The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 20, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXV. No. 198 Report On Monroe County Crops And Farm Lands Is Given By Federal Bureau :: CHICKENS, IRISH POTA.* TOES INCREASE, AS LIME CROPS TAKE TUMBLE (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 20. Production of limes in Monroe! County fell off heavily in 1945 dat compared to 1940, Bureau of the Census of Commerce Department reperted today, and the number of farms, land in farms and everege size of farms showed a devrean: Monroe County produced 1,-! 298.195 pounds of limes in 1940 ened im 1945 total production was enly 487,800 pounds, the bureau sae There were #4 farms in Monroe im 1940 and in 1945 54 farms. List Farm Acreage | All land in farms dropped from 23.220 serves in 1940 to 1,772 acres ie 1945 in Monroe. Average size of darms decreas- | e@ from 355 acres 328 acres in 1945. Lend from which crops were! hhervested, hay cut or in orchards! t 1949 totaled 1,248 acres and in} 1945 631 aseres. H At cattle end calves numbered* 16 im 1040 and zero in 1945 in Manree County Milk produced in 1940 totaled S876 gallons and hone is re- ported by the Bureau of the Cen-! mas for 1945. in 1940, 54,180 gallons of milk} were sold and none was reported; sold in 1945. Chickens Increase Chickens on farms did show @® merease from 926 in 1940 to! 1948, but egeg produced | 1940 to | in from 3,665 dozens in; ie 816 dozens in 1945. c produced, including | fryers end broilers, totaled 2,382 te 1988 apd 1,000 in 1945 in Mon- tue the bureau said Cost of feed bought by Monroe | farmers for livestdéek and poultry dropped from $10,155 in 1940 to 9200 in 1945 Cerne produced in 1940 totaled 195 bushels and none is reported | Trish Potatoes Up trish ~potate production in-| creamed from 25 bushels in 1940 te 32 bushels in 1945. Swectpota- | toes dropped from 120 bushels in | i408 to 26 bushels in 1945. Lend im fruit orchards, vine- verdes and planted nut trees amounted to 1,194 acres in 1940 and to 480 acres in 1945 in Mon- roe, the bureau said. Typhoon Veers From Japan With Wind Decreased | (By Associated Press) TOKYO, Aug. 20 —South Jap- | am today escaped the fury of the tepheon that, two days ago, blew dew 85 percent of the structures m two Jima. The center of the storm veered toward Korea through the Japan bee | Mut the velocity of the wind) hed died down to 65 miles an hour and was continuing to de- a ; | | speeding automobile crashed into’ ®@n do a better job. than some ; _ today. ‘Resent Firing On | King Petitions £ Ions A cross-section of representa- tive Key Westers interested in recalling Dave King as city man- ; ager met yesterday evening in ithe Women’s Club on Duval} istreet to talk with Mr. King andj | | discuss plans for presenting their petitions to thé City Commission- ers tonight. It was understood today that; the petitions, which are said to! j contain ‘more than 1,000 names, | will be présented to the Com- ;misioners by Attorney John G. | Sawyer. F R . d King Would Accept ormer esi ents King arrived in Key West at 3 : A o'clock yesterday afternoon to! Funeral services for Hilburn | confer with the group. He was! Robert Collins, Jr., 15, one of two said to have been greatly im- Miami newsboys killed on the Pressed by the re tt See ‘Needdeanl ai ,on the petitions, an to have as- Saati Trail early” Suntiay tnt todithat if! the people want, an automobile accident, and him as city manager and the whose parents are former resi-' Commissioners: appoint him, he! dents of Key West, will be held will accept the job. He is expect- at 3:30 p.m, today in the First ed to be present at City Hall at Christian Church at Coral Gables, phe meeting tonight, ; i King told his supporters last! te biases elveg tate |night, it is said, that if he is not! Allee Guanes, of take sity: Goes Re sae ee Aikite; Wk of Key Weets lett neve will do everything «in his power = {to assist the man who is. He Sunday to attend the funeral! caiq to have asserted that he i: Ly Russell, Joe Allon. ofthis and believes the city has a won-} , a cousin of the boy, will; (ru! future, also attend the services. Bill Al- | Intend No Antagonism | len, another cotsin, is an em-; “In preparing the petitions and | ploye of The Citizen. {in fighting for the