The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 24, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVII. No. 175 eet Charges: Against United States Made By Two Russian Spokesmén Peace And Unity In China, Object Of This Country (Ry Associated Prem) WASHINGTON, July 24.— A “eekeeman for the Department of Gtete today asserted that the United Stetes is still striving for geece and unity in China, as President Truman announced twe weeks ago. Meanwhile, news from China _ wee that Generalissimo Chiang ! along a 150-} Kar-Bhek forces, mile fromt, are continuing their @rtee against the Communists in gerthern China, Chiang is assist- ed & & great measure by Amer- teen fighter and bomber planes. While be is engaged in that @rive, Communist forces 40 miles from Nanking, are waging an eii-out offensive against Na- thomeliet troops. The Communists, fer the first time since the civil wer began, today made an am- @hihieus attack. Troops landed from « Gotilla of junks and took the Nationalists by si rise. Director Here Key West has gained a new Seemily and the Navy Base has a mew Red Cross field director. or ee a is explained in oo jam A. Friz- i, weW Red Cruas ‘field direc- ter of the base and successor to Stephen D. Stone, who will re- fem here as assistant field di- teeter Arriving in Key West recently | wath his family, Director #et! began his Red Cross career | ™@ the Ghic Mississippi Valley @eeeeter @f 1997, and has had a Pertety of Red Cross duties. Meginming as an accountant, he ee ieter special field represen- | tetive, aiding chapters in eastern | Mert Carolina to organize for! te annual roll call. WH 1988 He became director of | fe ad and life saving for the . Virginia, chapter. While | © be was instrumental in| living the City Board of Edu- Pion pa » bill making first “8 im the public schools a com- | Mabey subject tm 1999 he was assigned by * ONE COW AND OTHER IN| Priz-| : SPEAKS IN MOS. TOKYO AT SESSION OF COUNCIL OF FOUR DIRECT CHARGES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 24.—Two Soviet spokesmen today made ' direct charges against the Unit- spokesman said that the United States government had purpose- ' ly caused the arrest of a Russian officer on a charge of espionage to rouse unfriendly feelings against the Russian government. In Tokyo, the Russian member of the Council of Four charged, jin a written statement that he \read at a bi-weekly meeting of the council, that the United | States representative made it a point to be arbitrary in his de- | cision against the other three members, But it was the Pravda spokes- man who was bitter in his accu- sation. He asserted that the United States knew that the Russian officer was guiltless at the time the charge was made against him, and added that. the trial proved there was no foun- dation to base the charge on, The officer was set free. Senate May Pass OPA Control Bill - This Afternoon (By, Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 24.—Sen- ate Leader Barkley said, today that the OPA’ bill ‘likely. will be | passed by the senate this. after- noon or-early evening. , He ‘explained that, only. eight senators ‘were scheduled to speak about the measure, and that he estimated their speeches will last three or four hours. As soon as the bill is passed it will be sent to the President. Official Washington is confi- dent that the President will sign the bill. It was said that the re-estab- lishment of ceil fg prices on.some commodities will cause losses among merchants who bought them at much higher prices:after the death of OPA June 30. Meat, butter, poultry, eggs and dairy products will be off the control list till August 20, when Metienel Headquarters as assist- am field director for the Brook- | Meedy Field, Valdosta, Ga. When) Meedy Field went on a reduced! eetivity basis, he was assigned| here. The new director states that! beth he and his wife are gieat- ty impressed with Key West and hepe to call it their home for! many years. ign Newy Yard. When the Naval A Stetion in Jacksonville was (Geeentesioned in 1941, he was as- @gned as field director there. Melding @ reserve commission im the Army, Frizzell was called