The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 15, 1947, Page 1

——-—-— VOL. LXVIIL. , No. 245 Navy Lieutenant Lost In Darkness; Land- ed When Gas Gave wevvwvwrrvvvrrrres Advisory ££24220440440464446444 MIAMI WEATHER BUREAU, } Chica Naval|OCTOBER 15, 1947. unhurt after{, The hurricane has moved in- 1 oft land over Georgia and is located / his last night after he \81.3 or ‘in the darkness and }west of h = running ° _ jin gusts before contact lost ‘da? the lieutenant aay Lt. ship - Haiti went over « week lieutenant ii lest x & $ | i : ment about 15) miles per hour id F jcontinue to cover the Georgia = i 3 high winds extend inland for bppsios 150 miles. Continued precautions ' : sein should be taken until this storm j Picking | passes. it flashes Coast summoned to Guard station said! rami WEATHER BUREAU, ot rae, Ae light-| ADVISORY NO. 27, 10:15 A.M, ie 7 en EST., OCTOBER 15, 1947. eutenant } aj] warnings down and a tug |* i m., it near the}. Lt. Smith ra- E> EI art all a oe fh day as winds subside. DAVIS, 8 i z E [ i & licers ibe, if at U : i if deduced ., \degrees West, at 10:15 a. m., EST. the Haiti Vic- It is stilt ifsiy ing force. rather rapidly over, s = “left”, Lt. r \ * Latitude 31.6" Longitude :°f beef. and, since — that a short distance south- , Tund steak, for instance, has gone Savannah. Highest up 30 cents a pound. Increase of out éf;winds at Savannah were estimat-| other cuts has been’ almost as ed at 80 to 100 miles per hour ' puch, When the OPA removed the Strong winds over Georgia and | ceilings, it said that it expected South Carolina and adjacent: the price of beef would go up jwaters will slowly subside as the ‘for a time, but that it would show storm continues westward move-'a tendency subsequently to de- THE _ FLYER ESCAPES AFTER [RoundSteakUp| | CRASH LANDING NEAR [30cPoundOver' TORTUGAS LAST NIGHT Year Ago Today OPA'S PREDICTION PRICES WOULD “LEVEL OFF” HAS NOT TURNED OUT TO BE CORRECT (By ‘The Ansociated Press) J. Smith, a flyer |ADVISORY NO. 26, 8 A.M., EST,,! WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—To- ; day marks a year since the OPA removed ceilings from the price time, . ; ; ay, ,erease and then level off till it over Georgia. High — tides will tteached prices that conformed to Brow bere, but land South “Carolina chast andj cet tenant tobe tee istead, the prices continued to go up and are still up. : pa poopentien for. the American * s i lers’ Association said Warnings will be lowered to, that the retailers have not bene- fited from the increased price for beef. He said they, have been Weather Bureau. ! adversely affected, because they have had to cut down their mar- gin of profit because of the high » + sums charged in the wholesale market. _ | Yesterday, a. spokesman for} “ nite the Luckman committee said, was The hurricane is inland over|more generally opserved 2 eorgia about 50 miles south-| meatless. day than Tuesday of last ; : west of Savannah, Latitude 31.7 ' week. Riser: some restaurant | 222". Todd’s Coming } degrees North, Longitude 51.8 proprietors said that they were} | J ‘leaving it to their customers to|' Here Postponed To) moving westward | decide whether or not they want- i about 15 miles per hour and los-' ed meat at their meals. Tene witie ar gute i In bisey tthe California, a re- L ‘inds of gale force now’ port sai at vestaurant proprie- about three minutes | revail over. southeastern. Geor- | tors. yesterday aeeery nian ‘to! president of the Division motion } In- as a fe rifles. ai for you. : bepavailable in Miami. AA! “I cannot» promise anything, TH EACH (oes cote, ere oe) men. They | fr the promises of today will J lowned ‘by Mrs. Jessie Portey} backfire tomorrow, and «then . jNewton. | | would be called upon sn: DINING ROOM, PATIO and Bete as south Pid guard flooded | Cheers turn to jeers. I have no The property is at the south- | phos Sag te desire to seek election with the COCKTAIL LOUNGE east corner of Caroline and} | 1 the last advisory as i ae g who was due to speak here | if this storm. EES On Airport Group; tomorrow, hea cas her he | | Weather, coal. \ Rg Se had bben . detained _ and | Will Fix Charges) vous =: ee vere a's | ‘ £ week later. ‘ Bia and will extend inland 150}{their customers from This will be The ‘entire Board of County Commissioners will.serve on the airpert committee it ,.was de- | cidedJnst night when “the com- | mission determined to look into / management of Meacham Field } i sition In City Election é and see about setting up a | Albert G. Roberts today issued |schedule of charges. | { There was some criticism of j Carl A. Hove, manager of the | airport, by Commissioner Clar- ence Higgs: The question of what | intention