The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 16, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, bas the mom equable climate in the county. with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. XLVIN. No. 168 City Gives C unty Stock Island Lot For County Hom ESTIMATED = BUMDING*— All 18 Feet Of Your Skin Lat 18 NEAR BOTA (CAL GARDENS County Commieioners will [ates Humidity tometrurt « vnty heme, costing S5,688, for the needy on Stock MINNEAPOLIS. — (AP).— telend, as o result ofgan agrec The “it's not the heat, it’s the ert fewehed leet might with Stim, plus humidity,” says Dr. Cty Common The city will Waldo H. Kliever, research five @ Steck Island lot to the pow n the Minneapolis. = en 5 ee 130 feet and Is hos 18 to 19 square feet of wear the Botenical Gardens | ekin curface which acts'ss.an ~ vo 4 pa Ahn ge evaporative cooling system, id folks he to be he Says, and if surrounding m the property the: alt o srtremey promt this ac- the county last night jon %S ses the 20 rooms for the| Dr. Kliever said automatic ieemates, there will be room controls now being develop- for the matron, three bath rooms. ed are expected to make it » Hitehen, Gime room, washing, possible to control humidity Fematre ; im homes and factories with- The belle Will cost approx} in @ fraction of one per cent motely BO.008 ly will be built’ of the desired level. a comerete mk om the form of et d the granting of $506 » lo . ° eat Bey Seow anizations to Florida Railroad . help defray the expense of a souting excursion of 23 Scouts | Sead md SU Set) Commission Will Beouts will be guests at the dedi- | cotton = servic: honoring Key , West by naming one Havana Hear Rebuttal Pieses, “City of Key West (Speciat to The Ctttseny Commissioner Harden inquired Tv ALLAHASSEE, Jyly 16— S my Ay ” yy Pan W® Sixty passenger bus companies va a a ent of Florida have been notified that nen ineren replied. the Florida Railroad and Public m A — will have to be Utilities Commission will meet emented, but we do have the here October 7, to hear their re- br. eT . a buttal to commission charges of over-crowding, unsatisfactory terminals, failure’to keep sched- ule and other coniflaints made $0-the, commission, by, the. publis f ne oe ee has ecnducted regional hearings in Jacksonville, Orlando. Miayni, Tampa and Panama City to re- thie measure, but from now on, TU net vote agin to amend the teviget, We should do like the “Weanth set o Hager ond hater said the 1 net be touched un. » takpayer db. d age w omy eye bo ceive epmplaints from the pub- } lar . lic and reports from their inspec- tee ton t then told his (2TS 08, bus and terminal condi- qdiatinee that be A was not (tons Following the final rebut- jam D ceeeidind ‘tee. beadenet tal hearing , in Tallahassee, the ath toast teat these (Commission expects to draw up seereuimrnis Were rivceemary. mai 12 new set of rules for common ted that Guak yane’s con. (rr bus operations. a «Nee for) Tallahassee. — Complaint of Vincent C. Giblin of kin Truck and Bus Line of ciecneiing the files ta-{ ndina that the Jac onville A ° . ow we og sheceneriigah Company is poaching on a tie sea ro 4 havea the ‘ynandina company terri- a = tory will be heard by the Florida . Peenee Were 'te- 5 and Public Utilities ~<guiedaalliaeiaaslieg To on in Jacksonville Au: a 11. The McJunkin organiza- a pein’ aula poe | tion charged that the coach com- he andied for the Atles Cor. (Puny of five separate dates queatiah er ony other texpayer |transported charter bus loads of Thes 1 if the books arc | Passengers from Jacksonville to ; hey | American Beach and to Hudson ert & on Eiearer, hs ¥ \Lake, without authority from the —_ geo pn Pisses he. | commission. ne the only dissenting | vote, did agree, however, to have Ri Th f the city attorney draft a letter to | eports € t Mr. Giblin, inviting him to confer | Soe ee mee" | From Storeroom A proposal amend the bud- | act t $109 to purchase | G. H. Ramirez, Jr., 611 White- Lot 16 Tract 5, and Lot 7, Tract |head street, reported to the po- wee approved, with Commis- |lice that somebody had stolen somer Louis Carbonell dissenting. | seven