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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
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Charge Forbes
With Assault OF
Negro Woman

! Kermit Forbes, colored, who
was released from Naval Hospital
yesterday where he had been un-
dergoing treatment to his eyes
injured when potash was thrown
into them by Bertha Kemp, col
ored, will be arraigned late today
before Peace Justice Ira Albury
on charges of aggravated assault
1t was charged by the Kemp
woman that Forbes stabbed her in
the back with a knife during a
quarrel in her home. Forbes
claims the woman threw him
down and was beating him when
he drew the knife in self defense.
The woman seized some potash
and threw it into his eyes, Forbes
also alleges.
frankie Key, colored CONNER
cial fisherman, will be arraigned
Tuesday morning in Criminal
Court on charge of having UNI
dersized craWfiSh in his posses
sion. The complaining witness is
Joseph knight, state conservation
agent.
Bessie Clark, also colored, was
held for action of Criminal Court
yesterday by Peace Justice j. Y.
Porter w on charges of drunken
ness, using profane language and
carrying concealed weapon, a
knife.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Airport Manager May Be
Selected On Tuesday By
Monroe County Commission
THREE APPLICATIONS
NOW ON FILE FOR PO-
SITION; HOVE is ONE
OF CANDIDATES

Selection of manager for
Meacham Field, which now IS
under lease to the county, may be
taken by the Monroe County
Commission at its meeting next
Tuesday.
At the present time there are
three applications filed with Cir
cult Court Clerk Ross c. Sawyer
for appointment for the manager
ship of the airport.
One of them is known to have
been filed by Carl Hove, 14l4
Leon street, who was a u. S.
Navy flier for five years and had
flying service in both the Atlantic
and Pacific areas during World
War III.
Hove spent nearly all his time
on anti-submarine duty on small
airplane carriers. He was serving
aboard the USS Guadacanal
when the German submarine
U-505 was captured off the Cape
Verde Islands near the African
coast. The entire detachment re-
ceived a Presidential citation for
the act.
Hove is a native of Tiega, N. D.,
where his cousin, AL Borressen,
proprietor of AIS Music Com
psny. 500 Eaton street, was also
born. Hove has married a Key
West girl, Lelanette Roberts,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. r.
Baker, 1918 Petronia street.
Hove was a Naval lieutenant
when he retired from the serv-
ice. He has flight control train
ing and says he is fully qualified
TO act as manager of the airport.
Another known candidate for
the post is George Faraldo, head
of Fsraldo's Flying Service at
Meacham Field. Faraldo has been
backed by the Junior Chamber
Of Commerce.
Rogelio Gomez, Key West man
sger of the flying service Aero
Was q. has been serving as man
sger of Meacham Field without
compensation under an arrange
ment with the county commits
sion by which he will relinquish
the job when the county fills the
position.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27

ports. they write GllblY OF trips
to England. Puris. Brussels. ono
all points west. north, and south
of Berlin.
''Ingrid Wenck is now on a
tour in Switzerland" reports the
paper. Dennis Hoiberg is going
to Denmark the last Of this
month. Phyllis Brown is to be
in England and Barbara Wolf
berger is going to Paris"
Even teacher" is not staying
behind this year, for Mrs. Web
Ter will go on trip to Denmark,
Norway, and Sweden"
eve are studying in History
about the British Empire, Fire
India. and Africa. 1t is very in
'e"esting," report the editors
1--WE are also studying English,
Spelling. German, Art, Music,
and Arithmetic"
Under Kindergarten News
the lordly sixth graders reported
that the little Americans care
learning German and can speak
fairly WE'LL AS for themselves.
the sixth graders said thew re-
Gently held a songfest with d
German girls school and every
body had a good time, for every
body was just one big group in
stead of two"
eve sang German songs with
them while they sang American
songs with us" said the news
paper I'VE sang Tra-ri-ra. They
sang Yankee Doodle and Oh Su-
sana very well. The American
girls did the Virginia Reel which
YOU all know is an American
folk dance. The German girls
did two folk dances"
"At the end of the last one each
German girl chose an American
girl and danced with her. That
is. all of them were girls except
Frank Wheeler who was picked
out by a very lovely German
girl At the very end of the en-
tertainment news man took De-
bora Felix and Victoria Gray's
picture with two German boys
The newspaper warned its
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Permit Issued
For Motel In
Si,nonion st.

