The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 23, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features me Years Devoted to the of Key West VOLUME LXVII. Navy Base Area Terrorized (Beach Property b 7 é 2 ~ Buy Approved y Sailor With Machine Gun} By City Board No. 97 & SEAMAN CAPTURED BY VOID O TAD OOS,| SHORE PATROL AFT- Alli ER HOLDING UP STA.| “4 ee Shae GUARD wards Degrees To 25 Cootiettes PAID OFF IN TEN ‘YEARLY INSTALLMENTS; CONCES- SIONS TO PAY INTEREST The neighborhood near the Navy Base at the foot of South-! ard street was thrown into a pan- te when a sailor ran amuck with ®@ machine gun early this morn- police reported. i lavy base officers said unoffi- | cially the sailor, whose name was! met given, stole the machine gun from his submarine, the Medre-/| gal, held up a guard at the sub-! marine base, ihen fled through| the neighborhood at 2:30 o'clock | Twenty - five Cootiettes were given the first degree in the Cootie Alligator Club No. 172 along with tl; reg- ular Cootie initiation here re- cently. Of the 25 girls 19 were local, the remainder from Home:t.ad and Fort Lauder- dale. Next meeting will be held at George A. Brendla Post, May 6 in Miami. Final details of the purchase of the South Beach property, to be ! maintained by the city as a pub- lic bathing beach, were complet- ed at a meeting of the city com- missioners Monday night. The commissioners adopted an ordinance authorizing the pur- chase of the property, d THE SOUTHERNMOST |PRICE 1S $97,000; DEBT TO BE. signated as lot No. 4 in Tract No. 16, from | flourishing the weapon. Jona Howe, chief Grayback ‘The berserk sailor was captur-; Of th) club, extended gre @ ty the Shore Patrol. Con-| ings to Gladys Trombly, past Stories are current thmt' President of the Southern- the fired several shots from most Ladies’ Auxiliary of the the gun while other reports say | VFW Post 139, Past Quarter- he did not master Oliver J. Trombly, ‘The machine gun was recover- | ed meer the city clinic, police! said. Lieut. Joe Kemp and Pa-, teeiman Harry Lee Baker inves-| = for the “The Navy is expected to re. lease an official report on the in- cident later this afternoon Parking DEVICES TO OPERATE IN| BUSINESS AREA sTAnt- ING WEDNESDAY the police departm@nt, sheriff's office and others for courtesies shown the group during their four day session hery. NPIII LISI I IDS 4 ‘High School Band’s Ist Concert Sunday police depavt- ter, PRINCIPAL O'BRYANT EX- PRESSES HOPE THAT OR- CHESTRA BUILT UP BY TOURIST SEASON TIME the Sweeney sisters, et al, for $37,000. Of the entire purchase’ price, $2,300 will be paid on delivery and acceptance of the deed; $7,- | 700 July 1 when the city receive: revenue from sewer collections jand $27,000 in ten equal annual payments, to be secured by promissary notes. Concessions at the beach will to pay the interest on the debt, City Manager Dave King said. Parking Okehed At Bayview Park, {CITY COMMISSIONERS LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON SIMONTON ST. The city commission Monday night adopted an ordinance liit- include a soft drink stand, the | revenue from which is expected | Near Postoffice « coramission said that lifting the parking rc- strictions in front of the federal! building will permit post office patrons’ to call for theiy, inail without. crossing the street, thus eliminating a traffic hazard “With the first concert nan mitted in the futur>. img and Southard streets. /that regular. weekly concerts will Motoriste will deposit five} be given by it during the tourist cents in the meters for an hour's 'season,” he said. parking, with the exception of! ears end trucks unloading pas-| sengers and merchandise, pro-, vided this is done as rapidly val | Temperatures possible - — tals sii "| Temperature data for the 24 hours Unemployed Doles. fines and jail sentences await! sage args ay ct At Zero In Count those who fail to pay the charge’ gtation— last 24 bours