The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 12, 1947, Page 1

| | ; | ; . Key West, Florida, has the Mosav equable climate in the country, VOL. XLVIi, No. 191 with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOU THERNMOST N Che Key West Citi EWSPAPER IN TRE ...ULS.<A; WAA Advertises For Bids On W. Martello Property On Aug. 21 MONROE COUNTY OFFER BID FOR 11.5 ACRES OF LAND NEED- ED FOR BEACH Monroe County moved one step “nearer acquisition of West Mar-, tello Tower property on which to construct a beach and other pub- | lie facilities when the War Assets { Administration today advertised ; for bids on the 11.5 acres of land. | According to the advertisement, | which porbably will be brought up at the meeting of the County | Commission tonight for discus- | sion, the Jacksonville office of the | WAA will receive bids from pri-| ority holders and the public gen-: erally at 10 a.m. Aug. 21. | The property is subject, the WAA advertisement sa. to the following priorities: Fed agen- cies, RFC for resale to small busi- | nesses, state and loca! govern- | ments and non-profit institutions. The WAA reserves the right to reject any and all bids. As one of the priorities, the Monroe Coun- ty Commission tonight is expect- ed to discuss the bid the county will make for the property, which | is sorely needed as a beach rec- reation spot. | Chairman Frank Bentley of the ; commission today offered no! comment on the proposed sale. He | said, however, that the county would make a bid for the prop- erty. ! Gerald Saunders chairman of | the commission's beach committee, | could not be reached for com. ment. Saunders has been after} the Martello Tower property for some time, Charges On Eight Women Dismissed; Gunman Still Held! Charges against Jackie Bate- man of operating a disorderly | house were dismissed by Munici- pal Judge Enrique Esquinaldo yesterday. Charges of vagrancy | against seven women picked up over the weekend by police were also dismissed for lack of evi- dence. In the Bateman case the de- fendant testified that she oper- | ated a rooming house where sail- ors could change their cloth Democrats charged that the Re-| The reason. several sailors were |publicans, who dominate the in the house at the time of her |committee, had decided on the| arrest, she said, was that she | Hughes hearing because it in- was collecting her belongings |Velved Eliiott Roosevel® and the preparatory to moving and they | were getting their things before she moved. Vernon E. Whitehead, 29-year- old fisherman of West Palm Beach was fined $25 for driving under the influence of intoxi- cants and running into the ca of James L. Johnson, 616 Caro. Iine street, early Monday morn- ing. Willie Jones, 24, 822 Baptist | Lane, colored, charged with as- sault with a deadly weapon was bound over to Criminal Court Jones allegedly shot John H.! Bradley. 710 Chapman Lane, ; Friday in a dispute over a bill- jard game. Bradley received a} minor wound in the left arm. State Officials At | Rebekahs Tonight; President of the State Rebekah Assembly, Mrs. Norine Massen of Arcadia, Fla., will be the honored | guest of Sparkling Waters Rebek- ah Lodge No. 14 at a meeting to be held at the lodge rooms tonight. | A reception will be held at the| hall after the business meeting. | Grand Master Wooten will be the guest of honor of the Cuba Lodge. E. MORALES ~ CLEANER LaConcha Building ( For PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE PHONE | 271 or 1006W ' <| | TO* COLDS ALALMA Tropical Blow, Season’s Second, Reported Today The second advisory of the United States Weather Bu- reau this season about a trop- ical disturbance was issued this morning at 10 o'clock by the bureau in Miami. The storm’s center is head- ed over the northern Yucatan peninsula in @ northwesterly direction, which is away from Key West. The advis- ory reads: The small tropical storm is located near latitude 20 North longitude 87 West or a short distance South of Cozumel Island, moving Northwestward about 15 MP- H. Strongest winds report- ed 50 to 60 MPH and squalls extend outward 150 miles to north of center. The center will pass in- land slightly south of Coz- umel Island in a few hours and cross over northern Yu- catan Peninsula this after- noon and into the Gulf of Mexico tonight. Caution advised northern Yucatan Peninsula and ad- jacent water areas and over the southern Gulf of Mexi- co. next 24 hours. VALE Eh heheh) Hughes Hearing Backfired, Say ~ Head Democrats (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, = Aug. Democratic senators and 12.