The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 10, 1947, Page 1

ial i a A : Key West, Florida, has* they Most equable cJimate .in the country, with an ave range of only 14° Fahre ey SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE.U.S.A. >. 59 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1947 i Beach Site ay Of ‘Apoinest LIGHTER-THAN-AIR Eight Cuban | Will Be Approved By | Here Asserts High Taxation | MEACHAM STATION | Brought Here Aft C rs © |) Worst Drawback In Key West ON SURPLUS LIST) =. Oy a COMMITTEE EXPECTED* ‘ March 30 Deadline! ’ SIFIED ‘OR’ PROCESS. RESCUED BY TANKER; THE pene PERE SMNNUS <BES CH Lae VOLUME.LXVIIL. No. 59 Martello oo , of the tax burden under which regards for Key West and is go- . < + ae \they are struggling. If Key West ee er tities TO APPROVE LOCA- — |ing to make his home here, D. Et sesh ageey gh | ED For'D: SPOSITION s KE RED TION AT ToMornow| Late Builletifig’ '\|#>:0, wo bousnt the Lo-|es'an outsanding winter sere FOR County, State} waa i. ‘Big Four Holds Bieta stasis NIG S MEETING (By Associated Press) te apartments. at United ‘ahd as elt as an all-year Saupe i wren Wena rene : o4 i \ - SUPPLIES CLOTHING HT” \Margarct streets, told The Citizen ‘center, taxes must be decreased Payment Of T Key'wear chieens”"""| Furst Session In | ANp Foop Committee of the : = {today that he feels the worst't0 an appreciable extent. Prop- axes WASHINGTON, D. C., March : : crea Monroe Coun. Eight Cuban seamen rescued Moscow Today sic: an explosion and « ie de 4 stroyed the Cuban lumber schoon- MOSCOW, March 10.—The Big jer: Serena 20 miles south of Re- Four, Marshall of the United |becca Shoals, which are 49° miles States, Bevin of Great Britain,!southwest of Key West, “were Bidault of France, and Molotoff brought to the city Sunday. GrAaennGTGN’ epi melee er to the development! erty owners here can not con- | Real estate, personal property | 10. — (WNS) oe Meacham Naval ; mounted today abel sages Pree Key West are the city and’ tinue to carry on successfully if and intangible taxes become de-/ Lighter-Than-Air Naval Station; No. 10 would ‘be good for 10 jcounty taxes. the oppressive taxes continue in linqu¢nt April 1, County Tax Col-|at Key West is one of 13 war- pounds of sugar April 1 Tt wail I know three men who came | for ; 3 | lector, Howard E. Wilson an-jtime installations which have lal tdlod Mthat en. Conta 19 | here recently to invest in local | _ Mr. Henderson's hometown is nounged today. been declared surplus, the War )pounds may be granted July 1. [real estate,” Mr. Henderson said, }in Huntsville, Alabama, but he} “Pliese 1946 taxes will become | Assets Administration stated to- ? 1“and when they found out what; is now ee to gpuiti A delinquent after March 30,” Wil- | day: were the city and county taxes, "esident of Key West. He pointed son aid. The station has not yet been : Res 4 WASHINGTON. — Senate and they turned about and left town ;out that in Huntsville the tax; Those taxpayers who filed | classified or processed tr dispo- 1 ie tages boviedeialy aa The seamen, who escapid iny the ; Without investing a penny. jrate is 1.2 on a 100 per cent val- homestead exemptions last yearjsition, and WAA announced only | treaties for G Le pre ‘jury, came out of the fire with “Furthermore, I would have | uation, and in Key West, 4.5, so will only have to pay $2.50 a,that it had received an actual | ¢, a bisa y a de bend the-clothes on their backs, purchased a business property in; that the valuation in Key West thousand of assessed valuation. | declaration of surplus. oa iwere lodged in the Gibson Hotel, Key West had it not been for is eaten up by taxes in little "Those who did not file them will| Representative George A.