The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 23, 1947, Page 1

VOLUME LXVIII. ee Ferry Company To Sign Lease For Use Of Waterfront Landi: READY TO NEGOTIATE School Hours To FOR DUVAL STREET PROPERTY FOR DOCK | | ‘Remain As Always, PACILITIES Albury Declares, No, 20 Lease for the use of the prop- erty between Duval and Simonton | Streets by the Key West-Havana ferry is expected to be signed i Key West high school will | prizes, Jacksonville at 10 a.m. tomorrow, | Continue on the same schetiule of |» The-Veterans of Foreign Wars according to word received paces hours for taking in and letting| and Volunteer Firemen are spon- Miemi today | out its pupils, Willard M: Albury, | soring the carnival and get about; - 19 per cent of the gate receipt: Seme details may not yet have! Mayes oe ceo pe aa to reiinitte the Gaoaia pie | tion announced today. “It has been brought to my at- tention by many parents who have children attending Junior-: Senior high school .that -begin- ning on Monday the hours will, be changed”, Albury said “I wish to be worked out, but the Gulf Oil Corporation and the Gulf-Atlantic Transportation Company, which Plans to operate the Havana boat, were both reported ready to dis- cuss the te of th 2 2 oat ncatig aignes to deny that either the board - . eae | members or the superintendent president of the Gulf Transporta-! of public instruction has been pe- tion Company titioned or requested by’ either lease. executive vice- said when he was ‘| are not’ gambling”, im the city last week that the cpm- pany was preparing to enter into @ lease of the property on the Gulf side of the island and planned to make extensive improvements. Improvements the company plans to make are construction of bulkhead and the building of docks and buildings to house the Key West end of the ferry system "The Gulf Oi] Company and the transportation concern are heth ready to negotiate the terms of the lease,” said an official of the oil company in Miami today. The Citizen called him to ask him about terms of the lease, but this official would not reveal them. = | “We will make known the terms of the lease as soon as it is signed,” he added Community Chest Committee Session Called By Trevor Jerry J. Trevor, ‘chairman of | the committee on admissions and| tudgets ef the Community Chest, } said today thdt ‘the commit-| tee wil meet in his office at the} Plori@e-Nationa! Bank at 8 p.m sorrow for the purpose of hear img budget estimates of agencies expecting to participate in Com-! munity Chest funds. Trevor said tations had been extended to the South Flori-| he Counc Boy Scouts of Ame ea: Girl Scouts Council: Children’s | Home Society of Florida; Family | Service Committee, Women’s Aux liary, Key West Municipal Hos-| pital; Child Welfare Service, Child Welfare Council and United Serv- | ce Organizations | Any othe a fare groups interested are also asked te be represented, the chairman} aid Members of the committee in ad dition to tt chairman are Col 1 Brintor George Mills White Rev. J MacConnell Vanee St p Capt. Carl Hilton, president of the Commun Dwight Hunter, city welfare and reation director, a also ex- pected to attend COMMISSION ACTS \ ON MINOR ISSUES t ) veste cy ay n of the Cc ity pte me gnatic Dion as a member of Manning Board. Dior ty of ps out ble for { t ron nia was noti- the ing ice po on, writ personnel appoint nt of a police matron and the all orders of ' Jack Murray writing of { of police ted that «¢ Hunte Harden policeman a € the orders ymmenc sd to the cit ms were re For Sale! Chevrolet Panel Truck BARGAIN Navarro, Incorporated Opposite Bus Station SLL NTE IH ET | sibly | pricious and unreasonable treat- | munt had falsely | Vocelle’s suid that} y manager for ac- } ise | For Sale! the principal or faculty members to consider any change in the, hours of attendance. “Before such a change can pos- be made in any of ;our. ‘schools it will be necessary to make a request in writing to.the board and must receive the en- dorsement of the ‘superintendent} at a regular meeting. In this case it has not been done. “Further, I feel that the par- ents of these boys and ‘girls should be ‘given’ ‘first’ considera- tion before any favorable action is ever taken by the school au- thorities, The public will be noti- fied when this matter is pre- sented to the board.” It was reported that the school hours were to begin at 8 a.m. and end at 2 p. m. The time of re- | porting for school will continue ! to be at 8:20 a. m.,"and school | wil close at 3.p,.m,. Albury, said, Blind Pig Closing: Order Challenged By Lady Owner A petition for ‘a eértiora i was. filed in Cifouil Court. Ahoxe. wes- r of the Blind Pig bar, 426 Greene street, in which the wo- man charges State Beverage Di- rector James T. Vocelle with ca- ment in suspending the license of the pla Vocelle said that Mrs, Clara- declared own- ership of the bar in her applica- | tion for a liquor license filed last | October. He ordered suspension | of the license held by the woman from Januar, until October 1. In her petition, in which she asks that the court set aside! decision, she alleges! that state director did not pro- ceed according to the essential re- | quirements of the law and | charges that he exceeded his jurisdiction in the matter. Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr. said he would dis- quality himself from hearing the petition. He was called as a wit- ness by Vocelle at the time he suspended the license. Mrs. Clar- amunt’s attorneys are Oliver C.! Maxwell and R. F Duff, Tampa. March Of Dimes | Is $1000 Richer March of Dimes campaign in Key West was enriched nearly ; $1,000 at a party held last night | it the office mess of the Key West naval base in old Fort} Taylor. Mrs E. S. Hutchinson was high} money winner of the contests held: at the mess. She netted $130 in various contests. Fund was swelled by a percen- j tage of all receipts at the mess. Cigarets were sold and the entire; amount raised by this means, | went to the March of Dimes. Flooring All Grades STRUNK LUMBER YARD) | PHONE 816 | | | | The city commission took up yesterday at 5:45. p. m., where it thad left off the night before when it recessed with Rogelio Gomez, fetal: airline official, and James Brown of the Veterans of For- eign Wars in the midst of a verb- al clash. Brown had protested Tuesday night against Gomez calling po- lice to the Bistany Greater Shows carnival on South Duval street. | Police- promptly stopped gambl- ing booths from offering cash teer firefighters and bolster a ‘| VFW building fund. Nickles, dimes and quarters Brown said. The VFW and Firemen have no other source of revenue, he ex- plained, and consequently have 4 arranged for a share of the gate ¥ receipts from the carnival. He} criticized Gomez for being be- hind the ‘move to have police stop gambling at the carnival Gomez Makes Reply - Gomez retorted by saying he had two sons who had fought in foreign wars and said he had given the firemen $11,000. He was: interrupted by Commissioner Louis ‘Carbonell who seminded Gomez the meeting had been re- cessed, by the commissioners. Brown was trying to enter a let- ter in the-tecard when the com- misioners walked out. Yesterday Brown read the let- ter, written some time in 1944] by Gomez to Brown, then in High Point, N. C., and asking Brown! to come to’.Key West and man- age an amusement park operated by Gomez, ineluding bingo and other games of chance. The North Carolina man said he came here to work for Gomez with the impression that Gomez had permission to operate a bin- go game by act of Congress. Be- cause~ he needed’ *more*" pay, 4 Brown said he resigned and ask- ed Gomez for permission to put up a bingo. game “You have as’ much ailiving right to/ as anyone else, Jest quoted Gomez as make Jimmy, ‘Notifies Roberts Major Will E P. Roberts was! formally notified last his dppointment as eommander of the Key West National Guard Aircraft Battery, ed today by Maj. former Key Wester, night of but now of and that an entire battalion will | | living will! manitarian, Franklin D. sate headquarters at Fort Tay- | velt. Stricken by infantile paral-! tices, and there are roughly about! lor Roberts | ysis soon be ready for field work. The Key West Battery Majors Taylor and ey West Citizer SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1947. Echoes of Bingo Rivalry City Hall As Gomez and Brown Clash Over Bar On Cash Prizes At Carnival | | Of Appointment In Drive Is A Living Battery Command Memorial To F DR: it was announc-' Henry Taylor,| man of fed elsewhere in south Florida, | of all women activ r at rare eye ten IN THE UNITED STATES Heard In To Hold Hearings For Changing L FBI Investigating Man Who Put Wife In Trailer Brothel The Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation continued its quien oning) today of Lloyd Congdon, 27, Key} ‘FBI Arrests West visitor, held in the City te necessities to five needy famliies here while serving a sentence im- | Seven Men On a . Bribery Charge per week, so my profit was less posed in Municipal Court — | (By The Associated Press) than Gomez's. His former em-|%@Y- ployer then put an ad in the, FBI Agent C. Butts of Miami paper, Brown said, saying abi onaeal te Laie alae keeping at length yesterday after they! WASHINGTON, Jan. 23— lored people from paying! 