The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 2, 1949, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average Tange of only 14° Fahrenheit bee VOL. LXX. No, 28 —. Install New System -_———— eee: Three Changes MadeIn County Registrations Supervisor Makes Request For Changes Monroe County Commissioner: on request of John England, su pervisor of last night to make three changes | that will affect voters of this county | Request No. 1 was to install the Loose-leaf binder system: change the closing date of reg- | tration to March 31, instead of | the 3rd Saturday in April, and | to have registrations only once every eight years after the gen- eral re-registration in 1950. The County Supervisor of Reg- istration also asked that he be; allowed to re-district the county | precincts. The supervisor said; that of the present seven districts, | 2 had registrations of 1600, 2 with} 1000, 1 of 2400, and 2 under 600. ; After tie re-districting, there | will be either 15 or 16 precincts | and all with about 600 in each} precinct. Truman Avenue will be the East-West dividing line, and ; White street the north-south di- viding line England explained the man, advantages of the loose-leaf sys- } tem binder system of registering ! voters. He said the state would supply the sheets and all the county would have to buy would ; registration, voted | | ibe amended (this w: | versial issue at the la jas to whether | C. Papy said ‘len ers was said to be about $50 for each precinct. Commissioner [Earl Higgs asked England what would happen if one of the loose-leaf pages were torn from the book? To this question, England re- plied: “The books are locked. No more risk would be involv- than in the other method.” County Supervisor John Eng- land wanted the Sa: ota Act to is a contro- t election Monroe County votes would count, since the Sar- asota Act was not adhered to). State Representative Bernie that he would amend the Sarasota Act if de- sired by the board, but that it was not necessary. The Repre- sentative and County Attorney contended that the act did not pertain to Monroe County. Papy said that the Sarasota Act was for the West Coast county alone. “We had our own act. They had their own,” said Papy. “This has been ruled by the Supreme Court. Specifi- cally for Sarasota, and not for us.” County Commissioner Joe Al- “Will the loose-leaf system require more clerical help’ Supervisor of . Registrations John England: “No, it will be eas- ier for us. A whole lot easier. The work can now be done on a type- writer, and will be a whole lot be the binders. Cost of the bind- neater.” ‘ Loses Money... LOCAL HOSPITAL. IS $39.472.84 IN “RED” a a i eT ON PRIVATE LANDS Russia Sull Urges Stalin- Truman Talks Say Stalin’s Doctors Assert Stalin Not Able To Go To Washington For Conference ‘My ‘The Associated Pr LONDON, Feb. 2.—Russia’s ; press and radio are still harping on Premier Stalin’s desire confer with President Truman, | with the end in view of ending! the tension between the Russians H and the Western Bloc of Nations in the European area. to Radio Moscow said today, in} quoting a Pravda editorial, that Stalin would be “delighted” to} hold a conference with the Presi- | dent of the United States. It ex- | plained that Stalin, because of | orders issued by his doctors, could not go to Washington, but would be glad to meet Truman‘ either in Poland or Czechoslo-, vakia. } a the broadcaster de- clared, is so anxious for the’ establishment of friendly re-! lations between Russia and the! FOR YEAR'S WORK Gifts OF $36,710.69 From County And} City Leave Net Deficit OF $2,762.15 Ernest A. Ramsey. chairmaa of the Board of Trustees of the Monroe County Hospital, in a letter read by County Clerk Earl Adams, stated that the hospital would need $40,000 to carry it from | November 1, 1948, to October 31, 1949. The had been below normal while expenses remained at the same level. The local hospital suffered a y. net operating loss of $39,472.84 chairman stated that collections in the past two months rest of the world, he would be! “grateful” should President Tru- man decide to go to Eastern} Europe for the talks. ' (No official.comment was made in Washington ‘on. the. . Moscew. statement attributed to Stalin about a proposed conference with | President Truman, but unofficial- | ly the report was viewed as propaganda designed . by the Kremlin to show the world that Russia is a peace-loving nation). Temperatures At 7:30 A.M. EST Station— Temn Atlanta 36 Aucusta 41 Sillings 3 3irmingham 28 Bismark 21 Boston 24 Charleston 46 Chicago 2 Denver 0 Detroit 12 1 El Paso 33 | Ft. Worth 26 Galveston 40 Jacksonville 50 Kansas City + less uncollected bills, left a net! Key West Airport ¥3 last year. $36,710.69 was dona- gros of $77,298.50. Los Angeles 8 ted by the County and City. | Expenses totaled $116,771.24, | Louisville 12 u u , 7 29 leaving a net deficit of $2,762.