The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 1946, Page 1

Associated Fress Day Wire Service and AP. Features For 66 Years"Dévoted to the Best interests of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 47 Key West Postotficé: To. Fake Over Naval Uti — Serate Stalin Makes ree iiieren ranchn-) . Address: Today es Beginning On Mon.| ANNIVERSARY OF ESTAB- day LISHMENT OF COMMU- NISTIC GOVERNMENT Beginning Monday, ihe Key! West Post Office will iake ov the operation of the post offices! at the Naval Air Base, the Naval} Hospital and the Boca Chica} iby Asnéele‘ed Press) Field, Postmaster Hollon R. Ber-| MOSCOW, Feb. 23. — Today, valdi said ioday. j the twenty-eight anniversary of Those offices, since their cstab- the establishment of the cdm- lishfhent heen conducted , MuNistic form of government. in by -naval personnel, bu‘, under! Bussia, Premier Josef Stala Mr. Bervaldi, they will be operat-' made an address in which he sai ed by civilians. jthat “Russia “has ‘the greatest Naval Air Station will be No.| army in the world.” 1 unit, ‘Boca Chica, No. 2, and | Despite that fact, he added, Naval Hospital, No. 3. military leaders in Russia should Beginning March 1, ihe post of-' keep abreast of the times, for fice in the Operating Base military strategy was being con- wil be taken over by Postmaster stantly improved. He stated thc‘ Bervaldi, and there the per- Russia must maintain a powerfu | | | have sonnel will be changed from na al to civilian, with Charles §. army to protect her borders. He appealed to the Russians to Che Hey Key West, Florida, bas tne most equable climate in-the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Three Conerete “Block Hones OH "| ‘Aventie*E? Hebe F. L. RODGERS OBTAINS PER. MITS; ADAMS DAIRY PLANS $4,400 -ADDITION: WEEK'S TOTAL $26,260 Three concrete block residences : jon Avenue E will be erected by F. L. Rodgers with permits of $6,000 each granted, according to records in Building Inspector Er rol .Sawyer’s office. Adams Dairy will be enlarged with a $4,400 addition, a buildiag | permit for which was granted this j week, The week’s permits totalied $26,260. gor ; Other permits issued this week follow. t Noel | Robents, 2:Havana Strec*, repairs, $3004 jini 1 Et | AT. Warnock,6 Lowe’s Late, repairs, $300. °° ¢ Walter Lowe, 840 Olivia street, repairs and painting, $200. Mrs. Marion Logan Dunn, 724 726, Fleming street, painting, $2U0,* Mrs, Chester” Thompson, 3824 Margaret street, painting, $200. -KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1946 pomaeiesr ric? DemonsirationB Chinese Students Out In Chungking (By Associated Preas). CHUNGKING, Feb. 23.-Chi- nese students held a demon- stration here today against the central government's at- titude . toward. the Russians. The students declared that the government was permit- ting the Russian, troops in | Chine,{to have too. much. in; fluence... The, , demonstrators demanded that. the Russiens be. Wexpelled: =from.::China. _ Nobody \was)dilled during the ;demonstration,.. though some were hurt. 4 ‘Refuses To AMOUNT aS BOND _ WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT UP FOR DAMAGE TO FIELD » Bill Decker, owner of the: 7) horses and*trailer which were leased: to Rodeo, Incorporat«4, settled with Roy Hamlin, rep-c- senting the Stadium Committec for $225 yesterday. .- Mr. Decker was then given bach possession of the horses and trail- er. Manager of thé carnival iias not been located by Mr. Decker, who told Mr. Hamlin that he had! leased -his: horses: to: the manager and: then: Was’ ‘informed ‘by: his meni of ‘the turn'dfevents'in' the Sqtiabbles' which thave oecutred iin ria West si ‘rep )the-Rodeo was 'té Have the grounds for three days at $300 a day. It was also to furnish a $200 bond for damage to the field. |. Mr. Hamlin said that the rént {) but * evideritly: "broken PRICE FIVE CENT: * Yamashita Pays Death Penaliy For His Various Atrocities (By Associated Proea) MANILA, Feb. 23—Lieutenant, shita. walked up pir Paes i i panied by a priest, who adminis- General Tomoyuki | Yamashite/ fered the last rites of Shintoism the “tiger of Malaya”, was awak- to the former “tiger”. Then he ened in his cell at 2 o’clock this} was asked if he had anything to morning and taken to Los Banos} say. before he was hanged, and concentration carhp, where many) he replied: : . atrocities,{during the war, aaat *toprdy pre will have: been committed by Tapio ee ie ak uae against::American. and! Filipi his Thead: he Was led "to Hi ‘soldiers 'and civilians! ¢ °° site trap was Spring, At 3°otelock; Yamashith,” erect ghita ‘ended his career by ‘th Spirtt;"'ing, which is considered the rnost with the strut gotle “out: of! his: di: iced way to die by mili- stride, begari his last walk. It tary leaders of all nations. led to a gallows that. had been | He was the first of Japanese built 10 days ago on the slope war leaders to be executed. A Sailors In Royal Indiar Navy. However, Are Surrendering Uncondi- tionally (Ry Astociated Press) LONDON, Feb. 23—Rioting still continues in Bombay, though Prime Minister Clement Attlee said today that the 7,000 sailors in the Royal Indian navy, who had begun the rioting, were sur- rendering “unconditionally. Some of therh, -aboard: captired war- | ships; were’ Still holding ‘out, but havé ‘Sent representatives’ ashore to’ arrange for their surrender. Riots, Ro’ are continuing among ‘tho “Of ‘civilians in Bombay “an alcutta, where the uprising is of a sympathetic nature. © The sailors, in surrendering, ‘ill demand higher pay and bet- | | | sti was paid the Junior Chamber of} of a hill behind three trees, which, short time afterward another} ter food, and have added another Mathews as superintendent the station. of triple their industrial production so that it would be on a par with that of the United States. “We must produce and produce Samuel. Clark, 416 Division street renairs. $300. e. Be Hurried R. E. Pollock, 514 Duval street, ele wall cases and painting, $800. {CASE PERTAINS TO RUS- and: that-the-Junier Chamber will pay the Stadium committee $50 for -lights and incidentals. garding the damage to the field tors, other than those who were'a jap civilian interpreter were there in an official capacity. | hanged. They too had been con- Thirteen steps led to the plat- victed of having committed atro- from of the gallows, and Yama-) eities in the Philippines. Recruiting Officer’ Is Coming To City Charles B. Medd recruiting office :, Miami, wi ¢ at the Post Office Building in Key West between the hours of 10 am. to 6 p.m Tues Feb. 26, to interview young men jnterested tre Coast Guard Well known in Key Comdr. Medd was formerly. f officer of the Lighthouse Tender ay, in West es inst until our output is at least thvee fold of what it is now,” he de clared. aking about the Russian | armi he reminded his hearers {that military knowledge - today may he of little consequence to morrow. Because of that fact, he concluded, Russian military lead- ers should keep informed, ofpthe latest. implements, of war and, of! their application to military sci- ence. Lions Sponsor Chas. H. Smith, 1306 Catheri street, painting, $100. Mrs. E. Starli 1316. Elica street\ general repairs, $600. S. J. McClintock, 1013 Southard street, painting and repairs, $280. { Lou Smith, 982 North Beach, painting, $100. Cecil Cates; 132 Dunca: frame garage,. $300 Lucilo Gonzalez) street, repairs, $150, E Louise Thompson, 703 Fleming street, repairs, $50: Jack C. Smith in strect, } 51214 Angela ' lister McKenzie King) sai ,ter formally ‘to the Russian gov- !ernment. He added that he would . although no bond was put up, Mr. Decker: said that he would pay the Stadium committee $225, whieh - would * covey : the origina! amount of the bond and also $25 for the cost of feeding the horses. SIAN ESPIONAGE IN CANADA (ty Associated. Pr: OTTAWA, Feb. Pi “> ie Mi today! he refused to be hurried in‘mak. ing his. statement regarding Rus sian @spidnage im Canada. 