act duty in February, 194: Which kept him on the go for/ the mext four years. Released feet March, he returned to Red Cro k Pollowing his return, he was feet amigned to Ft. Bragg, Herth Carolina, and later to} Daniel Lujan Released From Naval Service| (Ripe The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 24. | ~Maniel G. Lujan, Coxswain, of| 685 Francis street, Key West, Wet ameng the 142 Florida resi- Gents released from the Naval eerviee Saturday, July 20, at the ©. & Waval Air Station, Jack-} senville, Fla. — Oil Spray to tENDEns your FEND! OPTEAY ond CHASSIS-- caves @ set of fenders! Lou Smith Auto Service | Wilts at Fleming Phone No, 5 Opposite Army Barracks | ‘Seesoemeermonvenstcnneunnvnneenenen ncn UUHHHHUHHITHTTELTL \ a three-man commission will de- termine whether or not those products should again be placed 1 under OPA ceilings. ‘Rabbi Lehrer To Leave Key West Tomorrow L. Lehrer, rabbi of B’Nai Zion synagogue, Southard and Simon- ton streets, informed The Citi- zen today his service with that congregation have been discon- tinued and that he will leave to- morrow for Miami. Rabbi Lehrer said he will go first to Miami for a short stay and then will proceed to New York, where he will attend a convention of rabbis and will vis- it his children. He asked The Citizen to ex- tend his reg\ds to the Masons and Elks, of which orders. he is a member, to all preachers in the community. and to Key Westers generally. aa Seer | « DANCING - | NIGHTLY TO THE MUSIC OF /MARK STANLEY cRuncH) and HIS ORCHESTRA Featuring Sylvia at the Piano Best Drinks—Popular P: RESERVATIONS: PHONE THE | ed States, In Moscow a Pravda} SOUTHERNMOST Civil Service Board Probes King Suspension Of Gutierrez! NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1946 Ralph Sierra, chairman of the Civil Service Board, stated today there will be an immediate in- today into City Manager Dave King’s suspension of Patrolman George Gutierrez on a charge of being absent from his post Sat- urday night while on duty. The Civil Service chairman re- | j-vealed it was his impression that | the suspended patrolman was re- ported by Chief Eisner and Lt. Joseph Kemp only three min- utes before he was scheduled to go off duty. The findings of the Civil Ser- | ice Board which includes Jeffer- son Knight and Miss Wilhelmina Harvey in addition to Mr, Sierra, will be presented to the City; Commission. Denying. the charge made against him by Manager King, leave his post before midnight Saturday. “When asked by the Chief, in company with Lt. Kemp, why 1! had left my post, I replied that! I got off at twelve midnight,” Gutierrez told The Citizen. “It was then 12:03 a. m., on the clock at the service station where I! was interrogated, a clock five minutes slower than the city clock.” vestigation at a special meeting}. |,ter, the civil service rules. and ‘British Guard Sierra Clarifies Posting Of Civil Pointing out that posting of the regulations governing the civil service board had nothing to do} with the decision of the board to reinstate the four patrolmen pre- viously dismissed by City Man- ager Dave King, Ralph Sierra, chairman of the board, stated to- day that’ the regulations have now been posted in the City Hall, Civil service regulations are not effective until they have been posted one week. The ruling to reinstate the po- licemen is governed by Section 23 | ness ‘here—as it was intended to of the City Charter and was not! do., | affected by posting any civil it | Service Gutierrez declared he did not} Sierra. said. rules and regulations, To comply with the City Char- regulations are posted in the City Hall. Central Station In Jerusalem “Upon. leaving my post at 12! o’clock midnight, I got a lift from | Walter Knowles, who operates ' the moving picture machine at the Palace theater,” he contin-; ued, “who dropped me at the’ corner of Simonton and Division , streets. j “At the time I was interrogat- ed by the Chief.and Lieutenant. John Carbonell, city commis-! sioner, Mrs. John Carbonell, | Walter Knowles and Everisto verify that I had just arrived and that it was-after 12 o'lock+ midnight. “I therefore appeal to Ahe'| Civil Service Board and. agk that!) I be given, a hearing, as the sus- pension. is’ unjust and I anti Rot! guilty of any: effense,” he le: | clared. 