The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 14, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXVIi. No. 115 Building B S$ Dans Are Set By CPA, Ld Utilities Learn In a civilian production admin- istration letter to all electric power, gas, water, telephone ‘and telegraph utility systems, start- ing constructiot is iorbidden without * specific authorization from the Civilian Production Ad- ministration. €onstruction of utility facilities other than build- ings, such as gas, water power and telephone lines is not re- stricted. These restrictions also do not apply to separate construction, alteration or Yepair jobs, the cost of which does not exceed speci- fied dollar value limits for build- ings to be used for certain pur- péses. Jobs such as generating sta- tions, and control buildings have an exemptloneof $15,000. Build- ings used primarily as a dwelling or a strucure on residential prop- erty such as a garage has an ex- emption of $400. Buildings used” primarily for administration or storage pur- widely known’ young women SEEN AT THE RECENT ANNUAL REUNION the graduates of Key West's only girls‘ Catholic Parochial school. THE SOUTHERNMOST attend the convent. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1946 Alumnae at Convent Reunion Here of the Convent of Mary Immaculate are many of! Many of the city’s most poses such as an office building garage or warehouse is given an exemption of $1,000. Applications are to be review- ed to see how much the proposed construction would interfere with veterans emergency housing pro- gram. Priorities of AAA, and prefer- Aireratt, Sub Surface Umits- Operate Under Caretaker Status At Navy Base ence rating of CC are issued by the Civilian Production Adminis- tration, Washington. OPA Will Adv Vets On Rationing Oze Marcus, regional veterans relation advisor of the OPA, and Frank F. Faust, district veterans advisor, will be in Key West Wednesday morning to meet re- tion officer in Monroe county? Behind that question was the law that. presumably abolished | the juvenile court in Monroe} Probation Head’s Tenure Raises Question of Law Is Mrs. Isabel Fleming proba-3—~ turning veterans who have any problems concerning price con- trol or rationing. The veterans’ supervisors. will spend the morning at the Key West Price £ontral board to take up any questions’ with veterans concerning OPA regulations. county. That law was declared unconstituional by the supreme court, returning Frank O. Roberts ; to office as juvenile judge. | Does it also return Mrs. Flem- ing to office? | Before the bill was inirodyeed in the legislature to abolish the} court, Mrs. Fleming was _reap-! pointed as probation officer by! Governor Caldwell, who, shortly | thereafter, withdrew the reap- pointment, From then until the supreme | court ruled on the law in ques- | tion, Monroe county was without | Ja judge or probation officer. : Whatever may be the answ to the question, Mrs. Fleming i serving as probation officer on! the ground that the supreme court decision re-established the former status of the juvenile court under which Mrs. Fleming, as well as Judge Roberts, served She has not been removed from office under the re-established status and, therefore sumes the supreme court’s decision in- | ferentially returned her to office. | Judge Roberts said today Mrs Fleming is serving because of the fact that her appointment, before the court was supposedly abolished, has not been termin- ated. Any veteran who contemplates going into business or buying equipment or supplies is urged to confer with the veterans’ sup- ervisors who may be able to ex- pedite plans and assist in ob- taining necessary clearances. KING TO RECEIVE LIST OF EYESORES IN CLEANUP DRIVE Following an interview with City Manager Dave King, who requested that a list of the places needing cleaning up the worst be supplied him, a committee from the Businessmen’s organization will give him the list today. These lists will be supplied in the future that Mr. King, who is sorely handicapped with lack ef trucks to haul away the trash, get the worst parts of the city cleaned up first. The city manager said yester- day that the present drive would not stop until the city was thoroughly cleaned up. may Bertram Williams Dies Unexpectedly Bertram Williams, 53, died un- expectedly at his home, 1008 White street, early this morning. A heart attack caused his death. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. George C. Russell, Key West and three brothers, Herschel of Tampa, Leo of Miami and Frank of Covington, Ky. Services will be conducted to- morrow at 5 p.m., from the Flem- ing Street Methodist church with the Rev. H. E. Cox officiating Burial will be in’ City ceme- } tery. Trieste Deadlock Still Grins Big 4 (By Axsoctated Press) PARIS, May 14.