The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 23, 1947, Page 1

RT eT Tc Seen Ta tae eene eee eet een neS atl mee 4 Key West, Florida, has the mos; equable climate in the country. with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST VOL. LXVII. No. 252 ¢ . Key West Will Be Honored |RUSSIA INCLINED At Pan American Ceremony Here And In Havana, Cuba WESTERN BLOC FIRST INTERNATIONAL*: So Says Stalin, But Report*-—— — FLIGHT HERE TWEN| SO PPPMOMMS) Krom Moscow Declares 3,0) Lots At TY YEARS AGO TUES.'Special Call Russia Will Fight Against $7 Ea. On Edge DAY 'Meeting For _ | Marshall Plan | Of] “les Park Two’ nations—the United | (By The Associated Prens) Glades Fark; States and Cuba—are taking the Scout Leaders | LONDON, “Oct. 23-—A group lead in a hemisphere-wide cele- bration Tuesday, Oct. 28, of the 20th anniversary of Pan Amer- ican World Airways and the Americas’ first regularly sched- uled international air service. TO AGREE WITH All executive members, leaders, and scoutmasters of the local Boy Scouts are asked to attend a special | called meeting to be held theld at the First Method- Cuban and United States of-} ist Church annex tonight at ficials will participate in et 7:30 o'clock. national ceremonies here and in! The purpose of the meet- ing is to complete the pro- in, said he had told them he western edge of the Everglades felt confident Russia would come National Park at $7 a lot, pro- ito an agreement with Great! . Britain and the United States on {videa “they’ are,.,.purchased li several questions regarding ;Dlocks of 10. If only one lot or ; li which they. are now. at odds. One. spokesman for the La-jthey cost $11.50 a lot. | borites were making their state-' The lots, Clerk Sawyer ex- Many state dignitaries will at and remain a week. that Russia would strive to upset ;OUt in subdivisions, and, on the tend the dedication ceremony "SFO OOOO OMIM 4 the working of the Marshall failure of the owners to pay here to } a ica’s first in- Plan in western Europe. ‘taxes on them, they: were pub- ternational air service of 20 Na rar see enm ten avers Navy Day Song made its inaugural flight from | ’ : rit"! Semarsmees Made Big Hit With Rotarians Gay. State Treasurer Ed Lar-- sen. State Superintendent of Public, Instruction Colin HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SING THAT AND OTHER SONGS Eng- | lish, U.S. Senator Spessard Hol- IN HONOR ‘OF NAVY DAY AND NAVAL-OFFICERS land. and Representatives Geo. Smathers, “Anchors Aweigh!” Peterson, Price and That was the firs, number of a group of songs that high school tgirls sang foday at the luncheon lot the Key West Rotary Club. | They sang that and other songs the Laborites, who had visited | verted to the state. ‘Stalin, were inclined to show up| Deeds to the lots will be given Russia in a favorable light. One |purchasers by the state of Flor-! conservative ‘stated that, in con- | ida. rasting one report with the oth- There is no limit to the num-; sia said one thing and did just ' buy, Sawyer explained. The lots: the opposite of what it,had said. ‘are south of the Tamiami Trail. ! AT BOCA CHICA ON MONDAY, NAVY DAY Anti-Submarine © Develop- nient Squadron One To; | | ‘ruculent »Turtle,” which made ; jorie. Coburn, choral instructor “ti in the..Key West High School, pe Phage sll ss slp a and Rotarians agreed it was one Because Key West is the birth- of the best entertainments ever place of Pan American Airways |given at the club. ahd the first’ gateway city, to! “Anchors Aweigh!” headed the Latin» America, Governor Mil- ‘list of songs in honor of Navy lard F. Caldwell Will be official Day and ‘the 20 Naval officers host, at. the Key “West celebra- who were present. at the unch- tion, ‘beginning at '9 a. m. edn, ‘including, .Captait, HA. ‘Pettniament Meacham™Ait ef field, site ‘of Pan American’s cal-Navy Yard. ; original hangar and scene of the Captain Hauser made an ad- first take-off two: decades ago, dress about Navy Day, speaking