The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 13, 1946, Page 1

ne eae VOLUME LXVU. No. 192 so Comissar Molotov Intimates United States, Great Britain Trying To Run Conferences PRESIDENT DI GASPARI *— OF ITALY PLEADS FOR "SBOP OIT HS, MORE LENIENT TREA-| 'TY PROVISIONS a (By Associated Press) ‘ PARIS, Aug. 13. — Though Comim'rsar Mcict2y oc Hussia in @ speech today at < session of the! 21 nations, did not mention the mame of the United States and dictated he meant them when he said that representatives of “two nations” were trying to form a “monopoly” of the proceedings. | He cited instance after in-' stance, which he said proved that the two nations apparently were , determined to fashion the pro- ceedings in accordance with their own wishes, Following his ‘address, . Pres. di Gaspari of Italy pleaded with: the representatives at the assem-; bly to be more lenient with’ Italy in the treaty that would be! presented to that country for the! signatures of its government. | He said that Italy, in its pres- ent financial condition, would be ruined by the harshness of some Stockholm Reports Seeing Ghost Rocket (By Associated Press) STOCKHOLM, Aug. 13.— Many residents reported to- day that they had seen a “ghost rocket” last night pass over the city. They so described it be- cause no remnants of it were reported found anywhere in Sweden. Most accounts were that the rocket was torpedo-shap- ed and about 100 feet long. . Conjecture was that this area is being used as a “tar- get ground” for rockets of that type, evidently fired ai some area in the Baltic ea. III IIa I SID Tampa Downs UTHERNM ‘Clyde A, Merkey, Jr., Aloise OST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUS What is believed to be thet first flying club ever formed. by members of the crew of a sub- marine has been staried in Key West by five enlisted men of the submarine “Clamagore.” I. They are Claude T, Bosdick,| | Splichel, John Ryan and ‘amie, | A. Webb. Recently the men bought an airplane in Homestead. It was flown to Key West by Webb, al- ready an experienced pilot. The other members of the club are| taking flight instruction from Katy Louft, teacher at Faraldo’s Flying Service. | In addition to the club mem- {bers, several other crewmen of} ‘the “Clamagore” are algo. taking flying lessons, and it is believed that the underwater boat may soon have more. pilots than an aircraft earrier. Mexican Based COI IO LM: | . = Three Have Interviewed Fer Manager Position Mr. J. W, Parker, of Miami, an applicant for the position of City Manager of Key West, was in the city today to be interviewed by the Commissioners. Will W. Rogers, of Clear- water, another applicant for the position, was interviewed. by the Commissioners yester- day. E. M. Williams, a third applicant, and former city manager of Coral Gables. pre- sented himself to the Com- missioners last Thursday. IAP L ES bed) Air Scouts Cover Hurricane Routes * Jayshees Plan Benefit Dance benefit of the Municipal Hospital| will arrangement with Mexico, U. S. Weather Bureau’s hurricane By JANE EADS AP Newsfeatures WASHINGTON.—Through © an the | warning service is being consid-} Jayshee’s big dance for the | erably improved. The hurricane season is at be held Friday evening,’ hand, so this is gif:d news to resi- {ached the Navy the waters were E UNIT 18, 1946 Starts Taking Flying Lessons! | Local Beaches _ Now Free From Disease Threat In a page one bulletin carried in. The Citizen yesterday it was j announced that the waters in and around the south side of Key West island are now free from contamination and that there is no danger in bathing there. This report was confirmed to- day by Capt. W. D. Davis, USN, commanding officer of the Naval Hospital, who said -that tests of} the water showed no signs of con- ; tamination. Examine Specimen A specimen of gvater frc/1 the sotith side of the island, examin- td by the State Board of Health on July 22, showed a high bac- teria count, and when this report Girls Work Extra To Help Transfer Names On Books City Clerk Roy Hamlin has ; 4 The girls are tempor employees, he said, and will no longer be needed after the transfer job is completed in about two weeks, TI IID ID. ' Strike Settled IIMS LLL IM) JEWS; TROOPS SHOOT _ AND 10 : (By Associated Preas) LONDON, Aug. 13. — Jews aboard a ship, intercepted at Haifa today, fought desperately against their being carried to the island of Cyprus. ; ‘ When British troops tried to overpower the Jews, they fought with bottles, cans, plates or any- thing movabie on shipboard that . they could pick up. Troops fired smoke bombs {among the Jews, who picked up the bombs and threw them back at the troogs, The Jews were ragged and many apparently emaciated. 