1 He declared he was not\ on Ja “witch hunt”, and that he wap, taking his: time to report the mat: THHEMe MC ILA Le i cares) GIBSQ! os Hepes ses Gash bt is) Alexander Barmihe, ‘forme Noted Writers At 529 Grinnell St. Visit Dr. Ct in tanta tannin nan tac clante Lo fn tn tion indiatimes ALEXANDER BARMINE, EUGENE. Dewey ‘In Key' West now for six weeld {atthe home’ ‘next ‘to\the Western | Union * office’ on' Greerie’ stree-, Ivy, and commanding officer of the Tender Poineiina vat"! Key West, fromg 1937 to 1940. | Lt. Comfr. Medd formerly mad+! Hi-School Band _ JOBS i not make the report public untth the Russian government had had it “two or three days”. He sur= mised that Russia probably would Dies In “Hospital pelt ba, Lsigadier. Gonéral ‘and..Jeader. in. we Mr. Dewey and his aapeh: gS BP. OLS % oe ter, ‘ived.. < scat ifi#Ay phases of the Soviet effort, ae ie Lani aly er RS ons as business -mgn, industrialist, joyed several talks with the Bay plomat»and recentiy mines and with Mr. Lyons. his home,on Smith street in Key West, with his wife and two daughters. His daughters attend the Convent of Mary, the. Im aculate. After five. years of erseas duty, he returned to orida, and is er-in-charge of the 7ND Coast Guard recruit- ing office, Miami Young men 17 to 25, with no evious military experience, who completed of chool, a ment Comar. rd, called th conduc -; at this time being dis- the Coast > veterans Duties of ludg-airysea rescue and, 7 lainiaying aids to ation, including ,buoys,: lor- rador ..;enforcement of and regulations, and atrol—hurricane iceberg warnings, Two Realty Deals Are Recorded Here transfers of local realty closed yesterday through the J. Otto Kirchheiner agency, Lot 19 and one-half of lot 18 Twe were Scott Curry Paul J. and Helen M. Sher for A house and lot in Griffin ‘ar Southard Street, were purchased by Drexel and Rubye O. Hoper from Paul R. and Mar- st Monsalvatge for $3,500. TOT TI RRO SURE, WHERE TO DINE SUNDAY Sunday Dinner for the Entire Family, Gulf Stream Restaurant Division and Simonton Streets BAHAMA CRUISE Sailing Yacht Seafarer Leaving for Nassau ACCOMMODATIONS FOR TWO Capt. L. C. Kelsey North Side, Porter Dock, Foot Duval Street Inquire Aboard and )@Rarlestot 2 High ‘ool, orchestra will be sponsored by, the; Key West,\Lions Club, with decision ,made Thurs- dav by the Baard of,.Directors, The . Lions; will make arange- buying uniforms, trips. The band’s direction will continue under Dr. Roger Chadwick, fromer Chicago school music teacher who has worked wonders with the local group. Lions state that the band may be featured at the Lions Con- vention later this year. atures ‘Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last night}! } Atlanta Boston 67 48K sod shooinuloVs | Brownsville, —. 82 66 b 40 42 68 74 65 79 79 67 75 29 68 30 63 68 62 52 62 74 53 31 31 60 52 35 68 68 52 Chicago j Detroit Galvestori Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST K. W. Airport Memphis Miami Minneapolis New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Pensacola _ Pittsburgh St. Louis Tampa | Palace Theater YVONNE DE CARLO in Salome, Where She Danced News and Serial OM 4WINS- GARAGE General Auto Repairs Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts NORTH BEACH INN COFFEE SHOP 711 North Beach Phone 453-J eFull-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m. eSpanish Home-cooked DINNERS by Reservation Vitin® Pblativas? snd’ friends, Jack’ ‘Charles’ ‘Smith}' Jr!}.| 21 died’in U. S: Naval Hospita} frst injuries received in an autorobi decident which’ ovcured on. Frets) 17. 1 iy, ett Home awaiting orders to be sent" home. His father, Jack Charles Smith, Sr., resides at 1301. Gratiot strect, } Bay City, Michigan. Mr. Smith was a veteran of! World War II. j give the report: tothe owdild bed fore: thé \Canddian ‘government. King also: statéd that he refus+ to éhgdge ih a: Verbal was. "The body is at Lopez Fuheral) With:the Russians, who arétadept! office of City Clerk Roy ‘Hamlin | at that sort of thing. He‘denied j¢mphatically the Russian charge. that anti-Russian feeling is rife in Canada, and pointed out that, during the war, Canada gave goods to Russia worth millions of dollars. PHIL HENSON-ON