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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
Germ Warfare Planned
BY Nazi Underground
Against Western Bloc
Ia as ARRESTED,
DISCLOSED PLAN TO
ATTACK q. =. AND
GREAT BRITAIN

LONDON. Feb 24-Tbe Nazi
Underground. headers Of which
h@se hoen apprehended in Ber-
hn haa planned to wage germ
warfare on Great Britain and
NJ Nmited States. according 20 a
aiefF pssblisaed today IN the Lon
aen Daily Mail
~ Berlin correspondent gave
. tetalled sceount Of the way the
anaiFfRfnund' was 30 conduct its
Nsf2aft Anthrax and other de-
hisltating or death dealing dis
eaNes werr b. b. spread from UNI
hfetia canra or suitcases by re-
ieaeiuE germs In crowded cen
tFfa
a Maj lcadcr confessed that
- nlcn. spreading germs. could
haNe wlpcd uut the British oc-
fuesliun forces ia Germany; 90
wfeh could have destroyed prac-
ttfMiiF al human lifo IN the Brit
ish lales. and 100 men could have
hfusaHht death to tens of millions
q fiiizena 1T the United States.
haRi awcnts said that the rea-
e8 that prompted them 10 ar
FatNr lof the germ warfare was
h8sNuar thc western bloc of ma
tiona wuuid not organize TO drive
ths Russians out Of Germany
aHsl a. permit the Nazis TO reOr-
aaulFe their military activities.
Members 1T the underground
Mege trapped when they disclos-
ea their protest To a biologist
wha they thought, took kindly
tu lhFig aChcme.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
JOSEPH BOA BUYS
$4,000 PROPERTY

Joseph A. Boza has purchased
for $4,000 the property at Olivia
street and Windsor lane, from
Lou H. Roberts, according to a
warranty deed filed with County
Clerk Ross c. Sawyer today. The
property is los feet long and 20
feet wide. ...t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24

MIAMI, Feb. 24.-Harry K
Thaw, who shot and killed Stan
ford White, New York's leading
architect, on the roof garden of
Madison Square Garden, because
of his raging jealousy of Evelyn
NeSbit, died Saturday night in his
Miami Beach home, where he had
lived quietly for several years.
He was rs. He will be buried
Thursday in Pittsburgh, his for
mer home.
Almost from the moment of his
fathers death and his consequent
inheritance of a share of an eS-
tate generally estimated at $4O,-
900, 900, Thaw entered upon a Sc
ries of episodes that brought him
international notoriety, yet he al
ways protested good intentions
that perversely seemed to go
awry.
His shooting of Stanford White,
then one of Americas foremost
architects, June Is, 1906, was the
dramatic point of an almost the
atricai career, but his escapades
with and subsequent marriage to
Evelyn Nesbit, which precipitated
the killing, already had made him
public figure, and the stream of
scandal connected with his name
thereafter kept him in the public
eye.
Soft-spoken, mild hammered
with strangers, and almost in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
Four Key Westers Rescued
After Being Adrift For 80
Hours Aboard Disabled Ship
COMMERCIAL YES Sell
PICKS UP QUARTET
In HAWKS CHANNEL
OFF BOCA CHlCA

After spending a narrowing
day and night in Hawks Chan
mel in a drifting motor boat. four
Key West men were rescued and
brought to Craig Dock at / pm.
today.
The men rescued, who told of
lack of food. water and ciga-
retteS, were:
Herman Driggcrs. A. Of g2a
Poinciana Place.
Herman Driggers. Jr., 20. son
of Herman.
John Mateovich, 20. of 1905 Di-
vision street.
j. U. Lawrence, IS. of 92J
Poinciana Place.
The men were rescued by the
commercial fishing boat. Boy
Mac, which is owned by the well
known Key West baseball player.
William Gates, and captaincd b.
WadsWorth Demeritt.
Boy Mac found the missing -.
foot motor boat adrift off Boca
Chica where she had been sight
ed an hour before by a seaplane
piloted by Tommy Woods. which
had been sent aloft by the Craig
Dock charter boatmen, when tina
Coast Guard did not send out a
rescue vessel.
The missing boat was the iBk-
800 which Driggers had charter
ed early Sunday morning 10 90
on fishing trip. About a mile
off the shore the motor of the
18K- 800 went dead and then u
was discovered the battery was
weak.
"All our efforts, TO start The
motor were unsuccessful" said
!, Lawrence after his. rescue. we
certainly were glad 10 see. first
the seaplane, and latsr the rescue
fsssdl. ! i'3Bikf
''It was rough during the night
and early today. Our main an
CHOIR, was broken by the impac,
of heavy seas and VIC had only
graphic. But that was bent
straight and we slowly driftcd
toward shore.
Had any boat come out 81
Key West harbor last night We
would have been thankful. had
a bundle of old cloth and was
planning to dip il in gasoline and
ignite it to attract attention. No
ship came out of the harbor
1--WE were mighty hungry
when the Boy Mac hove in
sight. The first thing We asked
for was something to "a, and
some smokes. TIE captain Of the
Boy Mac placed some cigarettes
inside the cellophanc wrapper OF
packags of cigarettes and float
ed it back to us. They were Ger
tainly welcomed
Families of the four missing
men kept an all-night vigil at
Craig Dock. There were tears Ot
10y when the men landed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
Harry Thaw OF Evelyn Nesbit
ame. Dies In Miami Beach Home
tBy Associates Presss

