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A. 1% Oil Well At (lard Sound l )i*u p\Hnnlin{* Operations at the test oil well Republic Oil Corpora tioa hat been drilling on Card Sound, upper Monroe county, hat ceased temporarily while workers await further instruc tions from interested pro* Drilling was stopped by lt an official termed "dis appointing results" following discovery of an "oil show" there recently. The official said that the condition of the lime rock reached early this week is not favorable. Depth of the well is 10.450 feet. ■'* <**’ *• Plan Recalling Coering To Stand |H Iwnrlilrl I'rrui M'KRNBERG, March 16.—He.’- m.inn (ox ring, who testified in his "v. n Ix half this week in the case ..gainst 21 Nazis, charged with ti .ving Im rn war criminals, will l.< 1 t 01l dto the stand when the ••••■.let 1 convenes on Monday, i1 was announced trxlay. toM iing will be asked about a i< ■ •nt that was made, since gave his testimony, about the Im\ >ly of Hitler and his chief • i . during July and August of 1630 (lorono lion Doles Shift Rapidly Hop* they make up their mind. W Bob Pollock, publicity di roc tor of the Stadium Com mittee. makes the announce ment today that the corona tion is once again changed, thU time backwards instead of forwards. XBIs makes the third rhno* of for the corona I’on ceremony as announced By Pan! Albury and Bob Pol lock. Hope It s all settled this tim#. First change announcement *me from Paul Albury which changed the coronation date from February to March 15. Mr. Pollock takes up publicity and the date of conoration for the queen is changed to March 20. Last night Mr. Pollock called up and said that due to church sereices on Wed nesday that the date would be changed forward to Fri day of next week. This morning Mr. Pollock issues another press state ment. Subject: Change from Friday back to Wadnesday of • next week. Well let's try e<tin: The coronation will be Wednesday at I p.m. at Bay view Park. Long Lie# the Queen! Rotary Queen Candidate Coming Up Fast!! ■M§ik A mMklmsF : - : -!* l V i|l iii i VI 1 * i", 1 v i ’ I- f V , / ’t ' ji' r fj - > |t: if: | ■ ' '■* MISS GLORIA ACEVEDO, curvacious beauty, sponsored by the Rotary Club, is runner-up to Lions' candidate, Dolores Thornley, in the Sponge Festival Queen Contest, which will be held Wednesday of next week, according to Publicity Chairman Bob Pollock .,, Miss Acevedo is re ported all set for a strong finish. Registration Office For Key * West Voters To Be Kept Open All Day Saturdays In Future Beginning next week, the of fice of the supervisor of registra tion in the county courthouse will be kept open till 5 o’clock on Sat urday afternoon, instead of being closed at 12, as heretofore. Supervisor John England said today he had decided to exte id the time for registering on Satur day in the hope of increasing the number of registrants. “I find it impossible to determ ine,” Mr. England .stated, “the cause of apathy among the voters in Monroe. While none of us know exactly the number of residents of the county who are elijjble to qualify for the primary in May, we do know that the eitßJiad al most 5,000 qualified last Novem l .. ~T U iA K AitiikM Vk 111 I vnr ^ ‘ vnftl tential number of voters UV.Mun rrfFTs m wcKSTfcrycToruy about pne-third .of them have reg istered up to today.” But the apathy Mr. England spoke about is confined to Key West, for Marathon and Taver nier, where the precincts outside the city are located, are nearing their full strength in the qualifi cation of voters. Palace Theater GEORGE SANDERS in “UNCLE HARRY” News and Serial SOUTH BEACH Restaurant - Pavilion Located on South Beach. Simonton Street l■* 241 FEET ON THE OCEAN Phone 458 Featuring: Half Southern Kl2“?