The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 12, 1947, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire ) Service and AP Features For 67 Years Devoted to the |. Best Interests of Key West Key. West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average} tange-of only 14° Fahrenheit The Key SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947 US A No. 245 PRICE _FIVE CEN1i: VOL. LXVIII. TREVOR WILL CONFER WITH FERRY’ COMPANY; *Will!'Go To Jacksonville Vesper Service To}: Be Held Sunday At KW. High School ) The’ Music Department of the Key West High School extends an invitation to the public to the annual Vesper: Service on Sun- day, December 14, at 4 p.m. : A. well-trained choir of over a hundred voices, under the cap- able direction of Miss Marjorie Coburn, will present. the tradi- tional Christmas Carols. The Nativity scene is introduc- ed by the modern version of the Christmas Tree, and is interwov- en in song and story. Dr. Dillon, ; head of the Band Department, ; {tire block from the waterfront | are marching on Rome. plays a harp accompaniment to! the song, “Oh, Holy Night.” The Key West High School is! very proud of the Vesper Service’ which was started under the su-| pervision of Principal Horace} O’Bryant back in 1935, and Key ; Westers look forward to this program as' the beginning of the Christmas Holiday Season. Resignation Of Horace Averette Accepted By City Resignation of Horace Aver- ette,: city mechanic, was accepted today “at ‘a’ meeting of¢the ‘City Civil Service Board, Lee H.God-} dard, executive secretary, an- now! later. Averette resigned after he had been ceneized by Robert H. Dopp, |: [ the public service des . “Wotthe aeritection® ot duties. ) The Civil Service Board ap- proved the temporary sppolnt ment of Frank H. Curry as a pa-| trolman in the Police Depart-! ment, effective yesterday and; running for two months. There is one recommendation for the position of city mechan-j. ic. George Hinde will be given} the job if he qualifies the Civil‘ Service Board announced. Hinde had been employed by the city * but was laid off last June. The board also announced that the examinations to fill the posi- tion of police lieutenant are now , in process of preparation. The date will be announced later. TST LT Masonite Prestwood == —at—. STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 AT —— "HYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service . White at Fleming “Opposite Army punt ‘ SS fe Here Are Some Suggestions For Mother ... GE Iron eGE Steam Iron ¢ 'Navy Will Take ‘NAVARRO, Inc. To Meet: President Of Key West‘Havana Ferry Organization : Acting ‘City ' Manager Edwin Trevor will confer early next week with H. G. Williams, presi- dent of the Gulf Atlantic Trans- portation Company, Jacksonville, regarding the. ferry service the company will establish between Key West and Havana. Williams, when he was in Key West about a month ago, said he hoped to have the ferry in op- eration some time after’ March 1. He also requested the city to rent him a lot at the foot:of Simonton street “at a reasonable figure.” The lot will fit in with the company’s plan to have the en- to Front street between Duval and Simonton streets, as a ter- minal for ‘the ferry and as a parking space. for a large num- ber of automobiles. ° In leaving the city tomorrow noon for Jacksonville, Trevor | {announced that Charles Roberts, vin the library of | city comptroller, . will. be charge of the city manager's fice. Trevor's purpose in. going to Jacksonville is ‘to. bring Mrs, A. ' R. Miller, mother, of Mrs. or, back to Key West. i Part In Drive! j The Key West Naval Base will ; participate in the March of | Dimes campaign as it has in re- peat year's, it was.announced to- ' day at the. Naval ‘Base: Plans will be announced later. The Naval Hospital here has a polio ward