The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1943, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘THREE ARRESTED FOR|¢¢: ppncRam = ‘FIGHTING LAST mont SCHOOL PROGRAM WEATHER REPORT | Deputy Sheriffs Joe Knight | ‘PUT ON THURSDAY cr sim and sending tons of shells, chief- servation taken at 8:4 a. m, and Morina Waliace and City} ———— EWT. (City Office) j]y upon the naval installations LARGE ‘AUDIENCE ‘PRESENT ‘AT FIRST «aca. Policeman Will Archer, at mid-| PRESENTED IN “OBSERVANC corer \in the Tunisian ‘key city. Bi- y Bt i i ‘PERFORMANCE OF "THE VINEGAR TREE’ pert it ent arrested a oF cHiLD HEALTH ighest, last 24 hours 83| zerte, the report added. |Biala, Jane Woods and Gertrude, eee “ed ‘Morrison on a charge of engag- est last nig i 2 y DAY Mean ‘0 but cut off from Tunis by A large and “Aappretiative'du:) ricks who bectime’ involved in the! ing in a free-for-all fight on Du- 73 dience saw the first’ performance’ life’‘and ‘love of this family with | Val stmget, near Greene,,< Normal 48 of “The Vinegar. Tree” last, eve-! whom he was Spending the week-|__ Theye¢wenedacked incthe:county FRIDAY AMERICANS ALMOST @% IIS Ea MISS OLIVE GATO WAVES ARE COMING LEAVES FOR MIAMI TO REPLACE MEN ey ag First important move to- ward replacing men with wo- men in office positions at the U. S. Naval Operating Base here will take plece Monday when sixteen cfficer WAVES are scheduled to report for (Continued irom ?age One) the ‘Amercans, one of whose column: is working easterly toward the at ___ Precipitation Auditorium. ‘The play was voted a great success and high was the fica cheer West iors | ¥j :Child Health’ Day was observe ning in the S | praise given Key West Piavers| end. Mrs. Merrick was taken to’ Jail ant# will be~*arraigned*” this be the Same’Max'Lawrence with afterndpn before Justice 6 whom She had been engaged in the | Peace Raul, Carbdni si Bast ahd Made her’ plans’ accord-| Another: case that come, {at Harris School Thursday morn: ‘ing when. the two 4A classes pre | Sented:a very. interesting program. ‘ainfail,.24. hours ending 8:30,,a:, m,, inches s = | Total rainfall since May 1, i | inches T. i and the director, Mrs.’ Robb’ Roy | Ricketts for the splendid DUES She was in which the show was produced. | when her own daughter, Leone, | The final showing will ‘take! played by Mrs. Muriel Huff, seem-| place this evening and every in-\ed about to take Max away from) dication points to another large, her. Mrs. Huff realistically por- crowd when the curtain rises at! trayed ‘fo the ‘audience the prob- | 8:15. “The Vinegar ‘Tree” "Was! eins of'a’ young girl in love for the sponséred by Key West Lions Club fitst'time. In love with care-free for the benefit of local blind work. | Geoffry Cole, played by Ensign George Mills White and Janice; Harold Hayes, she ‘amusingly White as Augustus Merrick and | gains her end but not after reck- Laura’ Merrick, kept the audience | oning. with standards set by in continual laughter with their/ young Cole. Ensign Hayes delight- unusual solutions to their tragic) ed the audience with his complete but amusing problems. Laura/ disrespect for accepted standards Merrick, restless as she realized! and in many instances shocks the in her forties that her husband is| audience with his new-fangled still years older than she is, lives| ideas. largely in ‘an imaginative’ past in which a handsome young artist ingly. hy dressed but’ completely uncom- figured prominently one purple /fortable, acts the part of Louis, I, afternoon. | the butler. Jack Wilson, SoM3c, as Max | A splendid musical program Lawrence, played a splendid part} was rendered. ua the orchestra as an innocent guest of the Mer-! from the Naval Op AT MEETING OF USO'DUVAL CENTER : \ By MARY J. McKNIGHT The check room of the Duval;)and very popular with the boys. | Center U. S. O,-N. C. C. S. was all}'Last but not least, Mrs, Josephine aglow last Friday evening, April] Piodela. 