A building permit calling for
the construction of a motel in
Simonton street. near United
street, at a cost of 10000 was
issued late yesterday by Building
Inspector Enrol Sawyer to an es-
tate under the trusteeShlp of Mrs.
Marguerite J.. Mitchell
This brought to $167,7o5 the
valae of permits issued in Kps-
West during the month of Aug
ust, Sawyer said. August will be
the best construction month ever
experienced in the city, he added.
Mrs. Mitchell, with Alonzo
Cothron, as contractor. is building
three structures, each about 20
by SO feet. Two of them will
have four and the other five units,
total of Is units.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Fort Jefferson
Is Described In
Nature Magazine

Edna Hoffman Evans is the au-
thor of an article about Fort JEFF
ferSon on Dry Tortugas that ap-
pears in the August-September
issue of the Nature Magazine, an
official publication of the Ameri-
can Nature Association in Wash
ington, D. c.
She describes the long cham
berS in the old fort. originally de-
signed as gun emplacements, and
which later were used as a pris-
on. The most prominent prisoner
ever housed there was DR.. Sam
uel Mudd, the Maryland physician.
who set John Wilkes Booths
broken leg after he had shot Pres
ident Lincoln.
The article is entitled Camera
Trails" and is illustrated by sew
Ieral pictures of the old fort.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Hemisphere
Defense Treaty
Near Adoption
nv TIM 4 sAorinfcd Pressl

QUITANDINHA, Brazil, Aug
27,-Outlook at the western hem
iSpheric conference here today is
that the treaty, providing for a
defense zone, stretching from the
Arctic to the Antarctic, will be
adopted before the delegates adj
journ for the week end.
The security region embraces
the North american and South
American continents, Canada,
Greenland, Alaska, the Falkland
Islands, South Orkney Islands. the
South Polar region (Antarctica),
the Sandwich and South Georgia
Islands of the Antarctic and a
3OC-mile sea belt encircling both
continents and taking in strategic
island possessions of the American
nations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Virginia Thompson
Stevens Suddenly
Dies I'm n. Carolina


Word has been received here
Of the sudden death of Mrs.
Virginia Thompson Stevens, IS,
! daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mervin
Thompson, at Camp LeJeun,
N. G..
Mrs. Stevens gave birth to a
daughter about a. M, Tuesday,
and her husband, Chief Pharma-
cists Mate Harold Stevens, tcle-
phoned relatives here to report
the news. Mother and daughter
were reported doing well.
At $50 p. m, Stevens called
Mervin Thompson, Jr., to say that
Mrs. Stevens had passed away at
3 p. m. The baby survived.
A graduate Of Key West High
School, class of 1910, Mrs.
Stevens was popular in this city
and her unexpected passing will
be deeply regretted by a wide
circle of friends.
The remains are being brought
to Key West for burial. Funeral
! arrangements, under the dircc-
ton Of the Lopez Funeral Homo,
will be announced later. In ad-
dition TO the husband, daughter
parents and brother, Mrs. Stevens
is survived by three sisters. Mrs.
II. G. Jenkins, Corpus Christi,
Texas, Mrs. Roberts. Mimi. and
Miss Doris Thompson. Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Frank Jolly Gets
Sl5O For Eve Cost

The City CoIi.in.,sion last
night approved motion to award
$3.50 to Police Officer Frank Jol-
ly for damage sustained to an
eye in line of duty. The payment
covers the second injury Jolly
has received to the same eye.
In l943 prisoner gouged out
one of Jolly's eyes and it was
necessary for him to have a glass
eye. About d week ago, while
the officer was tussling with an
other prisoner, the glass eye
dropped out and broke. The pay
lment authorized by the commits
sion will cover the cost and
treatments for the glass eye.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27

claim peach State" Tennessee
and Pennsylvania enclose tag nu-
merals and letters in outlines of
the shapes of the states as they
appear on the map.
Most other states, the Canal
Zone and the Territories of Alaska
and Hawaii confine their tags TO
letters, numerals, the dates of
issue and the names of the issu-
ing localities. Some add the ex-
piration date of the tag.
Several states, still finding it
difficult to obtain metal for new
tags, retain plates which arc sew
erai years old and either provide
small tab validating them for
the present year OF d windshield
sticker.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Hilton's Mother
Dead In Far West

Burial services for Mrs. Mary
L. Hilton. So. mother of Carl Hill
ton. 1925 Johnson street, who
died Monday night at her home
in Los Angeles, will be held
there Friday morning, it was an
nounced here today. Burial will
be in the family plot at Socorro,
New Mexico.
Hilton left for Los Angeles
when his mothers condition be-
came grave over three weeks ago
and Is still there.
Besides Carl Hilton, Mrs. Hill
ton Is survived by another son,
Conrad N. Hilton, head of the
Hilton Hotel Chain. and four
daughters. IS grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Racing Taxes In
Florida Total
$l4,62S,4S

