The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 3, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR W. D. BYRD IS HERE ON VISIT RETURNS FOR VACATION FOR SECOND TIME IN SIX- TEEN YEARS W. D. Byrds recently” eletted president of the Furniture Club of Detroit, Mich., and a former resident of Key West, has _re- turned here for a vacation. He was in Key West about two years ago, his first visit sinee he left here 16 y x0 Byrd Key West's first American ion post command- er and beforc 5 was owner of the Reedy Forwarding company here. In 1925, he sold the com- pany Jim Moore, moved to Coral Gables and then entered the furniture business in Detroit. He is spending a six-weeks va- cation in the city with Mrs. Boyd and their daughter. The furniture club of | Byrd was elected president has a membership of about 400 buyers, | retailers and road men. ‘SPECIAL SERVICE AT TENT TONIGHT RICHEY REVIVAL MEETING | TO BE DEDICATED TO | SALVATION ARMY w to which | Tonight's service at the Richey | revival, in the big tent at Duval) and Division streets, will be dedi- | cated to the Salvation Army, inj; recogniition of that organization’s | work in Key West a quarter of a} century ago. Honored guests will) be Commandant and Mrs, John} Heather, who were in charge of the Army's work here at that time. Commandant and Mrs. Heath- er were here for eight years, and | 17 years ago were transferred to| Lakeland, where, after one year, | they were both retired. They| have resided there ever since. They recently came to Key West isit friends and attend the revival. Both will speak | briefly tonight. They have ex-| pressed the hope that their old friends here will be in the serv-} ice tonight. A feature of the meeting will be a song, words and music com- posed publicly and spontaneous- | ly by Ira F. Stanphill, Richey | party music director, and well- known song writer, of Spring- field, Mo. The song will be bas- ed on a title suggested by some one in the audience. Stanphill will play and sing the song im- mediately upon its completion. He will require about five min-| utes for the entire operation. “I} do not compose these songs in the meetings unt”, Mr. jand pleasure visit. | street, Tuesday, at 4:00 o'clock. Porconalesy Mr. and Mrs. Charles P, Hoge- | boom of Fort Lauderdale, were) arrivals in Key West Saturday to spend the week-end. Mr. Hoge- | boom, who formerly resided here, \is now connected with the United |States Customs service at Fort | Lauderdale. | | —_ { | Alfred Atchison was included | {in the arrivals here Saturday from Matecumbe to spend the | week-end with his family. Henry Ingraham, formerly of | Key West, but who is now making | | his home in Miami, was an arrival | |here Saturday to spend the week- jend. | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Menendez | and daughter, Nellie Corinne, left | this morning over the highway en route to New Orleans, where they will remain indefinitely. Charles Boll was included in! the arrivals here Saturday from | Tampa on a combined business | Woman’s Club To Meet Tomorrow Of special interest, both to club! women and visitors, will be the | program of the Fine Arts Depart- ; ——______.. ment, at the monthly meeting in| TWENTY | ' the clubhouse, 1203 Division Doris Lee, nationally-known | artist, will give an address. There will be several vocal trios with | Mrs, George Mills White, Mrs. Eva Warner and Mrs. Bodler| singing and Miss Beatrice Mo-| wASHINGTON, March 3.