|sartie honed te oN anal where they remained today the high taxes. I am familiar with | more than 20. years. jhave to pay the combined coun-!Smathers of Florida, at the re- jaa ¢ hoped the Big Four would awaiting funds with whigh 10 real estate, and I regarded the! Mr. Henderson concluded: {ty and state tax rate of $19.50. | quest of the Boy Scouts, has been agree toa 40-year pact) for ‘the jreach Havana. property as a good ‘buy’ were it! “I may be asked why I amj About 100 taxpayers- become! endeavoring to obtain equipment Anigrican ty Commission, which has under consideration the sclection of a site for a beach, will. probably recommend West Martello Tower @ the spot for the “bathing beach (By ‘The Associated Prens) This was evident Saturday; when the committee made an examination of the Stock Island,: Boulevard and Martello Tower house leaders conferred with site with the engineer in charge,' President today about the situa- R. D. Spalding. ition in Greece. Truman explain- The committee will report to;ed it is not the intention of the the County Commission at the: United, States to send troops to reguler meeting tomorrow night. Greece, He will address congress, Members of the committee are |Wednesday about the proposal .to GREEK SITUATION economic upbuild and demilitari-! zation of Germany. Key West Chapter, Chairman Frank Bentley, Gerald polst G i Seunders, Clarence Higgs, nd | hey easee, een ‘Prvadzancing City Commissioner Louis Carbo- “I think the committee will ap-' HOT AFTER LOBBY. prove of the West Martello Tower| WASHINGTON,—Former, May- not for the top-heavy city and! coming here in the face of such q county taxes. I decided not to buy high taxation. My answer is that! says, ‘Their properties go up for that business property or anyjI like Key West and want to: sale for taxes on Junc 1, if the Lother real estate in Key West| reside here, regardless of taxes, taxpayers until there is a decided decrease , but I will not make any further} rin taxation. investment in Key West penity| lelinguent every year, , Wilson are delinquent. Files Divorce Petition | site,” Saunders said today. “It OF LaGuardia said today he is le the site most favorably approv-; ed by the citizens of Key West.” ; Higgs and Carbonell expressed | similar views, declaring that in’ hot after the lobby that is work- ing either for the removal of rent control or for a boost in rentals, He said the ceiling should be con- “Please tell the people of Key | West that I have ,picked it out as my future home, and that my criticism of the tax situation is made in kindliest spirit, As I am} under the present exorbitant tax! Stephen J. Kiet filed suit for] structure. I have been told that givore against Martha Kiet. to-{ the three men who came here 101 day, aceording to the records of | invest and left town when they the office of County Clerk Ross heard of the high taxes, are not C. Sawyer. i used at Meacham for the Boy Scouts. It was stated at Repre- sentative Smathers’ office that he had not been successful in ob- taining the equipment asked ‘by the Boy Scouts. However, now that the instal- Jation has been declared surplus, it is expected he will renew his efforts to comply with the re- Red Cross, gave the seamen im- ne cubed i mediate Yelief, Acting Cubsn meeting. More pobexent WaS) Consul Raoul Alpizar requested shown in Marshall than in the | emergency. help from the Red ouien foreign’ ministers, as it iS Cross and immediately Leland H. is first time to participate in a Gogdard, co-chairman of the dis~ conference of the Big Four. - ‘aster service, aided by Mrs. Ca- | A snowstorm was “in progress ‘rola Nettles, Red Cross home ser- when he and the other members yice worker, filled their needs. drove to the conference hall, two: ‘The men needed at once eight miles from the