The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 3, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVII. No. 209 _— SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES CL RELL LL Ce Dancers Couldn’t Do Stutf MORE THAN 8,000 JAM- PACKED DUVAL AND FRONT STS. IN HAP- PY CARNIVAL MOOD “.... And there was music and singing and all the happy = turned out and danced street. These words from an old, old story best tell what hap- Boeo last night as more than Key Westers turned out originally, the “Night of Joy” was to be high- lighted with a street dance spon- sored by the Key West Hotel As- soc\ition and Business Meg and ‘Women’s Associations, to start with a Conga Line under the di- rection of Albert Boza at the cor- ner of Angela and Duval streets . at 8:30 p.m. According To Plan (?) Everything came off according to plan except that because of the enthusiasm of thousands of joy- makers in the jam-packed street the Conga Line didn’t have room rr ! No Official Word |On Airway Permit, | } i } R. Gomez States Rogelio Gomez, owner of the ‘part-owner of the Aerovias Q. ‘Airline, has returned from a five-day trip to Havana, relative , to the grounding of the Cuban line that has been operating be- ‘tween the Island City and Ha- | , Vana, Key West-Havana Tours, and) __ KEY WEST, Ralph Sierra and Jeff Knight, Jr., had not mailed their resigna- tions from the city civil service board tothe city commissioners up; Until noon today, but said they intended to mail them later in the day. The third member of the béard who is said to also be resigning, Mrs. Wilhelmina Harvey, could not be reached for verification of the rumor that she is resigning. “I cannot speak for the others,” | the three-member board, “but my resignation will be in the mail! submitted for purely personal! reasons and I have no_ further statement to make at this time.” | Jeff Knight, Jr., said, “My res-} mail some time today. That’s all For some time the board has been finder fire because it rein- stated four Key West policemen Attended Conferences While there he attended numer- ous conferences to see what» could be done. to speed up the { granting of a permit by Wash-' ington aviation authorities for ‘ this international line. One of the conférences held with Aero- | vias Q.’s presicent, Colonel Man- | uel Quevedo, and Vice President | Chief Comdr. J. Alvarez Del Regato with Cuba’s President, | Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin, was ‘held yesterday, enough to get going. Destlte the; Outcome of the meeting has | uper S90 ate the Eh Sei not been. revealed, but the sub- eftor e city police force, | ject taken up at the. important head by Chief Bienvenido conference was “Operation of Perez himself, the shoving, happy | Acrovias Q. line into Key West | erowd could not be cleared away fom Havana.” j far’ enough to permit the dance eas anti cacas 3 | Bend ps planned. < The Aerovias line has been that had been dismissed by for- mer City Manager Dave King. On August 20 a petition bearing approximately 1,000 names was} presented to the city commis: ¥)n | calling upon it to request the resignations of the three-member board. Salary for each member-of the board is only $15 per month. Sale Of Realty In Monroe Conty Doris Lee has sold a house and lot on’ Eaton, near Elizabeth street, to Clarence U. and Flor- ence §. Allshouse for $6,500. The lot has a frontage on fKaton street of 99.6 feet and a depth of 88.6 feet, C, Sam B. Curry: has sold a plot, 175 by 443 feet, on Key Lar- j said Ralph Sierra, chairman of |’ sometime late today. It is being vs ignation will probably be ‘/. the | I care to say about it at the pres-|- j ent time.” FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1946 ? |City Givil Service Members | Vas So Joyful That Conga Terrific Hurricane Struck Keys Eleven Years Ago Monday Labor Day 1946 fell on the same date this year—Septem- ber 2—as it did in 1935 when a raging hurricane swept through the Keys taking the * lives of more than 500 peo- ple. On that date eleven years ago a special train sent to rescue veterans housed in rehabilitation camps on the Keys was swept like drift- wood from the tracks just as it entered the stricken area. Of more than 500 veterans in the area only 10 managed to survive the terrible force of the hurricane. Savorrrrws 18 Jews Escape From Ship Into Palestine Port (iy Associated Press) JERUSALEM, Sept, 3.—Eigh- teen Jews were reported today to have escaped into a Palestine port from the steamship Four Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) 81 KILLED IN RIOT BOMBAY. — Eighty-one were ‘killed and more than 200 injured ! in rioting that started here Satur- day between Hindus and Mos- ; lems. COMMUNISTS ROUTED NANKING.