The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 23, 1946, Page 1

ne Secretary | | ; nit ° jineon said today he sill call a | There are 44 liquor licenses, 48 | e j j i session of the equalization board}for beer and wine; three for | ‘ . \ : to approve Tax Assessor Fred J.' wholesale beer and wine, two for | e Dion’s assessment rolls. | wholesale liquor and five for} MAL AwoeD Vii ——— TRUMAN AND BYRNES WSL LSA LLL LS . equalization unit and not in regu-! PORRIGN POLICY, HARRIMAN SAYS 18 Ateectared Presse LONDON, Sept. 23.—W. Av- Herreman, ambassador to whe was eppomted Sec- Departraeni- of Com- Presiden sruman yes- seid today that he will te to confer with Secre- State James F. Byrnes feeving for the United seme his new post. he was in full accord Truman and Sec- in their foreign i Bangtant retary of carers by ebefftti E pfeir! that he had served © under Roosevelt and Tremen im various capacities, ond thet he wee aware of the Problems to be settled in parts of Europe fepert wee received here deseph BE. Davies would suc- Harriman as ambassador to Great Betta, but Davies, who is tm this city, stated that were the eet offered him he refuse to accept it be- eae of ifimess. He added that, eo though he accepted it, his : i J if. (Republicans, as weil as Dem- fete, according t© statements mie «6im)|=6Washington = today, preter President Truman's ap- m ef Harriman as. Wal- * euewentor. General opinion have the water pump repaired. | Wee thet Hf wee & “wise cholee.") The car disappeared overnight er received no other injury. British Troe % Patrol Haifa To Pla Arrested; | Bond Set | At $250 Chief of Police Bienvenido Perez announced today that he had arrested, over the week-end, Juan Pla, who op- | eretes an establishment | the reer of a Petronia street | address, on a warrant charg- ing the “operation of a gam- bling house.” The bond re- quired was $250. Ten persons in the establishment at the | time of the raid were arrest- | ed on charges of “gambling.” They are Charlie Fernandez, | Carmeno Romano, George Torres, Willie Bazo, Philip Albury. Norman Alea, H. Roberts, Cleveland Tynes, Cyril Fisher, and Antonine | La Fe. | WSS bh hh head] ‘Sailor Charged } With Possession | Of Stolen Auto | An automobile, owned by a Fort Lauderdale man, was left on Saturday at a local garage to and Ronald Williams, a sailor, ! was arrested yesterday at Taver- nier by Constable Donaldson, j who charged Williams with pos- session of a stolen automobile. Williams’ aerest. resulted .from | Officer Sanchez, who fired four action taken by Chief Deputy ; - ‘KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1946 Commissioners To Act _ On Liquor Applications Prior to the city commission}considerable time in conference meeting tomorrow night at 8:00 | with J. Lancelot Lester, city ‘at- ’clock, Ci . J. S, El | torney. studying all ordinances Celock, Clty Manager 0. J. 5. Et | relative to the sale of intoxi¢ants. | he board is made up of mem-; package stores to be considered | by the commissioners. No Maximum Number When asked ‘by The Citizen if | there is any local ordinance reg- iprove the rolls. ulating the number of liquor es- | Disapproval Predicted tablishments in the city, a high} ” After the equalization board, municipal official replied, “Not fo | approves the tax rolls, then the my knowledge. Of course, an city commission will meet in reg-| ordinance could probably be en- ular session, when the explosive , acted to that effect.” issue of liquor license applica-, The official said that “it is tions will come before the body.’ doubtful if this would help much. It is common knowledge that City , The same thing would happerr to | Manager Ellingson will disap- jit as has happened to the zoning { ‘prove those applications that ,ordinance.” The zoning ordinante come within 300 feet of a church’ has been amended many times in or school. jthe past since its first enae The city manager has spent ment. bers of the city commission but they must meet solely as an lar commission meeting to ap- Car and Pony ‘Crashed : On Boulevard Sunday, Louis Taylor, son of Mr. and & Mrs. Fred Taylor, of 2-F Porter , = Place, yesterday was riding “Na- | SIS ISS SS SF. {poleon”, a cow-pony, north "1D r Roosevelt Boulevard, between’ opp Knows First and Fifth Streets, when Handout When /young Taylor saw the headlights of an automobile. Realizing that H. D, e Sees One Leo Haskins, 1422 Wash- | the car was moving forward, he ; forced “Napoleon” further to the | right of the road but not quite; enough to avoid