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

‘ SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER _ oone—_—_ VOLUME LXVII. —-. .... He, oe ee J.C.C. To Sound Out Voters Rotary Club H HKey West Definite ee + | Choice Of Miami p-,..° “1 at fs es Birthda 5 On Commissioners’ Recall: ; ‘David - E. . Lilienthal Will Be (i y Possible recall of, some mem- | sion from every resident in or- or Training Site 0 e e > e va) bi wrth 42ND ___| bers of the City Commission for | der for the spraying to be repeat- ir mi tom , and ANNIVERSARY OF* | approving a 1947 budget nearly' ed, as it has been: discontinued Pine ae Pa a of ‘in INTERNATIONAL AND $11,000 higher than recommend- for. some time. Miam aR SOR, « ‘or- ‘ : ‘ . Pt 9 ed by the Junior Chamber of| Final report by, Jack Murray, |ida International League, today PRESIDENT CONSIDERS ville S087 OF LOCAL UNIT. Dead Man Found Commerce, was indicated by the chairman of Distribution of the definitely selected Key West a O@OPOALLaaaLa!A $37% BILLION BUD. Aoist OBSERVED | : Jaycees last night at their week-'| March of Dimes, was received, | the club's spring training site. is : “east | = * -% ‘ly meeting at the County Health! showing that the amount of $1,-} Cone and Roy Hamlin, chair-/ CHARLES ROBERTS GET ‘ROCK BOTTOM’; vard tebrat 21 P ani 139 as raise i of : gy as tom ef the 42nd anni- | Deputy Has Emergency Call | C4"<- j ee he geht for this worthy | man of the Municipal Stadium CONSIDERING OFFERS OPA MAY EXPIRE th. versary of Rotary International | The Jaycees passed a motion cause by the Jaycees. Committee, visited the stadium, OF NEW POSITIONS 4 and the Bist birthday of Key West! dia) wk calling for appointment of acom-; Durward Tyus informed the; : Bee i [psn enallen vinnsige gery Retery Club ‘ i ri , mittee to contact business men,’ organization that a mobile unit | West Poinciana . clubhouse and} _ Charles Roberts, city fi- | WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—-Pres- » ty was observed this’ (ny Stock Island civic organizations and all inter. {rom the Miami Blood Bank will |the Army barracks at East Mar- |" nance director - somata ident Truman surprised reporters Y # at the Weekly luncheon “ ye Jested voters for the purpose of be here on March 3 and 4 and|tello Towers. fhe Miami official ! Trion ee ceca ie pd lat his press conference today by 4 the Rotary Club in St. Paul's F . va “ ut “ learning if support would be| will establish a Blood Bank here. jpreferred housing the club at ho-! Citizen vestentag. tala today |declaring, without questioning, Pariah House A man who identified himself} given for a recall election. City, Faraldo’s Flying. School wasjtels here, however, rather than| the resignation will take ef- {that he thought David E. Lilien- a Gi ds a th | as a driver for the. mail truck{ Commission members voting for! approved to start training@under jin th ~eooks fect March 8, i i « lealled Chief’ ‘De: ‘ . re in the barracks. thal .will be confirmed by th» th iaiitie teased os called ie puty Sheriff} the budget were Mayor W. W.! the G. 1, Bill, and an initial class} «a od f The key city official, for " i eee SS - | Moreno Wallace this morning. Demeritt, John Carbonell and _ is in-the process of being formed. got ee Cae i he eae just nine years head of Key cepate os shale ot ne ae ~ it live in Key West, The ma-| “There's a dead man lying} Albert Cooper. | George Faraldo brought out the plained. rmy', he €X-| West's finance department, i States Atomic Energy Commis- jority of them | ince died, | alongside the highway on Stock} At the public hearing on the necessity for simplifying the}” Arrangements were _ subse- said he had received several | S!0M. Those living here now are L. P| Island,” the man said. budget the Jaycees, represented procedure for private aircraft fly-}quently made with the Walker | offers of positions but had Pressed for the reason of his 7 Avtmam. A. C. Blein, William! Wallace hastened to the scene | by Isadore, Weintraub, advocated ing to Havana, Many visitors }Hotel at Simonton and Southard | made no decision as yet. He ‘conclusion, he switched the sub- m. a Port Nestor Recio, Carl, 2™a,ocated the “dead” man. Iglashes in the proposed budget of from all over the eountry