The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 31, 1946, Page 1

THE VOLUME LXVIL No. 181 Diphtheria Breaks Out Among American Soldiers Aboard Ship In Atlantic TEN THOUSAND UNITS*— OF ANTITOXIN RUSH. OCOD IDS IDS S| ED TO SHIP EN COAST J ondon Newspaper GUARD PLANE : Welk ste sie sancncned Wl Seeks Citizen Aid In Sailor Death YORK, July 31.—An ur- for dyphtheria antitoxin * ed this morning from ze the captain of the transport Col- | Unsolved mystery of Sea- w ¥ which has on board | ™&m Second Class Benjamin LeRoy Long's death aboard Wrean replacement troops on A « England the destroyer Stribbling last The Colby aeve her position in| Thursday which has reached eearth Atlantic as 1,300 miles| ational news coverage, " The message said | reached the international me teen had died from dip-| *t*#9° today when John 0 otked that 20,000 units | Sampson, London Daily Mir- tite be sent to the ship| * correspondent, stationed ener digiehy, “| in New York City. phoned The Citizen for more com- NEW | om teary thet tone Suteeee from the urgency of the eeeetiege. it was believed here | plete coverage, All informa- SOUTHERNM OST _.NEWSPAPER IN THE _ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1946 Perez Ineligible For Chief According To Civil Service: Civil Service regulations now posted in the City Hall and ef- fective today after one week’s display, declare that the only persons eligible for the post of Chief of Police are those who have served two years as a Lieu- tenant on the Police Force. Even though in direct‘ con- flict with the City Charter, which states that the Civil Service regulations do not ap- ply to the Chief of Police, the | Civil Service rules, if followed, would make invalid the ap- pointment of Bienvenido Perez as Chief of Police effective to- morrow. nd A patrolman on the police | force untiF his’ appointment to}: || Bg} | ‘the chief’s post, Perez, ace ' F ! ing to Civil Service rules, wot ; be ineligible for the position, However, City Commission- er Albert Cooper and City Clerk Roy Hamlin declared to- day that ‘Civil Service rules | are subject ito continuous change and that in cases where it disagreed with the Char- ter, the latter was law and Civil , Service regulations disregard- ed. | The Civil Service regulations | posted in City Hall were author- jed by the local Civil Service | Board. -They are posted in com- } | pliance with a stipulation of the} ‘ Charter. } | | | j | } \ U. S. Employment Service Asks Listing Of All Work Openings Search Started : For Chinese Who Killed Marines (Ry Associated Press) With its wartime problem of | qualified to fill and the job for finds workers for jobs reversed; Which he is best qualified. This to’ that of finding jobs: for work- ; *pPlication is checked agaist the ers ,the United States Employ- | °@P. oe se eee een es Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) { | ' particular job to insure that the 1,000 RESCUED with ke-ping unemployment to a} ployer specification, the manager RIO DE JANERIO. — One, minimum it was pointetl out to-} said. thousand passengers, aboard al|day by Jefferson Knight, man-{| Our employment service office ment Servite is vitally concerned. worker we refer will meet em- tion asked was divulged. Mr. Sampson, who has a strong English accent, wanted to know what value would the pictures taken from a Blimp be with men at their respec- tive places at the approxi- mate time of the murder. when a number of the men were obviously. below deck. He was told thet authori- ties believe the crime was committed on the top deck, where activities could easily vod. tle aid if they! be filmed by the photog- he weter too for from the | raphers aboard the blimp. << "OOOO aa TTS. ded with | “- 7 lain Sailor's Body Hot the tts has become epi- | demi obimard the ship A PRY t guard plane left @ith 19.0060 units of the an-} t is expected that } wh the ship by! on f teed that pped by hip « tee tie te r 2 the ship has the medicine the plone as possible In ther float eplied | ‘ | ! that he te needy to have the ow would be Voetory a ' England being made today for the Chinese | who ambushed United States ma- rines, while on a truck, and killed three and wounded six of them. } The survivors said they were driving along a lonely road when fire was opened on them with machine’guns. The assassins then fled. First report was that the killers were Communists, but the sur- viving marines said they did not know who the attackers were. Patrolman Jolly NANKING, July 31.