The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 26, 1947, Page 1

' 4 Be emo Next. Meet Of Commission COUNTY NOW HAS 8252.-*% 600 IN PUND FOR CON. STRUCTING PROPERTY Pinal iecation of the p: »posed teeth for Key West will be ommended to the Mor Comminsion at its rec we County egular meet SE meat Tuesday night Recommendation for the loca- thon of the ty the engineer firm by the county to study the best plate for such a spot im the city BR. H. Spaulding & Associates Although the beach will be | definitely lweated in the report} submitted by the Tuesday, there will be suggestions for it "There is no definite assurance alternate the land for the beach, where we propose locating at can be bought,” said Capt. Spaulding to- } day. “Therefore, we will name al- ternate locations, Then it will be upto the county to buy the land In a@ partial report submitted on Jan. 7 to the Cept. Spaulding announced that commission the county would have to make ! its own beach. He added that there wasn't enough natural sand anywhere along = the island to form a permanent beach, At the time Capt. Spaulding } reported that 90 per cent of the field work for locating the beach was 100 per cent complete and that another report, indicating where his firm would recom- mend the beach, would be made soon. Capt. Spaulding said that the county likely would have to build a modified form of groin, which is a man-built job that collects natural gandin.-passing. The. county would have to make some provision for protecting the sand that it would have to put in to make the beach Capt. Spaulding proposed location of the beach, but he would not commit him- self today where it was I think I owe it to the com mission to first report tol Capt. said. Commissioner Frank chairman of the Monroc said today he had contemplated calling a special mecting to re ceive the beach report. He decid ed against it-when he realized the regular meeting would’ be Tues. day The county sold bond issue some ti beach. The issue now to $252,000. knows | the Bentley, board $250,000 th punts Barter Agreem Between BERN Switz 1—(AP Under a new excl veement is sparing no effort to have the between Switz Den- state’s centennial celebration nark i liver firmly planted in pioneer tradi-| textile n and metal | tion product tel i chemical The commission is publishing 294,000. —— SP ner eae TUBES REPAIRED by the Dill Electric Vulcanizer Leu Smith Auto Service White at Fleming “Opposite A:my Barracks” Every Day BATTERY RAISED FRYERS OUR SCALES beach will be made! engaged engineers on} zB Dano-Swiss nated at| special cla Phone No. § FL hdd kk) BEACH Retroactive Funerals Might ‘Prove Popular ULSA.—(AP).—Still wear- ing his khaki, a discharg- | ed soldier walked into the | veterans service center and pointed to a newspaper story. “It says here this is the last day to apply for retroactive | death benefits,” he told cen- | ter manager Mrs. Ida Camp- | bell, Mrs, Campbell explained: “You have to be dead to ‘got. that.” | Well, I didn’t know what | those big words meant.” the | veteran declared. “Just want- , ed to be certain.” IMG MM M,||: Five Juveniles |. West Last Night | Five Dade County juveniles were arrested by Chief Deputy j Sheriff Moreno Wallace and held | for Miami police who are inves- tigating. Three boys and two girls were arrested in the rear of the bus station in Southard street last night. The juveniles were sitting in an automobile, but denied they had driven it here, although it was a car stolen in Miami. The juveniles were taken to County Jail. Edward W. Melchen, acting aptain of detectives of Miami, sent a wire to Sheriff Bertin A. Sawyer’s office today to hold the youths for the arrival of officers to take them to Dade for a hear- | ing. | STATISTICIANS PROVE -RIGURES, DONT. LIE RICHMOND, Va.—(AP).—Alan Donnahoe, director of re- urch for the Richmond Cham- {ber of Commerce, had just com- \pleted a report showing that the {average family in Richmond con- sists of a husband, wife and one {child under 21. | While the ink was drying Mrs. ;Donnahoe gave birth to a baby | girl, increasing the size of the Donnahoe | be nece: SALT The Utah Centennial Commission | with rod and reel. It was the sec- ond fish he had ever caught. LAKE CITY.—(AP).