The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 19, 1947, Page 1

~ Oe a ee - Patrolman ee Held Up By And Can’t E SOUTHERNMOST Hampton Gets : Telegram About Emergency Aid Allan Hampton, chairmar of. he Key West Ct ize: NEWSPAPER IN | UN. Facts and Faces... ++ +++ + ETHIOPIA | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1947 + / | & THE USA ~ lavy Doesn’ Plan General Rainbow Room Of LaConcha To, Be Here To Testify the local Red Cross Chapter, re- | OATEMAN REPT INS PAs RACH, pUDGE CARO ADJOURNS ALL CORT CASES Mate Hate ay Patrctnan War ee Retermam tow mects of Mare oe ht oe of Wet Pain Bree ce me: buny aneteting the — eee & preeren rere be oom af the recent hur wate that be wes ona we got — i © peer ee wit. ee me omomanl Comet Rete Highway Patrohnan Rete Reva of Tewernses Fe et tht em nine, Om went me Red wee ied me ment hm Paces Patter Ve mmes 6 6 4 8 ee eee ee ewe gm ee ne Gees wate let the = Ge Gepe He cote - poh mem eo fee h + eet prres | “. & oben 4 teewet tea ee ee om comments At thin ote foes beet Se ee Sete, en ed ee ie bo pe oe we FP + wore fe the ap ceived the following telegram’ ‘from the manager of the south- | jeastern area of the American Red | Cross relative to contributions ; Weatl Bulleti [for those affected by the hurri- | “Chapters throughout the dis- | i aster area in Florida are meet- | WASHINGTON, D. C., WEA. ing the emergency needs of fam-: THER BUREAU ADVISORY NO. ilies affected by -the hurricane. | ‘12.90 PM. EST, Sept. 19, 1947: Later rehabilitation assista ‘ Communications have failed at will be given disaster sufferers New Orleans and advisories for | who need it. Your chapter is au- | the hurricane will be issued from thorized to accept rateib titan | | Washington until further notice. {from persons in your community ‘The severe hurricane is center- desiring to assist.” H od ot 1290 p. m. EST (17302), | — shout 20 miles northwest of New H ‘Grioaee, moving woremweotwera Army Tents Make: ebout 15 wiles per hour. It is still | | i wording oy winds of 80 2° German Mail Bags, miles per hour of the center and gales as far as | 200 miles cast of the center Ie ated bl mesaaeio ‘ sed to re- So prllnadlan ype Bo akon ‘lieve an acute shortage of mail img Southern Arkansas by mid- | bags in the U. S. zone of occupa- eight tonight with hurricane tion. The Reichspost has pur- winds extending ialand chous 100 Sted 24,000,000 square feet of | miles trum the Guill const end surplus U. 8. Army canvas for les over the remainder of the manufacture into 500,000 mail eg 200 miles of the bags. The shortage of bags has ~.icae ” the ©e®@ been retarding international and as domestic parcel post, newspaper = and letter service. NEW ORLEANS WEATHER For Dead Dog BERLIN. — (AP). — American ‘The severe hurricane is center ot © «& m, EST (1615Z),! ower Latitude 29.4 degrees, Longi tue O94 degrees, or about 60) ties southeast of New Orleans. | One of the oldest countries in the world, with a royal house which traces its descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Ethiopia covers some 350,000 square RAS IMRU miles of mountainous north-east Africa, bordering on the Sudan in the West, on British Kenya in the South, and on French, British and formerly Italian ‘Somaliland and Eritrea in the East and North. Her population is more than 12,000,000, many belonging to the Coptic Church, one of the oldest Christian faiths in existence. Addis Ababa is her capital. The country’s official language is Amhacic (see map). Ethiopia was represented on the first Special Session of the U.N. General Assembly by Ras H. S. Imru. Her flag is green, gold and red, with the country’s emblem, the Lion of Judah, in the center. STORM DAMAGE PUT AT $50,000,000 IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA Conservative Sum, $25 To* Applications Solicited For ‘Open Saturday TOWN ROOM, A NEW INTIM- URDAY Redecorated and _ refurnished, ;the Rainbow Room, the main dining room of La Concha Hotel, ATE COCKTAIL LOUNGE, | ALSO TO BE OPENED SAT-| ; will open Saturday at 11:30 a.m., jManager D. M. McAndrews an-| imounced today. | At the same time he announced } jthat the Town Room, which is | sedan, stolen from M. Sheaffer, | lequipped with a nine-stool bar! {and seats about 30 