The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 19, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire ees ee Ss ‘ears Devoted to the of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 94 State Commander Mortis, KEYS OF CITY TO MOR. RIS IN MORNING TO-! MORROW; = INSTALL| OFFICERS TONIGHT Charles Morris, state com- mander of the Veterans of For- eign Wars arrived in Key West at moon today via National Air- lines. He was met by E. F. Haury, Commander of Southernmost Post No. 3911, VFW. Also due to arrive in the city were Tom Anfinson, fourth dis- trict commander from Miami of the Veterans and Mrs. Stell Dav- is, Fourth District President. They will be met at La Concha Motel by Mrs. Neil Haury, wife of Commander Haury. They will bring with them the official flags @ the Veterans which will be mounted in the Lobby of La Concha. State Quartermaster A. S. Douglass, and state service officer from Bay Pines, Florida, L. W. Doherty will also be here afternoon Due to arrive are about four hundred members of the various pests which will be coming here for the District Conven starts tonight. Most wi Key West over the highway. this State Commander Morris will be presented with the keys to the city by Mayor Demeritt to morrow morning at 10 o'cl the steps of City Mall. He will also deliver the main add: at the Veterans Hall Sunday morn- ing im the Open House which | will be hele ck on tn the expected at , the “Ceotie “Serateh” Tid Initiation of “Mite, first degree, 22 initi- ates of the Southernmost Post wilt be the objects of mirth a they ae thro the hazing which wil make w full Medged Vetoes ane Toure of the Submarine Base ag@ of the city ate scheduled for the Veterans visitors. Tomgh cram Mali office Seuthernr Pe tallied by Come Anfinsen: They will b« * eury, commander Kei sted Sam Clark Jock Clark Smith, qua ana AR lowing the he @ dance Buca Ch vent vard Earl 5. commander commander chaplain; Carlton ermaster; A. Alvarez Meska Fol installation there will | at 9 o'clock with the Band playing. Ss: Jr vic vice trustees Temperatures Tempereture data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Stetion— last 24 hours last night Atlanta 5 52 Boston oF 46 Brownsville 6o 58 Charleston 71 53 Chicago 63 45 Detroit 63 38 Galveston 77 65 Jacksony ilic 67 5B Kansas City 79 58 KEY WEST b2 72 K. W. Airport 61 71 Memphis 76 48 Miami 80 62 Minneapolis 66 49 New Orleans 74 56 New York 61 49 Norfolk 65 49 Oklahoma City 61 47 | Pensacola 67 57 Pittsburgh 64 4l St. Louis 78 50 Tampa 70 57 PRIMERA ICES RE LET ROD ???---April 22---?? LaConcha Orchestra | Will Be There | BATTERIES CHARGED The Modern Way Drive in. in 30 to 45 minutes and) your cer can be on its way! Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE| Phone No. 5 White at Flemin3| 9! 400 Veterans, Expected Original Highway Committeeman Visits Key West Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Byrd and son. W. D. Byrd. Jr. formerly of Key West now of Detroit, Mich., wher» Mr. Byrd is in the wholesale furniture business have been visitors here for several days. Since oaving Key West years ago it has been their custom to spend the winters in Key West, but have noi been able to do so since th year 1941 due to wartime re- strictions, Mr. Byrd was treasurer of the Three-Way Committee which had for its purpos)) the starting of the highway from Key West to the mainland. This committee was composed of three members, one from Rotary, one from Chamber of Commerc:, and one from the Exchange Club now oui of existence. He was active in establishing the Arthur Sawyer Post No. 128, Ameri- can Legion, and later serv:d a term as commander. In Detroit, Mich., Mr. Byrd is very active in Legion affairs, especially in Ameri- can Legion baseball activities for youths und sr 17. One of their teams reached the Leg- jon finals, and ono of the team’s youths ‘is now pitch ing for the Chicago Cubs. Mr, and Mrs. Byrd are ex- pecting fo leave Ky West in 2 few days. LPP IPSS: THM Clem Price Cancer Plans Before Rotary ‘ . SALIENT POINTS OF FIGHT TO RAISE FUNDS TO COMBAT DREAD DISEASE TOLD BY LOCAL CHAIRMAN In a program on cancer at the Rotary club yesterday under the chairmanship of Clem Price, chairman of the drive to gain funds to fight cancer, salient points of cancer prevention were sti ed. M Price said that anyone wishing to contribute to the Fund can do so by making out a check and sending it to him. Following are some of the points made to Rotarians: It is almost a question of your (Continued on Fage Four) Palace Theater WILD BILL ELLIOTT “COLORADO PIONEERS” News and Serial Zee Masonic Notice To all Scottish Rite Masons of 18° or higher you are hereby noti- fied that the obligatory Easter Morning meeting of Southern Cross Chapter of Rose Croix will be held on Sunday, April 20, 