The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 28, 1947, Page 1

ie VoL, ore XLVI. ~=No. 178 Funeral Services For |City Offers Mrs. Truman This | Sy™pthyFor (ONE-HALF MILL Afternoon At Home),.“"= "LESS, APPROVED PRESIDENT REQL NO FLOWERS, NO PHOTOS, BURIAL IN POREST HILLS, MO. fRr The Ansectnted Preand GRANDVIEW, Mo., July 28— services for Mrs. Martha mother of the President, @# 4 o'clock this agternoon little cottage here in had resided the last il g immediate members of and the two physi- had attended her were at the ceremony. Tht fear the cottage were |, though the townsfolk no attempts to go near the Twelve hundred of them formed in single file yester- and entered the cottage to @ last view of their neighbor. The President had issued two requests; One was that no tographs be made HLH 2eE ¥ ers be sent to the cottage. He expleined thet his mother fre- | money during the experiments in |people-of the city, who stood for of teachers that were approved by ; was in the city manager's office McAndrews’ complaint that he | quently hed said that flowers | constructing the huge seaplanes,|hours to watch his car pass en the state legislature _ recently. ‘at the time, also strongly favored jad not received for the living, not for the fi Only « plain wreath, hanging frém the knob of an outside door, gives any indication of death in- side the house The body,, after the services, ty to be taken 17 miles through | Jackson county to Forest Hills cemetery in Kansas City, for buriel. It will be laid to rest be- side John Truman, Mrs. Truman's husband, who died when he was 62 years of age. (Washington reported that tel- and = cablegrams of con- have been,veceived for |. the President from all over the world. Among the first to reach the White House were those |'sx——______| GRANDVIEW, MO., YESTER- of the that the contract had conformed funeral cortege and that no flow-|to all government requirements, |several days last March. He was et, as prepared by Albury, < THE SOUTHERNMOST N : KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1947 SCHOOL BUDGET, City’s Solus {Poinciana, Federal FLORAL PIECE SENT TO DAY FOR MOTHER OF PRESI- \Witness Ready | Orne | To Testify In H.- }_A floral offering expressing the | isympathy of the people of Key | OKs Proposed | sng West, upon the passing of Mrs. | Items Hughes Hearing eri Ellen Truman, grand old GOES TO STATE SUPER: jlady of Grandview, Mo., and : mother of President Truman, was | INTENDENT FOR HIS APPROVAL BEFORE IT sent to Grandview yesterday. Upon receipt of word here of CAN BE EFFECTIVE | | (My ‘The Associated Press) | WASHINGTON, July 28.—Sen- ator Brewster of Maine, chair- man of the committee that is to ‘investigate the $40 million: con- tract to build seaplanes that was jcity of Key West would be ap-} Board of Public Instruction of |awarded to Howard Hughes: in/propriate in view of her son’s re- |Monroe County has accepted the 1944, announced today that’ he {ent visits here, proposed school budget calling had been told by John -Myer,|. A: blanket of: flowers was im-}, 0; i jon dt who had worked for Hughes, that }mediately sent to Grandview. It {0 One-half mill reduction in the he is ready to testify about the |bore a card which read: pax tate, tt wes announced today expenses incurred’ at the'time{! “Sincere sympathy from by Willard M. Albury, superin- negotiations were being made: to | people of Key West, Florida.” jtendent . of public instruction. gi ts bape eat, 4 Pate Lape ea aed han- |The budget now goes to Colin ughes, in California,. issue led by Ethel Decker, of the Key ; i ste ‘i a statement in which he assert-'}West Floral Shop, who placed the een Se auperin cement a ed that Senator Brewster is on alorder at once with a Kansas City ,8°h00ls, who must approve it be- |“publicity spree.” Hughes added |florist. fore it becomes effective. i; President Truman visited here! Included in the proposed bud- | e ies | Mrs. Truman’s death, directors of the Chamber of Commerce felt | that a floral’ offering from the the |and that if the government lost |enthusiastically received by the all the increases in the sal: he also lost money. He added |route to the Key West Submarine jTeachers who drew $1,720 last that the experiments had’ cost|Base. The President's headquar- ‘year, will draw $2,400 next year, him $14 million. 