The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 25, 1946, Page 1

No. 176 VOLUME LXVIL. The 7 THE ’ SOUTHER MOST KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1946' Jayeees To Ask Commission NEWSPAPER IN THE - Senate Passes OPA Bil; Thought ‘Truman. Will Sign Measure BHA, AFTER PASSAGE ame sen BY SENATE THIS ° MORNING; WAS SENT Late Bulletins TO WHITE HOUSE For Court Decision Opinion’: BELIEVED TO BE ONLY WAY TO SETTLE EN. TIRE CONTROVER- SIAL MATTER: Sweeting Not Asked To Attend Com ° ion M eet! Junior Chamber of Commerce jat a regular meeting held at Co donee (Clavencs *WKWF offices last night decided Pre nsegerin. Bigs back sees to ask the City : Commissioners a visit to Miami, d aa Sos to instruct the City Attorney to! dayethal the aclases aia | Set @ declaratory opinion from! not. attend i ae efaner the Circuit Court in the con-j door” meeting of the City troversy about the City Man-! Commission was that he was Bomb Blast; Others Are Listing Badly And Expected 10 Sin Witnesses Declare Gutierrez ——+DAMAGE FAR WORSE THAN THOUGHT, YES- DEBATE ON PALESTINE ager’s power to hire and fire em- | enh anager’s office be clearly stated by court decision. Though A letter of protest was order-| City Manager Dave King this ‘utes after midnight when Gutier- Bi SIND ay Oe ik ed written to the Miami Herald morning refused any comment ‘rez arrived. Carbonell’s PY saacleeeaeial ncn ge ppt) with copies to the Managing | on his action yesterday in walk-' ment was verified by his wife. | €xPerts have not yet able Editor, Publisher, etc., because of ing out on a public hearing con- {Witnesses declared that Hector | to enter Bikini lagoon because the article by Ed. Wall appearing ducted by the Civil Service Board | Castro, another police officer, was | of the presence of radioactive in the July 22 issue which of-/ on the 30-day suspension of Pa-‘in the filling station when Gu-; elements, it was learned today, fered a misrepresentation of lo-| trolman George Gutierrez. tierrez arrived, Castro admitted } 4), : a donot cal conditions. under questioning that he was | at far worse damage was * (HY Axneetated Press) i K WASHINGTON, July 25—The| LONDON. —A debate is sched-| not invited to attend ana | Ployes of the city. It is believed TERDAY; COLUMN OF . eemete passed the OPA bill this|uled in the House of Commons| had not been notified that that the matter can be settled ° ° ° * roast: } . satisfactorily only if th ceorming and sent i to the White |this evening on conditions in} the meeting was scheduled. | OF hc y if the powers tue i 0 Fost Unti Mi ght WATER MILE HIGH _ Efforts of the press to (By Associated Prensa) learn what transpired at the session have proved fruit- less, i Palestine. The opposition is go- ing to take the government .to task for the violence that has occurred recently in that coun- try. Heuse Early this afternoon it was said that the President is expected to sign the bill, putting into effect emediately an OPA law that is much weaker than the one that expired on June 30. “At the moment there are only two things I’m interest- ed in,” Sweeting said this morning, "The first is an im- partial, unpolitical.court rul- WAR IN CHINA NANKING, — The central gov- ernment announced today that The present bill is - much stronger than the extension bill | President Truman vetoed June 29 While the new OPA law places | = present ceilings on meats, | poultry, eggs and dairy products, | yet it provides for a three-man committee who will be empow- ered, by August 20, to impose re- strietions on prices for those pro- @uets if the committee thinks the prices charged in the meantime ere promotive of inflation. Other major foods will be with- eat restrictions but, because of thelr ebundance, it is thought thet the law of supply and de- tend will adjust discrepancies in prices. ’ ‘The Department of Agriculture on! 1 its troops ere pressing hard on ‘the Communist forces in north-j ern China. TURKEY'S ELECTION “ANKARA. — Count of returns in the election held in Turkey yesterday show that government candidates have been reelected to 296 seats in parliament. Social Democrats succeeded in winning 62 seats. WINGED MISSILES STOCKHOLM. — The Swed- ish government today complained about “winged missiles” that are | falling and exploding in this country. Some of the missiles are shaped like rockets and others ing of.Section 23 of the City Charter, and the second is in seeing Dave King remain as City Manager.” Section 23 of the City Charter was the