The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 11, 1947, Page 1

—— Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only {4° Fahrenheit VOL. XLVI. No. 190 Address On PAL Movement, Given At State Convention, Reflects Credit To Key West An address which reflects grow and prosper. Dues _ for greatly to the credit of Key West children ages 6 to 19 are 50 cents was recently delivered at the a year, adults $1.00 a year and of State Peace Officers Convention course donations. You can read- in Orlando by R. C. Hicken, ily realize the amount of money member of the Poinciana Police that can be had and utilized for Force and of the Police Athletic the welfare of children if the in- Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1947 eo PR U.N. Facts and Faces . ». « « « « DENMARK CIVIL SERVICE BOARD NAMES 19 PERMANENTLY | | TO CITY EMPLOYMENT, i H Many Have Been Working? For Some Time But Ap-; OOP MM IMO OD MA ‘Much Faster |Production Of | proval Of Appointments | | Just Given League board of directors. terest of the citizens of any town Because it is a fine example or city can be aroused for such of the type of publicity which an important cause. ‘ redounds to the benefit of the In Key West to-day our P. A. L. | city, The Citizen is publishing piembership is mounting. It is the address in its entirety as operating three centers, one in follows: the Poincianna area in a large | Mr. Chairman, Fellow Mem- building graciously placed at our bers and Guests: disposal by the Federal Housing | In behalf of the children of Authority and another in the. our State of Florida I deem it a heart of the city, generously | Nineteen persons were perman-! 4 tomic Bombs ently appointed to positions in the municipal government by the | Civil Service Board today, Lee! H. Goddard, executive secretary of the Board announced toda: The appointees and_positjons and department of each, together } with effective date of appoint- ment, follow: | Armando Mira and Charles De- | (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 11.—Amer- ican nuclear scientists are now producing atom bombs almost seven times faster than a year ago, the London Daily Express declared today. i The newspaper asserted it based its statement on what ted Press Day Wire ice and AP Features Yeara Devoted to the Inte of Key West The Kingdom of Denmark has an area of 16,575 square miles and a population of ap- proximately 4,000,000. Occupying the pen- insula of Jutland and several islands be- tween the Baltic and North Seas, it is a PRICE FIVE CEN? Navy Tug Aids Danish Ship Today; Furnishes Her With Electricity ¥TANKER RESCUED BY DH Duteing | SUB OFF COSGROVE’ Bell f ulling | SHOALS LEAVES KEY | Up Building | vest top | At Marathon USS Salinan, a Fleet of the U. S. Navy, went to the as- sistance of the Danish Hila Knudson, |\NEW REPEATER STATION BE- ING COMPLETED; BUILD TO WITHSTAND POSSIBLE HUR- tug tanker, today to supply her with electric power to enable her to get ber engines started. The Knudson has been anchor- ed off the Navy base in the South solemn duty of mine as a citizen placed at our disposal by Rev. |Igado, highway equipment op-: to eall to your attention at this J. H. Johnson of St. Mary’s Star ,erators, Public Service Dept. May ! time the activities of a youth or- of the Sea Church and No. 3 now ‘5 and 20, respectively; George | ganization now in operation and in progress of organization fer our : Johnson, laborer of the Public} functioning perfectly in our love- colored children. [Service Department, Oct. 10,/ ly tropical city of Key West. Our praise can not be to great 1946; J. C. Roberts, assistant tax | About two years ago the former of the cooperation of the United ,collector, tax collector's office, | chief of police of Key West, Louis States Navy. the personnel of the.:Department of Finance, July 1, ; M., J. Eisner, founded and formed ‘Navy Installations in our city Marjorie H. Schrader, clerk-typ- | this organization in that city and their interest in the children : ist, comptroller, Department of and with the help and guidance of Key West through their co- ‘Finance, July 27, Thomas Perez, had ,been said by American scientists. The Express explained that, heretofore, only six atom bombs were turned out in a