The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 30, 1947, Page 1

——— VOU VOLUME LXV. be No. 26 he City Fathers Weigh | Merits Of Nickel Or Cent Parking Meter BLINGSON ASKED WHY* SCENT ME- INSTALL. ane NEW TeRs NO" bp, Niche! pa oe le king Te th Pury hg potdered “on, a fing | pet Meranet ry ore wr hing sod 6 H ory ! ' art a ‘ 4 tabbed M Elise ‘ he pes w & ’ ne " ‘ Fever Nickel * i J ah or « ‘ Not Revenue Cc now Device age f n ight be that ar) mew PIONEER HOTEL In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS Best For A Night's Rest N.E. FIRST ST. 1 Block West of Bus Depot ‘by Most Worshipful 5,000 Pounds Of Mackerel Brought ) — To Key West Dock Jack ch manager of the fish dock at Thompson Enter- prises, Inc.. was standing at the dock yesterday commenting on the current fishing season. It's the worst I've ever seen,” Thompson said. “There hasn't; been a good catch of fish this sea- son. The winds are too high for ne thing.” Then in came a fishing boat. It was empty. Then in came on-j j metal plates for inclusion in the } fo today. other. It had 5,000 pounds of j mackerel aboard. Wh did you catch them?”, Kry SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY -*. 1947 (Original Portal - To S261 MACHINERY M AKING | COUNTY IN: THE UNITED STATES Werk Reduced re Two Weeks Ista of Five Mona Suit Up For Review Before TAX ROLLS READY “APRIL. 1B) This year Monroe county’s tax} rolls will be made up by machin- ery in about two weeks as con- trasted with at least five months | of the old handwriting system, County Tax Assessor Claude A. Gandolfo said today. And nowhere in the state of = will the tax assessor's of- fices be ahead of that of Monroe; county, for this county will have the newest and most modern sys- | tem of making up the tax rolls installed by April 15. There are a total of 90,000) names on the county’s tax rolls. It has taken the work of three} women from October 12 and will take their combined efforts until April 15 to type these names on teeeeaent files of the county. ; Each name on the list will be; followed by an address. Thus it} the fisherman was asked by an} will be relatively easy for the idle man standing on the dock. “That's telling’, was rather dour reply. Thompson explained the source of his catch. It just isn’t told, that’s all,” Thompson said. Another boat came in with a few kingfish. “There just doesn’t seem to be kingfish to be caught this Thompson remarked. any season”, Masons To Hold District Meeting In Island City E. R. Rivas, district deputy grand master, said today that a party of Florida Masons, headed Frank A. Brown, grand master of the Flor- ida Grand Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, will arrive in Key * West tomorrow afternoon to hold the annual district convention. { Accompanying him will be the; ease of rents by 10 per cent. following members of his official family: Frank H. Thompson, dep- ity grand master, Lakeland; A. Wayne Conner, junior grand war-|} Tampa: Roy L. Martin, grand i hal, .Miamiy Fernando. E. senior grand déacort,” Key Starling P, Alderson, grand Miami; John J. Raleigh, ind standard bearer, Louis B. Clingen, grand iivant, Miami; W. H. McT; DDGM Miami; Frank O'’Ber: i W. H. Johnson, Tampa. Mrs. Brown, Mrs. id Mrs. Johnson will arrive here ith their husbands, RW Everett R. R the 24th district, with officers the several lodges in Key West, will meet the visitors upon arrival, and a dinner will be ved in their honor in the Rain- t Room of the La Concha Hotel 6 o'clock tomorrow night. West itor s, DDGM, Following the dinner the Ma- will retire to the Scottish Kite Temple, where the annual j ct convention will be held, which refreshments will be ved in the patio. All Masons 24th district and sdjourn- as are invited by local attend the meeting. iges to Rotarians Learn About Caricatures A demonstration of how he aWs caricatures was made by wheeler the Caricaturist” before he members of the us noon at the luncheon in the h Hall of St. Paul’s Episco- pal Church. Wheeler drew caricatures of Rotarians J. J. Trevor, Dr. James i 3 90 ve, A. Maitland Adams, Henry Groke, Charles Smith and Knight. founder of Rotary, who died Tuesday in Chicago. MASONIC NOTICE Annual Convention of the 24th Masonic District will be held Fri- day, Jan. 3ist, at 8 p.m., at Scot- | tish