variably affable, Thaw, particu-
larly in his later years, might
have passed for a conservative
business man well pleased with
the state of his affairs. His UNI
doubted personal charm perhaps
had much to do with his popu-
larity, especially with women.
Indeed, women eXerted an enor-
nous influence upon his life. A
woman was the cause of his
shooting of Stanford White and
the years of legal snarls it engen-
clered through his incarceration
and escape from an asylum for the
insane; his interest in some ac-
tresses led to his fruitless ven
ture as a motion picture producer;
his popularity among chorus girls
and cabaret entertainers resulted
in his being called "playboy".
The ''playboy's" pleasures were
not all of the kind that led him to
the courts time and again. In
those periods between each no.
torious episode he delighted to
dabble in civic movements in the
villages and small towns in which
he sought retreat. Volunteer fire
departments were his especial
toy, and more than one village
could tell of having Harry K.
Thaw, red-shirted and beaming,
marching in its annual volunteer
firemen's parade.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
PIT. CONGRESS TO
MEET HERE MAR. II

A regional meeting of Region
10. which includes Monroe Coun-
ty. will be held by the Florida
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers here on March IL, it was an
nounced today. Mrs. Fernando
Camus is president of Monroe
County Council of the State Con
gress of Parents and Teachers.
She will make announcement OF
the place of the meeting later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
I.'Roberts Is Named City
Surveyor; Dopp Says Paving
OfSeyen Streets Completed j!

| Robert H. Dopp, city engineer
and director of public service, an
| nounced this morning the appoint
ment of Ivan Roberts, former sur
,veyar for the Navy. as city in
strument man. Roberts is APP
pointed to the position created by
the l947 budget.
Roberts, who will receive $l75
per month, has been civilian
surveyor at the Naval Base for
about a decade.
Dopp also announced the com
pletion of the following paving
projects undertaken by the city
street department within the past
two months: Five blocks of
Thomas street; five blocks of EN-
ma street, the portions Of VII
GINA street, Division street. Julia
street, Amelia street and Angela
street extending from Whitehead
to Front streets.
The city has llllcd, graded, roll
ed and surfaced each of these
streets. The Surfacing has been
Of mari material. Work is now
being carried out on Julia street
and will shortly be shifted to
Thomas street and to the vicinity
of the Municipal Stadium.
Dopp said that Avenue f and
the corner of Flagler Avenue
nearest the ball park will be paw
cd next. The city's chief Difficult
ty is in securing sufficient mari
to build up the streets and con-
troll the drainage, Dopp explained.
With the exception of d survey
crew. the public service depart
ment personnel will be practical
ly the same as it was last year,
Dopp said,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
PCS-I387 ARRIVES
At SUB BASE HERE

Arriving here To az irOIh
Charleston, the USS PCS 1897
has been assigned to the Fleet
Sonar School by the Nays Ma
val Submarine Base here. The
PCS-1387 is commanded by II
w. c.. Smith, USNR.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24

BY commencing on the peti-
tions now, it is felt that they can
be completed in time : to permit
spraying during the summer
when mosquitoes became rather
bothersome here. -, The city is
virtually free of the insects dur
ing the winter season..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
ENTERT1INS LIONS
At WEEKLY MEETS

