The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 19, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire : j Service and AP Features J : E 1 ye equaple elfmate in- the 66 Years Devoted to the } ' country, swith «qi average | Mee Si cracsets of key Woes . Pang at daly 14* Fahrenheit ‘me THE SOUTHERNMOST: NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A: VOLUME LXVII. No. 43 MPRA Le Se KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1946 January Cily Amounts 10 $30,696. + GEN, REVENUE FUND GETS NET $15,256.85;' REAL ESTATE TAXES | PAID, $13,623.91 Total amount of revenue of the city of Key West during the} month of January was $30,606.45 | according to records in the office} of Finance Head Charles Roberts. This was apportioned as fol-} lows: General Revenue Fund, $15,- 551.12 less discounts of $294.27 or! a total.of $15,256.85, City Hospital, $982.83. Scavenger Fund,, $3,600.00. Sewerage O. & M.,,$2,176.25. Street paving, $482.85. Bond Refunding, $4,722.30. Permanent. Bond Refunding, $2,371.87. Interest and Sinking,, $978.26, Judgments Special, $125.24. Revenues brought in were as) follows: | Real Estate Tax Personal 051.41. Discounts and abatements of $302.67 were subtracted from the} above amounts. Delinquent taxes, $6,609.09. s, $13,623.91. Property taxes, $1,- Interest on Delinquent taxes were $915.56. Street paving and_ sidewalk) asséssments less abatements were $482.85. Occupational licenses were $1,- 055.75. Penalties of occupation licenses were $10.77. Bieyele licenses were $1,017. Scavenger, service fees were. $4.056.53. Sewer service fees, $2,176.25. City Funds To- Be Amalgamated SCAVENGER AND INDIVIDUAL JUDGMENTS FUND CANCELLED Amalgamation of funds in the city will greatly reduce the num- ber of funds the city has in legis- lation proposed by Finance Head Charles Roberts. at the last meet- ing of city commission and which was approved. The ordinance directing Mr Roberts to make the amalgama- tion is expected to be passed to- night. The funds which will remain will be the General Revenue Fund, City Hospital, Sewerage Operation and Maintenance, Street Paving,’ Bond Refundj Permanent Bond’ Refuiding, In- terest and Sinking’ Fund;"Special Judgement Fund. The 'scavenger, fund will be ¢ancelled ‘as, will als6 four: separate. judgment funds. Scavenger ‘fund goes, into General Revenue and‘ Judgments funtis go into’ the ‘one Special Judgment fund. We Are Now Accepting COLOR FILM for DEVELOPING and PRINTING SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists DUVAL AND FLEMING STS: industry. SALESMEN and EXECUTIVES ATTENTION: — T have a very fine position to offer a high-grade, experi- enced man, out of either the selling: D The-position carries very substantial income for the man who can qualify. I want to contdct a rman who ‘has been disen- franchised in his old position by war or priorities, who may be available immediately or perhaps is plating to re-entet the field of private enterprise. This is 4 lifetime job in a vital Will be AT KEY WEST on FRIDAY of This Week Write for Appointment, giving Brief Business History, Age @nd telephone number—All Information Strictly Confidential Address Box P, M. L., c/o’ The Key West Citizen Revenue TS ILaIa ST SOS Se. Former Gas Companies Had Problems Here is a little sicetch about gas companies in Key West from Judge. Jefferson -B. Browne's y West, the Old and The New”: “In March, 1884, a gas com- pany was intorporated .and a plant erected back of Emma street, near.what is known as the Fort Pond, The urns ished. was, Smoky |and), feriorlightiz company. di “After a tine Philbriek, his electrit lighting plant in 1690, the manufacture of gas was discontinued. “In 1911 the circuit court. upon the application of the city, declared the gas f: chise forfeited for non-user. “In 1912 the present Key West Gas Company plant was established and gas furnished the city’s users with a mixture of coke and oil.” kdb hdd de, Injured Man In Dying Condition JACK CHARLES SMITH. UN- CONSCIOUS AT NAVAL HOSPITAL State Road Patrolman S.. R (Slitn)' Walker said this mornin he had “just” eft the Key ‘Wes Naval ‘Hospital, ‘and that Jack, Charles Smith, who was fouhd under a stolen car in the man- groves oh Boca Chica, was. un- conscious ‘and’in a dying condi- tion. Smith’s chest was crushed. The car that was found on top of him had ‘been stolen at 6:30 o’tlock Sunday morning in West - Poin-; ciana. The theft was reported to’ the sheriff's office and a descrip- tion of the car was telephoned to Patrolman Walker at Mara- thon. He was watching for the car: at that point, while Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wallace — was. looking for it in this vicinity. A marine and a sailor saw the’ car plunge over the shoulder of the road near sentry box No. 1 on;Boca Chica, reported the ac- cident to the naval hospital, and Smith-was taken there in an am- bulance and: put under an oxy- gen tent. han On request of Patrolman Walk- er, Smith’s ; fingervrints were made;and copies. of ‘them wétre given ::to. Sheriff Sawyer, who! sent them to the FBI ‘in Wash- ington this morning. AS EARLY AS 1864 BROOKLYN.