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— | Mayor Demeritt speak- ing: ie aie advise those Key Westers whe fa the building of a beach in-the vicinity of the West Mar- tello Tower to the! ‘| Mayor Deémeritt. favors’ the building .of. the beach along the Boulevard ‘on the shore, He recalls the sand beach that, extended from White street to the head of the island..He_was, with his brother-in-law, Robert Albury, former Kéy Wester, who is here ona visit from Tampa. The mayor was surprised when Mr: Albury . and the ‘and || writer went, him .“‘one. bet- ter’ about the beach along the Boulevard on.the. south shore. Fifty years:ago Mr. Albury and the writer raced their horses, many a time, along that stretch of beach. Sand has never collected in the area of the West Martello Tower. so far as is known by oldtime Key West= ging from what! | Mr. Lovering said, it did not | form there in the days when | the tower was constructed. | Swirl of, currents or the pull ‘i v | of the undertow might have The visit of President, been and may still be the Truman “to Mexico City|Teasons: why sand does not seems to have been the oc-| Collect in that area. i casion for @ spontanéous ex-! ,, As.the ‘mayor. concluded, pression of. goodwill by the| “Why. try.to build a beach | It seems ‘wiser to have the Greéce’ problem. set- |) tled by the U. N. instead of by the U.S. ; Mexican 7 ac-| Where Nature has~ neyer cording . to. news’ reports, | Uilt. one within the mem- were ‘ sly impress. ory of any Key. Wester?” ed whew. thé’ President laid ‘ Tolerance - for . minority rights. should engender. tol- erance for majority rights. a wreat) at the Mexican monument. celebrating . the| courageous resistance of | cadets ofthe United States Army. inthe Mexican War. inetuded gviait to the Pyre ne’ a visit to the Pyra- ; , mid of the Sah! one of two! body has been fooling you. tlat-toppéd remnants of a ‘ingto | dead civilization. Nobody: When Washi m, D. C., 4 first built, hod carriers, knows when. the Pyramid ice we d psp teil or: for that diggers and other laborers matter, from what direction, ta and the working: doy bee the ancient people! was from sunrise to sunset. | who made their home ini. jaborer's. lot certainly | There. are no. master- minds and no supermen; if| you think otherwise some- It Coines . Out Here! ens e > miles south of Daytona Beach, are rich in historic Iore. One of Florida's outstanding scenic attrac- Beach, Fla. Need moneyy. but unable to work- full time? dréss to Box R.S., c/o Citizen: marl7-4tx tions, the originally was established more than 300 years |!* took a war to prove the abi i- ago. The young ladies on the limb are, left to right: Frances yea pct ogaleeertiamumaperain! Alpin, Genie Lou Schmidt, Lorraine Robinson, Louise Merrill and Srewwereee (Special te The Citizen) WASHINGTON. — The turns out about 10 carloads of paper a day in such print- ed matter, among athers, as booklets entitled “Studies on the Utilization of Swordfish Livers” and “Annotated Checklist and Key to the Snakes of Mexico.” U. S. taxpayers foot the bill — about $50,000,000 a year. Lb ddd ddehde Key West In ‘ Days Gone By. Captain C. D. Harrington said today that he had been trans-; Key West, Fla., March 17,1947 ferred from the command of the Steamship Cuta to the Florida.! He will begin his duties on the) Florida when she arrives in Ha- vana tomorrow. Miss Betty Maloney, airport manager hefe for the Pan-Amer-;Normal jean Airways, left this morning} for Miami to discuss with officials Rainfall, 24 hours ending of the company the proposal close the locdl office and discon-! to tinue the use of the landing barge at Key West. -|cloudy and continued cool tonight. ee and aptitudes will develop you physically and mentally, the service you will, do, your Key. West and Vicinity: Partly} i9, gives you free food fihest medical and dental care, travel, recreation,. sports, and retirement pay. No payroll de- ductions, and a chance to save your money. If yout have what it takes, and have t/se necessary physical ahd mental qualifica- Tuesday partly cloudy and warm- er. Fresh northerly winds today and tonight, shifting to southeast-} erly Tuesday afternoon. Florida: Fair today and to- jnight, moderately cool today