The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 6, 1947, Page 1

VOLUME LXVIII. No. 56 eee a fi SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN. THE UNITED STATES . KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947 Secret Service Men {Rotary Club And Poinciana Here To Prepare For Visit By President Lead Chest Drive; Cam ign Likely To Go ‘Over The Top’ ft Cttt: ——_—__ 5 Berger Asks Tempo ary For Key West-Miami Barge Aided by a $500 contribution from Casa Marina Hotel own- contributions from those not yet} called on will put it over the top | Can Start Operating In 30 INSPECT TER: ers, the Rotary Club team has and give Key Westers a chest y acai QUAR S erie ve taken the lead in the commercial they might well be proud of.” SAYS ciry MANAGER EXAMINE ROUTE TRU.! SHA BAA BAMA | iivision race of the Community t Final report night, prior to the aylbod ct hina esas edraibansmstrde Sptesdasn S/e2 4). pan aa WILL WRITE ICC; L . Chest drive. Reports submitted “clean-up week-end,” will be , ' . MAN WILL TAKE FROM Lest Women Fliers | last night’s campaign meeting held tomorrow at 8p. m., at the ‘TOPPER IS A DOCG THAT LIKES CARBONELL TO CON. at the USO showed the Rotar- USO. Some campaign teams, | * i * * * * TACT WASHINGTON | BOCA CHICA Seeret service men of the Unit-; ed States arrived in Key West today to go over the ground to! be covered by President Truman im advance of his visit beginning Saturday Se far three Secret Service men have arrived. They were busy throughout the day inspect- img the quarters to be occupied by President Truman, and the route over which he will travel from Boca Chica Air Field to Key West Submarine Base. Rescued By Plane: Near Twin Keys The Coast Guard opera- tions office here reported this afternoon that the two lost {| women fliers who took off from an airport near Miami yesterday about 1 p. m., were found by a Coast Guard PBY plane at 1:45 p. m. to- day. . The women were Mrs. Clarence B. McCormick of Puerto Ricoy and Mrs. Alice ians’ 3,568 points easily top their such as the American Legion, division. have been withholding their re- The Poinciana team still leads ports for the final session..The the residential division with 1,201 Legion looks like a strong con- points, although the Jayshees tender for first place, since it have come up to 833 points in already holds undisputed. pos- what promises to be a close finish | session of third place. for, first-place honors. The re-! The Business and Professional port showed $1,188 collected by Women’s Club is still very much the various teams and an esti- in the fight with 364 points. The mated $880 in the hands of the Lions Club has 100 points, Cham- - initial gifts group or mailed di- ber of Commerce, 90; Veterans of rectly to the campaign treasurer,! Foreign Wars, 89; Woman's Club, Jerry J. Trevor. ' 85. These scores do. not include A press release from Com-j contributions mailed or brought munity Chest headquarters this to the office of the treasurer. morning stated: “The campaign,; In the junior division the, Girl | Animal Seems Lost On Shore, Comes Galloping Back| Barge service between Key | West and Miami can be com: * * * * * * | TO GO DOWN IN A SUBMARINE ‘ectccr sppuicant tor the water AAAee4 12444004444006004404604004eeeaa4 'way franchise, said today. : ' “Topper” is just a dog, but he dock. Then he comes galloping’ Berger arrived in the city thie has made friends with every|back as though he was afraid the morning to secure assistancefrem member of the crew of USS. Cu- |ship would leave without him. | Key Westers in obtaining @ bera, a submarine stationed in} “He climbs up,and down the porary permit from the Key West Submarine Base, and |hatchways and goes to all parts Commerce Commission while veven goes out to sea with the jof the ship. We have been down ICC is considering his application ship. |to about 400 fect beneath the sur- for a permanent franchise. * Topper is a dog belonging to |face and Topper goes right along; The former Navy man, opdte- , the colored cook, Lenard L, Hen-|with us. He seems to like the tor of the Navy's Key West-Mi- ley. Topper is a little over a year; ship and all on board