The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1946, Page 1

For Deepest Drilling PASSED 13,512 FEET OF SUNNILAND WELL ON SATURDAY; MAY END AT 14,000 By JOHN R. VOSBURGH City Editor, The Key West Citizen All records for depth of oil wells in Florida were smashed about noon Saturday by the Big ; Pine Key well of the Gulf Oil Corporation. The drillers passed the. 13,512-foot mark held by the! Humble No. 2 Gulf Coast Realty Co., well near Sunnyside, Fla., heretofore the deepest well in the state. By noon yesterday the “rough- necks,” as drillers are known in Se RES EEE NhaMet aei VOLUME LXVII. NO. 286 SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Big Pine Key Oil Wel Sets Florida Record’ KEY WEST, i ere! fishermen to all fisherm | Coasts of Florida was made \,mess agent. the local East C Handlers’ Union. Mackerel Strike May Spread To All Florida Fishing If Demands Not Met A threat to expand the current strike of Spanish mack- IN THE UNITED STATES FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1946 en on both the East and Wi today by Harry Dongo, busi- ‘oast Fishermen's and Seafood &. To Testify In Lew PRICE FIVE CENTS Ten Government Officials s Case, ~The union is striking for a two-cent raise in the eight- State President It Was Announced Today ATRIAL EXPECTED TO | OPA To Expire By End Of Wee | Revealed Today| (By The Axsociated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The ‘a law in April of 1941 when the late President Roosevelt signed a bill creating the agency; by the | end of this week OPA will cease ‘to exist when President Truman jaffixes his signature to an execu- tive order abolishing that agen- cy. Paul Porter, the fourth OPA ‘administrator, resigned last Fri- day, and other administrative of- ficers under him will tender their the oil game, haa reached 13,540 i i . 540 | re: $ re 5 feet. It was doubtful, however, Pate wideL rain: that they would break the record of the deepest well in the world, 16,600 feet, West Texas, James A. Tierney of Shreve- port, La., geologist at the well, said it was doubtful that drilling | will be continued much past the 14,000-foot mark because of the! prohibitive cost. No oil deposits | have been struck but some “oil| Stains,” as they are known to! geologists, have been revealed in! the material brought up by the drill. These stains, which are usual- ly visible only under the micro-; scope, are an indication that de- positg may be in the area. Tie’ ney would make no predictions other than to say that “prospects | are good.” Meanwhile, a second Gulf well} Buses Approved What controls remain, will be taken over by a Rations and Pri- held by a well in'ority Board., Republican leaders, said they favored doing away with all con- trol agencies that were created during the war. Radio Telephones (Speeial to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 2,— Radio telephone service between} ‘Office of Price Control nen the| dle man. cent wholesale price paid the fishermen heretofore for mackerel. “If the dealers do not give in,” Dongo said, “we may ask for a complete shutdown on all fish production on the East and West Coasts of Florida.” He said the union has 900; members on the East Coast alone. The Spanish mackerel strike, now three weeks old, has closed all mackerel production, he said, except at Naples, Fla. where some men are producing. An ap- peal to them will be made short- ly, Dongo said. The Key West man said he took the position of business agent a short time ago at the request,of the fishermen. A meeting was held Saturday, at Marathon, attended by 100 fish- ermen, and another will be held there Friday to discuss the progress of the strike. Dongo said that the consumer is paying from 35 to 40 cents a pound for Spanish mackerel in! the south and from 65 to 70 cents in the north, while the fisher- men are getting 8 cents a pound. “If thesé price differences do not cease,” Dongo said, “the fish- ermen will make an effort to For Cars, Trucks, eliminate the fish dealers alto- gether by selling through the ex- change thus eliminating the mid- The exchange could then sell directly to the consumer at a lower price,” | Eresents