The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 26, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Davoted to the best interests of Key West VOLUME LXVIL. $490,340 Bu With: Not One Objection INCREASE OF $37,382 IN| \pealeiaterumamagtaee TAXATION. KING DE-| Wonsier Sub =| : CLARES; STATES OB. Tender Arrives JECTIONS é In Key West Monster Submarine Tender Howard W. Gilmore, 600 feet long, arrived last night and is moored to Clyde-Mallory Docks. The big tender is attached to the Submarine squadron, which has been assigned here with most of the subs ‘already’ + having arrived.’ No, 23 ' objections to! the city budget for this calendar the public} city com- There were no year presented hearing held by the mission last night. When no one stood up to ob-| ject to the budget, City Manager | King, who designed the budget, | at Announces: For ; Commissioner ASPIRANT FOR MEMBER OF | COUNTY COMMISSION FROM FOURTH DISTRICT IN MAY ,PRIMARY Appearing elsewhere in to- | day’s issue will be iound the for- |mal announcement of Gerald Saunders for the office of County Commissione: o: the Fourth Dis- trict, subject to the May Demo- cratic Primary. Mr. Saunders, one of the most active young. men in the civic, fraternal and religious life of thes: community, pleted a aoe year, period be be KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY lao Meat- N&WSPAPER IN 26, 194 Packing W orkers To Reednsider Action Ont Hi ENTERS RACE 1 , over é f recently com-) | > meat-packing workers, Not Returning To ‘o Plants J Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—C 10) who de- cided not to return to their jobs »even after the government took the packing houses unless jam advance in wages was made, ' called ; te reconsider this afternoon action. a meeting cheir Amer } workers have agred to return to | work, and it was said that prob- ably the CIO adherents will be back on their jobs by morning. THE ag Federation of Labor Monday, U.S. A. 6 Key OF Che Key West Citizei! THE SOUTHERNMOST Key “West, Florida, bas cas most @quable‘ climate in the _J\countrg, with .an average ‘seen cleamatal of ahs i Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENT: oValidaié $250,000 est Beach Filed Yesterday by County attorney -Number, of ‘strikes up, to the! Commissioners V ote To Allow Beach Lift Railway isuMMoNs TO BE SERV- | ED ON STATE ATTOR- NEY'S OFFICE TO TEST VALIDATION OOO eeeT ea, | | a | Mon- Ye: oon the time: the government » assumed? Vote)”; Unanimous; «Fisher-) | chargetof theiplants ‘at: 12:01 -thi s { morning>totaled 183,000 and Anis ‘mom For, HotelAstociay ‘Deflation And »tioncAgainsts Ini -Circpit| with suggestions by the city; finance d2rector «and: ‘city com} mission” stated’ that:\he wished’ The sub ‘squadron ‘will"par+* ticipate ‘in!’training “and !lin routine’trips « between hére ¢ and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: vy commissioners held ) make. final prep- the roe ct mect Economy? Aiins | xtios Council, cerning) sthtougtout! the: durationof World War ll. THe latter- part | of :his' second term 1 é-| resented'15 meat-packing houses. on issuance oi to state some: objections’ he had! to it. Mr. King said that there was an $80,000 item for debt service, a $15,000 item for the Municipal Hospital, $5,760 item for a! truck, 2 $1,567 item for a street sweeper, $20,000 for pensions,| $29,100 for general debts on} past due accounts, $5,700 for the! Health Unit, $3,500 for welfare | and advertis i ium and Parks, work to Grin 3,933 for repar work to G nel street | opposite NOB. Thi were all items which were not placed in the budget by the! city manager, Mr. King said but which necessary to con-! tinue the c ty. Total of the budget is $491, 340 | with $280,390 to be raised’ by taxes and the remainder of 11,000 to be raised t means of