The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 12, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVII. No. 165 Promise To Feed Most Taxpayers “In City Will Pay Less This Y ear Guard ‘stations in the Key World, - Truman (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 12.— President Truman announced to- @ey that the United States has ereothen fulfilled its promise ‘ teed the hungry of Europe, Aste end elsewhere in the world. Ne seid that foodstuffs shipped te stricken areas have exceeded! ‘ volume the amounts that had‘ bern agreed on tentatively. The presidential report was is- qwed through Secretary Ander- wom of the Department of Agri- eulteure. He said that, since the United States began shipments to | feed the hungry in stricken areas, | Girty-six and one-third billion pounds of foodstuffs have been| went @way up to the end of June 8 Anderson explained that the! pewndage included shipments, thet had been bought by other | eountries, in addition to the food thet has been distributed by UNRRA. | President Truman stated that/ the emergency is not yet over. te seid thet the government had | epped buying beef for ship- ment because of the advance in peiees for that commodity, but} be edded that two hundred and fifty million bushels of wheat will be shipped abroad from this year § crop. Polio Death Toll Reduced By One Death of a 55-year-old Key West woman, who died at the eutireek of the infantile paraly- ee epidemic here, was not, due t polio, Dr. Edwin Riley, state opie gist who is here con- é@ueting a polio drive, reported Lesbos Dr. Riley told Dr. James B. Parremore, county health of- etr, that his study of the wom- case history convinced him ees 4 or © stroke and not polio. A weal physician, reportedly salt the woman died of polio, Thies cuts the: polio death ‘toll te theee, this number. includin, tee adults and a Poinciana child: Dr. Riley is here conducting a e@vey in an effort to determine the cause of the disease. Be mew polio cases have been wted here since Monday. A ! of 37 cases has been report- 0 hese the outbreak. since At Police Trial de « ‘@ doors were to have been * a esvil service hearing at & this afternoon when the “erees against four suspended | i policemen will be. aired, Relgh Sierra, chairman of the Cel Service commission, said toda. The hearing was to have teen held in the city ‘hall. "We are not inviting anyone to tee hearing, but the front door th open,” said Mr. Sierra. “I how we can keep any- added, officers were dis- by City Manager Dave wm charges of insubordina- ; to he four tejered Film Producer ds Reported Near Death “@) Assectated Press) 308 ANGELES, July 12. — Geedtion of Howard Hughes, @eeltty sportsman, flier and film pteduce who was injured in =@ eeplene kecident last Sunday, “me reported today to have taken « tern for the worse. He ph jan stated that he is 0) meking a hard fight for his >. tet that he had continued to treme steadily worse. j cece ! . ENDERS Oil pray yea CHASSIS @ eewes buying a set of fenders! Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone No. 5 Opposite Army Barracks TTT « SLOPPY JOE’S BAR’ Where You Can Get the Best Drinks in Town THE to those iaxpayers, who have asse: payers will pay either less or not more than they paid last year. The remaining 15 percent, who will pay more, are those taxpay- ers who have had their property assessed at practically nominal sums for year after year. The expert pointed out one in- taxes under the present set-up. Here is the answer: Eighty-five percent of the tax-&— a SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 194 Buyers’ Strikes Sprea JUSCE Recruit Increase Seen F (Special to "The Citizen) WASHINGTON, July 12. — ;West area will have increased Two tax experts yesterday afternoon concluded a check-up of Personnel to,man the boats if the the city’s tax roll for the coming fiscal year and found the “answer” Senate and’ House conferees re- rted ‘they will have to pay higher tain in the Coast Guard servite ‘appropriation bill an item of $3,- 000,000, it was learned today. ‘ The Coast Guard service was in SMI SIS SSS 4 Milk Price Reported Wrong, Says Adams war but has been returned to the department of commerce and the appropriation was placed in oo t ithe’ Navy department during the | Truman Hints Florinda Medina Dies; | - Demise Recalls Tale } Mrs. Florinda Medina, 40,; with eétates and a large castle in died yesterday afternoon ‘at 3:45,Germany and the holder of nine o'clock at her home, 1019 Wat-| university degrees in medicine, son street. : If Bill Passes! In U. S. As Prices So SO! e were adopted by the senate to ‘pay, Tet "us say, ‘on ah assessment {received | 14° “pitttorr stance of a woman