The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 19, 1946, Page 1

bp By Bervice : Years Devoted Best Interests Key West VOLUME LXVII. Lewis Expected Late Today To Talk About Probable Coal Strike NO. 275 ————- = i HE CALLS WALKOUT, * ! HE WILL BE cITED| Butter And Beef FOR CONTEMPT OF; | | | To Be Plentiful And Cheaper Too | (By The Associated Press) to issue aj; WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.— emt about his reaction to| Butter, as well as beef, will be the threat of prosecution should; more plentiful next year, a de- tee elf @ strike of United Mine! partment of agriculture spokes- Workers of America at midnight; man said today. samahiinel | He further stated that the Ae myenetion has been issuedprice of butter will be much egetet fim by a federal court,; lower. In some parts of the end, should he disregard the in-| United States, he Hater ey but- jumetion, he will be cited for con- |} ter has been falling gradually in tempt of court price during the past week. A th wee predicted here that, re-| more rapid decrease in the price gerdies: of the court procedure,| of beef during that the miners will go on strike at: has been evident, the spokesman hietaitt Wednesday when, they! stated. @usert. the contract with the gov- SD eas Key Westers COURT (fy The Associnted Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Be- fore is ended John L,| tentay expected ‘The attitude of the miners has teen manifested by the number time has} SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STA KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1946 Chamber of Commerce Hires [Sunshine Gives Truman Huge Help To Answer Heavy Mail Letters of inquiry from pros-¥*- pective visitors, who live in the | North, continue to . swamp the {Chamber of Commerce office, it was stated today by Harold R. Laubscher, the organization's} assistant manager. Persons desiring to know about the possibilities of Key West as a winter vacation land, those in- quiring about deep-sea fishing, | interested travelers to Cuba and) | possible investors in real estate | continue to write the local Cham- ber of Commerce letters by the hundreds. Everyone of these in- quiries receives a reply contain- | ing as much information as is available on the subject of which they inquire. For the information of citi- ‘zens of Key West a recent ac- ; cumulation of some of these let- ters have been put on display in the windows of S. H. Kress ; Company, in order that the pub- j lic can see first-hand some of the , work that the Chamber is doing. “There is no other organiza- tion in the city to do the work of answering letters inquiring about Key West,” Mr. Laubscher stated. “Each one of these letters is from a possible visitor who potentially will visit our com- Jimmy Walker,: Onetime N.Y. Mayor, Dies (By ‘The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Jimmy Walker, mayor of this city from} 1926 to 1932, died last night of 5 cerebral blood clot. He had been in a coma 40 hours before his death. Walker, though he resigned in 1932 under charges that affected his administration, and went; abroad for three years, was given! something of an ovation on his ; return. But in recent years he} lived a retired life and his name seldom appeared in local news- papers. Garfish Shooting Draws Fine Of $5 In Criminal Court Roy Hilton Henson_ pleaded Appetite; Eats Wheatcakes, Takes Swims In Pool, Ocean Soldier hese For Stealing Groceries And Giving Them To Widow A soldier in the Key West Army Barracks was arrested this morning on a charge of stealing groceries out of the storeroom connected with the mess hall. Early last evening a mess ser- geant saw a_ soldier breaking open the storeroom and imme- diately telephoned to the quar- | termaster captain. He arrived in time to see the soldier walk off with a chicken, a can of cocoa and a jar of preserves. The captain and the ‘sergeant, unseen by the soldier, followed him to a house where he deliver- ed the stolen articles. This morning the captain, the! —#ROSS HOLDS UNDER- | SEAS NEWS CONFER- | ENCE; PRESIDENT IS |, WORKING ONE HOUR | A DAY By ERNEST B. VACCARO