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

ales inacute ae Che 7 THE VOLUME LXVII. No. 161 Byrnes, Molotov Are Deadlocked On Axis Treaty (Ry Associated Press) PARIS, July 8—Priemir Bi- @euit of France, a member of the Bie Four, was reported to be try- 8. @t the session this afternoon o@f thet committee, to bring Molo- tow of Russia inio agreement with Byrnes of the United States and Hews of Great Britain regarding the preperation of treaties for the Axis satellite powers. After this morning's meeting, Metetow end representatives of Se western powers were dead- jeeked «over the proposition. Syrees end Bevins held out firm- ty for the participation of the other 17 mations in the prepara- tee of the treaties at a confer- emer scheduled to begin here on éuty 2. Molotov insisted on the question being scttled by the Big; Pimar Beteult found a way out in | setting the dispute over Trieste, bet & eppeared that neither Meleterw, om the one hand, and Rermee and Bevin, on the: other, ! would budge from their positions eegerding the proposed treaties. ESCAPISM IN TROPICS TAMITL — (AP) — Polynes- ‘eetteme have abandoned virtual- ty of wmterest in overseas hap- pemings. now that the war is ewer and Polynesian soldiers are howe, A typical attitude is, “If the #epee (white men) wish to theewten te blow each other up with stemic bombs, why should we Meeble our minds over their quarrels?” Se few turn on their vatiie’s foreign broadcasts. School To Mobs Stone British — tn ttn eee sp Hcl SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 8, ~- Headquarters In Italy e Court House Notes REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The following transfers of realty in Monroe county have been recorded in the county clerk’s office: W. B. Stokes has sold to G. Donaldson a plot at Tavernier, 200 by 470 feet, for $2,000. A lot in Tavernier Heights has been sold by Evelyn Allen to N. O. Pearce, for $1,500. Leonore Raines has sold lot 17, square 2, tract 3, to George Thomas, for $700. L. W. Breawfield has bought | }a house and two lots at Taver- nier from H, S. McKenzie for $5,000. MARRIAGE LICENSES Applications for marriage li- | censes have been filed by the} following in the \county judge’s | | | office: Bercham Gerez, 24, and Grace Alvarez, 18, both of Key West. Marino J, Castro, 27, and Cari- dad Castellano, 24, both of Key | West. | Robert E, Kutzteb, 22, Great i Bend, N. Y., and Gwendolyn M, | Gaynor, 21, Detroit. TIRES a8 SP LICENSE PLATE STOLEN i The license piate was stolen ‘from his motorcycle while it was {parked on Southard street, Roy | Pettis, 1016 Eaton street, reported |to city police today Take Part: POLAND, JERUSALEM AS RIOTERS STEAL OFFICERS’ MEDALS ‘ (By Associated Press) LONDON, July 8.—News of a disturbing nature was received ‘here today from Italy, Poland and | Jerusalem. In Padua, Italy, mobs stoned and ransacked British troop head- quarters because of anti-Allied sentiment over the disposition of Trieste at the conference of the Big Four’. Among the articles carried away by the rioters were medals that had been awarded to British officers and enlisted men for deeds of heroism they had per- formed during the water. Later, the medals were returned. Nazis Attempted To Defeat FDR, FBI Men Report, (By Asseciate? “ress, WASHINGTON, July 8—The, SCENES OF VIOLENCE | department of justice issued a statement today asserting that Nazi leaders in 1940 and 1944 had tried through their agents in the United States to defeat the ele¢- j tion to the presidency of Frank- {lin D. Roosevelt It was said, that the inform tion was obtained directly fro} Herman Goering, Germany’s air marshal during the war, who frankly admitted that he him- self had provided funds of $60,- 000, in 1940, designed to help bring about the defeat of Roose- velt. . In 1944, he explained, Nazi ac- tivity in trying to defeat Roose- velt was mild compared to what it was four years previously, and: In Poland, it was said that a movement had been started to arrest and execute, in cases where the defendants were found guilty, the ring leaders in the rioting that resulted in the kill- ing of 54 Jews and the wounding of several hundred. Arab leaders continued today to issue bitter replies to President Truman's proposal to send 100,- 000 Jews to Palestine. The lead- ers declared that, if the President felt so kindly toward the Jewish immigrants, why did he not “i im- port” them into the United States. Officer’s Wife Is Polio Victim One new polio case