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

Key West, Florida, has the moe equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit No. 222 Start Construction VOL. LXV. Ni Monday on Advanced | Undersea W. School REYNOLDS CONSTRU ‘TION CO. GETS con: Bogart, Bacall TRACT FOR BUILDING. Expecte A iare ALTERATIONS Later In Day Notice to proceed has been is- | sued by the Navy to the Rey-! mehds Construction canpeny|| Rooms at La Concha Hotel are Coral Gables, low bidders, for | being held for Humphrey Bogart ' and his wife, Lauren Bacall, who | reserved them some ago the alterations to buildings at the old Receiving Stati - paration of the ee ae) and who said they would arrive dersea Warfare School. The cost here today. of the work will be $88,900. The Advanced Undersea War- fare School was formerly known ee ae at is scl as the Special Weapons School town in an airplane that is sche- and is located at New London, duled to arrive about 5 p. m. to- Conn. The entire school, which day. consists of about 30 officers and, The Bogarts intend while here sie nee Lesa wilt} for about five days to enjoy the oH completion of the alterations. _ | fishing in Key West waters. It is expected that the work, | ie oa which involves the altering of | Buildings 5, 9 and 10, will start; Trevor Leaving on or about Monday, and should | be completed in 90 days. | City On Monday, Bids were opened November | 12 for painting of 10 buildings at} ; the Naval Air Station (Seaplane ns r Base) and an ward has been rec-| Manager, will be ommended to the low bidder, V.! the city on Monday, he informed ; time movie couple may come to Trevor, acting city | absent from J. Hoecherl Company, Inc., Mia-ithe members of the city com- mi, in the amount of $ 50. | mission late yesterday. These —announcemen were In_ hi nee vor oh made today by Comdr. ‘J. R.. named City Comptroller Charl Lofland, Jr., officer in charge of: Roberts to act in the capacity of construction at the Naval Base. city manager. Hughes “Counsel Declares Gen. Meyers Asked For Loan GENERAL AGAIN DENIED HE*— TRIED..TQ:RORROW MONEY, Eleven ‘Siteewaln ica ig °F | Now Enrolled In Red Cross Work (By The Axgoctated Prewn) WASHINGTON, November 15; = _Neil R. McCarthy, counsel for! The Key West Chapter of the Howard Hughes, builder of the} *Merican Red Cross is proud to 4 announce that the following world’s largest plane, today cor- eta schools have enrolled 100 percent re Hughes’ Statement that Major General Bennett Meyers, now retired and on a! pension, had not only tried to borrow $200,000 from Hughes but also had asked for a job. Parochial School, Poincia General Meyers again denied! mentary School, Division § he had tried to borrow from| Elementary School, Harr Hughes to finance the buying of | mentary Sehool, Reynolds School, Enrollment campaign which ends today: Tavernier School, St. Peter's Ele- government bond oun ee Elementary and High However, McCarthy, reiterat- | School, Be Baum ed he recalled distinctly that hool, St. -arochia shool and the Convent of Mary Meyers had asked for a job and also had mecueete a: a loan. immaculate. Key West High School will report on Monday. ‘eacher-sponsors for the Seeks Divorce | snsats'se Charis Albury. Mrs Venora Mingo, Miss Helen " A petition seeking a divorce] lor, Mrs. Leota Somers, Mis: was filed with «Cire Court | rie H. Miss Yvonne Pat- Clerk Ross C. awyer’s office | ten, Sheila Mar Sister yesterday by Behany Ann Noble | There Anysie and Sister Su against Dana Gibson Noble. or M. Isabella . Veterans CHICKEN, CHOPS. AIR CIRCUS © and steaks Night Club Quality at Restaurant Prices WEAVER'S AIR-CONDITIONED Meacham. Field Sunday, 2:30 P.M. ADMISSION Tax Included 1 | Entertainment Extra Special at THE DRIFTWOOD FRONT and DUVAL STREET Hector Barroso Presents 5... TONIGHT and EVERY NIGHT JOHNNIE FISHER | and HIS TRUMPET, formerly with @Benny Goodman and His Band @ Tommie Dorsey and His Band @Paul Whiteman and His Band, and with other name bands... also with @ KATE SMITH on the Columbia Network NO Featured at the DRIFTWOOD with Hector Barroso and His SPOTLIGHT BAND Come, Dance and Have Fun It is believed that the noted | and over in the Junior Red Cross 4 Se, HE SOUTHERNMOST N ~ Che Key West Citizen IN THE EWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1947 | Trevor Appeals For City Support Of Chamber; Seeks Money To Carry On Effort SAYS COMMERCE BODE arrmar eo i NEEDS BACKING OF. how many are willing to give. | after they have paid their dues. ENTIRE KEY WEST: “There are those who are dis-| 1. | satisfied because they cannot get BUSINESS GROUP 1 back $10 out of every $1 they put In a communication to “citi-} into anything, and many main- zens who want to see Key West; tain a skeptical attitude toward grow”, Edwin Trevor, president | the organization. They are ready of the Key West Chamber of ‘0, blame everyone but. them-| Commerce, today asked for com-!” «Remember this: If the Cham- munity support in the Cham-! be: of Commerce doesn’t accom- ber's effort to promote the inte-| Plish everything that is expect- rests of Key West. | ed of it, it is because it lacks the a eee ME Meee ms !moral and financial support of | t. Trevor's statement fol-/ the business and professionals in| lows: | the community. “You are the Chamber of mmerce because you are a ;Commerce do something about] citizen of Key and doing busi- jit? How many times have here. Your assistance is be- i solicited in an attempt to heard that question on the stree Jatt \ luestion on the street] ag something for Key West’. We in the barber shop or! have every possible advantage ; wherever people are brought to-i of bulidng of our community the | gether? | progressive city that it should ie Chamber of “On is held responsible for every so-| called economic ill of the} others who have pledged them- Nearly everyone is| Selves to support the Chamber i ‘of Commerce: on the other t le} + hamb © condemn the Chamber nang the Chamber of Commerce instant gives its pledge to do all it can every prone, yet to support you and Nes West.” “Why doesn’t the Chamber of j Cor | corner, . be pree. i Commerce | December 2 you will be{ — upon to join in with the cial, ‘moral, | community. | ready failure to have remedy for | for an ‘Seven Jailed By Pikice "| After Figkt At VFW Club, | MANY SAILORS ALSO AR-* ' RESTED BY SHORE PA. _| TROL; CLUBROOMS BADLY DAMAGED 1 and left for the scene with Pa- trolman Joseph Cerezo and Heec- The police and the Shore Patrol arrived at the same ‘ [time and tried to break up the tor Castro. Seven sailors were arrested by! fight. | the police late last night follow-| They entered the room -and ‘ing a fight at the Veterans of; ttied to separate the fighters, ‘who stopped beating each other , and concentrated on the city po- , lice and shore patrolmen. For a Foreign Wars Clubhouse jler avenue and Second that developed among the c of the USS Nc destroyer, . While Baker though he might The Navy Shore Patrol, who, have to, call out the National answered the same alarm, also, Guard to quell the disturbance. Finally the seven men were arrested and taken to Toes seven men under arrest ed about 12 of the Navy personnel after it w. proved they were in no way in headquarters in the patrol. Later two loads of the men were tak- volved in the fight fen to the Navy Base. Navy men held by the city! It was a regularly organized were W. A. Wassman, R. J.!Ship’s party given exclusively Shelton, Joseph bala, Billy i for the seamen aboard the Noa. Roberts, A. N. Wagner, A. La-|The ship will foot the bill of Page, Joseph A. Perotta. They damages to the club, which was were charged with disorderly , pretty badly smashed conduct = Patrolman Wilson Jolly and,” > + “t Frank Caraballo answered — the FOR SALE | ‘first call that a fight was under ‘47 Buick Super. low mileage py ayaa ee club. | Wher "a7 Olds, Club Sedan, 4,000 Miles, ney got there they found abo: 100 men all engaged in throw-| NAVARRO, Incorporated | y ing bottles or beating one an recite Bus Station other. Two of the ship's crew, ‘=*=7=7="=~ sae who had to maintain order, had {Jost control of the situation Congratulations to. .« | Jolly immediately — telephoned | headquarte Lt Harry Lee LEE’S ORIENT On Their R me MAXWE Restaurant Equip 909 FLEMING STREET Baker Shore Patrol |PALACE THEATER JIMMY DAVIS in “LOUISIANA” News and Features notificd the 1120 Daval Street Auto Repairs, Paintine, Body and Fender Work Geanine Auto for AN Care i ' | | | | i i | | | | The Veterans of Foreign Wars | Proudly Present Ray Gould Tread : THE SOPH (Those Seven Hep-Cats) A SATURDAY NITE Jam Session ' INDAY AFTERNOON | TEA DANCE | Chipchase and His Boys | | | | The Most Unique Resta AMERICAN and with Grace Baker 3:00 o'CLOCK SHARP At the Clubhouse 2ND and FLAGLER AVE. Admission 25¢ (Tax Incl.) | | oe amen apemmunem beeen ametnaetitt) (Next to Southernmost City LEE’S ORIENT || RESTAURANT RE-OPENS at 5:00 o°Clock Today As Key Westers, We Take Pleasure in Giving to Key West CAMILLE CHAMOUN = MEDITERRANEAN : PET SEA ; / 2520p LH ‘The famous hills of the Lebanon, rising in | for a strictly municipal purpose, an area whose civilized history goes back more than 5000 years, mark out one of the oldest and most important trade routes of the Middle East. With the sea at its front door, the Lebanon has sent its traders Canceck@M wz} Gives Opinion | (Special to The Sitizen) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 15. — City- owned property is exempt | from taxes only when it is used Attorney General J. Tom Wat- son pointed out to Tax Assessor | W. Homer Smith of Volusia | county. It also may be exempted if it throughout the Mediterranean for thou- | is intended to be used for muni- sands of years. The modern Republic of Lebanon has existed inde- pendently since. 1941 after a peri Mandate, administered by France. industry is agriculture, is proud of her American and French uni- versities in the capital, Beirut. Camille Chamoun represents her at the United Nations General Assembly. Her flag, adopted in 1943, has two red and one white strive. in which is a green Cedar of Lebanon. GOVERNMENT GUARDS SECRET OF ATOM BOMB Measures To Be Taken To* Stop Shipment Of Ma- chinery Used In Produc- ing Bomb (By The Asanetated Presa) WASHINGTON, Nov.. 15—The | government today announced| that, beginning next week, it will tighten its. control on the secret of the production of the atomic - bomb. | ‘No machinery ‘that could pos-! sibly be used for the production | of the bomb will be exported, | and control will be set up on the: export of uranium and _ plutoni- | um. euper ion over industry, that Sick eaman R \NAVY HAS BOAT walT* ING HERE TO RECEIVE, MAN AND HE IS SENT: TO HOSPITAL Seaman T. M. Baldini, aboard the USS Wilson, a destroyer en- | route to Key West, felt so bad-- ly after supper last night that ‘he complained to the chief of the medical staff on the ship. The chief took Baldini's RESTAURANT e:Opening LL CO. tne. ment & Supplies PHONE 682 rant in South Florida Serving CHINESE FOOD at Our New Location ; 506 FLEMING STREET Pharmacy on Fleming St.) TELEPHONE 1379 im “City Aboard Destroyer ond time, for he oed the information to the ' West ; miles out, coming here from Gu }cipal purposes, the attorney gen- iod under a League of Nations (eral added. The opinon did not Lebanon, whose most important "go into detail as to the differ- ences between property used for governmental purposes, such as a golf course or a municipal ab- attoir. It cited state supreme court decisions which have de- fined what are municipal pur- poses, entitling land or other property to exemption from county and other taxes. Sed dn dnd dada tntintantndntantntontond Late Bulletins | (By ‘The Associated Press) (244044442404040644644 MORE HOMES WASHINGTON.—The Depart- ment of Labor announced today that more homes will be con- produces anything used in the manufacture of the atomic bomb will be established by the gov- ernment. In making the announcement, it was not said that if anything} Russia had claimed about know- ing the secret of the bomb “i to the issuing of the orders,|since 1925. Thus far in 1047, though Major General Groves, pepkarraan for the department p a ic | Said, top authority on the atomic] Sit bomb, remarked that if Russia is compelled to manufacture her owm machinery to produce the bomb, it will require her from MacARTHUR BOOM ibe able to turn out a workable } bomb. ushed To presidency next year. ceeeeee READY TO ACT are all set to act on a ménient’s| notice. should members ; of the General Federation of. Labor, who have been on transporta tion strike for three days, make any further attacks on the plants of Rightest newspapers or commit any other violent acts. perature. Then he took it a sec didn't believe his own eyes. The thermometer again read 105 degiee Communicating this informa tion to the captain of the ship, the chief put Baldini in a berth. The captain immediately radi Key J for ship 82 ARRESTED MARSEILLE. — Eighty - two cal police here today for attempt- ing to foment trouble in connec- have called in this city. -Sr. Room Naval permission to peed towards this station. “Come at top speed” the Naval Base officer: Soon the Wilson was making 27 knots. She was about 350 2 asking the radioed A meeting of Jr.-Sr. High |School Room Mothers will be | held Monday at 3 p. m.,, in the {school auditorium |” Plans will be completed for the musical show that will be en by the Room Mothers on iday, December 5. ey at the AMERICAN LEGION io COUNTRY CLUB | | Mic by the THREE SHARPS ROAD SERVICE Saturday, 9 P.M. ’til ? PHONE for Our WRECKER | Admission, $1.00 Per Couple eDAY Phone 501 i lay, 2 to 6 P.M. e@NIGHT Phone 1053W China. 50c Per Couple SANDY'S GARAGE FINE DRINKS ‘Largest Dance Floor. em 01 VAL St | Where Can You Get 2 Fresh Eggs Crisp Bacon - Toast Georgia Ice Cream Coffee For Only 35c? Duffy's Tavern. Division and Simonton Streets 7 AM. - 10 A.M. DAILY and SUNDAY We Bake All Our Own Pastry, in- cluding Fresh Danish Pastry Daily —VISIT OUR RETAIL DEPT.—', eT TTT OOOO OOO STO OORR antanamo, Cuba. At 2 a. m. she reached the Submarine Base. The Navy had a boat waiting} jand Baldini was transferred to} ‘it from the Wilson, and the man | was rushed to Naval Hospital. | Baldini’s condition today was reported “good” at the hospital today. “No matter fhat a man’s rank (Continued On Page Seven) i SS ee, for the Pi LAUND 516 SOUTHARD ST. When City-Owned Land Is Exempt structed in the United States this year than during any other year; Johnson, USN, Ge MILWAUKEE. — Represemtd- tives from 11 states gathered here today to start a boom for Gen- 15 to 20 years before she will | eral Douglas MacArthur for the ROME.—Troops and poljcemen i Communists were arrested by lo-| tion with the general strike they! Mothers Meet, BENDIX: Soap - Detergent - Bleach - Blueing Supplied Pick-Up and Delivery Service PHONE 585 PRICE FIVE CENT: Naval Inspectors Begin Arriving To Inspect Naval Base TWENTY ON STAFF OF | REAR ADMIRAL RALPH | DAVISON, U.S.N., IN- | SPECTOR | Some of the Naval inspectors who are going to begin inspect- ing the facilities and personnel of the United States Naval Base in. Key West on Monday have ‘already arrived here by automo- | bile-from Seventh Naval District headquarters at Jacksonville, it was. announced today. Heading the party will be Rear Admiral Ralph Davison, and Captain Angerer will arrive Monday at 10:30 a. m. to Boca Chica Air Field. The Admiral on Tuesday will make.an inspection of the per- sonnel at the Fleet Sonar School, The Submarine Base, the Opera- tional and Development Station, ;the Naval Ordnance Unit, the Seaplane Base, the Naval Hos- \ pital and at Boca Chica Field. In the party, besides Capt. An- \gerer, there will be Captain R. Montgomery, USN, Capt. J. L. Holland, USN, Capt. R. M. As- j kin, Captain F. F. Sima, USN, 1Comdr. C. QO. Reinhardt, Comdr. T. H. Lucking, USN., Lt. Comdr. R G. Odiorne, USN., Lt Col. Thomas C. Moore, USMC. Lt. J. C. Ferrell, USN, Lt. R. L. Murphy, USN., Lt. C. W. Fisher, USN., Lt. (jg) D. J. Walsh, USN, Lt. (jg) J. K. Mc- Cool, USN., Lt. (jg) C. M. orge W. Sut- a| ton, C C. West and C. W. Lind- 3: gren, civilians, and Chief Yeo- 92,000 homes have been, man Queenan, a WAVE, USN., | Permits Issued ~~ For Residences Building permits fot three new residences costing a total | of $17,500 were issued yesterday lby Building Inspector Errol Sawyer; Mr. and Mrs. David McCurdy will’ Build ia’. concrete _ block house of lots 4-5, Square 12 in | Avenue E at a cost of $7,000. Elida Aguilar will build a frame residence on the north side of United Stareet between Watson and Varela streets at a cost of $6.000. Alfred A. Allen will build a frame residence at 707 Eliza- beth street at a cost of $4,500. 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