The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 30, 1947, Page 1

BRITISH TRAILING TWO MORE SHIPS” CONTAINING JEWS). Refugees Number 3,850;: Esplosions Oseur When! 1) C, Gables British Announce Ships To Be Intercepted (Ry Associated Presa) JERUSALEM, Sept. 30. — An occurred today near Gate in this city, but or injured were re- re threw the city ith sirens screech- police and troops wd the Jaffa Gate. iby ? I i @ warning to the au- to intercept two i steamships are the Pa- Northland, loaded with lugees from Bulgaria , and it was report- had left those coun- permission from Rus-' a the ships passed danells from the y were reported rament, which | ips to trail the cr q vi 1if warsh British announced that the ships attempt to land in Palestine, the vessels intercepted and taken of embarkation. of sire gqyeeed | | ivf? Het Hi have exploded, one wrecking a truck in four British troops, was killed, though | injured. Another ex- two unoccupied off the track at & i i ij i: i TH t Jews were reported in- | teday in a small riot in Prk ie PAL’s Organize Club For Negro | Group At Meet) In fulfillment of the promise mede by PAL's at the time of their organization, to reach out into the city and cover the en- tire field of children, a commit- tee of Father Johnson, Louis Eis- ner and H. V. Urion met in St. Joseph's Hall at Petronia and ‘Thoms streets, with about 60 colored residents for the purpose of organizing their club. Officers and committeemen were chosen. They are: Alfred Saunders, _ president; Annie Laurie, vice president; S. W. Kelly, secretary; L. A. Ga- briel, treasurer; Rev. C. C. Higgs, Claude Lang, Flossie Sands, Ber- nice Thompson, Ralph Howard, Rowena Pinder, Anthony Wel- ters, Blelen Key, Maria Rod- riquer, Tomasa Morera, were chosen committeemen. Crosby Horn is boxing in- structor. Their next meeting will be held in St. Joseph Hall, Monday October 6, at 7 p. m. Youth Makes 200-Foot Jump NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Strapping # war-surplus para- chute to his shoulders, Richard Reichner, 12, climbed to the top of a 200-foot radar tower, and was carried into space by the chute when he pulled the rip- cord, Richard reported the start was fun but the landing a little hard. His mother to make sure he didn't try the stunt making herself a Nylon dress out of the parachute. FIRE THIS MORNING AT BAR ON DUVAL ST. No. | fire station answered a call at 2:15 o'clock this morning to extinguish a small fire in Sam Hyman Bar, Duval and Wall streets. Damage was slight. PALACE THEATER WARREN DOUGLAS in “THE INNER CIRCLE” News and Other Features | will come Saturday. The entire Germans Admit again, is | Elks To'Come This Weeken ] WILL INITIATE CLASS oF Cause of scarcity. FORTY CANDIDATES FOR KEY WEST'S LODGE OF ELKS Coral Gables Lodge of Elks, a class of 40 candidates as mem- [bers of Key West Lodge 551 of the Elks, according to an an- nouncement today by J. Stuart} Hicks, exalted ruler of the loca! lodge. Reservations have been made toa more than 60 rooms for the Coral Gables group at La Concha Hotel. The initiation ceremonies ‘ THE Henry Ford, Il, Gives ‘Cure’ For Economic Ills (By, Ansnciated Press) ETROIT, Sept. 30.—Henry Ford, II, issued a statement today in which he said that the “cure” for economic conditions in the ,United States is “Production and ;more production.” He declared that there is a! ready. market \ for — practically everything that is produced, and maintained that when the supply meets the market demand, it will result in the adjustment of prices in every field’so affected. !