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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Find Mrs. Holmes
Dead liz Her Bed

Coroner J. Y. Porter. ", said
today that there were no evil
dences of foul play on the body
OF Mrs. Charles Holmes, ID. who
was found dead in bed at her
home, AID Poinciana place, late
Friday. by her son, Francis, II.
She had been confined to her
home for several days because
of illness, the son said. He has
been living with his erandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Eel
ton, lila Fleming street.
Besides her parents and her
son. Mrs. Holmes is survived by
her husband, Charles f.. Holmes,
Navy chief petty officer, now
reported to be aboard d Naval
vessel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Details OF Constructing
County Beach Are Nearing
Completion, Engineer Says
CRITICAL THING NOW
QUESTION OF COUN.
TY GETTING TITLE TO
MARTELLO

Plans and specifications for the
county beach, including the
swimming pool, the cabanas and
a pavilion, are nearly ready and
as soon as the. county gets title
TO West Martello Tower section,
advertisements for bids for the
work can be started Immediately.
In -making this announcement
today. Capt. r. d. Spalding, en-
gineer in charge of the work,
said that the critical thing, as far
as completing the beach facilities
Tor next season, is the question
oil the county getting title to the
Tower property.
Even If the title were transfer
red today to the county by the
War Assets Administration. there
would be only 100 working DAYS
left this year in which to let the
contracts and actually get the
work started, it was pointed out.
Contractors should have the
PLANS and specifications for at
least three weeks, in the opinion
oil Capt. Spalding, who express
cd 1t at meeting Tuesday of
The Monroe County Commission
IL Is the tentative plan to let
the work out under several
contracts, 1t is reported. That is
contractors would be asked to hid
Tor construction of the breakwa-
yer wall, which will be about l.
900 in length; the swimming pool
about so feet wide and 100 feet
long. the beach itself, which will
be 100 feet long and will extend
about $50 feet inland above the
highwater mark, and the cabanas
and the pavalion.
All these things must be con-
structed within the total bond
issue of $3.50, 1000 which the coun-
ty has sold and now has the
cash on hand.
IL Is planned to have the swim
ming pool on the Laird street
street side of the tallest observa-
ton tower on West Martello
Tower property. The cabanas
would be in the rear of that and
the pavilion on the beach side.
In between the swimming
pool and Laird street will be a
park space, including room for
parking OF cars and a place for
benches.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
K. T.. Baccaise
Dies In Tampa

Il. f. Baccaise, formerly of
Key West, died yesterday at 2
pm, in Tampa, following an OPP
Grafton. The body will be brought
to Key West for burial.
He leaves his widow, Mrs.
Mabel BaccaiSe, who is accom-
panying the body, and also four
daughters, Mrs. A. C.. WillSy.
New Orleans; Mrs. Paul Mon
salvatge, Key West; Mrs. Tom
Dey Orio, and Mrs. Jack Nc
Corkel, Tampa; nineteen grand
children; | greatgrandchild, and
a brother, Charles Baccaise, of
Key West.
Funeral services were held to-
day in Tampa. The body will
reach here Monday for burial I'M
der the direction of Pritchard
Funeral Home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09

Mayor Castellanos Rivero in
his letter renewed his invitation
to Mayor Demeritt to attend the
ceremony "in homage to the
people of Key West for render
ing homage to Jose Marti in
such a magnificent manner"
An elaborate program is being
prepared, the Havana mayor
said, to celebrate "thc INSOFAR
able union of the two sister
cities, Key West and Havana"
Some 25 Key West Boy Scouts
will take part in the ceremony
and a reception at the Municipal
Palace. The official city repre-
sentative. expected to be Com
missioner John Carbonell, will
be named at a special meeting
of the City Commission to be
held Monday at p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Havana Mayor Writes Demeritt New
Key West Plaza To Be Prominently
Located Between Governmental Sites

In a personal letter from
Mayor Nicolas CaStelIanos Rivero
OF Havana, Mayor w. w. De-
merritt has been informed that
the plaza in the Cuban capital
to be named after Key West
Thursday is located prominently
between the Department of Com
merce and the Minister of Com
munications building.
Any fears that the square to
bear the name of the Island City
might be an obscure spot in a
secondary part of the city are
completely dispelled as the result
Of the letter. Now named Plaza
de San Francisco the block TO be
named Key West Square is a ia
NOUS old plaza which will do
honor to the name of Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
amman
To Conduct
Glasses For
Social Work
Especial to The Citizen,


