The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 15, 1947, Page 1

VOLUME LXvVII. _—_——_ Two Governors Preside In Georgia; Talmadge “ua Call Me MBit Sap Wh Ame While Here Called:: And Arnall, Holdover TALMADGE’S SUPPORT-* ERS BREAK DOWN'T Introduce DOOR TO EXECUTIVE! é MANSION Luxury Tax Bill By End Of Week 2r.i.Pcrm (By Associated Press) ATLANTA, Jan, 15.—Georgia has two governors today, Ellis| (By The Associated Press) Arnall, the holdover, and Her- man Eugene Talmadge, who was elected and sworn in at 2 o'clock this morning by the Georgia leg- islature Talmadge, 33, is a son of Eu- gene Talmadge, who was nomi- nated by Georgia Democrats last year and elected in the Novem- ber general election Talmadge and groups of his} supporters, including his body- guards, one of them a three- hundred pounder, marched on the executive mansion imme- diately after he had been sworn im at the leg Finding the door to the mansion closed, the supporters proceeded to knock it down Having forced the door, por- ters brought in a desk for Tal- madge, two smaller desks and Che No. 18 SOUTHERNMOST NE sue seseseseseztsscesssessceap The blond, young Russian am- bassador to the United States, N. V. Novicov, left Key West this morning, saying he was sorry he couldn’t stay ‘longer. The ambasador’s whirlwind im that the Soviet envoy is an ex- jtremely likeable individual with WASHINGTON, Jan, 15.—Re- a keen sense of humor. publican leaders announced to- : jday that a bill, designed to | When he arrived about 2 p.m. tinue taxes on luxuries, will be |¥¢stetday with his wife and three | introduced by the end of this}°°™Panions, the ambassador from week, the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- EN TATE z publics was greeted by J. S. Rob- It was also announced that /erts, chief clerk at the hostelr: out” portal-to-portal suits by|Very glad to have you with us,” | legislative action. The senate’s Roberts said. . | judiciary sub-committee is pre-] “Just call me Mr.”, smilingly ; to suits of that nature. to be in his early forties. Meanwhile, the CIO instituted] «] would, sir,” answered Rob- eight more portal-to-portal suits |erts, “but I can’t pronounce your today, with aggregate damages; name’ Both men then broke in- | Set at more than $8,000,000. How-} to a laugh. }ever, in Detroit, six such mute This morning when he w. were withdrawn, about to leave, Novicov said, s Senate leaders, in commenting riously, “Ambassador is leaving lative session. 0D the work of the sub-commit- jwhereupon they enjoyed another ; urious | tee, stated that if congress does , laugh. ; not act to stop portal-to-portal KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1947 SOVIET AMB RRY HE ) COULDN'T REMAIN congress is determined to “wipe | “Goad afternoon, Ambassador. | | paring a bill that will put an end | replied Novicov, a man appearing , is; He express co cts REE WSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES td LEA ! Mayor W. W. Demeritt and Clem Price, president of the! Chamber of Commerce, paid a vis- ‘it to the ambassador yesterday ' ss 4 i j haw County : and extended their respects in be- | said he would have liked to go} en a two-room suite but pre-} Endorsement Monday by they : Yj vEs Special Sessions Of City Body ‘Meter Case Tomorrow, Shortage Friday cCOUNTY, CITY FATH- | ERS TO DISCUSS 83,- 000 NEEDED BY MON- ROE COUNTY Special meetings of the City Commission will be held tomor- row and Friday at 10 o'clock at the City Hall, Mayor W. W. De- meritt said this morning. Tomorrow's special session is to consider action in the case of Technician Grade 5 Duard Ed- wards of the Army Harbor De- tenses here, who was fined $250 Monday for breaking the glass in a parking meter. ; The ambassadoriakparty took a} ble ,;Swim on a local beach yesterday | 10,000.00 or vertising venient for securing a boat. is to take our meals else- Qyerseas Road and Toll Bridge an companion of Mrs. Novicov’s, #@¥ertising, has been received! " tary e gratifi For Welfare Fund representative of a Miami hotel. Key West. Civic officials were Pressure of business in Wash- j voted last night to meet with! | d ‘particular Riese reg enenesitt said the commission has propriate money for the welfare + provided by the Miami, Thursday's meeting and sent to Commission will be sought, at afternoon and the Soviet envoy ; ° e Highway Meets High Favor Novicov and his wife were giv- ” they told, Roberts, In- i The Russians spoke fluent Eng-|quick to point out that the city; Because of a shortage of funds, jington prevented him from stay- such advertising. | thé City Commission to consider over the automobile trip down'been working on the budget for fund. | hotel man. the State Road Board. He point-' which time the County Commis- | suits, they will ruin some indus- { tries j letters received by congressmen. 