Kremlin, pair of pants, shirts, underelothes, Little ceremony precéded ‘the their mion the Martello Tower ; tinued till June of next year. quest of the organization. poe . site Re a the most favorably lo-| i going to reside here, naturally|the only ones. Others have taken | 7 7° U" Sates Cane ce i fe 1 |. Much plasure was expressed two pairs of tennis shoes, plus ented and suited for a bathing, I want to see the town grow.j the same action, and still others! A by correspondents when they food for eight until funds arrive H ed away by the bur-j CASA MARINA (Kt) BE were informed that they were from owners of the vessel. | beach and other appurtenances. | Pull description of Martello: Tower will be sent today by the; committec to Representative George Smathers and the state! senatorial men in Washington. | it was pointed out that the Martello site, now owned by the} Admiral Blandy Comes Here For Visit March 18th Admiral William H. P. Blandy, Besides, I not only like Key West} but I also like Key Wester: D.E. Lilienthal - Receives 8 Tol | and will be densome tax structure. Community Chest Is Still Short Of OPEN THIS SUMMER; SALE REPORT DENIED)“ SEK ASDEN :: SAS: “NO IN- free to use the telegraph and; Manuel Gelpi, captain of the Jong distance telephones in send- schooner, said the fire started ing out their stories without from a spark from a small moter | which was set in motion to putp TR SE jthe bilges. Diesel fuel for the 5 main engine then ignited, he said, Red Cross Fund tand spread to the lumber earge, Which, was enroute from Tampa Army, would cost the taxpayers} USN, commander-in-chief of the i , f : : TEN’ 9 ' SE nothing for the land‘ expense,| Uni ates Atlantl : SELEY PNVON Pal hag Set TE y ' He TENTION” OF SELL- : prtdiny seg Ste lis casa vated Sits acne Fes oa Recommendation $10,000 Goal Here Bridge Tolls “inc; -convennion| Drive Opens Here ccc ainng tm, . _'what the captain estimated to be would be turned over to! the county. Martello site includes the prop- erty owned by the government. it is bounded by Reynolds, Laird and White streets, exclusive of gratis the narth.corner, which. has. been| = farmed over by the Army to the pay Key West Naval Base.an in- formal visit for two days begin- ning March 18. ,., The official party is (lying here. from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, and will, leave: for Norfolk, Va. on March “91. (By The Aswacinted Press) i WASHINGTON, March 10.—' The, senate, atomic energy com- mitice,. which. had, been. consid- | ering the confirmation of David! E. Lilienthal as head of the Unit- ed States Aatomic Energy Com- The Key West Community! Show Excess Chest drive neared the half-way., } mark of the original $10,000 goal | with annooncement today that | j 3 better. than $1,000. was turned into}. Overseas Highway bridges set The hind’ at he Wh repOHT nIEhE. A Feord inthe collection of toils {last month. They were $13,026. Of ‘FOR HOTEL SOUGHT awed $14 | La Casa Marina’ Hotel ig being Over $ $000 srcparea for operation through-; Managing Di- recter Eugene Dennison announe- ed this morning. A number of out the summer, Red Cross membership flags douderedt today. avon Ti about an hour, the men lawnehed ndreds of pice ‘ m* fapels of Key 'W. a rd ne cpa with difficulty, chapter opened its Campaign for lacie tk Gee their (tthe be- 1947 funds. Residential district fongings of money. ’ canvagsel's-were on the job early. With the high windy dheseenky Campaign headquarters were ‘attempts of the crew to show the wil Aeronauiics Administration.| While here it is expected they |mittee, recommended his con-|Complete returns will be an-| c oplneh: iin! eadtaibuled “aplbe in h *h.