The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 26, 1947, Page 1

2 oS, eee i { } | AP Day Wire Service | r énd AP Features ‘or 67 Years Devot to the Best Interests” of Key West | VOL. XLVIII. No. 73 107 Still Trapped In Coal Mine; Little Hope They Are Alive 28 BROUGHT TO SUR-*« FACE ALIVE; 20 BOD- Geryices Held! —<—<—— IES HAVE BEEN RE ‘ COVERED In Span sh At. (By The Associated Press) | CENTRALIA Ill, March 26. One hundred and seven, men ¢ still trapped in the Centralia Coa! Company’s mine, No. 5, and little hope tained this Twenty-eight miners have been rescued, and 10 of them are in a hospital, reported to be | Dr. Ismael Negrin informs The Citizen that the Home M Atlanta has transferred ; him to Key West to work among people of Latin extraction, and that he is conducting services at 1122 Watson street. Serv in Spanish are held on Thursday and Sunday night.s Dr. Negrin is a graduate of the Institute of Cienfuegos, Cuba, of before they were brought to the the Baptist Seminary in Havana, surface of the University of Havana and It has not yet been determined the University of Indiana, where he received his D.D. degree sev- eral years ago. rescued H¢ om of their rescue was enter- | Board of afternoon where their condition is serious, They are still suffering acutely from car- bon monoxide gas they inhaled what was the cause of the ex losion, as none o se i le f those says his aim is to organize Baptist work among the Cubans, walked Spaniards and Latins here. He said it is the desire of the 3oard to acquire property for a is able to talk coherently Rescuing parties have through the four miles nels, 500 feet underground searching for the victims. Becau of the gas still in the tunnels rescuers have to come to the sur- face at short intervals, while oth- er rescuers make descent into the k tunnels. ae It is the first major that has occurred in Illinois mines in 15 ars. The worst coal mine, dis: n the history of Illinois An occurred Noverber 13, 259 miners lost their pit at Chey. of tun organize on a large scale the work here = apes Injury accident unidentified Navy aviator 1909, when was forced to land his airplane on lives in a its belly yester at Boca Chica Field, but he is reported to have ee escaped injury. The wheels of the ship refused to come down. “It was just a routine landing,” Sinwial Lots was the laconic Change Hands oe Chica Remains of the airplane, was badly wrecked by the c taken today to the s uberis Base. State T ‘eac her s Head To Deliver ans Speech Tomorrow go to office at Boca which sh, Several transfers of real es' and property were made yester- day, according to records on file in.the offiee of- County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Jennie L. Seymour tran to Robert J. Lewis and wile for $3 near the corner of As and Washington streets Jose C. Perez, and wit ferred six lots on Key La John F. Lowe for $400, Mrs. Eunah Holden, DeLand, Willard E. Wake and wife president of the Florida Educa- transferred to Stanley Thor tional ciation, will talk in were heap at the . a lot 36 feet v and 6L fect. Monroe County tomorrow after- at Olivia and ‘Thomas streets| Neen on the future of education for a nominal sum in the state William F, Cook trar ato. Mrs. Holden will address a Ernest Cook, 1218 Le treet méecting of teachers and taxpay- )} lot near Duncan George e's tomorrow at 1:30 p. m., in Key streets for $500 West High School. Schools are Mr. and Mrs. Leon A. Ybanez ' close at noon to permit teach transferred to Mi iM Da-.¢ to attend the session. vid E. Gossett, Miam 1 lot at Also speaking will be James executive secretary of Association. Wil- Monroe County $400 nards, Leon Ybanc © lots at Bay Ha Bay Haven for Mr. and M transferred t ven to G. C. Krause toy $500 Timothy red to Learlir ‘ Whitehead street, a lc a nominal s tucational ard M. Albury, rintendent atroduce the It is expected that Mrs will touch upon the need for in- creases in the salaries of teachers throughout the state. speakers. Holden dress for Alhambra Hotel The Center of Convenience in Miami, Florida = «: i 119 S.E. Second Street | kta tiline ey ohi na lei einm AMR ih, Palace Theater SHIRLEY MILLS in A “CHILD BRIDES” W. Earle Spence Manag¢ News and Serial —EESEEEE TTT ETAL, " your FENDERS Oil Spr @Y and CHASSIS-- It saves buying a set of fende-s! Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phune No. 5 Opposite Army Barracks STU TL LLLLLLLLLGLaLe TTT LLL Coa POPE TTT TTT TTD TTT TTT ert. ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY'S (Live) Poultry. and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone Sé4f sere rere rr EWEWE ETT eeEre ——VISIT THE NEW—— SIDEWALK CAFE Duval Street, Opposite La Concha Hotel OPEN DAILY 7 through 3 A. M. ‘ a a IRVING The Finest FOOD POPULAR PRICES @ BREAKFAST @LUNCH @DINNER Also a la Carte and Sandwiches ——-Beer jouer eon maallieReeaialn inal sreisy FLORIDA, WEDNESD ae KEY WEST, Rising Cost Of Marti Week Sale’ Living Causes Of Liquor Round | Truman Concern Clock Is Refused (a Uhy The Axsociated Press) | Bya3 HE UNITED STATES MARCH 26, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS Commission O-Kays ‘Truman Avenue’ And ‘Marti Blvd.’; Mission Here | church and a pastorium and to; In Landing Ship: of public schools, | and Wine Served During Legal Hours——! WASHINGTON, March 26. — | President Truman, at a press con- ference this morning, expre lconcern over the rising price commodities in the United States. He ‘called on industrialists to exert their power to curb the up- trend of prices. He peinted out | that good examples in the field of ! keeping down prices are the In- i ternational Harvester Company jand the Ford Motor Company Truman stated that he hoped | that congress will approve his proposal to give aid to Greece, but when a reporter asked if he | had any comment to make on the | Portal-to-portal bill in congress, | he answered that he would have | nothing to say about the bill till it +came to hi: 1 auger oe Weintraub To Go To State Young | Democrat Meet I. L. Weintraub, vice president of the Young Democratic Clubs of the Fourth Congressional Dis- trict, said today that he, City Commissioner Louis Carbonell and James W. Murphy, member lof the Key West Young Demo crats, will attend the State Con vention of the Young Demc Clubs, at Daytona Beach, Friday through Sunday Weintraub said that the attend- ance of other from Monroe County will be welcom ed. Convention headquarters will be at the Hotel Ormond, whose entire facilities been st cured by the convention commit tee. Weintraub’s notification wa received from W. Cecil Grant, chairman of the convention com- mittee. Among the speakers at the con members have statement from| vention will be Governor Millard C. Caldwell, U. S. Senator Spes sard Holland and Representative George Smathers, Cz ARMON 4 GETS LIOUOR PERMIT | The City Commission yesterday approved a_ liquor Jesus Carmona, proprictor of Anon, 1114 Duwal street. Car mona, who: is opening a prckage liquor store, was given a 3-2 vote in favor of his application. Mayo W. W. Demeritt and’ H er Ha den voted in the nc ive; John and Louis Carbone Cooper voted in the | A discussion aro license { commissioner had | ordinance to be di all the membc ‘no prior knowle cation, City Att | Leste id that | the fu e could be Comn | ordinance sion would committec ion Invited To Fly To Havana (Commi ! sion, Monioc Jand local | are extended | Havana on a ¢ s Q, Rogeli > of the ai Commission yeste | Mayor W. W. De t Gomez and authorized ¢ t e to complete details for the i | Summer Rates Now | In Effect i ! Large Airy Rooms} $7.00 Per Week--Single | i i $10.00 ) Double--Up ‘POOR OLD CRAIG'S SERVICE STATION J. H. Brady, Mgr. Phone 9134 i Seis and Francis Streets PURE OIL Dealer. | BATTERI Charged While i} { You Wait |Let Us GREASE and Spray Your Car New Bicycles | Auto Tires - Tubes - Batteries Spraying, Oil, Greasing | and Auto Accessories beverages during Jose Marti! Week, April 6-12, inclusive. Commissioner Louis Carbonell! i after a referendum. ; lector, paying $2,200 per year, | The remainder of the ordinance ; ‘and appropriating $720 for mos- ' was passed without opposition. It; @uito control, Commissioner : | parking vote the City Commis- | sion yesterday refused to allow | the 24-hour sale of intoxicating | W. W. De-|} ‘Amend ments with and Commissioner Hunter voting joined Mayor meritt Harden, “dry this effect The amendment was made Carbonell to an liberalizing city regulations dur- ing the fiesta week. The commis-! The City Commission, approved | sioner said the present hours for, two amendments to the 1947 bud- are Suf-, get last night, but turned thumbs ; bar, 7 a. m., to 2 a, m., ficient and predicted if too many down on a request to settle a advantages are sought for liquor $737.23 back-taxes bill for $250. | vendors “the county might wake! In approving a measure setting! up ang find itself dry some day” | UP a position of assistant tax col- | suspension of _ traffic, ; Louis Carbonell said these