The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1947, Page 1

country, “with: an average range of only ‘14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXVIIl. No. 255 HIGH NAVY AND CITY¥- a ‘ 1 OrrTeTAes MIEW P- (<4 00N” EXPERIMENT RADE, WHICH WAS i 4 OVER MILE | Thousands of’men, women and children poured into the Key West Naval establishments today after the parade marking Navy Day, in which several. hundreds of civilian and Naval personnel ted, At the Submarine Base the visitors found all the destroyers, submarines and other vessels in “full dress,” with flags and ubnt- ings fluttering in the breeze. Center of considerable atten- tion was the Cuban Navy’s ship, the Jose Marti, which arrived here Sunday under the com- mand of Capt. Julio D. Arguelles and Comdr., Antonio Cuardas. ‘At 11 a. m., a memorial. serv- ice for the Navy’s dead in all wars -_ under way in front of the inistration building at the Submarine Base, Besides a number of Navy units that took part in the cere-, monies were the Guard of Honor of Arthur Sawyer Post, No. 28, Ame Legion, and the band of the student body of Key West , High School, and the fife and drum’ corps of the Cuban Boy The above photo shows the Navy experimenting with the “Loon,” a German designs. KUV-1, this weapon is roaring into the air with the aid of four Mons- aute rockets and soon wings its way ever the Pacific seeking its target. (Oficial U, S. Navy Photograph) | Street Places the ceremonies, the eg ome “ ° a submarine, pass- | This M b the enttance of |) % MOP deck were carried | BREAKING INTO STEAK “to comimemorate |, puaters 0 commemorate) tN; “ANOTHER SERVICE: HITS : \ Thieves early = <ais morning dryddeked in fll view of hun-' broke into two Duva Istreet plac- dreds of spectators. The whole es of business, according to re- oper -was completed in less | ports.on file in the office of Sher- minutes. iff Berlin Sawyer f that sub's a big thing, An unidentified man, wearing a isn't it,” was the frequent com- . U.S. Naval uniform, smashed one ment ‘of the visitors. a ‘of the front windows of the Paul The Odax is 310 feet long, but , Sher store, 532 Duval street, and when she is afloat at her dock Stole an unestimated amount of she doesn’t look to be more than merchandise. Tg 150 feet long. She has a 27-foot | Chief Deputy Sheriff “Moreno beam and draws about 17 fect, i Wallace was called to the scene so that the ship actually looked at 3:20 a.m. today and found the big on the* marine railway. , window leading into the store , Eatlierin the day the two broken. Wallace says witnesses ye. Gi. thie) Atietiedn Legion | testified a sailor had done the act contest were given a “change of and was seen reaching into the pipet posta the | 17nt show window. command ho tignt a | The man ran in Duval and dis- Ee Ete eat pinta pappested Si ght tate ae iJ cording to Wallace. e deputy street, was thus made honorary shoriff got some well defined oe officer of the Me- ‘fingerprints from pieces of the dre, and Marilyn Bennett, 730° broken window. Baton: street, was made honorary ; Barly this morning a_ sailor er rity a. me ‘ide | identified as Richard Wood reach- ‘Continu mn Page Eig! afternoon During ‘submarine USS Odax was haul-| ed up the marine railway and/ the ; front of the Steak Inn, now oper- jated by Mrs. Leonard Guerro, ‘and stole two large empty bottles , advertising whisky. Deputy Sheriff Samuel witnessed the sailor's theft of the | bottles and gave chase. After firing a couple of shots into the j air Wood submitted to arrest. The PULL LEVER NO. 3A —— Re-Elect —— LOUIS CARBONELL Clean - Capable and Aggressive (Paid Political Ady, By a Friend) Perea. Bechet G2 bottles were recovered. Wood is NE | iQ be given a hearing later before WE ARE SAULIC B E | Peace Justice Ira Albury. SPECIALISTS \ The Veterans of Foreign Wars Cordially Invite You to NAVY DAY DANCE TONIGHT Featuring HARRY CHIPCHASE and ALL HIS BOYS Vocals by Miss Grace Baker. At the Clubrooms 2nd and Flagler Avenue DOOR PRIZES Reasonably Priced Refreshments ADMISSION, 25c PER PERSON (Tax Included) a Law Smith Auto Service | White et ny Pl Qpen Today We Can Still Highly ‘Recommend the Cool Rest Of A Drive Oui To WEAVERS STOCK ISLAND Damas avy Base, Concluding’ Navy Day Ceremonies wvvvw vw verwrrrwwwe Late Bulletins (By The Associated Press) AAAASABAAADAAAOBA CRASH KILLS 44 CHAMBER TO BE: HOST TO WRITERS HERE FOR UNVEILIN Sereen Writer Flares Up At | scar Key West Chamber “6f Com- . ‘ Un-Am. Hearing merce tonight will play host at La H (By"The Associated Presa)! harrier ity on eer | WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. £'0f writers, “editors and photog ‘John Howard Lawson, one of 1B 7°” hers who are coming here to | i cover the 20th anniversary cele-, ™ | with 36 passengers and eight crewmen aboard, crashed today j today # ‘passing a law to provide Europe Mb chris Saees ,ed over the top of a screen in) Bath ' screen writers, who have. be ANKARA.