Tallahassee, August 8-Angus
Laird, supervisor, announced
here today that the Florida Mer-
it System Council would hold ex-
aminations for 10 classes of So
cial work positions with the
State Welfare Board and the II
district welfare boards in the
near future.
Positions for which tests will
be given for: the purpose of es-
tablishing eligible registers from
which existing and future vacan-
cies will be filled were announc-
ed as: War-duration visitor, dis
trict welfare visitor, district well
fare supervisor, district case SUI
perVisOr, district welfare direct
OF. state welfare supervisor, SUI
pervisor of field service and
training division, child welfare
worker, senior child welfare SUI
pervisor, and senior welfare con
sultant. Vacancies exist in all
these clasSifications.
Applications must be filled
with the Merit System Office, p
O. Box 1876, Tallahassee, not
later than September 5, Laird
said The merit system office
will supply application blanks
and full information upon re-
quest, he stated.
Welfare visitor is the basic 20
Sition for those desiring to begin
careers as social workers, Laird
explained, and carries salary
range of $l65 $205 per month.
of field work and
training Is the top classification
for which tests are to be given
and carries a beginning salary Of
1885 per month with progressive
advances 10 $500 per month.
The Merit System Council SER
YES the State Welfare Board. the
Florida Industrial Commission,
the State Board of Health and
the Crippled ChiIdren's Commits
sion The State Welfare Board is
the only one OF these agencies
employing social workers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
VilIate's Condition
Critical; Stricken
By Lockjaw Attack

The condition OF Aurelio Vii
late, 14year-old delivery boy for
The Citizen, who is suffering
nom lock aW at the MUM
cipal Hospital, was described as
Critical" this morning by author
tiles. The boy is under constant
treatment and observation.
HE has not yet passed the
danger point" Miss Marie Har-
! tell, supervising nurse, said. "Ilc
as being given sedatives 10 pre-
! vent possible commissions.
Villate, son of Mr.. ind Mrs.
MANUEL. Villate, 1000 II aElnr ave.
nue., received a severe cash m his
left leg on July ~ when he
dove into the former WPA swim
ming pool on Roosevelt BOule-
ward. He was picked up by pass
ing motorist and taken 10 Mum
cipal Hospital, where he was
gwen $500 units OF tctanus serum.
the usual preventive dose.
The lad appeared To be- rocuv-
erlng satisfactorily and was dis
charged July 30 BY August 6 hp
began to- develop d stiff neck and
IockJaW and was readnitted "a
the hospital ON that day. DIR. Her
man *. Moore is the physician i'm
charge of the case.
Villate was immediately given
the therapeutic dose Of 100. 6ro
units of tetanuS serum and has
received an additional 100. Don
Through use of straw inserted
in three-quarter- inch space
left in his throat IT has been po.-
sible TO feed the boy but TO-DAY
additional nourishmcnt was be
ing gwen mtraVCnouSIy.
Young Villate has several Times
asked, "Who is going 20 delgef
my papers,"
-Four deaths from. tetanus and
lockjaW have occurred AZ tho
hospital. In some Of thcsc case
the full preventive tetanus shot
had been gwen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Rehabilitation
For Civilians,
Supervisor Says

During the war years approx
imately 1900 amputations &C.
CURED among United States SER
vice men. In the same period
there were approximately l20,-
900 amputations among the civil
ian population"
This statement was made today
by Charles H. Clark, district SUI
pervisor of the State Vocational
rehabilitation service in calling
attention to the fact that there
is a rehabilitation.program for CT
villains.
Clark stated further, cal
though this service is little
known. among the general popu-
lation it is in a position to be of
help to hundreds of persons with
physical or mental disabilities"
During the past year approx
imately 500 persons were served
in the Miami district. which in
cludes IL counties. These per-
sons had many types of diSabili-
ties, including orthopedic impair
lnents, deafness. hard of hearing.
defective vision, hernias. and
many other types of relatively
permanent nature. Clark stated
that this service is available to
all civilian adults who have a
vocational handicap because of
the existence or previous exist
ence of some physical or mental
disability.
Clark issued today an invita-
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Disaster Group OF
Red Cross In X. W.
Meets Wednesday