and} slightly warmer tonight. _Tues- jday partly cloudy, warmer south and central portions, cooler ex- treme north portion. ; East Gulf and Jacksonville through Florida Straits: Moder- jate westerly winds over north nite |portion and fresh north to north-} Citizen Offier., jant7-tf | West winds over south portion to-/ sR A iday, becoming gentle to moderate! MISCELLANEOUS j winds. tonight, west to southwest! ever north portion and variable,| For guaranteed ‘plumbing | wdrk mostly north to northeasterly, ‘and repairs, pap Rex i512 Margaret Then ; over south portion. .Tyesday moderate east to southeast over; Give us a try on your next job. jsouth portion and south to south-) Free estimates. , marl-1mox west over horth portion, except . ‘shifting to northerly over extreme|Gapapbell’s Key Shop, 928° Di north portion Tuesday afternoon.| sion St.,/closes March 20th, AD) | Weather fair to partly cloudy. having: loeks, keys and other REPORT things, ‘please call‘for’same. ¢ 713-6 Army. Recruiting -Station, 302. 303 Postoffice: Bidg., Miami, Fila. marl7-1 WANVED Wanted—Old rags. Call at The | j es \(Observation taken at 8:30 a.m; Eastern Standard Time, fOR RENT City Office) Temperatures Highest yesterday = Lowest last night Mean |Two-bedroom, 2nd floor apart: ment, furnished. Quiet couple wanted. Call 373-J or apply 1409 Albury St. i 74 62 | 68) 73| Precipitation FOR SALE | 8:30 am., inches 1.48|Books for every age. Books for Relative Humidity every hobby. Paul Smith, j 61% Bookseller, corner Simonton and | Eaton Sts. mar17-6t { Tomorrow's Almanac | tt | (Eastern Standard Time) Mexico. } : ¥| Manuel Alvarez, 58, died yes-|Sunrise 6:33 a.m.|-Atomic Lunch Restaurant, $650.00 The President also made! vin egcere. aid "apg brass Paes aL a coe ia Sunset 6:37 p.m.| including stock and equipment. a flying inspection of Paritu-| °°" eee eee a een” |services will be held. this afver-/ Moonrise Rises Comme oem or, call 116558 tin voleano, which presents | U.S CAPITAL |noor at 5:30 o'clock in the Lopes oomet 3:05 p.m, | mar12-6tx the world with the amaz-| Wey; out \chapel, with the Rev. William J.| TIDES ee sti : ing » of a yoleano|’ Reagan, S.J., of St. Mary’s Ro-| Tomotrow nee: _good mages 727 in ereation erupted in The Zdvaeatan of high men Catholic church, officiating. | eek Naval Base 4 i asthe mar15-3tx ie Soe que hata tariff rates constantly as-| Delegates from the local public! High Tide "tow tw |Four-piece, living room set and dating the ‘countryside; The sert that these protect the|schools left this morning for Or j 8:12 a.m. 1:28 alm. | desk: Must sell, cheap. Enquire mountain’ Gaus ountal American working man. |!ando to attend the fifty-first an-) 7:29 p.m, 12:42pm, | 2404 Staples Avenue. d They say that our labor can- not compete’ with the low-| priced labor of other coun-; the field by two thousan feet and continiies to erupt, throwing streams of laya4).. Key West Junior Woman's Club! Station—. Tide |high water! radio, Weather-Eye h “ A ries, a A gsc fot pike a ye heater, ex- which flow. down the sides P tis inthvestiig tw otis ie give a card party tomorrow| Bahia Hoda © —Ohr. | cellent throughout. 701 Flor- f th 1 a a 18 In| Ang to observe, |afternoon, with Miss Susan LaKin| (prig fi j 5 o P See See increase however, that .American|and Miss Nellie Louise Russell) N ps ge) ——10 min. 0.0'tt. | ida St. Bee the mines ng ake st ake sounene. ‘| capital, which . enjoys the |@8 hostesses. i iets hic) Spat 1937 Ford tudor, 85h. ood et gs +, cee anal prt 23 a mei ie at | Miss Blanche Mitchell, who cee — thr. condition “T14 White Bt ‘Apt . A: is not, averse to ing ad-} Deke wlatina caditionss (Sandy Point) 40 min. ; 15-2tx _ Now, comes from Wash-|vantage of the low-priced = pall peiyelcinacdpe gpa heron Caldas Channel +2hr. ie irra ington ‘that: President Tru-}Jabor of other countries, ' ville. | north end) 10min. +1.4 ft. \i4g Royal Enfield motorbike. I. man will declare, the na-|This comes to. mind from tional @mergency ended he-| reading a news dispatch that fore July 81st. This will au-| India’s first rayon plant, to! tomatitally end some 105|be constructed near Bom-} wartime laws, although] ba¥,.. will cost $10,000,000.) some eof them will continue| Similar plants. are to be) six months. erected