who had been paying on an assessment of $700 in the city and on an assessment of $3,000 in the county. Fred J. Dion, city tax assessor, dug up two ‘instances where taxpayers were paying in the city on an assessment of only $100 each, and all he did was to increase the as- sessments to the amounts paid in the county, The experts based their con- clusions on the assumption that the millage for bonds will not exceed five mills. The millage for maintenance and operation of the city can not exceed 20 mills, the limit set forth in the new char- ter. “A good many property gwn- ers,” an expert said, “seem un- able to understand the difference between assessments and millage. In this present instance, they ap- making the cost 23 cents. parently forget, when their as- sessments were low, as for last | CMQ° QQ aI Oa a aI year, for instance, the millage} ier apa THER Ot iat oneal Big 4 Stalled On Nazi, Treaty they will pay this year on the higher assessment and the lower | millage and they will find out that their taxes. will be lower or (ily Asnuctated Proass not any more, except in 15 per-| PARIS, July 12.—The Big Four | ae reported today still to bej deadlocked over a treaty for Germany, cent of the cases. » “And you know what resulted fe It: developed, before the meet- ing was. heJd, that Russia, which in that exception ‘of 15 percent? The other 85 percent have been {had demanded 10 ‘billion dollars lin Nazi reparations, has already paying some of the taxes that the trom ~Ger= J. Roland Adams, proprie- tor of Adams Dairy here, an- nounced today that a recent newspaper advertisement an- nouncing increased milk prices was incorrect so far as prices at his firm were con- cerned. Mr, Adams said: “When we agreed to the release and publication (of the advertisement) it was our understanding’ that it would ‘refer ‘only to the wholesale price of milk and not ‘the hew prices for re- tail milk distribution.’ ” Mz, Adams said today that the price of wholesale milk at his plant Had been in- creased two cents a quart, 15 percent had not paid because of their exceedingly low asse: ments, Why should John Jones of $3,000 when somebody -else, with property just as valuable,! The western powers, represent- pay on: only $700” ed by Secretary Byrnes. and; “Those discrepancies have all'Foreign. Minister Bevin, favow-d been eliminated, in the new. tax | economic .cooperation among the roll, Every '-préperty. owner. will |four zones in'Germany, but Molp- now pay his fair share of the)tov of Russia insisted on the same taxes, and, as I said before, only |jrestrictions being continued in the 45 percent, who had not been ithe relation among the zones of paying their fair share, will pay|that country, the United States, more when the new roll goes in-|Great Britain and France. to effect.” The French representative op- One of those discrepancies was|posed any agreement that would commented on today by City/include the Saar basin in Ger- Clerk Roy Hamlin. He said that|many, insisted that the basin a Key Wester, who admit d he jreally belonged to France. had paid $4,000 for his home, was | wo saved = the old city books for|RILEY TO REPORT as yg POLIO FINDINGS “As a result,” Mr. Hamlin con- | sia 7 tinued, “that man paid only 96 HERE TOMORROW vs in taxes last year toward Report on his findings in a let LN Ul tae Go toes se teas here will be made ase : © by Dr, Edwin. Riles, state epi- maintenance and ra 2 > ir city. Of course, ee ena evonenstent a Siauepting. cbr Key eo teach fe Be eae | West physicians and health of- for maintenance and operation, | ficials tomiorrow at 2:30 p. m. but he ‘will pay his fair share to-| . Caled by De Auney H. Ham ward retiring the’ city bonded | i!ton, secretary of the Monroe indebtedness and interest on city | County Medfcal association, ‘the bonds, under the new set-up. The.| Session will be held in the county coming fiscal year he will pay|health unit at 203 Fleming, five mills on $4,000, or $20, as | street. compared with the 96 cents last} Dr. James B. Parramore, coun- ere Hie ty health officer, and Wallace B. nue that is an extreme] Kirke, head of the Key West eatel me ne poneluded, axet| Housing authority, will be among in that 15 percent, where the as- | tibee “wha. Willian: sessments have been extremely | low. All owners of property in; Pure, Fresh that low bracket will be put on} PRESCRIPTIONS fezscarence a level with the 85 percent who! o; =. ‘ -, pounded by Experienced (Continued on Page Four) | = saleicanciate - _ | GARDNER’S PHARMACY CENTRAL HOTEL .'' pana Pichon RATES lowntown Location | N _ | TONIGHT and TTT | ~=~=SATURDAY NIGHT Wanted! Wanted!; On the Finest Dance Floor SECRETARY in South Florida Nib Nowe’ © SOHN PRITCHARD | | many. 2£2444244444444444444 LA CONCHA HOTEL me a tengo TITTY THe pubic Cordially Invited STERLING’S POULTRY and, V.E.W. CLUBHOUSE. 