The disaster preparedness and
relief committee of the Key
West Chapter, American Red
Cross, will hold its first meeting
of the season at 8 p. H., Wednes-
day, in the Chapter Headquar-
tiers, 30112 Front street.
Co-chairmen of the committee
are Robert F. Spottswood and
Leland II. Goddard. The commit
tee is composed of eight sub
! chairmen of functional commit
tees including rescue. medical
service, food. shelter, clothing,
transportation and communica-
ton, registration and informa
ton, and survey.
The committee co-chairmen
and Sub-chairmen already have
conferred on arrangements for
emergency operations and facil-
tiles. Invited to attend the meet
ing also are local amateur short
wave radio station operators who
will cooperate in emergency
communications.
Nationally. with more disaster
deaths recorded in the first four
months of 1947 than in all dis
asters of 1916, the American Red
Cross is intensifying community
preparedness plans and disaster
prevention measures throughout
the country.
Nearly $4,000 has been ex-
pended by the Red Cross for do
mestic disaster operations since
the close of the first World War.
Since its founding in
1881, the national organization
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Forest Fires (
Are Ragil'gIn
Three States
SENT OUT FOR MORE
FIGHTERS AS FLAMES CON-
T1NUE TO. SPREAD I'M SEW
ERAL PLACES
tBy TIE Associated Press,

RENO. New. Aug 9.-Thirty
thousand acres of forest land are
burning in Nevada. California
and Idaho. with 1900 men fight
ing the fires IN three states,
Calls have been sent out for
more fighters. as the flameg are
continuing to spread IN several
quarters. The worst blaze H. at
the ada-California border. 20
miles from here.
Two persons have lost then
lives and an undetermined mum
Der have been injured IN Tie
fires.
State officials in Nevada blame
the fires on careless campers.
though in California a man has
been arrested on a charge of hav-
ing deliberately started one Of the
fires.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
DR.. Caley's Will
Filed In County


Last will and testament of DIR.
Harry c. Galley. we'll known Key
West physician, who died recent
ly, was opened today by County
Judge Raymond r. Lord.
. DR.. Galley left his. entire estat.
to his widow, Mrs. Ruth Galley,
and named her executrix with
out bond to handle the estate.
DR.. Galey's will did not touch
upon the amount of property in
volved in the estate.
Judge Lord filed the will for
probate to await further action
by the executrix.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
DECLARES HE MAY GET,
OUT OF COUNTRY IF
1T PROVES TO BE
FAILURE

WASHINGTON, Aug. Glow
ard Hughes, testifying today be-
fore the senate subcommittee that
lis investigating his $40 million
plane building contract with the
government, -saidesthat he has
staked his future on his huge fly
ing boat.
He explained that he believes
that his cargo seaplane, now near
ing completion, will be success,
but, if it turned out to be a fail
ure, he may leave the United
States and never return.
Senator Claude Pepper. d mem
Der of the committee, asked
Hughes if there was any fraud or
corruption in connection with his
obtaining the contract from the
government.
Hughes replied, Certainly not,
so far as l know"
Pepper then inquired about the
200-ton cargo plane that has cost
SIS million, and Hughes said that
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
City BeagSounded'
AS Port For AirlineS'
Latin American Runs
Y. Y. BROKER SAID IN
TERESIED IN USING
KEY WEST LOCATION
TO ADVANTAGE
ROkER SAID I'M

Key West is being sounded
out" as a possible international
airport for other airlines in adj
dltion to National Airlines ano
Aerovias q, which now h a v e
operating anchises for the Key
WeSt-Havana run.
City Commissioner Louis
Carbonell revealed today that
Bernard Wasacherchek. New
York broker with close ties
with several airlines. is work
ing on the possibility of MAX
ing Key West port of call
on terminal lines operating to
the West Indies and Central
and South America.
Paul M. Moore, Jr., associate
OF Wasacherchek, has been cor
responding with Carbonell .ano
investigating the pros and cons
of greatly expanding the inter
national airport here.
The Monroe County Commits
sion announced this week that il
is starting condemnation pro-
ceedings to acquire Meacham
Field, necessary step if other
lines are to use the field.
Meanwhile, it has been learn
eel that President Manuel Que.
vedo of Aerovias @ is contem-
plating construction of termi-
nal here which may cost as much
as $4,000, possibly in collabora-
ton with National Airlines.
Key Vests convenient geo.
graphical position for planes fly.
ing to Central and South Amer
lea and the lower West Indies is
felt to be an especially per-
,suaslve debating point for max,
ing it an international airport fol
the huge four-motored plane,
plying between the Unitec
States and its good neighbors to
the south.
Both the Chamber of Com.
merce and the Junior Chamber
of Commerce are said to be
working on the question.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
NOTICEM!!

