The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 20, 1946, Page 4

CORAL ROCKETS: By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. RRO OROOAOAOAOAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAAALASD CITY Liprary Bere’s the straight dope on the GR af the eublisher of this paper citizens of Key West. The corner of Southard and streets has been deeded by the publisher. In i t& provided that the be wed for no other the erection of The library will y of the publishers e af f cFe nt H t - POLITICS as recent reporting eelumm that city offic in politic spite @ ety edit that there would Ge politics and in spite v1 tne thet « nego policem performing er tiag said that he there would be pedities played. A» tar * and representa- nut local people Y “ ite : 2 tetf we ' is ne divect connection; ‘ae politics wk into i it * face | tourneys and some spot advertis- ing in Miami. Which is probably the best start of advertising for | Key West. i e e AIR STATION SETUP | Well here’s passing on a rumor | which I think will be authentic, | There will be four officers with | the highest ranking, a lieutenant | commander, attached to NAS in its final form, as far as base force goes. There will be about 100 sailormen, You see there is an ammunition dump to be continu- ed adjacent to NAS and also there must be supply and opera- tions for use of planes with sur- and submarine units. The program will go into effect June 1. Incidentally officer’s club at NAS and probably movies and swimming pool will be closed down. As for housing, it has al- ready been announced that Boca Chica officers are being moved back to Seaplane Base. I hear too that the highest ranking officers of all naval units on the island will be moved into those five hell, une city manager said igh city officials were in- i this contecversial quer- * . ‘TE RUMOR been waiting to apace to commen’ thought expres Willard Saunders GO, im whieh he saic concerning = the heave caused more unhep- in Key West homes than get a the by | | beautiful Navy homes at Sea- plane Base. Which all goes to knit the organization closer to- gether. e e WINTER—EIGHT PAGES Here’s a bit of news I think Key Westers will be interested in. The Citizen will go to eight S aS soon as a new linotype which is ordered arrives. By the time the lino gets here the paper shortage should be over and eight | Junior-Senior P.-T. A. To Install New Officers Final meeting of the year of the Junior-Senior High School Parent-Teacher association will be held tomorrow evening in the school’s auditorium, with ‘ retir- ing president, Mrs. Myrtland Cates, presiding. Installation ceremonies for newly-elected officers will be un- der the direction of Horace O’Bry- ant, principal. The new officers are: Mrs. Reg- inald Roberts, president; Earl Yates, vice-president; Mrs. F. H. Frantz, secretar: Mrs. Olive Bond, treasurer; Miss Mary Trev- or, historian, and Mrs. Fernando Camus, parliamentarian. Four prizes of $5 each will be awarded the art and the home economics departments’ classes for the students doing the best work. All work will be on ex- hibition in the lobby of the school. Judges will be Mrs. Jas. H. MacConnell, Mrs. Roland Hartman and Lt. and Mrs. H. B. Miller. Those making these awards possible are: Long’s Furniture Store, Gomez Furniture Store, Bernie Papy of Saunders Whole- sale Grocery and Thompson’s En- terprises. Courthouse Notes LICENSED TO WED Application for a marriage license has been filed in the county judge’s office by Charles B. White, 21, Rome,/Ga., and on tn in in hin hin hon bon in hin tn an tintin nn han nnn tt bartinn inrtn int dnt] e SOCIETY e AAAAADADAAALADAADSASADAASAAAZAAAAAAAA! Family Welfare Demonstration Will Be Giv A demonstration of the work done for the families of the com- munity will be given by Mrs. Betty McNeil and Mrs. Ruby Board at a May fellowship lunch- eon at St. Paul’s Parish hall to- morrow at 12:30. The luncheon is being spon- Eleanor Henriquez Crowned -Queen | ay en Here Tomorrow jarred by the United Council of! Church Women. | Short devotional services, com- | 'Mrs.. Orim Russell will be in-i ‘cluded on the program. * “Women of all churches in the (city are invited. | 1 of Convent In Colorful Ceremonial ' The colorful ceremony of the annual crowning of the Queen of the May was held at the Convent | page rolls availabe again. This is expected to be next winter. A standing order for six pages rolls ele in Key West.” folks knock themselves out Florence E. Drudge, Key West. of Mary Immaculate on the con- vent grounds yesterday after- mulling over rumors, just