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

Key West, Florida, has the mos. equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. XLVI, CR tetttennneniesememcee 1800 HAVE HAD THEIR CHEST PHOTOGRAPHED; UNIT A'T HARRIS SCHOOL Sehedule Set For Final’—————— Days Of State Health U. Of F. Building Board's X-Ray Machine! Torts More Than Ch E KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THU Discuss Aerial | Power Of US. At Post Meet TEN RECEIVED INTO MEMBER- SHIP LAST NIGHT; HEAR OF PROGRESS ON RENOVATION OF NEW HOME SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN e Key West Citizen RSDAY, JULY 10, 1947 Sugar Racketeer, Who Set | ‘aan Up Phony ‘Wholesale House’ |For Invitation Here, Indicted By U.S. Jury MONY OF SEVERAL KEY WESTERS BRENG LEON NARDO TO FEDERAL a COURT TRIAL 1 one Lt. Comdr. Russell Albright, ‘i ‘ a ° i at The fantastic career of Leon Nardo, the sugar racket: A total of 1.800 Key West Seven Millions} operations officer, Naval Air : set up a phony “wholesale grocery” in Key West is me Rinse Persons have had their chests ; {Station, Boca Chica, discussed air | for sale on the black market, appears to be at a close. Nardo (the X-rayed by the State Medical GAINESVILLE, July 10 (ENS). ‘power and the potentialities of it, | mame he gave in Key West—he also goes’ by a dozen others) has Neard’s wratus which is in the |—The Univer of Florida’s ap-! before the members of Arthur | been indicted by a Federal grand jury in Miami for fraudulent prac- proved construction _ totaling more than $7,000,000 includes temporayy facilities for the cn- city in search of tuberculosis, it was anflounced today After the X-ray machine broke down last Th out to Harris § will be at the same place tomor- row from 9:30 until 11:30 a. mM and from 1 to 4 p.m. The following then be observed Saturday from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at the Community Center, Poin- clana Monday at Harris School, from 9:30 to 11:30 a. m., and from 1 to 5 p. m, in the Submarine Base tv photograph enlisted men of the base Tuesday, at the Submarine Base from 7:30 a. m., to 5 p.m to photograph civilian employ of the Naval Base Wednesday at Lincoln Theater, ma street, to photograph col- ored persons from 9:30 to 11:30 September, report. Of the more than $7,000,000 in buildings, under construction or already completed, better than $5,000,000 is earmarked for manent buildings and _ facilities, George Baughman, assistant bus- iness manager, reported. With officials expecting an en- rollment of 9,000 students for the ; Fall term beginning in Septem- ; ber, Baughman pointed ouf tem- porary facilities now being com- ;pleted daily will be adequate to handle all activities relating to ‘classroom, laboratory, faculty offices and_ utilities. : Largest building now under construction is the new gymna- isium, a $1,681,000 project that # m., and from 1 to 4 p. m. | will be one of the finest places Thursday, July 17, at Lincoln | of its kind in the South. Theater, from 9:30 to 11:30 a m., | The Weather and between the Craig Docks and | —- the Naval Air Station from 12:30 | to 4:30 p. m | Friday, July 18, the last day of FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Winds mod- university officials schedule will the Key West mission, the ma- | chine will be at_ the Monroe | County Clinic, Fleming and | Thomas streets, from 9:30 to 11:30 | | rollment of 9,000 students next} Sawyer tices. He is alleged to have obtai | and sold it on the black market. | A big, friendly fellow from ' | Sawyer Post 28, the American Legion, at a meeting last night in the clubrooms, White and Southard streets. a The following were received ser of a pleasant gift of gab, into the membership of Arthur Nardo strode into the office of Post: Ignatius Lester, |City Manager O. J. S. Ellingson Manuel Garcia, Robert Kerr, Nick }/#St October and said he was go- Santana, William Sweeney, Delio ji to start a big wholesale house Valdez, Francis Balkin, Frank|i” Key West. Ellingson informed es him that he'd have to get a li- yong. ag es cense from the city tax collector. ceremony wasicanducted by the Nardo walked into Tax Collec- Key West Guard of Honor. tor Archie Roberts’ office and Post Commander C. B. Harvey {struck up a _ conversation with gave an outline on the progress Nellie Johnson, a clerk, explain- of the renovation of the Country Jed his intentions and eventually Club for the Legion Home. e The Department of Florida {handed Roberts $93.75 for which Mid-Summer Conference wil be |he received a wholesaler's license held in Jacksonville, Florida, on {in the name of the “Great South- July 19-20. Commander Harvey {etn Wholesale Grocery,” 421 and Post Adjutant Vance C.