The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 8, 1945, Page 1

: ‘THE SOUTHERNMOST NE KEY WEST, FLORID. » WEDNESD WSPAPER IN THE City Council Abolishes Liquor Limitation Law * No Limit To Be Placed |ARRANGE FOR On Issuance Of Li-| censes To Those Ap- plying ARRANGE PROGRAM DURING! MEETING OF COMMERCE BODY DIRECTORS The City Council at its} regular meeting last night voted 4 to 2 to abolish the) Directors of the Key W limitation ordinance,| Chamber of Commerce held ; regan prom the city the meeting yesterday and decided on| - : oe Se liqhor 1c) the. program for the presentation aioe — making applic| °! the centennial plaque to Will- cation for the establishment !}#™ Curry Sons Company. OM BOMB SN * ; Municipal Hospital THREE NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO SERVE ON PUBLIC WORKS BOARD | and Pedro Aquilar we: by the City Council ser is members of the Board of land. Public Works replacnig F. S. Car-} bonell, William Cates and Frank’ regist H. Ladd, who tendered their r ignations to the Council a s ppointed, covering the Jand on which. the night to. hospital is situated on Stock Is- PLAQUE AWARD | Paul G. Albury, Hastings Smith issued to the Federal government, -; within the limits of the city was ed on its fi reading. The remaining gn the board are Ever-; ning at large during certain peri-, ett Sawyer and Charles E. Rob-j ods, authorizing the impoundin, erts. tand humane destruction of dogs A resolution was adopted in! The ordinance was drawn in ac connection with the establishment’ cordance with the proposed activ- and operation of the: Key West it f the recently organized Hu- whereby a mane Society. Dogs will be tagged deed of conveyance of land was at $1.00 per annum. ef such a business. The program will be sent to Councilmen Adams, Sweet-| Harold Colee, executive vice pres-| img, Varela and Saunders ‘4¢"! of the Florida State Cham- voted for the abolishment of | ber of Commerce, for his approv- “4 rue , or for him to suggest any} the ordinance, while Coun- changes that he may wish to| { cilmen Freeman and Grillon| jn; voted against the motion, directors approved the mea-! ich was carried by a ma-| sures that thus far have becn tak- jority vote, whereby the mea-'en by a committee. comprising sure im question will je°Genzalo Benzanilla, chairman; stricken from the ordinance’ Hugh Hodge and Clem C. Price.! books. It was decided to increase the! membership of the committee to the f 1 five, and Horace O’Bryant and n under discussion}, i 7 serve with the other three. oan tiene to time for a long} The program provides for a ban: pe by the Council, SINCE | quet to be given at 1 o'clock in the the issue was first precipit-! afternoon in the La Concha Hotel.! oor Ty. ; oom seein. er - eect | wi higher courts made' COUNTY BOARD | some ruling in regard to limi-; \ ADOPTS BUDGET: tation, which was interpreted | by some attorneys at that} ti meaning that no mu-; i mers, at al County commi nicipality had the right to: ™ecting Jast night, adopted thei bomb that was dropped onjduc to the smalk force that the) render, ps “Plone | budget for the fiscal year beginn- place a fimitation’on the ing Gctober a. | number of liquor licenses to| ‘Total amount is $196,203.71,| be issued. | divided as follows: General Rev However, since that time, sev-/ nue, $102,000; fine and forfeiture eral cities in Florida took a differ-! 48100; roads, $30,800; advertis-| ent view of the matter, including) ing, $303.71; Key West General} Key West, and continued to oper-| Hospital, $15,000. H ate with the limitation law in’ Tho millage was set at ninc| effect, since it seemed a hard mat-! mills, two mills more than it was! ter to obtain a definite unde for the 1944-'45 fiscal year. i standing of the provisions, govern-| ‘The board decidcd to send Com- ing the sale of liquor bj missioner Frank Bentley, chair- paiities throughout the jman of the finance committ ‘The matter has come b and Commissioner Maximo Val- Key West council several times, 'qez to Tallal e with the budgct | but in each instance, the board! for presentation to Comptrolicr voted against abolishing the limi-| J