The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 8, 1947, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit { VOLUME LXVill. No. 58 Martello Beach Site Could Be Obtained Is" Belief In Washington} PEPPER, HOLLAND AND SMATHERS CONFI- with Representative George Smathers yesterday and com- municated with U. S. Senator Claude Pepper. He has also been! in touch with U. S, Senator Spes- Martello Voted vard site. No one was recorded as favoring the Stock Island site. Lions Club heard an address by Lee Hills, managing editor of The Miami Herald, on the future Prospects for the city’ of Key 57 Nazis In Under d Pi SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1947 ISPONGE FISHERMEN atlanta startin] * * * REPORT THE Final Plans For Apprehended — ‘Pai About a | Undersized Sponees ‘Start Of Drive (By The Assodinted Prean) WD fnaagre March 8—American Licéps aad Austrian police today arrested 57 Nazis who were en- gaged in underground activities. After their apprehension, it Local Story In St. Louis: Post-Dispatch t PRESENT “SEASON VERY POOR AABBAA RADA LAAAAASADAAADLESOAAARAAS Sponge fishermen re port this crawfish. Arrests usually follow season as one of the worst in the the warning. {history of sponge fishing out of} Carlysle E. Beedle, Akron, O. Key West. And there are fewer who had been around the Key Beedle was also warned about -aking undersized sponges,” Another group of 40 sheep's Knight said today. “I don’t ar- wool sponges brought better than ‘rest any stranger in Key West $23 a bunch. The rest of the of-. without warning. It is against the ferings were small lots of yellow ! conservation laws to accept un- streets. They were bought by | Hilary Whalton. ! residential Final» preparations for Key (West’s 1947 Red’ Cross drive which starts Monday were com- pleted last night at a meeting of in the City Hall. J. Y. Porter, IV, ing chairman. Costello and Mason gave the canvassers some valuable tips on handling a drive in a residential district. The latter speaker, chairman of the March of Dimes ‘Red Cross Makes! canvassing workers|- Richens, Of Casa - Marina Under Way SLL Le SL Just to make sure that no- body will class his story with the “two-headed calf” variety, Tommy took Twin Tail to the Municipal Aquar- ium, which gave Tommy a CARBONELL, LO CAL REALTOR, SAYS ‘ was announced that the move- |, s ki A j ; A ji ENT pongers working at the busi- West market buying sponges |campaign director, sai AN ‘TTEMPT } DI ARMY WOULD B Li A Si ment had been killed, as all the | ness. = | sinee last Deca = peta aban cneouragea” abou cameleon With2 | A BEING ' GIVE UP AREA y 1ons As Site gar were among the men ar-! According to Joseph Knight,/ed by Knight for having under- ‘ sts of thie det ay Tail F nd He MADE TO BUY HOTEL ' The Monroe County Commis- uaa istate conservation agent for sized sponges in his possession, it © Prospects of the drive eee) Ss Four ere Negotiations for another Ae Li hs eee For Public Beach |, While the leaders were trying /Monroe county, the weather has Beedle was arrested in Duval ;ing its goal of $14,730. By Navy M ‘ ed sion wou ave no difficul sche io build up their organization, jbeen bad this season, and street where the sponges were; Spirited talks were given by y avy an oa of Casa Marina Hotel were securing the West Martello site SionsaClubigeted: 68 stove. in ae were also conducting black {SPOnges just are not coming into ‘found in his car, Knight said. Porter, Lee Mason, Oliver Gris- | A two-tailed, full-grown | Teeesten under way today. for the new county beach, ac-! favor of the proposed site at West {market operations in various | Key West for sale. !. Beedle’s bond was set at $50.|wold, publicity director of the chameleon was found here this Cecil Carbonell, realtor, 00 i cording to word from Washing-| Martello Towers for the public | parts of Austria, and were using Yesterday 106 bunches of He had to go back to Akron. At- |Key West chapter; George Cos-| morning by Tommy Lee Duval street, said that he repee- i ton, City Commissioner Louis i bathing beach at its meeting held |the profits to increase their mem- sheep’s wool sponges, taken by . torney John Sawyer will enter a jtello, field representative of the Douglas, signalman second |cented the prospect a i icaiiit- said te Thursday night. bership. Capt. Nelson Spencer, brought plea of guilty to the