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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25
City Manager
Blows Gas Lines
On Boat Sunday
BOAT GETS IN S AFELY;
ARTY ENDS UP WTTH
GRAND FISH DINNER Al
NORTH BEACH INN slh .

City Manager Dave King, who
is d boatman himself and has
owned cabin cruisers, was pr
hard to work on a fishing trip
Sunday. aboard Mr.. and Mrs:
Gregory Maue's cruiser 'Ibisette 20
Due to The J extremely rough
Weather sand was stirred tip in
tanks and the gas lines colggee,.
Mr. King tore up the floorboafGS
and blew out the lines himself
Back on shore folks were getting
worried and were about ready to
cali the Coast Guard.
After coming in the party re.
paired to North Beach Inn whc c
they enjoyed a fish supper using
the fish they had just caught. To-
night Mr.. and Mrs. King are hav-
ing the Maues over TO ra group
er chowder".
The Gregory Maue's have had
their cruiser anchored in the Gar
rison Blight for the past month.
They made the trip from New
York with Key West as their des-
tination. They came here before
the war and once again to enjoy
the fishing offered by the sur
rounding waters of Key West.
The fishing tip Sunday, was mos,
5sdcreseftfI ara 9GItcR nnrhIdiny
gfoaper, tna6keraf, yellow tan
shd barracuda. Y lfMr?od and Mrs,
Harry Mitehell of North Beach
Inn were also guests. III
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25

lIlgI ty1tAVS ~ iltA e IiplIt tsVulisint
was brought into port here on
Saturday, which was landed by
j. MsgWhite, while angling with
Captain John West on his cabin
cruiser Mae West in the waters
along the Western Dry Rocks
near Sand Key, southwest of Key
West. The fish was caught ON a
twenty-one thread line. Mr..
White halls from the state of
Pennsylvania.
The monster is said to be the
largest by a half-pouhd Of any
fish of this variety caught in
these waters since 1897, at which
time one weighing sixty pounds
was taken.
According to Peter B. Roberts,
veteran fisherman and fish deal
er, who has handled every variety
of fish in these parts since heswas
a boy, states that the larg estSk king :
fish he remembers eeyerh baing
caught in, this vicinity wass about
twenty-five years ago when the
late Fred DemeEitt4 drought, ono
in with his catch Of the day winch
weighed 72 pounds, and measured
clgsa 80 six feet long -
MIR. White. who landed the big
fish on Saturday, is said to have,
entered into new field in estab7
fishing records, inasfluch as he is,
reputed to hold the world 3 qeeprd
my automobile racing, and lis
thereby now, elassed 9as a4dpubleT
champion N two different fields
of operations.
Accompanying Mr.. White on
the fishing trip were Mrs Eleanor
Fleischman, his secretary, and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25
Struck By Auto.
Child tJ|n.iilnjured
AT BRIDGE ON ROOSEVELT
/ {. BouLEYARDa SAILOR
3ay5o5 81 pRtyER .,tG

Report was given to the police
over the weekend by Robert Ray
Smith, machiriists mate first class,
in which he stated that he struck
IA child on Friday on Highway
One but that the child was not
injured. 49,
According to the Smith vc,~
sion, he was driving east on
Roosevelt Boulevard when the
child, who was fishing with its
parents at a bridge on Roosevelt
Boulevard, suddenly ran across
the road and into the path Of the
car.
The car was not travelling
over 80 miles per hour. Machinist
Mate Smith stated and as far as
he could see the Child was no.
injured, It was taken to the Naval
Hospital for examination. The
name of the child was notsgiven
on the report.
Tbs car Smith was driving woa
2 puic 2ITa1YTu
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25
Claimed Prices Went UP
Before Rport OF
Signs Of Oil Had Been
Found

T. Jenkins Curry, who came
20 town this morning to have
recorded three deeds of realty he
had sold on Key Largo for clients,
said that the people on that key
are not excited over the report
that signs of oil had been found.
in the well that is being drilled
in Card Sound. sst drti.
Price of realty on Key Largo,
Mr.. Curry said, is higher now
than it has been at any other
time since the realty boom of
1925.
But that is not due to the
we'll" he added, "for the present
scale of prices, ranging from 5000
an acre to $500 for well-situated
tracts, was in effect before the
report about the we'll was made
public. A tract nthe new high
way, with no water frontage,
brings $500 an acre, but a tract
with highway and water frontage
sells for as much as $500 an acre.
But a few small tracts bring more
than $500 an acre. 1 have just
filed a deed of a sale of seven
acres for $4,000"
That tract is on Blackwater
Sound, south of the Carabee Club,
and was sold by H. S. Hinkle
10 Guy Folly, of Pittsburgh, Mr..
Curry said there are no improve
ments on the tract.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25
ONE HUNDRED AND THREE
CEMETERY LOTS NEED
MORE CARE. CITY WEI
FARE HEAD CAUTIONS l
DEig 81 & huhtesg s6ld IThe Citizen

