The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1953, Page 2

Page 2 ee to_as little as $0 yards. Cars and, Transport Halted By \Saucs in the biotted-out area pro- { Fog In England Today ceeded at a crawl and trains were j LONDON (—Dense fog halted | layed. i id t rt rly tod: in Southern England and the Eng. |RED ACTOR DIES THE KEY WEST CITIZEN = Wednesday, March 4, 1953)_- | CLM LLALLALLALLLLL LS d STATION THE CONCH OBSERVES| By SID McPHID Out for Mayor; or, Painting @ Phantom Boat Nine out of 10 Conchs can make themselves, understood in Spai & The stock of Spanish words of the tenth is seldom more than si, no and manana. Approximately the same average prevails among Cu- bans who can make themselves understood in English, Only two ‘candidates have public- ly announced for city commission- ers in the election next November, but a third candidate and several friends are actively canvassing quietly in his behalf. Their objec- Sid MePhid ive is for this candidate to lead ticket, so that, as high man, dozen others fishing from Porter’s his bullheaded jack, weighing six or gottey 4 asked:the Cuban. “0, yo né tengo ze boat.” 5, no, met Boat, Vote, vote.” « me know---boat. Chuggy- cauggy, chug, all samey ze ‘ vile, only she go by ze y not boat-wote! You go machine, pulley curtain, lever to vote.” . anate Committee Promises “Si, si, me know, me know! Boat with machina in him, ehug-;# gey-chug, no whatcha call for ze wind. The Conch used an exclamatory | word that rhymes with bell. The’ word was “Well!’” adding, “Lizzie, page the smelling calts; I’m faint- ing.” } The Cuban smiled and nodded. Tt was plain to him now. “You wantey me paintey ze boat. Me no paintey. My brosser she pain’ fine!” “Si, si, senor, manana!” and the Conch, disgusted over his inability to make himself understood, hur- ried down Duval Street. The Cuban called to the Conch, “Sure s'ing, amigo. My brosser she comey manana paintey ze boat, , .” Word S‘!pping Every now and then y a Key West tell a story it a broadcaster who slipped ‘up in using various words. That is due to the complexity of the English | * language. Yesterday, while Nor- man Artman and I were convers- ing, we were joined by a Key Wester who is well educated. The conversation had become three-way, and, during a lull, the educated man said, ‘Let me tell you a little antidote.” Norman’s brows went up to the top of his forehead, but neither he nor I said anything about the slip. We realized that English has thou- sands of homonyms and nefr-hom- onyms, as in the case of antidote and anecdote. Ha, ha, the Fool! . Toonky , , used to fish for jew- fish from Porter’s wharf, as many Key Westers did before his- time and have done since. As Conchs generally know, the best bait for a jewfish is a live runner or a bullheaded jack. One wharf. Biting was slow, and Toon- ky pulled up his line to see if the seven pounds, he had on his hook was still alive, When the jack splashed about on the surface, Toonky let out his line, 99 (Wat the jack could go to the; pattom again, “I've seen many a fool in my time,” a woman tourist remark- ed, in a tone she thought too low to reach Toonky’s ears, “but I’ve never seen, read about. or heard about a+ fool who didn’t have sense enough to pull in his line when he had a fish on it.” To Help In Judicial Problems By Senator George Smathers WASHINGTON: Most encourag- ing development of the week was promise of assistance from in- fluential members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in efforts to strengthen the federal judicial system in Florida. Last Wednes- day Senator Holland, Congress- man Lantaff and I appeared be- hard for two additional judges and @ new judicial district. There: is no controversy over the need for at least one addi- tional judgeship (although we are asking for two'and I'm guessing we will get two) but there is an uphill fight on my bill for tion of an additional judicial di trict. At the Senate hearing S¢.- ator Pat McCarran, senior demo- crat on the committee, and Sena- tor Herman Welker, one of the ranking republicans, both made strong statements about the dan- reatened breakdown of verybody should chest Senators thet creation of @ ‘third judicial district will speed justice and help everybody all over the entire state. I was brought forcibly to this realiza- tion during the time I served in the United States Attorney's of- “ce and it was from this ex- erlence as well as compelling ~'3 which have been marshalled eebind the proposal, that I made ov presentation at the hearing, Capitol Hill Notes: Having tunch at the White House two days in a row this week: Tues- @ay, for the President's luncheon fn honor of General James Van |bed for more than a fore this Committee and struck! Aged Queen Mary Confined To Bed LONDON w — Aged Queen} Grandmother Mary has Sen. in a long-standing stomach ailment, it was disclosed Monday. Doctors | are seeing ner every day and a uaa, is on call near her if needed. The queen will te 86 in May. The news of her eight-day-old ill- ness was announced by household officials at Marlborough House, ber London residence. An informant in close touch with the household described her ‘illness { as “a gastric ailment whigh 1h: troubled her many times before. | He added that the queen was still | somewhat weak from