The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 9, 1946, Page 1

For 66 to the of VOLUME LXVIL No. 189 Powerfuly Built Negro / ; | i j j : : } NAVY AWAITS INSTRUC: * TION ‘FROM WASH- George Perez INGTON ON HOW TO F d D dl BEGIN PROSECUTION ound Dead in David Joseph Waison, negro of- i B d Thi A M fiver’s cook at the Navy Yard ie S A.V. here and confessed strangler of s poe nde his shipmate, Benjamin LeRoy ! George Perez, 38, was found Hobbs, remained under close | dead this morning in his room at A * 703 Francis street. ee ee He was a butcher in Paul Heff- from Washington on how to pro- 'ner’s grocery, and shortly after 8 ceed with his prosecution. | : ut NB Naval and FBI agents announc- | ARRANGE SERVICES ed at a late hour last night thet | FOR GEORGE PEREZ Watson had confessed to the mur- RF F eerie ‘uneral services for ey rk sans authorities} Mr. ‘Perez ‘will be: hela 6 a ine pe opdet o'clock Sunday afternoon They eat aie roars cook | a a pean oO neral m: ie 4 admitted that he assaulted Hobbs, j Guilleyad Pare, pastor i eras eros ep rial fhe Latin Methodist church, " officiating. 24, and then becoming panic-} Burial willbe in the family stricken murdered the youth by| plot in City Cemetery. striking him over the head with Mr. Perez was a veteran @ wrench and snuffing out his of World War I, and the pan ang jin vic ales Apa Guard of Honor of Arthur m from a canvas tarpaulin, | Sawyer Post No. 28, Ameri- In cases of a similar nature, , ot A ien will conduct the authorities said at the Navy Yard! services at the grave side. today, the usual procedure is for! the murderer to be tried in a Dis-! o'clock, on his not coming to work, trict Federal Court. It is only, Heffner went to Perez’ room to when a murder occurs aboard a) ascertain the cause of his absence o~ suite ere! Sa and found him dead in bed. les that a court martial is ‘ : : Coroner J. Y. Porter, IV, said py nth the guilty person, it that, as Perez had died from nat- ¢ ostully Built Man ural causes, no inquest would be The authorities described Wat- | eld: son as a short, powerfully built | He was a son of Jeronimo Per- man with a better-than-average | &% and a brother of Raul Perez education. They said that he is; #24 Mrs. Juan Cobo. a Regular Navy man and had Verne ee ye never before been involved in! Wi d R . serious trouble. | in 9 ain : ime pt Be Tirerstont special | 4 ° agett in charge of the Miami of And Sunshine fice of the FBI,. and Frank E.! Jackson, special officer in charge b4 of ONI in Key West, said ‘last During July H might that Watson had-; given 3 4 them a complete confession of his, _ Mean temperature in Key West crime. | during July was -84.2,;.as compar- ‘a SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES | , KEY WEST, Mayor Refuses To Comment : On Challenge “I have no comment”. This. was the statement given: The Citizen today by Mayor William W. Demeritt when asked | if he had anything to say about; the challenge thrown him yes-! terday by former City Manager ; Dave King, who called upon the! Mayor. to prove that. there had} been irregularities in his office | during his administration. King said at his home in; | Homestead yesterday that his' itelegraphie application for reap-! pointment as City Manager of} Key West was “a challenger to| Demeritt to prefer charges against me,” rather than a real | interest in the job. i Alleged Remark Mayor Demeritt is alleged to! i have remarked at a meeting of | | city Commissioners Wednesday | that if King submitted an appli- | | cation for the job as City Man-! ‘ager he would prefer ’ charges _ against him, Later, the Mayor asserted that he made the statement in the heat of passion. He said that he ‘did not mean that he would pre- {fer criminal charges agianst King, ‘but would prefer charges with! the commissioners. King said‘ that he had phoned the Mayor relative to his asser- ; |tion, but that he had declined to! make a retraction in the news-, papers. Sounds Warnijag “I told him to be prepared to} prove the charges or face suit,” | King said. $ | The Mayor said that he had ‘found four acts of irregularities | which King had committed while {City Manager, but declined to say j what they were. i | King resigned as City Manager ; !of Key West on July 26. Yester- jday he sent a telegram from i Homestead to City Commissioner {Clarence Sweeting, printed in j The Citizen, which said: Contents of Wire “Please accept this wire as my formal application for the posi- tion, as. City Manager of. Key West. Advise me of next meeting date and I will be there.” The Commissioners have set Tuesday, August 20, as the meet- | ' { | Jews On Way FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1946 Secretary Byr Today Of 21° -Rebukes A Navy spokesman in Key West revealed that three vessels! s a Great Britain Made By King) CODIDSOMA. “Silver Giant” ~ Passes Tests Satisfactorily (By Axsocinted Presa) WASHINGTON, Aug, 9.