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enh enna VOLUME LXVIIL. Goddard, Lastres Get City Posts; 3. Vacancies Unfilled CIVIL, SERVICE BOARD* MEMBER RESIGNS TO! Pork Chops TAKE MURRAY JOB; | May Sell For py Noy phere — RUMORS RAMPANT " 1 The City Commission was to| ‘ met at 5:30 p. m., today to ac- | $1.25 A Pound cept the resignation of Lee H | (By The Associated Press) Goddard from the Civil Service) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. — Board. The Board was to meet Prices of meat, flour and cereals ‘emediately afterward and ap-/are likely to go up to recent rec- peimt Geddard its executive sec-'ord highs in the next ‘three retary !months, the Department of Ag- Geddard announced that he! riculture reported today. would resign from the board fol-| At the peak of the increases, it lowing & meeting of its three Was stated, pork chops may sell members, attended by Chairman for as much as $1.25 a*pound. Myrtiand Cates Mrs. Isabe, Reason for that advance is the Fleming and Godd The ex- comparatively small number of whive secretary cannot be a pigs that will be available for ponating “yn oma market in early spring. jab “astres, well-known) Figur will be higher because beseball player, was appointed agi agra te Gis Galles fdree late yester. of the boom prices of wheat, and lay afternoon by City Manager wheat has spiraled because of the recent shipments to foreign coun- tries of 325 million bushels. In the commodity news releas- ed today there is only one cheer- ing item for the housewife—sugar \tlantic League | will be more plentiful. She will to get a try-' be given an extra 10 pounds April ut next ¢ eplaces Fred!1 and an additional extra 10 Ht Teyle gnat was | pounds on July 1. ; New York Herald Tribune Article Boosts Key West Illustrated columns wide ©. 4d. 8. Ellingson the appointment i he will with the Augusta a the South with whom he mith In accepting Lastres indicat- his contract Ga.) Redbirds cancel was He ve wn were Hall and in poli appointments } ed for the va-| Charl Roberts’ | Finance Director eated for nd flying snnounc ff an li- | urc ey by pictures five of South Beach, Monroe County Court House and Knight’s Key Bridge, an article in the New York Herald Tribune on Sunday, February 9, predicts an even greater tourist trade for Key West when the Havana, fer- ry starts operating. The writer, Marjorie Candee, opens by saying: “Until recently, Key ‘West has been considered too far off the beaten track to attract many tourists. But with the inauguration of a P ferry service’ to Havana, ‘it™ is . expected that thousands of travel- ers will discover the quiet charm { this southernmost city, un: usual an American commun- ity because of its Cuban, Ba- and West Indian atmos- phere blended with its own 125- y year-old traditions . tl Visitors to Key West will be charmed by the tropical island with its warm sea breeze, spark- ing turquoise and indigo weters winter temperature of 71 degrees. Sufferers from inus, arthritis, rheumatism, hay fever and other ailments find re- he, lief in this climate the year ound. Fishermen find Key West i major attraction, with a choice of fishing in the Gulf Stream.” Miss Candee describes city’s appetizing culinary spe- ties. its quaint architecture -other attractions. Twenty thousand touris' Key West annualis ing the finance and Frank the Coun te idard we 7 un of how appli- | vould nt G © ach agh te po. Dent an ind average ‘dis- for 4 beod Time, Visit the In an adjoining column is an the; SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, ret 21, 1947 Six Reported Dead As Result Of Blizzard (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb; 21.— Six deaths were traced today to the | blizzard that struck yesterday from Ohio to New York and | from the New England states to | the Carolinas. Snow, whipped by a 30-mile wind, piled up drifts 20 feet or higher in country districts. West Virginia reported the heaviest fall of snow, with 19 inches, 10 inches more than in New York City. Drifts in Philadelphia were high as five feet, were closed today in that city. Because of the heavy fall of and_ schools snow on Long Island and its dis- \ UN Security | rupting _ traffic, Council announced this morning that it had deferred its proposed meeting at Lake Success. i\Lions Hear Miami Ball Club