The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 31, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVII. No. 208 Roberts Intimates Eberhardt Might Have Been Funning, But McCarthy Not Asked His View A large crowd crowd, tensely interested, was present this morning in criminal court to hear what Fred O. Eberhardt had to say about the complaints that had been made to Judge Caro by jurors about what they said was Eberhardt’s comments after they of me when men like you turn my prisoner loose? What kind of citizens are you?” | After he had made that state- ment, Roberts then declared that he and. Eberhardt had always been good friends, and were still good friends, and that they had “funned” a good deal, and that he wanted Eberhardt to know he COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR LABOR DAY CELEBRATION 2. Day Key West's Labor " bor Day program,. wi organizations and’ individuals’ ‘contributing their best efforts to make this the outstanding Labor Day ever held in the city, is! announced as follows: PAL HOBBY SHOW St. Mary's . 1021 Duval Street’ Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 3:00 to 8:00 P. M. SOFTBALL—Bayview Park Saturday, 7:30 P. M. (Doubleheader) Miami Zissen’s Bowery vs. Key West [Harry er Giver City Manager _City Manager Ellingson yester- . with many civic-minted B trolman Harry Lee Baker for [violations of section 3 and sec- tion 7, Under the first section, Baker was accused of being ab- sent without authority. for: two ye one-half hours Thursday, 'and under section 7 was charged Lwith failure to give traffic sum- Parish Hall , . = re ‘ suspended for two days Pa- || (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—On of the 22 Nazis, who have been had ht i rdict i 3 brought in a verdict of not the eve of the plebiscite inn. trial as war criminals since 5 guilty in the case of a sailor, eharged with operating a car without a license tag and a driv- er's license. Samuel McCarthy, a returned Navy man, told the court that Eberhardt picked up a paper on the clerk’s desk, walked up to MeCarthy, and, holding the paper at each end, snapped it, and said: “That's some verdict! What in: the hell kind of jurors are you?” Percy Roberts, another juror, said that, while court was in session, Eberhardt came to his side of the room, and said: “What in the hell do you think people on the outside will think f $100,000 Debt Portion 0 was still his friend, and that he was ready to shake hands. He then extended his hand to Eber= ; hardt, and they shook hands, | Judge Caro remarked that, in view of what Roberts had said, there was a possibility that Eb- erhardt was “funning” when he made the remarks to Roberts about the verdict. While Roberts did not answer the question directly, he inti- mated that Eberhardt could have been “funning,” and then Judge Caro, without questioning Mc- Carthy, said that, in that event, there was ro need of further con- sidering the matter. * Monday, 7:30 P. M. (Doubleheader) , Miami Boopsie Kids vs. Key West Coca-Cola Girls BASEBALL—Municipal Stadium Sunday and Mo! hea Raiders vs. Picked Team ‘ MONDAY Key West PARADE, 9:00 A. M.: (Parade forms at City Hal! Duval to Division, ‘Divisio: Lt. Ray Atwell, Parade Marshal. MEMORIAL SERVICE, 10:30 | memory of veterans who of 1935 on upper Florida Keys.) Bayview Park. FIELD MEET, 11:00 A.M+s Bayview Park. TENNIS TOURNAMENT, 2:00 P.M.: (Sponsored by Junior Chamber of Commerce.) (Sponsored by Arthur Sawyer Post, American Legion, in ‘3 anq 7. without pay. monses for illegal parking dur- ,; ing those same hours, Bienvenido Perez, chief of po- lice, recommended suspension of Baker, and forwarded his find- ings to Public Safety Director Roy Hamlin, who in turn sent a letter to City Manager Elling- son, stating, “After careful study, Tam complying with Perez’s il, with Line of March south on | commendation. Manager Elling- n'te Bayview Park.) son then sent a letter to Patrol- man Harry Lee Baker, saying, “You are suspended for two days, namely Sept. 1-2, under sections ‘ t n ; for leav- perished in Labor Day Hurricane |ing post without authority, and negligence in the performance of duty.” No Word Received By Civil Service Jack Murray, civilian person- [nel director, stated today that nday, 3:00 P. M. A.M:.: + Greece, the Soviet press and last November made’ 26 radio attacked the United States’ final pleas in > i sel today, charging it with imperial-' 4. t:ja1 401 os os ism and with giving moral aid ‘court 2 ee held - to the monarchists in Greece in, ie: : Reon their determination to recall King, Herman Goering, the : George II. A radio spokesman said that the presence of the aircraft car- rier Franklin D. Roosevelt in Grecian waters ig for no other purpose than to