The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1947, Page 1

VOL. LXVill. No, 243 With Dry Ice To Try To Turn It Into Rain ARMY; NAVY FLYERS, METEOROLOGIST AND CHEMISTS DRYICING STORM IN ATLANTIC (By Asnveinted Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, — What effect will dry ice have on hurricane? The answer to ‘that question ill probably be known to the public late this afternoon: -Two B-17 and one B-29 planes, with Army and Navy, flyers, meteorologists and General Elec- trie chemical experts aboard, |\ OMI OMSL LOL aD Heft McGill Airfield, Tampa, this morning to tackle the hurricane, which is roaring up the Atlantic in a northeastwardly direction. the center of the hurricane, at 10:15 this morning, was placed by the Weather Bureau about 300 miles southeast of Cape Hat- teras: It was estimated that the planes would reach the center of the hurricane at noon to begin releasing dry ice on the dense clouds above the center. It is in those clouds, it is believed, that the terrific cyclonic winds are “bottied” and alternately releas- ed and regathered in a continu- ous revolving motion. VOM aaa aa as, GOLF TOP BOX FOUND SATURDAY Joseph Lopez, rpofessional at the Key West Golf Club, has found one of the tops of a box that contained golfing equipment stolen a week ago Sunday from his pro shop. stolen from Lopez was esti- mated to be worth $1,000. Advisory MIAMI WEATHER BUREAU ADVISORY NO. 16, 10:15 AM. EST, Oct. 13, 1947: The tropical storm is located! near latitude 31.3 degrees and| longitude 73 degrees at 10:15! a. m., EST (1515Z), or about 300 | miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. It is moving in a northeasterly direction about 25 miles per hour. The center appears to be large and rather flat with high-! Object of the expedition is to jest winds estimated at 50 to 60 dissipate the clouds by robbing |miles per hour with winds of 30 them of! their water, or to turn|to 35 miles per hour extending ! thie hurricane into a torrential |250 miles to the north. i rainfall and,thereby stop the.cy-| Indications for continued, clonic winds. northeast or north-northeast The Atmy and the Navy an- |movement next 24 hours and due nounced that the planes were not |to rather strong gradient to due back to the field until late north and northwest strong this afternoon, at which time it{Winds and gales will cover a is intended to announce the re-|Wide area of the Atlantic, ex-/ sults of the’ attacks on the huf-}tending from the coast eastward | rieane. Fe taf '-~ |to the longitude of Bermuda. j aurea} Hinkson ’ Returns; ¢ ° Just Beat’ Storm Meet Tonight Lt. mdr. James : USN, with his family had Election of officers will mark beer on Vacation at’Oxford, Ala.,|the meeting tonight - at’ 7:30 returned tovhis desk ‘at’ the Sub-{0’clock of the | Amateur Radio marine Basé this morning. Club of Key West at the Parrish “I just beat the last high Center, Duval street. O. L, Bram- | winds back to Key West,” said{lett is present president of the Comdr, Hinkson. “I might very j°lub. well have been caught between (OF NCOs SRG a MaRS Miami and. Tampa in the last| McCARTHY INFANT blow, but dt it. — =a Pamnesto sxeape it BAPTIZED SUNDAY ¥ Weather Bureau: Radio Club To Hinkson, before the winds.” Douglas Vincent McCarthy, Comdr. “Hinkson received ajson of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas permanent commission as a|McCarthy of 1312 Reynolds lieutenant commander of the |street, was baptized yesterday at | Navy today. In a day or two he 3p. m,, in St. Mary’s Star of the becomes first lieutenant of the |Sea Catholic Church. H Submarine Base and will have| The baby was christened in his | charge of the safety of the base. }maternal (Mrs. S. V. McCarthy). The dress } Still Booms Taft KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1947 Attacking Hurricane |Man Is Taken | San Salvador—55 ‘Years From Tanker By CG. Ship MEETS VESSEL OFF KEY ‘WEST HARBOR AND TAKES; MAN TO NAVAL. HOSPITAL AT HEAD OF ISLAND The U. S, Coast. Guard here this morning brougat a seaman from. a tanker off Key West to the Naval Hospital for