famers, from any sources. in now and whenever The | Citizen receives same it will shift | back to steady six pages, which it had gone to when the shortage hit the paper. Saunders pointed out the way, come to him or Cap- Reordan for straight dope. have always had great deal of with rumors in news- work, When they get im- enough we must track) down. For instance the| tank robbery. Now that| @ good point for comment fumer has some factual) e e CLOSED FOR ALTERATIONS Gambling operators will re- main closed down a month I predict and will then reopen with no change in past status. In- dividual police officers will. be more wary of securing alleged in- behind it. Perhaps his) giviqual benefits for’ themselves is ttally disconected from | in. opposition? 0. strong orders Gaal form of the rumor but) cm the city manager-and-police i always something which} chict that there, be nq graft .in ee -—_ * te cane ok | the city hall. "Phere. will ‘be ra F q | changed policy in’ police’’officers felled to leteh itself when) | | definitely predict there will be new faces. chee > > MECK RUMORS SOURCE A goed thing to do when you @ fumor is to ask that per- this source. Usually you will find that back down quite bt om bis statement when he @imcovers that actually his state- feeat is not creditable - * J SOME RUMORS TRUE Pinslly there is « great deal which i told in rumor, unfor- funately magnified, which is true and can be publicized only by fumer because it is inadmissible im print. Much of the city’s do- is passed about in this man- 1 believe it is a big mistake you pass information about word of mouth it invariably Getomes distorted from the orig- feel, Tt is better to have intelli- impartial reporting to give pag es Even then it is difficult % get the story exactly right as Wine the “colored” vo put aut by some reporters. Not only Ghat bat “colored” news is given by Feputable sources to get their! That is the report-| over FE job w analyz . * SOURCES COLOR NEWS 1 remember in the report of ome meeting when a gentleman teid me that he did not say what 1 reported, which I had secured from the president of an organ- imation. By a few sly questions, t hed his admission that such a @ibject was discussed and later Gents proved the story and the} thougit of the meeting continu- ne . . TOTAL FINANCE EFFORT 1 would like to add one proviso gem On suggestions of President & Adams of the Central Civic o @anization for a publicity Tiwiaity alone should not bh t put over this program. If are t have 4 united front then the other governmental bodies im the city must do t 8 eke and | am thinking of Qverseas Road and Toll Bridgc District, of which Earl is a mem- ber and of the county commis- gen. 1 think the county m- mission for a central project of Gils sort would be glad to con- tribute from what I have heard. As tor advertising it seems to be the consensus of opinion some should be this should be @e Chamber which is actively Gestion Incidentally Ghought is for publicity Gattion with fist we hare routed t of Com discussing Earl's he in and ,,| That the} that °° and that,‘ the} ‘THE LOW DOWN Oe from | ‘HICKORY GROVE a ‘don’t find any- body much, who is concerned or excited about Socialism. It is seeping in at all the cracks but nobody alerts himself. Talk to ‘em about it and they will look out the window—or fiddle with the blotter on their desk, and change the subject. But they will pound the table about England soing into coal mining and put- ting polities in as cashier of the banks. Also, about France and | he r taking over the gas works, | and electricity. But they won't stay awake if you tell ’em the headin’ for the same kind | | | Susie and I, we just been on a little trip to the city. I scurried around—visited with a lota peo- ple—and like it was there in Rome just before they finally burned down the town, every- body had a pocket-full of dinero, and the fun was on — nobody gave a hoot beyond “what is the | next dance.” And from our trip I deduct that there is nasty weather ahead |of us—for big and little—if we | don’t get over the notion that socialism is something for the other guy to stew about—not us. It will not be just the big people who will be elbowed around by an over-size and socialist govt.