1946. o’clock, at the Scottish Rite Tem- ple. Breakfast at the La Concha Hotel immediately after meeting. C. U. ALLSHOUSE 32° Elect GLENNC. MINCER STATE ATTORNEY “There Is No Substitute for Experience” (Paid Political Advertisement) Wise Master. \ THE SOUTHERNMOST Smathers Will Fight For Navy PROMISES LEGISLATION TO KEEP PRESENT ESTABLISH- MENTS HERE; SPEAKS TO- - NIGHT OVER WKWF, 6:15 itention in Key West of present naval establishments and installa- tions at peak level was advocated here today by George Smathers, candidate for Congress and a Ma- rine veteran with 18 months of {combat service in the Pacific. As congressman, he pledged in- troduction of such a measure and added that he would seek a post on the powerful naval affairs committee of the house “to enable me better to serve the Monroe county part of this district.” He pointed out that his opponent, | Congressman Pat Cannon, had re- signed from that committee and added that “Cannon now is a member of only one house com- mittee, that on agriculture, where- as even freshmen congressmen customarily serve on from three to five committees.” county’s commercial fishermen and spongers against invasion of their market and price cutting by foreign fishermen also was advo- cated by. Smathers, who is at La Concha Hotel. “Congressman Pat Cannon is telling people that I will play tnll with Senator Claude Pepper if I am elected,” Smathers said. “He implies there would be something evil in that, I do not think so. T believe it will work to, the great benefit of Monroe county to have a congressman who will serve har- moniously with Senator Pepper on theasures designed to develop the great potentialities of this en- tire district. Claude Pepper is my warm. persotal frond and while 1 may not always agree with his views of internatidnal policies, I definitely will work in close har- mony ,with him on measures to benefit the people of this district. It is to the very great injury of Monroe County that Congressman ; Cannon,is at ,loggetheads . with Senator . Pepper. 5 “The people cannot forget. that the. Congressional Record shows {hat Cannon was present and vot- ed on only 43 of 90 major bills in 1943, on only 38 of 99 major bills in 1945 and on only nine of 31 ma- jor bills up to March 21 of this year. He admits his absenteeism, but maintains it is a virtue. admits that the 400 other con- gressmen voted on 80 percent of the bills that came before con- guess, as against Cannon’s 29 per cent. The 400 other congressmen can’t be wrong.” Smathers said he would, if elected, espouse the following projects for the benefit of war veterans: 1, Establishment of a Veterans’ Administration Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation, through which veterans may obtain loans with :: minimum of collateral and red tape. 2. Immediate construction in this district of a new, modern and properly equipped veterans’ hos- pital, with a minimum of 1,000 beds. 3. An outright “rehabilitation grant” for all.veterans, “now and not 15 years from now”’—to.en- able them to buy homes or go into business. 4. Immediate payment to veter- ans who served as enlisted men of accumulated leave pay, to which they are as much entitled as were the officers. Smathers added emphatically that he favors equal federal funds for old-age assistance in every state. He advocated changing the |formula by which states with high average income get more from the; {federal government to match state funds than do states with low average income. Smathers speaks over station WKWF at 6:15 tonight. AUEUUTUEUUEUUUEOEGEEEEEEEE EOE Chrysler - Dodge - DeSoto and Plymouth Owners Our Five Mechanics Can NOW Give You Prompt Service with Genuine sler Parts Come In and See ED, our nev Service Manager for an Estimate on Your Repairs NAVARRO, INC TTT TTL LLL LLL Base Retention. _ Legislation for the all-time re- § Legislation to protect Monroe}. He}i NEWSPAPER IN TH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1946 | Off to o King Neptune’ s Wonderland ONE OF. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL field programs instituted by the Jackson Square USO, held under the direction of Gerald Pinder, is {the Sunday program held each week in which sailormen are shown | undersea wonders and exploration through the Keys. Above is a group on one of the old wooden bridges along the ocean. vvwwe i EEA nwa ae eS USS SALUDA, NINETY | FOOT lela eae To Ordnance, Sonar Work Here { YAWL, GREAT NAVY RESEARCH MAAAALADSDAAALLADASAAASEAAALDAASAADAAAAASD USS Saluda, now docked at As- of the Saluda, Lieut. Sanders DevLant here, a ninety-foot sail-|says: “Sound developed so much ing yawl, has contributed as much! during the war, a lot of basic fun- as any ship in the Navy to the damentals were omitted. We're development of ord: and starting from