The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 17, 1946, Page 1

tee ee Service and AP Features —_—_— _____. VOLUME LXVIL. RobertsSaysSkiffOverturne Associated Press Day Wire For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West Suddenly; Tide TookTWo Away Ls ROBERTS WAS THROWN) CLEAR OF OVERTURN. | ED BOAT; WATKINS LOST GRIP ON SKIFF 4. Prank Roberts, with a heavy | ‘hrest and chest cold. who said| this morning he was too weak to. walk, and 7i-year-old Charles L.| Albury. with a bump on his head | end @ burt in his side, today ex-| Plained im detail to The Citizen; shout the overturning of the skiff | im Boca Chica Channel. which ve. sulted in Roger Watkins losing his | Mle on Sunday evening. | Mr. Roberts and Mr. Albury is no truth whatever | Rob- | voluntarily swim for the said there ty the orts or Mr the story that either Mr Watkins left skiff to pulling up the anchor,” Mr. Roberts said, “when the skiff turned broadside to the wind and oe end turned bottom up. The suddenness with which she cap. sued threw me cight or 10 feet eway from her, and I struggled GH 1 was convinced it was useless te swim back to her, but the ineoming tide and strong! wind from t ast, both going in the me direction, forced me beck farther and farther from the obit, and f called out to Charlie, Ws no use; I got to try to swin for the shore.’ | “When I was in the water about 10 minutes, I first took off my shit and then my trousers. 1 had| om high shoes and could not get; them off, w | decided to make only sufficient effort to keep my head above water and let the cur-' femt take me toward the Boca! “aoe t thet. | was complete- out when I reached at the Island) the Stock Island approach | } i Hf i ‘t know lie there before 1 picked up and brought hen Prank left us,” Mr. Al- bury explained, “I said to R if? : | g ond George, ‘Let's try to right her’, for the skiff was bottom up, wed if we can, I'll pull up the anchor and then we can hang on while the wind and tide take us to the shore.’ Watkins Cries ‘Help! Help!’ ‘We succeeded in turning her and got into the tern, Roger hung on to the stern, and | pulled myself along the side teward the bow, with the intention “We again turned her over. | and Roger told me he was going | to George it was then pull- myself along the side toward | to pull up the anchor, | George was on the other . hangnig on. and Roger was stern hanging on. Before te the bow, I heard Roger it. ‘Help, help: throw me r az a2 i fuce of the wounds later 1 saw him ng to sec wh d, us wl ning men again t know his b nth think he t how tern, lost his off bree Swimming Out Of Question uM Almay i that when the keft sddently, skiff, and Six) rturned ew him under the mtiinued on Page TUBES REPAIRED by the Dil) Electnc Vuicanizer Palace Theater RUTH TERRY in | “Stepping In Society” News and Serial { ee YALL LISS 4 ff) Veterans To Have Initiation saturday Veterans of Foreign Wars were allow d to hold a Fun Frolic at the corner of Duval and Southard streets at 9-10 o'clock Saturday night with the Cooties and Cootiettes in charce. These branches of the V.»t- erens of Foreign Wars are the organizations which are similer to other fun groups in other organizations. They will hold a public initiation, Commander E. F. Haury of the Veiorans emphasized thet the frolic would not in- terfere with church services going on nearby. Restaurantmen Combine With Hotel Owners PLANNED TO DEVELOP HO- TEL AND RESTAURANT FIELDS HERE Restaurant operators of Key West will be invited to join with the Key West Hotel Association to combine in the formation of a larger organization for the purpose of further developing the hotel abd restduranf indu: tries th fis bits Pl icity Ch man ‘Harold R» Laubscher said today. * \% ‘Thd new cosaniestibht Y 1 Bef sditball league kfigwn as the Key and Restaurant Ass'n and. its activities will be confined to problems confronting those. busi-! nesses. At present the primary task is planning for next sea- | son’s tourist influx, the stimula- tion of means for attracting more tourists to Key West