The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 28, 1947, Page 1

Navy Takes Steps To Obtain. Permanent Title To Marine Hospital Property At: OFFICERS §=PERTURBED* OVER AGITATION TO Tir AGAIN USE BUILDING Pom HOSPITAL @ heave been taken Key bed N { btain e Blows Ring « In Face; Parrish ro Lemon Parrish, 35-year-old employee of the State Road De- LJ : partment may lose the sight of his right eye as the result of an; ’ i weident which occurred about 11 { anting Navy @ m. yesterday at Lou Smith’s je on W ‘ Auto Service, 500 White street, rinarding of s Municipal Hispital said today. ase 1 4 Parrish was putting air in the to aita « con- tive of his truck when’the lock Movin Hong t b ring on the rim blew off and truck him at terrific velocity in ne Na po the face, Lou Smith, Jr., quickly ished Parrish to the Municipal Hospital where Dr, Leonard Conly administered emergency treatment. Parrish had a deep laceration mm the forehead, a broken nose ind his right eye was virtually vut of its socket. He was also suf- Ma Hong Navy fering from shock and loss of blood. At 4:55 p. m. when he be- ° gan to recover from the shock, me Miss Marie Hertel, superintendent, 5 ent him to Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami by Pritchard ambulance Miss Hartel said today that the eye injury was so serious as to equire eye surgery; consequent- ly, Dr. Bascom Palmer. eye spe- ilist, was requested to take the case - New Equipment At: ‘ é ; VA. Medic Center ‘ " tone To Help Veterans the] - Recent additions to the equipt- os (ment of the medical clinie at the t ns Administration region- {fice in) Miami. will mean « ter processing .of medical ex- nations for veterans of South ‘ dmplete X4ray’ Maboratory, » * eleetrocardiograph machine testing bf heart disabilities ssal metabolism equipment Jetermining increases and de- in metabolism have been { the past week and will be peration next week. P essing of examinations at i clinic is expected to i up by at least 20 per result, Dr. Jerome Kar- hief medical officer, stat- peede past it has been nec X-rays and other nec inations to be made at hospitals and clinics over causing some delay in facts necessary to the on of pension disabjl- | i 1 veteran can undergo a examination at the re- ce clinic,” Dr. Karmiol} expect to keep the two | machines going full; n effort to expedite pen- ! as well as routine; emits Ros iM Abe west Vatite W is best OR HERE J 1) SHEES RAISE $145 FOR MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE | Jayshees wishing well com- collected $145 for the { Dimes. it was reported ast night. t Dopp, chairman of ittee, said that she| at receipts will total! ihe end of tomorrow | drive of the wishing | ittee will close. ng was held in the ubhouse on Duval igements were made { b Auto Painting | Drive In Today for An Estimate AMBLER’S SERVICE 404 Duval. Next La Concha Hotel ee Parking WVeters ne nay nor ey SOUTHERNMOST NE s KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1947 USO Spent $50,000] Py tom Chest 4¥rank Adams director of the Jackson Square. USO has releas- ed. . some. interesting. figures to show the extent. of the job the USO. must tace during 1947. There are still two million men in the United States armed for- ces, 215,000 in hospitals all over 1 ‘4 M4 ‘J; the country. These figures repre- ’ Severely Injured j sent a total often greater than all {of those who participated in the First World War. Some 546 are still in service fro mthis county. Adams reports that the door count figures at the local USO provides the need for a greater program in January 1947 than in 1946. Almost 38,000 used the various facilities a month. During 1946 over $50,000 was spent in this community by the USO to carry on this work. As-an agency in the Key West Commu- nity Chest the USO is asking for $1,600 to help defray this opera- tional gost or $2.92 per service man per year for those still on active duty in Monroe ounty. Several Plead Guilty Before Judge T. S. Caro Several persons pleaded guilty before Judge Thomas S. Caro of Criminial Court today. He levied fines in most cases. Jaines A. Deet, a chief petty of- ficer of the Navy, was found guilty of reckless driving and he was fined $25 and costs. State Highway Patrolman War- ren, Bateman charged Deet with reckless. driving in Division street