The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 13, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 73 VOL. LXXIV. Dynamiting Fish By Commercial | Boats Reported Off Lower Keys No. 38 LAW VIOLATION WILL BE CHECKED BY CONSERVATION OFFICERS HERE Dynamiting fish, termed a “worse peril than the dread red tide,” was-observed two Boca Chica chiefs yes- terday off Mud Keys, Snipe , Point and Lower Harbor Keys. fhe Chiefs saw 20 to 30 blasts of dynamite explode from one of three commercial boats out fish- ing in that area. They tried to re Port the deed immediately to Joe Knicht, conservation agent, who is in Miami. “hey reached Judge Thomas Ca- th the infor: as by the law,’ Judce Caro said. “If continued, it will kill every fish j in the Keys, and all marine life | around here. It’s the most terri- b’e thing that could possible hap- pen here. in Jamaica where dy- hamiting of fish has taken place, a'i the big fish are gone, only | little fish remain,” "*@ Boca Chica chiefs were out | lish'ng themselves on their day off. ere. FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH, and her friends and family are make the day a gala one for h | boats were The Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1953 Local Shrimpers Report No Trouble | Key West shrimp operators have reported no trouble this year with the Mexican govern- ment who is clamping down on '| the operation of shrimp boats from Florida in what they claim are their territorial. waters. Last year, two locally owned impounded by the | government of that county when | they said that they were violat- ing the rights by going to close in shore while fishing. Local Shr Mexican Navy Secretary San- | chez Taboada ordered port com- manders there to pursue “he ves- | sels which he termed “pirate ' ships.” Long a source of friction be- tween the American and Mexican State Departments, the question of how close American boats can " operate to the Mexican shore has | yet to be decided finally. is a pleasant day this year for Mrs. Ellen Curry. She is celebrating her 79th birthday today, going to gather tonight to help er. Mrs. Curry was born in the “f recognized one of the boats, I believe,” Chief Bell said. “Tt } iT like one that w trying to} sell fish here last week. And the| fish did not look as though they! hed .been hooked. They looked Bahamas, but she came to Key West 57 years ago. She reared her eight children hefe and says she has only been off the island twice since she moved here to live. Both times she went to Point Pleasant, N. J., for visits with a son there. Except a daughter in Miami and the son in N. J., all her children live in dyr*mited. They were big fish.” Chief Beli was accompanied by ae John “amons of Boca Chicas Beth men. noticed three Sommercial boats’ in the Mud Then ong small. boat ett out and set off fe 20 to 30 J pickSd uaathe fish, soy thet" a tanh host ret onty dem: > ffoh but threatens the Finch. Pope Pius Asks Mérey In’ Case Of Rosenbergs VATICAN CITY, (#—L’Osserva- tore Romano said today Pope Pius XII has intervened in behalf of | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Atom- _\ ie spies sentenced to. death in the | United States. | The Vatican newspaper indicated , the pontiff has asked that, if pos- sible, their lives be spared. The newspaper said its statement was printed in reply to accusations in some newspapers (notably the Communist press) that the pontiff had remained “impassive” to pleas directed to him to intervene in the case. “It is well known,” said L’Osser- vatore, ‘that his holiness, even. without being able to enter’-into | the merits-of cases, never refuses his interest when asked to save human life for superiot niotives of charity proper to his apostolic mission “And, as he has mercifully done in similar cases, so, also in this not em ith such prob- ‘ in.their | ris imme- reat 1 com- | ys ¢ fi . a alin the 5 arpert heover av Make Visit To Key West MIAMI REA 1, FI 2—Her S Hos h. better” aboard al two weeks | mitted to him, considering there is a lack of all official relations with the competent governing au- thorities of the United States,” President’ Eisenhower declined Wednesday to commute the Rosen- berg sentences