The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1945, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features Years Devoted to the of Key West VOLUME LXVI. No. 182 Council Turns Down Nine Applications Sen In Requesting Pensions ] | @ity Attorney Renders| DEFENDANT PLEAD Written Opinion In GUILTY TO CHARGE OF PETTY LARCENY mittee Makes Report E. Sposkoff, charged with a ling sugar and_ shortening from Maloney’s bakery went to Al a special meeting of the City Council held last night, trial this morning on a charge of grand larceny, but before the @pp ications for pen- were by a un- ease was finished, he pleaded vote of the board. applicants, accord. ceny. Judge Caro accepted the plea, fon agreement of the prosecutor and attorney for the defense, and will sentence the defendant tomorrow. guilty to a charge of petty lar- Antonio Garcia, J. J. Floney Pelle- OF BIG THREE then, Floney Pelle NEARING END J. Gardner and|PRESIDENT TRUMAN SCHED- Roberts. ULED TO MEET KING GEORGE AND QUEEN MARY TOMORROW &. « other applications for Pensions, which were made quite recently upon retire-| Ment from servi were act- ed wpon favorably, and have heen turned over to Auditor Charlies K. Roberts, along with the City Attorney, for checking. They were day's sesdom mey bel the Withers M. Albury, former| last the Big Three will hold mayer; Erskine Sands, Will-] during this conference, as it tom TH. White, Alfred Higgs] was reported that President ood Frank H. Ladd. _, ,| Truman is scheduled to meet City Atarncy pone, bol King George and Queen y definite- ‘ : at only widews of Mary ee. gapdehihedd . deceased employes who died, |The meeting place is ta be im active service were entit-| aboard a British warship off ted te « pension, which ruled Plymouth, President Truman out the applications of the] i, to have luncheon with the four widows in question. las Lester also said that the king and queen, and shortly lew was confused as to the| afterward he will board the eligibility of ex-employes of| American cruiser Augusta to the sity to receive a pension. | begin his return trip to the “In the opening section of | United States. the law, it states that em- Nothing was Agpviesi oamans Maretofore | 0 announcement that will er im sueeeeding para-| be made regarding the agree- raphe it bases pension elig-| ments reached during the Mhility “upon retirement’ .”| conference, There is a pc Mester said : “1 do not see how ibility that a statement may you retire from Some-) i, issue. igh but the thing mish seu are not | P* issued tonig Cet c ° | general opinion — nd “vag eign are jsimultaneous announcement what the law will hold in this| will be issued from Wa ; 2 } ington, London and Moscow supoct : sometime after the return of Marl R. Ade ea h of the big three to his enwrman O°! respective capital. (My Aascetuted Prens) said about Councilman ams, named a @ special committee to meet p aoa ow. ee pending | Mrs. Bertha Russell Died Tuesday In Miami es of the city as well as these of widows whose bus-| hands were not in the em-| Mrs. Bertha Russell, 79, widow ployment of the city at thelof George Russell, dicd ster- time of their death, move‘ day afternoon in Miami, accord- that the applications be de-!ing to a telegram received by nied. The motion was car-jher sister-in-law, Mrs. Susan M. ried |Gardner, 1104 Petronia street. a | Mrs. Russell was a native Key Jim Turned Into |Wester and had resided here un- : jtil a few years ago when she Success |went to Miami to make her A Beastly seats home with a son, George Erwin Russell. ar . BLOOMINGTON, Ii Jim,} She leaves another son, Harry lecet hom whe made good, loafed | Russell, and 12 grandchildren. as age at the Miller Park |; ———AHR—__- 7 even years, distingsh- | ee a TT. oe lomweit only pv whe ereunt SELF SERVICE LAUNDRY : \ yeeiher and forgotten, |CMmercial Bldg. Poinciana Pk * they ionized the old boy re-| PHONE 1099 " He returned to town a Open to the Public fella performer in a circus. DAILY: 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. WEDNESDAY TO 9 P. M OVERSEAS HOTEL 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104 SPECIAL SUMMER RATES $8.00 to $12.00 Weekly by the Dill Electric Vuicanizer Lou Smith Auto Service White ot Fleming Phone No. § “Opposite Army Barracks” PALACE THEATER LARRY PARKS in “STARS ON PARADE” News and Serial h-| THE SOUTHERNMOST PIERRE LAVAL IS STAR WITNESS IN TRIAL OF PETAIN FORMER GERMAN PUPPET, CHARACTERIZED AR GH- ENEMY OF FRANCE, TO TAKE STAND TOMORROW (By Associated Press) witness