The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 14, 1947, Page 1

VOL. LXVIII. No. 244 RESOLUTION TONIGHT TO PLACE ‘RACE TRACK’ ON ELECTION , REFERENDUM|35 1040 Million| Also To Be Considered Ist Ordinance To Grant Examinations For Funds For Construction P ositions In Navy Of Dock 1 City Commissioners meet in | recessed session tonight at 8 o'clock at City Hall. thorizing a referendum on next month's general election to per- ait Sam Hyman, local business man, to operate a dog race track on Stock Islahd. Allan B. Cleare, Jr., is attor- | ney for Hyman and he notified the commissioners at last Tues- day's regular meeting that re- lease of public lands had been accomplished and requested of the commission *that they recess their meeting in order to allow the qualified electors. of Key West to vote next month on whether the race track is desired by the majority or not. Another ordinance to be con- sidered tonight by the commis- sioners will be the granting of $800 to construct a dock on Standard Oil Company property. The ordinance has been prepar- ed, and if the license is granted the city by the Standard Oil Company before tonight's meet- ing, the ordinance will be acted upon. y / If the license is not received by that time, then the ordinance will be held over until the next inecting. Also to be considered tonight will be a resolution rescinding the Western Union resolution of jast week that opposed the con- templated closing of the Western On the } | Yard - Announced Examinations for probational engineman, hoisting and port- abie, and engineman (for filling the positions of engineman, re- frigeration and cold storage, en- gineman, stationary, power ‘plant, fuel oil plant, and on wa- iter line) have been announced by the Board of U.S. Civil Serv- ice Examiners at the Naval Submarine Base. ¢ { Registers tstablished as a re- teult of the current examinations will be used to fill vacancies in j these positions. which may ‘occur ;at Naval ‘Activities in Key | West. Rates of pay for the posi- tions begin at $10:56 per diem. Tutermediate rate is $11.04 per diem and maximum is $11.52 per diem. Application forms may be ob- tained from the Recorder of the Board at Building 91, Subma- rine Base, from the Secretary of tne Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners at any first or second class post office, or from the Regional Director, Fifth U. S. Civil Service Region, aunouncement, with full details of duties and qualifications: of the positions, are posted at the Key West post office and at Building 91, Submarine Base. Applications must be on ‘v.| with the Recorder, Board of U. S. Civil Examiners, Naval Sub-' Union offices from 2 a. m., to 6 am. At the last meeting: the vote was 3-1 to oppose the. closing, with Mayor Demeritt casting the | Under the contemplated . ar- | vangement the Western Union will hgye an arrangement. with La Concha, Hotel to handle. all calls from 2 a. m,, to 6 a, m. All incoming messages of an urgent nature will be telephoned upon receipt during those hours, or sent out by taxi. Dr. Todd Coming Here Thursday; To Speak Twice, Dr, James Todd, ‘social direc- tor of the Florida Council for the Blind, with headquarters in Tampa, is expected to arrive here Thursday morning by air- plane. He and another unidentified council official’ are scheduled to address the P.-T.A. of Division Street Elementary School during the afternoon, and at night will appear before, the meeting of the Key West Lions Club. Principal Earl E, Hamilton of Division Street School made all arrangements to bring the coun- cil officials. here, Dr. Todd's subject before the P.-T. A. meet- ing will be, “Prevention of Blindness.” He reports the other official is in charge of the field that will be the subject for dis- cussion, the” prevention pf blind- ness. While there is no connection marine Base, Key West, not later | than November 7. H ae oJ A committee of Jaycees, con- sisting of J. M..Whitson, Mal- coini Pinder and ‘Isidore’ Wein-_ traub, has been sappaiayed _ to. study expenditures: ofthe ycur- rent jeer BF" the Cit} "ef Key West, in relation to amounts: that will be asked for each de-. partment in the forthcoming budget to be prepared by the city manager. The Junior Chamber of Commerce took an active part in | recommending changes in the’ budget prepared last year, when