The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 10, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVII. —. ® Cigarette May Have NO. 293 oe a em a + The Key W SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1946 - [Housing To Sell At $178,025|Qbject. Ray ee a Diamante a tae. Approved By FHA For Coanty Residential construction amount-,Galveston Lane and Elizabeth Set Winecoff Hotel To Capture U. S. Government, e ing to $116,525 (maximum sales Streets, five-room house, $5,000, price) has been approved for Key now under construction. re. 4 ars a In S West, L. H. Warren, OPA Rent! F. L. Rodgers, of 823 Fleming, A 9. ‘ Director, said today. Additional building on Flagler Ave. four INDICATIONS. IT, WAS DROPPED, ON MAT-| CMD OOM OO Ma oid ion eee an ome hea, 3450, AVE: Se : To P GRILLED TODAY BY ‘ TRESS BY MAN WHILE Casa Marina Gets Pianeta Bey snd Taseolees i Wm. H. Monsalvatge, Jr., vet-; Humane Society Moves 0 rotect local rent director wi DRUNK '$10,000 Painting construction totaling $61,500 (max- imum sales price) has been ap- have control of enforcement of the maximum sales provisions es- | “cheer! Youth Discloses In Willard..B. Hopkins, dr, Ents]. SS 6 eran, at corner Fogarty and Sev-, enth, three-room house, $1,500. Robert J. Whitehead, Jr., vet- Birds; Agent Processes 174 Animals Confession “HE, ANOTHER YOUTH | | GEORGIA’S ATTORNEY | GENERAL | (By The Associated Pre: 1 ATLANTA, = 10. sail ot| And Repair Job tablished by the Federal Housing eran, rear of Harris Ave., Lot 12,/ H for adoption: 20 ‘treated for! ATLANTA. Dec. 10-One of the 89 persons, who were injured Administration, especially with a Tract 21, five-room, $2,000. Members of the Key West jag eer banal! aes five | two Colombians, composed of in the Winecoff hotel fire, died today, bringing the number of fatalities to 121. Harry Phillips, Fire Marshal, stated that he had not yet de- termined definitely the cause of the fire, though he thought a lighted cigarette, dropped on @ mattress in a room on the third A $10,000 building - paint- ing permit for work to be done on the Casa Marina Ho- tel was issued Friday by Building Inspector Errol Sawyer, he said today. Of the total cost of improve- ments, $1000 is for wood- work renovation and $9000 view to seeing that veterans get! priority of purchase or rent of the | buildings. Most of the construc- | tion, both in Key West and far-| ther down the Keys, is being done } by or fér veterans. Some of the larger construction here includes three five-room! houses to be built in the East Mar- tello Towers sub-division by Bent- Wm. W. Cothron, veteran, at;mane Society have passed a reso-. ee Beach, 2-room,. $3,-|jution to request strict enforce- Col. R. D. Harding,. Marathon, $3,000 house. Charles H. Nawnan, Miami, tw sees eet Loree [ramned at the meeting of the So-' ing them unfit for adoption. In at $40 per month cack ciety last Thursday night, all in-;the six weeks, 36 dogs were li-| Bill Edwards, Marathon, $6,100, }Stances of shooting at birds, either | censed. jlost animals returned \owners and four biting dogs kept ment of the Florida State Law) under observation. prohibiting the hunting or trap-; Of this total, 72 animals were, ping of wild birds. ! to their, youths Whose aim was to take over the government of the Uni- | ted States, who had been arrest- ed for questioning by Attorney ' gassed because of illness, previous, General Eugene Cook, confessed In accordance with a decision bad training or bad natures mak- | today, involving the leaders of the organization. He was James Childers, 18, who, with Lanier Waller, 21, was ' floor, was the cause of the blaze. jeslaceaniaa was issued to {ley. Hicks and Toppino, 725 Car- | five-room house. with guns or sling-shots, or of} Calls on the Humane agent are questioned by Cook, Childers ad- i Phillips explaned that several pc uber, president, Mia- | line Street, to sell at prices of| Richard J. Williams, ,veteran,}C#8iné of birds will be reported)many at all hours of day and mitted that the Columbians had $9,700, $9,625 and $9200. Carlos Islamorada, at Upper Matecumbe, |@t 2n¢e to the police and to Wil- ‘night and it was pointed out by been organized at the behest of empty whiskey bottles in