The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1946, Page 1

Key West, Florida, ris tae most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years D2voted to the best interests of Key West Krit clots UME LXVII. No.5 Commissioners Take Actions Measure On Juvenile Court Decided At Meeting Held Last Night To Discon- tinue Payment Of Sal- ary To Judge | | | to obtain a court rul- s to the validity or invalid- that was adopted:at | ion of the legislature, | abolishing the: juvenile, court in Monroe county, the county. com- at last decided to discontinue the In order ing the last si missioners, night, payment of the salary of Juvenile Judge Frank O. erts, December 31, 1945, until such time the performance nile judge a meeting D as of as he resum of his duty Mr. Roberts peatedly that ing to act explained th. until it is dec wise, as declared re- juven judge, but a law is a law ed to be other- been prohibited by in he has the measure holding court Philip Bailey question from a colored boy, has been confined in the county jail since July 26, 1945, as a juvenile delinquent because there has not been a juver judge in the county to try t At present Sawyer is acti e ttc y John G. g in the case and has been ting to heat from Attorney General J. Tom Watson before beginning proceedings in the circuit. court. Yesterds County Commissioner A. H. Par- no, Jike other county com- ers, has be aiting for, So! action to be taken in the matter for several months, con- with Mr. Sawyer and sug gested t he telegraph Mr son, explaining .to him the s riousness of the situation in Mon- be« > it has no 13 venile court, anc he ca of the boy who h onal > than five montt < roe cou fective, Judg tinued to r $100 a mx t office Nove till tt 1944, will not ee y hence. W! oners fully < was said at the meeti is not to blame for t court snarl brook no fore, ordered t "i Mr > county clerk to! Roberts any fur-| | uary has two ways in ay determine the va- AD show 11d not pay] d by law,| cir court judgment as c validity or invalidity. of the| abolishing the juvenile » le un- der the population b 1p. which, in other cai s been declared by the Florida supreme} urt to be “a local law in the c general law”. Mr. has expressed the belief juvenile court act is in| sory of similar pop- N the su- has decided were itutional aE ee, : | NORTH BEACH INN | COFFEE SHOP eFull-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m. *Spanish Home-cooked DINNERS} by Reservation | OPEN SUNDAY To Serve You From 7 A.M. tc Midnight GAS - OIL - PARTS Batteries Charged Flats Fixed EXPERT MECHANIC POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division at Francis St. 7) day. | may be ire| realize the desired ends. ‘.:s PYTHIAN SISTERS TO | Senior |Grand Manager. | cordially aber panne Further Reduction In Navy Point System Was Announced Teday (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.— The navy today announced a further reduction in its point system, which, it was estimat- ed, eligible for release from/the. service, February 2; the;peints; will: drop: to 34: Febraiarysil5) ito 33, and, March) lito 92. Marah «+ 2 the points: for :\WAVES will - drop to 27,:and on-the:same;;. date for army enlisted men: the points will be down to 39. For nurses, in both the army and the navy, number of points on March 2 will be 28, ready and will- 7ST MD LS I IB |": ADVERTISE KEY — WEST COUNCIL GROUP TO MEET CONSIDERS PLANS ‘TO RAISE FUNDS0FOR ADVE AND ‘PROJECT: ADVANCE* MENT FOR CITY Adyert'se Key West Couhcil will hold a meeting at 321 Sim- onton street next Wednesday, according to an announcement | by Secretary’ Mrs. Emily :God- -: dard. The meeting will consider {plans for raising funds for an advertising and project campaign to attract tour-sts to Key. West. Several representatives. will plans before the Council ‘on arious courses of- action which taken to most profitably MEET MONDAY NIGHT At the reguldr m@eting of Key est Temple No. 20, Pythian ers to be held Monday, Jan- 7, Mrs. Irene, Adams, will installed as the /Mast, Excel- Chief by. Mrs. ouise Wi ; be lent s the}*Phompson, Installing Officer. The meeting will convene at 30° in the Knights of Pythias Hall, 728 Fleming» street and following the meeting refresh- me will be served. Assisting Mrs. Thompson in the installation will be Mrs. Jul’'a Brown as Grand Excellent and Mrs. Viola Higgs as The other: offi- cers who will serve with, Mrs. Adams for the term will be Miss Gretna McCain, Excellent Senior; Mrs. Kathleen . Kelly, Excellent Junior; Mrs. Angela ertzandez, Manager; Mrs. ,Blondy Valdez, Protector, and | Mrs. Josephine Johnson, Guard. All members of the order are invited to attend this j the first meeting of the year. I, ‘SLOPPY’ JOE'S BAR *> Armibuntes MUSIC EVERY NIGHT by. Tomo a i PRINCIPAL INCREASE, will make 188,000; men.