The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 18, 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. 42 Funds From Private Souret Or Projects Much Che Than From Federal ira Agency CHIEF OF BUREAU OF COMMUNITY FACILi- TIES EXPLAINS GOV-! ERNMENT'S STATUS (Washington Correspondent of The Key Wet Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18. —Local governments, such as ‘the City of Key West and the County of Monroe, and organizations| such as school districts may bor-! public from private than they can from the Federal Gov- rmiment officials re- eC. row works funds sources cheaper ernment, gov vealed today. The Corporation is Reconstruction the Finance only Fede author Last / agency ed to make loans. ust RFC Jocal governments that willing to make loans and local public wo catch is that th to demand wants 4 perce Local money sources, of the advised it was’ in addition nt “inte re governments can obtain cheaper from privat Field, Chief nmunity cs Agency.| Appropriations | George H Bureau of Facilities, Federal Wo told House Committee. “The peopk avestment banks which connected with! and other or- make loans tems, water systems,} , etc., Know that unities have plenty; of credit and authority for con- struction of public works, in testimony reve any communities h voted bonds for public their much les intetest. In fact, tricts now around 11 percent Although the RFC has’ had sc eral hundred inquiries regarding loans, of December it had not made any, according to hearing on the FWA appropriations bill. | school many com orks and funds for construc- than 4 percént na. school dis. are borrowing for County Clerk Mails Papers To Candidates County Clerk Rc y he has received all the ne statements that will be used fox,candidates in the Demo- cratic. primaries, in, May. This morning he mailed the pers to the various candidate. who have thus far qualified in hi: offiee and also to those he knows intend to be candidates E forms, wer candidate. They'até the oath o office, first statement, second statement, first after-primary | statement and second after-pri- y statement. didates for county commis-! oners cannot qualify in Cl: Sawyer’s office until they have| filed thi oath of office and ived a reccipt of the qualif e from the Monroe County De atic Executive Committee. The committee has not yet held ary ve y i MOTOR TINEDP UP SAVES GAS Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming St. Phone 5) Opposite Army Barracks ARSENE cr. PIONEER HOTEL 151 N. E. FIRST STREET In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “BEST FOh A NIGHTS ArcST* One Block West of Bue Danot BA LASAAAL G1 ‘Berlin Felton | | ing his | street; the one being constructed fey for |'Temperature data for the 24 hours | f (anit ladenatane ! Tax Collector Office Walls Are Completed Brick facing on the tax col- lector’s first floor office has been completed on the ex- teriors and the Chief of Po- lice’s Office in the police call office on the first floor’ has been walled itt, Siete a Patt ‘of the fail ‘space has been “éat “int td*supply He chief’ with an’ offi€e.*The' bul! ©’ side office will be reserved’* for call officers. In the city jail besides the mein cells is a room for women end another room where persons detained for questioning are held. Operates Marine Railways Here THREE SMALL’ BOAT RAIL-| WAYS NOW IN OPERATION, ONE BUILDING: Two’ FoR! LARGE NAVAL CRAFT Berlin Felton, manager of. A, < B, Fish Cornpany, said today that he, has ..segured permission! from,the ewners,.of the marine! lway at the foot of Elizabeth treet, to, operate “it. “i Bi Felton is at present haul- boats up on the ways and getting them. in good condition. Te handles a great deal of king- fish and bottom fishing business t present and a large fleet of commercial fishing boats operate with him. Mr. Felton said that thus far ed a binder on y which is the old Ted ys, one of the best in the city for small boats, but that