The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 18, 1945, Page 1

: VOLUME LXVI. No. 170 x THE SOUTHERNMOST SPAPER IN. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1945 John Carbonell Named Mayor Succeeding Wiard M. Albury Gerald Saunders Elected |\OoO OOOO IDS President Of Council; Earl Adams Named New Member Of Board As announced » yesterday's Citeen, Mayor Willard M. Albury tendered his resignation as may- oF t the City Council in regular wonton leet night, with John Car- benell, Jr., president of the Coun- on, teing elected oy the board to on out wnexpired term of Mayer ry, whieh ends thidt eurmeng November: Coumtiman Geraid wee named as president Consett succeeding § C: with Karl Ro Adams ber lected = 8 few member of the board] fitimg the vacan created by Carbonell being in. Adame war dent pr war aw Saunders of th bonell,} | ‘council, and chairman of the , and placed on recte welfare commitice the finance committee as well. Mayer Albury made an « Council to be p y's pension 20 ve which request wa: with| than ® service with) rene the erty grant-| won of about $75 o: NAVY APPROVES APPROPRIATION FOR BOCA CHICA | morning there is a possibility there (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 18.— The Navy yesterday approv- ed three Florida projects in- volving expenditure of $2,- 112,900 chiefly in Key West. Sen. C. O. Andrews of Flor- ida seid the Navy listed the Projects as follows: For naval air station Boca Chica field, Kev West, $1,- 747,500 for additional aviation facilities to support night fighter training, including control stations, barracks, roads, utilities. For same field, for water supply and fire protection, $145,000. Y kuhuh hou we he THREE RESIGN CITY POSITIONS APPARENTLY CURRY HARRIS WILL | ,! BE ASSISTANT STATE ATTORN Friday, July 13, The Citizen, in; a story about the probable ap- Pointment of a Key West attorn- ey as assistant state’ attorney said in the final sentence: “There are two applicants for the position, William V. Albury and Julius F. Stone, Jr., though it was said in the courthouse this will be a third applicant.” That possibility appears now to be a certainty, according to a letter -received this morning by one of The Citizen editors from a Miami attorney who is close rs TAX ROLL DY FOR COUNCIL WILL BE PRESENTED AT NEXT MEETING OF BOARD to Governor Caldwell and c! State Attorney Glenn Mincer. * A paragraph in the letter reads: | “As you know, Jones resigned as ant state attorney, and 1) don’t know who will be appoint*) Sauadron Of Five ~ Struck At Japanese Cities Today ed, but undoubtedly it will be a‘ * {Key West lawyer. I hi City Tax Assessor - Collector may be Curry Harris.” Sam B. Pinder informed the City 7. ae Pee the Pig Council at its meeting last night Bs Be Major Hone he eae this that the current tax rell has been reservation: completed, and is now ready for} “Of course, what I say is based presentation to the board for con- on the assumption that Curry will sideration. The books will be re- r that it BG THREE MEETING AGAIN, TRUMAN, CHURCHILL AND STALIN RESUME CON FERENCES (By Agsetatea rresnt POTSDAM, July 18.—The Big Three resumed their con- ferences this morning, with j| President Truman presiding, and, after a short session, he od. Wie will drow a monthly oa ingen OF PUBLIC worKs|called on Prime Minister ‘S80. | mio Garcia, former mem-! the fire deparument, made} om application to be placed on the! pension roll as well as Floney Petiieter, former employe. _ Both af the yuests were granted | Promk H Ladd, former mayor |“ 4 Key West, and a member of the| MBPMBERS STEPPED OUT LAST NIGHT Three members of the Board of Public Works tendered their re- signation at a meeting held last Heord of Public Works, which po-] evening. They were Fred 9. Car- “ te be placed on the pension roll. application was referred. to . the attorney for investigation! This “leaves but two remaining} was assumed “that... they end checking members on the board, Everett] would. a PLAQUE TO BE GIVEN | Joc Johnson, clerk of the board, | was made of the subjects ‘Lis-| CURRY'S SON HERE) PRIDAY, Stether, ¢ Singleton, eee fethe K ‘est Chamber of Co eree, recevied a letter