The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 14, 1947, Page 1

Me - a al VOLUME LXVIII. a No. 12 Strangers Dive Off -, ~% Key West In Quest For Treasure In Sea MYSTERY 48-HR. CRU STIRS WATERFRONT; VISITORS ARRIVE AND LEAVE SUDDENLY A mystery cruise by four strang- | ers Sunday and Monday has Key West's waterfront with rumors It seems four men town Saturday and quickly char- tered the Icacos, sleek charter boat owned and operated by Capt. Liovd Sheafer. They didn’t want to fish, they didn't want to cruise, they didn’t want to go to Dry Tor- tugas or to Hava What did they waterfront hazarded all sorts of conjectures Meanwhile, the newcomers told Capt. Sheafer they wanted a 20- foot ladder for their trip. He got one. The visitors loaded on an air compressor, telephone gear and diving suits and promptly abuzz Sunday morning cut loose for the | Gulf side of the island. Headed for the northwest the strangers plotted their course to a T and gave ,Capt. Sheafer his course to steer. When he reached Two of came _ into! * | | | | | t to do? The, | ' CMDALDL DOA DSA Polio Campaign Kick-Off Parade Has Conga Line Key Westers will get an opportunity to see the Key West Orange Bowl parade procession right on Duval street tomorrow when the March of Dimes “kick-off” parade is held at 7 p. m. Parade units will assemble at Duval and Division streets, including Army and Navy groups. The procession will march from Division to Eaton on Duval, and will in- clude the Conga Line, High School band and Key West beauties appearing in the Orange Bowl event, All officials, committee chairmen and officers of the local Infantile Paralysis or- ganization will meet at Campaign Headquarters, Du- val and Southard streets, after the parade. SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN ~ [Citizens Slow In Filing Their Republic: nO hait ; aw Will Be Passed To Stop ‘Filing Portal-To-Portal Suits Key We Homestead Exemptions; Heavy. Savings'In Taxes By Doing Only 756 homestead exemp-, “On the current rate an assess- tions had been filed up to this ment of $5,000 would pay $126.25 morning and County Assessor | 25 compared with only $26.50, the Claude Gandolfo said he expect- oo aie said, that ed there .would be about 1,500) 72” sees aphasia lohierss plag@aa before: the vdead- merchants have neglected, so far, Vine April’ jto file their personal property a jax He said that in case the | The filing of homestead ex- ; merchants did not‘file such a tax, emptions makes homes costing | he would have to fix it himself. up to $5,000 exempt from the “Naturally we are going to file regular city and county taxes. On! it high enough, so it really is up a full county assessment of $5,-!to the merchants to file their 000 the county tax would only own,” Gandolfo said, be about $12, as compared with All those holding stocks ahd approximately. $97.50 if no ex-; bonds must also file by April 1 emption is placed. an intangible property tax. It “In the case of city taxes, amounts to 1 per cent of the face there would be an even greater; value. The state gets ‘the entire saving in taxes,” Gandolfo said. revenue from this source. Gives OK For Aerovias Perniit ) ej bert B. Cooper, was installed in He pledged his assistance to any 0 Run Key West-Havana Line office in the presence of Frank A.| Mason of any lodge. Recommendation to the Civil: Examiner's recommendation, Aeronautics Board that Aerovias, which followed a hearing held in THE UNITED S' 350 Attend Masonic Dinner Marking 103d Anniversary; Officers Publicly Installed The 103d anniversary of thejior Steward, and Delmar Butler, founding of Dade Lodge No. 14,/ Junior Steward. Free and Accepted Masons, was} Douglas R. Trevor, treasurer; | celebrated by an enjoyable ban-!Marshall Smith and © George ,quet attended by 350 persons at|Schrieber, Tyler, were, like the La Concha Hotel last night. | Weech, re-named to office, and One of the few public Meehan | oes ee not given the