The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 23, 1946, Page 1

oo Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 20 Secretary Of State Byrn Cals Meeting Of Big Fite In London This Afternoon PROPOSED GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES: ARE TO CONSIDER} ATOMIC CONTROL | on | 23. — James} (By Asso LONDON, Jan. Byrnes, secretary of state in} the United Sta who is at-| tending the conferences, here .of | the United Nations Organ i tion, this morning called al meeting of the Big Five to be} held late this afternoon. | Foreign. ministers.. or — secre- | taries of the, United States, ! Great Britain, Russia, France! and China will attend the meet- ing to cons-der, primarily, atom- | control, three other major issues, about which there | have been differences at the O conférences, will be con- sidered by the Big Five. ed Press) { | ic Two or | Makes Shipment Of Oid Clothing, thousand its of ola! i 500 pairs of old! shiped this morning| Key West Victory} Z Drive Committee, | an Gerald Saunders said afternoon hipment was addressed to J. Kaiser, chairman of the 1 Clothing Drive Com- hose warerooms are at 1 lane, New York City. er committee, Mr. said, will arrange im-; to send Key West's »ment for distribution among needy in Europe, Asia and Phillippines. Five The Saundc ediately the the | | John ee Dies Suddenly hn Glazier, 65, died ienly Tuesday morning while < on a house in Catholic’ Mr ter and r | Berry ted at 88-4 Poinciana, dent he body and had been a the past ye g sent toc by the Prit- ral Home to Lewis- funeral services | of October, » month consi: daught ef Poincia’ ‘ Mrs. Reader of ‘NashivinNei Tenn =. E. Woodard, Nashville, ¥ Daly, Huntsvill one Glazier of Tom Glazi- ; two grand- *. AIA 2222 2A Eighteen Japs Go On Trial (By Associated Prenn) HANKOW, Jan. 23.—Eigh- teen Japs went on trial here today in an American mili- tary court, charged with hav- ing murdered three American airmen-when.they were forgrc ed to; lands in: China during: the war. It is the fist timenthatslapsos have been triedeinian, Amerixi: 4 can military cowrt\in Chinas IIIS SS SSD Naval Station Safety Record Is Commended ' IN 1945 ACCIDENT FREQUEN- CY WAS 1.96, SEVERITY, 0.053; IN 1945 WAS 1.96 AND 0.053 Lt. Comdr. Underwood, form- Safety Officer and Cliff Raines, Civilan Safety Officer, are the proud possessors of a personal letter of recommenda- tion er tions and former Commander of the famous Task Force 58. The excellent accident preven- tion performance of the Naval Station, Key ‘West, during 1945 has been noted by F. G. Crisp, Chief, Office of Industrial Re- ations, with a great deal of satisfaction. The cumulative record for the year 1944 showed a frequency of 1431 and a severity of 4.217. This frequency was below the average for Naval Stations, and in general Ww fairly satisfactory, but asceptible of considerable im- 217, ho satisfacto: The outstanding improvement in both frequency and severity during 1945, being 1.96 and 0.053, respectively, as of the end and the month to ency in maintain- improvement is most ‘ver was obviously un- ing the worthy of recognition. | So, it was with, considerable pleasure and atisfaction,. that the Chief, OIR, commended the Commanding Officer and_per- sonnel of the Naval Station, Key West, for outstanding achieve- ment in accident prevention | during 1945, —Attendance at| meetings jumped; a 1 of 12,000,000 annual- { in 1920 to 46,000,000 in 1940. | Your Fenders} OIL SPRAY 2xa"cesi| it saves you buying a set of fenders Lou Smith Auto Service | White at Fleming Phone No, 5! Opposite Army Barracks 4 0442444444444444444 PALACE THEATER | BASIL RATHBONE in “The House Of Fear” News and Serial wy SALE--- SHIP SINKINGS CHICAGO,—One hundred and fourteen merchant ships were sunk by enemy submarines off coast of the U. S. during The BEACH INN