—The Big Four mained in session two and one this morning, but meeting ended they ked about the dis- position of Trieste That matter was scheduled to « e up for further consideration at the meeting this afternoon, as the question of de- the frontiers of Italy hour the dead| till would J. 8. Dongo Estate : Valued At $18,636 died Nov. 24 valued at acc g to an ap in the county judge's rday afternoon. his home, $6,- divided half interest in the Key West ievelopment, $600, es and cash, $ terest in a partner- INFORMATION BUREAU | ALMOST COMPLETED Key ‘West Businessmen’s In-| formation bureau is completed except for the painting and in- stallation of a standard for elec-| tric wires, Chairman Abe Wol-| koff of the Bureau committee reported to the organization last; night. The Bureau, at Bayview Park} near the entrance to the city, fronts on Division street and has | now received its stucco finish. | Paneled doors and windows add to its beauty. j There is a side door for en- trance and there is a large open} window for interviews with tour- ists | J. S. Dongo, who 1945 eft $18,636.65. an ¢ en CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE Opens 5 P.M. Daily. . SS | | address here. FIDL AT ATMS SD. Work Started On avall Near Gulf Dock Maitland Adams,,.manager af Thompson Enterprises. Inc., announced today that blasting had-started~on the construction of a seawall from William to Grinnell streets, adjacent to the pres- ent Gulf Docks. Mr, Adams said that no permit had been applied for im the construction of more docks but undoubtedly there would be one or more docks built out from the seawall. Regarding Gulf Dock, Mr. Adams said that it will be leased out to another oil com- pany. He said that the pres- ent plan was to continue the dock as a marine service pier. BUSINESSMEN HIT SOLONS’ SECRECY OF NAVAL MOVE infor A advance 1d of local con Key West More mation will be ¢ g ional delegates businessmen. Indignation was expressed at the news that the' move of the Seventh Naval District headquar ters from Miami to Jacksonville was known by months in advancc of information was Key West as to the congressional delegates to Wash ington Isadore Weintraub, who _yopos ed the successful aid delegates to Washington should understand that Key West “wish es to be informed in adv these moves in the futur Schneider Discharved From Navy Hospital Ernest W. Schneider, Fire Controlman Second Class, USN of 327 William street, is being honorably discharged f the Naval hospital, San Die Cal the Eleventh Naval District an- nounced today -In his three ye; Savannah he sa Afri Sicily Durin the accurate by Miamians and no received six hred in move from motion om. rs with the USS action in North and at S. Salerno _ battle was hit by bomb fragemants. His sister, M Thomas Gib son, lives at the William strect After his discharge Schneider plans a vacation and then to return to electrical work Pinders Will Make ey West Their Home Mr. and Mrs. W Pinder, who had been res E 20 y W. They de: man erno, Mr. and Mrs, ad- inde! * he! 326 Elizabeth street. | The term, “caretaker status” ranks fourth categorically, in the |: Navy classifications and is encouraging in the light of recent | developments at NAS. Yesterday Capt. W. H. Hamilton, command- ing officer of NAS said that the | caretaker status allowed aircraft; work face i In of their prominence ; the various categories are listed ‘as follows: | Full Operation, Reduced Oper- ‘ation, Maintenance, C: aker, Surplus and Disestablished. Care- j taker status consists of non operating condition requiring a minimum strength personnel unit, the ion of which: is ¥ maintain physical U. S. posses- sion of the property involved, and to guard it against deterioriation, damage, looting and theft. | It is expected to take appro- proximately 60 days to fully at- tain the assigned status. The di: patch announces the change in status was viewed by many as | being practically foreordained by }the program of retrenchments | which the Navy is undergoing /'The congressional appropriation provides only limited funds for ithe operation of naval facilities, that of bases in this aifta dis-established, or be given was considered with surface and sub-sur- uni! order a mis the would be surplus, status many declared caretaker | inevitable. ate Job Tests | For May 18 t merit system held by the Council jointly State Welfare Board, rida Industrial Commis- m and the U Employment Service in Florida, offer Monroe county res opportunity to qualify for employment, ac- cording to the Rev. James H. Mac- Connell, member the district welfare wide , to be the jents ate of ) be given for 14 ns,” Father Mac- including typing accounting, Are be es of pos i rel! said, nographie, ae ical tors, and some of the positions to filled from the registers to be established when vacancies are in local offices.” Father MacConnell who pl application midnight of May mation and necc be cautioned test in the than nfor mi Ose n to take the s must b I forn 18. ary br from local office the State Welfare Board U. S. Employment Service. and the NOTICE A special called business | meeting of the member- ship of the First