Associated Press Correspondent President Truman yielded the spotlight today to Press Secretary Charles G. Ross for an undersea widow did not seem; news conference. disposed to give the callers the! and newspapermen cover~ information they were seeking, | ing Mr. Truman’s week's stay at Chief Deputy Wallace warned: the naval base boarded the USS z statement! Cobbler, a submarine, for a ride not received from her, FBI men 20 miles out into the Florida would be assigned to work on the} Straits. case. ; It was a nice ride. Everybody Mention of FBI men had the| enjoyed themselves. The only desired effect. She admitted that) thing lacking was news. | the soldier had been bringing her| The President, Mr. Ross report- groceries, but added she did not' ed, went swimming again this know he had been stealing them.} morning, walking to the officers’ It wag not divulged how long the club pool in a purple robe. soldier had been committing the| - No, he said, Mr. Truman hasn't thefts. | had any further calls from Wash- question them about the gro- | ceries, As the The captain and the paymaster ; ington on the coal situation since returned to the barracks, and the| he talked with Interior Secretary soldier was arrested. He will be} J. A. Krug and Attorney General paymaster and Chief Deputy) Sheriff Moreno Wallace called at! the house, occupied by a widow! guilty this morning, in criminal court, to shooting at garfish while standing on a public highway, Attended PTA that hee already gone on strike, | aithough, spokesmen for them de- elered today they were not on munity for the purpose of spending some money. It is {therefore vital that these in- | strthe tet merely were taking a weration.” Up to early afternoon 96.008 of them had not returned we the its George Christopher of the Peckard Motor Company, eald thet if the strike occurs the menefecturers of automobiles wilt be halted in a week. He ex- gtetmed that his company has a eulftent supply of coal to last 1 deve, but added that, should the strike oecur, his company ot that coal to keep heat = te effect use president | plent while the strike is: Annual Meet quiries receive prompt attention. In order to supply stenographers’ | assistance to meet the demand of with Governor and Mrs. Cald-! *he recent heavy flow of COMES welt last. Wednesday in Talla- | pondence the service of Mrs. Wil- | hassee.’They were in that city at-! uae D.Scamp S LENE pbecn = {tending the annual convention ofjues UY the Chamber,” Laub- the Florida State Parent-Teach- | het said. ? ler’s Association. On November 22nd, a mem- he: Kay ‘Weasters ‘at the { bership drive will be conducted date rey air 4 ay 5 con-i by the organization. In order to ela ss : ae erage Nees perform the services to the com- eaante Gatiei ce ein fonroe| munity such as answering letters Reginald Sickerts Tredident of of inquiry, financial assistance is | the Senior High School P.-T. An bene SodeDt at: ba the desire of Mrs. Leonard Curry, head of the! the Chamber is Gommerce that piviaiba aeesekt congo leR eins | Mee tenements ney. Wet Mrs, Texas Hood, president of the} siete membership 0 nat each} Harris School P.-T,A., and Ger-: shane.io the expense of bringing | : more business to the city. | Five representatives of the P.-T.A. in Key West had tea ald Saunders, head of the Poin- giana P,-T. A. Miami Gets First South Television About. Noy,.25th the Rest Beach | (Spectat to The Citizen) ne unit, where |. MIAMI, Nov. 19.—Florida vis- af polio deat occu itor will see the South’s first ved cartier {Rhorous’ soe aun cone . } vision ere during ie lami <a Ge s we ; toe ‘ene ated | Golden Jubilee Exposition, Nov. Toe tente in th meh re-| 95 through Dec. 1, Stanton P. _— cal —. ” aed Kettler, manager of Radio Sta- e er iar tion WGBS, said today ih. an- , py Prog nee ss wy | announcing that the DuMont co at the ehildren “are \-relevision Laboratories of New eet dangerously ill and no defi-|., ; ae aor f prod has developed.” | York will present a_ series 0! | televised programs each day and e tated that! evening during the Magic City’s there cause for alarm and | 50th anniversary celebration. lated cases Ca