The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1947, Page 1

VOLUME LXV. No. 57- Miners . ” lackjacked” | Py" 6 x (Hr Phe Annurinted Preas) DUE TO A WASHINGTON, March 7.—|UUE, : i fete L. Lewis, president of the | ataaeasaaeaeeaed Waited Coal Miners of America,! The blossoming of Red. Cross tedlay told congress that coal op- | flags and banners in the business eretors and miners would be able | section to signalize the opening te settle their differences if the | of the Key West Chapter’s fund * Government ceased using the | campaign on Monday, March 10, Wackjack” on the miners. ‘ is virtually the work of one man. He made no comment on the | Lawrence Parker, a veteran, United star supreme Court's contributed hours of work to ex- @evision that upheld the legality proms his aperectee) beet of the $16,000 fine that had been C'S services during the war, He wepeeed on him by a federal suveayed |she< anehs wire diag court, or the reduced fine of ‘i#Plays would be most effective, 9798.000 on his union, provided then’ sided: by “Had itross. staff the union “fully complies” with Personnel at headquarters, fas- Judge Goldsborough's anti- , tened the flags in pairs. The sev- injunction —_ aati-sirike eral hundred flags were then ‘The govermment has had con- | Personally fastened to light poles SOUTHERNMOST NEW Ct a ton to anita finn Sn dn tarts tania linear enn till Lewis Tells BL OSSOMING OF RED CROSSFLAGS 240 Troops Lawrence Parker, Ex-Seabee, Contributes INGENUITY, LABOR, maseseersseaeeeama,e | ish occupation troops began a SPAPER «IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FR In Palestine On Manhunt (By Toe Associated Press) | JERUSALEM, March 7. —Brit- * Hours; * holds’ special commendation for | manhunt this morning at dawn | rapid fire with carbine, having on a far greater scale tham has reed a i a eee eel 200. been attempted since ungest be- en he received the commen- } in Palesti dation he topped more than 200,- aed apsaliilic mae 000 Marines and Sea Bees on! Twenty thousand men were DAY, MARCH 7, 1947. . Truman Calls Off Cavercerae Red Cross Given rapid fire. Parker has also been in charge of placing posters in display win- dows. In this he has been assist- ed by six members of the Junior Red Cross: the Misses Diane Dickens, Irene Whitaker, Mae Kaplan, Dolores Washington, At- tilee Murphy, and_ Barbara Greene. Notable among the window ; pressed into serviee to search for '$100 By Elks; Life ‘members of’the underground in j | northern and’ central sections of ‘Membership Voted ‘Palestine, and up to noon 31 ‘Jews had been arrested as sus- Key West Lodge No. 551, | pects. .| Benevolent and Protective | Several arms caches were dis- | Order of Elks, contributed lcovered and confiscated. $100. to theWRed Cross at last | Tel-Aviv has quieted down and| night's regular meeting, the marshal law there has been} which was conducted as Past Exalted Ruler’s Night, Seven- TON . President Truman today can- (celled his trip to Key West and points in the Caribbean “indefi- nitely,” according to an Asso- ciated Press dispatch from Wash- j ington, “A Presidental Secretary Charles | Ross said the President had can- he left Paris for this city, he placed a wreath on the grave of the French unknown soldier at j the Arch of Triumph. Marshall, shortly after his ar- rival here, began a series of conferences with commanders of occupation troops in the Amer- | ican zone of Germany. He will displays depicting Red Cross ac- | tivities is a disaster portrayal in! trol of the May 27 @ tat year quiet contro! tll after which timc trike, unless the run the risk of paying the re- mainder of « $3,500,000 fine that hed been imposed by Golds- teeth mines since June 30, until there will be no and will not relin- , union decides , , by Parker. During his service as a Sea Bee he held the rank of seaman, second class, ‘as a: gun- nery instructor. He resides at 621 Caroline street. , Hailing originally from Pensa- cola, he has been in. Key West four years, having come ‘here af- ,ter his discharge due to injuries to his hearing on the rifle range where he was instructing. He Police To Bar Magazine Girls Rotarians Told Selling In Street, Facing Era ©ty Attorney Lancelot Lester | cond tatay thet _ visiting mege- LEE HILLS, MANAGING4 ——— > ie wlicitors here are exen Mice HE tesnes too cies, ‘ony | EDITOR OF | MIAMI! month had passed over the Ov- HERALD, ADDRESSES | ROTARY CLUB ere) = participating Commerce