The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 10, 1947, Page 1

tee Key West, Florida, has the Mos; equable climate in the country, with an average : F THE VOL, LXVIII. No, 241 Jaycees Complete Plans To |Jury Holds 2 |Antonica Snith Bring Civie Drama League Of | Deaths Result | ‘4, TS 40 - New York Here To Entertain! Of AutoGrash) s.r. owas: n ois Hall, from 10 a. m.,to 5 p. m. SERIES OF THREE PR DUCTIONS WILL ‘BE Report Denied apr * © “That Arabs Are Mobilizing sca». of two men in a car-truck The Key West Junior Chamber : , cr on Overseas Highway pt Commerce has completed its “ ans to bring $6.60 paduaate (iy “Annociated Prenn) {Monday night, yesterday return- : i K LONDON, Oct. 10.—The British ‘ed a verdict that the men died as heater” “orchi epateicto Key government today denied the re-|a result of injuries suffered in Vesters and visitors for $2.00 per port that Arab troops had mo-{@ smash-up. Peace, Justice Ira ai S;the coming pilized along the frontier of the jal, presided. Z| SOUTHERNMOST N UERRA WILL thave taken over operation of the g x “BE HELD icity. The bloodless “revolution- SUNDAY AT LOPEZ HOME; ON BAHAMA STREET Business and Professional Wom- jury investigating the en's Club. and enlightening happenings was , the serious commission meeting in which the girls participated | under the supervision of Mavo:} {Wm. W. Demeritt, City Manager jJack Ellingson and Commission- er Albert Cooper. All three city FUNERAL FOR LEONARD |The Key West High School girls! ary coup” is being engineered un- Harbor, are due to arrive in port der sponsorship of the Key West {here this One of the most interesting rival of the remains, conduct:d by Catholic, Jewish and Protes- ;val street, has been sold by the TN ; j EWSPAPER IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1947 | Bodies Of War | Dead Arrive In Mayor” For Day}, San Francisco | (By The Amndcinted Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10.— Japanese sneak attack on Pearl afternoon. Arrange-. ments have been made to hold memorial services, on the ar- tant clergymen. The bodies are the first of an estimated 150,000 that will be: brought to the it from the Pacific and Atlantic United States 'Raleign, N. C., Lang announced Ae 8 lo —_——$$———_—_———— rs cs Man Here To Prepare outhern “ross! New City Directory; Hotel, Duval St. To Take 4-5 Months PAY MONMOUTH HOLDING COMPANY $25,000 FOR 30- +H. EARL HAMILTON TO oANCLAAURTNAANELUAANAT LAAT TEA TATANAT UNEASE APPEAR BEFORE DI ROOM BUILDING: IMPROVE- Weather Bu!letin. RECTORS OF CHAM. MENTS GOING AHEAD “Southern Cross Hotel, 326 Du- x “coutnanunnoannr inno BER LATE TODAY Mammoth Holding Company,| MIAMI WE\THER BUREAU Asbury, N. J., to Victor A. Lang | ADVISORY, No. 4, Issued at 3] H. Earl Humbert, Hollywood, and his wife, Grace J. Lang, of | o’clock this afternoon: is in the city for the purpose of Northeast storm warnings dis- preparing and compiling a new today. theaters. The price of the 30-room ho-, played at 3 p.m. today from Mi-}Key We.’ a Be ermrans ed today. on. The Jaycees are accom- Funeral services for Leonard officials gave instructions andj First bodies from Europe are 'tel was $25,000.’ Joseph Dillinger ami around to Fort Myers. ‘ line that will divide their area |Guerra, 48, one of the men who ing local Fi ‘i n , 48; h score. Riss re efta eweahy vi the from the Jews in Palestine. died yesterday at 4:45 a. m., ini October 26, explained parliamentary rules!due to arrive in New York en has been operating the Southern The tropical storm is increas-| Humbert is scheduled to ap. i i ii ‘ 4 f procedure. ‘ The foreign office said further [Key West Municipal Hospital, jof pl School Auditorium by the jaltind Hoemismued: by (lan: , ”| City ‘Manager Anne Dough-: ‘ivic Drama Guild of New York. that adenine wae ring pte jwill be held at 4:30 p. m., Sun. | the Egyptian government. Lead-}. ; try, Mayor Antonica Smith and ‘The Guild is a professional or- | ing Atbs in Egypt declared that lday in the Chapel of Lopez | conmissioners Barbara Mora, anization, all members being in| they were positive the Arabs ier nena Me cans Bee spine '!Barbara Green, Rosemary Kerr, d standing with the Actors| Palestine had