The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 10, 1946, Page 1

.Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features my For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No.9 Tolls On Overseas Highway Bridges Continué' To Climb reatest Increase Is Shown Since Bridges Were Built In Compari- sons Made | Tolls on bridge last montt today by Overseas Highway ! climb, and | reported | A Clifford G.| the greatest incre ince the bridges were construct-, ed, in monthly comparisons with | preceding yc | In December, 1944, receipts to- taled $23.0: and t month they mounted to $31,375.75, an ad- | vance of $ The advance nounced December the continue to collections, litor is even more pro-| when compared with when collections , an increase of more than $ | Pas: rs using the bridges! last h jumped to 40,078, the largest. monthly since the Oversea: was con- structed, so fa Citizen can recall. The i 1 than 7,000 comp: 8 in December Pa cars brid mor compared h 3,854 ber, 1944 other vehicles numbered 3,6 in December of a year ag DELINQUENT TAXES ON MONTHLY BASIS MANAGER EXPLAINS: DELINQUENTS MUST PAY IN: CASH BEFORE FEBRUARY 20 OR SIGN AGREEMENT FOR MONTHLY PAYMENTS number going over the h totalled 11,348 Dec motor to 3, in 940 th quent taxe King said be no discrimina- of delin- nager Dave collecting City Mar to in order not convey to’ the com- permitting delinquent the meth- said a wrong rr impre action ta oc King today M Reyes « comm King continued, “In the $700 which the authorized on a plan of $100 lis action was the commission at Tues- Mr. King asked to everyone and sion taken b day's me is applied enjoy the deduc- payments of de- to 1937, one city before agree- ent taxes install- September 1, i and add- t will cancel payment of delinquent ng any payments. to $2,100 the mini- month is whole or $300 on u t int iding deduc nent each id in erday pay- onth of their King said SHERIFF SAWYER ORDERED TO BED WITH BAD FOOT sons h, ger ye secure Be this In wyer was morning by _ his remain abed until elieved of blood poisoning his right foot heriff Sawyer said that he first Noticed*Swelling inthe foot dufing a trip to Ocala, a few! days ago,. when he Parried a patient to the state hospital in The first two days, 02 turning home, he went 1, and the condition oy the foot became worse. ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY HALL (Colored) - Center St. - Thursday “SUNDAY SINNERS” All-Negro Cast | consideration of any one group! | ed up by city, commission and the | | before Rotary Club today. for equitable consideration for all Che Kris: THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Cittiern IN TH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1946 TO SIGN PARKING. | METERS CO! CONTRACT, The Council of Social Agencies REQUEST TAXI DRIVERS SUB- ee speaker Robert R. Nathan at their monthly luncheon meét® MIT ‘PARKING STANDS ing to be held at the Municipal Hospital Friday noon. WISHED SO OVERALL PARK- Mr. Nathan resigned Decem- ING PLAN CAN BE DRAWN Per 31, as Deputy Director of ; War Mob lization and Reconver- | — {sion and has recently returned ' i "MANAGER SAYS | EQUALITY FOR ALL CITIZENS WILL NOT CATER TO JUST ONE GROUP; STREET RE-, PAIRS AFTER EQUIPMENT! Ig FIXED {from the Middle East where he City Manager Dave King will’ made an economic and social bring before next city commis- survey of conditions among the ision meeting Tuesday of next peoples of the liberated coun- week the contract of Rhodes| tries. Mr. Nathan visited Key |Company and ask that the mayor | West before the war when he and city clerk be empowered to; WS associated with the Depart- sign the contract. {ment of Commerce as Chief of Initial installment of the me- ithe National Income Division. ters is free of charge to the city} He resigned as Chairman of the jand receipts will go toward pay- | Advisory Board of the War Pro- ments for the meters. | duction Board to enter the Army City Manager Dave King em-!ers and taxi companies submit | Mr. King asked that taxi driv- /and wh'le recuperating from a ASK COMMISSION ‘ROBERT R. NATHAN WILL SPEAK AT. | COUNCIL OF-SOCIAL AGENCIES MEET | back injury at Walter Reed | Hosgital. in Washington wrote this’ popular book Mobilizing for