The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 8, 1946, Page 1

Press ‘and AP Interests of Key West VOLUME LXV. No. 137 Of City Board Called! Day Wire Features Years Davoted to the TH Orphans Finding Refuge ), In England ‘ By KIT STODDART AP Newsteatures E SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1946 Fan Theft To Combat PolioHere COMMISSION SLATED TO MEET TONIGHT: NO NEW CASES OF MALADY REPORTED Meyer William W. Demeritt i merning ordered an emer- Gey meeting of the city com- tonight at 8:30 o'clock ection in combating the @ imftantile paralysis. wes in conference with City Attor- Lester preparing toward the polio situation. Demeritt said he had 08 teeued « general closing order @ & veeult of the polio spread, St quverted that the city com- @ueetee would consider what- ewer tegisletion was prepared at this morning's conference. ‘The action follows a lengthy esting ot the health center test wight at which health offi- @ems members of the Key ‘West Housing authority, Navy @icers, physicians and others Were present to discuss the pee siiuelion. t dames B. Parramore, emamty health director, told The (Reem this morning that no Gee canes of the disease had been eeperted im this area. The num- ter of pwitive Key West case: e8 of which are in Memorial; emp ital Miami, is ten, Dr. Parramore said Winess Is Fatal To Fruit Buyer Semph L. Norton, 76, 621 Caro- Wee street died recently after a aber ite os ‘Me Rorton was a retived fruit ayer and came to Key West} eee years ago from Richmond, ve te & ie a Pune oa ef forme will PRYRILLO REPORTED To BE READYING LEA LAW BATTLE aenoriated rex) at } 4 | *ived by a niece, Mrs. | of Coxcreek,! Johnson arrangements in Pritchard Funeral be announced | PETERSBURG 400 June & to the United left Pe- sT Mw jelegates * i of a have but James dent, and his emained here | cussions be- the subject regarded Petrillo de- ately vio- fight court ac- will be made at i Advertising Man's Ideal Woman; A woman| ‘ross head- | two lette I came just as} | Adelaide letters, found} 1an’s two 4, personally,” d, then You can plain n_ said, outside The Red Cross’.” ® CLASSICAL TIMES Ew mK —H v “poison” i classical icidal pur- weapon n CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1488 Deval at South St DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE 5 P.M. Daily. Open 5 * WANTED: EXPERIENC SPORETARY Apply Manager WANTED! D \Kin Of Goebbles PSOOITI ILS, Knights Hold First Reunion In 13 Years Mr, and Mrs, Jefferson H. Knight, sr., 1209 Washington street, held their first family reunion this week for the first time in 13 years. Mr. and Mrs. J. M, John- son came here from Chicago to be present at the reunion. Mrs. Johnson is the former Matilda Knight. She and Mr. Johnson have returned to their Chicago home, keeude dk Job Demands Exceed Supply, USES Reports’ Applications for jobs still ex- ceed the number of jobs avail- able, Jeff Knight, jr., local man- ager of the local United States | Employment Bureau, said today. } The excess applies more to | general than to skilled labor- ers, he explained. One reason, he added, for the larger num- ber of unskilled laborers is be- cause many of them went di- rectly from high school to war before they had learned a trade. “Tt is the object of the bureau to get employment for .men where they will be in a position to learn a trade,” Mr. Knight said. “Not much progress is be- ing made in«that direction: be cause the demand for jobs ex- ceeds the supply by a large mar- gin. t et Found In Berlin; (By BERLIN, June 8.—The mother, the sister and the ‘brother-in- law of the late Propaganda Min- ister Goebbles have been located Associated Press) }in a surburb of this city, it was|over jealously. announced today. When they were apprehended, } they declared they had to fice! from this city before the end of ; the war because of their anti-! Nazi sentiments. CHINESE - JAVA CLASHES CAUSE EMERGENCY RULE Associated Press) { «By BATAVIA, June 8.