The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 28, 1954, Page 2

An ae a mei ec SUE JONES, Editor THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Society — Personals — News Of Interest To Women ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE Big Veterans Air Base Bids | TELEPHONE: Citizen Office, 2-5661 | POLIO COUNT UP | TAMPA (~The Hillsborough | County Polio total for 1954 fosé to Page 2 Report Shows °54 Thursday, October 28, 1954 The | POOR OLD CRAIG Hemingway Is Proud And Happy At Winning Prize HAVANA, Cuba (#—Ernest Hem- ingway said today he was “proud and happy” to have won the 1954 Nobel prize for literature—but he thought Carl Sandburg, biographer of Abraham Lincoln, should have won it. Hemingway told a news con- ference “I am very proud and happy to receive the Nobel prize for literature.” He added; “‘If I had been on the board I would have voted for Carl Sandburg. He is a very dedicated writer.” Saas igs "aaa for six- volume of Lincoln. i Hemingway met newsmen at his home here on a hill overlooking — Gasoline leaking 8. Army pipeline was discarded match to- resulting flash blaze seven Koreans and injured 32, the national police reported. RETIRED JUDGE DIES ILEBURY, Vt, (—Augus- Hand, retired judge of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died here unexpectedly early to- day. He was 85. Burglary Charge Filed Against 2 Two men were charged today with the Oct, 19 burglary of Thomp- ‘son's Hardware Store, 930 Caro- “% St., the sheriff's office report- Charged with breaking and en- tering were Patrick Henry Sinex men are shrimp boat workers, They are accused of taking a shotgun, a rifle, two rods and reels, and two silver dollars. The sheriff's department recovered one of the dollars as well as the other loot. Bond was set at $1,000 each. CEMETERY IS NO" RESTING PLACE FOR THE LIVING A man who chose a tomb in the city cemetery for a place to sleep last night is in the city jail today. Identified by police as Gifford Roberts, the man was found lying on a marble slab in a burial vault after a search of the Olivia Wat- son Street area. Patrolman Eugene Sanchez said that neighbors had alerted him that there was a prowler in the area, It can rain when temperatures are well below freezing if a layer of watm air lies above the cold air just above the surface of the ground, P Prizes For Best Costumes COSTUME BALL Free! Free!. Free! . Saturday, Octoher 30th 9:00 P.M. TILL “?” BRING YOUR NOISEMAKERS For Members and Their Guests Fleet Reserve Home, Inc. $20 CAROLINE STREET Have You Heard About RAUL’S GALA HALLOWE'EN COSTUME BALL? Tomorrow Nite Ist Prize for Best Costume— 2 Round Trip Tickets to Havana via AEROVIAS Q Door Prize Lady’s Bulova 17-Jewei Miss America Wrist Watch Dancing To Norman Kranich and His Orchestra 10:30 P.M. TO 3:00 A.M. FAVORS NOISEMAKERS BALLOONS You'll Have Lots of Fun, Laughs and Music Any Nite at RAUL'S but Especially on HALLOWE'EN! Fer’ svations and Information PHONE 2-5251 Dinners Served from 5:00 to 10:00 P.M. SNACKS SERVED FROM 10:00 | Weatherman sen Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers today and tonight; Friday partly cloudy. Not much change in temperature with low near 74 and high Friday pear 84. Light to mod- erate variable winds. Florida: Partly cloudy with wide- ly scattered showers thru Friday. Little change in temperature. * Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to moderate winds, southeasterly ov- er extreme south portion and var-- iablé elsewhere thru Friday. Part- ly eloudy weather with few widely scattered showers. Western Caribbean: Gentle to moderate easterly winds thru Fri- day. Partly cloudy weather and scattered sowers. Weather Summary For the Tro- pical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea Area and the East Gulf of Mexico: Weather conditions are abour nor- mal in the hurricane belt today with no signs of a distrubance. Observation Taken at Post. Office Building, 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., Oct. 28, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night .. Mean .. Station— High Tides 11:47 a.m. 5:05 a.m. 10:44 p.m. 4:20 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda (bridge) .....—oh 10m (east end) ....