The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 5, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West 2 3 VOLUME LXVII. No. Lt.Gén, Homma On Trial Takes Stand In Own Beha Gpilinscy CLAIMED HE WAS BRIT- vanwewaree| ISH-TRAINED. LIFE - Weather Summary| ing January: LONG ENEMY OF JA- y) ur PAN’S TOJO | Weather summary for the month of January has been is- sued by G. S. Kennedy, me- teorologist, in charge of the local weather bureau. The summary shows that the highest temperature dur- ing the month was 82 on the 16th, with the lowest reading 52 degrees on the 19th. The greatest amount of precipitation was .37 inches on the 6th. Theré were 11 clear days, ; 13 partly cloudy and seven ty Associated MANILA, Feb. Ger 1 Homma. Fenn) Licutenant! on trial here asi took to testify in his own be- | | criminal, the stand | today half He British spoke in English with a aecent. He said that he}! was British-trained, and for that! reason had been a H ot Tojo, and on whom Homma placed cloudy during the month. the blame for Japan’s war with | the United States and Great Brit- | ae Head Police lifelong enemy ; who was German-train- ed been able tility of his the fue! country’s going to war with the United States and| Great Britain, but added that he} had no say about the matter be-! cause of hostile attitude toward him. HE AND CHIEF EISNER WILL | CONTACT scouT aNp cIv- IC ORGANIZATIONS’ LEAD- ERS to see readily Tojo's No Politics For City Employe Lieutenant Ray Atwell been appointed head of the Po- lice Athletic Association by Pol- |ice Chief Louis Eisner. Mr. At- well informed The Ci n today that he had accepted the position. : Lieutenant Atwell-is a well Politics will play no part; known scout leader of the city th city ae iyluyes,” City Mana-| and stated today that he will im- ger Dave King suit today, adding, ?mediately begin contavting the employes will not mix in the! yarious scout leaders of the city campaigns to form athletic teams and en- It is not up to us to say who’ gage in the tive its in the city commission” Mr.! planned by the “PALS”. King continued. “They are pla Atwell also announced that ed there by the people to de Father Johnson of the Catholic mine policies and these policies’ Church ‘has’ volunteered the hall to be passed on to me to be ad-; which was formerly used. by the ministered” | NCCS USO for use by the PALS I have yet to have a council or} as soon as it is vacated. A big commission adopt policies against) dance is planned for the Junior the best interests of the city and! Crowd when permission to use I never expect to be placed in! the hall is finally granted, Mr that position. | Atwell said a Various other civic the city will be contacted by Mr. | Atwell and the Chief of Police} ! who will remain active in the work and councils selected in | various parts of the city and welded into a unified whole. THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS| DABBLING IN POLI- TICS, KING: SAYS | | RR RM BP NE SER ART Temperatures ‘Temperature datz ior the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowes Station last 24 hours last mot Atlanta 2 3oston, 3rownsville Charleston ax Assessor To } y provides that a | county tax assessor visit ever | precinct in his county at least ‘once a year, and Assessor Claude | Gandolfo, accompanied by Chief | Clerk J. Frank Roberts, will be- gin making his rounds this yea on February 26. On that day they will visit the! Galveston Jacksonville Kansas ( W. Memphis Miar Minneapolis Athletic Asso.: has athletics | groups in} Visit Precinets | Che Kriy t THE SOUTHERNMOST veral Ask War Memorial :: |*' COMMITTEE BEING FORMED; BAYVIEW PARK CONSIDER. ' ED BEST LOCATION: L. P. ARTMAN, SR., TREASURER City Manager King has been j interviewed by Pedro Aguilar and L. P. Artman, Jr., as to the | feasibility of placing a memorial to those war