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"ACR FOUR RTS — Football * Basketball ¢ Tennis * Golf © Track Pride Of The Keys, Conch Five, cine eo a * Oo OF THE MULTI Swimming Penny” was absorbing the atten- tion of Albert Cooper, local Price Control Board, today. However, mystery, we hasten to assure you. The price’ official was busy with | pencil and paper, figuring the millions of offspring that could Leaves For State Cage Tourney (22 82258. Key West Conchs, ten strong, teft today over the highway with Ceach Fred Hoffmeister to in-| vade Mt. Dora, Fla, and get a/ ereck at the state basketball championship in the Class C) group. ‘Transportation itself had novi developed up to ten o'clock tns morning, Coach Hoffmeister said, tut the team would leave by regular bus, if necessary. | Key West will play Frostproof im a 2:15 p.m. game. Key West, imeidentally, has never known frest but they hope to put the “on fee” second «in to Pompano after leading throyg)- out most: of the game, _ ’ Latayedte ir i Py LA oe ae ji Y : i sectetary: of “hE” ifn | "45 P.M-=Archer’ ys. Punta ee ie US a pees eo ang tute eae "eit aed Sehool Athietic Association eariy Gorda. i * 2 yah oi down the drain. overcharges i ¥lke a snowball this week announced ... pairings, starting times of games and seed: imgs in the Classes B and C state basketball tournaments. Invade Miami This Weekend The Key West High School @iris’ varsity basketball team will leave tomorrow morning to in- wade Miami for the weekend. At: Miami the girls will play a series | Theresa, whom the Key West girls. of three games against the, Cath: jae @speciaiiy enxious to play, for| ole, schools p first game will be a elitr ou wifh the Gesu High Scho!’ whem the locals defeatéd here in Key West Jast month, 27, oe ’ Friday, their opponents will be’ & store. it’s not a murder, another tidy little sum.” ° THR K&Y WHST CITIZEN * * Price Control Board Member Studies Overcharges PLYING PENNY” i (2£44444444444444444 8448448444440 00464) “The Case of the Multiplying: take a one-cent overcharge on j every pound of coffee sald in a} of the year’s time .. . and you'd have’ over twenty-two million dollars, ' only one where overcharges are dangerous... . ' multiplied. “Let’s take clothing,” he sug- gested. “Suppose every store “We're always talking so much! charged just one cent more than In Class C, which includes Key | about ceiling prices, and urging the ceiling price on work shirts, West, Pompano has been seeded first, followed by Hilliard, Frosi- proof and Tavares, in that order. Third-seeded Frostproof is Key West’s opponent in the openicg games tomorrow afternoon. more, that I got to wonder just charge really is.” bled papers. “Suppose we're Mr. Cooper shuffled his scrib-} customers not to pay a penny; work pants and overalls» do you! know how much that would how important that penny over-! amount to in a year’s time?” he) asked. He answered himself. “One million two hundred and seventy- Fort Lauderdale is’ given the! charged just one penny too much,| nine thousand dollars! And the best chance to cop the Class B title. Jesuit of Tampa is seeded second, Sarasota third and St. Augustine’s Ketterlinus fourth. The Class C tournament will be played at Mount Dora and the Class B at Tallahassee. | Pairings and starting times of} the opening Class C games: 4-P.M.—Pierson vs. Chumuck' Aw15 P.M.—Key Westuys. Frost- | proof, - . Not two cents or three cents, mind you. . cent too much.” juice is around two billion cans.. 7:45 P.M.—Eau Gaillie ys. Ta- vares, | G H ae reenwood vs. Apala-|was marked a penny above cei is sixteen pounds or around; two and a half billion pounds a doughnuts,” he grinned. “But . but just one cent; a can. That’s not so bad, maybe.