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Associated Fress Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West yGLUME LXVII No. 49 THE SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1946 NEWSPAPER IN THE “U.S.A. County. Tax ASSéSSOr, ANd, Chief Clerk To Properly On Florida’ Keys eS ee | Expect To Reach Agreement On Pay Increase 2 ONE OF MAIN POINTS TO BE SURVEYED IS AT WELL WHERE OIL IS SOUGHT (By Associated Prens) WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.— Conferees of the rubber in- | dustry said today that they expected to reach an agree- ment before the end of fpe At 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing, County Tax Assessor Claude A. Gandolfo said today, he and! his chief clerk, J. Frank Roberts,! will be, at the, well on Big Pine} Key, ‘where the Gulf Oil, Cor-; week of te Siterantes : ration is. drilli L,., t ween the companies 4 conte ae ee ge oe w, cmployes: tip works P 5. OF}, manda 30-cent inctease the company, and the. drillers’ hour : about the assessment of the prop-! ..-Thitt¥-tive ‘to. jer ty erties that have been taken’ to, . Of brei it the site of the well. are being made, as Siu $e ers’' | auinaheahe strike continues in that city. Mr. Gandolfo : i. ? derrick and the many other, een strike in Detroit things used in connection with! Sill oh eetiedanne ar today the drilling will be appraised) ois, fer | eee percent after the conference. | pees St mile, He and Mr. Roberts are due at! Marathon at 11 o'clock; at Tav-| CAPM MOM SLID I ernier and elsewhere on Key y and until Fri- Sees No Need morning, when they will i leave for Flamingo in the Cape F ] Sable district. S “f T ’ Mr. Gandolfo stated he and or Sales Lax Mr. Roberts expected to be back om Key Largo Friday evening and remain over the week-end GOVERNOR CALDWELL DE- to finish their check-up of new buildings in that section, of the county. Stolen Car Is... Found Running ‘CLARES HE IS OPPOSED TO SAID. TAX, (Hy Axmociated P TALLAHASSEE, Feb. | 26. — Governor Millatd Caldwell de- clayed today that there is no, ended. for :a: sales taxyin= the — of Florida. He - said. he owas ;;against’ stich a tax,.and ,could, not, gonceive of its being needgd.uniess,somé un d 1),foreséen:,emengency,, should’ arisé | in the state... é His statement, was. in» atiswer BELONGED TO L. G. MARTIN: POLICE RECOVERED . VEHICLE Stoléi Green Sedan, 1941, Was! recovered by Officer Frank Jolly| and Officer Hamilton Boykin; to an assertion of Senator Henry yesterday with the motor still; Brainard,.of St, Petersburg, one running and all lights on. of the 15 members of the state The car was recovered at Por-| tax committee, who advorated ter Place Housing Project. Own-, the adoption of a sales tax. er of the car is L. G. Martin who| _ Caldwell: stated that, as of has reported the theft to police. | January 1 of this year, the state Officer Frank Jolly was in-| had a balance in its treasury of vestigating officer. fifty-seven and one-half million dollars, which he considered suf- ficient for the many ieooe | ments scheduled to be made and} Temperatures EUR ceo et spets thay eoeerce| of the state. Temperature data for the 24 hours | With so much cash on hand, he concluded, the time is inoppor- tune to take about a state sales bi og ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last night Atlanta 65, 4y I Boston 34.40, 1t ‘A dey f, Brownsville 65 nh erson n ant Charleston Bloc Chicege | Dies This his Morning Detroit 25°) | Galveston 6 CL ie) Jacksonville _ 69 45 Larry E, Anderson, two years Kansas City 71 4) jold, passed away this morning at KEY WEST 71 62 | 5:05 o'clock at a local hospital. K. W. Airport 68 63 Funeral services for the infant Memphis 70 55 | will be held 4 o'clock tomorrow Miami 67 66 __| afternoon from the Chapel of the Minneapolis 31 19 | Lopez Funeral Home. Burial will New Orleans _ 69 55 | be in City Cemtery. New York 31 20 | Survivors include the parents, Norfolk 46 37 Chief and Mrs, Larry E. Ander- Oklahoma City 74 48 | Rev. C, T. Howes, pastor of the Pensacola 60 59 | First Methodist (Stone) Churc'., Pittsburgh 30 30 will officiate at the services. St. Louis 71 56 | Tampa 69 51 | NOTICE | RE OBR OREO IEE LION EN, | There will-be a meeting of the ” POULTRY | and Indepndent Order of Odd Fel- STERLING'S Market lows, CUBA LONGE NO. 15, held 1318 Elize Street Phone 243 this evening. at.7:30 at hall on ROASTERS Std FRYERS Bisabeth street... an Dressed. Daily = b = ially “is a 1D! | TEA CONCHA HOFEL COCKTAILLO | EGG AIR-CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by art Orchestra The New Cocktail aac CONCHA SPECIAL’ BREAKFAST Served from. ° . -800 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. LUNCHEON Served from . . . 