Director of City Welfare
DRightI Hunter tdid sThe Citizen
today that he. is starting drive
to- place the city cemetery in
first class shape.
Mr.. Hunter states:
"As part of the city-wide
cleanup campaign to remove
eyesores and to restore the beau
ty spots of the island, the condi-
ton at the Key West Cemetery
is going to receive immediate
attention.
Il have the names of the own
erS of one hundred and three
cemetery lots that have been al
lowed to grow up in weeds. The
upkeep of a privately owned
grave lot is the responsibility of
the owner. These owners are re-
quested to cooperate with the city
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25

0ar Saturday ST fishing sonl the
aLegionithere were brought to gata
sfoure big }ambeujacks, efolira ibon4
itosif four gruuper and barricudas
IfIIf the party,swere d. P. Dcs
minfci and Mrs. Dominica from
New York; Mrs. Corine S. McBee,
from Miami Beach and Great
Neck, Long Island.
On the Heidi Ho Captain Lea
Maxwell, Saturday, ten bonito,
one mackerel, one rare almaco
jack and one dolphin were
brought in. The party consisted
of William A. Cualipp,s David
Cad1ipp of Short Hills, N. j., and
Elsie Pack of Key West.
Captain McCulley's Switchtail
Saturday brought in two bonitc.
one. dolphin, five grouper, one
yeIlowtail and barracuda. The
party consisted of Captain Fred
Bunkfeldt, Jr., from Milwaukee.
Wisconsin. John d. Dean, Mo- MN
dc of Dallas, Texas, who brought
I'm athe dolphin which was 80
inches dong and was "a. bbeau So.
The dolphin is caught in the Gulf
Stream and slashes straight as an
arrow at the trolled bait after
which he goes into tremendous
aergbatics. 4
On Sundays fishing L. Cugburn
Seaman first c.ass of PhoeniS,
y, J., brought in a shark, H Mea4
cham seaman second class also
of Phoenix, H. Shaner, seaman
second class of Buffalo, New,
York, and ]. S. Barrett of Rick.
rnond, Virginia, were in the
party. Besides the shark there
were brought in four groupcr,
enc nackerel, one fighting am
berjack and twelve barracuda.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25
BrOsonIee Resigns
Craftsmanship OF
Natl. Committee
tisy Assscinsea p-.ss,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 49,
The Republican Natio.nal
Cemmittee IS licking for a
new chairman. as Herbert
Brownlee. Jr..; resigned todaY
to resume the practice Of law
IN New York City.
Brownlee had been offered
$4,000 a year to serve full
time, but had dec,ineS ths
offer and instead. served
part time without salary.
Two Republican senators
and two Republican repre-
sentatives have applied for
the craftsmanship. but the
COMMITTEES stateddthat lit
wishes to- name a man who is
not serving in congress.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25
Dwight Hunter TO Ask City
Cemetery Be In Good Shape

by fulfilling their responsibility
immediately. Thirty days will be
allowed for this to be done.
"The citv will cart away once
a week all weeds and trash if
the owner, 2Min have everything
piled at the edge Of the nearest
avenue. Mr. Bethel, the sexton.
will be, only too glad to help find
labor for anyone who requests
assistance" ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25
Temperatures
Highest

Temperature data for the "a hours
ending 1870 am. = 2 q
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25
Prize Kingfish, Weighing
Sixty Two And Half Pounds,
Caught In Key West Waters
By GEORGE DAVIS

immense ingish Arthur Dickson of Indianapolis
ing two and 81 half pounds iandlana
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-25

Associated Press Day Wire
Service and AP Features
For Sc Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Mary Morsh
Will Filed
Late Business
Executive
Remembers Kin

