The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 15, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mom equable climate in the country. with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Vou. XL. vi No, 167 Key West Guard Unit Reactivated Here Last Night ROLL CALL, SHOWS 45 MEMBERS WITH 30: OBPOLOOIL#s ornens To BE EN. Key West Gets ROLLED LATER | Publicity In | : At an impressive ceremony Nashville, Tenn. held lest night in the N nal Guard armory, Battery Com- Albert Carey, principal of monder Wil EP Roberts pre-| the Poinciana elementary mented Key Weets unit of the | school, informs The Citi- Fiertde Netiene! Guard, Battery | 2en he is completing his study A. TH AAA Gon Bn. to Lt.| for aM. A. degree at Peabody Cot Henry 1. Taylor, Jr College, Nashville, Tenn. He Tayler. « to Key Wester said he expected to return. was the of the | to Key West on August 24, Adjutant General of the State of | He writes further: Vierida Taylor spoke on the | “Key West is getting some Advantages of the Nat very good publicity in Nash- Guard.” and then called the rc . | ville. Recently a question After roll call, which showed | 40 Batiens) Guard voluntcers, 90 | TS Shed in one of the, ether volunteers were present Nashville papers, “What is but were unable to be inducted. the only city in the United = they hed pote yet taken States that has never had thoy phyetcel exeminetion, and frost?’ On another page the would not be able to be sworn in| paper gave the answer: Key wntil the next meeting of the w guard ‘ est. Cot Taylor then + 4 the “The big Union bus station battery o to Colonel R. M in Nashville has some excel- Real of the 3rd Army Headquar lent poster material on dis- ters, whe was acting inspect play concerning Key West Generel and whe = accep! the and the Overseas Bridges, Nations! Guard into the U.S. end a map showing some of Army After Neal's taik, Com the important scenes in Key mandes Hobe hed the men| West.” m inte twe onks, and a rou tine inspection was mace t hehanthenthunthe (4d) All active officers were in uni ee form, but the men were in civil City Commission ten clothes, Uniforms and small J arms will arrive next week. The | * pp.’ : email arms equipment will con! ‘Po Vote Tonight ot MI and Carbine * wnt to arrive will 4 . . ta On Resolutions} four M-calibre machine guns, four Mcalitve machine guns City commissioners tonight fowr T%-tem trucks, one %4-ton | will vote on a variety of resolu- tions and ordinances. The reso- lutions need only one reading, me at 6 | hile ordinances require first and | d readings. eek and one jeep The company will bold regular Grille each Tuesday ever oclok Until an outdoor range is com | One resolution would grant pleted, the wards will practice | permission to Arthur Sawyer bad @ B2-calitre rifle made ¢ | Post, American Legion, to sub- Gumety Se forget _prectice | Jease or sublet the Country Club- Armand Roberts has been ap- | house to civic, religious or edu- Qeimted by Commander Roberts pet organizations for oc- @ Ge mechonk rhe | casional use, without having to qochante « * will) obtain written the consent of the inetude care of all ordnance and | city vehicles and it will be @ full-) Another resolution authorized tome Sey week of 8 hours 4] tne city manager to pay a total of Gay tt vil service job, and 46 $3,100 for land to be used for Armand Roberts will start at & | cemetery purposes. An ordinance yearly 4 $1950, with | amending the budget for this gatusl te @ maximum | amount is also to be voted on. alary of $2.400 yearly ! Another ordinance, and pos- A pert time job, as building | Sibly the only controversial one, has been asstened to) iil be that of reducing the fine t Armando “Tony” | for meter-destroying. At last Avila, His dutic will include | meeting, the vote was 2-2, but a itor work Avile served with | 6.11 membership of the commis- Corps in the European | con tonight will decide the issue. and earn the Silver | PEN His salary = Fs walt dat 2's Work On Stairrail A Building is owned by | the state vernment The et wee | Began This P.M. . Total ) of the Na- | Work was siarted this after- thenal Guard. including that of | noon on a