The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 20, 1947, Page 1

4 sew eed % ‘i : to bi Suse Sah é e Ove Cn =e et See _ GIALS HELP SWING : VOTE OVER ST. AUG- USTINE, 85 TO 64‘ BULLETIN TAMPA. ‘May 20. — Key West was selected as site of TAMPA, May 20.—Key West iwas selected as the 1948 conven- {tion city of the State Elks Asso- ‘ciation at its annual meeting here. |The Southernmost City beat out St. Augustine, 85 to 64, on a ris- ae jing Lote fips a, Pen- sacola, third candidate; receiv- Weak Condition :°3,"%' : The 1948 convention will (By ‘Whe Axnucinted Press) theld sometime in May and will SANDWICH, May 20.—Pres!- ‘attract at least 500 Elks from all dent Truman told reporters this me eens i bre anon RRS: ot i Y i e first state conven- morning that his mother, Mrs, tion of Elks held ih Key. West Martha E. Truman, had a bad since 1911, Key West Delegate night but that she had since im- Frank Bentley said this noon, proved. The final vote, taken shortly Ss oe ‘before the noon hour, was an- Shé is still.in a. weakened con- nounced ‘to the convention * by phyégicians ° say she Siake Peegivent James Dunn of grow weaker, despite Miami. A : igen stun di fo laex. Pe West was nominated for | |» (eweetal ya The Cltinens | ¢ honor by William V. Albury, aan. for py rae tat Ys. ‘. iu ¥ p" Be ‘ aed i, Mrs. Truman, wife of the feat of me. Mh feom' ‘and Mrs. Truman, wife of the feat 0! SO mi p b partment, former ehiet: ©. Presid i her here in Highway. to this city. whe ast Startatin 'Cower':a} Hey Key iwon hh pews 0S hain, fa iat a tam lauded the famous “Conth chow. “., Returned from « Miami h, | jdex” tor its. othe: in iibiile Wieit U'thie Kod Che ve cect esi aaa leuihacy aelvetier +) ca . : A We ogee Ve y ° { St. Augustine was making a Harbor Defenses, which the sions ‘of thie Florida’ State Fire: Army Studies istrong bid for the ’ when: recently Lasgo it was Chiefs Association and of the f 4 j telegrams arrived from Mayor W. y turning ‘State Firemen’s Association. ‘e aS Admin-;" 4 number pf resoluitions were | 9 Paralysis May Be Helpful studies ‘of infantile Southernmost City. tbers of the City and Monroe County Commissions and civic organizations. These were read to the convention and apparently | acpted, Chief Baker said, many | of them relating to fire preven-| tion. He reports that much of the ,year will be pointed to prevent-| paralysis in Japan‘may prove of The Key West. delegation con- {ing fires. ‘ | value in the over-all fight against SiSts of J. Stewart Hicks, Exalted | Chief Baker has also been in-' the crippling disease, it was re- Ruler; Albury, Bentley, Shoriff work of the state associations this; Army 4 vited to attend the meeting at; ported here today by Ralph Berlin A. Sawyer and John Rich- 3 4 ‘egun’ : r pnd Roanoke, Va., June 9-11, of the} Sierra, chairman of the Monroe ardson. iS ee beach. for Southeastern Association of Fire; County chapter of the National ] ° 9 Ze A i sivetag Chiefs. All the states in the | Foundation for Infantile Paraly- Florida's First appeared beach Southeastern part of the United | sis, i j }States are members of the asso-| The approach. of the hot ¢ orese un. ciation. Considerable work must “polio” months, Mr. Sierra said, | oner ‘esswoman be done this year toward fire pre- | «, Las: nm etoni ith: “ . i“underscored the significanc vention, Chief Baker said. ,of -polidmyelitis. studies being di ; carried on with the aid of March iri Visits In House Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rhode, j : : first Congresswoman a | cluding the local unit. and a daughter of the late great, Change Owners The Japanese study, Mr. Sierra ; William Jennings Bryan, sat * explained, was conducted by an} #fain in the House of Repre- Warranty deeds , transferring Army Epidemiological Board i sentatives in Washington recent- the title of three ps of Mon. | supported in part by March of ly. | ‘of Dimes funds of the National! rs. | | Foundation and its chapters, in-; Florida's Dimes grants. The Army scien-} Mrs. Rhode’s appearance in the ted eae hy th County | tists’ findings were reported in House was the signal of a rush Clerk Ross C, Sawyer. {the American Journal of Hy- | of former associates led by Rep. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin p, | giene. | Edith Nourse Rogers (R., Mass.) Lockwood transferred the, prop- Mr. Sierra said the study con- jte welcome her. Members of the erty at 2800 Seidenberg avenue cluded that poliomyelitis in Ja- | Florida delegation also crossed “to Mr, and Mrs. Eli D. Whelpley, | Pa2 may be in a transitional the Hall of the House to greet for $2,800. | state, changing from previous mi- | her. ays { Mary Me. Alexson, Coral Ga-| 2° outbreaks to recently occur-} Mrs. Rhode, who later was the beach '.1.. transferred 30 acres of land| ing large epidemics. This may ; United States Minister to Den- on the mainland to Benjamin L.