The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 15, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mos’ equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. XLVI. Tax Bills Mailed By Gct. 15 BUDGET AP* CLIPDILI LL! SCHOOL PROVAL MEANS AS- SESSOR BEGINS WORK | ON ASSESSMENTS Tax bills for the county will be mailed out to taxpayers begin- ning Oct. 15, with the taxes pa able after Nov. 1, County Tax Collector Howard E. Wilson said today. His announcement came after Tax Assessor Claude A. Gandolfo said that on Monday his office would begin work of making the assessments, based on the tax rate of 18.5 mills, By Oct. 1 the assessor m submit the completed tax asse: ments books to Monroe County Commission for approval. He ex- | pects to complete the work in-j} volved by that time. Work can begin on Monday of making the property a t because of word received late yesterday by Willard M. Albury, superintendent of public instruc. tion, that his budget for next year, totaling $488,356. had been approved by the stale superin- tendent of schools. Albury will notify Cireuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer that he has received official word of the | approval of the school budget | and Sawyer in turn must notify | the tax assessor that next year’s millage rate is 18.5 per cent. This rate is lower by 1 than it was for the current y The lower rate was by a reduction of half a mill in the rate of taxation for the pub- t ' seal mill | r,t Next Year’s County (Griswold Will Be Monroe’s School Budget, $488,356, Approved Today (By Axsociated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 15.— A budget of $488,356, for the support and maintenance of public schools in Monroe county. has been approved by the State Department of Ed- ucation, State Superintendent Colin English announced to- day. SDI SI SM Sa M4 Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) 11 ARABS KILLED JERUSALEM—Eleven Arabs were killed today in a house thet was blown up near the all- Jewish city of Tel-Aviv. Jew- ing up the house, and said the: reeson for doing it was because Arabs, who resided there, had been active in riots in Tel-Aviv. RIOTING IN LAHORE NEW DELHI—With the Hin- a ade possible dus and Moslems now in control’ of India, quiet was reported everywhere in the country today. Lead Audubon Society Here! \GROUP PICKS NAME, TAKING | | IN ENTIRE COUNTY; WILL Tourist Booth STRESS EDUCATION; CHAR- TER MEMBERSHIP OPEN Will Be Placed With the aim of taking ad-! Soon In Miami ivantage of Key West's proxim)- ; Plans for setting up a tourist ity to great rare bird refuges on | jinformation booth in Miami next ROOM PLA lits very doorstep, a Monroe i County Audubon Society was of- : 4 | y onlay ew asict winter, for the purpose of dissem- in line Wonaa's lub, night at \inating information to visitor : ; Oliver Griswold, well - known |that city about Key West, recei ‘writer and student of outdoor \ed discussion at a meeting of the jlife, was elected president for ;Chamber of Commerce officials jthe formative period of the new ‘yesterday. Hbeseamraseran Ga eee Several plans that had- been imanager o! e amber of Com- | ; ium ‘Saleen 2 = {merce, was elected secretary and [Biba were aiaken ed oe Norman Artman, business man- Ss leration and the one most fav- ager of The Citizen, treasurer, ored was that of attempting to | The meeting was well attended, jerect a small portable booth on a nearly 20 bird enthusiasts being popularly located auto parking ;Present. Others sent word that Jot in Miami. {they were vitally interested but } peers unable to attend. Among these were James Calloway, cor-\that thousands of motorists : respondent of the Miami News jpedestrians would have a and Miss Marie Cappick, writer jit, The general plan is to have and painter. the booth clearly marked with George Mills White reported on jsigns and have an informed per- a meeting of the nominating com- lion in attendance to distribute mittee, of which he was chairman, jliterature describing this city. The lot in question is on Bi ne Boulevard situated ect will be placed in the hands of the publicity committee. which includes Clem C. Price, Joe Allen and J, D. McAndrews. The Chamber of Commerce has writtena letter of commendation to the local organization of Jay- ‘ shees, commending them for their ill stress education rath- {efforts in providing a celebration jer than investigation and enforce- for the benefit of Key Westers on ment of anti-trapping laws, leav- Labor Day. ing this task to the proper author- It was voted (ish underground admitted blow-} held recently at the