The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 10, 1945, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West No. 293 Army Recruiting Sub-Station' Tobe Opened Here Tomo VOLUME LXVI. \GENERAL PATTON | RESTING: EASILY RECEIVED INJURIES IN AUTO CRASH NEAR MANN- HEIM ON RHINE New Station Will Be In, eee eeeee, | Operation From Noon‘ ‘WELL BEING DRILLED : hursiay | FOR OlL HAS REACHED uesday To Thursday’ DEPTH OF 2,000 FEET Morning The well that the Gulf Oil Corporation is having drilled on Big Pine Kev in search of oil has reached a depth of 2,000 feet, Supervisor Smith said this morning in the county ‘clerk's office, where (By Associated Press) HEIDELBERG, Dec. 10.—Gen- ; eral George S. Patton, Jr reported today. by his p a to be resting easily, nies still in a critical conditon f serious spinal injuries he o his auto on the | army truck crashed mobile near Mannheim Rhine. He complained that his neck + hurt and’ of a lack of feeling in his legs.* He was brought to a hos- pital in this city. The back of his ca’ was sitting, was spatt blood: A two and truck | | | } | Anew Army Recruiting! sub-station will be opened in| the Postoffice: Building here} in Key: West at noon Tues-} day, December 11, 1945, ac-} cording to word received} from Lt. Colonel Eugene W.} Hilton, commanding officer} in the Miami Area Recruiting Service. ! Lt. Colonel Hilt Captain Samuel D. V his executive officer, ri ly completed inspec tour of this area, and were impressed by the hospitality and cooperaiion shown them | zens of Key West.j g the potentialities i ult of r all landg*in Monirée “county. Formation through which the drill has passed has not changed since the digging was besun, he stated. Sand- stone or oolite is still being brought to the surface, and the water is still salt, except fairly fresh water that flows from spouts into the well, similar to the spouts that stream into the well, with five pockets. thet was dug 56 years ago on the plot that immediately adjoins the convent grounds on the westerly side on Division street. No. 3 Fire Engine Com- pany wes stationed there in those davs. Many Key West- ers, while engines kept the water in the well down to a few inches. went down into it to see streams spouting into the pockets, which were put into the well at the sug- gestion of Hirem J. Fulford at the time he was fire chief. {head in sev the seat in front j Patton's chauffeur and the 1 truck were not injur SPSS IIISSTs ‘DENIES ASSERTION : MADE BY HURLEY (By Associated Presx) WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.— Dean Acheson, foreign sec- retary of state. denied to- day, in his testimony before the senate foreign relations committee, the assertion Mejor General Patrick Hur- ley hed made that American diplomats, two in rarticular. had sided with communists in China while he was con- ferring with the central gov- ernment about its attitude toward the United States. Acheson testified that Hurley had mede the charges because he was’ “an- noyed” over, the activities of members of the state de- Partment in its negctistions with the ‘Chinese central government, SII s EIS: 8202 eeeeeeeeseceeee PRESCRIPTIONS fore. Inzredisnts Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists g GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone 177 f and an tion re Ss ancement made in the last ten years, | Captain Wallace, a resident of southeastern Florida for the past 16 ve and well-! known in Key West, stated] that he believed the young| men of Key West should} have a station for their con-| venience. | The new station will be i wewwrree anes ancy from noon Tues-| i $2,300 TAXES 13,. at which time capable! tion - commissioned officers} from the Miami office | PATROLMAN MAKING DRIVE ON DELINQUENT OCCUPA- TIONAL LICENSES on duty to help ‘ap start or continue thei caree \ Set. Floyd Crawford, for} many years a Florida resi-} dent and member-on-leave oi the State Highway Patrol, will be in charge of recruit- ing activities in the Key West | Area. . Crawford will be emphasizing reenlistments of veterans as well as the ad- vantages of a Regular Army career to seventeen and eig teen-vear-olds. He will als be able to point out to yc men about to graduate fron high school, just how they may recéive'a free college, ‘ education afte¥ serving in the Regular Army. An Army sedan will de- part from Key West at 9:00 a.m. Thursday with Crawford in charge. siring to enlist immed may travel with Sgt. Craw- ford to Miami, and will be sent the me day to Camp Blanding, Fla., for enlist- ment. The recruiting t make two three-day Key West each month, (Continued on Page Three) Pag TUBES REPAIRED by the Dill Electric Vulcamzer Lou Smith Auto Service | White at Fleming Phone No. § “Opposite Army Barracks” d Waite. oe Free Delivery WANTED SECRETARY Tax Coil today Sam B ector at number of occupational ued by the city are I, Demeritt stated unt did not mean y lic MASONIC NOTICE Annual Communic: Anchor Lodge No: 18. A. M., Dec. 10th at P.M. Election ensuing yea FILE $1,568.54 ON INCOME TAX coreai Char Sat. om of Fit 7:30 les Rob- of Officers be present. ine Masons invited DEMERITT, Ww GERALD H. ADAMS, M. AUTO PAINTING