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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
. alter Supply
RatherLOWA At
Present Time
Many Tourists Ia
City; Creates
Shortage

There are So many Tourists ana
visitors in Key Wet that the
fresh water pressure Is rather
low, and houSeholders and oih-
ers were urged today O. conserve
the available supply.
The Florida KEYS Aqacdliei
Commission, which has charge
of the civilian supply 90 water.
report Is that il was c0mpelled -
shut the water off az midnight IN
order TO build up supply Coz me
following day.
THE Navy is taking an untls-
ual amount of the available ua.
ter and the fact thss there ara
so many tourists and visitor in
the city creates q shortage"
statement issued by The Aate.
duct Commission sand today
We had 10 shut the w'atef of
at midnight the other night ia
order to permit uS H. bulld ~ !
supply for the cts. Tho e4t.
sure has been rather i0x. buf ~
householder or other user ~ va.
ter has been completely witlusss
a supply"
Travellers from every state -
the union and frsHn All Fauein
ces OF Canada are rcsghins tl.a
city. They are seeming fs.f gise
most part by automobile and sisu
license Ialates Of the sinaes mna
the omlniOn provinces arr seen
oD/every street in the sits.
Nearly every available Issofn
in the city Is fully sceapiaa ee-
eryNnight.
tn is just about th laaeuss
season. Key West ever rad sad
a well known hoseinasA sselss
The Reople cussinn h. -.
not havt an 6vefSupply ii = 49,
sbut they seem t. b. aanpIx sno
piled to care fUr their heink "a
penseS, and for some little s,i,i
side purchases.
1t IS question whrthsr fhr
cafes and bars are dmna tht
business they should. bsit 80 ti.s
whole I think they are rather
well patronized
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
20 On Trial
In Munich On
Assert They We're
Found To lsc
Engaged In E.-pionsgr
For CzcCilo-lO,akia
ans 10 A..aslatrl 30

MUNICH. Fcb l5 Iur.t.
Czcchs and other "a tiunsIs a Ht
on trial here today charge uItf
being spies for Czcchusius aiIa
in this area.
The trial is g. b. r,.nlurtff
Continued On Page SfxI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
Nh,oraIr. That II
~hauid o. left To
President To Decide
-, ing Part Loan Debt
,ns s....,ssse Ps~",

WTrIIIIITON. Eco TO =
sHUrtan 0f che Treasury Sny-
f. u trtiying today before Z
.r Iunal committee that Is
u.u.. rrng thc appropriation OF
uIr muncr o. continue the OPP
rfaiinn ~ thr Marshall Plan, ad-
tratad che elimination Of the
unHion in enc present plan that
usufcs countries receiving AID
e. repay q part II u
tir explained that some of the
Hai us. before they received as
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
BIDS RECEIVED FOR COMPLETION
OF "CARlB QUEEN" TO BE USED
FOR KEY WEST-HAVANA SERVICE
Bids Must BE
Approved BY Maritime
Commission, Bankers
And Naval Architects
Up Wirephoto

Yesterday afternoon, after The
Citizen had gone to press, the
following telegram was received
from HI. C. Williams, president
of the Gulf-Atlantic Transports
ton Company:
Bids effective Tor 90 days vert
received at noon today by Gull
Atlantic Transportation Com
pany, for completion of SIS. Ca
rib Queen.
The three lowest bidders were
in succession Alabama Drydock
and Shipbuilding Company, Mo-
bile, Ala. $1,894,990 with 1870
working days.
Merrill Stevens Drydock and
Repair Company, Jacksonville,
Fla, $l,93l ,037 with 1870 work
ing days
ingalls, Shipbuilding Corp,
Pascagoula, Miss, $2,194,00Q with
40 working days.
Three other yards made bids.
No award was made at the
time as bids must be approved
by the United States Maritime
Commission and Gulf Atlantic
Transportation Company's Bank
erS' and the naval architects.
The directors of the corpora
ton Will now consider and cal
culate differences in bids as to
towing 'and other expenses and
submit bids to the commission
and bankers and award viii then
be made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
Western Bloc
TOAdyocate
SlaveCharge
Will Ask United
Nations To Investigate
Reports OF Slave
Labor i'm Russia

