The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 2, 1946, Page 1

ts nal to + droga 66 Years Devoted ‘the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 183 hie cooperation in the local} was presented the [submerge base force reduction) past president, ei jand announcing their efforts to| nila, by Chairman of Lionism TOTAL TO » aN MORE THAN THREE-QUAR- TERS OF A MILILON; BIG . SURPLUSES. . ON HAND Tentative budget on which! county commissioners will‘ take | action at their meeting next Tuesday night amourits to $343,- 901. The school budget, when first announced, gave a total amount of $360,875.98, but at the meet-! ing of the school board, at which | the budget was adopted, Superin- | tendent Willard M. Albury said the sum was $320,000. Using the latter amount and, adding it to the county’s budget gives @ total of $663,901 the tax- payers of Monroe count will be called on to pay the coming fis- cal year. However,’ assessments in the eity are more equitable for the coming fiseal year than they have ever been before. No favoritism | bas been ‘shown .in_ the assess- ments, and taxpayers who were | paying. nominal sums. will now | pay their fair share of the taxes, As a result, 85 per cent of city taxpayers either will pay less or} not any more than they paid last yeu : The city's budget has not yet been announced, but the amount, added to the taxes to be paid in! the county, will he well above the three-quarters of a million mark im taxes during the fiscal year, beginning October 1. | Discussing’ the tax’ situation in ar] ‘ c a | be called on, to the coming fiscal year. He #5 an illustration the ; taxes, in city and county last which amounted to $712. amount the coming , year) # Be increased to. approxi ' $1,000, due to the in- assessment of more than million in the county, the ed school millage and the increase of the county "And what for?” he demanded. “The county has a surplus of $196,000 and I heard that the seheol board had a*similar sum, but Superintendent Albury later stated it was. $95,000. Let's use thet lower sum, «which gives us a total of $231,000; almost a quar- | ter ef a million dollars in surplus meneyin the county and the school district. “And what does that surplus m@ney mean? It means that the people of the county have/ been paying too much in taxes, And whet should that condition indi- cate? That the taxes should be lowered, but instead both the eoumty and the school board, de- spite their surpluses, will in- emease the taxes. “There's the picture for you, with tinjes not so good in Key West now—more than three-quar- ters of a million in taxes abe je of Key West will be ea on to pay during the 1946 fecal year.” BATTERIES CHARGED The Modern Way Derive in. in 30 to 45 minutes and your cer can be on its way! Lou ga Smith AUTO SERVICE Phene No.5 White at Fleming ee RAUL'S + DANCING - Nightly to the Music ey RUNCR) MARK © ‘ina His STANLEY Orchestra Peaturing SYLVIA at Piano jmext. danuary unless a‘ 5; U he SOUTHERNMOST™ N WSPAPER ON THE. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUBE 4 a 1946: Telegrams have been received by the Lions Club from Senator Claude Pepper and Congressm: Pat Cannon pledging their oe — the unemployment eins here, Announcement: of word from Die aban ithe congressmen was made ma last night’s Lions’ Club ting. Applications Stull, |A message lan aiteipusly bern Coming In for Job: | received from Senator Charles ; As City Manager Applications for we posi- tion of city manager of Key West, made vacant by the re- cent resignation of Dave tion. { Speaker at last night’s gather-) ing was the Rev. G. Leon Wells | who stressed the high ideals of! Lions’ members and ‘their con- Pepper And Cannon Pledge Help In Sub Base Reduction ;O. Andrew pledging similar ac- miro Collazo, tinuous application to worth community projects, ee n | leading civic cittanas to A past Gonzalo Beza- Gerald Saunders, who also pre- sented Chaplain Capt. W.;!B. Smith a certificate of memiber- ship in Lions International. Saunders later read excerpts from the final message of Lions International President, Dr. Ra- delivered at the jclose of the recent convention in Philadelphia. President Fred