The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 18, 1947, Page 1

West, Florida, has. the most equable climate in the country, with an average ange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LXVIII. No. 66 For Press, Navy And Seeret Service uline'P, Hemingway, former Fleet Admiral William D. Lea- able to have the officers and cor. =. {Wife of the noted author, Ernest hy, chief of, staff to President! respondents as his dinner guests.} _ . Hemingway, has bought the Truman, headed a list of ose Ross proposed @ toast to Helm, | Sees ed property at the northwest corner entertained at dinner at the Casa/after which Edward T. 1 * lof Caroline and Ann streets, from Marina Hotel last night by Neal of bare Rie rogreare president } William Curry’s Sons Company, Helm, close friend of President . ite “House Correspon- see 4» idents “Association, tlanked the} for $8,500, according to a war-; Truman from Carruthersville, | Missourian on behalf Nhe nkes. ranty deed filed yesterday with Missouri. Buys Caroline r Street Property Celebration To Be Held' CONVERSES 15 MINUTES*— MARTIN, Favons ro, bonds Estreat ca rournaMent | In Several Cases In Criminal Court ipapermen. “Your wish,” he said, Helm, a frequent visitor to Key ;“that we get enough to tat and Key West Marti Week com- 1 mittee members, during their} County Clerk Ross C, Sawyer, ! ink ‘i fl visit in Havana, had a 15-minute | The property is 56 feet wide on West before the war, is spending age to drink is more than ful- conversation with President Ra-' Bonds were ordered estreated his first vacation here .since the : mon Grau San Martin, Cuban by Judge Thomas S. Caro of|©aPelina street, and 100 fect on conflict. He was. among . those 8 * HE ca Consul Martin Liiraldi informed Cyiminal Court today in ‘the cases}Ann street. It contains the old; welcoming Mr. Truman upon his! Johnny Thompson, of Acme The Citizen today, sace in 2 several persons charged with homestead of the Curry family Arrival last Wednesday and fre; Herolures ares Neen The conference took place in o| ivi K + a Bbc Jhas a mel of aramount iewsree! the presidential palace, and Pres- pinata Abn > ba and will be used by the business ithe President's party at the tem- peag of the White House ident San Martin, who had resid-} i , jin which Mrs, Hemingway has an ;porary White House at the Sub- Phot h hankedal ed in Key West'a good. many, Pat! W. Shoemaker, Jr., a visi-} ost lniine Haak ' tographers, who: thanked Years ago, expressed his high re- % failed to answer to a‘ charge ; vic in| Helm gave the dinner in honor’ Helm and remarked that. it was “ of reckless driving filed by Dep-} Other warranty deeds on file in} mia, most satisfying to all present to gard for this city and assured the # jof Naval officials at the Subma- have such a “good man at the Sawyer's office yesterday were|rine Base, newspaper correspon- 6 a issued by: ‘dents and photographers covering St On Way To US.). (By "The Associated Presa) ‘WASHINGTON, March. 18. . Lincoln MacVeagh, American en- : voy to Greece, left Athens by i pres ‘TS TON. plane : committe that Cuba would send Uty Sheriff D, M. Andrews of fe this morning for the United representatives here to help make Marathon. A bond of $50 was a ee and{States to confer with President|’ iby the celebration of Marti Week a Great success. He also said that Cubans have @ warm spot in their hearts for Key West, which they regard as Hee ‘sepia of the Cuban revolu- President San Martin will be represented by Dr. Rafael P, Gon- Gonzalez Munoz, minister of 7 Manuel Fernandez Super- vielle, mayor of Havana, and members of his official family will be here during the week, Consul Liliraldi stated. ntatives of the Cuban army and navy and the Cuban} marine band, the committee were | assured, will be in Key West for | the Marti celebration, The commjttee, on arriving at; the Cuban airfield, were met by | Cuban officials, 15 mewspapermen | and a representative of the Cuban radio station, CMQ, who had a microphone with him. The committee comprised Con- sul Llivaldi, City Commissioners John Carbonell and Albert Coop- | |pear. estreated, James G. Millard, Hollywood, was also charged with reckless driving by Andrews. He was al- legedly going 80 miles an hour through Marathon. A bond of $50 was estreated, Frank Capra, charged with reckless driving, did not appear. His bond of $50 was esreated. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Stir- sup, Sr., to Mr. and Mrs. Howard ing $7,500 at 2801 Flagler avenue. John V. Archer to Margaret Stauffer, Miami, for the prop- erty at Von Phister street and Tropical avenue, at a price of $2,500, Thomas F, Saunders to Fred C. Anthony Denhinger, charged Frohock, 69-1 Poinciana street, with reckless driving, did not ap- for the property at Reynolds A bond of $50 was es-'and South streets, for $800. treated. Mr, and Mrs. West D. Archer Benjamin J. Burnley, also’ to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley V. Ham- charged with reckless driving, did Tey, Miami, for a piece of prop- not appear. A bond of $50 was erty on Upper Matecumbe at a estreated. {price of $100. Robert E. Miller, charged: with! driving a car with improper li- E e cenges, dia not appear. A bond uropeans Sing of $25 was estreated. | p a ay. Merrill J. Johnson, Miami, was fined a total of $174.50, after he! American Hits pleaded guilty to a charge of BERLIN—(AP)—Meet a young: ster in the Balkans singing “Don’t passing a worthless check on the La Concha Hotel. He was given Pi é Fence me In” or a farmer in’ It- aly humming “To his choice of spending 90.days in County Jail. When Johnson prov- i Each His} wanted the President’s visit “servjeemen accompanying S. England, for the property cost-; Truman, Among the guests were [Office of War jders, commandant of the Subma- and . secret Mr. Elmer Davis, wartime chief of the Information and now radio news analyst; Rear Ad- miral James H. Foskett, the Presi- dent’s naval aide; Charles Ross, press secretary to the Presi. dent; Capt. Henry M. Cooper,! Base, and Capt. Willard A. Saun- j ! Base. Show Enjoyed Before dinner the guests were entertained by a brief slight-of- hand exhibition by Capt. Crutch- field Adair, USN, in the patio, who mystified his audience with a rapid series of card and rope tricks. At the conclusion of the dinner, held in the ballroom, Admiral Leahy introduced Helm, who made a few remarks. “The Submarine Base and the press have been so good to me and the Presidential party that I to do something for rine i | | Adams, Columbia Broadeasting | Russia, iLife _ Adams, Miami Herald, and John correspondents photographers present were: Har-|Truman and the department of old B. Hinton, New York Times; |state about | the” Raymond Blair, New York Her- Greece. ald-Tribune; Joseph Short, Balti-|' Edwin Wilson, ambassador to more Sun; Walter Fitzmaurice, |Turkey, is getting ready todeave Newsweek; Ernest Vacarro, Asso-}Ankara on a similar mission. -_ jeiated Press; Merriman Smith,|. Meanwhile, the Republican ’ma- United Press; Robert Nixon, In-|jority inthe senate declared it is ternational News Service; David! waiting for a’ declaration from USN, commandant of the Naval Lu, Central News Agency ofjthe department of state of just - China; Joseph Hearst, The Chi- cago Tribune; William Hillman, Mutual Broadcasting Syste Bjorn Bjornson, National Broa casting Co.; Bryson Rash, Ameri-! can Broadcasting Co.; John B. what is the American foreign Pol- iey toward communism. Another question to. be asked the department is why it has de- cided to transfer $25 million to and why. Poland, under a communistic government, is shar- ing in the distribution of $350 million United States relief money that’ is being used in Europe. Senator Robert Taft, of Ohio, Republican leader in the senate, has a more pointed question to ask: Whether the advance of $400 million to Greece and Turkey ‘may result in war against Rus- System; William J. Smith, Asso- ated Press Photos; Yale Joel, Magazine _ photographer; Thomas Craven, Paramount News- week; G. Bradford Kress, Inter- national Newsphotos; Earl R. R. Vosburgh, Key West Citizen. Also present were Lt. Col. Henry T. Myer, pilot of the Pres- ident’s plane, “fhe Sacred Cow,” and Carroll S. Linkins and J. N. sia. situation in) Hatt ea J vould Nees thought ions a t Is In Key Col. and