yes- | terday afternoon from Harold | ‘ © setting th ep of Friday Aus the celebration anection with the presen. ( plaque to William} y's Sons for a century or wmtinuous business. | e Chamber of Commerce has | ' od Gonzalo Bezanilla, Clem cr snd Hugh Hodge a com. site ake angements for | th t ‘ pected that the program | nelude three addresses, one m the history of the store,| . her about the early histery Key West, and the thire on Ke West, Today and Tomor ‘28 M ngleton made a thorough ‘ the time when | w ( Sens was found ' he obtained includ it 5 graph of the gn reading | 4 r Sons | E t 1843 | AA ERIE NE I SN TTT TD WE ARE... | HYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service | White et Fleming Phone 5 Opposite Acmy Barracks” BINGO | Nightly 7:30 DUVAL at SOUTHARD Sponsored by the Elks © he resigned last nght, asked bonell, William Cates and Frank Sawyer and Charles E. Roberts. also tendered his resignation. sire | The City Council will appoint}ence or at the talks Pr AUGUST 17) three new members to replace} dent Truman had with Prime those who have resigned. JARD OF HONOR ELECTS OFFICERS ws The first meeting of the Guard] President called on Church- of Honor of the American Legion, Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, was held Monday evening at o'clock. The elected officers were: U. J. Delgado, captain; John M. Spottswood. Ist lieutenant; Vance Stirrup, 2nd lieutenant; Geo. W. Sikes, paymaster. The adjutant and two additional 2nd _lieuten- ants will be appointed by the cap- tain. All legionaires present are to be considered charter members of the honor guard. It was decid- ed that the next meeting of the honor guard will be held immed- iately following the next regular meeting of the post, July 25th. The charter member group will be held open until this mecting, and all those in attendance at the next meeting will have the opportunity to become charter | members of the group. CENTRAL HOTEL Cool, Airy Rooms Rates: Two Persons $10, $12, $14 Weekly Opposite Bus Station OPEN SKATING RINK Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Sunday — 2:30 to 4:30; 8 to 10:30 LESSONS LIONS GALA MID-N Charity Be: 3 NAME CLUB IGHT REVUE Saturday, July 21st, 11 P.M. te PALACE THEATRE nefit Fund 12 ALL STAR PROFESSIONAL ACTS BANDS Admission $1.20 Tax Included Advance sale of tickets now on sale at Carbonell’s Luncheonette H, Ladd, chairman of the board.|or during the evening, but it 8|Chaplain Dunn To Churchill and lunched with him. This afternoon President Truman visited Premier Sta- lin, and they were still in con- ferences when latest advices were issued to the press. It was not announced whether the Big Three would confer later in the afternoon No public announcement! cussed either at the confer- Minister Churchill or Premier | Stalin, Secretary of State Byrnes present at the main con-, ces and also when the ill and Stalin. Be Guest Speaker \ At Lions Meeting Senior Chaplain W. M. Dunn at he naval operating base in Key, West will be guest speaker to- morrow night at a meeting of the Key West Lions Club. An address on Liortism, the sig-} nificance of; its civic work and} social service in a community, will be made by the Rev. E Doherty. Lion Gerald Saunders said that, the club, in its recent drive to| obtain old clothing to be shipped} to the needy in Europe, collected} 4,750 pounds of clothing of all! kinds. He added that the coilec-| tion has been packed and shipped. | NORTH BEACH INN COFFEE SHOP 711 North Beach Full Course Dinners from $1.10 Open 6 to 8 P. M. | | All Retail Dealers in L You are urgently r a meeting at the Delmon | 728 Fleming Street. NOTICE! WADE i. KEPNER ELKS NEW LEADER | Radio Tokye ' HEADS NATIONAL = oS oe ORDER OF ELKS be relieved of service in the BMY ceived at the next meeting when Attacks Miami.” the council will sit as an equal-! ae __ ization board to go over the books| ELECTED GRAND EXALTED ane oa inal ‘as presented, | RULER, OF ORGANIZATION "SOIT OT#, Edward Gomez, supervisor of! see GUAM, July 18, —~ Radic STEPPED UP RAIDS jfegistration, informed ;the Coun- MEETING HELD IN Tokyo admitted today that igi! that he had appointed John| NEW YORK CITY -MONDAY | another raid by carrier-bosed “!W. Roberts as assistant ‘supervi-! ON JAPAN ARE NOW sor, and requested the board’s; | planes wee in ona of PLANNED BY ALLIES contirmation. ‘The appointment! (special to The Cittaemy | at city and ether places in was approved by the Council. Albert G. Roberts appeared be- fore the meeting, and stated that (Ry Ansoctated Presay } MANILA, July 18.