month, but that they are now being produced at the rate of 10 a week. It was added that the Unit- ed States government had not disclosed to the British gov- ernment the methods that are increase of members of the New York City operation and_ instructors our: police department from which children now have equipment for , he is retired and copying in de- two gymnasiums and guidance in} tail the operations of the Police atheletics. The use of two mod- ; Atheletic League of that city he ern swimming pools, one at the and a group of citizens of Key Sub Base and one at the Naval West put into working order the Air Station, the cooperation and P. A. L. of Key West, Florida. interest of Capt. H. A. Houser tt was originally planned to and Capt. W. M. Cooper is a operate under the complete con- great comfort to our P. A. L. trol of the police department but In conclus‘on, gentlemen, due to a limited budget allowing would like all of you to carry only a small police force it was back with you to your respective necessary to seek civilian aid home towns a little thought in which, I am proud to say, came mind of our endeavos in Key to assist on a large scale. | West ‘to build a yeuth organi: All of you are aware of the ,tion second to none and I importance of holding to a min- :cerely hope that we are blazing j imum juvenile delinquency, it is a trail for all to follow in ev y| the most importang duty of any hamlet town and city in our love- | Jaw enforcing agency, and any ly State of Florida, an organiza- ! police official who builds his po- tion state wide, where we, the | lice éareer on the foundation of yolice, in cooperation with all law 4 youth welfare will find himself abiding citizens will be in a po- snugly entrenched behind im sition to offer to all of our child- pregnable ramperts in his war ren social and recreational op- against crime. portunities and teach them the, Of course, and I am positive democratic way of living through + of this. that you are aware of participation in activities that call the fact that to maintain this or- for sportsmanship and res; ganization and in fact any organ- the rights of others—in short, our ization it requires money. Well. American way, remember gentle- this is how we have managed men our slogan “ Be A Big P.A.L. eo far and hope to continue to to A Little P.A.L.” | Thank you. | Bridge Tolls : Show Spurt In July Reports: ~ |Hold Youth Who Had Pistol In | His Possession Traffic on the Overseas High-, Juvenile Judge Frank O. Rob- zes took an extra spurt: erts ordered John Onderik, 16, of Passaic, N.J., held for investiga- tion, after he learned in court this morning that the youth was found with an Army pistol and $588 three clips filled with bullets in his possession on the boulevard way br during the last month, according te figures issued today by Audi- tor Clifford G. Hicks. In May tolls were only over May of last year; June show- : being used to the laborer, Department of Public! oducti Le Welfare, July 20. earpieias au glanarens Jose G. Bello, boxman, scaven- “We eeaeeee> ger division, Public Service De- |! partment, Feb. 23; Walter Cur-' scavenger service, Public Service | ty, Sr, Joseph Diaz, and Helio Department, Nov. 27, 1946; Car- Gonzalez, drivers, scavenger ser- los Perez and Freddie Roberson, vice, Public Service Department, gioundmen, scavenger _ service, July 21. 1946, Sept. 2, 1946 and public service department; Ar- Jan. 6, 1947 respectively. ‘mando Valdez, drive ‘avenger | Leroy Allen, J. A. Bellon, Juan ! service, Oct. 8, 1946 and Will E. Delpino and Daniel Hernandez,|P. Roberts. electrical inspector, groundmen, scavenger division, Dec. 10, 1946. Public Service Department. Jan. | Resignations of Janet Collins, 6, 1947, Dec. 15, 1946, Dec. 8, clerk-typist in the tax collector's 1946 and Oct. 15, 1946, respective- joffice and of Rosebelle Griffin in ly. . ‘the city clerk’s office were ac- Timothy boxman, cepted. Johnson, Would-Be Suicide, Tomato | Thrower: » 14 Women And Accident Keep Police Busy MAN TRIES TO CUT SELF* Labor party refused to vote on| |plies, Capt. John Gebil: lands, separated from her Scandinavian sis- ters, Sweden and Norway, by two narrow straits. Once world fameus for her dairy products, Denmark was occupied and