dead of Key West’ who gave their lives in the past j conflict at Bayview Park. Several persons have offered their services as chairman of the| {committee and a meeting will shortly be held to select a com- j mittee. Mr. Aguilar has agreed to be in ‘charge of making the} collections and Mr. Artman, Sr will act’ as treasurer. | Opinion ‘seems: to be that» the; memorial shouldbe fot all oft y, West’s war ‘dead ‘and: not ‘Just® for’ those athletes ' of ‘the city. who gave their lives. Ma- jority of persons feel that Bay-! view Park is the logical place for} | the monument. The exact loca-| ‘ tion and construction of the mon-; ument will be further dis di) and finally presented to the City! Commission. i ‘Criminal Court Jury Is Drawn, | | | | | { COMING REGULAR TERM TO BE CONVENED ON FEBRUARY 18 This morning a panel of 60 jurors was drawn for the next; regular term of criminal court, { Which, Judge Caro said, will be | convened on February 18, The} list: Victor Russe’, Harry’ T. Rus- sell, George S. Richardson, Moses Merriman, Wm. Ralph Pratt, Roosevelt Sands, Jefferson H. Knight, Jr., Robert M. Saunders, Walter J. Roberts, Oliver C. Kemp. James W. -Russell, Richardson,. C. D. Riggs, s| | Sterling, Everett V. Kinsman, Ru-! dolph H. Sands, Lennie Roberts, | | Ha Be: J. \Everett L. Sawyer, James H. Rus jsell, John W. Russell. Laurie T. Alonzo, Wenceslao/ Garcia, Charles L. Russell, H man F, Albury, Julio Perez, Ver-| Jnon Lowe, Sr., William J. Radice, | | Albert H. Lopez, John H. Rankin, | | William M, Albury. | James McKiney, Grover C. Al- jbury, Shered W. Newlan, Earl C.| Sawyer, J. A. Villareal, C.C. Arn. | old, William R. Gordon, Quintan | Lopez, Harry Shaw, William J.| | Harlow. | Charles I. Parks, Henry B. Moss, George E. Hinde, Tom | |Wynn, John C. Peoples,, Jack R. | Williams, Earl O. Roberts, Firmin | |Vidal, Samuel Stevens, Earl, (Me! Gee. { Herbert Pindeéi!' John C. De- laney, Charles O. Anderson, Jo-| ‘seph W. Sawyer, Robert Stanford’! Watkins, Otto Aguero, Leonard | W. Roberts, Charles A. Vidal, Ho- | cid Sanehee ihc Teresa URI! | iJey. | i 'Labor Bill | | |SAID TO BE LESS DRASTIC | the ‘tone City Considers {fied his intere EWSPAPER IN U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1946 “Striking. Longshorenven ‘gnore Covn't Pleas To Resume Work Dr. Reuben W. Colman, National, TORPEDOMAN RECEIVES PURPLE HEART mt ; Navy Photo 'JEHU FRASHEUR, TMlc, .attached to Shore Patrol ' here, is shown left.as he was awarded the Purple Heart by Captain of the Yard R. J. Watson in ceremonies at NOB. recently. wounds':suffered. aboard, the USS Cailahan when it ‘was sunk on July 29, 1945, off-Okifawa, following an attack by a Jap Kamikase eve Pr Refutes Charge Of Railroading Yamashita Trial Y THAN ONE NOW BEING CONSiDERED sMw Associates TOKYO, Feb. 5.—Colonel A. C. Carpenter, a member of General MacArthur's staff, to- day refuted the charge that Lieutenant General Yama- shita had been railroaded through his trial. (Yamashita yesterday lost his appeal to the ~ United States supreme court to set aside the death penalty that had been imposed on him by the military court in Manila.) Col. Carpenter said that Yamashita had been given 27 days to prepare for his trial, and that seven army officers, who had been able lawyers in civil life, had been assigned to-defend him. The only hope remaining to Yamashita to be saved from being hanged now rests with General MacArthur, to whom an appeal will be made. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Rep- resentative Sherman Adams, Re-} publican, of New Hampshire, to- | day introduced a labor bill that) is less dr ¢ than the one, now being considered by the Housé. The Adams bill provides. for creation of fact-finding | boards and contains provisions against wildcat but? its, is far miic n the ill, introduced by Representderve Francis Case, Republican, South Dakota, which is now under con- sideration. Garrison Buy One of brought up {meeting toi be} FI SILSI LSI SIMS SS | County Board Meets Tonight County commissioners will by | hold a meeting tonigt who has # ig tonight, at which to. the canine “, time bills will be approved and | other routine business will be transacted. KERMIT FORBES Lino ETBRNING HOME, the matters to at city commission ght at:8 o'clock will be the presenting of a resolution by City Manager Dave King by | which the commission would em-| {power him to purchase the 92/ acres of Garrison Bight underwe- | ter lands. This, acreage construction of at least one is wished for the] 2 Yacht Basi: {sion, Tom Wilson. Bridge Board Meet “fomorrow: (Svecial Yo The Citizen) PEARL HARBOR; T. H. — T4, Kermit D. Forbes, of 1013 Hall] trict commission will hold al Street, Key West, Fla., is one of meeting in the county clerk’s| 1,075 Army veterans returning office, | to the States for discharge aboard} Tomorrow afternoon the Over-| seas Roa nd Toll Bridge’ Di: Frasheur’ received the medal for! YMCA Program Head, Speaks Heat Cittern | THE “PRICE FIVE CENT: ~ —- William Bras Elected As, Chairman In Reorgani-' zation Of Jackson Square Doctor Reuben W. Colman, As- sociate Program. Director of the | Ar and Navy Department | YMCA Was the Guest Speaker at a re-organization meeting of the Commtitee of Management of the Jackson Square USO. _ Doctor Colman is the man who is responsible for the literature | distributed thru the USO's oper-! ated by YMCA throughout the country. He explained to the group there function in this time of cransition. William i Brady was elected chairman, Lt. Frederick Martin, well, anc recreation officer, | NOB, was clected vice-chaiman., Fred Miller is the new secretary- treasurer. The other members of} the committee present at the} meeting were: Rev. C. T. Howes, | ght Hunter, Chaplain H. Fl Captain William} 5 Ghacisin Fort Taylor, | Rev. John E. Pickens, Earl Ham- { ilton, Lt. F. R. Ventura, Chaplain, | NAS, Lt. Murray MeNeil, Jr., ; Cha in, NOB, Lt. Robert Jen- haplain USS, H. W. Gil- NOB, Joseph Pearlman, Francis Johnson, Paul Mesa, Stephen Singleton. J. R. Jr, -Naval Hospital and| William H. H. Henderson, Direc= | tor of the USO. Wallace B.; Kirke, Mrs. Bowery and Edna Phelan and William T. Goodson, ; CRM Fleet Sound School, NOB.| | were unable to attend. Mrs, Wal-j lace, B.. Kirke represented her! | husband and Carl Walters of} ; Woodstock, N. Y. was a gu INAS Housing | Oifice Moved! The housing office of the Naval] , Air Station has been moved from !the administration building to! ' the security building, just outside, the main gate, and a full- time | employee has been assigned to assist naval personnel in obtain-} , ing adequate housing. The move makes the 8ffice | more acessible to interested per-| sonnel, and is part of a program! instituted by the station’s com- manding officer to aid in solving} ) | bousing, problems for station per- sonnel, |, Persons haying information as to available housing are invited ‘to: phone it in to the housing office, NAS Extension 306 or 276. \ 1 1 i jon OOO OIL LS ST Has Proposal Designed To End Strikes: (By Aswociuted. Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.— Chester Bowles, head of OPA, is expected to'‘annouhce short- ly a labor-management wage- prite proposal, designed to put ‘arPend ‘to! strikes: enThere iss a possibility that OPA will allow an increase in the price of steel that will offset the wage demand, and a similar policy of stabiliza- tion will be applied to other industries, Number of men in the Unit- ed States made idle by strikes stands today at 1,500,000. PSII SII SS PS, Clark, Jordan, Cars Collide |AT INTERSECTION OF SEMIN- ; ARY AND TROPICAL STREETS According to police records Lee Clark crashed into a cav driven by K. A. Jorda corner of Seminary