Miller presided at the meeting with J. R. Mar- cellus as song leader. King, are continuing to reach the office of City Clerk Roy Hamlin in large numbers, he said today. The applications are com- ing from many states, Ham- lin said, some of them from as far away as Washington state, California and Texas, As the applications are re- ceived Clerk Hamlin turns them over to the Mayor and City Commissioners for study. Shortly after August 7, Hamlin asserted, a meeting Crew Released ficers have released sixteen { members of the crew of the de- stroyer Stribbling who were sent to separation centers-for de- mobilization, Navy officials dis- iclosed today, though they would , will be held te decide which ,0t reveal whether any crew applicants to summon to Key | ™embers were retained in con- West for personal interviews, {nection with the death July 25) Mayor Demeritt told The j|0f Seaman Second Class Benja- Citizen this morning that he min Hobbs. expected a new city manager The investigators today denied (By Asnoeciated Prews) WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Con- ; gressional leaders announced this 'sessit = jinjuries found on the sailor’s Congress May gulation’s and that there were The body was discovered at afternoon that they expected to Chief ‘matter’ yet! tobe settled the destroyer and, membe ‘of Fundg- will have to be. provided , FBI and Naval Intelligence of- © would be select# within the | the. statement that a hammer next ten days, was found by divers that is con- SIIIIIS IVs sidered to be the weapon causing | head. z Their statement was substan- “ tiated by their recent disclosure that Hobbs died of “sl tran- Adjourn Today ge a ogo e i minor abrasions on the head of! Till January \the victim which could not have! pie se “been caused by a _ hammer’s} blows. 9:15 a. m, last Thursday by one adjourn ‘congress. before the day the dead scans ahipena\es igen yi a te ge eet ere’ the is-called by the President. plays é : Yesterday was! barter aboal by -eongress ' is - the “GI. terminal‘ leave ill, which ental is anvexs ches officers: “and ‘men abi, j penditure* of’! two’ and three. | contributed to a fund. for vthe | quarterg million dollars. boy’s widowed mother in Nebo, North Carolina. also forthe operation of the OPA. { Tt was decided today to freeze | the Social Security tax to one percent. Navy spokesmen also revealed yesterday thaterigor mortis had | set in when the body was found, leading to the belief that death Assued a Warning to the police- | man. | (Continued on Page Three) 3 Clab To Print Cooper Rescinds 3 ia mapensied a ite Key West amare Club, has ra announced plans for the publica- tion éarly this wintér of a Key West Cook Book. The cook book will include re- cipes for using tropical fruits, | vegetables, seafood, and_ other | produets available in local mar- ‘kets, as well as general sugges: | tions for housekeeping in the tropics. It is hoped, Mrs. Navarro stated, that all Key West house- | wives will share their methods H for making native dishes with the} pideciolt of Public Safety bert. Cooper yesterday ese! ed hiss%recommendation for a threé-day. suspension of Patrol-, man Frank Jolly on a charge of promiscuous use of firearms and 1 | man instead. “Any ,further infraction of regulations will merit more dras- tie. disciplinary action against you,” Cooper warned the police- Jolly was charged with firing committee for the book. his revolv@r into the air while Committee Named | pursuing a negro cab driver. Mrs. Navarro has appointed the ‘following committee to collect DOE and edit the recipes: Mrs. Lee ,| Goddard, Mrs. Frank Bowser, and CHARLES STARRETT in *Rustlers of the Badlands” | | Members of the Woman’s Club | have not only been urged to send | recipes promptly to Mrs. Navar- } ro at 426 Elizabeth street, but) ; also to solicit suitable ones from ‘a itheir friends who may not. be ;members. So that the cook book i will be available for tourists visit- ae here this winter, it is hoped lthat the recipes will -be submitted fas soon as possible, Mrs. Navarro said, Mrs. Oliver Griswold. News and Serial REMEMBER ——The—— BOTTLE CAP INN," 1128 Simonton Street Our Prices are of PRE-OPA