The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the with an average country, tange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXVII. No. 253 USO F AREWELL|y West Conch Club Dances PARTY SUNDAY AT JACKSON SO. One Hundred And Fifty -_ tend Ceremonies; uso!Poland Impo S Closes And Army, Navy} YMCA Opens Jan. 1 | me et ° | n VALS Farewei was paid to the USO, Che Key SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEM At American Legion Home On Stock Island Tomorrow Night! | Members of the Key West! Tre ney wee-ers attending {Conch Club, which is an organi- ; the ane of Florida are: zation of men and women ial Nilo Albury, Leland Archer, jthis city attending the Univer-| Avie” prot Bier est | sity of Florida, are back here to, Day, Helio Gomez, Don Harri spend the Christmas holidays. | son, Harold Haskins, Tom Ketch- Arrangements have been made -ings, Adolph Lastres, Sidney ‘to assemble all the members of ee Pee bee eh !the club for their first home so-, Jy. "Aibert Para, Charles Parke ‘cial gathering tomorrow night in| Donald Pearlman. Archie Potter, the American Legion Home on, Charles Perez, Bill Roberts, Ker- “ which has operated quarters here for seven years and handled the entertainment and other needs | of 3,500,000 servicemen, in sim- ple ceremonies _ in Jackson | Square building vesterday after- noon. Officially, the USO will cease operations in Key West and oth- | er cities throughout the world | January 1. After that date the | city and the Army and Navy! YMCA have worked out a co- ! operative plan for running the | same building. The work the YMCA will put on here will be expanded to in- clude civilian activities and en- | tertainment of tourists. ‘apt. Carl Hilton, who was chairman of the gothcring of about 150 persons yesterday, said he had attended the first organi- zation meeting of the USO in 1942. “Now I'm in at the closing of the most successful club we had ! in Key West for the entertain- ment of the servicemen,” Capt. Hilton remarked. Chaplain O. E. Sporrer of the Submarine Base, delivered the invocation, and then the whole! group joined in the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. Music ; was furnished by John, Pritch- ard’s Band. Capt. Willard Saunders, USN, commanding officer of the Sub-} marine Base, told of the appre- i ciation of the Navy to the USO. | “No matter what, space and! effort, the Navy gives to its men, they will continue ‘to demand a place on the outside for their entertainment and amusement,” Capt. Saunders said. “The USO or some other organization serves this purpose very well.” Capt. William S. Witt of. the U. S. Marines followed with: re- marks along the same lines. Then Joe Galinski, a Navy en- listed. man, paid special tribute to the” “persennel ~of .:the USO, mentioning them by name. Mayor A. Maitland Adams. mentioned the fact that the USO had required the cooperation of all kinds of people during the years of the war. He added that the same organization would continue to operate it as an Army and Navy YMCA. The Rev. J. H. Johnson, S. said the three groups, Catholic, Protestant and Jewish, had join- ed to form the USO and said that there wasn’t anything to prevent them from continuing the same kind of effort. Rabbi Solomon Schwartz said that despite the fact that many of the Navy men were now on duty by choice, there was still a need for continuing the ef- forts put forth by the USO. The Rev. John E. Pickens, be- fore delivering the benediction, said in a preface that although the USO was about to be buried, there was still a need for the building and the services it sup- plied. Luncheon was Dr. Valdes Finds Missing Dinghy Valdes, whose 12-foot was reported stolen some time ago, recovered the vessel yesterday hidden in some bushes on Boca Chica Key. Dr. Valdes kept the boat in a building on the property of Mrs. J. J. Marks at the upper end of the island. TRE OTE TTT SOT served. Hydraulic Brake Experts f Lou Smith Auto Service White et Fleming Phone No. 5 “Opposite Army Barracks” NST Pia avy OER PALACE THEATER’ LEW AYRES in | “THE DARK MIRROR” | News and Features | the 23 directed or were involved ! now available at ! laboratory of of the office, decla ages of these specialized workers must be met as soon as possible to avoid government's search program, vital to national defense and to America’s leader- (By Annocinted Presay iStock Island where they will; WARSAW, Dec. 22.