Christmas eve. He also charged Deet: with passing. thru the red light at Division and White streets. Betty Brewer and Lorraine Cannon pleaded guilty to vag- rancy. and.were. fined court costs. M. J. Wason, who is connected with the carnival now showing at Division and Duval streets. pleaded guilty to assaulting Charles Holley, an employee of the carnival, and was fined costs. Judge Caro adjudged Chas. T. Dent as insane and committed him |i arge of the Veterans on” at” Miami and stitution for treatment. Dent was arrested some time ago for issuing a bogus check for $1,000. He was examined by two local physicians who found him suffering from a mental condi- tion. Dent is a veteran of both world wats. Mrs. Ross Sawyer Is Operated Upon y‘Mrs. Ross:C. Sawyer, 1221 Pearl st.. wife of County Clerk Sawyer, underwent a major op- eration yesterday at Jackson Mc morial hospital. Miami. Her daughter, Miss Florence E. Saw- yer, said Mrs Sawyer was resting quietly today and apparently emerged from the operation in good condition. Last fall Mrs. Sawyer was op- erated upon at the same institu- tion, Visitor Program At USO Tomorrow Tourists and winter visitors in the city will be entertained to- morrow evening ata “Tourist Fun Night” party at the Jackson Square USO auditorium Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, the party will be highlighted by William Kroll, manager of Key West aquarium He will describe some of the 600 varieties of fish that inhabit the ,surrounding waters Hunter community singing will be featured. Refreshments donat- ed by the North Beach Inn will ‘be served. A musical program is planned with Miss Beatrice Mo reno entertaining on the piano. There is no admission charge. STERLING'S Sta mercer, 1318 Eliza Street Phone 249 Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. We Have Just Received A Small Shipment of mencur¥ GRILLS Turkeyseounas Ib. 60¢| MoNROE. MOTORS. Inc. 1201 White St. Phone 725. REL EN AE ae lata ® eventual committment to an in- | Under the direction of Dwight | WSPAPER IN TH Sailor Fined $250 - For Breaking Parking Meter | Guillermo Chavez, young sailor from the destroyer, USS,Sarsfield, was sentenced to pay a $250 fine or spend 60 days in. jail by Municipal Judge Enrique Esqui: this afternoon. psa found Chavez guilty of breaking a parking meter on Duval street. Chavez, who was arrested Friday night by Officer Frank Caraballo claimed he had fallen down and cut his hand. Two civilian wit- | nesses said, however, they saw Chavez break the meter and thereby cut his hand. In lieu of paying the fine, Chavez was returned to the City jail. } ee kdebdddd Tel-Aviv Mayor Urges Release Of i British Officers (By The Associated Presa) JERUSALEM, . Jan. = mayor of Tel-Aviv today called on the Jewish terrorists to re- lease the two British officers, one a judge, the other a former ma- jor, who have been kidnaped. He explained that the residents jof Tel-Aviv have been, and are still, striving to make it a model Jewish city, and that he regrets. that such harsh measures have been resorted to by the Jewish underground, | He made his plea for the re- lease of the officers shortly after British authorities broadeast’ a warning that if the kidnaped men are not released within 48 hours, all Palestine, occupied by Jews, will be placed under military | control. | Hostilities’ End Does Not Affect C.L Rights Bill: i | The Veterans Administrabiony has officially ruled that Presi- dent Truman's recent proclama: tion ending hostilities has no ef-| fect on most of the laws admin-| | istered by the VA. { | Foremost among these is Pub- | lic Law 346, or the G. I. Bill of j Rights, as it is better known. Gene Anheir, Key West contact | | officer, stated today. | The VA ruling held that the | | date of the official termination of | jthe war rather than the cessa | tion of hostilities is the determ | ining factor in establishing the} deadline for the educational loan and readjustment allowance pro- visions of the G. I. Bill | | The same ruling applies to vo- jcational rehabilitation under} ; Public Law 16 for disabled vet- 1 ns, Parker said. Under the G. I. Bill, loans may be guaranteed or insured by the | | VA up to 10 years after the end of the war. Eductaion or job- training may be started up to {four y s after the war. Read- ! justme: lllowances for dis-} | charged veterans who are unem- | ployed expire two years after the} +end of the war. | Disabled veterans eligible for i ion or training under Pub- | | | | | | edt lic Law 16 face no specfic deod- line but they must complete their training within nine years after the end of the war In non-service death and dis- | | | | ility rights depending upon wat veterans status alone such alization, domisilary | burial allowance, will be led only to those who | served between December 7. 