50. Two important events, one the}’ A. R. Lemon thanked all those birthday of Mrs. Grace Lemon,| who helped make the evening an wife of the Director, A. R. Lemon, | eventful one for his wife. He is a to be celebrated that evening, and| resourceful, man, Joyal and faith, the other the coming State Con-} ful to his ::Boys.” He treats iow ¢ and |} has stacks of Catholic literature |{ on’hand to ‘promote Spiritually || reminding them of}: vention of the Catholic Daugh- ters to be held at St. Augustine, Fla. The State Monitor and local Vice Regent, Mrs. Virginia De- meritt, was' proudly displaying ‘a poster drawn by one of the Seér- vice Men depicting Court Mary | Star of the Sea's’ activities tobe exhibited at the convention, Of course “our Billie Burke” was all a jitter over the surprise birthday cakes! Nudging and nod- | with every consideration their livés, their duties to God and the Na- tion. e 6 ! “our Tony” Martinez, who wrote he Went through Needles, N. M., to et to California “and had the measles at Albuquerque, N. M. He is now stationed in the Bs § 8 a ding, calling attention to the Em- topped by sixteen candles! “why fet Brschnents We alt mie our the sixteen tapers,” inquired some j &t St. Mary’s, Tony. God bless| of the Boys. “Well.” said Billie} You and bring you home safe to (Mrs. Piodela) “just hop over and | those who love you. May our » ask Daddy Lemon.” But Mr. L.j Prayers go ‘with boas , Said, “Oh, just a couple of years younger than I.” “So much for the quiz,” said Billie, but Boys keep ¢lose to that ‘Al Smith’ affair.” ,Rev. Father George Murphy Cpl. Larry Ackley, 17th Anti- Submarine Squadron, from Holly- wood, California, likes Key West. Latry cnerated an automobile re- greatly distressed | Lieut. (jg) Wm. Huff, elaborate- | 7 erating’ Base. *} TWO: IMPORTANT EVENTS CELEBRATED We'hiad ‘another letter from| | up before Justige»:Carhonell | is against Irene Baelkeharged- with vagrancy. ivion LEAVE FOR MIAMI Mr. and Mrs. Ignacio Perez and Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Esquin- aldo, Jr., left this afternoon for Miami to spend the week-end with relatives and friends in that city. Loss of 39,400.000 work 4 January laid to absenteeism. 4 i The program -was~ under the di- rection of’ Mrs. Mundy and Mrs. Deficiency since May 1, i Meador. The following numbers; inches 3 | were presented. Total rainfall since Jan. 1, | Health Jingle—Allen Mundy; _ inches 2 and Charles Claus. | Deficiency since January 1, Recitation—Donald Irwin. inches Playlet “Land of Health*— Relative Humidity | Charactersft 68% | Sick Child—Annie Yates. Tomorrow's Almanac Doctor Tom—William Hartman. | Sunrise 6:46 | Nurse—Helen Jefferson. Sunset 8:00 Carrot—Gail Wallace. i Moonrise 10:11 Spinach—Ruth Rose ; Moonset 11:53 Orange—Sylvia Smith. Tomorrow's Tides Apple—Lillian Key. (Naval Base) 0.47) 491 1.54 | STAMP NO. 23 (Sugar Book) Good For One Pound (April 26 Through May 30, Five Weeks) GOOD THROUGH MAY (CANNED GOODS) COUPONS G, H and J | MEATS and BUTTER Red E valid through May: F stamps valid May 2; G, May 9; H, May 16; J, May 23 | Exercise-—Less Carey. | | Recitation-+ Lewis Mathison. #]\labor board and +] | were present. te -Bhemain. feature GOOD THROUGH MAY 31) S. J., a chaplain, presented the tiered cake while the Navy Band played Happy Birthday to your Dear“Mother, and she is an “Ace Mother” to all the Service Men. Just to see her in conversation with the boys seeking a solution to their problems leaves lumps in your throat. She never fails them, and as she says, “I love ev- ery last one of them.” All the chaplains were present, the Rev. Fathers ‘Terence King S. J,. Rev. Thomas Fallon, R. €, and the Pastor, Rey. Father Thomas Atherton of St. Mary’s Church, extended greetings ‘and good wishes. pair shop and gas station at Hol- lywood and received a pleasant surprise while home on a furlough. His landlord posied a sign read- ing: “Back after the Duration of the War,” and told Larry it will) Temain unrented until his return, | > That’s real Americanism for you. e 8 6 Vincent Di Nardo