The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 20, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Hearing Is Held By Civil Service ‘Board Yesterday The Key West Civil Service Board at a special meeting in City Hall yesterday afternoon at 5:30 @eclock héard testimony in the ease of Officer Carl Ingraham, who has been recommended for dismissal from the force. Acting City Manager Robert Dopp, in a letter addressed to the board on August 15, recommend- ed that Ingraham be - dismissed because he was charged with act- ing in an “officious manner” when he arrested Mrs. Ava Hil- ton, of 1025 Johnson street, here on August 9. Complained In Letter Capt. Carl Hilton, in a letter to Mayor William W. Demeritt on August 10, complained that when Officer Ingraham arrested Mrs. Hilfon on a charge of driving an @utdémobile while under the influ- ence of liquor, he acted in “an officious”. manner. The drunk driving charge against Mrs. Hil- ton was later dropped. In his letter to the board rec- ommending the dismissal of In+ graham, Dopp said that “appar- ently Officer Carl Ingraham does not possess those qualities of tact and good judgement necessary for a good officer”. Conflicting Testimony Conflicting testimony was -giv- en at the hearing yesterday. Some witnesses declared that at the time of her arrest, Mrs. Hilton appeared to be under the influ- ence of liquor, while others said that she was obviously sober. Of- ficer Ingraham told the board that he arrested Mrs. Hilton when she drove her automobile into the fire station and backed out dnto-traffic, nearly causing an ac- ‘cident. ~. One Bottle Of Beer Mrs. Hilton has maintained from the beginning that all the aleohol she had on the day of the arrest was one bottle of beer with herlunch. At the time of her arrest she offered to undergo medical examination to determ- ine her sobriety. This offer was not accepted by police. Civil Service Board, after hearing_all testimony in the case, | meeting to be held in City Hall Mr., Mrs. Cuesta Are Visitors Here Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cuesta, former Key Westers, ing days of their six-week vaca- tion in the Island City. On their vacation they visited eastern and mid-western cities, and saw sev- eral of the well-known show places of those regions. Mr. Cuesta was employed in the naval station of Key West while residing here, but since making Miami his home, he has been employed in the photo graving department, of the Miami Daily News. , : Both Mr, and. Mrs. Cuesta. are enjoying: their stay here. They will leave for Miami this »week. Meeting Called For Committees Tomorrow Night Chairman Dwight Hunter of the Labor Day Celebration Com- mittees has issued a call for a tomorrow evening at 8:30 o’clock. All committee chairmen, as well as members of the various com- now has under consjderation what disposition to make of it. Safety Suggestion . For Sneezing Season NEW YORK.—(AP)—Hay fev- er sufferers should never let themselves get so burned’ up they set fire indiscriminately to rag- weed patches. The fire hazard in such a practice, says’ the Fire Protection Institute, is not to be sneezed at. To get rid of weeds, the insti- tute advises, telephone the health department and get directions for ‘making a weed-killing spray. #{ you must burn the weeds, get a permit from the fire department. Take a fire extin- @uisher along. Burn a littlé patch ata time or mow the weeds, and burn them in a pile. When the fire dies down, put out all em- bers. ° Visiting Cards Spared By Polish Censors WARSAW, Poland —AP— It there's any doubt about a ridgid, internal censorship in Poland, this shouuld clear it up: A secretary of Vice-Premier Stanislaw Mikolajezyk, asked at ® press conference what portions of the newspaper Gazeta Ludowa hed been censored, itemized them and added: ‘Everythings censored but our visiting cards.’ 5 Cussedness Clarence M. Webster tells of two brothers, John and Sylvester, who. had not spoken to each oth- er for 10 years. A neighbor per- suaded Sylvester to greet his brother, who was coming along the road, “I'll do it to oblige you,” said Sylvester, “but he won’t answer me.” As the second brother ap- proached, Sylvester spoke: “John”, he said, “when are you going to bring home that iron bar you ‘stole from me, you thief?" Jebn walked on without a word, Sylvester turned to the peacemaker, and said, trium- phantly: “I told you he wouldn’t speak to me!” Among some primitive peoples, it was the custom to bury sick people to cure them. Pure le VA PLENAMINS . Twe tiny capsules contain ALL VITAMINS known to be essential to human 9) @iitrition, plus