—-Twenty-| dance to the music of the Three! three Nazis, found guilty of dia Shanes: { recting the executions in exte The Key West Gators and their ination camps during the war,!!@dy friends will gather at 9 ip. m. The arrangements commit- were today sentenced to death in| P: ™ ; See the high court here. tee is making extensive plans for Four of the 23 vorment lai jets who are said to have killed more | ~~ > than 10,000 women. Starvation and | counted for some of the deaths, but by far the greater number lost their lives in gas chambers. Altogether, it is estimated that are in the extermination of more than four million people during the war. Also To Pay $5,000 In* demnity To Family or Man She Killed In Ha- vana Openings For Engineering And Skilled Workers Notice that job openings for qualified engineering and skilled workers, offering attractive sal-} aries and working conditions, are the research the National Ad- visory Committee for Aeronau- tic Langley Field, Virginia, was received today by the Key West office of the Florida State Employment Service. Jeff H. Knight, Jr.. manager ed that short- | (ity Associated Prenas HAVANA, Dec. 22.—Patricia (Satira)-Schmidt, Toledo, O., sentenced to 15 years imprison- ment and ordered to pay $5,000 indemnity to the Mee family for } slaying John Lester Mee, Chicago, aboard the Yacht Satira in Ha- vana Bay last April. The dark-haired dancer has complained frequently of the beans and rice she has had to eat! since she was locked up in Guanabacoa prison last April 12, the day John Lester Mee died of the minute .22 caliber pistol wound she inflictet?*on April 8+ aboard the war-surplus P-T boat} “Satira” in Havana harbor. Tug Resolute | Here For Mont was | serious delays . in the aeronautical re-; ship in commercial aviation. He said that the search for the nec- essary workers is being extended to many parts of the country. This important research il- TI ityf operated by) NACAs is Geek: |, psec murs eee owned by, fi Buildi Acohierts: - Biee the Merritt, Chapman, Scott or- ing Buneing a y meC-" ganization of New York, arrived : . Mechanical and Aeronau- | ; a s | pr Syeini " in Key West this morning to tical Engineers; Statistical Tech-} ,, a : ; ‘ take place of the Relief, which nicians, Physicists and Drafts-| ;- Spuntlee ae y : rats lis now in Jamaica attempting to men— architectural, mechanica’ a é Hat A ay 5 float another tug, the Killrig, and structural, the ES office teh weal saccund cane U manager said. Salaries for these 8 some HUME ago. The Resolute is under the com- mand of Capt. George Eden, who visited the Key West Naval Base jin the company of Charles Tay {lor, local agent of the corpora positions range from $2,168.00 to $4,149.00 annually. Openings also are available for skilled Instrument Makers and Radio Mechanics at yearly salaries ranging from $1,705.00 to ‘ [tion that owns the tug. They $3,057.00. a ‘ i i _| made arvangements for berthing ; Sept said that fu Gf [the Resolute in the Submarine ta eatle to” interested persons, | Base for about a month, when| Li elsogti ; - the tug leaves for New York | The Langley Field Laboratory, ity after the return of the Re- he pointed out, has been operat- | lief. \Close Finish In ed by the government for 30 Lieutenant Exams years and its accomplishments are many. Most of the prelimi- nary design work on the D-558, the transonic Douglas Skystreak ! which hold the world air speed | record of 650.6 miles per hour, was conducted there. In the recent civil service ex- Qualified persons who are in- aminations, Acting Lieutenant terested in these positions should | Harry Lee Baker won the test apply for further information at with a standing of 76.1. Second the local office, 314 Simonton; i the examinations was Patrol- street. Applications can. be ac-|™an Bernard Waite. who had a Lidbsieae cic : standing of 75.4. However, the Civil Service Board allowed Waite a iority of three years {and Baker a senioriay of — two { vears, so that Waite emerged No. 1 man on the list of appointments cepted immediately. Threatened