is still with us. And we hope he will remain for an indefinite stay. He has per- Sonality and is good to look at. He | must like Duval’ Center, he never misses an affair. * Miss Isabelle McKnight returns after a few weeks’ visit to Miami. Her many friends here were glad ee The Catholic ‘Daughters were | to know her recovery had been well represented. The Junior Hos-} complete. She will leave Sunday tess, Mrs. Amelia Thompson, State morning with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Monitor Mrs. Virginia Demerett,| Mondul. Miss McKnight was a the ever-loyal and faithful werk-'|| graduate of the Convent Mary ers for “Our Sons.” Mrs. Manuel) Immaculate in’ Key West: Her DeBarcee and“Mrs. Annie Wells.| {win ‘brother, James, . is. yeoman Mrs. Henie Wolf and daughter} Mrs. Harold Todd. Mrs. Margaret Dion, Mrs. Steve ‘Whalton, Mrs;j sonnel. He was clerk-stenographer Mamie Knowles and Pauline Pin-| to Lt. Com. Dick at the La Con- der, the latter a_ tireless worker} cha Hotel before going to Miami. Station, in the office of the per- POSTWAR _—_|DEFER MEETING OF _ | DEFER MEETING OF (Continued frork Page One) | ‘P.-T. ASSOCIATION Federal Government.” Senator | ‘The meeting of ‘the Division Thotnas said. | Street School P.-T. which was scheduled to be held on Tuesday of next, week has been postponed until the following Tuesday, May 18. The meeting was deferred on account of the convention to be held in Miami. Movement of both population and industry from older parts of Cities has left these sections in| social ‘are conditions which, from a and financial standpoint, liabilities, he contends, One rea- AN AMBULANCE CASE son why such areas can not re- build themselves is the fact that “A burglar broke house late last night.” “Did he get anything?” “Rather You see, my wife thought it was me.” into my multiplicity of ownership com Flicates such reconstruction, he said. The cure to this situation, national income and thereby in- ¢rease the national prosperity. and also revitalize the building control by the city of the aréa} constriction industry, he ‘said. needing development, and plan- Early enactment of the law he maintains, is at least temporary ning by the city rather than by! by Congress is highly desirable, the Federal Government or pri-| Senator Thoiis “argues, because vate interests. state statutes will be necessary Urban redevelopment will inl to eiable ¢ities to ‘avail tHem- crease employment, raiso the! seives of the bill's benefits. 2nd ¢lass at Opalocka, U. S. Air} 2 | Good for Five Pounds ; (March 16 through May 31) GOOD UNTIL JUNE 15 MP NO. 17 Good For One Pair \ (Sugar Book) || OCEAN HOME IN KEY WEST | Grapes—Jo Ann Woffard. High Tide Low Tide Milk—Kenneth Key. 1:48 a.m. 6:18 a.m. Bread—Millard Solomon. {12:47 p.m. 7:48 p.m. Bath—Billy Burns. | FORECAST Toothbrush—Joan Strayline, Key West and Vicinity: Con- |, Shoes—Ernest Cohen and Joe} tinued warm tonight. i | Ward. Florida: Little’ change in tem-| | perature ,exeept slightly warmer {Comb and Brush—Jim Ward. | extreme northedst portion, Finger Nails—-Gay Lou Barroso. | Hatteras,,N. C., to Apalachi- Candy— a Molina. Teola, Fla.:,,,No small craft or Health Songs—4A Chorus. | storm warnings have. -been ., is- sued. . |Health Exercise—Five Boys. ' | ‘Piano Duet—Less Carey and | Anne Yates. | ON en ee | ROCHESTER, N. Y.—Two | WOMEN’S DIVISION OF | brothers who had not seen each 'USO CLUB GIVES DANCE other in 33 years ‘were recently REUNITED AFTER 33 YEARS | reunited when Gunner's Mate Wil- ; dam Brasser’s ship made port in On Wednesday evening, May;New York. The Rochester broth- | 5, the women living at the USO- i er, Johannis Brasser, and his fam- NCCS_ sponsored an_ informal! ily left Holland thirty-three years |dance for ‘their husbands and‘ ago, while the sailor brother has | friends. } been serving in the Netherlands | In addition to residents of the| Navy for twenty-two yeats, but club, several employes of the their friends | {ning was a prize waltz in which Music