The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 22, 1947, Page 1

| : VOLUME LXVIII. No. 19 Coast Guard Rescues KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1947 Confeernce Of CIO And U.S. Stolen Property Bill And Other Commission, By 3-To-2 Vote, — Three Key West Men PLED SHIP OFF (OS: PODODODODOMA Steel Officials any, The ‘abndetated Press) | Several miscellaneous measures WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The were approved by the City Com- | magazine dron:Age said today that. mission last night, including a) _ Measures Pastel Approves Sunday. Liquor Bill; Cooper To’ GROVE SHOAL; WAY HOME Three Key West men were res-| eved aboard a crippled fishing boat about three miles northeast! of Cosgrove Shoal early today and | were this afternoon reported en-! route back to the city on the Coast Guard vessel, the CG 83403. The men, who were adrift since early yesterday afternoon when their ship developed engine trou- ble, were Capt. Merrill Felton, Al- fred Knowles and Irving Knowles, all employed by the A. & 8. Fish! Company, with headquarters at! the foot of Elizabeth Street ' Pirst word of the missing men | was received by the Coast Guard! from the Faraldo Flying Service, | which reported it had been asked | ON $1126 Repair Job | To Fix Erratic City Hall Clock The strange and unpredict- able behavior of the City Hall clock will be remedied at a cost of $1,126.50 under a contract with the Interstate Tower Clock Service Co. of Elmhurst, N. Y., approved unanimously by the City Commission last night. Under terms of the con- tract the city will pay $500 cash on completion of the re- pair and electrification job and $626.50 in one year at two percent interest. Two com- CIO. leader’. and representatives, Pill authorizing the police depart- | of United. States Steel probably | will have reached an agreement: for another contraet before their: present contract expires on Feb-| truary 15. Besides wages, group insur- ance, hospitalization and medical care will be considered when the conferences are held. | Warning Given On| ment “to seize and possess” prop- . erty stolen, abandoned or contig} WILL VOTE AGAINST OR- raled. - | DINANCE IF CHANGES! Under the bill, police will store } the property in a storehouse for} NOT ACCEPTED: DRYS six months from the date of seiz-j 'HREA { ure and will make every effort to! T TEN ELECTION notify the owner and permit the; After a three-hour debate in owner to regain the property; which a number of citizens par- | upon payment of storage charges | ticipated, the City Commission and costs. |last night approved by a 3-to-2 If not reclaimed after six! vote allowing the sale of beer,! months, the property will be sold} wine and liquor in Key West on by the director of finance at a! Sunday. public sale, the balance after costs }' Commissioners John Carbonell, | Democrats To Favor Higher Tax Exemption (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Dem- ccrats were reported today to be preparing a bill for introduction in the house that will reduce Ellingson Flayed By Harden; Bight Action Approved The City Commission last night approved a recommendation of City Manager O. J. S. Ellingson to have the engineering firm of R. G. Spalding and Associates Emptying Sewers * < ‘going into the city’s general fund. | In Garrison Bight P:»es now poe nan te police may be sold at once. Louis Carbonelf and Albert Coop- er voted for the ordinance, drawn | up by the attorneys of the Re- Warnings are being issued to The commission also’ approved | tail Liquor Dealers Association. | certain residents of the Garrison! ¥Manimously a resolution Srant-" Mayor W. W. Demeritt and Com- | Bight area to cease emptying sew- 18 1946 homestead exemptions to' missioner Huntei Harden voted | mon laborers will also be fur- nished by the city for five days. The commission's action was in the form of an emergency measure and goes into effect © assist in the the; craft It was too late to do anything emerday, but this morning the ©G 83403, with Bennett Williams, Mic, in command, then went out immediately. to seareh in the vicinity of Cos- grove Shoal “ VIII DID aI aM. ford was flashed to the Coast} moe Guard at Miami and a flying shio Commission Aets wees dispatched to search the area search for erage into the bight and connect with the city sewer system within; 90 days, City Engineer Robert H.