The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 23, 1946, Page 1

er nee Press Day Wire and AP Features Years Devoted to the interests of Key West See VOUUME LXVI. No. 71 MISCONSTRUED HIS STATEMENT | | } | “We have in no sense received any arders to decommiss: Boca Chee”, Captain Hamilton, com-! mening officer of Naval Air| Station, stated to The Citizen this! Pouring | Captein Hamilton stated that out @f town newspaper reports! had misconstrued his statements. | FC. Sutten, com- officer of the Boca Chica wits of planes, said today rast been “settled”, during his conference | with Naval offi-' | geome of the planes are being redis- eaten cpp beet fl if ki il Commander Russell w Washington for a conferenc om plans for the Boca Chica fleet| ene to state officials and priv-| and entte of planes The program here was an in- here. Many fishermen repor eea of Snipe Point which is ne No Orders To Decommission Urges Welcome Sign For Vets CLAIMS THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCA- TION ‘ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FNS.— Florida was urged today by State Comptroller J. M. Lee ‘to hang out the welcome sign for thous- ands of war veterans wishing to the war. The plan outlined by ‘the’ state comptroller called for the’ state of Florida takiag over many ate citizens alike, Mr. Lee said. Fear that the state would com-} partment, forthe completion of temtive ome which took up navi- ™t_@ grave error if it waited|the Overseas Highway from the} « ” i Gational training with Png latest! Until new buildings could be com- | Stock | AER AG GOST Re ee ieventied devices. There was also! Pleted before offering veterans| county courthouse, and at the}! @rdnance and maneuvers training educational courses was expressed | present ti,e every effort is being! , by Comptroller Lee. He pointed: put forth to get the State Road geckets being fired in the area, that many men and women, | Department to’ continue the pave- now wanting to complete their] ment on Whitehead street to Ea- marked G© & restricted area on! C@¥cation would be forced to take] ton street, ‘out Eaton street” to Fleet Commana”, ©f the now deserted military; held said and added, amps and converting them, as aj general election. ‘I have ¢arried were sti! about 169) branch of the University of Flor-| out-the people’s trust by serving | see Chica et present, | ida, into educational centers. The| them. faithfully ‘and honestly. Sutton and Executive, demand for education by men| Through my personal efforts we und women back from the fields] obtained the of conflict has presented a chal-| Thomas A, Johnson, chairman,}| Valdez Pledges Honesty, County | | Road Program Wt MAXIMO VALDEZ CANDIDATE. FOR REELECTION TO COUN-| TY COMMISSIONER AT LARGE; OPENS CAMPAIGN | Qualifying yesterday with ‘the. county clerk’s office, Maximo Valdez, present county commis-} sioner from the fourth district and chairman of the committee! on roads, pledges a program of. honesty in handling the taxpay-! er’s money, and also in continu-} ing the good work that he has} been ,doing for Monroe county! through obtaining co-operation from the State Road Department. | ;In. discussing hig. record. as. a! public servant with a representa-| } ed Was “elected! to: serve as al ember of the. board of county} commissioners in, the’ primary Co-operation of | Thomas M. Shackleford, at- torney, for the State Road De-; Island ridge to the} G. Cathrall, J. I. Rainer, John Cates, and.W. Brodbeck, They are engaged in replanting palm and Boca Chica Field, tive of The Mr. Valdez) — ebmplete an education halted by | s@id: “_ } 1944 arid the subsequent}. New Feature Navy teeued fisherman's charts. | up duties in untrained fields, if} White street to Atlantic boule- | arrangements could not be made}vard.and thence to the Atlantic | to house them almost inmediate-/shdre of, the Roosevelt boulevard " i Urgent Appeal To | ly. He said he knew of no reason! to., the: bridge near the Naval | why the military . camp), sites} Hospital.. My -contacts with, J. could not be used on a co-educa-| Robert McClure, secretary; Rich- Key West Women ‘The Red Cross Drive ts nearing ast" ds still a con-| of the residential! yet t be canvagsyd we are still ‘a long off tram eur goal, ome, f ai earnestly and, Pequest ai ehuneiticlub,;‘ sof P.