The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 24, 1947, Page 1

SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES "| By Nazi Under oun WOftice ‘Machines More To Reinstate er HI JOn Sale For Veiieiarants. Policies A ainst Western ‘1 ‘emp tac Ansoctates reas). |” Veterans of World War II have ; tL RACRBON VIELE, Hlistie he been given six additional months LEADERS ARRESTED*— ” Tae and office sachines it be in which to reinstate their, Na- Discs > ' eu ih offered: for sale exclusively to/tional Service Life Insurance poli- orga gr 4 PO a velar ef World War II at the jcies without a_ physical examina- » ® J acksonville Naval. Air Stati ° ° MOTORIST DROPS | beuinhisgeeemorrow, War | tion, Gene Anheir, officer BRITAIN | icharge of the Key West, Veter 1% | CIGAR, CRASHES Administration announced today.i.* int Whe Assecmiecd Preas) | SeENeAeRy Xu fIncludedSin the sale-will:be 34(00% Administration contact offi¢e, GNDON, + Feb. 24—The Nazi INTO PHONE POLE mimeograph machines, 11 dupli-|*° ported. today. underground, leaders of which; eat ince AN oackakh P| A new law passed last week by| have A dropped cigar resulted in ating machines, 45 portable type-| Congress and signed by the Prés-' i been apprehended in Ber- j ©. O. Merchant, 1026 Varela | Writers, 450 standard typewrit-) ie pease Roe iminiat f hed planned to wage germ! street, driving his car over ers, 7 cash registers and other |‘0CRh Bives the ad weap i an Warfare on Great Britain and; curb into pierre esd Machines. ‘Phe price ‘range for! Veterans affairs authority: @: dee the Ulited States, according to a, about 11:30 a.m, yesterday at {all machines will be from $15 pee ae pe ios of; rela. OPF_publieed today in the Lon-| Grinnell and Division streets. | $50, it was learned. OWS Parker Minus G on Daily Mail Merchant told. police. he The sales location, where the! gional ma agen Wen eden ts He Bertin corresp: dropped his cigar and in at- [machines will be on display, is General Omar ‘Bradley, VA’ ade | dent gave} © detailed account of the way the| tempting to retrieve it, Jost {Situated one-quarter mile south! ee adergrownd? was to conduct ite, ¢Ontrol of the cas, which [of the main Air Station gate.’ ‘thority. 'N oF ge vane werfere Anthrax and other de.| Promptly left the street and Tepapective. purchasers may in-! which have lapsed at anytime Wiletine or death-dealing dis-| ©f@shed into the pole. Mer- spect and buy the equipment on may be reinstated by payment of chant was scratc on {sales dates, February 25, 26 and* face and head by the’ impact 27, from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. The right front ag hep {it was said. Merchant's! car wad ‘pedir: Veterans will be limited to one dented, the ‘pushed. in, (machine each for the first two radiator dambged,’ ‘bumper :}days, but veteran dealers may bent and front right ' wheal buy in quantity on the last day have wiped out the British oc knocked ‘out of line. f the sale, the announcement eupetion forces in Germany; 60 prt oncluded. men could have destroyed prac DL kk nhenhheabudeut Healy ali human life in the Brit- tah fetes, and 160 men could have | BARRETT GIVEN” two monthly premiums and a ents Were to be spread from um- | health. _statement.| Wella canes or suitcases by re- Weeing germs in crowded cen-| tera A Wari leader confessed that! 1 men, spreading germs, could * compartive der this provision simply sign a cies lapsed. The new liberal reinstatement j | privilege will remain in effect ; | until August 1, Parker advised.' ‘EB BI | Previously, a deadline of Febru-| | Rep orts jary 1, 1947, had been set for re-} Brought death to tens of millions CIVILIAN. AWARD |instatements on a comparative’ @ citizens of the United States. William J. Barrett, chemical Feverably 0 n health basis. Mari agents seid that the rea-' engineer at the: Naval Subma- | Under the new law a veteran w® thet prompted them to ar-' rine Base, today - was .presented twhge for the germ warfare was; with the Mertiorious’ Civilian teeeuse the western bloc of na- Service Award by “Capt. W. A. Heme Would net organize to drive Saunders, commanding officer of} WASHINGTON, ‘Feb. 24.