The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 1, 1946, Page 1

s Wire ime Devoted to the @t Key West LAVEL. No. 131 Status Changed; Reduced Operational Basis Now Effective SP OF PERSONNEL® WAY EXPHCT TO STAY "SOOTIAOSS, therm sew pimec. Pope Urges THVE BY U5. NAVY Losing. Nations ee 2 OAS Bevel Ae! To Sign Pacts ee Bee Went, has been! (My Associated Preas emeed tee 2 modified care-| (he Motus te 6 duced opera | none, Sears aD load oe } Ae al ” XL in a broadcast today said the delay in making treaties ae & Con w with Italy and other coun- BAR ow ars tries that were involved in oe the war on the losing side, is om causing much unrest, not only aut im the countries affected but 6 irate. also in most parts of the world. He added that the quicker the treaties are adopted. the sooner the world will return fo normalcy. Wars. CLL Holiday Death Toll Mounting (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, June 1—The death toll during the holiday week-end reached 161 by. early “ wee ennounced MN. Hew ston, | weed the thee change | of 8 Navy wed ty him this seecks tere frem the ( Memilton | Boca this afternoon. Sixty-six of them! cidents. man for the National were traffic A spoke: Safety Council said that 98 more | ys will be added to the ath toll before today is over, i 105 tomorrow. '40 AND 8 OFFICERS INSTALLED TONIGHT Installation of officers of Voi- ture 718, the “40 and 8.” Amer- sean Lesion,-will take place :to- night at 5 o'clock, at the Key West Yacht club. Voyegeurs from Miami, in- cluding H. Frost Bailey, de- pertment commander: Edward Deering, tenth disttict com- mandre, and E. Meade Wilson, post department commander, ere expected to be present. Officers to be installed are: Chef de gare, George J.” Per- k. chef de train, Keenan L. ire intendant, conducteur, Stirrup; de de la George W. Sikes; lam- Iva D. Watson; comiss voy- Herman R. Anderson; am- Albert L. Di Negro, Jr.; Dr. William P. Kemp; Fred L. Marvil, U. J. Horace O'Bryant. per 4 d ic Delg n, inots, and Long Range Production Boom Seen By Industry, » will the pent-up buying demand keep mee production hits full scale? Magarine. after a careful survey, con- vd for new homes and other build- the United States until 1957. ~ ent, business investment, world trade activity, and on} nment financial policy. The k barring war or war, is gener- here, ations for rable second type of boom ap- tly to those industries been unable to pro- at all during the war, or t fill but a fraction of the and. These industries will tmulated to meet high nor- demands and to fill deferred mand that has piled up in re- Becau thee automobile lng industries bring pros- ty to many allied trades, the wgazine says “it seems reason- forecast a general high vel of industrial activity start- “¢ this fall which will run for x four years.” When automaking commences slacken, after 1951, activity the building industry will just eaching its peak, the survey Tens GARAGE. oie NRT ‘~ « ‘| CASA CAYO HUESO = y , AR AGE (The Southernmost House) Repairs, Painting. a Fender U ork COCKTAIL LOUNGE of Rute Parts ~———-Opens 5 P.M. Daily: 1400 Duval at South St. ree DINING ROOM and and | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE el KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1946 Government Of Pits To - Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) REDS NEAR MUKDEN CHUNGKING.— Today Com munist leaders, in following up on the report, of “vicior' yester- day by the Nationalists, declared | that the Communists now have} the whiphand at a point 60 miles; south of Mukden, Johnson Home, Old Landmark, Sold By Heirs The Johnson homestead for more than three-quarters of a century, on the northeast cor- ner of Duval and Eaton streets, has been sold by the Johnson heirs for $9,000, ac- cording to a deed filed yes- terday afternoon ‘in the coun- ty clerk's office. The sellers are Wilbur P. Johnson, Laura M. Holm, Frederick Raymond Johnson and James L. Johnson, and the buyers are Fred J. Dion, W. F. Caudell and C. H. Cau- dell. The plot has a frontage of 130 feet on Duval and 134 feet on Eaton street. TSI III IDS ST. Airline Decision Expected Soon jin an automobile for Maryland, | i Rogelio Gomez, Key West where he will receive an honor- Eps sec ee ea a a ary degree at Washington Col-|#i"Plane line between here anc - | Havana, has left for. Miami and {the Cuban metropolis in the in- jinterests of the plane s ITALIAN PLEBISCITE ROME.