The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 14, 1946, Page 1

is C VOLUME LXVU. No. 244 About Monroe County Jail PRPERAL INSPECTORS, VE MONTHS aco,| Truman To Sa Semareen 008) Ta About Meat Tonight The Citizen received an Asso- | (By The Associated Press) ated Preee dimpateh Soturda WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—Pres. eres trom Tallahassee, in! whieh Prmon Supervisor Creech wee Gated os stating that the) Meuree county jell is in exceed wagis pee comdition | olin pom on —— | the government has followed in #*- | its attempt to easethe meat short- tem te ana this age. Merete lerned that Creech had) 11 was said he will not recom- bese bee repert on an inspection a mend the discontinuance of the ee) eke mere than & year) government's control on the pric- les charged for meat, thought he Stare then, county commission. | ors ti furehesed 40 new beds| | @XPected to make some con- «emeabet made fem the United States Army,} cessions to livestock men as well See eines mattresses, sheets, 8 to the owners of packing Sithers and pillowcases, towels, houses. emt fixtures of various kinds. (A dispatch was received here Beeties, G6 mew shower baths | teday from Minneapolis in which heave teen installed on the nq it was stated that the owners of Gow, eee fer white and the other | ™@rkets there are selling buffalo for eabeeed prisoners, ahd two on | T's and steaks. As there is no the fet floor. In the jail ye OPA ceiling on buffalo meat, ts elie vent vane, with new fix | steaks ave being offered at $1.75 @ pound.) tures and furnishings for the use | ¢ pt tae te: whe may become il ee te the leverateries, two upstairs | More Meters set ether fixtures have been in-| D. d M § ° stattest amage > wen The entive interior of the jail| hae been painted and otherwise | h renovated and the roof has been | Caug' t In Act eet inte first cles condition : ; meters have been damaged by —- | ane vandals, seemingly bent on the a 2 ettes anna een Per) wholesale destruction of all city . ~ ao ak parking meters. Six were found > Sapeer See Monroe | damaged . in the past two days Marcos Mesa informed| 1"; | immediately it may force City tepectors hed told him) Manager O. J. S. Ellingson and (et HP foot condition of the jail) the city commissioners to take @ the time they made their in- | even more drastic action than is apeetion comparable with | now in store for those convicted. eee other in the United States. Present mandatory minimum and tee downstairs, new basins} Five months age federal repre. | In the last five days, 12 parking @ this morning that the | Unless the practice is stopped He reeetied that when state in-| Kunishment is $250 fine or 60 wae qpetters were here more than @/ gays in jail. yout aan, they t photographs) Two naval personnel, CPO of the iterter end exterior, and) g~ p, Brown and Kersey were would recommend be constructed sasd that thes that « few jetl each fined $250 court recently. in municipal “The stone structure is still) Another enlisted man prob- wretest mts | Jailer Mesa said ably will be arraigned today for amd « be for meny years to) destroying a parking meter on <e Weh the thorough im-| Pieming street near Simonton, provements that have been made, last night. the jac practically new. Even| At 10:15 p. m., Juan Farto, em- @ the tuiiding was new, we) ployed by the Lopez Funeral coulte’t get @ better report than | Home, saw an individual breah- 18 pes cent | ing the glass on one of the ters at the above address. T individual struck the glass twice with his fist, shattering it. Farto rushed to the scerie and tried to detain the individual until Patrolman Paul Stofer could arrive to make the arrest. but friends of the person de- stroying the meter urged the destructionist to “make a run” Services End Tomorrow, Bienvenido J. 8. Chet s wR Pere th City Manager O. for the submarine base gate. Ethene edersement, today which he did, and got away. excepted tt gnation of Pa-| When Stofer arrived he pre- treks Geerge Gutterrez pared to arrest all on the scene ' : wes with the 9s accomplices. This was the geod tepertment will be) thing to do for they promptly ' w. He will be told the officer the name of the pe for those days of person committing the offense. tease that fue hi The name given by his