The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 21, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR By PATRICIA pdb Faculty Of Divisio PHONE 535 n Street School Honored By Parent-Teacher Asso. A party for the faculty of the Division street school was given by the room mothers Friday afternoon in the annex of the Ley Memorial Church. "Mrs. Marion Curry welcomed the faculty and to get the party started, group singing was held. Then four games were played with Mrs. David Spurlock win- ning two of the prizes and Miss Miriam Carey and Mrs. Jennie Lee Brady winning the other two A very delicious luncheon was, served of ham, potato salad, let- tuce and tomator, coffee and pie. ‘Mrs. Mary Hampton was the chairman of the refreshment ;committee with “Mts. Jeanette Sawyer, "Mrs. Annié Maloney and’ Mrs. ‘Anna Rosam’ serving under her. The annéx W&s'eolorfully dec- orated with yellow and blue | streamers, radiating from the ceiling and the tables gracefully held bouquets of blue and pink flowers. The piano held a large bouquet of gladioli, which were given to Miss Francis Cochran in honor of her birthday. In charge of the program was Mrs. Dorothy Edwards. Gloria Vanderbilt, Husband Leopold | Stowkowski, Buys Persian bells and a Persian bell anklet from the rading Post were the gifts selected by Leopold and Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski on their, one day visit to Key West, -Sat- urday. Mrs. itching rindel skirt, Persian camel Stokowski was very: in. a “shocking © pink a white Mexican: William Karpen Is Prize Winner William L. Karpen, PhM2c, of} Boca Chica, was the winner of the first prize at the regular Sun- day night bingo games at the USO Ciub, 303 Duval Street, last night The prize was a telephone call to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lew- is Karpen, 141 Pear Street, Read- ing, Penna., whom he will call long distance Thursday evening. This is Bill’s second assignment in Key West and he is very glad to be here again. He says it is the next best place to Reading, Penna. A large number of servicemen and women and their families were present at last night's bingo games. The number caller was Melvin Pohle, Jr., Sic, of St. Louis, Mo. Here’s Favorite Conch Soup Even rejected manuscript may be thrown into the soup pot. But this soup favors Conchs. CONCH SOUP Four conchs, four potatoes, two quarts water, one-quarter pound salt pork, one half stick butter, two tablespoons tomatoes, one large onion, one sweet pepper. Wash conchs and grind with po- Bells Here blouce with a tiny red was parted in the middle and drawn straight’ back, the ends plaited in braids and drawn up like a little’ girls. Around her head she, Wér¢ a vivid red Bab- uabke E00 : ‘The touplé’had dinnét’ at Casa Cayo ‘Huieso before leaving for Miami. Miss Lake Weds In April An early April wedding is be- ing planned by Miss Orchid Lake and. H.. Earl Duncan. Their en- gagement was announced Jan- uray twelfth by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lake, parents of the bride- efect. Miss Lake is a very popular girl of Key West and her finance is from Kingsport, Tennessee. At the same time Mrs. Oscar Solano announced the engage- ment of her daughter; Elsa, to Thomas P. Duffy: of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jayshees To Meet Tonight There will be a meeting of the Jayshees held this evening, be- ginning at 8 o’clock, at the Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce club- house. if Mrs. Daniel Lopez and. Mrs. William Dominguez will be hos- tesses on the occasion. Everready Star Club To Meet There will be a regular busi- ness meeting of the Everready Star Club held on Tuesday after- ~ Qualifies F | | | | or P. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN rimary ‘ Sona Race | Pictured above, former Governor Spessard L. Holland is shown with Secretary of State R. A. Gray, as he qualified in Gray's office in ribbon! Tallahassee as a candidate for the office of United States Senator tied around her throat. Her hair| from Florida, subject to the action of the democratic primaries in Up to the present time no other candidate has qualified for May. | the office. CVV VV VV UIT AADAL444ADA*ABMDDED NO ONE CREDIT One’ of the biggest bangs I get out of life is a person narrow minded enough to claim credit for a city-wide project himself.