Charter '$91,000 Real Estate Deal ToKey WestBPW) Closed Here This Afternoon | The Business and Professional | Woman’s Club of Key West was; A $91,000 real estate deal was *—————— presented a charter admitting it | closed at 2 o'clock this afternoon ' \to the National Business and{ im the office of the Old island! Mrs, Roosevelt Professional Women’s organiza- | Realty Company, when Bioben) hisnisSundey monring Aber Mie which will provide housing for Denies Reports ° Of Remarriage , Ruth Dupuy, State President, at 25 families changed hands. a colorful breakfast held at the The Florida ‘Keys Enterpri La Concha Hotel. ;Inc., of Miami, sold six apart-{ The presentation of the Key | ments and. two vacant lots on! ‘LAST LONG AS EITH- ER LEWIS OR GOVERN. | MENT WILL APPEAL | (Ry Associated Press) | WASHINGTO! Dec. 2.—Ten witnesses for the government, in- cluding Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug, are slated to testify in the John L. Lewis case, it was stated today. Trial was resumed at 10 o'clock this morning, and Krug was scheduled to take the stand It was ex- West charter, the 1,776th of the national organization, was the first which Miss Dupuy has} president. Past president, Mrs. Vina Bet-! terley, installed the Key West iclub’s officers: Mrs. Effie Pauls, | | president; Mrs. Mary Lee Gra-! ham, first vice president; Mrs. ! Wilhelmina Harvey, second vice president; Miss Marie Hartel,! | treasurer; Mrs, Grace Crosby, | | recording ' secretary, and Mrs./| Aloysia van Goidtsnoven, cor- responding secretary. The club’s officers comprise } some of the foremost business women of Key West and appre- | ciation of the splendid leader-| ship which they will provide! | was expressed by the more than 50 members and guests present. Colored tapering candles, pur- made since she was elected state | Flagler avenue, Grinnell street and Von Phister street to Key West purchasers. Dr. and Mrs. Bowser, 1501 Olivia street, bought two apart- ments on Flagler savenue for $28,000 and a lot on the corner of Flagler and Grinnell for $1,250. Mr. and Mrs, Tracy Van Buren, of Michigan and Key West, pur- | chased two apartments en Grin- nell street for $28,000 © and Thompson-Adams, Inec., bought two apartments on Von Phister and a lot at the corner of Von Phister and Grinnell for a total | *| which of $29,250. A cottage in the rear of the Grinnell street apartments purchased by Judge Aquilino Lo- pez, for $3,500 from William ; Mangum, president of the Flor-' ida Keys Enterprise, Inc., and an additional lot at the corner of | flue this afternoon. | (By The Associated Press) pected that the trial in federal NEW YORK, Dec. 2—Mrs.! coutt, with Judge T. Allan Golds- Eleanor Rooseyelt, widow of the borough presiding, will be com late President Franklin D. Roose-, cluded by the end of this week velt, denied’ today two reports, jt was declared that, if the ; She said had been persisting in government waited until the jreehesin for several weeks. trial is ended before settling the | One said ‘she was critically ill,’ strike, it will be a long time be- feven “suffering from cancer, i fore that objective is attained, and another that she would re- because Lewis is certain to ap- was | { marry” shorfly. | She declared she had no idea | of marrying again; and that she | was in excellent health and per- ‘forming a heavy schedule of work for the United Nations, she considered “pretty ! good for an old lady of 62.” ‘Commission On | Labor Matters Grinnell and Von Phister was! | thrown in for an extra $1,000. © Hold Session ple bougainvilleae, gladieli and ‘ peal if an adverse verdict is ren- dered. If the government loses, its attorneys will appeal also, so that it may be several weeks be fore the case is settled. Meanwhile, shortages of coal continue to become more acute Forty thousand employes, not miners, found themselves with- | out jobs this morning because of the strike, and it was estimated that by the end of the week, the number will total more then 100,000. Dimouts are now effective im 21 states, and schoolhouses short ‘changes of ° vehicles and central wire ex- Richard Knowles the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany has been approved by the Florida ‘Railroad ~ Commission, Richard Knowles, 1114 Elgin yellow chrysanthemums formed a colorful tropical background Died Yesterday | to: the installation. of the rter was Miss Dupuy street, died at 11:15 a. m., yester-!and the installation of the Key on Sugar Loaf Key, started early| which has granted the com- in October, passed the 3,000-foot! pany’s application for tentative mark yesterday. | rates for the new service in the The Big Pine Key well broke Miami area. all.xecords for the Gulf Oil Cor-! Southern Bell officials told the poration a couple of weeks ago’ commission that the service will day at Municipal Hospital after a short who was 79, was the father of illness. The deceased, Mrs. Joseph Lowe, Berlin W. Knowles and Will Knowles. Funeral services will be held} of a Belgian orphan, accomplish- when it passed the 12,887-foot mark, heretofore the deepest that the company had ever start there December .9, with 12 West Officers was by Mrs. Bet+ terley. First action of the Key West} organization following presenta- tiow of its charter was adeption The purchased apartments will be modernized, redecorated, land- Unemployment Payments of Unemployment Compensation in Monroe county (By The Axsorinted Press) ly will be closed in various cities WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Rep-'in eastern and western states if Presid 4 ' pee scaped and made ready for oc- A. F’ of L.,' th ike is not terminated residing over the presentation cupancy December 15-20. resentatives from the o! the stril the ‘CIO, state and federal gov-| It was said that Lewis is nego | ernments and railroad brother-j hoods began their thirteenth an- nual conference here today. It was said there is a possi- bility, in view of the adverse ef- | tects of the coal strike in many parts of thé country, that salutary legislation, regarding strikes anos with northern owners of imines regarding higher wages and shorter hours for miners, and | that he is likely to come to an | agreement with them and disre gard owners of mines in the south who have’refused to enter into negotiations. Vequipment tomorrow at 4 p. m., at the Flem-| ed by sending a-check of $15 to} ing Street Methodist Church. The the national organization. Policy | body, will be placed in the church of adopting Belgian orphans be- customers having radio telephone instaled., in their during the week ending Novem-’ against the federal government, aati aie ber 23 amounted to $150.00, and) may be recommended’ by a ma- Former Residents, Married drilled. The day crew, under H; «vehicles. Chairman Eugene Mat- L. Jones happened to be on duty| thews of the commission said he when the state record was set.! expects bus and truck companies, Several Key West men are work- | taxicab companies and business ing in the operation, which is' executives to be among the first being conducted. by Lyle Ca-{to use this service. shion, contractor. | ‘quipment for sending and re- Cashion built an articifial ceiving voice messages to the island in Cowper Bight off Big central telephone exchange may Pine Key before the, well was, be installed either by the cus- started. Drilling is conducted 24 tomer or the company. Me S hours a day with day, morning go out from the central exchange and night crews each handling on the regular wire system, with eight-hour shifts under Robert a charge of $25 for installing Tickle, production foreman, of , equipment and $15 a month {rental and maintenance charge} Freeport, Tex: The former record well u Florida, the Humble No. 2 Gulf bile equipment. in where the company owns the mo- | Coast Realty Co., is a dry-hole The commission was advised well drilled on the edge of the that — simil radio telephone Sunnyland Oil Field in Collier service has been ‘installed be-| county a year or so ago, Sunny-, tween New York and Boston, | land is a village near the well; with receiving stations about; les is the nearest town every 75 miles. Frequency modu- ' son said about Key Westers who } at 2 p. m. Rev. J. B. Reid, pas- gan this. year when Mrs. Sally} tor, will officiate. ‘ _ Butler, nationag president of the