The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 20, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXVIII. No. 252 THE SOUTHERNMOST N EWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1947 Service and AP Features For 67 Years Devoted to the | Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENT: Smathers Seeking To Save Families In Poinciana Area’ WIRES CARBONELL TO* NOTIFY THOSE CON-| RHODES SCHOLARSHIP CERNED NOT TO|FOR TEXTILE WORKER WORRY ABOUT NAVY) “Please tell those concerned } not to worry,” was the word re-|. f ceived from- Representative | George Smathers by City Com- ! missioner’ Louis Carbonell re- garding the proposed eviction of 42 families now living in Poinciana Place by the Key West Naval authorities. ‘ Carbonell received a telegram from’Smathers this morning. It | read as follows: i “I have contacted Raymond Foley, director of the Federal Housing Administration. He as- | sures us of some relief. Should have definite information the first of the week. Please advise people concerned not to worry.” Before receiving the wire,‘ Carbonell had talked to Smath-' ers by long-distance in Weahing?) ton. “He told me something had ; gone wrong,” said Carbonell. | “He ‘also said he would try to} contact Director Foley and, JOHN Q. HILL (above), a card would see what could be done| grinder in the Pacific Cotton about the situation. Mills at Lyman, S. C., has been “Some time ago Foley told}! me, when I was in Washington, pees the coveted Rhodes that he would see to it that no} Scholarship for family would be moved from| study at Oxford University in the. Poinciana place by the! England. He made straight A's Navy. I’m _ sure that something e will be done about the situation.” at nearby Wofford College Pies working Meanwhile, spokesmen for the Sparantanburg while residents of Poinciana Place, ‘full time in the textile mill in who are to be asked January 1, the home town, He is a war vet- by the Navy, to vacate, said eran with a wife and one child. that there has been a breach of a the authorities in. VELIZES 1O LEAVE aon’ The Navy here was not saying | FOR HAVANA STAY anything, except to state that Mr. and Mrs. Frank Veliz and none of the families would be children, Frank, Jr., Waldo and summarily evicted. The Navy Joseph, are leaving tomorrow by will give the families 90 days in plane for a stay of two weeks in which to find other quarters. ; Havana. “We are going to. require an’ The Velizes will visit relatives (Continued On Page Eig _in the 5 capital. (AP Photo) Oscar L. Peacon Would Start Stevedore Business Locall SEEKS TO UNLOAD SHIPS INy. KEY WEST AND THEN SHIP Key West, the importers would CARGOES TO MAINLAND BY ‘ave from 36 to 40 hours, which TRUCK are very important,” Peacon “Now the boats go to Mi- Oscar L. Peacon, here trying to establish a stev-' edoring business which would involve unloading perishables from boats in Key West and then shipping them by truck to the mainland for shipment by } said. Miami, is ami.” “If I start a stevedoring busi- ness in Key West 1 would em- ploy local labor. It takes from 20 to 30 men to unload a smail ship and from 60 to 80 for a larger . ; one. They would be employed to railroad to all sections of the unioad the ship and place the country. } cargoes on trucks and trailers. Peacon has talked to Charles} «The fruit is placed on the Smith, Sr., of the Clyde-Mallory | ships at various ports in Santa dock, and to Clarence Thomp-j Marta. Guatemela and other Cen- son and Melvin Russell of the | tral American ports. There is no Key West Pilots Association. ‘reason why I can't unload the “By unloading the ships filled vessels in Key West at the Clyde- with bananas and pineapples in Mallory docks.” 