The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 7, 1946, Page 1

VOLUME LXVII. TO PROJECT; CUBA BACKING PASSENGER SERVICE Paaseng. line service be- tween Key West and Havana is enpeeted to start shortly, Rogelio Gemmes, Key West, U.S. represen- tetive of Acrovials Q SA, said to- ay t* em interview with The (Citinen. Mr. Gomez said approv- @ by the CAB in Washington @ a «application to start the serie wes expected momen- sarily” Approval of the application, Mr. Gemmes mid, will give the “g Nght” & the extension of the air- tees serve to Key West. The lime now operates from Ha- Santo Domingo and also runs bi- memthiy trips to Europe. The propesed Key West service would ek the land area to points al- | feetly served by the airline, Mr. Gomer pointed out Me added that the firm has 4 essh of 31 | out their intention not to play peeeenger capacity, to be @eened by avietors who are witeren pilots with 6000 log hours to their credit. The trip from here to Havana wl require about 25 minute er airline representative said. Mantes would likely take off from' Meschem Field and land at Camp will cover second and will put less than five Honus on third base. Columbia, Cuba, mutes from downtown Havana.! es many daily trips as neces- ry @euld be operated between Ree West and the Cuban metrop- a & wes announced. Mr. Go- | No. 136 iy West-Havana Airing Approval Expected To Link Island T ©AB 1S EXPECTED TO* GIVE GREEN LIGHT| i jus Wagner, ! met eel the Cuban government, | Went any interests in Key backing the project. Here Receives Naval Award ervice the Son-, Tempera nt of rocket through Saturday. School’s change elopments to moderate winds, mostly easter- President Will Veto Case Strike Bill, Report Says (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 7. — It was reported this afternoon that President Truman will veto the Case strike control bill. If he takes that action, it was said that it will be attached as a rider to emergency legislation. Labor opposes the bill, but it has strong support in both the house and the senate. Honus Wagner, Old| Baseball Star, May Play With Pirates (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, June 7. — The ' still peppery Frankie Frisch de- clared this afternoon that should some of the Pirate players carry tonight’s game, he will press into service the 72-year-old Hon- baseball’s greatest star in his day. Frisch said further he will play himself, The game must go on, he boomed. He explained that he Pupils Give Voice - Piano | Recital Here Emeline Bodler presented ihe | following students in a voice and piano recital, at the studio,. 1319 | Duval street. Wednesday -at 8 | o'clock: Louise Bassett, Sybil Brady, Claudina La Fe, Undina Pita, Mary Herrick, Margaret Pritch- ard, Ramona Rodriguez, Pauline Smith, James Sorg, John King, Sonar George Christy, John Thompson. Among selections offered were from Bach, Beethoven, Schu- mann, Massenet and Chopin. ure Unchanged In Area, Says Prophet Little change in temperature is due in the Island area this after- noon and through Saturday, Fore- aster Sam Goldsmith of the U.S. Sonar Weather bureau reported today. “Partly cloudy this Not much in temperature. Gentle Tomorrow’s tides: High: 6:44 a.m. and 7:01 p.m.; low, 12:51 p.m. AUUUUEUUTESAU0REEUULUEERELEUUOUEREETUUEA SAEED Business Meeting K. W. HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI at West sairet Gon the Bureau of Ord- Nav Ordnance De- \w which has, i ecognition of. 2 tebe xhibited in the re. eer and development of nav = dma E. Stiverson, Ensign, | eT n ed The Citizen. The Bures “# Ordnance ex —s ng ms to every * “ f f the Stew wtetanding perform- His forecast: nr m with the re-} aret te wt Tt ar ‘ w de “ ir « was produced ly.” . ' pert ‘ ' ‘ his | e ‘ inder the di- E. J. Quin- oe SNR. w s now at . ‘ Ord ¢ ’ i Key West he Ordnance ex- ppredation of the entire Navy for; E an Stiverson de- 2A NNT, ees