The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 12, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mom equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. XLVI. No. 165 Keeps Close Wate DUVAL STREET spoT®— Atso unpER SUR- Senator Taft VENA! BUT NO : VIOLATION FOUND | To Begin Race -vn For President Sheriff Berlin A. S | e on nounced today that he b keeping surveilla twe alleged houses of home prostitu- | oR oMaAN PREPARES MES- tion im the county and one of them, @ ber and grill on Stock | SAGE ABOUT FLOOD CON. tetend, hes completely closed| TROL; OTHER NEWS FROM) om | CAPITAL Assistant State Attorney W. 7 Curry Harris stated in a letter WASHINGT yay a sens ¥ritten the sheriff, under date of July 8 complaining the Stock Island resort was “still being op- erated as a house of prostitution.” ‘We have been keeping Mom's ator Robert Taft will begin his formal campaign for the presi- either on July 30 or 31, his secre- place and departed for unknown cent floods. parts ‘As far as the inn on Duval _ Baseball teams, street ts concerned, I have Democrats: and Republicans, are kept my deputies constantly on Playing a seven-inning game this the wateh for any violations of #fternoon to decide .the yearly the law. So they ave not Championship between them. oteerved any, and | ‘t think However, because of the war, the place was ever ated as this is the first time the teams @ house of pro: have played in six years. The sheriff is keeping the lid on gambling games in Key West ant nainder of the county. There have been no open viola- tens of the law insofar as gam- hw concerned, the sheriff wand today + “Td like to see anybody prove thet Monroe county is the worst the Turkish agreement. GO FISHING IN GUTTERS gembling spot in th * the sherift said. “There a lot worse spot than this county Key West doesn't have a small fraction of the gambl that lieved to have come from water- gees on in other secti of this clogged sewers which oacked up state.” during a heavy zain. Drain At Margaret, Southard Streets Now Under Control; Street Repair Crew Is Busy MORE KEP AIRS TO CITY# -————~ steers NEEDED BE-| Houser Inspects CAUSE OF RECENT (Ordnance Detail HEAVY RAINS liek chalie eecvice ale | Cane aearolae AS Houser, USN, commanding officer of Key West announced today that the |—” i Naval Base, today inspected the drain at the Harris School corner, Moergaret and Southard streets, is personnel of the Naval Ordinance now under control Fifteen truck- Unit. Capt. Houser congratulated loads of debris were taken out of Comdr. T. H. Sudduth, USN, the drain by the Public Service ¢mmanding officer of the unit, Department on the appearance of the men of The drain that has caused so pis command. much trouble, runs down South- ard from Margaret to Grinnell treet, then north on Grinnell to the foot of Grinnell and into the ! mean Dopp also street-patching crew, Delaney Resigns As Director Of Local Jaycees tated that the cit which i ries ) three to five men, has ‘ had : n ily, alae more! Jack Delaney has resigned as pair to the city’s streets due state director of the Key West Ja te the unusually heavy rains. The frequent downpours disintegrate small street hole, and enlarges the patch into a much larger re- He explained that his reason for taking that action is because of his official duties in the state organization of the Junior Cham- pair job erga ono * atching crew has °€r of Commerce. bie hae ani soft in the Kermit Lewin was elected to Poinciana urea, and next week succeed Delaney. will start work in the section of Southard and Fleming stre Southernmost Garage tn U. 8. — 1180 Duval Street Ph Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work i Care Genuine Avto Parts for FL. Pasaje Restaurant UNITED and WATSON STS. Spanish Cooking OUR i icken Yellow, Rice, & Chick Served in Key West TRY US and YOU'LL SEE! PTT Tr ‘STORM SHUTTER CEILING PHONE 816 Stock Island House _ |Resentf Closed As Sheriff |Fites Twice At h Senator Bricker ,dency in an address he is sched- |that he was unable to do any- ‘uled to make in Columbus, Ohio, |thing for him. pn ey ein tury announced today. clowe attention,” Sheriff Sawyer ,‘“" ay. i seid. “When I first went ry Other news here concerned a} was not divulged, | draw the re- there I told the proprietor that pote ane Pres- | Volver. and fire twice. there must be 4 1 a i reparing a mes- s work in re bg eels: sage to be delivered to congress {been blanks,” Bricker said, “for | When the management saw SMe time next week about flood |we could not. find thet we meant business, by CMtrol. The President favors a|where bullets had struck.” keeping the place under close ©o™Prehensive control plan that E i surveillance, they closed the Will protect all of the area that gained his composure, the man was adversely affected by the re- |had disappeared. His description representing {agents are looking for him. A dispatch was received here {Cloudy with 4 today from Ankara saying’ that {and thunderstorms in the government had {Moderate i agreed to the terms of the 100 Little change in temperature. poi lors dollan en zine upereene ness this afternoon, tonigtit and | ting race suicide by killing the: States, an ad signe /Sunday. Scattered showers andjChildren, and are not treacherous, KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Grocer |through Florida Straits: Harold Claybrooks recently pull- }to moderate winds, southeast to'naked, waterless mountain rock ed in two catfish and four perch [South over southern portion and ang from the gutters. They are be- 1S0uth to southwest over northern me 1¢9/0ut successful canning tests with ' Hunter. STRUNK LUMBER YARD SOUTHERNMOST N KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATU ul Man’ CARTRIDGES MUST HAVE; BEEN BLANKS, FOR NO MARKS COULD BE FOUND WHERE THEY STRUCK (By The Associated Preasy WASHINGTON, July 12.—Two | shots from a .22 caliber revolver were fired at Senator Bricker, tthe Republican vice president | candidate in the 1944 election, | while he was on his way to the basement of the Senate Building | this morning to board a monorail car to the Capitol. 1 He said the shots were fired by IF a disgruntled office seeker. The ‘th man had lost his government job rie = and had been appealing to Brick- | At Present Rus: er to be restored to his position. Bricker said he had told the man | AP Newsteatures flag stands for ‘Mos This morning, the senator add- ed, he.saw the man, whose name | “The cartridges must have any place AP Newsteatures T By the time Bricker had re- was given to the FBI, whose America. Much of the fear of these The Weather FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Partly scattered shows making his fourth trip to the! Seris in two years. Contrary to general _ belief, rea,| Smith says the Seris have no can- winds. |nibalistic instincts, do not eat their meat raw, are not commit- southeasterly Florida: Considerable cloudi- thunderstorms, mostly curing the|and. dangerous... . “ye afternoons and evenings. The Seris live on Tiburon East Gulf and Jacksonville: Island in the Gulf of Califor- Gentle nia, an 18 by 30 mile tract of desert surrounded bv portions this afternoon, tonight ebetes made! Cangerp usa Dyarded and Sunday. Considerable cloudi. ‘2nd Storms. When they hunt on ness wiht scattered showers and eS from the civilization of Sonora thunderstorms, MR ETS OEE . iby 100 miles of desert which can REPOR ibe crossed only by experiences | Key West, Fla., July 12, 1947 | tavelers. (Observation taken at 8:30 am. [Ay one time the tribe number- Restern Standard Time, ed in excess of 3,000. In 1939 it Tecate was believed to be on the verge Highest yesterds 8 of extinction when the popula- ighest yesterday aes gs a Lapweett laebanight _ 7g tion shrank to 150. Some claimed Mean é z g2 they were practicing infanticide. Normal g3 It was said the Seris found lite Precipitation becoming too difficult and dan- Rainfall, 24 hours ending leerous and had decided to wipe 8:30 a.m., inches 0.01 then: s out by killing all Relative Humidity !newly-born’ children. 