and an at- tempt to provide greater facili- ties for them when they arrive. The Hotel Ass’n has been active along this line in the past but in order to do more, the strength of a larger organization is neces- sary. In view of the fact that the hotel and restaurant indus- tries are so closely related, it is felt that their kindred interests can be better served by pooling the efforts of both groups toward | the same objectives. This week Abe Wolkoff, sec- jretary of the Ass'n, will head a committee owners. to contact restaurant Enough new members | are expected to join which will double the membership of the present organization. $11,605.00 In New Equipment Electric Fund MONEY MAY BE SPENT ONLY WHEN CERTIFICATE BY CONSULTING ENGINEER IS/ PRESENTED Special new equipment fund for the City Elec’ System was approved last night by com-; missioners for deposit of $11,605 in the First National Bank of Miami Beach The fund the ordinance speci- fies is to be used for purchase of new equipment or repair o: existing equipment only. In any case a certificate by Se ities xmecaitarinahinatntnececehis ecassibin iy Cement Block Factory Is — Started Here OWNED BY DRUDGE AND HARVEY; PLAN 1000 BLOCKS DAILY, EVENTUALLY; ALL NEEDS OF CITY TO BE MET nounced that they have begun making concrete blocks and that shortly they intend to be produc- ing 1,000 blocks a day, enough for the needs of the city. The concrete block factory is located in the premises owned by William Curry’s Sons. As yet the factory is in the experimental stage, Mr. Drudge said today. As ‘soon as all the bugs are out of the factory, Mr. Drudge said, it would be operated at high speed. For the present, five emploves are hired to run the concrete block machine. Twelve — preliminary blocks were cast this week and the blocks are being studied to en- | Veterans sure strength. Price of the blocks is expected to be much less than they are being sold for in Miami. There is a concrete mixer which | *#*#*#*222202404440444400044000-08 04008 pours the concrete into the con- crete block form. It is then tamp- ed down under ure. The block is allowed’ fo.sit-in the sun and mature. A of rock, cement and san Cement is pl bdo be sent here by barge, whith will speed up production. LARGER ORGANIZATION NOW Complaint On Dwight Hunter OPENING OF SOFTBALL SEASON DELAYED Hunter, city recréation director, was fia Sf ight by managers of ‘softball [teams here \in which they charged thgt the start of the i as been delayed pnd’ that the field is fot ‘super- vised. A conference jis to be held to- day ‘With. Mr. ‘Hunter to: thrash’ out the matter. Navy Recruiter Here Tomorrow! . Navy recruiterwilPAbe at the Post Office Building:in Key West tomorrow actording to a dispatch received here from Miami Navy recruiters. At that time those wishing to join the regular Navy will be | interviewed. Temperatures Temperature data for the 24 hours «diding 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last night Atlanta 80 48 Boston 54 36 Brownsville 79 60 1) leston 78 56 Chicago 49 32 Detroit 49 37 Galveston 73 60 Jacksonville — 88 66 Kansas City — 61 43 KEY WEST 84 76 K. W. Airport 85 76 Memphis 62 39 Miami 76 74 Minneapolis 62 45 New Orleans 76 63 |New York _ 56 40 | Norfolk 66 49 | Oklahoma City 65 Pensacola 74 Pittsburgh 50 | St. Louis = Tampa 83 70 @UEUDULOAQEQUEUALELUUULAAGSUEEUEOUOUAA GUERRA, | NOTICE Consulting Engineer R. W. Beck must be made to the city. ” 2??.-April 220??? PAUL BARON WILL BE THERE! « Legionnaires and Key West |Guard of Honor are requested to jassemble at 5:00 o'clock this afternoon (Wednesday) at Lopez Funeral Home to attend the fun- jeral of Legionnaire Roger Wat- iiins. VANCE C, STIRRUP, Adjutant, Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28. “OPEUEETVEREAT UO PUEDEEEA TATOO NERA Drudge and Harvey have ant Che Kei THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A BALL CLUB MANAGERS SAY} Sion. With a reminiscent, dreamy- Complaint agaiifst Dwight} me?” RB ae ABOVE IS THE SYMBOL of the veterans of Foreign Wars, who will | hold a District