Oil Spray Ticanses ® eaves buying @ set of fenders! Lee Smith Auto Service White ot Fleming Phone No. 5} ad wemy Barracks OL ingenuity , High School Auditorium Tonight at 8 o’Cloc! k | mmm Pocesnstsinancaniarnacisaiauaeesai sae | | | Palace Theater KIRBY GRANT in °‘“GUN TOWN’? News and Serial Coming: “Over 21” a SBgenuaeeen America Outdoors Technicolor Movie by VICTOR COTY Photographer and Lecturer HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Tonight at 8:00 o’ Clock Admission, $1.00 — Tickets at the Door Sponsore i by Key West Hotel Association afternoon | THE SOUTHERNMOST VS Eh bd) Sugar Supply Increased Here : Starting July 1 (Washington Correspondent of The Key Wet Citizeny WASHINGTON, June 7.— Key West's collective sweet tooth will come a little closer to satisfaction after July 1. it was learned today. Because of an increase in population, Monroe county’s sugar allotment has been in- creased, beginning July 1, by 60 per cent by the Office of Price Administration. In all, 26 Florida counties will re- ceive increased allotments on July 1 as a result of popu- lation increases, OPA said. III IIL SI ID Poinciana Girl Dies Of Polio; Ten Cases Here: With the death of a six-year- old girl at the Navy Hospital here last night, Key West today hhas recorded its second infantile | paralysis fatality in the last few} days. The child was Patricia Ann Hudson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Hudson, 525-C Poinciana. She died about 5 p.m. yesterday after efforts to save her life by plac- ing her in an iron lung failed, Capt, W. D. Davis, command- ing officer at the Navy hospital said, The child was a victim of the “bulbar” type of polio, which attacks the base of the brain. Such cases are usually NEW WS PAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1946 IN Local Merchants Face Hearing In -U. S. Court Here Hearing on a petition for a pre- liminary injunction and_ treble damages against Jack Arlen, do- ing business as the Victory Bed- ding and Furniture Company, and Mrs. Albert J. Mills, doing business as the Long Furniture Company, is scheduled to be giv- en in United States district court by Judge John W. Holland at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. The petition was filed agains the two firms by OPA, whic! alleges they exceeded price ceilings in the sale of certain merchandise. Charles Andrew Pent and Den- nis Yarbo, convicted of having stolen 25 pedestal fans from the fatal, physicians said. First polio death in the current | outbreak here occurred several days ago when a 55-year-old woman died. Dr. James B. Parramore, Mon- roe county health director, re- ported that there are now 10 positive cases of polio in the Key West area. |) Four of these cases, all children, were sent to the Jack- son Memorial hospital in Miami early this morning. Dr. Parramore said that prelimin- ary tests given here indicated that the four children, three of whom live in Poingiana, posi- tively had the disease. Six. other Key West children are already undergoing treatment in the Miami hospital for polio. Although pointing out that the polio outbreak here had by no Italy’s Monarchists Kill 1, Injure 6 (By Associated Press) ROME, June 7.—Monarchists, resentful over their defeat in the election which overwhelmingly resulted in the proposed estab lishment of a republic in Italy, exploded two bombs today, one in a street in Pisa and the other in barracks in Naples. One man was killed in Pisa and six wounded in Naples. Naples voted, by a large ma- jority, ‘to continue the mon- archy in power. It was to show their ire over the success of Republic adherents, that the Monarchists resorted to their means reached an_ epidemic| violence. stage, Dr. Parramore warned the| Besides exploding the bomb in public to take the utmost precau-!Naples, they attacked the Ro- man Catholic priest of the Church of St. Anthony. They stripped him