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VOLUME LXVIII. No. 2
No Civilian Layoff
At ‘Yard’ In Sight
1,098 CIVILIANS AT KEY
WEST NAVAL STATION
SURE OF THEIR JOBS;
UNLESS SOLONS ACT
There is no major layoff of ad
tjonal civilian workers at Key
est Naval Station in sight, ae
coiding to authoritative sources
at the Navy Base today.
It is reported that the 1,098
‘•'vilians now employed at the
Naval Station are fairly certain
of steady employment, unless
Congress, in the forthcoming ses
sion. decides to make further
cuts in the personnel.
Key West Naval Station was
maintained by approximately 94
persons before the war. At the
peak of employment there were
3,400 civilian workers at the yard,
in addition to as many as 15,000
Navy personnel.
In 1939 the Naval Station oc
cupied about 50 acres of land. By
1945 the Naval Operating Base,
of which the station is a part,
included 767 acres, exclusive of,
the 2,455 acres of the Naval Air '
Station.
Between 1940 and 1945 the !
Public Works Department of the j
Naval Operating Base expended |
$31,348,538 on construction con- !
tracts, $5,542,727 for mainten- j
ance of the Naval Operating I
Base, exclusive of the Air Sta
tion maintenance.
More than 14,000 ships, includ
ing vessels in convoy, logged in
to Key West during the years of
World War 11. The Naval Sta- !
tion’s Industrial Department
handled an estimated 7,160 ship
repair jobs and drydocked more
than 1,700 vessels.
Civilian payrolls were $29,660,-
821 from January, 1941, through
September, 1945. Military pay
rolls totaled $11,559,417 in the
same period.
Nav*l Station at Key West was j
founded in 1822. It finished ,
World War II with 123 years of |
history behind it. It has witness- I
ed the transition from sail to
steam, from coal to oil; from lo
calized pirate hunting to three
dimensional global warfare.
Eisenhower To
Forestall Any
Political Boom
<11? AhnoHuMml
MIAMI, Jan. 2.—Following on
the heels of the report two days
ago that General Dwight D. Eis
enhower was agreeable to becom
ing a candidate for the presi
dency in 1948, it was said today
that he will issue a statement
shortly declaring he is complete
ly divorced from politics.
He has pointed out that he has
never voted, and is neither a Re
publican nor a Democrat.
His action, asserting that he is
not seeking any office, not even
the presidency, will be taken in
the hope of forestalling any pos
sible booms to boost him -as a
presidential candidate.
Eisenhower, it was explained,
is content to remain the Army’s
chief of staff until he is retired
in the fall of 1948.
Upshaw To Speak
To Lia a s CI a h
William D. Upshaw, former
Congressman from Georgia, and
Prohibition candidate for Presi
dent in 1932. will Ik* guest speak
er at tonight’s meeting of the
Lions Club in the club den.
Upshaw addressed a large
gathering last night at the Poin
ciana Baptist Church, speaking
on "The Unknown Andrew." The
meetings at this church will con
tinue tonight and tomorrow
night.
RAUL’S
on the BOULEVARD
.. dancing "
Nightly to the Music of
MARK “.ndHu
STANLEY Orchestra
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SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES
Monroe Schools
To Open Monday •
For 2500 Pupils
School bells will ring again for
2,500 Monroe County children on
Monday after the Christmas hol
iday.
In formally announcing this
fact today, Willard M. Albury,
superintendent of public instruc
tion, said the number of children
in the county had increased, ra
ther than decreased, since the
J peak of Key West war activities.
1, 1 don’t know where all the
children come from,” Albury
said. “We actually have a few
more of school age then we had
during the emergency. But all
our schoals, and they are among
the best in the state, are ready
for them.”
Even up at Marathon the school
will have more pupils than it hadj
at any time since the war. He
said he had to assign another
teacher at Marathon to handle
the 50 children theie.
A shortage of about three
teachers in the Key West schools
is seen by Albury. He expects
to fill the vacancies from a list
of applicants he has on hand.
