The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 1, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Seat interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No.1 President Truman Confer Board Yacht Off Quantico k Domestic Matters And COOP ILSIMIL Conference At Mos-! Pelican Bill Complains i ?, ‘eileen: Anime Wb: About Cool Nor’wester Pelican Bill was resting on tthe waiter at the foot of Front street every so often dodging the sweils coming in under the dock from the north when The Citizen re- porter sauntered up for @ \ | jects Discussed | Hl cy ioted Press) ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. President Truman, aboard the} yacht Williamsburg, anchored in| the fog off Quantico, Va., this; Teport on the weather. morning, conferred with mem- | “Gosh darn cold”, Bill said — of le foals about eal as ‘fhe ‘spray ‘dashed over ic matters nd conferred with Pat) Nee . sf Secretary of State Byrnes about | him. "The wind came right the Moscow conferen | around through the clock President Truman spoke starting fjom the east where the fact-finding board he the weather was warm work- going to name to hold hear ing to the south and then in the hope that the steel st: blowing at first gently and fixed for January 14, will then hard out cf the north- averted ; west and then north. If the strike is called, 700,000! Weather fooled around for men, working in 800 steel and| @ Couple of weeks but this aluminum plants in the country,! 4s @ re2l nor'wester”, will be affected. They are de Bill said Miami airport manding an increase in wages} W8S down to a low of 69 of $2 a day eact nd the United yesterday, pointed to Atlan- States Steel Corporation, whicn| 8’ 38, Boston's 35, New is considered as spokesmi York’s 38 and Chicago's 19 other companies, dec and Des Mpines 12. Key to pay the demanded} West according to Bill's e unless the OPA p homemade thermometer was mits the coroporation to 7m. crease the price of steel Can’t see Harold Heron or U. S. Steel, unlike Gertie Gill around” Bill Motors and other said. “They’re up in he Bay frankly declared Keys roostin in. the way it would be groves there. Well four more the demand of the workmen,| @@¥s and it'll be warm again. would be if it was permitted That’s-the way with these to imerease its prices. The cor-| 0? westers.” poration idded that it, would. be futile for its officials ‘to take SYMP LMI LPL LP a 8 part in the discussions befor! — CARRIES: PISTOL | | about | was | 1gs | bi in. | General | corporations, | that the onl; able to grant! fe President Trurman also an- nounced that he had dissolved the War Labor Board and that he would replace it with a six- taan stabilization board. ' The statement further said ARRESTED BY OFFICER. HOW- signed ARD HARRIS LAST that the President had five bills d had vetoed three. | NIGHT HOLD SHORTHAND | Charles. E. Thomas,- colored ~ of | BYRNES EXPLAINS esanen MeeArthur..declarederse cs The Key PB THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE -U.S.A. VERNING JAPAN SAYS MacARTHUR WILL CAR-' RY OUT U.S. DIRECTIVES REGARDLESS OF RUSSIAN | VETO POWER | (By Associated Press) i WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—Sec- | retary of State Byrnes, following {his conference with President | Truman, commented further to- | | day on General MacArthur's re- action to the agreement that was reached at the Moscow confer-) ence, which specifies that a coun- cil of four, representing the Unit- | and China, will have a veto power in the government of Japan. Byrnes. said that MacArthur will carry out the United States’ government’s directives, in his government of Japan, in the same way as he has been doing, and that Russia's veto power does not concern matters of that nature.' | He explained further that any-' thing Russia vetoes and suggests j Something else in its stead, the United States has the power to veto the Russian suggestion. ‘ The only things, he asserted, where the council of four will act regarding Japan, concern funda- mental changes in the Jap con- ! stitution or fundamental ch inges in the Japanese government as a whole. JAP EMPEROR HEARD TODAY DELIVERS NEW YEAR'S MES- SAGE TO PEOPLE OF HIS COUNTRY ee Asaseinred ed J TOKYO, Jan. 1. — Emperor Hirohito’s New Year’s' message to his people today was’ couched in language never before used by a ruler of Japan, --General The emperor spoke along -lib-! ‘eral lines, which included the} participation of the Japanese | people generally in the govern-! ment of Japan that none of his jpredecessors had ever before! j alluded to. | ' He said nothing 1 about his CLASSES JAN. 14 sailor, was arrested by officer , “divine rights”, a term that had | Howard Harris last. night and: always been used before, nor} booked on disorderly. proceed- | did he proclaim, ‘as he and his ings in carrying a concealed weapon, a 45. automatic pistol fully loaded. | Thomas is morning. MRS. WILHELMINA HARVEY TO TEACH NOB : . : in city. jail this CLASSES j =e FALSE ALARM OF wes FIRE LAST NIGHT 110 clH-4G— A fajse. alarm of fire, was sent into ae 1. 