formal in- tions of officers ever held by the |stallation ceremony. lodgé was conducted immediately; The new Worshipful Master, in afterward at the American Legion jis first remarks of his new of- Hall. ‘fice, said that “this is the greatest | The new Worshipful Master, Al-| honor ever bestowed upon me.” Brown, Grand Master of the Most | Worshipful Grand Lodge of Flor- ida; Illustrious Brother Russel Al- Weech Presented Gift Horre told the gathering that \“throughout 103 years of our lodge HE ADDED THAT PRAC- TICALLY ALL SUITS INSTITUTED WILL BE KILLED (By The Associnted Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. — Chairman Hartley of the house legislative committee said today he is ready to introduce a bill | designed to bar or restrict portal- to-portal suits that now total more than four billion dollars. Almost all the suits were in- stituted by the CIO, Hartley commented that should congress not take -action to stop portal-to-portal suits, they would entail endless litiga- tion that would tend to curb tite industrial effort in the United States. He did not explain the nature of his: bill, but said that it will ‘block any other efforts to file portal-to-portal suits and make Q., S. A., airline be given a per- mit for a three-year period has been made by Curtis C. Hen- derson, examiner, who presided at the hearing to operate a daily it they had him anchor. i the men went over the side in Lcdataeuteudadeudeude ath passeneey expeaseiand mail serv diving suits. Sheafer did not | get very close to them. The two, men on deck talked incessantly with the men below the rface | but Sheafer couldn't catch much of what it was all about. All day ay, all Sunday night, all day Monday and most of Monday night the Icacos stayed off Key West some 45 to 50 miles. Then it returned and docked this | morning. The waterfront was still alive with rumors but the} strangers would say nothing. In- | stead they jumped in their cars| and left town rapidly with their | equipreent. ’ - Whether the strangers — were looking for sunken treasure of the | Spanish Main or sunken cargo ships of World War II or some- thing else i front people are discussing. It is fairly common knowledge, water- front people said today, that at least five ships.were sunk in that | viemity of the Gulf during the late war. Some of them carried tin and other metal ore, one ob: er said, which the Navy later waged and destroyed the re- mainder of the ships so they would not be a hazard to ship- ber, 18 per jceipts is higher than the rent ping Capt. Shaefer said he could not eal the names of his passen gers and the only material which he w them bring up consisted of some 3-inch shells. Truck Drivers’ Strike Is Near Settlement (By The Associnted Press) LONDON, Jan. 14.—The labor ' wnnounced today that t had arranged to hold a meet ng late in the afternoon to , fect. Under | second year City “47 Aquarium Yield To Be $3025; Dec. Return High An income of at least $3,025 will be realized by the city from the Municipal Aquarium in 1947, City Manager O. J. S. Ellingson said today. The city’s return for December was well above the minimum rent which is assured of receiving regardless of volume of business. If the tourist season continues to bring as. large a. return as realized in December,, the 1947 the question water- | income for the city will be well | above Ellingson’s « ‘figure: The city’s manager’s prediction ~i¢ based only on renty...0.. 