were and other ordinances to; absolutely the last changes in the; iit street dancing on Duval! budget he would approve. | street from 8 p.m. to 1a, m.,, on| Carlisle Roberts, —_heretofore| the Cuban | utility clerk at $1,920 per year,{ Club block and the Asturiano, is the new assistant tax collec-| Club block. Permits for nightly; tor. The measure was unanimous- ! parades are also authorized and |!y approved. | The tax proposal was unani-! mously disapproved. . was sent to the commission Attorney | Carbonell and Lee Mason, di-} of the 1947 Key West In-|J- ¥. Porter, IV, for Many Eliza} Fishing Tournament, | permits alternate’ nights in motorcycle police escorts for vis- iting celebrities rector ternational which is Week, had a_ brief when the commissioner against immediate bur: and asked compromise sponsoring Jose Marti | of 1937-46 taxes due on her prop- | verbal clish| erty on Elizabeth street, describ: | spoke | ed as Lot 4, Square 1, Tract 5. All ent | the commissioners asked for more to Mason of the remaining $550; information on the question and which the city authorized for the | Mayor W. W. Demeritt voiced tournament. Carbonell opposed} Vigorous objections to any propo- | the stion of Commissioners | sition reducing taxes for any in-} Albert. Cooper and John Car-| dividual. j bonell that $475 of the amount be} The preposal said many of the; an ordinance would|ad valorem taxes against the, Malone be necessary to pay more than] Property were “invalid” and the; $500 mayor asked to be shown how, commissioner said he|and why they were invalid. The ; wanted to see a certified state-| Proposa asked that the commis- | sion settle for $250 the total bill property of $73%23%4 nt of all tournament expenses. had in-| against the Mason replicd that he tended to submit. such a report} consisting of $551.81 in taxes, and said he resented some of the! $164.82 in interest and $1.00 _|eosts. The Commission decided officially to take no action on the} matter. | tatements made by the comm sioner. The tourney director said he had paid expenses a number of times from his own pocket — | The $475 was made available iM; ( Siiicon byta a lvvete : | an ‘aught Here Dave Gcidberg, Miami, was ar- Bagene Ge: F ormer Resident, ‘rested here vesterday on wae aiebe re ej rant charging hin\ with embezzle Arrives On Visit) yen of 31.000 in Miami, accord 4 | ing to the sheriff's office today Eugene G, Ashe resic on 2. ee ee Create aE Coe |, Deputies Moreno, Wallace. and Se ; William Archer arrested Gold- s when Ke | bere at City Hall when he ap- ipaigni for a land reevedh| Pe ared to claim an | seized by Miami police some time day for a stay of gy ago 7 t first visit ; Sheriff i ‘ Dade Co mevenue | Sheuiit C, J to teke a war- automobile Sullivan of “d Deputy Dade here berg to Mian nternal = t n Cuba, Braz At present th the State f New York. | un in Key West estead was at 612 Si-{ et His father, Thom city engineer for nd a street that he from SICILY TO RETURN FROM OPERATIONS USS Sicily lestr un escort carrier ire due to day after a four « turn to port period of operatic and are scheduled to treet, Was | Norfc Va., their home port, to ® return to heard lately | off Key West arc ; dropped by the Seal COUkS (aa ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | iid to be t irplanes the 121 Duval Street i YOU MAY BE THE wee Pi 40 ee Se meee | WINNER! Listen in each Monday thru | Friday at 12:45 to the In Deferenge to Lent | NAME | The Program Show 'RAUL’S| CLUB. NAVARRO, INC. Floor Show Until April 7 ——for—— DANCING Paint and Body Repairs Nightly 9 o’Clock to Slip Covers Midnight | Undercoating Service You May Be the Winner!!! Mark (Crunch) Stanley nud chestra. with sylvian the Pia Dine and Dance Nightly DINING I oven kelly Springfield Tires Guid ene oe oe | Chrysler - DeSoto - Dodge | Plymouth PARTS - SALES’- SERVICE All Repairs Can Be Handle ‘Wildgoose Chase, arden, a fe members, ‘Co i sito 0 to put through an amendment to Budget Voted; Tax — ee | toa “Reduction Refused. ‘Bentley Thinks | LocalManHeld A she, | F or a oct today on a warrant charging him y with reckless driving’ bY ‘Parking ' J arraigned in| 524 Southard soft Key West | qygmgmmmmas PHONE 166 masini Give Nod To ‘Dog Track RACE‘COURSE COULD BE To! (varia ara READY IN JAN.; LOUIS CARBONELL OPPOSES BOULEVARD CHANGE In response to a statement by | Attorney Allan B, Cleare that his | client, Sam Hyman, | of leasing the city dump property }on Stock Island for a dog race track, the City Commission mov- |ed