The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1945, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME XLVI. No. 57 Council Hears. Complaints About Horsé Nuisance In Difierent Parts OF City a | State Beverage: Depart- COOL DD OD I) ment»! Official: Seeks , County Receives: | - Two Bids For:Road:: .| lnfermation «On Li- And Bridge Work: ' Traffic j County commissioners re- } ceived two bids last night for highway and bridge con- | struction, and one of them was for $8,000 to scarify, grade, roll, oil and sand the roadway that runs along the Building Inspector Ralph Russell appeared before the! City Council. at its regular meeting last night, stating! that he had received several’ xey west Naval Hospital. complaints about horses run-/ The pids called for re- ning loose in different parts| pairing the road to a width of the city, especially on the; of 50 feet along a length of eastern end of the island. | Mr. Russell said that} while this matter does not come under his jurisdiction, nevertheless it is being com- plained of as a nuisancefand he therefore felt that he} should report it to the coun-: ell, whereby the ordinance! eovering this reported 7 2,000 feet. It was decided to | repair the middle of the road- way to a width of 25 feet at a cost that will be approx- imately $4,000. The commissioners con- | sidered too high the estimate of $6,500, submitted by the State Road Department, for repairing the No Name Key bridge. It was decided to call for bids to make “that improvement, sanece may be enforced, B. M. Duncan, manager of the Overseas Road and Toil Bridge| District, who is a resident in the FIP II DIS SIT feeterm end of the city, stated) —————-——________ that several horse sheds had been 1 erected jn that part of the city, DEMONSTRATION - with horses running loose, and re- | - ON THURSDAY: ter was referred to Mayor Albury | and the police department | A letter was redid from P. H.| Rebmett, district supervisor of the State Beverage Department, re- questing certain information ccn--TO BE HELD IN EVENING, cerning the city’s liquor zoning law, especially the provision r BEGINNING AT EIGHT quiring that ali liquor estabiis! O'CLOCK, AT NO. ONE FIRE! ments must be 300 feet from any whool. Mr. Robnett stated that} STATION the court has ruled that no liquor| place shall operate within 300) feet of a school, and also saidj pemonstrations in the use of that mo licenses can be issued the iron lung, which was given} to the city by John Carbonell, Jr., will be held tomorrow night, City Clerk Roy Hamlin was in-|°"". ; structed to commumicate with Mr.|beginning at 8. o'clock, in the| tt and furnish him with the| number 1 fire station. A repre- information relative to|Sentative of the manufacturers} the liquor traffic situation in Key|of the lung will give the dem-| West onstrations. —_—____—_ | Fire Chief Leroy Torres cs i {this afternoon that he has named{ Joe Matcovitch rl .|Horace Avegette, Leonard Curry Dies In Miami and Theodore Albury to be the! —— first to learn the way the lung) News has been received in the is operated, and they, in turn,! ity announcing the death of Joc! will instruct other firemen, Matcovitch, better known as Joe| The chief stated that he will Nicholas, at 5 o'clock this morn-,be pleased if all volunteer fire- ipa the Jackson Memorial Hos-;men and the public generally will pital in Miami. = jbe present at the demonstrations. He is survived by his wife,| Because of the death of al four children, and two brothers,‘ friend in Miami, he left this’ Peter and Bertie Matcovitch of afternoon for that city, and, dur-/ Key West. ‘ing his absefhce, Benjamin Saw-! funeral services will be con-|yer will be acting chief and dueted im Miami at 4 o'clock on/ John Carbonell as acting first as-} Friday afternoon. | sistant chief. TUBES REPAIRED by the Dill Electric Vuicamizer Lou Smith Auto Service | White at Fleming Phone No. 5 “Opposite Acmy Barracks” eonflicting with the city’s liquor zoning law in no way | PALACE THEATER | GLORIA JEAN in i “PARDON MY RHYTHM” | News and Serial | ASTER | SRDS + GIVE GENEROUSLY || To The We are Now Collecting _ WASTE. PAPER | PHONE 737 | and We Will Call for | Your Paper SALVAGE YARD . Keep the RED CROSS At His Side ‘COUNTY DECIDES jurge Che Kry ON ELECTION FOR BUILDING BEACH BOND ISSUE INCREASED | BY $50,000 OVER FORMER | AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND | Eighteen delegates: from var- ious local civic organizations were present last night at a meet- ing of the county commission, to the building of a beach and a bathing pavilion in Key West. ' Mrs. Hugh Williams, one of the idelegates, suggested that the pro- state and county iicense to }posed bond issue of $200,000 be conduct a