|Fleming street, phony name and Stirrup will represent the Post ;Phony address. This was on Oc- at the sessions. tober 11, 1946. It was announced that a movie} Only the Federal authorities, of the 1946 National Convention, | whose investigations eventually held at San Francisco, Calif., in |trapped Nardo, know the whole October, will be shown to mem- !story. The several Key West wit- bership at the regular meeting }nesses are reluctant to talk until on August 27. the trial. It is known, however, that Nardo set up some sort of Watson To Keep | a headquarters at the La Concha Hotel. He is alleged then to have used this and his “Great South: Coconut Grove, Fla., and posses-/\ ined thousands of pounds of sugar charged ‘witli having sold on the black market. | When OPA investigators came to Key West they found no {wholesale house at 421 Fleming street—also no Nardo. The “wholesalér,” incidentally, prac- ticed the racket all over south- ern Florida. Nardo's activitiés in Key West also involved the Florida Na- jtional Bank, Sebastian Cabrera, !wholeSaler; and Mauny’s Kitchen, jon Whitehead street, owned b; {a colored, man named Davi \Nardo is reported to have made i Cabrera an offer to buy him out. When Mauny’s Kitchen burned down, he is reported to have gone theré and secured Davis’ sugar stamps for some 2,000 pounds. It is also reported that san OPA employe collaborated -with Nardo. City Clerk Roy Hamlin, Rob- erts. Johnson and ex-Manager Hodges of La Concha were wii nesses before the grand jury re- ;cently in Miami. but naturally ,are unable to reveal their evi- :dence. All four, with President Jerry Trevor of the bank, are ex- a@ m., and from 1 to 4 m ! basin hh i Lit U Fi h A . pected to be sommoned as wit- ee 0 4 pp. erate to fresh southeasterly. Lit- ern” license to get 4,500 pounds nesses in Nardo's approaching That night the machine travels | tle change in temperature. ; p 19 t gainst of sugar from OPA, which he is trial. i to Everglades City to c on! Florida: Considerable cloudi- ee eet = the anti-tuberculosis work. jness with scattered showers and Everglades Park ae 2 = — a ‘ | thunderstorms this afternoon, to- C t T A t Fi l Gerald Saunders _|?8!,#"4 Friday, except partly! ramps, guy 10 ens) —v.] COUN y 10. dop ina - cloudy weather in Tallahassee |) Watsons” State Attorncy -jarea. od by To Be Installed East. Gulf and’ Jacksonville |General andcandidate-'for~sev- through Florida Straits: Moder- Pythians’ Head) ate winds occasionally frésh in {thundershowers, mostly south- Key West Lodge No. 163, ‘easterly over southern portion Knights of Pythias, will hold a ,and south to southwest over the. to- [northern portions this afternoon, at [tonight and Friday. Considerable 728 {cloudiness with scattered show- Jers and thunderstorms. REPORT Key West, Fla., July 10, 1947 (Observation taken at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, City Office) | Temperatures | Highest yesterday tion of offic ning, beginning ‘lock, in the Castle Hall, Fleming strect rald Saunde: mh of the lodg P Rutrough as Hor Commander installation ceremonies under the direction of will Deputy Grand Chancellor J. Win field Russell ernor, said early this week be a would continue his fight agair.+t establishment of the Everg!ades National Park. and would use the radio throughout the state “to get my side of this matter before the public “If I didn think there were Budget Aug. COMMISSION MEMBERS teal questions an! public rights REVEAL TENTATIVE involved.” he added, “I would not needlessly jeopardize my po- BUDGET SET HIGH litical future by opposition i h is alone and single. It is easier to track with the majority than to be the minority, espe ally in public life.” BECAUSE OF LAW Final budget of the county will be adopted by the Board of Coun- The following program will be |Lowest last night Blo Watson Said he was opposed ty Commissioners at the first rendered Rage ally? giving” the ppalxsarea) to We meeting next month, Aug. 5, it a ne |Normal 83 | federal government becaus> of | meet! Are eae ear Cateas > era i cn Precipitation = Joil rights involved, and would [3s ar ne tty ever Be Webi Archies alata at oura ene 4 Nithidrawy objections) if ithe fed= | Coury Clerk Ro ee Sma jon, . | 8:30 a.m., inches : = Beane ie aoe e 4 wlan ’ eral government “sees fit to vol- |, The ’ Seaian \ asim gaaladaee re % transfer to the state.” zs America Tomorrow's Almanac i $276,901 this year, was adopted Instrumental Selection. King- | (Eastern Standard Time) 7 -. by the commission at its meeting man G. Curry and Gerald Saun- | sunrise 5:46 am.