} are several cents, which would But suppose, all over America,! bring the annual total to quite a everybody were charged that one! lot more . ... say, on a can of grapefruit juice.: worst of it is, overcharges on clothing, when you run into them, aren’t just a penny. They usually led figures. “Or suppose every pound off thinderipg., down a hill. The coffee we buy from our grocer; longer you Jet it go before stop- ping it, the harder your job is . jing,” he went on. “Our average; and the more damage it can cause annual consumption per person) if you let it go.” He paused thoughtfully. “You know, I’m glad I did that figur- f : ++ | ing. It gave me a new idea of the enough to go with a mountain of, importance of a single penny I'd almost forgotten it.” ff SF fb ff First Six- Week Period School Exams The local High School girls hope to hand the St ‘Mary’s girls their second defeat. The final game of the series will be against friendly rivals, St. Pirst six-week period. ex- .aminations of the second * semester of the 1945-°46 school year are veing held this week sin the public schools of Key ly. at, that school last year, Patty Duane and. her o] Gerry. Albury, Betty Cottrell; Clara Bailey,, Thelma Degler; “Rose Kerr, Nancy aLne, Shirley’ ‘Papy, Nica Smith, Kitty itRey enjoyed themselves so thor- i rr tan one of the strongest Miami teams, S¥monetie and Shirley: Tift, hope| : West. St. Mary's. Until last week when |to bring home three victories and Stents, and parents and it Played Miami Edison, the ‘St’ Teel’ sure they'll have an enjoy-| guardians, alike, anxiously Marty's quintette was undefeateds «able trip at thee same time. +++ NOAke BH ee snes grades made’ the first Daily News Goes:Down Quintet, 33-39 Score Coca-Cola Results of the tripleheader of basketball played last night at the High School Gym show that Coca-Cole won over Daily News, Lions Club Girls downed 3t. Mary's and Chewink Divers up- set the Earthquakers. Daily News put up a stiff fight im the opener but the “Pause- That-Refreshes” players hung up ® grand performance to win 39.10 33. Leading’ fi Sbtthe “for Yhé “v'c- tors were: Lanes tive dield goals; Spalter, four field goals and a free throw, and Osterhoudt, four’ field goals. mh ‘Watson : topped losers . wish tiiree field goals bah four i kets and Villareal three. Score by quarters: TP News 4 M4 5 10-33 Cokes 10 6 12 11-39 In the second game, Lions Club Girls gained an easy victory ove: the St. Mary's sextette to go into a tie for first place with the Hign School Varsity Girls in the fem- inine league. Score by quarters: TP Lions 7 Ss 3 6—39 St. Mary's . 3 4 1 6—14 Chewink Divers lost no time in gaining the upperhand in ther upset of the Earthquakers in the third and fimal game of the eve- ning. The Divers took the lead in the first quarter and kept it until the’ final whistle. McDonald six and two five throws, Mason two, Discharry three end Myers two and a free in downing the Earthquak- to 37. the losers, R. Schoneck nine field goals and a free to top the point-makers of game. Herrick scored five id goals and two free throws. Schoneck sank two fg’s ana TP 13—47 i F] Ss ae peepee i i i Pree throws missed: Discharry 1, MeDonald 1, Mason 1, B. Schon- -await report cards that will period 6f the final semester. “Thén wilt follow publication in The Citizen of Honor Rolls ‘of pupils who accomplished better-than-average work the past six weeks. Only 12 weeks more remain before public schools close on May 31 for the annual vaca- tion of three months. Should the usual custom be followed this year, com mencement exercises for grad- uates will be held the week beginning May 26. Bacca- | laureate Sermon will be | preached on Sunday, May 26, and Class Night held Wed- nesday, May 29. Graduation exercises will then fall on May 31, last day of school, for white graduates, and Thurs CITY SPORTS Every Type of Play BASKETBALL at High School Gymnasium (Night Games) WEDNESDAY— 7:00—Miami Herald vs. West Transit Co. *°8:00—High’ School “B” Girls vs. Key Convent. 