Bive assurance to the monarchists that they will triumph at the polls. former air marshal, ‘had not issued orders Germans. He denied some | Rudolf Hess, who escaped Germany to England early in He argued that the carrier war, talkedaincoherently for 20- does not represent the man whose name it bears, for he, were he alive, would have insisted on a fair election in Greece. The spokesman concluded by assert- ing ‘that imperialism, as repre- sented in the United States and Great Britain, is “speeding up” World War II. minutes _ the cou BT ed Hitler the foremost citizen in until he was stopped by , Germany over a period of 1,000 | years. While he was rambling his speech, saying something « | t@ither he nor Ralph Sierra, civil s@rvice board chairman, had re- e@ived notice of City Manager Will Be Liquidated Shortly} ,, 2277" 2%. 00. ». a. Navy Submarine. Base, Enlisted Men’s Swimming Pool. moment and contradicting next, the court PAL Hobby Show seated g ; City Finance Director-Comp- troller Charles Roberts, stated teday that he will soon submit a@ plan to City Manager Elling- gon, which in turn will be given the City Commissioners for ap- proval, that will pay back a por- tion of the floating debt of $100,- 000 that is owed by the city. The tax collector, Archie Rob- erts, has reported delinquent tax collections totaling approxi- $75,000, and tax certifi- \POeeeeee as (No Citizen On Labor Day The Citizen will not be is- sued on Monday, Labor Day. It has been customary with The Citizen to ob- serve three holidays, Christ- mas, Fourth of July and La- bor Day. on which it is not published, (Enter Sub Base at Southa: STREET DANCE (Sponsored by Key West and Business Worm n’s Associations) rd Street Gate. No cars allowed.) | Ellingson’s suspension of Patrol- mati Harry Lee Baker. The weekly civil service board meeting scheduled to be held (this morning at Murray's office, | was not held due to the absence Hotel Association, Business Men CONGA LINE, under direction of Alberto Boza, forms at’ 6f one of its members, Wilhel- corner of Angela and Duval Streets, extending on down to Front and Duval Streets. STREET DANCE, between Duval and Fitzpatrick Strests | 9:00 P. M. to 12:00 Midnight. on Front. (NOTE: The committee requests that all judges and officials | be at the places of the various events at the appointed time.) i mina Harvey, who ifrom the city. “PM INNOCENT,’ SAYS ‘PATROLMAN BAKER Harry Lee Baker, patrolman, ; who was suspended for two day: was away 8:30 P. M. Started Today At 3:00 p. m., today the doors of the St. Mary’s Parish Center at Duval and-~ Virginia streets were opened for the PAL Hobby Show. The hobbies are prepared and exhibited by the Junior PALs and are divided into three age groups ranging from six to twen- ty-one years. No adults are allow- ed to participate im the attrac. ' tive prizes, many of which have been donated: by local mer-! Other defendants horror of war and tried to avert it, exceptions, they denounced ler as alone guilty of the atroci- ities committed by the Germans. One defendant said that . had lost the war because of Godlessness, and added was now a devoutly man, and appealed to mans to have faith in mighty. The Jew baiter Strei without pay: by . City. Manager Aerovias 7) Airline Or J.'S. ee yesterday on ri ‘charges of being absent without Granted Extension sumnority between the hours of Word was received today b¥ 9a m:, and 11:30 a. m, Thurs- chants and citizens... As an in- pied he had been cruel to . spiration to the children there; Sea said that, eer will be several ‘adult .exhibits, | tried always to help them. among them the extensité &tamp} Court ‘recessed until Septem- collection of Col. L. C. Brinton, ber 21, when the verdict will be oe ee ens tr Of $10,500, | PLM LD MI MILT S| Part 5,500, said th J 500, said the « % should go toward) * : Memorial Service ee the floating debt. ob- Singleton Resigns: For Labor Dav| be held at Bayview Park on 4 A brief Memorial Service will After the money has been ap- portioned, Roberts will prepare; proper schedules for debt retire- ment. This $100,000 floating debt te the sole outstanding obliga- tien of the city except for the bond indebtedness of $1,540,000. All current obligatiins for pay- rolls, supplies, ete. have been peld monthly for the past sev- eral years, Roberts said that The Citizen's reeoremendation editorially in yesterday's edition, for debt Hiquitiation, was “Aptly put, for thie is the opportune time.” “Of course,” said Roberts, “we cam't jeopardize current opera- thems, bet surplus should be applied on the floating debt.” Of the $100,000 owed, $35,000 i te om individual dating back oe fer as 1929. This amount was contracted thusly: A local man hed purchased salary assignment warrants