The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 7, 1951, Page 1

Warmest City In Netion Today Was KEY WEST 1 i oF ghting Contesi 4s On Added ction Of Contest Will Include Window Lighting. Displays In Homes i The Lightir this m gory Jr said ¢ inc Participant be lig! p ber require ted bet Citizen Staff Photo Mervin Thompson, Jr. Photog’ hs will be taken of all entries and additions, altera- ; tions or dei all ‘be made subsequent to December 23. Entry blanks for the contest may be ob: j tained from the Cuba Shop or from | Arthur's News Stand The Chri as lighting of beree was first suggested in 1947 by K. | 0. Thor r of the Coca Cola bo ho ad- | dressed the ber of | 4 Commerce ning the idea. He donated $200 money and out lined vari¢ ind plans for | brightenin during the | Christma The and, in 19 started | ival street with | ed lights. The strings. of ¢ City | lighting extended to include Truman avanue last year and is | (Continued On deven} ETS ES Palace Theater WILLIAM EDYTHE and MARJORIE REYNOLDS in “CUSTOMS AGENT” SeURORINNL TREY IH i THE JR. WOMAN’S CLUB WILL SHOW MOVIES OF K.W:H. S| HOME FOOTBALL GAMES TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. Adm, 50c¢ RENEFIT WELFARE FUND Woman's Club DUVAL STREET THE SUNBEAM IRONMASTER WILL BE DEMONSTRATED AT OUR STORE Today and Tomorrow, J.R. STOWER'S. COMPANY > By America rte legal possession of white ibis. He or WARNING PEARL said that on the earlier date No shims Piet Sia HARBOR ATTACKED bles separated bim Bennett On the date of A 11, Stokes WASHINGTON, Dec. 7..—The | and Nobles both s ated that they T n Vy C ro ¢ t L h Wi th Gas eee ch dawn just fen years a Everglades in their 20 foot boat of massive shapes of the L with two cases of beer. They de Associated Press Writer *———_—__ Pacific fleet, tied up and sleeping. | cided to pay a visit to Bennett, : In rows of twos, glinting sunlight, | though Stokes said he was not on Addresses Rotary Club kept him at the podium ¢@ swim to his heart’s content. | i bs the ers, five submarines and 52 auxili- | fight of the week before. They gave | ary vessels Beennett some beer to put on ice, With Will Rogers Humor questions and getting an- and then announced he liked Key Mount Olympus stretched into! he said. Then after crusing around & West because of the people. | a clear bl some more Bennett said the beer By DOROTHY RAYMER swers ... riotously funny He said he thought, personally. aege activ is e ack: sh aod and ey ait down and The Will Rogers of the ones. that President Be kpece Lp come | Most ¢ ere on shore | had some beer together gare : to Key West a little ear is leave for the week-end. Ammuni Stokes and Nobles both said this) White House Press frater-, Wearing a modest light shirt in- |) 4 tht Noveniber sc ve woe tion was locked away in compart: | was the only thing they knew. Two | i+) i. ‘Tony Vaccaro of the stead of the usual violently color | sant month in Washington with the | than ments to which only deck officers |or three days later they were ar ee ae A ashy ful ones sported by thhe Presi-\ daeq quip, “But we'll he back jhad the keys. rested by Doug Hendry, deputy Associated Press. His brand dential party, he opened up with | there in time for the first snow,” § There was plenty of activity 275 | sheriff of Collier county where they 2 compliments to the Rotary Club |“ ied to the line and the quips | | miles to the north. As dawn broke, |live. Stokes said that his discus. Of humor, delivered deads singers led by Harold Laubscher, sn ; Six ‘statement delievered to the state | And the second directed Aanra | se i r 6 oe The Lépert declaration to thes Public Cordially. Invited $ I M 0 N er |state department ended. on this | in PERSON at | Sentence ’ nel: RODACK’S — “Ho oF one Che Ken West Cr FHE 5ot NEWSPAPER IN CHE U.S.A. KEY WEST, “FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1951 | Bird Battle _ PHERNMO Truman Scans Reports From All Goes To Jury Over The World On this Wth anniversary of This Noon Pearl Mather, Yanna Stokes, Nobles On Stand man is scanning diplomatic f Thi and military intelligence re- Deny Possession Of Ibis ports from all parts of the Cleare And Bell Sum Up | | world Brilliantly For Jury These reports reach him at the winter White House in Key West, Florida by the fastest possible means of communica- The case of the White Ibis went | to the jury at’ 12 noon after a oril- |tiant conservation address to the | Borg jury by County Solicitor Allan B. } Some times couriers deliver Clea Jr., and an able summation ! to the White House staff top iby Defense Attorney W. D. Bell, | secret information srriving in Defendants Odalph Stokes’ and i Washington from abroad. Mr. | Raiph Nobles testified under oath | Truman plans to remain in