and gave him what is called the stor oil treatment”. Leaders of the gang that attack- ed the priest siated that their jreason for the attack was because jhe had not been strong enough in ‘his support of the Monarchist party. tions to prevent spreading the disease, He asked patents to keep their children in their own yards, Parents were especially warned to forbid their children to play with other children who have sore throats or colds, two common polio symptoms. The. health. official also warned children to stay out of crowds. Refuse Dumping Charge Brings Court Scolding City police entered the fight} against the spread of polio here when they haled Louis Marchanti, \New Deputy Clerk In Citv Tax Office Miss Janet Conw: started work this morning as a deputy jclerk in the city tax collector’: office. A former resident of Sib- ley, Ills., Miss Conway is a grad uate of Key West High school. w a truckman, into court this after- DOG BITES BICYCLIST noon on the charge of having} Police reported today that Ed- dumped refuse at Ninth street! ward Martinez, 9, of 427 Caroline street, was bitten by a dog while | riding a bicycle on Smith lane! recently. The Humane society | was notified and is seaching for {the dog to give it an examina- | tion. and Flagler avenue. Although he escaped without being fined, the defendant was sharply reprimanded by Judge Esquinaldo in City court. The summons against chanti was served by Chief Louis M. J. Eisner. Remarking that such refuse | might be the carrier of polio | virus, Chief Eisner warned that | all such debris must be de- T B posited on the city dump, w | 0 ecome is regular y sprayed with DDT. | AP Newsfeatures ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.—The Eye For An An Eye ae Pants For Pants | worms and frogs hold more inter- Mar- Police HONOLULU.—(AP)—Honolulu | est for 17-year “old Marilyn Roh- police don’t know if the thief|rer here than the latest fashions who broke into Francis Cho of the bobby sox brigade. ez’s home had a guilty conscien This high school senior, winner or figured an exchange was a| of q $2,400 college scholarship fair bargain. and top national recognition in Choisez discovered a wrist} the fifth annual Science ent watch, a pair of pants and a! Search, hopes to become a brain jersey had been stolen. In their | surgeon. For more than a year, Marilyn has been collecting and preserv- NOTICE. No rubbish or garbage is to be | dumped or buried within the City | Limits on the Island of Key West. Any violator shall be heavily fined and imprisoned. DAVE KING, City Manager. J. A. SUMMONS & SONS Merchant Tailors Suits Made-to-Order for Ladies and Gents Alterations and Repairing Prompt and Courteous Service for 30 Years PHONE 294—J 319 VIRGINIA STREET place had been left a sailor’s hat, a pair of pants and a jer i _ ASTER ERS! TWINS GARAGE 1130 Duval Street Phone 153 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Plenty of Auto Parts | DANCE to the MUSIC of LUCKY MILLINDER and His Nationally-Known 16-Piece ORCHESTRA and 2 VOCALISTS at the V.F.W. CLUBHOUSE Santaella Cigar Building Flagler Avenue at 2nd Street Saturday, June 8th, 10 until ? Poinciana Bus Passes the Door Cas Explode 2 Bombe: eHREE KEY WESTERS Teen-Age Scientist Hopes government, will be sentenced] ‘tomorrow by Judge Holland. Keys Memorial Auxiliary To Meet In Tavernier Mrs. Katherine Wilkinson, president of Keys Memorial, 145, American Legion Auxilary, has called an executive board meet- ing and luncheon at her home in Tavernier on June 7. Plans will be made for the! coming year for projects to be | taken up with committee chair-} men, and for sewing of Christ- mas gifts for the Veteran’s hos- pitals at Lake City, Bay Pines, and the Nautilus Veterans hos- pital at Miami Beach. The regular meeting will be held June 10, and three new jmembers will be installed. They are Evelyn Allen, Sarah Stuart, and Betty Starweather. A