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

cen ee ineneI—aaNeN: Che SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPA VOLUME LXVII. NO. 29 Sunday “Blue Law” |20 Civie Groups 0 Repeal Is Favored - By Louis Carbonell COMMISSIONER SAYS HE * WILL FIGHT “OUT-! DATED” MEASURES EXCEPT ON SALE OF LIQUOR City Commissioner Louis Car- bonell today jumped to the res- cue of Key West businesses which will be hit by the en- forcement of so-called “Sunday | blue -laws”. said he is “absolutely opposed to blue laws” and would sponsor measures to amend them or wipe them off the books. Carbonell, who sponsored a! motion at Tuesday’s city com-; mission meeting which called; for’ the jclosing of all business: establishments operating ille-! gally on Sunday, said he would | move to eliminate all blue law: ordinances except those prohibit- | ing Sunday sale of liquor. H Enforcement of Sunday ordi- | nances, was demanded by Car- ; bonnel, after his measure for | permitting the Sunday sale of} perfumes, gifts, souvenirs; fruits, | curios, and cosmetics was de-| feated by a 3-2 vote. H Carbonell explained today that; the: proposed the latter ordinance} in order to make it legal for stores selling those items to re- main open. He pointed out that drug stores and other places sell-, ing toilet articles and the above} named items would otherwise} have to close since existing, laws prohibit them from selling after 9 a, m. \ Mayor William W. Demeritt,! and Commissioners John Carbon- nell and Albert Cooper; voted against. Carbonell and Com-| Republicans Begin Early | For Campaign; WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—Re- publican Republican National Committee. One statement said that the } committee will start a drive to| raise $900,000 to use in pre-nom- ination campaign work for the general election. The committee, in the other statement, said that it has begun an investigation to decide on the be the vacant lot on Duval street city where the Republican con- vention will be held. It was intimated that a city) will supervise the collection dur-|truck daily at 9 p. .m. will be chosen either in a west- ern, mountain or eastern state, with Atlantic City. N. J., receiv- ed the greates support at pre- sent. Bridge Tolls Continue To Show Increase Collection of tolls on the Over- seas Highway bridges was $1,- 382.75 last month in excess of the amount taken in during No- vember of 1945, according to a statement isued today by Cliff- ord G. Hicks, auditor for the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge misioner Hunter Harden on the ; district. measure. “I want to open those stores $27.975.75. as compared with Colléctions last month totaled Joe mpeee-tomyeater ''g26,503 in November. of last year. to tourists”, Carbonell said, “be-| Bridge passengers. were slight- éause we will eventually have to; ly fewer last month as compared depend upon the tourist trade to get by in Key West. “I am going to try to bring the. out-dated ordinances up to date and in step with our times} so our. stores can sell things) tourists want. As it is now, drug stores cannot legally even sell; you a razor blade. I want to make) it legal for them to do so.” ' Carbonell said he favored re-} peal of the ordinance which re- quires movies to stay closed on Sunday until 6 p. m. “About the only establishments | which I am in favor of closing | on Sunday”, he said, “are those! selling liquor.” Conference Of Hindu, Moslem Ends In Failure «Rv The Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 6—Prime Min- ister Attlee was reported to have abandoned hope of bring-; ing together the Hindu and the Moslem leaders who came here to confer with the British cabi- net about political and religious | conditions in India. A spokesman for Attlee said to- day that, with the conference nearing their end, the Hindus and the Moslems still refuse to attend a session when any member of the opposing side is | present. It was added the con- ference has been a failure. Unrest is reported to be in many parts of India, possibly Calcutta. ——_— ugenn0nunnngeuea gat AGLUUAUELAELEOETVUTELA AHL, ‘named Harvey for the proposed ; with November of 1945, but the total of motor vehicles passing over the bridges still continues in excess monthly this year over last year. Passengers last month were 29,467; November of last year, 31,399. Motor: vehicles-last-moath, 14,665; November last year 12,- 384. ing on the new south shore beach is not Frock as carried in Wed- nesday’s paper but Srohock. Mr. Srohock is making survey with Spalding and another associate beach. MRED area i eg THE MEANEST THIEF | NEW YORK.