The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 6, 1946, Page 1

ae Se- VOC ME LAV No 264 Key West € SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN TH E UNITED STATES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1946 . Dion Named To See [Republicans Apparently Papy On City-County Tax Office Merger; COPY COMMISSION AP FAVOR Gob. PARh OFV1. SERVICE m CATES, ener reston, bent atole in a are ony se che ammbeted im the three sat seenion Cates | of a fund the commission had | | budgeted to make the first pay-| }ment in the purchasing of the! vecenctes on the night, business Commission Gives _ $5,000 For: Monroe | Veterans’ Officer County commissioners last night decided to give the local! posts of American Legion and | Veterans of Foreign Wars $5,000 | to be used to pay expenses and; | salary of a veterans’ service of- ficer in Monroe county. The money will be taken out Winners In House, Senate * County Vote Is ‘1,281; Smathers Leads Ticket | As had been predicted, a very hight vote was polled yesterday lin Monroe county. | Only 1,281 of the 4,846 voters in the county took the trouble! to go to the polls. As had been usual, the 1,281; gave large majorities to those | Democrats who had opposition. George Smathers, candidate for representative from this congres- sional district, led the ticket in, ; Monroe county with a total of; 1,107. Other results: United States Senator — Hol-; land (D), 1,059; Schad (R), 119. | } ' | (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 6— Though returns. are incomplete in many parts of the country, the | Republicans likely will have ma- jorities in both the senate and: the house next January on the! convening of the eightieth con! gress. | In the house 218 are required! for a majority. The Republicans ' have 191 sure seats and are lead-| ing in 54 other congressional dis-| tricts. The Democrats had a majority of 44 in the last congress, and apparently the Republicans will have a majority of 51 in the eightieth congress, i Latest returns indicate that the Republicans will have a ma-, jority of three in the senate. A congressional majority prob- ' denied a motion of defense attor- Sharp Cut In Electricity Rates Forecast For City; Plan Would Save $50,871 \ IV IVT VV VV IVT FINISHES TOUR AAAAAADAAAAAABAAASD Judge Holland ° ° Denies Motion ° oe On Jurisdiction After a lengtuy conference with the opposing counsel in the ' trial of David Joseph Watson of ! Norfolk, Va., 21-year-old accused murderer of Benjamin Leroy Hobbs, 19, of Nebo, N. C., Judge John W. Holland this morning | ney, John G. Sawyer, to with- sdraw a photostatic copy of a map offered in evidence to show the location of the ship on which the West General Hospital. It of noise | Was thought that that institution eomed well | Could have been bought from the , +| Federal Works Agency for $50,- ot might was or-! ann ers’ | Representative in Congress Smathers (D), 1,107; Curtis (R), 118. Justice of Supreme Court — __| ably will not affect the govern- itt, as no min- present twerd from the au- Pilip Senchez, who tekeng plants from emt of boys using te im the ceme- — Pb e co cliet es t nae? ve made and passed mumediately tition. Mayor There is ho ex- “ thie vandalism necessary the houwld be locked the trespassers Sweeting, re- asked of t the new me- take only o. J. &. they taking either waked ‘ are B tables are not exeept in riding acad- hed prior to the coming ordinance id be done oe ok at me HK ee ee ent Chat = 6place owe. ft atebs thes w used by the » bus station, sgned by Wm wtant Chief In “@ Sanitary En- the last “ June, 1940, m for stables in ee ra i that Carbonell haye cities residential Mayor De- { that “we will tigate the mat- nied the discus- Thanks for con- mplaints, and I thet Rebert Dopp's Department is do- ‘ in eplied » . ‘ wengeteed by the chair and oe epee et = equarium lessee stated that he would spend $1.- G08 ced makes fine tourist re- ates eet en city-owned qvegerty gear the equarium., prevtdiag recreation facilities vacthedamg shutfleboards, out- rest rooms, chess end checker stands, and elec- tte Geedlights for use by the cousiate at might. He asked that me city tear the grounds ht $1.00 yearly for five veers a give him concession The commission ap- pveed the arrangements and HYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Get We Check Your Brakes tee Smith Auto Service Witte ot Fleming Phone had con-)| ye Caps Withtem Kroli was then | a Army Barracks” 000, and one quarter of that sum was included*in the budget for the first payment. FWA-and the ‘ commission could not agree on a | price for the hospital, When local representatives of the posts first made their request to the commission, the