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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
Prcvicw Wednesday
Evening; ~
Baskets OF Food
To BE Given Away

Fausto'S Food Palace, the new
ultra-modcrn, Streamlined Super
Market Flag Store at 522 Elem
ing street will open officially
Thursday beginning at 8 a. m.
A previcw of the official open
ing will be held tomorrow from
5 to 8 p. m. Nothing is to be sold
at the prcvicw, but everyone who
attends will be served free ice
cream, sandwiches and Coca Co
la.
Then the market is officially
opened Thursday morning and
running through Friday and Sat
urday there will be free pot hold
ers for ladies and free balloons
for their children.
Besides these, each person at
tending the official opening
Thursday. Friday and Saturday
will get a free chance at "a bas-
kets of food. valued at $40 each
Those attending must sign card
without obligation to purchase
anything for the lucky drawings
Every hour from - noon Sat
urday until 8 p. m. three bask
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
Missing New York Banker,
Charged With $S33,OOO
Theft. Found In Daytona

NAMED there for two hours
drove away and then returned in
new Chrysler.
The garage man said that, 50
far as he had been able to re-
call, Grove had the same license
plate on each car. That aroused
the garage mans suspicion, and
he reported the matter to local
FBI man, who, after given a des-
cription of the owner of the two
cars, was confident that he was
Robert Grove, for whom d ma
tionWide search was being con
Quoted.
The FBI Washington headquar.
tiers WAS contacted, and contin-
gent of FBI men, was hurried u
ST. Augustine They succeeded
in tracing Grove to Daytons
Beach. Last night, the FBI men
found Chrysler parked in a
downtown section, and its licen-
sc plate was numbered the SamC
as the Chrysler that had stopped
at the garage in ST Augustine.
All night long FIJI men watch
ed the car but its owner did not
show up.
Neither did anybody attempt
to open and drive off in the car
this morning.
FBI men were searching hotels
and roOmlng houses in D3ytona
Beach for Grove, when one of
them saw d man, answering
Groves description, enter sd
loon. The FBI man entered a mo
ment later and arrested Grove
while he was drinking.
He frankly admitted that he
was Richard Grove and said he
had some of the money in suit
case in his room. The money was
recovered, and then Grove said
he had thrown the bonds into the
Atlantic.
Grove will be arranged in the
federal district court in Tampa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
viii Take Up State
Proposals At Meet
Set For Tonight
Decision Due On Buying
Land Immediately AT
High School, Gym And
Al Douglass School

The question of purchasing adj
ditional sites for schools of the
county will be discussed at to-
nights meeting of the Monroe
County Board of Public Instruc-
ton
One of the first things rccomt
mended for Monroe by the corps
of experts sent here recently by
the State Department Of Educa-
ton was the matter of obtaining
additional land for certain
schools.
1t was specifically recommend
cd that the Monroe School Board
should move at once to acquire
extra land for Key West High
School in order to provide addi-
tional school facilities.
That the board should make
an immediate effort to acquire
land adjacent to the High School
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
Herman founders
Dies In Havana

Herman founders, veteran of
the first world war, and employ
ed as a cook for many years in
Key West, died in Havana on
Saturday as the result of an ac-
cident.
AT the time of his death Her
man founders was employed as
a COOK on the S. S. Florida. He
leaves two brothers: Oscar Loun-
ders in Miami and Richard
founders and several nephews
and nieces here in Key West.
The body viii arrive in Miami
on Friday morning and founders
will be buried on Friday after
noon at Woodlawn Cemetery in
Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
Tree Cutting Act
Is Not Passed By
City Commissioners
Bill To AIIOw Trees To BE Trimmed
On PriDate Property BY Utility
Board Is Defeated 50

