The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1946, Page 1

Se ee A AS A A TT TE RCN NRe NE tt wo Key We QUITE DEFINITE’ Roy Hamlin, chairman of the Municipal Stadium said today that he will leave for Miami tonight to make formal application for a Key West fran- chise in the Florida-International Baseball League. Hamlin said he will see Judge Wayne Allen, president of the} league, tomorrow evening. Con- firmation of his appointment was received from Allen, municipal court judge of Miami, this morn- ing. The Stadium chairman said he would also see Paul Waner and Max Carey, former Pittsburgh Pi- rates stars, tomorrow morning. A definite effort to make the Key West team a farm for a ma- jor league club, poss oly the Pi- rates, is being made, Hamlin said. Waner is manager of the Miami Sun Sox and Carey operates a Girls Baseball School in Miami. ‘The Pirates train at Miami Beach. Hamlin also has an appointment te see Tiny Parker, owner of the Sun Sox. “It appears quite definite that Key West will be in the league,” Hamlin said. “The interest mani- fested by fans in Key West has been encouraging. It looks like @ definite proposition.” Hamlin said that he had re- leased nothing on the matter pre- viously since there was nothing} definite to announce. Communi-! cations have just been received | from other clubs, however, notify- ing the Key West backers that) Key West will be welcome to the league. A meeting will be held Janu-! ary 9, Hamlin said, to form a cor- ition which will operate the en- terprine is expected to be offered for sale. The team would open ite schedule about April 15. By! that time, Hamlin said, the Muni- ¢ipal Stadium will .be renovated | and improved to the tune of fif-| teen to twenty thousand dollars. Dugouts, a clubhouse and enlarge- ment of the stands to seat at least} 2600 fans will be undertaken. Ha- vane teams and big-league train- ing camps will be combed for ma- terial for the local club. Ygnacio Carbonell Cottage Ransacked The sheriff's office was inves- tigating a complaint filed with it today that thieves had forced a door on the cottage of the| camp of Ygnacio Carbonell on Big Pine Key last night. Carbonell, in reporting the burglary, said he did not know what was missing, but presumed the camp been completely ransacked Chief Deputy Moreno Wallace was scheduled to make a per- sonal examination of ‘the camp late today. He was to go-to the camp prepared to take fingér- prints, if any, and to determine what had been taken. ACT OTE ETEPERES Palace Theater JOAN DAVIS in “She Wrote the Book” News and Serial EARN TERETE ee | SS TS Oil Spray wa'cuassis-- It saves buying a set of fende=s! Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phune No. 5 Opposite Army Barracks UU ERAAD AEA Tomorrow For Entry: In Baseball : Lea ROY HAMLIN REPRE-* SENTS CLUB BACK-\ Action Is’Taltén * SAYS CONCH| : FRANCHISE ‘APPEARS! To Prevent Navy, | sheriff, committee, | Woman Gives Boy Lift And Loses $600; Youth Held Pending investigation of a c int’ that an unidentified ‘ jan, ‘lost approximately $600 somewhere on the Upper Keys, the sheriff's office today is hold- ing a man who identified him- self Harold ‘Reinhart, Jr., 19, on a charge of vagrancy. Moreno Wallace, chief deputy said Reinhart was % brought in by a member of the | Civilian Fi htin state “highway patrol following | £ 5 his capture on Bahia Honda Key early today. Reinhart, who is a native of West Virginia, was allegedly a passenger in the woman’s car last High officials of the Naval Base }conferred this morning on meas- The! to prevent further outbreaks} tween naval . ‘ : jaction came closely on the heels his nay toward ey West bar of action taken by the Shore Pa-| ing the ride the pair stopped for trol Saturday which intercepted} efreshments. 75 sailors and marines enroute to}, Later the woman put Rein- the Cuban Club on Duval Street.}hart off her car. Then she is said , The Shore Patrol vigiliance no{to have discovered a purse con- doubt averted a serious incident} taining $296 and endorsed checks ;of mob proportions. The marines} of about’ $300 was missing. Rein- frseeern pafith acer bs be}-hart’s arrest followed. r ome Vigorous = {ical action when the Shore Patrol When arrested ne me aly, one was tipped off about 8 p.m. Mu: suitcase in his possession, al- nicipal Judge Enrique Esquinaldo fined two young women for ‘going from bar to bar inciting service- men. Officers rushed a double de- tachment of Shore Patrol police | to the scene on South Duval } Street and with 40 men managed Salary Approved ,to turn back .the service men in | the neighborhood of Cave Inn, Approval of the payment of not far from the Cuban Club.