-T. A. groups and, ay others who wil) ‘adsist in Joy wom this canvass to meet on Y morning at the First Methodist Church Annex, corner Gimenton and Eaton ts at 0:90 o'clock Unies: we get your cooperation tie drive will fail to reach its gee! and the vital services Retemery now to our returning yeterans will necessarily be cur- tailed. They did not fail us—let's et fail them now Urgently yours, GERALD SAUNDERS, General Chairman, | 50 Red Cross Fund Campaign Temperatures Temperuture dota for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. i Haghest. Lowest | Station— last 24 hours last night | Atlante 75 56 ' Beeston 70 Brownsy i\lc 77 64 Charleston 76 ss Chicago 4 37 Detroit 7 30 Galveston 72 a“ Jackson, ilk 75 0 76 Ww 75 ej ot v4 66 i Mermpiiis 2 59 Mami 4 62 Minnesp | ay 36 New Orleans 14 55 New York be as Nurbolk 47 Obtahome City 76 45 Pensa vi. 67 56 Prttebur «! 68 St Lewes 76 4 Terape 78 55 | I AR A BS We Are Now Accepting |' COLOR FILM | fer DEVELOPING and PRINTING SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. |! Prescription Druggists |! OUVAL AND FLEMING #Ts. || cient eee a tional plan. “Florida has a golden oppor- and Herman Fultz,” member. of| ) tunity to beckon to thousands and| the State Road Departinent, have| th # veterans from all toltinase on "Page Three) at oe gage grerepart Fd Padsengenseats Tate Bulletins, (By Axsoviated Press) Oe tant te tnt tn badintn tdi WASHINGTON.—Two Super- fortresses shortly will fly to the magnetic North Pole for the puc- pose of obtaining scientific data, it was officially announced today. BUILDING STOP ORDER WASHINGTON,—Official state-| mittee, Mr. Valdez said, “The r ment issued today said that, some: | paving with permanent mater time next week, the government, will order the stopping of all non- accelerate the construtcion of 2.- 700,000 homes. BIG GOLD STRIKE CRIPPLE CREEK, Colorado—| Company, this work was paid { The Golden Cycle Corporation.| with Monroe county funds. The; owner of thé’ Ajax mines, an- mounced today have been found ‘in a Cripple Creck mirie estimated to be worth $2,000,000. HOOVER MEETS POPE ROME.—Former President Her- bert Hoover of the United States, head of the Emergency Famine Committee, today had an audience of 25 minutes with Pope Pius XII. No statement was issued about the subject discussed, though it is thought to have concerned food shortages in Europe. GALE IN HAMBURG HAMBURG,—Besides the dire threat of famine, this city today «Continued on Page Three) FOR SALE! A Real Buy! On the Florida Keys. 59/38ths Acres on Plan- tetion Key, better known as “The Fisherman's Paradise” an Ideal ne for Fishing Cemp end Hunter's Lodge just olf, the Over Sea: High Way” next Key to Tavernier, Inter- ested? arf SEE OWNERS Mrs. William G. Camero 211 Whitehead Street or MR. WILLIAM G. CAMERO Red Lion Taxi Co. at corner of Duve! and Greenc Streets. Key Wesi. Florida Ce NN eT | county and through his efforts; that veins of gold) tion of the Atlantit’ share | ard ‘W. (Dick) Ervin, attorney, | made it possible ta get. faverable ideration of this project Another strong pgnt that Mr. Valdez stresses is the removal uf all’ the unsafe bridges in the; this’ work is being done by the} state! without’ cost’ to the county. | Mr. Valdez says he is especially | proud of the fact that he was; the proponent of the resolution) which brought the voting ma-| chines to Monroe county, and for which he has received many ex-! ; pressions of thanks. In further discussing his activ-| ity as chairman of the Road Com- | of that part of the road passing in front of the ‘Naval Hospital for |essential building in the United! a distance of about 2,200 feet was| “45 States. Object of the order is to} done with my approval as chair-| man of the committee on Roads, and, though an extension of a} contract of the State Road De-! partment with the Belcher, Oil) ia has also been resurfaced a por-! of the, Roosevelt Boylevatd to a point) well ‘below ‘the Martello Tower, | making this storm wrecked por- tion of the boulevard a comigrt.| ablé road ‘to travel over. This! work was also:done with my ap-; proval as Road Chairman. | Mr. Valdez further stated that! he is now making arrangements} to seek an accounting from the State Road Department as to what is being done with the one} and six tenths cents tax per gal-! lon of gasoline that is sold in this} county, and which is earmarked; to be spent in Monroe county for; road construction. | Mr. Valdez further said, “I will) stand for absolute honesty in handling the taxpayers’ money. If} 1 am elected on May 7, I promise} to continue this policy and also) to continue my work in keeping Monroe abreast of progress with modern roads throughout the county”. | OPEN NIGHTS and SUNDAY to SERVE YOU | AUTOMOBILE SEAT COVERS for Sedans and Coaches "35 to ‘42 