The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 14, 1947, Page 1

i 1 a... VOLUME LXVIII. Se USS. Maine Memorial Service To Be Held Sunday In Cemetery EXTENSIVE’ PROGRAM* ARRANGED FOR SERV-'\f;..¢ “ ICES commenonat, Miriam Hop kins, ING SHIP'S SINKING | Brock, Tennessee Memorial services commemor-| tee Maine ot favicon] Williams End Visit Havana, during the Spanis "| Three of Key West's prom- American War, will be held Sun-jinent winter visitors, Mir day at 4:30 p.m. at the Maine| .. ‘ : : Piet, City Cometery joan Hopkins, stage and screen her husband, Ray Brock, Principal address will be deliv-| act ered by Lt. Comdr, J. R. English,; New York Times foreign corres- e No. vi jie Os USN, commanding officer of the, pondent; and Tennessee Wil- USS Foss, at present stationed at: liams, playwright, compléted Key West Submarine Base. | their vacations here yesterday, Introductory remarks will be} Miss Hopkins and her husband delivered by Vance C. Stirrup,! left .on the 7 a. m. express bus post commander of Arthur Saw- yer Post 28 of the American Le- @ion. The remainder of the lets for Miami where they were to entrain for New York. While here, the popular screen star ex- gram follows Opening selection, one verse of| Pressed extreme reluctance to America” by the audience. In-| ‘vel by air since the tragic strumental music furnished by | death of her friend, Grace} Mrs. ( le Salis, at the organ;; Moore, famed opera singer, in a Brian Lioyd, trumpet; Arent T.| Plane crash in Sweden. Sjursen, Jr violin, and Miss She made the trip down here Becky Lou Gregory, marimba by station wagon, sent especially Invocation will be by Albert L.| for her to Miami by Casa Marina DiNegro, Jr., post chaplain, Saw-| Hotel, where she and her hus- yer Post, American Legion. | band spent their 10-day stay. Remarks in Spanish by Martin Liivaidi, Cuban consul in Key West, in behalf of the Cuban Gov- ernment “God's Tomorrow”, title of a Tennessee Williams, author of Broadway hit, “Glass Menag- ” left at 1 p. m., in his car, apparently bound for his home in New Orleans. rr ea ~ tg ea eld Lai Miss Hopkins was the hostess veidi, accompanied by Mrs.| at a cocktail party Wednesday: Claude Salis, organist pevening at the Southernmost After the memorial address by| House, from 6 to 9 o'clock. The Comdr. English, memorials to the | Paty then moved to the home of departed will be presented by | Mrs. Pauline Hemingway, where Post 3911, Veterans of Foreign ; the playwright read a play, not Wore: the Auxiliary unit of the! of his own composition, to Miss Veters of Foreign Wars; Span-| Hopkins. The actress is searching tah -A can War Veterans Camp | for a suitable vehicle in which » American Legion Auxuiliary} to return to the legitimate stage, Unit 28, and the American Legion: as carried in the Citizen of Feb- Post 28 | ruary 4, Them will follow an instrumen-| Those attending. the cocktail week ettag “Seneme’, ty Miss) party in addition to Miss Hop- fy Lou Gregory, m iiiine the peisction ee kins, Mrs. Hemingway, Brock ed by the firing squad {and Williams were Mr. and Mrs. « Key West Guard of Honor,| Alexander Barmine, Mrs. Jesse nded by Arent| Kirke, M. and; Mme. Pierre Brian Lloyd THe }Charron of,: Ganada; Marjorie ane flag will be raised | Stephens, Grandfather Bakin | (grandfather of Tennessee Wil- t N Anthem will be, liams); Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Pol- “ by the audience, and the, lock, Commander and Mrs. Jack tre be by William D.! Nolen, Mr. and Mrs. Lee God- Bras wplain, of B. H. McCalla' dard, Frank Sabini, Miss Teddy Cams Spanish-American Wat Vv Sabini and Mrs. Higginson. BOAT MEASURER HERE MONDAY John A. Nicholson, a measurer for the U. S. Customs Service, V4) 41. SHIP TO {RRIS E SUNDAY will ar- West the Pan-) will be in Key West Monday and oe : riguaees hs ¢ Tuesday for measuring boats in he vesse Key West and surrounding wa- ters, Customs Officer Floyd R.j; Soper announced today. For A Good Time, Visit the NJ 7 ‘ Southernmost Garage in U. 58. V.F.W. Clubhouse — TijN§ FLAGLER AVE. and 2ND ST. | WW. AUL Open Monday thru Saturd 1130 Daval Street, Phone ' an Wis: Panes turday .