railing being attached the unit mechanic. will be the conecete stairway entrance $25.000 yearly. jto the City Hall second floor of- N e vet been fices. The railing will be con- me th t com- | structed only on one side, the mle ‘ Stickney who tight-hand side as you approach ve th Battery B 265th CA. | (he stairway u Vleut Staff Sere This work was approved at a cant. and Cla L. Gates, who | commissioners’ meeting when a " Staff Sergeant, and! request was made of the com- os w ' pean theater issioners that the work be done. th the Aw Corps Haskins Machine Shop of Caro- TT and { three line street, is doing the work on cee the Pa theater under 4 contract price of $24. John Hodge yr eis OS ee “ lath Ce . aid ng the avr we Coal ebster Col Ww ‘ ey (retwed Commissioner Albert | (Continued on Page Two) | A EOE SORRY!! n Turtle Eggs @ Green Turtle Steak @ Turtleburger Piace Is Too Small On Gites Gender but. Brother, We e t Really Have the Space : on Tuesday @ Jewfish AND THE FOOD Is Also Other Local Varieties JUST AS GOOD of Fresh Fish WEAVER’S Lowe Fish Co. 7 LY!! Foot of Margaret Street NATURALLY TELEPHONE 151 The Key Wi THE souU KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1947 Marshall Talks’ To Governors| About His Plan! TELLS OF ITS IMPORTANCE IN ADDRESS IN SALT LAKE CITY IN REBUILDING OF! EUROPE y Associated Press) SALT" LAKE CITY, July 15.— Secretary of State Marshall to-! icay addressed governors of 44 of | the 48 states in the Union at their conference here. His address was short, but he emphasized the importance of this country’s striving to rebuild the countries in Europe that had ! been devastated by war. i He called on the governors to help in the efforts that are be- ing made to get a sufficient sum to “finish the job” of aiding those countries in need that had | joined in supporting the United States plan ior their relief. If that were not done, he add- ed, the countries would drift into a form of government which they ; did not like but which they | } {terday not to purchase the old ‘folks home on two or three lots THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN County Not To Buy Old Cigar Shop for Home COMMISSIONERS VOTE# TO GO AHEAD ano Crawfish Season BUILD NEW HOME FOR Opens On Monday OLD FOLKS Because of protests and after | eee) midnight Sunday, craw- careful consideration, Monroe | {Sh ™ay be taken legally in wa- ters surrounding Key West, Joseph Knight, state conservation agent, said today. There has been a closed season on crawfish since March 21, Crawfish over one pound in size are legal after Sun- day night. Parked Sedan’s Fender Smashed County Commission decided yes- Santaella cigar factory at Flagler avenue and Second street as an old folks home. Instead, the commission has directed the county engineer's of- fice to go ahead with plans for the: construction of a new old to be purchased somewhere in} the vicinity of, the cigar factory. would have to embrace to get the bare necessities of life. (Washington reported today that officials of the countries in Europe that would be helped by the Marshall plan had _ been warned that their people should strive to their utmost to help themselves. Depending entirely on outside aid, they were told. would weaken the stamina of their people to take care of themselves when they were in a position to do so). Marshall, after his address, had a closed session with the gov- ernors that lasted 35 minutes. What was discussed at the session was not publicly revealed, but the governors seem to have been impressed with its importance for the countenances of almos' all of them were grave. Two Suits Filed After Acciden Suits for $11,000 have be filed in Circuit here for damages as result of an accident last win- ter at South streets driven by visitors. Max Chafets, named defendant in a suit for $10,000 brought by Albert P. Rippenbein, Detroit. Chafets was | cigar also named defendant in a suit for $1,000 brought by the Field- |cision, it wa ing Cycles, Inc., owners of the|to have a automobile Rippenbein was driv-|decision at this time because of ' functions of SRA will be carried i ing at the time of the accident. Attorney the suits. Transferred