bud- (iu i been hired a8 @ dies of the guilty party was An- ‘ but has re- on, an enlisted man, at the submarine base, who was na in civilian clothes when the al- leged crime was committted. { as @ patrolman. ee EIS YDRAULIC BRAKE | . GPECIALISTS | ROASTERS and FRYERS Sat Oe Sate Nom tore | “thive) Poult ith Aute Service Y’S (Live) Poultry B Flew Phone §) pany ite Market 1214 White St Phone es ated Army Barracks” eeteerrerrrekr rrr rere ident Truman, in his radio ad | Pictures Corporation vs. Gonzalo} dress scheduled for 10 o'clock to- | Bezanilla, doing business as P: night, is expected to tell the peo-| ace Theatre; United Artists Cor-! ple of the nation what procedure | poration vs. Gonzalo Bezanilla, ; { ——_—_—<<—<—$<$=$—$—$— | SREEEREEEEEEEEEEA TEESE ES | \ H i jcomplaints filed in the office of! ‘ties, were entered, since which } but it is believed that the charges | incorporate the charge of murder { ful, ‘the death penalty, and that the SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1946 Important Cases On Fall US. District Court Doeket| ‘WATSON MURDER CASE *—————_ FIRST IN 22 YEARS IN . KEY WEST FEDERAL \\ courT ‘all term of the United States District Court, with Hon. John W. Holland presiding judge, will convene at Key West on Novem- ber 4. The following cases are on the trial dockets at the present time: On the criminal trial docket: United States vs. David Joseph | Watson, This case has been set for trial on November 4, and will } be tried before a jury. On the civil trial docket, but not yet set for trial: Columbia! doing business as Palace Thea-; tre; Universal Film Exchanges vs. Gonzalo Bezanilla, doing business as Palace Theatre. The| plaintiffs in these suits, by their the clerk of the court,sue for loss and damages in connection with rental of picture films. The attorneys for the plaintiffs are Morehead, Pallot & Smith, of Miami, and for the defendant, H. H. Taylor and Henry H. Taylor, Jr., of Miami, and J. Lancelot Lester, of Key West. | Paul A. Porter, Administrator, Office of Price Administration vs. Mrs. Albert J. Mills, doing busi- ness as Long’s Furniture Com- pany; and Paul A. Porter, Ad- ministrator, Office of Price Ad-| ministration vs. Jack Arlen, do- ing business as Victory Bedding & Furniture Company. These are injunction suits alleging violation of OPA maximum price regula-! tions, and for money judgment for treble overcharges as may be proved. These suits came up for hearing at a_ session of the court last June for temporary in- junctions, when temporary in- junctions, by consent of the par- the temporary injunction as to the defendant Jack Arlen, doing business as Vittory Bedding and} Furniture Company, represented by Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., has been dissolved. The defendant, Mrs. Albert J. Mills, doing business as Long’s Furniture Company, is represent- ed hy P. N. Hiatt, of Miami, and Allan B. Cleare, Jr., of Key West. Upon inquiry at the local office of the clerk of the Federal court, it was stated that the papers have not yet been received there show- ing the charges against Watson, upon which he will be tried will in the first degree, which is de- fined in the federal law as “mur- der perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, or any other kind of will- deliberate, malicious, and} premeditated killing; or commit- ted in perpetration, of, or attempt | to penetrate, any arson rape, burglary, or robbery; or perpe- trated from a premeditated de- sign unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any hu- man being other than he, who is killed. For conviction upon degree the federal law provides manner of inflicting the punish- ment of death shall be in the | manner prescribed by the laws (Continued on Page Four) oe 1 Pe NLL LULA LLL A | Old-Fashioned DANCE | TOMORROW NITE | 8:30 ‘Til ? Given by Post 3911 FLAGLER AVENUE | VF and 2ND AVENUE | MUSIC | by the K. W. 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Apply NAVARRO, Inc. the charge of murder in the first | g Opposite Bus Station { Vandénbe Two Ques At Paris Newsmen In Dark | Regarding Time | Nazis Will Hang (By The Ansociated Press) NURENBERG, Oct. 14.