—Police are look- ing for an automobile thief, | whom they characterized as the | meanest in the country. The | stolen car was a specially con- | structed model the Government } had given only 24 hours before to Walter Floch, 26, who lost his right leg fighting with the Third Division in France. Southernmost Garage in U. 8. | 1130 Duval Street Phone 169 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parta for All Cars| STERLING’S *Sica'worner Dil Spray your FENDERS and CHASSIS-- It saves buying a set of fenders! Lou Smith Auto Service . White at Fleming Phune No. 5 Opposite Army Barracks Be ILL LLL ULLAL Lco Loco Sightseeing Boat SAILS DAILY Docks North End of Grinn Phone 398 fo COMMENCING NEXT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH— VAGABOND 2-HOUR CRUISE ——SEE KEY WEST FROM THE WATERFRONT——— “We Cater to Special Parties and Moonlight Cruises” 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 | Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. We Are Now ‘Taking Orders leaders have begun | yj, early to prepare for the 1948] pougi: ‘ 206, The commissioner | presidential election, according; ahaa? rrecaerr alte oa to statements issued today by the] the Bayview tree on the morn- | 23. On each occasion he will dis- | The V.F.W, Women’s Auxiliary | taken by their officers, son and Commissioner Carbonell. said that they were | glad to give their support to the | undertaking-inany way.“ *"*, Mrs. Ruth Higgs, commander of | the V. F. W. Women’s Auxiliary |Srohock Is Beach Envineer} council, Poinciana Community The Citizen is informed that} Church, the name of the engineering as- Church and the Cub Scouts, will sociate working with R. D. Spald-} head the Distribution J. H. BRADY LIVE POULTRY | TURKEYS and DUCKS FOR CHRISTMAS 00 Tax Included 1 at 2:00 P.M. ell Street, Near Craig Dock r Reservations KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1946 President To Broadcast Plan Xmas Community Program Here Plans for a community Christ- those named above were Mrs, E. mas program for Key West were, F. Haury and Mrs. John W. made by representatives of 20 civ-; Saunders, V. F. W. Auxiliary; ic and religious organizations at- tending a spirited meeting at, Mehodist Churc City Hall last night. A 'strong organization was formed to take the steps necessary to assure a Christmas stocking for each of the 5,000 children in the city, both white and color- ed. City Recreation Director t . | Dwight Hunter said that two 30-foot Christmas trees will be brought here to be decorated Nathaniel Clerk, colored North j A. L. Albert, ; colored Veterans of Foreign Wars; Mrs Eileen Coughlin, ; Catholic Daughter of America, | Court 134; Mrs. Dorothy Sands, Girl Scout. Troop No.. 8; Mrs. Ted Canova, Girl Scouts and | Junior-Senior High School Par- ent Teachers Association; Mary Cruz of the same P. T. A.; Vic-} tor B. Deane and Cyril Fisher, ee ol THE UNITED STATES with brightly colored lights. One tree will be erected in Bay- iew Park and aonther at the ;colored Regular Fellows Club;! | Judge Enrique Esquinaldo, Lions| | Club; Rev. J. H. Johnson and A. , Martinez. St. Mary’s Parish; {John Hicken, Police Athletic } t jLeague; J. R. Marcellus, High) ity’ 7 i sa ing of Saturday, December 21|School Band; T. R. Pritchard, | She scl ey tinea: Teele es ; “' ters, the Palace, Strand and Mon-' City Utility! : * ¥'yoe will shut down completely on ‘Sunday because of anticipated and the Douglass tree on the ; chairman morning of Monday, December | Board. Judge Esquinaldo was delegat- of the tribute stockings to the kiddies. |ed to contact Neil Saunders, PaRepane et the ica . City-wide toy-collecting cam-| sign painter, for construction of! ual s at es Wi onl al paign will get under way today. a sign at the toy-collecting point. iP Y D. Caaaal: matiager of The central collecting point will, It is expected the sign will be the Strand and Monroe, and Gon- ; ready either today or tomorrow. ; ; ’ *jzalo Bezanilla, who 1 { next to the Kress store. Mem-| Rev. Pickens said he would ar- building from the Fatt is, bers of women’s organizations| range to pick up the toys by ment, said they could not remain \ c and de-| open if Ordinance No. 60, passed ing the day and girl scouts will| posit them in the rooms of the!in October, 1913, is peesoy in. take over after school hours un. | Welfare Council. accordance with wishes expressed til the closing hour, 9 p.m! and! Rev. Pickens and Mrs. Cough- iby the City Commission to pro- also on Saturdays. | lin said that the assistance of |hibit the operation of all estab * Pot Is Donated ! servicemen is assured for re-'lishments doing business illegally | A large cast-iron pot donated’! pairing and renovating used on Sunday. by City Commissioner Louis’ toys. Many army and navy young! They said that City Manager O. Carbonell will also be used to men, they explained, are anxious! J. §. Ellingson had told them collect cash contributions at the same location. The drive for! funds