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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-04-02
Retiremenf-P Plan For City
Employees Ordered; Bill To
Rename Streets Was Killed
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE
: ROOSEVELT Blvd, ID.
VISION ST. RESClND.
ED; PENSION PLAN
COMMITTEE NAMED

A retirement or pension sys-
tenn for the city's 100 employees
received the preliminary bless
ing of the City Commission last
night at City Hall when a com
mittee consisting of City Manag-
er o. ]. S. Ellingson. City Attor-
ney ]. Lancelot Lester and Civil
Service Executive Secretary Lee
II. Goddard was appointed TO
draw up the necessary legisls-
ton.
The action came after William
V. Albury, assistant states at
torney, 25th Judicial District, adj
dressed the Commission and
pleaded for a retirement plan for
city employees. Commissioned
John Carbonell then moved that
Lester draw up a retirement plan
for the next Commission meet
ing.
Lester protested such an early
deadline, saying that he knew
little or nothing about the SUBJ
ject, which would require detail
ed study. He said it was matter
primarily for an expert on gov
eminent. Ellingson said he had
four or five retirement plans be-
ing used by other cities but that
these would all require careful
study. 49,.
At this point, Goddard volun-
teered to serve. having had ex-
perience ir that line and CarLe..
ell changed his motion to name
Goddard and Ellingson along With
Lester to draw up the retirement
plan.
Last nights Commission SEES
sion was the shortest in months,
lasting only two hours. The first
business transaction was quick
passage Of resolution offered
by Commissioner John Carbonelf
repeating Resolution. $50. which
proposed that South ROOSEVELT
Boulevard be named jose MART
Boulevard and Division STREET be
changed to Truman Avenue.
JCarbonell said Resolution 100
only called for public hearing
on the question. Actually, it def
nitely changed the names of the
streets, offering the public a
chance to submit objections Oh
April Is. AS the result of the
resolution repeating it, no hear
ing will be held. (
The Commission passed on a
resolution asking State Repre-
sentative Bernie c. Papy to ine
troduce measure in the Legis-
lature providing that cigarette
taxes be returned to the cities
in which they are collected.
The public hearing called by \
the Planning Board for change of
classification of certain addresses
was set for May 6. The changes
involved are from Residence 3
to Business B for Earl EHiggs,
917-919 Eaton Street, and for
Key West Foundation Co., Lots
7 and 8, square 6, Line Grove
Subdivision and from Residence
ALB to Business B for the Mary
E. Roberts estate property, Part
Square /, Tract IL, Monroe Co.
deed reference, A42746.
Communication from Pena Mo
rales, 800 Louisa Street, COM
planning that there are no stfeet-
lights between Whitehead and
Thomas Streets on Louisa was
referred to Ellingson.
The Commission approved
granting percent discount on
Continued on rage Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-04-02
Juan Esperdy, ST.,
Died Yesterday

Juan Esperdy, ST.. 81, died
ycsteray afternoon at 4:3O o'clock
in his residence, 1900 Margaret
street, after an extended illness.
Funeral services under the di-
rection of Pritchard Funeral
Home, will be announced later. 3
Survivors: One daughter, Mrs.
Sarah Alvarez: sons, Sergio and
Enrique Esperdy. Tampa: Public
Esperdy. New York; John and
Antonio Esperdy, Key West, and
IL grandchildren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-04-02
JOHN CARBONE HERE
ON TERMINAL LEiVE

John Carbone. after serving
four years in the United States
Navy. IS back home on terminal
leave. HIS discharge from the
service will become effective in
the near future.
Mr.. Carbone married Glorina
Emma Curry. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs {. p. Curry. Peacon Lane,
while stationed here. They have
one child. daughter.
MIR. Carbone expects to be pri-
vately employed and make his
home IN Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-04-02
Committee Acts
ToStop Monday '!',
Phone Strike
Thy The Associated PressI

NY The Associated PfeSSD
WASHINGTON. April 3-The
house labor committee reported
'favorabiy today on bill design
eel to stop the nationwide tele-
phone strike set for next Mon
day.
Chairman Hartley of the com
mittee said he would ask the
house for clearance of the bill,
SO that it may be enacted in time
to head-off the threatened strike.
The bill empowers the govern
ment to apply IOr all injunction
against tn employees because of
the upset of the national econO-
my such a strike would cause.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-04-02
MartellO Selected
As Site For Beach,
Work SOonilb Stunt,
COUNTY COMMISSIONS
NAMES BOULEVARD I;
SITE ALTERNATE FOR
s2JO.(nW BEACH