ale of the property is definite oon as all legal matters are tracks with one shifting track which takes boats in from the waters and shifts them to one of the four railWays by means of a win out rhinthy? Pthe city yet ent now ig;thatgof Wiliam . ers at the foot ‘of Simonton Wi by George Gomez, on North Beach nd another operated by Thomp- son Fish Company at the foot of Grinnell street. Two other large marine rail- ways in the city is the one at Naval Operating Base for large naval craft d another on the William Cu s Sons property medium sized naval vessels uch as PC's and minesweepers. Temperatures ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last,24 hours last night | Atlanta 65 41 Boston 50 29. Brownsville 70 67 Charleston 63 44 Chicago 39 20s» Detroit 37 -4- Galveston 63 tad Jacksonville 66 i f Kansas City - 49 Fs id KEY WEST _ 80 71 K. W: Airport 79 70 Memphis 66 42 Miami 76 7 Minneapolis _ 28 il New Orleans _ 65 53 New York _. 54 32 Norfolk 64 Oklahoma City 54 Pensacola - 63 Pittsburgh . 44 St. Louis - 47 Tampa o..... 77 f THE so Jesus Carmona Erecting $12,000, tore, ‘iin ba BUILDING PERMITS FOR LAST WEEK ‘TOTALED — $20,320; MANY SMALL REPAIRS AND PAINTING PERMITS | Jesus Carmona has been grani-~ ed a building permit for a $12,000 ;store building at the corner of Duval and Amelia streets, ac- cording to records in the office of Building Inspector Errol Sawyer | at City Hall. Granville M. Smith, Jr., at 618 Dey street, received a permit for $2,000 repairs and painting. Mrs. D. A. Printz, of 618 Eaton street, has a $1,000 permit for repairs | and painting. Glenn Archer, at 1214 Von Phis- ter, has a $1,000 :permit .for ‘re+ modelling and ,ipainting. \D. D. Dodd, at 1504: Bertha ‘street, has a permit for’ a i$1,000) addition. '};» ‘Permits ‘issued: (last week 'to- AhledeG2O,E20ie8i)0.1° }iPerinitg06@ier ‘than those noted above were ‘gtanted. to: Charles M:' Curry, :405 Francis. St., painting Mrs. E. Sterling, Mar- garet and Fleming, wall board, upstairs Radar Taxi Co., 503 Du- val St., phone booth Southernmost City + Pharmacy, 501 Duval St., paint front __ Frank Rivas, 1012 Duval St., painting Mr. and Mrs, Cyril Mar- shall, 6 Charles St., remodel apartment Mrs. Emma Ayala, Grin- nell and Fleming, re- pairs Angel Alvarez, Jr, 820 Simonton St., addition Arnold Estate} Greene, and Simonton, Paint ing Carol Brown, 413 Julia St., addition 1. W. Arsdio, 611 White- head, repairs —__ C. E. Garing, 707 Sinion- ton St., painting home 300.9") 50.00 300.69 700 00 600.08 264.00 | 506.00 100.00 140.09 Negro Rentcnecd To Penitentiary PLEADED GUILTY’ UPON AX. | RAIGNMENT IN COURT * TODAY Otis Curtis Saunders, negro, who figured in the case where a thousand dollars was saved in the nick of time, pleaded guilty} ‘in criminal ‘caurt this morning on a charge of’ breaking and en-| tering with gra intent. to commit id larceny, and Judge Thomas. S. Caro sentenced Saunders to rj serve five years in the peniten- tiary. The attempi theft of the $1,000 occurred! in the home of the Ridley, bygthens,Paul Ridley, had "e while Paul went, to, Stock) Island | to play ja\mdund “of' golf. The} brother had occasion to go to his; bedroom, where he had left the money in thé top" drawer of aj chiffonier, and saw Saunders! standing at the drawer with the! package of bills in his hands. Saunders told the court he had} been given a paint job and had! entered the wrong house to do} the work. He admitted having| been approached’ with the money in his hand. Attempt To Set Clubhouse Afire' : POLICE CALLED 1 TO WOMAN’S CLUBHOUSE FOR IN- VESTIGATION: Police were called ;out to in- vestigate attempts tosset a fire along.side- the Woman's Club- ORsét me. ak a 818 Duval), tod, lay. one | LC Set Has ye E bebe found! responsible, for.the attempt. The! call came from Mr. and Mrs. Dan; - $ 100.00! 