Wy y nv <hsspNsHtt0 aTEtNSt p II
LONDON, Feb. 16.-The West.
ern Powers are considering ask.
ing the United Nations to inves-
tigate the persistent reports
about slave labor in Russia.
1t is said that more than tw0
million men, who are poorly fed,
are virtual slaves in the Soviet
Union
AS the matter will come up be
fore the Security Council, it was
said that, though a majority of
the council undoubtedly will ia
vor the investigation, Russia will
exercise her privilege of veto.
Not day passes but that news
IS brought from Russia about the
men and some women who are
working under slave conditions.
Some of the information has
been received from men who
succeeded in escaping from the
slave camps.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
Gilmore Leaves
Here On Sunday

USS Howard Gilmore, the big
submarine tender on duty at tn
Key West Naval Station. will
leave here on Sunday for Guam
tanamn Bag, Cuba. to take part
in training exercises, it was an
nounced TO-DAY by the Key West
Naval Base.
The Gilmore is scheduled to re-
turn here March 10. She carries
approximately 800 officers and
men.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
Washington's
Birthday To BE
Noted BY Macy

Next Tuesday. Washing
toms Birthday. will be OBJ
served as a full holiday by
all the ships and stations of
the Key West Naval Base. il
was announced today.
The day will be marked
. by the firing of 2l-gun sa-
lutte on the Moal at the Key
West Naval Station. Every
ship will be in full dress
that is. they will all be
strung with bunting and
flags.
Civilians employed at the
Naval Station and other
ccmponents of the Navy will
also enjoy a holiday. There
will be no special formation
Of U. S. Naval forces.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
Wins SlO,4SO In
Dolita Parlay

A Key West man won $l0,480
on a parlay held on bolita num-
bers 6 and II night before last,
1t became known today. The
winning of this large sum so un-
expected that the man is report
ed to have let it become known
that he had won the amount,
AS a result, it is reported, the
Income Bureau of the u. S. De
partment of Internal Revenue
collected a total of 1922 from
the winner of the fabulous par
lay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16

der'ded TO hold them for Miami
authorities. The other despera-
does are James Impola, 16;
Thomas Kirkpatrick, l6; Thomas
CONTINUED On Page Six)
The Arizona post., 1949-02-18
N4-1 arsf~.8
WeaMnw
LEVY-SOLOT

Ruth Jean Levy has chosen
June 19 as the date of her mar
riage to Sanders K. Solot. The
ceremony will be solemnized at
ten o'clock in the morning with
Rabbi Albert T. Bilgray officiat-
ing.
The small, informal ceremony
will be held in the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Harris Levy, 1929 E.
North, with the brides sister,
Deborah Ann, as the only attend
ant. Morton A. Solot will be his
brothers best man. A wedding
breakfast will follow.
Mr.. Solot is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Solot, San Clemente
Addn. Miss Levy and Mr.. Solot
attend the University here.
GRUNEWALD-NATON
The marriage of Anne Grune-
wald to Hans Natonek was SOL
emnized Feb. S in Tucson. Pres
ent for the ceremony was Mrs.
Ruth Fless of New York, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Natonek.
Mr.. Natonek is a native of
Prague, Czecho-Slovakia and a
resident of Tucson the past five
years. He is an author of several
books including fiction and nom
fiction; newspaperman in Liep-
sig and Berlin. His last work was
published here in 1914.
On the Physical Education fac
ulty as head of the Dance Dept.
University of Arizona, Mrs. Ma
tonek is well know here. She is
a resident also the past five years,
The Arizona post., 1949-02-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Remer of
Chicago and Tucson will formal
ly announce the engagement of
their daughter, Elfriede to Ar
thur Geller, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Max Geller, 1920 E. Waverly, at
an Open House on Sunday, Feb.
20 at their home, 1888 E. 3rd.
Miss Remer is associated with
her father and brother in the
management of the Hall of Cards.
She has lived here more than a
year and previously attended the
u. of Illinois.
A native of New York Mr.. Gel
ler has been here since his dis
charge from the Navy two years
ago, after 3 years of service in
Guiding overseas duties. He is as
sociated with Sartin's Beauty Sa-
lon and has had considerable spe-
cialized training.
A summer wedding is planned
The Arizona post., 1949-02-18

