The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1946, Page 1

| Abociated _ Bervice VOLUME LXVII. No. 54 Truman And Churchil Leave. ‘Enroute To Fulton, Missouri & FORMER PRIME MINIS.’ TER TO GIVE ap.' DRESS AT WESTMIN. STER COLLEGE ‘By Axnocinied Press) | WASHINGTON, March 4. — President Truman and former Prime Minister Churhill of Great Britain left today for Fulton, Mo, ®@ceompanied by 63 newsmcn,| Press Day Wire and AP Features Mpe 66 Years Devoted to the interests of Key West SS PATA LS Dp Finnish Premier Resigns His Position (Ry Anssociated Press) HELSINKI, March 4,—It was announced today that Premier Mannerheim had re- signed this morning at a meet- the Kreis THE SOUTHERNMOST- NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1946 - W. E. P. Roberts Enters Race For’ COLUMNS OF THE CITIZEN TODAY In making his formal an- | nouncement today as a candidate for State Representative in the coming Democratic Primary, Cap- tain Will E. P. Roberts, a. World War II veteran, pledged himself to work for efficient State and 0 nln nnn nina nln nctindandh HUG i HEME Ste acti. ¢ (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a series of two art- icles on the supply phase of Naval Air Station groups here.) ) ate | Aircraft carrier cities in them- WV Vv vv T VV vvrws teil * fueling and rest_and other in Structions. ‘ “Where we are now on this fill} {and looking north toward the Bay | Keys, we can see Fleming Key on {the left and the Bay Keys far out jin the distance. Before us is a AT NAS.” MENT OF CANDIDACY IN| ****48224442+0eeeeeenaee An eaemmmas selves are the Naval Air Statipns | huge, nearly-completly :and-lock- ; of the city, including the Sea-|ed harbor, in which the big planes j plane Base on Palm Avenue, Boca land, the PBM's, the PBY’s and Chica Field out at Boca Chiea and ! larger planes to come. There are} Meacham Field blimp training‘a number of taxi ways, each base on Roosevelt Boulevard—ai! marked by a series of tripods units of U, S. Naval Air Station, painted yellow and each with a where’Churchill is due to make| ing of the Finnish cabinet, an at the Westminster No announcement was made He will be introduced} about who may be Manner- nt Truman, heim’s successor as head of is ‘a City of 8,000, and its are_at their wits’ end in ‘to determine how they are sh of an expected in-{ 40 to 70 thousand Fulton, the government. ? Maniterheim’s resignation”, as premier resulted Be: reported fascist collaboration during the war. No Change In From Churehill will go to Columbus, ©. where the President is schedule to make an address at a confer ence of the American Federate1| Churches of Christ. Truman. ani Phone Op eratives ‘NO AGREEMENT REACHED AT Strike Unchanged CONFERENCE HELD i TODAY OFFICIALS FAIL AGAIN TO REACH ANY AGREE- MENT (hy Assvciated Press) | DETROIT, March 4.—Reported | Jikelihood of a settlement of the | General Motors strike did not materialize today, and the con- Ay Assortated Press) ‘ference was adjourned without WASHINGTON, Mech 4.—Fol-| having reached any concrete un- Motors Strike! County governments at less cost Key West. to the taxpayer. There are two sides to this huge “In these days of high cost of Story of Ameriea’s Night Fighier living every one must watch his Annapolis of the Air bases here. dollar. The taxpayer is entitled One side is the magnificent train~ to protection from politicians who ing the country’s best haval fight would hike salaries, without sub- €rs' Teceive in, vmitting’ the issues. eferen. using the latest, im navigation and dum of they ere sual tl pay off ordnance ph fetes at night. ae pol! fat onli ei Ne The She oc ase oF log tie : ts said, that ‘he’ felt ‘that of supply. or the'“holisekeeping” ta poten hates ah me i “intake end ofthe’ big' naval bdses, est of Monroe county at heart’! Making a complete tour with could have sueceeded during the Lieutenant Commander Harold war days in having proper legis- Unterberg of Boca Chica Fieid, lation