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hi {Mfvom the disabled Rhojan 1 in a , City Judge Enrique Esquinal-| Key. West, Florida, most equable climate ig country, with an ave range of only 14° Fahife IN- MARCH 17, 1947 e, VOLUME LXVIII. No. 65 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, veeoovesoccecsoosoose cece et reece secee ee Fears. Expressed © | “i's Springtime A Long Tim . For Safety Of 2 | al Seamen In Boat THIRD MAN RESCUED APTER BEING ADRIFT | PRR SAAR ARREARS IN LEAKING sup FoR Sheriff Wears A WEEK | * * x * Fears for the safety of two of Sawyer Is. 62 Years Old three members of the crew of the’ kt x * leaking 75-foot yacht, Rhojan II,’ Ti S J which was towed into Key West Naval Base by the Coast Guard Green Ie, mie Sunday, were expressed today by : #4 searching pariies. eee Church St ‘President Will Leave After * «tansy . ee lee Wednesday; Many In Congregation UN Rule Japan! Unaware Of His Visit To Church. |GETS 100 CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAMS ON : Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer was : q ; (By The Axsvciated Press) bean ana rearted that ainplanes wogring a green tie and a huge | Al vtiTT TOKYO, Match | 18.—General| DAUGHTER'S SINGING DEBUT OVER: RADIO ” smi. E i st acArthur sugges’ » toda; a wei a § locate the two men who set cut smile today. fi shesiMiad powers pr ouesd ad rey: NETWORK LAST NIGHT; WORSHIPS IN OD, idly as possible to complete’ the | * Japanese peace treaty, and that | WHITE COLONIAL BUILDING when it is adopted, Allied troops, ——— Sees Mi be withdrawn from + Japan and | . that it be placed. under the con- | CMPMF MI MP a AP aI trol of the’ Allied ‘Nations. He said that the military phase! of the occupation of Japan has} been completed, but that the eco- | do, Jr,, presented the green tie} ,to the sheriff to memorialize two occasions—green for St. eAeICE S| ace Blanchard; 32, of Newport aee and the sheriff’s 62nd 16a me : News, Va., engineer-of the Rho- ~“;y, ewsfeatures . jan, and Charles King, 19, of ,, eee a dg ake Ce aaa nk abe si CALENDAR may say it’s spring March 21, But if you ask the weather man he'll likely tell Hampton Roads, Va, jee: ho nreegpel you it depends on where you are. One estimate says if you were on the gulf coast as spring He ch d his tie in the sher- . i <4 A Capt. James Blanchard, 38, ore ottice: els Sieh: held| Starts and walked north approximately 10 miles a day you. would follow spring weather about 1922-foot cabin cruiser to | go in search of assistance. The missing men are W. Hor- No Information brother of the missing engineer, irror i fast as it advances. The map shows the areas in which the last killing frosts usuall ic phase is still i f : a mirror for him, ‘as 'tas' it adv iP ing frosts usually appear {nomic phase is still is process o! ner aange ci we ee Then Esquinaldo reminded the in the months indicated. But there are exceptional years. adjustment, MacArthur declared I t Will Leave H ere. Wednesday afternoon, Press that the economy of Japan is in so disrupted a condition it is c that the Army will close its ating worse conditions than those ; Key. West installations, Lh that resulted from the explosion } Col. Clifford <. Sincler of the atomic. bombs at Hiroshima Army commanding ‘officer nid: Ragekakt, here, said today that he has Japan, he concluded, should be received. no official inicemar ¢ placed on a sound commercial} 44, aoa q basis,/an end-that cannot beat) at