from city employes to- taling this amount. These assign- mente were purchased without @ieeount, dollar for dollar. Another debt is for $15,000, and stilt another for $10,000, for di- reet personal services. Reberts felt that the first con- sideration should go to those who rendered direct personal service, second cansideration to the in-} dividual holding salary assign- ment warrants. There is @ surplus, and Roberts said that, legally, this amount should apply on unpaid obliga-: tions, since the money was col- lected for those years in which the obligations would necessarily have been paid. PONCE’S BARBECUE 701 Simonton Street dre Now Featuring ... CURB SERVICE “Come and Try Our SANDWICHES” We Also Have Popular Brands of BEER As Harbor Master (By Awsocinted Press) TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 31,— |}Governor Caldwell today accept- ed the resignation of Stephen C. Singleton as harbor master of Key West. No successor was ap- pointed by the governor. Mr. Singleton’s resignation is due to the fact that he is leaving Key West to make his home in Miami. SCOUTS TO MEET AT Wilbert Moehrke, Monroe county district Boy Scout com- missioner, wants all Scotts and Cubs, regardless of whether their units have been meeting this summer (white or later;than 8:30 a. m., Monday, to participate in the Labor Day parade. They should report in uniform, if possible. “BECAUSE OF HIM” News and Serial RR LRT ORR CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE —-—-Opens 5 P.M. Daily-—— TWINS GARAGE 1130 Duval Street Phone 169 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts CLUB 116 FITZPATRICK at GREENE ST. Opposite Western Union Clean - Cool - Comfortable OPENS NIGHTLY at 6 WOODY AT THE PIANO He Will Sing Your Favorite Songs Come—Enjoy Yourselt BEES SSBS8S8 S888 CITY HALL MONDAY ; colored) to} meet in front of City Hall no|, Monday morning, following the Labor Day parade. Services will be in memory of those veterans who lost their lives during the Labor Day hurricane on the Florida Keys in 1935. The services will be conducted by the Key West Guard of Hon- or of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion. The following program will be rendered: Introductory remarks, Post Commander Vance C. Stir- rup; invocation, Post Chaplain | Albert L. DiNegro, Jr.; remarks, | Frank Hanrahan, American | Legion; taps (30 seconds of sil- | ence), Post Bugler Arent T.4 Sjursen, Jr., and benediction, | Chaplain Albert DiNegro, Jr. Girl Scouts To Meet At City Hall Monday | Mrs. Doris Thompson, Scout- mistress of Troop 5, Girl Scouts: |of America, has requested all lo- cal Girl Scouts te appear in uni- form in front of the city hall at; 8 o’clock Monday morning to take part in the Labor Day parade. | In the evening, at 8 o'clock, ; Mrs. Thompson’ said, all Girl | Scouts who have obtained uni- forms frome Wesley House, will meet in that building, Angela} and Duval streets. | SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Where You Can Get the | BEST DRINKS IN TOWN YOU NAME IT—WE HAVE IT | SERRATE The Fuchs Baking Company “Makers of Holsum” Will Not Deliver Bread On Labor Day Monday, Sept. 2 R, J. Faraldo, nt PHONE ee Awe | The Citizen that the CAA board gay, Aug. 29, and for failure to of - Washington has authorized give traffic summons for il-| Aerovias Q airline to make 10 jegal parking during the same} is an outstanding examplé} This hobby show is an indica- | rendered. charter flights monthly on dif- i ferent dates and not regularly scheduled flights. This permit ; permit may be renewed for an-| other 30 days, after the first month’s expiration date. Mr. Rogelio Gomez, of the Key West-Havana Tours, is in Havana’ in conference with high Cubati” government officials, having left on the last authorized flight granted by Washington authori- ties. EIGHT ACRES AT KEY LARGO BRINGS $4,000 Unimproved acreage on Key Largo is now bringing higher prices than during any other time since the present activity in Florida Keys realty began, ac- ! cording to a deed filed today in the county clerk’s office. Ella Mary Carlstedt sold eight acres at Rock Harbor to Jose- phine Jessie Freed for $4,000. Suseuseeeeee NOTICE! Use of spray guns for any type of painting on union jobs in Key _| West is prohibited by L.U. 1315 By-Laws. General—or sub-con- tractors—who persist in using spray guns on a job after reading this notice are hereby warned | that ALL union men will be call- ed off such a job and that it will be picketed until spray guns are | removed. Union men found using spray guns are subject to charges and subsequent fines as set forth in L.U. 1315 By-Laws. Use of spray guns on painting jobs keeps brushmen out of work. During the war, use of spray guns was permitted