The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West Key West, Florida, ras tne most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhait Che Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 28 Vast Increase. Shown Ip, Postal Saving Deposits: At Key West Postofficé RECORD SHOWS OVER ‘@PiPiPP OPS 8 TWO MILLION DOL- Blizzard Halts LARS AT CLOSE. OF! Search For U.A: BUSINESS THURSDAY | WireckediPlone (By Aasuciatea Prese) LARAMIE, Wyo., Feb. 1.— Search for the United Air- lines’ passenger plane which crashed near the top, of Elk Mountain. and. is belieyed,to ; have killed 2] ,persons,..was., . brought. tg @, standstill today, by a_ blizzard. that) whipped. | snow over ,.th | mountain at a rate of 58 mil | Postal Key West $310,983 aving deposits in the Post Office during the last twelve Postmaster _Hollon R.} said ioday, | close of business on) 31, 1945, the receipts| $1,890,381, but they. hadj nounted to $2,201,364 when the} office closed jterday However, sale of postal stamp fell off last month as com- pared with January, 1945, when} t amounted to $- 9.42, Last nth the_total v $15,666.42, a of 40 per cent. | s of what the receipts, amp ere affect the pres-j Judge Roberts increased Bervaldi At the January an hour and sent the mer- cury down to five degrees above zero. Eighteen passengers and three crewmen were on the plane, and all are thought to have been killed. 1 rdle ale of calen postage ent stat present The of the post office, continue under its tatus till June 30, 1947 on for that is that in-| ularies for any calen-| not go into effect ing of the fiscal rea of « does gir GAVE HEARING TO COLORED eee othe sawill BOY CONFINED IN COUNTY JAIL the same as they! the status of the| <ceeded more than illion dollars in! will be un- July of this sal the postmaster continue to be are now and office, Juvenile Judge Rrank O. Rob- ! erts this morning gave a hcaring year will govern to Philip Bailey, a colored boy | who has been confined in jail since July 26-0f last year because of the abolishment of the juve- | nile equrt in Monroe county by | the 1945. legislature, The hearing was held to deter-} mine the constitutionality of the’ law, |G. Sawyer will file quo warranto proceedings to test the right of Mr. Roberts to preside as juvenile | judge. The proceedings were arranged | for by Attorney General J. Tom fed Press) | Watson, after he and Mr. Sawyer CHUNGKING Feb. 1.—China,| had held a conference about the f st time in 18 years to, juvenile judgeship in Miami. Mr ar or civil strife, was} Sawver, in the quo warranto pro- today to be on the ceedings, will be temporarily an peace, with all political! assistant to tne attorney general. g agreed to Should the circuit court rule ifferences, it was of that the law constitutional, F uneed by the centra it has been said at the courthouse nment today | many times that the case will A gover ental council of 45 not be avnealed. and that Mr members will be named to take Roberts will continue to act as affairs of government,! judge. Howcver, if the law is up- set up at Nanking.| held in circuit court, an appeal Paty will be rep-| will be made to the supreme on .the..councl, with| court. 4 seats going to the central|. Judge Roberts, ,at the, cqnclu- government. | sien of the hearing in Bailev's i case, decided to take it, under | aavisement. 1 affe Receipt the z aries to beens) 1, 1947. China Is Now At Peace Again POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES ALL e of reported verge of is Marriage Licenses For January Here Crowd Collected Total Forty- Three! By Four Persons F th. issued County Judge compared The ee marriage license: last month by Raymond R. Lord, with 48 in Decem- average is now about| than during the war. | issued the last few} SOME CITIZENS STATE 1, Key West, and! St. John’s, | Charged ceedings; collect Perez, Sanchez, Questions around town reveal- with disorderly allowing a are John John Roberts pro- crowd to : Pla, Rene Sawyer, and ‘F. , 19, 32, and both of Key Still, icky, and , Herndon, 22, Hopkins- Rose Lee! ure know»-as gambling -house Kentucky. | eperators, Some c:tizens stated that often .times persons are | “pinched” on’ these charges who" | give fictitious nmamés pr allow BATTERIES CHARGED The Modern Way Drive in. in 30 to 45 minutes and’ your car can be on its way! Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE Phone No.5 White at Fleming We Are Now Accepting COLOR FILM for DEVELOPING and PRINTING Hood’s Poultry and Eggs | ai6 ed eee | SOUTHERNMOST CITY *Batiery - Raised FRYERS || PHARMACY, Inc. and ROASTERS | Prescription Druggists Dressed On Premises Poni eGas DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. (<a | GR itop ef they. Presides Again| because now Attorney John; NAMES MAY BE FICTITIOUS, | ed that only one of these names ! an employee’s. name tO be used. ¢ THE SOUTHERNMOST if Willie Key Is -First:fo Deal}. With ith Roberts: \PAYS CURRENT: TAXES AS NEW CITY TAX COLLECTOR TREASURER TAKES OVER: PINDERS END ACCOUNTS First man to do business with jthe new city tax collector and Archie Roberts was W.llie Key who raid his current ; taxes this morning at 9 o'clock. , | Mr. Roberts assumed his new , jduties today relieving Sam B.' Finder. Mr. Pinder and Sam 8. Pinder, Jr., will remain for a {few days completing records for the month which jis expected to total over $30,000.,in collections. ; Mr. Pinder. ;.has» jannounced that, folowing his retirement,.he w.lly take»)it easy”. for awhile 4 and, do, (gardening around,:-his home,;;He thas) gtated that he is proud of, his record. in balancing , ; the. city’s collection books to j the penny each month with no } discrepancies. ; Sam B. Pinder, Jr., who has: been assisting his father has an- nounced no further plans as yet but he ig expected to take a posi- | tion locally. He has been offer-' ed many. | Assistant to Mr. Roberts will be J. Carlyle Roberts who had previously been employed in the | office. | treasurer ‘Dismiss Case Against. Driver, jCASE,: DEALS: | WITH" SMITH | BOY INJURED <IN in | ACCIDENT | | | Peace Just’ce Esquinaldo ‘said! teday that it deaeloped at the jaesene before him yesterday in the case against John Woodall, negro, whose truck struck John Smith, 13, son of Mr. and, Mrs. Charles E, Smith, on the even- ing.of December 17. that the reason for the truck. not stopping till it had run 210 feet beyond the point where the acc:dent oc- curred was because Woodhal, pushed open the door of the truck and jumped to the street to render assistance to the boy. Justice Esquinaldo disjissed the case. Woodall testified tha,t whea he jumped out, he had left the teuck running, and Reynaldo Garcia, who was riding in the seat with Woodall, said that be- fore he could shift to the, left cf the seat and stop the truck it had covered the 210 feet that had :been measured by. the po- lee. between, ‘the point of the ‘accident. and) the stopped truck. Three a witnesses. test fied the truck. was speeding when the boy was struck, but. on cross- | questioning. Justice Esquinaldo ‘said, it was learned that none | of them was nearer the point lof the accident that a block, and ‘that they based their conclus:ons on the fact that the truck con- tinued to run for more than haif a block before it stopped. | Woodall and Garcia testified | i that the truck was veered sharp- i Jy in an attempt to avoid strik- ing the bicycle on which Smith was riding. Lope: Bike | Is Stolen : | Bicycle has been stolen from | Julio Lopez and reported to the! police department of the city. | No trace of the bike has been! found as yet, ! | MUSIC EVERY NIGHT by Tommy Thompson VWwvvvvVvvvvwwvwwwrs Sage Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto P AR’ gee ey YouR prea NAVARRO, er 22£444444444444444 {had been possible to hire’ teach ‘he said. |ant cont:nued, ‘SLOPPY (JOE 5 BAR: NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1946 SUB SQUADRON 4 HEADS IN TH 4 Navy Photo PRINCIPAL FIGURES in the permanent assignment of Submarine | Squadron. 