7 j _| Seven men, who thought the their furniture bill, Brown said| “°T® suved S200 abisce Ye oe 7 P leec . e 41 nicipal Court Judge Enrique Es- | would be able to fleece the gov- “Gomez operated here for four quinaldo for activities in connec-, ¢rnment, have been arrested by years the same as this carnival”,|tion with a disorderly house in a the FBI, it was officially announ- Brown said. “There is no reason}trailer at Fogarty Ave. and First ced tode saying. Consequently Brown started his bingo game but so much trouble occurred every night that he had to close after six days, he said. This was in 1945. Makes Another Attempt Later, however, Brown made another attempt and set up his! enterprize in the colored section, | again with Gomez’ verbal bei proval. Signs immediately began| to appear in the vicinity of Brown's bingo game to patronize Gomez’ bingo game but Brown’s loyal patrons tore them down. “T had all colored help”, Brown said, “and sent food and other! questioned Congdon and his wife; this Was not true ongressional Committee why he should have gone out Street. The FBI man and Lt. Ray | there and deprived the Fire De- Atwell were to continue the ques partment of their little revenue.” | tioning at 4 p.m. today. The complainant continued that he had expected to bring} ed in an interstate operation was charges against Gomez but au-}Fernando Stirrup, taxi driver. Ac thorities had failed to appear. He jcording to Congdon and his wife, | said that after the police closed’ Stirrup carried Navy enlisted men! the carnival booths for offering to the trailer for entertainment. cash prizes, the one in which he}None of the three defendants w was employed reopened with!able to put up the $250. If unabl other prizes but from their employ. 60 days in jail. “Gomez has deprived me of aj Congdon took all the blame for livelihood,” Brown said. “That ‘the plight of his wife and said he man is holding me down.” Mayor W. W Demeritt told |tution. Brown that no cash prizes would , W° children and an effort is be- be allowed at the carnival, that. i9§ made to return her to them. the Commission sympathized with him and that he hoped for prostitution purposes in other Brown would go into some other {Sttes and that he had: brought line OF Burne ners her to Key West and continued In_ his rebuttal Gomez said,{the practi “Jimmy is nice fellow” but }Mann Act, such an offense is pun- questioned the veracity of some #hable by a 1-to-5 years in the | of Brown's statements. “It is all|* °UC™? penitentigry, podice said, a lot of foolishte®? Gumée"ton® cluded. “Both of you are taking up the} Commission's time for nothing Mayor Demeritt said. “This is a legislative body not a court Of thave to pay both fines. ~ 35 Veterans Now \ Woman Says Polio | Employed In On-— able” he had e |said he felt “sorry for the wife” The judge said he fined the girl | Louis E. Altmayer, of veterans education of the State Department of Public Instruc tion, arrived here today for con ferences with Willard M. Albury, who is in charge of handling thc on-the-job training program for ex-GI’s in Monroe County Altmayer’s mission here The March of Dimes of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is a “living memorial” to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. Cleora Knight Johnson, chair- all women activities on the March of Dimes declared to-' is to Miami. oa. reclassify the training agencies of Maj. Roberts is now receiving} Mrs. Johnson asserted that the the NeLorenee ty Monroe shops in! applications from the men who! late Mr. Roosevelt would have accor with a Resin of oe will be asked to be members of. preferred the American people (W: @ne poeta oes ae the new organization. The formal, to commemorate him in a living ee NEW PEGE Eats TOE Ue co) grouping of the battery will have; institution like the March of ~", 2 | : t blanks have been ‘to await further word from, Dimes, dedicated to alleviation of enone ae re Nie Y i: Washington. | human suffering, rather than in} 114 at Will eo tolany ange ih the Major Taylor revealed that| monuments of stone or bronze. | sounty if the prontietnis Bpher| other batteries are being form- The statement by the chairman | i} apply to Albury’s office in| said: March of Dimes is our} memorial to a great hu- |4 Roose- Monroe County Court House, There now are between 35 and 0 shops in Monroe county which the veterans as appren- “The j employ in the prime of life his in-}12 applicants awaiting the coming are : selecting the quarters today. | domitable courage in overcoming | here of application blanks. Forty Painters ne Work At Base All 40 of the employed for about 90 days at employed, it was announced by Navy cficers today. The men will be bu the various bulidni throughout the base. ss ah ~ DANCING ~ Nightly to the Music of (CRUNCH) and His STANLEY Orchestra Weatering SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 nies | scattered his affliction made him a symbol | The veterans receive $75 if sin- | to thousands similarly affected gle and $90 if married each month “Through his own sufferings|from the government. The em- his great spirit flamed with a}ployers make up the difference in love for all humanity. His per- ja living wage j sonal fight to surmount his phy- | painters to be| | Key West Naval Base have been! 8@Y ; stricken like | al handicap caused by this el disease encouraged and. For A Good Time, hope not only to those | IVEW. Clubhouse + himself but to the | j people of the entire nation and! FLAGLER AVE. and 2ND ST. Open Monday thru Saturday | world. “So that Poinciana Bus Passes Door _ (Continued on Paj Sg0* We Repair It! We Sell It! — WE WILL CALL FOR and DELIVER ~Y 30 Years’ Experience in Electrical Work i his own. inspiration | Three) ELECTRIC 215 