The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 19, 1947, Page 1

country, VOL. XLVIII. ee No, 197 language. She was fined $5 and costs by Judge Caro, SON BORN TO REV. AND MRS. DIMMICK The Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick who was rector of St. Paul's Church for many years, and M Dimmick announce the birth of a son on August 13 in Mauston, Wisconsin, and have named him Arthur Stephen. Mrs. Dimmick is the daughter of Key West. Key West, Florida, has the mos. equable climate in the with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit 200 Killed; Five Thousand Hurt In Cadiz, Spain é EXPLOSION OF CHEMIC: | ALS SPREAD TO ARS- ENALS WHERE TOR- PEDOES STORED (By The Axsoemied Press) CADIZ, Spain, Aug. 19—Two | hundred are dead and five to six thousand injured in this city | of 87,000, as a result of explo- | sions and fires. { Estimate of dead and injured | was announced early this after- | noon by the mayor of Cadiz, who } added that a great part of the city is a shambles. Towering | flames are still shooting sky-! ward, with hundreds of firemen from various sections’ of Spain desperately fighting fires in a dozen different places. The disaster was caused by the explosion of chemicals in a ship- yard yesterday. Within a few minutes, chemicals stored else- where exploded. culminating in the worst of all the explosions in ersenals 600 yards away from where the fire started. In the arsenals were stored ecbarged torpedoes and ammuni- tion of various types. The tor- pedoes exploded and _ caused shocks that were felt 15 miles away. It was during that ex- | plosion that the greater part of | the 200 were killed. i Residents who survived the dis- aster are streaming out of the city, while the medical corps of beth army and navy heve sent doctors and nurses here. Only one | radio station remained intact, and appeals were made over it for help, particularly from doc- ~~ tors. 4 Franco and his cabinet held an emergency meeting in San Sebastian that lasted into the early hours of this morning, Ar- rengements were made to send firemen and other workers, in ad- dition to medical assistance, to this stricken city. Election To Be Held By Monroe | Infantile Group Annual election of officers of Monroe County Chapter, the Na- tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc., wil be held on August 27 at a meeting to be held at the Monroe County Clinic auditorium, Fleming and Thomas streets, it was announced toda) by Ralph Suerra local chairman of the group. Marion T. Jeffries, state repre- sentative of Southern Florida Chapters of the foundation, and Mrs. Carl E. Dunaway, state ad- viser of women's activities, will address the assembly of repre- sentatives of all clubs, organi- zations, churches and vitally in- terested citizens. Both Jeffries and Mrs. Duna- way are well Known throughout the state for their many accom- plishments and contributions to community life. They will each bring an important message to the assembly, according to Sierra. Jury Trials To Begin On Sept. 8. Next jury trials in Criminal Court will be held beginning on Sept. 8, Judge Thomas S. Caro decided today at the regular Tuesday session of the court to hear guilty pleas. There was only one guilty plea today. It was made by B: Dogging The Mailman 9 tpi eee PAL and Postman Taylor AP_Newsfeatures | OLUMBIA, S. C.—Columbia post office employes say. they can set their watches by the daily arrivals of Pal, a spitz- collie who follows postman Harold O. Taylor on his round every day. { Pal, “owfied by Mrs. Beulah! Smith, shows up at the post office ; promptly at 7 a.m. She goes in, | sniffs around until she finds Tay- } lor’s mail bag, and waits for him} to come to work. { Employes say she refuses to “associate” with anyone but her favorite mailman. She stays with him all day long as he walks th streets delivering mail to Colun¥ bia homes. j On Sundays, Pal turns up at ! the post office as usual. But shortly after 7 o'clock, sensing that Taylor won't be around that day, she trots back home. One rainy day, Taylor says, he sed a truck to deliver mail, for- getting about Pal. Wet ana be- draggled the dog followed the vehicle all day. “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” says the postal service motto, That applies to Pal, too. Start Work On $10,000 Stores Work was started today on the construction of a $10,000 building to be erected in Duval street, be tween Greene and Front street: by Aguilino Lopez, Sr. Roy Edwards, general contrac- idr, broke ground