- leaving a loss of $39.472.84 of! perils be which the county and city gave | Miami 5 18. Last year, Monroe County» ¢56710.69, thereby making the | Minneapolis 18 gave $15,000, and the City $21. cficit of [Memphis uM 710.69. This year, the County | New Orleans 40 will have to shoulder the full New York a burden, and . Ramsey has esti-| FOR SALE ae an a mated that the hospital will | 5 Weetpe ‘ need $40,000. Burglar Proof. . . Fire Proof | pm2ns re The financial statement fol SAFE ' Dittsburgh 17 awe | Roanoke 13 Cash on can 715,000, oo, Height 56%", Width 40”, | St. Louis a Gash 3 City 2171000, Depth 36”, Weight 2500 Ibs, San Antonio a —e Khe Inner steel doors with locks jou Heencieee » T ~~~ Outer iron doors with combina-. Seattle 3 BG Aegean Fe aaaieg Hon lope Will sacrifice to. Tallahassee $i Rapepece re a00e-0* eliminate storage mane ; E 82 9 en fs , Washington 23 Cash On Hand $ 1.326 TELEPHONE 165 a \ ivoss income was $86,145.7 TONIGHT AT 8 P. M. "BUT NOT GOODBYE" ( MASH BROADWAY HIT By A Professional New York Cast HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM AT TICKE’ COLUMBIA AT DOOR LAUNDRY CIVIC DRAMA FESTIVAL Sponsored by Junior Chamber of Commerce MOTOROLA America’s Finest AUTO RADIO Roy’s Key West Auto Parts 121 Duval St. Phone 442 POeeegeererecesesescocgs Dr, Rudolph Ayala Former Resident Physician of Dr.) Trelles Clinic and Staff Physici: of Dr. A. A. Gonzalez Hospital. | Tampa, Florida. General Practice Office Hours: 10-12 and 2,6 Daily Except Sunday PHONE 1075 409 Fleming Street ee i commissioners. | explanation. Adams had read tha t tenrled to’take in their:properties.:they must the: Higgs States That He Found Road To Be On Private Property And Not On Publie Lands County Commissioners last night refused to pay a bill of $295 submitted by Charles Toppino & Sons for grading, rocking, spread- ing and rolling on Stock Island. The bill was included in the $42,357.33 authorized by the county This $42.357.33 included a $10,000 partial payment to the same firm for construction of a road on Big Coppitt Key and Geirgers’ Key. The road contract has been let for $30,000, and $13,- 770 to La Salle Natiénal Bank, a semi-annual payment on the Mon- roe ‘County Beach bonds. As the bills were being read . by Clerk Earl R. Adams, Commis- , Wa8 stated that the work was re- sioner Clarenee Higgs wanted an’ quested by Harry Johnson. Who t ordered the contractor to do the job was not revealed (as the was ordered by Commissioners’ amount wes under $300, no bids Bentley, Higgs and Saunders. _, were legally needed.) Higgs protested strongly to , The contractor who completed the use of hig name as author- | the work was not present, and izing the ae res connie: his side of the story was not pre- sioner said that he had check- | sented. It id it is not the ed with the legal adviser, and | contractor's responsibility to’ as- with Commissioner Harris, and | certain whether he is working on that he had found that it was | private or public property, but ; Who instructed him to do the | work will, no doubt, be told at ‘the next regular meeting when __|the bill will again come up for it payment. the work on Stock Island for $2! cated road is on public proper- ty. while non-dedicated roads are on private property). After discussing the matte CITY TO UNDERTAKE WIDESPREAD SEWER BUILDING PROGRAM Abutting Property Owners Must Bear Cost: City Will Also Undertake Sewage Plant Improvement The City of Key West is contemplating a widespread sewer con- struction program, it was revealed at a meeting yesterday of the] ginning of the war. That action, with full military honors. The lo- City Commission. No action was taken by the commission, but it was decided that if. the. property owners along certain streets want!the sewers ex- sselves petition the ae Insurance Controversy .. . es eee ‘Sawyer, Insurance Men: In Word. Battle Over $40,000 Clinic Policy South Florida Stands Alone ‘As Warm Area (Ry Annnctated Press) WAEHINGTON, Feb. 2.