| As this column has stated many times a project brought to cul- mination is the result of the! blood, sweat and tears of many; scores of persons and the first! idea started so far back that most of us do not remember’ the fir: one. suggesting it. Thus the ex-) presison Hitler gave Key West its greatest present, the Navy: Yard and the water pipe line. Your ‘publicity agencies be it Saturday Evening Post, Miami Daily News, or Key West Citi-' zen are merely your public rela-} tions groups. One of the princi-} pal persons to be praised is the man or men who pick up the ball and run well with it. Thus in the Overseas Bridges for in- stance, the first man to well take. up the ‘ball and go along with it was William R. Porter. | At first Mr. Porter was opposed to the bridges but when he realized just what it meant he put money and work into it by lobbying in Washing- ton. The next group to take up the ball again and carry it were | the: government groups in Key, West he for the “Rehabilita-' tion’ Period” which boosted RFC to make the Joan. It is important for publicity agencies to fully represent all groups that thought s 1 | CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. 0 tin tn tnt tintn tn tnt ntl AAI tt Me te MM tte te tte te waterfront and my thought that tourists and: new folks: nere have a surprising lot to learn about Key West ways and. have about as much education along this line as Key .Westers have in learning visitors’ ways. “Florida Sportsmen” and “Flo- rida Outdoors” is still picking up The Citizen waterfront stories} and has just given a boost to our} fishing by using the story. that} it costs less to go deepsea fishing} in Key West than -in Miami.) These magazines have an all} Florida fishing circulation and use Russell Kay’s clipping serv- ice. By the way the fishing docks are crowded: these ‘days with sportsmen trolling in the briny deep. All kinds of.fine fishing catches are being made. The bot-} tom fishing and sightseeing} boats are nearing ‘completion with the bottom fishing ‘boat getting its final coat of” paint} out at Gulf Dock. There will be} another bottom fishing ‘boat in} Key West soon I understand. ° . NC GOOD ON FIGURES The argument for the numbers even Key Westers can find their! way around the city easier. This} i strong argument, because! tourists do: have a tough time} | finding their way. around the is a HOTEL ASSOCIATION CON- DUCTING SURVEY ON SAN- ITARY CONDITIONS Cooperating with Sanitary De-' partment Head Millard Gibson, Mr: Mark of the Hotel Associa- tion here is conducting a survey of hotels with gradings for cleanliness regarding sanitary facilities, Highest graded so far was the Gulf Srteam Hotel and Res- taurant, City Manager Dave King said today. Mr. King em- plasized how importany jt is; for hotels locally to have their! sanitary facilities in good shape. | ie survey which was begun this week will continue through the week. Mr. King stated that if the! restaurants which were below par did not change within a/ reasonable length of time that their licenses would be taken | | i | | Rally Tomorrow The Youth for Christ Rally} will be held tomorrow. evening! Tuesday, January 22/' beginning, at 7:30 o'clock, at*ythe i First: Methodist (Stone) Church. The’ guest Speaker will be Rev. W. A.