The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1946, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the interests of oe West VOLUME LXVII. No. 55 Che Kriy THE SOUTHERNMOST FORE Cee IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, “TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1946 US. A Asphalt Base Reached: In Well At Barnes Soutid ‘But No Oil Discovered Yet DEPTH OF TEN THOU! SOD OOO OMS 4 SAND FEET REACHED) General Marshal WITH OPERATIONS; Heard In STILL GOING ON Nanking (By Aanociatea Press) NANKING, March 5.—Gen- eral Marshal, United States ambassador to China, in an address today, told the Chi- nese that, if they do not de- mobilize their armies» to .a Peacetime basis, economic chaos will:prevail in China. China's vast armies,-he add- ed, are sapping the economic life of China. | Besides, he pointed out, unless the armies are reduced greatly in’ num- bers, politics in China will continue to be a source of un- rest. | | i | | J. Frank Roterts. chief clerk in| the county tax assessor’s koa l| said today that he was present at; the well that is being drilled in} i Sound when a test was} conducted to determine whether | or not oi] had been reached; and' added that he heard the next day! that the test’ was ‘negative, de-| spite the fact ‘that an asphalt| base has been reached. Beets ai vcs ce plaified to him that asphalt is the| residue of oil, but that its find- ing may or may not indicate the presence of a pool of oil. If the asphalt is of many mil- lions of years duration, then the chanees are that the oll, that once OI TM had formed a pool where the as- phalt is found, has dried up, and Bee Prat wae the faire & 8@ Vinson Favors Barnes Sound well, for the phalt did not smell of gas. Sections of pipe, each 90 feet, long, Mr. Roberts said, were used. in determining whether or not oil was present in the well. He added VIEWS LOAN IN LIGHT OF that engineers at the well ex-} a plained io him how the test was! COMMERCIAL STA made, but their language was so! BILIZER highly technical he was unable; to follow intelligently what they} had said. Of one thing, however | he said he was sure, and that is that the engineers and offici of the company, who were pres- ent when the test was made, felt today testified before .the senate eonlident. that oil wouid ~ be banking committee in favor of the struck. As a result of that, con- United States granting a loan of fidense, they decided to dig deep- $3,750,000,000 to Great Britain. er and make other tests. | He said he vt:wed ‘the, loan in The Republic Oil Company. be- the light of a commercial stabiliz-, hind which are the Benedum- ¢r.’ If Great Britain is not, give Trees: mililonnaires of Pittsburgh ‘the money, he reasoned, tw; is having the well drilled at’ trade blocs will be organized, onc Barnes Sound. Depth of the well by the United States and the o! new execeds 10009 feet. and Mr. er by, Great Britain, that will Loan To Britain (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 5. — Secretary of the Treasury Vinson mo Roberts said that, though he was, told drilling would be resumed, he did not learn how much deep- er the company intends to sink the well. Chinese Students Parade In Manil DEMONSTRATION AGAINST RUSSIAN TROOPS IN MANCHURIA (By Associated Press) MANILA. March 5. Four thousand Chinese, students im. the Philippines held,.a parade.,tqday im this city as ,a demanstration against the .presence of Russian troops in Manchuria. Students shouted, “Manchuria belongs to China; make the Rus- } a sians get out. and make them re- turn to Manchuria the machinery they have taken and carried to wage ruthless. economic war {for world trade, and that though this country will win in the long run, the outcome will be a Pyrrhic vic tory. Conversely, he added, if the loan is granted, Great Britain wiil open up its market to trade witn > United States, as a result of Sith both thy United States anu Great Britain will have greaier incomes to assui# prosperity. Vinson pointed out that the loan is not a gift. He