— nor just the little people. It will be all the people. What this country needs is a new Paul Revere. And ridin’ with him, he should have a pulchri- | tudinous Miss Bathing Brevity. would alert us—l00 per cent. | Yours with the low down, JO SERRA Police Attend Rites For Slain Officer Joe Valdez, Key West colored policeman slain last week by a woman he removed to’ her home when he found her allegedly in- toxicated, was. buried yesterday afternoon in City cemetery. The city police department and ks lodge, of which the offi- a member, attended the “Snducted from the slain policeman’s home on Elizabeth eet. ' Wood for matches is sawed nto planks two inches thick, seasoned for two years, and then wed into match blocks. WOLKOFF PRAISES COTY COLOR MOVIE Many Key West civic leaders and groups are outspoken in their praise of Victor Coty, New York photographer and lecturer, scheduled to show a technicolor movie “America Outdoors” at the high school auditorium here May 24 at 8 p.m. Among those praising Mr. Coty’s work is A. R. Wolkoff, secretary of the Key West Hotel association. He says: “To see Mr. Coty’s show is to realize the wonders of nature. It is a fine exhibit of skill which is worth many dollars to see. I enjoyed it. immensely.” | UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS AT $205 IN THIS: COUNTY Checks for unemployment noon. The Queen is the young woman | having the highest average in the; senior class. Following the ceremony on the convent steps, the court, led by more than 300 pupils, marched to’! Selection of the Queen and her!the parish church where the | court is based on_ scholastic achievement in Christian doctrine and deportment and the pupil ob- taining the highest average in his or her class merits the honor of taking part in the court exer- cises. Queen, Miss Eleanor Henriquez, placed a wreath on the head of, ;Our Lady, Queen of Heaven. The ceremony was followed by’ | a talk on devotion by Father | Johnson. ‘Well Dressed’ Berl Outmoded Copies of Paris Styles *- By CYNTHIA LOWRY AP Newsfeatures BERLIN.—Fashion, never a vi-) tal thing in Germany’s capital, is closer to utter extinction to- day than ever and the few well- dressed women here are doing what. they've always done: fol- in Women Wear WHITEHEADS LEAVE FOR HOME IN OHIO; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Whitehead ' | left yesterday. for Ashland, -O., j where they intend to make their home. * ; : Mrs. Whitehead is a dauhgter ABOVE PHOTOS show the Civilian Beach Club after the October, ‘44, hurricane, and at present with its new recreation facilities. The new club offers a wide variety of entertainment for its mem-|on this country’s ideas, calls. bers in addition to a complete privacy suggesting an exclusive club. m1 GARDEN TIP Don’t Bury Your Seeds By GEORGE QUINT AP Newsfeatures = FTER seeds have been sown in ' Ad arills, cover lightly by drawing} Which would result in the sale soil over them with the rake. DON’T cover. with, too much earth; for the tiny seeds will have may ‘be difficult’ if there is a munity singing, a vocal solo by heavy layer. Just move,the rake |ferences in conditions and terms ; Mrs. Julia Nelson and a vocal evenly, picking up enough‘soil to of sale, for differences in taxa- Morgan of the State Welfare} duet by Mrs. Carl Bervaldi and keep i the seeds in positi suggestions for a world gram, set forth by State James F. Byrnes in es and in a so-called “white the elimination of export: ies. Such subsidies are mental devices for moving modities into world markets at competitive or so-called throat” prices. We've Been Underselling The State Department's “whi paper” expressed the view tha’ no nation should “take any action il i il a product in export markets at price lower than the compara! price charged for the like prod- E i ‘to. push through the soil,"and it uct to buyers in the home due allowance being made for dif- tion, and for other differences af- fecting price comparability.” For a number pf years, thé ag- riculture department has been selling American‘cotton a! at! prices donaiddorabty! welled iplces prevailing for this commodity in the home market; At thé pfesent time, the foreign pri ij : Icents a pound than thea mestic price. 4 . The government's farm. price program requires the Agriculture Department. to support grower # E Gigs Mg Fie i i Af | i H “ ! F i ! ir | e 5 | if a i I i i i il i pri cient areas in cotten Y should be sh 3 . | 2 . i : duction of food aad ‘prices of cotton at levels far above ee those prevailing in world markets. | argue Foreign buyers turn to other cot- | 'ton-producing countries for sup-|!