—Search is} | Brazilian ship'that was on fire, |were rescued today off Cape ager of the local United States; is here to serve all employers and Employment Service. workers of this area. We urge the! YUGOSLAVIA WANTS VETO POWER OVER FOR ALBANIAN REP. RESENTATION } (BY Associated Press) | PARIS, July 31.—Yugoslavian representatives at the conference held\toda yin the Luxemburg Palace asked that that country be given the power to veto on all matters that came up regard- ing Trieste, which is to be inter= nationalized, ; The same delegates requested | | Frio, Small boats' of all types and! Appealing to local employers to | fullest possible utilization of our jseveral tugs were used to take jist their job openings, the United facilities on the part of local em- crew remained aboard and suc- it is ready to turn the full force! of maximum: assistance to this | ceeded in extinguishing the fire.Jf its wartime organization, its community in achieving full em- Pa ea special services, and employment ployment. ‘ AUTO BLACK MARKET ee to bear on the prob-!' Released war workers, soldiers, Ms lems of employers as well as’ Sailors, and other unemployed NEW Se Bek ree Whose of workers. | workers are being instructed to Job seekers who have register-; contact the nearest United States (led their qualifications with us | Employment Service. That is as \constitute a resepvoir of available it shéuld be, but too often the workers with which to fill’ impression is left that the service ‘emaptly employer orders. When has good jobs for everyone. The Wwe take the application of a‘ only jobs the service has to offer ‘worker, we record complete data; applicants gre those for which determining all the jobs he is} Employers have given orders. | operations in the sale of automo- biles, both new end old, were re- ported today ‘ih various parts of + the country. It was said that some | new cars have been sold recently. at 50 percent above the regular | price. ASK GREATER POWER PARIS.—Cuban and Mexican represenatives at the conference, of the 21-nations in the Luxem¥ the passengers off the ship. The} States Employment Service said ployers in order that we may be! Only 15 Vacancies for Nurse Training) Lett tn New Class): ' ry here last s | Suspension Asked -boutg Palace asked today that those countries be ‘given greater 1800 Lb. Deep Sea Monster Is Sent Home | “ i Director of Public Safety Al- The body of Benjamin Leroy] bert Cooper today recommended } ong Hobbs began its sad journey ; thé suspension’ “of Patrolman} vome today to Marion, North| Frank Jolly for three days on ai power in the deliberations. Caught ' In! Local | Waters: JERUSALEM, — British, mili- -W > =Captain Ray Knopp of 125 Ann! tary authorities. today lifted the charge -of promiscuous use ~ of / VS? open RR Wert for | Caveling for fumeral services at Mey it class ‘nt the co oe han! at Jackson Mes in Miami, it ' oe Monday by Miss |; ae Mustard, RN. direct- | = s and princi ; a ne choal at Jack- | om Nevgpttel | Pre what tee Caen ae trys tet? cy $ . a oer i . ith South Florida | American Red i, Dade and ponsoring a 0 stu effort to relieve hortage ved ap ions not ex pplicant ions and sabe ot wht ee ' * ’ ’ * ” I ! c 14 i t i becom ave that the 6 & du 30 years ate, single Hegedly detained another ‘sus: xect in the gory slaying that ac urred last Thursday aboard the Yestroyer Stribling. The Lopez | Funeral Home had charge of ar- angements. Authorities today were re- portedly comparing finger- prints taken from a hammer bound in a cloth found by div- ers in the waters under the warship yesterday. with those of the suspects held in the ca: One of the suspects is a third | class Negro cook on whom a | hangman's noose was reported- ly found and. who ailegedly made three unsuccessful suicide attempts. Unofficial sources claim »ervision entered into the kliling. fhe body of the sailor was garb- d only in shors that were par ially ripped from his bod Mood stains ‘found at the en- rance to a gun turret where the 9 year old second class nan was found were believed to have tablished the fact that the vic-| attacked in another part | lé ted nurse from American . m be ] tim wa wf the turret Although photographs of the} Destroyer taken by a Navy blimp’ may the the nearby Nebo, as FBI authorities | firearms. Cooper explained that Jolly ifired his pistol into the air, }11:05 p. m., last night in pursuit of a negro taxi driver. Ata