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NEWS Final Presentation Of “Skylark” TT ered i Wet Pinyers with to- al perform with Ruth fey wee very enthusias- at week, and the Play > are pleerd with the success a fest offering of the St Pellowine tonight's perform ange the organisation will hold a Petty herkstage to celebrate. and eet yomediately = rehearsals 8 te fer the next play oe tamlgbed, w huct Leura Reta Sigma Phi Sorority ToBe ive In Key Welfare Work: Recent Meeting Held Very Ac Ma seem meeting of Beta a ee ty deciman © UReRerously made aot only © @nmeee © lees! welfare work tut to @wtend its act * far fee play of the season, | and| . This play will be presented by Cte he the starring roles. | the Players within several weeks, Series by = eppreciative | the dates, names of the cast, di- | the Players for their fine work in sin Key West. West Players To Be Made At Barn Theatre On Duval Si. successful Presentation | December 5, a On Monday night of next week, ing which will be discussed the | Gnaneial aspects of the first play, and there will be readings and tryouts fw “Laura.” and full information regarding reetor and so forth will be pub- lished as soon as it is available. Meantime, congratulations to their initial play of the season, amd it is to be hoped that they they will keep up their good work. If *hey do, we are in for a fine winter of theatre-going here West's Christmas City. Plans to give away a beauti- ful dish washer (electric) at the dance were formulated to help | swell attendance H Ruth Larson and Virginia Whitmarsh were commended for ! OP se Chattahoochee, where their fine work during “rush ett i te sent Christmas week.” Among the new rushees feet the shes of the State Hoe. present were Elizabeth Achesen, nm, « Hime to Publicity Betty Toppino, and Edith Sweet- | Chm Nethe Peersen. Enthu- , 6 ane abounded as the girls’ dis Devotion of many hours to countered i the var. “ty by Ida Gellrich, Florence} wa gett even at Yule Atdagh, and Ruby Crawley, to- | Tide Pp dent Dolice #¢ther with the entire member- | wiry seid that «& was ela ship, had helped make the ex-j @ the whoie-he hibit of the Art and Historical Be. wit Society at Martello Towers an} thee ma Haive oe outstanding suctess. Assistance in| e od these exhibits is a continuing , ye" Come ct s project of ths sorority. | = ee " what this Opened by Betty Saunders, the Qrieaty« ame ergene the indigent of Key West wt 4. Sorority 4 lunteered thei tte and thew purse tays th ' umunity ——ter op te additional welfare f « agreed that a Cheeta Dance would be held « sice Moreno ag Chair zy > smeted by Aan Cobo, Reah Seewting, Eine Hoff, met ' Betty Saunders, s “i, and Whit a ite wil ting as pres e th sheence of Dollis whe planned to spend the fc veee siidays in Oklahoma Pour . . Wives Club} ; Wednesday etd the eul evkly meet ma an te ms at Build-| s n, with tvs Pores | iding Mi Mrs. Made pense —Pavt mpanied Mrs.| Heat the City ? 4 Monde vity Chriet- f th con ® ' e in we Mi ' 1 money Charming Party Held Honoring Were. Rudolph Rafalsky Of New York » Re Mi oe os , ; Caoties To Veet This Monday Al Lecal VEW Hall -¢ wee New Members Received Into | Lat€oncha Navy Wives Club Wednesday evening | wishes for a quick ht to patt-jday night were the the theme of a most interesting | program was “Friendship.” In | this, Gwyndolyn James held the attention of her listeners with @ passage by Charles Lamb, composed of Lamb's own beauti- | ful and enduring frinedship with | his sister and that of a contem- porary writer, Coleridge. Miss James pointed out the fact that Lamb's character was _ strongly reflected in his writings. Edith Lopez added much en- thusiasm to the program with a discussion of “Seven Principles of Friendship.” in’ which she brought out the opinion of each member and, in conclusion. read from “The Prophet,” Kaheil Gil- ran’s interpretation of a friend. | The Club has extended sincere recovery to | Mrs. Madelene Taylor who met with an accident last Tuesday while riding her bicycle. They all {hope to see her at the next meet- ing The new members who were ag at the|pledged into the Club Wednes- | the Mesdames Ruth Manning, Betty Van Horn, | Jean Allen, and Judy Faulds. H Present at Wednesday's meet- ing were the Mesdames Teresa | Braxton ,lona Aiken, Ruth Mann- ing. Frances Ward, Lorrayne Mc- | Guire, Betty Van Horn, Viola Bzullak, Geneviene Duke, Jean Allen, and Judy Faulds. Presented to the guest of honor were two beautiful crystal | es, and Santa Claus also saw | that each attending the! party received a gift. There were d during the game- lady playing Attending the nor guest. party, besides Mrs. Allshouse and | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8— Rafalsky, } St. Paul’s Aux. Meeting Cancelled The regular meeting “of the Woman's Auxiliary’ of fst. Paul's Church, which is held the first Monday of each month, will not be held on December 5, it was learned today. ° 7 Cancellation of the meeting has been made due to the fact that the annual Parish Meeting will be held on Monday evening, and so the Woman's Auxiliary meeting} has set forward their December ’ will be held at the theatre, dur-| meeting to Monday afternoon, 3, (4) — Testimony: ae December 12, at 3:00 o'clock. Fleet Reserve And Auxiliary To Meet Thursday The regular monthly meeting of the Fleet Reserve Association Branch 56 and the Woman’s Auxiliary will be held next Thursday evening, December 8, at 8:30.P. M. in the Clubrooms at Front and Fitzpatrick streets. Full attendance of _ the mem- berships of both’ groups has been requested, and following the’ bus- iness sessions, a social hour will be held, during which refresh- ments will be served by the Aux- iliary. vv VV Vere vererVrTS Aerovias “Q” Passenger List 02£24442444444444464 Passengers leaving for Havana, Cuba, via Aerovias “Q” S.A.; Charlec Wells, Irma Wells, Michael Makar, Frank. Ardito, Ann Price, Edna Newgass, Faye Carle. George A. Simone, Hows. ard Salisbury, Belle Salisbury, Maria O. Barta, Isolina Fontan- ila, Hilda Pullara, Henry Kra- mer, Michael H.: Morrone, Paul Keller. Allan B. Cleare, Jean Proctor, Julius Stone, Aquilino Lopez, Clifton Darcey, John F. Moore, John T. Moore, Lucille Moore, Harold Munson, Pearl Munson, Irvin Bowers, Helen Bowers, Paul Bowers. Mario Herrera, Alfredo . Her- rera, Stanley H. Sain, Thomas | Attles, Angela Perez, Patrick Perez, Maria Diaz, Gloria In- clan, Gloria Hernandez, Maria Sandoval, Paul San Martino, Carmen Carneado, Delia Gonz- alez, William Ames, Dorothy Ames. ° Coming Events SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3— Dance at the Cuban Club, from 8:30 P. M., for the benefit of Children’s Tuberculosis Di- vision of The Instituto Inter- American. Music by the Isla de Cuba Orchestra. ELIA ALLEN IRS a pgm ge Se are j of the Florida State Employment jy Ba a a ORE | Labor market trends: . : which have suffered a 13 per. SARAJEVO; Yugoslavik, ‘Dec. Yugoslavia is “attempting to] of budget cuts, employment in ‘Dee. bee i ceatadll beoees ae Ber ee r | TODAYS COUPON WEBSTER’S Meee Fehool and x elled Fietichman Dies In Fall From Train; He Is— ‘Believed To Be A Suicide yf show the existence of a Soviet|other- repoiting establishments! American. minister to j Yugoslav spy, charges is continu-. spy ring in post-war Yugoslavia,| registered a 12 per cent increase Nathaniel Davis, ,ihg with two more of the ten To date, much of the testimony|during the same period. Major | Budapest this morning | White Russian defendants on the has involved Nazi. collaboyatiqn gains occurred in construction awaiting a reply to his request to witness stand. rauring the war. The only woman] and. trade firms, but were part-|see American businessman Rob- One is a former Russian Czarist defendant admitted helping the|ially offset by losses in trans-) ert Vogeler who was arrested by farmy officer. He admitted col-. Nazis