The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1946, Page 1

Key West Che VOLUME LXVII. No. 182 Senate Committee Reveals lnstance Of Faulty Shells Killing American Soldiers MORTAR SHELL EX.*—- PLODED PREMATURE-|f'xqams Are Set LY AND KILLED TWO For Key West AND WOUNDED FOUR Postal Clerks MEN ; Asnweiated Press) w. PON, Aug. 1.—The| ‘The U. S. Civil Service Com- semete qoremitiee that is inves: ission, Atlanta, Ga., annouéced @etime war contracts of some ‘today an open competitive exam- Sompenies revealed a specific ‘in-! ination. for probational (leading Senee Wlay of taulty shells that) { permanent) appointments to tet een supplied the army. by | the positions of substitute clerk KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ‘THURS: Sailor’s Body In Rigor Mortis Stage When Found Rigor mortis had already set ficials would not disclose con- in the body of Seaman Second! Class Benjamin Hobbs when. it was found Thursday morning in a gun tub aboard the destroyer Stribbling, Naval officials an- nounced today. The Office of Naval Intelli-| gence and FBI authorities are continuing their investigation in- to the as yet unsolved slaying, ' with members of the crew still being interviewed, official, spokesman added, ; | The body of young Hobbs,will arrive in Nebo, N. C., tomorrow} afternoon for burial services. It is being accompanied by Charles F. Adams, Jr,, Seaman second class, a close friend and shipmate,’ as official escort, It was disclosed officially yes- terday that the death of the; nineteén year old seaman was! caused by “slow strangulation.” ; tents of the evidence. The fact that rigor mortis had already set in the body when dis- j covered has led to the belief that the slaying occurred even' earlier last Thursday morning; than at first believed, it was re-| ported. | During the period of the in- vestigation, the Stribbling, flag- ship of the Fleet Sonar School, will remain in the Key West; area rather than continue its routine training cruises. The Navy said there was no evidence that Hobbs had been killed in some other part of the} ship and his body dragged to the 40 millimeter gun tub where it | was found. However, officials added that this possibility was still being studied. Navy officials at a press con- ference yesterday declared that daily reports on progress of the SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN. THE UNITED STATES — DAY, AUGUST 1, 1946 ‘ , Madé Today At Con 2} Nations Anent’ Civil Service Rules Will Be Changed Declares Mayor Civil Service regulations will, affect the various departments be studied and necessary correc-| they will be changed according- tions will be made from time to ly.” . ? time, Mayor W. W. Demeritt said} The Civil Service rules now! today in reference to yesterday’s' posted in the City Hall declare FAVORS SMALL N i VOTING “(By Associated Press) PARIS, Aug. 1.—Comissar Molotov of Russia made an elo- quent plea today, at the confer- the Garson Munitions combine. and substitute carrier at the Key Navy officials said that an au- ence of the 21 nations in the Lux- | story in The Citizen pointing out that the only persons eligible for A 42 inch mortar shell explod- e@ prematurely and ‘killed two | West post office, | At@erieon artillerymen and} Applicants must actually reside @eended four others after the | within the delivery of the post Alfies bad landed in France. | office named or be bona fide pa- Th committee said that the trons of such office. Persons em- American forces were preparing ‘ployed in the post office will be ‘© prem the Mosselle, and that @rdiers bed been given for the fir- = mortar shells. - j fompany in question was j ® Gert of General George Patton, de> army, and the captain of the eempeny informed the committee that the shell put in a mortar ex- @ieted prematurely, killing and weeding the men. He explained that be had heard of scores of e@ier incidents during the fight- =~ France. ws of the premature explo- eat spread, the captain stated, Americon §artillerists, in instances, feared faulty more than they did enemy ; Admit Killing U. S. Marines (BY Assorinted Press)” CWUNGKING, Aug..1.