The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 21, 1946, Page 1

POLUME LXVIL. New Secretary Named To Head No. 148 Red Cross Here; Pearlman, Allens Buy Duval Store Building * THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1946 SEPP IODLIS: BOARD, KING MEET ON FIRED POLICE The Civil Service board met late this afternoon with City Manager Dave King on the Gambling, Graft Hinted* In Sawyer Investigation question of six policemen re- cently fired by the city mana- Allien Hampton, chairman of BANK SELLS STRUC *+~——_———_ aoe > #112 WEENESSES TESTIFY the Key West chapter, American ger on insubordination - | Red Cross, announces today the) TURE FOR: $40,000; "SFIS GOEGOIM.| ... Mr. King said no stete- | Annual Rotary Ann Night BEFORE GRAND JURY wietien ol as Sue : ment wi ir ER am ‘ Sec SAS" | nicnest price paw! Meanest Thief nti) the mesting See cant IN PROBE OF CHARG. Miss Holmes, a native of cluded. . thet city, end Parson's and the FOR LAND HERE The street; occupied by Pearlman’s | i} i | } building at 518 Duval Calls At Home Of Dr. Parramore Take the word of Dr. James } | ULI LIIOL ILS. “Undermanning” Of Navy Decried By Gndr. Bulkley With 12 witnesses having» tes- tified in the investigation of ° Art Student's we in New | department store < h lle F Ch : " a leag’ ‘im ers ie pe ~ : - R Pactaniors, MuntGe coun. Irst arter Pa — Sheriff Berlin < Cre _{ Variety store, was s ay ty health officer, that the : NAVY MAN OF “ | — ; awver, © the” Moarte county For several years she did 20-' $49.000 by the Florida National| “meanest” thief is operating Fl AY Nano cae ' grand jur: ssed th the Davidson . jury rece: yestetday Er natie ue mmission, Bank at Key West to Joe Pearl-| in Key West. ABLE” MOVIE FAME 3 More Polio afternoon till, 10. o'clock next } ae esse ; tre - 4 the ,man_and Bernard and Joe Allen. The doctor reported today B Ai li SPOKE AT. ROTA! | Tuesday morning, ee ees Active |, The ‘ot has a frontage of 50 | that while he and his wife y Auriiner - Cases R Od nae nt he het ong ag Pe et Special Serv- san me Duval a sar were in Jacksonville Mon- First charter flight of the ne MEET LAST NIGHT ases eport | been summoned, the Rev. C, , eee ban | wane ts. segeuph y the | day, a thief stole their brand | |; 1. i il T. How Eberhardt, ies corps. As president of the, poo 1 1on store, and 20 feet by erst nibece’ can’ dane the airplane service between Key | Repeater J. D. Bulkley,| Three more polio cases were} gig ee - ae the Civie Welfare league in Nash-} 14) alien store. rear oor their home, §23 | W¢St and Havana was made from of PT boat and "They Were reported in the Key West area! mp, Howell order pastor of ville, she assisted in the organi-) “Writ. the property is bought| | Whitehead street. x }Mesehai Field this afternoon at}Expendable” fame, told Rotari- | today, the Monroe county health} the First Methodist church, = at if number of commun- jointly, Mr. Pearlman’s share of Whe ‘healih aftices “had soli o’clock. ‘ ans and Rotary Anns last night unit said late this afternoon. } now stationed in Pahokee, project the lot is 30 feet on Duval, and| tained the refuse container Charter flights will be made Jat La Concha Hotel that he had, One of the patients is a 19-| if wag said he will he uae i#3, she joined the the Allens’ part is 20 feet, and] from a shipment rushed here | “ily hereafter at 11 a. m., with {a program which would enhure Year-old private. He is a patient | to appear before the jury when ' Overseas Staff and their payments are prorated on| as a special order by a mail | *"@ exception of Sundays. | peace and that what was keep.iin the polio ward at the U. S. it reconv . Tunisia in North Af- that basis. order house to aid in the | Rogelio Gomer, Key West rep- ling America strong was Pr Naval hospital, where Dr. J. R.| “hqy Eberhardt is il id if he he did hospital) Fight thousand dollars a foot! sanitation drive in the city. xecsnesmenive of Aerovias “Q.” | peace in which America would | Reid, hospital executive officer, ' has recovered sufficiently ty the til October, 1944. |front is the price paid for the Dr. Parramore went to echinal aa the flights, | step in at any moment and stop’ Said the.. soldier's, condition. W2A | time’, the jury: resumes. lie een i 5 serious, From there Miss Holmes was sent to Italy. where she was @tteched to the rest camp di- vision of the club service. First ie Southern Italy. she was in charge of @ rest camp at Santa Ceserea, Her last assignment wes Director of the Valentino club, which was e large club fer enlisted men on the Isle of Capri M Har ‘We ecurt ton feel nat M ay to Holy fl fe as ex a part ty Food Drive Here Te End S eccived Emerg sion till the wth, Chairman > ' i today He edded thet the money my be sent to Kermit Lewin. whe © treasurer of the fund, re toa " Mh be Moor unty ing canned lay t ent sdquar used Lortages \ — MOTOR TUNE-UP SAVES GAS Lou Smith Auto Service White ot Fleming St. O* Army Barracks POOP OOM HOMO OA444444444444444442 | HARRY HL Chiropodist - Foot Specialist OF MIAMI WILL OPERATE ON FEET... AT THE LA CONCHA HOTEL... FOR 2 DAYS ONLY Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22 Call Le Concha Hotel Early for Appointment for Either if i DR. of These Two Days . | | To Be Increased) the | j the aturday| | , ani PRESCRIPTION Phone § STRIC property, which, considering the | building on it, the highest , amount, during the present realty activity, paid for land in ; Key West. is { Price Of Coal | (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 21—j OPA announced today that it had | granted soft-coal operators per- | mission to increase the price of | coal 40': cents a ton to offset’ recent advance in wages of miners by 184 cents an hour. It was estimated that the increase will cost customers $222,750,000 annually. j Despite the increase in ton-| nage prices, operators erted | it will not cover the advance in| wages granted miners. Operators stated that the increase in wages , amounts to approximately 45 cents a ton. AA A020 4404444044440% Pure, Frese Ink redients Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phowe 177 Free Delivery ~ we wwwww we eee: POULTRY anv STERLING'S "icc" Marnee 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 | Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. Dintributors of Our ¥ Drew CHICKENS TLY FRESH EGGS FLORIDA YOUNG | «+ Telephone No. 160 i i Rie inn tt it Dt A tn ty i On i nn Jacksonville to attend his mother’s funeral. (US. Spending : Scored By Engle (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Representative 21— Engle June Albert spoke in the house today about | Aerovias Q, the Cuban airline! what he characterized as the “ultra extravagance” of the go’ ernment in making expenditures. He was speaking about the $7,000,000,000 it is intended to | Manuel Quevedo, president of! give the army the coming fis- cal year io take care of an es- timated 1,500,000 men in that branch of the armed services. Among the expenditures that Engle cited is the proposed con- struction of a building in Hawaii by the army. At first the proposed building was announced by the army as a barracks, the estimated cost of which was. given as $ Gradually, the estimate increased till it reached $488,000, when it developed that the structure was a barracks but not intended as an office _ cA ines SRR SLOPPY .JOE’S. BAR Where You Can Get the Best Drinks in Town YOU NAME IT—WE HAVE IT! SAR MNSC ES ROLSI IE CHARTER Genuine for All Auto €ars AUTO AERIALS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street wemmmemsa Phone 412 (LIVE POULTRY ROASTERS and Battery Raised FRYERS LLL 3 severe RE RNIN sencpmmooneetRios AAO eames reg WE PUT KEY W f Now You Can Fly to Havana! by the AEROVIAS — CHARTER: PLANES Key West to come in 30 Minutes FRIDAY. JUNE 21 (Every Day Except Sunday) For Further Information and Reservation, Apply to CUBAN CONSULATE OFFICE From 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. eee eeneeUOH OV PPUNUUOU NNN HHAOCAAECATALAUUEVEHHOOHUOUETUAAURASUELLADGUEEGHAALUUEHAAUOOTUEHHHAAUAUELHUHHLIH WA. ST ON THE MAP ROGELIO GOMEZ, Local Representative. BRADY’S (Live) POULTRY and EGG MARKET a 1214 White St. Phone 54¢ NOTICE te. PROPERTY OWNERS The owners or agents of property who maintain a surface closet on their premises, which is not in a Sanitary condition, and who are within 100 feet of a public sewer main are hereby given ninety (90) days in which to connect to the public sewer main as provided for by Ordi- nance No. 370, Council Se- ties of the Ordinances of the City of Key West, Flor- ida. Those failing to comply with this Ordinance on or before September 30th will be subject to an arrest and prosecution. ROY HAMLIN, City Clerk. | be started when the firm obtains its license from the |CAB, Mr. | Gomez said. Pilot of the twin-motored 21- } plane is Orlando ; Passenger Builla, { i 20 years. | With Key West as its port of entry into the United States, ; which now plans daily service to Havana, will in the next 10 months spread its service | throughout the Caribbean, Col. | the company, told the Lions in | their regular weekly supper | meeting last night. | Rogelio Gomez, local repre- sentative of Aerovias Q, told of other plans hinging on the air- , line operation which will include ‘tours from Havana to Key West and Miami and others which will attract visitors in Miami to the Island City and Havana. Also present at the meeting was Capt. Orlendo *Buella,. of Havana, operations manager of {the airline. Frank G. Adams of Deans- boro, N. Y., new manager of Jackson Square USO, was guest of Fred Miller and CPO W. M. Froy, USCG, of Ma- rietta, Ga.. was guest of R. Charles Hickon. The club voted to send tele- grams on the benefits of the new air line to Key West to the CAB, Living Room Suite, Dinette Suite and Furnishings for Two Bedrooms First $100 Takes Everything 5-2 POINCIANA PLACE NOTICE ta Regular passenger flights will | who was with the Pan} American airlines for the past Sen. Claude Pepper and Con- gressman Pat Cannon. | csOUTAAECUDSLAESELEOLUEGTUECAS UGANDA TAHA {FOR SALE! FOR SALE! "SUT UAEEA A | PROPERTY OWNERS The owners or agents of vacant lots or occupied premises, which are cov- ered with weeds or bushes or any other unsanitary conditions are hereby giv- en thirty (30) days in which to have their prem- ises in a sanitary condi- tion. Ordinance No. 227, Council Series of the Ordi nance of the City of Key West, Florida, provides that unless the owner or agent shall show good cause by July 20th, why their premises has not been put in a sanitary condition, the City may employ such assistance and spend such money as may be deemed necessary for the cleaning of said premises and all money spent shall be as- sessed against the prop- erty so cleaned, or will be subject to arrest and pros- ecution in the City Court. ROY HAMLIN, City Clerk, | i | an aggressor nation by force. Commender Bulkeley said } that he personally and was not | speaking for the Navy depart- ment, decried the under man- ning of the Navy's ships and planes. He told a story of a navy cook who put the ship’s stove six feet off the floor. When led before | the captain and asked why he did ’ this he'said he would put the stove back on the floor when “you fellows” give me enough | stove pipe to allow placing the stove back on the floor. “Give! the Navy enough stovepipes to do | the job,” Commander Bulkeley said. | "Key West can well be | proud of playing an important | part in the evacuation of Gen- | McArthur from. Bataan to | Australia,” Commander Bulk- | ley. said, stating that “the | foundation for that rugged, tough run, from, Bataan was laid right in the waters from Key West. Capt. Alexander, in Washing- ton, who, was.in charge of PT boats, gave Bulkley the boats and told him to take a slow run from New York to Key West and | then to, come back to New York (Gontinued.on Page Three) i | ! ‘ PAINT and BODY WORK at POPULAR PRICES NAVARRO, Inc. | Bus Station | NOTICE Members of the Alumnae of the Convent of Mary Im- maculate are requested to at- tend the funeral of Miss Emma Curry at 4 P.M. today from St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Miss Curry was a graduate of the Convent and past hon- orary president of the Alum- | ae. | | | 5 | io PTT TU —— CORRECTION In the Gas Range Advertise- ment of THE MAXWELL CO. | of yesterday, it read “For Immediate Service”. It Should Have Read “FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY” 'GAS RANGES 95° | HAVTOLURTOEVOSOG400000000040000000000Q0000 GOUT ETUESEEUCENE AREA DANCE Every FRIDAY and SATURDAY NIGHT | at 9:00 o’Clock | On the Finest Dance Floor in South Florida ADMISSION FREE NAVY BAND V.F.W. CLUBHOUSE Santaella Cigar Building | | Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street Open Monday Thru Saturday { Poinciana Bus Passes Door | The other patients are Hector Sanchez, 20 months, 517 William street, and John Schuman, four, 774-2 Poinciana. This:makes a total of 27 polio cases reported in the Key West area to date, the health officer reported. Fourteen of the patients are in the Navy hospital infantile paralysis ward. Trieste Question ; Before Big Four (By Assorinied Press) PARIS, June 21—The Big Four are holding their session this afternoon in the office of | Ernest Bevin, foreign minister of | Great Britain, and it was said that Trieste, bone of contention between Italy and Yugoslavia, is the subject they are considering. Ontlook .was that it will be decided to — internationalize Trieste until its residents vote to decide whether the city shall céme under control of Yugoslavia or Italy. Another question stheduled to come up at the meeting concerns the Dodecanese’ Islands, now in | possession oi Italy. As the popu- lation of the islands is prepon- deratingly Grecian, it was said that they probably will be re- turned to Greece. Palace Theater MONTE HALE in “Home On the Range” News and Serial Coming: “Shady Lady” Co TTT CHEF WANTED CAPABLE OF TAKING FULL CHARGE OF KITCHEN One who is accustomed to preparing Spanish and Cuban Dishes Apply Manager LA CONCHA HOTEL Se rr ILALULALULL sion, it, was stated that he also «will appear as a witness, | The investigation is reported jto have centered on charges of | gambling, alleged graft and al- | leged. excesses in fees charged for feeding prisoners in the coun- ity jail. It was said that, were a | Person arrested and gave bond | without entering the jail, he was | listed for one day’s food, a mat+ ter that was discussed at a meet ing ofthe county commission- lers a year ago, | No action was taken by the commissioners regarding that report, as they were informed by their local legal adviser thet under Florida law, @ sheriff was permitted to make a charge of that kind. The allegation regarding gam- bling, it was recalled today im the courthouse, revertssto what Governor Caldwell had to say on that subject several months ago, when he had received com plaints from. various parts of the state. He remarked that he was not elected to police the state, and if there was gambling im a community, the people of the ; community could act, in ttying {to stop it, through the medium of the grand jury. Monroe county is the second county in Florida where grand juries ere investigating charges of gambling and other alleged (Continued on Page Three) TWINS G: RAGE | ay weg mek Peteaten Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts - BATHTUBS SOON AVAILABLE! | it won't be long before we can | supply you with bathtubs or com plete bath, toilet, basin sets. i | would be° wise to let us know your wants now so that you cas |be among the first to get what |you need. Come in and put your | mame on our list, Pepper’s Plumbing Supplies 512 FLEMING ST., PHONE 1i8 NOTICE “Plumbers Mutual Association” inciitiiamedala A meeting was held at the home of Mr. Colton Parks om June 12, 1946, for the purpose of establishing an association of Key West Plumbers. The purpose of this organization is for combined cooperation and mutual assistance to all om any problems arising in the Plumbing situation, from every day problems to unfair work practices by any pressure groups. It is the desire and purpose of the association to render better service to the community in protecting the im terests of both. Citizens and Plumbers desiring clarification of any mat ters or problems of their own should contact Mr Charlow who is chairman of the organization. Definite assurance is given that a grievance committee will investigate carefully and impartially in the interests of all. Those present were: Colton Parks, Wallen Acosta, Ever ett Charlow, Mike Padron, John Curry, A. G. Roberts, Merril Roberts, A. H. Williams, Caesar Catala, Stanley Hollick (Tex All licensed plumbers will be mailed notices of the next meeting. Meetings will be held at eight o'clock the first Tues day of each month. ( “A. G. ROBERTS, Secretary - Treasurer. ——S