Abundance. Only two weeks ago Mr. Nathan rejected the posi-! * tion of Administrative Assistant | to President Truman in order} that he might spend some time in Key West to absorb the rays of healthful sunshine and rest up from his strenuous wartime activ.ties. ‘ { The Executive Committee of the War Fund and Community Chest will meet with the Coun- cil to discuss distribution of | local funds collected. George A. Bratigam, Executive Director ot the State Committee will attend | the meeting to report on the results of the state and nati coal drive. immediately requests for park- j; fing areas ‘so that these areas may ; ibe ineluded in a parking plan to | |e submitted to’ City commission | phasized a policy of overall view- ing of problems rather than the} and stated that he must be back-] shortly. “This plan ‘should show taxi people in general, in an address}stands ‘which have ‘been in op- eration or are in contemplation ( for ‘parking taxicabs ‘so™thit the} »Thosc Key locations which are’ wished "may'}ed*“citizens, to various city positions.” I am: be. studied in the field andpro-participate in PAPERS''TO Wester who registered to county. elections “I will not take political affilia-| tion in considering appointments regardless of one’s position” Mr King added that he may be pushed around a_ bit along his path and that perhaps one or the! | other thing will have to be done} ' first but when the circle is com- pleted the justice for all will be! ROUGHT ABOUT OVER DE-| evident. | if | able to accomplish only that| Visions for them carried in the |from 1914 to early in 1933, when which the people wish and which| Plan to be submitted.” |John England became supervisor they have been demanding for _ of registration, and all other nat- Years and years,” Mr. King said uralized citizens in the county assure you I will stand firm TROOPS STAGE sulloy wish toy vote Grates snow ‘ : their naturalization papers when DEMONSTRATI N they go to the county. courthouse for that purpose, Mr. England said today. AT HONOLULU | “In requiring that I be shown! ithe naturalization papers,” Mr. ae England stated, “I am doing only {what the law requires me to do,” He anticipated that a good many of the oldtimers may find it hard to locate their papers and Introduced by Commissioner! LAY IN THEIR LEAVING . W. Demeritt who stated that) 4 42 applications, were considered eM lea IN STATES FOR POINTS in selecting Mr. King. Regarding. streets Mr. King said that it will be necessary to get equipment in shape first be- (tig. Anuncintea Frenn) fore doing the overall job. For the} HONOLULU, Jan. 10. — Two present patching is considered. “I! thousand five hundred American must start on one street when we! troops, stationed here, staged/ a begin scarifying and sure as any-| demonstration over’the delay in thing I'l have sameone ‘come to) their leaving for home, ‘but the me and say: that I did it because| gemonstration was a quiet one of’ so.. and, so on that certain! egmpared to that held in Manila , street..’ eee two days ago. { Rotarians. visiting were Wilionay Speakers for the troops said H. Cowman of-Greenfield, Don P. they did not. blame General Johnson of Wake Forest, N.C, | Richardson,. their. commander, Visitors were Don. P. Johnston} for the home-going delay, but Wake Forest, N. {placed the blame. on the War Visitors were: City Manager \ Department, for what the troops Dave King, Dr. John B. Hayes, | called “unnecessary redtape.” Lt. Col. Alvin R. Moore, Edwin} statement issued by the H. Stirk of ,Miami, Virgil H.}troops said they did not see any Shepard, legal advisor of NOB;reason for the continued “occu- | : ugustine, Irving Rapa-| pation of friendly countries, such | as Hawaii, the Philippines and / China.” ! ORDER ISSUED.‘ 10. CHINESE TWEEN! TWO! (SIDES KRE| EVER of Ss (ity Assoetated Press) CHUNGKING, Jan. i0—Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and communist leaders this morning issued “cease firing” order to! central government and com- jaune troops. SMALL FIRE AT | sae sated that Manis. a HOPKINS’ HOME | su. s: “amnacaces cons cause of Ambassador George A. small fire, cau caused from STRIKE CONFINED TO NEW YORK CITY an (Marshall's suggestions J electric wire, at the home of Wil- i a hurriedly called meeting last The strike of A. C. A. (CIO) !liam Hopkins in the 1300 block |night, when it appeared that ces- Telegraph workers is confined/on Elizabeth street, between |Sation of hostilities would not be to greater New York City, it! South and United streets, ,,was|declared today because of minor was ‘Stated today by S. A.