The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 6, 1945, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME VLVI. No. 56 Beach Project To Be Heard At Meeting Of County Board Tonight — Plans Regarding Votings| OMIA LD ODA wa 4 Machines: Just. Receiv-' BRIDGE ‘RECEIPTS! *\ ~ ed Will Also Be’ Die STILL’ INCREASE The monthly veport of the cussed | Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District) as compared with the month of the im- mediately preceding year, still is showing a gain in col- lections, Auditor Clifford G. Hcks reported today. Collections in February of 1944 totaled $20,955, and last month they amounted to $22,418.25, Passengers using the brid- ges in February of last year numbered 28,733, and last month they totaled 31,163. Number of passenger cars A delegation of Key West- ere, who are promoting a movement to have a beach built on the south shore, will @ppear tonight at a meeting! ef the county commission- ore, . Bond attorneys in Chicago, through Attorney J. Lance- lot Lester, are considering the preliminary preparations for an election to raise $200,- 000 to construct the beach and « bathing pavilion. Plans regarding the 17 voting machines that the| ence of 99, In February of | last year thev totaled 3,624 | and last month, 3,723. Other 1944, and 4,275 last month, present at tne meeting. Bids for the repairing of the county road that runs in front of the Key West Naval Hospital will be opened, and ah estimate of the cost of repairing the No Name Key ge will be submitted by County Aftorney Julius F. Stone, who received it trom the State Road Department. The amount, Mr. Stone si this morning, is appr mately $6,000. TWO ARRESTED ON GAMBLING CHARGES Proprietors of Blue Heaven and Baby's Place were arrested MAD DOGS ARE ON INCREASE CAUTION | ISSUED: AGAINST DANGER BY DR. HEN- IN- RY HANSON, STATE STITUTION (Special to ‘rae JACKS . Warning that mad dogs are on the ‘increase in some communi- ties over the state, and an ap- peal to remain calm when dealing with a suspicious acting animal was sounded this week by Dr. Henry Hanson, state health of- last night by Constable Joe Espinosa on gambling charges, Near re and this morning each was held ported by Peace Justice Esquinaldo in $100 bail for criminal court. Carlos Clayton was rynning a poker game in the Blue Heaven, situated on Thomas street, Con- stable Espinosa alleged, and An- gel Torres was arrested in Baby's Place on a similar charge. ous wild animals, Du- val county had the highes' ber of dogs reported r: the health unit reporting ‘ most epidemic proportion" some communities. “A mad dog is a dangerous .| Was host yesterday at a each month showed a differ- | ‘icles, i y clon /.738 in Febronery ‘1 Merchants’ Association. ~ PLANS FAVORING FIFTY JURORS DRAWN FOR ~ REGULAR TERM OF CRIMINAL | COURT TO CONVENE MONDAY, SMALLER NATIONS GENERAL DeGAULLE TO AD- , VOCATE MORE POWER announced today that Gen- eral DeGaulle, at. the con- ference to be held in San Francisco: next’ month, will insist-on giving greater pow- bert, Orlando Rodriguez, R. C.!. Eduardo He will advocate several | dez, Harry M. Pinder, amendments: to the conclu-' Knowles, isions reached at the Dum- William M. Baker, Ralph Pratt. | Gibson. barton Oaks conference, | [each of them designed to strengthen the position of smaller nations, Commerce Body Host } To Business Group SLD LD LIS SI SMB BM With ‘Winston Churchill five The Board of Directors of the {Key West Chamber of Commerce acheon tendered to a group of Key West business men at the Hotel La Concha. They met at the invitation of the Board to discuss the proposi-! tion of forming an attive Retail my | March 6 — | Prime Minister Churchill re- | turned here today’ from the western front, where he had conferred with Gen. Eisen- announced. After lunch was enjoyed the! é h Board withdrew and the prospec-! hower and: Field Marshal | Ross said. county has received also will sinh mst cathatharthual ive members of the Ae Slaten Montgomery, presumably be discussed. John England, went into executive session. about preparations to be superivsor ‘of count, regis-- WARNING THAT . Officers nominated and elected, made for the Allied armieg. tratiof, is ‘“chetiWled™to~ be” a - x were*’ Joe “Medina, ~ president; George lee, vige-president; J. Mondul, treasurer; J. Arlen, sec- retary, and Alador U. Moga, com- mittee chairman. } Those present. frém_ the Cham; ber.of Commerce were President VP OPO IIMS I Ma A. ; Maitland . Adams, NICER) jdent:Mys., Hugh ‘Williams, Cap-'Mareh 21 Set For tain W.