The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 6, 1946, Page 1

THE VOLUME LXVII. No. 160 Disagreement ae ay OnUN Parley Lower Mil ° ° Stymies Big 4 (My Asmmociated Prenx) PARIS, July 6—The Big Four ere in a deadlock again today. Commissar Molotoy of Russia proposed that the Big Four Pre seribes the rules of procedure for the assembly of the 21 mem- bers of the United Nations, which jmeeting next Tuesday evening, is to begin conference on July ‘will announce their. tentative 28, but Secretary Byrnes of the | budget for this fiscal year. United States and Foreign Min-! ister Bevin of Great Britain ‘COUNTY BOARD WILL ANNOUNCE. FIGURES FOR FISCAL YEAR ON TUESDAY , County commissioners, at and, as the assessments this year ay Tentative millage will be set steutly opposed the proposal. Byrnes asserted that the repre- | sentatives of four nations, the! United States, Great Britain, Russia and France, now in ses-| sion here, should not dictate rhe rules for peace for 17 other na- tions, which, with the Big Four, . comprise the 21 nations due to assemble here July 29. Colleges To Get Island. Trailers: The moving of approximately | 160 Navy house trailers from a site near Ft. Taylor is expected te get underway shortly. Con- tract for moving the trailers, weed to house Navy personnel, hes been awarded to two Iili- nois firms. The trailers are to be moved, te make way for a $250,000, Navy housing project in thei @istrict. The house trailers are, being sent to different college! towns in the country for GI; student housing. | No New Polio Cases For Last Three Days’ For the third consecutive day me mew cases of infantile para-) lysis were reported in the island | afea, according to Dr. James B. | Perramore, director of the county health clinic. There are 37 cases meporded here now. Mevor Demeritt Fills are the highest in the history of the county, more than $4,000,000 in excess of last year, which itself set a record, it is expected the millage will be lower than the present nine mills. Willard M. Albury, superinten- dent of public instruction, said that, under the law, he has until Aug. 1 to make up the school budget and decide on the millage, but that the school board will have the budget and millage pre- pared before that date. At present the school millage is 10.2, or a total of 19,2 for, pub- lic schools and the maintenance ‘and operation of the county. Job Seekers Throng USES With scores of persons, many of them veterans, seeking jobs here daily, employers were asked today by Jeff Knight, manager of the United States Employment! Service, to list all vacancies with the service. : Mr. Knight said that between 60 and 90 persons throng the USES each day seeking employ- ment and™filing unemployment compensation claims. Approxi- mately half of these are veterans of the last war who are anxious to obtain work, Mr, Knight said. “We need 100 percent coopera- tion of Monroe county employers to place these deserving people in jobs,” Mr, Knight said. PTAIN NICKERSON “GETS ‘REASSIGNMENT WASHINKTON, July 6— (WNS)—Captain Roger B. Nick- erson, USN, has been ordered: de- tached: as commander, . Fleet City Manager's Chair Mayor William Demeritt’ took o@er today as city manager in te absence of City Manager Dive King, who has left to attend ® session of municipal officials im Tatmpa. Mayor Demeritt will be acting city manager until. Mr. Training group, Key West, and reassigned as training and opera- tions officer on the staff of the commander, training command, Atlantic fleet, the Navy depart- lage Seen In Tax Budget Here & TDS GODS SIS. \ Navy Hospital Reports 18 June Births _ Eighteen births were re- ported at the U. S. Naval - hospital in June, Lieut.- . Comdr. C. W. Morrision re- ported today. The newcomers are: Carol Sue Yowell, Russell Everett Ainsworth, June -Elaine Zamoita, Donald Rice Hower, Harry Lee Arnest, Joyce Aintoinette Condella, Philip Ray Ohmie, Judith Ann Schaub, Terry Ann Toth, John Michael Boyum. Elizabeth Parkhurst Good- year. Laura Elsworth Lend- enmann, Robert Alfred Mil, ler, jr. Charlene Nell Jolis. sant, James Jeffrey Brandon, Billie, Jean Johnson, Charles Ronald Proctor and Richard Lee Dowen. | TSI II SS SID Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) ATTACK REPORT DUE WASHINGTON. — The senate |Pearl Harbor disaster committee announced today it will issue its ‘report next Wednesday, which | will include the placing of blame |for the catastrophe. 1 RENT INCREASE DENIED | HOUSTON. — Senator O’Dan- liel’s son denied today that he had increased the rental of his apart- ‘ment from $65.000°a month to | $100, as charged by a GI. O‘Dan- iiel said he had started eviction proceedings because he wanted the apartment for his family. 