The win OF the late Mary Read
Marsh who died Dec. 20. is4S was
filed today at the office Of Probate
Judge Patrick Healey. The de-
ceased was q former official Of The
Business Bureau, Inc, and Read
specialtles, inc.
The viii has an attached codicil.
The original document provided for
the bulk Of the estate being be-
queathed to the daughters Of the
testator's late cousin, Mrs. Lena
Cwilliam) Slddeil Of West Goshen,
Conn. The Waterbury Trust COM
pany was named executor and d.
rected to sell the shares In the
aforementioned companies owned
by the deceased that these COM
panies might be permitted 10 con-
tinue In business"
The codicil provides for william
B. Clarke, consultant-engineer and
former associate Of Mrs. Marsh.
relative to any inventions In which
they might have held mutual In"
terest. Any income from such in
terest to go toward the education Of
foster nephew, Halsey Garrison
and his family.
Other benefciaries are a foster
niece, Mrs. Ada Garrison Ford, and
Mrs. Fred Box Of Highland avenue,
who was bequeathed a piano.
The win was drawn up March Z,
1914.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
U.-C. Council
Meets Feb. 4

A special meeting OF the Ad-
visory Council OF the University OF
Connecticut Extension Center, af-
filiated with the Waterbury Y. M.
G. A., has been called for next
Monday noon in the Y. M. G. A.
cafeteria. Chairman C. Arthur Du-
Bots has stated that two items
only will be considered: Cd The re-
port Of the subcommittee of the
Council on Begnal School, and 90
action on the resignation Of Pro-
fessor Maurice J. Ross, Supervisor
Of the Extension Center at the Y.
M. c. A.
Among those expected TO attend
are: James F. Alderman, william
T. Bannon, Thomas p. Chamber
lain, Harold z. C.littenden, Earl
M. Dinger, @. Arthur Dubois, DR..
John q. Gilmartin. Barlow l..
HeminWay, John ]. Hoben, DR.. Ar
thur L. Knoblauch, Herman Koes-
ter. DR.. Charles L. Larkin. Harry
Liebeskind, william b. Mckenzie,
Robert J. MisKelly. Forrest o.,
Purinton. Arthur l.. Purinton. j
Russ.ll Putnam. Ail.n w koeSw4!L
Mrs. Mark l.. Sperry, Jr., = Robert
Stevenson and Professor Ross.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
els Crave
For Piano
Instructions
Waterbury Girl In
Austria Writes
o. Experiences

Salzburg, Austria-Piano lessons
are 20 popular with American oc-
cupation troops in Salzburg that
they ask for instruction as early as
a. m. according to American Red
Cross club director Doris Muriel
Nelson, Ill Highland avenue, Wa
teFbury, Conn, who manages an
enlisted mems club In the Austrian
music center.
A member Of the NATL Music
association. and an excellent pian-
list. Doris studied at st. MarRI'et's
school: she ale studied music at
and Is a graduate Of the Knox
School for Girls. Cooperstown. N. Y.
and Russell Sage college, Troy. N.
Y. She came overseas with the
American Red Cross In July 1914,
serving In an air force rest home
in England and rest center in
Holland before eOsering Germany
and Austria.
The Salzburg Red Cross Is housed
in the formerly famous Mirabelle
Casino. A large snack bar serves
over 5000 doughnuts daily, while
game rooms, music and art studios.
and such Iervces as mending.
dressing and barber shop utilize the
remainder OF the building. Dancing
lessons, given by American fiirls on
the club stan, have been one Of the
most popular program features.
Doris Nelson Is the daughter OF
Mrs. Efnar John Nelson. III High
land avenue, Waterbury, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Democrat Contest
Ends at Midnight;
Last Chance Now

Ian ct the Bronson Library; John P.
Kinney, faculty member Of Crosby
High school: Frank Green, execu-
hve-secretary Of the waterbury
Chamber Of Commerce, and Harold
Senior, editor Of the C1O Vanguard.
A Clinton street reader writes
Drew pearson's washington Merry
go-Round Is her favorite column In
The Democrat Her statement fol-
lows.
"A physician, IN making q dag
aosis Of illness, inquiries about FAM
ny history Of the patient, The nature
u the symptoms, and feels the
oulse OF the sick one. he gives his
opinion, and then suggests q treat
nent.
I'm as far as washington, D. @,
v reason Of It's political Importance,
registers the heart beats Of national
and international life Drew Pear
son. with his office there, keeps his
expert ringers on the pulse Of Amer
ca.
with his professional knowledge
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
1916 Markers
Permissible
On Feb. 18th
All Autotists Urged
TO Mail Applications
Early

