The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 18, 1947, Page 1

a VOLOME LXViU. re renee No. 427 Drastic Bu Truman’ s Visit Court Clerk’s Hotel, The conven- _SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1947 IN i UNITED STATES Community Chest Begins Driv e; 16 Teams Compete 20 Killed, 85 Hurt Price explained that a commit- ay when the i i ar y ‘ Sixteen teams were’ organized Chamber of Commerce: Harold [ \S | rain G 0eS 0 er A 4 Le jat the workers’, dinner meeting Laubscher; Veterans of Foreign a ‘i of the Community Chest served Wars: Commander E. F. Haury; ; 1 at the USO last night. Thits American Legion: George H. Uu ss the “starting gun” of the annual Conant; Women’s Club: Mrs Dan ti COMMISSION TO sports prea was. fired and the Navarro; Junior Women's Club: HOUR: COACHES, “ ams took off in a contest aim- Mrs. Harvey Knight; Business Ly) APPROPRIATION | SEE Le ed at securing the desired goal and Professional Women: Mrs, Peieee » ENGINES OFE TRACK; :. (By The Associated Press) |of $10,000 in two weeks. Vermell Hutcheson; Boy Scout La Bull tims TONIGHT, ONLY $11,-) ‘SUN, LURES. ACE WASHINGTON, Fb. 18. | Captain Carl H. Hilton, presi- Committee: Rev. E. H. Doherty; | te € | ONE COACH | SUSPEND. 000 SLASH EXPECTED | ‘+ ‘dent of the Community Chest, Girl Scout Cominittee: Mrs. Lee | (By Associated Press) | ED NEAR CURVE * seg age: War, Vets Se Sean der Shor =| —The White House an- presided and introduced the team Thompson; Porter Place: George , ; mg of a “3-to-2 | nounced today that Presi- capt who in turn presented Mills White; Navy: Chaplain Mil-| THREAT TO PEACE | ALTOORA Pee Fahd ‘a « expected to feature to-| ;the members of their respective ton Gans; Navy Civilian Work-; WASHINGTON. — Witliam| A ine 1 i three hight’s meeting of the City Com- SIGN MAN HERE. dent Truman will leave) teams. Rev. John E. Pickens was ers: David McCurdy; Poinciana:! Green, president of the American) | Wenly Persons, eam ris ates ete a r when | liere March 8 on a iS-dave ked to take over the duties of Mrs. E. J. Kiersted. Federation of Labor, in testify- | a te) thoes _ fs wd final wetion om the Ses cae vy | MUNUuunvnvovevetcvageacuegcneacatcaagn ne” General” of the team captains,} Organizations to receive aid! ing today before the senate ae | iva alte aging # beet bole © | Neil Saunders, the “Sign Man”, trip to the Caribbean area’ and described the contest idea, |through the Community Chest’ bor committee, said _ that _the | SYlvania ilroad train, jumpe' | 1, iB ; P i i ji | the tracks on Bennington Curve May W. W. Demeritt and’, anos becaussline ttete here? by plane and ship. Stops} The “Civic Cup” will bel include the Municipal Hospital present labor bill being consider- nthe ‘Neart’ of the Alléshend ( easanen ner Albert Cooper a Tine Ee aon : awarded to the oranization whose | Auxiliary; Monroe County Child ' ed in congress is a threat to in-| ar nce be ah ee t hive e@ John Carbonell appear cer-;@S done something he has en| will be made at Puerto team has the largest number of | Welfare Council; Boy Scouts of , dustrial peace. ee eee ee ee m & te against drastic _ unable to do with advertisements, 4‘: a tee : coaches and two engines, and , we 86 re-| 0 leqreme and long-ducanccnicle: "| Rico and the Virgin Islands fein Each dollar in cash col-| America; Girl Scouts of Ame r-| Saas Gea fi é the conch d both ~ ae he proposed budget shane calls: lf ected will mean 10 points; each | ica; Child Welfare Service af the AGAINST PETRILLO Hee, a ne cae caghiey Na an mere Louie Carbo- Len Marcin. Gane Ge eat ‘or official receptions. aoe pledged, 5 points. Work-|State Welfare Board; Florida WASHINGTON. — A represen- spre