The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 22, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVII. No. 200 “No Politics,” Says New City Manager; Acquainted ELLINGSON HAS SPLE DID EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND FOR POSITION “I am not a politician and absolutely will not work for any eity where the method of opera-. tion is political.” With these words O. J. S. Ellingson, new City Manager of Key West, buckled down to the task today of familiarizing him- self with the problems of his! office. Ellingson said that he resigned @5 manager Of one city when at- tempts were made by politicians te influence him by bringing pressure. Won't Tolerate Pressure “That is the one thing that I will not tolerate,” he said: Ellingson revealed today that he is 62 years old, although he appears to be much younger. Meeting him for the first time one might guess him to be in his late forties or early fifties. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1906 with an engineer- ing degree, and is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The new City Manager has two sons, both captains’in the army. He and Mrs. Ellingson, who ac- companied him to Key West, are staying at a hotel until they can| find a suitable house or apart- ment. Contemplates No Changes He said that he contemplated no change in the executive heads under his direction, but emphas- ized that he expected every man undér him to-do his. ~-worls. efficiently. “I do not believe in discharg- ing a man just because he might make a slight mistake,” Elling- son said, “for such a policy would rob the city of many capable men | who haVe had years of exper- fence. However, I never have! and I never will put up with any employe who makes continued infractions of rules and regula- tions.” Worked As Engineer After graduating from the! University of Texas, Ellingson said he worked as a civil en- gineer in the west and mid-west! until he became city manager of; Sherman, Texas, in 1916, a posi- tion he held for 16 years, Be- fore coming to Key West he had| served as city manager of Brownsville, Texas, for a year) and a half. Brownsville is a city of about 25,000 population, Mr. Ellingson said. The job of city manager in Key | West pays a salary of $6,000 a/ year. Bus Hits Auto Entering Alley, An automobile driven by F. F. Robbins had its right rear door pushed in yesterday evening| near the corner of William and Margaret streets when it was struck by city bus No. 12, driven by Tommy Johnson. No one was injured in the ac- cident. Officials at the Key West Transit Co, said today. that Rob- bins was turning into an alley when the bus hit his c aa TWINS GARAGE. 1130 Duval Street Phone 159 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts wew PIONEER HOTEL 151 N.E, FIRST ST. In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “Best For A Night's Rest’’ 1 Block West of Bus Depot Now Getting With His Job ¥ Will Hear Tax Suit Vs. City Next Tuesday Next Tuesday morning at 10 | o’elock, the suit brought’ by | William R. Porter, president of ;the Key West Realty Company, |asking for- an injunction against the city to prevent it from selling ; the company’s property for de- | linquent taxes, will come up be- |fore Judge Ross Williams in cir- , cuit court in Miami. The land involved in the suit ; extends from the former railroad | right of way to the northwesterly side of the Roosevelt boulevard and all of that land owned by , the company between the County ;road to the shore along the southeasterly side of the island. The taxes, according to the bill , of complaint filed by the com- |pany, are for the years 1942 to | 1945 inclusive, | The bill declares the company’s \Jand is “remote” from the “bulk” | of population in the city, and that the “nearest land” is two miles | from the City Hall. | A similar, suit was brought {against the city by Mr. Porter five years ago, and the circuit court ruled “in the city’s’ favor, | At that time $20,000 in back taxes | was paid by the company. ‘Picketing To. Get Fishermen - Lowe's Fish Company and the A.-& B. Fish Company, both of Which are Paying the full scale of prices for fish ‘they buy, are ; being picketed today by men, carrying. signs. that. read,-“Unfair to Labor”, because the companies buy fish from any local fisher- men who offer them for sale. A representative of the union, who was in the city yesterday, admitted that the local wholesale fish houses were paying full prices, but added that fish were being bought from men who are not members of the union. Onlookers at both places this afternoon said that the aim of the union is to requife all fisher- men who sell to wholesalers to join the union. Only two men were picketing the A. & B. Company. Each of them carried an umbrella, as well as the sign, “Unfair to Labor”. The representative, who comes from union headquarters in Miami, said that it was neither a price disagreement nor directed against the owners of the com- pany, and that it was against the fishermen who are not members j of the union. | So far as could be determined, , the pickets