Members from Cuba Lodge. No.
is. and Equity Lodge. No. 20.
LOOT. are earnestly requested
to attend District Meeting which
will be held Tuesday. August IL.
at 1890 PM. at their hall on
Elizabeth Street.
Grand Master S. G. Wooten
will be in attendance.
Visiting Brothers are welcomed.
E. ESQUINALDO.
D.D.C.M.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Receive Queen
Contest Blanks

Application blanks were re-
ceived today by the Chamber of
Commerce for the "Tequesta
Queen" contest to be conducted
by the Dade County Commission
in cooperation with the dedica-
ton of Rockenbacher CauSeWay
and the opening of Cranden Park,
Biscayne Key, Nov. Gil.
The Chamber directed all
girls over Is years of age who
are eligible, to come to the
Chamber office, USO building,
Whitehead and Southland streets,
to get the blanks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Gift Book Sales
Not To Go TOWARD
M Fiesta Loss

Jayshce officials explained
that no portion of receipts
from sale of Labor Day cele.
bration gift books will be
used to help shoulder the
$3.50 loss which Director Ivan
Baggett incurred after taking
over the direction of the
Fourth of July fiesta.
They added. however. that
Baggett still has the lum-
Der used for the booths at
the event on the Fourth and
that the JaYshees have
agreed that Baggett can use
concession proceeds to try to
make up his loss.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Property Sales

Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Park sold
10 the Saunders Wholesalers,
Inc, $40 Simonton street, a
piece of property near Simonton
and Rose Lane for $4,000, accord
ing to a warranty deed filed yes
terday in the office of Circuit
Court Clerk Ross c. Sawyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesus Fernandez
sold to MIR. and Mrs. Paul d. Her
rick property on Harris avenue,
for $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert w. Pinder
transferred to Matte Belle H.
Garcia. Ola Packer street, prop
crty on Division street, for
$l.i00.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09

Mr.. and Mrs Henry Sand.
1907 Flaglcr avenue, VIII leave
tomorrow to visit Ashcvlllc for
a few weeks. They Will va,t
Mrs. Sands former home ma Wi.
mington before returning to Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Besti,iiIIas Back
From Convention,

Mr.. and Mrs. Gonzalo Bczanilla
SIT Elizabeth street, returned to
Key West yesterday after a trip
Ia San Francisco, where Bezanilla
attended the convention of the
Lions International. He reports
that 10000 persons attended the
convention.
Bezanilla added that the Flor
ida delegation to the convention
won fourth prize for colorful cos
TUNES in the parade.
Coming back to Key West, Mr..
and Mrs. Bezanilla went to Dial
las, Texas, and a short trip to
Mexico. City. They left here July
20.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Hughes Says His Future
Depends On Success OF
His Huge Flying Boat
Billiards Player
Shot; Negro Held

Charged with assault with a
deadly weapon, Willie Johnson,
"a, colored, of 1922 Baptist lane, is
being held in city Jail on $3.50
bond pending arrangement in Mu-
nifipal Court Monday.
johnson was arrested last night
after allsgedly having shot John
H. Bradley, colored, ITO Chapman
lane, in the left arm in a dispute
over d billiards game. Police said
Bradley'S wound was not serious.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
Save That Eagle

BISCHOFSZELL. Switzerland.
-(AP).-The royal eagle should
be included IN the list of animals
to be protected in eastern Swift
erland, the Swiss League for
Protection of Nature proposed
recently.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09

lit had not yet been tested, but
that he had high hopes it would
be success.
Subpoena servers have not yet
been able to find John w. Meyer,
Hughes publicity agent, who had
testified before the committee but
is wanted for further. questioning.
The committee announced to-
day that none of the Hollywood
girls. who had been listed by Mey-
er as entertainers" at 500 a
night, would be called to testify.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
CARRIER AIR
. DEALERS 10 MEET
tSucciat to- The GitIzenl