for, the admission of , local patients’ It was: maintained ‘by the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation. FHA Bill Out Of Committee Representative George Smath- | ers. wired The Citizen today: that a bill to authorize an in- crease of FHA Title 6 was re- ported yesterday out of the house banking and currency committee. The amount of $1 billion, ; originally provided for by the ‘pill. ,has. been reduced to $750! million. WW). | First Clase ‘Wanted tircuani MECHANIC GOOD PAY - STEADY JOB TO RIGHT MAN Opposite Bus Station" /PALACE THEATER: Allan Lane and Bobby Blake in’ Marshall of Cripple.Creek'! News and Features gis | YW Westinghouse, Light and Heavy Weight Irons @Nesco Roasters ¢Heating Pads Flint Knives and Carving Sets Revere Ware eClocks, Mantle or Kitchen eDormyer and Knapp For Father ... lonarch Mixers eDesk Lamp eSchick Shaver eRemington Shaver ®Radios, GE Combination Table and Portable, Bendix Combination Table ‘and Portable, Westinghouse Combination Table and * Portable eWaring Blenders For the Children ... eXmas Tree Lights Toys eLionel Trains For the Home... eXmas Trée Holders Mechanical eLaunderall Automatic Washers eSimplex Ironers, $50 to $200 ‘Youngstown Kitchen Cabinets and Sinks eHotpoint Flatbed Ironers eElectric Brooms eGE Vacuum Cleaners GE Coffee Makers, Glass Ste ang Sta eWesting- * house Vacuum Cleaners eChemex Coffee Makers eHotpoint Water Heaters HOME APPLIANCE CO. 605 Simonton Street PHONE 1! Key West, Florida La Trev-' jsociation meeting ‘to be held in (FIFTY: FIVE NEW MEM-* {C. Pintado. H More Than 250 Jailed During Strike In Rome (By The Ansoctated Press) ROME, Dec. 12.—Italian po- licemen today are using clubs, truncheons and carbines to break up the crowds congregated in in- dustrial areas of the city. The police are showing a spirit of determination that is having effect on Communi: other strikers. During the swing- ing of clubs, in dispersing a crowd this morning, one man’s leg was broken and several were injured by blows from clubs. More than 250 the govern- ment announced, have been ar- rested since the strike was call- ed yesterday morning. Eighteen of that number weré apprehend- 'ed while trying to block a bridge jto hold up traffic. It was also stated that infor- mation had been received by the government that 20,000 Com- :munists from the north of Italy | MEDICAL ASSN. ELECTS OFFICERS The Monroe County Medical ' Association elected the following , officers last night at a meeting the Monroe ‘County Health Clinic: President, James A. Parra- more; vice president, Dr. A. H. | Hamilton; secretary and treasur- ; er, Dr. Herman K. Moore; dele- | gate to the Florida Medical As. jSt. Augustine next | Parramore; alternate, April, Dr. Dr. Nilo, ; Leave Port USS Chanticleer, the Navy rescue vessel, left: for Havana ‘today to afford the officers and men aboard her a period of re- creation, The ship will return to the Submarine Base on Monday. PCS-1386 left: for, Miami today to give her officets and men a period of recreation. The vessel returns here Tuesday. ' DENMARK STUDIES ALCOHOL AND CRIME COPENHAGEN.—(AP).—Den- mark has decided systematical- ly to examine the influence of | alcohol on crimes. The investigation launched by the minister of justice, will last ‘10 SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS [TERRY'S BONDED | -TROPICAL FRUITS ORANGES GRAPEFRUIT FANCY FRUIT GIFT AS i were obtained, 82 >» Handling Fruit Direct From GUIDARO GROVES, U.N. Facts and Faces « « © « NEW ZEALAND e'that makes up New Zealand cannot : be classified, for it is a land of tremendous variety. When settlers from re Britain came to New Zealand only ikeckt ago they found the highly- Lie it and proud Maori people, a cli- mate that includes the sub-tropical and the temperate, every kind | of landseape from sea to mountdins, a fisherman’s paradise and plentiful