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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13
SPOTTSWOODPLANS TO WORK ONLY
PART-TIslE IN CHI MBE, OF CONNER CE
APP NeWsfeatures

From what / can gather it is
quite definite that the. new sec
rotary of the Chamber of Com
n cree will be John Spottswood,
owner of Radio Station WKWF.
The decision, if it has not al
ready been made, rests in the
hands of a chamber of commerce
committee of only three persons,
Maitland Adams, manager of
Thompson Enterprises; William
H. Arnold, manager of Florida
Motor Lines, and William Brady,
manager of Key West Gas Com
pany.
The second application is from
Harold Laubscher, formerly con-
nected with Athe Chamber of
Commerce, a hotel man, and 35
years of age.
Probably at first Mr.. Spots
wood may receive no salary since
the present finances of the Cham
Der arc said to be low. S. G.
Singleton, retiring secretary, will
receive a pension of three quar-
tiers pay.
Mr.. SpottswoQd, according to
many reports, will probably move
one of the girls from his radio
station downtown to the Cham
Der of Commerce. office and will
install teletype in the Chamber
direct to his radio station. He has
stated that thus he can give Key
West much publicity over his
radio station.
Downtown Office
AS has been said before the
wisdom of this move is very much
in question. The Chamber of
Commerce, Of all institutions in
this city, should be independent
of business affiliations. 1t has
been strongly criticised of late by
branching groups, such as the
Key West Hotel Mems Asso-
citation and the Advertise Key
West Council, removing their or
CARNATIONS from the sphere OF
influence of the Chamber be-
cause the Chamber was tending
not to represent all persons in all
businesses of this city, Thus by
moving in this fashion it makes
of the Key West Chamber of
Commerce, supported by bust
ness mems money, a downtown
office" of the Radio Station
WKWF. This is an extremely un-
savory situation, if it develops.
Regarding the argument that
the radio station will give Key
West much publicity by the move
it is their solemn duty to do Sc
even if they are not given
office space" in the downtown
chamber. The Citizen and the
many newspapers before this pa
per have always, boosted Key
West with millions of inches OF
type set up along this line. It is a
very solemn duty of publicity
agencies such as, newspapers and
radio to perform this function,
otherwise they could be classed as
purely commercial and not ''look-
ing to the best interests of the
city of Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13
City Manager Asks
County Funds For
Recreation Boost
ALSO PROPOSES coNSOLIDA-
TON OF HEALTH UNIT:
ASKS REIMBURSEMENT OF
COUNTY FIRE TRIPS

Under advisement by the
county commissioners are re-
quests by Citya Manager Dave
King for $4,000 TO complete funds
needed for. the city recreation
program, a plan to consolidate
ownership of the Monroe County
Health Unit, and a plan to have
the city reimbursed for county
trips made by the Fire Depart
ment.
Mr.. King stated that the city
had $4,000 sin receipts from
games, he had "scraped up" an
other $4,000 and that the city
recreation department needed
$4,000 rnoreyfor the total of $12,-
672 required by the city trecrea-
ton Department.
In asking for the $4,000 Mr.
King stated that ahelis recon-
mending that the Health Unit
be consolidated under the county
and that all funds which are be-
ing supplied by the city be turn
ed over to the county so that the
county could then match this
amount with an equal amount of
state funds which would be turn
ed over.
Final request of Mr.. King is
for the city to be reimbursed $50
for each trip made by the city
Fire Department outside of city
limits and $50 for each addition
al hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13
Arrest. Man Here
Wanted In Tampa

Yesterday afternoon Hugh Gull
breath, sheriff of Hillsborough
county, telephoned Sheriff Ber-
lin Sawyer, asking that he ar
rest Bob Wright, against whom
warrants had been sworn out in
Tampa. charging him with auto
mobile theft, breaking and enter
ing and grand larceny. Sheriff
Culbreath said the bail had been
set at $4,000
Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wal
lace arrested Wright in trailer
camp on Division street, near
Simonton. Wright was staying
there with his parents. He was
locked up in the county Jail, and
last night Sheriff Sawyer, who
had notified Tampa authorities
of the arrest, received a tele-
gram stating that deputy was
on his way to Key West to get
Wright and take him to Tampa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13
Ramon Torres, 90,
Dies This Morning