said it wi'l aid, and that, during the of repayment, Great Bri ain also will pay interest on tn Joan. NOTICE There will be a meeting of the Indepndent Order of Odd Fel- lows, CUBA LONGE NO. 15, held this evening at 7:30 at hall on Elizabeth street. All members cordially invited. LUIS ALFARO, Noble Grand, BANMAGO HSE, Sec. Fil Slats, TTT er mee MING STREET | pA PHONE 682 Now Available! Made of Port Orford Cedur finished “with mote" chalking synthetic enamel TWO WEEKS DELIVERY = KEY WEST, FLORIDA ad RT Country Club p Meeting Grow Tonight At CONSIDER de Fi OF GIV- ING QUIT CLAIM ON COUN- TRY CLUBHOUSE BUILDING TO CITY Form letters have been gent out | by C. L. Gardner, president of, Key West Country Club and Charles E. Roberts, secretary | caling for a meeting of the Club! tonight at 8 o’clock at the Com- munity Health Unit, 203 Flem- ing street, for the purpose of discussing continuance or non- continuance of the Clubhouse building under the Club. There are approximately 40 members} in tte group. | . Gardner states in the let- ters “As you perhaps. know ‘theke is an indebtedness due, the City of Key West, which came into being through two $2, 000.00 loans made by the City in the yeats (1924 and 1926 respectively, and ;' were secured by a_ mortgage against the Country Club build- ing and fixtures. To date ap- proximately $6,000.00 represents the accrued interest on the above jnotes. The city has instructed its attorneys to start foreclosure! proceedings if the Country Club does not meet this obligation in the immediate future. The main purpose of the meeting is to de- cide whether the Country Club}. ean pay this indebtedness of ap-} proximately $10,000.00 or wheth- er a quit claim deed should be executed returning the building and fixtures to the City. “There has been considerable discussion relative to the repair and use of the Country Club building. by several civic organ- izatigns .within the City, If the Country Club executes a quit claim deed, it is anticipated that the building will be leased by the City to one of these organiza- lions for thelr use. It ® requested that you come prepared ‘to “in- struct your officers ‘and, directors as to what action they’ ‘should take in your best interests.” City Commission Meeting Tonight Regular meeting of city cot- mission, the first Tuesday of the month, will be held tonight at 8:00 o'clock. Rezoning of the election dis- tricts will be before the commis- sion tonight, as well as other mat- ters. Temperatures Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station— last 24 hours last night Atlanta. ., 76 43 Boston 62 40 Brownsville 78 70 Charleston 75 52, Chicago 54 34 Detroit 55 32 Galveston 7 63 78 50 64 48 KEY WEST 78 bk K. W. Airport 75 70 Memphis 73 57 Miami 71 60 Minneapolis 35 23 New Orleans _ 74 62 New York 69 49 Norfolk 80 52. Oklahoma City 67 41 Pensacola 66 62 Pittsburgh 71 50 St. Louis 67 56 Tampa 75 58 wWvvvVvwvvV Torre KEY WEST BUSINESS MEN’S ASS'N. will hold IMPORTANT MEETING ‘Tomorrow Night, March 6, 8 p.n.., Monroe County Health Auditozium J. A. BOZA, Secretary AsARAAABREseeeeae, 7 We Are Now Accepting COLOR FILM for DEVELOPING and PRINTING SOUTHERNMOST CITY Request Funds, Truck Do-, nations; Robert, Oscar Cruz, Parra Make All- District Five By FRED HOFFMEISTER Coach, Key West High School * Varsity Basketball Squad Key West high school’s basket- ball team, runner-up in the dis: trict tournament held last week at Redland, is ready to go to the state tournament to be held at Mt. Dora. However, there are many diffi- culties that have. arisen. In the first place, we have no means of transportation. Any- one wishing to loan the team, a large truck for the trip, please contact Coach Hoffmeister at the High, School. ae We also Jack the necssaty tap ital to ,make the trip. -Any ¢ivi organization or any’ piivate ih- dividual wishing to contributé dre | urged to bring such contributi as: to the High’ School.» * ie We must act quickly as. the games start this Thursday at Mt. Dora and we must leave Fy West tomorrow