recail of Dave | Killed Instantly | King,” sdid a citizen who <ttend- | Hilburn Robert and his com-'€% the meeting. last evening, “no! panion, Charles Edward Peeples, antagénism is intended. We sim- 14, were killed instantly at about PIY feel that Mr. King, being 6:15 a.m. Sunday, two blocks east S°uth Florida man, and well ac of Cumberland Camp, when quainted with: conditions he: Services Today Set For Son Of their motor Seooter while. they | stranger from the outside who; were on their way to deliver pa- does not understand our prob- | pers, lems”. The boys will be buried si {: by| Mayor William W. Demeritt, ' side in Graceland Memorial Park, |"eferring to the petitions yest Coral Gables, it was learned here day; said that if they are pre ‘ , sented to the City Commissioner: j tonight it is likely that they will’ 4 Ld 9 {be referred to City Clerk Roy Voice of israel a 4 {Fiseatin -for @heeking thé “fidmes | them against the city’s quali-' . 4 J toe . + fied voter list: Radio Tells ews | Although a score or more of . 2 | applications have been received | To Stand Firm (Dy Associated Press) here for thé position of city man- | JERUSALEM, Aug. 20.— A | ager only four men have been + interviewed, personally to date: spokesman over the secret Jew- ish radio in Palestine, “The Voice They are J. W. Parker, of Miami; of Israel”, said today that Jews Will W. Rogers, of Clearwater; ) E. M, Williams, former city man- | resented the British employing “armed foreign forces” to’ fight against them, He was referring to the battal- ions of Arab troops that are do-' ing guard duty along the Trans- jordan frontier. This is the third phase ef the British determination to break the spirit of Jews, he declared. “You may expect more arrests and detentions,” he continued, : “but whatever the British do, | pie pete by them” hae Legionnaires’ Past Commander | Calls for Peace | (Specind to The Citizen) DES MOINES, Aug. 20—In a stinging rebuke of Russian soviet leaders for sabotaging interna- tional peace efforts, Ray Murphy, past national commander of The} American Legion, yesterday call- | ed on the nation’s 3,000,000 Le-| gionnaires to “man the rampatts” | against communist aspirations in | the United States and to main- tain this country the unflinching | ager of Brownsville, Texas. i Ellingson Out Front | For a time it appeared that Williams had the inside track for ;the job his qualifications seem- ling to measure up better than those of any of the other men seeking the position. Then, for some undisclosed reason, his | chances waned and vanished, He (Continued on Page Four) American Plane In Yugoslavia, (Ry Associated Press> BELGRADE, Aug. 20. — Am- bassador Richard C. Patterson to- day chareaterized attacks made on a United States plane by Yugoslavians as ‘wicked and in- excusable”, He said. that through excellent management of it was purely CaO TOOTS | dance SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1946 Citizens Prepared To Present To Commission New City Manager May Not Be Named At Session: Tonight Almost certain inside dope - is that a new city manager” will not be named at the meeting of the City Com- missioners tonight. What will actually happen, it is rumored, is that a dis- cussion on the merits of the various applicants for the job will take place, but that he will not be definitely named until later in the week—pos- sibly in a day or two. Two applicants for the po- sition it is believed, will be present at the meeting in person. They are O. J. S. Ellingson, present city mana- ger of Brownsvill>, Texas, and Dave King, former city manager of Key West. F had hek dd ddl Discussions Of Treaties Postponed (By Associated Presa) PARIS, Aug. 20.