Ramon Torres, 90, Familiarity
known to his many friends as
''Pancho", died 100 o'clock this
morning at the Key West General
hospital. -.| ts
Funeral cortege will leave the
Lopez Funeral Home Chapel at
8 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and
proceed to St. Mary's Star of the
Sea Catholic Church, where serv-
ices will be conducted by Rev.
J. H. Johnson, 81, pastor.
Burial will take place in the
family lot in the City Cemetery.
Mr.. Torres was the brother of
Fire Chief Leroy Torres. He is
survived by another brother,
Reynold Torres: two sisters, Mrs.
John Roker of Tampa and Mrs.
Hilary Crusoe; a son, Joseph Tor
res of Miami and numerous nieces
and nephews.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13
Sheriff Sawyer Says No More
Public Bingo Playing In City
During His Term OF Office

that the Monroe county grand
jury wished TO have the bingo
places closed, and he was abiding
by the iury's wishes.
All bingo places that had been
operating had various sponsors,
who obtained a percentage of the
winnings, some of which were
for charity or to promote other
worthy objects.
The city must have had a
change of heart just before the
time Sheriff Sawyer issued his
order, because he said that Police
Chief Eisner called him up and
told him that City Manager King
had ordered bingo houses closed.
you're too late, chief" Sheriff
Sawyer replied; they are al
ready closed"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13
Package Store
Liquor License
Is DiSapprOved
JACK ELIAS APPLIES FOR 325
DUVAL; ALL TRANSFERS UP
FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION
APPROVED

Transfer of liquor licenses from
Bias Zarate to Mario Mora at 1913
Division street, from James Gal
LAT TO James E. Spence for
Spence's Cocktail Bar and Res
tsurant at Marathon and Albert
:. Mills to Harry G. Ross at Casa
Cayo Hueso were approved on
final reading by county commits
sioners last night.
Disapproved was the applica-
ton of Jack Elias at 325 Duval
street for Jacks Package Store.
This was on the second reading.
Up for first consideration last
night also were Tom Hanley'S
transfer of license to Carlos Cell
rich, Harry Goldberg and George
Curry at sos Duval street. Mr.
Gellrich is a former serviceman
now discharged, Mr.. Goldberg has
lived in Key West three and one
half years and before that in
Flushing, N. Y, for eighteen
years, and George Curry has lived
in Key West all his life so far.
This information is stated on the
application. Manager of Central
Hotel voiced a complaint against
the loud noise by this bar to one
side of his hotel and was inform
ed that this was merely a transfer
OF license and not an original APP
plication.
Wilbur Sweeting of Mascotte
Continued on Page Four)
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Steal $4,000, Is
Hunting Knives
From r. kirchik
THIEVES BREAK INTO STORE
LAST NIGHT: Mr.. KIRcHIK
WAS IN MIAMI ALL DAY
TUESDAY

Store of r. Kirchick was brok-
en- into this morning at 1890 o.
clock and so dollars in cash and
Is hunting knives taken out, ac-
cording to a police report signed
by Chief Louis Eisner.
Mr.. Kirchik reported that the
thieves entered through two
back doors after saving through
a lock.
The thieves then tried to crack
the safe and succeeded in knock
ing the combination off but not
in opening the safe.
Mr.. Kirchik had been in Miami
and had left a sign that the store
YOU'D you'd BE- be closed all day Tues
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13
Thirty-Three Piece Key West
High Band Plays At City Hall
DR.. Roger Chadwick Di-
reefs: Group Organized
Since Oct. l:Local Highs
Finest

Key Vests High School Band
thirty three piece band, played
in front of the city hall today
and many observers said it was
the finest band Key West High
School has ever had.
DR.. Roger Chadwick who came
here last October l has organized
this slendid band in the few
months since then.
1--WE played nothing difficult
today just gave the public what
we do we'll and what we cannot
we will save" DR.. Chadwick told
The Citizen.
The music was beautiful and
stirring and the blending of the
various instruments a big i'm
provement in the High School.
DR.. Chadwick said that it has
been very difficult to get instru-
ments lately but that all the in
struments were used in the short
concert this morning.
DR.. Chadwick was born in
England and is a graduate of the
Royal Academy of Music in Lon
don. He has been over the
country teaching music for
school bands and was in Chicago
for % years.
DR.. Chadwick is director of
music at the Key West High
School coming here after retire
ment.
Numbers played today includ-
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13

