The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 1, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVU. No. 78 . ORIDA MUNICIPALITIES TT POUR HUNDRED THOL|"POeoa aad, SAND OF NUMBER ARE SOFT OOAL MINERS, STRIKES IN DETROIT FOR MONIES IN LIEU OF HOMESTEAD TAXES Key West can have one or more representatives on_a committee (RY enwetas-4 Prens 5. gael that is being formed to obtain ti- WASHINGTON, April 1 Cream colored Homoja huts {nancial assistance from the state Series in effect tuiay e! Boce Chice in the rear of | for all cities in Florida in lieu of United Mine Workers of Ame: posed gs are slowly | revenue lost through the home- “~ eel miners, numbering | >¥! surely being occupied. pene oa. ara The first ones to make their aoe 2 : tremepertetion strikes in| home in these structures ure Formation of the. state-wide Obie, and Detroit, Mich Lt. end Mrs. John F. Charles. |™oup was announced last werk theeeand a yh They by Florida League of Municipali- were involv: in *| new 2 ze ‘ strike, and 480 in Akron os a aa, ties President E, LL Cole. The strike was agains’ the bese Hrerretii te group will be officially known as te Street Ballway De-! jc stationed at Boca Chica: {the Committee on Tax Realloca- The strike went into 8.4 Pelock this morning. Whe did not own ail were not given - . Read te walk to work. etme of them were two hours head work, news fron sand buts areequip:’ |tionand Aid for Cities. Mr. Co'e voxedliont elecieid:'f Said’ the ‘eorammittee will be thade new electri¢ (4 UD ‘of he or more representatives of evély Hriunicipality in the state predieted the membership willy total’about 100; City Finance Head Charles Roberts told The Citizen today that city taxes lost because oi homestead exemptions since 1935 total approximately $715.- Based on homestead exemptions of $2,500,000 per annum and an average tax levy for operations of 26 mills, a yield of $65,000 per annum is lost to the city over the eleven years from 1935 to 1945 in- clusive, Mr. Roberts declared. General Meeting Soon A temporary group met in Jack: sonville last week to discu {; plans iit; rf li the wrong interior. Comfortable liv- querters is one of the features of the Homoja 7 & i 2F Hogeboom Gets New Job In Customs Service VETERAN ASSUMES NEW DU-| , hastithhaiatharh arated ilepeue at ‘omen tate Beverage vase - Superintendent - @ Bey West, hove gone to eld is undétided as yet. In ike from Fort Laude: Mr. ‘Cole made it plain at the be Jacksonville meeting that ‘the tate, where had 6 ak TES ew ee for _ Ayling ste wich iasincatieaes committee will not advocate any yet the landscaping pro- is only in blueprint form, this program will get un- der way in the near future. #3 committee and to prepare for a g@ ral organization meeting that .{ will be called within the next few Weeks: Just where the meeting wall be Ki Charice P Hagetoom and wil, Whe ae formerly Mow Julie Rol. | the Key THE SOUTHERNMOST SS KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, APRIE'1, 1946. for formation of the state-wide! 3 Ne WSPAPER IN THE USA AP Newsteatures SOLDIER ON GUARD—An i COLOSSUS OF “BLACK River Shatt Al Arab at the head of tho Persian Gulf is said to be the world’s largest. It belongs to the Anglo- Iranian Oil Company. ! de} ™ “WroroveR; LETTER, TELE- GRAMS SENT has been m TAKEN ON BLACKWEL’'LS| new taxes. “We propose to plaw Sar cUstOn some form of tangible relief for wt Jackson ile Sellowing & an account of he sppelniment and transfer levied and collected by st Jaw: he-emphasized, oy eho in @ current Ray. E. Duncan, of St. Pet. ‘ . _, |buté, wit be chditman of the } ~ ae, FWY | nye. to oop ppd aeeyectls committee, it was also announced, me RR OF | PORTE ALT At the Jacksonville meeting, be- P Hegeboom on Mar state. bever og ft ig : everage .director;; James 4 SE metered Gatien a8 deputy c0l- Vecelic, NH: Robnett, jdistrict [ites An) Coleand Mr. Duncan, were Carleton F. rp, city, man- superintendent of the department, ager of St. eat Drea was checking with City Cl/-k} Madison and E. P. Owen, Jr., of Roy Hamlin on liquor licenses tthe Florida League of Municipali- eo . and beer and wine licenses. ties. wviee, and Was selected Phe letter purported that there ey A. 4 Angie, collector cf were places in the city operating |! certs for Florida, to succeed jiquor licenses within thro: hun- Bieta) R Bobbitt. who resignes dred feet of schools and churches. She Sitiee the first of the year aft- Mr. Robnett investigated a com- OF NS service gosintment was! Pint against Blackwell's Ston- 8 appuinione: “ over Inn at the corner of South- etentive February 16, but he was ord and Margaret streets. The Gre & leeve of atwence before statement was that the place of taking ove: the pust here business had a liquor license. 