for the one- story concrete block The building will be between Johnson’s new structure and an inn on the other side. It will con- sist of two stores and will be 33 feet wide and 60 feet long. Y Capt. Houser Goes To Jacksonville Capt. Harold A. Houser, com- mandant of Key West Naval Base, ic L. left for Jacksonville today to con- approval of Comm Jones, colored, who was charged ‘fer with Rear Admiral Ralph Da- .McCurdy and Adams to sponsor the Sinclair Refining Company. with vagrancy and. using foul vison, USN, commandant of the ja Sea Scout troop led by Ed Gard- ‘Atlanta office, complete the out 7th Naval District. Capt. Houser had not met Ad- jmiral Davis since his arriva here and the two are expected to talk of matters relating to the \Na operations in Key West. Capt. Houser will return here to- night. (The Key Cardinal Of ; pastor of St. Mary’s Star of the ,not recall today that the city had structure. ' THE SOUTHERNMOST N EWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1947 IN TROPICAL DISTURBANCE Cuba Hopes To; LOCATED 10:30 A.M. WEST Come ToK.W.| OF ISLAND OF KEY WEST EXPRESSES DESIRE TO COME Movement Away From This*: HERE; J. CARBONELL SAYS INVITATION WILL BE OF-: FERED City; Reported Winds Range 40 To 50 Miles Manuel Cardinal Artega Betan- An Hour court, highest Roman Catholic Ae a : prelate of Cuba, has expressed a these strong. winds, _ which idesire to visit Key’ West and will Sttuck in squalls, that passed passed over Key West yesterday, have formed a small tropical dis- turbance 150 miles west-south- west of Key West. Last night a Citizen represent- ative heard several oldtime Key Westers say they did not like the way the clouds were travel- ing over Key West. One of them jbe extended an invitation to do |so, City Commissioner John Car- bonell said today. The cardinal, Archbishop of Cuba, remarked to. Carbonell and other Key West officials during their trip to Havana last week that he has never visited the Is- land City, although he has al- ways wished that he could. Carbonell, who served as act- declared: ; ; ing mayor at the dedication of “They are just- like hurricane Key West Plaza in Havana last clouds”. but another oldtimer Thursday, said today that he will confer with Rev. J. H. Johnson, thought they were due entirely to the squally weather. But as developed this morning, they formed a center west-southwest of Key West. R. L. Fr Sea Catholic Church, and then proceed to draw up a formal in- vitation for the approval of the; city commission. That the visit of such a notable as Cardinal Betancourt would meet the approval of the com- mission is taken for granted, offi- cials said, pointing out that an in- ternational visit by a cardinal is Tampico, where a hurricane a rare and noteworthy occurence. !<truck a few days ago, lies al- The cardinal’s trip here would!most due west of where the cen- probably mark the first time for 'ter was reported. so high a Catholic figure to visit} The advisory reads as follows: the Southernmost City. Long-; Miami advisory No. 1, issued at time members of St. Mary's could |19:39 A. M. August 19. A small tropical storm is devel- ping this morning in the squal- ily wave that passed westward An added reason for C al i i oe Sa ae “through the Florida Straits Betanicourt’s visit would be to Te- | vesterday. turn the visit of the Boy Scouts nn ee is of Key West who paid their re.!_ Tt is located: near spects to him during their recent trip connected with the dedica- tion of Key West Plaza. AL Decides To Take Part In 4 Labor Day Events The Police Athletic Li night approved PAL part in four different activities of the Labor Day celebration. decided to have PAL take part in the parade by representing the various lines of recreation sponsored by the! organization. jattire, PAL members will repre- sents the group’s baseball, boxing, swimming, model airplane, Sea s Scout and other pursuits. : For Key West Litera- ' At Bayview Park the Skv Slic- ers, an affiliate of PAL, will stage | a model airplane contest Labor} ,Day afternoon, From 2:30 to 3:30 ip.m. an invitational PAL trackiner y meet will be held at the softball | tourist ‘diamond in Bayview Park under ithe direction of Marcel Mazeau. j e jveteran track director. Frank |™anager of the Chamber of Com- ;Adams, USO director, who was|merce, said today after receiv- jvoted in as a member Of the PAL; ing a number of requests from i board of directors last night. con- | t of t azericies afi |sented to help in this undertaking. ;CUt Of town agencies for | During the