The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 12, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features 66 Years Devoted to th interests Key West —<$$____. VOLUME LXVII. Set For ANNOUNCEMENT MADE FOLLOWING CONFER.’ ENCE OF OFFICL OF BOTH SIDES No. 61 (RP Avserteree Press) CHICAGO, March 12.—Strixe @f the 293,000 trainmen and loco- mative engineers, which was wheduled for yesterday, has been petiponed for a month, due to the action of the presidential fact-| finding board of three members. ‘That announcement was m after & conference cf union representattt e« The fact-finding board 1s scheduled to hold its first meet- img this evening ana | Yesterday Postpon * BPaSGLL SL 4 Many Ready For Race Have Not Signed Up Great deal of interest has been shown in the Juvenile Boat Race sponsored by the Key West Yacht Race Sunday but thus far none of the.en- trents have gone to the Yacht Club committee and signed up. The application’ must’ be’ written and sent’ to the’ Sec: rotary, Key West Yacht Club,’ showing the name,’ naméof" the boat, rig and dimension?*” All participants “will meer’ |" 2 t Friday evening at'6:30 p.m: | Star for service in thé Battle of*¢; et the Key West Yacht club’ for complete instructions and New Homoja: Hin study from diagram of racing RING RACE‘FOR RENOMt- NATION IN COMING MAY PRIMARY State Senator James A. eer lin today makes his formal re, nouncenmient in The Citizen for} the Democratic renomination ia! the May primary to succeed him-| self. | Senator Franklin pointed out} that he was chairman of the special privileges committee ia the senate and served on such important committees as finance and taxation, appropriations, and} highways. | He was commissioned as a major in the military government! branch of the army in 1943 and served’ in England, France, Bel- gium, Luxemburg ‘and Germany ‘He ‘wis in’ Belgiity atthe’ tite of the break ‘throtigh thé Gerttian h lings ‘and was awarded the Bronze > the Bulge. He has four’ campaign stars for other services. He estab- lished the military government The Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NE . COMMANDER" CARL” Commander Carl W. Rooney, RAL WY ROONEY Har” aptaih |W! Hi Hamiltdi'in'a téteitiony "At Naval” Ai’ Stati6® here. WSPAPER 4 Navy'Photo | , above) “is decorated iby, USN, Officer-in-Charge of Boca IN THE ta | USA Creat Br Fishing Sailfish, Amberjack, Delphin, All-Big Fellows, Gaught Here ' 2) BY GEORGE DAVIS weekend) What’dweek:"'sisted of Mi. and Mrs, George eae White Uf Delray Beach) Florida. tain Attacking Russi NO FEAR OF ATOM BOMB OR ANY OTHER * VOW Hal A Grid "Sails, Big aliberjack, a] Wie ipnin, crevallé Jack ta?pon! ‘Ifyou are satiated with \ biddneuda’s* ware “ind maps) everything else in life why noi! aboard the Heidi Hay ‘Captain! pers; Pravda and fevestia, try Key West fishing! | Red Maxwell. Mr. ahd Mrs. J. C | ¢lared editorially today. Chica field, was presented gold stars in lieu of a fourth Distinguishted ; Py Sane k Bae Flying Cross and a fifth Air Medal during the captain’s inspection! Senator Franklin said that he, | ad heard he was being critized! pad heard he was, being critized| Capt. W. H. Hamilton under recommendations of the late Vice Ad- | mackerel, course. Refreshments will be served. Final time for entry letter is midnight tonight. On Teddy Canova’s Switchtail Kramer of Erie Pa. were the; tahoe Ae its : 1 A . is ment explai: us t Boca Chica field recently. ‘The decorations were presented by | Saturday eight amberjack, two, Patty. Sunday the Switchtail sia’s concern was solely im the one dolphin,\ three brought in seven grouper weigh-' protection of her frontiers, and, At Boca Chica Are because he entered the army be-; Nearly Completed WHA. RENT FOR ONE DOLLAR PER DAY) AWAIT ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS; WAITING List | | | The