request was referred to the late Comp- troller James M. Lee, who in- formed the commission that they could not take that action in the | way it was proposed to him, | The posts then made a second | | request, as a result of which the $5,000 was granted them. ; voted unanimously for proposition, Gomez Submits Plan | Rogelio Gomez, part owner of | Aerovias Q Airline, and Duval street property owner, submit- |ted a plan to the commissioners | whereby the property owners ‘along Duval street would pay from $2,500 | lights installed on Duval street, the to’ $3,000 to have} Barns (D), 1,005; Chapman (D),' 945, | Comptroller—Fraser (D), 959. | Railroad Commissioner — King (D), 948;, Carter (D), 973; Scalf| (R), 107. | State Senator—Franklin (D), 973. | State Representative— Papy, | (D), 1,063. | County Commissioner — Bent- ley (D), 987; Saunders (D), 1,040. Member of School Board — Jennie Curtis (D), 954; Roberts (D), 987. Vote on amendments: No. 1,Yes 116; No, 108. No. 3, Yes, 113; No, 11. No. 3, Yes, 113; No, 106. No. 4, Yes, 89; No, 214. No. 5, Yes, 111; No, 249. No. 6, Yes, 118; No, 90. ‘Clem Price Made Head of Chamber | | providing the city would pay the jelectric light bill and maintain | the posts. . This plan was rejected in fa- vor pf'City Mandgér Ellingson’s suggestion, resulting from a conversation with the City Electric System manager, C. Ay | Van Deussen. to the effect that 1 of Commerce Here Clem C. Pricé was-elected.pres- ident of the Key West Chamber | of Commerce at. the first meeting | of the new board of directors held yesterday afternoon. Joe Allen was named vice-president the city by paying only $475 more to their lighting’ “bill could have 31 lights of 16,000 units per light, This was, ac- cording to City Manager Elling- * gon, in view of the fact that Van Deussen had told him that all electric rates in the city would be lowered for all users starting in April, 1947. Gomez said, “That’s very nice, but have it done now. Over al ] ago, I offered to pay all costs of installing a traffic light at the corner of Windsor Lane and Di- vision streets, and it has not yet been erected.” Ellingson answered, “For your} information, we are waiting for} a telephone pole to be erected. The electric company is to put} one up.” Commissioner Harden _ said,! “this cost seems impossible. It! would take $700-$800 to place in-j candescent lamps. Besides, it; must be a nice placing job, and | !to put tht'm ‘in the center of the street is not good at all.” Ellingson explained that “95 per cent of the light would go; downward under this new city! electric proposal.” The motion! appropriating the $475 was sec- jonded and passed. license Approved ! William.vAystold. the-+tréast | Key West, in color, is expected Harold R. Laubscher, rece appointed ‘assistant-manager the chamber, replacing John M. Spottswood, who tendered his of- ficial resignation, will act in a); managerial capacity until such | time as the organization secures | the services of an outside mana- ger. The appointment of Jack Sell- | ers as a director was made to fill the vacancy created by the re- moval from the city of Hugh} Hodge. Other new directors i ) clude John M. Spottswood, Fred | Miller, E. A. Strunk, Jr., and Joe ; Allen, Those re-elected were A.| Maitland Adams, Clem C. Price, | William Arnold, Edwin Trevor, | Aquilino Lopez, Jr., Horace! O’Bryant and Gonzalez Bezanilla. At the first meeting of the} board it was announced that al tourist information desk would be installed at the Jackson} Square USO building for the con- venience of winter visitors and service men alike. This is the beginning of a program toward making preparations for what is | generally considered to be one of | the biggest tourist seasons Key) West has seen in years. An order | of 25,000 descriptive folders of | A liquor license to the Over- seas Hotel, 917 Fleming street, approved by the City Manager, was passed unafiimously. Appli- ! cation of Gabriel Cabanas, 900 Simonton street, was refused be- cause the place of business loca- tion conflicted ‘with Ordinance 468. Crowe’s Package Store li- cense for Catherine and White (Continued on Page Four) Primi rms WANTED. A'E: ONCE! Experienced Auto Mechanic NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite the Bus Station ‘emvnevneeesareuaentnnneaveenneeeancagnaeannan 4 Palace Theater RICHARD ALLEN in “The Phantom Speaks” News and Serial to be received shortly for distri- bution to prospective visitors. | | SAT COVERS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | 121 Duval Street eeu Phone (42 aa: o. 28 Appreciation | I wish to thank the voters of Key West and Monroe County for the fine support accorded me at the Polls