— The Catemuniet NeWs agency admit- ted today that Communist troops @tieeked @ contingent of United Sietes marines’ Monday, killing titee and wounding 10. But, an agency spokesman add- o& the marines were killed while attempting to raid a village e@tupied by Communists. Eéeutenant Charles Kennedy, UGA. said that survivors among the marines told him that they @@ not know by whom they were attacked, and that they were not engaged in making a taid wh@n they were fired upon. ' Me ad@ed that a jeep, in which be was riding two days ago in the vitinity of the place where the mprines were killed and wound- e@, wes fired on by Chinese in @@buch, but tha his chinese @river lowered his head, “stepped om the gas” amd escaped before etybedy in the jeep was hit. A few miles further along the same r@ed, Lieutenant Kennedy stated, they had to stop because the raed was blocked. Notice to Elks A regular meeting will be held this evening at 8 gem. and a large attend- amee is required. Be there.: i P. L. WEATHERFORD, Secretary, P.E.R. considered bona fide patrons of ithe office, the announcement | said. : For detailed information on preference and other items, those eligible should see Examination | Announcement No. 5-102, dated | August 1, 1946, at the Key West post office. | The basic rate of pay for sub- stitutes $1.04 an hour. After the performance of 2,024 hours of | satisfactory service, including ' time served as a special delivery ‘messenger, the basic rate of pay is increased five cents an hour each year thereafter until a max- imum pay of $1.54 an hour | reached. All salaries are subject ! to a deducation,of five percent | for retisement purposes. | Applicants must pave reached ; their eighteenth birthday but | must.not have passed their ifif- ‘ tieth birthday on the closing date | for receipt of*applications. These age limits do not apply to per- sons, entitled to veteran prefer: ence. t In order to apply for one of ‘the positions ‘application card Form 5000-AB, properly’ exéeuted,,must be filed. with the Fifth U. S. Civil Service. Regional Office, Atlanta, 3; Georgia, not later than August 8, 1946... This form. may be ob: tained from the Secretary, Board of* U. S. Civil Service Examin- erse, Post Office, Key West. Veteran Training Stressed In Talk Members of the Key West Ro- tary Club at their regular week- ly meeting held today at St. Paul’s.Parish Ha on Bahama st. heard “Mr. Reece, veterans’ rep- resentative, speak on the advan- tages of the present program for veteran training. In his talk Mr. Reece stressed the importance of “on the job training” now being given veter ans, and outlined procedures to be followed by employers and yeterans interested in taking part in the work-educational program now being offered by the govern- ment. He urged local employers to give every consideration to j.c employment of veterans. Deserv- ing ex-servicemen need all the encouragement they can get in reestablishing themselves i} civ- ilian life, he said. Joe Pearlman led the singing at today’s meeting. The’ Rev. Millstead, of Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Miami, was the guest of: Jeff Knight, di- rector of the local U. S. Employ- ment Service, at the meeting. Genuine General Motors |' FAGTORY-ENGNEERED. PART @ Chevrolet @ Oldsmobile ®@ Buick @ Pontiac MULBERG CHEVROLET CO. Phone 377 Corner New and Caroline Streets is}? topsy revealed two injuries on the sailor’s head that were minor abrasions and did not contribute | to his death. Pieces of evidence found, aboard the destroyer have been forwarded to FBI laboratories in Washington. Of- Pioneer Key West Airplane | | Pilot Suicides In Havana we Ships Collide; One Sinks But All Lives Saved (By Associated Pressd NEW YORK Aug. 1.—The; Amerigan Farmer, a ship of 8,- 000 tof,’ ands the William J. Riddle, whése tonnage was not given, collided today 400: miles west of the English Channel, and | the. American Farmer sank th 17} minutes.” af | But before ‘she “went gown’ everybody, who had been aboard her transferred ‘to the’ William J.! Riddle. Later: the survivors ;were placed ‘on: other, ships.’ >” Cause of the collision was not | reveiledin.the: dispatch. It said | that the damage done to the Rid- | dle had not yet been deter- mined, Ford Declines Invitation To Union Meeting’ (By Associated Press) DETROIT, Aug. 1—Walter} Reuther, president of the United , Automobile Workers of .Amer-| ica, today invited Henry Ford, II, president of the Ford Motor Com- | pany, to attend a conference, at which will be discussed ways to increase the production of auto- | mobiles. Ford, in declining to attend | the conference, ‘told Reuther that if strikes were discontinued in small plants that supply auto- | miobile manufacturers with parts, the output of the automobile in- dustry would be greatly in- creased. LM AALAND SIUAR TS Typewriter Cleaning Prices Reduced All Makes ; $ 50 MACHINES ... 