a collision. The | ington street. who has done | vehicle, a Chevrolet driven by| ‘onsiderable work using ‘a visitor, crashed into the ani-| marl in eee ccnp and is an.expert w a grader, | contributed his services in - | | grading and rolling a block mal and its rider. Trown 50 Feet From Pony between Southard and Flem- ing on Thomas street. Has- The impact threw young Tay- kins’ service was donated to ‘lor about 50 feet from his steed, resulting in severe injury to his | left knee cap. The youthful a the ity. The work required the placing of 2,500 gallons of the gas-oil. by-product now being used on the city’s streets, i Haskins had told Public i. Service Dire¢tor Robert Dopp that e | Napoleon suffered great agony , ‘ | after the accident. Its back legs; ; and hip were broken. To spare { the animal further pain, it w | mercifully destroyed by Police revolver shots into the body. | he would like ‘a large Western Allies And Russia To Demnilitarize SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES James Wilson Now Head of Law Review In the June issue of “Emory tion by the Emory University under-graduates of Atlanta, Ga., display was given to James Wilson of Americus, Ga., stating in part that Wilson had been elected to the presi- of the Harvard Law Review, the highest honor that can be confer- red on a student in that school, and the monthly — publication commented that this came as “No surprise to the Emory Alumnus, as Jimmy was editor of the Law Review as a sophomore and, in his freshman year made the highest grades made by any first year man since Supreme Court Justice Brandeis was a student at Harvard.” i Young Wilson is married to Frances Audra _ Schaeffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ed F. Schaeffer, who originally lived im Key West, but who now make their home in the Miami area. ‘OPA Will Grant More , Mrs. Wilson met her husband ' Alumnus,” a monthly publica-- while the latter was communica- tions officer at the local navy j yard during the past war, Wil- son was then an ensign. He later served in the Pacific area aboard : a destroyer. | Sister of H. Albury The “Emory Alumnus” also! mentions that Dr. Wm. W. De- meritt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. W. Demeritt, of this city, now practicing in Los Angeles, Calif.,' where he is associated with Dr. John C. Brauer of 3780 Wilshire boulevard, Los Angeles. Dr. De- meritt practiced in Key West prior to the war and served in the Army, retiring with the rank of Lt.- Colonel in the Reserve Corps. During the war Dr. De- }meritt served with this coun- try’s glider force, after first try- ing to join the nation’s para- troop organization. Dr. Brauer was dean of Demeritt’s college when the latter is an under-} graduate, and was a full colonel in the past war. Sugar To Monroe County (Washington Corresponcent of The Kes We.t Citizeny (Mailed Sept. 19) WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept.— & \Investigation | uigarian —————-* GRECIAN REPRESENTA- | matter up at a ses | nations. e * Stop Rioting' (fe Anmertated Press: JERUSALEM, Sept 23. «British Weems tedey ore patroling the eeapert town of Haifa and have been ordered to shoot to kill in| the event rieting occurs. Four thousand Jews were te-| Donaldson recognized the car when it stopped at Tavernier. Williams, when arraigned _be- | Sheriff Moreno Wallace, who re-} ported the theft to the State Road was owned by the Taylors for Patrol. The patrol issued a radio| Six years: report about the stolen car, giv-| ing its description, and Constable! Vehicie Damaged The vehicle received consider- able damage in the crash, Taylor | {revealéd that the car owner ed he, Taylor, should pay for all | The animal, seven years old, | some day to donate a day’s H service to the city. Dopp, who ; has the city’s interest at. | heart, was up. bright and~ | early Sunday morning, He | went to 1422 Washington ; street and found Haskins in . bed at that early hour. } Monroe County is one of 411! Of Profits Of Ship Builders: (By Associnted Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—A congressional committee has de counties in 43 states where OPA! will permit commercial users an! inereased ration of sugar for the; last quarter of the year, it was; learned today. | Office of Price Administration = ge te be pereding in Haifa @emonstrations against the @ttiem of the British in intercept- fe @ tranepert while attempting | ft ran « blockade with 900 Jews! @teerd. The Sritioh aswerted that te Jews were wying to enter