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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
Registration
Still Lays For
Fall Election

This is the fourth day that the
registration books for the general
election in November have been
opened in the county court
house, and the number of regis
trants during that time is two.
On the opening day, those two
registered, and since then, super
visor John England said today,
no others have qualified. He ex-
planned that residents of Monroe
county who qualified for the
primary in May do not have to
reregister.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
Truman Signs
Bill Providing
Terminal Pa,
lRr Assnrlnted rressl

fRy Associated Fressb
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8.4The
appropriation bill to provide term
inal pay to enlisted men was
signed by President Truman. The
amount totals $2,431, 10000.
However, the President has not
yet signed the bill that provided
for the payment.
All sums, under $50, will be
paid in cash. In excess of $50,
the payments will be in bonds
that will mature in five years.
The same appropriation bill in
cludes $30,000,00O to buy .1uto-
mobiles of special make 70. vet
Grams who lost legs or arms, and
a similar sum for OPA operation
al expenses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
Aescesi Boy Scout
Troop Meets Tonight

Key Vests newest Boy Scout
Troop no. SIS. will hold its regu-
iar meeting tonight at pm. in
tisu Ley Memorial Church An
mex.
Troop members are urged to
hfing along one of their friends
wso may be interested in being
. aCuutcr.
AZ tonights meeting a trial
AssI Scoutmaster will be APP
fssinted. along with potential pa
frul and assistant patrol leaders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
Commissioners Set Aug.2O
As Date For Selecting
New Key West Manager
opp To Continue

have had an opportunity to be
interviewed.
Dopp To Continue
Robert Dopp, appointed as act
ing City Manager at the meeting
Tuesday evening, will continue
in that position until regular
man is found for the job, it was
said at City Hall today.
Of all the applications for the
City Manager job to reach City
Hall that of Eugene NJ. Williams
is said to be the most impressive.
He is a native of Miami, a regis
tered Civil engineer, a former
city manager of Coral Gables
and now holds a position with
the u. S. Government at Clewis-
town. For number of years he
was connected with the tax and
accounting division of Atlanta,
Georgia, and at one time held the
position of Agency Manager for
the Burroughs Adding Machine
Co. in seven southern states.
With his application Mr.. Will
Jams filed several letters of rec
ommendation, one of which came
from A. B. Curry, city manager
of Miami.
What Letter Said
In this letter, addressed To
Whom 1t May Concern. and dated
May A, MIR. Curry said. in part:
Il have known Mr.. E. M. Will
Jams for the past 16 years and
during a portion of his incum-
bency as City Manager Of Coral
Gables / served under him in
various capacities, have always
found him to be a sound and eff
ficient city manager.
anyone in need of Mr.. Will
Jams services will make no mis-
take as / firmly believe he. has
a thorough knowledge Of munich
pal affairs, is a good diplomat
and has an understanding af the
public
Williams Has Edge
In addition to his other qualifi-
cations, ID was understood that
Mr.. Williams is a member of the
American Association of City
Managers.
Those at City Hall who have
had an opportunity : to examine
all of the applications are of the
opinion that Mr.. Williams is the
outstanding candidate for the job
as City Manager of Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
Legion Women VIII
Meet This EUening

Arthur Sawyer Unit No. 20
American Legion Auxiliary will
hold It's regular meeting Thurs
dsy evening at $3.50 in the Hall
- the American Legion Home,
souihard and White streets,
Mrs Paul Wimmenauer, vice
president. will preside and all
msembers are urged to attend.
ANY visiting members are ex-
lunded a cordial invitation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
Dave King Files Application
For disappointment As City
Manager; viii Attend Meeting
APPLICATION RESULT
| ED FROM TELEGRAM
SENT KING BY EIGHT
KEY WESTERS