was furnished by the, twelve couples participated. | orchestra now playing at the La!The winners, Miss Barbata Concha Hotel. Thompson and Jay Warrington, Table decorations for the af- received as their prize, long dist- fair were carried out in red,jance phone calls to their moth- white and blue with a May pole ers. . ‘in the center of the ‘punch ta-! In accordance with the sched- sea to isolate Bizerte in the) ; northeast corner of Tunisia. The ‘British First Army today | captured the last of the outer de- fenses that form a semi-circle | about Tunis. and are now only 11 | miles from that objective. their advance, the British took | In | the last hill in the Tunis defense | | lirie"and either killéd or captured "| its defenders. American artillery is also keeping up 2 constant fire on! Ferryville. and is only three miles from that city. All defenses at Ferryville, the report stated, have been blasted into 2 now state of) uselessness, and Italians and Germans that occupied it are Yeported to be fleeing north- easterly toward Bizerte. Axis troops have been trapped in many hills thet have been cut off from supply lines, and ever since dawn Italians and Germans have been surrendering in large numbers. Air and ground forces begin manoeuvers in Tennessee. j | | er, 7 i never making the New York port.| (<0 MUMP LOE LS LF MF MSs | PHONE 9150 WITH i PAPER COMPLAINTS; Citizen subscribers who heretofore called The Citizen office on failure to receive their papers are requested heretofore to call the Island ble. Mrs. Hammond, a young ule of events, there will be reég- |mother living at the club, ularly scheduled dances. The served. «evening was brought to a close ofthe -eve-by singing the national anthem,| Classified FOR SALE ! i Column WANTED TECHNICAL BOOKS — New'!COAT HANGERS WANTED: $1.00 a hundred. Phone 282, we will call. White Star Cleaners, 701% Duval St. apri-tf our Technical Shelf may save you dines of postage and} weeks of waiting. PAUL! SMITH, bookseller, 334 Simon- | ton St. at Eaton St. ; MAINTENANCE MAN. Steady aprl-tf} job for good all-around man. | Must be sober and capable. Call U. S. Employment Service, Mr. Little, 314 Simonton St may7-2t | Shipment weekly. A look at! | HOUSE built by owner. Sub-; stantial, located on the south| beach, near Casa Marina Ho-} tel, 702 Waddell Ave. No! WANTED — Furnished Apart- agent. may4-5tx; ment for two adults, no chil- dren, no dogs. Call 9104 Over- seas Hotel. Ask for Mr. or Mrs. L. S. Gruber. may6-3t |ELECTRIC FRIGIDAIRE and! | FANS, 2 Blue Flash Bottle! , Coolers. Apply Skating Rink. | - | apr30-tf | HELP WANTED |FOR SALE--Large Trailer, full | WAITRESSES _ WANTED—Side- equipped. 515 Simonton, in) walk Cafe., Duval and Fleming | rear. may3-6tx | streets. apr20-tf a WAITRESSES and FOUNTAIN GIRLS. Good salary. Southern- most City Pharmacy. apr?-tf may5-té | |MAID, white or colored. Laun-} |TRAILER, New “Moon, ::21 ft | Electric refrigeration. Can fi nance. Skating Rink. City Book Store. Phone 9150, from which the service will be iP. If you have not re- 3 “your paper by 6'p. m., phone your address to 9150. Complaints will be accepted until 7 p. m. | TMI IIS ISS S ‘ wanting to ; Streams of duty in the Communications Department. This announcement was made today by Captain C. E. Reordan, Commandant, who Stated that this is the first group of more than a hundred Women Reservists assigned to Key West. Other WAVES. most of them for enlisted po- sitions, will come here as soon @s preliminary housing posi- tions are completed. The U. S. Marin> Hospital. recently taken over by the Navy, is now being converied into a barracks for enlisted WAVES and uvon completi. of the project costing £70,002. the structure will accommo- date more ther 100 persons. III III I SS UNFROZEN RELATIVES By SPOON RIVER SAM AP Features Freezing jobs go far enough, in relatives. Relativ: perishable commodity th of been rationed in the fir Now that spring is the big movement live off their kin has set in. Travel bans