9 A \ ta ‘Vs rova half of the city and the chamber. ! te gency S PP fishing but the hour was not con-| ferred to eat in the dining room./State Road’ Department of the) A “The dining room is too pretty proposed budget of $263,000 of we County Will Ask leitiasa an ahs pater woe , Commission, including $10,000 nor City For Money |the ambassador's secretary and aj With considerable gratification in |lish. would benefit inimeasurably from! the Monroe County Commission: jing longer, the ambassador said.} Commission Chairman W. * whether the city might not ap-' ithe Overseas Highway in a lux-|some time. It was approved ati A joint meeting with the City —— ———— Jed out that the State Board of sion will lay before the City Administration must still pass on! Commission that the welfare} “ui &y "sateen (County, Navy To Consider Use |"s** \fund is short about $3,000 for: It was recalled that the State | current operating expenses. | two filing cabinets and put them, in the reception room adjourning Unusual Warmth Gove « nor Arnall’s office something that Talmadge’s 300- pounder disliked, and he forth- with beat up the Arnall man. Talmadge demanded that Ar- | mall “turn over" the governor- | ship to Talmadge, and Arnall re- plied | Nothing doing! I won't turn over my office to a pretender. | You were named by the legisla- of Arnall’s supporters inl During December, Report Reveals) Those Key Westers who have jbeen saying that this is the warmest winter they have ex- perienced probably are not far from: right, cording to the monthly report, issued today, by the local Weather Bureau. Of Boca Chiea By Aerovias Qiao =Soaiaistearions 280s Commissioner Gerald Saunders , County Commissioners voted yy. last night at the court house to send a committee representing the commission before the U. S. Naval Base with a request the Navy grant permission to Aero- via, Q., S. A., airline use of Boca Chica airfield in the forthcom- ing Key West-Havana service. On Motion of Commissioner Gerald Saunders, Chairman ‘La Casa Marina ! To Hold Formal Opening Saturday La Casa Marina will hold its formal opening Saturday, Direc- pointed out that $18,000 was now | mission late last year calling for in the welfare fund. Out of this ma $10,000 advertising program. It sum the commission is commit- was pointed out, however, that! teq to pay $8,400 to the county the advertising program provided cjinic; $2,400 for child welfare; by the $10,000 item in the budget $720 for rental of the welfare would be conducted by the State office; $1,200 to the Key West Advertising Agency and not by Chamber of Commerce; $600 to the commission as provided by its, the Marathon Chamber of Com- resolution afterward disapproved. | merce, and $3,000 to the hospital Since a state agency would be , : operating the advertising project, 4 chances of the State Board of Ad-! It is nine hes Moainaledonch ae ministration’s approval of the t? maintain five tu ba: fund, Friday morning's meeting will be a joint session with the Coun- ty Commission, the first to be held here in recent years, the mayor said. Chairman Frank Bentley of the County Commis- sion called Mayor Demeritt and asked for a joint meeting to dis- cuss the financial status of cer- tain social agencies. As reported in another column of The Citizen, the County Com- mission voted last night to re- quest a joint meeting with the City Commission to discuss a $3,- 000 shortage in the county wel- fare fund for operating expenses. ; The meeting tomorrow is being jealled as the result of a letter !to the mayor and city commis sion from Lt, Col. Clifford £. | Singleton, CA, commanding of- ficer of the Army installations ‘in Key West. Singleton asked for a “fair and equitable disposition of this (Bd- | wards) case.” He cited Edward’s '“long and honorable service,” Frank Bentley appointed Com- , including its advertising, tients in a State institution’ and’ anq evidence that:the glass “was tor-Manager Eugene Dennison budget ture, not by the people of the state of Georgia.” | Avnall added that he will not! resign from the governorship un- less be is succeeded by the man| who had been elected lieutenant governo: | Meanwhile Talmadge is oc- ecupying the reception room and Arnall = the governor's office. There have not been any further disturbance since the fight shortly