The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 11, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the best interests of Key West THE VOLUME LXVII. Three Candidates Mentioned.” For Representative ToiState Legislature: In May Primary, *== =" ~~ k jcertain marl top streets in the Cobo Qualifies With Coun-| "SID DL OMB @ “ity woud shortly be improved. i Petronia “street. between Duval ty Clerk; Papy And Bodoni Heads On jand Simonton streets will be fill-| Carbonell Will F. 1 ed and rolled and packed. After arbone: i ow Voge A ollow) Citizen Articles Shortly | No. 10 ill Improve Mart Streets’: ° i Very Shortly nly’ $10,000 '!"In “Budget” For Street’ Repairs; City’ Scarifier Being "Readie& For Operation By Dopp City Public Service Head Rob- ee months a tar surface is con- templated for the street, Mr. Dopp said. Same may be done to James street. There are a number of these marl top streets which will be rolled solid but placing of an a: phalt or tar surface on them will {depend upon revenues of the city!’ At present $10,000 is ‘set aside’ for the entire street repair- ing‘prégram ‘in the new budget now'’being worked up but this “won't’ go ‘tod. far”, Mr.) Dopp {The city equipmént' which is used’ fot scarifying, ‘rolling and} packing is being placed in shape} to be used, Mr. Dopp reports. In the cases of hard surface streets, where ruts have crept in, First type to come through the new Blue Streak lino- type machine will be seen in The Citizen today. : Many of the “heads” on front page and society art- icles are set in the distinc- tive Bodoni type face. Body type of’ ‘thé’ stoties, - while . new, ‘will’ remain ''the ‘same At least three men will be in| the race for the Democratic nom- | ination for Representative from! Monroe county in the primary | to be held on May 7 | Dr. Délio Cobo, the ‘third man| who has said he will run, qualifi-| ed yesterday afternoon’ in the} county clerk’s office. The other two are John Carbonell, Jr., and} | Bernie Papy, incumbent. Mr. Papy and Dr. Cobo opposed former ved representative two years ago, and a ve nee :1 votes! Joe Allen Heard Dr. Cobo informed The Citizen! At Lions Meeting e"fhachine’ is ‘thokor oughly ‘worked"in 'the ' pages®* of The Citizen, it Will haveva = “new dress”. 23 and mar! fill. On such streets as Caroline, in the vicinity of Grin- nell and Elizabeth streets ,noth- ing is contemplated in the near future until {urther funds are secured because the job will en- tail a complete retreading, as was done on Division street. Gambling Bond Was Estreated | BenjamfaitGuidbery Of Sidewalk Cafe ‘Involved In Case el votes and Dr 2, he will make his formal anounce-| ment in thi Mr Papy arc expected to declare their candi-| dacy formally in a few days rortly, and Relates Experiences During Stay In Pacific Theater Of War pape Carbonell and \ i == | Principal night's dinner meeting of the if al a Lease Taken On Key West Lions Club held in Casa Cayo Hueso | the den on Seminary street was’ | Joe Allen, 2 member of the club —— | recently returned ‘from duty in Henry C. Hoss To Take Over! tne Pacific Theatelwith heads Place Along South | quarters at Ok’nawa. Lion Joe Beach ‘kept his fellow club members Cayo Hueso, frequ ntly {in fine spirits as he recalled the thernmest humerous experiences _ along in the United § es, has) With more serious ones while leased for aterm of three} stationed at the Pacific outpost. at the rate of $7,000 a year,| One of the outstanding exper- cording to a document filed yes. lences he recalled was when he hl the county | Was suddenly projected into the pros “| tiotion ‘picture’, business with lessors Mills, Practically “no experience. He Annie E expressed keen pleasure at be- Henry ing back once more with his haha in the! old friends. that Mr during the Another feature which proved of the lease, provided his| to be a real treat on last even kept up to date, is iN8’s program was George purchase the prop-,Curry’s orchestra composed of the following: John’ Pritchard, provision is that, if anes Gus Ayala, trumpet: anybody else offers to buy the George Curry, drums and Jaci i Be - property at that price, Mr, Ross Crawley, guitar'st and vocalist Bae Lacey.’ a typical whole- be given the first opportunity This musical organization rend. | Me rege irl, is in love to buy, provided he makes his €ed a number of enjoyable | Wi! c ris Collins, a “lawyer decision within 20 days, and,| numbers and received much aps{WhO has handled her mother’s | PE eae plat business affairs since her coming dee awl be tarminatial) ack Aclen: Southard street to New York. Her heart is near- d of 90 days afier a bona! Merchant, was inducted .inty {/¥ broken when she learns that by any per membership by Past Deputy anitahte her fivther, “Laura, a anion District Governor Gerald Saund. | 2°) tht tyes aerator Among other provisions is that ¢Ts and responded with words} *"Raite ee ee petetees Mr. Ross will not be permitted, of appree’ation for the privilege | “4 Ses é ae tm sub-lease the house or any part Of becoming a lion. * Pont Cae Poa coetens her father of it except residential pur-, Group singing was led by S6NEy tay h anes Thee = ay a poses Leader J... Trombly and Eitn}/{3,20me Roselands,» in en- s } .| tucky, to get as far away as pos- a ee eee Louis _ Carbonell, c4mnposer‘ of! ¢ gg 4 % ARMANDO PEREZ Key ‘West. the Best” led in| sible from Chris and. Laura. Her GETTING RELEASE speaker’ at last Benjamin:'Goldberg, of Side- walk Cafe, case: W yesterday in city court, estreated a $50 bond: The Goldberg arrest is the first made recently on direct g: charges. New Serial Story Today refer house been years, d to a | ambling | i 4 =| rt Is J and Albe leasec Onc provi ons “ENCHANTED, JOURNEY”: IS TITLE OF STORY AP- nother PEARING TODAY fide offe or « is made son for inging i sepa z father, a handsome, dashing, ut- singing his popular composition. terly ruthless, _ withal cheering and lovable man, has not seen her since she was three and he had been divorced from’ Lapra. He has since remarried. Edith is enchanted with Rose- lands and her father. Her heart- ache slowly disappears and she completely forgets Chris when she falls violently in love with Burk Angus, the brother of Bar- bara, Whit’s second wife. Her father begins to show his true colors shortly after she ar- rives and the manner in which the aristocratic Laceys treat Burk soon shocks her. Complications arise and it looks as though her enchanted journey is about to end disastrously when her mother comes to her rescue. The ending is. a surprise, as you will see when you read Enchanted Journey, a second novel by Helen R. Wood- ward, starts in The Citizen to- day. ‘ Guests at last evening’s meet- ing were Otis Carey, Sam Sil-| berman. J. P. McDermott, Lion! Perez, Coxswain, US-/Curry, John Pritchard, Gus White street, Key Honickle of Utica, N. Y., George is one of 700 high-, Ayala Jack Crawley and ans whom the | Vicente Molina, Jr. is bringing k aboard the U io dtes Bisiac vevvvwwvwwvvvvvvee BRIAREUS. U from YOUR DEALER NAVARRO, Inc 2444444444444644 and attack tran: Navy's famed “Miz fleet left Okina De- 2, and was scheduled to he West Coast about De- 0 directly to 1 Centers nearest their fore returning to civilian life by Tommy Thompson : and His Band. homes AES ET SIRES ITE NORTH BEACH INN COFFEE SHOP *Full-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m. Spanish Home-cooked DINNERS by Reservation We Are Now Accepting COLOR FILM for DEVELOPING and PRINTING SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. Residence 475-J Saw VV ‘ SS ETE AN ELE WE ARE... HYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone 5 “Opposite Army Barracks” OF HIS OFFICE for the General Practice of Medicine and Surgery 420 Simonton Street PHONES: Office 604 and patching wili be done with a tar |’ { Pel TS TO Ten. dollars in silver coins will be ‘tossed into the watet | Sunday| afternoon. at two !. o’clock at the north endof Duval Street to be recovered by young colored-boy divers. The event is for the enter- tainment of visitors and ca- sera fans desiring to see aigh-pitched action and com- petitive diving. The public is welcome to witness the stunt from the public prop- erty. but is requested not, to trespass on the adjacent pri- vately-owned docks and grounds. The Advertise - Key - West Council is sponsoring the event and furnishing the KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1946 TOURIS E NEGROES COINS: SUNDA’ funds which were contribut- ed by members attending the regular. meeting last Wed- nesday. The Council con- siders it a small-eyent typic- al of others of local character which may furnish interest- ing. unique attractions for visitors. Key West is said to be the only community in America with skilled, juven- ile colored coin divers, In past years, the local