The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mos’, equable climate in the country. with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. XLVIIL. No, 205 Building Totaling Over $160,000 In One City Section IN SIMONTON,¥ AREA UNITED AND SOUTH:7,000 British STREETS RAPIDLY DE-| VELOPING By BILL LEE : Strangers visiting the city this coming winter will find a great deal more accommodations than | they have found in any previous season. There have been no new hotels added in the city, but there has been and still is a fairly large volume of construction of apa ment-hotels, motels, with space , for automobiles, and cottages. Nearly all of this work is along the south end of Simonton street, South street and United Street Contracts totaling in excess of $160,000 are now nearing com- pletion or are just being started in this section of the city. Luther Pinder is now nearly finished with work on eight ingle room and double cot- tages at Simonton and United streets. Pinder says that each cottage will be completely fur- fished, and the tourist may find everything to make him com- fortable. Pinder has now about the largest number of cottages in the city. The ten new units cost an estimated $30,000. Judge Raymond R. Lord is now finishing with the construc- tion and furnishing of nine apartment units. When he is fin- ished approximately $25,000 will have been spent. Lord’s building |4 jens. is in South street just east of Simonton street. | Max Cohen, part owner of the | South Beach Motel, is now en- gaged in the work of construc- tion of a single building contain- ing 13 apartments. It is going for- hn side of 9) ton stfet between United South streets. It will cost about $35,000. His partner in the motel, Michael Bonaimy, is building a tetal of 12 apartments in six buildings on the west side of South street, just off the corner of Simonton street. In all he will spend approximately $40,000. Mrs. Margarite Mitchell, as trustee of an estate, yesterday took out a permit for the con- struction of 13 motel rooms in Simonton street just east of Unit- ed street. The total cost of the work, which is being done by Alonzo Cothron, will be $30,800. In a few weeks, according to Coal Miners Co On Strike (By Associnted Press) LONDON, Aug. 28. — Seven; thousand British coal vent on strike today because the government had ordered them to mine in a larger area. They _ serted that 50,000 other miners will join in the strike. Much dissension was express- ed in the local press today over the government order for a fur- ther cut in’ rations. The London imes said that the program, in- stead of promoting recovery, is likely to cause further depression. — Wild Ride Costs Plumber $250 And Loss Of License A drunken driving spree which | threw the business section into | an uproar early this morning occ 22-year-old Harry Roberts, plumb- er at Poinciana housing. project, a $250 fine and revocation of his driving license for a year in Mu- al Court. aounee Enrique Es- Roberts street shortly after midnight and ran through a red light at Flem- ing and Duval street going about whizzed: down Duval 45 miles an hour, Officer Wilson Jolly reported. Jolly and Officer Cérezo gave Chase but-the po-! ;lices wagon, they were+ driving would only do 35 miles per hour, ‘so they had to give up the pur- suit. Officer Gabe Lastres took up the chase with the help of a Shore! Patrol car but also couldn't catch ! the speedster, another appe: Roberts soon made ing the police wagon, tried to block him, As Roberts swerved the police wagon was forced aside and sideswiped Hernandez on his motorcycle, Jolly continued on to Eaton! and Duval and fired three shots in the air but Roberts refused to stop and raced to the north end miners | | ance lower on Du-j val street, whereupon Jolly, driv-' THE Victor Lowe Gets Hunter’s Welfare Post fenerncreecr SAYS HE MADE! NO RECOMMENDATION; AS NYA HEAD APPOINTEE MAN- | AGED CITY'S RECREATION | T. Victor Lowe, 53, member of | the Civil Service Board, will be | appointed Director Public Wel- fare to succeed Dwight H. Hun- Iter, Citv Manager O. J. S. El- ilingson announced today. Lowe has been informed verb- ally of: his appointment, Elling- son said. Other applicants for the post, which calls for supervision of all city recreation facilities and programs, weight, license and sanitary inspection, and vital welfare activities, wene Leonard T. Curry, Ellis Bradley, 43, in- spector of licenses, weights and measures, and Pedro Aguilar, 50, recreational supervisor here un- der WPA and FERA. Hunter told The Citizen that he had made no recommenda- {tions to the city manager regard- ing his successor. He said, how- ‘ever, that the appointee should meet the requirements of the National Recreation Association, for 50 years recognized authority in that field. The Association requires, Hun- ter said: 1. A four-year college. degree. 