The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 3, 1945, Page 3

EAS ’ spoke r ab aes who he said thrive i, while the this here practice and the went to vietory over Of liquors. White Sox, 13 to 7. The cub eptertained as. its on poole guests Kermit 'H. i Key fl Announcement was made by | Program Chairman Allan Hamp- | ton that the Program of the com- rae he you be in charge of re ii mittee which Lion ban Col por pe that a lighter vein of entertain- 2 and Salkeld; Der- illiams. ment was in: prospect. At Washington R H "E) _ Lion Presi es Daalp Benzan- nes aad 1 4 1} illa made a report the outcome ged ~—_ 2 6 9} of the Lions’ Blind Benefit, and eal Rosar; Haefner and] spoke warm’ words of apprecia- ans. haiasi tion for the work so successfully ati Game undertaken by: Lion Louis Car-| phia 1 6 0} bonell, who was given ‘a ‘rousing Werhingion 2 B= -1| chegr of appreciation. | c eee The of Directors of the _At Cleveland R H_ E/ Lions’ ‘Club passed a resolution Chicago ws requesting Senators Pepper’ and Cleveland 13° «17 Andrews, Congressman Pat Can- non and Governor Caldwell to Ross, Johnson and Tresh; nalds, Salveson, Klieman, C or | Garnestly eee the ‘freeing and Hayes of the Bridge District from tolls. It was brought out in the discus- | At Boston R HE} Sion that Key West is the only Rew York ie wae 1 | city in the country with only one Baston 1 7 0 | means of ingress and. egress to{ the city, and that this route has! a tolls collector, whereby people; have to pay to come in and to get At Detroit s HE} out of the city. The Lions will re- gt. Louis ry 7 01 quest every Civic Club in Key Detroit 6 8 | Vest pe follow ie ets and adopt J, ; Pesolutions to this effect, stati: Kramer and Hayworth. Benton] that now is the propitious oe Ruffing and Robinson, Ryba, Borrett and Holm. ~ end Swift | to k h ti fe the I: STANDINGS Boaz such justice for the Island National Langue || | Wwe iA ecerces Chicago 3s 633 641 Brooklyn $3 «39 567 New York Sl 47520 FORECAST on = - po Key weet and Vicinity: Partly “ el this afternoon, tonight and Boston 42 (53 4421 Sa) with a few scattered 271] shawers;. gentle to moderate: winds, mostly . southeasterly, ; 596 | Florida: Continued partly . | cloudy through Saturday, except 539 | for widely scattered thunder- Washington 47 41 534) showers in. north and west por- Boston 47 44 516) tions during afternoons and ev- Cleveland 6 4 -500 | enings. Chicage 6 46 yd Jacksonville Through Florida . Lous a2 46 477| Straits: Partly cloudy through Philadelphia 30 (58 Ah Batuasay: with gentle to moderate LT winds, southwesterly over north | portion and southeasterly over south portion; a few widely scat- tered thundershowers during aft- ENGINEER GROUP ernoon and evening near coastal ‘ }areas of north portion. | East Gulf: Continued generally fair through Saturday with gentle PICKED TEAM DOWNS BAR-| to moderate winds, southwesterly - | over north portion and southeast- RACKS OUTFIT IN \erly nv south portion; a few DIAMONDBALL |scattered thundershowers during | afternoons near coastal areas. _ Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warn- ings have been issued. REPORT Key West, Fla., Aug. 3, 1945 taken at 8:30 a. fime,. (City. 9 American Legion won over Southern Engineering Co. night im a regular, league game by « 8 to 7 score bietiy com beye hit 12 gefely, while Kegurern Git evived 16 The Legion scored three in the|Mcan - « double by Lewin and} Normal by Casado, a sacrifice by | Precipitation ugh, Sr. and a single by | Rainfall, 24 hours ending 4 by Sands. The Southem| 8:30 a.m.; inches —..__. 0.01 . came back and | Total rainfall since Aug. 1; ‘The first aangie Met Mire Engineering Co sored two. Jordon singled, &| inches : ee 0.26 walk ball and two wild | Byreas since Aug. 1; porte te » error. Jack Rob- | inches - aecencnceeseeereteee= _. 