Dave King, who resigned as
city manager as a result of the
reinstatement of four policemen
by the civil service board, today
applied for reappointment to that
position.
The application resulted from a
telegram that was sent King in
Homestead last night by eight
Key Westers, one of whom is for
mer City Commissioner w. G.
SWeetlng.
This morning he received the
following answer to the telegram:
Please submit this wire as
my formal application for the
position as city manager of the
city of Key West. Advise me
of the next meeting and will
be there.
DAVE KING.
The telegram came from Home
stead. where King has a grove.
AS soon as the commission an
nounces the time of the meeting
to consider applications for city
manager, King will be informed,
so that he may be present at the
meeting.
Inveetives of atomic energy are
likely to explode at the meeting,
due to a statement Mayor w. w.
Demeritt is said to have made
at meeting of the city commits
sion yesterday.
Louis Carbonell. who was pres
ent at the meeting, gave this YER
sion today of the occurrence:
several of us requested the
commission to defer the appoint
ment of . manager. so that other
applicants, in addition to the one
who's was. here, could comesto Key
West and Z be questioned about
their ability and experience as
city managers j then remarked
that I felt4 confident s that Dave
King Would apply for reappoint-
ment. Mayor Demeritt then said
to me, if King did, he, Demeritt,
would prefer charges against
him."
Mayor Demeritt did not dis
close the nature of the charges,
and for that reason the govern
mental affairs committee of the
Key West Junior Chamber of
Commerce have drawn UP an aft
fidavit which will be submitted
to persons who heard MIR. De-
merritt make the remark about
King, as Carbonell maintains.
And Demeritt will be asked to
explain what the charges are.
The committee comprises Will
lam Freeman Dominguez,' chair
man: w. c. Sweeting, 1sadore
Weintraub and Durward Tyus.
Another paper, in the form of
a petition, has been drawn up
by the committee and addressed
to the commission, requesting
that King be reinstated or reap
pointed as city manager. The
petition win be circulated in Key
West for signatures.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08

I.adies Auxiliary of the Veter-
sns of Foreign Wars will hold its
regular meeting at the VIEW.
clubhouse. Flagler Ave. and Sec
end ST.. tonight at 8 o'clock
Al members are urged TO at
tend
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
GIRL FOR FELTONS

A 712 lib baby girl was born
to Mrs. Raymon FELTON,, lab
Leon street, at 3 pm. yesterday
in the Key West Municipal Hos
pital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK

SANTO DOMINGO.-This cap
ital of the Dominican republic
felt another earthquake shock TO-
day. 1t was so severe that thous-
nads of persons streamed from
buildings when the tremblor be-
gan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
WIND AND TIDE

NANTUcKET.-High tide. in
some cases 20 feet above normal.
was whipped today by 30-mile
northeaster along the New Eng
land coast. Four lobster fisher
men were rescued after their
boat had been battered by wind
and waves for nine hours.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08

an open house and its lounges
and rest rooms will be open to
the public.
Present AT Meeting
Those attending the meeting at
City Hall last night were:
Betty Whidden, Marcel Mazeau
and r. c. Hicken, representing
PAL; Dwight Hunter and Miss
Jane Hopkins, of the City We'll
fare Dept; Father j. FL. john
son, st. Mary Parish Center; Lit.
Ray AtWell of City Police De-
partment; G. B. Harvey of the
American Legion; Frank S.
Adams, Jackson Square U.S.O.,
Chaplain w. B. Smith, u. S.
Army; j. c.. Sweeting, Key West
Stadium Committee; Gerald
Saunders, Lions Club; Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Haggs, Veterans
Foreign Wars Auxiliary; Mario
nee Simone, Miss Effie Pauls and
Mrs. Van, Business and Profess
sional Women; Gertrude Laub-
scher, Hotel Association; 1t. III. S.
Atterbury, U. S. Army; Rev. E.
S. Doherty, Ministerial Alliance
and Boy Scouts; j. r. Marcellus,
High School Band; B. l.. McFall,
Poinciana PAL; 1t. Comdr. r.
+. McManus, U. S. Army.
Further reports on the plans
of the various committees will be
published in The Citizen from
time to time from now until
Labor Day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
uN REcoNYENES

PARIS.-Delegates of 81 ma
tions reconvened today TO decide
finally on rules of procedure. II
was said that The Russian bloc
and western powers still are at
odds over some of the rules.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
Late Bulletins
JEWS RELEASED
by Associated Pressl

ShW0 nEsLEsASEO
JERUSALEM. - British auth
critics today released 100 Jews
who had been apprehended and
held since the bombing of the
King David Hotel. The an
nouncement said further that
$40 other Jewish prisoners soon
would be released.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
The Weather
Forecast

Key West and vicinity: Partly
cloudy this afternoon, tonight
and Friday, with local showers
in early morning. Gentle to mod
crate variable winds. mostly
southeast and east.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08
PROTESTS I'M JAVA

PROTESTS IN JAVA
BATAVIA. ~ Indonesian lead
ers complained today about the
bombing of parts of Java by
Dutch aikoen. The complaint
said thai 4 -Sund bombs were
dropped al guiar intervals
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08

