The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 1946, Page 1

cee Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 113 lb Mie: > Mines Reopen Monday - Under Truce Agreement 400,000 MEN RETURN TO JOBS UNDER TWO. WEEK PLAN- COAL PRICE MAY GO UP | (By Axsociaws Press) WASHINGTON, May 11—Spec- ial crews are working in soft-coal mine pits today to get them ready for Monday morning. when 400,000 men, who have been on strike 41 days, will return to work under a two-week truce agreed te last night by John L. Lewis and the operators, when the latter were assured they will be per- mitted by the government to in- erease the price of coal. Since the strike began it was the only time that Lewis and the operators or their representa- tive have agreed on any proposal. Lewis had been holding out against considering a new wage seale until the demand for the union's health and welfare fund had been settled, a demand that | the operators have consistently refused to grant. Lewis, as well as the operators, | made it clear that the mines were | to be reopened two weeks only as a stop-gap measure to avert what President Truman had! characterized as a threatened na- | tional disaster. It appeared today that, with the miners returning to the pitts en Monday, that negotiations would result in an early settle- ment. Resentful opinion and pres- | idential pressu~e are regarded as; the main factors in bringing to terms the miners and the opera-! tors. j Both sides, spokesmensfor Lewis , asserted, are still deadlocked on, the health and welfare proposal. | President Truman has set! Wetinesday as the deadline for the settlement of the strike, and a White House spokesman said it , is expected an agreement will be reached by that time. New Service. To: Welcome VIGO TA MO MM. Signup Continued For Kindergarten Registration for kindergar- ten classes, expected to open here this autumn, will be con- tinued another week, it was amnounced today. Mrs. Fernando Camus, pres- ident of the Monroe county council of the Parent-Teach- ers’ Association, which is co- operating with the Board of Public Instruction in the kin- dergarten project. said the signup would be continued at the Harris, Poinciana and Di- vision | Street lementary schools throughout the com- ing week, Twenty children are need- ed to open the kindetgarten and only 10 have signed up so far, Mrs. Camus said. She urged parents to bring their children’s birth certificates when registering. Children between 4 and 6 may be reg- istered, Mrs. Camus said. The kindergarten will be conducted in the Reynolds building at Reynolds and South streets. "FIIS ISI DD Ms PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE DUE FOR WEEKEND Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow is included on the weather menu, Observer Sam Goldsmith reported today. Moderate, occasionally fresh southeasterly wifds are also due. NAVY APPOINTMENT DUE An operations officer in the rank of commander will be ap- pointed soon at the Key West Navy Base. Visitors, New Citizens Here (By L.P.A., JR.) There are three factors upon} which Key West business leaders | seem agreed upon to make the | city attractive to tourists, visitors and new residents. i They are | No. 1, advertising; No.2, proj- ects host and hostess attitude. Projects are progressing, with the city in a bustle over getting | “cleaned up", a new beach planned, another beach bought, | the return of the aquarium, shakeups all down the line in the! city, plans to get the ferry serv- ice to Havana, and a new air line to Havana from this city. The; city, the Chamber of Commerce,! The City and Station WKWF are leading the way in these proj- ects. Advertising seems a certainty for next winter's season, with some advertising and publicity being done now Mrs. Roy Dulion and Mrs. Opal Van Deursen have just formed the Newcomer Welcome Service an organization whose main purpose is interviews with and|centage of sales. *This fee may} who|be compared to a salary which| for new arrivals here either as visitors The project will guidance have come or as residents. eee ma ora oe RRS Palace Theater PAUL MUNI in “A Song To Remember” News and Serial ior Class Play SNOW. WHITE and the SEVEN DWARFS High School Auditorium Tuesday, May 14th, 8:00 P.M. TICKETS ARE