The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1946, Page 1

Che Key West Cit SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER VOLUME LXVII. NO. 276 City Provides $1500 For Key West Signs North COMMISSIONERS PLAN OF BUSINESS.| MEN'S AIM FOR $10, 000 BILLBOARD FU The « eevee a a Seo oe ty ewes As wae grant — free 4 rr oe & Wet Pultowing the fret te Perey Roberts, lay} grearher, Al Mills, realtor, spoke | oe * tent. Charles Simpson, Msarn p vet Mian: ty Commission held its session last | tmosphere be whieh packed | chamber for three | wrtation of $1,500 werd a fund to be 15 sign- advertis- « & gathering app it wetion of 4 Miami ast ” of- | invocation, | the Mth; market, poultry | making a forced landing on a Of Miami BACK *—— Transport Plane Forced Down In Alps; 11 Aboard (By The Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 20.—At dawn to- day planes left France, Italy, Germany and Austria to search for the transports plane which reported last night to be; plateau in the Alps. Last night the pilot reported that the plane was caught in a heavy storm and he was forced down to avoid taking a chance of crashing. This morning another |President Makes Tentative Plans To Fish Here Friday; Keeps Eye On Coal Situation By JOHN R. VOSBURGH City Editor, The Key West Citizen President Truman has made fishing trip of his Key West vacation on Friday, Charles G. Ross said this morning. While keeping in close touch with developments on the im- pending soft-coal strike, threatened for midnight, the President st and moderate recreation today. ing at 6 o’clock he walked from the temporary White House in the | continued his routine of r neat commandant’s residence at swimming pool, wearing a flashy, purple robe, lengths of the 110-foot salt-water a Favors States Take Over OPA Rent Ceilings (By The Asnocinted Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. —A Republican senator said today whe © ettewe im selling poul- | radio message was received from) that, when congress convenes in ) of the corner of Petronia and ts | m property| derry Defeo. Simpson's him. He reported that the tem-' perature was four above zero,| and that five of 11 occupants of; January, he is going to introduce a bill that will provide for the eeeeets fer inetatiietion of equip-' the plane were injured. Passen-! OPA to turn over to the states ent conflict with existing ordi-! oeeees, Counting Mills to ask that te be allowed to make such con- @rertee prier to the planning (ometetion's approval or disap- prove! @ thet he could take ad- | vettiege of the holiday busine Geepem wee allowed to make er cometruction with the stipula- See et should the planning —eeen deapprove his in- @altien would have to be re- mere 1025 Emma The Cuban | a liquor license commissioners ap- application on first | oary cent ity for side-| rs ore sted as ea pe ' nould feme =Divadier arert, operating Ber.” applied for -— a Browest seo bite Bapiretion dates for the ap-| pein of the §$ civil servicé Seer? Members were agreed up-' >" Plersing’s term will 1846; LL. H. God-} Gert s, Dee. 9, 1948, and Myrt-| edt Cote Dee. 31, 1947. The} fe eerviee board members an-| Geemeed « heating at 10 a. m.,) tetey & city hall for the purpose} @ hearing charges against Harty) Geter, grader operator, . by} Retert Depp, and Eugene San- ee, patrolman, by City Man- ager Kibagson Tex Discount Granted A @eeount was voted for those; preierty «owners paying their! tenes pri tf March 31. Four per} com & allowed for payments in| December, three per cent in Jan-| te per cent in February,| ont one pe in March. A| Oaeriets 6 ma tax certifi- ae te. ¢ the amount of ” to the t 310 Southard] the prop-| onally laid] not for liquida-| utstanding approved and| ents were au-| *ublishing Com | 36 ui $1,162.17, fu i M. Albury, T A $1,- M B $1 cher k i; 766.63 e | | complaint, that he sold realty on! | Hog Island for the defendants for | $60,000, and that they failed to Estat f Wallace | Samuel B. Pin- Charles B. Sands, | Thompson, | R. Warren, nee Wm rized of! $20,000 owed by | Florida National} unpaid balance | 6 per cent in- auth or ny far ® ¢ 10 ewe & oteeet