The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 18, 1947, Page 1

SSS The Key West a mem -. ee sou THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN City Returns Toward Normal; Navy Vessels, Planes Ordered Back SP) ORPT ee VTE ALLY NO DAMAGE, Oh) G8 SORVICR TO MAINLAND ent WED TODAY ‘gerne! Mere today following # night of met eeeh Key Weet emerging virtually without Swrrerene heh «@ oow eft raging somewhere Cetera + eee ce of affected Key West were: Sees Ge bee @ “Durricane condition one” @pewtrete of Mery end civthian personnel into the it AA Surplus October 1-2 ew Asset Administration to- announced that a sale of sur- ertietes will be conducted in + store: werehoure in Key i : i ili ti = S : ' « a Oe m, each day following listed items will te «veterans of World Th om presentation of evi- of honorable discharge teem the service | Typewriters: twpists’ chairs: ortee! chairs straight chairs; / feather upholstered; of- ; at al st #4] HE | hee chairs metal, executive and ptt desks. offter tables; office jend cowords safes; filing cabi- eet. freproet, binoculars (7-pow- teeyeles: folding cots; ma- cieet «views; pattern = makers ven winter helmets. 2 To date, 42 city employes have fingerprinted in accord with Ciwil Service regula- The remaining 73 city will be fingerprinted when policemen, fire- men and other employes are paid Lost: One School And One Teacher COLAIMBUS, Neb.—(AP).—The wheel board will know enough wv time to build ite »hoolhouse where @ bedy can find it. The teacher hired to teach the < sowna although | << ee toed o® ‘schoo! stalked into the office of \the county superintendent and tet OF per cont of up the job before it started. wate | She said she had searched in Beery Geter | wain for the school building, lo- oes Get & lcated in somewhat hilly ¢ in, Geneerewnly weer Key jand finally telephoned a school mowed member to say she was re- tee dependen's | sianing 2 preveuthmne:y | sant the pub | a te tae Musical Coals For Newcastle | PAIRBURY Neb—(AP).—Cur- the jt Kroetsching, Fairbury high fader eystem at jschool student, took his portable eet peeked @ the jradio to the municipal band con- ate At ‘to listen to his favorite “whodon- the concert. as well as * © southwest Uw. ootmued un eon euthwost direction until 7 os . " Marine Search Servicemen, on their last USO marine life adventure, caught conchs and crawfish. Among the . was it be oem * & 1.90 the tore ate ot th te on pehing wp beadwey a ont © changed Gireeter te the | conchs were several specimens eertwest, Ger plot showed that | of tne queen conch. + peed out inte the Gulf at After their search for marine eet Sapte Fle. at © PD ™ \ tite, they were taken to Sugalca We bet comtert with the * Beach on the Julian estate and matte m. we the |were permitted to gather coco- Ge Pose > \nuts. Among the guests were Mr. Shepard, vacation relief worker itor the USO (YMCA), and Miss 4 | Beatrice Moreno, program assist- ant with the USO Club. The \field program's activities were lewpervised by Gerry Pinder, pro- gram director of the club. om October | and 2, begin: |ceived the Rostov-Suzdal princi- City Employes Moscow Plans Statue Honor | To Founder, | There iri, the long-armed, as his name j jon be translated. He was the son of Vladimir Monomach, aj jorince of ancient Kiev state that | jat that time was the center of Russian politics and culture. When the father died Yuri re- pality whjch was the newly de- veloping state of central Russia later absorbed in the Moscow state. The first mention of Moscow occurs in en ancient chronicle re- | counting the glories of Yuri's; reign. Yuri in alliance with aj prince of Novgorod defeated an attempt at aggression on his do- mains by another prince. To celebrate the victory, the chronicle says, Yuri invited Svy- atoslav, “Come to me brother to} Moskov.” This was the first men- | tio of the small settlement which at that time was apparently half | camp and half town, occupying a . eee et i S:. hectares Gloria Acevedo In Finance Office Lee Goddard, executiv secre- tary of the Civil Service Board. stated this morning that Gloria M. Acevedo, 15-F Porter Place, had been given probationary em- ployment as a clerk-typist in the City Finance office. Miss Acevedo was transferred from a_ similar | position in the city clerk’s office. Visitor Loses $100 ' To Badge-Flasher, PITTSBURGH.—Arriving on a ‘visit to this city from Guthrie Center, Iowa, George Marlow was accosted by a stranger who flashed a badge an dasked for his credentials. Marlow handed the man his wallet and walked along the street with him. — | A block from the bus station, ‘the stranger handed back his ‘wallet and growled, “Your cre- dentials are okay,” and left rather hurriedly. | Marlow felt reassured. he told jpolice, until he examined his jwallet and discovered $160 had |disappeared. Apply To Wed Applications for marriage li- jcenses were filed yesterday with County Judge Raymond R. Lord *by Clarence S. Singleton, 24, of | | ' © after © peet lcert Kroetsehing said he wanted 1999 Royal street. and Louise E.