The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR MRS. N. G. MARRERO! DIES THIS MORNING FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED ON WEDNES- DAY AFTERNOON Mrs. Nellie Gray Marrero, 61, died this morning at 1:45 at the U. S. Naval Hospital. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, from the Fleming’ Street Church, Rev. W. B. Mundy} officiating. The body will .-be placed in the Church at 2 p. m. Burial wil) be in the family plot in the City Cemetery, Lopez Funeral Home is in charge of ar- rangements. Survivors are: Husband, John A. Marrero, one daughter, Miss Su- san Lakin; one brother, Clifton Griffin; two nieces, Mrs. Alberto Larzen, Jacksonville, Fla, and Mrs. Dorothy Elwood, also of that city. WM. 0. MARSHALL | DIED ON SATURDAY FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE | HELD THIS AFTER- NOON | { | The funeral of William O. Marshall 76, who died Saturday | evening at 7 o'clock at his resi- | dence, 508 Angela street, will | be held 5 o'clock this. afternoon ; from the First Baptist Church, | where the body was placed at: 2:30 o’clock. Rev. Ted M. Jones, pastor, will officiate. } Burial will be in the family | lot in the City Cemetery. | pez Funeral ‘Home is in charge | of arrangements. The deceased was a member. of the Key West Volunteer Fire Department and pallbearers will be selected from that organiza-j; tion. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Corrine Pruett; a son, Eu- gene Marshall; a_ sister, Mrs. Antonio Garcia; two brothers, | John and Charles Marshall, and a grandson, Kenneth Roberts. HAMILTON COUNTY EXCEEDS QUOTA IN CELEBRATION DRIVE! (Special to The Citizen) ‘TALLAHASSEE, Mar. 1.—Lit- tle Hamilton County in North Flofida went “over the top” with a bang in exceeding its Washing- ton Day Celebration quota by 134} per ‘cent, State Chairman J. Ed- win Larson announced here to- day Hamilton County, with County | Judge Ernest Rutledgs as cam- paign chairman, was given a quota of $100, and came through with a contribution of $234, Larson said. Lee County for the second | WAR BONDS WHILE YOU WAIT | { i i } | Official Navy Photograph. | PERSONS DESIRING TO BUY war bonds at the Naval | Moonset Operating Base are saving considerable time these da because now they may walk in the Bond Office at the Ad-} ministration Building and go out a few minutes later with! their bond in hand. This has been made possible with the; arrival of Ensign Harold C. Adams of Stoughton, W Ensign Adams, left, explains the new procedure to M Doris Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rober G of Southard street, an attractive Civil Service employec. | | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WEATHER REPORT Observation taken at 8:30 a. m., E.W.T. (City Office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours - Lowest last night - Mean _- Normal Precipitation Rainfall 24 hours ending 8:30 a. m., inches = Total rainfall since Mar. inches : 2 Deficiency ‘since March inches Total rainfall since Jan. inches Deficiency inches Eebese Relative Humidity 94% Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 7:49 Sunset 7:30 Moonrise _ 4:31 3:44 Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Buse) High Tide Low Tide 8:21 a.m. 1:29 a.m. 7:22 p.m. 12:44 p.m. FORECAST Key West and Warmer tonight. Florida: Warmer except in ex- 2 since Jan. Vicinity: | | | BUSINESS POOR [WILLIAM GOETHE ON UPPER KEYS REPORTED LOST REPORTED LOST BY NAVY DE PARTMENT SOMEWHERE AT SEA | | MANY RESTAURANTS CLOS- ED WITH NO BEEF TO BE FOUND AT PLACES Business conditions are poor up on the k ceoraing to'Gounty | Assessor Claude Gandolfo and his istant, J. Frank!“Robefts} who | returned yesterday!’ ftem (avisit | as far north as Key diarge: i, A good «many; restaurants have j been closed and others taken over by the Coast Guard Pa- trol on the upper keys | At no place along the line | Gandolfo 4nd Mr. Roberts could beef be obtained at a 1 rant, but added that seafood j abundant and is served in tasty dishes. Conditions became so bad at have beer \BARBARA WARREN INJURED FRIDAY £ FDR’S TRIP A By JACK STINNETT (By Axssociated Press) } WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—How) the President was guarded on his} j long junket to the Casablanca con- | ference and back can never be told in this war but it’s no secret here! that the Secret Service gives much | credit to the “magnificent cooper- ation” of the folks at home. 1 Numerically, only a compara-} tive handful of persons in the United States knew where Presi- | dent Roosevelt had gone. Thou-}| sands knew that he was gone and | 75 per cent of those guessed he was | out of the country, yet for once even gossipy Washington kept its; big