Models POOR OLD CRAIC} SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Phone 9104 Al Armengol, Owner BESBBRBEBRREREE ! chology had made her determined twas Otho Brin, ! Navy Photo PICTURED ABOVE, from left to right. are: Alexander Smith, Albert ot han Ww. “| |Provides For Compensation | To Veterans While They Stor af Appears Are Learning Trades On Scere 3 The Job Here STORY BEGINNING TODAY Launching a program for job! training “on the job” with a per- centage of the salary of the vet- teran paid by the employer and The door had scarcely closed on another percentage paid by the the mysterious. young man who. government,|. county! education had sought protection from Rush, officials»met this week with Jeft Henry because he feared. for his: Knight,amanager of the-U, S: Em-| life when wealthy, Paul Ger- ployment Office here. | maine, Sr., brought one of the.’, Mr. Knight;explained that all strangest requests of Rush’s hee veterans interested in training tic career as a private investiga: while working in a business in! tor, Rush was to keep» Chicoselng sg mobsters away from Germain dos si draini brilliant young daughter, Leslie, 1” Such. training. at the same whose interest in criminal psy-| 4me may now obtain application forms for state approval as an} “On The Job” training agency. from the county Superintendent! of Public. Instruction Office. Willard’ M; “Albury is superin-} tendent. to find out, first-hand, what made a gangster tick. Twenty. minutes later{ Rush found the mysterious young ‘man stabbed to th in the alley out+ side his o: e. The dead man was 2’s son, Paul Germaine, by the employer who wishes to/ establish the program and re-| turned to Mr. Albury’s office.| Mr. O’Bryant, . Supervisor of! Secondary Education, will repre-! sent the Superintendent’s office! tall, cadaverous man al black informed Rush that he had seen the mur- derer run from the alley and in- stantly Rush knew that a strange mob had moved in. The tall man first of several Francisco gangsters Rush 0 soon to encounter. Brin playing a lone hand, -cted with suave, cultured Bernard Jago and his lovely daughter, Myrna? Was the an Francisco gang bucking the hicago mob? Which had been ponsible for young Germaine’s nd what was daring ie Germaine’s connec- death? A swift, ling mystery novel of underworlds at war—and, of the fall guy caught between. This interesting story starts in The Citizen today. . TWINS GARAGE. 1130 Duval Street Auto Repairs, Painting, Bedy and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts questing this training meets the) necessary requirements of the} state department of education:| which consists mainly of certifi- cation of the facilities and pres- ence of other employees who can carry on this training program in that particular business. i Mr. Knight of the USES will! handle referrals of Veterans to’ these approved training cstab-' lishments. Veterans interested in! this program will have to fill; forms 1950 which can be obtained | from Eugene Anheir at the Vet-| erans Administration office on| the second floor’ of the Postoffice| here. | San Wi young, tion with her brother’ be glad to discuss this training; program in further detail with! employers and veterans. 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Half Southern % MAY CUP: MEDALS DONATED BY POINCIANA RESIDENT COUNCIL In the Annual Poinciana Field, Day events Division Street School repeated for the second straight] year with a -win. Officials were M. J. Horre, recorded; B. H. Waite, starter; Ray Atwell, in charge of races; Earl Ingraham, finisher; John R. Kerr, judge; Glenwood Sweeting, in charge of jumping events; Paul Albury, recorder for jump- ing events. ‘sy Lag Medals were donated by’ Poin- ciana Resident:Countil and pre- sented: ton winners: by ‘the'’Super-, intendent‘of:‘ Public: Instruction, }) :,. Willard\M. Albury. Trophy which |) jwas Won for the ‘second straight year. by Division ‘street ‘school will be kept by that school if Chairman .of the Poinciana! Field Day Committee, Mike Maz- eau, was unable to be present because of illness. Fifty yard dash: First, Alberto Pons, Division; second and third,' Edward Ensor and Frank Hilton, | Poinciana. Fifty yard dash, girls: First and second, Helen Gonzales and Fay Lowe, Division; third, Alice! Ezell, Poinciana. | Sixty yard ‘dash, boys 95 pounds: First and second, Helio Casas and John Cruz, Third, Ger-, ald Staten, Poinciana. ae te Seventy-five yard dask, boys, 110. pounds: Mario: ‘Rodrig: Harris, first; second: and “thi John Davila and Alberto. Pons, Division. att