The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 1, 1946, Page 4

aa ve G& FOUR te te te te tn tn tnt ttn bn bela torn b bbb tndntntntnd CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. A BABAAALAAAAAAAAAABEA BABA BABAD MD REPAIRS FOR AQUARIUM highway continually to get to) Had a look inside the Key West| their war work jobs and the} Aquarium, which was the only; RFC then decided to make the open-air aquarium in the country; bridges toll free by theirs and once and one of the show spots, the State Road Department’s of a Key West visit. It is going| contributions. Up on the keys to take a bit of fixing. Sandbags| the District is certainly a mili- and steel shields are still up over; tary road because outside of a the targets which were used for) Plane it is the one real means the small arms range. The. one-; of ‘trangpottation to this import- h thick gla in the tanks| ant ‘naval center. Nearly every- e lien through and some| thirig’ which connects us with g precariously. The tank sec-; the mainland is of vital interest with their coral rock design] to the Navy and for good rea- to be in pretty good shape,|S0ns. This method is to be pri although some of the piping may, ferred over the refunding pro- have to be replaced. There are) 8am. And it is quite possible no more fountains in the center, it being entirely filled in for the range. The two beautiful murals which depicted Key West fisher- men ering their daily catch of foc h for Key West tables ure in pretty bad shape with the plaster falling out of them and will probably have to be replaced. Rest of the place will require only painting. I did not see the pump- ing system which operated but I three times a year. When ri understand that it has been re- the pulp ig juicy and yellow. moved. There are also the cis- Each fruit weighs about five tern-like settling basins through which salt water was pumped to remove impurities. e e GO AFTER PROJECTS Heard some talk private conference about the re- viving of interest in projects for Key West. There will probably be committees formed which will sent the projects to city mana- King. On others where the is not interested these com ger city mittees will go to the responsible parties and interview them and offer their advice and help to get the projects in operation again. ° e LESS POINTS OF INTEREST So many hotel men have point- ed out to fhe that right now the city has less points of interest than just before the war, which is quite true, and that now is the time to go after them again. However, there is active interest along these lines, although a group which will actively push one project after another to com- pletion will be a big help to the city. Some of the projects which’ tive to atmospheric changes. At we had actively before the war! present 30 small factories, togeth- was an Aquarium, charter boat'er, average 100,000 cigars a d yacht docks, Botanical! month, dens was neat, Rest Beach e e in better shape with cabanas, Boulevard was not storm- ked, there was a charter boat association, an active Key West group. In short, people really went after the business then. Now the nuclei of these projects are present and the cells are forming but the shock of war still remains in the system and they not moving ahead too! rapidly. As the young men who' were off to war come back to the ore and more of these proj-; ects are expected to receive fur- ther impetus ° ° WEEKENDS JAMMED, WEEKDAYS NO Last wekend hotel men tell me hotels mmed and people e event ed away, but came Monday and once again the ho- te were 50 percent vacant. A t many of the people who down here run over the roughly and there is no the wre des are were hts ely and explain to them all things tropical down here. re this you received a points > at the upper toll on Matecumbe, you hit the city and could go to any hotel shown on the map, then you asked about fishing and were shown the fishing docks, you asked about the points of interest of city and were turned over to nutable guide. Any point, h as tropical flowers in which 1 were particularly interested, 1 could see and have carefully explained to you. Thus, if you really interested you could end about four days to a week e to really see the town. After v up to you as terest m see the as solely veh sou preferred. the edly. the first country in the e of Key West with its tragic classification of war de- or the struction. nmoth night ho: of { ; i always there was a losses amounting to $6 billion percentage. ever growing, which already had been reported by liked Key West : | Polish individuals to the repara- a