The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 24, 1947, Page 2

PAGE TWO cee Key West Citizen Irptistapay Bee Saatae By | NO} ND. From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and. AD mn Streets | ——— | Only Daily Newspaper in Key West ana Monroe County ec at Key West, Florida a* second elass matter MEMBER OF THR ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press is excl y entitled to use for republi ton of all news dispateh: ited | to it or not otherw: ited in| bis papes and also the local news here. Turee Months 2.75) ° it 1.00 | One Month Weekly mee i ADVER’ ING RATES i Made known on application CIAL‘ NOTICE | al ading notices, eards of | thanks, resolutions of respeet, obit- | vary notices, poems, ete, w 5 charged for at the rate of 10 eente ® line Notices | tor churches from to be derived an open nm of public issues o of local or general incerest, but tt will not publish anonymous communications, ONAL EDITORIAL | | KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels and Apart: |; ments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land and Sea. 4. Consolidation of County and |! City Governments. he Community Auditorium, MONOGRAPHS To The Authorities: \ prisoner’s constitu- nial rights and protec- |) tion do not cease at the prison’s gate. THE ORACLE. HOOVER REPORTS | SUFFERING | { The American people} hould take cognizance of the report of former Pres dent Herbert Hoover, who, fer a three-weeks, six thousand-mile trip, reported to the President that to pre-| outright starvation in| Germany, the United States ad Great Britain, will have t pend $475,000,000 each i next 18 months, Hoover reports that the condition of the German » has “sunk to the low- el... in one hundred ‘Ys,’ that relief must be ranged quickly if Ger- to be able to support nd to supply goods re in Europe. | many hers we want peace,” he es, “if we want to save expense of even larger itary forces to preserve I can see no other rse but to meet these bur- | rmer President told! men that total re-| s for American relief iid run from $1.2 billion $1.5 billion. He urged gress to stop, look and ten before formulating its ) icy, that relief be oan and that, the sums ex- placed ahead of tion payments rmer President took on that if the Unit-} to advance large support the mini " der which health sustained trie now suffering that it should se- ment of the sums, dered a nt of ded e efficiency and econ- their and have ght “to see that they t e to that productiv- ace which will ad these burdens.” use will thousand t in five years h more than war will luring the same period. accidents a hundred Kee} out of foreign en- ements, advocated both Washington and Jeffer- was Wise advise and ered to by our govern- t from its earliest days. Now that we have become a eat nation, does the same ulvice hold good? Not wis- fom alone, but practical ap- pleation, is the answer. |to eat, and everybody, w ho it {closer knitted than it is to-| besides your wife? ja hello GOOD OLD Days Every now and then a! story is published in The Citizen that’ makes’ old- timers sigh regretfully. The visit here of Bert C. Gagnon revived fond mem- ories among hundreds of Key Westers of the time} when stock companies, ey-j| ery winter, played. in Odd Fellows Hall and San Car-! los. The best known of the TOO LATE TO © CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY I don’t know who it was ge | By age I maintain a harem an companies that came here at |Signed the fool calendar that oak vid atd hbo pe the turn of the century was |hangs on my office wall, but oe Shen? madd aligl qaaiiienie Gea headed by Bert C. Gagnon. |can sa this much about him. He | ishes out of their Victory Garden, and his wife, Edith Pollack. | doesn’t know his business. He's) and last summer a friend in Vir- And the oldtime plays— got it all cluttered up with] ginia sent me a box of apples. how they stirred us in those | moons and fish and signs of the) Well my smart come-backs do vs! Today we are likely to | zodiac. Important days, or at|not even produce a smile. He smile superiorly when we re- | least those he considered im-| gives me the same kind of a ll them. But it is that way |Portant like Sundays and holi-| look a doctor gives you just be- with everything—one gen- {da . are designated by red fig-|fore he starts shaking his head aration can not. understand | Yes: but he completely ignores | and steps out into the hall and how pay preceding generation | Saturday, March 15. = : | starts whispering to the nurse. I be: . this «| There is a date to conjure with.