3 City Manager ‘ morning that Gutiertez found two blocks from his post, | (constituting a ten' minute walk) ‘was | three minutes before midnight Saturday. Commenting on the suspension, King added: “I don’t care who} the individual concerned is — if | orders are not carried out the| violator will be suspended im- mediately. “Unfortunately, this incident Happened to concern one of the} men involved in the Civil Serv-} ice reinstatement and it may ap- pear as though I were checking on him. Some individuals have | thought I would overlook the in- | fraction since it concerned one | of the men involved in the. con- troversy. However, if anyone ever finds me overlooking anything of the sort, I wish they’d advise } me,” he declared. “When a man is supposed to be on duty from four until 12, | his working hours are upnibn | I expect him to be on duty and} not quit before his working hours are up,” he concluded. Russian Will Amplify Views On Atomic Bomb j | (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 24—Rus- sian Ambassador Gromyko is ex- | pected to amplify his views, at | a meeting of UN Security Coun- } cil to be held late this after-| noon, on the proposed control of | the atomic bomb. | In his first statement about the bomb, he advocated, that ac- | tion be taken now in establish-| ing a commission of control, | which was directly opposite to the suggestions made five weeks ago by Bernard Baruch, chair- man of the Atomic Energy Com- mission. tenets Have your Dodge, Chrysler. Ply- mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL- "ay | NAVARRO ERS—at the RIGHT PRICE!!!! Inc. Opposite Bus Station } —apemepeneees | | | — {bombing of British headquarters, ‘ing having reached 68. Nunez were present and can}. lin a voluntary capacity. (By Associated Press) JERUSALEM, July 24.—Brit- ish troops today are guarding the central police station in this city. The British had been informed that the Jewish underground would attempt to bomb the sta- tion in a manner similar to the which resulted in 41 known dead, with the number of miss- British authorities charge the Jewish underground with having exploded the bemb- in headquar- ters. A new British commanding of- ficer arrived ,;here, today from London. He stated that he would hold conferences with Arab) and: Jewish leaders \in, Palestine in an.| attempt to ‘restore peace > and arder. 27 In. Beginners’. Swimming Class Twenty-seven youngsters turned out Monday and Tues- day mornings for the beginners’ swimming class being tonducted at South Beach by Miss Jane Hopkins of the City Re Department. The assistance of volunteer instructors qualified to do water safety work will be welcomed, since one person) can handle only a small number of | limiting | children, necessitating the size of the class. Children who have registered for the swimming’ instruction are: Karen Yerby, Joyce Yerby, Sandra Duane, Robert Rash, Don- ald Avant, Dorothy Ann Lesher, Donna Lee Graham, Carl Gra- ham, Raymond Aguerra, Rich- ard Roberts, Mary Ann Stevens, Edwin Nodine, Sam _ Nodine, Joseph Plant, Reginald Teel, John Teel, Edison Niles Pinder, Gloria Knowles, Sylvia Knowles, Shir- ley Ann Hamlin, Donna Sawyer, George Lee, Carl Allen Trout, Edna May Ballard, Mary Eliza- beth Roberts, and Rose Jose- phine Gonzalez. Joyce Bradley, who received her swimming certificate last year, is assisting Miss Hopkins ~- Announcement - JOHN PRITCHARD and HIS ORCHESTRA will PLAY at the V.F.W. CLUBHOUSE Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday Public and Have A Invited toDance Good Time! FLAGLER AVE. and 2nd ST. Poinciana Busses Pass the Door Open Monday Through Saturday NO ADMISSION - NO COVER ichintzes have been the delight, of reation | i {their foreign sales will be large | went round and round... . ; wants What It Means . . . THE BRITISH LOAN By SIGRID ARNE AP Newsfeatures WASHINGTON.