The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1946, Page 3

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1946 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Red Raiders And Independents!” ” ROGRAM FOR PEPSI-COLA CO. | Walter S. Mack, Jr., president of’ Pepsi-Cola Company. Featuring Quentin Reynolds , noted war correspondent and! SPORTS. Now In Tie For Basketball Lead shortly inaugurate a new type of \author, the broadcast will be Pepsi - Cola Company will] heard every Sunday evening | from 6:45 to 7:00 p.m. EST | throughout the United States | a. Football Tennis Baseball Basketball Golf Diamondball Track The Red Raiders went in a tie ‘with the Independents for the lead in the City “A” Class Bas-| |ketball League by defeating the| jDental Corps, 36 to 21, at the |High School Gym last night. ‘ Barber, ably supported by his; Swimming jteammates, Arnold, Roberts, Pin-| {der, Sweeting, Haskins, Mathews! and Domenech, came through for; Rosam scored 21 points and her teammate, Betty Lou Demeritt, accounted for 15 points. The scoring among St. Mary’s for’ is was fairly evenly divid- ed, with Marjorie Sellers netting six points, Gloria Velasquez 11 points and Anne Herrick 11 points. Mealmen Take Close One Carbonell’s Luncheonette national radio program as a pub-| lic service for the American peo-| ple, it was announced today by; i over the entire Mutual Network. —_——_——_—_—— | Subscribe to ‘he Citizen. CLASSIFIED ADS Red Raiders, Strong Key West Five, Play Marines Tonight | Herold Haskins starred for the University of Florida last year. The Marines, who have a cou- ple of college players to account for them, are the strong conten- acer in their league out at Boca Chiea. They are getting in pre ti to play an upstate service | in the near future. Tonight’s game will be a test for the fast Raider team, as they to play the Marines in ious game. here will be a_ preliminary 1e between the Lindsley Lum- » the Indepe Ler Company and “Sugar” Sweet- thumped WKWF, 45 ing’s Auto Service quintets. This beat the Dental Corps will also be an exciting game to 5-21. Allithe Raide 1. The contest will get un- 1001 ball, and ay at-7:15 p.m. High School Varsity And “B” FiveSReady For Ft. Lauderdale Raiders’ play a strong Marinc Boca Chica at 8 o'clock High Sc or in the 901 Gym, ! by Harol iu These n the team’s The Raider the Hii crimmage kin: i great nsive po juintet School game cent r DI lefeated V 42 y ina ierwa ‘ten points. won| Lion Girls Nudge St. Mary's | Coca-Cola, 25 ae same nom The Lions Club-sponsored girl’ Charles Perez, of Carbonell’s, team, sparked by Cleo Rosam, de-| was high point man of the game, feated St. Mai sinking a iotal of 12. CITY SPORTS | The Weather FORECAST Every Type of Play Key West and vicinity: Partly | this afternoon and_to- | right; moderate north to north- jeast winds. Florida: Partly cloudy in north stly cloudy in south portion jtoday, tonight and Saturday, with light showers in extreme | south portion today; colder in | north, cooler in south portion to- day, and cooler in south portion tonight; otherwise little change jin temperature, | Jacksonville through Florida Straits and East Gulf: Moderate {northerly winds today, becom- ling gentle to moderate north to Inortheast over north and mod- erate northeasterly over south | portion tonight and Saturday: ;partly cloudy in north, cloudy | DIAMONDBALL at Bayview Park Field (Night Games) FRIDAY— 7:30—Daily News v: 9:00—Red Raiders Bread. BASKETBALL at High School Gymnasium (Night Games) FRIDAY— 7:15—Preliminary game, Linds- ley. Lumber vs. Sweet- ing’s Service. 8:15—Main Game, Red Raiders vs.. Marines. TUESDAY— 7:00—Miami Daily News Lindsley Lumber Co. cloudy VFW. . Holsum vs. tion, but the minimum char; Information for the Advertisers RATES FOR REGULAR and | PAYMENT a SAGs ccetansstbcenspr yuan oe regular advertisers wi re] counts may have their advertise- ments charged, PUBLICATION DEADLINE must fore 11 o'clock om f publica: SERB RBRBRBRRBRESE ' FOR SALE !