desire} streets and the Gibson Hotel on | 99 to Miami, tomorrow ject. to universal military train« a | He was merely a hitchhiker | $23,000. The actual cut approved to fly to Havana in private Fleming street for accommoda-| * discuss terms with a firm ing, which, he stated, he had fay- mapeon aad Norbe Thomp-| who, growing tired, had lain} py the Commission was $12,-\ planes, but have only limitedjtions for a squad of 40 players. Tia city which has a Key | ored since 1905, when he was 21, om T% & reported that they are| down to take a little nap. 505.50, | time, and it is felt that the pres-|Bus service to and from the field in otic, | by joining the National Guard. 19 fet Now meimbn { the organi-} Wallace gave him a lift to Key! George Allen Warren, repre- ent, method of clearing cre will be provided by Jack Sellers pouten: ee a The Army and Navy favor uni- 7 eattun | West. senting the American Legion, too lengthy. Communications of Key West Transit Co. welll takes: ak tenet le versal military training, and it is 0. % \ eee was speaker of the evening, He were sent to Rep. George Smath;| Hamlin .said that ..$500° must a month to ‘expected that congress will, pass nt When the ; ° ak i P peaker o} ie evening. He were sent to Rep. George Sma at be role . convalesce from the illness (‘a bill iding for. the oe " " ) presented the plan for the Com- ers in Washington, and will be re raised to install showers ith whic Drove. Se t service, the Key Went ‘Driver tie n pec i faets eemaaaaa : cies a ig in the clubhouse and to finish re-| With which he was afflicted though not fully along the lines 7 niunity Chest Drive, its aims and sent later to the Cuban Govern- pairing the fence at the ball park November 17. Roberts said advocated by the President. we. “Retery, My Rotary” Earl) gow B d Af objectives and offered to enlist ment to see if thejsituation can | q meeting will be bela tontuhe ee he had returned to work at A reporter asked Truman if he ~~ ° S Adame, president of Key West $250 on ter the Jaycees’ aid in its present be remedied. | Hamlin’s office in City Hall. Ham-| C#*¥, Hall against the advice jhad anything to say about the Suture ons “ ' kit 5 i project. | Tyus issued a rehearsal va line has asked Sellers, represen- of his physicians, Proposal of congress to cut the red liter, president of Key 3 H I C h The case of mosquito control Monday night at St. Mary's Par-|tative of the Chamber of Com- TF IIS DW: | budget by six billion dollars, He ~ West Liens Club, and M Eva urt n ras! was also introduced . It was ish hall. The cast for a Jaycee|}merce, Louis Carbonell, [on | MT TM oie that the time for him te ) > “ ss president of th ©Y | ‘Three persons were injured and | brought out that the government ee ane will be cage ge delegate; Wilbur Ward Red r r Seapgitts povcosag would be if . ot Woman's Clut ho were é a illing to spray the town bled for a performance in the|the Jaycees and L. P. Art such a bill reaches his desk. Con. ¢ P* two cs a d about | Was willing to spray le pe yoees aly rtman Cross G meng the guests at the luncheon saad Nadig bite 3 ee ea with DDT, but it had received near future. Jr., of the Rotary Club, to at- a ou gress and the country at large m. tn the shit the bist f the am, yesterday when a Ford]. ora complaints from local Mario P. Napoles,- Jr. was|tend. 0 T OFN. 1 will then know where he stands. Lo United Bates was t om sedan driven by Roger Wortman citizens about the spraying. It named liaison man with the| The Miami club will arrive on n Lour AVAL |and he added that he considered the tome Rote in wn of Mineola, N. Y., and a Ford] will be necessary to get permis- press. rape os Pave about Avs 9.1 e a ie Aaialiy billion budget as “rock bern dt Chicago in | rae anid . GME ee oases uae eae of sportswriters, photo-| Hi I F d ‘ . moods 3 panel truck driven by Marcus D. graphers, relatives and officials ospita rl ay He would not say that, if the - Ellis, 1310 Johnson street, collid- will accompany the club. house-approved bill, recalling the - Rot n ; a . ! ed at bony and Southerg Dayli ht ‘Robher Su Meanwile, George Mills White,| ©@Pt -W- Dalton Davis, Com-|nine million dollars that had been a ae streets e se jan crasl ed into director of the Key West