The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 26, 1946, Page 1

ME LXVII. No. 1 152 itish Loan Measure THE Kr SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN TH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1946 Passage Seems Likely DEBATE ON MEASURE TO LEND ENGLAND $3,750,000,000 TO BE- GIN NEXT WEEK (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 28.—De- bate on the British loan bill o: $8,750,000,000 will begin in the mext week, it was an- nounced today. house The bill already has passed | the senate, and it was said that its chances of being approved by the house are excellent. Administration leaders asserted that some members of the house who had opposed the loan now favor it The house banking committee, | efter hglding a series of hearings, reported the bill favorably by a vote of 20 to 5. Since then support for the measure has been assured by Democrats and Republicans, who, heretofore, egeinst the bill or had not stated their position. Among the declared they would vote for the | bill was Representative Wolcott, ' of Michigan, who said he was confident that making the loan would he ip international trade. SUGAR Qu oT ‘A ACT EXTENDED 3 YEARS (Flor News Service) WASHINGTON, June 26.—The. Semate Finance committee has ap- proved extension of the 1937 su- gar quota act for three years, in- «of one year as voted by the The sugar quota act expires at the end of this year. It pro- vides for production quotas in the domestic areas and import quotas from foreign countries. rs, Senator Pepper of Florida, ask- | / that Inspector General reports go } ed the bill be amended to! assure domestic cane produce! particularly in Florida and Lou: ene, that when quotas are re tablished they will not have to ebardow sugar ~proeessing facili-' tes aid were started during the period of critical sugar shor that war tage Aytomobi *s Old Stuff New Hampshire ; Detroiter mobile just celebrating the auto- golden jubilee year are Johnny-Come-Latelies — so as this city is concerned. Two Manchester men built and »ve a horseless carriage around 1868, local residents steam powered one. Machine Shop Em- nes S. Batchelder and H team boiler—in the rear ivy Democrat wagon. chain and sprocket drive axle, the contraption mly 15 minutes to fire and After the first two-hour July 9,1 aid, has of Witt don’t see ex- use and need for this sort in New had been | Republicans who, Writner built the en-* the Manchester ' * > Cmdr. Bulkley. To Become Naval Instructor Commander John Bulkley, of “They Were Expendable” fame, was relieved of his com- mand of the Destroyer Strib- ling this morning at 11 o'clock. He was replaced by Cmdr. Motherseill. Cmdr. Bulkley, who gained world-wide fame of his ac- count of his experiences in a P-T boat in the war against the Japs, is to become extcu- tive officer of a battalion of midshipmen at the U. S. Na- val academy, at Annapolis, | Md. He left Key West today for the academy. VIS IDI aa SS. { i | Most GI Gripes Corrected, Says (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 26. {Twelve of the fourteen favorite ; soldiers’ “gripes” have been cor- j rected, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson said today. i | | Foremost was the abolition of : !the hand salute. Hereafter, salut- , ing will not be required outside ‘of Army posts except in occupied | countries and at ceremonies. Patterson refused to ,abandon he terms “officers” and “enlist- ed men”. He said these terms were universal to all armi ! He also refused the sugge: ion | direct to the Secretary outside s,!of channels, as this would give] the IG officer a “Gestapo” status, ! he claimed. Among other complaints that were abolished were: | Improved officer leadership, more security for Army person- nel, accumulated leave pay for{ sted personnel, abolition of; inction between: families officers and enlisted men, equal- ity of military justice, and im- proved relations between offi- cers and enlisted men. Hereafter, if GI Joe wants to ‘take a drink with his captain, it is okay with Patterson. Many have waited for this day. i | !en | Montanans Rattled, Seeing Snakes In City | MILES CITY, Mont. —(AP)— | Rattlesnakes on the plains ar accepted as an unavoidable evil, | but sine y’ve been coming to town