The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1946, Page 3

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1946 —_——____ __ Verve vewrvewvvvvvwvwwww VV VV VV VV TVR + CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. “PRBBDDADA6444444444442.444444446464404444 ROOME RESPONSE 13s the Country Clubhouse or turn’ Joseph Dillinger of the South-! the building over to the Jaycees ern Cross Hotel has sent out five] for a sort of Winter Visitor Head- hundred cards printed at The quarters and Clubhouse. The Artman Press in which is stated! poor old building right now looks’ Please Post. Plenty of Hotel| like the Haunted House up in Rooms Available in Key West,| Moanin’ Alley. unfounded rumors to the con-! e e tary. Stop at Southern Cross) SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT Hotel. If we are full we will re-| In the city budget for last year fer you to another Good Hotel,| Scavenger Department operation Please Come.” The other night} Was as follows: Repairs and re- Mr. Dillinger secured seven res-| placements, gasoline and oil, $1,- ervations just from these cards| 852.34; office expense, $91.50; alone with most of the persons| first installment of contract pay- Surprised that there were hotvl| able on five Reo trucks was $1,- accommodations in Key West | 440; interest expense is $86.41; For @ time right after the city| miscellaneous accounts payable began to be a tourist center K: were $1,946.92; personnel salaries Tennessee “Orchid King’ May Dethrone Brittania By MARION COLEMAN AP Newsfeatures LONDON.—England, undisputed king of the world orchid mar- ket for 80 years, is fast being dethroned by the United States, ac- cording to Clint McDade, one of the top-ranking orchid growers of America. McDade, here to close a $100,000 transaction for the purchase and shipment to America of. the =———_ world famous Armstrong-Brown| greenhouse full of “hobby” or- orchid plant collection at Tun-/chids into a business that annua!- bridge Wells, sai |ly takes in $150,000 from the sale “The American hybridizers/ Of plants and cut flowers, ships have made such rapid strides dur-| Plants to nurseries and florists ing the past ten years that we! throughout the United States, Ha- soon are going to be giving Eng-| Waii, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba land overwhelming competition’ 24 Costa Rica, and has orders on for first place in producing the )hand from Australia to be filled world’s finest orchids.” {as soon as the ban is lifted there. West was the recipient of th rumers with most of them from jealous Miami. Then as more and more tourists visited Key West and found out exactly what there was down here these rumors be. gan to die down. Came the war and a local campaign launched te keep visitors away from the city because of lack of housing. This wartime advertising is what Key West will have to combat im the near future. Next one up now is the summer tourist trade truck drivers and laborers was $2,422; office clerk management was $90; income tax withheld for personnel was $108.05. These little items of city expense will be presented from time to time so that all in the city will be cog- nizant of the department ex- penses of city operation. e e MIAMI BEACH OF KEY WEST Mr. Ball of the DuPonts is really interested in Key West and the may see an expansion America already has _ outstrip-! Th epurchase of the Armstrong- ped England. in the production of Brown collection, generally rec- blooms for tut flower purposes jognized as the finest collection of McDade said, and in growing )Cypripedium plants in the world. plants on a quantity basic, {adds 20,000 plants to the* 100,000 During the war, ships that|McDade already has, transported guns and other wa! ‘The elder McDade, who is pr materials to Britain returned io/ dent of the Southland News Com- other world ports with thousands! P@ny, has other horticultural in- of dollars worth of orchids in| terests, including the Semmes their holds. Of those going toj Camellia Nurseries in Mobile, America, 35 percent Li to Mc. | Alabama, which he bought from Dade’s 13 gigantic grocehausas | SPE United States Government on Signal Mountain, Chattanooga, | alien property custodian last year PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expres- of the views of its read- ut the editor reserves the to delete any items whi write on one side y- Signature of the writers mi accompany the letters and will be published up- less requested otherwise. THEY'RE YOUR POLICE |Editor, The Citizen: A public service feature of the \Key West Junior Chamber of ; Commerce, good or bad, alert or |lazy, antty or sloppy, your police jforce is what you and the police imake it, not the police them- selves. What your police force is, re-! mains up to you. By passive indifference, by iack of interest, or by adopting ‘a do- nothing attitude, you soon find yourself with a police force that feels the “people don’t care; why should we?” This is not brought about be cause the men on the force don’t have the qualities of good en forcement officers. Some of the finest citizens in your communtiy have served as members of the police department. All of them have come to the force with en thusiasm to do a good job, but es