bags of mortar mix, two The ord to reduce the |handsaws, one plane and one fine for meter-destruction was|hammer from 1713 Von Phister leet by a 3-2 vote, with Commis- | street, where Ramirez is con- oners J. Carbonell and Albert | structing a house. cooper approving, and JT. Car-| The items were stolen from a bonell, Mayd® Demeritt and Hun- | store-room on the premises be- Harden disapproving. The of Commissioner Louis Car i the audience as tween noon and 5 p. m., yester- day. SEAT COVERS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street wee Phone 442 unease Key West Poultry & Egg Mkt. 728 SIMONTON STREET Sanchez Grocery Bldg. w Under the Management of Mrs. A. Thompson DROP IN FOR THE FINEST Poultry and Eggs t te bonell surprise the commissic had previous! introduced the measure unsuc- | cessfully on two different oc- and his vote last night «Continued on Page Two) PALACE THEATER CHESTER MORRIS in “BOSTON BLACKIE AND THE LAW” 7A News and Serial BATTERIES CHARGED | The Modern Way i fin. in 90 to 45 minutes and car can be on its way! Smith AUTO SERVICE lo. § White at Fleming i ¥ é. WHA. Cost 835,000, "aaa reaeaas, Py SOUTHERNMOST THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1947 Smathers’ Speech | In Key West Has Been Postponed Congressman George Smathers, who had tentatively set Aug. 14 as the date for a “report to the ‘people” speech in Key West, will be forced to delay his appearance jhere, he today advised City {Commissioner Louis Carbonell. ! “The pressure of work in the ,current session will make ad- jjournment impossible before Jearly August,” Smathers wrote, jvand I will, therefore, be forced ito postpone my visit to Key West ; {until later in the summer, after | {I have had some rest.” | Smathers will take his family ; ito a summer lodge in North Caro- | lina and remain there several | |weeks, he told Carbonell, before | |he comes to Florida to make a‘ brief series of speechesgin the } Fourth District and a feW other | cities. Overseas fom: rat Gi NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Everything looks serene as these anglers dangle their lines over the sides of one of the bridges linking Florida’s keys with the mainland, but at any minute a fish may strike. Then the fisherman Bridge Anglers Ignore Motorists : -~And the Law, Says AP Feature Writer will dash into the middle of ‘the road, playing his catch and ignoring traffic. Shh—it's all “illegal.” By WILBUR JENNINGS AP Newsfeatures HE world’s longest fishing “'pier” is distinctly a hazard to motorists, but they don't seem to mind. | The 122 miles of ribbon-like road linking Key West with the ! He has received invitations ;Florida mainland is one of the “fishingest” highways anyone | from civic organizations in vari- ous parts of the state to address | their membership at any time! he has available and while he | plans to accept a few invitations, his few speeches in Florida will not be a statewide speaking junket. He does not plan to make more than four or five speeches outside of his district, which embraces Monroe, Dade and Collier counties. | Sum For'Beach ever drove a car over. Also, it is one of the most interesting. This is a highway on which the pedestrian doesn’t give a hang about the motorist. The pedestrian is a fisherman arm- | ed with rod and reel. ‘When this particular pedestrian hooks one of the 600 varieties of fish which, abound in Flori- da waters, anything can hap- pen, and usually does. 'try to enforce the law. SHORTS-CLAD WOMEN | The anglers—there are as ing far enough down many shorts-clad women as men Keys will have to pay a road toll, | rise 75 feet above the water. Shh—It's [legal One little matter about the bridge fishing which few seem Ite know: it’s illegal. But shh, do not tell anyone. Somebody might —fish from narrow ledges on one ,but it isn’t expensive and well To Be Carried At a meeting of Monroe Coun- ty Commission yesterday an or- der was issued to carry the sum of $248,453.03 in legal adver- tisements for the beach cov- ering the tentative budget for 1947-48. , aac Through an oversight, it” was’ announced, ae. item had beén