'ROME.—Ten thousand Italians are reported to have entered Trieste since the Big’ Four de- |cided to internationalize that city. | \British Royalty Scored By Wells (By Associated Press) LONDON, July 6—H. G. Prices Here Remain Same, t Says Albury} OPA prices that were in ef: in Key West before that law ex- pired at midnight on June 30 are practically the same today, Paul G. Albury, who was chairman of the Monroe county. area food commission during the war, said today. “Wholesalers in Miami and Key isales to local retailers,” Mr. Al- bury explained, “and retailers have not gone up on their prices. “Eighty-five percent of | the OPA prices allowed retailers a fair profit,’ Mr. Albury added, “but in the other cazes the mar- gin of profits was too small, when overhead and other expenses were considered. Even at that, so far as I know, and I have kept |in close touch with the situatidn, {there have not been any advances SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1946 | | in prices on commodities in Key } West either by retailers ér whole- salers.” Police Hearings Slated Next Week Hearings of four policemen suspended recently by City Man- ager King likely will be held next week before the Civil serv- ice board, it was announced to- day. The board met yesterday, but did not take up the cases of the discharged police officers, were ousted on insubordination ‘charges. J | _ Three applicants for the pasi- tion of civil service personnel rector were interviewed at yes- terday afternoon’s session. Mem- bers of the board said a selection would probably be made early next week. The city commission recently passed an ordinance providing a salary of. $200°a month for the position. Members of the board are Ralph Sierra, chairman; Knight and Wilhemina -Harv. CAPT.-HANSFORD ey. - who } | | | deff h WINS ARMY HONOR: Rural Electrification ' : Cost Is Set At $102,000 ussians Seize Nazi. - Machinery In - WASHINGTON, D. C., July 6.%— West have not raised prices in! —-(DNS)—Estimated cost of com- pletely electrifying Monroe coun- ty rural areas has been set at $102,000 provided the job is done Inflation Trend Blamed On U.S. By Senator Taft under Rural Electrification ad- ministration standards, it was learned today. pecicthn tall of prospec- Lil bemmnercoe gg 1 Be 2p a WASHINGTON, July 6—The tive consumers still to be electri-|QpA pill is due to come up on fied in Monroe county have been |the senate floor for debate on! based upon REA experience in|Monday, and Senator Taft of! the state. The estimate is ex-|Ohio announced today that he is| clusive of the cost of installation | prepared to fight the bill. i of appliances and wiring in|, He declared that. while the homes. government jis crying out that the While the planning commit- , killing, of OPA will result in in- tee’s data are admittedly not flation, the government itself is complétely up-to-date, it _ was |to blame chiefly for any tendency pointed out that increased con-}toward inflation, because of its careless and extravagant buying, regardless of prices. | Mainly because of that type of |buying by the government, Taft asserted, the deficit next year will range between 10 and 12 billion doliars. He maintained that the Presi- dent did not understand the basic economic reason for the disrup- tion of prices, and that while he preached economy for the public PAL Planning New. Activities | sovernment wes continuing The PAL organization is tak- |flationary in its tendency. ing advantage . of, the enforced 3 NER lull in youth activities to’ pre+ |: pare. plans for the development of PAL playgrounds, field, meéts,: obby show and art classes. At a recent meeting held at St. Mary’s. Parish center there Was a goodvattendance and Miss Sue .Holmes, »new secretary of the local Red Cross chapter, was | | struction costs more than coun- ter-balance ary decrease in the number of rural units not elec- trified. REA has been given $250,000,- 000 which became available July 1 to continue its program, goal of which is electrification of all rural dwelling units and farms. Island, \ Navigator hn Hundreds of homesick Span- iit WASHINGTON, July 6. — Plants and machinery, valued at $22,000,000, which the Nazis con- structed in eastern Austria dur- ing the war, were seized today the Russians, according to 3 vices received here. No doubt is entertained about the truth of the report, as it was © first issued by Tass, the Russian official news agency. General Mark Clark, who is with: the American bee ihe forces in Europe; it sent messages to the governments of Austria and Russia to obtain official confirmation of the re- port. ta | Russian’ action in eastern Aus- tria, it