The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1950, Page 1

New Industry Worth Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars To City There were many laughs along the waterfront today after the shrimpers had read a story in an out-of-town. newspaper to the effect that the -hrimp industry was not helping Key West. “It was something, that story,” said an official of the Bruns- wick Deep Freeze Company, which is operating a fleet of shrimp boats out of the Porter Dock. “Do you see the number of women __ Forking out there? nck beheading the shrimp. We “hayetens Cape of our boats. will be bringing in shrimp at a.much daster jrate, and then we'll have }to employ upwards of 100 addi- {tional women. . : ; fuel and me ave, led tplaed ‘uel and. oil here. We have to: OKLAHOMA CITY, ‘Feb. 2 the hontai wiih den: ane. ieectne ().—Men with guns are once shrimp that are shipped out ‘of | more stalking the bush-near here, Key West. We have to repair Lon searching for the vicious leopard | P0dts here. , “Each boat carries a crew of which escaped Saturday after-| t,r00 ‘or four men. They all = The trophy was presented to the Hospital in June, » 1949 by Captain O. A. Smith, command- ing officer as a perpetual “trophy youn a semi-annual contest, Mullins Wins Award - The award was made to R. A. » Mullins, hospitalman.third class, on the hospital staff, #fter a close final match with Dr: Ben Jones, also on the staff. Leaves For W. General MecNarney departed for Washington after the cere- mony. General MeNarney, service in both Worl the first as an air Officer noon from the Lincoln Park Zoo./to eat don’t they?) Where do we ‘The human hunters were joined} get the food for the boats? Right today by seven dogs trained in} in Key pee ae genes wos miounteln ti i men well, too. make any- pies Samp: where from 75 cents.to $1.25 an night: last night the earned money? ¢ “All these women ‘are support- Jearned that the animal Probably | | nme thels daraillng (hey buy 100d. nee. nipped - into. ‘the zoo again pay rent and other articles, large~ and then slipped:right back out. {ly in Key West. It certainly was’ Two guards they had seen! a crime for anyone to state that him slipping under.a sess ant. the one industry is not help- ie. leop-j ing your city.” ard’s mate is caged. Zoo a. It Se tis estimated that about 125,- ego of. eeeroroush in- pson, ‘Oppino, &3 Fish mipeny and the week. aw active of the North Africa theatre of ‘ , are~ The boats. pres: 4 about 50. erations of the U.S. Army. ¢ ‘brush just. cents a pound for evéry pound of Ce ‘shrimp they bring in? The. boats : | generally average around 3,500 100 Rew ar pounds of shrimp, although many 5 of them come in with 4,000 gy ss pounds or more. Offered For ie | aoe Lead Wa Cut 1 The shrimping industry is esti-. | mated to-have brought in-a buy-{ 2 be !'ing power the equivalent of 1,000° nviction niv Ei | persons. P 0 y 4 t | Not long ago, the St. Augustine One hundred iyo in ee boieega estimated their shrimping for the arrest and the convict: leet was worth some $2,000,000 of the person or persons who! LONDON, Feb. 27.—(®)—The yearly to the community. Now, have been stealing sand from the }-#bor Party's absolute majority most of these shrimp boats are, property of Theodore Ness. who berthed in Key West waters, to-+ gether with shrimp fleets from in Parliament is now down to a feeble eight seats. gay bee 1a : A i . “Aires Cubanos,” soto apres peices te in the} With two of Britain’s constitu-' Georgia, Louisiana, and the taining many articles sto‘en off ie = sgt acca fio: * ‘Franqueza,” Carmina Gon- | sheriff's off encies still to report, the total Carolinas. automobiles in the vicinity of the | (ons to tne House aporonriations 717. ay Le-re-le,” Migdalia de| : vg getoomaue gives Labor 315 seats, Conserva- City Booming Casa Marina Hotel. Committee | On necessity | Of Velie; “El Faraon,” Migdal del, fives and thelr allies 298 Like! Berlin Felton, of the A&B! Chief Kemp also turned over'| deepening. the. Inland Waterway V@le! Po. un Beco de tu’Boca”| | RODMAN J. BETHEL Fish Company, said- today that Key West is booming as result of the shrimp industry. “Why every man employed by sthe fleet; operators .and by the erals nine, Irish Nationalists two and Independent Liberal one. The Conservatives ‘picked up one ‘more’ seat’ in’ returns just re- ceived today.’ The ‘Liberals. also i grin} hide protedstiig” hee Shrim wort another seat; “They ‘were in! oe papel cent t ok rene right Séotland: and ‘the islands ‘north! jy Key West,” said Felton, of Scotland. C. P. Anderson 3,463 Register . Thus Far For | County: Election The number of Key Westets who haver Fegijtered fat } the ¢ office John England, Monroe county su- | aré about 150; boatsin the shrimp {shou now. They have crews of about three men to’a boat. pervior of registration, as of “Then the various firms handl- Friday, totaled 3,463, ree - *;ing the shrimp are employing an: said today. He has received no Di Of H javerage of 25 men. They are sage theta ee Taver- es eart pending their Saag poe » Sa nier and Islamorada. ¢an’t get away from the fact that England advised those who Attack Today |Key West. is enjoying a real | boom as result of the discovery of (Continued On Page Eight) shrimp off the city.” ATLANTA, Feb. 27.—(P).—A; | well-known Floridian, C. Parkeig gg eeeeeSBe. Anderson, died today of a heart! Palace Theater | (EN EE A 3 Spanish Supper , First Methodist Church attack in.a hotel room here. j Anderson, the President of the Florida Association of Soil Con-| WILLIAM POWELL and Thurs., March 2,6-8 P.M. | oor ction District Supervisors | SHELLEY WINTERS in pa $1,00 Children 50¢ [was also a prominent Avon Park; “Take One False Step” citrus grower. 41 He>!Was attending a National /Convention ‘of "Soil Conservation Distiict Subatyisors beginning to- Are -Requested- To Attend the Funeral of Brother eas WRESTLING | rd 330 | { Slo Ze Gieene’ i Cpetlee,teherts Street Arena | | Meet At Club Rooms. Main Event ! At 4:15 P.M. ee Served from 6 PM.1 AM. | Feb, 28 pe Adm. $1.60 (Tax Incl.) PALM CLUB H. L. OSTROM, Agside, $2.00 (Tax: Included) eicck ix aun Secrebuy. New Car I~ Only Ax jood As The Service ‘The Dealer Can Mender @ PAINT. and BODY @TUNE-UP Tranum, 18, members of the crew of the USS Howard W. Gilmore, were turned over to the sheriff's office today by Police Chief Jo- seph Kemp. raught the various articles said stolen. ;his lieutenants to post a -plains- clothesman at the Casa Marina in thieves, : There’ eq Patrolman Mario Sahtana in Reynolds street and he arrested the two men when he ‘suspicious of them. i #) Wirephoto via Radio From London BRITISH PRIME MINISTER CLEMENT ATTLEE (center) is, surrounded by newsmen and spectators outside No. 10 Downing Street, London Saturday, as he declared his Labor government would carry on. He made the brief statement as he emerged from an emergency 75-minute cabinet session. where it was de- cided to continue in office despite the scant and shaky Parlia- mentary majority won by the Labor Party in Thursday's elec- tions. With six seats still in’ doubt, the Laborites hold a 10-vote working margin in the House of. Commons. eS PEPPER ALL ANSWER (CHAMBER'S | TELEGRAM U. S. Senators Spessard Li Holldnd and Claude Pepper and! Representative George Smathers have urged the appropriations com-| #tTived here Saturday will give | also mittee of the House for funds to: deepen: the inland. waterway from Bahia Honda Bridge. to Key W: ase Rey Wea habe at sy protests ,; with Holland, Pepper arid. Smathers to the proposed dredging of tonight: Two Men Turned Over To County ( By Authorities > “wEvergiades channel. (The Chamber ot Evergladés © channel on logieal place for Bahia Honda to Key West. John M. Roark, 18, and Lem O.