The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1946, Page 4

@AGE FOUR hi hi ii lin hin ln hn ann nln nnn nnn hontai dna) ~ CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. BBBBBAAAEAAABABARRBA BARRA M MM A trl le LET GEORGE Do IT must be watched incessantly like I am the happiest I have been| *he germs of Japanese fanati- for a long time this morning. The! ¢ism. This election is a resound: victory of George Smathers,|iné blow in the face to the youthful, veteran of overseas| would-be controllers and is once service, who has mighty clean|@8ain a vindictation of the fit- backing behind him as far as 1) PeSs-of-things. ’ know, and who has promised the} e e youth of this community a real} HOLLAND CLEAR CHOICE chance if he went in, makes me} Former Governor Holland was Seape one cpeniy iat owwepepes| once Napey, choke. Banas Sig , Bevan : in front of ie La Concha hotel and state that I was for George | early one morning when I went Smathers I had informed George) there to cover a little something so and had also told the opposi-| on the Cuba ferry story..I found tion. Another point I am h | him very direct and a very fine about is to me the great s! fellow. I told him then “Best of in intelligence the vote is show-/ juck in your race, Mr. Holland”. ing. Instead of letting a person- ‘ 5 ality or a picture put a man in office the voters here and in, WAIT ON FRANKLIN Miami seem to have sensed the! As for the Senator Franklin good underlying in Smathers and} W!n, IT will rest on that awhile. was not deceived by opposing}! want to see what he is going propaganda. to do. I have not made up my mind either way on that one. I have listened to predictions from the fors and» againsts’ in- this case. I hope he produces for this county, I hope he does so in the majority interest. e e NO MONEY NO DUMMY Digging a little deeper into the reason why I am happy this morning. To me there was ex- prediction, using these ‘premises, | hibited: (1) The -fact that money I thought Key West would go! spent heavily by big men does Yor Cannon because he had} not insure an election, (2) The claimed so much credit for him-|fact that a dummy third candi- gelf which actually Adolf Hitler | date, an old political trick, is not “and the war really gave ia High-, fooling the candidates any more. ‘ways and water line. This is the| Theodore Roberts was telling me only prediction I was wrong in.| yesterday of the fallacy of a man Zt is the one in which I am hap-| voting for a third dummy can- piest to be wrong. didate. This vote is drawn off . ‘ from the likely candidate and BERNIE PLAYS CHECKERS | given to a dummy third, placed The tremendous victory of| there for that reason. Bernie Papy was a surprise to| e ° me. I thought it would be close.| JAYCEE STRENGTH Probably a “big boys” vote; Another very strong point I which usually went against Papy| am happy in is the fact that the went to him this time. The rank) Junior Chamber of Commerce and file of Key West Conchs; appears now as an influential have always backed him. | political power. The other day I ° e |.was talking to a Rotarian from GERALD SURE BET | Orlando, Florida. I asked him if I told Gerald Saunders a week | it were really true that the Or- before the election that he ando Junior Chamber is a real im. Here is a young man who has}|-political power. “I'll answer that clean motives, is not only a|in this way” he said, “Those church leader but is not a blue, boys have individual influences noser, I believe. More careful| and - are strong individually. and advantageous handling of} When they band together to get the county funds should be a/ a civic project over their com- big one in his county program.) bined political weight comes Many have told me they have close to getting them anything opposition to the county group! they wish.” There is a good ex- because: (1) they are scrapping| ample gf a group using politics, needlessly with other factions,| which after. all is, th Py: Pos- (2) because they would like to! session of democratic; péoples, to see the funds placed in projects| get a good project over!iand not for more general benefit. | for something selfish.’ So. here jis e e ALL PREDICTIONS BUT ONE Well, I didn’t do bad on the predictions. Everyone except one went in from je information I knew that Smathers would be} ahead in Miami. We thought it) would be close there. Thus it was further thought that Monroe anight be a deciding factor in Smathers win or lose. In the ° : j youth getting btartel’ in ‘Key ‘MINCER ELECTION | West and striking along unselfish STRONG POINT | —— The Mincer election was very; revealing. It shows how stron; are those whose thought was ex- | pressed in these columns a few days ago about the crowds-who- collect-in-places. Mincer has a lot of common sense and his two grayish blue eyes are as clear and strong as the ocean which stands up against Key West island. Many persons asked me why I wrote two long columns just a couple of days before this election. Is the answer clear tow? 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Distributor station is transferred j to the Gulf facilities at Porter! Dock, Gulf Dock may revert! back to owners, Thompson En- terprises. .. Captain Spalding, Navy Base Public Works officer, | is efficient and is tactful. He is, also a man you can talk to and get an idea over to if it is reason- able... Commander Scanland, Navy Sub Base First Lieutenant, is a Louisiana boy with the old Louisiana accent. His uncle is a} publisher of a small weekly in that state... Lieutenant Com-! mander’ Robinson, duty officer, } has a soft southern accent but a mind which snaps. His work at duty-operations has probably} helped fast thinking. PTT KEY WEST GARDEN and LAWN SUPPLY “Everything For Your Beautification Program” eBloomaid and Vigoro Fertilize: e@Hoes eShovels eGarden Hose eTrowels eInsecticides eSprayers eHose Fittings eSprinklers Weed Killer Available At A Reasonable Price Everything Delivered PHONE 748W for INFORMATION and ORDERS ee TTT i FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF MAY &, 1946 Cc. Sam 8B. Curry announced his candidacy today for the re- nomination as clerk of the crim- inal court. Funeral services for Charles B. Roberts, 64, were held yesterday ' afternoon in the Pritchard chapel with the Rev. Shuler Peele officiating. Jackson Golden, manager of La Concha, said today that he and Mrs. Golden are planning their first- vacation in 10 years. They intend to go to Washington | and Columbus, Ohio. Thomas D. Pinder, 65, died at ™ VILLA D'ESTE CARD OF THANKS “Our sincere appreciation is ex- tended neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown and especial thanks to Dr. Rod- riguez and also for floral tokens of remembrance in the hours of ‘anxiety and bereavement occa- sioned by the reeent illness and death of our beloved father, the late Rafael Henriquez. THE HENRIQUEZ FAMILY. may8-Itx Strand Theater FRANCES LANGFORD in “Radio Stars On Parade” Coming: “Johnny Angel” SERB BSB BRBRBRBREE. 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