MIS-. Diane Ohmic. a vocalist
of considerable local fame. has
been entertaining the members of
the Lions Club at their weekly
meetings Mrs. Ohmie entertain
ed the club members last Thurs
day. She was accompanied on
the piano by Miss Beatrice Mo-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
SUISUN LEFT FOR
SAN HJ1N TO-DAY

USS Suisun, a small Seaplane
tender of the Navy, left Key
West today bound for San Juan.
She has been here more than a
week taking on supplies. She is
commanded by Comdr. F. r.
Drake, USN.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24
~ 50. AwA 49,. ~
ROBERTS JOINS MIAMI
ACCOUNTING FIRM;
TO SET UP OFFICE HERE

Charles r. Roberts, whose
resignation as city finance
director comptroller will go
into effect March 8. said today
he had accepted a position
with Charles B. Costar &
Company, accountants and
auditors. of Miami.
Roberts will establish and
be the manager of new Key
West office to be set up by
Costar & Co.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-24

reno.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27
COL. JOHN B. HILL
H0N0RED BY R0A
Wilmington Attorney Elect
ed Judge Advocate At
Miami Convention

Colonel John Bright Hill, col.
lector of customs, was elected to
two national positions in the Re.
serve Officers association during
the national convention held in
Miami, Fla, last weekend.
Immediate past president of the
North Carolina Department of the
Reserve Officers association, Co..
Hill will serve as national judge
advocate for the coming year, and
will serve for the next two years
or the national executive commit
tee, representing the Third Army
area. q
Col. Hill and 1t. Co.. D. H.
Holiday of Raleigh were the two
delegates from North Carolina at
tending the national meet.
Highlights of the convention
were addresses made by Major
General Edward S. Dress, exec.
utive for reserve affairs in the
War department; and 1t. Genera
See HILL on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27

familiar to the inlet, its tides
and depth, or he reckoned without
the draught of his boat. For when
he launched it he found that the
inlet was too shallow to float the
vessel to the waterway and the
ocean.
Another version of the legend
contends the inlet floated the craft
property but that the superstruc-
ture lowered above a low-lying
bridge across the course Lockwood
must travel.
Anyway, both tales end with
Lockwood's boat lying in the inlet
rotting, destined never to make
her maiden voyage.
The folk in that section Of the
country heard Of Lockwod's mis-
fortune and soon dubbed the in
cident, 'Lockwood's Folly" And
to this day the inlet bears the
name LOCKWOOD Folly Inlet.
ANOTHER STORY - J a m e S
Sprunt, who yeass ago wrote a
book. "Chsonicles of the Cape
Feas River, has a different YER
sion of the naming of the inlet.
His volume traces the history Of
Lockwood's Folly Inlet back to
1892 when a pirate named Lock
See CAPE FEAR On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27
AGED MAN INJURED
HEN HIT BY BUS
Fender Couny Man Suffers
Broken Ribs, Possible
Skull Fracture

T. B. Long, aged Fender county
white man was seriously injured
about five o'clock yesterday after.
noon when he was struck by q
Sateway Transit but at the corner
of Second and Princess streets.
According to, Investigating police
officers Long is said to have start
ed across the street and the Caro-
lima Place bus, operated by L. E,
Rawles, of BIT Chestnut street,
struck the man hurting him to the
pavement.
Witnesses told officers that the
bus was being operated about five
miles per hour at the time of the
accident. Long, who officers said
lives in the Canetuck section Of
Fender county, is over 80 years Of
age. Police officers said that he
was walking about Is feet outside
the pedestrian lanes when he was
hit and apparently did not see the
vehicle.
Attaches at James Walker Me
mortal hospital reported late las
night that Long suffered severa
fractured ribs and a possible skull
fracture. Police officers were
seeking relatives of the injured
man early this morning.
No charges were perferred a
gainst the bus driver, police re
ported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27
|BAPTISTS LAUNCH
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
Churches OF State Will
Seek To Raise $780,
900 For Wake Forest