The controversial tree cutting
thorized the Utility Board through its sssn
servants and employees enter properly u
Of trimming and their foliage
and final reading by unanimous VOTE
Key West Garden Club. through It's president hsn
Warren strongly opposed the ordinance
further consideration of the
Commissioners Hunter Harden Louis csrbonsli
Dion spoke against enactment Of the
In addition Mrs. Warren who spoke knownely ksr
Vests trees and the work she had anms
dred of them throughout the city with the aid Of M
Ian Jared Daniels also addressed asking
ordinance be defeated.
He told how shade had completely slfa,sa
Simonon street. and that the pe
mainly because of the existence Of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
SCHOOL BOARD
TO DISCUSS NEW
SITES
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gymnasium in order to permit of
an addition or an enlargement of
the gym.
That the board take steps at
once to acquire additional land at
once surrounding the colored
school, Douglass school.
When the Board meets tonight,
Horace O'Bryant- superintendent
Sof public instruction, said today
that he planned to discuss the
procurement of these sites. 1t was
estimated that the cost of acquir-
ing the extra land might run in
to thousands of dollars.
AS yet, Monroe County has not
received full report of the ex-
perts regarding expenditure of
about $4,000 for enlargement of
the school facilities, SO the board
can't act on proposed bond is
sue covering that amount.
Also coming up at tonisht's
meeting is receiving of bids for
installing electric wiring and
lights in the Division Street
School. They will be two con
tracts awarded, one covering
about 1880 feet of wiring and adj
ditional conduits, and two, the
award covering the actual install
lation of the lights themselves.
It is roughly estimated that
cost of the entire job will be
abu... - .0na.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
Employment
Office Here
Places 96

The most complete source of
competent workers available IN
Florida is offered to employers
by the Florida State Employment
Service, according to jeff III.
Knight, Jr., manager of the Key
West local office.
Employers who need clerk ty-
pist, stenographers, sales clerk,
stock clerk, truck drivers or
other workers, may find valuable
aid by referring their employ
ment service.
mot only workers in this
area, but workers in every sec
ton of the state are available
through the Florida State En-
ployment Service" Knight point
ed out, so that if the particular
type of person needed by the en-
Continued On Page SKI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
PC-lO7S Reaches
Here April Il

The PC-l078, which is atte chetl
to Pensacola Naval Base, viii ar
rive here from Kingston, Jamai-
ca, on April II and will depart
on the 18th.
She is carrying a group of Ma
val reservists on training
cruise. She puts into Key West
take on supplies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
50 To 90, Including Nuns
And Ii Infants, Lose Lives
In St. Francis Hospital Fire

early this morning in, St. Antho-
sny's Hospital at Effinghain, 200
fnilos. south of Chicago
Up 10 early this afternoon; ~
charred bodies had been recover
ed. A nurse who barely saved her
life. told the police that 30 in
mates were on the third floor
when the fire was discovered,
and that none of them had since
CONTINUED On Page SKI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
Chopper Is Now
Attached Here

USS Chopper, submarine
lately attached to the Pacific
Fleet, has arrived at the Key
West Naval Station and will
hereafter be attached to it for
training and exercises.
The Chopper carries crew OF
about 80 officers and enlisted
men.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
Visitor Here
Died Sunday

Hervey NJ. Amsler, 81, oil and
gas executive Of Houston, Texas,
died Sunday, after a short illness.
The remains were sent this morn
ing to Houston for funeral servi-
ces andy burial in family plot.
Lopez Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Accompanying the remains
were Ashley II. Priddy, son-in-
law of Mr.. AmSler.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05