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. DINNERS Served from . . . . 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. | HUGH C. HODGE, Manager ‘Coumeoehovuesuenexyenanagvannnggnenys Oran eTgRAEE AEE LEELTESNEL ALARA GER CHLETEEG TOLER TT ath t "ID. Cc. COLEMAN, \NOQW, STATE), Former Dade Cennltirat Buys Key, Land |. VIII SAS GM, Miami Bus Sideswiped By Car Fisiaa Motor Lines bus driven by W. A. Cooper was sideswiped yesterday by 4 car, the driver of which has not yet been apprehended by police. No one in the bus was in- jured and it continued on to Miami on its regular run. Report was filed by Officer Frank Jolly, who stated that the bus was going north on Roosevelt Boulevard at the brooks. exe Air Station SENATOR FROM, MIAMI. IN- VESTED $6,406 IN A TRACT AT ROCK HARBOR D. C. Coleman, former sherifi, of Dade county, and now state senator from that area, is the latest of well-known Miamiams} to show interest in the Florida; Keys by purchasing land in the? upper or lower chain. Mr. Coleman,. according to a deed filed yesterday afternoon it in} I the county clerk's office, has in-} vested $6,500. in, @/tract on Key Largo. The land ‘comprises 37.70 acres, exclusive of @ new school j building on its another lot, and it} ch, as, cone at Bix tae =i ‘Borgo! by’ bus to Tavernier’ to; attend the school. at that place. Another lot in the tract is owned" by Harold Russell. in the clerk’s office. It is a tract} of 16.94 acres, and’ was sold by Warren J. Watrous to Alfred E | Witto for $3,000. Sponge Sold 'SHEEPSWOOL AND GRASS SPONGE BRING $1,881.99 Business Men’s | Board ard Meeting) Meeting of the’ Board of Di-, Very good and very ‘poor rectors of the Key West Busi- Sponge, were on the block yes- Delinquent Tax Roll Remains th High In Spite Of Warnings | ‘was owed $281,977, in delinquent’ Vee eeeeed r Li “avoir aie oo. tare Good AndBad thi ie deadline {be made. | during this period there will be; |aeording an onainane exes AL Red Cross K iek-Off Dinner “py the city commission at their “i Seange of only 14° Fahrenheit February 1 Delinquent Roll | $281,977: $16,000 Col- 1 lected This Month; Manv } oe Verbal Contracts eo ick DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF It apears that there will be quite a large delinquent tax roll list in the city in spite of repeat- ed warnings that the property will be sold at public auction by! the city if it was not redeemed; by February 20. Starting February 1, the city” taxes, according to records in ‘Finance Head Charles Roberts’ , bond issue of $250,000 to be used! polls, which clearly is not a ma-} office. ‘Thus far -this month in, round figures. : lector. ayghie ee ven mo} contract toting ecause of the rush SS. ab | he tax collector's | governing bond | ‘elections, The tion, wherea 4 first requires that qualified elec-| cording to Supervisor veri ected. Mr. Roberts said today that no ; property for which a contract has been made to pay will be adver- tised for sale. There is of course the oppor-; tunity of paying from the time, was in until the; time the property is advertised | in The.Key West Citizen during which period tax certificates w ll; If payment is made a two percent penalty assessed last meeting. Many persons a nh sais nessman’s. Association will be’ foray at, ‘the’ Mlinicipal Sponge: tn, held, tomorrow night at 8 iniuie = coer of Caroline” and Op ie at Secretary. Bgza’s office,” (Sena _ptreets, ¥ 4 ae Regular meetings of the Asso-; poor ‘sponge included ay ie ‘there ‘ar phi at iciation are held the ‘first and bunches of’ grass which brought third Wednesdays, of the month .99.,'The good sponge, were —__—— +42" bunches. f sheepswool be a ee PEA sold for $1,275. Cateh- was: by Captain cadet | et of ‘his! two>-spongermés: mates, Pelican States Small Craft Warnings ’' psa ey for Hie day tos$3,512.46!+ “By gosh, if it ‘isn’t cue Bill here again,” ‘The ‘Ci reporter saia to: the v weather forecas' and com- meéntator, at the fish docks at } a «Rese Beach; Spo ihe siksilldicdad iubasck Becca) A city: \ itsel fara the. property: is ORIGIN, OF NAME NEW. YORK.