The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1946, Page 1

AP Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devot to the Best Interests VoLUM: No. 155 Ps, Molotov rangle Over Peace Session Press) (My Associat PARIS, June 29.—Secretary Byrnes was his insistence that the peace conference of 21 of the United Nations be held some- time this summer, while Comis- continue sar Molotov is said to be just as! insistent that the Big Four come to a decision on peace treaties; reported today to | g he Kriy THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1946 SEAPLANE BASE $34,000 NAS Repair Contract Is Awarded: MIAMI FIRM GIVEN* CONTRACT TO ALTER One New Case CONCRETE RAMPS AT} Repairs estimated to cost $34,- alysis was Filipinos Get Independence (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, N. Y., June 29.— On July 4 the United States © will grant » full political inde- pendence to the Philippine } Islands. The act will occur on the 170th anniversary: of America’s! own From ‘that! Of Polio Here One new case of infantile par- reported -here last 000 are to be made at the sea-| Might. | plane base of the Naval Air Sta- Dr. James B. Parramore, direc- P a tor of the Monroe county health tion, Key West, it was announced center, said the patient was a 19- today. ;months-old girl from the Rest The public works office of the Beach area. She is in the polio} for the Axis saterlites. It was stated that a settle- ment on Trieste does not seem likely, though the tension was| Cheered By independence. day on, the 18,000,000 Filipinos, | speaking 87 dialects and living on 7,083 islands, will be on their own — a fulfillment of Amer- ica’s 1934 congressional act to} A poinciana boy, Edwin En- hand the islands back to them|ser, 10, recovering from polio at etoes OPA “LAW. EXPIRES Gifts, Letter From New York Giants Poinciana Boy, Polio Patient. AT MIDNIGHT TOMORROW (By Associated Press) * WASHINGTON, June 29. —Pregident ‘Truman ve- | toed the OPA &xtension bill this afternoon. In taking that action, he said reported to have been relieved when news was that sailors on the United States |tion Co., Miami, was |NAS reported today that the; mp), received here | M. F. Conner Bridge & Founda- awarded ward at the Naval hospital. brings to 31 the number of ca: reported here since the outbreak of the disease. Four, in- in 1946. VAS SL ELL LL) it was put entirely up to con- But the United States, which took over the islands from the Jackson Memorial hospital, Mi- ami, was made happy today Fargo, anchored, in the at Trieste, were given liberty today. Explanation was that were the wut Trieste considered to have reached a grave stake, Amer- jean sailors on the Fargo would cruiser harbor shore discussions | the contract for the project. The concern was low among several bidders. The project includes the re- pairing of concrete ramps at the seaplane base. cluding three adults, have died and several have been dismissed from hospitals as recovered cases, Dr. Parramore said. Marshall Seeks ° Spaniards after the Spanish- when Police Chief Louis M. American war in 1898, will be|J. Eisner, on behalf of the Po- ready to guide the new nation} lice Athletic League, presented through its first difficult years} him with of liberty. The war and Japanese occu- pation left the country in dis- an big league baseball autographed by every member of the New York Giants baseball club. official Spalding | not have been given sore leave. | Greyhound Agent Taloes: New: Post), servic tor Mm coterine Rodriguez, for the past | home here Friday morning after Maloney Rites sade eight year duties in Havana | dence of her daughter, Mrs. L. M agent for | Pie med new passenger general of Key West, Mr./ Catholic church. The Rev. J. S a member of the! Johnson will officiate. » Chamber of Commerce, a] pall bearers will be Ross C of Key West High! sawyer, C. E. Wallace, native guez is und formerly played base-| Shaw, Berlin A. Sawyer, Clem on Red Raiders’ and ho.ico’ and E.R. Rivas at . R. Rivas, | City {plot in to the capital by Dario Sanchez, arrangements. named his secretary. ‘angements. Express Strike who was Cleanu Pp ‘Drive health officers today To Be Tomorrow Catherine head ticket agent at ,a short illness, will be conducted the Greyhound bus station, today ‘Sunday at 4 p. m., from the resi-' e, 905 South street, and at Greyhound Bus Co. in Cuba.| the St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Rex tress. The U. S. is pouring mil- lions of, dollars into the islands ; To Extend Truce to help restore the war damage (By Associated Press) and has- enacted legislation SHUNGKING, June 29.—Gen- | guaranteeing for 28 years after eral George Marshall is striving independence an American mar-} in a last-minute effort to extend | ket for Philippine goods, the time of the truce between| A brave, hardy, industrious the Nationalists and Communists. | people, the Filipinos, totally free The present truce is due to end’, and unencumbered for the first tomorrow, and it was reported’ time since the Spanish occupa- that the Communists have | tion in 1570, look forward to the agreed to an extension, but that future. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek Saga PRET STS apparently. is not eee to | HARRIS GRADE SCHOOL continue the truce, on the ground | MUST BE REPAIRED, Among the autographs on the baseball are those of Mickey; Witek, Mike Budnick, Bill Vo- iselle, Gene Thompson, Dick Bar- tell, Jack Graham, Ernie Lom- bardi, Hal Schumaker, Johnny ‘Rucker, Nate Andrews, John Mize. Besides the autographed ball, young Enser was also given a baseball book autographed by | team members and, as a special surprise, an official Giant base- ! ball cap in the club’s colors and | | initials. | These gifts were made pos- | Churchgoers Asked To Give To Food Drive Churchgoers wishing to contribute funds to the UNRRA food drive are asked to leave their donations with their pastors tomorrow, Gerali Saunders, chairman of the drive in Monroe coun- ty, said today. Tomorrow is the final day for receiving funds, which are sent to national head- quarters of the UNRRA to purchase food to aid the hun- gry in war ravaged lands. Asserting that the polio epidemic here had slowed contributions, Chairman Burial will be in the family that its terms have been violat- | ed. 1 i of the Nationalist leaders are! SAYS SUPT. ALBURY “Harris elementary — school It was said further that some! must be repaired by next fall for the accommodation of the sible by Chief Eisner, founder of the PAL. Accompanying them was a letter, addressed to the chief, and signed by Edward T. cemetery. Lopez funeral home is in charge of the Aid Requested | Mediation Fails trying to stir up anti-American |400 children who attend it,” Su-' Brannick, secretary of the Giants sentiment. — | perintendent Willard M. Albury ' baseball club. a | Aware of the attitude of each said today in commenting on the; Young Enser was stricken’ jside to the proposed agreement, ‘fact that no bids were submitted , with polio June 8. He is a mem- |General Marshal has proposed py yesterday afternoon to do the , ber of the PAL junior boys team. \ that the Communist army be in- work, {More than the. confinement in | }corporated in the Nationalist’ Mr, Albury explained that the,’ the hospital, Edwin missed play- i be The Communists are said )onroe County School board had ing with the ,baseball team. In ; to have | 10 divisions in Man-' not yet. determined what it will! an effort tq cheer him up, Chief | Saunders urged that church- goers give generously to- morrow to make the drive in this area a success. I IIIS MLS IS British Raid Jewish Agency (By Associated Press) | (By Associated Press) ' churia. tooperation in a} . A RK, June 29.—Ex- eanup drive being conducted in! pS ae shipments still are held up in Meanwhile, the United States |do to have the schoolhouse com- | Eisner and other members of the | pleted for re-occupancy {when PAL conceived the idea of asking the city by the Arthur Sawyer of the American’ Legion. + Parramore, county health sid a group of .Legion- wnned to work, all, day clearing rubbish jfrom n that sectionof the. city Poinciana to White streets. this service being gi Legion will be*“appre- d Dr. Parramore. D ff Pp 4 1 1 hope ted,” 5 Judge Lopez, Family For Vacation Mrs their daughter, Cz tomorrow morn- + vacation. aid he intends to of the time in Ten- then will return to rida. Leave nd Tax Delinquent Property Aquilino Lo-! this city as a result of the con- itinuance of the strike of 10,000 express employes. Efforts were made this morning to settle the strike, but company and union representatives could | not arrive at an agreement. | Many tons of fruits and vege- {tables have ‘spoiled since: the (Bate has been in effect. [FOOD BOARD JUNKED BY THREE NATIONS (By Associated Press) ! WASHINGTON, June 29. Today the United States, Great | Britain and Canada agreed to ‘ discontinue the operation of the ation board. The to become effective ;food cons agreement j next Monday. Will Be Sold At Auction ™ | the great crossroads of history. government, whieh has proposed {he school re-opens in the fall. (the Giants club for the auto- ‘a rehabilitation program. im} “But we are determined jto do | graphed ball. China, is holding back its assist-" something,” he added, “even’ if} Marcel-Mazeawsis~president..of ance till assurance is given that the board has to direct the work.,the PAL and. Robert Pollock is peace is restored in China. | Four hundred children are not secretary. Two baseball teams, eae i going to be kept out of school junior boys and girls, are coach- RETURN FROM VACATION | if it is humanly possible for us,ed by S. Odom and will resume | Mr. and Mrs, Stanley Key. and | to have the repairs made.” ., play as soon as county ‘health daughter Helen have returhéd to: | Key West after three