The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 19, 1946, Page 4

pares PAGE FOUR tin A i i an i Sn ti i li in ln linn an in ncn On An tan tn tn CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. BAABAAAALALADAAADAAAAAA ABAD ASSOCIATION STRONG , gether and gotten stronger as Very significant meeting was, they went. zs ‘ neld last night of the Key West! Business Men’s Association. This, YACHT BASIN DRIVEWAY group was formed about eight) Was asking Robert Dopp the months ago to foster ideas which} Other day why the city used the they believe important to the} ™arl pit out at the city dump in- welfare of the city. Newly elect-| Stead of uging the roadway out last night was’ at Garrison Bight and dredge County Commissioner Maximo marl out there as the WPA Valdez. Tom Wilson suggested’ 8TOupS did years ago. Dopp re- that the Business Men's Associa-| Plied that the present equipment tion amalgamate with the Cham-| W@S not too well suited for that ber of Commerce and asked that! tYPe of work at this tithe and John Spottswood, newly elected’ that large areas of mud would secretary, give the association a have to be dredged out perhaps resume of the Chamber's plans.| t0 Teach the marl. He said that Mr. Spottswood asked that a! the principal p g need for ed president THE KEY West CITIZEN na, On One of Th ose Cruises - They Went to Hava TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1946 levwvwwwwe Ste do Ae dann Sn > ttn > Ann > arti to nn tn nnd OF INTEREST TO KEY WEST five. Balk * * NATIONAL and STATE NEWS WiTH A LOCAL SLANT ®2£4444444444444644444444444444 AESERDS Save Your Tax Gripes “California, Here We Come!” For This Committee Maybe you Monroe County Le- Residents of Key West ard ‘gionnaires already know this but Monroe county in general may he jin, case you haven't been inform- afforded an opportunity sometirne |ed, the national convention will in April to give vent to their |be held in San Francisco Sept. 20 gripes abolt state taxes. Andithrough Oct. 4. Homer Challaux, what’s more, their listeners will ,California state adjutant, made have receptive ears. the announcement. A 15-man committee has been ° appointed by Governor Caldwell} U.S. Wants To Keep to study the present tax strucutve | Its WACs and make récommendations for} Army circles in Key West will changes that will benefit all con-|be interested in the plea being cerned. The committee has been; made by the Wer Department to instructed to visit cities all over{its women soldiers to remain iu the state during April to hes. ‘service “to meet the critical short- what the people have to say about age df skilled personnel in Army committee be appointed to can- fer with him on plans of the Chamber and possible amalgama- tion when he assumes charge of the Chamber. He made it clear that he was in no position to the city at present was securing present and future taxes. {hospitals, personnel centers and marl quickly and placing it in the streets which are being re- paired. Thought along this line was to have the area dredged out for yachts and other small boats Already the Florida Taxpayers | headquarters installations.” Association has charged that son-e| Of a total of 100,000 WAC offi- members of the committee are cers and enlisted personnel on “picdged in advance to recom-;V-E Day, 16,000, have been dis- mend a state sales tax” and has|charged. Volunteers for re-entry to use. The lands are being purchased by the city and will be leased to the person with the! best proposition for a Yacht Har-| bor. Talking to Tom Wilson again yesterday and was told that he is planning to place a large marl fill alongside the Boulevard over which cars could turn, off in a driveway and persons visit the piers which ‘will jut out from the iil. This Yacht Basin. then will look much like the Yacht’ Basin! when it was down at the Sub +h Beteii Wilson said it would be| te Se ; al is if the city did not take} myeoant: to thie cs vgs of the Bight at this time OPTIMISTIC THOUGHT since it will be needed to make Risser ight ts which the fill roadway. All th ne of the main points which course, if city gives him le the organization will probably 5 fe bring out will be to encourage apoLOGETIC ACTION established business and new yoy know I think frankly tha business in this city and not to this business of everyone as ng handicap it. There were such for an apology out of this liquor statements as “we want to see business is getting to be down- restaurants crowded and in a right funny. Everyone involved turmoil,” optimistic, youthful pa, to date asked for an apology, statements benefitting everyone. ang nearly everyone involved This statement made incl- fi. tiled all manner of accuse: dentally in discussing the ques- tion at each other. The city the tion of where and at what time past two weeks is emotionally dinner meetings would be held tired from all this