The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 31, 1947, Page 1

ee ee < | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit —_——.~. Key Westers Will Be Urged To Utilize USO AsCommunity Center CITY AGREES TO OPER-+ ATE USO AFTER DEC, Maa Da IMD Ma, 26, DATE OF TERMIN- Storekeepers ATION \Call It Quits People of Key West will be'Jn Poland encouraged actively to partici- pate in the operation of the USO Jackson Square building and to | use the facilities, it was announc- ed yesterday at a meeting of in- terested city officials and the uso. (By Associated Press) LODZ, Poland.—(AP).— Many merchants in this great Polish textile center are closing their shops and “giv- ing up trade on quite a large The cits” agreed at the meeting, scale,” savs the newspaper attended by Mayor W. W. De.| Dziennik Lodzi. meritt, City Manager O. J. S. It added: “Lodz official circles find this fact alarm- ing and reflecting unfavor- ably on economic life.” A special government commission has ordered that @ special permit must be ob- tained before any business cen cease operating. Officials said they didn’t know why the shops were closing. In Lodz, as elsewhere in Poland, shopkeepers display a bare minimum of goods they have to sell but keep most of it stored away from public view. Shopkeepers explain their action by say- ing they are frequently visit- ed by security police and tax collectors. If their shelves are full, up goes the assessment. VW AA A hob bd doked Bodies Of Two Britons Found Dead On Tree BOOBY TRAP, CONCEALED IN Ellingson and City Commissioner Albert Cooper, to operate the building as a recreation or com- munity center for a period of time following the USO termi- nation on Dec. 26 For the present no direct commitments can be made in regar( to a permanent Army and Navy YMCA in Key West, and the city decided to shoulder as much responsibility as possible! for the community recreation for ! service men. At the same time Frank Ad- ams, director of the USO, stated that Key West holds a high prior- ; ity among anticipated operation of the Army & Navy Y, and ev- , erything possible is being done to | bring the organization here. 1 Inasmuch as Jackson Square will be operated as a community center after Dec. 26, it is the fecling of the USO organization that considerable time can be saved and progress realized if for these remaining months the! group and the City Recreation Department operate in close co- operation. In this way, with the USO op. erating more along the lines of Community Center as expe! mental period can be establish- ed that will assure continuous CLOTHING OF ONE DEAD om voperation. . ae The operatice oF the USO w in no way affect the present | 13 services rendered the Navy. All PO ere oe refreshment and materials given ba diackays eh etal aby free as part of the program can| JERUSALEM, July 31.— A only be given to men in service |booby trap, concealed in clothing of one of the two bodies ! of British sergeants, hanging from a tree, exploded this and critically wounded a officer. British ducting and to veterans. Special trips and other such functions are limited in numbs service men and veterans will be given priority. Capt. Carl Johnson, executive officer of the Key West Subma- rine Base, who attended the British troops had been con- a search for the two; ; ed =the /day morning, when the Jewish; meeting, said that the facility. in |underground reported they had | addition to serving the adult|been hanged, and today youth of Key West, both civilian iwere found near the plains of and military might be a haven }|Sharon. for teen-ager As one of the sergeants was He recommended such a self-|being cut down from a tree. a governing group as the Teen-jbooby trap, hidden in his shirt, ; Town program. The suggestion exploded and, besides severly} was approved, and arrangements wounding the officer, injured 12} will be made to establish such |ther men, all Britons. The ser ; a group before school starts. Een are et 90 feck, are Red Mayor Demeritt sid eat [to be picked up in bits for burial. much of the future of | ti British authorities reported will depend upon the city’s pres- |inat the sergeants had not been ent interest in the Navy and in-| executed by hanging. Investiga- coming tourists, and he believes |ijon in an abandoned diamond that the establishment and €N- | factory