The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 5, 1946, Page 1

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Critical The SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Condition; Antha Louise ROSEMARY FELTON AND *————_ MARGARET PINDER SAM TO BE AS WELL NO RETURNS As this is an off-year elec- AS CAN BE EXPECTED’ | Asthe Coulee Johnson, one of! the oe Key Westers who were) tion, and as none of the local Democratic nominees for of- fice is opposed, The Citizen jured, Derethy Smith fatally, in 8 eutemettle aceident at Cudjoe | Rey @ 2 eeteek Monday morn- a, hee Get shewn any improve- ent im her condition since she wee token to the Key West Gen- | ovat Hewpital, « was reported at; et metittetien this afternoon fer condition continues criti-| om The Citieen was informed. | She & coments: only part of the tem, and te being fed intraven-| eenty When taken te the hospital, eertly after the § accident, she ee eperted bleeding fr the eee ond left car, had a com-! geet fracture of the upper jaw,' ©HR the teeth knocked out, mul-| tet cute om the lips, with con-! “elton of the brain that left her = @ commetese condition Hee omer ts m Miami about Seeemery Fetton and Margaret Pieter were that they were petting shee os well as could fe emp tet Their condition tres be serious | tee% Aguerro end Herman | Pe ate 5 in the Hey Wen Neve al. said to he fairly restful ang condition is consid- ered he whe are Hap are basset Tres Youth To Be Sent Back To Father ee GRR Thomas, 17-year-old Reebtord, TH. youth, picked up! here be polne » $250 and a BR evabber ensin, will te eomt beek to bie father today, Cheet of Potter BG. Perez said tite meraing The action is being = - exormmendation of | Sheet HT Wagner, Waterloo,! fewn, @here Themes was wanted fee the alleged theft of $600. Sheri Weener wrote Chief Perce Geet the boy's father, L. R. Theses, of Reekford, will make octtetion of the $600 his son is he toten in Waterloo. told Chief Perez that he mey from his uncle. of the boy's age, trans- ' aml =the ex- Sheriff was decid vugh mon und on him kford. Chief gun to the nm it to the vase price spprehended here tical | | « ont a & the fe: een | ee : fae titres straditing him, a g2he R tment carrying fined $10 on Wednesday ait Ape upon oo Peatic bruit Breese Heads Teward Market! ’ AP) — Exotic ly only the afford to will secon ‘ ' the average U. Del Product xt thiand the will Hionatre Ameri will be Re m the experi la im grow arieties be ship- ne they tong hauls Schoo! at the ida is cooperat- 6 cr are ‘* “CASA CAYO HUESO Bteeet Phone 243 ine of Margaret and Fleming Sts. LARGE SHIPMENT of PRYERS sod ROASTERS will not post election returns City Commission Objects Found On | regular bi-weekly session in the| day by U.S. Marshall Chester S. Johnson Fed intravenously IN THE UNITED STAT KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1946 Faces Important | Watson Blamed Session Tonight} On Dade Jailers Another full agenda faces the “Carelessness of Dade County City Commission tonight at its! jail attendants” was blamed te- City Hall at 8 o’clock. Among the more important Dishong for a steel club-like in- i re strument and razor blades found business scheduled is the second } on David Joseph Watson, accused ige . reading of the Tradewinds’ liquor | murderer on trial in U.S. District | Light Voting | license which passed first read- | Court here for the murder of his ing at the last regular meeting | shi mate, Benjamin Leroy Hobb: Indi d I by a 3-2-vote, Also probably to'guly 240 icated In be considered is the appointment: pishon hi sterday | re- = oi Map agg This County | No Sweeping Cla Politicians; Voters Have ‘Taken ‘Over’ To Render Their Decision. ‘PRESIDENT, MRS. TRU- ES —————— Soveenos Calls On All Voters To Go To Polls (By The Associated Press) ims Today By MAN AND DAUGHTER VOTE IN MISSOURI, LEAVE FOR CAPITOL (By The Associated Pree) WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Dem- ocrats and Republicans alike, Isabel Fleming were nominated | possession of razor blades, in or- at the last ti b i j ie last meeting, but Attor-' der not to prejudice the jury ney Porter has informed the) which had not yet been chosen, commission that he was not con- today, along with Myrtland Cates, | itz, tacted and would not serve on} the board. ; 4 baat é of the Miami office, revealed Commissioner Louis Carbonell! where the objects found on Wat- has protested vigorously at thei son came from. They said that Teather wi is Cosme tie prisoner obtained them’ in ee civic clubs, some way at the Dad namely the Rotary, Lions and! oe fe Hodes SeUnty: jail. Jaycees, should each name a P: i member to this important ‘com- aves eee ance mows Now Inspecting c “Only a U.S. restraining belt,” Naval Base Here mission. : Cates said, “prevented a possible The present board remains on Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nim- | an “inactive” status, according to ean Se ere Chief of Naval Operations,' resigned chairman Ralph Sierra.