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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
POLICE OFFICERS TO,
BE PAID FOR OFF
L OFF DUTY PERFORM
ED FOR CITY

City Commissioners lat night
approved number of resoIu-
lions and second reading Of Or
dlnanceS that were all unani-
mously voted upon except the
controversial Parking Meter Or
dlnance that was passed. Al
with Commissioner Demeritt in
opposition.
Those passed were:
A resolution of coincidence in
the death of Edward J. o. Rob
erts, assistant comptroller of
city of Key West. The resolution
read that sincere and heartfelt
regret is hereby expressed at the
passing of Edward j. O. Roberts.
The city has lost q loyal and de-
coted employee, and coincidence
IS hereby extended to his fam
lily. The resolution was passed
to perpetuate the memory Of the
loyal city employee.
Resolution authorizing the
payment of $9.770 interest falling
due January /, 1913, on Refund
ing Bonds. dated Jan. l.. 1888.
and the payment of $9,940 inter
est falling due January |, 1913,
on Permanent Refundlug Bonds,
July l. 1913. was approved.
Victor Lowe was appointed
city clerk at salary provided
in the current budget. Lowe has
been serving on q temporary
appointment. His former posi-
ton as City Recreation director
was terminated by the perman-
ent appointment. A City Recrea-
ton director has not yet been
announced by the City Commits
sion.
Emergency ordinance was
passed granting q fee of $500
to each and every police officer
of the city of Key West who
appears as a witness i'll Munich
pal Court while off duty. This
Is conditional on the Municipal
Judge assessing the usual SIS and
costs.
In those cases where Munlci-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Parking And One-Way'
Street Ordinance Fails
To Pass When No Sec
ond To Motion Is Made

An ordinance making Wind
sor Lane from the intersection
of Widsor Lane and Passover
street to the intersection of Di-
vision street and Windsor Lane
one-way street with traffic
moving in a southeasterly direc-
ton; making Elizabeth street
tween Angela and Division
streets a one-way street. with
traffic moving in a northwest
erIy direction; prohibiting We
hicles from parking on the
northeasterly side of Windsor
Lane and Passover street to the
intersection of Windsor Lane
and Division street; prohibiting
vehicles from parking on the
northeasterly side of Elizabeth
street between Angela and Di-
vision streets and providing a
maximum penalty of 5000 or 60
days Imprisonment, was defeat
ed last night without going to a
vote. The motion for the ordi-
nance's adoption was made by
Commissioners Louis Carbonell.
The motion was then placed in
discussion and Commissioner
William w. Demeritt blasted its
enactment. Commissioner De
merritt said: what is the need
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Cheer
As Ship Comes
In With Food

LIE HAVRE, Dec. 17.-Thou-
sands of persons, who repeatedly
gave vent to -outbursts of cheer
ing, were on or near the pier to-
day when the first ship with
foodStuffs from Friendship Trains
in the United States arrived to
discharge her cargo.
Four thousand tons of supplies
were aboard the ship. Before
the unloading began a few sam
Piles of the types cargo she con-
tanned were exhibited to the
people, who shouted and cheered
and clapped their hands.
1t was announced that sec
ond ship with a similar cargo, is
half way across the ocean on her
way to this city.
washington reported that,
confident that the emergency re-
lief program would be approved
by congress, several shiploads of
foodstuffs are on their way to
France. The President signed
the emergency bill today.
washington announced also
that Republican senatorial lead
ers were considering the forma-
ton of a $500 million corporation
to handle the shipments of sup
plies to France, Italy, Austria
and China under the Marshall
Plan, a bill in support of which
will be introduced in congress
/ shortly after it convenes in Janu'
ary.) r~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Commission Approves
Number OF Resolutions,
Ordinances Last Night