Rite Temple. M.W. Frank A. Brown, Grand Master, and mem- bers of his official family will pay their official visit at this time. All Masons of this district and sojourning members invited to be present. E. R. RIVAS, D.D. G.M. that the} erine Luff are employed in print: fisherman would not reveal the |ing the names and addresses of! not be Jackson- | Thompson | Rotary Club | ibute was paid to Paul Har- | tax collector to send out tax bills. | Temporarily Nellie Romague- ra. Phyllis Johnson and Cath the taxpayers. Later, when they have finished their work, the job of correcting the property trans- | fers the county each year will be ‘ turned over to Mrs. Lois Malone. | Original investment in the | j machines which cut the plates cost $4,000. Later two of the three! machines for this purpose, which” are rented, will be returned to} | the owners. Then the remaining } machine can make all corrections Budget Cuts Pay | For Murray; Omits in the rolls . Sawyer’s Salary The 90,000 names, on plates,| A cheek with City Hall officials ; | will be filed in the permanent re- {today showed that the salary of | | cord toom of the assessor's of- $1850 proposed for City Person- fice at county hall. Then books, (nel Director Jack Murray in the containing 2,000 sheets, will be 1947 proposed budget is actually | placed beneath the printed plates { ahi Gech ‘matonl vill be vecde dee reduction in pay from an annual | lon them. lary of $2400. “We will be ready with the tax rolls by April 15”. said Gandol- | “It will take a much | shorter time to get them ready— | and the tax collector can use the plates for mailing the tax bills to the taxpayers. an increase, since the budget’s | 1946 figure for Murray was $1200; without an explanation that it} }was for six months’ employment. | Murray said that the $50 per month cut was a distinct sur- prise to him. With the exception | “Dade county has had this same system in working order of the city cemetery sexton, eae vane: If has given great whose salary was reduced from $2,370 to $2,220, all other em-! ployes either received a raise or the same pay as in 1946. | The budget changed Murray’ 's| title from personnel director to} executive secretary. The city atisfaction. Monroe county will a minute behind. the times in this respect in getting out the tax rolls,” Considering Life Or Death Of Rent Control (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—A} senate committee is holding a : hearing on the proposal, favored , by President Truman, to extend} the life of the rent . control bill beyond June 30, 1947. tee may recommend the law till April 30. 1948, Meanwhile, recent order permitting the The White House said it did not emanate from that quarter, and pointed to the President's having rescinded the order. OPA, officials stated that the directive came from “higher-ups’ and added that an investigation tis being made to learn who they were, Community Che ‘Kick-Off’ Date | At a meeting of the campaign committee of the Key West Com- munity Chest yesterday at the USO the date for the drive “kick- off” was extended to Monday, February 17 so that civic con- | centration can be centered on the current March of Dimes Cam- | paign. The Key West Community Chest is a single drive for all of Key West’s social and welfare | agencies. it was pointed out and will enable Key West to main- i tain during 1947 the Boy Scouts, ‘ Welfare Council, Welfare Board. Florida Children’s Home and the| USO. Capt. Carl Hilton is Chest pre- sident for 1947 and will be res- ponsible during the campaign for military solicitations. Judge Aquilino Lopez is the | general Campaign Chairman and is also responsible for pre-cam- | paign solicitation. Jack Delaney was elected publicity chairman and Everett Winters, team chair- | man. Fifteen Civic Organizations will enter teams in the cam- paign and compete for the covet- ed Civic Cup. Sonthernmost Garng* in U. 8. GARAGE 1130 Duval Street | d4uto Repairs, Painting, | Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Cars Palace Theater CHARLES STARRETT in ‘Blazing the Western Trail’ News and Serial It was said that the commit- extending ' the committee is | trying to ascertan who gave the} in- supposed , Shifted To Feb. 17: Phone 168 charter, however, Civil Service Board, for which! Murray works, to hire a