The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 24, 1946, Page 1

For 68 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 202 Plants In Japan Will Be Removed To Countries Of Alles Union Will Co “To Picket: Indlefinitely| Donald Welch, business agent | of the Fishermen’s and Seafood | Handlers’. Union, — stat today ; that the. union “intends con- | tinue picketing until the men fishing for Berlin Felton, A. &B.! Fish Co., owner, are organized.”; Mr. Welch, who resides on An-| gela street, stated that Mr. Fel- ‘might know and then only to SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES ‘KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUG 24, 1946— ntinue wants only to be ‘recognized,’ There: will be no violence, and no pickets are allowed to spéak to anyone except those they say ‘hello,’ or give thém a hand greeting. This dispute will be handled ‘peacefully’: and ‘order. ly.’ We are not knocking Felto: AMERICAN = SOLDIERS GUARDING PLANTS| CSBP LDL ALLS UNTIL THEY ARE of Over 250 Sign seipghasre once | Merger Petition is So Far Today TOKYO, Aug. 24.—Japan being stripped of her industrial! and war plants, so that, should! _ Earl Higgs. service station operator, Duval and Division ton is purchasing fish from any-' business, and we will not ever one who desires to sell it to him.! tell anyone not to patronize the Welch pointed out the unfairness! A. & B. Company. But we are of this arrangement, for, when! asking co-operation from the peo- the A, & B. Co., purchases from! ple of Key West.” sailors, soldiers, naval employes,}- The local union has’ about 100 tourists or “what not,” they are’ members and there are only 20 aiding these parties to take “the! non-union members. In Miami, very bread and butter from the) Welch said, the wholesalers buy fishermen.” “What right,” em-; 100 per cent from union fisher- phasized Welch, “have working men. The only fishermen who people with incomes to sell fish! are non-union are a few ped- City Commissioners In Special Meet Last Night * she be disposed, it would require} many a year for her to produce | war material in an appreciable! volume. General MacArthur announced today that 505 Japanese plants’ have been designated for re-| moval from Japan and distribut- | ed among Allied Nations. i The announcement said that it has not yet been decided how the, machinery in the plants will be * distributed, . Japam has many plants capable of turning machine tools of hun-| dreds of different types; large! streets, stated today that the publicity afforded the merg- er petitions that is being cir- culated brought the people in droves into his place of busi- ness “begging to sign the petition.” The number of petitioners now totals over 250, and, Mr. Higgs says, “there is no tell- ing where it could go.” He feels that the people of Key West are definitely in favor of consolidating the county and city governments, if for to wholesalers when this some- times compels the trade fisher- men to be ‘beached.?” Organized 90 Days Welch said that when the present union started to organ- ize about 90 days ago (previous fishermen’s union was known ‘as the Gulf ‘Coast Fishermen's un- ion, but was’ very inactive), that Mr, Felton was selling, for ex- ample, crawfish at 16 cents a pound, and was purchasing from anyone indiscriminately, wheth-} er they were fishermen or not. } dlers who catch and sell: their own fish, but’ never do whole- salers buy from them. Raised Price Mr. Rauth, secretary-treasurer of the Fishermen's and Seafood : Handlers’ Union, recently ‘came here to get the price of 20 cents jfor crawfish from’ local. whole-' pierce, ‘This was necessary as i salers, but because the commod- | the county commission had. giv- ity became a glut on the market, all wholesalers’ except Johnny Cates, began paying 18 cents in- ,Stead of the 20 cents, and even City commissioners met last#—--— night at 8 o'clock in special ses- |, sion to conclude pressing business | BSaS SS ESS Sa that was interrupted when ad-! journment had to be called at| Badger Game } last Tuesday night’s meeting. i \" ‘Among the’ business acted on| Only $20 , last night wag a resolution abat- } This Time ving 1944 taxes charged Sarah A possible reenactment of the old badger game will be aired in court Monday when Maria Varselona, 37, and Edelmiro Carpentier, 36, taxi driver, are accused, “en her homestead exemption for that year and according to law a municipality must “follow; ; suit”. no other reason that the tax- saving that would be the re- sult of the merger. MISS MS TT 8 stee] mills and munitions plants. MacArthur further said that American soldiers have been put in charge of the 505 plants -un- that score, Welch stated, Nor- Other dealers were forced to |°? : N pay 18 cents a pound for craw- | berg Thompson .had promised ish; Wakianld the dnion Iusi- | Di toc rentote: the: price ‘ta 30 lic }eents as soon’as he can sell the ayent, the general public ifresh crawfisly but at present Authority To Sign Checks Florida National Bank at Key ' West was notified that authority i had been given City Manager O. J. S. Ellingson to sign all city til they are dismantled and re- moved from Japan, Berlin Felton Declares A. & B. An Open Shop Berlin Eelton, proprietor of the A..