to our School of Nursing on January 29. Although the quota of 120 stu dents was not reached, we are thankful for your interést and the valuable assistance which made it possible for us to recruit almost half of the class in a very limited period of time. Our main objective now is to admit a full class on July 29 of 120 students. We expect to have information concerning the admission stand- jards, fees, scholarships, and reg- istration dates compiled for pub- jlication within a short time whe1 it will be forwarded to you. We shall be especially grateful to you for helping us again with the recruitment of the July class. It is only through the help of peo- ple in your position that we are able to accomplish our goal. Very truly yours, MANOLITA HOZ, Assistant Registrar, School of Nursing New Orleans, La., Feb. 25, 1946. Iva D. Watson Promoted OF INTEREST TO KEY WEST *%.2 * * * t * * * NATIONAL and STATE NEWS WITH A LOCAL SLANT. and there should be not the slightest question about the availability of rooms then. ° . INFO ADVANTAGES which may approximate the Mer- ritt or Fisher expansions of | Miami. The principal source of | big revenue coming to the city {next summer will be from tour- More and more you hear re-' ists coming ,, here to, take the ports about the advantages of fer over to Cuba. These tour- the Information Booth at the east ists will wish hotel rooms. Ergo end of the Boulevard. 1 have not there must be many hotels not heard anyone say it is not a only for this summer but espec- splendid idea. Say young, ially for the winter. What more bright fellow is paid about $50 logical area than that overlook- @ week to pass out this informa- ing the Atlantic ocean along the tion. That is only about 00 a Boulevard. It seems to me too year. This should be a must for that as these hotels are built, nice contributions of every merchant.' residential areas will spring up This one booth will keep here around them just as has been the thousands of persons in Key West © in the Casa Marina and whe ordinarily would run around Martello Towers residential area. the town a bit, not apparently see e e anything, and head back over SOUND AND THE FURY the highway that same night; I had a dream the other night. ™ every tourist that stays one In it singers were swaying back day longer every tourist business and forth chanting and keeping im town benefits. They may buy time to music. But there was one @ gift, will take a hotel room, will fellow who everytime the music have dinner in restaurants, may was sweetest broke out in iow, take a deep sea fishing trip, will sharp discord. For awhile the tankjup on gas and oil, will visit the places of interest in Key West and thus contribute to the city’s tourist facilities. Someone’ mark-' ed 4 ten dollar tourist bill up- state’ some few years ago and whea he last traced the bill it had paid ten local bills. It is new fresh money which passes through every merchant and ends up in diferent individual's permanent cash assets eventual- ly ° SCOOTERS TOC Here's a tip for those operators af motor scooters. You must also take the city safety test, city thechanic Horace Averette me. Principai points to be check- ed on these are lights, and horn (no windshield wiper) There are about 3,000 cars with tags in the city. Thus far about 700 have taken out the neces- sary forms but only about half that number again have actually taken the tests. tells, brakes, other singers did not) n6tide'tt! digcord since apparently \" were enveloped in) their mi but as the discord continued you could see heads pop up more and more. Finally singers at one end of the line put their fingers to their mouths and tiptoed behind the discordant person over whom was dropped an enormous bubble of shining transparent substance. No sound could be heard of dis- again fresh and strong and the cord and the music broke out view of the person inside the glass bubble disappeared in the ' strength of the music. I watched a person at a banquet some time ago, spoken to by none, with the sound of mirthful fun breaking all around him. The Weather REPORT Key West and vicinity: Cloudy Mr. Avyerette wishes to strees that everyone coming down to take the tests should bring the serial number of their motor, the license number, name and dress. Many persons have not been bringing down the motor serial number and have lost. eon- siderable time. Principal points of failure continue to ‘be tail lights and brakes. About 75 cars thus far have failed the tests and have had to have more repair work done on them. . . PISHING ALLOWED From sources close to reliable sources in Tallahassee comes the information that it will be clearly stressed to the Everglades Park Commission that commercial fishing will be allowed to con- tinue in those areas. Nevertheless any time certain area is taken over by a park commission fishing may be secured in these waters. It would be the same thing as if large Gulf Stream areas just off Miami or West Paim Beach or Boca Grande were taken over by the Park Commis-! sion and then fishing shut down in those areas. Could Be. This is a point I have argued a ast with many editors and writers who apparently favor the pro- posed park. But they can visual- ize only tie territory of