A New City Manager for Key
West will definitely be chosen
at a meeting to be held by the
Commissioners on Tuesday, Aug
ust 20, Mayor William w. Dem
eritt told The Citizen today.
A meeting of the Commission
ers in City Hall yesterday after
noon at $50, originally scheduled
for the express purpose of en-
ploying Eugene M. Williams, of
CleWiSton, Fla, for the city man
ager job, ended in turmoil when
Commissioner Hunter Harden
objected to employing Williams
without first interviewing a
number of other experienced
men who have their applica-
tions on file.
Wire All Applicants
On Harden's motion that all
applicants be wired to come to
Key West for personal interviews
at their own expense for further
consideration of their applica-
tions, all Commissioners voted
affirmatively.
City Clerk Roy Hamlin was in
structed to send the wires, and
he sent off eight of them last
night, Applications for the posi-
ton have come from a number
of states, some of them from as
far away as Texas and Califor-
MIA.
A majority of the Key West
Citizens who attended the meet
ing Tuesday night were under
the impression that Eugene M.
Williams had already been APP
pointed to the, position of City
Manager.
This misunderstanding arose
from statement made by May
or Demeritt Tuesday night that
your new city manager will be
here Wednesday, He is a man
who will conform to the city
charter"
Mayor Demeritt said at the
meeting yesterday afternoon,
when Harden objected to the
employment of Williams, that he
understood all of the Commits
sions were in favor of him and
he had sent for him for that rea-
son. He said that he was willing
to defer action on Williams APP
plication until all applicants
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-08

an open house and its lounges
and rest rooms will be open to
the public.
Evening star., 1946-06-30
Several Parties

Mrs. Walter Nordlinger was hostess
at a luncheon at the Woodmont
Country Club in honor of Mr.. Nord-
fingers mother, Mrs. Estelle Nord-
linger, who arrived Wednesday from
Evansville, Ind, to visit her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Nordlinger.
Other visitors from Evansville are
Mrs. Louis Marks and her son Cliff
ford, who are guests of Mr.. and Mrs
William F.. Sigmund. Mr.. Marks
accompanied them for a short visit
Mrs. Sylvan Oppenheimer enter
tanned at surprise birthday lunch
con Thursday at the Statler in honor
of Mrs. Helen Behrends.
A birthday party will be given this
evening at the Home for the Aged
for the guests in the home whose
birthday anniversaries are in June
Evening star., 1946-06-30
Washington Girl
To Be Married

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.. Burton
of washington have announced the
engagement Of their daughter, Miss
Gwendolyn Louise Burton, to Mr.
Robert Francis Dee, formerly OF
Worcester, Mass.
Miss Burton Is a graduate of Ana
costa High School, attended George
Washington University and now Is
employed by the National Geo.
graphic Society. Her future husband
was graduated from Central High
School and plans to enter Mary.
land University in the fall. He re.
Gently returned after three years
service in the Army, two of which
were spent overseas.
No date has been set for the
wedding,
Evening star., 1946-06-30

day morning in the Church Of the
Annunciation. the Rev. Russell Phe-
Ian officiating.
The bride, who was escorted by
ner father, wore gown of ivory
satin and a long veil of illusion
held by coronet of heirloom rose
point lace and orange blossoms. She
carried white prayer book with
white roses on it's cover.
Mrs. William Clark OF Chicago
was matron of honor for her sister
and two other sisters, the Misses
Ellen and Rosemary Helm, were
bridesmaids. Mr.. T. L. Cox was best
man for his nephew and Mr.. Jack
Walker and Mr.. Peter Helm, jr.,
were ushers.
A wedding breakfast at the --.en-
nedy-Warren followed the cere-
mony, then the couple left on their
wedding trip. They will reside In
Alexandria on their return.
Evening star., 1946-06-30
BerhnHda-BOHud

DR.. and Mrs. Herman Eisenberg
have left with their daughter, Miss
Annette Eisenberg. to spend few
days with the latter's brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. J. D
Kolher. From New York they will
take the plane for Bermuda tc
spend two weeks. They will return
to Washington after July IS.
Dashiell Hammett, detective fic-
ton writer, was a Pinkerton detec-
tive for eight years.
Evening star., 1946-06-30
Marjorie Helm
Weds Mr.. S1Vett