in thrée other In-! The end of the emergency | dian cities. American capi-| will affect powers granted | talists are behind them. under ‘the “limited” emerg- When the United Statés, eney declared September 8,/ after the first’ World War, 1939, and the full emerg-| raised its tariff Walls to new) ency procldimed May 27th,! heights, there was a rush on 1941. Apparently, it will not|the part of Amétiean indus-| affect some 250 or more /|trialists to establish plants laws based on “the-duration{in other countries, - This of the war,” which, appar-| means that American capi- ently, will remain in force) tal, protected in this coun. until the war itself is of-|try, can accomplish what fieially: ended. Aimerican labor is unable to 7 do. Capital takes advantage’ of the honie and then goes abroad paren to cash’ on cheap labor The Citizen weleomes let-| there. This process inevit- ters from its readers upon) ably decreases the world- topics of interest;| wide demand for American if you have something to say.) goods, and means, in effect, weite it down and mail it for)less work for American la- publication. hor. ————— Make your job important and it will return the favor. protected’ market at! nual session of the Florida Edu- cational Association. Sketches from the operetta, “Blow Me Down”, will be pre- sented tonight in La Casa Marina under the direction of Miss Edna Smith. Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “What if we should geta preme Court that should declar ae Constitution urconstitution- al?” —___. DOG TO GRADUATE WALL, Pa. ~- When the -enior ‘class graduates in May, a-halt- | blind mongre] dog is going to | gradupte too, Spot, a mixture of! airdale, shepherd and what-have- | you, will receive a perfect at- | tendance certificate for not miss- ing a school session in ten years. He started. to school with his master, John Stanko, Then he followed John’s. Sister, Roselle, |and brother Bob. Bob graduates in May and so will Spot. Dr, Herman L. Donovan, presi- dent of the University of Ken- tucky, bor at Maysville, Ky., 60 years ago. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA mar15-3tx Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height; ot 1940 Nash Ambassador 6, 4-door, Minus Sign—Corrections to be S. Phillips, N.A.S., Unit 30. j subtracted Plus_Sign — Corrections to® be. mar15-3tx added. | SIGNS—“For Rent”, “Rooms for Rent”, “Apartment for Rent”. | .THE ARTMAN PRESS. ‘ime - wetl-tf New shipment of sheets, pillow to} cases, chenille spreads, bath Raymond Army. offers you a good profes- + living quarters, high vrages, the | <ifeet long, 74 tons displacemen Judicial Cire Florida, in in “of (Cireult Cow cf t, Provi- u «| for Monroe County, by Benjamin’ F. hereby re- ar in seid y of April, 7 and to show cause, if any aid petition should Key West, Florida this March, A.D). 1947, Seal) CR: ) ROSS C SAWYER, As Clerk of said Court. maar 10-17-2421, 1947 « father ana! Cash or time payment. Call James Edward| 831-R, R. R. Russell, 508 Wil- sets, curtains, dresses, slips, etc. liam St. mar15-2tx Enquire No. 1 Rest [two children's. ‘velocipedes, in right for quick sale; 1312 Reynolds marl4-3tx BABY CHICKS | ers, make 2-lb. fryers in 8 wks. | $3.45—100. ples. Biddle’s, Roxborough, | | WANTED TO BUY tions, get full details from the Bathtub, toilet, lavatory fixtures wanted. All or any single item desired. Write Box G-11, c/o} marl5-5t Citizen. | LOST Billfold with Reward if returned to S. G. Smith, 611 Division St. i ploye;of the;,Ui)8. Naval Sub- {marine Base. Owner, may ob- «tain it by identifying self and paying for this.ad. = mar17-t TODAY’ IN HISTORY soe (Know America) . 46i—Legendary date of death of St. Patrick, Irish missionary. 77 6S Brit: ish. troops evacuate Bastonsdobesrg st t- sas a holiday thére since: 5 “Holland”, first. successful marine to be built.in country: 52 first submerged run lasted only a few minutes, ending in a mud {bank off Staten Island, N. Y. 1905—Marriage of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Anna _ El2anor ;Roosevelt, in New York City, jwith President Theodore Roose- jvelt giving the bride away—the (bride his niece, groom his distant ‘cousin. 1912—The founded. 