The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 28, 1945, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23)°:2048 —_——. GRIFFIN PITCHES NO-RUN NO-HIT GAME; LEGION BLANKS ‘ ELECTRIC SHOP; SCORE 9-0° Last night at Bayview Park the _American .Legion Softball ten won over the Electric Shop group by a 9 to 0 score. Sue Grif- fin was on the mound for the Legion boys, pitching a_perfecti| rame. Griffin entered the Hall of Fame by holding the hard-hit- ting Eleetric Shop to a no-run ne-hit game, without a single man reaching first base. In the perfect game, there were only 2) men ‘facing him in the seven imnings me pitched. r For the winners, Sands hit three safely, and O. Cruz, two. ‘The infield was composed of Mira behind the plate, Valdez at first, hewin at second and Gomez at third. Sands at short, clicked like nobody's business. In the gardens, O. Cruz, MeCullough, Hanson and R. Cruz also played @ great-game, with nothing going by them. Score: RHE Blectrie S. . 0000080 0 0 4 Am. Legion _ 331.200 x 912 0 Batteries: Birehfield, Sartain, and Sellers. Sue Grifin and Mira Basketball Tn the fifst game the Service Sextette won -over the NAS WAVES by a 33 to 13 score. In this game the shooting of Tuttle with 10 points, McCord and Up- dyke with 8 and Gato with 7 fea- tured the offensive of the Serv- ice givis and Bruckner, Herrick, Daazzo, Reuben amd Pierce on the defense were good. For the losers, Havish and Murphy on the offensive and Detterman, May and Hilliard on the defense were the best. Score NAS WAVES 205 6 13 Service Sextette 7 8 414 33 Howlett, referee; Cleo Rosam, umpire; Aguilar, scorer, and Williams, timekeeper. In the second game the Junior High bovs gave the more sea- sased athernetks a score and lgpt g@ime ip the Jast quarter. ' ‘The Junior High missed 19 free throws and made good-.but 5, enough to win the game if they would have only made half et} Heir fiee shots. "Demeritt was high scorer with ®.points, Reys and Pineda with ich. For the school boys, Her- te was in great form rang | 4 field goals, Perez made ifree. On the defense, Guerra, Perez, Fieitas and Trombiley eet well for the winners and ison, Cates, Stone and Sosin for the losers. j Seore by quarters: ' dr. High 45 8 4 21 Leathernecks 3.7 GR Wasucki, umpire; Howlett, ref- eree; Aguilar, scorer, and Will- jams, timekeeper. Tn the third and last game of the night the Marines and the Navy boys from Poinciana put Up a great fight and the score wig-tagged back and forth. First the Navy was leading and then the Marines until the last quar- ter when the shooting of Meritt won for the Marines. Young was high manewith 5 field goals, and Metritt and*Parsons had 7 points each, to lead the winners. For the losers Bacha had 5 field goals and 2 free throws to lead the losers. Radcliff had 7 points and Clare Six,Radcliff, Tanney, Page, and Braaten also played well for the losers. Murdaugh, Langham, Landre, Van Alstine, Mason and Thiladiaux played a great game for the Marines. Score by quarters: Marines 811 412 35 Poinciana 78 8 8 31 Wasuicke, referee; Howletet, um- pire; Williams, timekeeper, and Aguilar, scorer Standing U.S. Marines 6 2 750 A. Legion 3 4 426 Poinciana 4 4 500 W. Conchs 2 5 268 Basketball Schedule At High School Gym THURSDAY. 7:30 P. M.—Starlings’ vs. NOB WAVES. 8:40 P. M.