The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 22, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the om equable climate in the country. with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit HE SOUTHERNMOST N KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TU VOL. XLVI. 173 Che County Prepares To _ {Indonesians Buy Martello Land | “aim Warfare In 3 Sectors As Beach Property)... 0... WAA TO ADVERTISEA————— DIRECT HITS ON DUTCH TOWER FOR SALE;|\ CO DODODODSD WARSHIP; ROCKETS BEING | MAY cost CcOUNTY| Who Said ce (By The Associated Press) UP TO $20,000 British Lack BATAVIA, July 22—Dutch : Official circles said today their } County Commissioner Gerald Sense Of Humor? troops were “policing” several Sounders was advised yesterday areas in Java, but spokesmen ov- that the War Assets Administra- LONDON. —(AP).—.Who- jer the Indonesian radio said that tien et Washington was author-| ever said the English have no iting its Jacksonville office to} Sense of humor evidently was no movie fan. And to sectors in Java but that fight- prove her point. Sally Gray, ing also has spread to the island tello Tower here for sale. star of the new film) "Green |of Sumatra. Saunders was so advised by| For Danger.” offers the fol- They added that Indonesian lowing statistics: Of the twenty-odd male British-born top ranking lilm players currently popular in the United. States, no less U. & Senator Claude Pepper whe was notified yesterday of the move by the WAA. Under the law, Saunders says, batteries opened fire this morn- ing on a Dutch warship and! scored four direct hits. The ship had been shelling native shore Key WW EWSPAPER ESDAY, JULY 22, 1947 WHERE U.N. PALESTINE COMMISSION MEETS IN THE U.S. A. HE beautiful Y.M.C.A. in Jerusalem, built by Americans as a monument to inter-racial and inter-faith cooperation, is the headquarters for the United Nations Commission studying the Palestine problem. the WAA must advertise any than thirteen are comedians. surplus property for sale, first te any other federal govern- mental unit, such as the Army or the Navy, and then offer it to a etty or county. “Bince the property was de- elared surplus by the Army, and we hed determined the Navy doesn't want it, the county is the only prospective purchaser of it under the law,” said Saunders. “We also know the city doesn’t want the land. “It is my guess, using the land installations when the batteries They are Barry Fitzgerald. ge the fire. fe Indonesian reports said also N AVAL B ASE Bob Hope, Alan Mowbray, that the Dutch ars using rockets } Leon Errol, Edmund Gwenn, {and bombing planes in attacking Sten Laurel, Roger Savo, ‘native positions in the northeast Brian Aherne, Roland ‘of Java. They said the Dutch are Young, Andy Clyde and Ern- ‘trying to cut the island in two est Cossert. Others who have and so divide the fighting Indo- played comedy roles at one nesians that now have communi- time or another include Ron- ‘cation lines extending north and ald Colman, Reginald Den- ‘south, east and west. ny. Sidney Greenstreet, (Washington today, in reply to Charles Laughton, Victor Mc- {an Indonesian report that the oe hie i Laglen, Peter Lawford, Fegi- Dutch are using American planes, ticipate In’ Filling Hou nald Owen and Leo Carroll. {said that the United States had SUPPLY not only is there fighting in three advertise 11 acres of West HOUSING OFFICE TO Landlords Invited Te Parse-———————_ OPENS NAVY NEEDS (ODI IE LI LS. SOOTNOOMMs sold any fighter or bomber jPlanes to the Dutch. The only “American planes, it was added, ! jthat have been transferred to the jDutch were cargo planes). { A former Indonesian premier |left today for New Delhi, jdia, to appeal to that country to bring the Indonesian question to at West Martello Tower for the public good, in this case for a beach, that it would be worth up- wards of $20,000 to Monroe county “i it were going to a private purchaser, and such purchasers would be able to bid for it if the eounty did not want it, the 11 Commissioners To Hear J aycees operating the In- | Where 4,859 officers and men of the Navy may find i ing Requirements In Key Westers May Key West Get Fertilizer Key West Naval Base is now/ ree For Hauling Housing Office 6 William Tims, a superin- tendent in the Public Service Department, stated today now stationed here! quarte. when they 4 On Mosquitoes the attention of the United Na- ul i 2 need them, for their families, i jtions, with a request that action bse eine aunties pat was announced today. ‘onsiderable housing is still! EEA By "HE “Navy, it Was re= ported today. The number is ex- pected to increase after the coin- } ing of. the Special Weapons weres of land on the waterfront might bring as much as $60,000. Vee, ALE 2 i s “We are doing everything in Prien Apert pater ala be taken to stop the war. ward in the direction of White | movement, the street, and of pouring approx!-| would have the authority to fine ! 