|the cause of calling youti the, five | giteerences ‘ ona Jones, manager, of the Western {department this morning at,10:15 | ti f the y Union Telegraph Company. jo'clock. The’ smaMf! blaze. was | {Ve of the nationalists and com- The local ‘effect of the strike is.) quickly extinguished, with prac | munists. that telegrams to and from New } tically no dathage’ resulting t The only movement of Chinese} York City are subject to indef-\the property. . yj A\} troops today are those in Man- inite delay, Mr. Jones said. The alarm was sounded from — churia who are effecting the oc- Telegraph traffic to and from; box 34, situated! Ut the corner of cupation of that country by ‘the all other points in the United = and Simonton streets. ' Chinese, is moving at normal speed. | Four main points of the agrec- Cable and radio traffic | ment are the guarantee of all European and South American | Chinese aaginst illegal ai t; all | Effective January Ist, 1946 FRONT PAGE points, normally handled through rest; all political parties are put || ADVERTISING RATES the New York gateway has been on an equal footing under the interrupted as a result of the law; the popularization of dem- New York str:ke. ocratic teaching, and the release Are As Follows: Transient Commercial $¢}00 Per PYTITITIIit ttt lll of political prisoners. Rate In an addr Chiang said that} WANTED TWO or MORE the objective of the agreemnet, in the re-etsablishment of peace, Kitchen and Dining Room Help of All Kinds { ' { Consecutive $-g 5: Insertions _... ioxt of Fort Bragg, N. C.; Frank- = fices in Atlanta; Enrique Esquin- aldo,-Jr., and Captain Maher of} ashington between NOTICE To Adamtisers 042%444444444444444.) | PALACE THEATER | GENE AUTRY in “UNDER FIESTA STARS” News and Serial i A i int nena cal ae 3a ah i i I ! ! i | ! he | a| | is to promote the welfare of the Apply to Chef people under a democratic gov- NATURALIZED: CITKZENSY MUST: SHOW ) REGISTER AS“'VOTERS rs, bn ioaries others may not be able to finui Georee, CEASE FIRING’ }iKARDEN YET TO'BE SETTLED, Hows made at! { Y them. vy} A former part owner of), The, Citizen, who has resided in Key West 68 of his 70 years, when told }this morning that he must pro- j quce his naturalization papers | (“I doubt if I will be able to fin them.” }An the old days, Mr. England | explained, before he became s | pervisor, the only question, in re- gard to citizenship, that was ask- ; ed was, “Are you a citizen of the ' ‘United States?” If the answer iwas “Yes”, and ail other uire- | ments were complied with, a, man was permitted to register,' but it is not that way today. { FAVORS (MIQUOR LICENSE “(SINGLY JUDGED se da MINOR °'‘DIFFERENCES agg ‘ops FEEL THIS ORDINANCE ous helpful attitudes...» { Al - CARRIES,; TOO... WIDE GSCOPE", sSTATES IN DIS- CUSSING LOST, ORDINANCE acer: 1 | Ina statement to The Citizen |today Hunter Harden, city com-j} 4 missioner said that he believes | that each liquor permit in the | city should be voted on separate- | ly and that an ordinance should} j not be ail inclusive on these mat- ! ters. At city commission meeting | | Tuesday night Harden voted with | | Demeritt and Cooper against the | liquor ordinance which would} | have abolished zoning restrictions ; {on restaurants of 100 seat ae ity dispensing liquo! | Mr. Harden state | | “The article in yesterday's’ Cit- jizen ‘Harden Switehtb ) ‘Vote?! fails. to. explain the ordinahec in’ question, and I wish tg maké this | ; ordinance Known in order that all | partics concerned will know my reason for voting asv{ did. The 1 \ ordinance presented at Tuesday's | ! meeting abolishes! Jiquor zoning and authorizes the granting of jHquor license to anyone operat- | {ing a restaurant anywhere in the! | City of Key West, just so they are | 300 feet from a school or church, and have not less than 100 seat I fecl that this ordin- | carries too wide cope, | land that each applicant should be j considered and studied before- be- \ing granted or denied a license. | . “I agree with the ordinance in the abolishment of zoning as this denies some who have respect- able businesses from obtaining aj license. I feel each applicant and business should be studied indi- | vidually before being granted or ; denied a license. I believe a wide | |scope.. ordinance of this kind ishould not be passed, because it Himits' the authority of opposing | undesirable - establishments.” Hunter S. et ee) | PIONEER HOTEL: 151 N. E. 