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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
Committee Will
Study Proposed
Barge Operation

A committee was appointed by
President Glenn c. Price of the
Chamber of Commerce last night
to investigate the operators and
financial condition of the pro-
posed Key West-Miami barge
line.
These and other aspects of the
application of Louis Berger, Mi
ami. to operate the barge system
will be investigated and the COM
mittee will make recommended
tionS at the next meeting of the
board of directors of the Cham
Der.
Berger asked the Chamber to
go on record at this time as be-
ing in favor of the project. The
Chamber may be represented be-
fore an Interstate Commerce
Commission hearing at Miami
Feb. 10. which will fix the rates
and other factors covering the
opening of the barge line.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
Solons Approve
Barge Service,
And Name Judge

At a special meeting yesterday
afternoon the City Commission
authorized the contribution of
$1,000 to the Key West l947 Fish
ing Tournament starting on Sun
day, appointed Attorney Tom
Watkins as temporary Municipal
Judge and approved the estab-
lishment of freight barge service
between Miami and Key West
by Louis Berger.
Berger operated Navy barge
service between the two cities
during the war and is ready to
start service with six bargeS of
$50 tons each.
Judge Watkins will act as City
Judge during the absence of
William Albury, who has been
called to Miami to prosecute a
case in Circuit Court there
where he is assistant states at
torney. Judge Watkins is former
Municipal Judge of Tampa.
Commissioner Louis Carbonell
will represent the city at the
hearing on the barge application
which the Interstate Commerce
Commission will hold on the
morning of February Is at Miami
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
y. L. Saunders
Died This AN.

A8anit, p Saunders. "a, died
tah mmn5na co 10 Is o'clock in
Hn raaene, 80 Pracon Lane.
M Saunders Was q retired
H#hgbauat krcpel Tie was a
aa mtaf u5 the loral Knights of
NFfhlss bi9g
FungIal services VIII be- held
Ffdat afternoon 81 430 O'Clock
tht chapel at Prtchard
f8neal Hamr Evangelist Harry
osramt officiating Burial Will
r n ths family plot in City
eHttsHr.
Nafsams arc Widow. Mrs.
ltae @aundels three daughters,
W John e. Roberts. Mrs Claud
fhmausnn Mu Marvin ID Creel;
af sister Nfs Sadie Richmond,
f Miami ilNy brothers Apple
tan Ebate and Herbert Saunders
4 kfy West Blrge and Berlin
saumaefs uf Miami and four
famt8Fhtlafpn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
County Commission To Meet
With Representative Papy
On Proposed Legislation

County Commissioners voted
last night to hold a meetlng with
State Representative Bernie
Papy in regard to legislation
proposed by the commissioners
to be studied by the State Legis-
lature this year.
Commissioner Frank Bentley.
chairman of the board, was di-
rected to see Papy and deter
mine when the conference might
be held with the commission.
One of the most important
pieces of proposed legislation af-
fecting the county is revision of
the state laws making / cent of
the gasoline tax available to
counties for the repair and con-
Struction TO county roads.
1t is estimated that Monroe
county would realize approx
mately $130,700 from this source.
The state now collects cents a
gallon on gasoline sold within
the state. All of it now goes to
the state road department for
the maintenance and construc-
ton of state highways.
Monroe county commissioners
have lately had number of re-
quests for the construction of
lateral roads on the Upper Keys
which they cannot proceed with
because of a shortage of funds
= Commissioner Gerald Saun-
ders, Clarence Higgs and Ed
uardo Gomez will represent Mon
roe county at the annual meeting
Feb. II at West Palm Beach of
District 10 of the State Welfare
Board. A legislative program will
be considered by the gathering.
Commissioner w. A. Parrish,
chairman of the road committee
of the commission, was directed
to investigate the proposal to
construct route 205 on the main,
land distance of between seven
and eight miles.
The State Road Department
may be asked to undertake the
work on route 205, if the county
decides it cannot do the job. 1t
is estimated it would cost in eX-
cess of 100000 to do the job.
County board also last night
voted against the request of
Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer to en-
ploy a second jailor at County
Jail There is no fund from which
the salary of the jailor can be
paid now, the commission deter
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
Chamber To See
Fee Is Collected
From Carniyals