100.00 | 100.00 | the money, ji 50. $20, bills; kavey th¥m to ibis brother | UTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Navy Photo IN A BRIEF CEREMONY recently, Chief Electrician Roy Hughes; Morgan, USN, Van Wert, Ohio (left), was awarded a Commendation Ribbon by Captain R. B. Goldman, NOB Industrial Manager (right). | for meritorious condutt \in action’in the performance, of his duties | aboard the;USS TUNNY, Ghief.; Morgan. in, the, Navy 22-yeers, ably assisted! his Commanding Offiger. dn, bobapiy successful attacks which resiilted i in sinking three ‘@nemy, ships for.a total, af 18,772 tons.’ VALI bins t a total of 18 are eepealtt Seven, Equal Installments,Of Delinquent Tax Tax Payments Told City Manager Dave King anid the ou said today that regarding the pay- ments of deljnquent iaxes ;hat the ruling of the city commission of seven equal installments of payments would be carried out. These installments are based on the sum total of years of de- linquent. t Thus if delin- |quent. taxes. for five years amounted to $350 the amount due each month would be $50. The dline for contracts of this sort is February 20, Mr. King said) Now if payments of, over ofy seventh of the amount, due eagh,, | month is made why wetiea. for | | by the difference of the amount. But in no case will less than one seventh 9f the amount be coMect- ed unless in the month previous greater than one seventh of the month is paid. Mr. King added that between the deadline date of February 20; and the date of advertising of the property for sale that full pay- ments. of. delinquent taxes would be sed» lus a. two percent pen- Talty, | dnd “hat, he , would present’ his thought in, an ,ordinance to £9, before, the, ithe commission 3 EI, night, i 3 Cars. Gu Over Embankments In In Highway Mishaps Last Week ET ATT MEMPAP: Saito Have Car Stele iid Against Sending» \\\Fxom Them: Shark Fish. Lumber ‘Overseas | 7 Recovers Car Stol- en From Him (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.— Senator Hugh Butler, Repub- lican, Nebraska, complained today about the government's Permitting the shipment of so much lumber to foreign coun- tries, He said that, according to the present rate of shipment, one billion board feet will be sent overseas this year. Foreign trade in lumber, he declared, is interferring with the building of homes in this country, and added that, if the shipments: are not cur: - tailed, ‘relief of the |housing shortage will be delayed. PIO LDS SI DTG; ‘Disorderly House+|'"nx Charged Operat j where he was put under an oxy- | gen tent. |THELMA DODD HELD ON: Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wal- CHARGES WITH THREE ; lace said that, when the report} | INMATES ' i |. Frank Brownley, 545-F, West | Poinciana, - _ reported to th | Sheriff's office yesterday that hi: automobile had been stolen: at 16:30 o’clock in the morning, and, } (three hours later, it was found on Boca Chica, turned over, with } Jack Charles Smith, an exsoldier, | in an unconscious state under the | car. A, marine, and,.a, sailor at the: No, 3..sentry:boxion» Boca Chieall said'they sawthe°¢ar go over } the! khouldér’ of *tH8" road, and i turnover dN Ox oR, t oe up ina “clump “of ‘man- { i 7. a "ites éreported hie bediaent’ to ; their base,.and a navy ambulance | took Smith to the Naval Hospital, | the sheriff's office, an alarm was| 1 sent out to the State Road Patrol, and Patrolman 3S. R. Walker kept! aS - a Watch for the car, a description bond-for driving under the in- of which was given him, at Mara- fluence of liquor, Edward Scott thon. When the car was found is under $100 bond for selling in the mangroves, Mr. Walker and consuming beer on Sunday was informed, and he called at jand Thelma Dodd was arrested the Naval Hopsital and left a , for operating a disorderly house. { “hold” order for Smith | Inmates of the disorderly house event that he recovers. were Betty Brewer, Virginia Williams and Lorraine Cannon. } Deceby Cust: WY aliace Cases are dué yp in city court today. 