— repre- sentatives, who are still in this city, are trying to determine why Senator Ferguson, chairman of the senate sub-committee investigat- ing wartime contracts, suddenly recessed the Hughes hearing yes- terday to November 17, and the general opinion is that the Re- publican leaders felt that the jhearing was backfiring. probability that testimony would involve also the late President Roosevelt. . But Hughes’ attacks on Senator Brewster, chairman of the main committee, who, Hughes testified, had told him the — investigation would be called off if Hughes merged ‘his plane-building firm, TWA, with Pan-American Air- shunted the fire toward stel t a black eye for GOP.” a Democrat asserted, quick action was taken to recess the hearing.” But Republican members the committee said that the chief reason for recessing was because John W. Meyer, Hughes’ publicity jagent, could not be found. When Senator Brewster was told of the Democrats’ reaction, he shrugged and said, “Well, every American has a right to his own opinion, and mine is that Senator Ferguson gave the correct reasons for postponing the hearing.” Mother Dies Suddenly Mr, and Mrs. George Somers. 0 Staples avenue, left yester- day for Deep Water, New Jersey. where they had been called be- cause of the sudden death of Mr.| Somers’ mother, Mrs. Elmer Som- ers. Announcing The Re-Opening 6 TONY’S Restaurant 808 SIMONTON STREET Wednesday, August 13th of j By Poisoning At Conference {SALADS BELIEVED CAUSE OF | ILLNESS WHICH STRUCK PINDER, DUNCAN, LEWIN, TYUS, KNOWLES Five of the eight members of jthe Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce who attended ‘the summer conference of the Florida Jaycees in Sanford Saturday and Sunday have been stricken with |resulted from a buffet supper served Saturday night. President Joe Pinder, Earl Duncan, Kermit Lewin, Durward Tyus and Chester Knowles were |nit by the poisoning. Of these all |but Knowles were severely af- jfected. State Vice President Jack Delaney, Isidore Weintraub and Hector Barroso, who also repre- sented the Key West chapter, were not affected. The delegates, who returned yesterday, said that they believ- ed that some salads at the supper caused the illn Delaney, Weintraub and B: not to have eaten a only now beginning recover after suffering severe chills. high fever and other typical food poi {soning symptoms. The Associated Press reported that delegates from Jacksonville. Ocala, Sanford, Palatka and Or lando also were stricken. More than 50 delegates in all were re- ported ill, The poisoning unfortunately ob- secured the results of the confer- ence. Directors approved univer- sal military training and coopera- tion with the state road depart- ment in roadside park projects. Two proposals of the Key West group were acted upon. One was the Americanism tommittce’s res- olution on Communism, which was referred to the Constitution and By-Laws Committee for ac- tion at the Fall conference at West Palm Beach. The other was the proposal of the State Safety Commitice that each club adont as a project the equipping of bi- cycles in each city with luminous tape for the protection of bi- cyclists Delaney, along with State Pres- ident Bill Rolleston, and Wendell Girard of Pensacola, were inter- viewed by Radio Station WTRR f Sanford, just prior to the open- ‘ng of the summer conference. to Like two angry mastiffs Hardin and Andrews had been at each others throats from the day they had met. The lumber boss felt that Elsa Larson, of the Larson Lumber Com- pany, was his special girl. Andrews refused to con- cede this. When an im- movable object meets an irresistible force an ex- plosion is bound to take place, as you'll see when you read... TROUBLE SHOOTER STARTING TODAY IN THE CITIZEN ce acca {food poisoning believed to have} KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1947 WEEK BEGIN WET, DRY RESIDENTS MUST CO@P. ERATE BY MARKING ; ONE CAN ‘WET’, OTHER ‘DRY’ } In accordance with a decision of City Manager O. J. S. Elling- json, as reported in The Citizen Saturday, the city will require separation of wet and dry garb- lage, effective at once, Robert H. ‘said today. | The city will also start stead of one, he revealed. Per- ;sons receiving collections 6n Mon- days will