“Lustretile” is guaranteed to re- move caked rust and rust stains | from any surface. Try it—you will be amazed. Pepper's | Plumbing Supplies, 512 Flem- ing. jan31-tf | ‘he first 15 words or less is 30c. 01 he minimum charge fo: the first 15 words or less is 45c. BERBER BRBEBREER HELP WANTED | — ' eee ! TELEPHONE 1 OPERATORS WAGE INCREASE Learners now earn a mini- mum of $31.20 per week for 48 hours work | 1 i 1 Vita Var House Paint, guaranteed 100% pure. $3.25 gallon, There} “is none finer at any price. Pierce Bros. febl-1mo} 1 i | Wage rates for experienced operators are proportion- ately higher Library copies of current best} sellers—at prices that get lower) with each rental. To fill your! bookshelves comparatively painlessly, get acquainted, with our unique rental Uprary sales system. Paul Smith, bookseller cor. Simonton and Eaton sts. febl-tf) Frequent increases, addi- tional payment for evening, Sunday and holiday work MANY OTHER ADVANTAGES In addition to the side arm hot| [faithful to the last, By FRED MILLER, JR. The High School varsity ketbail squads close thei: practice today in prepartion for! Saturday night in Ft The to- morning the games Lauderdale teams leave 7:45 for will Miami. will proceed morrow upstate two-hour which the to Lauderduie. B” team game sturts ‘at 7 30p.nb and the Varsity, game Games will be There in cit be layover aft- e1 team: The about 8:45 played in the Central, High Schol| winning streak Wednesday night Gym. The Fort Lauderdale coach call-! Ponce de Leon by a decisive mar- (gin. ed Key West High Wednesday and to obtain names and numbers of 8:00—High School Girls Convent Varsity. 9:00—Independents vs. Earth- vs. the players for a program. Coach Hoffmeister announced the names of the players who will make the trip. They include: Varsity—Robert Cruz, Oscar Cruz, Adolf Lastres, Kenneth Kerr, Curry Herring, Clayton Fapy, Kenneth Meador, Albert Parra, Joe McCollough and Joe 7:00—Key West Transit Co. vs. ette 8:00—High School “B” Girls vs. Convent Cubs. 9:00—Divers vs. Red Raiders. THURSDAY— 7:00—Sweeting’s Auto Service vs. Coca-Cola. 8:00—St. Mary’s vs. 'Cohvént Varsity. 9:00—Dental Corps vs. WKWF. Buddy Rodriguez, Claude 2, Forrest Arthur, Bill Holm- berg and Bill Trembley. Fort Lauderdale ‘extended its when the Flying L’s_ defeated BASEBALL at Municipal Stadium Conchs May At Fort Myers In Near Future By AGUILAR member ent he is a filling station opera- prom-{tor in Ft. Myers. Thomas, former h sche West m Red Sox write dule the Key Conchs nst a tean tir xt month ty some the latter part of managed ‘al Pirates Enter Ne Ts ‘TS Cc, Cacue; esday night aj 4f that west coast} tunity of demonstrating for the eve mi- and piloted the n the Flo: At p Rosters Presented! By NESTOR CASTANEDA y Basetyais League:-ra,: of; ittance of the Pi- | new circuit. They pon the new entry, will pl Feb. 3. ojans the ey will play vill nd it 5 whose name did not ap- 1 one tangle Pp n the 1 the gr th agreed the esent of rosters could When a signed, he 1 of e league. be approy in- itching the | ll Game (Afternoon Games) SUNDAY— Games to be announced. RECREATION Bayview Park—Tennis, basket- ball and handball courts. Dia- mondball. Comfort stations. South Beach and Rest Beach— Swimming. Gulf Dock and Rest Beach— Deepsea fishing, small boats. TODAY IN HISTORY Know America 1800—U.S.S. Constellation bat- tles French La Vengeance on the high seas in undeclared war on France. 1820—Washington Lodge No. 1 of Itimore receives charter from England—country’s first Odd Fellow Lodge. 1843—The Mutual Life Insur- ance Company, New York, issues first American legal reserve life insurance policy. 1862. fhe Battle Hymn of the Republic, first appears in, the Magazine—anonymously. 1936—The United Mine Work- ers of America authotize cam- paign contribution to reelect President Roosevelt. 1941—Secretary of Navy Knox tells Senate Committee it would take plete Navy’s defense program.” 1942—U. S. army bombers raid The writer hopes the Conchs will keep in shape for this game, when they will have the oppor- benefit of fans in that west coast city just how Key Westers can play the national pastime. The Citizen will inform fans and players as plans progress for this game. Ww Baseball | | ; HB Haskins, of; and J.| #- | he Trojans’ Navarro, catching; veeting, D. Navarro, Sterling, R. Berg, fir M. Lopez, second; J. Navarro, includes: Bubber | pitching; ; A. Kel- J. Carbo- shortstop; W. Alonso, of; J.| menech, of, and E. Rueda, of. hinists’ roster includes: / Japs in Mal » O. Rodriguez, catch-; _1943—Tennessee Andrews, R. Bethel, D., | Old poll tax pitching: M. Acevedo,} 1944—American forces 26 miles i Lopez, T. Valdez, second; | from Rome. \. Acevedo, shortstop; P. Baker,| _1945—MacArthur's forces land *. Acevedo, of: J. Garcia,|22 miles from Manila. U. S. Ist *. Gomez, of, and R. Ma.'and 3rd Armies drive deep into of {Germany's great western fortifi- The Pirates’ roster includes: I. | ations. Rodriguez, J. Fernandez, C. \ Mikio Sis oO Ge Nee, mea, Aree », M. Sanchez, pitching; J. Bar-| Hernandez, J. Navarro and oth- . C. Hernandez, first; E. Gar- | €TS: 3 second: D. Lastres, short; R.