Official; Awards Presented Jay Cone, business manager of the Miami Tourists, Florida In ternational League cl4b which will train in Key West this sprin. was guest speaker at the Lio Club weekly meeting last night Cone told the Lions that the selection of Key West as his club's training ‘site would work to the mutual benefit of both the club and the city. He said he wanted nothing nothing from the city, use of the baseball diamond, stands and clubhouse. The Miamian voluntered hold one spring training gé entirely for the Community Chest fund, probably on Tuesday, March 18. All gate receipts, except what is needed for operating expenses. will be turned over to. the. Com- munity Chest. Cone predicted that the lee tion of Key West as a training sitc by the Miami club would pr except the Key West's eventual entry organized baseball “within year or two. He said he would stage « ber .of. exhibition games | March and April, including with Fort Lauderdale, the vana Cubans, the Baltimore oles of the International and a Pittsburgh Pive are being made ms here,’ the chances are Other speakers Hamilton, prince Street School, Jashington’s birthday, ¢ Commissioner Ger who gave a tal of the American Red C Awards were presented by Ha Ori- League te he said good.” ded Divis on G incl r0ke who ty Lions Club last night. R for their efforts dur the bership drive and the F Day ceremonies, wer Judge Raymond R. Lord, / DiNegro, Louis Carbone! . lio Gomez, Charles Smith and Hastings Smith President Fred Miller received an int r E rd for his part in the ful Founders’ Day exercis¢ VEN. Clubhouse FLAGLER AVE. and and ST. M urday wticle describing Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortugas. The clipping was sent to The ‘itizen by Howard Falk of New- WOTOR TUNE-UP SAVES GAS Auto Service Phone 5 rn aRRRIR ARR NNtRiaM RITA Palace Theater The THREE MESQUITEERS in “HIT THE SADDLE” 4 News and Serial | nein i la RAB NPN Aci Lew with White ot Fleming St “ore rere rr rrr ——Picturesque-— >: ‘ * 1s Pirates Cove Fishing Lodge Fishing Camp of the Keys” PIRATES COVE, FLORIDA of World's Finest Fishing Spots Charter Boats and Skiffs i Swimming Pool NTERTAINMEN . A modctions - American Plan fe $8.00 per Day With Meals Excellent Cuisine x wee Re ATION - ae Rates a POOR OLD CRAIG'S SERVICE STATION J. H. Brady, Mgr. Phone 9134 Division and Francis Streets Your PURE OIL Dealer BICYCLE TIRES and TUBES New Bicycles Auto Tires - Tubes - Batteries Spraying, Oil, Greasing and Auto Accessories Wiel the Charming Rendezvous, Dining Room, Bar as | and expected ‘ELKS GIVE $250 TO the: WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE Will Burst Like A Bomb VALUES and BARGAINS GALORE! BE SURE TO SEE TOMORROW'S PAPER for ALL DETAILS | wwwwwwwvevvww | » (But That Ficer Today Considered Tom, In Thr OLDTIMERS WERE: WONT ‘TO:SAY | ARA AAA LA RABARAAAPARAAAERRDOAAAARRRS ; That old ng about times; ket was glutted, to give away change is particularly apilicablel Kingfish. to the fishing tournament being! | A dollar performed triple duty [-held in Key West. It the old:| im, Key West in: the’ 1680's, de- inte tanec hy b ; Spite the recurrent statements in} ermen, whose boats and) the local paper that this city | stalls lined Curry’s fish market! was the richest, on a per capita! ; Wharf when it was’ twice the | basis, in the world. Fish? If you length of what it is now, could) WeFe not averse to cleaning it, it) come back and hear about the | 85 an easy matter for one to | thrill sensed today over catching| Catch as much or more than he | | a sailfish, they would shrug and' Wanted, fishing from _ local | frown and return to their graves, wharves or at various places | ; “Blame the luc or some-| along the shores. thing more expressive, was the] But bhe spirit. that actuated | verbal explosive that grected the| fishing in those days, with the hooking of a sailfish, an amber-| ¢X¢eption of local boys and the} jack, ra barracuda, when the| few devotees of the rod and reel} oldtimers were fishing for king-|Wh@ came to town, was purely fish. commercial, Boys got a thrill out Trolling in those days was done} Of catching a sailfish, tarpon, or when. kingfish | #mberjack, but they got a big- the cockpit; SF thrill in landing a 10 or 15- foot shark. and, running well, ; in sailboats, | were of every boat that returned’ |to. x port was pretty well filled with} Assuming that there had been ikeingtis h, sufficient interest in those days And at what prices they sold!jin a fishing tournament, the numbers of entries would have been so many the local paper j would have had little room left for news other than that in giv- ing daily details about the tour- One could buy an entire kingfish than one-half of the amount paid today for a pound of that tasty and doughty fight- for less er i Up to the time the building at, nament, Curry’s fish market wharf was; But they were the days of burned down recently, one could: sailboat facing, something that still see the hundreds of nails, the Key West Yacht Club has de- in the inside walls of the market! clared it is going to revive in where kingfish, after having, Key West. been salted, were hung. They; Sailboat racing and _ fishing frequently sold for 15 cents; tournaments are the sports that apiece, fresh or salted, and it, ; Key West, anchored out in the when the mar- sea, is best fitted to provide. 'Fined $100 For Reckless: Driving Marcus D. Ellis, 1310 pet regular | street, was fined $100 when found ganization | guilty by Municipal Court Judge The following candidates were| Enrique Esquinaldo yesterday of was not unusual, | i COMMUNITY CHEST \; West Lodge 551, Benifi- | and Protective Order ot! , donated $250 last night to Community Chest drive at meeting of the or- the initiated into the mysteries of| reckless driving and causing an slkdom eae } = | accident. H Errol V. Sawyer, city building} Wali cwas. Gi Or inspector; Lewellyn McFarlane Bae oer eC or a nae ietor, Duke's barbecue; | Panel truck which was involved H in an accident with a Ford sedan | Diamond, chiet pharm: f m Osborne $.} about 5:30 p.'m., Wednesday, at | Meek, Lieut., N; Maurice R.| Simonton and Southard streets. Smith, Lieut., USN. The truck’ went up over the side- The fo were élected to; walk and “hit the Bell Tele- bership t B. Betan-; phone Building; the sedan crash- | Sidney inhorn, W. A.) ed into a tree } , Walter O, Wolston, and Off rs Frank Jolly and Paul Youngs. Stofer testified they detected in- | M. Arnold, passenger toxicating beverages on Ellis of Florida Greyhound! breath but the charge of driving | | Dr. Fred Carbonell, under the influence of liquor was IN THE UNITED STATES “BLAME THE LUCK, A ‘SAILFISH Stolen Tampa Car ‘informed yesterday | drives,” 3 Missing Youths ‘Arrested; Were In Sheriff Berlin A, Sawyer was that three j young Key West boys who disap- | peared nine days ago have been ‘taken into custody in Charleston, ! S. C., and that federal agents are to bring them back here imme- diately. The three youths, who ranged | Of. Soup Caming Plat —————W NORBERG THOMPSON SAYS COMPANY PLANS TO CAN CHOWDER, OTHER PRODUCTS Considerable expansion of the activities of Thompson Enter- prises, Inc., in Key West is un- der consideration, Norberg Thompson, president of the com- pany, said today. In a short time the company will undertake the canning of other products, besides the famed green turtle soup, the only pro- in age from 14 to 15, were ar- rested in a car stolen in Tampa, | according to word received by} the sheriff. Sawyer had sent out! radio word that the three youths | were being sought here by their ‘parents. When they ‘return trio will appear before Juvenile Judge Frank O. Roberts. It is reported that one boy of 15, old- est of the missiong youths, is on probation, from the court here for his part in a car stealing case last year. SALES HIGH ~ IN FLORIDA OF SAVINGS BONDS here the . Savings bonds in Florida reached a post-war peak of $10,900,734 in Janua accord- ing to a report just received by Jerry J. Trevor, chairman of Sav- ings Bonds Activities for Monroe county, from Ralph F. Bagwell, state director of the savings bonds division of the Treasury Department for Florida, "This figure exceeds the sales in any single month since March, 1945, when we were at war with both Germany and Japan, except War Loan Mr. is’ indicative that Americans have come to have for savings bonds as an in- vestment and as an ideal way to] e and to safeguard idle or serve funds for future needs.” For the state as a whole the | January sales amounted to $4.48 per capita for each resident of Florida as compared to for | the same month eS year. OFFICES CLOSE “TOMORROW | Loan “and and );Vietory Bagwell said, r « iM. Sullins of dismissed when Ellis admitte d to ¢ e, and Robert having had only a bottle of beer Ly, Asheville, N. His sister, Mrs. Lois E, Bryson Cox r ge, were admit-| and son, Marcus, Jr., also testi-| t y inst limits. fied. L. At the next regular meeting, A charge of reckless driv ing | M 6. a past exalted ruler’s against Roger Wortman, of Min- | i held, and at the cola, N. Y., driver of the sedan, | nomination of of-|Was dismissed i | ice yy the ensuing year will Ellis said he was subject toi be made heart attacks. He explained he} — ——— — — ‘felt an attack coming on just) PEE) Fore the accident but w powerless to avoid it. SEALED BEAM HEADLIGHTS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | 121 Duval Street » eemeenmeel Phon: 442 BRADY’S ———_———- (LIVE) POULTRY MARKET Battery Raised Rhode Island Reds Live FRYERS Weight Ib. 3/° Drawn - Dressed Ib, 55 4e Ready for the Oven Only Quality Poultry PHONE 540 Shuthermmost Garng> In 1130 Duval Street Phone 168) duto Repairs, Painting, | Body and Fender Work | Genuine Auto Parts for All Cars RAAADASDASAAADAADAS | ‘PRESCRIPTIONS frescatcnc | Compounded by Experienced | Pharmacists | GARDNER’S PHARMACY | 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela Phone 177 Free pelizeryit § ALE SATURDAY February 22 Vanity Lamps, Pr. $3.98 and $4, 98 | GLASS OVEN KING ROASTERS, $2.50 ALUMINUM DUTCH OVENS, $3.90 Casseroles Bun Warmers And Other Household Items Auto Seat Covers $18.95 | Auto & Boat Cushions $1.85) Fishing Tackle and Equipment} Auto Accessories and Tools, etc. _ Kenyon Auto Store 524 Southard Opp. Bus Station | HONE 166 qquaeenmmact We H 1214 WHITE ST. nde The {on a Saturday The agility test for applice Briel for positions in the Fire Depart- nt be held at Bayview | Pi at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, Lee : d, Civil Service Board | =~ mber, said today. 1 ee jServing ... H | eSandwiches, All Kinds, Hot-Cold All offices in the City Hall and | County Courthouse will be clos- in observance of Birthday. The post- | ffice will offer regular service | until noon since the holiday falls | FIREMEN’S TEST TOMORROW | Announcing - Opening; PAT’S. DOGHOUSE 510 ELIZABETH ST. { @ Breakfast from 6:30 @ Steak Dinners eThe BIGGEST and BEST HAMBURGER in Town for Le for those periods during the 7th} of thehigh regard | | duction the company now en- gages in, Such products as fish chowder, under a recipe noted in Key West, and related articles may shortly be canned by Thompson Enterprises. As soon as machinery becomes available the Thompson Enter- prises plans on extending the present soup canning plant. It was not stated that new build- ings will be erected, but it seems certain that they will be, ac- cording to what Thompson said today. A considerable number of lo- cal persons will find employment in the proposed plant. Just how many is not now known for cer- tain. “We have decided to expand our busine: Thompson said. “The turtle soup canning is about at its peak. The supply of turtles is limited,. Turtle steaks are sold Jocally and are* readily available in Key West. “But the supply is not such that we can expand the shipment of turtle steaks. We have studied the situation, and have come to the conclusion that the canning of other products is the only | logical’ course’ we can follow.” _Thompson recalled that about years ago he took the turtle Ganning business in Key West over from the heirs of the late a noted French chef industry here, A. Granday. | who founded the about 80 years ago. Part of the product shipped out by Thompson Enterprises is still labeled under Granday’s name This part of the turtle soup goes (Continued on Page Four) ee tte ttentene teen te Have your Dodge, Chrysler. Ply mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL ERS—at the RIGHT PRICE!!!! NAVARRO Inc. Opposite Bus Station sae rasan state | NOTICE ations will 1 for Lie’ Bi 5:00 p-m., February 28, 1947. Board lo ‘i nm blanks may be from the Civil Board at the City Hall. O. J. S$. ELLINGSON, City Manecat: COKES, 5c Announces ..; Nightly: 9:00- For Reservations Raul’s Club ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD GRAND OPENING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th 3 Complete Floor Shows DINNER Served DANCING 11:30 — 2:00 from 6:50 Phone 9287