The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 10, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVIL No. 190 SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER King’s Application Stil ignored: AS Petitic Officials To Reemploy fin FOUR APPLICANTS WIRE®————__ ACCEPTANCE TO COME HERE FOR PER- SONAL INTERVIEWS Four telegraphic replies accept- ing an invitation to come to Key West for personal interviews with the city commissioners had been received by City Clerk Roy Ham- lin today from applicants for the position of city manager. Two of the acceptances came from Florida cities, one from Mis- souri and one from Texas. The! telegraphic application of Dave} King, former city manager, still remained ignored. Two other ap-j plicants offered to come to Key; West for interviews, providing part of their expense was paid. | One of them said that before he eame he would like information| on conditions which resulted in| the position being vacated. King Still Ignored The reason that Dave King’s application will not be considered, | according to an_pfficial at City fall, is that it arrived too late. | King’s telegram arrived in Key} West on the ninth, whereas all applications were supposed to have been in by the seventh.! Moreover, it was pointed that a prerequisite for each ap-' plicant was that he file a coi firming telegram with his -appli-, cation, This procedure was ace followed by King. Petition Circulated In the meantime, a_ petition! containing several hundted names } was’ being cidculated in Key West! calling upon city commissione: to reemploy King as city manager and protesting against the pres- ent set-up of the civil service hoard CAG 5S Hae atigewitan an ‘ort ‘ity Hall Saturday that | a police officers were tak> ing part in circulation of the pe- | titien he reprimanded them for such activity and declared that they Would suffer penalities if actually caught in any such ae- tion. Contents Of Petition “You are employes of this ad- ministration,” he said, “and if you cannot support it you should do nothing to hurt it.” The petition, addressed to the eity commissioners, and eontain- ing approximately 300 names, is as follows: “We, the undersigned, believe that the turmoil that has recent- ly beset our municipal govern- ment, culminating in the resigna- tion of Dave King as city mana- | ger, is due to the following: “4 —That the members of the city ¢eivil service board as a ma- jority, should not be di IV indirectly associated or affiliate d im the same business, or-occupa- tional capacity with any member of the city commission. That the} membership on said board should | be more representative of the citizenry as a whole. ‘That a schedule of disciplin-{ ary offenses and penalties, including that of discharge by the , eity manager or head of depart-! ments, for adequate cause, be! formulated by the civil service! board, and approved by the com- mission and accepted as law, in; order to eliminate future confficts between the civil service board, the city manager, or heads of de- partments. This is now generally ; outlined in the posted rule and (Continued on Page Three) TWINS GARAGE | 1130 Duval Street Phone 163 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts - DANCING ~- Nightly to the Music of RE H MARK : ee H is STANLEY Orchestra Featuring S¥LVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 ont GMI LISI IL ID ID tS aaa aaa as, Red Signs Boost Candidacy Of Dave King WE WANT KING These words, printed in large, red block letters on white cardboard began to make their appearance on automobiles and in various places around Key West Sat- urday as the boom for King’s return as city manager in- creased in intensity. Street corner rumors were to the effect that a mass meeting of King supporters is. being planned while, at the same time, a petition began being circulated in the city calling upon the Commis- sioners to reemploy King. The WE WANT KING signs made a mysterious ap- pearance, No one seems to know who had them made up, but they were available at several business places in Key West today. Navy Still Waits | Washington’s Nod In Watson Crime Authorities at the Navy Yard | said today that they are still awaiting instructions from the Secretary of the Navy in Wash- ington on the’ proper procedure to. fallow in. the ..presecution. of David Joseph Watson, under |heavy guard in the brig here | charged with the murder of his {shipmate, Benjamin LeRoy Hobbs, on the night of July 24. » Watson; a negro ship's cook, is alleged to have assaulted’ Hobbs and then beaten and _ strangled him to death aboard the SS. Stribling. Navy spokesmen said that the usual procedure for prosecution of such cases is for them to be turned over to a District Federal Court. Only in cases where a crime is committed on a ship out- side the