The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 9, 1947, Page 1

~———— 2m 22 d nt St bf ta th pe (Fi Key West, Florida, h » has th mow equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit —_—_———___. > THE sou No, 214 hid Jews To Observe Rosh Hashanah Sept. 14, 15, 16 5 one | Holy day will be celebrated and aoe jare congregations of the Israelite 80 DECLARE Faith, beginning this year with ‘ § (Sunday evening, September 14, KILGORE AND O’MA. Lord To Go To HONEY, WHO ADVO.' and continuing Monday, Septem- ntl CATE PRI Upper Keys To ber 15, and Tuesday, September | Rosh Hashanah, which occurs {ONTROL ,on the last day of the Hebrew is id calendar month of Ellulsand the FPO ‘The Aswecinted Pre Issue Licenses first day of Tishrah, is the Jewish ASHINGTON, Se pt. i! New Year. It is also called “The Se . te County Judge Raymond R. Day of the Blowing of the Shof- Poe riers Se West Virginie sd will viatt eetavernlees thie fer’ because the: “Shoffer, (rams and = Senator O'Mahoney of week-end and will be at Mara- horn) is sounded in the Syna- iagogue, and “The Day of Re- thon the following week-end to accept applications for operators’ and chauffeurs’ licenses, he an- nounced today. Judge Lord will leave here Saturday morning for Tavernier, and will begin receiving applica- trol law to stop the continued up- tions for the licenses at 12 noon. . 4 |He will continue to receive them meme miqventhied living. ‘until nightfall if there are any persons waiting to make applica- Wyoming, declared the today people of the United States memberance” or “The Day of Reckoning”, because it ushers in ,a period of penitence and prayer; {ki.own as “10 days of penitence.” On Rosh Hassanah the state of ‘mankind is inscribed in the book of life. On the first night of Rosh Hashanah, after evening service, it is customary to greet one’s family and friends with the tra- ditional Jewish New Year’s wish, tions. He will remain in Taver- ‘“May a good year be inscribed for niev through Sunday for the same YOU. ) Rabbi Abraham Schwartz, the clamoring for a special session of congress to pass some sort of con- Senator Kilgore said throughout the country pric seuring to those heights th out of reach of many Amer that ans, | Purpose, \ tz, t And, he added, instead of any} On Saturday, Sept. 20, Judge NeW rabbi from the B'nai Zion signs of a decrease in prices, all'Lord will proceed to Marathon, Hebrew Congregation, expr ‘the wish to greet all people, indications ore W >» He wi remai 1 jons are that there will be He will remain gardless of faith, creed or color, further increases. through Sept. 21. wi ‘oda ae ie In some parts of the nation, he State highway patrolmen are iestecetiat wae Lead ee explained, housewives are or- now receiving the applications ‘to remember all the good people ganizing to fight against prices of for licenses on the Florida keys. ‘of Key West and the President certain foodstuffs, especially the | jand senate and congress and the cost of meats. ie i Army and the Navy and all the ol 8 te a ‘ i sud ebrew greeting of a For Relief Good, Costello States at Marathon in price for steel. He asserted that jhappy new year. that increase set a scale of prices | Services in the B'nai Zion Con- that has been going up and up &regation will take place in charge ever since the steel industry | of Rabbi Schwartz and the com- made its announcement of high- mittee, beginning Sunday evening, er tonnage rates. { Whether or not a special ses- | sion of congress is called, he stated that, at the regular session next January, he is confident that some sort of price control will be September 14, 7 o'clock wand con- tinuing Monday morning, at 8 ‘a o'clock; Monday evening, at 7 o'clock, and Tuesday, 8 a.m. Rev. Ahron Emenuel will a Rabbi A. Schwartz. George Costello, field r tative of the southeastern office of the American Red Cro: who was visiting in Key West recently, stated that the disaster } resen- ist val Officers Fined $25 Each Judge Enrique Esquinaldo, at yesterday afternoon's session of Municipal Court, fined Naval Of- ficers R. V. Raines, R. M. Hen- dricks and H. D. Hall $25 each for interfering with an officer while making an arrest. Policeman Charles “Buster” Cerezo was making an_ arrest early Saturday morning on Du- val street, when the three Naval officers, dressed in civilian clothes, attempted to stop him. Cerezo received a cut eye and was forced to use his club on Raines. The