The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 19, 1946, Page 1

re Of British People HOUSEWIVES § PICKET*— PAMLAAMENT W ULE, Tagging Crawfis Bante BEL PASSES. /Ty Find Out How 306 To 182 j * wii Sas" boone Far They Migrate Gt thet parliament was perhetet by housewives and the further feet Meat bakers through-|of the Florida Keys? out Beglend bed declared they, That is a question in which ee! Set eefept coupons in the | Nelson Marshall, fisheries biol- teenies of breed, the bill to put , ogist of the University of Miami, treet om the ration list passed | is trying to find an answer. ferlternert ttay by a vote of 305 Mr, Marshall writes The: Citi- & 2 The lew goes into effect; zen: by Paste y “D How far do crawfish go from their usual haunts in the waters THE In protest over the city com-; mission’s action yesterday in! adopting ‘a report of the civil} service board overruling City | Manager Dave King’s dismissal | jot four policemen following es King tendered his regisna- ; tion, Commissioner Clarence (Sugar) Sweeting today resigned as city commissioner. | “The ‘reason I haye tendered | my resignation is because I am , not convinced that the city man- ager lacks the power of dismis- (sal,” Sweeting declared: “I know that my voice is a minority on the issue, and I could not con- tinue on in the best interest of! ithe city if my heart is not in my work. I feel I would-be detri-} Commissioner ‘Sweeting Quits City Commission! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, PRIDAY, JULY 19, 1946” “My. resignation ‘is final unl on the night of Aug. 6, I i that those four policemen are Jonger on ‘the: payroll,” the city manager stated. Questioned regarding his futui plans, King jokingly declared: \ intend to: look at’ the world through rose-colored _ gl: then becoming serious: “I don’t intend to make ai connections of any kind. When}I came to Florida from Michigan it was my intention to retire, but the chain of events was broken through the request of the city commission of Key West and I came down here as city manager, I enjoyed my stay here. Through the combined efforts of the peo- ple and employees of Key West i “t], 255 | OT TA * Doorstep Baby Is CIVIL SERVICE BOARD NATION IS Following the adoption by the city, commission at a_ special meeting yesterday of a report of! the civil service board: overrul- ing City’ Manager Dave King’s dismissal of four policemen, the city manager submitted his resig- ‘ nation, effective at midnight! Aug. 6. Action on his resignation | Only A Bassinette They could already see the | headlines as they took a gan- der at the baby bassinette parked in front of the Red Cross Chapter House office » OF FOUR POLICE OFFICERS AND RESIG- |suspend him immediately mental to the city’s program and, Iwas able to accomplish a cer- for that reason choose this way tain good which resulted to the Wists Churchill, former pre- uring the closed season we have tagged about 1,000 lobsters out.” ee tt the feht im parliament from Ft. Lauderdale to Spanish’ “eet the peseewe of the bill. Harbor, near Key West. I ‘hope i peel cut thet during the | to make it over 2,000 before long. Expressing regret over the res- ignation of Sweeting, Mayor W. W. Demeritt declared this morn- | ing: “Sweeting’s resignation is benefit uf the Key West.” Planning to retire to his orange grove west of Homestead,\ the city manager pressed himself people at large m at 301% Front street—prob- ably something like “Door- step Baby at Red Cross.” But Red Cross workers Beverly Cruickschank and | i | | service board ordering reinstate. was deferred ‘until the next meet- : ing of the commission, * Chairman Ralph Sierra read the lengthy report of the civil | <i ment of the four police officers’ ents tee Greet Britain was at =, Ge gevernment had not et & necemary to ration treed. He addled that there is‘ oot aay seed for rationing bread | ome * pettetion of only 150,000 wheet, the shortage that | he @ewernmenent had reported re-! soettoma wheat we Speteemen for the government wa Get by next winter they emgt feoctetuffs of almost all. et @eeld te more plentiful) be “=. oe! Geet, of the government | be found on undersize crawfish! Deploring King’s loss to the | s A ‘ 4 as A cor 2 ~ “ ee eleerly, bread would!as well as the big ones because city, Sweeting said in resigning: | cordance isdiarrnrr baad even m hahe “1! the ration list be-!we are working on all sizes. If Mr. King—the city will have to} ger; tha ie suspension : emt had passed the oming bill, bakers de- | hey would not be} « tm reply, govern- failed to comply | would have their vlio Epidemic bs. Akenest Over Wer se aiditional mtaniae! eeweires