—The U. S. de- cision to lend Great Brtiain $3,- 750,000,000 will mean more ‘busi-/ ——— Mrs, J. S. Edwar * ° Dies At Residence Mrs. Julia Sands Edwards, 86, died this morning at 7 o’clock at her. residence, 4 Catholic Lane. Funeral services will be held at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow from the chapel of Pritchard Funera? Home, with the Rev. J. B. Reid, neso v pastor of the Fleming Street Tee pele covecsent nes |e eetciating, arial Sa promiged its people a little more; cemetery. ‘ food—not much, but more. A Fi good deal of it will be canned | youn yvors Ws oo Bey food, and much of that will be J . K 1 py tise ee fe ig canned fruit,-since the British are | Ci ahs we a rothers, fruit hungry. Through the war,! S Willing! ~ Charles. Sands for six long years, they had bay veacaanel Sands, and four grandchildren, six great grand- neither the ships nor the money; °° fo waste on such luxury. The,few children, and three great great grandchildren. fryits that got to Britain became so. fantastically expensive that a single pear would bring $3.50. Textile Machinery 8—New. England where the textile machinery industry is ¢on- ; centrated. Textiles were one of Great Britain's: biggest, pre-war sellers abroad. For generations | English, ginghams, pereales and Four sections of the United States are likely to feel the shot- in-the-arm first, judging from the | .initial British government an- nouncements of the manner in} ‘which the loan will be used. Here | they are: 1. and 2,—California - Oregon and Minnesota—where the can- Everything Quiet ‘At The City Hall —It Says Here! “Mum was the word” this morning at City Hall as all ef- forts to uncover developments ab womenthe ‘world over. But ..westerday’s: spgcial city ii bombs ‘damaged a lot of the ma- | sion meeting proved fruitless. chinery,:and much of the’ rest “T suggest you see the Mayor,” wore ‘out on war jobs, or' became | comménted ;G@ity Manager Dave antiquated. The British plan’ to} King yesterday. “See the Mayor,” permit the use ofa good chunic) suggested City. Clerk Roy Ham- of! the Ui S. loan’ to modernize: jjn- their textile | industry.’ They're! “<phe city | acta! 4 St ‘ i i} : y »manager is meeting banking on it to help: pay their: with’ Commissioners. Carbonell .Way out of their huge war debt, | and the new American loan. - 4, — The —Chicago-Columbus- | and: Cooper -on routine matters,? said’ the Mayor. Commissioner Pittsburgh factor where coal bes arti lve Bis ba of mining machinery is made. Brit- | ‘0W2- Oe enone: Albert ain also made much money by | C00Per couldn’t be reached; ditto the sale of coal to other countries. | Commissioner Hunter Harden; Now her mints need repairs and! ditto Commissioner John Car- the government says a second bonell. E good chunk of the loan will be} But the rumors came thick and spent fixing them up. fast. King was asked why he To Move Slowly a rt N : It’s estimated only some '$400,-; acting chief of police during 000,000 of the loan will be spent, Chief Louis Kisner’s absence, |this year. By 1951 the British|some said. The four policemen must. have’ used the wholc| have been asked to resign so that amount. That y: also, the 2} King will stay, said others. More | percent interest payments begin, | commissioners are resigning, said and they continue for 59 years, or | still others. until 2001. | Nobody knew — everybody By that time the British hope} guessed, and the merry-go-round enough both to pay for goods’ to meet their current needs and 5 8 | ner In Honor to begin to, pay off their,debts. | Large Dinne' Here’s the way the British gov-| ernment plans to ‘dole out the} American loan. Of Marguerite Wellman Mrs. Jarvis Wellman of Rest Any British importer who! Beach ended a week’s festivities to buy in the United| in honor of her daughter, Mar- States must explain his purchase | guerite, with a Puerto Rican din- “austerity living” program, or (b)| Carl Evenston, Mr. and Mr that the commodity is needed to| Hoarry, Mrs. Herskill and Mrs. make some British export more} Carrie Roll. _ ‘ saleable, the government will ap-! Marguerite is the daughter of prove the idea. The importer will Lt. Comdr. Jarvis Wellman of get American dollars to pay for, the Coast Guard and has been on his purchases here. }a vacation from John Hopkins Inflation Worries