NOW OF SALE ‘ennununnonneny seve ponenenspnn UNAvEU UH TENOVOUUHNALERLOAANEE shortly go before the Chamber of Commerce for endorsement. Leads on the whereabouts of the newcomers, whether they be Navy or tourist, oy have recently purchased homes, have been ar-} ranged. | Information on what to do in and No. 3, good Key West | Key West and where to go will] be available. Points of. interest will be shown. Church life will be pointed out. Amusements will be shown. Whatever, bent the newcomer wishes to’ follow he will be guided. Many have come here without proper guidance and failing to learn the city have left disap-| pointed. ; \ Business Stimulus ‘Key West’ businessmen have agreed to give a token to each newcomer upon presentation of cards to be given out by Mrs. Dulion and Mrs. Van Deursen. This is expected to stimulate! business in the stores and also be a service to the newcomer. M Dulion and Mrs. Van Deursen say} they will receive a small fee for each person they interview but state they are receiving no per- (Continued froin Page One) “rns erg AEST CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmest House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ——Opens, 5 P.M. Daily. SE a ERR * UE OPEN SUNDAY From 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. To Serve You GAS - OIL - PARTS Batteries Charged Flats Fixed GREASE and SPRAY JOBS POOR RAIG SERVICE STATION Al Armengol, Owner Division at Francis St. Ph. 9134 SALT TET Che Kris THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A New Officers Are Elected By PAL Here The Police Athletic league, center, elected the following officers: President, Marcell A. Mazeaux; vice-president, S. M. Odom; sec- retary, Bob Pollock; treasurer, Louis Carbonnell; directors, J. W. Barrett, J. A. Boza, R. C. Hicken, Henrique Esquinaldo and Mrs. Betty Whidden. The league was formed here by Police Chief Louis M. J. Eisner, who has developed it to its present status. Persons between 6 and 21 are eligible for junior membership and adults are eligible for. senior membership. It is a non-sectarian organization and non-profit mak- ing. At last night’s meeting the following were present; Judge T. S. Caro, Father Johnson, Po- lice Chief Eisner, Louis Carbon- nell, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Barrett, H. Urion, S. M. Odom, Mrs: Betty | Whidden, Joe Boza, Bob Pollock, George Mills White and Gerald Saunders. Florida Vets Get Federal Positions States Civil through United Commission, its Fifth Atlanta, Ga. today announced {that 1,860 veterans in the state jof Florida were placed in Federal Government jobs during the month of March of this year. There were 4,928 veteran place- ments in the entire region, con- sisting of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennes- see and Puerto Rico. Largest employer was the War Department with 2,359 place. ments, The Navy Department was second with 1,371, the Post Office Department third with 636, while the Veterans’ Admin- with, 317, World War II veter- ans accounted for 4,726 positions, while widows or wives of dis- abled World War II veterans ac- counted for 32, , Veterans and the widows or wives of disabledsvet- erans Of other wars filled 170 po- sitions, bringing the month’s to- tal to, 4,928. Veteran replacements in the Fifth Region totaled 11,306 for the first three months of this year. Placeemnts of veterai only through direct application to the agencies where help is needed. { pte ‘FLOWING” OIL WELL IS FIRST IN STATE! TAMPA, May 11 (FNS). — A Florida oil well was classified this week as a “flowing well”,| the most important news of its} kind to come from the State. It is Gulf Coast Properties No. | 6 well at Sunniland, in Collier; county, drilled by the Humble} Oil and Refining Co. It was} brought.»in, April 23 at a depth of 11,578 feet. The well produces a_ gas-oil; ratio of 76 cubic feet of gas to} one barrel of oil, or approximate- ly 15,000 cubic feet of gas daily | It is Florida’s first flowing well. | SIX JOIN ARMY | Six Key West boys have joined the Army since Robert Williams, paratrooper and private first cruiting duties here in the Post office building. Williams said to- day that there are many more who wish to join but because of physical or education deficiencies were unable to do