The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 8, 1946, Page 1

VOLUMBE-LXVIL. No. 188 s 9 Monroe Teacher's Contracts Ready ° For Signatures Contracts are being made ready. for issuance to all properly Flor- ide certified teachers in Monroe eounty who have been appointed te f@ach during the school year 2946-47, according to an an- } Reweement made today by Wil- lard M. Albury, superintendent ef Monroe county schools. ‘The contracts will be available | #t the office of the various prin- | eipals on August 9 for the signa- ture of teachers, Mr. Albury said. Me added that all teachers should call te sign their contracts before August 31. “Teachers appointed for outing school year and whose “New Key West Manager HE UNITED STAT 2 a UST 8, 1946 Dave King WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, A - {Two Transfers — Of Real Estate Total $22,000 Two transfers of realty, amount- ing to $22,000, were filed in thé county clerk’s office yesterday afternoon. | Hasting C. Smith sold a house and lot at Varela and Catherine streets to Howard Matthews for | $11,000. The lot has a frontage {of 55.4 feet on Catherine street} A New City Manager for Key| have had an opportunity to be and 104.10 on Varela street. West will definitely be chosen; interviewed: 3 A tract of 17 acres at Taver- at a meeting to be held by the Dopp To Continue tnier has betn sold by William ES Files Appl For Reappointment As Manager; Will Attend Fale Robert Dopp, appointed as act-'!Dubiler and D. A. Curtis to N. O. Commissioners on Tuesday, Aug-| ing City Manager at the meeting | Tuesday evening, will continue | in that position until a regular j man is found for the job, it was said at City Hall today. Of all the applications for’ the ust 20, Mayor William W..Dem- eritt told The Citizen today. A meeting of the Commission- ers in City Hall yesterday after- the | noon at 5:30, originally scheduled City Manager job to reach City | for the express purpose of em-! Hall that of Eugene’ M. Williams Pearce for $11,000. ‘Jail Holds Drunk Who Took Child! W. J. Matheny, arrested by po- ‘Elaborate Plans Are Made For Key West Labor Day certificates have expired or be-; come invalid may call for their fentracts in. the superintendent's | effiee upon proper presentation of @ new valid certificate or :ex- tension of their oid one, Mr. Al- | tury pointed out. He said that: this information must be register- | ed with the superintendent of public instruction’s office on the | seeeand floor of the county court { house building. British Invite Arab Leaders To Conference (By Aswaciuted Preae) LONDON, Aug. 8.—Sir Allan Cumningham, high commisioner! im Palestine, today invited Arab} leaders to confer with him in| this city about conditions in Pal- | estine The leaders replied that they} would come to London to meet Cummingham provided no Jews attended the conference. No veply, se far as has been publicly emmounced, was sent the leaders vegerding their exception, The British cabinet decided to maintain the mandate of Pales- tine, but added that the question «? the dispute “there between Arete and Jews will be sub- mitted to the United Nations, for thete decision when they recon- wene fext-month. »:,+’, ‘This afternoon the Jewish Na- tenal Council stated that it was} withthe’ propdsal to 100,000 Jewish emigrants | from Europe to Palestine, but 1 | !ploying Eugene M. Williams, of Clewiston, Fla., for the city man- ager job, ended in turmoil when Commissioner Hunter Harden objected to employing Williams without first interviewing a number of other experienced men who have their applica- tions on file. ‘ Wire All Applicants On Harden’s motion that all applicants be wired to come to Key West for personal interviews at their own expense for further consideration of their applica- tions, all Commissioners voted affirmatively. City Clerk Roy Hamlin was in- structed to send the wires, and he sent off eight of them la night. Applications for the pos tion have-come from a number of states, some of them from as! far away as Texas and. Califor- nia. A majority of the Key West Citizens who attended the meet-' ing Tuesday night were under the impression that Eugene M, Williams had already been ap- pointed to the position. of City ; Manager. This misunderstanding arose from a statenient>made by May- lor Demeritt Tuesday Aight that bsyour new city gmanager. will be here Wednedday. He*is a man who will conform to the city charter.” Mayor Demeritt said at the meeting. yesterday afternoon, when. Harden objeéted ; to the employment of Williams, that he understood all of the Commis-} sions were in favor of him and he had sent for him for that rea- the British said that no Jews, in| Sn. He said that he was willing is said to be the most impress He is