<-Lloya's “at Aon gets ‘its:name from an En lish coffee “house kept,,,by Eq- Other’ stehies biebughd the: total. “ward: Lided (ite Towar) street in be khay nd et pats Area, willy, j the seventeenth |,century; the foot of Front street. (Contributed) { ‘Attorney Albury ¢ onteudd That. Beach Bond Election Is Invalid Assistant State Attorney Will-| that Attorney Albury maintains liam V. Albury filed his ahaveae! that more than 1,000 residents} late yesterday afternoon to the! of Monroe county, were a lees! to participate in the bond elec- proceedings instituted in crit] ton On heeieban 11, and that; court for the validation of the! only 425 of them went to the | ‘in constructing a beach along the; jority, of “qualified electors who} south shore in Key West. are freeholders”, a phrase the} In his answer, Mr..Albury.con- supreme court used ina Miami} eens, that Ange Seen was. it in that not a. ae of ified, ele vn eo Ste ia Mon y pars ‘hat | while he ae eee in, the ek ae n. He ‘cites !“more than, ah Oe ri the. difference between «sections | he payee ea “he is. 103.03 and’. 103.06 - of. the! law bonly 425 participated in. ae fine. land certification, made to the local school board for the school election last December 4, the, total of qualified electors who’ are freeholders in Monroe county; is about 1,800. tors, in order:to participate in a bond election, sign an affidavit, ; but section 103.06 permits all ! residents of any county who are ‘ qualified electors and freehold- \ers to vote in a bond election, so i Regional Director To Speak | not Allen Cartes, Speake. Mmeeeee eee: at yy Faitiation, Of Red Cross Hone To Avoid ine Paiva; -OMPRREY pe roposed i A dag, eye rike Ld 2 t arter; Regional a thy Asnoeiarea Peraay “nti ne c sional Ris... NEW YORK, Feb. 25-2The- | 7 Red vestry yet HKG"): a conference, held ‘by Mayor’ \: Be at at, the. ‘Willig O'Dwyer with repr 4 . {°"'gentatives of ‘transportation Red Cr Kg inher, He es es opt ha, Sauiare. Wats! of the CIO, came to ‘Wt? efi! this’ morning, but he | Beach bond case, did. not take mony Bate in the election December 11 stadium. ir, Albury’ said this moj ping ak LAWS CONFERRED ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER (By Associated Press) MIAMI, Feb, 26. — Former Prime Minister Winston. Church- ill, wearing a’scarlet robe of the University .of Oxford, had the degree of. doctor of laws con- ferred on him this morning by Dr. B. F, Ashe, president of the University of Miami. The cere- was, held in the Miami an shee ‘ationally is © io garry on. ant alin to. carry ‘on until one. piv a subject: Formation of character, he said, was an important part of , education, and that the happy outcome of education was to im- prove character as well as mind Tentative Map Of Glades Park Received Here REVISED MAP OF NATIONAL 8 RESERVATION WAS RE _ CEIVED. BY. COUNTY, CLERK SAMKER A revised tentative map of Everglades Mpetativs Park was received: yesterday afternoon >y County Clerk Ross Sawyer, wh», after his inability to. determine just what it;meant as to the tent of Tand ‘in Monror ¢dunty to Betsnenaiags ecpark, gave the map to. J. Frank Roberts, chicf clerk “i Wiebsessor’s office, and himself a mapmaker, to see if hc © ns coif SAG Wedne nsor Mamen’s USO" 4490 Baot iy rot 27th ¢ Hick-Off dinner his planned for.the fund campaign | workers. | This is Mr. Carter's first visit jcould ‘make “head or tail” of i: ” This morning: Mr. Roberts mitted: that he had “flunke “The most I can make out of did not reveal what had been _ ‘the outcome of the meeting. Union representatives, how- “Where have you been. A service man in Key West, as the gals. It was quite a game. to the Island City and he has evér, stated they thought a séttlement would be reached Bill?” asked the reporter. “Shucks, son, these tourists have been keeping me busy. Haven't. you seen. me leading the flock in diving for fish at East Martello Tower? Mighty lot of pictures,faken. Wouldn't be surprised to see some Gf the national magazines bfeal out with those photos.” That's what Bill had to say about his recent absence from his old haunts, | He added: in any: dther city, is constantly on -the lookout ‘for -an escape: from the drudgery of his.GI-act-' ivities, only perhaps morc so. This past Sunday, a. group of service mén found an ‘ideal - es- ‘feape because of the fine planning fot Miss Oxley, Assistant. Direct+ of at the Women’s Division U. 8,' } 0, At apvroximately two o’clock in the afternoon some twenty-! Co. destination, Rest Beach. A 'pithticvadta bedch is never Teally cbimpléte’ without (ai ball ‘gale, “so>a contestiwas played. JisP%te make the teams’ fairly: {evenly miatchéd, itewas decided that the fellows should challenge; the. Florida Straits” ‘to Tai ick. 4 sonville,, ing, south! east to south winds reathihy’! 