The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 26, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mos equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit No. 203 VOL. XLVIIL. Truman To Use “Moral Pressure” Vs. High Prices WILL MAKE SERIES OF* \ SILL LDS, TALKS TO PRODUC. ERS, INDUSTRIALISTS AND OTHERS (hy The Associated Prens) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. — President Truman has decided on a “moral pressure” program to! try to bring down the high cost} of living in the United States, the ! White House divulged today. It| was added that the Department of Justice will aid him in his campaign to reduce the cost of living. It is the President's intention to make a series of talks, in which he will appeal to produc- ers, wholesalers and retailers to decrease prices on major food. stuffs, as well as on manufac- tured articles of many types. © The President feels that prices are altogether too high in some, fields. A government spokes- | man pointed out today that pro- {| duction is now greater than ever ' before in the history of the | country, and that prices also are running far higher than they did during the war. Prices generally ere 60 per cent above prewar level, and slight raises still are, being noted. { Attorney General Tom Clark’ stated that he is preparing to pro- ceed against Standard Oil of New Jersey on.a charge of fixing prices for gasoline and oil. Com- pany officials in New York re- plied that they will gladly assist Clark in his ___ investigation, which, they asserted, will prove they have not entered into any agreement to fix prices. Property Sale Herbert L. Alley and others sold to Helen L. Shealy, Miami, | for $700, property at Tavernier, | according to. a warranty deed filed yesterday with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Apply ToWed _ | Applications for marriage li- censes were filed yesterday with County Judge Raymond R. Lord by Richard T, Schucht, 21, of the U. S. Navy, and Alice Cavey, 21, of the Post Office Inn; Louis S. Ego, 25, U. S. Navy, and Sara Serra, 24, of 810 Duval street; Ar- mando R. del Cimmuto, 41, and Blossom L. Taylor, 38, both of Overseas Hotel; Herschel Nuce, 35, and Gertrude McGuire, 31 both of Miami Beach; and John I. Ogden, 24, of 1406 Petronia street. and Rose M. Sanchez, 17, of 1119 Varela street. Seek Divorces Petitions seeking divorces were filed yesterday with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer by Alice Ogden Sticher against Fred O. Sticher, and by Jennie Barcelo against Joe Barcelo. GRACE TORRES WEDS SCRANTON, PA., MAN Mr. and Mrs. Diego Torres announce the marriage of their daughter, Grace, to Joseph Fal- lon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fallon, of Scranton, Pa. The wedding took place Wed- nesday. August 20, at the home of the bride's parents. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. Robert Weaver, pastor of Ley Memorial Methodist Church. At- tending the bride and groom were Estella Delgado and Orlan- do Roche. The newlyweds will make their home at 1113 Varela street. Opens Tomorrow Specializing in Swiss Watches 24-Hour Service eGuaranteed Repairs SOLIS 706 DUVAL STREET “unle: | Dopp,” Mrs. s then Army Sending Men iTo Take Over \K. W. Barracks A representative ‘of the Army’s District Engineers of- fice in Savannah, Ga., will arrive here Tuesday to take over Key West Barracks and the Army-owned Salt Ponds area. A group of 12 men will be retained as caretakers and for maintenance. VIII ODaIOOL Full Probe Of Maloney Case To Be Sought CARBONELL TO ASK INVESTI- GATION OF TRANSFER OF CLERK TO ANOTHER DEPT. FOLLOWING REPORT City Commissioner Louis Cav- boneil said this afternoon that he | will ask tonight for “a complete | investigation” Mis. of the transfer of Angelina Maloney from the artument of Public Services to the Department of Finance iol- lowing an ineftici report ren- dered on her by Director of Pub- lic Services Robert H. Dopp. Carbonell and Commissioner Hunter Harden have called a , special meeting of the Commis- sion for 8 o'clock to consider the Maloney case. »Mrs- Maloney, a posting clerk in the Tax Col- lector’s office, said she had not jbeen notified to attend and did jnot plan to be at the meeting ; notified. She said she knew | nothing about the matter. “It is a personal grudge of Mr. Maloney declared. what ‘they are charging me for.” She character- ized the opposition to her as “underhanded” and pointed to her six years’ service with the “I don’t know ‘city. Carbonell claimed that Mrs. Maloney should not have been tvansferred to another depart- ment after having been rated “unsatisfactory” in one. City Manager O. J. S. Elling- son said that he had received a report from Dopp asking Mrs. Maloney’s dismissal on the basis of his rating of her as “unsati: factory He said he had refe: red the report to the Civil Serv ice and had received no reply. L. H. Goddard, executiv retary of the board, expl that the Board could render no report as no charges had been placed against Mrs. Malone; “The Board has taken no action and has no control over the trans- fer,” he said. Under normal pro- cedure, he explained, the city manager would recommend her dismissal and the Board would ve the employe a hearing unless she resigned. Ellingson said that Mrs. Ma- loney was only “on trial” in a new job, taken in April, of “clerk and collector” and if found inefficient in that position could still go back to her former job as accountant and field checker, since she had not been found in- efficient there. The transfer to the Department of Finance was okayed by botu Dopp and Director of Finance Charles Roberts, the city manag- er said, and had been contem- plated for some time. He brought out that the transfer was a shift of a position and not of an in- dividual. Carbonell, however, declared that the transfer was to keep Mrs. Maloney employed under another artment head. The City Com- sion approved the transfer at s last meeting. In recommend- ing the transfer, the city manager made no mention of the ineffi- ciency report on Mrs. Maloney, observers said. Carbonell said he planned to call as witnesses Dopp, Tax Col- lector Archie Roberts and God- dard billing, and ned | THE Estimates Of ; Europe’s Cost Of Rebuilding UNITED STATES WORKING | INDEPENDENTLY OF 16° NA-' TIONS CONSIDERING SUM AT CONFERENCE (By The Asnucinted Press) | WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—De- spite the 16-nation conferenc held in Pa to determine the cost of the reh there today that the United States | lis conducting a survey itself to {form an estimate of the amount | ;of money that will be needed to rebuild the European theatre that was devastated by the war. Experts declared that the job! }Probably could be done properly ; jwith a sum ranging from $15 bil- | ilion to $20 billion, which is from | :$5 to $10 billion less than other j estimates. A Paris estimate has placed the figure as high as $30 billion, though another estimate, made in that city, places the amount at ' $22 billion. It was explained that the ilitation of Eu- | rope, it was officially announced | DE OCTOGENARIAN TWINS AIM FOR CENTURY MARK | NATION’S OLDES' . TWINS? Mrs. Liah Hal onal Mrs. Their father lived to be 104 years old. "eported ‘that they have full Jeck’s daughters, century mark, farms a few figure that, ultimately, decided on will be r ijusting the estimates that will be will by Uncle Sam's experts, working © independently of the Paris con- ! .¢ ferees. US. Soldiers May Visit In Norway OSLO.—(AP).—An Oslo news- paper Verdens Gang reports Nor- way will be a leave center for American occupation troops in Germany. The Norwegian central passport office has agreed to ad- mit American soldiers to thei country on or passports. Americans may expect an official invitation from} the Norwegian foreign office. Norwegian airplanes wil! open an air route between Frankfurt and Lillehammer, famous moun- tain town in Norway. oe ee Ship To Keturn USS Medregal (SS480), a sub- | marine, will return from Guan- | tanamo, Cuba, on where she has been on a tra ing cruise for some time, in- | announced today by the Naval! Base here. LEGION TO SEE °46 CONVENTION FILM A regular meeting of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American | Legion, will be held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the new Legion Home, on Stock Island A 30-minute sound film of the 1946 National Convention at San Francisco will be shown at the | conclusion of the meeting. Control Of Eel Slippery Trick, Experts Report GUERNEVILLE, Calif. — (AP).—There is a perfectly good river, named the Eel river, north of here. But the Larmprey eel per- sists in swimming up the Russian river to spawn. Then it floats downstream in a dead or dying condition, and for two weeks each summer small | boys hereabouts are hired to | fish these expiring eels out | of the Russian river before they float down to where cash ! customers of the local resort | area are frolicking in the wa- 1 ter. Resort owners and cham- bers of commerce have point- ed out to State Fish and Game people that it is bad business for cash customers to emerge from a plunge with dying eels draped about their necks, and cannot something be done about Lampreys? At least during the two-weeks spawning season? Captain Lee Shea of the hed in ad- |¥€ ‘tle s be made by the 16 nations and |Jane” Thursday, it was; hardly knows scine. “T never Jane Stanley. | AP Newsfeatures OUND, Va.—At 87, Jane Mullens Stanley and Mrs. Lich Mul- cent, though chiefly in rural dis- lens Hale may be the nation’s oldest twin sisters. The aged mountain women are the daughters of Jack Mul-' }lens, a ‘legendary figure known in this Virginia-Kentucky border salaries $400 at the end of the area as “Brandy Jack,” who lived to be 104 years old. Brandy last scheel term, and ‘has an- both widows, %- tbelieve they, too, can Spry and active, the t needed i N -WSPAPER pass they live on miles apart. have been marked with lit- kness. Mrs. Stanley—“Aunt in late year to friends and rejatives— taste of medi- she the yeally sick, in my life; only colds, and they are quite ra Their haalth is con | that she h “there wasn’t much wrong”. In her opinion, “the wi said,! yea “because I was never sick, to say ,company. offered Key students Frid may confer i |their program isemester. All high p. m., time on the After jand $2 for lyear icall at the co jecive a |Sept. 2 until end your fice with issued a new jon the Upper game patrol suggests with a wink that Congress or some- body might try repealing the natural laws that govern the migratory and reproductive habits of Lamprey eels, but he doubts if the eels would pay any attention. ok hk ddd dd {has arranged jhighway “Heretofore.” pupils had only a short svace of opening day West for he October unty fupon payment of $1 or Oct Key: tor High the 11 and 12 at leisure with any teachers they please to work out coming school teachers will be on hand from 9 a m., the principal explained. added, 1 Licenses* tsued This Year Uren Held For Having | Small Crawfi Payment Of Extra $1.00 oper a chauffeur's license— as prevailed during the current judge's office with last year’s license ani 1947-48 permit to drive $2 You old permit to the 1 friend or relative and ‘upon payment of the fee will be license. For the benefit of people living Judge the patrolmen to take two “Under this procedure have a with their leisurely teachers, ule for the terna,” Principal O’Bryant nounced that all new Au ris, Division Street and also students, except those promoted from Har- Che Key West Citi SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, IN THE AUGUST 26, 1947 a fe re.” thing , in lifeis being lonely.” Since Mrs. aa who gave up instruction dur. Hale’s husband died some 12 ing the war to work for the roe | 's ago, she has had little adult ernment, are back in the schools. HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS GET; CHANCE FRIDAY TO PLAN: African Studies! SEMESTER WITH TEACHERS ) O'Bryant Says Instructors: Available 9 A, M. to 3 school in which to talk over their University of California Africa difficulties and get lined up’ “P.M. To Help: Students the start,of the semester. Work Out Schedules A new accommodation will be School y, Principal Horace O'Bryant announced today. pupils in Grades 9, for they can come in when they want to, Sterkfontein caves in the Tr conversation vaal are ape or man, but they at talk over least open the pos their troubles and plan a sched- ing on the trail of the mi an- Poin- ciana Schools, should register as three parts. soon as possible in his office. to 3 in from out-of-town or “the he explained. of tember 2. 1947-48 Driver’s Licenses Will Be Issued By County WEDDING OF FRANCES | Judge From Sept. 2, Oct. 1: Key will late today be given a before Peace J old permits and the residents up there and they will | fees id re- see about renewed. Some time during the week, Judge Lord will ann having the from may of- After Oct. 1 not renewed those who their Lord state the state law.” Under ‘PALACE THEATER PRESTON FOSTER in King of the Wild Horses” News and Serial law, all those who fail to out licenses before Oct. ave —that is, $2 for a operato: cense and $3 for =P State of Safety Department licenses not be required to take an exam- ination as now demanded by the an amended | take | 1 will to do is add $1 to the Classes will start Tuesday, Sep- Fee Florida state driver's licenses! Frankie Key, colored, a com- jwill be placed on sale next Tues- mercial fisherman, was arrested iday, Sept. 2, in the office of today at the south end of White {County Judge Raymond R. Lord, head street, for having nine un. he announced today. dersized crawfish in his posses. The same prices will prevail sion, Joe Knight, state conserva this -$1 for an ator’s tion agent, said. hearing | ustice 4d that him all J. Y. Porter IV. Knight said There is no change in the regu- the crawfish seized by ilations covering the issuance of weighed less than one pound \licenses. AH you have to do is —-~———— = from | licenses } 1 next | ounce when he himself will go to the keys to issue new licenses. have, wiil fees rs li- a chauffeur’s license. This money goes to the; Public «ment survey shows U. S.A. | Shortage Of Teachers Has | Been eaten SEVERAL STATES aaa! FULL QUOTAS: FIFTEEN PER CENT SMORTAGE STILL IN | COLORADO (By Ansociated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. ‘With public schools about to re- ZF buildin 2 For Au oust T 0 Break Record open for fall sessions, a govern- iRetires After 42 that the j ertage of teachers, practically throughout the country, has been decidedly relieved. Several states quotas of teachers, though Colo- jrado is an exception. In that | ‘state the shortage is still 15 per tricts. New York City, which raised ;nounced another’ proposed raise the coming winter, reported a full ,complement of teachers, and sev- ‘eral other cities said they had (Mrs. Hale has “nothing what- full complements, except in low- ever to complain about as far as er grades and in kindergartens. cerned.” She admits; alled in one doctor stated that the release of many but he indicated former teachers from government Federal government officials jjobs has helped the teacher sit- uation. Several thousand teach- ‘Missing Link Now Sought In JOHANNESBURG, South Af- rica.—(AP).—A hunt for the Miss- ,ing Link has started with the ar- ‘rival in South Africa of Dr. ‘Charles L. Camp, leader of the Expedition. “It is premature yet to say whether ‘the remains found in the ibility of be- + link between ape and man, Dr. Camp, who is director of the museum of palaeontology at Cali- ! fornia University. The expedition will split into ,meeting of tle newly formed Key ! One will work in, South Africa. one in East Africa: “These include pupils coming @nd one in Egypt. They plan to} other: transferring from other schools,” Period of about 1,000,000 years study man’s family tree at the | ago in Kenya and 30,000,000 years ago at the Faiyum Depression, 70 miles southwest of Cairo. i | This three-pronged attack, says Dr. Camp, shows how strong : the impression among scientists | that Africa and not Asia is the, ,cradle of the human race. : ' COLLINS ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Collins an- ! nounce the ma e of their! | daughter, Frances Lou, to Joseph ‘T. Sutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. | :T. Sutton of Pensacola, to take | ‘place Friday at eight o'clock at |the First Baptist Church. Imme- diately following the ceremony, a reception will be held in the annex of the church. | | | 1 i No written been issued. Relatives and friends of the family are invited. invitations have FREE!!! — CELEBRATED \ ' | BUBBLE BANK | GET ONE See Your Savings Swell Given With This Advertisement and A LUBRICATION and OIL CHANGE Monroe Motors, '«. 1201 White Street { PHONE 725 {bird authority, ‘only ‘odiles, imentary jform an added attraction, ew \n auditorium, Years As Army Ordnance Expert Possibly the oldest civilian employe in the Army’s Ord- nance Department in point of service, John W. Barrett, 15-1 Poinciana Place, will retire Friday after 42 years. He served his entire tour of duty in the Ordnance Department. As an armament foreman he has worked on all types of ‘weapons from .22 calibre rifles to 16-inch coastal guns. Bar- rett has served in the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound, New Bedford, Mass., Portsmouth, N. H., Puerto Rico and Key West. He has been assigned here four years. At Puerto Rico he super- vised installation of 6, 8 and 12-inch guns from 1939 to 1943. Barrett's last job was the dismantling of two huge six-inch guns and four 90- millimeters of the Army's coastal batteries here. Color Slides For Audubon Meeting Set. C. R. BROOKFIELD, TROPICAL” BIRD EXPERT, SHOW HERE ON THURSDAY | NIGHT A 45-minute Kodachrome slide show of birds