1318 Eliza Street Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. Sole Distributors of Our Freshly Dressed CHICKENS Poinciana Bus Passes Door | Opem Monday Through Saturday NO ADMISSION - COVER You MAME IT—WE HAVE IT! _ oO FLORIDA or MINIMUM | were Phone 243, Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street | department’s appropriation’ (for the Coast Guard. 3 If the appropriation is retains ‘by the Senate and House Ir ferees, the Coast Guard cém- mandant will be able to recruit men for the service and place it back ‘nearet the level of. the pre- war period. Many of the Coast Guardsme entered the armed forces in the: war and this cut down the num- ber to a point where the serviee is badly handicapped, and ‘ in many cases ‘unable to respond to}! a call of distress. At some stations only one or: two men are available to man} lifeboats ‘and it is necessary to call on other stations when serv- ice is required. Reports. that the Senate and House conferees might eliminate the appropriation brought. strong | support from Representatives of coastal and Great Lakes states. Loss of life, especially in the Great Lakes region, has been re- ported due to lack of personnel in the Coast Guard. CAME FROM AFRICA NEW YORK. — The first cocoa beans sent to the United States came from Africa in 1891. Is Urged For Free barter between war-torn lands is an important factor in the establishment and preserva-' tion of peace,|‘Chaplain Willard? B. Smith, of Ft..Taylor, said in an address at installation exer- cises of the Key: West Lions club at La Concha hotel last night. Chaplain Smith, who was the principal speaker at the event, pointed out that certain coun- tries in the war zone have plenty; of food but no coal, while others have ample fuel supplies but no food, Free trade, the speaker maintained, would equalize this situation and promote world peace. | The following new officers” installed by Wilfred T.' Robarts, Sarasota, past district governor of the Lions, who act- ed as master of ceremonies: i Fred Miller, president; Hast- ings Smith, first vice president; , Joe Allen, Ji cond vice presi- dent; Albert L. DiNegro, third. vice president; Charles E.! ‘Smith, Jr., sec etary; Raymond treasurer; Louis Car- tail twister, and Judge. bonell, Citizen on July 9th Was * When we agreed to ADAMS J. *She is survived by two sons, Mario and Frank Medina. Services will be conducted this evening at 6 o’clock from the science, etc., all spurious claims— the OPA bill, whereby the effi- was the other party to the bi- ©@¢y of that measure was weak- | zarre romance, ened, will be. removed when The sixty-three-year-old white house and senate conferees con- {haired and bearded alien had sider the bill for its final passage. when Free: Trade’ In. ‘War ' Zones _... By Speaker. At: Liens. Club The Advertisment Published in The Key West “NOTICE TO MILK USERS”, Incorrect Our Prices Are Concerned tion of the Advertisement, it was Our Belief and Understanding that it would refer only to ‘the wholesale price of milk and NOT “The New Prices for Retail Milk Distribution.” | fallen desperately in love with | the girl when she had presented herself for treatment at the Ma- j tine hospital in Key West where ; Tanzler had obtained employ- ment in the X-ray department. But all his strange arts and pseudo-scientific knowledge could The death here of Mrs. Medina | 2°t prevent the girl’s death from wrote finis to another chapter of; the dread disease. After she’ had one of the world’s most weird! been buried in an’ ordinary residence, with the Rev. G. Perez, of the Cuban Methodist chureh, in charge. Burial will be'in the family plot in City cemetery. : Lopez funeral home had charge of the arrangements, had its locale in Key West andj het family, who were in poor | which was publicized throughout | circumstances, to permit him to the nation. build a vault in which to inter Mrs. Medina was the sister ‘of | the body of his idol. ‘ Elena Hoyo Mesa, whose body; On October 6, 1940, the care- “Count” Karl Tanzler von Cosel taker of the cemetery, observing had in his home here for more | that the’ glass panel in the door than seven years, claiming he! to the crypt was missing, rushed could restore life after death; to the home of Mrs. Florinda had occurred nine years before. | Medina, sister of the long-dead The weird love story started | gil. Tanzler, cornered in his the exotically beautiful |"ooms, was reluctant to surren- Miss Mesa died from tuberculosis! (Continued on Page Four) Oct. 25, 1931. | GPE ep come. id RA “Count” von