The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 20, 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. 120 U.S. Lags In Feeding Hungry World, Is Cry Of Press In Britain PURTHER RATIONING IS* DUE IN ENGLAND AS AMERICA IS REPORT-! ED EATING MORE (Oy Anwecinted Press) LONDON, May 20.—The Brit- teh press complained today that the United States was not going “all e@t” in. providing food for the starving millions in Europe end Asia The papers declared that the people of Great Britain, in order t provide more food for the starving peoples in Europe and Asta, were depriving themselves of many emential foodstuffs and save making sacrifices to in- ereese shipments, while in the United States it was reported thet its people were eating more than ever before Because of the recent shipments of large quantities of food to re- lieve the threetened famine, the government announced that foodstuffs in Great Britain will} be subjected to further reduc- tiene News was received here from Moscow that the Russian govern- ment shortly will abolish ration- ing. @ & result of increased) Quantities of foodstuffs in that} country War Bond Sales Hit $66,913 Here’ A tte! of $66,913 in Series E, F, and G United States ings} tends were bought by the peo- ie of Monroe county in April, eererding to J. J evor, former Wer Femace Committee chair- man who now serves as local liai- | son for the U. S. Treasury De- partment im the continuing sale @t Savings Bonds | April sales compare to 66,662) im March, $75.002 in February, emt 823,197 in January of this year, bringing the total invested be the people of this county in’ government bonds from May 1941 through April 30, 1946 to $7,271, e284, Mr Trevor said | SHORTAGE OF FOOD TO STAY 3 YEAR: | BHOONOMIST ASSERTS (Ry Annoctated Press) WASHINGTON, May 20. sir | debe Byrd Orr, British economist eetd today that worldwide ‘food shortages will not be fully met this year. He added that it will} be three or’ four years before re-' thef m@ the supply of food will be! fet the out the world. | The Meat institute stated that OPA been unsuccessful ih Stepping black marketing in beef end that, af @ result of wet will not normal in the Vansted Sole @ year or more had supply te fu HPRCE SERVICES TO BE TONIGHT Lest rites for Mrs Heres, 50 died werk m@ « Havana te vt ted doers Thre Mars Bure wil tery Carolina late last hospital, will at 6:30 funeral wh tonight the Lopez Re ’ Murphy St Sta f the Sea Catholic ate be in City eeme Boat “Graveyard” Doomed In Beach SaaS LaaaMas City Recreation Group Doll Show Set For May 25 Plans are being made by the recreation division of the Department of Public Wel- fare for a doll show at Bay- view Park May 25 at 10 a.m. Prizes will be given for the most beautiful doll, the most unusual doll, the most orig- — and the bast dressed Entries may be registered at Bayview Park between 12 noon and | p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. any day this week, Entries must be in be- fore 6 p.m. May 24, it was an- nounced. CAA hid dokad, MacArthur Hits Red Intimidation! (By Associated Preayd TOKYO, May 20.—General MacArthur, supreme commander in Japan, announced today he had decided to put a stop to the Com- munists' intimidation and vio- lence in this city and elsewhere in Japan. He declared that Communists were trying to curtail the liber- ties of others while clamoring for fairness and justice. Communists’ leaders — replied that their party had not been in- volved in any of the unlawful demonstrations that had been made recently in Japan. Japan's new premier said -he expected to announce the com- pletion of his cabinet by night- fall. STATE ROAD PLAN BANS CONSTRUCTION OF “HONKEY. TONKS’ The State Road department, which, by virtue of a recent lease agreement with the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge district, controls 1,000 acres of lands in ithe area, will not sell any of the lands within the district territory, it was stated at a Marathon mee? ing of the SRD Friday. The department said that it was; willing to grant favorable leases | which would be acceptable to prospective builders an@ develop- ers and leases of long duration | but added that in each lease | would be specifications as to a proper type of building. This plan, it is expected, will eliminate the so-called honkey- tonk types of establishments in the district. Spottswood’s Car Damaged By Blaze The automobile of John Spotts- wood, manager of Station WKWF was damaged by fire Saturday afternoon. Mr. Spottswood said the cai muffler became overheated he was enroute to a road depart- t meeting at Pigeon Key about 2 p.m. Although a hole was burned in the c; rear seat, the machine was not badly damaged. Charles Smith, attached to the radio station, was a passenger in | the car Be immunization. | which The Key | SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1946: THE Diptheria Scare Causes Big Rush at Health Center; Three hundred and two persons jammed the Monroe County ; Health Unit Saturday morning} following news of a few diptheria cases in the city. There were 89.at the unit Fri- day. Dr. James B. Parramore,; director, said that “shots” were , being given those applying for! Diphtheria usually occurs in} the summer and fall, Dr. Parra- more said. Recent appeal went out from the State Board of Health to be more alert to diph- theria threats. No child need have diphtheria, the board said. The first immuni- | zation against the malady should be given before an infant has reached the age of one year. It is then advisable to give the child a booster shot about the time of entering school and again around the ninth or tenth birthday. If all children are im- munized according to this plan, diphtheria will disappear, the health official said. Sugar Production Sets New Record In Glades Mill CLEWISTON, May 20 (FNS).— Breaking every existing record in Everglades ‘history and estab- lishing a new world’s record for amount of cane ground by a/ single tandem mill, the 1945-46 sugar harvest of 1,020,000 gross j tons of cane ended as the last freight car was dumped at the} sugar house of the United States Sugar Corp. With whistlés blowing, torpe- does on train tracks exploding, the 49,190th car from South Bay Plantation was dumped at the sugar house before a celebrating audience of more than 300 per- sons, as the 193-day season came | to a close. The new world’s grinding rec- ord for a single tandom mill was established by the sugar house, largest in the nation, with the grinding of 977,961 net tons of cane during the season. Grinding will continue for the next three | days, when final production fig- ures will become available for the season, which already is} known to be a record-breaking } one. For a sugar-short nation, the j present harvest has produced | enough sugar to provide every | man, woman and child in the United States with one month’s supply. Approximately 30,000 acres of cane were cut and handled with more than 400 freight car loads of cane moving in daily from the company’s twelve plantations ex- | tending some 50 miles through | the Everglades. | Following the closing of the! sugar house, all sugar house em- | ployees along with those of the! transportation division will re- ceive a week’s vacation, after! all equipment will be! overhauled during the summer | months and placed in condition | for the beginning of the new} harvest next October. ‘Duval Apartment Damaged by Fire’ Fire, originating from a short} circuit in a radio set, badly dam- Cleanup Drive | aged the: apartment occupied by | | Evelio Valdez, above the Gomez furniture store at 720 Duval bi NEWSPAPER. IN: Boca Chica Electric Shop ‘Aides. | LEFT TO RIGHT. bottom. are J. E. Bayne, J. O, Ferrell, F. H. Green, J. H. Planas. In the top row are J. D, Milam, H. Gemenez, J. M. Morrison, G. B. F. Cowley, T. R.' Adams, F..A. Losley and C. A. Losey. all of the Boca Chica electric shop staff. City Quiet Over Weekend As Gambling Spots Close With the lid clamped down ~ Fifteen persons arrested on tight on gambling spots and}saming charges early Saturday other alleged iniquity, | morning were due to appear be- the calmest weekends in many al The Chief of police reiterated moon Saturday and Sunday. | his warning today that arrests Police Chief Louis M. J. Eisner’ will be promptly made wherever reported that all sg-called gam- evidenge of gambling is detected. bling spots had apparently abid-| With the hot spots closed ed by his orders to close and! down, pleasure-seeking citizens stay closed. {and visitors thronged beaches, Not a single gambling arrest| went fishing and otherwise in- was made over the weekend and | dulged.in pastimes not frowned! the only persons who found: upon by the law. themselves in the clutches of} An increase on church atten- the police were . several meni dance was noted yesterday, pas- ; charged with intoxication. ‘| tors reported. dens of Boca Chica Officer Tells , of Outwitting Jap Pilots FO FT PS IF 8) Diminutive Lieut. (jg) G. E. Rutledge, Orlando, settled back in his chair and, in a nostalgic voice, began to recall the early {days of the. war when he was Coty Delayed; ¥ ,, i » 4 | exposed toé-an'environment much To Show Film |Jess: serene than that behind the Here On June 7 | Ofticer of the Day’s desk at Boca “America Outdoors”, a tech- ae nicolor film by Victor Coty, | Lt. Rutledge enlisted as an widely known New York aviation cadet in September of photographer and lecturer, will be shown here June 7, instead of May 24, Mrs. Mar- garet Mitchell, publicity chairman of the Key West Hotel association, said today. The association is sponsor- ing Photographer Coty’s visit here. A stay in filming Florida State Parks has necessitated the change of cate. A tele- gram received