her.” lami barge line during the Wat, old and came to Henley when he; The Cubera came here from‘ conferred with City Manager QO. fi rial tos8eecrs, a bas i " Cagle. Mrs. McCormick is | though close to the financial half-| Scouts hold a slim lead over the | oy. 3 i i Wane of the Key West Naval! getter lenown as the popular | way mark, is still only 20 per Boy Scouts, with 496 to 493 bei five.weeks old. |New London, Conn., where Hen- J. S, Ellingson and City Commalse 2 Meee officers were permitted to! Miami Beach orchestra lead- | cent worked. A few more hours points. Dark horses are the: High! sepenes is lost when he goes | ley picked up the dog, which sioner Louis Carbonell. Carbo- a discuss the President's forthcom- er, Dacita. Their small plane jon the part of each worker and (Continued on Page Four) ashore’ ; mer sid today ‘He | seems to be a mixture of collie nell immediately acceded to Bor: ‘o ing visit. That was left to the} was found beached near | ——————-~-- ~- --——— aan ee - | oes only as far as the end of the; and shepherd: 'ger’s request to write the ICC in oon Seeret Service men and they, as Gre Ber 45 miles south of WHITE HOUSE FISHING ey RET Se ° eke ee ie Abert i s- ee > weuel, had nothing to say. me # : M h IA I P. T. dd o| ‘Berger sai , ** The PBY: landed. picked erger said that Ellingson alive President Truman and his} up the women by Logie ars a Irives n aris 0 ays promised to write Washington. nse will remain here until) poat, and took them back to SWEEPST AKES STE R bli L d The barge operator is seeing se¥~ = 7 h i 2 s eral i Henig Then they wil "be | the saad Toe, women Li epublican Leader Suggests No} zis cee cae e Nese, where the President is ex- FOR TRUM AN’S VISIT e e to recommend establishment a pected to review the start of | OM MOD DL LDL A w Anti-Russian T Ik I ¢ .| the barge line under the tempo Cat : Naval exercises in the Caribbean. a n Oneress rary permit. rom ; Z ~ —— ae is ogo Roberts Requests K. W. TOURNEY -SPON- | (eh vak bake wae —— wee oveupy quarters in the Sub- x 2 2 * I i ; EE eteaty sasignes ei ; Cl L é SORS SPECIAL EVENT; Po PARIQ, March 6.—United States Late Bulletins : te Capt. Henry M. Cooper, USN, Firm Ss 0-Kay To eare Leaves FOR PRESIDENTIAL! 6 adahbdndeal Secretary of State Marshall ar- oe commending officer of Key West ‘ : . ° ‘Mora Re orted We rived here this morning from the (By Associated Press) on Neval Base, Capt. Willard Saun- Keep City Office To File Appeal PARTY AND WRITERS, oy ep Scores ish conferred. yaar the TRUMAN IN WACO tbe dem, USN, commanding officer . E ees Saree o " premier and other high officials od the ae Mase, ts official: OxGy™ Binance -Bivestor-Comp> For Ei ht Bars In honor of = ‘Truman's Feet Long, Caught in the French government. WACO, Texas, — President he host te the President. troller Charles R. Roberts said 8 . visit Jo. Kew: Miese Sundayy end ‘He ¥ t | Marshall has arranged to con-| Truman arrived here from Men- a A " z Monday have designated as the | re ester ay f i remi ; i | Ti wae announced that Greene | this morning that he has writ- A _ { er with Premier Stalin and For-| ico City at 10:58 o'clock this etreet gute to the Naval Base! ten the J. E, Costar Co, Miami Attorney Alian B. Cleare, Jr.,| White House Sweepstakes of the | A green moray, reported |cign Commisar Molotoff in Mos-| morning. His schedule calls for will be closed during the Presi- * auditing ienn! tS eee i aitt be eal leave for Miami tomorrow! Key West International Fashing | 7 feet in length and 10 inches ‘cow before the beginning of the| his iain to Washington this. af- o - Beate Me ite gate he srieht | catistactory: 1¢:he' does ‘not-acoept {to astiit’'in preparation of the |Tournament. The President 4r| jn cineumference. wes: cqught Big: Four conference, ternoon and arrival in Key West P wear the quarters to be occupied | position with thé company and | appeal from the ruling revoking rives here Saturday and leaves } yesterday vy rrea M. Parker It is expected that the Marshall | Saturday. be ty the President. The Southard | retains his present office instead. | the licenses of several downtown oe aes iad" s-ccosia 2h, aomenaae dieidinopeiolediiieenshamatiion