MIAMI, Aug. q (FNS).-""Rac,
ing has now become a statewide
activity of which the citizens of
Florida may we'll be proud
summarizes the Florida State
Racing Commission in reporting
to Gov. Willard F. Caldwell the
collection of $14,628, 480.26 in
racing taxes for the 1946-1947
season.
The Commissions annual re-
port, now in the hands of the
Iprinters, reveals pari-mutucl
handle of S194,81O,330 and at
tendance of 4,444,453 for 1925
racing days during the seven
month period of operation.
Of the revenue, $9,666, 988.0 5
was from the four horse tracks
$4,669.618.70 from the IL grey
hound tracks and 1921, 873.51 from
one jai alai fronton. Attendance
at the horse tracks was 1,426,06l,
at the greyhound tracks it was
4,866, 040, and at the jai alai from
ton, it was 352,442
The commission reports $4,000,
300 diSburSed to Florida coun-
ties, $7,670,8O7.84 to old age as
sistancc, and $347,921Ol to the
state general fund. Largest in
dividual contributor, as usual,
was Hialeah, Florida's oldest,
largest and finest track.
The commissions report re-
veals that 4,609 persons were
!employed at salaries totaling 81
570,296 in the racing industry in
l946-1947. The tracks paid S.
424,999.85 in purses and con-
tributed $3.50, 550.17 to charities.
Racing is not only a major
revenue producer and tourist at
traction" the commission OBJ
serves, "but is as well a means
of employment and livelihood for
thousands of Florida citizens who
are benefited and protected by
the requirement of the law that
IS per cent of track employees
must be bonafide citizens and
residents . . and must be paid a
like percentage of the total paw
roll"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Plans Ready For
School Sept. Is,
Navy Announces

Plans and specifications for the
alterations to the buildings in the
old Receiving Station at Craig
Dock for the use of the special
weapons school to be moved here
from New London, Conn, will be
ready probably by Sept. Is.
The school is expected to be
ready to start by Jan. l, in the
opinion of Naval officials here
today. Provision is being made
70 rabout 2l0 men and 80 officers
as permanent staff at the school.
Many students are expected to
start on the work being offered
by the special weapons school. 1t
is not known exactly how many
students will come to Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
North Central
States To Have
Warmer Weather
(Dy AssOeia Press}

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Cool
weather in the north central part
of the country will end by night
fall, the Weather Bureau an
nounced today, and will be fol-
lowed by warmer weather to-
morrow.
But the DakotaS and Minnesota
which are having seasonal wealth
'er today, will experience a de-
Icided drop in temperature by to-
morrow morning.
Rainfall in the corn belt has
relieved the acute conditions
caused there by the recent warm
spell, though, it was added, a
great deal more rainfall is need
ed. All corn was saved except
that which was planted in shall
low soil.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
SAUNDERS. BACK
AFTER VACATION

Wesley (BilD Saunders, ID, son
of Capt. Willard Saunders, COM
manding officer of the Key West
Submarine Base, has returned
home after spending most of the
summer on the farm of his grand
father, Frank D. Kyle, who lives
on the Severn River in Mary
land.
Capt. Saunders reports that his
son is quite d sailor. He sailed IN
canoe for many miles in and
around Chesapeake Bay.
THE canoe was Outfitted with
q mast and two jibs besides, .
said Capt. Saunders today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
State Polio
Official Will
Talk Tonight
ADDRESSES MONROE COUNTY
CHAPTER OF NATIONAL In
FANTILE PARALYSIS FOUN-
DATION AT CLINIC

+ Organization for maximum SER
vice to polio sufferers of this
community will be the keynote
of tonight's annual meeting of the
Monroe County Chapter of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Ralph Sierra. chapter
chairman, said today. The meet
ing will take place at Monroe
County Health Unit, 8 o'clock.
Marion T. Jeffries, state repre-
sentative of the National Foun-
dalton for Infantile Paralysis,
will be the guest speaker of the
evening. The public is invited to
attend.
Preceding a discussion Of flu
ture polio activities and problems
in this area, chapter members
will analyze results of the Jan
uary March of Dimes campaign,
receive the annual report on the
chapters accounts and elect Off
GERS for the fiscal year 1947-'48.
/ The threat of increased polio
incidence throughout the nation.
plus the large backlog of cases
which must receive continued
treatment. makes the job of the
local National Foundation chapter
an important part in the public
health plans of Monroe County
'1t is our intent" Sierra SAID.
"to so organize our forces that we
may continue TO guarantee the
best and most modern teratmen,
available to every victim Of in
fantile paralysis in the conmun-
ity. In the event of epidemic.
the public may be sure that the
Monroe County Chapter will be
prepared"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Legionnaires
Arriving For n.
Y. Convention,
IVy The Associated prcsGl


NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Thou-
sands of American LcgiCnnaires
have arrived for their twenty
sixth convention to be held here
tomorrow.
They have begun to have fun,
as their ranks are growing larger
and larger. Many of them are
armed with several types of
noise producing gadgets, and
hundreds are using Waterguns
while making the rounds of the
city.
1t was predicted that the at
tendance probably will be largest
since the American Legion was
organized.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
HOLLINGER, SCOUT
LEADER, ARRIVES

David Hollinger, original or
ganizer of Troop 81, Boy Scouts
of America, in Poinciana, has ar
rived from Bridegton, N. j., for
short visit with his uncle. Mon
roe County Boy Scout Commits
Sioner David McCurdy.
Hollinger was accompanied by
Frank Brady and Ward Foulkes
of Bridgeton. The visitors hope
to find employment in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27

40 Cuban Scouts
Coming Here In
NOU.---McCurdy

Monroe County Boy Scout
Commissioner David McCur-
dy said today that he has re-
ceived word from Cuban
Scout officials that scouts
from the sister republic will
repay the recent visit of Key
West Scouts to Havana.
The assistant to the chief of
police of Havana. scout lead
er in the Cuban capital. will
bring about 40 Cuban Scouts
here in November. McCurdY
said.
Twenty eight Key West
Scouts and six officials at
tended the dedication of Key
West Plaza in Havana. Aug
ust Ia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27

compunYing the toJ letters and
numbers.
Idaho features jumping skier
and the words Vacation Wonder
land" Wisconsin advises the ma
ton it's "America's Dairyland,"
and Arizona's rcd and silver
plates advertise the Grand Can
yon State" An Indian design en-
closes the year of issue on New
Mexico's tags which also bear the
slogan The Land of Enchant-
ment."
A cowboy astride bucking
broncho symbolizcs Wyoming
while Utah's black and yellow
plates declare This is the Place"
Louisiana's plates carry wee
pelican and Gcorgia's tags pro-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27

Give Details In
Maloney Case
EMPLOYE, TERMED in.
EFFICIENT, TO FACE
HEARING; MEET FEA.
TURED BY CLASH

Ivy 1hSAhSSi ANoOeiI H. DOpp
will be asked to prefer specific
charges against Mrs. Angelina
Maloney, whom he has recon-
mended for dismissal, City Man
ager o. J. S. Ellingson said this
morning. He added that he had
asked an opinion of the city at
torney as to whether Mrs. Ma
loney must be transferred back
to Dopp's department before
charges can be preferred and she
can be given a Civil Service
hearing.
The City Commission, which
, recently transferred Mrs. Ma
loney's position as billing and
posting clerk from Dopp's Dept.
OF Public Service to the Finance
Department, will rsScind its ac-
ton if City Attorney J. Lancelot
Lester finds Dopp'S charges can
not be preferred with her in an
ether department, EllingSon said.
Dopp, who reported Mrs. Ma
loney inefficient, said this noon
that the Civil Service report he
rendered was in considerable de-
tail, naming several reasons why
he believed her to be Inefficient.
He said he was prepared TO cite
incidents and instances if need
be.
Meanwhile, City Hall still re-
verberated with echoes OF last
slignt's lively session on the Ma-
loney case in which EiImgson
and City Commission hurled
the word "lie" at each other.
Carbonell contended that the
facts regarding the transfer of
Mrs. Maloney from Dopp's de
pafunent after Dopp had reported
her unsatisfactory. never would
have been brought out if |
hadn't asked for an investiga-
ton"
The city manager turned and
shook his finger at the commits
sioner, yelling, That's IA lie!"
1T is not a lie." Carboncll shot
back. "If the party in question
is inefficient she doesn't belong
in the employ of the city. The
word of the department heads
should be taken a little more
seriously.
Il understand at least two de
partment heads don't want this
party in their office. Her Boosting
that sh, DOESN'T have to worry
about being fired doesn't set well
with the other employees"
Commissioner Albert Cooper
SAID, There is no cause for an
investigation if the Civil Service
Board takes the proper action.
The entire matter is pure and
simple misunderstanding"
1T isn't a misunderstanding
to my way of thinking" Louis
Carbonell responded. She is do
ing the same work she used 10 do.
| do not think this party would
have been transferred if this in
efficiency report had not been
made. The public is entitled to
hear the facts. If there is any
thing crooked or anything smells,
the public is entitled to know
about it,"
ElllngSon explained that no ac-
ton had been taken after Dopps
recommendation Of Mrs. Ma
loney's dismissal because the
Civil Service Board had not an
Swered his inquiry as To- wheth-
er she was permanent OF proba-
tionary. l.. II. Goddard, Civil
Service secretary. said he had not
answered the inquiry because he
had not received a reply from the
city attorneys office.
lEnatlus Lester, assistant city
attorney, reminded Goddard he
had given him verbal opinion
on Mrs. Maloney's status the pre-
Viou5 Gay but Goddard protested
Continued On Page FOUR
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Seek DiUOycps

