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Da tie Shs Besta” =| G Che Key W SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE P cueates STATES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1947 Meeting Monday |Governor Calls On Drivers a SA ei To Exerc: Care In Effort y To Reduce Traffie Accidents ah PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Babies And Their Mothers, Three Nuns Killed In Plané Crash ——__— PLANE, IN TAKING OFF, nn VOLU VOLUME LXVII._ Clock Exp vert Warns | Of 1800 Ib Weights Fal ei ° | Monroe district committee and scoutleaders will hoid a joint ae & 3 ing t ity a iy Aa i ae The Citizen today received the} the part of all public agencies eeting " ng following proclamation . from} and the citizenship to halt this POINTS TO CORRODED* course at the First Methodist] Governor Caldwell, calling on} unnecessary waste by exercising f ,Church Annex, Monday evening,|/the people of Florida to: exert] care in the operation of vehicles f CHAINS SUSPENDING MOOD D MMMM MG 4? erin a“ Li ze nes ; themselves to curb traffic accl-) and by cooperating in strength- RON BALANCES OVE : maid eid er ‘ SE es el dents in the state: ening laws and ordinances and ' ‘ES OVER 43 Lose Money members of the district commit-| WHEREAS, traffic accidents in! in enforcement policies, as indi- MAYOR'S OFFICE tee to formulate plans for Boy | 7) - ae ; * rida are increas umbe: Is * Scout Week observance and . e ing in n r} viduals and as members of or H While Enjoying complete plans for beginning work on the Scout Camp at Sum- © and severity; taking an intoler-} ganized groups, including State able toll in needlessly sacrificed | and Local Highway Safety Com-; H Fleming Street CRASHES INTO WALL AND GROUNDED AIR. a* ning y T urk ish Baths merland Key. lives. crippling injuries and prop-| mittees. P vind " eH (iy ‘The Asmocinted Prem | Immediately afterward, scout-| &'ty damage, and ee 5 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | roperty Bought CRAFT ever, 1n06 “ till BROOKLYN, N. Y., Jan. 25, }Masters and assistants and troop | aaa ee seniors e have hereunto set my hand and (By The Associnted Press) hen tly —Forty-three bathers in a |Committeemen will complete a) the welare MS the penny: of Flo-j caused to be affixed the Great B Two NEaneiane! LONDON, Jan. 25.—Eight per- wer « W. Turkish bath establishment {basic training course in leading’ tida that these needless losses} Seal of the State of Florida at) i Juding three Roman Cath- W Dew ager O. here lost their wallets and |troop meetings, planning pro- be prevented. Tallahassee, the Capital, this the oon including three piers ; - “ ie pextente last night while take {grams and carrying out Scout ‘ac.| NOW, THEREFORE, I, Millard} 22nd day of January, A. D. 1947. Sale of the one-story frame! /olic nuns, two babies and their ts ‘ The! ing the baths. ‘tivities and camping trips. | F. Caldwll, by yirtue of the au-| (sgd.) Millard F. Caldwell ere are Pecan street by mothers, were killéd today when at t Seven masked gunmen held At present there are two new/ thority vested in me as Governor Governor aul Lumley to Fannie Pepper’, pc-3 airplane, in the act of “ con up the manager and atten. SCout troops, dnd several seajof the State of Florida, proclaim} ATTEST: and Lillian Fishman, Miami, for ‘taking off at the Croydon alr- ote f goin the dants at the point of revoly- {Scout ships in process of organi-/ that the year 1947 be a period of} (sgd.) R A. Gray er eee digi Aetea aas at field, crashed into a nded Me oO ‘< ers, and then four of the gun- zation. intense and continuous effort on] Secretary of State at the office of County Clerk) _ we or iemegh Dot xpert of! men broke open lockers in Father Johnson, training