MIAMI, Aug "a meeting
Of major importance to our deal
erS of Carrier air conditioning
and refrigeration equipment"
announced Paul E. White, vice
president of Belcher Industries,
Inc, Miami, distributors of Car
rier Corporation equipment in
South Florida will be held at
the Robert Richter Hotel, Miami
Beach, August Ills"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09
w%IL&IAZI
Apple Tree Here
ThriUing Heartily

Anyone who thinks only
tropical fruits grow in Key
West. should visit SIS Angela
street. An apple tree, plant
ed there many years ago by
Mrs. Amparo Cariaza. has
four big. red apples on il. not
far from sapodillas. papayas.
sugar apples. coconuts and
other fruits more customary
to this climate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09

bor Haiti Agriculture and stock raising the principal industries
OF the mountainous but fertile country The
Ciudad Trulo formerly Domingo Dominican
Republic member Of the United Nations
represented at UN Headquarters Dr.
Her flag is red and blue with white
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-09

Where to Dine and Dance Tonight
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-29
COORDINATE SEARCH FOR MISSING PLANE
Bad Weather Prevents Planes From Reaching Wrekage of
 Aircraft Lost in Inferior Alaska

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 29.- iR-Bad weather turned an Army helicopter pilot and two commercial fliers back yesterday in attempts to reach plane wreckage, feared to be from a plane in which four men are missing, in the Birch Creek area 65 miles northeast of here.
 Ernest Patty Jr., former Army ilier and son of Ernest Patty, ST, former Dean of the University of Alaska School of Mines, took off from Woodchopper, Alaska, Satur- day, Merle and Lloyd Edmundson and Jack Warren. employees in the mining concern headed by his fath- CT, were with him.
 The message received here at the time of their departure did not give their destination. The wreckage was sighted by pilot George Thor son, who said he saw no sign of life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-29
5even-Y -0Id BoyIs
 Left $10,000 for Being
 Brand Boyto Neighbor

UNION CENTER, Wis, Oct. 29. -tR-Rich dividends-$10,0 ,0o0-will be paid to seven year old Ronny Markee for his kindness to Mrs. Ef- fife McNamara, the elderly neighbor woman for whom he ran errands.
 Mrs. McNamara's will, filed i'll Vernon County Court at Viroqua yesterday, disclosed she divided her $22 eco estate in half, one share going to Ronny and the other to the caretaker at the McNamara home
 Ronny, the youngest of four children of MT. and Mrs. Loey L. Markee, will receive his share with in six to nine months, said Harry Jordan, attorney for the McNamara estate. He estimated it would am- ount to S10,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-29
STEAMER M0vEMENTS

Freighter Ring Splice, from Se- attle, in port.
 Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive Friday afternoon or eve ming.
 Coastal Rambler scheduled to sail from Seattle, October 30, for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Port San Juan, Seward, Seldovia and Kodiak.
 Sword Knot scheduled to sail from Seattle October 31.
 Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Friday at 9 pm.
 Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle Saturday at 10 am.
 Jumper Hitch, scheduled to sail from Seattle Nov for Ketchikan, Juneau and Seward.
 Baranof, from West, scheduled southbound Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-29
MORE MOVIE
 WRITERS ARE
 IN CONTEMPT
They Just Will Not Tell About Whether They Are
 Communists or N0t

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-lR- Producer Adrian Scott and Director Edward Dmytryk became No. and No. 8 today on the list of movie figures cited for contempt by the House Committee on un-American Activities.
 Called as witnesses in the commit tees investigation of Communism in Hollywood, they refused direct answers to questions whether they are or have been Communists.
 Scott, 36-year-old producer of "Crossfire," declined even to say whether he was a member of the Screen Writers Guild.
 T don't think that's a proper question: Like those who had preceded him, Dmytryk took the stand that the committee had no right to in- quire into his political beliefs.
 ''The constitution does not re- quire that answer that question, :" he declared
 Before calling Dmytryk, the com mittee had bumped up against the same attitude and voted contempt citations agains these:
 Herbert Biberman, producer and director
 
 Writers Samuel Ornitz, Dalton
 fContinued on Pace EtohtJ