The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1946, Page 6

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*AGE SE WrrVvV VV IVT VI VITe VII VIII IIIT TOON CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR, A AAADAAADAAAAAAADAAANAAAAAEAAABABAESD DEFINITE RECALL PETITION Big prediction of the day is the peeall petition which will be di-| yected against one or more of commissioners and is expect- ed to be filed within a few days. had not been filed today. ™ ‘k Roy SE CAMPAIGN 72 Sometime ago we told, yoy of} mewspaper which was(to fave) started and which wa8~to) been of the “smear” sheet . We can now tell you that} the attempt will not be made. . e BINGO SHUT DOWN As you folks know there has been a big disturbance in gambl- img and liquor questions in the ity. Bingo has been entirely; gtut down. Along these lines is where the main attack seems to be coming from. . e ITY ACTION GOOD what comes to Key West comes te it from outside sources. There are some who have written to’ | Pepper and Cannon et al but the majority are interested in their own plans. Very good over all iG plans along predetermini irés '6f the city should be f ‘on cei out in determining w! het sigs) ‘and what sho be gir instance, ‘what exactly is béing dohe about the Casa Mi ina .right now. No one ful knows. We know this much that the Navy Department has receiy- ed a request from local naval forces that they do not wish it any longer for their purposes. Talking with Captain Jakie Key, charter boatman yesterday, he informed me that Peter Schutt well known hotel manager, ex- pects to be here by November 1 of next year with the hotel open if adequate help can be secured. Mr. Schutt is followed all around the country no. matter which hotel he goes to, by a rich clien- t THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Vowvvvvve FIV VEL OV IVI ITC CVI F CCTV CC IIE. OF INTEREST TO KEY’ WEST %3 * NATIONAL sis et NEWS WITH * local SLANT 02£444444444444444444444444444044648844 Pigeons For The as an apprentice. He holds that Asking if you could snip hair off human If there is someone in Key heads while in service, you can West who would like to have 20) J.W.R. * do so now that you're a. civilian or more pigeons without buying | again. Your GI barbering experl- them, here’s the chance you’ve/ence is all that is necessary for been waiting for. you to make. applieation to. take The Federal government is “te1|examinations fer an apprentice up” on feeding 17,000 homing | work certificate. pigeons: and wants to get rid of! them. It has tried selling them) Vivian Collins Remains {through the War Assets Corpora- | Selective Service Head tion but not many Americans are! Key West friends of Vivian B. interested. Out of an original to- | Collins will be glad to learn that tal of 20,000, only about 1,500 were , the Senate has confirmed~his ap- sold. pointment as state director of se- It costs the government $6,970 ' lective service in Florida . a year to feed the remaining pig-} Mr. Collins held this post dur- eons and that’s one bill it doesn’t; ing the war while he was in serv- want. To get rid of them, it’s go-!ice and after he became a ci- ing to give them away. ! vilian President Truman desired If they can’t be dumped in the | to keep him at the helm. laps of some state, federal or non-} He will receive an annual sa!- profit organization, the govern- ary of $5,600. ment will offer them to the public | {in small lots of less than $309 uted by the state ,and from 1955 on will put up one dollar for every three allotted by the states. Schools or states discriminating | against children because of race, creed ‘or color will not be aided by the government. Another Wiison in the biil ealls for aff annual appropriation of $15,000,000 .to assist states inj providing facilities and nutritiory programs. Scarce Items To Be Sold Publi¢ By ATSC i *Air, ‘Teehnical; Service Com: ! mand at Miami is going to give} the publie a “break”. It will sooa! place’on sale to the general pub- | We a riumber Of scarce items that maay be-just what some Key West_ es need right now. »Theté'll be no priorities for vet | erans due to the small quantities of eac hitem to be sold. How- ever, there will be between 40,009 | and 50,000 items displayed to buy- ers. They come from the Acmy Air Forces’ surplus and salvage! stocks in Sotith Florida. Among the articles to be sold Youth Ror Christ a So = jit’s that important, you can get fice, 9-3761. \ VENETIAN BLINDS Rally Tomorrow Tomororw_ night, March 2, at: 7:30 o'clock the public, young or: old, rich or poor, is invited to at- tend the first big Saturday Youth; for Christ Rally at the High School Auditorium. The speaker for the evening re will be the Rev. T. G. Mangham’ of Miami Gospel Tabernacles} Special features include: ‘Tenor| offered free designed and originated for’ teef-agers,| master but with a cordial welcome to’ vey | all. Two young sailors, will lead Misses trical fixtures, kitchen supplies, | electric motors and hardware. 