National Parks as seen elsewhere such as the Grand Canyon chasm, the Smoky Mountains National Pa and so forth. Down he is a de- veloped area which will far sur- pass any the park system can eate. There are many laws now against hunting the wild heron and if fish commence to get searce similar laws could be passed then ° ° ASSOCIATION REVIVAL Some say it will and some say it won't but the Country Club Association will attempt to revive itself in a meeting to be held this up to them now wish to step com- f tt far week. It is whether they pletely out picture a ad- ' this afternoon and tonight; part- ily cloudy Wednesday. Little| change in temperature. Moderate | to fresh east and southeast winds, | , Strong at times. | Florida: Partly cloudy, con-) tinued mild, today, tonight and} Wednesday, Moderate to fresh! winds. \e mh Jacksonville “thréugh Florida Straits and East Gulf of Mexico: | Moderate to fresh winds today) and tonight, east to southeasterly | over south portion, southeasterly over north portion. Wednesday moderate to fresh southeasterly winds over south portion, fresh occasionally moderately strong southeast to southerly winds over north portion. Partly cloudy weather. Widely scattered show- | ers over extreme south portion tonight. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings have been issued. WEATHER REPORT Key West, Fla., March 5, 1946 Observation taken at 7:30 am. Eastern Standard Time (City Office) |Tennessee, according to an esti- | £0F $160,000. It had been the prop mate by the British “Orchid Re-|¢Tty of T. Kiyono, a Japanese. vious Asked if it were true that one MeDade, who turned one little | oar With sugar and areeee Re said: “Absolutely—if you wait for to\turn into a seed pod, extra. the contents, add the sugar and cream and freeze the mixture. Vanilla, you know. From the va- nilla orchid.” || CLINT McDADE .. . With a rare orchid plant. Sa ee iio IV VV V VV VV IVI IVI OWITE | NAVY..CIVILIAN NEWS | By, J. HARMAN BRODOWSKI 4 3 tt BAAAAALAAASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMAMAA Lt. Commander R. L. Collins,) “First of all, the threat of in- Jr., former Charleston, S. C.,| flation faces us now in an even Navy Yard Savings Bond Officer,| greater degree than it did during very aptly expressed the follow- the war. ing thoughts in an address to tne “The second and, from a long Savings Bonds Group Agents re-/range point of view, by far tne cently: : during the war an} most important reason we should excellent bond purchase record regularly purchase vonds is in our has; been mainfained. However.'own self-interest. Despite the upon the signing of the peace, un-jfact that philosophers since an thinking employes here as well as|cient times have urged us to lay those in other Naval activities in:- | aside a portion of what we eaia mediately sought to disconiinue jfor future needs, we still find one their bond pledges. All over iné|of the most difficult selling joos country we saw percentages drop in the world in attempting to sell in a varying degree. {people on the wisdom of saving “We know, of course, that ‘take | their own money. home’ pay has decreased due to} “Did you ever stop to think the discontinuance of overtiaie| what happens when you regulariy operations. costs have risen to some extent. | bonds? However, this change has affect-|ize that you can assure yourse'!f ed us no more nor less than it of a retirement income by saving has affected other Naval activi-'just a few cents a day. Suppose, ties throughout the country for instance, you are inv “We do not believe that our lov only the minimum of $3.75 each record is due to the fact that em or $15.00 a month. After ployes do not desire or cannot ai S your investment, plus ford to save money. On the cm will amount to $2163 trary, we believe the cancellaticas received by the Bond Office wer« due, in a large measure, to a gen- Did you ever stop to real interest, You will hold bonds worth at ma- turity $2600 and as each bond me- tures you will ri ceive income at ‘amperatures eral misapprehension that bonds. the rate of $21.66 a month for ten Highest last 24 hours 78| would no longer be offered after | Y¢ Lowest last night 71\the war. We believe the major-| | “These figures prove that you Mean W4\ity of Navy employees want tc have to be wealthy to as Normal 72) continue their savings and we eve rself of an adequate Precipitation jconfident that they will if they come and a substanua! Rainfall, 24 hours ending Jare individually approached and, 8:30 a.m., inches ..- 0.00) urged to do so. } r be emphasized that Total rainfall since March 1, | “The question that has been’ this is not a bond drive, we just inches ss 1.28/ raised many times during the past; Want to be certain that every e Excess since March 1, few weeks ‘Why are we sti] Ployee knows the advantage inches 1.09} asked to buy Savings Bonds now | Which will accrue to him by reg Total rainfall since January 1, that the war is over?’ ularly buying bonds. inches 2.17) “You may remember a recent! “We cannot hope, nor do we Deficiency since January 1, contest conducted by a national ¢XPect, to persuade all employes inches 1,32] advertiser on the radio networks, .0f the Navy Yard to, regular; Relative Humidity The object of the contest was to SaVe a part of all they earn bui 58% complete in twenty-five words or We can be certain that they have Tomorrow’s Almanac less the statement beginning: ‘We had every opportunity | Sunrise 6:45 a.m.