First Class Job with Pre-war Paint $45.00 NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite Bus Station NOTICE Precinct Number 1, | merly at Dixie Hall on White- ‘has been chang- ed to 1111 -Duval Street at the. corner, of Amelia and | eeeeeesacdey een EeR ae ee ey Ames “EW touetesoess, | ROASTERS. and FRYERS | PIONEER HOTEL ,2RADY's (Live) Poultry 181 N. E. FIRST STREET... and Egg Matket _ Duval, in front of the Cuban In the Heart of Miami | sesasatevteasaascneses | Citb, for the Special Beach The Rendezvous of Key West Bend Election to be held to- SERVICEMEN and morrow, December 11. _ PALACE THEATER | CIVILIANS MONROE COUNTY DENNIS O'KEEFE in K Ww revenue to the Apply Managce’ La Concha Hotel sees t for-' 2 Che Key West Citizrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER WEST, FLORIDA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1945 veeaeeeree DEMERITT SAYS ‘KEY WEST GOES | HOUSING GROUP OVER TOP IN DRIVE OF VICTORY LOAN: Key West has gone over the tep in the Victory Loan, as it had in all the other war bond drives, Jerry J. Trévor, chaiman of the Monroe County Bond Drive Committee, said todav. Key Wes’ts quota was $303,000, Mr. Trevor stated. and the sales thus far total aprreximately $400.000. However. he explained. sales of E Series bonds, bought bv individuals gen- erlly, hes isllen short of the specified emount of $228,000. Though the drive closed Saturdey~ for the sale of bonds*general!y. Mr. Trevor said, the salés cf Series E. F and G bonds will be con- tinued till the end of the month, and Kev “West* will be credited with’ thése™sales in the report of the fotals. - OFFICE EXPIRES: CITY MAN- AGER APPOINTS HOUSING COMMISSIONERS the Hous- r apo re, | le by the city na-| W. W. Demeritt =4| | pointme ' will b Mayor I! subject to legal determination, i Mr. Demeritt | Mr. Demeritt said furtt {this decision ci mere jortly adhd de ded de acting c r. Demer- a ARREST GARCIA SELLING LIQUOR : CHARGED WITH DISPENSING, oners whose j still activ INTOXICANTS ON ‘The pe com SUNDAY {itt said, ~ nited powers to four terms t are “ ccrecic jones appoint the hous.ng Singleton’s present ‘d to September of th or “until t is made”, . B. Kirke said the Chairman / term of offi 194 exe er a Housing Di said today other — directors were: who: tembe: term ms, ruled expire: 1 city bottle j tember, 1946. [Key West Junior Chamber: of Commerce P.O. BOX 4131 KEY WEST, FLORIDA : _ BEACH COMMITTEE e OFFICERS " ak Knight Dear Voters: ext Tuesday, December 11, x places to deter 1945, s to have modern trist and to provide places of recr our children. You will do more th . by your vote vou will decide if Key West remains in its it condition or if it will become prog ive and go id to become one of the most, if not the most, attractive community in Fierida, whete it rightfully belongs rou fb » taken the trouble tc register, the s without saying that you have the best interest of Mor- roe C ounty at near I, and the organization f represent, + rest of Key West and the Florida . tive. Our elub is composed of ng men, d Force ul citie: covered that as bad as tk be the rn men who have traveled far and seen many t many sordid ones. We have is neither as good as the best or owever, we do feel that Key West can "e community we have ever had the We are certain that with the united ef- ” thi ScecminsuS | signpost. By floating t bond j and encouragement to our new local! govern thems : nizations, and to the people Als so, this step will prepare the road for a other improvements which wil! naturally fol- F ure the best city of its size will be an 1 idle wi you that if the bond elect ion is won, the wasted. The first item on schedule is competent engineer to survey and to is better for the construction of the i ach will be situ- tructed. In addition, with the beach an actu attraction and with the cooperation of all “Conchs”, many other civic improvements will be forthcoming in the near} future. We all realize that Key West and the Florida Keys have the c he water for swimming and fishing. Have | we brought these attractions about by our own efforts? am afraid that we haven't, so how about stepping up to the polls ne Tuesday and let's start something on our | own to improve this section of Tourist Florida. Sincerely, JOE PINDER, Chairman, Beach Committee, Key West Jaycees. great IN THE »' es in the city reve you will go to the| I, Key West. Florida. o2s tne Most egust ate im th- a= sveTege ~ PabresbeR U.S.A. Bond ‘Election For Construction Of Beach To Be Held Tomorrow j * I ot nin hatin nin at hintaan tintin UP TO MANAGER |S. C. SINGLFTON’S TERM OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS OF KINGFISH a Bend- Fer Fimancimc | Boats cath From 300 To 900 “und Apiece Of Project ~<SBROUGHT 10 PORT SATURDAY, ‘SUNDAY | mame nesses ess BSAA SAASAALSSASSSESEES Rough checkup of the ocear q Flect Mills Around In Circle: 15,006 pounds of iP | were only bringit fish to a b The f 20 boats three | thi Found “Kings” Fishermen say just ou 0 Shoal This is the z from seven to fiftee Key West ye Outside Reefs vp fr e DIRECTORS { € REYNOLDS RITES TUESDAY MORNING MRS. 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