The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features 66 Years Devoted to the interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 98 $75,000 Fite Sweeps Warchouse; Exploding Bullets: Peril Crowds BOY SMOKERS BELIEV.- ED TO HAVE START- ED BLAZE AT TRANS- PORT BUILDING ELA A DALES Tougher Physical Exams For Coast Guard Minimum height, weight and educational requirements for enlistment in the U. S. Coast Guard are being ad- justed upward, according to Lt. Comdr. C. B. Medd, officer-in-charg) of Coast Guard Recruiting here, Effective immediately min- imum height requirements are 66 inches, with weight in proportion, and satisfact- ory compl tion of the 10th grade will be necessary for enlistment, Young men 17 to 25, with no previous military ex- perience, who have complet- ed 1's: 10th grade are eligible for enlistment in the Coast Guard, as well as those 17 to 30, who have had military training. The U.S.C.G. Recruiting Office is located in the Pro- fessional Building, Room 602, Miami. Florida. VL kerk dededk ‘Fair Weather Due To Remain TEMPERATURE CHANGE UN LIKELY IN AREA, GOLD- SMITH REPORTS One of the most spectacular fives here in many years razed the Overseas Transportation Co. @arage and warehouse at Francis and Easton Streets here late yes-} terday afternoon. Fire Chief Leroy Torres esti- mated the loss at approximately $75,000, but officials of the Thompson Enterprises, Inc., own- er of the building, indicated that! the damage might be greater when a final check is made, The fire is thought to have been started by boys smoking cigaretios near a pile of empty boxes on the east side of the bleck-long building. } The ‘Sheet-iron structure and its contents were totally destroy- ed by the blaze, which was still smouldering early this morning. Firemen stood by all night. According to <A. Maitland Adams, manager of the Thompson Enterprises, the loss was not in- sured. Fire Chief Torres said this morning he extended thar\cs to Army, Navy and Navy Air Station personnel who manned government fire-fighting trucks sent to aid local firemen in battling the blaze. He also thanked the Navdl, | hospital for sending an ambu- lance, which stood by in case ef accident, The ambulance was in charge of Dr, Lee. No one Was reported injured as a Ho, hum, yawned Peliean Bill result of the fire, ety MNES \as' he stanned! today’s weather Included in’ thé loss were 20 report from*Observer Sani, Gold- trucks, some of Which ‘Were ‘in- 'simith. dergoing repairs it the: galage! Bill was bored because the re- housed in the building; 20 new Port for Key West was virtually marine engines, valued at $8,000; ‘the same as that of yesterday— @ carload of soft drinks, and ten. partly cloudy this afternoon to- eases of .50 millimeter, machine night and Thursday with little gun shells. The shells were part! change in temperature ‘with mod- of a “stray” shipment. terate and occasionally fresh, The safety of ‘thousands of | southeasterly winds. spectators was threatened when! Other forecasts include: the shells exploded in the in-| Florida: Partly cloudy through tense heat and police under Chief | Thursday except occasional Eisner worked frantically to dis-| snowers and thunderstorms in perse the crowds from the dan- ithe = bree nee al across the | over the extreme north portion Streets from the fire scene moved jt tonight and Thursday. Warmer to places of safely as the am- “ 4 in extreme northeast portion to- — let go with loud re-| Gay, otherwise little change in Fanned by brisk winds, the ; temperature. ; fire soon enveloped the entire!, Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits and it Gulf of Mex- building and a large crow ick- i peed Pen eee | ico: Moderate winds except mod- | shot hundreds of feet into tie air | ate to fresh over extreme south and dense smoke billowed from! PTtion, southeasterly to souther- the burning building, laying a ly today, tonight and Thursday. thick pall over the area and re- {Partly cloudy except mostly ducing visibility.. The heat from | Cloudy and showery over extreme «Continued on Page Three) | notth oprtion tonight and Thurs- mone UE Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming St. Phone 5 Opposite Army Barracks | Hear!!! GERALD SAUNDERS Bayview Park, Thursday, 8:00 p (Paid Political Adverti: mi. ment) TOU PUT UUOOCTULEC ECE REMOVAL SALE Our Entire Stock Must Be Reduced Before We Move to Our New Location EXTRA SPECIAL VALUES i Automobil 86 pn eal POLISH ca 46c johnson’s va MPS $1.59 ange Polish Ca" 46c Dual Electric Air ang 1.95 HORNS $4.79 eo a” ew Door an Extinguishers $8.75 Seat Covers - $12. 