The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 26, 1946, Page 1

_ocile tecit abiee e VOLUME LXVII. No. 177 tt THE City \iaabicae: Reiatiies @ Some Prices To Be tighter: Others Lower Under New ‘Cabive. ‘Following: Hearing; In .a,. generally. anticipated move, the City, Commission, act- OPA List Of Regulations: PRESIDENT TRUMAN* ANNOUNCED HE WILL LOSE LITTLE TIME NAMING DE-CONTROL BOARD (fy Amseciated Press) WASHINGTON, July 26—OPA ammeunced today that ceiling prices om & good many commodi- tee will be increased to meet preeent conditions, but added thet the trend will bring lower prices generally. ef automobiles and @ething were among those the OPA said would be higher. Reef also, which is now with- out « ceiling, may go as high as @ percent more than the price eked before the expiration of OPA om June 30, a spokesman for the Department of Agriculture stated President Truman said he will | teee Httle time in appointing the three mem*ers of the proposed @e-comtrol wommission. It will be thet commission that will decide, @meng other things, ‘whether teef, poultry, eggs, dairy pro- @uet and other commodities, in- @eding tobacco and petroleum,} heve eyrdeketed in prices. But} the cotemission will not be able : teke setion until after August, Prices Shoes and coal are now selling @t higher prices, because of high- @ eependiture in their produc- teen oe ee few OPA Jaw. immed- tately restores price ceilings on went as they were under the old bail, OPA warned landlords today thet @ they have made contracts @eh tenants, since June 30, for Mgher rentals, the contracts are mull ad void. However, the land- tortie ere not required to return ony pert of excessive rents that the¥e been paid during the inter- tp from June 20 to yesterday a when President Tru- signed the bill. "Enquiries Made Regarding Ferry Many inquiries have been re- eeived by Myrtland Cates, | Deputy U. S. Marshal and repre- sentative of the’ American Au- temebile Association, regarding the opening of the Key West- | HMevenea ferry, its services, fares art hedule Amone those inquiring are @egezine writer Burt Richard E, ewe, and Burt J, Saymon. RETURNS FROM VENEZUELA Alexander J. Cherry, former Key West resident of 715 Wil- fem street, arrived in Key West Tu from Caracas, Vene- guela, South America, on busi- mews, and expects to réturn ‘there im October. PALACE THEATER : WILD BILL ELLIOTT in Sheriff of Redwood Valley News - Sports - Shorts MOTOR TUNE-UP SAVES GAS Leu Smith Auto Service White at Fleming St. Phone § Qpposite Army Barracks — AUL’S ON THE BOULEVARD STANLEY(cRUNCH) HIS ORCHESTRA Sylvia at the Piano | Aboard Stribbling; | against the government, It was said that many groups }declared, that “the City Manager , il Service Board, yesterday i post ‘without authority. “Suspension unwarranted,” the board’s findings fread. man Gutierrez should be imme- diately reinstated and receive Sailor Found Dead | of suspension up to the date he is reinstated.” Lashing out at Chief of ‘Police Navy Probes Cause Navy authorities in Key West have announced that a Navy enlisted man was found dead aboard the de- stroyer. Stribbling, at the Submarine Base yesterday charges against Gutierrez, the board declared the police chief tact. by failing to investigate thoroughly the matter.” “Testimony revealed that ‘| Chief Eisner. made no. provisions. morning. for Patrolman Gutierrez to take A Naval board of investi- , |time off to go-home and eat, drink gation has been convened { Water, or other . necessities,” the sik “ans a board charged. paadbvabrigpacetandia al The apie further stated that death. Further details, will be released when they. are, made available by the board of investigation. Airmen Now Used In Rounding Up Palestine Jews (By Associated Press) JERUSALEM, July 26. —Brit- | night in question but had not ish high command in Palestine | been suspended by Eisner. today pressed into service flying The board stated it “was, in- squadrons in attempts to round ]clined to believe” that the timer up Jews. charged with having] piece consulted by, Chief Eisner committed subversive acts} was not accurate. In closing, its report, the board quor establishment and Chief Eisner, it sand, had given strict orders that no liquor establish- ments are to be visited by pa- trolmen under penalty of sus- pension, inating in meting out punish- pointed out that Patrolman Hec- tor Castro, by his own admis- have been arrested, though their} deliberately walked out in the number. was not disclosed. midst