The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 16, 1953, Page 2

Page 2 Tax Bill Looks Sure To Pass House Comm. By LEWIS GULICK WASHINGTON (®—Members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee were reported all set today to okay a contro- versial bill trimming personal in- come levies 10 per cent as of July 1, unly possible setback foreseen for the measure at a committee hearing was an expected move by Democrats to put off a decision until the group hears officially Hay the Eisenhower administra- ion, The Eisenhower policy has been to barrow the federal deficit be- fore cutting taxes. But Treasury officials are said to have recom- mended neither for nor against the bill, authored by Chairman Reed (R-NY), on grounds they need more time to study the fiscal prospects. The committee staff figures the measure would lose 1% billion dollars in federal reve- nue for the year starting July 1. Democrats were not optimistic over the chances of a postponement move, however. If it fails, many of.them were expected to side with Republicans in reporting out the bill. GOP leaders from both House and Senate scheduled their usual Monday morning strategy session with President Eisenhower. Be- cause Chairman H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) of the Senate For- eign Relations Far Eastern sub- eommittee was to attend also, there was speculation the conference would touch on the administration’s Asia policy. The 15-year-old dispute over who owns the submerged coastal lands = ie before the Senate Interior mittee today amid signs it aight be settled at last. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Historic Mulberry Tree Still Stands MULBERRY ® — It’s been struck by lightning, scarred by bullets and its limbs rubbed raw by lynching ropes, but this mining community’s mulberry tree still stands. The 77-year-old tree down by the railroad station gave this place its name. Before the city had a name the railroad men handled freight boxes labeled: “Put off at the mulberry tree.” Forums have been held under its boughs, men have been hanged from it, and for years it was a gathering Place for friendly groups of chit chatters. Legend has it that the coroner used to hold inquests every Mon- day morning over the victims of weekend festivities. For years the weekends started off with brawls, then led to marder and lynchings. Back in the 1880s this ‘place was as wild as any movie version of the Old West. The history books say this was when the phosphate mines opened up and everyone carried firearms. Lynchings from the tree did not go out with the Passing of the years. R. B. Fuller, Florida manager of the International Minerals and Chemical Corp., says ‘“Lynchings and shootings were everyday event He tells of an incident in 1910 when he was working 12 hours a day as a miner and drawing $1.50. “I was walking dow. the street to get breakfast with a chap I roomed with when he told me there were a ‘few’ perms hanging from the mulberry “I didn’t go to took. “at them with him, but I ate no breakfast that day.” Albany, N. Y. , settled by the Dutch in 1614, is believed to have been the second settlement within tha borders of what became the 13 cciemal colonies of the United ites. LA CONGA CELEBRITY CLUB Continuous E: ntertainment 9 P.M. ’til 3 AM. DF MANET NO COVER ... ro F EATURING - _ Al Robinson & Alkali Ike ALSO America's Foremost Piano Duo JACK and JILL Co-Owners A, W. Castro Mona Delmonte | Content Keys, familiar to me by {more difficult. From the. air how- | deep water, and the littié’ Keys, DASTARDLY PLC (Continued trot Page One} onds, and ‘that Key West is at 24- degrees, $3-minutes and 30-seconds which clearly indicates that Key West is the rightful claimant to the title. A degree of longitude in the sector in which both of the cities lie, is equal to 68 miles, Goldsmith said. Brownsville lies on the Rio Grande river which is the inter- national boundary line. The river does take a turn to the south and there is a town named (or mis- named) Southmost some five miles southeast of Brownsville. To quash rumotrs that Browns- ville may be drifting to the south, we checked a 1934 edition of the World Almanac, but the Texas city apparently is well rooted -- it hasn’t moved an inch since then. FLYING OVER THE (Continued