did not decrease the | patronage of either fish house. $21,000 Paid For 3 Homes In Key West J. W. and Lorna Sellers have | bought a house and two lots in | Martello Towers from the Key {West Transit Company, Inc., for | $13,000 according to a deed filed yesterday afternoon in the county clerk’s office. The house is situ- ated on.lots 11 and 12 in block 4. The Taylor Construction Com- pany has sold two houses in the Lime Grove subdivision, each for $4,000. Vesey A. and Evie K. Johnson bought one of them, and Arthur L. Judge Jr., and Theresa Judge, the other. ALBERT G. ROBERTS For City Commissioner (Paid Politica! Advertisement) To Join Union|* a Seed Ec ede iS RO SNE AC sre Retest Sarena eas ED a a PY SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUG! David Watson, Confessed Killer, Is Transferred To Jacksonville, David Joseph Watson, con- fessed salyer of Benjamin Hobbs! aboard the destroyer Stribling * here on the night of July 24, was} tran ferred under heavy guard today from Key West to the Na- val Air Station at Jacksonville, where he will undergo mental ests to determine his sanity,} Navy authorities’ announced to-| day. vJoseph E. -Thornton, chief of the Miami FBI, said a few days | ago that results of the psychiatric | examinations will determine the | procedure used in pressing charg- | es against Watson. | Attorney To Decide Navy authorities have said that! when the Naval medical board | submits its findings to the United States district attorney in Miami! he will decide whether to file a| murder charge for prosecution in | the eivic courts, or whether to} leave Watson in custody of the Navy for trial by court martial. Civil prosecution is the usual procedure in such cases, it is said. Those who Know Watson say that mentally he is far above the average, and in the past has spent much of his time in the study of psychology. His personality, how- ever, is reported to be warped, and it is said that he is abnormal } sexually. After his arrest for the slaying | of his shipmate, Watson tried to commit ‘suicide on three differ- ent occasions. Transit Company Gets New Fleet Of City Busses: ! Key West. Transit Co., Inc.,} has completed a two-year-old or- der for a new fleet of buses with the arrival here yesterday of two new Ford 29-R Pusher-Type con- veyances from Union City, In- diana, ' The new buses will be placed on city routes as quickly as they can be serviced, Harvey B. Sel- | jens, assistant: .mapager..of . the | “tompany, said today. Colers To Be Changed The buses are a bright yellow, | with a black stripe, Sellers said. | This color combination will be | changed at a future date to con- | form to the white and black col+ ors ‘now prevelant. { Oddly enough, the color com- | bination of the new Ford convey- | ances is the same as was pre-j| viously used on local buses prior to their ,re-painting. as Bus Operator Prior to his promotion, Sellers, the new assistant manager of the local transit company, was first a bus operator, then supervisor and now holds the executive po- sition created by Jack Seller elevation from manager to co- owner and general manager. Jack Sellers, well known in civie activities here, has purchas- ed an undisclosed portion of: the | bus company’s stock, in addition to a hgme at 1109 Ladd street in the Martello Towers subdivision. the Martello Towers subdivision, formerly owned by the Transit company. Served In Navy During the new part-owner’s |! absence from the city ‘for about (Continued on Page Three) M. F. Sawyers Leave For Salt Lake City Mr. and Mrs. Millard Fillmore Sawyer and their baby, Marsha Francine, left Key West by auto- mobile this morning to visit Mr. Sawyer’ grandmother, Mrs. Mamie Sawyer Albury, in Salt Lake "City, Utah. Mrs. Albury is Sheriff Sawyer’s mother. They were »mpanied on the! trip by Mrs, Sawyer’s nephew, Mario Vidal. They expect to be away ihree weeks. JOHN PRITCHARD and HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA Will Play at the VFW CLUBHOUSE EVERY FRIDAY and SATURDAY NITES From 9 p.m. Until “*?” The Public Cordially Invited Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street Poinciana Bus Passes Door Open Monday thru Saturday No Admission, Cover, Minimum jhad aboard Jewish IN T 22, 1946 : z Note About Dardenelles (By Associated Prean) i ANKARA, Aug. 22.=The Tur- kish government today gave an answer to the Russian ambassa- dor to Turkey about the Russian “suggestion” that the use of the Dardenelles be accorded to Rus- sian ships in passing to and from the Black Sea and. the eastern! Mediterrenean. ‘ Contents of the note were not disclosed, but it was intimated that the Turkish reply was nega- tive. Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) 7 “GHOST” ROCKETS LONDON.—Four British radar jexperts left today for Sweden to investigate the many reports | about “ghost” rockets that have to ‘jin j season. The city is permitted to! passed over that country. Aim of the experts is to determine from what place the rockets are "being fired. ‘ ATTACK BRITISH SHIP | JERUSALEM.