A 1 cases can be) me DuMont firm, Kettler add- wm time to time. Nev- |} 4 ion aveaite to |e will send 14 technicians here nit parents (0 /+4 cooperate with 35 WGBS staff chiidren away from i 7 Chlidren with sore | members in setting up a te! 5 rents ahs chedd aot be| ing exhibit ~ in- Bayfront Park municipal auditorium, — where out to oh he said, and if they z ‘ P visitors will see their actions 1 we they will be sent home, since! | lcd ae E lene. Ie has notified sada on a ecreey amu aneou: tearters to DP aeien tats| YO heenarnen Sadiaiis upon discovering their|' In addition tothe daily tele- casts in auditorium, he stated, the DuMont firm, with the use }of long-range Image-Orthicon Are In “Moderately Severe’ Condition) The young polio eopeeted yesterday by Dr. James Perremere, Monroe County] Health Department, were identi-| fred tember »-year-old John and year-old Anita | two victims this year — « severe.” the tee are parulyst n ted fr at cup er thes be he thes Parramore metition Capt. Cooper Makes Awards To Officer ind Enlisted Man Presidential unit citations play action of the football game Friday night, Nov. 29, between the University of Miami Hurri- were awarded Commander Carl! canes and Detroit University. W. Rooney of Orlando and Avia-| The telecast will be made from then Radioman, Second ass,|the stadium press box and will William teack Rodgers of Cl be shown on the auditorium Saturday, at Boca Chica. | screen simultaneously with ihe Cooper, Nav action on the gridiron. made the| Miami eventually will become |a key point in national television citation | networks, Kettler added, in for services on the USS Ca- | pointing out that the American in 1044. He was given| Telephone and Telegraph Com- Navy Unit ‘pany will soon extend a coaxial wen on the U Cow-| television cable here from New Japanese forces in| York. The coaxial cable, he ex- 1943-44. Isack’s award was for} plained, is the intricate wire con- os the plane carrier USS | nection linking television sta- Renker Hill. He also received a| tions in the same manner as tel- Navy Unit commendation for |ephone wires connect the stations eorviee in the Atlantic in 1942-43. | of radio networks. | ate Captain Henry M fase Commandant, ow ‘ mander Romey's * tn the also Commendation tow te pens against TS ccs 4 NAHE Whee Your Radiator Boils Bring It To Ambler Service WE GUARANTEE RESULTS 444 Duval, Adjoining La Concha| al Palace Theater JOHN ABBOTT in “The Vampire Ghost” News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT Army Gives Menu oe { For Thanksgiving, If your son, brother, husband, } | cousin or friend is stationed at} ‘any .Army post, camp or station; jin the Third Army Area, don’t ! } worry about him on Thanksgiv- | | ing, because he’s going to eat—_ and plenty. | True to Army tradition that its men have turkey and lots of ,it—100 pounds of dressed turkey i per 100 men—on Thanksgiving, ' the. mess sergeants, cooks and 'KPs are giving the menu for the ‘festive day the once over, and ‘that menu calls for not only , turkey, but all the trimmings, according to Colonel Matthew M. Jones, Quartermaster of the i Seventh Army. The boys will not do so badly ; for breakfast on November 26,} with tamato juice, assorted dry cereal, fresh milk, eggs, toast, butter, ‘and coffee. For supper—if they (are still in the eating mood- they'll have lima bean soup, left-. over turkey, cheese slices, left- | over vegetables, leftover relishes, | bread, butter, peaches, tea and ! peanut butter. | But for the meal of all meals, .in American life, that Thanks- scrambled | marmalade : cameras, will record a play-by-" giving dinner, here's what they'll told him to present It at 10 have: \ , Celery Pickles Olives | Roast Turkey ! Dressing tiblet Gra Cranberry Souce Mashed Potatoes Green Peas Stewed Corn} Lettuce Wedges Thousand Island Dres Hot Rolls Butter Oranges Apples Pumpkin Pie | Raisins Salted Nuts ; Coffee i | sing Candy | | a Students Cotton | To Their Neighbors | WINTERVILLE, Ga. —(AP)—} ' School students here are finding ‘their Thursday good neighbor policy pays. Every Thursday af-; ternoon:a group dons working , clothes and