*i.is Seafood - Chops - Steaks OPEN 11 A.M. to 9 P.M. BEER and WINE SERVED During Legal Hours KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1946 I A month ago County Commi-s --, sion Chairman W. A. Parrish, who | resides in Marathon, said he ex - pected the registration there would total 125, but today it has , exceeded that figure by five, and the estimated total at Tavernier ( is 130, not far from its fiul strength. ! The poor showing is in Key i West where the total is only 1 • j 785. i “What has come over Key West ers in failing to register I don’t know,” Mr. England said, “but I do know that about two-thirds of ; them have not seen fit to register. Assuring that they are not inter ioatednin. any of the contests, yet thpy sbauid register to swell iho 'jtotal and thereby help their city, 1 tfor Jarger the registration the ' better it is for Key West.” Jaycees Policemen s Ball at La Concha Hotel, March 16th w * s ORCHESTRAS *|° w t LOUIS ARMSTRONG Vl Jb ami His Famous Band La Concha - Bahama Bar - Cabana Bar - Drifttvood The Tropics • La Conga - Sloppy Joe's Rhumba Sextette NOVELTY ACTS Buddy Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Novelty Songs Albert BoZa Frank & Teddy Rhumba Dance Team Sabini 3 Gilds of Note Vaudeville Specialists Two Ettes COME EARLY—B:OO p.m. till 2:00 NO RESERVATIONS Admission, $1.20 Per Person The Cream of Key West Night Club Artists. Together for Your Entertainment All Proceeds Donated to Police Welfare Fund Cabinet Approves Franco’s Reply is —— IBy Ai<irlat*il I’taul Ir ./MADtoip, March 16. Too , Sphrtish cabinet today unanimous | ly approved Dictator Franco’s rc j ply to the United States’ white i paper, urging the Spanish people to displace Franco and form an other government. The reply totals 5,000 words, but its nature has not been re vealed. LEND-LEASE SHIPMENT NEW YORK.—Lend-lease food shipment to the United Kingdom from March, 1941 to April, 1945 was valued at $3,185,810,000. Notice! Notice! Having installed new equipment we are open for business on the old schedule. Your patronage ap preciated. WHITE LAUNDRY 1212 WHITE STREET (Mils Spttfo Considered sttalenge To Stalin To Prove Rira Is Peace-Loving Nation Saunders Heads Red Cross Drive SUCCEEDS CARBONELL AS CHAIRMAN OF COM MITTEE Gerald Saunders will head the Red Cross Fund Campaign for the remainder of the campaign, succeeding Ygnacio Carbonell,) who has relinquished the chair manship due to pressing personal business responsibilities. Gerald Saunders said yesterday he was very pleased to be able to assist in the Red Cross cam paign as it was an organization that all of Key West needed and had a responsibility to support. “I am confident, Mr. Saunders said, that the people of Key West will rally around and again put their Red Cross Drive over the top. Red Cross, Mr. Saunders said, is the pulse of the com munity—it is indispensable not only in time of' disaster but al ways.” “Beginning next week, he said, we will concentrate our efforts on the residential ean vass and 52/o must have civic minded voluMpers, both men and women, to •Rfcbk.®*' 1 a successful canvass. . My past experience in working with the people' of Key West gives me the :assunim:e that J need \a prppiijsu sif-le# in every< phsse of rtie .catjipiiitiT. “This is bur one opportunity during the year to show that our commun*- j ity is really interested in Rcd| Cross work. By having a success ful campaign we are assuring Key West of the fine services that Red Cross has to offer.” The Imperial Cafe 1109 Whitehead Street Proudly Presents In Person Louis Armstrong "The Trumpet King of Swing' and HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA TONIGHT!! FILMS ALL SIZES * tiring In Your Devehtping and Printing for Quick Service SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Duval at Fleming Phone 195 GULF STREAM RESTAURANT Division at Simonton Ph. 330 Featuring A SPECIAL Sunday Dinner Bring the Family—the Children— Get a Full-plate at Reduced Price SERVED FROM NOON to MIDNIGHT SNACK BAR OPEN Daily and Sunday 24 Hours A Dav Around the Clock