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

‘ added. He said the general run foe cnecleicantey VOL. LXVIII No. 240 / re KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1947 mistice Day —_|Florida’s Inter-American Center | Plans Discussed MAJOR CITIES ARE NOT EATING EGGS ; PansDiseuse OR POULTRY TODAY) nm 2c 2s won 2 into membership of the Arthur ” 18 Liquor Distillers Agree* er A TT" Sawyer Post No. 28, American : 21 e “Legion, at the regular meeting , : 4 ' H To: Suspend Operations it iowa haa acl held ee evening: i. For Two Months To Cou-- Great Britain’ _ Sag a eee 4 ‘ i “tman, . Surgen, serve Grain ; | Sells More Gold j 1 | BY Annociated Press) wl To Buy Dollars MAN AT 4:45 AM. T0- ¥ Death came to Leonard Guerra, Lt. Kemp Shows 56, proprietor of the, Steak Inn “ Large Avocado “Restaurant, Duval street, at 4 te ‘a, m., today: in Municipal’ Hos- ‘Pear To Citizen *') Lt. Joseph Kemp of the :Pitai,. where he: was taken Mon- ;day night’ with inj : ‘automobile’ ; Key. West Police Department, yesterday. brougat a 2%- |. pound avocado pear into The ‘Citizen office, which had Thomas A. Webb, William Curry ° WASHINGTON, | Oct. Harris, , Wilber C. Murphree,’ Chafles Luckman,. chairman of ; Charles S. Kraeger, Peter P.° i (By) Annqeinted Press) Perez and Michael: L. Shea. The; the ‘President's food investigat- ing committee, said that a sur- LONDON... Oct. 9. — The .|ceremony ‘was conducted by the; British government was re- {ritual team of ‘the. Key West vey conducted in 17 major cities{ ported unofficially today t0 {Guard of Honor, which consists’ showed that the committee’s re-| have dug deeper into its gold of George’ A. Warren, Frank: quest not to eat eggs and poul- sere! try was: being generally observ- | reserve to buy American dol- ‘i 4 lars. Henrahan, Kermit: Richardson, Vance .C. . Stirrup, Arent T.: It is said that the govern- ta. fractunéd. Bo pope ye eat ore teat, {Sjursen, Sr., and Albert L. DiNe- wha inter : * been grown in his yard at reports indicated that ‘about a::weel ‘ {gro, Jr. vt 7 : 1 Dunca: trap ah making the second time in'a {8° JT. } when his. body, struck: the the [> 1213 im STPek those were not being in- Guests' of the: Post at the meet: . month that it has sold gold to the United States. While it is not known def- itely how much more gold the British government pos- The tree is only four years old, .and this is the first time it has had fruit, The ¢, grown’ from a seed, has cluded in households generally | throughout the country. Luckman also announced that 18 liquor distillers in the United | ‘steering: wheel-of ‘the-car-he was hing: were. Albert L.'‘DiNegro,' Jr., it. crashed | into “a {first vice president; Charles | i Smith, second vice president, and ; ‘Louis Carbonell, third vice pres- * States had agreed to close their; sesses, it is estimated that it ident, from the Key’ West Lions! The. be pede : ‘other avocados, four a a , he,.body of Guerra was tak tine plants for 60 days, as had been} amounts to two and ome- {Club. The Post ill” invite - of- | L F oH pepe iatcs bout the breught requested by the President.| quarter billion dollars. ¥ ‘e een on | to Lopez. Funeral: Home. babes ales wy 5 ficers of the various civic groups into The Citizen office, end 10 wéighing about 11 pounds each. . TM ESM vegistration Convenience For Luckman added that he expected that practically all other distil- lers would agree, in the next two or three days, not to oper- ate their plants during a two- month's period. Representative Charles Eaton, of New Jersey, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, said that Italy and France are acutely in need of supplies, and will be announced later. T had a‘brother, Joseph, ‘and a. sister,‘ living “here.” ; Henry BR... (Rojas) Rogers, 56, Franklin. street, Tam: few minutes after the . He was ridingin the front’ seat ‘of | the “automobile Was. driving... and: ~ was::thrown against. thewindshield.. He suf- fered a broken’ nec! will be held fat "6:30; p.m. ry. in the Pritehard: Funeral Home, with the Rey, James H.