The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 6, 1946, Page 1

ee 6 eee en ctnmeenec ners rma Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. Political Parties. In Japan Organize 10Opposé Others COMMON FRONT BOD. "@ i PDP OIL LD S| IES FORMED TO OP- JAeriaqlist POSE PEOPLE'S HoresMast FRONT UNIT No. 32 Frank Matausch, member of the famous “Flying Otaris”, who had planned to make Key West his home must now join his family troupe again he- cause another brother, Con- stantine, was killed in France. Frank states that he has en- joyed his three years here in Key West and hopes to re- turn, in the not too distant... future, He has left to start rehearsals at Ringling Broth- ers Circus. Winter, Quarters. : Frank is a Machinist,and Tool Maker. Constantine was offered an honorable. discharge because of being 38 years old but re- fused and continued to serve his country until he was fin- ally killed. The sergeant was born in the little town of Ir- kutsk, Russia, on May 21, 1906, He came to America in 1934 to form part of the aerial troupe. (By Associated Press) TOKYO, Feb. 6.—Sixty polit-'| parties in Japan have ganized a common front to op- the people's front that is| composed of communists ical or-} pose Common front advocates charge that the people’s front is trying to establish a communistic gov-} ernment in Japan. Another local news item con- cerned the of Lieutenant Yamashita, whose fate lies solely. with General MacArthur, as a result of the United States. su- preme court's refusal to review. the Yamashita case. Supporters of Yamashita, who had a petition circulated in his| behalf, asking that his life be spared, are now tensely awaiting an announcement from General MacArthur's headquarters about the appeal that has been made to him in anaes behalf. case Resume Act Sweeting Asks More Doctors Society May Furnish Cat Traps Soon CITY MANAGER TO REQUEST | GONZALEZ’ PERMANENT PRACTICE HUMANE SOCIETY WILL GET MONTHLY PAYMENTS REG- ULARLY UPON SUBMISSION OF MONTHLY STATEMENTS Commissioner Clarence Sweet-; ing last night at the city commis-! sion meeting proposed that the} state be queried by Manager Dave | Kfig and wsked ‘that Dr. Edward} Gonzalez be allowed to continue here .permanently as a medical doctor Mr. Sweeting Gonzalez may o: ing the war Charles. Wardlow announce that Dr.; the city commission last ni y practice dur-| that there will be; “cat traps’ emergency, which } which the Humane Society will has not been declared as over| procure:to be set out in the city. and cited the need for at least; “Cats have been a nuisance in two more doctors in the city at| the past and it is though that present. Local doctors are great-| this will be an effective way of ly overworked, Mr. Sweeting de-; reducing. ihe population. clared l Primary purpose of the Society! This question affects every’ one] is to protect animals but. at Bes in Key West, Mr. Sweeting said,| ent due to the large number and asked why more doctors did! stray and unwanted esis not patronize the Municipal Hos- | there is at present and will con- pital tinue to be dispo: via the gas | chamber in the Poinciana area. | Mr. Wardlow asked for the of the money due id No Fund For Advertising | mainder the | Society and was assured by City y | Manager King that if monthly | statements were submitted the | amount which has been allocated | by the city would be given each month, City To Buy Grave. Spaee' — COUNTY BOARD REFUSED RE- QUEST MADE LAST NIGHT No ing or money for advertis-! so-called advertising, the county commission told Adrian | SPACE FOR 104! GRAVES; O’Sweeney last night when he asked for $40 for an advertise- | SPACE NOW IN CEM- ment to be put in a program that | will be issued for the festival the | ETERY Key West Stadium Committee will hold on March 15. | l P to last year the county com-| City Manager Dave King was ioners always set aside a} given authority to purchase Lot fund for advertising purposes, but; 8 of Tract 5 for cemetery pur- amy requests were received| poses at the meeting of city com- oney out of the fund to be! mission last night. for purposes other than ad-; Mr. tising. the commissioners,| was 50 x 85 and en they made up this year’s! space for 104 graves. At present budget, left out the so-called ad-| there is no grave