Days! BRADY’S (Live) POULTRY and EGG MARKET - Phone 540 We Oiter A SPECIAL PRICE on Dorquest Beer to take out $4.25 PER CASE Reservations: Phone 9287 Plus Deposits of 75¢ on Bottles | 1214 White St. { i her Has O h BEST ‘ee LIVE POULTRY PACKAGE LIQUORS }. ROASTERS and Battery in South Forida Raised FRYERS Sixteen Members of Stribling For Separation Lt. Joe Kemp Off On Vacation After|* 20 Years of Work: For that tired, tired feeling, Lt. Joe Kemp. of the Key ‘West police depariment, has finally decided that there is nothing like a vacation, Tt took Lieutenant Joe 20 years to come to this momen- tous decision and, believe it or not, he took off on a vaca- tion today—his first in 20 years! Fifteen whole days Lieu- tenant Joe will take. This means that he will have 360 hours, 21,600 minutes to do nothing but loaf. Just how he is going,.to squalor all of this wonderful time Lieutenant Joe did not disclose, but fellow officers at the station figure that is his raed ae ke aud bei. wants to Aiuto 20) years on the .job without a, vaca: Nahata ated | Russian News Agency Changes Attitude Today (By Associated Press) PARIS, Aug. 2.—Tass. the Rus- sian news agency, which com- mended Secretary of State James 'F. Byrnes yesterday, today at- tacked him for not voting yes- terday on the Molotov. proposal to permit the smaller nations a full expression at the confer- ences of the 21 nations. Polish representatives asked | today to be given a voice inthe drawing up of the treaty for Hungary, but Byrnes pointed out that it had been agreed that only nations that had been at war with saterlite nations would be permitted to vote on measures concerning them. Molotov supported request, _ but after Byrnes had spoken, the request was withdrawn. RADIATOR SERVICE Hepairing-Flushing-Conditioning GUARANTEED RESULTS Ambler’s Service Garage 404 Duval Street Adjoining La Concha Hotel NOTICE Applications are now being received for mem- bership on the Board of Examiners of Contrac- tors by the City, of Key West. Applications should be addressed to the City Manager, Key West, Flor- ida. Closing date is Aug- ust 5, 1946. _ president's certifients immediate Poland inj The Duval Street USO Club, operated by the National Catho- lie Community Service ,will close” August 15, Mrs. Eileen S. lin, director, announced today. The club opened in April, 1 and has served half a million servicemen and women and their half years. A comprehensive; spiritual, educational, recreation-' al and welfare program helped ; to make the club a real “home| way from home.” housing shertage in Key West was as acute as any place in thi country, housing accomodations for 40 mallitary wigs children‘ Postal Savings Up But Stamp Sales Decrease. Postal savings deposits in the Key West post office at the close | of- business on July 31, amounted to $2,220,085, as compared with $2,099,015, the ‘total on July 31! of last year. Sales of stamp stock last month fell off- more than, $8,000 itipada ACR WR ree pee TA July, 1946; During’that month; they: totaled $19,765.97, but. they , amounted’ to only es 002. 38 last > pmonth. ge EE . Business Barometer Stamp. stock receipts are con- idered by economists as the best barometer of business conditions | in a community. Decreased sales | last month are in keeping with, | business generally in Key West at this time, as compared with the condition last August. SABRES RASA ESSE EBC ACO SEALED BEAM HEADLIGHTS ROY'S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | 121 Duval Street | ‘“ummeame Phone 442 a Announcing REOPENING of PEPE’S 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 is now open to re- new the acquaintance with its old, as well as invite new, cus- tomers. That GOOD CUBAN COF- FEE, Sandwiches, sweets and Soft Drinks will be served. NO BEER or WINE SOLD Introducing The Key West Exterminating Co. We are using all the latest for-| mulas against Rats, Roaches, Bedbugs, Flies, Mosquitoes, Termites, etc. Phone 238-J after 4 P.M.