continental confines of the United States is it usual for a Navy Court Martial to sit in judgment, the Navy spokesmen added. To Pleads G Guilty ' Reckless Driving Randall Smithwick Peace Justice J. Y. Porter, IV, to a charge oft ‘reckless driving, preferred by Chief Deputy Sher- iff Moreno Wallace. Deputy Wallace said that \he clocked Smithwick on Division 50 miles an hour, He was over- taken at Simonton street. He was released under bond, and is due to appear next Wed- ‘nesday in criminal court. Registrations Start At Convent Next Week Registration at both the Con- vent of Mary Immaculate, Divi- sion street, and St. Joseph’s School for boys, Simonton street, is scheduled for Monday, Tues- day. and Wednesday of next week, August 12, 13 and 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Registration for both will be at the Convent. schools Masonie Notice Regular Communication of Anchor Lodge No. 182, F. & A.M., Monday. August 12th, ‘| of the | ‘Key West Yacht Club ms) pes represent a boat. | will be made along property the. will have three sides and the en- ! of five feet at low tide. iNo small craft or storm warnings have b issued. pleaded | Wavy non Ae | guilty yesterday afternoon before }(Observation taken at 8:30 a.m, street and that his car exceeded | Lowest last night ‘Sunset i Moonset KEY WEST, FLORIDA, RRR ERRATA CLEMMER RECALLS GLORY OF Key West Yooh Club Float For Labor bey Paice ~ eens be none if we could aweken some of the oldtime enthus- ism. posed today, at a club luncheon, | “Consider east coast cities, all that a float be entered: in the | along the line from’ Mianii to Labor Day parace to be held in| Jacksonville. Yacht racing is an Key West. The proposed float | outstanding sport. The feel of a YACHT RACING DAYS t et Andrew J. Frazier John K. Clemmer, former com-/ down to its scuppers is something | modore, today discussed the past| that warms the blood. Boating glories of boat racing in Key! in a motorboat is okay, but it West. ‘ Jacks the thrill that one gets in a “I have been told that in | boat under sail ,particularly so if those days a yacht race was | a stiff breeze ig blowing. held one or more times a week | “But here is Key West, an is- in local waters, and that the | land city, and not a single y: enthusiasm of residents was jin its waters, that i: such, the shore was lined with | owned by Key Westers. I think spectators. Why can’t Key | many Key Westers will join me West hold similar races today? in saying, ‘Give us back the old So far as I can see, there should (days when sailboat racing was be no ‘can’t’, and there would | the town’s chief Bport s Marathon To Have Pier And | Big Bulkhead | W. R. Thompson has sabia plans ,to. construct a pier 320 feet : Jong and 12 feet wide and a bulk- { head 300 feet long and 60 feet! wide at Marathon, according to} an application for a permit he! has filed with district -engineers | of the War Department at their} offices in Jacksonville. The proposed improvement , Home For Mule Wanted By Owner Edward Mathews, colored, 304 Amelia street, has had his faithful white mule for 27 years. During that time, the mule performed the tasks re- quired of it to Mathews’ full satisfaction. But now, as it must come to all men and beasts alike, age has crept up on the faith- ful mule and Mathews wants to find someone who will care of the animal better than he is ablé to do just now. However. the saddened pos- sessor of the mule says the new owner must be kind and considerate before he will re- lease his faithful mule. Mathews can’t conceive of the idea of having the mule destroyed, especially since ‘0 animal still can do sufficipx work. to take care of its keep. Should there be anyone in Key West who needs or care to own’ this: mule and will take good care of the animal, they are advised to contact the present owner at 304 Amelia street. ITI ITs Duval USO Will’ Close Tomorrow The NCCS-WD USO Club, 303 Duval street, will hold its closing } ses on Sunday, August 11, 4:00 p.m, The following program is an- nounced: Jack Delaney, ch man; Rev. J. H. Johnson. S. j vocation; Captain rl Johnson, USN, addre |Smith, USA, applicant owns on the northerly side of Key Vacas. The bulkhead closure or slip will be dredged to a depth of five feet below mean | low water. A channel, leading to | the slip, also will have a depth | The bulkhead will be con-} structed of concrete and the pier | of timber. : No public hearing on the ap- ; plication. will be held, -Major | Blase Nemeth, acting. district en-.| gineer, said but added that any- body who wished to protest may write Lak the epemecring office, The Weather Forecast Key West and vicinity: Partly | cloudy this afternoon, tonight ; and Sunday with local thunder- | showers, mostly in afternoons or | evenings. Gentle to moderate variable winds, mostly southeast- erly. | Florida: Partly cloudy today, tonight and Sunday. Scattered afternoon and early evening} showers and thunderstorms. Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle variable winds tonight through } Sunday. Partly cloudy weather with a few widely scattered thundershowers. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: ; Miss Eliza- beth Suddath, piano solo; Rev. Johnson, presentation of USO pins to volunte and Mrs. Ste- phen Douglass, awarding of cer- | tificates of merit to senior hos- tes M Rose Curry will award merit certificates to junior hos- tesses, and Mrs. Eileen S. Cough- | lin, director, will speak of NCCS | continuance. Miss Cecelia Ro- 3 | gan, assistant director, will thank 90 volunteers for their cooperation, a Mr. Delaney will speak on “Plans |for Key West”; Father Johnson a | will offer benediction, and Eliza- Report Key West, Fla., Aug. 10, 1946. | Eastern Daylight Saving Time. City office.) Temperatures Highest yesterday Mean Normal PRECIPITATION Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches RELATIVE HUMIDITY 10% TOMORROW'S ALMANAC (Daylight Savings Time) “God Bless America”. The public is invited. Duval Street USO To Sell Furniture Following the closing exercises ‘at the Duval Street USO, 303 | Duval street, on Sunday, the 6:59 a.m. 8:05 p.m. 7:18 5:52 a.m, TOMORROW'S TIDES Naval Base High Tide Low Tide 9:37 a.m. 2:47 am. 11:04 p.m. 4:25 p.m. ATT CETTE. SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Sunrise —.. Moonrise be sold in all or in part to the highest bidders. Bids may be sumitted even for a single lamp, chair, ete. “Furniture for Sale” section tode BASEBALL SUNDAY AUGUST llth at MUNICIPAL STADIUM 1946, at 8 P.M, Conferring of F.C. degree. All members and visiting Masons invited to be present. By order W. P. Williams. W.M. GERALD H. ADAMS. Secretary. OT TES Where You Can Get the BEST DRINKS IN TOWN YOU NAME IT—WE HAVE IT Perce AS ws saan al 3:00 o’Cloek MIAMI ALL STARS Vs. KEY WEST Admission e School Children |bellying sail that carries a boat «+ a yacht | | beth Suddath will lead in singing } | furnishings and equipment will} See } in classified | 75e Sc SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1 10, 1946 souna & | [0 Assure - Russian § UN Council Defers Action On Albania (Ry Associatea Frean> PARIS, Aug. 10.—Delegates to the assembly of 21. nations wrangled today over a Yugoslav- | ian proposal to permit Albania: SOTTO ews to have representation at the UN | sessions. ; Foreign Minister Bevin of Byrnes of the United States balk-- ed at the consideration of the proposal at this time. Bevin said } that, later on, he would propose | that the assembly decide on a’ question of not only admitting representatives from Albania but also from Cuba, Mexico, Egypt, lwaq and Luxembourg. war, and added that he saw no *her case at this time. He: pointed out that Albania: was not even an ally during the, considering | CONFERENCE ARE EN- VIRONMENTAL; WILL BE ADJUSTED _ | Stolen From } (By Associated - Peeend.: oe 3! Bahama Bar LONDON, Aug: 10.—A Russian fast gare spokesman, broad- ? from Moscow _ today, i omg a note of confidence about i the conference of the 21 nations in Paris that « -should pees ISI DI MGMT IOI M. | Cash Is street during the early morn- ing hours of Saturday. ; % | i He declared that, ‘dinate ‘he sai apparent factional fights atthe ! E i conferences, he sincerely: believ- | ed that, as a result of the discus- sions, peace and security will be given to the world, ‘ Chief reason for his attitude, he explained, was that the world } today is-war weary. He added that the peoples of all nations. | that fought in the war that ended la year ago, have no heart for another conflict, The world is idisposed to the peaceful, though ‘fighting is still going on in iso- | lated instances and though there FPF ILI IMI ISIS Ba ;seems to be discord at the con- dition, several quarts of liq- uor are missing from the bar. Safety Director Roy Ham- i; lin was to check on finger- prints at the scene of the rob- bery at noon today. The in- vestigation is in charge of Police Chief Bienvenido Per- | ez and Officer Carl Ingraham. Great Britain and Secretary | : 1 reason for ' ‘ ; = Against Horace Averetie, who was sus- pended by Acting City Manager Robert H, Dopp for allegedly vio- lating working hours by not re rting an absence, was held in} City. Hall. Saturday: morning. Outcome of the investigation | eould not be learned today. Averette was suspended from | August 8 to 16.