No repairs to schools are con
templated in Monroe County be
fore the summer vacation. Then,
Albury said, it is planned to re
model Division Street School.
Changeover
In Processing :
Vets’* Loans
Scrapping a 15-month-old pro
cedure, the Veterans Administra
tion today reverted to the direct
assignment of appraisers to pro
tect veterans against over-priced
properties in the current high
market.
Under the revised procedure
which precludes the practice of
“shopping” for appraisers, the
VA will designate by name the
persons to appraise each piece of
property to be purchased under
a GI loan.
J. M. Slaton, Jr., VA deputy
administrator at Atlanta, notified j
V. S. Parker, Miami regional
manager, that the panels of desig
nated appraisers which were fur
nished to lenders were with
drawn yesterday, and that effec
tive today the designation of
appraisers where realty is in
volved will be made by VA loan
guarantee o fficers upon the
specific request of the lender in
each individual loan.
Parker told that the action
will not affect outstanding as
signments made by lenders from
the panel prior to January 1.
Requests for appraisers may be
sent to the loan guarantee ofricer
by simple letter in duplicate for
each appraisal, giving merely
the name of the veteran and
the location and identity of the j
property.
Parker said the change-over |
will not slow down the process
ing of loans.
WEATHER FORECAST
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy with little change in tem
perature today, tonight and 1* ri
day. Fresh to strong east to
southeast winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy and
warm south and central portions
today, tonight and Friday. Cloudy
with occasional drizzle and cool
over extreme north portion today
and tonight, becoming partly
cloudy and warmer Friday.
Jacksonville through the Flor
ida Straits: Small craft warnings
are being displayed from Taver
nier through the Florida Straits
for fresh to moderately strong
east*to southeast winds, 25 to 35
mph today. Fresh east to south
east winds over remainder of area
today, tonight and Friday, Tav
ernier southwesterly winds to
night and Friday.
East Gulf: Fresh east to south
east winds today, tonight and Fri
day. Partly cloudy weather.
PARKING
25 CENTS 4 HOURS
50 CENTS ALL DAY
Ambler’s Service Garage
KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1947
Women Score In First Year
Of United Nations Program
By ADELAIDE KERR
AP Newsteatures Writer
IN 1946 three women played star roles of world importance in
* United Nations, others represented their countries effectively
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and hundreds helped turn the wheels of UN’s vast secretarial
machine.
In short, though the number of women in the United Nations
was much less than the number^-—-
of men, they played a far more
active and effective role in lhf
organization’s first year, than
they did in the League of Nations.
The three who did a stellar
| job were Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt of the United States;
Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of
India, rich Brahmin who has
been twice jailed for the cause
of Indian independence; and
Mrs. Bodil Begtrup. president
of the National Council of ,
Women of Denmark—all dele- j
gates to the General Assembly, j
Mrs. Roosevelt, the first of the
three to work in United Nations, 1
served as a delegate at both ses- ]
sions of the General Assembly]
and as chairman of the Human
Rights Commission of the Eco- 1
nom.ic Council. In a year’s service, I
she tilted on many fields for in- ]
ternational understanding and j
peace.
She was especially active in
behalf of the ;pi>ojected Inter- j
national Refugee Organization, I
which would handle the problem
of Europe’s refugees, who number
more than 1,000,000 and whose]
unsettled state is one of the
myriad threats to future peace.
Many of the refugees fear to re
turn home because they oppose
new governments or face possible
trial as. collaborationists.
The United Nations general as
sembly passed a resolution calling
for the submission of the constitu- i
tion of the projected international I
refugee organization to the mem-!
ber states.
Mrs. Roosevelt also worked
hard - an international decla-1
ration on fundamental human
rights, which many delegates re- i
gard as one of the most important
foundations to world peace. A
declaration along these lines,
drafted and presented by Panama,
was referred at Mrs. Roosevelt’s
suggestion to the Economic and
Social Council for consideration i
at its next session early in 1947.1
Mrs. Roosevelt also took up the!
cudgels in behalf of freedom of;
information; worked for political (
and civil rights for women every
where.