fo SMa elect. tenabled him to follow H A statemeni given out by i ed till the peace treaty is Capt. i Wehrman, public ite pice peri pene Eos es signed and foreign troops are relations officer at the |the bokeh om withdrawn from the country. Army's Harbor Defenses of At 3: i o'clock this afternoon Re RNE TRE are REE Key West, said: . : 'he was to visit the Submarine “Col. Singleton states that | Base movie theater to see a movie he has no. reason to believe | yep before ; sheriff that he was invited to the — “og aso ns aa a pai buffet supper to be given at 7:30 i o'clock tonight at the Key West} 9 trout the other two members of yacht Club by the Shrine Club of Voters League . a ‘ |Key West. Capt. Blanchard said the Rho-;~<ty) be there,” the sherift prom-| favors. State jan Il, owned by Rhodes Perdue ised, “wearing the green tie.” i é Hold Primary Commenting oni reports ,retary Charles G. Ross said this of Atlanta, Ga., left Miami March 4 for Panama City. The vessel New Construction Sn Graeme’) Jury Trials To |s-eer“t%seanoal: Keys Assessments) ci Suge Bare etme, Begin Tuesday |" scr n te fa enor x Fil Homestead when the ‘batteries failed because : i ob) GITY: ARTE Hy APemepaneey prey Inds AllamMg ian aie Kkemptions Now, Lo ‘: ; if i INSPECTION. TRIP ' a ib ¢; t ae Hurrieane force | et thd’ wat Ht wos looking bad: T “UPPER ISLANDS 4 when Hotace and ‘young King.2"* scheduled to begin tomorrovr,| primaries?” In the postal ballet, About $225,000) in-new assess"). (Dy The Aunociatea P Bi mcibstouitty- tax rolisras-result of new |ing of méstead exemptions only; Jury trials in Criminal Court] political parties full éontrol over miles, hashes of ecient water trials tomorrow will -be.-those } to oppase.such a chi when Ml nnniog high thicag, charged: with, violation, of . the| ’ The: League. maintain were still xunning high, ne eT tuaffie, laws,,by,.the State High-| primary’ uncontrolled by the state tain added. way, Patrolmen., is far more likely to be manipu-+ Today Merrill J., Johnson, Mi-} lated dishonestly, than is one| thal! @tt-in. the cruiser to goi Judge Thomas S. Caro announced | sent to-all League menibers, 97 mentswill- be added to ‘Monroe }¢scape taxation, through. the’ fil- have until Mareh’ $1, ‘County. ‘Taxi: for amileterice;” , today after qualifying the jurors} per ‘cent of those! voting oppgsed He said the pati tons “abcait 5 and postponing: arraignments.' | abandoning |» abandoning state LONDON, March 1 ‘ngland ; construction which has Bone LAssessor Claud A. Gandolfo said! s been lisHst'l day by a wind} ahead on the Uppep Keys .in the} today. 4 { First trials scheduled: for jury } control, and: wanted th ague ) ' % Stee - t and rainstorm, with the velocity | past. year. About 130 fewer , applications | yet béen completed. Bids ‘or most conti: sl the pons pngemmoualy, From the other sale arrangements will | Orchestra last night. J morning of March 8 until Friday ia: ami, arrested, fox passing us} subject to‘state control; that an} : ; ttt é rey AAT Aw i t Maeren 14, when the "drifting procter Bes ets Gattone| unegatrolteg primary must be pf the wind’ gusts attaining; County Tax Assessor Claude nai ok this enemep UM 9 DAS | seas ees bithadige ade pur MyPrierg zecms nade Dated vestiel Byte Hotel; who, pleaded :uilty ;torthe | nanced ;by ai charge:upom voters | 100 mites an holir, | Nine persotis Gandolfo;. who,,returned Satw‘day wahidkangeatetandd “ie cated sas! :Martello. Towers, gy paves ot ok 4 charge ata hiags coh it ne: (the pi cates pall tone in were reported dea’ and many in-| #fter an inspection’ tour of the] ine. mimbér* sHotlll fe tii _ Fort! Taylor and one et Stock’: ‘was In. cour’ an was -asked|a new form) or ta large i ee}. i Upper Keys, is y Riot whether he Tad! mid’ restitution | charged candidates, thus favoring 400 5S icaiat celetabneial ‘ ¥ rich aspirants for office. | Reports from. various parts pf} : x Fe oy tate to: the tayel. pee es et ‘Ks H Gandolfo and his assistant, J.