from Mr. Coty states: “Must film Florida National and State Parks en- route. Arriving Key West June 3. Couid stay long enough then to do reasonable justice to your section, Please wire if satisfactory and date of my lecture. So far results superb, including Key West film.” Funds being collected to- ward the lecture to be given here June 7 will be used to defray Mr. Coty’s expenses. Remaining funds will apply to a civic project. FF SF SS ST FF | Elijah Spencer Rites Are Held Elijah Spencer, 75, died Sunday afternoon at a local hospital after a short illness Funeral services were held to- Iday at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of UY, S. {1942 and received his wings at Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 4,) '1943. He qualified in carrier !landings at Great Lakes and ‘joined a fighter squadron of | F4U’s aboard the USS Hancock, , CV-19. Shortly thereafter he found himself 100 miles off the , Shore of Japan, participating in fighter sweeps over Kyushu. ‘Phe lieutenant found his first appearance in the international affair was, almost his last. While firing rockets on naval installa- tions his plane was hit by Jap- nese ack-ack from the Kago- | shima air base. | ‘With his engine sputtering he} returned to within a few miles} jof the carrier and then made aj | forced landing in the ocean. He | | was picked up by a destroyer | and returned to his carrier group. | Undaunted, he then begen to; fly air support this time for the} s invasion of Okinawa. | | During this mission a kamikaze | | plane struck the. bow of the Hen cock putting the hanger and flight decks in a caretaker status. | Rutledge barely landed but es- | caped this time too. During the surrender in Tokyo Bay, Rutledge was in the air armada overhead. Shortly there- after he kissed the soil of the United States. He brought back j five air medals t ee "RELINQUISHES THE USA. Full - Seale War Rages In Teheran, Radio Announces (By Ansociated Press) LONDON, May 20. — While Teheran reported today that there might have been some “border clashes” in Iran, Radio Tabitz announced that full-scale fighting was in progress along a 150-mile front in Aberjaiban. Tabriz reported further that |——————__——_-—-® 15,000° government troops, fol-} ; lowing on the heels of evacuat-| Ing Russians, had crossed the’ j border into Aberjaiban. } That entire province is in re-| volt in opposing government forces, the statement further said. Besides, Iranian troops were reported to have invaded Kur- destan, but were thrown back with heavy losses by the fero-} : cious Kurds. 3 ' Both Teheran and Tabriz an- nounced that “ali Russian troops” are out of Iran.” To that state-: ment, the Tabriz spokesman. added that, as the Russians marched out of the country, Iran-! ian troops followed closely be-'! @ hind the Russians. | Aberjaiban forces are said to be resisting doggedly the ad-, vances of government troops, spearheaded by tanks and mobile guns. Fighting this afternoon, Tabriz said, was in progress} along the greater part of the front. Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) OPINIONS ASKED OF LEADERS LONDON.—British officials in Jerusalem todey asked Arab and Jewish leaders to prepare and file with the British opinions pbout the proposal to admit 100,- 000 Jews into Palestine. Leaders were given till June 20 to file their reports. NAPLES CLASHES. REPORTED NAPLES.—Several clashes were reported here today between monarchist and fascist followers. “FRENCHIFY” SPAIN MADRID.—Dictator Franco decz:ared today France is attempting to. ”French- ify” Spain. He added that Rus- sia is “meddling” in Spanish af- fairs. SAAR CHANGE ASKED PARIS.—Some French news-; papers today advocated that the Saar region be taken over by France. HUNGARIAN it EPARATIONS MOSCOW.—Moscow announc- } ed today that Hungary had agreed to give $80,000,000 in reparations to Yugoslavia. Payment will be in materials, chiefly minerals. BYRNES *O SPEAK WASHINGTON. — Secretary Jemes F. Byrnes will make an/| address over tne radio tonight) about the series of conferences that were held by the Big Four in| Paris. ARMY, NAVY LAND ASKED FOR NEGRO RECREATION PARK Move to secure negro recrea- tional facilities is being respond- } ed to by civic organizations, City | Manager Dave King said tod Organizations of the city have been sent letters asking that they telegraph their congressmen that | land owned by the Army and} the Navy and which is situated! adjacent to the city electric sys ‘tem’s plant be turned over to the} negroes for their use. Chamber of Commerce has wired its approval of the project] to congressional delegates. The land is not in use now and is near | a large negro housing section. | The negroes are badly cramped| for space and could use this land | nicely, Mr. King said A section of waterfront is a badly needed for a negro bathing | dation ribbon from