The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 13, 1950, Page 1

Rafael Sabatini,’ Author, Died In Switzerland Today BERNE, Feb. 13.—(#).—The creator of that fictional character ‘Captain Blood,” author Rafael Sabatini, died in Switzerland to- day after many years of illness, In his lifetime, Sabatini had written more than forty histori- eal fovels—“The Sea © Hawk,” “The Snare.” “Scaramouche,” “The Black Swan,” and, . of course, the Cu »ptain Blood ~ro- Inances: Part Malian and part English, Sabatini chose medevial Italy as the setting for many of his stories. He was meticulous in his backgrounds and settings, often spending hours in the British museum in London te make sure his backgrounds were historicatly correct. He also wrote several history books and five plays. Sabatini was bern in Italy in 1876 ani became a naturalized Britieh subject in 1918. His moth- er was Erglish His son, Rafael, Jr, was killed im am auto accident 23 years ago The elder Sabatini years old when he morning ina Within Few Yards Of ‘Police Station “Two bold — thieves, operating within a Say yatds of police made i ‘The burglars gained entry ee the garage by forcing a back win- dow. Then they went into the of- fice and removed the safe into a back room. Breakfield said he noticed that someone was in the garage. He thought it was Siother employee (‘The triplets, born Friday, ate being Get “Margaret ‘and Elizabeth, Behind the incubators are (left to piste y sy Suroweic and Nurse Helen’ J. Evans. ~~ "| Seven College Students Killed In Auto Accident BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 13. —(#).—Seven coilege students have been killed near here, in an automobile accident, . Seven.students from Montana State College died last night when their car plunged off a cliff ‘was. critically in-{ the dead are! d were two girl stu- - peri One of the girls was driv- the men had disappeared, and they got no trace of them. . (Sugar) Sweeting, owner *‘}men moved the rather large strong box. Later, Chief Deputy Sheriff Frank Webber, who joined. the police is searching for the men, took fingerprints on the safe. Prison Guard Shot To Death Today At Belle Glade BELLE GLADE, Feb. 13—/A). —A gtate prison farm guard was shot to death, today infan argu- ment. With one of (his fellow guards. C M. Greene, manager of the state prison farm ported the shooting. He named the dead guard as 26-year-old John Rouse who had been empioyed about 18 months ago, Greene said the other guard, Yucatan Phelps, 55, was taken into custody and delivered to the sheriff's office at West Palm Beach. Details of the shooting were few. Greene said merely that there was an argument during bréakfast this morning and the shooting followed. _ i RRR RIC ETAT BOAT BAR $03 Duval Street Phone 9165 AIR-GONDITIONED Sports Results Daily eens | RE-OPENING CAYO HUESO Under New Management MACIE, formerly of Donald's Ti 362 919 Simonton Street ing the car when it left the road on U. S. Highway 10, west of Bozeman. Police. gave their names as Phyllis Birkeland of Fort Ben- ton, Donaleen McRae of Forsyth, Harvey Eide, of Scobey, Gerald Early of Laurel, John Stinchfield (Continued On Page Two) Ingrid Bergman Awaits Papers So She Can Marry ROME, . Feb. 13.—(4).—Ingrid Bergman's baby. may. get an even longer naine than the one be- stowed upou.nim yesterday when his birth was registered at city hall. That. name.. ran to five. parts, “Renato Roberto Giusto Guiseppe Rossellini,” and it’s said that the mother’s name ‘will be ‘added ater, after certain legal compli- cations are cleared. Meanwhile, Ingrid continues to await the arrival of papers ing her Mexican divorce. pers arrive, she’ll be ¢ to marry the man s he’s the father of the m director Roberto Ros- Overseas Bridge Tolls Break All Records Sunday Tolls collected yesterday on erseas Highway broke all Brooks Bateman, mana- Road and Toll Bridge id today. On February 11, 1949, the rec- ord was vet last year, when tolls totaling $3,441 were collected, while yesterday, February 12, the tolls rapes to $3,743.75, The Audubon Society Presents Bert Harwell Color Movies — Bird Calls CANADA WEST Key West High School, Tonight, 8 o'Clock Admission .. . Adults 60c 300 Turtles Reach Key: West!” ye wie Josephine Fasano, Dr. From Grand Cayman. Today: Tourists Are Avid Visitors Watch Unloading | Of Sea Monsters, - Weighing From 150 To 300 Pounds - ter visitors were attracted ‘ote eee 5 of a 5 ship of turtles; =~ The ship was the A. M. Aaa named after the general manager of the Thompson Enterprises, A. Maitland Adams, “that © arrived from . Grand Cayman, Brite | West Indies. Captured by A. oO. Ebanks, tall British subject, who lives. in Grand Cayman, the broadbeam- ed vessel reached Key West two, and a half days after leaving the” SBritish possession. } “We are carrying 300 turtles,” ' said Captain Ebanks. “They'll. weigh from 150 to 300 or more pounds.” . After the shipment of ee were surveyed by the U. us: i toms Inspectors, ete Biko laid frdm the end of the Thomp- son dock to the crawls, where the turtle are held in water un- til they are slaughtered to make soup and steaks. Visitors crowded around the planks and leaned over the, crawls. As the turtles were low-} ered into the crawls on their} |backs, they. madea_ flip-over with a