—South Florida is the only part of the United States today that is not; feeling chilly blasts, ranging from | a few degrees above freezing to 30 degrees below zero. The lat- | ter temperature extended to most | of the plains states. The Weather Bureau said that! another blizzard may strike in| Nebraska, Montana, Kansas and ! Nevada. If it does, it will inter- fere greatly with the “operations | haylift,” which already has been! halted in p: of Nebraska be- cause of high winds. Four thou- j sands miles of roads in that state | are now piled high with snow { planes” in giving relief to human + beings as well as livestock in snowbound ar Recommends |Repeal Of Luxury Tax Measures | WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Rep-, resentative Martin, Republican, | said today that luxury taxes! should be cut back to what they were immediately before the be-| he added, would bring much! needed relief to those industries that are producing luxury goods. said also that taxes on the- ‘Ernest Ogden’s ! the Lopez Fune Chairman Bentley Declares Matter Was Settled Previously; Insurance Remains As Placed Joe Crusoe, agent for the:Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Com- Pany, last night once more asked the County Commissioners to consider their decision giving all of the $40,000 County- Clinic in- surance to the Key West Insurance Company. The commissioners had voted 3-2—Saunders, Bentley-and=lH: for and Allen, Higgs against—to give the insurance to the. Key West Insurance Company. At the last regular’meeting when Crusoe ap- peared to &3k that the insurance be divided, he was told that no ac- tion would be taken as two members were absent (Higgs and Harris). ——* Last night with all five com- issioners present, Crusoe said: ‘“T am back here tonight request- jing that the Clinic insurance be ; Split equally among -the three ‘ agents, and that you rescind your | former action, At the last mee: « ‘ing, you were toid that if a mu- tual insurance company should | fail that the policy-holders could be sued. I have the law, and that statement is all wet.” | Crusoe then introduced’ J.:Wal- jlace Aggett, special agent of the | Atlantic Mutual Fire Ins.-Co., Sa- be held} yannah, Ga. Aggett told the com- ale chapel of missioners that he was not inter: 4 ome A Mass | ested in getting the insurance but, for the dead will be said Satur-| wanted to assure the commissiorl day morning 9 o'clock ih St.! that his company had, a.agp-as~ Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic sessable clause. This goes ‘bad’ Church. After the Mass the body| with us when your aifothey can wie bs paneer ae to Lopez | not present proof. The fact is ‘tmeral Home chapel, where it rik i sas will lie until funeral time, Sun-{ Sat ne, poleg poider: of gues can é | be assessed, he said. day. Rev. Joseph Maring; S. J.,/ nadeaic rank Bentley: wil officate. Burial wii be in the nes ee mes: Body Due Here Tomorrow The body of Ernest E. Ogden, 27, who was killed in Germany in the last war, will arrive in Key | West Thursday morning on a U. S. Army transport plane. Funeral services will Sunday at 4 p.m family plot in-City Cemetery. | Bolen Tagg bate asttled Survivors: Widow, Mrs. Lydia | Placed with Qgden; mother, Mrs. Ra chez; -sister,' Mise Ri chez; two. borthers’ Gitbeft” and Charles Ogden: | grandmother, | Mrs. Carmen Ogden: great srand- } mother, Mrs. Osuncia Aguilar. Ernest Ggden will be bur hel San- | ‘J. Wallace Agggtt: “Politics is différent, We go al with you on that, but want the assessable | statement proved.” The latter remark was addr ed to County Attorney Paul yer. The attorney » replied: “I d cal National Guard unit and the Honor Guard of Arthur Sawyer am Post wii: aifend the funeral in a body, hold graveside services, fire commission and must elect to pay for the extensions. The city will only sewers at intersections. The property owners will be required to pay for the sewers their properties. “If the property owners do not | elect to pay for the sewers they | simply won't be built,” said a city | official today. “We will under-| take quite a lot of. sewer con-! that pass | pay for thet——$_$___—_______. struction—as soon as the property j owners put up the money.” It is not known at present how many feet of sewers will be con- structed. That will be up to the property owners involved. The city will have to under- (Continued On Page Three) All Policies in the Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Savannah, Georgia, Are Non-Assessable Any Statement That Any of Our Policies Are Assessable Is UNTRUE We Are Not Interested In Whether We Get Our Share of the County Clinic Insurance, but Want the PUBLIC AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS To Know the TRUE FACTS: THE LAW IS 56-313. Same; amount of assets required; emergency clause in policies: deposit for cxemption.