30 Suitaval Pack 2 Only PLENTY or “PARTS , FOR ALL auras Roy’s Key West Auto Parts 116 Duval Street. Jefferson Hotel Building, Phone 442 Tallahassee area today and| | Work in the M.M. Degree. THE SOUTHERNMOST Dock; One Bound for South America| TEXAS’ MACAREO SOUTH- BOUND FOR OIL FIELDS; N. Y. TOWING COMPANY OWNER OF OTHER \ Two tug-boats, one bound for ; the South American oil fields, the | in at the Gulf Dock at the foot} of Duval street early this morn- ing. The Texas Oil Company-own- morning after stopping at New Orleans on the way from Port ! Arthur oil field docks. The Macareo is on the way to La Guira, Venezuela, via Kingston, and Aruba. Its skipper is V. J. Scogin of Slidell, La. A crew of 10 was aboard. The James McWilliams Blue Line, of New York City, was the! owner of the other tug, a former } Defense Plant Corporation boat. ; Captain C. E. Quarry, of New London, Conn., said his company had purchased the tug in New York Harbor district for towing | and transportation work. Off Pensacola compass trouble de- veloped and Captain Quarry put} in there for a new one. The tug | carried a crew of six. Overdue Cratt Found By USCG Alberta was reported overdue at 4:30 yesterday afternoon with a party of seven aboard and Coast Guard craft and planes re- sponded. The CG 38796, Boatswain Mate Second Class Oscar M.. Kizer, found the Alberta in good shape and procetding toward Key West in Gladas Channel. The _boat,; had remained wut ort night long- er than had been planned orig- inally. The call to the Coast Guard} came last night from,Albert.Cash. A plane, crash ;én April )1 ines sulted in the DE 665 picking’ up4 a pilot frbm ajlocation three miles southeasterly from Boda Chitai Temperatures Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Rughest Lowest other for New York Harbor, put |: ed Macareo arrived early this} Albury Wants Teachers To Get State Permits It is the responsibility of county superintendents of public instruction to endorse every teacher in the county. Superintendent Willard M. Albury said today and he plans to recommend that all teachers now employed un- der the “emergency war” clause to go to summer school and obtain stat» certificates. There are a number of teachers here who have not fulfilled the state require- ments for educational work but who are allowed to per- form their duties at county school because of the war emergency which still exists. Monroe county has a salary scale which it can b: proud of, Mr. Albury said. In white and colored counties in the state it is eleventh. In color- ed and white counties it is sixth. The perc :niages are figured on principal and teacher salary averages throughout the year. There are 2400 school children in the county and 100 t .achers. HOD IOIS SS. Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) Olin boli bin ndntndnd PRESIDENT ENDS TRIP WASHINGTON. — The, White House announced today that President Truman will cut, short his intended vacation of five days {because of the death of Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. The President will land from his yacht either this afternoon or tomor- row morning and will attend the | i Stone funeral tomorrow after- noon. THREE DIE IN PLANE LOS ANGELES.—Three men. trying out a new motor in a DC plane, lost their lives this morn- ing in the San Fernando valley. The plane crashed into a tree only a few. feet from a house in which were five persons. FAVOR OPA, 25 TO 1 Station— last 24 hours last night Atlanta 87 63 Boston 6L 43 Brownsville 86 66 Charleston 79 63. Chicago 68 46 Detroit 69 42 Galveston 80 68 Jacksonville 80 61 Kan; City 2 69 47 KEY WEST _ 83 75 K. W. Airport 82 74 Memphis 82 64 Miami 77 72 Minneapolis 70 49 New Orleans 74 65 New York 75 50 Norfolk 87 60 Oklahoma City 64 52 ; Pensacola a4 69 Pittsburgh 80 48 St. Louis 70 55 Tampa 87 70 -AMUUUEUTESEENLEUGLAAL ELL Masonic Notice Call Communication of Dade Lodge No. 14, F. and A.M., Thursday, April 25th, at 6 P.M. All Master Masons in good standing cordially invited to at- | tend. : By order K, L, CONNER, W.M. FRANK O. WEECH, Secretary. “UCDO UUUVEMEUEAAU UU ULGREEARRRARA TU SPM BOB KING YOUR SENATOR Qualified Experienced Fairless Honest (Paid Political Advertisement) WASHINGTON. — Telegyams and letters received here by sena- tors afid representatives favor the | passage of the OPA price-control bill without amendments, by 25 to L, afternoon. GRAIN FOR STARVING WASHINGTON.—Chairman La Guardia of UNRA said today he had asked Canada and Groat Britain to supply 350,000 tons of grain for the starving in Europe and Asia. Rafael Solano Will of Rafael Solano, who died in this week in Judge Raymond R. Lord’s office. lano was sent. The been estimated at $700. Solano lived at 804 Whitehe: id! Street. Hey, Kids SKATE SATURDAY | for 35c and Win A Pair of Skates seeceeseseseoscosessesses Tune In W.K.W.F. 1600 On Your Dial at 6:15 TONIGHT Will Speak In Behalf of GEO. SMATHERS for U.S. Congress (Paid Political Advertisement) NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946 Two Tugs at Gulf, Two-Classroom School House Will Be Built: At Marathon FTP RENNES Superintendent of Public In-! it was reported early this) Filed In Court Here} Petition for probate of the will | Cuba October 26, 1945, was filed | | Letter to Executrix