|homes. in, the county whieh, { ter’s béll-like authority for this|creased rather than ‘dee: ods; Island. cet, Xe a bi a. be ro bed Merny ate were t + ae 4 White House usual mem- sah Fear Mieae en a | él Ibers of his party. Miss Truman Bay, Blanehurd bailed water. He suffered from lack of drink ing water, for, the water gauge to the feesh water tanks broke PSHIILDS: ' pr, ist a *, County . Solicitor » gAan:..B. : |the country were that the people “‘Igranted ‘homestead; exemptions. |p, 4g GC ”~«C S88. Pedilla’s Spanish folksong, Se ee tee ia: Plonre (ar move betaeresserielh dA 1 {are contending with flood wa-|Frank Roberts, completed a trip|(sndolfo expects that’ at least Delay Seen In “Cielito Lindo”; a number from saa,» Fle‘ manag @p rain’ fo. Johnson tomorrow, when the) W al" rrestet lters, in some instances aggravat-| Which took them to Matecumbe,|2'399 should be filed this year. | y ithe French opera, “ ar : poner {man claimed Cleare had prom- | ; | Marathon, Tavernier. Windley| “There is a gerat savings in £ Brazil’) Spe Cie roan ee Lent The Rojan was towed to the ised him a light finé jf he made 0: Th ft Chi re fed by bursting mains. | é : taxes tata hor hile hi i Greek-Turkish | ose of Summer”, from the opere, Key West sea buoy by the Navy’ tution n € ana ge) The East End of this city was Island, Key Largo and Planta- ee os jose es a i jome- | ‘ “Martha”. tug, then picked up and brought! "7's a ee eee ene ada! i ins a agi hats 4 ton, Key. stead exemptions and I want to} . « . | After the concert, the Presi- here by the Coast Guard 83403, ' Fae a aac tite tale of thiz| Alonzo Ward, colored, was ar-jcut off from a supply of watery” 1” snctruction that “has|°All attention. again “to. the’ fact Legis ATION cent talked over the telephone under command of Ollie Odom,’ move the, immediate trial of THis) vested yesterday by Deputy due to breakage in mains. Four ; : has) that the time of filing htem is} sith. Mre'-Teatnen tm. Seahinae boatswain’s mate. baaaua sa reread “sentence| Sheritt William Archer cn alhundred army trucks, loaded with | £9" #head on the xcys was .im-{short,” Gandolfo said. (iy. "The Axsocintfed Press) ton, his mother in Grandview, charge of grand larceny in con- essive,” Gandolfo said. “I think | WASHINGTON, March 15.—It Mo., and his daughter in Detroit. a son if he insiste |tanks of water, left here this| , am "W1) : |Johnson if he insisted upon] | ction with the theft of four re- eae that soon several of the keys will § T B Id was reported today that congress Yesterday Mr. Truman drove Mira. MLN. Owens [pecaine cutuy tomorrow. other: | Notion with the theft of four re Aer 10 wid te 1,000,000 peo-; teaeeene several of the keve wil Sweeting ‘Lo Baril icity conic ic cris trom’ the Subemartae eae tee ; wise a jur trial was to be held. homas street. Ward was sched-|Ple residing in the East End. I eater eny citi on the proposed $400,000,000 leg- simple, attractive white colonial ‘ 