The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 3, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mom equable climate in the country, with an average | range of only 14° Fahrenheit ———".. VOL. XLVIn. | 0. 158 |Craig Passes | From Highway On Upper Key Three School Districts Are SEAS ROAD Craig,. Florida, will shortly! be moved off the key it occupics, H partly on property controlled by the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. This fact was brought to light ' yesterday at a meeting of the' Overseas bridge commissioners CHILDREN MUST NoW* ATTEND PUBLIC 1- Trevor Takes STITUTIONS ACCORD. ‘ Seat As Head ING TO ZON In order to relieve congestion | i | school children, the Board of SER EMEDRaE ee ae! Public Instruction has ordered ANNOUNCES STRONG PRO-'crseas: Highway, explained that honutced toduy after’ ‘4 “speciai| GRAM AND APPOINTS MEM. |R. W. (Poor Old) Craig, who is’ — - - rein Ns | * sole owner of Craig, is trying now ! meeting of the board held Tues-| BERS TO CHAIRMANSHIPS ‘to get title to the mud flats ado’ day night | ras rae és jjoining his little village on the There will be three general dis- | OF COMMITTEES Keys. triets from which children may| A strong program of activity! “Then he would have to build be dispatched to Division Street | for Key West Rotary Club was! @ fill leading from the Overseas ‘ School, Harris Elementary School |. ‘ Highway and move his buildings and Poinciana School. outlined by Edwin F. Trevor, who jout onto it,” ‘Duncan said. “It Children living in’ the area | took the chair as president of the jj, good solution tothe problem bounded by Olivia street and organization at today’s lunchcon ! of getting Craig off the high- White street to the bay will here- | meeting at St. Paul's Parish Hall. | way. rage be poeta to “a to’ At a meeting of the board of! “Several persons have lately | the Harris School; those residing) 0 Ses at been injured there, for cars go from Olivia street to the Atlan. |diectars of the organization ati rock the spot at high speed, | tic and west of Bertha street will his home July 25, President the docks are a valuable asset be compelled to attend the Di- Trevor said he would ask for sug- | to the highway and Craig should | vision Street School, and thos gestions and outline the follow-|be permitted to continue to op-| a ets must ¢ i hae ae are : craig. it was said, had leased! Peinciana School, One—To rebuild the old swim- ee ns oh ach 5 Ee An exception is made in the ming hole on the Boulevard ‘at stands from the old Florida East case of children living in the U. Garrison Bight, opposite the Key | Coast Railroad. Then the prop- § Army Barracks, Porter Place, West Yacht Club. jerty was taken over by the Ove Navy Housing, N. S. Naval Re- pywo purchase a mosquito 8¢a8 Road and Toll Bridge Di ceiving Station and the Naval Air ecadicasinknartinghinonvepokts trict, which has right of way for Station. They may attend either CT#C# . UDO Ports : 200 feet on each side of the pres- Division or Harris schools. from the Navy Department as to ent highway. “The division of the city into the efficacy of such work. { Craig, however, under the three districts is made in accord-, Three—Monthly meeting of the | original lease, built his little vil- ance with an old plan,” said Wil- }-ard of directors. | lage of houses and docks on the lard M. Albury, supe intendent of Four—Tri-city meetings, with j Pro} erty controlled by the bridge public instruction. ‘Children liv- sieht nidt Muiane joining av ‘dis ict. ing in the district must attend z J 2 | After some further discussion the schools in that district. Par- | id : a the highway commission decided ents-would do well to post the toy ane cab San withhold ..action on the lease district, after it appears in The yo) athon ‘ ¥ S| question until Craig has an op- Citizen, so they will send their ae Retces portunity to acquire the mud children to the right school.” | noldtae ee poe et flats, Then the commission pro- Acting in’ response to a com>! {1° ie Rotary Clubs in Key }P0S¢s to give him a month-to- munication from L. H. Goddard, West Ks Y sin SY ‘month lease on the property until co-chairman of Key West Chap- ewe F ‘he builds a new site for his build- | ter of the American Red Cross, convent Trevor rage ings. : the board of public instruction the following chairmen of the ; ri i | Poor Old Craig