VISIT TO CITY 4 Included in the recent arrivals in Key West, Was Phil Henson, | former Key Wester, who is now making his home in Coconut Grove, Florida, * | Mr. "Henson. WHo! is’ a “great | badstS6P hig Home" town, wisi | Heidi? Here for ‘Several diys vis-| fey ‘LONG RAILROAD LINES CHICAGO. — There are 28,000; miles of railroad in ‘Australia, al-} most entirely owned by the state | and federal governments. { 42£42£4444444444444445 Kathryn-M. Carter, Personalized Cosmetics who is a Cosmetic Specialist, will be at the La Concha 2.Beauty.Salon | (on } | | | and 27 of Next Week Ladies are requested to make appointments for ocnsultatio: and diagnosis of all skin prob- lems at... LA CONCHA BEAUTY SALON * 423 Fleming Street PHONE 128 } — ES ee ve V VV ve reve j 1 OPresexiption \ The cighty-second - anniver- sary of. the ‘ounding of the Knights of Pythias was celebra- ted last evening by Key West Lodge at: theit ~hall on Fleming street. Theiprogtan’ was operiéd with tiusimibyian orchestra icdmposed: ‘of Mroiandd.Mrsis Armando” Fer- nandey, ; Miss > Grace’ Fernandez} | Mr. atid Mts}Paul:Ross: Roberts, Mrviand Mrs. Vietor' Watkins ‘and Arthor’ Burchfield. The following program was rendered under the direction of Gerald Saunders. Piano Selections, Louise Saunders. Poem, A Prayer by Miss Dolor- es Thornley. Address, J. Winfield Russell. Miss Mary We Are Now Accepting COLOR FILM for DEVELOPING and PRINTING ‘SOUTHERNMOST CITY ; PHARMACY Iie. A Druggists j DUVAL AND’ FLEMING ‘Si 1130 Duval Street , | Phone 168 Wednesday; Feb. 25, 26 i Order Of Knights Of Pythias Celebrates Anniversary Event { f journalist, di »| Bwo.new employes in the cityjauther,, ‘mowrare: Mrs.iBva.Gibsoniin the Wag, Survived”. \-offi¢e iof collector Archie Roberts; Accompany. and Mrs. :R, «Mi. Harvey in th i mer editor. of “The American Mrs. Gibson’ is well known in; Mercury” and author of “Assigr: ».Key West having lived here all! ment in Utopia”, and former ed.- her life, and Mrs Harvey’s hus-! tor of “Pageant” magazine. Mr. band is here stationed at Navalj| Lyons 9. Grinnell street. Mr. Barmine states that he en- joys The Citizen very much ana submarine. He’ is a chief electri-; 52! ciays mate. said he enjoyed the columns in the paper. which interpret news of the-city for the people. When the ‘past war broke out, Violin Selection, Gerald Saun-' Mr.’ Barmine *joined the United ders. States Army as a private, but The Friendship, | shortly -he-was transferred to tne { “cloak and dagger” service, which is called ‘of Strategi |Scsvices, ana i dertgned to, hee ; Services, f i) Parody,.d. Rs: Deolandi’ | American, military, men; inform od « Aohumber’ of selections by ihe! of hostile movements to | orchestra’. andivthengroup singing ed States. Be ea ded: . by:Gerakd: Saunders; was},a The srrepines, Peyexbern comt- greatly ‘enjoyed> by all, f g to Key West for the past five (‘Refreshments were served un-| years and enjoy every visit here der the direction. of B. M. Forbes,|They are very good friends of Arent T. Sjurson, J. F. Pinder| Professor John Dewey and often and, Thos. R. Gibson. visited with the noted philosoph-r Tomorrow evening the mem- bers of the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters will attend the servite at the Fleming Street Methodist Church. OPEN SUNDAY To Serve You From 7 A.M. to Midnight GAS - OIL - PARTS Batteries Charged Flats Fixed GREASE. and SPRAY JOBS 1 \ Iessori of 3 RAmAAAAAAS*AAAAARSD DELMONICO ‘RESTAURANT 218 DUVAL ST. PHONE 518 Sunday’s Specials Dinner No. 1—$1.10 Spanish Bean or Chicken Soup Black Beans and Rice Lettuce and Tomato Salad \Ditfer No? 2481.50. \Spanish Bean or Chicken Soi masa Bebe fe as Che bas Franch fvied. Potaiges Fei DANCING EVERY’ NIGHT { Music by Barroso’s Orchestra and The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ BREAKFAST Served from. * LUNCHEON Served ftom . DINNERS Served from . . HUGH C, HODGE, Manager 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 1 Noon to 2:00 P.M. P.M. to 8:30 P.M. Chef's Salad Tropical Fruit - Cream Cheese Cotfee or Tea ey West is Eugene Lyons, fot) th2|* ¢, best seller, “One !