19% Smith, who says he h Tomorrow's Almanac imore time with the § (Eastern Standard Time) —jany other American, denies this Si e 5:46 a.m. “It is utter trash.” he says. Bit Sunset 7:19 p.am..have seen a number of Seri! Moonrise 1:23 a.m. babics and the tribe is on the in- Moonset -.... 2:48 p.m. ‘crease. The last time I was there TIDFS ‘they numbered around 200.” | . Tomorrow Reports of Seri cannibalism | Naval Base ‘spread around the turn of the (Eastern Stanaard Time) entury when two San Francisco | High Tide Low Tide = incwspapermen visited Tiburon! 4:42 a.m. 12:02 a.m. ‘and upon arrival were killed by 6:36 p.m. 11:06 p.m. the Seris. Some claimed the men ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height of were eaten. { “Cannibalism is just as revolt- ting to the S anyone else in Station— Tide [high water jxiorth America,” says Smith. — | canis Honda = —Ohr. ; Many of the limited number of (bridge) 10min, 0.0 ft. | writers and ethnologists who | | No Name Key +2hr. ees i ech cae Hunter Off To Visit Family Boca Chica —Ohr. | (Sandy Point) 40 min. Caldas Channel +2hr. (north end) —10min. +1.4 f%. | Minus Sign—Corrections to be; Dwight Hunter, head of Pub- | subtracted jlic Welfare, left this afternoon by Ph ‘automobile for a week's vacati lus Sign — Corrections to be added. jin Clarkesville, Ga. He will join ——— ‘Mrs. Hunter and son, Billy, two CANNED CANTALOUPE |ycats old, who have been visiting .s, Mrs. Hunter's parents, Mr. and TESTED DOWN UNDER yrs. c. Ss. Concrly, Poplarville, SYDNEY, Australia. —(AP),— Miss., and who are now in Geor- ; The New South Wales Dep: ment of Agriculture has carried parents, gia at the home of Mr. Hunter's Mr. and Mrs. F. M. cantaloups She Hts dined | The local Public Welfare Di- citrus jitice or with mersian la of Schools in Clarkes- fruit :ville. SANDY'S GARAGE PALACE THEATER 404 Duval Street Phone 501 | JAMES DUNN in t Barbarie’ ladiana Take To Civilization By MURRAY SINCLAIR ; pelled by William eNil Smith, 27, Univer in anthropology, who is nowa-~ EWSPAPER RDAY, JULY 12, 1947 IN ONE WORLD AND ONE FLAG: FTY-FIVE STARS and a world map in white on a blue background. with a border of national standards, form Dr. Francis S. Onderdonk’s design for a United Nations’ flag. Here he shows how would put the law into effeet next maller flags could be arranged. geographically so as to accommodate additional member. nations. Seve se Ne eee a the three Russian members. Dr. is an architect with the General Motors Coach & Truck Co. He has submitted his design to the U.N., ‘his year. which is expected to decide on an official emblem soon. Citizen PRICE FIVE CENI® (Conference To Go | | On Regardless Of What Russia May Do ——————-¥THUS DECLARED FOR. . | Senate To Act | EIGN MINISTER BEVIN : . AT OPENING SESSION : Today On Income | |, iene ag Tax Measure. {By Associated Preset (By The Aw tod Tread foreign 1 ARIS, July 12.—Ernest Bevin. inister of Great Britain WASHINGTON, July 12.—The made the note speech at the senate voted today, 60 to 22, first conference today of repre against delaying the consider: cabin nae — to jof the income tax measure, which 'is the same as the President ve-!p porelgn Minister | Bidault i France welcomed the delegate toed, except that the present bill and then Bevin was unanim: Architect Proposes Composite for U.N. on ion " asl y January 1, instead of July 1 of: In his address, he stated that the nations assembled were dr | Despite that vote, Democratic termined to go ahead with ther jleaders said they were assured plan, regardless of what Russia Onderdonk, of Ann Arbor, Mich., 'UCSON, Ariz—Civilization is infilterating the almost im-}as passable frontier of Mexico's Seri Indians, frequently called | W the most barbaric, bloodthirsty and primitive