| That was the first inkling I got a thrill out of this or designing a calendat 'd| had that anything was wrong. that, but the same thing will 'set that date off in red, white| He went back to the books and happen a generation from jand blue or something. It ought/I could hear the old adding now regarding things that |to be designated “National Head-| machine tape and a flock of yel- the present generation look | ache Day” and I'm surprised that | low sheets. His face is as long as upon as “tops.” \the Bayers Aspirin people have|a bad dream and he says, ‘Bet- However, the Gagnon not thought of it before this. ter sit down, this is gonna be hard company was not under con-| And how that date can slip up| to take standing up.” . sideration when Harry/ona guy. It’s worse than Christ-| Then he lets me have it. Of Gregory and Robert F. Cur-|mas. All through the year I been| course I thought he was kidding. N the City thinking I was doing alright} According to him I was personal- ry, standing at v ey ot \snagging a dollar here and a dol-|ly responsible for the national Electric System corner, Du- | a | ~ i , lar there. Paying my bills as I} debt. Not only was I going to val and Greene _ streets, eae even have ake cane Gf theLiaunl sikhed ptaintively for the!’ it alon® an even setting | have to take care of that four! princes iiecbraeseyacts Or 17 af aside a smacker and then|hyndred million dollavs for the good old da in Key for uncle Sam. Ever since Mr.|Greeks, but I had to train and West. ne ya . {Morgenthau invented this goofy | equip a new Army and Navy and Everybody in Key West in| those days got all he wished Owe,” he top of that and. cccordins to mv nk Talance about tw: had me in a sweat. worse than trying to identify 's. Hush.” oars in actual wished to work, got a job. |“ The cry of auctioneers on, Anyhow, like I said, I thought |cash. — 4 Front street resounded for! 1 was doing O. K. Every quarter | ‘Alright, alright,” I s: blocks, and one could go in| 14 send what I thought was ajhave had your little jo« that vicinity and get all the |Teasonable and substantial check, tell nl * Mr. 3 i acksc “T just did,” he sa bananas, oranges, sapodillas ‘0, M™. F eR ey Pease and sudenannleshe wanted thinking I was prep z my ind what’s mor UU ge and sugar ap pl S$ he ¢ e of what Uncle Sam chooses ‘ure on taking care of this y for a few dimes and, on 4, “income tax’ first quarter on top of thet fig- Of course I realized that I) ure.’ might be wrong, a few bucks, one! ‘But,” way or the other, but not enough | and shak; many occasions, for nothing, particularly bananas as they fell from bunches. s, feeling all weak I can’t pay it. I have Gregory, who, as an evan-}to cause any grey hairs or keep; not got it. gelist, traveled throughout | me awake nights. | “I know,” he replies, “You the country during his ab- Come March 1, I call in my;spent it on new typewriters and * favorite CPA and ask him tojfurniture and a lot of other stuff sence from Key West for 20) years, spoke of the poem he play had in The Citizen about around with my books for; like a lot of other folks did, that’s ay or so and see if he jwhere the money went, but you 2 Re gee poles {figure out what the score is.!can’t take credit for anything but for: times in Key West. {pm still as carefree and happy{depreciation and that’s why you e me back those days, | a; a bee on a honeysuckle. jare behind the eight ball.” when everybody iif Key West) “Every once in a while the audi-| Then I picked up the morning knew everybody else, and) tor would ask some silly question} paper and saw where, Harry the community spirit was} like, “Are you keeping anybody; Truman who gets $75,000 a year day,” he said. \r ive any gratuities during the, 500 left after paying his taxes and And no automobiles to| year?” |I felt better. But brother, , let's dodge,” Curry added, “and, Still confident _and in a gay not have any more wars, they’re a life free from tension, with ™0°°4 I inform him that despite not worth what we pay for them, here and a hello : there and a pat on the shoul- | der? > = But, after all, all men, when they near or pass the half century mark, recur to © Anniversaries (Know America) | 1754—Joel Barlow, famed poet- author his day, liberal thinker, m wercomes expres- jable diplomat, born in Redding, Today’s People’s Forum | | their boyhood days. The ‘Conn. Died in’ Poland, Dee. 24, time will come when the | 1812. boys of today will sigh for 1755—Rufus King, famed New A X igh f should bey, aSaRg : the “good old days” in Key Matters) te |YOrK senator, ambassador and |W e4 {Pre ay candidal : pot AK Scarboro, Maine. Died April 29, The Russians, we suspect, 'e## requested otherwine, ! 