The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 8, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 7 Re-Registration Books in County For May Primaries; Aré Openéd By Supervisor Everyone In County Re- ‘ape seeping | quired To Re-Regi ter Under New Law| Now In Effect supervisor of} registration, has opened his books! for county | courthouse, and théy -will remé open till April 20 for the primaries to be held on May 7 and 28. Mr. England said that probably, some 1 John England, re-registration in the idents of Monroe county, the impression that, be} cause they are aiready registered,' they don’t have to register again. He explained that, under a law passed at the last session of the legislature, everybody in the county must re-register in order to participate in the primary elec- tions and later the general elec-' tion. The re-registration law was passed to remove from the city’s and the county’s books the names of all persons who had died ot who had left the and had become residents of other places. When his books completed, r Ena land aid, they will be‘up minute in showing the list of qualified voters in the county. k added, when the registration is completed, it will be an easy matter to See the number of freeholders Monroe who are qualified ee fors. Not since 1914 had the, books been vrenared in that man- ner, and many who free- holders at that time may not own real the county now books are under county ill bel West hereto- tion,” Mr. Eng all residents, in to vote must regulation, egister. We inct books on in in recinct cay te come, unde to the cou will have the key charge orde qualify the new thouse to two pre of Pearl Cli with C deputy s tion. T and will day the are ed.” Under the new law, the former 16 precincts in the county have been reduced to seven, with on tm five. inclusive 1 Key We: the sixth at-Marathon and t seventh in iavernier BETTER CITY HIGHER BUDGET MANAGER: SAYS ipervisor be closed on the books in Key West of reg- ist now DAVID KING TELLS oF $20,000 PENSION ROLL AND $10,000 NOTE DUE BANK; WILL NOT COMMIT HIMSELF | Javid King himself as to of increase ch he will sion toni, r meeting at 8 0 1 wish to hz good roads ts and increased city service you must be prepared to have a higher budget,” Mr. King said, and added, “If the city did not have a $20,000 pension roll at} present, plus a note for $10,000 due at the bank, the budget would be most attractive.” lock 442444444444444444( PALACE THEATER | BRAD TAYLOR in “Sing. Neighbor, Sing” News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NITE” vVevvvvvvevvwvwvwe NORTH BEACH INN COFFEE SHOP *Full-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m. *Spanish Home-cooked DINNERS by Reservation | ‘CRUISER HERE FROM TENNESSEE ° Three yachts arrived in the harbor over the weekend, one racing cutter, one yawl and one cabin cruiser, The cabin cruiser has made the trip from Memphis, Ten- nessee, ‘down the Mississippi river 40 New Orleans: ».and down the west coast of Flot-. ida to Key West. Before the.war scores. of yachts made the trip. to Key West @ must trip during their winter stay in Florida. The yachting waters between Mi- ami and Dry Tortugas are considered some of the most interesting in the world. Appropriation for exten- sion of the Intracoastal Wa- terway from Bahia Honda Channel to Key West, which will complete a_. protected channel of seven-foot depth all the way from Miami is ex- pected ‘to be considered six months after the duration of the war. TI SII IS ITS STD WESTERN UNION EMPLOYES IN NEW YORK CALL STRIKE SEVEN THOUSAND WALKED OUT TODAY; EXPECT TELE- PHONE WORKERS TO JOIN! RANKS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—Seven) thousand Western Union emt-! ployes, who had set 12 o'clock to-! day hours earlier, giving as their rea-j son for doing so in a statement} that said that the company had already imported to fill the v It is expected that local tele- phone workers may join in sympathy strike Though the: cable compan that cablegrams to Europe may be decreased 40 percent, because workers at the other companies announced they will not handle any messages that originated in ant places. e eight other ; Westerp Union. ‘VIRGINIA. STREET. BEING REPAIRED OUTFALL PIPE CONVERTED; HAD BEEN COM- PLAINTS One of the worst streets in the city is being repaired today, City Public Service Head Robert Dopp announce It is Virginia street on the east side of Bayview Park The street has been full of ruts and bumps and thése are being patched, Mr. Dopp said. Area THE SOUTHERNMOST SWEETINGS 60 | naval the time when they would 1 $608 strike, walked off their jobs four the | station, TO MIAME FOR: ° COURT | SESSION WILL TESTIFY AT COURT MARTIAL OF SAILORS CHARGED WITH STEALING BAG OF MONEY Commissioner W. C. Sweeting jand his father, Irving Sweeting, i left yesterday to testify at