in order to arrive in time for the tourna ment. We have a fast, hard-fighting team this year—one that the city can well afford to.have pride in. Three of our team were hon oted by being placed on the All- District Five. Those so hpn- ored include Robert and Oscar Cruz and Albert Parra. i Our boys will play Frostproot— in Mt. Dora Thursday afternoon at 2:15, This will be in the Class C tournament. The locals will leave tomorrow over the highway with Jacek S¥j-{ lers, manager of the Key West Transit Co., as their. host. _ Mr.! Sellers will see to it that the lo-j cals get the best of accommoda: | tions and eats and with the cnact: the, boys will be in fine she ae for the game. .... Local fans are pulling hard, for the Conchs,to come through and win, the Class C championship. It, will .be, the first time this haz happened, if it does, « and Osear Cruz Meadors, Herring, Kerr, Papy, ‘Sweeting and McCollough will ve in there fighting to enter'the Hall of Fame for the Key West High School as winners of the Class C title. No team from Key West has beer in a state tournament for good many years, so’ come on, Key West, get behind your boys and see that they get to the state tournament. | a Big Development Predicted For Lower Matecumbe Area A ‘Miami Beach’ is’ in its ‘initial process of development on one of the Florida Keys, J. Frank Rob-} erts, who spent five days on the} keys with County Tax Assessor; Claude A. Gandolfo, said el morning. i t's what the lower half of Lower Matecumbe is gding to be some day,” Mr. Roberts said.! “Lower Matecumbe has the best! beach along the Florida Keys, a beach much better than that at) Miami Beach, for the sand at) Lower Matecumbe is pure white, and the developers now have! bulldozers and graders at workj EEE RELL SEE EE EEE ERS ST. PETER'S COMMUNITY HALL Colored - Center St. - Tuesday “DOUBLE DEAL” All-Colored Cast Serial “Rex & Rinty” ATTENTION, ELKS! At the regular meeting Thursday night, March 7th, nomination of offi- cers will be made, and you are urged to be pres- ent. Be there. 1 | PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. A SRE P. L. WEATHERFORD Secretary, P.E.R. A OD | | Fighting Conchs Leave Tomothow- For Tour pe BARS rey ro SOP E ATES Dolomite Breaks Drill In Well A chunk of dolomite, en- countered in the well that is being drilled at Big Pine in search of oil, broke the dril! yesterday, Winfield Scott Smith, local representative of the Gulf Oil Corporation, which is sinking the well, said today. b The drill is still passing through the same formation as the surface of Big Pine. limestoné® end -dolomite; or oolite, as it is calle: wy geolo- This: : ‘fipeig, ‘hers? @rill- dng. was resumed. the depth of the well exceeded 4,400 feet. J " According to an agreement with the Florida Internal Im: provement trustees, the com- pany will drill the well to a depth of at least 10,000 feet, assuming that oil is not struck in the meantime. a Sands Settles Rent Violation PAY $232.42, AMOUNT OF RENT OVERCHARG- ED Final order entered by. consent. in the case of. Thurman Sands in . UL S, District Court, 7th District, at “Mia tals for the -payment of $232.43'of rent overcharged by the Sands at their apartments, N D.' Keye, area rent direetor, said today. This ‘dispost$ of the ca: The order was entered Febru- ary 26 and, is an injunction ins joining. and restraining the fendants' from, demanding or col- Ge] <The Fishing | (Mrs. Savidusky Repeats: | Catches 53-lb. Amberjack By: GEORGE DAVIS The little lady did it again. |_ Aboard Captain Jakie Key’s Last year Mrs. Phillip Savidus- | Legion, eight yellow jacks, eight ky caught the biggest fish in their grouper and a barracuda were Key West trip.and this year she | caught in a party of Mr. and Mrs. did the same thing in bringing} Sam F. Moore of Tampa, Fla., and in’a whopping big 53-pound am- Mrs. M. A. Baither, also of Tan berjack:, Not \only did she per-| pa. form this: feat/\which is;a job for} Abaard the Sea Raider, mack- a> good-sized. man. (these amber: jefeli were added to yesterday's