Mrs..O. W. Humphries, formerly of Ogden, Utah, are vis- iting their son-in-law arid daugh- ter, Lt. Gomdr: and Mrs. J. M. jthem,” he remarked, and added Willis of Western Union! Telé- that he was highly pleased to be graph Co. Own” and it’s.a fair bet they heard these American’ tunes on one of radio Munich’s most pop-, ular’ programs entitled = “Dic ‘Zehn der Woche(The Ten of the Week).” Hts weekly list is seleeted-from or, bean Morn arig Bayh Alpizsr, (0 te had made reatmitier-et the W a ‘checks, another charge of pass- e 0 k ing them was suspended, ; ers Elizabeth L. Rose did not ap- \pear to answer to a charge of passing a worthless check, on a [Player Of Hand Saw “Theil visiting in Key West, Col. Humphe led” pincers at grocer. 'A bond of $70 was’ " Cae ee a age 4 mae west iCISCO.—(AP)— . . listener requests. So popular is! if 7 id ty ties “leaves fdr San Francisco, New. m s, under deyelop- | Streated. the program that it‘draws an av. | With Stay In ey Wesi; If Wife where he is, stheduled to board | Criminal Court was ordered ad- , Ut Peay fOH HE BEE Hae ned ‘Until’ tomorrow morning erage fo four to five thousand let- ship for Honolulu, He will be | taking much of, the. stopp,.lal ters, posteards and tclegrams per . Will Return To Live: Here Agie ripe fruit on the belt. Formerly, numbers of American soldiers ped requests in recent v he had to carry large sacks of ;and their wives are the fruit along a row. Another machine will pineapple sprouts, one back-breaking jobs. Weed control methods have eliminated hand hoeing. One successful method is to spray an oil emulsion over the ground. It kills weed seeds within’ threc- of the plant | U.S. occupation zone. KS. to, the! | trying adopt German children in WACANAN LEAVES | A statement issued by the mili-| USS Wacanan, AO-109, a tank- tary government of Hesse said r+ left for Norfolk, Va., tod adoption would not be permitted She put into Key West a wi {until a uniform policy for the en- ago and had been laying over ti here, e zone was formulated. a a oD to a on he Dn itt PORTLAND, Me.—(AP).—The ' four daughters of Mr. and Mrs. |" Rene Corriveau of St. Francis have been graduated from the Maine Gen Hospital's school of nursing during the past 5 years. The “baby” of the family, Ve va, is the most recent graduate in a family line that started with Manic who has since married and ay of three weeks in Key West. | “I want to return to make my ;home in Key West,” he said, “but Mrs. Wall to decide whether not we will reside here. Our home is at 989 Nor west 92nd street, Miami, and, if she agrees, we will sell it and re- it is for or that he has. been “thrilled” by his [ . J. Mack, public works of- fice; Mrs. C, D. Crowson, supply office; Frangis Delaney, account- ing office; Mrs, Sybil Brady, dis- bursing — of! Vance Stirrup, engineer and repair office; Miss Coralie Schrader, commandant’s dustrial relations office; Miltor Roberts and Oscar Cruz, fire fighters; H: R. Shaw, civil guar n office; Mrs. Ernestine Owen, in-|_ Red Cross Fa Severe Fund Need The Key West Chapter, Amer ‘an Red Cross, has less than $300) lable for operating expenses | until April 1, the end of its fi A harvesting machine is mouns | iiiving ' Pe sagid PEE Hionth’ when. Ai joe Jatin Hemey Wall, who has] tion of,.the highly, succes ted on i. truck air nee eet $ id 4 pee be re ‘playing ‘i "Ber-| m4 o played on a hand’ saw at servic Sorte bss are aR , the boom extending ahead or to'OF GERMAN CHILDREN playing in Munich and requests! Church and at a Youth for Christ} ing contributions from the vari-| where Comdr, Hingson. inartied| this aoapan and ccgecially ‘ts one side. The picker drops the; FRANKFURT—(AP). — Large for songs from this flim have top- Become Nurs S rally here, told The Citizen today | ous units are: their daughter. minute inspection of the galley He showed, keen interest i te bill of fare being offered by Up galley today, consisting of sup Swiss steak, gravy, mashed pe tatoes, green pews, combinetows salad, chilled pears, bread, butte and lemonade. Chief Comune Steward Darrell Robinson ef Hi erton, Kan, who guided @ Truman through the gelley * face. . \ters were Thelma, who served in home, I have been looking at aj house; J. P. Ladd, supply build-| Chairman, said today. por cag wy Seg a ee Se Baan aia th 4 yi ing No. 48; R. B.. Muir, public]. Whether the chapter conducts; ature x * * * * x * England with the Army Nurse Jot here that I like very much Works maintenance; Mus. JulialitS budgeted program of service) Mr. Truman complinnny 5¢ vouples Get Hear Advantages Of New Method For Growing Crops \CorPs. and Tone, who served im and, should we decide to live "a bp. to: veterans,’ ‘scrvice men, and| Robinson on the galley and African and European _ sectors Knight, transportation; ' R. 