helps pick cotton in some neighboring farmer's field. | In one recent afternoon, 32! youngsters harvested 1,200 pounds of seed cotton. They are paid regular rates for their work | besides competing for theatre its regular | missioners’ ‘third Tuesday evenings of each most cotton, tickets to the one picking the i and was fined $5 and costs of court. Shooting at garfish and their first cousins, ballyhoos, was a sport that Key West boys, half a century and more ago, enjoyed frequently. As both fish swim on the surface, they afford good tar- gets for a boy or man with a .22 calibre rifle, the kind that Hen- son is using. But he made the mistake of firing the rifle from) a bridge of the Overseas High-/ way at Boca Chica. Henson was arrested by State Highway Patrolman Warren Armstrong, who also was the complainant in the case against John H. Bu charged with reckless driving. He pleaded guilty and. was fined $50..aad. ' costs, Ford Company In Key West To: Be Transferred Trevor and Morris Ford Agency in Key West will be sold on No- vember to Howard E. Wilson, county tax collector, and Jack Sellers, manager of the Key West Transit Company. The deal will be closed in the Ford Florida headquarters in Jacksonville. Wilson and Sellers will operate the company Monroe Mo- tors, Inc. Rogelio Gomez Has Letter For Circuit Court Rogelio. Gomez, in circuit court} this morning; requested permis- sion to present a letter to the court. Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., asked if the letter pertained to the ca hat was to be tried. and, } when Gomez replied negatively, as o’clock tomorrow morning. Contents of the letter were not divulged. Commission Meets Tonight The City Commission will hold bi-weekly night at City Hall in the Com- Chambers. The Com the first and session to- mission meets on month FOUR CHILDREN IN YEAR BALLY MACHOLA, Eir Two sets of twins in one y' three boys and a giv l—he born to Mrs. Ellen Maughan, 42, and her husband, John Mau-j{ ghan, 57. In all, Mrs. Maughan, has given birth to ten children, } including three sets of twins TTT CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and ‘growth of | Double-Cola ! fifty-one en route to and in Key and her President Invited To Enlisted Men’s Ball On Thursday President Harry S. Truman has been invited to be guést of honor Thursday night when U Naval Submarine Base holds a Commander-in-Chie Formal Reception and Ball,for enlisted ' personnel from 8:00 to 11:45, the } committee in charge said today. The newly-lighten tennis are being gayly decorated with flags, colored. lights, and balloons. The ladies will appear in formal attire and the enlisted personnel in their dressigst blues or “whites. a) Music, and vocal color will be ‘} furnished by Johh Pritchard and his orchestra. Novelty dances are on the entertainment program, and the Jackson Square USO will présént’ three numbers from: its cal show, “Best Smile The Committee, composed of enlisted men from the base, is headed by Rae Honeycutt and supervised by Chief Santos, who have ordered .fancy chow and plenty of it, (all’ free), for the special guests of the evening, the enlisted men’s guests (either wives or their dates), the love Junior Volunteer from thet Jackson Square USO and Key West's charming belles. | |Mingo Versus Cremata Case ip For Trial. Up For Trial, Circuit court was reconvened at 10 o’clock this morning to try the case oi Joseph Mingo against Vincent Cremata. Mingo is suing for $10,000. The case is an out- an automobile acci- dent This morning was devoted to choosing a jury, and witnesses are testifying this afternoon SIGH! JEING PARTY IN KEY WEST TODAY C. D. Little, president of the Company of Chat- host today to Double-Cola — bott and their wives on ight trip of the Keys, visiting historic spots and other points of interest West all-day tanooga, Tenn., we a eeir Those who made the trip by chartered bus are holders of the Double-Cola anchise from cities all over America, and are in Miami this week to attend the annual convention of the Na- tional Bottlers Association STERLING’S G Market 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. We Are