The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 14, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country. with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit No. 1 VOL. XLVIIIL. Dollar Crisis Stirs Up Anti- American Feeling In Britain GOVERNMENI GENT LAW RESULTS FROM SHORTAGE OF (By ‘The Associnted Prenay LONDON, Aug. 14.--Anti-Amcri- | can feeling ding in Britain, particularly in this city, because of the “dollar crisis cal newspapers reported today. The feeling runs so high in some quarters, American Ambassador Lewis Douglas has cautioned Americans in England to be care- ful not to say anything that may provoke Englishmen, who blame their hardships on the new law | government con- | trol over where and how they may | that gives the work and what they have to cat. That law, they declare further has resulted from Great Britai shortage of dollars for interna- may tional trade, especially with the | United States. call it the “doll. In commenting on the crisis to- day, one newspaper asserted that the British government already has spent four-fifth of the loan of $3,.750,000,000 that the United States advanced Great Britain. It was said further that a com- mittee of 12 government officials shortly will le for Washing ton to try to arrange better terms in the payment of interest on the joan and also extending still fur- ther the dates for payments on the principal. ; Another report was that Prime Minister Clement Attlee shortly will fly to Washington to try to get’ another loan. 31 Nazis Found Guilty, And 22 To Be Executed (By Associated Prexsy DACHAU, ¢ —Thirty-one Nazis were convict- ed here today on charges of atro- cities committed in. prison camps during the war. Death sentences were imposed on 22 defendants, five were sent enced to life imprisonment anc four were committed to prison for 20 years, The president of the court mar tial did not say when the 22 Nazis will be executed Swiss Join Court BERN, Switzerland. — (AP) Switzerland, not a member of the United Nations, has decided to STRI eae PULITZER PRIZE WINNER Robert P. Tristam Coffin, who joins August as visiting professor of Eng- lish and University lecturer. Auth- or of some 32 books, his latest is “Yankee Coast.” essays on, his na= tive, state. Maine. (Christianity Put To Work In A Prison By HORACE B, WARD | AP Newsteatures LA GRANGE, Ky.—The “prac- tical Christianity” of a group of Louisville churchmen is find- ing its way inside the walls of Kentucky State Reformatory here and state officials, from the governor down to the prison guards, give it credit for im- proving Kentucky's efforts to rehabilitete her erring sons. Most of the suggestions to dé by this group of “Christian citi- zens” have been adopted at the rcformatory, says Warden F, S Kieran. The warden, a retired colonel of Marines, says these church- men ere helping him and the state do a better job of re- forming all the inmates who are capable of reformation. The men Col. Kieren speaks of are members of the on Institutions of the Council of Churches. The Le Grangi Reformatory owns 3,000 acres of land. In past comparatively little use Committee Louisville years mittee found prisoners from the ‘cities working awkwardly in the 'fields, while inmates from rural 'areas were trying to master ma- chines. in the prison shops. Richard V. Wood, prisons committee chairman, enlisted | Ed Westerman, a retired farm- the University of Florida faculty in | THE sou Che Key TW NEWSPA KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1947 THERNMOST CITIZEN REPORTER ON TRIP WITH ALBURY TO | Draws Plans For Possible - To Be Ready On Willard M. Albury, superinte the writer out on a tour of inspec! schools of the city “to inform the have in the way of schools.” H First stop was at the Reynolds Street School. CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: very Public Institution of Learning In Key West Found, Vor Openings eptember 2 By BILL LEE ndent of public instruction, took tion yesterday of virtually all the people of Key West just what we This building TNE US. A. thtzr1 Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 67 Years Devoted to tthe Best Interests of Key West ‘Red Cross Disaster Group K. W. Storm Emergencies ¥*ORGANIZATION RELEAS- ES NAMES OF CHAIR- MEN OF VARIOUS COM- MITTEES AFTER ME&T ‘The Key West Chapter, Ameri- | can Red Cross, last might crystal-! fizea its vlans and organization India Divided ' Between Hindus And Moslem (By Aesveinted Press) NEW DELHI, Aug. 14—India ‘was built in 1927 and is a handsome brick structure, one-story in today was turned over to its{{0l meeting possible disasters at j height. It has been used mainly ‘ing