The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1947, Page 1

3 i id VOLUME LXVIII. No. 17 rr a Marshall Swearing In Delayed 24 Hours By Grounding Of Plane PLANE DOWN IN CHICA. GO FROM WHERE T WHA BE MADE BY; A ° TRAIN ‘Says Air Terminus (By The Associated Press) lupe maton, Jan. 20.- un-| Will Be Improved ag tg weather today | resulted im the postponement for Shortly after 7 Gauss of the ¢ Meacham field on the first morn- 2 ve swearing in of, ing plane from Cuba today, Col. General George C. Marshall as; Manuel Quevedo, president of secretary of state | Aerovias Q airlines, said that ex- General Marshall informed tensive improvements to the President Truman that the Mar-| Key West terminus will be under- — RIP) Aerovias President, arriving at; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1947 Negotiations For Sale Of Ta Concha Not’ Complete; Management ‘Reports Today| of Hotel La Concha by a Miami hotelman have not been complet- ed, J. D. McAndrews, manager of the hotel, and Albert Mills, local realtor, said today. La Concha is now owned by a “joint partnership of 11 individ- uals, of which two or three are now prominently connected with the duPont interests. A sale price of $360,000 has been set in the deal, including renovations and improvements of $50,000 which were recently com- pleted. According to reports. the hotel | Négotiations for the purchase will be purchased by J. Myer Schine, who is a nationally known hotel owner. He is said to own hotels in Los Angeles, Miami, Al- bany, N. Y., Atlantic City, Ken, nebunport, Me., and Nerthamp- ton, Mass. “Any word that La Concha has jbeen sold would reach me once the deal is completed from Jack- sonville,” McAndrews said. “As \far as I know negotiations have not been completed.” ; “Word that the deal would be ; consummated tomorrow is prema- ture,” Mills said. “Negotiations are not near conipletion.” Ghat plane had been grounded in| Xen shortly. Marshall did not say in what way he will continue his trip to Washington, but he intimated he will make the last lap of his jour- ney by tain. He is accompanied by Mrs. Marshall In Chica jeneral Marshall said that the trip from the West Coast of the United States in his! plane had been usually smooth until he reached St. Louis. He added that he was pleased to be eble to visit in Chicago, where he had not been for a long time The company is awaiting the final award of the Havana-Key West franchise from the Civil Aeronautics Board. Approval of Aerovias Q's application for the airline rights has been officially recommended and the C A B. | permit is expected shortly. Quevedo said that the build- ings, former Government bar- racks and accompanying struc- tures, will be placed in attractive condition to meet the busy flight trade connecting the neighboring republic with Key West. 11 Men Take Examinations | For: Naval ! Reserve Training: Eleven men attached to the Paes soe Naval Submarine Base here took | cei er <2 mien Killed By USO ing Corps to be set up in 52 col- | Adventurers: leges throughout the country by the U.S. Navy. ' The 11 men will have to wait! |Georgia’s Capitol Tense As — ‘'Bow:'String, With Talmadge, ‘Thompson, Cook, Contending CARR SUSPENDED; MISCONDUCT ALLEGED CIVIL SERVICE BOARD TO HEAR CHARGES | TOMORROW MORN- ING City Manager O. J. S. Elling- | son, on recommendation of Chief | of Police Bienvenido Perez, has } forwarded the following com-' munication to the city’s Civil Service Board: “From charges made, I am sus- pending Police Officer Warren H. Carr for conduct unbecoming an/ officer and it is recommended | that Police Officer Warren H. Carr be released from city service, ef- fective on the date of affirmation sion Street, was recently on Big ‘Pine Key’s shoreline, doing a lit- Note In Bottle Brings $5.00 To Nolan Fluker Nolan Fluker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tickle, of 1012 Divi- tle practice shooting with a .22 rifle. Suddenly there appeared in view a small blue bottle. Nolan took two shots at the bot- tle but missed. Then he waded out and secured the object. In ATTORNEY - GENERAL SAYS DOES NOT REC- OGNIZE TALMADGE AS GOVERNOR (By The Ansoeinted Press) ATLANTA, Jan. 30.—Feeling in Georgia’s capitol is as tense as @ strained bow string, with Her- man Talmadge, named governor by the legislature, booming that he will defy anybody and every- body who attempts to oust him from his post; M. E, Thompsen, who was elected lieutenant-.gov- ernor and sworn in Saturday in the senate chamber, declaring that he is the legal governor, and George Cook, attorney general, announcing that he does not ree- ognize Talmadge as governor and will press the suit in the supreme court, designed to remove Tél- madge and install Thompson as governor. Talmadge called on the legis- lature this morning to make its No. 1 bill preserve the “white Citation For probably performed bis final of-| ficial act today when he signed printed copies of the treaties with} Ttaly, Romania, Hungary and Bul- | @aria. He affixed his signature in the gilt and marble room in the GREAT LAKES, IL en 20.