—Ducos of France patented a device for showing motion pictures as early as 1864. LLL OLIID COE ELC OYSTER SUPPER Sponsored by | VICTORY., mai |Henry J. Kaiser, national chair- Being. Held-Off eet 15,000 Garments, | nipai Cola Clerhinc DRivE COMES TO END; REPORTS | ARE MADE; GERALD SAUN-!| - DERS, CHAIRMAN 4 Final results .of the Victory Clothing Drive as announced by’ | Chariman Gerajd .Saunders ‘in- cluded 15,000 garments and 2;000 pairs of shoes collected in Key West and shipped. overseas. } Mr. Saunders. said. that the clothing was shipped to Gaffney j North Carolina, Treasury Pro-; curement Division from where is to shipped td’ Asia, Philippines !-¢: and Europe. *.” On -the committee with: Mr. Saunders were Isadore Wein- ytraub, education, chairman; Rob- ert Dillard, collections chairman; Fart, Adams, publicity; Edelniiro Morales, clothing: Pde ing, ‘Cobo, reparts ehairmai ‘A letter has just bean receive from ‘Dan A. West, executive, di-'/dollars worth of proper erate ‘in’ rector of the. Victory Clothing year. Meanwhile typhus fever, transmitted by the rat flea, is onthe Collection in which in behalf of increase and promises, if not checked through control of the rat, to be among Florida’s major. health problems. Municipalities, as .v<ll ‘as individuals, are urged to give their serious attention to this im- portant health and economic problem. . i i i WOne OF THE 3 AA kesources w 1946. 1; man stated “It-is our constant wish that you and the other 8,-| 000 chairmen could loan over with us the inspiriting reports’ coming in from every. part of the United States, Like your own, these all reflect wide community, cooperation and enthusiastic pat-. , SATIS Ware 4 F ticipation and,. response: . . To Of D ~ S me personally it has been a great 1VISION ' treet--- ay [ twe rvivilefe to vrork ‘agian in ‘such * o close association. with you and‘ —# SS those. others .over the eountry who have so ably and generously , taken. the responsibility of lead- ership in their own communities PlanPALs Southeast, Northwest "POE OO IOS, Viens Club Will Bo Asked American’ Flag > ><“Spoaser: Council: Or- fot this second ¢lothing. drive.” ee ETF emer | igenidedAdread ysis { : | Torn Down BY fh to one ysis Poin, | Tenictatancs | [dite Sedlodat “tmmwetianes | pn san! peli Segeelated Prem), Lo nAt the next Lions ’Clab: meet- Temperature data for the 24 hours ssctaaal a Gede dts | ing JLielitenant “Ray Atwell in‘ : ending 72:30am), °°" O p tae ~pcharge itive *Asso- Highest. Lowsst:| | Itdian. navy'tore “dawn | any | siation,«stated :thats the question, Station— last 24 hours last night! “Ameritan flay today, altact Sig oione Gub, sponsoring, .a Atlanta. Oho M4 [ed AHS Athoridad apegeantsopSORNeL MHL HA Drgpahtnup.' | Boston, 83 5 eg i MR cil now; Brownsville .,%3 sgionko + bwhidh ‘Ras (alFetiay Beer organiz-| harleston, "62 . ge 34 riously, laped,2Poiticiama: ‘Piweobthers are, Chicago...’ 37 39° | |! shoprwinddwécind-wilked off, |: plannedafor:thentityy@ie for the Detroit 28. 21 with foodstutfé,’ area south: of, Division street and Galveston... 65 45 They said they were rioting | oe for Area, northwest of: Jacksohville _. 70 58 ee saieatskbick ue: oe Kansas City — 41 ahs nen against |) George Cary shas. donated two; KEY WEST __ 81 71 the quality and quantity of | tennis nets !and two punching, K. W. Airport 80 ol food they were receiving dnd | bags| to the PALS. Memphis °..' 43 49 pret 16 tee th hao arid bey Miami ay 70 allowances wete due | ° e ; ee Mihneapolis _ 38 LOE hate ‘Hirohito. Heads New Orleans _ 67 54 a 7 New York _.. 37 ee AOS oe Motorcade Over Norfolk _. 48 33 é Oklahoma City 53 39 +; bf Pensacola - 62 60 Red Espionage Tokyo Ss Streets. Pittsburgh 37 26 iM id peor epee | ra In Canada Will . EMPEROR VISITS ‘RUINS OF | Get Attentio Telephone Strike WHERE , JAPANESE EXPECT REPERCUSSION oven! nO RNGs9 | -ROTIVITIES (N PARLIAMENIY A), ma tovoletiate d’ a TOKYO, Feb. i9. Emperor ; WHEN /ORGANIZATION ‘BE. |(Hirohith;’ wetting “iaifay , busi- | ness-like ..syit,..today,,-headed a this city. He stopped at several points and spoke to Japanese toiling in the ruins. It could ‘be seen readily that satake ¢ vt aay Aasadateg (Prem) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.