The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 29, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the : ee most equable climate in the ; country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXVII. ‘No. 234 City Cleaning Up In Wake THE Eddy Arrives’ Of Wind; At Jackson Sq. Eugene B..Eddy, an experienc-j t ° No I OSS Estimate USO director, who hails from Norfolk, Va., arrived here this 26 BOATS SUNK OR* DAMAGED; U.S. NAVY LOSES BLIMP AT BOCA CHICA Key West busy today clearing the streets of trees, limbs and debris that were blown yesterday in the high wind which occurred during the afternoon. Everything was pretty well cleared by noon. Robert Dopp, director of the city’s depart- ment of public service, said he expected to finish the work of was clearing the streets by late to- day. There was no_ positive esti- mate of the damage here. About 26 fishing and pleasure boats were either sunk or damaged and there was no way of estimat- ing the losses in that regard. In Garrison Bight, 15 boats were either sunk or damaged. It is known that eight of them sank. On South Beach seven ships were reported sunk, at Thompson Enterprises, Inc., two the Jackson Square USO build- ing, at least until December 26, ‘President At Army And N vy here for some time, and_intro- ‘duced around the city. Among Football Game the men he met were Mayor A. ueiomwed abe lajeaueces} | Maitland Adams and Acting City he io 1 Manager Edwin Trevor. ! WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. —) Adams leaves tomorrow for | President Truman and members New York City on the first leg of his family and cabinet left x aoe lod: be are ee an “48 0’ i jaska,. where he has en here by train at 8:48 o'clock this named. by the Army and Navy ;Morning to attend the Army- Department of the YMCA as di- Navy football game in Philadel-;. rector of its Alaskan operations. Adams will organize a branch West. He was met by Frank Adams, | Phia this afternoon. They ar-/ {the YMCA in’ Fairbank 3 bee ‘ ae ig of the in Fairbanks, an eee in that city at 11:30 then move on to Anchorage, where he is to establish another. While the President was on his | oe Commission To | way to Philadelphia, Senator | Robert O. Taft said that he will: “go along” with the President ;in his stop-gap program for; aiding Europe, but that he will ; fight several of the provisions; pjiscussion of the proposal to embodied in the Marshall Plan. |} consolidate certain city depart- Senator Taft said he will Op- ments, in keeping with its policy pose several measures in the of economical operations, wil long-aid plan, and will insist on mark the meeting scheduled for sank, and two other fishing}paring down the cost of other Tuesday night of the City Com- boats owned by the A & B Fish Company also sank. Dopp estimated that about 100 trees in various sections of the city blew down. They included a large laurel tree at Eaton and Bahama streets; another large tree at Eaton and Francis streets, and on Duval street, several in the vicinity of Casa Marina Ho- tel, and others at Catherine and Varela and at Catherine and Georgia streets. The U. S. Navy reported no material damage at the Subma- rine Bage, One of the blimps at the Naval Air Station Field at Boca Chica was blown from “its moorings, got into the air and then crashed. The helium gas escaped through an automatic vent. K Four men were in the blimp when it crashed, but all were re- ported uninjured. The wind had sustained velo- city of 54 miles an hour in Key West, with one gust of 60 miles. , At Boca Chica the, wind reach- ed a sustained velocity’ of 65. miles an hour and there were two gusts, one at 1:14 and the other at 1:21 p. m., of 86 miles an hour, Funeral For Juan Carbonell Tomorrow P.M. Funeral services for Juan Car- bonell, 76, who died Thursday night in Tanipa, will be held to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home. Dr. Felix Varela Lodge of Ma- sons will hold services at the graveside. Burial will be in the family plot, in Catholic Cemetery. Survivors: Widow, Mrs. Fer- nanda Carbonell; sons, Frank, John, Fred, Pubi and Ygnacio Carbonell; brother, Bernabe Car- bonell, Tampa; sister, Mrs. Tula’ Guito, Key West, and 10 grand- children, {measures. He concluded by as- | mission. serting that altogethtr too much } In announcing ‘the meeting of money is asked for to operate the commission ~ today, Acting the Marshall Plan. ‘City Manager Edwin Trevor said } tae eee Crary ; that nearly all questions of pol ‘icy and eneral ° discussions Honor Among \ vould he handled’ ‘by ithe city Th Thi O} ae eh office, tie pice of the Department of Public Serv- ese eves: jice or the office of the city |} BERLIN.—(AP).