a fifteen-man committee met and studied the budget, fol- lowing which their recommen- dations were made to the city | commission and in a number of ; cases changes in the budget | were made. Candidates To Attend Meeting Of Women’s Club Members of the Key West Business and_ Professional Women’s Club will hear candi- tion to the city commission in November, tomorrow evening at their regular monthly meeting in tiie Women’s Club house on Du- val street. School teachers of various’ Key West schools have also been in- vited ‘as guésts of the evening. The program is part of the or- between the Lions International and the Flonid@ Council for the Blind, both organizations work in close harmony for the bene- fit of the sightless. Glasses for the near-blind and canes for the blind are among the many ways the Lions Clubs aid persons afflicted in this manner, WE WILL OBSERVE Meatless Tuesday As Soon As We Are Convinced WEAVER'S STOCK ISLAND ganization’s plan to instill in Key West women a greater interest in all civic affairs, and by shear- ing the campaign platforms of all candidates they can more in- telligently exercise their rights te a constructive voice in’ local government. | Club officials would remind ail voters that registrations for the ' November elections will close on October 25. All persons who did not register in the last general election in 1945 are re- quired to register at the City Hall in order to be eligible to , Vote. PALACE THEATER “The “Invisible Yafodaser” News and Features TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT ¢ Atlanta, ; ‘Copies of the examination Legion To Give ‘all final burials insthis..city of 4 Overseas war dead if desired by “War. Department | accompanied by a man of equal | of their dead. dates who are running for elec- |Decision,” will be shown. This |Dade, Broward |Flood Damage, PRECAUTIONS: BEING TAKEN TO PREVENT POSSIBLE SPREADING OF TYPHOID IN THOSE COUNTIES (By, Associated Press) MIAMI, Oct. 14.—Precautions are being taken in Dade and: Broward counties against the | agenda will be a resolution au-:4PPointment. to the positions of | possible spreadifig of typhoid a3. a result of the flooding of streets and maiy yards. | Septic tanks, in many in- stances, have been flooded and ,their contents have been mixed with flood waters. The Red Cross announced to- day that, after a survey of flood-, is districts, it had béen decid- 'ed to spend two and a quarter ,Mmiilion dollars, instead of the originally planned one million, for relief work in the two coun- ties. { Many miles of { streets have been ruined, and the cost of: re- pairing them will run into many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Damage generally, _including ferops, will run from 35 to 40 million dollars in the entire dis- tricts that are under flood wa- ters, it was estimated. | Four hundred miles of road- ways have been damaged, and eugineers estimated today that to remair them will cost $4,000 a mile. ‘ - Military Rites To W.W. II Dead The Key West Guard of Hon- or of Arthur Sawyer Post 28 of the American Legion will provide full military honors for P. today. aa Arthur Sawyer Post has re- ived 4 sound film from the ,entitled “De- cision,” which’ will ‘give. accurate information’ rélatiye ‘to’ the final burial . programs. and return of World War. 11 dead : from , over- Seas. | § LEU Cae i { is 15 minutes and it is to be shown to ,the public Friday eve- ning at 7:30 o’clock at the Mon- roe County Clinic Auditorium at Fleming and Thmomas streets. Officials of Arthur Sawyer post invite the next of kin of the Monroe County dead to at- tend this showing, because, they say, it is ah official govern- ment film. E Shortly the government is re- turning to this country the bodies of war dead. Each body will be rank of the dead. It is expect- ed the relatives of several Key Westers will request the return A regular meeting of the Key West Guard of Honor of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 will be reld tiis evening at 8 o'clock at the Legion Home, Stock Island. The War Department film, film gives complete and: ac- teurate information relative to the return and final burial pro. gram of World War II dead. Charles S. Taylor Announces Today | Charles S. Taylor, who was one of the original group to draw up, the City Charter, today an: nounced his