RESTAURANT 800 Caroline at William St. | HOT MEALS Served 5:30 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. We now HAVE BEDS in our Dormitory for MEN ONLY at {$3.00 weekly. HOT and CO] D and { | WATER. Clean, ! . New Beds Mattresses. ) ~es 25% Off CLOSING OUT @ ALL GIFTS - TOYS - NOVELTIES TROPICAL TRADER Sawyer Radio & Appliance Company 718 Duval Street Phone 1000 from Mark A, Mitscher, ; Leputy Chief of Naval Opera: | \Would.,Gall Off Poll On! ENRIQUE ESQUINALDO WILL | BRING MATTER UP BEFORE LIONS CLUB TOMORROW | NIGHT At the meeting tomorrow night of the Key West Lions’ Club, Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., chair- man of the publicity committee, and other Lions will advocate that the club discontinue con-' ducting a poll on the proposal to change the names of streets in Key West, Lion Esquinaldo said i today. He added: ! “Judging from what. have | | | i séem,to.be under. the impression that the Lions are, sponsoring the moyement;:to. change. the names, but: suchwis not. the case..All the Lions didi was.to,conduct;the poll,’ with the idea solely of sounding out public sentiment. } “As an attorney, I am aware of the confusion that would re- sult in our county’s records were) | the names changed, and as a | Key Wester I am familiar with! {the historic significances con-! ; nected with the present names. | Now, were we just starting out to acquire the status of a city, it ; may be a good idea to use sales-| ‘powered names, as The Citizen} pointed out, but we are a cen-| tury and a quarter old, and the; jnames of our streets are inti-| ‘mately associated with our his- tory, highlights of which a unique in a good many instan-} ces.” ‘Mrs, Isabella: . | ! Mrs. Isabella, Ranger, 38, died yesterday afternoon at 6:30} o'clock at her. residence, 523} | Margaret street. Funeral services | wil be held tomorrow afternoon; | at 3;00 o'clock from the, Chapel) of the Pritchard Funeral Home. | Rev. J. H. Wooldridge, pastor of} ‘the Glad Tidings Tabernacle As-' sembly Of God Church, officiat ing. Survivors are the husband, Charles Ranger: five daughters, ; Mrs. Dorothy Ford, Mrs. Violet : Whitaker; Misses Florence, Mary! | Louise, and May Louis Ranger; ;two sons, Charles Jr., and Willi- | ‘am J. Ranger; three grand- ‘ children, one sister, Mrs. Daisy iazier was a carpen-| provement. The severity of 4.-: Turner, one borther, James Gib- 4 son. } | Auto Owners Warned To | Get License | ' Peace-Justi¢e Enrique Esquin- | aldo, :Jugrissedsa warning today | to those owners of automobiles | in Monroe ‘county who have not yet purchased license plates for 1946, that they are likely to be, arrested and fined, which, to- gether with costs of court, will amount to $30, in addition to the cost of a license. Citations had been issued to delinquent owners, but now) summonses ‘are being served. !Up to today 73 owners were | given citations and one was; _ served with a warrant. | Good advice to delinquent | owners, Justice: Esquinaldo stat- ed, is for them to keep their automobiles off the street until} license plates have been obtain- ed and attached to the rear of their cars, unless they prefer to run the risk of being arrested and paying fines. { a tah dadadadadadadadadaded Genuine Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto jand ie PAR from YOUR) | Chrysh DEALER <oNAVARRO, Inc. Bendix WASHER NOW ON DISPLAY Radios Repaired Yates Refrigeration Service St. Naming}. | heard, a good many,Key Westers , City Can Buy Ranger Dead | 242,312 Navy dischargees from 800 White Street Phone 203 AANA SITET BS | NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, Do an lan li on a in ini hi nin ncn itn tnd) THEIR: SHIP: WAS :FIRST INTO: TOKYO! LALA RARR RE LABARDEARARERERARREERDRRRES Ve ; THE 4 | | | | boul | vy Photo DANA REID, SC3c, Coopersville, Michigan; THOM- AS J. EVANS, BM2c, Edwardsville, Pa., and LIEUT. DuVAL CRAVENS, USNR, New Albany, indiana, CO of the PCER 849, were on the first American ship to enter Tokyo Bay during the Japanese unconditional surrender. . 