and a new date for | their execution at Sing Sing Prison president tal Saturday with a mild e He looked s walked briskly Hotel to the ¥ ‘Tm just newsmen Partisan oper fre egual b The forme be th had begun | days. The Vatican newspaper did not indicate how the pope had inter. vened L'Unita, official organ of the Italian Communist. party, in a roundup of world reaction said today the Christian Democratic ty of East Germany was con- neg about the Rosenbergs ta then recailed that an East by his son, Alls Budington Kel Mrs, Kelland, » ty, former Wh and an old f Hoover = sail pnxious to (Cont Choice F BUILD! Beautiful Coral Reef Estate EXTRA LARGE AND FILLED he intervene. “Until now,’’ said the Communist secretary | an ilence will be broken before the lives of the two innocents broken on the electric chair.” SUPPER DANCE Sunday, Feb. 15°. 8 P.M. Spensored By B'NAI ZION CONGREGATION $28 SIMONTON cer. SOUTHARD Door Prizes Entertainment Herb Rose's Orchestra TICKETS $1.75 PER PERSON LOTS ‘© FUN especially SEVERAL WATERFRONT LOTS AVAILABLE Ateng Tth St. From Flagler Throus Ave DIAL 2.5606 CHARLEY TOPPING & SONS ernment ee et nee jhe intervened to the extent per-j} is expected to be set in a few) (eee eR Key West. She has 21 grandchildren—Citizen Staff Photo by Tide B uffets Seawalls In - New Loss Of Life And Property Is Threatened Today LONDON W—A relentless tide thundered against hastily-plugged gaps in thé\sea walls of Britain, The Netherlands and Belgium to- day, threatening a new loss of life and property. On both shores of the North Sea the battle to hold back the waves reached a new critical phase. The | fight, against the greatest expected | tides of the month, will continue | until Thursday. | | Britain, aided by the United {States and eight contincntal coun- ‘tries, got a sandbag airlift under- | way. Millions of bags were loaded |into planes and ships to strengthen | jthe battered levees on Engle.nd’s | jeast coast. } British, Dutch and Belgian serv-' }ieemen and volunteers fought at a jmew tempo to hold back the sea. As new weaknesses appeared in to bolster the defense. Britain and the low countrie: counted more than 2.000 dead from the storms and floods that swept | against their shores from Jan. 31} | ' better equipped now to prevent | more loss of life. | Not only have coastal areas been | evacuated in many places, but) elaborate warning systems are in| operation. The wind dropped over the North Sea, but numbing cold was a new enemy for the workers on the dikes. A blizzard continued over ‘much of Northern Europe. Spring tides, pulled by the moon rman request had been meade will reach their peak Monday aft- | studyin at Christmas time to the pope that | ernoon. If no new gales whip the | Schoo {waters, the three countries hope | to get safely by this period. By newspaper, “this has not happened |the end of next week, the giant | musi d hopes are expressed that this | February tides will have begun to | thro jtinent. The French port of Le Havre had Its third snowfall of | | the winter, the first time this bas | |Bappened in 30 years. Snow fell) jas far as Marseille. “‘Héavy snowfalls gave Denmark its biggest transportation headache ‘ years A snew storm sweeping down j Pu in government says seven is the limit while the U. S. maintains that three miles is the correct distance. A treaty with Mexico signed In 1901, set the distance as three Duo-Pianists To Perform At Convent Whittemore, Lowe Arrive In KW For February 19 Concert America’s Number One: two-pia- no team Arthur Whittemore and Jatk Lowe willsperform: for Key West ‘musi¢ lovers at the Convent auditorium Thursgay, night,.pFeb- ruary 19. oi ee The world-famous. artists will be the last pf the 1955 Community Concert series here. Arriving in town Tuesday wit their two Baldwin pianos the musi- cians will prepare for what pro- mises to be a truly great concert Thursday Last season the artists made many friends while vacationing in Key: West. In constant demand as soloists with the country’s leading Orches- | tras, New York, Philadelphia, Bos- ton, Chicago, and cthers, Whitte- more and Lowe made West a {concert stop this year because of | their love of the nd City The pianists not only