stripped by Ger- many during World War II and is now recovering. She is a member of | | country of low, undulating plains and grass | | i Minister Plenipotentiary William Borberg. Her capital is Kobenhavn (Kopenhagen); her flag shows a red field quartered by a white cross. Two Powerful Navy Tugs Reach Key West Enroute To Vera Cruz Where They Will Raise 2 Wrecks Two compactly built and pow- method of raising the two wrecks erful Navy tugs, which will raise’ that must be raised at Vera Cruz two ships sunk in Vera Cruz, can be used, for the tides at the Mexico, harbor, arrived in Key Mexican port are relatively small West early today enroute to their) In that event the Windlass and destination. the Salvagor are equipped with While the tugs were taking on‘ windlasses which will each raise provisions and oil and other sup- ‘up to 250 tons, or, for both ships, USN, ja total of 500 tons. a member of the Navy*construe-; One of the boats sunk at Vera tion corps, who is in command of |Cruz is in about 60 feet of water. both tugs, took in the sights of It was a former Mexican Coast RICANE A new repeater station for the Southern Bell Telephone and Tel- egraph Company the U.N. General Assembly and is represented at U.N. Headquarters by | pleted Marathon will not get an ex- jchange by the new construction, The community changé, it is consid- ; Overlin jwill get an added. is being com- channel for the last several days, after into here following her rescue by the submarine, USS Clamagore off she was towed port at Marathon, Howard . < aor \Overlin, Key West, manager of Cosétove Shoals, about 25 miles ithe company, said today. west of Key West. Her generators broke down dnd she was drifting helplessly, close to the dangerous shore, when the ‘Clamagore, which was enroute to ered possibl is equip- iment Beco: available. The {building is being constructed big St. Petersburg for the last week ,end, attached a line to her and | dragged her about 2,000 yards jenough to allow for future in-' into deeper water. stallation of an exchange | Then the tug, Willet, came out The new building, which is to the scene and towed her here. built hurricane-proof, is its Officials of the Haskins chine complete, but the Western } Company, Key West, were call- itric Company now is installing ed to the ship and they complet ithe repeater equipment. The ed repairs to the generators this j company expects to finish in. norning. tabout two months. 1 The big ship was still helple 1 Repeater equipment enables unless she had electrie power to jthe company to increase transmis- start her motors. A call for as- \sion over its toll lines. Maxathon sistance was: transmitted to, the [still will have to go through the | { Naval Base here and the jKey West exchange of the com- Salinan was dispatched to the t |pany to make calls to Miami and. scene to supply her with electric Key West. |Guard vessel. The other, a con-!other points, Overlin said. ipower BESS nes h electr The tugs @are the Windlass !crete water barge, is in about 304 “Kveryone at’ Marathon bas | ome. i Soe elie aalie eP Pate; Everyone at Mari as| ‘The tanker ig of Danish re (ARS-4) and the Salvagor (ARS- feet of water. itold us that jn case of a hurri- try and Rain ae Fredrehi 3) which were designed to raise; Each of the two tugs has atcane they will head for the tele- Denmark, She was e sunken ships. The bow end ofisquad of divers. Some of them) howe repeater station”, said Galveston, Tens ee enone the boats carry heavy girders|will work the cables, which are} erlia. “It . blliconstaatea ralveston, Texas, for a loagyof stretching out over the water for {more than two inches in diamete plate constructect+ogl “when her = generttods<C gave 20 feet. In the girders are wheels{around the wreck: Then the ever which cables run from pow- gasoline engines attached to the erful engines down to the wreck‘ windlasses will be tightened until the boat is sing. ithe boats move forward with the The tugs can raise up to 600) Lift. tons by tidal lift. That the; As each i wreck is lifted cables are lashed to the w atithe bottom, it will gradually be from ter finding him guilty of building, about 35 feet square. jaway ba ey ° ae | pigk ae Condition Villate ‘Hughes Hearing Boy Still Critical) Adjourned