| Freeman, who is an evangelistic! preacher. These meetings are! growing spiritually as well as in number. Other special entertainment will be duets on the organ and piano by Miss Grace Lovelace, the lovely WAVE, and Tom Howes, the preacher’s son. Musical talent from all groups and churches is being contribut- ed to this worthy cause. LUMLEY PARK IS BACK HOME AGAIN Thomas Lumley Park, son of Mrs. Camille Park of 1319 Eliza street, who spent 15 months! overseas with the United States forces, has ‘re¢eived an Honorable discharge from the service, and has returned to Key West. While overseas, Mr. Lumley was awarded the following med- als: European Theater of Opera- tions, Asiatic Pacific, good con- duct, Philippine Liberation Ame- rican Defense, and three battle! stars. CATES RETURN | HOME FROM TRIP | Youth For Christ ! Deputy United Marshal and Mrs. Myrtland Cates returned } on the streets is that tourists and| home this morning from Ander-/ pie piles.” son, West Virginia, where they | had transported two women, prisoners to the Federal Refor- matory for women. They report having run into |ing camp and found instant re-| | scene. Women who've been push-| Colorado, that this is distressing | ing heavy sand trucks or passing and humiliating to all Americans | | the shabbier looking men and bid city now.: However, one of the, a snow storm at Lincolnton, N. | MONDAY, JANUARY 21, -1946 By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen Yameshita’s Attorneys Cite Some U. S. Brutality The appeal of the Japanese General, Yamashita, to the Su- preme Court. of the nited States, is an ‘ercellent: ill ‘a- * tion of the length to whith a great nation will permit its enemies to go in their claim to justice. ‘Interesting indeed is the as- sértion of defense attorney, appointed by the Army to de- fend the Jap military leader, that an American brigadier gen- Navy Photo { eral, during the Philiprines in- HERBERT H. WITNEY, civilian Su!Tection, once ordered deatn worker at NOB, has known Flor-| for all those over ten years of ida since Miami was a tiny fish-| 26 who were able to bear arms. | The attorney also alleged that the same general ordered itorch put to everyhing that lief from asthma when first com- ing here. Berlin Street Organ Cheers _ Women POWs AP Newsfeatures | added that the officer was court- imartialed and jment was an admonishmert jfrom President Theodore Roose- | velt. | The position’ of the govern-{ | ment’s attorneys was that no_ {enemy bell gerent, who invades; | our territory, can acquire legal jtights to; recourse in our civil! BERLIN—The organ grinder, courts. ie bane ey AEE ti y a _| légal’ printiba fs “Soul an. re era! ny ee 5 pe (gpa itends,.Yamashsta’s. chance | apgared tor tirst time, since Wat! fbr judicial interference with| in rubble-lined streets of. down-| the verdict of the military trib-| town Beriin. !unal that condemned him. He’s just a tramp trying to make a catch-penny living in the ruined city but today he created a street scene indelibly imprinted, A special Senate sub-comm t- upon the meory of a reporter for! tee is investigating the entire American-licensed Tagesspiegel question of demobilization, with | (Daily Mirror): |some emphas‘s upon the causes “All of a sudden, from amidst |for the deplorable situation that; the ruins, a little song floated up| has resulted in parades, demon- | The organ grinder has reapeared Strations and_ protests by the} and is dispensing his penny mel-|armed forces of the United} ancholy. | States. “At a corner of Wilhelmstrasse| We thoroughly agreg@ with} he has created an unforgettable! Senator Edwin C. Johnson, of | | Protests Of Armed Forces | To Be Subject Of Inquiry bricks from hand to hand in a;and that the causes should be} chain of gangs of rubble clear-| brought out into the open. ers, have abandoned their tasks} We hope that the results of and are embracing each other, the ‘investigation will disclose and dancing—dancing a waltz in}to every . American’’#he basic | the runied street. |reason for the demoralizing drift | “A group of returned prisoners! in the morale of American sold-! of war comes shuffling up the/iers. Similar incidents, in time} and try a few clumpsy steps. Then| of war and in the face of the} The women,rush, to them and enemy, would amout to mutiny! surround them. The shabby look-| and might easily spread to re-| ing women put their arms around | volt, i We hope that the senatorial them dance. The shy, broken! Gann et will not attempt to men light up with slow smiles! 