td rely {rates to charge the airplanes for | the majority of eos at oe airport were be-; i ing discussed. pet “Hove has not produced,’ | je Guard Unit Here | Alerted; May Go | ‘the following statement regard- To’ Flood Areas (r. (rcna inet ing his candidacy’ for city com a ‘ missioner: National Guar Ve Aah date battery was alerted last night by ‘ Captain Will E. P. Roberts, com- ‘entirely upon manding officer, to await for of- public opinion in ficial word they were needed affairs that are for the better- Fs the flood area around Fort’ ment and advancement of Key! “well, H “I talked with a. | West. the schedule’ of rates to the com- wae officer in "Miami bing niat | “I am. opposed to :the Navy’s | mission,” remarkéd Commission- ! and ‘taking any more of Key West eral Saunders. he told me that the Key . ‘ ‘West battery might be called up- | when they have boarded-up bar- Aasbine- paces if music’ on for flood duty at Fort Lau-' racks which could be uséd for} Frank Bentley. derdale.” Capt. er yeted inc 1 converting into apartments, andj “The rates have got to be ad- immediately alerted ry" ithere is the entire area of the|vertised and approved by the Sere Roberts haere 4 gets Army ~ Batracks which they {Civil Aeronautics Authority be- | treet armory ‘could likewise obtain. fore they become. effective,” said | ot 15 taps of the peal ree “I shall watch for every in- {Commissioner -W. A. Parrish , ted twice. In other words, |Stance of waste or inefficency of | On motion of ‘Commissioner | bas fire bells will ring 15 times operation in the city, and if it-is {Eduardo Gomez the commission | Mae, « ‘ necessary to publish all these jdecided to hava the entire com- \ The battery, is not at present {facts for the benefit of the tax-|mission act as a committee and | uipped for ‘any kind of duty,|Paving public, to do so. The}to see the airport, manager and b. *|functions of the city must be|straighten the rates out. Capt. Roberts said that com- IE. wants to submit | said Chairman | equipment, including uni- kept before the people if it is fe arp sang oi be a government by you and areas. 241 Feet on the Ocean Foot of Simonton Street ! NOW OPEN idea of changing our city over- night or of opposing every good and honest measure. I will de- vote all possible time to work- , West entirely. ‘Public Hearing U.N. Facts and Faces. __| VIIa Sa aa aa, Next Thursday | Mrs. C. Sam B. Curry, Street School P.-T.A.. “ssid ee ay a ida Council for the Blind, ‘4S. a - consequence, Mrsi <Curty said, the .meetjng' has ; Sheen” podtporied’ till Thurs- day afternoon of next week. lh he hahah had ° Boza Questions ° ps Bus Co.’s Rights Arturo Boza, business nan, addressed the city commis- ion last night relative to the} right of the Greyhound Bus Company to make regular trips to Meacham Field. He said the | bus company picks up airplane passengers from Havana at the; field and takes them directly to | Miami, thereby skipping Key local City .Manager Ellingson was directed to investigate the mat- | ter and report to the commis-, sioners at the next meeting. On Zone Change! A public hearing will be held in City Hall at 8 p. m., Friday, October 31, relative to a zoning! Whitehead streets. | Errol V. Sawyer, building in- spector, by direction otf the chairman of the board of plan- | 7 { seeking divorces ing f interests, which are ning commission, recommended } q {tiled yesterday’ with Circuit kee minis Tam a citizen and| Serving the Best Liquors | the hearing. | @ Vets Meck Beal Gi Ranson ty |taxpever” <5! You Get What You Ask For! | i ) David Fulton O'Berry . against Finest of Properly Mixed Drinks | TT | | Winnifred Leona O’Berry; by ‘EFFECTIVE SATURDAY, B P * 5 | d k | hear "Herman | Pott against |} October 18th, Our” est Paint So i wenrietta Ruth Poff, and. by —EXPERT— DINING ROOM OPENS —rt— i ae for the ‘Seasoh—Serving |STRUNK LUMBER YARD) , F PAINT and @ Breakfast TELEPHONE 816 @ Luncheon BODY WORK) NAVARRO, Ine. |” #2" s20tie : . Moderate Prices, Oi Course Opposite Bus Station Open Daily. 