| here. He had eal ‘ateel a arrived here by plane late yes-|Three cases have accumulated | or q jail door ,including the lock terday afternoon for a two-day , since the board's resignation. frieehens ‘tre : a t his 1 y inspection of the Key West Naval | Other important topics will! uch Rao eR oe et Base, Announcement of the visit, probably be considered, includ-} utes would nat havea shee ay d was made by Capt. Henry M.;ing the last New York board| him from hittae P 2h x Cooper, Base Commandant. {meeting of the Gulf Atlantic] {he poor muin® a suard over Admiral Nimitz will inspect, Transportation Co., and the con-} matchbox dea Abs a a anti-submarine development and: troversial subject of radio-equip- | him, ge ss 8 training in the Key West area, a ping police and fire department} «phe yestraini nerfs on RS Mesice Bes aces pe ‘The restraining belt, however, tonight. SSaeeeunnuneas Admiral Nimitz deputy U.S. Marshall in charge | W. A. Saunders, commanding the; submarine base, said this morn- ing. He is accompanied by Vice-Ad- ;miral Forrest Shuman, Deputy | Chief of Naval Operations; Rear ; Admiral C. W. Styer, Coordinator | of Underseas Warfare; and Rear GI Bill were reminded Saturday | R. P. Briscoe, Com-‘that the pay they receive regu- mander of the Operational Devel- larly schéduled: overtime work is Admiral opment force. Following an exhaustive in- |Report Earnings, Trainees Told Veterans in training under the to be eounted as income in mak- ing their trainee salary report to has a hook in front to which the handcuffs are fastened, prevent- ing the prisoner from free move- ment.” Under 24-Hour Guard Dishong added that the prison- er is under 24-hour guard since he had threatened during his impris onment that he would commit suicide. The jury was completed, in- cluding two alternates, at 10:05 this morning. The United States, | star admiral this evening at the | Officers~Club. spection of the installations here, Nimitz and his party will depart by plane tomorrow. A buffet sup- per will be given for the five- the Veterans Administration. All veterans in an education or training status under the Service-| prosecution, presented Com- “men’s Readjustment Act must) mander Phillip 'W. Mothersill, make a report of their earnings |. commander. ecu, -Destrager ai ase vay painted 5. Those 'Stribling, on which the murder a reporting will be dropped} was committed, as, his first wit- rom subsistence rolls. Gene Anheir, Officer in Charge of the Key West VA contact of- j fice said that numerous trainees of the Key West area were under | the false: ver-| with U. S. District Attorney Ha- ford O. Enwell handling the fl Slight Decrease In Bridge Tolls During October Collection of tolls on the Over- ; seas Highway bridges last month fell slightly behind the receipts for October, 1945, according to a { statement issued today by Clif- | ford G. Hicks, auditor for the Monroe County Road and Toll Bridge District. Last month the collection to-! taled $24,705.25 as compared with 25,126 in October, 1925, a de- crease of $421.75. i Number of motor vehicles that passed over the bridges last |rtime but .was not aboard when the murder was committed. The, second..Government wit- ; ness, | time pay is not included in the! oes - Sawyer, Clerk of ceiling of $175 per month for; the Circuit Court here, presented single men and $200 for married! ® ™@P of Key West and identi- men. Anheir. pointed out, how- fied the spot where the ship was ever, that occasional overtime | berthed at the time of the mur. beyond the standard work period; ger Homer) B.aHeuick local an © {the establishment where the/Chitect, gave trainee is employed is not to be Fame information. | | included as compensation. During the choice of a jury When lodging, meals, laundry | yesterday both the prosecution or. other services are furnished al and defense attorney, John G. person in training as a part of Sawyer, used many of their his compensation for productive! Petemptory challenges. The de- labor an allowance representing | fense attorney excused at least the “reasonable value” of such|tWo men after they said they ‘taled 12,424, and in Oc- services will be added to the ac-| Were originally from Geoxgia, arene one The falling off tual wages or salary in determin. mawyes asked every prospective of revenue resulted from the ing the rate of compensation Boer es tai ; Ae maller number of passengers, ceived, Anheir added. ey u e de endant ~ ity ms irst 95.649 last month, and 28,454 in degree murder, to appending the mel ace hackivear (Continued vn Page Four) \Florida Industry Is C. of C. Topic Vets To See