now have collections ; Mondays and Wednesdays. Those having collections on Tuesdays will get service on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (“In order to irriprove the san. i ‘itary conditions within the city and insure continued use of fa- cilities now extended to us by the Navy,” Dopp said, “it is planned to initiate immediately a twice per week collection of garbage and also effect separa- tion of wet garbage from other trash.” At present it is planned to dis- pose of wet garbage at sea and burn all inflammable material on the Navy’s Dredgers Key. The success of this plan will mean complete and sanitary disposition of all refuse collected within the city. To make the above plan og it is pointed out that the citizens of — this community must comply with the city ordi- nance which states that: Garbage (virtually everything but cans, bottles and paper) must be placed in a separate enclosed container. A recent survey of one of the tity “indi cent of the res garbage section dents are leaving in open and inadequate containers, Dopp pointed out. in It is planned to new service graduall) te this taking one _ JUDGE T. S. CARO METES OUT STIFF SENTENCES ON MIAMI MEN FOR ROADWAY TIFF John B.. Brown, of Miami, who pleaded guilty in Criminal Court today to operating an automobile and reckless driving by causing an accident Saturdav on Seven Mile Bridge ci Overseas Highway, was fined $500 and costs’or must serve six {months in County Jail by Judge | Thomas S. Caro. His son-in-law, Max D. Partee, also of Miami, was fined $250 and . or else to serve six months il, when he pleaded guilty to ist:iking two of the occupants of the car Brown's machine struck en the bridge. The driving li- censes of both Brown and Partee were revoked for one year. a serious charge and it ve ended up with you spending 20 ye: in the peniten- tiary for manslaughter”, said udge Caro in sentencing Brown. while intoxicated Going out Dopp, director of public service, | ‘Heavy Fines Given 2 Men For Drunken Driving And | Assault On Overseas Road D Jaycees Hit [2 GARBAGE PICK-UPS A TOMORROY; SEPARATION POLLS LS fs 2 Raccoon’s Escape \Varies Routine On City Hall Corner | The quiet siesta period on City Hall corner was broken | early this afternoon as police- men, firemen and others thronged to see Tony Signa- relli of the Sanchez Coffee Co., two; Climb to the top of a tower- scavenger collections a week in-* ing almond tree to catch his Pet raccoon, Sugar. Sugar, who was captured two weeks ago on Stock Is- land, escaped from his cage when Tony went to feed him. In less time than you can say ‘coonskin coat”, Sugar ‘had shot to the top of the tree. Tony climbed. in Tarzan fashion but Sugar climbed higher. Finally, when the lit. tle animal could climb no far- ther the few twigs he was hanging on to broke and Tony caught him in a noose fash- ioned on the end of a pole. route at a time for this new ,ice. The first route to receiv jthe new service is that are {bounded on the east by Francis ;and on the west by William and (from waterfront to waterfront. The service will begin tomorrow. “It is hoped that everyone will j€o-operate with the Scavenger De- partment,” Dopp said. Dopp explained that it is pe missible to wrap wet garbage paper but no other pape? will be received in this category. ! “Two deliveries havi been feasible.” Dopp a always dl, “but es that 90 pers; We held-off until we had Dredges Key and a barge availab The ,director also said that residents should mark their refuse cointain- ers, one for “wet” garbage, the other for “dry”. *- “The public*is entitled to protec- tion from drunken drivers.” ' ‘ i The car driven by Brown was the property of Partee. Brown admitted he had several drinks ‘of whiskey before starting across Seven Mile Bridge. Patrolman William Stevens of the State Highway Patrol testified Brown’s car crashed into a car driven by Cloyd S. Shenten, Miami, which had stopped because of engine trouble on the bridge. Mrs. Shenten and her brother, ‘John J. Still of Wheeling, W. Va., were pushing the car driven by ,Shenten in an effort to get the ‘car off the bridge. Mrs. Shenten ‘injured her left arm, which she jnow carries in a sling, when she was thrown to the pavement by the crash. Still jumped clear of | ,the machine. | Brown was slightly injured, but _ Was too dazed right after the ac- ‘cident to realize what it was all ‘about. Partee, who said he was |sleeping in the rear of the car when Brown drove into Shenten’s | car, was alleged to have attacked { (Continued On Page Four) Shirl’s Linen Shop 512 FLEMING + + + PHONETI8 | saNpY's” of Business SALE All Merchandise Is Being Sold at Cost and Below!! IMO OL DM 4 | Commis arge | Saas Battle: (Of Britain’ Bill. Passes Commons, ; UNDER ITS PROVISIONS, GOV- ERNMENT MAY DETERMINE TYPE OF WORK BRITON IS 1 TO DO (By The Associated Pre: LONDON, Aug. 12.