#test developments t= saechem: ‘plies rather than pay our prices, | #40, are able te preduer euttes Subsidy Solved Problem at prices competitive with fare ; cotton. Hence, the export subsidy—/ But there is strong bs pape wut propusals whieh ‘paid by the government—has | am leaders been used and still is being wstlon te = to bring American cotton more} would lower domeste wie te nearly in line with prices at which | fact, there ie powerful of other cotton is being sold. southern congressmen Thus, as long as Uncle Sam sub- | to boost cotton prices share pres sidizes cotton exports, he is inj eft levels. Who Knows? 1. What have Italy, Finland, Rumania, Hungary and Bulgaria in common? 2. When did the U.'S. proclaim the official.end,of World War II? 4 position of doing something he} The Agriculture is proposing that the world should | has sought te get o not do. nations to agtee bn’ ‘The, government faces a dilem-| Hemet for div ima on foreign trade in cotton, Fig | @rkets, but f hee hed ge eee years this country has depended |°°** thus far upon foreign buyers to take more ee thah half of its cotton. The prob-| Potatoes were being cultivated lem of holding foreign markets|'" @!! the temperete parte of developed with ‘the New Deal] South Ameries from Chile t ull farm programe of the thirties, Colombia when the New Werte low Paris, blindly and badly. of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Carey, Gee ow many Congressmen are compensation totaling $205 were) A ‘few German designers are sent. during the . week eénding| making ‘clothes,’ with bad ersatz May 11 to sevén persons in’Mon- |material or super-expensive black roe. county, .six, men..and one; Market cloth. But they sare woinan, Chairman Carl B, Smith | Clothes that’ ‘ctifi7bé sden”in Jast i i | " i llections or old of the Florida Industrial Com- |¥¢’s ‘Paris col ; i mission, reported. copies of ‘American fashion mag: ‘ azines. SUE yeaa eee a Shop windows show the long SHOWERS AHEAD suit jackets beloved: of the Paris Widely scattered showers arejmouture, with the tight-fitting on the weather menu for this|Waist line. Dresses use mater afternoon, tonight and Tuesday, | Generously. : Skirts are short. Observer Sam Goldsmith re: | Detail work is coarse and the fine workmanship of France lacking. ported today. Moderate, occas-| paris’ occupation joke — those sionally fresh southeasterly |puge over-decorated hats — real- winds, are also due, |ly impressed the German con- Tomorrow’s high tides will |querors, for their women are still occur at 2:14 a.m. and 12:42 p.m.|/wearing them though France Lew tides are to be at 6:62 a.m,|dropped them like hot cakes the i -e.|minute she was liberated. and 9 p.m, Mr. Goldsmith re-|" sii in evidence too are the pene \hair-fashions which are as dated ROSES fae las the hats. Fraternizing frauleins' VINSON LEAVES NAVY jand window-shopping fraus on Henry L. Vinson, Yeoman, sec- |Berlin’s Fifth :Avenue, the’ Kut- ond class, Key West, has receiv- |furstendamm, affect’ those high ed his honorable discharge from|Pompadours and elaborate coils the Navy, the public information (2! hair that disappeared before office at the U. S. Naval separa- tion center at Jacksonville re- ported today. The seaman lives at 1306 Virginia avenue. copy the two-year-old Paris vogue of a single bleached forelock. But these are things. that the |well-dressed and moneyed Ger- man woman is able to wear. What the average German wo- C. R. White and Dana O. White }™an in moderate circumstances sie z wears on the street must be seen have sold two lots at Marathon tobe believed to Iva Storm Davis for $6,000.) Sjacks and ski pants are much eae oe aye ea evidence, even now that warm dj weather has come to Germany. office. More women wear bandannas STs ES than hats—and the bandannas are Boy Clings To Elevator: Saved |worn much as one would put on WORCESTER, Mass.—William}a bathing cap. Coats are plain, C. Klunk, Jr., a 14-year-old office |dingy black (Germany had a dye boy, was rescued from certainjshortage) and badly cut. Dresses death by workmen who hauled jare straight cut, ill-fitted and ut- him to safety after he had clung |terly without style. to the bottom of an elevator as it} Few women have gloves, and lifted him three and a’ half floors. 