|VON DEN LINDEN tuesday night. ders * |Sunset 7:19 p.m. RETURNS ON VISIT | According to individual mem- Recitation, Miss Dolly Knowles. | Moonrise WML amy inden of |bers of the commission today, the Piano Miss Mary Kelly. | Moonset 12:48 p.m. Wa Annes Nan Deny Tanden fos {tentative budget was palseael ira Rewit ) Winnie Knowles, | TIDES jrector for all military and naval ‘fer the purpose of complying Song ndra Johnson and | Tomorrow personnel in Key West during|with the law, which says that Rosie Yates | Naval Base the war, has arrived for a short the figures can be decreased but] Installation ecremony Hl (Eastern Standard Time) vi here. He is accompanied by|not increased with adoption of Sole, Mrs. Flora Michael | High Tide ‘ Low Tide his wife, daughter, Betty Lou, 17.|the final budget. Reading, Mrs. Alice Curry $:13 am. 9:36 a.m. and sons, Donald, 15, and Doug-} Principal item in the increased Selection, Orchestra 3:16 p.m. 9:29 p.m. las, 13. tentative budget. which repre- ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height of Btation— Tide |high water Bahia Honda = —Ohr. (bridge) _--—10 min, No Name Key +2hr. (east side) ——20 min. Boca Chica —Ohr. (Sandy Point) 40 min. W m. I Tamil ton | Wed | To Pensacola Girl) Mrs. Florence Parker oC 917) Watson street announces the mar- riage of her son, William Bill) | Hamilton, to Miss Wanda Tait of | 0.0 ft. re ms ie took place at} Caldas Channel +2hr. Brewton, Ala. on July’ 4. The| (north end) —10min +14 f newly-weds will make — their) Minus i Slen Corrections to home in Pensacola for the Pies | ere ial Oe os ans atoden ent time. There Mr, Hamilton is nah rect ed at the U.S. Naval Sta-| static ETE NAN and CLINT GIESE PHOTOGRAPHERS Seeks Divorce A petition seeking a divorce was filed with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer yesterday \by Edna Eugenia Hill against Bernard Frank Hill. Von den Linden is employed ‘as assistant display director at | Woodward and Lothrop’s depart- sents an increase of 43 per cent over the amount being spent this are for roadw ment store in Washington, where seu fe ali es has been employed for 20 cone raed te S150) over years except for his tour of duty {30s spente Cusive ot 482/000 in Key West. The Von den Lin-| Then there is an item of $62.00 ldens, who drove here by auto-|in county port facilities. This ' ) is an increase from $5,000 for the airport over this year, but the fund for next year includes the purchase price of Meacham Ficld. However, the commission points out that of the $82,500 fund only $2,500 of it will have to be levied. mobile, are staying at La Concha | Hotel. NOTICE | Section 6, of the City Traffic Ordinance, reads that all vehicles | will immediately pull to the curb, if possible, upon the approach of | the fire apparatus, ambulance, police cars, and police motor. cycles, We, the undersigned, wish to inform the general public that this section of the city ordinance will be rigidly enforced in the $60,000 for that part of Boca i WANTED At Once Girl for Secretarial Have Opened peele Southernmost Garage in U. 5. —— ‘and Office Work Portrait Studio TWINS Signed: ATP ce at 1180 Duval Peet P Phone 108 Cerra * LOCAL RESIDENT 613 Fle az Street | duto Repairs, Painting, ief of Police. N AV ARRO In e NE 837 | Body and Fender Work LEROY TORRES, . a APPOINTMENTS—PHO lances ped ert ees Chief, K. W. Fire Dept. 601 DUVAL STREET ee EE | SeCedesesesagececess The Navy will pay the county} Seeeocserccscccceeseseee 5;Roads To Require $75,000 In 1948 Field owned: by the county, and ,an additional $20,000 for acquir- ing the airport is expected from the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The other increases noted in next year’s tentative budget are: From $4,500 to $9,000 in I- jaries paid the County Commis- sioner: From $3,600 to $4,500 for the Judge of Criminal Court. From $1,800 to $3,600 for the county legal adviser. From $2,700 to $3,300 for the court house janitors. From $7,000 to $ erating the county poor house. From $18,000 to $24,000 for the public welfare fund, which will include $2,000 for bringing the Elks State Convention here, and $1,000 to the Boy Scouts. From $5,000 to $82,500 county airport faciliti Juvenile Judge. From $1,800 to $2,100 for sal {aries in the county road depart- ment. From $30,000 to $75,000. for materials, supplies