The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1946, Page 1

AP Day Wire Service end AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to Best Interests Key West 66 the of VOLUME LXVIL._ No. 205 Security Council Announces Nine Nations Have Appliédl| involving: Delinquent ‘Taxes Judge Ross Williams, presiding &#——. To It For Membership In UN ACTION WILL BE TAKEN* AT LAKE SUCCESS, "S*@i DDD Lia a@) WHERE COUNCIL HAS' Small MOVED HEADQUAR- | Js Large TERS In This Case (By Annociated Press). NEWYORK, Aug. 26.—The A sad sight at today’s auction sale of delinquent UN Security Councii opened its tax certificates was a blind headquarters today at Lake Suc- “ cess on” Long’ Island, and an- colored man. The blind negro nounced that its first action will} “2 teooaasye sp Laois — be taken on the applications of baba sn ASHTOF: Ree nine: countries for membership eed gccensse io itines in the Unit i pW hn ach She gg the sale of the tax certifi- It was intimated that only! , three of the nine, Sweden, Ice- cates. The amount in his case was small. Small for most land and Afganistan, will be en- i people, but large for him. rolled in th i i- < 2 sss. onsecrrapehdiale ag One well-intentioned Key tion, Th mera ‘ieee _| Wester (a white man) said ¢ other six are either op. that he wouldn't let the sale posed by Russia or by the West- ern Allies. Greece i be consummated and that he Alles. Greece is one of the) would protect the blind nations that the Russian repre- e Russian repre man’s interest. / sentatives will oppose. A dis-|* Lawl uthueueateuteae patch received here today from Athens, Greece, said that Rus. sia had withdrawn its ambassa N SI dor “temporarily” ‘from that eer ‘0 ayer country. It was surmised that the 1 withdrawal resulted from the May Be Tried probability that Greece will es- tablish a monarchial form of In Key West government,.A plebiscite is to be | held next Sunday to decide David Joseph Watson, 21, whether Greece will have a re-| negro cook aboard the U. S. S. publican or monarchial form of Stribbling, had a_ first degree government, and it was explain- | murder charge filed againstyhim ed that the monarchists far out-!in Miami by the FBI yesterday. number the republicans and will| Watson was in’ Jacksonville un- SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1948 City Has Till September 2 | To Enter Ap ‘in, circuit court in Miami, yester- ey: granted: temporary ‘injunc-) tions to the Key: West Realty Company and Norberg Thomp- son in suits brought against the city to restrain it from selling} | plaintiffs’ properties for delin- quent taxes. City Attorney J. Lancelot Les- ter informed The Citizen today that the city has until Septem-! | ber 2 to enter appearance in the | cases and until October 7 to file! answers, The answers, he ex- plained, will frame the issue be- | ‘tween the city and the plaintiffs. | i etestimany then will be taken in| the cases, and the court will de- | cide whether ‘to order the plain- . tiffs to pay the taxes or grant | them permanent injunctions and cancel the taxes, Staff Corps Holds Meeting, An organization meeting of the | Staff Assistance Corps of Key! West Chapter, American Red Cross, was called by its volun- teer special chairman, Mrs. L, H. ! Goddard, at the Chapter House for 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. ! The following members enroll-! |‘ed for the course of training that! ! will start at 10 ,am., September 10:* Mrs. Yvonne Baillod, Mrs. | ‘Durant, Mrs. Holmberg, Mrs. Da- Vis, Mrs. Knowles, Mrs. Frizzell ; and Miss Ruth Fant. Mrs. Goddard made an appeal to the group to assist in recruit- ‘ing other volunteers for the corps as\the need of the chapter is very | lnot redeem his property within knew nothing about the transac-! jbe given IN T arancedn:Suit Auction Tax Sale Attracts Orderly _ Crowd Of Fifty Archie Roberts, city tax col- lector, with two assistants, be- gan the historical sale of $172,- 000 in delinquent tax certificates this morning. Though tried many years ago, but never successfully, the sale today was a success