is at present in has directed’ that five school Various committees of the club | for the year: {North Carolina, but intends to be buildings may be us A ‘ jt.) back in September, when the ters in time of disaster. mie Gay} Biome oeamecommit: jquestion of securing the mud} Division Street School, Harris '®- {flats may be settled. i West High School, _ Anthony Demeritt —Commun- the High hool gymnasium and ity Service. Douglass School were designat-'. H lear acral ar Horace O'Bryant—Club Serv- '360 X-Rayed By ed as headquarters for emergency | '€¢- ! “Se ont eee ee also’ Dwight Hunter—Youth Serv-! A total of 360 persons were X- ronti y a » ents of ice. — Lessa hich schoc!_ Allan B. Cleare, Jr.—Student | County Health Department in co- teachers. They are Miss Veta M. Loans. . % {operation with the Monroe Coun- Kinder, Las Vegas, Nev., and C. Fred J. Dion—Vocational Com- | ty Tuberculosis and Health Asso- 0. Paich, who is now attending mittee. F eee ciation. The service was perform- | the University of Florida at Clem C. Price—International | ed by the mobile X-ray unit of Gainesvill F Serv _ ;the State Board of Health, set up - Ernest Ramsey—Sub-Commit- | at the County Health Clinic. tee Classifications. Assisting in conducting the s Charles Taylor—Special Boy|work were Mrs. Norma Faraldo, ~ 44 couts. f el Marge Senate OK’s F unds, Bill Brady—Membership. Biss AN ori eDoDp. rs = per T Budget. Medina and Mrs. Siddie Borroso. . i H erry Trevor—Budget. For U. S. Court | Pail Shes Fellowship: Clerk’s Office Here Harry Baker—Attendance. {Special to The Citizen? William Kemp—Magazines. Everett Russell—Rotary Infor- TON, D. C., July | mation. 3. op apt Smathers an- L. P. Artman, Jr. and Earl nounced early this afternoon | Adams—Publicity. lng emploves timertuibe xrayed: that the appropriation for the | Leon Wells—Song Leader. c jThe location of the X-ray equip- U. S. District Court deputy ry Moreno — Sergeant-at-) ment during July was published clerk’s office in Key West has | the Senate and House in Monday’s Citizen. nference committee at noon tonne and that the Key West School, Key sons X-rayed will receive penny postcards informing them of the findings. Warren requested that em- ployers make arrangements to al- | arm: Retiring President Earl Adams was lauded by President Trevor e i sand Secretary Aquilino Lopez, Jr.,. district clerk's office will re- | and presented with a past presi- main open. ; dent emblem. On the Key e e LEASE EXPIRES DEC. 31; " 1xe n it | CRAIG TO BUILD on MuD| ; FLATS THAT ADJOIN OVER. ' utes; Judge Defers Sen- |May and the Garsson munitions in Division Street School and to Of R M4 \ j equalize the distribution of OLA aNs 2 Coury court house. The lease fOveet trayed yesterday by the Monroc | general public. George A. Warren, county sani- jon the site. tary inspector, said that all per- ‘front Overseas Highway, but the KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1947 MAY AND GARSSONS FOUND GUILTY ON | | ALL THREE COUNTS Jury Brought In Verdict In*® No “Citizen” Friday As Paper Observes Fourth In observance of the 17Ist anniversary of the Declara- tion of Independence, The Citizen will not be published ‘tomorrow, the Fourth of July. The paper suspends publication on three holidays a year — Christmas, the Fourth of July and Labor Day. Also closed tomcrrow will be the Florida National Bank, all member stores of the Key West Retail Merchants Association, and all city, and county offices, except the post office stamp win- dow, which will be open tence (By ‘The Axsocinted Press) WASHINGTON, July 3.—For- mer Representative Andrew J. manufacturers were found guilty today of fraud in connection with government contracts awarded to rssons during the war. Each was found guilty on all three counts. The case had been in progress 11 weeks, but it re- quired only one hour and 50 min- utes for the jury, comprising five women and seven men, to reach a verdict, May was charged with receiv-| ing more than $50,000, while he was chairman of the house mili-| tary affairs committee, from the Garssons because he used his of- ficial influence for them to get munitions contracts. Henry and Murray Garssons's| rom 8 to 9 a. m. There will firm is estimated to be worth; be-no mail deliveries. $70,000,000. It received’ many! contracts from the government "PMO MOL ME LE a a a A 1 during the war, some of