The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West . 15 Che_ et THE SOUTHERNMOST NE ae WSPAPER IN TH — — WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1946 E USA « ost egiabi roamed wi 7 TS phice FIVE CENTS Truman Ting To Adust Differences Between Steel Plants And Union Forces PRESIDENT SCHEDUL- SSBB SSDS Sa a ED TO HOLD CONFER- | Open House For ENCE THIS AFTER-| Winter Visitors NOON oe 7 . a look riday Evening (iy Associated Prexs) Open ‘House will be held Ww 4INGTON, Jan. 17. — Frday night. at 7:30 o’clock Pres. Truman is scheduled to! at the Women’s USO for the have a conference this afternoon, first open house of the win- with Benjamin Fearless, presi-|. ter season in Key West. dent of United States, Steel, and} Open houses wete..a reg- Philip Murray, head of the CIO,',, ular. feature of Key. West to try to adjust the differences, socia] life each winter sea- between the steel plants and}. soh Jbefote the war,, The the union. rai bernie which will } Steel corporations have offer- the auspices. , ed their 700,000 workers an in-| ssocia- crease of 15 cents an hour, but! tion ig planged .as a regular. the union is demanding four| | affair, and one-half percent more, | aie will be serv- which President Fea assert-} ed tomorrow night. The club ed the plants are unable to meet; is at the corner of Caroline unless they operate at a loss. ‘ and Duval streets. He will agree to the advance | in wages, he stated, if the com-, SESE S 3.2 FS 8 3 panies are permitted to in- | crease the prices of steel to con- form with the wage advance. Lighter Policy Should all steel companies the United $ } oun |. On Sailormen| would mean r 2 ae total $63,000,000 an- TROUBLE MAKING TO BE NIPPED IN BUD, KING SAYS | | New Declaration |. sniay po lavy and city poliee forces Against Hirohito are cooperating in ‘having sailors, taken ‘away by shore patrol for ‘ces before they cause trouble, Wee ys City Manager King said today. TODAY BY OFFICIALS} When a sailor becomes drunk o jor is apparently about to start OF AUSTRALIA AND trouble it will be the poficy of city patrolmen to summon shore patrolmen whenever that the trouble maker j taken away rather trouble. In no case will a city police- man lose his dignity or disergard a case where an arrest should be made. The present move is mere- ly to stop trouble before it starts,” Washington and. Mr. King said. to the effect that nd New Zealand prob- 1 Hirohito off of pressure on them by the nd Great Britain. 550,000 man da out that China jng 3,300,000 man-days. filed a_ similar _ ohlio, a sey OST IL OL, and Great Three Key West Girls’ Work In Literary, Mag MADE NEW ZEALAND may be than cause made Emperor Hirohi- mber 1 war criminal in TIME REQUIRED Brooklyn,—The designing cross ist bece to be i States pointed had inst I of be Unit It ecentl chafge the Ch garding the im- etaining Hirohito as pan during its ‘transi- Three Key West girls made the pages of “The Epaulet”, > = ; ene are College for» « 4 d ‘omen’s literary magazine. Panel Formed) “rm tearoom: ae prize-winning short story entitled “Satidy” by Neal Ayala which tells of col-" orful local Conch talk. Miss Ayala is a sophomore at FSCW who has joined the Glee Club, Alpha Phi Sigma. Canterbury Club, and is di- rector of music from Station WMWC. Information GROUP NAMED TO REPRE- | | W. Sellers, chairman of the | West Price Cantrol Board, SENT PRICE CON- TROL BOARD J 2y announced the formation Sarah Bowser, a freshman of an Information’,Panel made! from Key West. is a journ- up of representative Key West; alism major, member of the citizens. Mary Washington players. Members of the: ‘panel, whose and publication “Bullet.” She job will ber temikwep the public) has written the poem “From informed in gmmfters of price| The War Years” in the Epau- control, are as follows: let. Horace O'Bryant, chairman; A third is the essay “The Roy Dulion, representing; Perfect Hostess” by Harriette an's Club: Mrs. C. Haskins, Tyler, who is a junior from Yorktown, Virginia, but who is known in Key West and ' is related to Mr. and Mrs. Bascom Grooms of this city. Miss Tylér is a member of the Cotillion Club and the sorority Alpha Phi Sigma. As space permits these: poems and stories will be published in The Citizen. OI MT (Ld ing schools: L. P. Ai representing the press C. T. Howes, representing the churches; Gerald Saunders, | represent'ng men’s clubs, and | John M. Spottswood, represent-! ing radio. | In Rev addition, _ Miss _ Yvanne | Brown, Chief Clerk of the Board, has appointed Miss Mildred; pherd of the Board to act! as Information Clerk. <atienimeaiibtligulinccbteas NORTH BEACH INN COFFEE SHOP eFull-Ccurse DINNER, 6-8 p.m.' *Spenish Home-cooked DINNERS| COCKTAIL LOUNGE by Reservation '____ Opens. 