The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 22, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the Most equable climate in the Country, with an average Fange of only 14° Fahrenheit Pr THE “a VOLUME LXV No. 70 Capt. Reardon, One Time Naval Base Head, Is Dead Word of the death at Coral File T ‘ax Returns Capt. Reardon had been ashore es of Capt. Charles B, Rear-'at the time of the Jap attack and ‘ @em, USN, former commandant came aboard the Tennessee, still | Deadline ‘for fiting homestead Key West Naval Base, was re- {wearing his civilian clothes, in-!¢xemptions, personal ‘ property, | _ here today by William R.'cluding a straw hat. He remain- }tangible and intangible property er, former president of the !ed aboard the ship during the re- returns, which must First National be placed; y nk i e attac’ i ~ n Key hia: jaa Sei ahee , Still wear. ith the County Tax Assessor's | Capt. Rearden was about 58! About six weeks ago, Capt. office, is April 1, Claude A. wi Fears old He shaw as cc vel Base in femeined in gommand of the yard severe heart attack. He was tak- wntil June 1946 jen to_ Pratt Memorial Hospital, fies ow nari ragen had act pein ning here, Capt. ! Coral Gables, where the end came “ally been filed up to this morn- | arden mmander of the|at 8:30 this morning. a? USS. Te @ battleship of! It was reported here today that} American naval forces, at »|Capt. Reardon entered the Naval fime of the Pearl Harbor attack | Academy at Annapolis from the yu the Japanes« ‘state of Tennessee. relieved Capt.'Reardon, who, since his retire- !dolfo, assessor, said today. ndant of the ment from the Navy last June, | and intangible returns yet have! to be made, Gandolfo said. He; added that in case the property Rte: ee be compelled by law to file for the owners. “This is always cause for argu- } Key West Visitor To Bring: Le Seem ra | Senta owners themse! vi Back Bodies From Pacifie ii ans a se Col OW Humphries, ho iaf{——$—————= FC ripve \Propert touting 0 ey Jew w ssn Key West will Fave jummmmmMMIOMMNMIUMRN, ~via eli yd Sd ‘hool Chocolate Sells For 67,400.00 home of all American servi 5 : : lisa Taylor Construction Company | ‘sold its equity in the MacArthur | oe in the Lime Grove sub- \division to Mr. and Mrs. James Beclin'* eeahineon and Mr. and Mrs. y A. Johnson for $7,400, ac- rding to a warranty decd filed beth military and civilian. ce Ket Before Pao! Japanese * * Col Humpheies is visting bis Tpside In min le wd = daughter Lt mmumnemunmunnn” | ond Mrs. J. M. Hingson jor thard BERLIN.—(AP)—Every fifth ' yesterday in the office of County | te ae day in the Berlin schools _ is !Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. ‘chocolate day” = when the? ‘The MacArthur property con- children get a two ounce bar of .sists of 13 homes, which are yal- whe died as result of the war th the Comer in thew Sk street resi wl leaves short ly for San seo where he Wl bowed ship for his future . candy with their school meal ‘ued at approximately $60,000. ! eadquarters, Honolulu Th Walon ceanaaetin eral Then Col. Humphries becomes “OM the Allies. mieediter aie cunisaie ie Jenn | , $. However, the ‘children must deed for its equity.-to the John. | Chief of the Quartermaster Unit Sons, ef the Agmy Grounds Forces, Pa-' °t! he chocolate: before; they | }'Mrs. liza’ J. Brantley isold: to . ' leateied | sitsh ane leave the school building, be- Mr. and Mrs. Francois Bourcheix, | ms ng se seucelen pier - i the cause authorities found that 900 Francis. strect, the property | duty of moving all bodies of grown-ups. standing outside! 150 feet on Division and 50 fect American soldiers, sailors, ma on White street, for $5,000. rines, and other personnel which Elise V. Norfleet, Memphis. engaged in the war ing twenty marks for each bar Tenn. bought three lots, with an| Right” Likerty « sittps ar -2xeveef-chocolate and then reselling it | overail jength” of 167 “fect and being converted for use in mov- on the blackmarket. {breadth of 167 fect, at Mate- ing the bodies from the Pacific seas Beach, paying a total of school on those days were offer- | islands to the ports of San Fran Sepr 2:100. The sellers of .the ‘three! cisco and New York Nurse gery Will ‘Opens pieces were Mr. and M cof h ship will carry