Mrs. Pandit is a sister of
Jawaharial Nehru, head of In
dia's interim government at
Delhi, and the only woman who
heads a delegation to the Unit
ed Nations. At the current As
sembly session she tackled one
of the world's most difficult
Sailfish, Hooked On Light Tackle,
Landed, Thanks To ‘Red* Maxwell
Dr. Ridgley W. Baer of Fred
erick, Md., who is spending the
winter here with his wife and
daughter, pretty teen-aged Ted
dy Baer, has been chafing for a
sailfish for weeks. Finally, he
contacted Capt. Red. Maxwell,
pilot of the “Heidi-Ho,” who has
had the inside track on sailfish
this season.
Capt. Maxwell’s boat is being
repaired for a few days so Dr.
Baer invited the captain to use
his own craft, the “Helen M," a
staunch vessel which carried the
Baers all the way down the At
lantic coast to North Beach. The
“Helen M,“ however, had no
heavy tackle.
Nevertheless, Capt. Maxwell
decided to make the try with
light tackle something like
bunting grizzly bears with a .22.
Palace Theater
SUNSET CARSON in
“Red River Renegades*'
News and Serial
Mrs. Roosevelt
problems, the color question,
and emerged with what many
; called a personal victory.
| Under her leadership the In
dian delegation brought charges
that Indians living in South
] Africa were victims of racial dis
| crimination and for the first time
forced a vote from the General
! Assembly on the color question.
After a long battle, in which the
] South African delegation sought
j to have the issue sent to the In
i ternational Court, the Assembly
passed a compromise resolution
censuring the South African gov
ernment for discrimination
against Indian citizens of South
Africa and calling on India and
South Africa to settle their dif
ferences and report to next year’s
session.
Mrs. Bodil Begtrup won an
other victory of social and po
litical significance. She helped
draft the most ambitious wom
en's rights program of all time,
calling for equal rights in all
fields in all countries. When
that met with some opposi
tion. she helped draft
lution calling on member na
tions to establish equal rights
in the political field only and
had the satisfaction of seeing
it passed by the General As
sembly.
That victory marked the first
time a world parliament of sov
ereign states supported the prin
ciple of votes for women and
shrewd observers called it a big
step forward in women’s advance
along the road to equal rights in
everything everywhere.
Now Amendments
Preceile T he Laws
CENTRALIA. Ill—(AP)—City
Commissioner Jack Reading arose
in council and argued long and
ardently for an amendment for a
wheel tax ordinance. Fellow law
makers listened patiently to the
eloquence.
Finally Mayor O. W.’ Wright
informed Reading the ordinance
of which he spoke never had
been enacted.
“Oh." exclaimed Reading. Then
in a small voice;
“If we ever pass it, fellas, let s
1 amend it that way.”
All three Baers tossed their lines
over and before the afternoon
was over, each had a sailfish on
the slender lines.
Teddy's and Mrs. Baer's got
away. The doctor, however,
brought in a five-footer but only
after f the “Helen M" was swung
around to all points of the com
pass, as Capt. Maxwell rushed
from jbilot * house to the stern,
and back and forth, trying to
keep the*J>Tat on \ts course and
the fish on the hooks.** 4
The Baers Used only a 12-
thread line and a 3.0 reel. If any
body believes it can't be done,
they can see Dr. Baer's sailfish
in the near future. He is having
it stuffed and mounted —with
a special tribute to Red Max
well.
CASA CAYO HUESO
(The Southernmost House)
1400 Duval at South St.
DINING ROOM and
COCKTAIL LOUNGE
—Opens 5 P.M. Daily
City Property
Tax Receipts
Are $155,000
City property tax receipts
lor the first month of collec
tion totaled $155,000, Tax Col
lector Archie Roberts said
today.
The total is for the month
of December and compares
with approximately $142,000
received during the first
month of collection last year.
Each total is for a 30-day pe
riod.
Red Star Hits
U.S. And Speaks
Highly Of Russia
(By Tie Aaaoclnteri Preaa)
NEW YORK. Jan. 2.—The
Kremlin today, through its
mouthpiece, the Red Star, resort
ed to a good many backhanded
slaps at the United States, and,
conversely, painted bright and
glorious pictures for the home
folks during 1947.
The bouquets and brickbats
were in a so-called outlook, sup
posedly based on present condi
tions, of what will happen in Rus
sia and the United States during
this year.
Red Star declared that there
is a decided tendency in the
United States at present toward
: the falling off of production in
this country’s great industries,
' while every condition in Russia
points to a rapid increase of sup
plies in all industries during 1947.
Conclusion among economists
in the United States, regarding
Red Star’s predictions, is that
production is not as good in Rus
sia as Premier Stalin and his col
leagues in the Kremlin had
hoped, and that they had direct
ed Red Star to run the article,
derogatory to the United States,
complimentary toward Russia, in
the hope of enheartdning the
people in that country.
It is known in the United
‘States that things, industrially,
are not going so well in Russia.
Russia is still following its prac
tice of many years in duplicat
ing some productions in the
United States, and it is known
here that Russian industrialists
are falling behind the quotas
that had been specified for them
a year ago. So Russian high of
ficials, as usual, belabors the
United States and coddles Russia
in the hope of creating confi
dence among its people.
Pythian Officers
To Be Installed
Tomorrow Night
Key West Lodge No. 163.
Knights of Pythias, will hold a
public installation of officers to
morrow evening beginning at 8
o’clock, in the Castle Hall, 728
Fleming street. The ceremonies
will be under the direction of
Deputy Grand Chancellor J.
Winfield Russell.
Following the installation a
musical program and other en
tertainment will be given.
This is the first public instal
lation held in several years.
l\eir Patrol Of fiver Named
Lieutenant Commander John
Van Ohlen has relieved Lt. Theo
dore Sterniuk. Senior Shore Pa
trol officer here, until another
officer is secured for the posi
tion, it was announced today.
The assignment was described as
being merely of routine natuie.
Mrs. Pandit
DANCE
Every FRIDAY and
SATURDAY NIGHT
9 Until
to the MUSIC of
HANSON’S
8-Pieee
Melod vMa he rs
ORCHESTRA
at the
VFW CLUBHOUSE
FLAGLER at 2ND
No Cover No Admissiov
Cuban Club Damage
Is Set At $30,000;
Plan New Building
Mrs. Frank Oliver
Gives Birth To
Ist Baby Of Year
"It's a boy!"
The nurse came out of the
maternity ward at Naval Hos
pital at 8:40 a.m. New Year's
Day and told Chief Boat
swain's mate Frank Oliver
that his wife had given birth
to a nine-pound, four-ounce
son.
Today Frank Oliver is in
forming all his friends and
acquaintances that his wife
gave birth to the first baby of
the New Year in Key West.
"My wife and child are
doing fine," Chief Oliver said
proudly. The Olivers live at
624 Francis street.
Congress Meets
Tomorrow For
Short Session
Illy Thf ANNocinlrd Prewa)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Con
gress will convene at noon tomor
row and then recess until Mon
day to receive President Tru
man’s message on the state of the
Union.
Despite the President’s state
ment that he does not think the
time opportune to reduce income
taxes, Representative Knudson
of Minnesota said today that he
will file his bill for lower income
taxes on January 27. He still as
serted that he thinks taxes on
individuals can be reduced* 20
per cent with* to "corresponding
reduction in govbrAVnent ex
penses. ' ' *<•'<’ • •
Even some of Knudson’s col
leagues said they thought that
January 27 was too early to in
troduce his bill, but he replied it
will go t the hamper on that
day. • -
SSOO Needed To Finance
Sending Key West Entry
To Miami’s Orange BowJ
A total of SSOO in public sub
scriptions is sought by the Cham
ber of Commerce to pay the re
mainder of the cost of sending its
entry to take part in the Orange
Bowl Parade in Miami,
City of Key West appropriated
$250 and Monroe County a like
amount. Pledges of S2OO have
been received by the Chamber,
leaving a balance of about SSOO
to be raised.