2 and rty a few clumsy steps. Then) SEES ET they stop. Breathing heavily, the your Grocer SELLS That GOOD. “2, fue on tte pee! STAR & BRAND COFFEE shuffle along their road_back.| Try A Pound Today! The women go back to their rub-) AMERICAN | and CUBAN A.M. Goehring On Visit To City, the | | would burn on Samar island. He that his punish-' | === = MIAMI , White-wash its inquiry or to find fan easy scape-goat upon which ‘to put the blame. There are a number of factors which have contributed to the alarming spread of an_ insurgent spirit among our armed forces. Some of them are to be’ found in the. military department, ,others in. the Congress ' itself (and still others, we regret to iy, in the unreasonable attitude of the American people toward the demobilization of their arm- ,ed forces. | ‘WILLIAM HAMILTON GETS NAVY RELEASE William J. Hamilton, son of Mrs. Flo Parker of. 905 Virginia street, has been honorably dis- charged from the United States Navy after serving | nineteen months in the European and | Pacific Theater aboard the U. S. S. Dixie. . He has’ been awarded the fol- lowing ribbons: Asiatic Pacific, with five battle stars, Philippine Liberation, Presidential Unit Ci- tation, American Theater, 'Euro- pean Theater, aga Victory Medal. Pet Mink Started ‘Backyard*Fur Ranch Low (By Assocititdd Press) BINGHAM, Me.) ‘fai?%1 —Un- der protest Mrs. Floyd Boying- ton agreed eight years ago to care for two mink which her traper-husband brought home as pets. She soon became interested in the little animals, and has turn- ed that interest into a business that in 1945 produced 300 pelts. Her backyard mink ranch keeps Mrs. Boyington busy the year ‘round. And from April, when the “kittens“ are born, un- til late November, when the pelts are ready for market, her hus- band also has to be on the job daily. > e Senator Morse denounces “re- actionaries” in his own ‘party. Relief At Last. For Your Cough Creomuision relieves promptly be- panine $6 use rigith to. the sor the trouble help, loosen. and . expel tm laden , and aid nature soothe and heal raw, tender, ine 1d bronchial mucous me Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis eee ee at POPULAR PRICES pleasures of - hitting a tourist|C., and were snowed in until, a \ : town is going to the Chamber of| the highways were cleared for} A. M. (Bill) Goehring, of the | Commerce, getting a points of] traveling. ‘firm of Garcia and Goehring of interest folder and a map and| Mr. and Mrs. Cates stated Chicago and Tampa, arrived in barn pee Nat See ce setting out to se the town. I did! that they were glad to be back Key West yesterday and will re-| i TELEP! this in Bermuda, St. Augustine,| home again, where ey can main until Tuesday morning! Catalina Island, Los Angeles,| enjoy the sunshine after plough- , when he will leave on his return Hollywood and found my way}ing through so much snow at to Chicago headquarters. ; | EB. ist A’ around quite nicely without ben-| different sections during the’ Mr. Goehring, who is familiarly | | Pitcairn ae es” ciovabee efit of street numbers. Another! trip. jknown to his numerous friends; Solari Heated? '""":' LOCATED IN HEART OF CITY | tatoes. Put to boil in two quarts! NOon, beginning at 3 o'clock, at, water. In another gauecent fry| the home of Mrs. Florine Mesa,/ out the salt pork, tomatoes, but-; 1211 Washington street. ; ter, onion and one tablespoon} All members of the organiza- flour, and sweet pepper. Put to-j tion are requested to be in at- gether with the conchs andj tendance. their liquid, and cook for about} ome hour until it thickens. may jell into actio) a) ae RACKETEER* ~°.BLING I have cheched over carefu these reports that outside gam | lers may come ! > and of course ° | that these may be the type of Social Calendar’ | racketcers such as we have in | Miami come to Key West. The WAC Officers Visit Captain Moss McDaniel and Miss of Jonesboro, In- diana, are visiting Capt. Hen- rietta C. Moss at her home on Margaret Street The two WAC officers served together at Ft. Oglethorpe, Hol- landia, Oro Bay and Manila. Lt. “June Bertie Kelle MONDAY Key West! Players, Bain" The 8:00 p.m. shee ‘Méeting. “8 p.m. Jun- ior