approxi- Parker, Mian | If Sufficient Quota \" ¢. mately 6,200 bodies on the; trips Mrs, Julia L. Sweeting to the mainland, At San Fran “o ° og] iand William A. Curry, Miami cisco and New York the edie thildren tnrolle ‘i Isabel S. Morales sold for a} will be sent to 15 distribution, ‘The Monroe County Child Wel-} nominal sum a piece of land on centers in the United States. fare Council has reccived a num? ‘Kev Largo to Valentine Lingel Then will come the sorrowful) o¢ na the Poin. | bach task of sorting and shipping the Pe" Of requests to open the © oin eee \ ciana Day Nursery on Satur bodies to the former homes of the 1 Tr ia \ % ‘ days. This cann » done unles: erviee men. Each body will ay Ms FCARBOE | Des Cone un We ee eaiioanicd: Ge) en caccti the number of children enrolled Chine W oman is large enough to cover expenses, | consisting of a man of equal or 2. the nursery must me self-sup- | zk kk uperior rank to that of the dead i lists porting ‘Will Lose Large xk vero saches its destina- Income | oo until it reaches its destina However, if there is a suffi: ! co | ion : cient number, the Council will At the destination point the Mndke the necessary atvangoment . body will be turned over to the pare sre ‘Lives enbahive: ken ‘ to keep the nursery open on Sat- nearest relative. They are allow- urdays, either for a half day or ed $50 for handling the body y Be cine on all day | tach relative is given the Amet : Parents interested in such ses-| ¢, ~ iean flag which covers the casket ons should contact Rev. John BE. gneen, Guan as a memento | tish ‘ Pickens, president of the Council Col. Humphries does not know ang director of the nursery, the exact numbe i ae Boise wet phone 743-J, or apply at the Nurs- will be brought back from the ¢,y, which is located at the end: aad) Pacific. Relatives must indicate o¢'17th street near Duck avenue,|. more than 21 years. \ they want the bodies back, or poinciana. H "The ete Me ieanercuccount they will be buried in cemeteries overruled her ana taceinett a in the Pacific rig aa asks Co ie sion in her husband's will » " rdies Ng | ei ‘| sky Swan ype n the Pac te TWINS GARAGE | {from Savon @oeamuny bene amen. Shen) cuma ¢ saga tly 1120 Duval Street Phone 168; paid should be divided among his} pee 00! come PRERTORIIDA duto Repairs, Painting, |grandchildven 21 years after his/ $72,380,000 for the bodies of all 3 >. death. former service men in all thea-' Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Care| Mrs. Lee is well known through- | ters of wat | lout Malaya for her numerous} ‘charitable activities. During the! {war she took part in welfare! j work among British troops in southern India. She has been} decorated by, the British for charitable work in Malaya during} Maws.eod Gecial = War 1. | Long Too SINGAPORE—(AP)—Mrs. Lec holder of the Bri B. E. and one of Sing pore’s most popular Chinese soci-j alites, will lose a monthly income equivalent to $943 because shc| outlived her millionaire hus em Qualified Repairs Palace Theater All Makes of Cars DONALD BARRY in AMBLER’S | “The Last Crooked Mile” SERVICE GARAGE | ammmgngnsstnioAAUNTALGUGURAALE | ieee A Good Time, Visit the V.EW. Clubhouse | FLAGLER AVE. and 2ND ST. | | Pot pronday thru Saturday Poindiana Bus Passes Door i Announcing . The End of Your Wash Day Troubles GRAND OPENING STREET naa, nage 26) | (VESEAS TE) 516 Sure? cpeete PHONE. 585, |i $10.00 Double-Up | Key SOUTHERNMOST yay Tt eg THE "KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1947 Haiti, Battleground Of jalso owes the U. S. {Port au Prince, the \tal, recently |who thronged shops, their hands , ambassador. G Ideologies Amid Poverty, Pleads For U.S. Loan By DAVID AP Newsteatures ASHINGTON.