The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 9, 1947, Page 1

“THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN TH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1947 Late: (By Associated Press) THREATENED STRIKE Fund For City McAndrews, manager of Hotel 1 Funds for the erection of 56 xj" ‘12. foot signs. advertising Key! : West have been exhausted, J. D. Dead, 10,000 Reds: Plot N sured of the.use of West Martello Lac : $ DETROIT. — Strike is threat- ‘oncha .and president, of the ; r us the site for the county dat aly are Company Hotel and Restaurant re ted Homeless Along ‘recreation facilities plants, arid at: the Briggs Com- Which is Heres aaa Flooded Ri x g 4 Pany. manufacturers of automo- “i704 ndrews said that the drive Us J vers . This word was contained in a received vis- > West * No Tower and it to.de-| hare Intentions ning he t ty! over to the Wi Mg Wrong erty for use asa public bathing beach. Saunders said ‘the engineers for the county;*R: D- root Associates, ave be- | s2ocaaper igo pe and specifications for the beach. The : ‘ "war! se “has spread throughout France. pressed ree times as many buses into to'try to relieve the con- gettion in travel. Strikers de- .0i4 « PARIS. ‘The government has mand higher wages. ROME. — Street fights, occur- red in various parts of Italy to- @ay between Communists and Rightists; The worst fight was in ‘Cremona in the Po valley. where fMore.than 50 persons were in- jured. — The railroad strike facility of the city. It is expected to prove extremely valuable in resort town, Mr. McAndrews A recent letter campaign sent chants who believe in the proj- ect. Thanks of the asociation is accorded these merchants, Andrews said. Those wishing to contribute should mail checks to the association at Hotel LaConch: (By Associated Presa) {nois and Missouri. i levees Three boosting not only winter but sum- | 2W2@Y today and embankments mer travel to Key West and is ne- ! were thrown up in = scores of cessary in Key West’s future as a'Places to try to hold back rag- were ing flood waters. Several farms were complete- ‘ruined by water, ranging in ly ; threatened with destruction. i Mayor, Ellingson, | Rescue work is being continued all along the line where..levees Mc- have been carried away or are ———. | swept, strike ‘be called Briggs CLEVELAND, June 9— Twen-' a ne Siane, sed unee ead one in'Eivene:! th of ty.two are dead, 10,000 are Masonic Temple LIC SQUARE FOR MASS beach committee of the commis- \ville, Indiana. . + full col al. The board is 1 homeless and miilioas of dollars ; MEETS TO COMBAT To- sion, from U. S, Senator Claude Yr : pg coca witha drat in peel ot damage has been done by! 4 To Be } STRIKE IN FRANCE ‘ahGwing a recreational af civic ,OVerflow. of rivers in: Ohio, Illi-| Eree te d TALITARIAN DOGMA Here By Ass'n. Communist agents have bogn Formation of an organization , to be known as the Temple As.} sociation to be made up ef men prominently identified with the Masonic movement here, was ng propaganda among the Spanish speaking people of Key | West, according to a letter re- |ceived by Mayor W. W. Demeritt, \ agreed.’ to let * jto.all merchants pf the city in an depth from a few inches to sev- | sibrop.| ITALIAN STREET FIGHTS ‘effort to raise funds resulted in proved Saturday by Judge Aqui- ' togay from Dr. Gabriel A. Amen. have ‘the’ Brop {collections noted below of mer {cra feet. lino Lopez, Jr. of the Circuit Court, who signed a’ petition ;@bar, Secretary of Foreign Relw- filed by Attorney W. .Curry. tions of the National Council of Harris. ‘ , The association has the power | to acquire property and to é¢rect ; Vana. ‘a building to be occupied by; Writing em stationery bear- Cuban Catholic Action in Ha» Following is the list of contrib- Lodg \ letterhead neers have said that they —_——— uters to date: | ° ee auton Ledge 162, F & AM and “Aeesbiapaise de tcheae! Md hoped to receive bids for the RATIFY DIVISION Dan Navarro, Lou Smith, Allan! Cit Commission the four bodies of the Ancient | Dr Amenabar A... “We Pa, Wages tee NEW DELI. — Moslems te eee a ec WW Son | y Cos ancopted” Section Rite ot] bean Ren aan Rae ee i it begins to look as though| day ratified the division of India|°vilz, J. R. Taylor, W. W> Saw- | 1¢@ Key West. spread morn- |the beach will be ready for use yer, Wing Lee's Grocery, Sam Hy-1 fie ee a ae «oy third early aby ” said pal Laeger mene bee pada ar 4 man, Paul £. Newhouse, Cecil | Take New Of ce In the petitidn officers of ang ganda among the Spentsh me tittle more than + ao A Ps Hornsey j|Carbonell, Jerry DeFeo, Earl “The city commissioners, long association were listed as Hor-| speaking people im that city, destroyed The have warkeal’* Seen but he Higgs Service Station, ‘Crown