The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 2, 1947, Page 1

size employ an average of 1.58 police workers per thousand in- habitants. i between Key U, S. and area cities, the FBI lice, who in some communities constitute a separate unit. t { Key West, Florida, has the moe, equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXVIII. No. 234 Police Protection In Key West Falls | Below U. FBI REPORTS’ NATION AL AVERAGE HAS IN. CREASED, DE- (hrm Wey weet oleate WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2— Key West’s police protection is achieved with proportionately tewer employes than it is in most U. S. cities, it was:revealed today in the semi-annual Uni- form Crime Reports of the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation. According to the reports, Key West has 1.15 police employes for @ach 1,000 local’ residents, while bet national average was 1.67 in| nationally the, police’ protecti in urban areas has increased, but ! in Key West it has decreased. Key West's police protection js saved every fifth day by every ON |be saved yearly in the S. Rating Drive To Begin) ceasep toca |Sunday To Save Food In U.S.A. ONE LOAF OF BREAD, SAVED EVERY FIFTH DAY IN EACH HOUSEHOLD, RECOMMEND- ED BY COMMITTEE “(By Asnocinted Prens) WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—The President’s committee on food conservation Thus, the FBI report poiits out, }100,000,000 bushels of wheat can said today that United tates if one loaf of bread is achieved with proportionately levery housewife in this country, fewer employes than in all cities sand that 60,000,000 bushels of iui its size group, where the avet-{corn can be saved annually if age number of employes per 1,000 every household in the United inhabitants is 1.32. It also. pro- |s; portionately fewer employes than do all the cities in this geographic jed that he did not think that the vides police protection with pro-jeach week. tates has two meatless days A loéal economic expert assert- area—Delaware, District of Col- committee’s recommendation of umbia, Florida, Georgia, North |volunteer saving of food will to -In making these comparisons West and other ';, are ‘factors to be ¥ not reflect- d ents may still op- gai ‘on a two-shift basis, where- of wbage can, in which foodstuffs various kinds had been wasted ds in most agencies the men are by a household. distributed among, Similarly, differences in tomotive equipment three, shifts. | ganizations and public park po- | Also, there is some variation | among the cities as to the source | of personnel handling traffic at intersections near schools. In some places. this is handled : by regularly assigned, full-time | poiice employes, while. in other | cities part-time school crossing « guards may be employed, Ships, Airplanes | Warned By Navy, A warning was issued to ves- sels and airplanes. today by the Key West Naval Base to stay away from a point 15 miles; southwest of Key West tomorrow, | for there will be gunnery prac-} tice by one of the Navy vessels | stationed here. There will be anti-aircract firing. The weapons will be fired toward the south. This Is One Way ToDo It: MOOREHEAD, Minn. — When the automobile of D. W. King, railroad fireman, ran off a raised crossing and stalled in the path of a mail train, King, thinking fast, ran up the track and flagged | the train. Then he had the engi-| meer ‘ease the big locomtive up; to the crossing and gently nudge | his auto loose from its precarious | position. The ‘train proceeded, | only five minutes late as a re-{ sult of its tow-car role. BARBECUED CHICKEN | ‘WEAVER’S | \ last June 30. ie au- mail will be used by the commit- radio tee in reaching the housewives in communication facilities would the United States. inave to be considered as well as the number of private police em- ployed by individuals and or- Veterans Find Carolina, South Carolina, Vir- , prove to be effective in helping ginia and West Virginia—where the’ food situation. the average of all cities amounts that he thought the only effec- 83. Area citi he same tive measure would be to pass b Fane sition cha she another food-control law, similar He added the OPA measure that died Spokesmen: for the President’s committee will begin on Sunday appeal to American ‘house- _ wi to i ful: in thi bittomneat ae pile more careful: in the