was re- ported over the week-end, Goering explained the lessened activity as being due to the United States participation in the war, Dokies Plan Ceremony Here Harold F. Shelley, district deputy grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, made an of- ficial visit to Key West lodge Friday evening. He was accom- panied by R. C. Culligan, royal vizier of Kaaba Temple, No. .69, Dramatic Order Knights of Khor- assan, and G. A. Raymond. Mr. Shelley outlined the plans for this district during the pres- ent term. i Chancellor-Commander B. M. Forbes was appointed . to serve with deputy grand Chancellor } General hospital; secondly, the In State Musie Contests Key Weet may expect to have organizations. including the Cen- | * @erching and playing band | tenary Collees of Laviebine band, i @reund te none in the state and, 1° orege aonmen Di 1 with @ long-range program. ofc, 7 and. Bugle Corps.,and. the «The patient, the 23-year-old |J. Winfield Russell on the dis- wife of a Navy officer, was ad- trict committee to arrange for mitted to the polio ward at the the activities of the seventh dis- Navy hospital Saturday night. | trict, composed of Broward, She lives on William street. Dade and Monroe counties. Her case was diagnosed as| Royal Vizier Culligan set Sept. 21 as a tentative date for holding tating instrumental and) vo- ~~ telent test, may look terwerd t& heaving an excellent =e Gepertment, Robert Mar; eels, mew music director at, the wheel, says. Bee Weer bs, fortunate: inj hav- & Many civic organizations weh® ace interested in seeing a See tend, among them the ieee = Cleb, which has under- weltten the purchase of a new ot « bend uniforms. Horace (Bevem, past president of Ro- — «ad M William ‘De- maevit beth expressed a heme Gestre to see a fine school th bh vee fd baat fest thee a ve expected that within two Key West will have a 70- concert and. marching eed plans are underway participation in the state “ contests similar to those helt of St. Petersburg this year. theme the summer a series bend comeerts is being ar- «ged through WKWF> by the Nigh echeol band, and plans are ted for radio broadcasts the school session. Also o@ttiens are favorable,-a “ band concerts under eonsership of the Key West Ben m department will pee ented. Mr Mafeellus is a graduate of te Bestman School of Music the North Texas State Team toe college, and brings @ “ite experience in the teaching ¢ «etremental and vocal music bite schools and colleges of Lowisiana and New York. He helds the bachelor of mu- oe em master of music degrees «= mute education and has suc- «eetully directed many musical mwting ae ng atm tee ane! Tens Be! 5 hensive advertising project were St. John’s High School band and } Parkyiew Baptist Church choir i of that’ city. % 1 Mrs, Marcellus who, with her | three! children, will join “her husband soon, is an accomplish- | ped organist, pianist and vocalist, | who has ‘had: a number of years! of professional concert playing andradio experience and has j assisted Mr. Marcellus as organ- jist in his church choir work as well as acting as accompanist. At | ; present Mrs. Marcellus is’ of- ficial pianist of the Lions Club of | Tonawanda, N. Y., and is organ- list of the Calvary Episcopal 1 positive Sunday, the county health office said. ; Thisbrings to 38 the number ef polio cases in the Key West area. { Descendants Of Nazis ! Arrested In Austria (By Associated Pre: MOSCOW, July §8.—Austrian police, dn the insistence of the Russian government, began today to round up 54,000 residents in the Russian zone in Austria, who are said to be non-Austrian, Most of the 54,000 are said to be of German descent, and are included among the owners of ‘church, Williamsville, N. Y. As a high school band and or- i chestra director, Mr. Marcellus has produced many first division winners at state and national music contests, and as head of the public school music departments ! of Centenary College and Mary | Hardin-Baylor College, he has ; trained many teachers of instru- mental and vocal music who have had successful teaching ex- ; Periences in public schools and colleges of the South. As a part, of the instructional program to be offered by the | music department of the Key West schools, small classes, amounting practically to individ- ual. instruction, of brass, -reed, string and percussion instru- ments and voice for both ad- | vanced and beginning students \have been set for this summer.’ | Also a special twirling and drum imajoring course, beginning and advanced violin instruction, as | well as vocal classes is offered | during the afternoons. ‘Dock, Park De eae large-scale park and dock | | development plan and a compre- } ; | discussed today by Mayor Wil- liam*Demeritt and Dan L. Na- ;man is $22,000,000 worth of machinery Russia seized in eastern Austria last Friday. HUMBLE TO SINK WELL IN POLK KISSIMMEE, Jul y8.—(FNS)— The Humble Oil Co., has an- “nounced that a new exploratory well is to be started about five miles south of Kenansville on the W. F. Hayman ranch. Hay- Agricultural Agent of Polk county. The Ray Carro¥ No. 1 well on the Carroll ranch between Kis- simmee and Melbourne is now down 6,607 feet. Drilling at this well is proceeding at a good rate and it is expected indications of oil will be reached within the next 60 days. The Hayman well may revive the village of Apoxsee, as the closest rail connection. It is lo- cated on the Florida East Coast railway five miles east of Ken- ansville. velopment Plan Is Envisioned Here’ torn, down and the owners be- ing paid approximately 25 per cent more than the appraised value of the properties. This, it was estimated, would cost about two million dollars. NEW Qu, | vero, widely known Key West) The money could be raised, Mr. ONEER HOTEL WN. E FIRST STREE! te the Heart of Miami ‘Whe Revdesvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS ‘QeeT FOR A NIGHTS ResT' Ca ; citizen, i | Under the proposed plan, from } ;three to five docks and special | piers would be built, and the ad- | ‘vertising program, the mayor: was told, would cost approx mately $80,000. { The entire area from Greene, jand Whitehead streets and from | Greene to Elizabeth street | j would be converted into a city! }park under the proposed plan.! | Buildings in the area would be Navarro told the mayor, bonds issued by the Overseas Bridge commission. The park would contain horse show courts, a swimming pool and an outdoor aquarium. The advertising pro- gram, it was pointed out, would increase the volume of bridge tolls to refund the bond issue. If and when completed, the by a dokey ceremonial here. Plans ave-being made.to. make this, the: biggest ceremonial ever held in Florida, At the conclusion of the ‘meet- ing a delicious, sea food supper was served‘in the dining room of ‘the club. The supper was arranged un- der the direction of the enter- tainment committee composed of Alfred Knowles and J. Frazier Pinder. OPA INVESTIGATION SLATED BY CLARK (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 8. Noting that, since the death of OPA* many commodities having been going to market in far great- er volume, Attorney General Tom Clark said today that the department of justice intends to investigate several industries re- ported to be holding back their products in efforts to kill OPA. The senate will begin tomor- row what. is intended to be a four-day debate on the OPA ‘bill. BACK FROM VACATION Mr. Alfred Baker and son, George Peterson, returned yes- terday from Philadelphia where they had visited Mr. and Mrs. Dominic -Nocore and family. The Nocores are the mother-and fath- er-in-law of Mrs. Baker. The Key Westers aiso visited Atlan- tic City and en route home they visited Mr. Baker’s children, Mr. John Henson and family, and Mrs. William Petersen and family of Coconut Grove, and Mrs. Alfred Baker, Jr., and Mrs. Merrit Baker of Miami. Genuine we" PARI Fiber Seat Covers ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street weuwmwewess Phone 4472 a CENTRAL HOTEL . WEEKLY RATES Downtown Location ACROSS FROM BUS STATION ON SOUTHARD STREET PALACE THEATER GLORIA JEAN in for All Cars project would add to the prestige of Key West as one of the lead- ing ports in the United States. “RIVER GANG” News and Serial lonroe Co. Surplus Per _ Estimated $125,000 *. FUND WILL BE USED FOR BENEFIT OF TAX- PAYERS, BENTLEY DECLARES While nobody knows exactly what will be Monroe. county’s surplus at the end of this fistal jyear on September 30, it will ‘be about $125,000, County Commis- | sioner Frank Bentley said today. “And, you may say that the commission intends to use that mdhey for the direct benefit of taxpayers and all residents in the | county. First on the list is the | Purchasing of the Key West} acquisition of the Monroe Coun- ty Clinic, and, thirdly, the con- strugtion. of a pier off the north- erly end of Grinnell street for the use of charter boats and yachts, an improvement that. is exceedingly essential to the de-! velopment of Key West as a first ' class winter resort,“ Mr. Bent-! ley said. “Boating and fishing are among our chief attractions, and nothing can promote their avail- ability more than to have a pier for the accommodation of char- ter boats and yachts that come to port.” Mr. Bentley, -after explaining that he could speak only for him- self, As a member of the commis- | sion, said he will advocate the acquisition of the hospital and the clinic if they can be bought ; for the proverbial song. “I 'think we can get them for ; ,29 amounted to $285.50 and was |paid to 18 persons, 15 men and 3 For number. uses are available d their families in Place H " Project, Mills White, acting rye og a 'the project, announced * This project, operated |local housing authority, is | rent project for families of income not exceeding $2,010 a year. Veterans within this income limit have preference in secur ing the untis now available, Mr. j White said. Applications may . ‘made at the project office, 7-1 ‘| Porter Place. In a recent of ‘income and rents of the i in Porter Place it was ; several families are now |income above the limit ‘in low rent housing projects. As soon as these families can secure apartments and homes | outside the project units will be available BaP orm ne fam- veterans, and low in SSS SIDI a LA Workers Needed At Sub Base Conversions projects by the public works department of the Navy submarine base here has been progressing with speed and efficiency, it was announced today. However, in onm> of the latest projects, construction has been delayed by lack of essentiol workers. Several brick layers, plas- terers and carpenters are needed by the department, in order to complete the project “on the date previously set, it was announced by Lieut.- Comdr. F, H. Glanding, in- dustrial relations officer af the submarine base. oan aninaaaead EA CHECKS TO JOBLESS -| housing. TOTAL $285.50 HERE! Compensation payments dur- ing. unemployment in Monroe county for the week ending June Star Club Meeting — Set, For Tomorrow The Ever. Ready Star club will meet tomorrow at 3 p. m, at the home of Mrs. Grace Ar+ _cher,. 502 Margaret ‘street. All members of the Order of East~ ern Star are invited to attend, it was announced. women, Carl B. Smith, chairman of the Florida Industrial commis- sion reported. County Government: Cost a small percentage of. their cost, and if that proves true, I think also it would be wise for the commission to buy them for the people of, Monroe county.” 1 The hospital was constructed by the Federal Works agency at a reported cost, for the building, ' furnishings and equipment, of "$360,000; and--it-is-expected that it can be acquired by the coun- ty for $50,000 to $70,000. Mr. Bentley said he did not know what the Monroe County Health. Clinic “cost or for what sum the county can purchase it. The clinic was also built by the Federal Works agency, which is (Continued trom Page One) \ { i ‘ Set At $8.64 Per Person TALLAHASSEE. —(FNS)— It; tached to being a sheriff in Flor- cost every man, woman and child , ida than being a clerk of the in Monroe county $8.64 for the circuit court, but the former of- operation of the county govern- i fice does not pay off so well, the ment during the last fiscal. year. | report shows, For instance, ree- That's shown, along with other ords released in, the report by comparisons, in the annual re- port of county findnces released by State Comptroller J. M-: Lee. In Gadsden county the cost per person for county govern- ment was $3.83, That is the low- , est.in. Florida. In Gulf ‘county the cost was $32.95 pet ‘person. That is the highest. The average cost for the entire state was $8.86. There might be more tl Many Rare Trees Thrive In Key West, Says Writer By STEPHEN C. SINGLETON Just for this once, I havea little to say about trees and, for! a wonder, nothing to say about Joyce Kilmer’s immortal verse’ about trees; although, it might’ be better if I just quoted that poem and let it go at that. Key West is an aboretum of rare and of tropical trees, lack- ing only identifying labels on the various specimens to make of it a botanist’s paradise. | On many vessels, homing from | far countries, sailors brought to can not be eaten like an apple, but has all the possibilities and limitations of a white potato. The Pandanus is another in- teresting feature in our gardens. Remembering that I have read of the skirts made of pandanus leaves, worn in the South Seas, and noting how narrow are those leaves, I am disquited, much as was that good lady who, upon seeing a fig leaf for the first time, murmured musingly, “My! I thought they were larger than waiting wives strange seeds and, , that on rare occasions, a_ root branch that women with the j proverbial “green: thumb” would | nuture into life. | Captain Geiger brought a small fruit that seemed notable to him because it was white and the seed was planted and it grew and became a tree, bearing a brick- | red blossom. Then, John James Audubon, alighting for a season in Key West to paint the birds peculiar to this region, discover- ed the White Crowned Pigeon and painted its portrait sitting on a branch bearing a red blos- | som. Botanists paid little heed to the pigeon, but knowing Au- dubon’s, integrity in all his work, saw that he had discov-; fered a plant hitherto unknown to them. Key West possesses the only bearing breadfruit in the count and puts this forth as evidence that here, alone, may much of the tropical live and thrive. To those who have read of the “Mu- tiny on H.M.S. Bounty” the tree is a living memorial of that tragic effort to provide cheap provender for the slaves who worked the plantations in the West Indies. The tree arrived in Key West via the Bahamas. Many a visitor experiences dis- illusion when he, and especial- | perished with the U.S | that our ‘never The Banyan and its many cou- sins in the Ficus family, is broader minded than some of our more exclusive trees and thrives well in the extreme southern part of the mainland. But it is magnificent in its mas- sive strength. Among some of the most pic- turesque trees in the country is the “Gumbo Limbo”; a tree that Gustave Dore might have} chosen as a model feature in his most tragic illustrations. Amid splendid specimens of this tree, near rare cacti and a close neigh- bor to one of the finest Frangni- pani trees in the country, in our cemetery the bronze statue of a sailor stands watch over the resting place of his mates who in Havana harbor on that fate- ful February 15, 1898. It is a bit unfortunate for the majority of visitors that winter is the dormant season, even on this frostless island. For, when and the Royal their flaming sky while we e summer comes Poincianas toss blankets to the walk through waves of incens from the Frangi-pani and night-blooming jasmine in the the twilight, we realize with regret visitors have winter Key West really seen ly she, learns that this “fruit’,robed in all its glory. hrills at- | “Maine” | Comptroller Lee revealed that the average Florida. sheriff ¢ol- llected in fees last fiscal year $4,785.15 while the average clerk of the court was receiving $5,161.41. The average for the assessor. was the lowest of all county fee offices.) It was $#)-) 345.18. Next / came. the: coumty | judges with $4,563.59, them \the’ collectors with $4,703.76. | In Monroe county the clerk of |the court received last fiscal ‘year $4,568.95, the sherfif got {$2,760.07, the assessor was paid $4,115.66, the county judge col- lected $3,319.19 and the collec- tor $6,000. A state law provides that if the legal fees collected total more than $7,500 per year the fee officer shall not use the ,larger amount to his personal ‘account. “The financial condition of the counties of Florida is excellent, and I congratulate every taxpay- ,er for having so carefully select- ed men and women sincere enough in their official capaci- ties to safeguard the financial present and future of their vari- out counties,” Comptroller Lee said. “At the close of the coun- ties fiscal year there was a cash credit to the 67 counties of $9,- 649,693.93. On top of that they have buildings and equipment appraised at $26,513,905.58. They have machinery worth $1,230, | 026.69. Their investments stand ‘at $4,949,486.86 and their inci- ‘dental inventories add up to $114,623.40. All those figures make the county governments worth in cash and visible assets $42,456,736.46. I think I have a right to join Florida taxpayers in being proud of our county officials,” Mr. Lee said Just how the wealth of Flor ida has grown in recent years has been revealed by the report which shows that in 1912 the to- tal tax valuations were 887,515. In 1945 they were 597,863,938. Raa eas AsSOAOOS4OS | PRESCRIPTIONS fs.crsse2 Ingredients Compounded by Experienced | Pharmacists | GARDNER’S PHARMACY | Phone 177 Free Deltvers pe, ew wwewwwer errs: ERAEEEAEEEA DEORE EE ESD _ ROASTERS and FRYERS ‘BRADY’S (Live) Poultry \ and Egg Market | 1214 White St. Phone 54° i WAAR IAAI ERE