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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-04-16
Property Changes
Hands With Deeds

Warranty deeds were filed
Yesterday with County Clerk
Ross c. Sawyer for five pieces of
Key West and key pfSpelty.' >
- Nellie Morris and Jennie \,
Seymour transferred to MiPeha
Seagrave. Tuckahoe. N. Y, a
piece Of property near Eleanor
and Flagler for $500.
Aberlardo Lopez. Jr. and
others transferred to Yvonne
Goldberg, 100 Flagler. a piece
of property in Eleanor street for
$3.50.
Minnie Porter Harris and Cur
ry Harris and wife transferred a
one-half interest in a property
near Reynolds and VonPhister
for a nominal sum to Jessie Por-
ter Kirke.
Mary McAlexson and husband
transferred to Violet McDougall.
Coral Gables. 440 acres of land
in. vicinity of Cape Sable for a
nominal sum. Is .,
James A. Knowles transferred
to Albert c. Pinder. 8I5 Fleming
Street. a piece of property neal
the corner of Fleming Ahd William
for a nominal sum.
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Marshall's Talk
With Stain Said
NotSuccessful
fhk 80 4 asoe,sfeA 1870,

s. my TIE AhsOelated PYes6D
MOSCOW, April l6-Results OF
Secretary Of State Marshalrs 90
minuate conference with Premier
Stain yesterday continued to be
secret today. though it was sur
missed that the Russian premier
had supported the stand that Mol
otov took in his discussions about
the conditions that Marshall had
suggested be applied to the gov
eminent of Germany for the next
40 years.
There was eevn reports that
the conference of the Big Four
may end this week or early next
week without anything Of a sub
stantial nature having been ac-
complished.
"A charge was made today by
a former attache at the American
embassy here that thea career
men at the embassy are Russian
haters, who have colnbatted
every attempt to establish pleas
ant relations with Russia. The
attache had refused a transfer To
Bulgaria and is on his way t6sthe
United States. -
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Commission Informed Ferry Hull to Pass
Key West April %; Takes No Action On
Il Special Funds for City Electric System

thumbs down on two proposed
ordinances setting up special
equipment ordinances for the
: City Electric System utility
board. The first would have au-
'thorized transfer from the rev.
enue and contingency fund of
$17,4l5 from the Miami Beach
First National Bank to the Flor
ida National Bank here for extra
ordinary equipment purchases.
The second would have permit
ted similar transfer of $11 1000 for
the purchase and installation of
four 48 KVA voltage regulators
and related equipment. Commits
sioner Hunter Harden said he
did not know what the first fund
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expenditures would be for and
would not support the measure
It received no second. Mayor w.
w. Demeritt asked Harden if he
had similar views on the second
measure and accordingly, it was
not read.
The Commission passed an ord
nance approving payment OF
$528.75 to the Mathieson Alkal
Works, New York. NY. for 4500
pounds of liquid clorine for the
sanitation department but took
no action on a bill to grant &C.
cupational licenses "by recipro-
city" to persons who had pur-
chased them in other cities. The
latter measure received no Sec
ond after the clerks reading.
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Adjourn Inquest
n PI!'ajpy's' Death
initiate Today

Inquest into the death Of
Frank H. Papy. 20, motorcyclist.
who was fatally injured Sunday
night at Flagler Avenue and
Second Street. was adjourned
yesterday until late today by the
jury sitting in the court of Peace
Justice j. Y. Porter Nv.
Conflicting testimony was
given yesterday at the inquest
Albert Saunders, 1906 Flagler
Avenue. testified that Papy was
driving a motorcycle between SO
end so miles an hour shortly be-
fore he crashed into a car driven
by Earl A. Minor, 10, a Navy
petty chief officer of 229-C Poin.
ciana Place.
- Saunders testified he stopped
his car when he saw the motor
cycle coming. He said he believed
the Cycle struck the right rear Of
Minors car which threw the ri
der, who was carried by the
machine against Saunders car.
Minor said he had no know
ledge Of passing Saunders ea'
shortly before making a turn into
Second Street. He said the cycle
was about 200, feet away when
he started TO make turn. He es-
timated the speed Papy's vehicle
was travelling at about so miles
an hour.
Mrs. Minor. wife. Of the petty
officer, said she was positive the
cars in which she was riding did
not pass Saunders car just be-
fore the accident.
1t was rumored around the
Court House today chat the acct
dent probably would be probed
by the grand jury which sits on
Monday.
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City's Lia6ihtt'y
For Fiesta Debts
Holly Questioned
MATTER REFERRED TO,
CITY ATTORNEY BY
COMMISSION FOR ADJ
OPTIONAL CHECK