cases reported in Mon-, —< comity for shnest two weeks, & detee Porramore, county! hbeelth offieer.. declared today that @ the eteence of new cases | “ieee until tomorrow, the! guie eptiemc in Key West could | tw @ectered at on end. | ete «(thet «sporadic § cases ht coeur during the remain- | ie of the summer, Dr. Parra-| oa geinted owt that such iso- “ted txtences should not be un- | wpe teed } The county health officer al- greed he appreciation to! teem of Key West for their ‘ preventing the spread of | weeee. “Their clean-up cam- | oe end refusal to attend the- end other large gatherings valy helped to bring the epi- | se wnder control,” he de-| » Or. Parramore also ex-| wt hie gratitude to Navy of- | sete for the care extended in « ward of the Naval hos- | te | phy and Miss Margaret O’Brien. “Tags returned to the marine laboratory at the university, with information. as to when and where the crawfish were caught, will help us discover where and ee? eepleimed that with to what extent these animals mi- sibly $2,000 which can ill be af- grate. “We are very anxious to have all returns reported, even if some could be over-|of the information has been lost’ (for example, a tagged lobster may first be noticed in a fish house mixed with catches from many different localities). It should be noted that tags may we get full cooperation, we can me known | use our returns to evaluate fish- services of a man who has the ing. “For this tagging program to be a success we need the co- operation of everyone who might seem asserted that all! encounter a tagged lobster. Sev-! eral of us have been actively putting up posters:in fish houses and talking to commercial fish- ermen, Right now what we need | more than anything else is a plug | in the newspapers — 1 hope Clerk Roy Hamlin'to place an ad- i hae in ca oar ecacagelrl | vertisement with the Internation- ion, you | help o} _ this | respect. Need I add that an ac-! applicants to the vacancy. King’s | count of tagging and following the: wanderings of creatures in the sea is.a subject of consider- able natural interest.” - Vincent P. O’Brien Passed Away Thursday ; Vincent Paul O’Brien, 39, pass- ed away yesterday afternoon at 1:40 o'clock at the Key West! Municipal Hospital after a short illness. Burial will be in the fam- i ily lot, city cemetery. Survivors, besides his wife, Mrs. Roberta A. O’Brien, are two brothers, Charles and Robert, and | two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Mur- ! Funeral under the direction of ; the Lopez Funeral home will be : announced later. BUT THEY STILL MAY KISS BABIES, TOPEKA, Kan.—(AP)—Kansas | law says candidates for public of- fice may not give anything of | value to induce voters support. Attorney General A. B. Mitch-| | ing to'a letter received today by! especially unfortunate inasmuch) #s “glad to help whenever it is as it will necessitate the calling Possible to do. so be-avise I din ,of a special election involving ,mMost interested in seeing the ithe expenditure of the taxpay- | Plans that have been started un- cers’ money to the extent. of pos-|der way, and under way, brought to a successful conclusivn.” forded.” | Commenting on the cit; in- A special election to fill the} ager’s decision to quit his coo vacancy must be called forty five: Mayor Demeritt declared: “In days from the time of the ap-' my opinion the whole situation} pointment by the city commis-' is comparable to a mountain be- | sion of a new commissioner.’ ing made out of a mole hill, my 1 Mayor Demeritt: stated that the |», lick, i A ‘ selection of the new commission- | eliet, in’ which I am backed. by 9 ft é | the city attorney, is that no one er is naw in progress. ‘has any authority to fire in ac- must be made and the charges; {preferred and forwarded to the} | ability, experience and executive | civil service who are charged | ‘traits he possesses. I do not; With investigation and making | want to be pessimistic, but I pre-| their report with recommenda- ‘dict the city’s progress will be! tions. hampered to the extent of one; “The commissioners are. re- | year, at a time when it is so nec- quired to be governed by thc |essary that we gain recognition’ recommendations made. ‘by the ‘as. a progressive city,” ,, | civil service; then the commis- Repercussions of yesterday’s sioners are empowered to take , meeting echoed loudly todav AS; action as recommended by ‘the :Mayor Demeritt instructed City | civil service and it is only thea that they. have any authority to | dismiss. The method of procedure 'is provided for in the charter and has been carried out.” Aug. 6. Lauding Manager King's abil- In an interview today, King