charge at ;South Florida District; Joe Pin- | class, at the Naval Hospital. buyers i Carbonell said today. Ti sde: esetied hiss bieehenscii more than $2,300 on the sponge the regular Tuesday morning jder, local treasurer, and Mrs. Douglas found the aad joe hotel property, but would not Carbonell talked by telephone here votediiftavc Gk -thel Boule. market at Grinnell and Caroline + ing in Criminal Court. {Ruth Higgs; residential canvas on the seat of his bicycle. divulge the amount of the offer ing or the parties Negotiating for the purchase. “We won't know for seme thee yet if the deal is finally coneiud- ed,” Carbonell said. . Julian Kasden, Migml Beach, sard Holland. West. grass spon, " | ders zed sponges and it means|campaign, pointed out that the! statement saying that it had | Who is one of the owners of the All three, Carbonell said, “are! Two new members, Donald} Peter B. Roberts, 1111 South-| Knight said he was trying to’ much to Key West sponge men {door-to-door drive had not been! Feeeiwed from him. a two- {Atlas Investment Corporation of confident we could get the West {Barber and Frank W, Smith, {ad street, has received a clip- |educate visitors to Key West not /to: enforce the Taw used either by the March of| Sued chameleon the sali. lhy, while ails Ge Martello site.” He added that in his belief it is the “most appro- priate site.” “George Smathers told me,” were inducted into Club by Gerald Saunders. Lions voted to build a patio at the rear of their den in Seminary the Lions}Ping about Key West, published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, sent him by his cousin, Mrs. C. Hoefel, formerly of this city. to accept undersized sponges or Knight also said the open sea- crawfish. Warnings are given the ;son on crawfish will close March tou. s When first seen with un-:21, The open seagon will be re- dersized* takes of sponges sumed July 21. o Dimes or the Community Chest. Terming it the most effective method available, * he expressed the belief that the Red Cross Twin Tail is now on dis- play eat the Aquarium, and Douglas has already written to Ripley about his find. Casa Marina, way here todey, tet presumably ‘left for Miami be fore he could be reached for « fertccs oe Carbonell said, “that we can get ‘street. Directors approved of the The story, more than a col- j ~ Sarid ee fi —— |should attain its goal : E. Dennison, managing @ the ote without any eoahies 8 teonstruction of the patio, barbe- nee long, aS velan by Dave | : Movie on Red cr = ees be [SDI as: fd feader of Casa Marina, had set Meanwhile, County Commis- | cue pit, shuffleboard courts, ten- aS “ahs ae ke ae Nites Tl M. Wh M. k Fl. id 9 ony ean re sI enous iheard of the attempt to buy the sioners Frank Bentley, Clarence nis and card tables and other re- | cautitul Key West Attracts ne en Ch) ake Fiorida s enppleinente byt tie remprke: 8 Temporary Permit, hotel. Higgs and Gerald Saunders and ‘creational facilities. The im-[!™P ee aie sia ‘ ee understanding that Carter saints fozaments ae be ey wi | Rotts we, ees eT wee Our State Lesislature || cee Sought By C. of Cote inst seers steam ites: “ke Isle a cart i days. a anization. te é ” a poms mites: Pracbalgent bese Rae. West. One paragraph aWws. ul la ' € Cel UTIL |] tise G21 per cent, of the $14 8 y that it intended keeping it,” Den themselv: to be raised here will be used in Florida East Coast Hotel Com . enie: %3 ° “The-Keys B nison said. = ow mrpeied bs Caps: a Big Four To hic ia helnng. alin By R. A. GRAY, Secretary of State Key Wests For arge System, Lest December 90 tn Cece Spel 7 fs Key Largo to this interesting city! TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 8. tal of five ar aged in th Pinder told the canva Marina Hotel was sold by the the recent beach survey by/ (Key West)—are natural gems of = % Set OTe e DENRET ee ota” a enleven. tele tune ene! Believing a temporary permit ites, Talk Of German -From available biographical, business of timber and lumber. Spalding and Associ | white and green, set in opal wa- s Ts j zone captains at the close of each} to operate the barge line from) pany, which constructed the ‘The county commissioners said | - ters, skirted by the deep blue sketches, some interesting facts The health of the Legislature |), who will in turn make a] Miami to Key West is n ary, {tel 27 years ago, to Julies Ras an