a native of Miami, a reg: | tered Civil engineer, j city manager of. Coral Gables |}and now holds a position with ; the U. S. Government at Clewis- | town: For a number of years he was connected with the tax and accounting division of Atlanta, | Georgia, and at one time held the | position of Agency Manager for the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. in seven southern states. | With his application Mr, Will- iams filed several letters of rec- ; ommendation, one of which came j from A. B. Curry, city manager | of Miami. i What Leiter Said ' In this letter, addressed To Whom it May Concern, and dated May 4, Mr. Curry said, in. part: “I have known Mr, E. M, Will- iams for the past 16 years: and {during a portion of his incum- ; bency as City Manager, of Coral Gables I served under him in various capacitiess } have always found him to be a sound and ef- ficient city managed . “Anyone in neéd of Mr. Will- iams’ services, will make no ‘mis- take as I firmly believe he. has a thorough knowledge of @unici- | pal affairs, is a ing a ine jand has an. understanding it ¥ publiee so ain i es t Williams Has Edge In addition to his éther qualifi- cations, it was understood. that Mr, Williams i: member of the : American. * Association of City Managers. «. x Those .at’ City Hall’ who have , had“ an” opportunity “to” examine , all of the applications are of the opinion that Mr. Williams is the lice Tuesday and charged with | A combined meeting of all an open house and its lounges -MAPPLICATION. RESULT- ED FROM TELEGRAM SENT KING BY EIGHT Dave King, who resigned as jcity manager as a’ result of the , reinstatement of four policemen * a former; committees making preparations‘ away a four-year-old child with- for the Key West Labor Day, {out consent of the parents, Mr.| Celebration, presided over by} and Mrs. A. M. Alfonso, owners | Chairman Dwight Hunter, was! of the Silver Dollar Bar, plead- | held at City Hall last evening. ed guilty to a drunk charge in J. D. Sweeting, chairman of municipal court yesterday. He! the field events committee, re-! was fined $25 and‘ sentenced to! ported that the Police Athletic ail when unable to pay the! League has agreed to buy two fine. : | Statuettes to be presented to the Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso did not | outstanding boy and girl athletes press charges of abduction against | of the day. The field event will Matheny. {be held at 11 o’clock at Bayview | | Park, immediately after the Par- | ade, Sweeting said. | Event At Pool | C, B. Harvey, reporting on the | jswimming events, said that they ; {will be held at the Enlisted JEWS RELEASED 'Men’s pool at the Navy Yard JERUSALEM. — British auth- from 3 to 4:30 o’clock. i ofities today released 1,700 Jews j who had been apprehended and ade; Mrs. Ruth A. Higgs said that held since the bombing of thé jf would form in front of City King David Hotel. The an-}tfall at 8:30 a.m. go south on mouncement said further that Duval street to Division and turn $70 other Jewish. prisoners $00N}-north to Bayview Park. Awards would be released. will be made for the most beau- a tiful floats in the parade, and PROTESTS IN JAVA August 24 has been set as the disorderly conduct in carrying Late Bulletins (By ‘Associated Press) and rest rooms will be open to the public. Present At Meeting Those attending the meeting at: The application resulted froma“ City Hall last night were: ; telegram that was sent King in Betty Whidden, Marcel Mazeaui| Homestead last night by eight and R. C. Hicken, representing Key Westers, one of whom is for- by the civil service board, today_ applied for reappointment to that position. In a report on the main par-'F' P.A.L.; Dwight Hunter and Miss ‘Jane Hopkins, of the City Wel-| Sweeting. fare Dept.; Father J. H. John- son, St. Mary Parish Center; Lt. Ray Atwell of City Police De- partment; C. B. Harvey of the American Legion; . Frank §. Adams, Jackson Square: U.S.0.; Chaplain W. B. Smith, U. S. Army; J. G. Sweeting, Key West Stadium Committee; Gerald Saunders, Lions Club; Mr. and s. Samuel Higgs, Veterans ign Wars Auxiliary; Mario- Simone, Miss Effie Pauls and Mrs, Van, Business and Profes- | sional Women; Gertrude Laub- scher, Hotel Association; Lt, HL. S, | Atterbury, U. S. Army; Rev. E. S. Doherty, Ministerial Alliance and Boy Scouts; J.'R. Marcellus, High School Band; B. L. McFall, BATAVIA. — Indonesian lead-| qeadiine for their entry, Mrs. Poinciana P.A.L.; Lt. Comdr, R. ers complained today about the’ bombing of parts of Java by; The complaint | Higgs said. Plan Hobby Show | The Hobby Show will be held ; F. McManus, U. S. Army. Further reports on the plans! of the various committees will be, Dutch aixgen. cid that Re ind. hamabs were in St. Mary’s Parish House, on ‘published in The Citizen from; beta 4 = eee Duval street, Saturday aud Sun- (time to time from now, until; UN RECONVENES PARIS.