To oe : AN is low tide, and when the tide rises,; placed cloger to the shore line.! ‘The condition of Aurelio Vil | WITH KNIFE; WOMAN B | * the boat goes up with it, raisingi'Then the windlasses * will again!jate, 14-year-old delivery boy for! November 7th i “ os Re { the sunken vessel. jlake hold and lift the wrecks |The Cilizen, confined to Munier ; CHARGED WITH KEEP. 7x) r ; in Fs et pais sae only jeloser out 1ce. ipal Hospital with tetanus and Gu akeeecanteal vacant | : ‘ i (Vi N; 4 | Te jin certain parts of the world tha‘ | he indlass and Salvagor luckiaw. remains critical, Mi WAS STON With | ING BAWDY HOUSE | ) Wationalize record tides of 15 feet or more. It|Ieave here late this afternoon for Mavic Hartel, superintendent ef prow, eee Me ae ut y a i | | a is not expected that the tidal lift!Vera Cruz. Ithe hospital, said this afternoon. ¥ Lee myer Geeta f | Police had a busy time over the Steel Industry oe ginie Sree Te Saar 2 The lads condition is about 822d to day to resume his testi tit suicide in the patiol wagon | i the acomtes tare |Quesada Fined $250 Bob’s Sports Shop tei oe eee gene ata daa ia West Palm Beach man was| VONDON, Aug. — 11—Prime! ae . | > Peauieey ie nae “ HS ecient hain Wee tain arrested on a charge of driving Minister Atilee’s proposal to ne-|For Hittine Avila,/Draws Bye; Plays! ticce i ee teasues ai ief the committee announced thal D | 9 under the influence of intox t 5 “ ‘et fuet { 4 . 3 is / |The were asking about! the heaving would be recessed till cs oman Wn re wie te scl ntutes WT ving Accident M. Beach Tuesday min, st am Semen o ae Yo s tis condition, the sick lad ay charge of operating a disorder approved today in the Howe of MeAVING Accident M. beach Luesday rec icc. |e gave several reasons fo ly house, 13 other women were '_ { | Villate came down with lock-jtak that action. One was that arrested on charges of vagrancy \Commons by a bare majorily of; A fine of $250 was imposed on| Key West’s representative in} jaw and tetanus after receiving a) subpoena servers had been un and disorderly conduct, and two ‘four votes. jJuan Quesada, 28, of 907 Division 4). annual Fourth District soft. [S°vere 62sh on his leg upon diving |able to find John W. Mey boys were taken in for throwing jstreet, this afternoon by Munici-, into the former WPA swimming | Hughes publicity man, who had tomatoes at sailo One hundred members of his| ya] Judge Enrique Esquinaldo af- |Pall tournament to start tonight {pool off Roosevelt Boulevard.” | atready testified but whom th: ! Thomas Jones was taken into committee wanted for further ed a better increase, totaling $3,- 2t the airplane ticket office cuutiay byeOlficer! Rrank Jolly the question. ssault !in Miami, Bob’s Sports Shop, drew | Onderik, who was wearing a windbreaker, a sweater and a polo shirt, which was regarded by Moreno ,Wallace, chief sher- iff's deputy, as being too warm for August, was sitting near the airplane ticket office when Wal- lace came along. Noticing a bulge in the front of the young man’s windbreaker, Wallace felt of it and pulled a revolver from the holster strap- ped to his body. Then Wallace suw another sweater. He clips. There pistol. At County jail the young man admitted he had been in trouble with the New Jersey juvenile authorities. He swore he had bought the pistol in New Jersey 425.75, but last month the ex® cess, over July of 1946, jumped to $6,029. month's collections amounted to $32,788.50 as com- paved with $26,759.50 in July of 1946. Passengers last month number- ea 37,180, and ir July of last dear, 28,114, Number of Last motor vehicles of all types that used the bridges in July totaled 17,447, and in July of last year, 13,302, CADET BAKER MADE CORPORAL Cadet Milton Symonette Baker, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Baker, 827 Fleming street, and loaded in the found two was one bulge beneath the®forced to render the man uncon- j about 5 o’clock Saturday morn-} While the nationalization of ing after Jolly had been called’ oc, was one at the -s on| to 401 Whitehead street and found © S | Jones with a slashed wrist, ap- Labor was parently self-administered with a the last election, so much opposi- razor blade. i Jolly piled Jones into the pa- trol wagon and headed for the