00000000900000005 0090007900 00000009000008 The City Electric System Takes Great Pleasure in Announcing The New Mercury Vapor Street Lights On Duval Street : will be TURNED ON TONIGHT at 6 o Clock The Event Will Be Occasioned by Mayor Maitland Adams Throwing the Switch, Thus Placing the Lights in Service i two years of i GERMAN ZONES’ | MERGER BULWARK | AGAINST RUSSIA Its Strength Will Build Up’ That Part Of German: Under U. and France \Ceerroweee S., England Naval Base Is |Pla ying Santa _!To Guantanamo Key West Naval Base is still playing Santa Claus to the Naval servicemen on duty (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Sonfidence was expressed here | today over the success of merg- ing the United States, Great} Britain and French zones in Ger- : many, and of the merged ee Ss alana Cuba being a bulwark against Ru ni ‘This ;moenings eastete ie communism. | That view resulted trom Sec-| Plane departed from the Na: | retary Marshall's radio address | with 90 bane of Christmas ast night, in which he said that: majl destined to reach’ the the split between Russia and! officers and enlisted men in the ‘Western Bloc of nations is; 1 ie Cuba. i clear-cu FY Marshall believes that, 7 eis eaperted ene ee | 4 will leave here on Monday. his plan, Germany and 15 other! fy all, the Navy expects to countries in Europe, intluding; ship about 450 sacks of mail England, will progress economic- weighing about 17,000 pounds jally much faster than will the | to Guantanamo. Russian satellites and also the Russian zone in Germany. VIOOOIOD OS | Germans in that zone, it was '-———-———. pointed out, will show much un- meme congress in the session rest when they compare their beginning next month, opinion condition with that enjoyed by ; here was fairly general today Germans in the merged zones. that his address last night did Whatever is in store. for the much to, strengthen the position Marshall Plan when it comes up of the proponents of the plan. Disgusted, Says Man Before Leaping Off Dock Into Water *NAVY ENLISTED MAN | LATER RESCUED AND J. H Sawyer Died This ‘, M:! i TAKEN TO NAVAL HOSPITAL | “Joseph © “H! Sawyer,~-bette: . ~~ known to his friends as “Bar- “I'm disgusted with every- ber,” 84, died this morning at thing.” 7:30 o'clock in his residence, Saying this, William McIntosh, ; a Navy enlisted man, leaped off Porter Dock at 3:30 a. m., to- day. Bobby Crusoe, 1210 Virginia and. Robert L. Walterson, 603 Thomas. street, were stand; | ing nearby and jumped into the rear of 809 Eaton street. Funeral services will be Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the chapel of the Pritchard Funeral Home. Rev. J. B. Reed, pastor of Fleming { street, Street Methodist Church, will will officiate. Burial will be in held the~familyptot “in City Ceme- tery. pe u water after McIntosh. They Survivors: Widow, Mrs. Susan] brought him to the foot of Duval Sawyer; four daughters, Mrs.|street where they dragged hin e W. Hanshaw, Mrs. R. L. | out of the water. ealcland yrs Mogie [ee er ee, fhe iE Mrs sLyman, Gaullotte;| oe s, Burnell and Harry | 4t the Gibson Hotel, said McIn- 24 grandchildren; 10}tosh was walking with her randchildren; one sister,|when he uttered the remark Mrs. Sarah Parker; one brother, John wyer of Miami Pall rs will be from Tiger Tail Tribe Improved Order of Red which the deceased was ber. about being disgusted with life. Deputy Sheriff Sam Bath was at the lower end of Duval street and placed McIntosh under ag- rest. The man later was turn: over to the Navy Shore Patrol. It is reported the man is now in Naval Hospital for observation. | Juan Carbonell Leaves $60,000 selected No. 19, Men, of a mem- Arturo Luj jan’ S Funeral Sunday Funeral services for Arturo Lujan, 56, who died Friday,| According to the will of the will be held Sunday afternoon}late Juan Carbonell, veteran at 4:30 o'clock in the chapel of | theater man who died Novem- the Lopez Funeral Home. Rev. | ber 27 in Tampa, he left his estate J. H. Johnson, S.J., of St. Mary’s} of about $60,000 to his widow, star of the Sea Catholic Church, | Fernanda will officiate. Burial will be in] The will was filed with Coun the family plot in the Catholic | ‘Y Judge mond R. Lord late Cemeter: yesterday. The estate comprises | | acurvivors: widow: eMis. a-| ical estate of about $40/000/and nette Maud Lujan; da ghter, | personal property and cash of Mrs, Aquilino Lopez, Jr.: sons,| "Th. will was dated July 11 ; Arturo B. and Daniel G. Lujan; | 99g : 3 : one vignandenild, sisters, Mrs. 22 |Nives Marrero, Mrs. Eugenia | | Mora and Mrs. ues Copies ‘PALACE THEATER LEW AYRES in “THE. DARK MIRROR” News and Features TONITE! All Star Show FREDDIE BERNARD GENE GORY and | $$$ $<$___—_— —| | Galvanized Shingles —— eo ROBERTA ic Plus | STRUNK LUMBER YARD ‘| BARBARA LONG TELEPHONE. 