4 Date of the sale hes not been } imade known as yet but informa, | tion ca nbe obtained from the} ATSC salvage office in Miami. If information by phoning the of- eae el N CUSTOM TAILORED My thought is simply this; as| tele who know that he will give far as the present city manager) them the best.of service and that is concerned, I believe he has) he’ will keep them catching the eel 558 been steadily working toward a which is a long ways off but! | 4 has been step after step! ay age ahead, and I believe jority ‘ofthe people that the city is resent? ae ept. in a_few :dissenti “believe that-every cheen=made-in-the-right~di: <¢ Low My thought on gambling and @rinking as far as city action is concerned is that the “middle! @ourse” should be followed. That’ keep these places respectable, them out of the continual eye, make them. places just as other legitimate are operated with an eye toward giving good service. Of this does not mean that I that ethically and morally Saembling and liquor is good if Over indulged in. I do not very Strongly. Even my much-loved @treng Cuban coffee could be an gil if I, took to imbibing wo fuch. But I do believe that a Controlled human tendency , is| | better, far better, than .a,.com| agor ly prohibited one pty one has no bounds or limits Which it may be contained. x @me end you have the blue nose Prehibitionist and at the other end you have the red nosed, in- flamed mind of the gambler, and a The course is, the mid- way, At least it is,all.in the Public eye and it, can, he, easily I do not believe, it.,shoyld yun on the main, streets. and] go us suffer the sort of, criti. @iem of our main streets which get every year in which it is that Duval is a “honky. . If we are to have a car- “section of town let it be other section than the main strect. e e LETTERS STATE. NATIONAL This business of keeping in fewch with our @nd senators both state and na Ganal with our State Road De- — and with the other, Yery important one. It is a much Meglected field and one which ®epresentative group of the! >, should continually fore their mjnds. Much of! representatives! of the government is a’ & j biggest fish’ everywhere. But what is being done. What letters haye been written to Mr. Schutt orto: the Navy about their in; ‘tentions. What ‘have civic groups > Heres midi LE Athe-qties- ‘tion “of the iia tein’ which I || broushtyap;this; week in another column,; the - majority . of. Key Westers feel too that the track should not be brought here. In | the first place they claim that it will not pay the operator to bring a big track here and that Key West would end up with one of those portable second rate affairs, which would attract no \ new visitors: Another thing the track would printipally drain money away from the city people themselves since there is not yet @ permanent enough and large enough tourist population to sup- | Port its operation. Swell, this is | all what we ponies ig hear. AQUARIUM. Work, « See ‘where the city aAqtiatitin “is open ‘dnd “workmei! ‘cai be séen repairing’ thé: aqudriuitt: It ‘Will ‘be quite’ a’ few months ! fore thik project’ ‘will bé' cbinplet- at no less than 20 to the individ- ; Millions For each will be: Plumbing and elec- | ‘ ual. | School Lunches : | Awnings { If interested, write: There’s help on the way for the | —_—_—_—_—___Anceae *Window Shades ; War Assets Corporation, School Lunch Program in Key d 2 Fy Consumer Goods Division, | West, if Florida will meet the Str; ‘an - Theater A ae ‘ci i < General Products Section, | Federal government half-way—at | CHARLES BOYER in lest Materia dee 4 Railroad Retirement Building>| least until 1950, fie, A pe | Workmanship 4 Washington 25, D. C. | U.S. senate this week passed Confidential Agent” | WE SPECIALIZE IN 4 You should get more than just| and sent bac kto:the House a bi'l| «Coming: “Lady In The Dark” | THE COMPLETE SERVICE 4 20 pigeons after tackling that ad- authorizing the ayaa: to “SEE * \of VENETIAN BLINDS coe dress, {appropriate $100,000;000 ‘annually | ——___ | . jto assist state-operated free Junca a Batped. saa ee es | 4 ibe Barbers Need |programs for needy school chil- M. Th fe Lien > ttend School | dren; 2 nro ‘ i Former GI’s of ry ee. a The bill provides that the gov-}! 