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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
500 Pack Auditorium Twice
To Hear Rubinoff Concerts

Rubinoff and his violin proved
! to be as superb entertainment as
ever last night when approx
mately 500 persons packed the
High school auditorium to hear
the famed musician.
The gate receipts total of APP
proXimately $500 was one of the
largest ever realized in Key West
for an event featuring only one
individual. During the afternoon
Rubinoff played before another
packed auditorium when school
children were admitted for rs
cents apiece.
The appearance of the popular
maestro was sponsored by the
Key West Woman's Club OF
which Mrs. Dan Navarro is pre-
sident.
Rubinoff opened with his own
composition, Dance of the Rus
sian Peasant, in which he re-
vealed both the poignancy and
gayety of his native land. The
rest of his program ranged from
Richard Addinselfs Warsaw
Concerto" to Don't Fence Me
In, including ''Intermezzo",
Clair de lune', Rhapsody in
Blue, "Polonaise", Souvenir,
Dance Russo, when Day is
Done" and "Fiddlfn' the Fiddle,
first jazz violin solo in America,
written by Rubinoff in 1925.
To many, Rubinoff's most eff
fectiVe effort was Warsaw Con-
certo" which he personally trans
Scibed for the violin. Rubinoff
was graduated from the Warsaw
Conservatory at a. With great
depth and feeling the famed vi
oliniSt, who was born the son of
a poor tobacco packer, brings out
of his Stradavarius the stormy
music depicting the pride and
courage of Warsaw and all the
suffering and heroism of his peo-
pie during the terrible struggle.
The soloist was called back for
repeated encores, playing ''The
Blue Danube, "To Each His
IOwn" and "Ah, Sweet Mystery of
Life" He introduced his friend,
Nick Kenny, New York Mirror
Radio Editor, from the audience
Continued on Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
SCOUTS ITO RUN"
CITY ON MONDAY

A delegation of Boy Scouts
visited City Manager o. j.. S. Ell
lingson this morning and obtain
ed permission Ito run the city
from 4 to S p. m. Monday in OBJ
servance of National Boy Scout
week.
The city manager gave his
ready consent. Troops So and SO
were represented, the latter be-
ing led by Billy Boeyen, assist
ant scoutmaSter.
The scouts will meet at $3.50
p. m. Monday when they will
choose from their own ranks d
mayor, city engineer, fire chief,
police chief and other key offici-
ais.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
AlIInIIIlIIIlInlnlIlIInIIIIlIIaai'IIlIInIIIuHlIh
Split Bill Fools
X Il X X
Half SO And Half 81
X X y X
Gas Company Girl


A woman laid down a $40 bill
in the office of the Key West Gas
company today to pay for a
months gas service. The clerk
rang up the amount of the bill
and gave the woman her change.
The woman thereupon left.
Then the clerk turned the $40
bill over. On the other side of the
bill was 81. She looked for the
woman but she had turned the
corner and disappeared.
Gerald Saunders, an official of
the company, found a $40 and a
ST bill had been split, then pasted
together. The amount of the two
bills was thus $11, but whoever
passed them had thus obtained
$40.
Saunders said the woman's
name was known, but no one
proposed to prosecute her on the
theory that the bogus $40 bill had
ben passed upon her.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
Report Contract
Let For Addition
To kress Store

1t was unofficially reported to-
day that contract for the con-
struction of an addition to the
store of S. H. Kress g. Co., 500
Duval street, has been let to a
Miami contractor.
The addition is planned by the
company on a lot 48 feet wide
and SO feet deep on Duval street,
next to the present store.It will
be built at cost of more than
10000, according to reports.
l.. K. Avant, manager of the
Kress store here, said today that
he had heard nothing about the
letting of contract for the addi-
ton to the store. He seemed Ger
tain he would have heard some
thing about it if there was any
truth in the report.
The entire interior and exterior
of the present store also will be
rebuilt, it is said. Show windows
looking into the store from Duval
street will display the entire in
terror of the store, and all the
counters and shelving will be
modernized.
It is planned to expand the
present stocks of the store when
the addition, which will match
the two-story height of the pres
ent store is built. There will also
be a restaurant and soda foun-
tain in the store.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
DOCS KILL WOMAN's CIiIcKEAs;
Resident Says CANNES Raid Coop Stay III of I8 Hens
FINDS DOC CATCHER IN CITY JAIL

