The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 12, 1951, Page 8

ail i i PAGE EIGHT AFDC Praised By Colonel Holbrook Confirms Assignment To Key West Of 14th Air Force Band Praise for the Key West Armed Forces Day Committee is con- tained in a letter received here by Captain C. C. Adell, Com- mander of the Key West Naval Base. The letter, fronr Colonel T. H. Holbrook, USAF, Sixth Area Pro- ject Officer for Armed Forces Day; confirms the assignment to Key West of the 14th Air.Force Band and then goes on to say: “The enthusiasm of the Key West AFD Committee is certain- ly gratifying, and the Coordinat- or (Major Gen. C. E, Thomas, USAF. Commanding General of the 14th Air Force, Robbins Air Force: Base, Ga.) desires to ex- press his wishes for a successful Armed Forces Day in your com- munity.” The committee, headed by Mayor Louis M. J, Eisner, con- sists of: Fred Miller, Lions Club; Mrs. Claire Arlen, Soroptomist Club; Roy Hamlin, Island City Base- ball: League; Jack Murray, Jr. Chamber of Commerce; Burt Garnett, Art and Historical Assoc.; Mrs. Marion Starck: Busi- ness and Professional Women's Club; Frank Romaguera, Ameri- cap. Legion; John Spottswood, Radio Station WKWF; Norman Artman, Jr., Key West, Citizen; Harold Laubscher, Manager of Key West Chamber of Commerce; C. B. Harvey, American Legion; Emilio Norcisa, Disabled Ameri- can Veterans; Mrs. Blanche Miél- ler, Beta Sigma Phi; Carlton Smith. Veterans of Foreign Wars; and George Spencer, United Spanish War Veterans. LCDR MacKown Is Transferred To Washington, D. C. L€dr, Alfred Burrell Mac- Kown attached to the Surface Anti-Submarine Development -De- tachment has been transferred to the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D. C. He will re- port the latter part of May to his new duty station. Born in New York. City, the son by prior marriage of Mrs. Florence V. Foster, 57 East 21st street, Patterson, N. J., LCdr. MacKown was educated in the Patterson, N. J., and was gradu- ated from the U.S. Naval Acad- emy in 1941. His first sea duty was aboard the Battleship U.S.S. New Mex- icp. he went to the Cruiser USS sdathwestern Pacific and took part in the reoccupation of the Aleutians. From the New Mex- ice, -he wen to the Cruiser USS Quincy and was present on board Gufing the Normandy and south- ¢rfi France invasions. At the con- clusion of his tour of sea duty, he attended the post-graduate schools of Annapolis and the University of California at Los Angeles from which he obtained his master of science degree in applied physics. Before reporting to SurAsDevDet, he was execu- tive officer on board the De- stroyer USS Witek. LCdr. MacKown’s service med- als include the American Defense with Fleet Clasp, American Area, European-African-Middle Eastern Area with two stars, Asiatic-Pa- cific Area with one star, and World War II Victory medal. He is a member of the National Geographic Society and an asso- ciate member of Sigma Zi Scien- tific. Fraternity. Married to the Ruth Trumpa of Huntington, Long Island, N. Y., the Mai Kowns have two children, Nancy Irene, two and a half years old, and Raymond, six months old. While stationed in Key West. LCdr. and Mrs. MacKown have been residing at 1307 Whitehead street. former Irene Interesting Notes Diamonds are found in Brazil Manchuria has about 40,000,000 Native population. Two mountain ranges divide Ecuador into three distinct areas. Blacksmiths are so cause they work in other dark metals. The ocean-bottom animal, the brittle star, has five arms which may reach two feet in length. called be iron and Japan began building the southern Manchurian rail system | after winning its war with Rus- sia sin’ 1905. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN AP Men Win Pulitzer Prizes For Work In Korea eae (P) Wi DON WHITEHEAD (LEFT) AND RELMAN MOUIN (CENTER) of the Associated Press were awarded Pulitzer prizes Monday in the tieia 1 iniernational reportin Max Desfor (right) of the Associated Press won the Pulitzer orize in news photography for his picture of re flee ing across a wrecked bridge in Korea. Whitehead won the award for his story, written th the Marines outside Seoul, describing the Han river fighting. Morin’s prize was given for his stor Death of An Airbase,” and for another story, “hatred to stay long after the last shot is fired in Korean war.” Whitehead is a native of Harlan, Ky. Knoxville, Tenn., for