overwhelming number of Key | 0 ans iy antic el Stream, [bout those men who will serve should be well protected by one ; , i iy! ‘ Westers favor the Martello site | ceupation sr the Atlantic Gulf Stream. | 7 'the 1947 Legislature have been doctor and two druggists. Then |i, Teport to him. Mrs. Higes!the Chamber of Commerce yes-;den and associates, whe im tm he eorarnission: could All manner of tropical trees and | developed. While sume of the there is one minister t tthe designated the various areas Of] 4.) voted to ask the Inter-| transferred it to the Atlas te and hence the Sik, Hee H thy: he Assensieal ©s shrubs abound in the rock, biographies ere oorapletas See Ores nines Rest ie the city to be co by her ay ; C f s) | vestment Corporation. ee ede ted | BERLIN, March’ 8,—Secretary |eoral’ soil, In Key West particu-| enough: information is given 10 Spiritual welfare. Four livestock {722 Captains and the state Commerce Commission 101° ay /iis time in ane vee nat the Martello. site, now Of Stile Marshall said taday he [Iayly the vegctation is amazing. (furnish a composite picture of the dealers, four realtors, and four | PE allotted to each ant such permit. ‘ported to have” been élawe te pon dong 94 yea itt aay the hopes that the Ameri¢an proposal | When you realize that the island 1947 session of the Legislature. contractors should make a good! " The request was thade by ‘$300,000. Since that tlie the eee a ntthing for land cost, 12 & 40-year Oceupation of Ger- Jis rock’ ,and that it rises only @|THEY ARE EDUCATION— team. ‘Three auto dealers, theres BR ypy : Additional Louii’Berger, Miami,” who has'|buyers have spent almost all of er ; ie, vnected the many would beadopted by 'the {few fect above the level of the| Thirty members of the Senate editors and two ‘citrus growers! uy filed'‘ai application for a’ perm- the $100,000 they planaet te sinee it is fully exp Big Four at their conference that | salt water, it is difficult to un- and 57 members of the House gnd one member each engaged in spend in improving the property over property..will_.be turned gratis to the county, begins Monday in Moscow. derstand, how , flora .so lsh and. haveshre-cohegesteainiag.._1f this. fina ~ehoatel operation, Maps, F olders -janent permit yith the ICC, but When the saleswas- Foie el he. aes If the agreement could be]varied can exist. Today (Febru- | be an index to the entire mem- also there is one railroad man, is seeking tar Zeta temporary | py Kaden Allen i CHU Oi Before the property can ne oe Tyeached on that proposal, he add: fary 8), as during every other day bership, we should have a high one fisherman, one sawmill man, pakaladlan tie thamgh anid Ifecnise ta eerie, inelverge linelob. east Weal aaa quired, Carbonell said, 7 ag ed, he thought it would haveithe [of the year, the, city, is abloom j level of intelligence running one dairyman, one accountant] fo folders and maps of Key West, within 30: days. | buyers. Cleare was not in the ety Puust be secured ftom Col. CH way for a settlement of the Aus- through | the 1947 Legislature. and one turpentine ‘operator directors of the Chamber of Com-| | Cwdmbek of Commerce direc- today and could not be resehedt ford Singleton, oeement ne 2 _ ‘trian and German treaties. : ile a ee at which gives variety to the pro} 6) yesterday ‘authoriaed the| thre voted@'tovhold thelt regular for « statednenesmina ti sete Wiad. the: Martello. prop. |. Today: Marshall was studying semis thie Zoopisla ti Se Ey ees uiehon| RUTSORY 3 25,000, folderg and 19 meetings at 12:15 p.m, each Fri- sale of, the hotel: pe saroiee and of no use to {® 700- abe seed had“ been’ aS about one-half native sons, while {he ‘mehabers“iridfeated ‘their “re: | tal chs ae astrie ( 98 in the Chamber’ headquar- eit a the Army. If Col, Singleton’s let- state ry a eee ee Fi sh T Of 5 approximately one-half w '€ ligious or church affiliation, from! puted ta reilecsh aud se at Nyitiveuees and South- ‘Truman May ter, plus a leal description’ of |/PAtional Commane ag to Gon Is ax fig ini sideseStatD at Florida. tho information, available they companies. and by filling stations ard strects. i a a ae that would come up for] Knowing that the state con-| The average age of members dist 95, Baptist ees ie ce ©-| and at other pan acne) Man-|. 