Fourteen grandchildren and 15, Bpw’s returned to the United and one woman, Carl~B. Smith, airman’ of the Florida Indus- al Commission, reported. { taken, .' the were made to 11 persons, 10 men: jority of ‘the representatives at ! the conference. | Whether or not, that ‘action is eightieth congress, jIn Key West 36 Years dgo, Visiting Relatives Here Mr. and Mrs. Car! Dillon and batchaes aa eee ara nee after a visit to stricken’ Total payments in the state’ shortly after it convenes on Jan-} their son John, of Fresno, Calif ; oe aa ata iy oes coe | Europe and following a report DY Al care $65,029,000 and were made! uary 3, will be faced with -sev-| are-in. Key West for a month Li dea ed by the Lopez! her on the terrible conditions 4, 3.931, of whom 2,112 were, eral bills designed to check labor | visiting relatives and friend See ge eee a in war-ravaged Belgium. _. |men and 1,869 were women. in its relation with government.| They are staying with Mrs D Miss Dupuy explained the sig- Persons in this county receiv-| One Republican said today that} jon’s sisaer, Mrs. Julius Camus LINE OF CAR OWNERS FORM TO BUY PLATES “They were lined up waiting for us when we opened at 9} o'clock this morning,’ County Tax Collector Howard E. Wil- nificance of the five points of the ling compensation ate registered pin each member of the club is i as unemployed through no fault privileged to wear. At a previous) of their own and available for| meeting, Mrs. Betterley had eX-! <itable employment in the fol- | plained one of the chief aims of inwine) occucetons: | the club which is to advance the “Gierical, 1: skilled, 4; aims of business women of the! x iteq, 2: unskilled, 4. country in their professions and ,° BS une! in their national life. |\POSTAL RECEIPTS FOR LAST MONTH i TOTAL $9,896.21 While the sale of postal stamp stock in the Key West post of-} fice continues to fall of semi- wished to purchase 1947 automo- | bile license ‘plates. The greater part of the day a line formed at the collector's office of applicants for plates. Early this afternoon, he said he COMMUNITY CHEST WORKERS INCORPORATE. Today the charter and papers Everglad' F expected to selt 500 car licenses F he C n-| pared with months of Bt: ra is use vhich, has | ¢%P eas ‘ of incorporation of the Commun-) par s rc Sate 2 asa leer voice | PY the closing hour of 5 o'clock. Jit, Chest of Key West were re-/ it is now “holding its own,” as Because crite teswens depth ene e tic, but is limited in| _ 45.8 Tule, the deadline for buy- | ¢5rded in the county clerk’s of-} compared with recent months, ; of the Big Pine Key well it was, without static, ling iieenge ‘ofstesiisitixediatiane |cns a ae pets ey by the earth’s curvature. | ecessary recently to change the | range 1 dri of New York and! y 15, but the governor has not! Jt is declared in the charter) said today. | uar’ drill casing from 4%-inch to State police oe yet said anything about the clos-|that the object of the committee, He explained that dec s, in} 312-inch size. The larger diam- Pennsylvania also Step eDe eine date for the 1947 automobile }is to develop team work among comparison with iast y are eter casing weighed 220,000 use this se e. It is being ints Nieoncee focal agencies in Key West and’ costinuing tobe (about) ones! pounds. stalled in Atlanta at present. to assist in the financial support third. j The first few thousand feet 5 Z ove! lew of such agencies. November's business last year, were easy going, Tierney says,| Reception Place Changed Japan Disc ove rs oo Goa ite Hineicomnmmiltce: [peer err eecae an the coral and limestone yielding’ The wedding Recen One for Source Of Seals} pyccigent, Carl Hilton; vie Gecaneidisoouiie instemmonthecer| easily to the drill, but when Miss Ondina Roig following ner TOKYO. —(AP)— The newspa-} president, George Mills White oreinta were) gOlevbaIS (a ae dolomite was encountered the marriage to Oscar Albury, Satur- | per Mainichi si Japan has|secretary, Dwight H. Hunter; Mrecueuot son penteent sore yas. slowed. At 8,000 day, will be held at 516 Cath-| giscovered seal hunting grounds upon, Jernysdy Trevory direc. (ovens Ol S8iBe) eone pre ayhdrite, an especially