meet- ing investigating the shooting at | Bay View Park on. July | 28, Cooper ordered the Chief of Po- lice to warn all policemen on the jforce against the promiscuous use {of firearms. Jolly was presen at the meeting. The Civil Service Board will act on the suspension. Scout Troop 50 A scout meeting will be held Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. for | Troop No. 50 at the Congregation ervice Center. All members are | requested to attend when definite ‘plans will be made for a new | charter. Ali neweomers wishing to join are welcome. ship and later killed in the| NAVY TO SEND RECRUITER | A representative from the Unit- ed States Navy Recruiting Sta | To Meet Friday sex | {carfew temporarily, in parts of | Palestine. It was said the curfew Will be renewed and that. the/ search ‘for thd ‘eXtremists:: who bombed ‘the King. David’ -Hotel | will be pressed with Greater ‘vig- ‘or. |An Service Discharge Angel A. Garcia, 19, ship’s cook third class, of Key West, Flor- lida, veteran of 16 months’ duty | with the amphibious forces in the | Pacific, was discharged * last | Monday, at Jacksonville Naval | Personnel Separation Center. A cook and member of a gun | crew aboard the LST 682, Garcia took part in the invasion of Iwo | Jima and Okinawa. He also“ par- ticipated in the occupation of | Honshu, Japan, where his ship |landed part of a Marine division. | The veteran w s four rib- | bons, the Asiatic-Pacifie with two j battle st the Philippine Lib- | eration, the American theater and | Victory. He and his mother, Mrs. An- | geline Garcia, live at 1212 Packer | street, Key West. gel ¢ Garcia Gets +|' Russians Release American Officers Arrested As Spies (By Associated Press) BERLIN,’ July 31—The two American officers, wno were held prisoners in the’ Russian zone in Germany, said today that ‘they had been arrested and held as spies, They entered the Russian zone on July 4, on their way to a small village, and were appre- hended by Russian guards. Not only were they locked up but also were held incommuni- cado. They explained that from the day of their arrest until the day they were released they had not seen each other. Both said, howeve had been treated well. that they. street, in- charge of the shark~ fishing boat the “Dusky”, brought {i= an 1800-lb. mud shark caught jin 100 fathoms of water off Re- |. becea Shoals, about 40 miles from | | Key West; The sea monster. is 15 ' fect int length’ with’ green eyes, | H ha§ no fin on’ back, anid looks like | a huge sea cow. ‘These sharks stay only in deep water and nev-! er surface or come into shallow | water. Captain Knopp stated that | | he had caught many sharks of 15} ‘feet in length but those weigh} normall. 5 s| ‘times the weight of the average ! shark that length. of water, but with power wench and other equipment the “Dusk, has been experimenting in 100} ‘fathoms of wa The experi-| ment has been working very sat-| isfactory, and has resulted in the {catching of four unclassified These sharks we | Sigtt allitreatiés, except. pJar the assembly to give. Albania representation at the conference. Action was not taken on either , Tequest. | Delegates from Holland and | Australia renewed their , request today for greater: power to be accorded the smaller nations, The speakers maintained — that, according to the present rules governing action taken at the conference, the Big Four, the United States, Great Britain, Rus- sia and France, made the, det cisions, and. the only voice given {the smaller nations was to ex- »press their approval or disap- proval. The speakers argued further in favor of a bare majority rule on all questions, ‘but the Big Four delegates held firmly for a two-thirds majority, Only nine of the nations at the assembly, through their dele- gates, will be required to” all. the “treaties that are bei considered, Others will sign from one to four treaties, and Norway | will not sign any, because that country was not at ‘war wil of. the German ‘saterli tidhg,. Italy, Bulgaria, | Fifiland’ and Hungary. Uhited States delegates te 4 witl Finland, with which ti Wanted States was not at war. Rev. Wells Will Speak To Lions The guest speaker at the regu- weckly meeting of the Key West Lion’s Club this evening at the Lion’s Den on Seminary street, will be the Rev. G. Leon Wells, pastor of the First Meth- odist church. Rev. Wells was associated with ‘the Lion’s Club several years be- | sharks, con- |fore coming to Key