816 2 Complete | A TTS 9 PM. Stowe” 12M. No Admission - No Cover No Minimum CLUB TROPICS KEY WEST‘S MOST POPULAR NITE CLUB Southernmost Garage in é fi | 1120 Duval Street Phone 16 | duto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Cars (AP PRESIDENT TRUMAN (left) laughs as he receives a 47-pound Christmas turkey gift at the White House. The turkey came from Ramona, Calif. - Joining in the fun, left to right, are James E. Gwin (looking over the President's shoulder) of College Park, Md.; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, T. L. Jones of Havana, Ill, (in front of Anderson), and A. E, Natlack of Ra- mona, who made the presentation. CLOSING CEREMONY OF USO SUNDAY AT Wirephoto) JACKSON SQ. BLDG. Organization Has Served* More Vhan 2,000,000, Mistaken For Servicemen In Seven} oe. —. Arab, British Soldier Kille The USO closing ceremony ra held..at. the Jackson. Square (Ry "The. Sanociated Press) USO. on Sunday at 3:00 p. im.{ JERUSALEM, Dec. 20.—A Brit-, marks the termination of USO] ish soldier, in No Man's Land be-} after seven years operation. The | j wep. he abic Hoackeone Sat USO! wastopen Pe A ee “aig city of saite ed five’years and eleven months | "4 ‘he Jewish city of Tel-Av Say was shot today by the Jewish! The USQ@. operated by the Na- | underjround. tional: Catholie, Community Serv- An hour later a spokesman ice, Worden's” Division at 303)over the radio for the under Duval streetdrom 1943 to 1946, in| ground expressed its regrets for addition *t he -usual program] the killing and explained | that andseryiges, conducted a dormi-| the soldier had been mistaken tory of 40 beds, for servieemen’s | for an Arab. wives and children. Last ght riots broke out in The USO-NCCS Men Division] various parts of Palestine, and Club at 1021 Duval street report. | ceased only when dawn be gan ot Y service for mili-|t0 break. Number of killed or and over a mil-| Wounded was not announced, vieomen, when} During the night an Avab boy fatally shot while looting a c olored Club at 711 Whitehead was conducted street for one year. vorce More than 2,000,000 er men have visited the USO ¥YMCA| Lelanette Roberts He filed at Jackson Square since it open-| @ petition see a divorce from ed on February 8, 1942. | Carl R. F th Circuit Clerk “Everyone in Key West ha | Ro 5 € or, yesterday lent the USO during it _ here wholehearted suppc Eileen S. Coughlin, area wor of the organization, todz “The have volunteere services and the club ne t without program leaders and a sistance, senior hosts and ho; junior hoste: and othe participants in volunteer social activit The clubs that | facilities offered by the Ll —— have been th Arrow SHOPPING DAYS Chub, the Na Club, the | Flying Club and the Camera | TO CHRISTMAS Club. | = STS Classes have been conducted | in anish, marine life, handi- craft, sewing, dancing, photog- (Continued On Page Eight) ps Sandy Caraballe MZ American Legion Home Next to La Concha Hotel 1 wan 404 Divall Street a Phone 501 T ON IGH 1 Estimates On Repair Jobs | 9:00 to 7 GLADLY GIVEN SR C09 TT Music by the 3 Sharps BIG XMAS EVE DANCE With All the Beauty and Splendor of Yuletide VALUABLE DOOR PRIZE Just Arrived... Shipment of NORRIS CANDIES Oriental Pharmacy 1000 Duval Street PHONE 379 | 1,700 Children At Xmas Party InBayviewPark *EACH CHILD GET PRES. Gen. Meyers | § KIDS REFUSE Whee | TO LEAVE WHEN IT Goes On Trial ) See: On January 6 Between 1,600 and 1,700 chil- ‘dren with their parents turned WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—) ' out