in Yugoslavia. portation and service establish- Hungarian. secret police two penta with the.Nazis dur-' A Russian’ Orthodox Priest,| ments. weeks ago, ing the war but denied being a Reverend Aleksei Krishko, de-! ‘Alth government instal-| Vogeler’s. arrest on charges of Soviet spy afterward. He acknow- scribed himself as ‘“partiallyjlations dominate the employ-| espionage and sabotage was an- ledged only having conversations guilty” to a long list of charges}ment pattern, trade and service nounced by the Communist gov- iwith officers of the Soviet ‘sec- ‘linking him with the Germans] industries represent a large part,erament of Hungary on Novem- 4 ret police and the Sovi t .con-\during the war .and the Soviet] of Monroe County’s economy, ber 22. Davis immediately re-| she addes n sulate in Belgrade. iunion aft-rwards. “Key West is primed for an-!quested an interview. The re- 1 LY eS hy r | Saghe HE DNase _.... Jother ‘record breaking winter} quest has not yet been rejected, | weekemt, pond | A season. Hotels report solid book~ ee em ings beginning this month. Sev- | 2» oe A eral new motels with a total of; ‘ : ‘ “ 500 rooms have been completed,! . ‘-s , . . and a hundred more rooms are! i under construction. Both com- é mercial and sport fishing — pro- is et ? mise to be very: good as a result H if > . @)ofearly cold weather in the north i which has caused large numbers ‘ ‘ of fish to moye into southern e . . [ates Seasonal hotels, restau- | MALLETTO, Sicily, Dec. 3— . Volcanic experts: in Sicily point |"ants and nights clubs will start (®).Streams of incandescent out that the pressure in the fiery opening in another month. Em | Many and varied features of: pived im Mas ather ) ae lava continue to flow down the interior of the mountain has been|Ployment is expected to increase’ entertainment, have been. atrang-| 1 parieipate sides of Mount Etna today but relieved by the bursting of holes | #bout eleven per cent by the end eq for the regular monthly pre- | this evening. . P for the people. who livé at the in the side. Right now, pent-up; of January with trade and ser-: menade of Voiture Locale 728, Chet de Gure by _ Volcano’s base, the worst may ‘be lava: is flowing from at least ten: VIC¢ establishments taking the 49 and 8, fun and honor organiz- | will preside # s ecaeatieal nearly over. -openings on Mount Etna’s slopes.j ead in hiring. Moderate gains ation of the American Legion, to sion. oane Still threatened by the erupting! Before the surging flow began| Wl occur. in construction and be held tonight. at Marathon,’ John W. Castell = ' volcano is this little town, which to slow down, the fiery vagee eye oo firms, but no re- | Florida. mander, Ma: athen oe for a time Jay directly in the path brought destruction to the rich covery is expected in govern-} “Approximately 30 local Voy- tom Po end 6 Vereuee, © of.a red hot river of molten rock fruit groves along the. mountain- | ent employment. ageurs. will attend, Correspon- Chairman of the Entoxtomeme ‘According to late word the burn- side. Somefarmhauses were des-| “Construction continues at a dant George A. Warren stated to- Committee for the etter oie ing flow has slowed down some-’ troyed. Blasts of super-heated airjf@pid pace with October build- gay. In addition, a group of Voy- An election of » Chet oJ = what, and the nearest lava is still started forest fires. ling permits totaling $200.105, of ageurs from Tavernier will also to fill @ current yenemer some miles away. And there is a _At dawn today the 11,000 foot; Which 87 per cent for residential pe present. “ be effected at the tusanmmp ot chance that it may stop short of peak was hidden by a huge and building. A $1,000,000 project of| The 40 and 8 Locomotive ar- sion. Malletto’ and spare the little vil- ominous looking cloud of steam, prefabricated homes is more: — ____ , — lage. {smoke and vapor. than 25 per cent complete. Plans ;are under consideration for re- ; bulkheading storm damaged sea! walls, and for the construction of; . @ conerete stadium to seat ap-} proximately. 