The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 31, 1945, Page 1

VOLUME LXVI. No. 181 Council Committee To Make At Special Meeting Tonight Few Provisions Of New City Charter Adopted Will Become Effective Tomorrow There will be a meeting of the City Council from foumer officials and employes, will make its re- This pertains to those who, e act, which Provides — pensioning of heve had ten or more years! service with the city. However, there will be seme changes in the pension stem with the adoption of} new charter, which will; be fm inte operation. he provision in the chart- er relative to pensions be-' ye éffective tomorrow as well 45 severalot changes that are rye Tn the op. eration of the city under the, new form of government, but the charter as a whole does mended he be given a suspend-! army releases 30,000 coal not become effective until November when commission- ers will be elected instead of councilmen, replacing: the councilmanic form with a commission-manager form of government. Under the new © set-up there will be five commi ioners elected instead of sev-! en councilmen as heretofore with one of the members of the gommission to act as mayor, In addition to this the commission will name a city! manager, who will be held responsible for the entire op- eration of the city’s various departments, with the com- mission acting as the govern. ing body, af the municipali The commission will be el- ected by the vote of the peo- ple, while and emple es will be selected by appointment. i FOR SALE New 2 Bedroom House $3,000.00 107 Catherine Street OPEN SKATING RINK Wed., Fri., Sat. Sun. 8 to 10:30 P. M. Children’s Matinee Sat. 2:30 to 5 P. M. EASE OS aiues ese 2S BROWN DERBY BAR 601 WHITEH have opened their new PACKAGE GOODS DEPARTMENT with a complete line of imported and domestic Wines and Liquors, at O. P. A. ceiling prices. CHARLES I. SAUNDERS, Proprietor special | » er without a license, and was} all other officials Commercial Bidg. "SLIGO LLLS. ATTLEE AND BEVIN LEAVING FOR LONDON (By Associatea Pzeas) POTSDAM, July 31, — Prime Minister Attlee and | Foreign Minister Bevin are expected to leave this even- ing for London to be present tomorrow when other mem- bers of the British cabinet are sworn in. It wes not announced if the conferences will be re- sumed, The statement to be issued by the,.Big. Three is, expected to deal in detail with political and ceonomic | Questions in Europe, and there fs-a possibility that | Something may be said about the war in the Pacific, \ dud de ded ded YEAR IN PRISON es. who| SENTENCED BY JUDGE CARO | THIS MORNING IN CRIMINAL COURT William Jones, negro, , found guilty yesterday of steading $500 from an aged negress, was .sen- tenced today. by Judge,.Caro to one year in the penitentiary. negro, guilty of drunkenness andthe only way that’ the short- using profanity, but retom- | ed sentence. He was sentenced to 90 days but the sentence was suspended on condition. that he, behave “himself. “if “he did ‘not | do so, Judge Caro warned him, he left himself open to being ar- rested immediately to serve the! sentence, John E, Smith was ° found; guilty of having operated a trail- ntenced to pay a fine of $5 and| costs, with the atlernative of go-' ing to jail for 30 days, Lee Jackson, who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunken-/ ness and using profanity, was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs or spend 90 days in ‘jail. SELF SERVICE LAUNDRY Poinciana Pl. \ “PHONE 1099 Oren to the Public THE SOUTHERNMOST ~ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WARLORDS SHIELD SPRAYING OF TO ROUT ' | WILL FIGHT TO BIT- TER END ESDAY, JULY 31,1945 DDT, ment’s | sults in. Key. West, according to;malaria is not contractible in J. Roland Adams. this vicinity), agents of the He said that, a few days ago,:United States Public Health vast swarms of flies and mos-!Service are using DDT in houses quitoes, were in his’ section of,as well as outdoors. ithe city, and that within 10 min-| Sprayed on the walls of a lutes after a plane had circled:room, it is said that the effect jover that area, releasing the of DDT, in exterminating in- chemical in an invisible spray,'sects, will continue its effective-| . they had disappeared. ness for two months. Used on! that the Japanese warlords Mr. Adams’ son, Gerald i: | clothes, in combating moth do not oppress the people,'ams, told The Citizen that the! warms, it