{' Mr, Barmine was bor in Rus- ‘ \) O}diae Ut Aubing’ the years of! work | Mr. /Barmine t0!/Abrodd ‘he “became ‘grddually dis- flubionéd With the Communisr dictatorship.’ He ‘Was’ Charze @Affeires of Soviet Russia i Athens in 1937 when the Great !Purgé began. He had seen many drove with Mr. Barmine to: of his friends, old Bolsheviks, go} Operating Base attached to aj Key West.. They are residing ai, home to death and dishonor. Un-| like most of them, he had. the courage to break with the regime jhe Could no longer tolerate. He is glad to see recent efforts to in-| escaped to Paris and succeeded in: crease the worth of the paper. He} eluding the assassins who dogged! puild new boats. ‘his. footsteps there. Eventually he and his Greek wife made their way to America !Here Barmine served as private ,in the United States Army,-wh his wife took her ‘Master’s De- gree in Architecture at Columbia University, Both he and his wife are now,,A4merican citizens. 5 Volunteers Foro a Red Cross Needed » Your Red Cross stands eady to. meet your needs and those of your neighbors. The men and wo- men in the armed forces, and veterans are particularly aided now; Your children, police and firemen are trained in accident prevention, first aid and water safety; constant planning iakes place anticipating hurricane hav- oc; and so thru a 16ng list, it is stated, this it requires work and money. ey. The Red Cross Fund. Cam- paign will take place in Key West March ist thru March 10. Volunteers are needed to call on their neighbors for contributions. This is a job that must be done well:in view of all the pressing demands on the Red Cross. Mrs. Wan Deursen, ofi.the Key West: Chapter -ask& every one (The "1400 Duval at Seuth St. _ DINING ROOM and _ COCKTAIL LOUNGE “2+Cpens § P.M. Daily——— a a tt i a i i It is also shown that to do) | Some one has to solicit this mon-| fe Commerce, sponsor of the show,| hid Yamashita from the specta- Japanese licutenant general and} feduiremeit’s'te7 thelr” demand, j the release of the Indians who | were arrested because ihey fought with the Japs or collab- orated with them. Yesterday and last night--the rioting was the worse since it was begun, It was reported to- day that 200 were killed and more than 1,000 wounded. Most of the killed were cvilians, who refused to heed a warning ‘to stop when they were charging-on contingents. of British sailors. Sponging ‘After ' Winter Fishing NEXT BIG SALE APRIL i; SALE YESTERDAY TO- TALLED $14,954.44 Next: big sponging sale is cx | pected to take place probably at the end .of March, Hilary Whal ton, sponge buyer, said today. Most of the boats are still ‘ki fishing and it will probably not be until the ehd of the comme cial fishing season that fishermen will turn to sponging. There are only about five big sponging boats now operating in the ¢ity. -More are planning to The sales are held on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays usually consist of very small lots. except for the occasional» big sales. These small sales are ; brought in by various small boats }sponging close to Key West. PY ‘si GHEe cdles total! stain Nelsor 899.99. Other |smallerlots-made up ‘the total of | the stiles. ¢ The sponge are gaihitred through the Keys and “broughi here-in’a cured condition: Thon final. clipping is: déné He ar.) the sponges shipped to northern markets; which, at present, have a great demand for them. Eve. rough -gtades of sponges are o1 casionally being sold. Gives Address _ Of Vets Office Eugene Anheir, contact vepre- |sentative, advises The Citizen that the address of-the Regional Office |of- the United States Veteran | Administration in Florida. is | Pass-A-Grillé Beach, Fla. ae SLOPPY JOE'S BAR MUSIC EVERY NIGHT - by Tommy Thompson =" and His Band 1 Package Goods Specials Park & Tilford .... 5th $3.65 Golden Wedding 5th .3.65 Paul Jones 5th 3.65 Sunny; Broo! 5th 4.20 ‘on Zo} a . Old St. Crdix Rum bth DRINKS at the BAR af Straight Drinks __. 25¢ to 40c Mixed Drinks. 38e to 50¢