several years. He was Asso¢iated Press correspondent at Wreck Leaves Mass Cleaning Job For Railroad (?) Wirephoto CRANES ARE MANEUVERED INTO POSITION to remove the wreckage of 47 cars from a 143. car Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed at New Brunswick, N. J.. The accident slowed traffic on the Pennsylvania's main line from New York to Philadelphia. Survivors Flee Town Smashed B y. Karthquakes (@) Wirephoto RESIDENTS OF JUCUAPA, EL SALVADOR, depart from the ruins of their town which was near- ly destroyed by a series of earthquakes. Officials estimated 1.000 people were killed and thousands more were injured by the quakes that rocked the Central American republic, tudents’ Faces Phi man named Ed marae =| A fey Fe. |fect ont, 200 pounds. He made! found in Arkansn "I > | fi | himself up dainty like in a kimono | Hot Were Rec When affair, a bandana, and a huge re-| —— cant Seay ticule. Nobody has expected that | Edna Won Race the students would really be de-| LOS ANGELES. ceived into voting for this ap- | (®)—It's a/Favition. But they did. ‘ian! tradition at — the California here have been 60 miles from ANYTHING. CONCERNING AUTOMOBILES SEE THE TWINS University of | KNows now whether the students |were deceived or just enjoying | that the vice- the president o: wae B joke. Hummel is astounded | shall oe a 2 i ier body life says “I don’t understand te ''30 Duvar St. Px. 1870-1871 & Co-ed. Men may run}, : sie a LES ' for the job, but they dent get |PUt about 200 girls voted for me elected (Ay is “presage. - ASS oth an okay. But a gal ge two job. So it was ts the mumber- this year—they thought. The two leading eandi- dates were a coed named ‘dna and a second coed Jamed Joyce. Edna was a real ca npus character mpaigning on a platform of fashion _ virtue The ‘slogan Located in the Heart of the City Ss neasonasLe — R()Q)MS 1o."aesenv ations with BATH and TELEPHONE was “women should hold babies, Ford Pershi Mil mat office!” Edna stormed about or ershing ; ler he campus roaring at the student Hotel Hi ie campus rom ote] otel Hotel — aes om test tall—must 60 N.E. 3rd St. 226 N.E. Ist Ave, 229 N.E. Ist Ave, Bee ou eae 80 Rooms 100 Rooms 80 ove eWay: when the voting was Elevator Elevator Rooms er, it came to a runoff election Solarium Heated Elevator between Edna and Joyce. It was then that ti exposed. Edr 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION © gag was! na was a Delta Sigma Identification Cards Issued To | - | SA War Veterans Identification cards are being| issued to Spanish-American War Veterans who desire to establish| their legal right to outpatient treatment for non-service-connect-| ed disabilities, the Veterans Ad ministration said today Gener y, outpatient treatment! for Spanish War Veterans is un der the same rules as apply to} other VA patients, but the Span-| | | ish War Veterans are entitled to| outpatient treatment fer nor vice-connected ills, by — speeial | Act The right of Spanish Vet to such treatment is pro under Public Law 791, of the 81st Congress. | Once eligibility is established,| the veteran will be given treat ment after prior authorization, V. S. Parker, manager of the Mi-| ami V mal office, said ‘The identification cards will! ave the veterans the trouble of| ome record-searchin at the time} of il ince it is ev ace that] |cligibility has been established, |said Parker | “However, the veteran must have his physician to advancc authority for the outpatient treat- ment so that the will be] wvailable to pay for it. The card mean he can just go to ny doctor time and get treatment without notifying the VA.” Parker said there are some, emergency exceptions to the gen. ctal rule and that those antici} pating need for treatment will save themselves. trouble if they will learn the rules. Any VA of- fice will explain them. Eligibility for outpatient trea meni tor ailments may be the Spanish-American War vet- eran in one of the following ways a. Presentation of a form letter, (FL 10- which v sent to all Spanish-American War v ns receiving benefits from VA; ot presentation of a letter from VA notifying the veteran of a VA award; or both. b. Presentation of an honorable money doesr any ling of all crete; now ready for transmitt |farmed (fore nonservice-connected| White stickers, showing a established by| dar open at May 19 and beside it Sealed Bids Are Asked