perform in live concerts, but on numerous re- the dikes, fresh crews rushed up| | to Feb. 2. All three countries are | f WHITTEMORE and LOWE cordings, te} Their a Two ¢ sued b: Whitie come fre y of Ro- chester They started pla iano inued New York, Serving the Navy, an their mus: drive t c a to concert with Nee York bos from the Baltic iscigted several 1 an coastal villages. High was reported at severai places along the coast, Seme roads were Dooded. experienced rm with winds " an hour, Heavy ice stalied Gorens of ships im the Baltic. iolent The | MARSHALL E. MILLER, The Associated Preas Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 73 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West IN THE U.S. PRICE FIVE CENTS nee ee nn imp Industry Will Provide Income For Many Years, Says Dealer SHRIMPING DOWN OVER OTHER YEARS, WEATHER HAMPERS OPERATIONS Key West’s multi-million dollaz shrimp industry hag | shown a drop of about 25 per cent over other years, but at ‘ least one large operator here |feels that the supply of | “pink gold” in the area will provide an income for local | fishermen for many years to | come. | Manuel Vaz, who handles | about 50 boats fishing out of | Key West, said today that | the decrease, following the | 1950 “shrimp bonanza”, is | a natural thing and that “we | will always have a good sup- ply of shrimp here.” “All it takes is active men to | go out after it,” he said, “there is | Plenty to go around.” | | | i national commander of the Amvets organization, arrived here yes- terday from Washington, D. C. He is here for the purpose of chartering a branch of the Amvets in Key West. From here he is to go to a State committee meeting in Lakeland. Pictured with him are Mayor C.°B. Harvey, right, and Ralph Martell, acting post commander for the organiza- tion here. Anyone interested in finding out about the new branch may contact George Curry, Bam- boo Room, phone 2-7544, between 12 and 5 p.m,—Citizen Staff Photo by Finch, Conaty’s Case To Be Heard t Jury Trial -lonths Given Aaron Carlisle; Fines Impos¢d 1 riminal Court Judge Thomas Caro today told am accused cash register taker that since his re- cord showed he had been convic ed other charges’ previously he would recommend a lawyer hands his plea. The man, Thomas P. Conaty, Jr. charged with breaking and enter- | ing and lafceny of.a.cash register |from The Jockey Club, was in court today with his wife. | A‘ character witness talked with ‘the judge after court pleaing len- iency for Conaty on the grouni {he had a five year old daught | who needed medicul attention. | The case will probably come u before a jury the week of Febru- ary 23. A jury was. pulled yester- day, names to subpoenaed this week for the not guilty pleas. Last week before records were available, Conaty thad said his tot- | ing the cash register down the} i steps of the Jockey Club was his first offense. At ‘that. time the Judge thought he could pass sen- the Naval Hospital this afternoon | tence this week. Today, however, with the record before him, Judge Caro took a sterner attitude. He told Conaty that he could go abead and get a Yawyer if he wanted to. The Judge fined Dayton Edmund Rieke $50 on a drunken driving and reckless driving charge: whieh are given to all patients en- | James Kirkwood Bethel, $15 on a reckless driving chai : He sentenced haven Cailisle to six months in the county jail on a petit larceny charge and fined Leota Rebecca Curry, $25 om a drunken driving charge. ORGANIZATION MEETING All Navel Reserve: officers on | inactive duty are urged te attend the second meeting for the pur- pose of organizing a Naval Re- | serve Composite Company here. The meeting will be held Mon- day, February 14, af 8 p. m. at fF wilding 9! on the Naval Station. | Officers will be admitted through the Greene Street gate. Anyone wishing informa’ about this matter may Cdr. L. H. Goddard, 2.3197. —$— eet ann Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN DIAL 2.30% We BUY all kinds of JUNK Ail Kinds of Strap Meta Located at Stmenten & Dey Sts or oeenemeemmaten RET Eerie Mystery Success On Eight Killed ‘As Air Rescte Plane Crashes In Japan rescue plane crashed in Southern Japan today and all eight