To Ordnance Unit Lt. Comdr. coseph C. Wheeler, USN, who has been serving as personnel officer at Key West Submarine Base. has _ received orders transferring him to the Ordnance Unit, where he will be- come executive officer. Comdr. Wheeler's orders are effective July 25. Property Sales Leonard Griner and others sold for $2,500 property near Windsor Lane and Virginia street to David Griner and wife, 5-2 Porter Place, according to a w vanty deed filed yesterday with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Saw- yer. | Mr. and Mrs. Herman N. Holts- berg sold to Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Weakley, 612 Fleming street, property on Flagler avenue near Reynolds street for $1,000. Mr. and Mrs, John R. Brice sold to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tipton, Marathon, two pieces of property at Marathon for $4,250. Key West Poultry & Egg Mkt. 728 SIMONTON STREET Sanchez Grocery Bldg. jow Under the Management of Mrs. A. Thompson DROP IN FOR THE FINEST Poultry and Eggs en |file in the office of the county and Simonton |Eduardo Gomez, Clarence Higgs between automobiles |and Gerald Saunders yesterday | are reported to have taken the |day will mark the closing of all | New York, is }question of buying the building’ ,State branches of U. S. Depart- |Passing in Key West house! holds, | J. M. Whitson filed }on which to build the old folks Yesterday morning at 5:30 Before the proposal to buy the o’clock, a hit and run driver cigar factory was submitted to the consideration of the commis- }Struck a 1941 Plymouth sedan, sion last Tuesday, it had been {owned by E: J. Williams. The se- planned to build a county old idan was parked in front of the folks home for approximately ‘Williams home at 1218 White $35,000 on Second street, across | Street. the road from Santaella cigar| Damage to the Plymouth was factory. a smashed left fender. Cail Of- The commission then was con- {ficer Paul Stofert investigated for sidering a site consisting of three !the Police Department. lots. One lot it proposed to buy, while the owners of the other, two lots had agreed to donate } them to the county for the old folks home. The commission re- ported the deal fell through when the donaters of the lots withdrew their proposal. The cigar factory was listed in the records of the Circuit Court clerk as having been sold to Tom Hanley, 512 Simonton street, in May, 1944, for $14,000, which | was about $21,000 _ below _.the | figure demanded by hiin from, the county. The property was assessed for $13,550, according to records on State Officers Of Sugar Rationing tax assessor. Commissioners Frank Bentley, (Special w The Citinend ATLANTA, Ga., July 15.—To- under consideration. They are rent of Agriculture's Sugar Ra- id to have factory. inserted a tbegcld jtioning Administration, A. D. When they reached their de- Simpson, Jr., regional executive, t first decided not announced here. y publicity on their | Thereafter, Simpson said, all} the necessity of acquiring the lots on with sharply reduced staffs | home. from the agency's eight field of- Commissioner W. A. Parrish fices, one of which—at 449 West of Marathon was not at the meet- Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta ing when it was decided not to serves the states of Alabama, puvathes building: |Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Madeleine B FOWNE Tennessee, and Virginia. «| The action, the SRA executive |]. explained, marks one further step Passes In Miam |toward final liquidation of the Mrs. Madeleine Browne, of agency, which now has a legal) Scuth street, daughter-in-law of life expectancy of only little morc the late Judge Jefferson B, than three and a half months— Biowne and first cousin of Mrs, |until October 31. William R. Warren, Mrs. Sam} Simpson said all future com- Goldsmith and Otto Bethel, died |munications—by at 9 o'clock this morning in Mi- jof sugar and others affected by ami. She went to that city two ;remaining SRA regulations— months ago to undergo medical ‘should be directed in future to treatment. the Atlanta office. These include Mrs. Browne was the widow of the required semi-annual