The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 10, 1947, Page 1

Key West; Florida, has the Most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit The Key West Citiz E SOUTHERNMOST NIEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOL. LXVIII. No. 243 New County Home _ |FensionIn To Be Completed Early Next. Week COUNTY COMMISSION*: ERS TO CALL MEET.| ING TO SETTLE WITH CONTRACTORS Monroe county's new home for the aged, which is being erect- ed on Stock Island, will be fin- ished and ready to admit occu- pants early next week, the Board of County Commissioners was informed last night. ‘Philip Toppino of the firm Charley Toppino and Sons, con- tractors for the work, told the board last night that the con- struction would all be finished the first of the week. He asked for final payment on the con- tract. Chairman Frank Bentley said thé board would. call another meeting as soon as Ralph Rus- sell, the county’s inspector on the job, announced the building was ready for use. “When Russell informs me the building is completed, then I'll call a meeting of the board to consider paying you the full 100 per cent of the contract price,” said Bentley. ‘Commissioner Clarence Higgs said that the furniture for the home would be ready for instal- lation as soon as the contract is completed. On motion of Higgs the board! directed the Toppino company to proceed with the expendi- ture of not’ more than $300 in filling and grading a large park- ing space in front of the home. The marl fill will be obtained from the county’s rock holdings on Dredger’s Key. Boulevard Speed _ Limit Is Raised City, Commissioners last night approved the raising of the speed limit to 40 miles per hour on‘! Roosevelt Boulevard, and placed a fine of $20 or 60 days in city jail, far those, drivers who ex- ceed the 40-mile~limit. \,. .y The, measure was passéd unanimously. The ordinance does hot go into effect, however, un- til second reading and_publica- tion of legal notice in The Citi-: zen. : Legion Auxiliary Meets Thursday All members of Arthur Saw- yer Unit No. 28, American Legion Auxiliary are requested by Mrs. Betty A. Saunders, chair- man, to be present to listen to the first reading of the new by- | laws of the organization. The meeting is scheduled for Thurs- day at 8:00 p. m., at the Legion Home on Stock Island. 3 Army Planes Crash During Last 18 Hours (By ‘The Associated Preaa) WASHINGTON, Dec 10.—More Army planes have met with mis- haps in the last 18 hours. .to a greater extent than ever before during that period of time. No official. statement has been issued about the number of dead, but it was said-nine are known to have perished, though the number is considered much larg- er than that. An army plane, capable of car- rying 40, took off yesterday from Goose Bay in Labrador and not announced. A __ transport, carrying a helicopter, left Day- ton this morning for Goose Bay | Year's to use the helicopter in: locating! French workers the crashed transport. An army plane that left Ath- ens, Greece, en route to Rome, is thought to have crashed in the Mediterranean, with ‘the loss of four lives, and another army plane is reported to have been France Ends Over Strikes BUT GOVERNMENT PERTURB- ED OVER BREAKING OFF BY RUSSIA OF TRADE RE- LATIONS (By ‘The Ansvetated Press) PARIS, Dec. 10.—France, which had been bedeviled by strikes during the last few weeks, was breathing easier today, so far as internal affairs were concerned. However, the government was reported to be perturbed by its strained relations with Russia. The matter that worries the French government more than anything else in that regard is the action of Russia in breaking off trade discussions, which Pre- mier Schumann had hoped would result in the shipments of hundreds of thousands of bushels of wheat to France. This morning one and one- half million Frenchmen began to return to their jobs. ‘The Con- federation of Labor Unions, dom- ‘inated by Communists, had call- crashed fve minutes later. How|ed off the strikes, but Commun- many was aboard the plane was | ist leaders declared that peace in { | the labor situation would last longer than a month. After the Christmas and New holidays, they added, would resume not striking. As to the relations with Rus- sia, Premier Schumann — an- nounced that the Russian uote, regarding the canceling of the fuod talks, was not aceptable, lehiefly on the grounds thal the KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1947 COMMISSIONERS GRANT BONUSES TO EMPLOYEES Annual Christmas Bonuses*-——— cent of the employe’s total earn- ings up. to $1,250. All earnings | mum Of $25 To Eachii® &Xcess of $1,250 are not to | figure: in computing the bonus. Individual {The amendment of the budget to | {pay this amount was likewise City Commissioners last night | approved. met in recessed session and han-;. A letter of condolence was dled a number of routine busi- | dered written by City Clerk V) ness matters. The meeting was | tor Lowe to the family of EF. J. O. opened with invocation by Com-!Roberts. Mr. Roberts