The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 5, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mos. equable climate in the country, With an ‘average fange of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST —-—... VOL. LXVII. —N No. 263 U.N. Facts and Faces... 2... ++. « « IRAQ i x County May Purchase = | | | | NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1947 I She Key West Citize IN THE U.S. A. UNOFFFICIAL RETURNS of “Adams, Out In Front By Large Plurality, To Become ‘Ne : Meacham Field F General Municipal Election — rom NN \ | | | Mayor Of Cit i Tuesday, November 4, 1947 | y y Al ey | Saas Sh ly i Porter For $1 5 5 000 Ny , TOTAL VOTE CAST: 3,897 NAVY'S ACQUISITION OF POINCIANA PROJECT AP. vex : { PROVED BY MORE THAN THREE TO ONE BOARD DELAYS CONSID-« vO \\ses | ee ene Comey met ae | VOTE; OTHER PROPOSALS ON BALLOT ALSO i : af | BacHoaoe Se ee eae a : 5 ERATION OF ela, County Moves | | CANDIDATES — PoP ge Pos Fr eg APPROVED FOR AIRPORT UNTIL | Mn, Ky & Ey Fy 5 5 z A. Maitland Adams, with a vote of 1,905: Louis Carbonell, 1,209, NEXT WEEK Toward Buying | 2 a cd ad a bad and Fred J. Dion, 1,048, were elected.city commissioners at the zi = ei ia Ki general municipal election held terdi Seng Field may be pur- W, a r : pbaus ee SU NP ene Adams will be named “ene ES William W. Demer- os Bpitien Be Pes ter est Martello! I R A Q le rigs x = : ALBURY 18 53 30 73 32, 50 256 itt, according to information given The Citizen today. , the city's. tax suit for $20,000 Ih “3 <i BOs io - : Total vote cast was far in excess of what was indicated ai 2:30 seals we property, Chairman | ACCEPTS QUIT CLAIM DEED; full! ell, | CARBONELL 122 233 109 3031913321209 clock yesterday afternoon, when the total stood at 1,725, as com- rank Bentley told the Count; | i : | Sees Commission last night. | FROM WAA; COUNTY Now| Iraq is the legendary birthplace of the | COOPER 7% 85 54 158 162 127 682 ~ : byes Prt ban cissenicat tia The commission did not take| LOOKING FOR SAND FOR! ’ i rn $ oa action on the offer, but deterred 7 famed rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, | DION a 2296 ter ioe 225 1087 Rankin Pushed — | arearea_ thatthe voie decision on the question unti{ aft-| BEACH i cradle some of the most fertile land in the | - ee jwould be about 3,000, but later er George E. Baker, presidegt of National Airlines, comes here for a conference with the county of-! ficials next Tuesday. Baker when here recently said he was interested in the airfield in Key West and he might con- County Commission last night j moved a step nearer ownership of West Martello Tower by Vot- | ing unanimously to accept the | quit claim deed to the property, | which the county will use as a sider buying it for “a reasonable {each site, from the War Assets | figure.” Just what he meant by ; Administration. a “reasonable figure” was not! The’ WAA recently accepted | ~ known ast night by the mem- (the county’s payment of $28,000 bers of the county commission. ‘for the land and issued the quit | “I think we should wait unél|Claim deed. On motion of Com-! Mr. Baker gets down here and we ;™issioner W. A. Parrish _ the | discuss it with him,” said Com-|commission accepted the WAA | missioner W. A. Parrish. quit claim deed, and the prop- | “Well, I’m .not in favor of pay-\¢rty.soon will be turned over to} Mu Popter’ the» equivalent of the county on a warranty deed. | 000 for MeachamePicid,” said "The €étunission atse took some ¥ action on, the proposal*of Engi- neer R. D. Spalding to have the | county take some immediate ac- | tion toward providing about 15,- 000 cubic yards of sand fer ithe | beach at MartellowTower. Chairman Frank Bentley said | $1 Chairman Bentley. “This whole question is really a matter that is up to th ity of Key West,” declared Parrish. “We are paying $8,000 a year right now for the airport which bene- fits only Key West. The city, should take that into considera- jt was estimated the sand; if i) tion when it comes to the aues- | w was crushed by the Navy ou | coethicgert ie Brertek bill against | Dredger's Key, would cost the e airport lan $ ayaa: Rater ron nner ceenenes ORE Can Bly: the sand! at eBine®ote\ | ab inaaing tire Hedy id would Pot or crush it and pay the | cost us after it was condemned. | hs ae it oe eee 's Key,” Then we have to pay the whole |S#id Bentley is going to in legal bill, including the property |V@lve the county in a