—A national plebiscite | is being held today in Italy to de-; termine whether or not Italians! are in favor of retaining their monarchy. SPANISH REPORT READY NEW YORK.—The five-man committee that was appointed to investigate conditions in Spain reported today that it will be ready to submit its findings to the UN Security Council on Mon- day or Tuesday. HAVANA ELECTION TODAY HAVANA.—Cubans today are going to the polls to elect the mayor of this city and the mayors \jof 126 other cities in Cuba. Mem- bers of the senate and house will be elected. This afternoon it was} Predicted that voting throughout the republic will be the largest in many years, \TRUMAN TO GET | ANOTHER DEGREE | (iy Associated Prens) WASHINGTON, June 1.—Pres- {ident Truman this afternoon left} | lege. 1 It will make four degrees that have been conferred on him in the last month. which owns five planes and Poles Get Back starting the service. Captured Machinery The firm has a petition before WARSAW — (AP) — Polish in-! hte CAB in Washington and a de- dustries ‘slowly afe getting back | ision on the request for the air- machinery stripped from fac- { line service is expected to be tories by the Nazis and carted off ; f"heoming shortly. ss CUBAN R into Germany: nk Six hundred carloads have 4 VISITING ISLAND ON FERRY PROTECT been returned to the “Pionki factory near Radom, not far} from Warsaw. Electrical and| B. G. Gili, Cuban engineer who printing equipment has arrived’ has been working for the estab- ‘from _Oranienburg. Forty car-!jishment of a ferry system from j loads of machinery for the Lodz’ Key West to Cuba and from and “Czestochowa textile mills! Cuba to Mexico for the past ten are being shipped from the Brit- , arrived here today for ish occupation zone in Ger-! conference with the city manager many. jon the proposed ferry line to be blished by the Gulf Atlantic nship Co. Mr. Gili, who has been in New York, Washington and other »| cities in behalf of the ferry : SO ' tem, plans to return to 1 next Monday. | Acting City John E. Pickens,’ Rp. Roberts said this morning he \chairman; Earl Hamilton, vice- had no conference of this kind jchairman; Mr: shed ated! and Albert Care; Earl R. Adams, pre the Central organization, dressed the mecting. t | Child Welfare Group Names New Oyficers The Child Welfare meeting at the Duval st Si | i | | i counc j {lo atl Rev. | of | ad- (Ft. Myers City Editor Visits Citizen Office Stuart Rabb, city editor of the| Members of the Key FL Myers News-Press, was a| Business Men’s association ‘Key West visitor Saturday. His | ¢XPected to attend the Tuesday calling list included The Citizen, | ion of the City Commission where he greeted Publisher L, P, |t® Combat the threatened spread ‘lof infantile paralysis in the | community. The business men requested that acting City Manager | West e i Travel Difficulties SYDNEY, Australia. — AP —} Alexander Solomon of Gular-j} gambone, the first full-blooded ; aboriginal appointed to the New; ; South Wales Aborigines’ Welfare | Board, resigned after three cial meeting of the commission to permit the association mem- bers to go on record as offi- week garbage months and went back to the} throughout the city. bush. He said he lost too much} yy, Roberts informed the ; money traveling to Sydney for; businessmen that, since the in- board meetings—375 miles each) creased garbage collections start- | way. led May 26, a special meeting would be unnecessary and in- DANCE jvited the group to attend the regular commission meeting. and Every Night 8 P.M. to 2 AM. To the Music of TOMMY THOMPSON and His Band SLOPPY JOE’S BAR “The Best Drinks In Town” Announcing the... (Rear of Poinc: SEE ama Pink and After-Glow Bou Hybrid Hibiscus ePlumbago, = * He represents a Cuban firm | | which is said to be interested in | a’ Businessmen, City Dads Meet Tuesday On Polio Charles R. Roberts call a spe- | cially sponsoring the twice-a- | collection | OPENING or JACK BAKER'S NURSERY 3391 AVENUE eBlack Everglades Top Soil eMarsh Seedless, Grape- fruit Trees eHaden Mangoes eHall, Herman and Lula Avocado Trees Valencia Oranges eLime Trees eLarge Pan- Alemanders eLovely Large Gardenias eBeautiful Selection of AND MANY OTHERS Se te ttt tte Operation Be Decided At Owners-U.S. Parley), (Speelal to The Citizen) ; Soft coal mines as the govern-| | ment’s representative, and mine owners, will hold a conference j Monday to determine whether or! { not the mines will be relinquished | | by the government, | It