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

{ i i t . a + j + * 4 saat At ba = 5 aH ‘i i si i itt ; F§ i | ! dj i 5 3 5 filed : Ne e i ff F : | i i i ) from St. Peters- attended the of the Florida his chair as wit- Erie Lit i uh 5 [ if $ [ i i s 3 ft #3 waar) BOARD MEETING OF STATE FEDERATION TO BE DISCUSSED: “Time Is Life.” a descriptive film aimed to enlighten the pub- Wie to the fact that the dread United States. from District Event Breakfast; To See Cancer Film Here’ PLANS FOR DISTRICT 7* THE so Keys. May Get Larger Supply GO TO WASHINGTON TO Residents of Monroe county may be granted a larger volume of water by the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission, it appears from a letter received by J. Otto Kirchheiner, chairman. of the commission, and Ernest A. Ram- sey, general manager, from Rear Admiral Manning, chief. of the 14.—Gro-' Bureau of Yards and Docks. Kirchheiner and Ramsey le ft this mroning for) Washington to confer with Admiral Manning. Kirchheiner was . accompanied by Mrs, Kirchheiner.: i “The pipe line from the main- land to Key ‘West. was built by the Navy. Department,” Kirch- heiner said, “and one-third of the original cost was paid for by 1943,| the commission, which received Patent ' one-third and the patent/thirds of the water. Since the Navy two- end of hostilities, the Navy ve- quirements of water have decreas- ed,and the needs of the commis- sion have greatly increased. My “I feel that the conference with | VENCION) admiral Manning should result in Sawyer re- nei division of the water supply at will put the commission in +a position to meet ‘the further idemand of the civilian popula- tion of the Florida Keys.” \FIRST' PILSENER BEER COMING ‘TO’ U.S: SENCE | American engineering,” he con- }' |BEFORE WORLDWAR'II| PILSEN. — (AP), — The . first shipmen of,\Pilsener beer since before the war is b dawn... Group year state board meeting in Key West, explaining that it is not customary for the state federa- tion to conduct two statewide meetings in the same district within a fiscal year. The Key West bid for a meeting in District 7 will be accepted at a later UTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1947 Mudd Convinced Tortugas | Prison, Whiré Grandfather ~ Was Jailed, 'Was'The Worst By JOHN R. VOSBURGH City Editor. of the Key West Citizen After spending one night at Island, where his grandfather, Dr. of a life sentence for allegedly conspiring in the assassination of} Fort Jefferson on Dry Tortugas Samuel A. Mudd, spent four years President Lincoln, Dr. Richard D. Mudd; of Saginaw, Mich., returned yesterday convinced that his grandfather had been confined to prob- | | ably the worst of all prisons. “Whoever concocted the idea of making Fort Jefferson a prison: must have been insane,” he declared. “Hardly any prison denies relatives the right to visit a prisoner, restricts him to a malnutritious diet and limits the water he can have.” Dr. Mudd, his 18-year-old daughter, Betty, sons, Joseph Francis, 17, and: Richard D., Jr., 15, and cousin, Thomas, returned at 4 p. m., after an overnight trip to the isolated fortress aboard the National Park’ Service |‘ dut- ter operated by Capt. Jack De- Weese. Dr. Mudd’ said he could not ‘speak too highly of the'hos- pitality of Russell A, Gibbs, care- taker; Mrs. Gibbs, Historical Aide and Mrs. Harry D. Good- Describing the massive fortress as “unbelievable, the most col- losal thing in America,” ‘Dr. { Mudd said it is difficult to imag- ine how it was ever built. “It is a remarkably unique National |Monument,” he continued, “and | should be kept as such.” He urged |Key West and the Florida His- {torical Society to ask Congress to appropriate $75,000 per year for five years to place the fort jin suitable condition as a monu- ‘ment. “It is truly a monument to gluded. To youthful Betty Mudd, ‘the ;fort ‘was | ing.”She and her brothers,’ she Sent to'the | said, weré amazed to see the is famous ; lonely island where their greal grandfather..wes, imprisoned- | Dr, Mudd said: ‘the found’ tra simon toy er on BT PSs ARIA enn ago. It was to ‘have “Been erected either | at Ford’s Theatre -where Lincoln _ shot, at ‘the’ Bryantown Md., home of his. grandfather, now owned by another grandson, or at the prison. The Michigan physician visit- jed the dark ‘cells where his grandfather had been imprisoned and peered through the narrow slits which served as windows jwhen his grandfather, “prisoner of Shark Island,” had looked out jover the blue expanse of the Gulf 82 years agq. He said the sand Typical Lawmaker: Paris Deputy Has Deficits As'Big Worry By ROBERT C, WILSON AP Newsteatures RIS.