The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 29, 1943, Page 4

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fAGE FOUR ~ SOCIETY : EXCELLENT CAST SELECTED FOR COMEDY DRAMA TO BE STAGED HERE ee - The Balkans—Hitle's THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ParapartSITTING IN WITH Naa LAWMAKERS Siaks By RUSSELL KAY IInaae : ] Giuaoy J but their Sir Raleighian gestures | came too late and Mary Lou's bill was lost. cies has been ple Likewi: kills for all time centrally located sea While many members of the Government, long House will take their stand onthe hearts of Central this or that question, Emogene|who in past legislat Commander of Holmes can be} voiced the advantages cher An excellent cast has been se- lected for ‘The Vinegar Tre ~ the th act comedy dramasts be > presented by Key Wast-Players in the High School Atti on Thursday and Friday, May 6 and 7 . The play is being sponsored by the Key West Liens Club for the benefit of the local blind fund. Members of Kev West. players who will take part in the produc- tion are: Max Lawrence, SoM 8c. Avgustus Mills White. Winifred Mansfield, Jack Wilson, Merrick, Virginia Huff. e White. cx, Hazel Huff. SCOUTS SELL WAR BONDS TOTAL OF STAMPS AND WAR BONDS HAVE REACHED | SUM OF $3710.95 i Leone Mer The members of Boy Scouts, Troop 52 have been very active in| selling war bonds and stamps in| the drive’ now under way, having | disposed of a total of $3,710.95. Six of the boys tz in the sale of stamps M Adams, $24.95; Claude $19.10; Jack Smith. $15.30; Gra ham Conner, $12.50; Robert Rich-_ ardson, $10.25 Cates, Jr., $10.10. é | The highest in bond sales are: | Thomas Swicegood, $3,000; Claude | Valdez, $125 O'Neil Arams, $100; | Robert Archer. $100; Vincent Mo- lina, $100 and John Pent, $100. This report was compiled ‘by! Wilbert J. Moehrke, Monroe Dis- | trict chairman. i WING L CONSOLIDATED WITH LEE’S FOOD CENTER Wing Lee’s, one of the oldest retail grocery South Florida, is consolidating with Lee’s Food Center and is te- moving from its pr and M of Duval to the spacious quarters Now occupied by Lee’s Food Cen- | ver on Duval street at Angela, where vast improvements have been made and modern refrigera- tion sys is installed. This consolidation is the résult of the present situation in the grocery, meat an dproduce busi- 3 brought about by the war; d it is the high hope of the man- agement concerned in the consoli- dation of these two prosperous grocery, meat and produce busi- that it will not only enable them to operate more economically but also to serve their many friends and customers mote efficiently, Wing Lee is now in his 88th year and has been a respected res- ident of Key West for some 65 years; from 4 small beginning more than 58 years ago when. he opened his own business and through the years he consi: ently built his grocery business. How- ever, the great su Lee's G y in later years was in no sr part due to the untir- ing efforts and business ability of the late Louisa Lee, who as- George! establishments in, sent location | on Fleming street near the corner | of Wing; Geoffry Cole, Hayes. Play will be directed by Mrs. Robb Roy Ricketts,. who has had years of experience in the worid of dramatics and on the profes- sional stage. Stage furnishings will be supplied by Mrs. Jeanne Tavior. Other committees are as follows: j “age managers, Robert Gar- rett, QMic; Raymond Enstine, SoM3c. Publicity. Robert Garrett, QMIc., Ensign John TLowling, Helen Swain. Kev West Plavers are hoping to make their first production of the new season rank with any ama- teur theatricals ever presented in the city and are holding nightly: rehearsals in the Woman’s Club building: ULTIMATUM (Continued from Page One) ing against the government its2lf Ensign, Harold at @ time when it is involved in the areatest war the world has ever known to preserve the form of life that has made the United States a free and greet and pros- FPerous country. The ultimatum came at the end of the President's statement- He DIFFICULT: Mountain- ous coastline has few possible beachheads; narrow sea gives Axis defenders advantage. TRIED: Allies used Sa- lonika-Vardar valley route in World War I to knock Bulgaria out; seems likeliest choice. MAYBE: If Turkey opened Dardaneiles to Allied fleet, Rumania, Bulgaria could be at- tacked via Black sea. ie Axis coHanse in ihe Balle: Counterbalancing the bh: f are these factors: use of any of the po: entail cleaning cut a network of siro: Crete which protects Saloni tainous and provides easily def Germany are far creater By RELMAN MORIN AP Features LONDON, Aprii 29 commanders blueprints today for front get a thoughtful eyes when they speak of i Germany via the B:z — Allied not want to retard or stop their country’s war effort, and he then erdered them to return to work by Saturdey morning, with the warning that. if they did not, he weuld declare martial law. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, EE’S STORE ‘who has been maintaining an un- \byoken silence during the last | tow days about the threatened strike, seid he had no comment tol make about the President's state- ment. While the words of the Presi- | dent were being flashed all over! the United States and to every | | Allied nation, the number of min- *ers on strike reached 61,009, with 16,000 more on the point of walk- ing out in the coal fields in East! | Ohic, One cf the mines closed is the largest in that state. MARRIAGE MART County Judge Raymond R&. Lord issued the following: mar- riage licenses yesterday: Arthur Hilary Crusoe, Jr., 19, and Constance Lorraine Johnson, 17, both of Key West. William P. Estilow, 21, Bridge- | ton, N. J., and Amelia B. Koscav- \age, 21, Plymouth, Pa. | Jay Stanley Smolley, 31, }Clarkfield, Miss., and May Mar- igaret Brock, 21, Lake City, | Iowa. | William Jackson Welch, 22, mbers of her family, | Cambridge, S. C., and Rose May , Louise and Penras, | Cansllejo, 16, Key West. 1 to build the _ business | ea VISITING HERE until today they opera as Wing Lee’s, one of the best and: : ee | Lieut. Gould, U. S. N., has arriv- ; ed in Key West from Jacksonville | for a visit of about ten days with AXIS FORCES ‘her mother, Mrs. James R- Cur- (Continued from Page One) _ | ry and other relatives at the home Allied advance. The First Army | on Eaton street. be Mrs. Gould is now making her sidence in Jacksonville, while than 20 miles from Tunis, with } Lieut. Gould is doing duty over- | Seas. | | important i wes reported today to le one column having a clear road DO YOU KNOW? , Answers On Page Five now leading to that key city. : It was declared that, with the| | 1—How many Allies in control of the air andj there? i | 2—What are the highest and see. Shere is peaetlenliy: se SURO De: oointa sina America? of jthe Axis commanders evac-; 3.—How does a military band 5 i * in | Salute the colors? uating their troons, jammed in} 4.—When and by whom was the languages are the northeast corner of Tunisia. | precious jewelry metal, Palla-| | dium, discovered? | 5.—Who painted the Mona Lisa? BRILLIANT TORCH DETROIT.—The cholla_ cactus of the southwest makes a brilliant torch when set afire. and it was added that probably the bloodiest battles in the Tu- nisia theatre will be fought from now to the day of the Axis’ in- evitable capitulation. The first three quered. The la of their own, ners of the Axis, And all of t for Hitler. Two Fi Actual fightin in Gre and are occupied in their main centers arteries of cc under Axis ¢ But beyond tional gu operating Draga Mii army of peasant sented as being more 000 stron, In add but no le tic rep other on more t But, unquestion function is to fi and [talians, Hitler knews that ance of an Allied start a gz c sweeping through the ty tries. Nor better in: Ruwr Balk: aligned is the / stween Rumania, is in the hands latter today only by cour Hitler. Informed quarters | Rumanians w i jor as well age | Americans as they Russia. Further, Hungarian t {in forcible occupation of Transylvania, the ric! | province. { Bulgaria Turns Awav After World War I Bul, was equipped and train tarily, by the Germans. r is largely a reflection of the G man army. But to the Bulgarian‘ péasa Russia is the goddess culture and tradition. erful, semi-mystical conte doubt dout have agair too dangerous for the Bulgarian’ ; government to tamper with. Bul- r garian troops are usedwby Hitl to help police Yugosla yond that, they have r no service. These are the circu that have brought Rumania Bulgaria into.the Nazi fold—and the two satellites aren’t even or good terms with each other Informed politicians believe ) that if these were to be changed suddenly—for example, by the appearance cf en Anglo-Ameri- can invasion force—they would fall away from Germany like sandbanks in a cloudburst. There are circumstances, not ‘difficult of imagining, in which mation reaching Allied govern- | ments in London says thet German troons, themselves, are occupying Salonika and the surrounding territory. (Most of Greece is under Italian occura- tion.) Furthermore, powerful shore defenses have been thrown around the city and vulnerable points nearby. strategist ome serioys dbjectioas S.a5. an avenué of y it is much further the Mediter- an than i from the Eng- lish Channel. And wherever you . there are mountains, mountains, the Dinario Transylvanian Alps, the Carpa- thians. They are ancient recognized defense-points, a small force can hold much larger one. When the moment for invasion arrives, these two .considerations of terrain may outweigh the un- doubtedly “important political advantages of the Balkans. depended upon to take his stand | locations as Ocala or Orland Sen-' fof no reason at all. The gen- _ hot tleman keeps going up and down Pouncing on an alr form of like an elevator most of the time dead Laundry and Dry ion No. and is courteously recognized by| Board, the Senate the Speaker on every occasion drove its heavy that a motion to adjourn is in death blow to put nsti- order. In this game of “Many poard out of its m okesmen for Motions”, Emogene is at least a ¢on of Tampa led y all had man of Movement. Barringer of Sarasote the deal with Representative Bourke Floyd a lost pair of pan of Franklin has the distinction'sure the Monste: nch-jof being the third generation of | Senator Matthews ke y Floyds to sit in a Florida legis- from their lunch | lature. His father and grand- shove thru a compar ne father before him served with , that would “\- Hungry and distinction. He comes from his |June 30 to v n “clos- | teric Apalachicola and country nce.