candidacy for ci commissioner in The Citizen. |. Taylor’s platform will stress a |business administration, based on his own business experiences of the past 27 years, Another project to be strongly supported by the well known local business man will be to increase port facilities for the advancement of Key West, which possesses a matural harbor and all necessary requirements. Aluminum Roofing —— at — STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 PEPER EE EE THE SOUTHERNMOST ning an essay contest to be spon- sured at the school by the Amer- Arthur Professor Horace O’Bryant, who will Ge the College of Business Admin-! istration of Ficrida will be jour-day course for sales persons! of Key West. | that upward of 100 sales people! for electricity lowered of the city will take part in the | West. That pledge has been kept; | school. It will operate through’ the rates have been decreased, !“house of horrors,” fortune tell- the cooperation of the Key West | but I think that they should be - Chamber of Commer School. to give the course are: KEY WEST, FLORIDA Tires Amaricon soldiers on occupetion dty neat pretty Japanese waitress. Rest in the Tokyo eree offer a wide tion of food, and some, like this one, even provide American American Legion Contest Winners Will Command A Submarine On Navy Day PROF. HORACE O’BRY. ANT WILL BE JUDGE Three Arrested OF ESSAYS TO BE I P ae SUBMITTED nF omeiana Commander C. B. Harvey of} Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Mitchell the local. Arthur Sawyer Post 49d Connie King were arrested Legionnaires with the 'son Jolly on a_ charge of dis- Sonata Ds NaYy \ The police stated that the de- A Key West High School boy /fendants destroyed property and iana address. | Bond bf $250 was set by the Navy Day as the awards for win- ;pylice in each case. executive officer on Mictor in War, Guardian in Peace.” i essay contest is just one pofswhat isan: namely, avy oftitals are working untiringly to make Monday, October 27, a great day for the Navy, anda day. that lo- cal citizens will remember. ‘ Sawyer Post, lay down the r and eiect the winners. Subject of lie essay will be ur Navy, SALES SCHOOL WILL BE HELD IN HIGH SCHOOL; 4 PROFESSORS COMING Comedy Skit Will Mark* Se Hunter Harden pre ext ° sree" Bor Reelection Night age As Commissioner Next Monday four men of the | al Extension Division and | Hunter Harden today announc- University of ed his candidacy for re-election here to start a! as city commissioner. Harden sai “I made onl le when the West High School. Lt is expected’ determinedly to have the rates in Key decreased further. That is the From 8:20 to 8:40 9. m., Mon-' pledge I make now, and I will day a skit entitled “The Saga} keep it as faithfully as I did when of Ima Jerk, or How Not to Be a Successful Sales Clerk,” be presented by a which now is their comedy parts by Mrs. Mc- Knight. It will be presented in I was elected.” Harden said he will later dis- cuss other matters of great im- portance to the people of Key West. will local cast being drilled in auditorium of the High|**** Barn Theatre OPENING MONDAY NITE naeaceesene: October 20th, at 8:30 Key West Players Presents Marine Corps League DANCE THe DRUNKARD Friday, October 17th Retain Acts wel Geenee LaCONCHA TICKETS NOW ON SALE RAINBOW ROOM at PAUL SMITH, Bookseller, JOHN PRITCHARD corner of Simonton and Eaton and His Orchestra Streets, or at Theatre at 8:00 P.M. 9:00 Till 1:00 o’Clock “| PRICE $1.50, Tax Incl. DOOR PRIZES Free Refreshments Admission . . . $1.00 Couple| COME and -HISS the VILLIAN!! The men who are coming here Frank T. Adams, short course | moderator of the General Exten- (Continued On Page Three) SPAPER IN THE U.S.A. DAY, OCTOBER 14, 1947 --Boat Forced to Landin Atlantic 1400 MILES FROM LAND: 62 ‘PASSENGERS, INCLUDING AMERICANS, ABOARD AIR- CRAFT: ALL SAFE j (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 1a Sixty-| two passengers.and seven crew- men are aboard a British flying boat that had to come down 1,400 miles from land in the Atlantic today. | Shortage of fuel was the cause of the .forced landing. It was , Said that ever since the boat had ptt England it had been bucking } head winds. They became so bad, | the pilot decided to tufn back, but jhe had not gone far when he j learned that his fuel tanks were ‘ almost empty. He sighted a mark- er ship