M. Lee tation ordinance. However, upon| its presentation last night, the Council by a majority vote fav- d doing away with the ordin- amee in question, and in accord- ance therewith the city will havc} no alternative in the matter, but will be required to grant licchses te all making application, regard- less of the number The only liquor law that the city now has will be a zoning mea sure, im which it will be prohibit-| five loons in certain} sections of thes city, and a few) ether provisions for the regula-| tien of the liquor traffic. Music by Sugaloa Orchestra MOTOR TUNE-UP |Daily 8 to 12 — Sunday 6 to 12) SAVES GAS | No Orchestra Tuesday Nite | ith Auto Service | Boca Chica Bus No. 4 to the Door, Phone 5| Dining Room Will Open Soon | ee D.O.KK. IMPORTANT MEETING Thursday, 8:30 P. M. ALL DOKIES INVITED ET, Club Sugaloa | Key West's Most Exclusive | Nite Club — Stock Island |Open Daily 12 Noon to Midnight; __ DANCING Lou Si White et Fleming St. Opposite Army Barracks seveemmuenpnnnnnemnennnnnnnneuunagcgsnnn00ne asa AMUN NALEAHEUA LENA | wee MIDGET BAR and PACKAGE GOODS STORE The Friendly Little Tavern Greene and Simonton Sts. PENING of Our Enlarged GALA 0 Baby Package Goods Store MUSI by The Melody Boys GIBBY and TUBA All Day Thursday We Will Serve Budweiser — Schlitz — Goebel’s Beer and Canadian Ale at the Bar and in the Patio — The Coolest Spot in Town #Prince George Whiskey, eKinsley Whiskey %6 Proof, Pt. $2.70] pr. $2.59 eDayton Club Whiskey, 270 | 3th $4.12 86 Proof, Pt. x *Pedro Domec od ‘q Brandy en Whiskey, 86 Pr. aN 5th $6.00 Sta $4.30 | *Howard Canadian oH, Walker Gin, 90 Pr. Whiskey, 5th $6.54 Pt. $2.50 | »eTOM COLLINS Sth $3.40 Per Drink 30 seoemeonnanennnnennnnnnnnno40n000000008000000 0 04HU0ODLOUARROU UTA UUEUUAUGAGAC AHA UUEUUEEER AAA TAE AAA William W. Demeritt were namcd FAR LIGHTER THAN GENER- | | various types of planes, in-! | worldwide discussion, mili-| jtary men here unofficially | jents du | there n CITY COUNCIL ORDERS THREE MORE POLICEMEN BE ADDED 10 FORCE BOMB CARRIED | Mayor John Carbonell, Jr., the ON SUPERFORT |< Council at its mecting jast night ordered that three additional patrolmen be emz!oyed to be add- ed to the Police Department” Mayor Carbonell stated that ALLY BELIEVED TO | three more patrolmen were badly needed at the present time in ord- HAVE BEEN cr ie cover the city properly due to the many complaints that, tnow being received regarding (hy Anseciated Pri {violations of the law in many re GUAM, Aug. 8. — It was,spects. He also said that people 'esiding in’ the outlying sections reve Super- aled today that a Super-) ori. City wore not being served fortress carried the atomic p;operly in the way of protection Hiroshima, and at. the same, Pelice Department now 1 yet , | A letter was read from. the time it was officially re-)fown Hall Council signed by J ported that the bomb used C. Delancey as chairman, requc was far lighter than it is! iné that a member of the City , Council be named to vepresent the generally thought to have! city at the imcetings of that organ been. Its weight is such, the} ization. Counciln reeman wit report added, that any Amer- | PAGh sa ee x x i | etter was received from the ican plane, bomber or fight-) junior Chamber of Commerc: er, would have been able to) com la : ance at the city’s dump site on carry tt ' Stock Island, and asked that some If it is found necessary lO} thing be dune to remedy this con use more atomic bombs on! dition. The matte Japan, it was said that they; to the Sanitary probably will be carried by! investigation A letter was vead from Stephen cluding fighters. ;C. Singleton complaing about. a While the dropping of the | §eUp of outsiders now operating ry A -} here ” 4“ subscriptions bomb isi still the topic of here in’ sellin, abscriptions to hich he said was un- business establi: f 1 | the small license declared that it will undoubt-| which is now required, and urged edly will be possible to use | that a he atomic energy in shells and] for carryir rockets, a development that) The matter is, terrifying in’ its impli-| was referrec cations. | for an opinion as to it It was said