revenue. “This is in t ton of $3’ King “and regarding > $. e which must raised by other revenue I can but it ‘s stretching finances final point. I will welcome one stating that any item the budget can be made to | | i | George Smathers Representative OPPOSES PAT CANNON: WAR VETERAN SAYS KEY WEST CONSIDERATION wer V for the first timeyin any newspa~ representative Congressional in’ Congress, 4th District,’ against said, 1,000 fig nen. Mf. Smathers said that he was glad to see again all his Univer- sity of Florida schoolmates. said he’ thought that the has arrived t have a young, oo ergetic representative _ in gtes who will go‘ after proje | 40r this disurict.; He said that he] } knew of few projects Pat Can-; 30 Graduate _ | non has, pushed through | con- + i gress of his own initiation. From School A war veteran with overseas: service in the Marine Corps, Mr EGS went through the in-! sions of Munda, Bouganvilles, Admiralties and Manus. Known in Key. West for successful prosecution of “red light” district madams here as istant U. S. District Attorney,' Mr. Smathers enjoyed a fine rec-; ord in that office. Besides the} prostitution e, Mr. Smather: has also prosecuted in other c: es here. Mr. Smathers has held the position of assistant U. 5. Attorney General. His complete platform will be announced Jater; but» Mr} Smathers « said today, AU ' peoplesishquid sreceive equal rep-! Y -resentatiog; an ‘this: district. Key} West with. its-strategic location entitled to *réretve more con sideration than ‘it has thus far gotten.” to th any ir ti at 10:00 the hirty pupils graduated Division stret elemen- school the in from the _ Alte procession, ave the Miss welcom- sang My and every one in a the senior w of he class prophecy by Betty Conant Hopkins fc was given and Dora May y a duet by ud Francis, ss prophecy a en by Jay Gould Higgs. I Love Little Cotta i O'Hara ng by the gra ing cl Professor the students and the P. Hamilton pesented th their diplomas award wa: nding boy and BARAAAAABAAAAAAAASR Miss Francis ee dnd Jay Gculaiaiiges el PALACE THEATER © conclude the program, son were sung bv the TURHAN BEY in “FRISCO SAL” News and Serial [See ter rer ye errer Sd chorus “Morni Supply of War Surplus FILMS ALL SIZES SOUTHERNMOST CITY | PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGEIStS "| Duval at Fleming Phone 199 Bendix WASHER NOW ON DISPLAY Radios Repaired. Yates Refrigeration = Service (800 White Street Rmercrasmncnsape | | | Phone 263 GUE o Toit ee | LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE AIR-CONDITIONED i= YOUR COMFORT Now Faaturing DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by Bartoso’s Orchestra and The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ BREAKFAST Served from. ° . 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. LUNCHEON Served from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. DINNERS Served from 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. HUGH C. HODGE, Manager SUT LL LLL LMT Announces For US | SHOULD RECEIVE MORE.) ing The Citizen today was’ George Smathers«who announced! ‘per in the state ‘his ‘candidacy for | present representative Pat Can-! He; his} | | he. served. as President of ‘that gained during this time should | stand him in well should the voters first nominate him and later elect him to the office which he now seeks. His active | ithe average citizen as merit mentjon here. In. discussing. his candidacy with a representative of The Citizen today, Mr. Saunders had; the following to. say: have been kinid enough to utter complimentary femarks concern- ing my efforts during my tenure’ ef office asa city councilman. They have further hinted’ the possibilty that’ I might be of and ‘eounty/as a member of ' our: County:: Commission) from the’ Fourth ; Distriet.. .After ‘due thought