—Delegates of 21 -na-" tions reconvened today to decide | finally on rules of procedure. It was said: that the Russian bloc and western powers still are at odds over some of the rules. WIND AND TIDE NANTUCKET.—High tide, in day. fronr 3 ‘to 8 p.m. and on Monday from 3 to midnight, R. C. Hicken revealed in his-report. He said Mrs. Sue Holmes, se tary of the Key West Chapter of ithe. Red Cross, will) have charge vot ; arranging. the: various exhib- , its for ‘the hobby show. The Jaycees are sponsoring a tennis™*tourmarient at” Bayview | Park from 2 to 6 on-Labor Day, Truman Signs | Bill Providing Terminal Pay (Ry Associated Pres WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. The | { | ‘mer City Commissioner W.-C. This morning ‘he received the following answer to the telegram: “Please submit this wire. as. “DAVE KING.” | The telegram came from Home- stead, where King has a grove. ; As soon as the commission an- | Nounces the time of the meeting to consider applications for city | manager, King will be i iso that he may be present at the | meeting. ‘ | Invectives of atomic energy are | likely to explode at the meeting, ‘due to a statement Mayor W. W. Demeritt is said to have made | at a meeting of the city commis- sion yesterday. Louis Carbonell, who was pres- ent at the meeting, gave this ver-~ sion today of the eccurrence; "Several of us requested the « comtnission ‘to defer the appoint- ~ ment of.@ manager, so that other applicants, in addition to, the one wlio: was. here, could com@\to Key ‘West’ {and < be» questioned.-‘about thoit ability: dnd experience’ as that I felt conksens sothaty, Dave King Would apply for reappoint- ment, Mayor Demeritt then said some cases 20 feet above normal, exeess of the quota, will be per- mitted to land in that country. Legion Women Will Meet This Evening | Arthur Sawyer Unit No. 28 American Legion Auxiliary will held its regular meeting Thurs- day evening at 8:30 in the Hall ef the American Legion Home, Sewthard and White streets, to defer action on Williams’ ap- plication until all applicants Registration Still Lags For Fall Election ‘his is the fourth day that the Mrs, Paul Wimmenauer, vice-| -egistration books for the general president, will “preside and all ciection in November have been members are urged to attend. ‘opened in the county court- Any visiting members are €X-/ house, and the number of regis- tended a cordial invitation. trants during that time is two. | 3 On the opening day, those two Newest Boy Scout registered, and since then, super- Troop Meets Tonight visor John England said today, Key West's newest Boy Scout no others have qualified. He ex- Troop No. 55, will hold its regu-, Plained that residents of Monroe ler meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in county who qualified for the Memorial Church An-| Primary in May do not have to the Ley , outstanding candidate for the job as City Manager of Key West. | Byrnes’ Speech | Published Today In Soviet Press { | ' (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Aug. 8.—The Rus sian government feels today that it surprised the outside world by publishing and announcing over the radio the speech »made_ by } Secretary of State James F. Byrnes three days ago at the Paris conference, which he con- cluded with a challenge to Com- issar Molotov to have published in the Russian press. Molotov replied that he would! was whipped today by a 30-mile northeaster along the New Eng- land coast. Four lobster fisher- }men were rescued after their boat had been battered by wind and waves for nine hours. | sagas | EARTHQUAKE SHOCK | SANTO DOMINGO.—This cap- ital of the Dominican republic felt another earthquake shock to- | day. It was so severe that thous- Mr. Hunter said, and that after ',),5»opriation bill to provide terme | to me, if King did, he, Demeritt, the parade a brief memorial jpal pay to enlisted men was! would prefer charges against service will be held at the Band | signed by President Truman. The \ him.” Shell in Bayview Park honoring ‘the veter ms who perished in the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. i Announce Street Dance In the evening, Mr. Hunter dis: closed, a street dance will be! held on Duval street betv Fleming and ¥aton. Prizes will be given for tie best costumes and a rhumba contest will be held amount totals $2,431,738,000. However, the President has not } yet signed the bill that provided for the payment. % All sums, under $50, will be | paid in cash. In excess of $50, | that will mature in five years. The same appropriation bill in- | cludes $30,000,000 to buy suto- | Mayor Demeritt did not dis- close