last night ro in Voun yi er whe deface or damage the) Atlanta 81 59 vda, ten grandchildren and A Vacation” is shown. The pic-}West late today, for 4 conference oo great-~ 1 andchildren. jture at eight o'clock. with City Manager Dave King and/Commissioner Cooper on thi proposed ferry route here and Havana. YOUR CONGRESSMAN PAT CANNON Will Speak to You Personally Over W.K.W.F. BATTERIES Come and Get Yours NOW They Won't Last Long OPEN °TIL. 10:00 P.M. DAILY and SUNDAY Expert Mechanic On Duty POOR OLD CRAIG Al Armengol, Owner Your Pure Oil ahd Gas SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Phone 9134 1600 On Your Dial 6:15 TONIGHT . al Advertisement) parking meters | Boston 53 Al No payments of ‘unemploy- | Brownsville 82 67 ment compensation were made NJ | Charleston 60 in Monroe county, during the Sarah Thompson | Chicago 59 | week ending April 13, Carl B. Detroit 63 | Smith, chairman of the Florida Claimed b Death Galveston 72 Industrial Commission, reported. py | Jacksonville 54 Unemployment compensation |K s City 60 payments amounting to $78,368 | oe 2 jk Y WEST 75 were made throughout the state § Ann Thompson, 74,] kK. W. Airport 75 {during that week to 4,899 _per- ray afternoon at her) Miami 72 |sons, 3,664 males and 1,235 fe- #01 Southard street. | Memphis 66 males, Chairman Smith said Funeral services are being held! Minneapolis 44 | This was a slight decrease oyer| this afternoon at 5 o'clock from) New Orleans 69 | payments totaling $79,342 made | Ge Bins Tidings Tabernacle, with Now York 45 | to 4,963 persons for the previous the Rev. Wooldridge, the pastor,! noi foik 54 week, of ervengements. Burial Beesels Se Cannon Is Due Today bg the family plot in City | gy Louis 62 For Ferry Conference} , @ the deceased in-|T#™P2 Delayed by business in Miami, te ughter, Mrs, Hilda L. 5 Pat Cannon, representative from Neste x sons, Osborn, Rovert, Movies At Bayview the fourth congressional district Mervin, Ernest, and Anthony Park Tomorrow Night)and candidate for reclection, was ampoen of Key West, and Vic — sd unable to appear at the city com- M Thompson of Alemeda,! The City Recreation Commis-| mission meeting Monday night as | » sister, Mrs. Mamie B. sion’s first outdoor movies will] scheduled. Have 4 Tarpon Springs a be held tomorrow night at Bay- It was expected, however, that ther, domes V. Baker of Pun-|view Park when “Blondie Takes|Rep. Cannon would arrive in Key between | ELLE LI MES ERAS se YES, WE HAVE HEAVY-DUTY | NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1946 [Marathon Pump Tests Continue; IWater Flow Is Expected Soon’ Tests are continuing on the pump at Marathon, naval officials! and actual operation} of pumping water into the city} will hg heciongpe a week. deiesoae widens Daylight Saving Time Ef fective. In. City Saturday { sure takes place! on the water lines of the Florida! Keys Aqueduct Comn ion, Ern- ‘est Ramsey, Commission mana-j ger, today called on all residents Key West will go on day- | light saving time at midnight to check their lines for any pos-! Saturday. sible leaks to prevent wasteage. | ‘The change to fast time Chart On Leakage Losses | was authorized by an ordin- In an advertisement publish-, ence adopted by the City ed today in The Citizen, the} Comimission Monday night. jFlorida Keys Aqueduet Com- The ordinance, city com- n notifies residents é missioners pointed out, con- future eperations of the di: forms to similar mi:asures bution system will be maintained! passed in most other cities t higher pressures than in the; on the Eastern seaboard. st Clocks will be advanced one hour at midnight April 28 and will revert to “slow” time at midnight Sept. 29. Staying on “slow” time when other cities are observ- ing Daylight time, the ordin- nce points out, would create “greet confusion” in railroad an aviation schedules, radio programs, banking hours and the like. The Commission its tomers they e requested to} t all