The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 17, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVIL. No, 221 “Set” Fire Early: This Morning Caused $2500 Nazi Prisoners IN THE UNITED STATES : KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1946 ‘cee American And. Russi Came Near Staging - Berlin, It Was Revealed Today A “set” fire at 1:30 o'clock this It took two fire-fighting oa Of Suspense For MEN, WOMEN AND OLD.* = | Panies about an hour to com ! ‘Raising Money fire station apparatus, nearest | ED BY IMPERIAL ED. |ed by equipment from No, 1 sta-/ tion shortly thereafter. } THE DEATH” J fire department, announced today 4@v hanneteted Pree) | Entry Of ews that the fire was “absolutely a naga | 5. —To- found. Chief Torres fears that’ fesident of Japan, including} JERUSALEM, Sept. 17.—To- 0 : lead 00 day a group of Jews announced this may be the work of the children, except the smaller ones, ' “ t ‘ Gardner store on White street were ordered in December, 1944, ; the illegal entry of Jews into three months ago and who re- woul . ! Quota of Jews permitted to en- town district only three or four bo id be invaded, to arm locks away from City Hall. i 4 ‘ gl morning, raged through the John A : W. k '/W. Frow residence at 1124 Wil- h 0 asion d f one liam street, causing an estimated not er ee! P hare to $3,000 damage. i a pletely subdue the blaze. No. 3 ER CHILDREN ORDER. | | jto the blaze, arrived first, follow- ; ° peas wyo| To Aid Illegal TO FIGHT ro g iD Leroy Torres, chief of the TOKYO, Sept. 17.—Every adult (By Associated Press) set one,” judging from evidence women as well as men, Min ” + fie | that it was raising money to aid fine ee. woo ject Ore: to. the when Japan felt that, ultimately | Palestine. cently was active in the down-! sti tg bl themselves with weapons of all ter Palestine is fixed at 1,500 Torres eeidi dial the house had’ t (By Associated Press) | NUERNBERG, Sept. 17.—An-| other week of nerve-tautening | peal was added today to the Impractical To Take Dry Garbage To Sea time that Herman Goering, the Nazis’ one-time strutting air mar- shal; Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s No, 1 minion until he flew to England, and 20 other Nazis who have Public Service Division of Key been waiting to hear what sen-'| West announced today through its . tence will be given them by the | director, Robert Dopp, that the, court in which they had been experimental unloading of all the; tried as war criminals. city’s garbage, both wet and dry, ; The case was begun last No- has not proved successful due to vember, and when court was re-! the unloading procedure. City “k RUSSIANS ADVANCED | WITH TOMMY GUNS, BUT YANKEES WERE | READY WITH RIFLES (Dy Associated Press) BERLIN, S . — low and some dry garbage is still’ ‘American and bite q “ i e-ton being experimented with in the) | phecty. ingents hope that some method can be) °#™€ near staging a battle Sat- worked out to solve this prob-|Urday night at the Templehof lem. Airdrome here, the local Amer- There is no question but that; jean o . isc! if all garbage cont be disposed ! ee oman dlesionae, vent American troops had arrested monthly, but the council ted i i et ; 3 kinds to resist the invaders, it y council asserted: bon broken into and that a Ta-) cessed the latter part of August, | trucks were not practical for the | of at sea, it would be more prac- was disclosed today by the Amer-/ that the colonization of that part dio and a pistol had been stolen.' the presiding judge said that teen command. of Palestine assigned the Jews The radic was later, found but! sentence would be imposed on ; Navy type barge and consider- | tical and economicalfor the city, j able portions of the garbage were ; but until something is worked | being spilled over the side of: the, out along practical lines, Stock +a Pole and a Ukranian at the bor- der of the zones petween the Rus- sian and American troops of oc- Only a comparatively few were supplied rate. WH firearms. The oth-| 1 was added that, as the Brit- er weapons ranged from poles! ish government had _ refused with nails in them, to rey repeatedly to increase the num- pepe) — implements, includ-| ber of the quota, the council, prom gers seg tg ocr pane, therefore, would assist financial- Gescythiie "that td vg weed lly in every other way to open eg thd wae ste ean es Boy, mec Palestine to European Jews. im resisting the ‘eveia Seeger revue sews coed tel Wiliian tna “ot soonid disclaimed any knowledge