yesterday. Signed: GEORGE SMATHERS. Representative, Fourth District. jernor of Ohio, and he stood out, {with Dewey of New York, as! + dency in 1948. | representative of Kentucky, who ; fortable margin. !ment’s foreign policy, as it was ; Pointed out that Republican lead- lers, including Senator Vanden- berg, who was reelected by a/ large majority, have been instru- mental in helping to form the na- tion’s foreign policy. | But in domestic affairs, it was said that the Democratic admin- ; istration will find “the sailing | hard.” Further explanation was that! the Republicans attain their ends in domestic or other matters, must form a coalition with Demo- crats in order to override presi- | dential veto. John Bricker was elected gov- | probable nominee for the presi- Returns up to early afternoon | indicated that Andrew J. May, { figured prominently in the Gar-! son munitions investigation, had been defeated for reelection to congress. Adolph Sabbath, Democrat, of Illinois, dean of the house of! representatives, won by a large majority, his twentieth succes- sive term as representative. ELECTION RETURNS RL Washington Favors Vote WASHINGTON, Nox. 6. (AP)— Voteless residents of the District of Columbia overwhelmingly fa-' vored representation in Congress in voting on a referendum on that question here today. Eighty- two per cent of the voters fa- vored Congressiontl representa- tion and 52 per cent also favored local self-government Washing- now governed by three sioners .appointed by the president. ' aT | Kentucky Goes Republican | LOUISVILLE, Ky. Nov. 6. (AP)—Kentucky, normally a Democratic state, elected a Re- publican, John Sherman Cooper, to the U. S. Senate today. The Democratic candidate, John Brown Young, trailed by a wide, margin almost from the start.! Cooper was expected to win by at least 30,000 votes. Marcantonio Wins NEW YORK, Nov. 6. (AP)— Rep. Vito Marcantonio, leftist Democrat, climaxed a_ bitter campaign against Col. Fred Bryan, Republican, in New | York's trict today by winning the race f | for Marcantonio’s seat by a com-} G.0.P. Takes New Jersey | TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 6. (AP) —The Democrats admitted defeat | in the race for both governor and U. S. senator last night. | Sealed Beams Sealed Beam Adaptor Kits Fog Lights Driving Lights Buck Up Lights —Radio Batteries— —tLantern Batteries— at the KENYON AUTO STORE 524 Southard St. Phone 166 | Opposite Bus Station | offense was committed. Judge Holland told the jury prior to adjournment late yes- terday thai ie would probably deny Sawyer’s motion, Sawyer had contended persistently that the U.S.S. Stribling, on which the murder was committed, was outside the jurisdiction of the U. S. Government at the time. The judge told the jury that he would leave it to them to decide as a matter of fact whether the vessel was in the jurisdiction of the court. Maps showing acquisitions by the United States as far back 1845 were offered in evidence the question of jurisdiction was argued throughout the afternoon. Sawyer held that the Stribling was docked one block away from the area conveyed by the state to the Government in 1845. Homer B. Herrick, architect, who was the second witness U. S. District Attorney Hayford Enwall, explained the exhibit | Showing the location of the wa-' terfront and was followed on the stand by Karl LaRoche, Jr., of Darien, Conn., a civilian, who at the time of the crime was an aerial photographer at the Boca Chica base. He testified that .he flew over the Stribling after the murder on orders to take pictures of the scene from the aid. He identified ‘the aerial photos and explained them to the jury. La Roche was followed on the stand by Robert Licht and then Gene Piche, both enlisted photograph- ers at the Bgea’ Chica field. Prior to the noon adjournment, Commander P. W. Mothersill w recalled to the stand and present- ed an exhibit showing the posi- tion of the ship at the dock and the structural condition of the ve . Watson laughed and talked with his mother at the morning session while the court waited for the judge to render his decision on the defense motion. Albury Describes New Improvements ~ ToHarris P.-T. A.’ ; The Board of Education as well as many citizens of the Commu- nity were in attendance at the open house held at Harris School last evening. Rev. John E. Pick- ens opened the meeting with prayer, followed by a P.