introduced which would 294 Lieutenant Herbert McNeal, have lifted the tolls from the Public information officer at the ! Overseas Highway and he feels Naval Air Station, my eyes were that this can still be accomplished OP" wide at the extensiveness of by a Representative who is the operations here. Very few friendly with the State senators WHo see all this from the out. as well as the representatives. (Side and do not go inside the gavs “To pass a law in the House know exactly what there is and I means nothing,” Roberts. said “2S one of those who never sus- “One must have friends in the Pected the extensiveness of the Senate to get that law enacted, ,OPcrations here. Mae This our present Representative . My mind is jammed with vis- was unable to do at the last ses- 07S of beautiful cream-colored sion. No one in the Senate would @U@"ters; of a mammoth galley introdute his bill, which would 12 which two lines are fed; of have paved the way for the tolls Homoja huts, the navy version to have ‘been lifted from the Of the Army Quonsét huts; of, 3 Highway. Friendship gocs a jong shuBe flying ‘field : along whose rE expected and with her search-{ night fighter’ work! it jlight. There water runway lights jare switched on when a big plans} lights out, the large naval ‘plane comes in for 4 landing, taxis down the’ trip to’ thé concrete landing i ramp‘ and is’ hatileti out of ‘water. { Nearby, founging around in the “sun, buna crew, which must: be in ‘readiness at a’mibn.Jht's' qo# tice to! tend*!lines" “and*! ‘attact {wheels and’ in-other’ways' hadl the big fellows out on the’ con- crete ramp. Gasoline trucks, the latest models, stand nearby, ready to refuel the planes with the cor- high octane gas. Just to one side of the field are the high-ranking offic quarters. There are five of these, with commadning officers and executive officers usually furn- ished the quarters. They are fine} homes, built like the well-known Caribbean cottages seen ove. mre U.S.A Fishing {50-Pound Tarpon, 45-Pound Grouper Brought In Here | SS py GRORGE DAVIS Tt was ‘windy ‘anactte old dee} Blue Cult Stréan 'sarged? Ds in'sharp' waves, and ‘over the reefs: the’ sand Was Tike millt}but Key’ lot West chatter béats went out any way Saturday"and brought back fish. Aboard the Sea Raider, the catch was of shark, grouper and barracuda. The party consisted of R. S. Broseus, of Brownsville, Pa.; Otto Reimhardt, of Long Is- land, N. Y., and Mr. MacFarland, of New York City. 4board John West's Mae West four grouper, one yellow im grouper and barracuda were brought in by a party of- Frank Florida, with an overhanging Spanish-type porch. t Near them are the old Trumbo! Hotel Bachelor Officers’ quarters and also a number of other BOQ’s, as well as some JOQ’s or junio- officer quarters. “There ‘are three} cuda, two jacks and‘one: seagull. party of John Dean, MoMMIc, of | unsatisfactoi ‘The seagull had ‘a bréken lex and: Dallas, ‘Tex.; -BOQ’s and one JOQ. ie a@ conference that tasted derstanding that may lead ‘to an fontinuously for representives of long dis- 13° heurs_be-. agreement. Union spokesmen for the 175,- teleplione operators and 000 striking employees said that of the A. T. and T., it the G. M. offer of a wage in- ‘was reported that the conferees crease of 18% cents an hour was had been uriable to reach: an not ‘stfficient, agreement on the demand for) an’ that “that ‘sim li: increase in wages. A. company official wete as far apart as ever, and Corporation. i added that apparently it would be a waste of time to hold any ‘other conferences. Fifteen other telephone unions! @re expected to walkout should) the long-distance employees call @ strike at the deadline of 6 p.m. Thursday. Thirty-two other affi-' liated unions are expected also to joih in the threatened strike. The union demands $2 a day! in wages, and a counter | offer by the company of ad- Yances of 15 to 18 cents an hour was rejected. Poinciana Will Be 3rd Distrie ti} ' PROPOSE