Residents OF Connecticut COM
munities somewhat removed from
established branch offices of the
State Department of Motor Vehic-
les are urged by Commissioner John
T. Mccarthy to renew motor vehicle
registrations by mail before January
18th.
All current motor vehicle registra-
tons expire at midnight on Thurs
day, February 9th. Motor vehicles
which are used on the public high
ways after that hour and date,
without the new 1916 registration
insert in the number plate and
proper registrations certificate
showing the validity, will be operat-
ing illegally" and drivers will be
subject to arrest and prosecution
on that charge.
Renewal applications, advised
Commissioner Mccarthy, are at
tached to the registration certifi-
Gates. The only action required OF
the car owner is to detach the ap-
plication, sign the same, which
many forget to do and so require
the department to return same for
signature, and then mail with the
properAfee by check or money order.
If this action Is taken before Fri
day, February 18th. the department
can handle a substantial mail bus
mess, returning renewals promptly.
1916 number plates may be used
on February 18th, whether renewals
or new issue.
The Waterbury office of the De-
partment of Motor Vehicles is the
nearest to Waterbury and all APP
plications from this town should be
mailed to the Department OF Motor
Vehicles, Waterbury, Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01

dancing dress.
Those West Point buttons are
q problem even with clothes on"
she pointed out.
Hattie Thumbs Down
Hattie Carnegie has let her neck
lines plunge pretty low-but not
that far.
II don't think It's very pretty"
Miss Carnegie said. Very few worn-
en- could stand it."
Her newest evening gowns fea-
ture lots of flesh colored windows"
but they're strictly chiffon.
Bonwit Tellers talented Fra
Benenson said gee whizl" and she
thought the whole thing was ar
tistically preposterous.
ITS too crude" Miss Benenson
said. Things are much more ex-
citing when they're yelled; nudity
takes away all the lust for life"
Samuel Kass' Emmett Joyce
agreed.
From a mans point Of view,'
said Joyce, tits much more allur-
ing to be covered"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01

Continued from Page -
transit visa and was not expected
to do any political negotiating here.
Lisbon MonarchiSt sources said
Don Juan was cllnging to his previ-
ously announced stand that he
would ascend the throne only IL as
sured that any invitation from
Franco to do so had no strings at
tached.
Spanish informants in London
said Franco was adamant against
stepping down unless assured of a
good position in q monarchic
regime.
Don Juan's full name is Juan
Carlos Teresa Silverio Alfonso de
Bourbon, third son Of King Alfonso
XIII, who abdicated the Spanish
throne in 1891 and died in Rome 10
years later. Don Juan is a great
grandson Of Queen Victoria of Bril-
tain.
Serious View Taken
A United Press dispatch from
Madrid said that well informed
sources took a serious view Of a
small raid made on the Spanish
coast near Gijon early this week
from France by men whom a Fran
CO communique called bandits"
The communique said three
bandits were killed while trying
TO join what 1t called "a larger gang
Of local bandist." 1t claimed they
were obviously misled by foreign
press and radio propaganda"
The Madrid dispatch said we'll in.
formed Spaniards expected an in
crease in armed opposition to
Franco regime probably would
strengthen its guards along the
frontiers and coastlines, and would
adopt severe measures to thwart
armed opposition.
Communists At Work
This dispatch revealed that let
ters written by La Pasionaria-Do-
lores Ibarruri, secretary general Of
the Spanish Communist Party -
were circulating among Spanish
working classes. The letters predict
ed that the fall of the Franco
regime is imminent.
Increased activity in the exiled
Spanish Republican government
the third major factor in the COM
plicated picture-waS marked by
scheduled arrival In London Of Jose
Antonio Aquirre, president of the
Spanish Basque autonomous gov
eminent.
AQuirre is going to Paris from
New York to participate in broaden
ing the Spanish Republican govern
ment. The Republican government
was reported ready to include the
Communists in a move to win Uni
ted States endorsement.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Michigan Pastor Claims
Mercy Killing of Child
Continued from Page u

