The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 9, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West “Continues VOLUME LXV ME L. No a80 Steet: Sti Witty NO End In’ Sight’) NMI SITS IIS M, Catch Sailfish With Spanish Sword STEEL INTERESTS SAY ADVANCE IN PRICE OF PRODUCT SET NOT ACCEPTABLE {By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The stee) strike, which, it pected, would be ended by day, still continues, with officials of steel corporations declaring that the advance in prices set forth OPA’ Administrator Chester Bowles, ept- able. Thé »exact’ figure offered by Bo@iles was ‘mot revealed, other that to ‘say: that the increaséd ranged ‘between $5 and $6 in the price of steel by the ton. Bowles was informed by the of-} ficials of the steel indust the plants could not be at a profit unless the price is set at $7 to offset the vanee of 1812 crease in wages This deadlock, it was said, the cause of President Trum. cancelling preparati for proposed trip to Florida. One of the first sailfish of the season was caught yester- day off Captain Jakie Key's charter boat Legion by Mr. McFarland, who used a fish- ing rod made out of an old Spanish sword and very light” line. “ ex to- as by was not a inches lonyand’put up a'grent fight on the’ tiny ‘rod’ and the’ very’ ‘small’ line? ‘used.\*!‘Mr}!' McFarland''said; th discussing’ *' swords; that the Spanish'steél'' was’ the’ best’ he ‘had ‘ found!‘ and was much’ bette? ‘than the'!' French steel. kidd ded dede -|Water Shutdown 12 Hours Tuesday cents an hour in+ was his MAKING CONNECTION AT HARRIS GAP ON SUGAR- LOAF KEY Four Homes | Are Going Up ROBERTS, SHIELDS)*HANSON AND BACON TO BUILD Commander Allen Hoar, NOB Publie Works Officer, announced yesterday tudt cily water ‘will’ be shut down for approximately 12 to 15 hoursinext Tuesday. A section of pipeline at Harris’ Gap on- Sugarloaf Key will bée cut over to the new line which is be- ing laid above water.’ The con- version, which will cost $1,000,000 when completed, has been underet) way for some time. The d¥ove Water: pipavis ig first and, then the water shu? iB} the source, while, conneetions are made to In the-buitdiig permits for the week, licenses were given Da Bacon for a $4,000 home on Ayenz;. we D between 17th and 18th st William R. Roberts, for a $4,000 4 frame residence at 1316 Petronia;| tom Plotkda City, Lee Shields, to rebuild tv story | the y laid pipe. store at the corner of. Catherine detveeig there. Wiens and White sts., and E. T. Hanson, | hutdown last week for six hours, for a concrete block home on| d “ enother two weeks before when Avasue © for $8,000 pipelines broke and repairs had Totals for the weck in permits |?’ ! : Pe bs granted were $26,630 jto be made. Other permits issued this week: Tony Arthur, 903 Grinnell, repairs $200 Luther Thompson, 3 Pearl st., bathroom 15 Yell Saunders, 6th and Flag- extension on permit First Policewoman For City Sworn In 0 300 500 L. H. Barroso, painting Fernandez, | repair wall 300 | E. Cohen, 417 Catherine st., | repairs and, painting 300 | Woman, Dr. A. Lucille Calverley. Mrs; .Camelie Park, Dr. .Calver resides jat. 50-1 Fleming. repairs 1000 | Poinciana, Plz Frank Sosin, C Inn Bar, |. In the memory of City Clerk tile floor and painting 1000 | | Roy Hamlin, no othér woman: has David Darrell, 526 Petronia, become’ pohice officer inthe repairs ony S. D. Gibson, 412 Frances st., painting Armando Perez, 609 Duval, OF POINCIANA SELECTED 200 | P. 701 Fleming, 912 200 | 300 EARLIEST TYPE 927 Eaton, i CLEVELAND.