cause of the dispute centering around King’s powers in dismissing the four policemen recently reinstated by the Civil Serv- ice Board, More Workers To Be Released | From Sub Base} With “approximately $20,000: spohewman said that beef will be | like torpedoes, a government} weekly saved the Navy Base by | mere abundant now than it has heen for many months. He stated farther that the supply will con- timee to grow because of the @thumdance of wheat and corn, Yeet quantities of which will be fed to cattle. Rent ceilings are considered the chief provision” in the “hew bell im its fight against inflation, ue to the demand for houses far encoeding the supply. Charges Pile Up. Against Rep: May Of Kentucky (My Associated Prens) WASHINGTON; July 25,—An- other charge was lodged today egeinet Representative Andrew May of Kentucky, who will ap- peer at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn- ime before a senate committee in- Vestigating war profiteering, and it concerns his alleged writing of two letters to General Eisen- hewer in behalf of Lieutenant Colenel Joseph Garson, son of Murray Garson. Another story told of May’s errenging for a reception on a grend scale for military officers im New York, during which all expenses for the officers, in- eleding rooms and meals, were defrayed by some wartime manu- facturing concern. Cumberland Land Company, of Kentucky, for which May is seid to have been an agent, is enother matter that the commit- tee will investigate, in addition te the reputed favored Midwest Munitions combine. _ renee Wanted! Wanted! Telephone Operator Apply Manager LA CONCHA HOTEL a Genuine Ge @ Chevrolet @ Oldsmobile MULBERG CHEVROLET CO. Phone 377 Corner New and Caroline Streets | spokesman said. Death Toll Now 63 From Bombing ~~ Yn Jerusalem} { (Ry Associated Press) JERUSALEM, July 25.—Lis' of dead in the -bomb:explosion: in thé King David Hotel has now | risen to 63, with 55. still missing y.and’ prestimed: to: have Jost their » lives: ehh res | ‘It was announced: today that the structure was so badly dam- aged it is likely to topple at any time. British troops are still conduct- ing an intensive search for the men believed to have placed the time bomb in the hotel. Mean- whil® a tension of dread is wide-| spread ‘in this city and other parts of Palestine. | Lions’ Convention Delegates Report | Local delegates to the Inter- national Lion’s Club Convention held recently at Philadelphia, Pa., will make their report to the Key West Chapter at tonight’s; weekly meeting. The local chap- ter’s delegates include Gonzalo Bezanilla, B. M. Forbes, Herman W. Urion and Gerald Saunders. a oe PIONEER HOTEL | 151 N. E. FIRST STREE! In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West ‘SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “BEST FOR A NIGHT'S REST‘ | . One Block West of Bus Depot neral Motors FACTORY- ENGINEERED PARTS | | @ Buick @ Pontiac its recent reduction in force of 428 mechanical trade workers, it was learned by The Citizen to- day that budget restrictions call } for the release of 121 classified , or office workers there by Sept. 0. Representing 28_.per_ cent... of classified’ employes. at the base; the combined annual sal- + ary of the 121. to be’ released is about $275,000." Following the! September 30 date, more classi- fied workers are scheduled to be released ‘until .the leveling off: .| status, is’ achieved: in, March. The’ pressure * 6f° "budget ‘re-j strictions and decréase in work- load necessitated only a week’s; notice to the 428 mechanical trade workers leaving tomor- row. They are. carried on the! payrolls either in a payable or| non-payable capacity, depending | upon the amount of their accu- |} mulated leave. | Employment officials here} state that few of the 428 to be released tomorrow can _ be ab- sorbed in any private employ- ment here. The majority of those | unemployed are making plans to! leave the city. War veterans among them are | given opportunities to qualify for ratings in other trades. Every} effort is also being made to give! veterans with temporary civil service appointments, opportuni- | ties to qualify for absolute ap-) pointments. , All employes at the yard agree | that reduction in force at the) base is being done on the most} equable basis possible. City Commission Calls Special Meeting Tonight A special meeting of the City! Commission will be held tonight at 5:35 o’clock in the City Hall to receive the report of the Civil} \Service Board on the hearing} held