home oe Further planning of the proj- Mayor W. W. Demeritt. The nom- jinees named in the report were duly elected. | In taking office, Griswold made fit clear that the Society, which! will be chartered as an affiliate of the National Audubon Soci- ‘eties, will str enter a float in $6 |SUB BASE GETS READY FOR VISITORS; WAITING * TOURISTS West Citizen NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. CED AT GATE Praise MAY VISIT) BASE DURING AFTER- NOON; MUST HAVE} THEIR OWN CARS It is realized :nat many of these | Zone Leader equipment the Navy is providing ! e Key West Submarine Base is M ll N j getting ready for a heavy influx 1 er ew visitors hail from Middle West | under the national defense acts, WILL SERVE AS CHAIRMAN of tourists and visitors here who | a ° | will ask permission to go into the L Cl b base and inspect it. | 10ns Uu Ss {points and are naturally interest- | }ed in the ships and the men and! assed: by. nero OF LIONS OF, KEY WEST. Just inside the Southard street; 4 gate, the only gate which will.be| REDLANDS AND CORAL jopen to the general public for; ‘admission to the base, a new, GABLES eg EN de Rani established ; Freq J, Miller, immediate pas who want to get into it. president of the Key West Lions There is a waiting room where ,Club, has been appointed zone isitors will await their turns in getting cards of admission and to Robert C. Halrim, Ft. Myers, it await the Marine Corps guards was announced at last night who will accompany them into meeting of the Lions in the the base. iden in Seminary street. All visitors to the base must| Miller's district will consist of have thei own ears, and will not the Lion Clubs in Key West. be permitted to leave them while Redlands and Coral Gables. He ernie re eee sergeant of the # Tequired by Lions Internation- Marine Corps on duty during the al to advance Lions activities dur- admission hours, which are from i9& the current year, receive re- 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. each day, except: Ports from the three Lions clubs Saturday and Sunday and holi- and to discuss problems of ad-| ration with them. zalo Bezanilla, former pres. USN. is ident of the Key West Lions, ren- days, when the hours will be, from 1 to 6:30 p.m. Comdr. J. B. Grady, now the the Submarine Base and security to the Lions International conven- officer of the Key West Naval Base. He succeeds Comdr, F. W. Scanland, who has been illa said it was the largest con- chairman by District Governor } cting first lieutenant of dered a report of his recent visit | tion held at San Francisco, Bezan- | trans- vention: of the international ever { lic schools and half a mill in the except in Lehore, where 50 were general tax rate as fixed by the | effort to obtain priority in buying; county commission. | Moslems claim possession of La- In completing the assessment , hore. WANTS PRIORITY ~~ {the school Miss Marion Vories, general suv- office must make more than 96,- 200 entiies on the assessment! WASHINGTON. — Secretary {ervisor of Monroe County Pub- books. There are a total of 32.- | rorrestal of the National Defense|lic Schools, was named chairman 600 names re more than three Commission has arranged to holdjof the youth education commit- entries must be made on each}. conference with representatives|tce with Miss Frances Haymas one. ss ‘ of 30 petrolium companies in an/and Mayor Demeritt as commit- This year's tax bill will appear | effort to obtein priority in buying|tec members. differently than they have in pre-| i] and gasoline for the Army} The suggestion to name the so- vious years. The name and the | and the Navy. He said that, un-|ciety after Monroe County in- description of the property to be | ger present conditions, preference|stead of Key West was made by taxed have all been printed by | js given to civilian purchasers. {Griswold and readily accepted machinery. The only hand let- with {the purpose of aliowing tering will be the tax rate and s to join from other com- } the total amount of taxes due on along the keys or with- each piece of property. . As rapidly as the ace culates the amount of ta due on each property, the t col- lector will insert the figures on the bills, He will begin mailing the first tax bills to out of town ee Ee ae ‘lovers will welcome the oppor- srcbaranleniserk Ciipber 1. Local. ““RORDRINEENGLAMD Mg (te or ccoming’eharter (om: property owners will receive| LONDON, — Manufacture of bers of the first Audubon Soci their bills about a week ahead of | rord automobiles in Great Bri-|to be organized on the Florid. the first payment date, Nov. 1. | tian was begun