The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 9, 1946, Page 3

- 2 TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1946 4 aie eee eee ee eae re re ee er ne Some of Boca Chica’s Oldest |g 3 Officers Are Leaving Soon CLASSI F IED _ADS RATES FOR REGULAR and PAYMENT Some of the Naval Air Sta-,rived from the Naval Supply BLACKFACE TYPE Payment, for, clasnitied, advertiogs a tion's oldest officers, in point of, Depot in Bayonne, N. J. Mr.| agvertiements ander enta meag| ents i Invariably tm advance, Baseball « length of duty here, are expect-/ Goodwin has been aboard since pein gage Ld — Pecos at) com may eo cueae "Savceuse. ing their release to inactive duty; 28 January, 1944. page dogs del cyl: made pee cag fa » Feotheli * Basketball in the near future. Heading the Hull Leaves Aerology he, fest Fo words or = ie) a aap rend heet igen Tennis * Golf © Track list is Lt. John C. Simpson, who] weroiggy at Boca Chica is los-| werd amd the iuinimum charge for| be in the office before 11 oe reported aboard 13 September.j ing Lt. M. K. Hull, who will be the first 15 words or leas is 45c. the day of publication, 1943, and has been serving as} ab SRA GS 2 BEEBE BBB RBRBRBERBRSRRRBRBEZR Ree H i for Dacis, Cali- Ship's Service. Officer. Mr.i 2°C@™Ping soon for FOR SALE Simpson, who is expecting his release about 10 April, will be ‘fornia. Replacing Mr. Hull will ibe Lt. (jg) G: R. Mills, another ght Baseball For First Time ea eg ‘new arrival. Greatly increased wages for clerks |‘Notes (Promissary), 1c each. Art: In Key West Apri! 19 and 20 By AGUILAR Tw ht baseball games, the, ‘ *® the history of the national “Rags” Tyson, Qutime io y West, will be | 2nd fastest first baseman. At sec- ; jond will be that funny man, “P. tee here under lights at the 'the Tramp” and at the hot corner weipel Bedium on April 19) will be “Red” Hoggy. mt 2 The Clowns, colored basebol! | start to finish with such things as tam. w ome here for the to|the “pepper” game . . . shadow malts to engage the Key We +, ball . slow motion ghost ball. "heme «© the Aeeturnal battles.| All these and many other funny wnt are Known as the most)things will be presented for the weege Seseball team in the state amusement of the fans. You’.} “ore made up of ex-service- enjoy every minute of the games rn and en ew eaguers of the! This great baseball fiesta will | ~~~ ~~~~*~ ~~ em sila.) saa Professions! Negro Baseball cir-!start promptly at 8:30 p.m. each] POVV IVT Y YUU VEY ITTV TVET erst eR “th 0 REST TO KEY WEST 7% They «© be the best colored The Clowns will bring their F INTE KE jh. L.W.R ter ever seen here and the con. | own lights. und fus produced by the Me IR EN Re The colored Cubans of Key West are ready to meet the invaders. There'll be plenty of seats tor | white and colored fans. ere mnie mg tn the gemuine as w | games wt the same time. ~ hase Intra-Club Tourney For Golf Club from Thursday to Sunday Joseph Lopes golf professional | | the local Key West Golf Club, | tomorrow's paper. mnewnees that from Thursday to! meminy, April it to April 14, in-\onthusiasts that he is busy re- sone, the Golf Club will hold) viving the Navy-Civilian team for a& intra club tournament Feature of the play will be that members. In the first match, the he will play hosts to. Golf Club was victorious by a ot @ dimmer in a cal close margin. Tuesday, April 16 a A a © veteran golfers, Clem Price | Improvements are being mace nd hob Spettewood, will captain |‘? ‘he “stater house” in the forin te twe Price's clus of encircling the building with a rival teams . \ Shown a the “Duffers’ porch, and making other needed et Colonel Bob's will take the improvements inside the build- comer af Creyt ing. The course will soon become Sensi Ih ee nate te « par 36 when the first hole wiil © seererefl they will become a be lengthened to at least 450 yards monthiy affair of the by r ing it back the required distance and making it a par 5. Substitute For Lastres Made Error, Which Lost Ball Game By AGUILAR Lest Saturday the Tom: | error that gave the Pilots two runs Seekers and Lakeland Pilots and victory th of the Ploride International) The writer is of the opinion ongue. can gether at Lak ; Seen “ » good Class C manager as we on vas 3 belie Grannell will not measur? Dewey Laestres, the Key West } up to this brand of ball : ' - laying a ban¢g-} Our Lastres had been going ~~. t for the Smok t guns and no manager would Tamps pulled him out of the game f Mana | just to let the big boy himself mmitted af ' lose a ball