beer and wine increased by $50,000 for the jpurpose of using the latter sum \40 provide a bathing beach for jcolored people in Key West. ! After a discussion of the pro- | posal, the commissién decided to jinerease the sum to $250,000 so THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE — st Citizen U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH»%» 1945 | WRONG INTERPRETATION PLACED ON SUPREME COURT DECISION IN ISSUANCE OF Circuit Judge Joseph Oito will leave tomorrow morning for Miami, where he will hold hearings in several di- vorce cases and, shortly aft- er his return a week later,: he will hand down his deci-' sion in the liquor: case that was appealed from munici- pal court. This is the case wherein’ { place, ‘and was arrested and, license. | It was contended at the; time the appeal was taken} BEVERAGE PERMITS from Tallahassee about the! supreme court’s decision. That decision in no way deals; with the right or presumed right} of a city to limit the number of liquor licenses, but, instead, based an appeal from cir court in Miami because E. W.! Scarboro, director of the state beverage department, had refused’ AMERICAN FIFTH ARMY IS MAKING GREAT PROGRESS SAID TO HAVE ADVANCED FARTHER YESTERDAY THAN DURING ANY TIME IN MANY WEEKS (By Associated Press) ‘ROME, March 7.—The U. to grant a liquor license to an.§j Fifth» Army in Haly- ad- id applicant on the ground he hai not already obtained a city li- cense. The court’s ruling merely| was to the effect that the state! refuse issuing a license because! it had not theretofore been grant-} ed by a cit: The decision did say nance, limiting the number of city.licenses, was invalid, but add-| ed, significantly, that the decision had not been appealed to the su- that a beach for colored people that the supreme court had! preme court. | could be constructed. County Attorney Julius mission to prepare the necessary | papers for holding election. FRONTAL ATTACK ON NAZI CAPITAL REPORTS STATE REDS AP= BRINGING UP MORE FRESH TROOMS AT KUSTRIN FOR BIG ASSAULT (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 7.—Ra- dio ‘Berlin reported today that the Russian army at Kustrin, 39 miles away, had begun a frontal assault on \the German capital. Moscow, however, did not say anything about that ac- tion. The Russian communi- que stated that the Reds have practically secured their right flank, which had been their objeet before making a frontal attack east of Berlin. The communique added that the Reds are bringing up fresh troops and vast | quantities of supplies at Kus- trin, southeast of Berlin and in the Stettin area in:prep- aration ;for a threespronged assault on-the German cap- ital. . PLAN INSTALLING VOTING MACHINES MATTER DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT AT MEETING OF COUNTY BOARD commissioners County night discussed plans for the in- stallation of voting machines in Monroe County. John England, supervisor of registration, was present, and matters pertaining to the ma- (Continued on Page rour) EERE LEE TE LEE AE LR: TET LADIES! e You Are Invited To CONSULT ADRIAN VERHOVEN of New York City UTRASOL Hair and Scalp Counselor Who will be here Friday and Saturday of This Week Only Regarding Your Hair Appointments Suggested, Call 128 No Charge or Obligation. . . ! WAR FUND DRIVE 655 Greene Street La Concha Beauty Salon La Concha Hotel Bldg. SAS “in , the shown that the city is badly*in need will .be secured: as ;soon as’ pos- sible. « sell vanced farther -yesterday than. during any. ‘other like 'E. P. Baquet had obtained a, beverage department could not|"period in several weeks. Without encountering op- position in strength, that Americans gained five miles! fined $50 by Judge Archer! a judge,of tne circuit court in! in the Apennines in a thrust, , for operating without a city; Miami had ruled that a city ordi-| toward Bologna, Considering the slightness of, the opposition, it was thought that the German decided that a city should! That case, The Citizen was in-[/high command has with- | \ F. not limit the number of li-‘formed further, has been appeal-| drawn many troops from the Stone was directed by the com- quor licenses, but when aed to the state's highest court,' Italian theater to fight along! circuit judge in Jacksonville >¥t ne decision has yet been ren- the eastern or the western decided that that city had ‘RU | the power to imiit such lisi case on which a decision has been ;censes, The Citizen sought handed down does not apply to ie nd obtained information the local case. ered. This later case is exactly like that in Key West, but the} OF FIRE HOSE; CALL FOR BIDS The City Council at its meeting last night ordered that bids’ be called for the purchase of fifteen hundred feet