Housing| ™@nding Officer of the Naval ; provided for OPA, is passed by 7 ~ “a : WwW Va piling ap cP. byes <parceneg T k ¢D B L i ll sr ge ne informed Police Ath-| Hospital, will be official host to! beter ne or not he will oT eee ; ‘ e Ss letic League officials that the} ve ill. the bill becomes : - aw = Lan or N , sid of Southard into the Bell Tele- rae e own y t. twe. children who use the SRR RS dpaniens Ps the Key West Chap-!a law OPA will be without funds ‘ phia o phone building, for recreation will not be de-| ‘te? American Red Cross, for an|to operate. be a” ! ee Ellis, who was slightly injured,] Some alert detective work on South Beach Restaurant to the} prived of the facilities. Louis | ¢vening tour of the hospital to- | Truman would not comment “ gs 4. :y was arrested and held on $250/the part of Lieutenant Ray At- bus company. Atwell questioned | Eisner, PAL founder, was told by | MOrrow. ‘on a question him regard- . R a | bond, charged with driving un-| wel, of the Police Department ‘e maneser of the restaurant who] White that at no time did he an-} The guests will include of-|ing the April 1 ine for a s ‘em Biough der the influence of liquor and] cuca down a man suspected of said that a ‘man who had given|ticipate taking the building from; ficials of the chapter and mem-|"¢W contract between the soft- e , 4@) | wusing an accident. Wortman, | "@¢*° Oa et BU : his Ponies Johnson had been} PAL, | bers of two committees and their C8! miners and the operators, It —<_ . ¥ ses caving at Cactus Terrace {Sealing $133 from the Key West there and had stated that he Was} Hamlin said the children would| wives and husbands. Gathering | W®5 surmised that the President * Waterk here, suffered cuts on the head,| Transit bus company office this going over to sell the bus com-|probably enjoy hob-nobbing with| in the hospital recreation hall at|™4¥ confer with mine owners + - cme teeth knocked out and{Morning. Atwell’s chase ended pany some buses, The police lieu-} the ball players and would be ad-! 6:45 p. mi, théy will be conduct- and John L. Lewis and other seft- ; : af P MM. Gottecbeulses.. He was taken to Muni-| in a room at the La Concha Hotel eet ound that 4 pomcors hag mitted free to all games while}ed through the. establishment, | coal leadai. several wesley befove oy "WE Filehey. expal Hospital. Police were un- a ae peed $166, most of it fg: inet rt 3 pg a Pon the teams are in training. | viewing the notable points’ of 9 tg deadiine. ‘ mai t 1 F. able to get a complete account of ‘ne officer arrested a,had told the reste araet Want ee * gee s famed, highly-modern facilities. |pp => op upp * the accident from him. . Wort- Tie Polite, offices arrestee 2) vag caving at Lar Concha! Hotel RECOVERS STOLEN Guests will meet members of! ‘Reward ( Offered man was to be charged also with! yinmy Johnson and turned him} Atwell went to the hotel and AUTOMOBILE TODAY | the staff and patients and be-| mn Tors TO CET {recktess .. dviviny Heibal over to Sheriff Berlin Sawyer knocked on the man's door but} A car stolen from R. R. Russell, |Coe acquainted with the work | I $700 Th f PORAIVE SPACES Com this after m Whet’ Judge where he was being held without | Johnson failed to open it for five] 508 Division. street, was_recove | of the Red Cross in the hospital, n ie t E jue Esquinaldo was to de- charge’ at 1:30 p.m. today, The/0r ten minutes. Meanwhile, At- ed today bY “Sheriff Berlin A. | including both the nationally- | ne the party’ responsible’ for prisoner faces a probable charge | W¢!l heard the bed springs being] Sawyer. The sheriff was felting sponsored and locally-sponsored | A teward of $100 was offered the accident of grand larceny, raised and lowered and sent for] County Commissioner — Gerald | &tivitics. Red Cross recreation | teday for information to the ap H. Brunt, 3500 13th street, a] Atwell said that Johnson is the | warrant from Deputy Sheriff} Saunders of the missing car and} Workers and Gray Ladies will ‘prehension of thieves who stole issenger in Ellis’ car, received|same individual arrested Sunday |Moreno Wallace. Upon entering} gounders said he had seen it at | be present to greet the guests] four rods and reels, valued at { right leg. Mrs. Lois E.Jon a charge of