the Mil City Star manding a city bounty on them. In one day, a_ couple halted on a stroll by a six-ra snake barring their wa: a sidewalk, and children playing ‘in a yard found a baby rattler. Byrnes, Molotov Reported. Nearing Accord On Trieste’ (By Associated Prensd -It was stated noon that Secretary f the United State: Molotov June 28. Commissar nearing jing regarding the disposi- Trieste Before the Big Four recon- venod this morning word was received here from Rome that the “American Mediterrenean fleet” was standing off Trieste, but it developed that the fleet” consisted of only two destroyers and the Cruiser Fargo. It been feared that, had about the “fleet” been ght have interferred ussions about Trieste at nference. The French plan to interna- tionalize Trieste fee gee ant one tha! rt TUBES. REPAIRED | by the Dill Electric Vulcanizer Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone No. § ‘Opposite Army Barracks” and | of} an under- may be approved by Byrnes and Molotov. If it is, it will be reported in mid-summer to the conference that is going to be held by 21 of the United Na- tions. Should the Big Four reach an agreement | Trieste, then it can not be {sidered at the assembly, as | provided in United Nations’ reg julations thatthe assembly can {not. take action on any question jthat is still before the Big Four. | 1 { fail to con- Palace Theater TED DONALDSON in “Adventures of Rust¥” News and Serial i] sue suiunzenunaeseqavvectsacaanaceaanntn ‘Wanted! Wanted! | Telephone Operator Apply Manager LA CONCHA HOTEL 5 suuunmuenvacvutecutgtteciiaittcanea ‘|foot of Duval street, likely will Sec. Patterson, 4 of | has | been bombarded with letters de- | was | about | it is} IDI aOaS MS, Amelia Olivieri Heirs To Share $30,000 Sum A petition for partial distri- bution, amounting to $30,000, of the estate of Amelia D. Olivieri, who died September 1 of last year, was filed today in County Judge Lord's office. It was stated in the petition that more than $48,000 -be- longing to the estate is de- posited in the local bank, and it is asked that the petition- ers, Charles M. Olivieri and Camille Olivieri Ley, be per- mitted to share $30,000 equal- Aquarium Back To City July 1, U.S. Navy Says; The city aquarium and en ———= docks here, used by the Navy | during the war, will be turned | back to the owners shortly after | July 1, the Navy Base public; works office announced today. City officials, including City) Manager Dave King and mem- bers of the city commission, in- | spected the aquarium at 11 o’- clock this morning and reported-' ly found it in condition for re- turn to the city. | The Navy had used the aquar- | ium throughout the war as a pis-| ly between them. tol range. The aquarium will be restored as a tourist attraction, SITS I SIS I 4 Tee te ae ae the od Forrestal To See Atom Bomb Test | Florida East Coast Railroad ter-, minal, will revert to the owners (iy Ansuctated Preamy OAKLAND, Calif. June 28— shortly, the navy office declared. | The. docks had been used a3 a! Secretary of the Navy James For- al left here last night to be | gulf convoy station and by the’ present at the experiments that United States Coast Guard. Clyde Mallory docks near the will be made with atomic bombs on warships to be held at Bikini yearly next month. Vice Admiral Blandley declar- ed again today that all ships will jbe kept from eniering the area {where the experiments will be held. Warnings have been issued to captains of shi n the Pacific to stay out of the a, and Bland- ley asserted that, if the warnings are not heeded, he will use force to put his orders into effect. Asserting that the government | lease expires June 31, officials LEWIS SEEKING at Boca Chica said two Navy | PAY INCREASES blimps had been transferred to | FOR PIT FOREMEN Boca Chica several days ago. | (By Associated Press) Reports that the Pan Amer-" WASHINGTON, June 28— ican Air Lines had leased the Jonn L, Lewis, president of the field were not verified by Navy , United Mine Workers of America, officials. j was reported today to be rapidly ae organizing mine supervisors, ;whose wages were not affected by the agreement with operators \regarding the mine The Weather | | reyert to the owners on the same Ndate the Navy turns, back the aquarium and