of the investigation with- Action against the Jews re-|out excusing. himself.” sulted frorthe explosion 6f two At the: “lése™of™ the meeting bombs in the King David Hotel.) Mayor W. W. Demeritt declared That sabotage has .caused” 68) that the majority of the commis- i on recommendations of the Cin instated Police Officer George itierraz}. suspended last Mon- ‘on. chargés that he left his “Patrol- full compensation for the period j Louis Eisner who initiated the} “failed to show diplomacy and‘ the only toilet facilities avail-) able in the area being patrolled! by Gutierrez was located in a li-| ment for like offenses, the board i known dead, with 42 reported sion commended the Civil Serv-| as missing. Report Denied That Rep. May (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 26.—Hen- ry Garsson, member of the muni- tions firm that is under investi- gation by a_ senate committee, said today that he had heard that Representative Andrew } May, of Kentucky, is in a “dying | condition.” But Warren McGee, May’s at- torney, said the report was un- , true, though May, who is 71, still is suffering from a heart at- tack. |Troop No. 55 Scouts Hold Meeting Tonight Key West’s newest Boy .Scout troop, No. 55, will hold its regu- lar weekly meeting at the Ley Memorial church annex, located on Division street, tonight. At last week’s meeting, sev- tenderfoot pins, Others expect to earn theirs at tonight’s meeting. Paced Have your Dodge, Chrysler, Ply- mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL. ERS—at the RIGHT PRICE!!!! NAVARRO Inc. Opposite Bus Station DANCE Tonight and EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY NITES To the MUSIC of ~ JOHN PRITCHARD and His Orchestra 9 P. M. Until “2” The Public Cordialiy Invited V.F.W. CLUBHOUSE Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street Poinciana Bus Passes Door Open Monday Through Saturday Popular Prices ATIONS: PHONE 9287 NO ADMISSION - COVER or MINIMUM eral of the boys received their ; ice Board “for doing a splendid job.” Local Rent Control Office To Resume’ Is “Dying” On June 30 Basis, g- | d f With President Truman's si nature affixed<to the revive OPA bill, Chairman Neil Keye o the Rent Control Board here, de- clared today that his office was “Going right back on the same’ basis as we left off June 30.” Requesting tenants who have; been notified of rent increases. since June 30 to contact his office ' in the Post Office Building, Keye said: “Although we have had; very few complaints regarding ' lrent. increases, there may have been quite a number we know nothing about.” He added that although there have been a nominal rfumber of } eviction notices, inquiries of how to proceed with increases have been numerous. The local office of Price Con- trol has as yet received no in- structions from the district office regarding the revived OPA bill. | EEE Bermuda Market. The Sanitary Market JOHN COBO, Proprietor PHONE 52 White and Eliza Plenty of Everything at Below Ceiling Prices Do: All Your Shopping Mere and SAVE MONEY Week-end Specials RIB ROAST of Ib. 35e BEEF. Ib. 20c VEAL’ Beef and Pork Hamburger for STEW MEAT MEAT LOAF Ib. 35¢ BUTTER. Ib. 73 eres oe . ‘AA’ BEEF - HAM BACON - LARD We Deliver Orders Anywhere in Key West or Poinciana Radioactivity Still Present In Bekini Lagoon (By Associated Preny) BIKINI, July 26.—Radio activ- ity is still present inthe Bikini lagoon and is holding up investi- gation of the extent of the dam- age done by the under-water ex- plosion of an atomic bomb two days ago. Fifteen ships are still listed as having been sunk, while other | ships either are settling or listing. It is believed that the ‘five submerged submarines were sent | to the bottom by the violence of} the blast. ‘This\. Morning’s Rain Sends Water Over Sidewalks, One and eighty-one-hundredths inches of rain fell this morning | :in Key West from 9:15 to 10:45, ed The Citizen. During that time business was} ' practically at a standstill. The Hall and The Citizen office went over the sidewalks. When an! automobile passed through the flood, tiny waves swept over the walks and, broke against. the low- ,er step of the city hall, and to ‘the step of The\Citizen’s main en- trance. Gathering news. during that period was a task, because as good many telephones were jre- ported “temporarily out of order”. The sheriff's and two other in the county courthouse could | not be reached by telephone. A Citizen reporter, unable to get connections with the Navy } Yard, due to