was said that, while a great majority of operators are anx- ious to take back their mines, they will not do so until they heve received OPA assurances that prices will be advanced sufficiently, in the sale of coal, to offset increases in mining the fuel. : i Krug said he thought that an | {advance of 25 cents a ton will take care of the wage increase fof 18% cents an hour and the { welfare fund, which will amount ; | to $25,000,000 annually, but op- erators declared that their opin- ion was the cost would be 30 ;cents more a ton. It would exceed that amount, ;the operators said, if min ij work six, instead of five, daj a week, because, according :to the new contract, they must be paid | time and one-half when they are in the pits on the sixth} day, which is eight hours in ex- cess of the weekly standard of 40 hours, i} i i } i } | a Albury Services Set For Today! Funeral services for Charles E. | |Albury, 58, who died Friday ‘morning at a local hospital, will | ;be held this afternoon at 4:30° jfrom the Fleming Street Mcth-! ‘ odist church where the body was, »placed at 2. o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot in City cemetery. Survivors are Blanche Albu Albury; a broth and a sister, Lucy. Baker. | his -wife, Mrs. a son, Scattered showers are due over | the weekend, Obse r Sam Gold smith of the U.S. Weather Bureau | reported today. His forecast: Partly cloudy this afternoon, | tonight and Sunday with wide- ly scattered showers late to- night or Sunday. Moderate to fresh east and southeast winds.” Tomorrow’s tides: High, 1:07 am. and 12:11 p.m.; low, 5:22 ‘aim. and 7:21 p.m. The acting city manager also requested the presence of Dr.! James B. Parramore, county | health director; Robert Dopp, | service director; Ralph Sierra, | chairman of the Monroe county | ‘chapter of the National Founda- | ition for Infantile Paralysis and others. In his communication to the businessmen’s group, Mr. Rob- erts asserted that. scavanger trucks have been provided with spray guns and a solution of DDT and drivers have been given instructions to spray all containers containing wet gar- bage and to see that such con- tainers are kept covered. The same precautionary me lures, Mr. Roberts _ said, | been ordered placed in effect ithe city dump. “RE? ‘iana Infirmary) i i| | gainviflaea eYellow and Purple Pentas, Thumbergia Brunfelsia “ae i Mervin |! , Oliver Albury ; | graveside, will be conducted by | | the Re’ | be the i {| William Cullingford, Charle iF POOR OLD CRAIG U.S. Ae 2 More Ches ; Of Suspected Polio In City One new case of suspected in- ‘antile paralysis was reported in Key West this morning, Dr. James B, Parramore, county health di- rector, announced today. e The patient, a 20-year-old mar- ried woman, was rushed to Jack- son Memorial hospital, Miami, where tests will be made to de- termine if the case .is positive. Another suspected case—a sev- en-year-old child, turned out to Sunday School Classes Banned All Sunday school sessions in city churches have been canceled during the polio emergency, the Monroe Coun- ty Ministerial association an- nounced today. Church services conducted as usual. The order banning the Sunday school sessions was signed by the Rev. E. S. Do- herty, president, and the Rev. C. T. Howes, secretary, of the ministerial group. A similar announcement was ‘made by the Colored Ministerial asso- ciation. will be be said. Total number of positive cases reported here so far is five. One of the victims, a 55-year-old woman, died, leaving the num- ber of cases ai four. Asserting that the polio sit- uation “had improved.” Dr. Parramore nevertheless warn- ed the public not to relax its vigilance in combating the i spread of the dread disease. Dr. ramore Said he under- stood a supply of DDT had arriv- ed from Miami for use here. The chemical is to be sprayed over the Keys area by Navy. air- planes. Watkins Rites L Set For Sunday for Mrs. Anna M. 85, pioneer Key West who died here recent: Il be conducted tomorrow at 5 p. m. at the Fleming Street Metodist Church. The rites, to be | held at the and ‘the | negative, Dr. Parramore | rvices kins, resident | | | church Arthur Cox and the Howes. The body will} vced in the church at 2] Rev ' o'cloe Mr pioneer home of Roberts, member of a had lived at the, ghter, Mrs. B. P.