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

VOLUME LXVU. No. 262 A ee “= The SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN see + atte oe ELT ‘ Key Wh KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, ¢ Ps man ROE Eg ayes 1 CS RRR RIT ae ED Ss , 1946 TATES 200 Attend PoincianalNor ivin MONEY CAN BREAK City Commission In COMMITTEE TO AND SMATHERS; L. CARBONELL, ERS AMONG SPEAK. ets Reetieets of the Poinciana heemtng projeet—some 200 strong ‘SoM & meee meeting last night © ee Community Hall and ek tiem te forestall possible SEE* SAVY ©OMMANDANT ‘Elevated Trains - Crashed Today At * e Lost Meeting: Start Action Money's Ready, And If Not Called For wi Be Aimed ’To Save Homes att... PROCRASTINATION A resident called this morning: Lord has spoken about it in his; at the sheriff's office and asked : office, regarding drivers’ licenses, to be directed to the place where | and Assessor Gandolfo in com- he could register for the election | menting on some persons not ob- to be Held on November 5. | taining _ Assistant State Attorney Wil-' homesteads and, because of that liam V. Albury explained that failure, having to pay full tax- the registration books were’ ation. In the case of exemptions, The ° ° closed last Saturday, and when: Chicago Station the caller expressed surprise, it' Citizen published a story to the (By The Associated Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 23.—More than 200 persons were injured today, ‘10 of them seriously, when one ‘elevated train crashed into the ere e@eteien of Poinciana’s' end of another train while it was 96 emsonary built hores, & eommmiitiee of five men and thee wermen was named to con- tert the Newel Base commandant here, Comgresaman-clect George Seeathers, the National Housing aay 0d Ss possibly = other rere «f aasistance. Another ee Meeting will be heid a week Bem temmerrow aight ‘at the .forty-seventh street sta- tion on the south side of the city, } ‘taking on passengers. | Two cars were telescoped, but did not fall to the ground. More than 2,000 persons were aboard the trains and on the platform at the station. Police and fire- bof the accident, but so large was jthe crowds in the station and on the. platform, the firemen had to use ladders to reach the tracks men quickly reached the scene and Following Day Base and rescue the passengers in the week | telescoped coaches. Commandant. today. A eee thie evening at 6 p. m.. the A dense fog prevailed, and the oemettiee wlll confer with | ™otorman of the incoming train Greeters ot Le Concha Hotel, | Said he did not see the train at The meeting was marked by a the station until it was too late “ete eed of the Poinciana|t® apply the brakes to prevent eomieet: i defense of their | the crash. teemee ~Vet the matter was dis- Sie Seen nee | Beef Prices To Beige: titer Duwetw ot Pub-! Wholesalers Fell eres wie Still More-Today fetal, wee presented the problem | Associnted Press) forme Ge eltiens; Commander; © ore } os Carbonell. City | _ CHICAGO, Oct, 23.—Beef drop- . ; ped in prices from packers to > ar. end Gesnld Saun-| wholesalers to 43 to 47 cents a! } same a _ alk inde, j pound today, as compared to the ™ —_ ec’ | high of 62 cents last week. It, was explained'that, even af- ter today’s drop, the prices are | almost twice as high as they were © otitne Junder OPA ceilings. Further falling off in wholesale prices is |expected to continue because of ~ | the large numbers of cattle that | are reaching this and other cities where there are packing houses. . | may . he (In Washington, an OPA | spokesman said that that agency — — rool 2 was not overly concerned with Mtery " 179-8. (The Cui the cost of beef to wholesalers, b~ _ tue. ihe i as the OPA felt confident that oubtiching shove ad- | there will be further decreases until the law of supply and de- ; on. the VFW mand became effective. He added | that OPA's chief concern now ommittee was about sugar, the scarcity of ‘ | which is more acute in the United | “ tans by Law-| states than during any other | time. The shortage became worse, | he concluded, because of the! be aetes » suggestion tean Legion Wot ws remarks by ‘lords in this city have declared | the southwe: was explained to him that the | effect that, if money was to be books had been open 10 weeks. given away, then everybody That incident started a discus-'! would call to get his share. But sion about the apparent lack of that observation is belied by a qopetude of some persons to act condition in Clerk Sawyer’s of- ;within a prescribed time, how-. fice, where money is available ever long it may be. If a dead- to pay 10 jurors, who have thus line is set, they put off from day far failed to call for it, and will ito day the required action to ' lose it if they do not call by next meet the deadline, County Judge ' Saturday. 