words, will be. pfainols One’ photaraph wilt owe a to try to drive The ,press, the radio and the Prices Raised In Auction Here George W. Penman, in charge of the WAA sales for veterans st the Gato Ware- house, Simonton street, this afternoon was bitterly de- nounced by service men of this locality. Penman, on his own au-- thority, raised the prices of ‘typewriters from 50 to 100 per cent prior to the sale this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Typewriters that were listed at $23.08 were raised to $33.08, those tagged at $20 were raised to $30, while those which had been listed to sell at $18.08 were raised to $38.08. American. Legion Com- mander C. B. Harvey, and Veterans’ Service Officer Jack Saunders bitterly op- posed the raises after the prices had been listed on the The change in prices was made just one and a half hours before the sale and any veterans who brought along just enough money to purchase the desired equip- ment were forced to return home empty handed. Penman. stated this after- noon that it was “hig respon- sibility to see that prices were right,” and that he con- sidered the listed typewriter prices. to be “ridiculously low." The high raise in prices gaused many veterans to re- fuse to purchase, and at the - end ‘of the sale, any ‘veteran, regardless of whether he had been the holder of the lucky auction number, was allowed to purchase the typewriters at a 50 to 100 per cent raise in prices. At press time, three type- writers were still unsold, and the actions to be taken by the American Legion and NATURALLY ‘ ether organizations were not disclosed. : THE sO By FRED AP Newsteatures he drove home his arguments for helping the nation’s 28,000;000 Pitals seven of his 55 years, Starhecm is spearheading a movement to provide jobs. for others with physical handicaps and to pass legislation for medi- cal treatment, education and training. His interest crystallized during his last hospital stay in 1940. He started thinking about people in the same fix, broke and dependent, and says he real- ized “it was a case of tackling it myself or not seeing the job done.” 2 These are some of his accom- | plishments: 1,. He founded the American Federation - of» the. Physically Handicapped five years ago and it its president. The: Federation has ,17,000, memi throughout 2. He engineered a National Employ the Physically Handi- capped Week. President Truman has proclaimed this obserVance for October 5-11 this year. In 1945 nearly 13,500 physically handi- capped persons were placed in jobs through the U. S. Employ- ment Service during the first ob- servance of this week. Last year there were 29,439 placements. 3. This table thumping on Capi- tol Hill was one reason for or- ganization of a House labor sub- committee which studied present helps available to the handicap- ped. 4. Partly as a result of Stra- chan’s untiring efforts, the Civil Service Commission classified 8,200 of a total of 27,000 different government jobs as apjen to phy- sically disabled persons—com- SICK Appendicitis Taken Off Key West A member of the crew of the SS-Ponea City. a tanker, was taken off the ship off Key West by a motor torpedo retriever of tie Naval Submarine Base early this morning and was taken to the Naval Hospital for treatment. He is suffering from acute appen- Gicitis. At about 3 a. m., today the the U. S. Coast Guard that the Ponca City af the Marine Trans- port Line, southbound along the Florida Keys in the Florida Straits, would stop off Key West to obtain medical rteatment for one of her crew. ASS The Coast Guard reported that it had no ship of its-own to meet vessels to effect the transfer . of the sick man to shore. 2a UTHERNMOST _N FIGHTS FOR JOBS FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED HE) TALKS, SHE LISTENS—Paul Strachan, deaf, watches “Mildred Scott for incoming telephone conversation. ‘ASHINGTON.