—As with most lawmak- ers, a French deputy’s main ernment’s and his own. France’s . estimated Ee national a “positively fascinat- |* ‘DEPUTY ANDRE MORICE — deficit for 1947 is 400 ‘billion franc, or $3,400,000,000; Andre Morice, a Radical-So- cialist mémber of the National Assembly, estimates his own def- | - Capt. Houser ‘In icit at 286,800 francs,: or $2,390. “And it’s no more easy to stretch a franc than a dollar,” complains Morice, who repre- sents the department of Loire- Inferieure, whose capital is the port city of Nates, with 200,000 population. Time-consuming legislative THE USA Ceremony Held Soon Troop 52 Awards departure tomorrow morning for its annual encampment at Snap- per Creek in South Miami, Troop 52, Boy Scouts of America, wit- nessed ,awards made to its scoutmaster, Ernest J. Avila, and assistant ‘ scoutmaster, Arthur Boza, Jr. Avila receoved a 10-year serv- ice star from Assistant Scout Commissioner Archie R. Potter. Boza was given a toilet articles kit. He will enter the Army son and Capt. and Mrs. DeWeese. | worry is budget deficits—his gov-|shortly. Boza, highest ranking Scout in Monroe county, is an Eagle Scout, holding 23 merit badges. ~ : Raoul Perez, a member of the troop five years, was named as- sistant scoutmaster to succeed Boza. In making the presentation to Boza, Avila Scouts that “you get out of Scout- ing what you put. into it,” and recalled his Scout days when he aspired to become a scoutmaster. All Scouts going to Snapper ! {Creek are due to be at the Flor- Made; To - Leave For Camp Sunday In its last meeting prior to its reminded the | Bill Changing Don’t Fawn Over x * x * Better To Leave It Alone x * x * Fawn Just For Fun spotted faws is cute and irresist- ible, but just the same don’t take one home if you find it alone. The California state fish and game division warns soft-hearted hunters that the fawn is not lost or abandoned. Its mother is around somewhere and knows her business. Besides, to take or possess a spotted fawn in this state hap- pens to be illegal, and you could wind up paying a $50 fine, or doing 25 days in jail, or both. faa Grotiounds Bus’ station wt (AGP horne Invasi 10:45''a. ‘m., with baggage. Both Avild‘ghd Potter wilh accompany, ir’ One-week the’ Scouts ‘during the camping trip. Creek, the troop will work, ‘gn. 25 the Moiiroe County cafip at-West borne Upon its ‘return from a ee Summerland Key. screen one Jose Fernandez, Robert Fernandez, Al Goehring, Jose 5 He mires, ngez,,, Armond iwi Ramirez, Milla’ Solomon, Charles Roberts, Mario Vidal, Aurelio Villate, Emmanuel Lopez and Ralph Henriquez. ig kicking about ‘an ‘ai .,that has ~ ace near here. Maze,than 190 eam Co along Honey Lake Coufity and are busy, Seah. 4 peg pee Some nests examined by game wardens have as many as 15 eggs each. ‘anadighy houk- —-have '* sett in Lassen y ¢ raising vee T Take Command Key West To Of Naval Base; ILLE, Calif 4AR)— floor on which his grandfather |quties forced Morice to give up had lain was now covered with this construction business, but he To Occupy President’s House date, it was. stated. The mid-year concrete. City Council Unanimously Approves San -Franei Square To Plaza deKey West MAYOR CASTELLANOS | SIGNS MEASURE; FICIALS HERE TO BE INVITED TO EVENT | ‘The Cuban Consulate announe- ed. today of Havana ‘tion \ officials will be astellanos to and the Women's jorganizations here will also be ex tended invitations. Officials here |Pleased at the almost jed action of a ; Ment so honoring city. The action was taken “as tribute of gratitude,” Consul said, ‘town, who: | triots during is of. ti,” Cuban martyr and revo- tionist who found haven in Key West prior to the overthrow of the Spanish. The news was released through Raoul Alpizar