lines, fixtures and es-! \pee ally toilets for possible leaks | rior to the in e in pressure! jthroughout the system. | i | i The Commission also publishes a chart showing how much leak lin the lines can cost their cus: ; tomer: ‘Aquarium Delay Explained | Naval officials also staied to. The ordinance was adopted yday that the delay in turnin unanimously as en em ‘rgency jover the ium to the aieaaare: was due to ire of the |to return the location in thi Feondition as it Present delay is due Ne SU IIS II ISS. to the in AAADDLA44SASADEADSD fabil.y7. of naval officials to ob . ti {With s raphs the mu ale jrals repainted before the | —— jeivic attraction is returned to the (By Asmeciated Brees) city for use by tourists and resi- VWwwv¥wvV I VV OVI T dents. | TO MEET GANDHI fees anne | DELHIL—Herbert Hoover, for- ( low is mer president of the United suey ys States, who arrived in India to- .W | Is W ‘day, said that he had made an en- } gagement to meet Mahatma; Operation of parking meters ing the pa » Sinion-| Gandhi tomorrow to discuss with i the downtown district was} ; ae BUHL In fentiot a coe ae him ‘the food situation in In suthorized by city commissione Key West High School’s first} office. iPELICAN PILL LEARNS oF Today. Hoover cuntereyAs with eve Monday night. public band concert wilk be given|’ Under the terms of the ordin-{ i Z | vexing tadian seaders ont sov- The meters, being installed next Saturday afternoon, 3:45, at| ance, 15-minute parking will be! FRESH WINDS FOR ernineneosriclalsrabost ie Arces om one to be im oper- Bayview Park. Principal Horace} permitted on Simonton strect be-| KEY WEST AREA | inj India “where -sttirtages: of food | wy it ~~ —s O@ryant said in making’ the an-| tween Caroline and Eaton strects. |* ee i motpsinsstnneitd « ¢ im operation on Duval nouncement that the concert is} The measur2 provides, how- wo = es street between Petronia andthe expected forerunner of many] ever, that parking on the oppo- ; : ; NURENBERG TRIAL Greene streets; on Southard forthcoming concerts to be given] site side of the street, where! Pelican Bill shook yesterday ADJOURNED — . treet between Whitehead and by. the band during the tourist| motorists have been allowed. tg.7@inctens from his feathers and) NURENBERG—The trial of Simonton; on Fleming between secson. _ park their cars, will not be per. eyed fed tys Weather forecast by | Nazi leaders as war criminals was the same two strects and on i r Sam GC \ith, who| adjourned this morning out of Whitehead street between Flem-|we hope to build up the band so] Members of the s over Key West would |respect for Chief Justice Harlan tbe pari cloudy this afterncon ‘but indicated no hint of more rain. Moderate to fresh easterly F. Stone, of the United States Su- ipreme Court, who died yesterday | in Washington. winds are also on the weather Sas {menu, = BRITISH LOAN DELAY | Other forecasts: WASHINGTON.—Senator El- | Florida Partly cloudy, litle jjender of Louisiana said today ! ychange in temperature today, to-|jt may be three weeks before the eu t and Wednesday. yaville through the Flor senate takes final action on the proposed loan of $3,750,000,000 to lida (Sails: East to southeast |Great Britain. Among amend-! {winds, gentle to moderate over; ments to be considered is one ants portion and moderate over | that would reduce the loan $1,- ‘pan portion today, tonight and | §9¢,900,000. {Wed : pt moderate to EXPRESS WORKERS STRIKE DETROIT. — Fifteen hundred da Straits | FE easterly wind fexico: South to modt:- on strike. They demand an in- te over nc ; erate over crease in wages of 16 cents tonight ee hour, and companies have offer- | moderate to : ed a raise of 10 cents. { ‘moderate to fresh ove Iportion today Pariy ‘ — ' ;weather with a few showers off WHEAT TO STARVING ba OTTOWA.