Cosel, a German, Mrs. Stevens To Join alieri—professédly a nobleman | Husband In Morocco Mrs. Harold A. Stevens, for- !merly of Key West, is here visit? | ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | Mervin Thompson, 320' Margaret} Street. | Mrs. Stevens is awaiting gov- ernment ‘orders to ‘proceed to | French Morocco where she will Directors -are J. J... McManus, join. her husband, who is a Navy Mr. lance a |chief phafmacists’, mate. A grad- Palio vance Sthrup and at .of Key :West “High, school) Giainus e ace > Nien» | Mis. ) Stevens ‘has lived in ‘New cgebcmebaity adies’ Night }York City for the past several was a ‘highlight of ‘the program. months. She is a sister ‘of Mervin The women guests were wel- | Thompson, jr., circulation man- comed by Judge Enrique Es-' ager of The Citizen. quinaldo, Jr., and the response | ‘World! Peace Thomas S. Caro, lion tamer. was given by Mrs. William J.| FQ PDL DL SS | Putcamp. Gerald Saunders, past deputy district Lion governor, gave a resume of the work completed | by the club during the past year and awarded 100 per cent mem- | bership buttons to a number of members., Musical portion. of the gram included simultaneous vio- lin-vocal solo by Mrs. Leonora! Dowski, accompanied on the! piano by Miss Beatrice Moreno; | piano solos by Jerry Henriquez; | vocal solos by Ensign Charles Rogers and group singing led by. Mr. Carbonell. More than 100 persons were! present at the ceremonies, which marked the eighth anniversary | of the club. Constellations Banned By U.S, After Crashes (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 12. Three airplane companies, af- fected by the government's order to ground all Constel- lation planes for 30 days, an- | nounced today that they are. arranging to obtain other | types of planes to keep the | service up to the standard it | had been before the Constel- | lations were banned, The government took its action after the crash of a Constellation near Reading, Pa., in which five persons were killed. It was the second accident to that type of plane | in a week. SIO IT IIIS ie te A RSS A I 5 | Genuine P ART Auto Fiber Seat Covers ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street Phone 442 EEE pro- Cars and llth headed, ARR RARAAAAL AAD so far as the release, and publica- PELICAN ‘)p RAKE OPEN DAIRY for Alli President Truman has outlined the kind of OPA law he thinks the country needs to stop. infla- tion. With a weakened measure, he declared, little curb will be provided to stop inflation. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Americans in various parts of the country are acting themselves to check runaway prices. Buyers’ | and macabre love stories, which! "ave, Tanzler prevailed upon strikes, reports received here to- day said, are spreading through- out the United States, and.sev- eral of the commodities, whieh have been advanced in_ prices, ranging from. 10 to 25 percent, have begun to feel the force of the strike. + Only two cities in the-country reported that prices of beef had remained the same since the death of OPA. Those cities are New York and Los. Angeles, but Chicago, the center of the pack- ing-house industry, reported an advance of 10 percent, and Boston. 15 percent. Similar advances oc- curred in some other cities. Claim Assessed | In OPA Violation C. R. Sawyer, proprietor of the { Anchor Inn, Rock Harbor, settled an administrator’s claim for $25 at-a. hearing before the OPA; price ‘control panel “inthe °F | eral building yesterday. ‘Thé!tug ; Was. chatged’” with having) ex. jceéded OPA ‘ceilings'*-on. iter served to customers, Booey The Columbia Laundry set- | tled a claim by making a refund ‘to a customer who had aceused the firm of overcharging. Case of the South Beach res-. taurant was continued pending further investigation. | Two other concerns, the Jef- | ferson Hotel Coffee shop and the {Patone grocery, ignored sum- monses to appear at the hearing, | board attaches said. The hearings were conducted ! by Albert Cooper, chairman of the price control bdard, and John F. Castano, Miami, district super- visor. CITY COMPLETES FOURTH FIRE WELL The fourth fire well in a series of eight’ being drilled by the city has been completed at Division and Elizabeth streets, Robert t Dopp, are from 60 to 65 feet deep and are to be used in emergency fire fighting. WANTED! WANTED! Dining Room WAITRESSES Apply Hostess LA CONCHA HOTEL | PALACE THEATER Franchot Tone in “That Night With You” News and Sports | | } | | LIVE POULTRY | ROASTERS and Battery Raised FRYERS ~ BRADY’S (Live) POULTRY and KEY WEST GARDEN and LAWN SUPPLY 914 FLEMING STREET do dn tnt ded tntdn ttt ttn ROLAND ADAMS EGG MARKET 1214 White St. Phone 549