| and we'll be glad to solve vour exterminating problems. UNITED STATES Duval Street USO Club Will Close August 15 S. Cough- : families in the last three and one-| During the first two years of; the life of the club; when the} were supplied by the USO Dor- pautery at a mimimum cost, on a {non-profit basis. Use of kitchen | was provided, and there were | laundry facilities. Helped Unite Families The Dor mitory made it possible | for marly servicemen to see their ;new born babies and to have their wives with them for a few weeks before they left for over- seas, A. Housing ‘Registry has been! featured from the outset. Listing ‘ of apartments and rooms enabled many service families to , find homes in the city, where they ved for periods varying from a ew days to two years. The wash- ng machine solved the laundry (Continued on Fuge Four) ‘Registration Books In County To Open Monday, *Today John England, county, supervisor of registration, sent jout books to Marathon and Te-} vernier for residents of those i places, who are not qualified, to! register for the general election’ jin November. ba To Name hinahags a be d Sites Soro (Ry Asweclated Presa? 3 ATHENS, Tenn., Aug 2.—Two were killed and 20 were wounded in riots that’ started here yester- day afternoon and did not ‘end till this morning between two factions in a primary election. What was called the court- house faction swore in “200. ‘dep uty sheriffs for the avowed pur: ” pose to see that the voting was ‘conducted in orderly fashion. But it turned out, as was charged by the opposing ' faction, composed Jargely of veterans of World War IL, that the deputies were engag- ed, for the sole purpose of intim- idating voters who were against the courthouse clique. The first trouble started when deputies attempted to throw out GI watchers at a poll. A fight started, and while it was going on similar assaults were made by deputies at other polls. Before long there was general fighting, with the. GIs and their adherents on one side and the deputies on the other, Groups of the deputies were dispersed, after they had at- tempet to make off with ballot boxes, but 75 of them ran to the jail where they barricaded them- selves. For six house the puties | r S alaghi constant fi intee at Marathon i ele 2 sl somebody ‘ succeed: her. Books Open Monday | Registration “books throughout will. be open next | the county | Monday. As politic contests in Monroe are confined to primaries, and as everybody. who registered i | to vote at that time will not have | to qualify, it is thought that the | additional registration will be| | small. LARA BAA AAAAAAAASAS _ pend of that time, th bo Killed beets ia injured eight others.- Courthouse adherents had tried to. telephone to the governor to send out guardsmen to restere order, but the GIs had anticipated such a move and ‘had cut all tele- phone wires. In some way, the 75 deputies in the jail, who had held out, hoping every moment for' the artival_of the guardsmen, |heard that the wires had been cut. A few minutes later the dep-- uties streamed out of the jail with their hands up. » Fresh se re e; | PRESCRIPTIONS f2ut-Jisct2| Several_of them were ‘beaten | . a (2% they tried to evade the infuri- | fompounded Fy eee }gated Gls. One of them was | GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone 177 Free Delivery - + Ve wwwwrwerrwrrn: TWINS CARAGE 1130 Duval Street Phone 159 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts i ‘SLOPPY JOE'S BAR Where You Can Get the | Best Drinks in Town YOU NAME IT—WE HAVE IT! le Free Motor ‘knocked down and pulled up and knocked down again, half a dozen times, till leaders among the GIs rescued him. The courthouse faction shortly afterward conceded the nomina- tion of the GI candidates. In the Tennessee statewide pri- / mar} nath Kenneth McKellar was re-nominated for a sixth term in the United States senate. STERLING’S *ScG'nerxet’ 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. Sole Distributors of r Freshly Dressed CHICKENS STRICTLY FRESH EGGS FLORIDA “DANCE Inspection Dodge - Chrysler and DeSoto Plymouth Owners With Our New | Sun Motor MASTER TESTER MACHINE between the hours of 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. | NAVARRO, Ine. Opposite Bus Station | 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 Bug Passes Door pore! woes Through Saturday ADMISSION - COVER or MINIMUM ce |