Convention in Key West Saturday and Sunday. There will be fun galore, with the Cooties and Cootiettes from the Veterans here. About 200 are expected for the convention. VV VV VV VV rrr Terr. COOTIE, THE LOUSE, GRANTS * * *« * After Ole ‘Cootie * * * * * * INTERVIEW TO PELICAN BILL’ Name Fun Order bawling and blubbering large tears all over me. Me, who just hates takin’ a bath! He was bab- bling something about me s: ving | his life, when all I did was bite | him on the neck. Well, Bill, it j turns out that I was so hungry ; and a trifle too anxious, when I | bit him he jumped far enough to miss a bullet meant for him! | Ain’t that sumpin’ Bill?” Scratch scratch, scratch! Waddle, waddle, waddle! Have. no fear, my ‘dexr folks! Slepy stunt and a muffled, “Yes, it's only Cootie, the Louse, and 7 our old friend, Pelican Bill hav-{ “Well, this Sarge tells all his ing another breeze shootin’ ses-| buddies about me and ‘what I did, but his buddies are one ahead of him. They tell the; Sarge about a few of my not too distant relatives that have been “Say, Bill, did you know that) ‘eye! Suge a es T was, just a ane ops at One peditionars. Force by infiltration, arehil and without firing a shot! But fled I'm still the Sarge’s favorite and 1 he places me in his arm pit for safe-keeping. “But let me tell you Pelican Bill, if you thought THAT was look in his eye (the good one), Cootie, the Louse, says to Peli- can Bill: No immediate answer Pelican Bill, just a partly s burp from’ some ‘half digés grunts and the Cootie raindies on, ! | “Ah, memories!! I’sure had it tough in my youth! You of the} Seme, wat, you should have seen know the war I had to go through in the de-lousing station at the end of the war! Louse and cootie powders flew around in thick clouds covering everything. But] my Sarge was smart, he smug- gled me through easily enough, I had a gas mask on! Yessiree, a real-honest-to-goodness minia- ture of what the boys over there wore!” younger generation don’t what a struggle life was ¢ 1914. Those wizened Fr were slim pickings then >: are now. They smelled ripe but upon tasting lacked that meaty flavor, not enough crepe zettes, I guess. Are you | Bill?” Another complacent burp fol- lowed by a meticulous feather preening ceremony. At this bland remark, Pelican “ZZZzzzzBOOOoomm!! Heavy’ Bill’s droll, sleepy eye blinked shells flying, Big Bertha barking,| with only the faintest hint of dis- drowning out the futile attempts} blief, and you would have had! of the French’s. Smoke, dust,| to look quite closely to notice it. confusion and poor ole me pra “Bill, you should have been tically starving to death. Sud-, with us in good ole N’Yawk denly through the din of a ter- rifie bombardment, I hears the woids, “Lafayette we are here Of course, my name isn’t Lafay ette, but I went to investigate anyway. Striking out towards the ‘voices, I drug my emaciated car when suddenly, “Plop” I) were playing, people were cheer-| fell into a nice new trench that) ing till they were hoarse! It was} was just beginning to smell in-| a wonderful day for us, espec- | teresting. And what do you think jally after the parade when the; during that Armistice Day Par- ade! Yeeoowie! Wotta time. The ole Sarge marched straight and proud with his equipment gleam- ing and the streamers flying! 1} got so excited I almost fell intoj the confetti covered s Bands} Pelican Bill answers with al Parking Cannot Use Parking Me- ters By Depositing Nick- els Continuously Ordinance prohibiting parking on Duval street by taxicabs was passed last night by city com- mission with Demeritt, Harden} and Sweeting voting for and Carbonell against. The amendments were propos- ed by Commissioner Sweeting. One changed the compulsion taxi drivers i:aving <o remain in their cars while in the taxi stands. Mr. Sweeting brought out that this would become very tedious. Instead the taxi drivers must remain in immediate vicin- ity and alert. This is done so that traffic in the areas set aside for the taxis is kept active. Another amendment made the same.change