jacks being: such husky fighters jcateh, with three mackerel, seven and reelsburner-uppers), but sh?) grouper..and barracuda brought then promptly began to kid tae} jn ‘hy @ party of Al Carota, N. J.; remainder of the party. | William Babington and S. Web The trip was aboard the Maz ' ster, who are from the Grumman West, Captain John West, and be | Aircraft Corporation at Bethpage, sides the amberjack, which was | Long Island. caught trolling and not with iive| Aboard Captain Ted Canova’s bait, five bonita, three grouper ;Switch Tail were Harry Bass, of j and barracuda were brought | Greenfield, Mass.; Darryl Sipes. or The party consisted of Mr. and! Pittsburgh, Pa.; c. B. Smith, of <i Mrs. Phillip Savidusky of Madi-' 'Tthica, N. Y., and A. J. Browski, son, Wisconsin, and Miami, and! of Colnyn, Pa., who brought in Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sandusky, also three mackerel, tree bonita and of Madison. barracuda. ‘Calls Attention To Matter Of Taxing Other Pesple Of “Coumity For Projects Here Rent for the Key West office | of the State Welfare Board, $750 “And now on top of those thousands of dollars of the countys funds spent for Key Westers,” the former official said, “an attempt is going to be made to add $4,000 more to pay for recreation in Key West. “I ask you, whether you are al Key Wester or a resident of A former Monroe county offi-; {cial took a Citizen reporter this} (fhorniag~ v-what tie official: called a “tame goose chase” to | show how much money taxpay-} ers in the county, outside of Key West,,are paying toward’ county allotments that essentially ‘bene- fit the people. of Key, West. ‘chas@ was ‘Started’ by! the reporter’s remark that the! { Save Your Car lecting rent in amounts higher, «vunty commission was to be ask- than the legal rents established’ ed tonight to give $4,000 for rec- or determined by rent regulations! reational purposes in Key West for the various apartments in “Let’s take a look at the rec- question. Judgment for $232.42! ord,” the former official said was also,entered by consent. The! “and you'll find the many thous- amount of said judgment repre-) ands of dollars that the commis- sents the actual amount of over-! sion pays out for benefits in Key charges. _ | West to the almost entire exclu- —— sion of the residents of other j parts of the county. I've figured it out, and the average is 1 ; than one cent in a dollar that | derived from those expenditures by residents that live outside of ; Key West. They pay their part | of the money and get practically | no benefit from it.” to convert the area into some- Here is what the record show- thing of a tropical paradise. To ed: that end, thousands of coconut | For “the clinic” in Jackson and other palms will be planted,! square, $8,400, and (there will (be much’ work!" For the, poothouse. every in- there for the landscape gardner.”: ,..a4¢ in which is a Key .Wester The tract, ‘the. sale of which! $990, was! published''in The Citizen|”°Chiiq welfare work in Key ; several months ago, is being con- West, $2,400. Fee cae Coe: Mr | Key West Chamber of Com- Roberts said he was told that the; : cheapest lot there will cost $2,500, | EM, and that a provision in the deeds} Paupers in Key West outside) will stipulate that no house, cost-| of the poorhouse, $6,000. ing less than $6,500, can be con-| Municipal hospital, $15,000. structed on a lot. He added that W. A. Parris, chairman of the! guy ——C. county commission, who sold the NORTH BEACH INN upper and the lower halves of} COFFEE SHOP Lower Matecumbe for Miami 711 North Beach Phone clients, informed him that many oor lots had been bargained for but; ¢Full-Course DINNER, 6-8 p.m. that no deeds will be granted; eSpanish Home-cooked DINNERS until the improvements have, by Reservation been made. ieee “You wouldn't know the lower, Se half of Lower Matecumbe if you saw it now,” Mr. Roberts coi -, STERLING’S cluded, “and the work of beauti-| '1318 Elize Street Phone 243' fication is sti}]l continuing.” ROASTERS and FRYERS Dressed Daily Pot EG By Giving it a Complete Spray and Grease Job BATTERIES CHARGED While You Wait Open Daily and Sunday 7 A.M. to Midnight Expert Mechanic to Serve You POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Sts. Open Sunday Phone 9134 Al Armengol, Owner WANTED! 