and Tropic: stre ssterday. Police allege that Jordan failed to stop at the intersection while travelling “north ‘on Tropical strect. Clark was travelling south Seminar, The Clark car struck the Jordan car. on the right front fender while swerving to avoid the accident and ‘en skid- j ded at, Police state that there wus no evidence of kes being applied on the Jordan car at the moment | of the accident. PII a rasa M. Catch Three Hundred Pound Shark; 11 Small, iS LBbingihg i Brae: threc hund- red pound shark gave guests of Cecil Catale the time of ‘their lives ‘this week at Boca Chic: bridge. The shark gave birth to 11 puppy sharks aftér being caught. The grenp spent some time at South Beach. In the group were Mr. and Mrs, K. E. Lautzenheimer of Akron, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. at the| ‘RESENTFUL OVER RE- PORT THAT GOVERN- E. ‘WAS GOING TO OPEh. ..E TUGS (My Associnted Press) | NEW YORK, Feb. 5—Members of the International !shoremen’s Union, numbering 2 | 500, were resentful today over the here pone report that the government was {going to take over the operation joi the 400 tugs and barges operat- }ed. in local wate! | The strikers ignored the pleas ‘of government conciliators to re- \turn: to werk until a settlement ;of the wage dispute. is x They | replied with yells of “Let Truman jiun the tug | Head of the union in this area {then appealed to them to go back \to work, but they flouted his sug- ! gestion. | A major fucl shortage is.ex- ; pected in four days, and, as one- jthird of foodstuffs that enter the jcity are brought here in barges, lit is feared that an acute food |shortage will result if the strike prolonged a week. It was because of those contin , the conciliitors pointed at the men were asked to call. their strike off while a con- ference is held to determine if an agreement can be reached with ; tugboat owners Remove Surplus | Water White S MARL-SMOOTH SOUTH, VON PHISTER, WASHINGTON STREETS Public ‘Service Head Robert Dopp and his mem are working on Seminary street ioday putting on a smooth mar! surface. Aprons will also be constructed Seminary, Washington and *hister which will make surpius water in the area flow down White street to a catch basin nearby. | The Fire Department Alley on ‘Ann street is receiving a patch ireatment of tar and then rocks and tar and the whole rolled to | give a smooth surface here. | Next streets to be marl-smooth- | ed will be South street, Washing- ton and Von Phister. at ! Von Change Charge Against Negro ustice Tra Albury, yes zfternoon, ‘hanged the charge against © Otis“ Saunders, negro, to ‘grand lafeeny ‘and breaking and entering, and held him in $500 bail for criminal! Peace terday {five precincts in Key West, and | the next day will go to Marathon, ! where they are scheduled to ar- ! court, J. H. Ridley, the complainant, alleges that he found Saunders New Orleans Fred Mika of Cleveland, k Mew ¥; The matter of the proposed re-| the USS Santee, an escort carrier ew Yc Stone Hotel To | funding of the district's bonds,| of the “Magic Carpet” fleet. This iPolice Officer Norfolk Oklahoma City Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis Tar ‘rive at 11 o’clock in the morning. They will rem for Islamorada, | will leave j they are due to arrive at pa pa are scheduled to be in Tavernier 0242242242244444444 PALACE THEATER FRANCES RAEBURN in “SWING OUT SISTER” News and Serial “TONIGHT IS PRIZE NITE” Vvuvvvwwwwwwvwwwwwe (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ——-Opens P.M. Daily- 5 Visit the BOTTLE CAP INN 1128 SIMONTON STREET at CATHERINE “The Nicest Little Bar in Town" A Place Where You Can Bring Your Wite or Sweetheart and Be Respected YOU WILL FEEL at HOME i in the BOTTLE CAP Drinks from 30c up PACKAGE GOODS at CEILING PRICES OUR LUNCH COUNTER Serves the Best of Sandwiches - We Specialize in Seafoods (AGS Sie aa eun a ate SS IS ship left Saipan, January 19, and ain in Marathon | till the next morning and then! \ where | Some te 11; o'clock, and two hours later they; -|ty rere A a CASA CAYO HUESO | | whereby the interest will be re- Change Hands Fred J. Dion has placed a bind- | } {er with Edward C. Gomez, coun- commissioner from the first district, for the purchase of the | Stone Hotel for $28,000. 