| Dopp said yesterday. ‘ Dopp said that he had received: complaints from other residents of the Bight area that sewerage | being emptied into the bight was; endangering health and sanitation , as well as creating a strong, of- | fensive odor. Upon ehecking the! complaint the city engineer found "Capt. C..H. Hilton, 1025 Johnson! against it. i Street, and Aurora Leon Albury, |} 622 Louisa Street. If 1946 prop- | erty taxes have been paid on} these properties, they will be! abated, according to the resolu- ion, Passed on second going into effect immediately were a measure prohibiting trans- | fer of liquor licenses except tol qualified purchasers of liquor es- reading and | 1 The ordinance will go into ef- fect after being approved on; second reading Tuesday, Febru- ! ary 4 and published in The Cit- | izen. Cooper, whose vote was con-! sidered a surprise by many ob- servers, said he would offer cer- tain amendments to the measure | before voting for it on second we individual income tax by al- | make a preliminary investigation ae sees ae 1 of the cost of public development ‘as pointed out that, when} of Garpi: i the income tar first became law, ae exemption for a married man| p,, ani : i : : proved unanimously, the diseus- without children was $4,000, and] sion brought a heated accusation that, shortly before the beginning | from Commissioner Hunter Har- of World War I, it was as high! den that the city manager had as $2,500, as compared with. the] seized his idea of contacting the $1,000 today. | : _| Spalding engineers. Democratic leaders said that it “It was my idea fully”, Har- has not yet been decided to what! gen said, “I don't like the idea amount the proposed exemption] of sgmebody else grabbing it, will be increased but that prob-} «pm not trying to take any- ably it will be $2,500, thing from you”, Ellingson. re- Meanwhile, Republicans are plied. Later he explained that still considering the. introduction] after Harden had said he was * Although the proposal was ap- that a family of five or six per- tablishments and another chang- reading. If the amendments are ; of a bill that will reduce the] contacting Spalding he had done not accepted, he will vote against | individual income tax as much) <4 and had also contacted other im which the men were known to! . be) te fring, When he sew aooord, ~On Parking Bills the aiveraft sighted the fishing; i boat, 16X1618, it radioed word of' The City Commission took ac- ee Et was aggravated its discovery to the Coast Guard tion on two parking measures at}popp said, because the bight as | vessel, the CG 83403 jlast night’s meeting. One chang-}useq for swimming and wading Shortly afterward the Coast ed the operation starting hour for] purposes. He added that he had Guard ship found the men, all in parking meters from 7 to 8 a.m.,twritten one party emptying sew- @evd health, but considerably the other prohibits parking on cer-|orage into the bight and would shaken by the high seas. The tain portions of Whitehead and/ write at least two more, giving ship had a cabin, in which the Fleming Streets. them 90 days in which to connect men took shelter from the cold. The parking area covered un-[with the city sewer system winds during the night. They der the latter measure takes inf We continued that all parties to were all lightly clothed, but suf- that part of the northeasterly side}whom he is writing reside within fered no ill effects, according to Of Whitehead Street between afj99 feet of a city sewer main ands word veaching the A. & B. Fish point 100 feet southeasterly offunder city regulations must con- Company. The Coast Guard ship Southard Street and a point 100! pect with the municipal system at took the fishing boat in tow feet northwesterly of Fleming} once, Small eraft warnings have been Street and on ‘Southard Street! ‘the city engineer explained posted by the Coast Guard to- pecan Whitehead and Thomas}that