m0 bearing 923 Fleming} § $555.50. She is al laged te have fallen on city prop- om er last October. The fall wae witnessed by Mayor De- 4 he further stated that / t yet been able erm as the woman had nc te ewe her house P Gebtrie! Cabanas application @lentinued on Page Two) Lead REPAIRED ey the Dil Elecrrc Vuicanizer Smith Auto Service | day against I. W. Riggs and Ina | sion, all Jaycees will go by car st Fleming Phone No. § Army Barracks” gers included four women, an 11- year-old girl, a general and a colonel. ‘Local Christmas Seal Workers To Meet Tomorrow Preparations for the mailing of Christmas seals to residents of Monroe county will get into full swing tomorrow evening when representatives of the Jayshees, Girl Scouts, St. Paul’s Y.P.S.L., and other civic organizations meet at the First Methodist Church Sunday school building to assist with details of the work. . The seals, sold — annually. to support the health program of the tuberculosis association, will be mailed to reach residents No- vember 25, opening date of the nationwide fortieth annual; Christmas seal sale. The;sale will extend to Christmas, Joe Pinder, chairman. of this year’s drive, states that the Key} West Fire Department, under Chief Leroy Torres, has already folded. the sheets~of~sealsy.make- ing them ready to be inserted in envelopes. Pinder invites all persons} wishing to assist in this work to be present tomorrow evening in the Sunday school building. Work will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Also assisting in the work of preparing the seals for mailing are members of the Business and Professional Women’s Club. This group has undertaken all typing in connection with the seal sale. | Parrish Sues For $10,000 Commissioner W. A. Parrish, who is real estate ; agent, with offic in Marathon, filed suit in circuit court yester- County a Bell Riggs for damages of $10,-| 000. Parrish alleges, in his bill of! pay him a commission of $6,000. The tract has a fish-house and other buildings on it, and at one time three Key Westers were considering purchasing it, but the deal was not consummated. ' Shortly afterward it was sold to Raymond F. Wright. Jaycees Meet Tonight At Combination Session Junior Chamber of Commerce ; meets tonight at 8 o'clock at the Monroe County Clinic on Flem- ing street. © After a very short business ses- to Flagler Avenue to work on the Jaycee building construction. Floodlights will be provided and the’ members are asked to come in working clothes. AS nati AE ARN RRS Palace Theater JOHN ABBOTT in “The Vampire Ghost” News and Serial the operation of rent ceilings. A provision in the bill will di- rect that the action be taken only in the cases of those states that wish to operate rent ceiling ac- tivities. London Bus Drivers Begin “Free-for-All” (By Associated ress) LONDON, Nov. 20.—As a rule when English unions strike, they conduct“their affairs quietly, but last night and today violence broke out in the bys drivers’ strike, All was peaceful put strike breakers to The shouted “Scabs!” and stopped the buses and beat the drivers. Bus radia- tors were drained and tires were deflated. Despite the activity of police- men,, free-for-all. fights were .go- ingsinivecdre”* Of phates At “1 same time. Four million persons walked to and from work in the Manches- ter area today. Two Of Three Maritime Unions Return To Jobs (By Associnted Fress) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.— Workers of two of the three maritime unions on the west coast returned to their jobs this morning.” A settlement has not yet been made with the A. F. of L. masters, mates and pilots union. Negotiations are being held this afternoon, and it was ex- pected an agreement will be reached before the day ends. Realty Sales In Key West Adele Kantor and Gladys Mul- bel yesterday afternoon, sold their house and lot on Fleming street, between Duval and until com- panies work. strikers Whitehead, for $16,000 to Mau-| \rice E. and Hester R. Stutz. The lot is 50.8 by 134 feet. Another sale recorded in the county clerk’s office was of a lot on Elizabeth street, near vision, conveyed by Alice B. Ben- ham to J. Y. Porter IV, for $1,100. The lot is 52 by 154 feet. CHRISTMAS GIFTS WEDDING GIFTS BIRTHDAY GIFTS C tor Cifts All Occasions Perfumes - Face Powder - Jewelry Bicycles - Etc.