mouth shut. Not one shred of; evidence has yet come to the at- tention of officials here that there was a leak in the newspapers. on} the radio, or even in private cir- cles. high praise, but the rest of the; country can well take its hat off] \to the Secret Service, Old timers { in the service know and have said that guarding President Wilson | on his trip to the World War I peace conference (in spite of the; greater time involved and the} party compared to being respon- sible for the safety of the Presi- dent on this trip. To Secret Service veterans the run by train to Miami and back was “routine,” even in wartime. But from there on, when the Pres- | ident, his military and naval; chiefs of staff and the guards took | straight year was the first report | to two giant airliners, it was a dif- | as exceeding its quota. R. Vivian| ferent story. Lee was chairman of the L > Coun- | eee | } Once in Casablanca, the task | SECRET SERVICE MOTOR SCOOTERS, Mercury; WAITRESS WANTED. For that the Secret Service has | TECHNIC AL long sea voyage) was a pink teal9g ROOT CLINKER-BUILT MO- —jtreme northwest portion tonight; |becoming colder in exteme north portion early Tuesday. Show- jers extreme north portion tonight jand early Tuesday. Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi- cola, Fla: No small craft or storm warnings hav ez the fact that the United States!sued ES ave been is Proved that it can keep a wartime! 255 SSE: RETURNS TO CAMP secret are no doubt responsible in part that not one suspicious | ——_ circumstance marred the trip. But! Sergeant Felix Yado, the big bow must go to the men|States Army, who guard the Presidnt. The only|Mrs. Yado, left yesterday en- word to describe the way they/route to Lakeland, Fla. where handled their biggest assignment Sergant Yado will resume his is “perfectly. duties with the armed forces. TRIUMPH FOR United accompanied * by Classified Column COcocessccccccccoscosocsceesesencees FOR SALE ! HELP WANTED Side- walk Cafe, Duval and Fleming. jan4-tf Convertible Skating Rink. Trailers. | feb25-tf | Coupe, E BOOKS — New’WAITRESS to work dinner hour. Shipment weekly. A look at Apply immediately Ocean View our Technical Shelf may. save| Restaurant, 520 United Street. you dimes of postage and | feb23-tf weeks of waiting. PAUL} SMITH, bookseller, 334 Simon-|HELP WANTED—Female, ton St_ at Eaton St. Pperienced markers, 50c per febl3tomar27| hour. Apply Building 131, | Naval Base. feb26-tf ex- TOR LAUNCH, with V-8 con-; vertible Ford engine. May be} seen by appointment. Call 790,, COAT HANGERS Extension 385. Bids will be| opened Wednesday morning, 10 a. m., March 3. feb26-4t | WANTED WANTED, $1.00 a hundred. White Star Cleaners, 701% Duval St. jani-tf ' FOR SALE—Fine {60x200 lot, we BUY OLD RECORDS, whole central dwelling locality, side-| 5), broken. Factory needs scrap. walk curb. Reasonable price} y R. Stowers Company. or will lease at low rate. Box feb12-t# XYZ. feb23-25-27;mar1x | |NEWLYWEDS URGENTLY need | } SPRING SUIT PREVIEW: This is the 1943 silhouette. Note bolero jacket, slim skirt, crisp white pique trim. ‘BLACK MARKETS i BOOM IN BELGIUM LONDON, M 1.—Food sup- plies are so inadequate in German- HAM ’N’ EGGS IN PARACHUTES By MARKARET KERNODLE AP. Feature Writer WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—Each Ameriean soldier landing in Af- rica to open the second front car- ex) occupied Belgium that s'! longer are able to furnish author- vernier, which has a population « four or five hundred, and it wa so difficult to obtain stock, the last grocery there has been closed.) and residents are obliged to dr to Homestead to purchase food stuffs. No new building € anywhere on the upper keys. While business is poor at Marathon much poorer at Tavernier. whic is having its worst winter season ARRIVES IN CITY Blondel L. Hancock, son Mrs. William Knight, arrived in Key West Friday to attend the funeral of Mr. Knight which was held here on Friday after- noon. Mr. Hancock is now stationed at Fort Hancock, New Jersey. THE ANSWERS — QUESTIONS ON PAGE Two it is ot WOMAN HELD FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING The she telephon afternoor ed drunk in ja $100. 1. In Finland. 2. Feb. 11, 1732. A subsequent correction of the calendar in 1753 advanced earlier dates eleven days. 3. Leonardo da Vinci. 4. Three: Generals George C Marshall, Dwight W. Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur. 5. Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold Fifty tons. Yes; about April Ist. . No. 9. Because last August, with the | Japanese threatening India, he or- dered a civil disobedience cam- paign to compel the British grant his demands in India 10. Eight million two hundred thousand officers and men. A miners Was settled 4 agreed executy ic FOR ATHLETE'S FOOT TE-OL SELLS FAST £ fi Women make a hundred thou-| sand maps daily for the Army. s from county chairmen} was simpler in spite of its prox-} are being received at state head-| jmity to the fighting zone and) quarters here daily and Chairman | the presence of hordes of natives. | Larson said all counties are urged | Once bedded down in the now his- | to turn in their contributions as| toric villa, the Secret Service had soon as possible so that a com-| Scotland Yard and the soldiers of | plete report can be made to head- | Maj. Gen. George S. Patton, Jt.,| quarters of ‘the National Demo- | to help keep the party in “protec- | cratic Party at Washington. Chairman Larson and Governor ard L. Holland, who is taking ttive part in the Washington Day Celebration, also called on loyal members who were missed in the original campaign to make their contributions to. their coun- ty committees so that they may be included in the report to national headquarters, WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET TOMORROW There will be a regular business meeting of the Key West Woman’s Club held tomorrow ginning at 4 o'clock, at the club- house on Duval street. The board members of the club will assemble at 3 o'clock LEAVING TODAY Mrs. Marjorie G. Whitehead plans leaving today on the Florida Motor Lines bus en route to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where she will join her husband, Private Robert Whitehead, United States Army, who is stationed at that, point. Captain Robert H. Dop ed States Army, was included in the recent arrivals here from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga Captain Dopp is visiting with 's. Dopp’s parents, Mr. Mrs. Anthony Ya at home on Simonton street, the of Liberia, | taste, sir? ved after James Monroe, | Was na fifth States, president of the United fternoon, be- | p, Unit-| and} tive custody.” j There were only two,mpans of entrance or exit at the villa and! | you can bet nobody went either way without running’ phe gaunt of guards. AAh? Laks | However, keeping Mrs A fos hg was referred to ‘thrqughont n trip) in “protective “custody”: is | like trying to carry a spoonful of mercury through a fit of palsy. \ Before the week was out he had| determined to review the troops at} Rabat and Lyautey — a long auto- mobile trip. When he expressed a | hankering to visit Marrakech, in| |the shadow of the great Atlas} | mountains, after Prime Minister Churchill had described it as one | of his favorite vacation spots, the| |S. S. men really got he jitters. | | At that time, there were no sol-| }diers at Marrakech and to run | them in would have brought the |natives flocking from miles around. One of the President’s | chief‘qdyisers was asked ‘to inter- | cede. = S | ‘fot ine,” he said. “And if you wafit'a little advice, you'd better gel cay on preliminaries or wl yer it is you do in Liberia, be| dollars fo What's left of a ‘doughboy'’s “doughnut, that’s where we're going next.” And go they did—after an over- night motor trip into the moun- tains of Marrakech. The goodwill of the peoples| where the President visited and| Food For Thought | Chronic Grumbler: Here, wait-| er, what are these chops—lamb or | | pork? | Waiter: Can't you tell by the} Chronic Grumbler: No! Waiter: Well, the ence does it make? n, what ditter-| salary. FOR SALE—Selling out—over 2,000 pieces of dishes; eight 2- burner kerosene stoves; one set} of eight Royal upholstered booths, complete “with tables; one seven-gallon electric hot water heater; one set of nine stainless steel steam crocks; 20x20. gas grill; one 4-| unit Silex gas coffee maker; 3- unit electric waffle iron; one! i | WANTED—Furnished house or elect Juice extractor; fifteen Cemabdobtettrays: seven 3x4 din- ing room tables; one 12x12 dou-| ble ‘duty ‘electric sandwich grill; | dne large eléétric reach-in grill; one 20-quart heavy aluminum} pressure cooker; one steak cub- er; 1 1-3 hp. refrigeration com- pressor; one hand-slicing ma- chine; one electric dishwashing machine; one sterling silver, cabinet style, steam table; three dozen napkin dispensers; one Fairbanks - Morse platform scale; one 20x50 real heavy tent, | never used; one Smith acetylene cutting and welding torch, com- plete with all fittings and gen-} erator; one soda fountain car- bonator; two small pie cases; one large porcelain inside ice box; 1939 Century Buick; 1936 Packard; 1935 V-8 Ford; 1934 V-8 panel truck; 1935 Cadillac; one Dodge auto wrecker with; Weaver crane; 30 pounds solder; set. of soda fountain syrup teases of chocolate efvesh. Many other TRAILER FOR SALE, $350.00. God condition. Whidden, Mastic Trailer Park. marl-3tx FOR