—A reno accompanying. | $20,000,000,000 national highway Mrs. Haydn Illingworth will program, to be carried on in all speak on the career of Jan Pad- parts of the United States for the erewski, world-renowned Polish | next 10 years, is urged by Charles concert pianist and premier of} Upham, engineer-director, Poland, to whom a national mu-| American Road Builders’ Associa- sical tribute has recently been | tion, Washington, D. C., who has given in the United States. | arrived in Miami to attend the an- Following the program tea will} nual meeting of the Florida Sec- be served. \tion, American Road Builders’ Se Associati' being held at th High School P-T. A. sociation bein eld a e Hotel Alcazar. He is to address today’s business meeting on “The Arranges Program y Economics of a National Highway -_ Program.” Miss Mary Morgan will talk on,| “This country should spend $2,- “Fine Arts—Guidepost to En- | 000,000,000 on its highways every riched Maturity.” at the High, year for the next decade,” Mr. School Parent-Teacher meeting | Upham declared in an interview tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock | at his suite in the Hotel Alcazar. in the school auditorium. | “This would be an important con- Other numbers on the program | tribution to national defense and are, a musical selection by Eleanor |to the national economy. It and Persis Larson and a reading | would employ approximately 1,- by Mrs. John Offutt. Scouts of | 000,000 men. We now need some Troop No. 5 will be in charge of 3,000 miles of access roads in and the flag ceremony. adjacent to military areas. There Junior Club To Meet On Tharsday There will be a social meeting U. S. WEATHER | BUREAU REPORT ee memes a Stanphill said y “but to create interest in the Gospel and that somebody might be blessed”. } A patriotic program will be| presented at the Richey meeting | tomorrow night. with Rev. L.j Blake Craft, chaplain of the Key | West naval station, featured as/ the main speaker. Evangelist | Raymond Richey will also} speak. | All friends are asked. to | bring Bibles and miniature Amer- ican fligs to the service. Gerald | Saunders will co-operate with | Mr. and Mrs. Stanphill in special | music. Mr. Saunders will play his violin Evangelist R and night f chey, both after- sterday | a revival of old- the preservation of “The greatest today”, he said noon y made earnest pleas time faith Christian a need in America “is God” Guest Comman Percy M. Robert well-known Comr dant Jesus Christ last night were John Key He fly in the erday we Aw Richey of the noon serv Heather Lakeland gelist THE ANSWERS See “Who Knows?” on Page 2 of the Junior Woman’s Club held on Thursday afternoon, begin- ning at 5 o'clock, at the club house, according to announce- ment made by Mrs. Joseph Lopez, president of the organization. Hostesses on the occasion will be Miss Juanita Mayg and Miss Madge Sands. All members are requested! to be in attendance. | Observation taken at 7:30 a. m 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches Total rainfall since March 1, inches Deficiency inches Total rainfall since inches Excess inches Wind Direction and Velocity E. Two Marriages Here Saturday since March 1, Edward W. Stease, Cleveland attorney, was married Saturday to Edna P. Fawn, Rocky River, Ohio, by County Judge Raymond Lord. Judson Love Wilson, Jr., Key W married Lucy M Franciscovich, Galveston, Tex., in a ceremony before Franklin Arenberg, justice of the peace, Tomorow’s Almanac LIONS CLUB IN a a REGULAR MEET sun (Continued from Page One) boat to the spot indicated by the plane, Commander Hilton be- January 1, since 12 miles per t Relative Humidity 7 Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 30.17 (1021.7 millibar Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Buse) AM 1 lieves The story of seamen aboard the t they ng for help Fri- indicates the skiff s by the plane is the one in which Esser and Armour were rowing. At that time. according to the story of n the 39 High Low 7:00 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m.. Tuc Key West and V cloudy tonight warmer tonight; moderate s¢ erly winds but n Mas- Tues fied as the ee MODERN