7% 4 Under the city’s contract with |W. H. Kroll, high. bidder forthe aquarium, the city is assured $2,- |825 for the first year of opera- tion, which started November 1, or 18 per cent of gross receipts. For some months, as in Decem- cent of gross re- figure. During November the city ceived its monthly rent of $2 Total receipts of the aqu: were $700.25. Eighteen per cent of this figure is $126.50, so na- turally the city takes the rent. In December, however, gross re- ceipts were $1,432.30. Eighteen per cent of this amount is $257.81, so the city gets this re- instead of the rent of turn $235.42. The city manager's figure of $3,025 for 1947 is based on 10 month’s rent at $235.42 and two months at $335.41. Next Novem- | take ber the second year provisions of the city’s contract goes into ef- l these terms, Key $4,025 during the of operation or 19 per cent of the gross receipts, whichever is larger, figured on a monthly basis. During the third, West gets Spok th nistry : th t probat uld fourth and fifth years the ely, . tt t gets at least $4 every 12 ; 22 per cent of the ter hours and ie to ther The object is eturn to work heir demands are con nt committee ntir the owners and the ministry foodstuffs Ry Fri the labo transportation of expecte TWIN BROTHERS AGED 90 | ACRED HEART, Minn On H and Old Wor rated Janua ninetieth birthday LLL ELLE, Flooring dll Grades STRUNK LUMBER YARD PHONE 816 months or 22 gross if the latter is larger, for n by | any particular month. ; ! Ww. W. Demeritt, com- | Mayor menting on the turn to the “This is the be property the ¢ aquarium’s re- city, rema' cl: ying piece of has got.” Papy Sells Big, Pine Key Land Pine Key by Bernie C. Papy tor $2,000 to Ronald King, was recorded today at County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer's office. MMSE IT, Palace Theater JANE WYATT in “Strange Conquest” News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NITE TT ice between Key West and Ha- vana. Henderson, in his recommen- dation, pointed out that if United States carriers are to be author- ized to conduct operations to {points in Cuba, it is “clear that the principles of international reciprocty require that such Washington, D. C., last Dec. 20; will be laid before the CAB when jit holds its late January meet- ing. Rogelio Gomez, local manager of the Aerovias Q., S. A., said today thatthe airline is capital- ized for $1,010,000 and that the organization now has five DC3s, ‘only two of which will be re- quired for domestic service. Even these ships will be avail- able for shuttle service if travel warrants, Gomez said. The com- pany plans to operate at least len Williams, 33rd Degree, P.S.O. Miami, Key West and Lake Worth ;€onsistories, A.A.S.R., and other jvisiting and local Masonic offi- cials. ' Wives, mothers, daughters and sweethearts were among those in - ithe large attendance filling the, Legion Hall to capacity. Among | the spectators were Cooper's fa- ther, William Bates Cooper of Or- jlwndo, a Mason for 40 years, and _ two grand-daughters of Alexander Patterson, founder of Dade Lodge, * there have been those men who! inoperative practically all those have made Masonry what it is today. We have a man who has done that for over 30 years, Frank O. Weech.” Horre then presented Weech with a gift from the new; officers. Prior to the installation of the officers, Weech addressed remarks to the ladies present; Jerry J. Trevor sang “Open the Gates of the Temple” and “I Know My Redeemer Liveth”, and Weech that have been started. The 51 members of the sén- “ate are scheduled to hold a con- ference this evening to consid- er proposed legislative measures. Labor bills will come in for ex- tended consideration, a spokes- man said! He added that the sen- ators probably would decide to continue in power their commit- tee that is investigating war- time profits of some manufac- Miss Etta Patterson and Mrs, Presented a message to the new] turing concerns. Harry A. Prindle. The’ installation session was master. All of the new officers spoke ale of 40 acres of land on | rights be granted to Cuban airjone daily service. It is hoped carriers.” begin operations this month. J ury Finds Woman Guilty Of Vagraney After A Hearing In Criminal Court Present term of Criminal Courtyy: wag adjourned until tomorrow ide “ras eae", Meeting Of Eights! Sua d' testimony in ae, Saloon Men. Not’: Mrs. Margaret Hertel was found | guilty of Vagrancy -and‘ was