reports of “busy”, ‘went down there during.a lull: The only persons in stores ; along Duval street during the period of one ‘and one-half hours were those who. had entered the stores before ‘the downpour be- gan. By 11 o’clock, one was able to] cross Greene street in front of The Citizen by jumping from the | Sidewalk on one side to the walk {on the other. At 12:45 o'clock, Greené street jat that point was flooded again} ! by another squall, which showed a slight let-up at 1 o’clock. Lead- en skies, however, indicated that much more rain would fall during the afternoon. ‘Walter Granger Gets Discharge | Steward’s Mate First Class ‘Walter L. Granger, 409 Angela street, was among Florida’s one- i ficers and enlisted men released | from the Naval service July 23,{ { | sonville, Fla., it was announced ! by Capt. M. M. DeWolf, USN, * commanding officer of the cen- ter. /SLOPPY JOE'S BAR, Where You Can Get the Best Drinks in Town i; YOU NAME IT—WE HAVE IT! Qi ae TWINS GARAGE 1130 Duval Street Phone 163 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender W. ork Plenty of Auto Parts Re-opening EL PRADO Half Militarist nd alf Cas ‘Commission Acts s Today On King’s Resignation City. Manager Dave King has%&—— submitted his resignation to the| City Commission effective at! 5, Pp. m. today, following yesterday’s stormy session that, saw the te- instatement of Police Officer George Gutierrez. City Commissioner John Car- bonell, demanded immediate. ac- tion on the resignation of City; Manager Dave King at the spe- cial meeting yesterday. Accepting Carbonell’s motion, the commission agreed upon a! Charging Eisner with discrim- | the local Weather Bureau inform-} special meeting at 5:35 p. m., to- day to act upon the city man- ager’s resignation. “The city’s in a turmoil over sion was off his post on the Water that collected between City| what’s going to happen Aug. 6,” Carbonell declared, “and I think! ; we should take action now.” It was disclosed at ‘the meet- ing that, Commissioner ;Clarénce | (Sugar) Sweeting, who. had sub-|, own, resignation ih had. with-j} drawn his letter, of resignation ; mitted his Protest over King’s, from .the. city. clerk’s files after the majority of the commission- -bens had. informally accepted. it, Following Sweeting’s explana- tion that he thought it under- stood his resignation was not ef- fective until that of King’s, Com~ missioner Albert Cooper, declared ' ' L r (Saini Vote To Increase | Their mn Salaries} (Ry Asnectated Press WASHINGTON, July, 26.—To- day the House of Representatives ! passed a bill providing for an increase of their $10,000 a year to $12,500. The bill also provides for ex- pense money of $2,500 that will | not be subject to the income tax. The Senate already has passed such a measure, but as there are some differences between it and the house-sponsored bill, the | committee, ‘Lions Ask St Stay To Order Firing 428 Suh Workers A motion requesting President Pred. Miller to» wire representa-. tives in Washington asking their cooperation in staying or making /a gradual process in the .release | salaries from } today of 428 mechanical trade | JACKSON MADE OPEN. ING ADDRESS _ IN NUERNBERG TODAY IN PROSECUTION (By Associated Press) NUERNBERG, | July 26:=Su- preme Court Justice. Robert Jack- son, chief counsel. in the prose- cution of the 22 Nazis who -have been on trial here for many months on charges of committing « ‘today denounced’ ea war _ crimes, Herman Goering, former Nazi air marshal, as. “half militarigty half gangster.” Justice Jackson made the open: ing argument in the prosecution of the Nazis. It required him four hours to make his address, which consisted of 20,000 He confined his talk to @ one of the counts against the de- fendants—the charge of “¢én- spiracy to plunge the world into war. Jackson. was scathing in: his denunciation of the 22 Nazis. He asserted: that they had commit- | differences will be ironed out in} teed crimes or delegated éthér Nazis to commit them that were so foul and: inhuman it would take over 1,000 years for. Ger-. many to wipe out the disgrace that has been cast upon her. No crime,, he . declared, was considered. by the Nazis. as. too cruel or revolting, if in its com- mission: they thought they, would be able to attain. their aims, He took turns inystigmatizing all the defendants, ;though the greater ‘part of his attack was directed at Goering. Jackson did not demand that ‘employes from the Submarine | the death penalty be imposed on .heatedly: LBase, ‘was passed at yesterday’s weekly, meeting . of | the Lions’ ;Club. * Th addition, all members were} urged to send individual tele-| grams to Washington requesting action in staying the order, in jthe hope that added pressure “Every day the thing) , gets worse and worse and sillier’ ‘and sillier, If Sweeting is going to} resign, let him resign. I can’t un- derstand why he’s resigning! anyway. If I wanted to fight something, I’d stay in and fight it, The situation is so tense it’s} would exert greater influence. making a laughing stock out of| The Civic Improvement and | the whole city. Is a damned Community Betterment Commit-| shame, and I want it stopped!” |tee chairman will confer with | With tempers short and con- Capt, W. A. Saunders, of the troversy waging,’ new discord was inserted into the proceedings when William White, King “the best city manager in the world,” declared that King had no definite rules to work by. “Tiny” Elwood Is Asst. Tax ‘Assessor Harry Lee “Tiny” Elwood,. 24, 2831 Flagler avenue, was appoint- | hundred and twenty-three of- ed yesterday by City Manager} King as assistant tax assessor. A war veteran and formerly; | at the U. S. Naval Station, Jack- | employed at the Submarine Base, | Elwood is married to the former , Ruth Russell, daughter of the {former Monroe County Juvenile Judge, Mrs. Juliette Russell. The couple have one child. STERLING'S “ce terete | 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. one Distributors of exshly Dressed CHICKENS STRICTLY FRESH EGGS FLORIDA REMEMBER ——The—— BOTTLE CAP INN, 1128 Simonton Street Has One of the BEST STOCKS of PACKAGE LIQUORS in South Forida Our Prices are of PRE-OPA Days! RESTAURANT 1124 Division Street PHONE 541-J Friday, July 26, 1946- 4 P.M. to 11 P.M. PEELE LAT We Offer A SPECIAL PRICE on Dorquest Beer to take out $4.25 PER CASE Plus Deposits of 75c on Bottles calling ' Submarine Base on the force re- duction: Reporting on the recent Lions’ Convention in Philadelphia were delegate Gonzalo Bezanilla, and Gerald Saunders, who disclosed this was the greatest year’ in the history of Lionism, now boasting 60,000 members. Over 10,000 delegates attended | me have been added ‘tq; the j Lions’ membership, including Ecuador and _ British Honduras. Saunders also reported that the | Lions’ International ended the! year in excellent financial condi- | tion. Clifford D. Pierce, Memphis, ; Tenn., was elected president of | the international group and Fred ‘W. Smith of Canada, third vice president. Florida State Lions won first prize in the costume contest and also, presented the manager of | |the Cleveland Indians the Semi- nole Indian jacket. The present ‘head of Lions’ In- ternational, Ramero. Collazo, pre- sented Connie Mack of Philadel- phia baseball fame, a eitation, i recognition of service. to baseball and the great} example: of good sportsmanship he has _ set for the country’s youthi. 3 At last night's meeting, Flor- encio Busot was feinstalled as ‘’d member of. the local chapter. SRT FATES AE, Poultry Mashes Now Available at Your Grocer or KEY WEST WHOLESALE GROCERY H the convention. Two new coun | i ‘ his: outstanding | the defendants, though he indi- cated that he was’ hot averse to the court’s deciding that the de- fendants be’ executed. Three other prosecutors » will ‘address the court. They will Zo |into detail in their attempts to prove that the 22 defendants al- so were guilty on the other counts. Representatives of Eng- land, Russia and France will ad- dress the court before the prosé- ‘cution closes its case. ‘Twenty-Four Take USO Air Training Flight training at the Jackson Square USO now has twenty- four trainees, Director Frank Ad- | ams said. yesterday. With ‘flight training given daily during; the week at Mea- cham Field, ground school train- ing will be offered every Wed- nesday night. The first class included Jack C. Garnier, Dewey G. Loop, Ger- ald E. LeMasters, Ronald de Vuyst, Edwin S. Klinkhamer, Ed- ward W. Ladr, © Clifford i. L. Fountain, Lawrence J. O'Conner and Frank Creel» Moro. SoA EATS BILE SEALED BEAM HEADLIGHTS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street wememsyax Phone 442 | RAR AAAAASABAEAADAD PRESCRIPTIONS fniredience Ingredients Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY | Phone 177 Free Delivery | TIN ETE. 'LIVE POULTRY | ROASTERS and Battery Raised FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) POULTRY and EGG MARKET i | PHONE 216 900 Duval Street NE ST GRRL 1214 White St. Phone 540