—American Legion vs. Woodson’s Conch: “ NEW SCHEDULES OF DIAMONDBALL The following is the diamond- ball schedule of the City Recre- ation Department for the week of February 26: THURSDAY— 7:30 p. m. Porter Place vs. B- 29's. PRIDAY— 7:30 p. m. Scorpions vs. Mach- iniete: si ak | Rainta:!, on TODAY’S ‘BIRFHDAYS Claude.R. Wickard, Secretary of “Agriculture, bern Carrell County, Ind., 52 yedrs ago. ° U. S. Senator’ Hugh A. Butler of Nebraska born Missouri Val- ley, Iowa, 67 years ago. Geraldine Farrar of Ridge- field, Conn., singer, born Mel- rose, Mass., 63 years ago. Eugene Higgins, : painter-etch- born Kansas City, Mo., 71 years ago. + _THE WEATHER FORECAST an on Key West and vicinity: Fair to rtly cloudy and continued A : ‘ warm this afternoon through EEA of RGe en eee Thursday; gentle to moderate : born Hillsboro, Ohio, 38 years ago. James G. Stahlman of Nash- ville, Tenn., newspaper publish- er, born there, 52 years ago. Ben Hecht of New York, noted southeasterly winds. Florida:*Partly cloudy in south and central portions, cloudy in extreme north portion ‘today, with scattered rain in Tallahas- see area, continued mild; partly cloudy. and eontinued mild in writer, born there, 51 years ago. south and’ central portions to- Admiral William V. Pratt of, night and Thursday,.cloudy with }Belfast, Maine, retired, born scattered showers in north por-'there, 76 years ago. tion, cooler in Tallahassee area. Maj. Gén. Joseph M. Swing St. Augustine through Florida; born Jersey City, N. J., 51 years Straits: Moderate southeasterly | ago. winds today through Thursday; partly cloudy over south and! * =~ ~ % ect central portions, cloudy over TODAY IN HISTORY north portion, with occasional , ee eee cae tart a er cane 1822—The City Bank Farmers Trust Co. of New York, oldest trust company in country, char- tered. . 1827—The Baltimore country’s first ed. 1844—Gun explosion on war- shio Princeton kills visiting Sec- retary of the Navy and the Sec- retary of State. 1917—A German conspiracy to involve us in war with Mexico and Japan revealed. 19 -The Teapot Dome leases showers in north portion Thurs- day afternoon. ast Gulf: Moderate southerly winds, occasionally fresh over extreme north portion, today and tonight, becoming moderate le winds Thursday; partly over south, cloudy with ocasional rain over north portion today. through Thursday, Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings been issued. & Ohio, railroad, charter- cloud have WEATHER REPORT Key West, Fla. Feb. 28, 1945 Observation taken at 8:30 a.m., pee ew Bab Ee ea uneees Fastern Wartime (City Office) The Nazis decree sup- Temperatures on of civil liberties — and Highest last 24 hours Bl cocaine Gomnas ‘wat Lowest last night . 74 Open the concentration camps. Mean : 78 1942—Japs announce the tak- ‘Hecnal 7 ins of 75,000 British at Singa- pore. Precipitation 1943 — Axis troops forced to 24 nig ending withdraw from Tunisian hills. 8:30 a. m, inches _____.. 0.03 Total rainfali since Feb. 1; PROGRAM AT inches aiieu 0.09 DUVAL ST..’ Deficiency since February 1; Uso inches SE | Total rainfall since January 1; ibe eae p.m. inchés RR 3 Ch cee A zs reac T 7a Spanish class, 8:00 p. m. pareery sigce January ‘1; 217 Weenie roast in patio 9:00 p. m. ingnes tS" | THURSDAY-— Relative Humidity Swimming and beach party 86% |2:00 p. m. ; ~~ Community singing 9:00 p. m. Tomorrow's Almanac FRIDAY— . 4 Sunrise 7:50 a.m.;| Game night 9:00 p.m. Sunset - 7:29 p.m. SATURDAY— Moonrise 9:54 p.m.; Shell craft 0 p. m. Moonset --. 9:33 a.m. — ee! Subscribe to The Citizen—2°c ‘Tomorrow's Tides weekly. (Naval Base) ~ 12:15 a.m. 6:07 a.m. LS 12:32 p.m. 6:16 p.m, i CUIT COURT OF THY, H JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, TH TEMPERATURE BULLETIN Temperature data for the 24 FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY. hours ending 8:30 a. m., as report-| Guo mde tet, aan ed by the U. S. Weather Bureau. | aa Seer: Lowest | vs. DIVORCE last'24 hours lastnight | SEI" 1. woopwarp, Defend: 3 Atlanta . 72 63 ORDER OF PUBLICATION Boston . 