5 The situation among hundreds of thousands of Euzcpean Jews became graver today. Radio | Prague announced that all Jews in Poland had decided to leaye that country by October 31 be- of the provisions inthe treaty. Race Track May Ultimatum August 16, at the new Driftwood, dents along the South Atlantic | forbidden to Navy men in an Final plans for the dance were and Gulf Coasts, where hurri- }order posted Saturday. | made at last night’s meeting and ‘canes are likely to strike if and! The warning appearing in The cause of the persecution to which they have been subjected. ~ The Polish government issued a statement in which it was said Just One Minute Before Deadline Fails To Stop Fight In China {By Associated Press) NANKING, Aug. 13,—Chinese , Nationalists and Communists still were undecided today between peace and war, following the. ulti- | matum issued them yesterday by General Marshall and Ambassa- | dor Stewart that the United | Be Reopened (Ry Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 13. Florida’ Racing Commissioner: announced today that it had re- ceived three applications for Jother race courses in this state. One application came from Tampa, where owners of the Tampa Downs course asked for a permit to conduct racing the coming Winter season. This track was opened in 1934 but was closed after 10 days of racing: = The other two applications to China if peace is not establish- | ed. i Communist leaders informed General Marshall that they were willing to submit their case to the United Nations for their decision, Generalissimo Chaing Kai- Ghek had not commented up to late today on the Communists’; statement. Meanwhile, civil war goes on. Two Visitors Are Permitted To See Confessed Slayer came from Jacksonville and West Palm Beach but were for permis- j sion to hold sulky races. | Water’s Shy, So Its Trapped During Night AP Newsfeatures SANTA FE.—In — drought-rid- den Northern New Mexico a farmer's phone often rings while the is preparing to go out for the evening with his family and a friend’s voice shouts: | “Hey! Your water’s coming.” Only two visitors have been permitted to see David Joseph | Watson, confessed slayer of Ben- | jamin Hobbs aboard the. SS. | Stribling on the night of July 24, ! eimee he made a verbal confession to PBI and Navy authorities late Thursday. The visitors were his mother end a colored Key West minister Nevy authorities said today. They said that Watson, who has twice tried to committ suicide, remains” under close guard in the Navy brig. Meanwhile, local Navy author- ities today were still awaiting imetractions from the Secretary ef the Navy in Washington as to the proper methods of proceed- | img with the prosecution of Wat- | To Wed August 17; Mr, and Mrs. Blondon B. Goe-' hring wish to announce the en- gegement of their daughter, Petricia, to William H. Wes-| eombe, Sic, son of Mr. and Mrs.; Robert H. Wescombe, of Tupinga, , Calif, Mr. Wescombe is attached | to the U. S. S. Odax (S.S. 484), Wedding to take place Satur-! day, Aug. 17, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. All friends are cordially in- vited, Reception to be held at the home of the bride’s parents, 1121! Olivia street, immediately fol- | lowing the ceremony. j a TTS CASA CAYO HUESO | (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ———Opens 5 P.M. Daily. A STS i 4 Quickly donning overalls, grab- bing a lantern and a shovel, the farmer then dashes for the irri- gation ditches to capture the precious water that may spell the difference between crop and fail- ure Now the farmers have found an ally in small storage ponds that catch overnight, or unneed- ’ | ed flows in the ditches, as well as | water from flash flood In the irrigation farmers’ econ- emy these little reservoirs per- form the same service as the re- frigerator does in the average i home and at about the same cost | of $50 to $200 each. They catch | water instead of food bargains and keep it until needed. Eighty of these ponds with earthen dams have been built in the Pojoaque and the Santa Fe- Sandoval soil conservation dis- '4ricts in the Upper Rio Grande valley. ‘The Soil Conservation Service which calls them over- night storage tanks provided en- gineering. service and heiwy equipment; the farmers did the work and furnished materials. Even in normal years the rain- | fall is less than 11 inches and it is necessary to irrigate. Water is | carefully rationed. When a farm- er’s time comes to use the water, he has to take it—night or day— or lose it. Night-long vigils with lantern and shovel were neces- sary, Now the farmer just turns the water into his overnight tank, CHERWINK TO SAIL FROM HERE TODAY The USS Cherwink ASR-3, auxiliary rescue ship that has ‘been stationed in Key West for perate night battle in his hen-| many months working with Sub- marine Squadron No. 4, will leave ;today for. New London, Conn., the Navy announced. those attending the dance who will have a lot of fun and also| | be aiding a very worthy cause! ; at the same time. | A door prize will be given and | ‘also prizes to the winners of the | | Jitterbug and Rhumba dancing} ; contests. President Anna Delaney ex- pects