the Craig docks. Navy To Leave Meacham Field Virtually all Navy Activity at Meacham Field will have been abandoned by July 1, it was an- nounced today. | | i } | | | 87 | 76 | 62 83 Of Buildi All building contractors in Key |West will be required to obtain a license under terms of an ordi- 0.04 , automatically | ber. becomes a mem- AB UUUUEUUUUUUR UU Re | ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY'S (Live (Live) Poultry FORECAST jmen, number 60,000, and it was Key West and vicinity: Partly said that Lewis would insist that cloudy*“with'-widely scattered: heir wages be increased. tovean-| showers this afternoon, tonight 2) jour ee oe 183 cents and Thursday. Mederate to fresh: Emenee east and southeast winds. Florida: Partly cloudy ‘high | OMIT MET ST TAT iThursday with scattered after- | D {noon showers and thunderstorms | Police Uniforms (Thursday and over extreme south | A Os H portion today. Generdlly fair to | rrive rere night except few showers over "a4 $ ” southeast-coastal sections u “Installments East Gulf of Mexico and Jack- First “installment” of new sonville through the Florida | uniforms for city police arriv- Straits: Moderate east to south ed today, nearly six weeks jeast winds today, tonight and! after they had been ordered. ;Thu ay except winds occasion- The initial shipment in- jally fresh over extreme south; cludes two pairs of trousers portion. Partly cloudy weather, for each of the police officers, jwith widely scattered showers! Shirts to compiete the official over south portion. ensemble are expected to ar- Jacksonville to Apalachicola:! rive shortly. No small craft or storm warnings | i The uniforms were ordered j have been issued. from a Miami Beach tailor- | eee ing firm, | REPORT H Key West, Fla., June 26, 1946 | OO I A Observation taken at 8:30 a.m.,: Eastern Daylight Saving Time | (City Office) | Temperatures Highest yesterday | Lowest last night Mean Normal PRECIPITATION Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches RELATIVE HUMIDITY 84% | commissioners. TOMORROW'S ALMANAC Under terms of Ordinance No. (Daylight Savings Time) {45, a board of examiners, to con- Sunrise 6:40 a.m. 'sist of five members, will be ap- i Sunset 8:20 p.m.!pointed by the city manager. | Moonrise 3:52 a.m. Moonset 6:50 p.m. TOMORROW'S TIDES Naval Base | Of the other four members, one High Tide Low Tide must be a recognized engineer of 7:39 am. 0:57 a.m. construction in Key West, two 9:30 p.m. 2:46 p.m. jothers must be contractors who have been actively doing business . . in the city for at least one year, st C 8 ? Sears ous and the fifth member must have | Coo te for mower chiete Fifteen days after the ordinance inspectc ? but they're ae ing becomes effective, the board will onto their present jobs—if they conduct examinations for those have any. For there is not a who apply for the contractor li- single vacancy ‘for the post. jcense, Officers will be elected at = {that time al SSS Thereafter, the Board of Ex- L ERIO Waites will meet and hold ex-} DR. S | aminations twice a year, in March Announces the land September. Special meetings Beginning of His Practice |™ay be held at other times, if at the Former Offices | 2PPr°ved by the city manager. of Dr. Gonzalez ; 300 Simonton St. Phone 304 OFFICE HOURS 4-6 p.m. MORNING HOURS BY and Egg Market APPOINTMENT ONLY 1214 White St. Phone 54f (SURE The supervisors, including fore- | jmance passed last night by city | Building Inspector Errol Sawyer | Two Policemen Are Reinstated; 4 Others “Out” Patrolmen Frank Jolly and Hector Castro were restored to active duty on the city police force at a meeting of the city commission last night, City Man- | ager Dave King reported. The two patrolmen, along with |: Gene Hernandez, John Nelson, Carl Ingraham and George Gut- ierrez, had been suspended by the ;city manager June 4 for insub- ordination. The Civil Service board re-in- stated the six patrolmen, then the latter four men were re-suspend- ed immediately by King, who has recommended to the~ board that jthe suspensions be made perm- anent. Chief of Police Louis M. J. Eis- ner now heads a force of 22 men, The remaining four officers plan to continue their fight for reinstatement before the civil service board, which has been in- vestigating