will, be unveiled by Dr. Nicolas of its institution 25 years ago Castéllanos, mayor of Havana. A and about the role the Navy troop of Havana Boy Scouts will ,played in World War i. provide the guard of honor. } Another speaker was James Key West High School Band L. Keller, district governor of will furnish the music at the Rotarians in this district, who is ceremony here. yhere on an official visit. His The entire Key West ceremony sudject was “Liberty,” which he will bé broadcast over a national traced back to the beginning of hookup. Sixty newspapermen, \the human race, so far as could and radio broadcasters will cover ,be ascertained. : ; the event for the nation. Captain Hauser said that his All sixty press representatives stay in Key West had been most will be guests of the Key West pleasant, and that he regretted Chamber of Commerce at a din- he was to leave here soon. He ner to be held at the Hotel La thanked the Rotarians for their Concha. itreatment accorded him during The granite shaft, surmounted his stay here, and concluded by by: the familiar PAA symbol, a saying, “Key West is the Navy (Continued On Page four) and the Navy is Key West. v3 pig harks nade een eee PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it is the custom on one day of each year for our citizens to join hands across the nation to render grateful tribute to our mighty Navy, and e well deserved ‘honor and recognition to the achievements of the men and women who com- pose its ranks; and WHEREAS this year is an-especially appro- riate occasion to honor the veterans of World Ware I and If and to emphasize the importance to our nation of maintaining a.strong peacetime Navy with a trained Reserve ready to man our fleet in the event of vational emergency; and WHEREAS it is fitting that our citizens be in- ‘formed and aware of the current aims and activi- ‘ties of our Navy, victor in war, guardian in peace. ’ THEREFORE, I, Wm. W. Demeritt, Mayor of Key West, Fla., hereby proclaim Monday, October Twenty-Seventh, Nineteen Hundred and Forty- Seven, as. Navy Day and call upon all citizens of Key West, Fla., to take part in observance of this day through’ the many channels open to them. : Herein ‘unto I have set my hand and seal this 23rd day of October, 1947. Ci ‘ WM. W. DEMERITT, Mayor, City of Key West, Fla. Other aircraft on display in-! clude a’ PB4Y-2 (Privateer), | four-engine patrol bomber, andj Local aircraft enthusiasts will | the following carrier - based {| |types: F7F (Tigercat), night; be afforded an opportunity to view a display of aircraft and jfighter; TBM (Avenger), tarpedo |i equipment, a. feature .of® the |bomber; SB2C (Helldiver), scout ; Navy Day program, when Anti.'bomber; and F4U-4 (Corsair), ' ° 7 fighter. Submarine Development Squad-| “s catwalk construction at each ron one holds. bpen: «he; at plane will . permit visitors to Bi ‘i onday,;View the pilot's compartment October 27, from 10 a. m., to 5jfrom close quarters. p. m. : | A large area in Hangar No. 2 Of particular interest to the! will be devoted to. exhibits of Field fi ine (Navy Neptune). The large, twin {gines and parts, radar sonobuoy ih engine patrol bomber has a wing /and receiver, cameras, survival span of 100 feet, a length of more equipment and an ordnance dis- than 75 feet and a height of 28 iPlay consisting of a dummy 2,000 ; weight of 29 tons. It was an air-imachine guns, various pyrotech- craft of this type, the famous ni and other items. Students oy Sales Course To Be Given Certificates:~ ATTENDANCE INCREASED TO i 120 LAST NIGHT COMPARED sented very interesting and in- TO 97 AT OPENING oF structive lectures and discussions of changing concepts of selling. SCHOOL of selling and techniques of ng. Tonight's lecture, Sell- Students who have completed jing Key West, by Mr. Turlington. the short course of training for Will precede group discussion of aot |individual sales problems. Pre- retail personnel, sponsored by '-entation of certificates