so. y: Toe Business Men’s Association | DINNER MEETING at CASA CAYO HUESO Monday, May 13th, at 7 o’Clock | Members Requested to Attend Good Food - Entertainment Service ; Region director, O. F. Myers of | istration was a large employer) s to fill] temporary positions are now made | | man said. ;e | "THANKS to the PEOPI class in the Army, took up re-} ae KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1946 Dog Has Wolf Trouble; | Awaits Master’s Return This is the story of a little, .owever, that Paul is not abvard. dog on Gulf Dock who just doesn't} te pcre mie ~ ae Wate urther trouble. juge wolf-like ee ee | male dog which roams the Gulf Her master, Paul, went away | Dock occasionally, attacked her on the schooner Western Union,!and bit her severely. Long fang which left to repair a cable be-; marks were in her left front leg tween Galveston and Tampico! through the muscle and she could undercommand of Captain G. R.|not use the leg. ; Steadman. Paul owns the Little! To save herself Paul’s dog | Dot now anchored over on Trum-j| jumped overboard until her as- | bo roadway with no one aboard, !saliant left, Then she climbed The Little dog trots disconso-; back ashore and limped away. lately up and down Gulf Dock Several fishermen around the looking for her master and is per- | dock who had been feeding her turbed because she cannot find/| fish tried to comfort her but her | him. Usually the Little Dot is' heart is. still broken in Paul’s | tied up at Gulf Dock and the dog | absence. can quickly jump aboard over} She lipped away and yester- the bow which is even with the day no one could find her around |top of the dock. | the dock. She is doubtless rest- | Occasionally she can be seen! ing nearby nursing her wounds [looking over toward Trumbo! but, the biggest hurt of all will toward the Little Dot and whining not be soothed until Paul comes pitifully. She seems to sense,’ back. Children’s Day Camp Planned By City Recreation Group | i “ Judge Dismisses Nuisance Charge | __A nuisance charge filed against | Hector Barroso, propricior of The} Driftwood, 609 Duval street, was dismissed in city court this morn-j; ing when the plaintiff, Daniel |B. Sharpe, of the Central hotel, lwithdrew the complaint and agreed to pay the court costs. Sharpe obtained a _ warrant against Barroso several days ago, claiming the latter maintained la nuisance by the playing of mu: ,sic “after hours”. Barroso wag? placed under $50 bond pending ‘| | With the cooperation of the Housing ‘Authority the City of Key West Recreation department is sponsoring a day camp at Poin- ana Community center for children of working parents. A diversified recreation pre- gram including swimming, crafts, music, and playground activities will be offered children attend- { ing. Registrations will be accepted at the City Hall in the Depart- ment of Public Welfare office week day mornings from 9 to 11:30. Additional information may be obtained by telephoning 33. As it will be necdssaxy to. limit the number of children in the camp, registrations should be made as rly as possible, it was announ- ced. hearing. Sharpe paid $5 costs and the defendant was dismissed. 97 Killed In Florida In March Car Crashes TALLAHAS , May 11 (FNS) —Ninety-seven persons were killed ‘in ¥lorida- automobile ‘ac- cidents during March, Director | H. N. Kirkman of the State De- partment of Public Safety an- nounced last week. He added that -all fatality re- ports for.the month were not in and that the figure is expected | to top 100 when a final compila- j tion is made. Forty-six traffic deaths were recorded in March, 1945. “Facts obtained from ac dent reports show driver care- | lessness and recklessness as the causes of most accidents”, Kirk~ Sentences Deferred ‘In U.S. Theft Case Sentencing of two defendants convicted in U. S, court here late yesterday in connection with the theft of fans from the, Navy yard, was deferred today by Judge John W. Holland, pending a re- |port by Frank A. Edwards, fed- eral probation officer. Charles A. Pent, 28, former ci- vilian truck driver at the Naval air station, and Dennis Yarber, 3 city employe, were con- found guilty of conspiracyy and larceny in the fan thefts. Cl b {Pent and Yarber freed Bolivar | Valdez, Division street cafe own- er} and