The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 22, 1946, Page 1

inc ciliata antniaed BPN EOC Amociated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features Years Devoted to the of Key West "hewt 70 VOLUME LXV. No, The K THE SOUTHERNMOST ——————— KEY WEST, FLORIDA, NEWSPAPE R IN THE USA FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1946 One Mion ASSURANCE WAS GIVEN [, Comdr’s Wife eer wor seves.(Hlolds fntruder- At “KING” TPF DAVIS. mevesonpers Bay With Firearm | ee - MRS. V. E. MARRIOTT HOLDS (Rr Anworteed Brean) WASHINGTON, March 22 ‘This country's 1,000,000 hoboes going to help to feed starving, GUN ON HOME-BREAKING tS. their “king”, Jeff Davis, " amutod the OPA today | SAILORMAN UNTIL NEIGH. He anid be has issued orders to| BORS ARRIVE the hebecs, whose specialty is _ Secon and exes, that from now| How would you like to be ta Wt the threatened f4mine/lady, who, while upstairs in her ® @© end im Europe, men: room with her two young daugh- Venn ters, hears a sailor come into the ‘that he had ee-} house and lies down on the sofa “subjects” to “cut out” |im the living toon? @ day, witch) he paint-| This happened to Mrs..V. E. Would be the equivatent)Marriott, ‘wife of Lieutenant- reals daily for, Commander Marriott, this week. } Rusopeans When the sailorman came in Another contributing factor downstairs and went into the pa.- @iatkmed by OPA today, to help lor Mrs. Marriott immediaieiy ‘s starving men, women shouted for help and neighbors was an OPA order began to come to the scene. At i Gperetors of restaurants and ‘e same time she seized a gun dining care on tevins to serve only 24 went downstairs and held it enetelf as much bread and only! ° the sailor who was attempting @ne-hall as much salad at a meal. | &scape. This stopped the sailor ‘The GPA directive said that the cold Gpertiors of the restaurants and], By that time neighbors had en- care will be permitted to tered through the front door and the came priess for the, he shore patrol was immediately teals, as are now charged aa HH i summoned. Accompanying Mrs. Marriott downstairs was her old- est daughter, Geraldine, 16. The sailor is awaiting court martial charges at Naval Air Sta- tion. Mrs. Marriott said that ne appeared! as if. he were more doped than drunk, although he admitted drinking a few. Temperatures nr oe ‘Temperature data for the 24 hours Park Croup MIAMI GROUP REQUESTS AC- TIVATION OF EVERGALDES PARK COMMISSION; GOVER- ending 7:30 a.m. ° Hughest Lowest WORS PLAN HALTED Station— last 24 hours last night, Atlanta 73 43 ¢ yo “ped | Boston ~, 60 “at Gevernar Millard Caldwell’s| Brownsville |, 76 65 t© connect the state educa-| Charleston 69 50. Gepartment with the Ever-| Chicago 62 50 | = 3 low peng Park Commission | Detroit 65 52 wa this week by Attorney | Galveston 70 63 General Tom Watson Jacksonville _ 70 52 Governor Caldwell, who is| Kansas City _ 68 56 @udying « list of names to re-| KEY WEST —_ 70 64 eiivete the commission, an- K. W. Airport 68 63 Seuneed he would name Superin-| Memphis 72 56 fondest of Public Instruction; Miami 69 52 Gels English to the group. Mr.| Minneapolis 62 43 Wateen then steped into the pic-| New Orleans | 72 56 tere with his ruling that there i York 64 36 “ne suthority for placing English| Norfo'k 55 46 @ the Commission’ ahoma City 68 54 2 The comm % of all mem-! Pensacola 74 56 ters of the Everglades Nationa!, Pitsburgh 69 44 group have expired. A list’ St. Louis *72 55 @ names for possible appoint--Tampa 69 55 tment to the commiissigg Was sub- (melled le the COveTE-samer of mioans w. ‘All os Rabel tht aan Ota ARTS A" Peactiwated af soon as possible : The peter» seiections will bel ROY'S KEY WESTAUTO PARTS maa in stew days | SEAT COVERS a 16 Duval, son’ Hotel Bldg: a “imum Phone 442 gy oil S. » your FENDERS | Bom ne elk an es aaa OPPAY wd CHASSIS quemmmeemmere wemmem, tame @ set of fenders! Loe Smith Auto Service SOUTH BEACH White st Fleming Phone No. 5 si Gpposite Army Barracks | Restaurant - Pavilion ‘cammmmmmbaotanneaaievnnnssneeiaticy 4 46041) MAHAL Located on South Beach, Simonton Street 241 FEET ON THE OCEAN | Phone 458 FILMS ,. = |Half Southern ALL SIZES | Seafood - Chops - Steaks be _ OPEN 11 A.M, to 9 P.M. GET A RING - SIDE seaT m...RADIO SHOW Every Saturday, 2 P.M.! Dive: tan Jam Session Music & Dancing from 2 p.m.