| duto Repairs, Painting, ns Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Cara Palace Theater CHARLES STARRETT in “LAWLESS EMPIRE” News and Serial NOTICE 1947 Dog Licenses, re- quired by City Ordinance 472, will be on sale at $1 each Wednesday and Sat- urday at Key West Wo- man’s Club. Hours: 2 to 4:30 P.M. HUMANE SOCIETY TUBES REPAIRED by the Dill Electric Vuicanizer Leu Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone No. 5 "Opposite Army Barracks” BUY REAL ESTATE The Best Security On Earth PERKY LODGE—The most noted in Southern Florida. nt—364 acre 16 miles north of Key We ) H ay and f h water line running vert ated on Sugar Loaf Key, consisting ed at $52,000,-including 4 Hotel hine shop, 1 power house with ‘on iee plant and pavilion on end I 1 wimming pool from 2 to 22 feet te e fish and bait pool, $9,000 worth of fur- ne ent; 1 5-Ton iron safe. Exclusive agent ises Tuesday, Feb. 11, through Friday, ’ I n t $35,000. $11,000 Cash. Balance on easy | would lower the prestige of the }tary forces should be kept at a | vessel did not put in immediately \February 16th, from 4:00 to 6:00 KEY WEST “ ecbscaddidioocre ‘BELIEVE IT OR NOT FROM START TO FINISH?RIPLEY » By JOHN R. VOSBURI City Editor, The Key West Ci 90 0000000000000000000000000050000000" C000 sees neddbbboccccoorecccccccs sees The most widely-traveled man in history—Robert L. Ripley— whose “Believe It Or Not” car-} toons are read by 60,000,000 peo- ple in 33 countries, sat on the plush cushions of his fantastic; Chinese junk, “Mon Lei,” here yesterday and talked of Kéy| West. “IT don’t know of any other city so compact, yet so diversified and so_ interesting,” remarked the stocky man in the bow tie who has visited more cities than anyone who ever lived. “You have so many influences at work here—the vast Navy installation, the fishing craft, the Latin ef- fect, the Bahaman, the negro, the Northern tourist, the old Spanish architecture. “Key West is really most un- usual. It is ‘Believe It or Not’ from start to finish. It is one of the most interesting cities I have ever been in.” So spoke the man who has roamed the world looking for the fascinating and unique, whose travels into 200 foreign lands make Marco Polo, Jules Verne is likely to remain for some time. Island City. Likes to Stroll Here He likes to stroll along Duval street leading from the. Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. “We walked the entire length of it,” he said, nodding toward his pretty secretary, Miss Lisa Wisse. He likes to visit the southernmost house of the Unit- ed States and chat about the great concrete cisterns which the Navy formerly used for catching rainwater here. The cartoonist also likes the behavior of Key Westers around Porter Dock where his quaint He is definitely taken’ by the} seasick, Miss Wisse remarked. three-masted vessel is doeked. In}! West and if the sun stays out he; but is also more subject to roll- ing. Ripley, however, never gets “It makes me mad,” she added, smiling. °* Until recently the Chinese re- fused to sell junks to the Occi-} dent; Ripley said they didn’t want to reveal the ancient se- erets of their vessel. With stern high out of the water, three masts towering over- head with their strange bat sails | furled, two great eyes and other | Chinese characters painted on her gayly-colored sides, the “Mon Lei” is without doubt the most colorful craft ever to put; into the old port of Key West. Interior Also Fascinating Ripley Regales 47 Budget Figure Before, Mayor Says PROPOSED APPROPRIA- | TION IS BELOW ACT- UAL CASH OUTLAY IN Lions Club With | °46 anp “44-45 Mayor W. W. Demeritt look- ° ° Graphic Stories jed up from his desk at the City Hall this morning and delivered lector of strange and fascinating a ShANp aiaCk Om Phase puntnntle facts, Robert L. (Believe It or} ing that the 1947 city budget of Not) Ripley, the Key West Lions} $562,510.95 now under discussion | learned many of the lesser known! is the highest in Key West his- unique facts of life last night. tory. For half an hour the famed! “If you consider what was ac- cartoonist © alternately amazed} tually spent,” he ‘said, “why this and amused the Lions with his} budget has been surpassed. You fantastic narratives culled from'can set up a proposed budget, the four corners of the globe. He| but that doesn’t mean that that’s Direct from that master col- The: interior is equally fasci- Miami, he said, people clambered | nating. A's Ripley and Miss Wisse aboard, yelled for him to come] led’ us below decks, we passed a out at all hours of the night and} buddha-like shrine on gur right, threw insults at him if he didn’t.