The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted te the best interests of Key West 99 VOLUME LXVU. No. Well Drilled On Pine Key In Search Of 0} BRING UP SALT AND cane | PEPPER SAND WHICH Piqn Amendments | INDICATES PRES-| To Wage Measure| ENCE OF OIL alii (By Assoeiuted Press) | aoe ___ | WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.— | the Gulf ou Cor-| Senator Taft said today he is s drilling on Big RS preparing two amendments | reached a depth of! to the proposed minimum | W. S. Smith, wage bill, and added that if it nected with the corporation, becomes a law in its present formed The Citizen. | state. if would cause an infla- said that the drill had| tionary iend. Hes dolomite, which is al-| _ The Rill. provides that the hard to drill as solid!, Present minimum wage of,40 : fete z ie cents.an hour.be increased.to ; and added that only eS Heke eee so drilled , through |’ $9 nase rayon lata, in’ several hours, los tetey the attainune Greetacie en reporter asked. Mr.| "serge rents am ties the drillers had yet} Four saniitch— sockere. ought up any salt and pepper} ha- beer estimated. wil! a ? benefited b: the law What you think pepper That type of sand aaa oe ye ot indicates the Police Officer, | Mr. Smith further that | Janitor r Resign the drill, in the early stages of! the digging, had hit a porous 1 stone that is almost as hard as dolomite OFFICER GWYNN, JANITOR Incidentally, DEMERITT AF- FECTED 3,164 feet con- | in- | be | wit it be exclaimed. “Do | Le be down here if tad Renheuk, ahead, headed rilled into salt and he said | | he added, the : equ:pment, at $50,000, ready to use event a gas or an oil i brought in. | nae ! The corporatign’s agreement} R signations of police offi { with the Internal Improveme Ulric Gwynn and janitor .Hers-} Fund of state of Florida 1s chel Demeritt were anounced to- that the well must be drilled to day by gity manager Dave King a depth of at least 10,000 feet ee City Sells 450 in the event that oil is not struck Bike Licenses; before reaching that depth. Chapman Rites Here Tomorrow has TOTAL SOLD LAST YEAR j tion. ' City budget of $484,000 will Vand WERE 1,562 LICENSES, THE SOUTHERNMOST jeonows “NOTE! 'Pottéw: ing is a letter received from Jo- seph Dillinger of this city'de-: | cribing; his, first big barracuda ooked en dight tackle from the b of the:Flerida;Keys, Mr. Dillinger also. mentions a plan’ live, again after they ‘have given ie fisherman a’ fight.) I have been an amateur surf | gency, the next thing I knew | there in Pennsyl- | angler for a number of years, although living vania all my life I spent most ! of my Jersey coast fishing for er, kings, ete. strip- weaks, vacation along the New ; Since | coming to Key West in March ; 1945 I have spent many en- j joyable hours fishing on the ! arious bridges, with times surprising results. About two months while fishing for that ago, inter- some- | esting little fellow called the ; orange mouth grunt, I got the | surprise of my life; on teeling in after.a cast, with my esti NE WSPAPER IN ite surf ‘Tod, I felt a tightening ef the line, thinking I ‘was | hung up on the bottom I took ; it'easy for a moment; and in the next instance line was peeling off my reel at a terrific } pace; from force of habit and to let fish get.off the hook:and,' To Dnt OF 164 Ft: : algo sad experience the stac + drag on my reel is always set with a very light tension, so I was all set for any emer- : was an exflosion at the end of my tackle, in the bright sunlight there’ flashed the sil- very underside of my first. and big! bararcuda. He made several more runs and leaps. j It was lucky I wash fishing | on an incoming tide so it was : not too hard to turn him when he headed for the bridge. } Fearful of losing him I played | him very carefully for about twenty minutes and fnally beached him at the small erach dock on the north’ end of the Boca Chica Bridge.’ Examination showed’ “that Two, Bid Cases,,. Railway Before City Public ‘ietsiice On Bud-! ‘100 Asking get, Marine Railway: Sale Of Greyhound At the meeting of City Com- mission to be held tonight 8 p.m. four matters are coming Bids On New Office,! Delinquent Taxes i | | i About | } | MANY PAY, OTHERS STATE! at | up for final discussion and adop- | ve put up for public! hearing final | approval. © Major changes in the budget as com- pared to last year are increasés the police and fire»departineni, an increase’ of double the amount for materials for road repairing, and, an ad- vertising fund of. $1,200,. which will be used solely with Station im salaries for | WKWF. At this meeting ‘citizens rh THEY WILL PAY H SHORTLY | ; man of Home Service n 75 and 100 persons ve been in the city tax, collect~ ors office during the past month inquiring about delinquent taxes, city tax collector Sam B.’ Pinder announced today. Mr. Pinder considerable delir interest in paying uent taxes much mote. jgan. Mi ny ‘ee those comihg in paid their’ taxes ‘and other's, said: that they would pay ‘shortly: + true. j use so I can aR age Fisherman Hooks First Barracuda On Light Tackle’ the ‘small “’grunt’ hook swale lodged deep in his throat and by careful playing just wore him out. Joseph Lowe, a friend, es- timated that he ‘weighed about 24 pounds, and marveled at the small size hook and fine | leader holding such a : fighting fish. The deplorable condition- , Mentioned in The Cit zen re- garding the increased scar- city of certain fishes is very The practice of many fishermen klling every fish tney hook regardless of or need shows an utter di: regard of sportsmanship. Too often a few to a dozen nice tisn can be bridges dried nd spoiled. +My practice when f'shing for any fish is to remove the barb from any small hook I harmlessly r lease any under sized or te'’the water to furnish more ‘sport on’ another day. 200 Veterans Aided By Red Cross In Month: MRS. MARJORIE HAMILTON, large | en lying on the | Key West, Florida, tas the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ste Sirike Beach USO Closes Di Feb. 1s, Director r Says ‘Served Million Men; one Of First In Country To! Start: Orders From New} | Orleans i un- { '“wanted fish and ‘return them CHAIRMAN OF HOME SERV-; ICE, REVIEWS VETERANS’: ; owned building while BENEFITS Mrs. Marjorie Hamilton, Chair- ed C. states that 200 veterans and s icemen Were aided during De-) der \ Catholic } During the bourse of. its exist. cember. : mother: Beach USO at 1201 street. will be 15, Paul, J.. Schwegler, | | { ders, have been received ; New Orleans. t around There were | Mr. said, | the s chwegler down this USO. The USO | Jackson Square is on a federally ; he Beach’ | USO is not. Also there is 2 great need for service to wives and of servicemen here which the USO at the corner of Duval and Caroline streets will fill. Duval! closed February! director, i announced today stating, that ote from |WALKOUT HAVING ITS EFFECT ON VARIOUS OTHER INDUSTRIES ALL OVER NATION ewe eee. WwW \day found the steel strike worse jthan at any other time since it Helicopter - started f ii ago. maller Flying Over tpiantat Revevuech cigeenmeb Wa! and the number of workers af- C ity T oday fected totals 900,000. The strike alreac What appears to be an | effect on other industries. Forty army helicopter flew over. the {small . coal mines have been City Hall and The, Citizen closed down, throwing 25,009 building today,,making good {men out of work, because of Speed . against the. north | the, inability of the companies to winds. |obtain stecl cars to haul away George, Faraldo, jof, Faral- | coal. | having its of a 40,000 | navy men here during the war, and there are now about 10,009, so on vote social agencies affiliated’ vith USO work voted to close at lying | Service at Meach- field, Galled The Citizen dd advised teporters to be on the lookout for the plane. Mr. Faraldo said the plane | had “gased up” at Marathon, using ordinary automobile gasoline and had then pro- ceeded to Key West. The helicopter makes about 80 miles speed on a straight- a-way and can hover a few feet above the ground before making a landing. EPID LSS SS Slal ‘Arrest More | { i r The Beach USO is operated un-; direction Community. Service. tne ‘Heme Service Department. has ence here it, has served over a many services to offer and skill-' million men, Mr. Schwegler said.. THREE ARRESTED. LAST EVE- éd- workers to hahdle problems continuation of what help Wp grvety hima seek “Does he, need assistance filing claim or. obt mation about his in claim? The Bay) P: CHARLES MiLoRD = Saye ee aid that there was cf the veterans. This .is gnly a an | Red Cross Field Director at Vet-! will be the last progtant iN work: quite’ ‘an elaborate’ afi, It was opened in June of 1941, d was one of tke first in, the ntry to open. Mr. Schwegler ;,been here since June of last year, Thé final two events aiming infor~! at the ‘Beach’ USO Will’! be oa’ Picked up b, ‘February “3. there frela tot will bep Mr. checks February | the servieertien and ' this of ational to ‘be radial Pihteb rior Vagrant Girls NING; FIVE WED- NESDAY ae agrant girls police in What | pears to be a drive agg type’ of girf! Five were, arrested 5 | Ford idle. It also was the cause shutdown in one branch of the Motor Company’s plants, sulting in mak:ng 15,000 men Yesterday the Ford company w reported to be nearing its stride in the production of auto- mobiles, Two thousand eight hundred units were produ Ford and union leaders were reported to be nearing a settle- ment of the wage and other dif- ferenc A ccaterence is being held this afternoon, at which company security and employes’ output are being considered. The meat tie-up appears to be just as knotty as when the de- mand for increased wages was made. :The government is ed to. take over the a 12:01 tomorrow morn- ing. A. F. of L. workers have decided to return to their posts until the wage disrute is settle but CIO leaders have not y announced if its worker-mem- pers iwill ko Wade 16 "the plants first were til] the wage scale is, settled. D- 84hd were ‘given health “IL Flier Missing Last Wee - with its tears. Mrs. Harry M. came to The Citizen and cancelled the order for the wedding announce- = ments which she had ordered. | COFFEE SHOP Mrs. Mays, Eretty and blonde, 711 North Beach Phone 453-J was married to Ensign Harr; AAI | 4 F4)!