At Q lively session punctuated
by some vigorous remarks, the
City Commission last night side
stepped the delicate issue Of
whether il will shoulder some
$1724 in debts left by the Jose
Marti Week celebration.
The meeting was virtually over
when Commissioner Louis Car
bonell moved that a vote OF
thanks be given the Citizens
Committee which took over the
fiesta during the last few days
and made success of it. After
the motion was carried, Carbon
ell asked if the city is liable for
any debts outstanding now.
Assistant City Attorney M. Ig-
natius Lester replied that so far
rs he has been able to determine,
the city is not liable. He added,
however, that more complete
check should be made before q
definite answer could be given.
'The city only acquiesced in the
celebration, Lester said, and so
far as l can see has no obligation
but further investigation
should be made. AZ
Mayor w. w. Demeritt then
referred the question to Lester
for fuftlssr 4 Investigation. Car
bonell srensaSked that he hoped
q statement on all vexpenses III
connection with the tournament
will be available at the next COM
mission meeting and Jimmy, Cal
loway, publicity agent for : the
tourney, assured him that the
statement would be ready be-
fore the next meeting,
Commissioner Carbonell added
that he would like to see the
cancelled checks which were
used in meeting the expenses.
Joe Sirugo, who is owed $11O0
for having fed the University of
Havana baseball and basketball
squads, asked permission to
speak and in an extended state
ment contended that the city is
morally responsible, if not legal
ly, for debts incurred in the fiesta.
He said the city had received
a great amount of publicity and
a plaza in Havana had been named
Plaza de Key West. Consequently,
$1,000, he said, is small payment
for such publicity.
Sirugo minced no words in
describing his opinion Of Lee
Continued on Rage Four)
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Clips
II Hours From
Worlds Flight

NEW YORK. April l6-Milton
Reynolds Bombshell, which left
Edmonton at 500 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, arrived at La
Guardia Airfield shortly before
midnight, having completed its
roundthe-world flight in "a
hours and SIS minutes, more than
IL hours under Howard Hughes
record of 81 hours and IA min
utes.n -. ,s,ig
j Reynolds and his crewmen,
Captain William J.. Odoln. pilot
and T. Carroll Sallee. flight en-
gineer, said that they were almost
completely tagged out,
rs Tor mt, Reynolds said
though Pm tired yet / am very
happy over having broken the
record, but I would not make a
similar flight for 100 million dol
lars" -
Just before Reynolds left Ed
he said he expected to
finish the trip in from rs to n
hours if the Bombshell maintain
ed her previous speed. The dist
ance from Edmonton, straight
way, was 1000 miles, but the
was almost two hours
beyond the time that had been
set by Reynolds.
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GRAND JURY Will BE
CALLED on ~
100 JUR Cl / !; Y DI:' 'RI VIZ
JUuY WILL STUDY TWO
CRIMINAL ASSAULT
AND ONE HOMICIDE
CASES

a grand jury will be impanell.
- Monday by Circuit Court
ys6se Aquilino Lopez, Jr.. from
. liss Of 100 prospective jurors
drown yesterday by the court.
Gsssd jurors will be asked to
isvssssssse two charges of rape
ssd 60 u ho'necide when they
GO snsemb0ed BY Assistant State
Aesasney william v. Albury.
Sw6oe 'lopex yesterday set
fesar trials 10 begin on May 8. at
- . IN May Q the courts will
- 1ps the trial of the $4,000 dam
- eretOn begun against the Key
Wen Transit Company by Will
= " n0herts.
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nnroaw Castro against the Key
vese Transit Company for $2O.-
- h srkeduled t0 begin.
@ Nay 10 nj 10 q. m. the case
u mInnic G.. BridRer against the
C1ey oe Key West for $2,500 dam
60 will he held.
- TRIAL Of the state against
vscssd n. Albury. superintend-
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Denied Right Of
Exam, Electrician,
Gets SoIons' Help