—The Canadian gi\7- iw estern C |send seven an- one-half million busliels of wheat to starving peo- ple in Europe and Asia. Haury Elected . Wealth ti nil Hea At Jacksonville Meeting Dr. James B. Par Others clected were *t comr senior vice | AEE ETT \STERLING’S “oun. Wailace, di: EGG Mark Newman, 318 Eliza Street Phone 243 (x Distri tors of Our Freshly Dressed ¢ STRICTLY FRESH 1 FLORIDA meeting is in Ft. j.auderdal ext district months at EGGS Elect GLENNC. MINCER STATE ATTORNEY “His Record Merits Your Support” (Paid Political Advertisement) in Hotel La Concha on Duval St. TELEPHONE 825-J, ISABEL DE POO... . REWARD CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE i Opens 5 P.M. Daily. ed IN THE U.S.A. ‘Byrnes Expected To Ins —— Corbing Russian Influence New City Electrical Board | Will Regulate | Construction in tin the office of the city electric | inspector March 10 to 25 and! (By Assoctated Press) from Sept. 10 to 25. Examination | WASHINGTON, April 23. — fees for master electricians were! at the confe: ‘of the Big Four set at $25 while journeymen! 4, be held im Rasseet « Pal and maintenance electricians | ace tomorrow, Secretary of State Teukd BE’ PRESENT AT | BIG FOUR CONFER. ENCE AT LUXEM. BOURG PALACE An emergency ordinance creat- a board of electrical exam- and regulating the con- struction, sale, installating and | maintenance of- electrical appara- {tus and appliances was adopted j at a special meeting of the city} commission Monday night. The board created by the measure provides for a setup un- ; der master electricians, journey- {men and maintenance and serv- ice electricians will be examined and ued certificates of com- petenc, The ordinance was | passed “for the better protection { of life and property”. { The ordinance adopted the National electric code for all electric work. { The newly created board w supervise examinations for elec tricians. The tests are to be held (ERNEST J. AVILA | HOME AFTER | MONTHS IN 40 vY | West, a crew member on the will be required to pay $5 to! take the tests. The new ordinance makes it unlawful for unlicensed persons or firms to install or repair elec- trical equipment. Elec! shops, the ordinance provides, are prohibited from employing electricians in the, capacity of journeymen or repair electricians unless they have | certificates of competency issued by the board. Plans and specifications for all} electric installations must be ap-! proved by the inspector, the or- dinance sets out. Key Wester, Ration 1 Veteran, Discharged From Sea Forces a peels Leonard Key, 19, of Key | James Byrnes is likely to insist {on curbing Russian influence im | the European and Mediterrenean , area. While Byrnes, ready to begin | his flight to Paris, did not make tany formal statement regarding to enlarge its sphere of influence in those areas, it was intimated he will opprese any propeseal that may add to Russia's infle jence, either in Europe or the Mediterrenean. It was said further that For Ernest Bevin of may support son that question. eign Minister {Great Britain | Byrnes’ view: |'Three To One Vote Expected At UN Meet NEW YORK, April 3 UN Security Council met at three o'clock this afternoon, and im dications were that, if the Iran Russo matter comes up for vote, the result will be eight to three against Iran and Russa, as the governments of both coum thet thy tries have requested express workers in this cily are; | ernment announced today it wilt! amore, di- rector of the Monroe County rict Officer Health Unit, is in Jacksonville lattending a meeting of all srs of the Fourth |* county health officers in the , Veterans of Foreign j State elected during the weck The meeting was called by the | end convention included: © State Board of Health, Plans for) F, Haury, Jr., as junior vice-com county health unit operation’ mander of the di:Vrict over the state will be discussed Mr. Haury is commander of ——_—_— | the Key West Post of veterans. | LOST | i oa ‘ craft carrier Bataan for three toe bp vensauals timer Gee | Ernest John Avila, son of jor Pacific engagements, was dis- — nities oan, dine 