-T.A prayer and hymn The sixth grade chorus enter- tained with two songs, “Hail To Harris School,” and “W Over 18th Congressional Dis-’ Jordan.” Cleora Roberts sang two | ac- | numbers with Mrs. Marcellus (Continued on Page Four) Key West Playe Present WEY 7 Ald hd ‘ANGEL STREET A Thriller in Three Parts at the Barn Theater 319 Duval Street € P.M. at 8:3 Daily Monday Through Friday, Nov. 11th to 15th TICKETS ON SALE at Paul Smith’s Book Store of | al : {man this week W. NIMITZ Admiral Nimitz *HARDEN SEEKS TO RE- DUCE FURTHER THE RATES SUBMITTED BY CONSULTING ENGL ~ NEERS | A plan which" will sharply re- {duce the cost of electricity in Key West and at the same time pro ay more power for more ped ple is now being considered by the City’Utility Board, it was | learned today. The plan has been submitted to the board by R. W. Beck and Associates, Omaha, Neb., consult ing engineers of the City Electric System. The rate reduction pro | posal is largely the result of City | Commissioner Hunter G. Har den’s persistent efforts to by cheaper electric power to Key | West. Chairman R. G. Pritchard of the Utility Board said today that the Beck plan “looks feas- ible and if it is be recommended” proval of the city commission ers as well as the Utility Board. Left Key West By Plane Today: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nim- | itz, Chief of Naval Operations } completed his inspection of th | Key West Naval Base this morn- | ing and left by plane from Boca | | Chica at noon, presumably for | | Washington. | Following his inspection Nim- | itz paid a compliment on the | activities being conducted at the! base, the public relations office ! said. Nimitz devoted a large part | of his inspection to anti-subma-/ , Tine, devices specialized on at the! local base. He was accompanied by Vice-! Admiral Forrest Sherman, Deputy | Chief of Naval Operations; Rear} Admiral C. W. Styer, Coordinator ; { of Underseas Warfare; and Rear | Admiral R. P. Briscoe, Command- ler of Operational Development Force. Last night Nimitz awarded the ; Navy Cross to Commander Fran- | cis W. Scanland, Jr., US first lieutenant of the submarine base and’ previous winner of three Sil- ver Star medals, the Legion of Merit and the Navy unit com- mendation ribbon. The Navy Cross was awd “for extraordinary heroism’ commanding officer of the USS Hawkbill from Nov. 15, 1944 to Jan. 5, 1945. Boats Offered To Best Bidders The U. S. Maritime Commis- sion is offering the~ following water craft at the Key West Na- » for e to the highest A 14-foot wherry boat and a 12-foot wherry boat. Bids Il be opened on November+14 The craft ave located at the ; Supply Scrap Yard at the Sub- {marine Base and are accessible {for inspection during regular i working hours. Forms for bid- | ders may be secured at the Sales | Section, Supply Office, Building on Submarine Base. rded \ as | | | | | wi ( s Fred Taylor Named To Police Force Taylor, 18 Porter appointed as a patrol- City Manager on, at a salary of $150 monthly. The new officer | is a World War IL veteran vith \three and a half years in the | Army Air Corps, and is a son of |Edgar Taylor of this city Fred F of | Place, wa k by O. J. S. Elling | POLLINA LLL LL | .--Tonight At 6:b--- | Louis M. J. Eisner of the Police | Athletic League will address the | citizens of Key West over Radio \ Station WKWF. |-sggnnnntrgctnaai test gnc tT preveveveccocccecs sos 23 2) _ ROASTERS and FRYERS | BRADY’S (Live) Poultry | and Egg Market {1214 White St. Phone S4f_ CRRA RAK ERR EEE | 25 $.050 and the fourth One of the foremost features of the Beck plan is the estab lishment of an ll Electric Home” rate of $8.00 for 300 kilowatt hours. From figures submitted in the Beck report The Citizen determined today that the present rete for the first 300 kilcwatt hours here is $11.17. This is based on the current rates of $.095 for the first 35 kilowatt hours and $.06 per kilowatt hour for the next 35 with a charge of $.025 per any kilowatt hours in excess of 70 hours. Figured on a basis of 5.78 cents, the present average price per kwh, 300 kwh would cost $17.34. For those using less electricity the plan now being considered would bring a reduction $.095 per kwh for the fi to $.080 for the fi 25. and 25 would be $.070, the 25 $090 h. Wherea Il in exce per the rate for is $.02 calls for the first 150 abo a cent and a next 750 Harden s. an ev k p the vors en minimum pur explained that electric con imption In per month watt a kil would be cents ceipts kwh but induced den pointed The proposed rate r would save consumers $50,871.12 per year. a reduction (Continued on Fage F Jayshees Finish Plans For Officer Installation shees met ja ck in the and it the Ocean vember 18 stated that the tourists | entrance Delane to guide terest Alt bands A-Way Plan Make Your Purchases NOW While Our Stock of CHRIST MAS GIFT Things are Corr plete. PLENTY of TOYS! POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STORE Al Armengo!, O 1019 WHITE STREET ( 4 Lay -