| tie Athentic Sands, 17, 1103 White street; by | Albert F. Puckett, Jr., 40, and Inez V. Joy, 31, both of 620 Ashe street; by Charles B. Milord, 26, of 1206 Pine street, and Edwina M. Hensen, 27, of 517 Margaret street, and by Jock W. Crawford, (26, of Trade Winds Club, and Olga :G. Hernandez, 25, of 1018 White istreet. Ee ; Masonic Notice |. Special Communication of Dade ‘Lodge. No. 14, F. & A.M. Thurs- jday, September 18, 8:00 P.M. E. A. Degree. All local and visiting Masons cordially invited. A. B. COOPER, W.M. F, O. WEECH, A cradle of western civilization which contributed many of the world’s most im- Philosophical ideas, mountainous = of the ‘peninsula. It borders on bania, and Yugoslavia in the north, Turkey and the Aegean Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea in the west and the Mediterranean Sea in the south. Her population is more than 7,000,000, and is largely agricultural. Her capital is ancient Athens. The Kingdom of Greece is ly represented at United Nations Headquarters by Alexis Kyron. Her flag has five blue and four white stripes in addition to a cross of white on a blue field. DEMERITT, ELLINGSON NAME NEW MEMBER OF HOUSING AUTHORITY Joseph L. Cates Succeed: A. Maitland Adams, whol Chief Brown Is Had Served Four Years Still Critical With Group Mayor Demeritt and City Man- Chief Petty Officer Charles D. ager , Ellingson yesterday joint); ‘Brown, 1121 Angela street, still 'y Jointly + was in critical. condition today at KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, Citize Hurricane Damage Runs Into Millions ~ In Lower East Coast ‘*MIAMI BEACH REPORTS LOSS OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS; BOCA RATON WAS HARDEST HIT (Nw Annocteted Presse MIAMI, Sept. 18.—While nobody was reported billed by the ricane in the lower east coast of Florida yesterday, the demege from Cedar Keys to Pensacola, | to property runs into several million dollars. Fla. Northwest storm warnings! Miami Beach reports a loss of three million; Delray Beach, one hoisted west of Pensacola to Mo-| million, and, while no-estimate has been made of the logees else jbile, Ala. Warnings discontinued: where aiong the east coast they will total several more million det jon Florida east coast from Titus-' lars. . ve to Key cares : | It has been estimated that it will cost $400,000 to clear awey le severe hurricane is CeN-! the debris in the greater Miami area, and as much o more then red at 9:15 A.M., EST (1415Z),! that sum to clean up the debris caused by the hurricane et Mieew ‘Weather Bulletin NEW ORLEANS WEATHER BUREAU ADVISORY NUMBER; 31, 9:15 A.M., EST, Sept. 18, 1947:| fcr .Change to hurricane warnings! ear Latitude 27.2, Longitude h {83.8 or about 100 miles southwest aR wake ace ewes of Tampa, Fla. { a Kal reporte bien a s A i ind along the east cost. Mf It is apparently moving west-' Sentences Woman ont wind a ;northwestward or northwestward Pggestre ge hove attained about 15 miles per hour. 1 ¥ miles an hour It is attended by winds of 80 wo To Serve 90 Days Two hundred fifty berracks were |100 miles per hour within 50 miles F H ss K if, a poms Roca Me \of the center and by gales within ton, ai other idings were |200 miles of the center. Or aving MULE Licwn down. The commander of | Winds will begin increasing on! t by ees the army air base there seid & the extreme northwest Florida’ A jury in Criminal Court today was a miracle to him how sebedy coast within the next few hours, found Bessie Clark, colored, guilty | Present, indications are center of carrying a concealed weapon jof the hurricane will reach the and she was immediately sen- !coast in the area between Apa- tenced by Judge Thomas S. Caro lachicola and Pensacola late to- t¢ 90 days in county jail. jnight. Tides will be high in the Evidence was introduced by area from Cedar Keys to Pensa-,County Prosecutor Allan B. {cola tonight. |Cleare, Jr., to show the woman Precautions should be taken had drawn a knife irom her waist ;against hurricane winds by all and was threatening to use on a {interests in extreme northwest colored man when arrested. ‘Florida. Small craft as far as: Judge Caro this,morning hand- southeastern Louisiana should not ed down a decision in the case of venture into the Gulf. Kermit Forbes, colored, who was | Hurricane warnings are now convicted yesterday of assaulting |displayed on