The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 9, 1949, Page 1

r VOL. LXX. No. 110 RAISE $3,500 Fund Now Amounts To $6,500 And Red Cross Needs 83,500 To Operate final effort to reach the Goal set by the Red Cross ‘949 fund raising drive, workers Saturday will to raise the $3,500 which the is short. telephone Saturday & m.to ree i at any time p. m., will bring for any Key West Chapter’s work be greatly impaired this if the additional money is net raieed, W. Curry Harris, chap- si “One has no ii the scope of work by the Red Cross.” Harris said. “It is held workers are busy every Fi ent on to explain that the family of some Key West youth im the service might need the presence of the youth at home teceuee of illness. The Red Cross errenges for the emergency leave. Families of service men stationed here might desire to contact the man of their family, the Red Crom performs that work. ie in divas however, that STIRRUP NEW CHEF. DE GARE OF RED CROSS SEEKS TO call to headquar- | | President | Chipper On | Start 66th Year (By The Ansociated press) WASHINGTON, May 9.— a slowing-up in his physical but he_ insists he needs his morning walk to keep down to 175 pounds. Lk adaheude ude uteuteen | the Red Cross comes conspicuous- | ly to the front. Relief shelters are equipped and volunteer workers assigned to them. After the dis- aster, it is the Red Cross who fi- nancially assists those unfortu- nates who are unable to help rehabilitate themselves. 40 & 8 CHARGED | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1949 HEIRESS CHARGES HUSBAND BEAT HER. . FREDERICK HAMMER, 41 (left), voiced his lov» from a jail cell at DeLand, Fla. for his, wife. Mrs. Andrea Luckenbach Hammer (right), heireis to steamship millions who charged he beat her with his fists and a flashlight aboard their yacht. The charges were made in a two-page affidavit sworn to by Mrs. Hammer. County Solicitor T. Harold Williams used the affidavit to file a crim- inal information charging Hammer with aggravated assault. “We were completely in love and I would never harm her.” said Hammer in his jail cell. ‘a 4 ‘Still Off Job; {Others Go Back ‘and automobile workers returned Ford Workers For Entire T Navy (By ‘The Associated Presa? ot 10:55 am. today, DETROIT, May 9—Fifty thous- ‘to their jobs today at the Hudson (P) Wirephotos Hearing On Alliance Ends Tomorrow (By The Associa: ened WASHINGTON, May 29—Sen- ator Connolly of Texas said today that anybody who wishes to tes- }tify before the senate committee on the North Atlantic pact should Lt. Comdr. Billet, Jr., And Lt. Crofoot Report For Duty, Involving Flying TWO NEW OFFICERS _ ‘ON DUTY AT BOCA CHICA|say » | live at 1528 Josephine street. LT- JG and Mrs. Crofoot and ‘their daughter, Virginia Lee, 2%, re- side at 611 Grinnell street. LCDR Billett, after being igrad- ahd Chrysler factories and the; Briggs plant, but the number of Ford employees now idle increas- ed to 65: thousand. . Henry Ford; Hy :refused to ne- gotiate with the mayor of Detroit or any other outsider as a party to the discussion: The question under consideration, Ford point- ed. out, is.of a technical nature, that is, a question to determine whether or not the workers’ charge that, the company is ee up production is true or No date has been set for dis- | cussing the question between the company‘s and the union’s repre- | foo sentatives. s Truman Ave. Buses Carry Old Signs ‘Division St’ Frank Piodelo today called at- ——* They Cling To Side Of Night: Bout hrowing Them Into Water sailors, Base, ry be Vease! er tention to the fact that the Tru- Lieutenant Commander Dudley [vated from. Helena, Montana, | man avenue buses are still carry- ieee Samuel Billet, Jr., and Lieuten-+High School in 1935, attended! ing the signs “Division Street.” aiveias uy jant (junior grade) Arthur Ellisfthe University of Washington at} “Now that the street’has been fk He. added tha gutlook is !Crofoot, U. S. Navy, last week re- Seattle. Mrs. Billett, ‘the former | renamed Trumen