— State Department. Among those Fleet Howe Town News Center present were Senator Arthur Van- | today issued the following an- denberg and Senator Tom Con- 1 nolly, who were active with| Byrnes prepared (Special to The nouncement: ; Several weeks to ascertain wheth- jer they have passed the examina- tions. If they pass they may enter any college they choose and serve four years, all at the ex- pense of the government, includ- ing tuition. | Their only agreement with the | government is that after they have Fl ing Cross served four years in college, andi W@!king along the beach when \have been granted Naval com- missions, that they serve for two years in the Navy. | Those who took the examina- tions Saturday were: Paul P. Boyer, Jr., Frederick G. The USO marine adventurers killed a seven-foot diamond-back | ; rattlesnake on Boca Chica Sun- ! ‘day afternoon. The rattler had eleven rattles and one button, and was a magnificent specimen. The group of 10 men were J. H. Altmiller S2c, heard the ; Tattle, and looked down to seé {the reptile coiled at his feet, | ready to spring. Stocio, S2c, | tung a spear, which pierced the rattler’s tail, as he slithered into Lieutenant (jg) Donald Lee Cofgman, T. G. Cool 3 ‘thi 1 ji when the tweaties were Briggs, USNR, husband of Mrs: ' Cybbison, Leia Cornea pinta the Se on wiht Catherine Farris Briggs of 1303/Car) H. Griffin, Jr, Richard L.! heavy rock, while Gerry Pinder i “f = |Leon St., Key West, Fla. has re-| Gannon, E. H. Garner, Charles F.| dispatched him with a spear. ve i r : dia " Lippe City Budget Totals svsczemarpiciatensser 2 Shani Richard "E.Sagle “nd Abo iT] nee ;Medal and Gold Star, in lieu of; | I ve alf Million) Tica Air Medal, from Secretary 23 -are to be selected from among qf-the Navy, James Eorvestal, for Gity Manager O. J, S. Ellingson, | the President. ; Mayor W. W. Demeritt and City | Lt. Gg) Briggs, currently serv- Comemissioner John Carbaten {ie with the | night development went over the Opos A A "i Proposed city Wie awards in aerial flight opera- budget for 1947 this morning in i : : » enemy in the Pa-) . : a en effet to prepared it for pub- iene aesinst me enemy 9S 7 Sale OF Liquor On/= * = = _. Saiiday Presented Record Buying lic serutiny in the near future. | During the Ellingson said that the process ery “< incomplete, for ar’, citations «were! Harry Ramsey. Fifty thousand men, from 17 to 500,000 candidates for the courses, both civilian and servicemen, squadron in the Atlantic, cane’ Measure Allowing of lopping off $50,000 from the security reasons. i total figure requested by the aks ee ‘a various city departments is well U I An ordinance which would per- under way in order to bring ex- hemp oyment ‘mit sale of beer, wine and liquor penditures within receipts | ~ . [on Sunday in Key West will be Primary reason for the mecting ( I |offered for sonsideration of the t inclusion in’ the ,ompensation n \ City Commission tomorrow budget and of $3,600 author night, it was learned this after- nor gt so | Monroe County | ico»: f the City mission to take Unemployment Compensation sport idigent fo! : . ndigent formerly payments in Monroe county dur- me ifare fund. | ing the week ending January 11 The total bu be about | amounted to $91.00, and were half a million the city | ade to 7 persons, 6 men and 1 manage se ed that he) Women, Carl B. Smith, chair- | i not think he could have it! yan of the Florida Industrial ady for the city commission | Commission reported. eting Tuesday | ‘Throughout the state, he said, Commissioners Hunter Harden, |), yments amounted to $98,564.50, Albert Cooper and Louis Car-| anq were made to 2,847 men and nell were unable to attend the | 9549 women, a total of 5,387. nformal meeting Compensated unemloyed in a this county, registered as out of BILL TO COMMENCE | work through no fault of their METER PARKING AT | own and available’ for suitable 7 4. M. PROPOSED employment, were cla ssified as clerical and sales 1; service 2; ga, Sess Skilled 1; unskilled n vill be offe ht's City han meeting changing *e Samuel W. Curry Is Here On Visit from 7 igson Samuel W. Curry, vice presi- nded |dent and cashier of the Mercantile laints |National Bank at Miami Beach, lodging | arrived in Key West today to visit relatives and friends. parking Mr. Curry is a former Key Wester, a son of the late William B. Curry, who ,in his day, .was among the leading auctioneers In Key West. At that time Front sci : street, between Duval and Simon- va : ton, was lined with auction rooms, ——— hose daily business totaled many BATTERIES CHARGED | thousands of dollar The Modern