+-2h 20m Boca Chica Sandy Pt. No Name Key Caldes Channel (north end) * Tide high water Low Tides 9.0 t, oh 4m +h 10m 4+-1.4 ft. | (—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtract (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. Static electricity, the kind that | you touch some metal object, is noticed oftener when the air is | dry. | sometimes makes a spark when| Day Parade Shapes Up Key West's first. Veterans Day Parade, which will honor America’s veterans of all wars, promises to be an outstanding event in the! city’s history. The parade committee announc- ed today that five bands have al- ready entered into competition for | the beautiful trophy that is being | High School, Fleet Sonar School, USS Howard Gilmore, USS Bush- nell, and Douglass High School. Floats Entered Up to the present time, the fol- lowing floats have been entered: Jr. Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, XI Alpha Theta of Beta Sig- offered. The bands are: Key West | Are Opened JACKSONVILLE (#—About 13% million dollars worth of work will soon be in progress at Homestead Air Force Base, Col. H.'W. Schull Jr., U.S. District Engineer, said. Bids were opened yesterday on | a new project—paving three miles jof road and 272,000 square yards |of airfield and: construction of an) aircraft wash rack—and the appar- | ent low of $1,897,146 was submit-| ted by Blythe Brothers Co, and |W. T. Price Dredging Corp., both | of Charlotte, N.C. TODAY'S ‘STOCK MARKET) | Plans Completed | | market was higher today in early |For BPW District Traffic Deaths The Florida Department of Public Safety today released a report on auto accidents for the first eight months of 1954. The report showed that Mon- roe County had an auto death rate of 17.7 deaths for each 100 million vehicle miles traveled. There were 14 traffic deaths in the county from January through August. The state total for the same period was 630 deaths. In the same period last year, 627 per- sons died in highway acci- | dents. ig mm. eared NEW YORK ™— The stock} | dealings with the steels and air- Meeting Here ma Phi, HS-1, NCCS Club, Ameri- the VRW Post and Auxiliary 6021. Marching units entered are VFW or, William Weech Post 168, VFW Post 6021, Fleet Sonar School Em- ergency Platoon, US Marines, Na- val Air Station, USS Bushnell, USS Gilmore, Fleet Air Detach- ent Rifle Platoon, Fawtulant, Fleet Reserve Branch 56, Cub Packs 53, 59, 217, 251, 252, 253, 254, 257, Scout Troops 52, 53, 54, 59, 253, 256 Explorer Post 50, and Sea | Scout Ship 250. The following have indicated that “|they will have decorated cars in .|the parade: Fleet Reserve Auxili- | Ary, Jr. Women’s Club, Ameri- can Red Cross Gray Ladies, Lions Auxiliary, Community Service Cen- ter, AFGE Lodge 156, Monroe Coun- ty Hospital Auxiliary, and the DAV Chapter 33. In addition to the trophies that are being offered by the veterans organizations in the City, Arthur .| Sawyer Post’ 28, American Legion, .|is offering the following trophies: best Boy Scout marhing unit; best Cub Pack marching unit; best Girl | Scout marching unit and the best! Brownie marching unit. George Wood, Monroe County Scout Commissoner, indicated to the parade committee that more than 200 scouts will be in the par- ade on November 11. Civic groups and businesses that have not already entered are urged to do so immediately to make the parade an outstanding event En- tries should be mailed to Box 209, Key West. Chief of Police Bienvenido Perez has indicated that a “no parking” order along the route of the big parade will be issued. The review- ing stand will be located at corner of Duval and Southard Streets. The theme of Veterans Day is | “Lest We Forget.’ In memory of those American veterans who have |died a memorial service will be | conducted at the reviewing stand be fore the parade gets under way at 7:30 p. m. aia Per capita human consumption | of grain and potatoes in the United | States declined about 40 per cent between 1909 and 1952. MURRAY DANCING FOOTWEAR FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY crafts out in front of the rise. Betty Stokes, BPW District 10 resentation at the Business and Professional Woman's District} Judging from the number of reser- | | vations received thus far, Mrs.