The City Commission took
quick actionA last night whom
Robert Z. AobsstA s23 Flsm-
Ing street. told the solons
that h. had BEEN denied the
privilege Of taking an cleo
trical examination.
He was completely isnor-
I Cd" Cosnmissioner Hunter
Harden laid. HE is 4 skilled
sieetsieian and wasn't even
aotiiied q Tho examination"
commissionsr Louis Carlo
nell and Mayer w. w. Demer.
itt GuisklY pushed ! motion
I through which would allow
heheSis and . friend who was
also not allowed to take the
exasniNption. TO take the test
In the near future.
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i City Manager o. J. S.: Filing
son told the City Commission
last night that he had received
telegram from H. G. Williams,
president of Gulf Atlantic. Trans
portation Co., that the hull of the
Caribbean Queen'-future Ha-
vana Key West supey-ferry will
leave Mobile, Ala. a week from
today. a,
Williams informed Ellingson
that tugs are scheduled to leave
Mobile on April % with the big
ship in tow. 1t will be taken to
Jacksonville for completion. The
telegram said that the city man.
ager will be notified later as to
the date when the hull passes
by Key West.
City Commissioner Louis Car
bonell described his recent con-
ference with US. Senator Claude
Pepper. accompanied by men,
bers of the county commission.
His remarks we're virtually the
same as carried in the Citizen
Monday, namely that West Mar
teilo Towers and Meacham Field
are the No. / and No. 2 Army
properties sought at this time.
The Commissioner said that
Pepper assured him that afenN;
on the queStissn ;would be- forth
coming later this week. He said
he had also heard from Rep.
George Smathers on the question.
The Commission turned their
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Tiole,,t eafher',
Forecast hut Red
ErossIs Ressdy

Advised BY weather observers
Of the possibility of violent
storms this year, the Key West
Chapter, American Red Cross, is
preparing to strengthen. the or
ganization Of its disaster-re relief
group, Allan h. Hampton q an
ri0airSeol s-ss-.4 %s.''...'.'~"
There is never any certainty
that aid will be necessary"
Hampton said. Con the other
hand, the Red Cross job is to
be as well prepared as possible,
for disaster is always possible"
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City Gets
Garrison Blight
For 1913

The city completed one Of
the best buys il has ever made
last night whom II authorised
payment Of $sl3 to the State
Treasurer Of Florida for Gar
fison Blight. The check will
be made payable to J. Edwin
Larson. state treasurer.
In return. the city gets the
expansive yacht basin. de-
scribed by many northern
yachtsmen. ~ the finest nat.
raj yacht moorass in Flor
ida. City Manassf O. us.
Ellington Ii working 1 On !. 1.
program for development and
improvement of Tho Blight
with . view to making il self
'ssastsanirs. ~ ~ :slii. 1
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letter. written April q clarifies
the new rates approved by the
Board Monday and the Commits
sion last night. and advises the
construction Of a new steam ocn.
Grating plant costing ease. go 10
replace the present diesel plant
Under the new rate schedule.
Beck asserts. ''therc Is substan-
tial inducement for customers 10
become range users and range
and hot water users" THE In
ducements are (D that q custom
er, after using 100 XVII per
month (the average amount used
by an average home fof ordinary
lighting. refrigeration. rsssis.
etc. can purchase an additional
200 XVII for "a per cent less than
the amount II can now be pus-
chased for and CD that he csn
purchase another 500 XVIII f,r
81 per cent less than les cost ksfe-
tofore.
Two commercial rates instead
Of one are now available to basi-
ness firms. On the average. the
new schedule Win provide sbosss
y 10 per cent reduction 30 Gus
toner's. the report says a ths
first or (B-lD type which h
good for loads less than 20 HIN.
watts The 81 tyre wnsrh n
for loads 1O-25 kilowstts and 10
a normal commercial customer
with u normal average had "a
from 10 XIV 10 - Nv. the rate
would result I'm further Iedue-
tions below the existing sche-
dule than those provided under
the B-l schedule. depending upon
the amount of demand imposed
Beck proposed that the existing
contracts with housing projects IN
Key West be granted either the
B. or b. commercial rate schs-
dule at the customers option
The consulting engisssss
State that the city wili hsve .
temporary drop In revenues u
about $4,000 OF 10 pr esai q
snnusl revenues. However.
the report confinusA the loo.
cred reies will cause people -
use more electricity" end these.
fore the temporary drop In sev.
snuss would b sseovssed
within about Q ysss.
Rate reductions have no, been
possible before this time because
of the great demand fcr expsn-
sion NJ the city plant. Since iys3
he slead ON the electric system
has almost doubled. the eng
neers point out almost one.
tlhfd. or $500. 000-of all ne
money that the people "a key
West have paid for the electricity
they used since the city acquired
the electric system has been en-
pended for additions 10 the pog-
Ell plant and for Improvement 20
the distribution system" The
power plant capacity has been
in the past three years
but with the passing of another
year or SO will be insufficient o.
meet the demands of the city
Because of the rate reductions
Continued tan Page FousD
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To Replace
Part Of Pipeline