9:00—WKWF vs. Independents FRIDAY— 7:00—Miami Daily News - vs. Key West Transit Co. 8:00—Sweeting’s Auto Serv'ce vs. Lindsley Lumber Co. 9:00—Coca-Cola vs. Carbonel’s Study Of Names For Park Board: At the request of a gcoup of} mondball. Comfort stations. Tssues ; But don’t get the price man) wrong. The food field isn’t the} and deadly when! ; all of it, of course,! ; drained out of the pockets of the He checked his figures again. | laboring man.” | “Our annual pack of grapefruit Mr. Cooper. put away his pen- 4 cit “When you get| If évery can were ‘Sold for a! right down tovit,sthere’s no such Moni f penny too much, that would bea thihg as a minor overcharge. If} ‘onges’ cf! total overcharge of twenty mil-+ we’ excuse any’ dealer on the| 297 Pecenits| ]rvevevvvyy~~vvvvvevevvvvvvervveveverv~r FREER RE RRB RRR ALBERT COOPER CHECKS “CASE ek * * * CLASSIFIED ADS \ information for the Advertisers RATES FOR REGULAR and PAYMENT Payment for ciansified adv: qvents fs invariably tm advance. WAGE INCREASE Learners now earn a mini-+ i mum of $31.20 per week for 48 hours work ‘ Wage rates for experienced i} operators are proportion- . ately higher | Frequent increases, addi- tional payment for evening Sunday and holiday work Pierce Bros. with each rental. cor, Simonton and Eaton sts. Let our Chief Operator, | [cDermott, tell you the whole story lon, Pierce Bros. 2eW 3 feb1-tf ; | Apply 9 to 5 at the | ‘TELEPHONE OFFICE > ° Openings for clerks, male and | | female. Also messengers. West mar1-t | Johnson, Phone 372. See manager, Starlight Club. mar4-6tx HELP WANTED—MALE West Citizen, Box HK. regalar advertinects with ledge: Ge Vita Var Heuse Paint, guaranteed 100% pure. $3.25 gallon, Thee is none finer at any price marl-1ma ; Library copies of current best sellers—at prices that get lower To fill your bookshelves comparatively painlessly, get acquainted with our unique rental library sales system. Paul Smith, bookseller marl1-tf MANY OTHER We carry a full line of all plumb- ADVANTAGES ing supplies and fixtures. Pipe cut and threaded at Pepper’s | Flumbing Supply, 512 Fleming. ! jan31-tf «| Vita Var Super Chromium Finish | i THE: €IRCUIP COURT 0: Aluminum Paint, covers 30% | ee more surface than most of tte 1 aluminum paints. $5.40 per gal marl-lmo 2- and 3 - bedroom bungalows, furnished and _ unfurnished; small down payment, balance} -ro: payable monthly. Johnson &: one pallett. Write care of Key ~| feb28-13t « ~ ToRelieve Commander Hear Public Works Ofte To} orticer at New London Gonnect- Go To New London, Con- eut to the Submarine Base there. wi be tneerted Im The Citlten at] counts may have thelr advertise: ‘The commander will be replac- tre pate of 2e a Word for each inver-) ents charked. a Sara We’ vents or sie’ ee] PUBLICATION. DeaDLae. | Secticut, Sebmarias Busy; ot tax by Copisie Raleh Spelt: rate, ihe malate earee fur] beta emcee eee te Sees et| On New Assignment’ | Key West for sometime. Young | the first 15 words or less is 45c. the day of publication, z age. # Ralph, son of the Spaldings, was SSSSRSSERSRSSSRSERRSATAB BE Commander Allen Hoar has ‘near the end of the war rs ei 2, ea. a plane crash. | HELP WANTED