The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 21, 1946, Page 1

one a OS ne BE Te nt NS Ch = Validation Of ed For Monday LXVIL. Miss Acevedo Crowned Queen F or One Year GIVEN CROWN, SCEPTRE AND — f RINGS BY. MAID: MAYOR ANT STATE AT- POINTS TO 100TH ANNIVER- TORNEY IN gre cr] Rotary District SARY SPONGE SALES mE To x.| Governor Speaks SWER Before a crowd estimated at ;over 2,000 persons Miss Gloria | Acevedo, Rotary Club choice, was crowned queen of Key West for one year by Paul Albury who was in charge of tte Sopnge Fes-* tival. The 21 year. old’ brunette beauty received thunderous ap-} plause as she entered the stage! area’ and received the. ring from runner up Miss Dolores Thorn-} ley, Lions Club candidate, the, t,10 o'clock Mon. | of Rotary .in ,the Florida) SeeP He fe a Bhinley att a that immedi- area, reported that. he .is, espec- Cua enenens i thes crown, the bearing will |ially pleased to se¢.the Jarge| was. brought iim by harlotte . number of visiting .. Rotarians; Putnam, Poinciana: candidate: «J A ee ot from other states who have been| | ABmaddress «by: Mayor .W.: the bonds re-| entertained in. Florida,,, represent the board | The motto of Rotary, Service toming’ of ‘the sponge industry to! the ay | Above Self, is a wonderful] Key West since the first sponges| Atterasy Carson | thought to carry throughout the| were marketed: commercially in , fa will be lites | 48, Mr, Bultman said, and em- eis C40 in iby 1840's, Meee mere then «@ formality, as was | Phasized that a man has a lot af a toons ‘gathering Satie: ' tated in The Citizen Tuesday. jof faults and weaknesses within] try §n the Florida Keys. { Bends, since they wer’ himself but he has been given| Key .West High School Band oe a eg the gift of serving others and ung Catrestion of eoere oger Chadwick was outstanding Peet sal vate ed a others and that is a noble in thc tag Wesbtiful. see of Administration) Mr. Bultman emphasized the| tions. ameins issue Monday | responsibility of this duty to our of tterest slightly move | neighbor and said that only men percent. The saving, for | who fully understood the prin- af the bonds, is more than| ciples of Rotary should be in- suntes into red club. To Club Today REMINDS MEMBERS OF RO- TARY’S SERVICE TO ALL PERSONS AND OF DEDICA- TIC)’ TO THIS THOUGHT Aquilino Lopez mext Monday hold a hearing that have been | his court for the val- the $3,150,000 refund-| of the Monroe County end Toll Bridge District Stas that 8. O. Carson, as- y im this dis- file an answer Fred M. Bultman, district gov- the,,100th., anniversary of the: answer, re- in bond cases af- J aaght rowing femes State Ceremony Program Herb Cohen, known to stage and screen and radio as Budiy Jerome, son of Sam Cohen, mana- ger of Maxwell's Furniture Con.- pany, was master of ceremonies. The coronation ceremony p.9- gram follows: Selections..-by. Key West High | School Bana, under, diréction. of | Dr, Chadwick, music teacher. | National Anthem, played by ¢ school band and singing Jed ty Gerald, Saunde: Invocation, Rey. Pickens. Band selection. Phas by ‘Mayor Wm. W.-Demet- | | a To Oa ee ~-For Deferring UNO Meeting MURIWULT. . wes” Two Under Bond ; payee ~For-Gourt Trial _— Hood's Poult Tha Eggs William teed ad and Fred Turner, 919 Southard Street negro, were atraigned yesterday|Roasters - Batterv-Raiscd @adanoron March 21 afternoon before Peace Justice| Red Fryers( Dressed Daily ) Wet Meperted today semi-official- | Enrique Esquinaldo on charges of and Yard Eggs © Get te United States anu ¢*eeeding the speed limit on the presi a: LS! Re §28-W Geeet Britain will oppose the re- Roosevelt boulevard. 4 ft Russia tret the meeung Each pleaded guilty and cated: Oren Serve HINGS He UNO Security Council, » bond of $50 for appearance in DAILY and SUNDAY sind fe be held next Mod) criminal court. fe request was made yes We Open at 7 A.M. and Remain poet af the propused pustponcnweni N. E. FIRST STREET 161 ona selection. ” is Seb of Queen Acevedo by {Continued on Page Five) | Ammorineet Press) 1 we eetwed from Teheran, and the ob. PIONEER HOTEL Gg, be postponed 16 days, oF vill pine Mar tonday, secording to a dispatch re Open; ‘til Midnight-7 Days‘a Week on Page lace +4 the Heart of Miami Seecevesseresore:) thlhmuttes 2 for, |POOR. OLD. CRAIG WANTED! SERVICEMEN and. SERVICE: STATION, House or CIVILIANS aterm and Francis Spy | Open‘ Phi . One Block West of Bus Depot on POORER OREDOEDED Announcing Reopening of RAUL’S CLU oN | American Legion Home | Corner White and Southard Sts. Friday, March 22 | 830 P.M. B j Legionnaires and Guests “|| ADMISSION FREE TTR LISTE WV VV VV VV VT | Building Trades “Contractors Assn, THE BOULEVARD NEXT SATURDAY MARCH 23rd of Key West Featuring Music of | Meets at City Hall. BOB ARMSTRONG | Friday, March 22, | at 8:00 P.M. and His Orchestra Aedeminsson O0he All Contractors of Key West Are Urgently Requested to Attend NEIL SAUNDERS Temporary Chairman Ladies Free [\$22244444444444444 | was i the various funds, as.foll SPAPER IN THE U.S.A -|Smathers Takes | ‘Shot : -At Record ‘DIDACY FOR CONGRESS IN RALLY HELD IN DADE COUNTY (Special to The Citizen) | FROM GEORGE SMATHERS’ ‘CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTE2: | Miami, March 21.—The opening shot at the congressional record of Pat Cannon was fired by George Smathers, candidate for the office Mr. Cannon now hoius Speaking at the first open-air rai- ly in Dade county of the present campaign, Smathers pointed out that Cannon had missed voting jon two-thirds of the bills present- ‘ed in Congress during 1945. The ‘candidate, a» veteran’: of; By [more than three bet ete in th er 3 Ele ne the) _ e “Navy. Photos NEW FAMILY DWELLING UNITS tt Boca Chica are in their final Stages of completion. They are ja huts (above). the Navy ver- i ion of the, Army's Quonset -Huts,“and are quite tool and livable aeaense oti verr Site: nrelas sa ND. 4 Demerittapeinted out.that this is]. and “new blood” : Congress “to straighten’ out’ the ———_—- | tangled affairs.” He asserted he would make only two promises: “1. I prom- ise to vote on ever issue brought to the floor of the House of Rep- resentatives. 2. To help put an end to government by decree and agencies and put it back on a representative basis.” During the day Smathers tele- graphed a plea to Gen. Omar Bradley urging that a reBional veterans office be established in this area; that with about 65,000; jveterans in this district there is immediate need for a five thou- sand-bed hospital, and that Bay Pines hospital is too far distant with ‘inadequate transportation fac ities for the veterans néeding yaulet reclass:tication of disabiti- ties. Smathers told the rally would fight for old age assistance on the grounds of actual nee Delinquent Taxes Collected | Were $18,941.84; Cur. rent Real Estate Perso} al WASHINGTON.--It was re- \eorteg today that former Presi- Total revenue collected by the the pot peaches pe arr city in the month of February will go to Rome Friday to have $29,924.19, according to am audience with Pope Pius XII. records in Finance Director bey: of the visit is to request Charles Roberts office. Pope Pius to broadcast about the This money was apportioned to. i Seat ee of fogd-in Euro- General revenue: Sion o3, jent! Nae discounts on current taxes! * $67.07 brings total of $19, 429,96) City, Hospital - = SOG js Street Paving -.. $754.32, Sewerage O. & M. $1,164.25. Bond Refunding $4,735.30. “law Bulletins (iy Associated Preas) HOGVER TO SEE POPE Property Taxes $5 1936 gba ncaa) $5,376.22 Permanent Refunding gives a net of... _ $13, 565.62 | not fimit yy a Hiaximum,waen §: Bonds ‘i... - $1,739.22 Interest on delinquent taxes were|sickness or other troubles maké Interest and Sinking = $1,192.77; - $2,763.56 less abatements of| the need for further help, Judgments» Special ! $338.83 $213.80-gives:a net of $2,550.26} “I do not intend to ride int ‘Collections esi taxes were as Street Paving \and'!Sidewalk As. follows» t \ gessments were $2,514.36 which Net current sieges of Real-Estate):<'deks abatements» of’ $1,760.04 and. Personal Property, taxés)./\ :is) ‘were* $5,908.11} Scavenger Delinquent taxes collected were * were |: $18,941.84 which less abate-' Sewer Ser Congress on the pennies bal dimes of the aged,” he pare Creat Planting ‘ Program Planned e Fees ~ $3,611.38; ‘Retroactive Wages Paid By Local WU 2. ws Clerk Sawyer and Mayor The Western Union Telegraph Deieritt sable Weve’ tate wive Company now has paid retroac- tive wages to local employes rep- lent of 4,449 each, and Clerk resented by the American Feder- lin, with only one given name, ation of Labor, and also, by Spec- ‘9 966. Fes made ‘to twelve local em- gver..60,000. employees, of * the gompany exc GEORGE SMATHERS itt placed and Clerk Hamlin ‘will require from 10 to 12 heat him to shay seal jal chaaikae ereen it owas) amr. the: Sealine tele Payments totaling $5,016.38; has. six: percent). Saving $, Manager. Jones sait etroactive wagé payments to general officers ‘corals Station— bat Bhs last Atlanta (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. ments from the year 1944 and © were ee $1,164.25 eye reais and Boston . - COCKTAIL LOUNGE Brownsville 16 (MI mano Opens 5 P.M. Daily. | Charleston 51 CACONGHA HOTHL COOKTAILLDUNGE | SSS. Seek The Department of Agriculture | Detroit 61 AIR- ie for YOUR COMFORT {reported today that 357,000,000 Galveston 66 - | acres in the United States will be Palace Theater Jacksonville _ 56 planted this year in 15 main s Kansas City 56 DANCING + Rees NIGHT crops. GENE AUTRY in i KEY WEST — 75 Music by La Concha Orchedtra © ; The statement said that, if} ‘Gold Mine in the Sky” | K. W. Airport 75 and ‘ :s weather conditions are good, one News and Serial Memphis 60 The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ billion more bushels of wheat | Miami 73 and three billion more bushels | Minneapolis 60 BREAKFAST Served from. . . 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. New Orleans 69 LUNCHEON Served from . . . 12:00 Ni to 2:00 P.M. son with last. year New York 62 DINNERS Served from . 4 . + 5:30 P. to 8:30 P.M. those grains Norfolk 50 HUGHDG. HODGE, Manager ZITO NM STi The Veterdws! 6f{ Foreign wa. Invite; All. Members and People of Key he OS & COQME...QUT.. and, DANCE to the MUSIC of a Snappy Navy Band Admission Free Friday, March 22nd, 8:00 P.M. in the Santaella Cigar Building Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street Rest Rooms for Men & Women Poinciana Bus Passes Door You’ll take Spring’s lovely glow for your very own when you use the color-magic of EERIE SOUTH BEACH) : Restaurant - Pavilion Located on; South Beach, Simonton Street 241 FEET ON THE OCEAN Phone 458 Featuring: Half Southern Fried Chicken in the Basket _ $1. 15: ; Seafood - Chien - Steaks iF OPEN 11 A.M. to 9 P.M. \o ' GARDNER’S PHARMACY BEER and WINE SERVED @ 5 Duval at Southard Street Phone 177 During Legal Hours iii || ed Richard Hudaut offers a 2. 00 box fe of DuBarry’ Face Powder a complimentary bottle of DuBarry Foundation Lotion for only 2,00! plus tax IN’ 24 A Day Around the Clock Fishermen's Baskets Oklahoma City 64 RESTAURANT Bbc scan § rei Gisigh at Simonton Ph. 30 PgbNr aby WM Food Telcns, 8 HOURS 711 North Beach Phone Anything from a. Sandwich to a Complete Meal Featuring Oysters - Shrimp - Lobster Turtle Steak A la Carte Table d’Hote Banquet Facilities /1130 Duval Street Reasonable Prices j | Plenty of Auto Parts CLUB TROPICS 700 DUVAL at ANGELA STREET ONE NIGHT ONLY Presents 3--Sparkling Acts~--3 9:30 P.M. — 12:00 Midnight Key West’s Only Nite Club Show NO COVER CHARGE pedioy em jl ee the bonds and to the city on each of ial decision ‘of the Company, ta bonds rany> all etiployees’ not in'‘eollective, ae tn ee m4 bargaining ‘units, nouheed today, by S.A."Jones,’ pesehecay het local’ manager 6f the: company, seen as —— 261-5 eFull-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m eSpanish Home-cooked DINNERS Steaks - Chops - Fowls - Fish{ by Reservation TWINS CAR AGE Phone 189 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender W ork