‘ W. Deteritt, Fred 0. . ~ Eberhardt and their guests were Hearing On School Superintendency crossing the er Rhine. Churchill visited many Points along the front, and in some, localities reviewed the troops, the committee. to the Joe Medina, George Lee, J. Mon-| dul, J. Arlen and A. U. Moga. | COUNCIL TC HOLD | MEETING TONIGHT| A quo war litigation concerning the {roe county, was There will be a regular meet-| ings ofthe: City Council held to-( 514 turned over to Sheriff. Ber-|Southernost night, beginning at 8 o’clock,| which will be the first regular] ve session of the month jo Albury. up during the course of the ses-|‘ency: in the election last Novem- tion Co., sion. |ber, but that the office was giv- Drane. ae eee jen to Mr. Albury because many — Sev CRAFT REGULATIONS | votes that had been cast for Mr. Red $15.00. by clection inspectors. | | Revised smal!’craft for.the Key West s ing the main dange egulations area in the! the time for a hearing in the days of the Red ;Cross War Fund campaign gone, ;Key West’ Chapter today has Returns To- London. teached a total of $3,173.61 of its |$24,900 quota, P. J. Ross, chair- grandchildren, THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY MARCH 6, 1945 , The following jurors, number- Clifford Griffin, John A. Gel- IAN CABINET i eens ail ling 50, were drawn this morning abert, William H. Gibee, Sel Seve Ansoct jto serve at a regular term of the Harry Lee Baker, Ralp! . (By Ansoctated \ reas» PARIS Mich 6 It was|criminal court to be convened at Knowles, Paul E. Culingford,| LONDON, March 6.—Po- 10 o'clock next Monday morning: William J. Goss, Leslie Felton, Manuel Casas, William H. Al- John G. Roberts, Samuel Vv. bury, George Gibson, Raymond McCarthy, Joe Pearlman, Milton G. Curry, Harry L. Lowe, Will-'A. Parrott Joe R. Romaguera, iam T. H. Boll, Charles H. Gil-' Charles B. Russell. Henriquez, Daniel, Benjamin C. Felton, Jr., Sanchez, Richard’ A. Merky, John er to the smalier nations in Joseph Del Pino, Cecil S. Brady. Russell Kerr, Edward Boggs, F.! Od | | the ostwar eorld. | Franklin Carey, Roy P. Fisher, W. Hall,’ Garland Felton, Harry Many Italian. leaders with; ithe p ie Werkd Arthur Curry, Orlando Hernan-| E. Plowman, Samue! G. Higes,|fascist leanings, due, to the Richard A.!Juan Borges, Felix Alfonso, Ed- 22 years that Mugsolinivwas Benjamin C. Higgh,'ward Leon Johnson, RED CROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN | REACHES TOTAL OF $3,173.61 jman of the war fund committee “Extra effort is necessary on tthe part of every worker if we lare going to complete the cam- |paign in the next five days,” Mr, Figures compiled at campaign headquarters in the Elks Club \showed that of the $3,173.61 col- ~YHected 80 far; $1,5192F was turned in by the special gifts committee and $121.05 from postoffice. was collected by the residence The Civic. and fraternal organiza: tions are responding generously | appeal, The Key West Rotary Club con- tributed $55.00; Key West Lions! $50; Key West Yacht Club $50 and Anchor Masonic Lodge $9.23. Special gifts received by the nto writ, in the committee headed by Major Rob- public ert F. Spottswood included Por- school superintendency in Mon- ter Dock Co., $100; Florida Motor | issued yesterday Lines, $100; Lopez Fune | |by Circuit Judge Joseph Otto $100; Key West Transit Co., $100; Pharmacy, lin Sawyer to serve it on Willard Kress Co., $50; Applerouth, $50; Old Island Realty Service, $50; Mr. $50, Monsalvatge and 1 thousand 8s Newspapers have been HAVE BEEN REVISED] Demeritt had been thrown out distributed througheut the city | by members of the Boy Scouts, | Judge Otto set 10 o'clock Wed- through arrangements made by} ction, show-| R€sday morning, March 21, as Wilbert J. Moehrke. While prog: the booth in apparently IN THE SIRES ROME | BEING PATROLLED CAUSED BY DIFFERENCES DEVELOPING IN ITAL- lice are patrolling the streets of Rome today be- cause of the uneasiness be- ing caused by. the acute dif-| | ferences that: have.idevelop- J. oF ed in: the Ithhinbenbinat. American Forces Have Reae Key Point Of Railroad Sys- tem In Cathedral City * TM. BOOM Nazis Show Little te Russians Show | clination To Pight . Little Activity Ma (Ry Associated Press) MOSCOW, March 6,—Ex- cept along their right flank, the Russians are showing ‘little activity today. There are ‘still a good! \Jmthatarea;the First Rus- | PARIS, March @— VU. 5 sian, was within | forces Cologne ase meet. | J8emiles.of; Stettin. "Bay, the i in po agree nce Charles the dictator of that, country, Two Russian columns are | headquaretrs .coported ty |and it was believed that the} Soverging onStettin, and it | day, and it wasumdiied that --——-.