The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 26, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 , ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, August 26, 1952 | Spearfishing Ban At Fort Jefferson Explained By Natl. Park Service Head RODS AND REELS NOT SPEAR GUNS PERMITTED AT DRY TORTUGAS The ban on spearfishing at Fort Jefferson national monument, Dry Tortugas was explained in a let- ter to Citizen Reporter Susan Mc Avoy today by C. R. Vinten, Super- intendent’ of National Park Ser- vice, St. Augustine, Fla. Vinten wrote in answer to Mrs. McAvoy’s questions - which she raised because of the interest in Fort Jefferson shown by spearfish- ermen from all over the nation. “The rod and reel, or handline, fisherman has little to worry about,” Vinten wrote. “I would not go so far as to say that spearfish- ing is not sportsmanlike. It is, how- ever, not permitted in national parks because they are unique types of sanctuaries where fishing, at best, is not the principle attrac- tion.” The actual ey ae ek vice regula on ig, whic! covers Fort dattecvon reads as fol- lows Vinten says: “1.4 (b) Fishing with nets, seines, traps, or by the use of drugs or explosives, for merchandise or pro- fit, or in any other way than with hook and line, the rod or line being held in the hand, is prohibited: Provided, that commercial fishing in the waters of Everglades Na- tional Park and Fort Jefferson and Glacier Bay National Monuments, * $40.29 Given So Far To Navy Couple Fleet Reserve Campaign To Help Biazas, Burned Out Last Week, Brings Small But Steady Aid Smiles flashed on the faces of the Bernard Biazas Monday night as the victims of the recent Poin- ciana fire received the first con- tributions from the Fleet Reserve $40.29. Branch 56 continues its drive to help the unfortunate Key West sailor and his attractive wife from Havana. The group will be highly appree- iative of any offer of money, furn- iture or household gear from any source. Deliver to 418% Front St. or call 9286. Donations were received from: G. W. Hambleton, USS Gilmore, $5.00; D.R. Lewis, USS Batfish, 5.00; R. Cecil, USS Seadog, 1.00; H. R. Hansen, HS-1, 1.00; G Varo- nick, U S S Gilmore, $1.00; Rep. B.C. Papy, 5.00; Mrs. Kath- ; ering Lane, 1.00; Al Miller, USN is permitted under special regula- tions.” Special regulations for Fort Jef- ferson in the Tortugas state that: “No underwater marine life shall be disturbed or taken from the moat or from the shoal waters sur- ged or Bush Key, waters of Long Key north of §-foot channel, where depths of water at mean low tide are less than 15 Possession i tackle, nets, or gigs within such areas s) prima facie evidence eat oe per- son or persons possessing the same are guilty of unlawful fishing in such waters: Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall itrued to ssport water channels within the area.” says further: “Wildlife of all kinds in the parks brings greatest ent to those who merely look at it. Like the big trees of Sequoia and Yosemite, they are ‘sold’ to millions next year. boro are destroyed they are ‘sold’. once.’ As background to Fort Jefferson's and the Park Service, of 1916 ex- the enjoyment such manner and as will leave them future genera! ae tions. Vinten specifies, “‘At Fort Jef- ferson, where the luxuriance of tro- regulations for Fort special Jefferson are quoted in full below. | ‘The sections (b), (¢) and (d) under Section 10 were enacted about a year ago, Vinten said to keep the shrimp fleet from appropriating the channels and otherwise violating | the sanctuary. “20:27 Fort J National Monument (a) Fi: . 1. No coral, shells, sea fans, or other forms of marine life found in the water, whether alive or dea except fish, crayfish, and the com- mon species of conch known as | the giant strom (Strombus gigas), shall be taken or disturbed. Dead shells found about the low tide line on Loggerhead Key and Garden Key may be taken by visitors. Ret., 5.00; S. C Patrick, VX-1, 1,00; Frank Schneider, USN Ret. 1.00; Joe I!sley, NAS, 2.00; N. A. Thompson, USS Gilmore, 2.00; D. W. Sweat, USS Gilmore, 1.00; R. H. Moore, USS Seapoacher, 1.00; and Anonymous, 8.29. Total $40.29. DRS. JIMENEZ, (Continued From Page One) of Miami, Florida. Dr. Elliott will speak on the blood bank itself and Dr. Smith will’give a talk on in- travenous feeding. They are both excellent and interesting speakers and authorities in their fields. Since Monroe County so definite- ly needs a blood bank to take charge of the different types of blood called for, this program proves to be of vital interest to all active Key Westers it ‘was, said. The Lions Club joins with the A- merican Red Cross and the Mon- roe County Medical Society in urg- ing any and all who can do so to attend. catch and shall be surrendered to the Superintendent or his represen- tative. 