the nature of the charges, and for that reason the govern- mental affairs committee of the Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce have drawn up an af- en, {he payments will be in bonds | gidavit which will be submitted to persons who heard Mr. De- meritt make the remark about King, as Carbonell maintains. he said. All day on Jackson Square SALE Of Auto Parts and Accessories nads of persons streamed from buildings when the tremblor be-; gan. the hold Labor. Day USO will | mobiles of special make foy vet-| And Demeritt will be asked to erans who lost legs or arms, and a similar sum for OPA operation- al expenses. explain what the charges are. ‘The committee comprises Will- iam Freeman Dominguez, chair- man; W. C. Sweeting, Isadore ray | Weintraub and Daraare oe : Another paper, in the form ot The Weather a petition, has been drawn up by the committee and addressed Forecast to the commission, requesting Key West and vicinity: Partly ; that King be reinstated or reap- cloudy this afternoon, tonight} pointed as city manager. The nex Troop members are urged to tring along one of their friends! whe may be interested in being # scvuter At tonight's meeting a trial Aes't Scoutmaster will be ap- petinted, along with potential pa- tel and assistant patrol leaders. PFW Auxiliary Plans Meeting For Tonight Ledies Auxiliary of the Veter- ems of Foreign Wars will hold its | eegular meeting at the V.F.W. clubhouse, Flagler Ave. and Sec- end St, tonight at 8 o’clock.: All members are urged to at- tend. RAUL’S on the BOULEVARD - DANCING -- Nightly to the Music of MARK sna ii STANLEY Orchestra Peeturing SYLVIA at Piano ithe Army star Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 LT reregister, Describe Danger Area For Target Practice ssels are warned to re- main clear of a danger area when target practi with small arms from 8 a.m. to noon August 9, on the Fort Tay- lor Military Reservation. The Army public relations de- {partment said that the danger | area will be the water area off ‘shore of Fort Taylor 100 yards on each side of a line extending due south 1000 yards out to sea from 24 degrees 32 minutes and 23 seconds W Longitude. We Have a Thoroughly Experienced Automotive MECHANIC TO SERVE YOU Batteries Charged, Flats Fixed PURE GAS and OIL POOR OLD CRAIG Service Station AL ARMENGOL, Owner Division at Francis Phone 8134 thave Byrnes’ address published ‘in Russian papers, and two days j} successively it was remarked in ! Paris that the address had not yet | appeared in the Soviet press. newspapers here, and Pravda ‘commented on its contents and also. published Molotov’s | Pravda, a semi-official stated further that the speech in full would be broadcast in Rus- a. This morning all of the speech, en over the radio. ‘eaused by translating the speech | ssian and then checking jon the translation. ' Prices Reduced All Makes STANDARD ‘MACHINES . . . ‘PORTABLE ‘MACHINES . . . Prompt Service | TYPEWRITER JONES , 213 ANN ST. PHONE 580 sich Ae eae eae Today it was given in full in) reply. | organ, | including the challenge, was giv-' The spokes- | man said that the delay had been, ' May be used for tools, oN ARR RRR SA RR Typewriter Cleaning | $190 $750, | | Scissor JACKS 4uto AERIALS \f Dual HORNS | Seal Beam BULBS LIFERAFTS One-Man Type Ten-Man Size | Friday and Saturday August 9th and LOth SALE PRICE Regular Price $ 7.00 5.45 8.95 L.25 22.50 50.00 STEEL BOXES fishing tackle, ice boxes, etc. picnic SPECIAL $6)50 PRICE $6) 00 and Hearing People 121 DUVAL STREET Come to Roy’s Key West If We Don’t Have What You Want in Stock— We Will Do Our Best to Get It for You “WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU.”--Roy Roy's Auto Parts “Phone 442 When You Get Tired of Looking Around and Say, “NO!”... Auto Paris KEY WEST and Friday, with local showers in early morning. Gentle to mod-| mostly | erate southeast and eas V GIRL FOR FELTONS | A 7'%-lb baby girl was born} to Mrs. Raymon Felton, 1418} Leon street, at 3 p.m. yesterday } in the Key West Municipal Hos- | pital PALACE THEATER. MONTE HALE in “Man From | Rainbow Valley” News and Serial i wew 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’ 7 1 Block West of Bus Depot she sie shea gems | 1130 Duval Street petition will be-circulated in Key West for signatures. meena CASA CAYO HUESO (The Svuuthernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ———Opens 5 P.M. Daily--—— nn aeieieeaialed SEPERATE MEE TWINS GARAGE Phone 169 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts a BUSY BEE BAKERY 900 Francis Street PHONE 120 Announce Their OPENING Friday, August 9th STORE HOURS Week Days -_ 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. Syndays - 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. AA SR SE EE