The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1946, Page 5

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1946 — tan tn tn fon on onto nn in nin in tn nn aniline nd ttn tntn) CORAL ROCKETS By L, P. ARTMAN. JR. | | | BAABALALALABAABAABAAAAALALMAAAMRAAAMAMABS | CYCLE! Truth crushed to earth shall rise again! ° ° HABERDASHERY INCREASES Halbert Lewinsky, manager of Lewinsky’s Furniture Store at 628 Duval street, announces that the furniture GOING OUT OF BUSINESS sale is providing a big success and attributes the suecess of the sale to his adver- tising in The Citizen. The furni- ture store which has bene in ex- istence for years in Key West will be closed down and all the furniture is now up for sale at vety low prices. Mr. Lewinsky will devote all his flme to mak- ing the men’s haberdashery store adjacent one of the city’s best. ° ° FIRST LADY CASE Mrs. Caveriey, the city’s new policewoman, Key We: first. was called on her first case yes- terday which looked as if it might be a hot one, but the charges were dropped and Mrs. Caverley will have to wait until next time to solve a sace. The case in question was the theft of $25 from a lady’s purse. ° ° ANNAPOLIS OF THE AIR Took a tour of Naval Air Sta- tion yesterday, both of the Sea- plane Base and Boca Chica Field and my eyes were opened ‘wide at the tremendous scope of the operation. There will be a series of articles on the base as soon as Public Information... Officer Lietttenant MacNeil clears} the stories. MacNeil incidentally was editor of the Ocala Banner before the war. Suffice it to say for the present that Key West is “Annapolis of the Air” in the Night Fighter Training Program besides an important plane sup- ply point to South American bases. ° GIFTS—ENTERPRISE Along this line of thought many have asked of the chances of getting a municipal pier for charter boats and sponge bouts, of the possibility of building a beautiful concrete stadium to draw down big league teams here for exhibition games and prob- ably spring training, and of the pre@posed yacht harbor. This sort ef work will have to be done by 1. Gifts. 2. Private Enterprise. ‘The city has little funds for this type of work and is better suited to keeping within its government, proper anyway. There are a’ great many places in the country, | War II. But there is one thing! ; which is quite true in human} jmatire. When a veteran gets! what he is aiter for himself then he forgets all about the other| | veterans. Where is this close} organization which veterans were! »upposed to have when ihis late jwar ended? Keep your eyes open to help 'your other buddies. Every | 'man who lost a Jimb or suifered} }@ wound «in this war deserves! tyour help because he is one of | the great fraternity whicn i brought freedom back to the ‘world. Every veteran who needs| a job.should be steered to the | right places to get jobs and every | ‘veteran who is not treated right) in this city should get the sup-| por: of other veterans. The best place for veterans to organize aie! ‘in the American Legion and Vet-| erans of Foreign Wars. These} groups are getting to.be quite| powerful. e e BONEFISHING HERE Very little bonefishing or per-) mit fishing is done near Key; West. But this is a sport which| has many devotees up the Keys./ I have crouched under a man-| grove close to shore up the keys | in a skiff and in the orange re-| flections of the leaves in the! water peered out and seen many); scores of permit.and bonefish| “tiling” or standing, on» their } heads » with their ‘tails, out. of; water feeding on tiny erabs, on) the bottom. You. fish for. these} fish when the tide is running in and go up on the flats before the} fish start coming on. Then when! they feed toward you and seize your baits of shrimp or crab in| the water, you will have the time; of your life. | | Against Cross State Canal FORT LAUDERDALE, (FNS). —Mrs. Polly Rose Balfe, Florida’s first woman candidate for the U S. Senate, went on record early! this week against the