colored boys provided many a photo- grapher with unusual shots. Quarters, dimes, half dollars and dollars will be tossed. Other aquatic events are tentatively contemplated for white swimmers and divers at a later date. | | 1 Fact-Finding Board:Heard On: | Motors‘Strike, + Suggests An Offer: Of°17.4 Pe: cent Increase: In Wages That Will Ammount .To 1942 Cents An Hour (Ry Associa WASHINGTON, President ‘Truman's fact-finding | board, which haa been. holding | hearings on the General Motors! strike, today suggested an offer} of 17:4 percent incre in wages, which amount to 191% cents an hour. { Leaders of the automobile! unions said that the proposal. will! be voted on in Detroit by strikers | on Sunday, »ut no comment-on| the proposal has yet been made! by company officials. It was reported that the threat- ened isteel srtike may be averfed hy the government's agreeing to} permit stecl companies to. ify | crease the price. It was'said that! the government may seize the; plants. Another news veloped here is will make a furthe taxes that Wadd oh con§fjed | to: es paying ? tHe “lower brackets. If, they meagure be- comas ag lay fit She Ae co into effect UM next year. ELBERTSONS BACK HOME FROM THIP Mr. and Mrs. Fielden Elbertson, | who had been spend ng a visit in Tampa, Vero cscach and several other points on the east and west coast of Florida, returned to Key West during the week. At Tampa they visited with Mr. Elbertson’s ter, Mrs. Etna Dillaberry and other relatives. 's. Elbertson were ac- companied on the trip as far as! Miami by” their daughters, Mrs.! Shirley Lieder, and Miss Joan El-! bertson, who attended the Bowl football game in Miami. on New Year's, and also witnessed! the | spectacular — street parade} which was held in connection with} the Orange Bow] festivities. They report having spent an ex-} ceedingly enjoyable outing at the; diferent points included in their! itinerary during the tour made of; Pres) * Jan. | item that that congéag cut in income ' | { | | the various sections through thei tain €. E: Reordan ‘in a‘ signed! southern and middle portions of} the state. \ NOTICE To Advertisers Effective January Ist, 1946 FRONT PAGE ADVERTISING RATES Are As Follows: Insertions _* » Contriict TWO or MORE INSERTIONS PER..WFEK on Contratt stipulated “> Per davs for Column Rates for POLITICAL or Other Advertis. %, one year Inch Special Classification ing on Front Page upon request *The publisher reserves the [} right to limit the size of adver- tising for any day to conform with space available og day of publication. | & Plc Ciets Car Struck:By {dehy Pritchard No- Arrests Have Been Made; Ac- eident: At Corner Of Simonton And Caroline Streets Early This Morning Chevrolet automobile driven 11—/by. John Pritchard crashed into | Police Chief Eisn for four o’clock thi: morning. The police chi car was driv- en by Call Officer Burkin. Con- siderable damage w reported on both cars in the accident. Po- lice Lieutenant Atwell was in- jured. The police chief and his men were going acri car just be- the interse IN - THE U.S.A. Che Key West Citizen | SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER PRICE FIVE CENTS Of Telephone. Offices (¢ Arca Today: Over Wi More Men In Service To Get _ Their Release ‘Four Hundred Thousand To Be Placements, Secretary Patter- son Reports (Ay Associated Press) TOKYO, Jan. 11.—Secretary of War Robert. Patterson said j today that 400,000 United States ‘serv-ce.men in the Pacific will j be discharged by. May 1, re- gardless of what, the number of replacements may be). in),.the _ meantime. ! dn Honolulu, Lieutenant. Gen- | eral Roy Geiger ordered marines ; under his command not to par- j ticipate in any demonstration against reported delavs in the home-going of servicemen and {women in the Pacific. He pro- ‘hibited assemblies ef any kind, jexcept for military, religious oi recreational purposes). ; (As the army has not prohibit- ed demonstrations, soldiers in , Honolulu again complained about ‘the slowness in returning them ;to ther homes. They issued a jfour-point protest, which was i given to their commanders with the reauest that it be sent to ithe war department in ‘Wash. tion of Caroline and Simonton —s~e- who.was suspected of attempting to jimmy a window in: the neigh- borhood. No arrests were -made in the case. R. NOB Award Of Cheek: For: %, Personnel Relations Officer and | Chairman of the Monroe County