converted to use of the f j Originally it was a kinder | There will be three t | with all others, Sept. 2. ten. chers. ; span for the youngsters who will i report there. j Outside the school every type of ‘small building, with little sea yhas been made for the coinfort of lthe children while they enjoy ltheir play time. Inside there are | ithree classrooms and a. spacious | cafeteria, where luncheons will be served the children. i Next stop was at the High! School gymnasium, between} Whatton, United and Seminary | streets, with frontage in Whal- ton, Everything in the gymna sium has been painted, even the lockers. The gymnasium is utilized by! all athletic cl at the high! school It seats about 500 per- | sons, who come there to witness basketball dd other games. It will be a clean and wholesome ! was made of this farm, The com- } join the Court of International) 9, to head # subcommittee on Justice under the provisions of | the best crons to raise and how. the United Nations. The federal) phe farm output in 1946 was council was authorized to pay| 58 percent higher than in 1945. Switzerland's first assessment Si aid was given reform- amounting to $640,000. tory officials in their prisoner ducation program. Col. Kieren jpoints out that a very large pro- I. Weintraub ‘ ‘ ees |portion of those who enter his Gets Certificate institution nave tess than a grade Isidore Weintraub, of the Key |S(heol education. He also West Junior Chamber of Com- that many of his “repeaters come back because they ave not |trained in any vocation The churchmen brought in another subcommittee, headed by Dr, W. M. Strickler. director of the adult education division | of the University of Louisville. | to set up both academic and vo- and| cational courses. | On the morale side, there ave ommittees to arrange for nicture films, other entertain- ious services for those v unt them—any many do. The meree, has been presented a cer-| tiftcate fr ym the State Junior C nts let recognition ! outstanding complishments — in| Junior Chamber of Commerce activities and contribution to the welfare of the city, state nation, this distinguished : vice award is presented to Isi \° dove L. Weintraub of Key West. |} und be it further known that this |! certificate is en that all men may know the above named has |commitiee has obtained a been thus honored as an Out- | lain, the Rev. Walter P. Bell, and standing Young Man in the State {the Louisville Council of Church- known that, in notion chap of Florida.” es pays a part of his salary ——_— And the churchmen's commit- remembers the man who tee Just Received!! leaves the reformatory and tries to re-establish himself, ready to Carload Ihelp with temporary — shelter. CYPRESS and in eon LATH PALACE THEATE Dh GENE AUTRY in STRU NK “Trail to San Antonia” LUMBER YARD \ News and Serial PHONE 816 loans. and an | mom: finds | spot for the High Schol players and their families. 1 While the next stop was the High Schol itself, a story cover- ing the need of an addition to the ! plant. at an estimated cost of; about $250,000, was carried yes- | teday by The Citizen. { Then, accompanied by Principal | Horace O’Bryapt,. we went to a‘ building known as the Federal, Annex, which the Board of Edu-| cation has just purchased from the Federal government. It will be used again this year for the seventh graders and for the home economics classes. There are six classrooms. set in the mid-! dle of a lot about 400 feet long by 300 feet wide. On the space! outside the building, Albury and O’Bryant are building a softball diamond, to augment the basket- ball court erected last year. “We will have a full time assist- ant coach of athletics at this, school,” said O'Bryant. “We want to emphasize athletics for we found that many of the boys. as’ they grow older, do not know how to play games. They are liable to get into trouble and we're going to do all we can to give the boys some incentive in| life.” \ Inside the school is the Teen | Age Center, where the boys and givls hold dances every Friday | night during the school year “They police themselves goes hard on and it anyone violating any of their rules,” said O’Bryant In the home economics classes every effort is made to teach the young girls the art of housckcep: ing, or homemaking. “If they cook with gas, we have it here,” O'Bryant said, pointing | to a gas stove. “If the youn lady will use electricity, we teach how to cook with it. Or, if she } lives in a neighborhood where | there is neither gas nor electricity, then we have an oil stove where she is taught the fundamentals.” | At the Division Street School «\ | lot of improvements are way. All the corridor painted, and