—When General Doolittle’s Airforce begins to Strike at Japan by the middle of next month, ‘city could not sell delinquent he had been informed that the! Wheeling, W.:Va., Lodge Ng; 28,: }Property unless the delinquent! NEW YORK, July 18. — Broth- i eight units of Allied air pow- er will be taking turns in blasting that country around the clock. Planes of a Phillipines-bas- ed force, numbering 202, , quested that the city attorney render a decision in the matter ,as to whehter this was legal or jrequest te the Council, -where- -upon the attorney will render a struck today at Formosa 48. written decision to the Council aisle at seangnel te “covering the question. i il become larger a | Mr. Roberts also made a com- objective will be to destroy _plaint to the Council about un- any soeny ships that attempt "sanitary conditions in Key West, tes run from Shanghai amd and stated that if there was not other parts of the Chinese ‘some improvement made im- coast along the East Chima medi Mediately that the state and fed- Sea to any port in Japan. eral” government was ‘tax list was published. He re-! ,er Wade H. Kepner, a member of} re fiest three hours, planes struck si ‘was elected July 26 to become the} Tokyo, and then they eon new Grand Exalted Ruler, suc- tinued to swing ever the! ceeding Dr. Robert S. Barrett. city in wave after wave, we» | Brother Kepner’s election took’ til fires were raging & « rlace in New York City at the’ oa Headquarters here reves! ed that aot only were planes striking at Japan again, but elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of | #/80 that warships, presen Elks at emergency wartime weet- (ably British as well as Amer! ing held in New York City, July 16. /can, had advanced here 1945. Contrasting with Elks’ Con- ventions of other years, attended | Ward and again were shelling his duties to Elkdom through the! -by thousands of delegates, featur-| the coast df Honshu. years. He served his lodge as a’ i ornate costumes and elabor time nearer to Tekye then member of the degree team, Lec-! parades, the 1945 streamlined meet- ‘during the bombard: t two d 4 : ing was held quietly, without fan- turing Knight, Loyal Knight and fare, and was attended by a small | days ago, Leading. Knight, becoming Ex-! gcoup, in keeping wita ne Sixteen warcraft, inched special meeting which was held] in lieu of the 71st annual Grand; Lodge session scheduled for that: time but canceled due to wartime; restrictions on travel. j A member of Wheeling Lodge, since 1924, Brother Kepner has’ faithfully and diligently fulfilled’ Wade H. Kepner Whyeling, W. Va. civic leader 4 going to alted Ruler in 1930. During his travel restrictions. ii ips, nom them yStep in and remedy the situation. 'term as Exalted Ruler of Lodge’ ~. - ’, . fe C hachrhhat hud due i SP No. 28, aimost 200 new members ' firing shells wieighing 2.74% emma SS Ss dP APP Ae ee j eo were hemeerins ALBERTO LOPEZ sine j- For 10-years he sreved as mem-| jonshu, and while the de. DIED LAST NIGHT KEY WEST PRODUCT | Wiccing'iader’ oa'e'a¢!) IN CABRERA SAFE '22%5., 91: "mait’ : Pap | Wheeling ge, and for many} Tokyo was not stated, i} we: Ei Sani as LON MENU AT DINNER ves. yu busily engaged on the| [said that the penple in Ubs' Albertor Lopez, 76, died "2 “SERVED EISENHOWER °°" seal community welfare 2 city were able te hear the night at 11:30 o'clock at his resi- committee of Ne.