'D. that it was a very effichomt j here, Til buy it and buitd a home| gmji side machine . their dependents during the next aad Licenses ToWed | * = * * i a with the military. pee ee Sipe cstimneolge es ihe goers én the success of| UB. Robinson and Conmmigte Marriage usta wid dprued VISIT LOCAL HYDROP ONIC FARM FUNERA AL RVICES Mr. Wall said .that, besides|Strayline, inside machine shop] Weceertept fin, Hampton point- Lari, Ament Coane ta. : to five couples yesterda: y | AL, OF: a RE ORC 5 PRES _{M. J. rre, electric shop; A. E. . Lore County dodge R A Aas R. Lord |*2-seeanememesanmnmmmemmemnmmmmnnnne FOR MRS. OWENS ,?!ving in churches, he has play aa eaee cit OW Stark] Funds available: for ‘operation through the various rooms of t The licenses were issued to: The advanced biology students, mixture of fertilizing clements—} Funeral services for Mrs. Ma- ¢d in the homes of many resi-} ninfitter shop; A. T. Warnock,| °f the chapter program on March} 12 foray Pod ie Herman L, Bradley, 24, of 727)of Key West High School ‘were| Mrs. Pittman does these tests. fie N: Ouse, 44, whe ‘diet haan : fare public works labor; M. BE. Rosam, setae: ag et r bea Finet ieiet e = Eaton Street and Rosemary Fel-| given a personally c sed 4 Crops grown by this method|urday afternoon at a local hos-' “Of course,” he said, “I play} provisions; J. R. Felton, joiner| P of emergency loans} : , IYER. @ personally conducted in; ae x ‘or [Pital, will be held tomorrow ‘aft- for nothing. I would lose interest| ProVssianss Son, riguers|™Made to service men with de-, Leahy. his ghiet af staff, ton, 20, of 2 Rose Lane; to Ed- ward H. Drude, 29, U. S. Navy, and Minnie Drude, 21, of 1910 never suffer from drought, poor soil or weeds. c spection of Key West’s first hy- * No plowing is ne- droponic farm by Mr. and Mrs. ry because no dirt is used. ernoon at 2 o’clock in the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home. jin my playing if I commercialized it” shop; E. T. Woodson, riggers shop: W. F. Kling, paint shop; and E. L.. Homes, sail loft. pendents and veterans during the period: from March 1 through Admiral James H. Foskett ide, and Capt, Willard A Staples avenue; to Albert E,|Rufus Pittman Wednesday. The|The weeds can be killed between} .Rev- John E. Pickens i offi-) “At the Youth for Christ rally|“"Phe Rea Cross volunteer can-| March 15 was $212, giving the) drs, commandant of the Sut Smith, 45, and Gola Henze, 37,/students gathered at the hydro-|¢rops by merely turning the ciate. Buti) will be in the City jhe played two hymns on a saW,) Joccors are scheduled to contact| Chapter treasury an estimated to-| 'N® Base. both of Miami; to Carl M, Me-|ponic installation at the regular! Pumps off so no solution is furn-|°STY | iy be in the Lopez! Beneath the Cross of Jesus” and) approximately 1,100 civilian em-| ‘lon March 15 of $973.87. Greets President Cloud, 36, of 726 Olivia street, and Catherine M. Elliott, 33, of; the U. S. Naval Hospital, and to Howard L. Yarborough, 19, of the U. S. Navy, and Juanita B. Rob- erts, 19, of 1417 Pine street. time for their biology class and | ished to the beds. heard Pittman explain the ad- vantages of this new method for growing fancy truck crops. A special electric pump feeds; the growing plants three times hydroponics because plants bear sooner, bear lopger, and bear nore money. more fruit. This makes for more jJen Robins How-| rest; chapel, and friends have been in- Harvesting is more trouble in! yited to call between 7 to 9 p.m.