game. Yankees Picked As Strongest In American League Play ee ed frow Lekeiond ctaeh in fay o wh | Ee | TODAY IN HISTORY ae | aay | A A By AGUILAR sates ae ie wens pick the New handers, and Chandler, Ruffing Fe singe nossa Yors dil Bevens, Bonham, Donald, Dubield, [api SaSDne ERE pee aia . Gettell, Hiller, Peck, Queen, 2> | Clayton, makes historic 350-mile os ngth of D. 7 , ° Brae balloon flight from Virginia to sar, Wade and Zuber, righthan '- iGingianals Meee Ket md Co. | ers and none are first raters COOTIE THE LOUSE, picturea| “incinn y U oe Ned Sox have Harris, Johnson | above, vigorously denied charges | Lee The Great Western, ‘ a met weak am! Powell, portsiders, and Bag-!today that he will come to Key) 1320 tons, leaves England for p betrett Ties 1 by, Clark, Deutsch, Ferris, Hof- {West to “louse up” the place. Al-/ New York—one of the first suc- be _ lis ‘ughson, O'Neil, Ryba, W.l- {though he admited that hundreds | ¢essful Atlantic steamers on a ’ od hut ' 1 won, Wagner and Woods, right-| of his fellow louses are on the way | "egular run. im tues ¢ Trace henders. For backstops they have|to Key West and expect to arrive, _1882—Famed Barnum elephant © ©, Gentry. Bes A! | Pytiak, ¢ k and Walters. | about the middle of April, he in| “Jumbo”, reaches here from * quad stead The Yankees’ catchers are Bil!no wise suggested that Key West| London, amidst English outcries Vonks have Ba Dickey, Michel Garback and Rob- | will suffer by the visit. Cootie laid | of “American vandalism.” ® Keorget. Page. Wad e't- linsen, Sears and Silvestri. in a nine-page charge against! 1920—Outlaw railroad strike Baseball With Decided Spanish Accent In Florida This Summer Sy WILSUR JENNINGS AY Me weteetures a Fis Basebda neh fing players north, particular- te Clark Griffith's Washiag- }tan Senator ballyard ,it will mark *|the first time that a Cuban en‘. Mt web tn ever yperating on United States soil. » | The teams will depend on the airlines to make the 90-minute }trip between Miami Ha- he ‘ ayes toe a the « @epa:t m ot ’ oes and entry ma ae ( internat League be represented include Miami, i Beach, West Palm Beach, Tampe and Lakeland. All except Havana expected to receive se healthy backing from the majors the way of player material. season opens April 17 witn vthing are Gneghtinn img ntry been! In the colored lineup will 52] officers is Lt. Cmdr. John B. Ma- world’s funniest} honey, who has been serving as | They will amuse the fans from| Alfred B. Wettermark. Pairings will be announced in| Mr. Lopez also informs golfing a national wildlife preserve. The ® reemateh with the Golf Club] ministration. {that the Smokers are in need of | Of the State Board of Health. has been a part of a league|Sented to come out of retiremeat Besides Havana, other cities to} one of the greatest hitters of al! relieved by Lt. (jg) Alexander LoCascio, who just reported from Corpus Christi, Texas, where he served as Asst. Ship’s Service Officer. Next on the list of departing Leaving the Supply Depart- tment is Lt. (jg) F. D. Willing- }ham, who has been serving as Asst. Supply Officer. And last, but not least, is Lt. |M. M. Polikoff, O-in-C of Small | Craft, who will be wending his ; way back to Baltimore, Mary- land, in the very near future. 'He is being relieved by Lt. E. J. | Stronski. Augmenting the Operations | Department at Boca Chica is an- | other late arrival, Ensign Clyde {R. Smith. He just reported \aboard from NATS Air Trans- | port Squadron. Eleven, based at Pearl Harbor. Asst. Supply Officer and O-in-C of the Officers’ Wine Mess. Mr. Mahoney is being relieved about the 10th of April by Lt. Cmdr. Another able commissary officer is also on his way out; Lt. C. C. Goodwin will be leaving an ap proximately the 15th of April. Relieving Mr. Goodwin will be Ensign P. J. Parlos, who just ar- NATIONAL and STATE NEWS WITH A LOCAL SLANT 822£444444444444444444444444446444484644 Norberg Thompson Orlando Leon On On Park Commission ; Quarantine Ship Norberg Thompson, head of the! Private First Class Orlando Thompson Enterprises, Inc., of} Leon of Key West arrived in San Key West, is the only Monroe | Francisco harbor last Friday but County resident appointed to ihe/could not leave the USS= Marine Everglades National Park Com- | Devil until Sunday. mission. { The Marine Devil was placed Governor Millard Caldwell re-| under quarantine when it arrived activated the commission lastjin port. The restriction was lifted week, thus reviving hopes that| Sunday. the area will eventually becone a , Others Love Their | Grits, Too The shortage of grits—hominy to you northerners—has_ sadden the hearts of many Key Westers. ;A complete change in breakfas menu has resulted in many homes. two residents of Tallahassee, and} ; There are those whose eyes fill 14 other members from various; with tears when you mention our sections of the state. |most famous of dishes—grits and The proposed park includes 1,-| grunts. 