—The sandal is | the earliest type of shoe known: | to mankind, with at least 4,000 of style hstory behind it. Rober repairs K. E. Mack, 3061 Seidenburg ave., rear porch S, 819 Olivia st., The fish’ was six feet’ eight!’ ‘|’ MRS. A. LUCILLE CALVERLEY: Key West has its first police-' gr Key THE SOUTHERNMOST [Four Qualify For Spo nge Fiesta Queen ONE MORE EXPECTED; DEAD- LINE SUNDAY AT MID- NIGHT; CANDIDATES MEET TOMORROW AT 3 P.M. | Candidates who have qualified with Paul Albury, chairman of the Key West Stadium Commit- Miss Shirley Mae Smith, for the Junior Chamber. of Commerce; Miss Gloria Acevedo, for the Ro- tary Club; Miss. Evans, for the Amercan Legion’ Guard of Hon- or;‘and Miss Dolores Thornley, for the Lions Club." ivi Delitize? Wor ‘als hbury said aera jdate ‘for ‘qualitic Hw remain Sunday/nigh' oe of the}, cangliadten had “already: eal chosen.) » Meeting ‘for’ ‘alt Yhe 'i at Mr. Albury’s’ résideri held tomorrow. at 3 one in ie afternoon at 803 ‘Georgia street, where final instructions for ob- taining votes will. be given the various candidates and the girls will get books which they are to sell to local merchants to start the drive. Each book: sold means 500 votes for a candidate. After that rurchases in the various stores will determine the climbing votes. As votes.come in they will be pub- lished in The Citizen from time to time. Rest Beal Housitig Unit '' FOR: OFFICER. PERSONNEL ‘AND FAMILIES? REMAINDER Lh OF APART BEING OC. cUpieb' RAPIDLY The Navy. jist facilities at. ) Rest; Beach, which’ opened last week with:75 units available arej half full now Commander Allen Hoar, NOB Public Works Officer said yesterday. Families are moving in every day, Commander Hoar said and: 75 units to be filled in a very short tithe. The project’ is for Naval Offi- cers and their families and availability of apartments are on a first come, ‘fitst served basis. Some are larger than others and those are reserved for the larger familities. fromthe Bureau of Yards and additional 75 units, which @veb was announced,,in, The Citizén’ two. weeks, ago, 0 2. Tettiperatures AS ‘Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last night Atlanta 42 tee’s Sponge Festival, thus far are , expects the ‘second half of the} No answer has ‘been received{ Docks as to they request, fot end e: requested.a morth ago and| — NEWSPAPER DA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, KEY WEST, FLO Capt Reorda eonoeseedy ee ‘ received an tisigex? poor Gerald Saunders; Lion¥ Chib: + @anouncer ‘ (right), broadcast ' the'first time that such’ an nono?” ‘was’ Bestewee“on' ‘aciti#en” id ae West ‘Club. ked the } -_— & Capt. C ‘ordan, base eom- err eT ISS. mane ented an, honor- | pr ary membership in the Key West Renovation Of Lions Club recently for his MT rium forts and hments look- : \Okayed ing toward the ad betterment of Key : In making the pre ntaiton, | At long last! Gerald Saunders, Lions Club sec-| The Bureau of Yards and {retary, declared: electing you | Docks in Washington have for this award tk » is cogniz-| granted ‘permission to Naval ant of the fact that during most, Operating Base to go aliead on returning the -City Aqua- : xfeiin ines same shape it was of your s' hi ou have been | burdened s looking t6-} Revy took it it over for a rifle ‘ee ‘in the aieeneaiey: it was t ‘ i accompli. ward the war effort, but at the same time you have ever been willing to assist in any movement looking to the advancement an betterment of our city. “It is because of this willing fi