liver and iron. 72's $2.59 esa moor EF 288's $7.95 mittees, are urged to attend to give a report gn their progress to date. * J. G. Sweeting, chairman. of field evehts, especially urges those who are to act: as judges in the various track events to be present for instructions. Chairman Joe. Pinder, of the Jaycees “Tennis “Committee, an- nounced today that the tennis tournament will be held at Bay- view Park from two to six o’clock on Labor Day, and will be open to Male Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Female Doubles teams, Those desiring to register may do so at any one of the places heretofore named for the other Labor Day contests, or with Joe Pinder at the Florida National Bank. Sent To Jail — On One Charge; Faces Another Allegedly stealing an automo- bile, and then arrested in that| automobile for reckless driving are the twin charges made against Leo Neal, negro, who is serving a 90-day term in the county court. ; : : . Neal pleaded, guilty this: morn- ing to the charge of. reckless driving and was sentenced to pay a fine, of $75 or serve 90 days’ in jail. He did not pay the fine and | was locked up. He was atrested' on Whitehead street by Deputy Sheriff Will Archer. Had Neal paid the fine, Sheriff Sawyer had a warrant ready to serve on Neal. The warrant had; ben sent to the sheriff’s office by Sheriff Walter Clark of Broward county. The warrant stated that Neal had stolen a car at Deer- field, owned by David Sampson. The car has been returned to} Sampson, and Chief Deputy Mor-, eno Wallace said this morning that when Neal serves his time in the Monroe county jail he will be turned over to Sheriff Clark now of Miami, are spending the remain- ico: Gentle to moderate winds, Swamp Gangsters Remain In Hiding | Now During Night Members of the former Swamp Gang were in hiding last night. Chief Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wallace searched for them till 3 o'clock this morning but did not see any of them at their usual hangouts at Duval and Southard streets, Division and ‘White and out in the vicinity of the Santalla factory, where. they severely beat a sailor on Saturday night. | Chief Wallace was on the watch particularly for two mem- bers of the. gang «who were high cockolorums when their hideout was in a wigwam, in the man- groves at Peter’s Point. Their lookout tower was high up in the crotch of a mangrove, which served them as a poop aboard a ship serves a watchman on a deck above the spar or an open deck abaft of the mizzen. In those days when the sheriff and his force or policemen were seen approaching the Swamp Gang hideout, the watchmen sounded the alarm and the} Swamp Gang members took to the catwalks and disappeared. But that gang was broken up, and Sheriff Sawyer and his force are determined to. break up the present gang, bent on violating the law. The Weather Forecast. .-- + Key West and vicinity: Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday with scattered show- ‘ers and thunderstorms. Moder- | ate, occasionally fresh, easterly to southerly winds. Florida: Partly cloudy today, } ‘tonight and Wednesday. Scat- tered showers and thunderstorms occurring mostly during the aft- ernoons and evenings. Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits and East Gulf of Mex- southeast to southerly over south portion and mostly south to south- | westerly over north portion to- day, tonight and Wednesday. | Partly cloudy weather with scat- tered showers and thunderstorms. Winds locally fresh to moderately strong in vicinity) of thunder- storms. . Jacksonville ‘to * Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings have been issued. i Report Kéy West, Fla,, August 20, 1946 (Observation taken at’ 8:30 ‘a.m. Eastern ‘Daylight Saving Time. » City. office.) Temperatures Highest. yesterday — Lowest last night 4 76 Medi 222i as 82 Normal wet -... 83 PRECIPITATION Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30. a.m., inches aust RELATIVE HUMIDITY 83% TOMORROW'S ALMANAC (Daylight Saving Time) Sunrise 7:03 a.m. Suhset 7:57 p.m. Moonrise . 1:37 a.m, Moonset .