Amer- licans aboard were killed, the Air | Force said today. The dead included an Army ser- geant, his wife, a nurse and five crew members. The SA16 plane, en route on an air evacuation flignt from Beppu to Ashiya, in Southern Japan, crashed two miles southwest of Moji on Honshu Island. | An Air Force spokesman said side of a hill or mountain shortly after noon. Cancer Spee jalist Doctor Morton K. Hertz, New ; York cancer research specialist, | will address the medical staff at | on latest developments in his work Postgraduate Cenier of the New | York University’s Bellevue Medical | Center. “Early Diagnosis of Malignancy | By Means of Bood Tests” will be Dr. Hertz’ theme when he tells of | tests, similar to the Wasserman, | tering the University Hospital in an effort to detect malignancy in } its earliest stages | Dr. Hertz maintains a winter home in Key West at 900 Wash- { ington Avenue | } CORRECTION The wedding ceremony of Miss Dorothy Rese Link te Lt. ©. R. Gilliam which is to take place at 4 p.m. Saturday will be held in the First Baptist | Church instead of the First Mathogist. i | \PREE! FREE! | Public Invited to Attend the Gala ST. VALENTINE DANCE ar American Legion Home Stock Island FRIDAY — 9? P.M. “TIL ? 13 FEBRUARY 1953 TOKYO @—An amphibious air | the amphibian crashed into the | Will Make Address, Play Scores Night By Margaret Foresman ‘Expert staging and lighting ef. fects helped make the current Barn Theatre production, “The Bat,” a success when it was pre- sented last night te the first night audience. . The element of suspense, vital |to this mystery play, was upheld well, both by the performers and jby means. of sound effects and | eerie lights, | Gertrude Splaine and Emily God- {dard may divide the laurels for their portrayals vf widely varied parts well played. Mrs. Goddard, ‘as the dominating spinster lead, did an excellent job, through facial expression, voice and — general characterization, of making Miss Cornelia Van Gorder a believable person. Mrs. Splaine’s side-splitting man- nerisms as Lizzie, the timorous maid who is terror-stricken throughout the play, vied with her ear-splitting shrieks in keeping the audience on its toes. Lizzie's pen- chant for finding bodi¢s, seeing ghosts, sitting on hot water bottles and keeping the household. in an | uproar in general lends a note of comic relief to the air of horror and suspense which Prevails throughout the play. | J. Burnham Maylard acquitted jhimself well as the Getective who jis derisive of old maids who try | to follow clues. He was convincing in his effort to discover the iden- tity of the Bat. The juvenile leads, Deborah | Browne and David Huschle, gave good performances as the seeming- ly star-crossed lovers. There were | spots in the play where they might have given a bit more impact to certain scenes, but in general both were fine in their roles. Huschle, in particular, played his part more convincingly as the play progress- ed. With a litte work on making j bis first entrance carry a little | more savoir faire and a little less {of the gauche high school boy, un- sure of just what he is domg | that spot in which he finds him- self, he will turn an excellent | performance throughout. |_ Jerry Brenner, in the role of Dr. Wells, gave an outstanding pre- ~| sentation of » man about whom the | audience coulda’t make up their ward, sometimes | carried “throughout ance lent credence eplendid © to the Play. (Castinued on Page Ten) ittive air the perform- HELP WANTED TOP PAY ‘Order Cooks. Curb Girls, Waitresses, Dish Washer EXPERIENCED ONLY BOULEVARD DRIVE-INN to his role. He} rvey of the industry which has provided Key West with a healthy income since 1950 when the virgin beds were discovered. Annually, “| pounds of shrimp are shipped from Key West to northern markets. W gle evening of fishing. The boats are bringing in from 18 to 35 hundred pounds of the valuable crustacean for a five-day trip. The quality of the shrimp from the Campeche Banks near } | Firs! i lle Elks Club Benefit VALENTINE DANCE, FREE! 04s. The sometimes sraiehates. | FLOOR SHOW AND QUEEN OF HEARTS CONTEST SATURDAY. FEB. 4h im? Elks Club Annex Public levited kee Pinder and His Orchestc Adm. $1.00