The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 24, 1945, Page 1

VOLUME LXVI. No. 202 Navy Department ~~ Resume On Housing Projet Completion On Hous- ing Units On Which Work Was Halted F. G. Lucas, general su- Perintendent of Fred How- land,‘Inc., which company has a contract to erect 155 low-cost housing units be- and Leon streets and Laird Avenue and ppt Boulevard, inform- : Citizen today that or- ders have been received from tween White Navy Department. in Washington to resume work on the project. struction. operation had been halted ' about: week ago when: the Navy cancelled the contract. - at that time under a - blanket order affecting projects ali over the country. of ‘the units included in the contract are under roof al- ready, and that 80 or more ‘anits will be constructed as rapidly -as_possible. will be rushed due_ to urgency for furnishing th additional housing structu which the Navy is providing in its building program es West. he order for resuming op- efations on the project came somewhat as a surprise. It had been assumed that since the Navy cancelled the con-| would be, indefinitely . with. of it,” he answered. tract this activi deferred the eiiding of hostilities in the Pacific theater of opera-| tions. Despite this, it is very evi- dent the Navy Department feels the housing units, are essential. in. carrying on the program as outlined regard- ing housing facilities in this area. Hundreds of applicatons remain on file with the Navy here for apartments or effi ciency units. TUBES REPAIRED by the Dill Electric Vulcamizer Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone No. §! “Opposite Army Barracks” BUILDING FOR SALE Two Bed Rooms Reasonable Price — New Apply: DAN L. NAVARRO) Club Sugaloa Key West's Exclusive Night Spot | Open Daily 12 Noon to Midnight DANCE to Music by Sugaloa Orchestra Daily 8 to 12 — Sunday 6 to 12 No Orchestra Tuesday Night Extra Special - Try The New Bomb Cocktail Room ‘Te Open Soon YOUNG MAN for work in Circulation Department Full Time Employment Must Have Bicycle Apply in person to KEY WEST CITIZEN OFFICE SS 18| “Enchanted Voyage” set, he M| resembled neither an i i 4 to the Door) Orders: Work. DEGAULLE’S VISIT IS BELIEVED TO BE FOR ECONOMIC AID (By Assoctatet? Press) WASHINGTON, Au. 24.— While General DeGaulle’s mission to the United States has not been publicly dis- closed, it is thought to con- cern economic aid for France, a subject that has been dis- cussed in that country ever since its government was re- stored. DeGaulle, in Paris, had said that France looked’ to the United States for help in the postwar world, as industrial conditions in his country had, \ been reduced to, low levels, during the war. : Odd] By BOB THOMAS AP Newsefeatures Wiiter HOLLYWOOD, Aug. .24. |—Zounds, everybody is get- ; ting into the . act. .Now ‘I the nor a writer. “So”, I. said accusingly, ‘you think you are a writ- “Yes, I’ve done quite “What do write?” “Well, I don’t | know— what do you say when peo- ple ask you what you like to write? | “Nobody has ever asked me, darnit,” | admitted. “An- !swer the question.” {| He finally divulged that ‘he preferred the short novel ; and was particularly fond of ; supernatural subjects. | “Have you ever had any of your | stuff printed?” “Oh, yes. Some years ago I | sold quite a bit of stuff to the you. like to pulp magazines. They were weird j things dealing with such subjects | as interplanetary travel and so forth.” | Don't breathe it to the Screen | Writers’ Guild, but John also | claims to write many of his own }lines in pictures. bof I don’t like the sound of them, I usually change them avound,” he said. ‘If the direc- | a helena | CENTRAL HOTEL Cool, Airy Rooms | Rates: Two Persons | $10, $12, $14 Weekly | Opposite Bus Station | BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN H pee | For A Bigger | and Better KEY WEST | Join the KEY WEST BUSINESS ‘MEN’S ASSOCIATION SII TPIS I I) Sb a lan bn il hl tn he bt btn tnt dot nde |___ WRITING IS NO PAIN FOR PAYNE Mr. Lucas stated that 75| *****#*#*##4*4*ssessssasmsamasesssssasas tan actor} THE SOU Br Aimdeiates Preas) MOSCOW, Aug. 24. — Headquarters announced to-! day that Russian troops have ‘occupied all of Manchuria,! Sakhalin and the two north- ernmost of the Kurile —Is- lands, Shimushu and’ Para- ‘mushiro, ‘during the two} ‘weeks that have passed since {Russia declared war-on Ja- -pan. _ Last.night Bussia celebrat-| red. thesuecess of the Russian troops, | Marshal: Staliny« or- dered that 24)salvos Qeofited from each of $24 gunser * tor knows me well, I