SERVING • Breakfast 5:30 to 11 A. M. •Luncheon 11:30 to 2 P. M. • Dinner 5:30 to 9:30 P. M. Meals ala Carte, at All Hours New Red Cross H<‘al f|fl . ','.1:1 £ GERALD SAUNDERS F. D. Akin In Primary Rare J MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT A3 CANDIDATE FOR RAILROAD • COMMISSIONER F. D. Akin, south Florida’s candidate for railroad commis sioner, arrived in Key West yes terday to see local voters in be half of his candidacy for the nomination in the primary in May, and today he makes his formal imnovneement locally in Tl MCiiteeh: As Mr. Akin points out, south Florida has no representation on the commission, despite the fact that the volume of traffic in this part of the state is larger than in any other part. In discussing his candidacy, he said: “Last election you honored me with nearly 50,000. With a little enthusiastic cooperation and as sistance this coming election, the powers that be believe we can bring home the bacon, and south Florida will be represented on, the board the first time in many l a long year.” CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost Utilise) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE —-—-Opens 5 P.M. Daily- - - SLOPPY JOE’S BAR MUSIC EVERY NIGHT by Tommy Thompson and His Band Package Goods Specials Park & Til ford ... sth $3.65 Golden Wedding sth 3.65 Paul Jones sth 3.65 Sunny Brook sth 4.20 Imperial pts 2.20 Ron Zorro Rum sth 3.00 Old St. Croix Rum sth 3.00 DRINKS at the BAR Straight Drinkg 25c to 40c Mixed Drinks 35c to 50c Full Line of Package Good LA CONCHA HOTa COCKTAIL UNINCK AIR-CONDITIONED for YOUN COMFORT Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by La Concha Orchestra and The New Cocktail LA CONCHA SPECIAL* BREAKFAST Served from ... 1:00 AJt to 10. MAM LUNCHEON Served from . . . 12 00 Noon In 200 PM DINNERS Served from .... 5:30 PM. In O*M K M HUGH C. HODGE. Manager WaaL Florida, km M r S°unt5 l . ~ai 4tkC i^irt#nrn— ioafr 14* hMII PRICK FIVI CWttl SAYS RUSSIA H%* IV CKLI.KIX I uwimn V ITY Til CU AR ITSILfr OFCHARGE (■r imotlmM Sll-1 NEW YORK. Kuril If E v mer Prime Minuter Wwwtai Churchill's speech Inst tugfct. judging by rommrat in this ommi try and Great Britain, is kniu4 upon as a rhalimge to Prvnowt Stalin of Russia to show the rl that the Soviet Union a a.m-i 9 in its frequent assertions that it is a peace-loving nation While not retracting an* it* he said in his Fulton 4tin a Churchill declared that Hu ia now has an excellent opportunity to clear itself on the rhatKc i t it is infringing on the rtgiit *i people* of other nations, parti u larly Iran. Russia was charged, in breMung its pact with the United Hla • % ■nd Great Britain to withdraw its troops from Iran on M*nh li, with trying to put the shoe on somebody else's foot, aa IMimm | often has done, and tlna time Mm foot’s is Iran’s. Stalin’s advisers dug up a ti- * jty, made with Iran in 1611. and charges Iran with having ht4ito several provisions in the tnetv, though the provisions in qiffm were not specified Then th 1 1 stan leaders switched from the .charge to derlare that then u pronounced atg-fbvfl il<- in I the Near Faist. Reference to Um- Iran Ho • treaty by Stalin’s adviser p vokel this question in Great lint ain and the United Stab Wi. did Russia remain silent M v aiaiut the treaty and ru w cl it into the dispute as a lustiftcn tion for Russia's keeping tr<>p m Iran? FOR SALEI FOR SAtJCt Ideal but met* location earner Division and Packer St*.. IT M Division St.. 10V on Packer. Pin ed to aell. Jo*. D. Logos owner. Phone 70S or 752-J. Innonm mg 36 Hour Roll Film Uitdopiaif mm! Primnm WJIVMS Key West Drag Ca (We Hare PLENTY ot HoII TO, on Hand. Tool Corner Fleming and Btmnnton Sta. OPEN SUNDAY To Serve Yn From 7 A M. In GAS . OIL . PARTS Batteries Charged Flats Fised GREASE end SPRAT JOBS POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division et Francis St Fh SIM Al Arfndagui, Owns*