The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 13, 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, has tn equable climate in the with an average only 14°Pahrenheit Che Key West Citize VOLUME LXVII. No. 38 Package Store Liquor License Is-Disapproved JACK ELIAS APPLIES FOR 325 DUVAL; ALL TRANSFERS UP FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION APPROVED Transfer of liquor licenses from Blas Zarate to Mario Mora at 1018 vision street, from James Gal- to E. Spence for Spence’s Cocktail Bar and Res- taurant at Marathon and Albert &. Mills to Harry C. Ross at Casa Cayo Hueso were approved on final reading by county commis- sioners last night. Disapproved was the applica- tion of Jack Elias at 325 Duval street for Jack’s Package Store. This was on the second reading. Up for first consideration last night also were Tom Hanley’s transfer of license to Carlos Gell- rich, Harry Goldberg and George Curry at 605 Duval street. Mr. Gellrich is a former serviceman now discharged, Mr. Goldberg has lived in Key West three and one- half years and before that in Flushing, N. Y., for eighteen years, and George Curry has lived in Key West all his life so far. This information is stated on the application. Manager of Central Hotel voiced a complaint against the loud noise by this bar to one side of his hotel and was inform- ed that this wa: transfer of license and not an original ap- plication Wilbur Sweeting of Mascotte (Continued on Page Four) Plan 25 More Beds For Vets At Hospitals TWENTY-FIVE BEDS NOW AT MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL; AN- OTHER TWENTY-FIVE FOR NAVY HOSPITAL There are twenty five beds now available in the Municipal Hos- pital here now by the Veterans Administration and‘shortly plans will be completed to ave 25 mere beds for the veterans at the Navy Hospital here, Eugene An- heir, Veteran Administration rep- resentaitve said iod The beds will be used for serv- ice-connected injuries of veter- ans with these receviing priority, Mr. Anheir said. About 70 persons a through the Veterans Office seek- ing information, Mr. Anheir said. Ramon Torres, 69, Torres familiarly his many friends as died 1:00 o'clock this t the Key West General Ramon known to “Pancho” morning cortege will leave the lopez Funeral Home Chapel at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and proceed to St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church, where serv- ices will be conducted by Rev. J. H. Johnson, $.J., pastor. Burial will take place in the family lot in the City Cemetery. } Torres was the brother of Fire Chief Leroy Torres. He is survived t anoth brother, Reynold Torres; two sisters, Mrs. Jchn Roker of Tampa and Mrs. Hilary Crusoe; a son, Joseph Tor res of Miami and numerous nieces and nephews. 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 Hammond & Lowe Produce Co. Fresh FRUITS and VEGETABLES Arriving Twice Weekly Prompt Delivery To Any Part of the City Phone 738-J or Call at 1611 Von Phister Ave. week go} ® City Manager Asks (County Funds For Recreation Boost | ALSO PROPOSES CONSOLIDA- TION OF ,HEALTH UNIT: ASKS REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTY FIRE TRIPS Under advisement by ihe j;county commissioners are re- | quests by Citya Manager , Dave King for $4,000 to complete funds} needed for thé city recreation program, a_ plan to consolidate; ownership of the Monroe County Health Unit, and a plan to have the city reimbursed for county| trips made by the Fire Depart-! ment. Mr. King stated that the city; had $4,000'°in receipts from games, he had “scraped up”: an- other *$4,000( and that the’ city recreation..department needed $4,000 more for the total of $12,- 672° required: by the city: ‘recrea- tion department: In asking: for. the! $4,000) Mr. King stated that éhebis: recom-' mending that thé Health Unit/ be consolidated under the county} and that all funds which are be-| ing supplied by the city be turn- ed over to the county so that the county could then match this amount with an equal amount of state funds which would be turn- ed over. Final request of Mr. King is| for the city to be reimbursed $50 for each trip made by the city Fire Department outside of city limits and $50 for each addition- al hour. Mitchell White, 