out-of the “legal-advertising: of the tentative budget and it was necessary to carry an an- nouncement to that effect or there would be no money for the public beach. Commissioners Frank Bentley, Clarence Higgs and Eduardo Go- mez attended the meeting, which was called for the purpose of cortecting the oversight. The sum of $248,453.03 is car- | ried on the books of the county for the beach account. Thompson Buys ~ Martello Land John N. Thompson and wife bought five lots facing on Flag- ler avenue, in the Martello Tow- er section of the city, for $5,300, according to warranty deeds filed yesterday with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Three lots were purchased from Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gato, III, and two were bought from Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cotton for $3,000. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. An- ! jderson transferred to Cleo Cone, jTavernier, a lot in Seaside, Key Largo, for $500. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Alley | transferred to Mr. and Mrs. Dan- | iel B. Dorn, Red Bank, N. J., a} ‘lot at Tavernier Harbor, for $300. Pedro Maynulet Dies In Miami Pedro Maynulet. age 58, died jin Miami, Tuesday, July 15th. He will be buried in Miami. He is survived by his widow, the for- mer Nina Elizarde, formerly of Key West; one son, Norbert, two\ daughters, Mrs.-Beverly Kutney of Miami, and Mrs. Olga Penzing, and two grandchildren, who re- side in New York City. | AUTOMOBILES For Sale 1942 Chevrolet Fleetline 1942 Chevrolet DeLuxe, 11941 Dodg: |-Door 1946 Dodge, 4-Door 1947 Dodge 1%2-Ton Truck NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite Bus Station 2-Door In Advertising: of Ocean. of the 18 miles of 39 bridges | worth the, price. which link the islands of the Flo- : rida wate: keys and span bodies of which flow across the nar- w peninsula between the Gulf Mexico and the Atlantic This happens any Sunday: A fisherman hooks a big one. There is a tug and swish of line. Out into the highway he goes, playing his catch. The ap- Proaching cars are forgotten. The job at hand is for that fish | ~net.to..get. awash... Motorist Is Obliging The motorist is most obliging. He slows down, frequently stops. Penetrating Greek Lines interest is as keen as the other fellow’ boasts of one bridge seven miles long and another of four miles. Few ever heard of a fisherman setting hit by a car, : here that the 2,000 guerillas, who The seven-mile bridge is a jhad been surrounded, had broken dandy. One would expect the through and were headed toward fishermen to do their angling the Albanian border, nine miles near the aproaches. But no, they | away. get clear out into the middle. Another report received here How'd they get there? They} was that the guerillas bad 2,- brought along someone who did j999 reservists in Albania, who not mind driving them out and\were marching toward the bor- then taking the car back to the der to aid the band of guerillas end and reading for a couple of lin their escape from the govern hours. ee ment troops. Numerous Varieties Squadrons of government. air- It takes a veteran angler 10 | y)snes are attacking the flecing call his catches by name, so guerillas. numerous are the varieties. The fighters include the tar- pon, shark and the bonefish. But there are snook, snapper, trout, drum, jewfish and 592 other kinds. sent-reinforcements to its troops Greece, as reports were received Funeral Services For Mrs. Browne ' hurricane. Some of its bridges |, { Legion Clubhouse Ready In 90 Days C. B. Harvey, commander of |* | arthur Sawyer Post, American ————— | Legion, stated today that in about the Legion clubhouse ; 90 days, m Stock Island, should be ready for occupancy. Most of the work will be done by volunteer Legion labor, and di labor hiring, with only the plumbing and wiring to be let on contract. The former is to be done \by John Curry, and the latter Another thing, anyone ventur- , into the’ { This slowing-down, stopping is (Ws ‘The Asavcinted Press) a courtesy of this .seemingly ATHENS, July: 15.