wrangling at Br Eerhurspte of pec city commission meetings, grand j $s, county commission mect- CONCRETE BLOCK FACTORY ings, articles in the paper, letters Perhaps this week Key. Wéstto‘the grand jury, letters to the may have an announcement:,.ofseditor. It’s about time that the a new concrete block. factory .in.matter be: brought to a close for the city. It will not be en Key..the present. The question is just West's waterfront and will not be' about settled and there should down by the city property at the be ‘no further incrimination at foot of Simonton street where ‘this’time. A well known and. es- the scavenger tug and barge dock tablished: business man was ell- will eventually be located. S. Hy’ing:me the other day that in the Drudge is the. interested. party., old: days of Key West, Key West-| Mr. Drudge has many contracts ers fell out with each other, that' around town right now ‘and® ‘is thére were violent arguments, very much interested in puil¢ing/ahd% there’ were verbal. knock! in Key West. According’: tosMt- down and drag out fights at city| Drudge it will cost anyone 2le a:commission meetings but. that block to haul blocks to Key West.- there was no mention of suits} Mr. Drudge said he can construct in those days, local lawyers did the blocks for less than the trans- not take these disputatious cases portation costs, which will give into the courts and usually it was| Key West it st concrete block necessary for a person seeking factory in recent’ years, } that sort of redress to hire an| bo 2 outside lawyer to get his case OLD AND THE NEW going. There were few of the Usually we keep things in our, cases taken by outside lawyers. mind which we cannot under-! stand and turn the problems ove: and over again and pull them apart to see what makes them tick inside, much like old fash- make statements at this time since he had not assumed his duties at the Chamber. Mr. Spottswood was told that since he was on the Board of Directors of the Business Men’s Association that plans of the chamber which would affect the Association could be advanced ‘then.* There were over twenty -persons . pues> ent at the meeting -representing businesses from all .over, town, Dinner meetings held= Have brought a group of as high sixty persons out, each’ person Bia | | fi e ° i GAS PROBLEMS OVER Reason why the Gas Company} always closed down gas in the old days when a ‘hurricane came ioned pull candy, until finally around was not because of the what the situation really repre-, danger of fire but because the sents comes to our mind clearly. men_could not stand in’ the open There is one point in Ke; t‘and continue their work of which comes to mind leat ye Seas the boilers going, Allan right now and that is the go get- ton W ing today. The tiveness of the Key West mereh- maeve the,Gas Company is ma ant. Once upon a time there was ing to give Key West a greater a great deal of defeatisméamotig supply of gas as the city grows, Key West merchants both, bes a Cl€aner, Grier gas»seems to be} cguse of little profits and ¢on-; a jfiné move. There was some| trols exerted upon them.-Thoge Gusstion, during the past election| were days in which many young Key West boys moved away to other cities and even now are established elsewhere. There was talk then of Key West going back to a small fishing village. How- eve the: were not unhappy days, Thus s ‘egated from the world Key Westers lived close to each other and they had a charm and friendliness which was the marvel of all visitors here. It will take many years of big-city so- phistication and civilization to rub this out entirely. Many of us} are sorry now to see it lessened at! present. ' waste products which were sent out to sea in the céty’s sewerage} lines. A pipe which went out to Hawk Channel on the ocean side} near the Casa Marina and which apparently had broken during} one of Key West’s storms allowed} the waste products to come up| on the rocks at Casa Marina. With the new system there will/ be no repetition of this. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS (Know America) John H, Fahey, commissioner of | © e an Be i- SMALL BUSINESSMAN the Fed Home Loan Bank Ad-| ASSERTIVE But with progress in Key West you find the small businessman more assertive now, you find-him standing right up and talking for his rights and talking for his representation. A long time ago a group of Americans formed a 'N .H., 73 years ago. U. S, Senator Scott W. of Tilinois, born there, 54 years | ago. | Newcomb. Carlton, honorary} chairman of Western Union, bora | at Elizabeth, N. J., 77 years ago. Laurence L. Wniship, manag- | campaign about the amount of| © ministration, born at Manchester | | rer Rnb ooww I A DESCRIPTION OF THE ABOVE PHOTOs, 3¥'RUMBERS: NO. 1—USS Chewink sails from Key West for Ha looking group of passengers on deck. NO. 2—Left to right, Dr. Luis A. Collado