1 ~ d i | Thomas street. Ward was sched Ss, oes i Fisted - Gr 4 - First Baptist Church on Eaton i led for a’ preliminary hearing re ee | “I expect the construction in ALTAGDE |islation for Greece and Turkey by. First Bap' Diec Satur ay “hes ister tedeubetatca ber Ss stice | bd ; another year will be much more 2 , D'’|March 31, the date the British Street, between ten and uiches Leave later toda before Peace Justice) - " | 3 ; ene eds oe ait et ind bGnded the Mrs. Marie N.Owens, 46, died | 5. Y. Porter, IV. IE risoners ESCAPE | impressive than the work’ that|' A service station with adjoin-|have announced they will with- Duval streets, a ne 1 has hee) : heh ae jing garage costing a total of $10,- | draw their ti from Greece, | ™ortning service there. About ten has been done up the keys in the raw their troops from Greece, minutes betes the anllaenate to start at 10:50 am. @ repre- sentative of the Presidential par Saturday afternoon at 5:10: For Buffalo! FOODS PS M o'clock in a local hospital. She | TIME FOR CELEBRATION From State Camp, last year. I} was.told that a lot of }900 to $12,000 will be erected on| Senator Homer Furguson, Re- had lived in Key West since last’ Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Dutche,!’ ¢angas crry. — Mrs. Jackie! jfutare constriction is now being oe Moret eo aiCanarte ea publican of Michigan, said that October and was formerly, of of Buffalo, N. Y., have left over| 4/4 atrick gave birth to a son| State Highway Patrolmen| Planned. eee Whe G Guceting eat trday. oer wank; to. igi, ber ty, arrived tn Shes an Royal Oak, Michigan. _ {the Highway for their home af-) (746. birthday, March 4, which| searching for seven state prison- “Nowhere did I find that the aaa oe iat jae fore acting on the measure to (Continued on Page Four) Lopez Funeral Home is in ter spending several weeks in is also the birthday of Mrs. Kirk-|ers, all negroes, who escaped| C°! ruction was cheap. Most of a at 4 saat provide money for reece and charge of arrangements, which the Island City. patrick’s mother, Mrs, Elberta|from the prison camp on Big| the homes that have been built age: 2h eimanon 7 an cene Turkey, whether or not there HUUUUUMUUUE Eee ee > a ed lat ie = itey ged riff, Will run from $10,000 to $25,000] Streets, has just bought the lot|were any secret agreements made will be announced late Williams, of Ogden, Utah. Pine Key Sunday. asked Sheriff - § on the Greene and Ann ‘corner|with these countries ‘or about ROASTERS and FRYERS | Survivors, wido Ellis Ow- iBerlin A. Sawyer to be on the| cach.” OCA AA OD, ens; daughters, Mrs. Ellen Robin- » son and Mrs. Nellie Forrest; ; » new constructig¢n,{from the Cash Estate for $4,0@0.|them-during the presidency of lookout. for the men. today. | Much of the new construction, Z aaa ii If P y i ran sorticanndered| Arete notably on Plantation Key, has; The lot measures 113 by 100 feet.|the late Franklin D. Roosevelt. | BRADY’S. (Live): Poultry brothers, Sam Norton and Jason | the men came in the direction of| €one ahead on lands leased from} _ Sweeting said his new estab-| It was predicted that the Greck- and Egg Market Norton; grandchildren, Shargn' °42 Buick Sedan, Clean Key West after they fled from| the state. On this type of con-] lishment will be able to service !Turkey measure will meet with | 1a1q White St, Phone 54° Robinson, Karen Robinson a8 °41 Packard Clipper The cae eee co cating ‘ta|struction no. assessments can be| 10.csts/ ata time. hard fighting both in the house’ weeeweceeteeeee: Anna Jane Forrest. | Florida license, 1-D-51941. | Placed, but Gandolfo said that and ie econ ~ po ae nssndet a | 40 Packard, 6 Cylinders Ramenaacareraanees.