ain't strong enough to hold ‘em. I bet a crow’s view would show these creeping out in all directions, | ants, some hiking, some Sy ox cart—all hunting the land of plenty, with their ration books locked in the bank back home. Aunt Suzie, who never liked coffee, can expect plenty of com- pany. Uncle Lish, who bragged about his store of rationed goods, will think the 17 year locusts are back. I figure that freezing looks set in about the second day a company arrives. Any host th don’t turn bouncer after that faces starvation. Yes sir, I think Mr. McNutt ought to freeze relatives in their tracks, before they eat their kin- | folks out of house and home. ONLY 5.000 LEFT ST. LOUIS.—There are about 5,000 Rocky Mountain big- horn sheep left in the nation. only ' @ Our soldiers are sure glad to get FLIT—and ail our other super-slaying insecticides. They're ~ of war on many insect-infested battle- fromts. ‘Their spray of death kills foul foreign insects just as blitzes your pests bere at home! FLIT has the highest racing established for household insec- licides by the National Bureau of Standards...the AA Rating! Insist on FLIT ... the doubie-A killer. Buy a bottle — today! | TRAILER. A-1 condition. Room} attached, accommodates five.) Mr. DiLimbo, Mastic Trail-| er Camp. may6-3tx | | COUPON NO. 5 Good For Three Gallons 4 COUPON NO. 5 | TWO STANDARD SINGLE BEDS | complete, one with box spring, | one with coil spring. $25 each. | Call between 4 and 5, 417) Elizabeth St. may3-5t SERVEL ELECTROLUX RE-: FRIGERATOR, suitable for; city. or bottled gas. $110 cash.} Paul O. Ladd, corner Avenue} E and 17th St. may6-3tx | RADIO, Hallicrafters Super} Skyrider, 13-tube, Model SX17.| Complete with speaker. $150. } Stansbury, 20-1 Poincian: Place. may6-3t SPECIAL—One thousand Manila! Second Sheets, $1.00. 500 Sheets, 60c. These prices now! in effect. The Artman Press. | apr1-tf| FOR SALE—One horse, six years old. In=good condition and as much life as a three-year-old. | $155. 1900 Staples Ave. i may7-2tx i WANTED { WANTED—Two waitresses. Good i salary. Mascot Restaurant, 210 | Duval St. may5-4tx! : dry and part-time ‘genera! housework. Two people. $8.00 a week. 623 Margaret Street, rear house. Call between 9 and 12. may6-3tx FOR RENT ‘OR 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- | séller, corner Simonton and Eaton St. aprl-tf LOST { LOST—“A” Ration Book. Lieut.| \jg) Don P. Hughes, Coral Hotel, Simonton Street. may5-3tx ARK RIMMED BLUE GLASS-; ES. Special prescription. Re- ward. Return 623 Margifet| St. Tel. 1150-J. may6-3tz | LOST—Nursery orange tree. be- tween Homestead and Key) West. Please return to Rev. | Reinke, 527 William St. ” : may7-lt; FOUND STs GRA Er en FOUND—Farmers Market, 921 Division St. Best place to get Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. may4tojun? ‘ “To help speed the building of more bombers, ships and guns, won't you please make only the most nec- essary long distance calls and be brief on all calls? In this way you will defi- nitely help us war workers and our men at the front who need more and more of all kinds of war materials. “The next time you teach for your telephone to make a long dis- tance call, won’t you please remem- ber our plea for your help, and not call unless you really have to?” “It may sound funny to hear a girl like me say that you can help build a bomber—but it’s true just the same. “I takes thonsands of long distance téléphone calls to build one of these giant bombers—calls to every part of the country, and for many reasons, from ‘changing blueprint plans to ‘speeding the'delivery of parts These ‘long distance calls are as important ‘to you as they are to us who help build these’ships of the'skies. ER CALLS: Materials needed to build new telephone lines are sow ‘goitig to’ war. So to serve the greatest number of people with the equipment we have, we need to make fewer calls and be brief on all calls. SOUTHERN ‘BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY ‘INCORPORATED