Winston-Salem, June 26-(P)-
North Carolina Baptists launched
their drive to raise $1,000, 900 as
their part of the &c. 900, 900 needed
to transfer Wake Forest college
to Winston-Salern here today.
More than 100 leaders from the 70
Baptist associations in the state
laid plans for the three-year cam
paign in a luncheon session.
Horace Easom Of Charlotte, d.
rector of the drive, told the Baptist
leaders that there had never been
a greater opportunity for a Chris
tian education program than the
one they have under terms of the
contract with the Smith Reynolds
foundation. Income from the $40.
500, 600 foundation will 60 to Wake
Forest college if it Is moved here
within the next five years.
1--WE must not fail in this great
undertaking." Easom said. 1.-TWO
ways of life are clashing now-the
Christian and the Goddess. as rep
resented by the Communists-and
we must increase our efforts
through this chance for greater
Christian education.
Aid 1000 Students
"This country was founded in a
Christian atmosphere but we have
steadily drifted away from this
in our schools. The $685., 600 year
ly income from the foundation will
pay for 1000 students a year.
Think what this means in the
training of missionaries, preach
ers and Christian laymen and mo-
TIERS"
Although the drive has just be-
gun, Easom reported that $144, 600
already has been pledged by seven
Baptist churches. He said these
were the First Baptist church al
Shelby, $25, 900; First Church at
Asheville, $25, O00; First Church at
Charlotte, $50, 900; First church at
Lumberton, SIS, 600; First Church
at Hendersonvllle, $1,000; Angler,
SIS. GOO: First Church at Fayette.
vile, $25, 600.
He pointed out that actually the
churches would have to raise a
fourth of the needed six million
dollars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27
CHANNEL HEARING
SET FOR JULY I
Banks Fill Dredging Prof.
ect Will Be "Aired" On
Order Oh Engineers

A public hearing on the appli-
cation Of Lloyd W. Moore for ap-
prevail Of plans to dredge for a
fill in Banks channel is slated to
be held in the Federal courtroom.
customhouse, on July 7 at 2 pm.
Notices Of the hearing at which
all interested parties are slated to
express their views on the pro-
ject, have been sent out from the
offic of Col. B. c. Snow, Will
mington district engineer.
The official of any county, city,
town, or local association whose
interest may be affected by the
proposd work are especially in
vited to appear before the local
engineers.
They will be given an oppor-
tunity to express their views upon
the suitability of the location and
the adequacy Of the plans in ref
erence to navigation and, or flood
control, and to suggest changes
considered desirable, the report
says.
Oral statements will be heard,
but for accuracy of record, all
important facts and arguments
should be submitted in writing, as
the record Of the hearing will be
forwarded for consideration by
the war department.
Moore has made application to
fill in an area of approximately
% acres lying west Of the cause
way leading to the disposal plant
at the northern extension OF
| Wrightsville beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27
Dredge Bucks
Heavy Storm
GIGANTIC Waves Bend Steel
Blinds On Vessel While
Enroute Here
BY SUE MARSHALL
Star Staff Writer

The giant pipeline dredge, G. A.
McWilliams and her 18-man crew
wade port here safely yesterday
aAernoon after weathering a storm
If the coast of Florida which
threatened the lives of all on board
md warped SO inch steel plates
CAPTAIN j. W. Eagleson, skipper
Il the McWilliams, said that the
seas were so rough on Sunday
n;oht that he wouldn't have given
. dime for all our lives"
The largest dredge ever to work
m the Cape Fear river, the Nc
Williams, owned and operated by
NE McWilliams Dredging company
n New Orleans, is scheduled to
beein the actual work of deepening
tho Cape Fear river channel to 80
fpst within the next week.
The dredge ran into the storm
inst before they reached Jackson
willie. Fla, but the worst of it
came on Sunday night, with the
waves breaking over the top of the
dve.deck vessel, and the pumps
and all hands aboard working all
night to keep from being drowned
out.
II was then that the SO inch
steel blinds, placed over the win
dows when the dredge goes to sea,
were bent six or eight inches" by
tbe force of the flashing waves.
The crew was forced to weld the
steel blinds to the side of the YES
eel and the cracks around the
doors to keep the drecge from sink
ing.
Capt. Eagleson, a veteran sea-
man, having worked on dredges
since he was IA years old, said in
No uncertain terms that that was
+be worst storm he'd encountered
in all his % years Of that type OF
work, except in 1910.
Everything on the dredge had to
be tied down to keep it from wash
ing away, he said, and most OF the
crew members had put on life
preservers. Some put on two pre-
servers, he added.
The dredge and her crew reach
ed Jacksonville about II a. m. on
Monday, he said and were forced
10 lay over there for "a hours,
making her a day late in arriving
here to begin work on the Cape
Fear.
Eleven-Day Trip
During the storm he said they
lost two of the motors which furn-
Zee DREDGE On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27
Dramatic r Rescue From
Overturned Boat Recount
ed AT White Lake
Special To The Star