Bids will be received by the
U. S. Naval Submarine Base on
Msy 2 for the replacement Of
3,299 feet of 18-inch steel pipe on
Grassy Key, 81 miles from Key
West, is was announced today.
The pipe is used to bring fresh
water to Key West.
At the same time il was an
nounced that bids for the resur-
facing of station roads at Boca
Chica Field will be recere,t uli
April %.
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The above figures and those to follow taken from letter
written the Utility Board by w. Beck and Associates ecnune
engineers for Key Vests municipality owned electric The
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NEW ELECTRIC RATES RANGE
FROM 3 TO y PERCENT LOWER
y ENCINEkRS URGE STEAM PLANT
Demand Makes Replacement Of Diesel Power ~ Seee
/ Advisable After Next Winter, Cost
+ Would Amount 10 S6SO,OOO

approved electric fcr
which will provide the following reductions fo residential
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-27
Company Gives Up Business Rather Than Sign Contract

SAN FRANCISCO, (P - The Luckenbach Steamship company, struck by CIO longshore walking bosses since July II, was out of the stevedoring business here to- day.
 Rather than sign a union con- tract with the walking bosses the company announced yesterday if was abandoning immediately and permanently the stevedoring business which we have conduct ed in San Francisco for 23 years"
 Vincent P. McMurdo, Lucken- bachS Pacific Coast manager, said the 46-day strike made the decision for us"
 Seven Luckenbach ships are struck here. The seventh, The To- wanda Victory, was picketed at 8 am. yesterday when it arrived from Gulf ports.
 The company said it would call for bids from stevedoring compan- ies to service it's ships now in port and any more that may follow.
 But the international longshore- mems and warehousemen's union which embraces the walking boss es in dispute, quickly labeled the company's action a lockout" and added:
 "They 0uckenbach) will have to put this whole union out of business before they can get away with that. They think they are go- ing to get another contractor to work the ships. Such a contractor is liable to get into trouble"
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-27
New Labor Law May Not Fit Old Labor Gases

WASHINGTON, (P Officials of the national labor relations board voiced frank but private ap- prehension yesterday over what union challenge might do to their plans for applying new Taft-Hart- ley act policy to $500 old NLRB cases.
 A CIO official disclosed anony- mously that some CIO unions are considering asking the courts to rule on the legality of this proceed ure because:
 1. The Taft Hartley law net into effect only last Friday while,
 2. The cases involve conditions which existed under the Wagner national labor relations act.
 In calling for a separate review of each of the old cases, NLRB general counsel Robert N. Den ham has expressed the opinion they can be examined in the light of the Taft-Hartley act and modi- fled if necessary.
 Some NLRB officials, however, acknowledged that if a number of unions raised challenge to this procedure in the form of court suits the result might be to "ham- string" the board pending a final judicial determination.
 Denham has had nothing to say on this point.
 In holding that the old cases can be reviewed in the light of the new act, subject to possible modi- fication, the general counsel said he believes good example is pro- vided by a proceeding involving the Geraldine Novelty Co.,, Inc, of Gloversville, N. Y, and the CIO fur and leather workers.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-27
Navy Plane Breaks Record At 65O.6 Miles Per Hour