2. Completion of courses in special fields of recreation. 3. At least two years’ experi- ence in recreation work before appointment as head of a recre- ation department. 4. A suitable pers leadership qualitie: { In his application, Lowe said | onality and he has a high school education, | a but does not give any year of: graduation. He has completed a! course in bookkeeping. As area j director of the National Youth | Administration from 1936 to}! (Continued On Page Four) Arthur Sawyer Post Initiates New Clubhouse A new clubhouse was duly in- itiated last night with the fir meeting held by Arthur Sawyer ; Post No. 28, American Legion, in| the new home. It is expected; that the clubhouse will be com- ipletely renovated by October 1 ‘and will be formally opened, Last night's meeting was pre- sided over by Commander C. B. {cording to R. D. Spalding, engi- jable must appear in the speci: ‘cations, , wind. Che Kei West Citi SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1947 Monroe. | State In March Of BEACH PLAN IS READY NOW FOR | BOARD ACTION 'Tracings Have Been Seut* To Miami For Printing 33 Lose Lives And May Be Back Next Week All plans for Monroe County Beach are now finished and will be submitted to the County e In Norwegian Plane Crash (By The Ansuciated Press) OSLO, Norway, Aug. 28.—A } {Commission at a meeting to be ;Passenger plane of the Norway ae ‘Airline crashed near a mountain jtoday and all of‘ the 33 occu- pants, 27 passengers and six neer in charge of the work. |members of the crew, were killed. “We have sent the 35 tracings It has not yet been determined of the plans to Miami for print- | what was the cause of the acci- ing,” said Spalding.- “We may jdent. though the company an- get them back in time for the ;nounced that the pilot of the regular meeting of the commis- |plane was a senior pilot and had sion Tuesday night, but if not,!a record of being among the best ! the commission can hold a special Jin Norway. meeting later to consider them. — “The plans have been made{wall to be about 1,100 feet in flexible enough so that they may }/ength, running out from Rey- be slightly modified if there isn’t }nOlds street and then turning to: the amount of money to cover |ward White street. The pilings them completely. The county has; Will be driven into the rock for $250,000, but it may pay $35,000 |three or four feet and we believe or $10,000 for the West Martello ; this will be sufficient to stop any Tower property. wind.” ““Since the total amount Included in the tracings drawn of the beach are the architec- tural plans drawn by the office of John Allan Long. i There will be a swimming’ pool 50 by 100 feet, 13 cabanas, each 12 by 15 feet, and the casing, which will contain an auditorium and a stage. The first floor of the casino building will contain the conces- sions and toilet facilities. An auditorium will be 60 by 108 feet on the second floor. theld next week some time, it will be important to learn the exact amount of money that will be available. “There are two phases of the plans which can’t be modified. They are for the beach itself, that is, there will have to be about 5,000 cubic yards of sand laid. Then there is the plan for the breakwall, to keep out high “The plans call for the break- Rotary Club Hears About High School’s Diversified T raining Pr ogram Today WM. G. CHAPMAN, ON*- STAFF AT HUSCHOOL|Great Flow Of SPEAKS BEFORE RO-| 1p ffi, Expecte d TARIANS On Labor Day William G. Chapman, co-ordina- tor of diversified co-operative aneniteiene i training of Key West High School,! yaCKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. told the members of the Rotary |9g\ ‘Florida vacationists return: Club, in his first public appear- ance here at noon today in the! Parish House of St. Paul's jing home from Virginia and |North Carolina were advised to- iday by Chalmers D. Horne, pres- THE USA. Di Way Cleared For Hearing In Maloney Case ‘SOLONS RESCIND TRANSFER OF HER JOB; GUILT OR IN- NOCENCE SHOULD BE ES-; TABLISHED, MAYOR SAYS In the second consecutive ses- sion on the Maloney case, the City Commission this morning repealed its recent transfer of the position of billing and posting clerk, which had placed the job ;in the Department of Finance. The action left the position un- der the Department of Public _Services. * The Commission acted in ac cordance with an opinion render- ed by Ignatius Lester, assistant city attorney, to the effect that | Robert H. Dopp, Public Service | director, could not prefer charges of inefficiency against Mrs a loney, holder of the position, un- + til she had again been placed in his department. The action cleared the was for filing of