—Cor- H respondents of newspapers throughout the world are uneasy because they can not learn when the 11 Nazis, convicted of having committed war crimes, will be hanged. fl The newsmen have not seen any gallows erected, and have] been trying unsuccessfully the |’ last three days to learn when the} hangings will occur. The only reply to. questions asked of pris- on officials has been, “I don't know.” Unofficially, it was indicated ; that the hangings will take place} within the next 48 hours. Smathers Will Question Navy OnLay-off Plan At 1:50 o’clock this afternoon | Representative - elect George \, Smathers telephoned City Com-| ioner Louis Carbonell in- forming Carbonell that _ he,/ Smathers, was leaving for Wash- ; ington, where he was being sent to inquire into the closing of’ the Opa-Locka field near Miami. Mr. Smathers revealed to his former campaign manager that he would at the same time take up the present lay-off plan be- | ing instituted by the U.S. Naval | Submarine Base here. The | congressman-elect said he will | endeavor to have the employes | remain on a “permanent” ba- sis with no future lay-offs. Mr. Smathers stated in his cgn- versation with Mr. Carbonell that , he would personally come to Key West tote the puiotic the-results- of his Washington talks. , , At that time he intends to have Senator Spessard Holland as his guests,: but should the senator be unable to make the trip, Smathers will, neverthe- less, come to the Island City alone. Commissioner Carbonell had ; told Representative-elect Smath- | ers that it was rumored that a lay-off in naval civilian person- nel of 75% is expected in the month of December. New Parking Meters Here City Manager O. J. S. Elling-) son wishes to acquaint: the pub- | lic with Ordinance No. 64, Com- mission Series, passed by the city commission on May 21 of this year. | In the resolution, the city com- | mission offers a reward of $150| to be paid to the person first} furnishing information leading to} apprehension and conviction of} person or persons violating Sec: tion, 10 of Ordinance No, 39. Ordinance 39 places a mand tory fine of $250 or six months in jail or both to anyone. defac- | At 12 o'clock midnight, a call} was received by police that four | sailors were on the roof of the! South Beach bath-house. Officers | Mario Santana, E. Hernand Frank Caraballo, and Monro county Deputy Sheriff Moreno. Wallace responded to the call. : Qn arriving at South and : Duval streets, Hernandez, Cara- | ! ballo and” Wallaée got off fhe ” police truck and walked to- | wards the beach from Duval Street, with Santana entering the establishment from Simon- | ton street. This encircled the Place and allowed no possible Fire Squad Puts | i. i Out Incendiary | Fire Early Sun. Fire Chief ports that engines called out at 3:40 a. m., on Sun- day to a fire at the Midget Bar, Leroy Torres re two were . | At City Hall wea by Theodore Russell, cor- {mer of Simonton and Greene | Lt. Ray Atwell of the Key , streets. ' West Police Department an-| * The fire, which had been de- liberately set by someone bent on real mischief, was extin- guished in 25 minutes, with lit- tle damage. A stick and a pile | of greasy rags showed clear evidence that the fire was of incendiary origin. nounces receipt of 288 new, per- | manent parking meters this morning, from the M. H. Rhodes Company, Inc., of New Britain, ; Connecticut. [he new meters have a small pane in the back panel,; which will make it’ harder for} Another alarm that night, at vandals to ruin them. They will 12:40 lock, turned out to be a receive nickels only, like the false alarm. Someone *phoned the temporary ones now in use. | Five Department that a fire was Installation of the new meters | raging at the Adams Dairy, but | _ at 2401 s quiet. | when firemen arrived ' Seidenberg avenue, all w: will be handled by the Police Department. Announcement WE HAVE MOVED from our former location at the corner of Duval and Southard Streets To Our New Location 1114 DIVISION STREET at the Corner of VARELA STREET Telephone Same “Nttee 177 Gardner's Pharmacy “The Rexall Store” IN THE UNITED STATE y Lashes Russia On | enlisted man who allegedly de- Four Men Caught Sunday | Trespassing At Casino Here Meeting This Morning *SAYS HE’S TIRED OF Want To Make $150? | Sta sana Catch Meter Destroyers; Easy Hours, High Pay ERS AS DEFENDANTS (By The Annociated Press} PARIS, Oct. 14.