—Broadcast Over WKWF at 3:30 SREIT — HEARIT — FEELIT Sloppy Joe’s Bar EVERY S roche at 2: I Program Originated and Conducted by Gould Curry City Plans $ Pier F dak nace nan eae Late Bulletins 5 i 4 (By Associated Press) Accomplishments of the Amer 1 Sewte een CCCECEOCES can Red Cross at home and’ LES abroad, in war time and in peace, | BACIAL AOU were told the Key West Lions COLUMBIA, Tenn.—One hun- Club last evening, by Dwight bade g pecohert of relia ove ‘ racial groups in this city ha’ Hunter, former Red Cross Field petitioned the Départmerit of Jus- Director, new Director of Public tice to investigate the recent riot Welfare for the City of Key here between white and colored West. The meeting was held in people. the Lions Den with Gonzalo eee | Bezanilla presiding and Allan Hampton as chairman of the pro-! MYM WAGE gram committee. WASHINGTON.—In advocating Mr. Hunter urged. members of today that a law be passed limit | the Lions organization to. get:be-»ing the minimum» .wage.in this, hind ‘the current‘Red Cross ‘Drive ‘country.to 65 cents.an‘hour, it was, 1 CERTIFICATES | CUB LIONS A comprehensive!report on’ the emount: “Hourly wages-umder that aims’ and objectives'of the newly scale prevail chiefly im:the:South, | organize@: Civic, . Improvement: and: CLO: leaders:said.. they: i League was given by Charles -E.' to makeadnivedfon: wt! $ Smith, Jr. chairman of the Liens in that part of the United States. Civic Betterment committee. Mr.| Smith was commended by the club for the excellent report giv-! SOFT COAL CONFERENCE n. WASHINGTIN.—Soft coal Membership certificates were ¢rators are due to hold another awarded seven cub Lions by the conference here this afternoon. at Secretary, Gerald Saunders. Which, it was reported, the social Those ‘receiving the certificates Welfare question regarding sick were: Charles E. Smith, Jr., Leo- 204 disabled miners will be dis- nard Warren, Bob Pollock, Roy cussed. Grossman, R. Charles Hickens,! Sam R. Silberman, and Jack Arlen. - ' Arnon Boyer was presented an’ ash tray as a gift from Lions In- ternational for the part he played in making Secretary General | Melvin Jones’ birthday week a } success, t ' Allan Hampton: addressed the j; club on the proposed sponsorship; of the Key West High School | “FREE-FOR-ALL” STAMFORD, Conn.—Men who were trying to return to work this morning in the Yale & Towne plant in this city, clashed with pickets, and a “free-for-all” fol- lowed. SEEKING OIL FIELDS LONDON.—It was stated, here service which this organization is Rusgsia’s maintaining. troops in rendering the community and jan is to get more oil fields s that the Lions would endeavor supplement the supply gbtai, to “provide them’ With ‘suitable’ in southierti “Russia, “se om fi Ne Ao future } feces cobain [oy SRR RRR TR i Bing Mail Palace Theater b aly Ap Baker ©! est Palm Beach, | guest of his. brother Noel Baket;' Sam (Cohen, guest of Police Chief Louis’ Hisner; Abe K:. Wolkoff,! guest of S. R. Silberman; Dwight H. Hunter; F. B. Bohlen of Ogus,!' Fla. and F. L. Bardonney, of Stroudsburg, Pa., guest of the club; : Secretary Saunders reminded Roasters the club that the final chapter in Re the’ girls basketball tournament was to be played in the High Sehool Gym during the coming week. He stated that the girls team sponsored by the Lions Club were the league leaders and urged the members to attend the games and give the club’s team as much support as possible. EES ATER CET Lion Gerald Adams reported