The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1943, Page 4

FOUR iL MEET T0 |TAMPA TAXPAYERS ONSIDER LOCAL |PROTEST AGAINST: ‘FOOD SITUATION|ASSESSMENT ROLL’ ALL BUSINESS MEN AND|COMPLAINTS FILED COVER| RESIDENTS IN GENERAL| PROPERTIES SITUATED IN INVITED TO ATTEND SES-| VARIOUS PARTS OF HILLS- SION TOMORROW BOROUGH COUNTY Wgkgul G. Albury has called a] "TAMPA, Jan. 5.—Determined | eeting of ali grocers, other|Hillsborough County taxpayers! business men and residents gen-|Went to the mat with Comptrol-| erally who are interested, to be|ler J. M. Lee last week in an ef- held‘ at 8 o'clock tomorrow eve-| fort to protect themselves from ning in the City Hall to consider|*the inequality and injustice evj- the food situation in Key West,|enced by his position in permit- which he said is fast approaching|tingé county commissioners to an acute stage. assess only so-called “live” prop- “We are dependent on Miami|¢tty and thus force honest tax- | for most of our commodities,’|Payers to assume the additional | Mr. Albury said, “and Miami] burden represented by property | wholesalers, naturally, are taking] left off the tax, roll and classi-| care of Miami and nearby terri-| fied as “dead”. | tory first. Here is a good idea] In a letter to Lee, George Len- of how that affects us in Key|festy, president of the Florida} West. I was in Miami Saturday| Taxpayers Association, speaking and visited two wholesale beef| fF his organization, repeated his | centers. Quarters of beef hung threat to enjoin the Hillsborough from the hooks and, at one es- County tax roll unless the injus- tablishment, four trucks, loaded | tite is corrected and backed up with beef, were pulling out for his demand, with a recent opin- deliveries but not one ounce of |i0" of Attorney General Tom that beef could be obtained for }Watson which concurs with the Key West. position of the Taxpayers Asso- “That makes our situation dan-| ition, that “all” property should | erous, and it will continue~to |e included on the roll. get worse when other essential}, Lenfesty further points out foodstuffs, in adtition to sugar that this position is also sup-| and coffee, are put on the ra-|Ported by State Auditor Bryan | tioning list. It will mean that | Willis. we will be thrown back, in hay-| , Hillsborough County Commis- ing our needs estimated, to the sioners, indifferent to the Tax-| total of our consumption in 1940, ]Pavers’ demand, state that their | That will be most unfair to us,i™Method of making up the tax because our population has dou. {T0ll is approved by Comptroller | bled sinve that time, and we will |Lee and is the same as is prac- surely need many of the essen-|ticed throughout the state, and rather not, tell Kent, all right.| Lacey sei “But that I p i I phere ietege Reape too MRS: MURDOCK geez TAKES A CASE Chapter 18 Two New Allies lOYCE inate heard the story wh, allowing Delia to tell it in her own way peithont interruption. Upon opening the door and seeing the white, tor- tured look on the girl’s face she hi known Page wee wrong; now, she sat down an arm about Delia’s shoul- “Of all the rotten luck,”'she said, “But I think you were marvelous for not telling him you had the envelope.” “Oh, I couldn’t, Joyce. Not then. I was so afraid and—what can we do?” “We'll think of something.” “T’ve got to give him the en- velope. It isn’t me, but if the police should find out Ward actually was there—” ,, “Delia.” Joyce said, interrupt- ing. “Don’t you think* maybe we should tell Kent and see what he says?” Delia considered this, brushing her hair back from her forehead. | “No.” she said. “I'd still rather | i¢ not.” “Kent would never Jet you down.” _ Even as she spoke Joyce real- ized that Delia’s mind was made up and that to argue now would do no good. She sighed and leaned back. . “All right, dear,” she said, and then an idea.crept, into the cloudy recesses ‘of her’ mind, “If you'd But we need help, and I thi know someone.” “Who?” “His name is Fenner. He’s a private detective.” “Oh, no.” Delia’s eyes got round and startled. “Not a detective.” “Yes. a detective,” Joyce said. “He’s worked with Kent before. I know him well enough to go to him and I know he can be trusted implicitly. We needn’t tell him everything, and you needn’t tials of life should such an order |they urge that the tax group go | be kept into effect, particularly so if we continue. to depend al- most wholly on Miami for our foodstuffs, as we are at present. “We must take