in the trial of trea- son against Marshal Petain, | it was announced today. | The former German pup- |pet, characterized as the arch ; enemy of France, is sched- juled to take the stand tomor- row, for he has. been turned over to France by the Ameri- ;cans, to whom he surren- | dered in Austria. Highlightin today’s trial of Petain wag the reading of a letteri@hat: had been sent him by Admiral Leahy, who | frankly admitted that he feels kindly toward the ‘aged marshal.” Admiral Leahy spoke of the hardships that had con- fronted Petain at the time of German occupation, but {thought he had acceded too easily to German pressure. Petain has maintained that he had taken that action in the hope of keeping the ; French from suffering from imans might have instituted {upon his resisting their ord- ters, but Admiral Leahy took [the view that, while th hardships might have been more severe in the beginning, some r ance would have Seon more> - benetiviat* to France in the long run. Petain tried to have Ad- miral Leahy testify at th trial, but he refused to do so on the ground it would be un- seemingly, as he is an adviser to President Truman. David Segal, 20 Killed On Okinawa | He was on Okinawa, and had gone through safely the’ terrible battles the Americans had fought to capture that Japanese island, and on July 4, with. conditions so peaceful on Okinawa he drew a contrast between them and the |cclebration of the Fourth at home, lin a letter he wrote to his mother jon that day, and the next day hc was killed, in what way his jfamily does not know That is the fate that befell David Segal, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Segal of Jacksonville and grandson of Mrs. Thurston jJohnson, of Key West. His aunt, Miss Elaine Johnson, has a copy of the Fourth of July jletter he sent to his mother, and lin it nothing is said about thc jwar. As Miss Johnson remarked, it’ was more like a letter describ- ing a picnic or a Boy Scout out- ing. He wrote about going in bath- jing from a “narrow beach” in “wonderfully pleasant water,” like that at home in summer, but |there was no gyrf, he added, just ‘smooth water of the right jwarmth for enjoyable bathing. He was an only son. BINGO Nightly 7:30 |DUVAL at SOUTHARD Sponsored by the Elks TT TTL MASONIC NOTICE Regular Communication of Dade Lodge No. 14 F. & A. M. tonight at 8:00 o'clock. All Master Masons are invit- ed to attend. By Order MYRTLAND CATES, Ww.M. FRANK 0. WEECH, Secretary. TULLE ‘ygerevezrenerg ne tana PARIS, Aug. 1. — Pierre Laval is going to be the star) NEWSPAPER IN THE USA KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1945 STATE ATTORNEY GLENN MINCER DISCUSSES MATEER: OF DRAWING GRAND JURY. FOR<CIRCUIT COURT ———— ee State Attorney Glenn Mincer,}were ready for presentation to a Senator D. C. ema d Rep- (grand jury. A : i » = sane “a all = Major W. Curry Harris who resentative George Okell, all of} cording to Miami reports is first named on official business. Senator Coleman and Represen- }tative Okell, who accompanied been ordered by the redistribu- Mr. Mincer, came here to call on; tion center at Miami Beach to friends and make the rounds of report to Atlanta, for which city it state attorney, provided he released from the army, has rival of Mr. Mincer gave; The Citizen informant said he rise to a report that his mission here was to consider further the appointment of his assistant in Monroe county, but County Clerk j Ross Sawyer id today that, so far as he knew, Mr. Mincer did not discuss that subject. i His visit to the clerk was pure- jly an official one, and its pur- jpos was to discuss the drawing lof a grand jury. Mr. Mincer also inquired about the docket, jand was told that half a dozen cases, either of murder or rape, .did not know what was the pur- pose of Major Harris’ trip to At- lanta, and did not know, either, ! whether he will remain in the service or will be honorably dis- charged. From another source, The Citi- zen learned that, as a rule, offi- cers who go to Atlanta from a redistribution center are released from the service, but, it was added, it was not known if that rule applied to Major Harris’ case. Si “ERECT BUT GRIEVOUSLY WOUNDED, | FRANCE PAINFULLY STIRS TO LIFE | By RELMAN MORIN { AP beatures Writer | PARIS, France.