905,000 acres, 500 square miles .f| Housewives eagerly scan gro- which are underwater. A totat of;cery store shelves for the corn 540,000. acres are owned by ine product, and whisper to clerks state and 236,000 acres are priv-|“Have you got any grits?” They ately-owned. This latter acreage, dare not ask the question out it is estimated, will require $2,-,loud. If they did that, and the 000,000 to acquire through ccn-|store perchance had a supply of demnatijon, Fen ria a the delicacy, a stampede would be “First 'j6b of the eombgission will | in the making. For that, we hear, be to get the privately-owned) they'd be placed on a blacklist. acreage. This is-necessary before; Our love for grits is so grc2t the Federal government can start| we've got ourselves believing no proceedings to make the area a one else could love them the way national park. we do. This love has led us 10] take the stand that we have ex- jclusive right to the lowly hom OK. Says State liny. All of which has set the Monroe County Clinic, of wh'h ' stage for a jolt in the form of the Dr. J. B. Parramore is the head, | following Associated Press report has been given the official “OK” | from Columbus, G: “If you called grits ‘Georgia ice | cream’ or any other uncom | mentary remark, a certain res- commission has been inactive since Governor Fred Cone’s ad On the commission, besides Mr. Thompson, are five Miamians. three residents of Jacksonviiie, Monroe County Clinic The state board has just com- pleted a state-wide survey 2f Florida’s health centers, Its re-|taurateur here figures he can now port deplored the conditions of} get even. most of the centers and named| “Lewis N. Stanton, commen‘ing only six in the state considered|on the expected grits shortage, adequate. The one in Key West |says: is included in the adequate group. “ ‘Real grits lovers will be serv- ed them, but the ungrateful re-| cipients of the corn delicacy will be catalogued and blacklisted the next time.’” So, you see, there are others who love gri too. WIV VV VV VV VT VV e DENIES CHARCE, MAb he4se44s444444 Pelican Bill, who has been uneasy | spreads the country over. since he first heard the news. Bill) 1933—First Civilian Conserva- in a nine-page charge aaginst! tion Corps (CCC) recruits gather Cootie, stated: “I know who Cootie| in the East. Coot is. I know where he came} 1935—Dust storms cover half from.” Grand jury investigation | the country, from Texas to Kan- is threatened. | sas and west to Wyoming. | 1939—Secretary of State Hull condemns Italy’s invasion of Al- | bania. 1941—Germans Greece. 1942—Jap infantry vor’ 5 ate t¢| bombers in heavy and work behind the plate. tt) neg Probably will be his only appear-| "1943 ___ president Roosevelt's ance in blue this year. pe wes = : Managers of the U.S. clubs ar: hold-the-line” order to keep prices from rising. Miami, Paul Waner, the former ks = ghter and Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder andj 194#—American fig tf . bomber planes attack Germany and enemy-held Belgium. 1945—U. 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O88 Deficiency sinee April +1, inches x} - 0.40 Total rainfall since January 1, | inches —.. cea Se es Deficiency since January 1, inches ad Relative Humidity 12% Sunrise Sunset Moonrise ‘Moonset He 5 Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) High Tide Low Tide 6:32 a.m. 10:42 a.m. 5:28 p.m. od {Just arrvied. Small shipment of FOR RENT | 20-gation automatic gas water ers Pepper’s Plumbing Supplies, 512 Fleming. Detective stories, romances, biog- | raphies ,all the best new books, | some for 5c per day, many for | ts only 10c for a whole week. Paul | New radios, small, $29.95. 90-day Smith, Bookseller, cor. Simon-| guarantee. Island City Radio, ton and Eaton Sts. apri tf; 900 Fleming St., phone 278. } apr8-3tx apr4-tf Bicycles To Rent—Daily or weex- ly. B. & B. Cycle Shop, 822 pr< enport and chair Fleming Street. mar19-1mox Housing, NAS. | apr8-3tx RENT A CAR i You drive. Late model conver- AND STAINLESS 4 MOU tibles and sedans. By day or week. 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