The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 21, 1946, Page 1

and AP Features of Key West VOLUME LXVII. Landlords In No. 199 eR par oe so Local Area: Bé Granted Seasonal Rent Schedules, Says OPA DECLINE OF DEFENSE ACTIVITIES | MAKES POSSIBLE HIGHER RENT RATES Key West landlords today were granted permission by OPA to establish rents on a_ seasonal basis upon application to the rent control office in the Federal Building, N..D. Keye, area rent director, announced. Old Set-Up Unfair “The impact of defense activi- ties in a great many resort areas during the war resulted in the renting on a year-around basis ef many housing accommoda- ‘Henry Pu-Yi, | | Jap Puppet, To Stand Trial, i (By Associated Press) TOKYO, Aug. 21.—It was an-; Yi, puppet emperor of Manchuria for many years, will be placed} on trial as a collaborationist with the Japanese during the war. He has been testifying for two days in the trial of 27 Japanese UTHER tiens which were primarily papers tee egs Saal Sg having % og fa ores ape ‘Gist of his testimony was that . y' a am Y she had always been against the are units which had previously - = isa al tb | basis, Japs, but, because of the position rent on a seasonal | » sin which he was placed, it would but were rented on the maximum} pave peen suicidal fer him ‘to rent date for year-around occu- have evidenced his opposition panecy. Others were rented on the when the Japanese were in maximum rent date on a season- | power. al basis, but a level year-around ‘La Guardia’ rent was fixed later by the di- rector. In still other cases, hous- ing accommodations primarily seasenal in demand were first placed on the rental market after the maximum date at a level rate with the intention of renting seasonally when the year-around demand declined,” he asserted. Application Needed When the year-around demand for such housing no longer exists, Mr. Keye said, the regulations give the area vent director the @uthority to establish rates on a seasonal pattern upon applica- tion of the landlord. “it would obviously be unfair fo keen, them..onaoyear-around basis at T time when the year- creme demand no longer exists.” Mr. Keye said. “Moreover, there ere glso new units which were built after the maximum rent date in order to satisfy the year- oeeupancy. which; by <to- day, liave little chance’ of “being vented on a year-around basis. It is manifestly unfair to keep these wnits on a year-around rental.” Year-Around Rent Best @ i is unlikely that accomo- dations can be rented during the off-season at a year-around rent, seasonal rents should be estab- lished, Keye declared. On the ether hand, he said, if the year-} around demand for the particular type of accommodations is suffi- ciently acute to give reasonable assurance that the landlord wlil be able to secure year-around oc- cupaney at the level rate his ap- plication would be denied. Under no cireumstances, Keye said, will any action be taken which: would . result in a reduction in the num- wer of year-around rental units where they are really’ needed im the leoal housing market. If a unit has a good chance of being rented on a year-around basis it should not be withdrawn from the year-around rental market to make it a purely seasonal property, he asserted. Must Be Vacant “No relief will be granted un- less the unit is vacant. at the time the petition is filed,” Keye declared. “Premises shguld be considered as vacant for the pur- upied. The seasonal pattern will be set in such a manner that the landlord will be able to ob- | tein an annual income on a se onal basis approximately equival- ent to the present annual maxi-| mum rent at a level year-around | rate,” he concluded. Woman Is Charged * With Drunk Driving Florence G. by officer E. Sanchez on a charge of operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor, will face trial on the charge to- day in city court. BATTERIES CHARGED The Modern Way fm, in 90 to 45 minutes and car can be on its way! fou Smith AUTO SERVICE Phone No.5 White at Fleming eee STD SET se of the regulation if owner } Gillmore arrested ; Rebuked By | Gen. McNary ffiv Asaecinted Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—Direc- | tor General LaGuardia of U.N.R. | R.A. was given a stinging rebuke pote by General McNary, com- 'mander’ of American forces in iGermany, for a statement that Gls, in Germany, had interferred with the distribution of UNRRA supplies among Germans in the ; American zone, MeNary “déclared “thie charge was “baseless”. He said that, in- ‘stead, GIs had helped in the dis- | tribution. La Guardia had said something about Russian spies | operating in. the-territory -under ! McNary’s control, and he replied j that, of the many ‘spies that had been: apprehended, only one of ;them was a-Russian, “She was a | member of the NKVD, and today, MeNary said, she was turned over to Russian authoriti 'Albania Asks For Membership In UN Group (By Associated Press) | PARIS, Aug. 21.