5 ters at the base, which are nor- those who got $2,120 last year | (He asked Brewster why"he {mally occupied by the command- {Will draw $2,850 next year. H had not said anything about the }ing officer of Key West Naval | Instructional salaries are car- | $1,400 expenses it’ had cost. for |Base, are being held ready for his vied at $312,420 in the proposed trips for Brewster during ‘ the,}return. [padgets After giving effect to, time one of the planes was being | - It will be recalled that Presi- 'transportation, $6,000, to capital built. Brewster replied that hejdent Truman said upon leaving outlay, $30,079, debt service, $8,-! was in the west when Hughes |here that he would be back in 760, and other expenses and re- | asked him to come to*Washing- |June to spend a vacation. serves, $129,768, the total budget ton, and that he did as asked.j Since that time the President calls for expenditure of $488,356. | and surely could not be expected }has had a heavy load ofofficial The total, expressed in millage to pay the expenses when, they |duties, as well as being worried rates, is 11.5 mills. This is a one-' were incurred in doing Something jabout the illness of his 94-year- half mill reduction over the bud- for Hughes), old mother, who died Saturday, {get of the current year, and was spent in the experiment, and no there. . ,standing debt and in the face o1 acceptable plane thas yet been] It is believed that he may come ! large sala constructed. A test flight’ had {here later this year, although no! ‘y demands. from King George of England end Chiang Kai-Shek of China). GIVE RAYON SCOUTS IN CUBAN CAPITAL 1948 Convention Troops Held Dress Parade* Saturday In Preparation my In Ha- vana Aug. 12 A beautiful rayon American flag with gold fringe will be pre- sented to the Boy Scouts of Cuba by the Boy Scouts of Amer- jea official delegation from Key West on August 12 at the cere- monies to take place in Havana when Plaza de San Francisco is renamed Plaza de Key West, in honor of this island city. The.Cu- ban Boy Scouts are expecting to For Cerew present a Cuban flag of like size ' and beauty to the American Scouts as a sign of the warm friendship between the American and Cuban nations. Through the generosity of Ar- thur Sawyer Post, American Legion, of Key West, the Scouts here were able to obtain the flag which they will present to their brother Scouts of Cuba. Various troops that will be repre- sented in Cuba are also planning on making small gifts to the Scout troops in Havana as a sign of their friendship. Key West Scouts held a dress parade Saturday morning at KEY WEST BOY SCOUTS.TO been planned for one of the official word to that effect has| planes but ended in failure yet been received at the Naval : Hearing For Man Private funeral services were Who Took 37-Seat i to be held this afternoon at} ‘ Grandview for Mrs. Truman. She ! B e J ‘ T | will be buried beside her hus- | us iS LOMOrrow band in Forest Hill cemetery in 7 {the’ southern part of Kansas City.| Otto L. Kennedy will be ar-| raigned at a preliminary hearing jbefore Justice of the Peace J. Y. jPorter, at 10 o'clock tomorrow} {morning on charges of taking a enger Florida Greyhoun Of County Judges E Rigen ge To Be Held Here’ If found jnedy fac US. FLAG Te ae Mrs. Saunders Is a maximum sentence months in the county jai i 169-mile joyride. The Mi- amian was brought back from the iof Florida County Judge Associa-' fo, h tion selected Key West as the scene of its 1948 convention, ac- Magic City yesterday by Deputy Called Home By 2 Brother Ss Deat! cording to a_ telegram received Shoriff Will Archer and placed in today from Monroe County Judge jail. Porter was out ot the city News of the unexpected death | Raymond R. Lord, who attended today, necessitating postponement RS A j.