WANTED been’ assigned as Public ‘The 'Spaldings are very well — Wanted—Laundry to do. Pick up LEGALS tor fore 40 canag ene — service. Phone 224. mar5-12tx ne th. th le. ba panini FoR tax DEED © Conasiuadee ‘Hoar ‘has been <n FOR SAI Chapter 20722—-Aote “ | OPERATORS komad NOTICH tS HERESY CIVEN that| Public Works Officer here dur- holder of County 30th @ay of June, A, Ti 1942, has filed same in my office, @nd hag made application for a ‘tax deed to be issued thereon. Said Certifi- cate embraces the following de- scribed property in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit: Pt. Lot 4, Sqr. 8, Tr. 11, F1-263, as recorded in Monrog County Records. The assessment of said property under the said certificate was in Lucy Muarachrian. Unless said certificate shall be redeemed according to law, the property described therein will be sold to the highest bidder at the Court House door on the ‘irst Mon- day in the nonth: of April, 1946, which is the Ist.day of April, 1946. Dated this 27th day of 1946. (Cireyit Court seal) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of Circuit Court,» Monroe “ County, rida. By: Mary K. Woodson, 1). feb27;mar6,13,2 Commander Hoar’s assistant here is Lieutenant Commander W. R. Yankee. Political Announcements For State Senator “BOB” KING ¢ For State Senator £. R. (Doc) LOWE . |, For Representative .., JOHN CARBONELL, JR. L = THE ENTH JUDICIAL CIRCEIT, N. LA 7 eae, coUNnTyY, SEARE OF TyiOR ONY BN CHAS: Crme No. 10-500 > ALICE MARER As ADDOMT Ay «+ Plaintiff, HMMIE V. ADDOTR - . GSS Defendant. For Representative ORDER OF PUBLICATION JIMMIE V, ADDOTTA f Residence Unknown You are hereby required to appear DELIO COBO For Representative ern Union, feb26-tf ; ————__________________ | to the Bill of Complaint) fan divers: BERNIE C. PAPY | - --~' Concrete block machines for saie.| in" aav or March, A De see, aan ;Wanted—Four attractive girls! Capacity 1000 to 1500 biocks otherwiee atte allegations therein For Representative over 21 years of age. pay. per day. Can be operated with | Wii}, he taken atc oghished once & WILL E. P. ROBERTS week for four consecutive weeks in e Key West Citizen, a newspaper published in Key West, Florida. Done and Ordered this 12th day = of February, A. D. 1946. Despite the fact) that'the dead- line for drivers’ license was | October 1 of last year, the num+ bers issued .by County Judge |Raymond R: ‘Lord in the las$ ; month totals 297....... ’ Judge Lord explained that most of the new’ licenses ’havé! beef} returning veterans, who do not have to be examined to obtain a i license, though, he added, a good | many drivers have"had to under- |.go the inconvenience of an ex? }amination because.of their failure | to Obtain licenses’ in time. | The Weather _. i | REPORT | Key West and vicinity: Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and | Thursday. Little change in tem- perature. Moderate to fresh east For Auto Dr ivers i you are a thoroughly exper - . pues \ given to men in the. service ox} Teus, sultanas, cactus, flame Monroe County, Florida. . ‘ i reed sf 4 By: Flore: B. Sawyer, D.C. ienced automobile mechaaic,; vines, fruit trees. 