officers, with the as- sistance of other members of the police department and the shore get up by the government if the preparedness and relief plan of | cost of living has not come down the Jocal chapter is a particularly 3 N materially by that time ‘tine one and adequate to meet the needs of ‘the community in | 'the event’of any emergency. Cos- Urges Markers ‘tello metr with the committee to | s @ ° ‘yeview the disaster plans, which } Visible To Aur ave now complete and in printed “ form. Before the general meeting, + - Dr. Herman Moore held a meet- Planes Over City ing of the disaster nurses, at which time their responsibilities Air markers to indicate the were outlined and their assign- name of Key West and the direc- ments to various shelters were tion of the airports from the spot made. so marked were urged today by J.C, Hancock, chief aircraft com- municator for the Civil Aeronau- tics Administration here. Allan Hampton, chairman of the Key West Chapter of the American Red Cross, announced the appointment of Mrs, Ruth Hancock will try to interest the wae z Pee Chamber of Commerce or some Lange as chairman of the public other loce probably relations committee. Mrs. Lange organization, p the Monroe County Commission, is acting supervisor of the State in a proposition to mark the city Welfare Board. Mrs, Lange erhinkaet on buildings, highways and other Placing Oliver Griswold as direc- structures. tor of public relations. Griswold patrol, were arrested, later be- At least one sign should be and Kermit Lewin will assist ing released under $250 bond prominently displayed, Hancock Mrs. Lange as members of the each. said, The sign should be visible public relations committee. from the cockpit of an airplane flying at 3,000 feet. The letters in the sign should be at least 20 | eae as rea Mrs. William Holman has been | .@ appointed chairman of the hos- ‘Mrs. Staley Sues pital and recreation corps. She } feet high. ; uaa 's, Emma | “y 1 “Hina safety factor,” said Wil be assisted by Mrs. Eom! City For Injury Hancock of the proposed markers, 2Y@@ a8 __vice-chairman. : i “The city will get some publicity Holman has been very. active as | a als e anes it trom such a sign or acd The # Gray Lady at the Navy hos- aes ae Penne a fact that Key West has such a Pital and succeeds Mrs. Opal om) Site. Omg SO sign would be listed in the offi- Van Deursen. SWeLtatar c ajutisatauttecedl ia a cial publication of the CAA.” | tall inedrontalot anata ndine last )Spring. Attorney Thomas S. Caro sbrought the action in behalf of {Mrs. Staley, -alleging that she ‘broke her hip in a fall caused by a hole in the sidewalk. The suit was filed in Circuit Court yes- jterday, Farewell Party Legion Meeting Honors Visitor Biggest Ever Is Stirrup’s Belief The American Legion’s national convention, which concluded re- at cently in New York City, was the most suecessful in the 01 of the organization, Vance Stirrup, | of Miss Campbell, who expressed former Seba upstiho| pen desire x Sawyer Pos! , sa . 4 ‘ ~yt roi ee iatee to Key veturn today. | 1942 Chrysier Royal | Returning with Stirrup were | Convertible jthe other members of the local delegation, Harry Roberts, John’ 1942 Nash, 4-Door O'Connor, Neal Shea, Frank Han- _ Ag : 1942 Ford Tudor Miss Helen Campbell, who had been visiting with Miss Bettie Adams for the past week, left this morning for her home in DeFuniak Springs, Fla. F: A farewell dinner was giver the home of Mr. and Mrs, Ben- jamin Adams last night in honor “USED CARS Seek Divorces Ford Convertible Ford Club Coupe Pontiae Tudor Pontiac Tudor Pontiac Fordor ear Petitions seeking divorces were vahan, Charles E, Curry’ and 1941 Elizabeth A. Holland against Connecticut, where he and Mrs. Matthew mbrill Holland; by ;Mills are spending the summer James Lawrence Van Rensselear outtsanding in Legion, histo 1938 against Doris Rose Van Renssel- said Stirrup. “There were 60,000 | 1937 = | fully 2,000,000 watched the 12- Ford Fordor i ers, such as General Eisenhower, | i! WARNER BAXTER in ‘Admiral Nimitz, Gov, Thomas E. eee PHONE 725 filed yesterday with Circuit'James J. Young. Albert Mills} 1940 Gloria Martinez Acevedo against |vacation . Legionnaires in the parade and a 1937 Ns Hou procession as it passed down “THE MILLERSON CASE” \pewey of New York and Mayor Court Clerk Ross C. Saws by :also attended, but went back to 1939 George M. Acevedo, and by; “The parade itself was an event Fifth Avenue. PALACE