3 er commer as that the | Tsnacio see a Fecal Ste charged at the Jacksonville Na- parang = has returned home after i oo ae cml | months Navy service, having val Personnel Separation Center, cated a week ago it would weit jscryed in the Aviation Supply April 19. — May a a ot by - “| a Oo rc the upew for te at & eae on Guain’'s“Orote Penin rasa mem oo SS a —_— na }sula with a rating of Aviation : Key’ served on the |Storekeeper, 2c. At Guam thelpotaan for 13 months, and par- County Commiasi | Aviation Supply Depot supplied) ticipated in the first carrier air wilt R ¥ | three ourths — of _the Pacific craft raids on Japan, the engag t estore Names ' Flect with its aviation material. | nents with the enemy in the ‘ ens eS County comer " Avila who was kept “busy 8S}fost China Seas, and in the in-, meet on Thursday at 720 a beav while at Guam said Vosion of Okinawa y. veturn-| block tor dhe puepems of meat |that’ he has seen the great re-|oq 4g the States last November, ing any name or nw | turns Scouting has paid while in} ang was assigned to the new air- have been ih i t | the service, and intends having} raft carrier Prindeton for its aby - route ¥ . t Jone of the best Scout troops de-| shakedown cruise in the South istration list submitted be Sus | veloped Key West Island. | Atlantic. visor John Englan ; On Guam he was shipping} A veteran of 30 months’ Naval thoroughly examined lclerk and section leader, work-|duty, Key was detached from the!" "Frinal total list of vot , i days a weck nile! Princeton at Philadelphia April : oa on lin the has been boost-/9, and was ordered to Jackson- 4i.0t there w on be ig the Island City to his many |ville for his discharge rhesus aight goths say is and expects to see them} A son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwell (700 ‘gs9 « “y* n they visit him here. Avila;M. Key, of 280 shiva apnea ; a former ne y for The|he attended the Key We peer ae is a former news boy for The}he attendec Raplblioana: Ate i Citizen. school. He entered the piety ype’ Banaghioc ——$<——_—__<—_ September, 1943, during 355, |Cootie Initiates solve ch school ‘education, und ‘There are no at Receive Degrees corded tt ee arkeal id t vt Key West Cootic post initiates [; Cuervo, 808 Du eadiod t ho received the first and second arrived at the Eu-, Will be held M degrees at the VFW convention} ropcan Theater Army Air Forces Un the sup ‘here the past weekend included! Reinforcement Depot, and will Franklin A Elmer &. ‘Trowbridg el Al | soon be asigned to a permanent ~ Manes : stalions somewhere an Gennsty. | Ohestsk cana Hey Kei iat é a, | fore entering the service in 1 Cee mith, Sam Clark, Jack|July, 1944, he attended Saint Jo Fined For Speeding |Clark, George Wells and Eri ph High school, and was late |Curry |employed as a salesman and Jn Criminal ( } he third degree will be taken }truck driver by the Victory Fur tl j [at Jacksonville June 8 at the | niture Co se ak a nvention. | Cpl. Bradley E. Sweeting, 901 Uggs. ( | iting Veterans plan to} Pearl has 1 edt 51 jretumn to Key West late rh | West public di Ihave {said Pala ‘BOSTON BLACKI BOOKED ON SUSPIC News and coe SION SESSION SCHEDULLD Foi AY 310 Peacon Lane |charged fro} faration center Navy, at Jacksonville ar e | | | | i Titi mi eatin ELECT LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE YOUR SENATOR DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by La Concha Orchestra and ores | lesan . || LUNCHEON Served from . . . 14:00 Hope t0 200 Dm Fairless + Honest j DINNERS Served from . . . . 5: . to B: M. (Paid Political Advertisement) i HUGH C. HODGE, Manag Experienced The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ BREAKFAST Served from. . . 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 AM Give to Live! Contribute to Pluht Cancer, Our S Pnew AMMUDUENALENNOUAAOERELAUUNELUGLAUON?UUENEALENONULARED ARETE CTD nH NGLOU HULU GUL EEGU: OEUNE NNN anNb AN ensNSAneRN NN te nosing es