Chamber, of Commerce Clubhouse. x * TUESDAY Everready Star Club Meeting, Residence of Mrs. Florine Mesa, 1211 Washington St. 3 p.m. ie Ja) ATLANTA WOMAN (Continued frezp Page One) is widow of a Presbyterian minister, Rev. T. R. Husk. For the past two years she has had charge of the Southeastern office oi the American Mission to Lepers located in Atlanta. Her territory embraces seven states including Florida. Mrs. Husk will discuss lep- rosy as a disease, the oldest rec- orded disease and one which the medical profession still con- siders a mystery. She will talk about leprosy in the United States, especially the National Leprosarium at Carville, Louis- iana. She will discuss leprosy as a world health problem as well as a challenge to Christian peo- ple everywhere. Since during the recent war millions of American’s choice young people have lived and undergone great privations in the parts of the world where Jeprosy is most China, India, Burma, Siam, s the prevalent —| DAUGHTER BORN ing six pounds, seven ounces, on Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Taylor at the Municipal Hospital. HUGE WORKING FORCE BALTIMORE.—At peak force, 40,000 persons work''ih the Pen- tagon building in‘‘Washington, 15,000 more thah ‘work in. the’ 11 buildings ‘of Néw York’s famous Rockefeller center. ‘ Japan is facing crisis period, with the food shortage urgent. Mrs. Husk’s visit to this district should be of great interest to everybody. The public is cor- dially invited to hear her. The American Mission to Lep- | | | police have informed me that Announcement has been made; of the birth of a daughter, weigh-| ers is an International, Inter- | they are keeping a; close e, { this sort of situation. They | definitely. that racketeers | be carefully watched re; | establishing here. Folks who |\weré worried about this sort of | situation developing can breathe jeasier, But always keep your eyes open. There have been some indications lately. e ° MASTER OF CEREMONIES ! One of the surprises, to me, of the Winter Visitor Social last Friday was the master of cere- monies job done by Mr. Wolkoff of the Postoffice Inn. Possessed | of a lusty, clear and quite nice voice, Mr. Woikoff led the com-} munity singing. By the way cor- respondents on the story forgot’ to mention that ice cream was) donated -by Gulfstream restau-} rant, I. Wiener, manager. Mr. | Wolkoff. is .one of the prime | moving © spirits of ‘the Hotel Men's’ Association and of the | Advertise Key.West Council. 1) like the way he knocks off bull: shobdting . and. gets* his sleeves: BRS for ‘action, His daugh-' | ter is visiting him at present with | hers two. ren but will soon, | leave for Chicago. © j ° 2 HE'S MY. SCOREKEEPER Mr. Dillinger, local hotel mana- | ger, who is my favorite corres- | pondent.and praises or scores me ‘as he thinks the column should | be praised or scored has me on the carpet..again. This. time he i thinks the concrete block fac- tory should be allowed rather | + some of the local citizens on the nicesthing for tourists is stopping | street and asking the direction to! a point of interest! People like} to do this because that way they} get to talk to the local folk. Key Westers too who are quite friend- ly with tourists seem ‘to derive) enjoyment from giving ‘these| directions and adding what lo-} cal information they have on the point of interest. The local names which are from {founders and the quaint lanes all have in- terest for visitors who have talk- ed considerably about their lik- ing for these names. . e WINTERP VISITOR SMILES Scores of persons have talked! to the Hotel Men of the city and} praised them for their Winter) Visitor's Social last Friday| night which will be a regular weekly affair. You could watch! drove the pirates from ihe Keys,' Pythias Hall on Fleming street. the faces of the visitors as they made the rounds of other folk, jocal and visitor, ¢xchanging; ‘names in a game contest_and see how mucH’fun they were hav- ing. More ofthis friendly} smil-| ing .between visitors and} local folk, betwen the Boys in}Navy! Blue and, loéal. folk. .N ig is} uglier, than: an .afgument and nothing is more. beautiful than ‘laughter between two people. By, these socials hotel men hope to} have programs worked up which} will Stop some of the hasty rush-| ing in and out of tourists. Qne of} the hardest points to get over is) Key West's attractions because we are so pitifully inorganized) right now to present them. But) we are on our way, and fine ETHAN RAINWATER | IS NOW IN JAPAN (Special to The Citizen) ABOARD THE USS PALA- WAN, Jan. ,21.