The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 26, 1945, Page 1

{Aqueduct Commission Will Take Over Operation Of Key West's Sewer System Agreement To Lease Pro- DIDI aa! perty Reached ot AMERI PS Counell Meeting Last, AT FRANKFORT $ THE SOUTHERNMOST "). » KEY ‘WEST, FLORIDA, SHORTAGE OF LABOR SAID TO BE MORE ACUTE fuouutvccecve recreate War Fund Chairman CLAIMED THAT MANY JOBS | snsuiuviusvevvvusnvvenvavmvneeusacuinnntts, ARE OPEN BUT AVAIL- ABLE MEN ARE HARD TO FIND HERE |KEY | TOBE The labor shortage in Key West is now more acute than it’ has‘ been in several months, Jeff Knight, manager of the United States Employment Service, 314 |. MILLARD F, CALDWELL CALDWELL HEADS NEWSPAPER WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY GIVEN MONEY REFUND Night } Simonton street, said today. (By Associatee Presa) He explained there are many., “oo PRANKFORT, July 26. — | jobs available in the navy yard,! President. Truman arrived | th iaeaeeetand on tap ie arm; arrac! The City Council at a meet-| here today to review Ameri- | civilian Contactors but it hae fs Sate last night entered; can troops. been most. difficult recently to an a the| mag ite canis gr was i ifind employes. : i Mqueduc: where-| guest luncheon of Gener: Mr. Knight stated that in the, by the Aqueduct Unit takes! Eisenhower. navy yard electricians, machin-| ever the operation of the | The president was schedul- jists, sheet metal workers, classi-} Sewer System under the | ed to return this evening to jfied laborers and general help- ae Te ehe| Potsdam. {ste painters, carpenters and vistors lease given j . stenographers, are needed, and me 4. ALS in SII DIO ILS. (that the army here, and local oo oie i Leememnncee ba htecs od are acutely in ape accordance with a special ‘ of help. ; { the State 'YTHIANS PLAN | “Where are the employes com-' required | take over the operation 5 which | jt ae been informed there are Sewer ~ ag many able-bodied men in heretofore has operated EVENT ON SATURDAY TO BE key West who are not working. } answered the questicn himself. ; eS WAR FUND UNIT ‘ing from, that is, so far as regards | CEREMONIAL the men?” Mr. Knight asked, and GOVERNOR IS NAMED STATE, CHAIRMAN OF ORGANI- ZATION IN THE THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1945 WEAK RESISTANCE, AGAINST ALLIES (Washington Correspond: of The Key Wet Citizer WASHINGTON, D. C., July 26. —Over assessment under the ex- jeess profits tax to the tune of | $20,905.71 will put part of that: ‘amount back in the hands of the Key West ‘Electric Company, the! Treasury. Department .announced. The over assessment resulted, jthe Department said, from the ‘allowance of increases in the un- used excess profits credit adjust-| ;ments. After investigation it was , determined that adjustments such as these were allowable under regulations of the Internal Reve- ,nue code. This accounts for $20,- . 799.44 of the total. } The balance of the over assess- ,ment, amounting to $107.27 re. sulted from an increase in the’ he Philippi j excess profits tax credit, the in- u i ninppines. tvested capital in the return be-! _ $0 ineffective has become. Sing understated: For 1942, there the enemy’s resistance, five “was a refund of $9,677.12; for Superforts today entered Os- 1941, $3,456.43 was credited and aka Bay and laid mines wt { } 'gan their attacks on Japan for 1942, $7,773.16. pew meeting with any op- STRIPPED OF i they paves ge varialed A s S q cities In PARTS FOUND itesmetsna:” °°" cago eR | t SHIPS. EITHER SUNK OR DAMAGED RECENTLY IS PLACED AT 24 (Wy Asscctated Press) GUAM, July 26. — Toll of Japanese warships either sunk cr damaged during the | lattacks by the American ‘Third Fleet on Japan, today; rose to 24, including the best} hat the Japs still had after he battles in the waters “| position. Headquarters announced : that since the Superforts be- MOTORCYCLE 143| Lieutenant General “Jim- imy” Doolittle STOLEN MACHINE RECOVER: that, if the Japs persist in continuing the war, they will TOLL OF JAPANESE WAR-| og @g@g@g gd, CLAIMED PETAIN said today |LIEUTENANT ~ |JAPANESE SHOW “TLaborites In Britain Pile Up A Victory Of Two To One Over Conservatives .|Clement Atlee, Now Dep- opel pnp uty Prime Minister, Government (By Annoctated Press) PARIS, July 26. — Trial of Marshal Petain was resumed today, and one witness testi- fied that Petain showed “de- plorable weakness” when he took over the premiership |; after ‘Reyoiid had, sesigned | in the election that was held that office, Another witness said that the defendant seemingly had tried to get out of difficulties “the easiest way” during the Ge: , “f faa in nak Chen Aen by Src ri First returns iy cnn Te erie at | Strongly that the Laborites ; would win, but the greater | POCO MGM GM 4 the number ot votes received CITRVIVE® CINKIN( | that Labor ned scored an oe. SURVIVES SINKING | tbs) Libe:.nad scores i Final coum gave Leber IN OKINAWA FIGHT 276 seats “in partiamen ‘ 181 for the Conservatives. Bilin ui The Liberals have 1%, « branch of the Liberals j%, and the Communists have two seats. CYRIL BAYLY WAS SKIPPER ON BOARD gader the . Pepiie| FEATURED WITH | PARADE One of the provisions con- ~| Kaaba Temple, No: 69, of the; 8 Knights of Pythias, which has its thet the fixinir of rate charg-' headquarters in Hollywood and o for the service must be includes the Pythians in Key submitted to the governing ‘West, will hold‘a ceremonial here body of the city for approval, Saturday, J. Winfield “Russell with no change in the amount | gor’ ae of rates to be made without cre™"Y of the local club, Said the city’s govern. "4. which will be the Commission which « following the be held in Novem- terest of consulting Local will hold a meeting evening in their hall on Fleming street to make final preparations for the ceremonial, which will begin at 4:30 Saturday afternoon with the registration of candidates for Pythians tomorrow will ts election t beet g. 1 tien enginert Hackney, construc- and J. R. Bren- — “ gs ©-\ membership in the temple. Gas he y ith _ s ro A parade, scheduled to begin rue Facilities. ode! A ; Werks Agency, rep ating at 5 o'clock, will be held, and the street work to be conducted at that time will be under the direc- tion of J. Winfield Russell and Pythian Mattox of Miami, assist- ed by the Key West staff. At 8 o’clock in the evening the ceremonial will be held in the the present at the vernment's in- matter, were meeting, as ttorney J. . BE. A. Ram- oft the Aque- tere Lance duc nk H. Ladd, hall and will be followed, an member o ard of Pub-/hour later, by a banquet. The lie W <4 Wallace B.|ceremonial divan comprises the Kirk of Housing | following: Preie , in attendance! Gene Smith, royal vizier. J. was Everett Russell, member! Barfield, sahib; Buddy Frazell, ef the Aquedt Board grand emir; Tommy Lee, mokan- | Ferguson, escort; R. C. Mellon, Most Exclusive Open Deily 12 Noon to Midnight Frazer, attendant. Boece Chice Bus No. 4 to the Door WILD BILL ELLIOTT in es | Petteway, saruk; Harry Malcomb, AZ, .......:;::: Johnnie Hunt, escort; jmehedi; Paul Flint, attendant; Stock Island DANCING | Closed Tuesda * . ~ “Hidden Valley Outlaws” Club Sugaloa }J. Vanderbrook. treasurer; Paul a West jJune Patton, satrap; and James ES LR EED LE SELES, ea "sere PALACE THEATER Music by Gugaioa Orchestra | Dineng Room Will Open Soon News and Serial BROWN DERBY BAR 601 WHITEHEAD STREET Announces the Opening of a PACKAGE DEPARTMENT Monday, July 30 with a complete line of imported and domestic Wines and Liquors, at O. P. A. ceiling prices. | then they should bear in mind ‘that the war is not over yet, and ___|na; Stanford Wicks, shiek; W. R.' If that information | prac naa ED IN MANGROVES NEAR- } { TALLAHASSEE, July 26. —} (FNS) Governor Millard F. Cala- ‘| RECENTLY HEAD OF ISLAND QUITE Jap forces on land, in the sea and in the air are defeated. pe without cities when the, U. 8. GUNBOAT lt was the greatest swiny to the left in the history o British elections, theugh A\- : » ane «well, duly elected by the Bou Ba : Fa ea home are still called “or Directors of the National Wi | New reports were mide The following article, dealing lee is deseribed not as 0 tar tho men at the fronts oan ,Eund,. Flgrida® Division, .asi.St ‘ CSAS. “tedaxeahout the Japs being with Tiewt. Cyril Bayly, whe Js ieul,or innevater, bet Be Bai j Chairman, ee ae eae D; H. Pigott's motorcycle ran’ 97 the rom th suing o West “a " repredubes sf aa Fs $ m Shek ce. 1 head ios cement in a Ieticr to the or-| en hee tae peace, anc ey resulted West, is re oe ‘ adherent in politi Newly Hatched Chicks | ganization jout of gasoline w he was out eee the Crerarie a. broads, carwatee, Fla. newspaper: | very deliberabe ip everytl “Florida’s citizens have thought; riding on it, so he started to push’ SHIP SURVIVOR Are Flying Nowadays’ : % caster made over Radio Tc 2 Ps , i ying YS of the annual united War Fund! it to his home at 400 Simonton kyo about a “harsh peace”. Lt. Cyril Bayly, USNR, veteran paisa pes = - - ‘campaigns not only as a duty! treet , Kyo about a arsh peace akinper (icetRis’ fourth conmasind ponents said today ’ UA epepos in rf eel |but