fifa charter change agreed
ufsn Husild allow the four re.
nainln& eiiy commissioner q
tnoter an eiinible person wher
4 tarancY on The city commission
ekuis Thsa Vacancy could exist
81 resignation. death. recall, etc
cMm Fiii Commission Vacancy
Wigh csnaiaats OF Own Choice
The p0naon chosen By the com
misiUncw would not have 10 be
ihr sHeond highest defeated can
alliaie bui just anyone Of their
FilfseluF What would happen IN
the event II . vote deadlock OF
"a euiild have % be decided
whrn and u the secession arose.
pahllah oaiy Title ~
llrfrafirf only titles Of penal
esainanrgs "a the City Of Key
Wfa will o. published in the
kNy West CfiEen.
puhlishina enly the title and
masking ~ mention Of the body
aua penalty provisions Of penal
ordinances could possibly lead, il
contested io the unconstitution-
alIiy "a an future penal ordi-
mamrrs Tho legality of this
nicasufe h Questionable.
froaniY sax collector. on a
tlneWhai similar subject. was
nrrnllf Informed that the county
aflinaueni taN lists must be pub
Hsira Tax Collector Howard
Miien had asked Cos legal
epiaRp ifpm ihe states attorney
eeurfnil
Ca nuwosa Member OF
Ciir Civil asrvire Beard
~ e. vuiC. with Commission
af guhn Cagboneii dissenting. the
commissioners approved the char
lrl change that would allow any
ulFulisf "a thc civil service hoard
g. 49, rrmuved ~ a majority vote
al any regular meeting of the
HaHumir inurtH
Commlasionara To Receive
8gt Per kaonth salary
Mnilun eas passed BY "a
eaie a. ehnnEp the charter "a
silln thr city commissioners e.
frfriYe u nunlhly 'alary % SIS
fhas voting Cos the measure
urfp Commissioner Louis Carlo
nfl 1ohn Cnfhoneli and Hunte'
fiaudNn
aamn time alter the March
18th msmeling. Commissioner
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
2 Expcctaiai Mothers
Escape Unhurl And
Give Birth To
Son And Daughter

ny The Associated press)
CHICAGO, April Between
so and 60 persons, including
nuns, the chaplain and II in
fants, lost their lives in a fire
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
q sHaIIy Puts Golf
Rail- around
LaIrn
Takes Iighi ENcrri-c
Esrr, Da,, Me-
tlrfinlir Time OF
tlspaFtmrc Set

aruffal Dwight Eisenhower.
auna ~ head 20 the Chiefs OF
siau 81 thr q 5 Armed Force =
uapidiY ueaaining has old
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
Gets Best Applause
OF Evening

Gets Best Applause
OF Evening
During tho deilatc an tisr ftsns
templated amended tfalfi0 aassis
nance that would make ere WaF
streets Of Windsof Lane. Ams -
street. and others. Gessp eafe
well-known Key Wei asttt. Aas
granted the floor.
Mr.. Otto said tbaf a. uess t4e
city the question "a patkinE So
very pressing prohlesn ~ r
marked that. peFsonalls. - itses
near two churches and 3 Hsi@t
building and that he nessF ea
find space " pax n fIsal M As
home.
osls .aals..sslsE
could BE- found j. hanilins ~
traffic problem as lheF ssa H
Paris. France. In Parts. b. seas.
on even days of tbe nonih gssfk
ing Is allowed on one sisir - filr
street and on odd days ~ ti.s
month parking Is alios cd an sac
other side u the street
When Otio's remarks wase
greeted with a COED nsfusea
round Of spplapas end iazssA-
ter. the local sFtisi auiekiv re-
piled. without eraekina q smslis.
Don't you give people fatal
liqence enough 90 knew whaf
day Of the month n h.
The commissioner ais aa
proved the following rusulaiturs
and ordinances.
Payment
Authorized payment a ssas4
la the Crummer Couss.suss 80
landO, Fla. for CITY ~ ksF w.
four percent rcfundlnH huHis
dated July I. iaa3 wHh suauei
interest Fifty dollars ui tfa
amount paid Was fuf aeerslsd tn-
teucst.
Make More Through stFseta
Trsffic ordinance sulina ifEfa
the following right-oi wsY $50
Francis street from Sssiihafd I'D
Truman Avenue,
Bertha street ff0n fiaEiiH
Avenue Ia South Roosevelt haz
levard;
First street from flsa|ff Asu
nue. la North Roosevelt ttrHiE
ward.
Fifth street frum Flsslrf AFr
nue. 90 North Roosevelt hosih
ward.
During discussion 81 ths tFaf
fic ordinance. CommisAiomsS
Fred J. Dion asked the ely al
torneY IL liability 10 ths city
existed In the ease where stfesi
markings were absent.
City Attorney a. iNnsfias
Lister answered that uhsm wa
no law requiring the maTkina
and further that she ufa manfta
had been published ard ihas lisaf
he considered a eunaifa
tive notice. The cts atfmne
thought that the publCstiaH
should be sufficient, but eos e3
Continued IN PAGE Sixl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
County Board May
Name Successor
To DIR. Parramore