57, Dies This Morning, Mitchell White, 57, died 8:30 o'clock this morning at the Key West General Hospital. Mr. White resided at 1500 Seminary street. Funeral services will be con- ducted by the Rev. A. G. Cox, pastor, of the Fleming Street Methodist Church, at the’ Chapel »t the Pritchard Funeral Home 5:00 o'clock Friday afternoon. | Survivors ‘of the deceased in- clude the .widgw,, Mrs. ;Nellie White; a- daughter, Mrs.. Francis | M. O’Laughlin, Jr.;.a son, Mitch- ell White, Jr.; four sisters, M: Annie McClusky, Mrs. Emma Mc- Cabe, Mrs. Bertha Spencer and Mrs. Cora Byan, all of Massachu- setts; five brothers, Wm. H. White ot Key West, Joseph White of New Hampshire, Arthur, Elpege race White of Massachu- White was a member of thie Modern Woodman, Volunteer Fire Department and the Arthur Sawyer Post of American Le- gion. He was for many years a leading machinist of Key West. Pallbearers will, be ‘selected f.om the Fire Department and the American Legion. : Burial will take place_in the family $ ploty dm City Cemetery, where services at the grave will be conducted by the Legion. 22£4444444444444444 Genuine Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and P. ART. from YOUR Chrysler DEALER NAVARRO, Inc vuvvvvvvvvvvwwvws Hood’s Poultry and Eggs 919 Southard Street eBattery - Raised FRYERS and ROASTERS Dressed On Premises Fresh EGGS Notice to Subscribers If the carrier has not delivered your copy of The Citizen by 6 o'clock each evening, please tele- phone 51 and it will be delivered to you. An as- sistant remains in the of- fice for this purpose un- til that hour. Circulation Manager. THE SOUTHERNMOST AP Newsfeatures AUNT MINNIE AND UNCLE RASTUS used to be mighty insulted back in the ‘90s and even in the ‘20s when they'd slink back from the mail box with those Valentines that sneered at their | » But today maybe people are getting more considerate, because most of ! single blessedness. the current Valentines poke fun at themselves rather than at otier people. time Valentine that would accuse a girl of being a flirt or an old maid, today’s Valentines say | . I may not reek with glamor . . . 1 may be a had influence . . . nobody loves me.” | Of course this subtle technique was probably dreamed up by some male who found it brings exactly the Valentine response he knew it would because . . } “T'm nuts. . romance. NE - girls being girls... WSPAPER IN THE USA gen Wr iquor App ication Sheriff Sawyer Says No More Public Bingo Playing In City j jin Key West, at least up to the {early part of January, 1949. | Thus declared Sheriff Berlin| hed that, at 5:15 o'clock yesterday: ‘Valfternoon, he issued orders to tlésedown all bingo games in: Key West, and that the orders’. ! tors of bingo places by Deputy Sheriff Sawyer said that var- : ious rumors have been rife about is reason for issuing the order,; and, to put them at rest, he stat-' ed that he had taken his action Instead of the old because he had reason to know were transmitted to the proprie-! During His Term Of Office No more public bingo playing that the Monroe county grand) cation for a liquor license from jury wished to have the bingo places cl , and he was abiding by the jury’s wishes. All bingo places that had been | Sawyer this morning, whose term! gperating had various sponsors,! Re expires*at that’ time. He explain-; who obtainedia percentage of the winnings, some of which were for charity of to promote other worthy objects. “The city must have had a change’ of heart just before the time Sheriff Sawyer issued his | Sheriff Moreno Wallace. | order, because he said that Police ' Chief Eisner called him up and told him that City Manager King had ordered bingo houses closed. | “You're too late, chief,” Sheriff Sawyer replied; “they are al- ready closed.” they love PART-TIME IN CHAMBEROF COMMERC From what I can gather it is quite definite that the new sec- retary of the Chamber” of Com- rmerce will be John Spottswood,! owner of Radio Station WKWF. | The decision, if it has not al- ready been made, rests in the hands of a chamber of commerce committee of only three persons, Maitland Adams, manager of Thompson Entérpri William H. Arnold, manager of Florida Motor Lines, and William Brady,! manager of Key West Gas Com- pany. | The second application is from