12 PORTABLE MACHINES... TYPEWRITER JONES 213 ANN ST. PHONE 580! | RAUL’S 9 -- DANCING ~ ff. Nightly to the Music of MARK (CRUNCH) STANLEY Orchestra ga Dritke= STANDARD $P750 Prompt Service 7 on the BOULEVARD and His Popular Prices investigation would be issued. FBI and ONI officials have reported that yeung Hobbs played miniature golf in Key West Wednesday night and was de- ‘scribed by his shipmates as a! “clean - thinking, “clean - living the conflict between civil serv-,the post of Chief of Police are | ice regulations and the City, those who have served two years Charter on qualifications for the as a, Lieutenant’ of the Police Chief of Police. | Force. és “The City Charter is what we Newly appointed Chief Bien-' base everything on,” the Mayor, venido Perez was a patrolman | i boy. j yesterday. making the trip, ' been determined. ‘and resided here until 1915, two} , declared. “Where errors in Civil Service rules are found as they on the force until his recent ap- pointment. \ Last Night Department ‘of Public Welfare Director Dwight Hunter called a meeting at the City Hall yester- in this city day of representative citizens from various organizations to i € ji tplan a Labor Day celebration. ee bog! prepartie t-tiake Li Tentative plans call for a par- the flight from Key West, he ade at 10 a.m. Labor Day threatened to take his life. He’ meet staged by the PAL’ was infuriated over the: delay in| Athletic League) which all be aS, fand girls are eligible to ente E on ‘a windy |. swim mect; a hobby show in day,, when his. r@latiyes and! the evening in thé Parish House friends would not let*him begin on Duval st. with all. organiz: his flight, he s = he iq tions invited to present exhibi take Hs sworn ee, a double-header baseball game in ; 2 life, Friends stayed, the aftcrnoon..at the Stadium; a with him till the following day,. softball’ game Sa‘¢ rday and Mon- by which time the wind had day evenings at Bayview Park; E “ Be lea 2 tennis tournaments sponsored by along South Beach. ‘foi half a‘ Gait" eke ee mile and then took to the air. ys a ‘Among ‘those présent? at” last Wes Forced, Down | nigh’ meeting were Mrs., Léc Government ships, including a)'Thompson and Mrs, Fernando lighthouse ‘tender, took up posi-| Camus of the ‘Girl Scouts: Mrs. tions from 10 to 15 miles apart’ John Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. E. between here and Havana to} F. Maury and Mrs. Ruth A. Higgs keep a lookout for him and to from the Veterans of Foreign go to his rescue should he be Wars; Mrs. Gertrude Laubscher forced into the sea. Jand Miss Nancy Johnson from the He succeeded in crossing the c Gulf Stream and, as he explained later, had expected to reach Ha- vana harbor, but was forced down ‘in Mariel Bay because of lack of gasoline. Information from Havana was ‘S seeeptcaat that Parla drank poison at 9:30) poe are : *cloc! alae oe | band director; Father F. J. John o’clock yesterday morning and | * of SEM fof the'ded died 20 minutes later. Cause for! Go) ont: Capt. Willard Smith o ‘ ae (a7 i Convent; Capt. Willard S his committing suicide has not! yr. Taylor; Capt. Jack lof the Arms 3 Born In Key West ders of the Softball I For many years Parla had been! y J. Sweeting of the an instructor in aviation and a! Committee: and Jackson consultant in the construction of | USO director Frank Adams. irplanes in Havana, positions he | Mrs. Ruth A. Higgs ‘was ap- still held up to the time he took | — ——— —- — his life. Parla was born in Key West | Augustin Parla, who flew by} hydroplane from Key West to' Mariel Bay, near Havana, in 1913, | committéd suicide : Whidden, Marceet Ma Charles Hicken from PAL’s B. Harvey from the Amerie Chaplain Raymond F. , USN; F. B. Miller and of the Lions We Have a Thoroughly Experienced Automotive TO SERVE YOU Batteries Charged, Flats Fixed PURE GAS and OIL ‘POOR OLD CRAIG Service Station AL ARMENGOL, Owner Division at Francis years after he had made ® his} flight. Since that time he had! made several visits to Key West. PALACE THEATER CHARLES STARRETT in “Rustlers of the Badlands” News and Serial Announcing REOPENING of PEPE’S COFFEE SHOP Back to the Old Days Pepe’s Coffee Shop on Duval Street near Greene, has an his- torical background. Almost as old as has