4 to NOB are pictured above. Left to right are Captain R.! C. Lake, USN, commander of Submarine Division 42; Captain E. S. Hutchinson, USN, commander of Submarine Squadron 4; Captain W. A. Seunders, commending) officer‘ of the submarine surface! icusi! and Captain C. H: Andrews, commandef of ‘Submarine Division 41, | The’ ‘submarine ‘scuadron, consisting of ten::submarines,' ‘One sub- | tender, one sub:réescue: vessel and'tw6: DE’s, is here in Key’ West. \ ii ayeces: Hear Pra OBryant i COOGOTI IS The Citizen Saves $270 In | CITES DIFFICULTIES IN RE-! Checks Here TAINING TEACHERS : | A. O. Johnson was a wor- | ried man yesterday. He had left $270 in travellers’ checks somewhere over the city. He checked at service stations over the city and finally re- ported it to the bank. Employes at the bank promptly told Mr. Johnson to read The Citizen. He picked up a copy and saw the 4 “le stating that Leonard W. had found the trav ‘checks. (Hasteiting tothe bank, Mr. / Johnson iden: himself to "Postmaster Hollon Bervaldi ‘nd ‘was profuse in his thanks ‘to. Mr. “Warren. Leonard, | who is familiarly known as SMe" to his friends, roydiv ee ed $5 for his honesty. He is the blind operator of the stand in the Postoffice. Leh Bragassa Holds Important Pos { Citing the difficulties of ob- taining and retaining teachers due to the high cost of living ja ey West, Professor Horace ,Q’- yant gave an outline of just t his partment is up ta inst in securing new teachers for the school: In his talk Prof. jstated that .snce wages for | Florida teachers were higher ‘than several other states, a O’Bryant | ers for Key West. Some states’ {however had granted additional pay raises, and it is obv.ous- that securing teachers for this vould be increasingly aitticntet Continuing h’s talk, Mr. O’- Bryant, stated that; though the teachers were granted an in+| crease, it, wages, lastey that. Qué to taxauon ‘they’ were itak- | ing, five, aollare less thig gyear than; the Year, pwevidig, [44 To retain comE etent teaching personnel here, . and competent | teachers are ‘mrortant inasmuch | es education ig the foundation for | the citizens of the future, some! steps should be taken to give them inducements for remaining, ! ONE OF FOUR SUPERVISORS | j WITH PAN-AMERICAN |tais honor Brother’ Lions, I am! { very { antroduced | Bar Carey, W. J. Putcamp, Ra-' | Mr. O'Bry- | AIRWAYS the merchants of| | the city cooperated to the ex-; Wi tent of givi | hen an all-cargo Clipper loads | discounts to the; teachers, to offset higher living ,° unloads its express shipr ment | costs. jal Miami, it usually means that | Taiteenelicions ‘Louis Anthony Bragassa has been | stated that at work. One of fot pervi: oneal out of express at Miami, Bragassa ha teachers to remain here, this e:ty Completed his seventeenth year =| ¢ould be asusred’ of hiring and reid with Pan American World} eae : irways. H retaining competent teachers. Directly responsible for over- a See all express supervision. during his hift, hesalsg takey: cata jf, res ervations “for cargo space in ad-j wance, of etch flight, Bragassa was .appointed super visor of express in 1945. His job{ includes handling of truck facili- | In some localities, Prof. O’Bryant if some plan were locally to induce Police Fine Soar To $3 | mi JANUARY LAST ¥ YEAR ONLY | tics for cargo carriage to and from | the express department and field,! maintenance of vehicle equip-| ment, and control over receiving onesie and dispatching departments. | Pol'ce Fines and Forfeitures! Hired at Pan American’s Key record for the month of January , West base station in 1929 (he is total $3.016.50, according to rec-|Mative of Key West), Bragassa! jords in City Clerk Roy Hamlin’s Was traffic representative until | office. January, 1937. Then he took over January of last year showed the job of express clerk. Until a total of $2,767.50. December of | his appointment as supervisor, he thab has cod yess than | Was in charge of the cargo on Beer hee: e hand section. i With his wife.and son, Louis,! Jr., age 15, Bragassa resides at 2990 Bird Rd., Coconut Grove. His hobby is deep-sea fishing. “After 17 years with PAA.” Bragassa gaid, “I’ve seen Jots of changes from the days, of the tm-, motor. Fokkers to our,present 68-! | Passenger Constellations.” AE | NORTH BEACH INN - COFFEE SHOP 711 North Beach Phone 453-J" eFull-Ccourse DINNER, 6-8 p.m. Troe Home-cooked DINNERS: Reservation 3$00244444444444444 PRESCRIPTIONS f7.-—> Ingredients | Compounded by Experienced . _ Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone 177 Free Delivers + wv wwerwererve~ i $2,767.50; DECEMBER HAD DROP idi 1944. CASTROS Food Market 901 DUVAL ST. PHONE 215 Advertised +Thupsday VEGETABLE SouP should have been HEINZ’ TOMATO SOUP 3 CANS 25¢ TOP QUALITY SWEET ROTATES aia have een | their clubs. i & Se Eo Sh. WA Be di aoa, Ls pawn | ‘Pretender To | Spanish Throne Off To Portugal (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 1.—Don | Juan, pretender ta the Span- ish throne, left here today for Portugal, where, it was reported, he was to meet Gen- eralissimo Franco on the Spanish-Portugal border to ; @iscuss Don Juan's becoming of Spain, ever, on his arrival in Bortical. hp-denied that .ar- 4) Fangements, had been made “for him and the Spanish dic- | tator to meet. Spain has not had a mon- archial form of government since the late King Alfonso fled from Madrid to Paris in | April, 1931. VE LAL Lh hdd ve Reardon Honore '~éBy Local Lions. 1 HONORARY MEMBERSHIP =| CONFERRED ON NAVY CAPTAIN The Key West Lions’ Club conferred its first honorary mem- bership on Captain C. E. Reor- dan, U. S. Navy, in elaborate ceremonies last night. The pres- entation was’ madeby Lion Sce- retary -Gerald Saunders, who gave a brief outline ‘of the history] « Lionism. ‘Lion Reordan, ‘re- plied, “This is one of the proud moments of my life. I appreciate} of | ! { | | happy to be one of you,! proud to be a member of a club which recognizes the efforts and merits of others.” i Following the presentation of the Honorary Membership Cer- tificate to Captain Reordan, Pro-! Sideswipes Car, gram Chairman Allan Hampton| Pays Damages the speaker of the! i evening, City Manager Dave | King. King’s address dwelt on accipENT ON ROOSEVELT the origin and basis of the com- mission-manager form of govern-| BOULEVARD, BAY SIDE ment, and its advantages over; the old councilmanic system. | Lion’ Gerald Saunders, accom-| { panied at ‘the ‘piano by Lidn, In an. accident 5 sterday Kingman, Curry, sang| “Baby for Louise E. Taylor of 642 Pine You and I’, composed by Thom- street was, fined five dollars for as Woody. costs of court and told to pay The “program was closed by camages sustained by a Pit- the Lions roar and song, “Till We camp and Alexander company , Meet Again. { car. i Guests were: Dave King, Dr The’ Pitcamp and Alexander L,,A, Rademaker, district gover-' cur was beitg driven north on} nox, of, Lionism; Earl Adams, R.' Roosevelt Botilevard on the bay w, Jack W. Padgett, H- A.) side When ‘it was sideswiped by. Walter Morris, “Dalton the’ "Taylot’ ¢ht according tora’ G. M. Crowley, Ltr J! police’ repott} ' which © was going mdéz, Earl: Adams; Jt.) south. Police pursued “and. arfested fael F. Gonzalez, C. G. Thomb-'Touise Taylor for failure to keep | son, Gerald Pinder, Paul Harel-' 49 tho right and leaving the! Reuben W. Coleman, Ray! ‘scene of anacenieae Disharoon, Paul W. Stewart. Cub-Lions Robert. Pollock, S | guuecemmencnseemcmemer, | R. Silberman and Myer R. Gross- | Temperatures | man were inducted as members. SE CL EM ER HM ay eces Group ‘Temperature data tur the 2% hours} SupportRightTo 4. cts Highest Lowes! | Work Amendment, { | i | | Statioa Atlanta Boston | Brownsville Charleston At a Tecent meeting of the Chicago Junior Charibers2f Commerée, | Detroit its members Wemson' ecord as | Galveston supporting thesMRight) ‘fo Wolk Saek¥onvitle | ; Amendment’ ty the’ stite: ‘con Viebnss City” 40 33 } stitut.ony i (Kek- WEST 81 69 Represenatives of ‘the’ senior K. W. Airport 82 70 and junior chambers of com- Memphis , 46 27 merce and other organizations Miami .