mem- bership drive will be held dur- ing the summer, with a tea to introduce the work of the aux- iliary for the veteran and the community. GET NAVY RELE/ (Special to ‘Te Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, i 1 {Key Westers, Eloy Rodrigu isi of 107 C dee ; Cook, Stor | Cainer sti . jr, Sle, of 1112 United street, | were among the 129 Florida re |dents released oe the Na \service Tuesday, June 4, a U. S. Naval Pi Center, U. S. Na ; Jacksonville, Fla. it wa an-}j nounced by Capt. M. M. DeWolf, | USNR, commanding officer of | } the center. | Brain Surgeon ing brains of more than kinds | ‘of animals, fish, birds and even a| human being, the latter obtainec from a hospital. | She works in her own labora-| tory in the b ment of her home. | Marilyn stands at the head of her at Elizabethtown High School and had parts in the jun ior and senior plays of the la two ye She plays a trump jin the school orches and piano accompanist for the school ; glee club. is | Sa AAT. Genuine PARTS for All| Auto Cars AUTO AERIALS ' ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street = Enos oS ee | MUSIC EVERY NIGHT | For Your Entertainment — LAY ESRI ET OUR FACTORY METHODS Can Show You Real Performance and Economy HAVE YOU CAR TUNED TODAY FOR SUMMER DRIVING NAVARRO, Inc. 601 Duval Street SCREEN ser income tz | Three Youths SLOPPY JOE'S BAR | Flagler Avenue and 2nd Street Another aa Of Seamen On West Coast To Spread Night Spots Given. Final Warning On Excess Noise % City Manager Dave King to- iday "SESSILIS L LS. Polio Meeting Set For Tonight Health officials, members of the Key West Housing authority, physicians and * others are expected to attend a polio prevention meeting in the auditorium of the county health clinic tonight at 8:30 o'clock. The session was suggested by W. B. Kirke, head of the housing authority and was called by Dr. James B. Parra- more, county health director. Medical advice and pre- ventive measures to combat the infantile paralysis spread will be sought at the meet- ing. GILLIS SIT SI Is | i Terminal Leave Bill Would Entail Three Billion Cost! | i t Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 7—The «By Harvey Bloomer Feat To Ata And Gal Pons *SECRETARY OF LARGE SCHWELLENBACH CLARES DISPUTE To BE SETTLED BEFORE DEADLINE AMY Aesertared Peres: issued what he termed a} WASHINGTON, June 1 + “final” warning to Key West night | dispateh recetved here thie efter spots accused of causing excess; .0on from San Freee oof noise by the playing of juke box-| that seamen, om the Weel sot es and orchestras. declared they were geime Following scores of com- jumaee another demonstrates — plaints, the city: manager an- , day, similar to thet ef peetetes nounced that the bars and cafes | by leaving thelr shi ee «© which persist in the alleged ex- | tending meetings thet here bees cess noise may find their licens- | called to consider the Westone’ pclae in tc Gas ann strike on June 14, ‘I am going to take drastic ac- tion in hese cae the city man- The conse G8 Gal? tee ager asserted. for another temparary wellhest He also warned that a mid-| was because they wanted ete night closing law would be plac-' at marititae conferenees belt = ed in effect if the practice con-| Washington. tinues. It was said that the west coat The complaints, according to action may spread te the Atlee Mr. King, came from hotels and! tic and gulf coasts, residences in the vicinity of the} Secretary of Laber Gelhwelies night spots. bach asserted that the str, Dies In Gotham’ Harvey Nelson Bloomer, wide-} were being ironed ly known in Key West, died in that he thought em streemest ; New York city at 7 a.m. today, it’ would be reached between te was learned here this morning. } Maritime Union end somgeey Mr. Bloomer, who had been / officials before the Guim © a winter visitor in Key West | the deadline. for many years, was to have as married Mrs.'June