The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 7, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 38 Overseas Highway Bridge Tolls. Sti EXCEEDED > RECEIPTS SOMOS TM, FOR JANUARY OF ‘45 Seitlement Of BY ALMOST $17,000;' Longshoremen’s MORE TRAVELING (iy Asnociatea Prexs) NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Rep- resentatives of the Interna- tional Longshoremen’s Union and tugboat company officials reached a settlement at 4:00 o'clock this morning of the strike caused by 3,500 boat- men demanding higher wages. However, the men have not yet returned to work. They... | decided to hold a referendum ,,; Tolls on the Overseas Highway bridges went beyond the- $40,000; mark last month, as was predict-; ed in The Citizen a week and three receipts for January of last cts by almost $17,000. Last month totaled $40,095.75 with $23,485,75 1945. Number of , passengers...using! br rakgiatey on the companies’; the, highway. last.;month, alsa! showed . an, increase of almost, SLES MILI D 17,000. In}, January, 1946, they: totaled 31,439; and "last month Scout: Badges . they mounted to 43, Decided increases in the tolls! and number of passengers was due to the record-breaking num-| ber of passenger cars that used the brid, last month. They days ago, exceeding the} the collections; as compared; in January of, \ Strike Reached, | president, of the Miami Junior! Chamber of Commerce and re- Award ard Friday, Ai Ja Cee WERR PRESENTED 70 on Evenben fi “Young men jshould: not only take an active-part in local and }ize themselves with | events” George Smathers, former cently discharged Captain in the U. S. Marine Corp, stressed this in his talk to the Jaycees at their} regular dinner meeting at the! Guif Stream Resturant iast night. Youth today is predominant, during the war no one organiza-! tion gave as many members to, the armed forces as the Junior} Chamber of Commerce, Smathers: stated. Jaycee .clubs throyghout! ae state were almost depleted: his; ber Jaycee . ch ied , contributed, large) part. of; heir , meinbers é the, war oftart,” (i | Smathers said he was proud.of) the part the Jaycees, had taken| in state affairs, particularly those | pertaining to the. citrus industries and governmental affairs in Flor- { ida. In Nevada the Jaycees were! of Course .was.in a large, 4 measure due to the..age require. ments of the atu. Never ieee totaled 1 as compared with TO BE PRESENTED DURING | responsible for revising the tax THE SOUTHERNMOST “NE EWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1946 [Smathers a [No Further Land Acquisition Coiplain About I sil Here OnPresqntintorManning okey Mest Aiew iF lares To. Be, Seen In Survey : | Of Bahamas, state affairs but should familiar-| world! (By Axswciuted Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.— Don’t be frightened if you see the skies aflame, as though atomic bombs had exploded, anywhere along the east coast of Florida during any night this week, the Navy warned today, because the flares, of 300,000 candlelight power, will be used only in making triangular surveys of some of ; .the Bahama Islands. It was explained that it had been determined that ae of the, islands. were in th hey. | 4 i Positions, in .which. been placed on maps, and, that 0 the best. .way: to'-pl 4 \correctly ; cot be, it hs night undes the. Tight of £ be the first of which will appear tonight 30, miles off the: coast of. Stuart... They, will be dropped from. plane: flying at a height of 17,000. feet. heh ath ade athoatiadh wath { IN TH eplies ‘To, Albert, G. Rob- erts, Via Senator, An- drews: Concerning: Rum- ors Of Navy Interest ; In reply to a telegram from Albert G. Roberts, J, J. Manning, rear admiral (CEC), Chief of Bu- reau of Yards and Docks. sent to Senator Andrews the information that the Navy Department does not intend to take over the square adjoining the court house. Admiral Manning writes: “This will acknowledge your communi- cstion of 17 January 1946. enclos- ing a telegram from Mr, Albert George Hoberts of Key West, Florida, esting information, - Pelative, a he. cineens of the :, Navy, preparing. to, condemn .cer- ae roperbies, in. Key West. . “There i§ no, injormation ava: able to this Bureau at, this time) that would indicate ‘that there is any. project pending for the, ac; @uisition of, additional, land,, in} Key West.” ‘Thus another rumor goes ‘poof.” See Settlement Of Steel Strike | | Life’s photographer surely had i West Key West, Florida, as tne most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit E PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘rand. Juy To Asse > TURES. DETRACTED.FROM i -/ OR ISLAND, CITY s COOTTTLIILS [INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE OF CHARGE OF Key Westers have been com-} plaining aplenty about three' Wars¢ Inter views of this city that were pub-| i GRAFT ASSERTED BY lished in Liie for last week. National Plane ° | REV. DOHERTY Flight Here; As many residents have put it:| { i to go out of his way to find the two views that detracted from! the general appearance of Key) ‘West. The other view was a part of an artist’s conception of Flor- ida, and he placed the pirate’s; black flag and skull and bones! to indicate where Key West was} at the southerly tip of Florida. { The two camera pictures were of the old turtle slaughterhouse and a, stretch of swamp. One! view..was given of,s ampland! and.,,stunted trees ,.along, | the! Overseas, Highway,.. as typical of the, “waste, land”. through, which! the. vhighway, passed. jpShortly,, ay seeing, the,, pie} Circuit court convened at 5:00 joclock yesterday afternoon to {consider a request, filed by Hilary {Crusoe, that the Monroe count }grand jury be called into, session, j and Circuit Judge Aquilino.Lopez, Jr., fixed 10 o'clock next Monday ‘morning as the time for the jury jto assemble. Sheriff Berlin Sawyer has been |directed to notify the jurors to be jat the courthouse at the time | specified. in It was, through the initiative of ; County Judge Raymond Lord that |.Mrs Crusoe decided to. make. the lrequest. to Judge, Lopez, so..that the juny may,make,an investiga- 1 Sen made Tuesday night, at a | meeting of city commissioners, iW hen the Rev. E. S. Doherty, pas | declared that “we know of $3, 000 that has been put up; we know |who Rosie Rosenhouse i. In the new calendar just issued by Pan American Air-, ways, Pan American has a, tri-motored plane taking off and under the picture the no- tation, “First Takeoff, Key West to Havana.” This city has the honor of being the first city in the country to be the takeoff spot for international air « nor- cial flight.. It was not .-a American but, Aero. Marine Airways, Inc. ex amazing shed,on psthe ‘property was he loceton eee takeoff. ha,airarast used, were sea- a mith, cweoden , floats. soot) One of thefleats for years was stored under the shed but is no longer there. Later the company disbanded. The first Pan American flight is markea ss October 19, 1927, On September 26, tangle of «, Movin. vrote to Life, enclosing three! views of beauty spots here andj commenting adversely on the ac-| ion of the photographer in pick- | ing out unattractive spots for his tien of, the, charge, of graft. that ter of the Ley Memorial Ch only 3,889 in January of last year. Other motor vehicles last} month were 4,066 and 4,142 in! January, 1945. ! MEETING AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM A big moment in the history !of the Monroe County Boy Scout | District will: be Friday night at {the High School | when the first Eagle Scout badge Certificates Are Awarded in the District’s history will be presented to Arthur Boza. of. SENT, TO 22), CIVILIAN EM:} Troop No. 52), Other important 4 events will) highlight the, even- PLOXES‘OF ATRIRTA ing’s agr % along with the }, TION presentation of the Hagle badge,| | This Awarding Court, of Honor} | will officially. open Boy Scout e Certi-| Week in the Key West area. fieates” today went out to 225! Senior Patrol Leader Arthur} civilian eniployees of U. S. Navai} BOz#. Treop No. 52, has beonsin Air Station; Key West who had} Scouting fyythe last four years. worked: six months or more taxy es fixst{ Gpined the 'Sbouts as _a the Navy before’VJ Day and who! Fenderfoot with Troop No, 50; were on the job at that time, jlater transferring to Troop 52: The handsome’ certificates jwhen the, former was; disorgan- printed in’ blue and gold on] ed in 1942" Atthur wears a heavy paper suitable for ‘frajit} sash of | awards® which Gnclude| the signature of; tWenty-one _ merit badges. | To! commanding officer, Capt.