Poyo, at- tache to the Cuban Consulate Members of the Havana City Council approving the resolution were Miguel A. Cisneros, Benite Folgueras, Felix Ayon, Marquetti, Hechevarria, Gutierrez Macun, Diaz, Cossio, Pelaez, Nibot, Val- divieso, Alvarez, Gomez, Her- nandez and Escalante. The original suggestion of He- vana Officials to name @ plaza af- ter Key West arose during Jose Marti Week last April when Key West conducted a celebretion honoring the famous liberator, Cancer Disease can be arrested recognized and treat- earliest stages, will be tion with the board meeting will be held in Fort Pierce on August 9th and 10th and a most cordial invitation for a large Key West delegation was extended the local club. A very thoughtful “thank you” card was received from four members of the Lake Worth chapter who attended the May session, and was read to board members by Mrs. Van Goidts- noven. . This was the first meeting of the newly appointed board of .| directors following the installa- Hy i 2 F ; beheld in detil I iF ifs ble decora- if per; | Hartel, treasurer. regretfully tion of the i | tion of officers at the May meet- “Board Membership Given The board consists of Mrs. Van Goidtsnoven, president; Mrs. Mary L. Graham, first vice pres- ident; Mrs. Wilhelmina Harvey, second vice president; Mrs. Effie Pauls, third vice president; Mrs. Claire Arlan, recording secre- tary; Mrs. Grace Crosby, corres- ponding secretary; Miss Marie Newly appointed standing committees for the ensuing year: Mrs. Rose Miller, education and vacations; Mrs. Gladys Muhl- berg, finance; Mrs. Frances Ed- wards, health, and safety; Mrs. Angela Caro, international rela- tions; Miss Gertrude Laubscher, legislation; Mrs. Mary L. Gra- ram, membership; Mrs. Gertrude L. Sawyer, news service; Mrs. Wilhelmina G.. Harvey,; Mrs. Vernel Hutcheson, public affairs; Mrs. Blanche Miller, parliamen- tarian, and Mrs. Kathryn Mc- Manus, radio. a SANDY’S GARAGE Sandy Carnballo 404 DUVAL ST. — PHONE 501 Dr. Mudd was especially curious to know where the hos- pital used by his grandfather and Dr. D. W. Whitehurst of Key ‘West during the yellow. fever ‘epidemic in the fort had been. He said he found no trace of a hospital, a disconcerting discov- ery to a physician and grandson of the famed prisoner. Dr. Mudd concluded that the corridors must have been used for hospital |purposes. He recalled that it was his grandfather's heroism during the epidemic which eventually won his release. holds on to a job as one of the /|PRESIDENT EXPRESSED: directors of the Nantes daily newspaper Populaire-de l'Ouest —‘in order to make ends meet. The. 46-year-old specialist social security and labor legisla- tion has six children, ranging from eight to 20 years old. His salary as deputy is 500,000 francs -yearly, or $4,166, and he gets no traveling allowances and other extras such as an Ameri- can legislators receives. Social security family allowances, how-! ever, do give him an extra 5,000 francs monthly. “With this, I have about 44,- Dr. Mudd said he had hoped to! 000 francs a month, which is not find some traces of his grand-|sufficent for a person with a father’s carving at Fort Jeffer-jlarge family who seriously de- son, but every piece of wood/sires to fulfill his duties as a there has vanished. He said he was fascinated with water col- roofs which in turn deposit rain water in cisterns. Tortugas, inhabited only by the Gibbses, Goodsons, DeWeeses, a three-year-old son of the Gibbses and multitudes of terns, at this time of year, is now supplied with water by boat, Dr. Mudd said. A boatload of 3,500 gallons arrived a few days before his visit. The Mudds left late yesterday for Miami on their return trip to Saginaw. They expected to stop at the old family home in Mary- land, where Dr. Samuel Mudd set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth, murderer of Lincoln, and for which Dr. Mudd was sen- tenced to life imprisonment. PALACE THEATER CONSTANCE MOORE in “Earl Carroll Sketch Book” News and Serial {cludes rent for a Paris apart- deputy,” Morice says. Given his deputy salary and shy $199 every month. Morice is in Paris from Tues- day to Saturday, and at Nantes over the weekend untli