0.14 ve mit a homer in the fifth and | Total rainfall since Jan. 1; B. Garcia bit one in the sixth| inches - 12 the seore read Legion 7 and Engineering Co. 5. In their | the sixth, Rife doubled! to knot | 4 Marsh hit a homer th ant, but im the seventh, Sends singled, Roberts walked, walked and Joe Mc-} singled to drive home Enough to win the tw an ome, for the Electricians scored | ‘(Naval Base) the Legion im the last half. Del | hTide | «Low Tide Valle walked, Baker forced him 7:25 am. 12:29 a.m. nd, Goss walked, Sinnes| 9:22 p.m. 2:42 p.m. sed first when catcher) score, Mario Hernandez hit a od the ball and bases were | homer, a double and a single in { Sierra fanned and Rosam |three times at bat. Sweeting and § Goss at third to end the |Qsterhoudt each hit two safely. ~ At bat, Lewis, Casado,/For the Army boys, Wanner hit F Sands and Joe McCol-|a single and homer, Sorafino and bit two safely for the win-|Ppaunicka each hit two safely. In -_. amd Rife and Marsh hit one the field, Sorafino, Bice, Wanner tefely om two tries for the losers.’ and Squilia played a great game Score R H E/for the losers, and Alonzo, Her- Legion 212 0112 9 12 $ | nandez and Sartain for the win- S Eng. Co 201 1120 7 4 §/ners: | Roberts and BE. Rodriguez;| Score: RHE Hesam and Higgs. |Picked Team 220 0041 914 3 ypening game of ‘ie| Barracks - picked team won over | Parks, Forns and Sweeting; by a 9 to TiVenecio and Bice, In the night @ the’ Barsacks ten » Larsen and struck out | ne | 040 0111 7 8 1I WEATHER BUREAU | “OBSERVERS HAVE By order of Congress in 1870,' its strategic location, was desig- nated the site of a’ weather report- ing station. The southernmost ci of continental United States and nearest the origin of tropical storms, it was then an outpost, giving the first alarm of approac! ing destructive hurricanes. page is a picture-story of the ac- Bureau at the register. Halyards on the tower carry storm warning flags, but they are of little benefit. Upper center, Mrs. Geraldine B. Osborne, the first girl to come into the. second region and the first to come to Key West as a weather observer, checks the in- strument shelter which houses four thermometers and a thermo: graph. Mrs. Osborne is from Rock. mart, Georgia, and the wife of J. Qsborne, U.S.A., sta- at Camp Hood, Texas. gauge which has had a long re- cent period of inactivity, records “) rainfall for every 1/loo inch and makes a record on the triple reg- ister in the office. The greatest rainfall in 24 hours here was 13.54 inches which fell in October, 1933. Center left. Miss Lorena Pepper, Yazoo, Miss., is one of the ob- | servers at the Boca Chica Naval Auxiliary ‘Air’ Station. Here she adjusts a barograph which makes a continuous record of atmos- | pheric pressure. | Center. Left to right, WAVES | Maria Lobo, Y1c, of Montery, Cal.; Lorine Weston, Y2c, Mobile, Ala., and Peggy Dean, Sic, of Boston, i Mass., leaving the barracks as a {few drops of rain fell, check the sky to determine the weather for the afternoon. Right center. Gerald S. Kenn-} edy, assistant meteorologist in Key West, examines the triple registe: lin the office NOB. Mr. Kennedy, originally 4 trom Tecumseh,+ Michigan, has because the tower is so far inland,| Upper right. The recording rain} of the station at} spent 31 years in weather bureau} Weather Bureau purchased land] work, the last 14 years of which! and erected its own observatory. | have been in Key West. The triple| At that time the site was on the VARI ED DUTIES | resister as ng rks: ache Ween end of the island, but’ most of their menfolk off to war,|Z wre j matic record 0; e WL velocity,! durin: | and direction, amount of