proposed} cross-state canal; “T will ‘to the utmost “of my! ability, work against what\I am convinééd ig “ar unrieéded pro- ject”, Mrs. Balfe.stated, “because canal proponents have” failed, in! every:sway!vto show. as‘genuine need for:the projeeted)‘big: ditch’ across: Plerida.Ms:. lie; s 5 | “This! ::governmenti: owes an obligation to:mnore than: 80: mil lion ~people”, » she “added, “who; i | ‘Facts and F igures | going above and beyond the call] THE. KEY WEST CITIZEN Two Key Westers Among Group In Japan YOKOHAMA, JAPAN—FLORIDA BOYS who spent Christmas 1945 | in Japan turned their thoughts to home as they posed for a “Greeting Card” at an American Red Cross Club. First row, left to right: SM2c Gene H. Wade, RFD No. 3, Bonifay: T/5 Arthur O. Bell, Pensacola; Cpl. John R. Butler, Box 338, Crestview: Pvt. Allen Brobham, 106 EW 4th St., Jacksonville: Sgt. Joe, Brown, 1717 N.W. 6th Court, Mi- ami; Pfc. Robert Lee, 332, Broad St., Tampa: Pvt. Roy R. Drury, 72 St.,.7. Ave.. Tampa; Pfc. Hayward Bowers, Jay; PFC. ELMER F. CARTER. 809 EATON ST., KEY WEST; PFC. WARREN H.. LOWE, 509 GREENE ST., KEY WEST: Pvt. A. Jensen, 1104 Postal Bldg., Miami: \‘Secotid' row: \M.M. Quartermaster Roger W. Mathews, 509 North 4th’St. Palatka; Pfc. Evan G, Smith, 262 N.E. 98th St., Miami: Sgt. ‘Robert*W.’Schyoter, 601 E. McRorie St., Lakeland; Sgt. James | | (American Red Cross Photo by Bullard) W. Lowery, Century: Pvt. Buford B. Ecott, Panama City: Pvt. ‘Gor- don L. Roberts, 5001 Nebraska Ave., Tampa; Cpl. William F. Seilley, 1513 Marion St., Tampa: Sgt. Jerry P. Loggins, Bradenton. Third | row: Pvt. Lloyd O. Barrett, 645 W. Minnesota Ave., Deland: S/Sgt.| Harold M. Blecher, Pt. 5 13 at 2213, Orlando; Cpl., Donald R. What- ley. Box 305, Sebring: T/Sgt. Willie E: Van Sickle, 434 Tallulah Ave.. Jacksonville: Pic. Arthur S. Coleman, 2649 W. Beauer St., Jackson- ville; Sgt. Jack Clark, 337 15th ,St.. St. Petersburg: Cpl. Angus »J. Combs, RR 1, Sanderson: Sgt. John W. Stevens, 611 14th St. West Palm Beach: Pvt. Philip Thomson, 1223 N.W. 7Ath Merchant Marine, R. S. Brice, 5636 N.W. 4th Ave., Mi old G. Mingo, 8 12 N.W. 11th Ave.,, Miami; Pvt. LaVetnge 506 Bronson St., Palatka. By FULLER WARREN When the curtain came down last week, I was discussing the} urgent necessity of every citizen| of duty in an all-out effort to help our state and our. nation survive the most crucial peace- time crisis it has faced .in\)169 years of growing greatness..; I will now pick up the. burden I laid: dewn seven days ago. There are many ways in which every adult citizen can help -to|. keep our country: on .an even{!’ keel and assist it to pull through the most perilous - peacetime crisis that has ever come upon it’ Probably the most 'important‘and Hospital Employees Héiored | CSS SITSSSS SS African Pompano Brought In Here Tuesday Leroy Landis, Philadelphia, Pa., landed a 22-pound Afri- can pompano Tuesday. This is the second African pom- pano of the season to be brought into the Gulf Pier. The fish, was..caught on a nine-thread’ line and an un- usually: light steel rod with a two-and-a-half-ounce tip. Mr. Landis has done a lot of Flor- ida fishing but this is his first catch of this, specie and he is having the fish. mounted. The party, which ‘fished aboard the Sea Raider. in- cludéd:i-) Mr.» Landis; Sam Sider ts ternational. | the way, relax, woman . . where wealthy men give beauti- | freely loaned their money during ful structures to the cities and to the war years, tol’reffain’ from Yacht Clubs. This might de-| embarking*“oh™dny> project of velop in Key West. Although it. doubtfub:valwete> Dov od 1. 