- 3:37 p.m. TOMORROW'S TIDES Naval Base 89 of Broward to face the charge of having stolen Sampson’s automo- bile. » Sy de dd ddd dd tnd tate dnd tn dna WE ALWAYS GIVE You won't find our operators setting the bus in motion before you're fully inside: you won't find them jogging into high before you're settled in a seat— or securely holding a strap if you must stand. We're most consider- High Tide Low Tide 4:51 a.m. 12:32. p.m. 7:15 p.m. 11:07 p.m. 4 YOU A CHANCE id BUS FARES 5e 10c ate of folks traveling with little children. And we're most appre- ciate of your moving along as quickly as possible so that our buses can keep to their busy schedules getting everyone to their important destinations on time. Downtown Buses, Routes 2 and 3 Poinciana and Naval Hospital _ i : sae a To Citizen Force Mrs. Celia Collum, who work- ed on The Citizen as a reporter, dropped the force a line from Livingston, ‘Tennessee. She stat- that it is very cool up there, since her absence two weeks ago. Mrs, Collum, who has worked for newspapers in St. Louis, Fort ! Lauderdale, and Key West, wasj editor of the “Outpost” during ; her tour ‘of duty as a WAVE offi- cer. She is as yet undecided whether to continue for her Mas- | ter’s Degree at Vanderbilt, or to) do feature and reportorial duty | on the Nashville ‘Tennessean... | Mrs. Collum’s husband, the for- } mer Pass and Identification Offi- cer at the Submarine base, is; continuing his legal studies at Vanderbilt’ University. in Nash- | ville that were interrupted by the | war. i CITIZENS PREPARE (Continued trom Page One) is not now considered a likely! candidate for the place, . In the meantime, the applica- tion of O. J. S, Ellingson, city ; manager of Brownsville, Texas, gained in popularity and it is now said that he is practically assured ‘of the appointment. Expect Big Crowd | Ellingson is a graduate of the | University of Texas, a ‘licensed | engineer, and a member of the ' International City Managers’ As- so¢iation, In addition, he has had | 16 years of experiefice as a city manager, It was understood here today that Ellingson is still in the | city and will attend the meeting | of the Commissioners this even- ing. Additional benches were mov- ed from Bayview Park to City | Hall yesterday in anticipation of | a record crowd attending the HE KEY WEST CITIZEN |Mrs. Collum Writes| Legion Auxi was especially eager to know | ican Legion Auxiliary ‘of _ this more about city hall activities) district will be held at the Miami ‘Units Will Meet At Miami Hotel A school of instruction for o! =| ficers and members of the Ame! Beach American Legion Home; Sunday, August 25, at 9:30 a.m, Mrs. Chas. Hjort, president of the Key West Unit, announced to- BAY. .2; esa 3 i ~ The. school ‘will be conducted by Mrs. L. M. Stoutenberg, dis-; jtrictypresident, asgi hy district officers and‘ other j ficers, Mrs. Hjort sa tion. will, be: given members so that they may conduct their meetings more efficiently, she as- serted. Mrs. Hjort that new mem- ; bers will.be initiated at the meet- ; ing and ihstructions given them on thesprinciples and purp4ses of the Afmerican Legion Auxiliary. ; Miss Gretna McClin is secre- | tary of the Key West Auxiliary unit. Thief Smashes Glass In Auto. City, police today were seeking a thief who last night broke the glass from an automobile parked in front of the La Concha Hotel and made off with a quantity of persénal property belonging -'to William Kistner, 553 Stanley ave- | nue, Evansville, Ind., a guest at” | the hotel. iid | Mr, Kistner reported that the ' thief took a Philco radio, a box camera, four suits of underwear, | three bathing suits, eight or nine | pieces of jewelry, a tan suitcase ; and a hand iron, | Glass was smashed from the ' right front door of the car, police | said. They believe that the thief | ‘| cut his hand in gaining entrance. | ‘day that the Key West Post of . | meeting scheduled for August 28, | meant good story or glad tidings. ' ary-treasurer of the . All members are urged to be present at the meeting. New Clubhouse May Be B It was learned. unofficid!ly to- — to speeding. He was fined $35 and costs. : a aailinipianon meant The earliest state income tax i was instituted in Virginia in 1843. piss: So Ratiaa eis —* the American Legion is planning : to buy a lot and build a new clubhouse. Vance Stirrup, post comman- der, said that the plans had been under consideration for some time, but-as yet no definite ac- tion has been taken on thera. He} d Th : said the post will probably take | Stran eater action on the plan at its next PAT O'BRIEN in “Man Ali wi : ngienh Ww The word gospel fouls) To Frigidaire Users We Wish to Announce That We Are the Only AUTHORIZED FRIGIDAIRE Dealers in Key West “We Carry A Complete Stock of Parts for FRIGIDAIRE REFRIGERATORS and FRIGIDAIRE RANGES Our Services Are Devoted Exclusively to Frigidaire Products We Also Have REPLACEMENT PARTS for Equipment Sold by Us During the Past 10 Years For Frigidaire Service . . . Call -Martinez Refrigeration Company 1024 Duval Street PHONE 279 Key West, Florida meeting this evening. 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