He added, however, | that the etty police power can be enforced against the strect sales | Pa a aad tor impeding traffic ! Future of Key West and Miami | Severe! @irl solicitors and at, is closely linked in the opinion’ toast ome young man have been | of Lee Hills, managing editor of | eetified that they need not buy | The Miami Herald, who spoke} ® eity lheense but that they must | before Key West Rotary ‘Club: in interstate | ele refrain from seeking sub- mae A 4 eeriptions on the street. Ordi- | members and their Piintolia MIRAL W ANTS TO COME BACK!’ a lingering, illness, eerily, the soliciting group was at the annual ladies’ night party ’ ia We A | Funeral services will be held ~~ te pay @ Yeense of $62.50. | at Casa Marina Hotel. ke * * * * * * * Panag darlicalsy at ee coat aan elt loco tata the sub | Hills said that what is good for] Thinks Weather Is Almost “Loo Lovely.For, Wards? funucal Home, tev. 5-H. Wool @enees if other cities and see Key West also is good for Mianif, \ wo *k eg * * « & ridge, pastor of the Glad Tidings @hether fewuletory taxing can @nd he ¢ited the natural petort 1 EY WEST ND ¢ ATCH FISH pepeeese Church, will, offi- | te done.” Lester said | tages of Key West and said. both’ e A éiate. Burial. will be in the family ‘The pred of dealing with cities ,are faving an area, of.ex- eee eave net in City fometety as young Women magazine sub-| oiging srahoertiesdledeas.. “K, west. tists tui [the Fleck Sonny a urvivors are mother, Mrs. e@wrthers wh uve pestered serv- panding pe ae wie peg seperenss : Nee t ae , ae A ha Janie Johnson, brother, Joseph A. lee mem and other residents for More than 125 persons attend- weather, and my only hope is 4 unit o Sa 5 | iohneon, mageaine 9 ptions came up ed the affair. Earl A. Adams, |that one day I can come back morning he ae wae Capts. ‘bli es Sa parame ot Tue eueht's City Commis- president of Key West Rotary | here and just fish.” t utch a n, com H . Tuceday hibies h roma ic0f wel : ;manding officer of the Subma- M 30 ea line tom Meeting At that time, it was Club, gave the address of wel-| Rear Admiral Carl F. Holden, | +ine Squadron 4; Henry M. Coop- ar. elttested thet the girls be made come, while Mrs. Helen Scher} Ysn, commander of the Train- er, USN, commanding officer of * te pay $62.50 (city license fee) responded for the Rotary Anns. ing Command of the Atlantic the Submarine Base, and Capt. | for Exemptions epteee but the interstate com-! Prof. Horace O'Bryant, prin-/ Fleet, who arrived here yester-|, G. Ww. McFadden, USN, com- merce Protection was overlooked. cipal: of Key West High School, /day, made this statement today ;manding officer of the Sonar! Filing of homestead exemptions ¢ . rik pacers nro an ws “The weather at Norfolk, Va. school. with the County Tax Assessor's PPE AL MADE FOR Baw wus es Haay ba spike was awful, simply awful,” said ~ ip. agmiral will leave here | office will be closed March 30, } REN CROSS WORKERS eat spareciate ¢ Miami Her-' admiral Holden. “But we got ‘ |Tax Assessor Claude A. Gan- a ald for coming down here every | eng 5 + tomorrow to continue his tour of ; ‘ #8 RESIDENTIAL AREA : down here and find it is just dolfo announced today. » , sf 4% day. ae lovely, almost too lovely for installations throughout the Unless. homestead exemptions o 5 Hies ek th. Ba: 1 — nett ee pesee Ameniad words. Caribbean. He is traveling aboard } are filed by householders the tax- NR ee eee in ea Te cent» “dil taig: | L Rope that one day I can the USS Albqgarle, a 14,000-ton | payer has to pay the full coun- Resi ( pt \ today for largely undeveloped,” Hills said.| come back to Key West and just |. eee as a f $19.50 for each $1,000 sumtes ‘ canvassing “This huge resour is i vour | ¢; ay seaplane tender, under the com-j}ty tax 0 . ‘a D —— is huge resource 1s in your! fish. It must be wonderful to 4% StS cased ¢ on the city, tax of whe \ nieers ave asked to keys—and fr : i eS : ee Bs mand of Capt. E. H. Eckelmeyer, | of assessmen’ p eys—and from syour ipeint of |fish in such fine weather. USN. $24.50, If they file homestead ex- a c ty Hall Spe- view, of course, the keys closest | Admiral Holden is inspecting z emptions the tax rate is reduced Bech v my vte will be asked 1 a Weet.are the, ones) to. falls aN SEBO ECT | 10 $2.50 per $1,000 on the county cane ery small area meu ‘guessed” that | bef For A Good Ti Visit th \ D BEAM tax rate and $5.25 on the city a oe Air ease iy ae euceee ‘ ove | For ood Time, Visit the = bie af her neighborhood. many years have passed the kK SEALED 6 Aakes i a Overseas Highway will thread its way past dozens of bulkhead- ed islands that will.haye begame the winter homes of some of the most famous families in the United States. He said that Notice! Notice! 