Because. ofthe many expenses! facing the British government to- CHANGE IN USO DANCE day, ‘there is marked worry in London; as in many capitals, over| The Jackson Square USO club American price; inflation. It) has changed its dance program her nurse’s training. makes the dollars they are bor-; from. Friday to Thursday eve- rowihg ‘worth legs, betause they! nings. John Pritchard and_ his cf buy less. | orchestra will be on hand to There is a Bureau of Labor Sta-| furnish music for service person- tistics figure which ' illustrates | nel, British worries: it averages out} Dance programs for coming the price increases during the | months will be Monday and past year on. 28 basic commodities | Thursday evenings, from 9 p.m. (such as wheat and cotton). In| 4, 44 pm. PALACE THEATER BY77M@4)/¢744 NOAH BERRY, JR., in “CRIMSON CANARY” ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS or MINIMUM CHARGE ERE ER A I A EE News ~ Sports - Shorts 121 Duval Street amma Phone 44? a | | | had appointed Tom Watkins as/ to the Board of Trade. If the) ner, board decides either (a) that the} Among those present were Lt. pure > omething the Briti d Hugh Harroun, Lt. and should ha even under their| Mrs. Oscar Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. | | Hospital where she is completing | j ae * ANOTHER VIEW TODAY IS THAT BOTTOMS WILL BE TORN | 87 TARGET SHIPS — (By Associated Press) — BIKINI, July 24.—The first ex- plosion of an atomic bomb un- der water will take place this | afternoon at 5:35 o'clock, Bastern Daylight Saving Time, Admiral William Blandy announced, Regarding the weather, he said the only thing he feared was that’ ! clouds may gather over the 87 target ships in the Bikini lagoon and thus interfere with the sights in the plane from which the bomb_ | will be dropped. ‘ Several guesses have been made about the effects of the un* der-water explosion. Some a that the explosion. likely w ' suck up a vast volume of water | from the lagoon and shoot it inte the air, in formation of a waterr i spout, about a mile in diameter and a mile high. Another prediction is that the explosion will tear the bottom out of the ships, and that all of i them will sink, assuming that bomb strikes the water at point chosen for it to fall. Another conjecture great tidal wave will by the explosion When Admiral Blandy made ‘his ‘announcement that the ex- !plosion will take place Sain ; time scheduled, all of the 30,00( men had goné to Safety posts | beyond ‘the Binikilagoon. Rebuilders ‘OF Germ i WARD | Given: Rules ' 1 AP Newsfeatures MUNICH.—Many thousands of \former Nazi party members to- | day are shouldering pickax and shovel to help clear away rubble in Germany’s bomb-torn cities, Disgruntled over the moodiness of his fellow-shovelers and dis- appointed ‘with the sloppiness, one former Nazi decided to cheer up work-squads by composing “10 commandments for rubble removers.” He posted them on telegraph poles and trees in the Munich suburb of Milbextshofen. They included: “Do not forget that the Hitler salute has been buried, thus you can work with both hands.” “Do not fogget that during the past 12 years you have been taught to denounce people. Thou shalt throw this black mark over- board.” “Tf there is an inspection of the site it is no longer desired that you turn around and stand at at- tention.” “Should a non-party member watch you at work who was known to have been a good Nazi, \take a big rock and throw him |(the rock)-—onto the wheelbar row. The sp tor undoubtedly | has a clean slate.” | “After work take a bath if you have the fuel to heat the water. Gas chambers and other showers are not available.” | The newspaper Sweddeutsehe | Zeitung reported that the idea al ready showed results in that | workers no longer idled and had | discarded that sad look | | | THREE KEY WESTERS ARE RE-APPOINTED TALLAHASSEE, July 24.-- Governor Caldwell today reap- | pointed W. Warren Sawyer, J | Otto Kirchheiner and Everett W Russell, all of Key West, to mem- bership on the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission. ARAM BRR EB RR ' ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market Phone 1214 White St.