The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 27, 1946, Page 1

; ) ; : = AP Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 204 Automobiles Sold For TW Their Ceiling Ee “SOUTH Prices; OPA lnvestigators Said Today SIX ARRESTS MADE; DE- * FENDANTS HELD FOR TRIAL IN- FEDERAL COURT (By Associated Press) ATLANTA, Aug. 27. — OPA agents today arrested six alleged operators charged with black market operations ih automobiles. | The defendants each gave bail of $2,500 to appear for trial at! tthe. November term of federal court in this city. The agents allege that the de- fendants were engaged, with other men, in operating a black market on a large scale, During the last nine months, it is charged $70,000,000 in automobiles had been sold at exorbitant prices. In many instances, the agents aver, cars. were sold for twice the amount of the ceiling prices. In- stances were cited where auto- mobiles, listed at from $1,000 to $3,000 sold for $2,400 to $6,000. Operations were conducted in a large lot, where old as well as new cars were offered for sale. The agents used $12,000 in mark- ed bills and spent the money in purchasing three new and five second-hand cars. The OPA men said that they | obtained the license number of | all cars that had been sold by the black marketeers, and that! a thorough investigation will be made to try to find everybody who was implicated in, the, deals. It was said further that black } market in ‘automobiles is now; being conducted in various parts} h.phe coyptry, and, that investi- | @eions are underway in many} = Five F lyers Were Slain In COLIOSMILS Cooper Puts Lie To Rumor He'll Be Transferred A rumor which started in ‘Key West this morning and that is entirely erroneous is that City Commissioner Albert Cooper was being transferred by the Navy to an’ out-of-town government Position. : Mr. Cooper... Navy Labor Board head here, was - tacted today by The Citizen concerning the rumor. Mr. Cooper declared that there is “no truth whatever to the rumor.” It was learned today that what might have started the rumor is that Commissioner Cooper plans to be out of the city in about three weeks on vacation leave, BSI a aS 4 Pleads Guilty But Says Didn’t Know of Thefts Newell Brown pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon in criminal court to charges of having stolen a boat from Melvin Russell and elothes from aboard the wreck- \ 4 i question brought to The Citizen's attention by a local in- terested party as to the legality of holding an elecion on Monday | instead of the gustomary Tues-} dey was referred to city offic. | ials concerned and they replied | that the charter did not spetify | the holding of an election on} Tuesday and that ‘it could be | {held on any week-day. { The son for the holding’ of . this special election on Monday, | September 9, is to conform with! the city charter which requires | the holding of an election within | 45 days to fill such vacancy. Had } the commission waited until Tues- day, September 10, the 46th day would have expired. The provision in the charter | reads thus: i | Section 5. of Article *%—Va-! CANCY OF THE: CITY coM-! MISSION. ~ If any vacancy oc-{ curs in the membership of the | City. Commission, except as a} result of a recall election, .said | \ city Commission shall elect? an : eligible person to fill the same until the next general: Municipal | election or a speci election | called for any other purpose; if! such election shall be held with- in the next six months; if not, ja special élection shall be called within forty-five days to fill such vacancy, in which event the of- fice shall be filled by election, but only for the unexpired term, and until said election, the va- cancy shall be filled by appoint- ment by the City Commission. ‘Faithful Buneh’, Welch Says Of | Union's Pickets’' i Donald Welch, business agent ERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1946 | [Reason Given For; /OnMonday,Sept.9 | 000,000 worth r 3 e Yugoslavia, (Ry. Asdociated Preas> BELGRADE, Aug. 27.—Mem-| bers of the United States Graves | Conmnission said today that it; had been estabiishetl that all five airmen whg were shot down by Yugoslavian flyers had lost their lives. A spokesman for the commis- | sion stated that it had been| hoped that dhe of the men had | survived until this morning, when a part of his charred body | had been found by Yugoslavian peasants. Hope that two-flyers had sur- vived had been based on. the re- port of Yugoslavian peasants that ilessly, off the Marquesas, by aj they had seen two parachutes descending from the plane. It de- | I veloped that what the peat had seen were two gasoline tanks that had been jettisoned from! tacked and struck. Ellingsons Are Now Key West Residents | In The Citizen yesterday, it was mentioned that City Manager and Mrs. O. J. S. Ellingson were still hunting an apartment since Mr. Ellingson was named to the tity managership post two weeks ago. The Citizen is now happy