—Senator Ar- thur Vandenberg, American dele- gate to the peace conference here, this morning lashed out at Russia on the attitude of that country on two questions that came up be- fore the assembly of 21 nations. ing or destroying parking meters | in the City of Key West. The ci commission shall be, the sole judge as to the person; to whom such reward of $150) shall be paid, the resolution says. | He said he was tired of hearing One person has already ap- the Russian delegates attack the plied for the $150 reward and | Western Powers, particularly the the city manager will probably | United States, as though they submit the applicant's name at were defendants arraigned before tomorrow's regular city com- mission meeting. In The Citizen today count of Juan Farto detaining an a bar of justice. Vandenberg declared that the attitude the Russian delegates that any other nation’s represen- tative that disagrees with them is showed by clearly demonstrates stroyed a parking meter g It} is possible that he, too, may be up for the $150 reward. psa et in the wrong, and that Russie, therefore ys in the right Every question, he sfated, has but the Russign dele gates ap ontly think it has only one side, and that the Russien His reply Was made to a state ment by a Russian delegate re garding the attitude of the Unit ed States toward the proposal to internationalize Trieste. Russians are against the internationalize tion of that city, and think its two side retreat for the sailors who were | faced by the water on one side and by Santana and the other i three on the only two remain- | ii its. » ee eee ee control should be given the com ner 8 the place,; munistie government uy Officers Hernandez and Cara-| er ea | slavia. After he had denounced the attitude of the delegates regard jays their atlacks on. the Wieetern Powers, Vandenberg asserted that the United States was unalter ably opposed to Russia's proposal to get $300,000,000 in rep: ballo went on the roof to get the fowr naval personnel, with San- taha and Wallace covering them from thé"ground. The four men_ trespassing were B, H. Lambert, B. J. Long, J. E. Coen, William Dallas. " ayia . | _ They will be tried before Judge} from so small a country as Enrique Esquinaldo this after-| ). = Banter ta nee | land. He maintained that Win bo Bi! . | land should not: more than a one-half of the 300,000,000 that has been a ed against Robber Escapes: With $50 From Hun Vandenberg cencluded th Russian representative should | well learn now as later that the as a hl . were not going to dominate or Trailer Camp dictate to the delegates of the | other nations to the peace con An unnamed robber who stole | ference. 50 from the Mastic Trailer 5 = Ex-Communist says Reds Want Another War (By Associated ¥ mp on United street, over the | sought by Cc week end is being police, | The individual wanted by po- lice is dark build and when last seen was} pants, with white wearing da | shirt, the sleeves of which were | NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—Louis rolled, He also was wearing a, Budenz, former editor of felt hat and had a corn-cob pipé¢ Daily Worker and one-time ¢ a | munist, te declared that Ru Jin his left shirt pocket. Rie nee ea ~ Any Key West citizen knowing | hope of defeating the United the wherc yuts of this individ-| States and Great Britain and ual are requested to contact Chief | then be in a position to establis of Police Bienvenido Perez. twide dictatorshiy = Seas) (Pravd aS t SS newspaper, put wa > | Th | purported tod B Palace Theater |" FRED MacMURRAY in | accused t i aqu9 | ing to inter trade “PARDON MY PAST” | the nation: ; i News and Serial | Danube by fa e open 2 that river to t ri ‘ ons) AAA A At ASABE PRESCRIPTIONS {vcr Ingredte Compounded by Exper ienced Pharmacists | GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone (77 Free Delivery Vs < ewww errr ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street weesumewemes Phone 442 TIT os cS A EEE OCEAN VIEW | iy nae | AUTOMOBILE Dining Room and Cocktail Lounge | 520 UNITED STREET ACCESSORIES BREAKFAST, 8 to 11 A.M. | See What We Have to Ofter LUNCH, 12 Noon to 2 P.M.) Hydraulic Bumper Jacks DINNER, 5 to9 P.M. | and Other Needed Things SERVICE STORE Al Armengol, Prop. 1019 White Street