Soeialand
Personal

Mrs. Herman Berlin, Gale GIO-
rietta, entertained at luncheon
Feb. 8 at the Pioneer in honor of
Mrs. Rese Tavlin, sister of Mrs.
Irving Zuckerman.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Post,
prominent Milwaukeeans and
parents of the national War Hero,
Major Arthur L. Post, were en-
tertained by their relatives, the
Albert Tiltons, E. Cooper. Other
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Rakita, Mrs. L. Markowitz of San
Diego, and Mrs. J. Palakow
and Gertrude Palakow of Mil
Waukee. The latter, concert pi-
anist, played for the guests. The
host showed movies including the
wedding of the Posts youngest
son, DR.. Lawrence Post.
Visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Cooper, Gale Alter, is Mrs.
Cooper's aunt, Mrs. Jesse Miller,
New York, who will remain for
the season.
DIR. j. Irving Wolfe, DavOn Dr.,
returned from New York where
he attended a Stamp Auction. In
January he spoke before the To-
cal Stamp Club and was well re-
ceived.
DIR. and Mrs. .eFrederick Schultz
bank, E. Cooper, entertained at a
reception at their home after the
Vittorio Weinberg concert last
night in his honor. They also
showed him the sights around
town.
Madeline Schutzbank is giving
lecture and concert for mem
bers of the Tucson Water Color
Guild next Tuesday evening. She
will talk on devices used in COM
posing, and play some of her own
compositions.
Sam Lavine, baker at the Eagle,
just celebrated 35 years in the
baking business. He attended Eu-
ropean baking academies. AS his
partner Colman Adler puts it:
"He was practically born with a
bagel in his mouth"
High-Scorer of a recent Church
League game was Stanley Field
man, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Myer
Feldman, Colonia Solana. Stan
ley plays center on the AZA bas-
ketball team.
The Arizona post., 1949-02-18
BRAMHALL-KASLOFF

coming originally from Frank
furt-au-M Main.
The couple are making their
home at 1854 E. Lester.
The Arizona post., 1949-02-18
EMMA LAZARUS DIV. JPFO

A get-acquainted tea for char
ter members was held Feb. 16
at the Greenwald home, E. 9Th.
Roslyn Einfrank read selections
from the writings of the famous
Jewish poetess for whom the
group is named, who wrote the
inscription on the Statue of Lib
erty.
The cultural, civic and welfare
program was outlined and Off
GERS elected. Charter membership
is open until the second week
in March when the group will
become official with installation
here by the national director,
June Gordon of New York. For
information call Mrs. Louis Hor-
owitz, 1877-W.
BRAMHALL-KASLOFF
In an informal ceremony Jan.
q Geraldine Bramhill became
the bride of Irving Kasloff. She
is native of Toledo, Ohio. Mr..
Kasloff has been in Tucson four
years, coming from upstate New
York. He operates a downtown
parking lot. The couple are max
ing their home at 1903 E. 9th.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-10
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Sigrid Hildre, administratrix of the estate of Andrew Hide, de- ceased, has filed her petition in the hereinafter described court for judg- ment setting aside and awarding to 5igrid Hildre, surviving widow of the
 iecedent, the entire estate of the iecedent, the same being less than S4,00000. All persons concerned therein are notified to be and appear in the Commissioners Court for Ju- neau Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska, at 10 o'clock A. M on the 18th day of August, 1949, and show cause, if any they have, why judgment should not be so rendered.
 Dated: Juneau, Alaska, this 2nd day of August, 1949.
 SIGRID HILDRE, Administratrix. First publication; August 3, 1949. Last publication, August 10, 1949.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-10
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management
 District Land Office
 Anchorage, Alaska
 June 9, 1949
 Notice for Publication Notice is hereby given that Harry c. Bracken has made application for a homesite under the Act of May 26, 1884 (48 Stat. 809 Anchorage Serial No. 013695, for tract of land described as Lot of the Fritz Cove Group of Homesites, situated on East Shore of Auke Bay and West Side Fritz Cove Highway adjoining Unapproved Survey No. 2634 and Survey No. 2546, Plat of U. s. Sur vey No. 2670, containing 085 acres, and it is now in the files of the District Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claim in the district land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager. First publication, July 13, 1949. Last publication, Sept. T, 1949.
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O4Nl lJi( o n IC
 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management
 District Land Office
 Anchorage, Alaska
 June IT, 1949
 Notice for Publication
 Notice is hereby given that Jesse Randolph Haddon, entryman, to- gether with his witnesses, Clyde A. Peterson and Russell H.. Mills, all of Sitka, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, An- chorage Serial No. 09966, for land embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2569, situated on Northerly side Sitka 2 Miles East of Sitka, AL aska, containing 058 acres, and it is now in the files of the District Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
 If no protest is filed in the dis trict land office within the period of publication or thirty days there after, said final proof will be &C., cepted and final certificate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager. First publication, August 10, 1949. Last publication, October 5, 1949.
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OREGONIAN HERE M Yenkey of Portland, Ore, IS staying at the Baranof Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09