5-Piece ORCHESTRA or INDIVIDUAL MUSICIANS desirous of forming such a unit Apply Manager La Concha Hotel | { i Timbucktoo, for Iam asking you as a fair-minded man, the county to help pay for these benefits for us? What is the reason for thi: ion for the commission to answ I. Marrero Died Last Night . Isabel Marrero, 75, died ht at 9:45 at he dence, | > after a long held: ses will be Wedacsy thé’ tesidence, the Cuban Rev. G. Perez of | Methodist in the family lot in the| Funeral Lopez Home is in | charge of arrangements. Survive three daughters Dolores, Justo and Isabel; five sons, Andre, Hasus, Joseph, Paul and Carl, andchildren and eight" ‘hildren. DOCTOR GET MEASLES GERING, Neb.—Checking reported case of German meas- ‘les, director of the Scotts Bluff county health unit, contractea the disease and conf:ned to ‘his home. for some time. a | REPT SEITE FY SET TRAE CASA CAYO HUESO (The Southernmost House) 1400 Duval at South St. DINING ROOM and COCKTAIL LOUNGE ——-Opens 5 P.M. Daily. is it fair| to make taxpayers elsewhere in} all] —— discrimina-} Charchy | officiating at the services. Burial! | will be | City Cemete: JUST APPOINTED HON- ORARY CHAIRMAN EUROPEAN FAMINE EMERGENCY GROUF President Herbert Hoover is expected to arrive to- day at Boca Chica Field at. 3:47 o’clock in a naval plane frem - Washington, D. C. where_he_has just been ‘appointed honorary chairman of ‘the Famine Emer- gency Committee which has been selected to aid Europe's Starving millions.” Mr. Hoover was fishing in Key | West waters aboard’ the yacht Nicoya which is berthed at Craig Dock when President Truman requested him to come to Wash- ington “for consulation on the food problem in Europe. Follow- ing the last war Mr. Hoover was in charge of delivering food to Europe. Accompanying Mr. Hoover here will be Commander Croy- don (Doctor) Wassell. Mr. Hoover has been fishing along the Florida Keys for about two weeks and has been.in. Key West waters for a few days be- fore leaving for Washington last weekend, Mr. Hoover is principally ‘in- terested in bonefishing and has caught one which will be one of the leaders in, the Metropolitan Miami Tournament. Fish caught in Key West waters however will not be eligible to be entered in the Miami. tournament since the limits of the tournament is at Marathon, An ardént fisherman Tor ‘many years catching trout’ in fresh water streams Mr. Hoover r¢ cently expressed a desire to catr bonefish. Bonefish are over flats on a rising tide an usually on nine thread line with light tackle. Because of the foot or so of water over the flats the bonefish puts up quite a spec- tacular fight when hooked. Former Hoover To Head Group Of Famine Emergency Unit (Hy Axsociated Pressey WASHINGTON, March 5.— The White House announced today that former President Herbert Hoover had agreed to become honorary chairman of the Famine Emergency Committee that wil’ investi- gate food conditions in Europe and Asia. The announcement said further that Hoover ard member? of his stefi shortly will fly for Europe to begin their work te determine the emount of food that is neces- sary to counteract the spread of famine. Palace Theater JANE WITHERS in “FACES IN THE FOG” News and Serial “TONIGHT IS PRIZE N TE” ee Hood’s Poultry and Eggs 919 Southard Street Battery - Raised FRYERS and ROASTERS Dressed On Premises Fresh EGGS e LLL in LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE | AIR-CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT Now Fei aturing DANCING EVERY NIGHT \ BREAKFAST Served from. ° LUNCHEON Served from DINNERS Served from Music by Barroso’s Orchestra an The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ id 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. HUGH C. HODGE, Manager eeccsocce MULT TTT ee