“ newspapers are indebted to him Mother a huddle but for a glowing tribute to the, fully last v this week. small twon weekly made in 9 ““tile entic” — floor speech last week. the evil with e House, Mary bv laws the . d that the term’ While paying lip service to | creatures.—Prostitutior Dlied to her, “Economy” and “Retrenchment” | word that f le more than a legislators paved the way for | spoken only ced with bigge and vei. r _svmamentel was shouted on a2 con- agencies, boards, bureaus and solons sroke i a her effort commissions by their action in “er cf mes n on Floy- approving the purchase of sev- ‘:ealth and r > met with stiff op- eral Tallahassee city blocks sur- | rec-s-arv Sanchez of: Suw-' rounding the Capitol, to insure '-rob’em. “I of Hillsboro, Sco-, room for future expansion took it on th and Lewis of On the assumption that future |>s~e; legislators. of Duval and} generations will need more and | Mast-r’s v their “nobler,;more “looking after”, ground ‘ tened to “ life”, jumped space for costly buildings to | of the Lady Fair,ihouse state bureaucratic agen- re — — brightly sponsored me the a pitiful to Classified Column SeCPCCOH HMO SO OSS HeecesesoneeeeeceseneseseeeS FOR SALE ! WANTED ‘AL BOOKS — New|COAT. HANGERS WANTED.! t weekly. A look at. $1.00 a hundred. Phone 282, ical Shelf may save; We will call. White Star! of postage and! Cleaners, 701% Duval St. of waiting. PAUL aprl-tf , bookseller, 334 Simon- at Eaton St. HELP WANTED aprl-tf: WAITRESSES and FOUNTAIN GIRLS. Good salary. Southern- most City Pharmacy. apr7-tf ne thousand Manila Shects, $1.00. 500 0c. These prices now | ——————_________ The Artman Press.: WAITRESSES WANTED—Side aprl-tf walk Cafe. Duval and Fleming -, streets. apr20-tf ES—Motor Scooter, Flash- Electric Irons, MAN FOR GARDENING, arge Pedestal Fan, 24\ grounds and outside work. | et Skating Rink. | Gato Dormitory and Cafeteria. | epré-tf/ 1100 Simonton St, Key West. | apr27-5t | ries, WANTED ; ¥ ALL-AROUND MECHANIC | WANTED — Waitresses. Apply | c work. Carpentering,; Baker's Restaurant, 830 Flem-| 1g, cement work. Call} apr29-3tx Trailer Camp. Esti- M. E. Fidler i apr28-6tx | ing St. FOR RENT | FOR RENT—DETECTIVE STOR- TES. The very newest and| goriest—not an antique in the lot! Rents start as low as 10c} per week. PAUL SMITH, book- | | Seller, corner Simonton and Eaton St. aprl-tf | WAX FLOORS BRIGHTER & FASTER WITH O-CEDAR Use O-Cedar Self-Polishing ANTED—Two baby strollers, 90d ~condition, Reasonably 80-2 Poinciana Place. apr27-3tx RIAGE, in any condi- ne 211-M. apr.29-3tx ‘FOR RENT—Furnished Room | Meares Fs : 28-3tx | BY COUPLE. Trans-|_ 1220 Newton sd aan ortation to Miami with bage| “REAL ESTATE Call Murray, Phone - ~ - j time. apr29-1tx | Business or Residential Lots All Parts of the Island; Terms J. OTTO KIRCHHEINER —requires no rubbing or hard ‘COMMODATE five pas- | Realto: Miami Saturday after-' ealtor Share expense. Return’ Phones 124 and 736-R 505 cers! onday morning. Larsen, Gato! apr! Dormitory. apr29-2tx LOST LOST—Gas Raticn “A” Book, inl name Edna Moore Yelvington. Return to Mrs. Yelvington, 1129 Fleming, Apt. No. 15. apr29-3tx REFRIGERATORS m cleaners, electric toast- . washing and.sewing achines REPAIRED. Phone; 705-R, after 1:00 p. m. apr29-3tx RR RRC OUUCUUUUUUUE OCU UUEE ag * SAVE FURNITURE more than ever, furm- oors and woodwork eenuinec O-Cedar pro- eserves the finish as = cleans CONCEAL UGLY NICKS & SCRATCHES O-Cedar Touch- Up Polish re- ishes. Easy to Overseas Transportation GIFT, SPECIALS REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER -... Sunday, May 9th Select A GIFT From Our Lovely New Stock ‘ of ~ UNDERTHINGS * _ HOSIERY : BAGS NOVELTIES 614 Duval Street LAaAD AAA AAA AAA AaaAcAA aaa aoa Dasa ehas aaa bacasreanearenncd SOIR IIIA RII ITAA III III IS III IAI I SI SID III IIA FOR IA IOI DIA IIIA Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service MIAMI AND KEY WEST Also Serving All Points On Florida Keys CEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P.M. Ar tives at Miami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- night. LEAVES MIAMI DAILY SUNDAYS) et 12:09 o'clock Midnight 5 Bigaes po mugen game ame arrives at Key West at 5-09 o'clock PM Office: 813 Caroline Street ‘Phones: $2 end 68

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