from Page One) York finally arriving at the south- ernmost town on Filorida’s East coast, five years ago. He showed us the school, the brand new jail which replaced the old calaboose, as it was termed, and the little movie theater which was featuring one of my favorite films “The African Queen.” The town’s two fish houses re- ceive the catch of the men who anchor in the rivers of the Ever- glades and coastal waters and send their fish back by a fast cruising boat. Climax of our brief tour as of the city itself, is the Rod and Gun Club, a rambling white painted frame building, panelled inside with cypress, its walls decorated with mounted fish, including one huge tarpon and a baby one. The famous club built in 1921 by Barron Collier caters to fish- ermen from all over the nation. Completely unlike. the ubiquitous motels: of today, it has an old- time South feeling which is heigh- tened by the view. of tall. Austra- lain Pines and Palms, the quiet Barron River, and the general Peacefulness of the town. We could not take the time to absorb the quiet of the town be- cause we had to fly back before sundown at Meacham. Reluctant- ly we left Everglades and rode back to the airport with the affable Gerish. After our take-off we circled the little town again and then flew in- land so that I couid see the Coot Bay Ranger station, and the few | buildings that remain of the town | of Flamingo, wiped:out in the 1948 hurricane. That was our last sight of land until we flew over the | boat. return flight, sight-seeing was | ever, we could see the shoals, the which marked our return to the approaches of Key Wet. The runways. at Meacham look- ed huge and comforting as Ed landed the Stinson four seater. Though I loved seeing the “River of Grass” and its leading town, I was far happier at 5:15 p. m. landing at Meacham than three hours earlier taking off. Back on solid earth, driving along Roose- velt Boulevard in a land-borne car, I appreciated a new Key West and its charms after the trip to other-world Everglades. » NIGHT CLUB RAIDS JACKSONVILLE (#—Raids on six Duval County night clubs early Sunday resulted in the arrests of 20 persons on charges of selling liquor after legal clgsing hours and violating gambling laws. The raids were carried out un- der supervision of John E. Staf- ford, Tallahassee, assistant direc- tor of the Beverage Department. Eighteen department agents; from all parts of the state, and two dep- uties sheriff participated. OUR USED CARS WARRANTEED 06 ONTHS OR we IRED BY ANY AUTHORIZED NA 00°. MILES OW. SELWARRANTY DEALER IN THE UNITED STATES We Must 1946 FORD TUDOR. V-8 $145.00 DOWN, BAL. — $99.40 MONTHLY S. E.1. WARRANTY — SAVE $ SAVE A-1 USED CARS 1946 Practically Give Our Used Cars Away To Make Room For New Ones! 1947 STUDEBAKER CHAMPION $165.00 DOWN, BAL. — $99.40 MONTHLY FORD TUDOR $158.08 DOWN, BAL. — $37.10 MONTHLY 1947 HUDSON TUDOR $185.00 DOWN, BAL. — $42.45 MONTHLY 1950 FORD TUDOR RADIO, NEW PAINT and SEAT COVERS $335.00 DOWN, BAL. — atin eal All These Cars Can Be Financed Small Down Payment MONROE MOTORS, Inc. 1118 WHITE ST. DIAL 25631 tonight. Tuesday fresh southwest winds: shifting to northwest. Fair today. ‘Scattered showers treme north late tonight or Tues- day and elsewhere Tuesday. northeast to east winds becoming east to southeast Tuesday. Partly cloudy weather. } With the sun in our eyes on the | Boca The "WEATHERMAN Says Key West and Vicinity: Fair |Alis” chal and warmer today thru Tuesday. Florida: Fair today. Warmer m north portion late tonight or Tues- | {m day and elsewhere Tuesday. Cool- er Tuesday except in extreme |, south portion. Atchison Jacksonville thry the Florida Straits and East Gulf of Mexico: Neon Stock Market Prices MRS. PHIL B. PRITCHARD Mrs. Julia Nelson recently re- ceived news from. her . brother ‘| Phil B. Pritchard of the death of his wife who was accidentally burned fatally while using a sun ray lamp. They were living in Strouds- 26% | burg, Pa., but visited Key West Gentle to moderate winds, va-| Be $i riable over north portion and mostly north to northeast over | Se! uth portion becoming moderate | Zhrysier southeasterly. by . tonight and moderate to fresh southerly late ex- Western Caribbean: Moderate Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Feb. 16, 1953 $:00 