Consideration of a successor to
Dr. James B. Parramore as
Monroe County Health Officer,
will occupy the attention of the
Monroe County Commissioners
at their first regular meeting of
April tonight.
DIR. Parramore recently resign
ed because of i'll health. II is re-
ported that there is more than
one applicant to succeed DR.. Par
ramore.
Outside of this matter, the
commission, it is believed, will
consider only routine matters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05
Special Meeting
Minutes Released
By City Manager
Commissioner John CarboneH Votes
against CiUiI SerUice
Removals.

mauiss - special meeting held in City Hall March 20 by
cw Commissioners finally released night by City Manager
hslph apaldlng
AZ commissioners and their charter
shansss b. Submitted Representative C. Papy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-05

Victor Lowe to amend the min
utes. changing his vote from a
yes" to a mo" on the SIS
monthly salary charter change.
Clerk Lowe would not do this
until he had legal opinion from
the city attorney, Ignatius Lester
According TO Lowe, Lester adj
vised that the minutes must
stand as Is. out that a note OF
explanation could be made to the
press informing the public of
Hardcn'S change OF vote. go 20
Harden emphatically told the
press that he had reconsidere-'
and that nc would have the min
utcs changed at the next meet
ing. Neither Commissioners John
and Louis Carbonell approved oil
Hardcn's change of voting proce-
dure. anC advised Lester and
Lowe that the special meeting
minutes be thrown out complete
~ IL changed in any manner from
the original record
The Carbonclls reasoned thai
this waS not legal and would be
setting a precedent.
Monroe county commissioners
receive a monthly salary of
sl5o. A set salary of SIS
monthly for the CITY commits
sioners would be costlv to the
isxnavers but not at all unrea-
sonable.
Evening star., 1949-12-12

but said he might not have been
drunk"
Bednasek said Margaret had told
him many times she loved him and
that she could never marry any
one else. He said she told him
Saturday night she loved him.
The girls body was found clad
in strapless white evening gown
in the rooming house known as
the Empty Arms"
State, county and local authori-
ties said in a statement this was
the sequence Of events leaving up
to Miss JackSon'S death:
Bednasek took Miss Jackson to
his room about 7:45 pm. Satur-
day for dinner of shrimp, oysters
and Holsters. They drank sparkling
Burgundy wine.
Later they went to the Sigma
Phi Epsilon Fraternity winter
formal. Bednasek is a membe'
of the fraternity.
They returned to the roomin.
house after the dance for a night
cap. After few drinks of Scotch
whisky they went across the hall
to another room to dance to a
record player.
Bednasek said he did not re-
member anything after that until
Evening star., 1949-12-12

charge. The coed was Margaret
Ann (Gee-Gee) Jackson, 20, of
Burlington, Iowa.
DR.. George D. Callahan, johnson
County coroner, said after an
autopsy that death was murder
caused by strargulation."
In his Jail cell last night, Bed
nasek denied to newsmen that he
murdered the girl.
/ Pacing nervously. he said: She
was completely in love with me,
and with her I did not murder
her. I have never been capable
of murder"
Father Denies Romance.
The girls father, William E.
Jackson, an attorney and member
Of the Iowa parole board. denied
his daughter was in love with
Bednasek. He said the girl was
involved in a "one-sided romance"
with him.
Miss Jackson's Kappa Alpha
Theta Sorority sisters said she
had been pinned" (engaged) to
Bednasek last spring. but sent
his fraternity pin back to him last
summer. Since school started this
fall they had been dating often
but were not going steady" the
sorority girls said. Miss jackson
had invited another man to her
sorority dance Friday night.
However, Mrs. Olga Bednasek
said at Cedar Rapids that her son
and Miss Jackson planned to be
married "in about four years"
Evening star., 1949-12-12