was pointed-out, was simi- lar to Mhat im Manchuria—Rassia first seized machinery and equip- ment and then reported the seiz- ure. " Should the reported seizure int Austria be confirmed, it almost surely will result in protests to the Russian government. The government. functioning in Aus- tria is reported already to have filed a protest with the Russian government for what the Aus- trians assert was the unwafrant- ed seizure of the plants and ma- chinery, Money On Tree CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — A re- cent tornado that ‘struck Blmer Runge’s house took Runge’s pocketbook but left him some “change.” He found a $5 bill stuck on a tree in his front yard. | din} Vital|Role ' and re-establish shattered busi- Captain Jack D. Hansford,! introduced” and expressed , her Key West, has recently been' surprise at the interest - being awarded the Army Commenda-! shown by Key Westers in child tion ribbon by Colonel Walde-! welfare as evidenced by the mar A. Falck, Washington, D. C., 'PALs. She was installed as a the provost ‘marshal for the member. Mediterranean theater of opera-| Police Chief Eisner presénted tions. Capt. Hansford is with’ the autographed baseball picture Company A, 503rd military po-‘book, big league baseball and iards can thank a Key West man ness connections. But most of ‘all for helping make possible their , they’re anxious to see once more first sight in more than a decade , the cities, villages’ and country- King returns about a week’herice. ment announced today. School Musical Talent bande | To Be Conducted By Marcellus} As am aid to the development but when finished, it will be ot musical talent, the board of peblie instruction has authorized te purchase of a combination known just what extent of Key West’s school children possess a high musical talent. A high rat- Wells, author of many books, ; including The Outline of History, | had all England agog today over }an article he has in a socialist | magazine, which went on the stands yesterday, inquiring what | part royalty in England played in the Fascist activities of Sir Oswald Moseley during the war. the war. One newspaper said that the charge is the “most serious” re- lice battalion, a unit of Penin- sular base section, the Army Service Force in Italy. Peninsular base section }served and supplied fifth army land ground crews of the: United States Navy and Air Force in the Mediterranean theater of op- erations during World War II. ' player’s cap sent by the New York Giants to the father of Ed- win Enser, a junior member of PALS now recovering from polio, Mr. Enser stated. these gifts would be a great help in the re- covery of his son as they would stimulate the desire to get well. TWO NEGRO GIRLS MAJ. RASH ADVISED EJECTED FROM BUS «te, phonograph and recording | ing in these tests will allow the emmehime, to be used by Robert full participation in the various Mereellus, new school music di-‘ musical organizations . of the etter, im a city-wide search for; schools with the privilege of se- talent which will get underway; curing a_ school-owned | instru- shortly in the schools, ment. The Seashore musical talent, measures will be given to all pupils from the fifth grade -up with the beginning of school in September ‘The Seashore test is being used test will be eligible to join be- | ginning instrumental six-weelt trial courses and if successful playing a pre-band-or-orchestra be will a Those successfully passing the | © more progressive schools and colleges as an aid to the selec-, instrument, given garding the English. monarchy ice the abdication of King Ed- ward VI. Wells advocated that, should the charge prove to be true, the | English monarchy should go the way the House of Savoy in Italy went, and that “free republican tradition” be restored in Eng- land. | choice of instruments suitable to | ]| quarters, was OF ARMY RATING Major John F. Rash, 27, of 1418 Angela street, who is now sta- j tioned at the headquarters of the. Tactical Air Command, Langley | Field, Va. has been officially notified of his first lieutenant in the regular army. 3 Major signed to Tactical ° Rash, at present as- personnel Air ‘ appointment as' IN SEAT ARGUMENT Two negro girls were ejected from a Greyhound bus here » yesterday, when they refused to take seats in the rear of the bus, city police reported. Patrolman Frank Jolly said the girls entered the bus and sat down in seats near the front. When asked by the driver to work at take seats in the rear, the girls Command _head-. refused. This led to an argument executive officer which resulted in the girls be- and adjutant with the 13th and ing forcibly removed from the of musically minded mem- “ere