|this year's meeting at Inverness. of the hear oes of her brother in a motor acci: Whe telegram was received | by © hearing until tomorrow. dent at Bowling Green, Ky., Harold R. Laubscher, manager of i y ¥ i Wright, t caused Mrs. Gerald Saunders,|the local Chamber of Commerce. ' driver Hrranaapen ty ar wife of County Commissioner} County Judge Lord said that, the toll gate on the am Saunders, to go to the home of |the convention would bring about Highway at 3:30 Friday morning. of next year. The Word received from. Mrs. | Usually lasts three to four days. boasting of his deed, whereupon Saunders by. her husband last sequace ond stocked, up on Key he was picked up by the Miami night indicated that the’ funeral |; bah ea, : efore going to police. Kennedy reportedly con- services were held at Bowling nverness and was .determined to fessed taking the bus to the Mi- Friday night. i bring the 1948 convention here. !ami police. iGreen yesterday. Mrs. Saunders Judge Lord also said in his} Feet Ber Saticise await expects to be back in Key West ltelegram that the state asso str’ ay am i . = : \ Arnold, district 7 either Wednesday or Thursday. tion had elected him a vice-! of the Florida Grohe Lee Mrs. Saunders’ brother's ‘name } presi i er | wor was Robert Carr Green, 26, ot Pride pie Gini nea ule etrant ore kere | Washington, D. C. He was on a —————— i jvisit to his mother in Bowling SUPER-ALARM FALSE !Green when the fatal accident Chicago — Suddenly, the uni- | |occurred. He died without regain: | que burglar alarm at American — jing consciousness. Green had lost| Polytechnic Research Iaborator- jan arm in World War II. ies went off and loud speakers . i atop the building began. blaring (2st, He couldn't remember ee “burglars in the building. Call ” ote } 1937 FORD PICK-UP police.” Three spuads sped to the $95.29 BREAKFAST Los Angeles—Red Brown, of London, visiting in town, had a iyen for strawberries for oreak- Key West € _families living on Angela street the property surplus, Thus fae.$18. million -hassbeen | which has prevented him,coming imade atfer_reduction,in {he Gidea er residents coming from ‘at 11 p, m., daily. guilty as charged, Ken-|@ number of cities in Florida andj !Defense and World War II Vic Kennedy was identified by B.|Ga. 7 5 the burg stations are located in the one or more of the special events Overseas | her mother at Bowling Green, |100 persons to Key West in July He is said to have been overheard | EWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Hope To Hear Cabmen Case [BELIEVE CITY HAS GIVEN LaCONCHA HOTEL COOPER. : ATION DESPITE HOSTELRY ity Move y s To Run’ MANAGER'S COMPLAINT Angela St. Across’ Members of the City a ‘sion maintained open minds to- a ; McAndrews, manager ,of Catenees oO. oH = Ellingson’ Concha Hotel, that excessive sa is morning a ne wi i i take slaps 'shorily, &6 extend Ane noise from taxi stands acress the gela street through what is now | Street from the hotel disturbs the Key West Army Barracks to guests in the hotel. White street. Mrs. C. M. Richard-! The Commission member: i son and Mrs. Paul Richardson, ‘the wish to h he ee a 701 Florence street, visited Elling- 2 ie ee eelonivere i son this morning and asked that Side of the story at the special the extension be made. meeting to be held tomorrow The ladies explained night at the City Hall, before in the vicinity of Pearl, Georgia Tendering. ‘any decisions. Taxi and. Florida streets and an un- drivers and McAndrews will be! named alley 156 feet from White given an opportunity to present street are blocked off from White toy arta re street by the Army Barracks: tne eeiaat thenmesting, : Now that the Army is declaring McAndrews was out of the city Pro Ellingson this morning but will return to- said, there is a strong possibility night. Mayor W. W. D itt a that the street can be extended aan i a Jak Pee ahi all the way through to White | Piotere gs ous Larboneth street. \Albert Cooper and Louis Car- | Mayor W. W. Demeritt, who bonell all expressed surprise at that all running the street through the epoperation Army Barracks. Of the 156 feet, ond te peat the Oe G ScukS ‘said that he felt that the La Con- government. jcha deserves the utmost consid- The Barracks property was | eration, but he could not agree | once used for a burial ground but With his good friend, McAndrews, | the bodies were drug up a number that the city had not given the of years ago and moved to Pensa-|hotel_man_ cooperation. cola, Carbonell