early evening the|ture covering the city. jnew PAL boxing ring at its mid-| “Ev indication is this city itewn center at St. Mary's Parish will enjoy its greatest season Cn eases with @ this coming winter”, said Laub- Tau eMaGhl News pate A Be scher. “From the recent receipt hdl foginerliban aaah eee of requests for literature cover- ner Pantamweight cham-: ing the highlights of the city, :pion of Florida, has consented to'it should be a fi Py 'veferee the bouts and may even |" i Meee of ihe Caeanchi spar a fow rounds himself. I oly eo War ot c gap DEoacHiDS ieee oe Beles Kot iWest literature have begun to West Bedding Co., by Labor Day, Pour into the Chamber office. an attempt will be made to bor. T!4vel agencies and motor clubs row one from the Navy. Sales im the North and Far West in s generously making the mat at order to complete their infor- ‘cast for PAL. With the exception Mation files are requesting Key jof the mat and turnbuckles, which , West literature daily. iare being purchased today, the During the past week supplies rin is ready for use, although it of folders have been shipped to will be given another coat of the American Express Company, paint soon. Rev. J. H. Johnson, Minneapolis, branch, Shell Tour- who was in charge of the con-,ing service in Los Angeles, and struction committee, reported. |the British American Oil Com- The PAL also decided, after ,peny of Toronto, Canada. thorough investigation and the| The Automobile Club of Michi- sioner Dave gan, Grand Rapids Division, and Hl in charge of the local Weather Bureau, told The Citizen that, as the storm is west-southwest of Key West and is moving in a westerly direction, it is naturally going away from us, judging by the latest reports, ever been honored previously ;, with the presence of a cardinal. | latitude 24 north and longitude 83.8 west, or about 150 miles west-southwest of Key West, at 10:30 A. M. East- fern Standard Time. It is mov- ing very slowly westward at about 8 miles per hour and in= creasing slowly in intensity. Its strongest winds are about ceiving Many Requests ture Key West should enjoy its ban- in dealing with the wade during the next Harold E. Laubsche season, litera- finer and Jack Knight. ! j Dr. Lucille Calverley was ap-, ;Pointed by Mayor W. W. Demer- ; ‘itt, presiding in the absence ot President Louis Eisner, to select jthe boys and girls to represent 'PAL in the parade and to proceed (Continued On Page Four) | MASONIC i Seek Divorce i petition seeking a divorce was filed yesterday in the office of Circuit Court by Alma Louise oi Mr. and Mrs, R. B. Boyden|Daring against Ronald Sewart! \Daring. | QE Sandy Caraballo SE | SANDY'S GARAGE | 404 Duval Street Phone 501 | Estimates On Repair Jobs GLADLY GIVEN QE Cars Parke: Brother John C. Park. Attest: TOURISTS WILL FLOCK TO CITY NEXT SEASON, CHAMBER HEAD SAYS Garbed in suitable; Already Chamber Is Re-¥- ‘tourist season requests for Key | ‘Ice Cream Man’ Retires; Cheered Guadalcanal AP Newsfeatures IAN DIEGO, Calif.—The Navy’s “ice cream man of Guadalcan- al,” Lt. Guy J. Norwood is out.of the service—retired after 30 years of “growing up with naval avi tion.” Norwood was on Guadalcanal when men, hot and weary from beating back Japanese attacks ‘under the blazing tropical sun, even prayed for ice cream. He rigged up a machine that reached a daily output of 4,000 gallons of ice cream. 40 to 50 miles per hour within 50 miles of the center, and strong squalls extend outward more than 200 miles east and north. Cautioned advised in southeast Gulf. of “Mexico, and: small craft | should remain in port south of Miami around to Sarasota. \Cross-Florida | Waterway Is Now Reopened | 7. K. Hodges, ‘civil engineer with the corps of army enginee: in Jacksonville, informs The Cit- en that Okeechobee Cross-Flor- 20th. Following schedule effe tive that date until further no- tice: Moore Haven and St. Lucie locks will operate 8 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. daily, Ortona Lock 6 am. to 10 p.m. daily limited tos vessels drawing 6 feet or less. ,of state points that have been supplied this week. Florida offices receiving liter- ature upon request have been the Wakulla Springs Lodge, Wakulla, Florida, and the New Smyrna Beach Chamber of Commerce. | Yesterday a shipment of fold- ier: sant air-mail to the National Convention of the Or- der of the Eastern Star scheduled for late this week in Casper, Wyoming, at the request of Mrs. .Gerald Adams, local member of the organization. { The Chamber of Commerce ,has approximately 