SALE—Furniture, complete beds, rugs, Victrola with rec- ords. Several dressers. Apply 528 Simonton. table} marl-3tx | small apartment. No children. No pets. Box SOS, The Citi- zen. feb23-tf | WANTED—Furnished House or | Apartment for man, wife, child i 5 years. Duration employee, responsible Yard. Call 814 or care Citizen. feb26-3tx position. Navy apartment for man, wife, child 5 years. Duration employee, re- sponsible position Navy Yard. Call 874 or care Citizen. marl-3tx | WANTED—Livable house, pre- ferably furnished. Family of two adults, two children. Room 10, 525 Eaton street. marl-3tx j | SaaS AR ENR. | BICYCLE WANTED, for boy age | 12. Must be in good condition. CASH. Holcomb, 813 Duval street, upstairs. marl-3tx } | FOR RENT |FOR RENT—House, three bed- room, partly furnished; neces- sary to buy furniture which is new. 1414 Fifth St. On bus line. feb27-3tx ‘FOR RENT — Three bedroom home, newly built and beauti- fully furnished. Adults only. Rent $100 monthly. Call 230-J. marl-6tx LOST |LADY’S BLUE and WHITE PERSHING BICYCLE, city tag No. 1591, serial No. 10-F-191999. Return to Paul Johnson, 1419 Ashby St. feb27-3tx! f | ' REAL ESTATE HELP WANTED | WANTED — Fountain Counter’ Girls and Waitresses. Good Southernmost__ City Pharmacy: * marl-tt; siness or Residential Lots all parts of the Island; Terms J. OTTO KIRCHHEINER | Realtor ; Phones 124 and 736-R 505 | Bu: Duval i MOORES jand-tf {day, at which time the Army ex-! p) ried- rations enough to last him ized rations and many productsi* and people forced to re: arkets and the Belgian one day and a third of the next pected. the food supply to catch up with the soldiers. And it did. Actually, when a soldier fights he’s-too keyed up to eat, but he gets thirsty. In order for him to News Agency. On the Brussels Black Market butter costs $5.50 a pound, sugar a pound and a bar of soap 95 ‘Every Evening: 8:00 - 10:30 pm See Paut Smurx be able to drink any water any- where, the Army supplie: with tablets which will mak ter drinkable in 30 minute ‘The one thing a soldier is un- likely to have in the battle is an egg sunny side up. But he c haye ham and’ scrambied even on the “parachute concentrated food pre emergency and continuo’ bat when regular mess is out of the question. g The “parachute ration” age is moisture proof and proof, won't crack or chip and can stand 135 degrees of heat or) 20 degrees below zero without harm, and is impervious to ver- min. The package measures on! 4 by 2 inches, weighs only ounces, but contains 3,726 ories.-(In the field the soldier us- ually eats two pounds of food a day in contrast to 5 1-2 pounds when not in battle, but his calory intake is only one-sixth less in the field). Properly Prepared A college student had failedto ass a very important examin: tion and wishing to bréak the news gently to his parents iesent this telegram to his elder brothe “Have failed to pass exam. Pre- pare father.” The brother replied: “Father prepared. Prepare your- self.” 6 by 86 wey TRY IT TODAY... the Favorite in Key West STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE at ALL GROCERS BABBO4444442444444 “| shoes cost. $56.00, The agency says flour Ss a pair of women’s shoes cost $40 and a shirt $8.00. Only second-hand shoes. are available for children Airpla built ‘that can climb about 000 feet and vel more than 7 miles a min- IN MEMORIAM In fond and loving memory of our dear child, Leonora Lewis, who departed this life Feb. 28th, 1934: Little and love, above nine Though your here, to us you are known land. You shall never be forgotten for we miss your smiling face. When we are alone we often think of you. And hope somé day to greet you in jthat world without an end. | MR. and MRS. WILL LEWIS. i mari-Itx STRAND THEATER VICTOR MATURE in SEVEN DAYS’ LEAVE A MUSICAL COMEDY MONROE THEATER BING CROSBY in “HOLIDAY INN” Sing to Irvihg Berlin's 11. Greatest Songs. daughter, sunshine, joy left us for her home years ago today. voice is silent in an un- i | 1 i Ladies Invited SKATE for HEALTH'S SAKE Phone Silt 334% Simonton ST. ‘ hy “Electrical DON'TS” ELECTRIC RANGE The vulnerable parts of your electric range are the switches, lead wires and especially the heating elements. These are made of essential WAR METALS —nickle, copper and chromium. DON’T cook on high heat; start with high and cook on low. DON’T use the same heating element all of the time. Rotate the use of the ele- ments. FOIE IIIS III IOI IO III ISIS AISA | vents rusting. 5 DON’T clean range while hot, as cool water will cause the porcelain to crack. Parts for your range are hard to get, so take care of what you have. | | | | BEI ink: ’ : E e : PEPPER EREOE EEF ERP HERE FERRE EERE ERR R Ee ee PRT HEPEPEEEC ROO e EHH ROR O EOE