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The Key West Citi THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1952 VOL. LXXI. Ne. 35 Lower Keys Property Owners LANDLORDS STATE BPW SLOW IN’ LEADERIN FILING ORLANDO Deadline Fer Registering Mrs. Harvey Will Speak Without Pénalty Is | On “The Federation Of wun-Tokuel WATER CONTROL BY CaaePerent —_CITYOR CTY. URGED Director Of Semana Alegre Production Is Line From Here To Big Pine * —-! Say Delay Is Caused By Non-Awarding | Of Contract A delegation of the Low. er Keys Property Owners i ili ask for speedy action on the Big Pine Key power line at Tuesday's meeting of the City Electric Sy stems Utili- y Board, Louis i First Vice President said i r hii wine po. | line: _ 1. going to fight to see that the necessary power on EC r Keys. If City Electric t act soon we are going to yr own power corpore the spokesman for the rty owners declared A gum of $10,000 was sub scribed last Sunday by the land owners for electric power on Big Pine Key, Muniz sdid. The meet | ing was held at Barry's Beach “$15,000 was set aside for the Big Pine Key line in the City Electric System's budget. Why has nothing happened yet? That/ is what we are going to ask) 1” Muniz said said that his group have ready priced Diese! engines for . He said, ever st ig i inde. { One vf the delays in the Big! Pine Key line, sceording § to} Utility Board Member Louis | M. J. Eisner when called by The} Citizen regarding the line, said “The Board and everybody concerned are doing their utmost to get the line as soon as possible. | We have the interests of the| Lower Keys landowners at heart Tam sure the Boord will wel come all interested persons to the meeting Tuesday or ony meeting of the Board. Sometime: outsiders can give us a new slant on procedures & Meat Batis , Mome mode italien Sausage Watian Submarine Sandwich Free Parking in Rear ; 90 TRUMAN Ave PHONE 735.xW : Today Is The Last Day Of Our Great Red Tag Sale . ~** This is your 0 last chance to get that dress. \ skirt, blouse, suit, ; wwimweer or any of the other fine tergaven with | THE REO Tag? "“** Closing Out q Costume Jewelry, i mozrErQ wwe ; | Lodies & Men's : Mate. Belts. Open Ser 9 PM H Y 6% OUVAL Last Chance i February 21; List Types, Business And Profession To Be Registered | Women’s Clubs . Mes. Wilhelmina Harvey, Ist Since Monroe County | yi president of the State jwas declared a Critical De- | Pioride ‘Federation a pw srs of rental housing ac-! 4nd Professional Women’s Clubs Sen. Holland Tells Senate One Of Nation's Top Authorities In Field In charge of staging the histori cal pageant which will be present ed at West Martello Tower March i Ha ; $ Of KW History = | Statements with the Arey, Women when the inadquete transporte: ti get! t 3¢ 7? i i ze hal : f z fi: Hae TH nie i; rt Westers were the gallery. “it shows Last Homage Paid To King By Villagers Farmers, Carpenters, Woodsmen And Servants <AORINGHA, ble villagers filed hushed country ; | commodations in a hotel and re- | where he died, Queen —proclaimed througuout the Friday as the new ruler of the British realm—remained Ghoseted | in deep mourning with her mother | and sister and others of the royal family | ‘The new Queen's flag flew high over Sandringham House. It was | raised there Friday when fnally | she reunited with her bereaved family after. first performing the first heavy and. solemn duties of her queenly .stetian Her father's standard. which, bad flown over) the manwom, ants his quiet death | in sicep Wednesday, now covers his oaken coffin The body of the fallen monarch lay in the nave of the little grey stone 16th Century Chureh of St Mary Magdalene. 200 yards down a wading garden path over which it had been carried Friday night m the eerie moonlight from the big} A village pohceman stood guard | at the wrought iron gates near the chapel. Only the 300 odd villagers whom he could recognize as the} King’s own workers were admitted Durwe the morning, mainly the wives came ‘The new Queen has asked that work at Sandringham go on today just as any other day. The men Stayed at their jobs—tending the animals and gardens and other duties on the vast estate—except for the King’s came keepers, whe kept a silent «atch over the eoffin. tm thelr Robin Heod-4 green buckskin jackets ond dark knee 4 “or7 used for non-residen- Kind Words For \Chamber’s Drive : linc. left Friday afternoon for 7 and 8 as a climax to the Se ense Housing Area, effee- | 1.07" ctticial visits to the BPW mana Alegre festival is Madame tive January 7. 