'their shoes are usually of leather, He told police that he had taken! but so old, so run-over that it is the elevator from the third floor |painful to watch them walk. A to deliver a package. At the|few women have silk stockings, fourth floor, he stepped off and but they are thick, of disagree- turned around to pick up the able colors and usually with many package, and, as the elevator had |darns in them. continued to rise, Klunk was | It is impossible to compare Ger- knocked off balance. He grasped|man fashion or German women at the bottom of the lift and was|with the French or the Ameri- about to lose hold and plunge 110jcans, for both of the latter have feet to the bottom of the sha../a feeling for clothes. Germans when rescued. apparently do not. Whether from necessity or taste they run Sisters Keep Together ‘to drab colors and shapeless OTTAWA, O. — Two sisters, | Clothes. Mrs. Harry Borgelt and Mrs. Ber- | jnard Borgelt, who married broth- | MARTHON LOTS SOLD Potatoes were not known in formed on June 6, 1945, both had | middle of the 16th century, when \baby daughters on the same day! they were brought to Virginia ‘recently, from Pert. V-E day. Others—brunettes—still | Jers in a double ceremony per-| North America until after the} 1420 Petronia’ street’ a { } GODINET IN GOTHAM Louis J: -Godinet, son .6f Mrs. } Mercedes Godinét, who has’ been spending a vacatioh in Havana ‘and Key West, left Monday for New York City where he will !make his home. Before entering; the army, Mr. Godinet lived’ in |New York for five years. He re- !ceived his honorable discharge at Ft. Dix, N. J. and was recently |discharged after serving two years in Paris, France and Ger- many. He was employed by the Western Union Telegraph Co. before going to New York. BUSINESS WOMEN’S CLUB DELEGATE RETURNS HOME| Mrs. Grace Crosby of Poinciana} returned. to Key West this morn-} | ing after a three-day’ stay int Jacksonville as the local delegate j jto the state convention of the | Business and Professional Wom- {en's club. a. ara aaaaaadel WRONG SOLOMON Florence Solomon, 1205 Florida street, is not to be confused with a colored woman of the same name who was arrested by city police in a gambling raid here Saturday. PRA \aaae j Figure This Out! | | ASKOV, Minn.—In a |double wedding ceremon ibride’s mother and the _ bride- 'groom’s father were also wed. |"That made the bride’s mother her |mother-in-law and the groom’s | \father also his father-in-law. To further complicate matters, the bridesmaid was a sister of one bride and a daughter of the other, while the best man was a brother ; of one bridegroom and the son | of the other. | EEE LEE SE LLIEE LL IEEE ALES, An Announcement JAMES S. HALL OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS is Conducting A Series of Lectures “KINGD Ys \ OMS” Grace and Teeth Hall at the CORNER of FLORIDA and PINE STREETS ALL ARE WELCOME A AST EET ie , div. 4. When: did the late President Roosevelt Say: “the’hand that’held the: dagger, has strutk-it‘ into the back of its neighbor’? ' . 5. What~are- the > three major items of the “cost of* living” in- dex? 6. How many people ° suffer from malaria? 7.. What» nation Galapagos Islands? 8. When will the Peace Confer- ence begin, and where? 9. What are the world’s largest ‘ities, by population ? 10. Who were the Four Horse- men of the Apocalypse? The “Answers 1. That await the peace terms of the victors. 2. July 2, 1921, almost months after the Armistice. 3. 531; 96 Senators. and 435 Representatives. 4. June 10, 1940, when Italy de- clared war on France. 5. Food, rent and clothing. 6, It is estimated that 800,000,- 000 people are afflicted every year. 7. Ecuador. 8. May Ist in Paris. 9. New York, London, Moscow. 10. Conquest, Slaughter, Famine and Death. owns ** the 31! Paris, COUNTY TO ACT (Continuea from Page One) he meeting included F. Elgin Bayless, chairman; N. S. Emery, ion engineer; Calvin John- on, attorney; S. Kendrick Guern- y, Herman B. Fultz and Court- ney W. Campbell. Alfalfa is one of the oldest and most valuable forage plants. Announcement Archie Thompson’s Wholesale Grocery is Now Under the Ownership of J. H. BRADY These’ programs used’ powers of the /government to,.raise cotton prices.’ “Cotton grown in other countries did not rise corresponil- ingly ‘in -price, Thus American cotton was placed ata disadvan: tage The export’ subsidy Way adopted to overdome this disad- vantage. Now ‘this country, and many others, want to do away with su subsidies, on the ground that they encourage retaliatory, cut-throat! CUSTOM TA’ competition that is ruinous to all.| VENEVIAN Four Possible Policies le The United States faces four! A | "Window Shades ae a OB BE A ciiable in the Strand Theater |: Motols ona wi WILLIAM EYTHE in a “HOUSE ON 92nd § WE SPECIALIZE 1 Coming: Bewitched” THE COMPLETE SEnVies 5 OF VENETIAN BLINDS See eeeeeee Retaped, fi aod end SERB BEEF Bees Repa:nted Monroe Theater KEY West DOROTHY McGUIRE in Blind Co. “The Enchanted Cottage” 120 Duval, Jefferson Hotel Bite. News - Sports - Shorts | CALL 1068 fer Estimates Seeeeeesn' Located in the Heart of the City Rat N w ott. 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