— a manual containing music, calls | tain discriptions of 28) And what's more, are being conduct- ed to instruct Utahans in the fine art of swinging their partners. and complete pioneer dance COME—GET YOUR | HOUSEHOLD, FISHING and AUTO ACCESSORIES at Kenyon Auto Store ;524 Southard Opp. Bus Station | mene HONE 166 seme In $495.00 Jewelry Robbery Police Lieutenant Ray Atwell Smoky topaz bracelet, valued said this morning he expected to | at $90; Polly Eaton necklace, $15; tmake an arrest “within 24 hours” | 2 blue stone earring, $75; a Polly ih ti ith the Mond: Eaton emerald and gold necklace, hivancigue tenis otysse e ncay | $75; three cluster rings, a Zircon night robbery of $495 worth of] ring and earrings to match, gold, jewelry from the Old Trading| with seven blue stones, $90; a Post at the foot of Duval street. | pair of jade earrings, gold, with Report of the robbery, which|7 jade stones, $60, and a jade was not listed on the police blot- | ring, $30. | ter yesterday morning, showed Atwell said that entrance was | the following items missing by ; gained through a south window. Arrested InKey |Record ‘Pound ee family by 33 1/3 per! cent. Donnahoe said it wouldn't |S¢ ¥ dea ) thr ugh PU DIED IN UT AH terboat Captain Albert Atwell. | ito | Burkholder caught the big fellow ' | ficials ; ernment !men and hat was found outside the bullging: Mrs, Jessie Kirke, proprietor of| A soiled sailor pine Old ‘uaa Post: Key West Fading |Dog-Rustlers ‘Steal Berlin’s Best Pups ERLIN.—(AP).—There’s a new breed of dog-catcher in Berlin—thieves who steal likely-looking dogs for sale in the blackmarket. The dog-rustlers operate chiefly in the better boroughs of the American and British sectors. Sometimes they bra- zenly attempt to sell dogs to soldiers who hope to take their pets along when they are redeployed home. Prices as high as $500 have been” ey Facts paid. AAs tadtddéd | Spanish Mackerel | BARTENDER AT CLUB Is Caught Here| 281FT Woop apPEALs LIQUOR CONVICTION The’ first Calvin Losley, bartender at the prizewinner to be entered in the} Driftwood Club, who 1947 Key West International! victed yes' ay by Municipal Fishing Tournament was caught | Court Judge Enrique Esquinaldo epterday when Ralph Buckhold.| O° Sane Hauor etter ein, | day appealed his conviction to a er of Nashville, Ind., hooked and} higher court through his attor- | landed a 14-pound Spanish| ney, John G. Sawyer. Golivelen “Phe « disk Judge Esquinaldo denied Saw- bial ei rae yer’s motion for a new trial whereupon the attorney filed his virtually certain measured three feet, two inches in length. The catch was reported directly ; by Burkholder to The Cit which quickly notified tourna { Losley was fined $150 for his! ment officials, ie : is diat sa oldecad-ecd:ta be | Violation of City, Ordinance 106 the jiwke Sbanish ey, nd posted $300 bond after his ‘gest panis) mackere | appeal. ever edught i ey West waters. | Peter Roberts, more popularly j known ai ‘Peter the Fisherman,| ‘| HE Weather a veteran of half a century of} FOKECAST fishing here, said that the Burk- holder catch is the largest in his; Key West and Vicinity: In- memory. | creasing cloudiness today. Most- Peter said he had once heard | jy cloudy with of a 14-pound Spanish me ackerel | Thursday. Gentle to being caught here, but had nev- | northerly winds. er seen it. | Florida: Increasing cloudiness Burkholder, former publisher} today, becoming mostly cloudy ripps-Howard newspapers in | tonight and Thursday with show- al Northern cities, was ac-|ers beginning tonight. Warmer companied by his wife and Mr.} today and ni Little change in and Mrs. Ival McConald. The] temperature Thursday. pa was fishing on the ENS East Gulf and Jacksonville lyn,” owned and piloted by char- Florida Straits: Moder- winds over north + euit Court. convening ..here...jn | April with Judge Aquilino Lo- -| pez, Jr., presiding. moderate ate northerly portion through south portion diminishing north- erly winds becoming gentle to The sure prizewinner was} variable weighed at the Standard Oil ‘ dock, official tournament weigh- | ing point, in the presence of Cap. Atwell. The party also brought in 12 bonita and other Spanish mackerel Meanwhile, plate Sent cada , tournament of- 9 announced that Cuban POOR OLD CRAIG'S Consul Martin Lliraldi will fly SERVICE STATION to Havana shortly to lay the groundwork for the anticipated J. H. Brady, Mgr. Phone 9134 visit to John Carbonell, Jr., fish-} Division and Francis Birees ing tournament ambassador, to Your PURE OIL the Cuban capital to