Harold Laubscher, formerly con- nected with Mhe Chamber of Commerce, a hotel man, and 35 years of age. | Probably at first Mr. Spotts- wood ma} e no salary since the present finances of the Cham- ber are said to be low. S. C. Singleton, retiring secretary, will receive a pension of three quar- ters y. } Mr. Spottswogd, according to many reports, will probably move one of the girls from his radio station dqgwntown to the Cham- ber of Commerce office, and will install a teletype in the Chamber direct to his radio station. ‘He ‘has stated that thus he can give Key West much publicity over ‘his radio station. Downtown Office As has been said before the wisdom of this move is very much in question. The Chamber of Commerce, of all institutions in this city, should be independent of business _affiliations. It has; been strongly criticised of late by | branching groups, such as the| Key West Hotel Men’s Asso-| ciation and the “Advertise Key: West” Council, removing their or- ganizations from the sphere of influence of the Chamber be- cause the Chamber was tending not to represent all persons in all businesses of this city, Thus by moving in this fashion it makes, of the Key West Chamber ofj Commerce, supported by busi-j ness men’s money, a “downtown office” of the Radio Station WKWYF. This is an extremely un- jsavory situation, if it develops. Regarding the argument that the radio station will give Key: | of the By L.P.A., JR. Regarding the argument thet there is no salary available at this time, and anyway the ChamBer of Commerce must function in a very limited way, then why let Mr. Singleton go. He was running a Chamber of Commerce which was limited but not so limited that it had to become a “down- town office” of a radio station. Need Full Time Man Presumably the radio station girl will become the office secre- tary upon whom will fall most duties of keeping the office running during the day. These are monies which it can be said would be wiser spent in em- ploying a male secretary of the Chamber such as Mr. Laubscher. In one case you get an office girl, in the other case you get an ex- perienced Chamber of Commerce official who during his last so- jurn with the Chamber built it up tremendously. This compari- son of experience puts the hir- ing of a girl from the radio sta- tion in a decidedly unfavorable light. and once again this smacks of “commercialisifinstead of an independent ‘Chamber ‘of Com- merce run. by ‘all businesses in this city. Finally the crux of the whole matter is if a man has his hands full with his radio station which is struggling now to keep its head above water how can he ethically devote his time to building up the Chamber of Com- merce without neglecting his other business. Certainly it will be a part time job and if it is to be just a part time job then why does not Mr. Spottswood volunteer his services free of charge, without the incentive of receiving a downtown office for his teletype and employment of one of his office girls. Mr. Laub- | scher could then be appointed secretary on a full-time basis and de the job wholeheartedly and | not just as a part-time job! 1 Back To FERA Thought Does Key West wish a Cham-' ber of Commerce run with a part time secretary with a radio sta- tion teletype installed. to aid ‘the Radio Station and with one of the office girls of the Radio Sta- tion running the Chamber ST | city of Key West”. West much publicity by the move’ throughout the day, We would it is their solemn duty to do so be in a pitiful state if we could even if they .are not given not afford a full time secretary. “office space” in the downtown Key West businessmen are not; chamber. The Citizen and the to be complimented if we go on many newspapers before this pa-, these “FERA” lines of thought. | per have always, boosted Key! Why employ a man without! West with millions of inches of salary, as though the chamber, type set up along this line. It is a were holding a hat for contribu-! very solemn duty,’ of publicity, tions? Stephen C. Singleton, who! agencies such/as\newspapers and will retire as manager on Febru- radio to perform this function,! ary 28, said yesterday that he en- otherwise they could be classed as| tertained a sense of pride over purely commercial and not “Jook-| the