action, and we have got no time to lose. So I call on the people of Key West to be present at the meeting to- Morrow evening, so that we can formulate plans to assure us an adequate food supply. If neces- sray, we should name a commit- tee to go to Washington ‘to act in our behalf.” Mr. Albury explained that the purpose is to organize the Kéy West Protective Association for the duration of the war. FERNANDEZ. RITES THIS AFTERNOON THIS MORNING AT PACK- ER STREET RESIDENCE Mrs. Lutgarda Garciga Fer- nandez, 68, died this morning at 4:10 o'clock at her residence, 1200 Packer st. Funeral services for the de- ceased will be held this ‘after- noon at 5:30 o’clock from the residence, Rey. Guillermo Perez, of the Latin Mission Church, of- ficiating. Pritchard Funeral Home is* in charge of arrangements. Survivors are the husband, Nicolas Ferandez; two sisters, Mrs. Antonia Garciga and Mrs. Rafaela Garciga of Cuba, ‘and two brothers, Julian and Gau- dioso Garciga, of Cuba. ANNOUNCE DEATH OF MRS. SIDNEY HOPPS A. D. Leuthi is in receipt of a letter announcing the death of * Mrs. Hopps, wife of Rev. Sidney T. Hopps of Leeds, England, who was for some years pastor of the Wesleyan M. E. Church of this city. It was stated that Mrs. Hopps, as the result of exposure on a rainy night during an air raid, de- veloped pneumonia, and died aft- er only 12 hours of illness, on Aug- ust 13, 1942. The three sons are all in the English forces; Frank in England, Ralph in India and John in North Scotland. MORE FIRST AID CLASSES, LIKELY FitéO@hief Leroy “Torres said today that probably more first aid classes would be conducted for members -of the Key West Volunteer Fire Department. While many firemen took the last course under the direction of Leonard Curry, some of them did not attend all the classes and a few others were not present at any of the meetings. Whether or not there will be any more classes, Chief ‘Torres explained, depends on what ac- tion in that matter is taken by the Monroe County Defense Council. eddie ahead and sue. Consistent efforts of Attorney, She got up. “I’m going to phone General Watson to eliminate in-| him. You needn’t actually agree justices and inequalities in the | until you've seen him and talked state’s method of assessment was! With him. primarily responsible for the fi- Fresh Ideas nal adjustment of outstanding | QHE picked up the telephone, re- railroad taxes that had been con- | *? membered she did not know tested for years, and »the Tax-}| one unnnes gad Piel a sae payers Association feels that it| 3 ° can depend on his continued ef-| what she wanted: then es she fort on behalf of the small tax- payer as well. | worry about his going to the lice.” was about to make the call, she | thought of something else and sat quite still, a narrowness coming about her eyes. | “What is it?” Delia asked. | “What's the matter?” “I. just thought of something.” Joyce went to the desk. found the COLORED YOUTH UNDER ARREST) series, 22¢ come! oF we | things,” she said. | “But on ie “I don’t know. But we should. How do we know what’s going to happen later or how important the envelope may become? Why not have these things photo- graphed? Then, if we lose them— | well. who knows? Kent would CHARGED WITH BREAKING INTO A STORE ON UNIT- ED STREET Harmon and for the next minute or two she talked rapidly and earnestly, explaining what she wanted. ‘He can’t come for about an hour,” she said when she hung up. “Somebody is out to dinner and he has to stay in the office. Then he'll come right over... . And that reminds me. We're going to need dinner ourselves.” __ “Oh, I couldn’t eat a thing,” Delia said: Nuts,” said Joyce inelegantly, E>oY LACEY was blond, blue- eyed and Sprpied. He was not more ; tian ‘enty-one or? two, and-when he had been told-what Joyce wanted him to do he léoked decidedly uncomfortable, “I don’t know,” he said. “What's | the boss going to say?” i “Kent?” Joyce said. “He’s not going to find out, is he, Eddy?” “You’d be surprised the things he finds out.” “This is between us, though.” “Yeah. but I work for him.” “And I know how loyal you are,” Joyce said. “But this is something personal. Kent isn’t go- ing to know anything about it and e should find out I'll tell him I forced you to do it, and you hadn’t any choice.” ii wacey grinned. “And that’s no ie.’ _Joyce handed him the two clip- pings and the copies; of the mar- riage and divorce certificates. “Did ‘you bring the right sort of ae 80 we'll be able to rea ese -piter-you, pl a them?” Yai Ee mene a. clear,” he added. “The prints will have to be blown up quite a bit.” ‘That’s all right: nm you've made your exposures you can develop and enlarge them right here in Kent’s darkroom.” “Oh—oh,.” said Lacey. * “Now what?” “Guys don’t like other gu fooling around with their dark- rooms.” Trouble sobered him un- til, catching sight of the look on Joyce’s face, he shrugged and grinned. “Okay. I might ss well give it the works.” For the next half hour saree and Delia stood by while idy Lacey unpacked his _plate-case, set up his camera and lights and thumb-tacked the first clipping to a bread-board Joyce had pur- loined from the kitchen. Except for an_ occasional muttering sound, Lacey worked silently, and as soon as he had finished with his camera, he took his pa to the darkroom down the hall. | Joyce telephoned Jack Fenner | while Lacey was in the dark- | room and after a brief and guard- | ed explanation secured his con-. sent to listen to the rest of her story. “He'll _be busy until nine, thirty,” Joyce told Delia, “and f said we could meet him at the Copley.” “If only we didn’t have to tell him,” Delia said. “If only—” “I know. But it’s not going to be as bad as you think, darling. And you'll like Jack. He’s amus- ing in a hard-boiled sort of way, and quite honest.” |COVERED WAGON TRAILER Emerson Gallagher. a 14-year- old negro boy, was arrested yes- terday afternoon on a charge of | breaking into a grocery store at | United and Simonton streets. | The proprietor said that a few | minutes before the boy was caught, he entered the store and asked to borrow a monkeywrench to screw up a nut on his bicycle, | which, it was learned later, he did not possess. The proprietor added that he noticed that the boy shift- | ed his eyes to the back of the store, while he was asking about the | wrench, but nothing: aws further | : thought about the matter. | { Shortly afterward a woman, | who lives across the street, saw the | boy break open a back door win- | dow and climb into the store. The burglar was arrested, and a few minutes later Constable Ray At- well and Policemen Eugene Her- nandez and Hector Castro redch- ed the store in time to see the boy running away. He was overtaken by Hernandez. Gallagher will be arraigned this | afternoon before Justice of the Peace Enrique Esquinaldo. HARRY WILLIAMS MADE SERGEANT | Harry C. Williams, 2000 Cherry Street, Vicksburg, Miss. has; been promoted from private to/ sergeant, it has been announced | by the commanding officer of the Harbor Defenses of Key) West. | Following’ his induction into the Army, July 21, 1942, Sergeant Williams spent three weeks at) Camp Shelby, Miss,, before com- ing to Key West. He is a.son| of Mr. and Mrs. Waiter T. Wil-| liams, Sr., and before joining the Army was associated with Vance W. Goods, Vicksburg attorney. | No Word Wasted | The pastor of a colored church | in the South so pestered his bishop for help that ‘the latter! wrote him a letter stating that) in the future such appeals would | be entirely disregarded. j Pretty soon, though, another’ letter came from the minister. | The bishop opened it. It read as, follows: “Dear Bishop: “This here ain’t no appeal. “It's a report. 4 ‘T has no pants.” + ling Alley, is a locally-owned and |are here for only a‘ short time, | (hours, beautifully” cle jst. _= | Subscrine to The Citizen, __| 666 TABLETS, SALVE, NOSE DROES Soon Eddy had four, eleven by fiurteen, glossy white prints go- itig throug! gh Washer and when Joyce, sw them. she they | would do. “I used the biggest paper I could find,” Lacey said. “I don’t know if they’re ae enough.” “Oh, they are, Eddy. And you're a darling.” “I could easily be a chump, too,” said Lacey. Joyce brought out an oversized blotting book from a cabinet and put it on the table. “They ought to be ferrotyped,” Lacey said. “I know,” Joyce said. “But this will do. It will get them out of the way and”—she saw that negatives were dry—‘Tll take care of the negatives.” To be continued C. L. SMITH. MADE... :: FIRST LIEUTENANT Promotion of Second Lieuten- ant Clarence.L. Smith, Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., to a first lieu- tenancy has been announced by ~the commanding officer of the Harbor Defenses of Key West, do_it—why shouldn’t we?” Delia, leaned: forward, ested. now, Hut pipepes Ht “ait ut Bet someone who can. Someone from the paper.” “From the Vigcatt Delia said. “But that will be just one more person