— Without making public ‘any i a governyert: spokesman said today that the “silver giant of the air", the swiftest of the larger air- planes, will not much longer be designated as the X-B36. It was explained that. the “X" stands for experiment. but that the performance of the plane yesterday. in flight after flight, was so satisfac- tory, the “X” probably will “which disappeared en route from hea. chcerded. Joesengrs to New Orleans”, and j & 4 F@a\were the objects of a six-day e (eee eA. ear ot Mexecte| Blasts Russia now in the local harbor awaiting | | repairs. He said that the SS. Stribling, on which Seaman Benjamin (By Associated Press) Hobbs was slain here July 26,! . LONDON, Aug. 9.—A govern- had escorted the vessels to Key ment spokesman today blasted ; West. | Russia for taking goods out of About Germany To Palestine To B e Stopped Disappeared August 2 By. Associated P: : ' arati LONDON. age oe gov-|, Bighth Naval district headquar- 4”ations. : : ernment announced today that| #8 in New Orleans announced ' He said that the Russians, un- attempts are being made to take | tae disappearance of the ships on der the Potsdam agreement, had 13,00 ee Jews to Pal ~ | August 2, revealing that taey no legal right to remove goods re 0 European Jews to om ; Steamed out of Panama harbor from Germany before they had ay greet air search of the! ae pera ideas ge a Gulf was undertaken by the coast government had fixed the repara- guard, with planes flying day-' tions in Germany at $10,000,000,- tine. It added that sea and air forces are patrolling the Mediterranean! and the Adriactic to intercept | ships on which there are Jews, Reports received here today stat- “ ed that searching parties boarded} Mexico. “ | several ships yesterday and this} Safe At Kingston on by the Allied Nations. morning. About five bours after Eighth! Entry of the Jews into Pales-' Naval district disclosed that the, tine is illegal, the government ips were missing, it was an-| contended, and those apprehend- ‘nounced Yrat the state depart- | ed in the act of trying to run the ment had notified the Navy that} blockade will be taken to the is- the vessels, with ‘all personnel | land of Cyprus. ‘safe, were in Kingston, Jamacia. ' we A. G. Roberts In. Commission Race’ Makes Formal Anneuncement Today Albert G. Roberts today an- and manipulations behind closed nounces his candidacy for city |@aors. If some official is right or } if some employee is right, I prom- | Russia has not yet been decided Retail Prices — Soar Highest (By Associated Press) eau of Labor’ statistics released today showed that soaring prices of foodstuffs were almost 14 per- cent in advance of the prices that prevailed up to the time of the commissioner in the special elec- —_———-+DECLARES MOL 0 TOV . Germany under the guise of rep- % ' long patrols over the Gulf of 000, even though the amount for, During Month, WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Bur-! | date at which a new. City ;“ Moher will be chosen. | tion to be held September. 20 te! fill the vacancy. caused by. the According to ‘the confession, | the officers said, Watson return- ed t© the Stribling from liberty om the night of the murder, and | because of the heat decided to sleep on deck, During the night, he said, he awoke and saw Hols, elad only in shorts, sleeping in @ nearby gun tub. Soon after- werd, the confession continued, Watson crept up on Hobbs and attacked him. The youth tried te fight off the negro, but was; overpowered by his’ strong ase | seilant. . Struck On Head Watson said in his confession that he struck Hobbs over the bead with a wrench, and. while he lay unconscious on the. deck strangled him with a piece..of rope When the body of Hobbs was found in the gun tub tha next morning at 9 o'clock all hands om the Stribling were confined to ed with a normal of. 83.5, the local weather... bureau reported today. RN ea Rainfall during the month was | 5.82 inches, with the normal for July of 3.28 inches. Average velocity of wind dur- ing July was only six miles an hour, and the percentage of sun- shine was 64. Property Destruction Charged To Sailors Three Key West sailors were being held in jail for trial in City Court today on charges of de- stroying private property. They gave their names as A. Bonsalo, J. B. May and K. Cairus. The sailors are alleged to have torn down the USO Duval street, a beer sign, a va-} cancy sign and a yard umbrella. sign on! Bie ae A the ship and authorities began’a’: WANTED! systematic investigation of.