} $1,629.42 representing the _bal- The Shore Patrol had been in-| ance due County Tax Assessor | formed that the civilians at the ‘Claude Gandolfo in salary and Cuban “Club were well prepared} office expenses this year was to give the sailors and marines | Voted today by the Monroe Coun- 'a warm reception. ty Board of Commissioners. The interception followed Fri-} The board, which met in a re- day night’s incident when a ma- cessed regular meeting, also rine, Louis Velasquez, was voted to buy a waxing machine beaten up by a civilian youth] costing $233 which will be used two when he boarded the wo- man’s car. County Assessor’s ‘near the Skating Rink on South-} to keep the floors of the county ard street. Mrs, Thomas, who] court house in condidion. manages the rink, emphasized to- The board also voted approval day that the fight took place ‘out-} of the appointment of Richard side the rink on the sidewalk.| Sawyer as new janitor of the Mrs. Thomas, who witnessed the} County céurt house. The former fight, said that only one youth j » Lester Dole, resigned to attacked Velasquez, but a large | accept another position. The job ring .on,..the _ civilien's '$.$125..a.- month. : (Continued on Page Four) , Frank: Bentley and members Gerald Saunders and Decrease Noted voted approval of the painting and general renovation of the 4} county court house. The work ‘og ee ses For 46 Next meeting of the board Licenses or ' will be held January ‘7. Only 605 1946 automobile - li-' . censes had been issued by County Plans For Pier i iod that ended Satur- [ony | At Matecumbe Mrs. Frank L. Skill, of Home- stead, for the construction of a off two lots she owns at Clarence Higgs inspected and In Sale Of Auto |:u¥,<0" Tax Collector Howard E. Wilson; Plans have been prepared by rk, near the south- lay. This represents a falling off in}. the number issued of 1,725 from those released in Monroe County for 1946. ; “I believe that next year x aa as will issue fewer than were issue entable Pa! . during 1946,” said Tax Collec-| erly end of Upper Matecue tor Wilson today. “I don’t be- Tt will be a timber pier and lieve we will issue more than ap-| will run out toward Hawk's proximately 2,000 D tags as] Channel 106 feet from high-water against 2,330 issued for this year-”} mark, according to the specifica- j In addition to the D tags re-| tions. The head of the pier will | | |tags were issued. There had been|..ix feet wide, and the decking ponte 125 W tags for 1947 issued up]"\,i11 be six feet above mean low ‘to Saturday. fater. Wilson said the county tax col-; P Acolteation for construction ones pagers ppateonen fren hes been made to army rane fnpont Hour so That office workers cs ail te See may have an opportunity to get * may s their licenses idumig their lunch-| anybody objecting to ue buys * ing of the pier may write the hii engineers, they informed The EE EE BO Citizen. ROASTERS and FRYERS | ————— Have your Dodge, Cnrysler, Ply- | BRADY’S (Li mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED |= and oo iso) Posies EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL- 1214 White St, Phone 54 eee eeererr rrr Tre Teetre RAMAAD*LSDASEABRADDSD PRESCRIPTIONS frercctente | Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY 1114 Division St., Cor. 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None of the commissioners has ever broached the matter to me and I know nothing about it other than rumors.” Asked if he would be in- terested in the position if it were offered him, Dopp said, “I would definitely be inter- ested.” Dopp, who is also city enginer, was a captain of artillery in the European cam- paign and is now a major in the Officers Reserve. kddedde dedi, British Officer And 4 Soldiers Flogged By Jews (By The Anssociated Press) JERUSALEM, Dec. 30.