| become an Eagle Scout the high- W.-H. Hamilton, USN. est rahk to be achieved in the They certify that the employee; BOY Scouts, a scout must have to whom the certificate is awatd-| 4t least. six months satisfactory: ed “... was employed by the| Service as a Life Scout and shall United States Navy during the|Walify for twenty-one merit second World War at U. S. Naval] badges in the following subjects: Air Station, Key West, Florida.| First Aid, Life Saving, Personnel This certificate is awarded to} Health, Public Health, Cooking civilian employees of the U. S.| Camping. Civics, Bird, Study. Navy who remained on essential| Pathfinding, Safety, Pioneering wartime work until their serv- arid or Physical Develop- ices could be spared or until the} Ment. 2 cod-of hostilities. It granted in| . t¢4s expected that Paul Brick, recognition of that service to the| Scout Field Commander . from Navy and the Country.” Miami, will arrive in Key West Heads of the various Air Sta- tion departments will make the awards to employees in their de- partments, Employ who, até eligible for the awards, but. avho have left the. Air Station, sinc VJ Day may obtain the, cextifi? be the principal speaker for the evening’s ptogram) ‘Other im; portant, events) of thé program, inelude:.! thé presenthtidn! | of awards! foro! Second? ahd First | Class: ‘ranks!/and'' merit’ badges; Auditorium |, sometime before Friday and will} laws, and installing a new sys- tem of school work. The Key West Jaycees are known throughout the state for the active part they have played in civic affairs, and while it was not the largest, it was the opinion more active. While Overseas, Smathers cqn- tinued, there were many _in-. stances. in which the name. of the, 2 West has, a great future ahead! of ,it, Smathers stated, and. the] Jaycees he; knew would play an active. part in that future. i the following new and feturning) veterans who. were... formerly |} members of the club® Robert} Dopp, fai Saundert VG We i raha ' Paul Mesa, lwas j taken inte * sent as v asso- ciate member. } The! Islander, were!” distributed to meimbers'‘and ‘guests present at the meeting last night. Guests present were: Dan |Ketr (Uncle Dan of WKWF), \ Henry Higgs, J. R. Fleitas, Dan {Z. Harrison, Louis Pollock and | Chiet Warrant Officer Pellican and H. B. Moniu, Louisville, Ky. Temperatures EY ‘Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last night 17 34 53 37, A 10584 68 a4 33 j { } Atlanta | Boston Brownsville ' Chanleston | Chicago | Detroit that there were certaiply noné; Key West,'was mentioned, ,and| en. spoke, well of , it. Key, the. atrocities. and ,wanton Yamashita Must | Hang For Crimes (By Ansocinted Prexs) | WASHINGTON,. Feb. 7. ; Spokesmen for the steel industry said today that the steel strik« will be settled before the end o the week. They added that a settlement had been reached by the striker: pand the, alate put that ar. ApRQ UN nt...) OF); the rm qowould er ae made, untjl, the: "President, had. ;releaged.; his, bie, (By Axnoctated Prens) TOKYO, Feb.'7. — Lieutenant | General Yamashita, “the tiger of Maiaya” and, later, “the veast' of | Manila”, must hang for ‘the crimes that were committed py, or through him, during , the, war ‘ Spetifically, he, must. hang. for® des | | ! \$truction, that. Jaycee pins were ‘presented to} “Coebies * of othe’ Jaycee paper, Manila, General Douglas MacArthie, Yamashita’s last resort, ta save’ his. life, today announced thet he had. approved the judgment of! the military court in Manji A casg against Yamashita. he Rp, ead: erized Yami Vashita ‘tary profession”, and condemhed shis;)/erueltyi;and wantonness i: the sacking. of Manila. FORECAST ee | Key WeSt. and vicinity; Partly. cloudy and continued warm this afternoon; considerable cloudi- ness with