not to enter into negotiations | with any other parties regarding \ disposition of the property. The measure on changing the Citizen today by Frank Bent- | names of Division street and ley, chairman of the Monroe _ Roosevelt Boulevard was passed county commission. ‘ | by a 3-2 vote. Commissioners “The boulevard was con- | Louis Carbonell and Hunter Har- structed by the county and | den voted against it. The former the south shore of the boule- | said he was entirely in favor of vard am maintained - by. the | naming Division street after Pres- county.” Bentley said, “and | ident Truman and suggested that the city commissioners or the | yunicipal Hospital also be named councilmen before them have | after him. He objected strongly not had anything to do with ‘to changing the name of any the boulevard since its con- | part of Roosevelt Boulevard. struction. So it is beyond me, “Why not name Bayview Park far beyond me, how the city lose Marti?” Carbonell ask- commission can change its | oq White Street, Duval name without the approval of | street or any strect, but not the county commission. Roosevelt Boulevard, named after We have just spent $26 the man who has done more for 000 in repairing the south | Key West than any other shore of the boulevard, | Carbonell pointed to the late Bentley added, “and not one | »ocident's picture on the wall of Penny ck tbat mm coe frac the City’ Hall Commission cham the city. If the city commis- is desirous City commissioners, at least three cf them, who propose to change the name of the south shore of the boulevard from Roosevelt to Marti Boulevard, seemingly are on a wild goose chase, accord- ing to information given The . | ber and begged that the street sion has the power to change | : : | which had been named _ in his the name of the boulevard, ‘honor not be re-named, in part then they should have the power to contribute to its maintenance. But they don’t do the latter, and it strikes or in toto. Mayor W. W. Demeritt, however, and Lee Mason, director lof the 1947 Key West Fishing ; Tournament committee which is ea Hr aan sbey, | in charge of Jose Marti Week ac- tivities April 6-13, contended that FOTIA OADM «| would constitute a_ living monument to further cement | good relations with Cuba.” “It will be a béautiful gesture,” the mayor said, “to name the « Mf T | south side of the boulevard—that In Death ( WO art looking out toward Cuba, af Apres who has lived among us, 1008 Catherine! 5, pf the greptest of Pathe si taken to Hoaiéstéad) Commissioners | John Carbonell and Albert B, Cgoper Aoited with the mayo! to pass the bill. Meanwhile, it was discovered day that the city’s jurisdiction 5 ter one Frank Bennett, street, was a truck on the highway without Fs) lichts. DEQpeI eile: the boulevard, ove! built. by. the A car Griven by Roy Harvey county, is highly questionable, as Odum, 28, struck the truck.’ pointed out in another column of this paper. County Commission- ers Gerald Saunders and Clar- ence Higgs. joined their colleague, Frank Bentley, today in saying they would oppose any change in the name. The Commission showed deep interest in Cleare’s disclosure that Hyman would put up a dog track on the city dump property, if he can get the land, which would be in operation “by the middle of next January.” Com missioner Harden brought up one difficulty which must be solved, namely that disposal of the dump will leave private citizens no place to dump their even if the city is able to dump on “Céntinued. on Page Three) Odum and his three-year-old son, Reginald, killed in’ the Zennett will be arraigned in Homestead, were crash. Friday at 2 p. m., to answer to the charge 3ennett was arrested at a local garage Deputies Moreno V © and William Archer. He n to Homestead by Constable T. Vann ti | ka Mh en ae iets Se REI Kenyon Auto Store —Has— Tires - Tubes - Seat Covers Extension & Ironing Cord Wire - Fishing Tackle Opp. Bus Station refuse, ‘SO YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN BUNNIES. HUH ?? OPERETTA Auth MARCELLUS .MA WATKINS Harris School NOTICE Motor Car Owners! Nadi Inspe pn deaddine for Monday, March 31a pM, ull cars is April 1st, 1947. ADMISSION 25c and 50c CHIEF OF POLICE Broad irday Morning, Key West, Fla. yn WKWF We Have Just Received A Shipment BOTTLE GAS Self-Service Installations Anyone In Need of This Service May Call at Our Office for Desired Information KEY WEST GAS CO. 419 Fleming Street i On Deferred Payment Plan ssi RENE RN NN LaConcha Hotel Building IN. Ls Me Ww