Regarding the argument tssat
there is no salary available at this
time, and anyway the Chamber
of Commerce must function in a
very limited way, then why let
Mr.. Singleton go. He was running
a Chamber of Commerce which
was limited but not so limited
that it had to become a down
town office" of radio station.
Need Full Time Man
Presumably the radio station
girl will become the office secre-
tary upon whom will fall most
of the duties of keeping the office
running during the day. These
are monies which it can be
said would be wiser spent in en-
ploying a male secretary of the
Chamber such as Mr.. Laubscher.
In one case you get an office girl,
in the other case you get an ex-
perienced Chamber of Commerce
official who during his last So
jurn with the Chamber built it
up tremendously. This COMPARE
son of experience puts the hir-
ing of girl from the radio sta
ton in a decidedly unfavorable
light and once again this smacks
Of commercialisrTf instead of an
independent Chamber fof Com
nierce run by all businesses in
this city Hffe #.
Finally the cruX of the whole
matter is if a man has his hands
full with his radio station which
is struggling now to keep its
head above water how can he
officially devote his time to
building up the Chamber of Com
rlerce without neglecting his
other business. Certainly it will
be a part time job and if it is
to be Just a part time job then
why does not MIR. Spottswood
volunteer his services free of
charge, without the incentive of
receiving a downtown office for
his teletype and employment of
one of his office girls. Mr.. Laub-
scher could then be appointed
secretary on a full-time basis and
dc the job Fundamentally and
not just as part-time job!
Back To FERA Thought
Does Key West wish Cham
: Der of Commerce run with a part
time secretary with a radio sta
ton teletype Installed to aid the
Radio Station and with one of
the office girls of the Radio Sta
ton running the c m be II
throughout the day. We would
be in pitiful state if we could
not afford a full time secretary.
Key West businessmen are not
to be complimented if we go on
these 'FERA" lines. of thought.
Why employ a man without
salary, as though the chamber
were holding a hat for contribu-
tons? Stephen C. Singleton, who
will retire as manager on Febru-
airy %, said yesterday that he en-
tertained a sense of pride over
the fact that he was leaving the
chambers treasury in good con-
dition. Use the money in the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13

No more public bingo playing
in Key West. at least up to the
early part of January, 1949.
Thus declared Sheriff Berlin
Sawyer this morning, whose term
expires at that time. He explain
ed that, at Sis o'clock yesterday
afternoon, he issued orders to
close down all bingo games in
Key West, and that the orders
were transmitted to the proprie-
tors of bingo places by Deputy
Sheriff Moreno Wallace.
Sheriff Sawyer said that var
ious rumors have been rife about
his reason for issuing the order,
and, to put them at rest, he stat
ed that he had taken his action
because he had reason to know
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13
Plan 3 More
Beds For Vets
At Hospital:
TWENTY-FIVE BEDS NOW AT
MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL; AN
OTHER TWENTY-FIVE FOR
NAVY HOSPITAL

There are twenty five beds now
available in the Municipal Hos
pital here now by the Veterans
Administration and shortly plans
will be completed to have Is
more beds for the veterans at the
Navy Hospital here, Eugene An
heir, Veteran Administration rep
resentaitve said today.
The beds will be used for serv-
ice-connected injuries of veter-
ans with these receiving priority
Mr.. Anheir said.
About 20 persons a week &C
through the Veterans Office seek
ing information, Mr.. Anheir said
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13
Temperatures
Highest Lowest

Temperature data for the 81 hours
ending 1880 am.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-13

Associated Press Day Wire
Service and AP Features
For Sc Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
Evening star., 1946-01-09
Contempt Ruling Sought
In Land Custody Case

A motion seeking to have Wilbur
z. Land, Reconstruction Finance
Corp. engineer, judged in contempt
of court was filed in District Court
yesterday by Attorney Jack Politz
The contempt citation is sought,
the motion states, because Mr.. Land
allegedly failed to obey a court
order under which he was directed
to pay $3.50 monthly for the support
of his infant son, Wilbur E. Land,
jr., and his wife, Mrs. Juanita r.
Land, IS, of the 1900 block Eight
eenth street NV.
Mr.. Politz said in an affidavit
supporting his motion that Mr..
Lands attorney, John T. Bonner,
had paid 5000 on December 20, but
nothing since. Mr.. Politz said he
had given $3.50 of this sum to Mrs.
Land and retained the balance of
$50 as part of 500 fee permitted
him under the court order, which
was issued November 80.
The marital difficulties of the
Lands became known when Mr..
Land was accused by his wife of
taking their 19-month-old child
from his crib December 81 and leav-
ing the city with the boy. Mrs.
Land recovered the baby from the
father December 81 at Jacksonville,
Fla.
Evening star., 1946-01-09
Offer 10 Buy Willard
Is Being Considered,
Hotel Attorney Says