Bap ist | Church will be held Wed- nesday evening, 8 o'clock, in the church. Board of Deacons punch opera- | occur | Miners’ Strike Likely To Pass Truman Deadline (By Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, May 14. Opinion in Capitol Hill circles to- day is that the soft-coal strike will be settled this week, but not by the deadline set at tomorrow {by President Truman. Lewis’ demands for royalties and assessments likely will be outlawed. } While vast numbers of miners jare back at work, many thous- ands are still refusing to return to the pits. Of Pennsylvania’: 100,000 only 34,000 are in the mines, and the chief cry of the recalcitrants is, “No contract, no work.” They are contirluing io adhere to that principle despite renew- ed orders by Lewis to go to work during the two weeks’ truce. Others said their refusal to re- sume working is because they have not been assured unemploy- ment compensation. | 14,000 Refuse to Work , In Ohio and Illinois practically all the miners are back at work, but in Alabama 14,000 have re- fused to return. Many of the steel mills in the United States are at a standstill today because of shortage of coal. That condition has affected adversely automobile manufact- urers, most of whom are not | producing cars. Steel mill representatives stat- ed that, even though the strike jis settled this week, a month wil] | pass before the mills will be back to normal production. AAAAAADABAAADABSESD Late Bulletins (By Ansoclated Press) VV ITI AMERICANS IN ICELAND MOSCOW, — Russian newspa |pers complained again today iabout the. retention of American troops in Iceland. Editorially. it was said that the United States i: seeking to obtain air bases ir that country. It wads stated fur ther that American troops have not been evacuated from Iceland. even- though the government of |that country has asked that they be withdrawn. { NO ISLAND BASES LONDON. — Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin has informed Jame: Byrnes, foreign secretary of the {United States, that England wil! |not lease any airplane bases in jthe South Pacific.to the Unitec States, though that country may juse them in common with Great ‘Britain, Australia and New Zea- land. | | LOAN REVENUE MEASURE? WASHINGTON. — Representa- \tive Knudsen asserted today he ‘will maintain, when the proposed | British loan comes up for consid jeration in the house, that it is a |Tevenue measure and, therefore, Ishould have originated in the jhouse, not in the senate. He said \that the bill, granting the loan. should have been brought up by the ways and means committee of the house. Mincer, Mills | Visit In City Glenn C. Min TR state State Attorney icer, accompanied by Mill jinvestigator for the attor \ney’s Office, arrived in Key Wast ‘today. They were escorted about city by William V. Albury, Key West, assistant state attorney, to thank friends for the support at the primary election last Tues di the i at The Publisher Citizen JS The trio cz office to greet rtman. TEED NTE IEE \YES, WE HAVE HEAVY-DUTY | 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 and Gas SERVICE STATION |Division at Francis Phone 9134 Draft Law Dies At M if U.S. MIAMI HERALD LENDS Senate Fails e * To Act PAPER TO THE CITIZEN The Citizen, May 10, published a story in which it was stated the paper had left only about a three-week supply of newsprint, and that the size of the paper prob- ably would have to be reduced and ibly publication would have to be discontinued unti be obtained. Today The Citizen is pleased to state that The Miami Herald has congenied to supply The Citizen with paper to tide it over the acute shortage. Yesterday, L. P. -* man, Citizen publisher, telephoned to James L. Knight, business manager of The Herald, and explained to him the position in which The Citizen had been placed be- cause of its inability, over to obtain newsprint. Mr. Knight said that The Herald would lend The Citizen sufficient paper to kee; he stated in The Herald that f per sent to The Citizen, by Company to keep The Citizen going till it received its regular supply, for which L. Knight. As The Citizen is wider ill have to reduce its size by a column while The Herald wi | paper is used. City Manager Dave King bought the first ticket to “America Outdoors” .the Vic- tor Coty movie to be shown here at the high school audi- torium May 24 at 8 p.m, Peeling off a buck, the city manager handed it to Mar- garet Mitchell to ‘start the ticket drive. The second tic- ket was bought by Bernie C. Papy, state representative. Endorsement of the visit to Key West by Victor Coty, nation- ally known lecturer and photog- rapher, was given by the K West Businessmen’s Association last night. The Businessmen took charge of the tickets and will start irive to sell them. Proceeds of 1 motion picture show here will 30 toward paying the expenses of Mr. Coty while here. He will ulso spend his visit photograph- ng Key West and will show the film to audiences throughout