disclosed today that 200 Jews succeeded in illegally en tering Palestine. (Cairo reported more rioting today. Gangs of students stoned the British consulate in that city, and then began their march to attack the American embas sy, but the rioters were dis persed by soldiers before 1 the threatened attack was made). British authorities here an nounced that a curfew had been imposed on this city, Tel-Aviv and Jaffa. The curfew begins at sundown and lasts till dawn. SEEK DIVORCES Petitions seeking divorces were filed yesterday with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer by Caridad Vargas against Victor Vargas; by Harry C. White against Hattie Mao White, and by William Bosch against Mary C. Bosch. Koathframoit iinrngf In 11. 8. TWINS GARAGE llllaal Mrrt Pho* I*# into Repairs,, Pain ling, Body and Fen tier Work Hraaln* Aato ParU Cot Alt Oaf* VISIT | Our Retail Department 117, BAKE All Onr Own DANISH PASTRY! PIES CAKES j CHEESE CAKE Duffy's Tavern Division ami Siniontou Sts.! PHONE 9249 WE NEVER CLOSE Open 24 Hours A Day Group Will Be Met Here By Chamber Of Commerce Officials Soviet Whalers Off To Antarctiej LONDON.—(AP). r— A Soviet i whaling flotilla has left on an- j other trip to the Antarctic where i it will spend about four months, ! Moscow Radio reports. The flo- ' tilla returned to Odessa a couple of months ago after bag- : ging more than 600 whales, the < broadcast said. Pipe Hits Wire; 2 Electrocuted NEWARK, N. J.—When a pipe they were removing from a tank 1 fell against high tension wires, j Fred J. Phelan, 32, was in stantly electrocuted and George 1 Roehrig, 28, died soon after be ing admitted to a hospital. The accident occurred atop a 25-foot tank at a paint plant. Property Sales Theodore Houston and wife transferred a property near Gal veston alley and Elizabeth street to Alfred Allen, 711 Eliza beth street, for S7OO, according to a warranty deed filed yester ■ day with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Theodore Sands Mr. and Mrs. William Strachen j a property near Thomas and : Angela streets for S7OO. William W. Stanton and others I transferred to Dorothy H. Stan- | ton of Miami, a property on j Plantation Key for S2OO. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kf,Kiing . transferred to Mr. and? Mrs'. l Frank A. Gwinn, Miami, prop- > city on Key Largo foi“- hbmi-1 nal sum. SHOP AT REID’S Grocery and Delicatessen ■ las LOWERED Most of Their Prices from 3% lo 5% COME IN and LOOK!! 130 Duval St., Phone 1509 AGAIN ... We Are Urging Our Many Friends and Customers to SHOP EARLY and Pick Up All Packag es Promptly line to Our Lack of Storage Hoorn If 'e Larnestly Request Your Full Co-operation Siinontoii St., Corner of Fleming St. Phone 1360 Announcement . . . HOTEL La CONCHA Will Be Open Every Night, Except Sunday, From 8:30 P.M. to 4 A.M. effective December 6, 1947 DROP IN FOR THAT AFTER-SHOW and AFTER-NIGHTCLUB SNACK HOTEL La CONCHA J. D. McANDREWS Manager Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 67 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENIV. 1 INVESTMENT POSSIBIL ITIES OF CITY WILL BE POINTED OUT TO OFFICIALS Approximately 100 members of the National Association of Investment Bankers, which held its annual convention in Holly wood, are coming to Key West this afternoon, and will be asked to look over the investment pos sibilities here. They are coming here in two buses furnished by the Florida Greyhound Lines. Inc., and will be met <by the directors of the Key West Chamber of Com merce, headed by Edwin Trevor, president of the organisation. While they are here they will inspect the Porter Docks at the foot of Duval street, which will be the site on which the terminal of the Gulf Atlantic Transporta tion Company will be located. The bankers were invited to come here by H. G. William., president of the GATC, because, he says, many of them were as sociated in financing the opera tion ,of the ferry system from Key West to Havana and outfit ting the ferry, now undergoing final construction at Jackson ville, for the services. 1 The entire party was to have luncheon at the Greyhound Post House, about 50 miles up the I Keys, and then cofne here in the buses. -*?-♦ j They will come along to Key j West later in the afternoon. The I Chamber directors were sched- S uled to meet today, and were to I meet the bankers upon their ar | rival. I They be driven to the : Porter pock, and thence around the a sighting trip. The . Chamber Vbfficials planned to have certain of their members, who are familiar with the real estate situation here, to accom pany the bankers. They will be able to point out the investment possibilities of the city. “This looks like a grand op portunity to point out the pos sibilities of Key West to a group of men who may themselves be interested in investment oppor tunities here, and may be in a position to point out to others the same possibilities,” said an official of the Chamber of Com merce today. “We'll do our best to promote Key West.”