invite gov- BICYCLE officials, newspaper sportsmen to partici- TIRES and TUBES | pate in Jose Marti Week. Wan, Bicycles Auto Tires - Tubes - Batteries Thursday with showers ning tonight. This Week LIVE i. OIC ARE CORRECT Strictly FRESH EGGS STERLING'S POULTRY MARKET 900 Fleming St. 1918 Eliza St. Phones 572 and 243 BRADY’S POULTRY MARKET 1214 White St. PHONE 540 Spraying, Oil, Greasing and Auto Accessories Applications will be | | received for License and ||| Weights and Measure In- |}] | | Pirates Cove spector by the Civil Ser- vice Board up to 5:00 p-m., February 28, 1947. Application blanks may be secured from the Civil Service Board at the City Hall. 0. J. S. ELLIN City Manager. One of World's Finest Fishi: Charter Boats and De Luxe Accommodations - le COTTE ILS was con-; appeal to the 11th Judicial Cir- } cattered showers } Thursday, over | tonight and! Increasing cloudiness | mostly cloudy tonight and : begin- | Sean "The Luxury Fishing Camp of Ae Keys” i PIRATES COVE, FLORIDA i Beautiful Protected Swimming Pool RECREATION - ENTERTAINMENT Excellent Cuisine ! | | Rates from $8.00 per Day With Meals | i Visit the Charming Rendezvous, Dining Room, Bar Abe ath eet a a meted tn ee Fila RAEN OROROR NE Re oe i cece Re rT rest Expected In 24 Hours Mount Etna Eru Would Explosion Of Atomic Bomb Have On Fiery V Bishop Ready Of Columbus, 0., Confirms 150 At Saint | Of Sea Church ’s S Mary’s Star Most Rev. Michael Joseph Ready, D.D., Bishop of the Dio- cese of Columbus, O., bestowed confirmation on approximately | Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic! Between 40 and 50 of those confirmed were adults, including }20 converts. has acted in an advisory capacity to the late President Roosevelt, was vacationing at West Palm Beach when asked by the Chan- cery to come to the St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Parish and be- stow confirmation. Bishop Ready acted in place of Bishop Joseph Hurley of St. Aug- ustine, who is now in Yugoslavi The Columbus cleric is credited with being responsible for the c j@anizing of the National Catholic ‘Welfare Council and its associa- |tion with the USO during the The confirmation was a color- ful event taking place in the pre ence of 150 sponsors and other spectators. The children filed ~ into the church first, girls on one side and boys on the other, each leaving an extra seat for his or her spon- sor dire¢tly behind him. When the bishop came down ithe aisle from the back of the ‘church to the altar, the choir sang {Ecce Sacerdos. HeWent to sanc- tuary, then returned to the Com- {munion rail and said a few words to those receiving Sacramént of CHILD, HIT BY CAR, j SLIGHTLY INJURED Myrtle Nicholson, who gave her address as the Monroe County ! |Home, was knocked down by tear driven by Percy Lownes, 1120 !Elgin street, about 8:15 p.m. yes- | terd at Division street near the St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catho- lie Church. . She was taken to Municipal! Hospital by Lownes and Frank Rodriguez, city mechanic, but was found to have only some scratches on her legs. TOTTI IT ISD. Cold Cash Comfy In A Hot Bank KLAHOMA CITY.—(AP). —Patrolman R. C. Wil- liams hurriedly placed a call for reinforcements after he thought he heard a blow torch being used in the dead of night at the Oklahoma Na- tional Bank. With guns drawn and silently entering the bank, the officers con- fronted a steam boiler that had become overheated. Ex- cessive pressure escaping sounded like a blow torch. PSTITIIDI SS SS. | “ 1 SeaT COVERS | ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS, | 121 Duval Street eee Ebon a eemesas Fishing Lodge ing Spots Skiffs American Plan 150 persons last night at Saint’ Bishop Ready, who, j War. | tion. | BUDGET TODAY | Hofmann from } Fred Ste Confirmation. He asked a few ‘questions concerning confirma- tion, its effects and the particu- lar way it is administered. All children answered very well. Then the bishop put on his | Church. | robes and returned to administer ‘Sacrament. Each row of | chil- pting: What AMERICAN “SCIENTISTS IN SICILY ARE ‘STUDY- ING SUCH A POSSI BILITY (By The Associated Press) ROME, Feb. 28.