Patestine itegally When the ship was intercept: | @& the Jews fought the board- fore Peave Justice E. R. Lowe, pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen automobile. The set at $1,000. Chief Wallace was informed that, as a result of the defective pump, the car's motor was badly | damaged. party, and one Jew was kill-| First Meeting Of emt eight injured. The emi- Gente were taken to the island of Cyprus. / Depety Sherif D. M. Andrew! ef Marathon yesterday brought t town Henry Poole, negro, erged with esault, preferred agree him by Joe Pitts, negro. Pooks & held in $100 bail Sehool Patrol jerts. A Nuts,” in which a number of par- | Receives New Belts, Badges Myrtiend Cates, who locally tepeeeents the American Auto tehite Amoctstion, received on Geturday mew badges and belts te the Key West Schoo! Patrol, a8 the morning he and Police. aan Prank dolly, head of the pa tet herve, distributed the belts ont tedere («t= local public wheat. The fecal school patrol has ten spemeered by the Key West fetery Club simee 1838. Myrtland Cates wes bead of the patrol un-! 144, when Policeman Jolly, omieted ty Policemad Hector Ceetre, wee placed in charge of the petrol, whieh directs stu- depts on emtering and leaving the ehnwite nes Jr-Sr. High PTA Enjoyable Event The P.-T. A, og the Junior-Sen- | for High School held its first meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the High School, with the new pres- ident, Mrs. Reginald Roberts, presiding. A large crowd attend- ed and Mrs. Ruth Higgs and Mr. Marcellus presented the following program: Selection by the High School Band, solo by Miss Cleora Rob- play called “Gathering ents took part, turned out to be; a lot of fun. Community singing was enjoyed by all. Mrs. James Higgs was elected treasurer to fill the place of Mrs. Olive Bond, who has left town, The faculty was introduced by Mr. O’Bryant. Door prize was won by Mrs. Pedro Diaz. Mr. Dawling’s class won the prize for baving the most parents present. Refresh- ments were served by the fol- lowing committee: Mrs. Arnold Key, Mrs. Ramon Delgado, Mrs. J. H. Brady and Mrs. Hilton Tit. BUD ABBOTT in “LITTLE GIANT” News and Serial AAT 5S 2 SREEEREEEEEREEEEL EE EEE ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market | 1214 White St. Phone S4f re. re bail was | NATE TE Palace Theater | 4 “Gosh,” said Haskins, “you sure take a man at his word.” Results: One street placed back into good shape, one | {damage as he and the animal | were in the center of the boule- |vard. Furthermore, the owner { maintained, Taylor was illegally riding a horse on the boulevard helpful citizen without his at night. usual weekly rest. | Says He Was Near Curb | Taylor replied that G. Ween "MOI IMI MI OMI | {| passed him on the boulevard just i | | before the accident end that D y | Weech confirms his statement Opp ays | that he was pulling the pony ot ‘ j closer to the curb as the car ap- H S rs penmen P orre Statement | Taylor added that in his be- N ¢ lier a Florida state law says, in ot Uorrect effect, that “car drivers must use i caution in regard to animals on ! highways, and that if the driver { hits an animal, the driver is auto- matically at fault.” | The dead animal was removed | from the scene of the accident !today by Naval authorities and, the city has loaned street repair i taken to sea by barge. equipment to a local private con- | ' Re eR NS aes ‘ struction, is “erroneous.” | ict } “We own no such equipment, \Colonel Harden | yuvace ourselves borrowers from jone of the armed forces in the city.” Dopp said that he realized the error was “unintentional,” but to! keep the record straight, he would like to correct the inac-! | curacy. | Robert Dopp, Director of Pub: that th statement made by J. M. Horre; of Seidenberg avenue, ‘in Satur-| day’s Citizen to the effect that lic Safety, said today | | Awarded Legion | of Merit Cluster Colonel Robert’ D. Harden, megical corps, U. S. Army, Key West, has been awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Legion of Merit, Headquarters, Seventh Army, Atlanta, Ga., it was an- nounced here today. The citation accompanying the award states, “As commanding officer, Crile General Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, from September , 1943 to October, 1945, he equip- I ped and organized the hospital and ably directed its functions during a period of peak “activity.” 