Petitions seeking divorce were
filed yesterday by Velma Mae
Hall against Hubert Franklin
Hall, and by Mary Virginia
Humm Sittig against Earl Eli
worth Sittig with Circuit Court
Clerk Ross G. Sawyer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Property Sales

Clara K. Wilson transferred TO
Lon Worth Crow Company, Mi
ami, property on Plantation Key,
for $1,000, according to a war
ranty deed filed yesterday with
Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Saw
yer.
Julius w. Tedder transferred to
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. johnson.
l50-B Poinciana Extension, two
lots in Eagle avenue, for Sl,100.
B. E. Calkins transferred h.
George Dion and James Cerutti,
Ramrod Key, two properties on
Big Pine Key, for nominal sums.
readers to stop swinging on the
coat hangers in the gym.
"All the clothing hooks in the
gym have been brutally torn
eff" it said. "AnyOne seen multi
ating these poor defenseless Gre
atures will get the same treat
ment. After all. those hooks have
feelings too, you know-haven't
you heard them schreech when
you pull them off"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
APP Neyvsfeotures

NP WeVsfeotureS
A MERICAS automobile license plates add lot OF color
the highways und do promotion Job for the
states which issue them.
Silver backgrounds fuvorite. Other tags bright
with rust brown blue red orange yellow Nearly
dozen plates with slogans embems both
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
Berlin News Is Unbiased
In US. Youngsters Paper
BY IRENE SIMON
APP NeWsfeotures

EDERLINSxh Graders of the American dependents
ore issuing unbiased nonpoticd newspaper in this
city OF lnerAed squobbles and portsun publications.
These tunspunted kener Amerkoner" find their news
in jokes chchot end gossip Unlike their stoesde
Evening star., 1947-01-05
.Nativity Church
Scene of Wedding

Miss Angelina Elizabeth Parisi,
daughter of Mr. Orazio Parisi OF
Washington and the late Mrs Parisi,
was married yesterday morning to
Chief Petty Officer James Vincent
Germaine, U. S. N, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony Germaine of North
Attleboro, Mass. The nuptial mass
was said by the Rev. Joseph l..
Teletchea.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore an ivory satin gown
with long train and a hngertip net
veil held by a cluster Of orange
blossoms. She carried white roses
centered with a deep purple orchid.
Mrs. Rose M. Crutchfield, sister of
the bride, was matron of honor. Her
gown was pink marquisette, and she
carried red roses. The bridesmaids
were Miss Mary Germaine, sister OF
the bridegroom, and Miss Anna Cur
ganus. Both wore blue gowns and
carried Talisman roses. Chief Petty
Oficer Lindo Agosti was best man,
and the ushers were Chief Petty
Oficer Richard sLevee and Chief
Warrant Officer Robert Kopp.
A luncheon buffet reception was
held at Hotel 2400 After wedding
trip to New York and Providence,
r. l., the couple will reside in Wash
ington. Mr.. Germaine Is stationed
at the Anacostia Receiving Station.
Evening star., 1947-01-05
CabiII-Parker
Ceremony Held

Miss Gloria Ann Parker, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter T.
Parker of Charlotte, N. c., and
Washington, was married here on
December % to Mr.. John Matthew
Cahill, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Cahill of this city. The ceremony
was held in st. Matthews Cathedral
with the Rev. j. Jerard Cole Off
ciating.
Mrs. Thomas Leigh Joy served as
matron of honor and Miss Frances
Leone Parker, sister of the bride,
was her junior bridesmaid. Mr..
Robert Franklin Parker was best
man and the ushers were Mr.. John
]. Barrett and Mr. Carlton Coffey.