on! chum, Sr. H i | Honie \. COFFEE. SHOP MEET ny, a 711 North Beach Phone 261-J j yy pyrg 8:30 P.M oFull-course DINNER GD pam Y /] | vrnry nets eSpanish Home-cooked DINNERS | Legionnaires and Guests by Reservation ADMISSION FREE GENE AUTRY in - “Gold Mine in the Sky” News and Serial a AS St SE Hood’s Poultry and Eggs 919 Southard Street Batterv-Raised d Fryers (Dressed Daily ) and Yard Eggs PHONE 526-w ® NORTH BEACH INN Announcing .. . ‘ Reopening of RAUL’S CLUB IN. THE BOULEVARD NEXT SATURDAY MARCH 23rd Featuring Music of BOB ARMSTRONG and His Orchestra Admission 60c Ladies Free ot OF Duval StH | ‘ r ) decking. There was a small T- and help ‘make the quota set for, disclosed: that. 2:860,000uAmerican, 4 : ! Key Westi)* sear: c} (oo | workers: receive>less <ithan) that! piece ue 7 areca uth ¥9e | Would Be Constructed al Same Time Proposed| Scavenger Pier Is Built,| King Savs H | | », City Manager Dave King said that when the city commission! decides where the location of the seavenger pier is to be and orders} its construction that at the same. time he will rebuild the city pier Lend : Lease Deul With Britain at the south ‘end of Duval street. This pier was constructed by; WPA during those days in. Key West and is built of railway, tracks sunk into bed rock with wooden planking used) for \the| scribed Aa Cones Patna bec Jing Shipments jal togte often. tied. wp.: The} id ibe + pier: waseused chy: ians' ‘By | Anvoeinted: Ptess) ‘watching: swimmers... 1%))\was; WASHINGTON, March,‘ 22:, wrecked: inithevhurricane: which struck near: Key: Westinj1944, .One of the proposals for the! scavenger pier was at the Munici-| came out on the “short end” .| Pally owned Sponge pier at the; the lend-lease exchange w foot of Grinnell street..Mr. King} t Britai | stated that the refuse would be! Seren ee es would be no smell in the area.| There have been some protests/| on this location. Meanwhile . negotiations con-| of them. tinue for a lease of city property! at the north side of Simonton) } Street by a company which is! | planning a substantial invest-! _ ment. Until negotiations are com- | pleted the ®fany’s name is not i released for publication. Mr. King said that he has writ- ten: letters asking that pile driv- prices, Senator James, Meade..of Ni Senate Committee Claims 1. Came Out On “Short End” Jn} England’s Restrictions De- Valdez Qu The ‘senate: war, :investig: anne committee, in am announcement &, a today, said that the United States! Maximo Valdez qualified: at 10 7 Th mmittee asserted that {chemically treated so that there. Gocck Britain, because of its re- strictions in handling lend-lease shipments frora the United States, had made a “confused muddle” Great Britain would not permit American shippers to sell in the open market in the United King- dom, and so confined the number of buyers they virtually obtained American goods at their own Mt AGE F aso? o’clock this morning for the Dem- ocratic renomination for county commissioner from the fourth district, which will be decided in’ the primary to be held on May 7. Shortly after Mr. Valdez qual- ified, Paul G. Albury also file. as a candidate for the same office. As a result of those two quali- fications today, three men are of ith from the fourth district. The third is Gerald Saunders, who qualified five weeks ago, Frank Bentley is unopposed for renomination as commissioner ew) from the second district. now- aspiring for commissioner | Others qualified in the county ork, chairman ofthe committee, said that ithe United:States had, shipped six: «billion, ,,dollars . of ing. companies contact him. in reference. to. the proposal. Gharite roltices: ty For representative: Delio Cobo, : John). Carbonell; Jr». : i i | Band.. He’ told :of; the excellent today that the chief reason it} 39th Neadquarters dollars. ie No City Court (Sp¢el ‘The Citizen) FORT: , GG,‘/N..C., March’ 22.