and a the Chamber of Commerce, will few words by Paul Sher, chair- |j receive certificates tonight at man of the Merchants Division the final meeting of the group. of the Key West Chamber of Attendance at the school us Commnetces will bring the spro- ; ing |gtam to a close. increased fro 134 the gpenng:| This course’is the first of its night to 120 last night. Frank j tyne to be given in Key West, T. Adams, Ralph D. Turlington, and was conducted by the Gen- James G. Richardson and Frank {eral Extension Division of the Goodwin, instructors from the | University of Florida in coopera- University of Florida, have ‘pre- {tion with the Key West Chamber jot Commerce. — j Wea 's APPETITE Alphabet G is for: 1, GREEN BEANS—Sliced and Boiled with Ham! Yum! Yum! 2. GRAPEFRUIT JUICE--Great stuff with gin or vodka. 3. GOULASH—Terrible stuff. } We No Got. | WEAVER’S PULL LEVER NO. 3A — Re-Elect —— LOUIS CARBONELL Clean - Capable and Aggressive (Paid Political Ady. By a Friend) Wanted nicusntc! —— Apply — NAVARRO. Inc. Bus Station | (ee se ‘fewer than 10 lots are bought, {8 NEWSPAPER IN THE USA. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1947 157 Officers, 1125 Men ~ |Aerovias “Q” Head Coming To Key West | Here For Twentieth For Navy Day Event). CONTINGENT WILL RE-<————- —— MAIN IN CITY UNTIL Commissioned Officers’ Mess, a NOV. 7; ADDITIONAL or of all Naval Reserve officers. ' Testimony On TRAINING PLANNED Fifty-seven officers and 1125 enlisted men of the United States ’ of Laborites, who returned to- | County Clerk, Ross C. Sawyer! Navy are due to arrive in Key day from Caucasia, where tiey |today began sale of approxi- | West for celebration of Navy Day interviewed Premier Josef Stal- | mately: 3,000 lots at the north- here. The Navy men are coming from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the: °- celebration and the destroyers in that they will display to the pub- * ic on Navy Day, will be of.the . USS. type, some 391 feet long. New (DD. 8-18), Destroyers arriving are the Commander C. H. Becker; U.S.S. mander L. J. Baird; U.S.S._Han- son (DD 8-32), under Commander W. A. Ellis; U.S.S. Thomas (DD- Conservatives maintained that licly offered for sale and rege Sayenee Bae commences Parade arrangements for Navy Day are still being made. | { The parade will start at the | south end of Duval street at er, it showed, as usual, that Rus- ber of available lots one may} Duval to either Eaten or Gare, line street, thence to White- head street. The parade break- up will be at the corner of . formal dance will be held in hon- All Naval Reserve officers and their ladies are invited to attend the formal dance which starts at 9 p.m. SUNDAY—At the submarine baseball field, an All-Star Navy +team will play the, Island City League all-star picked aggrega- tion at 1:30. Entrance will be at the Southard-street gate. No ad- mittance will be charged. MONDAY—Navy Day, October 27, will be celebrated by the pa- under rade and “open house” at Boca Chica field, Naval Hospital, Sub- marine Base, Fleet Sonar School. public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Neither the Naval Ordnance Unit nor the Surface Anti-Sub- marine Detachment will be open to the public because of the highly classified projects being undertaken for national security. Monday night, ihe “White Hat” | Club will give a dance to all en- | listed men under the rank of | Chief Petty Officer. The building where. the dance is to be held is | near the Southard street gate, in Building 133. John Pritchard's | Orchstra will provide the music. ! All Naval Reservists below th i MANY DIGNITARIES | gram for the entertainment Kahiin Poets rye eared from plained, were acquired by the E. F.Larsen (DD 8-30), captained Inspection will be made by the TO BE HERE FOR # Hayans er pone yng Cominitecm, ‘which ts i variant state at Florida through the KA vee ores sabes Spied CEREMONY BY PAA | e of the Commitern, had asserted Murphy Act. They had been laid Good -| i The tentative Navy Day pro-' rank of C.P.O. are cordially in- AIRCRAFT DISPLAY = mxase 7. SATURDAY NIGHT—At vited but they must appear in the uniform. Larger. Qualifying List This Year But Smaller Voting List ...