—-Haiti, oldest tleground of ideologies amid poverty and despair. A “people's government” Of the 2,300 homestead exemp- ‘revolution last year after 142 years of Haitian independence leadership of the world away une, 1942, and had lived in Miami, suffered a'tions which are expected to be POCk-marked by uprisings, poverty, expleitation and interven-! away from totalitarian states. | tion, hears the people pleading i The government has no money. for rehabilitation. Communists are active. Many more personal, tangible government of Argentina bas — | shown interest. During a recent tour of the OMIM MMM LG ML Mahasic in the United States in. Caribbean area I found that the owners did not file then he would yfaitians want to work. They have “Aunt” Clara | jland and water but no means of financing their first crops. Haiti is a land of coffee, cotton, sugar, sisal, bananas and cacao. jThere are many raw materials jand minerals alsc hope of the,present regime is in agriculture. Haiti could be a tourist's paradise. iti Wants 20 Million ‘Haitians cannot — understand why the United States has been so slow in granting them a loan of 20 million dollars. Actually, al- though a Haitian delegation has been discussing a loan here for two months or more, formal ap- | plication to the Export-Import Bank was made only on Feb. 20. Normal! time for tigate a loan request is three or four months. An aggressive Communist front,! which could not muster enough strength to take command after the revolution, is supporting President Duma Estime be- cause he is man of the people.” United States delay in offering a loan is but one of the argu- ments upon which the Commun- ists base denunciation of the Good Neighbor policy as “the most cruel policy” in the workd. In 1922 occupation, — Haiti million dollars from private Unit ed States sources at 6 per cent interest. Communists well as men in the government, assert that although Haiti has repaid 38 million dollars in principal and interest, she lion dol rs on that account. Haiti more than seven million on later loans to taling ten million. Argentina Moving In President Estiine says fina and Haiti are Argen to exchange jambassadors shortly. That indi- Yeates that President mingo Peron of Argentina is in- terested. Other well-informed individuals say that Argentina has offered a loan in furtherance awe lof the commercial policy of that nation, An Argentine cruiser visited Haitian capi- Even the sailors ifilied with U.S, dollar bills, prov- fed good ambassadors President Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic, which occu- pies the remaining two-thirds of the Island of Hispaniola, has sent his foreign minister to Haiti as This surprise move | Was Interpreted as an attempt tu improve relations and rally the forces against Communism in the Caribbean. Trujillo's nation is out of debt. Rabble Rousers Busy In recent years, the Commun- ists charge, the elite of Haiti joined with financial interests outside the nation to exploit the people There are three million of those people or more, on 10,294 square miles of land. Despite her tum- bled purple mountains, she has i plenty of land for all “Our people work,” President Estime told me in an interview, “We must have money want to in order to put them to work on ¢ that land “We plead for justice and un- Open Now and All Year Round WORLD FAMOUS PIRATES COVE FISHING LODGE Luxury Camp of the Keys. 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 De Luxe Accommodations PHONE, PIRATES COVE 2 , but the first’ -M” to inves-* ! during the American: borrowed 22; till owes seven mil-| Juan Do-| FERNSLER of our sister republics, is a bat-|# which took control through in vain for work. i It seeks United States aid The rightist Peron | ‘Has Lived In Hotel For 90 Years j CARLYLE, lL — (AP)— lived in the same hotel 90 years and hopes to celebrate | | her 100th birthday in it. : The hotel was built by her father in 1857 and now is op- erated by her nephew, Truesdail Fiske, a member of the third generation. lived in this hotel 90 year said “Aunt” Clara, “and in all that time no dam- | age from fires has occurred.” A glass case in the lobby contains Carlyle’s prize relic. It is an old register bearing the names of Horace Greeley, James Gordon Bennett, and U. S. Senator Stephen A. | Douglas, who stayed there March 18, 1858. “a Democrat and a PMMEIDIP HSB 3 he » V. F. W. Names J. Y. Porter, LV, Judge Advocate | ‘The Veterans of Forcign Wars, Post 3911, initiated two new members this week. J. Y. Porter IV, and Robert D. Smith, Porter was named Judge Advocate until the new officers are installed at the dance of the Fourth District meeting, April 19 : Adjutant Carleton Smith made !some remarks on the history of} | the V. F. W. He pointed out that the organization was founded by veterans of the Spanish-Amer-| ican War April 21, 1899, one year! after the beginning of that con flict He said that two other dates are to be remembe bers, April 19. 