—-A transport plane, summoned. to testify before the | house un-American: investigating | in a storm while on its way from CO™Mittee had a tilt this morn-' this city to Athens, Greece. The ottones Committee Chairmah hemengeriabyayan sory pagthestiseea sl When Lawson'sat in the wit- for the plane and victims, ness chair, he asked to be per- mitted to read a prepared state. ' SURPRISE WITNESS ment. Thomas, in denying the , WASHINGTON. — The house "eauest, told: Lawson he» was, un-American investigating com- there to answer questions and mittee today said that probably 9°t to read a statement of his tomorrow it would produce a wit- °Pinions to. the committee. | Lawson hotly replied that the. investigation robbed him of his | constitutional rights, and that he; refused to be forced into: an-' ate UU swer the committee’s questions.* | CLIPPER CRASHES? Thomas replied that Lawson! JUNEAU, Alaska. — A Pan could elect to reply or not to re- | American Airways clipper is sup- ply, and reminded him that, if posed to have crashed somewhere he refused to answer questions, in Alaska early today. The pilot he could be cited for contempt reported to the station here that of a congressional committee. || he was caught-in a storm 187 Lawson answered a few ques: j miles from this city. Nothing tions directly, but | since hes been heard from him, commit himself on most of the: ness. whose name has been kept secret, who will ;connect com- munists in Hollywood with So- viet officials in Moscow. and searching organized to look for the plane, RELIEP_ MEASURE | WASHINGTON.—It was hinted jbeing invaded. f Eric. Johnson, who is -the di, recting head of the moving pic- ture industry, was due to testify ! be at. later in the afternoon. It. was, a $4 billion income tax cut. Presi- position \ that the committee’ ‘Ss is said to favor a proceedings are unconstitutional, tax for husband and ' 5 : te ety nea” | Laking Motion — Five Held For Pictures Here John Sandborn, Lakeland, who | Robbery; To Be is employed by the Sfate Road Department, was in Key West , x over the week-end taking mo- ; In Court Tuesday tion pictures which will be dis- | tributed in | dons | Split i Wife which : : the public schools Five men arrested in connec- | and colleges of the: state. tion with the robbery of two} About 20 minutes of color Naval chief petty officers on | film will be shown of Key West jWhitehead street between [and vicinity. Miss Marion Pick- jGreene and Caroline streets, |en= 4, USO attache, and Frank jearly Saturday, will be arraign- ' Adams, director of the USO, left jed before Peace Justice Ira: Al-|witn sandborn Saturday for one |bury at 4 p. m, Tuesday. of the bridges on Overseas |. Those charged with the of- | Highway. Hense are Frank Fraga, Kirkwood |Bethel, Woodrow Niles, Evelio | Estevez and Helio Lopez. They Jare being held in County jail, but will be released if they post bonds of $1,500 each. It is alleged the men attacked and robbed Edward Cwynar and William Krouse. Patrolman Wil- son Jolly was forced to fire sev- ‘eral revolver shots into the air jin order to capture some of the men. Sandborn will make a motion picture of Miss Pickens catching a fish. KNOTTY WHITE PINE PANELS | — at — | | STRUNK LUMBER YARD PHONE 816 SEAT COVERS | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS : 121 Duval Street | Wewsem Phone 442 eee ST i PULL LEVER NO. 5A It's A Vote for FRED J. DION A Property Owner Who Will Protect Your Interests (Peid Politient Adv. By « Friend) Feed | Where Can You Get 2 Fresh Eggs Crisp Bacon - Toast | Georgia Ice Cream a Coffee For Only 35e Duffy's Tavern! | 8 A.M. - 10 A.M. ; | We Bake All Our Own Pastry | Including | Fresh Danish Pastry. Daily | Apply to the bration of Pan American Air. ways tomorrow. There will be upwards of .50 representatives of the press who will fly down. here late today. They-will be guests of the Cham- ber at a turtle steak dinner to- night. __With them will come officials of the Pan American Airways, and officials from Washington and