this morning that they never had | Key West until the middle of | possesion of the white ibis. the | the month. charge on which they are being | tried before Criminal Court Thomas Caro and a jury of six. Stokes said on the stand that he Judge | | | did not assault Henry P. Bennett, | game warden for the National} Audubon Society on August 11 i Cross examination by Cleare | statements of admitted that guns in their | shots | failed to shake the the two men, who they had two shot j beat, but denied taking any at the white ibis. Stokes admitted having a fight with Bennett, but claimed it took place a week before the August 11 date on which he is accused of il- | LA PRESIDENT TRUMAN, along with Wm. F. MINUTE CHECK McCandless, left, assistant director of the budget, and Fred J. 1 ght, budget director, hold a last minute study of the budget whieh will be pre a in the New Year. The meeting took place on the lawn of the’ Little White orning just prior to the departure of: McCandless and Lawton for ‘Washing- wton, TEN YEARS AGO TODAY WITHOUT I can't swim ten feet.” He mentioned other bare facts 29 destroy were eight battleships, friendly terms with h fter the Spellbinds Audience for an extra ten by asking} fell where they were chopped. Here two battle- on being accomplished enough to! Japanese carriers, sions with Hendry on that morning * Te See o (seine Com Groner sad. foo ial abou! shave aes comet ang) Dea Vie &: TORMEREee “linow A Flat from B sharp, Key | ae @ few of the choice ones: strovers fulfilled a rendezvous. | to duck hunting that he did in sea- cent kept the Rotary poesia css Key of E, etc., adding “When | “¥en have to get away edeapnag st ner Theirs had been a long ‘knd steal- son rnb HU 1d | I start to sing, I never know what's | Washington to find out what's go- | i thy journey—4,000 miles—in abso-| Both men said’that they admirea | D™ers spellbound Gur) coming out except that it will-be |ing on around, te country: Some:| lute secrecy. the work of the Audubon Society ing the luneheon meeting) flat. T never kody what Key 'm | times 1 think you have to get away, Off 4 On the flight decks, officers | in protecting the thousands of white vin from Washington to find cut what's ‘ vey shouted final instructions. Suicide | ibis and other non-game birds on | Yesterday. [t's the first time! That teft him lanes for the | going on in Washington. pilots, bombardiers and navigators | Duck Rock, scene of the alleged; Pye seen the sit; haym “Key West, of | “I cannot say with any official | responded one-by-one to’ final | possession of the white ibis. They through an extra quarter course,” and the laugh avalanche authority that President Truman! check-ups. Then 190 bombers and | said they had been on friendly ea at a4 never stopped from there on. will seek re-election. There are) fighters climbed into the air, cir-' terms with Bennett, and had never | Of an hour when a speaker) Tony admitted to ten trips to some Feasons, soceing trips | into. formation above the been in jail in Monroe county. had the floor, withoat pre-, Key West and that by now he likes |to Key West, p's kag 8 bod hw clouds and streaked southward, to: Veteran lawyer Bell in his jury 1 Gif it here, “even though I can never | to remain in office. He likes ward Hawaii summation distinguished between | test or restlessness. In fact.’ be sure as to why! Here, a man/|talk about the discomforts of the} Four can find some of the world’s finest | Bigs ayer Heese! bes a # fishing. I don’t like fishing and | he says, ‘don’t know what the n't stand the taste of fish. (That | geeting into, But in my travels | “The shrimper wes kingfish with turtle soup oa ‘with bim, here are some of Laie mare! Guard Picke the menu, bud). Here, too, a nfan’ things I’ve seen him getting into: | left 00 a. m. The £ 1. Big, sleek limousines. | akri 2. A fast and luxurious plane, 3. A big fine yacht. 4, A private railroad car win | War dead and live brids. He said the although Tony ran over the | ‘law protects only live birds not | gsual time limit only by a their carcasses, and claimed that | : the white ibis being dead at the | Crnunued On Page Hien) In Washington, D. C., the Navy Department's code men had deliev- of State Hull the long secret okyo. the members few minutes, radio message from The Navy had broken the code long before. The message had been sent that morning to the Japanese PERKY LODGE 12 Miles from Key West { ' ADELINE’'S INTERIORS ambassador to the United States, . 1ES | Admiral KiehisaburoNomura;| D@NCHt Dance | si? COVERS. <ORAPERIES | cole our To ME HOUSE |* @b Ib Ween le-can Bale am There were two supplementary *BED SPREADS CUSHIONS © FOR DINNER” ! ting’ down.” \ sages. 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