9s ha§ not to date, The other is in-| Her’ statémeént ‘followed an'ari-| vestment. The boom which Miami; nouneémeérit by: Senator Andrews) has long feared for the Keys! in Washingtot’ that he‘ would ats) and Key West is at last here and, tempt to” witt Sétiate® approval‘ to} will open up when building ma-| reinstate ‘the’ $15,000,000 apprd-| terials are released. There essential duty citizens “can ‘per! form is to fully inform themsélv- es about all currentipublie2ques- tions, and then take an active aggressive part in settling or sol- ving them. This canbe: done, by voting when such questions are submitted for determination at the polls by the people. When Navy Photo | FIFTY-TWO: maintenance and clerical workers at the U.S. Naval; Hospital were honored recently when each received a certificate of , service in appreciation of their loyalty during the war. Each of the employes named have been employed by the Navy for six months or, more prior to V-J Day. Shown above receiving the certificates for: the group from Capt. Joseph B. Logue, (MC), USN, medical officer- | in-command, is Emmet E. Crowson. head of the Hospital Mainten- | Levin, .also lof) Philadelphia; William Gartner, Jersey City, Nz J., and Myron Rugar, Ho- boken, N. J. :Other.i fish» boated by’ the party included grouper, yel- low jack, snapper and barra- cuda., All but three of the barracuda caught were re- (OFINTE KEY WEST | National and State News With A Local Slant —— ee By J.W.R. ‘"A Painter Of Word Pictures” Key West poets may like to’ ‘Thirteenth Armored Division, ante * iknow that Vivian Yeiser jmore, poet laureate of Florida, a will be awarded a gold medal for | being the “artist of the year.” The award will be made “ }19 at the annual Miami Woman's Club Artists and Writers. break- fast. Myrtle: Taylor Bradford, can Professional Artists League, said the gold medal will be given the Florida laureate in recogni- tion of her ability as a “paifter of word pictures.” Miss Larramore is well known She has published quite a lot of lccal work in her column in a Miami daily. What's This! Sugar Rationing Off By This Summer? That “sweet tooth” may yet be satisfied! Yep, good news comes from the little Island Republic of Cuba, We hope it’s true, because we just can’t drink “black coffee” or cof- fee of any color without... Sugar, rationed or the plain lack of it, is what we're referring to. ; + Women are going wild ewig for it, mi COR ‘4 out” through cr) Ae ae SAS oh dren ery for it, But—gut of Cuba may éonie’ thé salvation of ail ~ According to a statement made y Dr. Ramiro Collazzo, an .at- orney of Havana, 4,000,000°tons of Cuban sugar will be sent to the United States this year, This will mean the end of sugar ra- tioning this coming summer, he declares. We do not doubt Mr. Collazzo. He’s a Lion, you see. In fact, he’s president of Lions In- | Now that you know sugar is on » take} it easy ... your days of gloom, frustration and exhaustion, are about over. We hope. American Woman's Beauty Worth $25,000—Plus Would one of Key West’s young ladies like to -haye..a),complete, new | wardrobe, , .an/; all-expense- paid trip to Atlantic City, N. J., and. scholarship, awards. totaling $25,000? 3 You would? i Wel, here’s' what you've got to do: Be chosen “Miss;Key West’, “Miss Florida’. and Miss: Amer- ica”. That's all. “Simple, huh? Why, sure; with the abundance of | pulchritude in the Key West of! today, this shouldn’t beas/diffi- cult as. it seems. Y Seriously, here's chance for you girls to get together, make your plans and -persuade an’or- ganization to sponsor'a “Miss Key West” candidate for state and pos- sibly ational honors. Better: still, how about designating the Sponge { state art director for the Ameri-| among the poets of Key West. | , {Statement that was inspire {There ’s Another =a es hbo bey t JB ft PAGE ba CHARLES PINDER (Special to The Citizen) "4 FORT McPHERSON, Ga,, aE 15.