The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 30, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Bect interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 26 Harry Hopkins Vital Role Involving Net Deal Era, Diéd Yesterday PROMINENT FIGURE| : WAS CONSIDERED CLOSEST ADVISER TO; F.D.R. ¥ Associated Press) YORK, Jan. 30.—Harry the late" / NE Hopkins, considered President Roosevelt's closest* ad>’ viser, died yesterday aftérnodn ! in Memorial Hospital of a’ diséasé have not ; it begari’ 16% manifest itself as early as 193%," Dr. Cornelius Rhodes, director of the hospital, said the nature of the disease could not he de mined until after further inves tigation Starting as a social worker ‘n! New York City, Hopkins became administrator during the de; sion y the early then, dent Franklin D.j Roosevelt's st confidant and, adviser, was cast in an interna-! tional role in World War II. As the President's special as-| sistant, he attended historic con: ferences with leaders of the Unit-} ed Nations policies of his physicians classified, though ar and peace, but} a man of mys-| public generally. | For a man who sat at the hub of world aff Hopkins wa’ long, Mr. i e of the most in- conspicuous figures in Washing- | ton, He shunned social functions} and, except for periodic missions} ainioiaet the dissimilarity n tore pronounced in the; This lanky, jointed man‘‘with long lean face and thin brown’ hair went about his nentous tasks dress-| ed like overnment clerk. He} was notoriously indifferent about clothes Held High Posts For years he wore the same| battered slouch hat with up-! } ed brim. Once when he was ptographed while wearing that, at in London, British hatters) ered to donate a new one. But) accept it v before starting his| trip to London he had ht three new suits and two, ats. To friends who ribbed; about that, a guy can't go visit, the], King with shiny pants.” And hej received by King George! years, when he} ight of his power.) 15 special | ident, bytln, vi the war ed the »pkins not only istant to the Pr chairman of the Munitions Assignmi Board and member the Mobilization Com- ttee. As and ade the president’s as lend-lease supervisor, he half a dozen trips to! rope, Africa and the Middle] before and after the United| entered the war. coccneatidil Mr. Roosevelt} {i on his celebrated Atlantic Cha er meeting at sea with Prime Minister Winston Churchill of | Britain in 1941. He attended the Casablanca conference between tk two when “unconditional urrender” was decreed for the emissary } atc He Ax Lived At White House — was with thém at Cairo, China’s Generalissimo} shek joined in; at where the first meeting’ was held, with Premier Joseph Stalin Jof Russia participating, and later at the Crimean “Big Three” meeting. AS a premilinary to the Crim- meeting he conferred in with Pope Pius XII the Italian foriegn minister and Al- lied military chiefs. He also {Continued on Page Six) TUBES REPAIRED by the Dill Elecrme Vuicaniser Lou Smith Auto Service e Wh - #¢ Pleming “Opposite Army mea " He where Chiang’ Kai Tehran. Iran, “Big Three” Che az id helped to shape SEE. NEED FOR ‘MUSIC ROOM, >| end of the first semester for the | standing importance. | our faculty the scholarship was py Senator Thomas Hart. retorted: |. ‘Prisoner Working: { son: THE SOUTHERNMOST t Col! Hilti: + Recruiter’ For!’ |OFFIGERS MAY REENLIST AS! MASTER SERGEANTS: MEN MAY REENLIST IN GRADE DISCHARGED Lieutenant Colonel Eugene W Hilton who is here with Sergeant | Floyd Crawford, former Florida | State Highway Patrolman, is in i the Postoffice: Building today in connection witkk Army recruiting.! Colonel Hilton called attention to the new 90 day policy of the #2 | Army whereby a man may re- {enlist in the grade in which he was.dischatged» if he reenlists ; ‘90 day from ‘the: time he discharied. ‘he’ colonel said al feature; | pointe ut that ant et i@ht officer’ jor!’ fficer if de were: re=} _DIED YESTERDAY May: 12;°1945 and if such enlist- ‘| ment. was accomplished prior to June 30, 1946, would be auto- matically reenlisted in the grade; of master sergeant upon reen- listing: The recruiting team will leave | for Miami at 9am. and will take’ e: {recruits with them. There may! be home calls made. Colonel Hilton said that per-| sons. may call. him outside .of| | office hours at: La Concha Hotel toom 603. © . HARRY L. HOPKINS Asked For Div. Street School! AAA asaasna AapAsaesl Late Bulletins (is) Axnbciated! Prekli | Fda ntact and thctnietintiatndinde tnd UR! oh LOANS: WA! + President; Truman * this vs Alig asked | congress to grant the proposed | four: billion dollar loan to Great | hate He: it would expand | trade and in production in ithe United ‘States: « 1946 at Divi-! 