1 vhen the} {French presented the Statue of; Liberty to the United States, anal | April 6, 1917, when the United States declared war on Germany. | red by mem-} derstanding Surely, the statesmen striving — for peace must take note of our | plight. Surely they — recognize | there-can be no without sclidarity, compas- great; peace justice and sion Financial Help Is Vital “We loved Franklin D. velt, who released our land from the army of occupation. We have confidence in President } Truman. My government recog- nizes the plight of our pcople.| ‘Every man in this government! must put love of his fellow man above everything elsc But we must have financial help, if eualh government is to survive, if this! new democracy here is to suc- | jy ieced. “Our national income is less I than ten million dollars. From} that is first taken two million dollars for principal and int on the old United States debt There is too little left for sanita-! tion, for national education in a} land where illiteracy is estimated percent — and nothing for ping this nation, which has | so long been exploited on every! hand.” BASEBALL TOMORROW MIAMI“ rou RISTS” Roose- | every Stadium | 3:15 P.M. First Game... Raiders vs. Trojans GENERAL ADMISSION. 75c Miss Clara Truesdail, 93. has (Stores Officer }capped by a shortage of labor, ‘the atsembly is centered in Indo- | U. S. A. J.P. Warburg Favors ‘Dynamic Democracy (By Asnoeined Press) NEW YORK, March 22}, James P. Warburg, erg tional financier, today advocated | “dynamic democracy” that} ‘Reich Government DECLARES THAT GER- sero oo senate ee emo | MANY SHOULD SERVE [erate Ain thay eyolt mane he hating Ee _— APPRENTICESHIP TO ‘a | PROVE GOOD FAITH He favored the wiping out of They Found Out “roe ‘ate (By ‘The Asnscinted Preas) nationalism in every country, in-} x * | MOSCOW, March 22.—Premicr cluding the United States. | Bidault told the other members However, he cautioned against With The Lediee of the Big Four, at the confer: fence today in Moscow, that adopting its proposed new for-} France will not agree to the @& eign policy. Congress shoula’_. WELLESLEY, Mass. —(AP)— ‘know all the facts and thorough - Next time candidates for Welles- | j tablishoent of @ gavernment te preparation should be made be-' !e¥ town offices attend a banquet Gecmany: eae: ap anaes fore any decisive action is taken, : they're going to insist cn a horse-| “served its apprenticeship” te he stated. ,Shoe shaped head table. damonsteate taliin Gains as ee Following a recent League of} jy order, of Mesiien Women Voters’ dinner, all candi- | ~ dates who faced the voters were| Wiped out in Germany, Proof of elected—and those with their | good faith, he declared, must pre j backs to the audience lost, cede a federation of states in Ger- many. Receives Navy | ie ‘added that Pi Service Label Government En mci ‘nieces the Aomrnnn | proposal, as outlined by Seer F * V ed tary of State Marshall, for thy rance ol establishment of @ government |Germany similar to the gewers ment in the United States, with a central power am@ « tome (By ‘Phe Associated Press ; tion of states, but that he wished PARIS, March 22.—On an issue! iy study the propussl barter be of confidence in the French BoV-/ fore coming to a decision, national Senbaibie Commissar Moloteff id the today, but/he favored srantee ing (freedom of speech, Wherty end ible . mbly in Ger y. with « 3 Of! trong centralized government temporarily, with state cighity 9 stricted more than was propeend hes been esse J. Montgomery, stores of- ficer in the supply department of f ‘ the Key West Naval Submarine d . Meritorious Civilian Service} Award at a ceremony today. Capt. W. A. Saunders, com- manding officer, made the pre- sentation of the certificate and.