and construc- tion of county roads. From $19,000 to $20,650. for payment of principal and inter- est of the county beach bonds of $250,000. \ Then prov’ ion has to be made Vfor the first payment of $10.000 jfor the purchase of Municipal | Hospital. The hospital cost the ‘county $50,000, which is split in- to five payments of $10,000. Fu ther, $2,500 had to be set aside for the purchase of County Clinic, which cost a total of $12,500. ON FRIDAY and Every Other Day in the Week We Serve Seafood ... We Handle Only the Best the Market Affords and In Portions That Satisfy Big Appetites WEAVER'S AIR.CONDITIONED | t i i | 1 ‘ 000 for op-' for | 3 | From $1,200 to $1,500 for the | THE U.S.A. | | Deadline T oday To Conference SEVENTEEN NATIONS HAVE ACCEPTED: REGRETS SENT BY HUNGARY; FINLAND MAY ACCEPT (By The Associated Pr PARIS, July 10.—Today the! deadline for acceptance or rejec- |, tion of the 22 nations in Europe of the invitation sent them to at- tend the conference here of the Marshall plan for the rebuilding of Europe. Hungary today was the latest With Ex-Congressman Launches Attack Against Truman By ‘The Associated London, Conn., to Key West 300 Coming To Key West School IT WILL COST FROM $50,000 TO $75,000 TO START NAVY SCHOOL HERE Moving of the Special Weapons and ,Devices School from will to send her rejection with “great; WASHINGTON, July 19. s ; regrets.” Poland and Bulgaria !vormer Representative Roger ¢.|™#” that eventually there 1 are the other two nations -thatlciuchter, of Mis if come here 300 enlisted mer Ihave definitely decided not to at-|Slaushter, of Missouri, whom] vei an of them chief paar tend the conference. It is ex-|President Truman opposed in the officers, and from 38 to 50 offi pected that Albania, whose cab-|1946 Democratic primary in that |, sapling Pepe , {inet meets tonight to consider the tote today threatened - to dis-lorn ee eee Ot ey invitation, will decide not to at-!°@' 'Cay avened to Gls | West Naval Base, tend! close what he called a “presiden- | When the school is final News from Finland, which had decided four to two not to be present at the conference, said that the cabinet had decided to {reconsider its decision. A meet-, ‘ing will be held tonight by cab- inet members, and it was said! ithey possibly may decide to have | scandal.” . ¥ He -explained that Truman. is |i jan honest and honorable man but Harding had been misled. He identified the President ag | friend of Jim Pendergast Missouri, and said that the P ident had sought the the Prendergast ring state to defeat him, Slaughter. When told of the Slaughter attack, President Truman said that in view of its source, he was not worried. Two Congressmen May Be In Race (representation at the conference. | ! Seventeen nations have replied | favorably to the invitation. (At Lake Success. where dele- ‘Bates of the United Nations are in session, several representatives | from smaller nations expressed regret over the differences that exist between the United States ‘and Russia. Delegates said that} the smaller nations would be the | ‘ones that chiefly would be af-| \fected adversely by the attitudes of the two great powers.) Watson Given help of in that | C : I | Rehearing In For Governorship \ 9 (earl \ H " WASHINGTON, July 10 (FNS).: i Glades Suit —Two members of Congress may : > fi . ida mn- | Attorney General J. Tom Wat- See Oe Ee eae ‘kins has been given a caring | The possibilities are: Repre- in his Everglades National Park tsuit. i; Watsen filed a petition in Leon {sentatives Geo: Smathers of | Miami, and Dwight b. Rogexs of me e " | Fort Lauderdale. Neither, how Citewit court for re-hearing of ever, will commit himselt. now the case in which his injunction | Rionidaa newspapers against the state’s spending fe mentioned have Smathers a friends,” as Presidents Grant and | | Operational of ‘the Naval would cost anywhere from for the occupancy of the are quarters, at ted yesterdav at Washi: noved here, probably in the: fall t will occupy, according to pre ent plans, the buildings former! that he is being misled by “false |'!8ed by the Old Receiving jon, but now controlled by the Development |Station at Craig Docks and It was unofficially reported at Base today that it $50. 