of the poy ay ages: mr tox order-' robbing of banks last week in Soltek seo a. te Po eagpe't Jaffa and Tel Aviv. The council eli agg gow sine Posatt said that the robberies were com- salle obo : y® wg ©rS | mitted by bandits, and that the y muld net only have sol-| council had nothing whatever to diers to fight but virtually the go with those crimes. entire population z “The most available weapon,” te pera oae roeama the Seven Pleaded Guilty Today In even baseball bats were to be Criminal Court used in trying to assault the in- vaders. it was stated by the American commend that undoubtdely tens of thousands of American lives were saved by the bombing of | while Chief Deputy Sheriff Mor- Japan, particularly with the tw¢ | eno.-Wallace as in his’ car at stomie bombs, which made it! palm avenue and Division street, Ummeeessary to invade the coun-| an automobile whizzed by that try by foot, point and up the boulevard. at op gr emma hair-raising ‘speed. Bulkhead, Deputy Wallace gave chase, and he said he had to “hit her up” , ee ND,” Until his speedometer _reg- | Wharves For istered 80‘ miles an hour to over- take the car at the head of the boulevard. Matecumbe' The occupant was Gordon W. jo ' Howard, and he was charged with EV. Fowler, of Islamorada, ’ .,eeding at 75 miles an hour. He has applied to army engineers in pjeaded guilty this morning be- Jacksonville for a permit to con- fore Peace Justice Ira Albury, strvet a bulkhead, with marginal anq entered a similar plea when wharves, at Caribees Creek and his case carne up, a few minutes Fleride Bay at the lower end of jater, in criminal court. He was Upper Matecumbe fined $25 and costs. A bulkhead 460 feet long will six “other defendants, as fol- be constructed on the southerly joys, pleaded guilty in criminal and westerly sides of the creek oourt: and the bottom in that area will ~~ prnest Rouse, negro, assault be dredged to accommodate good .nq battery, fined $5 and costs. sized yachts. Marl obtained in the Woodrow Niles, reckless driv- dred, oper ms will be used jing $25 and cests. to fill in the area enclosed by the Helen Wolfson, violating cur- bulkhead. The top of the bulk- soy law in that she sold liquor head will be four feet above after hours, $25. and costs. mean low water { Neville Russell, no driver’s li- This proposed improvement is cense, $1 and costs. the fourth of that nature along the lower and upper Florida §5 and costs. keys for which applications have Early Hagan, negro, aggravat- been filed with the engineers. In oq assault, $25 and. costs. this case, as with the others, Ma- jor Blase Nemeth, acting district LT PETE IE OLIN engineer The Citizen | GS that no b ing will be conduct- | ed, but any objections may be filed with the engineers by let- | DAILY and SUNDAY “— | Open 7 a.m. to Midnight Batteries Charged - Flats Fixed GAS and OIL Mechanic to Serve You POOR OLD CRAIG (The Southernmost House) | 1400 Duval at South St | | DINING ROOM and SERVICE STATION COCKTAIL LOUNGE | Division at Francis —— Opens 5 P.M. Daily-——j} Al Armengol, Owner a NS ae NOTICE! — Automobile inspection will begin Septem- ber 18th, 1946. All owners will present their cars to the Police Station between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m, daily. October 18th, 1946, will be the deadline and arrests will be made for failure to have Auto Inspection Stickers displayed on car. ROY HAMLIN, City. Clerk. The sheriff's office, chief of, police and fingerprint expert, Roy Hamlin, are all investigating at the scene of the crime, and an arrest may be made shortly, it; was stated. ; The Frow residence was in-} ‘sured for $3,500 with the Atlantic | Mutual Insurance .Co., and the, owner has been out of town for the past week. Hamlin said today that he’ director, stated today that all six Jovity of garbage being disposed siderably. | is proceeding too slowly at that se pistol is still on the missing September 23, but today it was , ; list. ! announced the date had been postponed to September 30, Six Applicants Passed Agility Test Yesterda Jack: Murray, city personnel , barge instead of out at sea. iIsland, near the Overseas High-| cupation, when a Soviet lieuten- Wet Garbage At Sea | way, will be the disposal grounds , ant, flanked by soldiers with Wet garbage that is placed in for all Key West dry garbage. | tommy guns, stepped up and de- large cans will still be disposed | No Longer “Eyesore” jmanded that the prisoners be of by navy barge facilities but! Stock Island