Capt. W. H./ Hamilton, commanding officer of NAS here. Hardin supervised the installation of equipment in three highly efficient laboratories, thus assisting in the perfecting of anti- submarine tactics and torpedo and bombing practices and contribut- ed greatly in the training of pro- ficient combat pilots for the fleet. Traffic Death Inquest Delayed Inquest into the death of Charles Francis Morey, who had his left leg torn off by an auto mobile May 5, at the southerly approach: te Tom Harbor’ bridge’ | No. 3, was adjourned for a week Saturday afternoon by Coroner E. R. Lowe, of Tavernier, be cause of the absence of the main Francisco | witness, Sam Bornstein, that | had in, Coroner Lowe said he been informed ‘that Bopnst who was with Morsey fishing the time of the accident, had gone to New York on a business trip. Thomas Lauderdale, been the driver struck Morsey Felton Paul, of Fort alleged to have of the car that Absentee Voting Starts; Deadline Comine Friday Absentee voting began tht morning in the office for the second primar n May 28. Friday at 5 p.m. is the deadline for absentee voting county judge City’s Fame As Center Gr Although Key West the grounds fulfilled soon Recent trip bank, about 60 miles Dog raised country’s greatest fishin a long felt lack may to th known officials here marlin to the fortunately did not trolled bait The Cat Cz are held cach island in the famous beca brought in. Ke thing in fishing three to sporting fish suc and the ix hundre ble fish we é zi it E z | Ls | ii! | fy ; ia is ! Pfs eT | boulevard, White, stretch of Whitehead street tween Eaton and the emirates Action to constrwet the bese vard was first taken by the one ty commissioners af «¢ sewling held on February &, 1823 «hes @ pelitton, signed by freetettews and other teskieets of Mtece county, was preset, “request ing the board to comatrurt « bah way and retemng well onecnd the Island of Key West, ead questing Unat saad lends be «jeer! of the road bead waue AU that time the come aangs oompreed Witten B Pee Braxton B Warren, 2 Ge Kirchheiner Rervakb cmd Hilten Curry eter = Ween and Kirche: voted “Ve the pruporsl, gad Curey ond fie valid voted “Ne The propanad te pees te uke Of the tanke by « commiiter 6 . ve cn gamenaet { the State Ros Cast Diet ra (Continue Reed tures ft in fm Fishing owing Rapidly street, Saturday ' - 4 2 Pritchard re ome. The cleanup campaign likely| Kitchen furniture and part of! sre lean Pes by a H beach, King said. will be completed by tomorrow/ the apartment wall were dam-/p,other and two sisters. | Other naval property which | has greatly increased in size dur mctucted by wrtment CUBAN NAVY BASES (By AssociatedP: > SHINGTON, May 20.—It jacent to the going fish and white | up to 200 WE | or the said In a free move to keep the area of old boats and other un- e burned direction ction owners to refrain from abandon- ng their discarded vessels on the beach SAAABA444444444444 | PRESCRIPTIONS fers. fs2* Ingredients Let Us Check Your Brakes Compounded by Experienced Len Smith Aute Service Pharmacists White 4! Plemiay Phone § GARDNER’S PHARMACY (eV VCwwwvvw Verve next day, the fire chief | sightly debris, Chief Torres asked | aged by the blaze. Fire Chief} Torres set the damage at approx- | {imately $300. H Mr. Valdez is a nephew of E. C. Gomez, owner of the furniture store. Firemen fought the blaze for nearly an hour. FEEEEEEEEEEEREBEE EERE SED ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY'S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone S4f Ra im Barrecks” | Phone 177 Free Delivery PEEEEEEEEE EEE E PEER BH” was announced today that the] i United States had relinquished | bases in Cuba that had been ac- = i CARDINAL GASPARI IS DEAD IN ROME n ‘, aac , quired during the war. ROME, ““Deith. Of Enrique! The Navy is still maintaining a : : 5 wal "its base at Guantanamo, which Cardinal Gasparri, 75, was offi-rs4. United States has had since Pe en eee ! Spanish-American war days lL we WOOT VV TTT fa.n"| Palace Theater Cars JOHN WAYNE in *“*DAKOTA?’?’ News and Serial AASAAOSOSS OSES Genuine avo” PAR SEAT COVERS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS} 121 Duval Street wees Phono 41? —— ing the war is sought by the city. ce ey PIONEER HOTEL 151 N. E, FIRST STREE! In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “BEST FORK A NIGHT'S REST‘ One Block West of Bus Depot ‘ about six feet With news civie organizat sor the fishing t ter and also pub further development can nr | considered Key West's charter fishin is getting bigger the time. There and bette are many | over 40 feet in the fleet and to come. Prices are good the 60 mile trip to Dry T: and these fishing ground Salt Cay bank can be made neem OUR FACTORY METHODS Can Show You Reel Pertormamce end Be omoumy HAVE YOU CAR TUNED TODAY FOR SUMMER DRIVING NAVARRO, Ine. OUT Duval Strees i ccieieeneeemmmeeneaenanianaie