served as missioner William Demeritt. assistant comptroller at the time City Attorney Ignatius Lester | of his death. was ill last night, and his place} City Manager Trevor: “I am was taken by his sister, At-|now investigating the Key West torney Ophelia Lester. Municipal Stadium lease. I am First act passed: by the com-|trying to get the stadium com- mission was the. approval of an| mittee to.meet. The committee | ordinance allowing John me | supposed to report once a Approved; Grant Maxi- Gelbert, El Prado Restaurant, | year to the city as to plans, etc.” 1117 Division street, to sell only |’ Commissioner John Carbonell: beverages containing alcohol of |“Mr. Trevor, have you heard more than one per cent by {from Miami as to how they regu- weight, and wines regardless of | late travel bureaus?” alcoholic content. The ordinance Acting City Manager Trevor: was passed as an emergency one.| “Yes; in Miami they require City employes’ were granted}one year’s residence, and a in an emergency ordinance af bond.” minimum of $5 and a maximum} Commissioner Louis Carbonell: of $25 as a Christmas bonus. The! “I would-like to know if the bonus is to be figured. on 2 per? (Continued On Page Eight) wrecked in Texas. ;note was reelased to the Russian CITY FATHERS NAME FIVE TO Information as to the names of the dead in all cases, is being wthheld until the next of kin are notified. 6,500 Navy Men, Officers Soon radio stations before it was giv- en to the French government. November Higher | Than Normally To Be In City; slg cgunat The maximum mean tempera- i smean tem- ny ford . ture_and the. ro! ‘There will be_a total of about ! perature in Key West*last month 6,500 officers and enlisted men. was higher than the normal for of the Navy here after: January | November, according to a month- 7 when seven destroyers aré as- signed here for a six-month tow of duty with the Surface Anti Submarine Development: Detach- ment. : ; There” are” than 5,000 officers and enlisted: men attached to Key West Naval Base, The coming of the seven destroyers, and men on_ board, brings the total here to around 6,500. These are the destroyers as- signed to the detachment: USS New, Holden, Wilson, Rich, Greenwood, Coolbaugh, and the Damate. These first left here today for Christme holidays. They are going to Nor- | folk, Newport and Boston. When they return here they will be joined by the Damate. Many of the officers and men will bring their families to Key West for the six-month Volunteers Seek To Have | City Appoint Fire Chief | “foolish” They Elect On January 13, SEND LETTER TO city * | MANAGER TREVOR SEEKING RECOGNI- TION FOR SERVICES In a formal letter submitted to Acting City Manager Edwin Trevor under date of December 6, the Volunteer Fire Department said that on January 13 the de- partment “will elect a chief, to- gether with other officers of the department, and naturally the chief they elect will be the chief they would want to work with during the next ensuing year. The letter continues: “Jt was also the wish of the body that this matter be brought to the attention of the city com- mission, and as you stated at the meeting that you would \vecom- mel Hydraulic Brake: Experts. Low Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone No. § “Opposite Army mend this action, the department | now a little better. with 400. officers | ily statement: issued diay by the local Weather Bureau. The maximum last month aver- aged 80.8:<degrees as compared ' ; Wath the normal 75.5 for Novem- ber, and the minimum average of 73.2 was more than three de- grees higher than the normal of Rainfall last month was 3.91 inches as compared with a nor mal fall of 2.19 inches. Highest velocity of wind dur ing the month was 54 miles an hour from “ie northwest during 'the freak storm on November 26 Board Rejec License Requ A request made to the County Commission last night for a liquor license at Pirate's Cove Fishing Camp was disapproved at at last night’s commission meeting. It was brought out that the ate Beverage Board would not grant a liquor license, and it was eherefore regarded as for the commission to igrant such a request. The board approved transfer- ring the liquor license formerly held by Joseph R. Sirugo for Ray’s Bar and Grill, 627 Duval street, to Raymond Gavilan. feels that the commissioners, in|" all fairness to the volunteers who work at all fires without com- pensaton, will grant this quest. “At the time of the election of | officers by the Volunteer Fire Department all voluntter fire-} men who desire may enter the}! field and place their names be-| fore the department. “The department realizes that at the present time the City of Key. West is not in a financial position to hire sufficient fire- men to place the paid department on an efficient basis, and are willing to continue with their volunteer services to the city but in so doing they do ask that they be accorded some recogni- | tion.” (WvWwvV VV VV VV VV TrR BRADY’S —for——. CHOICE POULTRY 1314 White Street Phone 540 noapaneeee arAsrneee. | | on wee the @ with our DEPENDABLE FORD Brake Service Monroe Motors INC, 1113 White Street PHONE 725 ELECTION UNIT Group To Conduct Elee-*-— tion In January For Shoots At Man Civil Service Boards) Plan Investigations | Who Broke Into City Commissioners meeting ei Golf Clubhouse pension board members, appoint- ;* J.C. Allmond, Watchman at ed five city employes to the ad-) Aythur Sawyer Post 28 of the visory committee that will con-; American Legion, says:he shot at duct an election, Monday, Jan- the car driv: Ya man who uary 12. The city employes elect- broke 'iuto the ‘Clubhouse of the ed on that date will serve onthe’ Key‘ Wést)Golf’ Club ‘late. last pension fund . administration, night. “age ~.' staff in accordance with a city °*-He infefmed Moreno Wallace, ordinance creating chief-depuily sheriff, that he haa aN ,no intention of hitting the man. a‘ : ' He didn’t get the license number Acting City Edwin because the car was driven away Trevor's five appointments were at high speed by the prowler. approved unanimously by the! It is not yet known what the commission, The appointments ai were as follows: been Chief Joseph Kemp, Police Department; John Roberts, Fire Department; Robert Dopp, Pub- lie Service; Victor Lowe, Wel- fare; Charles Roberts, Finance. The only other business trans- acted was the request by Trevor that he be allowed to thorough- Approximately 200 State Road ly investigate the pension status Department members who have “{ William H. (Bill) White, who been attending the annual i employe for many ing in Miami came to Key W: years. Trevor said that White is this afternoon and were taken not drawing a pension, and he. on sightseeing tours of the city (Trevor) wants to look into the , by the Chamber of Commerce. matter. | Five buses of the Florida Grey- the pension Manager man got at the Golf Club. ,is the fourth time in months the clubhouse has entered by burglai 200 State Road Members Here ‘ Wait Local Teachers To For Official Word On Salaries CITY MANAGER JOB STILL OPEN --L. CARBONELL Only Three Formal Appli-¥ Received To: Date For Important Po-! cations ion City Commissioner Louis Car- bonell has informed The Citizen | that contrary to rumors going the rounds, only three formal | applications have been received j by the City Commission for the | position of City Manager. i Carbonell asserted that none of | the three applicants were, in the | commission's opinion, capable of ! handling the job. | Donald F. Mallette, a govern- | ment employe of Washington, | D. C., and brother-in-law of B. i Curry Moreno, former city engi- | neer, was not one of the appli- cants and the commission did not | send for him. The interview was | requested by Mallette, said Car- bonell. The commissioner, elected for } the next four years, added that when a suitable applicant for the city manager's job is interviewed and questioned, all five members. of the commission will be pres- Parrish Will Report On Key | Large Rd. Needs County Commissioner W. A.! Parrish, chairman of the county | commission's road committee, | will investigate the need for the | improvement of Transylvania avenue on Key Largo as request ed by a petition of property own-! ers at last night's meeting of the commission. H The petitioners asked surfacing of the road Commissioner Clarence moved thet Parrish the matter The county commission turned down the request of Harold Gib son .vepresenting 300 propert son, representing 300 property | Morton avenue on the key | Commissioner Parrish said the | county already had spent $8,000) i \ - <4 for Meg invesuigaie -lin improving the roads on Grassy Key and felt that nothing more should be done about them: until other highways on the keys had | been improved i “I'm not saying that pavement | GENERAL RULES PAYMENT OF | SUMMER MONTHS IS NOW DUE TEACHERS ‘* ATTORNEY Monroe county school teachers will be paid for two of last sum“ ; mer’s vacation months when the !School Board directs, despite ; Attorney General Tom Watson's ruling yesterday they are due to receive the payments. Willard M.. Albury, county i: 1 Arabs, Jews To the teachers for July and August dent, ordered it. a JERUSALEM, Dec. 10. — Sir;of the summer months of July in Palestine, ' 5! : i : warned Arabs and Jews today wanes thetoerei waren vas etirned itish W Britis arn | superintendent of public schools, {said today that the payment to i be made soon as Colin v is bd \ English, state school superin- Stop Fighting, | It will be recalled that local ‘The Associated Press) {school teachers sought payment Allan Cunningham, in command ; 4d August soon after school ath Britighe pfarces started in September. At the , down by the. Monroe school that if they don’t stop their riot- | board. ing, the British troops will take , action against both races. ; He did not reveal what would | be the nature of the action, but | it was believed it will be along | military lines. Watson ruled the new school law provision that teachers be paid in 12 monthly installments, for 10 months’ work, means they are entitled to payments now for last July and