| aie Survivoi Ellis O include the widower, Mrs. El- ens; daught brothers, Sam “Jésus Keep Me Near the Cross”, and was accompanied on the or- an by E. Wooley Kobloff, who id he was with the President's rty here. Mr. and Mrs. t ij left this ployes for contributions. BLOWN FROM BASEMENT KANSAS CITY.—An explosion which occurred when Mrs. Ruth Toner went to the basement of Disbursements for obligations incurred from March 1 through! March 15 were estimated at $675,, |leaving the chapter $298.87 for operations for the final, period of this month, } Robinson greeted the Pre as he arrived and the @ and assistants stood ot ett as Mr. Truman passed ehom line. He asked several the state. At ene point, M T “ ; daily by circulating a specially! eve 1 growth rate of the !N _|her home to fire a coal furnace| Meantime, J. Y: Porter, IV, asked the chief com Four Divorce prepared nutrient solution through |erep is always under the control | blew her into her backyard and|0Ver-all chairman of the fund:| steward where alll the fresh { beds of gravel shipped down from |of the operator for by varying the | shattered the peace and quiet of | ‘ising campaign, is endeavoring | and vegetables came fre Suits Filed Suits for divorces were filed yesterday in Circuit Court by four couples, according to records on file with Circuit Court Clerk concentration of vital elements in ithe solution he can retard growth or emphasize either root or top growth as he desires. the Chattahoochee river. Colori- metric tests are run on. the solu- tion every four days to be sure the plants are getting the right The ONLY NIG NEW SHOW TONIGHT at 9:30 and 12:30 ard by the Sea in MONROE COUNTY the neighborhood. Apparently gas leaking from a main in the front yard caused the blast. Mrs. Toner suffered severe burns from the explosion. to increase coverage in all fields| of the © campaign’s solicitations, | special gifts, business, civic and! professional. groups, and residen- tial area canvassing. was told promptly that atrost of them were Florida gre The President was drew blue and white pin-stripe sucker suit and pith by , : a! sere emmmncnatiaattt.: ing the morning he we Ross C. Sawyer. The actions were | “Open New and Pil exe Round: 7 Weiiute Aticaction’> ATT |, SUISUN TO'LEAVE | some routine papers eed exp olin wort Famous” |I0FI) CAR BARGAINS pScheilad 10 sail to Panama. ©, #10 the bons, svt Marjorie P. Neal against Har- old W. Neal; Ula C. Rode against PIRATES COVE °42 Buick Sedan, Clean MISS Songatress and GLORIA SHAYNE Mistress of Ceremony v Cinb, Jacksonvill: TTENTION, ELKS! | the USS Sqisun, a seaplane tend- er, will Yeave Key West tomor- o'clock. This afternoon he w see a Bob Hope movie at the William P. Rode; Mary Carlson} Hers Dirert from Wmbas less é . arine Ba: - ee ‘ : A . tortionist row morning; it was announced| ™#"ine Base theatre, but § against E. W. Carlson, and Mamie FISHING LODGE °41 Packard Clipper WA | R Contostios Regul; ting Thursd: aval Base. ,°ther plans for the afterne: T. Allen against Leroy C. Allen.) Luxury Camp of the Keys,| °4Q) Packard, 6 Cylinders MARCELLA E Extraordinary nigee rr on aa es You ay today at Key West Naval Base. , CMer pial lor the afters uNAsAAAAASUGONRRADEUOUUULULAALUUAUARSUUCUALERDY Oualif AMBLER'S SERVICE GARAGE | PHONE, PIRATES COVE 2) Opposite the Bus Station ie feo de mm. fer Non-Dinner Gueats P.E.R. Secretary.|| TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT UNE HLA ere | tions Suggested Ph. 9287—Cloxed Sundays; ETM ML od es ee ied Repairs’ Pirates Cove, Fla., on Sugar Loaf Key, 20 Miles North of Key West Daily Rates—$8.00 Up Including Meals Excellent Cuisine - Charter Boats Game Fishing - Good Swimming e Luxe Accommodations °40 Plymouth, 2-Door °41 DeSoto Convertible °41 Ply. Convt. Coupe NAVARRO, INC. Appears to Entertain the Publi wor wt Dancing M MR. DICK BAIN VITCH antl His = usic by MARK (Crunch) STANLEY and His Orchestra, with DINE and DANCE NIGHTLY DINNER SERVED from 6:30 i¢ by Special Arrangement with Harmonica Raxe Sylvia at the Piano — SUPPER from 10 p. m. urged to be present. A large attendance is desired. Election of Officers. Initiation. Visiting Elks welcome. P. L, WEATHERFORD, Palace Theater DON PORTER in “WILD BEAUTY” News and Serial