2 re There): WONT. BEE E-ELECTION WASHL TEACHERS’ ROOM: LUNCH ROOM CROWDED: HIGH AT- TENDANCE (Contributed) The week just Qassed was thé school; year of 1945 sion Elementary School, are several items, that are of out+; INGTON, — Represents. | tive Cla! Booth Luce of Con: , nectitut said this afternoon she! During, this. semester the, per-! wit not seek re-election. She was | i centage of attendance was. the first elected in 1942 and then | highest that it has been in many again in 1944, ~It was reported); years. In spite of the fact’ thatithat she may be a candidate for! we have had many changes in the senate, a position now held comparatively good. One ‘of the, most detrimental things with: gEE HOOSEVELT'’S GRAVE which -we-had to contend with) HYDE PARK.—For the first is our crowded condition. It has! ‘time since President Roosevelt been necessary to deprive the| was buried, the public today was teachers of a room, and also wejpermitted to visit his grave, as have had to dispense with a ithis was the sixty-fourth anni- music’ room. Our lunch room is’ versary of his bitth. erowded beyond its capacity, and} even then it. is necessary for us| SINGAPORE STRIKE to use a room in some of the} SINGAPORE.—Union leaders neighboring buildings. \today ordered batk to work 200,- ce ‘thi melon is to function to} 00 uxtion members. who ‘have | ae ifke' its normal capacity | been, on a, twoiday strike in pro- Aweled conditions that arc | test. against an alleged denial of | thetHotied YBove’ will have to be ‘civil Harden tithe the, British . rendered. “ft, is a ‘pity that, these | L cbhditions Were “nat remedied ROUNDING UP, JEWS @uting’ the Das: IsRUS. USALEM,—Thirteen 'thou- | Tris sinter) nen Jews,, isharged | with having | fal progress jf the wav of build;'created disturbances, were ar-! rig ‘improvements will material: rested today by British police and ize before the path of another! thes in this city and in Jaffa. school year. * ATOM BOMB EXPLOSIONS | WASHINGTON,—The War De-; ‘partment anridiunced today that, |Tequests have’bheen received from | newsmen, cameramen and maga- | zine representatives to witness the tests of atoifi bomb explosions | jon warships ift the Pacific ,off the | In Jackson Square, ‘Makes His His Eseape| Marshall Islands, in May and July. | Correspondents will be limited to’ Joseph Gibson, who was serv-! ry f / 125, but it “was, not stated how ing a ei sentence in the; county jail, escaped this morning | Mae Blotourephers pea a while cutting grass in Jackson! cover the apelin Square under the supervision of oe seen at nis| ILI IMI I SIM. him, ge as or 20°. | ne For dishpperance was reported . by the guard to Sheriff Berlin Saw- yer, who, with Deputy Will! Archer, began a search for ot Gibson. was colivictadt im crim-| inal court last’ Aligust’ 28°on aj charge sof. assault and° battery } breferred ‘against him b¥ ‘Will-} iam Metendez, who testified he}. was struck by Gibson, without provocation, on the head with a stitk. © td pateaaes Bae Like licens- es is Fe 20, City Mana- ger King today. perp, this date pdlice will make arrests for appear- ance in city court. TH REACH INN 5 ‘OFFEE SHOP. 7M. North Beach Phone. 453-3 j directors ‘NEWSPAPER IN THE USA — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1946 | a i THE P. & O. “STEAMSHIP “FLORIDA”, shown passing historic Morro Castle in the above photo, is being returned to her owners | after four years of service as an Army Transport, and after complete | reconditioning to insure peacetime comtort and modern luxury,! is scheduled to resume passenger i between Florida ports and | Cuba. War With Brilliant? Revérd (abeaisl te 250 On to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 30. ais former P. & O. luxury lin- “Florida”, veteran of four years in the Army Transport Service, during which she- was many} times attacked but never seri- ously damaged, will be returned! to its owners sometime, during February. This announcement was made today by Paul J. Saunders, Pre- sident of the Peninsula -& Occi- dental Steamship Company, bas- ed on a report just received from the War Shipping Administra- tion, After the’ sitip's return’ by thie War Shipping» Administration, the “Florida” will undergo ¢om- plete reconditioning to insure peacetime comfort and modern|’! luxury as a_ passenger jijner. Once. again. the: -steamsiti it serve travellers. ‘on’: the long awaited: seagoing ‘trips: between Florida vorts:and; Cuba, Going: into ‘Warservice as a’ troop transportion Jami 1;14942) the S8,S.o¢Fietida’ 3 saw caction in enemy - patrolled::;waters /of the Atlantic.: Three’ times ship was under ‘submarine at- tacks, but miraculously escaped