~ Prices are high, he added, be- Industries in the United States, he said, can meet the demand if production is stepped up. .. Uptrend in production, he con- cluded, not only will cure the eco- nomic ills in this country but also rums. To Develop Irkutsk Area AP Newsteatures peer Vase Irkutsk ‘Dis- slated for industrial develop. will be held at the American ‘ment in the near future, accord- Legion Home on Stock Island, !ing to Pravda, which summ because the local lodge rooms ‘up the ec its of a recent confer- are not large enough to hold the jence on the productive forces crowd. All social functions of the two lof the district. The conference was attended | lodges will be held at the Duval by some of the outstanding econ- street lodge rooms. They are planning conch chowder and oth- er native dishes, as well as danc- ing. An orchestra will be en- ed to play the music. Exalted Ruler Andrew Healey of the Coral Gables group will be here on Friday. Most of them group is expected to remain until Monday. ; Black Market Food Sources omists of the Soviet Union and studied various problems of the ‘economic growth of the area. The Irkutsk District, which is larger than Texas, is located! along the shores of Lake Baikal, | fifth largest and deepest lake in the world. It has developed rap- sidly since the Bolshevik revolu- During these thirty years, ac- cording to Pravda, production of coal has: increased twelve times, put ten times and total industrial production eighteen times. All this development has not even scratched the surface of na- tural resources, Pravda stated. The conference was told that Jon ‘the basis of local coal, water, AP_Newsfeatures In power, iron ore and salt the whole the British occu-|region would be turned into a | discount period ‘pation zone, which is one of tremendous electric power and the hungriest sections of Ger- many, between 77 and 85 per- cent of the Germans admit that they are buying or scrounging food over and above their offi- ‘cial ration of 1,550 calories poll. In Hamburgf 85 per cent said they were getting food in addi- jtion to the official issue and in the province. of Schleswig-Hol- stein 77 per cent made a similar admission. The official survey observed: “Money has grown shorter. Expendable articles such as ewelry and textiles and cloth- ing, which might have been sold have ‘become worn out or. use- less. Black market prices are falling, indicating a new phase in impoverishment.” |Hall Agrees To Leave Key West | Charles Hall, arrested by the sheriff's office on a charge of vagrancy, pleaded - guilty before Judge Thomas S. Caro today and was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs or to serve 30 days in ‘county jail. Judge Caro deferred. the sentence providing Hall leaves ,the city for two years. He agreed to the terms. This was the only case before Judge Caro in Criminal Court today. Bingo Party Held By Local Lions The Lions Club members and their guests had a very enjoyable \bingo party last night in the patio of the Lions Den on Semi- nary street. About 50 persons competed for prizes donated by various mer- ichants. Everyone won some gift. | After bingo, refreshments ~con- lsisting of hot (off the outdoor fireplace) grilled wieners and all jthe trimmings plus a gocd Pepsi Cola donated by Bill Curry of the Curry Bottling Works. ) Bingo was called. by Robert Pollack and Frank Adams, industrial combine. The Angara River, according to Soviet sources, is the most economical source of electric pow- er in the world, largely because jof the fact that Lake Baikal with daily. This was disclosed by Gj its tremendous water reserves guarantees year round flow through power turbines. Cerezo, Waite Case Set For Tomorrow The Civil Service Board, at a regular meeting tomorrow morn- ing at 10 a. m., will listen to the appeals of Policemen Joseph “Buster” Cerezo, and Bernard Waite to set aside the five-day suspension imposed upon them by City Manager Ellingson. He took disciplinary action on recommendation of Chief of Po-) lice Perez. who said the police- ‘men left their posts of duty to at- tend the Sugaloa fire. This Is One Way To Do It MILWAUKEE.