space available Vvertising item. s in the city cemetery. W. A. Parrish, chairman of the! There are 25 plots now in the mission, said, in discussing| city cemetery which are un- ther matter that did not per-| marked but there is some ques- ‘in to the festival, that he con-| tion as to whether there have “icered it was unfair to taxpayers | been burials there, Mr. King Said. commission to give awa: money to help promote any ivate enterprise on the ground more would give NORTH BEACH INN ped the county.” For | COFFEE SHOP m: ot a he Hustrated, ey |'711 North Beach Phone 453-J legitimate business helps ‘Course Pm. e couhty,'but that is not a good | oFull- DER ee reason for the commission to con-} Spanish Home-cooked DINNERS tribute to a fund to help that busi-| by Reservation ness financially peepee eeneeesnneeernen MOTOR TUNEUP Lou Smith Aw White at Fleming rhe Sino | Opposite Army Barracks 022444444444444444 | PALACE THEATER | FRANCES RAEBURN in “SWING OUT SISTER” News and Serial See Te ewe on King said that the plot! Humane Society Secures Truck For Animals); DOG TAG LICENSES MUST BE! PROCURED BEFORE MARCH 15; FINES OPPOSED AFTER- WARDS Several imporiant announce : ments were made yesterday in| regard to the Humane Society jby its president, Mrs. George | Mills White: 1, February Ninth will be} the last day dog license iags’ will be obtainable at the Wom-) an’s Club on Duval street (week-! days from 2 to 5 p.m.). After that date they will be obtainable? only at the office of the Humane.| | Society, 240-C Poinciana Place. 2. The time limit for procur- ing tags has ybeen extended to; March, 15. After that date all dog owners who have not regis-} tered, their, dogs will.jbe delin- quent and subject to summons, to’ fine and, to paying court costs, The Humane,, agent, Mr. ‘ Wilbur Davis -has. been made a sepeial police, with yjauthority to issue. such summons. 4. A truck has finally been; obtained for transporting ani-! mals to the shelter. Il] or un-| | wanted animals will be called for by the agent. A charge of $1 is} made for this serv to help in! maintaining the truck. No charge| is made for picking up strays.! special police with authority to| ane Society oifice is 219-J. | Mrs. White explained that: every effort, including advertis-| ing, was made to buy the truck in Key West, but without suc- cess, therefore it had to be purch- ased out of town. It is important} tn the functioning of the Society | that it has been provided and is now serving the interests of the citizens of Key West. \Find Property Is Two. Parcels) DELINQUENT TAXES MADE | ON TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY | Authority was granted by city, commission last night to City| Manager King to settle the delin-| quent taxes of Margaret Pierce; and Jennie Curtis Pierce on the} basis of present delinquent tax. reductions. Mr. King explained that the city books carried the parcel as one piece of property when in reality it was two. | Recommendations for the set- tling on the Margaret Pierce property was $172.45 for the ad- j valorem taxes and $126.13 for street paving. On the Jennie Curtis Pierce property the ad-| valorem taxes will be $36.23 andj the street paving taxes $49.20. Mrs. ‘Tris’ 'L. Fox: Dies This nis Morning hey TOC Mrs, Iris Lurlene, Fox, 54, pass- ed away 1 o'clock this morning at her residence. Funeral services from the Chap- } el of the Lopez Funeral Home| will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, with the Rev. C. T. Howes, pastor of the First M.E. (Stone) Church, officiating. Burial will take place in the City Cemetery. Survivors of the deceased in- clude the husband, George M. Fox; six sons, Louis Ingraham, Charles, Ingraham, Carl Ingra- ham, George Fox, Henry Fox andj Bert Fox; a daughter, Mrs. Eliza- beth Stirrup, and four grandchil- jdren. | Pallbearers will be selected} ‘from the Key West Police Depart- {ment, ;Carl is a member. — ES ST. PETER'S COMMUNITY HALL | Colored - Center St. - Wednesday “KEEP PUNCHING” Colored Cast Benefit of Douglass School Genuine — P ARTS “csr for All | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS Phone 442 116 Duval, Jefferson Hotel Bldg. a | } / | | | \122 Persons EWSPAPER In THE | The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST U.S. A. re SESE AES SS KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1946 Captain Johnson, Of Gilmore, OTT TEM, Given Jobs By Servie e One hundred twenty-two persons were placed in jobs during the month of January at U. S. Employment Service. Jeff Knight announced today, with 38 of them Veterans of World War II. Two hundred and eighty veterans were in the. office seeking various information of which 143 were “serviced” or aided to secure direct bene- fits. Mr. Knight stated that a recent. article summarizing; the pbeneris. to be \ gained. through ..U. 1$. 