unscathed. She also served in bringing internees and. war pris- oners to the United States. That her escapes were mirac- ulous is no exaggeration. Twice enemy torpedoes crashed into Hop e Is Expressed Toward Scatter Of Steel Strike Before End 6 Of This Week exes NEW) YORK; Jan. 30, -+4i With Benjamin |! Fair! presidente of United States». Steel, returning: here from Washington: to: holld! a» conference / this afternoon with» of that. corporation, hope was expressed that the steel strike will be settled be-' fore the end of this week. The directors: conference fol- lowed a trip that Fairless made between. five and six thousand | to Washington Monday, remain-' union demands, the price must! ing over, until yesterday, in} which he conferred with go thet > (bputamoeiated Prossd Key West, Florida, tas tne most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Strike Of ‘*LONDON, Jan. 30. —. It was Stated: this afférnoon that Try- 'gve Lie, Norway’s foreign min- ister, who was nominated yester- day by the security council as secretary general of the United Nations Organization, will un- her sleek hull, but each time | goubtedly be elected to that posi- i they failed to explode, thus spar-; sion by the UNO delegates. ing the “Florida” from disaster.| No outspoken opposition to his | After these amazing episodes of ‘eiection has been heard among 1 ecupe she became known as a! the delegates, and it was suid he charmed” 'ship. supported by the United The “Florida” has still another! ¢ disttistoh: Many” df) the fornit States, Great Britain, Russia, passengers on the Miami to Ha- vana run will remember the color | ful master, Captain C. D. Har-| Bo aa ee City: Manager | Clearing Up Army, ‘Navy Sewerage Bill | France and China. His election will settle one of rington, who with chief engineer G. E, Russell, chief steward L. P.| McCoy’ and many members of the créw served aboard the ship! ‘in’ ‘times ‘of peace, These officers! jand many ‘of the men have serv- | ed ‘their country well and res} ‘mained aboard the ship Fora het éntire’ war’ service. Now that the “Florida” will! soon resume its scheduled trips! -bet Ween. Widvida: purts:and-Cuka;i-. tourists and: businessmen of botix}; cauntriesiccan:. once. mdre_ enjoy} | the) pleasant .tripand further) foster::the ofriendly. relations) of} this. country,-and Cuba, -as thal ane Loar } Pu & ‘Obihas! been doing for mone! t ie and Ar my} (tham-A5vycars. roop SPHESeHiatiyes. her “pegarding | A The Company's other liner, the payment of sewcrage!!fees, which | SS" “Cuba”. which was requisi-: go Baek as far a$'1942}tand find | tioned during February, 1042, them very cooperative} he states. j and has been performing a simi-/ ie 4 - ' lar war service, is still serving! Mr. King said that the job of | ; as a troop transport and the gov- figuring out the pro rata bas SO} ernment has not yet given any that the bill may be paid will be; indication as to when this ship'g monumental one will be released. It will be necess jine the total flow at the ci |sumps. Then it will be necessa ‘to determine the amount flowing | into the city pipe lines from the !Army and Navy lines. There are no accurate records: of this figure in the city but Mr. ;King is using a report by Russell jand Axson, who madé a survey} of the city sewerage system, re- af bports of FWA dngineers’and engi- sins} et data (ssi the pray, and 8 1 imentstrepressntwtivis in that eye nee city, -althotigh che dedlabed thi a. FUIPIMEAME % donc bit fol- his presence there was for jotherqanuehh-alY hig thE BHls must be | business.” i fifitwd with" the “Akmy" ind’ Navy ‘A’. report »was received this Departments ard they wil? prob- afternoon from Washington that ably: have to‘be’sent ofl ‘to Wash-* the government will permit a ington’ for. apptoval,” Mr.’ King $4 advance in the price of steel, said in indicating that no promety | but Director Snyder said that, action could be could be expected. | with the increase of wages reach-; ing 18% cents an hour, as the ST ROTEL EERE T emperatures SEY ec TELS SF ‘Temperature data tor the Z¢ hours ending 7:30 a.m. 1 1 | /ill'"Take ‘Time'To! Figure Back To 1942; Theri' Goes To Bureaus Fog epee. | ait al Action )2:.. to advance $639 a ton for the steel! industry to “break even.” | Highest Lowest | Station ‘last 24 bours last night; | Atlanta _ 49 38 j i Boston 33 13 | Brownsville 55 PCharlesior Le 47 Chicago 33 Detroit _. 3 32 | Galyeston 55 Fe 9 ile 45) 41 69 68 ‘Al 70 32 a 30. | 35 39 58 32 36 56 | Minneapolis. : Bt | New Orleans ~ ' New York — ! Norfolk. i | Oklahoma City 51 Pensacola _. 60 ; Pittsburgh - 37 ' St. Louis - 38 { Tampa 76 $1 size Pius TAX REG.