the room indicated that its occupants bad held a drunken party. His presumption was that one of the oecupants, while drunk, had gone to bed, smoking a cigarette, and that it had fallen from his hand and ignited the mattres. A local electrician today ex- mi Beach Corporation. Gellrich, 400 Simonton Street, has III aT aa ae been given approval for construc- three-room house, $4,000. and Austin G. Taylor will build |four-room (completed). George F. Curry, veteran, at a pallies tion of a house to sell at $10,000 | 1310 Olivia Street, veteran $6,000, |e bird-hunting law have liam Montgomery, Humane agent Mrs. White that too few people the Nazis, and that the latter here, Instances of violations of who telephone to have animal is been | taken to the shelter, realize that Pad sent the Columbians arms and ! ammunition from Germany. reported to Society members fre ome donation to the Society for Florida Keys | Story In Look an apartment for veterans at 804 Caroline Street, sales price $8,- 500. The apartment will consist of three units of five rooms each. Walter W. Zittel, Jr., veteran of |Wently in the last few weeks. Buffalo, N. Y., .$6,500 house at Plantation Key. Edwin E. Nottage veteran, at such s es is essential, if the Persons desiring assistance in! Society) to continue to serve the curbing such acts or in protecting |community as it should. Mem- birds in other manners may se- berships and donations so far cure advice by contacting Agent have not been adequate, Childers explaned that his or- ganization had based its success in stirring up hatred against Negroes and Jews. He also re- lated a plot that had been hatch- ¥ fa The FHA i sales re | Poor - ane. in even! plained device that most likely Por Tse 26 corre en er, Boas Lane, See ein gona [sith the small stim provided by) ed to seize and whip the editors would. have prevented the loss not he ranted bit the rental et ae ie Gratitude to Mr. Montgomery | the ciiy, to get a proper and ef-| of two local newspapers, who had of life in the Winecoff. The in- strument has four sockets, and one of them remains ready for operation instantly, regardless of whether or not is is connected. On discovering a fire, he added, a warning can be sent instantly to every occupant in a hotel. Look, a picture magazine, will publish a story profusely illus- in trated and other Florida Keys] street, has been granted approval issue of December 24, ac-}for an apartment of the must be approved. F. L. Rodgers, 823 Fleming same, Juan J. Martinez, veteran, at 1209 Packer Street, six-room, $5,- 500 house. Manuel Garcia, veteran, corner | white of Virginia Street and Windsor cording to advance tear sheets!type to be built for veterans at) Lane, $3,500, six-room house. The Citizen has received from|the Key West Foundation, max Ralph for the splendid work he is doing | ficient truck and to provide Mr.: under difficult circumstances was:Montgomery with the help he expressed by Mrs. George Mills’ needs from time to time. president. In the si Lee Goddard was appointed by, weeks he has been with the So-|the Board of Directors to take} ciety, from October 15 to Nov. 30,!over the unexpired term as treas- that publication. mum sales price $7,750. Charles Several: pictures: are _ given of | F. Major, a veteran, has nearly! Tavernier. . Lund, veteran, Tav- ernieh $6,300 sixteen, house yt {174 animals were processed. Of urer, which Charles Wardlow felt these, 97 were dogs and 77 were jh must relinquish because of the} cats. Twelve animals were given press of business affa written editorials denouncing the Columbians. He stated that the Columbians had caches of dynamite that was to be used in blowing up houses occupied by Negroes. One such house, he declared, already had been dynamited. the Overseas Highway, including completed a six-room house, sal William M. Pinder, approved : aes ieinanitta | Mos V R i , d a part of the Seven-Mile bridge.| Price $5,000, at 604 Petronia, loan to build a three-room house,| oe + ~—~— =i Se wae 9 Coe mae : t Vets helease One paragraph of the’ story|Street, and has another on an/ $2,000, at Tavernier. R Civil ‘March Of Di . negro family to move out of a i peux: adjoining lot 20 percent com-} Improvements eport 1V1 arc imeés h a the; had bought in the . At Sub Base Have “Winter is the best season in}P!