The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 21, 1946, Page 1

SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER VOLUME LXVU. = Ne 225 Roy Hamlin Resigns As City’s Safety ‘Diktctor: Ellingson Appoints Self Roy Memlin, director of public serve for the present as safety salety, resigned yesterday after-| director. j Guan Wis fetter of resicnaticn! No Statement Now peads as follows: sane m) City Hall and the street were | all of one mind as to who would Sept. 29, 1946. [be appointed, but when asked) = - |. &. EBilingson, City Manager, by The Citizen, Ellingson laugh- “Hall, fed and said, “Somebody must be Siu making up my mind for me. I rt? ‘to how long I will serve, maybe three days, maybe three months.” Ellingson said, “The person City Clerk's they claim will be appointed may of my time be a little disappointed, if he | found out that he is not the one.” So, by the manager’s remarks, it might be that the sure-money boys are wrong this time. ROY HAMLIN. NS ee : here will be one more resig- Accepts Resignation | nation, that of a well-known in- Ellingson ac- dividual in City Hall, but until nation, stating the resignation becomes a reality an imposition in view of i accept this as my resig- Director of Public ivi} : tie fér his action to the press. At ies, to continue that time he: will makea state- public safety. j ment to the people of Key West said that he would , through the newspapers. Community Chest Meet Here Early In October Dright Hunter, chairman of }— the organization committee of the 8 SS = Typhoon Strikes | Guam And Causes Great Damage erway for & meeting in the carly, (By Asnociated Press) GUAM, Sept. 21.—A heavy ty- ; Phoon struek here at midnight io 4 end before it subsided, it did '. damage estimated at millions of dollars. No lives were reported Jost. Winds, ranging up to 100 miles am hour, blew for seven hours. Quonset huts were torn from their foundations and ~ blown away, and many other houses it end will be held at the of-; of the department of pub- . of which Hunter is meeting. community chest is effiiated with the National Com- Chest and Councils, Inc., #4th street, New York, 1946 drive brought were destroyed. $6,080.95, which was only! Warning of the approach of-the per cont of the goal set typhoon was issued several hours West. The $15,000 re-| before it struck, and most of the of thie ety was to be di- | "esidents went to the central shel- vied, 99.000 for War Fund and | ter for protection. 96.009 tor towal needs | Drive Gtarts in February Geel for the drive that will att Pebruary 3, 1947, and end Petruary 22 of the same year, hee fet been set, but the USO is) eeking 91,650, whieh is a reduc- » amount ey Anomometers were blown away when the wind attained a velocity of 82 knots an hour. before the typhoon struck. Sailor Charged With Breaking And Entering Charles Reed, a sailor, pleaded not guilty this morning, when ar- raigned before Peace Justice Ira Welfare Board, $50: $3,000 War | Albury on a charge of breaking Fuad, Florida Children’s Home | #"d entering. Sevtety, $900. Balance is retained | Mrs. Mary Joe Johnson and ie the Community Chest bank | Miss Susan Cretela testified that erveunt he broke into their home at 1020 Thee directing the drive last innell street and stole a cam- year mere Berry Trevor, treas-[eP@ Valued at $50. weer, George White, chairman, Reed was held in $1,000 bail ed Marie Hartel, Mrs. Dan Na- for the criminal court. verre, Mre We, Warren and Mrs. Meer! All contributors are given cer- tifteate » Dwight Hunter further stated that all groupe in the city have! the right te request that they be ineteded in the drive Lat year’s drive which brought | te $0068.85, was disbursed: $900 Bey Seeuts, $900, Girl Scouts; | Woman's Hospital Auxil- $100, Welfare Committee ty Rev. Pickens; State | eerememecrnernpatnn Neen a ner ett CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE |-———Opens 5 P.M. Daily. Southernmost Garage in t TWINS GARAGE | 1190 Duval Street Phone 100] Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Cars @ RAUL’S on the BOULEVARD -- DANCING -- Nightly to the Music of MARK (CRUNCH) and His STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 DOES YOUR CAR aad Whee! Balancing eo Wheel Alignment @Motor Tune-Up eElectrical Repairs eMotor Repairs Brake Service SWEETING’S Latest Equipment Tratmed Mechanics ;can make no statement now as | he will