The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1947, Page 1

“end Mrs. Thothas Martin, “N. VOL. LXVUl. No. 229 PHILIP MURRAY. cio PRESIDENT, TAVOKS WEW vmice conrnon -aw as Mingson Will WASHINGTON, Sept. 26—Re- to the ES=s) The THE Seeks City HE HAS INVITED WASH- “ " ls Sou nd —Taft REPRESENTATIVE STATES. 4 INGTON BUREAU TO COME Bridge District Is. TO KEY WEST Verification of a story carried in The Citizen last Monday came . 4Be The Accnvinses Precey Become First peearsay from Representative |Miemi, filed suit in Circuit Court eorge Smathers, Miami, who ! ° |said that he had invi Was mixed toda L t. f B au at he had invited the Naval fae Bg suggestion PS lew 0 ase Weather Observatory to move to Yeluntary measures by the} 11. Comdr. James M. Hingson, * American people in conserving |}USN, who has been assistant to d ey West. Staathers made his statement eur food y bopper: tf before the Rotary Club yester, —. lk an i ete atticer of Key West Submarine Base, will become lay, when he said it had come to teat night in the West, de- fix {his attention that the Naval Ob- » jfirst lieutenant of the Sub Base ‘ : that much of what the sseanel Ma eaten ‘Octane 12 from |S¢?V#tory in Washington was de- seid was “sound and ~ but Senator O'Mahoney, of Wyoming, in his comments to- | Lt. Commander: Hingson will Hieave, it was announced Aadsy. sirous of another location be- P cause of unfavorable weather and atmospheric conditions in Gay, remarked that he thought le- "eeve Comdr. J. B. Grady, USN, | washington. Wve setion may have to be 5 first lieutenant of the base and te cut down the waste of teturn to'duty as ordnance of- | foodetutts in this country ficer of the base. Comdr. Grady A spokesman for the National has been serving since Comdr. Grocers’ Association maintained Scanland went to an advanced that one-quarter of the food in the | school at Fort Bliss, Texas. is United States is wasted, with} ‘The first lieutenant of the base | mest, poultry and fish amounting |has charge of all security ‘meas- ‘ ° — of the waste. | ures, such as fire protection,. and \ cro oid ot ak nope algo maintenance of the equipment . ne short Of and barracks. the waste of “As soon as I eould I invited the observatory to move to Key (West to take advantage of the city’s sunshine and favorable year-around weather,” said Rep. wmathers. “They can make their estimations and calculations | daily if they move here.” Smathers talked last night be- fore the Lion’s Club, the Vet- rationing and another price-con- jerans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, j which met at Flagler avenue and! Hold Picnic Friday | food in the United States, He US.O P. rt Is |Second street, and before two feeommended that a special ses- od We a y jnegro veterans organizations on ston of congress be called to en- fet such ley {Whitehead street. Previously he ip Ghe waste of toodstutts ge RACERS ihc eepenred Hers chet the epekeaman for tb Agriculture sta leafy vege »-|city, the Jackson Square U. S. O., bles lead the waste. amounting ¢»!held its first party for the Fall 12 percent of the annual yield, ‘Season. The setting on the patio Ca ee was a regular barn, with three » Department & si Junior Chamber of Commerce With the club packed to capa- and the Rotary Club. Ai last night’s meeting before the Lions, Smathers made a; tement regarding the Navy's , two ducks. The staff of the club W. W. Demeritt objected to. Spanish } Ciasses horses, two. goats, 1. sheep, and tse of Poinciana, which Mayor |tion is available for an additional Submarine Base, and will board |94 Feport made today by County flare indebted to the following “You seem more interested. in people of Key West,” said the 4 At U S (@) people for the loan of the animals, the Navy than you do the poor ead -NJ. |the Heinz boys, Lastres, Diaz and ‘ , | Williams. mayor. “At Boca Chica the Nav: The USO class in Beginner's | All members of the G. S. O. and po eR many barracks ne Spanish. Mis: Benhildes Remond. ‘their invited guests arrived dress- instructor, met at the Club last eq forthe occasion, everywhere night 7:30 p.m. The new enrollees fl gingh: eitotes beset Rectiie ie, | auiae Saare Sate ware ginghains, Pearce, Cart Kern SXVI. and Mi ern, J nnette, Storekeeper | made espec VXI, Ensign J. B. McLarnan and ’ re dance was held during en Mes. MeLarnan. Mrs. BR. 3. Tal- line sou aie ety s : bot, William J. Pires VON 3, Mi tire people of Key West,” rey \the evening with forty-eight cou- sponded Smathers. He was vigor- \ples participating, another mixer ously applauded for the remark. RH. Haynie and James Knowles |was the dance without shoes.: 4° A, Renuart, Miami deputy VON 2 Everyone was barefoot during the 4; i rganizati ‘ ‘ 2, district of the Lions organization, The Advanced Class in Spanish. bey sets and proved quite a de- \.