W.U. Strike Settled |i 78.4 points and Baker had} ; 5 - | PRESCRIPTIONS ; 178.1. Fither of the men may be ap- pointed as permanent — lieuten-}| for both passed. Cancellation of the threatened } strike by A. F. L. telegraph} unions last night will insure full} 4"!. Western Union service, including greeting telegrams, during the holiday season, it was announced today by S. A. Jon manager of the Key West Western Union! lorida Tem ple Meets Tonight Florida, Temple, No. 1. Ladies eke = of the Golden Eagle, will hold a |. meeting tonight in its hall on Petronia street. A Christmas party will be! conducted. at which members will exchange gifts. Refresh- ments will be served. TI. : POOR OLD CRAIG Division at Francis Phone 9134 SHOPPING DAYS |CHAMPION SERVICE STATION : {Outboard Motors $127.00 Ties Sea | mit Roberts Bill Robinson, Lee Robinson, Andy Rodriguez, Nilo Sanchez, Daniel Sawyer, Paul Shuck, Henry Soldano, Thomas Swice- good, Charles Warnock, William Warnock, Bill Warner, Mr. and ,; Mrs. Charles Sanchez. ‘woe SATIRA SCHMIDT | SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON'.: West VIRGINIA PRO CITY AND LOCAL GOLF COURSE Taft, Stassen Reported Linked | Against Dewey «By hero mae Pree) WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Sen;! tor vernor dates for the Republican nom- ination for president next year,! were reported today to have; reached an understanding that! has for its object the climination! of Governor Dewey of New York as the party’s standard bearer in 1948 for the second successive year. Robert O. Taft and former } Harold Stassen, candi- ; pat EWSPAPER IN LISTS ANDERSON | | i | i with all his books, records and PRAISES ! i Rut Coffey, To Pro, From Mid-Atlantic: | States In City For aem| tion Until January 1 Rut, Coffey, mid-Atlantic West: Virginia P.G.A. golf champion, is in the Island City with Mrs. Coffey, enjoying and hament®™ 1946 open; THE USA. BER 22, 1947 “BIG TRADERS” (AP Wirephoio) SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE CLINTON P. ANDERSON works at his desk in Washington far into the night after he was subpoenaed by the Senate Appropriations Committee to hand over a list of big traders in grain and other commodities. ‘was ordered to appear before the committee Thursday morning He memoranda. ' Audubon Society | Gives Book On | Birds To Library, The famous volume, ‘moded Bird Life,” by Arthur H. Howell, , has been added tg the books of It was slated that both Taft a busman’s holiday playing golf the Key West cee a gift of and Stassen feel that, as Dewey, was defeated in 1944, it would be unwise to nominate him again. A further understanding be-! tween Taft and Stassen is that if* it develops at the convention that one ‘has not a chance of being nominated, he wil) switch, his in- fluence to the other, Taft is scheduled. to speak at Kansas City, Mo., on December 29, St. Louis the next day and in Minneapolis on February 12. At the last-named place he will} make a Lincoln Day address. Monroe County Schools To Get Lunch Money TALLAHASSEE. Dec. 22.—The ; Monroe county board of public! instruction will receive $332.21 this week as reimbursement for school lunchroom food expendi-! tures for the month of Novem- ber: State School Superintendent Colin English said that the fed- eral funds were being sent to a total of 17 counties, and that 46 counties will have received re- imbursement by the end of this week. A total of $25,228.47 in federal funds, covering the November operation of school lunchrooms, have been distributed. 0 Y To Sing Carols Girl Scouts of Troop 5, will meet at Wesley House at 7 o'clock tonight to go around the ity to sing Christmas carols. jagredien Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists . GARDNER’S PHARMACY 1114 Division St., Cor. Vai | Phone 177 Free Delivery Seeeeeeeeoageoeeoeee oe SUPER SPECIAL Today is the Only \Monday in the Year \We Will Be Open A Super Event in the History of Our Fair City WEAVERS STEAK HOUSE SUPREME! and swimming “in. warm waters off.the city’s beaches. Coffey, a likeable, stocky pro, whé has spent ios of his ‘DI 3 fessional days tea hing; in ‘the area of West’ Virginia, Maxyland, ; Washington, D. Be expected to be: associated Fort Myers . Countr after