2,500 Bike Delinquent Licenses For Tax Property, Bicycle licenses have final- ly arrived, City Tax Collector Sam B. Pinders$«., announces and requests that those need- ing licenses get them for this year. Two thousand five hundred _of the licenses have arrived for the 1946 period. The price will be one dollar for the first license and fifty cents for a repeat license. Licenses went on sale Tuesday morning. “If you are getting a re- peat license, please bring your last year’s receipt for license with you or a Navy Yard pass for a bicycle for last year,” Mr. Pinder said. “It will also be necessary that bike owners give their name, address and serial num- ber of the bicycle,” Mr. Pin- der added and cautioned that persons sending another to secure a license give this in- formation. About 300 sales are expect- ed today with many coming in all morning. POINT TO FORMER FAILURE. IN ATTEMPT TO SELL’ DEX) LINQUENT CITY PROPER-} 3 @ City Manager Dave King stat- ed that persons becoming delin-} quent in taxes will find that! their property will be sold at! publ’c auction. | In calling attention td the; stories going around that the) city will not sell porperty be- | cause of 2 former sale which} was not successful in the city, | Mr. King said that if need be} the city itself will secure the} property and put it to profitable | use. | A public hearing on the reas- | sessment now taking place in} the city will be held the first | Monday in June or as soon as! practicable thereafter where an} equalizing board will hear pub-j| lic complaints on the new roll’, rrepared. | “Many persons think that be ‘Mrs. Nell Chapman cause, they have paid their w.ll not ,be sold if they do not} x ys ° ° Dies This Morning county’ taxes that their froperty pay ‘their city taxes. A city tax | is a lien on property,” Mr. King | said, | G. W. . CROSWELL this morning charge (spectat ve Fhe Cittseny | Home, wil be announced later. PEARL HARBOR, T. H. — c| Survivors are Husband, Henry W. Croswell, Sle, of 1026 James|D- Chapman, Key W ae street, Key West, is one of 440| daughters, Mrs. Kathl high-point Navy veterans whom i Mrs. Christian Belch- the Navy is returning to the,¢ Of Miami, Mrs. Anna Be States for discharge aboard. the| Creech of Kendall, Florid USS Dawson. This ship Guam December 31. The USS Dawson is one of the battleships, cruisers, and attack transports of the “Magic Carpet” fleet which returned sisters, Mrs. Katie Cohen of Mi- McGhee five Hattie | ami, Mrs. Tenn.; | Knoxville, children. of grand- SEBERESEREE EAGER EE BEE ED | ROASTERS and FRYERS, | ues |BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market, 1214 White St. Phone, 54 SRBRBERE SEEM MEEK REE E ENE the Pacific during «December. During the war this ship carried assault and occupation troops in the seizure of stepping-stone bases to Japan. BAAALADDADEADALAABE Dance Recital Presented by BARON SCHOOL of the DANCE Tuesday Evening, Jan. 29th We Have A Supply of War Surplus FILMS ALL SIZES SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS | <9) Duval at Fleming Phone 199 AUDITORIUM Children S0c Adults $1.00 Tickets On Sale at JUTHERNMOST FLOWERS 616 Duval Street Seeeoccccecocececsesooces | POPPI SS SS | 'had made about the United | . 1946 Arrive} KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL | | { ! i ! | i i | i ! ported | board Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST U.S. A. JANUARY 23, 1946 embly Key, lorida, kas tne pie cae Nena in the * country, with .