The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 3, 1947, Page 1

West, Florida, has the ‘country, with an average]. ‘fange of only 14° Fahrenheit Spe TEESE VOL. LXVIII. No. 285 $28,000 Is Figure WAA Will Take For CHAIRMAN BENTLEY OF* TO RECOMMEND BODY |Lester Rules On ACCEPT tj Qualifying Dates A recommendation that the City Attorney Lester this Monroe County Commission pay afternoon informed City the War Assets Administration| Clerk Roy Hamlin by letter $28,000 for the West Martello| ‘hat Tuesday, eer BA, at Tower site for the proposed new | ® pe peile ee we city Tes county beach will be submitted] ition race. . to the meeting scheduled for Lester also gave his legal Tuesday. night. opinion thet October 27, at Chairman Frank Bentley said| 5 p. m. is the veson ee ~iteday..thta -he, would..make the | €alify to vote in “4 recommendation Tuesday, fol-| vember 4 election. lowing his return froma trip to oa Or Oe 4 officials, who the 000 figure was the lowest amount they would con- Bor der Patrol sider th h Bentley pointed out thar che! Apprehends Man commission has only one other recourse—to appeal to the WAA On Cudjoe Shore officials ‘at Washington, which would take two to six months , at least; in an effort to have the| Julian Booth, who says he was figure reduced to $10,000, which @4rift in a sailboat four or five thi i ite. days, was found I’ 3t night on the ie. commission bid for the site. south’ shore ‘ofiaCudjoeKey by At the same time the commis- jmmigration. border patrolmen, sion also bid $35,000 in the event who tied him over to Deputy the $10,000:figure was considered Sheriff D. M: Andrews at Mara- too low. Bentley said he had thon. 5 talked with WAA officials at Andrews brought Booth to Key Jacksonville, and then went on West and .hgd him, put in» the ta the regional office in Atlanta, county jail fill his case has been where. they agreed to accept investigated. $28,000 for the site. | Booth stated that his home is Séoscsoliliestion of = the ene in Fieger Darener some os ey pepe R: there four or five days ago to sail Spalding and Associates, will Sh of the Florid: haveto- be “made: inv the vevent through the waters’ of the Florida the tounty accepts the $28,000 Keys. Wind. and rain, he added, | figure. P r $28, caused him, to lose contro] of the, bo Since the commission’ previous- ' 000 to develop the’beach at Fort had been found. Taylor if, and when the Navy, +—————-----—~—-—_-__ Department all: property for to be amended, because a figure! ities. With the $28,000 to the govern- ! ment for the property and with | the negro allotment of $15,000, the total expenditures for those | It is planned to have a beach for grownups at the backer ‘ I Ci T | Tower site, and a beach for chil, | ; | dren as the Rest Beach area. n aty —_ Then there would be erected a persons. {two hours of collections before | vesterday’s heavy rains, Key SURVEY VESSELS | West taxpayers had paid in ex- TO PUT IN HERE ‘cess of $3,000. En route from New York to| Roberts had mailed tax bills Wera Cruz, Mexico, where a Na-| totaling $277,452.56. val survey is under way, four! ships of the U. S. Navy will put! 7#4BEAS CORPUS into Key West f fueling Tuesday, it was amaoueed today CASE DISMISSED of Key West Naval Base. corpus ‘proceeding brought by “The four ships are the Tanner,’ Far] E. Justice who sought the pt Fe) Nite eae a poe custody of three minor children ‘ : lfrom ‘Dolly Justice has been — ari ih Gillis and Simon ‘signed by Judge ‘Aquilino Lopez, edsaee }JIr., of Cireuit Court. The case has emma | settled out of court, he said, i WE ARE. LT HYDRAULIC [BRAKE (STERLING'S Sranker Let Us Check Your Brakes F PCGING STREET Lou Smith Auto Service ee Sones ROASTERS & FRYERS 2 Star Acts! Direct from Miami’s Olympia Theatre JACK RANDALL Versatile Comedian, Magician and M.C. PAYCEES A Foremost Dancing Team —_PLUS—— PHYLIS BARTON The Voice You Love to Hear 9:00 P.M. — Two Shows — 12:00 M. FRIDAY and SATURDAY No Increase in Prices — No Cover — No Minimum CLUB TROPICS ~ West Martello Site COUNTY COMMISSION] POO Meee S| PART IN DEBATE AGAINST Atlanta, Ga., where he /inter- SHEL DMALD&H s mond of South Carolina repre- pana ne. Aceh seers not ya been reported ‘to E. L. Miller, counsellor kes }¥ voted to give, the colored peo-, the ice whether or:not: will, be. in ple of the iy ‘sum of $15,- red nn can io he was in, ‘Key West. noe a apd”s," the purpee, the plans mite Estimated Only 1,200 Votes tnd oe us, cee Needed For Victory In Next ' Month’s Commission Election “POLITICAL OBSERVER purposes is $43,000. i ! 