not initiated any |e family plot in, City Cont \and Lois Winkler handled the Equity Association, under the di- | warlike movements. tery. The Rev. G. sie (old (Dusiness of a normal meeting. on of Stanley Woolf, well-| The British government reit- pastor, of" First ian ist ( Jone. Clerk Ann Wellens took nown Broadway director. Their | erated its intention today to with- Stone) Church, will officiate. the minutes of the meeting. i * ii i i Survivors are his wife, Mrs. ‘ ih n is to bring’ Broadway hits |draw its troops from Palestine, dy i cae ern | The city officials went all out o those not having the oppor-| regardless of what action the {Rosalie Guerra; a cnet es in their effort to show the girls’ ity to see them in New York. Jews or the Arabs may take. The 'Elisa Guerra, and a brother, \the workings of a complicated British want the United Nations |Joseph Guerra. dhering as closely as ‘ible 0 the ge Sisco ahey ,to handle the situation in Pales- bring their own scenery, settings. tine. etc., many of which are prepared firms which produced the T geal Audubon They have established an en- So ° ciety Gets Se ‘business like that of running a Mrs. Henry R. Rogers, wife of city, which is, of course, the the other man killed in the : . ‘largest business in Key West. crash, Henry R. (Rojas) Rogers, | Cit: iz A 4 | y Clerk Roy Hamlin said} ier ee A ed a oa eat pet that the girls have shown a fine eat be ae sai "visited | COPetative, serious spirit, and pa ig A i 6 that they would be able to} the home of’ Mrs. Bernard Allen, }write constructive reports“ of viable reputation for their ex- i 733 United. Street. Allen is.ai,, 3. cellent performances, as_ evi- | jtheir visit to City Hall. denced. by their sponsorship Member List ge ne ci a la 1: al Also on the agenda after the throughout the country by reput- é funeral was he! ast ' regular court municipal pro- ceedings, will be a mock trial, jin which all the coyrt’s official procedure will be strictly ad- jhered to. evening at the Pritchard Funeral | Home. Rogers’ body was ‘taken to Miami ‘for cremation. | Marilyn Bennett is chief of po- Burglars Enter ie and vane Morrison is tax Drug Store And {stein pautine Hoover's hands, and Dorene Clawson ‘and Betty | able organizations such as the P ; Jaycees, Lions, Kiwanis and the| The National Audubon Society Womenri’s Clubs. The sponsor col- jhas forwarded President. Oliver lects and holds all monies re-|Griswold of the Monroe County ceived from ticket sales and The Audubon Society a duplicate list Guild receives no remuneration }Of members in the national or- until after each performance. |&anization. eg This is assurance to ticket hold-| Audubon Magazine was dis- ers that they will-either see ajtributed to all Key West mem- good performance, or yeceive ajbers last week. \Billy Freeman Enters Contest For Commission: William (Biily) #reeman, in an- | nouncing today as a candidate for | the city commission, issued the} following statement: “I hereby wish to announce my candidacy for the office of city} commissioner. I do not intend! making any campaign speeches, neither will I make any vague or rash promises. “I am a member of the Ameri- can Legion a veteran of World | War II, and, being a native of this | city, I am naturally interested in| the prosperity and future wel- fare of this community. ie “If elected to the office to which I aspire, I-will follow the! dictates pf my conscience . and strive always. to: place and keep} this city on a sound, economic , and_ business-like * basis. “We have the natural resources at our command; and with a lit- Cross. Hereafter, Mr. and Mrs. | ing slowly in intensity. The cen-|pear before the directors of the Lang will manage the place. iter was located by aircraft today, Several thousand dollars in tah strongest winds from 50 ie improvements are now being in- |.30 miles an hour near center. It was located at Lattitude 20.4 and Sent the proposal to make the Longitude 84.2 at 3 p.m., EST, or new directory. about 240 miles south-southwest stalled in the hotel. Lang was a lieutenant ¢eom- mander in the Navy during the |Key West Chamber of Com- \merce later in the day to pre- | “It will take four or five last war.