5.000 ¢ mately feel sure that {with the Housing Office that jthey may keep their places rent- jed constantly,” said a Navy spokesman today Yesterday The Citizen carried a story telling of the number of our power, and Senator. Pepper of Commerce-délegation plans Tor af Te — te likewise doing everything he ‘mosquito-control in Key West. ARTA w ean to speed the sale of the Mar-| The commissioners -will also | tell property to the county. If! appoint certain city officials to} ‘NOW EYEING we get it soon, I'm certain we!go to Havana on August 12 to fan have # beach ready for the ‘attend the “Key West Plaza” School to Key West from its pres- coming season “ \dedication ceremony. The pres- | PALATINATE ent headquarters at New London, “We will advertise for bids for ‘ent San Francisco Plaza will be | Conn. e a8 SOON 4 yenamed Key West Plaza. AP Newsfeatures Local property owners are in- | completed | Another subject to be discuss- 'UNICH. — Bavarians are|Vited to participate in supplying the plans the work. You ed is a signed petition asking nursing a geoqraphical | the Navy personnel with suit- would be surprised what a good that the city reduce the parking gripe. They are looking west-.able quart All the landlords | contractor can do in a very short meter fine. The parking meter’ ward to the Palatinate, merged have to do is call the Navy Base time when he bas full he 1-' ordinance has been brought up: with the Rhineland into one at 790 and ask for Extension way-—end we'll give him thé g0- "for the commissioners’ approval ‘state within the French-occu-;324. This connects him or her ahead sign as quickly as we can.” on three different occasions. The | pied zone. {with the Navy Housing Office. Included in the work is con- jast regular meeting the com-: The Palatine with its million; Your apartment, room or struction of a breakwall extend- | missioners voted 3-2 against low- ; Germans was part of Bavaria for jhouse will then be listed in the ing out from the foot of Reynolds jering the present fine. 1700 years The separation fol-j Housing Office. Every day there! street and turning to the east-' Under the signed petition ‘lowed the end of the war. Now jare Navy men seeking quarters. | municipal judge Bavarians want it back “Where can I find such and Whether their voice grows ‘such a place to live bie yards of sand ‘the guilty party from $10 to enough in the future to regain | West?” ch $250. the territory is problematical. | mand. rhitectural features of | LES. <eeran cena | “We the work, which can go ahead at ° e | © later date, include the eonstruc- \PALs Join Fight tion of « casino and eo | 6 A ! eround the, swimming pool, A \ M t Sich will be approximately 30; A AINSt osquito | feet wide and 100 feet long. ' Senator Pepper urged the! At a meeting of the PALs last e. Jacksonville office to waive its night in the Parish Hall Center, | "4 Berlin usual 20-day advertisement |it was decided to join with the | GERMANY period, stating that the federal \Junior Chamber of Commerce in: sae | government has owned the prop- |its drive to eliminate the mos- | ba B i -, MI | OMMISSION ¢ BR.ZONE § 3 erty for ® great many years and quito. John McGraw president of | the former owners are ineligible the PALs Poinciana Center, and ; to reclaim it ahead of the county. Thomas Barrett, treasurer, were | annum jappointed a committee to assist‘ the Jaysees in their work. { Nineteen members of the Sky ; Hardy Movie Fan ee Club were added as mem- Gets Her Rewar ibers of the PALs. The club will be sponsored by the PALs and ! is expected the city’s youth * DECATUR, Ul—(AP). — Hey.| will become interested in the , Whether the Palatinate wants to} Hollywood, how about a shiny,! sport of miniature planes. ‘return also is conjectual. This is , redentary Oscar for Mrs. A. Ro- | On August 3 at 3 p. m., at Bay- a section of independent think- sen” view Park the Sky Slicers will ing that contribute so many early She has attended the movies ‘hold a model airplane exhibition, immigrants to the United States. FE . almost every night for 35 years! including the flying of tiny! The French will not tolerate uture Except for two brief periods | ships. Among the 19 members of talk of a return to the old status, | City commissioners will meet when she was out of town andthe Sky Slicers are lieutenant however Competent authorities \tonight to consider an lordinante ence when she was in a hospi-|commanders of the U. S. Navy say this is one of the reasons they |that will provide a retirement tal, she has been the Old Faith- | here. have banned public speeches by Hand for city employes. The plan ful of the Flickers. Work is expected to start this Dr Karl Schumacher. leader of | ill mob include a at Gane In recognition of he unusual, if week on construction of a box- German socialists, an advocate of \playes, auch 4 compissdoncra not unique, record, the staff of jing ring on the lawn of Parish centralistic ideas. The French at icity judge and city attorney. the Alhambra theatre gave her|Center at Virginia and Duval Tubingen now also require spe Five per cent ae ace will - dozen roses, a string of 35) streets. cial. permission for the German ' geducted from employes, as thelr 7 FOR Payment Of Pensions In tribute Fund For | Eee Pr hone