The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 20, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features yd Years Devoted to the of Key West VOLUME LXVII. No. 95 Che THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE YEW “Cootie” Initiation Will Be Staged Tonight TO FOLLOW; FISH Receives Key To City This Morning PRY AND ELECTIONS |... FOR vapenngy AAAMABAAAAABED our hundred veterans and | suniliary members of the Veter- ams of Foreign Wars attending the #h District Convention here today will put a climaxing touch to the second day of their @onvention by holding a Duval street parade tonight, and also initiating some of its members into its famous “Military Order a@f the Cooties”. Today's program started with the presentation of the key of the city by Mayor W. W. Demer- it to State Dept. Commander Charles Morris on the steps of the City Hall Besides a tour of the Subma- rine base here, and then of the! | STATE Garrone GE Foreign city, a colored auxiliary was! established here according tojW@rs’ Commander Charles W. Thomas Anfinson, 4th District |Morris was presented a beautiful Commander, of Miami, Fla. Talks! brass key of the City of Key West were made by Estelle Davy, 4th | by Mayor Wm. W. Demeritt this istrict VFW Auxiliary presi- Past state presidents Eve- | morning on the steps of the city lyn Anfinson, Emory Douglas, | Ball. The Veterans are having a and Majorie Morris, at the color- district convention in Key West ed USO. jwhich runs through tomorrow Initiation of auxiliary mem- night. bers into the Cootiettes will alee take place tonight at the VFW home, Iona Howe, dent of the Florida Sts otiet- tes’ “Alligator Club”. Nearly 30 menbers will take the initiation. | Assisting President Howe in the initiation will be her assistant Elizabeth Vohs, and Gladys Tom- bly, president of the local VFW auxiliary. | initiation of VFW.. members panty CLOUDY WEATHER. inte the Cooties will be under the @upervision of Seam Squir-' EASTERN WINDS FOR WEEK. rel, Jolin Schafer of Ft. Lauder- Pelican Bill Clad To See Few v Raindrops " | END; FRESH WINDS FOR Tomorrow the convention will STRAITS ead, with a full programme eheduled for the day. Open w House will be held from 10 in » ic Pelican Bill is laughing and ee ee Fide” apps today: A few drops of the long-foreca rain for Key West phe OPEN SUNDA Trem 7 A.M. to Midnight To Serve You fell on his feathers yesterday. ! Bill calls attention to the Key West Weather Bureau's forecast of partly cloudy weather for to- with moderate northeast and st winds becoming easterly. | Other Florida forecasts:" GAS - OIL - PARTS Florida: Partly cloudy, mild Batteries Charged |temperatures today, tonight and Flats Fixed | Sunday. GREASE ond SPRAY JOBS | Al Armengo!l, Owner Division at Francis St. Ph. 9134 Jacksonville ida Straits and East Gulf of Mex ico: cept occasionally fresh through the Florida Straits today, tonight and Sunday. Partly cloudy wea- ther APREL, 22! —— APRIL 22! —— APRIL 221 22! Sensational Notice | ee NEW RADIOS A — of “Talent 40 Musicians and Entertainers of Key West desembled jor One Terrific Night of FUN GALORE at the RAINBOW ROOM La Concha Hotel MOST ELABORATE AFFAIR IN YEARS Sponsored by Local Musicians 24Heur Jam Session with 35 Musicians idtour Floor Show with 10 Professional Eatertainers Continuous Music from 9:00 to 2:00, Monday, April 22nd 3 New Radios Given Away Free APRIL 22! (#) APRIL 22: —— APRIL 22! _.!Chaplain W. K. Davis, of the Na- through the Flor- | Moderate easterly winds ex- | Easter Sunrise Service Program at NOB Ball Park COOPERATING WITH ARMY, FAIR Key West's second annual Easter Sunrise Service will be! held tomorrow morning in ball park ot, N. O. B. with the Key West Ministerial Association co- operating with the Army and Navy chaplains. The general} | public is invited, and admission | will be through the main gate. Chaplain McNeal, U.S. Navy, who will preside at the service annouriced the following pro- ' gram: Music by’ the Key West }}\Church* Choi's under direction \tof Mr: Gerald Saunders, First |jMethodist Church!’ Prayer \\Rev. E. S. Doherty, President by of the Key West Ministerial as- sociation. Scripture lesson by Rev. Melrose Avery, First Pres- byterian Church pastor. Sermon by Chaplain Smith, U. S. Army, Benediction by Rev. John Pick- ens, Pastor of Poinciana Com- munity Church. Easter Pageant, Program Other Easter Sunday chureh ac- tivities taking place during the day will be talk at the First Baptist’s evening worship hour by val Hospital. The First Congre- gational ‘Church will hold a spe- cial program at the Sunday School hour and’ an evening pageant, “The Jay of Easter” will be given at the El Salvador Methodist (Cu- CITY'S MINISTERIAL GROUP taken away from the sepulchre. |to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved and NAVY CHAPLAINS IN AF-|sepulchre and we know not where they have laid Him’."