for the city, Si N. B A person who wanted to bid isn ame-- ut on the announced auction realty property could do so by bidding; County® Solicitor Allan B. an interest rate up to 18 per | Cleare, Jr., “pulled a fast one” cent. The lowest and not the yesterday afternoon on ~ Walter highest interest bidder would bei Allen, charged — with having} the technical retainer of the bought $130 worth of paint from | preperty. That is, if one person the Thompson hardware store in bid 15 per cent and another party the name of Luther Pinder. bid six per cent, the latter would! Mr. Pinder said the paint had be adjudged the winner. {been bought in his name while! Should the property owner he was out of town, and that he! Defendant-Said ~ He Could Not two years, then the tax deed will tion until he received a bill for to today’s successful the paint. bidder. Should the property | Evidence was introduced ' to; owner redeem the property, he | show that Allen had bought the must pay the bidder the auction’ paint and signed for it on three | interest rate for the time which! different occasions. Thereupon, ensued from this date to redemp-/ Allen testified that he didn’t tion, plus the full amount that’ know how to write, and, there- | was due the city at the time of fore, could not sign his nanie. sale. Mr. Cleare then obtained a All bids accepted by the city registration book from County | are for full amount owed by the, Supervisor John England. In the! delinquent on the property de-{ book it was shown that Allen sired. E {had registered to vote in the pri- The auction attracted an in- mary last May. He was stumped terested gathering of approxi-, when he was shown where he; mately 50 persons. f had signed his name in the ‘reg- |} istration book. | The jury brought in a verdict} jof guilty, but Judge Caro post- | HE UNITED STATES ‘ , + POLITICAL COMMISSION VOOM Me OAM) OF YTALY One Arm More Than Enough For Roberts . Sam Roberts is a colored man with only one arm, but despite the handicap, in the words of | Robert Dopp,. di- rector of public service, “He is doing more work than men with two arms.” It is amaz- ing to see him work. He shovels concrete, cuts grass, trims coconut trees. The man simply loves his work. His production on South street, where he has been aiding in the city beau- PASS TO FRANCE (By Associates Treas) _ ‘ PARIS, Aug. 28.—At the sug-- gestion of Ernest Bevin, Great Britain’s foreign minister, the | Big Four, representing that coun- try, the United States, and Rus- sia, will hold a conference to- morrow to try to determine on a- form of procedure that will sult in the drafting of the ties for the five German’ satel-~ lites, Italy, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary and Romania. Thus far, it was announcéd, nothing of a substantial nature has been done in ‘preparing the | treaties during: the five weeks tification strip along that , area. is nothing less than | ‘ie representatives of the 21 na- phenomenal, jtions have been in session “heré. Talk and more talk, without any decisive action, it was pointed jout, has been the only result.at | the conferense, so far as the An employe of only two weeks, Roberts has fulfilled every expectation, and more. “He deseryes the fullest | i E credit,” said Dopp. proposed treaties are concerned. é | The Italian Political Commis- VPP MMM SS IB ion intormed the delegates to- + day that it had agreed to cede St. Bernard’s Pass, in the Alps, to' France. | Willard Thorpe, speaking ‘for ithe United States, said he was- jconfident that greater» progress would’ be made at the confer- 37 Lots Sold This Morning Fifty-seven different pieces of CEDING ST.. BERNARD _ be easy victors at the election. Dominga Hernandes \ . Rollowing a long. iliness, Mrs. pielew Hernandez, 62, passed away 8:15 o’clock this_ morning at y West Municipal Hospital. Funeral services will be held 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the residence, 1008 Grinnell to St. Mary’s Star of the eaten 1 church, where serv- will be held by Rev. John McHugh, S.J. Burial will be in the