—Companic ; chartered under the laws of this State to do a fire insurance business upon the mutual, cooperative or assessment plan shall always have in good assets an amount equal to the unearned premium liability of the company, required of all classes of fire insurance com- panies by the laws of this State. All policies issued by uct companies shall embrace what is termed an emergency claus>, whereby the company reserved the right to cal! for extra as sessments from i}; policyholders whenever the contingency hall arise. Samples of all policy contracts to be used by such companies shall, before issuance, be submitted to the Insurance Commissioner for his approval: Provided, that nothing in this law shall require any mutual fire insurance sompany chartered under the laws of this State to embrace in its policies said | | as the Insurance Commissioner {| the policyholders of any such deposit required by this law, emergency clause when such company shall have deposited with the Treasurer of the State registered securities in the \ amount of $100.000, consisting of bonds of the United States, bonds of the State. bonds of municipalities or counties of the State, which have been duly validated, or such other securities shall deem adequate, nor shall company that shall make said deposit be liable for any assessments, except for unpaid prem- iums, to meet any losses or liabilities that may be incurred by any such company: which deposit shall be in lieu of any other and the amount of said deposit shall always be maintained as a surplus in excess of the rein- surance reserve required undet 122.) Code 56, Page 25. xt Georgia Annotated, Book 17 J. L. CRUSOE, the law. (Acts 1912, pp. 119, Title Agent, ATLANTIC MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. | | | | 143; 1922, p. 1 | | ‘ ate! moving picture: and rail-}a volley, followed by taps from road. tickets should be repealed and excise taxes should be duced, except those on the pro-} {duction and sale of liquor | { Official comment was that, as} Martin is a Republican, it is{ doubtful if his suggestion will be ! seriously considered by the Dem jocrats, practically all of whom ‘are in accord with the President's view on taxation. 2 Fire Alarms Sounded Today | At 10:50 a.m. today fire | were called to the Thompson Icc Plant in Caroline street, where a {small motor took fire. There was no property damage At 1:50 p.m. today ;were called to Ne White streets. At White street they found a stove had ‘ct fire to some lace curtains. They soon extinguished the blaze. firemen on and 714 | eeraennmaeeL NEES. POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Division Phcne 9134 Your PURE OL, Dealer ‘LET US Grease, Spray or Change Your Oil | | 1 { ' i | | || MIAMI - KEY WEST BARGE LINE. Inc. CLYDE-MALLORY DOCKS | TELEPHONE 6 ‘| Barge Leaves Miami Every Friday | NOTICE | Regular Meeting | Of B.P.O. Elks THURSDAY at 8:00 PM. | SUPPER bugler. Pallbearers will be se. lected from the membership. Red Cross Not To Distribute Navy Charity Edwin F. Trevor, Monroe Gounty fund chairman for the Red Cross, said today the Red Cross will not. participate in the distribution of funds raised at the Navy Charity Carnival Trevor explained the American Red Cross, under a ruling from national headquarters, is not al lowed to engage in any fund raising program organization, NAILS STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 owith any other 1941 Plymouth Special De Luxe Convertible . . . Good Paint... Good Motor... Low Price NAVARRO. Inc. Opposite Bus Station ‘Palace Theater JOE KIRKWOOD and ELYSE KNOX in “JOK PALOOKA IN FIGHTIN’ MAD? ready to stand by any*opinion I j™ade as | County.” } Agent J. Wallace Aggett: “Will | you put it in writing?” | Attorney Paul Sawyer: “No, if | you want my legal opinion, and \ for a fee I will give it to you.” | | to liability to the Agent J. Wallace Aggett: “We could pay another attorney, for as good information.” Commissioner Frank Bentley “I_can’t see where -we (the county) has any interest’ in the matter.” Bentley then asked if anyone else in the audienc dress the commission cared to ad Hamlin Speaks Rey Hamlin, Justi¢e of the District No. 2, then asked the commission to appropriate $60 monthly for maintenance costs consisting of rent, lights, telephone, etc. for an office at {1014 Truman avenue. « Hamlin said that this was necessdty bc / cause of a recent legal ruling that requires a Justice of the Peace to ‘hold preliminary heating in the | district in which offense is com mitted The matter was referred to the Legal Advisor Paul Sawyer. Saw- (Continued On Page Three) SSSSSSSSSSSSS85 7 a :-B .. bi wn o o > CUBAN CLUB «» [SOCIEDAD CUBA] a ° Tonight, 8:00 0 Clock & e y yor ° PRIZES ‘ le 20 Games st : a a PUBLIC INVITED a 'SS$SSSSSSESS8S8385 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT . . . 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