in the title of the ortimance. Commissioner Carbonell said that the reason he voted against the ordinance is that he thought Jit right for the taxicabs to re- main on Duval street. He ‘said he understood that the agree- ment was to allow the taxicabs to ‘remain on Duval. City Attorney Lester ‘Ordinance Forbids Taxis On Duval Street ee ‘Carbonell Against; Taxis| A hhh ddd) Esquinaldo Is New City Judge — Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. was appointed municipal judge in place of Roger Wat- kins who drowned Sunday night at Boce Chica when a skiff in which he was fish- ing! overturned. In 2 short sepech of accep- tance Mr. Esquinaldo thank :d the commissioners for their appointmen:. William V. Albury had been appointed temporarily to take Judge Watkins place. George Brooks also sub- mitt.d an application for the Position. "OTOL OMS taxi drivers using the meters on Duval and cortinue putting in nickles, Mr. Lester said that the ordinancl as it reads would not allow taxis to continue this prac- tice. He also ‘pointed out’ that when the parking meter ordin- ance is finally passed that there is a provision that no’ one may was; place nickles in the meters’ and questioned as to the legality of; continue to park in one place. oe Sav EGR: Se aes Ferry Company Not Using City Open To Competition-—-King VIS IIT SES EY Bayview To Be Crowded With Pets Tomorrow afternoon Bay- view Park will be crowded | with children bringing their | pets to the City Recreation | Division's Pet Show to be held | at 2 o'clock. i Ribbons will be awarded for the “Best Pet of the Show”, “Best-Dressed Pet” in each group, Best Dog. Best Cat. Rest Kittens. Chick, Parrot. Monkey, Rabbitt, etc. iS Each pet will be given a number upon arrival to desig- nate his “home” in the en- closure and also his number of appearance before the judg- es, who will be Police Chief | heaves and surges then falls flat) yumminmumnudiunintiitsniiitin. | on his face (and mine!) in the) Chiveler . Dodge - DeSoto mud. Up again! Down again!} and Plymouth Owners This is too mucht I then decided Our Five Mechanics Can | to have my dinner before it got away from me. Whammoo! I bit NOW Give You Prompt bie eof aa tne beers ‘ot a Service with Genuine | passing Jerry bullet! Then ten- hrysler Parts | Come In and See ED, our nev H Service Manager for an Estimai | on Your Repairs NAVARRO, INC derly the Sarge picks me off his neck and much to my surprise, talks to me fondly instead of casting me away from him as Pir usual experiences of mine. The tough ole Sarge is actually -<qutmptatniinmnnnmnnatmnammttnty” | MASONIC NOTICE | All Scottish Rite Masons of the | 18th degree or higher are hereby} notified that the obligatory meet-, ings of Southern Cross Chapter of | Rose Croix will be held on Maun-} dy Thursday. April 18, at 8 p.m., and Easter morning, Sunday. April 21, at 8 a.m., at Scottish \Rite Temple. | | C. U. ALLSHOUSE, 32°, | Wise Master. | ee | 4 Discussion On» Establish- ment Of Ferry Serv Here And Possibility Of Airport If the Gulf Atlantic Transpor- tation Company does not use Key West as a terminal for its ferry to Cuba it will lose a very strong asset to their line and leave them selves open to competition, City anager Dave King told city com- nissioner Harden opened ussion on the proposed passenger ferry service by asking that the city manager con tact ferry officials and ascertai the status of the ferry ope tions. Commissioner Sweeting 1 > the Wagner property to th company in the event docks wt NOTICE! In A Few Weeks I Will Close My Office in Key West I wish to thank my patients for their patronage. It has been a pleasure to serve you. H. E. CANFIELD, M.D. Dr. Galey’s Office, 417 Eaton Street. Phone 19 e said that if need be the city should * — 30,000 COMMUNISTS FEAT 7,000 NATION. ALISTS; MARSHALL TO CHINA (By Associated Press) CHUNGKING, April 7. — News received here today from Manchuria ssid that the Com- munist forces have administered 2 severe defeat to the National ists. The latter, with only 7,000 men, were opposed by 30,000 