Now Taking Orders COCKTAIL LOUNGE Opens 5 P.M. Daily: for Thanksgiving TURKEYS and HENS married daughter, to, Touris court martialed. Tom Clark terday. A reporter asked if the Presi dent was aware of the problem ' that would be posed by the min ers if they stay out of the soft coal mines despite a restraining order issued yesterday. President Aware | Ross said the President, es any 1 inteligent man is, is aware of all the problems involved in the crisis. The President, after his swim, bacon and did not ‘Truman I ‘Honor Membership | By C. Of C. Here Honorary membership in the Key West Chamber of Commerce | ; Sas bee offered to President | Herel Gutmcmnaghdieingenisaves| oe) os eens cation on the island [esas and saci | complete his breakfast. | in a communication from the) “The Florida fresh air and sun ; chamber addressed to the Presi- ishine had given the President, dent at the temporary wnaiite’ normally a light eater, a big ap- House, Mr. Truman was extend-| petite,” Ross said. “His naval ed a hearty welcome to the city | aide, Capt. James H. Foskett, who ana congratulated as to his choice | was‘ eating a big platter of wheat- of a, vacation land. | cakes, suggested the President try The letter added that it was} some. The President yielded and the sincgre ,hope of ,every Key, ate two wheatcakes, while Brig Wester ‘that the President's stay| General Wallace Graham cast @ will be a:pleasant one and that} “@proachful glance. should hé desire anything w \ neral Graham, the Persi make his: rest more enjoy} ble, dent's physician, hes’ been work the President's wish is the Cham-| ing to-keep his weight down. On per’s ‘command. this trip, however, Ross said, the Yesterday the President is not bothering too Commerce prepared over 8,000| much about his figure ‘words of descriptive material! After breakfast. Mr. about Key West which was hanc- took his second swim of the Gal Ua (its Gatnecnanet ites an ie OE ERS SRS ee at presidential party. This w 5! terday. He was at the ch fi given to them on a sight-seeing two hours, spending sor 5 min 5 utes in the wat d he rest of tour they made of the city. stash erat oes : the time sunning himself on the mG = coral sands : Af P d Works Hour a Day ts ral Ross said that the President Of (@ . a averages an hour’ rk to) } ake a complete vacati R VP Di ‘ isaid. “Wher the State Director) ON ORLANDO, Nov. 19.—(FNS)—} government with him yeaking at the Governor's press Ross started talking at 200 fee wnference in Orlando last week, | below the surface of the Atla Roy C. Beckman, director of the He was still being interviewe state advertising commission, | 300 below. All the ounded a warning to Florida on ; submerged 36 minut the eve of the greatest tourist; Syme wisecracker quips season. j is the lowest dive I Chamber of; Truman lay a day mm," r im all 4 Stating that in the thousands letters received by the com- prospective tour- visitors a sur- express fear of being gouged should they visit the state this winter, Beckman said “Many of them state that if they find conditions as bad as they have heard in r rd to ex cessive rates, they plan to leave the state for other Southern re sorts where they will consideration At the pre 0 p.m. Fress Secretary ‘the Presiden’ week holds go’ coal strike In Close Touch “Nothing said, ident i ’ vith Washingt te White Ho: Ross dis¢ being used of nfe mission from ists and winter prising number to call in ' receive more and reason- able cates.” He reminded now the competing for tourist consider che that are Floridians they states war is with bu iness d should act aaa oe (Continued in Fir ae RAUL’S on the BOULEVARD -- DANCING - Nightly to the Music of MARK OU"Ssue and His STANLEY Orchestra Featuring STEVIA at Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 1 ‘Pours’ ‘New Footwear BERLIN AP) ortage of leather for shoes has forced Ger- substitutes. mans to look fou A Berlin firm ing” approximately ten thousand pairs of shoes monthly, using a substitute substance called igo lite, which is made of coal, lime It s alerproof now is “pour- and chemicals is and pliabk The lace nile shue, including the | de ot the praduct