1n- “MH 8. McCoy served as acting vestigation in the city clerk’s of- Spal collector in the interim of fice showed that the place has feeeets retirement and Hoge-| had a beer and wine license on!y. Laaervthel — - | Mr. Robnett said that the state me Doon in Che CUS. liquor laws, negarding the-distance tee merviee in this district fr’ 4. Dlace dispensing liquors must pe ee Hee 2 years, serving at) from, a sehagl,or church appl ‘Tasnpe. 7. weet fret ie Mgpe only. ty thoge selling liquor but euttector in charge © BV wt teeter of the United States Cus teres Bervice in charge of the Port ft dethtoony ii Hage tn. om is @ veteran of the State Ignores Cities Mr. Duncan stressed the fact that the state has “consistently ignored the plight of its cities d>- spite desperate appeals”. attributing the “plight” of Florida cities to loss of “real estate ccl homestead law,” he pointed out 48 have state revenue which distribute aid to cities.” Mr. Duncan stated that findings of the committee will be made available to members of the 1917 \E ptida legislature. “There is a feeb thuddghout the state that a revision of the system ‘of not just beer and wine. No ac-}, € } he Ses oe fh tn ected sci CATR SPU FR — to weawille of-' Stopover Inn. the goal for which this committee ° Other licenses were investigat-| will strive,” he said. Wptimietic w@ to Jecksonvills’s oa but ng action mentioned. Lok fees feta a & port, Deputy Colle. Many letters and telegrafis re- | =e eee Ce # that he ‘lovks garding the 300-foot law here cans increase in fren reportedly sent wo staie| —emperatures te pert tremens th im ton heads ange and reewipt i belie Another point which is cleared er thet Decheowvilie will seem be © up is that Mr. Vocelle is not giv-] Temperature data for the 24 hours @ @re-wer standard. even surpass , uthority on liquor establish- ending 7:30 a.m. ‘ wg the bonne: ¢ 1989 year ments which were permitted be fore the time he went into offic. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last night v illi Nd Therefore there will be no inv-s-} Atlanta 74 51 Hills igation of permits on retroactiv>| Boston 44 24 . periods before Mr. Vocelle went} Brownsville 88 63 Body Sent Home into office five years ago, the ci'y) Charleston 70 51 » lerk was told. Chicago 61 50 OY > yaar gies ag Detroit 44 35 The tedy of Joseph Bari Wili T R | D 1 ee 7 * Galvest 2 . the died Wecnesiay was sent RWO Realty Deals | Silvester. 2 Me “ sMerauus by the - : f . | Ka is City _ 89 74 viteherd Funeral Hume to Den R d d H cey = > 7 Lt ecorded Here) kev west « 70 ro K. W. Airport 81 69 Z eae Memphis 85 63 Two transfers of realty on Key} Miami 81 62 Largo were filed this morning in Minneapolis 62 43 ROASTERS and FRYERS the county clerk's office. New Orleans 84 65 Molly Sanford Bush sold tg Ag.) New Y. wou 37 BRADY'S (Live) Poultry shony V. Priest 70% acres om that Nee ee a keys for $6,000. i") OklaHoma Cita Og “F') a Market Ten lots at Largo Beach, Key Reais ak ° Largo, were conveyed by G. C. Pittsburgh 57 42 Geiger to A. T. Thompson and} c+ Louis 3 70 David R. Stuart for $300. Tampa 80 59 802244424444 044404 | 2 A IS DOE OU ES PRESCRIPTIONS fers..rrex Expert Body, Fender Work Compounded by Experienced | and Painting Pharmacists Also All Mechanical Repairs GARDNER’S PHARMACY NAVARRO, Inc 5 . gee? cer con be on its way! AUTO SERVICE White at Fleming tents the cities from taxes ghee r While |, seoinn since the adoption of the [ sthat “forty-three states out of tie j systems |, “IN THE DANGER ZO! from the es NEW gece, PIONEER HOTEL 151 N. E. FIRST STREET) In the Heart of Miami i The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and - CIVILIANS One Block West uf Bus Depot Phone 1?T Free Delivery A TEA AAAAAL AAA AL Opposite the Bus Station ———EE —— “3 (Vahey 1 BEHIND RUSSIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS in Iran lies one word: OIL. The British have large-scale oil concessions in Iran, but Soviat attempts to get similar concessions have not been successful, as far as can be learned. Because the nation with the most oil holds an{ © LEAGUE WILL ASK STATE| &ce card in war and peace, the struggle forlran is a struggle for cil. valuable pipe lines across Iran. This photo ‘was