ness and cc tion ‘that you have been cted to receive the first honorary membership ‘¢ver bestowed by. this clob. upon a tit! ZAMS 013 9d ot sormtcs | 4% As Capt. Reordaaoresaived the}, framed;certifieatesnthe 59. Lions and: their guesis vstoediand ap- plauded.. ally: when you do anything: for.a person he ‘is leokingy out: of, theo avindow;”! he ‘replied .to...the presentation! “I thave found that,suehconditions } do not..exist in Key West. . This reception d honor you are be- stowing upon will warm the cockles of anyor heart. the war we had a magic formula. It looked. like anything that the war effor' jonly to h in advance: a Navy s over. That fo: s workable 4 better th: have a ni ‘am sure w authorized to be dane by Yard pé?sonnel, © Commander Hoar said that final authority should be here in ten days or two weeks and work started then. . The ‘availability ‘of. materi- ‘els. for the ¢onstruction may delay completion cf the proj- ect some few months, how- ever, kkk added Maine | Memorial Services Friday LIEUTENANT SHEPARD TO DELIVER ADDRESS ou occasion i 4 ug ng end the war, but ent of Key West’ as war is now is no longer something a formula now. You} city manager, .who I uide Key West in- ul place as one of leading cities.” Memorial. services. com; ating the simking of tl Maine will be held ne: at ip tacat Plot, City oh AMOTS USS Nit paed tery; Taxi, Plummer, | siq4ee br ui" adjutant, announced today. In Accident! } Shope, ai >t Bieuf. Vi 0 the commandant at the Naval oe Base, will deliver the ‘Memorial address at the services, and Chaplain M. T. McNeil, Jr., USNR, will render the invocation and benediction. _ Musical selections will be deliv- ered by a Navy Choir. A firing |squad and bugier from the U. S. Accident last night at. 11:30 o’-| clock occurred at Georgia and| ivision streets between a Ford en by W. E. Plummer of 7 Caroline and a taxi, according io volice -eco! IN THE p, Post | Key? U.S.A. 1946 ‘New Marathon Pumping Station ToBe Ready Within Two Weeks: Will Give City From 300,- (Bike Libesidite 000 To 500,000 Gallons My; 0 ” ver The Top More Daily: Engine Be-| . “ing"Instelled i800 ‘PURCHASED THIS YEAR. “Yse2 TOTAL LAST YEAR This Week” ‘the "diesel ‘engine from’ ‘Florida ‘City’ is being’ in- i $Halied atthe Matathon pimping] ’ ‘station and! the station ‘should ‘be pre veaay for'@peration in about two weeks, Commander. ‘Allen Hoar} tg noon today. Last year there] NOB Public Works officer said wey ane i lite 4% esterda: leadiine tor purchasii a lic- i This pie pumping station will ense is February 20. After that give Key West. thoi 300,060 to} COPE Wall minke arrests. 500,000 more gallons a day, Com- NUMEROUS BOOKS mander Hoar said. i ‘ —— | The Florida Keys Aqueduct’ -NEW YORK.—There are 5,/ Commission had asked for 1,250,- 000 gallons daily a year ago mb the new pumping station is in-| 7777 stalled to supply that need. At present the city, is receiving an} average of 900,000 gallons a day! except when the line ‘dévelops breaks or there’ is’ a Rew con- nection on ‘the above-water ¢on- version ‘of the pipéline. |Summéns sid «or» Witnesses: i Absistant ‘State ricoealea wilt! jam’ V. ee ted 51 Circuit! Court Clerk Ross. Sawyer this! p<" a He ey morning to summons the onow: Ayeeort. of, @ 2 Peeping. Tort ing persons to testify concerning; veame through twice last night, the charges of graft that were} With city police investigating bu made last Tuesday night by the, finding no one. Rev. E. S. Doherty at a meeting of ihe city commission: E. S. Doherty, County