avoid possible overconf1dence. The
blockade Of Berlin was imposed al
a date when the immediate needs
Of the Berlin population did not
include large fuel supplies and when
three months of summer weathe,
permitting a gradual build-up Of
transport aircraft, maintenance
facilities, airport space and expert.
ence.
Because Of these factors the All
Force was able to meet the demand
even though it was in only an inter-
mediate stage of readiness. We
cannot count on future crises being
so ineptly timed by those who would
put pressure on u.s."
The Air Secretary used the Berlin
airlift to again press for the four
year program" saying the instant
readiness to be accomplished under
the program Is an essential If we
were to have air power capable OF
crisis use"
The program. he declared, "aims
at creating as Of 1852 an Air Force
in being capable Of meeting what.
ever international crisis may be
forced upon this country.
THE phrase Air Force In being
should be emphasized; it is the
opposite of an Air Force which may
be ready in few months or yeal
Of so after something happens" he
continued. I'm the atomic age oil
lightning attack, air power in
stantly capable of sustained de-
tense and sustained retaliatory at.
tack is q basic need of the Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09
Family Conference 10 Hear
-Four Welfare Experts

-Four representatives of welfare
organizations win address the first
meeting of the new Family and
Child Welfare Section of United
Community Services at 1915 pm.
tomorrow at the YWCA.
The speakers, who will talk on
Citizen Responsibility for Family
and Child Welfare in the District, y
will be:
Arthur H. Kruse. director of
United Community Services; Miss
Josephine S. Starr, secretary Of the
Family and Child Welfare Section:
DR.. Norman Gerstenfeld, rabbi of
the Washington Hebrew Congrega-
ton and a member Of the Board of
Public Welfare; and G. Rowland
Shaw, board member of the Family
Service Association.
A nominating committee will be
elected as we'll as section members
from community organizations and
the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09

. four Of i've planes shot down in the
Rata border region were British.
The Jewish spokesman emphati-
cally declared that the fight in
which three planes were shot down
began, was carried on and ended
over Israel"
Regarding the other two planes
the possibility the fight took place
in the border area exists but there,
too, it cannot have taken place
deep inside Egyptian territory" he
added.
He said one of the pilots bailed
out, was captured and proved to be
an officer of the Raj. The burned
body of another pilot was found In
the ruins of an Raj Spitfre, he adj
ded. Fate Of the other pilots was
not known but they were presumed
to be dead.
A fifth plane shot down in the
area was Egyptian, the spokesman
said.
Captured Flyer Identified.
The spokesman said two of the
planes were shot down by Israeli
fighters yesterday morning before
the pm. cease-fire went into ef-
feet with Egypt. The other two
were shot down in the afternoon.
The encounters took place, the
spokesman declared, after enemy
aircraft" had strafed Jewish forces.
The captured flyer was identified
as Flying Officer Timothy John
McElhaw, %, of the RATS Recon-
Nuisance Squadron No. 2O8. Nc
Elhaw was said to have given this
account:
He and Flying Officers Cooper
Cook and Close were instructed to
make an armed aerial reconnais-
sance Of Israeli and Egyptian posi-
tons along the border, from Rata
at the coast, to Auja. about 80 miles
inland. The mission took off with
camera in the lead plane, and all
guns loaded. He saw Cooper,s plane
shot down and he himself bailed out
without firing his guns when his
plane was hit by fire from Israeli
fighters.
Later, the spokesman said, a for
nation Of IL planes carrying wing
bombs was seen northeast of Rata
Gin Palestine territory and was
attached by Israeli fighters and anti
aircraft guns. One crashed In flames
and another was claimed by Israeli
pilots as shot down. 1t was in one
OF these planes that the charred
body OF the British pilot was found.
U. N. to Get Israeli Version.
The government said it was COM
municating its version of the Incl
dent to the United Nations imme-
diately.
Presumably the captured British
flyer will be released.
Rata, in the area of the clash,
Is a disputed town. An Israeli
spokesman said yesterday that Rata
had been in Palestine territory until
the end of the British mandate,
when the British moved the border
north to include it in Egypt.
Meanwhile the cease-fire on Pal
estlne's southern borders still was
Shaky.
Jewish spokesman said Israel was
ready to participate in projected
negotiations with Egypt for a per-
manent armistice in Palestine, but
said he was not yet informed by
the U. N. as to the place of such
negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09

ish aircraft might run afoul Of Jew
ish pursuit planes, as happened
along the Egyptian frontier yester-
day. This was a dangerous chance
which London appears to have con-
sidered was worthwhile in view of
the Importance of the issues in
volveG.
Royal Air Force fighter planes be-
gan daily reconnaissance patrols
within sight Of the Southern Pales-
tine battle area soon after the re-
cent Jewish penetration of Egypt,
and reported patrol incursions into
j Trans-Jordan.
/ From the Suez Canal zone the
British started their own airlift-
a quietly efficient operation masked
by censorship SO tight that even
United Nations observers still can
not confirm these preparations.
Aqaba Chief Worry Now.
Fighter-escorted transport planes
made the airlift to Aqaba and Ma
frak In Trans-Jordan on time
croWding schedules that allowed
only seven minutes to drop a load.
Swarms of armored vehicles pro-
tected each landing. Overland sup
ply routes brought from Iraq to Am
man, Trans-Jordan, more aviation
gasoline TO support the aerial opera
tons.
Important Aqaba, Trans Jordan's
sole port on the Red Sea, is Brit
aims chief worry at the moment.
! There she has sent troops for the
announced purpose of guarding the
port of her ally. The Palestine
Negeb, which the Jews want and
have mostly occupied, also has a
tip reaching down to the Red Sea
few miles from Aqaba.
Aqaba is important to the British
because it has a military highway
by-passing Palestine and running
north through Trans-Jordan to
Damascus, Syria. Thus. conceiv-
ably, it might be the key to tenu-
Gus link between the Mediterranean
and Red Sea in event the Suez Canal
were blocked.
Aqaba Was Elath of Bible.
Aqaba is a city Of palm groves
known in biblical days as Elath. It
is the port from which Solomon's
ships sailed for the Land Of Ophir.
Sitting at the crossroads of many
ancient land and sea routes it has
been sought by a succession Of
powers. In the 18th century Saladin
built a fleet from parts of ships car
ried by camel across the Sinai Des-
ert, with Aqaba as his goal.
Lawrence of Arabia captured it in
1917 without firing a shot. Since
then, until 1925, it was administered
with Ma'an as part Of the Hashe-
mite kingdom of Hejaz. 1t was a
place OF refuge for Hussein, father
of King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan
Hussein founded the Hashemite
dynasty in 1924.
The British in Palestine took it
over year later when Saudi Arabia
menaced it, and it came under
Trans-Jordan in 1881.
1bn Saud. ruler OF Saudi Arabia,
often has tried for Aqaba to give
him door to a corridor to Egypt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-09
Roderick
Continued From First Page.)

intercept them. Both Egypt and
Trans Jordan are her allies.
AS LONG as the Jews and Egyptians
confined their quarrels to Pales-
tine the British took no extraordi-
nary military action. Once the
Israelis strayed out of those borders
into an area Britain considers her
own preserve. the reaction was
quick, immediate and drastic.
The British stake in the Suck Ca
nal and Middle East oil fields is too
great to permit winking at any such
moves.
Inauguration Of regular patrol re-
connaissance fights over the Trans
Jordan border areas and swift ad-
ditions to its fighting reserves were
the British answer.
Daily Reconnaissance Made.
The start of these operations
opened up the possibility that Brit