yesterday relative to City | Manager Dave King’s 30-day suspension of Patrolman George Gutierrez. Commissioner Clarence | iSweeting’s resignation will also| be considered. We Now Have WIRE BASKETS for BICYCLES OPEN DAILY 7 A.M. to Midnight POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Gutierrez was one of four po- The feasibility of procuring a! licemen previously reinstated by pulmotor for the city’s. use was; the board following their dis- ordered looked into. A represen-|missal by the city manager. ; apparatus has advised that none! the patrolman denied the charges are available in the county and! levelled against him by Police tative of a company selling this’ Supported by three witnesses, | ‘suspended, the city manager re- pointed out how necessary they Chief Louis Eisner that he left|~ off his beat at the time and had left it ahead of schedule. Asked by Board Chairman Ralph Sierra why Castro wasn’t to the ships than was estimated- yesterday. ‘ i At first report, it was said” ; that three ships had gone to the* | bottom, but today it was learned: plied he didn’t know. The fact that policemen work | the total is 1i, seven large ships eight consecutive hours without | and four smali ones. > a lunch or rest period was also| Other ships are listing badly~ questioned at the hearing. and are expected to sink. Parts* To King’s suggestion that the ; have been torn from p. i “ policemen were at liberty to stop all ships that, remained on, the ~ at a restaurant and. eat, Gu-|surface despite the violence of. tierrez pointed out that most the blast. restaurants were dispensers of One spectator, aboard Admiral | liquor and that he would prefer | Blandy’s ship at a distance of* eating at home with his wife and!a mile from Bikini, said he saw ~ family. parts of. ships shot into the air +e i }would study the ease and submit | depth, also have” It was also disclosed that Carl ‘in a column of water half a mile © Ingraham, another of the four;in diameter; The peak of the» policemen reinstated by the | column was estimated to ov Civil Service Board after dis- preached, a mile in height. Out of» missal by King, had been given j the top of the columh steani. a beat around Bayview Park, an | streamed upward to an addis: area that contained no restau- tional two miles. - rants at all. | Opinion was that the five sub- After the meeting adjourned, | marines that were submerged Sierra announced that the board | the lagoon, to an un Admiral Blandy seid it ‘was too [early to determine definitely to what extent the bomb had de- its findings to the city commis- sion. | | ! COAST GUARD RESCUES ASDELVANT HIGGINS _ BOAT At» 9:40 p..m,,. Tuesday, the CG: 63064 departed from the base to investigate red flares that* had been reported south south- stroyed or damaged the 87 ships that -were in the lagoon at the ' j time of the explosion. H “that, when . the radioa ‘the lagdon . subsided, Of the , task force will enter to. sascertain the full ‘extent’ of; the damage. cream) for were in the event of casualties; his post ahead of schedule last resulting from fires and other ; Saturday night. ! disasters. Chief Eisner charged that he} Billy Freeman Dominguez was and Police Lt. Joe Kemp saw | appointed Chairman of Govern- / Gutierrez in a filling station two} mental Affairs in place of Jeff ; blocks from his. post three min-} Knight whose other duties pre-; utes before midnight when his! vented his accepting the orig. | shift ended. inal appointment. Mario Na-| One of Gutierrez’s witnesses, poles was appointed chairman of | Walter Knowles, projector opera- the Youth Welfare committee. |tor at the Palace theater, testi- that ante mentors fied that he picked up the po- liceman in his automobile at the! Rotary Club Hear: 'S | officer's post. Gutierrez told him! S b . ¢ b 3 he could not leave until midnight, | he dec’gred, and that he waited € astian a rera until midnight to drive the’ of-! Rotary Club at their weekly | ficer from his post to the filling luncheon meeting at the St. ' Station. Paill’s Parish Hall, Bahama street, | Corroborating Knowles’ state-| was presided over: by Horace}™ment was City Commissioner O'Bryant, Past Presidefit, “aeting- John Carbonell,..aperator of the in the place of President Earl filling station, who declared. that Adams, who is now on vacation, it Was apptoximately two min-, Speakers at’ the: luncheon were| —. Re EM rd LON Sebastian Cabrera and Secretary | i Edwin Trévor: .Mr. Cabrera, | iT] C k J club’s delegate, *-spéke’ on the | e er, 00: oi “Highlights of International :Con+ (Reha e vérition “Held in. Atlantic City; American Legion Nidv’2 Keynote. of’ the Internat oo { tional Convention was “World! The applications of George Guidance Under the Leadership ‘Feller and Howard Cook were of the United States.” Miss Zetta!