25-32 miles per hour, Get your boats tied down well.» The fellows managed to keep the gals down to a four-four tie— just one detail I forgot to men- ‘tion, the team of males had to ‘bat left handed and run the bases.on one leg. - After everyone had, worked up an appetite, it turned out to be aj faitly easy job to clean out those baskets of food. As a. fitting. conclusion to .a Seven saildts and galsalong avitiolperfect afternoon the group was’ Plishéd,‘thanks:to the unflagging over for the Red Cross. Our local Plenty of food ‘antblisdfteadiihksttakemiforog: tour ofthe: island.! | support. ‘of the American jpeople.” « “By the way. watch, out for “| piled into“h truckodéanedofur 1thebInséact,,.we have, a,.much better)’ | these:small craft warnings up’ i A today. . They were, put up at ; Ponies aut forthe aie vd jagvery rfiucky 82 ated, withiothe results; of “4 endeavors» and,.is jmaking -p! foe: the - next: Sunday, pienic: All--you, have,to ay on serviceman—and: see Miss Oxley “March must be on the way now. Well, see you tell me plenty of pretty tourist girls want to take my picture on the Boulevard and so I must be off.” And Bill was’ immediately in the air heading for East Martello Tower again. a RTH CH NO! INN COFFEE SHOP 711 North Beach Phone 453. eFull-Course DINNER. &s DUVAL AND FLEMING STS, SEL COREE expressed his desire to be here for the Kick-Off dinner, as He feels that Key West, with the . | permanent Naval installations, is [QF QSOS" OF 4 one of the most important chap-_ ——————_____________ {ters in Florida. of ‘their “Together we toiled through others”. four bitter years of conflict to | Mr. Ygnacio Carbonell, Fund; fearry Red Cross sérvices to our, Campaign Chairman said, Shag. | valiant fighting forces through- us bear in mind that the end of jout the world,” said Mr. Carter. the war does not mean the end Lowe have ‘seen that job accom-' of Red Cross. The war is never before the time for the strike to go into effect. tenet “service for j goal of $17,000.00 can, only be j coe web#ké@e ahlother| equally reached. by_volunteers” whopiwill, rant’ iaek.yaif not in ies difficlliyeyerdason of Se ssbete UferSition: tom famed a It, vite ing ahs e das, the wb Sith ihe eafto help | via ak Bee Bemoanames Sh Jampton, chapter chair- Teach that” rgidT services “of a man, mote that no- invitations Peiial to Sebupeeriop: to our, were being sent regarding the rhe sl ‘still oVerseas—to the *wound-| Kick-Off dinner, if you are will- éd in our hospitals—continue for, ing help during the campaign as long as these needs exist.” | you are urged to be our guests .Horace O’Bryant,’ principal of),at the dinner and enter the dis- the Key West High School, will cussion of campaign plans. Mec as master of ceremonies LOLI OLLI nn AE, When interviewed by a chapter, To Serve You worker, Mr: O’Bryant said “This DAILY and SUNDAY campaign must be a success. In the field of educational services, We Open at 7 A.M, and Remain Open ‘til Midnight 7 coe a Week we have définite. obligations to the men and women of our com- ities to provide for training ent opportunity: t6 im-; SERVICE STATION mt Gpon «their -young corm o Division cl enubeomeriatonane, fee in nutrition; home nursing and safety services. Our Junior Red Open the, importance Cross members have demon-, pavsiet their effectiveness in’ cep gum. cas igen c (The 1400: Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ——Opens. § P.M. Daily—— CLASP AAA "326 Duval Street {that is that, enclosed in the lincs fon the rd Hr ie serviges, We mean| riesabedr at,shis Shaco aceiplkats sere ccusiudann @ Bienes Got. Enjoy Key West's famed hospitality. eee See ate: Mr. Roberts ‘said, “is that even more land in the county would b< included in the park if the map is adopted, Further than that, a linc along the .souis bouncery of Barnes Sounds. runs out toward the Gulf Stream, and another linc, near the northerly tip of C: Sound -also runs .out into ocean. Whilé the lines are pa lel and do not meet, in a north- south direction, yet one can not say definitely if both sounds ar« to be included in the proposed park. “Of one thihg I'm certain, aad { bay sid@’@re fish grounds from whieh five to se million’ pounds of ‘fish’ are taken annually by tesidents df Monro: county, ‘and né‘telling' How unanv thousahis of dollars of sponge: fi the map is adopted ‘arid put into effect, the upper part ‘éf Monroe county will be cut to pieces. We want a park, but we oppose lo» ing’a great part of our county in getting it.” n o> Theater JUNGLE CAPTIVE" in 4 TONIGHT iT is Pi PRIZE NIGH? .y TWINS GARAGF 1130 Duval Street Phone 169 SSURED AT ROSS HOTEL Mr, iota for’ 15 ne aucatank i d that the way