425 Women Coming Unpaid Jurors’ 'To City Tomorrow| Fees Be Lost If Not Called For At least 425 women are expect- “The money is here waiting ed to visit Key West tomorrow |for them. If they don’t come for and Friday on a sight-seeing tour, } it by Saturday, I'm obliged, un- William M. Arnold of ' Florida mean Lines, Inc., said to- hassee, and then they will not be The visitors are members of| P@id.” the Women’s Benefit Association, | -Thus Circuit Court Clerk Saw- an affiliate of the National In-{ yer spoke today about 10 of th surance Agency, now holding a} jurors, petty and grand, who Ai Nec ee a pert attended | served in court wie last two parts of the country. The con-} He explained that the vention opened Monday and ends \ law requires that money for jur. tomorrow, q j ors must be returned to the state Tomorrow’s group will number j at the expiration of the tenth day approximately 75 women, while } after court is adjourned 349 have registered for Friday’s | Circuit court adjourned its trip. Each group will spend the! spring term last week, and Satur. | weeks. day in Key West. A luncheon! day will be the tenth day. All! will be held Friday at 12:15 p.m.,| the jurors, except 10, have ob- with a Cuban orchestra provid- | tained their fees. Any of the 10, ing the music through efforts of; who do not call at the clerk’s of- the Junior Chamber of Com- | fice by Saturday, will not there- merce. after receive payment. The Key.' West Business andj Professional Women’s Club plans! he to give each visitor a saat (Oe Killed consisting of a welcome card with } _ By Explosion a shark’s tooth attached. Landlords In Seattle Strike teint EE A of 17 Japanese mines off the SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—Land-j northern coast of the Celebes, in Pacific, today kill- ons and injured more a “strike” against the OPA be-|ed 34 per: cause of its continuance of ceil-|than 50. ings on rents. One mine was struck ‘and ¢ Members of the Seattle Apart- | ploded. That explosion was the} ment Owners’ Association an- | cause of setting off the other 16 nounced today that they had/| mines, one after another in quick agreed unanimously that soon | succession. as an apartment becomes vacant,| The mines had been placed it will be locked and remainjoff the shore of northern Cele- locked until the ceiling on rentals | bes by the Japanese during the is removed by OPA. war. Reports from three other cities in Washington said that the land- lords there are preparing to take Government action similar to that which has a Not Expected been put into effect here. To Seize Plane (In Washington, D. C., Ivan Carson, speaking for the OPA, said that the threat of the Seat- tle landlords would in no way é change the attitude of OPA re- (By ‘The Associnted Press) garding rent ceilings). WASHINGTON Oct. 23. — = = ——— Spokesmen for Trans World Air HALLOW'EN FETE TO BE Line pilots said today that the GIVEN BY HARRIS P.-T. A./ union did not fear the govern- Fhe Harris School Parent) ment’s taking over the line and Teachers Association announces] operating it. that a special meeting of all] They added, though, that they ~ j subject, “Our | j _ Afternoon Session | | Announced By High School The three finalists in Key & West High School's av: a . a seay con ae tieupea ae President Speaks This Afternoon day by Horace O'Bryant, Prin-} cipal. Competing against the best of the city’s youthful writers, Ker- mit Roberts, Grade 12-A; Dale| Ellis, Grade 12-B and Arthur; Brahms, Grade 12-B, turned in|} the finest compositions on the| Navy, War, Guardian in Peace.” Selectio > prize 4 Seager ithe prize winning ye at 4 o'clock this afternoon, ithe three submitted by the above- ; Were entertained at luncheon tp- named students. The composi- day by Mayor O’Dwyer and oth- tions of the young writers have er officials of this city. ; been submitted to Captain Tuck- | AE 430 olclockn Presi ler Gibbs, USN, for the final! sesolelonlyy Eecacent Tact judging. | The best essay of the three will | (iy Asnociated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Dele- conference, welcoming the dele- jentitle the writer to take com- | Bates to this country, It is report-| meeting of At Conference | Victor in gates of the 51 nations to the UN} conference, scheduled to assem- | Accepts Offer To Buy USO For $10,000 ABUILDING WOULD BE USED AS RECREATION CENTER; CITY GROUP ALSO ASKED TO CON- SIDER PROBLEM OF LOSING POINCIANA BULLETIN The City Commission this afternoon passed an emerg- ency ordinance authorizing the Jackson Square USO property from the United States for $16,000. purchase of The city has been offered an opportunity to buy the Jackson Square USO Building for $10, man will make a speech at the .000, Mayor William W. Demeritt said this morning. A special the - City Commis- Of 17 Mines: a - Hewy, both of) maritime strike, with the re- | : Hete @etion, | sultant discontinuance of ship- a Corbenell spoke.