Avenue out of | srewg P| that ‘tlie sénate:- - the) ported “ty... AntiSubmarine. ae So > tibia, di ; Pact. Connolly hopes that there| velopment Squadron ONE (VX-1) |r canen ase, St i pe , epipre a: do so by tomorrow, because the hel de Train At, hearing iS to be closed at that Legion Meeting Veneer © Stirrup was elected to eorve o@& Chet de Gare of Voiture Lewate 188, 40 and 6, fun and homer organization of the Ameri- can Legon, for the coming year, t the regular meeting held Fri- day evening at the Legion home. Selected te serve with Stirrup we Chef de train—C. B. Harvey. Aumomer—Albert L Commimsaire — Intendant ford J Raines J. Metzger. Garde te Porte—Victor A. Hartmann Commis Voyageur—Frank L. Aviles Lampiste John F. Romaguera. Cheminots—-Robert M. Daniels, George W Sikes. ‘The officers will be installed shortly after the adjournment of the Grande Promenade which will be held n Fort Myers, June 11-12 George W. Sikes is the re- tiring Chef de Gare. Two appli- cations for membership were ap- i A «upper wes served after the promenede §= (end entertainment provided for the Voyaguers in at- teretance A vomuler mesting of Arthur Sewyer Post No. 28, American \. Dinegre, Jr. announced today. A Gem of new members will te eeemiwed by « ceremony con- ueted by the Key West Guard of f Motorcycle Fire On Stock Island Feemen from Ne 3 station colted t Stock Island at 21) & mm today to extinguish a fire (het developed in a motor cy t witeh bere an Indiana state teense plate The w wartest 4 short The firemen © putting out the fire the eyele was little REOPENING TUESDAY at 5:00 P.M. 4 ROSES | (®) Wirephoto THIRTEEN - YEAR-OLD DI- ANA ALLEN, who is in jail at Joilet, Ill. on a charge of mur- der in the slaying of little Charles Johnson, her seven- year-old playmate, rests her face against her balled-up fists as she listens ‘intently during an inquest into the death. The boy's body was found in a drainage ditch near his home. | The complaint against the brown-haired, freckled girl was will not be any delay in ratifica- tion, as the Russians may view the delay as an indication of fal- Honing on the part of the senate. They are not familiar with the workings of the senate, he ex- plained, and they almost surely will misinterpet any movement for a postponement df action. Four Submarines Arrive Here; Form New Sub Group Four U. S. Navy Submarines, the Cochino, Toro, Corsair and Tusk, arrived in Key West Sun- day, from New London, Conn. These submarines comprise a new organization in the Atlantic Fleet known as Submarine De- velopment Group Two. In impressive ceremonies at the Operational Development Station here in Key West this morning, Captain Alan B. Bannister, U. S. Navy, Commander of the locally based Submarine Squadron four, ‘officially commissioned the Sub- marine Development group two, Submarine Force, U. S. Atlantic signed by the victim's father, Eric Johnson. 200 See Air ‘Display Sunday | More than 200 persons gather jed at’ Boca Chica Navai Air Sta- tion Sunday afternon to view the 32 aircraft display which had been arranged for them by Cap- tain F. L. Busey, USN, command- er of the Naval Air Station. Among the persons who viewed the aircraft were school children, their mothers and teachers. They saw fighters, bombers, P2-V, | Neptune, blimps and helicopters | on display. Palace Theater Robert Y and Marguerite Chapman (in Color)'in TTA | POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION | Prancis at Division Phone 9134 Fleet. Captain Roy S. Benson, U. S. group upon its commissioning. Submarine Development Group rans of World War Il have been) training. Adams was promoted to two will remain in the Key West area for approximately one week | before returning to New London Electrical Board To Hold Exams amination for eeking a journeyman’s » or a master clectrician’s ll be held by the yard the night of May 27, it announced to- day by Roy F. Butler, director of the city department of public service SPECIAL 35e 35¢ 35e Any Size ROLL FILM