game. The country ‘is now one of the world’s great farm- ‘ jag nations anda bounteous supplier of dairy products. New Zealand’s government is noted for its broad programs of social welfare for her 1,700,000 people. Her representative at U.N. Head- quarters is Sir Carl A. Berendsen. The New Zealand flag is blue “ith fos four red stars ant, in the left upper corner, is the Union Jack. Total Of $3,016 Obtained By Chamber During Drive BERS GOTTEN AND 82! GEORGE LOTHROP MEMBERSHIPS RE-| George V. N. Lothrop, 63, se earn n +n; Winter visitor to Key West. died NEWED IN CAMPAIGN) Wednesday after a short iliness. Total of $3,016 was obtained! Mr. Lothrop resided at 429 by the Key: West Chamber of | C2 aroline street. The body was Commerce in the ra drive recently conducted, Presi- | dent Edwin Trevor reported to- | day. i In a letter sent out to the en-{ tire campaign . committee,’-Frev- or said that 55 new members membership renewals and two of the mem- bers increased their numbers. Renewals obtained were only for | those whose memberships were | renewable as of‘ December 1. Team captains with the high- est points in the scoring arrange- ment set up, but not listed in or- der, were given as Everett R&s- (Continued On Page Eight) DIED WEDNESDAY | Pritchard Funeral Home for | services and burial. Mrs. Marion Lothrop, who ac- companied the body. ° soe Sail For Tahiti Mr. and Mrs. nett, formerly of Simonton Court, {Key West, sailed for Tahiti aboard the SS “Waitemata” from San Francisco, Calif, on Decem- r. and Mrs. Barnett are re- turning to Tahiti after an ab- sence of six yea : : POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION MARKET |pjvision at Francis Phone 9134 Phone 572 |CHAMPION ‘\Outboard Motors $127.00 «pon Ue, Pere i | i STERLING'S ‘MARKET 904 Fleming St. Roasters - Hens - Fryers SPECIAL! Eggs doz. 65c Please Place Your Order Early for Your XMAS TURKEY FRUIT SHIPPERS with our DEPENDABLE FORD Brake Service South Miami, Fla. PERSIAN LIMES AVOCADO PEARS MANGOES and SORTMENTS | We Ship Only FRESH, TREE-RIPENED, HAND-PICKED | Monroe Motors FRUIT and GUARANTEE THEIR SAFE ARRIVAL. We DO NOT Ship Color Added Fruits. 507 Duval Street (Opposite Kress) Key West, Fla. Bahama Cocktall Lounge NOW Drink Your Cocktail to the Tune of NORMAN His NIMBLE FINGERS Upon the Piano Will Make Your Evening Very Enjoyable BAHAMA COCKTAIL LOUNGE AL (Let ’Em Live) GORDON Your Host: 519 DUVAL STREET INC. 1113 White Street PHONE 725 Re-Opening Tonite! —— Stal JACKIE GENIAL LAYDEN and OPEN KRANICH 9 P.M.—Two Com No Admission No LAUGHS! G KEY WEST. FLORIDA , Key West’s Most sent yesterday to Detroit, by the | He is‘survived by his widow, | Alfred E. Bar- | | a COMEDIAN and M.C. —-—— Plus the ~ i MIRIAM SAGE Dance CLUB TROPICS MolotovShows Tendency To- Compromise ——-¥RUSSIA MAY ‘Judge Leland And COLLECTION oF GER. | MAN ‘Sons Arrive For, IF U.S. AIDS REDS 10-Day Stay Here) jet secre LONDON, Dec. Judge Leland Serry and his} ; two sons, Curtis and Leland, Jr. norea Lodave tog Re | arrived in Key West yesterday — a nee ; | from their home in Teaneck, | 2 at Germany begin im- New Jersey. The a s left New Jersey at; 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, ' and arrived in the Island City jat 5:17 the same afternoon, for 'a 10-day stay. They left Tea- ‘neck covered with snow, ice and sleet in the morning, and ar- rived by plane in Key West in the afternoon to a warm, {shiny day. They were immense- {ly pleased at the comfortable |” | change in temperature. | Judge Serry has been in Key West before, and desires, even- tually, to locate either in Key West or on one of the keys north ‘of this city. While here, the New Jersey men plan on putting in lots of 'time on their favorite hobby- | fishing. an | | showing a to | reparations, if the United States lagrees to extend its rehabilita- tino as: Germany that Russian