Mrs. Bernie Spencer, 702 Caro-
line street, walked into the Police
Station this morning and COM
planned that IL of her 10 hens had
been killed by pack of dogs. I'm
fortunately, however, the city dog
catcher, William H. Montgomery,
was in the city Jail, charged with
causing an accident while under
the influence of liquor.
Mrs. Spencer said that a few
days ago she had to go to Miami.
While there the heavy winds of
the recent "norther" blew over
Der hen coop. A pack of dogs
then raided the coop and killed Ii
pulletS. Six weeks previously,
Mrs. Spencer had seen a dog bite
one of her chickens so badly she
had to kill it. She believed the
same dog was involved.
So this morning about 7:30
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
FRANK DE LEON, II,
DIED LAST NIGHT

Frank DeLeon, Y, died last
night in the Key West Municipal
Hospital following a short illness.
Funeral services will be held
4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
in the chapel of the Lopez Fun
eral Home. Rev. G. Leon Wells,
pastor of First Methodist Church,
will officiate. Burial will be in
the family lot in City Cemetery.
Survivors of the deceased in
clude the widow, Mrs. Ethel De-
Leon; sons, Ormond and Vernon
DeLeon; daughter, Mrs. Dumont
Huddlcston; four grandchildren
and a great-grandchlld.
Pallbearers will be Dan l., Ma
varrO, Frank Bentley, Clarence
Higgs, Gerald Saunders, Dalbert
Bethel and Merville' E. Rosam, ST.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
CASA MARINA OWNER
VISITS ELLINCSON

City Manager o. j. S. Ellingson
said this noon that he had held
an informal discussion during the
morning with Samuel Kay, part
owner of La Casa Marina Hotel.
the hotels attorney, Allan B.
Cleare, Jr., and a Mr.. knight,
owner of Rest Beach.
While the entire reason for the
visit was not revealed for publ
cation, the city manager said that
Kay and knight had both ex-.
pressed great faith in Key West"
The Casa Marina owner predicted
to the city manager and to Mayor
W. w. Demeritt that by Monday
the beautiful hotel would be filled
with tourists.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
GEN. GRISWOLD
IN KEY VEST ON
INSPECTION TRIP

1t. Gen. o. w. Griswold, COM
Imanding officer of the Seventh
Army, is stopping at the Casa Ma
rina Hotel, while on an official
inspection trip OF Fort Taylor and
other Army installations in this
area.
A hero of the Pacific campaign,
Gen. Griswold commanded the
l4th corps in battles from the
Solomon Islands into Japan. When
the Seventh Army replaced the
old Fourth Service Command, he
was placed in command of the
unit which administrators all Army
activities for the southeast.
Gen. Griswold is accompanied
by his aide, Maj. B. N. Fairbanks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08

o'clock, Mrs. Spencer heard one
of her remaining hens cackling in
a frenzy and jumped up in time
to see two dogs consume the last
few mouthfuls of another hen.
Il think l know the owners of
at least two of the dogs" Mrs.
Spencer said. I'm fact, one of the
dogs is our own, Rex. He's as bad
as any of them. All of them
should be killed, Rex included.
never saw a dog worth as much
as a chicken"
Il can't kill the, dogs" Police
Lieutenant Ray Atwell replied.
only the humane society can do
that and their man is in Jail. How
ever, if you can prove who the
owners of the dogs are, you can
have them arrested for destroy
ing your property"
Mrs. Spencer did not disclose
her next move.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
Great Britain Fuel
Shortage Threatens
Governments | Fall
TWO CABINET MEMBERS
ASSERT PARTY MUST
ACT QUICKLY, EFFEC-
lively
iny The AssocIated Pressl

1
LONDON, Feb. 1.-TWO mem
bers of the British cabinet de-
clared today that if the Labor gov
eminent does not remedy the
fuel shortage in England, quickly
and effectively, the party will
fall, resulting in the calling of an
election.
Disruption of Great Britain's
economic system, it was added, is
threatened if the Labor govern
ment does not promptly arrange
for the supply of greater quanti-
ties of coal to the utilities. as well
as the public generally.
1t was asserted that the threat
to the country's wellbeing is as
grave as it was when the Nazis
were bombing England in prepare
ton for an intended invasion.
Tens of thousands of men and
women have been thrown out of
work because of the acute coal
shortage, while suffering from the
cold is general throughout Great
Britain.
Fall of the Labor government
is imminent" one cabinet officer
repeated, 'if the situation is not
changed Immediately. The peo-
pie of England can't carry on as
they should, unless they are pro-
vided with more fuel. These are
trying times, and it is the bust
ness of the government to change
them forthwith, else it is almost
certain to fall"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
CONDUCTS SURPRISE
INSPECTION OF BASE