showed evidences of their largement of Naval operations; having been shot there and their here will be one of the main ;bodies taken to the tree in sacks. factors that encourages tourist participation. that est | a limb. as a pretense of hanging. - | The British commander in Pal. Julio LaTorre Appointed jestine did nae announce what ac- * cee, » would take because of the To Street Labor Position | 0" De wou : The Civil Service Commiission |Cseusicnsict ihe sergeanie in re: this morning approved the pro- F members of the Jewish under- bationary appointment of Julio}ground, but the Jewish Agency La Torre, 709 Dlivia street, as a and the Jewish Council denoune- | laborer in the street division of jed the killing of the sergeants as the Department of Public Serv- | “dastardly”. | ice The position becomes effec- °F aril rT tive July 28 and pays $30 per | Bailey Hardins week. | | County nee Clifton Bai- ley and City Commissioner, and Mrs. Hunter Hardin will leave N | { a Saturday for Robbinsville, N. C., for a visit of several da Bailey’s wife is now at Robbi: ville, and he will stay at the vis: ELKS All members of B.P.O.E. No. 551 are reauested to] date. meet at the lodge rooms at 4 p. m., Friday, to at- tend the funeral service of Brother Harry C. Galey. Signed, FRANK BENTLEY, (Acting Exalted Ruler). Southernmost Garage in U. 8. | 1130 Duval Street Phi | Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Cars morning | sergeants ever since early yester- | | Leaving On Trip iting place. The Hardins will be; accompanied by their son. They will return to this city at a later THE SOU The Key Wiest Citizen IN THE USA. THERNMOST NEWiPAPER _ On Way To Washington For Testimony HIS PUBLICITY AGENT ALSO 3¢Q7H ANNUAL CONVEN-* IS FLYING TO CAPITAL TO INVESTIGA.. APPEAR AT TION. (By ‘the Assvcinted Press) WASHINGTON, July ;Howard Hughes, millionaire jsportsman and airplane builder, is expected to arrive here either late today or early tomorrow to testify before the senate sub- committee that is investigating ithe award of a government con- tract. to him of $40 million to (ea seaplanes for carrying car- i Paha the questions that will be asked Hughes is one regard- , ing his charge that Senator Owen Brewster of Maine, chairman of the sub-committee, had urged him to merge his plane activities with Pan-American Airways. A report was received from Paris that John Meyer, publicity agent for Hughes in his film and aircraft enterprises, had left that city by plane and was expected to be in Washington tomorrow. He also will testify before the committee, which is anxious to ask him about reported parties that Hughes gave to entertain government officials at the time jtract to build super-seaplanes. Taxicabs Must Have Insurance, Commission Says (Special to The Citizen) Tallahassee. : July ea eioeea | ors of the Florida Rail Public Utilities Commi: been instructed to enforce order that no_ taxicabs their jurisdiction operate 1 an on nae the under with- _. MAN -BILPLORES,, anyRINe. out P proper insurance . coverage, ; | HELD MONDAY, thus” po! portation shortage. Many taxicabs among the 2, 700 under commission jurisdic- jdiction have been unable to get | the|casualty and accident insurance | igince the failure of the Keystone | ;Mutual ad Casualty company in |June, according to Lewis W. Pet- jteway, executive director of the | |commission. He said that many {cabs are operating now 30-day binders, but that no i isurance company has yet indicat- ed Be will give coverage after to- | they day | esau Ed Larson, State insurance commissioner, ha: \ealled representatives of all com jPanies to Tallahassee for Aug. 6, :to attempt to perfect a plan for ‘splitting up jand getting it underwritten. ;Many cities, which control the taxis operating within their lim- | its, have asked the state for help, as they too are facing a taxi shutdown. Petteway, in his telegram to the commission inspectors, said: “We understand many taxicabs have been unable to secure insur- ‘ance coverage. However, respon- that no cabs without proper insurance coverage be ;Permitted to operate beyond ‘their respective cities and the im- mediate adjacent suburban terri- tory. You will therefore every effort to strictly police this : situation.” All commission imecessary permits on taxis opearting outside cities ex- it jpired June 30 and at that time; ‘the commission notified taxi op- ierators they could not be renew- in some other company, than the Keystone. Petteway said many permits have since been issued, but only backed by a 30-day in-! surance binder which may not be extended. NEW PIONEER HOTEL 151 N.E. FIRST ST. In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West VIS SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “Best For A Night's Rest” 1 Block West of Bus Depot 31.