persons, would | jbe open at 5 p. m., Saturday. i | The dining room has been, {painted and decorated through- | jout during the summer months.! iThe chairs have all been reup- ‘holstered. The Rainbow Room will accommodate 200 persons. The Town Room is designed as | jan intimate cocktail ; Marshall, Key West artist, will] Bar and Grill will open Nov. 15. It is planned to build a cof- | located back of the should beqready -fer use about Oct. 15. It*is not expected the coffee shop will be ready before Jan. 15. & “We have done everything to make it comfortable for our pa- trons, said McAndrews today. “We are going to continue to do do so.” jfee shop where the beauty parlor } jand the barber shop now are lo- | cated. The barber shop will be: A 1940 Dodge, two-door green 152-F Poinciana Place, was found overturned at the intersection of Bertha street and Roosevelt Boulevard at 11:30 last night. Gerald Eldred, Navy personnel, was found about 400 feet from the wreckage with slight injuries. by Officer Wilson Jolly. lounge, | _It is believed three men were in ! Tropical scenes, painted by. Cyril |the car before it was wrecked. \set the room aside. Key Westers Off On Visit To North Mr. and Mrs. Angel Delgado, accompanied by Mrs. Delgado's: lobby and ‘mother, Mrs. A. B. Curry, left over the highway today for Mi- ami, where they will entrain for points in the North, Archie Curry, son of Mrs. and his family in Point Ple: Be Lesher, granddaughter Curry, and her family. iced Hor | ISMATHERS TO. ARRIVE HERE WEDNEDAY; TO | The Key Westers will visit with’ Civilian Cut Stolen Dodge Car! ‘Wrecked Last Night ARE SEPARATED IN | SUPPLY DEPARTMENT | OCTOBER 17 No gene.al lay-off of civilian personnel is contemplated at the present time, U. S. Navy officer said today in refuting common rumors around Key West to the jeffect that a general discharge of men and women was under {Eldred was picked up as a suspect j W@Y- \ A total of 35 persons will & separated from, the Navy payroll lon Oct. 17, it was announced to day, “due to a reduction in ap propriations granted the Newy fe the fiscal year 1948." | A statement issued today ty the Navy Submarine Base sey* : “The Supply Department, 0 & ‘ Naval Submarine Base, has bern forced to reduce their tote! of civilian employes by 17 cleeetfted jagd 18 non-classifited “Every effort has been expert ed to obtain additional ‘wri ‘from the Navy Departenent, te * | due N. J., and in Philadelphia yer priations granted to the Navy fe to the reduction im apEre the fiscal year 1948, the Burer lof Supplies and Accounts hee been unable to grant amy ect itional money “It is regrettable that tits © jduction in force cannot Be fort stalled and serviee tae vi: - bd 4 —_—- en hh in moving between we eeAy, Oe pole an $30 Million; Hurricane “ end northwest al ~« ‘ eee Get © chara 17 mites per hour and bs attended allsiye —_ wy aaa ine Pounds New Orleans, om © by winds of about 69 to 160 miles Wrote to the pres é oe railroad—J. W. Davin of the New La. per hour within 50 miles of the York, C d St. Louis Rail- . tees eater and gales within 280 miles TOS. Chicago and 5 | pan aan of te . road in Cleveland. Back came a|. MIAMI, Sept. 19—Some esti-! cont . ‘personal check for a pedigreed|mates of hurricane damage ts 9 ee ok The corte, will | tee ONSwut cocker and & note from the presi-Jin the southerly areas of the| Apglications are solicited from eet met Cette Mr ery wer dent of the company, east and west coasts of Flor-! a eomm today Wherever calm cen- " ter © experienced it by strong”! & ereed that el persons remain enter shelter t await renews! of berreene winds Strongest , “et & Gusts veported from cometal eretions so far are 05 miles eer bow at Pensacola, 60 miles per how at New Orleans and 70 cots per hour at Mobile AN wterests should continue a bere 3 . > By yn cotreme precaution against dan- o jan Guyed ‘ nt germ winds and high tides at oh caiied w, from extreme northwest Florids D4 4 — »* otheast Lowstane today and ry ogee) - Ge Oe tae Aamo Semel craft as far west as Lake Chertes eel remain in port, : ~ warnings are display. ! Mt Mark's, Fla, to Mor.) le AIME. Weather New Orleans y Takes Care Of Baby Sitter) CHICAGO.—(AP).