@Ppproved for membership in Frances Cabrera, daughter of Mr. No. and Mrs, Sebastian Cabrera, was selected to lead the singing of the Spanish group comprising the Latin-American countries. Mr. Trevor. gave his report on the district conference held in Orlando recently. Many Rotarians are wondering if Mayor William Demeritt is ill or else perturbed about recent city happenings, as he failed to eat his favorite dessert (ice the first time twenty-two years, or at least, in the memory of any Rotarian present. Visiting Rotarian was Henry Starling of Homestead, Florida, and guest was Clifford Hicks, of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. Joe Pearlman was song leader. TOUR FOR NAVY PATIENTS A sight-seeing tour for patients at the Naval hospital was ar- ranged this afternoon. under sponsorship of the Business and Arthur Sawyer Post 28, west of the Naval station at American Legion, at the regular 10:05 p. m. Arriving there the meeting held last night in the Coast Guard rescue craft picked Legion Home. Members of the up a Higgins boat from Asdev- Post’s softball team were guests lant, with four men aboard. at the meeting. ; The boat was being used for re- Post Adjutant Fred E. Knight creational purposes by four serv- | | State Building . - Fund Will Get~ Surplus Money TALLAHASSEE, July. . 25.— in; gave a resume of the itinerary of the trip planned for those at- tending the National Legion Con- vention to be held in San Fran- cisco in September. The next regular meeting of the Post is scheduled for August 14, when a class of. candidates ‘will assume the obligations of the American Legion. Service Officer Here To Aid Vets; John P. Luke, Assistant State Service Officer, will be at the} County court house on Friday and Saturday of this week to as- ‘sist any veteran of any war with ‘personal problems. Professional Women, Gerald | Saunders, chairman of the Camp ‘and Hospital Committee of the | American Red Cross, announces. \ Branch State Servi the Veteran Regional Dinner Key, Miami. Office, The tours are sponsored by vari- ous civic groups in the city. DANCE Tonight and EVERY WEDNESDAY, | FRIDAY and SATURDAY NITES To the MUSIC of JOHN PRITCHARD and His Orchestra 9 P. M. Until “?” The Public Cordially Invited V.F.W. CLUBHOUSE Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street Poinciana Bus Passes Door Al Armengol, Owner Division at Francis Phone 9134 NO ADMISSION - COVER or MINIMUM i Open Monday Through Saturday All veterans are urgently re- quested to utilize . this service during Luke's stay in the city. ee Sa a a aannanenal CASA CAYO HUESO- “(The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and ice men. The Higgins boat had developed engine trouble, and wan towed back o ene ce Cabinet majority, the Supreme Guard base at 11:00 pm. and Court last week directed Comp- was skippered by B. M. Ist W. R. toler Lee to transfer into the Holton. \state building fund nearly $4,- ' 000,000 which the Budget Com- AUNT ausnaunnauevergvunnarncanegesezeneeuacenniee nna tmission Has’ declared ‘ty “be ceugs , plus money. PALACE THEATER The ruling apparently opened WILD BILL ELLIOTT in | the door for record progress on Sheriff of Redwood Valley 2 $15,000,000 program for erect- ager i ing new buildings for the state News - Sports - Shorts institutions and agencies. AUPUUNNUUUUSERUUONOLUANAEEUUUUAEUOS AEGEAN The court left entirely to the RAUL’S | discretion of the Cabinet Budget Commission the question of deé- ON THE BOULEVARD -- DANCING -- (FNS)—Upholding the position of Governor Caldwell and the | | termining when there is more than enough money in the treds- ury to meet necessary regular expenses and upheld a 1945 act permitting the board to use sur- | Yuke is supervisor oD ge | NIGHTLY TO THE MUSIC OF | pluses for construction. Comptroller Lee, on the advice of Attorney General Watson, had | declined to make most of the : A ‘transfers directed by the Cabinet i Best Dranss—bopelas Erices (until he had a Supreme Court | das i |ruling on the constitutionality SR anc effect of the building act. MARK STANLEY(cRuNcH), and HIS ORCHESTRA Featuring Sylvia at the Piano COCKTAIL LOUNGE Opens 5 P.M. 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