County Board Mrs. Maria ilia Died it Home This Morning; Mrs. Maria Sibila, 75, passed (Special to The Citizen) away at her residence, 727 Olivia) WINTER PARK, Fla., Nov : street, this morning. Funeral | James L. Cartwright of Jackson-| A joint committee taken from services for the deceased will be | ville, member of the state adver-| the personnel conducted 5 p.m. tomorrow from | tising commission and public re-| of Foreign Wars Post No. 3911, the residence. Rev. Guillermo’ jations director of Florida State! and the American Legion Post Perez, pastor of the Latin Metho- Theaters, Inc., will tell a meeting | N°- 28, will appear before the dist Church, will officiate. of the State Chamber of Com- | county commissioners tonight io Among the survivors of Mrs. snerce’s industrial division here|@Sk the commissioners to appro- Sibila are: Three daughters, Mrs.) togay and tomorrow, what the/ Priate funds to employ a full- Gloria Sardinas, Mrs. Rosa Cas-| piorida State Advertising Com-| time service officer for veterans taneda and Mrs. Claribel Mon-' nission’s $1,000,000 campaign is! in this county. zen; three.sons, Raul, Mario and accomplishing in bringing new in.| The funds requested for_this Evelio Sibila; fourteen grand- | gustries into Florida. | undertaking is said to be $5,000 children and four great-grand-' The state chamber’s industrial , annually. children ‘division, headed by Chairman} — The Pritchard Funeral Home is w. w. Wolff af Winter Park, re-| DIES HERE in charge of arrangements. Burial ports that several hundred in-| Andrew Lawrence Frelinger, will be in the family plot at Qustries have been ‘brought into 53, died Sunday in the U. S. Na- City Cemetery. the state since’ V-J Day last year.|val Hospital. Funeral services = = i The meeting will open at noon, will be held in Miami where he today and close at noon tomor- | survived by his wife, M row. | Magdeline Florence Frelinger. Leet - DANCING ~ Nightly to the Music of MARK (CRUNCH and Hi STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone $287 Sete EAE TRIE Ci RAEI TET Palace Theater. RICHARD ALLEN in “The Phantom Speaks” News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT The Polls do not clo: (The Southernmost House) | 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ———Opens 5 P.M. Daily-—— 8 MONROE ness. Mothersill said that he was jin command of the ship at the’ substantially the | f he would object, on find- | of the Veterans, ATTENTION! | | now and cast your vote. Every qualified voter should | oa, . | | display his or her citizenship. Democratic Executive Committee of the civil service commission. | quested The Citizen not to use Attorney J. ¥. Porter IV, andj information on Watson's reported eae Voting in Key West up to mid-} afternoon was light. None of the local politicians questioned by The Citizen would venture a ‘guess of the number of votes that would be cast, ‘but all of , them agreed it would be only a small part of the qualified list, humbering 4,846. | Indications are that only 30 to. 40 per cent of the vote will be cast, or roughly 1,450 to 1,900. | In some parts of Florida, Nos. 4 and 5 of the proposed amend- iments to the state constitution have created a great deal of in- ‘terest, pro and con, but interest in Key West in the amendments is sporadic. Polls in Key West are at the following places: No. 1, Mastic Trailer Camp, ; United street; No. 2, court house; | No. 3, Lou Smith’s Filling Sta- ition, White and Fleming streets; ' ‘No. 4, High School gymnasium; | No. 5, Poinciana. Precinct No. 6 is in Marathon, and No. 7 is in Tavernier. { ‘Long Store Pays "$1163.94 For OPA | «Price Violations i .A settlement of $1163.94 i | overcharges received on furniture items sold at prices above OPA / ceilings was completed in TE Sat District Court yesterday between i the Office of Price Administration Albert J. Mills, doing here as Long’s Furniture ! ! A stipulation agreed to by P. S. Hiatt, attorney for Mrs. Mills, and Marvin C. Wehrle, attorney for Paul A. Porter, OPA Admin- istrator, provided that Mrs. Mills pay $1163.94 to the government. The amount, the stipulation said, “represents overcharges re- ceived by the defendant in the sale of various items of furniture |} in violation of the provisions of ithe Maximum Price Regulation No. x4 580.” SERVICES HELD FOR INFANT SON Funeral services for the infant on of Mr, and Mrs. Reynold} Fhompson were held yesterday | afternoon from the chapel of the } Pritchard Funeral Home. Burial | was in the family plot in the City | Cemetery. . Survivors, besides the parents, are the grandparents, Mrs. Mae ; Lounders and Mrs. Lula Thomp- son. i \ | State Veterans’ Service Officer Arrives Here; Melvin Friedland, state serv. | officer, arrived this morning and will remain here until Saturday. | During his stay, in