0 e eater few key W WEST “4 5 learned all about the tonsorial art} ernrfent give dollar for. dollar the) * GALE STORM in wor Mycoses phen, Saspenye 3 DUVAL and ANGELA STREETS while in service will be | = t states ‘contribute toward] =" |. HONEYM }ONE a juvak Jefferson Hot Se —— = learn of \A Yecent ruling “by rogram, This mae and half}. . Gat a CALL .1042..for. Estimates. { torney General Tom Watson. mn will hold. good. from ‘News - Sports ='Shorts 4 Le U H | Yy Wi th Yo Mr. Watson says that you wont 1947 through 1900. Fon 190 | eo “Cy | { et S Help rou Wr our have to go to a barber school to! 1955, the government ,will give i4 get your “degree” 4 Sade 4 BERMUDA MARKET |] FOOD PROB JOHN COBO, Proprietor DI b An Up-tdé-Date’ Sanitary Market — Complete Refrigeration . We Make Your Food Problems our Food Problems WHITE at ELIZA Street PHONE 52 §f < ; si LT 9 CN GRO non Ta eae rea cca aps d That is why so many ‘thrifiy : We Have A Shipment of | { LEE’S ORIENT aed gat oes Bo ond i és ry: 901 DUVAL STREET ‘ iS wataned One cated ™ Food Center every day. We can cme 4 supply your pantry with mahy 4 hard-to-get items. You will i4 have to see our stocks to be- Is Open With: A: . and BEEF TRIPE \4@ neta how well we can serve “= <> For This Weekend At $3 eq you. af and AMERICAN ' , ary. ,Ceiling Prices or Below. Ul) Sihca mug seu noes | Thote Ts No Need to Pay omplete New to 144 ns It Can Be-Had. Cobo Has: It!’ : ae exept Ruckdare ota to tenieie 3 . q i * ' } i eo * We ‘Cater to. Parties, / { | Ail bSerzine Groceriés, Fruits and, Vegetables N ‘Weddings and Banquets : WE DELIVER GROCERY ORDERS . season. Miami has plans'for a big aquar+ ium. '' Key ‘West's! Open!’ Air Aguattum is! country-fambtid! bé- eause! of thé beauty: of the” fish itt nattiral ‘surroundings ‘andthe ‘gedus colo! / which’’ obtains frotd’ the ‘only | country Soper Aquaritini inthe OH How To Relieve Bronchitis | Rates Reasonable Ford Hotel 60 N.E. 3rd Street 80 Rooms - Elevator Solarium BE ‘PORK ROAST — SLICED. Archer’s “The Store That 814 FLEMING ST, erate © 8), Ptitimientit " " BL Os tah BWO HOTELS in... MIAMT= POPULAR PRICES ee ener eer teneernncn Located in the Heart of the City: Hea 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION SHOP AT ARCHER’S for YOUR WEEKEND TABLE SUPPLIES, We Have Plenty of GRADE ‘A’ Write or Wire for Reservations with BATH and TELEPHONE < Pershing Hotel 226 N.E, Ist Avenue 100 Rooms + rsh yoaiaad EF PORK CHOPS "BACON #Staple and Fancy GROCERIES *DAIRY Products Fresh FRUITS and VEGETABLES *Also A NICE Selection of FROSTED FOODS Plan to Bring Your List to ARCHER’S and Convince Yourself of Quality and Vaiues You'll Always Do Better When You Shop at Archer's Grocery Serves You Best” PHONES 67 and 47 ed but ‘it is tobe hoped that’ it! | Will be ready’ for next tourist Did you see where} 4d STYLE “CENTER Women’s Apparel and Accessories, Exclusively “Opposite the La Concha Hotel” 417 Duval Street Key West. Floride Beautiful Fashions Colorful Furniture a a a = JUST A SHORT x Bedroom = CHAIRS Very Well Constructed a a 2 for a =|’ Beauty Rest “ee “ sIMMONS— fe Deep’ Sleep * One—2-Piece Feminine —Best Describes the New DRESSES at Starlings New Showing of MARGIE PURCELL Miami-Made DRESSES They Come In Various Color Combinations Use They Are Cool and Our Comfortable Lay-Away Plan sa New HA’ Easter ew HATS for Easter eBeach Wear eHalters ePlay Suits Blouses eShorts eMillinery eBathing Suits eCostume Flowers eCorde and Alligator Bags = Living Room Sui Was $150, rd I! HECHAIRS Maple or White Unfinished Fiber mm 2 Only—SINGLE ‘ une ease eae Atal a | Our E Bing Guretane EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD 5 a JUST ONE GF BACH OF THESE ITEMS LEFT! SIMMONS—(Single Size) ALL RUNNER, 36 inches wide ALL RUNNER, 27 inches wide etal Bed and Springs Many Other Items LEWINSKY’S FURNITURE STORE 524 DUVAL STREET susihens JEWEL BOX 518 Fleming Street Operated Under the Personal Ownership sof TIME REMAINS!!! vor $2095 heat! $5.00 Genuine Guaranteed BIRTHSTONE RING 0004446444444444444444+4bbbhAbbbb bbb )44AAd1 ddd ddd dD DA for All Months Box Springs rene e (Single Size) MEN-and LADIES — Box Springs te The Birthstone for MARCH is an AQUAMARINE $115.00 $5.00 75¢ A Lovely, New Showing of Solid Gold Bracelets A Beautiful Gift Suggestion LUCITE SERVING TRAYS « You MUST See These Trays to Appreciate Their Beauty!! DIAMOND RINGS An Exclusive Showing of ENGAGEMENT RINGS and WEDDING SETS EXPERT All Work Done on the Premises PROMPTLY and... Phone 146 " Absolutely Guaranteed Key West, Fla. PSUS BRR SCRE R TERETE TREO RRR ee ee Aan a in i ir i a Mr LM Li i ir ir. i. Lr Mr. Mt a th it. ir. i ls MA A i hh i i ta th th th he i cl tar latntaaclnas’

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