Williams, | Texamanas S80 404 Duval street, June » 9 at St. | | aie te was received foe 250 seamen hte cen jobs to bill, introduced: in the house by Representative Rogers of Florid which provides for the payment ninal leave to enlisted men, 1s officers, will cost the} 3,000,000,000, ; it was | t Director of the Budget } { Smith said it would | D interminable work in the rent of the millions of men} © come within the provisions ; of the act. | En -d men, under | ion. in bill, would a provis- paid for! as many 20 days, and the} ounts given them would be ex- | empted from federal and all oth- es. H 1 Off To U. of F. | Orta, Helio Gomez, Philip Charles Perez left by automobile | {this ning for Gainesville, i where they will resume’ their tudies, interrupted, by the war, at the University of Florida. Gomez is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rogelio Gomez, 719 Duval street, and he will enter law college in September. cole abe LIVE POULTRY | ROASTERS and Battery | Raised FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) POULTRY and _. EGG MARKET 1214 White St. Phone 546) DANCE Every FRIDAY NIGHT at 9:00 0° Clock ADMISSION FREE NAVY BAND V.F.W HALL Santaella Cigar Building i 1 | OPEN MONDAY THRU SATURDAY Poinciana Bus Passes Door | tor operator at the Alcazar Hotel, | plans to accept Civil Servic H former V Paul's Episcopal Shieh here. Stricken late last month while | Scethamains made hes cvtc- attending a function in his honor | ment about the probabke settt\ the New York Athletic club, ment of the propesed striie Ger ns }Mr. Bloomer failed to rally and'ing an add at sgh © his death occurred about 7, Seattle, Washington. o'clock this morning. ; Spokesmen far the suiegt Mrs. Williams left here for brotherhoods seid, thet set? New York shortly after Mr. | the seamen go on strike, cet Bloomer became ill. | men would refuse te handle > \that pass through wetert Wilbur Porter Receives lines. Discharge From Navy Terminating a six-year enlist- ment in the regular Navy, Wil- bur Lynn Porter, 25, chief store- | keeper, of 719 Francis street, Key Communist Pa Attacks Byrnes | West, Florida and formerly of ¢ o !Miami, Florida, was released; A d E nes Re jfrom the Navy at the Jackson- n rnest ven ville, Florida, Naval Personnel (By Associated Pree {Separation Center Wednesday, LONDON, June 1 In March, 1943, Porter, who attacked James F had entered the Navy in June,' retary of state 1940, went to England aboard states, an Ernest Me j the destroyer cort Maloy After several months’ patrol duty , the vicinity of the British’ s he was transferred to the oq States f of the LCT Flotilla 12, later against Ru participating in the invasion of while, Arge Britain's for The paper and Bevin tune Normandy. ~ Returned to the sjoof in the hope of States in April, 1945, his ing by the t al duty was at Green Cove tg fayoy Ay Springs, Fla. | pact Prior to entering the Navy pominge t Porter was employed as an eleva- gent of Argentine Miz In the near future, he | yg. 4 in Miami. In the near fu » he | aise Celeste Haines ployment at the Key West Navy ; Visiting Miss trom Yard. | Miss Celeste Haw The son of Mrs. Crystal Porter,! is visiting Miss PB of 6226 N. W. Fourth avenue, ing, 707 South Miami, he is married to the; Miss Haines ES nia Mayfield Pierce,' of the late Waite ; I former part owne ——— | West Citizer lof Ke We and eas seseeeee ERLING’S “fcia" ramet pend | PRESCRIPTIONS 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 Also at port boyy and Fleming Sts. Compounded by Erp | Pharmagists STRICTLY FRESH GARDNER'S PHARM ACY FLORIDA ECeS ‘LA CONCHA HOTEL our Fr i YOU in the COOL Mi DANCE yt Agk CRecRreroce RAINBOW noom MUSIC. By the LA CONCHA ORCHESTRA Gus AYALA (Trumpet) - Jack CRAWLEY (Guitar - Ve Dez THOMPSON (Drums) - John PRITCHARD 'F Beginning SATURDAY, JUNE Sth, and Every Night, Except Sumday+ “The Ideal Spot for That Date With Your Wite or Sweethew a