them} through May’s influence, accord- | to prepare a motion for an ing to evidence given in the case. peal. against them, On the three counts, Judge Henry A, Schweinhaut the defendants were convicted, said he would defer sentencing they can get six years in prison the defendants to give them time and be fined $30,000 cach. on which ‘Marathon Chamber of Commerce Gets Land From Highway; Will Build New Home, Create Park BOY | SCOUT COUNCIL MAY SEEK ALL OF y| SOMO IOaa s | By y : - SUMMERLAND IsLanp {irst Tr opical FOR CAMPS |Storm Advisory A plot of land 300 feet wide (Lssued Today on Overseas Highway and run-| (By Associated tress) ning to the water will be deed-! = MIAMI, July 3.—The first ed to the Marathon Chamber of | advisory this season of a Commerce by the Overseas Road | tropical disturbance was is- and Toll Bridge District, it was| sued by the local Weather decided yesterday at a meeting} Bureau today. of the bridge commissioners in It said a disturbance had County Court House. been located 150 miles south W. A. Parish, who represented; southwest of Cape Hatteras the Marathon Chamber at the | and was traveling in a north- meeting yesterday, said that his aha easterly direction 18 miles body proposed to erect a building | an hour, and that if the storm as headquarters and to operate a H at maintains its present direc- recreation spot and park for the} tion it will go out to sea. The bureau said the veloc- ity of winds ranged from 40 to 46 miles an hour, with indications that it would in- crease. Warnings have been issued to vessels in the prth of the storm. The land sought by the Cham- ber adjoins the Navy’s pumping station at Marathon. B, M. Dun- can, manager of Overseas High- way, was directed to mect with officials of the Marathan Cham- ber and determine the exact di-| , mensions of the property. |\PIIDOL III Ws Parrish added that the Mara-) 5 thon group plans to spend about West Summerland Key to help $7,500 for putting up a building | build the Boy Scout camp there. oe The building will| “MeCurdy is an able mechanic By and plans to erect the building back end of the property will be | for the Boy Scout Camp on West used for swimming, picnics and , Summerland, ‘ anon “He the like, forever. {has a family which needs sup- "The road commission thereup-| Port and asks for some sort of job lon voted to deed the property to| With the Overseas Hipnwey. : the Marathon Chamber, with the | Manager Duncan explained that provision the land comes back |it would be virtually impossible to the Highway unit when the|to hire McCurdy as a toll gate Sha 7 it : uses it for{Operator, but that he would find SoC ae cares some other kind of employment Howard E. Wilson, who ap-|for him. It was arranged to have 3 asar McCurdy see Duncan soon. peared before the board as a rep- | oun en resentative of the Boy Scout! Boy Scouts have ae ths Council of Monroe County, asked | acres of land from the bridge Independence Day and Every Day In Every Year Let The | Where To Dine and Dance Tonight Eagle Scream ‘Celebrate ae of JULY With all its little faults, our CLUB Glorious Nation is so far ahead | of every other country in the | SUGALOA COOP IIIII® pAb AAs BADADAAARASD | PRESCRIPTIONS f727:«" Southernmost Garage in U. 8. toaredt aig jenced | 1120 Daval Street Phone 108 CN duto Repairs, Painting, GARDNER'S PHARMACY | Body and Fender Work 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela Genuine Auto Parts for All Care Phone 177 ° Free Deli ry | New PIONEER HOTEL 151 N.E. FIRST ST. In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of world that only would be so stupid as not to boast of America and of being Key West iD to the MUSIC of | an American!!! SERVICEMEN and Hn eS eo . CIVILIANS \Chareoal Broiled STEAKS and] 4 WKAVER’S Best For A Night's Rest’ WMl| CHICKEN DINNERS Served pan ta at Popular Prices 1 Block West of Bus Depot Open 24 Hours A Day Every Day ee eee a Communist} ‘emmy 19085510" ji i avid Mc-{¢ommission on West Summer- Bee Aine aeons Fung to | land. The key contains about 50 : acres of land, which may be leased at any time for camp or a_ trailer k. Boy Scouts have requested the com- mission not to dispose of the land until they have a chance for fu- ture plans. The commission decided to hold the remainder of the key open to Boy Scouts “for a reason- able time” while the Boy Scout Council determines whether