The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 24, 1946, Page 1

The Kris B LXVII. No. 150 ian Newspaper Opposes Bernard Barruct’s Proposal THE SOUTHERNM Bs OST NEWSPAPER IN THE ; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1946 Late Bulletins (By Associated Press) PACIFISTS BEATEN NANGKING.—A group of pa- cifists from Shanghai were way- laid and beaten while on their Florida’s Better Clime Than California, Opinion Of Gitizen Correspondent James B,,Pond, lecturer on the , ways been helpf Florida Keys and Florida Flow-} wane to ribs ivi cecal lers, sends The Citizen the fol-! ingly fine dinner—FREE. That lowing account of a recent visit }is the extent. of Florida’s help, |to California, where he lectured} least from people who are in about the keys: . the business of dealing with the The firstof the lectures on} tourist world. the Florida Keys was given in| There were other lecturers in | Death Valley, at the truly attrac- | California and en route. Denver ; tive Furnace Creke Inn. Inci- | had to have two in one day to dentally, Death Valley is a unique take care of the demand. place, but had it been named; Well we are home, safe and Kosciusko’s Depression it might, sound, and looking forward to never have attracted so much hurrying back to Florida. public attention as it has with; But, it was a great adventure, its gruesome name “Death Val-! showing the Native Sons and jley.” Incidentally, there were; Native Daughters, moving pic- ‘no deaths in the party that many | tures of the state where the sun years ago gave it its seductive; shines in fact and not merely name, in folders, where you can swim | The day when the lecture on! on the beaches, all year round, “U.S.A. Preacher Due Hore In Sawyer Probe *NO WORD HEARD FROM WILLIAM S. HART. wit. OLDTIME COWBOY | can — : STAR DIED TODAY SS IN INVESTIGA- (By Axnoeiated Press) TION HERE LOS ANGELES, June 24— William S. Hart, considered the | best of cowboy actors in the days j of silent pictures, died at 3:40| o’clock this morning in Lutheran: hospital. He was 75 years of age. Dur- ing his career he delighted many | millions of boys in this and ether countries. Phil O'Connell, state’s attor- ney in West Palm Beach county, is expected to return to Key West late this afternoon or early evening for the reconvening, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, of the grand jury that is investigat- ing charges against Sheriff Ber- lin Sawyer. ‘i The Rev. C. T. Howes, former way here to petition the Nation- e eo 7 alists and Communists to restore peace to China. SAYS INDIANS MISTREATED } LONDON. — India complained ret ig AE nies today to the British government PRAVDA ASSERTS ALL*— about the alleged mistreatment of BOMBS SHOULD BE) OB 222M. MA 250.000 Indians in South Africa. . . " | \It was further charged that they: pestROYED NOW | Ideas Wanted [Sane beens deliherntely, compellad, ei : hehe to suffer hardships. NOT AFTER UN Acts) By Army = ATE AOE. Ree | . DRAFT EXTENSION BILL MOSCOW, June 24.— Pravda, | In Germany WASHINGTON.—The draft ex- Sten mi-official newspaper, AP Newsteatures jtension bill will come up for dis-! : i : FRANKFURT. — In an at- cussion on the flcor of the house tate litorially opposed the | tempt to spur American sol- tomorrow, As the bill now plen recently outlined at the dicts’) interests aad under: | Stands, it provides for the draft- At mb Commission by! standing of occupational jing of Americans whose ages tie sch, who favored the problems in Germany the enwe from 19 to 44. excepting - fathers. " keeping the secret) U.S. Army has offered prizes | ff the production of the atomic) .£F the best suggestions for OPA STILL DISCUSSED | improving occupation troop bem until the United Nations performance. WASHINGTON. —Fourteen eve acted to outlaw use of it. _ For ideas on such subjects jeembers of congress, seven each Beruch’s proposal was that} ‘as “relations with the Ger- feoee Anesensts and house, — : . 4 et ed an agreement on United Nations set up a) mans: relations with our “ithe OPA extension bill. It was ion with powers to inves-/ 10’ed Persons: or improve- |said that President Truman may ‘ . yuntry in the world) ments in Military Govern- jveto the bill if the senate amend- tain if it had in its pos- | ment” soldiers may win prizes Se ahi aia ee n at bombs or material; as high as a 15-day trip and is adopted by the house. : " sroduction | $100 in merchandise. pian Waa > Civilians may compete, too, i fa, echoing Russian Am- . y bassedor Gromyko, asserted that| {0f awards ranging up to Food Shortage? ght way io act regarding | $250 in merchandise. (3 was to destroy imme OI I OS IS DP Eat Potatoes, ‘ | bombs in existence, as i li material that can >| Bi F : | ASeS suscuve | Big Four Decide Advises Clayton P 4 eclared that, were the n (Special to The Citizen) Mm udopted, i would To Meet Three GAINESVILLE, June 24— ‘ ed States the most Whatever food shortages there ' nation in the