The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West Eo ein nati alte Che Key West Citiz THE SOUTHERNMOST. NEWSPAPER 1n THE. U.S.A VOLUME LXVII. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1946 Strike Ties Up Business In New: York: City, Aa. No. 37 POC Coeeoecccceccesesceseeseceaceroocovevooeosere City Manager Admirals Visit Here Getting New Office satel \OVES TO CHIEF OF POLICE. OFFICE; TEAR OUT PARTI-! “TION ON SECOND FLOOR OF ‘ CITY HALL | | Carian | | MAYOR O’DWYER IS- SUES ORDERS TO CLOSE STORES AND | BUSINESS HOUSES SIP LLA ST? Al Jacksonville Men Land Tarpon, With Handline just |ALSO FREE OF COERCI- ON: DOHERTY RE- MARKS SAID ‘HIGHLY INFLAMMATORY’ ‘Arthur Boza, Jr., Mayor Of Key West For Hour Today First Eagle Scout To Re-|°@a@O Pg oOgs am. ceive “Award In Key) All WAVES West In“Many Years:} 4ye Now At Scone an City Air Station Renovating of the city space | adjacent to the city jailer’s office jinto an office for the chief of ; police is under the same contract S. H. Drudge bid $1,300 for and was approved by city commis- \ sion. | The principal part of the con- tract .was building the brick | office on the north corner of the ! city hall for a tax collector and | treasurer’s office. Another part ,of the contract will be tearing | down the partition in which is now housed the department of (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—The strike of the International Long- shoremen’s Union has almost stalled the busifiess and commer- cial life of this city. Mayor William O’Dwyer to- cay issued orders that were far more drastic than any others that had been issued here in the his- tory of the city. Stores and other business insti- tutions and theatres and other People don’t. know what they're missing. Right within sight of every- one on the old Boca Chica bridge, M. C. Floyd of Jack- sonville, Fla., pulled out an eighty-pound tarpon from a channel there while fishing with a kingfish line and a yellow feather. Mr. Floyd and _ Robert “Unfounded and highly in- flammatory remarks of the Rev. E. S. Doherty,” That is a part of -a sentence used” by ~the Monroe County Grand Jury in its supplemental report today ‘to the circuit court about the-remarks made by him about graft during a meeting of Navy Photo REAR ADM. W. J. CARTER (SC), USN, Chief BuSandA, and Rear Adm. L. E. Richardson, USN; Asst. Chief BuAer, were guests at NOE here recently-on a brief visit ftom Washington. Above, left to right, | are pictured: Capt, T, C. Gibbs, (SC), USN,-Senior Supply Officer | Gaptein C. E. Reordan an- Rounced today that quarters Boy Scouts take-over Key amusements were ordered closed by Mayor: O’Dwyet)/who added that only institutiens,. handling emergency cases\:would be per- mitted .to. functiony;until the strike isi ended. It had been thought yesterday Hicks -were in a rowboat and trolling close to flats of a. channel between the old Boca Chica bridge and the, new Botd' Chica bridge when th big féltow struck. The tarpon gave them the that the strike was over when the employes agreed to accept the of- fer made by government offi cials, but the operators refused to pay the adv 2s in salaries that were sugges’ time of their lives with his high leaping tactics in broad daylight, the action occurring just before noon. [PaO aa Ms | Yard Cap tain Wats son Commends Key West” s Police Chief Eisner “Most Cooperative Of Any | Chief Of poner Watson! Good Disciplinary Hints | leis Gets New American Commander R. J. Watson, Cap-} tain of the Yard, ing Base, has asked that city, police aid in maintaining naval order curtailment of the here. Commander in the city Shore Watson's to city commission {follows “It has been the policy of the Navy Department to maintain an adequate Shore Patrol Service in all cities that are close to a Navy} Yard or Docking Facilities from} | Mills, Fifth District Commander, interfere in the conviction of which men In the of Shore able but due are granted liberty. an adequate amount to demobilization and discharges of personnel it has been necessary to curtail this branch of the service to a great extent “This department has been in| close contact with your local Police Department and offi- cers, and on numerous occasions what might have developed into| a serious