splash of the salt water, | jand soon went swimming around. There were many cameras ih evidence, and some of the men at work were asked to pose for their photographs. They prompt- ly complied. The crawls have been empty. for some time until this. morn- ing. Visitors have been mis the turtles, but now will . find 300 of them that® may be seen ncaa 3 around in the crawls. »* Engineers Get -|Felton’s Plan railways and to. make a_ solid- fill pier at the foot of Front er has been received by the . S. Engineers Office at Jack- paling Each of the marine railways ‘will be 150. feet in. length, ac- cording t2 an announcement by Colonel R. W. Pearson, Corps Engineers, District Engineer. There will be no hearing on the application of Felton, Colon- el Pearson said, but the plans of the construction may be seen at ce district ‘engineer’s office. iGriswold Named President Of Yale University NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 13. —().—A \43-year-old Yale history pyofessor will be the next presi- } dent of Yale University. Professor Alfred Whitney Gris- wold, a Yale graduate and mem- ber of the faculty since 1933, has been selected to succeed _presi- dent Charles Seymour, as Yale’s 16th president. President Sey- mour, who has reached the man- datory retirement age of 65, leaves Yaie on June 13. Gris- wold will become — president the following day. Griswold was graudated from Yale in 1929. He taught English at Yale for one year after his (Continued On Page Tw) New Low Prices New Stock _ASPHAL.T TILE - CORK TILE FORMICA - TILEBOARD LINOLEUM GUARANTEED EXPERT INSTALLATION or INSTALL IT YOURSELF KEY WEST FLOOR COVERING COMPANY 132 Duval = FREE ESTIMATES Phone 1454 “Be knew she ‘vas going did not tell the skipper it is nothis place to gi' captain orders. Pa “Tt. is my place to take: uartermaster Second Class: Bev. - Travis stated. Travis was testifying at the! probing | Naval Court of Inquiry the grounding of the big Mo in. Chesapeake Bay, January Vith. The witness said he | lampton Roads. He said he did ‘not ‘know the ship was to run a secret elec-| tronic range just ‘outside the main ;ship channel. The Missouri grounded while ‘attempting to run this range. ~19-Year-Old Youth Arrested Today On| \Charge Of Murder BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 13. —().—A 19-year-old. youth was arrested today in the slaying of Mrs. Marion Frisbee, a 36-year- old Buffalo club woman. Under ‘arrest is Harley Lamarr, son of a Cherokee Indian woman who faces sentence on a man- slaughter charge in the knifing of her husband. Authorities say Lamarr signed a statement ad- mitting shooting Mrs. Frisbee, and gave robbery as the motive. Mrs. Frisbee disappeared Satur- day night. and her body. was found on the road side 12 miles from Buffalo Sunday morning. Pair Held For Stealing Bus Carl Pauls, 21. and Earl Wal- ters, 22, both of Charleston S’ C4 confessed. they stole a Key West Transit Company bus Fri- day night and abandoned it on Bahia Honda Bridge on Overseas Highway, according to Frank Webber, chief deputy sheriff. They were arrested by Special Policeman D. M. Andrews Marathon as the pair across Bahia Honda bridge Sat- ufday. Webber said the pair was held in County Jail, He also said that Pauls and Walters came here to work in the new shrimp indus- try. Bernard Frank . REGISTERED Professional Engineer © Mechanical Marine Chemical Design - Consultation 1401 PETRONIA 1403-W shield of his car while e's was driving on the northwest: ee skirts of London. U: iC. Van Dresser To Write Story On Shrimp Find Cleland Van Dresser, is in the Island City to do a feature story about the new Key West shrimp industry for “Nation’s Business,” a monthly publication of the U, S. Chamber of Commerce. Van. Dresser was in the city of | Ti walked | sis ten.years ago working’ on a deep sea fishing story. for the old Philadelphia .Ledger . syndicate, No Date Set For © Roosevelt-Durston Wedding As Yet HARTFORD, Conn., Feb, 13.— (P).—-Singer Gigi Durston’s moth- er, Mrs. Gladys Durston, said to- day there is “No truthin the rumor that her daughter and El- liott Roosevelt plan to be mar- ried on February 22. Mrs. Durs- ton said. “There is still no the wedding.” Mrs. Durston told the Hartford 2s that the fact that . Gigi’s Edith,‘a, Hollywood model, (Continued. On, Page. Two) POOR: OLD:2 CRAIG SERVICE. STATION rere ryan ak tee LET US Greece vea‘on Change Your Oi) ' Visit the Wedding Ring Store date set for money.” Taylor Brothers of St. Augus- tine, which is operating at one end of the Clyde-Mallory Docks, had several boatloads of shrimp aver the weekend. The Fast Coast Fisheries Company of Mi¢ ami, at the other end of the dock, was busy for two days unloading shrimp. Collect Current Taxes Of $64,548, Roberts Reports Current taxes collected during the month of Junuary totaled $64,548, an increase of $13,490 over January last year, accord. ing to a report filed today by Charles R. Roberts, city finance director, to City Manager Ralph D. Spalding. Fines and forfeitures _ also showed an increase of $453 of this January over fast January, ac cording to Roberts’ Report. In all the revenue showed an in (Continued On Page Six) Palace Theater SSSS EGE E8888 ae WEAVER’S STOCK ISLAND INN Air Conditioned Bar and Restaurant Open All Night