Way _ Drive in. in 30 to 45 minutes and ear can be on its way! parking meters City Mana 0. J.S. aid the chang ec from hotels and other places that 7 a. m. is too early to payment for Tourists have no ott and most other places to park, he said ities do not have their meters ———. SERVICE STORE | Mrs, Al Armengol, Manager 1019 WHITE STREET The Friendly Neighborhood Store Where You Can Always Get ° FIOOTLiING® | Etecirical ‘Appliances, Toilet 4 | Preparations, Drug Sundries, All Grades | Magazines and Newspapers STRUNK LUMBER YARD, Stationery - Soft Drinks PHONE 816 Phone White at Fleming Candy, Etc. ees | SE Lou Smith AUTO service POOR OLD CRAIG s | The measure will be substanti- | ally the same as that which was jvead at the last meeting of the ; commission for the purpose of ac- ; quainting the public with its i provisions. MRS. A. M. WISHMAN | DIED LAST NIGHT | Mrs. Angelica Diaz Wishman, 173, "passed away last night in the |Key West Municipal Hospital aft- a long illness. Funeral services for the de- ceased will be held 4:30 o'clock ‘tomorrow afternoon from the chapel of Pritchard Funeral Home. Rev. J. H. Johnson, of St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church will officiate. ' Burial will take place in the ‘family plot in City Cemetery. Survivors are a daughter, Marie ; Winfree of Long Island, *N. Y., and a son, Louis Winfree, of Ha- , Vana, Cuba. i PETRIFIED POTATOES ' JERSEYVILLE, Ill. — When Homer Haynes dug his potatoes, he found that he had been rais- ing “petrified” spuds. A stream trickled continuously through ,his patch and the silicia content ‘of the water replaced the starch in the potaties, which hardened | like stone. $24 Southard Opp. Bus Station ‘THE—————__ Kenyon Auto Store —Has— 100-inch Aerials | Whitehall - Radio Batteries Floor Mats - Pocket Knives Fish Knives, 95c¢ Fishing Tackle Auto Paints - Polish Wax USO Program Director Gerald | Pinder said he wil cure the skin, ‘and put it on exhibition at the | Jackson Square USO. | . Othey adventurers, Sunday's | Makine tip week Wawater, F2c {R. L.. Heitony .§2¢, Don E. Hil- ton, S2c, A. Titunik, S2c, F. J. Lowe, S2e,*D.,J\ Athan, S2c, and Of Three Homes! Purchase of three homes in the city were recorded late Saturday with county clerk Ross C. Saw- ! yer. | Naw Homes, Inc., sold a home | in the Lime Grove subdivisi ‘ Paul V. Lowe Jr., of 1610 Flag- ler avenue, for a reported price! of $6,300. Florence W. Issler sold to John A. Russell, Islamorando, a house | and lot for $5,000. Joseph R. Cook, 1218 Leon street, bougnt from New Homes, | Inc., for $5,200 a house and lot | in the Lime Grove subdivision. | PRA A 2 SETAE | CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN ! CLARKSBURG, W. Va. — An| anonymous returned soldier who, is last September, held up a restau- | rant manager and took $40 from him, struck the cashier on the | on the head with a revolver and | escaped in a stolen car, recently sent the manager $60 (the extra; $20 was interest); $20 to the} cashier “to pay your doctor bill,” | and another $20 to the owner of , the car he “borrowed.” | Palace Theater LEE BOWMAN in “THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN” News and Serial | LA CONCHA HOTEL ‘ss A the bottle was a note written by ” moer' by the Civil Service Board.” ‘J. A. Leighton, 2304 Agriculture maker Selby e per Carr, a patrolman, has served Street, New Orleans 17, La. The Bary, oor. ie. Che . Fri that the bill will eliminate any on the force since November 25, Message read: reference to “primary”, from “No Minors Allowed” Seer Phonic 166 Semmmmmermpony ii!!! 111111 HUHNE VLU NEGO REALE EOEAE AGA 1946. He was the first civil serv-! ice appointee to be made by the Civil Service Board. He placed second in mental and agility tests from among a field of applicants. Jack Murray, civilian personnel director, said today that he was attempting to contact all three civil service board members in or- , der that a meeting of the board! could be held 10 o’clock tomorrow morning in Murray’s office in City Hall. Carr’s case will be the only business transacted at the board} meeting if/held tomorrow, as all cases on the board's docket have | been cleared. Control Office | ‘Gives’Data On. J Hostelry Rates Hotels and motor courts ih tent control areas may nof ‘advance their 1: . nsienf” rooms { until February 15 and then only after an application has been filed with the area rent office, Rent Di- rector Leo H. Warren reminded operators today He said that some operators thought decontrol action, announced last week, was ; effective immediately Forms will be available soon after February 1 for the filing of these applications, Warren said. | Operators of hotels and tourist \courts will be required to list, by room number or location, all rooms required to be rented for weekly or monthly terms, and must list such