sen- tenced-ta-serve.60..days-in Coun- ty Jail or pay a fine of $25 and | costs. Mrs. Hertel elected to, serve the time. | Sheriff's Deputy Moreno Wal-! censes suspended as of March 15, Proprietors of the downtown ; bar rooms which had their li- fied that they caught Mrs. Her-;T- Vocelle, state beverage diree- tel with a sailor in “Hobo's Jun-| t9", did not meet Saturday as gle,” a place in Ann street. originally scheduled. Mira) Hertel whoa pleaded nott = »smen for the bar rooms | guilty to the charge, told the said that a meeting will be held |jury that she had been living S0me time this week. Involved ‘With her husband, Robert Her- in the suspension order are sthe tel, and had been gainfully em- La Concha Hotel, Bahama Ba |ployed. She served as her own Boat Bar, Raouls Bar, Romey’s | attorney. : Bar, Tavern, Cave Inn | The jury, which consisted of and irro’s bar, all charged {Will E. P. Roberts, Charles G., with being located within 300 | Yates, Ellis Russell, William M. feet ‘of schools, H Johnson, Leonte Valladares: and T | Hilton Pinder, convicted her af-' City Manager Gets ter being out only about 15 min-| Engineering Diploma j utes. ms ea nae T lGthen jurors told’ sto. be on! obs) Mamecn Osis) Elling hand tomorrow included Donald Curry, William R. Knowles, \Floney E. Pellicier, Harry J. Saw- yer, William Meyers and Joseph Fernandeze the American Society of Civil! Engineers certifying that he has organization as of Jan. 1, 1947. | | Ellingson says he has been a Held Saturday.o.:2¢¢e- lace and William Archer. testi-| following hearings here by James } son has received a diploma from | stories that, China yesterday, two sets of ! as |quadruplets were born, all of ‘Woman, Stabbed, been made a life member of the j of them boys. called to order by the new Wor- briefly. The treasurer, ' Douglas shipful Master, who introduced Trevor, was presented with a pen {Grand Master Brown. ‘The visit- 274 pencil set by the Senior War- ‘ing dignitary’ rendered” prayer, 4en. Remarks were also made by The proceedings were then turned Everett R. Rivas, D.D.G.M., 24th lover to Frank O. Weech, P.D.D. District, andRoss Boyden. who GM,_xe-elected secretary. The, introduced Charles. M. Curry, vinstallation of the new Worship-|)0d&@ member ‘for nearly half a ful Master consisted yan im-| century. |Pressive ceremony at ‘Wh, he; In his address, Grand Master knelt. at an altar, bearing th lodge | Brown said that the ancient in- hile while (the! hyinwt,, nee of |Stillation ceremony was seldom {our Fathers”, was sung. | witnessed by non-members and 4.2, Masoni¢ Charities Read jthose’ attending would go away “Weech tead the Masonic chari-| With a better’ feeling’ toward Ma- ties and other portions of the rit; S°n"Y. He paid Weech | a high all Charles E. Smith Compliment when he said it was insignia on the Wor-|the first installation he ever! {shipful Master. The charter was | heard conducted without a single | then placed in his charge and he; word misplaced. Masonry could} jwas inducted into the Oriental/help, he said, to lead the world! ;Chair of King Solomon. ia unive sal peace. The other newly-elected offiz! Im WilJiams’ address he also said} cals of the lodge were then in-,that Masonry has a world mis- stalled, Charles S. Taylor, Senior |Sion and declared that. the “teach- ;Warden; Munro J. Horre Junior ngs of Masonry are saving the! | Warden; Albert L. DiNegro, Jun-/ World.” Both he and Brown; ‘ior Chaplain; Jere S. Meggs, Sen-|St’essed the many Masons of his-! 