-"28, which has MAIN DOOR OPENED WITH dance, (S0TiAngela St Mil Coon: iss jraised and given more than $150,- jthunder of the gums, came to Key West 52 S ago, In a current issue of the 0 to local charity during the! EVERYTHING FOUND | Arms and eng pes and has made his residence here ‘New York Sun appeared an F loivel TO BE INTACT refineries, ehemmal , ince that time. | article covering a dinner giv- | Brother Kepner served and varied shore inet Funeral sreviees are being held @8 at the Waldorf-Astoria in | member of the Grand Lodg were struck, so re this afternoon at 6 o'clock at the honor of General Eisenhower /!!11g committee for one ., ing airplane pilet Chapel of the Pritchard Funeral With Key West Turtle Soup ©" the Grand Lodge ain leoesok: the: yaalt ia: Ch |” a ae Home, Rev. Guillermo Perez, €ading the menu. , committee for wholesale grecery, was a a of the Latin Methodist Church Grover Whalen, chairman | F¢!iuaty, 1940, he was appointed opened last night and evervthing officiating. ' *, of the New York civic recep- land ‘Trustee ulted in the vault was found to be im Survivors are: His wife, Mrs,’ © committee, arranged the | Ruler Henry ¢ pr to fill the tact, ‘ranza Lopez. and one broth. éf@it, which wes attended ((\"¢Xt- led term of Brother Joseph“ Burglars had attempted to get heal Se by Mrs. Eisenhower and Buch, end at the Grand Lodge into the vault. They had bre , continued te roma eee ee | many other distinguished ee ih Id oh Houston, Tex., that the lock on the outer dour, shat. | ing aine year, Brother Kepner was ANOTHER SPONGE | guests. Clected a Grand Trustee for five! t7ed, the lock on two inner doo Japan was it : a iE 1 Key West turtle soup has a : usiee tor five’and had removed the dial and uinst th t e , : years. Cince then he has serve - ™ ; SALE HELD TODAY, een a choice delicacy for hd ic scenclann hove tumblers ont dain bein. dell aks eam many Years throughout the [ij¢r, approving member, vice- B24 been unabl aig a Forty-five bunches of shecp-' CouBtTY, and has given the nan and, finally, chairman! Before the d MY (SRP ALL* wool sponge were sold this morn- ee ie much hhaieates an honorary life member =e eee _ Nepstar yn the ape ne @ result of having been f Wheeling Lodge and an honor-|Whsther or not the burglars h con othe municipal (sponge | “Pervedtatiiaumerctsicteesene ee ocean ani bone RUS ee CLAIMED JAPAN Wilt varf for $1,095.95 es ,ary life member of the West Vir- > the larger cities where it has always been in great demand. kkk de ded ded port by Captain Nelson Spence: and his crew. i A few other lots were sold, alt small, and some of them grass :nd yellow sponge. WEEPING BRIDEGROOM PALACE THEATER © East St. Louis, Ml—Justice of LARRY PARKS in the Peace W. W. Hinderberger, “SERGEANT MIKE” who is accustomed to weeping P é | brides, recently reported his first Newsyand|Seral i crying bridegroom. And the man was_over 50. | Knights of Pythias The Rank of Esquire will be Phone 319 - stow LHCOALY MRS Brother ember Kepner is. the . first {tightened away before they suc fromthe State of West ceeded in opening the door irginia torbe.accorded the high- SYDNEY, Awstraite est honor that the Order can be-! A, E,. WOODSON 18. Newspapers t th , election to the rank of Grand r said this morning they hee Ited Ruler. A native of Wheel! vi learned from aa suthor W. Va, where he was born source thet J.pen soon © 1962, Brother Kepner was sue for ceece ed from Dartmouth Coll- Editorially ome popes « Bs dasmetanee A. BE. Wood. athon, was u | ewe in 1923, and was married on Wi , n “lt won't be long sow September of the following with the Jasensse will be oops year to Mi Martha Nay. They) , He m { for per ond they wilt 5 (Continued on Page Four) {and 4 ne nd sble to obtein peace ees enjoyed bi r 1 1 adrtions' jland. City — = _ = aoe The pepers salt they hed leerned thet © Soviet Union is likely te ow the wer with * | SPAIN’S SERVICE 217 Duval St. (Complete Service for Your Car) conferred at the meeting of Key West Lodge to be held on Fri- day evening, at 8:30 o'clock, at Hours: DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 12:30 - 3 P. M. | MONDAY AND FRIDAY AT 7:30 P. M. swiftness | 1101 White St. Cur. Eliza PHONE 782 BPOHIILIGI#”: Parts are available for your car. **#**#*###S#eeee8800 05% Visiting Knights are invited. | Poinciana TUESDAY AND SATU. J. WINFIELD RUSSELL, K.R. # Simonton Street iquor, Beer and Wine; OPEN DAILY equested to attend ico Bar @SOLARIUM Thursday, July 19, at 2 P. M. to discuss important matters of interest to all. 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