after Talmadge and his followers entered the executive nansion It was stated that the dispute will be taken to the state su court for it to decide who pren will be governo Sheriff Sawyer Left For Marianna Yesterday A. Sawyer left terday with Sheriff Be 1 Mariann Doc Smith ivenile delinquent Industrial wy expects to be ff n Saturday HYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone § “Opposite Army Barracks” | AS aE EIR POOR OLD CRAIG'S SERVICE STORE Mes. AL Armengol, Manager 1019 WHITE STREET Friendly Neighborhood Store wh You Can Always Get Electrical Appliances, Toilet Preparations, Drug Sundries, zines and Newspapers Stationery - Soft Drinks Candy, Etc. nennnnnnnnnnsHNNANARESAUNNUUUEAU LRTI UGG UTAA GUT UHTAA THA DANCIN | RAINBOW ROOM 5 Tonight 9:00 P. M. Prizes Donated by Merchants of Key West ———_Mus. JOHNNIE BENNE LA CONCHA HOTEL We Ne Mie . and HIS CUBAN BOYS The report is for December, } missioners Saunders, W. A. Par-j and the normal temperature for that month averages 170.3, ac- cording to the records in the bureau. But last month the ayer-, age temperature was more than | four degrees warmer, or 74.6. — The minimum temperature for the month is almost five degrees higher than the usual for De- cember, which is 65.8, Last month the average low was 70.5. Comparing the mean tempera- ; ture, pl that for last month more than the nor- mal average, which is 70.3. Last month it was 74.6. Rainfall last month was 1.31 | inches, and the strongest wind, | 24 miles an hour, was from the | northeast. Winter Visitors Invited To Frolic At CofC. Tonight Winter visitors in Key West are invited to attend the first of a weekly series of entertain- ;ments known as Tourist Fun Nights which will begin at 8 o'clock tonight at the Jackson Square USO Building Ramon Navarro, Key West's most popular sightseeing guide, will feature tonight’s program. Navarro will describe the history of the city and talk about some of the interesting facts about the island Community singing under the direction of City Recreation Di- rector Dwight Hunter will also be included in the program. Refreshments provided by the Key West Hotel and Restaurant Association will be served those ; who attend the meeting tonight. | No admission charge will be! made. TT TTL LiL ALL EVERY _ . NIGHT {MATEUR SHOW 3 Prizes to 1:00 A. M. IC BY J. D. McCANDREWS, Manager Peer eM ish i 2 r persons it be sent : 7 (provision, are said to be consid-| ¢isht other persons mus' annaunced nda soya ae erably brighter. ‘The fund, it was| tere at an_ estimated expense rish and Clarence Higgs to the! 'said here, would be spent no doubt | t° Oct. 1 of $1,500. committee. Chairman Bentley al | so said he | would attend hele ees Me ee E oat in the same manner: as provided! Only $5,400 was apprgpr lated : " chestra, yet to be announced, will CTA in this year’s budget for| pauper meeting at Saunders’ request. provide music’ for dancing by the commission resolution, } iis Aare SPS iin Aerovias now uses Meacham} } namely on newspaper and radio! allowances: ‘There is a ANCE The huge dining room will epen i for full-scale operation tomorrew, was some question in the minds serving three meals a day. Sinee of the county commissioners the hotel opened on a partial ba- whether the , airlines would be : 5:. earlienthis month,-only*break- 3 able.,tostise, the, field Jong... |fasts have been served. ‘and engineer for the commission,'| is a deficit Saunders said that while the | Dennison said the entire buila.|l4 the State Road Department} lowance fund. avy was negotiating with Na-| ing wall be Sopen: by Januave ae {Monday that he believed adver | tional Airlines Company for lon Saturday the ebccnd ane third iM Would help attract traveller the use of Boca Chica, the Aero- hiléors’ sill be completely ready over the highway to Key West. vias’ bid for its use might also} - {He added that travel would help U peeding arge oe "GHRe | Filed Against Man be in order. ‘ | Plans are under way, he said;}?8% off construction costs. | Pile gains t “It won't hurt Aerovias a bit}, Chairman Demeritt said the re- fl s » entire to have the county commission} at ent ee eee mainder of the budget figure! Lacy L. Lee, 8 Havana street, : : z ba'm would be used for maintenance of, was arrested early today by study this matter,” Saunders RR ihe Site e eaid’ “And atumight help! sot rnc cated UEUYS tne nighways) andi bridges! | Deputy Sheriff William Archer . a fon a charge of speeding along urge the appointment of a com- | | Whitehead street. L will be given a hearing later before Peace Justice