LAUNDRY TO BE STARTED HERE Urges Twenty Billion Highway Program CHARLES M, UPHAM. BILLION DOLLAR NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM NOW PROPOSED (Special to 1 \the Key Wes THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FINDING LOST MEN (Continued from Page One) | a guest of the club, addressed the | club briefly on the subject of America’s most vital need, that of the necessity for a return to the open Bible A prayer. perseres ne Lions throughou' ie Tatenmions Association-on the splendid. work being done’ %, make.the world a richer and fi place in which'to live. |, a Chaplain Blake Craft, of the Uz) |S. Navy, another guest of the club, | | expressed his genuine pleasure at | ‘being present and introduced his | guests of the evening, Messrs Stevens and Reams of Jonesboro, | Georgia. | Cub Lion Archie Thompson | was welcomed into membership j and those Lions joining the or- | ganization during the months of January and February were initiated with approvriate cere- monies. Lion Honickle of Plains- ville, New York, annual winter visitor expressed his pleasure at ; being back in the Island City. | | T aeaeeemeeneeeiieeeeens. SIDELIGHTS | By MARCY B. DARNALL "| In a report issued last week, | the Census Bureau states that an \estimated 2,350,000 babies were | |born inthe United States during | 11940, the largest number in 10) jyears, but the increase,over 1939 | ee only seven-tenths of one per | cent. i | The United States Supreme | {Court has upheld the conviction | ‘of Earl Browder, secretary of the | Communist party, under sentence |to serve four years and pay a fine | |of $2,000 for using passports ob- | tained by fraud. Browder re- ceived 48,789 votes for President jlast November. | i | \ | | | | i \ | The Citizen) are 14,000 miles of sub-standard roads on the country’s large stra- tegic These must be brought up to military require- ments and more than 10,000,miles - of tactical roads used by the army and navy must be improved. Also in need of improvement are about 1,000,000 miles of secondary roads that serve as feeder roads to the main strategic system. Attention } is aS to interregional super-highways'! The Navy’s new Kaneohe air must come later.” __ ‘station near Honolulu has been The internationally recognized put in service four months ahead highway engineer pointed out of schedule. This latest addition that the new Pennsylvania Turn- ; aT Se ene pike, between Harrisburg and; DR. A. M. MORGAN Announces that Pittsburgh, has carried four times | JULIA HERGATT) the amount of traffic anticipated MRS. { of Chicago and has brought wealth to com- munities all along the way. He, . , sf P also cited San Francisco's Golden} + is now: in charge'of the | Gate, Bridge as an__ outstanding} Physical Therapy Dept. | example of modern highway ¢on- | (Massage, Fume Baths, Colonics) | struction that has been an im- ; ii Ph portant factor in increasing the wy sate a FOR YOUTHFUL SPIRITS wealth of a region. i Giant Dry Clean-| Bb any . | ing Service at 904 Fleming street. | SESSIONS: 2:30 P. M. till 4:30 He is associated in Key West |p Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. 7:30 with Arnold Boyer. | till 10:00 P. M.—Fri. Sat. Holidays | 8:00 till 10:30 P, M. | ' If You Can Walk You Can Skate | | Shoe Skates For Sale—Terms system. . 