due to the shortage of painters. Now, however, there are enough men to supply-all jobs. | A spray gun, in a day, can do the werk of 8 to 10 men. Contractors | figure their jobs by brush-work, then spray them, thus saving hir- ing of men and a large payroll. Don't keep a painter from hav- ing a job! Use union brush-men! - We will thank contractors for complying with local by-laws, TEDDY B. KERR, Business Agent, L.U. 1315, Brotherhood of Paint- ers, Decorators and Paperhang- ers of America, A.F.ofL. | will be valid for 30 days. Thej hours, today told The Citizen that he would make an immediate appeal to the civil service board. Denies Charges Patrolman Baker denies both charges. He has_ witnesses to }prove that he was on duty dur- ‘ing the hours cited by the sus- pénsion. And on the other charge of failure to give traffic sum- monses, he said, “To my knowl- edge, there was no illegal park- ing at those hours stated.” Baker | went on to explain that a patrol- {man could check all cars along this beat, and while he was at the furthest end of the beat, that someone could enter the parking meter space without depositing a coin, and it might be as long as ten minutes before he could return to check same. “Now,” stated Baker, “if someone came’ by during those ten minutes and {found an illegal parker, he would have thought that I was to ; blame for failure to give a sum- ; mons.” Two Years on Force “I was on the force before en- tering the Army, and have serv- ed since leaving the Army, for a total of about two years, and dur- ing that time no suspension has been against my record, or vio- lation of duty.” * Another city employe who was listening to Baker's statements, told the suspended patrolman that he would advise taking the suspension without pay, rather than go to all the trouble and hard feelings that would result from an investigation. To this Baker promptly replied, “If I innocent, and justice should be done. Today, I am suspended for “charges that are not true; te- morrow, I might be ‘fired’ for the same charges.” | at tt ttt CLUB SUGALOA for Free Eransportation Call 9190 Daneing Nighily tion of what the PAL organiza~} FIELD OFFICER tion ‘is doing for our youngsters, | TO VISIT. who can not participate in ath- | Saleh 5:5 letic @vents, as well as for those} Jeff Knight, Jr, mar wha have hitherto “undevéloped of the local office ofstle-Ui S. talents along these lines. It is aj Employment Service, announced precept of PALs that busy fin-|today that Mr. William B. Weav- gers, keeri minds and healthy | et, manager of the Social Secur- bodies, under proper supervision, | ity field office at Miami, will be be directed into community-/at the local United States Em- helping channels. | ployment Service at 314 Simon- In New York City the PAL ton street, on Wednesday, Sep- organization is credited with} tember 4th, from 9 a, m, to noon, having reduced juvenile delin-| Anyone wishing information quency by almost 60 per cent. It; pertinent to Old Age and Survi- should be even more successful! vors Insurance should make an in a community the size of Key |effort to see Mr. Weaver at that West. | time. Refreshments are being served | after the Hobby Show and music ‘ALLEN GIVEN YEAR IN is being furnished by the High | JAIL IN PAINT €ASE School ‘Band, Hector — Barroso: Walter Allen, convicted of ob- John Pritchard and their orches- ltaining goods under false pre- tras, and The Girls of Note. ltenses, was sentenced today to a The show is a non-profit mak-| year in jail by Judge Caro; pre- ing enterprise and no admission! siding in criminal court. were guilty, I'd take it, but I'm? is being charged. Allen is the man who obtained | paint, valued at $130, from the | Thompson hardware store under |the name of Luther Pinder, | J. J. Fritz pleaded guilty, | through his attorney, to drunken | driving, and paid a fine of $100. ETRE EE ITA RADIATOR SERVICE Repairing-Flushing-Conditioning | GUARANTEED RESULTS Ambler’s Service Garage 404 Duval Street Adjoining La Concha Hotel OPEN SUNDAY From 7 A.M. to Midnight To Serve You Gas - Oil - Parts Batteries Charged - Flats Fixed) Grease and Spray Jobs | POOR OLD CRAIG | Ts Public Cordially Invited to Jame canes | DANCE Division at Francis St. Ph. 9134) LABOR DAY NIGHT RAUTL’S b| VEW Clubhouse || FLAGLER AVE. and 2ND ST. | Poinciana Bus Passes Door -- DANCING - Nightly to the Music of to the MUSIC of MARK (CRUNCH) and-His (| JOHN PRITCHARD | STANLEY Orchestra | and HIS ORCHESTRA { i Dry Cleaning and Alteration> NEW ADDRESS 711 DUVAL STREET PHONE 271 | | } | WHERE TO DANCE Featuring SYLVIA at Piano F 9 P.M. Until “2” . rom -M. Until Best Drinke— Open Monday thru Saturday Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 No Admission, Cover or Mintmum