can get away with it”. | Unlike most actors, whose writ- ing is confjned to autographs and contracts, Payne has had consid- Work| Jearn that. John Payne is-an-j| erable training in literature. He| windshields at the Duval street the | other of the acting breed who ese! fancy themselves as. writers. res} When I found him on ved in journalism at Colum- bia University and. was-able to take many subjects dealing with the short story, drama, etc. He even thought for a while that he Pp. When hé wasn’t quite «so ’suc- cessful, John had plenty of time vorced, went into the Army, was di: rged two years er ack to work and married (Continued on Page Three) | Caldwell Answers Letter About Tolls On Highway Bridges Key West Lions Club, having} written United States Senator Charles O. Andrews about the movement to have the Overseas Highway bridges made toll-free; the senator brought the matter to the attention of Governor Cald; well, a copy of whose reply was given to The Citizen today by ; Lion Enrique Esquinaldo. Governor Caldwell wrote: “I want to thank you for send- ing me a covy of the resolution | by the Key West Lions Club en- dorsing a”’movement to free the Overseas Highway of tolls. This. has been suggested fromtime toy time during‘ recent months and it may be that finally sométhing + can ‘be worked out on it. My ef-| fice will cooperate as far as pos- sible under all of the facts and! { circumstances.” SPAIN’S SERVICE (Complete Service for Your Car) 1101 White St. Cor, Eliza H PHONE 782 Parts are available for your car. | If we don’t have ‘em, we'll get ‘em for you. BODY and FENDER WORK Also Car Painting MIDGET BAR The Friendly. Little Tavern Simonton»; Greene Sts. Open From 7'A.M. to: MIDNIGHT | Hear the, (Hoxg.at{ 8:30 Friday Gibly end Tuba. ‘Here | Van Sing mR anal | Paul Jones Sth $3.94 Imperial 5th $3.73 Mount Vernon Rye Sth $3.82 Kinsley, .. Sth $4.12, Pt. $2.60 | Schenley = 5th $4.50 Kinsley Gin _.. 5th $3.47 London Bar Gin, 90 Pr. _ Pt. $2.20 ‘Tom Hardy ...._ __. Pt. $2.60 Muscatel, Sherty, Port . ‘ Wine . _.... Sth $1.24 Tom Collins _ Drink .30 Johnnie Walker 12-yrs.-old Black Label Scotch & Soda 50 \ lights, of all but one of the of glass fell on the veranda roof jcars parked along La tthe dog growl, and, when they saw his size and gleam- might make a living by ‘his type-jcausing a deep indentation, and, j He was dréss-| writer..But of course such a soft|in another case, besides breaking ed in blue denim and was racket as acting.is difficult to pass} the. windshield of one car, smash ggty) supposed to be a sailor. tu f j to pursue: his literary ventures. fcontent with their vandalism, the a bit But since 1941 he has become a} drunks smashed tae gla star, had marital troubles, was di-|eloses the meter of a filling went|hard, the metal covering of the gain.| meter had a hole driven through uch activity is not conducive to} it. IN THE USA THERNMOST NEWSPAPER A group of drunks—the of them said, ‘Let's go back and vandals must have been eet some aot : Lies bree men i ir | toward ite stree' re- scrmal tainds, would” have/twrned with more boitles and di h a thing—last ni | threw them at a street light. The oe Se ee hi Inearest they came to hitting a smashed the — winds! ; bulb was’ when a bottle crashed and, in one case the head-' on a metal shade, and fragments, ‘TOKYO CLAIMS LATEST TYPHOON AROUND JAPAN MAY CAUSE SOME iof a house, in front of which is cha Hotel on the FI leming| the light. : E street side. | Apparently disgusted _ with The exception was ani their poor aim, the sailors picked automobile, in which was a[ UP {he trash hampers in corals police dog, with the wit-\ ver gai ence bg alias ex dows slightly down so that} Cleare’s yard. Then they march- the, dog could breathe fresh! eq down the street, yelling and : (iz Anncctated Preas) / Z air, any te scene was ce and trampled sornas: a MANILA, Aug. 24:—Ra iby the typhoon and reault- enacted is morning. of}yard and uver a veranda in the} 4. in| thi ter. what probably occurred} block’ between Francis and Grin- dio Tokyo, in a broadcast in, ee he added, the! the English language, beam- ES drunks renee Raney Wont To wrong ane oats ee ys informed Gen, dosument for the faxmél sur- “They must have heard), When the sailors began $6 throw —e eyheea hale pans t pan’ |the bottles at it aboard {resident telephoned the ~ 4 ing teeth, were afraid to take ators pore Pe aa y. A a chance of smashing the} streets, but the © policemen.) ih the” | interf for windshield and thereby pro-! stead went to White and: South-| irrangements for vide an opening through'ard. Then the guard at the tele- which the dog could have}! phone booth at the entrance to passed to attack them.” ithe barracks was telephoned and ‘ és ji {requested to tell the policemen | 5 2 fe Seeiccas clone the to come down Southard street if! completely . destroyed, 780; Manchuria. The’ broadcast. ears swept his hand toward his, they wished to apprehend the, had been badly damaged] er did not specify. who were broken windshield and remarked} Sailors. However, ‘the informant! and 3,836 had been flooded the assailants... - \ sarcastically, “This is a fine ad-|Said, by the time the policemen| —_——_-..