5 PM. Daily. SRN et > RUE RTT SLA TS cceticeei_ciniaiisienenemeinaiatioones | CASA CAYO HUESO | (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and possible so; the battleship Missouri required! nd the build-! Bernie €. Papy Announces For: | Representative | | C.rES A FEW wars HIS ACCOM-' PLISHMENTS DURING © 12 YEARS, OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICE Bernie C. Papy. wo has rep- ‘resented Monroe county in the ‘legislature for 12 years, today imakes his formal announcement ito succeed himself, subject to the May primary. In discussing his candidacy, Mr. Papy said: “I am a member of 10 com- mittees in the house, including |the two most important comit- tion, and am the chairman of the ;Public Amusements Coramittee ing, to racetracks and | amusements. Monroe, county jt iS "year, may receive more than ; $50, 000,. fron. .racetrack:. funds’; to be. divided: equally -between, pub- lie, schools, and, the Spenser: ernment. } “I am in line to. become seek jer protem in the 1947 legisla- ture, an honor that comes through {seniority. Elbert Stwart and I are the oldest members in the house, in point of service, and at the last session 1 withdrew in his favor.to become speaker pro-tem, and at the coming session he will ido likewise in my favor. “Voters in Monroe county,. I feel confident, are aware that it is only through seniority that a member can have the signal hon- lor of being identified, at the sarne time, with two such’ outstanding jcommittees as those on rules and jfinance and taxation. Imore important than that fact is my participating in six successive sessions of the legislature I have. familiarized myself with all the details of the procedure in .the louse and have made. contacts jthat can be acquired only through experience. “Last session I introduced bill designed to remove tolls from cur bridges, sand it. passed the House 94'to-1, but because we had no senator from this district , (Senator Franklin was in our vountry’s arméd services), the »; bill died. in the senate. \It‘is not nece: ‘y to» go+into' details of ;the great benefits ‘that would ac; crue to our county were the tolls iremoved, as everybody is aware fof. that circumstance, and it is my jintention to re-introduce the bill at the next session of the legi: lature and, with senatorial help from our district, I feel confident the bill will pass both the house and the senate, “I am a member of a group representatives from farming dis- tricts and coastal c@8unties, and we have pledged ourselves to a bloc for the passage tof a law that will remove three nis of the gasoline tax, which is applied to roads, from the gas-! oline used in farming implements! and commercial fishing boats: I have passed’ all-bills that have been presented t6é fhe by Monroe county °fishefmen? ‘afd spongers;)! and, as! the hatteidte Well aware, Tihave foughtesueee: lly for 1 years’ totke’piGreekXbongers out of thetwaters of the ‘Florida Keys. “T cwill taliscess' “my-candid day, batodengthy during’ the: campaign, yeonverging on = ‘this question: Which is to be preferred—experi- ence or inexpei:ence?” \French Prosecutor Nazi Activities (By Axsociated Prexs) NURENBERG, Jan. 17— The French Prosecutor at the trial of 20 Nafis on charges of having committed war crimes, accused the Nazis to- day ofhaving sent 400,000 bs i eae Belgiums and into slavery ‘in Se ear qave. details, in'a vere cue statement to the court, of #8 a wererewee: (Colored) - Cented St. - Thursday “BROKEN STRINGS” All-Negro Cast y Serial: ‘The Trail of the Mounted’ im tees, rules and finance and taxa- : that considers legislation pertain- | other , But even| |the further fact that, because of! Relates Story Of ' (Vk CONCH: I | We t m | ee | | i | “REP. BEANIE: C. PAPY Registration. Dek Goes On For May P Primary: | THUS FAR 359 ELECTORS HAVE REGISTERED IN COUNTY WITH SUPERVISOR JOHN ENGLAND Registration for the Demo- cratic primary to be held’ in May passed the 350 mark today, which Supervisor John England ‘considered a fairly good show-" ing in view. of the fact. that the books wll not be closed: ‘till. April 20. Interest is developing fest in the coming primary, judging by , the “talk “heard in: the -county courthouse. As regards the regis tration, many ‘remarked; that they were aware that, they: had more than two months. dn iAwhieh « to qual fy, were anxious to do so pow and “be done. with <it??s Chances were Fromising thatthe ieee |in the county would exceed that jof 4,916 qualified to vote in the c:ty, election last November 6. It was explained that possib!y some oldtime Key Westers will ‘not be able to qualify because of their inability to find their vaturalizat'on papers. ! MOTOR VEHICLES | CHICAG can motor vehicles, pri consumed 89 | per cent of the natior’s gasoline, 89 per cent of i bber, 73: per centof its plategla: 3 per cent of, its, leather, dkopen-cent: of ‘its . Maleable..irans, dapper ecent of “its | Steak ang, Idyipe: sia of its cott fon. Ir | ! Dr. John Dewey, world known philosopher, his daughter and son-in-law and Mrs. Gran- ville Smith of Missouri, have-ar-; rived for the winter. | Dr. Dewey is visiting at the home of Mrs. Robbie Grant. Perhaps America’s greatest philosophers and one of the most advanced thinkers in the world today, Dr? Dewey is author of | many books on philosophy ,whith j stresses the theme of following the dictates of good human na- ture. Dr. Dewey which reviewed the,case ‘of Trot- sky, exiled leader from. Russia, and, whom the board exonerated of,.any «eulpability during: ‘his. Russian regime. Later Trotsky AIR-CONDITI ‘ The New Cocktail aac BREAKFAST Served from . LUNCHEON Served from DINNERS Served from jin government adding. that stheyiod was on the board . o Now Featvring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by _— ‘s Orchestra HUGH G..HODGE, Manager Housing Shortage Diffi- cult | Robert R. Nathan, well known, financial circles! {in Washington, and visiting Key West for the fifth time, said to-; day at Rotary Club meeting that) he expects the present strikes to! be settled within the next six weeks. | Three problems before the, country today concerns price, ¢ontrol, labor disputes and new: construction. Following | settle- ment ithere should be tive y ‘}af' prosperity, he added. Regar jing dabor Mr. Nathan vsaid he’ believed’ that the: steel dispute, Would: !soon. ‘be settled’ ana that Shortly, the: rest (would: follow, be cause (steelt” affect’ ‘so! many.,.in+ dustries. Fhe'ireal: question :matk ‘in Washington rightinow: he sa is how much to raise “wages without raising prices. His per- ' sonal conviction is that wages of employees can be raised “just a little’* Perhaps also some little boost in prices, he said. H Regarding prices he said the most tragic thing which could hapen at this time is to fold up Mr. OPA which should function for at least 12-18 months yet before ; the country is ina more normal ' state. The Housing shortage is one of the most serious problems before the country right now. Three to four milion housing units are needed badly and never have we produced. more than 300,000 a ear, im‘\this country! \/before , ‘There are. also matcrials'shorta- ‘ges,*he added. Mr. Nathan was introduced by ‘Trevor, First’\National Bank. Rotarian present was Mae Goldbers-from Chicago, Mingis, 4 Guests: present’ were D. .L Brown of Washington, D. C. Dr! F. E, Bowser of Key West, Col- onel Alvin R. Moore of the Army and Lieutenant V. H. Shenend. oft “Naval Operating Base. ,, Compromise In Case With OPA Nog Men ¢ Philip H. Harris, intennation| executive with the OPA in this erea, advised The Citizen today that the case the OPA had against the Poinciana Food Cen-j ter in Key West has beon com-! promised. Seven counts, Mr. Harris s: were filed against the cente bosed on exceeding price c ings, and the proprietor agreed. to pay* $50 on each count, or aj total of $350.00 Settlement“wad mad’ through | Paul doHymaitt:!'chid: attorney “with! the? OPA ' Dr. Johy\Dewey; Woitd Renowned. vb Philosopher, Returns For Winter | } | was murdered in Mexico by