—A state of | emergency was declared in Java } today by Indonesian leaders be- cause of the frequent clashes that have occurred in many parts; of the country between natives and Chinese. Attempts are being made to drive the Chinese from Java for economic reasons. Chinese lead- } ers here announced that Monday | will be a day of sorrowing for them in commeration of the Chinese who died in the attacks on them. CLUB SUGALOA DANCE Music by Club Orchestra TONIGHT and EVERY NIGHT No Cover - No Minimum OPEN EVERY DAY and SUNDAY Music Week Days (Except Mon.) \LINGFIELD, surrey. — six! hundred orphans who survived! the horrors of Auschwitz, Rav- ensbruek, Dachau and Belsen are being nursed back io health and happiness in small hostels scattered over England. More are arriving every day! by British troop transport to fill the country’s quota of 1,000 un- der a rehabilitation scheme spon- sored by UNRRA. Their lives have been saved, but their future is still uncer-} tain. UNRRA authorities said national and international Jaws make their adoption difficult, and so far no master plan has} been made for them to re-enter a normal, civilized world. Bedtime is the most poignant hour of the day for the 29 or- phans, ages 4 to 18, housed \\here in the old world mansion of Sir Benjamin Drage, The children are happy and busy all day, but when games are put aside and each child is tucked into his own. patch- work-quilted cot, the tiny faces grow wistful and thin arms cling around the necks of the older orphans acting as little mothers to the younger child- ren. Those of school age go each day to the little school in the village, where they are learning English. They have not forgotten their experiences. One little ten-| year-old girl cries bitterly at night. “Don’t hurt my little brother—please don’t take him away,” she begs. Her brother) cannot be found. When the children first ar- rived at the hostel they were driven into hysterics by the sight | of Sir Benjamin’s black Alsatian. The only dogs they knew were} the, German police dogs which patrolled ‘the camps “and were; used to terrori: Under the care of the Jewi Refugee Committee, the children are being given all the love and} attention possible. Their strong- est characteristic is demonstra- | tiveness and a craving for affec-| of possession. Each child has his own clothes, pajamas, bathrobe | slippers, toys and bedside table or some drawer where tiny pos- sessions, free from prying ¢) can be hoarded and watched | And a hot bath every night § is high on the list of wonders. A file of tiny bathrobed fig- | ures eyes shining in their thin roomed to proportions described roulette flourish. faces, cropped heads just | sprouting down, trail Indian- | fashion down the corridor on | the way to the bathroom. Six-year-old curly-headed Ju- dith, lovely little Viennese, roll- ed up the sleeve of her robe and solemnly showed me her “vac- | cination mark,” the ugly num- erals 1009 branded on the soft flesh. Two minutes later she was happily playing fountains, with her mouth-wash. Straight - haired, solemn - eyed Tanja, si r-old German, has! (Continued on Page Three) ! Key was Sanitary conditions in West are deplorable, it charged at a meeting of health officials at a special meeting here last night to outline plans to spread of infantile arge of the dispensary at the marine base, made the charge. He said: J. A. SUMMONS & SONS Merchant Tailors Suits Made-to-Order for Ladies and Gents Alterations and Repairing Prompt and Courteous Service 10:00 P.M. to 3:00 A.M. P.M. to 4:00 A.M. La Concha Hotel OOOO 4444444444: for 30 Years PHONE 294—J 319 VIRGINIA STREET ' charges and asking the court for | tary three years ago on a rob- | immediately. the prisoners., | | border, e Key NE WSPAPER IN: T — Navy t Sentenced To 3 Years; Criticizes Federal Jury Critizing the U. S. jury which convicted him of conspiracy a “light” sentence, Dennis Yar- bro was given a term of three years in prison by Judge John W. Holland in federal court here today. Convicted recently in con- nection with the theft of fans from the Navy. Yarbro told the court that the verdict re- turned against him was not consistent with’ justice, Admitting a past criminal rec- ord, the defendant said he was paroled from the state peniten- bery charge, adding that the parole is due to expire June 23. He scored the government prose-} cution of the case as “weak” adding he was permitted to testi- fy in his own behalf at the hear- ing because his attorney advised | him not to take the stand be-' cause of his past record. i ' } { i Bread Price Upped Cent A Loaf, OPA Announces * (By Associated Pgess) WASHINGTON, June 8—OPA announced today that the price of all types of bread will be in- creased one cent a loaf, effective Spokesmen for the OPA said i the action was taken to try to j step-up the production of | bread. The department of agriculture announced that it approved the OPA “action. : 1 GET RICH QUICK DREAMS PACK tion. Next in importance is pride; Results Of Lotto Games Posted In The Daily Press! AP Newsfeatures OME.