The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 4, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, hag the mos? equable climate in the country. with an average Fange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXVIIL.. John Gilbert Winant, Former Ambassador, Kills Self With Pistol ILLNESS GIVEN AS-SUL CIDE CAUSE; HOME! ALONE. EXCEPT. FOR’ SERVANTS (Ry ‘The Associated Prexa) CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 4. —! John G. Winnant, United States | Ambgsador to’ Great Britain in| the early part of World War II, | and twice governor of New | Hampshire, committed suicide in | his home here last night. ; ' Evidently, he had tried to shoot himself with a German .32} caliber Luger. ‘pistol, as it was found where: he had thrown it against a door in his room; and then he got a 32 Belgian pistol and shot. himself through the head, Ill health was given as | the dhuse of his taking his life. He was in his home alone, ex- cept for servants. Mrs. Winant | — was in New York, one son was | tions, not excepting nations now at Princeton University, a second | held enthralled by the dictators, was in Oxford University and {have in the past made notable his daughter was-in Peru. All of | contributions.” % them were informed . of _ his Likened to Lincoln death and left immediately for ) Mr. Winant made a hobby of COMMITS SUICIDE | JOHN G. WINANT home. Abraham Lincoln, quoting Lin- As politician, administrator, coln in his speeches, reading his diplomat, John Gilbert Winant works and anything about him. identified himself with the social Himself a rather craggy figure, betterment of man and, during veflective, tall, arrow-straight World Wat II, with planning for with a black forelock falling over an aftermath of lasting peace. his eyes, plainly and even indif- Peace, he believed, . was.. the ed, his friends said highest aspiration of the common happier than when people. And his outstanding trait he was called Lincolnesque. was love and ‘sympathy for the He was generous with his common man, money, paying the hospital bills As governor of New Hampshire of friends who were down on he sponsored a program of social their luck or sending hteir sons legislation in the depression years through college. He was said to of 1931-1934. As director of the have made a million or so through International Labor Office in the investments in oil. latter '30’s he roved Europe, ob- . Born to wealth of. an old Colo- serving foreign economic ¢ondi- nial family and with the back- tions. As ambasddor té-the”Court oro od auf : wera De. epent St. damen ipaie vr yeats,of..much of bis.jife.in an effort to re- rs 's. feats thought lieve the underprivileged. Early to the problems of a peace based in bis c r he expressed his po- on socialy as well as political, jus- sition on labor in these words: tice. | “Jungle warfare has no place in In this work on post-war prob-' modern industry, and the. ex- lems Mr. Winant was Ameri: ploitation of workers ‘has been a representative on the European: deep and underlying cause of our advisory commission, set up in, lack of social advance. London by the three big powers ‘ Flyer in World War I warring on Germany—the United | Mr. Winant was born February States, Great Britain and the So- | 23, 1889, in New York City. After viet Union—to pool their infor- preparation at fashionable St. mation and views, then make rec- , Paul’s school, Concord, N. H., he ommendations for government , Studied at Princeton, Dartmouth action, | and the University of New Hamp- Works Hard, Talks Little i shire, spending most of his time An earnest speak of soft on American history and politics. voice and rather diffident manner, | His friends called him “Gil. he was known as a hard worker — A Republican, he became a Bull » who did not talk much. He once Moose in 1912 and camp: ned for told. an interviewer, “I like to Theodore Roosevelt who ran for spend two days thinking about a President on the Progressive tick- thing before I open my mouth.” | et Later he taught history at St. Yet he disclosed in his speech: Paul’s and served as a represen- his earnest good will for the com tative in’ the New Hampshire state 1 ions, for all; legislature. ee | When the United States entered Another time he stated: “The economy of free should be ‘a conquest of nat cooperative effort in the servic man. This calls for a_ politic philosophy which not only in- cludes individual and corporate | relationships within the state but; reaches beyond selfish national ism to a plan of political and economic collaboration that we may join together to c! ate a prosperous and peaceful freedoms. | d ites “Without social justice,” he World War I Mr. Winant, who nee said, “there can be no/had learned to fly, said to a concen friend, “I am enlisting—here is arin lall the money I haye—pay my soples | bills and plea peoples | FT don't come back.” The friend of found that most of the money 1} Winant owed was for milk he had ‘been buying for poor families in | Concord. : In the air corps Mr. Winant © from private to captain and as cited for gallantry under fire. After demobilization he married in order | mi .| the wealthy Constance Rivington Russell of Princeton, returned to 1d.” | New Hampshire and, at the age of | neat with regard to the Axis ‘30, plunged into politics in earn- nations | est. Aids the Unfortunate The cause of freedom is the} 111 ‘iends said he won election cause of all men everywhere. The cause of freedom is the history of civilized man to which all na- ty and honesty which char- | tute senator by the obvious , Portuguese Ship Sinks; 32 Men Rescued (By The Associated Press): | NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—The tap- tain of the Portuguese ship Ma- ria Carlotta’ sent-out a distress ‘yadio_call early. this morning, .in which he reported his ship to | be sinking, with 32 men aboard." 1 The Queen Elizabeth, on her |: way to England, changed her course to give assistance, and a Coast Guard cutter and 4 B-29 plane immediately were dis- Patched to aid the stricken shi Shortly afterward, the cap- tain of the steamship Charles A. Stafford reported that he had “reached the Maria, Carlotta and’ was taking off the crewmen. A few minutes later another report was received from him, stating that the men had been rescued | after two trips of a tender, and that the Maria Carlotta had been ly. The~sinking occurred 600 miles ; Procedure Of || Planning Board Given Outline In an interview with the chairman of the city planning board today, it was learned that many residents do not ‘have complete knowledge of how the board approves or disapproves applications which. come before the board. C. B. Harvey, the chairman, stated that should an application be approved, thé applicant is then at liberty to ‘proceed with his project. If an application i Is denied, the applicant may. appeal the decision to the’ city commis- sion for further adjudication. In case the planning. board neither approvesnor disapproves the ap- plication but certifies it ‘to the city commission. for a. public hearing, then the commission sets.a date for the hearing and judges whether to’ approve or disapprove the application. Mr. Harvey stated. also that much’ erroneous information ‘has been. disseminated lately... A statement attributed. to the, \pian- ning ‘board: that the bpard top: posed the location of a. Aiew cemetery was branded : as “Salse- by him. What the board did was neither approve nor disapprové the application, but certified —it to the city commission . for a public hearing. Entertainment For Patients At Naval Hospitad The Red Cross community service committee has been ac- tive for a month in providing en- tertainment for the patients in the Naval Hospital. This is a cooperative commit- tee, made up of the various or- ganizations in -the city. Activ- ities sponsored were the follow- , ing, according to the report of Paul Sawyer, chairman: Chamber of Commerce, two ward parties; Forty and Eight Club of the American Legion, a' bingo party; the Fleet Reserve Auxiliary, a . Hallowe'en rni- val; the Key West Players. pre- senting “The Drunkard,” and the Junior Red Cross, party fa- vors for the ward parties. The Officers’ Wives Club, girls of the National Catholic Community Service and the Junior Red Cross have made plans for activities for Novem- ber. PROPERTY SALES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1947 ' elect three city commissioners | set afire and was sinking rapid- } U.S. A. ORDERLY ELECTION, 1,725 BALLOTS CAST BY VOTERS UP TO 2:30 SIXTH PRECINCT LEADS*— WITH '417 VOTES;|"“7HOOOMaaM, Polish Leader Is Coming To | United States | DESCRIBED TO REPORTERS IN j LONDON TODAY WHY AND_ Sve t oe "i | ' .CANDIDATES | MAKE Citizen To Post ee 4 | ‘6 TIVE COUNTRY LAST TALKS |Election Returns | (4, re ascmsa rom’ | i ; LONDON, Nov. 4.