} the seated figure stretching mul- “These people here know about] tiple hands out in all directions. boats,” he said. “They haven't] “Goddess of goodness,” ex- bothered us at all.” plained Ripley. “She has so many The craft is the gnly Chinese} tjands so she can bestow kind- junk a-sail outside of Oriental] ness to everybody.” and other globe-trotters of note look like claustrophobic hermits. This is Ripley’s first trip to Key; waters. Ripley has only had On a landing to our left was it about six months. The .boat} a complete bathroom with show- has no keel. Consequently it} er bath. To the right were the can turn around on a fish-hook, one on Page Four) Ganuaiian On Budget Holding | Session Today. (By Associaued Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—One} hundred two members of a house! committee is considering the bud- ! get today as proposed by 'Presi- dent Truman, and it was said that a majority favors a six billion cut. H Democrats on the conimittee wacweee: was Coal Siisini \Chosen_ Fishing gabe store. In Great Britain ° Growing Better (By ‘The Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 14.—With the { shortage in coal easing up and the temperature rising, the gov- ernment removed restrictions on ‘the use’ of electricity in restau- ‘| rants and food and drug stores. ‘This is the fifth day since the government issued its first or- | Tourney Queen Virginia Kelly, 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Kelly, 1218 White Street, has been named Queen of the Key West International Fishing Tournament of 1947; it was announced this noon. The winsome beanty.was also one of the Key West queens and a few Republicans are op- posed to the proposed one and three-billion-dollar decr Army and Navy appropriations. Senator. O’Mahoney declared | that a reduction of that amount Army and Navy of the United States among other nations, and added that this is the time when the prestige of this country’s mili- high level. Turtle Vessel | Comes Into Port | There was good news for the eler, the tourist and winter itor down in Key West water- front today. j The turtle boat, a sailing vessel | from Grand Cayman, British West Indies, got in this morning. She has approximately 250 turtle, the kind they make soup of, aboard. Owing to low water the turtle to the Thompson Enterprises, Inc., docks for unloading. crawls, the pens in receive the load. EVERYONE WELCOME! The public is cordially invited ‘to attend the Silver Tea in honor ! : of Sister Louis Gabriel, at the Convent of Mary Immaculate, (P.M. CONV Tr ALUMNAE POOR OLD CRAIG'S SERVICE STATION J. H. Brady, Mer. Phone 9134 Division and Francis Streets Your PURE OIL Dealer. BICYCLE TIRES and TUBES i to cooperate. E. M. FLORY, Agent. 324 So. Andrews Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Ph. 2888. New Bicycles Auto Tires - Tubes - Batteries |“ stand Sunday morning at 10 | | ——Picturesque— | | The turtle}j which the |j turtle are kept until required by | !the soup kitchens, are ready to}! selected for the Orange Bowl |-der of restriction on the use of parade on New’ Year's Eve in. tliat and power, and, in connec- Miami. ttion with the lifting: of restric- One of Miss Kelly's attens''+| tions ‘in thee instances, it was dants will be Norma Faraldo, -- anounced that the ‘situation is 22-year-old wife of George.» i Faraldo, 2214 Seidenberg Ave. gradually returning to normal. The other attendant chosen is Besides the mining of more} 16-year-old Nancy Phillips, {coal and its widespread dis- tribution, it was explained that of 49-1 Poinciana Place. The queen and her atten- many ships are due to