* “USE OCR LAY-AWAY PLAN” RAIG Service Store Al Armengol, Owner 1019 WHITE STREET Silent tentative plans to take the first me =" Board Dismisses | 2 Men, Approves | 2New Policemen At a special hearing held this pool morning at the City Hall the Civil After breakfast he plunged in-| Service Board considered charges to some accumulated correspond-! preferred against suspended Pa- ence and dictated letters steadi-'trolman Eugene Sanchez of the ly for more than an hour. At 10:30, Police Force and Harry Roberts, this morning he was scheduled suspended employe of the city for a drive over the causeway in’ public welfare department and the handsome blue convertible,’ then formally discharged both with top down, owned by Albert | men. J. Mills, Key West realtor, | The discharge of both Sanchez Ross said that there was noth-|and Roberts had been recom- ing new from the White House regarding the coal, ager O. J. S. Ellingson. Roberts, strike. Mr. Truman had no gpe-; who did not appear for work on cial plans for the @ay aside; November 2, was not present to from attending a_ reception at| defend himself and was sum- 7:15 p. m., at the Fort Taylor | marily dismissed from city serv- Club for officers and their wives. | ice. Steelman to Arrive Sanchez, Atis- the Naval Base to the officers’ He swam four however, presented temporary mended to the board by City Man-! « NI IN THE UNITED STATES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1946 One-Quarter Of Goal Miners Now On Strike; Lewis Still any | coal fields re r) EN BY GOVERNMENT - (By The Associated Press) In a communicati “citi cation to “citi- | the second soft-coal strike in niné elected president of the Key| day asked for community sup-! ers of America, has not yet issued West. ; issued against him, miners are | Commerce do something 4 it? ; erce do something abcut it By noon today, of the 400,000 ; mer, in the barber shop or wher- pene | “The Chamber of Commerce is PO's are coming in here that On Midnight Walk ght Walkout n Midni ‘a 272 PITS REPORTED Of Commerce Asks: | WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—To- zens who want to see Key West | Though John L. Lewis, presi- ; Port in the Cha er’s effor jPort in the Chamber's effort to statement on the federal r. Price’s statement follows: continuing to leave their jobs in How many times have y ear ; y es have you heard ' miners affected, slightly more ever people are brought togeth- their’ jobs. ‘held responsible for every social, mInerSs DAYS * Ot: loa ~ “WALL MINED COAL FROZ- Head Of Chambe IDLE ° Community Help, | day the country is faced with grow,” Clem C. Price, newly- | Months. West Chamber of Commerce, to-/ dent of the United Mine Work- jpromote the interests of Key | court injunction that has been “Why doesn’t the Chamber of the coal pits that question on the street cor-! 100,000 of them had t , m quit er? From various ; moral economic ill in the com: | Work at their schaduled Rem. @ "| terBernth Stephens 28-yearord {to be anything else. | Siebken Di-| The presidential party was to be joined early this afternoon by Dr. John R. Steelman, special as- sistant; Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughn, military aide to the President; Fleet Admiral D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the President, and Judge John C, Steelman. Ross told newsmen yesterday that “it is obvious the President feels the time has come for a show down” with John L. Lewis, who up to 1 p. m., today had not voiced his reaction to the Gov- ernment’s injunction restraining ; him from calling out his United; Mine Workers from the soft coal pits, { “The President is doing what) he thinks best from day to day,” ; Ross said. He added that Mr. Tru. | man is grateful for the “vigorous | support” accorded him by the newspapers of the country -and also by the many telegrams of | approval which have reached the White House. Meanwhile, the Navy put last- minute touches on the