—Little Alban- ia today applied for admittance! | to membership in the 21 nations; that are now holding sessions in , the Luxembourg Palace. It was said that the outlook is} | favorable to the admission of. Al- | bania, Action on the request of {her representative is: expected to | be taken some time this week. | Sellers Will Visit | In North Carolina | Jack Sellers, manager of the; Key West Transit comp will leave for Gastonia, N. C., to‘nor- row for about a week's visit in| | that city. At the conclusion of his stay | | there, he will accompany _his| j children, who have been vaca- tioning in the North Carolina city, back to the Island City. The owner of the local transit company, Mr. Page, maintains a! residence in Gastonia. Blanks Received For Drivers’ Licenses Six thousand application blanks | for drivers’ licenses were receiv- | ed this morning from Tallahassee | | by County Judge Raymond R.} Lord. Deadline for obtaining licenses ! without penalty is October 1. Aft- | fer that date an applicant must {undergo an examination by a state road patrolman, This year, for the first time, the examina- tion will be written. For City Commissioner (Paid Politteat Advertisement) | West for about a week, he s: NMOST NE WSPAPER IN TH | To Continue For Another Week; Rogelio Gomez, of the Key West-Havana Overseas. Tours, stated today that he had received word from Washington that the Aerovias Q > charter passenger plane service between this city -and the Cuban capital has been granted a seven-day extension. It is not known at present whether the company will be given another extension at the end of the seven days, or whether that. will become necessary, since Mr. Gomez several days ago for- warded by air mail another for- eign air carrier certificate re- quested by Washington. The original certificate has {been mislaid in Washington, and aviation authorities there said nounced today that Henry Pu-}they had no record of.this appli-; cation. Meat Prices Will Be Known By Tomorrow (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug, 21, OPA's decontrol board stated to- day that tomorrow it will an- niounce ceiling prices on meats, ; with the new prices to take effect on Friday. It was intimated that the prices will be rolled back to June 30 levels, Should that be done, meats will be retailed at the fol- lowing prices: % Porterhouse and T-bone steaks, 54°to 56 cents a pound. Sirloin: steaks, 45 to 47 cents Whole ham, 37 to 39 cents. { Lamb, 62 to cents, Boneless roas A board spokes should milk, butter or any other commodities that are without! ceilings, advance to ‘prices that are considered too high, they also; will be sold at fixed prices. Grains also on the free list, are | likely to gradually decrease in| price, the spokesman said, be-| cause of their abundance. He added that he considered the} present OPA law strong enough to stop inflation. Noted Writer Is Visiting In City; Rev. Father Joseph T. Durkin, S.J., professor of American His- tory in the graduate school at Georgetown — University, Was ington, D. C., was in Key West today doing ‘research for a book that he is now writing about; Stephen Russell Mallory, an early j collector of customs at Key West and one of the first settlers in, the city. } Father Durkin is the author of “John Dooley, Confederate Sol- dier”, which has a preface hy Douglas Freeman, of Richmond, Va., who is the author of “R. E, Lee and His Lieutenants”. Mallory’s greatest claim fame, said Father Durkin, is that he was secretary of the Confed-} erate Navy. Father Durkin will be in Key engaged in collecting local color | and historical data for the book | on Mallory. Anyone having old newspapers | from 1820 to 1858 that contain! Key West information are re-| sted to bring them to The | Citizen office or get in touch with | Father Durkin at St. Mary’s Rec- tory. Business Men W Sponsor Navy Tour In connection with .the Red Cross Community Service Com- mittee, the Key West Business Men’s Association will sponsor 4 | sightseeing tour for patients at the Naval Hospital tomorrow evefing at 5:30 o'clock, it was} announced today. Key West People Leave For Cuba This morning over the Aero- vias Q. the following Key West people left for Havana: Mrs. Ana Valdez and son, Claude, Jr., Mrs. Juana Mantijo, and Miss Fernandez. They will stay in Havana several days before re- turning home. ALBERT G. ROBERTS) PALACE THEATER :, “GIRL ON THE SPOT” News and Serial Stop Flight Of , Planes That Pass | Over Yugoslavia (By Associated Presa) BERLIN, Aug. 21. — Ge ral | McNary, American commander in Europe today announced he! had issued orders to discontinue | all airplane flights between Ger-’ many, Italy and Austria until an! understanding is. reached with the government of Yugoslavia re- garding the flying of American aircraft over that country, | | Twice American planes ‘have ; been fired on by Yugoslavian } j troops, and on one instance -the ; plane was hit and crashed. Be- ; fore the plane struck the ground, ‘two of the crewmen made para- | chute jumps and the other three | ‘members aborad are supposed to COS SESS SSS New City Manager On Job Bright * And Early Today O. J. S. Ellingson, new city manager of Key West, was at City Hall bright and carly this morning conferring with Mayor William W. Demeritt E UNITED STATES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1946 |Key West-Havana Air Service * ‘PETITION To Key West; Quiet FAILS, BUT HE RECEIVES. A BIG OVATION | Former City Manager Explains Reasons For-Coming: When Session Adjourned Abruptly; Severe | icism-Of Administration Heard | t Anger Swept Over Crowd psoit’ In a noisy, turbulent meeting of approximately 800 oe at City Hall