The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 18, 1947, Page 1

on mew construction !stroyed structure had been head. to promote high stand- } residential ‘and " business. 3 bie \ Feist s fill? regret, i i ‘ E { Capt. Houser this afternoon bm We E 3 "he fat & oe ewe per wea teva K are Bill: night’s City Commission meeting and his colleagues joined in the Attack. £ The Commission finally passed a motion by John Car- bonell to have the city attor- ney draw up an ordinance re- quiring men to wear tops to their bathing trunks. or other shorts. An amendment was added by Albert Cooper to the cased treet to! effect that the measure de- street east on Seminary pe ogg thar eh aaa bathing Hargis streets to Ninth,| “Louis Carbonell had moved Ay oh to Roosevelt Boule-|that the commission authorize the arrest of men not wearing West Foundation Com- j tops. He suggested that women at the eastern end Of |be required to wear jackets over of Key West, $4,000. ltheir bathing tops. An area Grove subdivision and }within two blocks of the beach, Seale se he said, would‘ be exempt from} ¢ Zs the lations. bounded by Seminary, lp gy White. street, Seminary and by“ Seminary | iy ij i He ln % met the members of the County Clarence Higgs, mez and: W. A. Parrish attended meeting. They extended their ts to the new commander ithe base and talked about mat- ters relating to better Navy- cooperation: esterday Mayor William W. itt and City Manager O:J. { fl ire of Cominissioders Passed «Requiring “Tops Other members advised that more notice’ should be given to trunk-wearers and that a law should be passed to back up ar- rests..L. Cartonell held out for action which would take effect immediately and he and Mayor Demeritt. voted against the final motion. Carbonell withdrew his motion’ after Assistant City At- torney Ignacio Lester supported Cooper’s advice to move slowly. Cooper had remarked that it would be unreasonable to com- mence making arrests without some warning and said that lack of tops did not constitute “in- decent, exposure.” He agreed with Carbonell’s original sugges- tion that something should be done, however. Carbonell recalled that two women, one wearing a jacket, had been. arrested for “inde- cent exposure.” for wearing suits on Duval street. Declar- (Continued «n Page Four) * reat ii! ee White ‘and Simonton $4,000. 2 ea bounded by White, Leon, and Division streets, 500. fire it I E 2 Vera Cruz 10 Miles From Where It ommission. Commissioners el i tit bounded by White, Pearl, {Continued on Peace Four) Stal themed mgmt: Should Be On Maps, Survey Shows Members of the crews of the Naval survey ships that will put in hereon Fridey discovered that Vera Cruz, Mexico, was locaiéd 10 miles on the nautical maps from where it should be, according to report received here today. % * For some years the’captains of vessels putting into Vera Cruz reported that their compasses were running out of order as soon as they & hed that port. The com- passes put their ‘ships it 10 miles away from Vera The Navy vessels. USS, Tanner, USS. Gillis and USS. surveys to determine what ‘was wrong with the com- The Newcomb, which made a trip to New Orleans “after the Vera Cruz survey: the Tanner and the Gillis. which are coming here ‘directly from Vera Cruz, will all jroe’ Chapter . of the Survey Shows - Shortly before’ "closing. for the ‘Kay ‘Ross, psysiotherapist,.. who , His employed jointly by. the Mon: ;, v { i Foundation for: Infantile Paralys;. is; Ine., and the Florida. Crippled Children’s Commission. The work was approved by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and’ Dr. L. J. Graves, acting director of services for jthe Florida Crippled Childgen’s Commission, with ~headquarters at Tallahassee.. _ Program is supervised by Dr. A. J. Weiland, orthopedic sur- gean of Coral Gables, Dr. Frank E. Bowser, chief of staff of Key West Municipal Hospital, ‘and Miss Marie R. Hantel, ~superin- tendent of Municipal Hospital. In all Mrs. Ross examined 679 children attending High School, 397 at Harris Elementary School; 547 at Division Street Elementary School, 177 at. Poinciana. Ele- mentary School, 271 at Douglass Elementary School and.'151 at Douglass High School. : Mrs. Ross examined the chil- dren in an effort to detect any spread of polio. She found many children suffering. from old in- juries, poor posture, prenatal feet and overweight. By exer- cises she hopes to give the cor- rect posture to every child. “The work performed. by Mrs. Ross is of inestimable value to the people of Key West,” said Ralph Sierra, -chairman of the Monroe County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infan- tile Paralysis. “There is no polio in Key West now and.we hope to keep it under control. “Last year there were 20 cases in Monroe County; this year to date there have been only two suspected cases and these did not have any paralysis of the mus- cles.” ti FINISHED OUT OF. ; DAMP WASH SHIRTS ....... each Ile “]PANTS...... each 20¢ FLAT WORK .... - Ib. 7c Columbia Laundry PHONE 57 | I and critically and ‘his wife. “He beat to death his children, Joha, 6, and Peggy, 11, and then | hia. children. He, asa “ee his children’ from, him. ee ° e : City Will “Pro e No-Interest.-Policy opens Of Utilities Here After hearing a strong protest from Commissioner Louis Car- bonell that the city gas, electri and water companies pay no in- terest on consumers’ deposits, the City ‘Commission * voted _ unani- last night to have the city at- torney investigate th practice. :Commissioner All “ r introduced the resolution follow- Ing (Carbonell’s , assertion, . that “the little fellow,.year after year, gets no return :on_his. deposit: In New .York, he continued, de. posits are :held one. year and af- [lie granted Bentley's request. Bent ley: is general chaitman of the ;state convention committee of the Elks Club. ter the second year, the consumer |. gets his deposit’ back with inter- est. “The City Electric System, Key West ‘Gas Company and FI eys Aqueduct Commissio1 Carbonell said, “can hold your deposits to judgment day. The Commission should do something about it.” He said he: had been called by dozens of people. Commissioner Hunter Harden, member of the Utility Board of | the City Electric System, said the board had considered doing something abeut interest pay- ments. Mayor Demeritt cailed the protest meritorious and City Manager O. J. S. said that utilitiés in pay interest POGR: OLD CRAIG'S» SERVICE STATION 9174 ler LET US TUNE-UP: YOUR MOTOR FOL REUYREREREU BERR EES BD ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY'S (Live! and Egg Market 1814 White St Phone Sef «stm The first application here of the new State law, providing « $50 fine or 60-day revocation of the driver's license for driving while under the influence of liquor was used against William R. Merchant, seaman first class, by Municipal Judge Enrique Be quinaldo this afternoon. Esquinaldo found Merchant, @ | member of the crew of the PCa. 1431, guilty of operating an Ate. tin sedan which hit « Chevrolet sedan on Eaton street about #90 o'clock last night. Officer Paul Stofer, who . arrested Merehant | reported the sailor was under the influence of intoxicants. Chevrolet, owned ty te (land Sawyer, 904 Eaton street. was parked when hit-by the Aw tit. The-. parked cat'p.lucgnet € comppriment wad ber@ in, jlight’ smashed, ‘tail, pile bumper bent and fender dented, The front of the Austin War smashed. Washed. Gressed. Under coating to Prevent Bust NAVARRO, lnc. Opp. Bus Cars :