scratch and work- sound devices for re ing the whole thing out, studyis; during the war. \the factors involved in underwa- Built for Mrs. Henry Barkley, ‘ter sound transmission.” formerly Barbara Paine Whitney,|, Lieut. Sanders explains that by Sparkman and Stevens, famous “the reason the Saluda was picked yacht designers, the yawl was de- ,for this assignment is that it is a signed for ocean racing and cruis- Soundless ship, and we can lay to jing. In its heyday it traveled Without machinery running and around South America and Ber- 20 metal to interfere with the muda, even copping the u- | Sound.” Miami racing prize one season. | The Saluda has 3800 square feet However, came the Nationat Of sail, the main. mast is 96 feet Emergency, and the Saluda went tall, has a total overhaul of 3,453 -to war, commissioned in Miami Square feet and a displacement of [in 1940. One of the instrumental, $6 tons. Both the Saluda and \ships in the development of Sofar, Mentor leave AsDevLant soon for the recently revealed underwater , Woods oles) ae sound disco y, when first taken Rane over by the Navy, the Saluda first Fred J, Mil a Miller Nominated Head worked out of Port rgladds, Of Lions Club Fla.. later for the Mureau of Ord- (hance, then, out. of Norfolk, the! Bahamas and the Guif.of Mexico. «Manned by a Navy crew and| civilian scien . the Saluda two years ago became a project of the } Woods Hole Institute in Woods} s, involved in sound re- TWELVE WILL GO TO STATE pants and underwater photogra | CONVENTION TO BE HELD Some of the world’s outstand-' IN JACKSONVILLE MAY 19, i have worked on the 20 AND 21 arch, including ng, credited with jfinding Sofar and inventing the underwater Henry Stommell, Ya profes- sor and author of “Science of the Seven Seas”, Boasting the same crew for two years, the Salu S present skip- per is Lieut. C. Sand Fred J. Miller, member of the firm of Key West Provisions Comapny, was nominated to head ithe Key West Lions Club at the regular weekly supper meeting held last evening in the Lions USNR, Den on Seminary strec The ‘to be signed Monday. E U.S.A. ~Trunat, ira South Beach hole By City, Manager Announces Bought From Laranava su ters For $37,000- Terms; Arranged; Will Be Pub-| lic Beach | Propelican Tells of Fifty Percent | City Manager Dave King said : REVEALS today that the South Beach pri op: BOCK ‘cuca PAPER erty owned by the sisters Laran-j FIFTEEN PERCENT REDUC- aga was purchased by the city of} TION IN EACH MONTH OF Key West with the final nit APRIL, MAY AND JUNE | Mr. King said that Bu was purchased for $37,000 of} “Effective May 1, a reduction which $2,000 will be paid Mon- jin tie operating status of the day $8,000 approximately June 1 Naval Air Station, whieh will and the rest of the debt will be utilize approximately half of the amortized over a ten year period existing station complement, has; at five per cent interest. ibeen announced by Captain W. H. The beach will be maintained Hamilton,” The Propelican, Boca as a public bathing beach and Chica’s station newspaper, reveal-| the soft drink stand Will be leas- ed in an article in its current is- ed out at # price which will about sue. take care of the interest on the! Following is the remainder of debt, Mr. King s today. the Propelican article: The city is working on plans’ “This information was contain- to reestablish the pier at the foot ed in an official letter from the! of Duval street ‘which was Chief of Naval Cf/erations which} damaged by a storm. jfurther stated that the Navel Air ' Station, in its reduced capacity, | will function to provide operatian | and fleet air training and will be Cloudiness Is | headquarters for ComNAB-7. Predicted Her e! of events, Captain Hamilton said,, ‘It should be apparent that a | duetion of all wartime activitigs! ALL OF FLORIDA PARTLY | to peacetime economy is inevit+| when, | able.’ CLOUDY; NORTH WINDS | Affects Civilians TO SHIFT TODAY }, “It appears that a reduction-in- | ‘force program among the per diem jemployees of the station will be! le ceasaan in. the very near future. Partly cloudiness is predicted! ; Allotments for the last quarter o} for Key West weather by Weath- | the fiscal year h now been re er Bureau, S. H. Goldsmith act-! ceived and necessitate a reduc- Slash At sini — pe SPEAKS FROM WASHINGTON, HOOVER FROM CAL RO, EGYPT (By Asaeemted Press) WASHINGTON, April 19. President Truman and former President Hoover will speak te- night about the food situation et home and abroad. Hoover will speak from Corie, Egypt, beginning at 7 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. He will discuss the needs, as he hes found them, in the various coun tries he has visited since he went aboard as President Trumen's special representative. This morning Hoover was ak ed by the President to return te