Tallahassee. Many of these officials will remain overnight at Miami, but some of. them are known to be coming here. 9 a. m, tomorrow at Meacham Field, Mayor Nicolas Castellanos of Havana will un- veil a monument marking the site of Pan American Airways’ first flight take off and the be- ginning of the first scheduled daily international air service under the United States flag. At 10 a. m., the newsmen and distinguished guests will times the speed. Goyernor Caldwell will unvei another monument}. at Ranchos Boyeros Airport in Havana after welcome. from Cuban..Minister | 25 to. become known. around Alberto ; the world as “The Columbus of of — Communications Cruz. Boarding a plane at 3:30 p.m. the group will;fly direet to Mi ami fora banquet dt.7 p. m., at Columbus Hotel. City Group Also Will Attend Meet Commissionet Albert Cooper, together with two member’ of the Key West Housing Author- ity, Joseph Cates and Ralph Bethancourt, left over the high- way this morning to appear be- fore the joint committee on hous- | \ ' 1 ' | Parties have been questions, still maintaining that ae sen ae Acct 7s bi ROR TS has his constitutional rights were vite rt _ the fight of into a I . += that first PAA Clipper, at three Juan Terry Trippe as Pan Am- i | i if ! | { Pan American’ JUAN T. TRIPPE ... his dream came true Trippe Sees PAA Dream Come True A dream that had its begin- take | ning in the marveling mind of; materialized full-blown . reality for erican World Airways marks its Ou armiversary.. ee a 4 lt all began when the lad who the Airways” attended an air show at a county fair back in 1910. While other boys his age were still playing with toy fire engines, Juan Trippe was dreaming of the daredevil stunts he had witnessed and of | learning to fly himself. Some- ; Airways Observes | | 20th Birthday Of First’ International CIALS ALSO EXPECT: | | ED IN KEY WEST TO.’ Flight, Key West To Havana ¥MORE THAN 7,000,000 PASSENGERS CARRIED POUNDS OF MAIL AND AIREXPRESS; INITIAL FLIGHT FROM HERE ON OCTOBER 28, 1927 T= world’s most experienced! airline is 20’years old tomor- row. Pan American World whose 100,000 miles of routes blanket the Western Hemi and girdle the globe, is rounding out two decades of spectacular growth since its first . flight October 28, 1927, from Key West, Fla., to Havana, Cuba. « Since then, America’s first reqularly scheduled internatjonal mail and passenger airline has flown more than, 7,000,000 pas- sengers—as many-as the combined populations of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Nicarag- ‘Officer’s Quick peony “agra Action Stops Serious Mishap | IN TWO DECADES; HANDLED 465,012,755 | have carried 465,012,755 — lbs. of mail and airexpress — enough to fill a freight train 75 miles long. And in those 20 years, PAA’s Clipper fleet. has flown. the. as- | Roy Thomas, 12, colored, of |tf9nomical total of 540,311,479 |719 Chapman Lane, almost caus- | MiJes—the equivalent of 1,131 ed serious accident to himself |tUnd-trips to the moon. jand Motorcycle Officer Gene | Back in 1927,, aviation was an \Hernandez Sunday afternoon at |¢citing and dangerous novelty. |12:30 o'clock, when he went |But Juan Trippe,: first: and only |through a red light at the cor-|President of Pan American Air- ner of’ Simonton ang Southard | 4¥s, envisioned aviation as the | streets. transportation of an American | Hernandez turned his motor- | 8 line plying global airlanes, cycle in a desperate attempt to | C@!"YN& Passengers and, cargo ,avoid crashing into the colored | *fely, quickly and economical; , youth, but struck the back wheel | '¥- of the boy’s bicycle. The youth left the scene of the accident unhurt, but Hernandez ;Suffered a bruised and swollen | eg. ~ Dream Comes True Today, that dream is a reality. Flying Clippers roar across. the Atlantic and Pacific, over moun- tains and. jungles, to GURL» COL- ner-of -the globe. Re ae %, eta great «deal more than ambition, aii > and we to Sant Pee woe ‘ ae Se ee vights, Pan Ameriten had to negotiate with many ‘countrie; and buck strong government- subsidized European airlines. It also had to work with air- , craft manufacturers in develop- ing bigger, faster, longer-range | planes, Except in a few cities, PAA had to build its own airport erid terminal facilities, Weath- | Witnesses to the accident stat- ed: Sunday. that had not Hernan- dez swerved tothe right, a seri- jous accident, possibly a fatal one, } mighe: have occurrede:., | “Hernandez was going south on Simonton and