& B. Fish company, at the|* foot of Elizabeth street, near Greene, stated today that his company is from now on an open emphasiz- i ‘ r “pure | from both union and nons| wnion fishermen. He further added that he is paying union: or. better prices for all fish purchas- : ed from local fishermen, ‘The union price for groupers, Mr, Fel- tom said, is 8 cents a pound and he is paying 10 cents. Felton said that though the picketing has been orderly and peaceful as reported in yester- day's Citizen, he did have some complaints against the union. First, and, he thought, most seri- ous, was that two unidentified men had asked Mr. Stone, who works in the junk yard near the A. & B. Fish company, whether Stone was guarding the fish company at night. Felton said that if the unidentified men were union men that that would be going “too far.” The second complaint was that he was of the opinion, that union regulations forbade the talking of pickets to any disinterested party. He said that he had seen piekets talking to car drivers, who were en route to the fish company, and though, he admitted, he did not know what the conversation was about or whether it was relative to the present dispute, he ‘did see these same car driv- ers back off and depart. JOHN A. WELLS ILL WITH CYST (Special te The Citizen) CHICAGO, Aug. 24-—John A. Wells, 22, ship's cook, first class, husband of Mrs. Alice Wells, Na- val Air Statior, Key West, has been admitted to the Naval Hos- pital at Key West, with a diag- nosis of teratoma cyst. SEE EE ALBERT G. ROBERTS For City Commissioner @Paid Political Advertisement) | CAREER LENE ORBLE 116 AATRICK at GREENE ST./ ~ Opposite Western Union Clean - Cool - Comfortable ‘OPENS NIGHTLY at 6 WwoopDy AT THE PIANO He Will Sing Your Favorite Songs - Come—Enjoy Yourself ME Out Of City, But x * x ok Luther Pinder Is Victim x * x “Runs Up” Bill While Luther Pinder was out of town, Walter Allen bought $130 worth ‘of paint in Mr. Pin- der’s name, ai ing to a charge Alten “will faee when it reconven®s morning. -| Mr, Pinder ‘was asked. today, “You didn’t know anything about ithe buying of the paint until you returned to Key West?” “I didn’t even hear about it then,” he replied,,and.it:was not until several days later ™that«I knew of the incident, when I re- ceived a bill for it.” on Monday different occasions from the hardware store owned by the Thompson Enterprises, who pre- ferred a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses against Allen, when Mr. Pinder tliorized anybody to buy paint for him. County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., said that when court meets Monday morning the case against Allen and other defen- dants will be set for trial. One of the other cases is against Newell Brown, who has two charges against him, one for petty and the other. for grand larceny. In the latter complaint, he is charged with having stolen In the other case he is alleged to have stolen clothes belonging to crewmen aboard the wrecking tug Willett. Quinby Released From Navy Service sonville, Fla., that: Edwin J. Quinby, Comdr. S. (E), 900 Flagler avenue, has been jreleased from service as of last Wednesday, August 21, at the Jacksonville station. announced today WHERE TO DANCE TONIGHT The Public Cordially Invited to DANCE TONIGHT “at the VFW CLUBHOUSE FLAGLER AVE. and 2ND ST. Poinciana Bus Passes Door to the MUSIC of JOHN PRITCHARD i and HIS ORCHESTRA From 9 P.M. Until “?” Open Monday thru Saturday Dancing Every Fri. & Sat, Nites Ne Admission, Cover or Minimum h criminal court {ives Felton’s market has, raised | The paint was bought on three, told the manager he had not au-j a boat from Melvin E. Russell. | U. S. Naval Air. Station, Jack- | “BASEBALL SUNDAY ne: paid the same retail price to Mr; Felton, as it did to the other | three retailers. Mr. Felton was | the gainer, and not the public. { All other wholesale. purchasers ; of fish, including Thompson’s, ; Lowe & Son, Demeritt Bros., Johnny Cates and Hast Coast! Fisheries, employ union men, 100! per cent, “Now,” Welch said, “Mr, Maitland Adams has not, agreed to buy fish from only union men, but every man, at) present, who, works for Mr. Ad-} lams is a union man.” | According to union representa- ‘their crawfish price to 18. cents from 16 cents a pound. Wants Recognition Welch added: “In the A. & B. Fish Co., ‘dispute,’ the union Seventh Hitler Turns Up Today In Germany (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Aug. 24.