Judge. Raymond R. Lord, City Commis- | sioner W. C. Sweeting and City Manager Dave King. It was said that Mr: Doherty ‘Raleig h Petteway will be the first to testify before Paid Visit To City the grand jury that will be con- vened at 10 o’clock Monday } morning. i ‘ adie Clerk ‘Sawyer explained that W. Raleigh Petteway, candi other witnesses may be called,| date for justice of the Florida agAttorriey Albury’ or the “jury|’supreme court, was a visitor in ey determine, It was intimated) Key West yesterday in the in- a Magra Hezen 7” trepalrttha wee: terests of his candidacy,’ Hevis) an + 2 present’ al | ‘a, by x e may bés‘surhmoned 1 eo} Heat for the position that -—versions —~ of whal Mr.) willbe made, vacant, next Janu-' | spoke, ary asa result of the decision of the that had been Justice Armstead Brown not to eRe yt Hi beratcandidate: to succeed him- self, <a nr — BENEFIT MOVIE — Mr. Petteway has visited Key West many times, and has been Francis Langford in “CAREER GIRL” here on several occasions before at St. Paul's Parish Hall Bike ‘licenses ‘sold in the ‘city dyer "those “purchased: the Library.of Congress. $3 Peeping To N On'Di Duval St! OMPLAINT COMES TWICE 70) ; CITY POLICE: NO | ONE FOUND Duval Street. | 4 i he was a candidate for governor in 1936. He is widely known here, | sult today Florida, equable climate in- ~~ b38 + with an avera range only 14° Pabroobeit ee PRICE FIVE CENT: |MEASURES TAKEN TO- DAY TO CONSERVE FUEL IN METROPOLI- TAN AREA (dy Axsuciated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—As_i_re- tugboatmen’s voting yesterday by: two to one to continue their William. O’Dwyer took measures of. striking to. mettopdlitan area. Nobody / will. be. permitted to } purchase. fuel” until ended, , last} purpose! a fo: plained, are tlie There were 1680 purchased up} stitutions which fuel. Vote of the workmen to con- tinue the strike was 880 to 467. Operators offered the-.strikers an inereage in pay but insisted on-a 48-hour week, but the Tug- boatmen strike, Mayor the, rey ti strike in conserve fuel in the is vertencs It, Wass EX 5 in the obtain week and increases in wages. barges Forty-seven tugs and 000,000 books and pamphicts in; were operated today in the Hast | and North rivers by servic Fuflou men insisted ona 40-hour NOB Workmen To Take Arinual ‘Leave If | ii No W Work Is Available a N Kecsbaited Leave, i igh May Be Order- ‘ed ‘Not Longer Than 30 ~ Days According)’ to- ‘a’ memeétandum ? issu by Robert Goldman, In- dusiriat‘Manager at’ Naval Oper- ating, Buse here beginhing on Monday “the new’ policy ‘will be | that if ahy shop is short of work so that employees have to be so refuses he may at the d. tion of the production’ t bfficer propriation with no ' shipboard job to charge time to, t carried in the yard maintenanc specifi: _ The requests came‘from 1214% jo will be assigned to. nec | work in ‘the maintenance of the {| shop. When and if no such work : period until oviding he has leave to | credit. work | necessary, he will be ad {take annual leave or a is available his The worker may refuse to take this leave if he so desires, accc ing’ to the memorandum, if he ordered to tare! fdrl out pay) whet ucainen ‘or. we The can fe ‘offered 48 weeks or thirty days. leave rather steht ais d working ¢ b (w ith- th; This polity is formulated a result of shortage of funds 3 ing it desirable that émployce use up‘large amounts of anaual a than continue» on shop maintenance without re- duction in this’ acctired This policy will be carried into chiefly for-his work in connec-, effect under the supervision of tion with a local fraternal or-; the Production Officer who will ganization. | make assignments as to whom In the first primary in the it is necessary to send on leave, 1936 gubernatorial race, Mr. when, and for, how, long. Petteway led the ticket with a The front right headlight and : . 