2 : | Physical disabilities have caused the rejection of about 44 per cent of the men called for duty | under the draft, according to Col. L. G. Rowntree, chief of the Se lective Service Board’s medical division. The principal cause for | rejection was defective teeth. CARD OF THANKS Our sincere thanks is hereby ex tended to those who did so much } to alleviate our sorrow during our recent bereavement, the loss of our beloved one, Robert W. Pin- der. We are grateful to those who_gave the use of their cars, to the donors of the lovely floral of- ferings and messages of: sym- pathy mar3-1t “Key West's Ou: LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-Conditioned Rainbow Room and Lounge DINING and DANCING | Strictly Fireproof Garage OPEN. THE. YEAR. AROUND THE FAMILY. Gray’s Fishery, Ojus cheap...cheap...cheap i, us and as-is lumbing fixtures d motors— Ss) gas en; il pipe (all so good selec- d home water Sec ed plumb PARTNER WANTED for all year round busi- Small full services. WRITE BOX ROB The Citizen ness. capital and PUMP AND ELEC- TRIC DEPT. ‘i Ojus (Est. 15 yrs.) h of Ojus Depot off on Harper St. (except Wednesday) ROUND 207%: 10 day limit including meals and berth et see Cuban Taxes ?ic To PORT TAMPA ROUND TRIP 54 8 Leave Every Fridey at 445 p.m LEAVE KEY WEST 10:30 A.M. Mondays & Thursdays Arrive Havana 5.00 p. m the seme aiternoon Lv. Havana - Wednesdays 10:00 p. Ar. Key West - Thursdays 7.00 Lv. Havana Fridays 9:00 @ Ar. Key West - Fridays 3:15 p THE PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL SS. COMPANY Ty aed reeves TRAVEL AGENT or J. H. COSTAR, Ag He com- |. million dollars. Brigadier General William H. | Bisbee, the army’s oldest retired officer, recently celebrated his 101st birthday by taking his usual daily automobile ride. He retired in 1902, since which time he has lived in Brookline, ‘Mass. A activities of aliens are being* evaded by many Japanese, who pay Filipinos to legally adopt them, whereby the Japs acquire the legal rights of legitimate chil- It was planned to invite all per- sens in the country actually named John Doe to, attend the premiere of the Warner picture “Meet John Doe,” as a publicity stunt. A search of big city tele- phone directories disclosed only one real John Doe, a resident of | Detroit. The United States News esti- three-fifths of all their labor hours to production for military . |Purposes, the United States will} be giving only one-eighth of its working, time to the defi rO-. gram when it gets into falewind next summer. ‘For coastal scouting the Navy plans to have 48 non-rigid air- ships, each 250 feet-long and carry- ing a crew of eight, with machine guns, bombs and depth charges COLUMBIA RESTAURANT American and Spanish Cooking 117 Duval Street CHARCOAL STEAKS and FAMOUS FISH DINNERS prepared by well-known former chef of El Chico, Miami Beach CONRAD International Cuisine Chef 7-course DeLuxe Dinner __.. B. M. Plate Lunch _.,_...___..35¢ COCKTAIL LOUNGE and BAR Try the Columbia and you will tell your friends about the food .. prepared the way you like it at prices just a little under others. | 50c LUPE VELEZ in SIX LESSONS FROM MADAME LA ZONGA Also—Comedy and News ABANDON HOPES OF |te our Pacific defenses cost 13|BIG OAK NOW CIVIC PROJECT (Ry Associated Press) WARSAW. Ind, March 3.—Peo- | ple of this northern Indiana lake- resort city claim the biggest oak ' in the country is here. growing near Engineers hired by the Warsaw. Chamber of Commerce measured! a ee ithe tree and fornd it was 124%! Philippine laws restricting er- feet All and, at four feet from the ground, seven and a half feet through. for use against enemy sub- marines. Raymond King of Bethany, Mo., wanted a son, and was dis- jappointed when his wife gave birth to a girl baby. An hour later, however, his desire was} bore the) |gratified when she second twin, which was a boy. modern ones heretofore used. |mates that while Germany and} This guard never shoots at any- England are each devoting about | one, anyway, so the kind of gun carried is not important. DEACON JONES Mgr. ‘Twins’ Used Cars New Location Division and Simonton Sts. Plymouths De Sotos Buicks Studebakers Chevrolets Come Choose Your Car Make Your Own Terms TERMITES Fhe daxags dat aces Shan the aad cost of We this menace aranteed results at low, reasonable cost. APPROVED by FHA and LICENSED SPECIALISTS in TERMITE CONTROL STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH COFFEE MILLS AT ALL GROCERS eecee Advice 5. GUARANTEE on all TERMITE WORK FEDERAL EXTERMINATING CO. 614 Duval Street Phone 31 SAVE TIME AND EXPENSE— For Your Out-Of-Town Remittances Use Our— CASHIER’S CHECK SERVICE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ATTENTION! HATS axe MEN’S SUITS AND ras AQ LADIES’ DRESSES CLEANED and PRESSED 39c Carpets and C urtains Cleaned THE WORK IS PERFECT! 