family lot at Catholic Cemetery. Lopez Funeral Home is in charge of ar- rangements, Survivors. of the deceased in- elude the husband, Jose Hernan- dez; two sons, Fidelio Hernan- dez and Joe Hernandez; a daugh- ter, Mrs. Gloria Hall, and two nephews, Joe Oropeza and Pablo Oropeza. Former Councilman Oualitied Yesterday As predicted the past week in The Citizen, William J. Dough- try, Jr., has entered the race for city commissionet for the un- expired term of W. C. Sweeting. Mr. Doughtry qualified yester- day at 5 o'clock, With the deadline of August 31 for qualifying fast approach- | ing, only three candidates have qualified. Albert’ G. Roberts, Louis Carbonnel and now Wil-| liam Doughtry. Predict 750 Votes For Commission Win A wise observer of past city elections had «his to say today “In this special election for a commissioner to be held Sept. 9, the winning person will not poll over 750 votes.” The reason for this’ forecast that there no other candidates wvunning for other positions to draw interest from the general public, arid that only those particularly interested in person running will be at the polls on election day, MA, ALBERT G. ROBERTS For City Commissioner (Pal. Political Advertisement) RAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Tou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone § “Opposite Army Barracks” dergoing pschiatzie examination. Watson “is. alleged to have ksilled Benjamin Leroy Hobbs, 19, ° great at this time for trained and ; Late Bulletins experienced: workers. In addi- tion to the regular chapter work, | (By Associated Press) staff assistants may be lent.to poned indefinitely the sentencing; of Allen, Judge Caro said this morning that Allen’s fingerprints property tax certificates were sold this; morning by Archie Roberts, city tax collector, by the ences if the representatives of one nation discontinued express- ing distrust of other nations. His wemarks concerned the tiff, yes- Lof Nebo, N. C,.The negro cook | 4s ‘Tepor to have Mmafnitained}other community” agencies. ~Re- ‘his innocence until “a meeting} quests for services of this type with his mother and pasfor. have already been made to the The procedure now is to take chapter. ais Watson before a United States} Miss June Lonas, special rep- | Commissioner, and if held for; "esentative from . southeastern} | trial by jury by the commission- | 4rea office, outlined the course ‘er, then the trial will be at Key | 0f training which covers all Red | West, it is said. Cross services, pointing out the Navy authorities. say. they have practical phases of the course | no: further interest in.the case,| Which deal with the particular | except to appear as witnesses. apes each member may Mrs. Goddard felt that the chapter was especially fortunate | in having present two trained’ staff assistants who transferred jin from other chapters, Mrs. Suits and Mrs. Hutchinson. | KEY WESTER NOW RENT EXAMINER ‘N. D. Keye, area rent director, has appointed Leo H. Warren, a well-known ‘Key Wester, as rent examiner of the local area. | Mr, Warren’s duties will con- sist of inspection and examina- tion, with some office work at present. For the most part, his |. S34 duties will keep ‘him on’ the out- | lic, Safety, was today writing out side, a “courtesy citation* to an of-| Mr, Warren, who resides at 412 | fending’ tourist violator. These | Elizabeth street, is a former mem- | Citations are given to non-resi- ber of the old City Council, serv- | dents of Key West who violate | ing from 1927-1935, six years of ; any of the. city traffic laws, such i which he was honored with the | as going through a stop’ light,! presidency. He served as mayor | illegal parking, ‘etc. | when the then mayor, Leslie Cur- The original form goes to the | | ry, was absent from the city or|party committing the offense, sick. while the duplicate is kept on} Governor Dave Sholtz appoint-|file at the Public Safety Direc- ed Mr. Warren to the Overseas |tor’s office. Of course, should! Road and Toll Bridge District} the offending party deliberate- | commission