tribe in North little-known people, who have technically been at war with Mexico for 400 years, is being dis- sity, of Arizona student SERI INDIAN—wife painted his face for decoration. have visited Tiburon have been harsh in -their- description of the Seri. Clemens A. Pajeken, who visited the island a number ‘of years ago, wrote “the Seris ap- pear not to grasp that they are human, Like: prey-beasts of the wilderness, they go out to slay men and ani sparing only their own kind.” Other visitors have told of the Indians chasing deer on foot until the animal was exhausted. It would be killed and eaten raw. “They no longer eat raw meat,” 'Smith maitnains. Report Stolen Bike To Police Mrs. Burgarner, 143-A_ Poinci- ana’ Extension, reported to the police that a blue and ivory bi- cycle has been stolen, The scrial number of the ve- hicle is K102752 and anyone hav- ing information regarding its whereabouts should contact the local law enforcing agency. Key Wester Gets Degree From G. W. University John Edward Sands. son of Mrs. Minnie Blanco, 1012 Cath- evine street, was awarded the Associate in Arts degree at the 126th commencement exercises of the George Washington Univer- sity when nearly 900 students were graduated. During the commencement ex- ercises, Secretary of the Treas- ury John W. Snyder received the honorary Doctor of Laws degree for public service; and his daugh- ter, Miss . Edith Cook (Drucie) Snyder, received the Bachelor of Arts degree. CLUB 116 w OPENS DAILY AT 8 P.M. for MEMBERS and GUESTS | | Opposite the ‘ESTERN UNION thereafter. EXPERT GUARANTEED | “THAT BRENNAN GIRL” MECHANICAL WORK News and Serial WES so | Gould Curry at the Piano Starting at 10 P.M. | ———Coolest Spot in Town——— REAL AS REIN ATE TE san oe that 33 senators would vote to ™&Y do. He added that Russie ‘sustain should the bill be ve. Was Welcome at cag ge to send jtoed by the President. They representatives to the conf ‘pointed out that number was suf-*PUt that if she should not feel di ficient to sustain even with all Posed to send them, the diseu are By | eonetonapressral sions would contioue without he ° ' The bill is being argued this to their finality. ythians Here afternoon on the floor of the sen- Bevin explained that the com ate. Its passage is expected to oc- mission that would be set up at Gerald Saunders was installed CU" by early evening. {the conference would in ne way chancellor commander of Key! 4,.0 .7 jeonflict with the work thet est Lodge No. 163, Knights ot Visitors Are Here \~ould be done later on by the Pythias, last night in the pres- | "4 iUnited Nations Commission. fe ence of a large gathering of the, Front Des Moines cxviaines that action in Burspe lodge members and their friends eee ; in Pythian Hall, '728 Fleming’ Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Allen, of Cconomic conditions so that the is. needed immediately to adjust street. .Des Moines; Iowa, are the guests nations affected could function The installation ceremony was °f Mr. and Mrs. Philip Vosburgh, Successfully im putting ther conducted by Deputy Grand Jt. of 127-E Poinciana, and Mrs, S¢lves on their industrial feet Chancellor J. Winfield Russell, Edith Orange. | (Shortly. after the session was assisted by W. A. Bell, F. 0. Rob. _. The visitors will return to Des Called to order, Radio Moscow be erts, Charles H. Smith and Ar- Moines next week, taking their 84" to give oUt mews that tied mando Fernandez. daughter, Mrs. Orange, with te detract from the purposes thet Other officers who will serve them. The Allens are the grand- would be set up under the for the term: are: parents of Mrs. Vosburgh, who Marshall plan, ‘The spokesmen Vice chancellor, Earl R, # the former Miss Shirley Or- Mentioned the cight Russins Adams; prelate, George F. Phil- ir & ‘ aris — poole yen om La lips; master of work, P. T. Ru- | . = ben Ivendy | made » trode agree frough; secretary, J. Winfield | Secks Divorce a . a “BI A