| present premier will resign] * said that. with the fall | the entire city is likely to fall | and will be succeeded by} Count Sforza, Raymond Thompson Fined In Court) Raymond Thompson, 17, wasi fir’ ” Syesterday afternoon by i | | Of that city, Berlin will be struck from three directions, _ @t Ju, P. Archer, presiding in municipal court, on a charge} of disorderly proceedings. i Thompson’s step-father, Will. | iam Arias, had told the police that the defendant had threaten-| ed Arais with a .38 caliber Colt) ed the gun at the complaintant. Mrs. Arias testified that. she had! “put the gun, away.” erts said today that Thompson is too. old-tesbe-tried inthe juve- nile court, but added. that two other boys, alleged to be mem- bers of the Swamp Gang, will be given a hearing ‘this, afternoon. ‘onducting Audit Of C. C. Accounts remainder Ross said. An auditing committee, of which William W. Demeritt is charman, is conductng a regular audit of the accounts of the Key West Chamber of Commerce. 1 Home, Hing sim gyeryen yr Lips desire! you Plaintiff in the cage is William Fred J. Dion, $15.00; K. O. | Nothing aside from routine} : : i | business is scheduled thus far ai,|W: Demeritt, who alfeges that he ‘Thompson, $50; Thompson Enter. though other matters may come; Was elected to the superinten- prises, $50; Overseas Transporta- | four-page | | is! re revolver, but. Thompson and his} i DIED mother:denied that he had point-}t)! t |WAS OUTSTANDING ATTOR- Juvenile Judge Frank ©. Rob-! jhe made his residence with the most powerful blows | Isolated street fighting ing from the east. | in progress im the city, but @ The veiterated the |. staiemant ob tee ae is apparent that the chief « days that the Russians are aims of the German treepe Mtacks cavpcinait Powerful either is to surrender or te on ight flank considered *2°8P@ across hte Rhine um aval : der cover of darkness. ’ Allied airmen reported to henthenomath neha day that hundreds of «mal! boats and many ferries are seen on the Rhine, and ayete matic attacks from the air have been made on them Besides, there was evidence that the Germans are as pontoon bridges to get ac rm LOUIS A. HARRIS ON MONDAY | NEY IN PRACTICE OF the sivas. CRIMINAL LAW Tt was ¢ | that the main bridge at Co | logne, though not demolieh ed, is not at present meat It appeared that the Ger mans did not Wikh te de hte bridge entirely, but + Louis A. Harris, 76, died yes- terday morning at the State Hos {pital: The body will be cremated, jand. the ashes will be brought to Key West, and placed in the family plot. Pritchard Fune: ao th 4 aged it safficiently Home is in charge of arrange it will require many da ments. Survivors are his wife, Mrs, TePair it Nellie Harris; one 1 a Mattie Harris +Rict fou nieces and one nephew. The ceased resided at 217 Duva street Mr. Harris was born in c¢ umbus, Miss., on Oc 1 t 1868, and. was broug West by his parents when he was but six months’ old. He wa reared in Key West, having grad uated from the old Sears Schoo! here, and then entered Tulane University. He attains r gree of L. L. B., and i te this city where he was t to the state and feder Since that time he I ced law in Key West with the ption of a short t Specializing in ci a vicini Key West, may be pro-| ¢ase. slow, Mr. Ross explained, a great ‘Harris was looked fendants in gambling cases since 100 Saretul Ca the other Pla tification office, Room 209, Fed- Francisco Hero ed in their first reports. They are Florida in that Saturday night, the other three there has pec many an annocent eral Post Office building | : : _ busily engaged in canvassing b law. er nammnisapprmendiod byes sactiticed because Of bys: aa oat operators’ are urged to Died Yesterday their prospects, he said, adding: | é 5 bY | He was a brother of the late J Chief Deputy Sheriff McInnis ‘tia and hasty action, I can procure a copy sof these regula- zs “T am confi@ent that a few! psi e J who was lye i Will Archer. think of no time when calmness! Procure 2 i h a . ne dave GSE Ghee «astern Lael ere ‘ and Deputy Will Arc _. is more demanded that whenj 40s: | Francisco Hero, 81, died yester- more days of work on their par pitt peel tee ecoseeee “ ibe ns apricot paleo dealing with a suspicious dog, Dr.| Diep puRING EPIDEMIC |“ aileron a the Key Hees will bring the total up. pelend rename nease \ Hanson declared. : |General Hospital after a long eo a Wes RUe| SAU digi should even ke killed | Sa illness. Funeral services are _be- Mrs, Fronie Hall cuting attorney for ‘ ‘ prune t ‘ DETROIT.—Five months after : ive atSS0ne tribunal for a great length of h as “mad” ‘just because he bites! : fagner’s birth, his fath|2& held this afternoon at 5:3 Tedel Bveni t spe RE igs sy 08 §| semecne, oftentimes in play. But) Richard Wagner's birth, his fath! clock, at the Chapel of the Died L SVENINE | - Grrious colore, youthful |time. 4 if there is a question at all, he|?T Gt Of ah epicemic lever! Pritchard Funeral Home, Rev — ois che. 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