10 Percent Discount Called For and Deliver for Cash and Carry ed at No Extra Charge Key West Giant DRY GLEAN 904 Flemii NG SERVICE ing Street By order of the Pope, the Vati- can Guard will be armed with muzzle loading rifles of a type in use 100 years ago, instead of the MONDAY, MARCH 8, 194f "eae . LOST FUR NECK SCARF last night, March 2. $10 reward if return- ed to North Beach Inn. mar3-1tx LOST4Pair horn-rimmed men’s reading: glasses. Reward, Cra- mer, 1229 Whitehead street. mar3-1tx lack Kid Gloves on Sat- ay in front of Boat Bar. Re- turn to 418 Bahama street. mar4-Itx PERSONAL ARTIST restores faded, old, torn photographs. Inexpensive. Write for information. Walsh, 219 East Grand St. Mount Vernon, N. Y. mar3-1tx MISCELLANEOUS SPENCER GARMENTS, Cors: Brassiers, ete. . Stahle, 38 Air Station, Phone 554-W. Will call on request. mar3-lwkx TRANSPORTATION PRIVATE FARTY GOING TD CHICAGO about March 6th, Can accommodate 4, share ex- penses. Box XO, The Citizen. feb26-8tx PICTURE FRAMING PICTURE FRAMING, Diplomas; antique frames refinished. Sign painting. Paul DiNegro, 614 Francis street. jani8-tf FOR SALE FOR QUICK SALE—Lots 5 and 6, square 6, travt 21, each 50100, North side Flagler (County Road) Avenue, between and 6th Streets. Price $600. Apply Box LG, The Citizen. jan4-tf SIGNS—“For Rent”, “Rooms For Rent”, “Apartment For Rent”, “Private Property, No Tres- | passing”. THE ARTMAN PRESS. jan25-tt WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC ICE BOX. Apply quarters 38, Air Station, Phone 554-W. mar3-Iwkx OLD PAPERS FOR SALE— Three bundles for 5c. The Citi- zen Office. jan25-tf FOR SALE—Cabin Cruiser, 28 ft., 6 ft. beam; 40 h.p. Gray Ma- rine Engine. Apply Box BR, The Citizen. feb26-té <ccceesitemtaneaeceinmenaitisiaisniesianecsineeell |FOR SALE—Filling Station and | Lunch Stand serving Beer, Wine, etc. Located on Rogse- velt Boulevard near Stock Is- land Bridge. See John Nebo, Starlight Club, 713 Duval St d mari-tf | | j | 'PERSONAL CARDS, $1.25 per 100. THE ARTMAN PRESS. | nov25-tf | '21-FOOT Dodge Water Craft Stock Model Mahogany Speed- boat. Recently renovated with streamlined housing and new deck. In good shape. Owner leaving soon, will sacrifice for $50. Alo have’ watercooled manifold, converted clutch and hangars for six-cylinder Chrys- ter for $90. Apply 1309 White- head St. phone 157. feb!2-tfs | FOR SALE—Spanish type house, large lot, many tropical fruit trees. Also, party boat “Jewel”, Apply 808 Eaton Street jan6-s FOURTEEN FT. SAILBOAT. Fully equipped. $100. James H. Pinder. 1217 Petronia Street. jan3-« | FOURTEEN FT. OUTBOARD MOTOR BOAT. Fully equipped and one Johnson Outboard mo- tor, 4 bp. $150. James H. Pinder, 1217 Petronia Street jan3-s CORNER LOT IN GOOD Resi- dential Section and two blocks from City Park Apply 823 Eaton Street BRING YOUR VISITING friends in need of a good night's rest to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL, Clean rooms, enjoy the homey atmosphere. Satisfactory rates, 917 Fleming St janiT-tt WANTED WANTED -— Two combination Clerks and Truck Drivers. Those having high school edu. m preferred. Cabrera? Wholesale Grocery. Inc. feba6-f 9 scenosasiseasnenneennessacsinsieaiacnsetsitansiatinhiaa WANTED—Couple to share new hore with professional ledyJ No children. no peta Writ Box BA, The Citizen. mar3-