Enginccrs said nj last nights
meeting of the Monroe County
Commission. which selected Mar
teIlo site as The area for the pro-
pissed beach. that they would have
plans ready I'm a short time and
h@thing might commence late this
year n thu spot.
We have already prepared the
plans far the swimming pool
wFhieh was to have been a feature
sf any of the sites selected by the
esuniy commission" said Capt.
n. w. Spslding. one of the engi-
necrs engaged to study the $780,
GO beach.
AS soon as we know for. GER
tain that Martello site can be
made available we will plan at
oDrc for the l.380-foot beach at
that spot. There are q total of L.
$50 feet of waterfront in the
site"
In the event the county is un-
sbie to get use of the Martello
site Cor the beach. the commission
also voted last night 10 select the
so-cslied Boulevard site, south of
Roosevelt Boulevard, northward
from Bertha street. as the alter
nate spot.
No consideration was given the
s0-scre site ON Stock Island. which
Mas the No. spot selected by the
engineers for future development
and for its natural protection
against HIGH winds.
40 tine Msrsci;o site q breakwall
will be constructed nee- the Rcy-
nolds street end Of site in order
so hold the sand ,hat will have
iren plsced there 10 form the
beach. Engineers have about
completed plans for the break
wall. 4
Selection at the beach site last
night tosk 0nIy y few minutes of
the commissions time. Chairman
Frank Bentley first asked for a
report from Chairman Gerald
8~ssBacss IT sise Sbeacir commit
tee.
The prcpoBlersncc Of the peO-
pie at Key West favor the Mar
tello site,T Saunders said. "Thcre
is only one thing which may pre-
vent as from using the Marteilo
site. We may not be able to get
the property.
Congressman George Smathers
sent wire 10 City Commissioner
Louis carboDelI in which he stat
ed the War Department is unde-
cided about the use of the Mar
tello site. Smathers says he will
know i'm a day or two what prop
erty can be made available for
the beach"
4 made q motion that Martello
site be- selected as our first choice
and the Boulevard site our second
choice. Another meeting of the
commission will not be required
60 pass ON this proposition"
Commissioner Clarence Higgs
Immediately seconded the mo-
ton. The motion was carried at
once with Commissioners Bent
ley. HigRs, Saunders and Eduardo
Gomez in favor Of it. and Com
missioner w. A. Parrish against.
4 still am Of the opinion that
tins board should accept the rer
commondation Of the engineers
for the Stock Island Site" Com
missioner Parrish said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-04-02
BIRD in A GAGE

CHICAGO.-(AP). = One loop
movie house is well patronized by
pigeons as well as people. When
the ticket seller, Bargaret Malouf,
isn't busy with the cash custom
ers, she shoves peanuts through
the wicket for the birds. She
gives away two or three bags a
daY.
Evening star., 1947-05-09
Draft Board Members
To Form Standby
Organization Here

District Draft Board members last
night voted unanimously to form a
permanent Standby" organization,
after being told by William E.
Leahy, their director, that I'VE ought
to be able to do any job, Ii the
country needs u.s."
The permanent group was voted
speedily at a commemorative dinner
for the District Selective Service
System In the Mayflower Hotel.
Mr.. Leahy promptly appointed a
committee composed of draft board
and appeal panel chairme;l to draft
a constitution for the new organ
ization.
Nearly 200 members OF District
selectiye service heard their work
praised by Maj. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, newly appointed director
of the Office of Selective Service
Records; Commissioner John Russell
Young, Chairman Quincy of the
Senate Armed Forces Committee
and representatives of the services.
Leahy Praises Service.
Before proposing the standby or
ganization. Mr.. Leahy told the men
and women who served in the draft
system:
We've been together six and a
half years. You did the best job
you knew how, and 1t was a won-
derful job. You gave of your time
tnselfishly. You were there to do
whatever needed to be done, and
you did 1t honestly, justly and with
out fear or favor"
He said he was proposing the per-
manent group, not only to continue
comradeship formed when the go
Evening star., 1947-05-09

every citizen of his responsibility Ia
th Nation. Ihis was the type 81 re-
sponsibility. he said, demonstrated
by those who worked il the SeIectiye
Service System.
Admiral Joseph +. Farley, Coast
Guard commandant, told the group
he was impressed by its willingness
TO continue to produce II the time
came when 1t was needed. Both
Brig. Gen. Robert II. Pepper. rep-
resenting the Marine Corps, and 1T.
Gen. Raymond s. McLain, repre-
senting the Army paid tribute to the
draft for shortening the war and
tdignifying the individual"
The Right Rev. John K. Cart
wright offered the invocation and
the Rev. Malcolm Marshall pro-
nounced the benediction.
Entertainment was provided by
Loew's Theaters and Mrs. Marie
Handy sang the national anthem.
Evening star., 1947-05-09
THE EVENING STAR Washington, b. G.
FRIDAY, MAY 2, ls47.