000. Collected | SETS THAT NUMBER swimming pool and an audi-| Tax’ Collector Archie Roberts: as the time of the closing date torium to seat several hundred |stated this morning that, in the draws near in the city commis- by the public information officer; An order dismissing the habeas . E SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 \_ Caldwell Urges TAKE ANOTHER SE ANSBerddcasts On na Pgh ‘Truman Return! FROM TANKER; MAN IS; Trevor Says ! mn; MA Situation} 7 4, To Presidency) SUFFERING BAD BURNS| Sunday Night Carib Queen =~! To Run Soon HE AND ANOTHER DEMO.|U.S. Navy And Coast Guard: | i CRATIC GOVERNOR TAKE| Here Cooperate In Re- Man Arrested moval Of Man From, . sical REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT aes / Appeared To Be -| ron supmenrs asroap (COMMERCE CHAMBER'S (Special to The Ct m)> p ke | LOUISVILLE, Ky,, Oct. 3.—] For th Sie ‘ “4 (By, Agaociated Press) WW, r J I Gosebabe ‘MINAS 'F Palawell be Bein, ‘ si ~— seonaees I Nar cotic Addict), wasitiveonoc0°3" re. 'MaDODOLR LLM, DIRECTORS ADVISED lorida today advocated the re- ,election of President Truman as _“a leader who may be trusted— one whose calm, courageous judgment may be depended up- on.” Governor Caldwell's strong en- ;dorsement of President Truman and a continuation in power of the. Democratic Administration was made during a forum debate ‘this, morning received greatly; Police Chief Perez said today bring down prices: of foodstuffs eiE> é é canes Citizens Of FERRY WORK IS PRO. meee Picdimy aid Ha Sipe er ithat a man, recently atrested by ‘in the United States and also to ; : ined: services of the U. S.tocal police,: appears to be a nar- provide supplies for Europes United States ) GRESSING Navy and the Coast Guard here.. 1, P N hu , today wi ht be- ; Late in the afternoon the Coast ;°tle addict. Pepsi two conllisting forces. N ot Best Fi ‘ed x Work ion the Carib Queen, the Guard in Key West was notified.| Petez ‘added that the de-} The state department ‘and the ‘ \sutomobile {erry destined to pro- by their district headquarters :fendant showed ‘indications - of army .recommended that. food be (By Awsocinted Pres) vide service between Key West that, the wail pec /O line, having smoked marijuana cig- Lal na Ss of what ot hosnabaiaae Oct. 3— and Havana, is progressing at a standing southward through the jarettes. Thi oi, + ‘affer ‘may on prices at @ United States is not the | ct m Florida Straits, required medical he a4 Sl Moe, at home, while the department of] “best-fed” country: in the. pone ean iid directors of the. assistance for a member of. her. 1B: Havers’ anid va A ae agriculture warned that .if the} world, the Department’ -of |, = J ‘ommerce were »in- in Havana’ and Tampa, ‘and the government in its has- ormed at thei: ti ster- ip gi ent increases its purchas. Apricuititxe 4 tomas taser ir meeting yester- broadcast over station WHAS, crew. ¥ and Governor J. Strom Thine Arrangements were made with|Pupils of, their’ eyes were en- es of pritegcie ceive spital|. . -Tpe. best-fed.