19- | | 41 and the President's proclama-} ‘tion on December 31, 1946. | | Army and Coast Guard Cadets ; | and Navy midshimen also are af-, (Continued on Page Four) ' MMM | care Limited Quantit TUESDAY, JA! SEARS ' Key West. ther ASPHALT TILE PLEASE PLACE YOUR ORDER BEFORE 5:30 P.M., Order Office Corner Simor.ton and Fleming Streets iol E UNIT Kirke Resigns Kirke, Director of the Housing authority of Key West for’sever- al years, has been received here, Chairman A. Maitland Adams said today. Kirke has been away on leave for several weeks. A dinner meting of the Author- ity will be held at 7 p. m. Friday, Adams said, but it is not expected that any action will be taken at that time to name Kirke’s succes- sor, Approximately a dozen ap- plications for the position have been received by the Authority. The purpose of Friday’s meet- ing is to elect officers and trans- act routine business, Adams said. Meanwhile. Mayor W. W. De- meritt announced today that he is reappointing Everett Russell, J. J. Trevor and Jerry Daniels to the Housing Authority of the City of Key West, effective im- | mediately. The appointees’ terms expired op September 16, They had not; ben previously reappointed. Con- sequently the mayor's appoint- ment is retroactive to last Sep- tember 16, The other two mem- bers are Adams, whose term. ex; pires next September 16 and Ker- mit Lewin whose term expires on: September 16, 1949. City -officials this morning re- marked that Kirke had been an especially capable director and was chiefly responsible for the excellent: administration fo four large housing projects in Key West, the J. Y. Porter Project; Poineiana. . Place Poinciana and the Fort Village (colored) project. Since Kirke’s departure, the Author: has ben directed by George Mills White. Business Men _ Urged To Give For Polio Drive “Mnoroe county business firms and professional men are asked to make liberal contribu tions to the annual March of Dimes”, Mrs. Wilhelmina G. Har- vey, drive chairman, said. today If they work and cooperaté :as much as the school children of will be no diffi hing our goal,” continued. “A goal of $10,000 was set for Monroe County, and we are very far away from this goal as we have not quite $3000 and the campaign has only five more days to go,” continued the chair- man. “A $10,000 goal is very sinall by comparison with the money spent by the local chapter of the National Foundation in Key West as $35,000 was sent here by the National Foundation to supple- ment the few thousand dollars the local chapter had.” Mrs. Harvey is anticipating that all business houses and pro- fessional men will make their contributions themselves and strive for a 100 per cent partici pation among their employees. The Chairman appeals to everyone to make their contribu tions now so that they will not feel later on in the year that they gave too little too late, for Thursday, January 30, 1947, the drive will be closed. MM ies of 4 Colors NUARY 28TH PHONE 360 TT ee POT Teco UU LLL LR . ED STATE oint House Committee As Housing Director; Dozen Seek Job The resignation of Wallace B.yy |County Will Be | Represented At State Convention | Members of Monroe County Commission will leave here to- | morrow to attend the annual con- jivention of Florida State County Commissioners Association at ; Tampa, when they are planning jto discuss probable legislation af- | fecting the various counties of jthe state that they will introduce at the next session of the legis- lature. Commissioners Frank Bentley, {Gerald Saunders, W. A. Parish, |Marathon, Clarence Higgs and Eduardo Gomez will attend, It is understood the local com- missioners have no plans for leg- ation affecting Monroe County, but are expected to join with oth- er county commissioners through- out the state in asking for gen- ‘eral bills. The