CONSOLIDATION OF » OLD THIRD DISTRICT WITH SECOND Besa: l City Commission at their regu-| lar meeting tomorrow night at 8 @'clock in city hall will be asked by City. Clerk Roy Hamlin to dissolve the old third voting dis-} trict into the larger second dis-; trict and create a new district| which will be called the third, district in the Poinciana section.! City Clerk Roy Hamlin said! that the present third district is} a very small district and that it| should be consolidated into the! second district. The Poinciana; District which will then become the third will have their own} voting machines. The proposed second district will then include the city be- tween the streets of Eaton and Angela streets. The Poinciana or proposed third district will be the] area east of Ninth street. (ORTH BEACH INN . COFFEE SHOP 711 North Beach —_— Phone 261-3 @Full-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m. #Spanish Home-cooked DINNERS by Reservation aT EOE ICANN ELIE Bk AINE! HYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service White st Fleming Phone § “Opposite Army Barracks” FILMS TO BE SHOWN AT HAR- nflation | Show Inflation After Last War RIS SCHOOL AUDITORIUM HERE TOMORROW Open to the public will be the) nd pointed | quasof, this si eight cents pi Ae ba a {hour lower than the Ford wage asserted scale and. twofcents,/ un: that the strikers and the company! amount /ppid yby ithe way, in having localized Coutity. | Bills passed. If elected I plan to cultivatesuch friendship.” Captain Roberts is 37 years of age. He was born in Key West and attended the publi¢ schools Ly. He ds Spi ¢lettrician In, 1929 he, .marrie Dorothy et Hewes weet i cheng r. and eo © sStanley'’ Key of ‘this ‘city’ They have a son, 10 years| old! and a daughter who is six. “He< enlisted in the National Guard unit of this city in 1929 as a priv-' ate, and by hard and studious work was promoted to 2nd Lieu- tenant on February 21, 1933, after having completed the 10-Series Army Sub-course. On July 16, 1939, he was elevated to First Lieutenant and on January 6 1941 was inducted into the Reg- ular Army along with the rest of the Key West National Guard unit. di On December 13, 1941, he vol-} péfiméter, we drove ‘and drove to cover “the entire area; of huge hahgars and ‘planes drawn ‘up in squadron after squadron; of: the latest in fire-fighting equipment and rescue craft. So behind 4! those tight. squadrons..you sed": the sky there, are the “house- keepers” who arrange to kcep ‘ea flying... ‘We first toured, Seaplane Base here, in Key West, Going into the hain gate we. passed, first brown- tolored wooden -houses, which is the housing project for enlisted men and their families. Mighty handy to jump out of bed, grab sdme breakfast and report for morning quarters color at eight o'clock. We showed our pass v: the marine at the gate who smart- ly saluted the officers in the car To as only a marine can salute. the left is a secw/y office wh Passes are issues and alongsi the office of the officer of the jay. To the right is the administra- films “Hard Times Or Prosper-|Unteered for overseas duty and {ion building where is housed the ity” and “Story With Two End- ings”, Mrs. Roy Dulion of the OPA Information Panel here states with the showings to be at the Harris Schook Auditorium| at 3:30 p.m, tomorrow afternoon. The films show what happened to; the country in. price’ control after the last war and how:it can} be avoided during this period, Demonstration In Cairo Today (iy Associated Press) LONDON, March 4.— A demonstration was held in Cairo, Egypt, today in protest against the retention of Brit- ish ‘troops in the Lebanon states. It was said here that Great Britain will withdraw the troops by March 11. In Indonesia, rebel leaders declared today they are ready to negotiate with the Dutch government about Indonesian affairs, but that the basis of the negotiations must be 100 percent independence. zeameR NEW epee, PIONEER HOTEL 151 N. E, FIRST STREET In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS on July 4, 1942 was ordered to! Foreign Service. In the Pacifit ! Theater of Operations he assisted in the extermination of the Jap- anese. While in the Pacific, he was promotéditp gank of Captain.’ He received pis discharge from | the Se ry 20, 1946 Captain ‘as elected ‘to’ | SETVQss) West City) Couns is was his | only pr us® political race. my travels as an» Army Main offices of the Seaplane Base. Here is Commanding Offi- cer Captain William H. Hamilton and Executive Officer Comdc, Groome E. Marcus, Jr. Here are the public works, officer and the personnel officer, the.,industrial relations officer, the central files office and the, disbursing officer Getting into a station wagon we started down the, station. | Driv: ing out on the old.Trumbo Isiand fill, which fronts Garrison Big!t “In Airter, I have seen how other on the northern side, we saw the | states and counties function,” huge Operations Tower, with it: Capt. Roberts said. “I'know how large, bluish glasses giving a four- state solons fight for things that way view. Besides general oper- are for the betterment of their ations used in handling all planes county. I pledge such fights for coming into the Seaplane Base, Monroe county.” ; there is also based here the larg. Roberts said it would be his est radio unit in the naval bases aim to work in harmony just so here. All radio and teletype me: long as it was to the best in- AS wespass further \Wirehous and, ‘workshops; ' we” see’ larg: Signs, Such as” Catpenter' Shop, Joiner Shop andothers, aif‘ neat- ly labeled so they can be ‘quickly ‘found, yi +<“Paere “isa dispensary _ here which is the Navy way of saying | that here’ is ‘where you go ior doctors and dental treatment aad jalso.for fedtivitig Urugs’ for, your aches‘:and pains. “'Thé' Sick Bay of treatment ‘proper. We pass the'A. &'R: Shops, avia- j tion repair, where every form of plane repair ig taking place; the Instrument Shops, where the in- tricate instruments in the planes | are carefully adjusted. A tall building to the left is the parachute loft, where the nylon and silky chutes are strung up and left dangling so that there |will be no mildew or wearing of the cloth in any place. There is a very nice library, where the men can go to read of | nights. There is a dandy ship's service store, with a large Beer Patio in front decorated with red, yellow and green chairs and t: bles. In the recreation hall th are’ pool tables, bowling alleys,,! ball. fields. 1 ref A’ gymmabiuri’'is? quite large with: a “Splendid! ba8ketball court and: boxing! rings,’ which may be! set up ‘inside!’ This group is of conerete construction. There are officers’ and’ men’s swimming pools. Continuing on past the big \hangar, in back of the concrete landing ramp, we pass out to Fleming Key. To our left is Orange State Pier, where a tor- pedo shop is maintained and| where+ small boats are berthed. } These small boats are known as inside the ‘dispensary! 1S ‘the plage |, and, nearby;"tennig courts andj}) « terests of the taxpayer and Mon- roe County. “It has been indeed « unfor- tunate that our present Repre- sentative has not been in favor with the State Administration for} the past six years and as a result; Monroe county has had to suf-; fer.” ovinion thati.a Representative fri ly With the State Adminis-! Fee ees ‘have had the‘South Hae er Rock Be re- faired. by, the. State” De- partment; could” ined a crawfish “hatchery for the de- velopment. of. an industry which threatens ‘to become extinct; and could have received some assist- ance in the effort to have the; tolls lifted from the Overseas Highway. Palace Theater DENNIS O'KEEFE in “BEST FOR A NIGHT'S ReST* One Block West of Bus Denot “Earl Carroll Vanities” News and Serial Roberts said that it was his, sages coming into Key West “processed” and routed thro this building. A large number of frequencies on the various receiv- ers