a j court martial in Miami in the ase of three sailors, one of whom stole a bag, containing | $608, from the Sweeting filling Greene and Simonton streets, two months ago. Irving Sweeting with a bag of money in his left hand, at 8:15 in the evening, had closed up the station, with the excep- tion of the main door on Simon- ton street, when three sailors drove up in,anjold,Packard and stopped» inj,front of the door, ‘andjane- of thenmasked that fluid be}.put--in’ the .master. cylinder,| of their hydraulic brakes. was too dark outside to do the work and that he did not have room inside to acommodate the Packard. “How about selling us a can of fluid?” “Okay; T'll get it for you.” It was not until later that Mr. Sweeting learned that, as he walked toward the back of the station, one of the sailors fol- lowed him. On the way, Mr. Sweeting put the bag atoo a table, on which is the cash reg- ister, and put his cap over bag. When he returned, two sailors were in the car and one was. beside it. The latter paid | }for the can of fluid. When Mr. Sweeting returned to get the bag ofsmoney, he found out that it had been taken from under the cap. He ran to ; the door way and saw the sa'l- } lors: in the Packard turn from Greene into Elizabeth street. W. C. Sweeting, who had j been out “With his wreckec truck, returned shortly ward and was told about the j theft, and drove away in search tof the sailors. He found them on Elizabeth street, near Angela, forced them to get into the truck and drove them to the city jail, where they denied any know- jledge of the theft. The loc intelligence. office was told about the stealing of the and an officer drove to jail, and, after questioning | the three sailors, each alone, one | of them confessed to taking the i strikebreakers} gasoli being repaired is between Georae and White streets. Outlet pipe into Garrison Bight from city sump Number Two has, been led into the main outfall pipe which goes out past Fleming Key on the bay side of the island. The Garrison ight pipe was used only in emergencies but was the! cause of the complaints then. i We Are Now Accepting COLOR FILM for DEVELOPING and PRINTING SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. | i} bag and hiding it in an old former Lowe lumber shed. He j was taken toythe spot, recovered a) the bag and gave it back to Mr. | Sweeting, and the sailors were ti taken to the navy yard by the | here, it was said} intelligence officer. AMERICAN LEGION MEETING TOMORROW | Arthur ey | sit, Pero hand B 5 Fito | Legion;| Millibe held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, iz the Legion Home, corner White and Southard streets. A number of candidates will be siven the oblitation of the Le- gion. 1a. spmpi ‘under NOTICE) To Adeorliaers Effective January Ist, 1946 FRONT PAGE ADVERTISING RATES j, Are As Follows: Transient Commercial $¢)00 Per Rate... 2... Column . Inch TWO or MORE’: " Consecutive S$ 50.Per Insertions ... » Column , Inch Contract Rate TWO or MORE INSERTIONS PER WEEK on Contract for stipulated 00 Per * days for Column one year __ Inch Rates for POLITICAL or Other Special Classification Advertis- ing on Front Page upon request *The publisher reserves the right to limit the size of adver- tising for any day to conform with space available on day of publication, the | after- | NE WSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1946 | COMMANDING nicetin ade NAVAL DISTRICT. bk i 4) ‘ ‘ Navy Pnotograph IN THE U.S.A. ohicad Che Key West Citize SUNDAY MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY — L. P. ARMAN, JR. _ "FLORIDA KEYS STAR” TO BE \ WEEKLY PUBLICATION:, |. PLANT OWNED AND DI-, | RECTED BY YOUNG EDITOR, a “Florida Keys Star” will be the} ; name of a.news picture magazine to be published Sundays by L. P. ; REAR ADMIRAL J. F, SHAFROTH. 7th Naval District.Commanding| Artman, Jr., in the near future, Mr. Sweeting replied that «it ' Officer, greeted at Boca Chica Airfield by Captain C. E. Reordan. he publicly announced today. base commander here. | SEVENTH NAVAL DISTRICT ' i | i_ina-__, a JANUARY 15 IS DEAD LINE FOR OBTAINING AUTO LICENSE PLATES | | | | i i | { Of the 3,500 owners of auto- | mobiles in Monroe County, | only about 1,000. have yet | bought; their license plates, ; County Tax Collector How- ; ard E, Wilson said this morn- |. ing, and added that the ex- ! piration date for obtaining | plates, without running “a risk of being penalized, is next Tuesdey. | Word has been received from Tallahassee that the date will not be extended, and that orders will be issued for the arrest of drivers of cars without licenses after Janu- ary 15, SESS TIS DT Ss SCAV. DEPT. UNDER DOPP , MAN THOUGHT BEST TO HAN- DLE TRUCKS AND UPKEEP ne can in the debris of the | | \ Discussing the partment, City King said this scavenger Manager David Yent will nt of sPublic, Service Dopp, in recommendations he will sub-! mit to city commission. Mrsf Angelina Malbney will continue the fine work she is do-/ | ing at present in collecting, Mr. King said, but “we wish the up-! | keep and work of the trucks to | be the responsibility of a man.”