—- | he was negotiating for the con- | under } taxicab imsurance { The men were then strung from sibility to the public makes it | make | ed without evidence of insurance | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDLY, JULY 31, 1947 Fred W. Smith Elected President Of ‘Tat. Lion TION CLOSED TODAY; EW HEAD OF. LIONS | 853 NEW CLUBS OR. | GANIZED (Specine to ‘The Citizen) SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.— Fred W. Smith, Ventura, Calif- ornia, is the new president of the International Association of Lions Clubs. He was advanced by unanimous vote from the first vice-presidency at the 30th annual convention of the Associ- ation which closed here today, Smith succeeds Cliford D. Pierce of Memphis, Tenn. | The convention .concluded the most successful year in the histo- ry of Lions International, accord-; ing to the report made by the Secretary General and Founder, Melvin Jones, of Chicago, Illinois. + He reported the formation of 853 ' ‘new Lions clubs and the addition “ of 47,332 men to the roster of the S¢fVed as President of that Bd. association in the twelve-months for thize successive terms; Tr period ending June 30, 1947, for tee of Pomona College, lare ‘a total of 6.117 clubs and 326.448 mont, California; President of | members. He stated that a Lions Hebsoa Brothers Packing Com- club was established in mid-July pany; President of the Salinas at Lismore, New South Wales, Land Company; ‘Australia. and that Lions clubs in 19 countries. Lions President of the Ventura Secu International, he added, is the largest. strongest and active ser lin the world. ~ ‘FRED W. SMITH } jtery Association; Member of the | Lion Smith was born in Alam- Advisory Board of Ventura Bank ‘taries of the 25 Rotary Clubs ‘osa, Colorado. He attended gram- of America; and is the owner of jmai and high schools in Colorado, independent oil and ranching ia private school in St. Louis, Mo., properties. jand the University of California. ! Lion Smith is married and has ‘His interests cover many fields, three children. His hobbies are among which are education, land, home movies and his wood shop. securities, banking and packing. He is affliated with the Ojai He is a member of the California Community Church and State Board of Education, having member of the B. P. O. E. SECOND TRIAL SOOO OOI#s |Ace Model Plane Builder In Show \Here On Sunday Key West gets a glimpse of some high-class model plane flying Sunday afternoon when the Sky Slicers, affiliated with the Police Athletic League (PAL), will hold an_exhibi- tion at 3 p.m. on the Bayview { Park softball diamond. Bascom Grooms, ace model | plane builder, who won the recent Miami tournament and | set a new speed record for | | Florida, will be one of the contestants. Be Tried Here In Fed- eral Court The {Joseph Watson, 22, a negro Navy second trial of David | | icook, who was convicted last No- a white ‘shipmate, Mon- |day before Federal Judge John vember of murdering will begin here ,W. Holland, and a jury, it was ‘announced today. Benjamin Leroy Hobbs, 19, was found dead in a gun turret on the ‘Special preparations are be- d¢Ck of the USS Stribling at Key | ing made on the surface of ,West July 25. 1947. | the field to permit the little | Defense Attorney A. C. Dress- | gasoline-motored planes to 1; at the trial contended that function properly. ‘the prosecution had raised the question of sanity and the court's } failure to charge the jury on that point left the jury respon- sible for deciding a question of DPIIIBDOBD Is w. Judge Holland ordered the Monroe Receives peor trial and a sanity exam- Check For $1,400 ination. The court's charge should have legal or temporary in- ceived a lit- | Monroe County its share of | defined le over $1,400 a! ‘i he $369,617 of intangible per-{S@nity, Judge Holland agreed in |sonal property tax collections ordering the retrial. \from the office of State Comp- EEE. ‘troller