|should all buy Savings Bonds be- ' Sunset . 6:32 p.m./cause...”. It would be difficult NOT SATISFIED Moonrise 8:57 a.m.|indeed to enumerate all the rea- —— Moonset 9:46 p.m./sons we should continue buying! GRAND FORKS, N. D. — As Tomorrow's Tides bonds in twenty-five words. But! an automobile, bearing two large (Naval Base) I think we can avail ourselves of signs, was recently observed on High Tide Low Tide {a few additional wor nd see the local streets. The signs read: 11:39 a.m. 5:22 a.m. what we will get in the way of; “Just Divorced” and “A Man a 5:51 p.m an answer \ Wanted ie public indifference killed that. (Special to The Citizen) During the depression, no one cared whether the police received their salaries, or where it was coming from, Other people ap- plied for, and received, relief, but ‘|your policeman had a job, and even though he received no pay because of an empty treasury, he} ANSBACH AIR FIELD, Ans- bach, Germany.—Iva D. Watson, Jr., 222 C Poinciana Place, Key West, has been. promoted to the grade of Sergeant, and is now serving with the 325th Troop Carrier Squadron. Sergeant Watson is an engineer could not qualify for help, but}on one of the C-47 transport still he stayed on the job and re-| planes of the 325th Troop Carrier ceived his pay in warrants, which | Squadron of IX Air Force Service he was forced to sell for any-: Command. During the war the where from fifteen to twenty-five | unit transported bombs, supplies, jcents on a dollar. « | personnel, and moved combat Today things are a little dif-] units to front line air fields. The ferent. The police are on the job,| unit is continuing its work of they patrol beats, they direct) transporting freight, personnel traffic. The day of congregating| and equipment for the air force in groups in one or two sections; occupation units. Through the of the city is over. They have a! end of 1945 the unit evacuated |job to do and they are aware that} 2,084 wounded, transported over the people are looking for them) 107,200 passengers and troops, |to do it. Simple, isn’t it? and 22 million pounds of cargo. | Still your interest should not Before entering the armed |stop at that point. If you feet’ service in October, 1942, Sgt. the police are ‘doing their job.! Watson worked as. an interior and they.realize.there is. always-deéorator, and graduated from We know that living invest a portion of your pay in| room for imprevement,- praise forthcoming, be kind and remem. ber that it is’ only through tri and error that perfection | is achieved. Credit them for a job well done at every opportunity, and soon your enthusiasm wiili be transmitted to others, and your pride in his job. He will know that “his people” |—that’s you—realize ‘that he is trying to develop a police for them. When, justified critigism is j policeman will develop even more! Melbourne high school, Mel, bourne, Florida. He has been in the European theater approxi- mately 18 monthé/ i 3 His father, Iva D. Watson, Sr.. lives at 202 C Poinciana Place, and his wife, the former Doris ! Ainsworth, lives at 65 Lydiate Lane, Weston Point, Runcorn Cheshire, England. A brother, C. Watson is a Seaman first class in the navy. Cannon were first used by Ed- orid to none... The “beat” will take on a different appearancé, it | will become a personal responsi- | bility, because he is aware the | people are looking to him for pro- | tection, and he’ isn’t going to let | them down. | There are two ways to reward ;a man for services, by a pat on |the back, and an increase in the pay envelope. The city has taken |care of the latter, let’s all do our part and help our police force Jo a better job. JAYCEE. | Key West, Fla., March 5, 1946. WHAT KEY WEST NEEDS Editor, The Citizen: | Group fishing boats to take {tourists out for a reasonable price. | Excursion or passenger boats ‘9 Cuba. A place where tourists can get! information and a guide for a reasonable sum. A quieter town in the evening, not disturbed by unnecessaty j music in saloons, or cocktait lounges. | Less drunks on the streets, | swearing, blackguarding and fighting. Key West has the best winter |climate in the United States, and tourists should be encouraged to} «come here and spend their vac+- |tions or winters, and when the |do come they should receive cou: i ward the Third against the Scots in 1527. Subscribe to The Citizen—25 weekly. Political Announcements For State Senator “BOB” KING For State Senator E. R. (Doc) LOWE For Representative JOHN CARBONELL, JR. For Representative DELIO COBO For Representative BERNIE C. PAPY For Representative WILLE. P. ROBERTS | | sioner For County Commi: (Second District) FRANK BENTLEY For County Commissioner | (Fourth District) GERALD SAUNDERS) | teous treatment from the police department for minor infractions of the law, with which they are not familiar | ‘The writer has weeks in your city, and feels 2 special interest in it, and it may be that I will spend many future winters here I have not been arrested nor have I received a parking tag, but I have observed other tourists in trouble over minor offen: The people of Key st have treated fine, and I have made many friends here, whom I value very dearly. It would take time to work these things out, but the progres- sive citizens can make this a Wonder City if they will work at it hard enough. spent several A TOURIST. |; Key West, Fla., March 4, 1946. GRATEFUL Editor, The Citizen: Through your generous coon- eration we were able to admit a ‘class of 58 desirable student nurs- i ‘ for a Lovely Lady Beautiful locket, 10K gold filled, richly engraved, with long neck chain. POLLOCK’S Quality Jewelers 524 Southard St. : E.