} ‘spection tour of Naval (0 INSPECTS BASES HERE ; FORMER COMMANDER OF BATTLESHIPS. PACIFIC, FLEET REAR ADMIRAL J. F, SHAFROTH Rear Admiral J. F. Shafroth, commanding officer of the Sev-: enth Naval District. was in Key West last week on his first in- Activi- ties in this area. Former com. mander of Battleships, Pacific Fleet, Admira}. Sbafroth inspect- ed NAS including Boca Chica end the Sea Plane Base, AsDev- Lant, the Fleet Sonar School, Submarine act vities and NOB. Admiral Shafroth was accom- panied on his visit by Captain P. Ri Coffin, Captain K. O. Ek land, and Lt: Comdr. W. B. Hus- sey, his aide. At a luncheon for the vis'to given at the Commissioned Offi- cers Mess, other guests included Captain Reordan, Captain J. P. Logue, CO NavHosp. Captain W. A. Saunders, CO Submarine Activit'es, Captain W. H. Hamil- ton, CO NAS, Captain R. B. Nickerson, CO Sonar Comdr. N. C. J. Johnson. School, LET US HELP YOU SAVE YOUR CAR By Giving it a Complete Spray and Grease Job a BATTERIES CHARGED While You Wait ' Expert Mechanic on the Job POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Sts. Open Sunday Phone 9134 Art Treasures!!! From the Four Corners of the Earth China, India, Peru, Chile; Portugal, France, England, Persia, Holland From $1.00 616 Duval St., Phone Czechoslovakia, GIFTS for the MOST DISCRIMINATING TASTE to $2,500 For the Truly Exclusive Gift, Think of SCUTHERNMOST FLOWERS & GIFTS 136, Key West, Fla. i f Fire i The edition will be of thirty- | two pages on machine-coated pa- ber and will carry from twenty | to thirty pictures each issue, both | of Key West features and points of interest and news shots of the city’s doings. The news picture jraaeeaine will be 10 x 14 inches. | ‘The Vari-Type machine, which ‘will be used in setting type for the magazine, has already arriv- ed, and Mr, Artman, Jr., is ex- ‘ pecting the offset press sometime j this month. | The press and typesetting equip- | a purchased by Mr. \-Artman, Jr., through savings {and the plant will be owned and directed solely by him. A number of local photograph- ers have been engaged to take | spot news and feature news pic- tures. ! In each ie of the “Florida : Keys Star” will be a map of the city with the points of interest ' explained: In each issue will als6 be a fishing and waterfront col-, | umrt designed to furnish complete news on these water Sports. Mr Artman has had ten years experi- | ence on the water, having owned a cabin cruiser during that time) and having also run deep-sea fish- ing and blass-bottom sightseeing | with it. There will be a column of.ad-, vance forecasts of news for the! city as well as analytic summar ies of the news of the we | There will be a section for sports, and another for society. Feature artic! of Key Wi colorful | life will be in each i: | There will be a care ully com-| | piled directory of local merchants which will be slanted at the tour- jist or Navy trade which will be; j here \ { Mr. Artman will continue edi-! | torial association with The Citizen | and continue to publish ‘“Coral} kets” and direct other news é daily Citizeri-* mertt has be 'REVERSED,RULING ~IN'CURTIS? CASE: fe tai Jr. which Charles Curtis was the plaintiff and the Florida Indus- tria! Commission, the defendant, | reversed a ruling by the commis-| | | i ' | | | | ! | sion, which, had refused to pay | Mr. Curtis $8 a week, under a pro-} | vision of the workmen’s compen- | sation law, for injuries he had re ceived while working for Charle: | J. Trevail on a local housing proj-} ect. | The accident occurred on March 1945, and a deputy commis- | sioner recommended the payment} of $8 weekly to Mr. Curtis, but) the commission. set aside the) recommendation, and Mr. Curtis} instituted suit. ~ Volunteer fi iene epartment Election | 22, Fire Statior to Elect | Officers for theWext i Years. The candidates for Election are: CHIEF—Leroy Torres. | 1ST ASSISTANT CHIEF— John Carbonell, Jr. 1ST ASSISTANT CHIEF—| Colton Parks. 2ND ASSISTANT CHIEF— John Spottswood. SECRETARY — John W.! Roberts. TREASURER—Paul Archer. ' six STITCHES PUT Circuit Judge Aguilino tomy this morning, in a casé A Torts of Atherica, will hold a FAIR CONTRACT | IS OFFERED 10 | UNION WORKERS | | ee | | tranEE PROPOSALS ARE AC- CEPTED BY AUTOMBOLIE WORKERS IN SATISFAC- TORY CONTRACT (Ry Ansoelated Press) DETROIT, Jan. 8 — Officials of CIO automobile’ workers union stated today that the Kaiser-Frazier Corporat:on, had offered them the fairest contract they had yet received from any other automotive indus! Henry J. K chairman of the board of di ors, announc- ed that he had made three pro- posals tht4 were accepted by the unon. They are: 1:—Base wage scale of wages ag paid by the Ford Motor Corh- pany, the highest in the indus- try. 2.