—Headquarters, _ Eastern ‘De- | fense Command, which was re-; cently assigned to General Court- ney H. Hodges’ First United States. Army, has. been redesig- nated as 39th Headquarters Spec- ial Troops, First Army, according to .annouricement from First Army Headquarters. 39th Headquarters Special Monday due to the absence city electric system. Regular court will be held 2 p.m, then. S om lend-lease goods to. Great, Britain and had obtained jfor them only’ six-hundred and fifty con} Until Monday No city court: will bé held until | City Clerk Roy Hamlin in Miami! criminal court, also qualified in in signing the new bonds for the! Tallahassee. Bernie C; Papy, ‘Will By P..Roberts.5)))\0)'|) \ For member «of the school boardy first district, Jennie Cur- tis Pierce; third district, Carlyle | Roberts. ‘ Candidates for state senator {from this district qualified in Tallahasseé.' They are James A.| Dorothy H. -Rogere have.eold a Franklin, Bob King, E.R. Lowe; house and lot to Robert BE. M and Wilson, Ward. Ward and Frances Lareo Word Thomas §. Caro, candidate for| for $6,000, ‘The house is on Lot renomination to succeed himself} 12 block 13, in the Key West as judge of the Monroe count®) Foundation’s subdivision, plat | William J. Cassidy has pureh ased a lot at Seidenberg avenue ‘ —-——_——- | and Sixth street from Charles S at Kamaeeseeseneeeeee | and Mary A. Lowe for $400. Di Francis Leroy Rodgers and of} | Troops will continue at Ft. Jay, Governors Island, N. Y., and all installations and facilities of the former Eastern Defense Com- mand will be under the control of that Headquarters. The pur- pose of the change in designation is to intergrate the former De- fense Command into the First Army. . Units which will come under the contgol (of, 49tty “Headquarters Special Troops, include, harbor defense install 1130 Duval Street Auto Repairs, Painting, Plenty of Auto Parts BRADY i at 8:00 P.M. (Live) POULTRY and Are Urgently Requested { | | i } | } | H to Attend } EGG MARKET ' 1214 White St. Phona S40’ NEIL SAUNDERS 5 Temporary Chairman \— ei a Notice! otice! | We Have Received Enough BUTTER | to Allow Every Customer to Receive | Their Share Come in and Get Yours Victory Cash Market 1028 Division Street ee | TWINS GARAGE | Phone 189 Body and Fender Work | VV VVVVewVvre 1318 Elize Street Building Trades land, Maine DP isccola, Florida. Contractors Assn. SEE DAIEE ELE, ‘of May West |The Veterans of Foreign Wars OPEN NIGHTS and SUNDAY ' LIVE POULTRY «Meets at City Hall.) “Peonie ot ker Wert to Automobile ROASTERS and Battery | Friday, March 22, COME OUT and Raised FRYERS slat ac hindi DANCE SEAT All Contractors of Key West -MABAAAAAADADAAEDDS ¢*! Santaella Cigar Building Notice! | Rest Rooms for Men & Women pivision at Francis Phone 9134 H Phone 1080 ‘PRESCRIPTIONS Pare, Fresh} mensions of the lot are 100 by “3 Ingredients | 19 11 feet Compounded by Experienced Frank W. Johnson has sold to Pharmacists Victor E. Laurie a lot in Terry GARDNER’S PHARMACY | lane for $600. Size of the lot is , Phone 177 Free Delivery 22 by 96 feet. - eewwwww ev ewes E. t pods Fender Work EGG Market | a i and Painti Phone 243 Also All Mechanical ROASTERS and FRYERS; NAVARRO, Inc. ressed Daily ' STERLING'S POULTRY and } Opposite the Bus Station cduintngtiipuiatiiengnguninmmseit, | aes | to the MUSIC of a Snappy Navy Band Admission Free Friday, March 22nd, 8:00 P.M. in the COVERS Sedans and Coaches ‘35 to “42 Models POOR OLDCRAIC Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street SERVICE STATION Poinciana Bus Passes Door “CUTICULAR GLU a Al Armengol, Owner Baeseaeeane 9:15 P.M. and 12 MIDNIGHT Russ Dalbey and His Orchestra Providing Music for Continuous Dan SSB BSB RBERESEHERERESSRRSSSBae seus gegereenseeslaae Ss ii } a : CLUB TROPICS : r] 700 DUVAL at ANGELA STREET 4 : Proudly Presents ; : “BUDDY NIGHT” =. s TONITE and EVERY NITE ’ a ... Featuring . 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