| ments of sugar to the United : ~~ ed particular | States from foreign ports). ww { his member- ay mt »verning body ‘ | oe oe ® ted that a com. Junior Red Cross utes be appointed to see Cap te “eer and ascertain from Soe sean, Plans For Parade pour He al uggested z te. - tt oe Smathers. Plans for participation of the ean ut poet § sent of the Junior Red Cross in the Navy; " » ladies Day Day parade, Saturday morning, " — % attend next were made by the executive com- | polerte apport to the | mittee at a meeting held yester- | ; 2 ' » their ef-|day at the chapter house. It was ‘ ‘ homes. He decided to combine the Junior «ft teat be was sure Red Cross and Community Serv- ab bee “ the County ice to Hospital units in represent- — * the same senti- ing the Key West Chapter in the parade. Geme of the soundest sug- Mrs, Fernando Camus, Chair- exons of the evening were (man, Junior Red Cross, also an- erate by Pepper and his wife. nounced that plans have been Ses, Pepper wes the first to completed for Junior Red Cross | guint eat that the most logical enrollment in the schools, during | ues would be to contact the the first two weeks in Novem- Agency in Wackingtee since it was that HT if H | Te, few sehich he said the owe OFFERS PLAN e Peek he eaid, tt te “oll right pte sed on Page Four) aaae ber, and to further efforts of Junior Red Cross production now under way. Miss Dorothy McAdams, head recreation worker, American Red |Cross staff, Navy Hos- pital, was present to complete |plans with Mr. Marcellus for a series of ‘programs which* his High School band will give for the patients at the hospital dur- ing the winter season. | ovea nh 2S RRA TRL ISRO RES Palace Theater STEPHANIC BACHELOR in “Crime of the Century” News and Serial witches, spooks and goblins will be held on the school grounds, | Friday at 4:30 p.m. Mothers are asked to bring their children. A costume parade will be held and prizes awarded for the best ' costumes in each age group. Re- would prefer to work for the gov- ernment under its terms than to return to work for the company until the salary scale is adjusted. Status of the strike is the same today as it was when the men walked off their jobs at 5 o'clock jmand of eae of Commodore, The es contest was conduct- ‘ed under the supervision of Cur- is F. Dowling, English teacher, ‘who was a Navy Lieutenant in) ; World War II and who ‘stablish- ted his home here after becoming acquainted with Key West during the war when his ship was sta- | tioned here. | Thief Is “Caught With the Goods” | | In 3 A.M. Chase: A pair of would-be | chair stealers ran afoul of the law at three o’clock this morhing on} Olivia street and one, Jay Her. nandez, a Puerto Rican from} Tampa, landed behind the bars. | | His companion, described as a Californian, escaped. ; The arrest was made by Patrol- |man Frank Caraballo who had jbeen notified by Howard Gates, | {colored officer, that two men |were “up to something.” | | The two officers proceeded up Olivia street toward Whitehead ‘and detected two young men, tone with two folding chairs un- ‘der his arms and the other with j two other chairs and a small table, scurrying down Olivia. | Caraballo yelled, “Halt,” | | but the culprits only increased | their speed, whereupon Cara- ballo fired once into the air, | and Gates twice. Jay Hernan- } dez promptly halted, but his ! companion paid no heed and disappeared into a back alley. Caraballo and Gates found two other chairs at Hernandez’s home | on Shaver’s lane. Hernandez. is being held in city jail for trial this afternoon in municipal court | on a charge of breaking and en- tering. A search is being made for his companion. Key West Has Lof2, | ia . | Sub Bases In East Only one submarine base on! ithe Atlantic coast, other than the | | Key West sub-base, will be open for public inspection on Navy | 'Day, the Naval Base said today. lin fact, there is only one other submarine base on the entire East coast, namely the one at} |New London, Conn. ; the Waldorf Astoria hotel. jand some of the ele the submarine “Cor-{e4 that, during his address, he | sioners will be held at 2:15 er the law, re! alla- ine > rei icy! “oo Dah der the law, to return it to Talla-|{ poral” on Navy Day, with the ,will outline the foreign policy| today to take action on the offer. of the United States. The President, besides the Possible action, may also be s taken on the Poinciana bh Secret Service men who a 3 OS ne oe | probl 7 companying him, will be guard-} ae em, the mayor sald. He Gas aib és “led that he had received a re- ed by 1,500 policemen during his | quest late this morning fr A visit to the convention hall in! Maitland Ada . re eo Flushing Meadows and also: early | anh Se oe i ‘ . 'Chamber of Commerce and this evening when he will attend Chairman-of the Ke: West H a reception to the delegates in| ing Authority, to cusiaie mane | peal for assistance from Poin- se ; j ciana residents whose homes may Warren Austin, chief delegate of} ),.