after Bednasek completed gradu-
ate work in psychology.
Mrs. Bednasek said her husky
I175-pound son told her when she
asked him yesterday If he killed
the girl:
II must have. I was the only
one in the room. I don't know
how it happened because my mind
is a blank"
Sheriff Albert J. Murphy said he
was holding a diary found in Bed
nasek's room. He said authorities
would study it, but it was written
lin authorizations" and would be
hard to decipher unless he Bed
nasek) will interpret it to u.s."
During the Jail cell interview
Bednasek spoke incoherently al
times and appeared on the verge
of tears.
He said he recalled little OF
events in the second room
before he went for police.
Both Had Drinks.
Il just remember her lying on
the floor" he said. II picked her
up, guess. don't remember much
about it-just talked to her
thought she had passed out. ]
tried to wake her up. Then intu-
ition. guess, made me sense some
thing was wrong-all hazy."
He said both had some drinks,
Evening star., 1949-12-12

he found Miss jackson on the
floor, not breathing.
He ran to a police station
around the corner and shouted
there was a girl in the rooming
house who isn't breathing and
need help"
Returning to the rooming
house, police said Bednasek hurled
a whisky bottle from a window.
Evening star., 1949-12-12
Iowa u. Student Held
In Strang|ing Of Coed
After Fraternity Party
BY the A.socioted Press

IOWA CITY. Iowa, Dec. IA
beautiful University of Iowa CO.
ed was found strangled in a mems
rooming house yesterday and a
senior student who said he was in
love with the girl is charged with
numbering her.
Robert Emil Bednasek, "a. was
to be arraigned today on the
Evening star., 1949-12-12

dress a meeting of the District So
ciety of the Sons of the American
Revolution at 8:15 pm. Wednes-
day in the Carlton Hotel. He will
talk on American Foreign Policy
in the Far East"
Evening star., 1949-12-12
Dr.. TonsiII to Talk

DR.. Charles c. Tansill, professor
of American Diplomatic History
at Georgetown University, will ad-
Evening star., 1949-12-12
DlSTURBULAIoR
ACTION WITH AL
NYloN BRisIlES

Durable clear nylon
bristles have twice the life
Of other bristles-do bet.
ter job Of cleaning. Long
one.piece shaft provides
smooth, quiet long.life
operation-eliminates
trouble.
Evening star., 1949-12-12

Imagine! 1t cleans by it.
self-no more tiresome
arm-sction. You merely
guide the amazing new
Eureka-its powerful
automatic cleaning action
removes deeply embedded
dust and grit.
Evening star., 1949-12-12

Positive lock and release
just step on the toe
latch and move handle to
any position desired.
Cleaner 10 only s. high
goes under furniture easily.
Evening star., 1949-06-25
55l9 SILVER HILL RID.

Between DANrteI AstE ana Halt.sna
De iuGs hHnFAinW : rgaEzs h&tAk
. hFeplAees Ell easesoAre Sh
FINISHED recrs&4}on reon xtth mAFctt
hST Tiled dream kstshra fAis
VI home rust om- eBtis By GNaef With
the vrrw nnes4 materials II q car
pleasure 10 o-eg TO yea D4res
tieas oug Marlboro ptks 70 saver
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Evening star., 1949-06-25
HOUSES WANTED 70 BuY

HOUSES WANTED 70 BuY
HOME WITR EXTRA APTs. wanted
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