lot of awnena’ |work to crush the sand. | County Attor Paul Sawyer | Commissioner Clarence Higgs interposed to r k. that. the {then introduced a motion, which | county did not have to accept the Wes pa sed, to have the matter bill for the land as handed down jttrned back to Spalding to get} by the court. this estimates of tac cost of sand “And the question of legal fer [at various plz is part of the price you pay, Sawyer. “If you did not eu the condemnation price, then you! ‘Meeting F riday wouldn’t have to pay the rene | fees.” ‘ide Fate ilies oagriocn: | EO Decide Fate * Gerald Saunders, seconded by (Et SETS) OfKey West USO: ion in ane: matter until | | Fate of the Key West USO aft jer the USO finishes its work on December 26 will be decided at la meeting Friday noon of Navy. \eity and other officials at the Jackson Square building. Lunch- eon will be served. Among those who are expec Repairs. are sorely needed on) to atend the meeting are Capt. | No Maris wooden bridge, ; Carl Hilton, Dr. William Kemp, Mrs. Frances B. Baker, a resi- {the Rev. John E. Pickens, Earl dent of No Name Key, told the | Hamilton, tea mes, alge e ty Commission last | Pearlman, Paw lesa, Jr., rs. Mom Ee W. F. Bowery, Harold Laubscher, , Commissioner W. P. Parrish’s ic plain A; V. Sporrer of te motidh to.eontact te tats oid | ‘The Rev, J. H. Johnson, SJ, Deven erate number of | Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., Capt. sell ‘the | county a ight inches | Cat Johnson, executive officer of | timbers 20 feet long, cig" the Submarine Base; Mayor W. wide and three inches thick to| \" Daraetitts; Victor Lowe sity repair the bridge leading to Big | Manager O. J. S. Ellingson, Na- Pine Key, Pp d. }than H,. Pepper, Charles Lewis, Sam Goldsmith appeared | regional supervisor of the USO- fore the commission and re-| yyjca, Miss Ruth Orndorff, re- quested the can notion» ft inne supervisor of the USO- subdivision survey mace | NCCS. property he controls on Mate-| The members of the military | cumbe Key. The motion by Co: affairs committee of the Chamber | missioner Parrish to permit hin i Commerce. They are Clem C. to do so passed unanlr pay i; chair! man; P. Scher, Louis} Goldsmith said a n been made in the orig vey and another was being pre- pared. Wooden firider To Be Repaired ; < be- | s of the USO local staff, ank Adams and Mrs. Eileen S. | Coughlin. will also attend. 1 | ewww www wwe v vee ae Hydraulic Brake co | BRADY’S | Lou Smith Auto Servi ont is Phone No. § White at Flem' nina arte CHOICE POULTRY | liaue White Street Phone 540) RS MADAARAR ALA AARSA. world, Mountainous in the north and low in the south, the country’s range of tem- peratures is from below freezing to 120 degrees in the shade. Iraq, im addition to agricultural and grazing crops, is a great producer. | of oil, much of which is carried by pipeline to ports in Palestine. Iraq is represented at United Nations Headquarters by Ali Jawdat, Ambassador to the United States, The flag of Iraq has black, white and green horizontal bai with two white stars in a red field. Humphrey Bogart, Laureen Bacall Arrive In Key West | On’ Saturday, November. 151: WELL - KNOWN. MOVIE Goal Set Ate STARS TO BE, HERE 100PercentIn. | FOR FIVE Pays oF «> Jr. Red Gross FISHING “One hundred per Cent. enroll: 1 Humpilitey ‘Bogart and rabiee ht Bacall are due.:o arrive im Key; alsin 3 West Saturday,’ November 15, | iment for service in the Amer- |. crs) ™" fora’ stay of five days. |ican Red Cross is the goal set for! 14, 444 Mrs. Bogart will stay the schools of Key West, Red) it the Hotel La Concha during {Cross Chapter,” Mrs. N. H. Pep-|their five-day visit in the Is-j per, Junior Red Cr chairman, land City. i Already classrooms have announced today. sev eral individual While here. the Bogarts intend Division and Simonton Streets 7 AM. - 10 A.M. DAILY and SUNDAY We Bake All Our Own Pastry including Fresh Danish Pastry Daily ... to Take Out First Class| | MECHANIC) | am ‘Wanted — Apply — NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite Bus Station EISNER 91 143 67 209 120 222 852 f | sso Sheiitbepnnscel cartiouils meh q , particularly af. FREEMAN 12 38 Pr 21 48 32 162 Out 0 Contest i 5 o'clock, there was a rush at For U. S. Senator: the polls, with residents casti - their ballots as fasi as they we | HARDEN 105 188 56170110253 BBR checkedauo! | = — pane “sis, ov. | But, voters inereased in | HIGGS 39 100 441 90 78 88 436 JACKSON, Miss. "Nov. 5.