for the Community Christ- jor General Bennett C. Meyers,’ ™mas Tree celebration this mor&- iretired, whose pension has been’ ing at Bayview Park. revoked by the Army, will go on} Each boy and girl was given trial January 6 on chargés. of a bag of Christmas candy, an perjury ,the Department of Jus- orange, a five-cent candy bar tice announced today. ! and a small packet of cookies— He has been indicted six all at the expense of the Com- counts by a grand jury. for per-. munity Christmas Tree Fund. jury and attempting to persuade! The entire group of persons, others to commit perjury. \ estimated at about 2,500 persons, Maximum sentence each’ enjoyed the music of the Key |.count is 10 years ,so that he can west High School Band, and ihe sentenced to prison 60 joined in the singing of hymns, ponte eee conyoued all and such tunes as “Jingle Bells.” counts, _ . Derpite that poseibility; depart | ee ee ee ens, pastor of First Congrega- {ment agents are still gathering tional’ Church eedeliweredaias tr vocation the party really got un- Fevidence in other cases that may, be preferred against him. i Dror ran Saar Sena {der way in front of the band- {stand and the Christmas tree, which had been decorated by ll 7 Sang City. Firemen and placed on the | To Widow, Sons (3.0 Santa Claus was on ‘hand to greet the children. Then followed the singing of two Christmas hymns. J. Glen- ' wood Sweeting, who is one of the men. responsible for the Com- munity Christmas Fund, said a few words about Christmas and (By The Aswociated Press) on | on for on ‘Leaves Estate Isadore Appelrouth, former jpr oprietor of the Store of Fash- ion, who died Tuesday, left his jestate to his widow and four ‘sons, according to the last will, that was filed today in the of-, fice of County Judge Raymond , R. Lord. ‘ the meaning of the day. “+ Appelrouth eft. $10,000--40; ay, Ttbegan,. to, rain, duping: the son, Herman W. Appelrouth, | ceremonies, but the parents were compelled to remain with their enthusiastic young charges. The children simply would not leave | the party. Finally, the small gifts were ! given the children. With lout , whoops the children | cried: “Merry iphristmas.” About 900 colored persons at- tended the party given the negroes by the Community |Fund. The party was held in Douglass School and the pro- gram was_ enthusiastically car- ried out. Each child received ; Christmas presents. Christmas Eve the committee, jin charge of the affairs will de- !who was born to his first wife, ‘in a trust fund; left all personal; property to his widow, and es- tablished trust funds for his j other three sons and his widow. The other sons are Mitchell. L., ‘Robert B., and Daniel J. Apel: | j routh. | The National Bank and Trust | Company of Miami was named! trustee of the estate. No esti mate of the amount Appelrouth left was made. i | THANK LOCAL FIREMEN | FOR FOLDING OF SEALS | Fire Chief Leroy Torres and| } local firemen were thanked ye: | terday by Fred J. Miller, ceuire ‘liver baskets of groceries, meat, ;man of the 1947 sale of Christ- | fruit and sweets to each indi- | mas Seals of the Monroe Coun-'! gent family in Key West. The and Health As-: families have all been investi- | soliation, work they did in gated and everything will be preparing seals for mailing in ,made as merry as possible. \th county. | Each inmate of the County Every year local firemen fold | Home will receive fruit and a $1 the | AUUOTOEOUUOAAUEREUOOUUGAAGOEEOOOGAHOGEOOUUOHANUGGES UU UUUUANAGEEOUUGUS HASSE UU UU ASEUULUUAUEGAUE UAE ANETTA }OPENING jseals for | bill as gifts of the fund. association. | TONIGHT | at 5 P. M. For DINNER | — at —— | JACK’ “4 Name You Will Remember” Key West's most beautiful dining room and intimate Cocktail Lounge, where only the highest types of foods and liquors will be served. May we assure you that your first visit will be the future rendezvous for you and your many friends to enjoy the grand hospitality of the management. 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