—Plagued by comptroller. j thieves who were stealing their} “There is no need for most {garden produce as fast ag it} complaints to réach the city com- |grew, a group of Germans put’ mission,” said Trevor. “We can :up signs around their garden‘ cut out a lot of the lengthy dis- plots reading: “Thieves are asked | cussions that were formerly held to leave something.” issi ae CEES HAL HODES, SMITTEN __ BY KEY WEST, BUYS : PROPERTY IN CITY _ Vice President Of Colum-*-— ! A . eos ‘my daughter and her two chil- bia Pictures ‘Visits Som Gren are coming here shortly { . to spend the next five months in | Here And Talks Of Is ; Key West. Everywhere I've been . I've sold your city to my rela- i land City tives and friends. | Hal Hodes, vice president of! “I’ve already made a rather Columbia Pictures Corporation, ; big investment in Key West likes Key West and has made business and residential prop- some investments here and plans erty. I plan on developing those to live in the city forever. | properties in the next year. The big, biue-eyed man, who! “As secretary-treasurer of the handles public relations and is a’ Picture Pioneers, whose _mem- “trouble shooter” for Columbia, | bers include 600 persons identi- made these statements yesterday , fied with the motion picture in- he sat in the bar run by his! dustry for 25 or more years, I Stanley (Stan) Hodes, on}€XPect to interest the members if of the organization in Key West. I don’t think it will be hard to lo. : n, , Southard street. j | “I’ve been all over the coun- try; I’ve lived in Miami and St.,7 Petersburg, but the finest weath- T didn’t tell anyone at Col- er, the finest place for loafing, |U™Mbia where I was going. I just is right here in Key West,” said | UP and left. T've been staying at Hodes. “I came down here with!™My son’s home at 218 Simonton a pair of slacks and half a dozen| Street, and. as | soon as your {sport shirts. I wear them, I like {Story hits the street I'll be the them, and no one looks at you. {Center of telegrams, telephone | “That's what I like about your Calls and conversations. But V'll leity. The informality of the en-|be on my way back to New Southeramust Garage in 0. 5. 1130 Duval Street Pho Auto Repairs, Painting. Body and Fender Work Geneine Aato Parte for All Cars exuuaneecntennnnty GRAND FINAL | eg Joneses. ? | (Sunday) to return to New York, | Heit, | panied by Jack Cohn, president tire place, the easy way you! ¥ ork Sunday. Thank have of living. It’s great not to | heavens. have to rush about and kill your- jself just to keep up with the; i, tomorow! HECTOR BARROSO Announces That His Plans Are Now Changed and HE WILL NOT OPEN RAUL’S CLUB . THIS SEASON | “I'm leaving here | but I'm planning on coming back : ‘here for a long vacation Feb-' ruary 27, And Ill be accom-! }of Columbia, and Hal Horne, a} ; producer with Hal Horne Pic- | tures. “My brother, Comdr. la L.} DANCE ii tenes et ee OL | Hodes, USN, Ret., his wife, and | | DRIFTWOOD TONIGHT with HARRY CHIPCHASE and All His Boys Featuring the Popular Young Vocalist, GRACE BAKER, at the ‘VFW Clubhouse 2ND and FLAGLER AVE. PLENTY OF FUN No Advance in Prices SUTTER LLL LLL Cal COUNTRY CLUB Music by the THREE SHARPS Saturday, 9 P.M. °til ? | Admission, $1.00 Per Couple | Sunday,2to6P.M. | Admission. 50c Per Couple FINE DRINKS ——Largest Dance Floor. | i with | D AN C E ye Barroso | AMERICAN LEGION | Spotight Band Will Be Operated by Hector, and He Invites the Tourists, His Patrons and Friends to Come to the Driftwood SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER morning to become director of; when the USO pulls out of Key} who has been director of the USO President Truman will attend and take part in the dedication of Meet Tuesday; ‘DANCE and HAVE FUN EVERYTHING READY | To Direct USO ; FOR DEDICATION OF EVERGLADES PARK' ; OUTSTANDING IN PROGRAM WILL BE ADDRESS, BY PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN; SEATS AVAILABLE FOR 8,000 SPECTATORS (Special to The Citizen) EVERGLADES, Fla., Nov. 29.—With definite assurance that the Everglades National Park here on December 6, preparations for epped up and a shorter program was adopted, suit- | able for nation-wide broadcast. Seats for 8,000 have been loaned by the Ringling Circus and everyone is expected to be seated at 1:45 p.m. The program, with John D. Pennekamp, legislative chairman of the commission, pre- | siding, will begin promptly at 2:00 o'clock with the invocation by ; Deaconess Harriett Bedell, missionary to the Seminole Indians. Aft- er a selection by the Fort Myers High School Band, which will furn- } ish music for the occasion, Chairman August Burghard of the Florida {Everglades National Park Commission, will introduce all the dis- tinguished