are manned at this contrci tower. Here also is an adjunct of the naval weather observer crews whi) cooperate with the Boca Chica weather observer station. Through these stations also come the reports from all over the coun try as to the progress of storms and low and high pressure areas, At the east end of this fill is a bulkhead and the water entrance jinto Garrison BigHtt and across the way the Key West Yacht Club. Doubling back.on our paths along ithis fill over which once ran ,Flagler’s Florida East Coast Rail- road, we pass the supply build- ing to the left. In this building are stored myriad plane body and engine parts which will ultimate- ly go to Seaplane Base aircraft and Boca Chica Field planes. Principal use of the Seaplane Base now is a seadrome for tne huge amphibian planes which supply some of the bases America has in the Gulf of Mexico anl Caribbean. These huge planes |ususlly land at Key West for re torpedo retrievers and are d2- signed to pick up the torpedos which were dropped by torpedo | planes in practices near Womans |Key and Boca Grande during the past year. Going out farther on the road} we pass the marl filk which is} Fleming Key, once upon a time } just mud flats and one mangrove- | covered island, but now a la ge} ammunition dump. The mar! isi upheaved in various rolling hills) and out from it juts the, triang- ular-shaped ammunition maga-| zines, where ammunition is stor-! ed. The magazines are numbered and painted different colors to show the various types of am- munition stored there. i At the end of this trip there is a dandy small boat basin witn (Continued on Page Six) ee We Can Take Care of Your Car Troubles! Full Stock of CHRYSLER | Line PARTS Opp. B Navarro, Inc. °P..Bes FE ARATE A OT C. Schneider of Key West and Daniel R. Hettler of Germantown, Pa. Captain Jakie Key of the Le- gion, off the ways, brought in six mackerel, four grouper, barra- the party’ will attempt to” of .E. Nyboe of ‘Brovklyn, ‘N.’ Y.; End Of Red Cross Drive Ma vis MOM! ‘ ; ‘the lég mended.’ “Party eoiisisted Wellman, Fic. of Alaska, and ‘Al- ién' Williams, Sic, of: Warren, ©, “@tatt, of Cincinnati, Ohio; fétaht Commander R. &: Hall H. ‘of ‘ile, Va. { On the Switchtail, Captain 'Te Canova, {mackerel were brought in. ‘ largest grouper was 45 pounds and the next 43 pounds. Every- one on the dock was agog over the big fellows. The other group- ers were each around 20 pounds. Party consisted of John ¥. Mac- :Donald of Washington, D. C.; J. A. Van Swearingen of Washi. ton, D. C.; A. J. O'Leary of Wash- ington, D C., and Gordon Leach of Washington, D. C. Mr. Leach is ah executive on the Times- Herald of Washington. i In fishing yesterday on the} Switchtail, three grouper, one fif- ty-pound tarpon and one mutton! snapper’ were’ brought in by 4 Bill IM2e, of 10; Cite 15,000,000 Vets Back straining to meet a June 1946 de- mobilization deadline, Red Cross chapter workers, not only in Key West but throughout the country find themselves in the midst of the nation’s greatest postwar ad-| j nent job, Allen Hampton ; airman of the Key West Chap- ter of the American Red Cross said today. By June, he estimated, there } t Coccccscoosccoecesceeces | | | | EMULSIFIED CLEANSING CREAM and PINK CLEANSING CREAM 1 EACH, plus tox TWO wonderful cleansing creams =to help keep your skin silky- smooth! Tussy Emulsified Cleans- ing Cream for dry, flaky skin... Tussy Pink Cleansing Cream for normal or oily skin... ON SALE! LIMITED TIME $3 size only $1.95 each All prides plus tax SOUTHERNMOST CITY | PHARMACY, Inc. PHONE 199 With the Army >and Navy, \ the veteran's | cial matters land they have had long exper- will, bey closeto 15,000,000 vet- erans of World War II back in civilian life. This:is more than three times thé number of living | veterans of all other American wars, he said. “On the Key West Chapter de- volves the job of continuing the Red Cross service to which vet- erans from Key West and sur- rounding area