Key West itself. Pepe’s will be reopened To- morrow, FRIDAY, Aug. 2, to renew the acquaintance with its old, as well as invite new, customers. That GOOD CUBAN COF- FEE, Sandwiches, sweets and $4.25 PER CASE Soft Drinks will be served. | Plus Deposits of 75¢ on Bottles REMEMBER —The—— 2128 Simonton Street Has One of the BEST STOCKS of PACKAGE LIQUORS | in South Forida Our Prices are of PRE-OPA Days! We Offer A SPECIAL PRICE on Dorquest Beer to take out Labor Day Parade 2 field | (Police | s, high school } Phone 8134) BOTTLE CAP INN Planned At Civie Meet pointed chairman of the Parade Committée, J. J. Sweeting chair- ;man of the swimming events; and Gerald Saunders, publicity | chairman. Saunders appointed as his com- ‘mittee members ‘H. L. Curtis of The Citizen; John Spottswood and Earl Adams: Another meeting will be held ;| Aug. 7 in the City Hall to further ,perfect. plans for the various events. All organizations are urg- ed to cooperate by having those interested attend the next meet- a All groups “were further used to enter either floats or marching units in the parade to make jt as large and pretentious an affair a$.is possible, British. Cabinet Talks On Proposal For Palestine (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 1.—Prime Min- ister Clement Attlee did not at- | ,|tend the conference of the 21 na- | tions held today in the Luxem- ‘| bourg Palace. He flew here from Paris to at- tend a British cabinet meeting at which the proposal to divide Pal- estine into four zones was dis- cussed. While~ nothing officially was said about President Truman’s | statement regarding the sending y | of more Jewish immigrants to Palestine, it was hinted that he ‘does not favor the proposal to create the four zones in. that 3 country. A dispatch was received to- day from Jerusalem in which it was said that, besides the muni- |tions found yesterday under a Jewish synagogue, another cache ‘was discovered today by British troops. It was said that today’s cache was larger than the one found yesterday. New PIONEER HOTEL 151 N.E. FIRST ST. In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “Best For A Night's Rest’ 1 Block West of Bus Depot | | | . | THE CALVERT SCHOOL Annources Reopening Monday, Sept. 16, 1946 eLimited Enrollment for Boys and Girls. «Personal Supervision. eSmall Classes (First Grade through Fifth Grade) Phone 347-] or 742-W for Further Information - Appointments (The Calvert School of Key West follows the teaching methods and instruction of the well-known Calvert School embourg Palace, for a “full un- derstanding” of the questions that are under considetations, .. He pointed out that five, not one or two treaties, are to be drafted, and that it was right and just for orily those nations that. had been at war with the former: German saterlites to vote on the” treaties. He cited the case of the’ United States, which would not’. draft any of the provisions of the treaty with Finland, e those countries were not at war. Molotov told the delegates of” the nations, other than ‘the Big: Four, that they should have the same right of being heard as any other delegates, but ‘that they’ should not be permitted to par- ticipate in full-scale voting. Despite the fact of the fight made by the small nations, led by Herbert V. Avatt, of Aus- tralia, Molotov was upheld by a vote of 11 to nine when the full scale question was putito.a vote. His proposal, of sm i R ilege to express the same extent as the represen: tati¥es of the Big Four, was car- ried ‘unanimously. j Representatives of nations not { includéd in the ‘21. nations also were given permission to,expréss their views before the assetpbly. | Thus, Greek spokesmen request- ed the assembly to include a provision in the treaty with Bul- garia of $44,000,000 to be paid by that nation as reparations to Greece. A spokesman for Bulgaria said that such a sum would ruin his country. “We are a peasant na- tion,” he stated, “and the\amount Greece asks of us is far more than is asked of the other four nations combined. Should we be compelled to pay so large a sum, it would wreck the industries in our country.” ——$——— — masa: CASA CAYO HUESO (The Suuthernmost House) 1400 Duva! at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ———Opens 5 P.M. Daily— DANCE Every Wednesday - Friday and Saturday Nites To the MUSIC of JOHN PRITCHARD and His Orchestra 9 P. M. 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