J. Diaz. Assistant Cu- ban Minister of Defense; Lt. Comdr. Cottrell; Dr. Raimundo Col- Navy Photos 7 NO. 5—To do things up r:ght they simply had to hire a car for | the weekend! NO. 6—John Green, MoM3c, NAS, and Ray Barber, RM2c, of sub-activities, pose like this at Sloppy Joe's. lado Estrada, M.D.; second row, Dr. Manuel Marcu Penez, private | secretary to Dr. Collado; Lt. Carlos Rodriguez Alonso of the Cu | Navy, and Lt. Michael Tedzyshyn, executive officer on the USS | | Chewink. NO. 3—Passengers relax on deck. NO. 4—Havana, here we come! aren't losing any time. The ship decks and the boys The Weather PROPANE GAS (Goytigued sap 2 Page One) REPORT plant gas was shut off Key -West~and vicinity: Pastiy|@t thé beginning of’ a hurricanepy (3 cloudy .. .with widely,.j scattered |S Any*eost in adap ®., “5 ag showers this, afternoon, Fonight Boone aaces will be and. Wednesday, Moderat 3 f gas y the ;Key West Gas Company % ,s occa | period of six’ months “After ‘ymew gas is piped to ‘the. Gity “ac- {cording to the ordinances: The gas is delivered to t! and Wed- ett 2 St oy in pou is combined with ar air mix: ie ‘é ay eb Scattered! here of whatever amount desir a an - aba Sed erent ED delivered here it i¥ 2, lay? partly “cloudy except placed a eee oe 4 housewives will be = | gas. leaks. The mild. in south portion, Rais: Sheic ms in north portion. Nod” all trieneitioe Geeonville. through the Flor-| ane ines Ol be ari raits and East Gulf of Mex-| time as the gas p: feshi southeast to southerly) the pipes. There will be a greater gecasionally moderately) capacity which can be #n squalls over north por-| in all lines, Mr. Hampton gApday, moderate to fresn) short it is a hotter, cleaner, less Sea ine asad BEES gas, furnished at the is tonight ane. Wee-| same fost, Mr. Hampton conclud- over orth | The new ordinance allows the : ¥i-gas to be supplied all residential, al n re i. 5: in propane gas ‘so th: able to, dete is abso- ¢ the d up gas in tipe ed i Sev!: 8:30 a.m., inches d/zrotal rainfall since Jan. 1, e dches. 3 ‘sout ae e Bick he Gas Company in a raw state and then| ¢ents BTU’s. There is a small gas odor NO. 7—Another group taking in the sights at Sloppy Joe's. NO. 8—They really went sight-sesing and the Cuban monument | to the victims of the Maine is one of their stops. i NO. 9$—Rough seas! | are a wee bit seasick, Rough seas on the return trip and the boys USES BRACELETS ALMOST TOUCHES DIRT CHICAGO. The Roman em- CLEVELAND. — Although the peror Maximinus couldn’t find yak’s shoulders often measure ring big enough to fit, so he wore! thofe *thaf® six feet from the is-wiels . bracelets on” “his groundaaita head, almost touches ao we § $| the dirt. § - : i za | ————— “commercial groups and | PLACED EMBARGO iit Agencies, includin: oye ehtorey <7 yFicouR ral! NEW. YORK--In 5 oe Pe ees | United States blaced an " in i fon potatoes from: all i sctiagel gary fe ican to prevent the importation of tinued. Another’ important point! powdery scab. j is. that the lowest rate which! {may be secured'on contract is | 24.3 cents per therm. i mo} FISH TAILS | by PUDGY THE PORPOISE | ‘he 6 se) . 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- — marine in the of- : jor purpose un- til that hour, Circulation Manager. asked the governor to_ investi- gate. Privately the governor has said he believes the sales tax is the “fairest of all taxes” but fought against it during his campaign for election. Advocates of th2 sales tax claim it is ideal as a “replacement”. tax and that would aflow:the élimination © of many. “nuisance” taxes., The* taxpayers association says it fears the governor’s attitude toward the sales tax and believes he would give active support tc a recommendation by the tax Je- vision committee for this forny of taxation. The association declares the state treasury is now bulging with surplus funds and that a state sales tax is not necessary. One hundred percent assess- ment of property would make u» for the loss of state revenue cavs- ed by. the homestead exemption act, the association says. At any rate, taxpayers of this county will have a chance to ex- press their pros and cons about all forms of taxation when the Zovernor’s special tax committee comes around, Unopposed Candidates Must File Expense Statements Unopposed candidates in Mon- roe county during the primary elections. coming up will have to tile expense statements with the proper ’6fficial in Tallahassee. This is announced by Attorney General Tom, Watson, who says the fifst statement is due between April 7-12, the second between than June 7. * Cities ‘May Not’ Tax State Utility Bills Key t Sg : lect éxeise taxes on utility bills of the states or its agencies”, says Attérney General Tom Watson. The 1945 act authorizing cities to levy utility taxes up to 10 per- cent, he explains, states that cit- ies “may” state governments and agencies. That's