The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 12, 1953, Page 3

Rod And Reel Struggle With |The Hammerhead Shark Described | WEATHERMAN OUTDOOR LIFE FEATURES PIECE ON FISHING OFF REST BEACH Adding to the growing number of articles and stories about Key West is one called “The Hammer- head” in the January issue of Outdoor Life on the stands now. This is an adventure of a fisher- Man in a kayak off Key West written by Hank Bruns. His strug- gle with the hammerhead lasted five hours, he says. Hiss little kayka was fashioned in his back. yard in New Jer. “The kayak worked fine in Ne Jersey, especially on lakes li Budd, Swartswood, and Hopatcong .. .In Key West it created a small sensation. People turned to stare at it, and sometime they smiled or laughed.” Bruns’ pontoons Rest Beac Bruns was just looking for tar- pon and other pleasant by not dan- gerous game fish. What he found was a shark The big monster opened its jaws and bit right through the pontoon of the kayka. Of course he could have cut his line at any time and gone free, but like most fishermen he wanted to continue to fight pour le sport. Finally he was res- cued by a Bahama sloop which took him to shore. The head was weighend in pounds. Bruns’ wife asked him: “What were you trying prove?” “I still don’t know, not well enough to put into words. But I think the other fishermen will understand.” ak mounted on two as put in the water off hammer- at 127 to Market NEW YORK ,\? The stock market felt ‘its way along slowly and cautiously today with the mem- ory of Frid. k still fresh, Price cha ran to around a point either way. greatest number of plus and minus signs were small fractions. Steels held steady along with utilities. Motors and oils were nar- rowly mixed. Railroads were un- changed to higher for: the most part. Rubbers were lower. Aircrafts and air lines were mixed Higher stocks included Santa Fe, Gulf Oil, American Telephone, Ponnsylvania Coal Coke, Stude- baker and Boeing Lewer. ware Southern Railway, Sinclair Oil, Paramount Pictures American Smelting, General Elec- tric, General Motors, and United Aircraft. ATTEMPTED RAPE (Continued from Page One) Spottswood and Deruty Sheriff Jeff Brodhead, Spottswood said today. Once in county jail they were questioned Saturday night by Spottswood and Brodh Today the husband of the wo- man Who fought off an attempted rape was on hand in the Sheriff's office in the new county jail wait- but by far the | INSTALLATION SET FOR REBEKAH LODGE All members of Sparkling Waters Rebekah Lodge No. 14 are urged to be present at the installation of officers on Tuesday, January }13 at 7:30 p. m. Installing officer will be Mrs. Irma Braston, District Deputy Pre- sident who will officiate. at the | ceremony. | All visiting Rebekahs are invited | to attend lodge meetings which are held every second and fourth Tues- day at the Knights of Pythias Hall. | Meetings begin at 7:30 p. m. Ralph Martinez Is ‘Rookie Of Year NEW YORK #—Vince Martinez, | 23-year-old Paterson, N. J. “Bobby Sox Idol” today was named Rookie \of the Year for 1952 by the Boxing | Writers of America. Martinez outdistanced Ralph (Ti- ger) Jones of Yonkers, N. Y. and Tommy Harrison, Los Angeles light heavyweight, in the voting. |No final total was announced by President Nat Fleischer. The writers will present a plaque |to Martinez at their annual dinner Thursday night at the Waldorf- Astoria. | Martinez, a handsome youngster with dark hair and flashing eyes, is a combination boxer-puncher. Al- though he has been fighting longer |than a year he qualified under the rookie rules of no more than 30 {fights nor less than 10 pro fights. The records show Martinez win- {ner in 25 of 26 fights with no main events in a major club until 1952. He flashed before a national tele- vision audience for the first time by knocking out Tony Pellone at St. Nicholas Arena. His sensational battle with Sammy Giuliani in Madison Square Garden last spring thrilled all viewers. He was out of {action for several months because of bad hands. IKE AGREES TO (Continued from Page One) | ‘friendly and cooperative’ and that there was a genuine effort “to get a meeting of minds.” Knowland said the agreement reached calls for clearing with senators all jobs which require Senate confirmation. In addition, he said, other unspecified appoin- tive jobs would be checked through senatorial channels. ‘The contact would be made in most cases with the Republican senators from the state in which the appointee resides. Knowland said that in the case of postmasters whose assignment would be in a single congressional area, the clear ance would be with th> appropriate member of the House of Repre- sentatives. In the case of appointment of postmasters to the larger cities, where more than one congressional district was involved, the clearance would be with senators, \ | ing to hear about any develop- ments in the case. | Because of the darkness of the | night following the storm Friday, |the wife has said she could not identify the attempted rapist as to color. Says =e Key West and Vicinity: General- ly fair and continued cool today thru Tuesday. Light to gentle vari- able winds mostly northerly. Florida: Fair thru Tuesday. Continued rather cold today and tonight. Warmer Tuesday. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf: Moderate north to northeast winds except occasionally fresh over north por- tion today becoming gentle varia- ble over north portion and mod- erate easterly over south portion tonight. Tuesday gentle to moder- ate east to southeast winds. Clear to partly cloudy weather. Western Caribbean: occasionally fresh north to north- east winds today becoming north- east to east Tuesday. Clear to partly cloudy weather. Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Jan. 12, 1953 9:00 A.M., EST Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean Normal Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month Excess this month Total this year Excess this year Relative Humidity at 9:00 A.M. 69% Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 30.20 ins.—1022.6 mbs. Moonrise Moonset TOMORROW'S 8:34 a.m. 7:12 p.m. 12:29 p.m. 00° ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of 9.0 ft Bahia Honda (bridge) ———oh 10m No Name Key (east end) —+-2h 20m Boca Chica Station— Tide high water —oh 40m Sandy Pt.) Caldes Channel +2b 10m +14 ff. {north end) (—)—Minus sign: Corrections be to (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. HUNDREDS (Continued from Page One) give the March of Dimes the beni- fit of such contributions. On Friday evening, the first of the annual series of polio fund street shows will get underway under the direction of Louis Car- bonell from a stand at the corner of Duval and Southard Streets. Top flight professional enter- tainment has been lined up for these affairs which will take place nightly starting at 8:00 p. m. A liquid in a tank is slightly higher adjacent to the sides than in the center. ALL OUR USED CARS WARRANTED § MONTHS or 6,00 MILES In Writing According to S. E. 1. 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BESSIE RUTH HOLMES Mrs. Bessie Ruth Holmes, 44, who resided at 55D Poinciana, died | Saturday night after a brief ill-| band, W. W. Holmes. The body is! being sent today by the Pritehard | | Alabama, for funeral services and MRS. ASUNCION AGUILAR Mrs. Asuncion Aguilar, 85, of | 1212 Duval St., resident of this city 5 | since 1884, died early this morning | at Galey Memorial Hospital. She is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. William H. Ogden and Mrs. America Arango; three sons, |Tomas, Pedro and Richard; 15 grandchildren, 23 great grandchil- dren and 15 great, great grand- children. Pritchard Funeral Home is in services will be held Tuesday at pel with the Rev. Manuel Figue- roa of El Salvador Methodist Church officiating. Lake Baikal in Asia is said to be the deepest lake in the world. One paid worker in three is a ; woman in Great Britian. 4 | It is believed that the Chinese jused coal more than 2,000 years ago. ness. 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