paces se abgcya odie fe ire ier . len loo - 2 - 1 ; . - > BN pen tlc - rot Lie Sauiaien in ihe ccuntee an a: The official itinerary, °'s We asked to report twige| Children’s Home; and the Key | tative of the National Music ‘ pisiection hear Re cai mg tor the slashe jtionally known for his prize- -win- | ealls, fi the Presid ach. Week, sand the) USQ. wes) WesiUS0. Organization, distinct, from the Red Cross and other workers ys o the ‘Ning bulletin designs, sat in,a ho- aus, for the Fre: sident to’ des ignated as the receiving sta- All funds secured will be used | music union, of which James}... still searching the ‘wreckage newty f ‘ and ‘tel lobby in one of the resort cit- leave. Washington by Navy) "0". oe Ne |, Givect penetlt of Key ; Petrillo is president, testified to-) 6. the dead and injured. Me ant be on le€S upstate and read..about how plane mt 10 4 3).-Saturdav Cards bearing names and ag-) Wert and Monroe County, since day before the house labor com- 1 Early this afternoon 20 bodies hawt ee the commission dis-'Much warmer Key West's tem- bia ae SE GY 5 eS Cee ae Florida Children’s Home has) mittee against Petrillo, asserting \¢¢ jhe dead had been found, and ard mest of it ecommenda-(| perature is down here. The wea- March 8, for Key West,/ were ready and each team sel jolnaye taken care of Key West) that he is “depriving | 30,000,000 the injured numbered 85. oe for $28,000 im budget slash- ther being so cold and he having Fla. He will) spend the! jected the districts in which they | children, : | American children” of their free-| All the injured were given em- e Poul Albury, grocer and for-| nothing else to do, Maupin read} i will work. | Information regarding — the} dom in musical matters. ergency treatments and then =e ey councilmen, was named| the paper through—want ads and nights , of March 8, 9 and | fe) zations and team cap-| Community ‘Chest may be se- PRCaE®: taken to hospitals in ambulances. temperery president at — last! all. When he read an ad by Neil] 10 at Key West 1 ill ‘tains are as follows: Rotary Club:| cured from Captain Hilton, | HIGHER RENTS aren P ; vight’s meeting of tt mbryo or-| Saunders for a sign man, Maupin Y and will aiian B. Cleare, Jr.; Lions Club:; 1078-W; Dwight Hunter, 33; ! WASHINGTON, — A Repub- | ® at the County Court-,did not wait to wire but caught leave there by plane about | Charles Smith, Jr.; Junior Cham-| Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., 21 or | jican leader. who asked that = PAL Officials Hit Joe f vas elected the first train to Miami and came}. 5 a.m., Tuesdi ay, March 11 | ber of Commerce: Robert Dopp; |301-W; Rev. John E. Pickens,| name not be disclosed, said toda . ecreta lright on to Key West. " ce °| Jayshees: Mrs. Doris deca » 743-J. ‘ he favored an increase of rents se The league decided to hire! Maupin, ex-Navy demolition} for San Juan and Puerto) as + ———--_——-| "10 per cent across the board.” se ubnous vane and appoint wnmittee expert, who, while on Saipan and Rico ee F B | raw up by-la will join other islands in the South Pacific, i B " Shi A TRACKING LYNCHERS 5 b I Cl b ’ i Taxpaye League merited a Silver Star to go with After visiting Puerto ritis P rrives COLUMBIA. — Governor or ase a U Ps « the publications of that, his three Purple Hearts, likes it] Rieo and the Virs Ise! Thurman of South Carolina is-| Officials of the Police Athletic ’; . Anoth meeting down here. ] K " F sued an order today “fo state, League expressed vigorous dis- (the ng be held on the “The first sunshine I have seen| lands, Mr. Truman will go} n ey est eb. guardsinen to track down the 35}#Pproval last night of ‘the con- ' ‘a it will be in three