weeks va- | tion in Hendersonville, North | Carolina. [ooo badly damaged ‘by fire a -week 1 planned include a track field day, before closing time early. in;a hobby show, and a swimming ‘June. i meet. GOA CROSSROADS |Bikini A-Bomb Test AP Newsfeatures jlast year. It isn’t quite clear who That goat, placidly chomping officially decided it should be on his cud, is standing at one of, held. Vice Admiral W. H. P. ; Blandy, commander of the project, says the joint chiefs of t staff (the chiefs of the Army, | Navy and Army Air Forces) or- | dered it “with the President's; approval.” The White House has | Set For Tomorrow , The weapon is a bomb of the type which destroyed Nagasaki, better than the one that hit Hiroshima or the first one used in the New Mexico test last July. The laboratory animals — the rats, goats, sheep and pigs —will bear mute testimony of | Indeed, along with the atom | bomb, he'll help make it. | What happens to him when | the world’s deadliest explosive blasts the air and waters of Bi-| Interior of the. schoothouse: was)| authorities ‘permit: Other events ; Ae in- kini Atoll will, in a measure, de- said President Truman ordered} what can be expected to hap- JERUSALEM, June 29.—Head- ' quarters of the Jewish agency in Palestine was raided today by the British. Tanks, supported by airplanes, armored cars and troops were used “tf “conducting the raid, which was said to have been connected with the kidnap- ing of six British officers almost two weeks. ago. Two of the officers were re- leased, one escaped, but the oth- er three are still held by Jew- lish extremists. 'AGUILARS ARE HOME | FROM GOTHAM VISIT After spending two weeks in New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Aguilar returned to their ; Key West home last night. While in Manhattan, the Agui- lars witnessed the Louis-Conn ‘fight, visited the Polo grounds, ‘Ebbetts field and other points of interest in the big town. ‘ i Robinson On Honor List At Stetson University (Special to The Citizen) DeLAND, June 29.—William gress to decide whether or not price control will be continued, as specified in the present bill, or the country will be allowed to get along without price con- trol on any commodities. He maintained that the bill had been so emasculated be- fore it was adopted by congress, it does not give OPA suffi- - cient power to fight against inflation, As to what extent prices mey increase, the president said that could not be determined with certainty any more than one could determine what damage a fire will cause while the fire still is in progress. Some members of congress stated that they doubted if con- gress would act on an emerg- ency extension bill in time to save the present law before it expires at midnight tomorrow, ' W. C. Tims Gets City Sewage Post W..C. Tims has been engaged by the city as Superintendent of Sewage under Robert Dopp, di- rector of public service, City | Manager Dave King said today. | The position pays $225 monthly. | A native of Tennessee, Mr. Tims has been a resident of Flor- ida for the past fifteen years, coming to Key West from Wal- do. His wife and two daughters will join him here shortly. yosMr--Tims has ‘had 24 y@m | perience with the U. S. Engi- jneers. In World War I he was ja captain of a machine gun unit {of the 30th Infantry Division, He has. worked with the State rd i ‘of Health and for two and a talf: ‘years was © superintendent, of sewage at Camp Blanding:*” 2 Most retently, he spent four |months with the atomic bomb | project of the engineering firm {of Stone and Webster of Phila- delphia. Recruiting Office | Open Tomorrow i The U. S. Army recruiting of- | fice, Room 212, Federal build- ling, will be open from 8 a. m., } until noon tomorrow, Sgt. Bob , Williams, in charge of the re- ; cruiting sub-station, said today. | Sgt. Williams said the Army | i ! H ' { | | ee ee nquent property, will sale at a public held during the ens against same, for A be gust, Archie Roberts, ector announced to- mm will be taken in ac- the terms of the passed at the vith charter, n of date of the public announced later. sent fist will be ready on about the middle will be published four consecutive went taxpayers still have : of paying their uly 1, 1946 to the day rowever, they must OPEN SUNDAY From 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. To Serve You GAS - OIL - PARTS Batteries Charged Flats Fixed GREASE and SPRAY JOBS SERVICE STATION Al Armengol, Owner Division at Francis St. Ph, 9134 POOR OLD CRAIG | the state legisla- | that will be due up to the day of the sale. ‘| Owing to the volume of work jinvolved, Mr. Roberts requests |taxpayers desiring to pay before jthe sale to wait until the state- ments on their property ar >m- plete. All statements will be lready by the first week of July. {Each case will be handled im- ‘mediately as the statements on same are made ready. The only exception to the | above are those