Thomas was traveling west on Southard Street. \Firing Notice Given By Navy A firing notice was issued to- day by the Naval Base. where along the way that dream became linked with another—a dream of a world-wide aerial network that would bring air transportation within the reach H of every class of traveler. | ing in Miami that is being held, ‘That dream began to take | at the Dade county court house. shape October 28, 1927, when! Mrs. Cooper aceémpanied the | Pan American Airways, te) party. iw! t ich he has served continuous- | Cooper had been advised by ‘ly as president, made its inaugu- | Washington of the Miami meet- val ,ing, where cities data for low-rent housing. ey veyen Vote for LOUIS M. J. EISNER. (Wt cuickiy ins A Property Owner and Friend of Key Westers (Pata Polit ODEO POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Phone 9134 ©‘ @ firm of investment bankers CHAMPION | Outboard Motors $127.00 SLED | House For Sale t 1023 WATSON ST. For Full Information City Manager will present , Florida, to Havana, Cuba. NO. 6-A Pennsylvania before enrolling in 4 Ady. By a Friend) Naval Ait Service, qualifying a3! | flight frorh Key West, Born in Seabright, N. J.,| June 27, 1899, Trippe attended private schools in New York and 1917° at Yale Uni upted college career, and in Decem ber, 1917, Trippe enlisted in the} a pilot. He returned to Yale in 1919 and was graduated with | the cl of 1922, Joined Banking Firm Sfter graduation Tripp? join following in his father’s foot steps. But flying was in his | blood. | short | In the span of — four ;years he helped organize and | e domestic airlin But | already he was envisioning the potentialities of an internation jal airline. When, in the spring of | i927, he beard a government ail contract was to be ad- | vertised for a voute between Key ; West and Havana, he decided to run down and look the situation: over. The west is history: He won the contract and Pan American Airways was founded. | | 662044244424024442) | ‘ FRESCRIPTIONS trerceteuce | Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists | GARDNER'S PHARMACY | 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela | Phone 177 Free Delivery | + ewwwwwwwvewvwes |Sunnery practi 3 | er and commui sys- Beginning tomorrow and and tems had to be blis ed. ending on the 3lst, there will be} pan Americon even to go strafing and in the small lake in the center of Barracuda Key; on a derilict one mile north of Boca Grande Key, and on a derelict in the Marquesas at latitude 24-38.5 north and longi- aircraft bombing, into thé hotel business to pro: vide suitable accommodations im some cities for Clipper pas. sengers, . Once air routes had been es- tabiished, ground and air crews ed and spare parts and siip- tude 82-17.5 west. The firing Ais spe nein a8 will be from’ § 8. m., to!mid., Puce Bored at each stallon. the night daily and there willbe | CUPP! ey Ro next problem was obtaining pas- anti-aircraft firing between 10 | Be a er and 11 a. m., tomorrow, about jSengera. and expnen and the alr 35 miles southwest of Key West. jee marist ei ea ‘aia All commercial aircraft: and |°"3® WS, @X in y eet s late as 1937, only 215,599 first and cabin class steamship passengers traveled annually be- tween the United States and Latin America; PAA carried 562 passengers that yea ose figures are in contrast to the 738,301 passen- (Continued On Page Seven) ships are warned to stay away | from those areas. DRVICE OFFICER HERE WEDNESDAY M. E. Benton, state service of- ficer, will the Monroe PI s service office on , October 29,_from 8 a. m. till 1 p. m., for the purpose | of assisting the veterans of this | community or their dependents | with whatever problems they may have. PULL LEVER NO. IA It's A Vote for A. Maitland Adams — For Efficient and Honest Govt. A ted de th be te tn bond dntndn tn eat Adv BRADY’S for. CHOICE POULTRY 1214 White Street Phone $40; ROMA ABASRH ONO AEe® RAUL’S CLUB Will OPEN Soon Under Personal Management of HECTOR BARROSO PALACE THEATER News and Features DAN DURYEA in “White Ties and Tails” First Class! Wanted MECHANIC) — Apply — NAVARRO, Inc. | Opposite Bus Station the Club will Be Known as ‘THE: DRIFTWOOD Watch The Citizen for the Opening Date I will make every effort and shall do everything possible to give the old atmosphere en- joyed by this club under the direction of Raul some 10 to 12 years ago. HECTOR BARROSO. PO en Pere aeg “PULL LEVER 3A —Re-elect LOUIS CARBONELL to the CITY COMMISSION—PULL LEVER 3A 5