e ‘tions section. Along with loss SHOULD HAVE TOLLS FREE ‘sustained by state properties, Was very sorry to see the this total is expected to reach Overseas Dist: and County $20 billion—based on a pre-war Commission f: refunding of Value of five zlotys to each bonds plan and also stick to American dollar. tolls continuing on the highway. Citizen carried a_ story d that active being given making the the of bridges toll free which is done project in this manner. First the Dis- trict is given over to the State Road Department and I believe this is mighty fine because in that way you get fine upkeep. Then the Reco Corporation which is financing the District Bridges contributes hzlf of its revenues. The State | R Department then contrib- utes the other half. Then there no refunding of bonds. This was done in the case of the Gandy Bridge near Tampa. It, was pointed out to RFC that defense workers were using the | esterday in a |Lopez and Cortez Compani i anization to show them inten-| struction Finance , | that it may be put through. e ° BEARING BREADFRUIT TREE (609 Francis Street) Only bearing breadfruit tree in the country. The test of a tropical climate is that in which these trees grow. They will not grow where the temperature falls below 40 degrees. This 40 foot tall breadfruit tree bears pounds and is covered with small round green sections on the outside. The taste is similar to plantain. It may be placed un- derground, allowed to ferment, and will become cheese. Gather- ed before it is ripe it can be baked and made into bread. It is thus the wheat and milk prod- uct of the tropics. : e e KEY WEST CIGARS (Duval and Division) The first factory was establish- ed here in 1831. In 1869, follow- ing the Cuban Revolution, the larger factories came over from Havana. Among the 60 here then the largest were E. H. Gato, Ruy The industry employed over 10,- 000 workmen, manufactured over one hundred million cigars year- ly. Advent of machinery and use of domestic tobacco eliminated Key West's hand manufacturing. Ruins of three large factories may be seen on Flagler Avenue. Clim- ate makes for the fame of Key West's cigars, tobacco being sensi- LAST YEAR'S POLICE | Here are figures from City Fi- nance Head Charles Roberts’ yearly report to the city for the period ending June 30, 1945, for the police department: Current expenses for maintenance and op- i eration $832.99. Repairs and re- | placements, gasoline and oil $1,- | 690.66. Cost of feeding city pris- oners $1,375. . Capital outlays for equipment $517.90. Miscellaneous accounts payable were $280.40. Personal services, salaries of offi- cers and employes. were $25,- 795.42. Relief payments author ed by ordinance number 422 and House of Representatives bill No. 430 were $1,079. Income tax with- | held is $1,367.05. , POLES’ HARDSHIPS WORST IN EUROPE, SPOKESMAN SAYS By LARRY ALLEN AP Newsfeatures Writer WARSAW, Poland.—Dr. Emil Sommerstein, chief of the war reparations section of the Polish government, says Poland suf- fered igh gitally, culturally and ecdnomidatty during the war to a far, greater degree than any other European country. ! Germany aimed to break the Polish nation biologically. That is why the losses directly due to war are only seven and one- half per cent, while those due to Nazi killings, persecution and torture are 92% percent, he said in a recent interview. Poland, with six mililon Poles and Jews murdered, is undoubt- Dr. Sommerstein said property | | In the United States privately operated motor trucks represent 87 per cent of all trucks in use. | LESTE TA SOLE _ STRAND THEATER \ BETTY GRABLE in | ‘DIAMOND HORSESHOE’ Coming: "The Horn Blows At Midnight” | MONROE THEATER | ANNE BAXTER in ‘Sunday Dinner for A Soldier’ “Crime By Night” | Coming: HERE IS YOUR VOLUNTEER FIRE | DEPARTMENT MEN LIST AS OF NOVEMBER 1 PRE- PARED BY SECRETARY J.| ROBERTS; EIGHT CoMPAN-| IES | | | | } Following is a list of members} of the Key West Volunteer Fire ' Department in good standing as; of November 1, 1945, according to} Secretary John Roberts: | Fire Police Livingston Bethel, Hamilton} Pinder, Ralph B. Pinder, Alberto! Camero, Gregorio Rodriguez, Roy| Hamlin, Joseph Kemp, Oliver! Kemp, William Knowles, Ansel Albury, George Albury, Clarence} Sweeting, Amado Hernandez, Rogelio Garcia, Earl Lee, John’ Nelson, George Parks, Benjamin! Roberts, Harry Sawyer, Paul Thompson, Sr., Paul Thompson, Jr., Philip Baker, James D. Stir- rup, W. J. Walker, Edderd Toda, Ralph D. Amable, Jr., David Mc- Curdy, Pedro Perez, Allan B. Cleare, r., Ed Mathews, Sr., Ed Mathews, Jr. Hook And Ladder Co, Charles L, Albury, Charles T. Albury, Eugene Pierce, George Lucas, "Henry Cruz, Rutledge*Cur- | ry, Gideon Curry, C. Sam B. Curry, Joe Cleare, Hector Castro, John Carbonell, Jr., Publio Car- bonell,’ Manuel Gomez, Paul Mesa, Everett Rivas, Samuel Hart, Firmin Vidal, Cephus Rus- sell, Charles Wardlow, Jr., Frank Gato, Cecil Catala, Edward Ra- bigney, George Lee, Berlin Saw- yer. Jr., James Wells, Ed Ciesin- ski, Fernando Camus. Engine Co. No. 1 Mitchell White, Leonard Alon- 70. Victor Lowe, Joseph Farto, Hastings Smith, Henry Saunders,}| Paul Archer, Charles T. Archer, Ellis Archer William T. Archer,| Samuel Gates, George Johnson,}| Dewey Roberts, Victor Robert: Leo Stanley, Joe Cabrera, Hora Averette, Wilson Jolly, Frank Joliy, Louis Castro, Eugene Her- nandez, Leonti Villadares, Eck-| wood Solomon, Charles R. Tor- res, George Saunders. Hose Co. No. 1 John C, Park, Colton Park, Wil- liam R. Pinder, Leonard Curry,| Oscar Cruz, Albert Brady, War- ren Sawyer, Albert Albury, Ray- mond Cabrera, Owen Malone,} Earle Ingraham, Ulric Gwnyn,| Everett Higgs, Everett Charlow, John Sands, Clarence Roberts,| Ralph Braun, Cyril Griffin, Omer Perez, Armando Acevedo, Wil- liam Cates, Sydney Mathews, Jr., Wm. T. Doughtry, Arnold Key, Joseph Sanchez, Basil Tynes,, Millard Gibson. Engine Co. No. 2 Ramon Rivas, Harry Baker, Bert Baker, John Lord, Cefirino Moore, John F. Baldwin, George C. Russell, Willie Wickers, Joe Valenzuela, Waldo Valenzuela, William Duval, Hilton Henson, Clarence Thompson, John Rivas, Myrtland Cates, Frank Caraballo, | John Spottswood. | Hose Co. No. 2 | Leroy Torres, Joseph Cerezo, George Cerezc, Milburn Cerezo,| Pecy M. Roberts, Leroy Roberts, Milton Roberts, Laurie Roberts, Will P. Roberts. Milburn Roberts, | Victor Russell, Richard Russell,| Cleve Niles, Charles Martinez, Benjamin Sawyer, Alfred P. Knowles, Cleveland Knowles, Ar- thur Lowe, Earl Baker, Peter! Matcovitch, Charles Curry, Gil- bert Weech. Engine Co. No. 3 William’ Sawyer, Ygnacio Car-' bonell, Lumley Parks, Iverson | ry By PATRICIA PHONE 535 SOOOOSOSOSOHSSHOHOOSSHEHHSSHOSSHSHSHOHOEHOOOOOOSOS FORMER UNITED STATES MARSHALL PETER ‘WILLIAMS CAREER REVIEWED PETER A. WILLIAMS was; Soon after the purchase Mr. born in New Bedford, Mass., on; Williams and Mr. Warren gave up the 26th day of May, 1838, where! contracting and building, and em- he spent the first eight years of! barked in the furniture and um his life; and on the 1st of January,! dertaking business. 4 1846, his parents emigrated to! In 1870 Mr. Williams was elect- Key West, where young Peter was; ed a member of the Board of Edu- placed in one of the private; cation, and was soon afterwards schools on the island, in which; elected by the Board as its chair- he was allowed to remain until; man. He served eight years on he was sixteen years old, when! the Board, when he resigned. he was apprenticed to Daniel Da-} | rique vis to learn the carpenter’s trade.| elected on the Board of Educa-j the tail of a raccoon, with the! into port STRANGE ANIMAL PUZZLES EXPERTS A strange animal, trapped by a fisherman and now featured at the North American® Sports- men’s Wild Life Exhibit, Tropi- street. has thus far defied efforts of naturalists to identify it. The exhibit is open daily from noon until 11 p.m. There is no charge for admission. The fisherman, who lives near Marathon, Fla., began to worry recently when sevégal’ of hig chickens disappeared. by _ night. He suspected that some animals jmight be guilty, and set a trap. The next morning he discovered that he had captured what at first he believed to be a raccon. Upon — examination, But at the expiration of about) tion he was also elected member} Other parts of its body resembl- eighteen months he left the sho} completed his apprenticeship. In 1866 he entered, into co-part- nership with Robert Watson, one of his former employers, engaged in contracting and building. An in 1870 they admitted into the firm ‘Geo. D. Warren and con- tinued the business under the firm name of Watson & Co., until 1872, when Mr. Williatns and Mr. Warren purchased the interest of Mr. Watson in the business. f the County Commissioners; ing those of a number of dif-| said today. of Mr. Davis and entered the shop; and served for four years on this’ ferent animals. It has the ears | of Watson & Solomon, where he: board, with honor and distinc-|Of a fox, claws of a badger, | | tion, giving entire satisfaction to | the citizens of Monroe county. ! In 1879 Mr. Williams was ap- ' pointed United States Marshall ; under Hayes’ administration, and filled the office with the honor | and dignity becoming a United ‘States officer, until March, 1887, when the political status of the | Government was changed, and a i Democrat was appointed in his stead. JOHN B."WINN INTERVIEWS VETERANS WISHING NAV. OP. BASE. EMPLOYMENT | By J. HARMON BRODOWSKI, NOE Civilian Publicity Director | throngs during the first two| Miss Goldié@hewinsky, who | had been the Christ- Veterans, veterans, a, constant parade of them from early mori ‘til late in the évehing! ‘ Each having some sort of question or problem, all to be laid in the lap of capable John B. Winn. Meet- ing each veteran with a quiet, re- served, calm Mr. Winn quickl; and efficiently answers such quer- jes as: “. under Public Law 16? .. . how much will I make? .. . Can I drive a truck? ... Can I go to night school under the G. I. Bill? : . Seniority rights?” Many of the returned warriors are cu- rious about what kinds of jobs the Navy Yard has to offer, and how they can better themselves as a result of the experience they acquired while in the service. Mr Winn, who is a veteran himself, has made Civil Service his career and is a recognized authority on veterans affairs, With amazing dexterity and proficiency Mr. Winn coordinates a man’s experience and know- ledge with the types of jobs avail- able and expertly places a: man into a fitting position. Using a host of veteran experience and training, Mr. Winn. skilfully avoids putting a ‘square peg into; a round hole.’ A competent, meditative sort of fellow, Mr. Winn finds that the Parks, Clyde Baltzell, Bienvenido Perez, Leroy Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Charles Anderson, Sera- fin Gonzalez, Anold Key, Charles Cremata, Harold Cruz, Hugh Hinde, Ray Atwell, Percy Lones, Charles Williams, Bernard Vi- dal. Hose Co. No.3 Louis Maléney, J. Otto Kirch- heiner, John W. ‘Roberts, John G. Roberts, Alton H. Roberts, Frank Carbonell, Frank Curry, Carl Curry, George McDonald, William Almyda, E. P. Bayly, Ed- die Gomez, William Albury,* Ira Thompson, Bradley Sweeting; John Borges, Cyril Lowe, Ben- jamin Lopez, Vance | Stirrup, En- i Esquinaldo, “Jr. T. R. Pritchard, Andrew. Pritchard, Harry Pritchand,;Jehn Pritchard, SS'SSSB RBS RHR RBRERSERSSRERRBRSHEREHRHSSE $3.00 Order from 1265 S.W. 11th Street COOK the famous Fren¢h Cuisine by “Mademoiselle Mimi”, directrice of the Fighting French Foyer and “Bundles for France.” Regular Price SPECIAL NEW YEAR PRICE— for A Short Time Only ...... GLAMOUR PUBLICATIONS . what are my rights’ Mariposa Says: Start the New Year Right By Following The Hollywood Glamour For HEALTH and BEAUTY Here is your chance to learn the SECRET. DIETS of Movie Stars. you also treat your family to recipes direct from French iranslatios from { returned veterans of this war are after their release than before they went into the service. An- other interesting fact is, service !men that were once stationed in | Key West liked the town and its | people enough to return. They expect to settle down here, bring up families and make Key West their permanent home. At the present time Mr. Winn is particularly busy putting over }an extensive Veteran’s Appren- } tice Training School, in coopera- | tion with the Personnel Training Officer. This ideal program en- ables interested veterans to ac- quire recognized, specialized training in a number of varied useful trades. Possessing an extremely ver- satile personality, Mr. Winn. is considered an expert photogtaph- er and was at one time a crim- | i tory; a field surveyor, surveying ‘the West Coast of Florida; an of- | fice manager with a large insur- ance company and the official photostat expert for Fulton Coun- ‘ty, Georgia. An active member ; of his community, Mr. Winn .is a { member of the Key West. Rotary Club and holds the position of | Post Commander of the Arthur Sawyer American Legion Post, No. 28, of Key West. | SOCIAL CALENDAR ' TUESDAY | ° Wedding of Miss Louise Lastres i to Harold Ray Allen. 6:45 ! p.m. First Methodist Church. Dance, Beach USO. 9 p.m. | 1021 Duval Street. POSTMASTER IN 1833 | Philadelphia—Abraham __Lin- | coln was appointed postmaster at | New Salem, IIL, in 1883. , » Incomes of American families ; last year the highest in history. ! 