—Pfc. Charles W. Pinder * 1106 Angela street, Key W . Fla., has been given an hono: J discharge from the United a Army. ns He was connected with lit + j was in the Army for 28 month, six of which he spent overseas. He wears the good conduct medal, besides many othet wards ‘received for his servites jin the various theaters of opera | tion. e& the City Commission: are free ‘from any misconduct and, have. been acting according to i \best judgment in the conductpf ,, the affairs of the city, free from {influence or coercion.” This in reference to the charges lof graft made by Rev. E. S. Doh- erty at a recent City Commission meeting. Key West’s present uproar over. liquor and gambling is not an iso- lated -condition, All over tie country, in the past, at present. .. and in the future this same céms dition has existed or will exist It’s with us to stay, it seems. We haven't got to go any faz: ther than West Palm Beach fom) “present” example. The Minista rial Association of that city, as, jthe local association has dene lhere, this week asked law en-,, forcement officers just what they, doing to stamp oyt all forms oft gambling) 11" Eye ahant The association issued a pe byha grand. jury’s feport recommend- ing immediate stopping of “an and all” gambling in West P: Beach. Two questions were as! ed by the ministers of law em forcement officers to which loogl ministers would welcome answ as pertaining to Key West ant Monroe County. * The questions are to the poii and their answers would unmise takably inform the public how law enforcement officials rega™ the anti-gambling laws. Thg questions: “eS “Did the sheriff's office an@ the office of chief of police give the grand jury any factual ev dence and if so did either office ever act to enforce the law? «§ “If they did not give the info mation {6 the grand jury, did eg ther office make any effort to get the facts fromthe gratid jury an® proceed to enforce’ the law?” So, you see, the battle against illegal gambling cantiot be claint ed exclusively by Key West. os eee ae City Manager In Floride “ Mj Residents of Key Wést!' whe favor ‘city manager fornt’ of Boy>« ernment can ‘again’ say ‘“I-tol you‘so.”’ ‘The reason?’ - There! another city manager in ‘Flori today. He’s Luther Spa fresh from the Navy. The council of Dania recently crea‘ the office and immediately ae ‘pointed Mr. Sparkman to fill {he | will, be much investment. tiation forthe canal, which the; House knocked ‘out cf the ap-| scuh questions or problems are to be decided by public officials.) *8¢® Department. leased unharmed. The pompano was entered Festival Queen Contest winnér as_ post. this ‘vity’s entry in the “Miss| Thus, the trend toward city Florida” competition? It eould’managership of municipal gov- be done. The stakes are high, not ernments continues in Florida, only for the lucky beauty but Key | —_>— A West-as well. oLads of publicity, Timber! But It's Going Up! for both. Key Westers will soon have ,to Florida’s contest to choogé. its “dig down deeper” if they desire candidate for “Miss Amierica”|southern pine lumber. : competition will be held. some-| The average mill price for this time the latter part of April or lumber will be increased by $3.25 early May. The national compe-'per 1,000 board feet in the near tition: will be at Atlantic City, in future, Approval of the inerease September. “Miss Arnerica”. will) has been announced by the stab-.: ‘| berselected on the basis of health, ilization administrator's office propriations bill last week. SSS ee Ree sa te OW > | citizens should let such public officials know their views and j opinons; and, where necessary GIVEN RELEASE | apply a little pressure. This could be done most effect-} Specal to The Citizen) if ively by citizens coming together! JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 15. — in the Jacob Ruppert Fishing Tournament by the Charles Thompson Marine Hardware. SIS S SSL ST 4 Says “Not Making Atom Bombs” e e ' WORK BEING DONE NOW Right now the city is buying, JOHN R. YATES lands for the Yacht Harbor site and favors leasing to the best man. The Tom Wilson project seems to be highest in favor right now. The Junior Chamber of ereignty. resides in the people! if they carried it on with one-half and the administration is lodged) the zeal they put into their alco- in oficers elected by and repre-} holic activities—and leave them senting the people; a representa-| with far fewer stomach ulcers. tive democarcy). After getting yourself posted in a body and adopting resolu-: By thus