further that} Sane be developments SMALL FIRE HERE of atomic energy that willl IN EARLY MOR make its use possible — in| peaceful pursuits, thus revo-| lutionizing industrial pro-! duction, yut the fly nuis- as referred Committee for magavines, fair to other be imposed on these ing the license to the cily attorney lity. operations NC The fire department was called to the corner of Whitehead and }Angela streets this morning ishortly after 5 o'clock, where a \ {fire was discovered in a two- jstory building on that corner. A jmattress and other things were | found to be on fire, but the small HOOD’S POULTRY and EGGS 919 Southard Street blaze was quickly extinguished Battery raised This is the building that was con- FRYERS | demnec 0 as being ee ard (Sa ee SS The alarm was sounded from EEE | x 25, corner ofThomas and SELF SERVICE LAUNDRY '” surnigy street. Commercial Bldg. Poinciana Pl.) gues metnemic SPAIN'S SERVICE Open to the Public DAILY: 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. (Complete Service for Your Car) | 1101 White St. Coz. Eliza WEDNESDAY TO 9 P. M. | PHONE 782 get ‘em for you. Let GREASE & SPRAY ¥2** It Will Save Your Car CAM AA ET 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104 Special Summer Rates $8.00 to $12.00 Weekly An ordinance providing for the; time ago. The other two members| measure prohibits dogs from run-| qd in tnis capacity. | eal Parts are available for your car. OVERSEAS HOTEL If we don’t have ‘em, we'll AUGUST 8, 1945 2 QUT ALL |MOMENTOUS ANNOUNCEMENT MADE TODAY | i ‘ \Where Once Stood City | BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN AT ‘TRUMAN RETURNS a ee | 10 WHITE HOUSE. ! mains Bat A Few Skele- 1 (ty Asuociated Frese) | WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—President Truman an-|WiLL MAKE NATION-WIDE BROADCAST TOMORROW ineunced this afternoon that Russia had declared war pt ration and tagging of all dogs} gn. Japan. | wiaut | cua yy pre |. «Correspondents in Washington were informed (my Assoctotee vreee) _| Shima, a ctiy of 162,000, wae | : ; | WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.| "educed todust and ashes by ‘that the President had.an announcement.to make, and| _Procidert ‘Truman’ se.(the explosion of the tereifip- they hurried to the White House. turned to the White House; ee tone. He told them that it was a momentous announce- | ecserding today, and it was announced, | | shortly afterward, that iba oy cae ,ment, and that it would be made in a few words—) will make a nationwide’ day by American airmen. | broadcast tomorrow night,! Heat from the ussia had deciared war on Japan. Hee | burned the ginning at 10 o'clock, up people | After he had made the brief announcement, Presi ' about the results of the con- streets ae | ference held by the Big’ steel, including these im the Three at Potsdam. | three army bases in the eity. : : : | It is believed also that he’ Hiroshima was, at (iret (A dispatch from London said that it had been’ vase comet tien to say turned into « deme oled & x ' ; : ssia nad decla P apan,' about the atomic bomb, and smoke and dust amd wire informed that Russia nad declared, War. on Japan, about the ate oe will be and wiken the fires had. tvel effective August 9, Japanese time, or August 8, East- used further in‘blasting Jap- on everything thet was» War Time) jan should the military lead- flamable and had died dows ern War Lime). ‘ers of that country continue the city was like ashes eee | rati @ i J n had not to refuse to surrender uncon- clinkers that bad been + The declaration of war against Japa i ditionally, | anak teeell been. unexpected, though nothing definite had been jiscovery of the bomb is ace. It was the most complete |. Military opinign here is that, with Russia pitting (een ee i i oan ine ony hinge tame her might with that of the United States and Great at in what before was a + ‘Britain against Japan, together with the use of the apr? atomic bomb, Japan shortly will unconditionally sur- M dent Truman, said, “That is all.” | | » much of Stalin's ¢ military power, were a few steel evidently had Lorena Torres, | built at the entrances te