MUROC, Calf. (P)-The navy was doubly sure yesterday it has the fastest aircraft in the world a snarling, Snorting and believing plane that spun itself a 6506 mile an-hour new international speed record in four passes over q mea- Sured three-kilometer course on this Mojave desert waste Monday.
 The blood-red Douglas jet-pro- pelled Skystreak, with a long tubu- lar fuselage and just enough wings to keep it in the air, set the new mark with a tall Marine pilot, Maj. Marion E. Carl, 3l, at the controls in a tiny cockpit which didn't look large enough for a man half his size.
 In so doing, the Skystreak broke it's own world speed record regis tered only last Wednesday.
 "There's a ship said Major Carl, a Pacific combat vetera0 with Is Japanese planes U his credit. ''I don't know if We SC. l record or not, but men, there's a plane" This was several hours be- fore the speed had been computed officially.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-27
NEWS IN BRIEF

JUNEAU, (4D - The British cruiser Kenya, cutting short a planned five-day visit to Juneau, was to sail yesterday for Van couver, B. C.
 Capt. Lennox Boswell said mid shipment of the Kenya had ac cepted an invitation from a Navy task unit to take a training cruise on four submarines which left here Monday.
 The Kenya, which saw action all through World War II, was modernized last year and is now joined to the American West In- dies squadron.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-27
LegiOnnaires Move On New York City For Convention

NEW YORK (P)-American Le- gionnaires by the thousands moved on New York today while their leaders, busy as mess ser geants just before chow time, sought to shape up the serious matters that will be laid before the 18th convention opening to- morrow afternoon.
 State delegations began to hold caucuseS to decide which way to throw their votes for national com mander, and standing committees continued work on resolutions to go before the convention, which continues through Sunday. Some of the committee sessions, particu- larly that on housing, developed lively discussions yesterday.
 Early arrivals not concerned with these matters were reminding New York, host to the Legion 10 years ago, what to expect when things get rolling. One group squirted water pistols at girl pas sersby; another evoked startled screams, using the same targets, with cane that delivered an cleo tric shock.
 A Floridan paraded with ear muffs, A Denver group showed up
 (Continued on Page Eight)
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-27
Bartlett Seeks To Keep Seward As Terminal Point

SEWARD, (P)-Delegate E. L. Bartlett of Alaska has pledged his support to the proposal of local longshoremen that Seward should be made terminal port.
 Bartlett also promised, at a meeting yesterday with union, city and chamber of commerce heads, that he would seek aid of Anchor age and Fairbanks business men in urging the national labor rela- tions board to render a decision favorable to longshoremen in their dispute with sailors over ship hatch work.
 The Alaska Delegate urged striking longshoremen to return to their jobs, saying their objec- lives already have been realized by having their grievances called to attention of the NLRB.
 Col. Leslie Ruby of the North ern Stevedoring Company and Col. John Johnson of the Alaska Railroad assured Seward citizens
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-27
Russia Holds Up Ratification Of
 Europe Treaties
(By Arthur Gavshonl

LONDON, (P)-A British for eign office spokesman said yester- day "state of deadlock" had de- veloped among the four leading allied nations and the five Euro pean states which fought alongside Germany over formal ratification of peace treaties.
 He said Bulgaria, Finland, Hun gary and Romania were ready to deposit their instruments of rati- fication and that the Italian con- stituent assembly had authorized it's government to do so.
 The United States, Great Bri- tain and France have passed leg islation necessary for ratification and also are in a position to depos- it their signed and sealed docu- ments. Russia has not.
 The spokesman said two factors still prevented the ending of the state of war between the Allies and the former enemy states.
 The first was that Russia pro- posed recently that the Allies withhold deposit of their ratifica- tions until all five ex-enemy states ratified their treaties. The Spokes- man said the second factor was that at least two Italian political parties, the Communists and So- cialists, were insisting that the Italian government not ratify it's treaty until all the Big Four had done so.
 Britain asked Russia to recon slider her proposal, but has re- ceived no answer, the spokesman said.
 When peace treaties become op- erative, the Allies will be requir- ed to withdraw occupation troops within 90 days.
 "As result of the deadlock, such evacuation is not yet obliga- tory" the spokesman said. "More- over, conference among the Big Four on the future of Italian col onies is being delayed because the Russians asked that it await rati fication."