to know—” “Tt will be no such thing,” Joyce said. “And will you please stop wol 1? I realize the risk as well as you do.” “Yes, but—” “The one I have in mind won’t be able to read French. I’m sure; nor Spanish either. He’ll have no idea what those papers say, and even if he did you’d never have to worry. Really, Delia, there are some people you can trust.” She’ was ‘telephoning before Oelia could add anything more, inter- CLEANING, PRESSING SERVICE AT ITS BEST, | The White Star Cleaners on Duval street, opposite the Bowl- operated dry cleaning establish- ment, under the proprietorship of Joe_ Medina. who is making oe every effort to keep up with the where Lieutenant, Smith is* a trend of the times. battery commander. Medina wishes all of his friends| An ‘attorney in civilian life, and: new patrons to know that Lieutenant Smith joined the all work is done here in Key|Armed Forces in March, 1941. West. ,.|SHortly thereafter he attended On the fropt page of today’s] Officer Candidate School and, Citizen he announces the institu- upon completion of the course of tion of new and improved miach- training, was commissioned a inery, which brings to thé peo-| second lieutenant. ple of Key West and those who} pa Se a Te a quick dry cleaning and press-} ing service at a small advance in| THE price over the regular service: | a This new service is.-a 3-hour service and all articles’ Jéeft are! guaranteed to be ready withi QUESTIONS.ON PAGE TWO ri. Around El Agheila. ' 2. February, /1942, . March, 1942. . February, 1942. . April, 1942. preésséd.’ “ Special attention is men in the service. PYTHIAN LODGE | DANCE TOMORROW | The committee from the Knights | of Pythias Lodge, which is spon- j soring a movement in raising a| AT FIRST 0. Nov. 2, 1942. THREE BEDROOM BUNGA- LOW, with additional lot in rear. For quick sale. $2,500 cash. 1106 Margaret Street. Brokers protected or phore Judge Caro. MOTORS, sc cury. Convertible ers.. Skating Rink. SECOND SHEETS—500.; for ..75c. The Artman Press... ,. novl6-tf | FOR SALE—1940 Indian Motor-| cycle. Excellent tires. Apply L. H. Starling, Jefferson Hotel. dec29-tf | —. FOR SALE—Ford 1934 coupe, good condition and good tires. } 1226 Grinnell st. jan2-5tx TECHNICAL BOOKS: Books on! Navigation and Seamanship, Diesel and Steam Engines, Air-! craft Design, Maintenance and Operation, Ship Repairs, Mathe- matics, Machine Shop Tech- nique. Paul Smith, 334 Simon- ton St: at Eaton St. jan€-12t! 1 FOR» SALE—Skiff,.11% feet. Robert 'Whitehead)°1310 John-| son Street: FO! 4-foot. ‘Thompson , factory-built Trailer and 10| , hp. Jabason motor. Apply 400 White St. or Phone 845. { TYPEWRITING PAPER — 50(/| Sheets, 75c. The Artman Press. | septlotf FOR SAULE—Lot size 52x100. New House, furnished or-un- furnished. Apply, Key West Beddirig Co., 515 Front St. | jan5-3tx | and Screened-in Porch. Six- ply tires. Sleeps four. Reason- | able. Can be seen at any! WAITRESSES AWNTED. Side- SERENE AGE REESE : Precipitation WANTED—A chance to bid on Rainfall 24 hours ending \COAT HANGERS WANTED, Deficiency since Jan. 1, WANTED—Two Messenger Boys, | LOST — Yesterday, LOST—Gas ration Book, F.223427| jan4-3tx | LOST_A Rationing Book. Name, jan4-2tx'LOsT—Lady’s Blue and White) | LOST—Gas Rationing Book; re-| TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1943 WEATHER REPORT (“TY COUNCIL | Observation taken at 8:39 a m,! i E.W.T. (City Office) | i Temperatures Highest last 24 hours ___ Lowest last night ___ Mean _____ Normal __ walk Cafe, Duval and Fleming. jan4-tf veguiar ¢ month, and also of year. e In all probability some propos- al will be made at tonight's meet- ing for a slight change im the i- which would ai- 2 open until closing at the WANTED ext printing order. THE 8:30 a. m., inches __ PRESS. jly9-tf Total rainfall since Jan. 1, ! inches your AR’ $1.00 a hundred. White Star Cleaners, 701% Duval St. jani-tf inches Total rainfall since Jan. 1, oe s Deficiency since Jan. 1, eS aS Relative Humidity 15% 16 years or older. Western! Union, 416 Greene Street. | course jan5-2t | TWO BASKETBALL a Sunset — Moonrise: somewhere Moonset between sunrise and _ sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they | are gone forever. — Horace; Mann. dec29-tf | 10:30 p.m. Key West and Vicinity: Some- A. Will-ifnder please return to; what colder tonight. W. S. G., Post Office box 989,| Florida: Continued rather cold i Key W : jan2-3tx tonight, with frost. and freezing — temperatures in extreme north and frost in the interior of cen- tral portion. Hatteras, N.C. to Apalachi- cola, Fla, N6 small craft or storm warnings have been is- sued. William Lightbourn Gibb. - Is- sued Hiwassee Dam, N. C. Re- turn to 809 Division streets jan4-2tx Pocketbook, containing valu- able papers belonging to Mrs. { NEW DIMOUT D. L. Menhlhop 404 South St., a phone 419-W. Finder keep| (Continued from Page One money, return papers. " |lights painted by Monday of next week. The defense council will pro- turn to W. F. Jones, Box 534, ; Vid brushes and paint, and those jan4-2tx |OWners of automobiles who so | wish may drive to the City Hall jan4-3tx LOST—Gas Ration Card 4985535.