<: é thy the United States to the confer ey Bo taken: i eae cane canis anneuiiGeace tine a The mayor explained that Zi un cons s President will leave the Waldorf ! this Gucctus would Mh Fraverd Astoria in time to board an 8:30 inuaentigh as the ctial aaa train for Washington. is called in order to consider ac C Sot Hemmant ate ea quisition of the USO building. 1 The suddenly called session is vooper [nvites necessary, the + be. . 4 cause J, R. Brennan, Florida rep- Key Wester. To resentative of the Public Works Administration, who is conduet Navy Day Events ing the negotiations with the city, must leave here by plane aptain H. M. Cooper, Navat| Ris afternoon. Commandant, extended al If the building should be ae- special: invitation to Key West} duited by the city, Mayor Dé& citizens today to take part in the / Meritt said, it would be used as Navy Day celebration, Saturday {# community recreational center and Sunday. The statement of| © Tefused to indicate how Me the commandant follows: would vote on the matter, say ‘On the occasion of Navy. Day, | 22 he had no comment on that 6, I wish to extend a most| Westion. cordial invitation to the citizens |, “7 Wi) lea of Key West in particular and all | leagues.” he of Florida in gencral to visit the | , The mayor pointed out that the Naval Base at Key West All the | deed which would accompany haval installations at Key West | Purchase of the building provides hips will be| for use of the USO for a period open for your inspection, and 1 | extending fer six months after urge everyone to avail himself; t¢Mination of the present em of the opportunity to see their | CT&ency, although title, of course. Navi would be in the city if the pur “Navy Day specifically set jchase is made. For five years af aside as the day on which citi-|tet the expiration of the six zens of the country can become |™Menths’ period, he said, the build. nted with the Navy. The '!!n& must be used for recreation mission during war is vic- He continued that it is possible tory, and during peacetime in|that the USO would provide for being guardian of the peace, In} Maintaining the building even the years to follow I hope that | though title should be in the « the Navy will continue to rest|The mayor explained that he w firm in the affection of the peo-|"°t concerned so much about the |price as about the deed pro ple and that the relations of the } Naval Base at Key West with the | Visions and maintenance citizens of Key We will con- tinue on a most pleasant basis.” The reception will be given by C » that to my col id. acq Argentine Solons Go Into High Gear BUENOS AIRES.—(AP)— The | national senate set what may be 10 Lose Lives a world speed record in legisla In Cottage Fire Along Lakeside A ema) Conn., Oct. he HAMPTON, freshments are to be served.} Monday morning because thei Among the attractions will be the} demand for higher wages had \House of Horror, Queen of the | not been granted. Witches, the Witches’ Pot and a fortune-teller. LENA IS THE STOCK Te COMPLETE COMI N G eToilet Preparations ‘ees eDrug Sundries -aUvevU ener Un ene UeN ETE RE AEE E eElectrical Appliances} HAVE POOR OLD CRAIG. rox Hallowe'en six SERVICE STORE at Al Armengo!l, Owner 1019 WHITE STREET | We Have A Nice Showing of TOYS Tommie’s Skating Rink Prizes and Fun For All!! TTT TTTHIT VLU CLEOPR LULL ELE The installation here is also) 23.—Ten persons Jost their lives ; jone of a bare dozen ¢ ed byjearly this morning in a cottage | \the Navy Department as Naval! fire on the shore of a lake near| bases, according to the Public) here. | Relations Officer of the local; Edward Nelson, senior andj base. The others are Boston, New| junior, who resided in another York, Philadelphia, Norfolk,| cottage, said the fire was caused | Charleston, New London andjby an overheated oil | Portsmouth on the East coast,| As the house that was burned | and Puget Sound, San Franciscc | was only one story high, it is; San Pedro and San Diego on the | thought that the occupants must j Pacific coast. |have been suffocated in their i _ —_——— | sleep. FAA REE ap SAT (Td /Sog ROASTERS and FRYERS | BRADY’S (Live) Poultry | and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 54f AAA REE ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | 121 Duval Street weeeemem, Phone 442 game tion, enacting 1,196 laws in @ single session, at the rate of 20 per minute. They were the decrees of the {revolutionary government — be ;tween 1943 and 1946, which had ‘to be approved by congress to become permanent legislation One of the few which was not approved would have established registry of all non-Catholi clergymen, It would prohibited the establishment of non-Catholic missions in Indier reservations. The decree. was never put into effect . labelled as unconstitutional t Diego Luis Molinari, majority leader in the senate | | also have Have your Dodge. Chrysler, Ply mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL ERS—at the RIGHT PRICE!ItI! NAVARRO Ine. Opposite Bus Station a