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VOLUME LXVII. No. 3 Four Young Navy ! Men Recovering Today After Being Rescued From ; Rudderless Launch Off Key West IN OPEN BOAT IN HIGH* SEAS OVER 10 HOURS; LEFT FOR SAND KEY NEW YEAR’S DAY Four young Navy enlisted men, rescued yesterday after | spending more than 10 hours in an open boat on the high seas, were recovering teday at Key West Naval Station. The four men are L. L. Brown, | Fle; Harry Yates, Y3c; Charles | Doty, S2c, and Harold Yabbra, Sle, all attached to the Fleet} Sonar School. Snow Halts Planes, And, Delays Trains (By The Associated Press) CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—Ten inches of snow have fallen here in the last 24 hours, and planes have been grounded and trains have been delayed as long as two hours. Reports from other cities, in- They left Key West at 1 p. m., New Year's Day to fish in the/ vicinity of Sand Key, and were! rescued by a Coast Guard pa-| trol, crash boat, about 15 miles | west of Sand Key. | The motor. launch in which, they were riding lost its rudder ; shortly after 2:30 p. m., New Year’s Day. Waves broke over the small craft and the men were kept busy bailing out water. Lt. T.iP. Connell, USN, com- mander of a crash- boat, went in search of the party when the} launch failed to return at 6 p. m., Wednesday. The crash boat re- turned at 8:30 p. m., without! sighting the missing men. | The SSMS Chester Sun re- | ported having picked up flash- | light signals from the drifting | boat about six miles west of Sand } Key. Capt. A. G. W. McFadden, USN, commanding officer of the | Sonar School, ordered the crash | boat to resume search. Lt. Connell s hed to west); of the point where the signals, were picked up by the Chester | Sun. Shortly after midnight he} |cluding those along the northern and northeastern seaboards, stat- ed that schedules for planes have been abandoned. By nightfall it was expected trains would almost be back on schedule, but that probably two days will pass before planes will be operating regularly. 1558 Contacts Made By Office Of Employment Personal ‘contacts made with | unemployed during the month of December by the Florida State Employment Service totaled 1,- 558, Jeff Knight, director, said today. Of this total, 864 were | veterans of World War II and 385 were women. The service placed 96 persons in jobs during the month, the lowest number for any month of the year. In the previous month, | 106 were placed. Of the 96, 32 were World War II veterans and two were handicapped, one be- ing a non-veteran. The line parted twice. Lt. Con-} Repercussions of the lay-off at nell decided to take the four men] the Submarine Base were felt aboard his craft..He then re- especially last Friday when 30 turned to Key West. A Navy! former employes at the Base plane, sighted the swamped mo- registered. At least 30 more have tor-boatsoff Westgra--Dey,Rocks. | come in-gince Friday and .after A Navy boat was sent to the|this holiday ‘week, more are ex- pected. Prospects of finding employ- ; ment compensation were filed. These included Florida State, | Interstate and yeterans,cldims.‘Of ‘the total; 575. were veterdns ap- Presidential Citation For ! plying for the $20 per bar al- owance. hree were self-em- Capt. Cov ard se _ for : the on pensation allowed- veterans just heard the shouts of the four men. A line was run and the motor boat taken in tow. scene to salvage the launch. nt 5 MT OTL RN IE he Key Uh SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1947 25 Vets In Key West Need Medical | Treatment But The former Air Corps officer,t business here and hates to leave still wearing an Army shirt, sat ‘in a chair alongside the desk of Gene Anheir, friendly Contact Representative of the Veterans! West facing the same problem, Administration here at the Fed-}Anheir said. eral Building. “I've already quit one job to take hospital treatment,” he said in a discouraged tone. “It was the best job I ever had. I can’t give up my business, too.” Anheir talked like a father to the youth. He told him his health came first; his business could wait. The young man shook his head, gathered up some papers and thanked Anhefr for his! work at the Navy Yard and don’t counsel, Then he walked out, his | like to use up their leave by go- forehead furrowed with worry. “That man has only one kid-! ly, they keep on working despite , fish in Key West waters, both of had the | their condition—another effect of jthe commercial and game fish; ie was in} the war, as one observer put it,} ney,” Anheir said. “ other removed when the service and every now and| which statistics cannot describe then he has to have hospital treatment. But he’s just started —s at Crti IN THE UNITED STATES Democrat Offers Resolution T | Bar Bilbo From Senate,: Thus Won't Leave Johs it.” The former pilot is only one of a number of véterans in Key -¥GLENN. TAYLOR, COW-. Forestalling The Ri “There are about 25 veterans here who require medical treat- ment but won’t go to the hospital,” the V.A. man added. “They are afraid they'll lose their jobs , permanently or their business, pees ie business sacrifice their ADVOCATES The former. air force officer, mentioned above, owns a store _in Key West. Some of the others. jing to the hospital. Consequent- nor legislative bills completely remedy. Cuban, Coffee Not So Strong | As American, Roaster Says| Many visitors to Key West are &: puzzled as between, American coffee and Cuban-type coffee. which is stronger?—they fre- quently ask. The answer came today from J. T. Sanchez of the Star Coffee j Mills, 512 Greene street—the! American coffee is stronger. “You see, it is like this,” be- gan Sanchez, as he turned over a batch of Cuban coffee in the mills. “Cuban coffee is cooked longer than American coffee. So; the result is that nearly all the! caffein is burned out of it. “The Cuban coffee stays in the oven for from 20 to 25 minutes; the American coffee only re- . ive A BOY SENATOR, FLAYS Dr. Pierce, Key West Native ‘And ientist, Makes Sea Study H Scientist, akes Sea Stu y ere, AND CORRUPTION’ TAGGING®: | (By The Associated Press) a Democrat, Glenn Taylor, known - bs as the “cowboy senator”; who QUATE CHECK ON ; f DENIZENS OF DEEP Food Prices on Horatee Theodore G. Bilbo | ; May Be Slow wise’ in which Bilbo was con- |demned in the strongest terms ldeep should be tagged This is! Bikind sai ert Jan, fare DS lias in Mississippi to further his the opinion of Dr. Emory Lowe |Pattmenh. 2 commerce SpOKes- own interests. The resolution Pierce, Key West native and ma-/ . ” iy IBY: OPRTAM vig) rss at al} “Bilbo's certificate for entrance the Department of Biology at the most full capacity, fall in prices, into the senate is tainted with University of Florida. can z pahegeerts Dr. Pierce, who, accompanied NES . | After he had offered his resolu- by his wife, has been ecencie | He said that the most effective. tion for the consideration of the and Mrs. Emory Pierce, 417 Biize. | DUNES seer on the part of speech in which he attacked Bil- beth Street, contends that in no} P : bo for his ward-heeling politics GDBBABBDODMAADAA)». wade6 than to ags 1 renomination last put tags on e! ination last year. a pete on toot ome co Ci Met: Aa Soe ea tquor eaters : 1 it had been. City Comptroller: was not determined by mid- “Where do the yellowtails go in ere It had been suggested . President ion to seat, summer? Questions like these] New Year's week drew the re-|b0 with the provision that’ the Jose Sirugo was elected j are important for both commercial | \senate take action on the charges < A : ficials in City Hall. City Man-|_° es Dealers Association yesterday, Dr. Pierce did not say it, but} 7” or eae 2 {ning January 14. ting held at Delmon. the use of the methods he en- | 28e O. J.‘S. Ellingson was at; Reason for Ferguson’s proposed ; . * - F k’s absence, and City g,, ce ag a the was named vice-president and, | Shortages of fish such as now be-| 3, WEeKS = abst ie group of senators from the south Mark Duffy business mana- | img experienced by mackerel fish- Comptroller - Finance - Director had threatened to begin a filibus- BILBO FOR ‘FRAUD A | WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—It was FISH TO KEEP ADE-/Reduction In sete the initiative today not to 1 To keep an adequate check on Senator Taylor offered a reso- variety, the scaly denizens of the | (By ‘The Associated Press) for his dealings with war contrac- ;man said today that, while indus- concluded: rine biologist of the faculty of} jfor commodities is likely to be ¢raug and, corruption.” the holidays with his parents, M way to reduce prices would be senate, Taylor launched into a other way can a scientific study ‘in the primary campaign for his tag and date would indicate where! would pursue in the Bilbo con- . Elect Sirugo Z 8 the winter?” Dr. Pierce asked. | t T D k |that Senator Ferguson, Republi- “Where do the kingfish go in the! eturn 0 SKS ‘can, offer a resolution to seat Bil- president of the Retail Liquor | #nd sports fishermen. appearance of two top city of-|acainst him at a session, begin- | his desk yesterdd yning after | estaurant. Arturo Boza |dorses possibly could anticipate! 