4. The limit per person per day is 2 crayfish, including those retained having more that 12 persons board shall not exceed twenty-five. fish for commercial purposes is prohibited. 6. No conchs known as the giant stromb (Strombus gigas) shall be caught or taken except for food or for bait. The shells of conchs caught or taken for such purposes may be retained for non-commer- cial purposes. : 7, The limit per person per day is 2 conchs, except that the total for any vessel having more than 12 persons aboard shall not exceed twenty five. 8. Commercial fishing is permitted with drop lines, except within one- half mile of Garden Key, Bush Key, or Long Key, in conformity with the laws and regulations of the State of Florida. 9. Nets may be used for collecting bait for. commercial or sport fish- ing. Possession at any time of more than one day’s supply of bait so taken is ‘prohibited. No bait shall be taken for the purpose of sale. Paragraph 10 has already been quoted which permits sport fishing in the deep water channels or from the pier, but not in shoal waters or moat. The next paragraph prohibits anchorage thus: “All vessels are prohibited from anchoring in the channels imme- diately surrounding Garden Key, at any point southerly from and | between marker No. 1 of the East | West channel; channel and Marker No. 1 of the | passenger carrying vessels and | yachts carrying visitors to historic Dead shells found above the low | Fort Jefferson will be permitted to | tide line on other keys shall not | anchor temporarily within the a- be taken without a it from the | bove described channel in such / Superintendent ( De Weese).|a manner as not to obstruct the! Dead shells occupied by hermit | passage of other vessels or craft. crabs shall not be taken or disturb- | No vessels shall be moored at any ed, of the piers of Fort Jefferson ex- 2. Sea Turtles, or the eggs there- | cept with the permission of the of, whether on Jand or in the water | Superintendent. shall not be taken or disturbed.| Dumping of trash, oily liquids, 3.(i) Salt water crayfish (Panulirus | or wastes, or refuse of any kind argus), known locally as “craw-| in the waters or on the beaches or | fish", “Florida Lobster”, or‘Car- | lands of the national monument is ribbean Spiny Lobster”, shall not | prohibited. be caught or taken between March | 21 and July 21, inclusive. exclusive of “feelers”, shall be im- | The Superintendent upon mediately returned to the water.| plication of qualified persons Ieee ‘Those retained because seriously permits to study or photograph the injured shall be counted in a day's birds at roosting or nesting sites. Air Force Has Found Two Crewmen Officially All Eight Crewmen On Bomber Were Listed As Missing EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE #— Two survivors from the B-17 bomb- er that was shot down by a new- type jet fighter were picked up in the Gulf of Mexico today by a Navy minesweeper. Both were in good physical condition. The Air Force identified the men as Staff Sgt. Charles D. Jones, 31, Meridian, Miss., and Airman Second Class Peter R. Rosing, 22, Ingleside, 11. Both said they felt fine despite their ordeal of being shot down and tossed about in stormy. Gulf wae in a life raft throughout the ight. An Air Force C-47 spotted the men in the water about 11 a.m. EST and directed the minesweep- er USS Seer to the scene. Both came aboard the vessel under their own power, ' The Air Force said it had hopes there were other survivors among the eight crewmen of the B-17. Teday’s Stock Marke. NEW YORK (#—The: stock mar- ket held to a fairly steady course today despite dragging tendencies in a‘few areas. Both gains and losses were frac- tional with few exceptions, and many times the majority of issues in a major division traded un- changed, Barber Oil went ahead seven points at 107. right after directors split the stock by distributing one share for each share held and in- creasing the dividend to $4 a share annually from $3.50 currently paid. That is equal to 50 cents quarterly on the new stock. In subsequent Oil (N. J.), Gulf Oil, United Gas Corp., American Tobacco, Lock- heed and Radio Corp, Higher were Santa Fe, U. S. and Carrier Corp. Stocks on The ' Wiis et re Say. Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy today thru Wednesday wit! local showers or thundershowers. Not much temperature change. Gentle te moderate winds, mostly northeasterly, fresh off shore. Florida: Fair extreme north por- tion thru Wednesday. Partly cloudy south and central portions with scattered showers and thunder- showers east coastal section and widely scattered afternoon thunder- showers elsewhere. Continued mild temperatures extreme north por- tion. Not quite so warm south por- tion Wednesday. : Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits’and East Gulf: Fresh north- east winds north portion and gen- CITY WIN. COMPLETE (Continued Fron Page One) ditions prevalent in the neighbor hood. In his letter, Dalton said that, among other things, the area had been found to be \ “grossly infected with rats.” The area, he said, is' also being used as a garbage dump: and is # breeding place for mosquitoes and flies. The area is also filled with polluted ground water and houses an unbearable stench, the health director added. It was also deplored as “an unsightly entrance to Key West.” After a heated discussion, the commission voted for the motion paving the way for City Manager King to begin construction of the street and authorizing him to use funds from the cigarette tax fund for that purpose, King had earlier objected to starting the work unless the property owners were forced to “HOME-RULE® (Continued From Page One) Power that couldn’t be broken with TNT.” The Amendment which is third of eleven amendments sent to Super visor of Registration Pinder yes- terday, states: “No. 3. Constitutional Amend- ment Article VIII Section 1, Pro- posing an Amendment to Article VIN Section 1 relating to coun- ties as politi¢al. subdivisions of state and providing that the Le- gislature shall have the power to grant te any county a charter un- der which it may regulate and govern itself in respect to its lo- cal and internal affairs not di- rectly related to any state func- tion or responsibility as estab- lished by the Legislature, and une der which may be designated and regulated the duties, jurisdiction, classes, terms and compensation of all county officials, except judges of courts created by the tle to moderate variable mostly north over south portion thru Wed- nesday possibly becoming fresh at times Wednesday. Partly cloudy weather. Scattered showers and thundershowers south and central, portions. Western Caribbean: Gentle to moderate mostly easterly winds and partly cloudy weather and widely scattered showers and thun- dershowers thru Wednesday. Weather Summary For The Tropical Regions ‘The squally wave northeast of Puerto Rico continues to slowly in- tensify. See latest Miami advisory for details." Winds along the upper) Florida east coast are fresh north- easterly due to high pressure over the eastern States. Conditions re- main quiet in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Observations taken at City Office 9:00 A.M. EST Key West, Fla., Aug. 26, 1952 Tv Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean ; Normal ba J 91 — 78 Precipitation Total last 24 hours __._ .04 ins. Total this month __._ 2.38 ins. Deficiency this month . 1.29 ins. i 19.98 ins. Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 29.92 ins, —1013.2 mbs, Tomorrow's Almanac 6:06 a.m. Sunset 6:51 p.m. Moonrise 12:15 p.m. Moonset 11:01 p.m. Moon, first quarter _... Aug. 28 Tides Naval Base | TOMORROW 5. The taking or catching of cray- He ‘Webb & Knapp. Corporate bond prices mixed with trading quiet. U. S. By WILLIAM C. BARNARD SEOUL, Korea #—United Na- tions infantrymen threw back three furious Chinese Communist as- saults on Bunker Hill on the Korea western front Monday night and early today. J A U. S. Eighth Army officer es- timated a third of the 800-man Red force was killed or wounded. Provided that] i ] HIGH 12:20 a.m. 1:46 p.m. Low 7:43 a.m. 6:25 p,m. 00 ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key Wesi Time of Height a Bahia Honda (bridge) ———-oh 10m 9.0 8 Wo Name Key (east end) —+2b 20m Boca Chica Station-— ‘Tide high wate: (Sandy Pt.) —ob 40m Caldes Channel (—)—Minus sign: thrust. Then for four days the Reds attacked furiously in vain attempts at recapturing the ridge that overlooks both U. N. and Communist frontline positions. | A 2-squad probe at 8:40 Monday night touched off the latest battle. An hour after the 2-squad probe, 200 Chinese, using burp guns and | hand grenades, smashed against | , | Outer defenses of the ridge for 20 | minutes and then withdrew. The big assault of from 400 to battle raged for an hour and a/ 800 men hit at 10:30 p.m. This battle raged for an hour and a half before the Reds were beaten back by deadly