¢ted. He is living in the nearly | Thomas D. McGrath, 523 Eaton | : ee cr tis ak ae {finished building. FHA sales Street, repairs to make dwelling WV Tod: I | D rt A k d Re or re 7 . the Keys, but many tourists pre- price on the other is $5,000; rental habitable for two families, ar ay n irector SKe | Homer Loomis, of New York . ; Been F ound Jobs ee ae is es Est ponth, | Earl L. Harwell, Key Largo, t ° i tat Naas chines ee Mal Aare e ra * ther construction author- | repairs, kitchen and plumbing, t T ¢ } T S Co f b anizer- 0! e ans. | Prebaiibens of. yatecan prefercocs Tone am Chie We ceerces, Key } ized here and on the other Keys,|_ Albert G. Roberts, 1229, White- WOR nani - : e DEAD jad a following of 5,006-in Atlan- ; employes affected by the reduc- West claims to be the only el some of which is totally or par-| head Street, preparing house for] ., (By ‘The Associnted Frens) | Mrs. Wilhelmina G. Harvey,|ta alone. However, city officials tion in force now underway at the] fee city in the United States."/ tially completed, follows: | Pfc, Ray W. Tarrant, Marine};;WONDON, Dec, 10—In two,campaign director of the March disputed those figures, adding Submarine Base has been emin- ae Donald E. Wiest, P.O. Box No. | Corps, and wife, at 414 Leuisa} countries civil war is flaming to- sor oe Drive for, Monroe. Coun) thak there are on. were fewer: _—_ ently successful, it was disclosed 3? On Petition For 28, Islamorada, Fla., six-room , Street. day ity, has been invited to attend a‘ 500 members here. today. by Capt. W. A. Saunders, house, $9,600 at Matecumbe Key;, Clyde V. Hicks, 408 Louisa}. : meeting of county campaign di-| Childers told of elaborate Vor. “commandify- officer. a get Ro Sep eo © & pfive-voom ~~ house,”$6,500 “and '5-"'Street, ‘repairs and extension. . |. OPem warfare-began this morn-jrectors: from’ this: section, of thet plans: that-had ber Tmadé ‘to ‘get— =~ Only seven of the 93 veterans Roads On K e y Ss room house, $6,600, at Islamorada.| R. J. Sigler, Marathon, Par-|i8 in Iran, and four columns of state is the Hotel Pennsylvasia,) sufficient strength‘in state after involyed still remain to be placed, - Burton W. Richardson 1903 rish Road, plumbing repairs. -}, government forces radioed that West Palm Beach to be held to-! state, and then capture Washing- and there is every likelihood that} The petition to be presented to| Seidenberg Ave., a house, $5,800.' Victor Humphrey, ‘Istamorada;}*Pey had captured 13 towns after as: i ame : nevi amepriam an and!ton by surprise, The first edict they will be assigned to other] the County Commissioners tonight} Ralph Bowman, Miami, Wind- repairs. ‘fierce fighting.” iPr ae of ithe drive: {that was to be issued by the Co positions before the date on|asking for lateral roads, on. va-} ley Key (lives in Miami), seven-| Theodore Ness, 509 Southard} News was received from Nan- nas oRpiGa was extended by | Jumbians, “when they came into which they would otherwise be] rious Keys in Monroe County i$} room house, $10,000, at Windley Street, remodeling and plumbing | king, that. fighting. is under way |)" @!'0 £4 . aoe Sa ae power,” was to be directed separated, December 31, Captain|signed by the persons listed be-| Key. |at 523 Southard Street. | between’ Comiitinists and Nat- jue of the Mationa oundation| against Jews and negroes Saunders said. low, requesting “that our lands) Manuel Roger veteran, seven-| John J Jackson, Jr., at 1012jionalists in four provinces of) 0, ory bane A Ree | "So far as could be determin Reeth veterans have been (ue made accessible from the| room house at 411 Amelia Street, Southard Street, renovation of | China. . “ esent along with Judge Holt: 44° Columbians in Georgia were we ‘ the gg in Sos | highway by roads to make it pos-| $3000 (completed). old building, installation of sewer} 41) conferences, dispatch ad- eNO NRO ar ce organized last August 14 po a, sce “4 PF ezy Scare sible to develop our farms and} David D. Dowg, veteran, three-|and water to provide home for. ted hee Bee, ahs China BEER chairman, and. other aa Ree oe F ie” ooh haiggratanl i 4 pune tne obtain some income from this in-] room house at 1504 Bertha Street,! family and father. ie om oe; Fe cence, nad typ camenen directorm, i e : po tors caval ab hires Rape in the | Vestment”: $1,200. | Garland B. Smith, Tavernier, zone nee Seite one eee ES se Gs WEES Daye nas' Providence ' process of being placed. John A. Parks, 603 Southard) John B. Knowles, veteran, at’ $7,000 repairs. 