— rts faste tha athe | ROBERTS 9 15, 3 18 10 20 75 who ed a “white supre- | persons were still in ihe, at the niacy” campaign, has been defi-\fourth, fifth and sixth precinct ROSS 340 43015 48 20 95-255 nitely eliminated from the race Polling places, and they were fonsiaceed: -the inten iheadore permitted to vote before the polls | SAUNDERS 3402516 5B 454A, ears i mectda te eee oe ie ilbo, who had been elected to; While the total vote fell more SAYLES 20 17 4 9 16 25 gi Office through stressing racial ' than 1,000 behind the number hatred, but similar tactics put in the 1945 election, yet the per- TAYLOR _ 57 95 25 34 «2113 63 287 Rankin far back in the race, with Centage was practically the same, as it is estimated that from 900 only 17,000 votes. ito. 1,200.. dete! Ps VILLAR 42° 22 12 58 89 50 273 Circuit Judge John 'T’ Stennis) a adc ats 4 a jwere in Key West at that time is apparently the winner, with a| 30g had aston tenet bieetaaeen be eemeaiiniaimeeniadidmetrtteiieieiiaieeemeaanianeemnanaamenel total ‘of 41414 votes, though jand had registered, had returned REFERENDUMS— YES NO : i :to their homes. will several hundred precincts are | “oat registration on the book APPROVING CHAPTER 24637 1022 477 yet lo report. Two other candi- leas GOSTMibub Ne is° doubEful dates have totals of more than! ; en Soni ees jthe number of voters still he APPROVING: SALE.OF LAND 1168 628." ip ireached the 5,000 mark, so that Besides Stennis and Rankin, x ; the: other: candidates aueiRepre- the 3.897;,who voted was about ZONING’ FOR CEMETERY 1070 941 catadive! William: *M. #€olmer, oe oa Mey ea oe F — Paul B. Johnson, Jr. Forrest | Pere sie PRC TED LEGAL CH. TRANSFER OF POINCIANA 1547 505 Jackton and a Republican, L. R.|/ections. Collins | The election pa | i a ered jy. Before noon it PUBLIC IS INVITE P . See | ermil Asked {sions of the voters, jand Carbonell would be el but there was peculation about the th Some thought it would For Marathon AUDUBON MOVIE SHOW na to get their share of the excel i J others that it would be UH | i AS ; y + i iveached this goal. llent fishing in Key West waters. *National Society President mpt ovements Harden and _ stili i This will give boys and girls} Bogart and Bacall, Hollywoud | qv : Th | Chanles ilo ; Louis Bisener would be ¢ ogd aca olly wo re es (ee , : Toppino, of Key West, Dene ennortuniiys oucletigetthicni= | atarcoappsered eine tie mdartne Committee To i To Give Lecture With a Rea Estes Goise Of ei f # peel ‘ ndidat selves é zs the | way novel movie, “To Have and | . A ‘¢ nineers of the deps of the |results turned out, the st celvesuto; sald «ine nieeting the i ‘To Have and; 5 Showing Of Films Here {°° of the department of the |e ee On é citheiecommunity. the 'To Have Not.” The book had a resume owar Army in this district for the leounded slave _i Key West background, but it T, V5 nedification of a permit issued ,/CUNGe d the children of oth- | Ke A H faery modification ¢ permit issu ; : ; Se geting |was changed in the movie to a} | ‘Tomorrow Night to him on April 2 1946, to con-; Adams and Carbonet! The American Junior Red ;South American setting Huches Hearing Monroe County Audubon So- |struct a marginal wharf and to [eusare wey baa biate als ae big Eevee in tuilitsry jandsalso,| Bacall is as rn vie fa te) Giety teddy extended, anv invita. (dredge in f lorida off AG ee Gator ilian hospitals, providing en e t vere as he Look { Madd Associated Press) es se Se 2 foot of vird street in the ara- 7 cea hs pro fae holiday | The Bogarts' reservations were} WASUINGY™N, Nov. 4 — {on to the public ¢ attend its thon Beach subdivision at Mara ee ne ft ' favors, make toys for blind chil. {made by telephone last night. “Chairman Ferguson of the senate Meeting in Harris Elementary ‘thon | Supporters of the victo dren and children in war-devas-, Bogart first reached. national! \... contracts investigating com. ene! 2t 8, Oclock Thursday | As now applied for, the permit {found the city two tated areas, and correspond with ‘movie recognition in the movie, | “2? Contracts investigating com- night, so that all residents of includes the construction of a|'@st night cele 1 ther “children throughout the “Petrified Forest.” Bogart has. mittee, has decided to resume Key West and the Flovida Key. higakwater that will extend 150 [ete accompanied world, thereby creating a better enerally been cast in “tough immediately the