-Ccurse DINNER, 6-9 p.m. Mays, naval flier on January ll. For LADIES and GENTS ; their dependents wher there. is i | eSpanish Home-cooked DINNERS Lust week while in company sn yenden Temperatures | Alterations - Repairing ineed during his conversion back i by Reservation with a flight of navy fighter We Sell Woolens by the Yard | to civilian life,” Mrs. Hamilton, RN ol edaphic estas eae er Prompt Service ‘ said. | Pemperature aata far the 24 hours ke ‘ 319 Te eee Street ending 7:30 a.m. miles from Ki West and al- r Genuine for All though Coz Guard .. craft Highest Lowest |, lust.24 hours last night Ne ALLELE III Au’ PART. Cars arched for the “plate no trace | ais peen) fourid fhe planc "28 iq BOVIS EY WEST AUTO pants te ier, ype GL Bele 2 eaBoo od a jene js one, thing «which life 35 j 118" Duna Seta Hotel Bidg. cannot, understand .and that” is death. 15 - 4 Ne NN a is GIRLS’ BASKETBALL 36 aise ie Saturday 5 P.M... ee Miemi McCullen Bros. Eager Beavers vs. Lions Giris eliminary Game: Key nsit Co. vs. Mjamf Daily SATURDAY 3 | Miami Adee Hooper insurance 51.00 | Team vs. All Star Girls Preliminary Game: Station WKWF vs. Red Raiders HIGH SCHOOL GYM 9 Yesterda yone @ftthe girls e¢cap- ed from city tody and was later seen b s taking a the USO. The building ae ie Miam i “The veteran may be in doubt) ij] remain open until February. _ A! | are coming “up- in as to what to do about his Na- Ithough there. will be no pro-} today, city clerk Roy uy; 4 tional Service Life Ini scheduled after February, Hamil! yr eas. Soe hay f° This and information as to ed os fr ae ec, Ucational benefits under the ES at San Francisco. Bi] can be obtained from {Home Service Department your Key West Chapter. And{ —Fine Custom Tailoring—’ temporary financial assistance i For 30 Years available to either veterans or |may, voice,.¢ompla:nts: er, make suggestions as to changes in the buaget, following tw agupiici there will be no major changes in the budget: Bids will be opened for the construction of a tax collector's office on the northwest side of city hall, ground floor which will be used as an office where all citv bills may be paid. Bids for purchase of the city scavenger boat “Greyhound” 1_be opened tonight with the highest bidder to get the boat. Public hearing on the Marine Railway being constructed by George Gomez at his résidence {in North Beach will be held. |All objections may be filed at tus Ulue. ‘1he raiway has been ‘the subject Of=contention among property owners and prindipally ; the North Beach Inn sinee it was rst annouced. Nineteen ‘prop- e owners have: protested | the placing of the marine railway: - ~ Some local fishermen and fish } house dealers . have advocated | the rauway ice there is only; one marine lway open to the ; general boating public at pres- | ent, AREA TE STERLING'S "ot", 2m" 1 Market 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243} pter_ to; Schwegler ‘said. Oh’ February there will be a.social for’ all those *| who ‘gave their’'services volun- RETURNS TO POST tity thew ima cha see that the Milford “8M 3/c, every Help P i “Mrs. Bertrum c. for Mrs. 43, who ' at her 1109 Pet onia Strei held tomorrow 60 o'clock Nell 5 PINDER STATES ed tn Charlies son of Mr. Milford nee , will up in morning at he Chapel of ul Home. Rev. A. r of the Fleming; officiating Husband Henry D daughters, Mrs Penna., Mrs. of Miami, Mrs. of Kendall, Flo- | enry D., of Key! Mrs. Katie Mrs. Hattie le, Tenn., five Bike license amounted. to 430, Sam B. Pinder announced. Last year 1,562 licenses were sold, Mr. Pinder W.C Lopez In Navy Hospital | sales tax today collector 15, fe - grams x1, the of employed ; At present there are janitor a director, a_ secretary, ana maid. NORTH BEACH INN Warren C. Lopez, U. S. Marine Corps platoon sergeant who lost « leg during the Iwo Jima battles} is in the U, Naval Hospital at Philadelphia /and expects to be} sent bomé soon RODNEY GWYNN BACK FROM TRIP ,.. .His mothers Mrs.Wan¥e Lopez ‘stated that shecwas glad to see Rodney Gwynn, United Sta,,,her, boy come back to her alive; Commission and deputy, and said that Waren has written | the federal court in this’ her tWat itis better this way than dishict, returned this morning ot having come back at all. ‘om Miami, .where he had been trip. 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