4 a= been started with canyassers: vi | i Captain Saunders expressed she po ates sepa EES RM Lae a ee 4 D f d Ee EERE Tateane ee | Teacher. Out yt We epprocintion fo; thie fine co; |0°0 51) wlissboth: Sacchi Misl| efendants will be completed by January 15 eg " ft operation extended by local vet-|G25""Koch, 411 William Street; WALLET TAKEN EX-KEY WESTER : for business firms and outstand- | On Strike Today / pea Groups. Committees repre’ |Mrs. Annie Page, 419 William ’ Plead Guilty In ing philanthropists. , Post No. 3911 of the Veterans of |596 william Street; B. M. Forbes, Jack’ Higgs Keeps 3-Day Vigil Before Capturing Man Criminal Court schools where appropriate moving |ers in local public schools Foreign Wars have worked close-}909 Duval Street. ck Ok * * x i _ |pigiures and literature will bel on strike today for higher \ ly with the a bee relations |""Arturo Boza, Delmonico Res- Y gy} Criminal court, with Judge Ca- given the school children to in-| Reports from» Pawtuck phd pani ine ii neato taurant; Hilario Ramos, 211 Du- TCHES C ET IN ACT ic presiding, held a special ses-/still them with a feeling of safety | that teachers in that city h rot u U) ‘Ss ‘olvi Fy foes Theg sw 3 ss val Street; Lieut. Alfen, P.C.C., : i ae canes é instead of fear. Theaters will al-| @ sn » te in the transfer or reassignment 72 Caroline Street; Raul Cuesta, PADPLDAALAOADAL ALLA DALLAS SDS AO OAS ae tudaystok doce Bless OF ee al visiten during these two Suet Pikes “pig of veterens. 617 Angela Street; Howard Wil-| A former Key West boy, Seth $200 ring by three men in a taxi-| Suilty. . weeks, and the drive will culmin-| gtrike if their salaries aa uae The Naval Air Station and the!son, 706 South Street; Rosinda|E. Higgs, better known here as Cab at Revere. William L. Hunter pleaded ate in the annual President's] increased Naval Hospital have absorbed | Piodela, Porter Place, 6-11; Mary) jack Higgs, recently was given “Once is enough for me,” Higgs} guilty to drunken driving and) Birthday Ball on Thursday, Jan- Unrest among teachers else many of the veterans who could} J, McKnight, 1405 Newton Street; : ro - declared, and I made up my mind! not having a drivers’ license, | uary 30. {eee any ' sre in Rhode Island was re af not be placed in other positions |{gabel McKnight, 1405 Newton|P0ld, black headlines in Boston Yq get that guy in Charlestown.”| and was fined $50 and costs of Announcement will soon be| Where in Rhodé Island ws & j at the Submarine Base. Street; Mildred McKnight Weav-| newspapers for his lone-eagle de-| Returning from work Thurs-|court. Judge Caro also ruled! made of all firms and philanthrop- | POTit {7 news Caspa , SS er, 953 S.W. 4th St., Miami, Fla. tective work in capturing a sus-| day, Higgs waited at City sq.| that Hunter would be unable to ‘ic citizens who by their contribu- i Ki ne Message From Santa Harold A. Gibson, 1401 Pine} .4, Wwkpacke - man he and sighted the grey-haired man.| obtain a driver’s license for a tions are now members of the Saisie serge Says He Will Be At Street; Charles Sherman, 48 Main aan, ee ai ae iS ne | He watched the man but saw no| year. $100, $200 and $500 clubs. ‘City Plans Repair ee Street, Aurora, Ill; Alton Goer-} Caught was in the act of picking | suspicious moves. Again on Fri-| J, B, Hanson leaded guilty to see ese AAU " Harris School Friday ing, 419 William Street; Harry J. another man’s pocket and was day, Higgs was at City sq., saw| speeding and was fined $25. AMMUNITION-BOX HOUSE DECATUR, Ill. — Of Sponge Dock paeee at Aan Harris battehe 7s North “peach Mar the same individual who iad) the elderly man and lost sight of! Bobby Jones, negro, pleaded 4 j 4 eyes to Sehool have received the fol-jgaret. Lacedonia itchel, stle ugs a few day: ;i-| him about the time a man in the! guilty — on driving and|find materials to build his four- , lowing message from Santa |North Beach; Hastings