weeks and good fishing,” | to the Guantanamo naval | i men who lynched Willie Earl, a: ‘templated use of the PAL club- ® he de il d. “This is the place} F. C. Thomson, Miami, ‘Builth entertain the officers of the Tor-| negro, yesterday morning after house by the Miami Sun Sox of+ he d-to-2 night will for me.” base in Cuba on March 17 consul there, was in Key West/lock Bay and Key West Naval} taking him from the jail at|'%¢ Florida antematone! res vi my me ch propose And Neil Saunders, busier than] and return to Key West on ¥°S'¢"48v to. make arrangements |Base and leading civilians on the | pickens. Both George Mills White, di- ome a te ehvele for the ever in his larger shop, is very eee for the care and entertainment of! afternoon of the 27th with a cock- rector of the Key West Housing 5 depart new asais t happy about the whole thing, es- -| Mare 23. He will leave the officers and men of HMS.|tail party at the officers’ mess, ‘ UNRRA IN GHINA. Feci ft ined oat ete? wt ttorn und pay a . le Be we saa x »ichairman 0: e unicipa a- is s fy! ‘sloop, which will arrive here . e mess wi ive a sim- dan asked’ the} stuorney. both hands. night, ie hey ow ri i ; government. today |the effort to bring the Sun Sox ote Stan tt ed a is iL th fe ney will be here until ay party in return on March 2. || ynited States to pecialt, Chins to! here to train, were criticized by hing such items a police 1 he Citi Senne f nyone in Key West or vicinity | market '$200,000,000 ini ‘UNBRA j the PAL officials. Besbetme cag Cycle Accident. n, The Citizen of Jan- Carrying ten officers and 140j}who would like to entertain the supplies in an attempt fo adjust} Former Chief of Police Louis , Sidyima the cit . Vv . . ..|British men, the Torlock Bay, wn-|offigers or the men of the Torlock ! ng anc uary the first predic-| the economic conditions in China. | isner, founder of PAL here, said - ° jot ott as “effi shale I ou of Pr 1 T jder the command of (Comdr. F. R.j{Bay should get in touch with | te wolved the opinion of the or- of seventarial help Te ae njures Couple esident Truman’s 'Twiss of the British Royal Navy,}Comdr. Eli Vinock, USN, opera- | ‘ TO MINE COAL ganization and of President Chas. Dbeine , eect to be! - = ‘return to Key West wis re- ‘will arrive here on “a “goodwillitions officer of the Key West Na?! LONDON. — Prime Minister! McGraw and Dr. Lucille Calver- - om 011.008 raps a Key legals on dete seri- ported as fallawe: {tour that has taken them alljval Base, three days prior to the} Clement Attlee told commons to-/ ley, secretary. queed budget of $562,510 need conte anaes aaah as Scr creas ieee ‘through the Caribbean countries. |27th. Sightseeing and fishing, gay that the government is ar-|. “We:are greatly disturbed,” he : pays a moe a see ) ommpilssioner = British Consul Thomson will trips are includéd in this setup. | ranging to have displaced work-! said, “by the decision of George PN OMEN ATION riding collided withthe ccurh at tality wae he ba Soe a eH jers in Germany brought to ae on A i roar ra POR LOCAL POST Sth street, and.the Boulevard’: fia 5) : “ ioe He received | CI Of coat ange 4 Lr Pi aad ranaenee favre oheilig "Miami OPPICE CLERK Miss: Arfhé™Monroe, who lives : pom Vashington nam er: pmmerce Backs ape ane ah hae agit he meet} Sun Sox the, Poinciana Center, Fifth in Green street, suffered a severe | saying that President Tru-! tie aor He ae which had been awarded PAL by D gash in her head and other in- | man was so pleased with! K come the Housing Authority and which uries, She is reported as: still a ‘Se Sa, si es B oO Pl is now equipped as a gymnasium , unconscious in Municipal Hos- his t to Key West ba sub-_ t- iam