world, and | c pc CAE aap taette wm in the world, and) "Times Each Day =» be, potatoes are not among t could control the poli- | ian Alek ees j them, H. G. Clayton, state di- he world | PARIS, June 24—The Big rector of the Production and it ster proposal, Pravda) Four, before they went into ses- |Marketing Administration, de- wd, would put all nations on) 14. this morning, announced , Clared today. ting in the non-use bombs an equal f | that arrangements had been made {to hold two meetings daily, | that action may be é Louis M. Johnson Dies In Home Here jon-five treaties under considera- | tion, towls M. Johnson, 78, died last |Remania, Hungary, Bulgaria and mit im his home at 608 Olivia | Finland. stewet It-was said that the Big Four’s M Johnson had asserted on object was to have the five amy occasions that he was the } to The Citizen|tveaties prepared in three day It was annovnced that the Big Austria’ | claim to the valley in the Tyrol. i the paper con- ! the day it started; Four had disapproved ' tces under the di- am ss t .e~ Funeral 5 | wonounced tater. Mfrs, James U. King, le two daughters, Mrs. aN ; I and Miss Holly I \ sevetl Loud and Miss Holly Dies Of Pneumonia - J on fee ee her Telegram as received by ; ee ptt age ee Mrs. Annie C. Page, 419 William M I Brazil; two grand- street, announcing the death of Mrs. James Ulmer King, wife of Lt. King, who was stationed at NOB optical department for the st three years. She passed way in Adel, Georgia, one great grand- V4ab¥ RELEASE: 3 KEY WESTERS so} | The treaties are with Italy,! on Fri- | potatoes the most abundant food now on the market, and one which every thrifty house- wife wil} do, well to use gener- ously in menu planning for the next few weeks. | The year’s potato crop, said, will be between 70,000,000 | and 75,000,000 bushels — roughly about 10,000,000 bushels above normal consumption. He pointed out, 'the record crop market at a time when famine abroad is contributing to a | shortage of wheat products in the ; United States, and that potatoes offer a valuable means of stretch- ing bread and wheat cereal sup- ; plies. Mr. Clayton stressed the fact ; that potatoes, besides being one ‘of the best energy foods, are easily adaptable to any meal — | Mr. Clayton termed Irish | though, that is moving to breakfast, luncheon or dinner —; and that they lend themselves literally to hundreds of different ; methods of preparation. \ He also called attention to the nutritive value of Irish po- tatoes, pointing out that they he} the Keys was given was a warm! day. Driving in the car with all windows open and the thermo- meter rose (in the shad@, of course) to a mere 111 degrees. | Mouths were soon filled with’ something that tasted like cot- ton wool. Dehydration comes, fast under such conditions. The lecture was given room filled with hotel guests. | Very tightly filled, in fact, with ; warm, but not perspiring hu-| mans. At the close of the movies a lady came up and said she had just arrived that day, that | she was finding the heat and dry- ness beyond her endurance, that she was about to leave, but the pictures of Florida beaches, of lovely ocean, of more and more! lovely ocean, saved her sanity; and now that she was again; mentally all wet she was content | to stay awhile. So Florida came to the rescue of California. at the showing at the dinner | meeting of the famous Los An- geles Breakfast Club there was a rather amusing incident at the j {close of the program. Incidentally that was a tough assignment for me, because in the audience were many distinguished fellow lec-} turers. Burton Holmes, Dean of , all travel lecturers, not only Holmes, but he { presented’ me to thé audience. | | Frederic Christian, | one of the finest of our travel photograph- ors, was there with his wife, Sylvia. The Holmans, Steele and | Kathleen, who have such reveal- \ing movies of Me 0 and Kath- 'Ieen, were there. Also Gene} !'Lamb and his wife, Elizabeth. He was one of the first to film | Tibet. It was a critical audience. } Incidentally, at the University {Club in Los Angeles, the au- dience was again filled with lec- jture conferees: “Singapore Joe” | | Fisher, Earl Robinson, Francis R. Line and Mrs. Line, Mrs. Bran- |son de Cou and her husband,! Reginald Boswell. Arthur Pon ford and Mrs. Ponsford. Vete Impresario L. E. Behymer did the | introducing this time. | The incident: After the show | a gentleman said to Joan, “Where is that wonderful brown tan you had in the movies?” That was the wrong question. “Why, you native So’ and so,” she said with in a! ‘there with Mrs. | Vinson Made of the and not be chased off them by beach guards and police. This js the case in California where so many of their beaches are unsafe because of rip, tides. What is worse, you cannot comfortably swim on these beaches because the ocean is so chilly, except in mid-summer. But in mid-summer you can swim in Alaska! Chief Justice Noon Today (By Associgted Press) WASHINGTONJune 24.