taken’ in _ 1941, when Great Britain octupied tounitry With ‘Russia. GOLD”—This refinery on the INE—The northern city of Tabriz was in the area where strong Red movements were re- ported recently. Russian failure to quit Iran prompted U. S. and British protests that led to; announcement from Moscow that Soviet troops were being withdrawn TROUBLED TEHRAN—This is the capita! of Iran, where the “Big Three” met in 1943. A modern,city with new | { buildings and wide streets, it was also reported on the Red Army’‘s path. SUPPLY CORRIDOR—During the war, U. S. lend-lease | aid went through Iran to Russia. The above photo shows a supply-laden train on the move through the mountains. | The Fire Department was call-| ed out yesterday afternoon at 3/0N All Ford Products| ’ Station respon al Al Mills, fifth district com- mander of the American Legion, Florida department, on Saturday sent a telegram to Norman R. Ganger, member of the state veterans commission at large, in | which it was stated that veterans undergoing apprentice training) in Key West are suffering severe! _| hardships through failure of the Veterans Administration to make ‘| prompt’ subsistence ‘payments, : “The telegram "stated ‘that ' 70 veterans at the basé had ‘hot been paid’ up to March” '21" although: they had been’ in’ training since the first week''in January. Two ‘boys have received subsistence checks since, Mills said in a later ; wire, leaving 68 boys “who are! ‘broke and suffering hardships) | because the $4.64 a day subsis-} {tence pay is grocery money.” Ganger said he took the mat- ter up with the veterans adminis-} tation contact office in Miami | and was advised to send his com- Indian rifleman patrols the | 'Veterans Undergoing Training gy Are Suffering Many Hardships 4a plaint to H. F. Dickensheets, reg- ional manager of the VA at Pass- a-Grille Beach, Ganger said he| NEW YORK, April --tiepere sent-a special deliver letter to received here today from Tehran Dickensheet on March 21 irewt has stated that Russia is acceleretins not received even an acknowl- edgement of the letter, let alone - evacuation of troupe from an explanation as to why the /@™ checks due Key West veterans ‘That statement and the of have béen delayed. nouncement yesterday that Ru-- i Rade for bole saa. tnn atok eg Get a ae to er for help and. ter) Wied the telephone to \get David yatey lis quota im full to the Wiley, ‘state ‘veteran service offi-|’ Organization cer at Bay. Pines, | interested. cased regarding Wiley, \ who" has’ been fighting’ Iran-Russe situation. the ‘battles of ex-servitertien with| (A story in the Londen Meily the VA for years, promised to do what he could to get action. Ganger said he had been in-|Statement ehout the withdrawal formed by the VA contact office of Russian troops on & large sew in Miami that the delay com-' from Iran, declared thet the Mux plained of by Key West veterans sians are leaving behind’ thes is common to the entire area. He jo, troops Who are deckk was informed that scores of Miami veterans are in the same Pro-Soviet. ‘The Mail eumplain: fix. jalso that, while troops are helag Ernest “}PUNCTIONS, CONFINES OF SUB BASE‘ NAVAL STA- TION HERE, SAME, my 1 thd: ' Aecording ‘to -an ‘article’ in’ Propelican, statiori‘ newspaper of ;U. S. Naval Air Station, the| regulations of the! orders and | Submarine Base will :emain the | same as they were in the orev- ious Naval setup. Disestablished Naval Station) | tablisied a similac, the presetly issu ders, regulatiens and instrucuons; issupd by th: Conmarding Off- cer, U S. Navel Station, will re i main in effet until furthe: no- tice.” country. y acvitity (U. S.| nd the newly ity are F aul hated Sunday Afternoon Frank Lones passed away yes- terday afternoon at the resi 4 415 Francis street. Funeral services will be held to- | | morrow afternoon 5 o'clock at the} Chapel of the Lopez Funeral] Home. Burial will take place in the; family lot in City Cemete | Survivors of the de din- ‘clude the widow, Mrs. Amelia H. | jLones; six daughters, the Mes-} dames W. R. McClintock, W. H.; | Olsen, W. R. Nebbett, Ole Velas-| |quez, L. E. Cloe and J. M. White-| jhead; two sons, Percy B. Lones} {and William F. Lones; four sis- | ters, the Mesdames William Spen- | , Nellie Marrero, Hilda Milord nd Charles Sweeting; a son,,Har- jry M. Lor fourteen gran dren and a gres»-grandchild. Rev. C. T .Howes, pastor of the | 1First Methodist (Stone) Church, | | will officiate at the services. eae AAAS ME II CRT CIEE