- the guest of the Key West whieh is held at the USO on i day evenings at 8 o'clock has reg- | committee of G. S. O. served light istered the following students: |snacks" and chilled Apple Cider , Rernard Miron, XVI Mrs. Kath-|throughout the evening. 1 w - light to everyone in the party. A Lione last night. In its story carried Monday, hh came from Science Maga- leen Watkins, Ann Cooke, Mrs.| The first setting was on the. zine, The Citizen had this to say Robeft Calverley, William Pires, jbeautifully lighted Patio. In the ,w VEN 2 and Mrs. Olive Kroll center of the floor, a huge hay Only session of each class |stack was arranged, with the an has been held and additional reg- ! mals tied imthe corners of the pa-! y, istrations will be accepted. All ‘tion. ! servicemen and servicemen's fam-| The two white ducks were al- | much to the distress of the dancer ; + jat times. Three Follies Oe ais anleiin wed jsocial hall when the rains set in. An old Quaker lady, who wa: very philosophical, used to s that there were three outstand- | ing follies of which men were} the rain, and the music of John, Pritchard and his orch guilty | well responded to for every dance. The first folly was that they!” phe party was planned by Ger- j would go to war and kill each|,. pinder, program director of the other when if they would wait) .jub with the cooperation of Mr: long enough, they would all die /{ouise Alber, Mrs. Eloise Hinger, | f, naturally |Miss Marian Pickens, and Quen- The second was that men ‘tain Williams, committee for ar- would climb trees to knock down | rangements. fruit when, if they would only | ian Atay wait long enough, the fruit} POINCIANA P. T.A. would fall to the ground MET THURSDAY The third and crowning folly The budget committee of the | was that they would pursue Wo |p icciana P. T. A. met Thursday men when if they would only) sf cnoon and drew up a proposed wait long enough the women), acct for the coming year. would pursue them A special meeting of the exec- i Ex Cl utive board and all committee TO ELECT OFFICERS = [ivimen will be held at - the There will be a business meet-|<chool auditorium, Monday after- ing for the annual election of of-| noon, September 29, at 2 o'clock. ieers of the Key West Radio Am-|" jj members are urged to be uv club on Monday, October 6, | present. 30 p. m. The ham shack is now located in St. Mary Parish} Center, 1020 Duval street Members present on election night wil be considered to consti- TEN POINT tute a quorum. : || Refrigeration Service Ane nate Sr PRESCRIPTIONS taexaczs|| "OS.ONF $250 ” dl Mi wae LB or |] At this low price our mechanic will call at your home and GARDNER'S PHARMACY || Wr “tie following check on 1114 Division St. Cor. Varela |) our refrigerator: sr Phone 177 Fees Delivery 1, Compressor. 6. Gas (Refrig- wt a ciate sashes et RE: 2. Motor. erant). —- amu 3. Belt. 7. Insulation. — your WINDERS | 4. Condenser 8. oe Hwd. -- || 5. Cold 9. Dr. Gasket. saves buy’ | Lou Smith Auto Service || MUMFORD & ROSS White at Fleming Phone No. §)} 220 Duval St. Phoné 333 Opposite Army Barracks : A egyugnuusanvinnsnncannen canna The gay party spirit prevailed | 55 building: = throughout the evening in spite of ; heart of Washington, D. C. The ith reference to the Naval Oz- rvatory: “The great U. S. Naval Obser- atory, time center of the coun- must move. Its directors are , the temperature is not eable, and cities are remote. he Obs: le: vatory now occupics on 72 acres in the st unit was built in 1893. Since tra was|then the city has grown com- {pletely around it, so that dust, noke, and the heat radiations from city streets interfere with a:ironomical observations and ree the move.” LOOKY! LOOKY! LOOKY! Guess Who Rented This Space SEES BRADY'S for Choice Poultry Soft-Bone ROASTERS ROASTERS BATTERY-RAISED FRYERS CUT-UP IF DESIRED 1214 Whit. Street PHONE 540 Thay — “ERG oes §ES SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN T KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1947 President's Food [Smathers Verifies Citizen ae Chiefs Recommendation | $7 Weather Observatory - rehing. the country over for] ilies ave invited to attend lowed to waddle around the floor : 100 acres of land where the sky is | HE USA. Welcome U For Operations | Sued For$35,000 . Mr. and Mrs. John Ruce Brown, there yesterday for $35,000 against the Overseas Road and Toll | Bridge District as result of an accident on Overseas Highway \May 1. $620,000, IS ATTACKED IN being & In the accident a truck owned man, local Mustanennam, Tie ae by and driven by Harold J. Kael- ee = — in, tollgate keeper, crashed AVIV , fymen receatiy amumnwed sit against Brown’s car which was the cepitel @teek of the Bap disabled on Seven Mile viaduct. Kaelin was killed in the crash and Mrs. Brown, who was in the dis- abled ear, was hospitalized in Key West with her injuries. Mrs. Kaelin charges, in another Taxes Collected In suit preyiously filed for $100,000 4: Ga : rs alleging that the Greyhound com- ' Pany was liable because one of its’ * 5 Brown's car in the only line of, r ? : traffic at the time of the accident, i ‘Navy Mothers To| POtaled $424,898.42 (By Aanocrted Presny West Foundation ¢ L AVIV, Palestine, Septem- witiam BR Porter ae b ber26—An armored car, COntiN~ |the buildings am sppeemtenltnl: ing $620,000 in cash, was attacked (79 serves af lene ie fees ae here this morning, in front of @ oo between Flagter ave aneh bank, by- members of the under te ground. and four British solider® joo sug ‘were killed and $200,000 was sto- He hts Jen, ‘The robbers took both sacks of =. “uae ae SEES oe jeep. Police and soldiers took up ican wae Rang a the chase, and by this afternoon 0 cfricials im the & - on |three men had been arrested, one Atte Alten 8 Poon ng - of whom had been freshly wound. |"{)\ "6s “llels (Siew “cn ed, ! 1 Carl Schoepple, 9 well knee The robers took both sacks of | Won} make. to tine une Miami are KTAX COLLECTOR WILSON|money, but dropped the one that contained $420,000 in their haste |M¢Te, and study the property at aca Sub Base Medical STATES $305,519.61 TAKEN to reach their jeep. The money edd — ploms te carloa of picnic-bound D was to be used as a payrooll f . o ;Navy wives and mothers will' eo oe soldiers and polic Bae { plan at tut © © amt o® leave from the USO Club on Fri- Offi Ch ESTATE in the bi — ty cay forning at 10:45 to spend five icers ange Total +: lect: in M ae aaa totic g hy ‘the British ee ee ake B * spot where youneeter ae ring: Lb Ge) R. W. Eekiahl, MC, county in the year before July 31 (tought a “leak” might have come | waves Pack Gf ie galas ie safely. All Navy families aac USN, will be relieved September jamounted to $424,898.52, or 99.9 {ftom there about the armared | SLA ge FY a \said. “Then t plan to erect 10 oF we: ve . ee i ‘ eeeec ses car's containing money. British | invited to participate. Transporta- 30. 4% medical officer of the U:S. Per cent of the roll, according 111 cities explained that the|!2 single houses, amd pesbetthy ion of the car had been kept Several duplexes, depending Of th 2 a secret. the demand, A 2 t the total collected, $305,519.- Bes ifor @ tour of ship duty, it was an- ‘61 was collected on county real} (At Flushing, N. Y.. today Brit >, eR jnouficed here today. estate compared with $250,902.51 [ish delegates told the assembly of DENTAL OFFICER | Le Gig) J. H, Smith, MCR, USN, |G0llected jin-the year ending on|the United Nations that Great IN HOSPITAL, present a member of'the staft /JUIY 31, 1945, when the collections |Britain had decided to “get out” CGomdr. J. L. Townsend, DC, . amounted ‘to 99.6 per cent of. the |of Palestine, regardless of what the northers: ten persons. ‘Telephone 1083 for the USS General A. EB: Andeison |-2%, “ollector Howard E. Wilson. any additional information. ! to living quarters and the Navy ysn. dental officer of the Key °t Sey West Naval Hospital, will ron, action the UN may take. Spokes- wouldn't need Poinciana.” % laids, dungarees, slacks, and.se- “By giving the Wavy what it (Hospital undergoing a minor op-, Sorat yo ‘adies were typicalt needs, 4 really amy 4 i ~billi ith their costumes everyone im ‘the city, for it in- C . 