chair- PUSenna To hist ieee ——+— {Ross C. Sawyer. plane and then ran head-on into Int: Clock C which valuables were kept, '™an and District Commissioner) A mira] Radford JAYSHEES © OLLEC y i Fronting 56 feet on Fleming, |@ Wall, splitting the plane in two Ciew NY t while the other three gunmen David McCurdy will assist Field $120 IN POLIO DRIVE the property has.a depth of 101! and setting it afire. oat remained on guard. ene Brick in the training é The Javshea:Wishi Well feet, and is occupied by Monroe} Fourteen persons were aboard eng ht The amount of money stol- | C°U"SE- t Is Local Visitor Cece eg ieee an|Market; operated by Lumley for the plane, and six of them sue- ne en has not been:disclosed by ' ; Duval street has collected $120} more than 25 years, and by the ded ats f t just tr the police, Divers Conductin Vice Admiral Arthur W. Rad- for the March of Dimes, it was} Pepper Suppiy Company. ne ie ” Eh oe eae oar Ge tone SeOeeewees. $ ford, deputy chief of the Naval announced today. A special pro-| Lumley announced that he ae are Sraniom ping ae d F Operations for Air, arrived here gram will be held at 8:30 tonight,| YoUld soon let a contract for re-| It is believed that the icy con- a ays Ex eriments Here from Washington last night and & are "| conditioning of the two-story ; dition of the runway was the Once «T A is making an informal visit to the UNder the direction of Mrs. Nor-| ¢_ nan Sytek aA | 4 wo pprentices hey West Navy; Beco ma Dopp, president, at the Well. frame building at 531 William cause of the accident - Mya sehr aren eras aie Vice Aawiital Radkced arrived The program will include num- “bide damaged by fire some! (Manila reported to Washington . “ee Receive Awards ‘Fiarty of 11 deepsea divers, is on|%* Boca Chica in an airplone. He, bets by he Rhythm Boye and) "or narket will cen et 6 Nt eee “ beard the USS, Chanticleer, a sub. |i8 inspecting the seaplane base Boga's Conga Line, violin selec- Mente Maciat y Hl iocces, oS to have aboard $15,000,000, ap b h At Sub Base Here’ ae ESSENSE emo Rey West Pere, eB hese oredr oes by five singers mei property, while the second floor Aerged has —_ a between 4 . making experimental tests. will be converted into apart-|that city and Hong Kong, China, ’ Naval Submarine Base 00 te 7p ame ea Be ee ee aca sang peaches Bey from > oven 0 hae : 3 are so recorded yesterday was Hila and Hong Kong are seare " Monday will present certificates ' six weeks engaged in experimen- Pirates: Face Navy Stars ‘For the sale of a home owned by! ing for the missing plane, but up to two apprentice - machinists | tal work. Each day the Chanti- Mrs. Nellie Morales near White! t? mid-afternoon no trace of it , o have leer leaves port wifh the divers e e ‘, x are 5 {had been found.) $1126 “- who have completed their ap- ec ¢ Ch hi | M h and Division stret for $5.000 to A . te ur prenticeship in the Navy Base. ahs men ae duties pes ity ampto p nh are Jesse J. Montgomery, 1213 Divi-| (From San Francisco news was a Jerome B, Sawyer and Charles yee ssenapeenalaee apt eerenes sion street. received: thas: ite-SS Saco ». Volington Jr., are the appren- lis commander o e éfie V ee ives in California it.) sist ere who wl reeive the awards [Chanticleer mes Hi LOMOFTOW Vessels Arriving les : fram Comdr Allen’ V. Green,! In accordance with a request ! the Navy, he was asked by the F vgineering and repair officer of! Th ‘ WV th by The Citizen, the city baseball! city editor to make the contest a For Operations Th | istany Pays or “ “ sd des: Gediniienionn: Manic ' e eatner chaiionahiipa giver * between the, March of Dimes benefit. Sanchez Fle ida M Tt nats i A | immediately sought out Ralph K W t W t ori o~ : j urty-four other apprentices ni Pirates and the