it wants to establish a eamp there for the entire Southeastern sec- tion of the United States. ELLA, SLES SANDY’S GARAGE Sands Carnballo 404 DUVAL ST. — PHONE 50) Body and Fender Work CARS PAINTED from $35.00 “GS CARS PARKED OD SOFTBALL —— DOUBLEHEADER ——— MIAMI KEY WEST Bayview Park Tomorrow Night, 7:30 30c and 60c CLOSING NOTICE! We Will Be Closed Friday, July 4, and Gaturday, July 5 Strunk Lumber Yard PHONE 816 One Hour and 50 Min- SMOITIODLS, ap-! fishing | st Cittern E SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Hatfield Says By Shanties |DENIES DRAFTSMAN'S RE- MARK THAT SHACKS HAVE| CAUSED HIM TO STOP RESI.! DENTIAL INVESTMENT | | Col. G. D. Hatfield today char-| jacterized as ‘untrue a statement Not Bothered | Fiesta ,made at Tuesday night's city com- ‘mission meeting by Draftsman} {Richard A. Weaver that the colo-} inel has stopped his residential development because Army or ‘Navy surplus buildings have been {moved in across from his property iS Von Phister street. “In regard to the article in The {Citizen of July 2, entitled ‘City [Mioaned! Building. Policy Perils’ Future’,” Col. Hatfield said, “I) wish to state emphatically that Ij have never expressed to anyone! ‘the thought attributed to me by} {Mr. Weaver,in that article. I {have every faith in the future of; Key West or I would not be [here. | { “The development of my prop-! erly is proceeding as rapidly as can be expected. I have voiced no jection to other persons’ activi- Until cither government or ate enterprise does something crete towards providing low- ‘ust homes over the nation, no individual can be censured for {doing the best he can toward providing his own shelter. j “I have no rea: ithat the two he jill not be made pearan is the themselves able to do so. Although he said he does not object to the buildings on Von ;Phister street, Col. Hatfield de. cla he would object to those Which have been brought in {put up on Johnson street because \they apparently are to be put to ja commercial u ! He added that he is not di: jturbed by the two buildings jacross from his property. The owners are working Sunday (nights in an effort to make homes clive in ap- own find} Natficld tomplimented them ‘on their efforts. { courte: For Home; Tells None Good-Bye DEPARTURE KEPT QUIET: GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE TO RESUME CONFERENCE ON JULY 12 ign Com- Molotoy, still resentful over the way his conference with Bevin and Bidault had ended, 1@ft here at dawn for Moscow without extending the usual diplomatic representatives. leaving was kept so quiet that reporters did not know he Nad left until he was well on his »| way to Moscow. Bidault, when told of Molotov’s leaving, remarked to reporters, “Is better with two.” He was then bidding good-bye to Bevin just before he was to leave for London, Bevin and Bidault will resuine their conferring «on July They will invite 22) ni Europe to. send represen the conference. It it will be hard on of the governments concerned, jthey will be obliged to choose be tween the western bloc and Russia. two with Germany as the ', Who is a draftsman foi in Long, a sone led the city’s policy of | 1 ae the city. { | | | | i i | FOR EXPANDED SUPERVIS- | ION IN PUBLIC EDUCATION- | \ | AL INSTITUTIONS | Ralph B. Van Fleet, district Ificld representative of the Na- Itional Reer on Association, Clearwater, said here today that lerien the new school bill recently jpassed by the State Legislature, 'Key like other commun j ti \tional supers He also prais- led the recreational program being ried out by the city under y Recreational Director Dwight Hunter. ! “Under \Flect the new law,” Van said, “a Department of \Phy Education and Recrea- tion set. up. Personnel who lgenerally take time off during {summer will be placed on a 12- month basis with a 20 percent in- ievease in salary.” | In Key West, for example, the ‘high school athletic director, Nathan Pepper, and Band Leade {John R. Marcellus would be plac ‘ed on 12-month duty, also the!