Natalia So- | estate has | Judge Enrique Esquinaldo Secoceesosaes | Siiiiiiiiiiegunnsssguenns assuage ‘struction Willard M. Albury re- vealed today that a school house will be constructed at Marathon ‘and that stage and individual *|classroom lights for the schools jof the eounty are -being planned for installation this summer. ! | This morning a letter was sent! jto the Civilian Production Ad- | |ministration in Miami requesting | {permission to use building mate- | lrials to construct a concrete block | |schdolhouse at Marathon which will include two classrooms. Fol- {lowing permission, Mr. Albury |said that he would advertise for | bids. Improvements at High School At Key West High School, Mr. \ | Albury announced that surveys jare to be made on plans for en- larging the auditorium there. Mr. Albury said that architects may} see him now as to submitting plans. The auditorium is con- sidered too small at present, es- pecially on the stage. A sound-proof music room for Hs High School is also planned, . Albury said. This work will: lait ‘be done this summer. Lights for Elementary Schools At the Harris School, Mr. Al- bury pointed out that the roof and the walls had been re jaired so that there are no leaks there at present. A lunch room will be larger and more built and a new lighting tem established throughout the school. At pres- ent there is no lighting system. The public schools’ superinten- dent said that according to sur- veys made of blindness among school children, from 70 to &0' percent occuried from poor | lighting. The lighting systems in Harris and Division Street Elementary Schools wiil be the first- installations to {~~ Sompleted } | this summer, Mr. Alvury reveal- | ed constructed, a modern stage sy Adequate Rest Rooms Adequate rest room facilities, with connection to the city sewer mes, will also be made. At Di- on Street Schoo), rest rooms fred also be iuastadeti 1 aanodern | Sanitary, system, with sewer con- t nections. if Four } Planned fee may be constructed, but if they. are not warranted, according to a survey which is to be made, then lights will be placed inthe Diss sion Street School. Mr. Albury said funds for the room proj- ects are available. NO SuoNaE SALES | There were no spong. the sponge dock tod Whalton, dock manager, iniaeae d today. PAPAL AAD A F erry Meeting, Due Tomorrow, Postponed Here Due to a prior engagement | in New York, H. G. Williams, president of the Gulf-Atlan- | tic Transportation Co., will be unable to be in Key W st | tomorrow, the date set for a | meeting of city officials and | civic groups to discuss the proposed ferry service b>- tween Key West and Havana. Roy Hamlin, city clerk, an- nounced that the meeting had be:n postponed, The | date of which will be an- nounced later. Groups plan- ning to attend the session have been notified that to- morrow’s meeting has b:en | called off. COTS SIMD. Palace Theater CHESTER MORRIS in | ‘BOSTON BLACKIE BOOKED ON SUSPICION’ News and Serial | PT ‘Chrysler - Dodge - DeSoto and Plymouth Owners Our Five Mechanics Can NOW Give You Prompt ‘Service with Genuine Chrysler Parts Come In and See ED, our nev’ Service Manager for an Estimaie on Your Repairs NAVARRO, INC st illed in the downtown area to- Yipervision of Police Chief Eis: ‘with 5,266 persons on the lis House Project Units To Move North For Vets The first of the 150 trailer- dwelling units used at the Poin- ciana Housing Project by civil service and defense units during ‘the war will be moved north sometime today or tomorrow to veteran housing projects, George Mills White, housing project supervisor said today. A trucking concern from Chi- cago is expected to have repre- sentatives here today to bring the trailers to various sections throughout . Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and S. Dakota. The housing units are stanard trailers, all of which will have to be reequipepd with wheels be- fore they are towed in’ trains of three or four to teh northern destinations. Judge To Speak On Youth Crime Judge Enrique ius Bequinaldiel Jr., ‘of city police court, will address the Monroe County Chid Wel- fare Council meeting Friday, April 25, at 8 p.m. at the Health { Unit, 203 Fleming Street. Judge Esquinaldo will discuss problems of chiid welfare and causes and prevention of juvenile delinquency. The speaker is’a ‘native of Key, West and has practiced law here for many years. He has recently been appointed — Justice of the Peace. ‘His address: is expected to at- tract a large audience. ‘Parking Meters Installed Today being in- Parking meters were and are expected to be in The meters fe Saecuan tomorrow. were being crected under the The city commission Monday night authorized the installation of the meters on Duval, South- ard, Fleming and Whitehead Streets in the business area. Motorists will pay five cents for an hour’s parking. 