1947 Dog Licenses, re- quired by City Ordinance 47%. ave on sale at $1 each Wednesdey end Saturday @t Key West Woman's Club. 12,000 cars a License expiration date WE ARE... —— es HYDRAULIC BRAKE Mours: 2 to 4:30 P.M. SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service BATTERY RAISED WEIGHT FRYERS i. 37¢ OUR SCALES ARE CORRECT Strictly FRESH EGGS HEMANE SOCIETY oF KEY WEST LIVE STERLING'S BRADY’S 1 POULTRY MARKET POULTRY MARKET |! 900 Fleming St. 1214 White St. 1918 Eliza St. PHONE | Phones 572 and 243 S40 Vivian Gulick, Mrs. Mary Nunn, Mrs, Marion Grant, Parker, and the Kress staff. Special posters pital. The model representing the Kress’, installed by Cyril Mar-! shall-with the assistance of Mrs. | were done by Marshall and Mrs. ; Harriet Parker of the Naval Hos- ; ‘Visitor Arrested | On Cove With | Small Sponges ' discontinued. ty-five members attended. Past Exalted Ruler Pres- sey L. Weatherford, present secretary, was, by a unnani- mous vote of the lodge, awarded an honorary life membership. In keeping with the event the various chairs were filled and the meeting celled the trip here “because of e™aim here till Sunday and wilt then fly to Moscow, where the developments.” Ross would nots say were. “The Caribbean trip has been postponed indefinitely because: o! | developments,” was all Ros: would say about the postpone- what these developments conference of the Big Four scheduled to begin on Monday. 102 Find Jobs | In Key West, wel | Carlysle E. Beedle, a visitor} conducted by Past Exalted Gray Lady sight furnished by | fom Akron, O., was arrested yes- !, Rulers. Beldners dress shop. ‘terday for having undersized Trustees of the lodge were Of Expansion j held under $50 bond for appear- ‘ance in Criminal Court Tues- | day. / Beedle was arrested by Joseph Knight, state conservation of- ficer, near Pirate’s Cove. Beedle said the undersized sponges were given to him by an unidentified The man was arraigned before Peace Justice Ira Albury. The bond was fixed by Albury when Beedle said he had to be back in Akron by the middle of next erseas Highway and in later years people of Key West would think the number sinall. “When that traffic doubles, as it surely will, Key West will be well on its: way to taking its week. Beedle engaged Attorney rightful place as one of the great John Sawyer to enter a plea of (Continued on Page Four) ‘guilty to the charge. Pee a tao kok heh hchoh A toh hchohohohehehated heheheh Rahetehett A tatethchahetatehichabehe) V.EW.-€lubhouse | | HEADLIGHTS FLAGLER AVE. ong (ND Su. | ROY'S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS Open Monday thri' Saturday ae savel BUREt ‘Poinciana Bus Passes Door | eames Phone (42 _—_—— More New Fabries BAHAMA HOUSE | 525 Caroline Street Phone 495-W | | | Slip Covers and Draperies (MADE-TO-ORDER) LAMPS POTTERY - GLASSWARE Picturesque— : I ‘ G | . Pirates Cove, Fishing Lodge "The Luxury Fishing Camip of the Keys” PIRATES COVE, FLORIDA -“i One of World's Finest Fishing Spots Charter Boats and Skiffs Beautiful Protected Swimming Pool RECREATION - ENTERTAINMENT De Luxe Accommodations - American Plan Rates from $8.00 per Day With Meals Excellent Cuisine Visit the Charming Rendezvous, Dining Room, Bar tt tert tt ttt te re. | sponges in his possession and was man from whom he purchased a bunch of regulation-sized sponges. authorized to purchase three $1,000 U. S. Government, Series G, bonds. Officers for the ensuing year were nomi- nated for the election to take place at the next regular meeting, March 20. Five new applications for membership were received. Lh hk huhu Robert Johnson Died Wednesday Robert Thomas Johnson, 46, whose home was at 712 White- head street, died Wednesday. af- Up until today 1,878 homestead éxemptions had been filed. Gan- dolfo estimates that about 2,300 taxpayers are entitled to get homestead exemption. (a i AD Kenyon Auto Store —Has— Tires - Tubes - Seat Covers Extension & Ironing Cord Wire.