§ : f A irmati i’ P 5 i re tha receipts for Feb- asia : : i ig eboat's ition to the tanker pord: eer, Spald-| will exa > the Ke: ost Naval | firmation today by a vote of eight; jounced shor more than the receipts for Feb-| |. niy: bare ds theh ieee Goat 4 oe pee ae pos According to Engineer, Spald-] will examine the Key, West Na’ y 89} nounced shortly. Wana 1948, the large monthly | reanizations are being cdntact-! the’ Navarro bulditig on’ Duval pan Maryland, which was pis ing, the Martello site also includes 600 feet at the westerly end of Base. 1 Admiral Blandy was jin com- to onc. Senator Bricker, of Ohio, Sena? tthe} Glubs contribution) of .$250, the Bolstered by the Key West ease in the Clifford G. Hicks, auditor for ‘the ; postwar perion, ed with a view to having them hold their annual conventions at jstrect. District tains will re- port their funds the ay ing near the scene, were futile. each day The crew lighted pieces of paper Rest Beach with adjacent land| mand of the C oads,T tor .Faft’s* colleague, ci : note 7 does ee fi back to Atlantic Boulevard. The] poree which conducted the atom ive Vote. MTafl Opposes Lik-| America Legion ‘team’ took: the Overseas Road and ‘Toll Bridge the popular resort hotel, Derini. 40 Huey Tee he hee Mira and waved a shirt. ‘The tonker areas involved are about 10 acres) Homb tests about a year ago on |ienthal’s confirmation. night’s “top hondrs with 1896, Dis aid today. son said. Pane! Gandlaign’” will Tedntiaue are artes the crews Pi i i ie 7 . vas te 3 sre will| iy F ps campalg. ‘ a] er the men were taken Bess tle ine Hee the atoll in the Pacific. Admiral | It was Diedistesh thee ers Will points. ‘Team scores to date show! Coll ; at mani tol d- Meanwhile, Julius Kasden, co-|throughout the month of March, ‘aboard the freighter they , were ~ Li ig ass 41 bjs res a - be a heated contest in J enate * . area. 4 “orn pares ve D A iedietion of the CAA, and about ea sabes ses a tpeeetir before Lienthal is chatimed, {Rotary still out in front with 3558 oro F Pearuary of last year, {ower of the hotel, said that|but J. Y." Porter, TV, expressed brought to the buoy marking Key ene and one-half acres of the| MMe painted ay is the Distin. {though the prepondcgating com. [Points but being pushed by the,“ p ‘rs last month number- {Casa Marina will not be sold.{the hope that funds would be West's channel entrance. ‘Th privately-owned Rest Beach,| it Service Medal among {tillee vote is expected to help|American Legion with 2408, ed 66,656, and in February, 1946, Commenting on reports to this| d by a short campaign. Bn- they were picked up tay the making a wtal of 11% acres in ay ad him considerably. sae Anotatalitos 645 leerents Iau : Guy nae ciar {thusiasm among the wor is Guard, the , under compan the site vther decorations. i ae : jeffect, Kasden said, “We have no h, and Key Westers are large- of O. D. Odom, BMIe. ‘They were ik Meds section. would <in ——-——— Sor erae age The Poinciana team, with all RUB BerS O87 jintention of selling Casa Marina.'jy aware of the essential services brought to Key West. dude about eight percent of the] RUTH AVERY EX-KEY aming contributions coming from that, month climbed to oth- | 7 am very well pleased with the!of the Key West Chapter which! After reporting to the Cuban about 25 pere WESTER, succuMBs |\-TUMinat Vour : cr motorized vehic Feb 3 ! ) the; of the Key We ' , land area and about 25 percent of STER, SUCC b section, is out in front in the ct Motorized vehicles, 81 ‘ures |cntire establishment and with|must be continued, he pointed consul’s office, the men were the waterfront of the tract that} Word has been received here R cae d T dé ide ii diive with aunew. toe ruary of last y uae | | ties Sopa pam nevis oe GU jtaken to the Gibson Hoteleby the recently sold for $80,000. It is es-|py Paul D. Herrick, 1301 United ecesse 0 ay peresglo PDB a passenger. cals gaNC [NG Syne ist season.” 