12, 7 p.m. of the Plummer.€ar was Tuesday, Feb, 12, 7 p. Children 15c Adults 25¢ CUT oa Boston 22 Brownsville 70 Charlestog 50 Chicago 20 Detroit 32 Galveston Visit THE TROPICAL TRADER (Pormerly Sawyer Radio 718 ‘DUVAL STREET ; Owned Marine Corps will also participate in the ceremonies. We Have A Supply of 52 4a 66 Bam esersesseee War Surplus FILMS | ALL SIZES SOUTHERNMOST erty | PHARMACY. Inc. (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval‘at-South St. INING ROOM and PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS r Duval at ‘Fleming Phone 19¢ | joerg ogee Vea stb tr @scee-.ccscavinsn “BOTTLE CAP INN 1128 SIMONTON STREET at CATHERINE “The Nicest Little Bar in Town” r A Place Where You Can Bring Your Wite or Sweetheart and Be Respected YOU WILL FEEL at HOME in the BOTTLE CAP Drinks from 30c up PACKAGE GOODS at CEILING: PRICES OUR LUNCH COUNTER Serves the Best of Sandwiches - We Specialize in Senidide 60 Jacksonville _ 65 4 Kansas City _ 49 KEY WEST .. 80 K. W. Airport 79 Memphis 52 Miami 74 Minneapolis 23 New Orleans _ 72 New. York 41 YT Norfolk 44 Oklahoma City PY Pensacola _ Pittsburgh __ Fe St. Louis _... 64 Pampaveni.« 80. MASONIC. NOTICE Regular Communication of An- chor Lodge, No. 182, F. & A. M., Monday, yearn? llth, 1946, 7:30 pm + Work in M.M. Degree. All Members. and Sojourning Masons invited to be present. By order W. P. Williams, W.M. GERALD H. ADAMS, Secretary. ‘raed gneenenveger tetera seeanen serves GULF STREAM RESTAURANT Management of I. Wiener | Division at Simonton Ph. 9106 PALACE THEA AL PEARCE “Hitch Hike to Ha News and Seri Stated tn tntndtntin tn tet Featuring A SPECIAL ~ Sunday Dinner SLOPPY MUSIC EVERY » by'fommy Tho and His Package Goods §} Park & Tilford . Golden Wedding § 5 Paul Jones . Sunny Brook Imperial - Ron Zorro Rum .. Old St. Croix Rum 5 DRINKS at the B Straight Drinks Mixed Drinks Full Line of Pac! *| Get a Full-plate at Reduced Price SERVED FROM NOON to. MIDNIGHT SNACK BAR OPEN Daily and Sunday Hours A Dav Around the Clock the SERVING oil gBetakfast $:30 to 11 A.M. vein w) SLuncheon 11:30 to 2 P. M. his Oj} eDinner 5:30 to 9:30 P, M. mie Meals a la Carte, at All Hours LQ) 3 vs. m vin 3} } sy Res lou ar ir to t bree, 1 5 ay Bring the Family—the Children—! DELMONICO RESTAURANT {Key West's Oldest Restaurant 218 DUVAL STREET Announces . : They ice Now Open 10 A.M. to 9.P.M. SHORT ORDERS SERVED 9AM. to.2 AM ~~ hut Fred Cone, who succeeded, in entering the second primary} by a small vote over “Homestead Bill” Hodges, was the victor in, the runoff. NORTH: REACH INN | COFFEE SHOP 71.-North Beach _, Phone 453-. a Full-Course DINNER. 6-3 se 1 OPEN SUNDAY r To Serve You From 7 AM, to Midnight GAS - OIL - PARTS . " BREAKFAST Served from . LUNCHEON. Served from _ DINNERS Served from i eg “oR ¥! NOTICE! will hol id een. | Meeting Tuesday Night, Feb. 12, 1946, 8:00 Very.; Important All. Membersoligededéind’.tiend oar DANCING” EVERY. NIGHT Music by Barroso’s Orchestra ; and bs The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA mens fae 8:00 AM. tol 12:00 Noon to 5:30 P.M. to HUGH C. HODGE, Manager . 1 i plurality of almost 30,000 votes. | ELE RI SAPO GO IT HOOK and LADDER CO.