Capt. E. S. Hutchinson, USN,
commander of Submarine Squad
ron a, representing the command
er of the Submarine Force, At
lantic Fleet, conducted a surprise
inspection, with his staff, of the
u. S. Naval Submarine base at
Key West. The inspection began
Thursday and ended today.
The personnel of the base was
inspected today. Previously the
captain and his staff had examin-
ed the machine gun patrols of the
landing forces. ,e
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08

Rent Director
Attends Session

Leo H. Warren, acting area rent
director, arrived in Key West this
fmorning after attending a meet
ing of state and regional rent Of
ficials in Jacksonville, Thursday
and Friday.
Attending the session were rep
resentatives of the Office of Tenn
porary Controls, OPA rent direc-
tors, area rent attorneys and rent
examiners for defense-rental areas
in Florida. The meetings were
held at the Roosevelt Hotel.
A number of speakers from
Florida and the regional office in
Atlanta addressed the session.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
Pythias Lodges
Conduct District
ConvOcatiOn Here

Every Knights of Pythias lodge
In Florida, from Fl. Lauderdale
to Key West, was represented last
night at a district meeting of the
order in the Knights of Pythias
Hall. Fleming street.
| Guests at the meeting included:
| Carl Mitchell, Imperial secre-
| tary Of the Knights of KhorasSan,
of Cincinnati, o.
The Rev. Mr.. Young, Palm Har-
Dor, Fla, grand chancellor of the
state of Florida.
Roger Waybright, Jacksonville,
vice grand chancellor of the state
of Florida.
DR.. James Payne, Miami, past
imperial prince, of the Knights
of Khorassan.
And the vice district deputy of
the state of Florida.
Judge Raleigh w. Petteway,
Miami, who was candidate for gov
ernor, introduced the officers of
the organization. Principal ad-
dress was delivered by the Rev.
Mr.. Young.
Among the guests were the
members of the DOKK quartet
of Biscayne Lodge, Miami, who
rendered vocal selections during
the evenings program.
Preceding the program a sup
per was served by Key West
Lodge No. 1853, with Alfred
Knowles and Frazer Pinder in
charge.
P. T. Rutrough, chancellor COM
mander of Key West Lodge, pre-
sided.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
PAINTERS CHANGE
FACE OF NAVY BASE

Painters are rapidly changing
the face of the Key West Navy
base.
Engaged two weeks ago, the
painters are renovating the 200
odd wooden buildings at the base
and Frightening the whole yard
Later they will paint the wood
en- sections of the more perman-
ent buildings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
Reynolds Metal Go.
To Put Up Houses
OfAluminum Here


hopoFis that the Reynolds Met
ais Co II Richmond, Va, and
tslsiisYille NY. may construct
si'1fnlnum houses in Key West
wn = largo scale were verified to-
asf by John NJ Spottswood, who,
wlsh William Warren, is seeking
Suitable location for the first
ihfff demonstration units.
y y Reynolds. ST., president of
ihr Reynolds Metal Co, second
in aiF0 only 20 the Aluminium
tumpauy of America in the alum
an1lm producing field. visited Key
West tasl week, and canvassed
pfesliNets Cor development of
aiuHinum housing here.
fft0 company Is especially in
iefvsied Spottswood said, in in
slallins aluminium roofing in this
fitf alnce metal roofing is a ne
FHasiiY here The new interlock-
~ shingles being produced by
Hfs nnida are perfect for with
atanding windstOrms as well as
tuF durability and proof
ing qualities
Plane Arrived Today
a plano load Of 10 officials of
iHe eampany. including w. c..
nfsnoids and u. S. Reynolds, Jr.,
th0 presidents of the concern,
affised here this morning from
1ani fof q fishing trip. Robert
@Bsusiamoed was host of the visi-
lQH - the angling excursion.
a Zee days ago. w. G.. Reyn-
ahia ST.. president Of the firm,
Yes down here on a combination
tuainezs and pleasure trip in his
ga d equipped with two states
fassmls. . bat and other conven-
.amlrs
NhF Reynolds concern has Sc
aani with main offices at Rich
sasnd and main factory at Louis
illf Ds9ing the War il turned
sit aifN ane parts end Oth6f alum
elsn pfolilCis on a tremendous
waAe With the war demand at
90 ena. the factory Is shifting to
wt Fabricated aluminium houses,
ssHmnnim shingles, aluminium
lafniiaarc and dcep-freezers.
NeF tbrcC demonstration units
Nharh Sputtswuod and Warren
$50 pgi up have been ordered
sal wtil be- transported down
hHfr un truck -trailcrs. Key West
NiA b. onr ui the first cities in
Hsr ruuntry Ia SEE the new houses
alttuugh - demonstration unit has
siGFady bccn erected in Louis
tiilo
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
JOHNSON LEAVES
FOR W4SHINCTON