which he wil] aid veterans in their prob-|- lems, his office will be at La Concha Hotel. Any Monroe Coun- ty World War veteran may con-: act Mr. Friedland during his| stay. | | BUSINESS MEN MEET | i A meeting of the Key West} ‘Business Men’s Association will be held tonight at 8:00 o’clock in| ‘the County Court House, All) members are urged to attend as} important subjects will be dis- ‘cussed at the meeting | se until 7*p.m. today. Go! COUNTY ' with the campaign ended and the voters having their say at the | polls, made no claims today about TALLAHASSEE, Nov. “Good citizenship.” That is what every voter will 5 lern part of Division street this 'a month ago are sufficiently ad practice today who goes to the polls to cast his vote, Governor! the probable result of the off- year election. President and Mrs. Truman and Caldwell said this morning. Vote; regardless of how you vote, but vote, the governor said! in effect, and added that it is the duty of every American to exer- cise his right and privilege to cast his ballot. : (Spessard Holland, Demo-) cratic candidate for the United | States Senate, who is at his home in Bartow, also called on Flor- idians to register their choice at, the polls. He is opposed by a Re- | publican, but Holland, political ; experts declare, will win by a big | majority). | A few other Democratic nomi- | nees are opposed by Republicans. | Those Democrats include nom nees for the U. S. House of Rep- resentatives, and a few Demo- crats who are running for state senator and state representative. It appeared early this after-| noon that, despite the efforts of Democratic leaders to get out a} large vote, the returns from all j over the state will be small. Street Repairing To Extend Into | Division Street A street repair program waich has already used 300 cubic yards of marl will extend into the west- | ' ‘ week, Robert H. Dopp, Director of Public Works, said yesterday The street will be graded, roll- ed and filled from Thomas street to the fort with a sand, coral and mixture. Meanwhile, ex-; s which commenced’ stone tensive repai od to permit full-time use on Staples, Patterson, Fogarty, Har ris and Fourth, Sixth and Eighth streets. | While only one block of this has been completed with{ vane area | grading and rolling the remain der has been filled and is usable until apparatus can return and grade and roll the present tem- urface, Dopp said | porar, | Mrs. Ysabel Toledo, 89, Passed Away Last Night Mrs. Ysabel Medina Toledo, 89, died last night at her rgsidence, 1032 Catherine street. | Funeral services will be held} 4:00 p.m. tomorrow from the | chapel of Pritchard Funeral Home | with Rev. Guillermo Perez, the Latin Methodist church, ficiating. Burial will take place family plot in City Cemet Survivors of the de in clude two daughters, Mrs. Eugene abal and Mrs. Mario Aspertia: ; a son, Eloy Garcia; grand sons and six great-grandsons of in the y nine PULL LL ELL LLE Pooch RS | OUR ANNUAL panes Tomorrow <p) ITEMS for the l Plus le PRICE of See Announcement On Page 4 GARDNER'S PHARMACY 1114 Division, Corner Varela St. SAME li FREE PHONE 1( 4 DELIVERY ST TTT TT es LLL LaLa § |their daughter, Margaret, j polls later. | with Sugar Loaf key \k voted in Independence, Mo. Mrs. Tru man went early to the polls, and. when she came out of a booth, she was asked vy a reporter if she had voted the straight Demo cratic ticket, and she replied, hope’ so.” President Truman and Miss Margaret Truman went to the From the polls the Trumans were driven to a rail road station to board a train for Washington In New York state, the great est interest is centered in the race for governor betw: en the imcum | bent, Thomas Dewey, and Sena tor James M. Mead. Dewey and Mead, in their speeches last night, nipped again at each other Mead declared that Dewey was not much con cerned in becoming governor again, and that his eyes were cast eagerly toward Washington Dewey replied that he was e« cerned in the four more years he would serve the people of New York as governor Country wide est is felt elections. Dorothy. mith’s Funeral Thursday Miss Sybil Dorothy vear-old daughter M Mrs. R. D. Smith. 6 street, who died yesterday ing of, injuries rec day night's trag cident at the Cudjoe the bridge the chief inter in the congressional Smith, 22 of and White morn. eived n Sun vutomeobile ac ert of that nae, las K connecting be to rest Thur Funeral from the Chureh isted by other city, will offi in the family Cemetery Miss Smit T. Sn here Firs’ R be to Other the Hagon Sand Smith and Miguel parent and tw 4 Unemploymnet Checks To County f ' ‘ nM Pay compensatior rent during the 26, made Flor repo State | $91,026 208. In check of fra t t w t 4 JUNIOR WOMEN WEET Wanted! YOUNG WOMAN for SECRETARIAL WORK Higt dpply NAVARRO, Ine Opposite Bus Station