—St. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1946 EASTER “MORNING “The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalen early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and_seeth the stone ‘hen she runneth and cometh saith unto them: ‘They have taken away. the Lord out of the John, chapter 20, first and second verses. Where have they laid my Lord? (So tender, loving and so kind.) Could they flaunt a banner before His face And teach Him to march in War's grim pace And His eyes to the smitten be blind? Where have they laid my Lord? (So stern, so fearless and so bold.) Could they bind Him tight in a rich men's shroud And silence the voice that had cried aloud His disdain of the merchant's gold? Where have they laid my Lord? (He walked the streets with the common crowd.) Could they hide him back of an altar fair While hungry children stand and stare At a temple by wealth endowed? Where have they lait my Lord? (O healing hands; O tireless feet.) Oh, that His voice might ring again For the common cause of commen men In field and lane and common street! STEPHEN COCHRAN SINGLETON. Key West, Fla., April 17, 1946. RAs Ses CE Sy) B44444444444444444) Late Bulletins (By Axnocinted Press) VVV VVC C VI VVTTVI TFT hoi JAPS EXECUTED Station— last SHANGHAL.—Six Japanese of-' Atlanta Temperatures Temperature data ir the 24 hours it... Lowest: ours last night 58 ban) Church. ficers and men, convicted of hav-! Boston“ Lae e Easter In Séng Tonight jng murdered four American fly. | Brownsville - Bt 0 The Youth For Christ group|ers during the war, were executed f'etleston —: 58 in the city will hold. an Kaster|by a firing squad here today. i, chicago —<. 7? 44 Celebration this evening in Bay- mes et varie »aQ a view Park, the program begin- Ei ? ning at 7:20. with a prayer by BERLINE,S RIOT | Jacksonville). 77 56 Rev. Grant Duncan. The fist) BERLIN.—Socialists and Com- Be see salty 83 9 part will consist of selections by | munists in the French zone in this, KEY WES' 82 4 the orchestra. The later part of|city rioted today ‘during the con- K. W. Airport 80 a the program will be, “Eastér In|sideration of a proposal to merge Memphis 81 ‘ Song”. ithe two parties. ‘Police broke up Miami 78 E “Easter In Song” will be ‘dja mass meeting and dispersed a Minneapolis: 72 two part ‘program, “The Cruci-|crowd of several thousands. j New Obleains 7 8 fixion” will be the first irae aK esau : si4 ile cht > wel 5 oto wrteanecien Seen || TO SHAKE UP CABINET? | Oktaioma City at %0 The program staff is composed] LONDON.—The Daily Mail said Pensacola t 6 of: Master of Ceremonies, Al} tdday it had learned that the Brit- Pittsburgh .. 66 hs Fryer, U. S. Navy; Song Leader,|ish cabinet would be shaken up, St. Louis a 57 3 U. S._ Navy; chiefly for the purpose of appoint- | Tampa cm 61 Elinor Larson; fing a new food minister. The pa-| pe Program Chairman, Mrs. Elijah|per said the object is to put into MINK SHIRTS Sands. effect stricter rationing in Eng-| — land, so that greater quantities of Oe MERRIE Jfoocd can be sent to the famine: | ty SO oo eee oe Masonic Notice Regular Communication of An- chor Lodge No. 182, F. & A.M., Monday, April 22nd, 1946, 8 P.M. Conferring of E.A. degree. All members and sojourning Masons invited to be present. (Sgd.) WM. P. WILLIAMS, W.M. GERALD H. ADAMS, Sec'y. Elect GLENNC. MINCER STATE ATTORNEY “There Is No Substitute for Experience” (Paid Political Advertisement) ot, but a New York men’s store | recently advertised shirts made os | of five per cent mink, twenty! FARMERS NOT IMPRESSED | per cent muskrat and the re- | mainder virgin wool—at a cost WASHINGTON. abdieall receiv-| of $14.50 each. TWINS CARAC E not SeteelePey Over the announce- | 1130 Duval Street Phone 153 ment they will be given 30 cents, Auto Repairs, Painting, a bushel more for grain. They | asserted,. through leaders, they, Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts threatened districts of Europe. could make more money by serv- | ing surplus grain to livestock that} could be sold at top prices next fall. | CMM LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKT ALL LOUNGE AIR-CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by La Concha Orchestra and i The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ BREAKFAST Served from. . . 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. LUNGHEON Served from . . . 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. DINNERS Served from .. . . 