to | at the conference were held on a report that the search is over— the Ellingsons have found an apartment and will be in as soon as it is vacated, which will be in the next few days. Ri = ALBERT G. ROBERTS For City Commissioner (Paid Political Advertisement) « DANCING ~ Nightly to the Music of (CRUNCH) and His cert toa vn at. | ference of municipality represen- the plane after it had been at- | tatives held last weekend at Mi- ing tug Willett, though he ex-jof the Fishermen’s and Seafood plained to the court that he had Handlers’ Union, had nothing to no recollection of having com-|add to his previous statements mitted the thefts. -|inv regard to the union's dispute } He sait''he was drunk, and, as| with the A. & B. Fish company. he was'found aboard the -boat, | “Picketing is going on and. will with thé clothes taken from the| continue,” -he said “I havé a Willett, he must have stolen | faithful bunch’ of boys.” H them, and, therefore, he pleaded Welch said as far as) he Was} guilty. He was sentenced to one concerned. the public now knows | year in jail for stealing the boat, | both sides: of ,the dispute, and | and Judge Caro explained that} fave formed their opinions ac-; a six months” sentence on the other charge depended on Brown’s behavior while in jail. If the report of his actions in jail, at the end of a year, is fa- vorable, the six months’ sentence will be deferred: The Russell boat is a sailboat, ; and she was sighted sailing aim- picket-so long as A. & B. own- er Felton buys indiscriminately from civilians, servicemen, fish- ermen,” he declared. “We have no axe to grind, but are simply protecting the fishermen.” | Seer a eS ‘ ARCHER SERVICES | coast guard boat. On investiga- ANNOUNCED TODAY | tion, the coast guardsmen found} Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Brown in a drunken stupor,} Jane Archer, 67, who died yester- stretched out in the hold of the} day morning, 7 o'clock, at a local boat,.which was towed back to! hospital, <¥il be held 5:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the First ‘Key West. | Congregational chureh, ere “Will Give. Report bony pe Dees at 2 o’eloc Later”’—Ellingson Rev. Alfred G. Peacock pastor, | City Manager O. J. S. Elling-| will officiate at the services. son said today that, he had not} Burial of the deceased will be s; yet made a report of the con-.jin the family lot at City Ceme- tery. eet Lopez Funeral Home is* in) ami Beach, with headquarters in} charge of arrangements. ; the Vanderbilt Hotel there. Survivors of the deceased in-j The city manager said he! ¢lude four sons, Paul, Ellis, Mer- ; would report to the city commis- | vin and John Archer; two broth- | sioners as soon as the Miami; ers, Wilson and Milton Russell, Beach secretary forwarded him; and two grandchildren. a ctmplete, official copy of the ae proceedings in order that he may | RECEIVES NOTICE i compare them with his un-official | OF AUNT’S DEATH notes. 5 ‘ Mr.-Ellingson. seid discussions | % Mr..and. Mrs. J. W. Hodnett, 41-1 Poinciana, received notice of the death of Mr. Hodnett’s aunt, PE EE IE Bes Mrs. J. S. Collins, 83, Montgom- mI ry, Ala., yesterday morning. NO NEW “POLIO” “ithe Hodnetts have been resid- | CASES ON ISLAND, ing in Key West the past four | From the offices of the Monroe | years. Mr. Hodnett. is employed | County Health Unit here it was! at the U. S. Submarine Base here. said today that no-new cases of He left a week ago to visit his “polio” had developed in Key West. F This officially contradicts: any | # statements to the contrary. i strictly informal basis. family plot at Loundsboro, Ala. | ARTA TREE STERLING'S Soc" mene 1318 Eliza, Street Phone 243 Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. Sele Distributors of Our Freshly Dressed CHICKENS | STRICTLY FRESH EGGS FLORIDA PET II OT, ~——-Opens 5 P.M. Daily: ous |DEMERITT ious SES TLE IS CASA CAYO HUESO (The Suuthernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE MARK STANLEY Orchestra turing SYLVIA at Piano _ Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 WANTED! sovs HOUSE Foot of Greene Street- Phone 44 Apply Hostess, Dining Room Fish House is Painted Yellow LA CONCHA HOTEL ‘FRESH JEWFISH *YELLOW TAILS cordingly. “We will continue to" | i OFF POY “Sunday Liquor Sales Must Siop” --Hamlin - “Selling of liquor on Sun. day must stop.” emphatic- ally stated Director of Pub- lic. Safety Roy Hamlin yes- terday. Mr. Hamlin said that he had received complaints about the selling of liquor on that day. “It’s going on, and it has to be stopped,” Ham- lin warns. be Hamlin instructed Chief of Police Bienvenido Perez fo instruct his men to see that this order is enforced. This practice “is illegal and will be stopped.” Hamlin added. P “These establishments must conform to law, and if they are paying alleged ‘protec- tion,’ that, too, will be stop- ped,” the safety director- as- serted. Last Sunday's complaints were not the first. that the public safety director had received, he said. COPA TI HS Husband Of _ Capt. Durrant Implicated (By Associated Press) FRANKFURT, Aug. 27—Two witnesses testified today, at the trial of WAC Captain Kathleen Durrant, that she had confessed to them that her husband - was implicated in the stealing of $2,- of gems from Kromberg castle. Counsel for Mrs.’ Durrant tried to have the testimony set aside, but the court ruled against them. It was explained that her ‘hus- iband is in military custody and later will be court martialed for the part he is said to have played in taking the jewls out of the House of Hesse. Dillard Answers OPA . Executive On Local: Prices). Bob Dillard, manager of Lind- sley Lumber company, stated te- day .that a _ story. appearing im The Citizen yesterday by Harold H. Martin, OPA district price executive, with offices in Miami, is “misleading.” For example, Mr. Dillard said, Martin claims Keene’s cement ‘sold for $2.62" and is now ‘$3.65. jay, This statement by Martin, vouched Dillard, is “erroneous.” The fact is, said Dillard, the Key West price is $3.10 at all four es- tablishments handling this ce- ment. Dillard said that the average yearly use of this type of ce- nent is not more than 50 to 68 bags. Other inaccuracies pointed out by the local Lindsley manager was that “asphalt riever sold in Key West for $2.25,” and that “lime is now selling at 85 cents ‘and not 90 cents.” “Of course,” Dillard went on, “hard building materials will al- ways sell for more in Key West because we in the Island City are further from the source of !supply. “Hauls made to Key West are one-way. To keep the straight, I will that the only difference between Miami and Key West prices in our industry is the cost of freight.” $10 000 BIBLES LONDON. — edition of the printed English Bible known as Coverdale’s Ver- sion, published:in 1535, and the aunt, who will be buried in the |G102t°«qE” Bible sold for $10,-‘ price of crawfish was not cut five | 8¢ ‘cents in my store.” 000 each at Sotheby’s. Closed Wednesday, In the ee - j was designed to “drive a wedge” | iI Do Not Believe | In Dictatorship,” .} fore the “dispute” ends. record | (AP) — The first! Archer’s Grocery On Account of Death a lacommiaaaa eam “"PALACE THEATER UNITED STATES Details Arabs Say They Want “No Part” por cdl In Conference) Merger Petition (By Associated Pres: i LONDON, Aug. 27.—A dispatch Pibing drveripchbaens pe was received today from Arab/' magk, announces Earl Higgs, jleaders in Palestine saying, they |' proprietor of a ‘service sta- will have “no part” in the pro-; fiom af Duval and Division tposed conference to be held to} sreete. 4 Miry to: setilelstlie dispute lin’ atl. eee eee een ee | those desiring to sign the pe- eountry between the Arabs and| tition may do so not only at the Jews. his station but with John The leaders said they were not; Delgado, Petronia and White- ,“interested in the conference”.| head streets: Joe Zorsky. ! ‘They explained that they had had; Cactus Terrace: John Col- 28 years’ experience under Brit- lins, Southard street near ish rule and knew that it always! . White, and with Maximo Val- dez, present county commis- sioner. : Though Higgs is pleased with the response, he is an- gered at a “sneak thefi” of two sheets containing ap- proximately 200 names. The thief, obviously not in favor of the merger, had stolen the sheets out of an auto- mobile. a ! between national or racial groups t opposed the British govern- ment. A eommunique issued by Lieu- tenant General Sir Allan Cun-| ningham came in for especial fire from the Arabs. They asserted that the communique would lead | anybody, who was not familiar with the situation in Palestine, | ‘to conclude that the Arabs had! # RUSSIANS AGAINST ALL waar ase eas DO DELEGATES WHO “DO. NOT FALL IN L 5 bse Aug. 27.—At . representatives at the session. to es of the 21 adnads tobi’ Russia for trying to “ tails” in discussions, and ‘one the accusers declared, “we are tired of heating lies and want to get at the truth,” a8 He asserted that Russian, réep- resentatives are attempting wreck procedure in every | where the members of the assem- | bly, “do not fall into line~with i the Russians’ views,” i Action of the Russian repre- sentatives, he charged, is direct: 4 {ed at widening the gap between the Russian bloc at the. sessions and the western Allies. Then he declared: ; “Though Australia is situated | 15,000 miles from Europe, she has sent her sons on two occasions to Europe to iight for tho preserva- tion of the democratic fotm of government. And the toll in death and wounded of those sons 16 such that it warrants us in in- sisting on full discussion of any- asked that the conference be held PII SIS ID SS SA thing that pertains to Europe, paediees ase ites Sia shiner ene ees _ wer Seeing to attend it, E83 : not aaked thatthe couttrence be Alin tines’ 7-Day Flying Permit — Expires Today Rogelio Gomez, of the Key West-Havana Overseas Tours, will leave today for Havana on Felton ‘Declares important business, The seéven- Berlin’ Felton, A. & B. Fish | day extension, gtanted thé air feompany owner, stated © this fine he represents by ~Washing- morning that “over the air” and /ton:i8 up, and no. .agtion’ has in The Citizen, at the beginning | béen taken ‘on’ the, application ef the fishing dispute, Mr. Welch | that Mr. Gomez airmailed: when took pains to say that the “pick. {it was known that the original eting” was not directed against | application was never received vhis company but rather against | in Washington. or had become {the men fishing for him who | ™isplaced here. would not join the Fishermen's | Key Westers are hoping that and Seafood Handlers’ Union.