Key West received much fav
orable publicity as a result of its
participation in the parade, ac
cording to Harold K. Laubscher,
acting manager of the Chamber,
today.
“An estimated 350,000 persons
witnessed the parade in Miami,
many of them winter visitors in
that city," Laubstrher said. “If
from among them there are
enough who might be induced to
make a trip to this city, the com
munity will be repaid for the ex
penditure made.
“On the Key West float ap
peared the words ‘Key West, the
Nation’s Southernmost City’ in
two foot letters.
“An eight by ten photograph
appeared in one of the Miami
n< v.spapers showing the six
querns who rode on this city’s
float and a paragraph describing
El PIONEER HOTEL
151 N.E. FIRST ST.
In the Heart oi Miami
The Rendezvous of
Key West
SERV ICEMEN and
CIVILIANS
"Best For A Night's Rest"
1 Block West of Bus Depot
Lh|4Lt
equable cllimltAnh*
coimtry with r
•
PRICE FIVE CENTS
‘TOTAL INSURANCE, $14,-
500; MOST DIRECTORS
SATISFIED FIRE NOT
SET; THANK FIREMEN
Total damage to the Cuban
Club, caused by the fire early
New Year’s morning, is in excess
of $30,000, Municipal Judge En
rique Esquinaldo, recording sec
retary of the club, said today.
Judge Esquinaldo’s statement
came after a special meeting of
the officers and Board of Direc
tors of the ’club held yesterday
afternoon.
The secretary said that the club
had $13,000 insurance on the
building and $1,500 on the furni
ture. The furniture loss, he said,
is $5,000, and the building loss
“in excess of $25,000.”
After settlement is made with
the club’s insurance company,
Esquinaldo added, it is planned to
erect a modern, concrete struc
ture at the same location. The
burned building would be either
sold or torn down, the secretary
said.
I Fire and water damage ruined
the fine flooring in the building
so extensively that it could not
be replaced now because of
shortage of lumber, Esquinaldo
remarked.
The Board of Directors passed
a resolution expressing its great
appreciation to the city, Army
and Navy departments for their,
successful efforts in keeping the
blaze from spreading to the
many frame buildings adjoining
the property. They also author
ized employment of a watchman
who will guard the burned club
rooms.
Jesus Carmona, who owns
property adjoining the club, of
fered the use of rooms in his
building for the club offices. The
offer was gratefully accepted.
Esquinaldo said that the ma
jority of the directors were satis
! fied that the fire was not of in
! cendiary origin.
i “There is no evidence to jUs- J
tify a conclusion of incendiajy
, origin,” he said.
the Key West entry appeared in
another article. Description of
'the local unit was broadcasted on
at least two radio stations in the
Miami area in addition to the
j splendid cooperation of the local
news mediums.
“Public spirited individuals who
recognize the publicity value of
1 this event are asked to contact the
Chamber of Commerce and give
j their support.”
j 11 pshaw Speaks
At Rotary Club
Key West Rotary Club, at its
first luncheon this year, in St.
. Paul’s Parish Hall, Bahama
street, heard W. D. Upshaw, rep
j resentative in congress from
; Georgia for eight years, and a
, former presidential candidate on
! the Prohibition ticket, speak on
j “Community Fellowship.”
I In the course of his remarks,
| Upshaw spoke glowingly of the
I Island City, saying, “Key West
; is a place to be proud of, and Key
; Westers should be shouting from
• the housetops of its attractions.”
Upshaw was introduced by
! Gerald Saunders.
| Visi.ing Rotarians were Henry
] Curdv of California, Pat Flana
gan of West Virginia, Harold
Reilly of New York. Guests were
i Attorney J. Y. Porter IV and A1
| Pearce.
] Joe Pearlman led the singing.
Southern moat (iirni > In V. A.
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