hard erine street instead of 410 Vit-| off Hokkaido, her northern home ance) Stirrup, Joe Peatl-| 2 a0}. Vee" eal withithe cae eeapenen to appear and ginia street, it was announced’ jjand, “superior to the Karafuto}man, Genevieve A. Warren, ES aa ee ey pee ee. substance, bege today. Illness at the latter resi-| coast” of Sakhalin, which Russia|B. Navarro, Maric Hartel, Joseph | Same phe ae: November at is still the principal material be- | “e caused the change of ad- ing brought up. idence caused the change of ad-: | dress. | a om Perr rc) TUBES REPAIRED | ‘RoAsTERS and FRYERS by the Dill-Elecrric Wuleaniaer } DY’s live Poultr | Lou Smith Auto Service | BRAT che lien ini Phone No. ry bag ogre Barracks” 1214 White St. Phone 54! | hunting company returned with ttt ohetetahstehehstatnbetnicieeiedatetetel Pree . = took over. | A. Boza, James H. MacConnell,} POnInRe Noten bem. 1o40l F ligfetey eNeil oe slaney.| 1945, $2,198,178; November, 5, Three ships of a Japanese Helen McNeil and Jack pele. Aare | 1,080 pelts, encouraging the dise possessed Karafuto seal hunters| to prepare for large le hunting off, the north coast next spring. From 40,000 to 50,000 seals used) to be caught off Karafuto year- eS eT TT Palace Theater MYRNA LOY in es ;0ES MY LOVE” “ — Bhi Ay ‘ ROY'S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street = | Qymees Phone 442 a a NEW PIONEER HOTEL | PROFESSIONAL “INSURANGE | CORPORATION ~~ ; Avent: ¢. H, Wardiow 151 N.E. FIRST ST.) oi, pining St. Key West, Fla. Phone 1019 or 748-W In the Heart of Miami Hospital { The Rendezvous of aha Maternity, Surgical, i Insurance oe a nh y a { TC er UL a BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT SETS TOYS f “Everybody , enews Brady” J. H. 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Burial will be in th family plot in City Cemetery. Survivors are a son, Raoul, Jr. four sisters, Mrs, Rosa Thomp son, of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. “Bessie | Frijomia, of Tampa, Mrs. Marina }| Rosendo and Mrs. Jennie Pita of Key Wes and two brothers, | George Ortiz of Tampa, and Thomas Ortiz, of Key West. Hl Seek Marriage License | Arthur John Sands, 31, con- nected with the Key West Naval | Air Station, and Elsie Lola Perez, 8, of Key West, have applied o the county judge’s office for a marriage license. | ABAAASAAAAMAAALDAD PRESCRIPTIONS tnaredtends | Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists | GARDNER'S PHARMACY | 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela Phone 177 Free Delivery 2 Cerro wv err | STOREROOM FOR REN’ | i AND SOUTHARD STREETS | } in military | ON THE CORNER OF DUVAL | Mrs. Dillon is the band came to Key W ago as a musician with the 9th Artillery Band. They were ma ried in the Holy Innocents Ept copal Church in 1909, and ent to the Philippine Island 1910 After five years or eg they returned to the US assignment Mr. Dillon was bandma f the 363rd Infant: Bar pist } Division, during World 1 and after the wa and later a major, wa science it tary academies of Pa Alt Salif, After leaving the A he taught bands and est r the California publ He is now retied Harris School PTA To Meet Tomorrow To Hear Report On Annual State Session The Harris Scho Pare Teacher Association ert tomorrow evenir tt auditorium at # A report on the ann fF ida P.-T.A e Tallahassee will be @ president, Mrs. Texas | An educational filr I | ephone Hour,” will 5 broadc of the radio progra The Telephone H feote ing well known musicians a7 attists., A business sesstor i be held and a door prize given NE 8 CHRISTMAS S.., 19 Shopping See Our Teme Nefore Vou Bas | GIFTS GALORE | for Children, Him and Her | POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STORE Days Away Selection Auto Accessories 524 Southard, Opp. Bus Station PT LCE LLL ALLL ee oe TO CHRISTMAS 601 Duval St. SERVICE STATION NOVELTIES and win monernarront on ay ene as GIFTS ; oe ane | Division and Francis Streets at the . =. ~ ae Jewelery, Shoe or Men's Wear Your PURE OIL Dealer Kenyon Auto Store |, pe Store. Tires ——sTubes) =o sBauere PHONE 166 | 1 SHOPPING DAYS jApply to Dan L. Navarro Key West, Fla. AL Armengel, Owner | 1019 WHITE STREET