—While driving along a street, Charles Brooks was seized with a violent sneez- ing spell. He lost control of his car and it climbed 10 feet up a | telephone pole guy wire and stayed there. Brooks eased him- self out, brushed off his clothi and called a wrecker. He was hurt—and he wasn't sneezing anymore. Trapped In Well 21 Hours WARNER, N. H. — Norman Woods, 23-year-old-army com; bat veteran, was trpped for more than 21 hours at the bottom of a! 20-foot well which carved in on him. Woods was unable to move from his waist down, his legs be- ing held fast by timbers and de- bris. Volunteers and State police ‘worked all night to dig him out. He was rushed to a hospital. will “pull” the world out of its about 100 strong, accompanied by old | it were headed to- their wives, will come to Key | with 3,850 Jews} West next Saturday and initiate ‘Soviet Plans tentimes, timber. out- | Righting Greece’s ‘White Plague’ | Tax Discounts To Be Allowed | > City Taxpayers a City Taxes totaling $277,442.56 will be collected, beginning to- morrow, Archie Roberts, tax col nounced today. \ Notices have been sent to th: taxpayers of the city stating our control, we. were unable to open the 1947 tax roll for collec- | tion September 1, in accordan with a new law recently pass! by the state legislature. “Our statements are late and| therefore we are changing ‘the | | ij | | tax staternents “Four per cent discount dur- ing the month of October; 2 per | cent discount during November, | 1 per cent during December; net | delinquent February 1, By reason of the fact the tax: roll should have been opened | September 1, the three per cent allowed those who pay during the | second period hi een can- | jcelled. | Commission Acts | On City Licens 's met in spe- ye i liquor, fternoon to approv jday a licenses. Ibeer and wine 1 The commissioners approve ‘new beer and wine licens lJack Gaiti at 109% Duval st | (upstairs). Renewal liquor approved for the following Philip Warshaw, Madri Gras H urant, 'Raul’s Club, Boulevard. | | Renewal bér and wine licenses | ‘approved were: ) 218 Duval | 1 N. ¥. Busy Bee, 905 nton | ‘street: Harlem Inn, 716 Emma | ‘street; Two Sisters, 707 Duval | {street. | ‘NOTICE My Friends and Patrons | | MARCO’ MESA, JR. ' will OPERATE the ! | White Star Cleaners | Effective | October 1, 1947, ’Til ? 1 | We Specialize In Prompt Pick - Up & Delivery Service '267W - PHONE -282' ie . 16 days of August, The Key West Citi SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1947 A Greek child is X-rayed in a tuberculosis examination conducted by a mission of the Interim Commission of the World Health Or- ganization (WHO) of the United Nations, now covering 5 The mission has reported the discovery of a high disease rate, brought on by hunger and by the generally over-crowded living conditions. Greece. I OIOM OTIS, No. 3 Firemen Get Radio From Father Johnson Bill Lee, in his column on September 23, -said. that: the } » firettien at No. 3 fire station lector-treasurer of Key West, an- | 5 would appreciate a gift of a radio, new or second-hand, 4 and today they informed The Citizen thet a new radio had “owing to circumstances bev ‘bean: given them by Father Joseph Johnson of St, Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church. In a letter to The Citizen, the firemen say: “We, the members of the No.. 3 fire station, wish to thank the Father Jchn- son, of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church, for the donetion of a new radio, for which a plea from us appsart- ed in your paper last week.” a the month of January, aad : uring the month o: Pana a 7, ah daheabeahal wee 5,000 To Be Paid Teachers Willard M. Albury, Monroe county’s superintenden tof public schools; was busy this morning signing checks for principals, school teachers and office person- nel, who will draw a total of near- ly $35,000 not later than Friday of this week. The checks will be in payment of teachers’ salaries for the entire month of September, and also for which the teachers claimed was due them and for which they held meetings not long ago. Pavment of the 16 da jicenses were dered by the school board, which} said, in effect, that the amounts due would be in the form of good will. Albury held the payments were not due until next August. Seeks Order To Claim Children Application for a writ of habaes cuit Court by Earl E. Justice to recover the possession of and be awarded the custody of three mi- nor children, Barbara Ann Justice, 9; Loretta Justice, 5, and Earl Ed- ward Justice, Jr., 7. Justice charged his wife, Dolly Justice, is an unfit and improper