hearing into the Whether members or not, may ‘feet out in the bay from the hit at played several of tI dere een between nations. .8"'3 eS jaward of a contract to Howard Share and enjoy the event. There | highwater mark | swan song’ Sie Miss Bi sensation in; Hughes to construct giant ply- will be no charge Colonel willis Fleoerthe pral reasons g the play “Tr e and To Have : wood planes for the government. | John Bakes, president of the ‘corps of it is not | ‘be un ually. la My ‘Re orts onuctadlen Not.” She has not appeared in! The “go ahead,” Ferguson as- National Audubon Society. proposed to hold uring on | Adams, and chief atny many movies since her opening | serted, that was given Hughes to famed naturalist and consers fe. lication, and that if any. (that. when he was chan f k T P li success. | start work on the plane was done tionist, will lecture on bird life body wishes to make objections {the Federal Publie Bi e to rotce : = against the decision of several and present two motion pictures they may be filed with the En- |therity in Key West, ie ta 1 officers in the war contract serv- in color. The major film will ‘gineers’ Office in Jacksonville, [tHe Mrning over of 220 vil. in Mrs, Lewis Kropp, 114-C Poin- Voting Mishkan ives. show southern birds, empha z % * |Poinciana to the Na ' ‘ciana, reported ; police teat a The plane or flying boat is the ing the species of the cu: I Y lafter he made that deci ' be 24-inch frame bicycle hai een T R h | B ] largest in the world. When |waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A A hb lk "f. by term expired, and he wa ' stolen from nes 3 idence. ee 0 9choo 2OALTC Hughes recently launched it, he | scond film will depict bird lite mouranc <i) 4a pointed. That the pr e ! ‘color of the bicycle is red and had invited members of the sen-' jn the Audubon nature m bd Key West suppe 1 " : Ae heey aa x 5 z camp in Pt ' cream, with license number 2001, fi ae county ? SOnng: machines }ate war contracts investigating Maine, showing birds that aré In Accident: a large majority wa ’ | and serial number C441119. Fe ee Ly Ce ree | commitice to attend the trial, but |ccon in Key West in the 1 istrated in the electio: ' school trustees at an early date, 7 shes mt Lt. J. H. Smith, Navy doctor, & no member was tt when ' tion season. a 1,573 voted to give the ‘ t were voted by the County | the prelimin: a ¢ held. Bird-lovers ace pum and Ann Griffen were involved |units to 507 who wer ft LIGHT... RICH... ae Kounty Schval Bepart-| Hughes ts 1943, and the plane, iene Avila y's an of Wallan and Caro than three to one y . 7) = ent. . . ° f DELICIOUS : | was thought then, could have ar Caen Rae | Snes att Fae ' ' Two of the machines will be | been built for $18 million, but the .ROUnCeMent, and the program 1s driven by Ann Grif-|yoted on ene Oe ¢ A K ES placed in Harris School and the cost is $4 million in excess of 'CXPected to be of special interest ‘fen carried the license number |po cmetion ne neo 4 | High School Annex and others | that amount. po paentssdesttingstaysiaut thew lg iogeandyls owned: byiC.R. artnet: sy ychildren in an apprecia Obie cars ‘ting the city to a SYRUP - BUTTER will be at the Chamber of Com- | Williams : nae , 4 CRISP BACON ¢ merce, at Marathon: the Mat the beauties and values of isi Bo Oifiten sWileonme Jolly invcstia {park purposes a tri or : zi WEAVER'’S ALPHABET hildren, likewise, will enjoy the ',, ae Sit |Island carried by a vote of i,tdl COFFEE cumbe School, and the Taver. ‘ i ating the accident for the police | 4°, “4gq ; ; nier School. | is for: Bee the announcement department, said that Ann Grif- jto dee and . at pin for Request for the machines was Fen une : fen had no driver's licens a dog race trac to 687 Duffy S Tavern made by Willard M. Albury,, * NOODLES We. use of but Baker has agreed wo alter his “hich “Vehicle, sufferca bnly {The cemetery project way up county superintendent of schools. soub wea eet oun (Continued On Page Eight) |proved by 1,140 minor damage, to 926. ter and chicken. pe it was reported 2. RQODLE..Use yours and ea' | SERS ETI 3 NUTS—We catch one occa-! POOR OLD CRAIG sionally. SERVICE STATION WEAVER’ S$ Division at Francis Phone 9134 | PET OSES PALACE THEATER EENDA JOYCE in CHAMPION “DANGER WOMAN” | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PAR’ - TS sTOCK ISLAND (Outboard Motors $127.00, News and Features 121 Duval Street baz SS ee WEES Phone 442 exam