58 desk yesterday morning after ' resolution was because a small ger. ermen and be helpful in locating | Charles R. Roberts dropped in ter that would “last 40 days” if them. j his office after about 40 days’ Bilbo was not seated. Took Specimens | absence. It was pointed out that, were Regarding reports, madd The former local man took a! Ellingson has remained at home; that action taken by the Demo- publicly, that they are seek- ing repeal of Ordinance 19, mains there for a little over 15 minutes. In the American coffee | the caffein does not burn out; it number of specimens of plankton, | while the swollen face suffered ‘crats, it would be the longest time minute form of marine life, while on December 26, when he was jin the history of the senate that in Key West. In iact, he spent! struck by Eugene Sanchez, for-,¢lapsed from the day it was to restricting the officials said no information to give on the nearly all is left init, hence it is stronger than Cuban coffee.” | Sanchez roasts from 1,400 to, meeting. Another session 1,600 pounds of Cuban coffee a} = i B 5 be held Tuesday. day. He specializes in Brazilian, , i and Colombjan coffee, The Col- LI MIM MEM MMI, ombian coffee retails for slightly = x Postal Receipts more a pound. Are Announeed He is not now roasting any American coffee, because he Post office receipts for Decem- ' ber were $17, question. Sirugo presided over the can't get the varieties he wants. ils About Deta 88 as compared taking such specimens. . “To study the life cycle. of a fish,* he said, “it is necessary to study their plankton.” (a large one measures one-quar- er vf an inch) in a glass bottle eried in’a tow net pulled through the. Gulf Stream. Dr. .Piexce. is especially interested. in plankton’ called = arrow-worms, whose scientific name is cheeto- | gnaths. One reason for the importance } most of his spare time fishing or ! ‘He catéhes~ the “tiny creatures! mer policeman, was, treated, ;0'8anize or reorganize till the day Roberts proved to be ten pounds {it began to function as a legisla- ‘lighter as the result of his ale [ve body. In 1789 the senate did |ness, a general run-down condi- a i pee for 38" days after the \tion suffered on November 19, | 224€ it was to have been called to Both officials worked, while at’wwas caused by the difficulties home. Roberts signed ,November ‘senators had in traveling to Wash- checks and prepared invoices: af- | ington from their home states. ter he recovered from the early ;+ The House of Representatives stages of his illness. When he}was réorganized today without returns on Monday, he » will! any untoward incident. work mornings, under physician's | a orders not to work longer. ‘Sh iff I ds | ‘ThesFinance Directors first |MCne ntends jorder, but the delay in that day , A presidential citation will be presented, at 10 o'clock tomorrow | morning, in the U. S. Naval Hos- | pital in Key West, to Captain J. G. Coward, USN, Captain J.R Reid of the hospital informed ‘The Citizen today Captait, Coward was the com- mander of the USS Sterett, a destroyer, OB407, during t starting businesses, Chester Lloyd Dies In Norfolk Mrs. R. B. Curry, 806 Fleming street, has received information of the death of Chester C. Lloyd, Rent Control Leo H. Warren, acting rent control director in Key West, gave The Citizen the following statement today “What do you know rent control and the protec- tion it gives you? Whether you're a landlord or a tenant, you should about with $21,253.75 for December of '0f studying the apparently un-j task is to check the revenues for | yy %! ~” ° 1945, Postmaster Hollon R, Ber-.MPortant creatures is that plank- | November and December and | To Stop Shooting valdi reported today. ton are a important food item for | apportion them to the various, | On Stock Island ee : _ |@ number of fish. Herring, for! funds. He then will make his ostal savings deposits remain-' example, feed entirely on plank- | monthly reports for November! ed fairly stable with $2,164,649 ton. and December, after which comes} (Complaints have reached the reported on January 1, 1946, and; “Without plankton, life in the the annual report. The latter will | sheriff's office of ~ iderabl Aatehitaey ; , ' b : sees a : z a . i shel ‘s se considerable is n January 1 of this’ sea would be decimated, the be finished some time in Fem- | promiscus shooting on Stock Is- year. Deposits for the month of , young scientist said. P i ae ruary. Roberts will also make a} Jand, Residents of the isla Sopueer Gl 2.373 | rue hs land. s so he island, December totaled $112,373, the Suggests Use For Fertilizer complete audit of every financial | fear for their lives, postmaster said Dr. Pierce believes that if a g | expenditure. Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer has Ke war, and the award will be given torious action in en- |& former Key Wester, in Norfolk, itorious actio x him for meritor ny ic aaminis Sag eM aNO SOC ee | Anse services were held for ae —< !him in that city on Tuesday in Dp i Trinity Baptist Church, with Dr. Parramore Is burial in Forrest Lawn Ceme- ‘tery. In Jacksonville a Dr. James B, Parramore, coun- | Mathews Leaves y health officer, is in Jackson ; ‘itle pending 1 meeting of all For Newark Today » county health officials in Sep pommel” hat The ference will end Jack Mathews, former Ke; Florida. The conter me if age f National when Dr, Parramore West manager of Nat 0 sige Key West ways, who was transferred to “T eae ae 1 id to be a| the executive ff of ae oan The conference is said UK : see on Sh meeting in connection ) airways at Newark, ens H 2€. visiting here over ¥ »partme! i who has been visi vith the Florida Department 0° holidays, will return to oo cos Newark by airplane late today. “ TOOTS’— Mathews, who. was accom- wre, er has been 4 GOOD START | panied by his wife. ce of his wife's ba 3 P) > Wil- | visiting at the hom: j CHICAGO. —(AP)— It Ee ie | sister, Mrs, Raymond R, Lord, panera 5 i 1104 Division street ers simply will g Mr. Jones or ut any prefa- rent, He has writing to s' start off by say Mrs. Smith, wi tory term of ende er AM wa tem of aerners ee Savings ing “The Society for Abolishing at the Dear’ in Business Letters”, | n Auto Storé “ Kenyon. PAGE 3 STERLING'S POULTRY 9m4 iii sige TIVE POULTRY Phone 243} | ROASTERS and Battery Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. | Raised FRYERS LARGE SHIPMENT of FRYERS | BRADY’S and SOFT BONE ROASTERS Ce —_—_—_——— TT (Live) POULTRY and EGG MARKET “HYDRAULIC BRAKE 1214 White St. Phone 540 SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone “Opposite Army Barracks have a copy of the new booklet, Decrease in naval and civilia “Questions - and Answers about personnel at the Submarine Bi Rent. Control,” now available, WaS Siven as the principal rea- at your Area Rent Office. son for the drop in receipts, The | “Ty sive: uick, clear, simple decrease in postal savings was’ ie ey? a commonly asked P!oportionately much smaller, it ers to 53 cc ) stions on rent control . . . how : f : | isaliceie both’ landlords and' reese in) local: business, snants. For free copy, visit the a total control office, Barcelos Return From was explained, because of the in- | local area rent : . oe Federal Building, Room 203, or Havana Holiday Visit; send a postcard, asking tor your Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Barcelo, free copy of the new question- with their daughter, Ce and-answer booklet. turned from Havana erday.} The Barcelos, who reside on SE Oi street, between Duval and| Whitehead streets, left Key West; SEALED BEAM for Havana several weeks ago, to HEADLIGH § spend the Christmas and New| Year’s holidays with relatives: ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS and friends in the Cuban capital. | 121 Duval Street a wemueees Phone 442 ee DANCE Tonight 9 UNTIL ? to the Music of » HANSON’S “Piece Melod y Makers ORCHESTRA at the VFW CLUBHOUSE FLAGLER at 2ND No Cover — No Admission lia, re- Have your Dodge, Chrysler. Ply: mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL. ERS—at the RIGHT PRICE!I1! NAVARRO Inc. | Opposite Bus Station | LA CONCHA HOTEL Ce UUM LLL CLL cL | ave also plankton. cheap way of collecting plank- ton could be devised, they could be used for fertilizer as they are of high nitrogenous content “Collection of plankton is large- community. Crawfish a phosis. Many plants in the seq “These,” say Dr. Pierce, “are to the ocean cre tures what grass is to the land animals. He collected several bottles of plankton while in Key West and will compare the speci- mens with those taken farther north. Dr. and Mrs. Pierce left for Gainesville yesterday SUNSET CARSON in “Red River Renegades” News and Serial HIZO | Auto Repairs, Painting, RAINBOW ROOM DANCING Every Friday ai Saturday Night 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. MUSIC BY Dez Butler’s Orchestra J. D. McCANDREWS, Manager plankton in their! jearly stages, prior to metamor- c Tg assigned two of his deputiés, i LAr *y |Chief Deputy Sheriff Moreno British Soldiers Wallace and Deputy William Archer to police the island and - ly of theoretical interest,” Dr. | In Palestine Now ‘to arrest those guilty of the Pierce said, “be ise sO many | shooting. forms of life and so many fish| M : I GC -| “Anybody caught _ shooting | and crustaceans spent part of their) WOVE LN GFOUPS |. this: 500 tect sof} the public | life cycle as part of the plankton} ‘highway is subject to arrest and (ity Asxocinted Preset 7 JERUSALEM, Jan. 3.—Toddy } to *a” ‘fine’ ‘and’ imprisonment,” the British command in Pales-| Sheriff Sawyer said. “We intend tine issued an order forbidding to stop the firing of guns on | soldiers from leaving their quar- | Stock Island.” < | SO ters without being armed, and also required that they go out in| i groups of at least four. 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