} + 76 67 met in Ocala and adopted a: Minneapolis 9 bs 2 | unamious resolution. supporting New Orleans _ 66 43 ‘the amendment. Copies were or- New York 53 30 dered sent to all senior and jun- Norfolk 67 34 ior chambers and other organiza- Oklahoma City 49 31 tions in the state for action by | Pensacola 64 39 | Pittsburgh 54 17 The resolution . adopted at | St. Louis : 25 Ccala conludes: We conclude this) Tampa 55 solution with the statement that the best laws will ruin the = | best of socieies if ignored, dis-| STERLING’S aay he ose dained or allowed to sink into co: Maeda | obseauios oblividn because 0: | 1418 Eliza Street Phone 243 contempt, disregard or speciz ROASTERS and FRYERS cc dissent: employer, pacha Dressed Daily and unions alike would be charg-; able with this comtempt and dis- last 24 hours last night, 51 29 | 27 23 67 51 70 38 22 12 38 18 59 45 19 45 regard if either should through | organized or unorganized group; dissént, refuse to continue to.; give obedience and, observance | to this law. rs } ut * ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS Phone 442 116 Duval. Jefferson Hotel Bldg.| DAILY and SUNDAY poseoes 24 Hours A Day PALACE THEATER «80% tHE ocx Serving BAR-B- Q MEATS ROD CAMERON in CHARCOAL BROILED “BEYOND THE PECOS” | Chicken. Steaks and Chops News and Serial batt told tn tntntntntndntnindl x DINE and’ DANCE * | | | | t il vilian Perso 00 by | al Operating Bas j ees ty w | to go out. PRICE FIVE CENTS ie April | ,53 DISCHARGE SLIPS IN INDUSTRIAL DEPT.:; 16 FOR CLERKS AND MESSENGERS Cut of 200 persons necessitated by a reduction in the Bureau of Ship’s Budget for Key West Nav was announc- ed today by J. Harman Brodow- ski, NOB . Civilian, Publicity Di- rector., Total number of em- ployees will then be 2,300. “This cut is 10 be accomplished by April 1", Mr.-Brodewski said “department heads ‘and. employ- will be the first to learn about it.” Sixty .; seven,, persons » have received the.form cards which read that due to the reduction in the Bureau Ships budget their services are hereby terminated. Appreciation for their services rendered during the war is ien- dered in the card. “Personne! are to be, released from the following departments” Mr. Brodowski said, “Personnel Relations, Labor Board and In- dustrial Department.” “There are those groups which will be first to be affected: by the cut”. Mr. Brodowski said and named a) temporary employ (2) those: above che retirement age of 70 years, (3) all aliens oF | non citizens. Of personnel | in these “three fields there will be’ no_ transfer, Othe:» affected by the discharges may be sent to some departments in the yard which are under- ffed. Other departments which overstaffed will have lops in departments with’ possible transfers to other departments. The reduction which, hasbeen startéd ‘wil! continue uAfil’ Mar. 1, Mr. Browdowski said. If by tatytime the quota bf 200 is not pres fee then further discharge will be issued between Mar ra and April 1. This further move wiil then , go into the field of war service | emplovers. These may be re- leased rding to their rating which i ¢, good or better and other lower ‘ratings. The next step is then to, take the field of permanent employees and their ratings will be considered. Final- ly there are the A-1 employees 0 will not be affected by any cuts. Ne in these..various groups of employees will be dis- charged Mr. Brodowski_ said. Those who ate not ir the Alien, Over” Retirement Age gtoup* or temporary employes will Be “offered positions in other nave! babe. ‘thtotighout the couttry or in Peat] Harbor or Puerto Rico jf their ‘ranks become eligible for discharge. Familie, mzy follaw, 4he, ‘Work- ers within 30° deys under the government order, —* t Mr. Brodowski said that 5 veteran | charge slips had been mi roups two and three which con- sist of hetpers in the Industrial | Department. In groups 14-B_ in- ngers and clerks discharge ‘ds yet All department head: have not turned in their recom- cluding me there are 1 | mendations as yet, Mr. Brodow- ski said. Mr. Brodowski was very e phatic in stating that this was not a reduction in force although reduction in force procedure was being us SHOWS INCREASE NEW YORK.—During the ten years preceding Word War IL the population of Irid’a increased “tigtitly more than 50,000,000 de- spite a death rate three. times that of the United States. LIVE POULTRY ROASTERS and Battery BRADY’S (Live) POULTRY and EGG MARKE' T Phone 540 1214 White St.