convention will last Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday. Need Commercial | Teacher’ In Key West High School } Willard M. Albury, county su- perimtendent of public, instruc- tion, is having difficulty in find- ‘ing*h commercial teacher needed Project; West. by Key West Senior High School. | The position formerly was held by: Mrs. Carolyn. Poirier, wife of a-man in the armed’services, who was. forced to resign because her husband was transferred from the city. The position pays a maximum of $2,012 a year for a person who has a degree of four years of service in a college. Albury has written to several states looking for a commercial teacher. Such teachers can usually find private employment at rates high er than any county can pay,” Al bury said. Polio Drive Funds Krom. Ball Contest, Carnival Received ‘Ralph, Sierra, chairman of the Monyoe County chapter, National sundation for Infantile Paraly announced today that $38 in volunteer contributions Were re ceived at the Pirate-Navy All ur baseball game Sunday at the y Yard, erra expressed gratification over the amount received since the adverse weather condition reduced the attendance. Sierra also announcd that he had re ceived $118.32 from Monday's *¢€ ceipts of the Bistany Greater Shows Carnival. Of this amount the Veterans of n Wars and the Volunteer Firemen each turned in $46.01 their total receipts for the day Leo Bist proprietor of the car nival, turned in $26.39, five pet cent of his receipts. Sierra accepted the, funds in behalf of Mrs. W. G. Harvey, nan of the March of 66 CARS IN ONE TANGLE fa LOS ANGELES,.—During a r cent fog, no less than 66 cars pare up in a single tangle of crumfp! fenders at one intersection. H. s so thick and the ing so slowly, no hurt. We ever, the f [4 drivers one was Palace Theater JUNE LOCKHART in “She Wolf of London” News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NITE Set edie ite a nati a Ra aRaaRSRY [+4y4e > , Na And Senate ‘Session ‘May Snip Budget Phree' Billion DEMOCRATS OPPOSED TO REPUBLICANS ON BUDGET AND LABOR LEGISLATION (By The Associated Preee) WASHINGTON, Jan, 2A joint house and senate commit tee will begin its first considers tion-late today of the budget as proposed to congress by President Truman, It was predicted that, when the committee comes to an agret ment, the amount will fall a«t least three billion under Presi- dent Truman's more than $97, 000,000,000 recommendation A great deal of conjecturing was done today as to whether or not the President would approve so deep a cut in the budget Democrats have alveady shown a disposition to oppose the fe publicans not only on « drastic cut in the budget but else om sey eral proposed labor measures Bills, proposed by Republica Senators Taft, Ball and Smith, # japproved, would cause lapses i ‘many labor established relations jwith management, Secretary of jLabor Schwellenbach testified {before a senate committee He pointed out that labor and exam | agement, in many instances, ane ‘agreed on sHective bengetming and also the wed shop j.. The Ball bill is more drastie jthan any of the other im the treatment of labor, Sehwelles ‘bach stated. Under some pre {visions of the Ball measure, he added, labor would think twee before it attempted to strike, be cause of replacement of otrtee jand their loss of semority @ they idid not return to work 38 days lafter a strike had been settied by arbitration, He recommended that the sem ate appoint a labor study ox ‘tee Or sub-committee te « proposed labor bills aemit eo echet | Jolson To Appear | At Birthday Ball In Subnuarine Base Al Jolson, — the e and radio sta will & Ly West make a4 personal appea the Birthday Ball whieh staged at the enlisted nis court at the N K Also coming will be Ha RK well known movies, 4 local tist Later th duled to c rr) the Casa Mari ul Birthday Ball interest of Thursday night campaign Besides Je ‘ the Na Ve open to the get welt a t the Na ba. munity Ch negro singe A part Ch Butler Evelyn Communit McGhee Sawyer To Atte al State Convention County Clerk RB will atter tion at Jack 22 of the Pk rt Cle nounced will be held ington Hote plans f ‘ RAUL’S on the BOULEVARD - DANCING - Nightly to the Music of MARK ‘nits STANLEY Orchestre Veatering STEVIA ot Piene Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone #207