The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 27, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mos, equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE IN Ghe Key West Citizrn SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER 0. 204 VOL, XLVIII. . Airport Manager May Be Selected On Tuesday By Monroe County Commission THREE APPLICATIONS* NOW ON FILE FOR PO- SITION; HOVE IS ONE OF CANDIDATES Selection of a manager for Meacham Field, which now 1s under lease to the county, may be taken by the Monroe County Commission at its meeting next ‘Tuesday. At the present time there are three applications filed with Cir- cuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer for appointment for the manager- ship of the airport. One of them is known to have been filed by Carl Hove, 1414 Leon street, who was a U. S. Navy flier for five years and had flying service in both the Atlantic and Pacific areas during World War Il. Hove spent nearly all his time on anti-submarine duty on small airplane carriers. He was serving aboard the USS Guadacanal when the German submarine U-505 was captured off the Cape Verde Islands near the African coast. The entire detachment re- ceived a Presidential citation for the act. Hove is a native of Tiega, N. where his cousin, Al Borr on, proprietor of Al's Music Com- pany, 629 Eaton street, was also born. Hove has married a Key West girl, Lelanette daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Baker, 1218 Petronia street. Hove was a Naval lieute when he retired from the serv- ice. He has flight control ing and says he is fully qualified to act as manager of the airpot Another known candidate for _ the post is George Faraldo, head of Faraldo's Meacham Field. Faraldo has been backed by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Rogelio Gomez, Key West man- ager of the flying service Aero- vias Q, has been serving as man- ager of Meacham Field without compensation under an arrange- ment with the county commis- sion by which he will relinquish the job when the county fills the position. Plans Ready For | School Sept. 15, | Navy Announces Plans and specifications for the alterations to the buildings in the old Receiving Station at Craig Dock for the use of the special | weapons school to be moved here from New London, Conn., will be | ready probably by Sept. 15. i The school is expected to be) ready to start by Jan. 1, in the opinion of Naval officials here | today. Provision is being made! fo rabout 210 men and 30 officers | as permanent staff at the school.! Many students are expected to} start on the work being offered | by the special weapons school. It! is not known exactly how many } students will come to Key West) Hilton’s Mother | Dead In Far West Burial services for Mrs. Mary L. Hilton, 86, mother of Carl Hil- ton, 1025 Johnson street, who died Monday night at her home in Los Angeles, will be held there Friday morning, it was an- | nounced here today. Burial will be in the family plot at Socorro, New Mexico. Hilton left for Los Angeles when his mother’s condition be- | came grave over three weeks ago and is still there. Besides Carl Hilton, Mrs. Hil- ton is survived by another so: Conrad N. Hilton, head of the Hilton Hotel Chain, and four | daughters, 25 grandchildren and | four great grandchildren. —- Hydraulic Brake Experts Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone No. 5 “Opposite Azmy Barracks” “ee | | Flying Service at, quarrel! claims down ‘sion. | Joseph Knight, state conservation '570,296 in the racing industry in lagent. MOTT L OOM s (40 Cuban Scouts Coming Here In |Nov.---McCurdy Monroe County Boy Scout Commissioner David McCur- dy said today that he has re- ceived word from Cuban Scout officials that scouts from the sister republic will repay the recent visit of Key West Scouts to Havana. The assistant to the chief of police of Havana, scout lead- er in the Cuban capital, will bring about 40 Cuban Scouts here in November, McCurdy said. | Twenty-eight Key West Scouts and six officials at- tended the dedication of Key West Plaza in Havana, Aug- | ust 14, | Wk hha ded hud Charge Forbes | With Assault Of | Negro Woman ! Kermit Forbes, colored, who Roberts, | was released from Naval Hospital| tendance of 'yesterday where he had been un- [dergoing treatment to his eyes, nant |injured when potash was thrown} into them by Be ored, will be igned late today before Peace Justice Ira Albury, fon charges of aggravated assault. ha Kemp, col- "! It was charged by the Kemp woman that Forbes stabbed her in the back with a knife during a in her. home. Forbes the woman threw ‘him and was beating him when he drew the knif self defense. The woman seized some potas! and threw it into his eyes, Forbes also alleges. Frankie Key, a colored commer- cial fisherman, will be arraigned Tuesday morning in Criminal Court on a charge of having un- dersized crawfish in his possi The complaining witness is Bessie Clark, aiso colored, was held for action of Criminal Court yesterday by Peace Justice J. Y.} Porter IV on charges of drunken- ness, using profane language and carrying concealed weapon, a knife. New Causeway In Dade County Nearly Finished (Social to The Cittzeay MIAMI, Aug. 27.—Started ih December of 1941, Dade county’s $6,000.000 Rickenbacker Cause ay and Crandon Park are nea:- ing completion and will be for- mally starting here November 9. The huge projects further en- large Miami’s public recreation facilities and are: expected to provide another new for year ‘round vacationers in South Florida’s pleasureland. Governors of all 48 states well as hundreds of Latin Amer- ican dignitaries have been invit- ed by Gov. Millard Caldwell of Florida to take part in the formal opening program. HOLLINGER, SCOUT LEADER, ARRIVES David Holling: original or- ganizer of Troop 51, Boy Scouts of America, in Poinciana, has ar- rived from Bridegton, N. J., for a short visit with his uncle, Mon roe County Boy Scout Commis: sioner David McCurdy. Hollinger was accompanied by Frank Brady and Ward Foulkes of Bridgeton. The visitors hope to find employment in Key West. PALACE THEATER PRESTON FOSTER in “King of the Wild Horses” ~ News and Serial T, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUC [ ww vow vv VII Car Plates Carry Color, Ads NN \North Central | States To Have | BABADAADDAADAABADAAADAABBA Warmer Weather (Ry Associated Press) \ WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Cool | one | IST 27, 1947 THE U.S.A. 7 ectcips Press Day Wire rvice gud-AP-Keatures For 67 R Be $ ‘State Polio | Official Will | Dopp Read¥To weather in the north central part of the country will end by night- fall, the Weather Bureau an- nounced today, and will be fol- lowed by warmer weather to- |morrow. | But the Dakotas and Minnesota | ,which are having seasonal weath- ter today, will experience a de- jeided drop in temperature by to-} (Morrow morning. | Rainfall in the corn belt has jrelieved the acute conditions icaused there by the recent warm ‘spell, though, it was added, a igreat deal more rainfall is need- led. All corn was saved except 'that which was planted in shal- How soil. Racing Taxes In | Florida Total $14,628,480.26 MIAMI, Aug. 27 (FNS).—“Rac- ing has now become a statewide Florida may well be proud” summarizes the Florida State Racing Commission in reporting to Gov. Millard F. Caldwell the collection of $14,628,480.26 in for the 1946-1947 st : The Commission's annual re- iport, now in the hands of the iprinters, reveals a_ pari-mutucl {handle of $194,810,330 and at- 4,444,453 for 1,298 racing days during the seven- jmonth period of operation. Of the revenue, $9,666,988.05 {was from the four horse tracks, | $4,669,618.70 from the 12 grey- jhound tracks and $291,873.51 from jone jai alai fronton. Attendance jat the horse tracks 1,426,061, at the greyhound tracks it was activity of which the citizens of} AP Newsfeatures states which issue them. numbers. Idaho features a jumping skier Jand the words “Vacation Wonder- jland ” Wisconsin advises the na- ition it’s “America’s Dairyland,” and A ’s red and silver plates advertise the “Grand Can- yon State.” An Indian design er closes the ye of issue on Ne Mexico's tags which also bear the slogan ie Land of Enchant- ment.” A cowboy astride a bucking broncho — symbolizes while Utah’s black plates declare “This is the Place Wyoming and yellow Louisiana's plates carry a wee tags pelican and Georgia's pro- | ROLL CALL of the states is provided in an exhibit of auto license ! plates of the United States and Canada in the Florida Motor Vehicle sent Commission headquarters pictured here. Berlin News 's' Unbiased i A automobile license plates add a lot of color to the highways and in some cases do a promotion job for the ,,, Silver backgrounds are a favorite. Other tags are bright will analyze results of the Jan- with green, rust, brown, blue, red, orange or yellow. Nearly a uary M dozen states issue plates with slogans or embiems or both ac- ‘re companying the tag letters and. claim “Peach State.” Tennessee and Pennsylvania enclose tag nu- merals and letters in outlines of the shapes of the states they appear on the map, Most other states, the Canal Zone and ihe Territories of Alaska and Hawaii confine their tags to letters, numerals, the dates of ue and the names of the issu- ing localities. Some add the e piration date of the tag. Several states, still finding it difficult to obtain metal for new in plates which are sev- s old and either provide a si 1 tab validating them for the present year or a windshield sticker. | Talk Tonisht Give Details In ‘ADDRESSES MONROE COUNTY | ‘ Maloney Case CHAPTER OF NATIONAL IN. FANTILE PARALYSIS FOUN- *EMPLOYE, TERMED ‘IN. EFFICL > TO DATION AT CLINIC HEARING; MEET FEA. TURED BY CLASH City Engineer Robert H will be asked to prefer charges against Mrs. Maloney, whom he mended for dismissal, City Man- ager O. J. S. Ellingson said this morning. He added that he had asked an opinion of the city at- Organization for maximum ser- vice to polio sufferers of this community will be the keynote of tonight’s annual meeting of the ; Monroe County Chapter of the; Foundation for Infantile : Ralph Sierra, chapter; , said today. The meet- | ing will take place at Monroe County Health Unit, 8 o’clock. Marion T. Jeffri ate repre-! ative of the tional Foun- dation for Infantile Paralysis, iwill be the guest speaker of the evening. The public is invited to atiend. Preceding a a Legionnaires Arriving For N. Y. Convention (ity The Associated Prose) NEW YORK, Aug. 27.—Thou sands of American Legicunaires have their sixth convention to be held here Dopp ecific Angelina has recom arrived for twenty- tomorrow. They have cussion of fu- begun to have fun, re polio activities and problems ag their ranks are grewing larger |°¢ 7% *% ©. whether Mrs. M in, this area, chapter members “Sq aurger Many’ of them are |J0Ney must be transferred back ; armed with several types of|to Dopp’s department before t ee pines Rae noise-producing gadgets, and {charges can be preferred and she he annual report on the porareds are using water-g = é ;. hundreds are using water-e£11NS lean be given a Civil Service chapter's accounts and elect offi- White making the rounds of the |hearing. The City Comn yrecently transferred Mrs. Ma iloney’s position as billing and posting clerk from Dopp's Dept. SS of Public Service to the Finance ;Departinent, will rescind its ac- ° Permit Issued Cont Cay idiot aemamel 1 ! Lester tinds. Depp's charges can- I or Moiel In |not be preferred with her in an- ss ether department, Ellingson sai Simonton S Dopp, who reported Mrs. Ma- permit cailing for} cers for the fiscal year 1947-748. i The threat of increased polio incidence throughout the. nation, plus the large backlog of ca which must receive continued ltreatment, makes the job of the local National Foundation chapter ‘an important part in the public health plans of Monroe County. “It is our intent,” Sierra said. “to so organize our forces that we | may continue to guarantee the {best and most modern teratment ‘available to every victim of in-| fantile pi in the commun- ity. In nt of epideric, | the public may be sure that the city. It was. predicted that the tendance probabiy will be largest since the American Legion was organi: ion, which at at { ! | *TlIon inefficient, said this noon the Civil Service report he ved was in considerable de- t A’ building rend Monroe County Chapier will be the construction of a motel in/tail, naming several reasons why prepared.” Simonton street, near United! he believed her to be inelficient. SS es street, ata cost of $30,800 wastite said he was prepared to cite i S . issued late yesterday by Build incidents and instances Hemispheric [Inspector Errol Sawyer to an es-lpe F der the trusteesh of Mrs. | tate under the trusteeship,of MS. | nada ii Weetenth: Sell, eblik die Dele if need Margarite L. Mitchell. opened with the Tequesta Festival, “a three-day celebration : tion | is: , 4,866,040, and at the jai alai fron jton, it was 352,442, | The commission reports $6,090,- ;300 disbursed .to Florida coun- ties, $7,670,807.84 to old age as- stance, and $347,921.01 to the| state general fund. Largest in- dividual contributor, as usual, was Hialeah, Florida's oldest, ‘largest and finest track. | The commission’s report re- veals that 4,609 persons were ‘employed at salaries totaling $4,- In U.S. Youngsters’ Paper By IRENE SIMON AP Newsfeatures Bens Sixth Graders of the American dependents school are issuing an unbiased, nonpolitical newspaper in this city of inter-Ailied squabbles and many partisan publications. These transplanted “kleiner Amerikaner” find their news in jokes, chit-chat, and gossip. Unlike their stateside counter- parts, they write glibly of trips». to England, Paris, Brussels, and = (1946-1947. The tracks paid $5,- | all points west, north, and south } ‘ z J 7 424,999.85 in purses and con-|0f Berlin. rank olly Gets jtributed $259,550.17 to charities. “Ingrid Wi is now ona _ $150 For Eye Cost “Racing is not only a major jtour in Switzerl ports the revenue