ar ge an i2 Colored Men {with rooms for other entertain Ww pital marine base that he is ex-; ye Key West Chamber ofa 2 ment ob es chulonen. Taken to Naval Hospital with | pecting to return in the not | | Commerce is giving fis upport | \ Fined B ‘aro “The club is ope even ey uts on his right hand was E. C. | di : See : N ‘ DV & ; with an attendant. Several hun Carter. (elactaihian ch Gictesetiat distant future. ito the establishment of a barge | “itizen Newsboy Of 1913 | i ~ |dred children use the building cless, who is connected with Key The letter to Carbonell jine between this city and Mi- Renews Acquaintances) Judge Thomas S. Caro held his | People give their time every night West Naval Base. says, ‘It Ss pretty well ami, Clem C. Price, Chamber Leo Gomez of Cleveland, 0., resular an ey : ip take cate obsinie children |e The . tateme " i f 2 ‘ l eurahove fon The Gitiza » | sion of Criminal Court toda; feel that if this building is taken IB Pevenigg cs eee sie | | founded that the Big Boss! president, said today. | corns The Citizen in 1913, / TT ‘aecepted pleas of guilly to | for six weeks it will be detrimen patter detailing, pow st valece, | Will make another trip to! He added that the Chamber | 8t@PPed at The Citizen office this ’ intoxication and disorderly con-| tal to our organization and we chief deputy sheriff, said today.| Key West’.” \has A. J. Dion, Jr., head of South. | ™orning and renewed acqaint-| duct charges from two colored| would have to start all over The woman couldinotibe ques! | Whevabove dispatch store ip Daisies here. atlending (he In. | ances of 39 years ago with L. P. ee oi Hill and ~ ee — 2 ae iis ete SR A . A igs 5 s A | Artman, lisher, a Percy | He fined them ad costs. The | a_basebi Bp s to b tioned because of her condition. | firms The Citizen story. ee plate aaa _ ee ae pair were arrested _ by Deputy | brought he ; must it be at the : 2 . nearing being held at the DuPont “e {Sk ff Willia Archer. , ¢ |cogt of our children? SAWYER TO LEAVE A calding sneha bomen jalegsvorked fOn.tis Das |) 1s meee racer Sikh |x Pisner gaid. White and Hamlin FOR JACKSONVILLE int: ado | ilding in Miami today on the j per in the composing room when | In the case of Robert inner, tT inoited’ (a the etka : ley oe ew ay < | guieation of Louis Bergert, ex-| its offices were located in the ;negro, a trash wagon ai ri pad ve Cireui ‘our ler oss ' buildi ex > City } ed with creating. a hazarc ¢ : Nz ba > t, for a an- | building next t6 the City Hall. | cnars' Etiad TEAL Neen TO Sawyer will leave Thursday for } ees For Mi = avy barge expert, for a dran-" the Citizen was then owned by | on the streets by dropping boxes , HOLD POPPY DAY Jacksonville to attend the annual | © ‘chise to operate the barge sys- Marcy Darnell. He also worked !on the Boulevard,, the sudge [ARRESTS MAN FOR yor tion of the Florida Circuit j < x tem | F | to’ é rome baék next | ‘ oes , Mm wvention of the da In Cuba’ Ss Servi ice | for a short time for the Artman | told the man to Esa tre Williara oor of Ojus wab' as weRE ON FiSIT SOY LZADS TO GUN CACHE Near TRAIN AIDDI ES’ RIDE BAYVIEW PARK »@ tw O68 Daily le ct "RAUL’S yn will last through Saturday | nd Sawyer expects to be at his a ae SS pintado; vet BC ber Masiday Practiced in y est for many { year leaves today for Miami State association is expected to} 4, ,, iene Bis “ ct on a proposed legislative pro-j — eybositignain the am which will be submitted to} Wa"antine service of the Re- Be kes eA ill public of Cuba in that city dae sean ain Dr. Pintado has been in Cuba’s Visitors Entertained Here | Sea: pene eererment | for years. He had been serving in| Past Department Commander| Miami