disposal place is turned over to Russia, as they | the unloading of dry garbage will not the “eyesore” it once was, were wanted for trial as spies. | and has been taken back to Stock! as the present dumping is al-' The American lieutenant re- | Island. |ready a considerable distance fused to give up his rpisoners and Nothing is being disposed of on’ from the highway, and a leveling ordered his troops to get ready ' Stock Island that would breed process has been employed,’ with their rifles to shoot if the | flies, etc., or create a health and which has improved the appear-} Russians tried to take the pris- sanitary problem, The vast ma- ance of the dumping ground con- | 0ners. j A United States captain arrived Also palm trees are being on the scene and ordered up @ there is of a residential na- expected to get a latent print! applicants for the vacancies on of the fingerprints and if they the city police force passed the; ture, such as bushes, grass, and j are identical with any on file at agility test yesterday afternoon, et cleaning incidentals. | his offices, he would swear out! at 2:30 o'clock, which counted | Plan Not Abandoned ;a warrant for the arsonist’s ar-! for 20 per cent of their Coagk i The public service division still rest. Hamlin emphasized that’ civil service ratings. Thedofrntal bas not abandoned the out-to-sea {although many fingerprints are! test counted for 80 per Gent | disposal that the Navy authori- planted along the highway so that ‘in a space of about three i years, the entire site of the city dumping grounds will be out of sight of those tourists. and citi- zens who pass by automobile tank to help in resisting the Rus- sian demand, then, turning to the Russian lieutenant, he ordered him and his men to fall back, and, scowling, the Russian obey- ed the order. It was said that the Russian John Williams, drunkenness, Phone 9134 | \strikingly similar, no two afe| | identical. ' Hamlin said if the latent prints ;do not match any on file locally,’ jthen they will be sent to the | further identification. The agility test consisted of 19. ties have been kind enough to al- | along the Overseas Highway. different feats to be performed, including push-ups, swimming, both under and above water, broad jump, knee bending, and At 1:30 o’clock this morning, F.’B. I. offices in Washington for ' others. Passing combination grade was ! lieutenant, infuriated, tried to ———" 1 persuade his commanding officers |to give him a company of Rus- | sian troops to rencw his demand | for delivery of the “prisoners Hamlin Awaits Statements { | e ee _|him,*but, it was added, the re~ Prat -amactest- Before Rendering: Decisions, ss x ean, ort 1g Second Road did this. The highest grade at- tained by a would-be policeman ' American headquarters. | Director of Public Safety Roy , Briggs’ appointment card, issued 1 | was 83 per cent. Lowest grade on .p4,,); S B - February 2, 1946, b: -police 7 T I j N iwAs Hamlin today stated that he was February 2, 1946, by ex-police | est S ot i eeneat teat esas per’ awaiting written statements from | ee apse Saye Sales Of Realty Satisfactory Robert Dopp, director of pub- , lic service, last month stated | that a six-month test had been | completed with a by-product of manufactured city gas that had! proved satisfactory for use on| marl roads. i This by-product had been do- | nated to the city of Key West by the Key West Gas company. | ! Today, Dopp said: that after a! ‘one-month trial on two blocks between White and _ Tropical | . streets, the method had proved ‘ unsatisfactory. < Dopp attributed the negative result on the second street as pos- | ; sibly due to the heavy rain that | ensued right after the street was completed with the new gas by- i product. Right now tar is com- ' ing to the surface, while the firs! trial street remains as hard «! asphalt. Will Try Again Not to be discouraged so easily, | the public service director will | \ | i ; blocks in an effort to show the | ; same results as on the first six- | ) month trial ie: | RE CLEATS ° N ° | Masonic Notice | Regular Communication of | Dac: Lodge No. 14, F. & A.M., Wednesday evening, Sept. 18, \ | at 8:00 o'clock. | Work in the M.M. Degree. All Master Masons invited to attend. A. B. COOPER, W.M. F. O. WEECH, Secretary. Three highest on the civil ser- vice vacancy list will be submit- ted to the city manager prior to the commissioners’ meeting to- night. City Commission To Meet Tonight Regular meeting of city com- missioners