7-A.M. to 2 A.M: PALACE THEATER LINDA STIRLING in “The Invisible Informer” | News and Features i ‘Board Amends Budget To ‘Pay ‘License Inspector’s Salary And: To Give To Elks And Chambers gioners last night authorized the amending of its budget for next Year to’ provide for $5,600 pay- Ipents -to various items. { fyIncluded in the $5,600 are: fray the cost of here next June. ;Chambers. of Commerce of Key | West and Marathon. famount, $1,200 goes to the Key West Chamber. : transfer of the funds from the | the motion of Commissioner Eduardo Gomez. He was supported in the | | Liquor License KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1947 69 Transferred Beach Bids E: From = Aireraft' : { \ i i over I and mines and in the ancient | resources civilization of the Mayas. Today, Honduras is still digging gold and silver from the mines of the Mayas and is an important exporter of bananas, mahogany and produets of the forest. Her capital is Teguci- “ rough seas and high winds. Some galpa and her 1,500,000 people occupy some 44,000 square miles, Her representative to the United Nations is Dr. Tiburcio Carias, Jr. Her flag has five blue stars in a white stripe between blue stripes. ALBERT DiNEGRO NAM ED INSPECTOR ON SPLIT VOTE OF COM-' MISSION | The Board of County Commis- gto, who last night ed a license inspector. Albert DiNe- was appoint- Payment of $2,000 to help de- bringing the; Lodge of Elks state convention | of $1,800 the Payment to, Of this} The board authorized for the | public welfare fund to cover expenses of ‘these three} items. | DiNegro was appointed to the, position -of- license inspectof on adoption of the resolution by | Commissioners. Gerald | and Clarence Higgs. It will be DiNegro’s job to in- spect the occupational licenses each year issued by Tax Collec- tor Howard E. Wilson. “In view of the fact our bud- get does not provide for pa) ment of a license inspector, I think we ought to put off the question for a week,” said Com- missioner W. A. Parrish. Commissioner Frank Bentley joined Commissioner Parrish in gpposing passage of the motion. Transfer OKed A transfer of liquor license by John P. Hawthorne to Murray H. Singer for the Tradewinds, Du- val and Caroline streets, was ap- proved by the City Commission last night. POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION | Division at Francis Phone 9134, CHAMPION Outboard Motors $127.00, Weaver's APPETITE Alphabet | A is for: 1, ADVERTISING—The Grand’ Old Come-On. 2. APPETITE—You get a gor- geous one when you see one of our Steaks. 3. APPLE SAUCE — Elegant Synonym for Advertising. WEAVER'S STOCK ISLAND en ee ee In Mid-Atlantic RESCUES MADE WITHOUT| MISHAP; HEAVY SEAS OPEN SEAMS IN BOAT; DECIDE TO DESTROY ‘HER (By ‘The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—The re- mainder of the 69 crewmen and Passengers aboard the British flying boat, which was forced down yesterday in mid-Atlantic | because of a shortage of fuel,! the } were transferred today to Coast Guard’ cutter Bibb, which is used as a stationary weather ‘ship between Newfoundland and; Treland. Yesterday 44 passengers were rescued, but the rescue work had to be discontinued when darkness came on because of the waves were said to be as high as 35 feet and some gusts had a velocity of 50 miles an hour. i At daybreak today the rescue work was resumed, and the re- maining passengers and the six members of the crew were taken to the Bibb, making a total of 69 taken from the flying boat. Heavy seas that had continued to buffet the boag finally opened her seams, and her owners con- sented this morning to have her destroyed. Great credit was given to the pilot, Charles Martin, for his suc- cessfully bringing down the fly- ing boat in the heavy seas with- out damaging her. He taxied toward the stationary weather ship, but the transfer of passen- gers was deferred for several hours because-of high sea and wind. Assessment On Cut To Thomas M. Curry’s assessment was reduced from $2,600 t> $450 by unanimous vote of the City Commission last night. The assessment was granted over the warning of Tax Assessor Harry Elwood that. if this assesment is lowered,, then other taxpayers will demand thé same treatment, {and are entitle to it. Elwood said he investigated the Curry complaint and did not agree to the extreme reduction. AMAZES FRIENDS Everybody kidded him about his old shabby jalopy. Then he turned up in a bright, slick, new-looking car. Amazing what a Chrysler-Plymouth Shine-up can do! Let us give your car a beauty treatment. We'll wash her thoroughly, apply polish and elbow grease, brush and vacuum all upholstery and in- terior. Drive in tonight. We'll keep your old car in tip-top shape while you're waiting for your new Chrysler or Plymouth! aR S, ep SERVICE Cm NAVARRO, Ine. Opposite Bus Station Rd rer a Complete Project : ———¥STUDY ORDERED OF \SPPPL ELL Hs 1s; COUNTY MEETS Havana City —_._- IN ONE WEEK; Council Thanks.. | FOR SITE. COMING ‘Local Mayor ” Because bids received last Dr. Jose Diaz Garrido, (:for) the beach at West Martello president of the city council . !Tower exceeded the money avail. of Havana, states in a letter | able, the: engineers’ were — in- | to the city commission that (structed to study those the Havana. city couneil: Ras ‘= recommend eae prepared’a resolution, shanl-. 