THEATER “There were outstanding speak-' Monroe Motors, Inc. \ News and Other Features |O’Dwyer of New York City and ‘others. AT A TNT THERNMOST KEY WEST, ,MAYOR, CITY COMMIS. | SIONERS, CHIEF OF i POLICE, SCOUT COM- MITTEMAN FETED { Six Key Westers were honored last night by the National Ex- Plorer Scouts of Cuba at the an- nual Scout leaders’ dinner-meet- ing held at the Delmonico res- taurant. The National Explorers award- ed diplomas of honor to Ma William W. Demeritt, City Com- missioners John Carbonell and Albert Cooper, Chief of Police Bienvenido Perez and Scout Com- mitteeman Rudolph Be George F. Ar r was presented with a certificate of honor and merit , in recognition of his long service as a scoutmaster in Key West. ‘Joseph Boza, chairman of the meeting, made the presentations in behalf of the Cuban Scout or- ganization. After the dinner, the business sion of the took pla Scout Commiss David McCurdy announced that he had received a letter from the National Explorers in which they stated that they would like to visit Key West October 27, which is American Navy Day. A program of what the Scouts would like to do while they are in Key West was read and met with full approval of the group. Sommissioner McCurdy — stated that the feeding of the Scouts has been arranged. The Delmoni- co restaurant has agreed to feed the Scouts at a nominal fee. The Navy will be asked to provide quarters for the visitors. The camping and _ activities committee, under leadership of Joseph A. Boza, and consisting of the following members, Percy Roberts, Rudolph Boza, John G. Sweeting’ and William Doughtry, wil) take care of all further a rangements for the entertain- ment of the visitors. The various civic clubs of Key West and the City Commission will be called upon for help to see that the 40 or 50 visitors are shown hospi- tality while they are in the Is land City. Last month 34 Key West Scouts and Scouters were entertained enthusiastically in Havana for a five-day period. City Commissioner Cooper paid tribute to the Scouts and JUNIOR “FIRST LADY”? HEADS GIRLS OF USA By DOROTHY BURROWS | ! AP Newsteatures would they elect? | Not a dizzy bobby-soxer. | thinker.” They mould choose a bundle of personality like George NEWSPAPER . on a temporary non-paying ba 'S Stouters of Key West Hey West Citizen IN THE U.S. A. FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1947 [Key Westers Honored By Streams National Explorer Scouts Of Cuba At Dinner Here Beach Plans To ‘Be Given Board ' AtMeet Tonight Plans for the ‘proposed new beach at West Martello Tower are expected to be delivered tonight at the meeting of the Monroe County Commission by Engineer R. W. Spalding and his associates. ; Commission Chairman Frank Bentley said today that thd specifications for the work on the beach, which will cost about ' $250,000, are not ready yet and he was not certain whether the commission might not advertise ~ for bids at the meeting tonight. An airport manager may bej selected by the commission to- night, it was said today. Meacham ' Field, now under lease to the; county, is now under charge of, Rogelio Gomez, who took the po: i ! Pacifie War i for the! excellent showing made by the group while they were in Ha- | ,vana. | | Assistant Scout Commissioner ; Archie Potter, assisted by Scout- ! ers Tony Martinez and Ernest} Avila, was in charge of the train- | ing of the Scouts. | The group favored several Scouters from sending By WILLIAM this dis- | AP Newsfeatures KWAJALEIN SCHOOL—Missio: trict to Atlanta, Ga. to iver || OAR GI described Kwajalein: Scout Executive concerning the future of the Monroe Scout Dis- trict in operating under the South with headquar- j took with Regional W. A. Dobson, Florida Council jters in Miami. Discussion women, no fun atoll.” Heat lining the airstrip. A black m great stillness swallows the dog’ for porch shade. Far offshore the waves pound the rect. Dead shells of rust- | [{DMOND, Okla.—If the population of the United States were made up solely of high school girls, what kind of president turned. place concerning this question, ng ci since the majority present felt | Tw Z il that the Miami office has been; |'wO miles out are many fighting the progress of Scouting Ships. radioactive relics of the in this district ever since Boy Bikini bomb. Scomt.Camp Sawyer ‘on West} Kwajalein — coral atoll. Summerland Key, was begun. 