ing was tough" but also with the
thought that, though We hope 1t
may never happen again, we still
may be of some use ii the need
should ever arise"
In addition to being ready TO go
back into harness at d minutes
notice." Mr.. Leahy added, the new
group would continue old associa-
tions by meeting at a dinner at least
once year.
Hershey Commends Group.
Gen. Hershey commended the
group for their rapid acceptance OF
Mr.. Leahy,s proposal and told them
that, If rehabilitation comes, you
have the know-how." He said that,
if there Is a next time, the job OF
procuring men will have to be done
three or four times as fast as 1t was
done in the last war. Draft board
members, he added. also could be
useful in selecting men. II universal
military training is approved.
The national director OF the war
time, draft declared District draft
board members had to put up with
more than any other group because
they had three commissioners run
ming the system instead Of one
State Governor, because national
headquarters Of the draft was "sit-
ting on their necks," because this
was the seat of Government and be-
cause the District system was re-
sponsible for locating and drafting
American citizens in other lands.
Commissioner Young told the
draft system members that during
all the years OF the draft here he
never received a word of criticism
about the operation OF Selectiye
Service in the District.
AdmiraIs Give Talks.
Vice Admiral w. M. Fechtelef
U. s. NJ, deputy chief of naval op-
|erations, declared that this was a
Nation of "have gots," as result OF
which 1t was under the "avaricious
and greedy eyes of all the have
nots." This Nations strength, he
went on. lies In the awareness OF
Evening star., 1947-05-09

president Of The National Congress
|of Parents and Teachers: Mrs. Rob
|ert @. Doty. president of the Nary
land Congress: Mrs. Fred I. Bull,
State first vice president. and Mrs.
III. Ross Coppage. chairman 0f the
State COMMITTEES on World Citizen
ship.
Evening star., 1947-05-09
St. Marys pTA 10 Form
County Council Thursday
sp.e;oI pi,poseb ,e IN, s,or

3peStoF pItpotch 70 Ihe Stof
LEXINGTON PARK. Md, May ..
st. Marys County's six parent
teacher associations will formally
organize County PTA Council at
a meeting at Frank Knox School
here at 8 pm. Thursday.
The six associations are those ut
Great Mills and Margaret Brent
High Schools, Frank Knox console
dated Elementary School and Holly
wood, Charlotte Hall and Ridge
Grade Schools.
Among National and State PTA
officials who will attend are Mrs.
Newton P. Leonard, regional vice
Evening star., 1947-03-05

nsIs Die WaIkurs" On this special Grand
Opera" broadcast.
WMAl. s:0o-Muse BY Paul Whiieman.s Or.
ehestra Ind dramsiilsiion about the new M.
ional Guard.
WMAl, i0:00-Bing Crosby and Al Jolson
team up for a medley Of sId.tims song favorifes.
Jazz Trumpefer Red Nichols aids Bing on What
Am Gonna Do About ysu!"
Evening star., 1947-03-05

on THE AIR I0Nt6M.
WN, 7:00-vidNr Borgs calls on Marion
Hutton.
W0p, 7:t5-jssk Smiths visitor Is Maxine
Sullivan.
WM, S:00-ln between singing "Wyemlng''
end Bless you." Dennis Day becomes Involved
10 bank robbery.
A VIM. S:05-Laurii1 MsIchior, lotts lsh.
mana and Helen TraubeI are heard In Wac.
Evening star., 1947-03-05

WTop, i0:00-A special hour.Iong dotu.
msntay drsnstizstioa on juvenile delinquency
and lis consequences.
WDc, to:i5-A pIayby-pIay account Of the
Washington cspiiels.Dstroit Falcons basket ball
game.
WRc. t0:30-Pianisi frankie Garlic, Come.
dian Harvey Stone and Eisht.Year.0Id Drummer
Tommy Check join Kay Kyser.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-06
Capitol Club Gets Split On License Fees For Clubs