sunshine : and amornt of precipitation, be-| ings e the island of Key West, because of | ing connected electrically with the instruments on the tower and the | of Atlanta is another obser |the Boca Chica airport. In the feature on the opposite | Shown preparing a w eather r ‘one of four similar maps dr tivities of both the U. S. Weather daily for the benefit of pilots at) oyry Naval Station and; the airport. | at Boca Chica. In the top row,} pictured left to right: The tower; loons are inflated with a prec which holds the instruments 60; termined amount of helium from uary to 84 in July and August.’ she was an heire: feet above the ground. The instru-| a cylinder, a small counter scales} ___ jments include a windvane, ane: mometer, or wind velocity record-| of pull.from the helium. aes a of BPEL ey in} ice known as'a triple-| the balloon ahd make | ords are entered on forms local office and a copy is sent to e rec- in the in gauge in the yard. Thi | Washington. ie Coker Lower left. Miss Ella Lower center: Observation ba being used to weigh the amount bower yight:Mr...Kenedy and “ splad paige. dior release. n_ obs vation. The rate of ascension of the balloon being known, the ele- on and asmuth angle are made minute through the tele- on the theodolite, the in- the picture. n aloft are scope strument shown in From these records, the directi and velocity of winds obtained. At night, a small paper lantern witha candle inside is ttached to the balloon so that it can be followed. The pr not selected until TEMPERATURE BULLETIN nt building site was 1903, when t Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 8:30 a. m., as report- ed by the U. S. Weather Bureau. Highest Lowest | last 24 hours last night Atlanta_— 92 72 Boston___ - 75 65 Brownsville_—__ 91 72 Charleston____. 90 79 Chicago-_______ 85 65 Detroit ____ 92 61 Galveston______ 89 79 Jacksonville. 93 Kansas City _____ 100 KEY WEST ___ 88 K. West Airport_ 91 Memphis_ 96 Minneapolis___ 81 New Orleans___ 94 New York. 82 2, Norfolk. Okla. City. 95 Pensacola. 90 Pittsburgh __ 89 3t. Louis_____97 Tampa—_._£™£ 90 ——$—_— +| few D\ metal roof. Frost has ne e Smith, Ambrose Alonzo, Jr., R. Wife, Mrs. Lydia 73 Rosselle St, Jack- Navy Missing ith, le. Moreland, Dane Roland, Avia- tion ordnanceman 3c, USN. Par- _jents, Mr. and Mrs: Marshall Tay- lor Moreland, 2836 5th Ave. N., St. Petersburg. top oe Geccecocewcevee Official Navy Photographs WOMEN FIGHT FIRE | COMMERCE, Iowa. — With! ig World: War-T, she westerm women residents of this small| ich| town formed a fire-fighting and {rescue squad to fight flames Weather instrument recordings} which destroyed the home of | may not correspona with the w ;|Glen K. Flynn. They carried the weather seems to affect the;much of the furniture, including individual, but, surprising as it|the kitchen stove in which a fire = may seem, the highest tempera- still burned, from the lower floor. , recorded here was 94 Fire kept them from the upstai nd this probably because |of the home, nas thermometer was exposed a| ——— ia H On Second Thought 2ach was filled in, new ted and piers built wh: put the station inland. feet above a_heatrad i here, nor has the m len below 41 degr age mean temperatur ranging from 70 degrees in Jan-| time he saw her he didn't know { | Lody’s Lapel Watch; * gold on Sterling silver. 17_ i 2 ae ‘Anyone can claim to give “better jewelry values” + .. BUT fine words cannot stand up against hard tacts. We sell jewelery of the finest quality,» > 5+« at prices that cannot usually be duplicated else- where. We don’t ask you to “take our word’? for this. We do ask you to let our values speak for themselves. Examine the merchandise close- ly. 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