- McCon. Church, of Education of. the various coun- tries concerning ways and means of being of mutual servic i complishing common cultural :ob: ithe’ police station. CHOIG IDO MOD os. a cogiles intervals. | (PIECTIVES of Florida's Inter-American Center will be't member of the Post, who died|the center, and professor of Latin-American history at George Tuesday, October. 7, 1947, at| Washington University. = ona’ Coral Gables. Military funeral Announcement of the mission was made at St. Augustine, {honors will be accorded by the; new home of the center, by Senator Walter B. Fraser, state YS GSS eS re eae a For Navy School : gave the complete details of the 'plane September 28 for a tour of that they should begin to reach! Low bid of $182,600, which ex-! Armistice Day observance and{Brazil, Argentina, Chile,. Bolivia, those countries in large volume fceeded the estimated cost of the ithe Dedication of the Home.|Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and by. December 1, otherwise there | work, was submitted by the Rey-;The observance will begin at Venezuela. Onvhis return trip he Fuel is an exceedingly impor-}be used by the Special Weapons follow’ immediately after the ‘mission for the Florida Inter Professor Wilgus will. also ‘call tant item in that relief, Eaton!and Devices School off Craig !conclusion of the ‘Armistice Day {American Center will. be to ad- \to the attention of the. Ministers Dock. services. Open: house will: be ob- | vise directly with the Ministers! (Continued On Page. Three) of Frenchmen and Italians would} No contract has been award-jserved all day. A dance will be{ — ws not made to France and Italy in |to two conerete block buildings, the: next few. weeks. _ tone wooden building and to an-; Jack A. Saunders, Post Service aker Joe Martin, who is other structure which will be Offieer, was appointed chairman Europe as| earthwork and paving, fencing, | Naval Station. This project is | : dered for Paul ©. Thompson, ; ties and Cuba by Dr. A. Curtis Wilgus, assistant director: of ° Bid Of Company Post Commander C. B. Harvey{ Dr. Wilgus left New York by among Frenchmen and Italians.| alterations to four buildings to:the home and the dedication will! The purpose of the Wilgus|‘*ies, Senator Fraser said. { gs é x if, Satie. whiphianite: of: coal a A re Nee in the evening for the| A, °. e re he work includes alterations bli d ‘the dress will be op- Se G 1 T T. k ipee eae sei venteen Girls 10 Lake tration ir signatures... From 10 To 5 Tomorrow AFFAIR SPONSORED BY*-— Ter -K. W. BUSINESS AND| OM" °° 707A : “PROFESSIONAL WOM-| Not Legal Instead” Of ‘Not Illegal In a story in The Citizen yesterday, City Attorney Lester was quoted as having said that it was “not illegi ‘A. moment of silence was ren-| ~; UP With ministers of education in ten South American coun- $182,600 Is Low «Key West Guard: of Honor. | chairman. would be suffering generally |nolds Construction Company for '10:30 a. m., in the auditorium of ;4lso will visit Cuba. \jectives in all the American.coun- be “without heat in their homes |ed given concrete work, . carpentry work, ‘annual activity of the Post. people of Western much as possible. Dopp Made . Butt Of Street Repair Jokes Director of Public Service Rob- ert Dopp was ‘yesterday made | the butt of street repair remarks. A friend, who resides on William street, told Dopp, in a_ serious plumbing, electrical work, mon The Post. adopted a -resolution rails, derricks, electric hoists,{to the: effect protesting ‘the and painting. change in: prices of typewriters Special Weapons and Devices’ at the recent WAA' sale: in Key School is moving here from, New | West...,,The olution be London, Conn., because ofthe ! sent ‘far thenproper” thi fine weather in Key West.