—Since Adolf ‘Hitler's disappearance, seven ; Germans, presumed to have gone insane, have claimed to be him. The seventh is Ludwig Dahl, | who said today he, as the “great Hitler,” was organizing a cabinet of seven men to rule the world. { Dahl said that he had appoint- ied President Truman minister of | finance, and Josef Stalin chief of | police. When he was taken to a hos- | pital for the insane, he confided to guards that he really was not | Hitler, but that he was acting ‘for the Fuehrer until he returned {from Valhalla. PALACE THEATER CONSTANCE MOORE in “In Old Sacramento” News and Serial TT REE | AUGUST 25th at | MUNICIPAL STADIUM 3:00 o’Clock MIAMI VETERANS | Vs. | KEY WEST | Admission a — 1 School Children 38c SLOPPY JOE'S BAR | Where You Can Get the ~ BEST DRINKS IN TOWN LS hdl, YOU NAME IT—WE HAVE IT: Ue j checks. This was of prime ne- he is freezing all crawfish. inketi cessity as without this authority The men picketing the Ai @ B. \ city employes paid on a weekly company are all volunteer work- ; F j ers, putting in one to two hours \ Bese: would .have received ae daily. Picketing is done on an 8- \ecompensation for their services Laur Gangsaaiee the past week. “Today was pay- : 2 ‘day for these workers. ‘Will Not Pass Lines A payment of $1,001.55 was President of the Teamsters’, made to The Citizen Publishing Union has notified the local fish- | Company as a partial payment on ermen’s business agent that they | 4 old outstanding indebtedness will not break the picket Tines. j owed the cqmpany by the city. That is, they will not pick up or . To Fight Suits deliver while the dispute is. rag- i City Attorney J. Lancelot Les- ing. ‘However, they will handle tet Was empowered to contest perishables if they are delivered a sae ar nectie Goat to the transportation co: te Om as they have a Rien tees as and-Norberg Thompson: ment to handle all perishables in the former suit, the Realty and mail regardless of whether ' Soni - of which Wiliam B they are from a “struck” plant ter is principal - stockholder, maintains that the city hasn’t the or not. right to levy taxes on certain property owned by the company. Mir, Thompsen maintains that hi property, situated just off Roose- it. Boulevard and which com- prises 2.3 acres, is not in the city limits. The first assessment MLS MF) Four’Or More Expected In Commission Race Louis Carbonell, who was Key West campaign manager for George Smathers in the recent. congressional race won by the youthful Smat ers over incumbent Pat Can- ) Stead, was made in 1942, although ! the property had veen purchased in 1928. Authorizes Pipe Removal Resolution was passed author- izing the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission to remove, demolish non, now has a chance to use | pipe located at Thomas and his political knowledge for Southard streets. his own benefit. Carbonell |- The commissioners also au- 'thorized the rezoning of Paul qualified with City Clerk Roy Hamlin Thursday afternoon for city commissioner’ to fill rane RS re Re i the unexpired term of WiC. | TN hat ‘has been a “bone of He wenaunde H pen a “bone o! Sweeting, resigne: | contention” for the past three The special city election to be held Friday. September 20, has attracted, in addition | montiis. City Manager Ellingson gave a i letter’to Clerk Roy Hamlin in to Albert G. Roberts and | which he confirmed and re-ap- Louis Carbonell, announced | 19} artme: ade. Dee iieet tara, ehnab ceratic {Weer all department heads. kknown Key Westers who are ¥) 5 expected to file momentarily | City Will Issue with Clerk Hamlin. The re- Warrants To 37 ported would-be aspirants Proverty Owners are war veterans and one is Clerk Roy Hamlin today re- ceived a list of 37 lots in Key a former councilman. The other is a newspaperman, | West that are said to be kept jin an untidy condition by their who has. from time to time, contributed articles to The iti Put thes owners. Citizen on civic conditions in Waits were eee to the city. ms ‘ ,. |have been issued today, and oth- Deadline for qualifying is fers will be issued Monday,| pegees 2: | against the owners on charges VII Ia DD DME, | v2 “they are keeping’ places : detrimental and dangerous to {the public’s interest. CASA. CAYO HUESO | -_ (The Southernmost House) | LOUIS: CARBONELL 1400 Duval: gt South ‘St DINING ROOM and anid desig For City Commissioner (Paid Policcal Advertisement) COCKTAIL LOUNGE ———Opens 5 P.M. Daily———. To My ‘Customers and Friends You are welcome to drive through the picket lines. Please disregard the pickets. A. & B. Fish Co. PHONE 170 FOOT OF ELIZABETH STREET on this property, a. palatial home- | or dispose of the old salt water | ‘Ladd’s property from Zone A to | _OF WAC CAPTAIN RE- Captain Kathleen Durrant, is charged with having kina worth — $2,000,000, the Kromberg Castle, _D’ Sob reeds letter, he tes she had written, ' acknowledged she | jewels. Other witnesses the jewels had been an attic in the home of the de- ‘ fendant’s sister in Hudson, Mich, mili- The raid on the house by tary police resulted from a tip given the War Department by. | The charges against Var- selona are that she is running a “disorderly house,” while the charge against Carpen- tier is “obtaining money un- der false pretense,” ‘ Frank Jones of Marathon was the innocent party. He wes made to pay $20 by the alleged badger game play of Mr. Carpentier. Jones paid the $20, but, as he was leav- | ing the house, snatched the money and fled, Fd, dadeahhdedheda Seven Apply For Police Job! | Jack Murray, city personnel) director, announces that he had received seven formal .applica-| tions for the position advertised” ‘in The Citizen for appointment | jas members of the Key West po- | lice force. One of the applicants | vis -a. former policeman on the ‘West Palm Beach foree for the |, past seven years. 4 Mr. Murray also revealed that} he had received an additional 15} informal applications on forms not printed. Those persons, he! emphasized, must make re-appli- | eation on the printed forms to be considered. The forms may be | had at the civil service board office in City Hall at any time} between the hours of 9 a. m., and} 5 p. m. Deadline for accepting | | applications is September 4. The personnel director will, give both the mental and agility | tests. The written test will be} compr of arithmetic, spelling } and questions on general police | work. When the applicant passes | both tests, he will then have to} submit to a physical examina- tion. This examination will be | similar to the one given civilians | seeking employment at the Navy | Yard here. It is a normal physical | , test. | Those passing both the mental | and agility tests will not be held | | back from employment on any; minor defect that might turn up | in the physical examination un-/| lless the defect would hinder the | policeman in the performance of | his duty. The mental test will last for about one and one-half hours, | and it and the agility test will | be given free. | Mr. Murray informs The Citi- | zen that he was unable to work | fout a proper agreement on the physical test and this examina- | tion will have to be paid for. No | one will be required to take the physical until he has passed both | the mental and agility tests. } OPEN SUNDAY | From 7 A.M. to Midnight t To Serve You Gas - Oil - Parts | Batteries Charged - Flats Fixed! Grease and Spray Jobs | POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION t Al Armengol, Owner | ‘Division at Francis St. Ph. 9134 { | Oe SR RA OR RH il AEE legally by | arrangements. Roy C. Cariston, . The collection recovered num- bered 193 gems, which lay on won bo ~ yy ari m on Counsel for Mra faa 4 a motion that the jewels, used es” an exhibit in the be remov- ed from the room, but the presid:” ing judge ree, the motion, .- the jewels had been reeovered ih | the whey had not had a search the house, but the took no notice of the At noon court was ae Monday morning, and Mrs. want, in leaving the turned her back toward on which were the gems, City Accepts Aquarium; To » Lease Property At a special meeting in City Hall last night, led bids for private operation ithe aquarium. The low bidder must agree to operate the property as aquarium only. — IDA PINDER DIED AT HOSPITAL TODAY Mrs. Ida Elizabeth Pinder, 73, died this morning at 3:50 o'clock at a local hospital. Mrs. Pindér resided at 420 Elizabeth street. Funeral services will be held | Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the Fleming Street Meth- odist Church, Rev. E. S. Doherty officiating: The body will be placed in the church at 2:00 o'clock. Burial will be in the fi plot in City cemetery. Pritchard Funeral Home is in charge of Survivors are: Husband, John W. Pinder; four daughters, Mrs. Roger Albury of Tavernier; Mrs. George Schriber, Mrs. Harold Ely and Mrs. Raymond Maloney, ef | Key West; son, William M. Pin- der, of Tavernier; two sisters, Mrs. Louise Grant of Key Westy and Mrs. George W. Albury, of Tavernier, and four grandchil- dren. 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