—The gov- , never-ending highway — which Jernment announced today it had | i | | by Hunter Harden. The roof of the former Coun- try Club building has been paint- ed, and a good deal of carpenter work has been done. ‘DEALERS TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR BETTER PUBLIC RELATIONS AWILL HOLD MEETING LATE: THIS. -- WEEK, ANALYZING QUES- TIONNAIRES Proposed plans for further de- veloping more satisfactory econ sumer-merchant relations in Key West will be discussed at ing to be called this week by a meet- in the northwestern section of | special committee of the Cham- her of Commerce Merchants Di- vision. The committee, compoced of Bob Pollock, Mary Lee Graham, Mrs. Isadore Appelrouth and Mil ton Appel, is busy ‘analyzing the results of a recent customer poll by the Chamber of Commerce Of 1,000 questionnaires circu- lated at random to K West housewives, close to 200 have been returned with sugges and recommendations — that Westers have for merchants to be: satisfy the buying public here. Local dealers have pledged themselves to do what they can in the interest of shoppers by offering wider selections of me chandise as a result of the pri vailing recommendation that was received in response to the ques- Flordia Keys’ fishing i | tionnaires, confined te bidgee hewesen | | Funeral. services for Mrs.} Merchants point out that _it The tiny islands are dotted {Madeleine Lopez Browne, who {must be remembered that a num- with! fishing camps, limeny loft dieds inl Miamil) yesterday, swall ber of items) eb merchandise with twin-engine charter boats at |8inning at 5 o ‘clock, in St. Paul’s ie fo i Ihe Desa Wa oe ae Episcopal Church. The Rev. H. F. ;Saumenig will officiate, and burial will thé backdoor. There also are lodges where for a nominal sum, an’ angler may forget his outside worries and concentrate on fishing. Favo- rite dishes of these lodges are |neral Home. turtle steak and lime pie. Survivors are, The 122 miles of road “out to sea,” which as a part of the highway from Miami to Key West, was completed in 1944 at a cost of seven million dollars after eight years of work. Its Pallbearers will be Capt. Carl foundation is the old bed of the |Hilton, J. Y. Porter, F. J. Miller Florida East Coast Railway Berlin Sawyer, Wm. V. Albur which was washed away by a and Robert S. Spottswood. a HERE TO DINE and DANCE TONIGHT. Don’t Ask for Rib Steak "S202 men” Serve Them!! BUT YOU CAN GET—Shrimp Cocktail, Oyster Cocktail. dks BONE STEAK, SIRLOIN STEAKS, or FILET MIGNON, with all the fixings. ALL KINDS OF SANDWICHES, including Glorified Hamburgers. Prepared by Chef Frank Marcozzi. Served by Thoroughly Experienced Waitresses under the direction of Bob McCloskey, formerly with the Palm Beach Biltmore, Season ‘46-'47. DANCE to Good Music Every Day 10 to 3 o'Clock CLUB SUGALOA { ;City, and Ralph Lope; Rochelle, N. Y.; one Annie Naul of Dolyestown, Pa. be in the family | [yea mausoleum in City Cemetery, un- | the buying public here as wide a der the direction of Lopez Fu- j selection as possible. i son, Jefferson j advertised brands of merchandi: L. Browne of Miami: twe broth- ‘offered for sale in Key West stor ers, Albert Lopez of New York jis being of New | publish i | price agreement that fort to secure get items as pos retail store many hard-to- ible in order that may offer to A listing of all the nationally pared and will be ed soon, felt that the public here is unaware of the fact that most nationally known brands of all merchandise is stocked in Key West stores at present, much of which comes under the fair trade sold for one and the same price. Fo No Orchestra No Riots - Ng Profanity— Just Good Food and Drinks in a Nice Quiet, Respectable Atmosphere EAVER'S OF COURSE!! ii_-iaaay Apartment To Cost $ To Be How Country Editor Retires On Fortune SAN FRANCISCQ.—(AP). —Members of the San Fran- cisco Press Club are wonder- ing who put this story in their weekly club magazine: “How did you do it?” in- quired a reporter of a coun- try editor who had just re- tired with $100,000 in sav- ings. The editor replied that it was because he had run his paper economically, ‘worked early and late, kept away from the San Francisco Press Club domino and gin rummy games, and because an uncle had died and “left him $120,- 000. "IIIA OD Preliminary Talks On Japan Treaty Aug. | ! | (Re The Aww Press) LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., July 16.