— Séttlement. after a 12-hour | conference, of the differences between 1,000- long-distance telephone operators and A. T. and T. officials, has put an (Ry Assortated Presi) | OTTAWA, Feb. 19,—Disclcs- |- [were fighting ‘along .‘a® -45-mi ; ‘front, «withsthe advantage in fa-'f'sol bY “vor of. the former. end temporarily to the threat- ened ‘nationwide strike of telephone employes. . The 1.000 workmen return- ed to.work, pending the hold- ing of a conference Thursday, when they agreed to state in writing their, grievances against the A. Ty. and T. Key West Woman's Club . POD eae A 2 Thursday, Feb. 21, 1946, 6 to 8 P.M. sor.executive group. STE ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY HALL Colored - Centef St. - Tuesday Weekdays or Sunday— 7 A.M, to Midnight | POOR OLD CRAIG jure, two days ago by Prime Min: ister MacKenzie King, of Russian espionage activities in Canada, is likely to have its repercussion when parliament is convened on March 14, it was sdid here to- day. Canada’s, government is liberal, and it was declared that the: con; lservatives will take advantage’ of the prime minister’s admission ot a spy ring in Canada to decry the liberal government’s neglect _ of. not haying discovered the plot be fore. i } It “vas intimated » that. some members\6f thesspy ring: had en- {tered the United States from Cah+ ada, and anetheri report Said- that ~ That report--was—denied offi- there are some dian mounted police reprsentatives. in Washing- ton as liaison officers. ~ ‘that there are its} lin? Cagaia! as Bieter ar na the attitude of some Japs toward their emporer had changed. While H some of them turned their backs; to him while in his. presence, in: accordance. with age-old custom | others merely bowed, while still! others continued to perform their! work without any apparent: con- sideratic n of him. see “There will be a meeting of the Indepndent: Order of Odd Fel- lows, CUBA LONGE NO. 15, held ‘this evenigg':at 7:30 at hall on’ | Elizabeth Street. All. members 4 ‘tigation of the: ring iif Ganada. est et \Natienal And Communist Units Reported Fighting In Manchuria (Ry. Ansoctated Prexn) t NANKING, Feb. 19,—Reports}Kai-Shek bad a conference here {were received here today that the Htotlay, at which it was decided to agreement _ between nationalists h n "and communists to-cease hostili-;Manchuria to replace Russian) patrons +a hotter, cleancr, and ities was not being observed south tr of Mukden in Manchyria. | National and communist fore: ‘Lieutenant: ‘General w Weider 'send eight Chinese armies into ‘oops in that country. It was announced that prepara- ions ‘are being made to ship from China: to Japan’ 120,000 Japanes< erst and” 189,000 Japanese \-elvilians, who, during thei Chinesc- | jpanese war, hat! Streamed into. meyer and*Generalissimb| Chiang }China) inthe wake of Jap’ troo} ‘imo WITH NEW GAS, ALLAN HAMPTON, OF K.W. GAS CO., SAYS, “CAN SUPPLY ANY NEED” Within two to four months the jcity, of Key West will have a new jgas supply which will give better ges at the same price they are paying now, Allan Hampton lof the. Key West Gas Company announced today. \nAur ordinance will be introduc. ed:toniyht« before! city commi siom which: Will ‘allow’ aehang: over! ofthe init to be’ charge from pride: per'cubic foot to price waneasure! ofthe new: gas. County Commissioner Maximo Valdez was elected head of ihe meeting on the first and. third of the first 10.3 therms. Key West Business Men’s Asso- ciation in a reorganziation meet- jing held last night at the annex of the Congregational Church. Asked if he would accept, Mr. | Valdez said that if he were elect- ed unanimously he would serve. He was so elected. i It was voted last night to hold Wednesdays of each month with one of the . mectings a dinner meéting to be held at a local restaurant. Tom Wilson asked John Spotts- wood, new secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, to pre- + Ries 4 Wided Bl vn dT édde A itary unit; which’ ig ‘the ett ' nAecording to the ordinance the! »fold price per 1,000 cubic feet for K. W. Business Men’s Association the first 2,000 cubic feet is $2.00. Under the new ordinance this | price is the equivalent - of + 38.9 | cents per therm. This is the price which will be charged for cach. ' In the second category ‘for the range of 41 therms a price of 31.1 cents per therm will be | charged. The old price in this category was $1.60 per 1,000 cubic feet. } In the third category which in- } cludes all therms over 51 a price Other officers elected unanim- -s¢nt plans of ‘the chamber but o¢ 96. cents per therm will be ously were Tom