new family dwelling proj- | eet at Boce C stages of comple: . officers, apd he families will oc moving in soon | There art six CPO units an! fourteen officer units, with ch wet containing two apartmeacs. | ‘The units were constructed to al- Svinte the present housing short ba ines eats in Key West. upaney Will be limited to sinty days, after which t the fesidents will be expected to have found holding in the city ign B.D. LeFevre, assistant public works officer at Boca Chica, has teen assigned as hous ime officer for the project and can furnish information to anyone eli- @itle at the base who is interested im moving in. There is a waiting list, however, and residents for the first housing period al ready been accepted. The ments will be rented for approxi- mately one do day The new quonset-ty dwell! ings will contain a combination living room and kitchenette, two bedrooms containing « @ bathr a with a s Wie refrigeration, a four jet, P: pane gas cooker, a water heat and many other modern conven All furniture will be pro- ave © De 43 »wer, elec victed } The availability ‘of borhte?h the apartments awaits thé artival of ' FIRST OF NEW CREAM:COL: * moving in. Marines Occupy New Barracks At Boca Chiea Field 1 ORED CONCRETE BLOCK BARRACKS FINISHED) LT. HUNT ANNOUNCES At long last the first of the new barracks has been completed an? the lucky Marines are the firs’.‘to move in at NAS' here. Barracks numbers 2 and 3, nedr the BOQ area, will be ready for @eeupaney soon, Lt. G. BE. Hunt. Jr., has announced. NACTU men wil) probably te the first to occupy the new bar- racks. Among the conveniences which the new living quarters suppiies are heads and shower rooms in the building itself, luggage rooms, master-at-arms quarter: CPO quarte! and many othe Ben- dix automatic washing machincs are expected to be installed soon. Now that the contractors have completed their job of construz- tion, it’s up to the Navy to do tne This is where the vi- tal problem of personnel short- ages comes in. The contractors being busy with the further c struction of the new swimming pool and the remodeling of tax old mess yall for an enlisted.me: Dad Charles Thrift ice patio, volunteer wong partits wilf be needed to cofnple' occupancy of the barracks, This station alone is approximately, Wo men undér complement, with May relief in sight as yet. Porter Sells Key Acreage several elpgtrig refmigerators Bike Licenses Sold Total 2,444 BREAKS ALL lc cAR INSPECTIONS. ‘426 Eastern Crawl Key, comprising 169 acres, has been sold by Will-! tam R. Porter to Howard F.} MacDonald, of Charleston, S. C. ; for $13,500, according to a deed filed in the county clerk's offic Another deed filed erday conveys a lot, 92.6 by 82.8, at Von Phister and Tropical avenues. by! Leland Emerson Archer to John V. Archer for $ Auto forms made “a nu record: office Bicycle 2.444 bre n nspectior ax Collector's Id ecords. Dead tion 426, ' number town March JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD | AGENT WANTED WAITRESSES rw | Norfolk New York Life Insurance Co. Office tnd Floor, 536 Fleming St. PHONE 510 Apply Dining Room Hostess LA CONCHA HOTEL fore he had completed his term} in the senate. He explained that he sent his resignation to the gov-} ernof, who refused to accept it and that the governor had ap-! plied to the War Denartment to/ have Senator Frankiin relieved of his duties so that he could at-| tend the 1945 session of the legis-; lature, but the department re- fused the request. ~* Senator Franklin was not re- deployed till last November 1 and a few days later he received | his honorable ‘discharge at Camp} Blanding. Meanwhile, he hadj{ been promoted ‘to lieutenant col- onel. He is a veteran of the first, as; well as the second, World War j past district govefidr of Rotary | and past national committeeman} of the American