—Stanislaw | : Mikolajezyk, Polish opposition | jleader, told reporters today that} ' i A quiet and orderly throng of Ful voters went to the polls today to! ull returns of today’s city ¢lection will be posted and to vote on four municipal | by The Citizen, directly | ne cone the eae chee H issues. | across the street front its lees ie fat 1 e would | j At 2:30 p. m., the voting ma- j offic hort! th 1 chines in. the various, precincts | ae yiater) hei polls showed that the following vote | are se = a had been cast N Lhekhecheckeddde dh i was preparing to trump up charg- Ist’ Precinct—261 votes. 2nd Precinct—287 votes. jAlbury, Louis Carbonell, Albert fe of treason against him, was go- 3rd Preeinct—157 votes i $s bi 4th Precinet—332 vot ; |B. Cooper, Fred J. Dion, Louis |ing io find him guilty, after go- se sb és on oars, :M. J. Eisner, Hunter G. Harden, {ing through the’ mock routine of 6th Ps me a xe ie :Earl «Higgs, Albert G. Albertja trial, and had prearranged to At ree Me es. ;G. Roberts, Peter J. Ross, C. Neil {sentence him to be hanged. Meee Aodkee a can Saunders, Bruce Sayles, Charles} For 12 days, he explaincd, he fosincsia Be 1 ANG Pelle “pate .S. Taylor and Joseph M. Villar. had first eluded the Polish secret queques of voters ere eine. i W. Billy Freeman did not ae alnsed teen ine ee i 5 é S Ss jbut for the most part they were ™aké an Cotes Os sherpa k-| zone into the British zone in Ger- just smiling. There was no mill. In addition to the candidates many. ing around. One woman coming for’ city commission the voters| Local newspapers said that he out, of the booth at Southard and were called upon to vote on|is the “top guest” of the British Francis streets exclaimed: ‘these issue: government, which has permitted | ons my heavens, J voted for} 1. Ratification of House Bill | him to write, lecture and carry on Seep eenh “anit ichange, It) 1118, emacted! at. the last: Gension | Cweety oeuvilies, rina them poy oe Ly sae ‘of the legislature, which author- Metas ae ey) must nokibe lors ‘olice had received no com- ‘izes the city to abandon as pub- |“ whe pete V. F. W..POST 6021 He described today to reporters *| why and how he had fled from Poland. He stated that the com- munistic government in Poland i 1 ! :plaints, of disorderly conduct on lic park certain land on Stock jthe part of anyone appearing -at Island. pe. voting, eee ete 2. Sale of the same land, now WILL MEET TONIGHT signs of anyone being under the used by the city as a dumping] Walter R. Mickens, V.F.W. ; \ground, for }Post 6021 (colored), will meet’ tonight at 8 o'clock, at the Legion , Hall, Whitehead street. ‘| influence of liquor. to Sam Hyman, Fourteen of the 15 candidates ;38.000. ‘for city commission appeared! 3. Amending the zoning law of last night at Bayview Park and the city to permit establishment made their final bids-for votes. of a cemetery in part of the area There were about 2,000 persons South of the north branch of .assembled. there to hear the ;Roosevelt boulevard. speeches. 4. Transfer of 210 housing These candidates appeared: units in Poinciana Place to the Hamlin Flies Te Court Begins A. Maitland Adams, Paul G. Navy. : On Chartered Airplane SUPERVISOR OF REGIS-¥ NAMES OF 80 JURO. FINES. SEVERAL PER- ‘TRATION IN ‘CITY HEFFERMAN REPORTS SONS TODAY ma | ‘\STOLEN CAR ITEMS] yy. i ie MUST APPEAR IN MI. sanill M. Hefferman, 1321 Wil lever’ Swit bean DN Sveabae ue AML COURT ‘tiam street, reported - to :police |Judge ‘Thomas S. Caro announ \that his 1947 Pontiac convertible Supervisor of Registration Roy was broken into and the follow Hamlin left this morning by ing articles stolen: chartered;plane to appear in| Two pairs of men’s slacks, court in Miami in the Lloyd W. ‘three or four sport shirts, one Tharp case. lady’s bathing suit, one beach Hamlin had first opened the |towel, and nine beach bags. polls before boarding the, plane | Entry was gained by tipping (Continued On Page Eight) ithe top of the convertible. ed today in drawing the names} of 80 men to serve on juries for | the term. | Criminal Court is required by | law to meet on Monday. Mon- day Judge Caro plans to re the court until the 17th, to permit the grand jury of the Circuit Court to complete its work next week Today pleas of guilty to vari so as ——-- —— % mens 3 7 jous charges were lodged with Judge C. Notice to Businessmen Pe eet, awa j ! Woods, a sailor, $40 and c * his plea of guilt to petit {filed against him for entering What You Asked for Is Here!! | ‘ the Steak Inn restaurant and La Concha Hotel [oer eopea area ier t fined Sylvester Caldwell $15 ang : ) costs for speeding; fined Fra jeness on the highway, and fined $5 and costs il jJanet Finlayson }for_drunkeness. | Edward A, Mathews M. Roberts, Charles Be Offers for Your Convenience the Following or Like Menu Daily -— EXCEPT SUNDAY—— Jr., Perey m Cur- . D . . ry. Christian Nonnew er, Jo. From 11:30 until 2 o’ Clock WH! seph PanedacReGmond Ca- Baked Pork and Beans with smoked sausage 5c |\||| brera, Earl E. Baker, Robert Mc- Broiled Spanish Mackerel—Lemon Butter 80c |||/|Clintock, Jabez H. Sawyer, Gif- Veal Cutlet Breaded—Tomato Sauce 90c ford M. Roberts, Ar hie R. Potter, | Roast Loin of Pork—Dressing—Apple Sauce __ $1.00 |||} Louis Martinez, Carl Curry, Rob yhn R. Kerr, Wal Everett Higgs, | Leslie Felton, William L. Sawyer, C. W. McCraw. Hector Ramirez, Jac ferts, John Williams, F : a 5 | lia Home Fried Potatoes Chopped Combination Salad ee Pee Hot Rolls and Butter Coffee iH 4 lf SANDWICHES: |acterized him throughout — the 1 Ham Fo 46 Club Sandwich 90¢ Ili Parker, Maitland Pinder, Herin: TA TEESE S. . Max Cohen and wife have sold American Cheese 40c Chicken ‘T5e | L. Roberts, William Sands ‘ | He bh ‘s touch with a portion of the new cottages ‘ Cheese 50c Turkey 75¢ || Whitaker, Harry S._ Prite Wi ty Can You Gel | people. s governor, they have built at Simonton and } lami 40 Ham and Cheese 50 HA tack AG canner sane Ao Gal here u | in 1925-26 and again in 1931-34, South streets, to Mr. and Mrs. My Grilled Cheese 50¢ Swiss Cheese and Ham 60¢ |||} | cia, Leonard E. Curry, Wm. Cul 2 Fresh Eggs janybody could see him. A pa- George B. Renna, of the South | 2 Ill lingford, Fred Key, MeCurdy Crisp Bacon - Toast | 4 he encouraged ae Beach Cottages, for $38,000, ac- Fruit Juice Small ibe \) Mora om E. Cuny, (c ete z jers to S gave the cording to a warranty deed filed Large oC ’ ugh Moo! Georgia Iee Cream impression, then and afterward, Seustaay with Circuit Court | Fruit Cocktail 30e fredo M. Barroso, F | ‘ when he was ambassador, that he Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Eric ‘ | Coffee | was more interested in his visitor |~ Sil E. McCauley and other: DESSERTS: | Weech, Carl A. Jordan, Millon C { or and what he was saying than in 43h cferred property near South- | Our own make Pies 1c Cake 20¢ Roberts. E. G. Charlow, Wm. FE iy ransferred property neai : For Only Jae janything else. He never allowed ard and Francis streets for $4,000 | Vanilla Ice Cream 20¢ Chocolate tt P. Roberts, Juan Borges, Ji / yin nine ‘Bgp vend ith to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. AL | Black Walnut Sundae Se ||| James B. Higgs, Harel Pin ’ ir. Winant kept in touch wit be ; a ae 20c it Sundae 25¢e |} (Continued On Page Eight) Duffy's Taverne tris see humin ator Of eee ee ee | u | the war and frequently helped we ae y \ Division and Simonton Streets ae cee he ae ase ROAD SERVICE Coffee, 10e Tea, 0c Iced Tea, 1c Iced Coffee, 15c Milk, 1c ‘Wanted _ Cla 7 A.M. - 10.A.M. DAILY and SUNDAY We Bake All Our Own Pastry Including Fresh Danish Pastry Daily SE eel | hard up could gain his sympathy. | One day when he was governor and on the way to the railroad i station to attend a conference in New York, he met a scrubwoman. (Continued On Page Fight) PHONE for Our WRECKER eDAY Phone S01 NIGHT Phone 1053W SANDY'S GARAGE NN 405 DUVALL ST as AHANIC Good Food Quick, Courteous Service and Cleautiness Predominating ——— Apply —— NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite Bus Station | John Baker, Head November Term Of Criminal | Grand Jury To Finish Soon ‘JUDGE CARO DRAWS* ' TONIGUT’S MEEFT for youngsters at a certain age Regular meeting of the D.A.V, {te want to hunt and kill, But Chapter 33, that heduled {killing songbirds is not sporting for tonight, has been called off (Continued On Page Fight) An executive meeting of the | s osenei een will be held later in the WEAVER’'S ALPHABE ane. The next regular mecting of [ME is for: + the D.A.V. will be held on No-| 1. MIXED. BRINKS—King Size tate Tastttaa nei svete tem Of National Audubon, To Be Here On Thursday “WILL TALK AT HARRIS SCHOOL; APPEAL IS Armistice Day Is MADE FOR CONSERVA. To Be Observed baste By Long Weekend: At th..cane time the Monroe {County Audubon Society appeal- ed to school principals and . teachers to increase their conser- Naval Submarine Base has been ' vation education, it was an- modified next week to permit nounced that John Baker, presi- a suitable observance of Armis-|dent of the National Audubon tice Day audio festendatheneps Society, will be here Thursday. A He will t "clue! portunity for a long recreational Thurs fecture at 8 o'clock sh day. evening to the local week-end. The modification af-! Audubon Society’ at Harris fects both Naval and civilian ‘School and a group of children personnel of the base. ‘and adult non-members. His talk For the civilian employes, 'Will be illustrated with a mo- Monday and Tuesday, Novem- tion picture on bird life. There ber 10 and 11 will be non-work ;will be no charge. days and the work week will| The local society likewise ap- consist of the period from pealed to parents to make a Wednesday, Nov. 12 to Saturday, ;double check on their children Nov. 15, inclusive. Saturday the and, if necessary, to curb the re- 15th will be in every respect a cent increase in the shooting of full-time work day. songbirds. For the Naval personnel of the In a statement to school of- Submarine Base, the heads of ficials, Oliver Griswold, presi- departments have been authoriz- dent of the local Audubon So- ed to grant liberty to their men’ ciety, organized for bird protec- commencing immediately follow- tion and wildlife conservation, on Working week at the U. S.! ing inspection on Saturday behalf of the society, said: morning, Nov. 8, to expire at | “From recent conversations morning quarters (0745) on with principals and teachers, I Wednesday, Nov. 12, subject to'!am aware of the effort to curb the restriction -that a full duty jchildren from shooting, trapping section be maintained on board and molesting birds. May I ex- throughout the liberty period. jpress the pleasure and gratitude lof the Monroe County Audubon Society for this good work? “This year, the Island of Key West is blessed with many more jbirds .than usual. Apparently the flooded conditions on the @ jmainland have reduced the food 9 jsupply there, and the birds have come down for survival in Key West and on the other Keys. With hardly any exceptions, thé this season are the kinds protect- ed by State and Federal laws. In other words, the are not game birds that hunters are permitted to shoot in propper season. It is 1! legal to shoot: songbirds or other non-game_ varieties. Offenders who break; the laws pretectiing them may be punished. ‘ “We have a good chance to keep the birds in Key West for November 17 , COPPOLA L MA _Man’s Castle Stands Even If He Divorces AUSANNE, Switzerland.— the enjoyment of people who Pena rere cannes like to. watch them and. hear Md r songs. Notably, we have just because he loses. his wife, the supreme court has held. The ruling was in the case more mockingbirds than . There are also many mall: warblers. of @ man who married in TG Verity Tia beyn QUT CAty: 1944 snd was given a permit pleazan ven yncta only sp ton those to rent an spartment in who live here the year round, Lausanne lilo: sada hisuwits but for tour who find divorced) ‘Then came/al hous) pete afteaction sucoting i fi at them or throwing rocks a by Gree eu ee them, even if they are not hit, authority of Lausanne tried to oust the divorced man on the grounds that an unmar- tied man should not occupy an entire apartment. Tho tenant appealed to the supreme court, which upheld him. will drive them away. Birds wise creatures and soon to leave places where the: bothered. One small boy with slingshot can spoil the pleasure of many, many other people who ,enjoy seeing the birds.” | Griswold said that the nunber ° of phone calls and personal vis- C haheactintacthaiathathalen its from both members of the Audubon Society and non-mei- bers urging the society to help curb the recent increase in juve- nile slingshot and air rifle shoot- visiting indicated there are many more people interested in pro- Sixth Polling Place Named City Commissioners, meeting tecting the birds than there are in special ion yesterday af- pird-killers in Key West ternoon at 5:30 o'clock, approved | «the Audubon Society re- the placing of the Sixth Precinct quests parents to make a dotble polling place at the High School annex, United street. This change was made nece sary when the previously desig- nated polling place, 1901 Flagler avenue, able. check on their children’s activ- ities to see if they are molest- ing or killing — bi he said. Many parents who would be ishocked if they were aware of was found to be unavail- jtheir youngsters’ poor sports- jmanship can help by checking jup and explaining the situation ‘It's a perfectly natural instinct D. AL VS CANO vember 18. and fit for a Queen. . MILK—Great stuff for Kid- dies and Old Maids. We Welcome Both. PALACE THEATER BENDA JOYCE in “DANGER WOMAN” News and Features TONIGHT IS PRIZE NITE | - MARVELOUS CUSTOMERS —Smart, too. They eat at .WEAVER'S NATURALLY! eee.