{ It was’ stated that the Post Nothing has been revealed about, will sponsor the essay contest in | the school work. jat Navy D with the ‘observance |. -EN’S CLUB geebes eaten Rete tie Seventeen city officials Capt. A. F. Lund _ : Dies In Miam the superyisor. buildings,. ‘he *s2i stuecoed. outside and beaver- boarded on the inside. Albury has registered for either together coul kefball’ contests, . an‘‘auditorium, plays, .ete: . # Albury’ had ‘réceived. a price of $5,000 fram. # cantractor to do the. job. He thought: this could] be done for About $1,000 less. begister for next month’s elec- tion.” can} ' a \declare themselves an unschedul- ‘iYgenntepernaric: tfrpepemmeea holiday tomorrow, secure in ‘as ‘cisicn.” This film is in connec: poee Street Repairing Going On Speedily the knowledge seventeen girls of the Key West High School tone: “Robert, did you hear jtion with the return and the |; yaa | for the city commissioners The commissioners voted that about the two drownings last} = ‘ final burial program of the war | vil Vee ae 4 cane on sot to give the Boy Scouts $500. |tnis matter be turned over to the : f : night?” Captain Alfred Frank Lund, | 4, i i jthem during Girls' Day at the) The wording should have’ i beac ; i Director of Public Service Rob: J . ; ‘ ‘ ‘ lead. The film will be shown aticity pall J City Matiager for his considera- P zs A : “No,” Dopp replied. “Where |30, died at 4 o‘clock this morning x linic Audie} been, “not legal.” i ert Dopp said today his depart- ‘ i i sami (tle, Monroe County Clinic Audi- |“ 5, Gey hipvotethe Key. 7 = tion and that 4-report be made }. vp: | phic haiti a leas es did they occur?” in the Army Hospital, Miami, |torim at a date to'be announc- | Under sponsorship of the Key The headline of the story {at the. next meetin; ment is rapidly repairing streets. “Right in front of my home, {after an illness of several!.g The next of kinof all war |West Business and Professional; was correct. It quoted Les- (a eisai oie . To date, since the heavy rains of in a hole in the street.” "| months. dead in this, community are urg jWonen’s Club, the girls will! jer as saying it is not legal $ re last week, Simonton street h A Jaycee member ‘said to| He was a son of the late A. G. !aq't, attend, as well as the gen- ak ne ee Ane ae for the commissioners to Pinder Asks For eet) (nel eg United; Southard street, from Du- val to Simonton; all of Baha street; Fleming street, from Si- monton to William. Marl has been hauled to be placed in the larger holes around the city’s streets,.and, a special erew is working on this particu- (Doc) Lund, who was connected with, the customs house in Key West for many years. Captain Lund leaves his moth- er, Mrs. Lurline Lund; brothers, Galen, Richard and _ Clayton; jwidow, and daughter, Sharon, of Depp over the phone: “Robert, 1 just had my car hauled out of a street hole.” Going along with the joke, Dopp said, “Yes, you are out now—what do you want me to do?” give the city’s money to any private enterprise. OM Mh hed de fh) | City Acquires re Lane aie lficial matters which might come 4 pager ler Harvey a harina before the city administrators. ed that the Naval Submarine ‘pyey will be initiated into their Base, Key West, was receiving Gutics at 10 o'clock in the | applications for the positions of imoning by the various office Engineman, Hoisting and Port-|hotders whose desks they will able, Engineman, Refrigeration ‘man for the remainder of the Film License Howard Pinder, 1107 South- ard street, ‘has applied for a li- cense to use 16mm films in pub- “I am not kicking aboyt my-|Miami; grandmother, Mrs, J, F. and Cold Storage. Engineman, lic plates and charge admission ‘| hi f racy F lei Hae E i » day. : i th Pind tates that | 7, Phase o repairing. self, but the guy under me|Fieitas, and aunt, Mrs. George|<istionary, Power Plant, and it niined oh ils ae Stree Pr jto see them. Pinder states that! “ poop reports that if good wey didn’t like it a bit!” O. Lucas, of Key West. Fue? Oil Plant. The girls were selected from t operty his new field will not compete |,,o, continues the next two officers and members. of the i with theaters High School student council and films. i Pinder said that the type of | license that he would desire is Sik SAE TSS not now on the city’s books. J. CARRONELT SAYS City Manager Ellingson and|°" 7 se katy City Attorney