2. cavaneme ‘ Service and ers to rogisten ithe swith the Sere, ice resulted .in instant sti sponse from the public. FIP SITS, (hakhadeats To Investigate A. Reed Place which is the! “Friendship R of which Mrs .Fox’s son} — place of business formerly owned| by Alice Reed will be investigat-| | ed by City Manager Dave King} before a beer and wine licenée| is granted, according ‘to insteuc-; tions of city commission last} night. | The place of business is at 1016 Howe street. Zoning Change Up For Hearing Charge from F Busine sidence Bo B at 706 White street was approved by city vommis- sion in the case of Ruth M. Smith| and Robert D. Smith. The usittal newspaper adver- tisement fixed by law and public) hearing 15 days after was auth- orized. Joseph Cerezo Appeals Case Joseph (Buster) Cerezo, police! cfficer who was suspended by Chief of Police Louis Eisner yes- terday, will appeal to the civil) service board, the chief said. Mr. Cerezo was dismissed on charges which were not made public. TEI ET | Temperatures RG Temperature ‘date ‘tor ‘thé 24:hours| ending 7/30'a.ni. Highest Lowest! last 24 hours lashaiight 56 “48 30 24 81 70 63 52 56 26 50 49 75 58 30 72 in 40 69 14 55 29 38 30 62 25 30 59 Station Atlanta Boston Brownsville Charleston: Chicago Detroit Galveston Kansas City KEY WEST K. W. Airport Memphis Miami Minneapolis New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis Tampa | ‘BOTTLE. 11128 SIMONTON STREET at CATHERINE “The Nicest Little Bar in Town” j half an hour | Prijs es Key ey. West Hospitality (Thanks Press And Radio j And Citizenry In Secur- ing Apartments For Per- + sonnel Letter from tae Commanding Officer of the Submariné Tender |Howard W. Gilmore, Captain: Carl A. Johnson, received by city | ! commission reveals ihat ‘ecent | newspaper and radio articles re- ; Suited in the securing of many} ‘rooms for the ship’s ceonnet | and Zamilies. “The citizens of Key West have] | been very cooperative. in renting | private rooms as -well as individ-| jly. We feel as though we were among. old). friends,”. Captain Johnson wrote, All Hands Are _ Moved Fro From Ship, i VESSEL WITH 495 PASSEN- GERS AND CREWMEN BROKEN IN TWO (fy Associated Press) SEWARD, Alaska, Feb. 6. — When it dawned today 180 of! 495 passengers and crewmen still: were aboard the forward half of the wrecked liner Yukon, but, before noon, they also had been rescued. ‘the Yukon, mounta "ous seas-dhd winds that attained hur- ricane force, was broken in two on rocks in Johnstone's Bay, 48 miles east of this city. The blizzard was one of the, most savage that had swept out’ ,-of the Arctic in many years. Cold blasts..that. cut to the marrow,! by} companied —_ occasionally wildly flying snow, reduced the, last of the survivors almost to exhaustion They were huddled in the bow of the ship and were lashed by wind and sea also. It was said; that some of the billows mounted | to 50 feet and, when they struck the rock on which the prow of the ship .was ‘stranded, water poured on the men ned women and childréi who were awaiting H rescue partits. ‘Minors, Closing Time Observed On ordéts from City Manager Dave King, who is also director lof Public Welfare, bar operators | were ordered to strictly comply with the law regarding sale of; liquor bd minors and as to the closing hours. sailenia.age. may be checked | fypmohis: ID.eard, Chief; of Police Louig;Bisner;said today. Arrests: wilkJaliow immediately if these} two points, are aot observed, the chief said. Asks Assistance | To Index Licenses, Indexing of marriage licenses in County Judge Lord’s office is so far behind, last night he re-| quested the county commission-! ers to provide him with two as-! sistants, at $30 a week each, for, two and one-half} a period of