today. Price of; Keys. Griswold explained that Seer |e Ford, it was stated further, is'the membership dues include CG Cutter Tows vs, {subscription to the monthly Au- ee laao magazine. colorful and ” ~ Se ad authentic birdlife publication, Ship After She |POLICE RAID NETS .,, (and qualifies members for many | 6 MEN 6 WOMEN (‘other privileges for birdlife stud : Police Chief B. G. Perez, Act-| Mrs. John R. Vosburgh vw Loses Propellor ing Srigutenent Hector Castro and.named chairman of a member- Losing its propellor, the Car dian* motor ship, Rio Castme ities. Particular emphasis will educating. young: people through the schools:and use of vidual ait TO GIVE DUTCH SIDE LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. — A! special meeting of the UN Secur-' ge huey i ity Council has been arranged: crane pmenbera will be to hear the Dutch Ambassador !@Vallable for some time, | state the attitude of Holland in|S'oup decided. propably until ac- its dispute with the Indonesians. A! muni in the county on the mainland. sor cal- is believed that many ‘Officers Frank Jolly and Howard ship committee -|Harris raided a colored disorder-|Richard E. Von Schulz, -|ly house on Catherine street at Grace Crosby, Mayor Demeritt # load of bananas, was disabled !colored women and six colored: Laubscher will head 75 miles southeast of Key West |sailors. : yesterday and was picked by| The women were charged with the bylaws committec, consisting the pro- Hall, Sara Annie ,8OUP- ! It is expected that Charles R. | Brookfield, tropical representa- {tive of the Audubon Societies, There the Canadian vessel was | Parrish, Lenora taken in tow by the commercial | Haynes, Zona Mae Glass, tug. MV J. D., of Miami, which | Robinson, Betty Mae Willi originally had been sent out from | ee tee on” ne | CITY. RMBLOYES MAY: wilt be able to attend the next taken to Miami for re A ; J. D. did not find the ship and | INSPECT RATINGS ™ecting and possibly show color- ,ed motion pictures of birdlife. At the Coast Guard at Key West was | ae, notified of the vessel's plight L. H. Goddard, executive scc-'that time the Miami official may ams. who was in command of | the | Mission, announced today that all to establish Key West as an em- sditine tovtine, ane said it was a | cist six months of this year may Pea EERE TE Hee WN do so between the hours of 9 include sandy tern sanctuaries at m, and 12 noon tomorrow, Dry Tortugas, great white heron tookeries in keys to the north, PALACE TH EATER ae roseate spoonbill refuges on ;Bottlepoint Key and other islands GENE AUTRY in VEW DANCE jplus additional refuges of i “Trail to San Antonia” cormorants, American egrets, . TONIGHT and ;snowy egrets and other rare “setae SATURDAY NIGHT jfeathered creatures. GOOD MUSIC - FUN and DOOR PRIZES At The Clubrooms | TRIN, 6 ETT Hydraulic Brake Experts Lou Smith Auto Service FLAGLER and 2ND AVE. White st Fleming Phone No. 5' Admission . - . 25¢ rreie Mey en NET LI. IIE LETE LEE Sonthernmost Garage tn U. &. 1120 Duval Street Phone 168 Aduto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Genuine Anto Parts for All Cars t beliday if it is pr laid, the new president said, on jt President; K. W. Unit Raises Most Funds pectin And Wins Pri ISLAND CITY YOUNG MAN* feeptance of the new charter. It ‘League, was elec nature jthe Eastern Deanery of the Dio- y jlast fa {Church, West Palm Beach. ' il ‘leaguers, lent. | Holy Trinit Se iwas elected sec: y-treasur consisting of ; Mrs. ‘the raising of money for beauti- 1 i r : °5 fyin which was bound for Miami with midnight yesterday, arresting six and Miss Vories. Miss Gertrude aia from St. Paul’s Y.P.S.L., ¢ igram committee and Von Schulz dollars, which was used for the neW asphalt tile 1 ‘man and Calloway also on this jbeautiful eee ed St. Paul be won th ,by the winning league before it ‘becomes the ** league. Boatswain's Mate Olie Odum, |retary of the Civil Service Com-' outline the first steps necessary ! | Cates Elected Y.P.S.L. Eastern Deanery tora tee sere Paul’s member hi ed to such an office. Church, Miami, who i sactive in Je on that hol- ferred to the joint Army-Navy held, and described in detail its | ple to. secure a Puided missle school at Ft. Bliss, activities. Bee | Ralph the Beacli Combers, he proposed p: ack for the purpose. . Dickson, proprietor of was induct- ast president. Joe Allen, presi- | lent of the club, presided at the | e; Will Care For Orphan Sales People | Of | | Key West Stores | To Get Training H teane On Oct. 20 a school in sales- Advisory No. 10 !manship training for local people DEFEATS MIAMIAN FOR (ager awa OaGa@, HIGH HONOR: $600 