-) THE SOUTHERNMOST K ‘SEEN’ ‘FORVCITY’ - BY DAVID) KING sei PO- LICE, .FIRE* DEPARTMENT SALARIES; _ PUBLIC HEAR: | ING FOR BUDGET City Manager Dav:d King an- nounced today that he would “higher budge‘” city commission at ther regular ; Present a to | meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. The budget will be somewhat higher though not a great deal with the largest amount to be the. increase of salaries for the police and. fire departments. Mr. ; King ‘said. that» process of establishing \the: new ‘budget, un- der the: preserit charter :is to have.:it. presented first to city commission ‘ for their considera- tion then to advertise a public; meeting where: all citizens can be. present and voice their objec- } tions to any of the proposals. | !Here public adjustments ai i throughout. Finally the budget is adopted by the city commis- | and then the city manager is “responsible for its adminis- tration”. “After the budget is adopted,’ Mr. King said, “various groups ; will be out of order in coming to the city with different pro-} positions becauye all the money | will haye been allocated.” Mr. King revealed that he has; been working from twelve to fifteen -hours each day and last} night worked until. m‘dnight. to apipaanes budget into: shape. aymond ' Delgado, « assistant ‘sthitary: inspector, received no-| tice today ‘that his services would be terminated. Mr. King! said that Sanitary Department Head Millard Gibson would be able -to do alt: that. the depart, ment required. , There will be a number Yot other changes in the budget! which will be, revealed at the! next City Commiss:on,, meeting. | | SPANISH CLASSES TO BE RESUMED | After the Christmas holidays, now the free Sranish, lessons for : adults conducted by! Miss Ben-! ildes Remond will be resumed j under the following schedule, for both beginners and advanced students: Monday, 3:15 to 4:15 p.m., San Carlos School, 516 Duval street. | Tuesday, 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.| Jackson Square USO, White- | head and Southard streets. Wednesday. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.. Woman's Division USO, 303 | Duval street. Thursday, 3:15 to 4:15 p.m., | San Carlos School, 516 Duval | street. | CLOTHING “DRIVE. | STARTS ON S ON MONDAY}: 1 The drive for the collection of old clothes in Key West will be} started Monday morning. Gerald; Saunders, general chairman of; the committee. said today. He explained that six sub-com- mittees will assist him to obtain’ old clothing, which will be shipped from here to New York. and from that city will be sent abroad for distribution among the needy in European countries. At 8:30 o'clock tonight, Mr Saunders said, he will talk over the radio in apnealing to the peo- ple in Key (West to cooperate with the committees in charge of | the old-clothes drive. ‘ ywwyweewwerro rw Genuine Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto curva: PARTS “beaten NAVARRO, Inc | A kl -AAAeA. TOOT ee ‘SUBSCRIBER HAS. READ IT 60 YEARS ; to a Key West paper. {when 18 years old. | Equator” | Herald”, | night the amount-of ~ peaxnings ind945. 00 0 Ph, 9134 | Package Goods Siciale La Fiesta Restaurant |Park & Tilford .... 5th $3.65 708 Duval Street \¢ Folden W edding 5th 3.65 (Near ‘Afieela Street) Paul Jones ......... 5th 3.65] Now Serving {Sunny Brook Ae -20} eBreakfast 5:30 to 11:00 | Tmperial 2.20) eLuncheon 11:00 to 3:00 Ron Zorro oth 3.00) eFull Course Dinner, 5:00 to 8:30 Old St. Croix Rum 5th 3.00] Also A LA CARTE SERVICE DRINKS at the BAR Straight Drinks . 