last night, O. J. S. Ellingson, of owuedin: ‘exas, and former Acting City Man- ager Robert Dopp, on his duties here. I Mr. Ellingson is a man in | his late forties or early fifties and has a most pleasing per- | sonality. He said that he had | been in Florida before on va- cations and had for a long time wished to locate here. {| “The people here are very | gracious and friendly,” he said, “and I am sure that I ‘have lost their lives when the , Plane crashed and caught fire, j though no official statement has been made of the supposed deaths. (Washington has protested to Yugoslavia about the attacks on the planes, and Marshal Tito re- plied that it was a “regrettable ‘ incident”, but that the pilots had no right to pass over his country without hvaing been given per- mits). } General McNary has requested : John G. Sawyer, representing the | was named city manager of Key West. : 3 The vote of the city commissioners electing Ellin to the position was unanimous, but Commissioner Hunter arden: } passed on roll call. Ellingson is a graduate of the University of Texas, a licens- - ed engineer, and a member of the International City Managers’ Association. He has had 16 years of experience as a manager and is a man of pleasing personality. At present he” is on leave from his position as city manager of Brownsville, Texas. * . Sawyer Reads Petition | applause interrupted King. He_ At the opening of the meeting, held up his hand, and continueds-| “The second reason I am in. 4 “al Ella! Sir William Morgan, in comjnand | of British troops in Italy, te re- | route planes leaving there. for, Germany, so that they will not, pass over Yugoslavia, until such | WV VEY OYE r er! manager, asked permission to Were sev .|time as the difference with that “country are settled. | ° Officer Ingraham ° ° B Is Dismissed By | City Civil Board, ity Civil Board Following charges filed against | him by former Acting City Man- ager Robert Dopp, Carl Ingraham yesterday was dismissed from the; Key West police force, according | to an announcement made. today by Jack Murray, ditector of, civil service personnel, ae The dismissal (of Ingraham j came after “the Civil Service | Board investigated charges made ; against him that he acted in an{ “officious manner” when he ar- rested Mrs. Ava Hilton, wife of | Capt. Carl Hilton, USCG, here on August 9. Letter To Mayor On August 10, Captain Hilton wrote a letter to Mayor William | W. Demeritt complaining of In- graham’s actions at the time he | a ted Mrs. Hilton on a charge | of drunk driving, which w =} ter dropped. The investi of Ingraham followed. Murray reported to the city commissioners at their, meeting last night that the Civil Service| Board had found Ingraham “culp- able of conduct unbecoming an | officer and that it’is the decision | of the board that he be dismissed | from the pvlice department.” Dismissed Once Before Ingraham was one of four po- lice officers who were dismissed from the force by former City | Manager Dave King, but Jater re» 7 instated Service Board. } Not long ago, Ingraham receiv- jd publicity when he exchanged | ‘shots with a burglar, who made} good his ape. | by the Civil | Republicans | Want NoPart | | OF CIO Choice: (By Assoriated Press) |, NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—The ; 1CIO’s Political Action’ Commit- tee, which essayed to have candidate in the eighteenth con- | gressional district in New York nominated on the Republican tic- ket, fell far behind in the primary , election held yesterday. No figures were issued, but the report said that the committee ! choice was far back in the ruck. —} { ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street wemmmeeeres Phone (42 SEAT COVERS | am going to like it in Key West.” | committee that had prepared a/ petition containing the names of ‘West tonight is this: I understand. that my good friend, the mayor,"* VISSER A EL EM some 900 Key Westers requesting he turned and nodded toward” HIGHLIGHTS OF LAST NIGHT’S | MEETING AAARAMAAAAMAOAADABAA O, J. S, Ellingson, present city manager of Brownsville, . Texas, was named city man- ager of Key West by a unan- imous” vote, Commissioner Humter~ Harding passing on roll call. A crowd of approximately 800 Key Westers jammed City Hall to witness the Com- missioners make the selec- tion, A petition, signed by ap- provimately 900 Kty Westers asking the recall of Dave King as city manager, was read by John G. Sawyer, ac- cepted by the Commission and filed with the City Clerk. ‘ Commissioner Albert Cooper explained that the Commission could accept no petition except a recall peti- tion, Former City Manager Dave King addressed the meeting amid thunderous ap- plause, said he would not return here unless City Charter was changed to give him authority over munici- pal employees. King also challenged Ma-, yor William W. Demeritt to name specifically; any irregu- Jarities that existed in his (King’s) office during his ad- ministration, The challenge was not accepted. The meeting was noisy. It was finally abruptly adjourn- ed by Mayor Demeritt after being in session for one hour and fifteen minutes. Navy To Give Driver Exams) Effective September 1, no per-| ! son at the Navy Yard here, mili- | tary or civilian, will loyed as chauffeur or perm! to drive Navy or Marine Corps mo- tor vehicles