Developed and Printed For Only 35c One (1) Day Service EVANS CAMERA STORE 509 SOUTHARD STREET Next to Bus Station (SUMMER RATES) persons certifi- li Boca Chica Field, for duty in- pow flying. attached to Helicopter Utility Squadron TWO, Naval Air Sta- tion, Lakehurst, New Jerse LCDR Billett as Operations Offi- cer and Lt. Crofoot as Assistant Material Officer. LCDR and Mrs. Billett and their two children, Diana, 5%, Gilbert, 4566, St. Johns ‘Ave- | nue, Jacksonville. | LITJG Crofoot was graduated Both officers were previously | from Hannibal, New York, High signs on them.” ; School in 1942. He attended |Columbia University for two years, 1946-48, under a Navy ‘program. Mrs. Crofoot, the form- er Miss Beatrice Irene Gardner, fis the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Gardner, 11 Broad street, Pulaski, New York. | Completes His Training At U.S. Naval Station; Now Full-Fledged ; An apprentice certificate com- ! bined with a high school certifi cate was awarded to Gerald Has | ting Adams at a graduation cere- j mony held Friday morning. i Under a cooperative agreement between the United States Naval Station and the Monroe County ———————— | Navy assumed command of the! Board of Public Instruction, some | Jone hundred and two (102) vete in training since January, 1946. Adams began his apprentice. KEY WEST and at 1106 Tel. 739 000000000 00000000000000 00000000009 Apprentice Certificate Is Given G. H. Adams REPAIR CO. Formerly Located at 616 Whitehead Street NOW LOCATED AT CURRY SONS BLDG., FRONT ST. All Types of ELECTRIC MOTORS REPAIRED . +» Complete Line of V-Belts ... New Motors Electrical Contracting Wiring Supplies SPARE MOTORS INSTALLED WHILE YOUR MOTOR IS BEING OVERHAULED Sales ...Service... Parts John C. Scribner, Manager ° *” — | ship July 1, 1941, but his training | was interrupted when he enlisted {in the Navy, October 20, 1942. He jserved in the U. S. Navy until | November 16, 1945. Apprentice {Adams was outstanding in his | achievements as he has been an honor student during his training. | Adams was heartily congratu- | lated by high ranking officials, | military and civilian, for his ac- |complishments and for the con- ‘sistency with which he success- , fully completed the apprentice- jship requirements as an honor , student. As a result of the satisfactory completion of the apprentice | the trade of Carpenter in the In- j dustrial department. | ELECTRICAL Duval Street erccccccoorcs ‘Sunday by owner Mrs. Joan “Truman Avenue’ also,” said Pio-| brow at, delo. “But I notice the buses are! still carrying ‘Division Street’} Finds Stolen Car At Boca Chica Car reported stolen from in front of 811 Truman Avenue ap- proximately three months ago reported was found at 1:30 p. m. } Mardis of that. address. She re- ceived a telephone call from city Motor Cycle Policeman Frank} ‘araballo that he thought her | car could be found at a certain} spot in Boca Chica and she went; out and picked it up at about 1:30 p. m. Sunday, in good condition and with all plates intact just as it had been left in front of her house. Zoning Board To | ON TRUMAN Introducer Of Bookie Bill Cites Support Meet On Friday tay woo eanameee creme | Tallahassee, May 9%.—-Repre There will be a regular meeting | sentative Alex Stockdale of the Key West zoning board Rvday ‘ight. CiaBi Harvey, |cveoees that the state legalize chairman, announced today. He | bookmaking, said today that he said that only routine matters | has the assurance of 26 menmbe will be considered. of the House that they will sup port his bill He contends that such « mew Window Screens ure, if it becomes « law will toward relieving the state of it STRUNK LUMBER YARD) financial difficulties. He and other supporters of the measure TELEPHONE. 618 catieatertnat the state will recerve - ! $33 million annually in license and the state's “take” from the betting. Dade county repiesentat Second Best are said to be against ' Home-Baked posed law. 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