-On a trip to the Sonar} of Havana and moving north at }months to finish the Key West School here, made while in the |15 miles per hour, with tendency service, Lang and his wife ar- | to move toward northeast and ac- rived at a decision to make Key | celeration in forward movement. West their future home. Extreme caution should be tak- “We like Key West and we like | € in South Florida Saturday aft- the weather here,” he said today, ¢rnoon and night. PEERED AE ; Florida should remain on 170-Mile Gusts for additional information. Struck Iwo Jima Indications are that the storm will increase further within the next 12 hours to probably hurri- should be made for (By Aasocinted Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. to 170 miles an hour, struck Iwo | noon. Jima yesterday, according te re- NORTON. ports received here from the Weather Bureau. United States army command on that island. erally were leveled, but that no] EST, Oct. 10, 1947: lives were lost among the 300 All southern | alert dresses, occupations cane force and cross over Cuba, ry west of Havana, late tonight. It may be weakened somewhat in 4, During Typhoon crossing Cuba, but precautions and tie dangerous winds along the Florida Keys by 10.—A | early Saturday and remainder cf i typhoon ,with ‘gusts ranging up}South Florida Saturday after- |Pett added. \directqry,” Humbert said today, |while in conference with Cham- {ber Manager Harold Laubscher. \“I will employ five census tak- lers.” Humbert said the names, ad- and places of business in the Key West area of all persons 18 years or older will be included in the book, together, with the names of firms and corporations. “Home owners will be listed number of®* children ‘each family has under 18 years jof age will be indicated by nu- merals in the directory,” Hum- “Also the owners {and managers of firms will be in ,cluded.” | Humbert said hé had been in |the' business of preparing direc- MIAMI WEATHER BUREAU tories for 15 years. He said Wf He reported that buildings gen- ADVISORY NO. 3, 10:15 A.M.,jhad made directories for such Homestead, {Florida cities as The small tropical storm is cen- |Panama City, Fort Myers, Jack- full refund in lieu thereof. Members of the local society Under Jaycee sponsorship, the |47¢: : f ey "|white, “Mr. and Mrs. Harold which will be ‘the well-known |Laubscher, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry J. hits of “Kiss and Tell,” on De-|Trevor, Mr. and Mrs. Dan L, cember 1st; “Dream Girl,” on/Navarro, Mr. and Mrs. William January 17th, and “Made in \Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Maida Lazaro- ental 1 nacy, Duval 2 vision streets, by burglars who the rear of the building. After gaining entrance, the - taken in |Demeritt, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. serervations, ; wi chrowologicsl, “geabe, so that the|Goddard, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Gar- better, seats will. be allocated to mett,,Mr. and Mrs. C.C. French, those-Who~purchase’their season Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Bowser, tickets first. Mr, and Mrs. Norman D. Artman, One ticket, costing $6.00 per Mr. and Mrs. John Vosburgh* of person, is good for the entire naa and Mr. and Mrs, E. W. series of three. plays, which Stark. ; ‘ makes the cost $2.00 per per- .D- P. Baillod, Mrs. David P. formance, If the original ticket. G2dwin of Washington; Richard holder is unable to attend any VOD Schultz, Rev. J. H. John-, performance, he, or she, may 8°”, and Misses Grace Crosby, lend the ticket to a friend to use Frances Hames, Gertrude Laub- at no additional cost. The orig- Scher, Marion Vories, Louise V. inal reservation made will apply White. throughout the series, ' eae ET PY SLT The Jaycees start the ticket distribution next week and Pres- Negr 0 Navy Men ident Joe Pinder has announce: the following committees in con: Held For Court Romera, 519 Catherine street. nection with this _ sponsored | SDR (ee es Re gts a Stanford Ward and Lloyd Web-| REGISTRATION BOOKS ‘ublicity, rt Pollock and ber, negro Navy tewards, were OOR! Isadore Weintraub; ticket sales, bound over to ‘Criminal Court NOM si rea ie at (Continued On Page ‘Three) yesterday by Peace Justice Ira| Supervisor of Registration Roy. — Albury under $1,000 bonds each! : fi rm on charges of grand larceny ing | refeived labs ee - isi pened A H tion with the theft of an|from would-be registrants about Galvanized Shingles cometion with the theft of an ergo limb the two. flights set STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 neath, they ‘cquat lossWas in‘¢itréney!. °°") 4 Willie °Gwynn, who nightly | exaimines all stores in the busi ness section, reported to Chief , Gwynn later. He notified Patrolman Wilson ment, who jn turn informed the pharmacy. 