and consideration I have | decided to offer mysclf for the | Democratic Nomination for this office to be held in May. Should the members. of mr life-long party select me“as their nomifice and later elect. me to office, T have but one promise to make if fear or favor, and with special privileges to none work for the betterroent of our entire county, from Key ,West:‘to Key Largo, | using wnatever talents I possess | to the best of my. abilit | ‘Temperatures TE De ’ tehpere i Gata for the 24 huurs | nding 7:30" a.m. Highest last 24 hours last night 57 44 40 33, { Brownsville 75 60 Charleston _.. 55 45 , Chicago . 40 1 Detroit . 35 15 ; Galveston 65 58 Jacksonville 60 40 f Kansas City’. 47 9 KEY WEST . 64 62 K, W. Airport 67 ‘bass |. Memphis 61 39 | Miami 64 54 Minneapolis . 27 -19 jNew Orleans 61 63 ‘New York 41 37 Norfolk 46 38 j Oklahoma C.ty 74 24 Pensacola 38 55 Pittsburgh 39 29 St. Louis 54 12 Tampa 61 44 Statioa | Atlanta ‘Boston .. j —Fine Custom Tailoring— For 30 Years For LADIES and GENTS Alterations - Repairing We Sell Woolens by the Yard Frorize Service 319 Virginia Street SPECIAL MEETINGS ‘DR: HARVEY FARMER Well-Known Speaker from Bradenton, Florida Will Conduct Special Meetings at the GOSPEL HALL on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday ‘The public is cordially invited to attend these services, which com- mence 7:30 o’cloek each evening _, SUCRE liy gaverming’ body. His experience, interest und activities along all! ilines for the betterment of this; community are so, well known to, not to; “There have been citizens whu further/service-to ‘my community! and that it that I will, without! Lowest | | St.. GERALDI'SAUNDERS® ©. $24,000 tn Bldg. Permits in¥ Week Issue SEARS ROEBUCK K REMODEL-| | | ’ ‘ dtowaspexplained: that leaaer: ‘of Ye CIO decided to reconsider! after: having from Secretar Anderson. It was reported this afternoon! {that the officials. of 32 steel mills that ha been closed in the United States, throwing out of work 750,000 men, had offer-: led the strikers an advance in! ‘wages of $1.43 a day. Another report was that, | LING, NEW HOME, REFRIG-| the Chrysler Corporation had of- ERATOR PLACsS, TWO RE- MODELLINGS INCLUDED | Total of $24,585 was issued: in ' building permits week, Building Inspector Sawyer announced. H. Baer will erect a refrigera tor flace at which will cost $8.000. George F. Curry will con-- struct a contrete block resde for $5,000 at 1310 Olivia stre: W. ©. Cove of 1110 Grinnei¥ ‘is remodeling’ his place at a cost of $2,030. | .An'exterision permit for $3,000 was issued’ to F.-S. Rédgers on Avenué E ‘near 20th *stteet. Se: corner Fleming and _ Simonton, shelving and repa‘rs for $1,200. Other small repairs follow: Harry Albury, 1103 ee street, fence, $75.00. C. Bezanilla,.517 Elizabeth St., servants room, $600.00. E. P. Winter, 1421 Walton St., j repair, $100.00. gous Alfario, 1192, Whitehead bath room, $200.00. a Villate and Sons, Front ical (Whitehead St. cold a aay $600.00. Louis Torres, son lane, buld room, $600.00. Mr. Cobo, 1107 Duval St. ; pair porch, $100.00. Centro eee build counter, E.°A. Robe; rear, rep: Frank Saunders, Sb, ifencey 20D 091OT Paul Lumley, §12 Fleming St., shelving and partition, $300.00. BE.“ Ci sWeodbert¥} 13926 Eaton , fence, $100.00. 4 ress & Co., 500 Duval » New doors, $150.00. Louis Larson, 1315 St. repa'rs, $100.00. C. W. Robinson, 1320 Pine St., front porch, $500.00. I. Carmona, 410 Virginia St. i bath room, $300.00. | Dan Navarro. 601 Duval at! remodeling, $300.00. Cabana Bar, remodeling, $675.00. Rosie Hall, 1118 eee repairs, $100.00. Arthur Mulberg, 517 Duval! St., repa'r gutters, $60.00. ee | CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost. House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE. ——-Opens 5 P.M. Daily. Errol re- o. Duval St., 5.00. 