pal Court Judge Hilary Albury
sees fit not to make an assess
ment, the police. officer will pot
be compensated for his off-duty
work.
Ordinance reducing the park
ing meter breaking fine to a
minimum of $25 and a maximum
of $3.50 or imprisonment of so
days in iaiis The assessment is
allowed. tfor the Municipal
Judges discretion.
RaisingSthe speed limit to 40
miles on Roosevelt Boulevard:
Granting beer and wine Ii
cense to John A. Gelabert, I'LL
Division street, Ell Prado Restau-
rant. .t.
Allowing for inspection of
charter boats. Fee for certifi-
Gates is set at ST., with all moneys
derived from the inspection 60
ing to the city of Key Vests
general fund.
Passed the coming amendment
to allow property owned by
Jessie Porter Newton, White
head and Caroline streets, to be
rezoned. No one had opposed
the change in coming at a public
hearing that was held in City
Hall.
Jack Saunders, Monroe Coun-
ty Service Officer. appeared be-
fore the commission relative to
the granting of license, not for
a carnival, but for an entertain
ment concession, for the VIEW.
building fund. Saunders listed
the number of amusements that
would be offered, including a
minstrel show, pony rides for
the children, etc.
Saunders reminded the COM
missioners that an animal show
was permitted to come to town,
and that his organization would
willingly pay the same fee Tor
their proposed show as the pres
ent animal show is paying.
Commissioner Ii. Carbonel:
This matter should be turned
over to the city manager. II he
Continued On Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

held Lost night.
The show was a huge success
and Mrs. Helen S. Schuck, pres
ident, has announced that the
amount of 5000 will be con-
tributed to the Polio Campaign
today. Presentation Oh the check
will be made at the Junior Wo-
mans Club Annual Tea Dance
on Christmas afternoon at the
Legion Hall.
At this time, the. club wishes
to express its gratitude to the
civic organizations which helped
sell tickets, local radio station,
The Citizen. all the models
and stores, and to Gerald Pin
der for his assistance. Also the
Little Theatre Group, who fur
nished the songs and dance num-
bers for the show.
A Fashion Show was being
planned by the club, when
news of the 1913 Polio Campaign
came. 1t was then decided to
contribute the proceeds of the
show to the campaign.
Ivan Baggett, Monroe county
campaign director for the l948
March of Dimes, wishes to ex-
press his thanks to the Junior
Woman's Club for sounding the
opening gun for the l948 cam
paign.
The drawing for the turkey
will be held Saturday at 1890
p. m. All tickets must be hand
ed in. before that time. Tickets
may be turned in to Mrs. Anna
founders or Mrs. Katherine
Merson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
DEMERITT LEADS in
DEFEATING PARKING
ORDINANCE AT MEET

for this ordinances enactment?
Under this ordinance. l would
have to 60 to Francis street to
get to my home. (Demeritt lives
at 900 Fleming street,. l would
have to go three blocks out of
my way to get to my residence.
To close traffic over thorough
fare that has been used for over
100 years is not right. / favor
one side parking, but must vote
against this ordinance as it is
written"
Commissioner Fred J. Dion:
Further study into this matter
is important and necessary. :"
Commissioner Louis Car
bonen: "This ordinance was rec
commended by the City Manager.
1t is just question of time be-
fore there will be many one
way streets in Key West. Why,
we have even been asked to
make Simonton street one
way"
Commissioner Demeritt: cit Is
true that Simonton street may
have to be made one-way
street because of the antlclpat-
ed ferry traffic, but in this par
ticular case, there is no justiti-
cation. This ordinance would
mean for many residents addi-
tional travel and expenses.
After Demeritt's remarks,
Commissioner John Carbonell
withdrew his second to l.. Car
bonelrs motion for enactment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Commission To Consider
Changing Meeting Dates
POSTPONE sPEcIAL MEETINGl
SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY:
NO QUoRoM WAS PRES
EMIT

There was to have been a spe-
cial meeting of the Monroe
County Commission this morn
ing, but it was postponed when
only two members of the group
turned up.
The commission was scheduled
to accept the new, county home
from Charles TOPPING & Sons,
and to pay the company off in
full.
Chairman Frank Bentley, who
with Commissioner Gera d
Saunders, turned up for the
meeting, said today that at the
January meeting of the COM
mission they would consider
changing the dates of future
meetings.
The meetings are now held the
first and second Tuesdays of
each month. Because the City
Commission meetings are held
on tuesdays, the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce has asked the
County Commission to change
to Thursday and Friday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
City Fathers
Become Santa
To Prisoners.