Infantile Paralysis Committee, the recipient of an award authc ized by C. E. Reordan, Command- er, Naval Operating Base. This award, which consists of a check for $50, was presented to Mr. S: ra for a beneficial suggestion con- sisting of a carefully prepared an- alysis of the potential benefits ob-{ e tained under the Civil Serv Re- tirement Act. Mr. Sierra inter- Orange} perted the Act for the purpose of] presenting a clear understand of what civilian workers might personally gain by remaining on thé jobat Key Wests The Disburs | ing Oficer of the Naval Station has been authorized to make the’) $50. payment: Mr: Sierra’s efforts have beech personally recognized by Cap- leter’ of commendation. Sugges- tions submitted by civilian em-) | ployees of the Navy which receive} such awards are forwarded to the Navy Department at Washington, and if found acceptable for use throughout other naval establish-; ments may result in an additional award to the suggestor. Genuine ree” PART ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS Phone 442 Cars i 116 Duval, Jefferson Hotel Bldg.' The Sugaloa Trio will not plav tonight or to- morrow night but will resume playing on Tues- day night, Januarv 15th. On the Air Every Night at 11:30, Effective Tuesday Night for All; Streets. searching) for a prowler, | | | Siam’: But Still Lonely 8 Best Friongy Died: During War By LYNN HEINZERLING + Newhart ua pel z6 Berlibf; FaIG—Abnh! ane-g3- r-old clephapt bull who took up tbSidenee.instte Berlin Zoo the fhmé yedr ‘Adolpf Hitler moved Ralph Sierra, Assistant Civilian inte the German Chancellory, 19-) Batghmann, Arent Sjursen Jr 8, is still shuffling around in his compound there, but his eight best friends died in the war. The eight friends, all elephants, were killed during the heavy air raids on Berlin, which together with the dwindling food supplies very nearly depopulated the zoo, once one of the best in the world. There are now only about 200 an- imals left in the zoo and they are living in the sorry ruins of a once | gay and popular establishment. Cages are all askew in meny | parts of the zoo. The heavy net- j ting of the aviary was pierced in i many places by heavy Bomb fragr j:menis: Walks: are broker thd the | grads sis untended. 'NevbMtHeles | | bothy.Germans ‘and /AHied' ‘troops \@are frequent: visitors. {4 Peanuts are not f4tthcoming | and Siam shows it)’ His thick hide hangs about‘ him ‘like ‘a GT blank- et. The elephant is now fed on a diet of potato peels and weeds. The good hay is saved for the zebras which have been losing wise is on a diet of potato peelings and a poor grade of hay. The parrots came through the rough days of the war in the best shape and there is a large and noisy selection of them. The mon- ys are having a bad time. They are eating lettuce, cabbage, turn- ips and spoiled potatoes instead of the bananas, figs, dates, fruit and nuts they once got. The management had to do away with the sea lions and pen- gains entirely because of their ;tich diet, Th ‘the ‘old days, the Keepers uged to drop fresh her- ring into‘their big mouths ‘at the, rate of several hundred potinds a day, a 1 ROASTERS and Battery Raised FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) POULTRY and EGG T |1214 white st. Phone 546 nnd Discharged Regardlses Of Re-! Get the zooris open for business py weight lately. Tne rhinoceros like-} (Result Of Western Electric | Strike That Began In New Jersey Several Days Ago Start Survey | To Determine Utility Users » Maloney Interviews Scaven- tee Pass) Msloney: Interv wen’ | NEW YORK, Jan. 11.— ger, Sewerage Users Not Listed | fh € didhanerorenini a | of tel © companies of- In City: Many Connected Not} ae : ‘ é : Listed {fice began this morning in most |parts. of the United States, as Mrs. Evangelina Maloney will/result of the Western Electric commence a survey of the city;strike that began in New Jersey to determine actual users of the | several days ago and then spread city’s. sewerage, and..,scavenger, to this city and then to Washi anes system with .a, view, to reporting ; ton. the users to Public Service, Head!» Eighty-five percent of Robert Dopp. |distance messages going out A .great. many persons have ; coming to this city has been cut been. connected to city cewerage | off. and are not listed in the city.