the Florida west|Bessie Kemp, colored, with a coast to Pensacola. Storm warn-' knife. He sentenced Forbes to yings are-displayed west of Pensa- pay a fine of $500 and costs or to was killed or injured in Bore Re ton. He added that it will require four months to put the airtielt back into former conditien was still more than « day away The two planes kept there lashed to the ground with cables and were not At Mani years expired yesterday. He was ‘appointment was not renewed. appointed Joseph L. Cates, a Key West tile supply businessman, to West Housing member of the Key Authority. It was necessary that both Demeritt and Ellingson sign the mew appointee order, as a question had risen since inaug- uration of the charter as to whether the city manager or the. mayor had the power to make appointments to the Key West Housing Authority. City Attorney J. Lancelot Les- ter had given his opinion that the mayor still retained the pow- er, but had recommended that tioned. City Manager Ellingson said is morning that he accepted the ; ‘s decision in the matter, | appointe: order. | Adams appointment of four | ving as chairman when his re- Members of the Key West Housing Authority had favored, in a resolution passed recently, that b Naval Hospital from the result of injuries suffered in an auto crash at Bahja Honda. viaduct on Sun- day, j : One of the three officers who figured in the accident, Chief Thomas Ripley, 628 Olivia street, :and Radio, 6 A.M., EST, Sept. 18, | was slightly improved, while the third chief, Harold K. Logson, 1110 Watson street, was not so good. the navy be allowed to acquire 210 dwelling units in Poinciana Place. This decision was contrary to the wishes of the majority of the city commission, as the com- missioners by a 3-2 vote had woic- jboth parties sign the order so that ;ed objections to the navy acquir- {the legality could not be ques-j{ ing the property. The Key West Housing Author- ity was supported in its decision by the Key West Lions: Club and Key West Junior Chamber of jand joined the mayor in the new |Commerce. both of which organi-’ zations polled their members to determine the reaction to the con- troversial subject. The organi- zations strongly favored the navy acquisition of the housing project. Monroe county commissioners al- so voted their approval of the navy acquiring the housing units. Personnel And Civilians) To Get Licenses Before: Deadline A warning was issued to Naval personnel and civilians today that on October 1, just 10 working days away, all chauffeurs and op- erators’ driving licenses must be renewed or those without such licenses after October 1 would be j subject to penalties | The warning was _ issued by | County Judge Raymond R. Lord, | who asserted that a recently en- | acted law compels Naval person- ! nel to have state drivers’ licenses ! and that they must procure them before October 1, just as do civil- | ians. | “The state law compels the} county judge to issue renewals’ of such licenses for $1 each, to; Naval personnel as well as civil- | ians,” said Judge Lord. “Unlesss | they renew such licenses, the | 1 Secretary. j ry exacts a penalty of $1, or com- pels them to take road tests.” Judge Lord reported today that ISSUES WARNING TO TAKE OUT DRIVER'S LICENSES BY OCT. 1. Judge Lord Warns Naval* Gave Bandit $5 Of Own Money, BALTIMORE, Md.—When a young and obviously nervous holdup man walked into branch office of the Western Union and demanded money, Miss Josephine Barranco, pretty blonde employe, tried talking him out of it. When persuasion failed, she gave him $5 from her own purse and he left, thus saving a lot of money in the cash drawer. only 477 chauffeur’s licenses had been issued against a total of 1,- 119 last year. Of the 5,211 opera- tors’ licenses issued last year, so far this year there have been only 1,850 issued. Judge Lord also said that he had issued a total of 137 drivers’ licenses to persons residing in the Tavernier section last week-end. He is preparing this week-end to go to Marathon, where he will issue similar licenses from noon Saturday to noon Sunday, cola to Mobile and north of Titus: | ville to Jacksonville, STEVENS, t | NEW ORLEANS WEATHER BUREAU BULLETIN for Press | 1847: | The center of the severe hurri- ! jcane is located at 6 a. m.. EST.) about sixty miles west-northwest | jof Boca Grande, Fla. It is ap-{ “parently moving west-northwest, | 10 to 15 miles per hour, and show. | ing some tendency to move in a more northwesterly direction. It , is still attended by winds of 80, to 100 miles per hour within 50 | smiles of the center and gales | ; within 200 miles of the center. ; interests in northwest Gulf; of Mexico should continue ex- ; treme precautions today and to- night. There is some likelihood of | increase in intensity. | mall craft as far west as Mo- | bile should remain in port. Hur- \tieane warnings remain display- ed north of the Florida Keys to the Titusville-Tampa line and | storm warnings over the remain- | ider of Florida. | i AIME, | Weather Bureau, | New Orleans. 