of her life. poisoned her" he
said. 1T was the humane and
kind thing to do to relieve my
daughters suffering"
Doesn't Want Trial
Siple told Judge Verdier that he
didn't want a trial, because he
knew that what he did was wrong
in the eyes Of the law and other
people.
an the eyes of God. it was right"
he declared.
Siple's belief that his daughter
was of unsound mind was not sup
ported by the statements OF towns
people who knew her. Charles Saur.
superintendent of the Goodwin
Heights High school, said he re-
membered her as a good pupil"
who took part in many outside ac-
tivities.
Lyle Doan, an elder of Siple's
church. said he knew the girl well,
and that 'she always appeared nor
NAL 10 me-"
DOan Principal Character
Doan was one Of the principal
figures In the drama which cul-
minated In Siple's confession to the
Staying. The elder accused Siple
Of smuggling him over the head with
a lead pipe while the two were in
q car New Years eve. Police said
Sipie then attempted TO commit
suicide.
It was Doan's subsequent story
TO the police that he had been Civ
en- poisoned candy at previous times
by the minister mat aroused SUE
picious regarding Dorothy AIMS
death, which had been listed at
due TO natural causes.
Slple. In jail awaiting trial on
charges OF attempting 10 murder
D0an, was confronted yesterday with
reports that the body Of his daugh-
ter had been eXhumed and that
traces OF poison had been found
by chemical analysis.
Shows No Emotion
Quietly and calmly, with no show
OF emotion. the father Of five other
daughters confessed.
He told Prosecutor Menso r.
Bolt OF administering a dose OF
potassium cyanide TO his daughtef
IN the form Of an enema early
Sunday. July 30. 1899. Then, while
his daughter was suffering. he went
70 his church and preached O SER
mon,
That night. siple said. he gave
the girl o capsule containing O fatal
dose OF the poison. She died shortly
after midnight. A physicians death
certificate said she died Of eoFon-
airy thrombosis. but added that
treatment had been given for "ner.
pous vomitingp
Administration Argued
Though some suspicion was
aroused at the time, II died down.
Bolt said. The death OF the girl
was forgotten until siple made the
alleged attack on poail
The church elder said ne foFgave
Elpie for the attack, which ellmaxed
arguments over religious admins
tration. y bear him nc malice.
DOan said.
He added that the 100 members
OF the congregation were shocked"
but sympathetic.
First Wife's Death RFobea
Authorities also we're Investigate
lng circumstances SURROUNDING the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Fronco-AmeEicons
In Benefit Comes

The Ffanco-Amerlcan Club will
sponsor 0 bowling program this
weekend and proceeds viii be do
mated 10 the March OF Dimes Fund.
Joseph Caron, president OF the club,
announced last night that a Wa
tertown team led by Benny Mar
eoux would oppose John MaFtels
team at 1880 Sunday afternoon at
the Franeo-AmeTican hall, South
Main street. In an individual high
score contest Marie Atwood viii be
matched against Mrs. Adrienne Du-
auette. Miss Atwood Is a representa-
tive OF the 0akvllle Pin Company,
and Mrs. Duqnette Is representing
the Franco-American Girls League.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01

OF past history, he usually recog.
nlzes symptoms Of national illness
From his olumn, I learn what he
thinks might all the patient, Amer
lea, nd It's large family. In sug-
costing treatment, Mr.. Pearson
seems to pay tribute to the intelli-
gence OF the reader, and admits the
wisdom Of consulting other experts
before forming my own opinion"
New Reader Enters
A newcomer 10 the reader-fold OF
The Democrat submits his entry
with an interesting statement. It
follows:
Having discovered The Demo-
crat but recently, the pleasant sur
prise engendered was reminiscent OF
the time when as boy I 'discov-
cred the public library.
Amidst my home comforts, with
The Democrat, news experts EN-
phasize and interpret outstanding
items; Winchell brings me the at
mosphere Of Broadway; Fidler, the
fantasies Of Hollywood; harrington,
radio; vallon, field and stream:
Parker, sports, and Haworth, sociol-
ogy, psychology. (All my favor
ites.)
Religion gets attention, usually
overlooked, in Catholic Information
Thought and opinion. The sun
day Church Service Schedule is
conveniently arranged.
"All In all, The Democrat is a
well-rounded, modern and thor
oughly satisfying newspaper"
TAN Tower COnsOling
The Democrat has a reader on
willow street with a strong argu-
ment for Tall Tower Topics. She
says:
I'm the chaos Of this war-weary
world with It's aftermath Of atomic
bombs, strikes, imitation and in
finitum, it is a Joy and pleasure to
pick up The Democrat and turn to
Tall Tower Topics with its beauty
and serenity.
FIRST Of all there are the little
gems Of poetry headinL this column,
then the sparkling, friendly. human
quality Of the notes and doings OF
People About Town. then for those
Of Us who love waterbury and wish
to know more about 1t, there are
facts and points Of interest about
old Waterbury
To me, this column is like a back
to normal trend; this home-no
war, no United Nations Conference.
no atomic bomb. just plain every
day home"