new dc the front of the building. Then there will be two rooms freed by reason of the children m the first grades going over to ithe Reynolds Street School. One | jelassroom in the auditorium, and tone formerly held in Ley Me-; jmorial Church Annex. have also | been vacated, so the auditorium lis being enlarged. ; An addition on the kitchen adds greatly to dining | have been put on| | the 125-seat (MASONIC NOTICE | Special Communication, An- chor Lodge, No. 182 F. & M./| Friday evening, August 15th., at 7: Conferring Master Mason De- gree. All members and visiting Ma- sons are invited to attend. Re- freshments will be served. | By order of: Louis C. Maloney, W.M. Gerald Adams Secretary | under ) «6 iS @ Nursery school, but now is be- irst grades from Division Street School. rule had lasted 200 ycars. in the school when it opens, along into sections, with Moslems in The entire building has been painted and control in some areas and Hindus { varnished, and it will be spick andy. CMLL ME MB MM; 013 being conducted by Lord Hurricane Advisory No. 10 NEW ORLEANS WEATH. ER BUREAU, Advisory No. 10, 11 A.M, EST, Aug. 14, 1947: The hurricane has appar- ently moved very slowly dur- ing the night and carly morn- ing. Lack of reports does not permit an accurate location of the center. The center is probably located near Lati- tude 22 degrees between Longitude 95 and 96. It ap. Pears to be moving to the northeast or north-northeast. Strongest winds reported yes- terday and early last night were about 90 miles per hour. Squalls extend outward for a distance of about 300 miles to the north and east of the cen- ter. Reconnaissance flights are expected to be in the hurri- cane area within the next few hours and another advisory ‘will be issued as soon as rds ports are available. |\CIIBIDI LS LID Mrs. Folk Visits Her Mother Her Mrs. Ralph Folk and her four children from Bayonne, ave visiti Mrs. Folk's mother, Mrs. Rosetta Collins, at 3 Flet- cher lane. Capt. Ralph Folk of the Merchant Marine is at pres- mer’ but ex- pects to rejoin his family in Oc- tobi Mrs. Folk before her mar- riage was Miss Natalie Thompson. room, There is a new stage in the auditorium, new footlights, and the whole has been painted in harmonious colors. It is an at- tractive eating plac Harris School w the next stop. There we met W. E. Fowl- er, principal. who led us through the building. Two classrooms have now been converted into a lib which is complete, i cluding a new tile floor, ‘Ives have been added, so that he library will have ample book space. Four hundred can now be seat- ed in the auditorium. The st has been enlarged, and new ‘ure |tains added. The dining room is Sonal effects of the sailors us- a large room, which has been re- painted in a pale blue, making it very fetching. “Well, you've seen most of the school buildings.” remarked Al bury at the conclusion of the trip. You can go back to your office and say what you wish.” We say that Key West schools are now all in wonderful shape, that there are no finer buildings anywhere for the teaching of the Myrtis Talbert against Peter city’s boys and girls 'James Talbert. their mothers — in shopping | ee = queques. | Increased use of concrete and other hard substances in paths CLUB TROPICS Announces = Ses = A 1 1 cG e 1 R aE s: ate Caraballo ir evue SANDY'S GARAGE Starring | 404 Duval Street Phone 501 W#kGLORIA SHANE Estelle CRAWFORD BATTERIES CHARGED Lovely Comedienne, Dynamic Dancing Star | Singer and M.C, | GEE Crs Pork sca Beautiful * = : = the Copa Girls COVER | Serica = usa ONLY Elevated Enjoy A Great Show! = | $18 SOUTHARD STREET Dance Floor in Fri i Key West viday - 9 P.M. ~+ Dance tarthe Latin-American Music of the TROPIC KNIGHTS * | considered a state-or publie doe- radio operaters,. who. will operate N. J.1 380 million natives, after Britisir}a meeting of the Disaster Pre pardness and Relief Committee at chapter headquarters. Under the leadership of Rob- | in others. ert F. Spottswood and H. God But even while the ceremony |dard, - tee, various functions of subcom- mittees were reviewed for the purposes of clarifying duties and cooperative relationships of the The country has been divided co-chairmen of the comm Mountbatten to give the Moskems their parts of the country, riots were occurring over disputes caused by disagreements over boundary line: working groups. | The Hindus will be given their Because of the absence of sev- ! areas at a ceremony to be held {oral chairman from the city on tiene at midnight. business, a subsequent meeting to leaterel to details will be held ieee Wednesday at the chapter headquarters at 8 o'clock. General | Gives Opinion Those present last night, in ad | |dition to the co-chairmen, were: | On Textbooks De. H. K. Moore, ehairman of the { | | i | subcommittee on medical aid; TALLAHASSEE, August 14.