August if they Six more Jews were killed to- | have not already received. them. day, bringing the total number! The opinion of the attorney of deaths of both Jews and | general was handed English, who | Arabs to 127 since the fighting | said a few counties already have began because of the UN de-} paid their teachers at least part cision to partition Palestine. fof their summer months salaries, Two explosions occurred today , but most of them had not. in Haifa, but no casualties were; Watson’s ruling, he said, will caused. {not call for greater outlay of It was reported that the may- ‘state money because the state ors of Jaffa and Tel-Aviv had ; already has sent to the counties agreed to hold a conference in about $4,600,000 in teachers’ efforts to end the clashes be- {salary contributions for July and tween the Arabs_of the former) A’ zs a city and the Jews of Tel-Aviv. | “I’ll recommend to the board Arab leaders in Iraq announc-; the payment to the teachers of ed today that when British the two months salaries just as troops are withdrawn from Pal- ‘soon as I recej¥é official word to tine, the Arabs will begin a do so, from the state,” said Al- war of attrition against the Jews bury téday. 31; want to be. fair in that country. !4) ¢ | with the téathers, but I can’t see coe how*F.gan recommend the pay- ments wffhout authority.” VI VI VT VV VOT VON VTS CITY DIRECTORY | BEING DELIVERED The Key West City Direc tory of 1948 is being deliv- ered to subscribers. Additional copies of the directory may be obtained at the Key West Chamber of Commerce office. wv VvvvVvvvvV Vv Seek Divorces Petitions seeking divorces were filed yesterday in the office ‘of Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer by Lucile Seerey Ogle against James G. Ogle, and by T. B. Gore, against Minnie Fen- ley Gore. County To Get 10c Cubic Yard For Sand Supplied Contractors For Beach COUNTY —COMMISSION* Mayor Adams: “If we investi- gate for one person, we may be asked by many others who worked for the city for the the same privilege. This would have to be done legally. Acting City Manager: “Yes, of course.” FOR SALE 1939 _ PLYMOUTH 4-Door Sedan NAVARRO, Incorporated Opposite Bus Station Bahama Coc NOW Drink Your Cock NORMAN His NIMBLE FINGERS Upon the Piano Will Make Your Evening Very Enjoyable BAHAMA COC Your Host: 519 DUVAL STREET AL (Let ’Em Live) GORWON hound Bus Lines and a number} of private cars came down from Miami. They were much inter- ested in the aquarium and the turtle crawls. Group Will Not Sew Until Jan. 6 The sewing group of the “Women’s Hospital Auxiliary will not hold its regular Thursday afternoon sewing session this week. All thursday afternoon sewing meetings are called off until January 6. Ktall Lounge OPEN tail to the Tune.of KRANICH KTAIL LOUNGE | States KEY Wis, FLORIDA wouldn't be a good thing for) Grassy Key, but we have only a certain amount of money for road work and I believe some of | the other keys should be given the same br we already have Gr * said Parrish VOTE FAVORABLY ON PROPOSAL IF U.S. NAVY APPROVE Monroe county stands to make about 10 cents a cubic yard on Elbertsons Have aii sana M tors for the county beach at oy DS House Guest West Martello Tower, according Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Elbertson, to action taken at last night's 1020 Southard street, have 45) meeting of the County Commis- their house guest of a few weeks. Annie Pearson, sister of | Elbertson, from Vorey, furnished the contrac- sion Philip Toppino of the contract- ing firm of Charley Toppino & Sons, who submitted the low bid for the construction of the beach, said he would give the county 30 cents a cubic yard for the sand. “Since about one-third of the ESTE LEE POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Phone 9134 CHAMPION Outhoard Motors $127.00 from a visit This 1: United twelve Pearson arrived France last week for her family and friends. her first visit to the in more than PALACE THEATE Adele Mara and Edgar Barrier in “SONG OF MEXICO” News and Features aT. ai S ] ¥, SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS tcrushed marl goes off in the 'form of waste, the county would inet about 10 cents a cubic yard j after giving the Navy 10 cents a jcubic yard for the ; Toppino. “You can either accept the offer, we'll go to our }own property on Boca Chica and | get the sand.” | “It looks like a good proposi tion for the county,” said Chair man Frank Bentley. “It certainly looks good,” said ‘Commissioner W. A. Parrish “But I think the proposal should have the approval of the Naval authorities. I make a motion to ; accept the. proposition, provided ‘it meets with the approval of the Navy.” | Seconded by Commissioner | Saunders, the motion pa ; The county’s legal adviser, Sawyer, is to contact the Nz and see about getting its | proval of having Toppino crush ‘the rock at Dredger’s Key and haul it to the beach site. \ rock,” said or Mi anantc/ REPLACEMENT ("PARTS | ROY'S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | 121 Duvel Street Neos Pion) (2 we