helters, All life was om 62, Dies In Miami it, that or be | ames vell aw the { ws News was reccived in Key West die I ee the neem h | this morning following a lengthy ey yelt hick | held in Mian Briday afternoon, Casters aid neath ae —__________ where interment will also tke the theannedn Mayor Carbonell, the City Council Ainclio ort | Alfred China ane li night confirmed the ay voint and Aureho, Jr, i Eugene childre srvel | by the city’s chief executive, who Ghavie Tork u. Ss. Army, barel abode te will supervise the work of Set jJacksonvile, and Jack ‘Torres, ail nothinge abe } ming trees and ot! « clearing, COMMISSIONERS APPROPRI Nin, pacitx pa a Le. ae See eet aie) ATER UNDMEOHEEHO | «daughters, Mrs. Charles the j lions tu be carried on in the city POSED ACTIVITIES Mrs EUgSne MCR aw nel) ne” Gee pee ee Recetas willl BEACU een rances Duffy, Miami, and charye the ! down'and) uamnmed, besides atlian) (Gounter conielissoneuedast night | one Soe eee bout — daprar ctivities in clearing up the directed Clerk Ro er to] 2we brotters Eugene Kemp peace, but, instead, de rounds. end a check for § 0 to the 2d De, William PL Kemp. to the Japan ‘ Those named as special police States Road Department to con-|Si8ters, Mrs. Geo Stricker ty fight on te are Lain Dobbs, mapager of the! struct a stretch of the Roosevelt|#%d Miss Alida Kemp van cavenger Department; Sealey boulevard that begins near the}, Mts. Terres was a former rest Arnel the Kn Adrian O'Sweeney and cast bridge and extends beyond |dent of Key West, having rer , *| John Ker. the Key West Naval Hospital, 1¢¢ her residence to Miami ha | Prisoners from the city jail will’ The department, in turn, will/22 years ago, where she had re w | be used in carrying on these opera- award the contract for work to; Sided since that time peg " | tions. the Belcher Oil Company, which ——___—— fave t ‘ | City Clerk Roy Hamlin was in- is at present repairing the north-' Two Applications festruet ' ! structed to send a letter to the erly side of the Roosevelt: boule- 7 3 % can Jat edhe ton of the cemetery instruct-!vard and will continue the im-! For Liquor Permits ;, jing him to make an inspection of! provement along Division strect, ee (Continued an Page 0 applications for lique = Ithe grounds at the cemetery, and; to Whitehead street and thene¢ | licenses were received last might file charges against owners who. to the main entrance to the court-| fail to keep their lots in proper) house ata meeting of the Monroe count condition Engincer B. M. Duncan con- commissioner Mrs. Nellic Johnson, empl tacted the department and the One applicant was Roland Will in the Ganitary Department's of-) comy about the proposed im-) iam Craig, of Crai place, Crat \fice, was granted a Ieave of ab-! provement of the boulevard from, and the other was W. R. Hafer fsence, beginning Friday of this: the cast bridge, and it was through) of Shorty and Dick’s place, Rock PALACE THEATER P LORNA GRAY in .) “The Girt Who Dared™ News and Serie! ity tre ginni week. !him that the estimate of the cost, Harbor: | E. J. O. Roberts, urer,| was obtained. — ted a leave nee be-~ Mr. Duncan said this morning | 2,000 feet long and 50 feet wide, Hotel and | and added that it will be put in U | ur: 9 Operated under the personal management of 1 W j Bi | ‘| Division at Simonton Phone 9106 Key West | BINGO = August 13. | that the stretch to be repaired is To Our Friends, Patr the Gene Put For work in newspaper office and printing j plant Our New Hou OPEN DAILY 5 P. M. TO MIDNIGHT | Serving anything you may want— A Sandwich, Short Order or a Complete Mea! BEER and WINES SERVED DURING LEGAL HOUR | | | | | Nightly 7:30 |DUVAL at SOUTHARD Sponsored by the Elks | MUST HAVE BICYCLE |= | BRRERAE EERE Apply in person to | ROASTERS and FRYERS | |BRADY’S (Live) Poult: KEY WEST CITIZEN and aia ce 4 WATCH FOR THE OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT Se eee ccs ee 1214 White St. Phone 541 IN THE CITIZEN St nin li a a a Announcement We are now making alterations improvements and orating and shall shortly open our new Resteuran’ Patio—it will be en innovation to Key West. ner, - ‘veer ;