CAMP CHICKAGAMI, .~une 20
A dramatic rescue of five men
from an overturned sailboat in the
middle Of White Lake was staged
early Sunday morning by three
members of the Wilmington
YMCA summer camp Chickagami,
it was learned here this after
noon.
The five men rescued, al resi-
dents of Mebane, said their craft
overturned and plunged them into
the choppy lake. They hung to
the side of the boat for more
than two hours before their
screams for help was heard by
C. D. Brothers, operator of Camp
Chickagami.
Brothers said he was checking
the boats at the YMCA about s
Am. Sunday when ne heard the
faint calls for help. He immed.
lately called Adam Smith, YMCA
physical director, and DIN Ben
nett and Phillip Clark, youthful
counselors at the camp. The
three men Immediately put out
into the lake in canoes, Smith
See YMCA on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27
TOWN PAYS HONOR
TO ROY c. FERGUS
Carolina Beach Business
Houses Close During
Hour OF Funeral
CAROLINA BEACH, June 26-

CAROLINA BEACH, June 26-
In tribute to the late Roy c. Fer
gus, for 10 years mayor of this
resort town, all local business es-
Establishments and the town office
were closed this afternoon at 4
o'clock, the hour Of the funeral.
In further honor of the man
who had been termed "the first
progressive mayor of Caro-
lima Beach, hymns and chimes
were played owe the public ad-
dress system of the local theater.
The residents of the community
give Fergus much Of the credit
for the development of the resort.
1t was during his administration,
1933-43, that the water system and
the sewerage systems were put
into operation, town hall was built,
and through his efforts the town
secured the aid of the state high
way commission in constructing
streets.
Fergus died Sunday night in
James Walker Memorial hospital
after a short illness, and funeral
services we're held, this afternoon
at 4 o'clock in the Fifth Avenue
Methodist church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27
Along The Cape Fear

FOLLY - Evel
hear of old man Lockwood? He
built a boat and got an inlet named
after him, according to legends
which persist today.
Recently Lockwood's Folly In
let, located near Supply, just south
Of Southport, figured in newspaper
accounts of yachts colliding with
a sunken pulpwood barge which
sunk in the waterway near the
inlet.
While it may continue to make
history with things marine, the
legends are much more colorful.
Some variations in the tales told
about Lockwood occur when they
are heard from several pairs OF
lips but generally the theme is
the same.
All the legends insist that Lock
wood picked an inlet near South
port, then Smithville, to build a
boat. Apparently he had an aver
sion to constructing a vessel near
any habitation. Nevertheless he
aid the keel and in the following
weeks a craft. larger than most
If the vessels peculiar to that sec
ON of the country, took shape.
ERROR IN PLANNING - But
somewhere along the way Lock
wood erred. Either he was un-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-27
MYSTERY OBJECTS
BRING ARGUMENTS
Three More Persons Report
Phenomena; Skeptics
Give Varied Answers
By The associaed Press

Conjecture multiplied today as
widely separated areas reported
Incredibly fast disc : like objects
flashing througi- the sky but
skeptics remained.
Following yesterdays report al
Pendleton, Ore, by Kenneth Ar.
mold of Boise, Idaho, that he had
seen mine saucer-shaped, shiny
objects dipping and skimming
through the sky between Mt.
Rainier and Mt. Adams in Wash
ington state at an estimated 1900
miles an hour, came these obser-
vations today:
Byron Savage, Oklahoma City
businessman pilot, said that five
or six weeks ago he observed a
flat disc-like object hurting
through the sky at tremendous
sped.
At Kansas City, W. 1. Daven-
port, a carpenter, said that yes.
tefday ne, TOO, saw nine speeding
objects, moving West high in the
sky. They were going fast and he
could not make out their shape.
However he reported engine
sound and vapor trails.
A Bremerton, Wash. housewife
West across the Cascade noun
tains from where Arnold saw his
objects - said that twice in the
past 10 days she had seen "plat-
ter-like" light-reflecting objects.
II thought surely nothing could
travel so fast" Mrs. Elma Shing-
Ter said.