The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 12, 1947, Page 1

FLORIDA, MONDA ia - ‘announced today that Presi- . Manet ietuman will sign the bill some.time this week. ‘A dispatch from Ankara: said “the Turkish government ex- upbuild Turkey economic- pally. will be obtained from the ternational bank. (Turkey, he declared, is deter- ‘mined that no foreign power | shall’ exercise any control: over j- 7 County’ veterans of, ‘orld War II are getting ‘one of le’ greatest, run-arounds ever.” authority for that statement, ‘no léss than’ Montoe County's Veterans Service , Officer, Jack State Fight Ou | The House Appropriations Committee of the State Legisla. ture has reduced the appropria-. tion requested by the State Board of . Health, Cancer Cam- paign Chairman Eileen S. Cough- lin said here today, This will eliminate the State Board Cancer Control Program, Mrs. Coughlin Pointed out. Persons interested in having the important State Board of Health Program maintained in its entirety, are urged to write to Representative Bernie | Papy and Senator James Frank- lin, at the State Capitol, Talla- hassee, urging, their ‘favorable; action on the) State, Board of! To Be Abolished |*=":=*. Saunders ‘is speaking specifical- | press) _||y-of the various means by. which} May 12.—/| veterans here are circumvented in! C. Papy their efforts: to buy surplus war; bill goods from War Assets. Adminis- 736, tration—goods declared surplus ; of build-|right here in Key West. | One example is the 92 type-; writers declared surplus by the Navy and packed in. the. Gato; Warehouse on Simonton street. | Many Key West veterans are in need of typewriters. One veteran wanted to start a_ stenographic school here with his’ wife; they needed 10 typewriters, Still. oth- er veterans have, offices here‘and need A machines, But what hep- f rpliis ly in Key West could not beuinoved - sale in Fi other’ ficers, ‘@rea. '_ Mo! ‘was written rset At the meeting at whibh he: assu we was given.) ¢ «* » 3 This happened on the afternoon of February 28, 1947, at the Miami Air Depot. War Assets was hold- ; ing a special meeting to give Flor- ida a chance to ‘voice complaints about War Assets. | .| At the head of a large horse- shoe table sat the No. 1 man, from! . |Washington. His name was Camp-! ; | bell,: personal representative of , the National Director of War As- sets Administration. On either} side of Campbell were Joe Osburn | of Jacksonville, regional director; | Miami Director Kellogg; Melvin} A. Friedland, assistant state ser-j vice officer; Saunders and others. ' Campbell desenibed, himself - ds | a Washington ‘trouble-sooter and! asked for comments from — the j county setvide bfffcets.:, Satmders: arose and before the meeting was! ToT. peTo ‘ lover he had bobbed up, to speak} uml Get Convention tour times. He asked Carnpbell if; Key West veterans were to be al-; @0. members of jlowed to, buy “typewriters and, West Lodge of Elks will |mentioned that they had been Saturday to attend |Side-stepped before. to be} “Has this been going on?” asked ‘and to make an|Campbell of Osburn. “Yes,” the ‘state meet- regional director replied, adding ny Lae mete a better outlet | \for ‘surplus sales. ee Asrcol “You ought to give the veterans ‘a bus,. which will 2 chance,” replied Campbell. The i4 ng and | Washington Official then assured mornit remain- | Saunders that surplus property in pared Key West would not be moved Sunda: for sale in any other area unless y |for another government agency. | The discussion of Campbell, conven-)Saunders and Osborn was wit- Elks are | nessed by Friedland and a number V. Al-lot veterans. Their remarks were Earliwritten into the minutes of the . Mi meeting. It was not long after- arrangements for|ward that ‘82 typewriters were Key Westets t0|moved to Miami for sale. The oth- er 10 were moved last month. NEW PIONEER: : HOTEL 151 NE. FIRST ST. In the Heart of Miami ~The Rendesvous Key West " | { } the: Dardanelles, and that no for- eign power will be permitted to. Pari di in Turkish internal af- ). | Health ‘appropriation. | Rear Admiral James Fife, sits paee : commander of Si iges 0 . ‘Ailantie Fleet, an i ie f ' Kniishts Lea rrived here yesterdgy pest ft bid nelloh stot E fest Submarine Base? ate admiral and his staff spent ff Of today “inspecting the facili- ties of the base. Tomorrow they are scheduled to inspect the per- sonnel. Admiral Fife is companied by Comdr. Brooks Harral, Comdr. F. B. Stewart and Lt. Comdr. Wil- liam Rhue. Naval Unit Will Be Formed Here ® An effort will be made by Key West Naval Base to recruit mem- bers of the Naval Reserve here Ahe, week of May 18-25, which has been. designated as Naval Reserve Week by the Navy De- partment. ie An electronics’ warfate com- pany, under the command of Comdr. £.'J.i Quinby, USNR, has been formed here to recruit Key .Westers with navy experience. The educational opportunities offered by the Navy are to be stressed by the organizers of the Naval Reserve. {Ammunition Ship Unloading Here LST-528, a landing ship tank, a vessel of about 5,000 tons, ar- rived in Key West Naval Base today and began unloading am- munition at Man-of-War Harbor. The boat will leave Key West Wednesday for Charleston, S. C., after,.taking on a load of small boats and supplies at the Sub- marine Base. “Palace Theater \DICK POWELL in “JOHNNY O’CLOCK” News and Serial seavice YOUR CAR BRAKE SERVICE 'UNE-Ur eGREASE eUNDERCOATING SERVICE NAVARRO, Incorporated LET US «341 for Tokyo Soon ‘Dean Acheson Resigns As Under | Secretary of State (By Asnceiated Press) WASHINGTON, May 12.—Dean Acheson resigned today as under- secretary of state, the resignation to go into effect on July 1. The White House explained that Acheson, for business reasons,! wished to resign last January, Pee was persuaded by President Tru- man to hold over till Secretary of! ‘State George C. Marshall became ' acquainted with the duties’ of his “Truman Said: Acheson had..been a faithful public servant, dnd :ex- pressed ‘regrets over, his: deaving P the ‘Department of State. eh he Robert E, Lovett, former: assist-' ant Keeretary of war, was named Mrs. Joseph W. Knight and her two children, who live at 715 Ashe street, will. leave Key West en route’ to Tokyo, Japan, to join their husband and father, Capt. Joseph W. Knight, on May 20..The family has béen separat- ed for 14 months. Mrs. Knight expects to report? to Army officials at Seattle Wash., on May 27 and sail with- in a few days for Tokyo. Capt. Knight is a pilot in the U. S.; Air Corps and is_ stationed in| Tokyo. He states that he has his family} home waiting for there. The two children are Mary) Lou, 8, and Joseph, .Jr., 30, months. i Deeds Tranfer Property Titles; 1 Warranty deeds were filed Sat- urday with County Clerk Ross; C. Sawyer, transferring three pieces of Key West property. John M. Lowe transferred property in Staples avenue to Constance M. Adams, 2763 Staples avenue, for $1,000. | Mr. and. Mrs. Joseph R. Col- gate, New. Castle, Del., transfer- red property near Grinnell and South streets for $1,800. Florida E. Gandolfo transfer- red property in Whitehead street to Everett E. Kelley, Whitesville, Ky., for $600. WOODBURYS VISIT RELATIVES HERE} Mr. and Mrs. Roy O. Woodbury and children, Laddie, Linda and Diana, spent the week-end in) Key West visiting Mrs. Wood- bury’s grandparents, Mr.. and Mis. F. B. Guito, of 825 Duval street. ‘ The Woodburys are from Mi- ami and thoroughly enjoyed their stay in the Island City. CRREREYRERESESEIBEERSERD ROASTERS and FRYERS RADY’S (Live) Poultry ” and Ae Market 1214 White $e. Phone Sét row .pight to the question’ of fi- county beach will be’ located, ‘was announced today. West Martello Towers as the county had not had permis-|’ sion granted it to use the prop- erty. . Chairman Frank Bentley said today that he had received no further word from the War As. sets Administration regarding the West Martello. Towers site. ;, WAA will be given the property the Army as soon as it has been. declared surplus, ‘ *'The .county., hasbeen assured it can. use the: site; for the} beach as soon as the;/Army:;remor the ‘pieces. of, artillery: it has 3 a ‘West Martello Towers. Legal Decision ; On Question of Crippled Child (Speeiay to ‘The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, May What is a crippled child? The Florida. Crippled Chil- dren's Commission asked Attor- ney General J. Tom Watson if a child may be considered ‘crip- pled,, and. attended by the com. mission, if, itis suffering::from 12.