} South strect for} ist year. Before that she; lived at 1022 Elgin street: | Mrs. Watkins was born in! West Sept. 18, 1860. She | s a life long resident of the) ad 1211 es city Survivors include two daugh- floares and Mrs West; three son: and Don M. Watkins and Commander J. N. at present stationed in Parris Island, 12. grand-! children, four great grandchil-| dren and one great great grand child Two sons, Paul and Ben, ar rived here this morning for the funeral. Commander Watkins was advised not to make the trip at this time due to a serious op- ition he had recently under- ‘one. Mrs. Watkins and last of f¢ e | was the eldes r children of the late Emilius and Sara rilsen of Copenhagen, Denmark. Upon arriving in this country Mr. Neil-] sen changed his name to Nelson and the family since then had} always gone by that naine. Following are the pall bearer: Cur ge F.| ao as. tis, Ulric Henson, C Roberts, Carl Bervaldi Chester B. Sawyer. 3urial will be in the family lot in the City cemetery. OPEN SUNDAY From 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. To Serve You GAS - OIL - PARTS Batteries Charged Flats Fixed GREASE and SPRAY JOBS 1 SERVICE STATION Al Armengol, Owner Itvision at Francis St. Ph. 9134 | Cha {tered its third day Truman Labor , Is Passed By Senate SIITIIOaHs City Spraying Manholes To Kill Roaches Spraying of all manholes in city streets is underway, Rob- ert Dopp, public service di- rector, announced today. The spraying, Mr. Dopp said, is to eliminate roaches which infest the manholes. Whether roaches carry virus causing infantile pa- ralysis is not known, but Mr. Dopp said he was cooperating with the health department in taking all precautions to prevent the spread of the dis- ease. Hundreds of the roaches, some of them several inches long, have been found in each manhole, Mr. Dopp said. dado Traffic Victim Reported Better Condition of Jimmy Lee Mor- rison, son of Marine Sgt. and) Mrs. Thomas I. Morrison, who} was injured when he _ was knocked from his bicycle by a Navy truck, was reported im- proved today at the Navy hos- pital. The youth suffered a frac- tured collarbone, body bruises and a possible fracture of his | right arm, hospital attaches | said. The accident occured, ac+ cording to police records, when the youth dashed in front of the Navy truck at Whitehead and Catherine streets. | | White House So BIKE INJURY CAS ' PROBE COMPLETED BY CITY OFFICIALS City officials today completed an investigation of the claims of Eugene F. Knowles, 9-F Porter place, who said he was injured when his bicycle struck a rut jin a city street. Contending that the rut in the the accident, Mr Knowles claims the street caused city was liable, and ment. requested a settle Knowles said he suffered 1 fractured nose when he hrown from the bieyele. Investigation of the wa completed by acting City Man ager Charles R. Roberts, City At torney Lance Lester and Robert Dopp, public services director The report will be submitted to City Manager Dave King when he returns from an upstate bus ness trip Mond was {CITY MANAGER DUE BACK HOME MOND 4) City Manager Dave King, whe has been on an upstate business trip for the past ten days, is due back in the city Monday Mr. King has been in Jackson ville, Tallahassee and Mobile, A gathering data on the pro Key West-Havana =m. ferry R. Roberts v city manager during Mr absence. acting King NTHRACITE STRIKE ENTERS THIRD DAY (By A tod ' WASHINGTON, June 1 strike of hard coal miners en today with out anything having been done toward a settlement of the dif ferences between the workers and the operators of anthracite mines The sUUUUAGUUAUUOUEEEDE ES cHUEEA LATTER, FOR INFORMATION .. . concerning BUILDING Mater’ Authorizations and Priorities, see BRUCE SAWYER, city building | inspector, or phone his office, No. | 802, between 2 and 5 p.m. daily. except Saturdays. “UUDTTANUVVHVTEETEOOEULTTU ALATA EOP EVER * otteen «i & of criminal acti tes cate strikes agetmet te Geeere ment The bill now wilt ge t conference ts seheded te Tor day. It wos precseted that te ferees are net Tiely te eeh © agreement beeeae of eral differences @ i came out of the Hear at? © was shorn by the semete for Miami, where a ph Mn ftly--Carry ‘Big Sticks’ By FRARE | WRLLOP AP Newsteatere: ® = Laeger ay " with edges pute the the White Me be couse He’) new inape snif lie The inspecter i 8 axe handles tat ene 160. Me comte bie fet black hetr etrasgtt be © rimless ‘spets oe be ond telke with Bh & together if pow steew make his lean face © the skin on « enaee a MP, Co Palace Theater PHIL MARES “1 Love 4 Bamdieed News and Bers seeeeeeeeeee