- Fishing Tackle $24 Southard Opp. Bus Station teens ONS 156 een tMAAADDAADALSAALASD PRESCRIPTIONS trevcciente Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela Phone 177 Free Delivery vewwwrw errr SERVICE STATION J. H. Brady, Mgr. Phone 9134 Division and Francis Streets Your PURE OIL Dealer. BATTERIES °*¥<0° wai Let Us GREASE and Spray Your Car New Bicycles Auto Tires - Tubes - Batteries Spraying, Oil, Greasing Auto Accessories | POOR OLD CRAIG'S en Charged While, | ment. President Truman in Washing- ; i ton today conferred with the imembers of his Cabinet on ques- Knight Says “Jobs are being sought through jtions of Greek relief and other | the Florida State Employment | problems, the Associated Press | said. | All arrangements , for the : scheduled arrival of President }Truman in Key West at about * + 2:30 p, m., tomorrow, were im- eae: cancelled. President Truman had been {scheduled to remain here untif {Tuesday and to go fishing. | The Navy Department an- ‘nounced today that it had can- ‘celled the formation at 1:45 p.m., | tomorrow at which all officers and men of the Submarine Base here were supposed to have been ‘readied for the President's visit. Sailors and Marines had been \ scheduled to form an almost-solid line from Southard street gate, where the President was to en- ter the Base, to the comman- was to remain for his stayy,, Several Secret Ser who came to the city yesterda: and today in © Wind taP te President’s party immediately withdrew from Key West. Some flags had been posted al- ready on Division street for President Truman. He was ex- pected to travel down Division street to Whitehead and thence to the Navy Base. Palestine Traveler Speaks Here Sunday Charles Cottingham, author and traveler, will show 45 mm moving pictures and relate his experiences tin Jerusalem and the Holy Land at the Congregational Church at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Cotter is a civ- il engineer and for 16 years was examiner of aero-devices in the, U.S. Patent Office. ! One of Cotter’s publications, ! “One Hundred Years in Motors”, has had a wide circulation”and is a good authority in this} line. TWINS GARA 1130 Duval Street Phone 168 Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Cars Palace Theater CMARLES STARRETT in “Landrush” News and Serial Cuisine from | dant’s quarters; ’**where., Trunran | Pog: iy fice, show a A CUBAN BOMBSHELL is Now Appearing in ‘Person at Raul’s Club ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD BY THE SEA In the Person of ELSA VALLADARES A Cuban Singer of Outstanding Popularity at Better Havana and Miami Beach Night Spots DINNER SERVED from 6:30 - SUPPER from 10 p.m. Complete FLOOR SHOW at 9:30 and 12:30 DANCING MUSIC by MARK (Crunch) STANLEY and His Orchestra, with Sylvia at the Piano Beverage Charge After 10 p. m. for Non-Dinner Guests aueeeeeefeservations: Phone 9287: Service office in Key West by 507 applicants, including 281 veterans, ‘and 134 women,” Jeff H. Knight, | Jr. manager, said . In Feb- ;Tuary, Knight's office placed 102 | employes, of whom 37 were | World War II veterans, Knight urged employers to list their job openings with the employment service for the dual purpose of filling their own needs and help- ing to maintain the economy of the community. | Job applicants include profes- sional and managerial, 26; cler- ical and sales, 116; service, 57; skilled, 102; semi-skilled, 113; unskilled, 72, and agriculture, 20. The greater number of appli- cants by individual occupation are truck drivers, general office clerks, carpenters, laborers and maids’ occupations. » Current job. openings, totaling 43, at the local employment of demand for wait resses, ‘sales clerks, clerk typist, salesmen and ‘domestic help |-Employer job orders and ap plications for jobs should bé made. at the Florida State Em ployment Service office, 314 St monton street, Knight said. Job ‘orders will also be taken over telephone 489. OKLAHOMANS BRING ' PHEASANT DINNER IN VISIT TO KEY WEST Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rose, of Tulsa, Okla., recently arrived in Key West to visit Mr. and Mrs. George Butler. The visitor brought with them a pheasant dinner, The Roses shot 40 pheasants on a recent South Dakota hunt ing trip and had some canned for their trip. They are making a 12-month tour of the United | States, living in a large house trailer. hae USED CAR BARGAINS | °42 Buick Sedan, Clean °41 Packard Clipper °40 Packard, 6 Cylinders °40 Plymouth, 2-Door "41 DeSoto Convertible °41 Ply. Convt. Coupe NAVARRO, INC. | Opposite the Bus Station ‘ pen nm Duffy's Tavern & £2 £f#8at 2 21S ek, cic.# 1Soaiiinr — ss -_ ' "ers ot 2 ag e® lt Brit Tite