Communists. One-half of the Nationalist force was killed, the message said. General George Marshall is due to arrive in China teday, and it was said that, shortly after his arrival, he will hold « com ference with Nationalist and Communist leaders. Premier Shidahari Picks Liberal Party TOKYO, April 17. — Premier Shidehari announced today thet he has allied himself with the Liberal party, and that he will continue to head the government until the various parties choos: a leader after the convening of the diet. Shidehari stated that he is an xious to continue in office until the new Japanese constitution has been adopted: General MacArthur's head quarters reminded the four-pow er allied council, which had com plained about the political per ties in Japan as “undemocratic”, that the council's power wes limited to an advisory papacity Poland's § Complaint To UN. Tow; NEW YORK, April 17.0. ‘ly before the UN Seeurity Couw {cil was reconvened this af noon, Poland's representative stated «that Poland's comp against the Franco dictatorship in Spain will be considered ot today’s session, Poland, he explained, will that world action be ¢ ‘ co. In the cor t he said, it against democracy during th entire 10 years of his reg $85,000,000 Navy Clothing For ¢ WASHINGTON, April | Good news whose of clothing is short, we lor men, | {missioners at their meeting last] today by the Navy It announced that it red as surplus $85,000 worth of material for clot and that the goods will by j ed into civilian channel A Navy spokesman sa the material will be suff ’ make three and one-half suits and two million sh ¢ | I found, Bill?” Sarge and I both got a bit| Louis Eisner. Mrs. George (70h cded radi But Bill had already stopped) whoo: Mills White, and Mrs. Val | “pic ussion then followed on Key lebiseite : and sharp smell located his SuP-! couped in reverence .of the many} ‘ipal airport. Once again Com-|0f the pro-monarchial 1 charter boat fleet. in the past along Key West's} —————— —————— | said that a letter should be writ-| announced today that a After dining heartily, Pebcan) waterfront. i Cl ims ten to the proper authorities on| they will not reach er Bill on proffered fish and Cootie, “Sy Was as proud as a peacock | WUE Claims ee Se | ment about the propos the Louse, on a stray tourist, Bill) when the Veterans had a get “8 nn | In discussion on the future of determine wheth squatted down to listen to more! {jgether and formed their “Fun Given Three ithe Boca Chica Field, Mr. King| King wrge will be of Cootie’s strang tale of want Order” and named it after me! ; was instructed to do what he| the throne and plenty. Not only that, but they have aj ae could to keep the flying field| But leaders, regurdle “As I was sayin’ I found this! coremony that they call “The| Quit claim deeds were given] open, | Continued on trench and it was filled with) soratch.” That's about the only| Rosa M. Camero and JenQle| eee | ot fat, healthy, well-fed animals thing I can’t quite understanafCurtis Pierce and Marguerite | *4¥¥ yey yee ee ee enna nang | called Americans, Being a sort of about this whole idea. Do they} Lopez by city commission last ROASTERS and FRYERS | Genuine for All Y‘chow hound’ I picked a large! jnply that I make — people) night. | Auto PAR Cars bellowing hulk with three or. +2 Do I Pelican Bill, Do 2} The Camero property is on 1 (Ts | v four khaki-colored stripes on his, “hat ah that, sou would have| Whitehead near Greene, Pierce) BRADY’S (Live) Poultry) poy's xey WEST AUTO PARTS arm, Just as 1 was ready tO heard if you were there was,! property is on Southard near and Egg Market SEAT COVERS sample a juicy morsel some brass «waddle, waddle, waddle —| Bahama, and the Lopez property| 1214 White St. Phone 116 Duval, Jefferson Mote! Bldg incrusted fellow yells, ‘Over the gcratch, scratch, s-¢-r-a-t-c-h!!!!!is on Pine street. | MA MMM REM e RENEE emma Phone 44) qm Top. An’ my dinner banquet _ -- —_— —_—-- —- -- Elect GLENN C. MINCER STATE ATTORNEY “There Is No Substitute for Experience” } (Paid Political Advertise i a iy a