—The Security Council is pre- paring to take action on the pro- posal to provide border nounced today. concerned treaty with Japan. {tions, identified with ern affairs, jit is proposed to hold a meeting August 19 to discuss the Japan- ese matter, and it was suggest- ed that the work for the first w Eleven na Far East The meeting will in San Francisco astern affai held either or Washington It is expected that, in consider be ing the treaty with mn major differences will avi is tween Australia and the States. Stirrup Held On Vagrant Charge c Jenjamin Stirrup, lives on Elgin street, ed on a vagrani " E night by Deputy Sheriff William Archer, Stirrup being held in county jail for arraignment next Tuesd in criminal court Archer is trying to find the owner of two pairs of pants he alleges Stirrup had in his p sion at the time he was arr ed. Anyone missing any trou should get in touch with cher, Ar- 4-Dr. Ford Sedan | ‘City Commissioners decided st night to buy, for $1,479.25, a For-Dor black Ford sedan, {from the Monroe Mo Color {of the car is not guaranteed, but aelivery will, be made within a month, This was the only bid received by the city manager in requests for a car from dealers. OUI OO AUR ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 54 Ce fehet tatedet, hefatietcteteh tetatctinte hited LILLE LEE ELE, POOR OLD CRAIG'S SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Phone 9134 De Luye Champion Outboard MOTORS IMMEDIATE DELIVERY * EE ee 9 for ‘the Balkan States, it was an-. Another matter. discusset), taday, building the the proposed peace g were informed that kk be left to experts in Far | United | ~ jattitude | 40,000 Erected j ‘MAX COHEN PLANS 1t7- wee en eae ee UNIT BUILDI FAC. ING THE ATLANTEC OCEAN Immediate construction 17-unit apartment facing the At lantic between Simonton Duval streets is planned by Max !Cohen, who is part jSouth Beach Motel At the same time, Michael Bonany, who owns a half i est in the South Beach M plans to start within a few dey on the construction of six tages right back of Cohen's new apartments. Cohen, who will handle the work himself from plans furniet ed by the office of John Alle Long, says that his money invest ment will run approximete! $40,000. No estimate was given ‘the Banany investment | Cohen said he hoped to brew \ground next week for the to start. It will take an estinwt 60 days to complete the I? | apartment The 17 units will be built in straight line, extending from jpoint in the rear of the Mot jand running for 200 feet to Duval. Each unit will be 40 fe ide. They will be one bed | apartments. Each anit will & \equipped with @ gas stove |frigidaire and a sink, OT \tourists may cook their meet oa and of owner A patrols |they so desire “The first of the blocks which will be wed te -ghory structure Coen ah on te |next week I expect bre {ground.” Cohen said that in all jability the work will be jed by Si el Drudge known — constructor serve as foreman of th Dewey Sounds | Out Governors In Salt Lake City (Special to The Citheens SALT LAKE CITy conference | rh ! expe t Governor Dewe York, said that he pleased with his diseu a {the 23> Republican ¢ jwho ave attending th ence, regarding bis chen nomination for the presieder {the Republican conventer held next June Dewey explained that Jnot ask for any outright ple of support. He h |chiefly was to try of the 'states represented |publican governor Just what he had been t did not reveal, but he jhis talks with the governe been encow ng ‘Navy’ To Study City Payroll Data said people by th | City Manager O J Fil json has informed Comp’ |Charles Roberts that jlow the Navy to view tl |payroll records in the wide wage pay analysi | The request was made jletter signed by Captain W {Saunders, USN FINISHED OUT OF DAMP WASH SHIRTS each He PANTS... ... each 20¢ /FLAT WORK... . tb. 7c ‘Columbia Laundry PHONE 57 | |