1004 Southard THOMAS we) ARO, . sober and reliable, a good op-|' St. phone 1049-J. Palms, ferns, crotons, aralias, co- mar4-6tx (SEAT) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of the Circuit Court, ‘Plaintite. Solicitor for the 5 i feb13-20-27 ;mare,1946 | portunity awaits you in Key! |) West: with popular service sta-/Fresh tomatoes. tion. Write, giving address andj street. _ telephone, to C.O.P. mar6-3t | | | | Retrigeration sales and service. ; Repairs on all makes. All work guaranteed. Mumford & Ress,| * 220 Duval st., phone 333, ts feb18-tf Price °$25.; p.me 7 p.m. | aaa ceeannpsteteennennsenaeneamnets Income tax returns prepared, 1¢« ‘liable and confidential service, brooder, | Wanted—House electric water | Wanted to Buy—Trumpet for Jr. 1310 Johnson mar6-7tx | Man’s bicycle,excellent condition, + 1014 \Seminaty (downstairs), Apply before | 6 mar4-3tx eo Oe ae ne LE Cat? One) See OEE OW ET OY Two-piece living room set.” 80-2 Poinciana Place, between 5 and mar4-3tx Boat, 25 ft. length, 7 ft. beam. Ideal for kingfishing and party | | Days atid evenings. 907 White} fishing. See Briggs, 223-D | Street, Apt. No. 4. mar4-6tx} Poinciana. mard-6tx | WANTED TO BUY . Brower all-metal baby chick 1000 capacity, auto | matic heat control. First $100.00 pump. Ri, Box 101, Home-| takes it. 803 Georgia St. | stead, Fla. mari-9tx maré4- itx Wanted—Old rags. Call at The| Electric water pump, in good con- Citizen Office. jani?-tf| dition. $30.00. Apply Bottle Cap Inn. mar5-6tx SOSSHSOSSOSS SSS HSHSLOOOSOOTS: 1 Hl ‘ No0-stigl Setos! “B Gris vz Caldwell Makes © throws. Al. Cruz sank five ai sioned, as commissions of all old| Thursday. Scattered showers in| 5 north portion Thursday. Fresh| Detective stories, romances, biog- southeasterly winds. | raphies ,all the best new books, East some for 5¢ per day, many for | tinued warm today, tonight and) | i ulf of Mexico: Fresh, oc- «+ eee Conyent. Cubs, day, May 30, for colored grad-, .|.casmnaily © Strong, southeasterly; , Only 10c fot a whole Week.’ Paul 9:00—Dental Corps vs. Red; wates. vieistwoerenetennie north portion} Smith, E Ak, Simon- gery Rais iat . and’ fresh southeast. and east! ‘0m and Eaton Streets. marl-tf HaROAY) Ay DIEGO GM MM sis sver south and central| er cael “71;00—Carbohetl’s' Luncheonette ‘portions today’ becoming'’s.fresh oe store. Apply 818 Olivia southerly wings Thursdays, Pattly ‘cloudy weather! with a few. scat: tered showers-over extreme notth porvion inure. |Sea Isle Apts. will have vacancies Jacksonville through the Flor-} era) - : fi --a.' beginning March 13th. Prefer ida Straits: Fresh southeast winds perfinnent residents, No chil except fresh to occasionally dren or pets. mar6-2tx strong easterly winds in the ROOMS FOR RENT » APARTMENTS FOR RENT’ Florida Straits today becoming fresh southeast and south winds) and southeast winds, strong at} High School student. Phone} Vita Var Full Body Floor Varnish; | times this afternoon and tonight.| 1148 or 563-M. mar6-4tx{ $5.00 value, $3.95 gallon, none Florida: Partly cloudy, con- better. Pierce Bros. marl-1mo, ii. oh mand-Hte] Lot on Patterson Ave. Apply 1216) White St. or Phone 540. mar5-2tx National cash register. Apply : Bottle Cap Inn, 1128 Simonton | § (ICE DIVISION) St. mar5 dix | § Phone Noi 8 . Key West, Floride ® Radiance roses. Freeman's, 112] eeeseeeeeee Catherine st., phone -672-W, © | . feb6-wedésat-tf Baby dresser, double bed, rug straight chairs. Reasonabie Call 1178-W after 4. mar6-3ix Rabbits. 1418 Angela Street. mar6-3tx Lowest last night : 72, eevee Sentimental value. $10.00 re PTITIIIITi Titi riiiiititi iii iii iii i irr EHRET’S is More Economical It’s Healthy and Safe... It's Pure Thompson Enterprises, Inc. Luncheonette. is i z Millard! : y weather |7— R Foley saw filer, Retrother and Miami citizens, Governor Millard; Thursday. Partly cloudy weathe: Light housekeeping room. $10— ys a Caldwell is now studying a list cf} Jacksonville to Apalachicola: $12 weekly, All utilities furn- Positive hammer set. 928 Divi- ! BASEBALL names for possible appointments! No small cratf or stom warnings} jisneq, Paul’s Tire Shop. sion St. mar6-3t } at Municipal Stadium _ to the Everglades National Park| have been issued. maré3tc (Afternoon Games) Commission. WEATHER REPORT Sea reel. 1119 Washington St. aay Governor Caldwell says he will] Key West, Fla., March 6, 1946 | Furnished room, private bath. 996 mar6-2*x x a ‘0 be announced. reactivate the commission and! Observation ken a oe am: Grinnell | etrect, off Divisio ae will make known his selections Eastern Standard Time street. mar6-3tx LOST RECREATION in the near futur i (City Office) : Bayview Park—Tenmis, basket-| “The Miami group asked that! ‘Temperatures | FOR HIRE American dime with Mason scroll ball and handball courts. Dia-|the “commission be recommis-! Highest last 24 hours 78) on one side and hole for chai _. South Beach and Rest Beach— Swimming. Gulf Dock and Rest Beach— Deepsea fishing, small boats. members have expired”. Now that the exigencies of war are over, preliminary work before Federal approval of the Ever- glades area as a national park ‘s being speeded up but concerted action of all interested groups is still lacking. gek 2, R. Schoneck 2, Herrick 1, Lewin 1. Referee: Haggarty. | ! Umpire: Frenchy. | Ross Sawyer received a map puc- Timers: Red and Billy. | porting to show all areas to be in- Scorer: Aguilar. jcluded in the proposed park. The | map was so vague as to just whece the park would extend down into | Monroe county that it was return- ee GAMES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY In the first game tonight at the |ed with a request that specific in- | Same time and same place, the | formation of the county’s area to Miami Herald plays the Transit |be included be sent county offi- | Sunset Company, High School B Girls |cials. meet the Convent Cubs in the! second battle and in the third aud|ber Company in the opening final game the Dental Corps plays | game, High School B Girls tack e Recently, Circuit Court Clerk! 75| For Hire—Truck, general moving. the league-leading Red Raiders. | the Convent Varsity, and WKWF Thursday night, the Carbonell’s|meets the Independents in the Lunch five plays Lindsley Luai- |third scrap. enn : : _ 72, J. C. Ramsey, 709 Whitmarsh Precipitation | Lane. Phone 1161-W. Rainfall, 24 hours ending | i. marl-lmox 8:30 a.m., inches 0.00) Total rainfall since March 1, | WANTED TO RENT inches —____.___.- 1:28 | Excess since March 1, | Wanted—Furnished room, $10.00 inches 1.04! monthly. Write to Edelstein, Total rainfall since January 1, | care The Citizen. Give address inches —s 2.17. mar4-7tx Deficiency since January 1, CHES -,,-~- 137, WANTED TO RENT OR BUY | Relative Humidity 70% 4 : Will rent or buy small piano. Pre- jromotrowia/Almanne | for Spinet Call 1178-W. after } Sunrise ; 6:45 am. fibre. bts 6:32 p.m.} Moonrise 9:37 a.m. Moonset 10:50 p.m.| FOUND Tomorrow's Tides iz (Naval Base) | Bicycle. Owner may have same High Tide LowTide | by identifying and paying for 12:23 a.m. 5:55 am. | this ad. Sawyer’s Paint & Cycie 12:16 p.m. 6:48 p.m. Store. mar6-2tx ward. Phone Mrs. Harvey, 394. mar5-3 LIBERAL REWARD For Return of Lady’s Conrad Yelow Gold WATCH and Chain if returned to Manager, La Con- cha Hotel, or Miles Wright, Bell captain, La Concha Hotel. mar6-3tx Lost—Black female cocker span- Schneider, 915 Windsor Lane. Reward. mar6-2t« Famous for Fine Flavor Since 1866 x * iel, small white spot under throat, wearing collar witn| oO er (@) e small tag. Reward. Tel. 1070.\¢ Ext. 105. meee ts “WHOLESALE BEER and WINE” |Ration books, driver's licenses | $ 2049 N, MIAMI AVE. and car registration card, be-/® Phone 2-5624 ¥ jonging to Wanal and Rudolph | © ” vp ol na e COCCCOOOORAOOO SHOES OS SOOSSEOOOOOOEDE EEE