¢rnment, the gold label emblem to Montgom-j voted unanimously ery in a brief ceremony in, his that outcome was made possi office. Recommendation of the award, was made by the supply officer of Montgomery's: NB of duty during the! But the government continued PY Mavslall, He did nut explain how strong a centraliged he f& vored or what was nature of because Communist membe the assembly refrained from vot performance war. in power when the Communist] “Mr. Mentgomory, through dili-} members of the’ cabinet an Polite de vee vt nounced they would not resign. || the restrictions that seule be times, limited by » inadequate} ‘Trouble between the Com- ed on the states lander « Cher storage © and further handi-: munists and other menmwers of| man constitution, Molotof{, stutedk turtle thet |.China, where goverment. troops Russia had withdrawn her opp able. manner ‘the many difficult! are fighting against the insur-psition, to the wppearauce at te storage problems arising,” stated’ gents. Cau riggs py thd at RANE — af repree the recommendation in part. “His | ly oppose the waging of Factions have in vall cases been to! against t eke Dye yi Tpqa ae LF the best interest of the govern- re Heat yaiet RESEARCH ment.” heath | BULLETIN BY Employed at the Naval instal 'Klks lan To Have aon here since 1939, Montgom- | cry is at present stores officer in! Apnex To Lodge the storage division of the supply | department j The Key West Lodge of Elk {aiming to have the 1948 state con UNIVERSITY Serctal te The Co GAINESVILLE, M Pubheation of 0 bullets ' earch for the Industrie i vention here, has named a com. da.” was announced t Burglars Enter (oe ee eet a On| John J. Tigert, preston of 6 5 | / stk | t F 1s ’ i struction of an annex to the E niversity of Gibbs Home home on Duval stvect Issucd prima The committee is considering! 7¢ns and industries of F bulletin deseribe t ' of; an addition large enough to ac the delegates to the “en the lodge, and which’ the Engineering social Experiment Stat Burglars enterea ‘the home Capt. Tucker Gibbs, 1131 Johnson | commodate strect, last night and stole a trunk | state grand and two suitcases, according to a} would also be available for report filed — toc with Chief! activities of Boy Scouts and the, '% Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wallace. ; High School. state industrial develope 'The burglars entered through aj} The following were clected to The * window. Fingerprints left by the! office for the ensuing year the , nt " thie were photographed by} J. Stewart Hicks, Exalted Rul. 1020 t Walla ‘er; Frank Bentley, Esteemed, @ division t Ss j Leading, Knight; William V. Al- neering at the ibury, Esteemed Loyal Knight), da in 1941 th {Paul Sher, Esteemed Lecturing action by the Enabling © Knight; John H. Richardson, Sec T taff of | ‘Tohn., Blackwell, Jr.,i technicians and clerics Treasurer: Charles ‘Falk, Tiler; nel totaling 107 persor Alfred Bor en, Trustee, ed by Joseph We te Students Now Returning For |i Easter Holiday, Students from Key West in| The newly clected officers will of engineering, am the colleges and universities of | be installed at the next regular the engineerin the state are beginning to return| Mecting, April 3rd, 1947 experiment stat ) home for the Easter holiday, | The following candidates were Morgan serves « : initiated: tor Among the first to return from | c Florida State College at Tal-| Ernest B. Betancourt. ssee were Miss Sara Bowser,| Binhorn, Melvin M. Hill, Lieut daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Frank| USN; Maton, De De wrence, Lieut . Bowser, 1501 Olivia street, and W. A. Parrish, Marathon eR Nancy Morgan, daughter of atthew Noonan, U. S. S. Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Morgan, 1400 | Hov ard W. Ce Walter O. Reynolds street. | Wolston, Agt. Miami Herald Kenneth Curry, for Port Jervis | Lease ei) 6 Sidney ~ Seamer omen atin KENYON AUTO STORE Has Those Mesa to Get A The Center of Convenjence, in Miami, Florida 119 S.E, Second Street Telephone 25187 W. Earle Spencer, Manager USED CAR BARGAL °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 Raul’s Club ; On Roosevelt Boulevard by t ‘The ONLY SN in MON "FLOOR 1OW TONIGHT at 9:50 and 12.30 "MISS GLORIA SHAYNE Songstress ane Mistress af Ceromen Dirert tre MARCELLA WATERS MR. DICK BAIN Appears to Entertain the Public by Special Srramer RORAH MINEVETCH and Hix Harme Bay tur to by MARK (Crunch) STANLEY Orchestra, with Sylvia at the Piano DINE and DANCE NIGHTLY DINNER SERVED from 6:30 — SUPPER {rom 10 p. m. Contorhoniat Extraordinas y Reservations: Suggested Ph 0257 —C lueed Sunde) ‘quam } ' j etna