\ country is a the U. S. Naval Submarine Base }larged and. their» movements! Asrog Regie jest! another spiral is 4 country ‘Report of the progress of the sented the Democratic side, op-|for provision of medical assist-|jerky, indications that were ap- eR irae sat ho Deka i a New Zealand, where there is. | work, which has been a more or posing Governor Eimeon S. Wil-} ence and a fast boat was readied |parent in the case of the man in ‘creased further in ienee tod <-| an abundance) of foodstuffs tess moot question here f ,lis_of Kentucky and Governor} to meet the ship, a large ‘tanker | jajl. F but ae aces ‘ay! of various kinds, the depart- aagerte nor Bey }Ralph F. Gates of Indiana. operated by the Sinclair Oil LuREY he fo, show,}.4 ment stated. et weeks, Was submitted to the te gira ae presentation of the cause |Company. _ as was possible. to relieve his} Sunday night President’ Tru- People in three other coun- chaineats a “ety ha lt ne mores party, Gover-| At 1:30 this Thorning the CG-|pain, the patierit was transferred man, Se¢retary Marshall. and tries, which the department haat oerer Se party | §3403, an 83-foot crash boat oftby stretcher te the crash boat Charles Luckman, chairman of ¢ ? tor .of the: organization | aves in gags aan ih perform-|the local Coast Guard fleet, in; which then sped up channel tothe President's food’ committee, did not name, eat more meat ‘Trevor personally interviewed ‘d minicar. and with victorious | charge of Chief Boatswain's Mate |the Submarine Base. Upon ar- will broaticast to the people of| FOF vie then the people of [55° G williams vesident nests rand efficient management of the /Olie B. Odom, U.S. Coast Guard. |rival at the base “Tuttle was im- the United States about the food). ap Yesedl States. Gilt” "Atiantie-"Traniepostation hela le criticized the Republican | jeft its base, with Lt. (jg) R. E.!mediately transferred to the situation. - ape Cémpany,'at Jack ville ‘lee ets i impotent to deal with] Rowand, Medical Corps, U.S.|waiting Navy. ambulance which |-They are expected to call, on | Lehn teak af aha ath ths areal aah id hee aah ase international prob-|Navy, N. A. Nelson, pharmacist’s | took him. at.once to the U. S. the peobte of this country to efim- pelted yb ae sgn seem alta iS. in | : inate as much waste is hi - y service + if " , Mate third class, U. S. Navy, Naval Hospital. t s much waste as is human. 3 OE haay_ think it thay. Mae i clas US Noy, and Nara HOD as ug Wt poeie tal iy deen t| Unemployment [uid be blind erat isthat tthe Sreeeiulaer 1 eerie first class, U. S. Navy on board, |considered -te-be- serious and. au- Rr tt apeae race & D : suigural date t08 ‘the oar cal williny te ha Paks iu : ith to. renderunus Nin ane aly bor vere bad, tn:deference: to, his today called od th e cei Benefits Paid of the ‘Carib Queen, but Tre a eee of "gantaes ton rae At 3:00 a.m, the medical aid logndition, ‘tetrained - from’ ques, ers’ to. plant at ja a ‘million reported that the president of the which brought us to to the worst | Unit boarded the tanker, whith ti ii ae “ sit higae infor- ‘tore acres to’ grain ‘next year. . Loeall $22) i assured that the financial depression we have ever known | /ay hove to off the entrance buoy mation ‘concerning : In. some-quarters. there is still a Ys ;Problems which had confronted and which has done little but cavil and criticize since.” ‘ of the Key West Main Ship is incident, was a thresway demand. that. congress 38 a the company have. been removed. Channel. They found the patient ;cooperative job inasmuch: as the Sees lawn aintiai te the] Monroe county unemployment } ge of the ah eboattekta to be Harley S. Tuttle, 18 years |U- S. Public Health Service ha PA law, which has been inaper-Jinsurance payments for the week lof the ferry service to Key West REHABILITATION old. ¢ member of the ship's esi |S co eerd ais aly, until 0°" 1. tures: soomthe. ending Seotember 27 amounted the Chatiber of Commerce has neer force and that he had been Tuttle.on board, his ship un to $221 and were made to 12, in-itried ales. ta" pep aiocesat MEN. COMING | severely scalded while making | such timé ashe was turned over ' ; -Teluting four men and aight Wonk eiahe Tete eeateate resent | Republicans, “9° Jen, Jeff Knight, Jr., manager of |the edhe, ay rics id District Supervisor Clark and repairs ta,a steam line early in} to the. Coast Guard: boat crew the afternoon. and the (Naval s jubmarine Base the Key West office of the Flor- | ~ ‘Until, regently ‘ Afte iving such treatment ' medical ‘personel ’ ida St 5G) it siti a cational rehabilita gs ronekvings auch Iestineit Maes a Demoerats In re Prev eee tag apmehare gc ahM izen’ NEE stop tadacadoaadetetnd ¢ pen