a stubborn | attack of bronchitis last fall. | “The announcement has: been | made to dispel any rumorg that) she is seriously ill,” the informant | said. “But at the same time it) must be remembered that because | of her age, her condition is liable | to vary from day to day.” | fairs in the State Department. (Had lunch with him recently: he doesn’t seem worried) . < . In- terested to learn that another / former “Gator,” Charles Willis, Jr. is now on President Eisen- | hower's White House staff. . . newest Washington correspondent working for Florida news follow- | ers and doing a bang up jobd is; {Tait Trussell, St, Pete Times, who is the son of pulitzer prize winner C. P. Trussell of the New York Times our orchid of the week to Ben Fielt of the Orlando Sentine! . Thanks to! these who are sending us clip- pings of our column (we don't jet all of the papers.) . . . Until next week. j HESTER BATTERY GUARANTEED 12 MOS. REG. PRICE $14.23 POR ONLY 99.95 ( Exch.) LOU SMITH TIM White St. hear | © TICKETS BY THE HUNDREDS! Hundreds of families passed the ticket window as The Island- er Drive-In, Key West’s only drive-in theater, opened Saturday evening. First in were Mr. and Mrs. J. C, Adams, 5-1 Poinciana Place—Citizen Staff Photo. built by nature of the Bermuda coral. Hartley, who did the photo: | graphy, wouldn’t stand for any artificial props. | Hartley has been diving since | his family moved to Bermuda | Deep-Sea Citizens Are Best Friends Of Martica Hartley |fogbound off Calais to-Paris train passengers. * ; | 218 Simonton St. | and FASHION SHOW lish Channel. . The liner Queen Mary, due at’ announced Tues. the death of Alex- | ander Alexeevich Qstuzhev, a fa-| mous Russian actor and leading | member of Moscow’s Maly Thea- ter company. The announcements said he died Feb. 28, Southampton last midnight with 643 passengers from New York, had to anchor off tne Isle of Wight. Shipping on the Thames River came to a tandstill and the French channel steamer Cote d‘Azur was with London- All airliners at London’s airports were grounded as visibility ropped RUGS CLEANED All Forma! Garments chemically processed. All work guaranteed and fully insured. POINCIANA DRY CLEANERS Dial 2-7632 CHARITY DANCE Sponsored by Jayshees ex FRIDAY, MARCH 6th — 9 P.M, $1.50 PER PERSON Sloppy Joe’s NEW POLICY Harlem Revue CONTINUOUS SEPIA SHOW By DOROTHY ROE AP Women’s Editor Some of Martica Hartley’s best friends are fish. There are Helen the sweet- natured angel fish, John and Mary Sea Horse, and Herman the friend- ly octopus, All of these deep-sea citizens are members of the cast of “Main Street, Under Sea,” the first movie in which either they or Martica ever appeared. Martica is a Cuban-born beauty who is married to Bronson Hart- ley, marine enthusiast whose prin- cipal business is taking tourists down in diving helmets to observe | the wonders of undersea life off Bermuda. Says she: “This you won't believe, but I was always afraid to go in water above my waist until I met Bron. After we were engaged but before ‘we were married he took me down to meet his fish friends, to see if I liked them. If I hadn't, I’m sure the marriage would have been off.” Martica is the only human mem- ber of the cast of “Main Street, Under Sea,” a half-hour film photo- graphed in full color, entirely under water. In it she floats gracefully beneath the surface of the sea, while her finny pals carry out the plot with professional fi- nesse, Martica observes: “Bron taught me to swim a little under water, but I still can't swim on top.” The movie happened after Mar- ion Gering, veteran producer-direc- tor, paid a visit to Bermuda and saw some of Hartley’s color film of marine life. It occurred to him that these fish looked and acted very much like people, and he set about picking character types. The setting is Reef Town, the coral reef where Hartley takes his tourists twice a day, and where all the fish are his personal friends. In addition to the fish- actors mentioned abeve, the cast jincludes the mayor, a porcupine fish who can blow himself up to twice his normal size; Miss Emma, a pink squirrel fish spin- | ster who peers through her lace- {curtain sea fan, and a group of racketeers and hoodlums such as fighting lobsters and an octopus. 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CASTRO 124 DUVAL STREET MONA DEL MONTE when he was ll, always has made his own diving helmets, and used | to take his fish triends back to| school with him in his college days. years ago, she has become an un- dersea enthusiast also, accompany- ing her husband on his tourist expeditions and assisting in run- ning the boat and charming both fish and tourists. just 300 baby sea horses and four cats, which, says Martica, keep | her busy. the movie is the actual birth of |300 baby sea horses, |mever before filmed. There also is a fight to the death between two vicious lobsters, with the octo- pus eating the loser. Best Package Prices In Town Jam Session Nitely RADIO and IS rir ser CIFELLI'S 10s. Factory Methods Used — All Work Guaranteed FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE — SEE..., Since he married Martica four The Hartleys have no children— Francis at Truman DIAL 2.9193 YOUR PURE OIL DEALER Tires . . Tubes . . 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