J. Y. Porter IV, advertising in the Florida main-| in rhis® fund of this eae land, signboards and other adver-| $2.332.65. Adding $1,361 and $1,- tising media. | 500, the cost of maintaining pa- oe 4 | tie: e state hospital there B..M,.Duncan, general manager’ tients in the state pene in the pauper al- Field for its landing base. There Neca were : Guests have been arriving in ae oe with the Navy officers. lsaid. Construction of the swim- eadiine Lo ay ming pool will be started shortly F A 1] : venience to the guests, in which| | ; event the pool will be constructed} Deadline for getting 1947 au- Th - apse ; ont owe tae | ane Teer | ist : night. JANE WYATT ig | B ° t ; County Tax Collector Howard “Strange Conquest | ‘Burned Slightl en CE | 5 y j would be a number of automo-" “ hb i ba t | By Explosion |» owners who will not take — Ss i | Saunders will contact the Navy to learn when the commission- ers may visit them and discuss Boca Chica. Message States Dr. H. C. Galey E. Wilson said today that there | out their licenses today : Im Ane ; et Now proving | Mrs. Richard Sawyer, 1210; Up to this morning Wilson j | Sa telegrarn was cecetved last) Washington) sitet) fortunately ottice had issued U30) D plates SAT QUES 2 es Sse od serious ry @ ‘clock {and 250 W plate: against night from Dr. Harry C. Galey |¢Sc#Ped serious injury at 11 o'clock | & Se eis (at Mi tb this morning when her gas stove | 300 of the D's and lissued last year. “However, the number of about the and a telephone message from)" idded the hospitla where he is con-|©*P!odec 5 Her right hand and arm were} fined, and indications are that}, can - ye ‘i Be ae + a : i e rinse tecueditnldate i t ourned but not serious! ; e s iss E S his condition is much improved 4 - eriously, he S- | s | band informed The Citizen. same number that we The telegram from Dr. Galey | “'mr. Sawyer said that the gas{at this time a yea was received by J. Winfield Rus- | ! ote. ibe sll Scaniary: 108 Key 0 West }must have been turned on, un-| said. Plates will be : Spar ate oes ‘ +. known to his wife. The oven ex-| ning July 1 at the half-yearly Lodge, Knights of Pythias. The,” ‘ : : ..|Ploded while she was in the act message, from Butler, Mo., read se apolvine aamarchetonineiecdel “Extend my thanks to the|> @PP Yiné @ ms brothers. Am fighting. I am get- ot ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street vemos Phone (42 sued ed begin rate. { | : Se , i, | Flooring | _ All Grades \STRUNK LUMBER YARD PHONE 816 Dr. Moore and others.” Last night Robert F. Spotts- Wood, over long-distance _ tele- phone, ‘was informed that Dr. Galey “is getting along fine.” SILVER DOLLAR BAR 109 ‘Duyal Street t POOR OLD CR AI@’S SE °Sinnmsement New | 524 Southard : ‘Ope. Bor Staton SERVICE STATION = Gis a | Kenyon / Auto Store oe J. H. BRADY, Manager Division and Francis Streets Your PURE OLL Dealer. SEAT COVERS White Walls for Your Tires Tires - Tubes - Batteries Spraying, Oil and Greasing Auto Accessories and Imported Brands SPECIALS ON of Liquors At Popular Prices The 3rd G. I. Joe Runs the LUNCH COUNTER Come In and Get Acquainted , 600.16 - 625x16 - 650.16 - 700.16 Floor Mats $4.25 up Auto Seat Cushions $1.98 2 Gals. Pennline Motor Oil $1.79 Auto Paints $1.65 Qt. \ , hot maliciously broken.” He ex- jplained that the soldier is to be ‘released from the service next month. | «“There exists, and always has existed in Key West,” Singleton {| continued, “the most cordial rela- | tions between the Army and City officials. I earnestly hope these relations can and will be as cordial in the future.” Mayor Demeritt said that the ! commissioners would listen to the evidence in the case and that | if the evidence showed that the meter was not’ deliberately broken, the commission would probably take action, It was pointed out at the City Hall that much vital apparatus used by the city for road con- struction, maintenance, etc. is Army property and that this fac tor might well make itself felt in the case. RR RE ER EEE ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 44 | ete ered rede eee sere Have your Dodge, Chrysler, Ply: mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL- ERS—at the RIGHT PRICEIII! NAVARRO Ine. Opposite Bus Station ae Attention All Dealers in BEER-WINE-LIQUORS You Are Urged to ATTEND A MEETING of the t RETAIL DEALERS ASSOCIATION Robbins Heavy-Duty TUBES at DELMONICO RESTAURANT 100-inch Radio Aerials $4.95 | at 2 P.M. TOMORROW, Thursday. Jan. L6th Phone 9134 Grill Guards and Bumper Guards aa ee Se weayeeamem Phone 166 aaasaammamnaiy | (St oo Oe pes Bee mmm — eS