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HODGE, Manager Tn mm ————e | sia deci COMFORT 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. ‘Doar, GEORGE, NE WSPAPER CREATION, | tions of officialdom, ! which beset Salt Lake’s citizenry. | have dead trees removed, } ual training aboard the; E USA PRICE FIVE CENTS Prime Minister. Attlee Cites Danger Of Atomic: Bomb And Many Other Weapons Invented | IV VV TOS SHEKS TO REFORM SALT LAKE CITY roe ke Assembly Of U. esi Auentive ene To Woes; amis Explanation N. Organization (By. Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 10. — Prime ‘Minister, Clement Attlee made an address this morning, at the first meeting, of” the general assembly of the United ‘Nations Organiza Aaa Anam, Cd SAPAPLPAL LA AASO LOLOL LL: po BysLARRY J. HALL | Vice, that the woman check with AP New oveatures |. the seller who ‘probably « recorded SALT LAKE CITY, Jan, 10.— the numbers. gremlinish ~character’ . Another woman got a list of n and an enor-\ bookstores and a list of market tion, that, in part, wa: aid to by ench; has instituted a mak: requirements for her old books. | rentlincende 8 kicker: Lin sags ain saad 5 ‘The mother of ‘four children a ‘ Seabees hor reform movement in Utah's’ \ioce father is with the Army of coln's speech at Gettysburg. capital. sized (about three! Occupation in Japan wanted it‘ He said the nations of the {born full-sized (about inige telephone “because the store is world are now faced with the Salt Lake City Telegram last Oct f0U" blocks away and winter is. question of life or death, not only 22, George daily leads anaten-. COmuee aa ae | because of the discovery of the tive ear to the woes of the com-’ George to Mountain States Tci- atomic bomb but also because of dsetructive weapons that : = Air : ana. ePhone Co., to the veteran's wife | other eave ene iene acing | —ar altruistic double play. j were invented during the last ' war. Now, he i On the fixer’s relayed recom- world declared, mendation, waitresses have been’ man, through his inventive ge i ous | a asked to. wear hair nets, gophers | nius, has elevated himself to a ing a woman what to do about ‘have been chased from lawns and plane where he can destroy ancl Heer nine hig several weeks’ Movie balconies have been open-|be destroyed with greater facili- a jatence: George Wane Hesarien A ec to the public. lity and in larger measure than Jeanine a > for the problems _.The last action was the result | ever before. cleanings Dounce! P of a movie-goer’s query as to why} Attlee said he Na ik con ‘i i . he upper regions of the thea-) trol of atomic energy by the ll. Kim), Blaits ater per tee igen ens sometimes.{ man commission, and either it neite,. Telegram Tae a aa {A theater chain manager ex-|must,be directed wholly in ir George's, parson? a tive ‘plained that’ hé éouldn’t “imag-| dustrial channels,or man will le five, hes hed to. be, selective vio Wy anvone would sit in the |destraved "by his own ~ device about rofprring Pail if@ the lite balcony if'there was room ‘in the | Great géod ‘ean be accomplished} fle men in the strined overalls.) oreo. but he promised 16 ar-,on the onic hand, and destruction since his correspondence start- jrange matters: ‘of life and’ property can be done ed to increase. — | A returned veteran who had |0n‘a vaster scale than man cver Telegram artist Shelby Holla- had dreamed ‘of *before, on the been a bomber crewman want- y maneuvers: George into vari--g4°to study aeronautical engi- }other hand. Cnemeans life, and man to decide which it shall be. neering so George got him adult education pamphlets on The assembly was convened in the subject, the offerings ‘of | the historic Westminster Palace, Idtal edlleges ‘and a list) of | and representatives of 51 nations recommended colleges’ else- | Were present. Attlee pointed out that the, meeting was possible where: Even ¢hildren utilize the man}beCcause countless thousands bled weeds with the strived overalls for get-|and died to save the world from burned or buses stopped at partic- ting information. the rule of inhuman aggr , ular corners. of who yearned for power, ad eye kein ina pueniniae fuatiey denid) eens ‘slaughtered theii fellows in try- George when a woman wrote she complete Tist of public} ing te it, sidentally destroyed several war recreation facilitie near their To honds by fire without knowing home and at the same time the] War, he ~.d, justice and moral their seria! aumbers. general public learned what the|law must prevail, must beeom¢ The pixie called a local bank of- city had or was planning along living reality not only with | ficial and relayed in print, the ad- those: lines. people of the world generally. ;Peace is all-embracing, _ indi- visible, and “we must and will succeed in our endeavors to pre- serve it.” with a harried mie! From getting more stop sig installed for pedestrians to advis- George is'a.boon to, dischatsed + veterans who want information— on jobs, travel or:the-best ola¢e'th town to get ai50 cent meal. Home owners seek ‘hid out 04 bring pressur¢'on city officials ind newly arrived were provided n atoiit-powered a SUBMARINE. SQUADRON ‘TO BE | BASED HERE PERMANENTLY Fini practice HERE ANNOUNCED ‘TEN: SUBMARINES AND’ ae Death The Army ititioumed today “ONE SUBMARINE TEN-| Of, Harry Canty eee aoe eee oe ‘/DER ARRIVE IN JAN-) In Eastview, N. Y.| Ponds, Key ‘welt, Fidtida 9 a. , Raed any ' im. to 5 p.m. on January 14, 15 116. All’ vessels and a‘reraft are MORROW | .cBhe Gitizen. received tele- pram. ‘this afternoon from Grass- | lands Hospital, Eastview, N. Y., Pe oe Laie water area extending 25,000 i with a cerebral hemorrhage Sun-| Yards offshore “Salt Ponds, day and died shortly terward.| bounded by bearing 165 degrees He was assistant postmaster in| ttue from 24 degrees, 33 minutes sonel of 30 officers and 1200, Key West during the time that/21 seconds North Latitude ar enlisted men appointed. | George Bowne Patterson was/ 81 degrees, 46 minutes, 15 sec The squadron is expected Postmaster. He also conducted ajonds West Longitude, west to et 4 3 ; anu... Printing office in Key West, was| bearing 175 degrees true from pecs # einen Aha ea connected with the Artman Press| the same. point’ Maximum Or norrow. Captain V. A. Saun- a warned to remain clear of the ‘danger area. The danger area will be the Ten submarines and one submarine tender are on the way to Key West with per-; af neve. SaeH DAILY and _ SUNDAY To Serve Motorists ——fon—— 7 a.m, to 12 o’Clock Midnigh* Expert Mechanic At Your Service POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Sts. AL ARMENGOL, Manager as a printer for. many years. He/ dinate: 3,000 feet. Danger to all moray Caviaa. YS Same left here to reside in New. York) areraft below: this altitude over ers ale a e sa P squadron may not be here at turned for visits on several oc- a ' casions. | MANY SEAMEN LOST intention is to have one Cs s PP suede Macehchore pers CHICAGO. — More merchant manently. GULF TULF STREAM invasion of Mindoro, in the Phil- ippines than did soldiers, or ticipate in training, in ors who’ participated in the ac- ent ‘of I. Wiener | as a regular routine’ of: in @t Simonton... Ph. aes Navy aboard all ships, serv K BAR OPEN | ices to other activities, ce tain Saunders said. Ob SES MG 11 A. M. The subs are of the Fleet | ekixachecn 11:98 $0.2: B. 4 type which are the ape eDinner 5:30 to 9:30 P. M. qeeeemeeeeeeem, | A!) Baking Done lls ya a lot Biscuits rv ‘or NORTH BEACH INN | Breakfast and Lunch COFFEE SHOP | and Fraternal Orgaulzations Spanish Home-cooked DINNERS| prER and WINE SERVED | “DURING LEGAL HOURS City 20 years ago, and had re-| tho danger area. various periods but present j seamen lost their lives during the “The squadron will marines which is carrie: an Hi ABESTAUR von Pay*Atourid the Clock as the Sound School’ ” the Navy now has. Meals a la Carte, at All Hours We Cater to Weddings. Parties eFull-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m.) { AS