°$2 FULL-PINT SIZZ—$1 plus jax @Heips keep skin romantically soft and -smootlr in spite of chapping winds and harsh weather. Use asa i Genuine Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, and aos rR NAVARRO, ag ‘Norway’ s Foreign Minister Will Undoubtedly Be Named | Secretary Gene General Of UNO) “Gaby, Associated Pre “T-will have a fecommbyitatc oft}! j likes ? thé | oustanding), problems ~ vith| which the delegates have Hadi to! cope, because‘ several’: ‘Srmnall | groups had had their ‘ces for the position. Lie was nominated by the security council by a secret vote, and the announcement of hi choice received general approval among ihe delegates. He is 50 years of age and has been identified with the Nor- weigan Labor P: now in pow- youth, ! the | agent PRICE FIVE CENT: Workers In General Motors Plants. ‘Saaeiatenn OF COM. PANY HAS AGREED TO MEET WITH HEAD OF AUTO WORKERS WASHING A Jan, During all the time the Genosal 2 Motors ‘strike has been in effect, Charles Wilson, president of that"! corporation, has kept aloof from | attending conferences with rep- resentatives of the strikers, but toda: was announced that he and k. J. Thomas, head of the United Automobile Workers;-will confer o try to reach an agree- ment on which the settlement of strike can be made. it was announced that James Dewey, veteran government in ironing out_. labor troubles, succeeded in. persuad- ; ing Wilson to confer with Thom- { aww eeeeaa, } Miss Acevedo Rotary Queen ‘Candidate ‘Queen candidate of the Key West Rotary Ciub for the Community Festival to be |; held by Stadium Committee in Febraury will be a pretty, shapely 19-year-old lass with brown hair and big brown | eyes. She is Miss Gloria Ace- vedo. A picture of Miss Acevedo will be published in the near fuiure in this paper. Miss Acevedo will be intro- duced to the Rotarians at the weekly meet next week. In the Coramunity Festival, which will be held to raise funds for putting Key West Municipal in good | shape, buyer: rece ee in ‘the stores. of the city’ will’ designate their candidate? tét queen on ballots to be receiv- ed after each purchase. f Rotarians and. other friends’ of Miss Acevedo will be asked fo back ‘the Rotary candidate by designating her as queen. Ballots will be ready this week. MOTOS TOS ID. : | —-, by Earle ‘DELPHIN FERNANDEZ SERVING IN ARMY (Special to The Citizen) WITH THE XXIV CORPS IN KOREA, Jan. 30—A Key West soldier, Sgt. Delfin R. Fernandez,' 25, is serving on occupation duty in Seoul, ancient city Korea. He is a cook im the ~ Signal | Operations Battalion. b..nandez} Korea bettér than any other place he’s been, but he would still rather be home. Sgt. Fernandez’s wife, Mrs. Doris E. Fernandez, lives at 503 Louisa Street, Key West, Fla. He entered the army in September,) 1942. | AREEENAREERERABERDER ESET ROASTEKS and FRYERS | |BRADY’S (Live) Poultry | Ege Market rket rept PALACE THEATER and 1214 White St. | PRESCRIPTION as about the disputc. The last time General Motors and ntatives held a conference | was. December 13, when it was ‘stated that the meeting broke up in * appeared to be an insurm je difference © of | opinion ~ out the proposed ' it crease of ‘wages. ‘ The workers representatives held out for an increase of 19% cents, reduced from their original demand of 30 cents advance ar hout, and the officials asserted that the ; most they, woyld agree to give was six cents.ynder the demand. The 19% cents .was asked in cordance withthe mequest of lent Truman. that the in- C Li et,at that amount, but | GM. officials. refused. to consider the President's, proposal. union re Mrs. Stephen Douglass Gives Garden Talk EARLE JOHNSON TO SHOW PRE-WAR COLORED PIC- TURES OF KEY WEST AT WINTER VISITOR SOCIAL Weekly visitor winter social, | which is held by the Hotel As- sociation ‘each week for tourist benefit, is'‘under sponsorship of the Ocean View Hotel and will be-held Friday at the Woman's #USO at the corner’of Duval and Caroline streets: Feature’ of the evening will be 4 reading ‘by Mrs. Stephen Douglass on “Key West Gar- jutiful pre-war colored pic- res of Key West wilt be shown Johnson of Needham Heights, M. Master of C Dwight Hunter, fare head, city public wel- ‘HECTOR CASTILLO TERMINATES LEAVE Hector R. Castillo, $2/c, son of Mr. “od Mrs. Tranquilino Castil- lo 323 Elizabeth . Street h just terminated a leave + ofter completing his boot training in Cam, Peary, Va. Hector is former. employee .of , Western Union, and a graduate of che Key West High School, class of "45. He is naw. stationed in Arlington, | Va., where he.is connected with the Communication Office. We Have A Supply of © War Surplus » ILMS ALL SIZES | SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. DRUGGISTS Duval at Fleming Phone ¥9¢