their cases for the Past several weeks. It is expected that a hearing will be held in the near future. OPA Extension Snag Predicted (My Annocinted Press! WASHINGTON, June 28. — declared this afternoon that they were going to fight the passage of the OPA extension bill, which was approved in the house after | the senate-house conferees had } reported it from committee. As passed in the senate be- fore it went to conference, ceil- ing prices were removed from meat, poultry and dairy pro- ducts, which were included in the bill when it first passed the house. Conferees from the house succeeded in having those ceil- ings continued, as well.as rent ceilings. It was reported that should} the senate pass the bill as it now | stands, it probably will be signed , by the President. Prices of some foodstuffs in the bill are put back to Octo- ber 1-15 levels, plus costs that have gone into effect since that time. : As the bill .passed the house | |today, ceilings are maintained {also on tobacco age petroleum products. TWO KEY WESTERS LEAVE SEA FORCES: Two Key West men have re-! ‘eived their honorable discharges from the Army, according to the separation center at Jacksonville. | They are Carlisle E. Williams, \809 Francis street, QM3/3, and {Arthur A. Ingraham, Sle, 530; Margaret street. UNDER EXPLORATION CHICAGO.—Oil exploration is under way in the Georgia-Flor- ida-Alabama area with 40,000,- 000 acres of land under lease. City To Require Licenses ing Contractors Officers of the board will con- | st of a chairman and a vice- ‘chairman while the Building In- | spector acts as Secretary-Treas- | urer. | Any person desiring to be li- censed as a contractor in the city can make application on the re- quired forms and depositing $25. | After so qualifying, the applicant \is entitled to take the examina- tion. If the result of the examina- tion is satisfactory, the board will then issue a certificate to the Director of Finance, who will issue a license to the applicant upon payment of the occupation- al license fee, which is $27.50 in most cases. No permits for improvements where cost exceeds $5,000 unle ecifi- cations have been prepared in duplicate with the information that a license has been granted. Each contractor granted a li- jcense is required to maintain in- surance. Violations of the ordinance are punishable by a fine of $200 or sixty days imprisonment, or both. PAR Fiber Seat Covers ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street ‘emweme Phone 442 samme buildings the total for All Cars | Genuine Auto or) ed PRICE FIVE CENTS Draft Extension Bill Approved By House WNON-FATHERS 19 TO 44 One New Polio Case Reported One new case of polio was re- ported today to Dr. James B. Parramore, director of the Mon- 'roe county health unit. | The patient is a 3}-year-old boy who lives at 1211 Washing- jton street. He was taken to the NO BAN AGAINST VISITORS HERE Dr. Parramore said there was no ban against adults vis- iting Key West on business. The health official, how- ever, advised against bring- ing children into the Island from other areas. Navy. hospital. where his condi- ; tion was said to be not serious. This brings to Z2y ue number of ; ipolio cases reported in the Key West area. ‘disease. Of the four fatalities, Several members of the senate |three were adults, Dr. Parramore ' said. By MORRIS J. HARRIS AP Newsfeatures WASHINGTON. — The Philippine Islands republic will take its place among the world’s j independent nations, July 4, but ; conduct of its own international affairs will still remain more or less under ‘the watchful, protec- tive eye of the United States. Domestic defense of the archi- pelago of 7,000 islands will be entirely in the hands of the Fili- pinos and they will be free to organize whatever army and tain. But the strong arm of Uncle Sam will still be present. For, by, agreement. between the U. S. andthe Philippines, the United States Navy will retain bases in the islands. This provision, fundamentally in the inter of world peace, ; will at the same time give the new nation a mighty bulwark of } protection that it is only too glad to ne eee its borders. The also will be helpful in ane c matters. The American diplomats, making available to fledgling Filipino ambassadors and