{__For outfield duty, there are arcia, third; L. Bazo, of; A. Da-|Fhilip (Cheta) Baker, who can vila, of, and 4,-Torres, of, pitch, play infield and outfield; jJoe Mira, Tony Alonso, Lefty roster Toe ¢ } ly, nell repeals her Best Performers Of City Among Employes Of Government Here By AGUILAR em- Key West iding play- team se playe 1 game in f Cuba will whatever formed by posed baseb: ave nment that | | pitchers like Gabriel (Tunta) Las- ! at |Aritas, Papito Machin and oth- ers. As substitutes who can go in and take the place of any player ‘in a pinch are “Pie Traynor” Fer- !mandez, Tata Valdez and others. : This for baseball. For a softball team, we have |among the same players: Bubber Sweeting or Buster Roberts, who j agencies here such players as Bus- can catch; J. Walker and Andy ter Roberts, Orlando Rodriguez, Parks, who can pitch. and Joe Navarro. j; Goss can play first or “Crip”, On the mound, we have star who has done well so far. The same infielders who per- Charles form in baseball can play in soft- jbail. Also Mayan, Carey, R. Val- t the initial bag, there is dez, Bethel and several others. relio (Crip) Lastres. | So, we can compete with any- At the other infield positions, ' thing Cuba has to offer, be it soft we have Armando Acevedo, Jim or hard ball tres, Bubber Sweeting, Albury and Lefty Lynch. A Carbonell’s Luncheon-} “about 5 or 6 years to com-; | with showers in south portion | today and over extreme south portion tonight and Saturday. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warn- ings have been issued. REPORT | Key West, Fla. Feb. 1, 1946 jObservation taken at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (City Office) Temperatures ‘Highest last 24 hours | Lowest last night | Mean | Normal . Precipitat Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches __.. Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches = ae Deficiency since Jan. 1, inches) fo aE | Tota) rainfall: since Jan. 1, inches —.. Deficiency since Jan. 1 Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunrise 7:09 a.m, Sunset . 6:13. p.m. Moonrise ‘ - 7:40 a.m. Moonset ~~ 6351 pm; New Moon 4:43 a.m. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) High Tide Low Tide 10:48 a.m, 4:14 am. 10:09 p.m. 3:30 p.m. | Today’s Anniversaries Know America 1780—Charles Miner, influen- ‘tial Pennsylvania newspaper edi- jtor-owner of his day, who popu- larized the early use of anthracite coal, born at Norwich, Conn. Died Oct. 26,. 1865, 1780—David Porter, naval com- mander, hero of the War of 1812, born in Boston, Died March 3, 1843. { 1839—James A. Herne, play- ( wright and actor, pioneer of real- ‘ism on the American stage, born at Troy, N. Y. Died June 2, 11901. 1846—(100 years ago) Granville Stanley Hall, famed psycologist, philosopher his day, who made a great impress on education, presi- dent of Clark Univ., Worcester, Mass., born Ashfield, Mass. Died Apr. 24, 1924. 1859—Victor Herbert, famed New York composer of comic op- eias, conductor and band leader, born in Ireland. Died May 26, i924. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Know America John Ford, movie director, re- »cently discharged from the Navy, |born at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 51 years ago. fe Walter 96. Coffey, president lerigritus of thé University _ of |Minhesota, born at Hartsville, ,Ind., 70 years ago. }_ Clark Gable, actor, ex-army air iforce officer, born at Cadiz, Ohio, {45 years ago. | Dr. C. Canby Balderston, dean of the Wharton School of Finance, Philadelphia, born at Kennett Square, Pa., 49 years ago. Charles B. Nordhoff of Cali- fornia and Tahiti, noted novelist, jborn in England (of American Parents), 58 years ago. Langston Hughes, poet-author, |born Joplin, Mo., 44 years ago. 