and other wild life Hl jwill be given at Thursday night's West Audubon Laubscher, today. The exhibit, which is open to ithe public, will be given by iCharles R. Brookfield, veteran and tropical rep- resentative of the National Au- dubon Societies, at 8 o'clock at Society, Harold secretary, announced s the Woman’s Club. In a telephone conversation with Laubscher from Miami, Brookfield revealed that the pic- tures were taken in 1944 by Al- len Cruickshank, foremost photographer of bird life in the country. ‘Cruickshank is now commissioned by the National Audubon Societies as its ace in the bird photography field. Among Cruickshank’s subject matter are numerous scenes in the Everglades. They include not shots of rare and colorful wading and water birds but many photos of alligators, croc- deer and other wildlife native haunts, in full Brookfield’s running com- with the slides should those who have heard the expert speak, said today. Laubscher emphasized that the slides to be shown Thursday af in their color. lford a rare treat for nature lovers of in- because bird and should be especially terest to Key Westers ‘of their proximity to rare jrefuges. President Oliver Griswold will preside and call for reports of committee heads who have been busy perfecting the organization | of the Key West chapter. ‘HIGH SCHOOL PT { MEETS TOMORROW The high school Parent Teach. ers Association executive board and committee chairmen will hold their first meeting of the at 8 o'clock to. morrow night in the High School Mrs. Ruth A. Higgs, president, announced today Plans for the coming year will be outlined. Mrs. Higgs urged all school year members and chairmen te attend. | TO GIVE | ————*BUILDING PERMITS TO. 26. — PIII DDL A TALING $136,995 AL- | READY HAVE BEEN IS. SUED IN KEY WEST } With building permits issued so far this month standing at $136,- 905, Errol ‘Sawyer said today that August jwoukd be the best month for con- | struction in Key West since his Building Inspector ‘term in office, over two years ago. “The nearest it has ever come to the total of $136,995 was about three months ago wien permits totaling $102,000 were issued by my department,” said Sawyer. “There are other permits that will be taken out this week, to bring the total well up toward the $200,000 mark.” Alonzo Cothron, who has the contract for the erection of a 13 unit motel on Simonton, a short distance from United Street, for an estate under the trusteeship of Mrs. Margarite L. Mitchell, is expected to take out a permit for approximately $30,000 for the work some time late today or tu morrow. Permits were issued yesterd: by Sawyer for four structures the city valued at $24,900. They were: A frame residence to be erect. ed by William H. Gibson at the corner of George and Washing- ton streets, at a cost of $8,000. A concrete block residence to jorviel in’ her smalltby He, Noe and ' 20th streets, at a cost of $7,000. A concrete block residence to be erected by Milton Roberts in Avenue E between 16th and 117th streets, at a cost of $7,000. | An addition to the First Pre byterian Church at White Washington streets at a cos $2,900. It will be a concrete block jaddition. nal Jaycees es To Attend Polio Meeting The Kv, West Junior Chambei of Commerce witi forego its reg ular business meeting tomorro night at Poinciana Community Center to attend a meeting of the Monroe county Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which will be held at the Monroe Coun ty Clinic at 8 p. m. Ralph Sierra, chairman of the local chapter, who urged the Jay cees to attend this meeting, hé announced that officers will be selected for the coming yeat Sierra pointed out that it w the Junior Chamber of Com merce here which succeeded tm obtaining a lecal chapter of the Foundation for Key West a fe years ago. Prior to that time thi area was under the direction of ‘the Dade county Foundation all assistance locally had to clea through that chapter N vy Give Use | OF CG. Quarters Key West Naval Base ha: given permission the US Coast Guard to occupy the qua by jters at the old lighthouse, but has not taken over the light Jhouse from the Coast Guard, it was announced today The quarters were immediat ly assigned to Comdr. O. A }Scherini commanding officer of the surface anti tachment, and his The permit by is allowed to is a revokable one submarine de amily which the Na the use quarter NSE Sandy ¢ SANDY'S GARAGE 404 Duval Street Phone 501 EXPERT GUARANTEED MECHANICAL WORK COUN a <x