—France today. ,locomotives, four-fifths of her passenger cars and two-thirds of jas Gen, De Gaulle has described fey Wpeht cars Sree ‘it with painful aecuracy, is knocked out over 2,000 miles of {standing rect but grievously. roadbeds. fwounded. | Actual combat destroyed some | Life for the average French- factories and damaged others, but }man has appr hed the thin hundreds of miles away from the ledge of disaster, What the war Dearest battlefield there are did not destroy it paralyzed. W'ecked factories. British and POTSDAM, Aug. 1. — To-j harsh measures that the Ger-|There are not enough men for American bombers got them or jthe factories and the fields, but they were blown up by resistance fighters. Still others are idle or , working only partially because the Germans removed machinery or because there are no new parts available, jthere are too many for the scant supplies of food and clothing. A city dweller is hungry dur- ‘ing most of the day. His daily food ratieh equals a little over 11,500 calddies — about half th | inimem,treguiren fen ‘adult engaged in physical labor. His wife can not set their table The French government origi- nally. “wave, machinery. a> higher priority than food in its request for help from the United States. ith this alone, so she buys in But if the average Frenchme he black market: 40 cents for feels that Americans are indif- lone egg. 50 cents for a quart of ferent to his needs he has not milk, $4 for a pound of beef or Seen statistics for American as- jpork, $9 for a pound of coffee, $5 Sistance the first six months of {for a pound of butter and $20 for this year. ja quart of salad or cooking oil These include 131,000 tons of { A Suit: $400 wheat 70,000 tons of cotton, 13, Hoo rePaneunanuneede x aie cuibln (G00 tons of cattle fodder, 30,000 can buy one for perhaps gdp, 10S of seya beans, 22,000 tons of \(His salary is $120 a month on [esumes, 38,000 tons of minerals the average.) Shoes would cost 274 metals, 122,000 tons of steel, between $90 and $135 in Paris, 99,000 tons of building materials. Ordinary cotton shirts sell for 4000 tons of sugar, 75,000 tons Sera of sulphur, and 26,000 tons of In the coming winter food rrices in the black market will Vive Truman! treble and clothing prices will For military reasons figures on kyvocket still further. The coal France have not been published, ration will be some 200 pounds— coal and petroleum shipments to pounds, not tons—per home. Last but the popular spirit soared at jwinter in Paris the child mortal- news that President Truman had lity rate was double the normal. written De Gaulle that America Coal is almost a precious gem Was going to assist in bringing here. It will start the wheels of 10,000,000 tons of coal to France industry and transportation. It before the end of this year and ;will bring in food from the coun- 15,000,000 by next April jury, where food is plentiful. But With a general election coming fuel won't solve all of France’s in October, France's Socialists iproblems and Communisits unquestionably | Circle Is Vicious have gained strength. This was | Ruined railway bridges are be- Shown in the municipal elections ing rapidly restored. But because 1e Leftists have directly chal- {of a vicious circle (lack of coal lenged De Gaulle’s proposal for jcutting down steel production, a new g ument and a new 'which reduces ‘chinery) it before the output of ma- constitution will be long time proposals it will probably be ac- railways achicve prewar curate evide that the French en Sep- Communists and Socialists domi- If France rejects the nee performance ain. Be tember of 1939 and September nate the country. of 1944. France lost (or herself — destroyed) five-sixths of hv = And everything was so quiet he Le could not realize it was the SOUTH BEACH Bathing bia ee ont Fourth of July. Pavilion jivision Street Simonton Street at the Ocean | Open Dailv ‘Til 9 P. M. FREE BATHING eSolarium eShowers eLockers eTowels eBathing Trunks SPECIAL SALE Ballantine - Schlitz - Budweiser $5.50 Case EP 8 ES SES | BROWN DERBY BAR 601 WHITEHEAD STREET 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 Miami, were here yesterday, the in line for appointment as assist- | jhe will leave next Monday. | GREATES Heavy Bom | CONSERVATIVES (My Ansocintes Presa LONDON, Aug. 1. —Pro- fessor Harold J. Laski, policy maker for the Labor Party, said the recent victory over the Conservatives was: the j greatest that had’been scored _in British politics since 1830, when the middle. class came, into power. He pointed out that the victory of Labor should not be regarded as meaning the adherents of that parcy will play any kingly roie. He as-} serted that the victory was along progressive lines and in no way aligns class against class. What