The marriage of Miss Marjorie
Helm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter L. Helm, to Mr.. Timothy SWEET,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs Morris SWEET
Of Lawton, Okla, took place yester-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12
Million Dollar (onirad
 Leiby Nayyfo Continue
 Alaska 0ilExpIoraiions


 WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 = The Navy announced today award of a S1 100000 contract for continuing exploration of the Naval Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for this year.
 The contract was awarded jointly to Hoover, Curtice and Ruby, Inc, New York, as mining and pet roleum engineering construction managers, and c. F. Lytle Co. and the Green Construction O., Des Moines, Iowa, general contractors.
 Work on the Alaska reserve was started by Navy Seabees in the spring of 1944. The end of the war and the demobilization pro- gram, the Navy said, make neces- sary substitution of civilian con- tract.
 Navy explorations have covered the eastern one third of the re- serve A test well being drilled at Umiat Mountain has passed through five oil bearing sands, none of commercial value.
 The Navy estimates the survey will be completed in 1850 at a total cost of $11.500000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12
COAST GUARD
 SCORE POINTS ARE REDUCED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-A two- point drop in Coast Guard dis charge scores, effective Feb. 2, is announced
 Other deductions will be effective in the next two months.
 As of Feb 2. the discharge scores will be:
 Male officers, Al; Spar officers, 30 male enlisted, 38; Spar en- listed, 24.
 The present discharge score is male officers, 43; Spar officers, 32. male enlisted, 40, and Spar en- listed, 26.
 On Feb. IS, the discharge score for both male enlisted and Spar enlisted personnel will drop to 37 and B, respectively.
 On March 2, the score will be cut to: Male officers, 40; Spar officers, 28; male enlisted. 36; Spar enlisted, g.
 March IS, the male enlisted, score will drcp to 35, and on April 2, to 34.
 The Feb. 3 cut. the Coast Guard said, will apply to all ranks, but the subsequent changes will not apply to women, storekeepers and pharmacists mates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12
RIPPLE ROCK NOT
 TO BE BLOWN UP
 BY ATOMIC BOMB

SEATTLE, Jan. l2-The Pacific Northwest Trade Association, meet ing here yesterday, rejected the proposal that the government use an atomic bomb to blast Ripple Rock, navigation menace on the inside passage to Alaska off Van couver Island.
 The delegates dropped the idea, originally advanced at their meet ing three months ago, after they concluded it would prove too much of menace to surrounding coun- try and because it appeared likely that the government would provide a bomb for this purpose.
 Harry Mitchell, manager of the foreign trade department of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, said contractors also have been attempt- ing to remove the treacherous rock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12
NAzI TORTURED
 AMERICANS TO
 SECURE 5ECRETS

NAPLES, Jan. 12.-The German Gestapo tried, to find out secrets of American radar by torturing U. s. fliers, captured in North Italy, the prosecution charged today at the war crimes ttial of four Nazi officers accused of murdering seven Allied soldiers.
 Major Samuel Lewis of Dallas. Texas, trial judge advocate, SUD- mitted an affidavit of Sgt. Melvin Ernest Kelly of Pennington, H., who was shot down over Bologna. Kelly said the Gestapo beat him and forced him to witness the exc cution of an Allied soldier in a vain attempt to make him tell radar sec rets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12
SECURITY
 COUNCIL
 FORMING
UN0 General Assembly Meets Obstacle in Per-
 feeling Organization
By JOHN M. HIGHTowER

LONDON, Jan. 12-The United Nations general assembly filled five of the six non permanent places on the vital security council today after Russian efforts to postpone the voting were defeated in sharp floor dispute with the United States and Britain.
 The five countries elected on the first ballot were Brazil AT votes), Egypt (45), Mexico (45), Poland (39) and Netherlands (3O. Five elected states and Canada were on a slate which had been circulated by the United States delegation.
 A Russian motion to delay for nation of the security council, which eventually will control the proposed world police force was opposed on the floor by U. S. Secretary of State James Byrnes and British Foreign Secretary
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12
GI5 MAKING COMPLAINTS
 T0C0NCRE55
Questions for Answering Filed from All Sections
 of Fighting Forces
(By The Associated Press)