person-! nel director. | Murray said he resigned a $190- | a-month position to accept the} $200-a-month assignment, which | has now been cut to $154 per | Application To Improve Pipe Line Crossin Application has been o fanth, | | the ae Dapacteuent as Hd i City Manager O. J. S. Ellingson | Data Naval Operating Baaxe: jsaid today that the salary of Errol | Key West, Florida, for a modifi- a Wy hy PUREED DeDS OE been omitted from the budget! cation of a permit issued June ‘through an oversight and would | 21, 1945, to construct a combined | he inserted prior to the commis- aerial and submarine pipe line sion meeting Tuesday. crossing. in and peross Jewfish Creek, at the State Road Depart- “ m \Joe G. Knight Local Agent Of ;ment bridge over the waterway Conservation on the highway between Home- stead and Key Largo. The existing permit authoriz- ied, in addition to the pipe line. | It is now porposed to remove the dolphin and to replace it with a fender constructed with stell pil- Joseph G. Knight, 1425 Eliza! ing and a steel-and-wood wale. }Street, begins his duties. tomor-| The channelward face of the}"OW as agent for the State Con- wale would be s ially. exvation department in Monroe llel to ‘the axis of the navigation | county. nel of the federal project In-|__ He was appointed to that of- | Waterway, Miami to! fice on January 15, and today J} 5 | W. St. Clair, general agent of the a tracoastal | Key West, through the bridge j : and in line with the existing ; 2epartment, was in Key West anc bridge fender on the easterly| save Knight his commission. St side of the channel to the axis of | Clair was accompanied by G. A the navigation channel of the| Freeman, agent in the Miami federal projcet Intracoastal , 4"¢a- All marine life, taken from salt | a, such as fish Waterway, Miami to Key We through the bridge and in line, Water in this with the existing bridge fender | Shell fish, turtle and sponge, | on the easterly side of the chan- comes under Knight's superv! nel at the southeerly side of the | S!00- bridge. ! His duties include enforcing | the law against catching stone-} ‘crabs, crawfish and turtle durin closed seasons and against ob taining sponge under size. Colonel Willis E. Teale, district engineer of the corps of army en-j} gineers in this area, informs The , Citizen that no hearing will be | application, but that! held on the anybody opposed to the proposed FUNERAL SERVIC E work may state the objections} SUNDAY FOR SIDNEY | in writing and send them to the| A. BLACKWELL, 29 engineering office in Jackson-| sidney A. Blackwell, 29, died|* ville or the sub-office at Miami! yesterday at Orlando. The body | Beach. jis being brought to Key West} le burial. | Funeral services will be held {Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Sailors Not NotGuilty | day aftesnoo at 80h jin the ieming Stree ethodist In Theft Of Auto:snest.c 2 Thee sto pastor, will ptticiates | sets Change In Title Of lajenil Center Is Made Orders were received today at Key West Naval Base to change | the name of the Operational De- velopment Station. The orders’ were received from the Secretary | of the Navy. The Operational Development | part of the Naval Base in Key | West. Commanding officer of the Op- | erational Development station is Comdr. R. D. McGlathery, USN, and the operations officer is Lt. S. E. Clark, USN. The com- plement of the station is eight of- | ficers and 83 men. Based on the Operational De- | velopment Station is the Anti- Submarine Development Detach- | authorizes the ment whose commadning officer is} the members of the command liv- ing ashore and going to sea as required, The Naval Ordnance Unit is located on Craig Dock and is not a part of the Operational Devel- opment Station, The Public Relations officer at the Navy Base said it would no longer be proper to address the Development Station as the Op- erational Section Base. Boca Chica Flier Will Be Presented | Awards Saturday | Service Office ers Hee To Assist Veterans Frank R. North, of the War A Acministration, is in Kev West to assist veterans In 1 to surplus Two sailors, Kenneth Griffin and L. W. Lawson, were found _ Burial will take place in the not guilty yesterday by Peace family plot ot the City Ceme-| Justice J. Y. Porter 1V to charges \ ries paces gaint ne 4 a charge of arrangements. ehey oe By com belo ge nas Reevors include the widow,| senate ie a! coe pag Mrs. Dolores Blackwell: daughter, | ‘ Previously the sailors had gnc Blackwell: parents, Mr.