the United States to make a re port about the resulta of bis im vestigations aboard, but he re plied that he wished to wie India and China before a ing home. As a compromise, he | and President Truman will to's by telephone sometime tomi:lt The President, in his broodesst will stress the importance « conserving food in this country particularly wheat, which will t« cut 25 per cent for home we. it is thought the President wll that the cut be not wholly plied to bread but also te ott productions, such as cake pastry. UN Security ty Counell Reconvenes Tuesday “Commenting on this latest turn | NEW YORK, Aprit i®.1 UN Security Council, having of journed for Good Fyidey Kaster, will reconvehe Tuc» it is expected, a 4 | eareement will be reached the Iran-Russe question. Today the secretary # the couneil ed thet ? not see sto how the matter « t discussed further and pertine as both Iran and Ruse sked the council to remowe & ing officer in charge, with little| {ion of approximately 15°; of the hare ag ae program ¢ in temperature. | per diem empl be taken dur-| 500" ie ede ht Pelend for s follow: ling each of the months of April, | 2#¥ Will join with Polam Florida: Partly cloudy in| May and June. No firm decision | Gay in asking the couneil tw & south portion, cloudy in north| is available concerning the months | '°a5urey eo occasional light rain in| thereafter. oe et ee ‘ portion, today becom-| “If the desired reduction can | “ erted th Bay wage agy ns ‘tly cloudy tonight and} be obtained by voluntary resig- | '* not conducive to @ demecr Little change in tem-| nation by those with homes not | fr!" of government, us | in Key West, it may not be ne- | SP#in, under his diet | | will continue to have cessary to enter into a reduc- mnville through the Flor-| | tien-in-force program which ar- its and East Gulf of Mex- leanings. with six men and two officers current personnel. Since last Se tember. the Saluda has ‘worked as a team with another wl, the Mentor, a transmission ship. In SNe the Zs nt wore TWINS CAR XC E | 1130 Duval Street Phone 189) Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts RAAA4ADOODAD EEDA DED Fresh dients Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone 177 Free pellver? = | THE... ; at Sloppy | Joe’s Bar GET A RING - RADIO SHOW | Every Saturday, 2P.\ Sloppy Joe’s Bar Music & Dancing from 2 p.m.—Broadcast Over WKWF at 3:30 SEEIT — HEARIT — FEELIT Every Saturday at 2 P. M. Program ORIGINATED and CONDUCTED by Gould Curry meeting was presided over by Gonzalo Bezanilla with Allan H. Hampton as chairman of the pro- gram committee. Other nominations for the com- jing year were: Hastings Smith. | (Continued on Page Four) LIVE POULTRY | ROASTERS and Battery Raised FRYERS BRADY’S ! (Live) POULTRY and | EGG MARKET | 1214 White St. Phone 540 SIDE SEAT Hot Dixie - Land * Jam Session from | ico: Gentle to moderate north] bitrarily selects the persons to | °s and northeast winds today and pe Released bee would — 4.600 Aeipatnian tonight becoming northeast ardships to those persons with |q tttees Back Messe Saturday. Partly, cloudy over], Permanent homes in Key West. |70 Ue! k south portion, mostly cloudy} “The commanding officer ex-| WASHINGTON, Apeil S -d his appreciation to all who] Every day thousands of over the north portion, ele eitiaeieieeeet job at the S George Smathers Candidate For Congress (World War II Veteran) ‘SPEAKS TO VOTERS OF KEY WEST 6:15 TONIGHT OVER WKWF 1600 ON YOUR DIAL (Paid Political Advertisement) | | | | |Rest Rooms for Men & Women aithfully remained on the aplane Base and Be nd regretied tha reduction-in-force Field toward | must be taken at this time.” | Genuine Auto for All) Cars PART. SEAT COVERS | 116 Duval, Jefferson Hotel Bidg |sticrLy” FRESH | —=auanzr Phone 442 ame | ae Hood’s Poultry and Eggs | ‘NOTICE: 19 SOUTH AED PHONE 526-W} 9 attery Roasters mee Red Fryers | (Dressed Daily) YARD EGGS | | | A, | DANCE TONIGHT at 9:00 o’Clock ADMISSION FREE V.F.W. HALL in the Santaella Cigar Building Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street Newly Renovated and Decorated Poinciana Bus Passes Door “UQTUODYONAUNTUOTHTHYSUVANGSE09 0020S 09N 0006 HMEHESEEEENROOPEOESNEPERED™ | STERLING’ ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS| 1318 Elize Street tive hora { continue to : Pacific the pean ar ay two ships @ York, three in S cisco and one in Sen Di (Continued on Page } POULTRY one NEG Marker Phone 242 sole cy FLORIDA Regular Legion | FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE ati fomerrow ) Saturday April 20th at 8:30 P.M. -ANVVTUDER CHAU 4000 4ATOOEL GA GOPONRRBONMGONDNNN AHA ‘CHICKEN DINNE! (Under Auspices Elks Club) ELKS CLUB 8:30 P.M. Saturday, April 20th ALL VISITING ELKS and THEIR GUESTS WELCOMED CUNTEEETHUEELUEEUECOTUnEyeenesaeegoraernangnennnnnpaRn