— hernia, brain’ ‘tumor or theuma-: tic, heart. ; ‘The jattorney:genefal replietl that the legislature, ‘when it): Up! ‘the crippled childven’s - intended \ it to i cl rule out children whose physi | cal functions are impaired oth , | wise. ( we yey Pit Waraings Issued: : for Subs Gunner All marinefs and airplane oper- 's of this area have been ad- vised Key West submarines will ‘conduct gunnery practice in an area west-southwest of the city mn Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri- day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m, An area about five miles by 15 miles will be utilized for the gun- nery from the subs. The ships will fire as soon as they emerge from the water, and will fire in a southerly direction. The area is about 20 miles from Key West. New Instructors for Sonar School Lt. Comdr. Morris E: Haller of Morgantown, West Virginia, and Ensign John W. Crane, Ji of Oakman, Alabama, have re- ported to the U. S. Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida, for duty as instructors. Lt. Comdr. Haller was pre- viously on duty with Amphibious Patrol Squadron three at the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, and Ensign Crane came from duty aboard an Atlantic Fleet de- stroyer, the USS Gearing. Seek Divorces Petitions seeking divorces were filed Saturday with Cir- cuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer by Betty Joan Gossan Heath against Joseph William Heath, and by James Jay. Walton against Katherine Jordan Wal- ton. . EL, ripe Attention!! RED MEN and DEGREE of POCAHONTAS SPECIAL MEETING Wednesday, May 14, 1947, 8 P.M., at Red Men's Hall Great Incohonee W. L. Bentley, Jr,, and Great Chief of Records Herbert F. Stetser will be our ‘guests. PUBLIC INV! REFRESHMENTS. SERVED ET ITI ST fi ij [ ft i! i FE of a! oe - a i ef i i i z fi F [F "Et CL hkutud de dail. {Phone Strikers Back To Work In George _ vu. & and Uy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 12 The telephone strike has been | settled in 19 states, but in some of them employes are not return- ing to their jobs because of the picket lines. of "Western Electsie barkv.en their jobs. Nine states, including ‘Florida, “aré in’ the’ Southern ‘Bell’ areas ** Negotiations ate ‘under way and Western Electric. leaders im efforts to reach a satisfactory basis on which to end the strike. Cancer Drive Goal the necessary probably be vw B sogenend entails Vedtr Department, rs i ? ‘there between coinpany officials}! Here Set at $2.000;| Campaign Started The Monroe County Cancer campaign got. under way last week with the first showing of the film on cancer at the Key West Woman's Club meeting on Tucsday, May 6, before an inter- ested group. Frank G. Adams, Chairman of Visual ‘Education, } who. operated the projector and! gave a brief talk. an cancer, .wasj introduced by Program Chair. ‘man Emily :Goddard,,.\ ’ The film, which reveals how} people worry before taking prop-; er steps to ascertain the malign- ancy or otherwise of growths, ! swellings and moles, which can; be readily cured if caught in time, lasts for 18 minutes. All; organizations and groups which | would like to see the film are} requested to contact Frank Ad-} ams at the USO, telephone 180,; regarding date and hour. i Cancer Campaign Chairman Eileen S. Coughlin said today that letters had been mailed te all residents, requesting that con.; tributions be sent to Treasurer J. J. Trevor, P. O. Box 811, Key West. ! Earl Hamilton, chairman for schools, has distributed literature and collection boxes to the lic and pahochial school pup’ Monroe County Unit Commander Mrs. George Mills White is con- fident that--the small quota of $2,000 will. be oversubscribed for the campaigt® to reduce mortality in a disease that causes one out of eight deaths in the United States every year. | Ee | (ua weed REPLACEMENT § ¢=— PARTS Poinciana projects are awit oe property leased fram priwety owners or companies.” Discussion of the owner arose after it ed that the to acquire the projee ate it as a . ture. Earl man, expressed the land is quently would be more ditfiew!? for the city to acquire, District Scout Meeting Tuesday morrow in the annex of Methodist Church. The field executive will tw present and plans for & Welnine course in Scouting will be ome of the matters to be brought ap of the VIGSCVTISCCCSOIGOSS WATCH fer a