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Page 12 . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, February 16, 1954, Cave Explorers Are Rewarded '| Legionitems With View Of Hidden Wonders ‘ByED EASTERLY CRYSTAL’ CAVE, Ky. (#—The! sight of “an orchid paradise” in} stone today rewarded the men and’ women of nerve and stamina who| are penetrating the lower level of} Cave. And the spectacle, found 300 feet) delow the earth’s surface in this Mammoth “Cave National Park: ates, is believed to be only a sam- Ss. enormous flower- Uke formations in gypsum is on the edge of the uncharted area and : lorers, ‘Willlam: Burk Miller, an NBC newsman-accompanying the expe- fe Face it as Sipe ahr on ceiling” and “‘the Beautiful sight any of us had seen,” ‘The stone flowers, he said, “hung in*elusters of indescribable bea their colors ranged from pure white to red brown.” ‘They formed over the centuries itt a reaction of the limestone with a circular room 18 feet in elreumference and five feet Whe sight whetted the enthusi- se ees 30d higiary ag the expédition’s vance Camp No. 1, three miles and six hours of crawling and climbing from the cave entrance. Joe eres eine bapeicogae , 27-year-old leader e ex- an “arrived at the outpost at to take charge of the A teams still are search- ing for a white for Advance Camp No, 2, which must be six hours farther in the cave. The teams are equipped not only for crawling but have mountain-| ge: | z ! fe ar for scaling domes which to a height of 50 feet and pits which drop to a depth of 100 or more feet. ‘One team of two women and |by fatigue on the three-mile route| .jeral authorities began a crack-| By JUDSON STEPHENS, | tnd VICE COMMANDER =| |Legionnaires Ciub Room: Well, the long awaited opening) fo Advane Camp No. 1, finally'has arrived. The Legionnaires arrived after 13% hours. Among Clubroom has been almost com- them was Mrs. Ida V. Sawtelle/pleted (the patio has to be added, of Brooklyn, the camp cook. Sheyet) and was opened on Monday, immediately prepared a. spaghettievening. If anyone is not familiar; dinner for the outpost crew. with this project, I will give you a 1S Ae aa little information about it. aes AI j 2 - Thanks to the good work of abou! Miami Begins eight Legionnaires, this project} was started and completed up to} ‘Crackdown On |its present status. The room is ‘ very cozy place to bring your wife land enjoy an evening out or an| Prostitution foeuee Only Legionnaires in good stand-} MIAMI (#—Three men and four’; ligible to enter the mace women were to appear before a8 ——— . fod |This means only those Legionnaires} 1D. B- commissioner. today as fed-)nolding 1954 membership cards can ‘i ‘ purchase a key. The keys are breil ution in Greater | sy ailable at the Post Home. The Miami. hi, tt FBI agents arrested three men ine forms at the lef and four women yesterday, charg-! "= * ing the men with violation of the Meetings: er white slave act and holding the| Regular Post meeting and initia-) women as material witnesses. ition ceremony, Wednesday, Feb-| Edward J. Powers, special agent ruary 24, 1954. The 1954 Monroe_ in charge of the Miami office,|County Legion Oratorical Contest) identified them as William Ray-,will be held at this meeting be-| mond Lindsey, 38, and his wife,|ginning at 8 p. m. at the Post Home 30, and his wife, Rose Mae, 26;|important event. Mary, 33; Victor William Farley,|Please plan now to attend this very S. Korea Insists Lod 3 MRS. AL KIS, of Homestead, pictured above with her husband, landed an 11-pound, 8-ounce snapper while fishing from the Pilot One, Capt. Bill Wickers. y Lands 11-Pound Snapper ie AR, Rae i | The 2-foot, 3-inch fish has been entered in the Jaycees’ fishing tournament. a shovelnose shark.