2 Those attending were: ;fueling stop between Honolulu Mayor William W. Demeritt, 2%4 Guam, population 1,400. City Commissioner John Car-' ell the veterans it’s even bonell, City Commissioner and duieter now than it was during Mrs. Albert B. Cooper, Chief of the war,” Maj. C. H. Bird of Fert Police Bienvenido Perez, Scout. Davis, Tex., said. “During the Commissioners David McCurdy Wat we did average a plame on and Archie Potter, Joseph A. deck every two minutes. Now, Boza, Geerge F. Archer, Tony half Martinez, Perey Roberts, J. E. here a day, and belicve me, we {Bardwell, Charles McGraw, look for d to them.” \ ‘Joseph Richardson and Rev. John j Sharks Dangerous | Pickens. : “No, we don’t swim—have you »seen the sharks?” he says. i “Two bombers i “Two months ago a bomber } seven men took off the airstrip, fluttered and plunged in-' to the ocean. Rescue boats too late. Seven bloody Mae West } jackets bobbed in water clouded jwith shark-chaser powder.” t Fifty Navy and four Army fam- lilies live on Kwajalein. i Some dark, stocky members of the Micronesian race, have re- | | | There‘s no fresh water. You! Not a sober-browed “heavy Wonder how the people get along | before white man came with his | distiling equipment. Major Bird explained they drank coconut | Kan Hicks, 16-year-old "queen" of the little college town of milk and whén rainwater col-! drank that. Some- | Edmond, Okla., and president of the first Girls Nation. lected they ! i George Ann and 81 other g ' ington as representatives of the Girls States held in their home ‘ states under the sponsorship of ; Within three days, strangers tox. ;each other and with plenty of | feminine rivalry, they lined up \their friendship and formed a ‘national “government.” | George Ann, who emerged in the top job, comparable to “Pre- {sident of the United States,” is jwhat Americans like to think is a typical high school girl—pretty but no raving beauty, a brown- haired, blue-eyed miss, alert of mind. She has a boy friend and is jproud of him, but was a little jembarassed a newspaper publish- te ee eee ne ect teen tet 'NOTIC PAYMENT IN ADVANCE Phone 479—8 to 10 A.M. Contact COUNTY COMMISSIONER C. S. HIGGS the how, they managed to adapt themselves. “We're trying to do} jthe same thing.” | : Rust ate at the fenders and! hood of the Army staff car. “Ev- | ed their picture together after ¢rything rusts,” grumbled Sgt. | shel Gamer home, Louis _Sherack of Crookston, | She plays in the school band Minn. The knife in your pocket, | but says she has “no talent’— |°DS!nes, suman veuee a “My trombone was just a | The humidity is as bad—or to an end to = an pe pane’. |worse—at Guam, seven air hours | She loves to dance and swim, away, Roll up your selves, un- but works every afternoon af- button your collar, good gosh, ter school in the local movie the- man, we don't allow ties here. atre for her spending money. 'Guam is 32 miles long, four to | “I don't know why they pick- 10 miles wide. ed me,” she said. “All those girls} Five hundred Ariny and Navy | were tops in their states or they families are on Guam—total pop- | (Continued on Page Four) julation 75,000, | == = “ene | Maj. General Francis H- Gris- | wold says, “We're junking planes | because we haven't money to keep | them airworthy. This climate eats | planes.” | “Would a good-sized attacking irls from 41 states went to Was! the American Legion Auxiliary. Marl from Dredger's Key | for Immediate Delivery ; e force find it easy to take Guam?” | $500 per Truckload of 4 Cubic Yards [ate Vesrisidiy woulante? the | Delivered Key West or Stock Island general replied. “We could put up a stiff fight. But you should | OF DELIVERY REQUIRED | consider what countries would be | i potential enemies and then you) would ask the question: ‘Why t fool with Guam?” H { and 208 to 6 P.M. Daily | Some Japanese Remain In the underbrush and caves Wars Parke dangling craft line the&’-— mile wide, two miles long, re- | we get about 14 flights through | Associated Press Day Wire | Service and AP Features For 67 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CEN1 Of Water From -Firehose Used On Jews _ ToForce Them Off Ship *FIRST FEW LEFT PEACE. FULLY BUT OTHERS PUT UP STUBBORN RESISTANCE (By Associated Press) HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 9 '—Streams of from fire hose were poured today on Jews who stubbornly fought against being landed from the British steamship Runnymede Park. It required a stready stream of more than a minute to