scattered showers and somewhat cooler tonight and. Friday; gentle to moderate south- easterly winds this afternoon, be- coming northeast and north to- night and Friday. Nathan Asks More Not Reregimentati Speaker at the Woman’s Club's. monthly méeting on Tuesday: was Robert Nathan, onmer’ financial expert of the Administration in Washington... Mr. cussed, the in ,world,.changes,.in the past 25 hh . the Japs did ih steal a “disgrace to the mili-! ine sWathan. dis-, Jatest, developments: agerpricg, formula,,,some , he is, expected, to. do. eithe Re it or, Lomorrow,, morning. i Pan-Aam Seeks... . Stewards. Here —s +2@ new DGO-# type Clippers! to it | aerial transport--fleet, and con | | stantiy> ip e | dozens of Latin American points Pan American World Airway: turns: to Key West to recruit bi lingual stewards. Reinaldo Suarez, assistant t: the flight service’ manager 0’ PAA’s Latin American Division will be at La Concha Hotel t conduct interviews February { and 9. See advertisement on page 5. ' Government Action ton In Talk Tuesday answers “yes, we can, if we wil callfor! mere government) action and direction but ‘not reregimen tation.” Mr. Nathan’ went on ‘to $a} that correctness of policiés | ° leaders! depend’ ‘on éath''' anc pictures. Mr. Singleton has not had time; to hear from his letter, but al most peculiar thing has happened} n connection with Irene Saint,! who wrote the article about} Florida, which was published in; onneciton with the pictures., ‘ohn B. Bruza, a member of the Life editorial staff, told Miss| 3aint he wished to spend a few, veeks. in Florida iri eee Aaa so:tell him what. place. she, wou! ouggest for. pial sa shel yromptly, told, himyc' As a result; of that) apie Bruza wrote ; to, the: 1829, the first international flight was made between Mi- ami and Havana. Pan Amer- ican flew a tri-motored plane eut of Meacham Field here to initiate their first flight. Key West also holds the dis- tinction of being the first spot where a private plane flew to another country. This was when the daring McCurdy flew to Havana in one of the first of the country's planes. hel rar: SES LS SLD | ES | Ki alentine Day Other matters, it was said, may be investigated by the jury be- fore it cludes its session, The j are: A. Boz. George Key, Stephen ic. Avila, Paul E. Mesa, Edison ;Cruz, James A. Knowles, Alfre arreso, Joaquin Barroso, Chi Albury, Hilton Curry, ands, Charles I, Saunde {Reed Monsa!vatge, | Crusoe,,foreman),..Rene Alvarez, \Gil Garcia, Jr., Harold Cruz and ; Alvin: T. eakenlaih n'Hapane:' With the imminent widitibh oF § KI schedules. te’: West Shamber of Commerce) about. housing ,. aecomm: sing AE ishing, Subjeci sere, and, the,,information was! 1, 0f, the Jr <i high’ school is oat ‘him, by Mr. Singleton. of Una Merkel. , Mt | “plow one, to! be given on ot iF iday, February: 15th in the leapramn BILt, RAGAN wien! \Blks patio-on Duval street.) Danc- iv | fSptetanite & “ottingn) é ill, be Sete ta, vo SPEAK ow FISHING IN KEY ,./ng, will, be. from p.m., /MIAML, Fla., RebntictUnar Mtr j.with Hansen's orchestra playin, ‘el, comedy, actress of stage and) WEST WATERS: CONGA! Officer's Club will have a sp sereen, «left, Miami.,Tuesday for lial Valentine's dinner with fav- Javana on the ‘West, Indies Clip-| BAND TO "PLAY | ors, door prizes and all thé trim- ReEiOF, Ea anata eam oe mings on Thursday, February 14. vays, accompanied by her father, | Dane “ig will, Be 46 the! music’ of vho said he was on a business} Winter Visitor Social will be! the Swing Tars and a special pL idt irceepalin Uae bean held tomorrow night at 8 o’clock | attraction, conga .m by the “a kopia a 5 al a i a _ are ect spending the past three weeks at USO, corner of Duval and pay ssi neg who are direc’ in Key West, Fla., stated they | Caroline streets, with Captain Bill 5 | Regan, owner of the charter boat would remain in Havana for a week before returning to Key j«Seq Raider”, speaking on fish- ing in Key West waters. West. The actress disclosed she ee ee te fon ew werk ||: William. Gardner “will present City to “see about a play” call- vocal numbers, with Mrs. Gard- “ A ” sve. }ner