—Fred M. Vinson, formerly at the head Stabilization Commission, the Reconstruction rimance.Cor- {poration and the United States treasury, was sworn in at noon today as chief justice of the su- preme court. ~ He is the thirteenth man to be named to that position. While he was commended as. being well qualified to fill the office of chief justice, . opinion here differed as to whether or fot he will be able to ‘bring “peace” to the court, because of the recent attack made on Justice Black by Justice Jac! Polio Cases Rise To 27 Monroe County Health Depart- ment today announced one more e of polio in the Key West area, The person B. Wright, 32, of the Housing project on Rest Beach. iversity Chooses Key Wester For Honor (Special to The zen) BALDWIN, Kas.—Miss Mary AdeHe Wilson, daughter of W. J Wilson, 513 Whitehead street, Key West, was one of 34 stu- dents at Baker university chosen by Dean Benjamin A. Gessner for the gollege honor roll be- cause of high scholastic attain- ment for the last semester. Miss Wilson was president of the Zeta Tau Alpha National So- affected is Charles | Key West men have re-| day, June 22. Cause of death was : aia honorable discharges | pneumonia { contain not only Vitamin c raf ‘ceording to the| Mrs, King was well known lo-| #me of the B vitamins, but nter at Jackson-| cally, during her three-year Key} Starch. iron, and other impor: West stay. Lt. King is now sta-| *&nt minerals. ' L. Russell, AMM 1/c,| tioned at Adak, Alaska, being “By eating more potatoes, dur- i r Harvey S. Mor- transferred there last March. jing this period of abundance, i Box 370, and Harold| She leaves, besides her hus- Mt. Clayton er an “ AEM 3/c, 427 Frances band, e8 10-year-old daughters) ey eT aiiiditie service, oe aes Suan _}be releasing other foods, more Gulf Oil Clears Ground For Well On Sugar Loaf ring ground } well to be drill- opt jsuitable for shipment overseas, to help feed the hundreds of mil- lions of persons who face starva- tion abroad.” | es, ‘om O. Watkins To Reside Here { sanwhile, the latest drilling ions in Florida, Logan Trus- | tee well No. 1 of the Walton Land | county. It is to be + 7. - and Timber Co., in Walton coun-|_ ,, eter ; s Sugar LoafiKey, near !tn'1g uiiles scuth of DeFuniak |. 70m ©. Watkins, brother of W. i will be known as Springs, Harthwest) Blorida’ ores} Roger Watkins, who was drowned < I State Sugar ported oil shows at 00 feet, |in Boca Chica Channel, intends No. 1 well | When operations ended last week, |t0 return to Key West to make State Big Pine Key ' the well was down to 2,900. This | his home, according to informa- rtheast of Key West, | oi. 5. i eines 4 by Flor. | ton received here from Tampa. to be down to 8,- | Vell 3s said to be backed’ by *lor-| “Tom Watkins, as. was his late ne ida and Texas interests. | brother, is an attorney, and had f test oil well will | les southwest of ! 1 The location is now; i and material moved | ; PEE SADR AREA, WE ARE... i HYDRAULIC BRAKE | SPECIALISTS | Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service | White at Fleming Phone 5: ‘Opposite Army Barracks” j ; been municipal judge in Tampa 18 years. On his return to Key Wes | Judge Watkins will reside with his mother, who is 85 years of | age. ecm N. aan PIONEER HOTEL 151 N. E. FIRST STREE! In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and, CIVILIANS “BEST FOR A NIGHT'S REST‘ One Block West of Bus Depot ee eeesessoccesesooeoeseu PAINT and BODY WORK at POPULAR PRICES NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite Bus Station | es . | cial Sorority on the campus, She jmaidenly testraint T've been in) \/as business manager of the Bak- California for five weeks, uayen t ber Orange and Wildcat the past ;seen any of your advertised sun! yaar and-was.onesof tbe leading and I am all bleached out. ,|mathematics students of the col- There was great crowding} 1 lege. | around the lecturer; people ask- | tothe ts jing how to get to the Keys,!,. a . . ees kan oes \No Midweek Services At ' where to stay, was Florida pleas- ant in the summer. These were | all people who go places. Many of them will turn up in Key West and points en route. | ings Tabernacle as the pastor is I got a great laugh out of the| absent at a camp meeting. jfact that a lot of these people | ——_—_—__—_——— | thought I was a paid propagand- ‘ist for Florida. Ha, and again Ha. So far as I can recall Florida has never done anything worthy of | the mentioning for any lecturer. | {No help, no cooperation, no as- by the state game fish depart- | sis! ance. Personally I have paid | ment set Wyoming's antelope for everything I have ever got- | Population at 48,043, in contrast |ten. Walter Buckingham, one of | t° an estimated 5,000 forty years the owners of the McKee Jungle | 28° But the department warned | Gardens at Vero Beach, has been | that an antelope kill of 42,579 in la good friend, and during the the past three years was far too 5 jheavy and this year’s perm: | war opened the Gardens to 'me.