4 ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE FILED WITH JUDGE Four absentee ballots were filed today in the office of Coun ty Judge Raymond R. Lord for the May 7 primary election. Registration closed Saturday MOVIES “2? BAYVIEW PARK Tonight! Will SPEAK In Person Tomorrow, Thursday Night, at 8 o’Clock, Bayview Park (Paid Political Advertisement) GEORGE SMATHERS Candidate for U.S. CONGRESS |$ All Scottish Rite Masons and Members of O.E.5. COGS LL SIAM. NOTE FOUND IN TOMB Young Democrats a * bog TO BE eres with COMMUNISTS Cannon Speaks aon (By Associated Press) MILAN, April 24. — Faseiste, who did not divulge their names, issued a manifesto today against Communists, whom they stig- matized as “Red Pirates”, and j admitted that they had headed the movement that resulted in taking Mussolini’s body from its Following a long period of inactivity, the Young Demo- cratic Club of Monroe Coun- ty was reorganized at a meet- ing at the County Court House last night. The following officers were elected: p grave in a local cemetery. Eugene Sanchez, presidents They asserted’ that they were Joe Allen, vice-president; | using Mussolini as a symbol in their fight against Communists. Bxcerpts. from a letter the Fas- cists left in Mussolini's empty | grave vead: “Il Duee, we will fight in your name again. We need you to give us confidence, to spur us on to gain victories that will rebonna to the glory of our beloved Italy. We will surround you with roses, but your virtue is sweeter than the perfume from roses. Iu these times. of. great stress, memories of you, and you alone, will strengthen us in our determina- tion to see that Italy takes he= place again among the great na tions of the world. “Down with Communism! Let us fight the Red Pirates till they are driven from our land.” Police are continuing their in- vestigation into the spiriting away of Mussolini’s body, but the only. discovery thus far wap the finding of the letter in the grave this morning. | Rojas Is Heading Philippine Elections I I i 1 MANILA, April 24.— Manuet Di Rojas most likely will be the ies n ospita next president of the Philippines. While only a small part of the Eddie B. Russell, € 64, died yes-' ballots. cast in , yesterday's clec- terday afternoon at 4 o'clock at’ tion have been counted, yet the Key West. Municipal hospital. | trend,shows in every part of the He'‘had been a member of the iglands, except im a few isolated Gerald Saunders, secretary, and Keller Watson, treasurer. Eight members of the club were named on the board. They are: Louis Carbonell, Arthur Curry, Francis Dixon, Earl Adams, Louis Ovide, Ralph Sierra, William D. Do- minguez and Max Valdez. Pat Cannon, representative from the fourth congression- al district and candidate for re-election, was guest speaker at the session. Older mem- bers of the organization alg spoke. Cannon was accom- panied to the meeting by Everett Russell and Fred J. Dion. Members of the newly-or- ganized group pledged them- selves to work toward get- ting out a big -vote for the May 7 primaries. SITs TTS IST 4 Eddie B. Russell Volunteer ‘Fire department for plages,, that he will win by a the past 42 vears. {large majority. Mr. Russell lived at 807 Ashe The count thus far gives him street. a lead of more than three to one, Funeral services will be held with every new tabulation grad- this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at ualiy increasing the lead. the Gospel Hall Church on The election passed off quietly Southard street. in the cities and most of the The body was placed in the country districts, but in a few of church at 3 o'clock. the latter areas there was fight Pritchard Funeral Home was ing, and supporters of both side in ¢ ge of arrangements. (asserted that there had been Burial will be in the family tampering with ballot boxes. plot in City Cemetery pee viet Survive are: T widow, Tripolitania Bone Mrs. Mamie Russell; one daugh- ; : ter, Mrs. Walter Griffin; one‘sis-; Of Bir 4 Content matt ter, Mrs. Sallte Russell; one! PARIS, Apri =Tripolitania brother, Winfield Russell, and will be the bone of contention itiree grandchildren - sometime during the conferences Mr. Russell was also a member ' Of the Big Four, the first session of the Carpente ion. Pail-/ Of which will be held tomorrow bearers will be ted from the | im Luxembourg Palace, it wa Five Department and the Union,| declared unofficially here toda The statement said that Russia is bent on having full trus ship of Tripolitania, with Great Britain opposing Russian influ ence in that sphere. Secretary,of State Ja Byrnes, the same report aie would favor the establishment (Continued on Page Turee) FOIE ORE | ROASTERS. and FRYERS | BRADY’S (Live) Poultry! and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 54'\! Peereerrerer retell er. sag) “His Record Merits Your Support” (Paid Political Advertisement : . Elect Holiday Notice | vn nv wero | GLENN. federate Memorial Day, this | + || business. | THe — . 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