not divulge the reason! Ships in pert here went to sea: -KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1946 $20,000 of Construction Approved For Key West West P ‘UPTREND NOW APPAR- ENT IN BUILDING AC- TIVITY IN ISLAND CITY Civilian Production Adminis- ; tration, Miami, announced today that E. A. Strunk, Jr., had been granted a permit for construction of an $8,000 storage shed for his granting the’ request was that the company is being evicted from its present location due to the automobile ferry’s need for the property in their Key West- to-Hayana operations. { Another construction permit} was granted to A. W. Castro, 715 Emma street, of $12,000, and reason advanced by the CPA was that this construction would be used for stores near the col-j ored school, and that at present} there were no stores near the; school where the school children} jcan eat. CPA announced approval of $221,000 worth of construction, and disapproved construction} which would have brought the, total to $444,290. Twenty-six re- | quests for permits were denied during the past week. Twelve! were approved. 10-Lose Lives — In Heavy Blow In England} (By Associated Pre LONDON, Sept. 21.—England had one of its worst storms to-| day in many years, resulting in; the loss of 10 lives and the injury of several hundred persons. Waves in the English Channel were reported to have attained} ja height of 50 feet. “Of the 10 persoris ‘killed, two’ were a man and his wife who,’ were seated in a parked automo-} bile when a tree was blown on it, crushing the car and its oc- | cupants. Open-Air Aquarium To Start Nov. 1 William H. Kroll, 1117 Watson | street, charter boatman, who wé the successful bidder for ope tion of the city’s open air aqua rium, stated today that he plans to open the aquarium on Novem- ber 1. At forst, the aquarium will | be operated from 10 .a. m., to 7p. m. The new open-air owner said today that if any} ‘fishermen or charter boatmen| catch any unusual species of fish | that he would like to acquire | same. Kroll’s bid was a mihimum in- come to the city of $2,825 for the first year, $4,025 the second year and $4,425 for the succeeding three years. WATCH for ‘the Grand Opening EAN “vi aquarium ino Pes . Lounge UNITED 20. | Operated by Rene A. Armengo! and Julio Cabanas, Jr. NOTICE! \ Occupational _ licenses) for the year 1946-47 will go on sale Monday, Sep- tember 23, 1946, at 9:00) 4 o’elock, Pay now and avoid | penalties accordance with Ordinance No. 368.) No business will be granted | a renewal license unless the | 1945 personal taxes) against said. business is! paid. | | ARCHIE ROBERTS, | Tax Collector, Key W Florida. SEES ESEESETRENEN lumber yard. Reason given for|" ; breaking a | Blood Group O. me al Palace Theater | CLUB 116 | FITZPATRICK at GREENE ST. cecenecnenu Patria Arrives In Port This Afternoon The Cuban gunboat “Pa- tria” arrived in Key West this afternoon, Tomorrow af- | ternoon a baseball game will + be played between the “Pa- tria’s” enlisted men and the Naval personnel of the local submarine base, at 2 o'clock. The public is invited to at- tend. This morning ‘Commodore Aguila Ruiz of the Cuban navy, accompanied by the American Chief of Military Mission, a colonel, arrived in the city by plane. A large reception will be held tonight on the second floor of the San Carlos build- ing honoring the visiting commodore and officers of the “Patria.” Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, a Cuban-American delegation will leave from the offices of the Cuban Consul- ate with a wreath to be placed at the monument to the Cuban patriot, Jose A. apts a ' i esi Makes NoComment On | Wallace Removal (By Associated Press) PARIS, Sept. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, on re- turning to the peace conference | this morning, refused to make} any comment on the removal} from office of Henry A. Wallace, secretary of commerce. James A. Farley, former post-| master general and~chairmatt of the Democratic national com-; mittee, congratulated Truman on} his action in dismissing Wallace from the cabinet. Farley said the move was a distinct contribu- tion to world peace. iL. E. Kersey Is Fined $250. For Breaking Meter L. E. August Kersey was arrested 24 and charged with! parking meter. He! had a fresh cut on his hand when picked up by a patrolman, but Judge Enrique Esquinaldo post- | poned sentence until blood found | on the pieces of broken glass} | from the parking meter was com- ; pared with that taken from Her-; sey’s hand. Of Same Group A package was sent to FBI au- thorities in Washington contain- ing both specimens and a letter \ received said that both specimens , Inte: rnational | The FBI letter | did say, however, that over 44 per cent of the world’s popula-; tion have this type of blood. Fined #$250 Judge Esquinaldo, with this ad-| ditional evidence, then levied aj; fine of $250 on Hersey. Naval | authorities will post bond of $500] and appeal the case to a higher | | court. By law, an appeal to a! higher court requires the posting of a bond twice the amount of | the fine involved. | Two of Hersey’s fellow enlist-| ed men claimed that Hersey had, injured his hand at the Navy | Yard. | of blood were of BUD ABBOTT in “LITTLE Gl News and Serial ES 99 Opposite Western Union Clean - Cool - Comfortable OPENS NIGHTLY at 6 JIMMIE AT THE PIANO | He Will Sing Your Favorite Songs Division and Simonton Sts. ! Come—Enjoy Yourselt Bees eeees8 ythias Hold District Meet District meeting last night of the Knights_ of Pythias was held at their hall. Among high state officers present were: Grand Chancellor Allen E. Young, of Palm Beach; Grand Prelate E. G. Graham, Miami;} {Grand Master at Arms W. R.! Daniel, of Tampa, Florida; Past , Grand Chancellor M. H. Sweat, Tampa, Florida; Supreme Repre- | sentative W. Raleigh Petteway, Miami; District Deputy Grand Chancellor H. F. Shelley, Miami. Mayor William D. Demeritt presented the Keys of the city to the visiting Knights of Pythias officers. J. Winfield Russell, name of the local Pythias presented to Floyd Han- | sen, Chancellor Commander of South Miami Lodge No. 153, a large flag for having the largest attendance at the district meet- ing. Another large delegation from out of the city will be here for the ceremonies of the Dokkies to be held tonight. in the Policeman Status Up To Civil Board | An unconfirmed rumor going the rounds of City Hall is that j two policemen had recently failed in the city’s Civil Service Board examination ana Director Murray had notified the eity manager to this effect. Ell! ingson is said to have contacted | City Attorney Lester, who is supposed to have stated that the | Civil Service Board is to rule on | this case. All three members of the Civil! signed, but | City Action Moves Service Board have j aeceptance of the resignations has not been approved by the city commission, pending ap- pointment of three persons qua fied to replace them on the board. Good Records City Hall is now speculating | as to whether arrests made by ! these officers are legal’ Both of- | ficers have fine records and weue | appointed tions were aay: Dog V Week Will Start Monday Next week Dog Week, the object of which is to; bring about better ing mankind and traditional friend, the dog. Lowell Thomas, lecturer and yadio commentator, is general! ehairman of National Dog Week, is National understand. between his land it is to be hoped that his ef- | forts and those of Humane So- eieties the country over will ac-} , complish their aim of promoting | better conditions for dogs and a better understanding of the dog's | need by those on whom his wel-\ To help in the good | fare depends. work, each day next week The | Citizen will publish one point in| a seven-point objective, the first ; of which follows: POINT ONE The first objective of Na- tional Dog Week is “A Good Home For Every Dog.” This in- fers that not should own a dog. Some peo- ple are not worthy of owning dogs. These people do not realize that a dog is a living thing needing daily care and attention and has a mind of his own, which should be cpronesly developed. GULF STREAM SERVICE STATION Open 8:00 A.M. to Midnight See Us Before You Have | Your Car Inspected We Have A COMPLETE LINE of ACCESSORIES . including EXHAUST TAIL PIPES and MUFFLERS WINDSHIELD WIPERS HEAD and TAIL LIGHTS PHONE 1134 Knights of | tuat Personnel ; before the eéxamibd- | every person | IN THE UNITED STATES Reassemblying mg THO To Rescue 18 Survivors. Area Where Belgium -* FOURTEEN OF 18 SUR- Five Lose Sins | When B25 Crashes | | In Washington’ (By Associated pei WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—A twin-engine B25 crashed at the Washington National Airport to- day and five men lest their lives.’ The plane had shortly left the field when a radio message was received, from the pilot that he was returning for an emergency | landing. As the plane neared the earth, it was seen that its left wing was } drooping. The wing struck the ground and the plane turned over and caught fire. Four men died in the wreck, j and the fifth died a short time. afterward. } County Tax Roll, Ready For Fiscal | Year Of Oct. 1 County Tax Assessor Gandolfo has his tax books ready for the | 1946 fiscal year, beginning on {October 1, and on the night of that day will present them to the county commissioners for final { consideration. | On approval of the books by {the commission, they will be | turned over the next day to Col- | lector Wilson. Payment of taxes will begin on November 1. One Tax Collector's | Office In County — Closed Monday Painting is still going on in the county court house, and Monday | is ee Collector Howard E. Wil- {son’s turn to have his office ; painted. As a resuft, Collector Wilson said today office will be j closed all day Monday and will {be reopened on Tuesday morn- fe i | his & He explained that he would not conduct business in the lobby ‘because of the large amount of j money that is handled daily by ‘his. office. Faraldos Fly To Daytona Beach Mr. and Mrs. George Faraldo left today on a week-end flyin trip to Daytona Beach, Florida, where they will visit Mr. an@ ) Ms Charles Faraldo. They ex- | pect to make the trip in about | three hours’ flying time. The Faraldos will use a mili itary type BT-13 plane, which they have recently purchased JOE'S BAR Where You Can Get the BEST DRINKS 7 IN TOWN YOU NAME IT—WE HAVE IT EE OPEN SUNDAY From 7 A.M. to Midnight To Serve You Gas - Oil - Parts |Batteries Charged - Flats Fixed Grease and Sprav Jobs POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Al Armengol, Owner Division at Francis St. Ph. 9134 j for -¥M ' nue, | city commiss a VIVORS ARE STRETCH- ER CASES; ARMY MEN IN ATTENDANCE (ity Associated Pree) GANDER, Newfoundland, j Sept. 21.—Two helicopters, | mantled, arrived here today im transport plane and are being reassembled for use in reseue work of the 18 survivers of the Belgium airliner that crashed 2% miles south of here three days ago. Weather here was desertbed @ “perfect,” and mechanics are working feverishly in getting the helicopters ready for the trip te the scene of the wreck. Only a« small area has been cleared off the helicopters to land, but confidence was expressed that they will be able to descend safely to the ground. Ten men and eight women survived the crash of the plane, on which were 44 persons, 26 of whom lost their | Of the survivors, all but four are streteh- er cases. Had it not been for the helicopters, rescuers would have had to hack out a path through a dense forest, rocky and slip pery. Fifteen army men, includ ing a physician, are attending the survivors. The pilot of the big Belgium transport plane was unable to find the airport here beeause of a dense fog. The Gander Hospital has in creased the members of its staff to attend to the survivers when they reach here “Rodeo” Away J who spe Horre, Seidenberg ave e at last Tuesday's meeting, cont plaining- of unsanitary conditéiths south of the.dam on Flagler age nue, and telting of the “rodeo” that had moved in on him Gm trary to existing ordi ° tated today that his talk be the commi had produced results a emoving the but had urding dumping mattre bottles ash on Flagler n are sioner far n concerned, the ses, rodeo” wa. no effect reg of tires, can and other tr nue Eisner Made Arrest Hor furthe tated that ex Chief of Police Le Eisner did arrest one of the ordinance vio lators but that the individual was not fined, probably due to the fact that the p wher had n pert r the individ nd fill in the prop had personally made ual to erty. Ei the tum nt arrest Came Here in 1998 Horre came to Key West in 1938 to help build the local bus tation, and fell t with Key West here eve ince. Prior to coming to th city Mr. Horre and his family owned a home at Miami Beach Horre wes grateful for the publicity given his address before the city commis- sioners, a3 he ices that with out vid, his work for a better Key West will be “a losing bet (Contin 4 HERE TO DANCE The Public Cordially Invited to DANCE TONIGHT to the MUSIC JOHN PRITCHARD and HIS ORCHESTRA From 9 P.M. °Til 1 AM. at the VEW Clubhouse ace be tee Open Monday thru Saturday No Admission, Cover or Mintmeam of