is stated that the who are ready at any time!results ef the spraying were effect of DDT continues even to form a “human shield” to|#™0n8 the most surprising things after the clothes have been! % he had ever experienced. washed. i protect their empetor, and, | “One moment my arms and! When the Japs are knocked! he added, it is the emperor face and neck were covered with out of the war and the United! whom the warlords are pro-| mosquitoes, and a short time States readjusts itself to peace! tecting. after the plane had done its work conditions, great things are ex-j Domei news agency was the mosquitoes had disappeared.” | pected of DDT in fighting in-; The formula for the chemical sects that prey ,on plants and quoted as having declared,! was. determiifed on after this fruits. j in S ain »{country had entered the war,} One Key Wester said °thift, Pian sl he bs ne and it had been guarded closely judging from what he has aud be lessag r uNcon~ os a war secret. It has been used and heard about DDT, its use; ditional surrender, that the‘ combating malaria. in mosquite-- will go far in. keeping under Japanese people may. ,be infested. areas. It has proved to control mosquitoes in the Flor-| “bled white”, but they will be the most effective remedy ida Keys.. Where the chemical continue to fight “‘to the bit- in killing out mosquitoes and penetrates, mosquitoes will not! ter end.” jother insects, and it is said not appear for at least two months,! to have any ill effects on human and. six sprayings a year will} TO CUT OPERATION WaVEs’ ANNIVERSARY EVENT GIVEN roonar vise aass ex, LAST NIGHT PROVED GREAT SUCCESS PECTED THIS COMING WINTER (By Ansvetuted Frese) NEW YORK, July 31. — In a Tokyo broadcast today, recorded by government monitors, a spokesman said A tremendous ovation greeted tio put on a floor show later in, Capt. C. E. Reordan, commander, (ny Almsebaten Pree) Naval Operating Base, as he @p- WASHINGTON, July"'31./ Pesred to pay the opening tribute, — It was testified at a hear-|t0 WAVES! of the island cele-| were: Capt. and Mrs. Reordan; ing here today that. many}brating their third anniversary: Capt. and Mrs. Hamilton; Captain American, industries, includ-' at a party at the Naval Air Sta- Logue, Capt. and Mrs. T. C. Gibbs; ing steel mills, will oberate tion hanger last night. More thin! si NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A ‘SEVERAL WOMEN RALLY TO CALL AS OFFICE ASSISTANTS AT RED Several Key West women have rallied to the call for office as- sistants much ‘to the gratification of Mrs. Helen Cutter,’ volunteer special services staff assistant clude Mrs. Dudley Staples, Mrs. iRuth Nitschke, Miss Becky Jef- ‘fers, Mrs. John A. Myers and Mrs. Cutter. Mrs. Alvin Salganick, whose husband is stationed at NOB has : on a four-day week basis the | 1000. servicemen and women #t-’ coming winter because of:an' tended the affair. : i indicated shortage of:37,000,-, _ The program of music by. the | 000 tons of coal. he beg rnien Soot hy ‘Settet esstated {Hat rus, led by ‘Sue Rosulek, Sp (P) 2c, singing “WAVES of. the; Navy.” Catherine Wheeler, Slec,! another Air Station WAVE, acted as emcee and introduced Captain; Reordan who paid a nice tribute, to the work of WAVES here. He; was followed in turn by Capt. W.: coldest winter in 1945-46 H. Hamilto commanding officer, ' since the beginning of the NAS; and Capt. Jos. B. Logie, | medical officer in command of the |. eh Naval Hospital, both of whom! praised the WAVES for their part IDB OILD IDM, in helping to win the war. Cutting of the large, attractive- L. P. Artman Gets ly decorated birthday cake by| Mention In ‘Mexico P:lgrims’ Bulletin Eloise Temple, SK1c, NOB WAVE, of Pekin, Il., who enlisted in tl Women’s Reserve in December,! 1942, and who is the WAVE with| Fi 4 4 the longest time in service h ores ena Renee S| Temple served the first slices to} confined to foreigners, chief- ly American, a few days ago sent its publication to the publisher of The Citizen, who age could be offset is if the miners to return to work. Ctherwise, he concluded, the people of the United States. will experience their officers at the speakers’ table, after which the cake was passed among the rest of the throng. The audience joined the NAS chorus who led in singing several! ‘resided in Mexico City 10 songs, including “Don't Make My! years. In the publication was Gir] a Sailor,” “Give Me a Kiss! the following paragraph: ‘by the Numbers,” “Sentimental! L. P. Artman, publisher Journey,” ete. and owner of “The Citizen” After the program, the Sonar DAILY: 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. WEDNESDAY TO 9 P. M. ST LEE Club Sugaloa Key West’s Most Exclusive Nite Club on Stock Island ‘Open Daily 12 Noon to Midnight DANCING Daily 8 to 12 — Sunday 6 to 12 Music by Sugaloa Orchestra Boca Chica Bus No. 4 to the Door Closed Tuesday Dining Room Will Open Soon EAD STREET ici: Tonight Is' Prize Night of Key West, Fla. and the Artman Puess, artfully ad- School Cavaliers resumed p! ing for dancing. Refreshments of! vertises Florida’s pleasant Coca Cola, beer, sandwiches and} climate by stamoing on his (a cold plate were served from a mailing envelopes the low large table set up at one end of and. high “temperature in the hanger. Flags of the Allied Key West yesterday”. In a nations decorated the large in- terior. Entertainers from the NOB pa-} communication to us dated March 13, Mr. Artman rec- orded a low of 71 and a high of 82, obviously for the Purpose of luring more Pil- grims to Florida. ¥ Lud uh ute uh heute PALACE THEATER LARRY PARKS in “STARS ON PARADE” News end Serial SSD RE IF IT’S FOR CARS| WE HAVE IT! eAll Parts eGas Cap Locks! eAuto Horns Yale Locks eAuto & Bicycle Tires & Tubes) Batteries charged while you wai | The Modern Way | POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Sts. | Open Sunday Phone 9134 | CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNC AIR CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT e | i i Now Featuring | DANCING EVERY NIGHT j| 4 and : | The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ | e { 7:00 A.M, to11:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. 6:30 P.M. to 8:38 PM. HUGH C. HODGE, Manager |pairs and the inside handle had Plague — of ling to pick the lock, first with a rich Po valley, Italy will need | chairman, of the Key West Chap~! served from four to twelve hours! @@ te within five miles of ter, American Red Cross. each, week since February. Mrs. | the shore this morning, “These staff assistants fill an B. Englebert. inl a navy, wife, United States destrepers om jimportant niche in the day's of- spall Ppcalk pat) Mrs. W. Page tered the Gulf of Suruga, 80 fice routine and take ayo Noa unich, whose husband is a navy Miles southwest of Tokyo, of the necessary tasks thus leav-’ . i and shelled ing the trained staff free for the — x oe ee a Shimiau, fore- r {more specialized duties.” Mrs. . most of Japanese aluminur lish jCutter added. : ees has 40-hours to her credit. production “We are especially. thankful for! -Mrs. Cutter is planning « course PSF shelling lasted we ™ the many wives of servicemen to train and qualify all interested an. stationed here, who have from in the staff assistants course im minutes, bug..that time was mM time to time volunteered their the near future and would wel- long enough to start a dexen _— services, even though they were ae calls from as many as POS- fives im the city. oi only to be in Key West a short sibic. Before and after shell. time. Without them we could not’ The indoctrination course a the have as efficiently carried’ out'quires about ten. hours and iS» 1,500 American and Brit- wu the increasing volume of de- classes will be arranged to suit ish carrier planes flew up ’ C mands made upon a Red Cross the majority of candidates. A and down Japan's east coast, FOI» Chapter in wartime.” [telephone call to chapter head- distance of 400 miles, rn Local women who are serving quarters, phone 286 will produce ore the chapter as staff assistants in- any further details desired. | and when the raid was over * rer aes cas i j on sink along the entire route the the, evening. Uniform of the oc-iTTALY’§ POST-FASCIST RUIN planes had followed. = casion for officers was white; for in scope, it was worst bi enlisted WAVES, grey. i om } Among the guests of honor F R pom Bang Y , F Wg = 2 i recent Japan, : : ‘ t By. GEORGE BRIA to fill these needs, and looks the a Lieut. Comdr. Marion, Josephi, of Veatures Writer also to the Allies for desperately | J8P8 ve lost ' end Naval Hospital; Lieut. Comdr.|| ROME, Italy.—Italy, bankrupt- needed industrial and domestic planes, i and Mrs. Glenn S. Hoiman, NOB;! eq by almost 10 years of contin- coal. Italy used to import 1,200,-) Nimitz alse * Commander and Mrs. G. E. Mar- rf ich jn 000 tons of coal monthly, largely; liminary cus, Jr.. (the former NAS execu- Pitre! pine. atrtae . hoor from Germany. She got 66,000, day cathe? ow tive officer); Commander J. R.} € ches tons i 4 4 Reid, Jr. exedutive ‘Sificer, Navat{ Postwar: winter-convulged by: ong tule s & Hospital: Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. | Political strife, fearful and uncer- a Js ‘ fa a eats a L.°H. Goddard ‘and Lieut. andjt@in about the future and unable Sala Septamine. wae eae ers and destroyers. x Mrs. G. W. Purdy, of the Receiv-|t©, solve’ critical economic needs (ons 12 ‘StPt That industrial elty, 120 da ing Station; and’ Lieut, W. R.| Without Allied assistance. q The swift sad: Re miles southwest of Tokyo wr Hoey (WR), NAS. In the coming year Italy may (Connect psi wag | 40 miles southwest of Shim- The Naval Air Station acted as|make the most radical decision in Page ? zu, suffered damages t ‘ host to the WAVES; NOB bakers; her 75 years of history as a uni- ‘important railroad shops, H cooked the three-decker birthday fied nation — whether to. throw LAVAL FLOWN | textile works and other build. a cake and Specialist May Hillard,|out the Italian monarchy in fav- ings from 1,000 tone ¢« NAS, arranged the program. jor of a republic. This year, too, | American and British « : ‘eeeenredehieneoberie nets ishe may learn the fate of her TO AUSTRIA nlosive shells, The shell : MAN FROZEN TO DEATH IN Colonies — the price in formal fepeag lena : FREEZER |peace treaty terms of her ad- ners | the ppenss. P |venture with Fascism. She may ere was no report as yet GIVES HIMSELF UP TO AME: 5 results of the destroy: | action at Shimiau. The te RICAN FORCES OF OC- jonce a famed Japanese tr r CUPATION lexporting point, but late 7 aluminum producing cent was subjected to 4 (By Ansoclated Pres us subjected to & a Fp jraid July 7. It is situated « his LONDON, July 31. ~ja tiny bay with Japan's Pierre Laval was town from) red Mount Fuji as a b Spain today to Austria! drop. where he gave himself up to ~- American forces of occupa-| NEW APPLICATION. ion, ae oanen iF Before leaving Spain, he) MADE FOR PENSION had ‘reqtiested’ that he be! _—— placédjin the hands of Amer-| City Clerk Roy Harlin he icans, as he had hoped in that rghaved Rog presen B a yay he would not be sent tol yernon L.- Geiffin for trial on a charge Of} that she be placed on the eily p STANFORD, Conn.—When her learn whether she will be ac- usband was not at the train to cepted finally as one of the Unit- meet her as she returned from a €¢ Nations. Her declaration of v 1H. Perry went to; War on Japan may affect that tu Ice Cream Company decision. ant to find him. Noticing a red| These are the things headlined light above the door, indicating daily in the press, but to the that someone was in the refriger- Man in the street—selling ation room, she opened the door Clothes, furniture and heirlooms and found him, frozen stiff. Evi- in a losing battle to keep up with dently, Perry entered the sub-'the bloated lira—the problems of zero room Sunday when no em- food and work are of je great- ‘ pratt ployees were around and let the ;est concern, and the ;utlook for door close behind him, forgetting the winter is gloom. y that ie lock was under-going re-| Blasted by drought, and a grasshoppers in been removed. Perry frantically southern areas, and one-third be- tried to free himself by attempt-;low caracity production in the pencil, then a fountain pen. He}1,20,000 tons of grain alone to tried to fight off the cold by;meet basic requirements, ac- ason. Z . _|sion roll in lieu of her hu lighting a box of matches, one by cording to Allied estimates. She No definite information| whom it is claimed w in t one. will need to import 20,000 tons has reached here as to what! city’s employe for a period of 12 ee Of meat monthly for jan. indefi-' dis tion will be made of! y yO ONS period to replace’ livestock Laval by the American com- eaten and stolen by the Ger- mand, but it was surmised! on at th mans. ‘that he will be turned over| tonight along with other Italy looks to the Allies and to France to stand t tions that have been subsmitte | 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104, This application will be passed ecting of the Counetl appre ' particularly to the United States, EAU MAR FREE BATHING ~~ stuncs BING | Have a Glorious Time at | POULTRY MARKET Nightly 7:30 1 SOUTH BEACH BATHING | 1320 ELIZA ST. 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