The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 30, 1947, Page 1

"“SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, “To Draw for Typewriters} [AREHOUSE IS PROCEDURE FOR. “OF “ACTIVITY| ._NESDAY IN PREPARATION FOR pen ey EVENT, 9.A.M.9 PM. | PLAINED” "| «By JOHN R..VOSBURGH (Special to, The Citine: City: Editor. Key West Citizen | MIAMI, May. 30.—Veterans Gato Warehouse’ on, South Si-{ Planning to be in line, long. in monton. street was the scene of advance of the: opening hour sof intense activity yesterday as War the sale of approximately 50 Assets “Administration personnel typewriters at Gato’s warehouse prepared for Wednesday’s over- next Wednesday should abandon : ithe idea, as it Will not be neces- ‘The sale of at least 10 tons of sary, George W.’ Penman, man: surplus goods’ will be held in the ager of the War Assets Miami main storage ena! of rigthing poet Service’ Center, said : chief inspector | A: the-counter. sales, said: A drawing system © is being sks were ‘being moved, rooms used ‘now at WAA sales of scatce re’ being prepered, and sup- items which eliminates long were being shifted in. prep- waiting in line, Penman cx. aration for the huge sale. i ieoneeae The procedure is this: Thackston said that if the sale' ‘The veteran first will show over as | proof of honorable discharge to y mark the beginning of ; Certifying Officer Frank North. i i j and ‘expanded War Assets ; Next, he will’ write an offer to policy for Key West. He | purchase on a slip of paper which ; will be dropped in a fish bowl. to: be featured for tialf an. hour.|is- more ‘television in the Detroit}, ‘ other location ‘tHey ‘omy one of the largest. television ry bar and every circuits in the country, Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Mitchell, owners of returning from a: month's tour in theNorth: and Canada. . The Mitchells said that Jim Velsh, writer and travel com- ™mentator from Detroit, is anxious to broadcast movies of Key West from the studio where -he television lecturer. known a3 ‘ Old AAA Traveler.” The “AAA stands for American Automobile Key West’ hasan ied ‘The Mitchells asseré that*there visited. - that she saw an entire baseball game by television. . ‘Coppin, Mrs. Mitchell was the ‘artist who made portrait of Henry Ford. West*and will send it to (Mitchells upon completion. Welsh, who is also author of a travel cookbook, took back some’ now working on a carivas of Key|, the Ine Papy, of Key West, fii; tistestn. tke iewelocea | His (rom: Miami; carried in the ad- ‘Joining column. Ta alidition to the typewriters the following items will also go on sale; Clathing, hotel wool blankets, hand tools, compart. ment. tool’ boxes, victory desks, clothing. lockers; © wardrobes, welding equipment, . goggles, Teather work: gloves, chinaware, heavy, duty blocks and tackle, lers with switches, boat g‘Aools, drills, -Jarge food mixing machines, 30 ampere el- ectric lamps,’ for - boats, paint, ‘woodfiller,s’ thermome' V in teps on| has sent, property -quarter-inch totton. lines. paint aid patil brides, the ne-|- Thaekston suid there would be » }Many. additional items, a few of en | which are named in the adjoi. ing column. He said that much some-{ attention had been paid to m r..tofaljtime supplies such as boat-own- “s ets might use,» in view of the , . |large maritime traffic here. : | Thackston_emphasized that vet- erans do not have to be certified for’ this over-the-counter sale al- Advocacy ‘North will certify on Tuesday all veterans wishing to buy for bu: 2, Trainin ness or re-sale purpases at other 3 sales to be held in South Florida ‘ t by Wat Assets. 7 ~ (By Aasoriated Pr ss) — ASHINGTON, May A x ye - tabannued “hey a.m. to 9 p. m. with the excep- yes, we have Thar the President, n'x few Oats such eli Roeote a ile renew his request to con-_ ie Ww) aken to restock. pass @ bill providing for ; The only requirement for buying American | is presentation of proof of honor- able discharge. though Certifying Officer Frank The, sale will be held from 9 ryga Infant Died Tuesday, The infant daughter of Chief ical “and Mrs. Philip J. Gryga died in 200 the U. S. Naval Hospital Tuesday tevening. The body was sent yes- the terday afternoon to Meriden, sur- Conn., for funeral, services and is burial in the family. plot. Lopez Funeral Home was. in exe charge of arrangements. only The offers to purchase may. be submitted from 9 a. m. to 4 p, m., Wednesday. Between 4 and 5 p.m. {have 49 machines. to. } 50 names will be drawn from the fish bowl. The first name drawn will have first choice of 50 type- writers; the. second name will choose. from, and so on in sequence un- til the,50th. name will have only one machine to select. , In. the .event those. whose jnames are drawn decide not to purchase, the same number of additional names will be drawn. Those. whose names are an. nounted may buy when the sale resumés at 6 p. m. and lasts un- til 9 p. m. ! ‘Among the ‘items to be offered in Key West's first over-the-couri- ter sale of war surplus. property ito veterans are dishes, pots, pans, ‘and galley equipment, Mae West life jackets, * jungle kits, ‘furniture, thattresses, many other articles. | Conditions of the sale include proof of honorable discharge, icash, unless credit has been es- tablished in advance through a :WAA office; carry, every pur- }chase ‘must be removed before \the sale closes, otherwise the ar- ticle will be put back in inven. tory and it will be necessary for ‘the veteran to file a claim for refund. No exchanges _ will be made. ‘Alex G. Jenks i ° 1) | Died This A.M. i ! Alex C. Jenks, retired light- ‘house keeper, died this morning ‘at 8:45 o'clock at his residence, 1204 Pine street, after a short ill- |ness. Survivors are the widow Mamie. Jenks; two daughters, Mrs. Ben H. Cooper, Columbus, {Ga and Mrs. Alice Sweeting, 1! Americus, Ga.; three sons, James |A., Detroit, Mich., John D., Lex- jington, Ky., and Henry O. Jenks, iKey West; and nine grandchil- {dren. | Mr. Jenks was a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. Funeral arrangements, in charge {of Pritchard Funeral Home, will bed’, and jbe announced later. 