until they have been examined and licenged, it was an- nounced by Navy authorities to- day. Lt. George T. Fedor, USNR, transportation officer, S. Naval Base, ill be the examinations, Submarine charge of was stated. -the recall of Dave King as city} ‘yead the document and explain } , its contents. “As a.citizen of Key West, and | tee,” Sawyer ‘said, “I ask to be} j; allowed to read the petition for; the benefit of those not acquaint- | jed with it, All the signatures on} : this petition are bonafide and rep- ; } resent a cross-section of the citi- 1 'zens of our town. Ueople have, | been met on the street and asked to sign it. This has not been a doorbell ringing, house-to-house campaign. “Honorable commissioners, | Sawyer: concluded before starting to read ‘the petition, “some of us | would almost come to you as mendicants to ask that you put | Dave King back in office.” \ Dave King Speaks { After Sawyer had finished | reading and explaining the peti- | tion, Mayor William W. Demer- | itt called on any citizen who had anything to say to stand up and say it. Dave King, former city mana-} ger, strode from the rear of the room, entered the railing in front of the mayor's rostrum, and stood | before the throng of Key West citizens as they gave him an ova- | | tion lasting for more than two} minutes. He seemed calm and | self-assured. Explains His Reasons “I came to Key West today, for two reasons,” King said, holding | up two fingers on his right hand. | “First, from the day I arrived in | this city until I resigned as city manager, I tried with all my po er to give you an honest and ef- | ficient city government. For a} | while, everything went along} | fine, and then certain thingg, hap- pened that required me to take ‘action. This action was not up- | held. I then concluded that when | it reaches a point where [ do not | have enough sense to know who | | should work for the city and who | should not, neither do I have enough sense to manage the city. “T would return to Key We | under no circumstances,” King | declared, “unless the city charter is changed so that the heads of| departments have authority to} run their departments. Would Aid Manager “And let me say here and now,” | he continued, “that if I am not | renamed city manager I will as. | sist any man who is, to the best | of my ability. I want to see Key West progress, and I do not think | anything can be accomplished by | | all this fighting. From the day | | I came here to the, day I left, I | worked for the benefit of Key | West, and not for the benefit of | any one individual.” Here, a tremendous round of | | i | ROO BORE RE RO ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market - 1214 White St. Phone 54f CRERKKAERKKREERER AEE Have your Dodge. Chrysler, Ply- | mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED | EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL. | ERS—at the RIGHT PRICE!!!! | NAVARRO Inc.| | Opposite Bus Station | ee a ed) ' King back in office,” imi “has charged that there- ‘al irregularities in-my” office during my administration’ and I think-that I and the citizens of Key West are entitle dtu know Demeritt, | a. member of the petition commit |Avhat these irregularities are.” He turned and walked abruptly away amid a thunderous ova- tion. . Challenge Is Ignored - - ignoring -the challenge, Demer+ itt rapped for order and.invited other citizens to speak. Louis. Carbonell, chairman of the com- { mitfze to put King back in office, arose. “I believe that the majority of people, in Key West want Mr. i hé* said. “We have over.900 nameston: the pétition., Tf we had gone: around ringing doorbells we ‘could, have secured. 3,000-hames just agreas- ily, and we can get just as many names for a recall election. . But we don’t want to do that.» We want you people to see the light.” Two Others Speak Albert Roberts, candidate for city commissioner, was the next to speak. “I think a personal insult has been heaped upon Mr. King,” he da red. “I ask the city com- on here tonight to pass a resolution compelling the mayor, if necessary, to make an explana- tion of the charges he has leveled against Mr. King.” James McKnight, who identi- ' fied himself as a graduate of Key West High School and a veteran of World War II. declared that “the city of Key West will not go to hell if Mr. King is not reem- ployed. No man is indispensable,” he said. “Mr. King should have reconsidered and not resigned when The Citizen asked him not. to, editorially, and hundreds of people begged him personally to reconsider. But, regardlese of whether he returns or not,’ Mc- Knight concluded, “let us employ a manager and get down to busi- Petition Is Filed After McKnight’s talk, the chair recognized Commissioner Albert B. Cooper. Cooper explained ; that, according to the city char- ter, no petition except a recall petition can be accepted by the commission. He made a motion that the petition for King’s recall |be accepted and filed with the city clerk. This motion carried four to one, Commission Dough- try casting the dissenting vote. Commissioner John Carbonell then nominated O. J. S. Ellingson for\the position of city manager (Continued on Fage Four) RAUL’ on the BOULEVARD -- DANCING ~ Nightly to the Music of MARK ‘nati STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287