January 1. ~ } Coffey’ has j} winter trek with golf's outstand- ing pros for the past 15 years, made 'but though he has often ‘placed | he states that only the top-notchers ever make | expenses and profit by the tour naments. Coffey’s lowest round on the local course is a 72 to date terday, he recorded a 73 visiting pro was loud in_ his ; praise of the course and its pres ent condition. Jimmy Mira was the best amateur that he played with in the city, Coffey stated. The Coffeys first came to Key i West back in 1932, and have ‘managed to visit their favorite Florida city a number since then. “Key West is a coming city,” said Coffey yesterday. “The im- provemen last visit, justify that statement,” Coffey concluded. ILS. Band To Go To Miami Arrangements are being made by the Chamber of Commerce to send the entire High School band, consisting of 32 pieces, Miami to enter the parade mark ing the Orange Bow! football contest on New Year's Eve and to fake Part in the parade New i | in, the money, Ye: Day at the football grounds. A fund is being raised by the Chamber to send the band to Miami. ed Roberts Office Supplier & Equipment 126 Duval St Lopez Bldg Visit Our New Store, Directly Across From Old Location For Immediate Delivery ROYAL TYPEWRITERS. PORT- ABLES, USED BURROUGH'’S ADDING MACHINES. | CASH REGISTER IN A-1 CONDITION CALL 250- “thé. Ang | of times | made here since our | ithe “Monige Coiity sAttdubon Soeiety.:‘The: 579-page book con- j tine 8 ingny full-page color illus- | trations’) “front original paintings by Francis I. Jaques of the American Museum. of Natural ) | History. “Florida Bird ,bife”.is the third of three : recognized - books . on birds .preésented to the. library i bythe’ Monroe County Audubon | Society for the purpose of mak }; ing available for public refer- ence beautifully published and authentic information on birds. The two volumes previously } given by the society are “The , Audubon Bird Guide” by Rich- ard H. Don Eckelberry, and “Field Guide to Birds,” by George Tory Peterson, All three books are recommended by the National Audubon Society “Florida Bird Life” 1s probably the most extensive study of birds of this state. Arthur H. Howell, Senior Biologist in the Division of Biological Investigations, of the U. S. Biological Survey de- voted 12 years to its preparation. It contains 58 illustrations and 72 maps and since it is very de- tailed with regard to birds of this state shows a number of species native to the Florida Keys that do not appear in the |more general bird books. The copy presented to the li- | brary contains this inscription: “Presented to the Key West Li- brary by the Monroe County Au- dubon Society in belief that ap- preciation of birds begins with accurate knowledge about them.” Everready Club To Elect Officers Officers for the ensuing year | will be elected tomorrow at 00 p.m. by the Everready Star C of the Order of Eastern Star at the home of Mrs. Mary Lowe, 1418 Sixth street. The officers of the club urge every member to %e present First Class Wanted | MECHANIC GOOD PAY - STEADY JOB TO RIGHT MAN NAVARRO, Ine. Be'stati Bus Station CELOTEX WALL PLANK ——- at—— STRUNK LU MBER a ARD FTL.EPHONE Attack SCOOP BDEADL A Santa Flies To ‘Cuba With Mail Santa Claus flew to Guan- het OE eco t For 67 Years Devoted to the Pyar en segmenting nomen Associated Press Day. Wire “Service and AP Features Best Interests of Key West | PRICE FIVER CENTS CENT: Two Men Held On Charges Filed By Woman ——x* CLAIMS THEY ENTERED HER HOME, BEAT HER AND THEN CRIMINAL. LY ASSAULTED HER Two young white men are be- Pough, and illustrated by: ab tanamo Bay early this morn- ing with mail for the enlisted men and officers of the U. S. Navy stationed there. Senta Claus was a pilot of a seaplane, which, loaded with 79 bags of mail at Seaplane Base, who at once | took off for Cuba. VIO aa. OL dad ing held today by the sheriff's loffice on tentative charges of {criminal assault filed against ithem by a woman who alleges i they attacked her in her Grinnell | street home early Sunday. The woman, who is in her ‘forties, says she was awakened about 3 a. m., Sunday and found two men in her room. They ask- ,ed, she states, where they could ‘get some marijuana cigarettes. Tells Italians ignificance Of (yr eke vamos ee ene at Supply Of Food. rien” sie ateces Then, she alleges, one of the men struck her, and knocked (Ry The Ansocinted Prexny ROME, Dec. 22.