became accustom- ed while in uniform,” Hampton | declared. “The family, too looks s for aid during ition to civilian life. The Red Cross has found that the serviceman often is so anxious to return home that he is likely to ignore information on his rights and privileges as a veteran. Back home, however, he ; his future and begins . It is then that he maykeek advice after consulta- tion: with’ his family.” Chapter workers, Hampton id, are kept fully up-to-date by Red Cross National headquarters on all regulations and other offi- affecting veterans. to the Red C ience in this work as well as in handling more immediate per- sonal and family problems. The Red Cross Home Service workers according. to the following types,of assistanc 1. Consulation and guidance 2. basis of need dur from milita’ life, either other resources. 3. Help in finding the agency which can meet a_ specialized need such as a job, a home, farm or business loan, state aid, and | the like. 4. Aid in preparing and pre- senting claims for benefits. The tains specialists in Admiristration hospitals of offi- ces to help with such claims, 6. Information concerning gov- ernment regulations and affecting veterans and their de- pendents. Red Cross sepcialists ‘keep information regarding legis- lation ana procedure flowing to | chapters at all times. ig transition n chapter funds or Red Cross main- PAR | | Genuine Auto for All Cars Phone 442 116 Duval, Jefferson Hotel Bldg. ‘SIE BST La af twenty grouper, “ one ‘TiVthat thea The} Fitzpatrick, reh' Hampton, provide j in personal and family problems. Financial assistance on the ice to civilian! government all Veterans laws | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS) THIS IS CLAIMED TO BE IN VIOLATION OF ANGLO - RUSSIAN TREATY (OB, and C. F)-Cisseli of Chat - /S6n Britain” and the United States ‘agreed to withdraw their troops ;from Iran by March 2. The Un t- lea States forces left that country !ast December, and the last of the | British soldiers were out of Iron ; before sundown on March 2. | But there are reportedly 70,000 Sassian troops in the northwest ‘ern part of Iran, in a regionwlo:< ‘to the Tigris and the great Iran oil fields. A | If the answer obtained from 'Molotov is not considered satis- ‘factory, Great Britain will send a note of protest to Russia. The Manchurian situation cc- ‘garding Russia is also.considered by! the United | States and Great Britain. It was Los Angeles} Burt) Charged today that “Russia is stripping parts of Manchuria ani Vis wading the booty in American lend-lease Liberty ships to S:-, beria. The Russian. marshal in Man- churia is reported to have sad j that Russian troops fought 'bitter- jly in Manchuria, particdlarly in the vicinity of*Darieh, ‘arid that | they are not going to surrend/ jimmediately their’ hatd’+ won | gains, Temperatures | | Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last night | Atlanta 74 46 Boston 50 34 Brownsville 7 Charleston 71 Chicago 64 Detroit 49 | Galveston 68 | Jacksonville 69 Kansas City . 75 | KEY WEST _ 74 K. W. Aisport 74 Memphisioc. 76 4 Miami pal Minneapolis *'52 New Orleans: {f4-« New York ey) 39 Norfolk. _... 55 41 Oklahoma City 73 56 Pensacola 66 60 Pittsburgh 52 42 | St. Louis 81 58 | Tampa 71 54 VIDA Iw AG a SD. | Handicapped Vets Placed In Jobs One hundred and twenty- sever persons were placed in suitable work by the U. 5. Employment Service, says ager Jeff Knight, Jr., during the month of January. Thirty nine of these place- ments were veterans of World Wer II. Seven persons placed in positions were handitap- ped vets in jobs locally. III Ia @. f Lasaneananaaneneeed ROASTERS and FRYERS |BRADY’S (Live) Poultry | and Egg Market | 1214 White St. Phone 541 | SORMEMEM ER OVER REE EY | R$eeeeeesessseaeeea | PRESCRIPTIONS forrcaiccct Ingredients | ,Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists | GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone 177 Free Delivery | Lwvvvvewwwwvewrver 4