| Jil be limited to 11,000, Ant | lope still are outnumbered by | And didn’t charge any admis SAN tes Ge {deer which the census estimates ; at 64,058. Glad Tidings Tabernacle There will be no midweek services this week at Glad Tid- sus Counts 48,043 Antelope CHEYENNE, Wyo.—(AP)—A recently completed aerial survey Plane Ce Cayo Hueso in Key West has al- | = | ATE TREN | Palace Theater CHARLES COBURN in “SHADY LADY” News and Serial ERAN SR Ra TTT Market orks hone 54! ISO ROUBURUURUUUR URED | | ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and E 1214 W! Harris School Repairs Receives CPA Approval Good news is in store for those planning building construction in the Key West area. Both ap- plications from Key West were approved by the CPA district of- fices in Miami. Reason foy this is that Key West has a large sur- plus labor available locally, a condition that does not exist in other parts of the Ft. Pierce-Key West CPA district. Projects approved in Key West for the week ending June 20 are the remodeling of the Harris Ele- mentary school that was dam- aged by fire, $20,000, and a $5,- 500 fruit store for Joseph A. Val- dez of this city. During the week of June 20, the CPA -denied construction of 27 projects that would have cost $569,755 and approved construc- tien of 24 projects, costing $339,- 826. ss ° a Shrine Club ~ : To See Rites Key West Shrine Club chartered an Aerovias plane to acéommodate 24 local Shriners, who will fly to Havana Tuesday of next week to attend a eeremonial that will be con- ducted there by Mahi Shrine Temple of Miami. Fernando Camus and Ever- ett Rivas have arranged for the flight of Shriners from Key West. Dr. John K. Clemmer, organ- izer of the local Shrine said he 700 from Miami will go to H vana to participate in the cere- monial. Havana Shrine Club has in- jformed Mahi Temple that the class of novices will number |about 100. has $175 FOR JOBLESS unemployment Monroe county ending June 15 amounted to and were made to 10 persons, Carl B. Smith chairman of the Florida trial Commission, reported. of in Payments compensation during the we Indus. Key West has been placed in district two of the Florida-Cuba emergency radio phone network that willghave as its purpose the renders the hurricane event ¢ GENUINE AUTO PARTS FOR ALL CARS We Have... GENUINE FIBRE | SEAT COVERS For Late Model, 2-Door Sedans ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street club, | had been informed that | maintaining of communication in | pastor of the First Methodist church here, now at Pahokee, was one of those who had been summoned to testify at the hear- ing. | At the courthouse today it was |said that no word had been re- jceived from the Rev. Mr. Howes, and that it was not known {whether he will be here tomor- | row. It had. been learned that he | Was absent from Pahokee, at- | tending a session of ministers, and that he was due fo return to that place today. Should he return in time, he will be informed of the summons that has been issued for him to appear before the judy. Three Kidnapped British Officers Not Yet Released (By Assvciated Presny JERUSALEM, June 24.—Lead- er of the Jewish extremists an- nounced over a ra‘lio today that the’ three. British - officers who |were kidnapped last week will jnot be released unless the two lJew extrem who have been ‘sentenced to death, are set free. | The leader said also that if the ‘two Jews are executed, the three | officers will be killed, r | Jewish underground » appeaed {again today to the extremists to trelease the office It said that |their retention has resulted in |causing greater tension through- lout Palestine. ‘Jose Cruz Died Sunday Morning Jose Cruz, 64, died at 2:30 {o'clock Sunday morning in his | residence at 1127 Simonton street. Funeral services will be held at |6 o'clock this afternoon from the residence, with the Rev. J. H Johnson, S.J., of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic church, officiating. runera! will be un der the direction of the Lopez Funeral Home. | Mr. .s two daughters, Mrs. Calero and Mrs Caridad Hero; two sons, Manuel and Cruz, and eight grandchildren, Rogelio Phones Here Will Warn Of Hurricanes On Island normal communication channels useless. First test of the network is | scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednes- | day. Plans call for drills each Wednesday at the same time. | The network is composed jabout 40 amateur short w on operators in Florida uba. Many have their of e sta and own ‘power stations and can continue joperations when fail regular power {supplies |. The wr jthe ne control station of NV W4ACZ, operated iby A. Litschauer of West Palm |Beach. The network would tie jin with the government commun ication setup at Morrison Field ;south of Miami. Florida has been divided into four districts. 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