ES LE Trevor & Morris | YOUR_ FORD DEALER Now Ready for Complete Service Grass Fire Here Sunday Afternoon! { | o'clock in response to a telephone Sgt. Berlin Knowles returns from of South and| U.S. Army as Shop Foreman; where a grass, Maj. Wm. R. Warren returns d from U.S. Army as Manager The apparatus from No. 3 Fire 1201 White St., Phone 725 ed to the call. | [tt call to the corner “la Red Man and a Rotarian a et | withdrawn, Russia is not re ing from Iran military @quepess P, Roberts Died Last - supple) ny Night At Home In Homestezd Ullie Roberts ,, Ernest P. Roberts, 76, who re- ‘sided in Key West 24 years, was Monroe. county solicitor and rep- | Dies In Tampa : a on thew ‘| resented Monroe in the state tes-| city by Mra. Edwards, (40 ‘[isldture, died last night in his; A Ibury street, chee Homestead. poem of her prother, Ollie Bet» He was born in Harbor Island, erts, in Tampa teesrt ifthe Bahamas, December 8,' ing. Mr. Roberts & 1870, and was educated in schools many years ago. Funeral » | and colleges in the United States. | will be held at Tampa tor He was a graduate of Boys’ High’ afternoon. School, in Brooklyn, of Penning- Roberts is survived by the tom Preparatory School, the Uni-' dow, Mrs. Mamie Rebert versity of Princeton and the New Mamie Almyda of thie of Yovk’ Law School. He received son, Glenn Roberts; one « his'diploma at Princeton in 1894,, ter, Mrs. Joseph Bdwert and in the New York Law School’ two sisters, Mrs. Witham in 1897. He practised law in New wards and Mrs. Mary Stirrw York City a yea' | both of this city At Princeton, Mr. Roberts won) an oratorical Sas chocein’ as VICTORY FOR his subject Hannibal, the Great . ve Carthaginian general, who fought MONARCHISTS Rome to a standstili for 17 years, NDICATE » and knocked at the 'y gates of the city. Mr. Roberts also won PO em ee the championship in a fast-walk-, \-THENS, April |—Thous ing contest at Princeton, and for counting of ballots throws? two years was the Y'S Greece has not yet been cor lightweight champion wre ed, those counted thus fe dence in New cate a victory for the mom During his York, he became interested in’ party, though*on a muct | Henry George's political economy, | scale than had been anteeip which centered in single taxation.! Leaders of the monarehiet 5 He made'*speeches for Henry ty frankly admitted that George’ in'varidus’ partsa of the were surprised ower the rm city and, ‘after,’ his’ fitial speech the count thus far, as they ¥ in Carfegie Hall, he was carried their vietory. would &e about 6n_ the shoulders of whelming. George’s followers, amid cheers One reason for that atiited that were continued for eight was explained, was because minutes. EAM, or leftist party, had Mr. Roberts came to Key West their followers not to pw in 1898 and opened a law office jn the election, as it | at Caroline and Whitehead “fixed” for the monaret streets entrance to the navy yard to win He was elected to the legisla The communist, trade ture from Monroe county in 1909, | and socialist parties th and served from 1912 to 1920 us tified with the EAM, « county solicitor. He left here in day that the ele 1922 for Homestead, where rae continued his residence till i> ——s time of his death. He was cily PREPARING TO attorney for Homestead and Flo “ - ¥ 1 SELECT HEAD OF ida City from 15 : REP. COMMITTED was elected as presentativ the legislature from Dade count (My Associated Freee: WASHINGTON \e in 1933. Because of illness, (tired from the practice of law Republican Central will hold a@ meesng ction ne several years ago. Mr. Roberts was a Mason, an Qdd, Fellow, a Knight of Pythias He! By was past. president of the Rotary Repub Club at Homestead. It was said th He leaves the widow, Mrs. Eu-' Governor Dewey, Govert genia Roberts;.one son, Ernest E. ker and Senator Taft, © Roberts, an attorney in Miam aspiring for the Reg ana @ grandson, Ernest E. Rob-} ination for president im 19+ erts, di. in this city to support Funeral services will be con- date for chairman wh ducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 the aomination of one o'clock in Coombs’ Funeral Hom». of the aspirants for Miami, and burial will be in Mi-. dency. ami Memorial Park. name success ee, Jr, cha can National ¢ t adt SE AL SO OLEETEE EE LOS 2 OR EER Genuine for All Palace Theater “aus” PARTS “c--- FREDRIC MARCH in ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS “Tomorrow The World!” SEAT COVERS 16 Duval, Jefferson Hotel Bidg ee News and Serial { : 3 f