sugar Joseph E. Browne. At one time /inventory reports and communi- she was executive secretary of |cations relating to sugar and | the Key West Chapter of the 'other price-controlled foods. American Red Cross and then was cashier of the Officers’ Club at Fort Taylor. She resigned that position to go to the hospital. She leaves a son, Jefferson L. Browne, two brothers and two sisters. The body will be sent to Key West for burial. Funeral services | will be announced later. PALACE THEATER CHESTER MORRIS in “BOSTON BLACKIE AND THE LAW” News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT Ce eeeenanl HERE TO DINE and DANCE TONIGH’ Don’t Ask for Rib Steak *°s2.."00°"" Serve It!!! BUT You Can Get--- Shrimo Cocktail, Oyster Cocktail, T-BONE STEAK, SIRLOIN STEAKS, or FILET MIGNO! with all the fixings. ALL KINDS OF HOT AND COLD SANDWICHES Cooked by Chef Frank Marcészi, Served by Thoroughly Experienced Waitresses DANCE to Good Music Every Day 10 to 3 o Clock CLUB _SUGALOA | ,no evidences of Heavy Sentences Given 2 Men For Trespassing In i Key West Dwelling Houses SOW. D. WELCH FINED TO- TAL OF $141 FOR OP- Closing Today; \North Carolina, South Caroline, | industrial users | st Ctttzen THE USA. Greek Troops Surround 2,000 Border Guerillas (By Associated Press) ATHENS, July 15.—The gov- ernment issued a communique; today in which it was stated that} national troops had surrounded; guerilla bands in northern Greece Out of Line Here PROTESTS STATEMENT MADE CONCERNIN, A DS st and were closing in on them. It was explained that the bands ‘comprised about 2,000 men, and that they were two and one-half miles inside the border. Some of the troops comprised foreign- ers, but the gfeater number were Grecian Leftists. It was said further that some of the guerillas who had been captured wore Soviet insigne. (Pravda, semi-official Soviet ' newspaper, said today that troops | for Grecian duty are being paper added that they were Amer: icans of Grecian descent. Wash. ington declared that there wer the Pravda charge, and that it was wholly propaganda without any founda- tion in fact.) Leaves For Jacksonville} Paul S. Lightbourn left Mon- day for Jacksonville, where he is now residing. He had been visit- ing his mother, Mrs. Edna Al- bury, 1400 Olivia street, who has been ill after a major surgical operation at Municipal Hospital, on June 20. Mrs. Albury is now convalescing. ERATING WITHOUT LICENSES Heavy were men who pleaded guilty today in |Criminal Court before Judge S ‘Caro to charges of unlawful tres- sentent given John T. Bigge | Navy man, received a sentence of |six months in the county jail for jtvespassing in the,home of Oscat colored, a Milian, 100 Whitehead street. | “When he is released from county jail the Navy Depart ‘ment will place Biggers under ar- ‘rest and charge him with de- sertion, it was learned at the hearing. Several in the Milian family the man broke into the home and prowled all through the house | When he fled the house, later captured by the Navy \Shore Patrol and turned over to the sheriff's custody. Another Navy man, D. W. Jones, pleaded guilty to trespa: ing in the home of Ignacio Perez, 913 Duval street, and was ordered to pay a fine of $75 and costs er to serve three months in the jcounty jail. Members of the testified that tie man walked around the veranda of their \home, then mounted an outside |stairway to the second floor. He fied when he was detected, but | s found hiding back of} store. W. D. Welch, | | | formerly of Key $141.81 for operating a motor ve- hicle and a motor boat without j Florida licenses, Julge Caro’ de- cided. Welch was charged with op- jerating his car without a license and the fine was $10 and costs. |He was also charged with run- ning a boat without a license. The state law requires a minimum fine of $100 and costs, the judge said fined $25 and costs. QS Sony Caraball SANDY'S GARAGE 404 Duval Street Phone 501 No Service too Complicated Flats Fixed to Complete Overhaul SE Pork f£e- cruited in the United States. The| including children, testified that | he was } Perez family |é | West, but now living in Colorado, ! must pay fines and costs totaling | John