and decided to take to the : water. He came down without } doing any damage to the flying boat and then taxied toward the marker ship. ; The first report said that the passengers had. been transferred to the ship, but a later report stated that the seas were too i rough to make the transfers. An- ! other message said that the flying boat was holding up well in the rough sea. | Six Americans are among the Passengers. No. 28, of the American Legion, |%¢ 6:30 o’clock this morning -by | Peter J. Ross In announces the full cooperation ;Pelicemen Ray Atwell and Wil- | of the officials of the U. S. Naval Base |turbing the peace at 144-D Poin- and the U. S. Naval Submarine | (jap, Base in haere Day on October 27. Commission Race Peter J. Ross, business man, qualified this morning for the !eity commission race before City will serve as commanding officer |created a nuisance at the Poin- pce Roy Hamlin, of a submarine and a girl will be his ‘Poinciana P.-T. A. ‘Meets And Adopts ‘Budget For: Year, t “A. program . wag. presented -by the Fifth Grade ‘pupils at the Poinciana Parent-Teachers et- ‘ing Monday _ evening. ‘Ss. Donna Fowler, delegate to the ; Florida Congress: P.-T.A:'s Sum- mer: Institute,, gave an accourit | ofyher stay’ at Tallahassee. The tonly delegate from Monroe county, Mrs. Fowler said that |hearing Mrs. Bonaro W. Over- ‘street, noted author, alone was {worth the trip. ! The business meeting was then opened by Mrs. Julia “Ann Gibson, president, with report of the secretary and treasurer. Reports were given by all com- ; mittee chairmen and the budget ;Was adopted. It was voted that ,; tie mothers from one room each month will furnish and serve re- freshments after the meetings. | An eraser cleaner wilt be pur- ‘chased for the school. Projects previously outlined by the ex- utive board were voted on and ' ‘cepted. They include shade jtrees and general beautification {of the school grounds, lights for the classrooms and outside of {building entrances, projector for; ivisual education. . | Plans have been completed for one of the class rooms at Key | ago, and that was I would fight the annual Halloween carnival, ,Which is to take place at the school October 31, 6:30 to 9 p.m. There will be a fish pond, ing, hot dogs, ice cream, cold 'dvinks and home-made pastries booths. | Concessions are to be arrang- jed by the Room Mothers, with each room responsible for tie ,decoration of their booth. After the meeting was ad- journed, a social hour was en; joyed. The door prize was won {by Mrs. Coppersmith. Refresh- ments were served by the hos- pitality chairman, Mrs. Isabel McCraw, assisted by Mrs. Baugh- man. TRANSPORT HERE USS Bardo, APD-133, trvop transport ship of the U. S. |Navy, arrived in Key West early today. She began taking on fuel and is expected to leave later for New Orleans. A TTT, ROAD SERVICE PHONE for Our WRECKER , @DAY Phone 501 e@NIGHT Phone 1053W SANDY'S GARAGE SN 404 UAL ST. a fast; With USO Will Be_ Decided On Nov. 7 __ —-¥MEETING SCHEDULED | Advisory | WASHINGTON, NATIONAL | AIRPORT WEATHER BUREAU | ADVISORY NO. 20. 10:36 A.M, 1 EST, October 14, 1947: | “The tropical ‘storm. at 10:30 jAM., (1530Z) has an indef- inite center near Latitude 34.5 de- | arees N,, Longitude 75.0 degrees { W., or about 70 miles southeast of | Cape Hatteras, and a second cen- ter located by airplane about 180 miles southwest of the original center. Little movement has been in- dicated during the past six hours. Strongest winds near centérs es- timated about 80 miles per hour and gales and squalls extend out- ward over a wide area and reach the coast area of extreme eastern North Carolina. The secondary center appears to be deepening and becoming the major center and this’ center should move northward about 10 miles per hour with, increasing winds along the coast from north- ern South Carolina to the Vir- ginia Capes ang rather high tides from Cape Lookout to the Vir- ginia Capes. . Caution advised all ships to northwest, north and northeast of storm against hurricane winds, and points along Cape Lookout to the Virginia ye coast from | OF ALL INTERESTED ™ IN FATE OF JACKSON SQUARE At a_ meeting scheduled for November 7, final decision of what will be done with the USO. after the United Service Organi- zation. releases the Jackson Square structure December 26, will be decided, it