ieedeare aki a - venom a, Cone nae es saloons for being Tess Phan 800 | Special prizes will be offered; |” hound, Both Parker and A. |ed. In that note Marshall rire v the area nose the | Ge ore eink his pelary {feet from San Carlos Institute, |Tournament: Director Lee Mason| M. Alfonso of the Silver Del- that the United States recognizes | JERORALIOS. > SOE " ‘ to $3,900: His resignation is now | Cleare will confer, with Attor- said, and it is hoped that Mr.) lar Bar said the fish was 7 {the non-communistic government) Jews, supposed to have beem #¢- ‘ ; ith the avrival of the Seores,| ;_- the hatide. of City ‘Manader inty. met . Chane Sailip eee Truman wilk be. able to. enter.a} feet long. in Hungary. | tive in the Jewish underground the Serviee meh today came two'!y 3 ¢ Ellingson, to take effect vee ne ee i “(catch which ‘will wirt oné of the | Skeptics, they said, can The atomic bomb probably will | in Palestine, were arresied by en Ligeoin sutomiobiles, from Jack: | co iyday : F taente:the\La ;Concha Hotel, ong | awdrtia: =: | see the creature at the Key | |be discussed also at the pre-con- | British soldiers today. In a skir- ae sameitie, which have beenm~as- | utynuet © hee! circumstances,” of “thg | ji On Witi¢ly thebeer; | ; Mason. who yaxe ‘the icity; ” West Tropical" Aquarium to °|ference meeting with Stalin and, Mish between underground guer- | a for the President's use bd | poperts said, "I told Mr. Costar | Winks and’ gr licenses will be|editor of The Citizen credit for| which Parker gave the Molotoff. | rillas and British troops, three oe Motors, Inc, White street |i. i, advisable for me to recon- {revoked March 15 on orders of j Suggesting the event, said the} moray. Known as the “rat- (Republican House Leader | soldiers and two Jews were Pepa dealers | sider my resignation and remain | James T. Vocelle, state beverage | sweepstakes will be limited to, tlesnake of the sea,” the fish /Charles Halleck suggested that weusdess : i Rage te Ay i | President Truman and members ici hat ti members of congress make Pasa pa Ome of the Lincoins is a sedan, | ith the city. director. ‘ é n | Was so vicious that a tape n ; d no ta te wed ff the weather is |“ Dhe finance director said that] vVocelle held hearings here Jz of his party, including his secret} measure could not be placed @nti-Russian remarks during the | MORE BRITISH SNOW tipeetoning, and the other is a| ...ny people had approached him ocelle held hearings here Jan. service men and White House! on him, but Alfonso said the [Conference of the Big Four in| LONDON. — A 60-mile gale is y edpvertibie which may be used | within the past few days asking ;9 and 10 to determine whether |correspongents and photograph- moray measures much more Moscow. He asserted that any} lashing the British Isle today ’ te the President for typical Key | 1, to retain his position. He said | the saloons violated state laws) ¢rs- ; than the height of a man. such remarks would only make, while a heavy snowfall oom re ae Seether he had notified the Costar Com- | by being nearer than 300 feet to} | meprize will be we ven fou. the Alfonso said the catch was Secretary Marshall's task harder tinues, Roads are blocked amd a. ‘pany that if released from hisja school or church. Vocelle de- largest fish, another for the; a record-breaker for the Key jean whab it is, and added that) work in open mines has been * pany alle ‘i e t lread. BR il A ¢ d werliel, agtaament co" become: the!| cided tha waldonw ‘were, in‘ viola- smallest fish and a third for the; West area. Peter Reberts, it is already difficult enough.) | stopped. Tens of thousands of y ppointe | firm's Key West office manager, |10° ang their li nee e sale oN ae House ae fishing authority here, said APPRE SIATI N | workers were kept at home be- P lacs s a r licenses were re- | pondents wi lecide the best | ht here 27 years / (CIATION cause of the lack of transporia- | he till t the company | r : | one was caught here 2/7 y: se e License Inspector |: ae cr, eee ee, | cates al fish uum be cenit] | se len, cain, ore P. O. Box 4 tion, | Beh eee leare and Choate have until | od and reel. | feet. It was caught behind