——...-- ae 0 | OGRAM DESPITE WAR LEGION POST ALL PROGRAM DESPITE WAR- HOLDS ‘MEETING: The capitulation of Japan, epee though it marks cessation of} ™ EN APPLICATIONS ‘FOR; hostilities, means no letup in| & UMEMBERSHIP GIVEN AP- | the over-all: program of the | men - PROVAL American Red Cross, Chair- peer {man George O. Lucas declar= american, Red: Gross :hep: as ete Eee ae it membership, which follow: | quarters today. ee Bees ‘many of our forces are stationed Harold Demeritt, Jr, (14071 Les UP, au Bive pipe, 1s the offer_very little in’ the ‘way. of Albury St; Robert N. Dillard, Pestorgiicn oF eae act from amusement. As in Burope, Red 523 Division’ St.: Edward Fein-) this’ keesyed ae ee hroee Cross ,personnel will remain gold, 541-C W. ‘Poinciana; Celido’ this very moment every ag the trough the period of tedeploy~ F.. Valdes, 1127 ' Division S°.;" Must be bent toward healtag the) ment. the one on the sidewalk side |rrank C. Pollard, 805 Simonton hearty wee he hehent hase | “Red, Cross Chatpers recognize was smashed. In another car. |ct"Towis V, Howard, 522 White, Ped Cross Services to the | tut millions of the men returning a whisky bottle must have been {cy 2.) Ernest. Hopkins, 1308 Armed Forces now faces one of 45 their home will.look to the used to smash the windshield, Elizabeth St e . w He Breen onl eaN ae Red Gross for advite, informa- because. a bottle was found in : ‘'to maintain morale of servicemen! |: ‘ Sapp Because, @ otto was found ie | Post Commander Winn stated: snd womén who will be with the fine Ae eee ene ge sey oe morning. , |that persons remaining in the armies of occupation for some ice program Will cobtge Ot pital The Citizen has been unable to/Atmed Forces after cessation of time to come. Personnel now interruption. Red: Cross work. learn whether the drunks were | hostilities as fixed by our Gov-; overseas will continue at the side ers are on duty at all. Veterans civilians or servicemen, but, inj¢T®™ment, are eligible to member! of the gccupation forces. | Kaiiinintation <reginnat- offie another case that had to do with|Ship in the American Legion. —°|_ “The long-range hospital pro- 14 assist in developing and pre: bottle throwing, The Citizen was| It was voted to place a floral gram providing medical, social onting veterans’ claims for gov- informed by a resident on South-| Offering on the grave of the late service and recreation to hos- Crnment benefits. We need new ard street, between Francis and | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | pitalized servicemen will be in- personnel for this work, also, so White streets, that three drunken|When V-J Day is declared. Ar- ;tensified. Emphasis will be om that the Red Cross will be in a sailors, a few nights ago, scater-|"angements are being made with helping the indivdiual adjust to position to be of service to all ed broken bottles in the roadway |American Legion Post in Hyde his handicaps and toward ul- who request it. and yards and even on the roof|Park, New York to place the; timate rehabilitation. For this ~ wpere will be calls on America of one house. 'fioral. An appropriate message | program. we need immediately 3,- 1, war-stricken countries for as Used Street Lights As Targets {will be sent to. Mrs. Roosevel:. ; 000 workers. sistance and leadership in the_re- The object of the sailors was} Wan Voght and Claude Janes ,.