1. ‘held ext ‘Tuesday. what part ing the mayor of the City of Key West for courtasies ex: en the work. could. be construct- i j tended the Havana |. eae an eee | jbowest bid submitted by Py , (Charles Toppino Sons, Int..~ oy eens “— ‘was - for -$386,620, which was forwarding by the city clark |906,000 above \ the ‘funds now of acknowledgement and a the en A aah bout leiter of thanks forthe ap- /..., for $404,600. by iets Cots | Preciative resolution. jeneg | | The commission <said that | OID MMA 353 $180,000 is available, tor H Offers tbe War Asseta’ Administration ‘ ar ation yman e * *, }for, the beach. site; will pay a to- Gi F _ ?tal-of about $10,000 to the engi- ity SON PAE eee ‘$5, r the negro |. ‘Taking Toppino’s $60,077 fig- Stock Island Land, for. the: beach itself, $95,657 Samuel Hyman, local Pista Lo an ioe aa the pron yg use man, offered the city $8,000 for dtieved the cheng wie haiog the city’s interest in land wanted \mend that his ‘price for this work by him on Stock Island for’ the }be accepted. erection of a dog race. track. It is believed that the swim- | Hyman said the property’ de-|ming pool and the cabanas, sired is low and a great part of |which would have cost $117,000 the area is under water. Filling jon the basis of Toppino’s figure, it has been estimated, according jand the 600 feet of Rest Beach te Hyman, to run from $38,000 to ;-will. be $40,000. neers’ Allan B. Cleare, Jr. atterney liminated underthe en- * recommendation, * jto having no driver's license and for Hyman, explained in detail Cleare informed the ¢ommis- ;Sion he desires only Bill 1118 to go on the ballot November 4. This bill comprises only .the above described property, and, according to Cleare, will not con- flict with the second nine holes of the golf course that has been laid ‘out. After Cleare’s explanatory re- imarks the commission unani- allowing the public to decide | whether or not to accept the of- j fer. Commissioner Harden: “Mr. | Mayor, if the public agrees to sell this property, where will the disposal dump be?” Mayor Demeritt: “Only what j the Navy is now ailowing us to use, or else, it could be taken jout to sea.” Harden: “In my opinion, the people will never: let this prop- rty to go for $8,000.” After approval of the resolu: ion, the commission voted to} {recess the meeting until Friday, ; October 17. | 'Four Prisoners | Are Sentenced! Judge Thomas S. Caro_yester- i sentenced four persons who pleaded guilty to various of- fences in Criminal Court. Albert Disdell; 212 New street, pleaded guilty to stealing .a {watch from his stepfather, Fran- t 0 Rodriguez, and being a vagrant, and got a one-year jail sentence. Robert Johnson pleaded guilty | |was fined $25 and costs. Gus Petteway drew a similar fine when he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Claude W. Powell pleaded to reckless driving and was fined $25 and Ss. arandied REPLACEMENT Co <== PARTS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTE 121 Duval Street ae Phone 42 enue OV VII CVI VIG VICI TTS BRADY’S for- CHOICE POULTRY j business men. would be. -Cdimmissioner W. Ax Parrish said the cost of the beach con- ‘struction was téo high. “I think we can elimirfate Ithose parts of the construction jthat cost so much and go ahead | with the beach itself,” said Com- jmissioner Parrish. Spalding declared that he and his associates would recommend mously approved the resolution, the best thing for the county. It {would then be up to the com- mission to let the contract. On motion of Commissioner Clarence Higgs and seconded by Commissioner Gerald Saunders the commission voted to hold a meeting next Tuesdty at 7:30 p.-m., to pass upon the recom- mendation of the engineers. Chairman Frank Bentley an- nounced at the commission meeting that he had received a telegram from .the War Assets Administration stating that the county’s bid of $28,000 for the site hnd been accepted and that a dee. wo 'd be forwarded when it is ready. “That’s the best news of all,” remarked Spalding. “We had to have the site first. That's the main thing. “Our plans were purposely en- larged to include everything needed at the beach. We now have inforrnation for future ex- pansion of the beach.” DION, ADAMS QUALIFY FOR COMMISSION RACE Fred J. Dion and A. Maitland Adams, prominent Key West vesterdav after- noon qualified for the city com- mission election, to be held No- ‘vember 4. + STENOGRAPHER + Secretary - General Office Experi- ence - Single - Wants Permanent Job - Minimum $30.00 Weekly BOX J. R., c/o CITIZEN Marine Corps League DANCE ) Friday, October 17th LaCONCHA RAINBOW ROOM JOHN PRITCHARD and His Orchestra 9:00 Till 1:00 o’Clock DOOR PRIZES 1214 White Street Phone 540 ir er2s2aee. Admission « $1.00 Couple eee a