—Ethan Rainwat-'| er, fireman, first class, 827 White street, Key West, is serving aboard this floating repair base at Sasebo in Kyushu, Japan. The work includes servicing and repairing minesweepers which still have waters to clear of mines, larger ships which are Janding occupation troops, and coastal patrol craft. | | going to get a lot of fun out of it. } | ° ° U. S. NAVAL STATION (Whitehead and Greene) Commodore David Porter, who made Key West a base of Navy! operations in 1822, The base was! abandoned after suppression of piracy in this area: In 1856 the Navy built a store house here,! but nothing further was done} until the outbreak of the Civil’ War. During the Spanish-Ameri-! ean War naval forces in the! campaign were based here. Dur-} ing the World War Key West! was used as a base for teeta and planes employed in anti-! submarine warfare activities. In| unique plant varieties in the} yard are included the Indian} mulberry and pandanus or screw} pine. During World War 11, the} base greatly expanded and be- came an important convoy cen- ter, anti-submarine warfare base, ‘here as Archie, is.q.brother of) Captain Ed Goehring, who was} one of the outstanding builders of | the Gandy Bridge, bétween Tam-| pa: and St. Petersburg, and who} is now employed at the local} Navy Yard. | Bill Goehring, while here, is! visiting relatives and friends and | states that Key West tooks most wonderful to him, and also says that he likes his bean soup, conch style. He concluded by saying that he is exceedingly delighted to be back’ in the Island City once more, which is his home town. Pythian Sisters To Meet Tonight Key West Temple No. 20, Pythian -Sisters, will meet to- night at 7:30 in the Knights of | The . District Deputy Grand Chief Miss Francis Cochran has announced that a school of in- structions ‘will be held and_all officers members are urged ‘to. atten ; “Experiment Perilous” Coming: “Within These Walls” MONROE THEATER | { 2 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS SiATION DAADDA ADDS ADAED DS ADEDSADABAAASABASAD COMING.--2 NIGHTS--COMING Key West Jan. 23-24 WED. THURS. HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Sponsored by the Key West Basketball Team W. S. M. : GRAND OLE OPRY Radio Stars in Person from Nashville, Tenn. Presenting Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys with Lester Flatt Big Howdy Foster Earl Scruggs josephus A. Mirth- quake of Fun BILL MONROE Little Sally Ann The Kentucky Song Bird and many other All Stars of WSM Ie am masasebaba sa sasaseebbsesebeeeeae RARAAAY Japan, the Islands of the Pacific] racial and Interdenorninational | than. the marine railway at the and Africa, and since leprosy! society, organized to give physi-| foot of Simonton street. Mr. Dil- s germs may live in a human] cal and spiritual cleansing to the! linger liked the Christmas editor-' grams. The clubs of the city are) ship repair base, mine wartere! body for as long as twenty! millions who are the victims of! ial this column printed, disliked the backbone of this-social move-) base and very large Coast Guard years before becoming active,.this cruel and dreaded disease. | again Key West's “eyesore”| ment and I think -everyone is’ base. i ANN SHERIDAN in DOORS OPEN 7 P.M.—SHOW 8:15 P.M. “THE DOUGHGIRLS” |} Aauue $1.00 Tax Included Coming: “In Old New Mexico”|} Children Under 12 Years _ 50c Tax Included nn lin nin linia linn inline tintin Pn tn in tnt bn tpn tn tn nt tn tn groups are organizing ‘these pro-| Fleet Sound School training base,} ee inet ttn ttt dint tnt dndndn dp tot ptt dp dd dt