SPOKANE, (P)-A state Senate committee dug deeper today in its probe of private liquor and slot machine clubs after hearing a wit ness testify yesterday that a S5,000 fee for licensing a Spokane club would include a S2,000 donation to the Capitol Club of Olympia.
 The witness, Horton Herman, attorney for the Wandemere Golf and Country club, said that after an early application for a license was turned down because of in- sufficient community necessity" " he was told it would be necessary to go through Edward J. Reilly, Levy Johnson of Olympia or a man by the name of Heil in Seat tle."
 Reilly, a Spokane attorney, and Johnson both are former Demo- cratic state Representatives John son is a former member of the prosecuting attorneys office in Thurston County.
 Herman said when he later saw Johnson he was told that it would probably take S5,OOO to get a li- cense.
 ''He said I'd get Sl 500 and he'd get S1,5OO and $2,OOO would go to the Capitol Club" Herman testi- fled.
 'I asked him what the Capitol Club was and how it operated. He said Of course you know it costs money for the Governor to be in Washington D. e. He's only al- lowed $6 a day when he's out of the State. Now he's in Washington trying to do something for the people of this state. He's planning a governors conference on Wash on Island and that costs money"
 Herman said Wandermere did not have that kind of money" and
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-06
Twins Have Same Operations

SEATTLE ,(P) - Those Yocum twins have done it together again.
 The 15year-old girls, Jimmie and Jackie Chats fight, had stitches and aches in the same places as they recuperated in twin beds of a Seattle hospital. It was not enough that they should go through measles, humps, chicken pox and whooping cough together. Jimmie got pain in her abdomen a week ago. Three days later Jackie complained: Me too" Both had their appendices removed two days ago.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-06
Whatever Ike Says. He Wants To Be Next President

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The concensus in the capital right now is that Gen. Dwight Eisenhower is running his head off for the COP Presidential nomination in 1948. Ike may not be out beating the bushes for delegates and votes in the Republican convention next year, but if Ike doesn't want to run, all he has to do is say so. He hasn't said mo" loud enough yet to convince the politicians he means it. Less than year ago there was lot of talk about what a fine President Gen. George C. Marshall would make.
 Marshall, when he got back from China and took over the job as secretary of state, stomped so hard on his boom no hopeful poli- tician has had the nerve to men, ton his name since.
 Eisenhower has said repeatedly that he wants to do public service in a non-political manner and for that reason has accepted the presi- dency of Columbia University. But he has not eliminated a chance at the Presidency of the United States next year.
 Some COP leaders are a little worried about the general and think if he should make up his mind definitely, quit playing coy and pick up some solid backing, he could walk away with the nom- ination.
 These COP chieftains fear that nothing Taft, Dewey or Stassen could do would stop the stampede if Ike would get started early enough and grin just once at the COP delegates in Philadelphia next June.
 Every time an army man talks about refusing to run for the Pres idency observers haul out the old saw about Gen. William Tecumseh
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-06
Department Of Justice Issues Uniform Crime Reports Bulletin

The Department of Justice an nounced today that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has re- leased the Uniform Crime Reports bulletin covering the first six months of 1947.
 Director J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI stated that the crime figures set forth in the bulletin show 7.5 per cent increase in crime in rural areas throughout the nation. At the same time, however, there was a 23 per cent decline in crime in the cities during the first six months of this year as compared to the first half of 1946. Director Hoover noted that even though there was a slight decline in urban areas the figures were still over 12 per cent higher than those in the first six months in 1941, pre- war year.
 In the various classifications of crime it was noted that burglary for the first six months of l947 increased I'll per cent in the TUT al.areas and 2.l per cent in the ur- ban areas compared with the first six months of 1946. Larceny and rape in rural areas both increased approximately 13 per cent while larceny in urban areas increased II per cent and rape 3.5 per cent. Aggravated assaults increased on an average of 2 per cent in both rural and urban communities. Robbery varied only slightly with Is per cent increase in the ur- ban areas and a less than l per cent in rural areas. The crinfe of negligent manslaughter and mur- der showed a decrease in both ru- ral and urban areas with a 6.6 per cent drop in rural areas and 10.8 per cent drop in urban areas. Mur- der showed decline, the decrease being "A per cent in rural com munities and GA per cent in urban communities. Auto theft continued to decline, showing a 19 per cent decrease over the first six months of 1946 in rural areas and 22.3 per cent decrease in urban areas. This issue of the Uniform Crime Re- ports bulletin also notes that dur ing the year 1946 there. was a 39 per cent increase in the number of police killed in line of duty as compared to l945, there being 59 in 1945 and 82 in l946.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-06
Deer Becomes Pal Of Naturalist

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (P)-Nat- uralist George MacReynolds took a stroll to view the wonders of na- ture and had the thrill of his 88- year lifetime.
 A spike-buck deer popped up beside him and stepped up boldly to nibble at a piece of candy Tn his outstretched hand.
 Deer and naturalist walked lei surely back toward town as mo- torists stopped to watch in amaze ment. MacReynolds had to hide in the bushes to lose his friend
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-06