Key West, Florida _— ° March 15 in which to file the ap- | Both the Naval Air Station and; the Crawfish Bar and sold to rch 3rd. 1947, | STRIKE IN STOCK YARDS Pa Ry Au B Molise Police Hunt Men peal to the State Supreme court. | the Submna) ine Base have official ; Louis Mobray, who was here |The ae _ ST. PAUL, — Three hundred minted Bilis L. Bradley, 43, 612 ‘< The attorneys plan to ask the | Weighing-in stations already es-| making a collection of fish |Key West, Florida. Fs boo “ street, as license and Who Rob Sailor {Supreme Court to clarify the law | tablished for the tournament and! to take to the New York Dean Ma pele : C10 wethen vee Se weights ead measures inspector. | as to te number of feet any bar- Navy boats, including the crash! Aquarium. * 1 : at - demnedinn a wage increase of leedtes @aa roeommended for the| Police questioned three men room is permitted to be located boats used by the Presidential } May 1 say with deep respect pee on by Dwight Hunter di-| without results last night in con- | with reference to a school or |Party for fishing, are entered. COI DID LE LD DD \ 31) wh admiration, that you seven. coms — “ “oa age * Sy fei ith the- armed hold-up] churel During his last trip her Sa Rees | are lovely folks?, that similar workers in West a 4 public welfare, whose | nection wit P| church. iB p here, Mr. AMES pyre : F 8. D.. would on strike eeertment handles weights and|of Yeoman:Second Class Marcel; Places affected by Vocelle’s {Truman did a considerable | J. yh ROBERTS ; | For nearly six years I have pe » Due WOE GO cmpanwees Pegulations Polissier of the USS. F: M. Rob-j orders directing them to close afnount of fishing, some of which, HURTS. SHOULDER | been purchasing articles from omorrow. inson, early Tuesday morning. jyarch 13 are La Concha Bar, |at least, was with handline. The! James Roberts, room clerk at }|You, and alw: they have | nape LEGISLATION Punter said he named the man | Pelissier reported to the Shore | Raoul’s Bar, Reney’s Bar, Cave | crash boats, however, are equi La Concha Hotel, dislocated his Preven of greater value than you “hem be considered the best “ustitted “by personality and ex-| Patrol and police that three men!7 1) par, Curro's Bar, Bahama|ped with rod and reel apparatus , Shoulder yesterday morning |said they were. WASHINGTON. — All 4 of Sertenen” of the top three certi-|held him up between 5:30 and 6/2" Duis cavern and Boat|and the entry of a Presidential When he stepped on a dish cart} I have sent many to you, and | the stetes where legislatures ase = ffice: ’ bs | fed te Bilingson by the Civil} a.m. Tuesday near the | adigaraia Bar, catch in the Sweepstakes will ;@t the hotel and was thrown to j they, too, have bought, always] in session are considering labor a ie Roard wn, A. | Re ee aia re ae cause no surprise. | the floor. He is now confined to| with the grea atisfaction. legislation. Bills outlawing the ron iy ference 4 jood = in- | e e eae (aoe, S = | his od. s e , y ee RED RAS. itt | his Hibs anda third took $60 from SENATE CONFIRMS L. {his bed. ee ene tool oyend to ru | ee ae gector. wae No. | on the Civil) him, Pelissier said. W. DOUGLAS AS U.S.’s |" Sonthernmost Garag? in U. 8. PII in ns your firm personifies integrity. ad * Gerviee tt, Bradley was No. 2 = Sa Deigado No. 3 attey «& @ former deputy eett end assistant five chief at te Avy Barracks here Monday thru Saturday | tone Bus Passes Door The sailor added that the man} who held him was the same in- dividual with whom he had been drinking in Whitney’s Cafe al short time earlier. He described | the man as blue-eyed, with w ‘sandy hair, standing five-feet eight or nine inches and wearing either light blue or tan or brown trousers with a shirt open at the neck and a wrist watch with a] leather band. r said none of the sus- i NEW PIONEER HOTEL 151 N.E. FIRST ST. In the Heart of Miami BRITISH AMBASSADOR ' (By The Associated Prens) WASHINGTON, March 6.—} The senate, by unanimous con-} sent, confirmed Lewis W. Doug- las as ambassador to Great Brit-} ain to succeed O. Max Gardner, | who died in New York while pre- paring to leave for London. 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