—Lots of people in Washington, particularly congressmen, have heard Paul Strachan pound a desk as ‘ physically handicapped. Strachan himself didn’t hear it. _ He's stone deaf and can lista half dozen other ailments which have kept him in hos 4——WW——__- ‘SEAMAN TAKEN FROM SHIP BY NAVY Man Suffering From Acute* Tanker Off Island Of, Submarine Base was notified by. the Ponca City and requested the - Navy to send one of its small: EWSPAPER IN THE USA KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1947 { i : t fiat | J. ZUSY pared with 365 out of 6,800 five years ago. 5. He is strongly behind a pro-; posed law, introduced in January 1946 chiefly because of his in- sistence, which. would integrate the activities of 41 federal agen- cies concerned with handicapped persons and requir e all indus- tries and businesses handling federal contracts to fill up to two per cent of their jobs with handicapped persons. Strachen is convinced his mis- sion is a good one: “We can ‘rehabilitate’ —and that is one word Strachen dis- likes intensely—“a disabled’ per- son for about $350 a year. It costs at least twice that much to keep him in dependency. So it’s good business to lend a hand.” Uiies (D-Colo.) and Sparkman (D. Al-} a.); Reps. Carson (R-O.), Mc- Cormack (D.Mass.), Kelley. (D.- Pa.) and Charles E. Pofter, leg- x Sl lint tnd tnt pp ° I; : nt we i a Rates hea oe ecosing Boy Scouts’ Tentative Program AABARBAAADADADAAAAAAAAAAAARAABAAAAAD ‘Key, West Boy Scouts have arranged the following tentative program for the Navy Day Scout celebration in Key West, October 25 to November 1, with the Exploradores Nacionales of Cuba as guests of hohor: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th MORNING—Welcoming of Cuban Scouts. Meacham Field. (All Key West Scout officials and Scouts present.) NOON—Lunch. AFTERNOON—Theater Party. EVENING—Wiener Roast and Beach Party. Rest Beach. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26th 2: 4: 6: 7: P.M.—Dinner. P.M.—Church Attendance 83888 A.M.—Breaktast. 88 § IN—Lunch. ny P.M.—Motorcade to places of interest around city. P.M.—Swim. Navy Swimming Pool or Ocean.* . First, Congregational ee MONDAY, OCTOBER 27th A.M.—Parade (Navy Day). P.M.—Memorial Exercises:. Marti‘and Maine Monuments. (Presentation of Medals and Honor Awards.) Navy And Civilians 3 : .M.-—Rest Period and Shopping. .M.—Dinner. .M.—Party and Dance. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28th .M.—Breakfast. .M.—Trip to Aquarium, Lighthouse, Forts, etc. j—-Lunch. .M.—Motorcade to Scout Camp at West Summerland Key and Marathon, serving of refreshments at Marathon. P.M.—Dinner. P.M.—Theater Party. + WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th A.‘M.—Breakfast. i eae through U.S. Navy Submarine Base. |—Lunch. P.M.—Trip through Boca Chica Air Base. —Games and Contests, Bayview Park. —Dinner. 3 Bayview Park. sss 8 or0'0. ss > 8 A . Et 22 83 see exon 00 P.M.—Games and Contests. : THURSDAY, OCTOBER s0th 8:00, A.M.—Breaktfast. 9:00\A.M.—Trip to City Hall, County Court House, Convent, etc. NOOQN—Lunch 23 hese Games. . points along the entire northern; coastline of Palestine, in the hope } of helping the 3,500 Jewish refu- gees on two transports from Bul- —_——_—___————_-4MEMORIAL S ER V ICES Two Jewish FOR NAVY MEN WHO vi * ( DIED IN LAST WAR TO y e ' $tns } Refugee Ships | sep First ‘meeting between the Naval Base and the civilian mem- nteree te bers of a committee to arrange for Navy Day, October 27, will jbe held at 2 p. m.,"Tuesday in the BRITISH REINFORCE TROOPS | ofrice of Comdr. Eli Vinock, USN, IN PALESTINE TO COPE }OPpérations officer of Key West = {Naval Base. TTH EXPECTED UNDER-} Comdr.’Vinock also announced GROUND VIOLENCE today that in memory of the men of the U, S. Navy who gave JERUSALEM ee ee The their lives in the last . war, Jewish underground, which had {memorial mervices would. be: held been keepmg watch at strategie | October 26. Commander Jack Clark of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Commander C. B. Harvey, of Ar- thur Sawyer Post 28, American garia and Romania, was angered Legion, have also been invited today when it learned that Brit- ish warships had intercepted the transports and were convoying them to Haifa. The British did not state wheth- : er or not the refugees will be transferred to the Island of Cy- prus or will be taken back to the Ports of embarkation. | British authorities here elsewhere in Palestine have strengthened their contingents of troops to cope with anticipated :violence? as a result of the report about the interception of transports, iLouis M. J. Eisner Enters Race City Comm the ;pianned for Key West. Lt. Comadr. For oner|s to attend the conference to ar-) range details of the Navy Day observance here. Other civilians who will at- ! include Joseph Pinder, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce; Edwin Trevor, [president of the Rotary Club; Joe AJlen, president of the Lions ;Ciub, and John Spottswood and iL. P. Artman, Jr. | A combination Navy and ciyil- jian observance of Navy Day is ;James' M. Hingson, USN, Lt. Comdr. P. E. Glenn, USN, and Lt. Comdr. R.. M. Hamsay, USN, will represent the Submarine Base: on the committee. Lt. Comdr. Hingson will represent the commanding officer of the Submarine Base, Capt. Willard .