—A Miss Marie Hartell, vice-chairman book prepared for school use, no'in charge of the nursing division; matter how excellent, is not ne-/ Joseph Lazarovici, chairman of rily a public document, andithe subcommittee on food; Jack therefore, not to be distributed at Einhorn, vice-chairman for food; the taxpayer's expense, Attorney Harvey Sellers, chairman of the General J. Tom Watson has ad- ‘subcommittee on transportation \vised State School Superinten-!and communications; Mrs. Bessie {dent Colin English. iSchuck, chairman of the subcom- | The superintendent had asked mittee on clothing; and Mrs. if a book entitled “Florida: Helen E. McNeil, executive sec- Wealth or Waste’ hich he said ‘retary. was designed for use as a junior! In attendance also were Jobn |high school textbook, would be Adams and Joc Caruso, volunteer }ument. Such documents, defined the central Red Cross radio send- by the attorney general as re- jing and receiving set at emer- ports of state departments and! gency disaster headquarters in other publications of the state, levent of threatened disaster. This e distributed to the state uni-!the Jackson Square USO, in the rsities, and to the University | will provide contact with Navy of Miami, University of Tampa, :;adio points on the island, in jand Stetson University. jevent wire communications fail Although a textbook might be} Other chairmen of subcommit- {a welcome addition to any — li- | tees of the 1947 disaster prepared as a book of gencral infor- | ness unit of the chapter are: Wil- jmation, the attorney gencral}jiam M. Curry, rescue: Robert concluded that it would not be | Dillard, shelter; Carl Hilton, sur- considered a public document | yey; E. A. Hamilton registration and thus eligible for distribution | and information, with Frank to the universities in Florida. e-chairman in charge | Adams v! of information. i Navy Lockers To | The Red Cross, meanwhile has ‘arranged with numerous coop- {erating groups and organizations with regard to inter-related func- tions in event of disaster anc Key West Naval Bases locker | qanger. club, which will be located at the |" Ipformation to guide the resi Southard strect gate of the base. | gents of Key West and the Key will open about Sept. 1 with R. x M. Graham, a retired Navy Lieu- tenant, as manager, it was an- Reumned todey- event of a disaster threat. The club will have a total of 1,200 lockers, which will be rent- ed to Naval personnel at a sum = wn Knock-Knees Fret to cover the cost of installation e of the lockers and maintenance. | | The lockers are placed in two | Australian Doctor} vows down the center of the) i i ' ' Be Ready Sept. in using the protection and facil ities of the Red Cross are pre pared and will be announced in \ | building. They will hold the per- | MELBOURNE, Australia—(AP) | —Why do more pre-school age | ing them in town when they may | Australian children today have change their uniforms for civii-|knock-knees than before the } war? The medical officer ‘ian clothing. of the Re | Seek Divorces turned Soldiers’ League, Dr. A | - P. Derham, says it might be be Petitions seeking divorces were | cause collapsible wooden “play ‘filed yesterday with Circuit Court | grounds” tempted youngsters to ;Clerk Ross C. Sawyer by Har-|stand or walk for long period: vriet L. Parker Bailey agains! |Other causes, he thought, might Stanley Ralph Bailey and by|be: Young children standing with A possible deterioration of diet ; jduring the war y’ : of Stage and Night Clubs The Quick—Sure Way ' i\Changed To 4 P PRICE FIVE CEN1= Naming Dedication Of K.W. Plaza In Havana (ty Associated Presa) HAVANA, Aug. 14—Dedi cetion of Key West Plaza, scheduled for 11 o'clock this morning, was postponed un- til 4 o'clock this afternoon, officials of the City of Ha- vana said today. The San Francisco Plaza between the Commerce Exchange and the Minister of Communica- tions building, afier the southernmost U.S. city will be attended by two plane- loads of Key West city of- ficials and Boy Scouts. Acting Mayor John ~ Car- bonell. Commissioners Hun- ter Harden and Albert Coop- Commissioner and Mrs, Louis Carbonell, County Com- missioner ancl Mrs. W. A. Parrish, City Manager O. J. 8. Ellingson, Municipal Judge and Mrs. Enrique Esquinaldo and City Clerk Roy Hamlin have been feted in a steady round of receptions and other events since their arrival yesterday morning, DLIE GS SSSA Splendor Seen In Gypsy Rites As Queen Dies AP Newsfeatures SYDNEY, Ausiralia. -- Hun- dreds of gypsies from all over