—Brito: girding themselves for the “Sec- ! ond Batile of Britain”, as a bill! jto give the government almost} unlimited power over jand employe passed the House of Commons today by a vote of 178 jto 63, | The vote was light himany members of Commons had! employer | because jleft for home, as the sion con- {tinued for hour after hour, The} noe aeure was debated 17 hours before it was brought to a vote. “Former Prime Minister Winston } {Churchill made several attempts, to have the bill amended, but, ‘failed every time, except on two jminor matters which does not de-; jerease the strength of the bill} {which was sent to the House of: ;Lords for action. It was said that | ithe lords probably would — pass] jseveral amendments. i} ; Under the-bill, the Cast nt jwill have ithe power to direct :workman in the, kind of work he; should do, and can close up some ‘industries, which depend on e ports for their existence, by provision in the bill that gives ‘the government power to determ- ine what type of goods should or} should not be imported. i P.O. Gets Data On Dog Psycholog CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—(AP). —Assistant Postmaster George Forbes says he has learned a lot about dogs during his years with the mail vice—in fact he’s almost a dog psychiatrist. ; He. says there's no middle round about a dog’s interes! the postman—the dog eithe: loves him or hates him. If he loves him, he'll follow the post- man along the route so faithfully that residents frequently com- plain. If he hates the postman, he'll usually try to bite him _ Either way it's tough on postal substitutes. When a sub cov route—particularly in an usually covered by a | postman”—the dogs resent newcomer, thinking he’s an in- truder, and start nipping are? “loved the} \Navy Officer, Family | Leave; Promise Return Lt. E. G. Firkins and of San Diego left yesterd family , after ' ; spending two wecks as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fausto |Rendueles, 1925 Flagler street 'Lt. Firkins left on assignment to ‘Italy and Mrs, Firkins and child- ren for their home in San Diego, |Cal. a The lieutenant, who was form- erly stationed in Key West, ex pressed the hope that he and his family can return in the near future, saying they have discov- ered no pl as much to their liking as the Island City. GARAGE 404 Duval Street Phone S01! | No Service too Complicated | Flats Fixed to Complete Overhaul | SE (ars ni —_———w | OU LLP | Wanted To Lease: | FURNISHED HOUSE | Suitable for Tourists | OPTION TO BUY Box J.R., Citizen Office pT fas Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 67 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CEN1¥ Sioners Head Delegation To _ Ceremony In Havana lo *FOUR CITY FATHERS, CITY MANAGER, JUDGE AND CLERK, IN ADDITION TO 36 BOY SCOUTS ANI OFFICIALS, LEAVE TOMORROW FOR KEY WEST PLAZA DEDICATION Four members of the City Commission, City Manager O. J. S Ellingson, Municipal Judge Enrique Esquinaldo and City Clerk Roy Hamlin will leave tomorrow to repreesnt the city at the dedication of Key West Plaza by the City of Havana Thursday morning. The City Commission, in special ssession yesterday, decided to have the above delegation make the trip. Thirty-four Boy Scouts wand Scouters will also attend the New Ring Nearing | “seve w. w. demerit, who 3 » Tunable to travel by air, will not Completion, PAL |: the “cevemons prota * | sioner John Carbonell, as mayor |pro-tem, will be his official rep The League's nell’s trip will be borne by the Plans Bouts Soon The Police Athietic new boxing ring will be complet- {city but Commissioners Louis Car ed this week, Rev. J. H. Johnson, | bencll, Hunter Harden and Albert committee head in charge of con-|Cooper arid the other three offi. struction, told officers and direc. {cials will attend at their own ex tors of the Police Athletic League pense except for transportation last night. A At the invitation of Rogelio iW named to secure Navy boxers