—Gambling—for decades | the long-shot hope of count- less poor Italians—has mush-- by the council of as “preoccupying and grav ! From Sicily to Italy’s northern lotto—the Italian varia- tion of the numbers game—is an institution whose results are post- | ed in. the daily press. | re Government bonds are still! sold with the incentive of millions of lire in prizes for lucky serial | numbers. o many clandestine casinos{ have sprung up that Minister of! the Interior Giuseppe Romita has | asked the council to limit author- | are international tourists. “City fathers should loosen up and clean up. Garbage dis- posal is impossible. If flies are the cause, then clean up the city. Other cities are cleaning up, why not Key West?” Dr. Gardner inquired. Officials of the Key West Hous- {ing Authority, Naval physicians, health offic and others who j attended the meeting, an emergency session, also ad- .|vocated the temporary closing of! | LACONCHA HOTEL DANCE INVITES YOU to AIR - CONDITIONED MUSIC By the LA Gus AYALA (Trumpet) - Jack Dez THOMPSON (Drums) Beginning and Every Night, Except Sundays “The Ideal Spot for That Date Yarbro told the court he haa! HE U.S.A. London In Huge V-E Celebration LONDON, June 8. — Twelve million persons, it was estimated, f been a law abiding citizen since’ Were in this city today to see or he was released on parole and '0 try to see the parade held in that ‘he had worked steadily. He’ Connection with a celebration of denied knowledge of the alleged‘ the first anniversary of V-E Day. crime of which he was convict-}| Twenty-one thousand soldiers, ed. : navy men and members of other | Cooeeoeaws Eisner To Send ;be. taken to make the association addition to casinc called as! The court senienced him to three years on the first count of the conspiracy indictment and a year and a day on the third count, the terms to run concurrently. Yarbro was found innocent on a second count. He was also fined $250. Charles Andrew Pent, also; charged with conspiracy in the same case, was given a suspend- ed sentence of a year and a day each on two counts. He was placed on probation for three} years. Two other defendants in the conspiracy case were turned over to the Navy department. Yarbro and Pent were repre-! sented by Attorneys Enrique Esquinaldo and John Sawyer. | | ! { i | Bad Weather Delays Alamni Meetine Here Meeting of the Key West High Schoo! Alumni association sched- uled for last night, was post-} poned because of bad weathe President Jeff Knight, jr., said! today. He added the proposed} meeting probably will be held; some night next week. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and action will a permanent organization. | ‘GAMBLING CASINOS IN "YTALY © | AaAAAAAARABRAABAAAEAAABAAAAABA MRED There is no estimate of the mil- lions and millions of lire _ that | change hands in the open air, in! pia and alley angles where | variations of the shell game and | | In Piazz an Sylvester, op-| posite Rome’s postoffice, six or | seven roulette wheels and othe numbers games are played open- ly San Remo, Venice and Campi- one are now operating legally in} authorized by the Allies at § a, Menaggio and Salsmaggiore CAUSED BY ATOM DETROIT. — Light, ray. radio, x- and other electric-magnetic an uncertain smile that disap-'ized houses to areas where there} Waves are caused by atomic dis- { turbances. Sanitary Conditions In City Termed Deplorable by Navy Doctor In Talk On Polio Prevention Here j churches and theaters to children, !under 16 during the polio out-| | break. | This recommendation will like ly be acted on at a special ses |sion of the city commission io- | night. | | Wallace B. Kirke, director | | of the housing authority. said the following steps had been taken by that group te combat | the polio spread: | Notice to tenants; spraying by | | in the COOL COMFORT of its RAINBOW ROOM CONCHA ORCHESTRA CRAWLEY (Guitar - Vocalist) - John PRITCHARD (Piano) TONIGHT | H | H { | | With Your Wife or Sweetheart” i mond-bearing clay in the half- | Dr. James armed units participated in the parade. Twenty-two bands play- ed martial music, and overhead, slightly above house tops, roared 300 RAF planes. The parade began at 10:20 o’clock, and it was 1:10 before all the paraders passed the re- viewing stand at Buckhing- ham Palace. Tens of thousands remained awake all last night so that they would be able to have an advantageous place from which to view the parade. Following the footmen, came , Jeeps and other. types of motor- ized vehicles, including the latest in tanks, ‘with guns extending far out in front of them. Not only were the British peo- ple celebrating victory but they also were celebrating the cessa- tion of almost six years of the horrors of war, during which time England was declared to have suffered more than any other nation. In speeches, following the parade, the saying of an Eng- lishman, who lost his home and every member of his family