call: waa A pearls, and a lifetime pass. press to make telepho : hare in the retirement plan. An j Although she has seen an army | MRS, WILLIAMS from the area to Munich, with !additional five per cent will be of actors and actresses pass NOT CANDIDATE |the result that the flow of new: jplaced in the fund by the city. has been cut down from the sec- ‘The amount furnished by the city will total $13,000 for the first year of the plan’s operation. | The administration of the fund ee be under the direction of i across the screen, she has no par- | a ticular favorites. ; | FOR COMMISSION tor to Bavaria. “I just like the movies,” she’ Mrs, Julia Williams today de- says |nied the published report that |she would be a candidate for city 4 Carabelle SB | ommissioner in the November Housing Project! SANDY'S GARAGE | election. BOULDER CREEK, Calif.— H a ere eae ie 0 1 | She explained that, while she is (AP)—Howell D. Melvni, a San, The money will be deposited un- 404 Duval Street nage \keenly interested in civic affairs, Jose printer, has his summer is Complete Overhaul Jobs she is not in a position to run for cabin here nearly finished now. No Job Too Difficult lthe commission or any other of- ,He’s been working on it for 20 SO ors Poke: fice, ears. pose. To be eligible to retire other in Key ;here would be required to seek is the most frequent de- quarters in the city. | | su if the 936 families, which places a dif-! jlandlords will list their property ‘ferent light on the Navy hous- | was the architect. iCity And Employes To Con- that Key Westers could call at either sewerage plant No. 1 or No. 2, the former lo- cated on Catherine street, and the letter at Garrison Bight, for all the fertilicer sludge they care to have. Tims said that this sludge is excellent for gardens, lawns, flowers, etc. There is | no charge for the fertilizer, but residents must pay for the hauling. hea aihahade athena Navy men now here and report ing the number of them who} would be seeking quarters in the fi i city. H } taining leuttali Key | About Ready TOTAL OF ABOUT $150,000 SPENT ON GREYHOUND LINES HOTEL ON TROPICAL KEY Greyhound Post House on old Jewfish Key, but now known as Tropical Key, is nearly ready for occupancy and the Greyhound Lines will soon be ready to op- erate the $150,000 structure, it was announced today. The buildings, including a res- aurant that will seat 125 per- BONS, “COST FSV N00 tS build the land close to $30,000, while the landscaping and shrubbery around the Post House will run close of $35,000. The buildings constructed in- clude five structures, each con- four hotel guest rooms. that Greyhound Chicago, own- It is reported Post House, Ine., rs of the structures, plan to add ilities of at least 75 additional »oms for next season, provided the existing group of buildings is a success. Alonzo Cothran of Key West It was a mistake when it was printed that 136 of the 4,859 of-' ficers and men now stationed was the general contractor. He eports that the set of structures is constructed of the est development of its kind any- The figure should have read |where in the United States.” \ing situation. The Navy is also to! |supply rented quarters to 221 en-:47* és | thei Visel Infant listed men and 84 office lothers, 938 of them m ‘would be compelied to places to live in the cit ied, TO | CONSIDER PLAN RETIREMENT than on disability, the employ must have reached the age of 55 with 15 years of service to th city. The monthly pension payment to be given the employe will not jexceed 60 per cent of his or her salary, nor be less than 30 per cent of monthly salary. A person must have worked for four years before becoming elig- ible for the disability feature of the plan. If an employe leaves the city, he will receive all the money that he personally has tpaid into the fund plus 1 per cent interest yearly. The dis- charged or igned employe will }not receive any money from the {city’s part of the fund. i The money that will be ear- ‘marked in the bank will carry a ‘small cash balance, with the ‘est being invested in govern- {ment securities. An advisi der a specific fund and will not committee of three officers to be c be available for any other pur-|elected by the present city em-’ STRUNK LUMBER YARD! Sheriff Berlin A iployes will also be a provision ‘of the retirement plan. ‘ John Allan Long, of Key West, ! Died Sunday ‘ynthia Visel, age two months, ‘died Sunday in the residence of her parents, 149-D Poinciana Place. | The body is being sent today jby the Pritchard Funeral Home to Jacksonville for funeral serv- ices and burial She is survived by her lents, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Visel. t —eEE——EE ' | { Property Sales W. C. Winkel, of Racine, Wis. ‘transferred two lots near Casa Marina court and White strect, in the Martello Tower district, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baer, 901 Du- val street, for $5,000, according to a warranty deed filed yester- day in the office of Circuit Court Clerk Ross C, Sawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cruz transferred to Mr. and Mrs. Al- len E. Curry, 723 Eaton street, property near the corner of Eaton street and Peacon’s lane, for a nominal sum. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Norton, Dade county, transferred to Mr. and Mrs. John S. Milton for a nominal sum, property on Grassy Key. STORM SHUTTER CEILING i PHONE 816 Post House | 3 PRICE FIVE CENTS Defense Moves To Exclude Evidence Relating To Bribe ‘ORMER STATE REPRE. TIVE BERNIE ©, PAPY’S TRIAL MOVES INTO SECOND DAY (By Ansvonted Pree TALLAHASSEE, July 22..-At torneys for former tive Bernie C. Papy of Key today moved to exclude fro jevidence all testime jto conversations in or about the |Florida House chambers in [nection with charges that tried to bribe fellow lawmaker The alleged conv joa the basis of accusations | Chk hkdd hdd) Smoking Out Mosquitoes; Sounds Alarm Responding to a call at 10:15 o'clock last night from the Thomas and Division streets alarm box, Fire Sta- tions Nos, 1 and 3 sent ap- paratus to the area, and they arrived to find there was smoke but no fire. Occupants of a home on Thomas street with screen- less windows, had become | annoyed by mosquitoes and | decided to smoke them out. | Representa y relating trons form Papy, whe is now being wi Leon County Circuit Court lowing grand jury ind ctment Defense atte pourt to recognize ah old Eng mon law of 1688 that we ys usked ¢ A neighbor, seeing smoke coming from the house, rush- € € to the alarm box at Thomas and Division streets, invalidate ali testimony of and turned in the alarm. s' star tive J. Brailey Od) \City May OK while Od ail ther —— |from the court room jham testified in more de jever before his accusat 'Papy offered him cash 4 at a bill barrie wer vier Baker Plan For Gardens Here STATE FAILS TO APPROPRI. | ATE FUNDS FOR WAYSIDE py argued that unre English common law all conve sations between lawmakers abe matters pending before the bsolutely private and dle as court evidence Circuit Court Judge Wo M Walker excluded the ju f the room to hear technical finest ma-! terials and form “the handsom- lot 9 be his consideration ‘| Burchell $50 PARKS: CITY SEEKS BOTAN: 'inents on the laW. He sil ICAL SITE DEVELOPMENT on the ceca of dot jrule today told The Citizen that had received a letter from Lov G. Scoggin, park director of the !the other immediately inet Florida Board of Forestry and chambers next day Parks, Tallahas to the effect} He testified that afte state le lature did not ond offer from Papy thet 1 ‘ » money for posed wayside parks in county, nor for any park other unty. » ex pove When the be { Ellingson had been asked by for ection im city commissioners to contact the charged im the ‘ park director relative appro. that “there is me priations by the stale for wayside (1 this B " Iparks. The commission specified | He did name Pag that if the money was not appro “) priated, Ellingson was to contact | He testified that be veteran aker on a proposi- ‘if his speech t the | tion B: offered the city NOt been ' whereby be would develop and | fenaghing (beautify the Botanical Garden: Court recessed twith sale of all plants. flowers, 1 was te be recumed « \ Odham te ge ba ‘llingson said that the land in &bind to give t jquestion is being surveyed by the {Me iMry city. He did not Lelieve it would! Yesterday the 4 be advisable to wait until the Mestimony of Mr Le ' chief clerk next session of the legislature when side park —appropria- | Speaker Te te tions will once more come before |W 'tNeSsses _C# ' the legislators. testify as to the manne At last Tuesday's meeting, the; SUbstitute book i commissioners approved in prin Dill was introduced in the ciple the Baker plan, but left | #fler the original senate | Hfinal arr to Ellingson, buried in the house + jand y Attorney Ig- phone ind telegraph cor natius Lé . Cross-questioning H attorneys led to the be they would challenge the of the procedure by which stitute bill w vught up original \Judge Fines bill William Burchell Jr. fined $50 and his license was re- \Hidden Weapons voked for one year by Judge En-, gy rique Esquinaldo in municipal | Found In Burma ° By P 0 | ice men court yesterday (By ‘The Associated Preees The judge, in fining Burchell $50, took into consideration the | jfact that Burchell would have to reimburse the City Electrie Sys tem $100, and ‘the Florida Keys, Aqueduct Commission $150 for | Rang damages done to a fire hydrant ,©*°M and a lamp post. that v The accident occurred Satur or 1 day night at Duval and Eaton SI! the guns an thon, and ev den to use \Sentence Boys 1 ae To Marianna 1 000 be given a state fume Juvenile Judge Frank O. Rob- | mittee uf a erts sentenced two 15-year-old * Hoe boys to two years in the state re-| ~~ | s aceneeeeemeteteneeneeneame ALACE THEATER LESLIE BROOKS in “CIGARETTE GIRL” News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGH formatory at Marianna yesterday after hearing the evidence the! pair had stolen $80 from an ox cupant of one of the Thompson apartments in South street Sawyer is scheduled to leave for Marianna tomorrow with the boys. = intutututututeimtetl_-tittitteLeeZLeeeivtinzntitnttntw Yast ad ss 2