000444244444 444484 PRESCRIPTIONS Compounded by Experienced " Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela Phone 177 "Jefferson Hotel _..114 DUVAL STREET Under New Management Clean; Airy Comfortable. Rooms Reasonable Rates Couples With Children , Welcomed Telephone 9127 Association. ° Welsh is one' of the leading figures in the Detroit Motor Club, lich claims to be the largest | organization of its kind in the! resignation, Key West recipes with him fot} Caldwell, said, “This action om Key lime pie, Cuban fish chow-}- der, hot bollos, ete. a order that I might ing a recent article on his south-| attempted bribery ern. trip, published in the Motor News, Welsh published a photo- world, with some 200,000 mem-|praph ‘of North Beach featurii bers.- Accompanied by John Cop- fect: white clouds over Garrie pin, a leading portrait painter and|son Bight. The photo was taken cover illustrator, Welsh visited|by Mitchell, a specialist in cloud Key ‘West last October and No-jscenes. vember. As Mrs. Mitchell ex-j “Beneath the picture, Welsh pressed it: “They fell. in love jwrots 2 “Harry Mitchell caught with Key West”, terming it the|the healing quiet of Key West in only place’ of importance that|this picture vat blue water and they found’ on the East Coast of | White clouds ; i acide. fica ieee poopie in Cine tite ’s people in ve- The Mitchells earnestly re+"|jand, his home (nan: South Bend, quest any Key Westers having |Ind.; Natural Bridge, Va, and _16.mm movies of the island and |Pa is of Canada. surrounding area to contact | Both feel thet if some Key They promise to make | Westers will volunteer the use of themselves personally respon- {some 16-mm movies taken on-and sihle for the film and will re. |about the island, the television tugn it intact, Welsh will put, |half-hour presentation, in Detroit West on tolevision as soon | would not only attract many trav- as gets some Key West mo- /elers here during the coming win : ‘but ‘actually this summer. F it Key Youths Awarded |’ Funeral Monday » Scholarships (iy, Asaoetated Presa) TALLAHASSEE, y 30. State School Superintendent] held -Monday afternoon at Colin English announced today the following winners of teacher training scholars! $200 house scholarship, Jose Antonio Ma- chado and Betty June Cottrell, Key West: $400 Lew nolar- ship, Joseph Frederick Lowe and Joan Audrey Porter, Key West; No $200 senatorial scholarships were awarded in the Key West area. NAL Cancels One Flight To Miami A National Air Lines flight out of Key West for Miami, which leaves daily at 9:35 p. m., was cancelled on Sunday, it was an- |Frances A. Bates, Key West, nounced today by the NAL local | Mrs. Alice Pitcher, Miami. operations office. ' p ALACE TH EATER Under the new schedule in ef- KEN CURTIS in fect June 1 the NAL will have only two flights arrive here from “COWBOY BLUES” News and Serial Funeral services fer Miss Mary Louise Scheurer, 77," who died yesterday morning in the Key -| West Municipal Hospital, will be 5 o'clock in St. Paul's Church. Rev. James H. MacConnell will of- ficiate. The body will be home, 529 Whitehead street, from Sunday at 2 p. m., to Monday at 2 p. m, when it will be placed in the church until funeral serv- ices. Lopez Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Miss Scheurer was the sister- in-law of the late W. L. Bates. " Pallbearers will be J. Otto Kirchheiner, Austin Roberts, A. B. Bettis, J. J. Trevor, Howard E. Wilson, W. W. Demeritt, Rob- ert F. Spottswood and Dr. James B. Parramore. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. and Miami. These flights are at 8:47 a. m., and at 5:32 p, m. The Mi- ami-bound planes will leave at p. m. at the’ ‘Mannie Guerro of the House of Representatives. “Although I am confident that dication in the courts, I request that resignation immediately.” The letter was delivered first to Speaker Thomas D. it PPir AERIS LI SRA NIE i ‘ment announced. In France and other countri in the European’ area end in pan and many islands in the cific, a wreath was put on grave of every American soldier navy man, marine apd airn ih 2 i ! i | f i i | i +i r i F g i Memorial services were held or are to be held today in practic ally every city and village in the country. A wreath was placed on the grave of the Unknown Soldier and other wreaths on the graves , of other American service men buried in Arlington Cemetery. H lu : j F | fs , if i f i z 8. : I cil lis i ii | Died May 28 In Florence, Ala. { F Mannie Guerro, former Key; {wester, died in Florence, Ala., on May 28, according to informa- tion received in Key West by his isister, Miss Elise Guerro. 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