but was transferred to | { the Veterans of Foreign Wars ! Key West in 1040. Now he is re-| les Morris and Mrs. Morris turning to Miami to begin his { Riviera Beach, were we “| duties there on March 1. nd visitors in Key W Ac- | Whenever occasions arise, he | mpanied by Mr, and Mrs. Rus-| is yequired to issue or deny a ell Skelton of St. Louis, Mo., the pin) of health” to persons who tors were entertained by have booked passage for Havana Post Commander and Mrs. Ed-|4. any other section of Cuba ward F. Haury, 8-1 Poinciana i Ses ne Place, and Mrs. Oliver J. Thomb- | guyana, | Palace Theater + PRESTON FOSTER in “INSIDE JOB” News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT on the BOULEVARD -« DANCING ~- Nightly to the Music of MARK (CRUNCH) { and His { STANLEY Orchestra Feataring SYLVIA at Plano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 Seat Covers tacktr | Household Supplies - Toys - Tools Kenyon Auto Store | , 524 Southard St. Opp. Bus Sta. queewees Phone |66a | jand found that ; the of the Junior Chamber of Com- | Bentley, tee composed of Edwin Trevor, William M and Horace O’Bryant had inves- chairman; ted Bergert's financial status it was satisfac- tory tee’s report, Price named Dion to represent the Chamber and sup- port Bergert’s application, Robert H. Dopp also attended hearing as a representative Commissioner merce along with Louis Carbonell representing the | ; mander of the Naval Base, City Commission and Frank representing the County Commission Also attending the hearing from this city was A. Maitland Adams of Thompson Enterprises. 525 Caroline Street Arnold | Upon receiving the commit- | | Press there. his brother, United street. ruary 1 28th. Vice | ney, USN, i today to make | tion of the | Carney went with Capt. H. the material t morrow Announces The Arrival of A Large New California Shipment of DECORATOR FABRICS Many Hand - Blocked Tropical Designs Stripes and Solid Colors SLIPCOV ERS and DRAPERIES The Cleveland man is visitin Wil He and will leave CARNEY ARRIV FOR INSPECTION | Admiral Robert B. arrived in Key West Naval Base into Ww. he to carry on military The admiral will leave to continue t | tion of other naval BAHAMA HOUSE Phone 495-W to 1 Gomez, 63 arrived Feb- on the! Ss Car logistic inspec Admira Cooper, as t Navy here Order conference com- has here operations. | to- s inspec- , State Highway Patrolman ; 5| Warren Bateman, will be in; | court. | Eddie Acquinlina, a bartend- | er, charged with driving without | a 1947 automobile license, did not | yw up for sentencing. The case | will be called next Tuesday. } MELTON FIRM | SUED | BY MIAMI COMPANY s filed in Circuit Court: | | I Suit was rested by State Patrolman War ren Bateman of Marathon for driving an automobile while in toxicated. William Refslock, also of Ojus, was arrested for being intoxicated. Both will be given hearings Feb. 25 in Criminal Court. BUYS WASHINGTON oT T RESIDENCE Gilbert D. Hatfield, 1126 Wash ington street, purchased the prop |Suturday by Attorney Raymond | R. Lord representing the Miami erty at Washington and White )| Diamond Center against the Mel-| streets, including a lot 88 by 90 ton Jewelry Company, Key, feet, for the sum of $6,000, ac West, for $500 al ly owing {| cording to a warranty deed filed the plaintiffs for g¢ delivered. day with County Clerk Ross C The defendant company has, until; Sawyer. The seller was Novella 3 to answer the suit.” ; Etheridge. | March Open All Night, 24 Hours A Day * 'GAS - OIL- TIRE SERVICE | PARKING AMBLER’S SERVICE | | | | 404 DUVAL STREET | Adjoining LaConcha | WES Ordinance quired 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 OF KEY WEST