RAISED py BY LEAGUE HERE aria of Commerce. Negotiations are under way iwith the Uni ity of Florida iSchol of Business Administration ‘for appearance in Key West of a jteam of instructors to conduct the salesmanship school The Chamber of Commerce has agreed to sponsor the school. leal merchants will receive de- ‘tails further explaining it. ‘expected that about 50 local sales- people and merchants will be in, attendance. J udge Petteway Named To Office ed president of SORY ISSUED AT 10 A.M. 1 EST, August 15: H Florida at the held Trinity, of South eanery meeting which w Sunday at Holy The hurricane at 10 a.m., EST, is located near latitude 22 degrees, longitude 98 de- grees, or about 20 miles south of Tampico. It is moving | westward five to seven miles per hour and is passing in- land. En league work and popular with the Winds up to $5 miles per i ceo nee oppon-| hour have been reported at Alexander, of{| Tampico this morning. Winds , t Palm Beach,| Will be gradually diminish- | ing over the southwest Gulf - but heavy squalls will con- | ! If is the first time that a St. s been appoint-} This Guy Lane, of Holy Comforter Mis: The project for last quarter w Ce ANG alters oon tonight over the Gulf east and northeast of the storm or a distance of 250 miles. No further advisories will be issued for this hurricane. church — property. The | of Key West, was six hundred Judge W. Raieign Petteway jbeen elected as Imperial Basha floor that has the Coast Guard Cutter CG-83-|being in a disorderly house and’ aiso of White and Laubscher.|been laid in its parish house. This r . . : 3 A Sc s a s parish house. This | Saat 5 Sah anin 403 and towed to point off Alli- | will be arraigned in Municipal Vosburg was appointed publicity |being the highest amount raised As sss sssss Gh aeoreseany ats ine eee gator Lighthouse near Matecumbe |Court Monday. The follow committee chairman with Art-{by any league in the Dioc a H gh eaumont, is Key last night. women were zede Marg Iver tray was award- This award has to ‘e consecutive times Raymond, of Miami, who is at- jtending the convention. | Judge Petteway has visited Key {West many times and his friends here will be pleased to learn of his elevation to this position of jhonor, Mr. Russell said today. SEALED BEAM HEADLIGHTS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street _awaeerr- Phone 442 aaa property of the St. Paul’s has already been awarded a silver loving cup, (Continued On Page Four) _ for | | Choice Poultry | TO-NIGHT!! TO-NIGHT!! CLUB TROPICS Presents A Complete New Show All Girl Revue Starring Estelle CRAWFORD Dynamic Dancing Star Soft-Bone ROASTERS ROASTERS | %*&GLORIA SHANE Lovely Singing Comedienne GRE DD OHM Bs voces that the honors s Lo- Twenty It is Were represented today at a plen- ary session ‘designed to bring about Western | Hemisphere held in the Quitandinha, the $ 000,000 Brazilian hotel, 40 miles Imperial Basha to» this city. > ing of the delegates, and, it wé of the Dramatic Order, Knights eerie the [ee to a telegram received eae in this part of the vy J. Winfield Russell from G. A. ed at the meeting, and it appeare Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 67 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key Weat PRICE FIVE CENI= Officials Return With For Havana’s Honors To Key West PROFUSE IN ADMIRATION OF SISTER CITY’S HOS- } PITALITY AND DIGNIFIED CEREMONY NAM- | ING OLD PLAZA AFTER SOUTHERNMOST CITY; $25,000 SET ASIDE TO BEAUTIFY SITE Profuse with admiration for their Cuban hosts and Havana's grand dedication of its oldest square as "Key West Plaza”, the city’s ' official delegation to the international ceremony returned by plane today. The dedication occurred at 4 p.m. yesterday in tribute to Key West as the haven of Cuban liberators and the cradle of Cuban | freedom half a century ago. City Commissioner John Carbonell, official representative of | Mayor W. W. Demeritt, led the Island City delegation, alighting from the Aerovias Q DC-3, which landed at Meacham Field. Ho ; Was accompanied by City Commissioners Louis Carbonell, Albert B. } Cooper and Hunter Harden: Mrs. L. Carbonell: City Manager O. J. S. } Ellinghon; Municipal Judge and Mrs. Enrique Esquinaldo; Police | Lieutenant Joe Kemp; City Clerk Roy Hamlin, and County Com- missioner and Mrs. W. A. Par- trish, ODI OAMLLS The’ Key Westers described in Nurses Needed {glowing terms the honors shown i : jthem by Cuba’s highest officials. iFor Hurricane "They were especially impressed ;with the sincere and dignified ie Shelters Here |manner in which the famous old 'San Francisco Plaza was renain- ‘ed