2$¢ to 40c Steaks, Chops and Delicious Mixed Drinks - 35¢ to $0c} Hot & Cold Sandwiches All Hours Full Line of Package Goods} SUNDAY SPECIAL— c SN eS SSS. CV VV VOT VV VV OTT TVET 4 { | j NEWSPAPER IN TH SE WR EY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUAR’’ 5, 1946 OV VII VV VV rwvvvvws | LOUIS: sM." “JOHNSON, Pars “OLDEST ‘tr. T. Thompn, Founder; New Linotype Installed Amnnnnnneaeaneemmemmnennasananannne | Key West’s oldest paid sub-' Citizen is the founder of this scriber to The Citizen will have’ paper, T. T. Thompson, who aio, a birthday tomorrow. Louis M. has a birthday tomorrow. | Johnson, of 608 Angela street, will Thompson will be 70 years of age. be 78 years of age Sunday. This! year marks the 60th consecutive year Mr. Johnson has subscribed | Mr. Thompson, - known. affec-. tionately to his friends as “T.T.”, brought to Key West the first ‘presses to print The Citizen and held out strongly during organiza- In those days tion period for the name, “The was known as “The' Key West Citizen.” He founded and was run by C. B.! The Citizen in 1906. In those days Pendleton. Later it beeame the the paper was hand-set and print- “Equator Democrat”, “Key West ed on hand presses. “Gulf Pennant’,’ then) Marcy B. Darnall purchased a “Key West Inter Ocean” and fin-! part interest in The Citizen, later, ally “The Key West Citizen.) .} from T. T, Thompson and Walter | Asked how he liked: the! paper,’ Thompson. * Still later L. P. Art-, Mr. Johnson. said he jwas’ one: ofjman, :present owner, purchased. a those. who ‘waited for the: papershare, in the paper.and)in 1921° each day. He said he was “proud: bought it outright. | Under the of the paper” and claimed* the- present. publisher’s management, “best editorials in-the State vs new modern linotypes were pur- tae for The Citizen- | chased and a modern Duplex Roll- . Johnson said he was very: ey Press installed, together with glad to see that the merchants subsidiary: stereotyping and other of Key West were giving the pa-! printing equipment. | ; per large ads and looked forvard| Wow Installing “Blue Streak” | to the day when the Pape whe! Today work begun on installing Citizen was an eight-page paper, the latest model Blue Streak lino- | fourteen years ago, due to larger type, which will cast type faces” advertising support. At present,| from six point to forty-two point with larger ads coming in, The | out of eight magazines. The Citi- Citizen is running usually about* x pages. During the Florida de- Mr. Johnson first subscribed the paper 1zen’s front page will be set in pression it went down to four! the type style of The New York pages daily. | Herald-Tribune when thé new Mr. Johnson said that he was faces are ready. The display type not in as good health as formerly , will be ma nly Bodoni, with dark and excused himself from his an-; and light lines in each character nual visit to The Citizen and, re-} | making a beautiful face. called old days, with the, editor.| E. T, Simpson, of the Mergen- He lives with his daughter, Mis?) tbaler Linotype Company: in New Holly H Johnson, at the Bh Orleans,, arrived. today: to, install street address. the? Blue 'Streak) and states that it "T. T.”' 70 Tomorrow Another old subscriber to Tpei tha middle of next week. tigre pecmeres oe8 DINNER MEET DISAPPEARING FOUND ~ ‘FOR “CH Ma "TODAY. 4 | A 16 year old ami girl, who MEET. TUESDAY.AT,,12:30 P.M“ ditaiipdared Atténi the" shothe Of! : CONCHA hernfaster papentson Christmas, saci was found by Deputy Sher ff HOTEL ; will Archer at 11 o'clock thos ee in a cafe on Division, near White street. Chamber. cf Commerce will’ She told deputy Archer that’ hold a dinner meet’ng for mem- she had run away from home bers and friends of the Chamber because her foster parents treat- | 0 t Tuesday at ed her “mean”. Hotel: ta Concha: . if i Early in the week, the parents, Invitaton cards have . been‘ having heard that she had come distributed and the request made to Kev West, arrived here ae that notification of intention to; Search for her, but were unable to find her. aes Peer ee cen el Chef Deputy Sheriff A. H. | McInnis, as soon as she was, ai: ; brought to the sheriff's office, ! COUNTY OFFICERS | telephoned her foster farents TURN IN REPORTS oo ther. They told him they would Three county officials “filed leave immediately for Key and informed them: he was de-' taining ‘her till théy came for with the county commission last West. | their net os | OMMAAAAABAALAARAAL Justice -of the Saul, J va § Bb fees, after all expenses, as 1,372,595 | Ray Elwvood."constable in the first’ \juhINDA: DARNELL in " disttict,’ $12931+ José | Espinosa,| “THE.GREAT JOHN L. constable in the second district,’ News and Serial $280.75. [VVV VV VV VV eace: Rnrique |: fi Welcome, You. are Cordially Invited to Dine Under the Stars of a Tropical Sky at South Beach Restaurant and Pavillion Simonton Street an the Ocean OPENS DAILY at 5 P. M. ——— Our Specialties: One-half Fried CHICKEN Séuthern ‘Sa in the basket F fencks Fries, Salad < Rolls and ‘Butter ‘Broiled LAMB on the Stick with ALL THE TRIMMINGS Also Service a la Carte, which includes various Meats and Sea Foods COME - BRING THE FAMILY WITH YOU Children’s Plates at Reduced Rates BEER and WINE SERVED DURING LEGAL HOURS “City Bus No. 3 Passes Our Door” as} i PALACE: THEATER 4i'*2" ! thougnit, he’ would. be E ARCHIE ROBERTS NEW CITY TAX COLLECTOR: KING MAKES ANNOUNCE- MENT; EXPECTS TO AP- POINT NEXT ASSESSOR FOL- LOWING WEEK. Archie}: Roberts, » former, city clerk, has been appointed city tax! collector,:replacing Sam B. Pin- der, Sr.; City Manager David King announced: today... Mr.’ Roberts, will report for duty between Jan- uary 16 and January 20, allowing’ him time to terminate his present employment.- He will also have to make bond before assum- ing his new dutics. My. Pinder wiil remain with Mr. Roberts until such time as the new tax collector becomes thor- oughly acquainted with his du- ties. Mr. Pinder said today that following his retirement, he will “just rest” and Will not go into busine: He stated that he had a lot of gardening. around his home to catch up .on. Assessor Decision Next Week Appointment for city tax as- sessor has not, been made.as yet but Mr. King expects to have de- cided, the first of next week. “A: arefully,” Mr. King-added.- Sam that he would not serve as city tax ‘assessor, announced that ~+hé’-has réceived “nifie offers from firms; for his services’ but jthat ‘he has; made no decision as yet and \may! ‘go into business tor’ himself. “Thavé intel nee all del ment''heads,”'' Mr. King aoe r gardin Fabs end; Pend 42a SAAN able « «King said “that he is de- rous of making no appoint-_} ments which would end in fric- tion between the various de- partments. The city manager. announced that he would like other appoint- ments for vacant department po- sitions to be of the same. “calibre of man” as Mr. Roberts. “MRS. KING WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW | David King, city ; indhager, left on ‘the plane today at noon to bring his. wife, Mrs. Virginiag King, to Key West. Mr. King humorously said, ‘a have, ayy pulti- rk CES bit ab Key Ae} se’ wal ‘bting per re 1M cBO * fe to The new,’ city, manager able bring Mrs. King here last week but unfinished business in Miami ee her there. ‘NOTICE To Milne ieers: Effective January Ist, 1946 FRONT PAGE ADVERTISING RATES Are As Follows: ‘Transient =, Co Lela +) *The publisher reserves the right to limit the size of adver- tising for any day to conform with available on day of publicat APPOINTED CGUNTY BOARD ORDERS PAYMENT OF ALL DEBTS County commissioners, aq a meeting held last night, author- ized the owed by the county, including the. money due inspectors who conducted the beach bond elec- tion.on ‘December ‘11. , An .japplication fot; a‘ liquor dieense «for Mom’s “place; in \Mar- ting Key's former, home :on Stock Island, was received from Rose Ravin. An application, which had» been fled at the: second meeting in December by Irving Jefferson Tyson, for a’saloon at 224 Duval eet, was approved THINK HIGH COURT HONOR SOFT SPOT. | BERTH ON TRIBUNAL CON-: SIDERED VERY OUT- \ STANDING By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Newsfearures Writer WASHINGTON, | Jan. 2. —A berth on the United States Su; be ready for;operation by number of applications have been preme Court has long, been. con- eee eee ee || filed and I am. considering . all sidered the No. 1 honor, exclusive iof the presidency, that could come | Pinder, dn, who said. yesterday to an, American lawyer. “Should Congress approve Pres: ident Truman's proposed increa: in’salaries for high-ranking gov- ernment officials, a sypreme court | judgeship would become an even +; More coveted positien. | Mr. Truman would raise the "salaries of the Chief Justice of the United States from’ $20,500 