—To- the Reesiens out of Germany the base, in a brief ceremony in day is the beginning of the fifth end t permit the Nazis to reoy-, his office. week of the hearings conducted : @aniee their military activities. | Barrett became eligible for the . by a senate committee about the Dera th aad hee rain Members of the underground’ award in connection: with analy-' proposed confirming of David E. jt ennla Be Seed aan coh were trapped when they disclos-| ses of lubricating. “oils. The. Lilienthal as chkirman of the anent plan. gavat od the project to a biologist award consists of a~handsomely ,.Atomic Energy Committee, and it! The new act provides, in cer-! whe, they thought, took kindly engraved certificate andi a gold-' was stated that probably he will tain cases, for automatic conver-! | filled pin. be confirmed before the week sion of term insurance to a perm- |} plies © fends, anent plan for policy holders who | The FBI, which had investigat- @v¢ totally disabled. Under. the% ed Lilienthal to determine his °!¢ law, if they failed to conp| -—-7— fitness for the position, today vert within the term period, theih WD || gave him a clean bill in a report A ; ee ‘| filed. with the committee. Noth-| Rien peaennes provide £8} jing-was.said in the FBI state- |), Medias totally disabled for ment about» the gharges that). or more consecutive. months, Petition Of Pro rt Own Lilienthal was identified with) &yon though premiums are: being! pe 4 ers: Wy rye waived, ie Rae can cons} So : 1" Capt s. senior med-} By commencing on'-the pete pat PLANE TENDER see tein f es eteag ‘of permanent insurance except} Kal “Ady . yt Naval Base )tions now, it is felt that they can; TO ARRIVE MAR. 6 that for an ‘endowment plan. The! here, seid this afternoon that suf- |be completed in time ~to permit | f ¢ DI Ow a ab iient DDT iw n vailable for fenrauiie ducing. 7ihe 4 A “targe seaplane tender, the continuance of total j batah aiag partys praying Key West but that sign-| summer ; USS: Albermarle, will arrive here ed permission of property owners) When mosquitoes became rather’ on March 6 with Rear Admiral T ust be setwed first bothersome here. The ¢ity is Carl*¥. “Halden, UEN, who is fa- wo Stolen € Cars © 7 The DDT supply loosening | virtuatly-free*ot “tite $héects” dur- | miliarizing himself with the op- Fh may also obtain any ermanent | D. E. Lilienthal NSLI plan from the VA without | the necessity of previously hold- ing term insurance. Under the old law, the VA was required to issue NSLI originally on a term (By Vhe Associated Press) te thei scheme 4 insurance protection ceased. ‘ Capt D i I don't a REC RT aS Foo | ‘eration of Key West L; Ree 1! ait ufficient} ' stallations throughout the Carib Two automobiles reported stol- yuer land. Be-| JOSEPH BOZA BUYS Beane en here yesterday were recovered ' yee how $5,000 PROPERTY | The Albermarle is a 15,000-ton la er by deputies under Sheriff . pe n signed, ship and is more than 600 feet in Berlin A. Sayer. ee eric y Joseph A. Boza has purchased length. She is commanded by Imeldo Trujillo, Thomas Prat: West The N ; taking this for $5,000 the property at Olivia Capt. E. H. Eckelmeyer, USN Division streets, reported his car remain here until igen and it was recovered in precaution be e of suits made street and Windsor lane, from She will F ia cities [ou H, Roberts, according to a, March 