ae \ ail abating. P ‘The eee Ttoraiet ata edagsa , she . ; ope d > Dal. this’ courity registered. as out of |ship, which is ‘a large one, ca- Too Late To : Classify alifie ' " work through no fault of their /pable of holding about 250 auto- x j (BY Anaoerstea Preany own and available for suitable | mobiles and several hundred per- * * * es * * * | WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. — {employment were classified as: | sons. i ; % ion About ’Glades Park ; While prices‘ of ‘some’ foodstuffs |. Clerical and sales, four: serv-| Trevor saw ‘Williams in his Replies to Tom Watson's Assertion * * ® jare skyrocketing at all-time | '€¢- four; semiskilled, three; un-' Jacksonville office on Monday. * * * ¢ t : ‘ highs, Republican .and Demo- acer Sie ae oa Trevor went: aboard the Carib nn p’ Le T ,cratic leaders today renewed atewide unemployment in-|@ueen and: said that.a crew of B Pe ekamp 8 tier 0 Kay tress attacks in trying to plac>|surance payments amounted to!men was at work on the ship oye : : the bldme forthe high cost of |$173,822. and were made to 10-/and that: progress was being OOOO TOT Te ving! i \ 837 persons, during the week!made toward conditioning the A week ago, Russell Kay, in} before the Appropriations and} The renewal! resulted from an | ending September 27. Thesé fig-jjarge vessel for the Key West- his column, Too Late to Classify, jPublic Lands and related com- jassertion made last night by Sen- | ures do not include allowances | favana service. published in The Citizen, gave|mittees of the Florida House and, ator Robert O. Taft, in a speech [Paid to 16,435 anemployed vet- Attorney General, J. Tom Wat- |Senate—Tom Watson was notin Wyoming,..that the Demo-|erans from federal funds which Ja Pi n To son's side of the Everglades Na- present. He was, yaar cratic administration is to blame |were As during the same|JQYCCS FUG i ispute, and today ,wged to be at the Cabinet meet-" for the spiraling prices. period. =, ; a Sone. Ppa associate |ings at which endorsement of \ Democrats, replying today,| Statewide paymengs 9. non Select Girl To i f iami ci v : i ani- | poi that it was v for the week reflecte ditor of The Miami Herald and ‘our program was given unanl- ‘pointed out that it was the Re veterans oe Se ey of the Everglades Na- ;mously by the other members of | publican majorities in the house |" increase over the previous Go Into Contest pub, ‘ H inet; d the subsequent and th te th: 4 week when $169,467 was paid. tional Park Commission, mailed the Cabinet; an sequent'!and the senate that passed the 6 , i ; ‘i ; _!hearing. before the Legislative | pil] that killed the OPA. The: While 133, including 32 vet-| Key West Junior Chamber of thesfollowing sletten, Oi el sa x erans were placed on jobs|Commerce at’ its regular busi- ini ission’s. side | Committees, held in the old Sen-| further declared that, since OPA u plaining) Be commlasion’s er ‘ate Chamber, was open. Appear- |'hecame inoperative, the prices through the Key West FSES of-|ness meeting, , instructed Earl “[ read with considerable in-|ances in opposition were made jfor food have continued to in-|fice in September, 165 veterans /Dunvan, chairman of the Amer- ‘win. terest your column of two weeks there in behalf of the oil lease in- | crease. and 164 nou-veterans, including |icanism Committee, to proceed | A political observer in city hall] ago in which you discussed Tom :terests which interests then made!” Republicans’ held that prices}109 women, were stil seeking|with plans to select a local said today that he thought 1,200] watson’s attitude with reference | many of the same arguments {had gone up because the admin- }employment at the beginning of ; Voice of Democracy” to be en- votes will be enough to win. to the Everglades National Park.| which Tom has been making | ictration had bungled the foad |October. ‘ ___ttered in state and national com- | At the last commission election |"’.7¢°nas probably slipped your |more recently. Please note that I jsituation by conflicting recom-| On the other hand. there ate jpetition. ‘ ; ; in 1945, 4,151 votes were cast in} ing that the Everglades Na- said oil lease interests as distin- |;endations to the people of the {currently listed 49 job openings} This event is sponsored by the the six precincts out of a totai| i003) park Commission which ,8uished from oil companies. The | United States. 