—Photo by Jeff Brodhead. The Right Place 23, and Kassandra Fine, 29. Cincinnati to Miami and Farley from Alaska to Miami. Meanwhile, J, Edward Worton, assistant U. S. district attorney, bawdy houses in the Miami area. punity and those subpoenaed would said subpoenas had been issued for a dozen alleged operators of! Worton said some houses appar-' ently had been operating with im- Kenny Newman, 39; Vickie Lee,| House Committee meets every Saturday at the Post Home. If you) Powers said Lindsey is charged! want the dope on what’s going on, with transporting his wife from|attend one of these meetings. ce tk wth transporting his wife aon Conference And Convention: Milwaukee, Wis., to Miami for the) hat time has come again for eet eat a Purpose of prostitution. The agent!,. to send representatives to fel ponees Bele a a added that Newman allegedly|1q¢h District Constitutional Confer- transported Vickie Lee from To-lence. This Conference will be held ronto, Canada, and Kassandra Fine] 4+ the Harvey Seeds Post No, 29,/guarantees concerning 76 Korean! Miami, Florida, on April 24 and 25, Saturday and Sunday. One of the main requirements of being} elected a delegate is that you must have attended at least 50 per cent) ‘of all Post Meetings. A Post re- cord book has been maintained and all candidates will be certified be- be asked to appear before a Fed-|{re the election. Also in the not too far off future} |Neutral Nations Repatriation Com- eral Grand Jury: tomorrow, is the 1954 Department Convention| throat which will be held in the city of} fare satan reese bemeptied St. Petersburg, Florida on Friday,| close under open Saturday and Sunday, the -2ist! surface. neces = through the 23rd of May. Delegates to this convention will also have to course be certified that they have attend- ene ie and poreboeieas ‘ed at least 50 per cent of all meet-| pillars of their communities with|ings. On Thursday, May 20, 1954) four men, which became stranded cet. SPEC * Lot No. 1 So Tel, 92242 1950 Fordor Radio $643.00 NAVARRO, Inc. ~~ For Wednesday Only 8 A.M, till 9:30 P.M. fancy offices. the Grande Voiture of Florida 40 1 and 8, will hold its Grande Prom- enade. The Voiture Locale 728, 40 and 8, will send delegates to this} | also. | i wok Membership: I just around the corner we have a long way to go to bring our mem- bership up to the 100 per cent mark and also to make our quota for 1954. The only way that this can |be done is by hard work on the part of the membership. Ask a veteran to join today and help |bring the Post back up to its 19: [ALS With the 10th District Conference = On Guarantee From Indians SEOUL ® — South Korea an-} War prisoners now en route to In- dia. The ROK decision was an- nounced in a letter to Lt. Gen. K.S. Thimayya, Indian chairman of the mission. Text of the letter, signed by Lt. Gen. Won Yong Duk, was made| public by South Korea’s office of| public information, About 3,000 Indian troops which guarded unrepatriated war pris- about 3,000 remain ‘in Korea. The 76 Korean prisoners had asked to be sent to neutral na- tions rather than to North or South Korea. The Indian command or- dered them sent to India until ar- rangements are made for them to live elsewhere, South Korea has demanded as- surances that removal of the pris- States. It is believed that for the price of the tickets is well worth If you haven’t any plans for those days then make your plans now to bring the family and see the show, Reserved seats will be avail- able at the circus grounds. The tent for the show will be placed on the tract ‘of land next to the Poinciana Elementary School on CALEDONIA, N. Y. W—Police McCarthy stopped motorist Anthony Virgo, 28, of Ni- and said he'd have to go before a peace justice on a charge of passing a school bus. “Fine,” said Virgo, nodding to- to block the return home of addi-| ward pes elena ae bat ‘ i ‘ jorie Ann Mac! , 21, of St. Cath- tional Indian troops until EE ines, Ont. “We want to get mar- ried.” McCarthy took the couple to the {peace justice, witnessed the wed- ding, and then withdrew the traf- fie charge. Yesterday he received a “thank you” note from the hon- eymooning couple. Chief James agra Falls, Roosevelt Will | 7 Take Stand At | Hearing Today. | By GRAHAM BERRY | PASADENA, Calif. @ — James |Roosevelt, who says documents were missing from his files after his estranged wife broke into his office last August, resumes the stand today at a hearing on her - Petition for support. | The hearing is to determine whether the eldest son of the late jPresident Franklin Roosevelt is able to pay $3,500 a month de- |manded by his wife Romelle. She jseeks the sum for herself and their ree childrn pending trial of ir separate maintenance suits. Mrs. Roosevelt contends her hus- band is worth two million dollars jand he claims he is $78,000 in {debt. One of her attorneys, Arthur E. |Schifferman, yesterday introduced a torn-up document referring to a $2,500 trust payable on