2 ia ee a aS RAUL’S Price Control | To Be Over By June OF 19 7, (By A ated Press) | WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. — spokesman for the OPA said to- |day that all price control in the }{ United States will be ended by} June of next year. | id that by the He further on the BOULEVARD end of this year, 60 per cent of ceiling prices will be discon- -- DANCING ~- @ tinucc. | Nightly to the Musi MARK Featuring SYLVIA at Piano | Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations; Phone 9287 sanded REPLACEMENT =— PARTS | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street | wemumwees Phone 442 eee | Soto, Gulf, Indian Riv officials have determined Mon- froe county has had a 50 per! cent increase in population, and consequently commercial users are to be permitted corresponding increases in the amount of sugar allotted them. Increases were determined for 28 counties in all of Florida. The 110 per cent in Bay county was the largest noted, while ten per cent was noted in Alachua, Okee chobee, Polk and Volusia were the smallest noted. ‘Conch Chowder And Lime Pie Please Palates: Conch chowder and lime pie were given a great deal of mouth- watcring praise Friday night by 75 Knights of Pythias who came here from Dade and Broward counties to attend a district meet ing of local Knights. J. Winfield Russell, keeper of records and al of the local Pythian lodge, id today those lip-smacking viands struck the periphery of the palates of the visitors. After the meal, he add ed, all of them wanted to know how the conch chowder and the lime pie were made. | “We told them they were Conch | specialties,” Russell sz id, “guar- anteed to tickle any palate, re- garded of how tired it may be of other types of food.” The Misses Dolly and Mary Elien Knowles served the chow- der and the pie. eM The Rendezvous of Key West CIVILIANS “Best For A Night's Rest” 1 Block West of Bus Depot sa —n—a— De, cided to investigate the “enor- mous profits” of seven shipbuild ‘s, including Henry J. Kaiser, it was announced today. It was said that the builders used government shipyards at government expense. and in that y were able to pile up large profits, | To Act On 214.5 | Millage For 1946 Charles Roberts, City Finance Director-Comptroller, stated to day that in conference vith Attorney J. Lancelot L a resolution setting the mill rate at 24.5 for the year 1946 Ww drawn, and that it will be placed before the City Commus sione! tomorrow night for ap proval or rejection. Two Cottages | Sell For $3,335 The John Salinear estate today sold, through the J. Otto Kurch heiner agency, its property locat ed on Olivia street | en Thomas and Emma streets, th two cottages thereon, to Alfred Saunders and wife and * Quintana and wife, for TIVE DECLARES BUL- GARIAN FRONTIER TROOPS THREATEN PEACE (By Associated Press) PARIS, Sept. 23.—The western Allies and the Russian bloc split today on a proposal that the Grecian frontier along Bulgaria be demilitarized on the Bulgarian side, A Grecian representative made the proposal on the ground that the militarization of the border on the Bulgarian side of Greece is a threat to the peace in the Balkan states. Immediately, Se supported the Grecian proposal and w later joined by Bevin of G Britain and Bideult of France. Commissar Molotey of Russia opposed the proposal, aml a White Russian representative seid it was an insult to Bulgaria, He added that it would shame and offend Bulgaria and asked that the proposal be withdrawn. How ever, it was decided to bring the jon of the 21 lary Byrnes This morning Bevin and Molo tov held a conference, and it was believed to be in connection with another session of the Big Four, which will meet either te- night or tomorrow to decide on procedure that will accelerate the consideration of the treaties for the German satellite nations, It was said that the Big Four wish to prepare the treaties be fore the general assembly of United Nationseto be held oe tober 23) Cuban Colony Not Present At Servi Martin Lliraldi, Cuban Consul, today stated that the turnout at the Sunday memorial services #t the monument of Patriot Jose A Marti by the Cuban y of Key West was “disappowiting.” When it realized that Mart is to Cuba what George Wash ington is to the United States, ald to only see three four mem bers of the Cuban colony in ad dition to ¢ officials at the Sunda morial serv ices, ast aid the Cu ban Consul There will be a cocktail party aboard the training ship Petria this afternoon for the the local officers of the Sub marine Base, Air Station, Coast Guard, Marines and Army, besides a few citizens of Key West. 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