payers paying jdelinquent taxes on the sevén- |months installment plan. This | plan kegan in February and must ‘be completed in August. Taxpay- jers included in this plan, who | broke faith by not keeping up | their payments, will be included on the Delinquent List. All previous statements issued prior to July 1, 1946, will be in- effective, except those referred to above. DANCE TONIGHT, | and EVERY FRIDAY and | SATURDAY NITE iV F W CLUBHOUSE e e e H Flagler and 2nd } | | | CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and Hy COCKTAIL LOUNGE ‘——Opens 5 P.M. Daily. | i it. Some civilian scientists have ' asserted the tests won’t. prove; anything, that the target fleet can be so disposed that nothing conclusive can be demonstrated. Blandy denies that the tests will be “rigged.” declares that the main objectives of the tests are to disclose desirable changes in ship design, tac- tical formations at sea, strategy in the concentration and de- ployment of naval forces. The pen to men aboard a fighting ship when an atom bomb ex- plodes. Task force officers de- cided upon the use of animals only after scientists had in- sisted that there were some things instruments couldn't record, The training and preparation for the test ; complicated | and comprehens spe- ; cial equipment. Crews of Navy i Seabees Army engineers 1 mustered for) have been working at Bikini for “Joint Army-Navy Task Force | weeks, blowing abbot bab uaa pa i ” { mations, clearing channels No. 1” would be enough to man : Vat Mill. battle ctreneth: acd ; the lagoon, readying anchorages es a eth, a dozen) to. the target fleet. cide what will happen to fleets; and fighting men in any atomic warfare of tomorrow. He’s symbolic of the scope of the most elaborate peacetime military experiment — goats, bat: tleships, fantastic heat and pres- } ,; sure. Like the battleship, he will be a target for blast, heat, dead-|! ly radioactive rays. According to present sched- ules, thesbomb will be dropped | at 9:30 a, m., Monday, Bikini time, and 0 p. m., tomorrow, Key West time. The idea for the test, primarily on seapower, dates back to late 1 | is ve as the i | | } i { and | | | manpower PL Large Stock of Genuine Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth Parts Expert Mechanics to Install at Once NAVARRO, Incorporated Opposite Bus Station Ra ee ae TT TTT capital ships, more than enough } treks |for two Army divisions. | TERRA TEETER } The joint task force staff in-| TWINS GARAGE |cludes: Maj. Gen. W. E. Kep-' J j os CAR j ner, Army airman; Maj. Gen. A./1130 Duval Street Phone 153 ;C (Tony) McAuliffe, Army! Auto Repairs, Painting, ! ground forces; Rear Adm. W. S.| . vy ‘Parsons, the Navy’s A-bomb| Body and Fender W ork ee eal iogs | Y Mimi ht DR. A. M. MORGAN Announces the Removal of His Office to 1400 REYNOLDS ST. (ON NO. 3 BUS LINE) AUOUUDOSUNEESHAOUEEOEEAUTUEEHED EU OTEEOEAA A PRCSAA EEE Palace Theater PEGGY RYAN in “Men In Her Diary” News and Serial ee be be be te be te te te be te te he he he a te _ EACONCHA HOTEL pene you DANCE in the COOL COMFORT of its AIR - CONDITIONED RAINBOW ROOM MUSIC By the LA CONCHA ORCHESTRA Gus AYALA (Trumpet) - Jack CRAWLEY (Guitar - Vocalist) Dez THOMPSON (Drums) - John PRITCHARD (Piano) TONIGHT and Every Night, Except Sundays “The Ideal Spot for That Date With Your Wife or Sweetheart” | | | | | A. Robinson of Key West is listed had directed the office to open into | on the honor roll at Stetson uni- i for the spring quarter of according to the registrar. | recognition given for exceptional scholarship. Robin- son is the son of Mrs. Camille Robinson of 318 Margaret street. Lions Club To Charter anniv the Key West been set for July 11. ary banquet of club has Lions hotel, will mark the club’s eighth birthday, its char- ter having been granted in 1938. Annual installation of officers will be part of the ceremony. Chaplain Willard B. Smith of Concha j | SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Where You Can Get the BEST DRINKS IN TOWN ' YOU NAME IT—WE HAVE IT | The banquet, to be served in} |the Rainbow room of the La! Sunday because it is the deadline for allotments and rating dates. Service men who wish to re- enlist and get the benefit of al- }lotments and retain their old rank must do so by noon to- ‘morrow, the recruiter said. Observe Anniversary On July ll the U. S$. Army, is to be the prin- cipal speaker, and W. T. Rob- erts, Sarasota, past district gov- ‘ernor of the Lions, will act as | master of ceremonies. On the program committee completing plans for the event aré Dr. Delio Cobo, Allen Hamp- ton and Gerald Saunders. Fred J. Miller, of the Key West Provision Co., will be installed as new president of the club to : succeed Gonzalo Benzanilla | RUTH’S BEAUTY SALON 409 GRINNELL STREET Phone 863 Announces that MRS. ANN ADAMS is now at Ruth’s Miss Adams Invites Her Friends and Patrons to Pay Her A Visit LL LR ES | i | | | | | | |