—The Chinese gov: ernment announced today that Communists had been routed by ! Natiorialist forces in a battle in northern China. SUGAR STRIKERS HONOLULU.—The strike on sugar plantations on Hawai en- tered its third day today. Strik- ers are demanding shorter hours ‘nd higher wages. Spokesmen for planters said that, were the wages demanded granted, they would exceed the $21,000,000 , *LAUGHTER AND GAYETY MARK COLORFUL EVENT AS THICK CROWDS LINE DUVAL Yesterday between fifteen and twenty thousand Key Weat- ers turned out to witness and participate in one of the mx elaborate and colorful Labor Day celebrations ever i | 1 | the history of the Island City. Although the main. street POT Oe TIO M ‘Death Toll Of Accidents Total 305 In W eek-End (By Associated Prese) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.— Total of fatal accidents dur- ing the Labor Day week-end exceeded by 95 the number that had been estimated by the National Safety Council. The council’s estimate was t ‘AQ ekg +e parade was not scheduled to get. underway until 9 a.m., crowds of people. began to congre gate on Duval and adjoining. streets as early as 8 o'clock. ~ od By 9:15 am, when — Parade Marshal Lt. Ray Atwell gave’ the j actual signal for the colorful: as- jsemblage to begin its movement, there was standing room “on both sides of Duval street. fro: near City Hall to Division street. A Gay Holiday Spirit It was a gay crowd full of hol iday spirit. Young and old, light and dark, strong and weak took | part in it. Mothers brought babes in arms and dds held up theit tots to see the parade as it slowly up Duval... There... was much laughter. There was ap- plause, and there was the throw- | It was an otderly crowd, but one fiat simply could not control its enthusiasm. Men, women and. children of all ages took part. ‘They shouted and they sang, they , ‘ out of operation since August 27. 80 to Hazel R. McKenzie for ‘Mr. Gomez ‘stated that he has: $5,000. a letter from Pan American Ain;!. Tom Hanley has bought four lines in which they say that they !ots in Anglers’ Park, Key Largo, Freedoms that was intercepted by the British warship Childers, with 1,000 Jewish emigrants aboard. British authorities stated that the Jews were attempting to en- ter Palestine illegally. Except the 18 who escaped, the remaining Jews on. the. Four Freedoms were transferred to a Liberty ship to be taken to the Island of Cyprus. | Profits of the plantations last year. ‘ing of confetti. | "The parade began to form in |front of City Hjll as early as.8 Announce Street : Parade Winners. Winners for having the _ thet 210 would lose their lives, but up to early this afternoon, the total reported numbered 305, Automobile accidents ac- counted for 212 of the deaths; 29 were drowned and the remaining 64 were killed in NEW SECRETARY . WASHINGTON, — William L. ‘Clayton today assumed his duties | ‘@8 mew acting secretary of state. ‘Me is serving mn that capacity be- | cause of the absence of Secretary | ‘Byrnes and Under-Secretary Dean Acheson. DRIVERS ON STRIKE are not interested in flying from © or into Key West. “Now,” said daug $2d and they screamed, Con- Paper. siregmers were in abundance—and the | Gomez, “why, if they are not in- , happy mass of human. | terested in this locality, should | ity ved tik Duval toward | they object to Aerovias flying in- Street as the lava from ato Key West?” moves, i Gomez said that the Cuban & » Fat And Fortyish representatives of the company Bight Faroles—beautiful lan-|are doing all in their power to terns on long poles—that were sce that this service is main- originally intended to. precede: tained, and we in Key West: the Conga Line, did get going, and | should do likewise. He appealed were a delight to behold.. They to all civic organizations to get, swayed and swirled in the dark-| behind this project by writing to! mess as the crowd followed them their congressmen and to the in- to front street. ! terested aviation authorities, tell- Your reporter, fat and fortyish.|ing them that the service is got caught up in the happy’ needed by Key West and wanted | throng and despite repeated ef- very much. foxig 10 get away, sould not ex-| No Official Word tricate himself from it. Hisshat) yy answer to a question by The was shoved down. aver his £yeS | Citizen, as to when operation of by an over-enthusiastic blonde, a} ji,. will start again, Gomez re-} plump lady of some dimensions jjieq, “We have received no of- stepped upon his already over-' roi) word and are still ground- | worked feet, a child with sticky ed.” It is speculated that a 10-! eandy of some sort swiped HIM rip monthly charter flight will across the cheek, and finally he 4 i i Sart be authorized by the CAA in found himself half carrying hingt hortl baby. Where it came from the | Was gedersets tok Citizen th Lord only knows. but eventual- Asked by ‘eld e. ly, gasping for breath and heav- status of Meacham Fie’ 88.8, ‘1 rf r Rogelio Gomez ing like an oyerworked horse, he Port of entry, Rogeho Gon stumbled to the edge of the said, “all complications have crowd and at last found refresh- been ironed out,” and added that | ing fresh air. The crowd moved his company would continue to} on. Obviously, he was ‘too old operate the afrline from Meach- and tired to compete with it. lam Field as soon as permission At Last They Heeded |was granted for renewal of But never mind. A few min- | flights, i utes later he was back in there The Aerovias Q. Airlines have battling again—this time in front | eight new planes, all DC-3’s. of the Driftwood Club on Front; They are 21-passenger planes. street, which was all roped off} The planes- were purchased di- and ready for the Conga dancers. | rectly from the factory. from Hazel $1,000. R. Lanninger, for ‘Announce Opening Of Schools Sept. 9 } Convent of Mary Immaculate, St. “Joseph’s and St. Francis Xavier schools will re-open on Monday, September 9. Books will be sold for high’! school students on Friday, Sept? 6 from 9 to 11:45 a. m., and from 1 to se ai p. m. On’ Thursday, Septem 5, for. grade. pupils. the* book sale ere ae 10 to 11:45 a. m., and from 1 to 4:45 | p. m. Hot dinners will not be served this year at the Convent. VIIa aa aia ea Lottery Begins Today In Japan (By Associated Press) TOKYO, Sept. 3.—Big bal- loons, similar to those that were used during the war to carry bombs from Japan to the United States, were hoist- ed in various parts of Japan today telling the people that a national lottery had been established. In the newspapers, the Japs are informed that the two chief objects in holding the lottery, which will be con- ducted at regular intervals, are to check inflation and to help finance the government. Reports from all over Ja- pan stated that the people are enthusiastic in their ap- proval of the lotteries, and that many tickets have been sold, OSL SIS SI SM. tt Have your Dodge, Chrysler, Ply- mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL- NEW PIONEER HOT 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 Lee Mason, of radio. station WKWF, who emceed the whole| .pasaanassssssesee speaker for the crowd to move Ingredients (Continued on Page Four) Compounded by Experienced ee | GARDNER'S PHARMACY BATTERIES CHARGED | rnone 177 Free Delivers The Modern Way | SELL ELLIE LLL ADE IDOE, gent cor can be. on. ts VICE RADIATOR SERVICE & Smith AUTO SE Ryig GUARANTEED RESULTS |ambler’s Service Garage Adjoining La Concha Hotel and) ING’S “Sica marnet Eliza Street at Margaret and Fleming Sts. | Sole Distributors of H business, pleaded over a loud-| PRESCRIPTION ises: Bioek: ve aS Pharmacists Drive in, in 90 to 45 minutes and) | Repairing-Flushing-Conditioning | A 404 Duval Street Phone 243 / Freshly D: CHICKENS Sou ‘Duval at South St. IG ROOM and ‘AIL LOUNGE — Opens 5 P.M. Daily-—— ES aan ERS—at the RIGHT PRICE!!! NAVARRO Ine. Opposite Bus Station WHITE INN . RESTAURANT | 1018 DIVISION STREET (Under New Management) Enjoy Real Spanish Dishes at | Reasonable Prices SRST }eral occasions to stop its planes | Key West to some other place in Tt was announced today that’ 100 Jews, who had been arrested NEW YORK.—Twenty - five as suspects in’ Palestine, “had: thousand. truck drivers are. on been released. _ Strike in this city. Tie-up of the {tucks are said to be “com- plete”. ; + Lurlene Curry’s Estate Valued: At $36,716.38 An inventory and a ,report of raisers were, filed ‘ yesterday Tito Assumes No Blame For ~~ Killing Airmen: (Ry Associated Presa) ! office in the estate of Lurlene L. BELGRADE, Sept. 3—It was Curry, who died suddenly in Mi- revealed today that Marshal Tito ami on July 29. sent a note to the United States Value of the estate is placed at on August 30, in which he stated $36,716.38, though the appraisers that his government assumed no explained that that amount did responsibility for the shooting not include properties in which down of an American plane over the deceased had interests and Yugoslavian territory. Five men which are in litigation. lost their lives in the crash of they plane. S from that in litigation, is gi Tito asserted that the United 4 §32.973, and of personal prop- States had been warned on sev- erty, $3,843.38. Some of the itimized are a two-story dwelling on Division street on a {lot 100 by 112.6 f 12,600; an- | other houses on Division street, $3,400; ! ty, $10,338, and an interest-in a Havana,. $4,000. realty holding from flying over Yugoslavia, and stone that the warning had not been heeded. EBERHARDT BE TRANSFERRED. building Six copies of a petition, ad- a a dressed to Governor Caldwell,‘ MAILS BALLO1 are extant in Key West, request- | TO ALL MEMBERS ing him to transfer Fred O. Eber- | Secretary