treatment of head injuries. At 4 am., the captain of the SS W. F. Ferguson radioed the Coast: Guard tobe off the en- trance to the Key West channe! at about 7 a. m., to take a man aboard and rush. him to the hospital. The ship hove into view off the channel entrance at\7:15 a.m., Boatswain's Mate Ollie B. Odom, aboard the CG. 83-03, was on hand and with his men helped the injured man down the side of the tanker. Odom learned the man’s name was James O. Baltzegar, suffer- | ing from head injuries. He didi not iearn how the man received his hurts. Magnifying Glass | | Later * ' COLUMBUS’ LANDING PLACE GETS PEACE AFTER: CENTURIES t OF TROUBLE AP Newsteatures { Here Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World, the ocean swells still break in endless procession across | a pebbly beach. Peace has come to the few hundred, dark- skinned people who still live quietly on the little island. © But Columbus’ landing 455 years ago brought disaster and centuries of trouble for the Bahama is-*k—> lands of which it is a part. Columbus commanded three 3 small ships manned by mutinous er 2} crews. There were 88 men on the Watling Island., it appears on voyage. Rodrigo de Triana. a | British charts. For after years seilor. aboard the Nina, raised (eon the British took over the sight of land at 2 o'clock the ;2”! still hold the island. It was : a once part of the Sapnish Main, morning of Oct. 12, 1492. Oh " ¢, /appy hunting ground for Eng- Dawn showed = dense forest ish warships seeking Spanish growing apparentiy’ directly, out ‘treasure, ships. ef the sea. Better light showed| 5, Salvador, Columbus called the outlines of the low-lying is- lit’ and the name is still some- land with the ground sloping | times eal ie gently to the beach. | Guadalcanal,. the peaceful and Anchors were dropped. Coltm- friendly Lucayana Indians called bus,'a searlet cloak over his; it.’ But the Lucayans are gone shoulders and carrying the stand- | today. Some were victims of dis- ard of the expedition, boarded jease and the guns of the Span- the Santa Maria’s pinnace. The ‘iards. Some were shipped east- captains of the Nina and Pinta | ward as slaves to-die in. Europe. escorted by most of the members! [n their place are descendants of the expedition also launched of Africans: Their ancestors were small boats. isent to the. islands as. slaves. * e818 Columbus Jeaped ashore and: The name Watling is a me- stabbed the staff of the standard jmento of another lurid chapter into the. beach and when every- jin the history of. the island when one had, in the admiral’s own jit was,a base for pirate bands. | formally claimed the land for thanks t9 God, The shingles eaught fire and the (age. ,ed by a shake from a policeman, {stolen from him. The { words, “given i kneeling on the shore, and kissed Cause Of Blaze’ the ground with: tears of joy, for the great mercy received,” he Pelham Manor, N. ¥Y.—A mag- nifying: glass, used by John Lid- ; gate, 11, to examine his coin col- | lection, fell from a third floor! window, and landed in a position | to focus the sun’s rayons on dry. cedar shingles on the home of his father, William A. Lydgate. ; house suffered $10,000 fire dam-! Man Yawns, UU DENVER, Couradhcaweken.| ‘ Plvy I a man on a bus bench gave vent to’ a prodigious yawn: Out popped a $100 bill, which the man, had hidden in his u per platé. The pdlice: found that the $100 was part of $150 an-| other man complained had been | yawner i was taken to jail. \ Se Completed By | Boy’s Handcuffs Theatre Group | ° Defied Experts The Little Theatre Group of! . {the USO has completed arrange- ! DECATUR, Ill. — While play- ments for the ptesentation of the | ing “cops dnd robbers” during new musical, “Say Is With} School, recess, somebody put a Music,” in the Veteran's Admin- pair of handcuffs. on Donald... Hbepital (OR Resler’s legs. When a_ key istration lospital at oral! was taken to police headauar- been. set for November 2. ters, but the manacles didn’t’ there last April for the benefit is 55 years old and has been, For President MT. PULASKI, Ill.