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. HUGH C. HODGE, Manager Give to Live! Contribute to Fight Cancer, Our No, t Enemy eign naga cai nnn 6££4£4244444444444444444444444444444444 TONIGHT and Every Night 8 P.M, to 2 AM. To the Music of TOMMY THOMPSON and His Band SLOPPY JOE’S BAR “The Best Drinks In Town” | LISTEN TO FRANK 0. SPAIN | Candidate For “STATE ATTORNEY who will SPEAK IN PERSON OVER WKWF 8:45 TONGIHT (Paid Political Advertisement) ,| Eduardo Albertus, Harry unnsuH bo lo lhc btn nn nda tnt ihn dnt tnt tn tntnte) Re Long Line Stretches Gut In Courthouse; Supervisor! England And Assistants | —— Work Steadily Four thousand four hundred and fifty persons had registered with Supervisor of Registration John England today about ten o'clock at the county courthouse. | for the primary elections to be «held Tuesday, May 7 and Tues- day, May 28. A long line of persons stretch- ed across the main corridor of the city hall and spilled out on the courthouse steps Mrs. Eng- land and Howard England who are assisting Mr. England were working busily processing the wens be voters. Books clese - p.m. today. At the last meeting of the! county commissioners clerks and inspectors for the seven pre- Precinct One 1111 Duval street Clerk. Emilio Corralez. Inspec- tors; Antonio Arencibia, C. Nes- tor Recio and Mispah Pierce. Precinct Two County Courthouse Clerk Carrie E. Hattrick, In- spectors Ellie Shaw, Jamies Gwynn, My: md Cassassa. . , Tiree Lou Smith's Station, 500 White St. Clerk J. A. Gailehard. Inspe tors John W. William, G.:Cleve- J land Saunders, Percy’ M. Roberts. Precinct ' Four High School ‘Gymnasium Clerk Hastings C: Smith. spectors William G.. J: ks, ard. Precinct Fiv> Recreation Hall, Poinciana . Clerk Mrs. Mary Mazeau. In- spectors B. McFate, V. W. Hutchinson, I Precinct Six Marathon Chamber of Commerce Clerk A. S. Woodburn. Inspec- Dis Witte Al Harvey and | Prec ct Seven Tavernier Tavern Store i Rodne: y Albury, Inspec- . Donaldson, John Curry Geiger. Paluc Theater BILILE BURKE in “THE CHEATERS” News and Serial ana G. re ay 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. 8 o'clock, at the Scottish Rite Tem- le. Hotel immediately after the meet- ing. Cc. U. ALLSHOUSE 32° Wise Mast : é DELMONICO Restaurant and Bar 218 Duval Street WELCOME V of Fw and Their Friends to Delmonico Restaurant YOU CAN DINE HERE |Where Your Home was formerly located while you were orga ing. We Serve the Finest of . DINNERS at Popular Prices Wine. Cocktails, ete. Served During Legal Hours Beer, cinets were named. They follow: ; In-} Breakfast at the La Concha], i L bs be be bn hn bb bn bn bb nd (By Assoctate? Press) IN SENATE RACE CHUNGKING, Apel 2. — 42£2244444444444444' While General George Marshall was in conference today with ‘ | Nationalist and Communist lead- ers, a dispatch was received adverse effect on the continua- tion of the conferences of the Nationalist and Communist lead- ers with General Marshall, and it was believed that they would j;come to an agreement shortly ; | and put and ead to the strife in CHARLES WILSON WARD bia ion in! Manchuria. C. W. Ward (Former Nazi Officers Announces For. | ?sts?S08t 2h" 2P Repo " \ reieieny erty — Hay By ee by. way 4 jazi State Senate officers are seoretly training dhetaber. onal | SFte report. bt IT OF F IYERS Me enuped ie fader caeeee no vanslety~ tm Fiames, which, even in its weakened state, is JUDGE OF LEE COUNTY FOR pelicved to be well able to cope TWO TERMS i with the Spaniards. | (in New York the Austratin: delegate to the UN Security Council said he would advorste the appointment of a five-nation sub-committee to investigate conditions in Spain. From Mad rid news was received in New York that Franco's government fears that action by the UN Security Council may result im a worldwide strike of longshor men against loading or unloarting terms in Lee County and is now Spanish ships in foreign ports, engaged in the cattle bus , thus causing economic disaster t Collier and Hendry counties. | Spain. Mr. Ward is married and has two children. Besides member ship in the Kiwanis club, he is secretary-treasurer of the Lee County Farm Bureau, and former chairman of Lee County Demo- In: today’s issue of The Citizen, Charles Wilson Waré! makes: his announcement for state senator. Mr. Ward was born at Fort My- ers, Fla., and attended public schools of Lee County and the University of Florida, and was ad- mitted to the practice of, law in 1934. He start practicing that year in Fort Myers. He was county judge for two Eleven Thousand Soldiers Land WASHINGTON, April Eleven thousand other Ame arrived today cratic Executive Committee. | soldiers The candidate is a brother of , service abroad 2 forme » Senator David Elmer ships docked im N Ward of this district | York, two at San Francisc | one in San Diego. Is Hitler Dead Or Still Alive? 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