Rogelio Ramirez, a waiter, lindicted on a receiving stolen property charge. Pent and Yarber face terms of jone to five years on each of the were convicted. | Two Navy men implicted in the |theft of the 25 fans are facing | Navy courts martial. E who gave so generously their votes, time and effort in my behalf It is an honor and distinction ! jthat the deciding vote for State Invites You to | Attorney was cast in Monroe | DANCE |. I have always held-a warm spot | TONIGHT in my heart for the people of Key and EVERY NIGHT West and the Keys. Your confi dence in me is deeply gratifying. Excent Monday to the GLENN C, MINCER MUSIC OF JACK LINTON ° and HIS ALL-STAR BAND The Finest Band That Has Every Visited Key West Direct from the WHITEHALL HOTEL Palm Beach \ | of MONROE COUN | | ous VEW ee CHARLES HOTEL 525 EATON STREET “Telephone In Every Room” SUMMER RATE Rooms with BATH. per week, $8.00 per person, 2 to a room Rooms adjacent to bath, per week, $6.08 per person, 2 in a room EE AOE RTRN Gee ie atta te two indictments on which they} ‘Selective Service Extension Up In House Monday (By Associated Press) Monday the house of representa- tives will consider the emergency extension of the draft law for 45 days, and it is expected: to be ap- |proved with little opposition. In the senate, the measure was adopted in five minutes and was rushed to the house, where the imilitary affairs committee gave it iprompt approval, with one dis- senting vote, that of Represen- tative John E. Sheridan, Penn- sylvania Democrat. It was his objective that re- sulted in action being postponed on the extension till -Monday, when debate will be limited to two hours. Reds-Loyalist. _ Truce Is Signed (By Associated Press) NANKING, May 11. — The “cease firing” truce between Communists and Nationalists went into effect today, and, ac- cording to dispatches received from Manchuria, both sides are observing the pact. Yesterday there were skirmish- es kit they were explained as having occurred because neither side had heard of the truce up to that tima T's: truce was made effective by General H. A. Buroade, of the United States; General Chou En- lai, representing the Con-mun- ists, and General Hsu Yun-Chang, signing for the Nationalists. Overseas Hotel Sale Deed Filed Deed for the sale of the Over- seas Hotel, Fleming near Mar- garet street.gehich was reported in The Citizen twé weeks ago was filed yester afternoon in the county clerk’s office: The consideration was $50,000. Max and Rose Cohen and Michael A. and Margaret Bon- amy transferred the hotel to Max and: Rose. Herman. All furniture, fixtures. and -equipment: in. the hotel’ were included in the sale. The lot on which the structure stands has a frontage of 150 feet on Fleming street and a depth of 132 feet. Attorney Allan B. Cleare, Jr., represented the sellers. The hotel has 78 rooms. Attorney Raymond R. Lord represented the buyers. Duval St USO Club Hosts To Girl Scouts Duval Street USO played host to the Girl Scouts of the Poin- ciana School this week. Recrea tional facilities of the club were open to the children. The Scouts spent the period making pins, earbobs and clips under the direction of Miss Ger- trude Laubscher, the craft in structor, for Mother’s Da: Comic Artist To Visit Here Roy Crane, cartoonist and creator of the Buzz Sawyer comic strip, will visit. Key West about the middle of June, and is planning a fish- ing cruise through the Keys at that time. Mr. Crane will be accom- panied by two “bobby sox” — eee as a letter states, nd’ M. J. Daetwyler, owner of Daetwyier’s nurseries in Orlando, who is also anardent | fisherman. H (neirchankonhoadea) Sponge Blight Still Prevalent’ Sponge fishermen returning} to this city after weeks of sponge} fishing report that the blight of six years’ standing is still pre- valent in certain areas, . Scores of sponge were pulled; up and practically fell to piecos ; from the blight, which some say is caused by a fungus. Others state it is caused by voleanic action. A blight of this kind has been known to run for 15 years. It is the second known blight in local waters since Key Westers took up: sponge fishing here. Cancer Fund Drive At $1330 Cancer fund. memberships to- tal approximately $1330 to date, County Chairman Clem Price re- ported today: Following