West# SERVICES TOMORROW e # : : =, * . ; ly smaller than the mud| FOR MRS. L. CURRY |: and a check through the] RS, GOMEZ DIES Mrs. Lurlene Curry, 61, of. 811 | Washington, D. C. Bureau of} pee bs Division street, died Monday in| Wisheries book fails to reveal the| | MONDAY IN HAVANA Miami, Fla: Funeral services name of the four varieties. Mrs. Evangelina Gomez, 63, at 1205 Division et ae londay as authoritics attempted | tion in Miami will besat the Key | PAGE MOTHER NATURE will be held tomorrow afternoon} This mud shark like all others|who resided Monday morning, at 5:00 o’clock from the residence | sharks caught in 100 fathoms of | street, died to reconstruct the crime have been developed, it was not be-} lieved they threw much added} light on thé mysterious crime. Seren igutel oe 2 EES OE A ARLE TT, by the Dill Electric Vulcanizer Lou Smith Auto Service White st Fleming Phone No. 5 “Opposite Army Barracks” No Guess Work In Our Methods eh evr NEW SUN MASTER MOTOR TESTER. All work done wy factory methods and genuine Chrpeier parts. We ase tap service new able to give you at reasonable prices om @i makes of cars. NAVARRO, Inc. SOG@GE PLYMOUTH - DeSOTO @ea CHRYSLER DEALER | | omnes eS RE } ALACE THEATER PA AUBREY SMITH in “Scotland Yards Investigation” News and Serial | 1 “THE CALVERT SCHOOL Annources Reopening londay, Sept. 16, 1946 #lieetted Enroliment for Boys and Girls. ePersonal Supervision. *lemell Classes (First Grade through Fifth Grade) Phone 247) or 742-W for Further Information - Appointments The Coa et Sehool of Key West follows the teaching methods em@ instruction of the well-known Calvert School a of Baltimore, Md.) ee a tn cpa ce oa SNe West post office Thursday for the purpose of interviewing pros- pective recruits for the Navy. Seat Covths ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | 121 Duval Street ~ewmmmemsn Phone 442 cam 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 VEW. CLUBHOUSE Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street Poinciana. Bus Passes Door Open Monday Through Saturday | NO ADMISSION - COVER or MINIMUM BEND, Ore. — When workmen |finish building a bridge they are working on, they’re going to put a river under it. The Deschutes ;viver channel i8 being shifted to | avoid soil erosion. to St. Paul’s Episcopal church,! water, comes to the surface or- where she was a member. The: dinarily dead or with or no fight. Pritchard Funeral Home is in! The pressure release is too great charge of arrangements. | for their bodies to assimilate Survivors include a daughter,' auickly, resulting in the “benc Mrs. Jane Curry Thompson,’ of 2nd when they reach the surface Bogota, Columbia; a son, Charles 1”, the words of Captain Knopp Lofton Curry; three sisters, Mrs. “Shoot right up like a balloon”. Zume L, Wishes, Mrs. Cleora L.) Wen me: beat was fishing in landing, and Mrs,’ Hloreti *elatvely shallow water, chain Go Pallbearers are Belin ¥ Se Tee proves {00 Saw, J. Frank Roberts, Gil and a substitution of 5. Man- bert McKillipp, J. J. Trevor, Cur~ ijj4 rope is now being used in the ry Harris and Howard Wilson. deeper water = | The “Dusky” is owned by the shark Industries of Stuart, Flor- ida, a division of Borden’s Milk Company. All harks that e caught in local waters are taken by truck to the Shark Industries LA BEUGOEUUB UE UUUUEE URE EY | ROASTERS and FRYERS | BRADY’S (Live) Poultry | and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 54 REAR RAE ARERR RRR United Sundries Store 711 DUVAL STREET : e Closing Out Sale All Merchandise In the Store 30% DISCOUNT Fixtures - Show Cases - Cash Register - Stamp Machine Penny Scales - Fans SALE WILL BE ON July 31 - August 1-2-3 industrial plant at Salerno, Flor- | ida EE Eee RAUL’S on the BOULEVARD - DANCING -- Nightly to the Music of MARK “nati STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 | | | | | | \in Havana, Cuba. Funeral serv- lices will be held Friday after- noon at 6:00 o'clock from the {chapel of Pritchard Funeral |Home to St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic church, with Father Johnson officiating. Survivors include two daugh- ' ters, Mrs. Hortense Bryan of Montpélia, Vt. and Sister An- | gelina, of El Paso, Te: ; sons, Fausto, Johnnie, Charles, | Lawrence and William Gomez, and twelve grandchildren. 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! We Offer A SPECIAL PRICE on Dorquest Beer to take out $4.25 PER CASE Plus Deposits of 75c on Bottles i |