8. Sc rd street. Mrs. Margaret " " 4 _- tone. | warranty deed filed with County! Admiral Holden is comman watch f the North Beach Inn pt. Da { he had in-! W Coe ‘ ‘ the training command of the later said a car was stolen at the he Monroe County Health Clerk Ross C, Sawyer today. The Ai itic Fleet. The Flect Sonar Inn. It was later found in Francis should property is 105 feet long and 70 g¢hool here is’a part of the train- stveet i Chey ' t pet n . feet wide. | ing command. State , Highway Depart- ce W r sani | ag ‘ vants not only the hicense tary officer, is taking the necc Y CONG r but the motor number of uy step a LEFT FOR P.-T, CONGRESS TO cars. stolen,” said. Chief Deputy’ thon SAN JUAN TODAY, MEET HERE MAR. IT ¢; Moreno Wallace today F medi ff aid that’ USS Suisun,“a small seaplane} A regional meeting of Region «poy also want a complete de . ‘u t ght against tender of the Navy, left Key 10, which includes Monroe c iN- scription of the stolen vehicle. N as t beekeeper in West today bound for San Juan. ty, will be held by the Florida phon if the car is recovered : it u F + community She has been here more than a Congress of Parents and Teach- should be the policy of the own- week taking on supplies. She is ers herg on March 11, it was an” '¢) 16 immediately notify the state ' " his by had been : k it he DDT. Some of the commanded by Comdr. F. R. nounced today. Mrs. Fernando nway- department” ad bees w bmitted to lab- Drake, USN. Camus is president of Monroc aera at tests which ed that County Council of the State Con-! g, ine ts had d pea: gress of Parents and Teachers ENTERT. AIN: LION {Tf WEEKLY lence MEETS, ae your Dodge, Chrysler, Ply- ha » th She will make announcement of} 4,,45,,7. Y MEETS Tie DDT tah the mouth or DeSoto Car REPATRED tne place of the meeting later. | ,MI% Tlan’ Ohmic. a vocalist, ‘ag A" EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL. | ne of considerable local fame, has fect om the bees. Other pas "at the RIGHT PRICEIII | aS been entertaining the members of ait sve brought similar find- Gee Mishel GUI Ce thie Aecenis | NAVARRO Inc.| Opposite Bus Station | TT LT WENT AYTOPANTS the piano by M Caran Pye TG Pe meetings. Mrs. Ohmie entertain-! Y ed the club members last Thurs- a PARTS day. She was accompanied on} Beatrice Mo- ' “es. Capt. Davis said “WYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS j Ret Us Check Your Brakes | Smith Auto Service | Palace Theater een ‘Goatees esti | a nn a ne nn nee “THE GLASS ALIBI" | gu wep, PRESCRIPTIONS aac at Fleming Phone § ; . arp Army Barracks” | News and Serial _ oe oe = —— a GARDNER’S PHARMACY 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela Seafoods iN Tempting Variety Applications will be “an ogre received by the City Clerk for the position as Member of Civil Ser- vice Commission of the City of Key West. Flor- The Marine Room-- | ida, up to and including 8 p.m, Tuesday, March 4+ of the x CASA MARINA HOTEL ROY HAMLIN. *& Live Maine Lobsters *Soft-Shell Crabs *%Shad Roe Ce atE ERASE PENN NEW PIONEER HOTEL | 151 N.E. FIRST ST. In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS War T ypewriters, Vets Get 6 Months! the corner of Flagler Avenue !nearest the ball park will be pav ed next. The city’s chief difficul POOR OLD CRAIGS Key West | ; TIRES and TUBES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1947 “\Harry Thaw Of Evelyn Nesbit ‘Fame, Dies In Miami Beach Home (By Associeted Presa MIAMI, Feb. 24.