| | Stokes and her assistants have ce tainly succeeded. There are 17 BPW Clubs in South Florida’s Dis- | trict 10, and at last report the Casa | Marina is holding rvations for | 112 members—with several moré} definitely expected before Satur- day. Mrs. Stokes is a member of the Dade BPW Club and as District Director, it is her responsibility to act as liaison officer between the | State Federation and the local clubs in her District, the largest BPW District in Florida. | State club announcements within her District originate from Mrs. | Stokes’ office, and among her many duties is the requirement that she visit each of her 17 clubs at least once during the year—no mean accomplishment in this ter- ritory. During this visit Mrs. Stokes will enjoy a meeting with her State District Director, Marie B. Bowden, | who is also State Third Vice Presi- | dent and guest speaker during| Sunday’s business program. | ‘Saturday evening, however, is! strictly social with a costume ban- quet at Raul’s Restaurant, where visiting and local club members will vie for costume prizes to be presented by Mayor, and Mrs. C B. Harvey. Today is the dead\ine for banquet reservations, and they may be made by calling Rae Car- | mitchell at 2-5561 before 5 p.m. or | 2-3360 after 6 p.m. | Sunday’s program will open with! |a Board meeting at 10 a.m. in the Casa Marina, where the Club will make its headquarteys, and will continue throughout the day. Res- ervations for Sunday's luncheon may be made through Clara Lip- schitz at the Treasure Chest. Servicemen’s Special $1.00 Day |PRINCE GEORGE HOTEL 1011 FIFTH STREET Miami Beach, Fla. The oi: shares also did well to- gether with the railroads, airlines, radio-televisions, and the coppers. Some gains went to around a can Legion Auxiliary Unit 28, Air-| Director, has been working hard! point. Losses usually were small ship Development Squadron 11, and t® promote 100 per cent club rep-| and scattered through most major divisions, Motors were mixed while rubbers Post 3911, Key West Guard of Hon-| meeting in Key West this weekend. | were lower. Otherwise the market was steady to narrowly mixed. EISNER Furniture Co. Poinciana Center Tel. 2-6951 48 Shopping Days ‘Til Christmas USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN Tires - Batteries - Accessories DARLOW’S PURE OIL STATION STOCK ISLAND TEL: 2-3167 || Open 7 A.M. ‘til 10 P.M. AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS WHEEL BALANCING FRONT END ALIGNMENT Repairs Can Be Financed RADIO and CIFELLI'S TV Service| Factory Methods Used— All Work Cuaranteed Marine Radics & Asst. Equipment, FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE—SEE DAVID CIFELLI 928 Truman Avenue TELEPHONE 2-6008 SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman DIAL 2-9183 In 1935, France had 48 auto | Year FURE Olt; Beat. Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries manufacturers, but now 98 per cent of her cars are produced by 5 man- ACCESSORIES ufacturers, 108 yesterday when two Tampa | women were added to the list of victims. The previous high for any year in this county was 64 last year. STRAND 10% 2: Conditioned CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM THERE ON The Finest and Largest Theatre in Key West “SHIRLEY BOOTH ROBERT RYAN Times 3:30 — 6:30 — 8:30 100% AIR CONDITIONED Thurs, - Fri. - Sat. Sun. and Mon. = M-G-M’s ————— MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA in COLORI GRANGER: BLYTH LAST TIMES TODAY STAGE SHOW ONLY Reaparicion de la gran Compania de bufos Cubanos que dirige el primer actor FOR YOUR TELEVISION OR RADIO Ca 2-8511 ¥niico TV Sales and Service KEY WEST RADIO & TV SERVICE 826 DUVAL STREET Trade-in Allowances SOUTH FLORIDA'S FINEST Eskimo Nite Sunday Night 2 Pieces of Furs will be Awarded Each Sunday Night TONIGHT Show Times: THE PATHFINDER 7:00 and 10:18 A SLIGHT CASE OF LARCENY — 8:55 ONLY Thursday, Friday and Saturday RACHAEL AND THE STRANGER LORETTA YOUNG and WILLIAM HOLDEN PEDRO CASTANY tan conocido y aplaudido por todos los publicos LA COMPANIA COMPLETA INTEGRADA POR BELLAS MUJERES Y TALENTOSOS ARTISTAS Un Regalo Para Los Latinos Residentes en Key West oe BBE Mayores . Escolares y militares * Stage Shows at 6:15 and 8:30 Only FRIDAY ONLY Box Office Open: 1:45 - 9:00 P.M. Daily 3:45 - 9 P.M, WEDNESDAYS CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE @ap- TELEPHONE 2.3419 FOR TIME SCHEDULE —gygy | San Carlos Theatre