2 In warrants issued by city po- lice R. J. Kupa is under $100. in: mobile is a complete wreck. { Dave Carter, Coxswain, USNR, 0242224444444444 008 PALACE THEATER >» 'JACK/OAKIE in ing 'to Ya fépart by Patrolman ‘Lee Bakery if = Supply Truck IN THE the succeeding month can be less, » times, }) | of the automobile theft reached | in the formed The Citizen that the auto-' hit a pole in front of the Side-! walk Cafe Saturday night accord- A Navy gasoline supply trhoky U.S.A. ‘Key West Navy ‘Navy Secretary Gives In- ‘formation. To Senator) io \ Andrews? Solon Intetes Vgd'In Florida | {Proytess » [GoridenPsogress. , | Senator’ Charles QO. Andrews has issued a’statement about jn- formation he has received from Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal concerning the utiliza- Fe West at their “full capacity.” Though Senator Andrews wi'l! not be a candidate to succeed jhimself, he has demonstrated a! good many times since he- made; that anouncement that he main- tains a lively interest in the pro-+ gress of Florida. It was that in- terest that led him: to inquire; about the naval activity in Key } West, and he received the follow- ing reply from Secretary Forres- | ti Fesent plans indicate that a'l,' | the AEG facilities at. Key West, will be tilized to full capacity ts. serve 1e ‘postwar requiremenis jof the operating. forces. resent facilities are ade-|}, eral, te te, lowever, housing for bins ies of service personnel is in- adequate and studies . are cle conducted to determine the pest! micans to correct this deficiency. | pale D (ei % bet aamaer it at jars bie. t and’ utilizing "fe ally ‘station, Ce tain research and developiment units of ‘the Atlantic Fleet are{ ‘coriducting » their’ operations at Key West. “A rather large tactical! training (radar) school, a consoli-! dation of two schools operated ; pduring the war, is to be establish- ed at Key West because conditions ! wawrreeee es ‘Repair St ae yom ory. bed In Comte? 4 Of Town: City Public Service Head Robert Dopp said today that six blocks of Catherine street between Varela and Simon- ton had been repaired. In the colored section of town, part of Olivia, the en- tire length of Emma, one block-on Thomas have been scarified. Mr. Dopp also reports the repair of a sewer line at Poin- ciana Project. "SII III LS. Shc dadadaaadaininindnininendnineniand ROASTERS and FRYERS | BRADY’S..(Live) Poultry! | and Egg Market | | 1214 White St. 4 | dasuaseance ebilieeap oa SSSR Eee JAMES -F.. SPINK: F.R.GS. | Be Utilized To Full Capacity ¢: Wrte ion of naval activities in Key |, f 1 Hon to the students.’ Valder Wants Bui Chica. __ Bridge Open To Fishermen Key West, Florida, kas the most equable climate in- the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE. CENT: Wages Asked 1s Granted ‘denon DIFFERENCES HOLDING UP SETTLE- MENT OF GENERAL MOTORS STRIKE Facilities To eee eee ee) 84 High School ‘Gllisd Visits’ acl at (By Annnerated Pres) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. With the steel’ strike over, the} j National... Federation pf Telc-! , iphone ;Workers warned _ today’ that a strike will be called in that activity, ify the A:orkmen are not. given. Advances. in wages, ranging from 1, to, 20. cents “an hour, If the strike gocs into effect, it was said that long-distance calls throughout the country will be affected, and that in some states local calls will be cut ¢ | Minor’ differences are still | holding up settlement of the Gen- | eral Motors strike, though fed- eral agent, James Dewey, said he thought an agreement will be | reached shortly. Mrs. Oliye Bond, teacher of, the 8Al Class at Key West Junior High School, accom. panied by her 28 students, vis- ited The Citizen office today and were shown throughout the entire newspaper and job office plants, Mrs. Bond stated that the class was at a point in their discussions which called for an actual visit to a newspaper office and she decided to bring the class here. The entiré operation of get- ting out a