—Harry K. Thaw, ‘who shot and. killed Stan-! larly in his later years, might} ford White, New York's leading | architect, on the roof garden of business man well pleased with Madison Square Garden, because | of his raging jealousy of Evelyn | Nesbit, died Saturday night in his | Miami Beach home, where he had lived quietly for several years. | He was 76. He will be buried} ‘Veterans seeking to reinstate un-| Thursday in Pittsburgh, his for- | mous influence upon his life. Al of Herman, mer home. statement that they are in as-good! Almost from the moment of his| shooting. of Stanford White and; vision street, health as at the time their poli- father’s death and his consequent | the years of legal snarls it engen- | inheritance of a share of an es-| tate generally estimated at $40,- 000,000, Thaw entered upon a s ries of episodes that brought him | international notoriety, yet he al-} ways protested good intentions that perversely seemed to go) awry. His shooting of Stanford White, | then one of America’s foremost, “architects, June 25, 1906, was the! dramatic point of an almost the-| atricail career, but his escapades Evelyn Nesbit, which precipitated the killing, already had made him a public figure, and the stream of | |scandal connected with his name | thereafter kept him in the public veye. Soft-spoken, mild - mannered with strangers, and almost in-; | have passed for a conservative; | torious episode he delighted to ‘Roberts Is Named City Four Key Westers’ Rescued “After Being Adrift ‘For 30 PICKS UP QUARTET IN HAWK’S CHANNEL OFF BOCA CHIGA After spending a harrowing day and night in Hawk's Chan- nel in a drifting motor beat, four | Key West men were rescued and | brought to Craig Dock at 1 pan. ay. variably ” affable, Thaw, particu- the state of his affairs. His un-| *'The men rescued, who told of doubted personal. charm perhaps; Jack of food, water and ciga- ‘had much to do with his popu- | rettes, were: larity, especially with women. | Herman Driggers, 44, of 924 Indeed, women exerted an enor-| Poinciana Place. Herman Driggers, Jr. 20, son woman was the cause of his’ John Mateovich, 20, of 1405 Di- J. U. Lawrence, 45, of 929 Poinciana Place, The men were rescued by the i commercial fishing boat, Boy dered through his incarceration ' and escape from an asylum for the | insane;. his interest’ in some ac- ! tresses led to his fruitless ven- h ture as a motion picture producer; Hoa ap wan eee his popularity among chorus girls William Cates, and captained by and cabaret entertainers resulted Wadsworth Dnasteits ee paves cal “play eons a Boy Mac found the missing 32 je “PlayDoy's | pleasures were | foot motor boat adrift off Boca not all of the kind that led him to Chica where she had been sight- the courts time and again. Inj ed an hour before by @ seaplane those ‘periods between each no- po Ore by Tommy Woods, mts dabble in civic movements in the! j ped been sen Sa ps: hay villages and small towns in which | ~ » - : . Coast Guard did not send out @ he sought retreat. Volunteer fire meas cael departments were his especial; re » toy, and more than one village | The missing boat was the 16K could tell of having Harry K.| | 320 which Driggers had charter Thaw, red-shirted and eaten Co early Sunday morning w go Bass on a fishing trip. About a mile marching in its annual volunteer firemen’s parade. off the shore the motor of the | 18K~ 320 went dead and then it | was discovered the battery was weak, “All our effortss to start the moter were unsuccessful,” suid i,Lawrence after his reseue, “We ‘Surveyor; Dopp Says Pals Gainers ead Ress Of Seven Streets Completdd! os sue o« aplane, and later the resewe re ‘as rough during the night Robert H. Dopp, city Lagiegeiccreucienc nate canada aanean broken by the impact premiums will be. waived during | and director of public service, an- | nounced this morning the appoint- LSS SE SS SF) grapple. But ROBERTS JOINS MIAMI ;ment of Ivan Roberts, former sur- yey@r for ‘the Navy, as city in- | stryment man. Roberts is ap | pointed to the position