to $30,- ovv ana te associate justices. of) ; the supreme court from $20,000 | to $30,000. Pay of the judges of the circuit courts of appeals, court of claims and court of customs and patent appeals would be ra ed from $12,000 to $22,500. While $30,000 a year would not generally be regarded as very; high remuneration for a position of that importance and prestige, | the “take-home” pay of about | $23,478 after federal income tax could provide comfortable and dignified I'ving for a justice's family not given to splurging. The fact that a justice is not obligated to do much in. the way of lavish entertaining always has | been considered by some court fea ers as ane of the assets of i bi Unlike, members .of y are under no,comy Op ma tuents” who yisit the jcabital city. Fot the justices, even "a bid to a White House function} is not a command invitation. Traditional seclusion ‘protects them from the glamor of political] squabble. reach of voter wrath, fickiene Justices have asked friends con- fidentially about outside appraisal} of their opinions, ard they havc} privately defended their positions, but they still function in a sanc- tum of great privacy. One thing that makes the nancial angle of a high judgeship particularly attractive is that the salary—now $20,000— goes on for life, providing a jus- tice does not retire béfore he is 70 or before he has served 10 years on the court. fi- ey ee ‘=S—rrred tH. ooe AIR-CONDITIONED payment of all bills; ‘pin Bood stapding) They are beyond the) court} Wili Be Questioned Par- ticw. ..y On Precau- | tionary Measure In Event Of Attack (By Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The ! senate Pearl Harbor disaster comn- j mittee announced today that Ad- miral Stark had been called to testify furiner about the know- ledge -or lack .of--knowledge that thé navy"had during the summer of 1941-about the movements of the Japanese navy. Stark -will be questioned par- ticwiarly about the fate Navy sec retary Frank Knox in connection with what precautionary meas- ures he had taken in the event of a Jap attack at Pearl Harbor. Curtis D. Munson,- who is said to have been one of the Presi- dent’s agents in 1941, is quoted having said that, if the Japs at- ‘tacked, it would be from the ait and would be directed against Pearl Harbor. He also stated that the attack would take pl. ing a week-end in Decemb | probably on a Sunday morning Munson even predicted that the | Japs were after four American battleships, and that they “got” five. He said further that his ' prediction, based on his observa- tions..had been given in detail to {Admiral Kimmel. and Captain Smith, 'AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND VISITS KARL BRUN FORMERLY OF DANISH LEGATION IN WASHINGTON Karl Brun, ‘ newly appointed Danish Ambassador to Iceland, is in the city today visiting Alex Brun of this city. It is the first time the ambas- ;sador has been to Florida and Key West and he is today taking in the -sights of the city. During the war Mr. Brun was a member of the Dan'sh lega- tion in Washington and is at present visiting in Florida prep- atory to going on to Iceland. HARRIS SCHOOL HOLDS P.-T- A. MEET The first meeting of the Harris Scho’! " T. A. for 1946 was held Thurs ght. A very in ing’ pro. nn was presented, Mrs. C, T. Howes in charge. Mrs." Magdelon Huddleston’s {and Mrs. Emma Albuty’s-rooms |'were awarded the prize fot the best attendance of parents. | After the — business session, Principal Fowler showed a interesting picture, entitled | Rings the Bell”, which was en- | joyed by all. At the conclusion, a social hour was held. 'POINCIANA GROUP TO MEET TUESDAY There will be a meeting of the Poinciana Pre-School held on Tuesday evening, January 8, be- ginning st 8 o'clock. Miss’ Eleanor Hursch, senior child (welfare. worker of the Florida State Welfare Board, will give am address-on the subject of “Nursery. Years”. Many activities will make up | the evening’s session,.and ap in- vitation is extended fo the Peale to attend. ith for YOUR COMFORT --- Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by estar 's Orchestra The New Cocktail AC CONCHA SPECIAL’ LUNCHEON | from DINNERS Served fron 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. = Noon to. 2:00 P.M. P.M. to 8:30 P.M. HUGH C. HODGE, Pas