newspaper, from the original copy made up on typewriters which then goes to ' ‘Wage Increase Without Strike , GIVEN WORKERS EMPLOYED BY WHEARTON STEEL COMPANY which feeds he neanid orders autoriat- ly with air suction cups manipulating the papet, was “a machine of great fascina- (by Asndetated Prens) PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18. Twelve thousand members of an independent union, employed at the Whearton Steel Company PAA So ee AS plants in this city, were given a greater, increase in !theré are ‘particularly favorab'e withotit going on strike, t! to its operation. !the workmen of other stcel cor- “Some changes in the names of porations, it waS announced to- the activities at Key West are un-, day,’ - ‘der consideration in order to imn- | Whearton’s. employes were giv- prove administration of the pos:-| en-an advance of 22 cents an war. organization.” ie while the 750,000 “stecl workers, who had been out on strike three weeks, were accord- ed an increase of 18% cent hout. Besides, the Whearton | wage scale is retroactive, as of January 1, 1946. The 750,000 strikers began - turning to their jobs at 12:01 o'clock this morning. Blast fur- j haces, and open hearths were in _ operation a few hours: afterwards, ' put officials’ 6f° the! orations said “it'’ probably! willBe three weeks’ before™ the “plants have reached full production, aaeee se, 77 A ety ‘Sinise Maxis King Leopold Not aldez sai lay he is doing a To Be Called Back in his power to keep the Boca’ wnocinted. Prenn) Chica Bridge open for fishing BAUSSELS, Feb. 18-—King purposes. Mr. Valdez said that although will hbk be -called the old wooden bridges had been back to a to resume . turhed over to ‘the Staté Road his reign, it was indicated to- day by the results of the elec- Department that he would ask " that the Boca Chica Bridge be tion held throughout Belgium yesterday. kept intact for fishing parties. ee It is that this location where The socialist, the commun- much fine fishing has been done” by visitors here this year. Serv-! icemen too enjoy the fishing there. Last week Jacksonville visi- tors hauled an eighty pound tar- pon caught along a flat out of the channel waters there and | also lost a line to another big one.! Mr. Valdez also pointed out county. commisison intention to fill in the wooden. bridge at Perky Florida on emia ie aeed H INN which leads to a lateral. ro _ NORSEEE’ the old highway and. saves pes mee © OP up to Pirates Cove to cut back 711 North Beach Phone 453-5 on the old highway which is eFull-Course DINNER, 6-8 pn. Wooden Blidge | At Perky,' Florida, On Lateral Marl Road. Will Be. Replaced “Byra i “On Stage, Everybody” News and Serial wwvwvwvwywvrrrrrres Navarro. Mrs. Navarro’ is presi- dent of the Woman’s Club. NUN, UTILITY CUSHIONS for BOATS and AUTOMOBILES Kapok-Filled Roy's Key West Auto Parts 116 Duval Street Phone 442 Jefferson Hotel Building 2244000080000 04088 Genuine Plymouth, Godge, DeSoto |e! ae PARTS “sea NAVARRO, Inc 1 “nn | VV OVI VET I ITV TTT wi | ran off Highway One Saturday while attempting to.turn around on the narrow highway. No one was injured. Seilor’s Car Sailors had a car stolen from them last week with the driver! of the car driving the Ford over} the embankmeft Wednesday} - night at the turn of the Boule- vard and going about 50. yards Come Hear - Everyone W: into the bushes. {= Seeneeeeee of Chicago, Illinois, World Traveler, Author and Evangelist COSPEL HALL on Wednesday and pnerd quite scenic. This bridge will be Soeciieted and the whole filled in. The marl lateral road which leads off from’ it-will be cleared of underbrush | (4g a palaa, so that cars may pass each other! more safely. Mr. Valdez said he did not “| kriow what would be done re- a at 7:30 garding the-Tarpon Creek, Sug-! elcome , arloaf Creek, Geiger’s Creek 07 Sugarloaf Chénnel wood bridges. cia DINNERS Add sassesssassaserd |PRESCRIPTIONS fea pier } Compounded by Experienced 3 Pharmacists