| where prisoners will paint the Return to Elizabeth Whipper.' headlights. Any car owner who 812 Thomas St. jan5-2tx! wishes to paint his own lights time. 1327 Duncan street. ‘ jan5-5tx 1938 FORD COUPE. Good con-} dition, good tires. $300.00 cash. | Caraballo’s Service Station, | Sts. jan5-5tx | |Business or. Residential Lots all} |may do so- REAL ESTATE Eighteen wardens were given certificates on the completion of parts of the Island; Terms | their course in first-aid work. CHHEINER | All exterior signs, however il- See es jluminated, must be extinguished Open 8:30 AM. to 7 PM. IF You'Re Loonwve Fon corner of Eaton and Grinnell | phones 124 and 736-R 505 Duval|274 that same order applies to porch lights that are not shaded. jan8-tt |The ‘council pointed out that HELP WANTED WANTED — Experienced, all- around Beauty Operator. Apply Beauty Colony, Southard St., next to Bus Station. dec31-tf Girls and Waitresses. Good salary. Southernmost City! Pharmacy. * j PRIVATE COURSON . IS MADE SERGEANT t Bas 2s Only ‘four months after hav- ing been inducted into the Army, | Mayhugh Courson of Lake City, | Fla., has been promoted from private to the rank of sergeant, | according to announcement by/ the commanding officer of the Harbor’ Defenses of Key West, where Courson is now stationed. | The son of Mrs. Geneva Smith | of Lake City, Sergeant Courson | was .manager,.of the Powell Ho- | tel at Lake.City before entering ae x COUNTY COMMISSION (Gotitinued ‘from Page One) ida, to make’a levy for the main- | tenance of the public hospital so | that by said levy a sum not to ex- ceed $15,000.00 may be raised. BE IT Further Resolved, That the Board of County Commission- ers does hereby go on record as requesting the Representative, | Bernie C. Papy, and the State Sen- ator, James A. Franklin, to intro- duce a Bill in the next Legisla- ture authorizing the County Com- | missioners to make’ said levy as above provided for and that they follow the said Bill until its pas- sage and enactment into law. | PRODUCTION RISES DETROIT — Machine-tool pro- duction-in 1942, aggregating, seme | $1,400,000,000 ; was. nearly., twice | that in 1941, and 14 times_the —Now Showing'— BRIAN DONLEVY | “WAKE ISLAND” MONROE THEATER. VIRGINIA BRUCE in fund for the benefit of the Merce-} SIGN OF A Dp des hospital, have arranged for al dance to be given tomorrow éven- | ing at the Cuban Club on Duval | USE ‘A-Hunting We Will Go’ and ‘Queen of the Yukon’ Coming: “POWER TOWN” 217 Duval St. PROFESSIONAL {the law, governing their action, ; provides a fine not exceeding $5.- 1000, or imprisonment for one lyear, or both, for violations of Phone 252/the orders of the defense coun- dec20-tf | cil. See Paut SmuitH 334% Simonto LOUIS A. HARRIS Attorney-at-Law ie WANTED — Fountain Counter ARE WAY. War's OnThe Wires! iThe New Year, 1943, is “the end of the beginning.” A greater burden of toil and conflict lies ahead. And while America’s sons fight in desert _.* and jungle, telephone communica- —-—tion lines at home will carry an ever- VGncreasing load of calls vital to uivWictory. Telephone materials are still going to battle in the form of guns and shells, So, to get the most out of our present equipment, we will con- tinue to need your help in keeping . tinue to best serve the telephone fong distance lines clear of all but needs of all by serving our country necessary calls. And remember, the _first. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH Company - GRATED ee ———E——_—_—_—_——— greater the distance you talk, the greater the chance of your call getting in the way of important war calls. We are most grateful for the patriotic response during 1942, to our requests for voluntary reduction of unnecessary long distance calls. It helped us provide the services so ee For the “duration,” we can con- Rn naw RINNE A