months, The licenses have been index-) ed only to the year 1939. After a brief discussion of the/ request, the commissioners de-| cided to defer action on it. Visit the CAP. INN A Place Where You berghei eer Wite or Sweetheart id YOU WILL FEEL at HO! Drinks in the BOTTLE CAP from 90c up PACKAGE GOODS at CEILING PRICES OUR LUNCH Co! Serves the Best of Sandwiches - UNTER We Specialize in Seafoods ual apartments to the men and: families of the Howard W. Gil-! | more (AS 16). Thank you for the! | timely publicity by radio and! }press which has helped us great- : Rev. Doherty Tells “We Know Of Th Rev. Doherty To Be Called Before Grand Jury To Preve Assertion Regarding Graft} MOMS OEM sion mecing when Rev, ES. Judge Lord Will Ask Fore- man To ‘Call Body Into Session: ‘Grave Charge.’ | Lord Declares The Rev. E. S. Doherty,, pastor} of the Ley Memorial Church, } will be given an opportunity to; prove his assertion, made Tues-) day night at a meeting of the city commission .about).the pay-} ment of :$3)000. in. graft, before a grand jury, County Judge Ray-|! mond R. Lord said today. “That was a grave charge,”| Judge Lord continued, “and Mr | Doherty will be summoned be- fore the grand jury and asked to} substantiate what he said. I am! going to ask Hilary Crusoe, fore-! man of the grand jury, to call it! in s nm and issue a summons} on Mr. Donerty. ! ! “I consider what he said is a reflection on if city commis-| sion, D. Rosenhouse and I. ‘Wiener, proprictors of the Gulf Stream Restaurant, and on me,! as attorney for the proprictors.| The charge is so fraught with corruption, I assume that Mr.| Doherty will be gratified to have | the opportunity to prove what jhe said, and he will be given that opportunity before the grand jury, which has the power to in- dict, those men, whoever they may be, who, he declared, gave and received the graft, if he proves his charge. Surely he must know he can prove what j he said, for it is hard for me to conceive of a man’s making. such’ a statement at a public meeting without being confident that he could prove his cusation. | Mr. Lord then stated that Mr., Doherty, while he was making | his sation, asserted, “We; know of $3,000 that was put up; | we know who Rosie Rosenhouse i i 1 a Lord explained that Mr i ; Rosenhouse is an attorney who {has been practising law Miami for more than 20 years, and who is one of the owners of ! tho Gulf Stream Restaurant. ! Mr. Lord further said that Mr. ‘Crusoe, who is foreman of the, grand jury, is an employe in the’ navy yard, and that he will be seen shortly after he concludes work this afternoon and asked to call the grand- cry into session {to pear i ona testimony ern! is ' ca bf graft. PP as Boy Scouts o Take Over City’s CAeh i j t i City Commision granted permission last night to the Boy Scouts of Key West to take over the city govern- ment! Nope, it is not as bad as all that. The scouts will not re- tain possession. For one day they will handle the affairs of the city as they have in the past and will appoint city of- ficials who will supervise work for the day. The motion was introduced by Mayor Wm. W. Demeritt and approved by the city j commission. VII IIIS aI OD SL Aner rrr rey rr nnn rrr | ROASTERS and FRYERS | | H i | i { { { dv BRADY'S (Live) Poultry | and Egg Market jizi6 White St. Phone es sa aan eae UTEP OTE IIIETS oes Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto; Sam PARTS “sestee DEALER NAVARRO, Inc VV VV ‘Mayor Commends atvil Service | Key West, Florida, kas tne KING STATES, 'MY ONE POLICY IS NO GRAFT’; STATEMENTS MADE AT MEET LAST NIGHT One of the ee ent city ‘ed last night at the city cém- surprises of the administration oc- Doherty, pastor of the Ley M morial Methodist Church here, said, “We know of the $3,000 put “We know who Rosey Rosenhouse is”, in referring to Commi ss i om) tee liguor ordinance which was Civil Service procedure and requirements. for future .em- ployes of the city were adopt- ed at the meeting of the city commission last -night, with Mayor Wm. W. Demeritt stat- ing that he had read the reg- ulations carefully and that the Civil Service Commission should be commended for a splendid job. The commission is compos- ed of Ralph Sierra, Jeff Knight and Mrs. Wilhelmina Harvey. Copy of the regulations are in