are this week’s con- tributions: een ,own, servit WASHINGTON, May 1. —| "OME MOM, VALDEZ. KILLED WITH OWN GUN; PAIR NAB. col killed at 1 woman at slaying a police about the area, arrent of two suspects, Stanley, 23, and 23, also. of the. Mickens Chief Loui pistol, Eisner said, was hostler.by the Grilled at Chit" Dep Wallace that fi Valdez and | e She shot again, the her as saying, and The dead officer's If found at 828 Thomas street, four blocks from the scene of the crime. The woman was arrested by Lieut. Ray Atwell and Patrelmen [ ; H z Ff uF z EF r Chief af \Howard Harris and Benvenido Perez while walking barefoot on Virginia street, while her alleged accomplice: was seized on Angela street, Crowds Threaten Pair As the offieers seized the pair, a crowd: gathered amd threatened the prisoners and it was only through the presence of police of ficers and- deputy sheriffs, armed with machine guns, that prevent- ed violence to the prisoners, According to the story told Chief Eisner and sheriff's office, Valdez met Wilson and the wo- man on Petronia street and ad vised them to go home, as they were drunk. Wilson replied, “That's just where we are go Previously reported, $917. Southern Dairies, $25; NOB Ci-! vilian Personnel, $81; Faculty and | puss Douglas. School, _ $39;); ey West Jaycees, $25; Charles; Toppino and Sons, $25; Key West Golf,Club, $25; Anonymous, $25; Allen Ey Curry, $10. . en | Saunders Wholesale, $10; E. A. Ramsey, $10; Key West Gas Co., $10; Oriental Pharmacy, $10; Ru- bin Appel, $10; H. A. Demeritt, $10; | Putcamp-Alexander, $10; William Curry Sons, $10; Mrs. E. M. Curry ,$10. | Ladies of the Golden Eagle, $! Neil Knowles, $5; Earl Julian, $5; Key West Bedding, $5; Orion Rus- | sell, $5; Eastern Auto, $5; J. F. Matchett, $5. i Roberts Office Supply, $5; Je-| sus Carmona, Rebecca Lodge No. 14, $5; Fred J. Dion, Jr., $5; Eva Navarro, $5; Key West Wo- man’s Club, $5, and Florence Du- lion, $5 Total, ; | SHARK CATC REPORTED LARGE Over 20 brought in yesterday by shark fishing boats after a time in which catches were small Thousands of pounds of fins and liver were thus caught, An interegting fact is that some of the liver was found in the stom- achs of the larger sharks. These large fish had eaten some of the smaller shark who had hooked themselves, Some of the drops made were in water 200 feet deep. were Sensational, new door-to-door trans- portation! "125 miles per gallon, 5 to 35 miles per hour. . Engineered for dependability. Put wings on your bil with the New Whizzer. See it at B. &B. CYCLE SHOP 822 Fleming St. | DANCE Dance Tempos by the FOUR ROSES 8:30 o’ Clock American Legion Home ‘Cor. White and Southard Sts. LEGIONNAIRES and GUESTS ADMISSION FREE ip ISRCTN EORTC ing”, and Valdez said he would accompany them to see they ar- rived home safely. Valdez entered their home, 32 Mickens lane, with them, and he nd’ Wilson came! to grips, Chie Deputy: Sheriff Wallace sajd While they were wrestling, Vol dez’ revolver fell from its holster, and the woman is alleged to have picked it up and shot him through the heart. Powder stains from the explosion of the shell were on Valdez’ shirt on the left side directly across from his heart, Deputy Wallace said, The bullet pierced heart. > Valdes’ Heard 3 Shots James Harris said he was pass ing 322 Mickens lane when he heard three pistol shots, and that a moment later he heard ¢ Lee Stanley exclaim, “Let out of here before the law t ;.” They ran out of the hou into the lane, and Harris reported the matter to Policeman Harri who said that, when he ted the woman she told him that she had shot Valdez be he wa ‘tussling with my boy friend. Coroner Ora Albury is holding in inquest this afternoon to ce termine the manner in which Valdez was killed. The jury com (Continued on Page Three) AA AAR RMRAMER IE I TWINS GARAGE 1130 Duval Street Phone 183 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body shat Fender Work ty of Auto Parts SINCERE APPRECIATION I am deeply grateful to the people of Monroe county for the vote they gave me in Tuesday's Primary. and I respect fully appeal to them for their further support in the second Primary on May 28. Should they see fit to nominate me, I as. sure them faithful and efficient service. BOB KING Candidate for STATE SENATOR