The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1947, Page 1

a eee ecm 9 ein Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average fange of only 14° Fahrenheit No. 251 ame aaa VOL. OL. LXVII. _N Che Kei. SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER THE THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1947 Associated. Press Day Wire } . Service and AP Features , - For 67 Years Devoted’to the ! Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENT: New Duval Street Lights Go On Tomorrow | Navy To Take Over Poinciana Housing Units On January | REPORTED THAT 42 FAMILIES LIVI IN 210-% UNITS WILL HAVE TO VACATE PREMISES | Capt. Cecil C. Adell, USN, commanding officer of Key West’ Naval Base, announced yesterday that the Navy would take over the 210 housing units in Poinciana Place January 1. Although the Navy did not announce this, it is reported that | approximately 42 families will have to vacate their premises in! Poinciana Place to make room for Navy personnel. The Navy is moving its special weapons school here from New: London, Conn., shortly, and there will be quite a number of officers i and men coming to Key West at that time. A detail of the men arrived in this city last pie —— | from New London. : ‘| Capt. Adell announced that | | FARM CANDIDATE the Naval Base Housing Officer , pers . = would confer with George Mills White, who is now administra- | “Ninety days vacating notice’ will be given to tenants who are not Naval service personnel on active duty or who are not em-: ployes of the Navy. It is ex- pected that notices to vacate will be ‘sent out shortly after January 1, 1948. “Rents now being charged " will remain unchanged. Further details of this transfer will be publicly announced when final plans have been made.” Under the law, the Navy and Army had first call on federal housing units when the govern- ment decided to let them go. The | Nayy put in a request for Poin- \ ciaha Place and it has just been | granted. | tor of Poinciana Place, and he will arrange details for the { transfer which will take place on January 1. The statement issued by Capt. H Adell also contains these two, | paragraphs: i i ' i { (AP Wirephoto) ALLAN B. KLINE (above) or Vinton, Iowa, is generally re- garded as the man who will | succeed Edward A. O'Neal as President of the American Farm Bureau Federation which opened its 23th annual conven tion in Chicago Dec. 16. Staff Par ty Only The staff of will hold a pa ‘at the American on Stock Island Stadium Group Meets Manager. Members of the Key West Stadium Committee met at 5 p.in. + Thursday, witn Acting City! Manager Edwin Trevor. No announcement was forth- coming today from the city man- Naval Hospital December 26 Legion Homa The party will y r as he result of the; It is. reported that ‘Trevor ; Naval personnel is invited, as | wanted to know what the com. Was stated last night in The| mittee proposed doing in regard | Citizen. to Wicker Stadium. The manager was said to feel that the property has been allowed to run down. Adell Inspects Naval Hospital } Capt. C. C. Adell, USN, com- manding officer of the Key West Naval Base, yesterday inspect- ed the buildings and grounds of the U. S. Naval Hospital and today inspected the personnel of | SHOPPING DAYS» TO CHRISTMAS the hospital. He was accom- panied by Capt. O. A. Smith, | USN, medical officer in com- mand of the hospital. PRESCRIPTIONS (rercateace Compounded by Experienced | Pharmacists i GARDNER'S PHARMACY ' 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela | Phone 177 Free Delivery | Secccccccooceserocecoses j “(Live) Poultry and Egg MARKET 1214 White Street PHONE 540 ° ° | Please Place Your Order NOW Aluminum Roofings | for Your — STRUNK LUMBER vera XMAS | RAs AAAssAARABABLEA W 6ctlea Have MOTOR TUNE-UP, younc TENDER ————-SAVES GAS—————- Lou Smith Auto Service | DUCKS White at Fleming St. Phone 5) VV VIV IVI VV ‘Be Open Until 6 | jing will uary 8. At BRADY'S: \COOOTOTEH Hs | Post Office To ”,.M. Saturday Key West post office, us- ually closed on Saturday af- ternoon, will be open till 6 Pp. m., tomorrow, Postmaster Hollon R. Bervaldi said to- day. He added that the pre- Christmas business at the post office this year is far in excess of what it was in 1946, kkk hedediedededl Urge Using Surplus Fruit In | Marshall Plan: FORT MEADE, Deg, 19. (FNS) | —Negotiations between the new-! ly organized Citrus Growers of | Florida and a_ sifpilar Texas | group are now under way for | | joint appeal to Congress to util- | the i al-| ize surplus fruit under Marshall Plan. The House ready has passed bill ments to require purchase of ci- trus for European aid, and now | the Senate must consider the proposal. . amend- Petitions. now are ‘being cireu- lated throughout Florida for presentation to Congress simul- taneously with pleas of growers. A meeting of the