1 Fire Station last night shortly; after 9. o'clock, which called ‘out the fire ap- paratus. The fixe} was reported being in the vicinity of the Marina Hotel, but» upon arrival on. the scene no fire whatever was discovered. The alarm was transmitted over the fire alarm system from. the No. 1 Fire Station, ringing the alarm from’ box 323, corner of County Road and Reynolds street. s for beginners will be ir ted M naan aa uary 14, Gregg will be taught by Mr mina Harvey the Relations ‘Divi To e: clas: or of Personnel m. éligibility for the avy employes, male fe interested, must be () a local citizen or h taken permanent, established resi- dence in Key West, (2) the em- ploye must be recommended by the chief clerk of his respective department. Mrs, W. G. Harvey requests that the various chief clerks submit lists of ir ted ble personnel to her at Build- 1 or call extension 531 ' will meet three times y from 10 a.m. to 11 am , Wednesdays and in Building. 186 and will n to the employes of the al Operating Base only. We Are Now Accepting COLOR FILM for DEVELOPING BAAARAAABAAABAAAAL and PRINTING PA SOUTHERNMOST CITY LACE THEATER PHARMACY, Inc. “HONEYMOON AHEAD”. {| 0c Prescription: Draggists News and Seria} { < TONIGHT 1s PRIZE NITE" (| DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. VVVVV VV wv Frida. be or ' predecessors had been wont to} proclaim, about the “superiority ,of the Japanese race” or its; i“divine mission to rule the | |, world.” H Nothing was said about Shin- | jtoism, which is designed to} imake the Japanese ultra-nation- ; alistic. His message was declared | to be “sane” and _ contained jmany_ teferences to the ‘‘con- | | Stitutional rights” of the Japa- ; nese people. ' | ‘The departure from the old! formality, it was said, must have | ; Sounded strangely to the Japs} ‘and probably.” ‘surprised — or | | shocked millions of them. | i “The message pleased me very | | much,” General ‘MacArthur said. \FORMER KEY WESTERS | COME HOME ON VISIT, H | { |. Former. Key.- Westers who‘ have come home for a visit, are Sister Mary Isabella, Superior. at the Academv_of the Holy Names, in Albany -v.Y,, and Sister Stel- | la Maria from Academy of the; Holy Names at Rome, N. Y.; They are visiting their mother, ! Mrs. Mary. E. Sweeny of 620, Elizabeth street, i | Mrs. John Rao, daughter of, ; Mrs. C. M.. Laryanaga, and the; | three. Rao children‘ are also visit- | jing the! Sweeng:rhome. ‘Their j jmany friends gladly greet these former Kev Westers back ‘home jon theif visita, . sea ‘once nen UU Liunicecaarngsaenceee nace | LACONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE AIR-CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by Barroso’s Orchestra and The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ BREAKFAST Served from . °. 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. LUNCHEON Served from | - DINNERS Served from 5:30 P.M. to t HUGH C. HODGE, Manager stoveuoeusvanasesnetnvaensiacavagsgguaatdiicviets ets ene ASU HUR SA i } i | ! { | [| AAAeseessesoasaoaal B. & B. CYCLE SHOP 822 Fleming Street Formerly C. & K. Bicycle Shop 128 Simonton Street is NOW OPEN for Business at THEIR NEW LOCATION | Vv vVV VT SSE BaDOM: Boulevard Accident Driver Is Torpedoman M. R. Creech, - torpedo- man first class, stationed at the Naval Operating Base Torpedo Shop was the driver of the Mercury sedan which overturned on the Boulevard early yesterday morning, Creech reported yesterday @fternoon to the police de- partment and made a stat ment to them in which h said thet there was no ser- ious injury to personnel. The left front tire blew out, Creech said, which re- sulted in loss of control of the car. The Citizen check of local doctors and hospitals yes- terday could find no record of the accident. SLOT D ISI ed States, Great Britain, Russia » 7 EYES, AND 18 BRUNETTE Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, foster: parents of Helen Ferguson, have notified police in the city to be on the lookout for their daugh- ter who is missing and believed to be in this city. Helen is described as having ig blue eyes, 16 years of. age, five feet seven inches tall, a ‘brunette with a thin face, large! ‘legs and hips and wears a blue’ sweater with plaid skirt, bobby socks and moccasins. She we'ghs 135 pounds. The Fergusons are from , Miami and are in this city to-| | day looking for their daughier. | STEAL BICYCLE FROM JAX USO Blue USO bike was ‘reported stolen from Jackson Square USO, according to a report made to, the police. The serial wag S4-27-81. Police are keep:ng a lookout. espa SHOWN TO BE GET-RICH QUICK LAND FOR EX- CEPTIONAI, FEW By CHARLES D. WATKINS AP Newsfeatures Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. — If you're thinking of settling im Alaska, remember that for only an exceptional few has it been a get-rich-quick land. i . . This reminder has been sound-! Printed Folders Received ed before—directed principally at! veterans, who have land-acquir-! ing privileges and therefore are the, largest potential group of, by E. L. Bartlett, Alaska’s dele- gate in Congress. |. Bartlett emphasizes that’ the i territory is eager to have veterans | come there ito live, but as a guard against'possible: ' disillusionment Chamber of ‘Commerce: Hi he:repeats this advice. ". | Prehistoric Yestérday. “A trop- Don’t.come broke. Transporta- jcal‘island ... . dense .‘\ ‘forests tion principally is by plane and .. . haunted by elusive deer’. . . it's expensive compared with the deep pools of fresh water’! the aailroad and bus tares many po- shores peopled with: tall wading tential ‘settlers have been accus- birds .. . the encircling sea alive tomed to. ! with fish . . . a prized hunting Following is “A Bit of Key West History” by Stephen Coch- ran Singleton as published in.this year’s f ders just received at the have a little nest egg. You'll need Calusas waged savage battle . it until you get going work, There’s opportunity, he says, coverer crosses himself. . . cjacu- for farmers and a few profes- lates “Cayo Hueso” (Bone Island) sional people like doctors and dentists. But what the territory needs most are persons prepared to establish small industries. H He predicts ‘that gold mining, shut down during the war, will reopen with a surge. There also is a need for lodges and camps to imeet the requirements of the tourist business which he feels will expand rapidly as soon as transportation: is ;available. Bartlett and Gov. Ernest Gruen-' ing,. who is in Washington, have asked the President to have the government make plans for aid- jing veterans to settle in Alas! | They told the President their ' most pressing nceds.were housing , and roads. a ae | They said the territory was ‘ready to take care of the veter- | ans if “they don’t come too fast” iand are prepared to” mect the rugged conditions they must face. it Key West) ... begins. We get the first glimpse of yes- terday ... pirates perceive that this island is the perfect sally- port ... the perfect re-fitting sta- and History i OF THE CARIBBEAN ... ships . . . sailing home laden with the golden loot of the Aztecs. 1815, The Gobernator of Flor- ida pays a debt .. . at no cost to himself... . presented Teniente Juan Pablo Salas with Cayo Hueso . . . Juan takes it with what. grace he can... and has little use for it. ss 1822, Juan ‘sells ‘Cayo Hueso™ to John Simonton for $2,000. Juan can use $2,000 in He- oa, where the lights burn brig’.:., “ heck with an uninhabited island ».. Juan is no, Robinson Crusoe E. GONZALEZ, M.D. KEY WEST. FLA. Dee. 31, 1945 TO MY PATIENTS: I will stop practicing medicine on Jan. 1, 1946 in ov -2*~nee to the order contained in the photostatic copy of letter as follo.. ¢* E. GUNZAURZ Galey,, M.D. Joh®'B.-MaloneyiMemorial Hosvital sbi | Key West, Florida 12-27-45 Dr. Edward Gonzaiez, Key West, Florida Dear Doctor: As you know the privilege of practicing in Key West, in Monroe County, has been contingent upon the immediate war emer- gency, and subject to the support of Dr. Warren and myself, and Doctor Warren’s death left me solely responsible. I feel that the emergency is over. Since the state board is checking upon the unlicensed phy- sicians, I am notifying you I am no longer offering you my support, and advising you of same. This is to take effect the first of January, 1946, so after that. date- you are - - not to practice until such time as you acquire your Florida state license. I am so notifying the authorities. Sincerely yours, (Signed) H. C. GALEY FV GOV VV OVO FFG FFT GEV TOTO VT VI IIIT OS SINGLETON Rhua! 3 < 1946 PROMISE OF KEY WEST IN FOLDER settlers—but it is repeated now; \A Asim eas seesAeeehes SAAD OAADAABADABSD Don’t come at all unless you foo hich i i ‘ ground oe ee isi float over Fort Taylor and the in your grisly tokens of deadly battle lit-' | ter the ground ... a Spanish dis-; . .. (too many vowels... we call tion . . . the perfect GIBRALTAR! and; loot His Spanish Majesty's tall! Key West, Florida, tas tn most_equab| climate in the Brother, Victor, Badly Injured; Accident On Southwesterly End Of Boulevard anise “UL HISTORY At Chamber Of Commerce} Was her husband killed or was her brother-in-law kill- ed? That was the terrible sus- 1... Juan is young . . . John Si- monton moves in with money, friends and slaves . . . starts a salt i { gathering business . .