5,000 people. The; state is planning to spend about 4 $100,000 on roadside parks and \ lateral roads ofr the Keys, which ‘wil! add interest to the already! 'famuus Overseas highway. ‘ “There are 58 per cent more! jjob seekers registered with the: i{FSES now than there were in HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 3. ' May, largely because of the gov-| —)—The war of expulsions « ernment” lay-off. Approximately | bétween France and Poland ‘has Cc har: e Hi Ho kins 37 per cent of the applicants axe! brought death to one French- i / Pp seeking clerical positions, man. e ‘cipally general office | America Zone -offictals “Jn Gave Many Atomic clerk-typists and sales ‘Germany say one of theypi 4 | Judging by the. numba of claims} ¥ : le expelled fro; 'o- ® ‘jiled for unemployment compen- pr aecae very bead ea \Secrets To Russia { sation, unemployment hit its peak railroad track near Offenbach, lin June and has gradually receded | ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 7:—().—} to a level only slightly higher CLIP THIS COUPON —§ Dictionary 98¢ (By mail #08) 7-_—____ Final performance, “Skylark,” | GoPMany. eS ‘ is - - arg “30 a 4 ro ike. Authorities say the Frenchithan, | Washington is alive with com-; than that of a year ago. Niet ‘ 1 Name 8 a0 at Bamn theetre Oy hey tg Gus Affray. threw. himself|ment today on the sensational] “Demand for workers has in-' sedbringormalicoese MOnGAY DECEMBER 2 from a French military trdin, A| charge of a former Army officer} creased about 11 per cent since a — Nand dite & Address Hehe The Medal e 7:45| French officer said that suicide | Who accused the late Harry Hop-|May because of the season up~ tionary, When ordering = el 5 earsal, ” e Messiah, 7:45) | 4s suspected; the doors, of ‘the,; kins of expediting the flow ofiturn in business conditions, but by mail add toe extra i P. M. at First Methodist train were locked and Affray had| atomic secrets to Russia during Jis still 13 per cent under the level! Sor postage and wrapping } Bape ems wee Church, Eaton and Simonton streets. Presentation to take place Tuesday, December 13, by Key West Community Singcrs. Meeting, Executive Board of Poinciana Schoo] P. T. A, at home of Mrs. Mary 11-2 Poinciana the war of a year ago. More than half of | __ The charge was made in a Ful-{the job opportuniti currently |ton Lewis broadcast by an ex-|available are in restaurants and officer by the name of G. Racey| Private households, where turn- Jordan. He said secret American | over is always high. The only documents were flown to Rusia in {noticeable labor shortage occurr- ale lots during the war-—{ing recently was among skilled mples of what the Russi-{Plumbe but this demand has apparently smashed a window tg throw himself from the trait.’ The French were being expell- ed from Poland as a reprisal for French expulsion of Poles. iL. E. Hoover Found salled uranium “bomb pow And said Jordan, been partially satified by recruit- areas.” eae ee iG il Of M d all this ‘ment from other Pla. Hosier Sy west uty UPrder | vas done under the orders of the — Theatre. on Duval _ street. . Tate President Roosevelt's confi- Readings and tryouts for In Recent Death dential aide, Harry Hopkins. ‘eg DREAMY | next play ».| Needless to say, official Wash- \% CREAMY, rt’s © ; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7—| NEW ORLEANS, ‘Dec. $3/8).|ington is in something of an up-; - THE BEAMYS | Regular meeting, La Concha!