for |Gomez, representative of Aerovia {Q, the entire delegation will r= jceive transportation without j resentative cost of Carbo comimitic was | an exhibition in connection with the Labor Day ceuebration (charge, including a luncheon an Upon motion of Mayor W. W. ght-seeing trip. 1e plane well decided to accept tke off at 10 a.m. from Meachorn owner of Field: Br Cwi nel OF erie Bay neu li menpawill lene rat 9 o'clock. On th fternoon of R. C. their arrival in Havana at Colun to confer jbia Airport, the Scouts will pa ai Demeritt, it wi an offer of Bruce S Key West Bedding Co., to prepare a mat for the ring at cos Hicken was delegated with Sales today. !visits to Morro Castle and other ° eta venep /impertant historic points, Ha oe gua ate chisanonnine ivisit two Havana radio station and would not return until about On Thursday all Key Westers Sept.2. Duving his absence May-| Will visit the offices of the presi- at or Demeritt, vice-president, will] ¢ent of Cuba, Cardinal Betan \ be in charge. court, the mayor of Havana and re Di. Lucille Calvertoy, who haa} ther high officials. Durina the returned from a, vacations cons | Sesreoae = oes oud meee sented to take Kisner’s place in, SS epee jase handling the weekly Junior Soft { de Cayo Hueso” (Key West Mic ac eo ce a | Sea, The Sees aa Gee ball League games on Wednes days at Bayview Park until the i Cuban Scouts, after which they ticipate in a parade with the return of Mrs. Jane Hopkins! 2% Whidden of the Recreation De.| “ill attend a theatre party. partment. ; Friday, Saturday and Sunda pie nme Seeks othe jwall also be busy days for th A ( | |Scouts. They will visit more t BD vernment offices, spend a lly. genera at the beach, participate inf . ceremonies, play a ball game and Explains New other sports; tour and shop in H a vana; attend a banquet in the: * honor; preesnt an American Liquor Laws)!" flag to the Cuban Scouts and place wreaths at the statute f TALLAHAS: Aug. 12 noe Marti, U.S.S. Maine vietir limitation by a city upon the/and Dr. Carlos Finlay. Every number of liquor licenses it will) minute of the five days is expes grant does not operate to restrain|ed to be filled with activities for the renewal or transfer of exist-;the Scouts. ing state and county licenses, At-| David E. McCurdy, Scout torney General J. ‘Tom Watson has! missioner for the Monroe Dist advised State Beverage Director |js the director in charge of jJames T. Vocelle, in one of a se-jtrip. Joseph A. Boza, camping ties of opinions. chairman, and Archie R. Pot The beverage director cited Co. assistant commissioner, will coa and Coral Gables as having as associate directors Rudoipt certain restrictions on the number Boza, district committeeman, 1 of liquor licenses each would is- the liaison officer for the grour sue, following enactment of spe-| Ernest scoutmaste cial laws in the recent legisla-|Troop No. and Antonio Ms» iure. More state licenses already |tinez, scoutmaster of Troop N are outstanding in each city than 253, will direct the Scouts in the the number authorized to be is-| various activities sued by the { Among the junior officers mak Other local laws of the last) ing the trip are: Harry Willia legislature relating to liquor li assistant scoutmaste with Troop No. 5 censes are to be followed until a court of competent jurisdiction 'fiye years, who will act as bugl orders otherwise, said the attor- and duty officer for the gro ney g¢neral. His office, he said, Raoul) Perez, Jr. assistant seo has made a rule that it will not master: Claude Valdez and Eve pass on “the constitutionality of a ett Felton, junio jaiunt law, that being for the courts to'masters, and Jack Smith decide. leader pa who w eact ——— _ ——— 'directyl in charge pat scouts Scouts making the trip Rene Armengol, James Ba ee Murphy Cates ry Dought a Enrique Esperdy, Edwin Fe That area between Janes] 5 Fernandez, Homer ile Birect aniliiciy lem. | Frank Jolly, Joseph Ladd, Aibe:t : ‘ ‘ . |iKey. Manuel Lopez, Anti ing Street and Fr is | Niles, Harry Norviel, Billy Q Rea aH receive a sec. | Houdt. Ed Overlin, Charles Rot : cel will mecca ne BBO Cis. Sugens A. Robart, § Beni ond Scavenger Service on |i. Roberts, Jose Sanches, Mi Wednesday, August 13.) yi. Te ais and every Wednesday rr ee ee PALACE THEATER Ron Rendell in “Bulldog Drumond at Bay” News and Serial GHT IS PRIZE N thereafter. PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT | ‘TON 3HT