1 | \ i How ToLearn To Keep Shirt On DANVERS, Mass.—(AP). — In the middle of the night, Patrol- | man Raymond Cashman met an | early bird. | “Easy does it, chum,” said th policeman as the man raced tow- | ‘ard him, stuffing a shirt-tail into! ‘his trousers. “What time is it? the runner | gasped. ‘Just 1:40,” Cashman told him. | “What happened?” “Sor said the man sheep-} ishly. “My clock stopped and I thought I'd missed the six 0° clock bus. i | i | | Houser Becomes Rotary Member, Capt. Harold Alexander Hous- | er, USN, commanding officer of Key West Naval Base, was in-) ducted into membership in the Rotary Club today at noon at the, luncheon-meeting in St. Church Parish Hall. Horace O'Bryant, principal of; Key West High School, read the! principles of Rotary and welcom- | ed Capt. Houser into the club. Capt. Houser, responding, said he was glad to be in Key West, and pleased to become a member of the organization. | ~ Weather Bureau. yeserday paeaereyingg UAcheson not guilty of a charge of .coln road were ‘ber 5-11. ‘Accident Pictures | James McDaniel; “and w Paul's | - serve 90 days in jail. serve the’ time: Another jury in Cri athedkosi He will beach and block. inal. Court failing to have a state conserva- police said that much of thet de tion license on his boat. , [struction was due to the careless ‘ness of the owners. Police point , ed out that, on Alton road, where ‘plate glass windows were board ed up, few of them were dem Future Projects aged. To Be Discussed Floors of many of the store H Future projects of the Veterans | Were flooded and @ great deal of of Foreign Wars organization of Stock was ruined. Water see Key West will be arnong the sub- Swept up into the lobbies of some cts to be discussed at the meet- | hotels. ing tonight at 8 p.m. of the VFW! Twenty-one burglaries Post in the headquarters, Second reported to the Miami police dur street and Flagler avenue. \ing the hurricane, The owner were 4 It is expected the VFW Post @ Package liquor store, whieh will d 's and act on the Was burglarized, reported that $28,000 of his stock was stolen It was at this store that @ negro was shot for looting. Electric light power is cut jalong the entire east coast, where the storm struck hardest, and |far west as Fort Myers, the Fle Aid Traffie Safet ida Power and Light Compan = ihe Y | said today. How much damage | was done to the lines, it was add MIAMI, Fla.—(AP).—To shosk ed, has not yet been estimated the driving public into caution, Forces of men are still out mek Miami police” have opened a jing surveys to determune ex “horror gallery” of gruesome ac- jtent of the damage cident photographs. It is set up on} Public schools in Miami will the lawn of the headquarters | not be reopened until Monday building. James T. Wilson, superintens Auto drivers, isad O, D. Hen- lof public instruction, seid today derson, of the Bureau of Safe-| - ——- National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, from Octto- at “They hear MOSCOW (AP) Ru prints {scientists No House, Ten \at any rate south of the they read about them, they even | see them—and yet they say it! | have found that |deer moved from the far northern Live ve In Park a | The Russians have been CLEVELAND, O.—Mr. and Mrs.|'B8_ OP experiments ty Education, have a strange psy IR - id Th ° chology. jheindeer Lhrive of bad accidents, 7 In Forest Tests an't hapen to them.” | jtundra have thri jareas still far enough north and six of their |Wads this development fo: i Accord ten children were recently dis- |te? years covered living in a municipal News an expeditic e park, where they had been for |Minstad Institute of Pols As six weeks. Victims of eviction, | Culture and Livestock Breeding they had stopped for two weeks | has been in the woods of « with friends, the police put them | Republic in north Li up for a night and then they ;‘oPean Russia and found th reindeer herds which have moved to the camn site. McDan- | there during the last decade t iels, who makes $4u a week, ex- plained, “All we want is a house | Multiplied very rapidly re ready to pay for what|4 average weight pe a besos that of their fel the tundra and we get.” PALACC THEATER BOB STEELE in “COLORADO KID" News and Other Features Sonthernmost Garage in U. 8. GARAGE | | 1120 Duval Street Phone 168) Auto Repairs, Painting, | Body and Fender Work | Genuine Auto Parts for Sli Care