% 'vrange of only fw" average nheit 3 PRICE. FIVE CENTS 3% 8 Felix Couin’As President Of France Government To Seize Meat Packing Plants On Saturday (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. White House Secretary Ross r ported at noon that the govern- ment wil seize the meat-packing | | plants on Saturday in the event; that the strike of meat packers has not. been settled by then. The seizure the, department of labor on the ground that a:pmational emerg: eney has been .brought about by closing ,down (oi. the, plants. erations :ofj\«thes, plants, if seized, will-be under the department of agriculture, which will be assisted, if it deemed ecessary, by the department of war. Premier Of Egypt About To Resign y Asn ad Prene) CARIO, Jan. 23.—It was re- this afternoon that the of Egypt is about to of remarks he premicr res gn because Nations Organizations. He declared that the relations between Egypt. and Britain does not come within the province of the UNO. Oliver Haskins | Dies Aboard Ship’ News was received in Key West yesterday by Mrs. Charlette Haskins ‘of 610 Grinnell street, announcing the death of het hus- band, Oliver Haskins, 45, on the steamship Appleseed at Batangas, P. I, on January 17. No details were given. The mesage was sent by the North Atlantic and ‘Gulf Steamship Company. Mr. Haskins was chief engine-_ er of the Apleseed, and w for- merly engineer on the Peninsula and Occidental Steamship Com- pany vessels before the war. Se oe Temperatures | Temperature data for the 24 hours | | Nell Leona Chapman, 43, died jacksonville at her residence, Kansas City 1109 Petronia street after a short KEY WEST RETURNING HOME iliness. Funeral arangements ini Kw, Airport of Pritchard Funeral temphis en Parks New York - one 2 lett Son, Henry D., of Key West: two| Pensacola ; i ending 7:30 a.m. J Highest PGI LIDS FIGS § ration: roar 2e-hours last night, 40 25, 13 36 35 14 12 36 42 36 70 69 26 65 16 33 17 24 33 32 4 25 50 io 21901380 54 47 Atlanta Boston 4 Brownsville Charleston Chicago Detroit Calveston 82 77 24 43 37 39 49 42 14 29 69 Miami Minneapolis New Orleans Oklahoma City ittsburgh St. Louis Tampa Genuine for All PARTS Auto Mars ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS i Phone! 4qgtz2> 116 val,» | A ATR | NOW INTRODUCING the’™ ! me “4 CATS” at Delmonico Bar 5:30 to 7:30 COME IN... HEAR Cat Ruby—Base Cat Hector—Claranette Cat Art—Vibras Cat Jack—Guitar Soon Reopen the Restaurant with same old crew will be made by} : “Lowest | son: Hotel Bldg: CPI S IDS ISS. ‘Look For Norther Here Tonight .Boatmen,;today and last jemights;-prepared) for the netnerther’,,,ferecast by the «localsWeather Bureau. Pelican Bill, down at the waterfront docks at Front Street, whipped out the Bu- reau forecast for today and read, “Mostly cloudy and cooler this afternoon and to- night. Thursday, moderate to occasionally fresh northeast and east winds.” “Looks like a nor'wester to me,” Bill commented as boats scurried past with additicnal lines and birds sailed around excitedly. “Weil, four days and there will be sunshine again,” Bill said, noting that Chicago had a low of 14 degrees, Detroit 12, and New York 17. H i i CLI ISI LSD am Pinder, Jr., Leaving City’s Employ Feb. | | Stes toenh uous OF- FERS NOW: ASSIS.. NT TO ASSESSOR DION TO BE AP- POINTED ., will leave the 1,, City Dave King announc- Sam Pinder, J city’s employ February Manager “ed today. Sam B. Pinder Sr., who is the city tax collector aiding Archie Roberts will leave February Sam Jr., who former] {ed for assistant to Fred Dion, who has been appointed city tax | asst , had previously stated his intention of staying but later | changed his mind. City Manager King said chat Civil Service Board would rec- {ommend an tant or Mr. ' Dion, who will be appointed by the city manager. iéh’and county iax as- bP eile Gandolfo are now \om4tReir third ‘day of making a | su¥vey of the city io bring ihe irélls up to’ true valuation. Mr. ' Gandolfo in the county has n i doing this for years but this will | be the first true valuation for | the city. | City Manager King | both personal oropert estate would be Mr.’ Pinder Jr. said that and real EEE EIRENE EDD AST NE NORTH BEACH INN COFFEE SHOP 711 North Beach Phone 453-3 eFull-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m. Spanish Home-cooked DINNERS | by Reservation | i 1 | } | H { } A in i i f H si umber on Peery “World Wi con H istration Form No. 4386, We understand that the near future. requiring framing lumber ing. and other house approved Government t | | We hope that things ji AAAsAO4esASOOOaS 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 PHONE 816 “* -AAAAAAAADDADOADAAAAAAS NOTICE On Governmental Orders we can sell certain plying with arid filing” Civilian Production Admin- Administration, Coral Gables, Fla. material are also to be placed under restriction in For the present we are able to sell everyone a large variety of items, but those lumber duction will sufficiently catch up with demand that everyone can soon again get all the lumber they need. STRUNK LUMBER YARD SOCIALIST MEMBER TO SUCCEED GENERAL DeGAULLE, WHO HAS RESIGNED ' | | | | \ (By Associated Press) PARIS, Jan. 23—Felix Gouin, a | socialist, who has been active in | French polities since the turn of j the century, was today named : » French sembly io be nt of France,, suceeeding ; General DeGaulle, sesigned. [wiee Gouin: vefused. the, first), times wh | ed. last, Nevem- | ber, and the ynd’ iime v | he resigned. several days ago. But,: aftey, the; Jattes,, refusa, Gouin. was; peysuaded: to accept upon his ‘having been given as- surances that he would be sup- ported by France's three major | political parties, the socialists, | the communists and the popular r s. Leaders of the radi- list group also pledged king -his govern- iment a su Shortly after his induction, he said he will immediately con- sider naming a cabinet that, he hoped, would be favorable to all partie Gouin is 61, is a lawyer, though » does not practicc, ‘and was in organizing the social- list.party in France ir 1901. In » was consul general, the Germans ov {France ir 1941 he helped ke | hope alive among French Patri | ots by organizing the resistance | movement. /MARIO VIERA. JR., WILL GET RELEASE (Speeval to ‘The Citizen) PEARL HARBOR, T. H Vieva, dr. F2C, Key W one ot 1,275 high-point Army and Navy veterans whom | Navy is returning to the s' j for discharge aboard the U Kalinin Bay, a carrier oi “Magic, Carpet” fleet. This left Yokosuka, Japan, Janu The USS Kalinin Bay partici- pated in the Second Battle . of the Philippines as part of a com- bined U. S. Naval air, sea offen- sive which resulted in the final de ve defeat of the Japanese Navy. Since the surrender .of Japan this ship has operated with the “Magic Carpet” which re turned re than 660,000 service men the Pacific during Decemb FRANK FLUKERS IS COMING BACK. HOME ® (Special to The Citizen) PEAiu. HARBOR, iui. — Frank Flukers, Fle, son. of; M Ellen, |F. Sanchez, .of 709 ,@hap- man street, Key West, Fla., i one of 1,006 high-point Navy vet- s whom the Navy is re- ning to the States for dis- charge aboard the USS Bobile, which left Guam, January 6. The USS Mobile, a light cruis- er, participated in eleven major engagements, from the Battle of | Midway in 1942, until the com- bined surface, air and under blockade of Japan brought com- ; plete surrender although enemy armies were largely intact and a large air for re s the surrender th a unit of the which returned. more than 660,- 000 Navy veterans from the Pacific. a ei | } i j | ! fla- rio I tes | nn a a Be a te tn te priority. Veterans of the obtain ies by com- from the Federal Housing other” items of building and boards, flooring, sid- will have to present an will work out so that pro- Oa i li in in tintin tin tan ts dn tn Dn bn tn in Dn Dp dn tn Dn KEY WEST, FLA.