—Delegates to the assembly of the 21 nations, at a session today, decided to de- fer discussion of treaties for the German saterlites til! after to- night’s meeting. One delegate proposed that preambles to the treaties be dis- ;cussed, but the assembly voted | te defer even the discussion of them until after the night’s ses- sion, It was announced that, in gon- nection with the final agreemgnts on. the. treaties, preparations will be made for the internationaliza- tion of Trieste, ever which the Italians and Yugoslavians had quarreled. Tuesday Evening Dances Continue The dance held at the Parish ager of Coral Gables, and O. J. Center, 1021 Duval street, every | S. Ellingson, present city man- ‘Tuesday night under the auspices } of the Duval Street USO-NCCS Club, will be continued under ue NCCS and St. Mary’s Par- ish sponsorship. John Pritchard and his orches- | tra will furnish the music at the tonight, from 8:30 until 11 o'clock. The Greatest SH SA Key West Has Ever Known crease, By the time it reached | : s defender of world freedom and | Koren, it was expected the velo- | the plane, while flying over Jasting peace. | ety would mot be high enough Yugoslavia, by the American, “are in the darkness of interna- | “0 ro 4 ie. \ pilot that it-did not crash, killing “ou nia ..--—~- | everybody aboard. One member renee of the crew was shot in the arm. PALACE THEATER: | He recurred to the unprovoked | attack that was made on Ameri- LOIS CPLLIER in Jcan troops on the border of “GIRL ON THE SPOT” || Trieste by Yugoslavians on July News and Serial j 12, and said that that attack also TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT | was “inexcusable” and resented ; maneuvering,” Mr. Murphy said, tional conflict, bickering and! “we despair of the dawn of peace, | let ws not succumb to that des- | pair. Stark necessity may yet} force Russia to a realization that} a firm and lasting peace is for her, as for all civilization itself, | the one great chance for survival. | Play & Dress $7 10 SHOES Bedroom Slippers... % Coast Guard Has No Objection To Installing Barge For Ferry Acting City Manager Robert *&*— Dopp: said today that yesterday ; TIISILA LL I afternoon he contacted Captain! McKeen, chief of Coast Guard Expect Big Crowd To Be At Meet operations in’ the Miami area, and | j that McKeen told him the Coast! of City Fathers City Clerk Roy Hamlin Guard would have no objections ; | to the Gulf-Atlantic Transporta- | tion Co. installing a barge in the! slip between the Clyde-Mallory | said today that outside of the possible selection of a new, city manager this ening there is not much business on and Coast Guard docks here, The GATC seeks installation of | the calendar for the consid- eration of City Comimasion- a barge 130 feet long and 32 feet | | wide for loading and unloading ers, P Several bench have been j automobiles and freight from a! | Key West-Havana ferry which it} proposes to put in operation sometime in December, | H. G. Williams, president of! moved to City Hall from | GATC, was in Key West Satur- | ‘Bayview Park in anticipation day making an inspection of} of an overflow crowd when | docking facilities on the island.| the Commissioners meet at 8:30 this evening for the sup- posed purpose of naming a new city manager for Key West. He told Dopp that before the slip | between the Clyde-Mallory and ; City Hall wiseacres icday were doubtful that a new Coast Guard docks would be con- | sidered he would first have manager would be named to- night. , have assurance that there would i “What will happen.” one be no objection from the Coast | | Guard. Williams Is Advised of them said, “will be plenty of talk from the people and plenty of talk from the offi- Dopp said today that he had! written a letter to Williams | cials, but nothing accom- plished.” | ing him that the Co * has no objection to the ba | | for docking the ferry boat, 1 Williams asserted Saturday ; that’ his company thas already | ! obtained docking facilities from the Cuban government, and that the boat to be used in the ferry service will soon be ready for | operation. ‘With 3,000 Dead ~ | In India, Fresh Riots Expected (By Associated Press) CALCUTTA, Aug. 20.—British New Fire Wall Is Drilled In: | | i | | i A new saltwater fire well was | eq fire on crowds of hoodlums completed in the MacArthur | who were caught looting stores Homes area yesierday,: Acting gnd homes that had been badly City Manager Robert Dopp an- gamaged during the two-day pAeuineed: toray, rioting between Hindus and Mos- He said that another fire well jome, was completed in the same area Peoples of those two races last week, and that the cily noW vere quiet today, but the British bof eight such Wells have expecting other outbreaks, as | both the Hindus and Moslems of the more than 3,000 of their followers who were killed during the rioting. Chief Executive ~ Goes For Early Morning Stroll (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The | presidential yacht, with ‘Truman headed OF LE jand his party aboard, | south along the New England ; coast today, after he had gone | | ashore for a two-mile walk. He arose early and was ashore al 6:15, when he-started*his stroll along a beach. He started back ate a hearty breakfast. ! It was a chilly and grey morn- ing, but weather bureau news said the skies would be clear by noon. lp Ye | For City Commissioner (Paid Political Advertisement) | troops, early’ this morning, open- | | ave burning with hatred because to the boat half an hour later and ' | ALBERT G. ROBERTS ~— BAILY and SUNDAY | Open 7 a.m. to Midnight Charged - Flats Fixed GAS and OIL Mechanic to Serve You POOR OLD CRAIG VICE STATION at Francis Phone 9134 Al Armengol, Owner | ee Se eeieboeinin by Americans. | Given a long period of peace, the | 4” great miracle of everlasting peace | ‘ on earth can be achieved. Toward | | that end, ever watchful, ever pre- | pared, ever wary, but with, sin- | cerity of purpose that the world Masonic Notice | Regular communication of Dade cannot doubt, we must ever} Lodge No, 14, F. & A.M., Wednes- strive.” \day evening, August 21, 8:00 P.M, SENNA BETA: ST IEE TES Work in the E, A. Degree. | STERLING’. rouuTey oot Visiting Masons invited to at: 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 | Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. Sele Distributors of Freshly Dressed CHICKENS A. B, COOPER, W.M. | Our F, O. WEECH, Secretary, geen nce EGGS tend. SALE STARTS 9 AM. TOMORROW Rose Bootery DUVAL Corner. FLEMING STREET Opposite La NOTICE BUSINESS MEN’S ASSOCIATION Tomorrow Night at 8:00 o’ Clock County Courthouse JOSEPH A. BOZA, Sec.-Treas. ee a el Concha Hotel SAID HIS NAME WAS'TO_ GIVE ‘PRESTIGE’ TF DEPARTMENTS _ (Ry Associated Press, NURENBERG, Aug. 20.—Hav~ ing been charged by the prosecu- tion that, during the war, he had jpused human beings as “guinea pigs” in various tests that were. made among prisoners in concen- tration camps, Hermann | today strode jauntily ‘stand in the court, where | 20 other Nazis ave charged with having committed war jand testified that he did. not Ses i gs Es mine what were their resistance _ in given circumstances, ; He said that his name was }of research work was done, to” !lend “prestige” to the investiga- ‘ tions. . He admitted he knew that the barbarous practices were made by various departments of” the German government, but added that none of them. was’ done at his direction, The British prosecutor de manded, “Let us admit that what _ you said is true, did you not have» the power to stop the inhuman practice?” Goering did not deny that he had .the power to stop the ex~- | Perimentation on human beings, but added that he did nos inter- /fere: with: the “heads -of-other-de- partments when they gave order's | to the-workers ‘under them. x | Some of the victims were’ | frozen solid and then were work- ‘ed on by a physician to see.if he | could revive them. pesigyl ras. | ware disected, witli the sole pur- post “of experimenting to 3ee. if | the¥ could withstand, the. exper! ments.” SAE a Goering blared that “he“thad been for many years against vivi- section. He said he had issued orders in 1934 to stop the prac- tice of vivisection in Germany om lower animals. Teachers May Sign Contracts Willard M. Albury, superin- tendent of public instruction, to- day announced that those teath- | ers of the Poinciana Elementary | school and the Douglas (colored) te school, who have not _ sighed i their contracts as the principals cf the two atove mentioned schools are now out of town, may do so at the offices of the sup- erintendent of Public Instruction, ‘in the Monroe County Court’ | house (2nd floor). | No Report Listed For Parking Meter | City police had no report today ' on how a parking meter near the corner of Southard and White- | head streets happened to be up- rooted and lying on its side. The meter, an observant citizen reported, is the third one from Wuitehead on the right side of ! Southard street going toward the ; Navy Yard. ORL ATA TEES CASA CAYO HUESO (The Suuthernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE -Opens 5 P.M. 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