When does Santa Claus
come? To five prisoners.
serving from 80 to 90 days
in the City Jeil. "Old 81.
Nick" arrives today. 5
On motion last night at
City Hall chambers by Com
missioner Louis Carbonell to
give the prisoners a "break"
because of Christmas time
approaching. all five prison
ers were granted their free:
dom.
Municipal Judge Hilary
AlburY had approved the
committing of sentences. and
City Attorney Ignatius Les
ter had ruled that 1t was
within the power of the
commissioners to grant the
prisoners their freedom.
All commissioners approx
ed the motion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Twelve Die In
Plane Crash
Near Tuscon
nv The Associated PressI

TUCSON, Ariz.. Dec. IL
Twelve men lost their lives to-
day in the crash of B-29 near
this city.
Twenty were aboard the plane
when it struck, but eight of
them, all injured, two seriously,
were rescued.
The rescuers and the rescued
had left the plane only d few
minutes when an explosion &C
CURED, blowing part of the
plane to pieces. Fifteen minutes
later there was a louder eX-
plosion, which made windows
rattle in this city
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Funeral Service
ForI. Appelrouth

Funeral services for Isadore
Appelrouth, So, who died yester-
day at 2:40 pm. in his residence,
sill Duval street, were held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the
chapel of the Lopez Funeral
Home.
Rabbi A. Schwartz officlated.
Burial was in the Jewish plot
in City Cemetery.
Survivors include the widow
Mrs. Jennie Appelrouth; four
sons. William, Mitchell, Robert
and Daniel.
Members of Dade Lodge of Ma
sons and Key West Lodge NO
ssh. B.P.OE., attended the fun
eral.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Permit Issued
To Build Home

A building permit was issued
yesterday to James D. Crlssey
by Building Inspector Enrol
SAWYER for the construction OF
a frame residence off Flaeler
avenue, to cost $4,000 Crissey
has bought three lots in Square
2 from the Key West Founda-
ton Company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
vNlIIIII[~

think the people are interested
in having them come here"
Other members of the commit
tee are j. Glenwood Sweeting,
j. M. Varela, Paul Albury, c. T,
Albury, Louis Carbonell, J c k
Carbonell, William Gates, John
Rivero, Robert Pollock and
Pedro Aguilar. A.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
king APPLICATION
SAID TO VIOLATE
LOCAL CHARTER
THREE COMMISSIONERS.
DECLARE THEY CAN
NOT ACT ON APPLICA.
+; TOMAS is

The disputatious subject of
whether Dave King, Key Vests
first city manager, has filed a
formal application for the CITY
managers job was answered to-
day by three commissioners.
King has filed an application,
but according to the three mem
bers, two of whom belonged to
the old commission, King has
qualified his application with the
demand that the Commission
violate the charter or amend said
charter.
Section %. that was the crux
OF the resignation of King, is
again before the public, for it
is this section, according to the
commissioners, that King will
not abide, by.
In the City of Key West, the
Civil Service Board can rule
that an employe be retained, but
under the city of Miami charter,
the city manager has the right
to toverrule the Civil Service
Board. This was recently done in
Miami when the Miami Civil
SERVES Board asked that the
city retain ampioyet Huttoe.
City Manager Danner answered
their request by discharging
Huttoe from the employ of the
City of Miami.
Under the Key West charter,
the Civil Service Boards decision
is final, and cannot be over
ruled by the city manager or the
commission. Ex-City Attorney J..
Lancelot Lester upheld the local
Civil Service Board, and gave
as his legal opinion their right
to so rule.
The application by King to the
commission follows.
t Rt. No. l.; Box 1863,
Homestead, FLORIDA,
November 6, 1947.
Mr.. Mayor and City
Commissioners,
City of Key West,
Key West, Florida.
Gentlemen
Please accept this letter as my
formal application for the posi-
ton as city manager OF the city
of Key West, Florida.
If my application is accepted
/ will be able to report for duty
at once.
You gentlemen know my
qualifications and for that reason
I will not prolong this letter
with such data.
When I resigned as city man
sser of Key West, last year,
did so because / could not oper'
ate in the manner / felt neces-
sarv to produce results and fol
the good of the city at large. Inc
obstacles placed in my way oS
interpolating the meaning OF Ger
tain paragraphs in the CITY
charter. relative to the DIS
missal of city employees, plus the
non-support of the majority OF
the City Commission, mace my
action necessary.
After resigning, Twas request
cd nv many people to reconsider
and return to Key West, l there
fore drove to Key west ano az
dressed the City Commission an'
come 900 people in the au
CONTINUED on Page FOUR
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
COMMITTEE FAVORS
TURNING STADIUM
BACK TO KEY WEST
Group Will Meet With City
Manager Friday To De.
termine Future Of Mu-
nicipal Field