producer and tourist at- | paper. “Dennis is going, Ri teibigi traction,” the commission ob-|to Denmark qos gue) eS Cay Gleereson iy ‘serves, “but is as well a means! month. Ph m is to be Night approved a motion to award of employment and livelihood for |in England and Barbara Wolf- $190 to Police Officer Frank Jol- \thousands of Florida citizens who | berger is going to Paris.” ly for damage sustained to an jare benefited and protected by Even “teacher” is not staying '°Ye im line of duty. The payment covers the second injury Jolly has received to the same eye. the requirement of the law that 85 per cent of track employes behind this ye ler will go on . for “Mrs. Weh- trip to Denmark, jmust be bonafide citizens andj Norway, and Sweden.” In 1943 a prisoner gouged out residents .. . and must be paid a! “We are studying in History On¢ Of Jolly’s eyes and it w: like percentage of the total pay-| about the Britich Empire, Rise, necessary for him to have a gla roll.” j : a ‘i ta. eye. About a week ago, while India, and Africa. It is very in- Teeny , t the officer was tussling with an- ‘eresting report the editor her prisoner, the glass eye S". |dropped out and broke. The pay- Music. ment authorized by the commi sion will cover the cost and ‘We are also studying Engl Spelling. German, Art, and Arithmetic.” Under “Kindergarten ‘Fort Jeffetson Is Described In |} QUITANDINHA, Brazil, Aug. '27—Outlook at the western hem- ispheric conference hove today is that the treaty, providing for a defense zone, stretching from the Arctic to the Antarctic, will be ,adopted before the delegates ad- journ for the week-end. | The security region embraces {the North American and South !American continents, Canada, )Greenland, Alaska, the Falkland :Islands, South Orkney Islamds, the South Polar region (Aniarctica), the Sandwich and South Georgia Islands of the Antarctic and a NG-inile sea belt encircling both continenis and taking in straiegic island possessions of the American (Nations. nn se Treaty This brought to $167,795. the Verberated with echoes’. of last value of permits issued jn Kor 2usnt's, lively session on. the iia- o babes eed sie ta Toney case in” whith fltnigson i ear 0 tion West during the month of Aug ae P | ” P ust. Sawyer said, August will be and City Commission hurled F the best construction month ever the word “lie” at each other. are Rie centndReran) experienced in the city, he added.| Carbonell contended that the ) Alonzo ‘facts regarding the transfer of is building ,Mrs. Maloney from Dopp's de- three structures, each about 20)! partunent after Dopp had repor by 68 feet. Two of them will: her unsatisfactory, “never would have four and the other five units, have been brought out if I a total of 13 units |hadn't asked for an investiga- ~ ——— 'tion.” . Vi vinta TI : The city manager turned and irginia 1OMpsONn hook his finger at the commis So \ ‘sioner, yelhing, “That's a lie!” Stevens Suddenly iis nota tie.” Cabonett shot 3 » °% |back. “If the party in question Dies In N arolina is inefficient she doesn't belong Mrs. Miteheil, Cothvon, as contractor, n the employ of the city. The a ‘ . jword of the department heads Word has bee received here |-hould be taken a little more of the ath of Mrs. | ei ; seriousl Virginia mpson Stevens, i “I understand at ieast two de jdaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin | untentand at ioast i i lea eae Thompson, at. Camp LeJeun, /P@!tment heads don't want this ISAUNDERS. BACK ae jparty in their office. Her boasting i i cere a ‘ : a , {that she foesn’t have to worry AFTER VACATION | Mrs. Stevens gave birth to a! bout being fired doesn't set well Wesley (Bill) Saunders, 14 of Capt. Willard Saunder com- manding officer of the Key West Submarine Base, has returned :home after spending most of the summer on the farm of his grand- father, Frank D, Kyle, who lives daughter about 7 a. m., Tuesda and her husband, Chief Pharm cist’s Mate Harold Stevens, tele- | jwith the other employes Albert Commissioner Cooper 1 0 cause ar phoned relatives here to report here’ is no cause for’ an the news. Mother and daughter | pvestisalion eae Civil Service were reported doing well. aes Ki es ve proper apelin 1e entire matter is » und At 6:30 p. m., Stevens called bs se hasci simple a misund¢ anding ' pence D opantag {treatments for the glass eye. Nanay Gaienm Ge in Weare now Thomps BY Be tha ry Garttul ek pulsed tata nding d ee Tan: Mrs. Stevens had passed av at eas fecal GC | that the little cans e| + ts ie ee ee | Bag tn mimes babu ctawived to my way of thinking,” Loui ature agazine learning German and can speak | Property Sales We conepsaund: sevstls eee : seated ae eh Hieh |C#rbonell responded. “She