“‘This sudden end of the war tin of peace. The Red 3 ‘to smash street lights with beer/of Post No. 9 in Jacksgnv'Jey Mill, have, no..effect on the Red Win) continue to serve as,an agea- and whisky bottles. Their aim|were visiting legionnaires, 4Gaoss club program overseas. In; cy of the people to express their was poor, and when they had] ’s unconditional surren-| General MacArthur {o'sto der. the “violent treatment” that The broadcaster _stated| Japanese civilians, including ean LEE > 4 end of the long string of cars, and, in one case, they were not’ con- tent to break the shields alone, but smashed a stone or a bottle against a lower door of the car, \been. reached, and our persorinel il remain here as long as need’ ed the glasses in both headlights. Struck At Filling Station Pump} At-the end of the line, still not hat en- meeting on Wednesday night ap- ion pump.” That blow was S6|proved seven applications® for One of the cars that damaged was a Cadillac. windshield was in two paris, were that len in|. {iskallations will, continue 40 open voluntary interest in emergency ‘used alk the bottles they had, one in Germany fgv thg henefit * Neunigiaeiiiana’ in - armed forces, 4ntil the quota ie puaiiasnnob:iaueigm:¢ S §4444420244444404446 GARDNER'S PHARMACY! PALACE THEATER Phone i7? H ROY ROGERS in “Man From Oklahoma” News and Serial — | itan Red Cross will askist civilians abroad’ involves many questions (Continued on Page Three) ~ ES BRING YOUR SOFTBALL Sept. 1-2-3 ZISSEN’S BOWERY vs. | SNAPSHOTS SOUTHERNMOST |; CITY PHARMACY, Ine. Prescription Druggists DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. Clear Pictures — Good Service BINGO Nightly 7:30 DUVAL at SOUTHARD Sponsored by the Elks PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, as Mayor of The City of Key West, Florida, IT have madei certain recommendations to the City! Council in ithe interest of the City and the welfare of its citizens, in- ¢luded in which wes a recommendation for.a Clean Up.. Campaign, and WHEREAS the City Council has accordingly authorized -» imé to designate the period of September 3 to September 8. 1945 as Clean Up Week, NOW THEREFORE, I, John Carbonell, Jr.. as Mayor aforesaid, do hereby designate the said time as Clean Up Week, during which a campaign shall be carried on by the MACHINISTS, N.O.B. ‘velopment which helps earsas glasses help and rest eyes. Come in today for absolutely free demonstration or send for free book! E. D. FOUTS, Distributor 715 Seybold Bldg. Miami | ACOUSTICON ae LIVE POULTRY | BROWN DERBY BAR, Whitehead end Southard Sts. | PACKAGE DEPARTMENT Featuring —complete line of Imported and Domestic | Wines and Liquors City and its citizens for the purpose of cleaning up ali ROASTERS and Battery © Whisk. premises including vacant lots, and during which time addi- Rai d FRYERS iskey tional services for removing trash and garbage and other aise @ Brandy ' debris will be provided by the City. BR DY ° Ss o IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Proclamation is issued at A @Gin the City Hall, said City, this 24th day of August, A. D. 1945. (Live) POULTRY and All Sizes — O.P.A. Ceiling Prices JOHN CARBONELL, Jr., EGG MARKET VISIT THE BROWN DERBY BAR| Ap Mares of to0i Circ 1214 White St. Phone S40 SOR CCR Seren Key West, Florida CHARLES I. SAUNDERS, Prop. oe Pepper Says Uncle Sam Will Not Continue To » Claus’ } (By Annccintea Press) LONDON, Aug. 24. — esident, Harry Truman's t two days ago had been dis- grave con- today. je Minister Attlee, aft- a of the blow that ping lend-lease would cautioned members. of the jthat 291 houses had been| women, were receiving iN} piouse to restrain th 1 when talking about the mat- ter either in the House or on the outside. The British prime minister said that almost six years of war had so. disrupted eco- nomi¢ conditions m Great H Britain, the government had looked forward to the con- tinuance of len*d-lease as a great aid toward the restora- tiof-of normal conditions in Senator Pepper of Florida, is in this city, was quot- ‘having said he . felt ent the United States meet, Great Britain “way”, but added not going to P role of “Santa Claus”, as the' government of a good many countrie thought he would. CIVIL WAR THREAT IN CHINA EASED REPRESENTATIVES OF TWO FACTIONS TO DISCUSS SITUATION (My Associated Mremss CHUNGKID Aug. 24 Threat of civil war in China was somewhat eased toda by the announcement tha the communist leader ir north and central China had consented to send a sentative to this. city 40 dis- euss the situation with Gen- éralissimo Chiang. Kai-She! Communist troops are to be poised for action, belief was expressed that "1 United States and Russia wou exert their power to stop the ¢ break of civil war. Communis 2 their party is ed sufficiently in th that are being ma Chungking government surrender of Jap tre ps | OVERSEAS HOTEL 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104 Special Summer Rates $8.00 to $12.00 Weekly SBA ABN WSS HOOD’S POULTRY end EGGS 919 Southard Street HENS, FRYERS and DRESSED RABBITS MASCOTTE RESTAURANT Duval Street Under Management Andrew and Witlie Saunders GOOD FOOD that.