of music departments and in; many public schools for the pur- tier struments. may be played by ! those who are only physically “ fimding hidden talent,| adapted for them and who show Mr. Marcellus said. a definite talent, while others do lt © expected that it will take! not require a too high standard ‘eet of the next school year to! of adaptability, according to Mr. emplete this testing program, | Marcellus. PALAGE, THEATER, Keep “RIVER GANG” News end Serial mee Cool! {2 Mites from Hendersonville, PR I Hen OPEN SUNDAY From 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. To Serve You GAS - OIL - rARTS Batteries Charged Flats Fixed GREASE and SPRAY JOBS re 2) ANG Al Armengol, Owner | et Francis St. Ph. 9134, YOU NAME IT—WE HAVE IT JOE’S BAR Where You Can : Get the Happy Hill Guest House ! “SLOPPY the individual talent. Certain in- | On and After ; MONDAY { JULY 8th |! MARCO MESA, JR., will be associated with the oi White Star Cleaners Anyone Wishing PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE May PHONE 267W Prompt and Courteous Service No Delivery too Large and None too Small for Us to Handle Promptly. All Work Guaranteed ater. He ten months. BASEBALL SUNDAY JULY 7TH at MUNICIPAL STADIUM 2:30 o’Clock EASTERN AIR LINES Vs. KEY WEST Admission was overseas 8th Air Force in the Pacific the-! bus, police said. The girls were brought to the police station, where Chief Eis- ner explained the Florida law requiring colored persons to take seats in the rear of public con- veyances. The two girls were re- leased and caught the next bus to their destination. John Tonight p,itchara AND HIS ORCHESTRA Dancing 9 until “?” V. of F.W. CLUBHOUSE Flagler St. end 2nd Ave. Notice to Dog Owners Dr. H. L. McGee, Licensed Veterinary, will give RABIES VACCINATIONS under City Ordinance Number 4] on SUNDAY, JULY 7th, at Poinciana Police Station, Poinciana Place The Humane Society of Key West. By Order City Commission . of the old friends and fondly} remembered landscapes they left | behind: to carve, out new lives in} anew worid. - He’s Charles J. Lunn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Lunn, 608 Grinnell street, who as navi. gator. plotted the course for the | first of a series of special Pan American World Airways flights carrying Spanish residents of | Mexico on an_ unprecedented ; 5,500-mile aerial migration to) their native land. The big four-engined Clipper} on which Lunn was a crew mem- | ber completed the flight from} Mexico Ciiy to Lisbon — a trip equivalent in mileage to a fifth} of the distance around the world —in less than 72 hours despite | overnight stops at Miami, andj Bermuda. The same journey by surface transportation consumes approximately two weeks. Aboard the history-making Clipper were 45 of the mone than 1,000 members of the Spanish colony in and near Mexico City! who hope to make the long-de- layed trip this summer. Prevented by unrest and war in Europe from returning to {their homeland, since the early ‘30’, the Spaniards — many of them now citizens of Mexico— are eager to visit aged parents, look up friends and relatives up- rooted during the years of strife DANCE TONIGHT and EVERY NITE | SUGALOA —OPEN DAILY and SUNDAY— MUSIC 10 P.M. to 3 A.M. JIMMY SAUNDERS and His Orchestra No Admission, Cover, Minimum sides where they spent. their childhood. fay Accompanied ‘by Mexicansbern ; wives and children to whom ¢he “old country” is only a page from a geography textbook, most of he homecomers will spend sév- eral months in Spain before re- turning to Mexico. The Clippers are bringing back Europeans jamming Lisbon in search cf air transportation to the western hemisphere. The Mex:co City-Lisbon flights are part of an extensive Pan American program to aid Euro- pean nationals in Latin Arherica to re-visit the homes and rela- tives from which they were sep- arated during the war. Recent flights have carried Dutch gov- ernment officials in the Nether- lands West Indies to Amsterdam and Spanish nationals in Cara- cas, Venezuela, to Lisbon for such visits. A graduate of Key West High School and Belen college, Ha- vana, Lunn has been employed by Pan American since 1937. He is superintendent of ground training in the Latin American ' division headquarters in Miami, CASA CAYO HUESO (The Svuthernmaost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ——Opens 5 P.M. Daily TWINS GARAGE 1130: Duval Street Phone 188 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts Masonic Notice Regular Communication of Anchor Lodge No. 182, F. & A. M., Monday, July 8, 1946., 8 P.M. Work in E. A. Degree. All members and visiting Masons invited to attend. By order W. P. Williams, W.M. GERALD H. ADAMS, Secretary