is do Edna Hoffman Evans is the au-| fairly well for themselves, | i cf json is suite a si Jor : He eal d an 4 A grade ate of ss ae fs aah ing the same work she used to do Aa ee 2 the sixth graders said thev Clara K. Wilson transferred to {2 C200e ton many Mr Li ee eels | aimee aha elven not think this party would | Pade Qiang eet eebout Port sets| antly held .a. sonefest Lon Worth Crow Company, Mi- |@#Ound Chesapeake Bay: =, Stevens was popular in this city Ihave been transferred if this in me on rake Aepie testator | German sila choniiana ami, property on Plantation K es oa es jib eeioe ee mente Dee ee iefficiency report had not been H e of the Nature Magazine, anj body had a good time, for every- [for $1,600, accordi - id Capt. Saunders today. circle of friends. made. The public is entitled to al publication of the Ameri-| body just one big group in- ae deed filed y a erday with gas FF oe The Bias ‘ ae 55 hear the facts. If there is any can Nature Association in Wash-|stead of two.” \Cireuit Court Clerk Ross C. Saw- a, foekbul thing crooked or anything smells, \ington, D. C. “We sang German songs with ea Ses | arraneements, under the dices {the Public is entitled to know | She, describes the long cham-!them while they sang American |, Julius W. Tedder transferred to | rT] tibet Whe Loses Buneal Home. (ome bers in the old fort, originally de-| songs with us,” said the news- Mt. and Mrs. Harry H. Johnsen. MIL be arnG ened ete Tr aa, |, Ellingson explained that no ac {signed as gun emplacements, and | paper. “We sang Tra-ri-ra. They 150-B Poinciana Extension, two ; 29 will be announced later. In ad- ‘tion had been taken after Dog which later were used as a pris- Yankee Doodle and Oh Su. !°ts in Eagle avenue, for $1,190 CHEE USA TIO ial recommendation of Mrs. Ma jon. The most prominent prisoner wciy wall ‘Tho Anictiaan > Calkins transferred to | A parents and brother, Mi loney’s dismissal because — the { y ° : : oF Ee: jeorge c ane s Cert i . *) i ra $s ‘Viver y ee Sis! s, Mes. + jever housed there was Dr. Sam-(/in1¢ did the Virginia Reel which: GC0"e Dion and James Cerutti. | CELEBRATED is survived by three sisters. Mrs. \Ciyi] Service Board had not an ;uel Mudd, the Maryland phy: Ramrod Key, two properties on , H.C. Jenkins, Corpus Christi, | ares acute lwho last (Johase Wale ov all know is an Ameri Pine Key, es eae Gesng oars Miami say {ered his inquiry as to wheth broken leg after he had shot Pree, | folk. dance, The German. girl: aes bees ptok momnal suy Mike Dorie Theta arn [ef she was permanent or probs voken leg after he had shot Pres- | 9) oe gag ~ - = Miss Doris Thompson, Key West. | 4; L. H. Goddard, Civil ident Lincoln. | The article is entitled * |Trails” and is illustrated by jeral pictures of the old fort. fers to coat han re: “At the end of the last one each German girl chose an American i nay te a girl and danced with her. That g.iq- ig . all of them were girls except fr» fee Wheclew i whor wae qpiuked (rey in the gym thing shooks in the been brutally torn “Anyone seen mutil ating these poor defenseless cre you heard them schreech when you pull them off?” _ Auto Repairs Reasonable Prices | We Have Testing Machines That | Leave Nothing to Guess Work PROMPT SERVICE NAVARRO. Ine. Opposite Bus Station picture with two German boys The newspaper warned — its | paves a = POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION fe Division at Francis Phone 9134) |CHAMPION CHOICE POULTRY 'Outhoard Motors $127.00 1214 white Street Phone 540 AA de dod do Ant tated tnt tntntndl _ BRADY’S See |—" nag a ne 22 i ae. top swinging on the } ——EXPERT—— out by a very lovely German stures will get the same treat Pils eee (dhe £0" ment. After all, those hooks have | ertainment a news man took se hooks Dav : feelings too, you know—haven't bora Felix and Victoria Gre a : | BUBBLE BANK GET ONE See Your Savings Swell | Given With This Advertisement j and A | LUBRICATION and OIL CHANGE Monroe Motors, In. | 1201 White Street PHONE 725 service secretary, said he had not ered the inquiry because he had not received a reply from the Seek Divorces Petitions seeking dis ity attorney's office filed yesterday — by at Ignatius Lester, assistant cit Hall against Hubert attorney, reminded Goddard he Hall, and by Mary Virginia }had given him a verbal opinion Humm. Sittig avainst Karl Fils. [on Mrs. Maloney’s (Heo worth Sittig with Circuit Court|vious day but Goda tested Clerk Ro wyer | (Continued On 1 Four) PPP ET TE GOLD EAS TET Als i ny 1020 | STORE cucninestarer arcieed REPLACEMENT iM — PARTS Will Remodel to Suit Tenant | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS Apply Archer’s Grocery | 121 Duval Street WEL | were, Pope (42 wae