—Another British ship was attacked with bombs in the harbor at Haifa today. She) nigrants | who had tried to enter Palestine, but were diverted to the Island of Cyprus. The ship returned to al wharf to be examined before re- suming the trip. It was thought two holes were torn in her sides) below the water mark. j SEEKING LIBERTY MIAMI. — Eighteen Estonians, who had been aboard a sloop for 11 weeks, attempting to enter this country, landed here teday. had no passports or other entry: ! papers and probably will be’ de- | ported. They said they wanted to |. Some of the things that the, mission the Central Civic Organ-+ ization, composed of officers of| various civic bodies in Key Went;| has asked that the city appro-} priate $2,500 to help put on an! advertising campaign that will! attract more tourists. “Much of Key West’s future, depends on the kind of winter | season we will have here this! year,” the letter states, “De-| velopers are holding off in order | see what travel will be like; the area during the 1946-47! devy millage for advertising. This} ds something that benefits all of} the city and not a few individ-! uals. It is something that will ‘bring results if properly hand- Jed.” County Also Asked The letter says that Monroe} County is being asked for $2,500) for the advertising campaign, | and that the Overseas Road and | Toll Bridge Association will also! be requested to pool some finan; | ces for the program. | The money would be expended ' through an advertising commit-' tee to be set up, one member of ' which would come from the city commission, the letter states, _ Would Advertise City aioneyy would be: spent for, de>! UNITED STATES — U.S. Use itary Yugoslavia Dow af For Advertising Of Key West In a letter to the City Com-#— Only One Filed As Candidate For \Job On Commission | Up until noon today only one candidate had filed to fill the vacancy on the City Commission created by the resignation of W. S. Sweet- ing. He is Albert G, Roberts, whose announcement appear- ed in The Citizen on August a It was rumored in the city yesterday that Louis Car- bonell is considering filing a certificate of candidacy for the commission vacancy. which is to be filled at a special election set for Sep- tember 20. City Clerk Roy Hamlin said today that the deadline for filing as a candidate is August 31, TPIIIGE LID Large Taxpayers Still Delinquent ing Ou III DIM DBMS 00.355: siyies ridges vdvonioa cording to the letter, would be! (By WASHINGTON, today that the United States use | military force against Yugoslavia if that country, or Marshal Tite |its premier, does not change | attitude regarding the shooting basen of two American planes that passed over Yugoslavia. » “ ; (A dispatch. from Paris said i that Secretary of State James, F. Byrnes today warned the Yuge~ slavian minister that the er" States considered the attack against. the planes as most ums: friendly, Brae (The daily Worker, a co: = ist paper published in New. York, took sides today with Yi in the dispute. The paper’ that this country was to ifor the attacks, as the flyers violated the terjtorial integrity, Yugoslavia. It added that the port was untrue that the flew over that country to avoid bad weather, and that the ‘paper had been informed that the were clear on the days of b attacks). i (na Belgrade, the: capital Yugoslavia) Marshai Tito ' workers in a steel mill that: ; tionary governments were ing’ his country, whi termined to stand up for is». rights.”. He said the planes plans the employment of a photogra- | pher to hadnle a fishiny tourna- , aad SEE q ment, arrangements for a yacht STRIKE. SETTLEMENT i race, a professional golf tourna- DETROIT.—It Was said today. ment, and a flower show, A part | that: the strike of the CIO Mari-| f the: fund\ would also go for time Union-against ships in the advertising in Florida newspa- Great Lakes was near a settle-| pers and over the radio, so as to ment. Workmen returned to/ attract tourists after they are al-| come to the United §tates be- cause it is a land of liberty. ' $16,000, Archie Roberts, city tax | Atti¢ri¢an “Mustangs, On City Payment Between 250 and “300 small; attacked by Yugoslavia flyel taxpayers in Key West had paid | because the American pilots. their «delinquent taxes up to, ignored the rights of Yug: ‘Thursday, ,but only two large! \It'was learned today, ones had, made settlement, one of Yugoslavia planes, from»; the, individual payments totaling! the. attacks had been made, pir collector, announced today. | country had delivered to “Yi Total money collected on de-| slavia under terms of the ud | their jobs/aboard five tankers |that belong to the Standard Oil) | Company of Indiana. i | TRUMAN IN BERMUDA | | HAMILTON, Bermuda.