charges against Mrs. Maloney and a hearing by the Civil Service Board. Dopp told reporters that he will submit specific charges to the city manager. Ellingson said he will then refer them to the Civil Service Boatd. If Dopp’s charges are borne out by their investigation, Mrs. Ma- loney will be dismissed, of- ficials said. The Commission voted unani- mously to rescind its transfer ac- tion although Commissioners Al- bert Cooper and Hunter Harden questioned the need of it. Harden said he didn’t know the employe | but that he didn’t approve of shifting her back after having once been transferred. Cooper declazed that “an inves- tigation will place beth Dopp and Mrs. Maloney in an embarrassing ! position.” “The city*would be bet- ter off if it is worked out in a spirit of arbitration,” he added. \Favors Entrance | PRICE FIVE CENT: Leads mes Collections TOPS PER CAPITA COLLECTIONS, STATE OFFICIAL SAYS; MRS. HARVEY, LEE MASON, SIERRA WERE LEADERS; JAMES MURPHY REPLACES SIERRA AS CHAIRMAN ' At the annual meeting of the Monroe County Chapter of the | National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis last evening at the {County Clinic, Marion T. Jeffries, state representative of the Na- tional Foundation, announced that Monroe County, with Mrs. Wil helmina Harvey as county director for the 1947 March of Dimes, had excelled in reaching the highest average per eapita contribution ef any county in Florida. Monroe County’s average per capita was $0.7507, Dade County was in second place with $0.7005, and Martin County came .in third ‘kewith a per capita of $0.6386. Mrs. Harvey was lauded for her efforts, who, in turn, gave all edit to the citizens of Monroe County, Navy and Army installa- tions, organizations and workers, as well. The Key West drive was di- rected by Lee Mason, who set a new record for city contributions Ce i Of 150,000 Jews Into Palestine (By Associated Press) VeRO Aug. 38.-—A Dimes s' jity icauneil reported today to be! are Be the tolowinns comp: son: {in favor of permitting 150,000 |""t94 and former years-Total ‘Jews to enter Palestine in the |contributions about $600, $700 or next three years. It also favors | $800. ithe division of the country be- | 1945—City, $1341.30; Navy, jtween Jews and Arabs. {$1960 total, $3301.30; | London reported today that the } 1946—City, $2421.00; Navy, ~ French government had agreed to , $900; total, $3321.00; permit the 4,500 Jews, which are 1947— . $8898.88; Navy, ‘bound for Hamburg, to be sent :$5916.66 total, $14,815.04. back to France. However, the | Tribute was giveit also to Ralph | French government _ stipulated , Sierra, chairman of the local ithat the Jews return voluntarily, |Chapter. Regret was expressed on | (Continued On Page Four) r. Sierra's announcement that he would be unable to ontinue | Manufacturing Employment On Downward Trent ESpeent to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 28. Manufacturing employment cen as an active member as by transferring within the Navy De partment to U. S. Naval Operating Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Ah ape officers were lected: James a - chairman; Wilhelmina Harvoy, | secretary. and Robert Dopp, | treasurer. The board of directors include. in addition to the officers, Glenn | tinued the downward trend be-!Archer. Joe Pinder, Paul Mesa, gun in February with a drop of Mrs. Edith Sweeting, Ralph Fe !1,000 workers from mid-June to jraldo, Louis Carbonell, Jeff mid-July. Total manutacturing | Knight, Jr.. and Norma Dopp. employment was estimated at | Ivan Bagget was elected | 76,000 according to a report re-; Monroe County campaign di leased by Carl B. Smith, chair-| rector for the 1948 March of jman of the Florida Industrial | Dimes, while Dr. James Parra- Commission. more was appointed chairman Both durable and nondurable | of the Medical Advisory Board. }goods showed declines with the | Other chairman appointments ‘greatest d ...ases occuring in will be announced later. : . Jeffries gave an inspiring talk foo rocessing, firms ma ace 7 |food processing, firms manufac: |, Infantile Parlyisis, reminding Harvey. > sel turing chemice ° . a abit hin i ‘ans (of Duval street. an “ Church, that all of the senior class |°%> rere Ser eRe et é __ {turing chemical products and pS - ‘ ah gh odadpainipinaan pai ees fc hahi pepsin ea Joseph M. Whitson was elected of High School will be in the pro-|ident of Fast Coast Highways As’ Mayor W. W. Demeritt, howev- | wooden containers, and in ship- {Nis listeners that the state and . ; chaplain of the post, as the pres-'gram this year. pciation to use eorge a er, declared that Mrs. Malone; peace jnational organizations stood by struction of about $50,000 build- large crowd had gathered but © ae ' y pe paer P) 8 avoid a detour on U.S. 