created by | the 1947 budget. Roberts, who will receive $175 per month, has been a_ civilian| surveyor at the Naval Base for! apeus a decade. | jopp also announced the com-| pletion of the following paving| projects undertaken by the city! street department within the past | two montl Five blocks of Thomas street; five blocks of Em-j ma street, the portions of Vir-| ginia street, Division street, Julia street, Amelia street and Angela street extending from Whitchead to Front streets. | The city has fille ed and surfaced cz streets. The surfacing has been} of marl material. Work is 1 being carried out on Julia street and will shortly be shifted to Thomas street and to the vicinity of the Municipal Stadium Dopp said that Avenuc graded, roll-} hoof these ty is in securing sufficient marl} to build up the streets and con trol the drainage, Dopp explaincd. | With the exception of a survey | crew, the public service depart-} ment personnel will be practical-{ {| ly the same as it was last year,) Dopp said. eee aaaeed ROASTERS and FRYERS i BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 54f te tahiti te tetentnteteieteiateiaidthal SERVICE STATION J. H. Brady, Mgr. Phone 9134 Division and Francis Streets Your PURE OIL Dealer. BICYCLE New Bicycles Auto Tires - Tubes - Batteries “Best For A Night's Rest” City Clerk. Visit Our Burgundy Cocktail Lounge { je —— > = 1 Block West of Bus Depot i Spraying, Oil, Greasing and Auto Accessories ltive John Albury Jate today or | Miami on of heavy seas and we had only « that was bent straight~-and we slowly drifted toward shore. . ACCOUNTING FIRM; “Had any boat come out of TO SET UP OFFICE HERE Key West harbor last night Charles R. Roberts, whose would have been thankful. I resignation as city finance | bundle of old cloth and w director-comptroller will go planning to dip it in gasoline and into effect March 8, said today ignite it to attract attention. Ne he had accepted a position | MiP came out of the harbor with Charles B. Costar & | “We were mighty hungr Company. accountants and. | When the Boy Mac hove & auditors, of Miami. sight. The first thing we asked Roberts will establish and | fer was something to cat be the manager of anew Key | 50¢ iokes, The captain of the West office to be set up by | Boy Mac placed some cigarett Costar & Co. ingide the cellophane wrapper of a packags of cigarettes and flow They were ce GIGI IO MG MY | veck Wo — = tainly welcomed.” JOHNSON HELD ON Families of the four missing BAD CHEOR CHARGE: men ,kept_an all-night vigil at ¢ Dock. There were tears of Mertit J. Johnson, Miamf, *witl! joy’ when the then landed be arraigned before Peace Jus - a “1387 ARRIVES AT SUB BASE HERE charges of impersonating an of-| ficer at Marathon, and for pass-| Arriving mene aes: —— ' Charleston, — the SS CS 1987 in 00 Ww u i worth of alleged baal has been assigned to the Fleet s on the La Concha Hotel. | gonar School by the Navy Johnson y brought here from | yy) Submarine Base here urday by Deputy pos 2 se ci ded Lt : f CS-1387 is commandec Sheriff William Archer, He was W. G. Smith, USNR held in bail of $1,000, which he! ~~” : unable to put up. Previously | Jobnson had been arrested for; ~— GQME—GET YOUR impersonating an officer and HOUSEHOLD. FISHING and held under $500 bond, which he!" ayTo ACCESSORIES at filed, Th he wat aioe on wom. Kenyon Auto Store ! plaint of iN 1 Concha Hotel | 524 Southard Opp. Bus Station management in era | mF ON C= Raul’s. Club OOSEVELT BOULEVARD A GRAND. OPENING TOMORROW (222% at 6:30 DINNER_ SERVED Cuisine by Duffy's Tavern 3 Completé Floor Shows Nightly ——9:00 - 11:30 - 2:00— DANCING .. . MUSIC by MARK (Crunch) STANLEY and His Orchestra With SYLVIA at the Piano For Reservations Phone 9287 ~~. + cz “= ee fF.