at its inception. He ly violate the traffic laws a sec | remained, on the board for 18!ond time, then they will be a months. } rested promptly. FISH By issuing these courtesy ci-| DEMERITT vous: tations, a spirit of cooperation; is shown to tourists, and many | Foot of Greene Street- Phone 44 Fish House is Painted Yellow are appreciative of this inter-| est, The city benefits more *FRESH JEWFISH *YELLOW TAILS | Courtesy Citations Create Good - Will Roy Hamlin, Director of Pub- in prestige, and good-will than it loses in the small fee that is not; collected. ny “Tourists do not know our) laws,” said Hamlin, “and should | be given every consideration.” | PONCE’S | BARBECUE 701 Simonton Street PHONE 488 Announce . . . Starting Wednesday, Aug. 28, They Will Feature CURB SERVICE “Come and Try Our SANDWICHES” RADIATOR SERVICE Repairing-Flushing-Conditioning GUARANTEED RESULTS | ambler’s Service’ Garage 404 Duval Street Adjoining La Concha Hotel Seeeeemmmemmantl RAULS | -- DANCING -- Nightly to the Music of MARK (CRUNCH) and His STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Piano SS We Also Have Popular lar Prices ; * rvations: Phone 9287 Brands of. BEER | day on a charge of peonage. it | was alleged that he obtained the I SEAT COUERS “had. been taken and sent to the’ 29 EBL office in Washington, and that he would be sentenced when i SCRAP’ BOMBERS NANKING. — Eleven B - bombers had been sold to Chinese SW? rs re to be scrapped, but the ' United the FBI report is received. States Foreign Liquidation ‘Com-' It, was, explained iby Judge mission learned they were being Caro that Pw provides for « repaired to be used by National- _setence of, as long as 10 years ist airmen, The commission te-- oP conviction. of obtaining: goods day issued orders to scrap thy Minder false pretenses. bombers, 2s had» been’ agreed: ; whenrt the-sale-was' made. i DR HAMILTON a | NOT GUILTY OF * STRIKING CHILD: JERUSALEM. — Two Jowide' wyoi guilly,” a juty sald yes. towns in Palestine were isolated ord aft at 5 cirinal today by British troops while . oi Ane eee eon hee cour nm le case 0} r. . . they conducted eeeees for ao: Hamilton, charged with having and myplllone $i nh SED, OAH . struck a child while undergoing be hidden in the towns. la physical examination in his of- fice. OPA SQUABBLE | Mrs. Rose Russell, the com- WASHINGTON. — OPA = plainant, alleged he had struck the Department of Agricultuf® hey four-year-old daughter. are squabbling today over th®, ywo witnesses and Dr. Hamil- price of beef on the hoof. Th® ton testified that it was Mrs. department wishes ‘to increas® Russel] herself who slapped the the prices from $1 to $2 a, hun- child, and a jury brought in ‘aj dred pounds, but OPA insists OM) verdict in his favor. the same ceiling that prevailed) SEASONAL RENTS on June 30. It, was said that the | President, who is in Bermud&,| NOT. TO DISRUPT PRESENT RENTALS may be telephoned for a de. Questioned by The Citizen to- cision. day upon the subject of “sea sonal rent”, which is uppermo: in the minds of some proper owners, N. D. Keye, area rent di- rector, stated fiat he “c}esn’t want to disrupt the local situa- tion”, but if there were any plac- es now vacant, and which have been vacant, he could adjust; CHARGE PEONAGE ATLANTA. — Roswell Big gers, a planter, was arrested to- release of five negroes from a jail and worked them on his farm for 50 cents to a dollar a day. The negroes said that, at ‘ the end of each week, when he them to seas nal rent basis. — made deductions for “charges.”; The main thing that Mr. Keye | they had little left of their wages. doesn’t want to do is to “disrupt Biggers was tried on a similar, local housing to any extent”. charge in 1916, but was found i not guilty. County Clerk’s Office Suits for divorce filed in the; county clerk’s fofice: gains ; John Sherman Williams against | Shirley Marie Call Williams. Dorothy Jeanne’ Rusker Shel- j den against,Samuel M. Shelden. | Celerina Ellis Norcisa Cruz against Louis.F..Cruz. peenere Suits Filed In | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street Saesere Phone Come In and Let Us PRESERVE YOUR CAR with A New Paint Job and Body Work Average Cost $45.00 Work Completed In Short Time NAVARRO, Incorporated | OPPOSITE BUS STATION ‘day by i driven his car off the boulevard | Slated for | toxicated. 