Lester are investi- BOATMEN TO GET gating the matter. PROPOSED DOCK i City Commissioner John Car- FUNERAL SERVICES bonell, Jr.,.today said the city HEED IN MIAMI FOR jeitorney and city manager are MRS. O. J CORDOVA working to submit a plan to the Bi commissioners at the next meet- Funeral .services for Mrs. Ory ing whereby $800 can be ex- mond Cordova were held yes-|pended for the charter boat as- terday in Miami at 3 p. m. sociation. Mrs. Cordova is survived by| Carbonell said the spending of her widower, Ormond, and in- this money will allow tourists fant son. of Miami; and mother- | and Key Westers to descend from in-law, Mrs. Mizpah Bruns, of| their cars right on the docks. |Key West. NOTICE! e Any pérson wishing to vote in the al City Election to be held November 4, 1947, must re9- | | ister the City, Clerk before 5:00 B. M.; Méndey, October 27, 1947. : ‘i Régisttation Bécks ar$ opéned ‘ én 9:00 A.M. PALACE THEATER Smee Albert J. Mills, National Ex-, that use 35mm ecutive | Committeeman, gave homme room representatives. ° ° Officer Going some interesting highlights of) Antonica Smith, a high sc 'the recent National Convention | .enijoy i MagNine EAA To Lakehurst in’new York city. jrenior, will be “Miss “Mayor: and Barbara ‘ Green, sophomores; Rosemary Lt. Carl E. Juth, USN, eye urth T Kerr and Lois Winkler, seniors, shore patrol officer for the Key | 0 ouse 0 comprise the remainder of the West Naval Base, will soon be | goveming bods i peapeterred ope. 3. Close On Monday Anne Doughtry, a junior stu- sioners was a_ resolution pro- Besome eeauance officer; it-was |dent, will pinch-hit for the cits ng parking on the south amt otinced today: Monroe County's Court Hous: anager. Marilyn Bennett will side of Division street, between Lt. Juth was thanked by the,will be closed all day Monday |0n Folice Chief Perez’ cap and ;Georgia street and Palm ave- City Commission the other day for ; while the county employes en- _Gantinued:On Page Three) nue. his “cooperative and courteous at- joy Columbus Day. The day titude”. The commission’s reso-| actually falls on Sunday, but, lution stated that there has been ‘this year it is being observed measurable improyement in co-}on Monday. This announcement ; operation between the shore pa- , was made today by Circuit Court trol and th city police since Lt. Rose C. Sawyer. Juth was in charge of the patrol. | weeks he believes his department will have the streets in fairly good condition. assed on second reading jay night by the City Com- missioners was an appropria- tion of $5,270 for the opening of Virginia street between Varela and Watson streets. The com- missioners voted 4 to 1, with L. Carbonell dissenting. Also approved by the commis- Utility Board To Buy Used Diesel City Commissioners Tuesday night approved unanimously the Utility Board’s asking for bids for a Diesel engine, estimated to cost. about $85,000. The engine, second-hand, will increase the output of kilowatts by 1,000. Abate Taxes On Curry Property Thomas M. Curry asked the City Commission Tuesday night Oe NOTICE to reduce the assessment on his property. He said that the coun- NOTICE! ty’ did not raise his assessment. Any qualified elector wishing It was decided to have an|to become a candidate for the abatement made. office of City Commissioner, at ———_————__________—— | the General Election to be held «7__eeermaren, | November 4, 1947, must file a re- Southernmost Garage in'U. 8. | quest in writing, with the City TWINS Clerk, not later than 5:00 P. M., 1180 Duval Street NOTICE! HOUSE Advertised FOR SALE at 1313 SIMONTON STREET Now. Qpen for Inspection 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. AEE ROAD SERVICE | PHONE for Our WRECKER @DAY Phone 501 e@NIGHT Phone 1053W SANDY'S GARAGE Seam 01 DUVAL 67. ii sama flan Re eee a a mh SCREEN WIRE —— st —— Strunk Lumber Yard TELEPHONE 816 Tuesday, October 14, 1947; that his or her name be printed. on the City Election Ballot. ROY HAMLIN, City Clerk. Se a TT Phone 108 and 12:00 Néen, end from 2 P.M. | \to 5:00 P.M, oa day. “APACHE ROSE” | Rov