petition nee s ment with Czechoslovikia that financial secretary, Id prove greatly beneficial ¢ treasurer, countries) seeking master at arms, W. C. was filed yesterday with ssion lasted little r guard, Leon Saun- Court Ross C. Sawyer by Thor- than an hour It ad) outer guard, J. L. Adams. ,Wald Christensen against Mary shortly after Bevin had made bis An interesting program was A. Christen: address. rendered, the chief features of | —— which were the piano solo by yy ys Miss Mary Kelly, the instrumen- | ing: i , 4 jtal duet by Kingman G. Curry tw) m Turns Solution ‘and Gerald Saunders, and the | ° ° r ee teas ee icensing Out-ol- flown : Several selections were ren- ; dered by the orchestra comp | of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Trucks Over To Attorney Mr. and Mrs. Armando Fernan dez, Mise Grace Fernandez and ° jerald Saunde (COMPLAIN Cm. ! J. Winfield Russell told the J u i. caries tala history et. the tetas ant pre 'luneral Services JECT RECEIVED FROM sented Talm: Culmer with a BUS je chancellor, ESS MEN ANDO. Miss Hill Engaged; ae | For Mrs. Chamiso: Funeral services for Mrs. Lola , Chamiso, who died yesterday,; Clty Manager O J SF iTo Marry July Ca) cil the ah aie Aion ee a jae 5:30 o'clock in the chapel of | 4d received an answer + jae nent of Miss Mary Hill, [Pritchard Funeral tome. letter addr te City M daughter of Mr and Mrs. O: d Rev) Guillenion Pater) Perea, (cme woof Miami He Hansen, 81-1 Poinciana Place, t tor of the Latin Methodist {"¢garding delivery licens Carl Dencil Russell. son of Mr. iGhureh, will officiate. Burial | Ellingson has received and Mrs. Carl Russell, 1106 Olivia | vii) he in the City Cemete er of requests from | street, was announced today. Bee Car erie men in the city and alse The couple will be married; . from the local Chane ‘ iJuly 25 at the First Methodist | Australia Ends merce,. relative. to the 6 Church. The ceremony will be | of having a special licen performed at 8 p. m. Bridesmaid will be Joyce Goer- ing and the best man, Billy Ladd. o ed on out-of-town truck Dl deliveries in this cit Sugar Rationin The city manager then CANBERRA, Australia—(AP).10G Renshaw and —Prime Minister Joseph B. Chief |) snl age taal | PARTIAL COMPENSATION Ordinance No 394 M j — .,. {ley has announced the end of su- le Sorin) Il. —Joe Mar car 1 tioning in the Common- h, regarding this matter + jezek, of Chicago, who served 13 | iy. |lingson stated this nm years in prison for a murder he | ye said the world production |@fter a cursory re id not commit, has been award- the commodity had shown ajordinance he found nx ed $24,000 by the State of Ilinois ed inerease during the past |which the beach reso in what the legislature termed these delivery truck tial compensation.” Ma- = = lturned the — ordinance jezek’s aged mother scrubbed Icity Attoraey Later f floors in Chicago office buildings to accumulate $5,0000 to finance lian | The business men compl NOTICE his fight for freedom, while in- jto Ellingson stated that vestigations by The Chicago “ " ie! Beach had mn ovdir t serie ne _| Section 6, of the City Traffic |’ hale ve Times led to his pardon by Gov. Ordinancesiveade;thatiall vebicias| equalizes the situ Fo ernor Dwight Green. will immediately pull to the curb. wevevvvvvevevewvvwv~|if possible. upon the approach of | — he fire enperatus; \sinbulance| dr a.. WANTED police cars, and police "| HOME COOKING A Goo FEMALE C00 We, the undersigned, wish to} inform the general public that Can't Be Beat... But That Hot Willing To Go To North Carolina Until Nov. Ist. Permanent job this section of the city ordinance; 44 Cookst: L Trouble will be rigidly enforced in the REA eg gs “9 Quarters and trans- ‘portation Supplied. future. | MODESTLY Suggest the | Apply SUNDAY at LEROY TORRES, Best Food in Town? ‘ | WEAVER’S 1215 VARELA STREET Chief, K. W. Fire Dent eee” AAA AAARRAARR AA TT (Continued on Page i ! i Signed: B. PEREZ, Chief of Police. POSITIVELY!