4) Owner of the store is Emilio | Brewer, 1120 Olivia street. of stairs in City Hall, that he has The negroes were arrested on|Pplaced the registration books in 'wrecked the car near Bahia /floor of the building. Honda viaduct. en a ts hs ks hs hrs Bs the Bt Se. be, tn Mn Mn. Mr. Bn A Bn te, to Compounded by Experienced | 1139 naval Street Phone 168 SAVES GAS—__ Pharmacists Auto Repairs, Painti Kan Sh Ano See | GARDNER THARUACY | Bod and Fender Mork it jt. ‘ » Varel Oppecite Art Barracks \? 177 Delivery _—anen _— ll hat ow - eetinttimaiel BRADY'S | for Choice Poultry Soft-Bone ROASTERS ROASTERS BATTERY-RAISED FRYERS CUT-UP IF DESIRED 1214 Wkito Street PHONE 540 7a 4 ' NOTICE!! Any. person (who did not register during the Re-Registration of 1945‘) wishing to vote in the General City Election to be held November 4, 1947, must register with the City Clerk before 5:00 P.M., Monday, October 27, 1947. Registration Books are opened at the City Clerk’s Office (Police Station, First Floor, City Hall) each business day between 9:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon and from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. ROY HAMLIN, City Clerk. Sieal Currency MacDonald will handle the fi- nancial affairs comptrollet and city finance “4 nts, this city can take its | A total of $275 was penorses feted 'y fightful place a the rankii ing | jee tatent i entered through a window wee Mrs. Josefa Leon Heaven,” on March Ist. Each ba Mr. zee spat Hodhey: burglars forced'a door leading , play will run for one night only. |Gwynn, Mr. an kes from.the bathroom to the store,|_ Mrs. Josefa Leon, 43, died erry arter illbe reserved and |Griswold, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. and. found; the ash\ina,bag be {Thursday afternoon. at 2:45 Foe ; The: entire /0’¢lock in Havana, Leon's home was at 11 Thomp- son Lane, in Key West. ee" Surxivors are: Widower, Al- Of Commission bert Leon; mother, Ana Her- daughter, Ercilia 1 The Citizen) Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wallace ;nandez; one : that he tried the, door to the |Demeritt; two sons, Orion De-! three sisters, Sofia, Vicenta and|ber of the Florida Railroad and } Juana dow to the store opened,” said !Carlos, Rafael and Eloy Ferrer,|been made permanent chairman Rogelio Curry. Jolly of the city police depart- ;|Key West ‘for and burial in the family Wallace of the theft, and called |Time of the funeral will be an- Eugene Martinez, who works in | nounced later. charge of arrangements. Hamlin said this morning he had | served tonight by ter, Order of the Eastern Star, in Scottish Rite Hall, Eaton and Si- monton streets. A class of candi- |dates will be initiated. Monday night after they had|the police station on the ground |Lowe, Mrs. Mrs, Myrtle Huston. MOTOR TUNE-Up FaesckiPrions 2353 TWINS GARAGE | NOTICE! Body and Fender Work | Now Open’ for Inspection sound business-like improve- of the city as ie “must ‘vai r on the visitor’s list. “Your consideration and sup- Died In Havana)" “= S"" er" Cuba. Mrs, Made Chairman (Sw TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 10! meritt and Albert Leon, Jr.;|Jerry W. Carter, veteran mem- pharmacy at 4:15.a. m., and it |? was all right. ilro “At 5:15 a. m., I found the win- Ferrer; four brothers,!Public Utilities Commission, has to filt out the remainder of the The body will be brought to ;two-year term of the late W. B. funeral services | Douglass. Carter’s term as chair- } plot.