person to have the custody of hie children. WHERE DAN CU JPID ENCOUNTERS HYPBEN | BERLIN. — (AP), — Marriages between Americans and Ger- mans are becoming so numerous here that they nearly monopolize the society column of the Berlin Army newspaper. A recent issue carried nine wedding notices. Of these only one was all-Amer- ican and the other eight were American-German. THE U.S.A. [Prices Down In Some Areas, Up In Others {By Annoeiated Presa? WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. — A government survey’ of prices of food, conducted in 10 cities in the United States, it was announced today, shows that costs have gone up in seme areas and down in others, so that the levels general- ly, during the last two weeks, (are about the same. A Cities in the midwest and along the eastern seaboard reported that the prices of eggs, butter and meats have decreased slightly. and in the southwest, far west and the south, there has been a slight uptrend in prices over the fortnightly period. ! In some sections of the south, including Florida, the trend has been slightly downward, but, all ‘in all, in that part of the United States, the report said, prices had increased. How Wheat Bills, Mailed October 15, Payable November 1 ———————. ———-—- “TAX ROLLS TO SE SUD Ross To Make | ee [County “Tax TOBER 7 Call On Elks | Of 11 Lodges 22's "2" ate \the office uf CountyeTay Cotiee AS DISTRICT DEPUTY EXALT. ‘* Howard E. Wilton om Octo ber 15 for payment on or efter ED RULER HE WILL START November 1, he announced t OCTOBER 20 ON TouUR oF “*” Last year the county tax cotlee 1. CITIES |tor took in a totel of $424,008.08 ‘Peter J. Ross, Key West, dis-/{om, all sources, and collected trict. deputy exalted ruler of the pari ps io veal extete foam, Lodge of Elks, will start Octo. (hich woe Muon fos thee ber 20, on a tour that will take —s wee him to 11 cities covered in the , fice. About the same amount will | [Ts Pourin be collected by Wien ‘ by Wi next year ' i |= TO. TOUR STATE "cm Ocber the tar el wil submitted to sioners for final approval by AP _Newsteatures Tax Aenmen Claude A. Gen THENS.—Nearly 100,000 tons dolfo. The commissioners will : of whecteguivalents, the ai: sign a warrant instructing the location of the U.S. Forei . lief, ‘am to Greece for July por toe any ea — to tember, have reached eight port cities for distribution, Gandolfo’s office finished the reports George Gardner, of making of the tax rolls last week Princeton, N. J., of the American The work of entering all exten Mission for Aid to Greece. sions on the books was begun on A total of 6,752 tons of pow- dered.and evaporated milk, 195,- 207 pounds of DDT insecticide, and about 357 tons of beans also have been shipped from Ameri- can ports into Greek harbors, he points out. ; . The first two ships bringing post. UNRRA relief supplies H into’ Greece were the Barbara Lykes and _ theBereaVictory. Both ships diverted from Ger- many transported 17,542 tons of flour, Ships which have’ arrived dur- ing September included the Hoo- sier State, which brought the first post-UNRRA shipment of dry milk, and the Bates Victory, which déposited half of its wheat cargo at Corfu and the remainder at Patras. | _ The J. B. Waterman brought ; & second shipment of powdered | milic, totalling 1,680 tons, from :.New York, | from New Orleans, transported ; 8.196 tons of wheat to Piraeus and an additional 6.350 tons to Volos in Thessaly. The Daniel Lewnsdale from New Orleans unloaded 5,350 tons Jot wheat at Piraeus and deposited the remaining 4,000 tons at Crete. The Rosario brought _first shipment of DDT totalling 48,327 pounds 10% DDT powder insecti- cide and 146,880 pounds pure DoT. Other wheat ships include the SS Theodore Foster, from Hous- ton, Texas; the Arthur Riggs, Green Wave, Nicholas Biddle and Ethan Allen. Milk supplies are expected to arrive aboard the Exford, Excelsior, and Kate Kil- dare. Beans will be shipped on the Crest of the Waves. Harris School Room Mothers Hold Meeting | The Room Mothers of the Har-} tris School met at the home of , Mrs. Sara Watson, 915 Southard street, on Monday