1829—George Francis Train, do not like liberty as prac- (promoter, world-financier, —scho- tiged in the U. & A ; | IMPRESSED lar-lecturer, noted eccentric _his Lh ees 'Editor, The Citizen: day, born in Boston. Died Jan.| z eae I Mingus and I have just|18, 1904. | Nothing is to be gained by timed from a very delightful), 18%4—John Wesley Powell, the denouncing the Russjans for * "7° aoe Ce ar soldier, naturalist and geo- log director of the U.S. Geo- with the | logical Survey, first to explore the Grand Canyon, born at Mt. Mor- taking care of their inter-|!¥° Weeks in Key West. We were e let our statesmen take re of our interest very much impressed friendly atmosphere of the pla . ris. N. Y. Died Sept. 23, 1902. a <— —the kindly, courteous treatment | 1854—Andrew W. Mellon, Pitts- ENCOURAGING « extended to us from both the civ- burgh financier, secretary of the AGREEMENT jilians and the police. Instead of ‘treasury under three Presidents, aes jembarrassing us when we over-|born in Pittsburgh. Died Aug. There is something en-\parked or wrongfully parked—by 26, 1937 couraging i sae haili us down to. the police | io er couraging in the recent) oe ve were given a “cour-| The Venetian church of St. agreement announced by] ” ke E yw. riva the U.S. Steel Corporation| ‘SY ticket” telling us to enjoy Mark’s originally was the private as Orporatlon| ourselves but to be a little more , Chapel of the Doge. and the C. I. O. United Steel Workers of Americ Und ae about traffic violations. nts se =f his is the kind of treatment! sALS the a reement, certain jobjthat will pay big dividehds. We | classi ations eall for $32,-|heard few complaints from | 000,000 in back pay and in-jsome ow off” tourists that, , creases in the future will | there were no r t clubs, dog the. amount to $17,000,000 an-|or horse races. Well—leave it as nually, it is. Plenty of tourists, like our- News dispatches say that /selves, will appreciate just the the new classification was)things that we got in’ Key We: the result of two vears of! Yi friendly, kindly, courteou: mre HY & Gosuoration anion {meatment i cork beg ah DRE aiitacs| Just a little plug for Mr. and} 7 its "© Mrs. Dillinger who manage the | standard hourly wage scale|sonthern Cross hotel. They are to replace a hodge-podge of |{he epitome of courtesy to all of | 15.000 to 40,000 job title The steel company, in i announcement, — e x pres: the opinion that the agr ment “constitutes a con- structive step forward which should be helpful in improv- ing future relations between the employers and _ em-| , ployes.” | Your Horoscope Ri in oot. she aie, MOND eS 4 bs opie | Today produc: clusion. Moreover, it is worth | nature. There noting that joint commit-)ful company, an tees of management and la-|with an impulsive p bor are at work in eight j would indicate the need of car four other steel companie: ful self-restraint. There is great sate! A P iterary ability, if it is allowed to} see’ 2 3 &t ti eking to wipe out inequi-| g¢ velop, yet ease and luxury are} « es under the system ofjstronger factors than desire for| wealth or renown. t Vorice IN |their guests and their rooms a |kept immaculately clean at all: d| times. We look forward to an-| e-|other nice vacation in Key West —possibly next winter. H TOM MINGUS. Eaton Rapids. Mich., March 18, 1947. MARCH 24, 1947—} a rather feminine a love of cheer-| | rida this (sd) ROSS C SAWYBR, As Clerk of said Court mar 10-17-24.31,.1947 ' classification. game of “Guess How Much You| nay Senator Penper’s satary cn} il I had to go on} or “Did you! for being President had, énly $4,-| Oe = Rema pean sen ai ate a a ihe pil Fas Store, 606 South- Waitresses. Apply Marina Hotel. sons A MONTE s YORS TnL evics INSTRUCTORS POWER LINEMEN ue CONSTRUCT WAREHOUSE FOREMEN GUARD-PATROLMEN OPTICIANS | FINANCE CLERKS \ ARMORERS i SIGN PAINTERS i STRUCTURAL STEEL WORK- tor, 2 to 1 reduction gears. Toilet and wash basin. [deal for Hostess, Casa| party or commercial fishing, | mar24-2t} $900.60 for quick sale. “a seen anytime, call nis ma ERS a WEATHER OBSERVERS | eee 5 oe Pye b4 TIP: And many other skilled men are| in’ The Citizen by William ‘Guen- required for peacetime