|man will extend through 1948. He was elected to the commis- | sion in 1934. {Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. American troops on Iwo. tered near Latitude 19 degrees }sonville. Orlande, Fort Lauder- sane pan secbendes ipwere Ne Lonaitige 84 Sahai wines cals, Hollywood, Fort Worth, Wa will miss*} 10:15 an T (151! or about’ and West Palm Beach, in) \-' tbe ¢ ‘the. report | 120 ‘riley north of ‘Swan slapd; ion to no ~ ior said, i finties TW L1C36 Choong mor th-ormnwestwerd | “rhe Rey West dectiry will present cours‘ about 10 to 12 miles per hour. |also invlude the names of all Highest winds are still only about ‘streets and a list of residents of 30 to 40 miles per hour near the | the living in certain streets center but heavy rain squalls cov-) Last city director % Property Sale er a rather wide area extending | : inion arya ; : ay TaMier ieee ‘ jpiled in 1939 i George L. Crim and -wif>}200 miles to north of central |Yo49 for Key Weat Hun lott an transferred to Katheryne S. |! area. A ; hie —— had charge of this work and is fairly well known throughout the city. Danford, Coral Gables, property on Key Largo for $7,000, accord- ing to a warranty deed filed yesterday with Circuit Court Indications are that slow move- ment in a northerly direction will | continue with a slow increase in | ihe storm’s intensity. The center | should reach the vicinity of ex- treme western Cuba late tonight. | Mrs. B. y; Mira Caution is advised in the north- Died This A. M. western Caribbean, the Yucatan a Channel area and western Cuba. | Small craft in the Florida Straits! yy py ap, organ apie, and around southern Florida| ,, Mrs. Blanche Valdez Mira, 50, died this morning at 7:30 o'clock Pritchard Funeral Home is in ; POOR OLD CRAIG Eastern Star SERVICE STATION ° Division at Francis Phone 9134 Meets Tonight|cuameron . Homecoming night will be ob-|Outboard Motors $127.00 Fern Chap- | No Shell Game— Our Lobster is De-Hulled And Served Strictly in the Nude After Being Well Basted With , Buiter! Charcoal Broiled, of course, YUM! YUM!! WEAVERS. NATURALLY Guests will be Mrs. Mary A. Irene Adams and HOUSE. Advertised FOR SALE at 1313 SIMONTON STREET SHOW TONITE! NITE CLUB... - - Presents GEORGE CHATTERTON HUMOROUS STAR COMEDIAN and M.C. BARBARA LONG | THE SOPHISTICATED LADY OF SONG RACQUEL | 9:00 P.M. —2 Shows Nitely — 12:00 M. FRIDAY and SATURDAY!! Please Call 700 for Reservations No Increase in Prices — No Cover — No Minimum CLUB TROPICS IOUN COBO NAMED |the chapel.of the Lopez Funeral DEPUTY GRAND MASTER £2: Rev. 3-H. Johnson, of St ry’s Star of the Sea Catholic church, will officiate. Burial will aa eeaereedss pore somient Jin the Key West Municipal Hos- ON DIME NORTON, jpital, after a short illn Weather Bureau, |_ Funeral services will be held SARS a OES _ |Sunday afterneon at 6 o'clock in OF ODD FELLOW: John Cobo, 1310 Reynolds|e in the family plot, City reet, has been appointed spe- |Cemetery. al deputy grand master of the Survivors: Two daughters, Independent Order of Odd Fel-|Mrs. Frances Fraga and Mrs illows, Zone 6, of the Grand |™ beth Rodriguez; one son, Dedxeor aeisrida, William J. Walker, Jr.; one sis- The certificate, with Lodge |" Mrs. Rosa Perez, Tampa; Seal, was forwarded to Cobo by |*Wo lt ‘“ers Charles Valdez and |Grand Master S. G. Wooten, of Armanay Lei.1y Mira, Tampa, and four grandchild n { Jacksonville. | CARS COLLIDE O| SIMONTON STREET Richard H.\ Buford, 824 Flem rday by|/ing street, driving a coupe, and . of 927 Di-|a State Road Department truck An application for a marriage license was filed y Walter C. Smith, 2 vision street and Atha J. Wine-|collided last night on Seminary land, 21, of 31 Rest Beach, with | street, near Angela street County Judge Raymond R. Lord.; The right front fender and - - | light on Buford’s car were dam aged. The State Road truck was not damaged. “APACHE ROSE” | This smart motorist wants his car’s brakes to respond instantly. So he comes to us regularly for our special brake check-up. He knows we do a reliable job on this all-important part of car performan¢e. For real “life in- surance,” let us adjust your car's hydraulic brakes—soon! While you're waiting for your new Chrysler or Plymouth, we'll keep your old car in tip-top shape. 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