the families emptying their day. The winds were running Streets. i i o frou: 29 to 39-MieS an hour, | ‘The parking -meter-~ordinance ah pig ann monger Rm ‘goes into effect immediately after deposit of sewer filth had been publication in The Citizen, since] formed on the bottom of the bight, Carniv al Manager it is an emergéney measure. causing putrefaction. “ | The other ‘iéasure was passed Arraigned Today sons was emptying body waste in- because of itl¢reased traffic ; at Southard and Whitehead Streets since the Southard Street gate was Tear Down Part Lee Bistany, manager of Bi je 3h t hi tany Greater Shows, which is ™4de the main entrance to the OEN B ildi Ramet. the aival at Duval Submarine Base. avy ul ing and Divisior was arraign-| : re 3 J I before Pe tice JY. Por-| ESQUINALDO WILL ey oe eee ae Ns > ny, 1 i ed Va ar > Bas Ss Ing i ter IV, in the oifice of the sheriff; TALK TO TOURISTS _{{oun wo prevent ercation of a fire! ne . oe es of po atine| AT USO TONIGHT |hazard, it was announced today. \ ' ehicle yperly Heens-) A history of Key West cigar-| The building was used by the! : : Satie i making and date bout old Key}FBI during the last war. Sistany pleaded not guilty ae West during its ney-day as the ]built during World War I, and is he hearing be continued jargest cigar-producing commun-|of wooden construction. | enon temererew on: mation: a! de- ity in the United States, will be —— ot a Eg ae Eni aus Es- related by Judge Enrique Esquin-|SQCIAL SECURITY juinald ho wanted more aldo, Jr., in a program for touri ‘and winter visitors at the Jackson Square USO building tonight at 8:00 o'clock. Judge Esquinaldo, OFFICIAL TO BE HERE TUESDAY MORNING | Jeff K. Knight, Jr., manager | considered | of the Key West office of the Flo- , an authority on this subject, wil » prepare his cas prep HEAD OF LIQUOR GROUP GIVEN LICEN: BY 3-TO-2 VOTE f he bs ; rida State Employment service. Specta at the City Hall us cata Bai eeey ently announced today that William | ( ting last night © epared describing the cigar IM- | Weaver, manager of the Social dustry in this city. The program! security Field Office in Miami, n of how ,, . al > snes . will be informal and the speaker | will be at the local employment! 1 indice u i uld go on the Sunday pene answer DS. liquor bill earlier in the evening. “fas volunteered ‘to answer ques"; gftice on Tuesday morning, Janu- k © tions from the audience. ryan $ 3 the sion See : sine 9] ats } +E i an ordinance ling a ae aes - the second we Anyone seeking information as ograms sts a winter s ee | b anhattar % aur cial curity may see Mr.; ‘ Manhattan Restaurant, visitors sponsored by the Cham- Sopa ase ee | 623 Duval Street . A Weaver on that date. H Hard ber of Commerce. A program of ( n unte arden community singing has been ar- é Mayor W. W. Demeritt,voted ranged and refreshments, served Beer License Approved th ‘inance. Sirugo iS through the courtesy of the South} The City Commission approved president of the Retail Liquor Beach Motel, will be enjoyed at{a beer and wine license for Mrs. Deale Asoc no cost to those present. Ruth V. Alfeld of the Gulfstream oes AHN LTT "HAL, | !Restaurant, 600 Division Street, ee EN OERS EEN ast night. The license will ex-| Oil Spra y Bary CHASSIS.- ‘tend six months. It saves buying a set of | Palace Theater - Lou Smith Auto Service | ROBERT LIVINGSTON in i White at Fleming Phone No.5! ‘Valley of the Zombies’ e Flooring Opposite Army Barracks News and Serial ~e All Grades uv | STRUNK LUMBER YARD; RAINBOW ROOM... PHONE 816 DANCING sci NIGHT Tonight AMATEUR SHOW 9:00 P. M, POOR SERVICE STATION ‘J. H. BRADY, Manager Division and Francis Streets our PURE OIL Dealer. SEAT COVERS * 2 3 Prizes to 1:00 A. M. Prizes Donated by Merchants of Key West MUSIC BY. Tires - Tubes - Batteries Spraying, Oil and Greasing : \| Firearms Demonstration F 2) One of the World’s | White Walls for Your Tires! ing the location of property own- ed by Jerry DeFoe on the south- east corner of Petronia and Simon- ton Streets from Business “A” Zone, to Business “B” Zone. Fisherman Hurt ‘ . ° On Big Pine Key} George Braden, Evansville, In- diana, who was fishing from