fact that he was leaving the ing to the best interests of the, chamber’s treasury in good cen- ‘dition. Use the money in the ‘Dr. Roger Chadwick Di-' rects: Group Organized) Since Oct. 1; Local High’s| i ; Finest treasury to retain an experienced man to serve the community effi-~ cacmaiaers the ultimatch Se¥ West's High School Band, ere are e ultimate ‘ Runigeriene As far as I knew}? thirty; three piece band; player! Mr. Spottswood has no qualifica-| i" front of the city hall today) and many observers said it was tions whatsoever to handle the | Chamber of Commerce as a Sec-} the finest band Key West High School has ever had. H retary should. Mr. Laubscher has had a strong hand in the Cham-: py, Roger Chadwick who came} here last October 1 has organized} ber. He has handled tow: trade in the hotel business for many’ this slendid ‘band in the few| months since then. | years. He is also much older than “We played nothing difficult: Mr. Spottswood and certainly; today just gave the public what! will give much more mature, we do well and what we cannot} judgement to his answers to the i general public. ; we will save,” Dr. Chadwick told} : The Citizen. Then as to the fund of infor- mation which Mr. Spotswood) The music was beautiful and| must amass in order to run the; stirring and the blending of the| Chamber properly. There will be} various instruments a big im-] 2 host of writers and photog-j provement in the High School.” raphers who will come through; pr, Chadwick said that it has the Chamber as they do through’ been very difficult to get instru-| The Key West Citizen seeking’ ments lately but that all the in-| materials and reference mater-| struments were used in the short! ial. Is Mr. Spottswood prepared ; concert this morning. | to supply this necessary Chamber; Dr. Chadwick was born in| of Commerce material? : | England and is a graduate of the , Thus to, summarize the choice:| Royal Academy of Music in Lon-| , anbscher, Qualifications {don, He has been over the) Mr.;sLaubsoher . has,.,held the, country teaching — music _ for, Chamber of Commerce office, be;,; Shoo! bands and was in Chicago fore, has boosted membership tre-} for 22 years. | mendously once before,;has done, Dr. Chadwick is director of all the leg work required to keep music at the Key West High the chamber going. I understand’ School coming here after ‘retire- that he had many projects, ment. going. He is a live wire. He is| Numbers played today includ- mature. He is ASSOCIATED, (Continued on Page Four) WITH NO BUSINESS IN TOWN which could make his chamber. Arrest Man Here devote full time to his job and} “2s Wanted In Tampa smack of commercialism. He will not make of the chamber a part, Yesterday afternoon Hugh Cul-) time job while he devotes his | time to his own business also.| His salary can easily be raised by himself in getting new mem-' breath, sheriff of Hillsborough berships. Finally. he has DONE county, telephoned Sheriff Ber- IT BEFORE AND HE CAN DO lin Sawyer, asking that he ar-); IT AGAIN. There is no big ques-| rest Bob Wright, against whom tion mark as to ability. warrants had been sworn out in If the Radio Station becomes, Tampa,. charging him with auto- affiliated with the Chamber of: mobile theft, breaking and enter- Commerce then you throw the. ing and grand larceny. Sheriff controls of one business upon the, Culbreath said the bail had been Chamber of Commerce. To pay, set at $5,000. the salary of one of the girls em-; Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wal- ployed at the Radio Station by lace arrested Wright in a trailer taking her salary out of the,camp on Division street, near. business men’s membership is;Simonton. Wright was staying pushing things quite a bit. To| there with his parents. He was allow a teletype to be placed in! locked up in the county jail, and the Chamber of Commerce, a! last night Sheriff Sawyer, who machine which will also service| had notified Tampa authorities the Radio Station is pushing} of the arrest, received a_ tele- things out to the breaking point.