after the Southernmost City. |The occasion marked one of the \few times, if not the first, that lan American city has been so honored by a foreign capital. The Havana city officials, from vor Nice ‘astellanos Rivero ‘down, were showered with praise ‘for the manner in which they con ducted the ceremony and the en- tire visit of the American pi ; |Havana’s appropriation of $25,- 000 for landscaping and beautifi- ication of Key West Plaza re- ceived special acclaim, The ceremonies were -attended by nearly 3,000 persons, inchid- registered nurses to staff the |ing 34 Boy Scouts and Scout of- shelters. ficials from Key West. In his He appealed to registered |dedieatory address, Jose Diaz nurses to volunteer on a_ |Garvido, president of the Havana stand-by, emergency basis. city council, said, “This is only Volunteers are requested to |@ Stall way in which the people communicate with Mrs. Helen |0f Cuba can pay the debt of grati E. McNeil, executive secro. |e they owe to Key West for tary of the Key West Red the part the people of that Florida Cross Chapter, 3011 Front (city played in Cuba's right for street, telephone 286, ifreedom from the Spanish yoke.” Commissioner John Carbonell wn Volunteer registered nurs- es are needed to assure Key West of adequate aid in the | event of a disaster, it was an- i nounced today by Dr. H. K. ; Moore, chairman of the sub- | committee on medical aid of the Red Cross Disaster Pre- | paredness and Relief Commit- i tee. i In planning the medical aid { services for the series of hurricane shelters to be op- erated by the local Red Cross Chapter, a conference he- tween Dr. Moore and Miss Marie Hartell, vice-chairman __ of the emergency nursing di- © vision, revealed insufficient’ ;Key West further strengthen the Paige Le sak a a [employed in stores will be sh ~~~ |bonds ef friendship between {1 an rs rytlan ‘ates, iductet here, it was announced Pl aan {United States and Cub: “We the |Varela street, and president of St.| THE NEW ORLEANS ivectorday at a mecting of the di-| enary Session jwill continue to feel for you in Paul's Young People’s Service’ WEATHER BUREAU, ADVI- [rcciors of the Key West Chamber ; the future, as in the past, with In tender and loving affection,” he Held Today Rio de Janeiro (My ‘The Asswctnted Preas> RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 15.— Pan-A.re layor Rivero and Carbonell then unveiled a plaque bearing tne names of 27 city commission- ers of Havana and an inscription to the effect that Cuba owes un jdying homage to Key West for its part in bringing about Cuban independence. Carbonell — pro sented the Havana mayor with commemorative disc i ing this ement in the Mayo: Rivero gave a gala re- peace and security, |ception for the Key West delesi- tion. The Key West Boy Scout ‘delegation also participated and jin an elaborate ceremony bestov. of friendship to the Exporadores or Cuban Boy | Scouts ican nations of the conferences, t was a purely formal gather- Property Sales Thomas M. Gibson, Sr. and wife. ansferred to John C. Park property in Olivia street for 300, according to a warranty « filed yesterday in the offic gular sessions on Monday. The weather was cold, as this Much enthusiasm was express- that the object of the confere for Pan-American solidarity will be attained with little diff ence |Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Saw- of opinion as to procedure. yer. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Meltzer, 4444444444444 0404~ (Dale county, and Mr. and M PRESCRIPTIONS soa wre A thur L. Mulberg, Key West Compounded by ESparioneeale | sferred to Luico H. Barroso Ne acintsy property at Flagler avenue and page Seventh street for $1,200, GARDNER'S PHARMACY (“eyvelina L. Lopez transferred to 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela John C. Park property in Third Phone 177 Free Delivery | avenue for a nominal sum POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Phone 9134 CHAMPION |Outboard Motors $127.00 aS ae ——EXPERT—_ Auto Repairs and M.C. of Stage and Night Clubs » Extra Added Attraction * EADLOR YcRAIEED Reasonable Prices Ea COVER 5 Beautiful Copa Girls 5 Featuriog FRYERS We Have Testing Machines That! = : ne : pars Leave Nothing to Guess Work |STERLING'S POULTRY 2 Great Shows Nightly ONLY Elevate CUT-UP_ IF DESIRED PROMPT SERVICE MARKET nO 9 P.M. - 12 M, Dance Floor in E E. Sterling, Manager MINIMUM Key West 1214 Whit. Street CLUB TROPICS © Dance tothe Latin-American Music of the TROPIC KNIGHTS | PHONE 540 H ! (ey NAVARRO. Ine. Opposite Bus Station 904 FLEMING STREET ‘HENS, FRYERS & EGGS eo nant Oe : i i 4