-What would the explosion of an atomic bomb do to an erupting volcano? That query probably will not be j answered now, though it was re- {vealed today that American | scientists are in Sicily obtaining data about Mount Etna, which dren, with sponsors direetly be-; hind them, proceeded to the Com- munion rail, where the conferred the Sacrament of Con- firmation upon them, signing; them with the holy oil and giving | each a slight blow on the cheek with the words “Pax: tecum (peace be with you). nificant in that it forewarn$ each member to withstand persecution .'and hardship in perserving § his faith. Girls were dressed with white veils, in white carried cards on which were the} names given them in Confirma- As the bishop approached each person to be confirmed, Rev. | J. E. Johnson called the name from the card and the conferred that name on the par- ticipant as he signed them with} the Sign of the Cross. Also in the bishop's party was Rev. Edward Conroy of Cleve- land, O. Bishop Ready and Fa- ther Conroy visited throughout) was said late the island and both expressed) themselves as delighted with Key} Wes bishop | The blow is sig-| Each person; bishop } They left at noon by auto-! mobile for West Palm Beach, aft-| jis erupting and driving thou- sands of people from villages | along that part of the slope over | which great streams of lava are i flowing, to try to determine what ‘effect an bomb would ' atomic if it exploded have on a crater ‘in the crater. | Representatives of the villagers have appealed to the government ; to use bombs on the stream of | lava, which is more than a mile | wide, to try to divert it from vil- lages toward which jit is flowing. Meanwhile, the American | scientists are studying the flow | of lava and are trying to’ deter- mine the conditions of the new crater that Etna developed last {Sunday with a thunderous roar | that shot rocks and ashes high | into the sky. Since then the flow of lava has | been gathering in volume, and it today that the likelihood is it will blot out sev- jeral villages. Long streams of refugees, with their belongings in carts or other vehicles and, in er visiting the Convent of Mary, many cases, slung over their Immaculate Schoot- | oOTTTTeae, COMMISSION TO ACT ;ON CITY ELECTRIC A special meeting of the City Commission was to be ' held at 5:30 o’clock this after- noon at City Hall to adopt the proposed budget of the City Electric System for the operating year beginning April 1 and ending March 31, 1948, IIIS IMI SID Eight Divorces Sought In Monroe Kight divorces were sought in Monroe county by couples in the last week, according to réportsi on file in the office of County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Divorces are being sought by Arthur E. R. Gillespie from Elizabeth Gillespie; Evelyn C Mills from Hrary C. Mills; Caro- lyn E. B. Bowe from Louis Bowe; Violet E, Russell from George s D. Grant from Ala Hl; Jame L. Grant Bernice Edwards | from Cecil Edwards; Mildred B. Richard J. Hof- nd Ruth Stefanick from mann Palace Theater BASIL RATHBONE in “DRESSED TO KILL” News and Serial ~\"backs; are fleeing from the *vol- | cano, Etna, located in the province | of Catania, Sicily, is the highest 'voleano in Europe. It towers 10,874 feet, rising directly out of | the sea, with a circumference of 100 miles, It dominates the whole /nértheast’ part of Sicily, and has | Many; towns and villages on its lower slopes. The top is covered with perpetual snow; midway down the mountain is a woody or forest region, a areas of orchards, vine; olive groves. From the of the mountain all Sicily, the Lipari Islands, Malt: present a magnificant panorama. Eruptions of Etna have been numerous and some of them de- structive. In 1169 Catania wa destroyed and 15,000 persons were buried in the ruins. In 1669 lava spread over the country for 40 days, causing the deaths of 19,000 persons. The greatest loss & ‘life from an eruption of Etna was in 1693 when more than 69, 000 persons perished. DUTCH DIVORCES ; SHOW BIG GAIN THE HAGUE. — (AP) The number of divorces in the Neth erlands jumped from 4,598 in 1945 to 8,083 in 1946, In prewar figure fluctuated around This means that in 1946 from every 1,000 married couples 4.2 divorced compared with about 2 before the wai years this Have your Dodge, Cnrysler/ Ply: mouth or DeSoto Car REPAIRED EFFICIENTLY AT YOUR DEAL. ERS—at the RIGHT PRICEI!!! NAVARRO Inc. Opposite Bus Station et tt tt tt nnn Soft The Marine of Seafoods in Tempting Variety Live Mame Lobsters CASA MARINA HOTEL Visit-Our Burgundy Cocktail Lounge “Shell Crabs “SeShad Room-- the Roe tive hing pot roug x)