duties in ther, a visitor here from loka, = © | the new Regular Army. It takes approximately 40,000 men | a month to keep replacements up to strength—and there ‘are hundreds of good opportunities _ available to young men between 18 and 34, inclusive (17 with } gj parents’ consent). | New, higher pay, plus food, cloth- | ing, quarters, Jental and 'med- ical seare’‘make the» Army aj smart choice. GI Bill of Rights educational benefits for those} | Whol enlist: ghd. serve, dt Feaskh: Sao ee sere ee | three months before official; For Sale—1946 Whizzer Motor termination of war. Bike with speedometer and | Three-year enlistments allow; basket. Best buy in town. $95.00 choice of branch of service from| cash, Phone 778 or 126-3 after | mmons Studio Couch, good con- dition. 514-D West Poinciana. : mar20-4tx 1941 Ford convertible club coupe. 144-B Poinciana. mar21-3tx | those still open, and overseas e | theater from those with open 620 p.m mar22-tf quotas. Get details on the = - Army retirement plan, and oth-| 1939 Buick sport sedan. Excel- er facts, from the U. S. Army! lent condition., Radio, heater Recruiting Station, 302-303 Post; nd new tires. Monroe Motors, Office Bldg., Miami, Fla. Ine. mar20-tf mar24-3t! rs G. E. electric range. Good condi- tion. 1315 Grinnell Street. mar21-3tx COMA Bey A bts) re ar book store, comfortable | oe 9 =" sion. Write NKS, c/o Citizen. Most desirable location, heart of mar22-6t | business district. Will give 1940 Willys DeLuxe Coupe. Good | long-term lease to experienced s t i 1 or - | Person. Either rental or per" condition. “Apply 607 Blisabeth St. mar22-3tx | BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES centage basis. Owner retiring ; but wants this business to con- tinue. Reply immediately for | appointment, P.O. Box/261. mar24-3tx 1939 Pontiac convertible club coupe, néw paint, top seat cov- ers. Good tires. Excellent condition. Fully equipped. $1,- 604 Ashe St. mar22-3tx ; i For guaranteed plumbing work . and repairs, John ny Ten cubic. foot dee; re Q p freeze cab- ae gt igiad pase ate a inet, practically new. Elwood’s ne bi J0™-| Place, 504 William 'St., Phone | Free estimates. marl-lmox H mar22-5tx Bought and Sold. Key West! on ahah ‘ Blectrical Repair Co, 616) i*** Whitehead Street. Phone 739.’ wij) : saerifice. Restaurant and We call for and deliver. equipment. Very reasonable. mar20-tf; $350. Ready to operate. Phone 5 1 1es-W. Having troubles with electrical; mar24-3tx equipment? Call 739, Key{3-piece bedroom suite. Apply 810 ; West Electrical Repair Co. | Olivia St. mar24-3tx | mar20-tf) {_——<—$S—$— |House, approximately 18 x 25. Electrical repairs and general re-| Very reasonable. Apply 2003! | pair work on radios, fans, ete.; Flagler Avenue. mar24-3tx | Enquire Davis, 611 Division St.,: 5 . | Trailer Camp. mar21-4tx !Furniture, bedroom suite, kitchen | { set, living room set. 18D Por- ter Place. mar24-2ix ‘Sharpen and repair your lawn! mowe Complete job of, sharpening, cleaning, greasing, $2.50. Will call for and deliv- er. Phone 801. Harold Hask-|BABY CHICKS, $4.95 - 100, COD ins, 826 Francis Street. Parts}From bloodtested breeders, New for mowers on hand and all; Hampshires, Barred Rocks, general repairs made. White Rocks and Rock-Hump- BABY CHICKS mar21-8tx} shire Cross, 25—$2.00; 50— $3.50; 100—$4.95. Leghorn broil- Roofing installed and repaired.| es; make 2-Ib. fryers in 8 wks., Work guaranteed. Ph. 1590-R.| $3.45—100. No culls—no crip- Biddle’s, Griffin, Ga. mar24-Itx Frank Key. mar24-6tx| les. West Rotary Club will sail tomor- pee gg ie Cee tube for | Havana to attend a regional con- | 100: Phone 1049-M. Address:/.sachuselts.! Representatives of the Key vention of Rotary Clubs. Local Jews will h tion symbolizing the strustiy of man and animal fer the contest of the world, whieh & hee thoewner of the play ; ny SH is Wilder's in On Miss Etta Patterson, Canpline | sign was @ oe Minn. He said he was fishing on Curry’s wharf when a mackerel shot into the air out of the water | and landed on top of the wharf. He estimated that the top was four or five feet above the sur- face of the water at the time. —And You Can't Law! AP Mr. and Mfs. Sebastian Ca- brera, Jr., left today for New York City, where they will join a group of American wine mer- chants who will sail for France on April 1. The body of Mrs. Barbara White, who died Sunday in Springfieid; Mass., is due to ar- rive in Key West tomorrow | morning on the steamship Cuba. Funeral services will be