Navy All-Stars M h e es aters Sec different 4 ill be! FORECAST Sierra, Monroe county chairman ed| (Mn six — rast trades wi tomorrow at the Submarine Base} of the National Foundation for Leo Bistany, manager of the on a promoted from 4th class to 3rd | Key West and Vicinity: Partly|will be played at a March. of{ {Infantile Paralysis. Sierra quick- Two of five submarines, which} Bistany Greater Shows, tow ss effective Feb. 3. The ap-'cloudy and continuéd warm this ntice training program at the, afternoon, tonight and Sunday. Dimes benefit, with all proceeds) ly started the wheels turning and to go to the infantile paralysis|Lt. Reuther fell in heartily with are scheduléd to arrive in Key West for operational training of ; [holding a carnival at Duval end | Division Sts. paid $122 in cost oe 1} base ae os an enrollment of, ise Ay eee winds, mostly} fund. the idea. Sierra said this morn-| {OM one week to a month, got jand $150 to the state when he e ed 59 . of whom are veterans of | S¢ Fl la er aaa loudy, mild!, N® admission will be charged} ing that two March * of Dimes into port today, tie [pleaded guilty to operating is pe World War 11. i ae oe pa S sane aia ibut spectators will be expected to} girls would be stationed at the They were the USS, Sea Rob- } properly licensed cars and truck penne ye Sa ane a as ein | contribute generously to the March| barrels. in and the USS Sea Poacher! The state is seeking to he tNOTHER SAILOR a bnmnaitigd Badly: aly of Dimes barrels which will be} ‘The game itself promises to be who came here from Panama. | Bistany pay, approximately §t 1RRESTED FOR eg y . | placed at the gates of the Navy| one of the best diamond attract-| The other three are due to ar- 000" for ‘automobile tags. Malt a Jacksonville through, Flor ida | s i Se era sabia Yard ball park on Emma street ions here in years. The Pir: rive late today or tomorrow fromj of the cars and truck perat BREAKING METER Siraits and East Gulf of Mexico: : Faetrs heerh ay.) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They / by th a - is: Gentle to moderate winds, south- the foot of Fleming street. The’ ran off with the first half of the} 4 ane a a ne py the carnival company are @ Guillermo Chavez, pas sailor eetiieroree soul portion and | Pirate-Navy game will be shel the Winter League by winning] are the USS Trumpet Fish, the! | leged to be operating of t the destroyer, USS Sars- southerly over north portion thru| ™ain attraction of a doublehead-jnine straight games after losing USS Tusk and the Halfbeak.| the-state licenses was arrested about 9:45 jer | the first two. Next Sunday they | The five vessels carry about ck last night by k k Carraballo Patrolman | * and charged Sunday. Partly cloudy weather with few widely scattered show- | The gates will open at 1:30 p.| At 2 o'clock the Pirates, win- go to Tampa to met a crack tear m. of that city. 35 offic 326 enlis and men. approximately ‘VAE.W. GIVES DAYS CARNIVAL RECEIPTS iking a parking meter. |°"S anes Saen aes Jacksonville to Apalachicola:! ners of the first-half schedule of! The Navy All-Stars need no in e i ohad abedly cutihand| somone 10 Mpalachicoly |e Winter League andi cightfill waducion, wolKey West bau | MEAN NDO STIRRUP TO MARCH OF DIMES ning in the city jail but have been issted. claimants to the 1947 city champ-| fans. Their recent Navy Day per- | PAYS FINE, LEAVES JAIL, Commander Edward F Haw Chief of Police Perez he cut TIDES ionship to date, will meet the; formance against the Cuban Al! Fernando. Stirrup, taxi, driver’ Of the Veteran Foreign Were ‘ ass in the Mascot Bar} Tamaccew crack Navy All-Stars. In the! Stars, unbeaten in Key West} sentenced in Municipal court to’ &mnounced t . Rete ePe eG eremne Naval Base nightcap the USS Gilmore will’ competition last year, is fresl ja $250 fine or 60 days in jail to wer See ested ' (Eastern Standard Time) play a picked team of Navy Yard! in the memory of most fans, the | day, was released upon payment Monday ‘ i Chavez was released in the; sion Tide Low Tide emloyees, Lt. R. A. Reuther. rec-' Cubans having to go all out to] of his fine tany Carr t " ot Enslgndey Snonbins 6:24 am, | reation officer at the Submarine | win, 3 to 0. City Manager O. J. S. Elling : Sarsfield this morning.