| decide on a set course. .| Will Come Through | Office Hours, 7 to 9 p.m., and by| |Galey’s Office, 417 Eaton Street | ae. County Committeemen Not Exempted Candidates in Monroe County for “the Democratic Executive Committee will have to file ex- pense accounts in the coming pri- mary election just like all other candidates, Attorney General Toa Watson says. Uncontested committee candi- dates will not have to file state- ments after their nominations in the primary. Mr. Watson adds. Where Are My Hammer And Saw? Key West carpenters did well by themselves during the war and as soon as building materialé become plentiful they’ll be busy as bees again. The hourly wages for local car- penters shot up in recent years and it was only right as living costs skyrocketed at the same time or even before their earn- ings increased. Comes now announcement that journeymen carpenters in Miami will be paid $1.50 an hour instead of $1.37% they have been receiv- ing for their labor. The increase has been given the “green light” by the waye ad- justment division of the National Labor Relations Board. All they need now is materials to work with.’ Forward, Key’ West, Forward! “For Rent” signs are going up all over the state as the tourist season slows down following its peak last month. Heaviest traffic in the state is now noted in the northward 3i- rection and Chambers of Com- merce report lessening demands for accommodations. Key West’s tourist trade re- mains about the same, with num-| erous out-of-state cars noted on! the streets. A pleasing note of} the present season is the number | of visitors who proudly proclaim | they’ll return again and the many | who have signified they’ll pu-- chase homes in Key West or have| done so already. Key West has the makings) of a great winter resort. All seem to agnee on this thought. The com- bined efforts of business men and! women and individual citizens! is necessary to reach this goal | We should lose no time getting} jtogether to map our plans and | It’s forward, Key West, for-| ward! Forget the past—look to! the future! | Those Old Age Assistance Checks | | | ir} H. E. CANFIELD, M. D. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist Also Glasses Fitted | Don’t worry, Dad or Mom’ you: Appointment, Phone 19, at Dr. STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE | TRIUMPH COFFEE “MILL AT ALL GROCERS Sorry tha IT SHOU Resumption link of travel THE PENINSULAR adel Arsen \ eA pel STEAMSHID eo aad Despite the fact there are 4,000 more cases on old-age assistance rolls in Florida this year than an. ticipated a year ago, there will be no reduction in the grants now allowed. . ie Oldtimers in Key West need not_ fear that their “necessity money” from the state will be lowered or discontinued. Headquarters “re- _ ports “plenty of funds on hand for old-age assistance”. Those who have been ing an increase in grants to de- pendent children will be disap- pointed. State Welfare Board of- ficials say they can’t up aid to children until the next legisia ture decides just what will—be— done along this line. Robert Santana Coming Home (Special to The Citizen) OKINAWA, March 5.—Techni- cian Fifth Grade, Robert Santana, 22, husband of Mrs. Ana Santana, who with their daughter, Betty, age two, resides at 706 R-2 Eliza- beth street, Key West, Florida re- cently passed through the 25th Replacement Depot on Okinawa for processing prior to returning to the United States. Cpl. Santana entered the Army July 12, 1944, and departed for overseas December 1, 1944. While on Okinawa he served with the 1095th Engineer Detachment. Be- fore entering the service Cpl. Santana was employed as a mechanic by the Civil Service. Naval Oeprating Base. Brazil possesses some of the world’s largest depos:ts of man- ganeese, t you had to wait, but... LDN’T BE LONG, NOW! Tt is not too soon to start planning that long delayed trip to gay Havana and the enchanting island of Cuba... for our steamship “Florida” has been recently released from the Army Transport Service. Just as soon as this fine steamship can be thoroughly overhauled, refitted and reconditioned to offer the finest in luxurious passenger travel, she will be returned to service between Florida and Cuba. of regular sailings will reestablish a vital and transport between the United States and Cuba, begun more than 45 years ago. Former passen- gers of the “Florida” may renew acquaintances among the ship's personnel, most of whom served on the ship du the war, and will again serve you in peacetime travel, Habana, Cuba Olfices: Jacksonville, Florida & OCCIDENTAL fH _ COMPANY _