recalled that a po- Mrs. C. M. Richardson recalled liceman has been stationed on the | that. before 1926 residents were corner as the result of action | allowed to walk through the Army taken after McAndrews had! propesty to get to White street voiced a similar complaint some or return, but a Captain Rice stopped use of the passageway and put up: an iron fence in that from the city. { Commissioner Louis Carbonell | ager O. J..S. Ellingson explained that the taxi station bell is muted anvraust-reach-their, ea | by Newton street and the’ un-! named. alley instead of directly from White street. “Tke’ Commissioners’ said they McAn: stand did not know whether diews wanted the taxi that the Army might very well Citizen, indicates that desife. Be- for the property with the city. drivers should be given an op- portunity to state thei se. Recruiting Station In This Highway Open U.S. Land To White @y o the complaint of J. p. |Loads Of Dirt LaiFrom Jayshees months‘ ago. He and City Man- BP | 3 iries a crew of three officers and “Th 9 8 ‘28 men, came here from Norfolk, buildings in addition to the land Mayor Demeritt said the area Moved or not, but some said that , was very desirable and remarked’ his. remarks, carried in Friday's | arrive at an equitable settlement fore such a drastic step is taken, ! however, they continued, the taxi ; Annex Schools May Be Bought By County ¥PROPOSAL TO BUY SIPS Sts ff fr SITES FOR $30,939.14 Thief Steals 3 | UP TO SCHOOL UNIT | TOMORROW NIGHT Confirmation of the proposed purchase’ of Poinciana School and the Federal Annex School, | Tropical and United streets, is ex ‘i ected to be made at iT from ‘the triangle on Roose- lof Monroe Come School Board velt Boulevard at Naval Hos- | tomorrow night at 7 o'clock in the pital, is causing the Jayshees (officé ‘of Willard M. Albury, no end of trouble. county ‘superintendent of schools. To carry out their project s The plan, as nal thay bay erf of beautifying the triangle | ey eine Administration, at the entrance of the city. | which built the two buildings at the Jayshees had three loads {4 cost of $162,839.42, Monroe of street sweepings dumped {county will buy the buildings at the triangle two weeks ag0/and take the land, both large by the city. Last Friday or | piots, for $30,939.49. Saturday somebody took the Under this arrangement 5 per dirt—all three loads of it. ~ cent of the original cost of the Another load will be dump- land and buildings, — which ed at the triangle Wednes- | amounis to $8,141.97, -must be day. The Jayshees are going {paid down in cash, and the re pared rian oe ter the | mainder, $22,707.52 in two equal jirt and pien: periwinl ments over two years. They hope sue ait thief |?) 4 ¥ ' 5 Albury said today that the doesn’t beat them to it again | Board of Education has the mon —and so does the city. ey on hand with which to meet the down payment of $8,141.97 CHB DBI DL DAA 3155 it will be paid as soon as the ae e legal details have been — Navy Ship Arrives out by the board's legal adviser, Here For: Repairs Allan B. Cleare, Jr. “I regard this as one of the USS. Hawk (AMS-17). sweeper, put into Key W marine Base today for routine re- a and upkeep.- The mine sweeper, which ci A mysterious dirt thief, who stoic three loads of soil made by Monroe county,” said a mine Albury today» “It would be dif- est Sub. ficult to get the land alone for t the annex building for $30,000 a! ;today’s prices. I think the land is . approximately 400 feet square. “The county gets two fine Va. for a little. more than $30,000." oo area REAKING OF GROUND TOMORROW FOR 25 NEW APARTMENT. BUILDINGS ~¥Max Cohen And Michael Naval Dis Navy recruiting stations are lo- cated in postoffice buildings of From Georgia To Key We: (Special to The Cttizend | JACKSONVILLE, July one in Georgia, where American| \ nd Key West, President mers D. Horn of East Coas Highways Association, said today ind will remain open through August so visitors may attend are located in the following Jacksonville, Miami, hassee. Gainesville, Orlando, West Palm Beach, and in Valdosta In Tampa and St. Peters: \city hall buildings. Ischeduled in the 13 east coast In addition to the recruiting | counties. i ‘stations, the naval facilities at; The last section to be opened Jacksonville, Key West, Green to travel was the 29-mile stretch convention Saturday in a Miami restaurant |Cove Springs, West Palm Beach, petween Scottsmoor and Port end Ot) Reterenrg will also ais Orange, in Brevard and Volusia als. i : - 5 counties. The state has just In order to eliminate corre- COU" PRR eras sits apondencetand|tofavaldiclelamst it coe ace ant enue tanec is urged that personal spelica. acing project there and the road "| ar ae app! ,. has been closed part of the time tions at the nearest recruiting sta- 5 aa The lane tion be made for the medals. during construction. The only re- |However, applications may be maining detour between Miami made by mail, if necessary, to the 294 Jacksonville is a short one |director of naval reserves, seventh |in Daytona Beach. naval distdict, building 907, Naval {Ait Station, Jacksonville. ! Thank You!! Thank You!! Veterans of the Army, Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard will be issued the defense and victory medals by their own services. hose With Pay | Bonamy To Begin Build- 7 raven eh es } ing In Simonton-South For lraining In | ia Merchant Marine! Ground will be broken tomor row for a $70,000 to $80,000 in toryemedals imnay/ be oDulinedsa Eee ees ae eRe of Holi; the United States Maritime ,vestment in apartments in the Tent nendauarlecs, “Stations way between. the Georgia line Service offers to qualified appli- Simonton and South street ares, - cants who meet the regular es- it was announced today tablished eligibility requirements; Max Cohen, part owner of the a special course of training with South Beach Motel, will start pay which will fit them for a tomorrow on construction career in the United States Mer-, building that will chant Marine. apartments on the east side of Qualifications for enrollment in Simonton street just to the north the U. S. Maritime Service for ,ward of South street Apprentice Seaman Training ar There will be 13 one-room Age, 171 years to 35 ycars; must @Partments, fitted up as fine ho be a citizen of the United States; sel rooms, with ‘kitchen facilitie e lot on which they will be education, must have completed gonstructed is 200 feet wide and the ninth grade or its equivalent; 248 feet long. There are 1 must pass a physical and an apti- four two-room apartments on the tude examination. Pay while in lot, so that when the new con house 13 training is $75.00 per month plus aa rata there will subsistenée and quarters, uni-i On the opposite corner pf Si forms and texts. Applicants un- monton and South © st der 21 3 of age must produce Cohen’s partner in the parents’ consent. All applicants Beach Motel, Michael Benan must submit three letters of char- has already started construction r reference. of six duplex apartments, a total For further information on the of 12 apartments. most important purchases ever |scene but found no burglars. The Bayview Park in preparation for the ceremony. reports Archie (Continued On Page Two) maannannanaanan PRESCRIPTI Mrence GARDNER’S PHARMACY 1114 Division St.. Cor. 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Later Cohen and Bonamy plan to So, before ordering breakfast, he | | Sf 2a ron e are siways serve | Maritime Service, Room 110, Cus- erect other buildings at the put in a trans-Atlantic call to EADLIGHT ae the finest foods at popular | t0™ House, New Orleans, Lbuis- southwest corner of Simonton his wife. She inf i = ‘i iana. and South streets. Plans for these could have the Darien here ROY'S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | Bare one aie NONE a — buildings are not yet completed of his breakfast, was $1.29, plus 121 Duval Street @ BREAKF v TRPAAAAE DERE R ER EEE OAL the present time k i the $94 telephone call. ammememes Phone 442 emma zi ai under way on a miniature golf i prone —— | Luncheon = @ Dinner] ROASTERS and FRYERS course in the rear of the Mo IV Vw vvvwwwwvvver- \f/ Open Daily, 7:30 A.M. to Kees, tel and fronting on the beaet Midnight, Except Monday American and Cuban Cooking Sendwiches of All Kinds NEW PIONEER HOTEL | Barn Dance. 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