20,000 folders on hand which it intends to dis- tribute throughout the country in an effort to bring visitors to Key West. NOTICE To all members of Anchor Lodge, No. 182, F. & A.M.: You are hereby pre-emptorially notified and summoned to be at the lodge rooms Wednesday afternoon, August 20, at 4 P.M., to attend and conduct funeral services of Members of sister lodges invited to join with us. By order: LOUIS C. MALONEY, W.M. GERALD H. ADAMS, Secretary. lla report made by Sebastian Ca- ia Waterway will reopen Aug. | Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features Por 67 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CEN Solons Act Tonight On Co. Home Lot, Duval St. Lights, Golf Request *TO PASS O| CHANGING BOARD AND ‘Report Boat ~ Stolen From | South Beach YOUNG CABRERA'S $350 VES. SEL BELIEVED TAKEN FROM; SUN AND SAND CLUB ON TRAILER Sheriff's office is investigating The City Commission will items of business tonight, includi (1) Seeding of a lot on a new county home; { (2) vapor street lights for Duval (2) (4) golf course greens; (5) brera, III, that thieves stole a 15- foot de luxe motor boat from the Sun and Sand Club some time: between Sunday and Monday; view of the benefits which criy nights. The boat was worth $350.' | It was the second such boat \stolen from the island in the 8 ELLE SFM, month, according to Moreno Wal-} slace, chief deputy sheriff, who The Man In The stated that the similar vessel own- ‘ ed by J. H. Edwards, Poinciana i) ,Place, was reported missing. ! Joon Sets | According to the report sub- mitted to the sheriff's office to- Sardine Season day, Cabrera’s boat had been left, | with the motor taken out of it} SAN FRANCISCO.—(AP). for safe-keeping. Sunday evening. | —Legally, the sardine season ‘Cabrera had taken some friends of his for a ride Sunday after-; pened August 1, but the Man ; in the Moon said otherwise noon.” t When the wind grew rather, this year: The next night the, moon high, Cabrera went to the Sun and Sand Club last night to see. 4. full, no good for sardine fishing because you can’t see if his boat- was anchored safely jand was out of reach of the wharf. P sardines in the moonlight. Nark nights are best, when | Hospital on Stock Island. It me: {He discovered it missing and im- .mediately began a search for it. Wallace was called. He does not believe the boat was taken out to} |sca. He believes the boat was| loaded onto a trailer of some kind and was taken up the Keys. He is conducting his investigation on that theory. Cabrera’s father, Sebastian Ca- jbrera, offered a reward of $50 for recovery of the boat today. | Edwards’ boat was anchored along the beach at the upper end of the ind. Jt was valued at! ‘approximately $300. shows the size and compact- ness of their schools, says the Bureau of Fisheries. Nearly 100 boats and about the same number of packing plants had to wait until dark nights came to the California coast before the season really get under way. "FPL LS I ES BIS SA Key West ‘Guardsmen Return [From Camp Blanding; Local Unit Requires 20 Recruits ROL-¥ |number of men recruited is con- CAPT. WILL E. P. | ERTS PLEASED aS eres . TRAINING RECEIVED) BY FIVE MEN Key West's contingent th the General that the Key West unit will be the first in the State to reach its maximum strength of -!06 men. The Battalion of which Battery “A” is a part is com- manded by Lt. Colonel Henry H Taylor. Jr., who entertained the |Key West “./oup when they ar- rived at Blanding. It appeared ‘to members of the Key West !Group that they were members joi a very much “xvored organiza- | ticn. com-| yy, itended the National Guard Sum- yer School at Camp Blanding, ‘Florida, has returned to the city ! ,after receiving specialized tri i ing. Capt. Will E. Roberts, month an announcement mander of Battery A of Key | will be made by the President of i ithe United States during iWest, said that the course con- \al Guard Week, that wi sisted of administration work, au- quite an honor and distinction to tomotive » | Netional Guard Unit if after that ‘and trainging on domestic dis-|the City of Key West and | rives at its full |turbances. i re any other course, supply cour | Besides Capt. Roberts. laicatein! the: state. who attended the ‘, What the announcement will Camp Blanding w Ist’ Sgt |he, cannot be divulged at. this | Clarence L Gates, Sgt. James A. |\time as Capt. Roberts was asked Roberts, Sgt. Ernest L. Cates and \+,, yeep it confidential. Cpl. Ray E. Johnson. They will! Those young men between the impart the