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Note: This is the third down into the dry, hot dirt, felt and last in a series of articles on blistered. prize winning short story by Neal) “Gosh it’s too scorching Ayala published in “The Epaul-!out heah!” and up on the back et”, Mary Washington's college porch he das “Speak” went literary magazine) jthe screen door as he push — open. To his nostrils arose As he stood leaning against: and sweet, odor of fried grunts. the telephone pole, he was no ’Owie’s mouth watered. longer a perspiring dirty boy; he’! As she turned from the stove, became Cap'n Pinder. Every day) he was sent out to board a ship, peration, which sharpened and. guide her safely to port a she looked at his dirty face and through the dangerous reef bor-. torn dungareers. dered channels. } “‘Owie!” She said it almost The sun’s rays shimmered down Sutturally. Owie Pinder, you'd mercilessly. With his thumb, Cughta be ashamed. My deah, I Howard flicked the sweat from|aim't never seen the like of you his forehead. His smooth, young before in all my born days!” She face was streaked with dirt. | signed resignedly. “Go wash that Out in the street, Colored Jim|4irty face and them filthy hands went by, wheeling a car full of before I pull your ears loose!” fish. “Fresh fish, yellatail, gro- Her heavy body disappeared into pah, jewfish, snapper, fresh | the next room. giunts. Fresh conchs, nice yella-! Cool, cool was the linoleum be- tail.” Colored Jim’s voice wasineath his feet. Crackle, crackle, rich and melodic as he sang out |S grunts in the fry the names of the fish packed in y, I bet they’re mother threw him a glance of ing pan. ice in his little cart. “Fresh fish, | 80Na taste like somethin’!” How- plenny groupah!” As the cart, ard, with difficulty, rained bumped over the bricks that pav-, if from snitching a piece. ed the street, it provided a bass| Instead he scurried over to the rhythm for Colored Jim's song, |Sink and started pumping water. hump, burrumbie, bump. Sud- At each downward movement of denly Howard was hungry. His |his hand gushed cool liquid. Cup- ‘stomach felt glued to his back-'Ping his "Wands thirstily, then, bone. Surprised, he gazed down |Supttering, he stuck his whole At'His ‘biénzed diaphragm an head under the spout. As he dried fei” ibotenderly;., his stomach, |his face on a kitchen towel, he growled injheard his ma getting the dishes confirmation. jout of the cupboard) “Hully gee!” he remembered,! Suddenly he called to her. “ swiftly. ‘“Ma’s having grits and Ma! Ain't it been hot today, grants today, too!” His skinny, THE END figure jerked gortesquely as he = danced down the sidewall The LT. CLAUDE NAVARRO eeCOu NeRmIRe Tete GE RETURNING TO STATES “Ow It’s like fire!” He ran down the road as fast as his long, | skinny legs knew how to run. “I reckon ... I'll go over . to the crawls and... . (puff) . . (Special to The Citizen) PEARL HARBOR, '. H., Feb. 2 “Stor Tue ate |is—ht. Claude Navarro, USNR, of see them turtles after I’ve ate. 426 Elizabeth st, West, Fla, Whew! After all, a man’s gotta - Pee eat lots to stay healthy, ‘cause the #8 One of 1,214 Navy veterans re- sea ain't got no use for a man turning to the states for discharge what eats like a bird, anyways!” aboard the U.S,S. Belleau Wooe, Cautiously Howard crawled a carrier of the “Magic Carpet” through the hole in the back fleet. fence. There was a quick ripping; This ship ieft Guam January 16 sound. Caught by surprise, How- and was scheduled to arrive in ard reached back and felt. ian Francisco about January: 30, OOH, Lordy, another hole in; the y Belleau Wood de- these pants! Ma’ll flick me for stroyed 502 enemy aircraft dur- sure!” He grinned at the thought. }S70YCC O08 enemy aircraft dur- Ma’ couldn't get, it through her i%8 the Pacific war as the U. S head. that ."Owie was “twelve|Fleet smashed Empire defenses years now.” The boy straighten-!and maintained the blockade of ed up quickly, too quickly; he: the Japanese home islands which almost reeled. ‘Woosh! If I ain’t Jed to complete surrender though careful, I'll be getting sunstroke.” | Japan posse armies totalling His upper lip was beaded with 5,000,000 men at the close of the Betspiration. Flexing his arm; War. wet. | “Cluck, cluck.” Dry, rasping) Every Home VJ Needs a‘Grandma” noises came from the hens. Slow- ly they marched past him, with} @/ Home tan't complete without ner! If she’s with you help keep her in good health. Should her appetite “slip,” get VINOL. This modern tonic cohtaind Vitamin Bi and Iron, combined with other valuable ingredients. Your druggist has VINOL. ORIENTAL PHARMACY ie hate prof- When he looked over at the hen house, ’Owie was blinded momentarily by the shimmering heat beating on the | tin roof. 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