-—American| her to the floor. While one man Ambassador James C. Dunn was} held her with his foot against present th: morning on the ar- | her throat, she alleges, the other rival of a freighter with 95 hun- | then disrobed and criminally as- dred tons of wheat aboard for | Saulted her. distribution in Italy, and, in an! After they fled’ she hailed a address, explained the signific-| passing taxicab and made a re- ance of the United States supply-! port to Acting Police Lieutenant ing Italy with supplies. !Lee Baker. He went to her He explained the help was to! home and in another apartment keep Italy. free to determine her| found one of the men.’ He was own form of government and to} arrested and taken to county jail. safeguard her against desolation| He says that he entered the and chaos or dictatorship im-} woman's home when he heard posed on her by any other coun- | her yelling for help, but denies ee that he assaulted her. e said that, since the end of; Later Chief Deputy. Sheriff the war, the United States has! shipped to Italy more than two binds etece eh pel ene million tons of wheat, coal and) S°° beacon mabe = waman's varied supplies with the object, Complaint. " in view of restoring a strong eco-| Adi ] nomic system in Ttaly. British Labor I * Greet Mén In Naval Service Adiniral Ybuis <E. Dintield, USN, chief ief naval operations, " | has sued fhe follawing Christ- Ever’ sitice| mas statement: been in! “I seri my oo Party To Expel All Communists | (By The Asso LONDON, Dec. the Labor party sincere good has power, it has been known that| wishes for the holiday season to its membership the present and former officers, Communists, and today party’ men, and women of the United leaders started a movement to| States Navy and Marine Corps, fexpell all communists from ils! 3nd to the Navy's many friends pale estimated that there are| 224. brothers-in-arms. Our re- BOWODNcorimuniste ani Gres WP ie enor eee res ulledytcs ain, and that a few of them hold|2ffirming our faith in lasting office and are in a position fo | Coustian ideals and principles. slow down production. May each of you enjoy a A government spokesman said | VerY Merry Christmas and may that a thorough investigation will) the New Year see the beginnings be made with the object of re-| of an era of peace, understand- moving from office every man or! ing, and good will toward men.” woman known to be of com-} —————— munistic leanings Trades unions, it are also preparing to expel {bers who a Ss. includes many! tea, McCauleys Arrive mem- (For Winter season : Mr. and Mrs. Cleyburn Me- CLUB MEMBERS | ARE | Cauley, of Houston, Texas, have ASKED FOR DONATIONS arrived to spend the winter in Junior Woman's Club mem- | Key West. and are at their home, bers were asked by their Presi- | 909 Francis street. dent, Helen Schuck, to bring| .) 3 (§——-——_—__ iChristmas donations for the MISSING TIRES ARE poor to Anna Tuttle, at 419| NOT NOW MISSING Fleming street. | S ‘ z Members are asked 1o bring| _ Former City Manager O. J. S their donations before Wednes- | Ellingson has written a letter to City Clerk Victor Lowe relative | to the missing four tires report MEE og cet eee J | B RA DY S to pay for the new tires that was placed on his personal car, as it win Trevor at a recent commis- . | was thought justifiable in view (Live) Poultry and Egg SA SESE LHe GaRRIITa ean asec jday noon. sion meeting. The city did not ask Ellingson of the fact that Ellingson used the car on city business while em- | ployed in Key West. Lowe was instructed to inquire about the missing four used i 1214 White Street j tires. In Ellingson’s letter from PHONE 540 Houston, Texas, the former city manager explained that one of Please Place‘ the'tives had a blowout, but that | all four tires were placed on City Hall property. Your Order for Ellingson’s proved to be correct, YOUNG TENDER >» DUCKS | SEAT COURS ' and ROASTING ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS | 121 Duval Street rere won | ume, J uone 442 aE statements have stated Vic Lowe this morning.