1932 — Hitler's {throughout Prussia raided by German Republic officials to ‘forestall plot to seize government by force. { 1941—Late Andrew Mellon’s gift, the National Gallery of Art, |presented the nation in Washing- jton ceremonies. 1942—Gen. Douglas MacArthur |reaches Australia from the Philip- pines. | 1943—U.S. air force bombs ‘Japs at Kiska in the Aleutians. 1945—U.S. 3rd Army attacks Coblentz. Americans in Italy re- jpulsed at Salvaro. z 1946—Cruise of Adm. Mitscher’s Camp Fire Girls headquarters |sth Fleet to Mediterranean can- celled. LaFollette Progressive Party in Wisconsin votes to merge with Republicans. Marquis W. Childs of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, noted cor- respondent, columnist and author, born in Clinton, Iowa, 44 ye: ago. www wwe vvevewrn STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL at All Grocers wwwvvwwwrwrwrvrre. 5 cubic foot General Electric re- frigerator. Call afternoons, phone 427-J. mar17-3t 5 rooms of furniture’ to be sold as one unit. $300. Enauire 28-1 Poinciana. mar17-3tx Gas refrigeration, 4 cubic foot. Call 1194-J. mar17-3t ‘Used gas range, $16.00. Apply * 626 Grinnell St. FOR SALE Beautiful FIVE-BEDROOM HOME NEAR THE OCEAN Three bathrooms, electric Completely furn- nar] -3tX | No culls, no crip- Philadelphia 28, Pa. mar17-ltx important cards. » pmarl7-1tx Found—Wallet belonging to em- IBABY CHICKS, $4.95, 100, C.O.D. Maryland lawyer, U.S. attorney- | ‘From bloodtested breeders; New |Seneral, secretary of the treasury, | | Hampshires, Barred Rocks,/famed Chief Justice of the U.S.| Aine shed and porn Hl ire Cross: 25—$2.00; 50— and} $3.50; 100—-$4.95, Leghorn Broil- t “Today’s Anniversaries | To Whom It May Concern | 1777—Roger Brooke Tancy,| ents that I have never | interest in the Foyer 709 Ashe Street, Key West. Fla, nor will I oe responsible for the @ ‘Supreme Court, born in Calvert! Co.,.Md. Died Oct. 12, 1864. 1832 — Moncure D.. Conway,; popular preacher, prolific writer) of his day, born in Stafford Co.,| |Va... Died Nov. 15, 1907. i 1841—Emily Sartain, Philadel-! phia artist-engraver, pioneer her! LOST 32 Ibs. of Ugly Far! line, school of design principal, | weight wih AYDS Vaa- born Philadelphia. Died June the one modes here Vor [18, 1927, | Exper 1849—Charles F. Brush, noted) gan. Vew Find Bee eed Cleveland scientist, pioneer. in! in cima ene comet electric lighting, born in Euclid,| Pani iOhio. Died June 15, 1929. Rergelaaiewmeets sis 1869—Corra May Harris, noted} Redocine Plan, Georgia author, born at Farm; Noessces, Nolet Hill, Ga. Died Feb. 9, 1935. _ ‘The Difference “So your ‘son. is in college? How ‘is’ He making it??” ; “He isn’t making it: ’'m mak- f At all Drug @ Dept, Stores in Rep West and everywhere i898—Trial of “Yohin P, Holland’s | to attend by order of your presi- sub-|dent, GEORGE BAXTER. } | | | psociation will be: held at 7:30 _ NOTICE! _ The Annual Election of Di- *ectors'of the Grief Relieved As- ing it and he’s spending it.” P.M. on Tuesday, March 18th, 1947, atthe office of the associa-; ‘tion, 921 Thomas Street. All members are requested Tear this Cy out Ay reminder at yi y s ° } «(ONE waY! THREE CONVENIENT | FLIGHTS DAILY Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulsion relieves promptly be= ause it goes right to the sea the trouble help loosen and laden and aid nature Soothe and heal raw, tender, in- : flamed bronchial mucous meme~ branes. Tell your druggist to sell you Gemanding erty eo vit uu js the cough or you are to have back. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service Between MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS on Florida Keys Between Miami and Key West Express Schedule: (No Stops En Route} LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY . CEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 P. a pt Miami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- LEAVES MIAMI ILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at. 1200 o'clock Mid night and anim. at Key West at (Stops At All Intermediate LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX. CEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o'clock A. M. and arrives at Miami ef 4:08 6 LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at $:00 clock end Fy Tha at Key West at £09