as an opportunity. We wel-|°n” : ithe Americans and British $7POuinawa when the panboat When Atlee does anyth : BANSAS cune aly ae Roinehe Shanahan Guin Gan one lepa Satta yee welehed ete insisted in putting into ef- Ugg pgm 18 was earoren by YOu may say it ix done re traveling farther and faster | trib: epee | 800 pou 0 the task sh- foe : ‘ 3 7 ; = ; 4 rat ‘aster | tributions to t organizations) +5 it became too much in going fect. Jap mines. He had previously Pletely, without any be than ever before. |that are doing so much for ou some Put aboard flanes in the usual! men-and women in the servi cardboard shipping boxes con-! and for friends and allies of ou taining 100 chicks, they can reach! sister democracies who have suf-| "4 he left it at the curbing to any point in the United Sattcs! fered from the impact of war. It/£ Set his brother to help, push. | within the 72 hour limit during | When he returned, with his broth- is 4 great, convenience fo be able) (oo e2 a0 soe anes motor which a newly hatched chick is' to make these contributions at} . 5 2 f self sustaining. si one time. A typical hatchery in Windscr,' ye That was at 2:30 a. m. July 16, and nothing further was heard about the motorcycle until Cap- ¢ “The National War Fund cam- Mo., which ranks with Iowa, In-| paign in 1945 will, I am confident, as primary pro-| be entirely successful and Flori- diana, and Ohio aas primary pro-| be entirely successful and Flori-| 1,50" john Walker reported ducing areas in the nation, has share in it a true reflection! ,” ee ea cig) : ra sl 3G EN lection! Fred O. Eberhardt, local_repre- shipped nearly 20,000 day-old, of the patriotism and unselfish-| -oniative of the Motor Vehicle!n chicks to the east coast this sea-| NESS of our People. { Commission, that he had found son. | Air shipments are in no way | S an experiment. *For several ye ;, manship of the 1945 Florida Cen-} chicks have been flown fiom|tennial War Fund car : the United States to South Amer-| Tecognilion of its impor’ HE ica. This is the fist season, how-| elation to the over-all effort to| evenathatiahinments totianyiaise the war and establish a per- have been made regularly by air |manentiand dashing peace: from midwest hatcheries to the! eastern markets. |DEFENDANT HELD determined. Mr. Pigott told Mr. | | FOR COURT TRIAL} Eberhardt that it would cost) »pted the State Chair j the remnants of a motorcycle in he mangroves near the head of 1 | Mr. Eberhardt accompanied | a’ Captain Walker to the mangroves i | | | Another Applicant For City Pension - | that had been stolen. Ie She stopped him from deflating | ‘a tire on her bicycle and he turn-| SINGLETON MADE ed on her, threw her down and| | began to beat her | HARBOR MASTER | The City Council at its meeting last night, received an applica- i tion from Mrs. Sarah E. Gardner,| That was the testimony given} paris sat 4 widow of the late Whitmore J.|this morning before Peace Jus- Governor Caldwell. yesterday Gardner, requesting that she be| tice Esquinaldo in the case of 351 seaoon, appointed Stephen C.| placed on the pension roll in lieu|sault and battery against George|Gingleton harbor master in Key of her husband who served the Perez, preferred against him by | West to succeed John K. Clem-! city for iS years, principally as;Lola Perez. |mer, resigned, according to an} up the incline on Eaton strect,! ee setween William and Elizabeth, MRS. EVA WARNER > was gone. had been Quite ill for some time in a Miami hospital, has returned Druid road Clearwater. to Key West, and is now rapidly to her home, 1009 Windsor Lane, sweepers clearing an important which will no doubt be gratifying landing area near Okinawa when this city, and elsewhere as well. plosion, prestmably an enemy She was married on December 2. mine, according to a news release ithe island. json of the United States Army, Francisco, Cal. and found that the motorcycle had | from Lakeland, Fla., spent much been dismantled. The license plate ‘time in the Aleutian Islands with was left on it, and it was from his outfit, and was also given | the plate that the ownership was! duty at Camp Howze, Texas, with about $300 to replace the parts’ member of Key West’s Recrea-'of the water and from four to jlength of time, |many entertainments for service wounded BINGO been skipper of three other small warships. The lieutenant spending a EES aa home with his wife, Mrs. Nancy Mrs. Eva Warner Gibson, who Bayly, and three children, Bar- bara 14, Philip 12, and Nell, 2, He has been working f reforms in England tor ¢ 26 years. He was well up im ¢ councils of the Labor party Ramsey MacDonald. thes was named prime mint 1929, the last time that | a majority in the House « mons, Atlee, as deputy prime ter under Churehiil familiar with the major ect government, particularly eign affairs, since Churehi been in office, and, in the met of the foreign policy of the B ish government, Atlee . are much the same as Chur Churchill, whose son af in-law were defeated landslide. will return thy bols of his office to King Ge who will call on Atlee to foe new government. When the & ish delegation returns to the ow ference of the Big Three at / dam, it will be headed as Prime Minister The Laborite paign issues on the nat tion of mines and othe dustries in Great & are now under opiy. The people, inste italists, will now be given to conduct the affe currently is survivor’s leave at GIBSON BACK HOME The Gunboat was supplying onvalescing from her illness at fire support for several mine- ews to her numerous friends in blown up by an underwater ex- 944, to Corporal Talbot R. Gib- from the 12th Naval district, San t Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | Corporal Gibson, who hails So sudden was the inicident that “abandon ship” was ordered by Lt. Bayly about two minutes after the blast and a minute be- fore the little warship turned over on her side. he AGF Band. | Witnesses from ships nearby Mrs. Gibson was a popular said the gunboat was blown clear ion Department for a _ great'six feet in the air by the con- and sponsored cussion. Casualties in killed, and missing totaled ersonnel and others during the slightly less than half the ship's ime, but resigned her position crew. hortly after her marriage. | Lt. Bayly cites an act of hero- = jism—“sheer guts,” he calls it— iby combat air patrol pilots over- |head who were circling the scene. {With the water full of struggling jsurvivors of the PGM, he says cont Nightly 7:30 chief of police. Perez and Mrs. Perez are di-| associated Press dispatch receiv- v ment, and one news | ; leas : : |Ass s e |the fliers dropped several of their The application was ordered|vorced, and she testified that he} s itizen for ~, I Sather aaa a Pag pee that it is a “new | placed on file. entered the yard of her home at|°4, t00 Jate ee Citizen for DUVAL at SOUTHARD jown lite-jackets amid his crew- economic life of Great B perro 818 White street and started to) ean eo veral years! Sponsored by the Elks jmen, along with a rubber life- A Hetveicroutlota: wiey eles Hreevand [nee = Suen neevetan ee jboat carried in one of the planes qqa———_—_cc x co : : ago, senved|(a8) harbor mes et aa “Instead of keeping this equip- CE le wien she wind & stop im, YS ee [instead of Keeping this eautp he grabbed her and threw he: down and started to beat her. Carlyle Williams testified that he pulled Perez off Mrs. Pere Justice Esquinaldo held the fendant in $100 bail for the crim-)| j inal court. | ( A |W OVERSEAS HOTE| PIONEER HOTEL 151 N. E. FIRST STREET 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104 In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SPECIAL SUMMER RATES | Effective August Ist my shop | will be closed for several weeks. Please call for repairs. ! AARON McCONNELL Watch Maker Mr. Clemmer was named to the position. The latter left recently || for Miami and, before going | away, sent his resignation as |] harbor master to the governor. | Let Us Help You SAVE YOUR CAR | We Have New Shipment of | @Exhaust Pipes i @ Mufflers @Tail Pipes | @Tires and Tubes for Autos and Bicycles Also an Expert Mechanic POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “BEST FOR A NIGHT'S REST“ app | Werlentrieedli anes dropped it to skipper ex- OPEN SKATING RINK Wed., Thurs., Fri, Sat, Sue us.” the gunboat SOUTH BEACH | plained. | This gear was instrumental in Children’s Matinee Sat. Aiters: BATHING PAVILION | (Continued on Page Three) | i Simonton Street at the Ocean —_—— i = a“ - OPEN DAILY ’TIL9 P. M.| a ener ere rrnrnal per paruine || UA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNST { AIR CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT @ SOLARIUM i e @ SHOWERS | @ LOCKERS | @ TOWELS @ BATHING TRUNKS Have a Glorious Time in thej Sun AT SOUTH BEACH Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT wy. and ' The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ e BREAKFAST Served from . . . 7:00 AM. tolls AM. + 12:00 Noon to CHARLES I. SAUNDERS, Proprietor $8.00 to $12.00 Weekly One Block West of Bus Depot Division and Francis Sts. Open Sunday Phone $134 a | coe iS fe o + + « OPM & ve HUGH C. HODGE,