Protests of homesick G. Is against demobilization delays piled up today on congressmen's desks in Washington.
 And abroad. they laid their gripes before visiting lawmakers. readied fresh ammunition to fire at Con- gress and kept on voicing their views at demonstration meetings.
 Top authorities in the armed forces will have the opportunity to present the official Army and Navy Department position on Tuesday. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adm. Chester w. Nimitz. Army and Navy chiefs of staff, go before an informal joint session of Congress then to say what's what. from the standpoint of the high command.
 The legislators will have chance to ask questions-and the c. Is have been feeding them ideas.
 For example, soldier cabled Senator:
 When the blazes is tuba player considered essential for fighting Army?"
 More of the same is on the way. Tn Manila, two privates said they had il3.34l signatures on a petition to Congress.
 Tn London and Shanghai. dis gruntled soldiers enlisted the aid of touring congressman.
 Senators Kncwland tR Calif) and Tunnell (D-Md). inspecting supply surpluses in the Pacific. promised G1's in China to relay their complaints to Congress.
 Senators Connally tD-Tex) and vandenberg CR-Mich). delegates to the United Nations meeting, gave the same assurance to troops in London. A similar pledge had been given there earlier by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, another UNO delegate.
 Tn China, It. Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer had previously bragged on the behavior of China theater troops, saying he was proud that they had refrained from demon- strations. But short time later, 600 enlisted men and officers held a protest meeting in the Shanghai area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12
Life Imprisonment
 For Japanese Brute

YOKOHAMA, Jan. 12-Lt. Cho- taro Furushima, third Japanese pris- on camp commandant to be con- victed of the brutal mistreatment of Americans nearly wept today as his sentence = life imprisonment Y was read. His wife, in the rear of the courtroom, remained impassive.
 Furushima, former school teacher and vice mayor of Funatsu, was &C., quilted by the trial commission of two specifications alleging that he deprived internees of adequate food, clothing and medical facilities, but was convicted of brutalities for which the prosecution had sought the death penalty. "The trial was satisfactory" said Furushima's at torney
 In earlier cases, one camp com- mandant had been sentenced to death and another to life imprison- ment at hard labor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12
DEM0BILIZATI0N DELAYS PROTESTED
CHINA PEACE NEG0TIAT0R5
 ARE TO MEET

CHUNGKING, Jan. 12--A three member commission created to inn plement the truce in China's civil strife plans to fly to Peiping to- morrow to establish executice head quarters.
 Gen. Chang Chun, Central Gov ernment representative who nego- tiated the truce with the Chinese Communists Gen. Chou En-lai in the presence of Gen. Marshall, an- nounced the commissions plans at today's session of the political con- sultation conference. Truce com missioners are Gen. Chien-Min of the National Government, Gen. Yeh Chien-ying of the Com munists, and Walter Robertson, U. s. charge d'Affairs in Chungking.
 Chang told the conference that Col. Henry A. Byroade, new Am erican military attache, would be chief of staff at the headquarters in Peiping with authority to exc cute various orders and assign in- spection groups at different points.
 He said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had ordered all govern ment military units to cease fire before midnight Sunday. This much leeway was given to enable the order to reach remote points. Chou said similar orders had been issued by the Communist high command.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12

 10 KILLING

SEATTLE, Jan. 12-Garland H. Wilson, 26, discharged meat cutter, signed written confession today he slashed and beat his former em- ployer, J. N. Raybould, 69, to death here the night of Dec. 29 Detective Capt. Richard F. Mahoney announc- ed.
 Wilson, fired a week before the slaying, was questioned by police im- mediately afterwards but was re- leased, the detective said. He was arrested again yesterday on an open charge on his return from his moth- CTS home at Hayden Lake, Ida, where he went after sending his wife and baby to her parents home at Fosston, Minn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-12
kIMMEL WAS
 BLOCKED ON
 FLEET MOVES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. = Pre- Pearl Harbor plans of the Pacific Fleet for scouting an island chain where the Marines later had heavy losses were vetoed by the Navy De- partment, Congressional investigat- ors were informed today.
 Admiral Husband E. Kimmel said he wanted to survey the Gilbert group which includes Tarawa, but Washington instructed him not to take fleet units anywhere near those islands in pre-war days.
 Tarawa and other islands in the Gilberts were taken by U. s. amphi- bious forces in hard fighting during November, 1943, as the westward offensive across the Central Pacific was launched. A British possession, the Gilberts were seized by the Japanese after the outbreak of the war and strongly fortified.
 Kimmel said the reason given by the Navy Department for vetoing the projected survey was that we should not evince any interest in the Gilberts because the Japs might find out that we were interested"
 The former Pacific Fleet Com mander's recital came to light as Senate-H House committee members examined testimony Kimmel gave in three previous inquiries as prelude to his personal appearance before the Congressional group next Tues day.