a record-breaking crowd{ lat the dance Friday night. Three new members were ad-| mitted into the club, they being | Mrs; doe» Pinder, ‘Mrs. Henry} Higgs, and Mrs. Isadore Wein- traub. It was also decided at dJast night’s meeting to have a float in the Labor Day parade, spon- sored by the Jayshees. Next meeting will be held on Monday, August 26 at a place to be an- nounced at a later date. ‘Board Confirms | 7-Day Suspension A civil service board meeting at City Hall yesterday confirmed the seven-day suspension impos-— {ed on City Mechanic { { | | Robert Dopp. |. Dopp suspended Averette from sence from work without report- ing it to a superior. Averette ap- pealed the suspension to the civil service board on the grounds that he missed work because of illness and that efforts to locate Dopp to notify him were unsuc- | cessful. County Conerete “* | Garage Finished The concrete garage, with eight ‘parking spaces, built on the easterly side of the jail in the} county courthouse yard, was used for the first time this morn- | ing by county employes. Preparations are now being made to begin work on tne court- | house building and annex. Floors, | will be asphalted and the build-/ ‘ing will be painted, inside. and) outside. UNCOOPERATIVE PET CHICAGO, — When his small dog refused to play tricks to) ‘amuse the patrons of a saloon, | Joseph Smith, 49, stooped over to pat and encourage the dog and, | jas he did, a pistol dropped from | his pocket, struck the floor and| ‘sent a bullet into his abdomen, eritically wounding him. STRUCK WITH BADGER FOND DU LAC, Wis. — Al- ; though Farmer Chazles Batter- man caught the badger in a des- | | | i | | | house, forced it into a barrel) ‘where it is daily gathering; | weight. But, nobody in the Bad- ' ger State wants a badger. | letins are | from one or more of the :fore- Horace | re Averette by acting City Manager i | August 8 to 16 for alleged ab- |* | course, | KNIGHT VISITING. IN MIAMI TODAY . a grand time was planned for all! when they blow inland. The new service is an im- portant wartime development. Mexico is permitting us to use airfields strategically located in the hurricane area. Our aAir- planes may be dispatched to observe the position and in- tensity of storms and to radio ; back all necessary data. i Tte Bureau has a special Kur- iricane teletype circuit which.¢on- nects its offices on the Gulf it from Brownsville, Tex, ‘West, ;).and.en the lantic froin Key, West to-C ton, S. C. > Alb stations receive: simultane: Gusly- all ‘messigeS: sont by (any | other ‘station on sthe line. three hurricane iferecast centers— Miami, Washington and Boston— are connected to the teletype.cir- CUP tinier lear” Warnings, advisories and bul- issued frequently | | cast centers during the hurri- cane season, The messages con- tain the position of the storm, its intensity, direction and rate of movement. I, R. Tannehill, principal mete- Weather Bu- , “hurricane” the name for any tro, clone of the Atlant ern and Southern Pa- cific ocean. The Weather Bureau de: the well-developed hurr 1e a vast whirlwind of extraordi- nary violence. It originates over warm seas not far from the Equa- or, Where the layer of air near the surface is laden with mois- ture. A hurricane has two mo- tions; first the rotary motion of winds about the center, which becomes more violent as the storm develops and often is greater than 100 miles an hour; and second the forward motion of the entire storm area. It is important for the mete- orologist to know the hurricane’s There have been some very irregular movements of hur- ricanes. A few have described loops, others have followed ¢/hat is called a cribes 4 { Jeff Knight, Jr, manager of the Key West U.S. Employment Service, is a business visitor in Miami today.’ He will return to the city tomorrow. ehh -- DANCING ~ Nightly to the Music of MARK sna'iit STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 Citizen caused hundreds: of: peo- ple to stay away from the beach- that authorities had tried desper- (By Associated Press) | Jewish pogroms. es over the week-end. CAMDEN, N. J.—Threatened: gk at 0 hee efforts Water Now Safe strike of 15,000 workmen of the} i Acting City Manager Roi\rt | Campbell Soup Company, at its] Mad heen AIG: Dopp eae eaey that sewage dis-; plants here, was settled this! il I : posal methods have been improv-! morning one minute before th 1S. Held re and Lew all refuse is being ' deadline, * Sailor 1s z chlorinated before entering dis- The strike was. to.go into ty T ki . Ca PRES, eee eda: jeffect at 5 o'clock this morning, ; or a Mm: r re" a absolutely mo: but at 4:59 o'clock it was an-! ~ e. ee ee at Key nounced that union leaders and| | ~ And W 5 It est. beaches,” he asserted. jeompany officials had reached’ a . 