Monday} nights. His monthly budget in- ment and his Nantes residence, food in Paris (at a_ specially priced legislative restaurant), food for his family in Nantes, family expenses such as clothes, extras such as gasoline and din-| ners for visiting constituents, | and his secretary to answer mail. | It totals $566 per month. “It’s only because I have adel ditional income from the news- | paper that I can afford a sec=| retary,” he says. “Most of our (Continued on Page Four) | ! Wet or Drv For Sale S BottleCooler} (Frigidaire) In Use Six Months NAVARRO, Incorporated 601 Duval Street Phone 600 ecemeecnccnns cg Sr” (iI 1(4101 1H tt i inion iOnNu IND 'rangements are made TIME FOR HIS RE- TURN HERE TO SPEND VACATION Capt. G. A. Houser, USN, now commander of Key West Naval Base, arrived in Key West at noon today from Washington to. take charge of the base. He was met at the bus station’ Henry Cooper, USN, ; by Capt. who was commander of the Key West Naval Base until relieved by Capt. Houser, and who is still commander of the Naval Air Sta- tion. Capt. Cooper has held both positions and desired to retire as commander of the entire Naval Base. Capt. Willard Saunders, commander of Key West Subma- rine Base, also was present. Capt. Houser, who was not ac- lecting filters ‘through the coral| the family allowance, he is still companied by his family, will, for a time, live in A-B quarters at the Submarine Base. for him here, Capt. Houser will _ move elsewhere, because the A-B quar- trs, the old commandant’s home at the base, have been assigned for the use of President Truman. The fact that Capt. Houser will be housed only for a short while in the commandant’s quarters does not necessarily mean that Where To Dine and Dance Tonight TE EET, CLUB SUGALOA Dance to A New Band TONIGHT CHUCK and HIS RED HOT RASCALS eB Complete Charcoal Broiled teakDinner*1>°%20 Served 24 Hours A Day Beer, Wine and Liquors No Cover er Minim um Charge As other ar-: President Truman is coming here soon to resume the visit he post- 'poned in March. President Tru- man has not let it be known when he will come back here, although the made a promise to. return to jKey West upon leaving the city ‘on his way back to Washington following his last vacation here. Capt. Houser’s quarters have aired and a full organization i been installed to run the building. Monroe county commission ex- \Ipressed a desire to see the new commander of Key West Naval ;Base. The members of the com- imission want to pay their respects jto Capt. Houser and at the same itime to ask for the Navy’s per- mission to use a road on Boca ‘Chica Field to reach the beach on the Atlantic side of the key. It would be a fine picnic spot, ac- cording to Commissioner Gerald Saunders, who initiated the move to have the Navy open the road. be hi EEE DEE TT, Sonthernmast Garag> in Ti. &. 1126 Duval Street Phone 10 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work Genuine Aate Parte for All Cara SE SS Le ly {Ondvvetaeaeaetonetasengrnaeenicncepecenveneevovennnennn Masonic Notice Special Communication Anchor Lodge No. 182, Monday evening, June 16th, at 7:30 p.m., confer- ting Master Mason Degree. All members and visitors invited to be present. LOUIS C. MALONEY, Ww. M. GERALD: ADAMS, Secretary. Australia Wants Japan’s Textiles CANBERRA—(AP) — Austra- llia’s_ many reparations claims on Japan likely will be for tex- tiles, possibly textile machinery and whaling vessels. An Australian textile mission is already in Japan. A government spokesman told correspondents that Australia was not likely to seek any Japanese naval*or merchant ships because Australian experts believed they j would be more of a liability than an asset. The Australian Govern ment’s attitude toward repara- tions, he said, was designed to avoid endangering Japan's eco. nomic stability, and to see that claims do not make her a burden to the United Nations. RECOGNIZES STOLEN COAT BALTIMORE, Md. — As an at |leged house burglar was being |led from the courtroom, a eom- plaining witness thought the coat he was wearing looked familiar Police recovered the coat — it was her husband's. 7__ a. 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