1°". Vivian Gulick, Red Cross Red Cross. While the men were timated by the engineers. that] ctrect, of the death of Mrs. Ruth ee tal of 1401 points but being push- 3,689 other vehic Cecil Carbonell, — realtor, who olunteer couring off the accumulation of Rest Se err vitoee. be pur-| Avery, Key West resident toon | PGE Cen eal ice d_by the Jayshees with 915 jwas described to a Citizen re-| ceive funds every afternoon at Smoke and oily grime, Goddard ae tou Mo. soe a 1921 to 1930. Mrs. Avery died on aude nee Sear ae [pons and the Business and Pro- Man Held For porter Saturday as the represen-|eampaign headquarters from 1, 80t Kantor’s clothing: sie to February 26 at New Orleans, La., withe fessional Women’s Club with 728 tative of prospective buyers of|until 5 o'clock, funds ‘willl be ,OPen and fo. obtale Sie Saag might be necessary on the Rest Beach prope: but the engi- neers do not believe there should from a heart attack. Burial was in Syracuse, N. Y., where Mrs, Avery made her home with’ her cessed the court without taking any action on such cases. “There are not enough case: points. i Proving again that it takes a woman to do it, the Girl Scouts | Criminal Court} the property said he had “no comment” on the statement of needed by the men. With the Red Cross as their at hosts, the eight satisfied their op turned over by her daily to Joc {Pinder, chapter treasurer. | Gray Ladies who will serve be tong litigation or any question : is = t tae Tea Wine Ga tur list z i 8 A , Ae ght ; of riparian rights.‘ husband, W. C. Avery, for the © errant crayine 3 ae : t havel takentthe jump onthe Boy) avid Parker, Tavernier, who the hotel owner. ae ‘the fund campaign headquarters petites at the Vets restaurant near Entranc ; si last 15 years and so all trials scheduled to be | 4 2 ‘i v4p' Was alleged to have stolen $315} Kasden’s statement indicated|. |. ypc 2 ‘elt, Mrs, the Gibson, Subsequent meals ance to Martello site would ; 5h eet penrdiinis "kare adjourned |Sceuts and now lead the field, 748 8 é tare: Mrs. Dorothy Blauvelt, Mrs. ico supplied by the Red be at the foot of White street] The husband notified Herrick | heard this week are adjourned’, 521 points. jand was charged with grand lar- | plans to expand and elaborate} Ajice Benham, Mrs. Reba Stone-’ Were 4S0 ne teh Oe, the Be of the Allan L. Hampton, chap where transportation « water and could be r le available. The engineers propose to re- store Martello Tower by building @® upper section to serve as a sun deck. The outiook to the soutn Is (Continued on Page Two) lines _| of Mrs. Avery's death. He was employed by the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company as linesmen here and Mrs. Avery was employed by Western Union as a telegraph operator. Averys made many friends and acquaintances during their resi- dence in Key West. TUBES REPAIRED The|s until the next session of the | court,” Judge Caro said. There are only two, cases de- manding jury trials. A list of jurors will be drawn at the next will be enough c on the dock- et to warrant trials for a week or more. Have your Dodge, Chrysler. Ply- expected there j. Also in the running: Lions, 124 CeMY, was given a_ preliminary | points; VFW, 99 points; Chamber hearing Saturday before Peace jof Commerce, 90 points; Women's Justice E. R. Lowe of Taverni \Club, 85 points. Junior Chamber Parker pleaded not guilty and of Commerce and Junior Wom- was held under bond of $500 for | » still fighting it out hearing in Criminal Court. Par- | position., {ker was brought to Key West} | ‘Team captains and workers had yesterday by State Highway Pa- been instructed to wind up things trolman Warren Bateman. this past weekend and return all cards and contributions Monday GOT HER WISH—PLUS LOS ANGELES.