—In the mid- dle of an evening of fun in a roadhouse, a young mother tele- phoned her home to find out whether her youngster wes slum- bering peacefully. She was shock- ed when the child answered the call. “Where.” the mother asked, “is the sitter?” “Oh,” the tyke replied, “she's sleeping.” — “Can That Came’ Is Fair Warning: FORECASTS FOR FLORIDA AND MARINE FORECASTS VIA VARK, N. J.—(AP).—A park | watched — four | NE ATLaatA, GA Pees ay {that the center of the hu ida.run.as. high as $50-1miltion, ,th meral public for the thou- though a conservative estimate santor tear government fos laces the loss at pe baa Saliea. 7 at he lween = en sit was announced today by O. E ars Myers, Director, Fifth U. S. Civil |,,Several million doltars of that service Office, Atlanta Gebrgle lamage apply to the loss of crops |, 2 ie : in the Everglades. Judging from! These announcements include reports that have been received posions a5 —— a & ee sistant, grades CAF-7 through 11, here, the crops were a complete le loss. f $3,397.20 through $4,9 By far the greater damage by Ch 4 nit 3 pert: lerk positions at grade ithe storm was done in the east c me 5 jcoast sections, with Miami Beach topping the li Fort Myers, which had been re- and 6, with annual salaries of $2,644.80 and $3,021, and are for duty with various federal agen- from Fort Myers said that)» . ae the center of the hurricane |Lions Hold Zone struck 10 miles south of that city : and then began to turn to the! Meet Last Night northw % News from New Orleans, before A zone meeting was held last communications w upted night by the Key West Lions jin that city this morning, said |Club with members of the Red- ‘ane 'Jands District Club at the den in paying annual entrance salaries ; tices their actual employment | ADDRESS LOCAE- Will Explain His Stand*-————— ersten wee al Date For Navy Acquisition Of [3th Meter Is Now "'stisttne tas cttw regret the trremediiete Poiciana Place Howing Broken In A Week consitions ‘Gbich necontiate @ Units jaction. No other reductions known to be forthcoming af tht. time.” [Key West Shrine Sgt. Raymond Cabrera report ed this morning one more park meter has been destroyed brings the total to 13 met Representative George Smath- | ers, in a telephone conversation ‘ t 11:30 this morning with Com- 128 missioner Louis Carbonell, stated This cies in the States of Alabama, & . ported to have suffered severe | piorida Bey th Caroling {that he would be in Key West €'S damaged or destroyed with’| 7, , loss $150,000. Further > é sc Pt -| Officer Buster Cerezo found ° : . loss only $150,000. Further | The program scheduled for cer Buster Miami Meeting Smathers will be an address io |the meter smashed on Fleming | ithe Jaycce organization on Wed- | street. . | Inesa ght. Thursday noon, he} : {will attend the Key West Rotary in the new Post Office Building, Club meeting, and that night miami, where he can be contact- | astern Shrine will deliver a speech before the; , . eS ee Lions Club. ed if any of his constituents de- | held there Sep e to reach him, The office will |nounced today robe the Key West Shrine Chub wilt n Miami to attend the ‘ convention ¢ 25-27, it we by Charles Te fecal geome Smathers will also address the ue . colored American Legion, and jtemain open until the next ses- | lor, pr sident of the Mahi Temple, Miami, wit Florida Considerable cloudi- | / Cn they |Was headed at a point slightly to Seminary street. V.F.W. organization at their hall |sion of cong™ss. ‘ on ond mid wih occasional | ye eiend Then he. frantically [the northwest, that winds in| Those who participated in the Jon Whitehead street. | Smathers’ speeci: + before the bed eg Pa mu ono eR om howers and ing winds hi Egos Sue “ (New Orleans were then blowing | eeting with the local’ Lions| Smathers stated that a jabove listed organizations will ane atone ‘coming to the afternoon and tonight, Sat- |" me. led: “High {#* 85 miles an hour and were con- were: J .R. Graves, F. A. Ruff,ition will be’ worked ou outline the measures that the | Persons who a trem Sanne wdmy partly ctoudy and warm Tar one was _ oo ne devitinuing to increase. The New Or- jy C. “Thumon and Olin P. {still allow the Navy to acquire jrepresentative ~upported and Shrine a. a oo \ tw afternoon showers Satur. lexplosive, TNT, for frontline de-\ 