consequence was easily taken care of and_straighte out with the, cooperation of ‘yout police, depariment. \ ‘Chief | Louis, Eisner has been fost Cooperative} of any chief of ‘police” where I have had dealings in. conjunction with Shore Patrol] matters. It is felt that with the background and experience chief of police and with view of cooperation extended in the past, that Chief Eisner is fully capable of. coping with any naval situa-} tion. which might occur in the city of Kéy West. “I have on, many, ocgasions contacted various members of the’ Police Department including the chief of police for informa- tion and guidan in naval dis- ciplinary matters. Since the pres- ent chief of poli appointment | there has been a definite down- trend of people city jail; has cooperated with the Department to no end. I feel that in the present Chief of Police you have a man of outstanding integ- rity, loyalty and devotion, to DELMONICO ©: Key West's Oldest Restaurant 218 DUVAL STREET Announces .. . They Are Now Open 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. SHORT ORDERS SERVED 8 A.M. to 2 A.M. EE AOS very Patrol | letter’ On Saturday’ evening, Feb. 9, Florida, the! | “Keys Memorial Post No. 145 | atrol have been avail-| of your present} confined to the} also the Shore Patrol] Police} Naval Operat-| THIRTY CANDIDATES GIVEN! OBLIGATION: COMMANDER | | ALBERT J, MILLS PRESIDES and cites the} | AT CEREMONIES | 1946, at Tavernier, | American Legion”, | with its charter was presented by Albert J. acting in behalf of the Depart- {ment Commander E. Mead Wil- son. A group of 30 candidates were given the obligation of ee. American Legion during the in-! itiation ceremony conducted by jae ritual team of the Key West | Guard of Honor, Arthur Sawyer | Post No. 28. | ‘The following officers were in-; |. stalled by the Honor Guard, un- -der, the direction of Captain U. 1 Delgado: Jack O. Wilkinson, commander; Bernard — Russell, |.wice commander; F. Pinder, adt} ‘jutant; Harry L. Harris, finance} officer; Eddie Stickney, sergeant | at arms; Donald E. West, chap- | lain. | The following members of the | Key West Guard of Honor par- ticipated in the ceremonies: U.}; | J. Delgado, captain of the guard; } Vance C. Stirrup, fifth district adjutant; Albert J. Mills, 5th district commander; Robert Crisp, John Stout, James P.. Bon- ner, Bradley Sweeting, George | W. Sikes, Iva D. Watson, Arent | Sjursen, Sidney Sellers, James F. | McCardle, K. L. Conner, Rob- ert D. Smith, Herman Anderson, | Francis Piodela, Albert DiNegro,! Jr., and Robert Daniels. The ‘ceremonies were held in the Tavernier School auditorium | and were ‘well attended by the by communities. Save Your’ By Giving, it a Complete ray and Grease Job BATTERIES CHARGED While You Wait Open Daily and Sunday 7 A.M. to Midnight Expert Mechanic to Serve You POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Sts. Open Sunday Al Armengol, Owner Legion Charter, residents of Tavernier and near-! [Public Service Head and, Build- !ing Inspector. Robert Dopp .and Errol Sawyer will move.into the present Office which is occupied} now ‘by. the city manager. Dave King, city manager, will | moye into the office on the sec- }ond” floor where the chief or { police is now. This is a smal ; office which is.reached by soin| | to the head of the stairway and turning left and doubling back. | | Mayor W. W. Demeritt will also have his office here. The partition where the Scav- enger department once was will! be left up and city welfare head, | ; Dwight Hunter, will be there | Also there will be the mayor and city manager’s secretary. City Clerk’s office will remain the same as will the head of the| | Department of Public Finance. Tax assessor will be in the old | city tax collector’s office. Wel- fare Department head will keep! his records in this office also. Supreme Court Refuses To Act To Save Homma {MUST DIE BEFORE FIRING! i : SQUAD, WHILE GENERAL | YAMASHITA. WILL BE} HANGED | (By Asi WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The supreme court today refused to | Lieutenant General Homma by a {military court in Manila, follow- ;ing the precedent the supreme "court set in refusing to review the decision against Lieutenant! ‘General Yamashita. General