the sountr The fact that this advertising vill be one of the ways in which Key West will make itself favor- ably known throughout the na- tion was mentioned by many busihessmen at the meeting. Mr. Coty in Florida now making moving pictures of the natural out door. attractions of the state at the request of the Florida Publicity committee. Mr. Coty does not work on a salary basis. However, in order to photograph most advantageously the best attractions of an area, he requests and expects the co- operation of civic organizations. is Gilmore Sails For Special Training Tas U.S.S. Howard Gilmore de- parted for sea today to con- duct special training opera- tions. The giant seaplane tender will return to port in about ten days. Caribbean fleet exercises are underway now and spec- ulation mounted as to wheth- er the Gilmore were engaged in the maneuvers. Huge units of the U.S. fleet, including the Battle- ship Missouri and several car- riers will be in the maneu- vers, according to news dis- patches from Seventh Naval District. "FI TIIDI ISS. ATWELL ON VACATION Lieut. Ray Atwell of the Key West police department, starts tomorrow on a 15-day vacation. He said he planned to spend the holiday fishing and cruising. Businessmen Sponsor Visit ‘of Photographer Coty Here ‘| while here. WASHINGTON, May MM. «= House approval yesterday of the extension of the draft law will be of no consequence if the measure is not approved by midnight by the senate, which is still unde- cided whether to send the bill te conference among committees representing the nouwse end the senate or to accept it as it was passed by the representatives. Fathers and youth of i 19 years of age are exempted from induction in the measur a» it was passed by the house. it was said that some senators may block the passage of the b ll le cause of that exemption cad changes made by the more paper could te @ period of several months, it going, and this morning e had. ordered enough pa- the Overseas Transportation P. Artman is grateful to Mr. other house. The present law will become inoperative after midnight t night if the senate does mot set ; faovrably on the extension. In j that event, not only will the draft be ended, but the presi dent's powers under the law will cease. Provisions in the law ing benefits to veterans automatically come to the extension fails to get approval, than The Herald, The Citizen Le cooperation consists in mak- ing available to him those per- sons and means of conveyance | to perform his work most effic- iently and to cover expenses Oil W ] Do | ’ e wn For the purpose of offering \ . Over 5,070 Feet Mr. Coty this cooperation and to} discuss with him the desirable tion of their ticular The oil well being drilled a Big Pine Key Was down to 5,070 feet \oday cities, the Florida Publicity and | Publie Relations Association call ed a convention recently at St.| Engineers said it would Petersburg of representatives! usual if oil was struck above from all resort cities in Florida. | 000 feet Key West, however, was not rep-| It is not untél the well resented at this convention | 10,000 to 12,000 feet that t Mr. Coty has expressed his/ i a possibility of salt wate conviction that Key West has} The recent cementing of tremendous natural beauty and | sides of the well were outdoor attractions which, if| Successful. The side by brought before the nation, would and boulde mt result in great numbers of the Mar! ple of various interests v tinually circulated tt our city. His lectures bring him | well to STOOL before the leading fishing and | for the bit and to belp keep garden clubs, scientific societies, | fom sports and civic clubs, audubon societies. His lectures i 'Hoov oe To Air uled on regular tour ex ms Views On Food clusive. He most « oa effective manner financially able WASHINGTON, May mer President Herbe sively The Key West who told President T terd ut the f tion is sponsoring M where he will films. The funds and A this technicolor film theu. United ina tne rot again fall into well siting make a seeping through tt are s and reaches in the those to travel exten person: Hotel A Coty here one of hi from show ay abe pe that he obtained will be expense the Florida exclusively to cover hi while here on the Key: Many Key Westers can testify to the worth of the film, Mr. Coty recently showec North Beach Inn and iy in the st ild be done which | rationin, 1 at the He st 4 nation F Boys Loot Plane |," At Meacham Field, ta George Faraido, tes! in a plane between Havana, today Juvenile Judge that boys had aldo’s cub plane Field | He 20 boys ere ‘tween Flagler a field and stole fror t - Key West complained oO opera and Frank ifled « said that ja a cate, rics, and | plai S gage, altimeter ar He caught fou after he released ther d about them to the ents, Mr | the the his planes. F enile « boys raldc ought Vovewuvewweewerees . Palace Theater ROBERT LOWERY | “ROAD TO ALCATRAZ” News and Seria! 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