Smith, jostled Higgs a fewedeys) previ sae eae as ee guilty to drunke * driving ane room. house, Glen R. Stewart} Work will commence in a da Claus: 1220 Georgia Street. ously when the former Key) ¢'0W4 shouted, “I've been rob-| was fined $50 and costs, with the | (0° ia subeiee fen td or two on improving the sponge a ' s Ly + ee aoe z a | bed.” alternative of serving 90-days in| CUN® 2 sa ste aor ee dock at the foot of Grinnell «& “I wish to notify all children, |_E. H. Gato, 930 Catherine} Wester had lost his wallet on Higgs spent most of yesterday | jail hoy i Sena) ee ee era J, S. Ellingss e r Street; Hon. B. C. Papy, State Ss SRS Rag ee 7 Ree ‘i Seas ie, an.| City Manager O. J. § ingsor prong wl ve = We srouneaec Raprescitative: Bev eaawser pues . Vat the same bus stop and never! Herron Brown was fined costs‘ ee oa Gn see nee po said this morning. 1 wood CO’ the Harris School next Friday, é ; : e's! Higgs, a 30-year-old resident of, Jost sight of his suspect. During! fo. ar onesie: oq | ning to use the wood from the : December 13 at 4c. m., and will |Monroe County Courthouse; | SEE pect Dg | for drunkenness. They amounted | ),,.0< he later decided a strong-| ering of the be ri ie eae ham sai Frank G. Sutton, 411 William| Chelsea, Mass., was born and the evening » Higgs was a | to $8.75. RRA prea ey ree » leay-| off where it condi at that time gladly ceive all er building would result by leav letters and Christmas lists of the |Street; Juan Carbonell, Monroe| brought up here and is the step away when the suspect, ac- | —$___—— ine them tasether ‘ jand the dock will be filled ir th the children want. ‘Be sure |Theater; Mrs. John Rivas, Geor-| brother of Laurence Higgs, 816! cording yo HUES oceum: 7 po- |-o0 90008 Ozeonnenearse : : With marl - e - gia Street; Chas. Park, 1321 New-| 2’Oe" eee lice, dipped a hand in the rear ) Seasonal Special $350 Mheareault: will bes to ahand. _ |ton Street; L. O. Turner, 1118! Ashe street. ; lpocket of William Wyrwicz of} lahiicatinn MEE | a. oss bce A nice party is planned with | white Street; Fernando Carbo- The story of Higgs’ patient de Poplar st., Chels izing t ae ae Santa as guest and such goodies es candied apples, pop corn balls, snow balls, cake, candy, sand- wiches, and sodas. nell. Palace Theater tective work, as carried by one paper, follows: Last Tuesday at the City sq bus stop, Seth E. Higgs, 39, of 136 Shurtleff st. Chelsea, was ARRIVING WEDNESDAY Shipment of the man’s arm and holding the} Oil Change and Wash hand still in Wyrwicz’ pocket,} Ambler Service Garage Higgs shouted for police. Boston; # BUYS Eleveated Special Officer Fred M. King ran to the scene and! — Nova Scotia sturdy fleet AUUUTUAEA TLE TEETER, ' PENNY SINGLETON in _|Josticd by @ Be ee eee ae with Higgs took the suspect to| SPRUCE | PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE “LIFE WITH BLONDIE” 5 2 A RTE Aint i a ; the Charlestown Police Station. | CORPORATION News and Serial mise is oe year) There, the man gave his name | cecdkc um Geaail “TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT” 1 SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS eA ae tA RON I ARO RS AONE CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE —~—Opens 5 P.M. Daily. NTS STR ago, Higgs had been severely beaten and robbed of $40 and a | A EAARDE EAR nA EASE LEE STERLING’. POULTRY = a EGG Marke 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. | We Are Now Taking Orders TURKEYS and DUCKS | 1 FOR CHRISTMAS !in Boston, New York, and Phil-} ' served 24 of 59 years in prison on XMAS TREES Place Your Order Early for Best Choice | | ARCHER’S GROCERY |816 Fleming St. Phones 67 - 47 on the BOULEVARD - DANCING -- Nightly to the Music of (CRUNCH) MARK and His STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Plano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 59, of Sharon outh End. Police said his record listed more than 200 court appearances with offenses as Joseph Forte, adelphia | Forte admitted to police he had pickpocket and liquor violations | in Boston, New York and else- where. He was held on $5500 bail You Buy Get Our Prices Before |» (ee 914 Fleming St. Key West, Fla. 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