Members of the Key West
Stadium Committee will meet
with Acting City Manager Ed
win Trevor at S p. M, Friday,
in City Hall, to consider what
shall be done with Wickers
Stadium.
Various members of the
Stadium Committee that were
contacted today said that they
were in favor of turning the
stadium back to the city.
Several years have yet to
run on our ten-year lease on the
stadium" said Gerald Saunders,
secretary of the committee, to-
day. 81 am all in favor of end
ing our lease and turning back
the property to the city of Key
West"
His opinion was voiced by
other members of the commit
tee.
Roy Hamlin, former city clerk,
who is a member of the commit
tee, said that at a recent meeting
held in Miami among baseball
interests he had discouraged the
coming of minor league teams
to Key West to train.
81 interested, myself in Key
West baseball and got nothing
but trouble from it," Hamlin
said. Il certainly : discouraged
minor league teams. from COM
ing to Key West because don't
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Junior aWoman's Club First i
To Contribute To Polio Fund
GIVES ENTIRE PROCEEDS OF FASHION oho"
s.E> TO MARCH OF DIMES
J. ~ CAMPAIGN
By BETTY A. SAUNDERS

All proceeds from the March of Dimes Fashion Show held
December at the Legion Country Club were turned
in at specio business meeting OF the junior women N"o
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

Monroe County will shortly have larger amount of
available TO reconstruction of lateral all along the
Circuit Court Clerk Ross G.. Sawyer said today.
The 100000 advanced the the State Road Depart
ment for will be paid
back to the Sawyer indicated.
The State yesterday
Tallahassee that will about
$105.000 from the gasoline tax surplus next year.
BY of the counys surplus goes the
State Road Department expenditure entirely the
which credited The other 20 directly to the
county local road improvement expenditures.
1t Of the 20 of the gasoline due Monroe
the off the 100000 should all be with
said and indicated that entire 20
would directly to the county
Several of the peoned the Board of County
improvements.
construction
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

Large Amount Coming From
Gasoline Tax Surplus
For Road Work

COUNTY'S DEBT TO STATE OF 100000 WILL BE
PAID OFF in 90 TO 90 DAYS; MONEY OWED
STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT WHICH SPENT
1T ON COUNTY ROAD CONSTRUCTION
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country, with an average,
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-11
Longs|loremen To
Bolster Negro
Strength In Dixie

New Orleans-In an effort to Dol
ster the strength of the Negro
politically in the South, Local a.
10 of the General Longshore Wor
kers. AFL. J Harvey Meter,
president, in a recent meeting in
their hall. SIS South Rampant ST.
adopted a resolution that all appli
cants must be registered voters.
This requirement continues the
work begun by registration com
mittee with Joseph Pierre as
chairman. when $50 members out
of the large group were taught
the proper procedure for registra
ton and voting. 1t was emphasized
at a recent conference Of the Gulf
and Atlantic Coast District of La
Dor Unions that labor must elect
men on the local as well as the
national levels.
This effort to get out the vote
was also stimulated by the pas
sage of the Hartley-Taft A C t s
and the attempts in the Louisiana
legislature TO pass the Cleveland
so called Right to Work Bill"
Louisiana is one Of the few states
to have no anti-labor laws. About
80 other states have passed some
restrictive measures on labor re.
Gently and at least II have anti.
closed shop laws. Thus the union
feels IT imperative to stimulate
the labor veto
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-11
Negroes Vanishing
From The USA

Anthropologist Ralph Linton of
Yale University claims that Ne
groes are disappearing from the
U. S. in an article In the August
Issue of Negro Digest stressing
eventual solution Of the race
problem.
"Inter-marriage, inter-mingling
and inter-breeding are the factors
responsible for this phenomenon
according to DR.. Linton who is
president of the American An
thropological Association. And he
states that in 200 years the Me-
gro as such will have disappear.
ed in this country.
There Is no reason for evad-
ing the trying issue of race pre-
JUDGE now he points out But
there Is some small consolation
in reflecting that our great-great-
grandchildren will not have to
worry about race roits."
Marking the fact that each new
generation OF American Negroes
as group is lighter than the
last, DR.. Linton points out that
there could be no discriminate
against Negroes as group II 1t
were not for the color of their
skin. With the gradual tightening
OF skin, the Negro will pass out
OF the oppressed minority group
and become a part of the nation.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-11
Petition To Save
Youth From Chair