8 Sede wan ally for the affair. sqeases the productivity of the .T. Falconer, DC, USN, is serving will become senior officer A nS ee bee! he junior medical _of- i % id West Submarine Base, Raval roger he: Junior: | , During the year ended July. 31 | men, Sai | meeltat ande “y minor op- fice at the Submarine Base. Colleton Wine tepoe oat 672, |ment had ring his absence, Lt. Comdr, N. ig) R. E, Rowand, MCR, USN»: of Lt. Eck: 2a w 036:50 collected; in- — 2 : taxes (stocks, bonds, 2 : : mortages) $7,028.29 collected. and demonsttetion om ibe A roximately $20 000 In | Onthe. county real estate and and care by Mrs. Pp’ ? personal taxes eollected, Wilson's The luncheon was held : statement sets forth $174,622.91;1 two city policemen were given |24¥, noon at the Poiticians We Goods To Go On Sale Here By school taxes collected, $122,919.75: |wanencions tor five dave without | Teston Conte Everglades. drainage taxes collect- 7 e . _| Nominations of officers will be ed, $3,438.67 and 3,998 automobile |2*% PeBipning today, for alleged-j,, ae at the club's business mart 3 n ly leaving their tours of duty in| tags issued for a total collection of | 4} * and 2 “Sap _|ing Wednesday, October 1, at 2 WAA Wednesday, Thursday $72,176.47. the city and attending the fire |. m., in the Poinciana Recreation as dental officer of the which on Monday night destroyed the Suga Club on Stock Island. Center “The percentage of eollections4 { Members present were has increasetl each year since I any small items in the ‘first first came to the office in 194 le, and it is expected that the Said Wilson today. “We feel that drain, ale will bring a targer | ¥& have done a good job for the Soreing 34 8 ger county; and we are making tl GATO WAREHOUSE SCENE OF, SALE OF SEVEN MAIN; TYPES OF SURPLUS PROP- Gity Manager Jack Ellingson nhounced the suspension of Jo Dorothy Bickle, Eloise Hinge seph (Buster) Cerezo and Bernard|Gloria Licht, Jeanne Reyne'd Waite, both patrolmen, on the of-| Annabell Meyers, Ajlindn Me ficial recommendation of Police!key, Myrtle Bracl, Eleme Me 3 at \° | ERTY a the ptoperty. te batminbed report for the beneefit of property |CHief Biexvenido Perez. |Margaret Malone and Jayn Gcods valued at approximately | on sale will be subject to inspec- OWE!S and others interested in| DREN LEA Seam, the, result of our work. McFADDEN LEAVES \ $20,000 will be piace: ale to World War II veterans next Wed nesday and Thursday in the Gato | g of the customer service cen4 warehouse by the Assets Ad- ; ter. iami, which is handling the ministration, it was announced to, | local sale, said today. da, Or Wednesday and Thursday, on by veterans on Monday and sday, G. W. Penman, man- collect- FOR CONFERENCE | CORRECTION ciainage| Capt. AG. W. McFadden ABOUT PRICE 6 roll for this item j USN, Commanding Officer, U.S. Through an error in the « |F'cet Sonar School, Key West, | tisement of George's Grover Florida, will lea» Sunday to at- | Newton street in Thursday's ( “In the item of $ ed for the Everg tax the office shows cent of the 1 was collected. re are seven main types of | besides 10 men from the customer = : teua a conierence on. Anti-Sub- |zen, regular size Modess is priced |reerchandise that will be ed service center, there will be vari- NAVY ENGINEER murine Warfare in Washington, | 9c a package, jon sale, including typewriters, ous Key West women, who are | POSITION OPEN)D. C,, to take place next week | The sale price should havé read binoculars and office The embers of the various’ aUux-,; Lt. Comdr. C. R. Clark, USN, | 27¢ per package. Applications are being accept- | items will be allotted to dr ing of the veterans at 1 p. m., | Thursday. d for temporary appointment, {head of the Submarine Sonar Di- | pending establishment of a reg. {Vision of the Sonar School, will | accompany Captain McFadden to} ister, for the position of a me- At the frst sale held here sev- | Fchanies copia $4140 a year, |W ihington, PP ORT, WATERPROOF PLYWOOD DELMO jby the Industrial “Relations aft 5. SMart, 2) nounced today that the sales of fice, building 91, of the U. S. {will — So Baie . Fleet Sonar School, until| STRUNK LUMBER YARD ries in town, on hand to help | dle the counters. = 5. |Monroe county veterans amount- | }Naval Submarine Base, it was |U. Jed to about $8,000. There we Restaurant annoynoed today, Captain McFadden returns next Telephone #16 — } "7 P| ee 218 DUVAL STREET | | weekend, j R: Southernmost Garage in U. 8. Will Re-Open | ‘ ‘STERLING'S tousge?! POOR, OL, Chale E, Sterling, Manager Divi Francis Phone 9134 ig. ig ision at _AWINS | GARAGE SATURDAY Peart ris wiring, Mamet | duto Repairs, Painting, | | | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS |__Fresh - Killed POULTRY — Body and Fender Work Sept. 27th KEY WEST AUTA Rem Hiled POULTRY —| Outboard Motors $127.00 Pe asia e Cordially ae — to PALACE THEATER | | Sammy Morris | “i hiiday vite SADDLE PALS” \\ PARADE OF STARS! THE INIMITABLE COMEDIAN AND M. C. 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