4 municipal court. | shipments. "ROASTERS and FRYERS | auetion- method. “Some of thet terday, between -detegatesfrom property owners had not paid! Australia and Russia, Delegates taxes on their holdings since 1916 | from the’ latter country asserted and previoug. | that Russia opposed every line Four Key Westers, one of of action when it was not im ac- whom was a' lady, were the larg-! cord with the Russian . view- est buyers. of the real estate tax! point. Besides, the Russians at certificates. The lady, well! the. conference were...¢higrged known, is -not/.a_ native Key | With trying to “suppressstietails’ Weiter, purchased the largest in the discussion of @iestions nuthber of certificates. | that didnot please, Russia: ; The majority of the. property| “Thorpe expressed the “hope offered had” no bidders and will that, as a result of the meeting now be held by the city for a'of the Big Four secrétariés, two. year period. After that’ methods would be adopted that length of time the city will ac-; would accelerate the drafting of quire the title and deed and then ‘treaties for the Nazi satellites. the city may retain or sell the} roperty thus acquired, i Pighould any taxpayer want to| Sends Delegate Should any taxpayer ‘regain his property within the % two-year time limit, he may do To Confeernce so by paying interest on the} According to information re- property to the city for the) ceived here from the regional of- length of time said property was | fice of the USO, Gerald Pinder, held by the city. rate has not been determined. | Square’ USO, has been selected as Archie Roberts stated today | one of the delegates to attend the that the “city had acquired} Army and Navy AOS conference about 500 tax certificates,” and, at Silver Bay September 3 to 6. that the certificates purchased to- ; There will be several work individuals would not be | roups at the cohference to dis- delivered for about fifteen days. | cuss the role that USO will play jin the near future. The topic . . ae that the Jackson Square delegate CAR GOES OVER ___ | will be assigned to is “Wartime ROOSEVELT BLVD. | to Peacetime Services to Hospit- John E, Lewis, of Miami, was! alized Service Personnel.” arrested for drunken driving by| Mr. Frank Adams, director of Patrolman Mario Santana this, the USO, is preparing the ma- morning at 2:30 o’clock on the | terial for the discussion forums Roosevelt boulevard. Lewis had | that will take place. Other topics the conference are: into the ocean and the rear end| “Soldier to Civilian,” “USO to of the car was in the water. | Community,” “Wartime to Peace- Santana, who was cruising, time Needs of Service Men and around in’a patrot car, said that) Women Which Can Be Served Lewis was trying to get his car; Through the Literature Ap- started, and when. he examined proach,” and “In Service, Train- the man he found him to be in-| ing for ,the Shifting Scene He was arrested and| ‘The ogram department of placed in the patrol car and taken Jackson Square has also been as- to police headquarters in Cit; | signed to plan a Program Demon- Hell . E | stration at the Conference and My. Lewis is out on $100 bond will also send various poster dis- and’ will. be tried in Friday's | Plays depicting the Program ac- | tivities of the USO here at Key Lewig is said to deliver meat | West, Florida. products ‘in Key West from Mi- | BUS ami wholesalers. | ‘WANT ED! BOYS AFRICAN COA} Apply Hostess, Dining Room JOHANNESBURG.—AP. — So. | LA CONCHA HOTEL Africa exported 4,511,896 tons of coal in 1945, althost doubling 1938 | RS SPEAR REUBEN, PALACE THEATER Kaye Dowd in ‘An Angel Comes BEEPS EEE ERERE ERED ED | BRADY'S (Live) Poultry, and Egg Market to Brooklyn” 1214 White St, Phone 54f News and Serial CAO AR IORI AAR SLSR TE The interest | program director of the Jackson _