Clarence M. Gay, it was fonnounced today by Circuit A D A M S$ Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. | The state received 75 per cent ‘of the net receipts, after taking out upwards of $300,000 for gen- ,eral expenses of the tav asses- ,sors and tax collectors offices of the various counties. Monroe county turned over $7,028.29 on the one-mill levy on such hold- ings as cash, securities, mort- gages, according to Tax Collector Howard E. Wilson. DAIRY LUNCH 901 White St. — Phone 43 Now Under the Managament of OWEN (Skeet) SAWYER Effective Sunday BREAKFAST and SHORT ORDERS will be Served Daily from 7 0’ ‘clock Also Specializing in @ SANDWICHES @ICE CREAM @COLD DRINKS COME and SEE US DAILY, 7 A.M. to 11 P.M. STERLING'S SOUKEY MARKET E. Sterling, Manager 1 | 904 FLEMING STREET | HENS, FRYERS & EGGSjop I | i jday by Edwin Trevoy, president Vice-] President | year’s assembly at Vero Beach, | { there are of the Saticoy Rock company; jand about that number could be ! now ties Cempany; Vice-President of :sembly finally decided to comer most the Cabifornia Orchard Company; jhere, Trevor ce club organization Director of the Ivy Lawn Ceme- | is a ¥Negro Charged With Kill-, ing White Shipmate To} * ROTARY CLUBS’ ASSEMBLY ‘MAY BE HELD HERE | Key West Will Probably* Be Scene Of 1948 Meet- COMMIS MMM L ing, President teeyon 'B-29’s Winging Tells Local Club iF rom Tokyo To The 1948 assembly of the Ro- Ly ‘tary district of Florida may come Washington to Key West, it was reported to- \ (Ry ‘The Asnociated Preas) TOKYO, July 31.—Crews of eight superfortresses took off from here today for Wash- ington to be present at the celebration of Army Airforce | Day. The men expect to arrive in Washington by noon tomor~ row. They will land in An- chorage, Alaska, for refuel- ing and resume the trip im. mediately afterward. FDS ST IMT I LS SF 8 Little Change of the Key West Rotary Club, at ! ;the noon meeting in St. Paul's} Church Parish Hall. | There were approximately 150! Rotarians registered for this | expected in Key West if the as- ! Reports coveri: a the assem- bly of the presidents and secre- twhich are members of this dis- trict. were rendered by Trevor, Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jx., secre- Club In San Rinncc Vir tually Cer tain T O Train Here In 1948 HAMLIN SAYS “EVERY- THING AGREEABLE’ WITH CLUB; SIGNING OF CONTRACT SOON Key West is virtually as- sured of having a crack, Class AAA ball club, the Milwau- kee Brewers of the American Association, train here this coming year, Roy Hamlin, chairman of the Municipal } Stadium Committee, indicated today. “Everything is agreeable with the club officials,” Ham- lin said, “and final arrange- ments await only the end of the present season, The agree- ment will be closed then, probably around September 1.” D'Arcy R. (Jake) Flowers, pres- ident of the Brewers, has pressed satisfaction with the t up here, Hamlin said. The stadium head added that he has requested the Chamber of Com merce to organize entertainment, hotel and transportation mittees to help provide modations for the team. The club will bring about 50 players, Hainlin said. It is expect ed that they. will be lodged in La Concha Hotel. The staditen official recalled the excellent co com accom i tary of the local club; Carl Hil- | ton, chairman of the program | committee, and B. Curry Moreno, sergeant-at-arms. H Trevor reported several mat- ; jters came up for discussion at the j meeting of the board of directors of the local club held last Fri- day. It was decided that the di- rectors have a plaque made for Expected In | U.S. Receipts = OFFICIAL PREDICTS PAY- i i { payments in lieu of taxes ceived by the city from Federal jwas the only guest Rotarian pres- Hue ent today. W. H. Boswell, official from the regional office of the I Public Housing Administration in n Ki d Atlanta, said today. m Accompanied by George Mills Peland.—(AP).