without an office, have been ac- ace O'Bryant, president; Fernan-| therefore we have projected to by pa galt Fe eS he had no ambition to be king or/Service Station, Texas Service corded space in the new - office’ gy x, Camus, vice t; check it by speaking to them a imming beach! emperor, but was contented t0/ Station, J. Weech, Drum Bar, Paul quarters of Mayor W. W. Demer- Gerald H. Adams, secretary, and| as we do here im Cuba.” 1,200 feet long, with sand| remain as a “plain soldier” in| Boysen, Stell’s Beauty Nook, J. L. itt and City Manager ©. J. S. El- Sak O. Weech, " treasurer. | The official in Cuba asks thet out to a depth:of 4% feet. | she cause of his people. Cates, Fred Eberhardt, T. A. lingson. The solons’ now have| ia Miee oa : | an area be elloweu his organi. will be 100 feet of sand on 2 Weaver, Store of Fashion, Colonel room to write, look over their mail} , Directors were Thomas S. Caro, sation'fee mass ry above the water line, SPECIAL SESSION? L. Cy Brinton and Hotel LaCon- ‘and transact such business as does Charles Taylor, Charles S. Lowe, that for: the entire cha. not require an official commis-' Jolin €, Park, Everett R. Rivas,’ Whigh? the : WASHINGTON. — Congress is the | beach will be due to adjourn next month. but built ‘the swimming pool and 8114 ‘wes said today that, should Tt is’ planned to use the two tetision grow, hetween the United iJ. Russell Hyman, Sr., and Clar+ The city manager commenced ence Allhouse. a use today of his new office, for-|' The ‘petition specifies that the merly occupied by the city reere ssociation will be empowered pate EEE SO aes , Sion session. OLYMPIA, Wash. — When scores ' of subscribers to the ation director, and tax. assessox at | i (gen tates and Russia. a special ses- 0 rien hPa Xs sor ati to. contract. debts, up, te. $10,000, | reenatt iRpose, “as tho fall. If congress is recessed.| paper had not been delivered, a ii agin the ‘City Hall. Latest" and to “hold eh estate with a ts. West Martello ae sb ace building, it’ maximum value of $100,000, low: Tower tcl ich was built Ro, for|about 100 years ‘ago as a fortifi- yack. n, will be ‘made available to! a ‘blaze the public — by! ‘construction | of morning, ' stairs and platforms on its top. Sand is to be obtained from ters oe he i ia Bmw Bar on Caro- instead of adjourned, Republican leaders will have the power. of calling a special session, but if it adjourns, the President alone has the power to call congress into special session. quick check showed: why. En- paper drive had mistakenly pers, left on curbs and porches for the newsboys. provides, space for’ thi commission. , A. ‘larg¢, table picked up several bundles of pa- ;been accorded the latter, City Ree; Dir Dwight Hunte: Mrs. Jane Hopkins Whidde city! man-} thusiastic paper collectors for a syér, mayor and, meypbers,.oftthe } = has, Hea tor) and his assistant, | have; Sheriff. Sawyer ''" Ts In St. Pete “With the purpose of counter acting the Soviet propagands which the Moscow agents are idoing in order to change our « ‘tem of Christian Democratic Government to that of the ath evo L. Sreet, burned early Thurs-\the Navy from Dredger's Key,! ou 2 M T M : been provided = new office, par-| Sheriff Rerlin A. Sawyer left}€ist Communism, — the Chetan ae oy cela gg heli Doherty To Move To Miami rjc gets today Jor Si, Petersburg where rectings im public sues alin ill ta ae ber. City As Ha he mid-suinmer meeting of ; aay “ Mee Linemnerscte ce ee | A f . Y H J. Elwood now has the former of. (State Association of Sheriffs is | Brivate oe ee i 4‘ "ge ‘fice of the city manager at the; under way. The sheriff expects Lae 7 pp elle winch sill be legis a Chure a ter ears er e; Tnorth end of the building. to return ‘ | Soci tee jp ota bene ' : rm suey Capt. Houser Will —|Arrive Saturday;: New Base Officer Capt. H. A. Houser, \USN, new | jcommanding officer of Key. West Naval Base, his wife» and son,} will arrive here.on Saturday and | Capt. Henry’ Cooper, USN, as commander of ‘the Naval Base, will be met at Boca Chica Field Saturday by. €apt. Cooper and Capt. Willard Saunders, com- mander of the Submarine Base. | Capt. Cooper now can devote his; full time as commanding officer of the Naval Air Base here. €apt. Houser's other two chil-| dren are expected to join him! here later. 5 | Wells, Reid, Perez Renamed Problems Before Merchants Will Be Discussed Tonight Promotion ofa “Buy In Key West” movement will occupy much é Methodist, and Rev. G. Perez, El; Of the attention of the Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of DER CHURCH POLICY ' Salvador.’ Rev. Wells and Rev.