Sherman and his famous telegram in which he told friends at the Chicago Republican convention in 1884:
 'I will not accept if nominatec and will not serve if elected"
 Sherman's brother John,. an Ohio Senator, and a favorite of the general, was an active candi- date for the Presidential nomina- ton, with a flock of delegates in hand and all the trimmings.
 Opponents of John Sherman tossed the generals name into the convention to confuse matters. But the general came back with that telegram.
 In 1884, taking note of the his toric penchant of the Republicans for nominating military men fo.' the Presidency or vice presidency, Sherman observed:
 Any Senator can step from his chair at the Capitol into the White House and fulfill the office of President with more skill and suc- cess than a Grant, Sherman CT Sheridan, who were soldiers by education and nature, who filled we'll their office when the country was in danger, but were not schooled in the practice by which civil communities are and should be governed"
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-06
Cheerleader Paralyzes Self

SILVER SPRINGS, Md. (P)-A l6-year-old girl leaped into the air to lead cheering schoolmates and parafyzed both legs.
 Dr. G. B. Queen said today the girl, Hope Henderson, injured her spine when she arched her back in the leap while practicing cheer leading stunts yesterday at Mont gomery Blair high school.
 After the jump, she walked 200 yards, then fell to the ground.
 Dr. Queen said there is a good chance" that Hope will recover.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-06

that later when he went to Olym- pia and talked to a member of the liquor control board, it was sug- gested that he resubmit the appli- cation. It was granted, he said, without any such payment.
 Capitol club finances were the subject of a Republican-directed probe during the legislative ses- sion when COP members charged that state employees were under pressure to subscribe to the club funds and that they were used for political purposes.D
 Both charges, were denied by Jack BalleW, director of the fin ance, budget and business depart ment and an officer in the club, who cited use of funds for special expenses incumbent upon the gov- ernor and his office for which no state funds are availableD
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-06
Olive Borden
 Dies In Poverty

LOS ANGELES, (P) - Olive Borden, who rode high in the movie-land Armament as a Sl,500- a-week star 20 years ago, died in poverty Wednesday.
 At 10 she had lost the tickle fa- vor of the movie-going public and the studios, her health and wealth were gone, but she was not en- tirely forgotten-her mother was at her deathbed.
 Death came in the Sunshine Mission for Women in the heart of Los Angeles downtown skid row. Her mother, Mrs. Sybil Bor- den, is manager of the missions commissary. Olive, who had lived and worked there since 1945, suc- cumbed to heart and lung ail- mentS.
 Only the day before Ollie" brushed back her dark hair and told an interviewer: "The whole world has fallen in on me. But the doctors will make me we'll"
Evening star., 1947-03-09
800 U. n. Employees Face
layof Due 10 Budget Cut
By the A,soeioted pre.s

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Mar. B.
Secretary General Trygve Lie will
announce to a q. N. staff meeting on
Tuesday the impending dismissal OF
approximately 800 U. N. employees be-
cause Of the economy budget i'm
posed on the organization during the
last General Assembly, it was learned
tcGay.
Mr.. Lie also Is expected to an
nounce per diem expense OF aynents
Of IS and 81 will be cut in half.
1t was reported unofficially5 that
more than 100 U. N. employees al
ready have received dismissal no
tices, effective April Is. Many, how
ever. have received promises Of re-
employment If possible in other de-
rartments when vacancies occur or
the budget makes 1t possible to add
employees. ,'.~t t5,ft.o4I, !,
The per diem allowances are paid
to U. N. staff members who iived
outside the New York area at the
time Of their employment and were
scheduled to end on March is, when,
presumably, they would have estab-
Ished permanent residences here
and been relieved of extraordinary
living expenses. The ST rate was for
married persons and the IS for single
persons.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Rites al {. U. Will Mark
Pores 9Th Anniversary

The eighth anniversary of the coro-
nation of Pope Plus XII will be OBJ
served with a solemn high mass In
the National Shrine Of the Immac-
ulate Conception at Catholic Uni
versity at 10:30 am. Wednesday. An
announcement from the university
yesterday enormously gave the day
of the ceremony as Tuesday.
Members Of Congress and the
diplomatic corps will Join university
students and teachers in the OBJ
servance. Glasses will be suspended.
Faculty members, in academic at
tire, will form in the vestibule of
the shrine just before the service
for. q formal procession. The Most
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani,
apostolic delegate, will preside.