of the Key West hardt, automobile license tag in-' @hamber of Commerce is toda spector in Monroe county, from gpailing ballots to members for the election of a board of direc | tors for the ensuing year. in, Should any member not re- ‘ ceive a ballot, the person is re- ‘quested to contact the secretary so that a correction may be made | immediately. * Florida. Three of the copies are business houses on Duval street, one on Division street and two are being circulated by individ- uals. EBERLE ELLER ELL LSE DEES al fa NOTICE! Regular Communication of Dade Lodge No. 14, F. & A.M., Wednesday evening, Sept. 4th, at 8:00 o'clock. Visiting Masons invited to attend. : Commissioners | To Meet Tonight | County commissioners will] hold a regular meeting tonight. | Only routine matters will be! |, considered. ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone rrr reeres COOPER, Acting W.M. F. O. WEECH, A. B. | bar 1"! Announcing the Opening THE MUSIC BOX “Key West's Only Exclusive Music Store” 726 DUVAL STREET Records and Sheet Music Complete Lines of ... INSTRUMENTS and ACCESSORIES rnoon in the county judge’s | Total value of real estate, aside | real estate in Dade coun- | Secretary. | miscellaneous mishaps. Lo Ld l Lode eude Eloy Villate’s ‘ Somebody set his truck afire, some time between 3 and 4 o'clock Sunday morning, Eloy Villate' reported to the sheriff's office today. Chief Deputy Moreno Wallace, | who is ‘working on the case, said | that a woman, who resides near {the Villate home on Seminary i * | street, stated that she saw a man beside the truck between 3 and 4 o'clock Sunday morning. She jsaid further she had seen what |appeared to be the same man | walking around the truck, as \though examining it, on several {other oceasions at night. The cab of the truck was com- letely destroyed, though it is ht, the engine can be re- paired. Chief Wallace said that | Villate of a reward of $500 \for' the arrest and conviction of the man who set fire to the truck. ;P | thoug! Ellingson Will | Address Jaycees | The Key West Junior Chamber | of Commerce will hold its regu- lar monthly dinner meeting on | Wednesday, September 4, 146, at | the Casa Cayo Hueso at 06 p.m. | City, Me . J. S. Elling- | son will address the Jaycees, who | will be out in full force with | their wives and guests. PALACE THEATER JESS BARKER in “IDEAL GIRL” News and Serial TONIGHT 1S: PRIZE NIGHT | crcnded REPLACEMENT 7 PARTS | HOY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | 121 Duval Street | eum Phone 442 ee « DANCING -- Nightly to the Music of MARK ‘snd STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 Truck Set Afire; | Offers Reward most attractive floats in Key. West's huge Labor Day Pa- /rade were announced today as follows: FIRST PLACE — National Community © Serv! uso Club.- iss HONORABLE MENTIONS —Painter's Union: South Beach Casino, the Driftwood, and the Jatkson Square USO Club. | o'clock. It moved with a dine 6 march south on Duval to Division, and then up Division to Bayview Park, where Meniorial Servites were sponsored by- Arthiir. Saws yer Post, American.-Légign;’ if memory of veterans who perished in’ the Labor Day hurricané of ‘1935 on upper Florida Keys. A Long Parade It required approximately. 26 minutes for the long parade to pass a given point and more thal a full hour for its entire letigth to reach Bayvies Park. All in all, there were about 30 units to the parade, which passed in this order: The City Policé De- partment, city and Navy Fire De- partments, the Army, the Aimeg!- can Legion, Marines, Naval units, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Key West High School _ Band, Brownies and Cubs, Girl Scouts, ;Cub Scouts, Colored Scouts, the American Legion Auxiliaty, Knights of Pythias,. Key West Shriners, 14 cowboys, Overseas | Transportation Company trucks, Club Sugaloa ear, Union Pitiit- ers car, South Fisach Casino car, Driftwood car, then représerita- tions for the USO, Lions, Florida Peace Officer’s Association, the National Catholic Commurfty |Service, Sealtest,. Mike the | Plumber, Trevor & Morris, Youth for Christ, and finally an auto- |mobile advertising the campaign of Louis Carbonell for City Com- m™m ioner. Honor For Veterans Troops and Navy men were- perspiring freely by the tinle they completed the march to Bayview }Park. Civilians, too, for that imatter, who followed out to. the to participate in th. me- morial ceremonies, were a bit be- j draggl The Park water foun- tain soon became a popular spot. After the troops had been {drawn up in front of the. Park (Continued on Page Four) i } Have Your Car GREASED and SPRAYED. Before or After 6 p.wi. DAILY or SUNDAY, OPEN 7 am. to Midnight Mechanic to Serve Yor POOR OLD CRAIG Service Station Al Armengol, Owner. ion at Francis Phone $134 | { Divis: