The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 22, 1947, Page 1

} Key ‘West, Florida, has the tos: equable climate in the | country. ‘with an average || range of only 14° Fahrenheit |VOL. LXVIII.. No. 228 8 Boys Held, Placed On) Probation After Confessing Thefts CHIEF DEPUTY SHERIFF4 “SAYS YOUTHS ‘ADMIT STEALING FROM VE- HICLES Eight boys from 9 to 15 years Bond Interest of age, arrested for a series of And Principa petty thefts from automobiles and other places throughout the; Juan A. Perez, Cuban consul city,.were placed on drobution| for two, years by Juvenile Judge Frank ‘©. Roberts today. Parents of the boys crowded in the’-office of Sheriff Berlin A. Cuba Paying cent domestic bonds, and i ' | jal to organize a municipal gov- ; jernment in. that area, according ! {to an announcement E Che Key SOUTHERNMOST. ‘ Municipality Part Key Largo A meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 1948, Pes ginning at 8 o'clock, in the Ocean Reef Hotel on Key Largo for the! purpose of cinsidering a propos- | | | Proposed For | | made byj {Allen Baker, secretary of a cit- ! jizens’ committee. ! ' The municipality will com- ; promise 113.76 acres, situated at i the extreme northeasterly end {of Key Largo. All freeholders and registered | in Key West, informed The Citi-! voters in that area have been | zen today that the republic of invited to attend the Cuba is now paying interest and; to decide on the proposition. At! principal on its 1905, five per-| the same meeting will be chosen | also | a mayor and not more than nine | meeting KEY WEST, FLORIDA; U.N. Facts and Faces . area of Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in the world’s family of nations, has an ER IN sige» « LUXEMBOURG 999 square miles and more than Y, NOVEMBER 22, 1947 Associated Press Day Wire | Service and. AP Features For 67 Years Deveted to the Best Interests of Key West Gittzen THE U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENT: FIND WRECKAGE OF THAT FELL TUESDAY %No Trace Found Of Bodies Of Two Of Three Airmen Lost In Two Navy Aircraft Accidents | South Of Here At Night | Capt. A. E. Gouin, USN, commander of Squadron DC-M2 at | Boca Chica Air Field, reported today that the wreckage of the sec- ond of two planes that disappeared Tuesday night had been found Thursday near Marqueses Key. ‘We did not find the body of Lt. (jg) John F. Johnson, who was SECOND NAVY PLANE | Wrong List Of Jurors Given To The Citizen The list of the jurors in Crim- joel count wee: oces eal ‘alone in the plane when it crash- four men charged with unarme ed”, said Capt. Gouin. “Nor (robbery of two Navy chief vet: Sailor Attacked. have we found any trace of ty officers early Thursday morn- | V 9 |Lewis Lucas, Jr., the second ing was not correct as it appear- ed in The Citizen the same day. Jurors who voted acquittal of ;man who was in the first plane Cut By Navy Mann tient sent down near ‘is 1 Seviver, where Judge Roberts held court, and all promised to stand responsible. for the future behavior of the boys, and prom- on its foreign loans. jor fewer than five aldermen, a Consul Perez said the money | town clerk and a marshal. was ordered paid in a decree is- | a sued by the president of Cuba! BALLOON OVER ALPS on September 26, 1947. Pay-; SCHLIEREN, Switzerland. — ments now collectible were de- | (AP),—Five men aboard a free 300,000 people. The Grand Duchy, which touches on Germany, Belgium and France, suffered under German occupation in the Second World War. Practically every bit of her land is cultivated by small landowners. Despite her small size, Luxembourg supplies the world from an enormous output of iron { {Frank Fraga, Kirkwood Bethel, Evelio Estavez and Woodrow Niles were Jack Saunders, Earl ; R. Baker, Leonard T. Curry, Wil- iliam L. Sawyer, Frank Key and ‘John R. Kerr. j j queses.” Police are investigating the} Capt. Gouin said he was leav- cutting of Knox Gowry, a sailor, ing Boca Chica Field immediate- who appeared at Municipal Hos- |pital with severe cuts on his head nose, lly to search for the two missing ‘airmen. The search for the fingers | planes and the men has not stop- chest and . first, the boy. denied the .charge, ised’ to keep them apart. The parents then demanded that the city police department station a patrolman at Bayview Park, where many of the . car thefts were confessed by the young offenders, to prevent steal- ing in the future. They. also expressed the hope that the city administration would compel enforcement of the, curfew law, which requires all bovs and girls to be at home after 2pm. ‘ Chief Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wallace was driving around the; Casa Marina section the other, evening when he saw two boys.’ ferred during the war. formation about the his office on Duval street. He recpgnized one of them, but Declares That Major Gen-*--— |Dongo Taken To continued on his way. | The following day a woman called and told him her car had been ransacked. Wallace remem-' bered,the boys. He went looking; for ‘them but could not find them. : Then later that day one of the, boys came to the courthouse on an ‘errand. Wallace saw him and _ called in for.a talk. He let the boy ‘apd-did <not questior him for some time. ‘Then he quietly accused the boy of breaking into the car.’ At eral Bennett Meyers Dis- graced. His Rank And Uniform | - (ie ‘Annucinied Presa) | WAS AINGTON, Nov. 22.—Ma- jor-General Bennett E. Meyers | “disgraced his uniform and -his rank”, Gereral Arnold, who: was ‘at the head of the army air today‘at the hearing of the sen- | but later broke down » and: .con- | fessed. { He ‘named other youths - who had been dcing the same thing. breaking into aytomobiles.. All of them were questioned and each in turn and they admitted the. charges. Then the boys with their parents came before Judge Koberts. ' “Pm placing these boys on pro- bation for two years,” said Judge tee. ers’ statement before the com- Arnold had been’ aware of Mey- ers’ activity ‘in the aviation in-' dustry. Arnold explained that a letter, Meyers sent to him, aj ; copy of which had been read! ‘ before. the committee, had never been read by him. It was mailed ay, } $ to his office, he pointed out, Roberts. Um placing each of : te ; them in the feustoay of his par-} wee he ve attending the ill hold the parents re-; FOtsdam conference. oeaiet a | Amplifying his. statement sponsible.” The parents, expressing great concern for the boys, promised the court that there would be no further trouble .with the young-, sters. The stuff stolen by the boys in- Gluded everything from safety pins to rods and reels. In no case, according to. Wallace, did the loot amount to much. Some of it was immediately discarded by the boys, Wallace said. against Meyers, Arnold asserted that he had no sympathy what- ever for Meyers, and that he condemned his wrongdoing as a reflcetion on the Army. At the conclusion of General Arnold’s testimony, the com- mittee announced that it had ended the Meyers hearing and had turned over the Meyers’ case to the Department of Jus- tice, the ‘attorney general and {the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Bonfire Insures | Mizrachi Dedicate 1948 Hat cannes Children’s Village FORT MORGAN, Colo.—(AP). —Five hundred businessmen and | é other residents of this city her- JERUSALEM. (AP) The alded the advent of the Fall sea-; Mizrachi Women's Organization gon with a bonfire of their sum-, of America has dedicated a new mer straw hats. children’s village at the coastal After a breakfast of scrambled eggs in the high school audi- torium, store owners, employes and others marched to the town’s public ‘square where they tossed their straw headgear into the flames. ———————___——_— gee children who have concentration camps as most of their lives. More than 170 children tween five and 17 years old al- ready are in the village, which ‘eventually will house 300 to 500. | Dormitories, schools, a hospital and workshops have been con- known homes Rovthernmonst Qarage te U. 8, {ing, sports field and swimming 1130 Duval Atrece 7 ' Auto Repairs, Painting, | a women’s Zionist organization of and Fender Work | 50,000 members made up of 150 Bady « ‘Auto Parte for ll Core jee throughout the United ates. Special Meeting, USO Building, 8:00 o'Clock Tonight In Honor of District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, the Honorable Peter J. Ross be-! Phove 16° pool are planned. The Mizrachi is! “Attention Elks! | Anybody wishing further in-| crossing of the Alps in 5 1-2 matter, ‘hours recently, Consul Perez said, may call at Zurich, near Swiss-Italian fron- GENERAL ARNOLD APPEARS IN CASE | AGAINST MEYERS |CLERK SAWYER PRE-* |Man Taken Off | Criminal Court ! Dongo, whose kneecap was shat balloon mae a__ north-south ascending near tier. Bone Specialist Clerk Harry tered in an automobile accident Thursday night, was taken toj according to a breakdown of bud eHospite] for treatment. He is r - | ate war investigating commit- although it was owned by Willi Arnold stamped as false Mey- machine at the time. Dongo said nfittee, in which he implied that mentarily lost control. The car j Program of the Junior Red Cro: i Pages To Leave town of Raanana for Jewish refu-' the publicity committee of the | ‘Poinciana PTA, Mr. Page and their son, Gerald, will leave Ke {structed and a vocational build-| EN | | and steel. As a trading nation, Luxembourg is allied economtically with Belgium and the Netherlands in the first important post-war customs union, called Benelux. Foreign Minister Joseph Bech is Chairman of Luxembourg’s Delegation to the United Nations Gen- eral Assembly. Her flag has red, white and blue horizontal stripes. County Spent | Last Year $250,493 For Operating Expenses PARES REPORT TO STATE COMPTROLLER ON BUDGETED ITEMS A total of $250,493.29 0% the tax- Payers’ money was spent by Mon- roe County in the fiscal year 1146-'47 that ended September 30, Miami Friday for treatment by | set avpropriations and expendi- force during the war, declared ,@ bone specialist. The car was driven by Dongo, ; am Cates, who was not in the the accelerator stuck and he mo- crashed against a pole. Local Junior Red Crass Has 3,082 Members | Mrs. N. H. Pepper, chairman of the Junior Red Cr an- nounces in the final report of the Junior Red Cross drive that the enrollment in Monroe coun- j ty is .3.082 members. After submitting their nation- | al enrollment fee, there will be | $124.31 left for the projects and in Monroe County, Mrs. Pepper | said. 1 This month the Junior Red } Cross has made holiday favors i | for both the Municipal and Na- val Hospital here and they pro vided entertainment by the High | chool Choral Group at the U.! S. Naval Hospital. For Asheville | Mrs. Polly Page, chairman of West next Monday for Ashev N. C., where they will mak their home.. H Mrs. Page ; PTA work during her residence in Key West. | has been active in: The Veterans of Foreign Wars | Proudly Present ! Ray Gould Tread and THE SOPHISTO-CATS (Those Seven Hep-Cats) A SATURDAY NITE | JAM SESSION | At the Clubhouse | 2ND and FLAGLER AVE. ADMISSION... . . 25e (Tax Included) { not tures prepared today by Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. been submitted state’ comptroller. Cierk Sawyer makes a state- ment of the appropriations and expenditures to the state comp- troller evéry year., It shows the expenditures of all funds for.the vavious accounts of the county budget. Items and amounts budgeted for 1946-"47 were as follows: General revenue fund $168,801.00 Fine and forfeiture fund Road fund Hospital fund Principal and interest on bathing beach bonds. This report has to the 37,300.00 33,800.00 19,000.00 TOTAL— $256,901.00 Amounts expended in the 1946- “47 budget were as follows Public welfare $ 46,766.37 ries 67,638.68 incipal and interest on bathing beach bonds. 17,012.30 Supplies and new eauipment 24.447.24 Repairs to buildings 18,503.74 Pavments or purehas of new buildings and leases 40.600.00 Road construction 29.870.96 Feeding prisoners 4,554.00 | 1,100.00 TOTAL— $250,493.29 From the proceeds of the sale of tne bathing beach bonds, which amounted to $: 992.08, $12.- 9.05 was spent from this fund. However, this fund or item was budgeted in the 1946-'47 t. Travel expense budy PALACE THEATER BARRY SULLIVAN in “THE GANGSTER” _ News and Features In All The World There Are No Higher Grade Steaks Produced Than Our Western, Grade AA Choice, Rath’s Blackhawk STEAKS WEAVER'S Completely Air-Conditioned Ship Yesterday Russell J. DeJohn, a seaman taken from the SS Williamsburg Vat the Sea Buoy yesterday after- noon, was taken to the Naval ported to be suffering with ap- pendicitis. : ; The Coast Guard patrol boat with Mate O. B.*Odom in com- mand. ‘met, ‘Williamsburg, ‘bound from Portland, Oregon, to qn, Texas, and .took off More Voted. |» Than Registered ; HARRISBURG, Pa—lIt was an all-out vote and then some in , Harrisburg’s fifth precinct of the seventh ward at the recent elec- tion. fi Unofficial returns showed that 18,000.00 this particular precinct hit a new intent on forcing another elec of {high for voting. those registered. The election board promised to -109 percent ~~~ find out where the extra 82 votes were picked up. Aged Benefit By | are = | Reeluse’s Will | CHESTER, Va—When Peter Belcher, 86-year-old recluse died, he left a fortune of nearly $100.- {000, the bulk of which went to | two Richmond homes for aged women and two Richmond hos- pitals. Belcher, a bachelor, lived frug- ally throughout his lifetime. After selling stovewood for a time, he turned to the manufacture of lum- ber, and finally to speculation in real estate. | a i LIFE TERMER HAPPY Austraita.—(AP).— the Mount | SYDNEY, i One life termer in | Gambier jail seems | with the arrangement. | A lizard brought to the jail in ‘1926 by one of the guards suns i himself every day in the pris j ers’ exerc yard. It has been ‘out on parole only once when it was entered in a pet show and ' won a prize. | | Celotex Plank STRUNK LUMBER YARD 1 PHONE 816 KEEP THIS | DATE OPEN ‘BOF Noy. 28, 1947 “EE contented | ped for a minute nor will cease for some time, Capt. Gouin said. The wreckage of the second The list, which was incorrect | about 4 a. m. today. jin The Citizen because the list} Gowry said that another sail- ‘given it by an attache of the!or, dressed in civilian clothes,! | . vee ieee | court, said the six jurors were! attacked him and cut him with aj plane hee found in about oy ;: et !Herman L. Roberts, Walter L. ! bottle. \b ania ay la ee ‘Munro, Jr. C. W. McCra Patrolman Gabriel Lastres,| PY PU oe eee 'Louis Martinez, Edward A. Mat- | who talked with Gowry ee iemenoren eats | from. the : ithews, Jr, and John G. Rob- | cutting took place at Greene and | 0") {ne Submarine Base were | erts. {Simonton streets. 3 down and attached cables to the ee s+ wreckage. \ | It was hauled to the surfac a re it wi e gone over for | NAMES ANOTHER AS | PREMIER-DESIGNATE! Robert Schuman, Former*——-———————————‘| plane with him. | ar — See Old Law Sull Former Caddy | ing Vote Of Confidence: H Id: : G di ‘Molds Goo Defeats Mayor The 32-year-old’ war explained that he earned som his first, maney lugging Aitke head’s golF clubs. evidences of how it came to fall into the ocean. The body of Lt. (jg) Seott L. Brear, USN, 25, of 1321 William street, was found Wednesday morning near the spot where his plane fell. Lucas was in the i This Evening | Ime ine Associated Preany TOS ANGELES, Calits-Renchs|\ nt HOUR Pa ben seat | PARIS, Nov. 22—President ve cue : ales old ic Mayor-elect Luke A. Mercan- Vincent Auriol today named | Roman law, Judge Leo vn | dante used to caddy for the man Robert Schuman as premeier-| found still holds good in Cali-|he defeated in the recent city designate of France. Schuman is | f"Dia in 1947, when he ruled that, election—-Republican Mayor Ar- to appear at 6 o'clock this even. | 4" engagement ring is not the, thur Aitkenhead. i ci tees _; woman's property until marriage. ; ing before the national assembly | He ordered M Betty’ Sinclair, week a vote of confidence. | 49, to return a diamond rihg giv- He served in the recently de- jen to her by her former * fiance, i posed Ramadier cabinet as min-| Russell O. Priebe, 46, unless’ she ister of finance. DeGaullist | Chovses to pay him $2,500 instead | A fg eta ? st wac| Ptiebe sued to recover the ring| leaders said this afternoon it was| ang 4 $400 gold brooch and $2, doubtful whether Schuman will! g90 in cash, but the judge ruled receive a majority in the assem-; that Miss Sinclair may keep the veteran Seek: Divorces king divorces sterday with Cri rk Ri San Petitions si were filed cuit Court C lesen anal 5 yer by Kenneth Eugene Nolanid bly. They added that the De- | Cah and brooc against Rita Lorraine Land ,Gaullists will vote __ solidly | re and by Guy M. McAtee against against Schuman, for they aie, R: ans Home N [j Ruth MeAatee, ing a majority of the national, the high costs of maintaining John | ‘ | >» | wre tion. | Wanted By Oxford ~ 3 ! In that way, they said | e they feel confident of elect-! LoNDON.—-(AP).—Because of | il IK sembly and then will be in a! Ruskin’s home, Brantwood, on AUTOMOBILE UNDERBODY inoat ieckoere Gi : ,_, Lake Consiton, Oxford Univer- i PROLEGTIVE COATING . post jon to choose their own pre- sity is seeking high court leave ee ,AND SOUND DEAOEN 3 ee to hand it back to Howard White-| iil Schuman is 61 years af age‘ house, the original donor. M M . jand has been active in French > university has planned to} onroe otors ‘polities during all his adult life. ! use Brantwood as a study cen-| = ———— INC, —_--—— As a finance minister, it is gen-. ter 1113 White Street erally agreed that se served his SS PHONE 725 {country well. | DeGaullists declared they are ; bent on throwing the govern {ment into a deadlock over choos- ‘ing a premier. If that end is at HOT SOUSE ....... Made by Nora Betancourt | Where Can You Get ‘tained, it will be necessary to| EVERY SATURDAY : hold another election. DeGaull-' Cor. 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