| 2ccount for the fact that polio! mark, first woman to hold a top Citizen y shag Davis.and wife, Miami, for $300. WAA has ' | attacks younger age groups in/ diplomatic post. was elegible as Arthur Henriquez transferred; Japan more frequently than in a former member to sit in the . to Helen Henriquez, 417 Cath- been directed to act “as expedi- ” the out-} toys is good, it the United States, according to House Chamber during its ses- erine street, three lots of Big, Army scientists. {sion. She served in Congress in was said at the: Pine Key, for $100. Children under three comprise , the late 20's and early 30's as a this morning, of the! —.. {STA 70 per cent of Japan’s victims, | representative from the old Flor- teady for the com- TE SERVICE the study found, as compared to! ida east codst district. extendin the United States where the! from Jacksonville to Key West. | ‘OFFICER TO BE group “hardest. ik ae chien ag ~ —- + ~ . : ERE from five to nine. Prior to large ~ reolll E33 DAYS epidemics here, it was pointed WANTED CONCH SHELLS LARGE SELECT, NO HOLES {We will pick up at your .door. J. MAZZELLA 3924 Seyburn Detroit 14, Mich. County Veterans Service Of-' out, much younger age groups ficer Jack Saunders announced were: involved than is the case today. that: Melvin “A. Friedland, today. assistant. state’ service . officer,, Mr. Sierra also reported on a} will arrive in Key West tomor- | yale University study supported | row afternoon and will be here by the March of Dimes—a dis-| through Saturday to assist, vet- cussion of which appeared in the) oneal "priedlahd ,, who is from the be casrt agecpe, leaa og Ran ae Palace Theater 7 cine. The Yale research involved i Florida State Veterans Commis-|immunization experiments with CHESTER MORRIS in sion, is prepared to give advice; chimpanzees, with a view t 0 “BLIND SPOT” on veterans’ claims under the GI studying the formation of anti- News and Serial of Rights and on other prob-| bodies in the monkeys’ blood-] TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT of ex-servicemen. stream. emt \" |warfare, he ‘conelyded, should be ;W. Demeritt of Key West, mem-; helped swing the delegates to the ; -1J. W. Barrett, A. C. Evans, Mr. | f State Gromyko Urges Outlawing of { NEW YORK;.May 20.--Gromy- los Patriotic and Educational In- ‘ko, chief Russian delegate at the ‘stitute is not, a school,’ for pur- jUnited Nations conferences, said poses of the beverage law. jtoday that he “had taken. his 1 i | t ' (By The Avworiated rene) ,of “Monroe county, }and other deadly weapons in war”, jto the American people, in an ad- Sat hi ‘ within prohibited distance from in an effort to keep the racy ? age ia a Rb baa a school or church, and exempt- from taking over the u e American-Russian institute iD: ing vendors in incorporated project, will make his of. this city. \ town. fi report at tonight’s City | Gromyko warned that the Unit-! Commission meeting. red States would not keep the what he Fuller Warren: Will Recover, ' atomic bomb secret for long, and that, what he said about the, bomb, applied also to other lethal ‘weapons that are being invente in various coustries. a i He added that the United States | ,ma yrealize some day that scien-| tists in this country have been; “lagging behind” other countries in the production of weapons. The, atomic bomb, gas and germ | i . day by ’ (Ry ‘The Ansocinted Presa) DAYTONA BEACH, May 20.~ 'Fuller Warren, a candidate for was ‘injured collision 12 miles’ north: of here, ,outlawed by the United ‘Nations. tate ee po “to dition !°Wwitlt his chest crashed. to Visit'Key West: A committ¥e of: four was: fdamed last night .at a board meeting of the Police Athletic League in the Poinciana Sub- j Police station for the purpose of extending a pers invitation ,to Babe Ruth to visit Key West. | The gommittee consists of Rev. | J. H. Johnson, USO Director! | Frank Adan former Chief of | | Police Louis M, J. Eisner, and 'R. C. Hicken, board of directors member. Ruth is now at Miami beach convalescing from a_seri-! is neck ope n. Eisner and Hicken comprised the committee which met Ruth {in Miami a month or = ago. but {the Bambino was unable to at- c cept the invitation, being about z In Tallahassee the Florida to return to New York. Hicken | house sent its regrets and wishes attended St. Mary’s School in | for bis speedy recovery to Fuller Baltimore, the institution which | Warren. Ruth attended re, Boing, «i baseball. A member of the sc jband, Hicken played the .j at numerous' concerfs ‘give Ruth. | The chief purpose of inviting ithe great ex-Yankee here is .to| |afford the children of Key West | {an opportunity to meet the out- ° {standing figure in the history for Mrs. Pierce lof sportdom. The PAL officials) ' jare well aware that Ruth is’ Funeral services for| Mrs, Kath- i dedicating the remainder of his' joo, M. Pi will be held life to the spreading of baseball! Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock jamong the youth of the nation|in the Ley Memorial Church. | tor the betterment of young peo- "The Rev. E. S. Doherty, pastor, ple. to whom his name is magic. | wil} officiate. The body will be If the Babe's health would per-| jJaced in the church at 2 o'clock. Hatha would bes elven chance | Burial will be in the family plot to play some go fe al in City etery, with Pritchar: Ene deep-sea fishing. If not, he | ee ee erga a ats | would be given a rest{ul sojourn. rangements. | A meeting was planned foi Ghirvivers next Monday at St. Mary’s Par-j ye} Pierce; Ray and An- |tending’ the PAL progibtas Per-! pubicr, Fort’ Lauderdale; broth. soné interested in youth ys one are! ers, William Harvey, Brunswick, invited to attend, especially rep- | Gg*? ang Ry Giatvey, Savan- | Nesentath ee oe civic. and frat-| rar. Ga. ODE grandchild: ernal organizations. | Present at last night’s meeting were Chairman C. G. McCraw, jven was en route here where he ;was to be the principal speak- fer on an “I Am an American | Day” program on the boardwal Warren's collarbone and 10 ribs were fractured. During the war Warren served in the Navy and when released from active duty held the rank f lieutenant senior grade, He is son of Mrs. Grace Warren of ville. Small, who has been employed {by the Journal for the last five 'years, worked previously on ;newspapers in New York City and New Rochelle, N. Y. - ;4- Warren has contributed many uba | #tticles recently to The Citizen for| Under the ‘headline, “Facts and | Figures.” Funeral Service : Widower, Sam- |Film On Cancer i Shown to Jayshees ‘and Mrs. E. L. Whidden, Judge) ane film, “Time is Life”, dis- iT. S. Caro, G. G. Baughman, | iputed by the Cancer Control Kent Mack, Mrs. C. M. Miller. Society, was shown to the Jay- E. C. Watson, Louis Eisner, W.|shees at their meeting last night G. Sweeting, R. C. Hicken, H. W./by Visual Education Chairman Urion, Marcel Mazeau, Mrs. A. |Frank G. Adams in connection W. Hatch and Dr. Lucille Cal-jwith the Monroe County Cancer verley. Campaign. Mae See Me re “Would Propose Bill in Congress n 1948 san Carlos By Rep. Papy ‘house bill 885, declaring San Car- He also introduced house bill ease”, against the atomic bomb 886, providing that certain bev. erage licenses shall be issued in Monroe county to. vendors’ not Physician Says' | governor of Florida in 1940, who. in. .an_ automobile | eee Deputy Sheriff” Jim:.Kimchen {ace of great d said the car in which Warren, ‘0 bat” for Poinciona, Upon * and Small were, riding collided "iving in Washington Curb: head-on with another car. War-, 8nd Smathers CITY WOULD GET PRO) ECT; NAVY SAYS ‘No BASIS’ FUR ‘JUNE 381” ‘STATEMENT HERE JOUN R. oat Le Rep. George Smathers and TALLAHASSEE, May 20.— Representative Bernie C. Papy': if | | i { | t t § z é : i i i i t | | ' ' i i fl i nt *, rites i ' | Hi af eg | i E Ff Ht | Fé i | i i ae several of ‘ficials of Federal Publie Hortene | Authority and of the Novy De partme but could . get bitte satisfaction. The Navy wented i and would probsbly get it, they ere told. Smathers then showed that he could get tough, Carbonell sad Politely but firmly he said thet he would take the matter to the floor of the house and { Navy's appropri: m so f funds for operating Poin were concerned. When th jSistant to Raymond M, | Administrator of FPHA, satisfactory response to th idians’ appeal, Smathers for a meeting with Ty assistant said he didn't k it could be arranged, but Smuthe countered that it could and would be arranged. It was. asked ey “The Navy request,” Pole told Smathers and Carbonell “was made purspant to a pro. vision of the Lanham Act which gives the National Housing Aj ministration diseretionary au thority to make such transfe where the Secretary of the Navy or the Sec of War fin that the projects will be ‘perm anently useful. “In considering such re. quests,” Foley continued, “it has been the FPHA policy to consult with community of ficials and to give every con- sideration to their wishes, con- sistent with the best interests of the Federal Government. Both the Army and Navy have agreed when transfers are ap- proved not to evict present ten- ants, “We have requested the Navy Department.” Foley add- ed, “to consult with the local officials end with representa. tives of the FPHA to see if some solution of this problem cannot be found, Under any circumstances I will consult (Continued un Page four) LLL DETTE CEE TEL IS No Electrical Repair Job Too Small Or Too Large Key West Electrical Repair Company 616 Whitehead Phone 739 EL IT LE TEE