—Louis Eugene Hoover has been|Toar today, arid here are pais | 1% Rignt on Navy Wives Club No. 88,!found guilty of murder by a |Comments: i 7:30 P. M., in Clubrooms, |New Orleans jury. There's an outright denial from! Building 178, U. S. Naval Hoover was charged with kill-{Stepnen T. Early, now deputy '@ 1 Station, ing a millionaire, James Mahoney | secretary of defense, who was) 4% ' Sewing Group Meeting, Mon- ciation and Women’s Auxil- iary, 8:30 P. M. in Clubrooms at Front and Fitzpatrick streets. Business sessions and social hour. Fern Chapter and Mesdames Qussell, were the following Myron Russell, J. L William J Shepherd, Kemp, Roy But George Aston, t, Russell Hoff zuk Island City | Four Entertain ' Wedne ght the “Island City Four epresenting the USO YMCA, presented 15 minutes of entertainment at the “Home of Previously the quar. entertained patients at the Navel Hospital Is'and City Four” is com- of four vy men, George posed Gabriel, Francis, | Bernard | To Meet | Next Friday The regular meeting of Fern | Chapter No. 21, Order of Hast- ern Star, will be held on Friday night of next week, December 9, |} at the Masonic Hall at 8 P. M., it was learned today. In conjunction with this meet- ing there will take place the an- | nual election of officers of the ; chapter for the year 1950, and it j has therefore been urged that a | full membership be present. | Rourk and Jerry England. Their , opening selection of the evening was “Sharty Town,” followed by many old favorites, and closing the program with “I Got Shoes,” a spiritual. | Lt. Don Gilles of Boca Chica accompanied the “Island City of Bristol Virginia, in a New Orleans hotel room. (Continued From Page One) Tsun-Jen, has completed ar- rangements to visit the United States. Li will leave Hong Kong by plane on Monday. | BANK BORROWS RADFORD, Va.—A bank here had to borrow money from.an- other bank to begin operations today, although it had plenty,of ash on hand. The odd situation sulted from an automobile at- cident. A car had snapped a pow- er pole during the night. That cut off electricity to a large section of Radford. The power failure prevented the First Bank from opening its electrically-operated vault where its cash was stdred. | MAY MUST START SERVING NEW YORK.—Former Con- gressman Andrew May of Ken- tucky has been given two days grace in starting a prison-: sen- tence because of a misunder- standing. May was to have sur- rendered himself today to a mar- shal at Catlettsburg, but it de- veloped that a marshall would Four” on the piano. Moster of not be on duty at Catlettsburg to- day. So now May is free sarin James Flynn, Edward | ceremonies was Vernon Shaffer. |Monday, when he will begin FDR's press secretary and, like Hopkins, a confidential assistant; roe County Hospital Avxi-} The verdict carries a manda-|of the wartime chief of state. liary, 2 P. M,: at Hospital.|tory death sentence. Early ¢ the story “Utterly co Eos at 548 —_——_———— unbelievable.”, and when asked or transportation. a. for his reaction today, Early i Meeting Fleet Reserve Asso-| Late Bulletins gee ree eae 4 “It’s the first I ever heard of it. In his broadcast, the former} Army officer had referred to the wartime head of the atomic pro- ject, Major Gen. Leslie Groves. saying Hopkins had been miffed because Groves refused to give him secret information. And here is Groves’ reaction Queried at his home in Darien, Connecticut, Groves said he did not see how his charges can be ignored by cong! And, said the wartime atomic chief, he is waiting to hear now from the defenders of Harry Hopkins. Mail The Citizen to Relatives serving. cight to 24 months for wartime ‘ribery and conspiracy. PROTEST SHOOTING WASHINGTON. — The United States has protested to the Chinese Nationalist government over the firing upon American vi Is by Nationalist warships. trong note of protest by the State Department described the shelling <f American merchant- men as_ unjustifiable trary to international law. and con-}719 Duval St. JUST ENOUGH! | 10 o7. norma | Old Fashioned Franchised Bottler Curry’s Bottling Works Phone 581 \ You'll always remember this knight! t27 cha alos stow wen ab the readers of this newspaper have in more manly arms, Never o braver man aky Dn Monday, December § The Key West ( carepreomann see reaionainiaie