City Clerk Roy Hamiin’s office and provide for exam- inations for city employes and certain physical require- ments. Commissioner Albert Coop- et. who is recordet of the La- bor Board at the Navy Base here, also praised the work done by the commission. King Will Buy Bight Botiom FROPOSE YACHT DOCK ON GARRISON BIGHT PROPERTY Following an intensive st , City “Manager Dave King 1. ' night was granted permission by city commission to purchase 92} [ncli, seconded | ordinance passed last night on final reading. » City. Manager Dave King jumped to his. feet and said, “ icnow. nojone has taken money in this «ity and when the dey comes ™ my. bosses (the commiss.. 16¢s) do so I.am sno longer,interested inthe city. My ene policy is no graft.” Rev. Doherty’s statement was nade just before the ordinance, granting liquor licenses to restau- rants of 100-seat capacity’ which are not 300 feet of a church or school as measured from main en- trance of church or school to main ‘ance of the rt urants, was ed. Motion to pass the ordi- hance on the final reading was made by Commissioner Carbo- by Commissioner Sweeting. On vote, Carbonell, Harden and Sweeting voted “yes” and Cooper and Demeritt voted “no”. Affected favorably by the ordi- nance is.the Gulf Stream Restau- rant atthe corner of Division and Simonton. streets. The threat of reeall was also broached by. Rev. Doherty. assed on final reading same vote were: An allowing bars to re- main open until 2 in the morn- , und the granting of a liquor > to George .Lee’s Post at 629 Duval, With the ame vote, a liquor ficense 1 nanee to Oscar Pita, Milian, for his place at 1109 Whitehead, was passed on first reading. By h ordinance was defeated last week Many Apply 1 For Homestead Exem. the acres of bay bottom lands in Gar- | NUMBER MAKING APPLICA- in’ ris Ne Bight. King said that the acreage was eureh by consulting Coast | and Geodetic Survey charts, and by triangulation work. The bottom is desired prelim- | inary to granting permission for private individuals to. construct proposed Yacht Dock facilities at a figure estimated at $150,000. Tom Wilson is the only person tc ihaye advanced’ definite ward | this project. nlans to- | fe | (Gambling In City police had its repercussions last | night at a meeting of county} commission, although no be yeyeal| was taken regardiig the matt The discussion was cetarinall| and one commissioner said he} thought the bingo. games and all) other forms of gambling should| be stopped in Key West, and an- other declared that, if there % gambling in Key West, why are{ not arrests made by: county ‘auth- orities. | hay The question was brought for-} ward because of ‘the report that the city is obtaining money from reputed gamblers by fining them Supply. of War’ Surplus FILMS ALL SIZES SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION 1 Duval at Fleming Phone 19¢ TION ABOUT SAME AS LAST YEAR Applications for homestead exemptions in County Tax As- sessur Claude A, Gandolfo’s office e running neck and neck with the number that was granted last year, Mr. Gandolfo stated. é Today, when») the number reached 1,260, they were four ‘than were granted last year on the same date, despite the fact that this year, Mi. Gan- dolfo estimated, the ‘number of homesteads in the county is larg- er than it was lastyear, when the total was a little inore than 1,- | 900. This year it is, expected to Discussion of gambling in con- | reach 2,100. ; Hection with the arrests by city | Mr. Gandolfo pointed out that, although last year he made ap- | peal after appeal to owners of homesteads to call at his office to obtain exemptions, 68 of them failed to do so, as a result of which they were obliged to pay | full taxation. “The came thing ‘is likely to : year,” Mr. Gandolfo . ‘sause owners know they have till April 1 to file ap- plication, they confinue putting |off calling at my office until they wake up to the fact that the deadline has been passed. The best thing: for them to do to | avoid having to pay full taxation 520 |FOR the BEST of FOODS 4 | file application.” | is to cal} at my ‘office now and [Shak one ed Coeioease OCEAN. VIEW DINING. ROOM UNITED STREET Near Corner of Duval St. at REASONABLE PRICES Breakfast, 9 to 11 Luncheon, 12 to 2 eDinner, 5 to 9 hn lon nn ttn tant tndind