| 19:46 p.m. 6:12 p.m, _ | Base, said this morning Winner of tomorrow’s game| son has revoked Stirrup’s license v | be arraigned in Munici- When Manager Perucho San-| will naturally claim the 1947! to operate a taxi e¢ Court Monday. If guilty, (he TE | cz of the Pirates informed the! mythical championship of Kev) Lloyd Congdon and his wife receipts faces a fine of $250 or 60 | For A Good Time, Visit the) Citizen of Sunday’s game with! West to date | Hazel, convicted of operating a over thet Monda in jal chavez, VF LW, Clubh — j brothel in a trailer, will remain the polio diy ; ‘ je winessee ee, wert ouse — in jail for the duration of their; Mival owner, will 4 Ik Ic oring AU Caraballo sa\d-| FLAGLER AVE. and 2ND ST. | {i sentence if unable to produce ase of Monday em 6 Grad sae cent for. the police, OPen Monday thru Saturday | SILVER DOLLAR , {i funds for their $250 fine mies en ; - : Poinciana Bus Passes Door j . 4 —_—— ——_—— ballo then picked up) Chavez > | SEEN ATER STRUNK LUMBER YARD |. 5; eet. The. sailors ! BAR ; ‘ Auto Painti PHONE 6 was bleeding to such aN @X- | gu——semeeememmmmmmnsr epee, POP and MOM, Owners > 4 Palace Theater Auto aim ing at Hence a ae i 109 Duval Street . SMITH LANE Off DUVAL ST. ¢ Ben DnYEAt Drive In Today for An Setimete ed Patrol. wale : pte é ee Come On Down and Meet b Rear Lewinsky’s Men's Shop 4} “BLACK ANGEL” AMBLER’S SERVICE TT °C werner ern the Rest of the Family >) “In the Heart of Key West” 4/ JAC oom a2 ; rs 4 > ee s pec He ate oa \ 2 G.I. JOES r All Popular Brands 4 News and Serial 404 Duval, Next La Concha Mote! om the BOULEVARD they would appear in court Serving Nationally Known | > of LIQUORS 4 ~ DANCING ~ Monday | and Imported Brands > WHISKEY Drink. . 35c4) 4 Pr e die htly 10 the Music of oon of Liquors } MIXED DRINKS. . 40c{/3 misem * Gi in U. 8. At Popular Prices > You Will Enjoy the 1S Wan and His WUTC’ A AT A . i Z ; Atmosphere and Hospitality is $ A Orchestra H The 3rd G. I. Joe at RAOUL'S ie *TLVEA ft Plano 1180 Duval Street Runs the 4 sour Hose fe ue sah Be RESTAURANT and SNACK BAR inke— tuto Repairs, Pointing, ’ LUNCH COUNTER > 7 Sle DIVISION AT SIMONTON STREET Best Drinks B ? WwW. H Come In and Get Acquainted | > OPEN 8 A.M. "Til “2?” A.M. Operated Under Personal Management of Renjamin Goldhere Popular Prices Body and Fender Work Fine Custom > To SERVE YOU pees Reservations — : Serving: eBREAKFAST «LU Suits - Trousers - Slacks eAfter-Theatre SUPPER or SNA AN \( I NC EMENT for LADIES and GENTS RAINBOW ROOM Also Service A ta arte af an # , ; fo OUR FRIENDS and CUSTOMERS Made-to-Order in our Shop | EVERY “Special Attentibn to Families With Children : Here in Key West NIGHT Complete : Please Call at Sears Order Office for that Tr ih eee P ; New Silvertone Radio or Radio-Phonograph We have the Woolens, the T Lots of ; Combination You Have Been Waiting For! Equipment and the Tailors! onig t Fun ; A entity of Several Models are Available. Woolens Sold by the Yard : ee b o ssy Payment Plan for all your pur- 9:00 P. M. to 1:00 A. M. SERVED § 50 3 . tens N REESE aiid: MISS C. ROSAM Prizes Donated by Merchants of Key West 1:00 to 9:00 o Clock 1° ; Ms ‘Asst. Mgr. J. A. 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