44. Weather Bureau at that Wright, Sr, all of the Redlands the desired Poinciana property. ‘those that he attempted to de- | S7\M - tev jenettion. time said that Pensacola, Florida, ‘District. The Lions talked over |This morning Smathers had re-jfeat. He will give his reasons | oy wes Sineine ‘ Bat Gull of Mexico: Strong | — ————— ‘was experiencing winds of 92 ' progress being made by the two ceived the no-Navy acquisition’ for voting on the issues both pro! | ay - ‘te cual ot and south cast winds with; Seeks Divorce ymiles an hour. ‘organizations. jside trom Monroe County Boy tand con. Thar haem” 2, in which « sales oft the northwest const this i F j Washington Weather Bureau! gpeaker of the, evening was |Scout Commissioner McCurdy,! Also to be explained will hea 2 ups will parte teraoon, diminishing tonight! sition seeking divorce Was |'ePorted at 12:30 o'clock this af- Eugene Anheir, contact represen- {# resident of Poinciana. be his stand for Navy acquisition 4. . ont becoming fresh to strong filed yesterday with Circuit {te’noon that all communications :tative for Key West of the Vet-| Expected to accompany the ]of Poinciana, at present a von a as « heasterty Saturday. Mostly Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer by |at New Orleans were down, and ‘ans Administration, who dis- {representative is Grant Stockdale, | troversial issue loca! | pao Oe eel huey wenther with Reavy show’ 01. M, Klepin against Leon |that the hurricane was centered cussed the VA's care and atten- ‘secretary to Smathers. They are | ibaa PRESC! 302483 THEATER mand equa this afleresse 004 cioin 120 miles northwest of that city. tion to veterans due in Key West by auton) | | FRES pan STEELE oe aly cuties chow : with winds ranging from 80 to see, at noon Wednesday. | ——EXPERT. ag Setwriay See letest NUIT | Eom, |120 miles anhour within 50 miles —uyummeemmeem | Smathers is maintaining offices 5 | Pharmacists aey “eee A ane addy woe : Garage im U. 8. of the center and gales spread ——. a ene A t R | GARDNER'S P end Sthee Featases fecksomvitie through the Fior- | GARAGE over an area of 200 miles of the SEALED BEAM . TET uto epairs 1114 Division St.. Cor, Versie ——<$_ te Sirette: Proch to muderetely | center. rey Rm; POOR OLD CRAIG Paene 17), eouseeeeee fone east and southeast winds | esse Maval Street Phone 188) Hotels along Biscayne Boule- | HEADLIGH SERVICE STATION at baa sae TT er ake Tapers few tewth Auta Service “@2Sn, Ss ' the afterneen, diminish ~oomtng moderate southeasterly tomeht end Saturday. Partly oly weather with scattered Proves » WBAS. Athente, Ga., for Miami SOROS La Concha Hotel OPENING of 3 THE TOWN ROOM triendly COCKTAIL LOUNGE / (Saterday) COCO CC TT TTT TTT. and| duto Repairs, Painting, |vara in Miami, and Fender Work Aste Parts for All Carn { ' ' BRADY'S for Choice Poultry Soft-Bone ROASTERS ROASTERS i \DESIRED 3} Street 540 which bore the; ‘brunt of the winds, are said t {have been only slightly damaged, | (Continued On Page four) 121 Duval Street ~weueweve Phone (42 sau BY POPULAR DEMAND!: i RETURN ENGAGEMENT AMERICA’S “FUNNIEST” COMEDIAN | MARY JO BALL ACROBATIC DANCING SENSATION MELBA RODRIGUEZ | LATIN-AMERICAN SINGER \ - TWO SHOWS Fs ‘| Tonite! —9:00 P.M. - 12:00 M.—Saturday Nite! No Increase in Prices — No Cover — No Minimum CLUB TROPICS o | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | Division at Francis Phone 9134) We Have Testing Machines That | JOE E. ROSS | Reasonable Prices CHAMPION Outboard Motors $127.00 STERLING'S “tanner MARKET E. Sterling, Manage’ | 904 FLEMING STREET |\——Frosh - Killed POULTRY Cordially Invite You to oe ROASTERS & FRYERS we te, faaaaaaaaasassanasannananannanannanl tiday Nit | La Concha Hotel | dnnounces RE-OPENING of The DINING ROOM | 4 ' Tomorrow (Saturday) SEPTEMBER 20TH i | Delicious Meals Expertly Prepared Moderately Priced STEAKS ... CHOPS and SEA FOOD FROM THE CHARCOAL BROM i. + Add td dtadedndetndrtntetntndedntntndnindndnded | Leave Nothing to Guess Work | PROMPT SERVICE | ! NAVARRO. Ine. Opposite Bus Station ' The Veterans of Foreign V - FROLIC Featuring “ARENT SJURSEN and HIS SHARPS” ‘At the Clubrooms, 2nd and Flagler Avenue DOOR PRIZES Reasonably Priced Refreshments ADMISSION, 25c PER PERSON (Tax Included) were ere Alt