evening at 8 o'clock. New members were wel- ,comed by PTA president, Mrs. Texas Hood, and Room Mother chairman, Mrs. Glenwood Sweet- lcorpus was filed yesterday in Cir- ing. The study course on child prob- lems was led by Mrs, Walter ; Clawson. The business session was con- | ducted by Mrs. Sweeting, and plans were made and committees appointed for a Halloween Festi- val to be held on October 24, from 4 to 6 p. m., on the schoo} grounds. The Halloween parade will be staged at 5 o’clock. After the business session, a social hour was enjoyed and re- freshments were serv | ROAD SERVICE | PHONE for Our WRECKER e@DAY Phone 501 eNIGHT Phone 1053W SANDY'S GARAGE WEB 40s DUVAL 6. The James Smith, © Avgust 6, after the county com mission had adopted ite tucdget and fixed the rate of taxation for next year. Now Gandolfo's office ts start Is (Speetn- tn The Oittnens TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Sept. 30. —A retired county officer or em ploye enjoying retirement com. rensation cannot become a men ber of a town council without losing his retirement benefits Attorney General J. Tom Wateon has ruled. In an option to Comptroller C M. Gay, the attorney genere! or senate ne renee eel \southers? district over which, he New is the” prgsiding officer lodge. + vi Ross, who is a past exalted the names are carried ruler of Key West Lodge 551, 80 that they may be slipped Elks, and was last year president @ machine which sutomationlly of the State Elks Association, carries the new owner's name. will inspect the books of the vari- While Gandolfo’s office wes ous lodges under his jurisdiction making up the tax rolls, Tex Cot and will make addresses in which lector Wilson took the completed he will deliver important mes- rolls, page at a time, and made sages for the good of the or out the tax bills, The bills are His itinerary includes Belle now all ready to be mailed Oc Glade, Fort Pierce, West Palm tober 15. Beach, Pahokee, Fort Lauderdale, ———— Lake Worth, Miami, Cora! Ga s bles, Miarni Beach, Key West Ruling On Job Hollywood, which will be his last | é‘ stopping point, December 4. | | There are between 8,000 and Of Retired Man 10,000 Elks in the various lodges which he will visit ° J ve Girl Scouts Give ! ' Party On Beach | Members of Tivop 3, Girl Scouts, met with their leaders at the Wesley House Saturday. Af ter the meeting, the girls, accom: panied t: their leaders, hiked out pointed out that the retiremen to Rest Beach to nejoy an after- !act prohibits anyone getting such noon of fun. benefits from being employed Some girls went swimming and or f receiving any of jothers walked the beach in benefits .ron the state or any ‘search of sea shells. After doing branch or agency of the state. He |this for a while, everyone set- defined a municipality as & ‘tled down for lunch, consisting of branch, agency or department of roastad wigners and marshmal- an , lows. ‘one serving on the it or i ——__---— commission of a city or towa Jayshees Elect jwill fortele retooman® benefit New Officers: At a regular meeting of the | Jayshees Monday night in the Poinciana Community Center, the following officers for the coming year were elected: Mrs. Ann Cobo, president; Mrs. Piedad Archer, vice president; Clella Ward, recording sec retary;' Mrs. Fae Saunde' ponding secretary; Mrs jarrosa, treasurer: directo rie Pinder, Mrs. Norma Faraldo, and Mrs. Norma Dopp A. L. Murray and wife trans ferred to Alfred Sanchez, 1120 D vision street, a property in Eagle avenue for $4,000, according to & warranty deed filed yesterday in the office of Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer Samuel M. Thompson an ~ ferred to Caridad Avalo, 7% monton street, property Petronia and Simonton for $200. near streets. Outgoing offices we MS TT Norma Dopp, president; Mrs Flora Rueda, vice president; Mrs. | TD SELL THOSE Edith Sweeting, secretary; Mrs. ‘DELUXE STEAKS Marie Pinder, treasurer | The installation dinner will be | held on November 17. Window Blinds | For $1.00 FOLKS, BUT MY WIFE WON'T LET ME. I'M HENPECKED. WEAVER Symphonies in Food Strunk Lilien Yard PHONE 816