51 m (| TO: Le H, Wood 3-2/¢ Brownsville 64 52 Charleston 77 58 | im for Chicago” . 33 23 | i Detroit 32 4 | | Galveston - 66 45 Peel Jacksonville 85 62 for Kansas City 33 28 in the KEY WEST 81 74 Rat K. W. Aigport 82 74 Memphis 35 33 | Miami 7 73 1945 Minneapolis —. 35 14 Birsait quart New Orleans 80 53 c of t ourt. New York 58 29 By: (sd) Kathie ok | 508 DUVAL ST. Norfolk 69 38 J aULIUs Oklahoma City 26 10 malictton t Pensacola 73 6 | Rite ee i 9 Tampa 78 65 Vision Counts—With , Work To Be Done Do the most at your job— with least eye exertion, by having yours scientifically examined, and fitted with glasses that fit your eyes and personality. Come in for a check-up today. DR. J. A. VALDES OPTOMETRIST Office Hours: 9-12 2-5 p.m. THOMPSON EN Address Phones 619 Duval Office 332 Street Residence 351 Phone No. 8 REAL ICE is MORE ECONOMICAL. .. It’s Healthy and Safe... It’s PURE (ICE DIVISION) PTUs) THE KEY W lwo New Officers | At Fleet School | _ ‘ ' Two Leutenants, each with a year and a kalf of Pacific’ duty, yhave been added to the iastruc- tional staff of the Fleet School. hey are Lt. Jo! E. Dowling, ¥redericksburg, Va., and Lt. John J. McGlade, ‘Paterson, N. J. Lieutenant Dowling, who also Participated 4 destroying two enemy submarines while on duty in the i on the in- vasion of ¢ Nl Islands. He .wears the a, Euro- r Ameri pean-African and Pacific theate ribbons, with three bronze Lieutenant McGlade’s st part of the supporti force ; Gilbert, Marian- can; the assaults on the Ei Ul Carolae, ar nas Islands. He hi ‘and Pacific ribbo! and ‘WHAT’S DOING’ AT THE JACKSON SQUARE USC) TODAY ; 8:00 P.M.—Shell Craft, Lt. Fran Watson and K. Ruth An-} derson, instructors. P.M.—Classic Hour, Hardw | 8:30 E. R. i ! ———— SOCIAL HALL: Dancing, checkers, table hockey, chess, | skittles, cards, dominoes, Chinese | checkers, etc. PATIO: Ping-| ‘pong, shuffle board. Showers! writing room, lounges, snack bar. | Sport Equipment: Gold clubs, | tennis raquets. Art Supplies, books, poputar and classical recs} ords. cameras to loan. NOTE TO FRIENDS: The mea} in the Armed Forces enjoy home hospitality Let us help you in eXtending your invitations to them. WM. H. HENDERSON, Director. K. RUTH ANDERSON, | Assistant Director. GERALD PINDER, Program Director. | FLORENCE I. WHITACRE, | i Secretary. | } GREAT SHIPPING NEW YORK.— Over 9,000,000. tons of shipping annually move to the upper St. Lawrence river between the Great Lakes and} Montreal. restored to ACTIVE Don't let your watch “loat on the job! Put it back to work. Bring it EXPERT REPAIRSERVICE We are strictly maintaining our pre-war standards of quality. . . POLLOCK’S | i | ‘Quality Jéwelers | %* Watch Our Windows * PLACE YOUR REFRIGERATION ona REAL ICE BASIS and you will get GUARANTEED Refrig- eration Service. TERPRISES, wc. Key West, Fla. ; communications ic illness or death in a Bbmat one-tenth of Home . n’s family can be refer- Service work in Key West con- , he Red Cross Chapter fom Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service ' sists of getting messages or in-!c to the serviceman. Between |quiries through to servicemen 't viceman is in the United} when for some reason theirs wire is sent throught EAM AND KEY WEST |families have been unable to R s channels. If he is out} reach them through ordinary the country, the servicemarm - : i 5 channels. It is very distressing is contacted through whatever? Also. Serving All Points On Florida Keys for a family to receive no word:means of communication will Between Miami and Key West |tions on the type of requests it'tary and naval service. KEY WEST | ES) GyTiziN WHAT YOUR RED CROSS DOES FOR YOU © XA2!8 RouTED | (Continued from Page-One) | i ze } ; “(This “ix the second of & can handle. In most cases the.de-| of" oilenie ae whether he Ges, Mrs Millicgnt Beldner, manag- 'Mrs."M. Beldner 9 Now Convaleseing By MARTHA WINCH COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE All through the war the expan- sion of our armed forces and rap- id troop movements have made between the series of articles showing how jlay in mail is due to loss of SHIPS. . want teh commana. iven-or-|.er of Holtsberg’s store, has recov- you can Use the Home Service [or planes carrying mail, sudden Geb. et spy: a Rhine |ered from her recent iliness and Department’ of the Key West jmovements of trogps, isolation of; an:matte' their final stand in that 'ig-réturning home today. Charter of the American Red ‘serviceman on ‘special duty, ‘or, dréa, | Cross. The Chapter office is military secrecy, or lack of mail! py. ican’ First, “Thi net} or “ located at 30142 Front St: facilities prevent them from’ pate oT are dipainicg. asi MOTORISTS COME: telephone 286). writing, or difficulty of writing!-¢ast <agemetorized vehicles can! : in .ectain combat areas. How-}negetiate the muddy, soggy| ” (Continued ‘from Page One) every if there does -appear to) ground, :‘ill’coveréd with water ‘ame too,heavy, two members of have been an unreasonable breaksin many !p’aces, | the -velynteer work -party stayed in the communications, the Red) «Before -the blackout of news at their post, diverting traffic Cross will send inquiries in an|-went.-imto effect; ‘headquatfers so that the cross would ‘not ‘be effort to determine the ‘welfare! reported that the American Ninth|smeared before it dried. ot the serviceman. . | Army. and-the Canadian First are will * ir i eps If there are unofficial reports now only 30 miles apart, and it|is formed, 10 Nazi divisions pe onde ies aap that a serviceman is missing,|Was said that when the juncture have been trapped. turn to Red Cross as a means of Wounded, etc., the Red Cross} es ae seeking out the other in an em-/SeMerally can learn whether| lergency. In the past year some *¢h reports are true. Or if-af s viceman’s address appears to” wrong, correct information" rding this can usually be’ ined. { ency messages regarding’ two million communications were handled through the Home Service Departments of the Red Cross Chapters throughout the! country. j be ‘Overseas Transportation | Company, Inc. from a serviceman for a long seriod of time. Fears for his safety increase as the days go by and still there is no word. The Red Cross has been deluged with requests from anxious families to make inquiry regarding the wel- fare of the men and women in service. Because of the tremen- dous volume of such requests the Red Cross has had to set limita- reach him most speedily. The Red Cross cannot guarantee. de- livery of such messages but gen- erally is able to get them through. The local Red Cross Chapter} welcomes any inquiries or any problem relating to the man or ; woman who is in service and ex- itends its help to families of the ;members of all branches of mili- [ Express Schedale: } (NO STOPS EN ROUTE) LEAVES KEY WEST DAiLY CEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P. M. tives at Miami at 12:00 o'clock ° night, pLEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EY. SUNDAYS) at 12:00 o'clock Mi and arrives at Key West at-6:00 « -Local Schedule: 8 At All Intermediate Points) KEY WEST DAILY (EXCF.PT i SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o’clock A.M. and} arrives at Miami at 4:00 o’clock P.?4, | LEAVES MIAM* DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock. 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