kta News and Features Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Geneine Auto Parts for All Cary (TT A “DAY AT HOSPITAL: SEO yw yw wae eae, ~~ Elderly ‘Persons City Clerk Roy Hamlin said to- some of the projects mentioned day ‘that: registration books for: would require more space, too. poe city..election have not and : v will.not “be transferred to the have come in contact during my ‘office .of the. chief of police in Hamlin. added that “if elderly . {persons and: those who cannot 0 ** climb. thé two flights of steps to {supported the Chamber in any is office will go to the police |Way I wish to thank also. ;Station,. he will\bring the regis- 7 * stai for 3 Sooke 3 SPM Pn a Commerce..can increase during oh r | : and progr’ penitent iter Sa ril sendy ok pendent “office and the commis-|vance. It can and i sioners. can. recommend but have ‘it will depend upon the concen- |no“euthority over the actions of ;trated efforts of all of us. - The city clerk wants the pub- lic to. know that anyone who the 1945 ‘or’ 1946 ‘élections are not to! ‘Accomplishments : a Of Chamber Listed In 9-Month Report ‘CLEM C. PRICE, PRESI- DENT, THANKS MEM- -BERS AND OTHERS ASSISTED } | | Accomplishments of the .Key i Chamber of | during the last nine months are WHO | West jlistea in a ‘frou Clem C. jof some of } doing during ‘of the routine “Appearing | a part in the {necessary in term of office led here have hee their tivities of “As in the West jdesire it to be The report in which the terested, and th to the Seventh trict and got the Key West L of how 80 K sent to game and Stand got some Tt tells that jists were purch: support of the {Berger propo: It tells that 000 copies of a list and distr : tourist: purchase of 10,000 maps to tributed since It te: hov sisted in Jose putting a float by tying the strung across tells of the recreation entertainment visitors and to’ st season. t tells of its formation reg: \ Atlantic Tran eral interest ani ;members of the organization to- day, accompanied by Price's ietcer follows: “Enclosed herewith is a report ;Chamber of Commerce has been |months. It docsn’t include many ‘conducted in the office such as replying to thousands of inquiries os by mail and answering the ques- tions of numbers of visitors. sonie names of people you know . people who have spent hours :and money achieving the results that are outlined. Of course, ev- eryone isn’t mentioned who had West. To write all the names ‘would make a pretty long list. To describe all of “However, those with whom I outstanding during the year. All who have “Tt is my sincere wish that the {Paragraph appearing on the en- closed report .. . our vision and cooperation, Key ‘an be most anything we done about eacl It tells about how it appealed f Miami how fully costumed in ributed that it 25,000 service to Cuba from the sportation pany; it tells of how a six-page survey of the city was complet ed, showing information of gen Commerce report mailed to a’ letter Price, president. the things your the past nine duties that were in the report ar? progress of Key the details connection with and who are list- my sincere thanks efforts the Chamber of it will... but last lines of the according to lists the projects Chamber was in- hen tells what was h. Coast Guard Dis the reopening of | sighthouse; it tells ey Westers were Orange Bowl they paraded, the parade, good publicity 10.000 windshield stickers for distribution to tour- ased; it tells of its barge line from Miami to Key West which Louis to start. it had printed 2, hotel information them to the authorized folders replace the stock of 25.000 that the Chamber dis- January. the Chamber as Marti Week by in the parade and flags that were Duval street; it successful tourist committee providing for 2,805 winter urists during the efforts to get in- arding a ferry Gulf Cow d how 500 copies (Continued On Page Three) TURTLE Famous Leaf To KING-SIZE STEAK! Of Course, We Serve This Key —— | And You Don't Have To Look Under A French Fry or Lettuce Find It, WEAVERS West Dish Either!!!! SERVI