Capt. c. A. Johnson, USN, ex-
ecutive officer of the u. S. Naval
Submarine base at Key West will.
leave Miami tonight enroute TO
Washington. D. c., where he will
be engaged in official naval bust
ness. Capt. Johnson expects TO
be gone from Key West about 10
days. fr'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08
WaffOrd Buys Home

A deed was issued yesterday
by New Homes, Inc, for the
premises at 1920 Seidenberg ave
nue., to Earl c. Wafford for ST 500,
according to the record at County
Clerk Ross c. Sawyer's office.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-08

Nillgials ct the Reynolds con-
tefn havg been highly impressed
ftuntlnued on Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30
High School Band Leaves For
Miami AT Noon Tomorrow

Southwest South River drive
and will move out to the line of
march when the parade starts.
Food and lodging for the band
members, 81 boys and girls, four
majoretteS and the Dand direc-
tor, will be furnished by the Key
West Boosters Club. Where the
band will stay will be announc-
Cd later.
At noon on Thursday the band
will form in uniform at Gate s
Of the Orange Bowl Stadium for
admission to the game, which
will be between Georgia Tech
and the University of Kansas.
The band members will leave
Miami at 6 p. m. Thursday for
the trip back to Key West.
Harold Laubscher, manager of
the Key West Chamber of Com
MERGE, who was in Miami yes
terGay said the Key West Band
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30
Total OF 1924 Navy, Men Are
:: Handled By Discharge Center
TWO HUNDRED AND 81 MENk
HAVE BEEN SENT HOME
FROM SUBMARINE BASE
HERE

a total of 29l men have been
discharged from The Navy serv-
ice at the Submarine Base. while
032 additional men were receiv-
ed. processed, made up into drafts
and sent on to Jacksonville for
discharge since November 3.
On that date, a Separation Ac.
uvity was established at the us.
Naval Submarine Base by order
ofthe commandant, Seventh Ma
val District, to expedite the re-
lease ;of Navy enlisted personnel
whose enlistments were expiring
to%civiliah life.
Personnel TO man this newly
created activity were drawn from
OIL. components of the Naval
Base, and pro-rate share was
also furnished by the forces
aflpat. The Fleet Sonar School.
the USS. Howard w. Gilmore,
the laval Air Station, Anti-Sub-
marine Squadron One, the Naval
Hospital and Destroyer Squadron
8 all furnished assisting person.
mel.
Two medical officers and a
dental officer were given tenn
porary additional duty orders TO
assist the Submarine Base staff
insthe medical and dental exam
nations. Invaluable assistance
was rendered by the US. Naval
Hospital, where all chest X-rays
we're rapidly made and interpret
ed, and all the necessary labora-
tory tests were made.
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mission not to change the meet
ing da of the commission UNI
til March.
81 have arranged to be away
for a month to undergo an OPP
Grafton on my eyes,, said Saw
yer. II had the present meeting
times, the first and second
Tuesdays, in mind when made
arrangements for the operation"
The commissioners appeared
willing to torgo action on
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30
ORANGE BOWL PA
RADE AND WILL SEE
FOOTBALL GAME
WILL PARTICIPATE IN,


All arrangements for sending
the Key West High School band
to Miami to participate in the
Orange Bowl parade and attend
the annual football game New
Years Day were completed last
night at a meeting of the Band
Booster Club in the High school.
According to Band Director
Earl Dillon the aggregation will
leave the Southland Street sta
ton of the Florida Greyhound
at noon tomorrow by bus for Mi
ami.
At 6 p. m. tomorrow the band
will form up ready for the par
AIDE at Flagler avenue and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30
Vagabond Takes
Sisters On Trip