Legion. He ar- nived in Key West;last night, and said today.,he,, will remain here} tilh Friday, Died Last Night! Charles William Thrift, 44, died | last night at 6:45 o’clock at the Key West General Hospital. Funeral ‘services will be held 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Chapel of the Pritchard Fun- eral Home, Rev. A. G. Cox, pas- tor of the Fleming Street Metho- dist Church, officiating. Survivors include the father, ah «Thrift; two brothers, ard and Ronald Thrift; two , Mrs. Patricia Sanchez and Charline Hall; three daugh Undino, and lini tens, ice, Lil, grea w Temperature data for the 24 hours | ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last nicht Atlanta 61 38 3oston 38 24 Brownsville 25 66 Charleston 58 48 Chicago 50 40 Detroit 37 Galveston 67 Jacksonville 64 Kansas City 72 KEY W. 79 K. W. Airport 78 Memphis 61 Miami 73 Minneapolis — 48 63 42 52 12° 63 41 59 70 Oklahoma City Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis Tampa POPBBDDAAD444444444444444444444444 STRAND THEATRE NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS CHANGE OF PLAYDAYS Our program will change 3 times weekly, playing 2 or 3 days. Thursday. Friday and Saturday Sunday and Monday Tuesday and Wednesday With the above new policy we will be able to bring to Our public newer top pictures during the week. Tune in to WKWF at 10:30 A.M.. Monday through Friday for Program Announcements. TEE! Ver errr rrr VY TTT T TT rV weerrerrrrrrerrs 4(esesesssssesseseead BICYCLES TIRES and TUBES 26 x 2. 125 Your Opportunity to Get New Tires THEY WON'T LAST LONG! POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Sts. Open Sunday Phone 9134 Al Armengol, Owner [AMBASSADOR TO -wmiral J. S. McCain for the com-! over Kyushu in which numerous jaireraft, a locomotive, two sma.l CHINA ARRIVES | : , vessels and a radio station were IN TOKYO TODAY destroyed. Operating from the | Carrier USS Independence, Com (By Aw lated Preax) imander Rooney was commander TOKYO, March 12. — General of rt Group 46—“Men of Wac” sBonde: aval —at the time. Pee SR , arrived DULY at Boca Chica ‘represents here this morning on. the first coe nenget Beonesis rsh tounof r , duty in 12 years. leg of his'trip to Washington! t He had‘luncheon with Genetal’ ger his’ édmmarid’ isthe ‘fact! that MacArthw? and Genéral' Rébert ‘he entered the Navy ih: 1929: a3.a Eichelberger ; Seaman le, Starting out at’ Pensa- General Marshall did not dis-\ cola, he ‘ré¢eived an’ appdintment close the object of his visit to to Annapolis and graduated wiih Washington, but it was surmiged the Class of 1934. , it concerned Russian” activil Returning to Pensacola to wir in Manchuria, particularly, the his wings. in 1940, the commander Russians’ removal of machinery :went on from there to scourge the from that country to Siberia. \ Jap fleet, American Bring | Inv 26° Sutvitord ont Of Wreeked Banana S! Arrive Sunday On Wreck- Louis Concludes ing Tug Crusader; Ship; A Wrecked In Committee Talk! ‘Foundation Aranmore ~ : | Canadian: ail | Little known ‘to mést'tnen un- | My \half mackerel (the half went to; Fla. and A. Krowicki grouper and barracuda were ing 48 pounds, one 40, one 32 jack weighed 58 pounds, next one William Ritchie caught a 55, 50. pou )s. Most unusual thing pound amberjack and the 40 | was the remains of a pelican pound grouper was caught by found in the stomach of the larg- John Dean. Twenty five barra-| ! est amberjack. | cuda were released by this party, | Party consisted of J. F. Mac- to live and fight again Besides Donald, A. O'Leary and J. Van these two sailormen others in the} Swearingen from Washington, D party were Allen Williams and 'C. Mr. O'Leary caught the 58 Bud Wellman. jf H , pound jack and Mr. MacDonald Also on Sunday the Heidi Ho ‘the 50 pounder. - caught’ four ‘dolphin and _ one, Aboard’ the ‘Legion,’'Céptain bonito. The party was J. T/ Good-' {yakieé Key ‘W° béautiful’ Gulf man,'F. E. Greér, Pat Cement, all) | Stream day of fishing’ was enjoy- of Shrevesport, La. B. W. Hay- ! ed. There’ was one sailfish and’ wood of Tampa and George Lacy four dolphin‘ brought in. “The of Houston, Texas, jlargest dolphin weighed 20 On’ the Legion Sunday ten! ! neunds and was 42 inches long mackerel and five grouper and! The sailfish weighed 35 pounds barracuda were caught. Party} and was six feet six inches long | was ‘Mr. and Mrs. Newell of} The sail was caught by Lieut.- Cleveland, Ohio and. Mrs, Mac-| Col. C. Draper on 12 thread line, Farland; } and put up a’fight of about 50, On the bottom fishing boat minues. Besides Col. Draper there;'Greyhound, Captain McCloud; were. Mrs. Draper of Belmount,' ninety four fish were caught by | Massachusetts, Mr. and-Més. F!a party of C. H. Lofland of D Trainer of Hingham and ‘Dux-| troit, J. M. Innat of Wilkes Barr bury, Massachusetts. | Pa, J. F. Cohaf of Taft, Califo Four grouper, three and one} nia, R. Liddil of Jacksonville, | of New; some big fish which came up, York City, W. E. Plummer and} and chomped it off) and one dol-| Elizabeth Plummer of Key West.| phin were caught on the Sea! Saturday’s catch on the Grey- Raider. Party consisted of Mr | hound included 64 fish. most of and Mrs. Robert Howe of Fram-| them grouper about 8-10 pounds ingham, Mas husetts, Mrs. Ben! in size. Feature of the afternoon Cameron of Yonkers, N. Y., and was the diving of Mate “Blackie”, Allan E. Sloane of New York Heaton who gathered sponge off (By Associuted Press) WASHINGTON, March 12. —' John L. Lewis, president of the } United Mine Workers of America, concluded his conference this, morning, with the policy wage! committee of that union,’ régard- action that will be’ taken Twenty six survivors of the Canadian banana “Foun- dation Aranmore” were brought into, Key West Sunday by the wrecking tug Crusader, Merritt Champan and Scott. | ri 1 City. {the bottom for the party. H. L Forty five amberjack and a 12 Webb of Rocky Rt., N.C. dS.) pound shark were brought in be- Pearsall of Rocky Rt., N. C. and sides other fish on the Mae West,, Danny M. Guigan of New York | ‘Captain John West. Party con-: City were in the party i \ if the practice continues in doing so, Russia was not afraid mander’s part in fighting sweeps prought in. The largest amber- pounder and two smaller ones.! of the atom, bomb og any other modern weapon of war. (Chinese students, in Toxyo, protested again today against the Russians’ stripping Manchuria of heavy machinery that had cen installed there by the Japanese during the war). Investia said further that Rus sia is “not greedy”, and does “not desire any more land”, bu added, “We insist on properly protecting dur frontiers. Flowers ‘Are Removed From Graves Here OWNERS OF GRAVE SPACES WATCH OTHERS REMOVE FLOWERS; PUBLIC WEL FARE DIRECTOR WARNS Public Welfare Director D Hunter today said that of grave spaces persons taking flowers graves owned by them and pla ing them on other graves. Mr. Hunter warned that ow s know who thor taking the flowers are for arrest will be.sworn out The flowers are those plac in vases on grave s T SOLD FOR ABOUT THIRD 4 j had gone aground on Gr The, “Foundation Aranmore”: In-) agua island in the Bahamas on February 27. | Captain of the Foundation Ar- anmore is Cloyd He The ship being 56 years old was considered not valuable enough to vage and was | ing when renewal of the’ contract. with coal operators comes up for discussion. Lewis guarded closely the de-| mands that will be made by the union, but it was said that four} of them will call for a shorter work week, higher pay to meet the shorter hours of employment, Four For Investigation With Lost Fans). .cace saat | SHINGTON, March 12 Information Wa’ secewwed here to day