MacArthur has already | refused Yamashita’s plea for clemency, and he must hang,| though the date for his execution has not yet been announced. | General Homma, found guilty of negligence in not stopping Jap : brutalities in the Philippines, will be executed by a firing squad. Ky" i NOTICE | i—There—will be-a meeting of the Indepndent. Order of Odd Fel- jlows, CUBA LONGE NO. 15, held! nthis evening at 7:30 at hall on , Elizabeth street. ~All. members ‘cordially invited. ; LUIS ALFARO, Noble Grand, | SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ, Sec. | FOR SALE | Doberman Pinsher, Black and Tan, Male, Son of Champion Ro- land Von Hoffmanheim, Winner of Madison Square Garden and ‘many other shows. Good sire, | Tri-International Champion. Obe- dient, trained, good watch-dog but safe with children. Worth several times more but will sacrifice for $275.00. Owner must be assured of good home and kind treatment. Phone | Mr. Noll, La Concha Hotel, Room j3i6. | GA BARE T “TIME OUT FOR MUSIC” Wednesday and Thursday February 13 and 14 {Annual Meeting | at Club Sugaloa Per Person . . . $1.50 Reservations Call 752-J (Reservations Available for Both Nights) SE RRO” hee; Adm, Carter;.Adm. Richardson: Capt. F.:C, Sutton)! USN, CO| West's city ‘government today be- BAP TOMES and-Comdr. Gi H. Grant (SC), USNRWNAS Supply tween the hours of‘four and’ five Officer, ‘New O.PYAsBiilding Prices For Key Federal Credit Union Is Held) PRESIDENT ALBERT COOPER PRESIDES; VICE PRESIDENT REGISTER, TREASURER DE-/| LANEY IN ATTENDANCE : The annual meeting of the Federal Employees Credit es was held January 29th at County Court Houses Mr. Ad B. Cooper called the meeting io order at 8 o’clock. Time was ai vided into three sympos:ums; the reading of minutes, various talks, and individual! reports. The following Credit Union directors were present: President Albert B..Cooper, Vice President James Register and Treasurer Francis X. Delaney. Among the Credit Union Committee members pres- ent were: Fernando Camys, O. Sheppard and Thomas. Gibson. NOB Industrial Manager Captain R. B. Goidman was guest of hon- or. The minutes of the last an- nual meeting was read by Clerk | Max Foster; A. B. Cooper deliv- ered a convincing talk on, “A Stable Navy Yard, Credit’ Union and New Members”, Treasurer Delaney gave a_ short talk on “The Future of _the Credit Union”, while Mr, Windham dis- cussed “Credit Union Insurance. and Life Saving Insurance”. Hunter Harden; whos repre+: | sented the Supervisory Commit+: tee gave his report, followed! by the Credit Committee’s report by Mr. Sheppard who promised that there would: be no more bad loans. F. X. Delaney gave ‘the treasurer’s report and suggested that bonded collectors be ap- pointed for the various shops in the yard. By unanimous agreement of the Nominating Committee the Board of Directors, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Delaney and Mr. Register were retained for another two years. Among the members that were present were the following: Al- bert B. Coover, Hunter G. Har- den, F. X. Delaney, James Reg- ister, Mrs. F. C. Schneider, O. ‘Sheppard, Max E. Foster, Thos. R. Gibson, H. D. Driggers, Sr., A. Parra. F. W. Darby, Gretna McCain, F. C. Schneider, Barney L. White, Ray Hall, Fernando E. Camus, Zannie Leverett, Horace Caney, Dave Eppinger, Everett R. Rivas, Ed. M: Thompson, Carl Smith. + Material Wes est This Week Harris, OPA Public Rela- tions Man, Announces; Officials Come Here For Talks Next Week Mr. Harris, former newspaper- , man and director of public rela- tions for OPA in this area, in an interview with The Citizen said that new OPA prices for build- ing materials will be announced sometime this week for the Key West area. The new prices will have a “beneficial effect in making ma- © terials available” Harold H. Mar: pe “OPA district price exccutive}® ‘as stated, Mr. Harris said. There will be some increase over form er exisiting ceilings, some will remain the same, some will be reduced, Mr. Harris said, aha added that OPA’s main function is the fixing of prices to combai inflation. These prices are for Key West, Tampa’ and Palm Beach which are in this area’s price control. Fifty three local rationing boards in operation during the war were reduced