held in the afternoon in the First Meth- odist Church. T. Luther Pinder, who had} ~ ~_, ay” been visiting in Havana, return- ™ —_ ed to Key West yesterday. | 1 besié toed Today The Citizen says in an| epgemio-ilp —, editoria) paragraph: get e cos oar ond “How quickly people are for- pg i ja 7 . gotten when the newspapers re- L" M S pore are) frain from mentioning them!” of the he pes SS TP heord it ~ betese TopAayY IN History |“ " (Know America) Deafened Mav 1638—Rhode* Island (Indian name Aquidneck) bought from wen. A € to the Indians for 40 fathoms’ of} sinie for the destoned te white beads by exiles ‘from Mas-| faing sounds, It is @ 1837—Abraham Lincoln licens- 25 “= Se i ed to practice law. enjoy sermons, music and 1847—(100 years ago) Furious assault on, Vera Cruz by US. | army and navy in the war with] ef the Sy Medical Mexico. ciation, device does net te 1868—Metropolitan Life Insur-| quire separate battery pack, bab ance Company, New York, found-] ety wire, case or garment i 1882—Dr. Robert Koch of Ger-| #00@ is clear and powerful many submits ephocal discovery made that you can lh el of the tuberculosis bacillus—a self to sult your od landmark in the history of medi- nae = she ase Se tplae whevosden of Pe Molay | peed St. A, = oS founded in Kansas City, Mo. they as tree = 1934—President signs the Phil- scriptive end explee ipine Independence Bill, giving] how you full demos the Philippines independence in| stration of keabie heer 1945, ing device own home 1942—Bataan and Corregidor] without risking penny. Wree bombed heavily by Japs. « » Beltone today. 1943—U.S. planes bomb Mes- sina in Italy. 1944—Japs driven back in in- vasion of India. 1945—U.S. 9th Army troops cross Rhine in boats. : 1946—Russia announces __its our troops are leaving Iran. Gen. Mikhailovitch, Chetnick leader, | ggfegmulaion. captured in Yugoslavia. Macau, Portuguese settlement on the South China sea coast, was a popular pleasure resort before World War II. Se Se ee Pi INSTRUCTION Stolen from Humane Society ken- nels Saturday afternoon, one Silver: cocker spaniel: and .onet= = police-spitz puppy. Kindly re- !Furnished apartment, one block turn to or give information to] from the beach. Apply from 4 Mrs. George Mills White, presi-| to 6 p.m, at 1224 Duval Street. dent Humane Society, 508 Si- mar18-6t monton sireet, phone 728-W. mar24-2t FOR RENT Housekeeping rooms, couple only. For skilled profession, attend the for Southernmost School of Beauty Culture. Complete course runs six months. This school is ap- Proved by the Florida State| PY Board of Beauty Culture and 345 MINUTE has also received authorization i for the veterans training pro- livered. William Curry’s Sons mar24-1tx Co. mar20-6t WANTED Burrough adding machine, like new. Phone 104-W. Rubin Appel. mar21-6t Wanted—Old ragy. Call at The Citizen Office. jJan17-tt All utilities furnished. Paul’s} gram. For details, see Estelle FOR SALE Tire Shop. marl8-6tx| Ness, 523 Southard St, . 7 tea 5 mar20-6tx { Furnished homes, hotels, apart-|Light housekeeping rooms, $5.00|— \] ment houses, filling station and| t0 $10.00 per week. 411 Wil- WANTED TO BUY ‘“ building lots. Paul Boysen, 626] liam St. mar]8-15¢x | ————__—____ } Fleming Street, Phone 153. ee | Baby Bed complete. Apply 1203 r . marl9-10tx|Furnished apartment, 4 rooms,; Newton, Apt. 4. mar20-4tx i bath. Apply 1415 Thompson, at 7 «| 1941 For-Dor Hudson Six. Ex-| Phone 1109-J. mar22-2tx | Lost } tone | cellent condition. Good tires. ae | we Upholstery in good condition.|Store building, corner Division | Black wallet in Ft. Taylor Gym TH CONVEN! {| 514-D West Poinciana. and Packer. Enquire Joe Lo-| Friday night, containing im. FLIGHTS DALY a mar20-4tx| Pez, K.W. Golf Club, or phone | portant papers. Finder call | | 752-3 or 1136. mar22-2t' 1184. Liberal reward. | WEEKS BEST BUY — Austin i mar22-3tx | | roadster, just had motor job, | Books foe every aa. ‘are for . t 5 new rear end, extra good tires,| every hobby. ‘au mith, !Tan purse (cont Py good brakes. This car averag-| Bookseller, corner Simonton and! wae beadehs T Renee on 4 ed me $1.00 per week for gas| Eaton Sts. mar24-6t| Caroline. r 124 br and oil. For information, call ui 351, anytime. mar21-3tx |Apartment for couple. Ett) Sie coe : thing furnished. Electric re-; STRONG ARM BRAND Concrete blocks, A No. 1 stand-| frigerator. No pets or children. is care ard, 28 cents each. 500 lots de-| $25.00 week. Phone 222-R. 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