—Fish Fry. Fishing Trip. Waters around Key West. :00 P.M.—Visitation to Cuban Martyrs’ Monuments. and Cuban Club. Refreshments. less veteran decently elected to| #00 P-M-—Swim and Beach Party. i fr antes as a Republican from 7:00 P'M.—Dinner. eri .| 8:00 P.M.—Visit to San Carlos Strachan, married and the father of four sons," three of, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Ist whom were in service, leans heavily on Miss Mildred Scott, secretary of the federation, her- self handicapped as the result of infantile paralysis. ip Miss Scott is Strachan’s “ears. He talks constantly over the tel- ephone although he is unable to hear the other person. Miss Scott listens in and relays the conver- sation to Strachan. He reads her lips. LESTER TO RULE ON QUALIFYING DATE FOR CITY ELECTION Speculation as to the expiration date for qualifying for the office of city commissioner has arisen. The wording of the Charter is said to be ambigious, and City Attorney Lester has been asked to rule on the expiration date. Lester will give his opinion after an examination of the Charter and existing records. watertender and a_ fireman aboard the Ponca City. He was speedily brought to the Subma-! rine Base where medical author- | ities directed his immediate re- | moval to the U. S. Naval Hospital. ! Later it was reported that :Mize was resting ‘comfortably. | “The highlight of this incident ; is the evidence of cooperation ; between the Coast. Guard and} the Navy to aid a member of an- | { beard of directors (All Key West Scouts are req Chamber Board To Meet Today Final meeting of the present of the Key Chamber of Commerce will be held late today. A new beard is now in process of being selected. At the meeting today in the |Chamber offices in the USO building it is txpected the old di-, rectors will make recommenda- tions to the new board as to the movement afoot to build and op- ; Miami. approve of the $6,000 project and saddle the new board with the debt. It is expected the new |board will take action on the in- formation bureau at its first meeting, which has not been {scheduled yet. (Dogs Like Dogcatcher The old board did not want to | Departure of Cuban Scouts to Cuba via Aerovias "Q" Airlines. uired to be present at Airfield to see the Cuban boys off. No school on this day.) Houser Returns _ After Conference Capt. Harold A. Houser, USN, commanding officer of Key West Naval Base, returned yesterday trom Jacksonville, where he con- ferred with officers of the 7th Naval District. Houser was ac- companied by Comar. Eli Vinock, ! USN, operations officer of the base, and Lt. Comdr. John Van Ohlen, legal officer of the base. They left by plane Tuesday morning. lerate an information bureau in; i Property Sales Carlton L. Craig and wife have transferred a piece of property on No Name Key to Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Baker, No Name Key, for , $12,000, according to a warranty ‘deed filed with Circuit Court 'Clerk Ross C. Sawyer yesterday. } Johnson Realty Company trans- ‘ferred property on Johnson street io Mr. and Mrs. W. Dalton Da- vies, 1330 Johnson street. Lewis , Eisner, ief of police, today announced |‘ iltis candidacy for city commis- Sleeping On A {sioner in the election next month. Jn discussing his cand:dacy, he j = ' Beach Dangerous { “In announcing for the office ie of city commissioner, I wish the | citizens of Key West to know of GEARHART, Ore. — Stanley ' my intentions, and of my back- Donald Hesgard, 8, of Cascade , Locks, Ore., was killed -and his parents injured when an automo- bile was driven actoss their bodies as they lay in a sleeping bag in front of their car which was p.-*ed on the beach. The mother suffe.ed a fractured shoulder, but the father was only slightly hurt. Rides 3,600 Miles On Horseback CLEVELAND.