-the | eo an. f | Experienced Stenographer Ome by one members of the| See RAYMOND R. LORD, evew were released as suspects | County Judge's Office wetil im the end only Watson an | ______ eme other sailor were held. A hangman's noose, found in pos- session of Watson, seemed to | clinch the case against him, but SEALED BEAM ba t | h f es- Mooi and a steady stream of | MdbpSAnletdatah dabalaked we refused to cor: e | 121 Duval Street until last night. Phone 442 PALACE THEATER : NO AONE. ARETE EIT . MONTE HALE in “Man From Evidence Mounted HYDRAULIC BRAKE | SPECIALISTS { Let Us Check Your Brakes Leu Smith Auto Service | White et Fleming Phone Rainbow Valley” paid Army Barracks” News and Serial Hot Souse | Teday and Tomorrow at WATERFRONT RESTAURANT $01 CAROLINE STREET -- DANCING -- Nightly to the Music of MARK ‘yn ‘His STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Susan Pent, 83, --Passes In“Hospital Mrs. Susan Pent, 83, died this morning at 5:30 o'clock at the Key West Municipal hospital ‘after an extended illness. Mrs. Pent resided at 807 Francis 'strect. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 ‘o'clock from the Chapel of | Pritchard Funeral Home, Rev. J. 'H. Wooldridge, pastor o fthe Glad Tidings Tabernacie Church of God, officiating. Mrs. Pent is the {widow of John Pent, who died in May of this year. | | WAN Experienced Waitresses Apply Hostess LA CONCHA HOTEL | Mrs. { t | { gt! Lost!! Small BOSTON BULL BRINDLE, | answers to name of Tippie. Lib- {eral REWARD for return to . . Manager, La Concha Hotel Sat., Aug. SOUSE “Ss | MONROE CAFE | 625 DUVAL STREET | 10! | A Specialist Will Demonstrate The MATCO HEARING AID The Super LightWeight on SUNDAY, August bith, | 2t04 P.M. at the Office of | DR. A. M. MORGAN , 1400 REYNOLDS STREET Next to Casa Marina Hotel For Appointment, Res. Phone 874 | resignation of W. C. Sweeting. Discussing his candidacy, Mr. j Roberts said: “J desire to announce my: can- didacy for City Commissioner. To iserve the people of Key West honestly and fearlessly with ut- most consideration for their in- dividual rights are my pledge. ‘ “Through the years I have written in The Citizen’s Forum relative to local matters and I sincerely believe I have express- | ige you E will stay in there and keep on fighting until the battle is over—and it will be a battle for justice. I ask your support but not in the hope that you will» favor—be- ! secure some special eause 1 assure you now if I am ever approached with a payoff or gxatuity I will march that person to the jail and expose him in the ed myself clearly that I will not) - jserve any, forces for any pur-| § ;pose other than those of justice} |and that under the Constitution! jof the United States I will not} discrinfinate or tolerate intoler- jance against the races of man- {kind in the pursuit of life. | “I was afforded the privilege lof graduating from our schools. {Serving three years in the U. S. \Lighthouse Service, honorable |discharge from the U. S. Marine | pric percent, and for dairy products, | expiration of the old OPA law } ot; June 30. ee ‘The report said'that from: June ; without ceiling prices, “the advances set a record high for a month. Meats were the leader in; the hiked prices, with 30 percent in- crease, while the cent. From July, 1939, to July of this year, the bureau said, the for meats has advanced 82 {92 percent. It was said that OPA will take action through the decontrol board to roll back prices on most products. The board will conduct its first hearings next week, and be restored to what they were on the expiring days of the old _ OPA law. 52 fo. July. 15, when’ the? country | & increase of; dairy products reached 21 per-j| it was expected that prices will} TALKS ABOUT ANGLO: SAXON BLOC BUT NOT (By Associated Press) =~ PARIS, Aug. 9.—Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, at a ses- sion today’ of the 21! nations; again took Commissar .Molotev of Russia to task for some re+ marks he had made. Set Byrnes’ said that Molotov, on several occasions, had.» about the so-called Anglo- bloc always voting the same, and had not mentioned that the so- called Russian bloc also voted al- ways on the same side of a ques- — tion. i Byrnes accused Molotov of try- ing to have Russia run the.meet- ing in its own way, butgwarned Molotov that Russia would not succeed in attaining that end. He added that Russia was. the only nation that was striving to -get control of the assembly, and ‘that i Russia just as well give up its striving in that regard. “Why is it,” Byrnes demanded, j “that Mr. Molotov refers to us as a bloc and-says nothing about his , own bloc?” - | Molotov revived his. proposal jon a two-thirds majority vote and placed it as a motion before ithe assembly. He was defeated by 15 to 6. & 4 | “Byrnes also spoke about Molo- itov’s “delaying tactics” at the meetings, and concluded with the tassertion that those Allied na- | tions that’ fought against Ger- ~ |many and her saterlites should have more to say about the na- ture of ‘the treaties than ie nations that were not engaged in fighting. ‘ “oByrnés was rousingly,’ when he concluded: ‘ernest, Bevin,* foreign mutaster of Great Britain, arrived heréto- ‘day from London, He said that before he attended any confer- ‘ence of the 21 nations he wished ‘to discuss with Byrnes the situa- | tion in Palestine, | Morris Is Visitor In Key West Today John L. Morris, special assist- ant to the president of the Na- jtional Airlines, of Miami, was a business visitor in Key West Fri- day. | ie was accompanied here by |Wayne Parrish, of Washington, D. C., publisher of the American | Aviation Magazine and the Air |Traffic Guide. They returned to | Miami this afternoon. a ———— et ne ttm Have your Dodge, Chrysler, Ply- Lost!! | ‘Service, Washington, D. C.; and | Dept. Commerce seaman’s papers; | | Material Checker during construc- | plight. vba TWINS GARAGE I shall give my untiring | Plenty of Auto Parts | CTA TOT press. ington University, having passed Civil Service examination for | ‘paca Puen) Oe GARDNER’S PHARMACY Civil Engineerin Aide, U. S, |pledges you were so richly prom- ; |, es Pree Delivers is » U. S.lised. I assure the taxpayer he is | eee te ewe ereve: Dept. of Roads; completed Mari- time Training and awarded U. S. going to know where every dol- | _ lar is going. and why. agepitis RRS ef fight for a just property; U. a ee Service PE lao a raid on your pocketbooks. oe a ee |i further promise that all waste will stop as quickly as passed x and | Quar | s human- | tion Poinciana extension. Have |, pacuhle Gat taal Sours cily Where You Can Get the engaged in Plumbing Contracting ' government is to be one that i: ' Best Drinks in Town for three years, wherein I have | pespected and not held up to ridi- | YOU-NAME IT—WE HAVE IT! been afforded the privilege, a8 @{cule of the whole sta —“ tl |? former member of the Plumbing | .¢@ that the raid on the city jst | eee ee eee ees Commission, of servi y a the sanitation of the community, | than we can find money to pay | and know only too well our real fo, them is stopped. LIVE POULTRY “T want to represent you on the “If you want a commissioner } ROASTERS ‘| B 7 ané Battery City Commission as a representa- | Wignis nos seared t9: Go: im: there! Raised FRYERS tivé of the people, by. the semen fight for you and be a public } BRADY'S s : : : ~) :Servant that is your servant to do | and for the people. There must your will and give government | (Live) POULTRY and EGG MARKET be an end to these 5:30 Jam Ses- x . e a sions because if the evening is ihe eeicn support | important to hold meetings at the | - ? | regular time, then it is time to! elect commissioners who have the} Remember, a miie of your time | is a fight for your tomorrow. | | penaes ALBERT G. ROBERTS, FATT. ‘SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Rupert Knowles, Prop. | eR URAE DE ECAR Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 l assure you if I am elected; jNO OBLIGATION TO BUY that the government of this city| emer shall not consist vf secret sessions | ~ 1229 Whitehead Street. | (Paid Political Advertisement) 1214 White St. Phone 54¢ | a Corps; served consecutively in United States Civil Service from [meee Dencte Cae ae 11937-1942, inclusive, entering the |1130 Duval Street Phone 163) RERICIEN TE: RIGHT PRICEINI ervice as messenger, becoming, | Auto Repairs, Painting, | ERS—at the Purchasing Clerk, Medical Supply | ALBERT G. 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