—A White, director of the Public year, ‘Poland Accepts Taxes WARSAW, treceat order of the eouncil of Housing Authority, Boswell ar- ministers permits peasants oper- rived at City Hall about 11 tating small farms to pay their o'clock this morning to confer jland taxes in duce. agricultural pro- with City Manager O. J. S. El- : rE _, lingson regarding the 1947 pay- The move is designed to aid ments in lieu of taxes on Poin- “the recovery of the country- ciana, Fort Village and Porter side” and relieve peasants of cash Place projects. payments. | Ellingson said that the city re- al ceived $30,100 last year in pay- u S ments in lieu of taxes. tax rate of four-tenths of a mill, Adiv Holding Company, Mi- some City Hall observers con- ami, turne‘l over several sections ceded that there might be a slight lof land on the mainland portion jncrease in the payments in lieu jot Monroe county to Joel W. of taxes over last year unless ‘Hopkins, for a nominal sum, ac- the valuation of the Federal ;cording to a warranty deed filed properties has dropped. lyesterday with Circuit Court, One project, the 28-unit si Clerk Ross C. Sawye tion at West Poinciana, has been Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Ad- abandoned, no doubt causing a ‘ams transferred to L. O. Sear- ‘decrease in the total assessed {borough and Charles S. Roberts valuation of Federal properties property on Matecumbe Key for against which the tax rate will a nominal sum. [pe applied. | YGNACIO CARBONELL TO ATTEND THEATER CONCLAVE IN MIAMI Ygnacio Carbonell. manager of the Strand and Monroe Thea- Cecelio Cr ters. said today that he will at- known tend the annual convention ‘of who w the Southeastern Theater Own- local note ¢ harge Crespo With Assault respo, who once “Young Firpo,” a boxer of considerat ral years ago, was family argument in the heine We Now Gild the Lily! his mother. Crespo denied the arge. He was held under $50 We have added a South Bend jog tur 4 hearing before Judlue Charcoal Broiler to Our Equip- ment to give Our Steaks that cone S. Caro of Criminal “Out of This World” TOUCH. AND WE KNOW HOW TO USE (jgugpgugy Sandy Carebai IT! WEAVER'S EATERS’ PARADISE! of burt. | SANDY'S GARAGE |404 Duval Street Phone 501 | BATTERIES CHARGED The Quick—Sure Way GREE Cor, Parked housing projects is expected this | and | ers Association to be held at the ‘held for action of the C sanafiret Alcazar Hotel in Miami, Aug- Court today by Peace Justice ust 11-13. J. Y. Porter, IV, who heard Carbonell said that he intends :charges of assault filed against to buy a number of new movies Crespo. | for his Key West theaters. } Crespo was charged by Mrs — ~ Sudie Estevez, Seidenberg ave operation given the stadium com mittee during the last | training season by Jack Se | president of Key West who furnished bus transportation gratis to members of the Miami jurists who trained here. Ham lin said he expected similar co joperation would be forthcoming MENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES, ‘this year. The decision of the Brewers esentation to the City of Ha- ees Kare 13- uaa a ON FEDERAL PROJECTS ' to train here would not aly Scouts, a fine ics, on behalf ABOUT SAME, give Key West its first big-time Roy Scouts < lap: epee ~ - ab Jor the Yeprings aso, CR. ree Urbana, IIL, Little change in thie sroantal sur ween be the third ‘in a series of ventures which would utilize the city’s baseball facil ities and superiom — climate throughout the winter. The Chamber gf Commerce met this afternoon to a proposal to assist in’ bringing “the McGowan Umpire vol here about January 1. City Com missioner Louis Carbone!l ha been contacted by Rocky Flain mia, secretary of the famed a biter hool, regarding use K West as site sch arbonell was to meet with the members this afternoon Following the Umpires’ !School, which plans a ten week consider of a rol course for 110 men, five we each, Ralph Doan’s Baseball School will probably be estab ed here, Hamlin said. Doar ‘has wanted to set up a branch of his famous organization here for some time, and would start operating about February 1, clo ing March 1. Some 100-150 bo. would attend the school, Hamlir _ said. The Milwaukee Brewers’ at ‘tention was directed to Ke West by Gencral Manager H. E. ° | Armstror of the Baltimore Orioles who conferred with Ham lin last spring when the Orioles played the Tourists here in an exhibition game. Armstrong wanted to train here next Hamlin said. but had made commitments to Hollywood, Fla The ‘hope to train here in stadium official said tra Oriol 1949, the Palace Th ALLEN LAN “HOMESTEADER PARADISE VALLEY” News and Serial » Engin it with Steam or Diesel Licenses for Ocean Steamers PH, 2-0996 or WIRE COLLECT H. C. WETMORE DISTRICT DEPUTY Meba. No. 15 1344 N. W. 31st Street if Miami, Florida St —