taking an active, ag-; about your city’s pcwers and Céliamerce is working hard tight John R. Yates, 20, seaman secohd} tions setting forth their ideas) gresive, vocal (oratory reached, problems, you shéuld get an un-| nate to get ie Conte Chap. | 18s of 414 Simonton street, Key | on the issues involved. Having|-its highest development in the; derstanding of your state govern-, béide and fix it w neg (West, Fla, a veteran of 44} been chosen several times by the] congenial climate and nourish-) ment. I hardly need suggest that z ee . UP for a com-) months’ Naval Service, was dis-| people to serve as their tribune,| ing atmosphere of freedom that} what your staté government does munity hall. Wish the Country charged Wednesda: February | Club Association would give up) 33, at ay» y| 1 I can personally testify that let-| prevailed in Rome for nearly half comes close home to you. That it it lease on the property and turn 13; at the Naval Personnel Sep-| ters, resolutions and) a millennium) part in administer-; has its hand dep into your pock- it back to the city so that the city can once again lease it to the one giving the best offer. e e HEALTH UNIT GOOD. ‘The proposed sponsorship _.of the Health Unit by the county, algne seems to be.an excellent Proposition. Not only will it give the Unit more money but there! will be one captain in charge of the ship. The Unit takes indigent] ases as certified by the Welfare Board here. It is not designated as a hospital for indigent’ care ut just for those phases of state and U. S. Public Health functions which are now in great need. Por instance, there is work done against the dread tuberculosis disease, there is much being dune fainst venereal disease. There =re also free trips for indigents to state hospitals for treatment. here is dental work. There is a tremendous amount of education examination in indigent pre- natal work and instruction of nidwives. Thus the principal nds of diseases and preventive medicines on these are taken care wr e e DONATED PUBLIC LIBRARY Before long there may be donated to the city of Key West a@ the Woman’s Club a Woman's Clubhouse and a public library. The donation will be given perhaps when materials are available. I will be most happy when I can make is announcement and most proud. e VETERANS HELP EACH OTHER There is a great deal being Gone for the veterans of World building EOS aration Center here. Yates entered the Navy in May, 1942, and received amphibious | training af*Little Creek; Virginia and at ~Solomons, Maryland. on. its and was wtih the shi trip G6WE We nig a ‘igsis- ssippi , Fivers’ to QPeene Later ‘the’ ship" was” Eng- land and participated in Naval rehearsals for the Normandy in- vasion. Lives On Borrowed Time Navy Photo petitions, ia jing the public afairs of their, nation, Roman citizens gave; themselves | reasonably good | 1} government’ for 457 :years, ; ty) If we Floridans and Americans tee} are to: continue: to-enjoy. the; countless benefits. of good gov-; ernment, we have got to begin}; “putting something in the pot”! a jin the form of active, intelligent, 5 don’t ever desist in! interested participation in gov- agitation because of the mistak-} ernmental affairs. en notion that it won’t do any) In addition to fully informing good. : The most successful and endur-| problems and questions, citizens, ing republic that ever blessed) should get a clear understanding the people with good govern-| of the nature and functions of the ment, until our own great Re-! several governmental set-ups or public came into being 169 years, divisions which affect all of us ago, was the Roman Republic) so vitally. If you live in a city which lasted 457 years—from; you should get a copy of your 508 B. C. until 40 B. C| Roman | city’s charter and study it. You citizens assisted in adminstering! should also get a copy of th the affairs of their government; municipal ordinances of your cit: by forming themselves into a! and read them. They can be ob- body called the Curial Assembly ; tained from your city library or It chose the magistrates (judges), from your city clerk or recorder passed or rejected the measures! Obviously you. can’t take a | proposed by officials or by the{ very intelligent and effective | senate, heard appeals from judg-! part in helping to administer the ments of magistrates, tried’ all affairs of your city—the unit of cases of capital crime charged! government that most. intimately to Roman citizens, and decided; affects you—unless you know, upon war or peace—the most’ what its powers, duties and limi- momentous decisions that/:can,tations are jall of which are set ever be made. i With the citizens at large tal af Of course, it will take a little ing so active a part and making of your time to do this, but you such weighty decisions in the af- have enough at stake in govern- j fairs of their government, the} ment—city, county, state, feder- Roman Republic endured nearly al to amply justify the time and three times as long as any: other effort it will take to learn some- co} are r CHIEF ELECTRICIAN JOSEPH JACOB WOLF is a survivor of the Carrier Franklin. He was trapped in one of the lower com- partments while the carrier was sinking but later escaped. Wolf is stationed at NOB here. . republic (a free country where thing about it. Many citizens the people rule through their.could just divert some of the elected representatives): has ever time they “devote to tap rooms, survived. Our own great Country, bars, pool rooms and other such, has 288. years to go-to equal the cultural centers, to the study records of Rome as a republic (a’ government and public state or nation in which the sov-! It would make them themselves about current public; ume of out in its charter, and ordinances. ; et was well strated by this headline whi¢h appeared’ over an’ Associated Press dispatch from Tallahassee on” June 1 1945, “$26,500,000 in Néw ‘Taxes ” jam, talent and beauty. ¢ | Further information, from: Mi- J Junior .Chanyber of Commerce if interested, ..; { ‘Levied For’ “Next Two “Years.” (Please note’ the’ headlines say: “New” taxes—taxes in addition to taxes the people were already paying.) The best way to get yourself wise, about your state govern- ment would be to procure a vol- “Florida Government,” by R. A. Gray, the efficient and affable Secretary of State. This hook will give you a clear picture not only of your. state govern- ment but also of your county and city government. You can’t do ; your duty to yourself, your fam- j ily, your friends, your city and | county, your state, unless you | know what’s in this book. (I’m ‘not being paid to promote its sale.) If you want to go all the way eer ae in “wiseing” yourself up about FIRST FLEET STRENGTH our state, purchase or borrow a ee | volume of Kathryn Trimmer Ab-| BALTIMORE. First fleet | bey’s’ book, “Florida, Land . of strength of the Revenue Cutter Change.” This learned lady real-| Service, later the Coast Guard, ly “gives out” about Florida in; was 10 cutters built to combat her tremendous tome. This is about all the ballest| Meeded revenue. (any heavy substance laid in the; The Hudsdi river is only 360 i hold of a vessel to steady it): > this generous journal will take! miles Se and ee Setar rag on for this week’s “voyage.” Next ocean lew York City. week I'm going to quit meande?-| ing around and tear right into: SIRENS BRS heavily upon all of us. Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat Navy Photo |BILL BARRETT, of NOB Chem- ical Laboratory, analyzes tests of all materials in NOB area. The We'd Like To Know vin porttudre nd ‘ounty’s,. Grand, has spoken: “. Jury + members of | Washington and «an, OPA: ie officially granting: the hike is¢x-, (pected any. day.) 40 Increase will run until Aug. If production: goals of. 4,600,000 000 board feet have been met by that date, the price rise will extended another six months, erwise it will be discontinued. ' “ “Place Your Refrigeration ona REAL. ICE BASIS and you will get GUARANTEED ‘ Refrigeration Service