in the devastating raid on Coven- try, was quoted. Asked, as newspapers at the time report- ed, what he had left, he an- swered: “The only thing I got left is a heart to carry on.” Local newspapers estimated that the crowd in London was the largest in its history, ex- ceeding by more than a million the throng that witnessed the ceremonies in connection with the crowning of King -George, Vi CORNELIUS J. TOWSON RECEIVES NAVY DI8CHARGE 5 The Citizen) - One Wester, Cornelius J. Towson, of A-1 Ft. Village, was g the 98 residents of Flor- da discharged from the Naval Monda Personnel Separation Ce [Ula Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, it was an- nounced by Capt. M. M. DeWolf, USNR, commanding officer of the center. i Famed Diamond Mine Prepares To Reopen half-pound Cullinan crown dia- mond was found in 1905 is to open again in view of an im-| proved world market. Nine hundred million gallons of water that had covered dia- wide, 600-feet-deep hole — the} Premier Mine—has been pumped away, and new shafts are being sunk. A yearly output of upward of a million carats is expected. the Navy; spraying by the hous- authority, cleaning of drain- ditches, closing of activities 1 the Poinciana sector, chlorinat- ing of water at Poinciana. A self-service laundry at Poin- ciana declared unsanitary and an inspection requested. The meeting in charge of Pa more, Monroe county health dir From 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. To Serve You GAS - OIL - PARTS Batteries Charged Flats Fixed GREASE and SPRAY JOBS oo Al Armengol, Owner ] U¥vision at Francis St. Ph. 9134 School Children { son, Gift To Boy Ill With Polio . Through the efforts of Po- lice Chief Louis M. J. Eisner, the lot of a Poinciana boy, a polio patient in Memorial hospital in Miami, is to be made more pleasant soon, Chief Eisner said he had written the New York Yan- kees and the Brooklyn Dod- gers for a baseball book to present to the ten-year-old patient, and it is expected that the ball clubs will soon comply with the request, The police chief has also asked that the book be auth- ographed by noted baseball players. ce ef Seamen Return (By Associuted Pres) SAN FRANCISCO, June 8— West Coast seamen who staged a walkout of several hours on two successive days, returned to their jobs today. The, seamen’s, leaders were quoted as stating that no further action will be, taken unless an agreement to. settle the strike is not reached before the deadline on June. 15, < . (The. department of Jabor in Washington reported that the conferences between union and company representatives ap- pear to be reaching a solution regarding the disputed time workers will be required to serve weekly.) that merchants in Hawaii have arranged to conserve foodstuffs in the event the Maritime Union . {should Services Sunday For Polio Victim es for Patricia Ann Hud- Servi 5, who died in the Navy hospital here Thursday night following an attack of infantile B lysis, will be conducted Sun- | day at 3 p.m. in the chapel of the Pritchard funeral home. The Rev, Smith of the Poin- ciana Baptist church and chap- lain Davis of the Navy will offi- ciate. The child is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hud- son, 525-C, Poinciana place. The body will be sent to Nor- folk, Va. for burial. GO TO NEW ZEALAND BALTIMORE. — By 1839 more than 700 men and women had left England fer New Zealand j with about 400 children. Palace Theater IRENE DUNNE in “OVER 21” News and Serial ’ 8 TWINS GARAGE {1130 Duval Street Phone 169 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Wor Plenty of Auto Parts BASEBALL SUNDAY KEY WEST MUNICIPAL STADIUM 3:00 o’ Clock MIAMI ALL STARS Vv: KEY Admission i WEST 35c] “The Best Drinks tn Tew To Coast Jobs! in southern celebrations the the northern Demonstrations been held in cities in the j have been made H celebri {the (A' dispatch from Honolulu said} Hopes for sunny shite weekend were dashed tty Sam Goldsmith, observe U. S. Weather bureeu dicted that heavy ram fell in the Key West night and this ' would be repeated + tomorrow His_ forecast Cloudy with showers thunderstorms this efterr Partly cloudy tonight «e¢ Sw day with isolated thon showers. Moderate te east and southeast win Tomorrow's tide High 7:25 au low: 12:35 a.m. and mor GARCIA LEAVES BAYT Andrew R 1112 Watsc leased fr announced tode information off sep ERMINE SEALS Masonic Notice Regular Communes Anchor Lodge Ne. 1% A.M., Monday, Jume 1% 8:00 P.M. Conferring F.C. Degre All members end Masons invited te be » By order: W. F. We t m Na GERALD H. ADA ne DANCE TONIGHT and Every Night 8PM to 2 AM The Hottest Dance Band In Town at SLOPPY JOE’S BAR