ministers the benefits of its long experience in affairs of the world. Almost simultaneously with their emergence into complete in- dependence after a 48-year tie to the United States, the Philippines acquired a political new deal at home. Long - established leaders of their domestic affairs were sup- Four persons have died of the} new ! navy they wish and can main-! SUBJECT TO INDUC. TION’ UNTIL MARCH 31, ’47; SALARIES UP (By Associated Prens) WASHINGTON, June 28, — Selective service extension bill was approved by the house today to remain in effect till March 31, 11947. Under its provisions, non- fathers from 19 to 44 are subject to induction. ; The bill provides for an in- crease in salaries, ranging from 10 to 30 percent, and opinions were expressed that those ad- vances may prove attractive enough to obtain a sufficient number of volunteers to keep the army up to its required strength, It was officially announced ‘that a new drive to get recruits {shortly will be started. Increase | payments applies to both officers and enlisted men. BOYS’ CLUB? CHICAGO. — The Woodlawn | Boys Club recently initiated 235 - new members into their club— all of them girls, ‘U. S To. Keep Bases In Philippines — And Aid In Defense and Diplomacy ; Planted by a new regime headed | by Manuel Roxas, first president of the new republic. In a stormy election on the eve of indepen- dence and amid the ruins of war, Roxas was named to replace the placid, elderly Sergio Osmena as head of the commonwealth gov- ernment. Political observers view Os- mena as representative of island conservatives and the last vestige of the late Manuel Quezon re- gime which dominated Philip- pine politics-for years. Roxas, considered one of the most capable administrators in the islands,, won the presidency after having. weathered accusa- tions of collaboration with the Japanese occupiers. He was, an .obseure official in the Japanese puppet government, but led guer- rilla forces against the invaders until his capture by them. He was given a clean bill of political health by General | Douglas MacArthur, who declar- ed his complete faith in Roxas. The president appears well fitted to lead his people. His long experience in political organiza- tion and the problems of finance, taxation and statecraft are qual- ities greatly needed in the Phil- ippines after July 4. Roxas has announced his pro- gram will be reconstruction of the Philippines, cooperation with the United States, including the {U. S. Far Eastern polic and has assured foreign inve “fair deal.” paid a fine of $20.14 for Patrol- man Frank Caraballo in Criminal court some weeks ago, the city commission ruled last night. Following a decision by City Attorney Lancelot Lester, the officer was ordered to repay the $20.14 to the city. Attorney Lester ruled the action of the city commission was not legal in this particular case. Patrolman Caraballo was finec the amount on the charge legal use of a license tag on his motorcycle, following a complaint ' ger of the local radio station. Mr BIG DANCE waz CUBAN CLU Friday, June 28, 9 p.m. - Sponsored by the LATIN- AMERICAN SOCIAL CLUB Music by K-I-A-H_ B-R-O-W-N and His “Very” Famous Miami 14-Piece Band TICKETS $1.25 PER PERSON Tax Incl..(No Children Admitted) fd The city acted illegally when it} of il-} filed by John Spottswood, mana-} Policeman Must Repay City For Court Fine |Spottswood filed the charge lagainst the officer after the lat tter had given the radio official la ticket for illegal parking. | The matter came to a head at a meeting two weeks ago of the city commission when Spottswood objected to a de- duction of $20.14 from a radio bill for $100 presented to the city in a publicity campaign. | City manager King told Spotts- wood, who attended the ses- sion, that the amount was de- ducted because he (King) thought the officer should not have been forced to pay the fine himself since he uses his own motorcycle in the service | of the city. | The commission has agreed to | reimburse the policeman for the (use of his motorcycle, it was un (derstood. The-radio bill will also {be paid in full, Mr. Spottswood |told The Citizen this morning. | | eeee ‘| PAINT and BODY WORK | at POPULAR PRICES NAVARRO. Inc. Opposite Bus Station Pececccccocevesecesossee