Towry, charged with reckless driving on the upper | keys, pleaded guilty and wa Jayshees Vote To Sponsor Labor Day Festival The Jayshees held their regular business meeting at HIGH ASSESSMENTS IN MONROE County Tax Assessor Claude Gandolfo said today that asses ments in Monroe county ny higher than other sections of th state, and he took exception + A are the Poinciana Community statements about reducing asses | Center last night. Mrs. Wil- ments for some persons. bur Ward was named as pub- Gandolfo directed his word at | licity chairman. Sam Kay, president of the Atle ‘The Jayshees voted unani- | investment Company, owners of Casa Marina Hotel, over beim mously to sponsor the Labor Day festival which is under the direction of Ivan Bag- dissatisfied with efforts to have the hotel assessments reduce and for asserting that investment gett. Mrs. Norma Dopp, club money would not flow tow President, presided at the Key West because of the high meeting. assessments. , hahahah esate Congress To was quoted as declurin e $250,000 theater ph jval and Eaton streets might ard at this time t ,of the fear of high assess ” |xo for V Th d a) | One hundred per cent sss ote Thursday OM | vents are eivine the ston ee all asstssiments 4° Veto Ta. Bill eryone is paying his full under his policy, Ge (By Associnted Presa) {iotto said WASHINGTON, July 15.—-Re- ‘The law does not say that t publican Jeaders in the Senate t#X assessor may ow have not given up hope that they Property owner 40 per cont iwill be able to override ihe the vé of his property President's veto of the income tax Sess John Jones, — the lit bill. fellow, 100 per cent because Jones does not have a few But Democrats asserted again today that they have one or two votes to spare in upholding the presidential veto. Senator Taft lion to hire high-priced lawye said Gandolfo. “The big fellow alwe had |more than his share end he said hopes that two ar more ators |ways trying te scare the pw may change their minds by the ee assessor about court art time the veto comes up for a land he will not do se and vote in the Senate. ‘The President has said that he Pot “County twill promptly veto the bill, and /give him everything he lit is expected that it will come , regardless if the othe up for a vote on Thursday has to pay more than b sleds the city council, the Seren in baste No question about the House's 1 attended the (Crt ‘ overriding the veto is entertain | meeting nt ed. That view has resulted from [as @ beard of equaltes the far more than a two-thirds |Mr. Kay did net ask f majority by which the bill was ‘sonable reduetion ot approved by the House ment, but in no uncert After the House overrides, the [demande of that ' bill will be sent to the Senate wanted muck ' a To the publi Radio Amateurs (6 8 [vest tment Compar h Met Last Night) :crset vor leu sa “Ma ina at dow The Key West Radio Amateurs |o-y they properties are a chip set last night at the pes for. and Sand Club with a grand at “Aisy Casa Marina wat . jtendance. is assessed today at $40 © Radio operators volunteered to {fret and that ont man the Hurricane Network at!gouth Beach have been a the Jackson Square USO and at | 4. g200 a front foot. Th \the U. S. Naval Hospital, and |the Casa Marina are @ further volunteered their services |g) 999 and all through M for any emergency ‘Taw onitaie: a are It was recalled by the mem-|yianding $2,000 and bett |bers of the club, the great work | The Casa Marina was t Radio Amateurs did during the}, cost of $1,000,000 ane t |Texas City disaster. During that], would cost $1,500,000 emergency every available opera-|,uild At the dep . {tor manned his station and aid |iowed by the government and |was ent to the scene imine |the assessing agencies it {diately jnot have depreciate t | The club, as yet, does not F 1$500,000, but the act a perman meeting hall, but), ned enninal: 5 {through the courtesy of the own- 1." $390,000 for. the ers of the Sun and Sand Club, Scmeonk ee their mecting will be he t th IF sre. than $170,000 |club again next Monday, July !Gay Life tr 121, at 7:30 p. m Noaned $175,000 a tt ae Marina. 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