got under way last night with a $100 contribution by the Cirele of Friends Club. to use their spare time in that that he would have to enforce.the way especially at the U. S. O.!Jaw as the commission desired: At Hunter’s suggestion, it was,They added that they had receiv- decided to disinfect all used toys ed no notification to close or any with formaldehyde, jotner word concerning enforce-} Mrs. Sands volunteered the | ment other than that. help of the Girl Scouts to take} Carbonell and Bezanilla said the toy-collecting posts after | they could not even open at 6° school hours and said also that|}p.m. as permitted by the 1913 the Scouts are anxious to pre- ! statute, since it requires them to sent a Nativity Seene and other/turn over 20 percent of Sunday dramatizations in the Christmas|receipts to local charity. They program. Mrs. Canova offered to Said they could not operate .un- take the toy-collecting watch der such conditions as it would during the day, assisted by mem- {not be financially ‘feasible, bers .of.a. wome committee, ‘athe: Sobason's offer of the As- ;that’~ the “City” Commissioners sistance of the Catholic Youth}might come to some agreement; Council to help Mrs. Canova was ,before Sunday which might al- cepted {low them to open. If so, they s read the names of ;Said the public will be notified. | pledged $50, and the colored Reg- | ular Fellows Club, $25. Many | other organizations said that! they would make contributions: as soon as executive action is City Manager O. J. S. Elling-} Louis w : \ Lee Mason was chosen chairman; | gratefully Mrs. Hig was named secretary, and Mrs. Wilhelmina Harvey, of the Bus-' 14 other civic organizations !Otherwise, there will be no mo- iness and Profesional Women’s! which have indicated their de-|Vles 1m Key West either Sunday | Club was, made treasurer. sire to help in the program. A ;fternoon or night. Normall}y -the | Hunter, representing the Com-| lengthy list of additional color- theaters open at 3 p.m. on Sun- | munity Chest, was made Direct- ed organizations participating ;°¥- i or of Activities with the respon-; will also be announced in the Since the 1913 ordinance re-| sibility of managing the over-all, near future. istricts theaters -to’ operation “ohly | program of activities. Rev. John - after 6 p.m. “to show pictures of} E. Pickens, representing the; IN SIGHT OF HOME ja moral or educational nature Monroe County Child Welfare PAYETTE, Idaho, — After a,that shall have been passed by aj ‘honeymoon trip of 5,000 miles, to National Board of Censorship,” First Congregational, Arkansas, without a_ trace of the moyies which were to have trouble, Mr and Mrs. Clifton; been shown Sunday are of par-! Commit-| Edwards drove into Payette and, | ticular interest. | tee. Miss Gertrude Laubscher. re-| just two blocks from home, their; Not much is known of “Hotel! car burned out a connecting rod. ;de Verano”, a Spanish language | presentative of the Hotel Asso- ciation was named Director of Arrangements and will have charge of decorating the trees and the many other details ne- cessary to make the program a ich the Monroe was to} Pre-Christmas ° jever, is a smash hit — starring} Savings |Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones | ,in a clean-cut comedy. “The, success. 1 ee |Man In Gray”, which the Palace Gerald Saunders, representing © Kenyon Auto Store | was to offer, is a British picture the First Methodist Church, ac- SER PAGE 4 tof exceptional calibre. A suspense cepted the responsibility of ar- —ee (drama starring Margaret Lock- ranging for Christmas carol sing- sai wood and James Mason, it has} ing around the Christmas trees 7 ‘become one of the outstanding pic} and on Christmas Day when a SLOPPY JOE'S BAR jess: of the year both in this! zommunity sing will be held jcountry and abroad. | John R. Vosburgh, city editor of Witere They Entertain | The Citizen, accepted the duties Gould Curry at the Piano TA SES er o addition to Frank Duffy the Genial MC : CA TT ATM LEEDS SS EET "Everybody Knows Brady” | | WHO AGAIN OPERATES | ROASTERS and Battery | POOR OLD CRAIGS Raised FRYERS OOR OL STATION BR ADY °*§ PHONE 9134 Division and Francis Streets (Live) POULTRY and Your PURE OIL Dealer | EGG MARKET Tires — Tubes — Batteries | 1214 White st. Phone 540) Auto Accessories 15 sHoppIne pays TO CHRISTMAS | | ; Police Patrolman ‘SOAUAPAEA ADEA AAA 7 ° s Examination vvnesunnnasennnnnnenuavonnUatnen4soseoi0GeepUHORAUOOEOGEUELOOOGERUNOSOOOOSE UGE AGRE TORGE A UES | The Civil Service Board of the RAINBOW ROOM Ths Civil Service Board of the D A N CI N Cc to announce the open competitive examination for Police Patrolman to be held at a place and date to Every Friday al Saturday Night 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. be announced to successful appli- MUSIC