—An auto- mobile bearing a sign, “Taft for President.” jhas been chugging along Mt. Pulaski streets for gome time, but Senator Taft! sponsor a group of famous stars a “grat hogar yer of opera, stage and radio this 1907 model,” with kerosene |°O™NE season. lights, a buggy top and solid The Community Concert Asso- rubber wheels, owned by Kent ciation formed recently, which is O. Miller, who is a Democrat. |@ non-profit organization, with The sign, 39 years old, was|Mrs. Dan Navarro president. is used during the 1908 campaign|Planning a membership drive, of William Howard Taft, Repub- |starting October 26. It will last licen President from 1909-13, ;for one week only. i and the father of the present; The drive will open with a ' Senator.: free -buffet supper at the Key West Woman's Club at 319 Du- q Marine League val street, from 5 to 6 p. m. The Meets Tomorrow club invites all residents inter- ested in good music to attend the Southernmost Detachment, Ma-, rine Corps League, will hold a free buffet supper, if they wish meeting at the V.F.W. club to join the association. Dues are house, Second street near Flagler six dollars and include at least three. and possibly four concerts. avenue, tomorrow night at 7:30. Final plans for the dance to AEE LTE be held Friday, Oct. 17, will be {PLASTER and CEMENT a Funds from the sale of tick- ets will be used to help secure a club house for the detachment. | a TT. | Hydraulic Brake Experts Lou Smith Auto Service wSppodie Arty Basrecks” | tien * Key West Woman’s Club will “LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 STR PALACE THEATER BURT LANCASTER in “THE KILLERS” News and Features LNA aT Key West Woman’s Club To Sponsor Series Of Concerts of the: hospitalized Army per- sonnel. Before making the trip | {to Coral Gables, the group will | ‘present the show at the Club! Driftwood. The receipts will be’ jused to defray the expenses of | 'Miss Marie Hartel will be in j the trip. ! charge of the supper. Accompanying the grouv will For reservations telephone |he John Pritchard and his or- Mrs. Dan Naxarro, Miss Marie ‘chestra. The orchestra will fea- Hartel or Mrs. Hugh Williams. jture several numbers during Community concert service is a the performance. Mrs. Eileen! divsion of Columbia Concerts, ‘Coughlin, area worker, USO, jInc. Arthur Judson, manager of ;Columbia Broadcasting Concerts, is co-founder and a large share- holder of the Columbia Broad- ieasting System, chairman of the |American Orchestral Managers’ ! ‘Association and manages most of ithe country’s top orchestra leaders. Community concerts are now} connected with a. circuit of 2,500 | ‘annual concerts and recitals in| ,600 cities throughout the United |States. Many cites in Florida. Mrs. Navarro, president; Mrs. \Lee Goddard, vice president; Mrs. George Mills White, secre- ,; tary; Commander Lee Goddard, \treasurer; Mrs. Hugh Williams, promotion chairman, and Miss Marie Hartell say the concerts are the highest type of enter- tainment of that nature. h SEAT COVERS ROY’S KEY WEST AUTO PARTS 121 Duval Street will accompany the group. toa, See the Rexall Ad GARD D Il Corner of Varela Street CAIRN MARKS Columbus’ landfall on San Salvador island. - Arrangements ‘Funeral Services DIVISION STREET cqmmmmems: Phone 462 eummmnmnns |" ‘Proscriptions Called For and Delivered’ | Watling was the name of one of (the pirate leaders. ! During World” War II. the island echoed to the drone of air- ‘plane motors and his’ inhabitants -watched the submarine hunt- ing craft of the Allies. But the island itself was little disturbed by. war. re Its’ people. stfll tend their farm plots and do a” little fishing. They even’ have ‘hopes that their island may tourists. For Mrs. J. Leon Funeral services for. Mrs. Josefa Leon, 43, who died Thurs- day, will be held this afternoon at 5:45 o'clock in her residence, 11 Thompson Lane. Father John Johnson, S.J., of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Cath- olic Chureh will officiate. Burial grandmother’s dress' wouldn't open them, the boy Gabies. Date for the show has; will pe in the family plot in the City Cemetery. Pritchard Fu- It will be a return