Municipal Hospital. Enroute Jones reached inside a sock, pull: ed out a knife and slashed him- self on the left arm. Jolly was which su party members, action on proposal had been deferred on several occasions. { Today, when the question came} up in the house, 81 voted favor-' ably and 77 opposed the measure, | with 100 members not voting. After the approval, Attlee said” that the cabinet should be free to; act on the date on which the na. | tionalization will go into effec He added that the steel industry | probably will be taken over by the government next October. scious. At the hospital the cuts | were found to be superficial and | Jones was returned to the officer | who had him held for safe keep- | ing and on charges of disorderly | proceedings, and attempted sui- cide. Jones said his home is rain ille, Ga., but is living with Announcing . . . e land battery, causing an accident and leaving the scene. Quesada was charged with as- at /sault and battery on Ernest Avila. | young war veteran, scoutmaster tion had been asserted by leading |and University of Florida student, Park. the after running into an automobile | containing Avila and driven by Archie Potter, assistant Boy Scout commissioner for this dis- rict, Thursday night, at Simon- ton and Division streets. Avila appeared in court bearing the marks of eral blows which he said Quesada struck. A badly broken nose had been set but both Il blackened. Avila isked Quesada, after the “Don’t you know you Four) collision, (Continued On Page Duval Property | questioning | Another reason was that sever a bye for the first round and will } One rie 1 : > ors ¢ “¢ “e game tomorrow at 9 p.m, in Boo iece of property 19.8 feline i joes se oa City Recreation Director Dwight {js 296 feet from Duval and Flem-|@S that the remaining membe Hunter, whose department con-|ing s and 100 feet deep,/of the committee had other gov- |duets the city softball league, said brought $12,000, according to aj e!mmental duties to perform any exceptional record for the anty deed transférring the | ————___________- season. With DeWitt Roberts. uce piece from Mr. and Mrs. Joe windmill pitcher in the box, Key |Pearlman to Joseph B. Allen. Jr.,! PALACE THEATER West fs favored to get by its first of 1219 William street, Saturday test. ai The Matecumbe Sea and Gulf; JOHN WAYNE in ae Sports Shoppers won th ates, Inc. Islamorada tans-) The Angel and the Badman ass A first-half city champion-ferred property at Matac . ie ship and then defeated the Key |Key to Lenoy Russeli, Islamorada wewerena serial West Merchanst for the full first. | for half title. Carl's Liquors, seeded No. 2, al-| aamemeennenmmecee | so drew a first round bye. ‘Big, PRESCRIPTIONS Four” of the tournament. accorc Compounded by E 300. | his wife, Christine, at the White- ;head street address. Police said is being held here,| (Continued On Page Four) | | POOR OLD CRAIG'S { SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Phone 9134 De Luve Chamoion Outboard just because he always wanted to own one. While he his story will be carefully check- ed ° NOTICE! Mrs. C. C. Symonette, 703 Cath- erine street, has been appointed cadet corporal in The Citadel. the military college of South Caro- lina, corps of cadets effective Sept. 29 when the fall quarter will open. Cadet Baker, who it taking the pre-medical course, is active in| Members from Cuba Lodge, No. IMMEDIATE the intramural athletic program. 15, and Equity Lodge, No. 70, MOTORS DELIVERY His home is in Pensacola. 1.0.0.F., are earnestly requested to atten District Meeting which ' ‘a will be held Tuesday, August 12,' ~wwwwwvwvwvvvvvvvu at their hall on 9 Grand Master S. G. Wooten BRADY Ss \ ; will in attendance. | for: White at Fleming Phone No. 5 ene oe ESQUINALDO.. | CHOICE POULTRY Opposite Army Barracks ‘ D.D.G.M.'1214 White Street Phone 540 Le _—— i AREA BAARS SLR ase. nennnarnnnannineninitttttn., _cauvecunnanncnncnneg anne nnit Oil Spray Veycuassis- It saves buying a set of fende: Lou Smith Auto Service Elizabeth Str The OPENING Superior Sewing Service | ———$—>—>—$— —— For Bi ng to the Miami papers, are the | Carls, Pan-Am Clippers, Edison Center sceded No, 3, and St. Sop of the hia, seeded No. 4. 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