will be held tonight in City Hall. All commissioners are éxpected to be present, except newly- | elected Commissioner Louis Car- } bonell, who has not yet returned from a trip to New York City for the purpose of placing his ;daughter, Mitzie, in Columbus High School at New York City. DeM olay Plans Meeting Tonight Scribe Andre Mumford an- nounces there will be a scarify, grade and roll the two|peMolay meeting of the Robert» he believes in giving his depart- ! J. Perry Chapter tonight at 7:30 o'clock. ALATA LTT STERLING’ POULTRY and EGG Market 1318 Eliza Street , Phone 243 Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. Sole Distributors of Freshly Dressed CHICKENS sm™rrona. LOGS EELS ER | Attention, Elks! | At the regular meeting A ITE FS Thursday night, Sept. 19, 520 That is the NUMBER SEE \a large class will be initiat- ed and a full attendance is desired, ‘Visiting Elks welcome. Eats. Come. P. L. WEATHERFORD, Secretary. all concerned relative to the spe- | ¢; A = Pps Se . é icer by Lieutenant Sam Silvi I M ¢ say Aare aaetia P. a i man of the special police detac nh onroe ounty ii Saale . Soda Termite: © {ment in Poinciana, for cus-| ‘Transfers of real estate in MOm- ue es iB. ; tody ‘pending a decision, favor-' .o. ¢ ty filed in the office of After the statements have been: anj6 or otherwise a oar a . in the ice i ats e county clerk: received, Hamlin will give his; All eES iad poll m recommendations for dismissal of | Poinciana special police-| Taylor Construction baricong = a house and the special policeman, Jesse’Men serve. without remunera- to Mary S. Kraeger, ee Paneer Charles H. Tift has sold to Ev- Appointment Of P li ‘erett V. and Lula N. Kinsman a N. N Y, ¢ ° lot is 100 by 100 feet ps Mr. and Mrs. Kinsman also ae ow ot et ertain have bought lots five and six in son stated yesterday that though done he will go directiy to the subdivision, from Alfred L, Bar three vacancies exist on the Key department head and not to the yesen, for $700. | Briggs, or his reinstatement.| tion. jlot in the Lime Grove subdi- t | vision, for $3,800. house and lot at Staples avenue and Fifth street, for $3,000. The ity r O. J. S. Elling- if + 2s jjy Block six Tract 21 of the Key City Manager J. S. Elling: if he sees something ngly West Realty Company's No. 1 ar Quesada has sold a Varela street West police force they may or individual concerned, except in C may pat be filled a wi Haars ae a rare emergency. house and ape fst age en ture. Ellingson. added hat the ee: es : .' near Virginia, for $2,000. The Io’ ohiah of police would: Have! ei | comers memeeet seid De) 18g yy 0.8 tant thority to choose the desired po- employed by the commissioners, fo - licemen out of the three highest 'and if his opinion is asked, and Gonzalo Bezanilla, Jr., submitted by Jack Murray, city ;2n ordinance is passed contrary | Enters Miami Academy personnel director. |to his wishes, he will still see that} Gonzalo Bezanilla, Jr., 10-year Ellingson again reiterated that the orders are carried out. They ojq son of Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalo are the bosses, he said, and the Bezanilla of 517 Elizabeth street, ment heads the authority to elected representatives of the jeft Sunday for Miami to enter handle matters, since they are | people of Key West. the Miami Military Academy responsible for the actions of the | Ellingson said if a department, — men under them. He said that does: not function well, then SS | “we will have to dispos of its 4 " EE | ead, but what fairness would it Palace Theater LYNNE ROBERTS in j be if “I would dictate all doin) Mr. Alan Hooker j and details to the men under this “BEHIND, CITY LIGHTS” Speaks On jpanicules department head?” S Wateoand Seria Only confusion would result, be} pon TIS PRIZE 3H" “C , ildi ee TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT Character Building | | said, j fas Through Awareness” | sh -—————--—- | | at the WOMAN’S CLUB Tuesday. Sept. 17th, i at 8:00 P.M. (Sponsored by the Theosophical Society) | Announcing ... The Opening of Poor Old Craig’s SERVICE STORE 1019 White Street We Specialize in ®@ Automobile Accessories @ Electrical Appliances @Drug Sundries @lce Cream ®Cold Drinks SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY INVITED TO VISIT THIS NEW STORE (RACs -- DANCING -- Nightly to the Music of (CRUNCH) MARK and His STANLEY Orchestra Peaturing SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— { Popular Prices Reservations: Phone $287 Pi am em