ter-; rorists. | Ontée-a teacher, Dr. Dewey is: very sympathetic with youth and| eagerly watches them develop. | The noted teacher and philoso-} pher has been coming to Key| West since 1937 which was short- | ly after the bridges were open. { He has ben returning every win- { ter since. i The weather here is kindly to} the doctor who is elderly and | who appreciates the good health} available here to him. | His daughter has been visiting! Key West with him each year.' She is renowned in the field. ot les: seience and is working’‘in ‘scien-' tifie fields’ which promise diss, eAmeeeee. CONCHA SPECIAL’ 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. | 5 Years Of ‘Prosperity, ‘ President of eed f fenforcemants: im —_ ns Jon khe.fizst fish, ef the day was? caught) by: Alby Fieger fappine VVV VIII VIF II TTT ‘eNOS NOW. Fred Dion States atte Will Take Job As Tax Assessor Oath Of Office Expected "POO OOO MLS) Today: Final Conference #}y-jfish Woulec Being Held With City Give UNO 3 Of Manager ; | { | Soe spit, (Ry Assocraied Press) ‘LONDON, Jan. 17. — The BHtish government, anndunc- ed foday that it offered Xo turn over contro three HERE ted colon'es ih Africa “to” the “United Nations Or- gahi faba if “asstirahce is given’ that British business interests in the colon‘es are protected. The government also stat- ed that it hed decided to make Tranjordania a free state, In a statement issued to The’ Citizen this afternoon Fred Jj ‘Dion, formic: postmaster * and! well Known, reaityman in Key; Westi’ ahnounted that’he has ed cided’ to'takée the: position of tax assessor Of the.city of Key West.! Final conference is being held} this afternoon with city manager, Dave King in which salary ques- | tions will be settled. Mr. King has indicated that. Mr. Dion is a fine man for the| job with a wealth of experiente} on the duties of the job. Upon! Dion’s shoulders will fall the’ g responsibility of bringting the PII LISS SF 8 Cs, property tax rolls of the city up! to one hundred per cént valua-) tion for the first time in the ed in many years. The city charter calls for a A millage rate in the city at most! and this meant that the tax rolls; would have to be brought up to! \CONDUCTED HERE UNDER’ one hundred percent valuation. The county ‘has already’ brought} SPONSORSHIP OF JAY- CEE GROUP ‘Blood Bank Suecess Here their ‘rolls up to true’ valuation.| Sam: Pinder Jr. has indicated that he will ‘take the job of as- stant to Mr. Dion at a salary of 19 a month. Mr. Pinder has} ed that he will keep the rec- blood One hundred donations <ty four ecived during we onde of the cffice and will neh the two-day visit of the blood formulate policys bank of Dade County. rr has st The visit’ of bile unit for br gi ie visi 0! the mobile uni s will rest on) Wiis “Sponsored by tne Junior himealls Mn ‘Dita andi the city “Chamb commissiqnes DE. Oath -of- Office: is expented to! be. administered today. pints of blood to its credit “with “/ the blood bank in Miami. Dr. Parramore of the Monroe ITT IOS TIS. | County Health Clinic, privided the use of the clinic and its facil- ities to the blood bank. Examination of the donors was made by Dr. Guy Steddard, med- ical director of the Dade County blood bank. Technicians working latch Large Jewfish With Tiny Bait Fich, fish, fish of all shapes ; with Dr. Stoddard were: Mr: and sizes ... at least that's Frankie Benjamin, Mi onnie what the Estimators and asisos and = Mrs. Lucile Planners expected tocatch on | Assisting Dr. Stoddard their recent fishing trip on | was Mr. Tom O Connor. the Keys Bridges. : Members of the Jayshees were Being the exclient estima:. | om hand to assist in clerical ters that they are, an amaz- | work and serui nents ing amount of the finny trjbe, | duritié WOW key dr were actually caught., Using the age-old custom of. cutting OUP « sthein catch) \for bait) ones. , (fig ded aosanother as fit! were: to leaving Key West, gmbers, ef the ae yehee ed with the,pblod bank com- ties were; Mrs. Jac’. Yelaney, | president,; Mrs Keru. | Mrs, Charles Wardlo' s. Wil- lie - Steed, Mrs. Durward Tyu Mrs. Daniel Lopez, and Mrs. F » consisting... of |! 18-ineh +1) grouper, then pints theigtoup- {4 er for bait. a baby: jewfish was caught, using the baby fish for bait, a monstrous nine-and-a-half-foot jewfish was. caught by Harry Hay- seek: | ra Rheuda. ths 40: Maliy'a- bee Through the arrangements ot Aeccrding to: Masys berry. | 5; 'Stadderd: each™oxor ‘during. viewpoint, it looked like a whale, whether frightened or the drive was presented with a wary of such a large Friday (Pair of “hard-to-get” nylon dinner, Mr. Haytock gave the Stockings. : fish away, much to the dis- Through the cooperation of the naval and civilian authorities a large number of naval person- | nel and civilian workers respond- ; ed to.the call for the urgent need of fresh blood. During their stay in Key West appointment of his tellow fishermen. According to reports from a reliable source, Harry Hay- tock fought an excéedingly long time to land his prize jewfish catch. He kept yell» Dr. Stoddard ing for RichdrdWood's No. 2; joyed a fishing trip in the waters derrick to Help’ pull it in! ; around Key West. Enthusiastic Among those prevent whe | over their good luck, plans have caught about-fifteen*dssorted: ¥ already been made for another i fishing trip in about two weeks. To Serve You DAILY and SUNDAY pointed We ee at 7 A.M. and Remain til Midnight . 7 Days A Week ” POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division and Francis ‘Sts. Open Sunday Phone 9134 7 CGA NOES TRE |’ PALACE THEATER Rod Cameron: in egades of the Rio Grande’ News and Serial | | ‘Ren Being Made 10. <=. Solution To Meat Packers ‘Strike Their Colonies r of Commerce whichi abel} ready has one hundred forty‘ ond * commissioner. "the Dat Lewin; and his party en-j ind lanetiee FROM DIFFER- | ENT ORGANIZATIONS HOLDING CONFER- ENCE TODAY | (Ry Assoeinted Press) | WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Rep- |resent: ive of the big four pack- pine . panies, jeaders of the CIO and AFofL unions and gov- feel representatives are. in je nference this afternoon trying {t ind a solution to the meat ‘packers’ strike. | Company officials agserted that ,they would’ be. unable to meet | the un‘ons” demand-of 17% cents jan ‘hour unless the cdmpanies are’ ‘permitted to increage pri jmeats to offset the” ini i ithe cost of labor, The offic fered an incréase of an hour. A dispatch was receivd here mall packing house in which officials stated nect the union de- they permitted to in- a mand we i the price of meats cne- cent a pound a larger plant in Ka the employes are mer rs of an independent union, the po- lice this morning broke through picket lines to make an opening for the men, who are not on strike, to resume their work, Sim- ilar action was taken in Memphis \at a non-union te SnOD ‘Distributing | ye ‘Copies: SHOWN TO BE IN INTEREST OF WELFARE OF CHILDREN ; Maa oa} thousaod 4 pies of Florida ikws relating. enildrgn are be- ing’ distributed, by the florida Congress, of Parents.and 'f ers to groups. and. age s in- “terested in the welfare: of child; ren, the booklet w: cooperative proje piled in a ; Of the state’ P.-T. of .whi s. Walter H. Beckham - is ident and Mrs. Dial, o of Miami, is juvensie:-pro- tion chairman, Attorney Gene ral a separate list of Yaws which affect Burns of his office to: make children. Also assisting were the State Department of Edu of which Dr. Colin English is head and the State Welfare | Board. with Leland Hiatt as Juvenile , courts, dfs the ; depo 3 bot anh ,wDepartment of Education will thdve 7 3,508 for priné county superintendents. school-boards. Welfare agencies incliding. the __ District Welfare Boa will have 2,500 for refer- ence. riotida P.-T. A. will furn- io pouce departments, patriotic organizations, libraries, colleges, women’s clubs, newspapers and others with the rémaining 3,000. Laws are listed in eleven ¢' = ifications including. parents and children, birth certificates, mar- ‘riage, divorce and custody of children, state institutipns for children, delinquent, dependent and neglected children, child labor, public free -education, , child ¢ocial welfare, protection of children, offenses against women and children, miscellaneous. Ir, *' “orward the two-P.-T. A. leade “press the wish the bookle. fl be a friendly aid toward better protection for | Florida’s children and a, means | Of informing the citizens.in order give ~ future citizens better to |151 N. E, FIRST. STREET aes TRS... SERVICEMEN.