engage-' neral Home is in charge of ar-| used at the christening of each open. Finally, a locksmith saw- ,™ent for this group, as it played | ;angements. of the three McCarthy children, ed off the shackles. SIDNEY THOMPSON IN CITY ON VISIT Sidney Thompson, former Key Wester, now, residing in Sa- vannah, Ga., arrived here. Fri- day for a stay of two weeks. He is stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Arthur, 903 Grin- nell street. Mrs. Arthur is his niece. Mrs. Thompson will join him next Sunday, Mr. Thompson said. ins: Starts Wednesday CTOBER 15th in Tuesday’s Paper. NBR‘S RUG STORE Phone 177 some day attract Chief Crowell. } TODAY FOR TOUR OF DUTY ON U,S.N. DE-| STROYER Chief Machinistis Mate Charles H. Crowell, USN, was presented with a letter from the commanding officer of the Sub- marine Base commending him for the excellent service he has rendered while on duty in the Key West area. office of the commanding of- ficer, Submarine Base, Capt. Willard A. Saunders, USN, pre- sented the letter to Chief Crowell. 4 Crowell leaves with his family today for New York. He will visit relatives in Pawtucket, R. I. be- fore departing for sea duty. While a resident of Key West, Crowell was an active member of the Fleet Reserve Association, the Elks and the Warrant Of- Base. ¢ ‘He was counted as an @x- and his loss will be keenly felt, not only by his many: friends, but by the official organization which he leaves, as well,” said an official statement from the Submarine Base. While at the base he was in ships in drydock, and later as- signed to the outside machine shop. Atlas Carries | Key West Maps| i Five full pages of Key West} pictures, maps and_ illustrations are carried in the latest issue of | Dolph’s Atlas of Southernmost | jFlorida cities, from Palm Beach | here. | A copy of the publication was received by the Chamber of | Commerce today. It carries one page of Key West pictures, two pages containing a map of the Florida Keys and two pages de- | voted to the map of Key West. | Catholics Organize Holy Name Society The Holy Name Society of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church was formed Sunday | morning at 11 o'clock. Tempor- | ary officers were elected to serve | luntii January when officers will be elected to serve for one ye The society is the first of it: kind to be organized in K West. Meeting. place yesterd wags in the Parish Hall, Windso: Lane. At present the numbers 30. |iBRADY group | *@ POULTRY | MARKET | 11214 White St. Ph. 540) Large Grade "A” DOZEN | EGGS While they last 60c/ |No STEAKS Today | The Usual Monday Closing, Dontcha Know!! 1 Life Is Such A Problem: i} Either We Lose The Money or The Rest In a private ceremony in the!: the Veterans of Foreign Wars, | sonnel ae hae Serine Base j charge of machinery repairs to | Soars Fast Airplane 7 135 Miles And Makes } - Landing At Marathon Gets Letter | Commending Him From C.0. of Key West Submarine Base MACHINIST’S MATE OFF& kk hhh hukd) AMNESIA VICTIM FOUND IN MIAMI Mrs. Mery Reinhart, Jef- ferson Hotel, was found in Miami by the Miami police | department early this morn- ing. . veto Lt. Ray Atwell of the Key West police department said that Mrs. Reinhart is an | amnesia victim and was last seen by her husband Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. ‘Bomb American | In Jerusale (By Associnted Press) by rabi ‘abs, r — . j= 1e proposal ‘to partition tine between Arabs and Jews. the consulate, MM MM AM a\ eine exploded,” Lt. Faraldo said ; Consulate Today | MN ianc. He lost altitude, steadily, | JERUSALEM, Oct. 13. — The He ficers’ Mess and the Chief Petty ‘American consulate in this city;times until he had the plane Officers’ Mess of the Submarine ; was bombed today, and the bomb- ‘only a few feet off the land. | ing is supposed to, have ‘been done | Ar tho ave resent-, and coasted. Pales--you figure tt h g ‘Star-Win Itravel to around 600 © miles an: Not much damage was done to ‘hour it is rated as a ‘hot’ plane. thing was the aside from the ‘breaking of window glasses. Two ‘pilot insisted ARMY CAPTAIN AT 35,- GINE EXPLODES; IN