1. “should be given a chance to 1s ‘willing to help and the victory ing to contain a 16-suite apart- Roberts had disappeared, He was ¢Mt chaplain, John E. Pickens, re-' Chapman, who was brought|" yg 1 is open all the way be- tablish her innocence if possible. ,./mProvements in business con- lover polio would be won in the ment-hotel on the old Arnold |found some 45 minutes later on Signed. here from Daytona Beach to belt ween Jacksonville and Miami, This is getting to be a scandal, (tions was reported in cigar ' laboratory property at United and Margaret t0P of the Driftwood Cafe. The following applications were co-ordinator of diversified tain-|ti¢rne said. While there are a few From what I hear, both degart, Manufacturers who increased! Charles Wardiow, — treasurer, streets. The building is to be Jolly said it was a miracle that presen and Re aa ey ane Se aaa By ae il ‘construction jobs, two-way traf- ment heads (Dopp and Charles their employment by 900 from stated that $50,009 had been f» erected by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis eoneane wane killed the (v8Y sill F. Sands anak Dal Bic a Seen yal 8" \ic has been maintained at all Roberts) are reluctant to have her jeuee testes Uly 15, This industry, Ii arc om National Founde Mills of Savannah, Ga, fo) erts was niving: The prison- Kali. Scvencen: hae a f ‘ __._{times. iin their organizations. I feel that |“ ic because of overstock, re an eecguera to this chapter They have also let it be known chee paver Ey babs SAU bert E. Pace, of Sun A {2s pepmnans said ide, me tice Labor Day events in many East it is to the betterment of the en- |guced helt SnD ments to 8,100 | Be ae period of one year to that next spring they plan to Chief C. W. Powell and SP. Pa-| Her' ee eee | Coat towns from Fernandina to tire organization to have this in-|'" Pl from a level of 12,100 ,“ro Ay current expenses pagan HOURS thresipelicernen to puulien ele Ke: wi t Le es attend- Paiceredie ic uenas: nan = schools on September 2 will cause this ought to be cleared up. She Cis 10700° workers in mid- livon lung that. it’ donated: the gaow police wagon. The prisoner re- ing Ke West Leginnaios weiee school graduation. Se ee ee ee ei. eee coe weiren thes chance sto Small ” [Navel Hoepisal toe the polio ws Plans For B For Booth sisted strongly, swearing consid- convention in New York are: Al-! He said the high school would lay High wave oven tne lone. bol Clear jher name. ou it aheiis bein ee employment gains were | it established ducing (seule ‘erably. {bert Mills, Wrankiitanrahan, ‘providerthel theory. and the busi: G8 Wechend Horne: ptedicted.) lished) as) inefficient, the} Civil} epered: by iprinters “and )pub: lan ‘dthe services. rendered; D T B Di jonas d The crowds were so large the {John O'Connor, Neil Shea, Harty ness firms of the city will under- He ,ursed, caution in dliving to Service Board should take US ie and takes neacturers of James Parramore for his cope 0 DE DISCUSSED paotice had to clear them from the ‘Roberts, Charles E. Curry, Vance take to train the boys and girls “Yl @ a By (een netlon ; fed predvet, Hon #8 Monroe County Health Of Further discussion of plans for a Miami information bureau for Key West will mark the meeting late today by the members of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce in the Chamber of Commerce in the USO Jackson Square building. Plans now are being prepared by the office of John Allan Long, local architect. They call for the construction of a booth 10 by 20 feet. It will be made as attractive as possible from funds already in sight by the Cham- ber. Later it is planned to ask the business fir: and the citizens of the city for contributions to keep the booth going. A full-time attendant must be employed and the rent will be considerable, Harold Laub- Scher, manager of the Chamber, Points out. SEE Sunde Coa SANDY'S GARAGE 404 Duval Street Phone 501 No Service too Complicated Ed R. Neff, Jr. 1 Neff. Marathon, and three grand- store to buv Flats Fixed to Complete O streets and vicinity of the police station. Hernandez received a severely jutant during the absence of Vance ithe: program as follows: lacerated foot. Mrs. Louise Hall, , who lives aeross from the police station, thought Hernandez had been shot, after hearing Jolly ; fire his gun, and she rushed to his asistance, administering first aid. Report Death Of Mrs. M. B. Neff: Mrs. Ed R. Neff, died while away on tion, according to a report received by the Marathon Cham- ber of Commerce. She had been a resident of Marathon for sev- eral years and had many friends in that community. She and Mr. in the mountains of North Geor- gia when she suffered another wun, | P2ralytic stroke, from which she died. Besides Mr Neff, survivors are three children, Mrs. Margaret Neff Lord. of California; Major USA; John B. hi Samwes cars Porkcimemmemm children. _C. Stirrup and James Young. in various tvades and occupations. ways are good most of the way, | the volume of traffic will make Mabel Bishop Neff, wife j* Neff were visiting , Jack Saunders acted as ad- C. Stirrup. There will be a meeting of the executive committee at their new ;home at 8 p.m. tomorrow. ‘ Watch For Man | | After Shaughnessy i ALAMEDA, Calif—(AP).