—Presi-’ dent Truman, aboard the presi-, dential yacht Williamsburg, ar-'| tived here this morning. Grand Jury Convenes In _ Murder Case Members of the Monroe county {grand jury reconvened this morning to consider testimony in the case against Ralph Wilson {and Cora Lee Stanley, negroes, | who have veen held in jail with- ‘out bail in connection with the killing of Policemen Jose Valdez. This afternoon the jury was still in session investigating the | case, | Legion Auxiliary Will Meet Tonight Sawyer Unit No. 28, American Legion Auxiliary, will meet tonight in regular session at the Legion Home, Southard and | White streets at 8:30. | Several important items of business will be discussed and | plans will be made to hold an ‘initiation at the next meetin:. All members, both old and new, | are cordially invited to be pres- ent. { Arthur ‘MY PAL, TRIGGER’ News and Serial Seen mae yer RE CASA CAYO HUESO | (The Southernmost House) | * 1400 Duval at South St DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ——Opens 5 P.M. Daily. 3 SA | { | | | | ready in the state. Fund Is Needed | linquent taxes to’ date, Roberts “There is no denying that this; said, is between twenty and would be money well spent,” the twenty-five thousand dollars. De- detter says. “Every other city in; linquent property on which taxes Florida catering to tourists set up; are not paid by August 27, will a millage, or an appropriation for | be sold in front of City Hall a advertising in its budget, and will; 10 a.m. on August 28, Roberts as- no ddubt do so again’ this year. | serted. We must have funds to adver- Sends Out Statements tise if we are to compete with | Roberts started mailing state- uther communities.” ments to delinquent taxpayers on The letter is signed’ by J. C.j the first of the month. The. last Delaney, president of the Central | statements were sent out yester- Civic Organization. | day, he said. — One large Key West property holder, the Key West Realty Co., | yesterday sought a Circuit Court }injunction to prevent the city Rotarians Hear Dopp Give Talk Robert Dopp, tormer Acting from selling part of their lands | and also enjoin the city from as- sessing taxes against the lands, City Manager of Key West, gave; The company has asked cancella- an interesting speech at the; tion of taxes amounting to ap- weekly Thursday luncheon of proximately $10,000. the Rotary Club on a plan that! Key West lands, including has been sponsored by the Rotary | those of the Key West Real nce 1922. He reiterated what| company, that are on the delin- the Rotary has done for deserv-| quent list, as published in The ing youths, by, lending them suf-| Citizen, are due to be sold on ficient money to gain a college! August 28. education. Dopp emphasized the re full details of the Rotary plan,| Jaycees Offer Aid and the benefits that have been derived from this youth welfare project. Mr. Dopp was introduc: To City Manager At the regular weekly meeting of the Key West Junior Chamber ed by Bascom Grooms, former) of Commerce held at the County president of the old Key West Clinic auditorium last night, the Electric company. ; Earl Julian was admitted into’ the new city manager, O. J. S. membership as a baby Rotarian.) Ellingson, offered the cooperation Guests were: O. J. S. Ellingson, | of the organization in any mat- present City Manager; Joe Hun-| ters concerning the city’s wel ter of Miami; A. Starling of j fare. City Manager Ellingson will Payne, be invited in this letter to the Tom next dinner meeting of the Jay- cees as pent =| Pr WE ARE OPEN DAILY and SUNDAY 7 am. to Midnight Batteries Charged, Flats Fixed PURE GAS and OIL Mechanic to Serve You POOR OLD CRAIG — SERVICE STATION | Al Armengol, Owner | Division at Francis Phone 9134) Homestead, and Quincy, Fla. lference of the State ! being held in Ocala. CLUB 116~ 116 FITZPATRICK STREET Opposite Western Union WOODY at the Piano will Sing Your Favorite Song - 3 = — cretary was instructed to write | jent Jack Delaney, Jeff} | Knight, and Andy Rodriguez will | | leave Friday for the summer con- | Junior } | Chamber of Commerce which is| | Lease law. : | Spokesmen here pointed .out | that, during the war, the Yugo- | slavians, now resentful toward | the United States, welcomed the arrival of aircraft from. this | country, loaded with supplies fur Yugoslavia. The aircraft were | welcome since the war algo,\ it was declared, as long as they were taking Lend-Lease goods to | that country. Board Is Taking _ Applications For City Police Jobs | Applications are now being re- ceived at City Hall from persons ‘interested in taking competitive | civil service examinations for ap- | pointments as members of the Key West city police force, Jack |'T. Murray, civil service persoh- |nel director, announced ieday. | Application forms may be ‘had by calling at the civil servige | board office in City Hall at ahy time between the hours of 9 a.m. jand 5 p.m., Murray said, He sald ! that all applications for the ex- | amination must be turned in at the Board office in person before | 5 p.m. on September 4 | he, examination, Murray .as- jserted, will be comprised of | arithmetic, spelling and questions | on general police work. | There are now three vacancies 'on the Key West police force. | Two of the vacancies wil be filled | in the near future, Murray said. RAUL’S on the BOULEVARD -- DANCING ~- Nightly to the Music of MARK “Brie STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Plane Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287