—A British officer and four soldiers were flogged by Jewish terror- ists today in reprisal for the lashing by the British of one. of their members, The terrorists warned the Brit- ish that the floggings will be continued at the rate of five to one. A Jewish leader of the mod- erate group left today for London in the hope of coming to an agreement with British author- ities about the partitioning of , so that the Jews can organize a state of their own here. He added that he was confi- dent unrest in Palestine can be curbed if the British raise their quota of Jews that may enter this country. Roberts Allowed Half-Day Werk City Cormptroller-Finance Di- i te has been confined to his home by illness since November 19, has been permitted by his physician to work half-days after the first of the year. Roberts will probably work mornings. Despite his illness, the Comptroller prepared his depart- ment’s budget and _ recently checked the invoices and signed checks for November. The finance director fell ill on not able to attend the City Com- mission meeting that night. He was diagnosed as suffering a general run-down condition. Dur- ing his absence, City Treasurer |E. J. Roberts and Mrs. Jane White, payroll clerk, have oper- ated the comptroller’s office. tizen SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS Dispute Regarding Atomic Bomb Job, Dopp Says ‘Expected Between Gromyko Of vier == [Russia AndBaruchOfUnited States I ILA A hk he) Republicans Meet To N KEY WEST’S 100-YEAR-OLD : eet O Name = 1iGHTHOUSE OPENS ° ° Their Chairmen (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Fif- ty-one Republican members of the senate today began a three- day session to reach an agreement: on the appointment of chairmen of various committees. Dissension is expected to result Key West's 10-year-old lighthouse celebrated its re- opening this afternoon at 2 o’clock with appropriate cere- monies, * The popular structure was thrown open to visitors who thronged up the winding stairs to view the inspiring panarama of land and sea LATTER REPORTED TO BE PRIMED TO REPLY TO ANYTHING GRO. MYKO SAYS (By The Associated Press) LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Dec, 30.—A stormy session of the UN. ‘Security Council is expected late this afternoon when Russian Am- bassador Gromyko flays~ the Atomic Energy Commission, with a-reply by Bernard Baruch, chair- (man of the commission. } It was said that Baruch is primed for anything that Gromyko. at the conferences because of the ‘objections made by several sena- imay say against the attitude of visible from the top. 3 ‘the United States regarding its tors that they have been disre-| 7 GPM@ MM! DO OOD waintaining the secret of the garded in the agreements already reached for chairmanships. hold a meeting Thursday, one day before congress is scheduled to convene, to settle difference about their floor leadership andj the naming of chairmen of com- mittees. President Truman’s message on , atomic bomb. i . ; Gromyko wants the secret re- Republican representatives will Xmas Rush Was i vealed to all members of the o United Nations, but Baruch is 15” Above 1945, still adhering to his position, out- 9 lined in an address last August, for the United States to exercise Postmaster Says control of the bomb till such time jas “ironclad guarantees” are giv- The Christmas season brought;en under the creation of an inter- day. was issued Germans To Be Completely oye . Demilitarized volume of business were: (1) more | tion of the energy. It will recom- (By The Associated Press) BERLIN, Dec. 30.—An order | ° ‘i ducti f atomic bombs reir on ieony nani since they had a wider range of, duction of atomic mbs must be the state of the nation will be submitted to congress next Mon- Germans from manufacturing or | importing any materials that may be used for the production however, were lower a 15 percent increase in the vol-, national commission to control ume of local business of the Key) atomic energy, West Postoffice over last year,! It was said here this forenoon Postmaster Hollon R.