4p E White a Earle 1 Petronia St, | Junior Woman's Club CABARET. “TIME OUT FOR MUSIC” 9 P.M. VALENTINE’S DAY February 14 lak Ses galoa PER PERSON. $150 Reservations Call 752- -J or 627 union fered its employes an, advance ' 18 1-2 cents an hour, but leaders denied they had ‘ received the offer, 903 Duval Street J ' rs Roehuck and Company,' , i i 605-607 Duval St.,' | | | uring "sie COHIDSITOS SD Give One New ‘Liquor License, One Refusal, In liquor oonser.. Bugetiege. Albury, en motion of Com- missioner Sweeting. was granted a liquor license, for 806 Caroline street, in unanimous vote by the City Commission last night, Higinia Nebo, cf the Mas- eotte Restaurant, corner cf Charles and Duval, was de- nied a license for liquor by the commission, unanimously. A package store license for Curro’s Bar was granted unanimously, with Commis- sioner Carbonell explaining that this. bar has been dis- pensing liquor under an old license but according to state laws now requires a package store license. rear 830 John- SILOTTT ILS GIRLS’ “BASKETBALL TONITE 7 o'CLOCK Miamt vaiKey W est. HIGH SCHOOL GYM GULF STREAM RESTAURANT Management of I. Wiener , Division at Simonton Ph. 9106 Featuring A SPECIAL | Sunday Dinner | Bring the Family—the Children—_ SLOPPY''JOE’S BAR : Get a Full-plate at Reduced Pricet SERVED FROM NOON to MIDNIGHT SNACK BAR OPEN .., Daily and Sunday — 24 Hours A Day Around the ies SERVING eBreakfast 5:30 to 11 A. M. eLuncheon 11:30 to 2 P. M. eDinner 5:30 to 9:30 P. M. Meals a la Carte. at All Hours We Cater to Weddings. Parties Fraternal Organizations BEER and WINE SERVED DURING LEGAL HOURS ws f ts ! - Court Now th?the union's action of yesterday! eived telegrams of Agriculture battle city passed verbal t night anothe: 1 In comission resolution amending the city zon-! for iot 4 Tract 7 to Industrial area. This includes. the tt 717 North Beach owned by George Gomez where a lift rail- ‘way for boats is being construct- ‘ed Attorney Enrique Esquinaldo gave a petition with 67 names on it favoring the lift’ r: jas a it to the ctiy an: ‘ing that they had no obje tto it. The property ow: in the vicinity of Gomez's rai i way. Mr: that the railway was not a mi jine railway’ but merely a for small boats that painting repairs: may bo made to them,| He said ‘that in the area already business which in- » shop, a béer and x swimming pol, 2 al ity ing ori from | were other clude a,coff ‘wine“parior, lunch stand, a’ filling ‘station, fish‘ bait house andthe»! sump. Mog 1" “Mr.” Esduinaldo: pointed i that’there “are ‘manyes ways: ou! test Mirhiting of his property @ | that’ there ‘wa 1 public at’ present y. West Coast Fisherme Association endorsed the pr | st needed by fishermen. lawye stated that a peti- tion with 16 property owners in, | just the k in question “10t | entre north peach” area which a majority of property own- affected in the tract had pre 1 sented a petition against the railway. He stated that we j now en Letter L. the was question. read from ating that hi h nned_ to..estabtish hotel at. North Beach ,and New- jton s' but that.. they skobld | not do so.if the, zqning, ordinance were amended, in this respedt. Owner. of he, North, | Beach Hotel protested that he’ has made} a substantial intestthert jiw' the El ' | s all done in trust that! {the zoning laws would not be; ‘ amended in this area. He plead-| Jed that the law in the tract in bear be continued. Hotel-) men’s Asociation also entered al | letter stating their. | the change. ERED ILO NORTH BEACH INN COFFEE SHOP ;711 North Beach Phone 453-J eSpanish Home-cooked DINNERS by Reservation | | MUSIC EVERY NIGHT../5: cae Rea Fhe Package Goods Specials | \Park & Tilford ... 5th $3. 65, | Golden Wedding ae Paul Jones -.. 5th Sunny, Brook 5th Imperial .... pts Ron Zorro Rum .. 