Presiden- tial fishing craft, the sturdy, grey 63-foot cruiser “Dolphin,” } skippered .by..Chief, Quartermas- | Officer of the Deck at the Naval Bas Being skipper for the Pr jent marks a high point in seven and the one-half year Naval career of Siebken, who re- cently piloted the “Dolphin” for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nim- itz, Chief of Naval Operations. Skipper Proud Bursting with pride, the young skipper went over his vessel with } a fine-toothed comb, having the | interior shining and spotless for, the nation’s No. 1 fisherman. The President can fish from} one of four stationary seats, if he wishes, two in the stern and two a little farther aft. A canopy protects the superstructure from sun or rain but does not extend | over the stern seats. The chairs | are equipped with the latest fishing devices, including fasten- ings for good-sized gear. Mr. Truman is not an invet- erate deep-sea fisherman and it} is doubtful that a special effort! will be made to locate sailfish, | bonefish or others of the might- | ier species. A catch of the fine-} eating groupers or mackerel or! the barracuda would not only be more feasible but just as much fun for the average fisherman— ; and the president does not claim | The “Dolphin” will accommo- Gate 14 persons in addition to; and his crew of three: J. C. Piper, fireman; F. H. Join- coxswain, and R. C. Leon Guerrero, a native of Guam, steward’s mate, second class. | The two 630 horsepower Hall-| Scott gasoline motors can carry the nine-ton craft through some heavy seas. The “Dolphin” is known as a “crash boat” in the Navy and was originally con- structed for war-time air-sea res- (Continued on Page Three) Wanted! YOUNG WOMAN for SECRETARIAL WORK High School Education Required Collett, adviser to Dr,| tes, Santana and Irvin Hall. Hall was' | age-old Father Apply NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite Bus Station his own defense to charges pre- {ferred by Chief of Police Bien- | venido Perez. As read by City | Personnel Director Jack Murray, the charges accused Sanchpz of , insubordination and making dis- paraging remarks about the Po- shortly after midnight. Sanchez did not deny making disparaging remarks but contest- ;ed the first charge. He said that {he told Sergeant Hamilton Boy- | kin that he could not go on duty ! as he was sick. Patrolman Frank Caraballo appeared as a witness for Sanchez and said he heard the patrolman upon being instructed to take beat No. 2, SS report me sick, I can’t do it. The city presented two witn however, Patrolman Mario sitting on a porch across from th police statfon. Both said they heard no mention of sickness, but \did hear Sanchez refuse to take beat No. 2 in profane language. The board, composed of Myrt- land Cates, L. H.. Goddard and Mrs. ‘Isabel Fleming, also appr ed the appointment to the police force of Warren H. Garr and Jo- seph: C. Cerezo, next in line on the Civil Service list asthe. re suit of the September examinz tion. They will go on duty No. vember 25, replacing Mario failed to pass the examination "OLD MAN” AER Yesterday, Neptune threw a fit Besides being rebuked by this column for political shenanigans, he again lost a variety of fish, in- cluding a_ six-foot sailfish, to Captain Red Maxwell's charter boat “Heidi-Ho.” When contracted later at Sand Key light, he was sitting in the sand, his knees drawn up, his face buried in his hands. He will- ingly laid open his troubled soul to The Citizen reporter. “When I saw that boat trolling the reef and Stream,” said the of the Sea, “I thought sure enough President Truman was aboard, by the way those men and that girl were fishing. So I helped ‘em. Oh, my achin’ head!” At the Gulf fishing pier, where a crowd had gathered to view the “Heidi-Ho’s” catch, Lyle Cashion of Lyle Cashion, | Inc., of Houston, Texas, who is currently drilling for oil on Big Pine Key, acted as will- ing spokesman for the party of four and a freckle-faced, red- headed little boy who was so quiet, he was overlooked. Said Lyle Cushion: “I never experienced anything like it in my life. First, we told the skipper we wanted a sail, We