On its first trip of the season.
the SIS 'Vagabond, sightseeing
ship, took a group OF "a sisters
OF the Holy Name Society from
the Convent of Mary Immacu-
late out on trip around the
island on regular run this fore
noon.
The Vagabond makes a trip of
~ miles in two hours. Captain
Lloyd Sheaffer is in command
of the Vagabond.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30

changing the meeting dates. The
idea was suggested by the Juni-
or Chamber Of Commerce so as
not to interfere with the meet
ings OF the City Commission
which occur on the same even
ings of the week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30
FURNISHINGS FOR NEW
Continued From Page Cne)

Continued From Page Cne)
spent identifying the grounds
around the new home.
Il understand we can plant
grass and shrubs around the
new home for about $500, said
Chairman Bentley.
II think we should buy what
we really need at the new
home, said Commissioners Edu-
ardo Gomez. I'VE can buy a lit
tie at time and in that way we
won't have as much money to
spend"
Bids were then ordered to be
received January Is for the re-
frigerator and the washing ma
chine.
Clerk Sawyer asked the COM
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30

would be the 37th unit in the pa
rade, in Divisions 3, between
floats of the HOlsum Baking Co,
Wometco Theaters, Miami Beach
Kennel Club and the Coca Cola
Company.
The Chamber of Commerce is
to pay the cost of some of the
meals for the Key West Band,
Laubscher said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30
WILL YOU SMILE?
Not Surprising
ZAP WirephOtO)
CAP Wirephoto)

My press agent Is getting me
the wrong kind of publicity"
Have you tried withholding
his salary?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30

It is estimated that it required
from one to two and half mil.
lion years to build up the coal
beds Of Pennsylvania.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-30

Read the Classified Ads in The
citizen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-11-13
Only Line in State Operating
Mixed Freight and Pass
enger Trains
Important Link in East-West
transportation; Hauls
Many Auto Tires

One of Bluffton's railroads, the
seven-train-a-day A. c. and Y. has
qualified for an unusual distinction;
that of being the only line in Ohio
operating a regular daily mixed
freight and passenger train.
Combination trains virtually have
become extinct in this part of the
country, altho our fathers can re-
member the time when all railroads
included such runs in their schedules.
In A. c. and Y. operations, two
combination trains go thru Bluffton
daily. No. 80, eastbound, leaves
Delphos at $50 a. m. every morning,
going through Bluffton at 9:45 a. M.
and arriving in Akron at 4:30 p. m.
The westbound No. 95 leaves Akron
at 10;30 a. M, stopping here at
4:45 p. m. and reaching Delphos at
$3.50 p. m.
Continued on page q
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-11-13
Mrs. Charity Frick
Rites Held Friddy

Funeral services were held last
Friday afternoon in the Paul Diller
funeral home for Mrs. Charity b.
Frick, rs, who died last Wednesday
at her home on Cherry street, fol-
lowing a long Illness.
Mrs. Frick had been bedfast since
the Sunday preceding her death.
Born August IA, 1869, in Marion
township, she was the widow of
Robert Clark Frick, who died in
1894.
Survivors include three daughters:
Miss Leila Frick, at home; Mrs.
Elnora slenker, New Hyde Park,
N. Y; Mrs. Margaret Boutwell,, In
dianapolis, Ind: and two sons, Rob
ert A. Frick of Lima, and George
A. Frick, Of Bluffton.
Also surviving are sister, Mrs.
Emma Risser, Maneno, H., and q
brother, Merle Fensler, Lima.
Mrs. Frick was a member Of the
Button Presbyterian church, and
Rev. Z. N. Bigelow, pastor Of the
church, officiated at the funeral
rites Friday. Burial was in the
Clyner cemetery, near Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-11-13
Body Of Soldier, Former Bluffton Man
To Be Buried At Benton Ridge Saturday

Ito (Foltz) Wilson of Findlay.
Officiating at the funeral services
will be Rev. E. 7. Shepard, pastor
Of the Benton Ridge church and
Ralph D. Cole Post of the Ameri-
can Legion, Findlay, will conduct
military rites.
Besides his wife and parents he
is survived by two brothers, Blaine
and William of Findlay and two sis
ters, Mrs. Chas. Knepper, Toledo,
and Shirly Lou at home.
The body will be accompanied on
the train from Columbus by mill
tary escort, First Sgt Jesse Gaines.
On its arrival in Findlay it will be
taken to the Coldren funeral home
to remain there until time for the
services. The parents request that
friends call at the funeral home be-
tween the hours Of and p. m
and 7 and 0 p. m.