{@ Non-stop flight fr Perth, |. : ais r ar HAVE LEFT CITY SINCE LAST ELECTION tiation Roy seis had) qualified ,So farfor ‘the November 4 city ‘commission election, bringing the ‘all-time qualifying list: to 5,605 from its “previous “high &f 4,993. Hamlin added that though the igure is at an all-time high, evertheless there will, undoubt- general public will be the P2V-1!such equipment as aircraft en-|CWY be fewer votes cast this ear than in 1945. The main reason is that an estimated 25 to 30 per cent of the . qualified list of electors feet, and operates at a gross |pound bomb, an aircraft torpedo, | have left the city. Also to be taken off the list are the known dead of this year. Hamlin was asked this morn- ing that with such a large known |commissioners, possibly, number of ineligible names on(|scind the action and award con- the qualifying list, wouldn’t it|tracts for some or all be possible for a number of il- legal votes to be cast? The supervisor admitted that | ———————— the inspectors would have to At Session Set For Tonight cautiously analyze the handwrit- | Ft God so loved the world, that (Continued on Page Four) PULL LEVER NO. 1A It's A Vote for A. Maitland Adams For Efficient and Honest Govt. (Paid. Polltieal Adv. By a Friend) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The Grand Jury of the Cireuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit for Monroe County, Fall Term, is now in session. Any person having knowl. edge of unlawful condi- tions existing in Monroe County is requested to bring such matter tp the attention of the Foreman of the Grand Jury, whose address is 1111 Watson Street, Key West, or W. Curry Harris, Assistant State Attorney, whose ad- dress is 203%, Duval Street, Key West. (id) JACK T. MURRAY, Foreman of the . Grand Judy. AIR-CONDITIONED ‘ , today‘ that Discuss Beach Project Tonight Courity Cummissioners will meet tonight, beginning at 7‘30 o'clock, to take further action on. thet best prolette a. ssi As* matters now stand, the commission decided at Tuesday's meeting to defer asking for bids for the breakwater, pier and beach till next January, with the possibility of receiving low- er bids. It is a question whether or not that resolution will continue in | force after tonight’s meeting. The vill re- of the units in connection with the .| beach project. that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish. but have ever- lasting life——John 3.16. | STERLING'S ‘wanker MARKET E. Sterling, Manager 904 FLEMING STREET Special Guaranteed EGGS doz. 65c SOFT-BONE ROASTERS and FRYERS Sonthernmost Garage in U. : 2 1130 Daval Street Phone 190 futo Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Genuine Aato Parts for All Care CABANA BAR 605 DUVAL STREET Does It Again! \ Beginning Tonight at 8 o’Clock “DOUBLE UP NIGHT” Come One! Come All!!! SEE IT! HEAR IT!! WIN IT and DRINK IT!! Also Hear the } Unsurpassed and Unpredictable | GOULD CURRY MLC. - Ph.D, - BVD - BAG a ~}Company.** He gave His only begotten Son, ! Anniversary Flight ROGELIO GOMEZ, LOCAL | AGENT, ENVISIONS 1¢ | FLIGHTS DAILY INTO ' Communism By | jey west | Actors, Writers Col. M. Quevedo, Jr., head of { Aerovias. “Q” airlines, who is in | (By The Associated Press) |Key West, said yesterday he had |; WASHINGTON; Oct. 23.