| gram stating that a deputy was’ Finally why is not the vote; on his way to Key West to get vested in the entire Chamber of} Wright and take him to Tampa. Commerce personnel! - ‘COOOEGEESTEOLSGOAHAOOOUUETOGENSAEAN MONTAG ADU ena RENAAANA AHH FLOOR SANDING and FINISHING For NEW or OLD FLOORS Free Estimates J. M. BIGBIE IO Ry ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY'S (Live) Poultry Thirty-Three Piece Key West High Band Plays At City Hall * Steal $50.00, 15. Hunting Knives From R. Kirehik THIEVES BREAK INTO STORE LAST NIGHT; MR. KIRCHIK WAS IN MIAMI ALL DAY TUESDAY Store of R. Kirchick was brok- en into this morning at 12:30 o’- clock and 50 dollars in cash and 15 hunting knives taken out, ac- cording to a police report signed by, Chief Louis Eisner. Mr. Kirchik reported that the thieves. entered through two back doors after sawing through a lock. The thieves then tried to crack the safe and succeeded in knock- ing the combination off but not in opening the safe. Mr. Kirchik had been in Miami and had Jeft a sign that the store oul be. “closed all day Tues- re a Mrs. Dora Castro Died On Tiiesday Mrs. Dora Castro, 29, died yes- terday. afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at her residence, corner of Vir- ginia and Grinnell streets. Fun- eral services will be held 5 o'clock this afternodn from the Chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home, Rev. Father Murphy, of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church, offi- ciating. Burial will be in the family plot in the Catholic Cemetery. The husband, Pepe Castro, is serving in the armed forces of his country in Germany. Besides the husband, the de- ceased is survived by the parents, Mi. and Mrs. Nicascio Garcia; a sister, Mrs. Edna Martinez; three brothers, Renee Garcia of New York, Daniel Garcio and Mario Garcio, and & son, Gustavo i’evez. NORTH BEACH INN COFFEE SHOP 711 North Béach Phone 453°. PALACE THEATER - EDWARD NORRIS in “END OF THE ROAD” “Egg Market ite SO Phone 541, P.O. Box 592, Key West, Florida RARER | States May Submit It At Later Date: Ministerial Association Promises To Fight It Again In a surprise move Judge Ray- mond Lord withdrew his appli- ithe Monroe County Board of | Commissioners at a mecting last night. C. 'T. Howes asked if the application would have to. be submitted again and’ go through two readings before it becaine law and was assured. so. The minister then stated that the ministerial alliance had no axe to grind in this matter and that they had no candidate for office in the county, although they would not say regarding the city. Rev. Howes also said that the Ministerial Association wishes to see Key West cleaned up and that it was not a fit + to rear children now as it is. Regarding confidences j evidently. referring to Rev Doherty’s not revealing the sources of his information when he charged the passing of $3,000 | in an inflamed speech before city commission last week Rev Howes said that it was a solemn pledge of ministers not to break : faith with those who give them confidences. Judge Lord said that in with- drawing the application he would not say that he will not submi | it again at a later date. He alsc stated that he thought Key Wes' was no worse place to raise child- ! yen. than, many other citic: | this country. He also>said that if the city is to be a tourist center then it must furnish tourists with what they wish and ope of these things is ‘the power to consume | liquor. in large restaurants. and mu depend .on the tourist trade, j Judge Lord said. Judge Lord | mentioned a pamphlet circulated here in which statements were made about him which hr | thought demanded a public apol- ogy. “I haven't collected one red cent from the Gulf*Stream Res taurant. Yet there has been men- tion of a contact man | which many associate with me. I think I deserve an apology”, Judg Lord said. and Temperatures ‘Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last night Atlanta 58 45 Boston 39 j Brownsville 16 | Charleston 60 | Chicago 48 Detroit 46 Galveston 64 Jacksonville _ 67 Kansas City — 54 KEY WEST _ 79 K. W. Airport 76 Memphis 58 Miami 72 Minneapolis New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis Tampa _ LNB TNP SITET PSEA P ARTS for All 68 50 35 39 52 23 Auto «Cars ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS ©. Phong AZ. 1 116 Duval, Jefferson Hotel Bldg. SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggis’s DUVAL AND FLEMING STs. LATO | ~~ YY YOO eT