guests, including Ernest F. Coe as the recognized “daddy” of the Park. A ‘ United States Senators Claude Pepper and Spessard L. Holland will speak briefly on matiers leading up to the creation of this new National Park and its value toy. the nation. . : t Governor Millard E. Caldwell ™unity Church, and the playing will formally present the Park of the Star Spangled Banner by | area, in the name of the state|the Fort Myers Band, the dis- of Florida, to all the people of tinguished guests will _ retire, the nation for their enjoyment, {other Suests remaining seated as recreation and education in ;the band plays a number of se- ! tropical plant and animal life. lections. Secretary of the Interior Julius | Preceding the formal program \A. Krug will respond to the! a luncheon will be given by the presentation and formally dedi- | Everglades National Park Com- {cate the area to be preserved as|mission to Governor Caldwell }a near-wilderness in perpetuity and the distinguished visitors. {for the people of the United | Ladies of this group will be en- ! States. |tertained by a group of Ever- The President of the United! glades ladies working with Mrs. States will then deliver an ad-! Miles Collier. dress. ; At the same time, about 1,500 After benediction by Rev. B.| invited guests will partake of a ‘A. Finn of Everglades Com-! (Continued On Page Tivo) FRENCH PREMIER | STRIKES. OPENLY — | AT COMMUNISTS *Schunian. Tells. Aanealay! I. Given ‘Power, He Will! yes Haye Na Pily In Dealing! 'Man Arrested | After Smashing Delaney’s Car Enh ene amncter eran ith Them. i i 1 ! ARIS, Nov. 29. — Premier ' Carl Buhrman, 21, of New] Robert Schuman hit directly at {York City, was arrested at 9]the Communists today, while “p. m. last night for reckless driv- jing after a car he was operating ,crashed into a car driven by asking the.national assembly to give him power to invoke dras- ‘Francis X. Delaney, 623 Division| tic measures against France’ , Street, near Marathon. 2,000,000 strikers. ! None of the occupants of eith-} Inferentially, he also slapped jer car was injured. In Delaney’s the Russians. ‘car were his mother, Mrs. Sy! 1} Ae h , Delaney, his sister, Mrs. Louisa | ‘f Siven the ! Park, her husband, Gilmore Park | have no pity on the Communists land their sons, John and Bob| who had been sent to France to | Park. vee se Delaney reports the accident | °t" UP Unrest. happened at the northern limits | 1% commenting on that pa: ‘of Marathon. He charged Bu of Schuman’s speech, a broad- |man with sideswiping and seri-|caster recalled that three days ago he ordered 20 Russians ex- He declared that, | he would power, }ously damaging his 1939 Chevro- let. Buhrman had a sailor riding with him in his 1939 Buick. Schuman also asked for more severe penalties for persons con- victed of having committed | sabotage, and for any persons | apprehended in attempts to cause ‘a riot. ‘Metal Roofings — at — TRUNK LUMBER YARD PHONE 816 2 l TO CHRISTMAS et Aad ddd bbb dtdteidei ind teitedbetebedtbetedndnid > person LAST TIME TONITE! pensox SALLY RAND AND HER STAR “STUDDED REVUE” WITH 8 OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRLS Three Complete Shows . — 10:30 P.M. — 12:30 A.M. Tickets: $}20 =a CLUB TROPICS Key West's Most Popular Nite Club 8:30 I IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1947 ¢ | USMC, { pelled from France, and that the | tetian Church in remark was directed at Russia. ie daughter, Mr @ Truman’s Advance Detail Arrives In City This Morning % NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AMONG EARLY ARRIVALS HERE; CONFER WITH SUB BASE OFFICIALS Advance guard to represent President Truman during his visit to Key West and for some days after next Wednesday arrived in the city today and immediately went into conference with officials of the Submarine Base. Among those who arrived here were a Naval Intelligence offi- cer, who cooperates with the Secret Service men guarding the Presi- 4sdent, a press representative and one other man, not immediately identified. Veterans Decide ‘ To Build Home | srevisw vii ot president tre 2 {man, it is believed the Naval On Elizabeth § . Intelligence man engaged in con- 2 versations regarding safety regu- As a result of the special jations to be ‘put into effect be- jmeeting called by Commander ' 5 ee riniadat, GPS Jack Clark of the Veterans of ‘ween - eadatmee - i Foreign Wars for last night, Field and the Submarine Base. . { Plans for the future location of! Last time the President came the club rooms were agreed on! to Key West the entire route LOYAL FRISBIE. editor of the|by 2 unanimous vote of the. tne. president followed was Polk County Democrat, Bartow. | members present. i 1 was