| 740) Plymouth, 2-Door MOTOR TUNE-UP, °41 DeSoto Convertible all of it would be in the form of personal property taxes. He said that the direct real es- ee yaneed REPLACEMENT | : | ' Several highway patrolmen| i were stopping all "s bound, north of Big Pine Key since early | NEW PIONEER HOTEL ‘ 3 "sond 151 N.E. FIRST ST. F alace Theater =— PARTS : esterday. The . escaped | tate asst ents and the personal | pe tain ee a *41 Ply. Convt. Coupe eae R veltting? pare pons ssments — abe In the Heart of Miami JAMES MASON in | ROY'S EEy WES? AUTOM Smith Auto Service | A 0. C reported still at large la ay,| about $225,000 increase this year “THE SEVENTH VEIL” | ee eervice N VARR 5 INC. eee ee ee eres Ie: | over last. blag paar ag News and Serial | 121 Duvel Street Opposite Army Barracks | Opposite the Bus Station POV T TOSCO COC TT SY ~ RA A tl HAR Kenyon Auto Store PRESCRIPTIONS te.crse CIVILIANS " The Jayshees wish to thank the following for their i C ded by Ex ” ae) 7 y ag Lo Raul’s Club ao io Ba her Daas Extension & ee ‘Cord omveipharmacists ‘ Pent Eee A Night Ret co-operation, which made the Fashion Show oraenat need led her to resign Wire - Fishing Tackle | GARDNER’S PHARMACY 1 Block West of Bus Depot at the Casa Marina a Grand Suceess: On Roosevelt Boulevard by the Sea The ONLY NIGHT SPOT in Monroe County imi foe SONNY BOY”, VALUE and trek to the West where, |524 Southard Opp. Bus Station} _ 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela | ¥.—.— SHOPS Mrs. Olga Knowles to her surprise, she rents an | Suumemes PHONE 166angueue ;Phone 177 ax: _Free Delivery The Becchcom bbe ee ee adobe house, dirt cheap. Of | ry Children’s Toggery Mrs. Eleanor Dowski inl at: Route Otek te course there’s something |f TOM THUMB || POOR OLD CRAIGS Dolores Shoppe PROPERTIES You saw as; a Toten te a Se we prea Rg TR “i NAV, ARRO INC SERVICE STATION ries. esi—eail Shoppe vas Mer Cyne by CUBAN leeen't take: long Deer ? ° |J. H. Brady, Mer. Ph started Saat ge isk aby ~ eared Elsa Valladares BOMBSHELL finds out, as you'll see when |- WEDDING | eo a Division and Francis peal! Fashion Frocks Sears, Roebuck & Co. wu ri " you read ! Tuesd March il Paint and Body Repairs Your PURE OIL Dealer—— Kenny's Little Folks Store Tropical Trader ues 7 : _ 18, ii Slip Covers B A Charged While Young Charmers Bob's Sports Shop at & P. M. i papas Sieavehin You Wait HAIR STYLES Key West Golf Club : s S. P 2 FLOOR SHOWS NIGHTLY at 9:30 and 12:30 || THE STRANGE || warris scioor |, tintegosting Service let Us GREASE and Spray|| Overseas Beauty Salon Key West Flotiat Dancing Music by MARK (Crunch) STANLEY j AUDITORIUM {| ony SP S| Dod Your Car Stell’s Beauty Nook Thompson’s Hardware and His Crchestra, with Sylvia at the Piano RETURNING i il Chrysler - DeSoto - ige New Bicyel Cherrie’s La Concha Salon Beachcomber DINE and DANCE NIGHTLY i Benefit P. 7. A. {| PARTS - SALES . SERVICE| Auto Tires. Tubs - Sattecies || DRESSMAKERS Pollock's, Jeweler DINNER SERVED from 6:30 — SUPP : STARTING TODAY Adm sorce | ‘All Repairs Can Be Handle Spraying, Oil, Greasing Mrs. Frances Wood Victory Furniture Co, Culgine trom Dutt 3 f IN THIS NEWSPAPER | @ ADULTS -- 38 4/ Gn Deferred Payment Plan and Auto Accessories Mrs. Ella Castro Maxwell Furniture Co. ‘ i