A.M. T Lowest last night ....00.. Total this month... Excess this Month su Total this year 6.32 ins. Excess this year wu... 3.85 ins. Molative Humidity at #00 A. 4 (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 30.18 ins—1022.0 mbs. _ Tomorrow's J anome and relatives about three years me {ago after an absence of about thirty years. Their many friends here will be grieved over this tragedy which has befallen him. As a young man Phil worked on the 26% | Key West Citizen staff for many years. From here he moved to 4|Palm Beach. After a long period Pye Beeps i bbe agege®? § 3 I NEW YORK #—In 2 slow mov- “| ing session the stock market today “| inched a little higher. Gains ran inito~the major frac- tions while losses were more re- strained with a couple of excep- tions, The customary rush of orders Placed over the week-end soon was cleared away, and the tape halted for seconds at a time. Major divisions of the market getting ahead included motors, railroads, oils, rubbers, merchan- “| dising issues, farm implements, wr, | and golds. 12:08 p.m. Oo ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of Bahia Honda Lin 9.0 6:33 p.m. (east ond 42h 2m ¢ Chica Station— Tide high water Sandy Pt.) —oh 40m Caldes Channel (north end) +2b 10m +e ft Baars ror. be subtracted. (HPN sgn Corrections to be added. TEMPERATURES AT 7:30 A.M., EST Subecrihe to The Citizen POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman DIAL 2.9193 YOUR PURE OIL DEALER Tires . , Tubes . . Batteries - - Accessories Sloppy Joe's NEW POLICY Draft Beer __ 25c Blends 50c Music B: MARK STANLEY Jam Sessions Nitely general accounting service at OFFICE PHONE 2.5022 there they moved to Washington, D. C., and finally made their $axq | home in Stroudsburg. ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY JACKSONVILLE BEACH # — Burton Thornal, Miami, president | of the Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce, announced his candi- dacy Sunday for president of the U._S. Junior Chamber. Florida Jaycees, holding their annual winter conference here, en- dorsed him unanimously. The Jaycees also voted to ask the Legislature to rewrite the “‘an- tiquated” state constitution, equal- ize the state’s share of dog track bets with horse track bets, and to appoint a special board to check gambling. R. J. A. 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GROVER Former Internal Revenue Agent In Charge of the Key Wes, Office Announces his severance from same, and the epening of a local office ‘0 serve the people of this area on Tax Consultation and 227 Duval St. (Caroline St. entrance) RESIDENCE PHONE 2.3640 Everyone Welcome SPECIAL AWARDS ...GATE PRIZES CHILDREN’S RIDES SEAPLANE BASE HANGAR This Space Donated By NOBLE'’S — THE ART CENTER OF THE KEYS “HOPE FADES IN (Continued ‘trom Page One) Billy de Beck, creator of the comic strip, Barney Google. Anne Neely, public relations rep- resentative for Josef Meier who stages passion play at Lake Wales. George Raymond, Tarpon Springs. Mrs. W._D. Besselieu, Miami. Lt. Harold L. Barker, Miami Beach. R. B. Friedman, Miami. Mrs. Gean Diemar, 60, Miami. Mrs. Frank Solomon, Miami Beach. Dolores Cernudo, Tampa, Mrs. J. Scolaro, Tampa. Martin Gay, Frostproof. And Eden Putnam, Greenwich, Conn., presidént Greenwich Gas Co., and director of Alcoma Pack- ing Assn., Lake Wales, and Mrs. Putnam. Mon. - Tues, - Wed. The Half Breed Robert Young ~ and Janis Carter Western oo AUTOS ARE RIFLED | (Continued from Page One) / the cars which the thieves had used wag smash the windows, pairs of binoculars, ren manufacture, vallued’ % each were found to be missing = Douglas’ car. ‘ e Sheriff's office is checking for fingerprints on the vehicles, TRIBUTE PAID (Continued trom Page One) auxiliary unit and the Arthur Sawe yer Post, American Legion, Mr. Mario Perez Davila; rep- resenting the San Carlos Institute then spoke briefly in Spanish. The salute to the PRESENTS JACK HENDRIX At The Hammond Nightly OPEN FROM 12 NOON Opposite Strand Theatre on SMITH LANE AIR CONDITIONED Mat, 2 & 4:06 Night 6:12 & 8:18 Thurs. - Fri. - Sat, AIR COOLED Night 6:30 & 8:30 THE FIGHTER with RICHARD CONTE Mexican Rebet Patmad ig set Pom ae Sem ¢ Ras ath a a Atay TODAY and TUESDAY Fox News Bex Office Opens 1:45 Pm. Cartoon Contmuess Pertermenes: Air Conditioned