The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1950, Page 5

iq ' i E t MONDAY, JANUARY 2, County To Consider Bids For Negro Beach Here By OLD MAN GREEN Paul Chottéau, world famous! fap die: incredible . aquatic. feats, is again in Key West with the story ‘of yet another remarkable} aceomplishment. His story is fully | backed by a registered movie of; the feat done in technicolar,! which he is preparing to show here under the sponsorship of the Latin-American. Chamber of! Commerce. ! For years Paul Chotteau buck- | ed the tide of public skepticism in a-sustdined effort to'secure the | financial interest: of a person or organization who would back his project to propel a water berne graft’ by shark ~ yer, and ar- range fot the tdab to\be recorded on film, Now,| will) qe «deed. acéom- | plished and duly recorded, Paul! is reddy for a greater feat. He} proposes with fall: confidence to cross the Florida Straits in his | shark propeled craft, from Key West to Uavana, Cuba. When Marconi : first proposed to send ‘long distance messages } through the air without the aidj of wires, the idea Was so fantas- | tic at the time, people. laughed. | The man was a screwball, they} said. A little “teched in the haid.” When Paul, Chotteau first pro- posed to propel a boat of sorts; through the water with a har-| nessed’shark for ‘motive power, people likewise laughed. But like Martoni and other inventors! great and-small on down the line, | Paul was not dismayed. | Wide experience with sharks in} the: course of his lerg distance swimming feats in shark-infested | waters. upheld his faith that the idea was not only feasible, but entirely. ‘practicable. He perserv- ed. Ten months..ago,.with complete | craft and harness tried and prov-| en aftet many experiments, Paul) Chotteau came to Key West. He} was ‘prepared ‘hot ‘only for a har- bor demonstration, but he was! ready even then to try a crossing to Cuba ‘over the 90 mile Florida | Straits, if*he ¢ould secure back- have. such things, parent canit; -effiprg \ Ab RocheSter official, ; Bef , Brady, SAFE ACROSS THE BORDER IN INDO.-CHINA, near Chimor. this smiling Chinese mother watches her baby take nourishment at the end of their flight before Communist armies. They ate part of a group of 700 women and 400 children who fled their homes in China rather than remain under Red rule. (#) Wirephoto Children Told — ROCHESTER, .N. ¥.—(#).— City officials.admit frankly. that they hope to railroad juvenile delinquents to a certain destina- tion. ; That sounds eruel, butihere is the plan: Four model train sys- tems will be built for the Use of youngsters whd ,would love to but whose says thé lack of such playthings | may have.a bad eniotional effect | ing. But despite a successful demon-! stration in the’ harbor near the William street dock. with the as- | sistance of Captain Ray Knopp of ; the ‘shark boat “Broadbill,” as subsequently reported in the Key | West Citizen under the date line February 7, 1949, Paul got no- where beyond acquiring the sig-| natures of about twenty people! who witnessed the demonstration. Disappointed, he returned to Mi- ami. This last summer, Miami in terests backed him to the exten that a suitable shark was harness- ed, and a fine movie produced in full technicolor showing the shark-propelled craft in actual, | authentic operation with its de-| signer successfully guiding its course as the voice of a commen- tator followS*the*action through- out Long after the movie was com- pleted; ‘after 11 hours of continu- al operation, Paul called it a day. He beached the craft, released the | shark and returned it to freedom in the water. True to type however, the ad- venturous soul of the inventor was not sutisfied. More than ever now, he was determined to cross the Florida Straits as he first planned. Never until that project ‘Was completed would he be satis- Definitely. Keep us informed!” on young people. He indicates that the same thing may be said for their parents, they'll be wel. New lies To Stop 1 ‘Delinquency In- Town Covered With Green Dye That Goes Amiss PORTSMOUTH, Va.—(&)— Everything was covered with green the cther day in Ports- mouth, but here is the explana- ton for what happened. Navy au- thorities were disposing of a dye that had been used in defective bombs. The wind changed and carried the substance. to.a suburb of Portsmouth. It seemed almost like rain’ as it eame down... from the sky. A i * Police Dispatcher W. F. Powéll received a‘ call from a woman who wanted an explanation. He couldn't get much sense out of the conversation, but promised to send a man out to investigate. The man returned to say that the come to use the ‘trains if the feel the.same way. ‘ i music as he | fied to retire to his has lately wished. Armed with his film, he return- i ed to Key West. Through the startled interest. of Mario Viera, of the Mastic Trailer park, who ran the film on his private screen for inspection, the attention of the Latin-Ameri- can Chamber of Commerce called to Paul's proposal to cros: to Cuba. After viewing the movie, the Chamber manager Arturo Boza. went immediately into action. He called Cuba. Would Havana be interested? Justo Mendez, of Havana’s Blue} Network replied, “Yes, indeed! At a subsequent Directors meet- ing were Captain Knopp, recog-| nized as an authority on sharks, | who was called to verify the feas ibility of the project, the subject was discussed in the light of} sponsoring the unique undertak- ing, to the mutual advantage of Paul Chotteau and Key West} generally through the Latin-| American Chamber of Commeree; | A committee, headed by at-| torney J. Y. Porter, was named woman had not imagined or éx- aggerated the situation. The. of: ficer added that the green rain had fallen on houses and autos and there were green puddles in the street. J The Navy has not only explain- ed matters, but s that thé|* green dye is harmle: to study the matter from all angles. In the.meantime, with process- ing of the original film for world distribution im progress, but not completed, Paul Chotteau is per- mitted by the terms of his con- tract to show the movie short in HOMER HOOPEE Sieiccna Ge Ge MER cigiieat noes Li i le a eae SAY, GO EASY ON THAT , RUBBER DAGGER GAG met PLEASE! YOU ALMOST O1D KILL ME IN THE REHEARSAL --- T'S WHAT DICKIE REHEARSAL --- | OKAY, BOYS, HERE'S WHERE THE MAP'S BURIED Dickie saw | wetu, ‘A COUPLE OF | HERE'S PIRATES ON A BAHAMA ISLAND --- HE AND DAN OUG UP A TREASURE MAP AND SAILED AWAY WITH IT--- YOU SAID YOL'D DO _ ANY THIN OR ME — base La HOLD Key West from where his next project will begin. Through the courtesy of the regular Key West Chamber of Commerce, it has been arranged for the picture to be shown along} with a personal appearance of Paul Chotteau at the Jackson Square U.S.O. during the regu- lar “Visitors’ Fun Night” program on Wednesday night, January 4. This will provide an opportun- ity for personal evaluation of the picture by representatives of civic and private clubs who may be interested’ in individual shov ings. of the film while it is a able. Te lite for 1950 is the stately Roadmaster six passenger sedan. Inches Page erie laren the ear has a more powerful engine, a completely new body an@ SCORCHY SMITH T-I DON'T SUPPOSE I COULD DROP YOU OFF SOMEWHERE, epee SUGGESTION, SCORCHY ACTS AS UNOFFICIAL > AND UNSUSPECTED =BODYGUARD FOR CHATTY ELLIS. THE AIM IS TO SAVE CHATTY FROM POSSIBLE HARM AND ALSO TO GET A LINE ON THE THWARTED 80MB PLOT AGAINST SUDAIR AIRLINE... features a enie-piece etttved windshield. Note the full taper-through of the front fenders, the wrap-around bumpers, spacious trunk and the narrow rear quarter panel permitting the rear window te come well around to the side providing better rear vision for the driver. SIROAKYAT'TELLEST/ YE THE STORY YE LISTENETH Reg. U.S. Pot OF. AP Newsteotures