000 to $75,000 to put the buildin the n fit condition to house school of instruction. The buildings — tentatively the old bachelor offi the old mess hall least two dormit them to be used as’ a roe and the other as quarters for the unmarried enlisted men who will att.nd the school It is said that nearly all the en listed men and officers who will attend the school will be mar ried. That is, they will have to have homes for their families in the city. In view of the fact that the school, which will have classes of instruction in special subject: will have eventually 300 instead of 200 enlisted men as annown “ is expected’ the payroll whl be about $1,000,000 » year In a telegram received by The 000,000 on the project ‘was dis- | y/scible candidate, and. it was culm ts 1m __Representati solved. The hearing was set for nee alana: , | Smathers, he said early estima és red he plans a tour of the jaf the school’s payroll ran 4 Gx, Ch ; state shortly after adjournment | g690,000 to $750,000 a year. ‘T The attorney general also re- of Congress and probably will top GaiNichsl Ustias anaw one ea so athe count sthatehe Dadi ate hes in Jacksonville ‘that total up around $1,000,000 not been notified of a hearing for) snd ‘Tampa some time this Fall It is expected the school | Tuesday on a motion to dismiss |" ¢ politically-connected | wit hang we en : another suit. It is aimed at re- j pyoric Havel icalledbsuponiiy, oy enqernem calling thes transicn) ot) 7000) othusuathers and) Rogers inire= 15.) 44) coven Ge nae acres of school lands to the fed- jeent weeks and some have pre Comdr: 0 de teil eval government. : {dicted Smathers might pass up ae ate iil = hee lange Hass ated been! (he gubernatorialrace to oppiee y 7.0 day pala ede 00, al £V- election in. 1951 : s ernment. It will be used to buy | be in charge of it when itt up privately owned lands, which | FF jee to} vy West the government will condemn (Detroit Vi itors rly all th € sted n hrough court procedure who are coming to Ke ent a EU Oue egU Erect Me Be rey sin the higher pay grades, tliat : ; 1 On Fishing Trip iis inn setona “eins ‘Wide Variety i officers.” said an officer of th i * | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lieder of Key West Naval Base toda * ants Detroit, who are visiting their will mean a@ lot to this cit H “ tate Even 5 ‘ran-law, = Mrs. Shirley bave a school here of thi | 1. . 1020 Southard street, en and importance.” ' For V LOPS lieved a good example of “Key ‘The school will deat ' | fishing yesterday highly secret weapons. and not Deyn 4 Aboard tlie “Lucky Slike. Ol-ling aay bel anid about then, & SON VILLE, SL Nicci iy cape cleveland Niles. jit tee ne mae hou te ).—The wide na Off the visitors caught a 40-pound Flovida events now being offer liaypon, six barracuda, including ed to wacationists is buingins 6 [aque four foot long, an several POR Monsalvatge ord-breaking summer crowds in-!proupers. The Detroit couple wa to the state this year, Chalmers highly pleased at the — result Is Home On Leave D. Horne, president of Kast Coast |They will return to Detroit Sat ‘Highways Association, said this jurday after a two weeks’ visit’ Private First. Clas. J ‘week. here. (Oakie) Monsalvatge. — p | The highways are full for the | : 7 5 ‘of the Class of 1946, Ke A long weekend of the Fourth of [DAUGHTER OF High School, and son of M July and reservations indicated HARUNA ADMIRED Mrs Part dsisaiiats most of the visitors were spend- | ‘ here at 4:15 Monda ing from one to three weeks vis- | IN MOVIES (5, 11-day visit. Monssivat iting all sections of the state | Tokyo ») If 17-year-old stationed at Fort Bliss, Te | Many motorists going south !Miss Haruna Kaburagi can sus-' The Key Wester it along Highway U. S. 1 and alee tain moviegoers’ interest’ as Complete surprise to | routes were secing the East | steadily her father’s ship at- with whom he is staying at ‘Coast, but were nee t Itracted American bombs during | Eaton street. After joimir reservations for the re’ ithe v a cinch to be-|Army several months either through cents 8 |come ‘ “es sent to F Jack ‘routes or along the West Coast Miss Kaburagi was one of the then to Quartermaster Sc! arene in the “new faces” con- Camp Lee. From there he film sent to Fort Bliss NEW PIONEER HOTEL tath |” Monsalvatge. opesks hie ee ler we ne Army post at El Pa ie was the much. th m post at 151 NE. FIRST ST.) ombed, finally-sunk Japanese scenery and the hospitalit | In the Heart of Miami | battleship Haruna the Texans. He will return to station a week from Friday The Rendezvous of “aes = Key West THEAT R ee SERVICEMEN and | PALACE ER SANDY'S GARAGE CIVILIANS ern DENG! IN | 404 Duval Street Phone 501 ” sche, " THE DESERT” | . Best For A Night's Rest with BOB STEELE Body and Fender Work 1 Block West of Bus Depot News and Serial CARS PAINTED from $35.00 ee