1 office. The greatest | United States Junior Chamber qualified list of 4,933. Kaas hi q hi ject to its pres- {latter have officially stated a de- ze for sales clerks, cap-.|of Commereé in cooperation with The special election of 1946 did brought the EO t D ' sire not to interfere with this or SERVICE OFFICER penters, plumbers and waitresses.|the National Association and not have the interest of the 1945 }ent Position is an Gat pete lany other public project. z Job orders and applications for|the Ke \. nufacturers Asso- election as only one candidate | authorited OY ined aim! ‘Let me point. out, too, that OFF TO MIAMI jobs should be made at the Flar- | ciation. jwas chosen last year. Hearly tientyey Care eeaist ee eight of the Commission mem-| Jack Saunders, Monroe County ida State Employment Service! Duncan wag instructed to con- In addition to the three com- pleinented iby, ten/succere re nid ers. are newspapermen, or men |gervice Officer, is leaving for Mi- {office located at 314, Simonton | tact the principals of the Key Meee ecaelecdkey tee in eset ae veers of five! with newspaper affiliations, in-|ami late today and will not be {street. Job orders will also be|West High School, the Douglass cemiietey poesia encing sesile| li ence 1 CURE jcluding Martin Andersen, Kar!|pack in his office in the court {taken over telephone 489. | School and the superior of the be rete cat. arhoehn Bickel, Carl Hanton, Nelson before Monda: Convent of Mary Immaculate to The official 1945 qualifying] “The list of the present mem.'| Bickel, Carl ee GEG house before ry. i legntiniied Ga’ Page four) and actual voting list by precincts] bers is attached for your infor- Poynter, Gilbert seas Ave Sontheramest Garage in U. 8. jis as follows: mation. They have served with- |Ware, and me. The eight! a aie Voted Qualified | out compensation of any kind. In!H. Perry, was a mane e z POOR OLD CRAIG {First Precinct .... 486 577 the concluding phases of theii ‘ark Commission until his ap- SERVICE STATION 1180 Daval Street Phone 10 {Second Precinct . 697 795 work—that is, when the Commis: ; pointment to the State Tuber- ene eae 9134 Auto Repairs, Painting, Pp an \Third Precinct .. 354 414 |ion made two appearances be-;CUlosis Board necessitated his Division at Francis one Body and Fender Work Fourth Precinct — 953 1238 fore the State Cabinet and then resignation under the law which |CHAMPION hats ‘tor ai} Once Fifth Precinct _. 768 927 - |‘ (Continued On Page Two) Outboard Motors $127.00 Manso waxes jSixth Precinct 893 1042 | beosinsneemmsenerinenmamsmnencsseastl \ AT | Rane meeannne sacar eS ' SEALED BEAM WAST PALACE THEATER BRADY'S PTT NETH] Kooy | compound by Experienced (ATO isrann of Foreign Wers GARDNER'S PHARMACY Cordiaiyytavitastowto PRAdAAAAAAAAAAAAARBS. | AS OUTCOME SPECU- LATION GROWS sion race, speculation is not only about who will be elected but how many votes the three suc- cessful aspirants will need to Reasonable Prices “STAGE COACH *tO DENVER” NAVARRO, Inc. ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS . A . oice Poultry (a ——EXPERT—— Featuring “ARENT SJURSEN Free Demonstration!! MARTIN OUTBOARD. MOTOR ALL DAY SATURDAY at Key West Boat Yard : FOOT OF FRONT STREET % Everyone Invited to Take A Ride Soft-Bone ROASTERS ROASTERS YELLOWTAIL Golden Fried,in Deep Fat | Auto Repair S | and HIS SHARPS” With the Tail Left On 3 : BATTERY-RAISED at So You Can See What Kind Reasonable Prices At the Clubrooms of Fish You Are Getting We Have Testing Machines That 2nd and Flagler Avenue at RYERS Leave Nothing to Guess Work DOOR PRIZES pepeahts DESIRED WE AVER'S : PROMPT SERVICE Reasonably Priced Retreeeny | 1214 Whito Street RO. Ine. |ADMission..25¢ PER PERSON PHONE 540 OF COURSE! NAVARR( Station (Tax Included) | ay aaa terways committee, and a direc- .