demand to Irene Owens. was the Gladys Irene Owens whom other women as co-respondents. Mrs. Roosevelt, 38, accuses her husband of infidelities with 12 |women. The attorney said Mrs. Owens formerly was employed by jone of Roosevelt's insurance firms Roosevelt, who was on the stand in Superior Court the entire day, about a 2.83-carat, $5,000 diamond Roosevelt, 46, claimed he bought jit for his wife, but one of her |lawyers said it was not her size and she never received it. led together undr transparent |sheets, was in longhand and signed |by Atty. John K. Sloan of Los Angeles. The document said the lawyer was holding in trust $2,500 joners was “voluntary and destina-| payable to Irene Owens. tions freely selected by them.” The U. S. 8th Army, which is Roosevelt testified he put the money in trust “to try and safe- Schifferman told reporters this : Mrs. Roosevelt named with two j Schifferman also questioned | ring purchased last November.! The torn-up piece of paper, past-| \Rodeo Features Cuban Rider | JOE FLOREZ, Cuban cowboy who won national honors in the saddle bronc riding contest at Miami Stadium, will be here this weekend to compete for pr when the National Cham- pionship Rodeo plays at Wickers Stadium. The rodeo and thrill circus, featuring 52 events starring cowgirls and cow- boys, will give four performances—at 8:15 p.m. Friday; at 3 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Saturday, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, saree een nem ices eenaheeneeeeienstee REI jown use and that Sloan has re-|items have been missing, includ- paid the entire amount. jing one produced here in court,” Asked by his attorney, Samuel |Rooseveit replied. B. Picone, why he had placed the: He said a locksmith was re- |money in trust, Roosevelt replied {quired to repair the file locks, he had lost confidence his wife} jwould not withdraw the entire} There is evidence that the Here- amount from a joint account they|ford breed of beef cattle was bred previously had had in New York.|to produce work animals in early- “When did you lose confidence?” \day England. |Picone asked. 4a SOUTHARD STREET | OPP. NAVY COMMISSARY Lot No. 2 I Circus: standing. 5 ee ad TUDEBAKER| MERCURY | The Loyal Repensky Circus fs due in Key West for two days) standing. There will be two shows daily at 3:30 p. m. and 8:00 p, m.| on March 1 and 2, Monday and Tuesday respectively. This circus} has 22 acts which are considered to be the most outstanding of its kind in this country, | We received an excellent report} lof this circus from 5 Legionnaires who journeyed to Sarasota, Flor- ida for the express purpose of de-| termining the suitability of this! show. From their report it seems that we are very fortunate to be selected as the sight of the second | Showing fo this circus in the United Tel. 2-7886 1947 Fordor Radio $347.00 “Home | ake “Announcing the Opening of the = KEY WEST ONT ST. hs Ne ESTIMATES ” D. L. KOLHAGE T. G, SIMMON: | (Whittie) (Tom) . Your Floor Covering Man Your Cabinet Man mprovement Co, PHONE 2-6501 WE BUILD TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS Complete Line of ... Cabinets, Shelves and Sink Tops PLAIN OR FORMICA Complete Line of ... Floor and Wall Covering WE INSTALL TO YOUR SATISFACTION | wlates the appetite but helps pre- | Mutritional anemia. You get five 83)i3th Street. If you don’t have a car then you can go by the Sigs- {bee Park Bus. There will be am- ‘ple parking space, so let’s go to the Circus!! x * * Snack Bar: | The Legion Home now has a} snack bar available for its patrons They are serving various sand- wiches, etc. Have a snack while you are listening to the glorious strains of music from Doc Dack’s) ‘Hammond Organ, The snack bar} is a new feature as well as Doc} Dack. Dack has been playing at! the Legion Home now for the past couple of weeks and is well re- ceived. He plays every evening from 9 ‘til 1 except Mondays. Have You Knocked On A Door | For ‘54? [F- YOU'VE LOST YOUR APPETITE there's a way to perk it up. Take Rexall Formula V10, the modern vitamin and iron tonic. This pleasant- tasting liquid formula not only stim- vent vitamin or iron deficiencies and times the daily minimum require- ment for iron plus important Red Crystalline Vitamin B12, Vitamins A, D, Bi and B2 and Niacinamide. 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