The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 11, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mos’ equable climate in the ‘country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Ch THE SOUT HERNMOST-™ NEWSPAPER VOL. LXVIII. No. 218 Maitland Adams Protests City’s Paying $1,398.66 For Entertaining Cubans “WASTE OF PUBLI ce | Claims No Courtesy Ex KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1947 COMMISSIONER JOHN CARBONELL, JR., SCORES COMMISSIONERS-ELECT tended Mayor Demeritt City Election And Himself In Caucus Held By 3 New Members Costs Totaled At $1,710.00 Contractor FUNDS”; EXPENSES, J Commissioner Jol Y o ° issione! nn Carbonell | rvcivpen cocxtan, SACK Ellingson Resigns; Accepts sis ty 5, naa ue gee a ' eas ears ee Tuesday, November 4th cost thi PARTIES \Compromise anaiincans Offer ver terre conte 211 Giy sitioge at whieh sian “Paying $1,398.66 by the city | Se One eas, bee clerks, inspectors. tw tin ya in jn ban‘ officials who came here re-| ING KEY WESTS S OND CITY MANAGER; \ onne land Adams, commissioner-elect, | i $60 Million In resigned ti sioners paid showed that some ' A : salary for three s. Elling- long distance telephone calls. CE ei ee ae eee commission, at its final meeting: RESOLUTION COMMEND-* yesterday, for entertaining Cu- i | © China To Get cently, I consider a wilful waste | of the public's money”, A. Mait- UNANIMOUSLY-“OKED | declared today. | | City Manager Jack a5 The bill’ which the commis- eZ Py aaahie aceeaae US As rit 5:30. Ellingson accepted $500 as| ssistance. of the many expenses were for! a compromise offer lieu of a cocktail party, banquets and’ " eS hi ss _ Son also received $188.33 in un- I think the ‘big shot” atti- paid salary and $283.33 in vaca-} tude was the reason for some of tion pay salary, totaling in all| SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS ed man and now SO DECLARES SECRETARY oF (Ny Gg WS STATE MARSHALL BEFORE! you'll ” |Manager is if a large crowd of leting the $200. ees supporters are at the in- | Demevitt and myself at the cau-} cuses they have held”. continu- ! minority “On inauguarl night”, Carbonell, “We, vo will be left out of all deci- sions reached”. tind | what will be done at the same We will have to out who they want, and me the general public does “In all my years as a Council Commissioner ard of such con- stated Carbonell. ever have I h the $1,710. was trip expenses NAVARRO BUILDING Ist paid to Supervisor of Registra- | tion Roy Hamlin, and an amount of $200 for work done in con- nection with the past general election. L. Carbonell: “The charter states that the election work is to be done without extra com- pensation. I will not vote to pay Hamlin this $200. I make a mo- In my opinion the only way !tion to amend the resolution de- see King back as City The amending motion failed the commissioners to have the $966.63. COMMITTEE TODAY augural meeting and pressure by a 3-2 vote with L. Carbonell city defray the expenses. But! Though never ruled on legally, es ies oe jthe commision-elect's decision. and Hunter Harden approving if, the commissioners felt that the charter sepcified that the! WASHINGTON, N Lt ae ee rane and Mayor Demeritt. John Car- , ; ‘City M f *TON, November 11|want King as City Manager of ponell and Albert Cooper op- way about it, why did not they y Manager if dismissed bej_ «,,,,, % é au : bon an P 1D: r | paid three months salary, which | Secretary Marshall, testifying ; Key West.”, concluded Carbon- posing. pay the money out of their own in Ellingson’s case would have | today before the senate foreign | ell. {Original resolution was then pockets, not make the taxpayers totaled $1 500. ‘affairs committee, said that it is{ Te Te ‘passed 4-1 with Louis Carbonell and rentpayers of the city foot’ This compromise agreement! intended to give aid to China ol i d registering the lone negative the bill”, Adams asserted. {was made by Ellingson, present! ;the extent of $60 million, in ad-| xempt omestea ; vote. ul , commission and commis 2 Hamlin had told the commis- sion-eL lone to the amount to be used “Anoth f the public’s pen a estes ce He PUBNC eect mlliigeonacald inthis (aesig: funds was in paying the city! pation, clerk $200 and his secretary $50; The resolution to pay Elling. for work they did in connection’ son the $966.63 was passed 4-1 with Commissione: dei with the election. They attended; with Commissioner Harden op jin hisopinion, those countries | at to"election matters on the city’s Commissiuner Harden: “IT can‘ eeotidl have sufficient Supplies { pr time, for which they have been’ not vote for giving away $500 of | to keep. up their present econo- | gq or will be paid, so why charge ,city money at this time Who | ™Y until the end of the meet the city extra because the ne y ‘ saniiniie : i fiscal year, June 30, 1948. “ ture of their work was differ- Kel Gig Baee Bight) | Answering a question a ent? . ‘by Senator Vandenberg, Ma “I made no pledge before el- S ys Russians jin helping Europe. He was asked if he thought that Greece and Turkey needed, sr anyfurther’ help, and replid that | for 'all said that he thought ection, but now that I have | woutd cast from $16 to $20 bil- | been elected and: will assume lion to aid Europe for the four-! office’ tonight, this pledge is in year period that will end in| order, because J can. not ve -Ha: Se * Of; 1951. Seven billion of that sum, charged with 9 dy ‘ilterior ee VE. Cl et he concluded, will be necessary | tive: I promise the people of! to meet the cost of supplies to Key West that as long as I am | and rebuilding of Eastern Eu- Atomic Bombs in office and have a majority | rope during a 15-month pe! with me, there will be no squan- | ter the begining of the ass . dering of public funds, and that PARIS PAPER PUBLISHES RE-: ance. every penny that is spent by the | city will be for its legitimate op- PORT FROM PRAGUE WRIT- E as 2 all ‘Entertaining Bi eration and maintenance.” ER TO) THAT EFFECT: TEST New City Board BOMB IN SIBERIA. HE SAYS] F'or Cuban Visitors sulted on the matter as all com MEETING Mary ‘anted v the year 1103 Catherine Street. operty is part of lot uare 2, tract 13. The vote for exemption 1 with Commissioner Hunter J. Sands homestead estate was 20, ! ed‘ Harden in dissent. Christmas Tree Fund — (On Catherine St.’ | exemption jection, 1947, for the home mission that in years past the The Supervisor was three Inspector sioners that he was submitting the amount of $200 extra pay- ment for their approval or re- but informed the com- of Registration re- ‘eived $500 with an Assistant upervisor getting $250 and receiving $125 Hamlin said, he apiece. All t did for $200. Committee Will Be Reorganized Here FOR 8 O'CLOCK TO- SCHEDULEL ¥ Sweeting, who is trying to re- jorganize the group for this MORROW NIGHT AT yéar’s Christmas celebration, the (By ‘The Agsneiated Press) i icc committee should be kept alive. 7 ae PARIS, November 11—A local T k 1 Sy | 308 66 cITty HALL j Last year a Community o Ho tS FArst | paper today published an article, Olals L970! : Mehuccranitrce aweseipleccd min purported to have come from a ares feral With nearly $500 on hand) Bayview Park under the super writer in Prague, that said the| City Commissioners yesterday | from last year’s campaign the ! yis ne reerentionidee Meeting : Tonight Soviets already ®kaow the se.{afternoon approved unanimous- |, EASE Ae cee ue an ctpthe, citys recreaonkd a S Baca ee an eincaienuy ordinance | Committee that was in charge of | partinent. Eac | poor amily is en I 1 f th aa ae Soviets | amending the budget by ithe Community Christmas tie (one castings ionet inaugura m ig he 2 clare: a Soviets | 2" doapeter 5 a O4R cu; st Wednesday at | POYS Will be given other worthy new city commission will be tested an atom bomb in faraway | 66 to pay costs of entertaining in 1946 a et Wee a atl eamilies. Toys are to be collect. oni pos atl Siberia at 10 o'clock in the | Officia pan ates ©. 8 p. m., at city hall to act on a} fae a Ca Aidala eset a Tone 15, oad that | $1,389.66 bill from the Hotel Lal tan to carry on the work this i te beers Seta eee ray New members of the commis- the test was successful Concha was for rooms, food,; lent: | repairs. sion will reorganize tonight. It The bomb, he added, weighed 3 ctcineny ania @eiiel| TO SmI oH aeareniee. i i ill elect 12 pounds, and concussion from nomissic Lontis committee will VeorRanize | en Adams as the new mayor to its explosion was fell 12 miles [el “We all voted to entertain) 2ne.Cke" @ graimmen an @ Vi | SR OAD SERVICE »d Mayor Demeritt, and away. the Cuban. officials, but I con- Migs Rate Tnee nano eal SUC ed Lay eee cty ‘mana- |. (Officials in Washington made sider the amount of nearly | Mrs. Ruth Higgs and the tevs-| PHONE for Qur WRECKER Bay oot eo JOS Elling sno commenti-on’ ihe reports( $400. tobe cxorbiant, 1) think) Uter wae Mis Wilhelmina: Har || ebay, Bhonsjs0l eth tonsucceed: Oy Te ae i ‘ ted out that|that I shguld have been con-| Vey. Both white and colored eNIGHT Phone 1053W son whose resignation was ac- though it was pointec E ‘. persons are invited to the meet- | few septed by the old commission Russian scientists, only a 1 matter ! Stent eterncon’ months ago, admitted that they | missioners | were ‘appointed uae What other economy moves, were five years behind the pv {the cntertinment committee. | or other action may be taken gress that had been attained in One banquet only should ey: tonight was not revealed by the the United States in the prod-jbeen given, not three. Twill, ioners today. uct of atomic bombs). ivote for the resolution as thei, sical Span ae : —.} bill has to be paid. 4 { A-resolution was also approv-|p» i ed correcting assessed valuation > Altention ... on personal property of Harry 1 Brown from $5000 to $4,250. The > latter amount was the one as I sessed by the Monroe County |» Just Arrived!! (Bes Assessor. ; ; 3 7 Li > AUTOMOBILE RADIOS | Meu tuvied » ¥ ToP.T.A.M oP.-T, eet» 6 and 8 Tube MOTOROLA . > For Popular Model Cars All men of the Jr-Sr. High|? 90-DAY GUARANTEE School P. T. A. are urged te !p 2 mect in the High School audi-| torium tomoorw at 72300 p.om,.4 SIDE MOUNTING am Higgs, president said (come) RSALS: $300 Batteries es for All Cars | VIII VV VIII IVT TTI VI VT WEAVER’S ALPHABET is for: 1, QUEEN OLIVES tini: 2. QUEENS. One word Sesri tion of our Waitresses. 3. QUICK SERVICE-—-Only on drinks, Thank You. WEAVER'S NATURALLY! In our Mar- Door and Ventilator Rubber Stripping, all Sizes CYLINDER LAUSEN ‘cursoar> ENGINES | | ROS | KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 DUVAL STREET PHONE 442 g tomorrow night. As pointed out by J. Glenwood IW VV VV VV ITV VV VIVO ryvvVVvVVvVVVTwe Today is MEATLESS TUESDAY + + + (Published by Government Request) RAABDAALALALLS 12$£444444444444444444 SANDY'S GARAGE SHE 402 DUVAL Ss). aw e e . e e ° ry e e e e e e e e e e e . e . Py . o o e e rs IN THE Whistles’ An Usher In 7 | in| U.S. A. For 67 Years Devoted to the Armistice Ae sna ae Service and“AP Features Best Interests of Key West bservation In City Sirugo Not *CAPT. WILLARD A. SAUN- DERS CHIEF SPEAKER AT AMERICAN LEGION Given Revocable Permit CEREMONIES ONCE MORE tion. He then plans to build! DISCUSSION IN OPEN ' three more floors to his present! MEETING City Commissioners vesterday! «pj afternoon discussed the ques- tion of revocable permit for dec- oration features under the|5 3-4 inch. block, building at a cost of about $75,- 000." Public Service Director Dopp: ! igures don’t lie. The Navarro; propetry: is now 4 inches over; ; the property line, by adding a the property Building Code with reference to! will then be 9 and 3-4” over the the Navarro Building, corner of | property line. Duval and Southard streets. Commissioner L. Carbonell: “This construction into street property, and is ilfe-' done. gal.” Surveys are made} | only one way”. Building Inspector Sawyer: “y encroaches told Sirugo that it couldn't be |; He went over my head, and pressure was applied.” sounding of every —barbor - whistle and the ringing of bells GIVEN} move his garage to a new loca- | ushered in the Armistice Day ce- lebration at 11 a. m. today. Warning against any reduc- tion of the Armed Forces, Cap- jtain Willard A. Saunders, USN, commanding officer of Key West Submarine Base, gave the Ar- mistice Day address in the Stock Island home of Arthur Sawyer Post 28, the American | Legion. “In order to maintain peace in the world, the Armed forces of this country should be kept Commissioner Harden: “Who | The controversial subject was|strong”, said Capt. Saunders. gave Mr. Sirugo the permi ‘quietly aired with no tempers! His address was short but to Building Inspector Sawyer:'flaying and it was finally de-jthe point. “I didn’t issue it, but my superi- cided to allow the City Mana- At 10:30 a. m., the post was or officer did issue it” |ger to further investigate the|called to order by C. B. Har- Public Service Director Dopp: | matter. vey, post commander. Follow- “I issued it, but all permits are’ Attorney Lester had informed}ing advancement of the colors issued subject to signed state-|the commission that they could| by the Guard of Honor, there ment that no provisions of. the; only issue the permit on a revoc- building code are being disobey-' able basis which would be ed”. Building Inspetcor Sawyer told Mr. not be done.” Contractor Sirugo: “I submit-! ted my sketch and after work- ing five days on the job. stopped. revocable permit”. Mr. in addition to improving ‘I after Sirugo that he was vio-! the lating the law and that it could, commission that I was exact difference, 1 could continue on a‘ able report is received to bring Navarro the findings the the commission for sub- {ject to change a week or a day | issuance, and even that if permit was issued. by the it .would be \ done in violation of the charter. | Joe Sirugo plans to have a ‘licensed surveyor determine the and if a favor- once more before their deci- building now will in the future sion. Bezanilla Cleared Of Charge Of Fraud In Federal Court ACCOUNTING ERRORS* PROVED TO BE unin: County Board AN SES ON a as Tonight GIVEN BY HOLLAND Gonzalo Bezanilla, the Palace theatre, day exonerated of alleged fraud in an opinion-erder from United manager State District Judge John W Holland. He’ was cleared completely of the charge made by the Colum- bia Pictures Corporation, Uni ted Art Corporation, and the Universal Film Exchanges, In. corporated. Bezanilla was required to pay an undisclosed small sum to the plaintiffs on five pictures shown in Key West during the year 1944. The errors were of accounting and proved non-intentional. The oral arguments in these cases took place at Key West on November 4, 1947, and were concluded at Miami on Novem ber Bezanilla attorneys J. and Henry Ta 7 ‘ _ OR SALE ‘47 Buick Super, low mileage "47 Olds, Club Sedan, 4,000 Miles NAVARRO, Incorporated Opposite Bus Station were fem akinatel (ar Lancelot — Lester lor of Miami MINCED VIRGINIA HAM and Scrambled EGG Hot Buttered TOAST = see Duffy's Tavern PURE CREAM Division and Simonton Streets 7 A.M. - 10 A.M. DAILY and SUNDAY ‘We Bake All Our Own Pastry including Fresh Danish Pastry Daily . to Take Out of, was _yester-| ‘declared involved | | On Beach Bids County Commission at its meeting tonight at 7:30 oo’clock, may decide to call for bids for the construction of the beach and other facilities at West Martello Tower. Some time ago bids were re-| ceived for the project, but were too high. The lowest bid received called for the ex- penditure of about $207,000 more | than the approximately $180,000 | the county has .on hand to carry Monroe on the work The bord went on record as being opposed to a second call | for bids until January. PALACE THEATER SHEILA RYAN in “Slightly Scandalous” News and Features TONIGHT IS PRIZE NITE was a musical selection by Miss Claudina LaFe, accompanied by Miss Sylvia Baker. Then‘ promptly at 11 a. m., there was a firing of salutes by the Guard of Honor, taps, by Arent. T. Sjursen, Jr., post bu- gler, and an echo by Brian Lloyd. After the Armistice Day c monies Sawyer Post then dedi- cated its new home. There were speeches by Mayor W. W. De- meritt, introductory remarks by Vance C, Stirrup, 10th district executive cofhmitteeman of’ the Department of Florida, Ameri, can Legion. The home was formally dedi- {cated in a talk by Commander {Harvey, Mrs. John Dillon gave a harp-sold, benediction was by Albert L. DiNegro, Jr., chaplain of the post’ From noon until 6 p. m. ‘there was to be an open house by the post unit 28, Amer- ican Legion Auxiliary. At 1 p. m. there was installa- tion ceremonies for the So: of Legion Squadron under the di- rection of Iva Watson. Gaines and races for children, und direction of James F. Hanrahan, asssited by Kermit Richardson and a concert by the Key Wes! High School Band under the di rection of Earl Dillon, were to mark the afternoon program At 8:30 p.m, Commander Harvey was scheduled to deliver an adress of welcome and at 8:45 p. m. there will be dancing Music will be by the “Tiiee Sharps”. A floor show will be put on by the USO Little The- ater Group intermi The annual Milita the Veterans of Foreign was to be held tonight at their clubhouse at Flagler avenue and Second street as its part in the Armistice Day observance. The dancing will begin at 11 p. m, immediately after the presente- tion of the colors. Jimmy Calloway will act’ as master of ceremonies for program. CITIZENS of KEY WEST It is our sinéere belief that the vast majority of citizens would like Dave King as city manager. If so, attend the commissioners’ meet- ing tonight and guide the new commissioners for a progressive community, (Paid For by A Group of Taxpayers and Citizens) ge