By Navy. Sealed bids for concrete repairs to twenty-two structures at Poin- ciana Housing, Key West have been invited, Commander Conrad Grobs Naval Station Public Works Officer announced here The work inctudes the furnish- labor and materials necessary for the removal of all loose. cracked and re ban concrete from the tic beams of the structures; cleaning. of all re- inforcing steel exposed by the re- } moval of the disintegrated con- and the pneumatic appli-; cation of concrete to the prepared! | surfaces. Drawings and spccifications are to pros- pective bidders. Specification No. 27455 and other bidding informa- tion may be obtained on appli- jeation to the Officer-in-Charge of Construction, U.S. Naval Station, Key West, Fla. Bids will be received until 11:30 a, m., May 18, 1951, when the will be put opened in the office of the Assistant Resident Officer-in-charg Building No. 91, Front strect en- trance U. Naval Station, Key West, FI 1 of Construction, Western Union Is Cooperating - | i { j j The Western Union Telegraph4 Company is cooperating with the és in publicizing rmé& Forces Day, S. A. Jones Key West manager of the com- | pany announced here in a let-! ter to the’ Navy. } | The letter | quantity of green, accompanied a black and} calen- {the words: Armed Forces Day. | | It asked Lieutenant T. W. John- | son, Naval Base communications ! officer, to place a sticker on all telegrams received for delivery May 19, ¢ 5s pertain- to death, sympathy, pt mes: illnes: The assassination of Abraham j discharge ‘certificate showing the vetcran served dates. Verification of the applicants Service and .C-number the noxgsal {form (10. treatment. 7) for outpatient See 1000 Yards of In White and Formerly Priced from Formerly Priced from $1.50 within the legal} April 14, 1865, occurred on Good | $ throughall the A WE Bi Se See atio a me under normal conditions. Tt is isp! edure of diking af ngfded fore outpatic The identification card: garnies} Sai tel GIGANTIC ONE DAY SALE Monday Only Batiste and Piques. REDUCED FOR MONDAY ONLY TO $1.00 Per Yard 42-Inch Printed Bembetg Sheers, Checked Nylon, Crepes and Flowered Silk Jersey REDUCED FOR MONDAY ONLY TO $1.00 Per Yard Fast Color Cotton Prints REDUCED TO 50c Per Yard Famous Made Children’s Dresses Sizes One to 14 Years, Former Values Up to $3.98 REDUCED FOR MONDAY ONLY TO CHAS. ARONOVIT Key West’s Largest Store Lincoln ip. Ford’s Theater on! viday. “i uta qin! re] f sued in a plastic or celluloid cove Aor pocket or pocketboo Embroidered Pastel Shades $2.25 to $3.98 Per Yard $198 to $2.98 Per Yard Each DEPARTMENT STORE ,21. Will the ; submitted to VA The Veterans Corner -_ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF INTEREST TO VETERANS Here are authoritative answers ‘from the Veterans Administration | and to four questions of interest to former servicemen Q. Is it pos: ble to enroll in tavo sehools at yonee ; inden,» the GI Bill? Pa A. Yes, but only under three conditions: (1) the one complete course you are takingfis not avail- able ata single institution; (2) your principal school prescribes a course and approves enrollment in a second school, and (3) the training furnished by the school is part of your one elected course and can be scheduled satis- factorily. Q. May I claim ny grandmoth- er as a dependent parent for GI Pill subsistence allowance put po She raised me ever f was a small chi.d. Yes, but only if since you can establish that she is your foster mother and actually takes the place of a parent. Under these conditions, you may be granted linereased benefits for a depend- ent parent. Q. I submitted a claim for in- creased disability compensation apd failed to show up for my physical examination, + since it mply slipped my mind: What should I da now? A. Your claim for the increase has keen considcred abandoned, You should file a new application and make arrangements for a new physical examination. daughte is receiving Q. My ‘death pension payments from VA, based on the fact that she is the child of a deceased World War I veteran and that she is attending an approved school and is not yet payments continuc through the summer vacation, even though she temporarily will not be in school? A. Yes, so long as evidence is showing that she was in school and intends to go back at the end of the summer vacation. 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