will be done, he} added, during the Attlee gov-} erpment, will be done tor the, people as a whole. The first movement will be to nationalize the 250-year- old Bank of England, which, he said, is not rightly named because it does not repre- sent England as a whole but, instead, a closely knitted group of Englishmen. Follow- With Mr, Roberts, and ing the nationalization of the bank, then mines, the trans. Hen in the. mtatitiars portation system, and, final- func- Ivy, iron and steel will tion under governmental ad- ministration. But, he intended actions are not go- ing to take place immediate- lv or with any undue haste, The most_important thing te Great Britain at present is the prosecution of the war against the Japs, and not till they have been defeated will home measurers alony nationalistic lines, be settled. Federal Employes To Meet On Friday A meeting of all Civil Service Employees from all agencics of the Federal Government in_ the <ey West area has been called for Friday Night, Aug 3, in the Court. Room of the County Court House. This meeting by L. M. Walk sentative of the onal Federa tion of Federal Employees, who will make an effort to reorganize Key West Local No. 151, N.F.F.E., will be addressed National Repre- long inactive in this section of Florida Mr. Walker advises that the Na- tional Federation, Non Affiliated, Independent Federation, is the largest organization of Federal Employees in the world, was the leader in the promotion of, the new “Fi ral Employees Pay Act of 1945”. This bill and other mat- ters of interest and importance to Federal Employees will be dis7uss- ed at the meeting in the Court House Friday nig All employees and their supervisors are invited to attend BEREAN EERE ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 54! BABREBBERERREREEEEERE REE ——— NORTH BEACH INN COFFEE SHOP 711 North Beach Full Course Dinners from $1.10 Open 6 to 8 P. M. In Japan Cause Nippons To 5 VICTORY OF LABOR PARTY OVER SINCE YEAR OF 1830 concluded,. those gat? AN io RK ngs OT Many \ Tokyo Paints ture Of Co Among - Japan CLAIMED TO BE Two Arrested At pe Habana-Madrid Club} GUAM, | Tokyo Last night Policeman George type ;Guiterrez arrested Patricia Cicio at the Habana-Madrid on a SOne charge of “indecent exposure”, jand Cliff Johnson, who, Guiter- 60,000 jrez states, is manager of that night club, on a charge of operat~- ing a “disorderly house.” H Each defendant was released on posting bond of $250. ‘The cases are scheduled to be tried this afternoon, beginning at 4 o'clock, before Municipal ‘Judge W. P. Archer. ' CITY AUDITOR RESIGNS POS) CURRENT TAX ROLL SENTED TO CITY COU; CIL LAST NIGHT ' i City Auditor Charles erts tendered his resign the City Couneil at its last night to’ become August 16. Following of the resignation, named a committee ‘to have him reconsider Cc Tax” Asse: n B. Pinder pres current tax roll) to. the last night. The books placed in the clerk's offi period of 10° days, that time anyune desiri complaints in assess made may do so by comm ing with Clerk Roy Ham At the expiration of days, the books wiil be ret to the Council, which will an equalization board in co ering assessments as made. Councilman Karl BR. Adi moved that a communication ity ’ sent to the county officials fe the purpose of ascertaining th cost to the city for using the oling machines in the coming election. ARTILLERY FIRIN PRACTICE PLANNED = ! The Army announced — today that coast artillery firing pratice will be held from installations of Battery B, Fort Taylor, from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. August 2. All vessel: and aircraft are warned to GU the att. were st ff : main clear of the danger area, | ©, Sip The danger area will be the Sunk or d water area offshore Fort Taylor Planes eit stroyed or quarters re In July the sent to the bi ese inland w. forming a triangle the right ley of which extends 9000 yard an azimuth of 210 degrees from 24 degrees 32 minutes, 48 onds North Latitude and 81 de grces 48 minutes, 37 seconds We Longitude south 135 degrees from the same point. Max imum altitude of the firing will be 1900 feet. Danger to all aircraf e 99. No ofticial made today ab t ubouts of Ada to azimuth below this altitude over the dang- Third Fleet, er area. | Tokyo said it j to strike OPEN SKATING RINK Wed., Fri. Sat., Sun, 8 to 10:30 P. M. Children’s Matinee Sat, 2:30 to 5 P. M. Lf SPAIN’S SERVICE Complete Service for Your Car 1101 White St. cor. Eliza PHONE 782 —*— Have Your Car STEAM CLEANED and PAINT With Non-Rust