from Kenneth C. Royal | der-secretary of wh the | overseas, that 41 percent of conveyances on! equipment abroad had been Venice, are flat-|for $272,000,000, about ons Hold Tn Goanection nade * OF ACTUAL COs1t FLAT-BOTTOMED CHICAGO. — Gondolas, characteristic the canals of Seven Fans Recovered Last] © shi; Two Civi Two Sailors Held; j was ; tour of duty in Mobile. abandoned. The seas were quite rough ¢ Island but all » safely trans- damage to the incorporation of supervisor work- men in the coal companies in the union, and royalties from the companies to establish a fund to take care of sick or disabled miners. The first movement of the union will concern only the min- ers of soft coal, who number 400,000. Their demands will be made by April 1, and the contre with anthracite coal miners will be considered a month later. without lifeboats. Wrecking master of the Cru- sader is A. A. Reid and Captain is H. C. Foster. The Crusader has been here since November standby for the Willet. For two years the Crusader stationed South America. Most of the crew are Grand Cayman sailors and ak the soft English of that island. The Crusader as has also had a STERLING’S "Ys | 1318 Eliza Street NOTICE Dressed Daily t | ROASTERS and FRYERS! | sottomed feet i long by four or curving out of the water at the | end. boats, some 30 five feet wide, Charges Held for ‘nection with the recovery of sev investigation in con | of its cost. He said further that all ot surplus army equipment « will have been ssembled | sold in the next four month en large Navy-type fans and SHOE PRODUCTION standards on which they sit WASHINGTON.—More _ than 400,000,000 pairs of shoes are ~ ,broduced each year in the Unit- M: led State |Pent was four years in the Ariny Pent and Dennis Yerber. Mr. Yerber has lived in Key ,;West the past three years. jand has been here since July. | The fans were recovered by| CASA CAYO HUESO |Lieutenant Ray Atwell and Legal! | (The Southernmost House) Officer at NOB, Lieutenant Virg: 1400 Duval at South St. Shepard. Two sailors are being DINING ROOM and : e COCKTAIL LOUNGE theld at NOB for investigation on ——-Opens § P.M. Daily. i | We Are Now Accepting COLOR FILM for DEVELOPING and PRINTING || SOUTHERNMOST CITY || PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Drugg DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. | | | | ..There will be a meeting of the’ Indepndent Order of Odd Fel- lows, CUBA LONGE NO. 15, held this evening at 7:30 at hall on Elizabeth street. All members| cordially invited. | LUIS ALFARO, Noble Grand, | SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ, Sec. ibaa Ear uc TN NORTH BEACH INN | COFFEE SHOP i 711 North Beach Phone 261-J} eFull-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m.! Spanish Home-cooked DINNERS) by Reservation | NOTICE!! MEETING of the Key West Business Women’s Assn. 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, March 13 WOMAN’S CLUBHOUSE Duval Street NT at A ‘ ;NOB and were recovered at inight. Inow, | the loss of the fans. ' The fans were missing | UANUTAUEOGAAUOUEUUAAVAO ERE HAG EAU ERO TAU TARU AAA ENN Conch Garden, Division street, 7 and an adjacent butcing last | LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE | Th r ll at city tugeedl Gad awaiting oe AIR-CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT | Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by La Concha Orchestra posal. Palace Theater BASIL RATHBONE in “The Woman In Green” News and Serial “TONIGHT IS PRIZE NITE’ and . The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ BREAKFAST Served from . 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. LUNCHEON Served from 12:00 Ni to 2:00 P.M. DINNERS Served from . 5:30 P. to 8:30 P.M. HUGH C. HODGE, Manager if | i i "UOUUELESESE00GEOEEOECSAEOUGUOSU AOS NADAS EESOOOEUOE EECA 4 TTT Tee