Washington, D. Con- June 90,
l9i1 the Supreme Court of the
United States granted a petition
for a writ of certiorari in the cas-
of Eddie (Buster) Patton v
state OF Miss. The Petition had
been requested by attorneys for
the NAACP, who pointed out in
their brief that in the lower court
Patton, a Negro, had been indici
ted and tried by iuries from which
members of his race had been sy
scientifically excluded because of
their race or color. The brief al.
80 pointed out that Patton's con.
viction had been obtained on the
basis of an unlawful cor fession
The case arose out of the al.
legged murder of Eddie (Buster)
Patton OF Jim Meadows, a white
@vern owner, on February II
1896 Patton was tried in the
courts Of Lauderdale County Mis-.
sissippi, and sentenced to cleo.
lrocution. On appeal. his convio.
ton and sentence of death were
affirmed. and had the NAACp
not interviewed and appealed the
case to the Supreme Court Pat.
ton would have been electrocuted
on the night of Juae q, 19A7.
NAACP Special Counsel Thur.
good Marshall ana Assistant Spec
ial Counsel Franklin II. Williams
who submitted the petition and
brief to the supreme Court. sta.
ted that in all probability the
case VIII be heard in the fail and
that they were in hopes that a
reversal would be obtained
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-11
HERE and IIIgH1

San Diego, Calif.-The case
against Mr.. and Mrs Alfred w
ingalls, accused by the Federal
Government of violating the 18th
amendment TO The Constitution
by keeping Dora Il. Jones in in.
voluntary servitude Is yet going
ON here in Federal Court. Mrs.
Ingalls, two daughters by her LIST
and second marriage, respective
~. have testified against their
parents, each one stating their
parents would beat the eolored
maid and scratch her from time to
tlue in the bathroom until they
would beg them to stop beat
ing Dora
Mrs. lnralls first husband was
Walton Harmon a Harvard class
mate of the late President Roose-
welt and il was disclosed by Mrs.
Ingalls, attorney that Walton
Harmon her first husband was
intimate" with Dora l., Jones.
the colored maid from the time
She was ~ until she was "a The
attorney stated that Mrs. ingalls,
(rhen Mrs. llarmonl locked the
secret in her heart for the sake
OF the family" A sister and a
brother of Dora l.. Jones. brought
here by the government from
Athens, Ala. aud 81. Louis, Mo-,
respectively. were among last
weeks witnesses. The sister, Mrs
Myrtle Turrentine, 60, recalled
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-11
Crisis In Education Offers
Opportunities For Race
Says 1uskegee's Prexy

Tuskegee institute, Ala There
has never been a time" said
President f. d. Patterson, in ad-
dressing the Summer School as
sembly hour this week, when
those of our group who are COM
petent may look forward with
greater hope to satisfactory EN-.
ployment. ut Is well to note, how
ever he continued, that these
opportunities come In the midst
of national and a world crisis
and confusion. -" resulting from
the problems created by those
who press for a rigid, exploita-
tive capitalistic economy as a.
gainst an economy that Is social.
~ sensitive to mass welfare"
Those who would assume places
of leadership in this critical pc
riod must understand at least the
rudimentary aspects of interna-
tional trade, national income and
its distribution, wages, profits,
housing, crime, population, agri-
culture and similar problems"
The challenge" emphasized
". Patterson, which comes to
those enrolled in our colleges and
universities today is that of be-
coming responsible and aware
leadership able to take advantage
of the mounting opportunities a.
valuable and willing to contribute
unselfishly and with a sense of
urgency to the manifold problems
of adjustment affecting the mass
and individual welfare of the Ne
gro group.
In opening his address, DR.. Pat
terson reviewed the astound-
ing Increase In college enroll
ments" which amount to 1890, 900
as compared to 100000 in 1910
and uoteqd possible estimates
of President Truman's Commits.
sion on Higher Education that the
number may be 100000 In 1862
and 100000 in 1860.
These figures, he said, have
Implications for finance in terms