BY cants. Candidates may obtain Dez Butler’s Orchestra application blanks from Board office at the City Hall any time LA CONCHA HOTEL J. D. MCANDREWS, Manager RMU LM TU LT during working hours. All ap- plications must be turned in by midnight, December 15, 1946. Further details may be had at} the Board office by any interested parties. JACK T. MURRAY, Personnel Director. | Phone 177 —— a To Introduce Compulsory Labor Bills’ (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 6— Strike of soft-coal miners against the government is likely to affect union labor more than anything else since the turn of j the century, it was said. One Democrat asserted that he | was ‘going to introduce a_ bill that will make arbitration com- pulsory in differences between labor and capital in key indus- tries. He added that some suc course must be taken, or labor wil become so powerful our de- mocracy will be a mockery. British Ships Must Bring Own Coal For Trips sociated Press) Dec. 6—The gov- (My A LONDON, Both theater men held out-hopsj.ernment..snnounced - today . that jowners , of British ships » using coal will not ké able to refuel in the United States for the return trip to Great Britain. As a consequence, the govern- ment has arranged to provide bunkers here for the return trip. Fifty thousand tons of coal weekly. will be required to, fuel | the’ coai-burning ships for the return trip. A government spokesman said that the extra coal will be ob- tained by cutting down the sup: | ply to industries by five percent. | A Mi, ne. Mn ts PRESCRIPTIONS freccatener Ingredients Compounded bv Experienced Pharmacists | GARDNER’S PHARMACY | 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela Free Delivery | wwowe. wvew PRICE FIVE CBEMTS Appeal To Coal Miners To Return To Their Pits Movies To Close Completely Sunday Because Of Expected “Blue Law” Enforcement Here, * WILL POINT OUT ITIS A CASE OF THEIR UN- ION AGAINST THEIR COUNTRY (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The Wiiite House announced today that President Truman, in a broadcast beginning at 9:30 o’clock Sunday night, will appeal to the striking soft-coal workers to re- turn to their pits. It was said he will point out that the strike has become so se- rious, in upsetting the welfare of the citizens of the United States, the miners will face the question of whether their country or their union comes first with them. Opinion here was general that comparatively few miners will re- turn to their jobs because of the President’s appeal. The vast ma- jority of them will return to the pits only if John L. Lewis tells them to return. Twenty-eight hundred miners are working today in pits in west- ern Pennsylvania. All but a few of them are non-union men, Union men among them have re- sumed work:as a protest against John L. Lewis’ leadership of the soft-coal miners. Output of the 2,800 is 40 tons a day. Difficulty was encountered to- day in determining on the col- lateral for the $3,500,000 bond that is to be posted for the United Mine Workers ef America, pend- ing the appeal ef the case against the miners and; Lewis. Govern- ment and union attorneys con- ferred about the bond, and sev- eral times they were in confer- ence with Federal Judge Golds- borough, but no agreement has yet.been reached as to the nature of the bond. A spokesman for the Depart ment of the Interior said toda that‘the government is preparing to add seven more states to the 21 where dimouts are in effect, He said further that the gov ernment is making preparations for a strike that may last till next March. Should that hap pen, the industrial production in the United States will be cut down to one half of what it was from 1935 to 1939. SEALED BEAM HEADLIGHTS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street ~wemmmweeee Phone (42 eee PALACE THEATER {| 1 KIRBY GRANT in : i “GUNMAN’S CODE” san 3| Ne d Serial Visit Santa Claus’ {; ,, Mow os sarenpay Gift Headauarters i| Account of Cuban Memorial Day the = a TOYS | e aa ij For A Good Time, Visit the ALOR ji v a (V.F.W. Clubhouse Many Other Gift Items {| FLAGLER AVE. and 2ND ST. eElectric Projectors {| Open Monday thru Saturday De Luxe Road Cars il Poinciana Bus Passes Door i eTricycles i| | eAluminum Xmas Tree i! ES Saas Holders 1 eXmas Tree Light Sets {ease your Dodge, Chrysler. Ply. H | mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED ! POOR OLD CRAIG |jerricientiy at Your DEAL. | Service Store ||/ERS—et the RIGHT PRICE!!!! | 1019 WHITE STREET i| NAVARRO Ine. PAU A craenooty Oyen | 27 Cpposithi nas: Station ee ee OLD ISLAND TRADING —— DISTINCTIVE GIFTS A little shop of rare charm where one may find the best in native handicraft and unusual gifts from far corners of world. ON THE WATERFRONT, NORTH END OF DUVAL ST. KEY WEST. POST FLORIDA