to 14 area price contro! boards since January 1, Mr Harris said. The only rationing now. going on is in sugar. Mr. Harris together with Har- old H. Martin, OPA District Price Executive, Mr. Goodwin board dircetor; Col. J. L. Terry district operations executive John Castana, Public Supervisor; Mrs. Noel Bailey, publicity direc- tor; wilh be here on February 20 and 21 to speak on the commun- ity wide “Rpice Control for Pros- perity Week.” Mr. Harris: said.that food seem- ed to be the number:pne problem for OPA \sinoe::40 per cent of every family budgét goes for, this item. He stressed the importance, of holding the line of prices on this commodity. In the field of rent contro] which with present housing shortages is also very important, Key West-is in a defense rental area of which there are only: five in the state, this city, Miami. Palm Beach, St. Petersburg and Sarasota. Mr. Harris pointed to Sarasota which is now clamoring to get rent controls reestablished after lifting the ‘restrictions. Going back to food, Mr. Harris noted also where Tampa lost a $10,000 payroll when a coconut candy manufacturer had to close cown after cocoanut controls went from six cents a pound un-; der OPA to 27 cents in open mar- ket dealing under present Jabor, ‘ conditions. (lo i i fii LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE ITIONED ag YOUR COMFORT Now Featuri: ing DANCING. EVERY NIGHT Music by Barroso’s Orchestra and ~The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ e . 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 y'eléck! this afterndon. ‘Various city department’ helids ‘will bow their offices’ for an ‘hour ‘to designated scouts! ‘and’ will’ in- struct them in their duties. Chosen by the scoutmasters and! scout commissioner for are: Pap ae Arthur Boza, Jr., Troop { yee Manager, Frank Key,! Lroop 50. Chief of Police, Buster Carter,! Troop 51. Fire Chief, Troop 50. City Judge, Jack Smith, Tree 32. ay Clerk, John Fouts, Trpop | Murray Harris, i *Polibé, Millard- Solomon, Ray-! the jebs; mond’ Lones, Troop 50; Allan Young, Jake McGuire, Troop 51, and Hatry Williams, Claude Val- dez, Troop 52. Firemen, James Sheppard, Archer Lowe, Troop 50; Bobby Uedford, Dick Young," Troop 51, and Al Goehring,. Raul *Perez, Eepor 52. “The scouts “will it go into the” streets and make arrests as in for- mer years, Paul M. Brick, field scout executive, said today. Dem- vastrations will be held by the sity, fire equipment and by the Molice department and city judge’ 35 sifice. City Manager King will nstruct his one-hour successor. Tomorrow, through ‘the offer of Captain Johnson and Chaplain Jenkins of the huge submarine ender Howard .W. Gilmore, the scouts will be conducted on a tour o£ the ship. All scout troops and cout cubs will meet at Jackson square USO, from which they will march with a drummer to the Navy Yatd and board the ship.' The scouts will form up not later ‘han 3:20 o’clock and will be at -he Gilmore by 3:30 o’clock. Scout Week will officially close with thew Gilmore _ inspection. } However, there will be Scout’ Week observances in all schools! of the city on Thursday. _ Temperatures. | Pai toy @ata for the? hours‘ “ ending “7:30 a.m: Highest Lowest | » Station— last a hours last night ; Atlanta - 33 Boston .__ 3 23 Brownsville _ 64 Charleston... 42 Chicago ~ 26 Detroit _ 28 Galveston 55 Jacksonville 40 | Kansas City 40 KEY WEST 65 K. W. Airport 65 Memphis __ 34 Miami 58 Minneapolis phe New Orleans AT New York 27 Norfolk 30 Oklahoma City 59 Al Pensacola .._.. 60 50 Pittsburgh _. 29 St: eg a Tampe. bias 69 for DEVELOPING and PRINTING SOUTHERNMOST CITY | PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. for ‘the WAVES of Naval “ Air Station” will’ be. consol- iMddied ‘into ‘fhe’ WAVES qiiarfers’ et \NaVal Air ‘Sta-/ * ty the! W: a sopra tl Cperating Base. 6 daeadeadh GILES: | Lopez Studies Citations In Citizen Suit! HARRIS STATES “BOLD AND IMPOSSIBLE ATTITUDE": LESTER, STATES CAL ADVERTISEMENT” Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez said this morning that he , would not retider his decision on the demurrer that was argued be- fore him yesterday in the case of libel brought by Fred O. Eber- hardt against L. P. Artman, un-! til. he. had. looked up. citations! that-had