machine-gun, tank | , and artillery fire. A U. N. patrol at 3:15 a.m. | | agree, in writing, that they would fill in their lots when the road is completed. King. con- tended that the section is an undeveloped area and that the construction of the street would not solve the sanitation problem if the property owners did not eliminate water on their prop- erty. The property owners, led Elio Garcia and E. U. Valdez, protested this proposal vigorous- ly. They added that they would be only too happy to do their Part. Garcia, in particular, said that he has invested $20,000 in two houses on Staples avenue and “invited the commissioners to spend the night in his front bed- room and see if you can stand the stench.” Garcia added that he has already spent $800 in fill- ing in the area near his home and that the section, with its ten constitution and the members of the county boards of public in- struction.” This means, said Adams, that many county offices now elected by the people would be appointed by County Commissions. It further means, that each county could have out the state to fight the Amend- ment. “At present,” Adams said, “our county accounts are audited by the State Auditing Department. Under this amendment all that would go out.” Pinder said, “It’s going back- ward. I would hate to see voters approve such an amend- ment.” COMPREHENSIVE (Continued From Page One) ber of the Dade County Zoning com mission, who was appointed to this Monroe County committee on zon- ing said to The Citizen: “County zoning is something that sounds good and works bad.” Slone said he would not sit with Printing an administrative set-up complete- ly different from that of any other by | county in the’ state. Adams said that only one state in the Union, California, has such a law, permit- ting counties autonomy in the se- lection of their form of govern- ment, “And in California, though the law has been on the books for years, only two counties there, have availed themselves of the right to establish their own form of government.” : Pinder and Adams, said they will-cooperate with groups residents is definitely a develop-| ed area. He said that although he! ¥ has, on many occasions, stopped people from dumping garbage} and trash in the area, he cannot}, 5 | devote his time to such police work, King estimated the cost of filling the area at $3,000, which money will come from’ the cigarette tax fund. He said that in places the water covering the site of the construction reaches a depth of 10 feet, King did not indicate when the work will get underway. He said that the street will be 60 are in width. : yor C. B. Harvey went on record as asking that more re- ports from the County” Health Department be forthcoming. Earlier, Key West's’ jumbled Taxi licensing situation had split the commission down the middle when they were unable to agree on what would consti- tute a workable ordinance to limit the number of taxi licenses to be issued to - local war vet- erans.- After an hour’s debate, the city fathers tabled a proposed amendment to the taxi cab ord- inance which would have limited the number of special veteran’s Permits to 25. The present city code sets the number of regular licenses at 77 and allows the issuance of an unlimited number of veterans permits, ij Commissioner Jack Delaney pointed out that at the present time, there are nineteen holders o* veterans licenses and hat under the current setup, it would be possible for scores of others to be licensed to operate cabs. This statement set off a round of haggling that culminated in the tabling of the proposed measure. One faction said that the re- sulting curbs on the taxis, if the ordinance is passed would re- sult in greater safety on the streets of Key West. When the commissioners fina)- ly got down to business, they approved unanimously, the grant- ing of a 15-month lease of city property on Stock Island to the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company’s Bell labora- tory. The company had asked for a lease on a 50 by 100 foot square area for the erection of towers to be used in their over-water microwave transmission experi- ments. The city agreed to ac- cept a tuken rent of $100 for the property. j| Pushed out from prefabricated | The commission also passed | bunkers and bumped into a sizable |0n first reading, an ordinance | group of Reds and fought hand-to- | Which will allow restaurants with jhand for 45 minutes before the a seating capacity of over at | patrol withdrew. Red gunfire con- | least 200 and a floor area of tinued to harass U. 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