—TW0 | been invited by Pan-American members of the Screen Writers | Airways officials to participate ,Guild and three of the Screen}, the celebration here next ‘Actors’ Guild testified today be- § ‘ = i week, marking the 20th anni- fore the Thomas Committee, | versary of the first flight of the which is investigating the report | pan American. System between of communistic activities in Hol- iKey. West and Havana. pened ealitorns .,| Quevedo was in an executive fone ae ar sa Several ‘position with Pan American for members; :0! ss) un were ‘16 years, and many former PA among the leaders in preaching | smployes are now working for comrmunistic doctrines. | Aerovias “Q” operation. Taree ot three cactors testified: while sill with, BA in: Ha- rece w ere. mates bs pea te |vana, Quevedo sought in vain to pay o0g tales hohe ne jbegin a Key West-Havana ‘serv- fringe of communism. fing’ wae ice as is now operated by Aero- ualifiedb weedeat was as poo Be Mio ane the a idaho ceremonies here next week may ied it as the “lunatic fringe,” and ture, Tt may be, he implied, the cai that pea Lat wae nied first move toward swaying pub- beseaschelaore abel as_ writers. M€ lic opinion in favor of Pan Nae ase pale ee ‘ate pictures Possible, efforts ie a line to 4 .; Obtain flight permits for opera- jhe had produced, and that, ition between Key West and the made, ne would Seen “I am indeed happy to know SU [that this great globe-circling air- e A i Mi k bs ‘than 20 years, the part Key a ng tracts ; West played in its growth,” Col. Quevedo said. N 4 l P edo now has three regularly scheduled flights into Key West ationa ar today, and never, except when . {unfavorable weather forced post- Seven typists, under the di- ponement for passenger safety, rection of "S. E. Mosley, of ‘the have the flights been off sched-¢ “working inthe Ie repres county clerk's office in prepar-' sentative “of Aerovias “Q,” said ing abstracts. for the federal}he envisions }10' flights daily to; government of all land that will Key West this:winter!". - t gps inclines ag the Everglades i Col. Pid ate. Quevedo arrived fational Park. jin Key* West Ti “Mosley said that-approximate- ' mobile. afte?‘ f ly -220 ownerships,. including the seaboard :: ¥sta three weeks'| s caaeetinemiatam iC park area are based on adverse ‘Ti C 7 ? possession, with or without col-j m ai Matinee {or of title. ° Mosley said he did not know ; In Clean-Up Drive terior will do after the ab- Cleaning up the city of Key stracts are turned over to, it. The | West was the theme of ‘the Beau- jassumption is that the depart-! tification Committee of the Key vert the area into a national |Merce at a meeting held at the jpark. | Jackson Square USO. AT SET ! In reply to letter sent out ask- \ the following were preesnt at the PONE for Our WRECKER | meeting: Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Kins- e@DAY Phone 501 ; man, Earl Duncan, Colonel L. C. eNIGHT Phone 1053W called to testify. He characteriz- be more than a sentimental ges- added that neither actors - nor American, thereby enhancing should any such attempt be iCuban capital. ‘line has remembered, after more Fo r Everglades |“ Organizing his own line, Col, Lamerican, Title and Insurance. -™al tes. ist of Floridawik be: includ: | w, a j 3 Oe Ne that's will reéqui a to comp si ; e 0! e ownerships in the , what the Department of the In- } ment will then proceed to con-' West Junior Chamber of Com- g for volunteer zone chairman, | ROAD SERVICE ' Brinton and Robert Dopp. cans to be deposited in a truck in News and Features ) by the Key West Garden and 4 ; A Tin Can Matinee will be held SANDY s GARAGE | Saturday, November 1, with the RE 404 DUVAL ST-SEE | price of admission fifteen rusty ‘front of the city’s theatres. All , Key West theatres will run a mat- GENE AUTRY in | the clean-up campaign. ‘Robin Hood of Texas” | Further assistance was offered (Continued on Page Four) e Cel Indian Motorcycle Sales! PULL LEVER NO. 5A NEW and USED MOTORCYCLES | ° It's A Vote for We Repair All Types of Motors | FRED J. DION : PARTS and ACCESSORIES | A Property Owner Who Will 701 ELIZABETH STREET | ,,,,,, Poet Your, Interests P I Adv. By a Friend) NOTICE to Those Wishing to Register for the November 4th, * 1947, Election: Registration books will be open each week- day from 9 A.M, to 12 Noon and 2 P.M. to 5 P.M., INCLUDING SATURDAY ROY HAMLIN, City Clerk. a BAe 44 24444444444444444444 FOO OOO TIS I SII A CI IV III IIIT