of fire hose for use fire. department. It was which of additional hose, Building Inspector Ralph Rus- informed the Council that the plumbing code will be strictly enforced as soon as the plumbers are able to obtain the necessary equipment for carry- ing on the work. Colton Park, one of the plumbers, informed the Council that most of the licensed plumbers are now ready to perform all work in accord- ance with provisions of the plumbing law. Albert G. Roberts addressed the meeting on the subject of plumbing, and also stated that a movement was underway for the formation of a taxpayers OVER FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS oe at league, which will endeavor to regulate tax matters in this city. It was ordered that negotia-| tions be started for the. purchase! of a tract of land ‘at,the foot, of Thomas street to-replace the old Nelson English park, which will be used by the colored people as ,@ recreational center: The prop- ‘erty is to be purchased at a price of $1,850. The Council ordered that four dozen chairs be purchased to be front. A report reached here to- day that thousands of guer- fare. It was said further supplied with and foodstuffs. APPROVE TWO arms LIQUOR PERMITS . Jima, are still fighting des- dreds of Allied plumes ACTION TAKEN BY CCM/MISSIONERS AT SES- SION LAST NIGHT County commissioners at their Captured German Lieut-General Says European War Will End In Four Months ” the} Ohhh hidkekade dd) 'Ohio River Flood Takes 13 Lives (Ry Ansuctated Mreant CINCINNATI, March 7.— Thirteen persons have died |-cim the flood» waters of the “Ohio River, } It) was said this afternoon that the water probably will ‘begin to subside shortly. The H torrential rains have stopped, | and return of cold weather | has endéd the thawing of snow and ice in the upper ‘reaches of the river. JAP REMNANTS ARE FIGHTING DESPERATEL | LUZON ' (hs oasociated Press, villas in Norway are on the} AMERICANS O25) Seer |point of fighting German! jtroops there in open war-! CITY COUNCIL’ ORDERS! PURCHASE . ithat the guerrillas are well! . ICALLY WIPING OUT JAPS capture of FLEEING TO MOUNTAINS IN Allies, and white |Allied Airmen Report That They Sighted White Flags Hanging From Windows Hast Of Rhine (By Assurtated Press PARIS, March 7. — Co- logne, Germany's fourth city, with a population of | 800,000, is in full contro! of |the Allies, and « military government wes established | this morning. | Indications of the outlook today in two significant ie stances, The peeple gener ally in Cologne express « feeling of relief over te the city by the flags at continued to hundreds of building». | In the streets, the ; civilians, walking in GUAM, March 7.—Rem- or larger groups, talked aed COUNTY perately, it was reported to- day. For one hour and two min utes the big guns of the Ma rines’ Third and Fourth D placed in the City Hall auditor-|™Mecting last night, approved two visions poured shells into the ium. A letter was read from Wm.! R. Mark, Jr., sanitary engineer| of the Monroe County Health Unit commending the council, and especially Lain Dobbs, the new manager of the scavenger} department for the improv: ment noted in collection of gar-| bage. The letter stated that the! Health Department has received a minimum of complaints since! Mr. Dobbs took over as manager.! aa ae | 1 COLLECTED IN WAR FUND DRIVE. More than eight hundred dol- was contributed by whole- of Key West, the Red War Fund committee signed to that business division reported this morning to P. J. Ross, chairman of the Key West pter War Fund Committee. s report brings the total thed to date in the local drive se $24,900 to $4,366. The report of the whole committee turned in by F. W. Miller, chairman and Earl Hamil- | ton who explained that they! have “not yet completed their task and expect to increase their) total substantially. | Other committees also are work-! lars salers Cross as- re to x ing h make reports in a day or so. *Meanwhile Mr. Ross and Vi Chairman Charles Taylor r newed their appeals for a gene! ous response to the solicitation. After all,” Mr. Ross pointed out, “almost 80 per cent of the money collected in Key West re- mains right here to operate t Red Cross chapter in Key West. (Continued on Page hour) | OUR ORI | ROASTERS and FRYERS | BRADY'S (Live) Poultry, and Egg Market | 1214 White St. Phone 54!)| BABB BMEMMB OSU RMEE RRR liguor licen: Wilbur Sweeting, Mascott Bar, Caroline street; Jack Elais and Hillell Sigura, Cecil's Bar, 613 Duval street. Three applications ceived for liquor licenses: John Gavilan, Bottle Cap, 1123 Simonton street; E. R. Tynes and T. E. Pratt, Beach Inn, 800 Caroline street; Irving J. Tyson, 224 Duval street. 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