troops. It was said that Russian lead. i to is stance occupied goodwill among the Germans the Soviet zone, fear success that will trolled by the sun- United effective, will create satisfaction among the in the Russian zone. Neither Marshall, Bevin reported Molotov attitude. Instead, a stated that Marshall and Bevir tonight will attend a banquet to be given by the ciety, whose membership | Property Sales ish business men, ject is to promote tween Great Britain United States. Albert J. Mills and wife have transferred to Pgtf Baer and others Salt Pond#lots for $1,200, according to rranty deed. filed yebté¥das with = Circuit Court. Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Frank Coward transferred to} Lee H. Lehman of Homestead. |for $1800, two properties on | | Conch Key. | ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Pent |have transferred to j;drews and others property on | Torch Key for a nominal sum. goodwill be and th Seeks Divor ces Petitions seeking re filed yesterday with Cireui Court Clerk Ross C. awyer b: | Doris M. McDevitt against Jame: C. MeDevitt and ‘by rris Foster against Rober eo PRESCRIPTIONS Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY | 1114 Division St., Cor. 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Popular Nite Club 12.—Commis- Molotov of Russia was re- Moscow’s | mediately to pay $10 billion in that area ot | by ers, who are trying to build up in| that the! ensue in. the Great Britain and France, | when the Marshall Plan becomes great dis- Germans nor Bidavlt would comment on the | spokesman merely Pilgrim So- is made up of American and Brit- and whose ob- divorces vy. issie Mae DANISH PASTRY Duffy's Tavern lien Strike In New Mode; Kill 12 Arabs ; ORGANIZE COMMANDO UNIT AND RAID ARAB SETTLE- MENT: OLD JEWISH SYNA- GOGUE. DESTROYED (By 'The Associated Press) JERUSALEM, Dec. 12.—Jew- ish Commandos, shortly before WBNS REPARATIONS | dawn today, raided an Arab set- tlement along the shore not far from Haifa and killed 12 Arabs and wounded an undetermined number. It was a new mode of attack instituted by the Jewish under- ground, and took the Arabs by urprise. At the mosques in this city, thousands of Arabs congregated, and British troops and police- men, fearing that violence was | likely to break out at any mo- ment, enlarged their ranks and | posted themselves near the mosques. (London reported today that | Arabs had attacked Jewish syna- ;g8ogues and homes in Alleppd, Syria, and that one of the syna- gogues destroyed had been built. | 800 years before Christ). Since rioting began 13 days ago, as a result of the UN ac- tion in partitioning Palestine, toll of dead among Jews and Arabs now number 185, and property damage is placed at {more than $10 million. Looking For Man Who Took Money And Photographs Police today-said they were | looking for C. N, Clayton. a vag- vant, who is alleged eal - en money. for thee! jlargement of pictires of luzal ilies atid te {have neglected to return either the photographs or the enlarged | pictures. Clayton was released from city jail November 28 after he served 10 days for intoxication and disorderly conduct. After his release the police learned of Clayton's accepting money from a numbefsof families. It was‘learned that Clayton had left the photographs he had received at a room he occupied at Jefferson Hotel. Any family who wishes their photograph Jean get it by applying to the hotel A | nt > e t t See the New MAJESTIC Wire Recorder RADIO Phonograph Combination -| AL'S MUSIC CO. Authorized Dealer 629 Eaton Street ees | Attention. AUTO OWNERS For An Ideal All-Year-Round and Lasting |CHRISTMAS GIFT fer A Few Suggestions omobile Radios CARS $ 95 542° HTS for CARS $1450 and BOATS VERS $2.15 up $12.50 up BATTERIES Ks Years LIGHTS VISORS Drive in the Shade :ARE TT E LIGHTERS and FANS ROYS AUTO PARTS TELEPHONE 442