|Mr. Gomez will “iron out’ the if this is so,” went on Fel- | difficulties, as installation of the ton, “how can he reverse his in-|Key We lavana service, be- | tentions by declaring in yester-|sides being more convenient for iday’s Citizen that ‘we are going! Key Westers, brings in an ob- |to stop the practice of purchas- | Vious amount of money into the j ing fish indiscriminately from | city. 3 ‘ F i civilians and servicemen’.” ; Cubans with family ties in | “Now,” declared Felton, “they|Key West and a’ chance to help are reversing the reason for the| their own airline will mostly all lexistence of the pickets. What is | the real reason?” | their way Furthermore, Felton ¢ added,} In a lett | Welch claims that all of his (Fel-| Citizen, Francisco Pereitla, Jr., ton's) men will be unionized be- | of 512 Petronia street, stated he “Who| knew the reason why the Aero- asked Fel-| vias Q. airline has been “ground- It would be well for civic ons to follow through held and, further, that they did | not intend to attend it. j ( i ' to the States. : to the editor of The does he think he is? jton. “That stuff was tried in Eu-j}e rope and failed. I still contend) organizati ‘that the men fishing for me will|on Pereida’s lead, remain out of the union. I will) today. . continue to purchase fish from} es anyone we sells sae iy m6, as Expect Approval I do not believe in dictatorship. A ling Se eee BEL Compaen Does neeetee | owner said that it is true that he| From Washington ‘did have to cut the price of craw-} When as , The Citizen o} fish from 20 to 16 cents a pound, | the progre tlantic Trans {but it is not true that he did not | portation Company's request to then pa the saving on to con-! the Coast Guard for docking fa- sumers. That was done, he said. cilities here, City Manager O. J. |“The price was cut from 35 to |S. Ellingso said that he had 25 cents,” Felton added. heard nothing further on the mat- | “This is the absolute truth,” | ter. ; Felton concluded, “and 1 defy) However. Mr. Ellingson said A 4 anyone to say that the retail |is confident the request v ould bi i is acceptable to Washington author- | ities. Local Coast Guard authori- ~| ties are not objecting to the re- quest, he said. ‘ ea NEE SEE TEAST TETTN RADIATOR SERVICE Repairing-Flushing-Conditioning Will Be © i r All Day oveiiigg is 404 Duval ee! Aug. 28th, oats ta c Adjoining La Concha Hotel Kaye Dowd in ‘An Angel Comes to Brooklyn” News and Serial “TONIGHT IS PRIZE NITE” Family THE FAMILY come through the Island City, on, a citizen said because what is done here will be sure to affect us. We have as much. right’ to" expose our views, as the Russian, representatives have, but to hear them talk one _ } would thfhk that their concern ‘in Europe.is deeper and more im- | portant than,,is urs.” | In reply,:a Russian representa- | tive said that, instead of trying ito suppress details, as Australia . j had charged, Russia's aingrig tar) | \amplifying them. Australian representati ‘said also that Russia had, i that they, did ‘not: repre: | government, _ but the © _ speaker denied that any. ‘of the Russian ° del made such 4 statement, ‘Still Time To Clean Up Lots No warrants have yet beem»is- | sued by City Clerk Roy Hamlin ito the 37 property holders listed by Sanitary Inspector Millard Gibscn as maintaining unsanitary and unsightly vacant lots. The warrants have to be check- ed by Clerk Hamlin against the | plat,books to ascertain the iden- tity of the owners. Though some lof the owners are known, it Was thought to be best and the fairest methed to serve all 37 property owners at the same time. ALBURY VISITORS — LEAVING TODAY Mr. and Mrs. John B. Albury jand son, Bradford, are leaving today for their home in Miami i following a visit here with Mrs. | A. B. Curry and other relatives at the Curry home in Peacon Lane. Mrs. Albury is the daugh- ter of Mrs. Curry. here the Miami visitors sr of fishing out- ared they had a tgood time during their sojourn in Key West. | Before marriage, Mrs. Albury was the Miss Verona Curry. TOUIS CARBONELL | For City Commissioner (Paid Political Advertisement) | CAR OWNERS | We Have a Mechanic to Serve You r| OPEN DAILY | 7 am. to Midnight POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Al Armengol, Owner | Division at Francis Phone 9194