was learned today. j | A meeting then is .scheduled by all the groups in the city in- terested in the USO such as the ee the Navy and the Military Affairs Committee of the Cham- ‘ber of Commerce. ‘ Frank Adams, director of the USO, has stated that there is at present no assurance that the {Army-Navy YMCA will come \here to operate the USO, but a movement is -on foot which might bring the organization in- to the Key West area. ~ Official word the USO would 1eiease the Jackson Square building after December 26 was received here today. The board of directors of the USO approved "a complete plan for termination along with a_ streamlined or- ganization to act as the liquidat. ing trustee of the USO. ~~ Operation of the USO started on February 4, 1941, with the Capes against gales and rather United States preparedness. pro- high tides this »fternoon and to- ' gram. It found itself in 1944 with night. Winds snould reach 5¢ tola total of 3,035 clubs and other 60 miles per hour at Cape Hat- ‘ operations. All together more teras. ithan 4,000 clubs were opened Northeast storm warnings dis-'quring the life of the organiza- played ‘from Delaware Breakwa- ‘tion. ter to Wilmington, N. C., arid over ' Lower Chesapeake Bay. and more than 5,000 At no time did the USO have paid-. profes- northwest storm warnings oon {sional employes. The bulk of the north of Charleston, S. (C.,.. t “4 Wilmington, N. C. xg SCHMIDT, ” Washington. Hilton Key, 53, Hilton Key, 53, passed away this morning at 8:15 o'clock at his residence, 820 Olivia street, after a short illness. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock at the residence of Miss Lou Roberts, 818 Olivia street. Rev. James H. MacConnell, of St. Paul’s Church, will officiate at the service. % Burial will be in the family plot, City Cemetery, with Lopez Funeral Home in charge of ar- rangements. Survivors: Widow, Mrs. Vi- oia Key; sister, Mrs. Mamie |Sawyer, and two _half-brothers, DeForest Key and _ Fletcher Carey. : Junior Chamber To Begin Drive For Members Jeff Knight, Jr., chairman oi the membership committee for the Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce, announced today that a drive for new members for the Jaycees will get underway in November. This is the month that the Na-, tional Junior Chamber of Com- merce has designated for a mem- bership drive throughout the country. The club will be divided into three teams captained by Glynn Archer, Russell Baker, and ‘Daniel Lopéz. The team securing the most members will be guests of the losing teams at a special dinner. It is also planned to have spe- cial awards for those members inging the most new members nto the club, The membership contest will last through November, and the winning team will be announced soon after. °@ POULTRY BRADY'S ‘vanxer 1214 White St. Ph. 540 Large Grade “A” DOZEN EGGS While they last 60c -by more than ; months. The USO is made up of. six large American social agencies: YMCA, National Catholic Com- ‘Imunity Service, the Salvation “iti Dies This A, Me YWCA, National Jewish Welfare Board and the National Travelers Aid Association. Two PAL Councils Met Last Evening The Central Council of the PAL organization here met with the newly-organized Colored Council in the new PAL Center, Angela and Thomas streets, last night at 7 o'clock. About 150 persons were present and extensive plans were made 'for the welfare of the youth of the city, regardless of race, color or creed. PAL President Louis Eisner | addressed the gathering, as did Vice-President Wm. W. Demeritt and Rev. J. H. Johnson. Other speakers included the president of the Colored PAL, A. L. Saunders; L. A. Gabriel, treas- urer; Sam Kelly, secretary; Annie Laurie, vice-president, and An- thony Welters and Claudis Laing. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS TO MEET Eric Curry, commander of the Disabled American Veterans in Key West, has called a special meeting for 8:30 o'clock tonight at 30-1 Poinciana Place. Mr. Curry said an important project will be discussed. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY TO MEET. TOMORROW Mrs. Dan Navarro, president of the Municipal Hospital Auxiliar said today the auxiliary will hold a meeting at the hospital 4:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. EE, —EXPERT— PAINT and BODY WORK NAVARRO, Ine. Opposiic Bus Station