3 'basis for a settlement. | harles BE. Leonberger, a Key ; . (The: five-month: strike at the West sailor, was held“ in™jait-to~ Granite City, Hlinois, steel plant , day charged with” stealing and o. a nh A Niotir Of Joy’ ‘Are Selected Another committee meeting was called last’ night at the Wotnan’s USO, Duval street, by Gertrude Laubscher, chairman of the “Night of Joy” dance to further discuss and plan for ihe Labor Day Program. Committee Report The following committees re- ported and the others appointed vere as follows: Master of Cere- monies, Abe Wolkoff; chairman, “Night of Joy” program, Adolph | Boza; refreshments, Angela Caro; Cuban group, Margaret Mitéhell; chairman of judges, Wilhelmina Harvey; publicity, Aloys Goidtsnoven; street manager Effie M. Pauls; lights and decora- tions, Arturo Boza; bands and music, Hector Barroso; dance contest, Gladys Mulberg; cos- tumes, Maximo Valdez. List of Prizes Prizes for the “Night of Joy” are as follows: Rhumba contest, first prize, $25 to couple; second prize $15 to couple. A _ special prize of $10 will be given to the couple winning the children’s group (up to 12 years). | Front street between Duval and Whitehead will be the loc tion for the street costume dance that will begin at 9 p.m. and last until midnight. The congo line opening the dance will be from Southard down Duval to Front street. It is requested by those charge that dancers appear costume. in in Former Key Westers To Come Here On Visit! Mr. and Mrs. William Merero} | . Ortiz and daughter inform The} Citizen they will arrive in Key} }West on August 19 to visit re- latives at 624 Elizabeth street. | Mr. Ortiz, formerly a Key| Wester, has been away for 17} year: i - Ao tee | STERLING’S POULTRY and) EGG Market | 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243) Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. | Sole Distributors of Our Freshly Dressed CHICKENS Ra RE RRR ADO oO Sor FLORIDA Dance Chairmen _ Thej- ; Was settled this morning) and in ‘ard Moter Company plant, who had .been, out. on .strike a week, returned: to their jobs) Hospital Sale To Be Considered By | Commissioner s My Ernest A. Ramsey, president of , the Key West General Hospital, said today that J. R. Brennan, representing the Federal Works Agency, will arrive sometime th Detivit the workmen at the Pack- | ‘ wreeking last night a Hydson ! autoinobile belonging to City; Py \'street at 1:25 o’¢lock ee ling. He confessed taking the’ Car | and wrecking it on South street ; near White, | Officer Mario E. Santana ar- | rested Léonberger and placed a charge of grand larceny against him. He will be turned over to County authorities today. The automobile, now at the Sweeting Wrecking Service, is said to have been damaged to the extent of about $500. B. Shannahan, of 1120 South | “fairly restful night.” jthe H afternoon to be present tonight at] treet, told police he heard the a meeting of the county commis-| eal going east at about 65 miles sion to discuss a proposal to sell) 2) pour just before it crashed. the hospital to the county. Leonberger, alone in the car, was Though the commissioners, Se ASe : uninjured. have not been informed at what | és sum the FWA will sell the hos-} pital, they have included a sum, of $50,000 in their tentative bud- | rgeie get for the acquisition of the in-| Charges of driving an automo- stitution, with $25,000 for main-! bile while under the influence $15,000 annually | of liquor were dismissed against {Joseph R. LeMay in city court | yesterday and he was fined $25 x reckless driving. Charles k. Lee was Officer Mector Cast: olerday Drunk Driver Charge Dismissed In Court tenauce, plus that the county is paying under a legislative act. Cost of the hospital, with | fo equipment and furnishings, is} siven as $360,000. gee aoa ea | and coaceed with driving a truck lwhile under the influence of Cast Is Placed | liquor. He was released under | $100 bond for trial in city court On Castro’s Arm ° ___ Attaches at the Municipal Hos-' Red Cross Committee 2 pital said today that the condi-| Will Meet Tonight tion of Alberto Castro, injured in| An important meeting of the an automobile accident on Route Disaster Preparedness Committee 1 early Monday morning, is not! of the American Red Cross will and that he spent a be helé this evening at 8:30 ‘ o’clock in the Key West Chapter Castro sustained a fractured House, according to an announce- right arm and head injuries in ment made today by Maj. Robert the accident. Doctors today set F. Spottswood, chairman. Castre rm and put it 1m a cast, pital reported. crested by serious | ELECTRIC FENCE KILLS BOY BILLINGS, Mont. — Clifford Owens Winslow, 5, was electro- cuted when he took hold of a wire charged with 110 volts of electricity on a fence used to keep dogs out of the family gar- BATTERIES CHARGED Flats Fixed - Gas and Oil Mechanic to Serve You OPEN ’TIL MIDNIGHT DAILY and SUNDAY POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Al Armengol, Owner Division at Francis Phone 9134 tia! Ue Ree LYNNE ROBERTS in ‘GIRLS of the BIG HOUSE’ News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NITE