DUVAL SIrREET TELEPHONE 41 dismissed him, to pay the fine, they must spend, had led her into a life of prosti-' The girl is the mother of Congdon admitted using his wife! Under the Federal Judge Esquinaldo totd Congdon ; three his offense was “the most despic- | y heard of ae because he knew Congdon would T Sa sb Program, coordinator | Visit the Mi ar \ The seven thought they could | get information” ids on surpius property as it is} “inside i | bribe one of the government em- loyees, who handled the bids, | The idea behind the movement was for the seven to find out the highest bids on goods asked and jthen file slightly under those amounts. A government employee was approached, and he immediately reported the matter to the FBI. He was advised to “go along” with the bribers until they had gone far enough to gei sufficient proof for their conviction after their arrests FBI agents decided they had sufficient proof today and four} bids ‘of the alleged bribers were ar-| rested in Columbia, $. C.. and in New York city The were not revealed. How Visitors Abe _ Attracted To City, \ “ How the Key West Chamber of }Commerce is attracting winter | tourists to the city was explained today by Harold R. Laubscher, {acting manager of the Chamber, | before a meeting of the Rotary Club in St. Paul’s Church Parish | House. Visitors nd two have from 30 states, Cuba Provinces of Canada} ady registered with the Chamber, with tourists from Ohio and Michigan leading the list, Laubscher said have been entertained three weekly them by the ner added that; ered by West are} e at the offered ber. Lau ters a day an | his office. Maps of Key | distributed free to visitors. h zrams VISITORS ENJOY CHAMBER OUTING The Chamber of Commerce out- ing held day afternoon on Big Pine despite the rain {2 ane windy her, was, enjoyed | by a g p of 18 winter visitors. were: Mrs Wallingford, attending Th Will ; Penr ¥ Lockhaven, 'Pe nn.; Mrs. ge Martin and Mr. and Mrs. George Huff, Charlestown Va. Mr, and Mrs. H, W. htman, Wynn ‘wood, Penn.: T. Simmons, (Wyn Ar Mr. and Mrs. John Jalley Stream, N. Y.; Mrs. A. A. Halladay and Centro, Calif.; Mr. and E Mrs. 0. R.1 pp, Shepherd, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. A, Queens, Roy al Oak, Mich _ _ Palace Theater | KIRBY GRANT in | “RUSTLERS ROUNDUP” News and Serial Southernmost G 1130 Doval Street Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work | Genuine Auto Parts for All Cars about | ; shop, as is names of the defendents | | former igame on Monday On Bill abor Laws BANNING OF CLOSED SHOP PROBABLY TO COME UP FOR CONSID. ERATION (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-—A review of the labor policy in the United States during the last 12 years will be conducted by a congressional committee, announced today The review will go back to the time the Wagner Labor relations act became effective in 1935. All phases of labor laws will come up for consideration and it was | many witnesses will be called to testify, including Louis Schwell enbach, secretary of the Depart ment of Labor. Out of the hearing, it is expect | ed will come several recommen | dations for changes in labor laws. It was said that probably the Wagner Act will not be re Also fined $250 but not involv- offered for sale. All they would | pealed, but that several of its have to do, they thought, was to provisions may be amended The proposed bill likely will | have a clause banning the closed done now in four states, including Florida The most determined fight of labor leaders is expected to be directed against any attempt to outlaw the closed shop. CIO and A. F. of L. leaders, antietpatong jsuch a move by ¢ ress, have | arranged to oppose it |‘Thompso mpson Wil n Will Be Returned To ' Kentucky Prison Robert Thompson, who escap | ed frém a Kentucky réfotmetory | Jan. 1 and who was arrested in @ car stolen in Georgia on the Up ) per Keys Jan. 9, will be returned to Kentucky tomorrow Sets. C. H. Patton and W. ¢ | Zaxing, connected with the Ken tuéky Sta formatory Le Grange, Ky., ived in Ke | West today arrangement son to their and were completing to return Thomp state to complete fh sentence Thompson has 33 months of a five-year sentence yet to serve He was arrested by State High way Patrolman Warren Baterner at Marathon following a cha» in the stolen car, After Thomp son completes his Kentucky n tence he will be he which wants him f Dyer Act in the transpertat of the stolen car ac lines G ynthia Faye Saunders Dies In Fort Lauderdale Cynthia Faye Sav Key West Joseph Saunders, ¢ in Fort Lauderdale A blow from a softbal ed her death. She was ally struck whi Funeral se tomorrow aft Lopez Funeré arrangements of ivors ders; two sisters, Mrs. Har Me Culley and Miss Yvonne Saur ders; two brothe Georg at Jack Saunders grandparer Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Lo ' Mrs. Lorett Auto Painting Drive In Today for An Estimate AMBLER’S SERVICE 404 Duval, Next La Concha Hotel oneal 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 Depot )