—Three — ex-GI's ‘Glen Selby, 20, William Waress, 23; and Austin Lemon, 26, re- cently embarked on a 3-600-mile trek which they hoped would lead them to Miles City, Mont., and bgck. In addition to sight- seeing, they hope to test the per- formance of their Western saddle horses. Theit mounts were weighed again on their return. ground, “TI visited Key West during the years of "41, '42 and '43, and fell so much in love with the island that, in 1944, I sold my New York home and promptly purchased a home site in North Beach Road. My only regret is that I did not discover Key West sooner. “I proudly served as. your chief of police for almost a year, during which time I gave the city a department that was neat and} courteous. Efficiency of the de- | partment was only as good as the material I had to work with, but I did my best. i “My character and reputation in both private and public life are open for investigation, and 1 invite it. I resigned the chief of , police job of my own accord,’ \vather than have my good name ‘dragged through the mire of, jpolitical entanglement. During imy short term as chief of police, I organized the PAL organization, ; ‘which is designed to make our ; vic is make our NEGRO SAILOR sen have continued this work, ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH ASSAULT and am at the present time presi- dent of a large and growing PAL; pojice have arrested Gus Pett- movement. I am retired, on pen? 2. a negro sailor, charged with sion, from the New York Police texting Bessie L. Jones, colored, Department, and offer a great’ 2+ virginia and Whitehead treets deal of my time as commissioner. {ast gight. If elected to the city commission, | “she was struck in the face with I pledge, to the people of Key!, ‘hottie, and her right arm was iWest, the following platform: injured. She was taken to the Key SANTA CLARA, Calif.—During the absence of Poundmaster Jim Johnson, all the dogs escaped. However, Jim wasn’t surprised | every one of them--waiting at! the gate for him to let them back , in. SNEAK THIEF ENTERS GRINNELL STREET HOUSE tbief stole a fountain pen, sun glasses, a pair of reading glasses, jand religious medals from 529 |Grinnell street, while the resi- jdents were in a front room. The CHAMBERS RETURNS Canby Chambers, who makes At 12:45 this morning a sneak ! “3. Cut to the bone certain City | “1, Turn over the operation of west General hospital. ithe city government to a compe- ltent city manager, with no ‘strings attached, in compliance ith the City Charter. To divert funds from the Safety Auto Inspection and park- ing meters, in conjunction with our regular street fund, to repair vur streets, without additional taxation. ‘RESIGNS JOB AS | TRUCK DRIVER Helio Gonzalez, 406 Fleming street, has resigned as a truck driver in the scavenger division, Department Public Service. **EXPERT® other service,” said a. spokesman |his home here, returned yester- | for the Submarine Base today. ‘ |“The request of the commander , ,thief was seen leaving the home, } y om Old Pyne Conn. where ut escaped. Policemen Wilson ‘tall departments which are top- | he: haga 8 big fot i008 jJoily and Gabe Lastres investi-, ,eavy with unnecessary salaries. PAINT and At 6 a.m, the motor torpedo ,of the 7th Coast Guard District, fetriever, under command. of R, ‘Miami, was immediately fulfilled A. Page, boatswain’s mate second , bY the Navy here.” élass, with Coxswain F. A. Join- | et, took the man ‘aboard and/ started for shore. Also on the PALACE THEATER yescue vessel were two pharma- eist_ mates, A. G.\Moore and F.} ALLAN LANE in months. Chambers drove down to | ia West from Connecticut. | | AEE, \*ROAD SERVICE _ | | i PHONE for Our WRECKER e@DAY Phone 501 | e@NIGHT Phone 1053W i E. Nunn. |“STAGE COACH TO DENVER” The man who was lowered to News and Features them was William C. Mize, a WE 104 DUVALL SANDY'S GARAGE, TT gated for the police department. Southernmost Garage in U. 5. TWINS 1120 Daval Street Phone 100 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Care | “4. I will endeavor to destroy ; ‘animosity, suspicion, and bad feeling that is mamifest in our present city commission, that is Reduce our overhead and in turn; reduce our taxes. at Reasonable Prices sc costly to our taxpawers. i VARRO. I j “5. To work ever faithfully and NA , ine. justly for the interest and welfare of one and all.” Opposite Bus Station 4