ity, the Mayor, continued: “Ij declared that under no conditions! think he is an outstanding man } other than the dismissal of the' and a splendid city manager and | four reinstated patrolmen would in my opinion, it is a tragedy for he reconsider his decision. (Continued on Page Three) Navy “And Commercial Planes May Use Boca Chica Airport Report that had een current the appropriate Naval officials in Key West that the Navy had here in Washington, who inform, ihtinded’to condentn the. 1,000' % that the Navy has no such in~ ceviguaes, sg suis) tention and will be very glad to acres on Boca Chica, owned by) cooperate ¢7ith you in any way the county and used by the Navy} possible in an effort to reach a as an airport, is untrue, accord- hunt far and wide to secure the al City Manager’s Association for effective | ! resignation becomes mutual agreement for the con- tinued use of your airport. We Chairman W. A. Parrish of tet have taken the liberty to suggest x 'to the Navy that as soon as pos-~} Monroe county commission from} “: ‘ : ars Charles B,. Donaldson, assistant | Sible, at which time-it is our be- jlief that an agreement. can be sepeee red ith] pdministratir on. airports, witht cached for the airport to serve offices in Washington. 7 vt Instead of aenuite the air-| pon ial a ieee and civil i ead pink 3 { aviation. Meanwhile, you may be pale Shue SapaUaiNE ts the? ‘sured that this administration discharged by King. The officers were not freed of guilt on all | charges, however,,and were or- ; dered suspended without pay for | keriods ranging from five to ten days. Eugene Hernandez, John W. Nelson and George Guiterrez were. suspended for ten days each, and Carl Ingraham for five !days. All but Guiterrez were | placed on six months’ probation, Sierra charged in the report} i that King did not follow “proper | | procedure” in discharging the; | officers because he called them{ | into hi§ office without notice and ;summarily discharged them ‘without giving them a ehance to} | offer a defense. | The. board declared that most! ‘of the charges preferred against the four officers by the city man- : Ss j ager and chief of police were AGAINST ADVANCE | “stale and apparently forgiven WASHINGTON. — Representa- at the time committed, but tive Daniel A. Read today chal- | brought again to the surface for lenged' the right of the Depart-| a purpdse.” ment‘of the Treasury to advance’ Berating Police Chief Louis to Great Britain $300,000,000 of Eisner for “not | delegating au- the loan ‘of $3/750,000,000 made thority properly to, his subordi- by the United: States to Great nates to act in his absence,” the Britain. He said that no money report continued: “It was brought legally could be adyanced umtil out in the case that one ‘of the security has, been provided for. patrolman tried to reach the Po- the money. , \lice Chief for three hours to: re- | hayes | apiennet port open gambling in a certain STILL MISSING | establishment. ' BERLIN.—Much concern was, “This patrolman contacted Po- expressed today over the two lice Lieutenant Atwell, who al- American army officers that dis-| legedly stated that he could not appeared in the Russian zone al-| accompany the officer on the most three weeks ago. The Rus-| raid he wanted to make until he sians deny that they have arrest- talked with Chief of Police Eis- ed the officers and are detaining ney, Lieutenant Atwell did not them. | go with the patrolman as Chief EL gle | Eisner could not be reached. The TROUBLE IN ITALY | raid was not made even though ROME.—Because of the nation- | it’ was brought out that the chief wide strike, Italians are today personally visited said establish- without gasoline and wheat. | ment some time later and found UNRRA supplies have also been | no evidence of gambling, giving affected, as it was said that) the impression that said estab- there are no trucks to distribute | jishment had been tipped off in} the supplies. ithe interim of an impending GEE ADTSS raid.” DEADLOCK MAY END Terming some of the violations WASHINGTON.