| Orde Similarly, numbers set their tast nix garbage out in various places} 3 and the total number of persons |" ~ ee on using the scavenger system are lS of America, ‘but, after a con- not listed. iference with Secretary of La In a recent advertisement, the Schwellenbach, Weave: Public Service Department gave'call off his order and notice that anyone who had’ that it was then too late. connected to city sewerage with-| Reason for that action w out permission should notify the! cause of a request made by city. j Wellenbach to ‘rescind the ¢ juntil a conference could | !by him with representatives the companies and the unior Reports received here all over the counrty said that t phone, workers had refused Of Legion Pos SS: |eross .picket lines, and that Four.New Applications ov. number of workers so i! | ed At sisi, ange + | totaled 263,000. day Night | | } | | (By Assoriatea Press) Picket | a Tas picketing was issued by Ernest Weaver, president c. the Telephone W« learned er beld if to the The following were given the | obligation of the American Legion at ‘he vegular metingéof Arthur | Sawyer Post No. 28 on Wednesday | évening: Leon E. Albury, Joseph | L. ‘Menendez, Louis L. Van Geld- fer, Malcolm Roberts, Jr, Ray W. | 'Peacock, Onelig Mujica, Robert G.' ' Knowles, Farlin P, Guzewich, Sid- hey Eishorn, James Griffin, John F. Romagucra, Joseph Y. Porter, IV, Victor J. Hartmann, George ‘Water Pressure ack On Tonight For Six Weeks Water began flowing thr the pipe line from Florid: today to the city and pr« “ steadily rise so that it will y second floor facilities by four o'clock this afternoon. avy Publie Wo: Comander Allen Hoar notifies the Aqueduct Commission each timc the line is-broken to transfer the pipe lines from undery nections to land and pilir ! dations. The present change was mae Jewfish Creek. Next coupling of the line and securing of in the.city will be approximat wetks away. During the period of securin the line the Aqueduct Cominission anks and supp y at low presute \ usually is just suffitient/ito reach first floor or ground |ednaedtii If pressure can be maint the water will continue to be sent through but if it cannot it will be secured by Aquedggt Commission to build up reserve from six p. im to. taiorrow morr at 6 a.m. | Frank A. Hunter. \ | U. J. Delgado, Captain of the | Guard of Honor, stated that uni- | forms for the Honor Guard had | been ordered. The next réegudar {iene of the guard will be held Friday, January 11, at 8 p.m. | G. Reeves, Murfenburg, Tenn., | was a visiting legionnaire. | Col. Frank Chalmers and E. H. | Stirk, Civil Service Commission ' representatives from Atlanta were jpresent at the meeting. They ‘gave most interesting addresses ‘in regard to the application ;of the Civil Service applica- tion of the Civil Service regula- /'tiéns''as applied for the veterans. | They _ cohducted questions and ariswers forgm for, the benefit of thilse, in ‘dittbhdance’ \ ' fo he followihg ‘additiona] appli- ‘ cations ‘werd aproved: William R. | Wairen, Lawrence w. | Cressey,, | Raul Llanes, Jean P. Bales | The membership in attendance | concurred with a resolution as ad- | opted by the State Veterans Com- | mission pertaining to the many | surplus supplies and equipment available to the discharged vete- | rans. It further seates that veter~ ans are frequently and generally l omarented from purchasing such surplus property by the complex- jity of the rgu’ations and prac- |tices of the officials and bureaus | having charge of the disposal of ; the surplus property and by ap- ‘parent discrimination against ;such veterans in favor of dealers! and wholesalers. Concurrence of the resolution will be forwardd | to each member of the Congress | frorh the State of Florida to the rm the State of Florida | and ‘to any otfier officials of the UMAR “States ‘Government and) thetstate of lovida having juris-| jer. 3 Office NAR ARADRBAAAABABAARAD PRESCRIPTIONS f."::3:2 edienty Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone 177 Free Delivery AAmAsAAAAASASSAALZA PALACE THEATER GENE AUTRY in “UNDER FIESTA STARS” “ews and Serial vewvvwvvwres NOTICE Dog licenses’ required by City Ordinance will be on sale from 2 to 5 P.M. each day, effective Thursday, Jan- uary 10, at the Woman’s* Club, Duval Street. Poin- ciana and. MacArthur Sec- tions, apply at Apt. 240-C, Poinciana Extension. vee PH oovedsooes Kitchen and Dining Room Help of .All Kinds Apply to Chef. LA CONCHA HOTEL Coocccccecccccesoooccces \ ‘CSERREERERBEE ET <P