got a sail. We wanted an am- berjack. We hooked a thirty- five-pouncer, When we asked PROPOR E REPRE EB AEE | ROASTERS and FRYERS | BRADY'S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 54/ A AAAI IAAI AIT | ‘return to the pits. Early this af ! munity. Nearly everyone is ready lice Department on October 23 | ternoon 272 pits of the 3,000 im the United States were idle | It was predicted that, whether many are willing to help dhe OF not Lewis makes a statement, Ghanher out | the threatened strike will go im “Where does ‘the work of the | '° effect at midnight tonight hamber begin and where does! Miners assume the - ‘it end? What is a Chamber of| L¢Wis did, that the contract with Commerce. Few realize that it is|‘€ government will expire at a business institutior? which must! midnight, and they will adhere live within its income; that it|* their oldtime | policy of is made up of far-sighted people| Contract no work ;to condemn the Chamber for i failure to have an instant rem- edy for every problem, yet how position no E.| | Santana and Frank H. Curry, who in the city; that it can serve the community only as much as it can with the funds it has avail- able, and the amotint of coopera- , tion the members are willing to ant, | Bive after they have paid’ their | dues. Support Needed There are those who axe -dis- atisfied because they cannot get back $10 out of every $1 they !put into anything, . and many maintain a skeptical attitude to-, ward the erganization. They are ready:.;t6 ‘blame everyone but themselves. Remember. this: If {the Chamber of » Commerce t doesn’t | accomplish everything ‘that ‘is .expécted of it, it is be- } cause it, lacks the moxel.amé ‘fi nancial support of the busine ‘and professionals in the com- munity. “You are the Chamber of Com- merce, because you are a citizen (Continued on Page Four) | With GREEN eeteceeteseetoro reese ss for and got a big grouper, it turned out to be a fifty-pound- er we got into the boat, We hardly expected a dolphin. when we asxed for one, but we got two, only to lose one.” Besides these, Captain Max- well and his able mate, Alberto) Del Valle, brought to light a fur-| ther catch of three bonitos—two common and one Arctic | 1 | | { j witness “COVERING THE WATERFRONT | man } told ‘the court he | Meantime, the government has ifrozen all mined coal. John | Small, head of the Solid Fuels ' Administration, said that coal { will not be’ released except for !emergency or essential purposes. And the office of ODT an nounced that railroads, using coal, will be permitted to haul vonly essential freight, and trains will be permitted to carry only those passengers whose missions are cons ed urgent CIO, in session today in Atlan tic City, , adopted a resolution against. the court order to try to restrain’ Lewis from calling. @ strike. ' CHARGES AGAINST AILORS DISMISSED | Charges against R. A and E. L. Ward, sailors arre | for breaking parking me | been dismissed, City Cl Hamlin said today When arraigned Court, Alewine s, both ore that Ale j any meters fore he wa: Harry Alewine pl wine did no! last week-end arrested Bake po Alewine breaking meter Two witnesses whom Bak contended w Ward meters failed to appea and the charges also dismissed Lee against Suits Filed | in- } nan, | Mr. Waidon Cabani an land tournament fly fishe: caught the sailfish. On the stri the forty-pound sail tried to take to the air, fouled its tail in the leader, took to the depths instead Forty later, Cat pumped him tail first, hausted. Towards the end of the trip, | Cabaniss was unfortunate | enough to hook a huge black- tip shark of between three and four hundred pounds. He fought him for three-quarters of an hour before Maxwell re lieved him with several shots from a .22 rifle, killing it. There were no regrets, as sharks of that kind sometimes minutes in & ing trip, he said. 5 ae Cabani Cashion. He who boated a | sau grouper (Continued on and hi fiftec are ¥ WEST AUTO PARTS 1Z1 Duval Street ceagmem Phono 442 commence ROY’S 1 . For Divoree Follow t f have bee Virginia Lo | Lawrence We | Vera Glad Harry R. 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