SAFE. LANDING An unidentified Army captain soared his P180 Jet Shooting Star airplane from 135 miles out over the Atlantic, after the engine of his ship exploded, and made a perfect “dead stick” landing at .the emergency air field at Marathon Sunday after- noon. From Marathon the captain was brought to Boca Chica Na- val Air Field by Lt. George J. Faraido of the Civil Air Patrol, who had previously been alert- ed to give any assistance requir- ed tc the pilot of the stricken plane. “The captain told me he was jflying with other airplanes. at jabout 35,000 feet when the en- today. “There he was with a dead engine, 135 miles from land: {He immediately wheeled his ship ;about and made for Marathon. “Then he radioed the two oth- er ships, and as they circled jhim, he kept heading toward jbut'was still up to around 11,000 feet when he reached Marathon. circled the field several “Then he landed to the ¢ “The funny upon using his consulate employes were cut by parachute when he stepped in- flying glass, but their | Were reported to be slight. Meanwhile, 2,000 Arabs ; mobilized along the border j Sight of villages Jews. Ne attacks hive been {made on the Jews, who declare that the mobilization is in the na- ture of a war or nerves. border Arabs in the event that jould begin an attack. the Arabs that the still in charge of Palestine, and that any attack will be resisted with armed might. Ends Course In Submarine Electricity (Speotnt to. The Citizen) GREAT LAKES, IIL, Oct. 13.— R. E. Berry, electrician’s mate, first class, husband of Mrs. |Mirian H. Berry, of 42 East, Na- val Air Station, Key West, has completed a course of instruc- tion in submarine electricity at the Naval Submarine Base, New ;,|London, Conn. The course, which lasted 12 eeks, was composed of studies in all the electrical equipment sed in submarines. The base, the largest and most modern submarine base in the | world, is functioning on an even larger jscale than in wartime, training submarine personnel nd servicing submarines. The base shares in the development of the ‘submarine safety, rescue and salvage devices. POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division at Francis Phone 9134 CHAMPION {Outboard Motors $127.00 AAPA DRADRMAA AD PRESCRIPTIONS far.cres* Ingredients Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists WEAVER S| Of Course! | Stock Island’ GARDNER’S PHARMACY 1114 Division St. Cor. Varela Phone 177 have in! occupied by Jewish leaders, however, said | agente they were not taking any chanc-!S0me unknown destination in a es, and that they are in a position B-17 P to rush 75,000 armed men to the {Chica and took him aboard. The the 'three ~'-nes were en route to injuries tg my plane, which is only a \slow Piper Cub. Donald O'Neii, who went with me as an observ- er from Boca Chica Field, fi- {nally talked the captain out of | the parachute. But he held it in jhis lap all the way to Boca Chica. “Later the captain left for which stopped at Boca Panama -her the accident hap- The British command warned pened. The other ships continu- British are ed their flight after they had seen the captain land safely at Marathon. “Word was received by the U. S. Coast Guard station and { was notified the minute the captain was reported in trouble. When I left here we did not iknow where he would land. So I headed for Marathon found the captain quietly smok- ing a cigarette.” Deputy Sheriff D. M. Andrews is guarding the airplane at Marathon field, pending the ar- rival of Army personnel to méve it. Albert Roberts Enters Contest For Commission Albert G. Roberts, business man, qualified this morning for the City Commission race. “I am qualifying for city com- missioner and am supporting Al- bert B. Cooper, because during his administration, despite my opposition to him, Mr. Cooper has always placed public service above personal desire.” Mr. Roberts has formally an- nounced in today’s Citizen. ——EXPERT—— Auto Repairs Reasonable Prices We Have Testing Machines That Leave Nothing to Guess Work PROMPT SERVICE NAVARRO, Ine. Opposite Bus Station his plane, d of %, t \ t \ \ } {