—The Kaiser - zier Co, will adjust its scale to any ad- vances in wages that may announced by General Motc 3.—The Kaiscr - Frazier Co. | will nut $5 in a fund for every car it sells, and will d’stribute the fund, at the end of eacn year, among the employes. The company expects to pro- duce 300,000 ca a year, so that there will be $1, 500,000 for dis- tribution annually. The unions accepted a no strike clauze in the contract, which Frovides that any employe or “employes who start'a strike wll not share in the annual bonus. FLAT TIRE IS ACCIDENT CAUSE INTO * HEAD OF SAILOR, DRIVER jdown wt Flat tire caused stitches to be placed in the head of R. G. Coneaule, USN, at the Naval Dis- pensary. The tire blew out on a Packard car driven by the sailor and caus-; ed the to on its side on| nies ard, Patrolman} Frank Jolly said today. | ane accident occurred at 10:45 Friday mnerel fe BOY SCOUT GROUP, | TO MEET TONIGHT) The. Advance, tHe,, Mongg nent Committe! { District Boy board of review tonight at 4 o'clock in the annex of the First } Methodist Church. Wilbe: J. Moehrke, commissioner, states is for the benefit of all boys in {troops 50, 51 and 52, that wish to make any advancement dur- ing the month of January | “As early reports reveal, that | this will be quite a large board, | |all troop and district committee. district ‘This board |men that possibly can do so are urged to attend and assist the advancement committee in con- ducting this board of review.” 2; muerte ‘ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY HALL | (Colored) - Center St. - Tuesday “A STAR IS BORN” In Natural Colors with Janet Gaynor and Frederic March id Tuesday. Jan 6, 1946, | tMEHIMMMMEMNHAYMENYNN city tax collector. i | will be no trap,’ PRICE FIVE CEN' Other Parts Of Body In Addition Of Kidnaped Ch" Found he Floating In Tun- Was _ Identified By Two Friends Of nel Family (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Jan. 8. — Other ‘parts of the of Suzanne !Degnan whose head was in between’ | two apartment houses, avere dis- ‘covered today. Her torso, minus the arms, and a leg that had been cut off were found at Ardmore and Kenmore, the torso in the former place. Police expressed the belief that Suzanne had recognized her kid naper and he had killed her for fear that she would disclose ' identity. The head, body found a .sewer floating in a tv between two apartment build- ings, was identified by two friends of the famil. Degnan, who earns $7,200 a year, made two separate radio appeals to the kidnapper a few hours after finding h's daughter, Suz:nne, was missing when he went to her room to awaken her for school. In one broadcast he address his daughter thus: “If Suzanne is listening, please he a good girl and do as you are told. If you do ‘this, Suzanne, I know that no harm will come to you.” The appeals followed a revort that the kdnaper coolly tele- phoned the Degnan home to re- peat his ransom note demands while federal. -cotinty and city authorities were engaged in rted search for him. 2 you my promise there ” Duhgan said in broadcast. He said he had burned the ransom note. Suzanne, blue eyed and curly aired, was whisked undetected from her parents’ northside home m a manner reminiscent of the famous Lindberg baby kidnap- ng of 1932. A seven foot ladder, nich she apparently was carried in her night clothes, was found in the back yard. The Lindbergh baby was taken from his bedroom by means of a_lad- der. Detective Arthur Linderman, fingerprint expert of the pol ce bureau of identification, said “several good fingerprints” had been ? on the window sill of the 3 room and that the ladder was being examined Police declined to reyeal the wording of the ransom By gicte: WHITE, ROBERTS, ASSIST FINANCE. - DEPARTMENT HEAD | ARCHIE ROBERTS WILL BE CITY TREASURER; E. J. O. ROBERTS, FORMER TREAS- URER. FINANCE ASSISTANT ed a a Mrs. Jane White wiii pointed to assist City Finance Head Charles Roberts, 4n recom- mendations géing to city commis- sion tonight from City Manager David King. E. J, O. Roberts, who was for- merly city treasurer, will be named to assist Charles Roberts, Mr. King said, in the City Fi- be ap- nance Department. The city man- | ager added that the position of | treasurer will be held by Archie | Roberts,-who has been naiined as TT LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE AIR-CONDITIONED f ior YOUR COMFORT Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by Barroso’s Orchestra an The New Cocktail ‘LA BREAKFAST Served from . * LUNCHEON Served from DINNERS Served from id CONCHA SPECIAL’ 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. HUGH C. HODGE, Manager ee ee cr LM se Aaa a