‘ Jayshees Will -Meet Monday A regular business meeting of the Jayshees will be held Mon- day, August 12, at 8:00 p.m., at the Cuban Club. Mrs. Anna Delaney, president, | urges all members to be present yas important busine matters will have to be settled. All wives of members of the Jaycees (Key West Junior Cham- ber of Commerce) are invited to attend. Three Sailare Fined For Disturbing Signs Three Key West sailors charg- ed with destruction of private property were fined $25 each in city court yesterday by Judge Enrique Esquinaldo. The sailors gave as J. B. May, A. Bonsalo and Kenneth Cairus. They pleaded {guilty to tearing down signs of the USO on Duval street, a cafe jsign, a no vacancy sign and a large yard umbrella. their names Announce Marriage Of Key West Woman Announcement has been madc in Key West of the marriage Mrs. Linton Dunnemeyer, city, to Stanton R. Cooper, Sr., of Miami, at Fort Lauder@ale on August 2. AGA KHAN i DE AL, LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)—The Aga Khan, rich M tlem leader, has bough the Pa Hotel and the hotel and restau- rant “Des Palmiers,” the former for a reported $: WANTED! Experienced Waitresses Apply Hostess * LA CONCHA HOTEL PALACE THEATER LON CHANEY in “HOUSE OF DRACUL. News and Serial A” Averette Aired An investigation of the charges | preferred against City Mechanic’ of this | jference in Paris. That discord, he asserted, may be traced to the patterns of life ‘in the various nations, Environs. ment in Russia is different from . | what it is in other countries, and iso does it differ among or be- ‘tween all other ntaions. ‘Thus, ‘he pointed out, the discord is ‘wholly environmental. ( But adjustments. will’ be made in time, he maintained. He said he had every reason ‘to at MARINES _ | that peace will come to the wor \ Stat po aeons firdugh The el forts of the United ~~ (QHUNGKING. — Four United ' nations. There will be disagree- | States Marines, riding as guards ments, because of the different on a coal train, were attacked by outlooks of the various natiéns, | 50 Chinese today. Four cars were lt in the end a commo i derailed’ by dynamite _chargets | 4) be found. on’ whiekt® |But the matines, fighting. fr9m ions will stand to ussurel the caboose, drove back , | fai work. Chinese, who suffered two cas anniek alee Key West Woman ualties. No marine was injured, Joins With WAC RECURRING | EARTH bey “oisderag| Miss Friday M. Hudlow, 25, of 1100 Fleming street, Key West, TRUJILLO, Dominican Repub- | has re-enlisted in the WAC with lic. — Recurring earthquake | shocks in this city today caused the rank of corporal, according to Tech. Sgt. William Whittle, “in more residents to flee to the’ hills. Death toll from the shocks charge of the local Army reeruit- ing office. is nearing 100. Haiti reported $500,000 in damage caused by earthquakes since last Sunday. Miss Hudlow, with one year and 11 months previous service, d up for the European dates in the primaries to be held | Theater, Sgt. Whittle said. She in Arkansas on August 23. will be sent to the reception cen- oply wat | ter at Fort Dix, N. J., for physi- SEAMEN THREATEN STRIKE cal examinations and clothing CHICAGO. — National Marine , issue. Union workers on the Great’ Lakes threatened to go on strike | Warning Issued at midnight next Wesceeans if On Beach Watees they are not given higher wages | Naval authorities, by executive and fewer hours of work weekly. | | order No. 2146, signed by Captai: . | Carl A. Johnson, USN, have ai | Shore Patrol U nit | vised personnel at the U. S. aia Will Be Abolished) marine base that the waters Shore Patrol forces | ) around South Beach and Ft. Tay- We. est area will be; lor Beach are contaminated. z fa s ‘The order reads: BbOUsHER A 9 August 13, auth-| wait hands are advised that the pings oro eas ! waters of South Beach and the mounted ae authorities | FE lor Beach are. confdered AlE e peti beater one 9 be contaminated. Personnel (ae jaa pips are cautioned to refrain from jones afloat will handle all po-| Bathing ia thedd waters” ice duty. DANCE Tonight | and EVERY WEDNESDAY. | FRIDAY and SATURDAY NITES | | To the MUSIC of - JOHN PRITCHARD and His Orchestra 9 P. M. Until “2?” The Public Cordially Invited V.F.W. CLUBHOUSE: Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street | Poinciana Bus Passes Door | Open Monday Through Saturday | NO ADMISSION - COVER or MINIMUM Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) ARABS THREATEN RIOTS JERUSALEM, — Arab leaders | said today that rivts are sure to ensue if any more Jews come into Palestine over the quota hat has been set for them, | GI CANDIDATES LITTLE ROCK.—An organiza-| tion, composed of GIs, announced | today that it will enter candi-| signe Permanent in the Key CASA CAYO HUESO (The Suuthernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ~~---Opens 5 P.M. Daily-—— - OPEN SUNDAY From 7 A.M. to Midnight To Serve You Gas - Oil - Parts Batteries Charged - Flats Fixed Grease and Spray Jobs POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Al Armengol, Owner | Division at Francis St. Ph, 9134 ALE RAE ALA OLD EL | NANI CE Cela