arrive inj} dants will be at the reviewing the next few days with large earffoes of coal. ' a.m. when a parade of Key A government spokesman said West's charter fishing fleet | that it has not yet been de ees] and other craft will inaugu- | when restrictions will be raised rate the tournament, entirely, but added an announce- | yy (J44t fs) ong that effect will be made | Meeeeeseseeeeesene | =r PRESCRIPTIONS inereatee | COME—GET YOUR Compeunde Experienced | HOUSEHOLD. FISHING and oe AUTO ACCESSORIES at GARDNER’S PHARMACY | K Tits Gia | 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela enyon uto | i | } all the told of his Chinese junk anchor- ed at Porter Dock and how it combines shipbuilding features used by the Chinese a thousand years ago. | The junk has no keel because of the sand banks in the mouth | of the Foo Chow river where -it was built. The design, color and teakwood construction of the junk is 1,000 years old, he said, and because it has no keel the 50-foot ship can turn in a 50-foot space. Junks were the first boats to have staterooms, he said, be- cause the wealthy Chinese want- ed safe places to keep their con- cubines. The three*masted sail- ing craft once crossed the Pacific, in 96 days, Ripley said, before he bought it. Had a Nightmare he conceived the cartoon which was the primary cause starting him on his road to success, After he had a nightmare and dream- ed of an endless line of Chinese drew a cartoon, mathematically substantiated, showing .. that, Chinese marched. four abreast past a would take forever for’ them to pass. Ripley told of the Chinese cus- tom providing watermellon seeds (Continued on Page Three) WANTED .. . GOOD Auto Mechanic NAVARRO. Inc. Opposite Bus Station 2 Bird Boarding House Rates American Plan \ All Rooms with Bath : $1.00 Weekly | Bring Your Bird to Us | When You Leave Town | Need A Sitter With j Your Bird? | Phone 177 Free Delivery Iga Southard Opp. Bus Station irre eee | _—_«_«»« HONE 166 sem | os re Pirates Cove Fishing Lodge “The Luxury Fishing Camp of the Keys” PIRATES COVE, FLORIDA Tom J. Kelley, II, Mgr. 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Jack Helfinger Accordian FRONT and ANN Streets The cartoonist explained how} sampling a strong Chinese brew, | AT ONCE | | all the city would spend. Look at this past year. We had no idea of extra expenses at the start of the year. Then we paid back salaries, liquidated old debts, -made additional appro- priations and so forth. “Why they talk about a $298,- 000 budget in 1945. Nearly a couple of hundred thousand dol- lars more than that was actually spent.” A look at the record in the office of City Finance Director- Comptroller Charles Roberts showed that for the first nine months of the present fiscal year, $487,029.82 was spent. At the same monthly outlay of $54,- 114.43, the total 1946 cash out- lay will be $649,373.11. In the 1944-45 fiscal year from July 1 to June 30, under the City Council form of govern- ment, $562,674.22 was spent— also ‘a higher figure than would be spent in 1947, if the budget is adhered to, The fiscal year is now concurrent with the calen- crossing his bed. From this he! dar year. For 1942-43 the cash outlay was $301,242.57 and for if ).1943-44. it. was $357,650.57, The anticipated: outgo for 1945-46 given point it) (July 1 to June 30) was $431,846. | SMITH. WANTS TO RESUME ‘HAM’ TALKS Glenn’ C, Smith, a HAM radio | operator, who lives at 1718 South Main street, Kokomo, Ind., and | who had some conversations with Key West men before the war, states he has resumed his radio work on 10 meters and with the call number, W9PIJ. BAHAMA HOUSE Engagement Extraordinary ALVINA REY Society Songstress TWO FRIENDS BAR “T want to get in touch with eT L. V. Taylor, J. G. Cormack and | Albert E. Pierce, Jr., ! West and renew our friendships | of before the war,” Smith w in Key te: | “They were interesting conver- ! sations we carried on, and I am very anxious to have them start again.” SEALED BEAM HEADLIGHTS | ROY'S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street ‘emuunten Phone 442 _-7o Phone 495-W Jim Sanders Piano KEY WEST, FLORIDA