been made:by,attorneys, for the plaintiff and the defend-} ant. He added that. probably it’ would be a few days before he handed down his decision, W. Curry~ Harris, counsel for Eberhardt, said he was “amazed” ) at The Citizen for publishing the - statement, and he also character- ized it as a “bold and impossible attitude”. He held that the word} “sinister”, contained ih a’ politi-; cal advertisement in The Citizen during the campaigning for the election . of city commissioners last ‘fall, in’ which | Eberhardt} actively supported the charter group of candidates, was libelous. Following are some of the} points cited in. the demurrer field by J. Lancelot Lester and Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., council for L. P. Artman: The plaintiff's deélaration “fails to show any cause of action against the defendant. “It fails to show that plaintiff, Was defamed or otherwise, ,in- i jured in the publidation ‘therein Yset out. ) MOOD 2 se “Tt contaitis ‘6 averment of ‘| any special damage to have; been) Sustained by the plaintiff by rea-| soh’ of such’ publication. The publication obviously con- tained no imputation. of evil nor can any be inferred by the pub- lication. The word ‘sinister’ ob- viously referred to unlucky or ill omended “motive. “It shows that said publication |. was published as a political ad- vertisement during a municipal election to be held in the City of | Key West, Florida, in which the} piaintiff was supporting the can- didacy of certain persons. “Publication was privileged be- cause it was. in conjunction with ahd in regard to a political cam- + paign of public’ interest. “It fails to allégé wantonness, recklessness-or carelessness on the part of the defendant, and failing in that can not be deemed NORTH BEAC ~- COFFEE br 711 North Beach Phone 453-J oPull-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m. pa Home-coeked DINNERS Ti iecacvclon “POLiTI-| , the city commission a week ago. The jury ‘said farther that Mr. Dolierty" refused’ to. reveal the Source “of information ‘on which he Had“ based “his. ‘charge. It found'the clty tomimission free of mistéridiict and *“free- from in- | fluérices. of, coereibn ‘in conduct | ing the affairs of the city. Six hours were devoted | terday by the.jury to questionin I Mr. Doherty, County Judge F | teed R: Lord, City Commissio s W.C, Sweeting, John r- ' ponell and Hunter Harden, City | Manager Dave King and Neil | Saunders, who was':a candidate for the commission in the Nov- ember election. Following is the grand jury's report: - SUPPLEMENTAI,., REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY We, the Grand Jurors for the Fall Term 1945 of this Court, after recess were called into sion by the Court, at the request of the Foreman. We have investigated the in- sinuated ar ‘indirect charge ’ of graft’ contained in a statement made by Rev. E. S. Doherty be fore the City Commission on February 4, 1946, and find that the: statement made by the Rev- 'erend wa8 based on uncorro- borated statements made to him ; by an unknown person, whom he refuses, under the cloak of privileged communications, to | identify. | Upon further investigation we find that “the members of ie City. Commission, are free f |any misconduct and have t acting according to their. best judgment’ in-the coriduct of the affairs of the City, free from in- fluence or coercion. | This Grahd Jury has not been j able, because of the lack of time, -to visit the public institu- tions of Monroe County, but it is our hope ‘to do so in the near future, This supplemental report being made for the sole purpose. of putting at rest, any fecling of lack of confidence of the peopie in. their .Chosen City Commis- sioners, which thight have been causéd by tHe Unfdtinded and Pight infldminatory ‘¥émarks of the Rev. E: S. Doherty. Dated this 12th day of Febru- ary, A, D. 1946. HILARY A. CRUSOE, Foreman of the-Grand Jury PAUL MESA, ° Clerk of the Grand Jury. ————_—___—_——_ FIRST PUBLISHED CHICAGO. — The Declaration of Independence was first pub- ‘lished on.July 6, 1776, in the Penayhae Evening Post. aaneena POSTS FON PALACE THEATER EDWARD NORRIS in | “END OF Sy ROAD” -News and’ Serial PONTE. 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