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

Associated Press Day Wire | Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Davoted to the best interests of pie ere ot eve eee | West VOLUME LXVII. No.4 THE SOUTHERNMOST NE The Key West Citi WSPAPER IN THE USA. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, | FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1946 Ferry, Line. Between . Key: West: And: In Operation Shot Tentative Date Set Fo Havana To Be: RECOMMEND $175 ‘M’ARTHUR WOULD, FOR POLICE AND?! POLITICAL: CITY RREMEN, CHIEFS OF POLICE AND FIRE EDIE TET 5 DEPARTMENTS TO GET $250 MONTHLY; CITY MANAGER WEATHER SUMMARY GIVES HIS “O.K.” | Under City Manager King’s | The following is the weath- er summary for the month of JAP OFFICER TESTIFIES AT HOMMA TRIAL CLAIMS GENERAL WAS DI- RECTLY RESPONSIBLE, FOR DEATH MARCH FROM(BAA: TAN Inauguration Of Sery- | ice Is Between Apr. 1 And June 3 Ocean ferries will be operated between here and Havana some- | time between April 1 and June 30, according to information the | Key ._West Chamber merce received today Gulf ~ Atlantic company, of Jacksonville, of Com. | (Ry Associa MANILA, Jan. 4.—A Japanese | officer, whose name, was not re- | vealed, testified today, at the; which} Homma trial, that he had served under General Homma in the In a letter to Manager Step-| Carly days of the Jap war with hen Cochrane S.ngleton of the the United States in thé Philip- Chamber of Commerce, a eon pines, and that the general was pany official said that the directly responsible for the death ferries will be plying between oye, ane here and Havana “sometime in ™#rch from Baatan. Tie -wecond quarter of 1946.” _The witness said further that Mr. Singleton today wrote to! General Homma was fully aware H. G. Williams, president of the|0f the hardships the American: company, to explain to him that | soldiers would encounter on their due to a radio announcement} Way from Baatan to the prison made by Walter Winchell, peo-|¢@™P, and added that, for several ple throughout the country arc | 4ys, after the prisoners reached under the impression that the camp, they died at the rate the | ferries already are in operation, | Of 300 a day. Mr. Singleton explained to Mr.) ERC PIATRA ya VES Williams that, because of that ‘DR.:: W; Nah L thet LION'S \GUEST : premature announcement, _ the Key iWest Chamber of Gom-| mefce has received many letters} | DELIVERED INTERESTING AD- DRESS AT MEETING CON- DUCTED LAST NIGHT from the Transportation is behind the project. ask’ng various questions about! the operation of the fer Mr. } Singleton concluded his letter with: tie “My mail this morning is about two thirds like the en-| closed letter, which of course, | are duly. answered.” t The letters in quest’on were about the ferry system ! Latest information to be ceived in ‘Key West about ferries is that one of them been completed and another nearing completion. The pan; several months ago, that, as business warrants, ships will be built It has been estimated that the trips between Key West and Havana will require six hours. Each ferry is 400 feet long and will be capable of carrying 200 automobile: Just wher berth in Key been dete thought that & O. wharf strect whar '. C. M. Wassell, who inspir- 1 B. De Mille’s. pi B; he Story of Dr. Wassell,” guest at the Lions Club’s weckly supper-meeting last night. Dr. Wassel told the Lions that he had lived before the war in Key West and that now felt at home here, where he experienc- ed great pleasure in his sur- roundings. David King, city manager, made a brief speech, in which he said, “I am still in the listening stage; when I get ready my actions will speak for themselves; I believe in action, not in talk.” Commander R. J. Watson, cap ; tain of the yard at the local naval station, expressed his delight at being in Key West, “enjoying this splendid ,climat re- the i com- said more the ferries will West has not yet ned, but it is either the old P. at the foot of Duval or the Clyde - Mallory f will be used. hy EE ‘BATTERIES CHARGED | The Modern Way were: Chaplain H. F. Bari F. Fugitt, ‘Oliver Hadlock, Donald Pittinger, Ralph E. Ley Oy Drive in, in 90 to 45 minutes'and 9." ‘Trembley, Ribero E, Pol- Your car can be on its way! | jock, Jack Arlen. Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE. «cx. Will E. P. Roberts, Phone Ne.§ | White at Fleming Carey, Ben Davidson Reiner. Albert and S PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, millions of self-respecting people in the war- ‘levastated lands of Europe, China and the Philippines, strug- ling for surviva! against kunger and disease and cold, are in lire need of clothing, shoes and bedding, and are subject to jeath from exposure, and WHEREAS, the 25,000,000 of these destitute people who ‘enefited through the first United ‘ional Clothing Collec- tion are only a fraction of those in need, and WHEREAS, the meeting of this urgent need overseas will serve not only to relieve suffering humanity, but will aid liberated peoples to revive their economic life and enable re- habi ted countries to contribute a full share towards the treation of a lasting peace. and WHEREAS. the President of the United States has said that the need is imperative and justified a second appeal to the American people, and WHEREAS, the Victory Clothing Collection is an effort to meet the great emergency.. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM W. DEMERITT, Mayor of The City-of Key West, Florida; urge all religious, educa- tional, patriotic, civic, fraternal, business and labor groups to cooperate in this collection of clothing, shoes and bedding for overseas relief so that the natiqnal goal of 100.000.000 gar- ments in addition to shoes end bedding may be reached. Also { urge contributors to attach good-will messages to their gifts of clothing. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of The City of Key West. Florida, to be affixed on this second day of January 1946. WM. W. DEMERITT., Mayor. ee (SEAL) Malcolm Pin-} St" recommendations, the polic fire chiefs of the city will r | salaries of $250 monthly. All firemen and police officers will receive salaries of $175 a‘ month. Police lieutenants will in! the future receive salaries of $2254 monthly and sergeants will get, $200 monthly. “These salaries are still lower, than those paid most firemen and! policemen in a city the size of Key| West/Mr, King said, adding, that police, and fire, chiefs usually get! salaries,.of $300 .a month, ;;while| Policemen « wand firemen get, $240 nis ae al \BOARDATOSIRON OUT “ALT “TAXING' WILL MEET FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE; COMMISSION aA AGER INCLUDED IN BOARD, MEMBERSHIP December a3 issued by G. S. Kennedy, meteorologist at the local weather bureau: The highest temperature for the month was 83 on the 30th, while the lowest was 55 on the 2nd. The greatest amount of precipitation was 0.61 inches on the 28th, with the prevail- ing wind during the; month being ,from the east... There. were 13 clear_days, , 9 partly cloudy.:and 9,cloudy , CLD LIL TF FPL LAB. PINDER; JR.) WILL NOT TAKE TAX | ASSESSOR'S. JOB SON OF CITY TAX COLLECTOR, VATE BUSINESS; WILL IN-' According to the ci charter, | STRUCT NEW ASSESSOR David King, ciiy mz r, an-} nounces that there will be a Tax! Equalization Board sct up which! will meet the first Monday in! Jung and which will determine all tax adjustments. Davi ising ne 1s not interested in Commenting on proposad new, the position of city tax assessor assessments which would bring! and that he intends to resign jin spuoperty values up to 100 percent | the near future and. go into busi- i¥dluation and at the same time’ ness for himself. ‘drop the millage, Mr. King said; .Sam Pinder, Sr. that all complaints would be re- | tax collector position this week. ferred to the Equalization Board! The Pinders will stay on at the June meeting and after all job’until their successors are ful matters had been ironed out then} instructed and qualified to hold the books would be closed for the | cena the respective positions. year and there would be no H . King stated today that he ther consideration that year on} bast no-one in mind’ for thé jobs valuation and taxes. |ef tax colicetor and tisSéssor at At commission mectings r nt-! present. ens have been appearing The city manager sdid’ that the ing that their property} heads of departments do not'come 's and taxes be investigated’ under civil service. with a view toward dropping the’ The Equalization Board would : MORE E TESTIMONY AT NAZI TRIALS be composed of city comm. CLAIMED TWO OF THEM RE- ers, citv manager, city tax as sor and city attorney. Charter SPONSIBLE FOR KILL- ‘ ING OF JEWS | provides for advertising of the’ pbcine to the pene EPU Cae ) (By Associated Press) GLASS EYE FOR | CLARK DELAYED NUERNBERG, Jan. 4.—It, was PROPER SIZE EXPECTED TO; day the trial of 20 Nazis on i H | charges of having been war crim- BE/READY'NEXT ! inals that two of them were re- | sponsible for the killing of Jews eRe Ga all ADL Arndt dhoad-3 1 eit witness, said, were cight Sam Pinder, Jr., resigned his y continue! who 5 TOs ‘ihe eye by a negrg Jews, man with a blackjack when! wielded “By Storm ‘troopers, to he resisted arrést and lost his eye,; jump to their deaths off a 125- now cannot find a glass eye to; foot cliff. fit him. A Miami doctor i has advised! ers, notify him as soon as a glass eye! the victims “only were playing of the right size arrives. King they were eS will then send Clark up there im- mediately and also give him a ticket to his home town in Geor- gia. The eye is expected to be here next week. | The city has agreed to pay the l wewvvwvwwvwwrr ver ROASTERS — FRYERS DRESSED DAILY see that he géts to his home in| 131g E1iga St. Georgia. ‘Ae eeeeeeeenmemenns { Sitti ie | baci St ou ia ett o> ces | P@AmAssALS4444444aA pee Plymouth, ipod pues P ALACE THEATER jeter: PARTS "eaten | © - ALAN LAM i, us rl 1 |. NAVARRO, Inc | __ "New: and Serial | WANTED : LIVE POULTRY jor your territory , 3 Swed Diatributing Co. EGG MARKET P.O.E ae seco 1214 White St. ‘Phone 54t | LIFEAN-JAPAN “ALL OF ULTRA- NATIONALIST L ais DURING DECEMBE ¢' during, the December, period, 'f SAYS HE'S GOING INTO PRI-} who assists ‘his’ father in the city tax collector's’ office, has notified City Manager: forced by whips,{ The witness said that the trvop-| while they lashed the Jews! | City Manager King that he will’ at the edge of the cliff, declared | costs of an eye for Clark and also Sterling’s Poultry Market:! Phone 243, ROOT OUT OF President Policy Statement Was ” Issued Poday Prohibit: ing arther Mietinée Of Parties 4 ‘Night Causes Washington BY Congress Members Key Weat, Florida, tas tne most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhait PRICE FIVE CENTS uirming tn | | (Ry Axsociated Press) TOKYO, Jan. 4—General Mac- | Arthur today issued a policy state- | ment, designed to root out of the political life in Japan all ultra-' nationalist -leaders, to whom the! | Japanese wars of conquest can) | be traced. Further meeting of the parties | have. been prohibited, and Mac-! Arthur, directed ; the Japanese? HEALTH: MOST IMPORTANT t government, to.remove from pub- bs)}SECRETARY*1OR=}CHAMBER ° dic office any officials who had heen..connegted with the political; ..oF COMMERCE SAYSIN:NEW (FOLDER parties he specified. | ! i CHAMBER FOLD! PRAISES SUNNY | DOCTOR IN KW. | > Aesecond*directive ordered the | Japauese government to stop its! policy of excluding foreigners’ {from ace i ee in Japan. ‘ARTHUR SANDS | | | Following. is: a discussion on health as outlined in the “Wel- come to Key West” folder rece: |ed at the Chamber of Commerce :and written by Secretary S. C. | Saeee of the chamber: ‘ALTH The Sun’s Rays Are Purer! After all, health | is the most me FOUND GUILTY JUDGE RULES GUILTY on enjoying a real Berean The stories of the relief obtain- PRUNEENNESS, USING) PRO- ed by suffe from arthritis, FANE LANGUAGE, RESIST-| sinus trouble, hay fever and most ING, ASSAULTING OFFICER ism, ar | y of the bedevilments of rheuma- like