accompanying on. the piano.; ed “Return of a Hero,” a five Pebits: Conga ‘Bandi will play several Cuban. rhumbes. character production in which ; ehea pear He eae aa ee Master aficerembnies will be A, oroduction, ideals withna rota Mateos: tari peeteeaia Fla, is ‘dne' of 476 vete: ean’ ing veteran’@ adjustment: ee a Pearivagral pacber ts a it. (tuming fo" ‘thé ‘tates’ for ? vilian life. ce eri styl Pa 2 Fl chatee agi the'U. Ss. spite po4tea frome, the: “Hotels Assodiation ; Vets! stip of pol which hasbeen, sponsoring these | eo atbad eet, j ‘Pasties ‘Blishived At Winter Visitor | ; Next srhgvadag! ie is: Valofititic’s (day and);many parties? aro’ plan- Social: Tomorrow: pase for -the,-eecasion.: They FT. SERS (TIMOTHY JOHNSON RETURNING HOME (Special to PEARL HARBOR, T. 6,—-Corporal Timothy son of Mrs. Lurline Johnson, 1116 Whitehead’ street, Key ‘ Wy Johnson, of st; il endni specialy: “presented |“ $cbut kits by)froobs’ No. 50, 51, and 52. All parents and other inter-| :,Weekly affairs-for the éntertain- ‘Phis ship left’ Okinawa in ment of ail visitors and guests in | i , the city. North Beach Inn Coffee | U3*Y ae ane scheduled 48 cates by writing, to the Office of Industrial Relations, at the a Station, an- years, sys! ‘every one of us and all’ 'shoulc He-brought out ‘the importanees assume a large ‘responsibility ir P.-T. A: School O. pe | ‘instruction } igakidenh 299) Kansas Ci ested citizens are invited to at- tend. This event will open a busy | rack for the Boy Scouts and. | Srouters of Key West observing National Boy Scout Week. It ! was on February 8 that the first | Boy Scouts the United States years ago. 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Meals a la Carte, at All Hours pl Sg We Cater to Weddings, Parties and Fraternal Organizations 0 a 32 69 2 47 35 44 34 47 28 129 60 BEER and WINE SERVED DURING LEGAL HOURS. RES of the United States’ position in observing and appraising the de- velopments in Russia; Germany Italy, Spain, Great Britain and other places and the causes of uprisings from Fascism, Com- munism, Nazism and Socialism. The greatest threat to security is mass unemployment. Mr. Nathan} asks, “Can we develop Security: “GANG WAR” A Thrilling All-Negro Cast and not sacrifice fredeom?” and, ESE LS i ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY HALL Colored - Center St. - Thursday | local, state; “nationa! inter- national: affairs. Mr, Nathan was presented to the group by Mrs. George Mills White in the absence of Mrs. Emily Goddard. Mrs. Dan Navarro, president of the club, presided. An oyster supper is planned | for February 25 to be held at the Woman's clubhouse. ror CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL a sraern { | (Formerly Sawyer Radio & Appliance Co.) 718 DUVAL Shae Now Owned and Open till $21 | Operated by A special meeting has been valled for the room mothers of -+ne Jr.-Sr. high school, 7:30 p.m. n the school auditroum. All members are requested to be oresent as plans for a school of | instruction will be made. Four state officers will be in the high; school auditorium all day Wed-! nesday, February 13. The regular room mothers neeting will be held on Tuesday, February 12 at the home of Mrs. Hilton Tift, on Duncan street. { i AAAADAADAEEDDDES | Mastwall's ‘Famous| 'SERIAL STORY | tive San, Diecc, Shop will furnish refreshments. | about Februaty 14 The'U. S. S. Prince Georges is | one of the Navy’s fleet of cargo LEF' Lae) ' ships which maintained the criti- T OUT DAY ;cal supply lines to the U, $ j fore throughout the Pacific war. ace’. REE | PIONEER HOTEL | 151 N. E. FIRST. STREET In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and LIANS The 24th chapter of the AP serial story, “Enchanted Jour- ney”, now appearing in The Citiezn, is not included in this issue. The story will be resumed tomorrow. LETTERS I TEI NORTH BEACH INN Be COFFEE SHOP 1 711 North Beach Phone 453-. ai} cIvi sFull-Course DINSER, 6-8 p.m. wit" poh" A NIGHT'S ReST" age io eee et age aoa t West of Bun AIR-CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by Barroso’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