6, 1 | S ak M av tnaton, arhonelt "sald | Pebpe | sion at the Moscow confer-| servation laws regarding the col-|of the House of Representatives is 11, Christian 3, Catholic 1, Epis ee x Laubseher re-![J§§, Albemarle | pe ond \ jolland and § ic . 1 work on it at once. nce. lecting of a $25 fishing license j 46, while the Senate average of copal 6, Church of Christ 1 ang About Greece A four-power pact to shape | js ignored in some Florida cities, '48 is a little higher. So there Second Day Adventist 1. ea a T I e tH 1; | r Wi P is ignored in some é actin t 4 ee Peed os near S ee, +4) economic affairs in Germany forthe Chamber of Commerce should pedal a pew pounce! A NUMBER OF “JOINERS’ ‘Retur ns From 0 Leave OC ay! pert: ” pare quoted Sma i the next 40 years, Marshall as- : BES ‘otest | Men, but still enough of the older Among the frater 2 Y _ Asano g- ai aven ‘ rectors voted yesterday to protes' ms i" . ‘ez i ° A ° z : VAS :TO! arch 8.—Tt wire you to come up to Washing: | tg would restore disrupted nk that the law be en- |g'@UP to give a conservative, ma- are Masons, 50 El Miami Hospital) USS Almemarle, a 14,000-ton! WASHINGTON h ton and close the deal Tt is ae eee oliminate any tone | ences coke hore or the tax be {ture and’ experience age level 12 Knights of Pythias, 8 Odd Fel- | seaplane tender, which has been White House said today thet pretty sure thing if we decide ons nay tg Bed) eotehen anilitariee: need Saat fea eel that, portends well for the 1947 Jows and six members of the! Mrs. Ross C. Sawyc 1 Pe sah} in Key West for two days, is President probably will make # this site,” the commissioner con: (in Germa dropped. seihaa i seceived Legislature. Exper in the Woodman of the World, indicat-| wife of County C ak Ross {scheduled to leave this evening statement to congress on Mow cluded ee ein mbes Chamber 7st «ave World Wars has been had by a ing that the 1947 Legislature are{C. Sawyer, returned yesterday |for Guantanamo Bay Naval Sta- about the situation in Grows The committeemen were deep- Marshall wilt leave morrow morning for Moscow. carly to- complaints against the collection of the $25 tax on fishing bi :dozen of the Senate and 27 mem- pretty good “Joiners”. Miami, where she has been; tion. it that was said further i ly interested by the preferenc ‘ we of | Dcts of the House. Nineteen of CIVIC CLUBS REPRESENTED— | kson Memorial Hospital un-] The ship ‘will bear Rear Ad- probably will recommend | licated by many Key Westers | A committee of the directors 01 those served in World War One While some members, no doubt, |dergoing a series of operations. | miral Carl F. Holden, USN, com- the United States loam G a rr S Martello bite, euch ak by | Seta eee et eee itne. Chamber _ inve ed and) and 20 served in World War Two. failed to indicate their connection ’ vyer was accompanied mander of the training command $200,000,000 and to supply its © | the tet vote of the Lions For A Good Time, Visit the] found that the tax is ignored in/LAWYERS PREDOMINATE with civic clubs, yet the record ', Miss Florencelof the Atlantic Flect, who is in- ernment with arms and amme js some cities. Phirty-eight members of the (Continued on Page Three) epactingdiua : “pms OR Club for Martello Thursday, As} VIEW. Clubhouse Protests are to be filed by the |House and 21 of the Senate are : t entered the hospital Basie Seqisuaits) of Pls com: Tin cosas over. he. Genlanal @ further pies = the Lathe FLAGLER AVE. and 2ND ST. | Chamber at once to State Sena-| lawyers hy profession and is 1h TEVA |Ociober 10. Except for about a The Atbemarle’is commanded Uation yesterday and last might sentiment, it has been suggested ; aye » Fr: and to State| largest of the professional groups. he for ct Pee 5 e " n ‘ A en Monday thru Saturd tor. Jamse Franklin and : & {month she spent at her home for}, "a <x; had eased considerably by ' that a referendum, either eae ee ath Passes Dean Representative Bernie C. Papy. | Following next in line are mev- KENYON AUTO STORE | the Christmas holidays, Mrs, Saw- |by Capt. antes morning ae official, be conducted. chants, there being nine in the Has Those Hard. to-Get ad k tal Is cimniaiackhoe. z mal or officia’ — weacesaeeues louse anatiweun the Sumte: yer had been in the hospital ever a ‘iT EO eee LA CONCHA HOTEL A No Minors OUTBOARD MOTORS twenty times $° 50} is Now Appearing in Person at peleess sca hicker th i . 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