Australia, including scores of raqged children, came to Sydney recently for the funeral of the queen of the gypsy Sterio tribe, 75-year-old Mrs. Mary Sterio. Amid ‘ceaseless chatter, parmied by the traditional ing of wine on the throwing of coins in grave, the gypsy Gueen was | ed in Sydney's Rookwood cem etery. The body of the queen ved in rich silks, had state at a Sydnay funeral varlo for eght days in a specially made cedar casket. Jd-painted and adorned with tans. Funer coffin, which normal sii expensive made in ceremony renaming er, accom pour and the coffin silver lain’ in ilver-colored = de 1 officials said the than one 0) most Sydney in wai laren > was the years. On the day of the funeral, avp sies packed into the parlor to chant and wail over the body of their queen. One n smoked a long pipe in between sobs, and aman, while sobbing over the coffin, took long draughts from a bottle. The funerat procession was led by the local brass which; the gypsies had hired for the oc caslon, Two of the gypsies’ bat tered automobiles were left at the starting point—one with en gine trouble, the other witht a flat tlre. All the daad woran ewell and trinkets had been placed in the coffin. H As the coffin w i eved into. the ' member of the tr i hottle of wine over | signal all the other { coins into the grave, and several clambered down to kiss the cof fin. NO (Opposite Bus Terminal) MINIMUM REPAIRS ON ALL MAKES Saturday \ OF SEWING MACHINES Sonthernmost Garage In U, &. TWINS GARAGE 1120 Dawa! Street Phone 168 Auto Repairs, Painting, - 12M. Scientific Sewing Insécuctions i Telephone 1383 | Body and Fender Work Genaine Auto Parts for All Care ‘ Gomez Airport Mer. Is Protested ; ——¥ JAYCEES CLAIM AGE BESO Da SMS: T NOT QUALIFIED; CAA EXAMINER, INSTRUC- TORS AGAINST MOVE Rumblings of the County appointinent Tuesday Rogelio dissatisfaction Commission's night of temporary manager at Meacham Field were |heard today. | over | Gomez as The Junior Chamber of Com ‘merce, Mrs. Katie Loft, flight ex {aminer for Civilian Aeronautic ' Administration; Thomas A. Web) ‘and Arthur Cade, licensed flying instructors; the Florida Air Pilots Associatibn and George Favaldo, manager of Faraldo’s Flying Sex vices, are among those protest- ing the appointinent. | At last night’s meeting of the chairman of the javiation committee, City Public ! Director Robert Dopp. Murray, Murphy, Malcolm Pierce and Faraldo took Faraldo, Service Jack James the floor to protest the Commis- : “tion, aracterizing the comuntssion’s action as “a slap in the face", the _Jayeees puinted out that thes sent a letter to the County Com mission three weeks ago recom mending Faraldo for the position but had received no wy. The Jaycees also sent letters to var ‘ious civic organizations advocat ing appointment of an experienc» _ ed. aviation man, Faraldo, who is a veteran, and vnd has been flying sinee 1936 id that he is not particularly concerned whether he is appoint not but wants to see that 1 qualified expert is given the position. @ “It is a matter of — safety Favaldo told The Citizen. Mi Gomez is only a ticket agent and has not shown that he possesse the on ry qualifications ir variably required for such a 1¢ sponsibility such as knowledge of CAA rules and Faraldo said that when Gor did encounter a serious probler in aviation technicalities he irc quently came to him for assist ance. Tho ¢ Vavy aviation asked, “Why doesn’t the Count Commission ask for applic and require the submittal — of qualifications by the Then it could determine on the basis of merit who is best quali ticd to serve the public interest Mrs, Loft gives flight tests and written examination and the two licensed instruct protest that without alport their ed on regulations.” who a qualified manager flight in structions will be interfered with nd rules and regulations ave ver apt to become muddled and con fused through unfatniliary of th newly appointed al wit them “Th order to avoid accident. and prevent confusion”, Faraldo said ive, fat rogre: ighter mana ment is needed, Whether fam ap pointed or not is of no con quence, but someone with a fl in background und aviation hould be Among those protesting Gome knowledge ntment, Faraldo said, is EH op of Miami, president of the Florida Air Pilots Associa tion ‘Robinson Gets Back Saturday USS. F. M. Robinson a ayer escort ship attached to the Surface Anti Submarine Des nent Detachment here will ve irn here Saturday from N it she underwent @ short Va, wh verhaul TU ULL LLL Wanted To Lease FURNISHED HOUSE Suitable for Tourists OPTION TO BUY Box J.R., Citizen Office eT ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTUTTTTTTTNTT TU ccLLALDCOC a