rooms as are now occupied on those terms. Tenants still will be protected under rent control regulations, since weekly and monthly rates may not be inereased, he explain- ed. This restriction is necessary use large numbers of couples and students, many of them vet- erans, unable to find other housin, commodations and daily rates would in most cases be pro hibitive for them, Mr. Warren said. | Director Warren cautioned op- erators of rooming houses against making increases in rents, inas- much as the coming action does not affect them in any way eee, ranted REPLACEMENT hu "PARTS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS) 121 Duval Street wewwweeees Phone 442 a—_ ~~ UR TR ! i RAINBOW ROOM DANCIN 9:00 P.M. to'1:00 A.M. TONIGHT Prizes Donated by Merchants of Key West MUBIC BY———___—- JOHNNIE BENNETT and HIS CUBAN BOYS _EVERY NIGHT Night in Havana RUMBA CONTEST J. D. MCANDREWS, Manager “If you will write your name and address on the back of this paper, giving the date and exact location where you found this bottle, you will receive, by mail, a check for $5.00.” True to his word, Leighton sent the check and the Fulker boy now knows that sometimes “to miss is to win”. Charter Boatmen Negotiating For Hotel’ Agreement Key West Charter Boatmen’s association are endeavoring to reach an agreement with | the management of Casa, Marina righ for the yuge, of ats Soats for strips. Ted Canova, president of. the jassbtlation, said téddy" that the boatmen had to consider @-prop- osition® presented» “to them by Eugene Dennison, manager of the hotel. “It looks as though we might accept the proposals offered the boatmen”, Canova said. Frank MeCarren, superinten- dent of services of the hotel, will have charge of the rental of all boats used for fishing by the hotel. ts Sailor Brown To | which negroes can not be barred, | according to a decision handed down by the United States supre- me court. Talmadge said that his object is to make the Democratic party in Georgia a ‘club”, similar to ‘the one in South Carolina that was organized after the supremé court’s decision. With such a law in effect in Georgia, Ti pointed out, the Democratic party will be_in a positton to say who or may or may not join the ‘elub,” and only members of the club will be permitted to vote in thé nomination of party members. Parking Mete Yield Few Dimes Archie Roberts, city tax cdl } lector,” stated that this week's {collection of parking meter tolls ‘ wag $173.98, Two dollars of this amount w in dimes, and they will be turned over to the Mareh of Dimes collection committee | The city has allowed the use of its parking meters to place dime donations, and all dimes (thus collected during the Infan | tile Paralysis Foundation drive, will be reimbursed to the com | mittee by the city tax collector Elect Officers Of Shrine Club Albert B. Cooper was elected Face 3 Charges ,.esiien o: the Rey West Shring Seaman First Class B. Brown, colored, from the lottee, A.P.D. 136, : this morning by Patrolman How- ard Harris in the K. Y. coffee shop, Petronia str -|was announced tod. t, charged with | treasurer of the organizat Club at a meeting Friday h at the Key West Yacht Club, Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr, was named vice-president, and Harry hneider was elected secretary mn displaying large knives last night.! John K. Clemmer, Everett Kins Harris. said he found three such/man and Andrew Frazie re knives in Brown's possession. lelected members of the board uf Brown was placed in the police night wagon, down Petronié reet, he smashed | the back window and escaped. He |luncheon was served afte was rearrested on Fort street, near the electric plant, after Pa- trolman Harris had fired a series of shots in the air. Brown will be arraigned in mu-j nicipal court this afternoon on! charges of possessing concealed, weapons, resisting arrest and de- stroying city property. | .aaneeseeeeneseees | PRESCRIPTIONS frescctence Compounded by Experienced | Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY | 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela Phone 177 Free Delivery | ee ew vwwwrwwswre i POOR OLD CRAIGS SERVICE STATION J. H. BRADY, Manager Division and Francis Streets Your PURE OIL Dealer. SEAT COVERS | White Walls for Your Tires | Tires - Tubes - Batteries | Spraying, Oil and Greasing Auto Accessories Phone bicoes | | das it moved} Preliminary pli |For Sale! i directors. ns for the an nual banquet were discussed. A the meeting. NEW 1946 KAISER Below Delivery Price Navarro, Incorporated Opposite Bus Station ERAREAREEEE EEE EE EEE ED ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market 1214 White Bt. Phone 54° ee oo ko hh behead NEW PIONEER HOTEL 151 N.E. FIRST ST. In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “Best For A Night's Rest’ 1 Block West of Bus Dep —w oe