2 New Teachers ° |Engaged At Key | West High School | Two new teachers have been engaged at Key West High School, Principal Horace O'Bry- ant announced today. They are Mrs. Merilyn Bar- rett, who lives here at 816 South street, teacher of mathematics, and Miss Mary Claire Wild,“of Monaca, Pa., teacher of English and art. “s Mrs. Barrett, a native of Ma- con, is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Her hus- band, W. J. Barrett, is a civilian chemist at the U. S. Navy Base here. Miss Wild, a graduate of the State Teachers College at Edin- boro, Pa., has taken a post-grad- uate course at Western Reserve \ior Deacon; Vance C. Stirrup, Jun-/ torical importance from Benjamin | jior Deacon; William A. Cope, Sen- Franklin and Thomas Jefferson; to Winston Churchill and Frank-! (By The Associated Press) SHANGHAI, Jan newspapers today in the T ~ {lin Roosevelt. | wo Sets Of | The committee in charge of the| \liam* A. Cope, received high | ere ». Invocation was given by} ‘hi B I ( | Anchor Lodge df Key West was orn in UNA), cresented by Worshipful Master 14.—Local | Varela Lodge was represented by | published |Senior Warden Dr. Delio Cobo. banquet, Hoore, DiNegro and Wil- Quadruplets Chaplain William B. Evans. | !Louis C. "Maloney, Sr. Dr. Felix, interior of The towns where the birth are supposed to have occurred are} In Serious State Judge also heard guilty pleas from Stanley G. Brown, who was fined $10 and costs, and Wil- | liam Pierce, fined $10. Hold Two Women In Vagrant Cases Betty Brewer and Lorene Con- nor’ were arrested on vagrancy charges last night by Deputy ‘Sheriff Archer. The two women were unable to furnish bail of $300 and were placed in County Jail for a hearing tomorrow be- \fore Peace Justice Ira Albury RAUL’S on the BOULEVARD -- DANCING -- Nightly to the Music of MARK cna, STANLEY Orchestra Featuring SYLVIA at Piano Best Drinks— Popular Prices Reservations: Phone 9287 9 | member since 1912. The diploma revealed that the city Manager's | | \ | \ > Pheir » La Concha OFFICE HOURS 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m | 8:30 a.m. to 12 Noon On Saturdays first two names are Olaf John. ;or not the report is true. Key West Gas Co. HAS MOVED to @ was stabbed in the e by Chief Perez and Officer Frank | deep in the interior, and it has|| i not yet been established whether Grace Calloway, colored, was jreported in serious condition at} ja local hospital this afternoon, ;as the result of being stabbed by | Alfonso Curry, colored, about 4:30 p.m. yesterday. The injured woman was picked up by Chief of Police Bienvenido ' Perez on his when he noticed her bloody con- jdition. He found her near Si- monton and Petronia Streets. She said Curry stabbed her when she! attempted to get him to stop) drinking and leave the Heel Place, a cafe. Curry was held by police on charge of assault with a deadly weapon, He said he had used a seven-inch knife. The woman side, face, Offices Caraballo. Hotel Bldg. PHONES Office Phone 61 OUUNTLLAAAEDEEVAGUATAASUOTHTAA LAT EEETTPEEA ATPASE, PARKING 25 CENTS 4 HOURS 50 CENTS ALL DAY Ambler’s Service Garage PLU LLL Emergency PHONE 815 University, Cleveland, O., and has taught art for three years in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Barrett will be paid at the rate of $1,891 a year, and Miss Wild will receive $1,960 annually, Elderly Sponger Dies Early Today John Pent, 80, a commercial sponger for many years here, died this morning at Key West Municipal Hospital after a short illness, He worked as a sponger until several weeks ago. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Benjamin Felton. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 5 p. m, at the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home. The Rev. J. B. Reid, of the Fleming Street Methodist Church, will officiate. y home from work iChar es Dro d 6 P Against Singleton Charges of breaking and enter- ing lodged against James Single- }ton, Peacon Lane, by Frank A Duffy, were dismissed today by Peace Justice Ira Albury for lack of evidence, Duffy alleged that Singleton took a banjo and a quantity of canned goods valued at $50 from his home at 322 Pea- con Lane. Singleton pleaded not guilty, and did not testify LABEL EEL ALLE ROTEL DOIG AE STERLING'S uc" oresr 1318 Eliza Street Phone 243 Also at Margaret and Fleming Sts. LARGE SHIPMENT of FRYERS and SOFT BONE ROASTERS SEERA et ERROR ESOT —