and Florida citrus groups is planned before Christmas holida N Texa Texai growing | xt Meeting Of | Rotarians Jan. There will be no meetings of | the Key West Rotary Club on Thursday, Christmas Day, the following Thursday, Year’s Day, it was announced today Edwin Trevor, presi or on New by jhad a SHIP es AGROUND, CREW ESCAPES TO SHORE IN SKIFF (AP Wirephoto) THE FISHING VESSEL JUANITA lies heeled over and is battered by wétves on the beach at Monterey, Calif., after running aground in a heavy fog. The crew members escaped safely to shore in the skiff in the foreground. the ill-fated boat. PRESIDENT AND CABINET MEET SEC. MARSHALL ON RETURN FROM LONDON: eeretary Of State Mar- shall Praised For His OO @MiIO@ MMM. Coast Guardsmen stand at the edge of the surf and gaze at Work, Switches Prana 2/000 Children To His Delegation WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — |Secretary of State George Mai- | shall ved here this. morning ! at 9 o'clock from London, where for two weeks, he had attended ' | the conference of the Big ‘Four. ! He was met at the airport by | | President Truman and members | of his cabinet. Despite the fact | that the conferences had ended | in failure, President Truman | |congratulated Marshall and. as-'| sessions was representative of the! wishes of the people of the Unit- ed States. Ma all replied that he had | strong delegation at the conferences, and that all its; members worked most effec- tively in their efforts to reach | an understanding with the Rus. slan government, a _ condition that developed to be impossible, unless Molotov’s wishes were acceded to in every respect. After the greetin, and the, |remarks of Truman and Mar- dent of the club. The next meet- | be on Thursday, Jan the Rotary Club meeting rday every member was presented with a funny Chr mas gift. No one was supposed } to know from what other mem- ber the gift came. Beca the gifts carried the advertisements of various mem- bers, Dr. James B. Parramore suggested that each member be fined $1. This was done and a total of $33 was thus raised. The the sum = to the Community Fund TEEPE LETTE EES POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Phone 9134 & CHAMPION ‘ Outboard Motors $127.00 A TET 52500 REWARD for the Return of 12-Foot |: Dinghy Missing from My Boat House Mrs. 1. 1. Marks PHONE 749-J il | States shall at the airport, they and the members of the cabinet were driven to the White House, ; | where Marshall told them of the proceedings at the conferenc together with the attitude of | Russia, as expressed repeatedly | by Molotov, who had insisted in the beginning the collection of German reparations out of cur- rent products. Tonight, beginning at 10 o'clock, Marshall will broadcast to the people of the about transactions at the | conferences. A COMPLETE i i H I | i | H | ! ; | | | | | No Admission | | | Starring FREDDIE BERNARD THAT SOLID, EVER-PLEASING COMEDIAN BARBARA LONG Freddie & Barbara Returning by Popular Demand! EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION GENE GORY and ROBERTA Exponents of Intellectual Insanity 9 P.M.—Two Complete Shows—12 M. No Cover CLUB TROPICS Key West's Most Popular Nite Club * To Attend Party | At Bayview Park More than 2,000 children are expected to attend the Christmas Tree party to be held at Bayview Park to- mofrow at 10 a. m. . Satta Claus: will give each youngster candy, oranges, cookies. The High School Band ‘will give a musical programefor the occasion and the school’s Glee Club will render a number of songs. the | sured him that his attitude at the ! headend abetenteadeaie Capt Adell Pays Official Visit To Mayor Adams. W. Zurborst, for $20,000 Capt. C. C. Adell, USN, manding officer of Key West Na val Base, this afternoon visited | City Hall, where he paid his of- ficial respects to Mayor A.; Maitland Adams. Mayor Adams cordially wel comed Capt. Adell to Key Wes and said he hoped would be an enjoyable one. Adell was aerom panied | Eli Vinock, USN, op-j Key West} Capt. by Comdr. erations officer Naval Base. of com- F eee Withdraw From Labor Union (By The Associated Presn) PARIS, Dec. 19.—The one- time powerful Confederation of in the strikes called recently, resulting in more than two mil- lion leaving their jobs, has be- gun to disintegrate, it was an- nounced today. munist-dominated h,gbusdl nu n The confederation is com- munist-dominated, and, for that reason, workmen with other po- litical faiths have began to with: ) draw from the union. It was estimated today the | number of workmen who have withdrawn totals more than one and one-half million. Leaders of the men who broke from the confederation announc- ed that they were not going to tidentify themselves either with unions of government workers or any of the unions with vari- jous political affiliations. Property Sales j Mrs. Pauline P. Harrington {has sold her home on White street, to Mr. and Mrs. , accord- ing to a warranty deed filed [yesterday with Circuit , | Ross C. Sawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marks have , i transferred property on Key | j Largo to Mr. and Mrs. O. H. | Jones, for $1,100. ‘PALACE THEATER BOB STEELE in “DESERT PATROL” News and Features his visit | SEALEO BEAM HEADLIGHTS United ; RO¥'S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS, Auto Repairs, Painting, 12) Duval Streat ‘ ~weupum Phone 442 guna | St ttt tN st tt, OPENING TONITE! NEW SHOW! THE "KING SIZE” BETTY HUTTON No Minimum } | i ' romost Garage in U. 8. TWINS” GARAGE 1180 Deval street Phone 1 | Body and Fender Work | _tienwtne Aato Parts for All Care —THE— Porier-Allen i | Company PHONE No. 1 | i | Now Located 524 Southard Street | i Opposite Bus Station Labor in France, which lost out! Bernard | Court | Mayor Adams Will Officially Turn On Electricity For New 400-Watt Lamps THIRTY-ONE LIGHTS INSTALLED BY WORKMEN IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS; GIVE 16 TIMES ILLUMINATION PRESENT LGHTS NOW GIVE; COST PLACED AT $5,000 TO BUY, INSTALL Thirty-one 400-watt mercury vapor. street lights, which have been placed along Duval street from ocean to gulf, will be turned on tomorrow promptly at 6 p.m. by Mayor A, Maitland Ada: The simple ceremony will take place at the City Electric Com- pany’s generating plant at Angela and Fort streets. In making these announcements today, C. A. Van Deursen, man- ager of the City Electric System, said that the purchase of the lights and their installation had cost the company $5,000. “The only thing the city will have to pay is the cost of the electricity,” said Van Deursen. “The city gets 16 times more light ——-xthan it is getting now from the old lamps for only $4.80 more a \ T hhahkdakd ded Mt i chools Close | “The City Electric Company | has reduced the rate it is charg- | Today, Reopen | ing the city by more than half 0 5 | over the old rates. In 1940 the 1 A |vate charged the city was 0.069. \ ry January \In 1943 the rate was 0.086. The | Beginning this afternoon | following year when City Elec- all the county's schools wlil | trie succeeded the Key West be closed, so that the teach- | Electric Company, the rate was ers and the children may | Teduced to 0.066, enjoy the holidays, Christ- | “In 1945 the rate was reduced mas and ‘New Year's Day. ‘to 0.053, in 1946 it was cut to The schools will be re- | 9.046 and this year the rate was opened on January 5, accord- | reduced to 0.040." ing to the announcement et | Van Duersen also revealed that Willard M. Albury. super?a- ithe new 400-watt lights have tendent of public instruction. {been ordered for Division street While the vacation for | from Palm avenue to Whitehead teachers and children will be | street. He said that 20 lights had for 16 days, only 10 days | been ordered, They will prob- | will be lost from the teach- | ably be installed about the mid- ing ‘schedule. by the rather , dle of 1948. Papago holiday: Og 84 Six mien have worked! agen- Vk hedddedidedl time for the last week installing {the white lights along Duval Russia Miffed; No Festival For street so as to have them light- jed before Christmas. They j were aided in the work by the |new line truck just purchased j by the company. { Each light is spotted over the » middle of the street. Long steel German Orphans arms até 3 stretched for about 15 (Re ‘The Asnocinted Predx) feet frora?the side of the street. LONDON, Dec. 19. — Russia |The lights have shades on the is miffed, and, as a result, a | tops, so that the light beams will Christmas party that was to be |be directed down to traffic. |given in the Russian zone of | At a meeting of the City Com- !Germany for German or phans | mission over a year ago the com- will not be held. | pany was requested to install the Russian officers had chosen a ;P¢W lights. Former City Manag- Dresden choir to sing at the fes- |" 9 J: S. Ellingson suggested tivities for the orphans, Today, the company buy and install the | Moscow stated that it had been N¢W lights. reported in the American and RE Yay ote een ONLY aisrcee British zones of Germany that ; lights in the United States that the leader! ofthe choir w ‘stretch from ocean to ocean,” | former Nazi, active in his party’s ; Van Deursen added. “They are very attractive and will give | businesses along the street what they have been looking for— better lighting.” | councils. (It was denied in the Amer- ican and British zones that any- thing had been said about the choir leader or the choir) } Moscow radio stated that the | Russian government was dis- pleased over the remark, in view | of the fact that the officers had | carefully selected the choir, and j |that it did not contain a single , former Nazi. 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