impersonating an |the room, Atwell waited for the} Whitehead and Caroline strects,|#nd demonstrate the nature of $700, from the charter fishing ister of Ellis, and Mar- officer by State Highway Patrol- Werrant, shen alee oP the hotel The sheriff went out there to get | their services. | boat, “Legion,” owned by Cap Ellis, Jr, were shaken up. {man Charles Reynolds. Johnson ™ ey and ane permission © us car. Russell had left the k j short program of dramatic ; tain Jackie Key, Sunday night Because of Wortman’s condi-{at that time gave his name as Searen the toon. eked in the car late }Wednesday night | motion pictures on Red Cross dis-| Police Lieutenant Ray Atwell police said they would not|Merrill Johnson. wien Agvet approached ne and missed it this mornit aster work will also be included. } 8 personally offering the reward ‘A new jeep which Johnson left bed, Johnson said he had left $5.00 s 1 | : 7 complete account of the DEW, JEEP ene cit here but Atwell found $50 o0n{———————-——— soon | Capt. Davis and Oliver Griswold,| Key is Atwell’s uncle and dé until the afternoon court |for three days on Ashe strect was Mere AM acatioea HATTA | Chapter Director of Public Re- pends upen the fishing equip Officers Frank Jolly and|'2ken in by police several days one side of the bed. a pack oft ayes liatinnes wile conclude: «thet ment for a living ificers Frank Jolly an¢' ago and is still being held pend- one dollar bills and three fives'/ FRED TAYLOR {sation wel capclineys Gis oun pene a lah Stofer, Jr, investigated |260 and is Sil) Deus 0 wrecker on the other side and some bills LBAVES POLICE FORCE, “i! Dict talks, following which } xcurred between They said that some} /2f 294 $5.00 bond. State police on Johnson totaling $166. The) “44. - "E} Capt. Davis will hold an infor- sunset and 1 a. m., Monday while eported that Ellis’}. 1, investigating ihe source of number of bills was exactly the Officer Fred F. Taylor has {jal reception. the “Legion” was docked at k wd Knocked down a pe-Jing jeep. same, except for one, as those submitted his resignation In commenting on the event, Craig’s dock. A padlock on the when it jumped across] Atwell was called by Jack Sel- taken m the bus company.| {fom the police force toMan- | paul Sawyer, chairman of the boat was broken and the equig jewalk but identity of the|jers, head of Key West Transit, Later Atwell found a band in the; ager O. J. S. Ellingson, ef- | Chapter committee on commun- ment taken from below deck not known. Policelpetween 9 and 10 a.m. Sellers hip pocket of Johnson bearing] fective today. Taylor, who | ity service to camps and hospi- Fingerprints have been found t and Joseph Saunders]told Atwell that someone had the words, Key West Transit Co.{ joined the force last Novem- | tals, said: and are being checked. A week k Allen, witnesses, would|walked in the office of his It was the same as one of the} ber 1, said his $150 salary | use the Naval Hospital is ago a rod and reel were stolen nh court ier, Miss Marjorie Sellers, while bands which had been around the} was insufficient for his needs | one of the most important and from the “Legion.” Atwell said J the cashier was out of the room dollar bills taken from the com-{ and he has accepted a more | itinued on Page Four) jj the police are pressing thew im (ae mi RRR, bee Spence a bag of cen n- pany {lucrative position. \- —_——-—— j vestigation to the limit > | Th cy she had left on a desk. On her ~ Sey GLI ele as SE An upholsterer by trade, | dnt et Palace Theater [1:04 50°: |) TM, | taylor i setumnins to Js! “Announcing the Opening a The THREE MESQUITEERS in [one dollar bills, three 10. doll ficld, in which he has had: | NEW PIONEER HOTEL “HIT THE SADDLE” bills and..a sheaf of thre more than 10 years’ experi- | News and Serial Haare bills had been: taken A 4 ence. He is a veteran of five PAT’S DOGHOUSE 151 N.E. FIRST ST. ——— rom the bag. se in the Arm’ ————————|, A bystander, told Atv a , Blt 510 ELIZABETH ST. ia he he had seen a man go from the Watch for eee aera | SOLVING ves + | The Rendezvous of ; rr i? Viele the Southeramost Ga in U. 8. the Biggest PTT r ) Breakfast from 6:30 i Key West ve oud Viene . aot SEER | siguisiien VW. 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