One of a number OF purchase
offers received in the last several
years for the Willard Hotel is now
being considered by the owners, the
Virginia Hotel Co., 1t was learned
today. .sS
Joseph w. Wyatt, attorney for the
owners, said today that nothing
definite" had been decided and that
negotiations still were in prelim-
mary stages.
This Is just one Of many offers
We have received over a period OF
years" he said. THE hotel never
has been offered for sale, but from
time to time offers to purchase
have been made to the present
owners"
He said that a group Of out-of-
town individuals" had made the
purchase offer for the historic hotel
at Fourteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
The site has been occupied by an
inn or hotel since Washington was
founded. The first buildings known
as the Willard Hotel were finished
in 1902. A final addition fronting
on F street was constructed in 1925.
Previously the property was known
as Willard's Hotel.
The Virginia Hotel Co. is owned
entirely by members of the Willard
family, Mr.. Wyatt said. Chief stock
holder is Mrs. Joseph E. Willard,
widow of the former Ambassador to
Spain.
Evening star., 1946-01-09
State Department Denies
.Homstringing Program

The State Department yesterday
denied charges by Russell Nixon, act
ing member of the German External
Property Commission, that it is
"hamstringing' the program to con-
troll German external assets.
The charges were reported in an
interview with Mr.. Nixon in Berlin,
published yesterday in the New York
newspaper PM. The State Depart
ment, i'll answer, referred to a long
record of department support of
moves to obtain control of German
assets in countries outside the Reich.
Previously, the Associated Press
had reported Mr.. Nixon was resign
ing and returning home after charg-
ing in a December 20 interview that
military authorities in the Ameri-
can zone of occupation were pam
pering" German industrialists.
The State Department branded as
misleading and unsupportable" Mr..
Nixon's charges of dirty deals in
the PM interview, and issued a
l ,5o0-word statement to "contravert
! directly" his assertions.
Evening star., 1946-01-09
Bradley Seeks 10 Cyl
Delay in Payments
|To Student Veterans

Acknowledging that teterans
cant eat on promises" Gen. Omar
N. Bradley, veterans administrator,
said today he is reviewing regula-
tions to reduce delays h start OF
payments to student-Tterans as
new, simplified procedure for pay
ment of schooling benefits to dis
abled former soldiers was ANNOUNCED
by the administration.
I'VE are having trouble keeping
current on subsistence payments.
Gen. Bradley told a press ronferr
ence. Our So regional OFFICES were
not prepared for the f1oodoI ousi-
ness which resulted from We ana
VI days. They didn't hive enough
space or personnel. )
"The students can belp by noti-
flying the schools as soon as posr
sible after they enrdl and seeing
that their records are forwarded.
The schools can hfp by reporting
promptly when veterans enroll. We
are hoping to cat down on the
time-lag on payments. We realize
we are in bad shSpe on that"
Meanwhile, H V. Sterling, assists
ant administrator, said regional Of
fees, under . new order, are in
structed to make subsistence pay
ments to disabled CT students, re-
gardless of whether the records are
available. Later, he said, ADJUST
ment can he made-when the rec
ords arriye-giving the veterans the
full AMOUNT to which they are en-
titled.
In sn amendment to the CT Bill
of Rights recently approved by Con-
gress and signed into law by Presi-
dent Truman, the minimum pay
nent of such allowances to disabled
veterans, plus any pension or other
benefit, is $lo5 per month for men
without dependents and Sis per
month for men with dependents.
Additional payments are provided
as follows: $40 for first child, ST for
each additional child and SIS for
each dependent parent.
Mr.. Sterling said a disabled vet
eran may draw his pension, plus
illo ouUo4obCllCC d11OIlIICllts WILLIE
attending school. The amendment
authorizes payment of the pension,
plus educational allotments under
the CT bill amounting to s65 a
month for single men and $50 for
married men.
| The order to simplify methods
used in paying disabled veterans
their schooling allowances was under
consideration before a committee OF
six disabled veterans from American
University carried complaints tt
Gen. Bradley that their Government
checks were long overdue.
The six declared they had been ir
school since November 10, 1945, anc
said failure of the payments tt
arrive had thrown them into deb
and worked considerable hardship.
officials said the students came tt
,, the university from scattered point
, throughout the United States ant
, their records were not forwarded
: and processed in time for their pay
ments to be made on the date due
Evening star., 1946-01-09
DuffieId Is Named
To Editorial Post