| shop man. They would then be able to assist the city in its recrea- {tional program during the sum- mer. Another proposed example of} city-school cooperation would ha s hysical educa-| u pa class o1 two and d at time at night jto_a city reereation projec! Van Fleet discussed thi mat- (Continuea on Page Four) HOT BOLLOS | ' at the i ‘ElPrado Restaurant 117 Division St. OPEN 11:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M./ | JULY 4TH and 5TH Serving Delicious Meals At | NAVARRO. Inc. 601 DUVAL STREET Reasonable Prices i oe lacks to be broughtjrope in their zone under the Mar- ishall plan, School Cooperation With City Predicted By Recreation Man NEW SCHOOL CODE CALLSs#. ‘Fleming Property Changed Hands for $19,000 Yesterday Frank Bollizzi, 509 Whitehead street, purchased five properties in the vicinity of Fleming street and Prospect Alley for $19,000, according to a warranty deed filed yesterday with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. The properties were red to Bellizzi by Edna Ireland and ‘her husband, L. P. Ireland, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ireland, Jr., and Wiona Ireland Gilbert and her husband, M. R. Gilbert, all of Miami. E. R. Lowe, as an attorney for Jan Don Doop, transferred prop- erty on Key Largo for $2,500 to Mr. and Mrs. H. Stuart Morri- . and “Mrs. W. A. Parrish snsferred to Alsina A. Toyo, (Continucd on Page four) El Pasaje Restaurant 1022 UNITED STREET Specializing in SPANISH COOKING ——Open All Day July 4th—— WANTED _ At Once Girl for Secretarial and Office Work MUST BE LOCAL RESIDENT Molotov Leaves| ions in as Said that! A good many: Alarm” at an } It was conjectured that Europe of the buildings, he said, and Fol} vl be divided into transfer- | PRICE FIVE CEN1¥ Coronation Of — Queen To Open Tonight ‘WEATHER MAN PRE- DICTS ONLY “PARTLY | CLOUDY”; MANY AF- FAIRS ON PROGRAM Despite a cloudy sky, prepara» tions went ahead rapidly today jfor the three-day Fourth of July celebration. The Weather Bu- reau reported nothing worse than “partly cloudy” was predicted for tonight when pretty Edna del Pino is’ crowned Queen of Fourth at Bayview Park. The ceremony is scheduled for 8 p.m.i, with a coronation -ball starting at 8:30 pm. on the skating rink. At least two bands will furnish jive music for dancing. At 8:45, Queen Edne will dedicate Fourth of July Avenue, extending across the Park from Division to Vir gin street. Dancing will con- tinue until midnight. The coronation event bids fair jto be a colorful affair, with a comely court of attendants being honored along with — the Ameli Onelia 5 Letrici m at, Vivian C ja and Carmen Puebla were named attendants to the {quecs: in the recent city-wide the queen, Ca: * popularity contest, Parade Tomorrow Following a “Paul Revere 0 tomorrow morn. pendence Day parade ing, the Ind ill be held on Duval street 4 Units will march from Front street to South Beach, with Vance stirrup of Arthur Sawyer Post 28, mericen Legion, as pa- pereter —~ we fine respor parts, |No. dividing line. The eastern part of the li will be under Rusian influence, | White and ¢ orgs 2 and the western part will join planning to . has been 1+ with Great Britain, France and |ceived. The parade will form allowing Army/the United States to rebuild Eu- | largely around the Key West High | -hool Band, under Director J. it !Marcellus, and the crack colored |Welters Cornet Band. Events At Beach Following the parade ,a of events and exhibitions will by given at South Beach as publish ed in the program in The Citizen Tuesday. Outboard — motorbowt races by the Key West Outboard ‘Club highlight’ the afternoon {sports events. Beauty Contest The Junior Chambe: ‘merce will sponsor a t test at 4 p.m. at the erie of Com auty con beach, two hours after the start of the fac \A pi contest, sponsored ‘by the and bicyele races, sponsored by the Catholie Youth Center, are other highlights Fireworks Display At 8:30 p.m. the Veterans of | Foreign Wars will conduct a fire works display at Bayview Park followed by a dance and show at the skatin; Park Events ents are all sched juled for Bayview Park. In the afternoon, family picnics will be |held, followed by a high schoo band concert and show sponsored | by the Jayshees, bicycle rates un {der Catholic Youth Center, a Pe Show by the VFW Auxiliary Navy-Key West tennis matche janda n session. Another dance in the. evening will draw the celebration to a close. Zissen’s softball team from Miami plays two games again local clubs on each Friday anc Saturday nights, starting at 7:30 o'clock. PALACE THEATER GENE AUTRY in “TWILIGHT ON THE RIO GRANDE” News and Serial eae gags American Legion FOURTH OF JULY | DANCE 9 Till ? LEGION HALL Chuck Perez and Orch. Rie MAPAeAhe 2N4 64044, i j i