Wilson, first i ident; John Carboiiell;” March 1:he would go into office’ se incite. pessiaial ~gnd- would then’ confer and bring second: vice. president}; and* Joe Boza, ae LY CPO ‘Artman, Jnytwasenanied pablicity Mr, Spottswood replied that after ‘back’ 2recommendations.' of’ the ‘@hamber! He asked that the com; chairman ‘dnd\Newtori Krishman;. mittee be. ‘appointed \tb ‘consider ‘master! at arms. Board’ of directors‘ elected were be R. Wolkoff. Bile Cope, Jack Arlen, John. wood dirid A’ en a rausing round of, applause Ke relin- quished the chair to My ‘Valdez, Membership of’ the’ ‘Business Men’s Associatiot ‘consists jof 110 business men of thé’ édimmunity. Present at the business meeting last night were over twenty busi- nessmen members, i Ln lit cmt ep neler ah sor ante “suggestions of the’ Chamber of, ‘Commerce but was told’ that 1.{to/thé Board of Directors meet-| ‘ings of the Association. foe It was reported to the meeting: yas Ww: that $100 had been paid to the National War. Fund drive of which. the community chest. is’ & part ‘and A. R. Wolkoff was ap- pointed chairman of a commit- tee’ to inquire as to the manner iA “which the Community Chest fuids are to be spent in Key ‘West. February 2¢ Delinquent Taxes Deadline Scheduled Tomorrow Safe Moving CITY AT SEVERAL POINTS ,Rroblem Is ome — NOrblaiGardifles to be-a problem. } may, The sale'which yas to come. out of the tax collector-treas- urer’s office upstairs might not fit in the doorway of the new office on the first floor of the City Hall. Measurement revealed that it would not, Ah, but then the wooden door jamb which was inside a SOPEADE TM: When New Commission Was.Owed $300,000; De- luge Of Payments Now’ ss Figures’ are not yet )available on the amount of delinquent ‘taxes wwhich remain unpaid in the-.city, according to’ Finance delitiqucnt taxes within the next few days. Deadline for those wishing to pay their delinquent’ taxes is February 20 which is Wednesday, | according to an ordinance passed by.the city commission. -When the new city. commission went into office and began their drive to collect all \delinquent taxes there was about $300,000 owed the city: In January alone there were $6,609.09 of delin- quent ‘taxes paid, according to Finance department. figures. There is a big rush of pay- ments.this month just before the ,. Hundreds of. ts of de- lingugnt taxes owed the city have ent out by Tax Collector “Treasurer Archie Roberts Went Into Office City ) Head ‘Charles Roberts: who states: that:he will compute the unpaid” Now. Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by Barroso’s Orchestra ‘ and The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ | charged. The old price was $1.45 category. A ~The); minimum ‘charge » for, , month's | operation: vonnected to the Gas’ be! $1:50 ‘with no ‘discount allow-’ \ Fully Automatic Instead of putting out 5.15 | British Perea the: new f matey 4 heat tapacity of 7.50. BTU’s, Mr. Hampton said. The new plant will be fully ‘uitomatic)* Mr” “Hafribton said \ with, the same-gas piping system used and connected to the plant , which < willbe? situated at the ‘same location it is now, on Cath- | erine street. The old plant will be kept here for use in an emergency, Mr. Hampton said. | The present gas _ distribution | plant. was - established _in, 1912 | Mr. Hampton said. and consists of burning coke in ovens* with an oil mixture to enrich the gas. | This is the system which will be lentirely done away with: There will be no smoke to complain of in the future in the area’ of the plant ‘Mr. izampion added, The new gas is a Provane Air Gas and will be trucked into vaukey West from Miami. The tank phere willbe of 25,000 gallon acity, which is approximately two. weeks; capacity under pr: ent conditions. Later the com- pany is. planning. to secure an- other ,,; 25,000,,,gallon ; fahk “for storage purposes. ie “With Key,; West expanding,” Mr. Hampton said,.‘the ld. sys- tem became overloaded and this system of supplying gas was de- cided on. It will keep pace with Key West's needs”. The old -sys- tem was designed for about 29,- per’ thousand cubie’ feet in this, fa aby t em’ willcontinue to/y 000 persons’ and since then Key + West has grown. Pressure will be maintained.in the lines at a minimum of three inches, except in emergencies ac- cording. te the ordinance. “We will beable to continue dispens- ing gas through the hurricanes.” Mr. Hamp’ said. Previously because of sttong winds at the (Continued on Page Four) 1318 Elize Street POULTRY and EGG Market Phone 243 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. - ~ 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. oe