instructions rec 20s of 17 and 35 who may be to the members of Battery A- {interested in joining the local ' The Adjutant General of the; Battery are urged to contact State of Florida honored the Capt. Roberts at the Armory lo- Group by meeting them-at the ‘cated at Southard and White Sts., Cfficers Club and praised them any Tuesday night at 8 o'clock and the City of Key West on which is the regular drill period the marvelous recruiting of en- ‘for the Battery. The unit needs listees for the National Guard, 20 men to attain its full strength and sent his regards to friends of his that he made while stationed ERT TRI | The General's splendid person- ality impressed the boys. The Key West Battery holds the dis- ,tinction of being the strongest unit in the State in-so-far as the Brenda Marshall in “Strange Impersonation” News and Serial “TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT” CCRT AN the -luminiscence-of sardines} It is expected and desired by | Nation- | 1 mean } ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS PURCHASE OF MOSQUITO MACHINE take action on several important ing: ™, Stock Island to the county for Setting up a $12,700 special construction fund for the City Electzic System for buying 31 400-watt mercury street; An emergency ordinance changing the qualifications of members of the city’s Board of Electrical Examiners; Appropriation of $2,000 to renovate the municipal Purchase of a $1700 Tifa” insecticide applicator. The lot for the county home is located adjacent to the Municipal asures 175 by 100 feet, and under he proposed ordinance would be deeded to the county for $1.00 in residents are expected to receive from the new home. . Lighting in the business district “wauld be immeasurably improved, City Manager O. J. S. Ellingson (said, if the installation of the 31 !mereury vapor lamps is authori: jed. A few have been tested suc- ‘cessfully, he said, including one ‘at Duval and Eaton streets, and |provide much better lighting than {other type equipment. The City Electric System would also use ithe $12,700 fund to improve volt- ‘age conditions and reline its fuel oil tank with eight-inch walls. ! Instead of four master electri- !cians and one journeyman on the | Board of Electric Examiners the emergency ordinance would au- (thorize two masters, one journey- man, one electrical applian \dealer and one electrician or offi- cial of the City Electric System. Ellingson. and... Commissioner jJohn Carbonell pointed out this ;morning that the present board |has been unable to gather a quo- L. W. Joiner, recently re- ager said, for exam- jrum for meetings. lone of the members ported, the city \that several applicant tinations as electricians could not jbe examined because the was unable to hold a meeting. Now another examination date lis in the offing, in September, and ather than run the chance of the ‘board not functioning, a char lin its personnel is being suggested iin the proposed measure. The board should meet once a month, arbonell said. Memb of the ‘present board are Joiner, W. H. Jordan, Ben Ashmore, Paul Mesa and J. M. Whitehead. | ‘The proposal for $2,000 to fix jihe golf course greens came up jat the last meeting of the com- |mission. At that time Commis- jstener Louis Carbonell said that rather than amend the budget for |the funds he would promise to | provide them in the 1948 budget. | He explained that Dr. k H 5 ident of the Key West Golf hub, had told him that this was atisfactory and Hayes would id the funds until the city uid provide the $2,000. The matter was put over until {the next meeting, Mayor W. W. ;Demeritt. expressing the hope that |Hayes could attend. The official lis out of the city, however, and |Horace O’Bryant, secretary-treas- urer, r in his place to state case. | The purchase of the insecticide machine is sure to be approved, !with only the matter of whether {to buy it outright or on install. jco |ments likely to cause much dis- j | Also on the agenda tonight are solutions thanking the Havana mayor, Nicolas Castellanos Rivero; {Ramon Figueroa Gonzalez, L. S. ‘tourist delegate: Chief of Police of Havana, Fabio Ruiz Rojas, and » Ma Reposo for their {courtesies to the Key West delega- | tion on the latter’s trip to Hav jfor dedeication of Key Plaza. Gonzalez and Repo. companied the four city commis sioners during their entire stay. | | i | CLEARANCE SALE | Drastic Reductions | on Ladies’ SHOES ph Bey West dosing Wort" DAT ACE THEATER | | Rose Bootery Duval and Fleming Streets “Ee Se me aT SEE PAGE 4 board _ +