| pleaded guilty to the charges anq Mrs. John F. Blackwell; they stole an automobile owned prothers, John F. Blackwell, by A. J. Betancourt, 713 Windsor and Kenneth Blackwell Lane. | Sidney was a graduate of the} They are scheduled to go be- Key West High School, Class of fore Criminal Court Judge '37, and was employed for sev Thomas S. Caro on Tuesday for years at the local post office as a} sentencing. special delivery carrier ne RADIO PLAY PREVIEW! | At 11:15 Bomorrow Morning Over WKWF on Pollock’s Program, “THE TALK of the TOWN” Members of the cast of “The Night of January 16th”, a play in three acts, being presented by the Key West Players on February 3rd at the Barn Theater. will be interviewed by Mrs. Opal Van Deursen over the air. Tune in at 11:15 tomorrow morning. jare | Office pertaining Jack A. Saunders, Monroe ¢ ervice officer said today will be in the service officer } county courthouse tomorro Saturday. Melv Friedland. assistunt tate ice officer, is here t iid veterans under the GI #i't of Rig LET {hon 1 Good Time, Visit the’ V.E.W. Clubhouse FLAGLER AVE. and 2ND ST. i! Open Monday thru Saturday | PR a ee a Bus Passes Door —— NOTICE! The 1947 Bicycle plates now on sale at of the City Collector. ARCHIE ROBERTS. Tax Collector. ll the | Tax) Federal Judge Frank Piccard VERNMENT AND §%. DUSTRIAL LAWYERS FILE BRIEFS, Clo TO FILE (fy The Asserteted Freer WASHINGTON, Jan ™- The [Mount Clemens pottery | which led to the imetituties of | portal-to-portal cases, with Gene | ages totaling move than five Ge lion, and to the propesed tre jduction of a bill in congeee } ban scuh suits, is up for vowiew before Federal Judge Frank ie out Mvrray's pay was published as! Station occupies the Coast Guard | card, to whom it was semt beck ty supply base and is a component! the United States supreme ooet ‘ur further unplifieation | What the supreme court wante to know specifically is how quack | walking time and making mad | time were involved in the Mewnt Clemens suit Attorneys for industrieiets end for the federal government ob | ready have filed briefs thet assert | that allowing portal to portal | payments would be rusawus te i idustry, and asking thet he | court's former decision be ot aside. ClO stterners ae | preparing briefs designed i prove that the allowances aeted for are just, as well as legal expected the briefs will be tiled | late today, and that probebly « |week will elapse before Judge Me card renders his decison | Meanwhile, there ¢ so Wha ‘in congress in its determination to pass a bill te outhew portal + portal stilts. Bus Line Sought To City Ai An applation of Awtne Gag» vice, Inc, to operate ven pee Conversely Lt. Comdr. Coll H. McLean, U. | eonger sedans between the oity S. N. Naval air hero, will be airport and the city lt presented with the nation’s encounter pp 4 highest awards for combat air- | City Communes t » men at a ceremony at Boca Chica attempts to set up oF field at 8:30 a m. Saturday | service Camdr. Douglas G. Parker, City Manage J 88 . commanding officer on Squadron has been advised t 6 at Boca Chica is scheduled to m n to make the presentation to Lt. application Comdr McLean ponement he The citation for the Disting- compan uished Flying Cross, the most im- franchise, He portant to be given McLean,’ cation states that he is deserving of mer- February itorious. mention for the 20th flight he made from September AJRAE 41ND WIPE 14 to October 21 over Japanes SELL FOUR LOTS | held land where the anti-aircraft fire or enemy action was to be ; Accordig | expected _—e Citations for the two gold Clerk RB stars to the Air Medal previously Kirke ar |awarded McLean state that the be Kirk flier was entitled to the awards '" a | because of dangerous flights over Carolir Japanese territory from June 15, Kis $ a uly 25, 1944. aps = ’ Can Play Det With A Recordior Fir Art Auto Painting Drive In Today tor An Betimate AMBLER'’S SERVICE 404 Duval, Next Le © RAUL on the BOULEVARD -- DANCING - Nightly to the Music of MARK ‘nil STANLEY Orchestre Peataring STLVIA of Pinee Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone #2#7 om he Mote ARE 58 a