—The deadlock | «{imeworn” since they accurred between senate and house con-/as far back as April 5, 1946, and ferees over the OPA bill may end; the charges were not preferred before the’ day is over, it was re-| nti] June 27, 1946, the report ported this afternoon. went on: : PRICES “SOAR , “Chief Eisner stated and re- ‘Mrs, ‘Walter urns were in for a disappointment or at least an anti-climax as they ‘reached the head of the stairs at the Chapter House this morning and found the bas- sinette 10 be exactly that— simply a baby bassinette with a note a:tached explain- ing it was a donation to the Red Cross by Mr. and Mrs. R, L. Barnum, 507 Frances street. Now if someone had a baby to match.... C Lkuheutiudeuteateathal Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) { ] | form their duties in a meritorious | ell, in an unofficial opinion, ruled lout big black cigars, cigarettes, ice cream sodas and even match | folders. Pentel Ennis’ Body Sent Home To Ark. | Navy, according to Mr. Donald- son, is ready to agree with the; commissign on a proposal to use} the airfield both by naval and} | will continue to serve ‘civil avia- tion in your community to thej fullest extent possible. | iterated several times that be did WASHINGTON.—CIO not reprimand his policemen as} they committed violations, but merely kept a record of such vio- lations. leaders | charged today that prices for | foodstuffs have. increased 43 per- | cent since ‘the death of OPA on | r { Private Daniel Lee t oe 18, who died Satur- a bullet wound that eae taftteted while in line of duty | ‘ % gubmarine base, was | wt esterday afternoon to har tsagetad Funeral Home was) 4 arrangements. —$—<—<—$—$——— ohare | Meat Saturday, July 20th, at RAUL’S YOUR HOST | MARK STANLEY cruncH) aed MIS ORCHESTRA Peeturing SYLVIA DANCING NIGHTLY PHONE 9267 POLES AND POLITICS “It is expecteg that we will be} commercial planes. able to meet with you the latter} Mr. Donaldson's letter reads: LODZ, Poland. —(AP)— Po- land has taken leaf from the, book of Soviet Russia and is | training 500 “political propa- Arkansas, for funeral , ganda officers” here for the Pol- | Boca Chica Airport, and request- ed twrtal in the family ish militia. 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SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Where You Can Get the Best Drinks in Town } “This is considered bad policy | for the reason that if the police- ; men ‘are not reprimanded or pen- \ alized at the time they commit violations, they will not develop } into good policemen due to lack of proper guidance and correc- tive measures. “For example, when Patrolman Nelson reported for duty in an PEEL ALD TPE IS SEE SEALED BEAM HEADLIGHTS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street wemmasoums Phone (12. ow of the New 1 | { | | | | OP TO eae. ct rence Vener ere “Both Barrels Blazing” News - Sports - Shorts ‘ FULY 20th | AAAA444D4444 644444 OVERRULES TENDERED intoxicated condition on he sent him home ‘out goodness of his heart’ and recommend his removal, es “In closing, this board that most of the charges, stale and apparently forgiven the time committed but brought again to the surface for a pose. In view of the this board fee! out justice ‘comea™ The civil attention of sioners to the fi the policemen patrol and were cause this was in violation of Chief's orders. However, “How can these policemen pet- ahd faithful manner, such a8 they have sworn to do when they accepted this public office, if re~ strictions are placed on them to such an extent that they are prevented from discovering any infractions of the law?” “Testimony was also the effect that the had given orders th establishments were to vestigations but the were not,” — Sierra “The Chief of Police, on testimony, stated that he the policemen that they were not to raid the establishments that operated on a permanent basis, that is from day to day, “We ask ‘How are the poliee- men going to know which ones operate. from day to day if they are not permitted to go in investigate when they think | it warranted?’ Another question In- terposed is ‘Why aren't So day.’) operating be they permanent?’”” : Sierra also. pointed “aut: the Chief of: Police himself tified that the charge of “leav- ing one’s post to go two hundred feet” in itself was not sufficient to warrant discharge. This ref- erred to the visit by Patrolman Hernandez to a soft drink estab- lishment approximately 200 feet from his post. A large, demonstrative au- dience attended the hastily call- ed city commission meeting. Ap- plause and catcalls were fre- quent. City Manager King sub- mitted his resignation, immediate- ly after the report was read. U.S. E. D. RARITAN IS AGROUND PULASKI SHOALS United States Engineering Dredge “Raritan” went aground at 3:35 this morning at Pulaski Shoals. The 290’ vessel drawing 18’ of water, only has ‘14’ feet of water under her. Assistance Was requested of the Coast Guard, but as the Coast Guard had nothing available to send out that could do the job, the information was passed on to the Navy, whieh is checking to see if they have tugs strong enough to handle the sit- uation. This afternoon at 12:30 the Coast Guard reported that the U.S. E. D. 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