—Mrs. Mary} the numerous facilities hotel will proceed as: originally - | outlined. A swimming pool ‘Will be constructed beneath the palms } dotting the spacious front lawn. A brea! ter may also be built and more sand brought in for {the hotel beach. cipher} Mrs. Emma . Thompson, |Mrs. Elizabeth Linker, and Mrs. 4Don V. Wance. ter chairman, pointed out thet the chapter was pleased to agsist 7 5 ee .. in the emergency, for the mon | ‘ Total goal for the campaign 'S were temporarily without fun | $14,730, with 92 per cent slated sng definitely in need af Quick jfor expenditure locally, nearly all, (Continued on 2 Four) on aid to veter vice i RAPT MES ERIS Kenyon Auto Store —Has— Tires - Tubes - Seat Covers ttt ttt night. E m Leu Smith Service ROY ACUFF in S. show a fine response to the CHest. boy baby, but that w: all. Two} & ! 151 N.E. FIRST ST. i ire - Fishing 1 ackie White at mith Auto Ser No, §| “Night Train to Memphis” ERS ah ithe RIG eee a complete report is being with-,baby sisters came along at thc) ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS Fae 2 shee yaiae 524 Southard Opp. Bus Station “Opposite Army Barracks” News and Serial NAVARRO, Ime. field until cards from all units same time. 121 Duval Street in the Heart of Miami [iM qumegemPHONE 166qumemmenses Opposite Bus Station are turned in, Final team scores | weemwereen Phone 442 aummmeey The Rendezvous of i eee — a will be announced later in the $¥#¥*#*##E2 ES ESSN CERAM RY | —_—__—____—__— | Key West | SABA sAeesese ae weer; |week when all cards have been’ ROASTERS and FRYERS | PRESCRIPTIONS fee, Sco? A CUBAN BOMBSHELL checked, Chest Chairman Captain! has IMM SERVICEMEN and @@)." Compounded by Experienced H Carl Hilton repor ' i CIVILIANS i Phevanchis 4 GARDNER'S PHARMACY A Cuban Singer of Oui and His Orchestra, wi Wi tem eee Bey is Now Appearing in Person at Raul’s Club ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD BY THE SEA In the Person of ELSA VALLADARES Charce After 10 pm, tf jeservations: tstanding Popularity at NOTICE ter Plumbers, or Jour- teyman Plumbers, will be held between March 15th to 3lth, 1947. Anyone desiring to take the examination may at the Piano Non-Dinner Gaexts th Syl Phon 87 ERROL V. SAWYER, Plumbing Inspector. Examinations for Mas-]} Judge Aqui-! 4 : ce campsien' BRADY’S (Live) Poultry ; Peres acca! and ae Market | 1214 White St. Phone 54! | POOR OLD CRAIG'S meme, REREAD DEST SERVICE STATION | ASHION SHOW J. H. Brady, Mgr. Phone 9134 and DANCE Division and Francis Streets Sponsored by Jayshees lino Lopez served chairman for the drive. Your PURE OLL Dealer—— Charged While SILVER OFFERING AT DOOR Buraving, On: Crees Call 267-W for Reservations and Auto Accessories it Auto Tires - Tubes - Batteries \ {i Eleetrical examinations for Master Electrician, Journeyman Electrician, Maintenance Electr or Service’ Electrician, will be held between Mar. 15th to 3ist, 1947. Anyone desiring to al Inspector, City Hall. WILL E. P. ROBERTS, Electrical Inspector “Best For A Night's Rest” 1 Block West of Bus Depot 2 : eo More New Fabrics BAHAMA HOUSE 1114 Division St., Cor, Varele ; Phone 177 Free Delivery tte Better Havana and Miami Beach Night Spots file their application by ‘BATTER You Wait Saturday, March 15th, take the examination DINNER SERVED fram an: SURKER from 10 p.m. March 14th, 1947, at the |Let Us GREASE and Spray 9:00 P.M. may file their application 525 Caroline Street Phone 496-W ; Complete FLOOR SHOW at 9:90 and 12:90 oe ee Bee aed | Your Car Casa Marina _ {\}/by March 14th, 1947, at Slip ¢€ ; d Dr: H DANCING MUSIC by MARK (Crunch) STANLEY ||} Inspector, City Hall. New Bicycles Ballroom the office of the Electric- Ip “overs alt raperies (MADE-TO-ORDER) POTTERY - GLASSWARE