the best of our fish | stories—so good'that we would Arthur. Sands, colored, was rather have you come and gee for, found guilty ;on four counts, in yourselves, than to risk our repu-" yeityeourt todaysby Judge Roger’ tations by-trying to make you: | 5 Watkins. ‘lieve them. | | /Oni the charge of drunkenness’ Of course, there is @ reason. a‘§15 fine.was asssesed, on charge pjivested of scientific: terminolo- of using profane language a $15 gy it is the same on that fine was assessed, on charge of yy, it advisable for you to geti resisting an ier S40 .ahion Ae charge of,assault on an’ officer not all in one down payment.’ 5. Five) dollars for. costs of The sun‘s rays are, purer. court on each charge was also as- Hore, distant oyer miles, of salt! sessed, making a total of $109. | water from the sources of fog. Attorney John G. Sawyer in- (we average about, two jours ofy troduced a motion after the\sen- fo during the year),,smgkey pola tence. to declare a mew trial ©n' Jen and germ-laden dust, the su the grounds, that. suff. radio-actiye rz Kee dence had not been accumulated fay Jess filtered than they a to prove the defendant drunk and 4jkely to be on the mainland. > resisting: an officer and that the at any pr many people who! ‘decision was not in accord with thought they were all through, do| law. Judge Watkins refused the got better hi motion. Attorney Sawyer an- Gave Raprosch nounced he would appeal to the The winter weather is above Cireuit Court and Judge Watkins yeproach. The rainy season comes fixed a bond of $200. _ in the summer and early Fail. Investigation of the beating From October to June, is the dry} Sands received at the hands of ceyson, Total rainfall for 1940,! ; Officer Gene Hernandez’ hands 49 inches will follow shortly after the tr The prevailing winds A petition ior this was presente’ with short time c to city commission by negro resi- cther points of the compa vents. ternandez testified that his blackjack was taken from him by Sands and that Sands attempt- ed also.to take away his pistol. Theanwshile resisting arrest. KING MEETS WITH CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEETING STARTED AT 2 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON east- Wm. Somers. Pierce rxavls Visiter In City i ALT 2 Included in the recent arrivals | as ers Pierce, former SMP, The Citizen, who “holds fhe posi-' { | United States Conciliation ‘Serv- iz. {ice. Department of Labor. Mr. Pierce, who is here visi ing with relatives, is field offi jcer with the agency he repre: sents, and is now conducting ; headquarters in Birmingham. | Ala.. where he also make; a City Manager King is meeting fesidence. “ | with the Civil Service Board, of ; which Ralph Sierra is chairman, .p~peassaseashbhaaesea this afternoon at 2 o'clock. PRESCRIPTIO! Pure, Fresh Mr. King will consider the pro- Ingredients | cedure the board is getting into’ Compounded by Experienced shape at this time for civil service - Pharmacists employes for the future. | GARDNER’S PHARMACY | Phone 177 Free Delivery www ever rw: | WANTED SECRETARY Good Pay Apply Manager La Concha Hotel i | ONLY TWO DIVISIONS MILWAUKEE.—The 86th and’ 97th Infantuy. Diyisions were ; the only “two sent to the Pacific {to help ‘in. the occupation of Japan after they had seen action! in Europe. | ' To Serve You DAILY and SUNDAY | We pape st 7 Ae ane Remain ht... Dare A Week POOR OLD CRAIG ; SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Sts. Open Sunday Phone $134 CY , apes eseeeaeeeee’ La Fiesta Restaurant 708 Duval Street (Near Angela Street) Now Serving eBreakfast 5:30 to 11:00 j eLuncheon 11:00 to 3:00 | @Full Course Dinner, 5:00 to 8:30 | Also A LA CARTE SERVICE Hot & Cold Sandwiches All Hours SUNDAY SPECIAL— Southern Fried Chicken Pai kf illic | GIDE SFIS S 4 your hinour in installments ana iste es vial an,” * that it are’ shown ‘in keeping the city clean {comes in to empty. in. Kev West. ,was ,Willigm, Som- | Laeal, mploye of Mone fon of Commissioner with, the |! | cantilt its de hy ; | ‘cies Chief Executive Said NATION’S CAPITAL Country Needs Prompt MINUS OF ‘PHONE ce SERVICE TODAY ve (By Associated Prexs) ‘WASHINGTON, Jan, 4.