}Commerce at a mecting tonight at 8 o'clock in the Monroe County LONGEST IN SERVICE IN K.W:, SHIFTED UN- In keeping with the establish- Miami, he announced today. Rev. Dohrety has served longer in Key West than the pastor of any other English | speaking church. He will be succeeded by Rev. R. A. Weav- er, youthful Fort Myers min- ister. Re-appointed to. their pastor- ates by the Florida Methodist Conference in St. Petersburg, which concluded its session in St. SE New 1947 Dodge Trucks for Immediate Delivery One 12 Ton Platform One 2-Ton Stake LEY MEMORIAL PASTOR,#- ! Petersburg yesterday, were Re G. Leon Wells, First Methodist; Rev. J. B. Reid, Fleming Street i | Reid have served one term each here. He has served five years here, | however, and the Florida con- fere: headed by Bishop J. | Moore, needed him to lead the Feater Memorial congregation in its drive for a new church building. A native of Ireland, Rev. Do- herty was popular among Key Westers with his Irish brogue and ready wit. He was president of the Ministerial Association for two years, chairman of the Mon- (Continued on Page Four) PALACE THEATER DENNIS O'KEEFE in | Fifte to Tortugas on a Navy exploring old Fort Jefferson. Tortugas Today single enlisted men of the U. S. Sifbmarine Base sailed tout to Dry Tortugas for a two- iday holiday today. The men went | YTB-227, which towed a wate: {barge to the island. The men will {be housed in tents on the island, and will have the opportunity of iio! ail hei tug, adv SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Division and Fr: —Your PURE OL ZS POOR OLD CRAIG’S | Phone 9134 is Streets Dealer—— mat jeral In Key We: { i have j ulations. “Championing th tate or nation: ; membe: diums which do not “Then we also expect to pro- Clinic Auditorium, Thomas and Fleming streets. The committee in charge of the affair will be Fred Miller, chair. ” movement, prosecu- o ftransient merchants who not complied with local reg- cause of re- 's in all legisislation affecting r interests, whether it is local, again: have rlising value, and exchange lof credit information among the members are other ters to be discussed. important special retail sales | days There will be much of gen- interest that will be discuss- I, moral and sovial "We do not speak of relig ious matters nor are there any designs of proselytism in re. gard to any religious purpose. Our only aim is to show thet the Marx and Lenin doctrines ere totalitarian snd contrary to human rights.” In view of the communistic propaganda being spread here by Red agents, the letter continue: noi will” tak their residence i ic i j Building A-B, the quarters occu. ca policy eg oho OD | _ Rev. Doherty was transfer. | ————Igman; Joe Pearlman, F. W. Smith,|‘We kindly ask of you, if you pied by Presidents Franklin/cnter ct the Ley Memorial | ?e@ despite the unanimous re- | Gladys Mulberg.and P. Sher. | think it will he of benefit to the Roosevelt. and Harry ‘Truman | Mer At oT ae di ice eh caas quest of his church and that of ‘Navy Men Go To Probiems of mutual interest to] people of that city, whieh you during their visits here. | Racae epee 4 iM eee the Fourth Quarterly Confer- | a in Key West will be dis-| represent, to authorize us te held succeeds : eat : + | @mce that he be re-appointed. ussed,” said “Miller today. “We|a meeting in a publie e or ii Capt. Houser, who succeeds! Memorial Methédist. Church in hope to promote interest in a ‘Buy “e be p> = grog a private gathering and to sue gest to us the person whom we should write to, to organize these meetings. “Said person can belong to any religion, .that is, Catholic oe non-Catholic, for the meeting hee >} no purpose of religious prose _ Llytism.” Demeritt said he dit not know tha such conditions exist here, regarding communist propaganda, but that he would see if he could get someone in terested in cooperating with Dx Amenabar. The mayor added thet he will approve permission for the use of a public square or { | ed at the meeting and we hope to similar area for a mi have all the merchants of the rae oer ng such as Dr. Athenabar requests re For Sale tauct02 (Frigidaire) In Use Six Months NAVARRO, 601 Duval Street Now in Stock Champion OUTBOARD MOTORS Immediate Delivery Navarro Incorporated Opposite Bus Station { BITOTARTE “Mr. District Attorney” | News and Serial ~~ PEAT TAD, AA eC Damp:.Wash © Thrifty | Rough Dry eity. whether they are members of the Chamber or not, to attend. TT. ~ HELP! COOK WANTED Advertising in The Citizen, Plus the Quality of Our Food meee NEW PIONEER HOTEL 151 _N.E. FIRST ST. In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of - Key West is Bringing Us Too Dam \04444444044000468 = HREE NEW SERVICES ~@% SERVICEMEN and Much Business PRESCRIPTIONS rca -‘@ PRONE 57 + CIVILIANS WEAVER’S am "Best For A Night's Rest” GARDNER'S U NDRY PHONE 9292 AFTER 3 P.M. 1 Block West of Bus Depot — ——e.