1952, own- Clubs at Kissimmee and Orlan- Irma Labastille, one of the coun ers of rental housing ac- “4, Ploride try’s foremost authorities on musi | Mrs ecently cal pageantry and on Latin Ameri . Harvey was commodations have been | minated for the top state post can customs and music. Mme slow in filing Registration | 61 tne Business and Professional Labastille is a skilled musican ber District in Self, as well as an accomplished ‘which she lives voted unani-| radio artist and writer. Rent Office, according te mously to sponsor a resolution to a statement issued today make her a candidate for State jreporter, she said, “Writing and chair- | President. Among the cities hav- | music have always been my main business and My deadline for registering | Shores Country Club im addition is February 21./to Mrs. Harvey's home town, the Rent Advisory |Key West, were Miami, Pt. Lau." the Area Office staff derdale. Hialeah, Miami Springs, | are concerned if too many put off registering until the last minute, that they will not be able to give the landlords proper advice and assistance The following types of housing accommodation, which were not Miami Beach, Hollywood, Home- | ealy stead, and Little River nS Special mention was made of | vard, the presence of the immediate} born Past State President. Mrs. Edna/ University of Van Acker, who expressed pleas- | went to ure over being able to make the | received of this Key West member j State President Nominee Har; | ects which vey will stay at the Angebilt Har | Stead when she her French must now be registered; a hous- ing accommodation was not un der control if it (1) was part of a motor court on June 30, 1947, (2) is @ trailer or trailer space which on April 1, 1049, was used exclusively for tel in Orlando and will be f by BPW members. On Sunda afternoon at a luncheon, Mra Harvey will speak on “The Fed traveled an aver: eration of Business and Profes- — s that pancy; sional Women’s Clubs og 4 me. <3) is in @ tourist home which} While in Orlando, Mrs. Harvey| YUS* on June 30, 1947, served transient| will also consult with the State) of | guest exclusively Representative of the National | A (4) is @ non-housekeeping fur-|Foundation for Infantile Para: |, . nished room in the landlord's /tysis, Mr. Marion T. Jeffries, and) ed home, and the landlord has no|make a report on her recent} OR ber, return more than two paying tenants in’ achievements as District Adviser | Sates, Olin Downes, his home: for the March of Dimes for Mon- | the New ¥ (8) was newly constriitted endirue, Dede, Broward, and West! st she make January 31.) Palm Beach Districts. 4 I (6) is an additional housing . indirectly to unit created by a substantial Re Has a transient occu- under control under the old law : in favor of the candidacy | ™ i li her Latin i tial purposes the last time it was occupied before February 1, Sen. Smathers 1947; or’ (8) was built between Febru ary 1, 1945, and January 31, 1947) ~and never rented before July 1, 1947. (Other than to the land lord’s immetiiate family); (® was on June 30, 1947 ac-) | | Pabst Heli ih 3 29% i | ceived customary hotel services | (Sentinued on Page Three? gs fi Fae if at Is Progressing The current membership drive of the Key West Chamber of Commerce is showing progress, | ‘ according to Allan Hampton, campa chaitman, Pledges of! 7. « ~ membetchip fume 16 new, bus Guides Semanu hess firms: have been t int to date by 2 of the Segre | bats workers. Although the drive has been in progress for 4 days, 7/ team captains have yet to turn im their reports. } The team headed by Jack Sellers, chairman, Ear! Lindsey | and Larry Dion, calling on pros- | pects engaged in the automobile | industry have accounted for 11) of the new members which have affiliated with the Chamber Chamber manager Harold Laubecher, in an appeal for the success of the current member- ship campaign. said “the Cham- { | | } | ly as many projects as its budget will allow. We hope to take on more and more projects during the coming months but we need additiona) manpower and funds with which to do this work.” “During the past year. Mr./ Laubscher continued. “the Chamber has spent thousands of | doitars in advertising and = pro-; breeches. the game seepers took moting Key West. Letters mailed | tev onpuny watches, four at a time ~ (huatuneed Gn cage Three? Ce Low Cost Air Coach SCHEDULED AIRLINES PRICE 41 Fleming St. Phone es from the organization's ‘offjce totaled 16,916. Visitors that were | given assistance at the informa-; tion desk, numbered 12,265 and information by telephone was given to over 6,000 callers.” Citizen Staff Photo IRMA LABASTILLE AUCTION SALE SUMMERLAND KEY Sunday, February 10th tote P. Mm. RAIN or SHINE # OCEAN FRONT LOTS end ACREAGE TRACTS HIGHWAY FRONTAGE REASONABLE TERMS FREE FISH FRY ond DRINKS Newton C. Smith Land Auction Company miami a i) All-Out War To Destroy Hoodlums Will Be W * * * Commissioner Cobo Says Trip bi i: M ‘s trip to Washington. by tors Smathers and Holland Lanteff “Eebez af i Fi ] A i & ke vé i i i batt? iptel | i bf g2 feffityi : ameat Hl HH i i bi iF gue elett a i HHL iff ; F | | | | riety