break up groups of Jews that held to. gether when soldiers tried to re move them from the ship. At first only one stream of {water was used. That was di rected at the Jews by soldiers, {but a moment later, other ‘stream, handled by policemen, 'struck and broke up groups of Jewish youths who had fought off every attempt to get them | ashore. One thousand four hundred Jews were on the Runnymede {Park, and for a moment it op peared = th would disembark peacefully. hirty silent, stolid Jews marched down the gang- plank voluntarily, but the last of |them had not reached the bot ;tom of the gangplank when a ler y came up from the hold of the ship, urging the Jews to resist to their utmost. British soldiers first gave the Jews’an hour to leave the ship voluntarily, and, when the hour passed, the tune was extended half an hour, because it appeared that the Sews, talking in groups, showed a disposition to leave. But when the ultimatum expired “StI resistéd, “Ge tire Criminal Court wall begin jury hose was used on them, with éf- trials next Monday, Judge fective results. Thomas S. Caro announced today.! Early this morning the Jews on He requests that defendants, who!the Empire Rival left the ship have pleaded not guilty, and their , voluntarily. attorneys be in court Monday. | while he fixes the date for the trials. Isles Quiet water #5 nbs maries conduct regular classes. Cc. BARNARD "No wine, no shimmers off wooden buildings ongrel worries a sandcrab. A 's barks. He trots away, panting ‘Criminal Court | ‘To Begin Monda New Teacher For Marathon There Held Last sige In Just 2 Weeks A regular monthly meeting of Voiture Locale 728, 40 and 8, fun Mrs. Eva McKinney of New and honor organization of the York City will arrive at Mara American Legion, was held last ;tkon in two weeks to become prin evening at the Legion Home on cipal of Sue M. Moore School Stock Island. there, Willard M. Albury, super George W. Sikes, Chef dejintendent of schools for Monroe Train. presided at the meeting in County, Said today the absence of Robert D. Smith,} Marathon school is temp avily Chef de Gare, who is confined to ;in charge of a substitute teacher the Naval Hospital and she will relinquish the task to Correspondent Va C. Stir- Mrs. Mc — nney, who has accepted the position from Albury, when rup gave a report of the Prome- she arrives. nade Nationale held in New York City recently during the National) “It is my understanding that Convention of the American Mr. and Mrs. McKinney he Legion. purchased real estate in the vicin Voyageurs attending last ity of Marathon and that they in night’s meeting were Robert C tend to make it their permanent Crisp, Horace O’Bryant, John home,” said Albury. Stout, George A. Warren, Frank Albury = also ennounced that Piodela, Iva. Watson, U. J. Del. Dee. 2, instead of Nov. 4, has been gado, Albert Di Negro, Vance C. Set for the election of the trustees Stirrup, George Conant, Robert f the Monroe county school sys: Daniels, Harry. J) Metzger and tem and for voting for the millage George W. Sikes for the special school tax. The The regular monthly meeting PesPonement was taken because of the Key West Guard of.Honor :°f Me city election on Nov. 4 of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 « Giblin To Ask. will be held this evening p. om, in the new American Legion Home on Stock Island. | 4 R | id Sawyer Post No the Amev- | ican Legion, will be held tomor-! Vince Giblin, Miami attorn row evening at 8 p. m., at the for the Casa Marina, will k Legion Home. the City Commission tonight to a ae - reduce taxes on that hotel on the north end of Guam, stary Also to be considered at ing Japanese soldier ull hide night's meeting will be the unaawre the war is over. No at- nual renewal of liquor licenses in tempt is made to find tnem—one the city by one they are killed or cap tured. | Heavy chains von bom the wot Property Sales of the General's house to empty torpedo tubes in the flower beds. Clarise Ro Dixon and oth Decorations? No, anchors against transferred to Mr and Mrs Ht the next typhoon F. Knight. 614 Olivia street, prop wae ee if — erty on Eagle avenue for $59, gener Caraballo according to a warranty deed SANDY'S GARAGE filed with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer 404 Duval Street Phone S0lin cr. ee west Foundation EXPERT GUARANTEED Company also transferred to M TECHANICAL WORK jand Mrs. Knight another prop erty on Eagle avenue, for $500 {