| Phe message from Senat per, read as follows: They were arrested after being |ing on in an auto~iobile con- to be Chief. Kemp instructed | t° Senate Committee.” Holland’s wire - was own signature. lows the hope of catching the} testing use of Emergency Lieutenant Ray Atwell station- ‘tion at Everglades matter was called to my became (Continued On Page Eight) New Low Prices New Stock: ASPHALT TILE - CORK TILE FORMICA - TILEBOARD LINOLEUM GUARANTEED EXPERT INSTALLATION or INSTALL IT YOURSELF KEY WEST FLOOR COVERING COMPANY Phone 1454 we 132 Duval om FREE ESTIMATES NAVARRO, INC. SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS TODAY ONE or THE MOST MODERN IN SOUTH FLORIDA .... SPECIALISTS IN EACH DEPARTMENT @ WHEEL-ALIGNMENT by. the: lodged present peri pags show at '9 pi m. of Commerce protested the, proposed » dfedging the ground that, Key West- was, the the’) shrimping fleet to operate from and urged the appropriation. of funds. to déepén the inland waterway from The message from Senator’Pep-. which ‘was réceived ‘tron Mary Vandemark, his ‘secretary, “Senator Pepper is in Florida. However. in his name: am check- the matter of dredging Everglades channel. Senator,Pep- and will submit recommendations overt his Tt reads as fol- Apibebtate your telegram pro-! | Loeal Shrimp funds | to remove cbstructions to naviga- i uy. this| AMNGUSLY 0 atten- tion by President of Chamber of accompanied him here,’ quartered: in Quarter; L, at the ;Key West Naval Station, the same building General Dwight Eisen- hower ‘and other notables have occupied at times in the past, Mrs. Bradley is reported to be in poor health, and the general decided to bring her to Key West, where she may enjoy the sunshine. and ee SOT ANSE ak Radio Queer Give Prada \At Auditorium |: am pile The Cuban radio. queens who} attended In, making “his: 0 for County Commissi second district Badu a grand premiere . tonight in phe bma Convent Auditorium: 5 Be Sh With a Pe faa le | Also appearing’ im the cast wilt be Ralph W. Beck, matset’ magi- cian, who will présent some amaz- ing tricks he has learned in years of: traveling’ throughout the world. Beck’s training in the magical line was secured froth his‘ uncle, Howard Thurston, who was con- sidered an outstanding magician of modern times. Henry Houdini who saw Beck in his first public appearance at tie age of eight said at the time that Beck was “destined to be one of the greats in Magic.” The entire program to be pre- sented tonight follows: Maestro Mo- Maestro Moreno and Elda Galar- (Continued On Page Eight) “I. have never. been :in, politics i. béfoxe,. therefore, I am not a :Lpolicitian, and; ..since,..I ..cannot make any, promises, that;..I am se eerie gar ta Tomorr ai On Vet Affairs decisions that willbe beni- ficial to the county as a whole, | If elected it, will be q pleasure for «me.to-werk and ‘strive for] we E Pe; { ‘ x. nton, assistant State iBe Featured jthe best interest of all ‘the peo~| service officer, will be in Key i ple of Monroe County. West tomorrow at the «county | Waldo Orrson of the Southern | “Since I'am a taxpayer and @ | service office, Monroe Totthty {Fishermans Magazine, published: business man, at present being in New Orleans, is in the Island ' associated with the local firm of | City getting a story of the new} H. Ramos & Co. it would be most shrimping industry of this city.! natural for me to promote and | The fishing indus | protect the interest of all, the ‘tion will feature a | People of this county, |the new “pink gold | “I will stand on my past record | as a-citizen. I hope .my peopla} ; will allow me tne pleasure of | TTT POOR OLD CRAIG yereere them.” TATION | pete <= el PLAY WANTED Wedding a : ; = || STOCK ISLAND Courthouse, for the purpose of aiding veterans or dependents with any claims for benefits to which they are entitled to. Personal Notice DR. GONZALEZ Announces that he will renew his practice on THURSDAY. 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