-. Comman-| Pense experienced by Mrs. der David Porter moves in .. .| Victor Bergstrom, 618 Ashe ' instructed ‘to’ make pirates scarce! 'stre t, this morning whea |... pirates move out, . . what iss Pol; “Chief Louis Eisner left of them . :°. Porter follows Pgs ézinald” Pritchard, of to the Islp* of Palms” (Spaniah)} ae Retin 1 Bey Heme, : ; Pritchard 1... ho pixates, no’ prisoners; con- | i , : j'Sequently, no complaints (except! called on her at 7 o’clock to ‘from Spain). report that one of the Berg- 1861. The Stars strom brothers was killed in an automobile accident at the southwesterly end of -the Roosevelt boulevard on the south shore. Chief Eisner and x Pritchard showed Mrs. Ber: strom a pair of eyeglasses and a driver’s card, which indicated that the man» who was killed was her brothér- in-law. But she was not sat- isfied, and asked to have him described, and she was given a minute description of him, but the brothers were so alike, she still was left in a state of uncertainty, afte Mr. Pritchard and Chief His ner left here. Up. to 8:30 o’clock, the suspense was so tense she wept or stared blankly alter- nately. Suspense Ended Shortly afterward, Mr. Pritch- ard returned to the home and i formed her that he was then cer tain that her brother-in-law, Ar thur Bergstrom, 47, of the Ashe street addresses, wa: one who was killed. Even then she was not sat- isfied. sc Mr. Pritchard went cross the street to telephone io his home to have his ambulance sent to Ashe street, so that he could take Mrs. Bergstrom -to the Key West Municipal Hos- ‘pital to see her husband, but before the telephone cal! was made, Mrs. Bergstrom’s brother- in-lew, Frank Stickney, arrived at the house in his automosile end told her that he had left her husband only a short time before in the hospital. The two brothers were driving southwesterly on the boulevard in Arthur’s car about 4 o’cloc| morning, and, instead of down to turn into Bertha s t, the car was driven over the rocks at the foot ofthe boulevard and stove in the under part of the hood nearly back to the front axle. Crushed To Death At Wheel Arthur was driving, and the-im- pact crushed the life out of him inst the wheel and sent Vic- head through the: wind- . The glass at the lower rt of the hole through the wind shield is stained with blood, ari when Victor took his head out of the hole, he remained stunned in his seat long enough to soak it with blood. Tracks of his blood show that he walked in a circle on the $ in front of his car, seemingly to collect his ‘thoughts, then he (Continued on Page Four { and Stripes | Stars and Bars over Key West .. .| when opportunity offers . Spanish rule in Cuba becomes in tolerable . . .the best cigarmakers in the world migrate to Key West . .»make the best cigars in large | { numbers. {> meek, is established. . . b waters of the ait there is a ; smudge of black smoke . fol- ‘lowed by another . . . crowded wharves . . . eager Cuban pa- triots praying the gun-running; tug home . . . or her crew will! stand against the bullet-pitted | wall’ of Morro’ Castle . . . the Spanish gun-boat gains . . . but, ‘not enough and sheers off .. . ‘ the crew of the THREE FRIENDS | lis safe in the “Cradle of Cuban} Liberty.” Libations are poured to’ the patron Saint of Insurrectos. 1898... The “MAINE”. goes down in the harbor of Havana . . ..the tramp of marching feet echoes on ‘the pavements of Key West headlines s of Dewey, eH Shafter; Cerevera .. . Again Key West becomes the GIBRAL- TAR of the CARIBBEAN . . . the men who die? in Hav2: come to rest in the Key West cemetery . + wait for Gabriel veille. 1912. Henry Flagler performs his miracle and the F. E. road Eytension come: mites _i » ater into iy Ferries carry trains of cars Havana . . . the life of » + terminus hums. 1917. WORLD WAR Curtain Raiser to th * (Continued on Pa, The San Carlos Institute across the blue the DR. JOHN” aS Ree OF 9» O rtCE fr Pr cice of Ge .al Dentistry 318% ming St. Phone 237 rn eri NOTICE To Advertisers Effective January Ist, 1946 FRONT PAGE ADVERTISING RATES Are As Follows: Transient Commercial $¢}900 ae Erg ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY HALL, Colored Center St. Tuesday, January 1st John Hail - Victo: MacLaglen in “SOUTH OF PANGO PANGO” tte BATTERIES: CHARGED While You Wait FLATS FIXED GAS and OIL Expert Mechanic at All Times POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Open Sunday Rates for POLITICAL or Other Specia! Classification Advertis- ing on Front Page upon request *The publisher reserves te right to limit the size of adv: r- tising for any day to conform with space available on 6~y of nublication. 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