Seventy-five yard dash,’ girld, 110, ds: Division; third, Barbara Collins,’ Poinciana. t * One hundred yard dash, boys,! unlimited: First and second,’ George Font, Nestor Martingz,| Division; third, Mario Rodriguez, Harris. Two twenty yard relay, Divi-/ sion street school team of John thoney Torres, Fred Shoneck, first; Harirs School team of Frank Sawyer, Carl Jones, Rob- ert Jones, Donald Richardson, nd; Poinciana School team of, rd Ensor, Frank Hilton,’ Ed in seeing that the employer re-| Wayne Griffin and Joseph Mc- leaders from every part of Florida Cullom, third. { Two twenty yard relay, girls,’ Harris School team of Eleanor Brunner, Alene Speer, Jennie, Johnson and Rose De Volld, first; | Division school team of Dolores} Mora, Mercedes Font, Addie Schoneck and Helen Gonzalez,} second; Poinciana School team of Patricia O'Neil, Betty Fargason,| Alice Ezell, Barbara Collins, third. | Running board jump, boys, 95. pounds, First, and second, George, Font and Morton Hall of Divi-! sion Street School; Carl Curry of| Harris, third. Standing broad jump: First and, third, Gail Sweeting of Harris. | High jump, boys 110 pounds: ; Allen Mora and Fred Schoneck of | Division first and second; Robert Jones of Harris, third. oe Ca RRR Palace Theater RICHARD ARLEN in “Identity Unknown” News and Serial SOUTH BEACH Restaurant - Pavilion Located on South Beach, Simonton Street 241 FEET ON THE OCEAN Phone 458 Featuring: Fried Chicken $1.15 Seafood - Chops - Steaks OPEN 11 AM. to 9 P.M. BEER and WINE SERVED BEER and WINE SERVED DURING LEGAL HOURS EA a FART Full Line of Package Good. During Legal Hours \ First and aah ey Welt ahd being compensated | Nettie Davila and Delores Mora, F a i i ik i} E H | i i Z i ff i tes E58 5 $ fh ay ret see VI SLLLAL ddd MAN FIGHTS LION: JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa. —After Karl Hartmann had wounded a lion that had been, killing his cattle, his African servant hurried back to the farmhouse to telephone for help. Police found the farmer and the lion dead, side by side. ‘Waterway Group Plihs Por Meeting «~~ @toridayNews Serviée) MOUNT DORA, March 23.—The These forms must be filled out! Castros, Nestor Martinez, An- Florida Waterway Congress wili hold its first postwar convention in Mount Dora on Friday, April Chairman Walter F. Coachman, Jr., Jacksonville, and waterway will be in attendance at this meet ing to which the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce, George J White, president, will be the josts. Brig. Gen. Leslie Graves, Wash- ington, D. C., chief of atomic re- search, U.S. Army, will be a fea , tured speaker at this meeting and] sem) others from, Washington who have already accepted invitations to be present and speak include two of Pott’, congressmen, Joseph. E. Hendric! who have been active in many waterway projects for the state. Governor Millard F. Caldwell! : .isecond, Fay Lowe, and Nellie has announced that he will at Mr. Knight states that he will! pavila of Division Street School;|tend and address this important | meeting, as have also Brig. Get James B. Newman, Jr., U. S. Dixision Engineer of Atlanta, and Col. A. B. Jones, Jacksonviile, District Engineer, who has re- sponsibility for ali waterway projects in the State of Florida Maps, photographs, ete., will be exhibited at the convention show ing progress and plans in the making for the completion of Flor ida’s inland waterways. ERRCARRRRORIN Sete M Na CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE =——-Opens ‘5 P.M. Daily-——- | Ree RARE TR im LA CONCHA HOTEL AIR-CONDITIONED Now eaturing DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by La Concha Orchestra and The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ BREAKFAST Served from . LUNCHEON Served from . DINNERS Served from . . Oe HUGH C. 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But another report was te the | effect that the President hed t come aware of a “leek | lomatie circles about the pr | ed postponement, and thet he j made the announcement to fore tall any further conjecturting | General belief here i that the experiment will stepped three days, so that it can be med on the Fourth of July Reports from captiats th out the world today worked ye be Stalin's statements to the A ciated Press had eased inte national tensions to « great «% | tent _ RI SR “eases ScaNE | 711 North Beach Phone 261 | eFull-Course DINNER, 64 pum _ eSpanish Hame-cooked DINNE H by Reservation SERRE ANEMIC COCKTAIL LOUNGE | for YOUR COMFORT | $:00 A.M. to 1:09 A.M. 12:00 to 200 PM &:30 P. te 630 PM. vals