the bridge at Big Pine Key, was struck and slightly injured yes-{ terday by a car driven by Chief. R. W. Ransey of the Naval Sea- plane Base, Boca Chica, aceord- ing to the sheriff's office. Braden was fishing withy@hris Self, also of Evansville, and stop- ped the car sucdenly to avoid the accident and a Naval Mail truck rammed the back of his car and struck Braden. \ Braden was treated at Naval | Hospital here and later released. { STOVE, TIPPED OVER} EXPLODES, CAU FIRE; CHILD UNHURT , A child miraculously escaped } being burned to death this morn-! ing when he tipped over a ker sene stove at 226-A_ Poinciana j parents are Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Wheeler of the above add | The stove exploded and caus- | ed a fire which called out No. 1, and No. 3 fire equipment and caused $450 damage to the apart- ment, Fire Chief Leroy Torre: said this afternoon. Both booster j pumps were required to extin-; guish the blaze. Sodality To ve Give Banquet, Children of Mary Sodality of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, will} hold a banquet tonight, begin-} ning at 7 o'clock in the Ocean} View restaurant. Newly elected| cfficers will be installed | Seat COERS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street meen Pho (a FREE! | and Greatest Marksmen THURSDAY, JANUARY 23rd, at 3:30 P.M. | at the RIFLE RANGE on STOCK ISLAND Presented b: REMINGTON-PETERS Sponsored b: JOHNNIE BENNETT and H'S CUBAN BOYS LA CONCHA HOTEL J. D. McANDREWS, Manager Auto Mccereorics é one 915 i i Acne tee crim Le RRR AEC CSE eau _ f ject and SHOOTING EXHIBITION J: the entire ordinance, he said. The | commissioner did not elaborate } as to what the amendments | would provide, saying he would} have to talk with the other com- | missioners first i Rev. E. S. Doherty, pastor of | the Ley Memorial Methodist | Church and chairman of the com- | mittee fighting the ordinance, } told the gathering that if the; ordinance were passed the forces | opposing ‘it will call for a local eption election which he claimed dealers | “will throw the liquor f out of business.” | ) City Hall Packed ! Spectators packed the City Hall to the doors and were re- warded "by one of the most inter-" esting meetings, the Commis- sion has had. In addition to the spirited debate on the liquor question, two verbal ;clashes on other issues ensued. One was, between Commissioner Harden and City Manager O. J..S. Efling- son on,the Garrison Bight, pro- the other between Rogelio Gom well-known na- tive of th and James Brown of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, en the question of gambling at ey Greater Shows car- rival on Duval Street. The It was Place about 10 o'clock. The child’s | questions are reported in adjoin- ing columns. The session closed with Gomez and Brown in the midst of their argument, Brown trying in vain to read a letter into the record after the commission had moved to adjourn until 5:30 p.m. today. The liquor ordinance, as pass- ed on the first reading permits the sale, serving or consumption of beer and wine 24 hours on Sunday and the sale, serving and consumption of other intoxicat- ing beverages on Sunday except | between 6 a.m. and 12 noon and between 6 and 9 p.m. Packaged liquor is permitted to be sold, under the ordinance, on Sunday only before 6 a.m. and after 7 p.m. } Commissioner Harden opened the debate by saying that he would not vote to open the bars on Sunday but would approve an ordinance permitting hotel and restaurants to sell beer and wine with their meal Roberts First Speaker First of a long iine of spea against the ordinance wa 1 gene Roberts who voiced ¢ phatic disapproval of thc bill and contended that people not come to Key West to a drink.” Roberts was followed Leon Wells, pastor Methodist (Old. SERVICE STORE Mrs. Al Arme |, Manager 1019 WHITE STREET The Friendly Neighborhood Store Where » Can Always Get Electrical Appliances, Toilet Preparations, Drug Sundries, Magazines and Newspapers Stationery - Soft Drinks Candy, Etc. i Thompson Enterprises, Inc. ; 20 percent on all amounts un- Jer $300,000, Stone) Church, and etary of the Ministerial Association. “I have nothing against the liquor dealers personally”, he said, “but I feel I must answer the question which is often put to me,‘Why don’t I keep in my church and not put my nose in other peoples’ business.’ The an-} swer is, that the liquor business is against the business I am. en- gaged in. These: people never ask, ‘Why do the liquor interests interfere in the werk of , the churches.’ These people want churches but not if they interfere with someone's appetite-or some- body’s profit It will be a very great mistake if,,in addition to all we have done so far, spotting | the community with all types of | places sejling intoxidating bev-| lerages 4 we, permit them to sell it on Sunday at all.” | _ ‘Daniel B: Sharp, operator of | a‘ knfall hotel,’ Said he wished | the Commission could hear the comments of tourists on what he} termed “the booze joints” in Key cities on development of yacht basins. All responses, Ellingsoi? said in a written report, favored pubs lic rather than private develop: ment of yacht basins. He quoted replies from Miami, St. Peters- bur St. Augustine, Miami Beach, Sarasota, Daytona Béath and Fort Lauderdale, The Spalding engineers, the city manager said, “without any cost to the city will undertake @ pre- liminary investigation for de- velopment of: the Bight.” aa eC ES theix,campaign promises” and ac- cused’ liquor dealers of . being “greedy for money”, The former president of the Ministerial As- sociation said that “the liquor intergsts, are forcing a local op- j} tion election upon us.” “Twenty counties have already gone dry in Florida”, he said, “and the liquor interests will have nobody to blame but themselves if they are out of business a year from now.” spoke against e and was followed by Adrian O’Sweeney, local bus West. He said many tourists ask him where there restaurant | where intoxicants not sold, The most resounding applause went to Lee Mason, radio spe er, who said the dry forces were | “bringing up siege gung§ to kill} mosquitoes.” “You can’t legis- | late goodness or badness”, Mason continued. “I never took a drink and fought prohibition as much as I could. You can’t pass a law to make a man good or bad. Liberalize your thought and you, will liberalize your action, In the days to come, the tourist must be catered to” The next speaker, Thompson of a_ local organization, was received with such marked disapproval when she spoke against the ordinance, | that Commissioner Cooper inter- rupted and asked that she be listened to with respect. Mrs Thompson claimed crime and drunkenness have increased since repeal of the 18th amendment. | “Will Stay To Daylight” As the opposing forces showed no diminishing in number of speakers, Mayor Demeritt said “We will stay here until daylight if necessary.” Rev. Doherty other businesses for repeal of the and suid “the liquor — ipbdgaepniiiy weeking, special privilege” “itis a shame to sioncrs, to violate Mary religious . declared — that had not asked Sunday law,} ask He ‘said We Handle Only 1214 WHITE STREET inessman, who answered Rev Doherty's inquiry as to why the question was brought up during the tourist season. “The reason, O’Sweeney said, “is that there were no complaints except dur ing the tourist season.” He point ed to a picture of the late Presi dent Roosevelt and reminded the audience that Roosevelt brought about repeal what has been going on for two years illegally,” he stated J. D. McAndrews, manager of La Concha Hotel, and presi dent of the Hotelmen’s As: tion, said 90 percent of the tour ists at his hotel want a cocktail or a bottle of with thei meals and if can't get it here they will go elsewhere. “The t along without had liz beer they can & concluded, “but tourist tourists us”, he get along without the Businesses Might Leave The can possibility of sume bu leaving Key Weet rackled by too many vestrit tions was voiced by Mark Duff owner of Duffy's Tavern, “If here can’t operate as businesst h (Continued on Page Four) For Sale! For Sale! NEW 1946 KAISER Below Delivery Price Navarro, Incorporated POOR OLD CRAIGS | BRADY'S (Live) POULTRY MARKET Battery Raised Rhode Island Reds Quality Poultry PHONE 540 - ;