° Bervaldi,that sufficient nuclei fuels can said today. Despite the addition, be produced throughout the world of 10 additional carriers and five {to turn out from 70 to 3,500 bombs additional clerks, the staff was ,in the course of a year. required to work considerably| The Atomic Energy Commission longer hours than last year, he is going to submit to the Security said. ;Council a report, containing 89 Reasons given for the jump in Pages, dealing with the produc- goods were available this season; Mend that every possible precau- (2) people bought more articles| tion against the clandestine pro- {taken by the United Nations be- this year, | fore the United States will change than last | ite presens position regarding the mb, selection. Postofice receipts of arms. year because of the decrease inj rector Charles R. Roberts, who} the 19th while at work and was | The United Nations, in its| said. determination to completely de- militarize Germany, has directed | military activities, the postmaster | Of the temporary help taken on 7 . for the Chris. nue all'but technically and practically for in- ‘The report.also states that the commission believes that” atomic energy can be used scientificially, also that the Germans report all ‘one, a former employe, was a vet- dustrial Purposes by all member stocks of weapons of any kind eran. The .10 additional earriers units of the United Nations, if aised to manufa¢ture weapons. The Germans will not be per- | truck. mitted to. build warships or air- to fighting and bombing planes. | been noted here since the. price All types of military weapons, ; Was decreased from eight to five including rifles of any caliber, | cents. are banned. Production of chemicals ved Garings Enlarge | ; in warfare is also prohibited. Service Wife Strong | For American Way) yyy and Mrs, Charles E. Gar- METROPOLIS, Ill. — (AP) —| ing, who own the former William When Mrs. John Harrington of} q| Freeman home, 707 South Metropolis sailed recently to join! street, have purchased the va- her husband, a chief warrant of-| cant lot adjoining the home, ficer, in Germany, she almost] which increases the site by a had her “home” in tow. frontage of 50 feet and a depth She drove a new automobile to | of 120 feet. her port of embarkation and al-} The lot was purchased Satur- her a new electric refrigerator, ! for $800. a new electric washer, bed and living room suites and other furniture and rugs. Car And Truck Collide A car driven by James H. Pow- i * Plenty TWO BANDS... to Holder of Formal 7 New Year's Eve Part Rainbow Room derly, 1114 Southard Street, col- lied with a truck driven by Karl Jordan, 74-2 Poinciana Place, about 8 p.m. yesterday on Eaton Street. Jordan claimed that Pow- derly failed to stop at a stop sig- nal and crashed into him. The case was to be brought up at Mu- f The postmaster also reported craft of military Gesign or air-|today that a 30 percent increase craft that may be converted in-|in the sale of air mail stamps 94 Yoon inkme Site Of Home so ordered to be shipped with) gay from Miss Jennie Seymour and all materials that ‘may be |céjisistedof seven rotite carriers WonMad safeguards’ areyestablish- and three on the parcel post ed to prevent the employment of ,the energy in the manufacture of (The White iiouse reported to- day that Carroll Louis Wilson had by President Tru- may as general manager of the Atomic Energy Commission. He ; had been a consultant of the com- | Mission since last October.) | YOUTH IS HE IN CONNECTION WITH GUN THEFT Sheriff's office is holding Dock Smith, 15, colored, on a tentative charge of petty larceny in connection with the theft of a revolver from the trailer owned by Frank McCorsi which is lo- cated on Stock Island Smith allegedly confessed he took the key of the Sugar Loaf Club on Stock Island and with it entered the trailer and stole the revolver. The gun was found in some nearby bushes by Deputy Sheriff William Archer, who also arrested young Smith. | aE SERB BLE ROE ee med REPLACEMENT es paRTS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street La Concha Hotel JOHNNIE BENNETT and HIS CUBAN BOYS RUDY and HIS HONEY DRIPPERS La Conga - Jitterbug - Rumba - Anything ADDED ATTRACTION | REAL LIVE BABY | GIVEN AWAY Lucky Number $ i MINIMUM (No Cover Charge) 9 PM. to HANGOVER BREAKFAST at the nicipal Court this afternoon. wepuumeeme Phone 442 of Fun * Optional ————-_MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY———— and timing checked with each repair job. makes of cars. Also body and fender work. | || able price. ‘ neal ALLA CREB SE FREE! FREE!! | . Spark plugs cleaned, points set Pollock Ss mata’ 514 Duval Street We Will Remain Closed Cars painted, $25.00. ; All Day Tuesday and All work guaranteed at reason- Wednesday and Reopen )-4t9:00 A.M. Thursday 4 General repair work on all 240-A POINCIANA ASK FOR GENE .Morning. LETT SIT NEW PIONEER HOTEL 151 N.E. 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