—Lo- 'cal nominee for the title of, ‘World's Meanest Man” is the i8uy who asked Frank C. Todhun- ; jter if he had seen “Mr. Shaugh- | Todhunter is 83, an old-age! Pensioner, and carries a white; cane to show he is nearly blind. |; Todhunter told police some- body stopped him on the street | and asked him if he had seen} Mr. Shaughnessy. When Tod- hunter said he didn’t know any- ‘one by that name, the man told him he had something on his coat _and proceeded to brush it | off. Did quite a job, too. Todhunter went on something, his wallet missing. to the! found | He then listed the purposes of high speeds doubly dangerous, | To afford contacts with oc- he s#id. i ‘cupational practices and condi- tions which will enable the indi- vidual to choose an occupation suited to his abilities and inter- | ests. 2. To give effective soestionaly jtraining of a preparatory type through the co-operation of the high school, parents and employ-' FREE!! pee TED jers of employed part-time — pu- ' 'pils. i 3. To provide a much wider (Yange of training experience than: would be possible if all the train! ing were given within the school. 4. To tra individuals in de- BUBBLE BANK sirable work habits. To devel in the individual | ¢ ae : GET ONE 6. See Your Savings Swell Given With This Advertisement and A LUBRICATION and Konthernooet CARA In U. 8, OIL CHANGE TWINS GARAGE | Monroe Motors, in. 1130 Deval Street Pl Muto Repairs, Painting, ee PHONE 725 Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Cara MAL ELE ‘ desirable attitudes, habits of con- and of dress and grooming. set aoe . To develop ability to HGontnued On Page Four Carbonell, nal investi- Commissioner Louis who called the o gation, exclaimed, “That's exact: | ly the way I feel about it, Mr. | Mayor,” and Commissioner John | | Carbonell indicated assent in this ;due to the regular summer slump ,K view. During the discussion, Louis vere attack of hiccoughs which is lasted more than a week. Warren returned recently from Pinas Wis., where he suf- fered a partial stroke while visit- ing his daughter, Mrs. Ray Huven, and family. land paper and during the month. allied products jficer; Dr perintendent Marie Frank Bowser and Hartel! ,and punch will be served. Even though manutacturing | Municipal Hospital for their spl jemployment was at the lowest |did cooperation; the Jaycee level yet reported during 1947, |their untiring sponsorship y Ross Anderson, physiotheray stat the Municipal Hospital f jher cuttsanding accomplishmen ‘in business, jsain of o firms showed a net pr 2,100 in mid-July {Carbonell said he understood that |year ago. Only small and insig ‘Jin treatment of convalescing « {Dopp was dissatisfied with Mrs. |Nificent losses were noted in a pled children and in examining ‘Maloney's services as accountant few groups during the past 12 {2.222 school children for oi\t {and checker before he shifted her |months. jpedic defects, and’ Glenn Arche jto the billing and posting job, but | = i ne Peper hanging decided to give her another op- iM A | P: To ae rane er of equipment during portunity. The mayor said there Wa ne a 0 ae 8 pole bacaiaie ‘ was a difference between “sud — rvorelttiev Collab chanel den inefficiency caused by some | Go To S hool bers: Mrs. Blanche M. Miller, M physical condition or other cause. | louise CadehWin, Migs Teslece thos and a long period of inefficiency.” . Apa paar rs ie and a long period o finefficiency.” On Sept. 16) ; 1 Winfield Her 7 — 1 Chest Georg LEO WARR TAKEN | Fa and Ma go back to school. |J. Faraldo, 1 s rE jSuch was an arrangement made )A. Curry, Mrs. Eric ( » | 2 i TO CITY HOSPITAL last night at a meeting of the ex- {Malcolm Pieree, Andrew M 4 Leo H. Warren, area rent direc- ecutive board of the High School ;riguez, Jr Mr Glynn A tor, was removed to Municipal |P. T. A., Mrs. Ruth Higgs, presi- |Mrs. Joe Medina and the afore Hospital in a serious condition dent, said today mentioned individuals yesterday, suffering from a She explained that on Tues- } scoehentnetmnatemeeinemamenemmnentietiiio’ - PALACE THEATER GENE AUTRY in “SIOUX CITY SUE” News and Serial ‘Rice TEMS Ane RNR NRA day night, September 16, parents. instead of their children, will go to school. The bell will be rung for them, and, after one and one half hours of “schoolin will be given, at whic! recess cookies