Eugene Dufneld, for the last three
years special assistant to Secretary
of the Navy Forrestal, has been
appointed editorial assistant to
James H. McGraw, jr., president of
the McGraw-HiH Publishing Co.
Mr.. Duffeld also -, becomes vice
chairman of the Editorial Board.
Before assuming his post as spe-
cial assistant to Mr.. -Forrestal In
1912 Mr.. Duffield was chief of the
Washington Bureau of the Wall
Street Journal. a.
Evening star., 1946-01-09
German IndustriaIists
Found Maneuveringto
Rebuild Their Empire
BY the Associated Press,


BERLIN, Jan. 9.-Disclosure of a
secret memorandum from a high
official of Germany's second largest
chemical trust to his fellow directors
indicated today that German in
dustrialists were maneuvering be-
hind the backs of occupation author
tiles to, rebuild the Reich's eco
nomic empire.
The n1emorandum-writ by
Hans verchemeyer, former chair
man of the board of Schering, A. G..
and dated September 8, 1945-was
found in Verchemeyer's personal files
in Berlin by representatives of the
American Military Governments Di.
vision of Investigation of Cartels ano
External Assets.
Estate Department officials
said they understood that this
division is being dissolved and
its functions spread out, with
the cartel section going into the
AMG economic division and the
external assets section going
4iito tiic aM1 1ckdl ulSlSfOii.j
Scheme Is Presented.
Verchemeyer told the directors
that "the occupation of Germany
might last for years" and added:
"We cannot wait to begin recon-
structions until the occupation pc
riod has passed"
He presented scheme for Scher-
ing to take over the leadership of
Germany's chemical industry from
I. G. Farben, stating: II am of the
opinion that since the I. G. Farhen-
industrie has lost it's private char.
acter, once its plants have beer
broken up they will gradually lost
the lead they have on us and I car
see all kinds of opportunities
for U.S."
The memorandum said that after
about three years I'VE should try
Evening star., 1946-01-09

Army headquarters in the Far East
and then at Pacific headquarters.
He was responsible for organizing
and directing the machine records
activities of both headquarters and
in co-ordinating and maintaining
staff supervision over all such oper-
ations in the Southwest Pacific the
| ater.
Referring to this work, the War
/ Department said: His accurate
analysis of the overall needs of
the theater, both as to current and
projected requirements, contributed
in large measure to the efficiency
and dispatch with which essential
statistics and personnel accounting
reports were prepared and made
available to the various echelons.
BY his outstanding technical owl
edge, organizing ability, in tive
and devotion to duty, he improved
all phases of machine record service
in the theater."
Col. Bruce Is graduate of Fork
Union Military Academy and a
graduate In civil engineering of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He
was commissioned originally in the
Engineers Reserve.
1t. Col. George O. Gillingham,
1922 Madison street NV, Chem
ical Warfare Service officer, has
been awarded Legion of Merit by
Maj. Gen. Alden H. Watt, chief of
the CWS, in the presence of the To-
cal headquarters staff.
The citation described Col. Gill;
lingham's outstanding service while
serving in various assignments in
connection with public relations and
information branch activities with
the CWS from March, 1912, to Sep
tember, 1943, and from February to
October, 1945 Through personal
contacts, exhibits and radio and
press activities, 1t. Col. Gillingham
cemented friendly relations be-
tween the Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice and the general public, the War
Department at large and installa-
tions in the field" the citation
stated.
Col. Donald d. Duggan, Berwyn,
Md, has been awarded the Legion
of Merit for services as chief Army
postal inspector from May "a, 1912,
to September 10, 1945.
His complete knowledge of the
Postmaster Generals Postal Inspec-
ton Service enabled Col. Duggan
to eliminate many difficulties and
to improve Army mail service to
troops throughout the world. the CT
tation said.
Other Legion of Merit awards to
officers known in the local area have
been announced as follows:
Col. Francis A. Macon, jr., the
Kennedy-Warren Apartments, for
services with the Adjutant Generals
Department from July, 1943, to Sep
tenber, l945. AT that time he was
chief of the personnel branch, spe-
cial planning division of the War
Department special staff. From Au-
gust, 1914, to August, 1945, he also
served on the National Guard Policy
Committee in connection with de-
mobilization plans.
Col 10 lack Miller III, General
Staff Corps, was cited for occupying
confidential positions in the Mill
tary Intelligence Service from May,
1912. to September, 1945. A Kan
sas City (Mo) banker and graduate
of Georgetown University in 1904.
Col. Miller lived on the university