— i {Ehe.nation’acapital is without « sitelephone service today. (This-..morning .Jotal and -dgn@ndistance: telephone oper- : @tors here went.on strikeout of; sympathy with the, West- ern-EBlectric, Company work- ers: and, affiliates ini New York and New Jersey, who walked out yesterday morn- ing et 11 o'clock. Fears were entertained here that the strike of tele- phone workers may spread to other parts of the country. Action, Getting It (By,-Associnted Press) WASHINGTON,. Jan. 4. — : Squirming was. .evident «today | among.some of the cangressmen who, are. in the: capital, over President Truman's ‘address last nights: in which: he blamed con- gress for the slowness: in carry- ing out the country’s reconver- s'on program. He said that the country needs prompt action, and i + getting it from con- gress, { One \ ¢£ of his address im- plied that a handful of commit- s in congress were hamstring- ing the reconversion plan. It was predicted that, congress reconvenes January 14, a showdown f'ght will occur over some of the assertions made by the President. Neither labor nor manage- ment. President Truman dec ed, has approached the str questiong,.in the proper spirit and he gpeke , about General Motors, .officials..refusing to at- tend |the. hearings/of one of his fact-finding boards. He -expressed.his belief that the: 30-day .ftcooling .off” period before, calling a strike will Decaying bea dumping of ee ane much. to. do with stopping valine dts “Hi the city, City | | le bor troubles, in the event. that pager David King said today | COMBtess | passes» ai Jaw mak'ng that he would actively prosecute! ‘hat period, .of waiting mands nyone esught-doing this. | tory. 4 bt to take tha;tragh soHeOne lot! The. President envisioned a eh nies nd,place it on another freak food, supplyiiin!4he United ‘baht lot is.no way to keep a city, States dusing ARA6. aid and added} He advocated: action on his very good spirit compulsory military tra’ning ; end unemplcyment bills. ‘ nel He stressed the acute housing |shortage by — declaring the :country needs 5.000,000 ..more houses. After castigating congress’ for its inactivity when the. country is faced with measures that are | when * MANAGER FAVORS TUG AND BARGE FOR SCAVENGING i WOULD; CONSTRUCT |; DOCK AND | HAVE: SEA GOING 4 UNITS TQ TAKE. GARBAGE ‘TQ:\SEA ‘ON OUTGOING TIDE In discussing the pre wet garbage dumping as is be- coming pressing with the city dumping grounds on Stock Island being rapidly filled, Mr. King stated that he favors the sea as a means of disposal. He would like} urgently needed, Pres‘dent” Tru. to see constructed a dock and a, hopper in which the city trucks] sie Soria. poe ie house end could pack and selene thelr) 7° pone on uae coomeratipn loads and not wait until the boat) Phy agaed they sole ares a .| bu led that solving doniestic Then there ‘ fos pas war problemg is just as im- vould be regular trips of the boat| Wee if vats tee digowal st Poat| portant to the welfare of the garbage on the outgoing tide. jaguted States. Regatding the present small} pe? |forty-foot wooden boat which the} pea DEATH. ity has, 0 ated that het ~ ener * OF i MARS. sNAGOLS + pose of it. There has been,a grt of criticism as tot the boat's; Athovnecmént eRe he 2 ation and lark of docking fa~|.of the:death of Mra ENdia cil in ‘the city. J ols, wife of W) 1* Nithols. Mr. ‘King, favors a small tug; Lansing: Mich. soni gaweary 3 and # large garbage. barge which} r id Mrs. Nicholsanadm their un and push the, home in Key West from T909 to 1912 made h- in age overboard. | | Art Treasures!! From the Four Corners of the Earth China, India, Peru, C’ ~Prancée, England, Cze. Persia, Holland Portugal, slovakia,” tort , GERTS, for the MOST: DISCRIMINATING TASTE ‘From $1.00 to $25.00 For the Truly Exclusive Gift, Think of SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS & GIFTS 616 Duval St., Phone 136, Key West, Fla.