4 Eddie Russell, Carl Russell, Ger- ald Adams, Douglas Papy, Joe Es- pinosa,-Pau} Roberts. BOO Now, Miami, Florida -| animal exhibit, better qualified to fill a position} inologist, owning his own labora-} BEES baad odontal tndntntndntnindntntntntntntnttntntntntndedntntntntndetntntntntntntntntntntn tte tntntntetntntntetteed | snout of an anteater and fur of a beaver. \ The animal was exhibited by | the fisherman along: the Keys | after which it was decided to | bring it to Key West. Trapper Hankins, the naturalist at the | exhibit, has been as puzzled by {the creature as anyone else. The peculiar creature is but one of more than 200 animals, birds and reptiles now at the having been cartooned by Robt: L. Ripley. It will -be on exhibi- tion for a limited time only. Sportsmen, animal lovers and |children have attended it in days showing here. LEES HAVE SON Announcement has been made of the birth of a son, weighing |eight pounds, to ‘Mr. and Mrs. |George Lee at a local hospital jon Friday, December 28, at 8 p. m. | The new arrival has been giv- jen the name of Edward Lee. SEVENTY SPECIES | Chicago,—Seventy ;maple occur | world. species of throughout the | Buenos Aires has a population | of 2,595,891. “joke”. i} Forty-nine large U. S. cities re- ceive all their milk by motor truck. When Princéton was founded 12 of its 23 trustees were’ Presby- terian ministers. { cal Amusement Park, 713 Duval! however, | About the same time he was} the creature proved to have only | during last month, was brought many of them} ™ with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.} About one-seventh of Bolivia's} population is engaged in mining. | The scherzo in music takes its! name from the Italian word for) ay wo “DAYS GONE BY ) FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN | OF JANUARY 1, 1936 | New Year’s Day had a good | start in Key West today in aj ‘demonstration of man’s good/ ‘fellowship to man. Mitchell | White lost'a roji-of bills; het ad- | vettised his 108s. in' The Citizen: Alpheus Higgs, who found the! ‘roll, read the advertisement, re- | j turned the money*t0 “Mr. White | jand refused to accept a reward. A record volume of freight, } by Clyde - Mallory; | liners, Agent Charles E. Smith The Citizen today offered to | Sive $5 for educational purposes | (ee every day the sun does not! {shine in Key West and every | day the mercury drops below 50} | here, during 1936. | = County Commissioner Nor- | perk Thompson and County At-! jtorney J. Lancelot Lester, who had been in Miami and Jack-| | sonville on business trips, re- | |turned today. | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Plum imer, of Miami, arrived yester- ; i # TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1946 Arthur Bergstrom (Continued from Page One) ; struck out toward his home, leav+ ing a trail of blood behind him, * On White street, he met. twd young women and two young men who were on their way to th home of Mr. and Mrs. Loui Pierce, 1421 White street, to have an early breakfast of bacon and eggs with the Pierce family. } That was at 4:45 o'clock, and | immediately the Pritchard Fun- eral Home was called up for its ambulance? Mr, Pritchard re-° sponded in the ambulance and! rushed Victor Bergstrom to the hospital, and, though he talk brokenly, Mr. Pritchard learn-> ed that the wrecked automobile was at the foot of the boule vard at Bertha street. He drove to that place and found the car and Arthur Bergstrom dead in it. e Mr. Pritchard left the car, re- 2 2 | turned to his home and telephoned the police station and Coroner Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. ; Survivor Will Recover A policeman, Mr. Esquinaldo, Chief Eisner and Mr. Pritchard returned to the automobile, put the body in an ambulance and took it to the Pritchard morgue. Arthur Bergstrom’ was a car> penter, and had been working af the Boca Chica air base, and Vic+ tor Bergstrom is a civil guard at the navy yard. At the hospital it was reported hat Victor has a broken jaw and s suffernig from multiple cuts on his head and face. One of the | day to visit the former's. parents, { ‘ m ve s n*| slashes extends from his temple | Mr. atid “Mrs, Lionel Plummer. 47 the right side to his broken w: Hospital authorities said mas and New -Year’s holidays; | Frank Lewinsky, left today for) Miami to spend a few days with! relatives and will visit in St | Augustine for a day before re- | turning to Tallahassee to re- i jsume her studies in the Florida | State College for Women. ; Aquilino Lopez, Jr.. who had | been visiting in Havana, return- | ed yesterday on the steamship | Cuba. i | ; Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: | “Where there is no vision, the} !people perish, and not because they are blind. | | ; It is estimated that present syn- thetic rubber plants will produce 41,100,000 tons in 1946. that, while his injuries are se* vere, apparently he will recover, ‘ confident of winning higher pay. 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