1 The hotel, built by the late Mrs. } |Euphemia Maloney, is situated at | White and Division streets. It has ‘stores on the first floor and hotel accommodations;on the second ‘floor. Since Mr. Gomez purchas- } ,ed it, he has-had many improve- ;ments made to it. _—s (SS STERLING'S "33." 4.20" aG Market {1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 ‘ROASTERS and FRYERS \ Dressed Daily { NR hk IRR i WANTED ‘Kitchen and Dining Room Help of All Kinds Apply to Chef LA CONCHA HOTEL eee | Elizabeth street. mae teniAETIAGO, ROREIGUBE: Ste ge ag ' was scheduled to Pedro about February supplying fighter support in the invasions of Nor Africa and Normandy the USS Santee participated in the phase of the Navy’s offensive in the Pacific. duced trom four to two percent, will be discussed. The district has the highway to the State Road Department, which, in turn, will! | have the bonds refunded. through; the State Board of Administra-) tion. | | i i | turned over a IMPORTANT The KEY WEST RETAIL GROCERS ASSOCIATION will hold an Important Meeting Tonight, 7:30., All members requested to. he present NOTICE There will be a meeting of the| Indepndent Order of Odd Fel-| lows, CUBA LONGE NO. 15, held this evening at 7:30 at hall on} All gasetoers vited. ‘ARO, *Noble»Grand, | ~ OPEN-EVENINGS To Serve You DAILY and SUNDAY for DEVELOPING We Open at 7 A.M. and Remain and PRINTING Open ‘til Midnight 7 Days a Week souTHERNMosT ciTY| PQOR OLD CRAIG PHARMACY, Inc. SERVICE STATION Prescription Druggists Division and Francis Sts. Sunday Phone $134 DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. ‘AE Atmengol, Owber We Are Now Accepting COLOR FILM ive in San} final} 3 | released for publication. ed Chief of Police Louis Eisner, announces the dismissal of Pat-| rolman Joseph Ce | Grounds for di: missal were not Is Dismis i — WANTED Telephone Operator Apply Manager | LA CONCHA HOTEL aT BABA shssssAsesesee NOTICE! Dog License Tags On Sale This Week 2 to 5 P.M. at WOMAN'S CLUB After February 9th, until March 15th, ONLY at HUMANE SOCIETY Office: 240-C Poinciana Place Ohio, Mr. end Mrs. H. Kutz- | ing of Freeport. N. Y.. Miss standing at a chiffonier in Rid- Belle Jordan of Bronx, New York, Dick Bemis of Hagers- fown, Indiana, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bonsi of Columbia Sta- tion, Ohio, Mr. end Mrs. W. E. Watkins of Buffalo, New York and Miss Mildred Soch- owski of Miami, Florida. | ley’s room with a package con- | taining $1,000 in $20 bills, which | his brother, Paul, had given him ‘te keep while he was away play- jing golf on the municipal course Jon Stock Island, The complain | ant alleges further that Saunder ‘took the bills fromthe top dra Per in the chiffonier. TEP IIE SOBEL LE LOTTE ELLE NORTH REACH INN COFFEE SHOP 711 North Beach Phone 453-J eFull-Course DINNER, 6-8 pan. Spanish Home-cooked DINNERS by Reservation 5 ASEAN SSI | Hood’s Poultry and Eggs \ 919 Southard Street | *Battery - Raised FRYERS and ROASTERS fom. om “TA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL AIR-CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by Bartoso’s Orchestra aah The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ BREAKFAST Served from . LUNCHEON Served from DINNERS Served from 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. $:30. P.M. to 8:30 P.M. HUGH C. HODGE, Manager iii fo ist a oi lite Saad ‘UUSUEGEOEEOEOUGLAUOAAEU ORES EOOU GOEL AA AONLAMERSEN SLOANE gad UES LA