5th | Old St. Croix Rum 5th 1 DRINKS at the BAR ' Straight Drinks — | Mixed Drinks |.eFull-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m.) es property, quinakde pointed OU TP Sa 7S" SSF N00 « SiH Drudge To } f | BID! $1.387,, LOWER THAN ES- \\ ii z 4 a Fiptirian ‘owhdr ican itor iy HOUND SOLD TO WILLIAM | § no.raibvay open; > that is jammed to contract for building th to the city hall on the ‘floor, which will be used ‘tax, collector’s + the proposition was a! of meet ng last night. hn there; litigation in Circuit Court} Edgar, aA { t i objection to’ | ¥ araldo’ $ Flying Service | We Are OPEN 7 a.m. to Midnight Division at Francis in bonds to build a ! ' v9 t,. oy | $250,000 Of French Unit eee ey FRAT EE | commissioners’ legal. advisers (ny Abieaascdl re) PARIS, Jan. 26.—Deflation | immed-ately instituted and economy are the aims of |; jngs in the circuit court with Shen newahencheduveramenty to having the Presidnt Felix Gouin declar- ed today. He added that the French must practice thriftiness and do all in theiz power to fight inflaticn. Names of the new French cabinet will be announced at a meeting of the French as- sembh, -nex. Tuesday, Presi- dent Gouin iaunced. Ti was said that all Fre: jot political parties will representation in the cabinet. heach and proceed- a view bonds vali- » resolution adopted con- sd a provis.on that the in- terest on the bonds shall not be more than four and one-half pei cent, but the commissioners 1ix- ed the interest at three and one Guarter per cent. Now that the validation pro are fixed, a mmons \ be served, through Berlin A. Sawyer, on_ the | attorney’s office in this the purpose of having the est the validity of the That:is the gener a cedure, so that. pond. buy may be assured that the bonds hav met. every requ.rement ‘Build Annex For 7: Tax Collector of th te Attorney Will- 1 , who will repr sunt lin the -—— , said today that h ntaim, among the he will. file, that jority of “frecholde zre qualified electors ; cently specified by th court inthe Miami ‘Begeh bond ‘ participated in the election on December 11 )00 bond proposal. i Albur, expla.ned basing his opinion on a ifiea- tion that Supervisor of Registra- tion John England made to the Monroe County Schoo) Board for the school millage election held Lecember 4, he est-mated the number of freeholders who are fied electors in this county zt more than 1800. He pointed out that Mr. E nd’s certification gave 1,93, mes to the school board oi s in the coynty who sualif.ed io vote in the tschool electivn. That list .con- ftainedi) the names of ifesidents }4Hdt paid) pecsonal taxes only. “o,oliHe nbted that registration for ‘the! bdfid’ election ‘was: ohly 614, , of that number.- only voted, 277 for bonds and 138 objec TIMATED’ COSTS; GREY- | {to not 'WICKERS Si, Druiige « was awarded th annex ground ¢ sa on the that, bid with cor office, $1,387 at city ssion This bid was lower than esti- «Continued on Page Three) Fly! Fly!! SEE KEY WEST | From the Air In A 194¢ PIPER CUB (Flight Instrweteons 16.24 Charter Flights2 » $2.50 rt PERSON MEACHAM FIELD paid high ‘wadesand that) ed against bénds. | Mase eseseessesnesee ° anes Recital Presented by ~ ~ BARON SCHOOL of the DANCE Evening, Jan. 29th ST HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Children 50c_. Adults $1.00 Tickets On Sale at SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS 616 Duval Sireet Have. Your Car GREASED and « SPRAYED after 6 p.m. DAILY or SUNDAY Tuc KEY \ Poor Old Craig Service Station | 1 } | | Phone 9134) ,an SIMONTON ee on the OCEAN at OPENS DAILY and SUNDAY at 11:00 A.M. to SERVE YOU The FINEST of FOODS PROPERLY PREPARED and SERVED IN A PLEASING MANNER! Come—Bring the Family With You Children’s Plates at Reduced Rates % BEER and WINE SERVED DURING LEGAL HOURS "CITY TRANSIT BUS NO. 3 TO OUR DOOR” us A cf