elected president of the! Building operations of a con- carefully gone over by Secret Florida Press Association at the | ‘rete building on Elizabeth Service men and Naval and oth- A { street, near Caroline street, will‘er officials responsible +for Mr. annual meeting held in Sti pegin at once, Commander Clark ‘Truman's safety Petersburg recently. Other of-; ., He added - a H : z tsaid. He added that he hoped U. S. Marines have been as- ficers elected were Louie Wads- \ everything can be completed be- ae is bey worth, Suwannee Democrat, Live |fore Christmas for a house-} Signed to guard the President Oak. first vice president; Paul , Warming party. while he is in the Submarine Rardin, Everglades News, Canal! _As a grand finale to the loca-' Base. Marines will be stationed Point, second vice president: and| tion at Second and Flagler, Russell Kay, Florida Newspaper | where the club has been for the News, Tampa, secretary-treas- | !ast two years, a farewell dance {has been planned for tonight. uber: {Harry Chipchase and_ his bo: When the President went fish- Mrs F ¢ Br | will provide the mu ing he was accompanied | by 2 ir. u. Drown New President Of F.P.A. Or rouccvecsecocococe i | ‘at regular intervals all around , the temporary White Hous. at the Submarine. Base. ying that young ss | Capt Willard Saunders, USN, Grace Baker. 3 t ycompanging officer of the Sub- been, ni “4 1 s Plans have made to /'marihe Base;-dn ‘the dest trip he Died Last Night award stock during the danee | made here in March. Other boats carrying Secret | intermissions tonight. h Mrs. Frank Collins Brown |, Sper | Sow ieee menyend (wcwerebenmes died at the age of 86 years, at! BOY SCOUT EOUNCIL | and photographs, as well as 11:30 o’clock last night in the} MEETS MONDAY NIGHT ,... Reet Key West Municipal Toei : & : Cee ici party, ‘fullewed) the vessel after three years’ illness. eae Annual election of officers of carrying -Mrz ?Pruman and Capt. iées will be held at the Muni-| Monroe vounty district of Boy | Saunders. | + 3 fi Scouts, comprising 12 tttops,|: ‘The Ryesident made+ a’ quick cipal Hospital at 3:00 p. m., to- Coe oe bital at 3:00 Pp. m to Hill be held Monday night: be- | trip to Hiyeortugas on ‘that oc- made in the cemetery at St. {inning at 8 o'clock, in St“Paul’s | casion, it. Brau Saunders, Augustine, Fla., later in the | Hall, Bahama street. ‘ veteran“Key West fisherman, week. P | Paul Brick, Scout executive of , guided the party to some ex- Nise B own kevasdbernconelane ) Miami, is scheduled to be present , cellent fishing on the trip to uary 4, 1861, in c aden, Med, jat the meeting. jana from Tortugas. and was the daughter of Captain | -———~- OEE Re eee ens and Mrs, John — Prettyman ; - : ‘ a Sh is, the forme: f wh { meee ee cee American Army Aireraft | in the hurricane of 1876. i Virginia, who died in St. Augus- | wv and ai ilivan ¢ tine, leaving his wid daughter, Mrs. R. B. Coronado, Calif., wide late Colonel R. B. ¥21 ABOARD; SCORES OF ‘| PLANES SEARCHING : i TODAY FOR MISSING In 1890, Mrs. Brown and the aa ~ t “Gus aoe wee| Ataches Here) | acessr late Frank Collins own W the first couple to be marri ‘knell : fhe Plecier Memorial Pres Bicknell and N. Hen z . | derson, civil air attaches of the epaiding j British em! y at Washington, ™; paused briefly here today at cham Field, while enroute to Sons aboard, is presumed to have | Washington after making a tour shed while on its way from {of the Caribbean ‘Italy to Frankfurt, Germany They talked briefly with Mana- The plane was due to arrive 07. wer Hove of the airport and then at Frankfurt at 5:30 o'clock yes city | departed for Washington. terday afternoon, German time At first it was thought the plane had disappeared without any word having been heard from it, but this morning a radio station man in Munich reported ; that shortly after 5 o'clock ye jterday afternoon he heard a \faint message of @ plane that was in distress. He tried to get of the | Sulliv ». British Aerial ' *omd i onet (By ‘The Assvcinted Presa) BERLIN, Nov. 29.—An Amer. ican Army plane, with 21 per wife of Capt tired, rnoof this unt now vr s in Key West and Mrs, Brown moved from St Augustine to Key West in It fand had resided in this since that time | Mrs. Brown is survived by her W. Ludlam, both of whom re 5 side in Westmont, N. J 4s JOE E. Eaows wo °° The funeral will be under the; “Shut My Big Mouth News and Features a clearer report, but nothing direction of Lopez Funeral } SEED. 1:13: 25: bear Home Wanted At Once!!! Tiros cpg eececnouaplaneapare First-Class Meebanie | j traveling along the route the lost Good Pay to Right Man | plane should have taken on its i | IAV! 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