that. Baptist No. 1 Layman Died At 72 Members of the Baptist church- es in Key West no doubt regretted to learn of the death of Robert Henry (Brother Bob) Coleman, who passed away in Dallas, Tex., at the age of 72. : A prominent gospel song book publisher, he was known as: the No. 1 Baptist layman. se it} Apfif 25-29 and the third’ Adt Tates| ‘may not levy or col-; exempt federal and} ifrom among the dischargee will ‘have to agree to remain in Service for the duration plus six months or until Sept. 30, 1946, unless the government finds it convenient to ‘release them before that date. Slow Down, Bub! A menace to the lives of Key West pedestrians is the ever-pres- ‘ent humber of speed demons on our streets. Most of these Barney ‘O’Fields are youngsters. Without necessary instructions “fér sane driving, they develop theit own linethods of dodging through traf- 8 and cutting corners—and they \eertaitly. are original. - Usually, ‘they get where they're going— ‘and fast—but not before dislocat- Hing the hearts of many: Now here’s a swell idea from , South Cerolina, At least.it would ‘provide proper instructions be- fore the youthful drivers ventur- led forth on busy thoroughfares. | Sixty high schools in that state jare now holding classes in the in- terest of teaching students the right way of driving an automo- bile. The classes are sponsored tby the state highway department. ‘ So successful have they become \that the state is now planning to ;make driving courses @ required ‘part of high school curriculums. | Accident prevention» and. con- i trol division of the staté highway department supervises ‘the cours- les. ? _ ‘It could be done in } } Biorida, too. | Army Recruiting, Gets Men Ani A Rocm! ¢ Key West group, that: recentl, entered the Regular Army will not {be lonesome, In fact, there'll be llots of company hanging around. { Reports disclose that RA enlist- ments are breaking all records. and that recruiting has passed the 500,000 mark, An interesting recruiting side- | light comes from Ohio. A serg- eant arrived in a city of that state tho other day to open a drive. In a fruitless search for a room he couldn't pass up an 18- year-old prospect. His salestalk conyinced the youth the Army held the key to his future, And the sergeant was convinced the youth held the key to his hous- ing problem and promptly rent- ed the room the new soldier va- cated for a barracks bed. ‘While on this subject, it may in- !terest you to learn Lt. Col. Eugene |W. Hilton has been given the job jof guiding the Army’s recruiting [program in Florida. countties VITA-VAR- HOUSE PAINT smeraTaahet | Se | SERRE ABUSES ES VITA-VAR QUICK- DRYING ENAMEL Glorious colors fer fumiture, evtos, ete. OUTSIDE ond IN. COVERS IN ONE. QT. $125 Rain PAINTS-ENAMELS VARNISHES “VITA-VAR et eke - VITA-VAR SPAR VARNISH ‘every Varnish purpose — OUT- SIDE and IN. Boiling-worer proof. Quick Drying! : leet GAL. n4pe line near Bunker Hill and stood against the mightiest nation in the world, Great Britain, and de- feated her. The principle then was representation. Representa- tion means to add one's voice’ and one’s thoughts to the doings of one’s country and one’s com- munity. There have been-a num-| ber of organizations forming up under this heading of thought such as the Business Men’s As- sociation, the Hotel Men’s Asso- ciation, . Advertise Key West Council. Their effort has at times’ been haphazard, at times strong.' But they have always stuck to-' ing editor of the Boston Globr, | born” at Somerville, Mass., 56 years ago. Garret Garett, born at Pana, Ill, 68 yeays ago. Edward Weeks, Jr., editor of the Atlantic Monthly, born at} Elizabeth, N. J., 48 years ago. | William §. S. Rodgers, presi- dent of the Texas Company, born! at Columbus, O., 60 years ago. Dr. Milton C. Winternizt, famei Yale pathologist, born in Balt:- more, 61 years ago. The United States about 40 per cent minerals. | noted writer, of .the worlds/ til a day considerable cloudiness with | widely scattered showers. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: | No small craft or storm warnings have been issued. Highest last 24 hours — | Lowest last night | Mean produces; Normal ¥ ‘and tonight, Wedne: WEATHER REPORT Key West, Fla., Feb. 19, 1946 {Observation taken at 7:30 am. Si ‘Temperatures. tation Precipi' [paneer 24 hours ending 85) Moonset -l Deficiency since Jan: Jj AER ss tind Tota) rainfall since Jan. inches - Deficiency since Jan. 1, inches & Relative Humidity 74% Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunrise - 6:58 Sunset 6:24 Moonrise - 7 1, BISCAYNE BOULEVARD at EIGHTH ST., MIAMI, FLORIDA Overlooking Biscayne Bay Open Again to the Public Large Spacious Rooms Moderate Rates Se Habla Espanol . For Reservations, PHONE MIAMI 9-2622 I uss 9 Tomorrow's Tides (Navai Base) High Tide Low Tide 12:30 a.m. 6:1Sam, 12:40 p.m. 6:44 p.m. SWITA-VAR © is i ini