Recent poll of the membership
of the Key West Chamber OF
Commerce was almost unani-
mously to apply pressure toward
seeing that the city's ordinance
regarding carnivals should be
enforced, the directors of the
Chamber were informed last
night.
Harold A Laubscher, acting
manager of the Chamber, was
directed to write a letter to the
City Commission urging that the
license for carnivalS to operate
here be rigidly enforced and that
in no case should the fee be
waived.
AS was pointed out by The
Citizen d few days ago, the city
ordinance compels collection of
fee of $4,000 for operation OF
carnivals in Key West. In the
case of the recent carnival the
city did not receive one cent
from the carnival as fees, it was
pointed cut. The fee had been
waived by the city.
1t was brought out by the Key
West Chamber that the real en-
tertainment features of carnivals
in the immediate past have been
of little recreational value. The
majority of the concessions are
of a gambling nature, the Cham
Der said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
New Plats OF KeysTo !BeMade
At County Assessors Office;
Working On Chart OfKey Largo

could find no trace of the prop
erty the woman owned on Key
Largo.
1t was at that time he discov-
cred the woman, who is a north
ern woman, had been sold 40
acres of land which were en-
tirely beneath the Atlantic ocean.
All Bailey could find the. woman
actually owned on dry land was
half an acre.
I'm case like that it was OBJ
viously too much to assess the
owner of that property $4,000"
said Gandolfo. "The assessment
should be nearer 5000 for the half
acre of land which is above sea
level.
''The purpose of plating the
owner, the number of acres be
owns, the exact location of the,
land he owns, and whether the
land is on the ocean, the bay or
the Overseas Highway is to find
the real basis for assessment.
eff a property consists Of man
grove, that is the land is partly
under water, it is not worth as
much as land which is high and
dry. The whole purpose of plat
ing the keys is to determine this"
Gandolfo says that when this
work is finished that no tax as
SCISSORS office in Florida will be
better fixed than Monroe county
for knowing the real answer to
assessments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
10 Veterans Among
Is Seeking Posts
nFireDepartment

Applications to take the city's
firemen's examination, tenta-
lively scheduled for Saturday
morning, have been received
from Is men, City Personnel Di-
rector Jack Murray announced
today. The examination is ex-
pected to be held at the High
School auditorium at a. m.
Ten veterans are included
among the following applicants:
Aurelio j. Alfonso. IS, Army Air
Force veteran; Leonard Alonzo,
%, former infantry sergeant;
Ralph D. Amable, Jr., 80; Joseph
c.. Anderson, 80, former Navy
boatSwain's mate: Burt Baker,
81, ex-Army sergeant; Phillip j.
Baker, 33; Arnold c. Brye, 26;
Hillbourn A. Cerezo, u, Army
veteran: Norman c. Cerezo, Is,
Army veteran; Leonard I. Curry,
IS, former Army sergeant; Will
liam L. Glib, AAF veteran: John
c.. Roberts, 35; Elmer l.. Russell,
%, former Navy aviation ma
chinist's mate; Harold T. Russell,
Jr., %, Navy signalman; Ber-
lin A. Sawyer, IT., 80.
Gibbs age will be ascertained
prior to examination. Sawyer is
the son of Monroe County Sheriff
Berlin A. Sawyer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
COMDR. SUDD4TH
IS COMING HERE

Comdr. Thomas II. Suddath,
USN. will return to Key West in
10 days to command the ord
nance unit recently transferred
here from Fit. Lauderdale. Comdr.
Suddath was recently stationed
at Solomons. Md. Naval Station,
which has since been decommis-
stoned.
COmdr. Suddath is veteran
of the war in the Pacific. He
was stationed in Manila before
the war and later established a
torpedo station in Australia. Lat
or he was navigation officer
aboard the cruiser ST.; Paul.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12

New plats of all the Florida
Keys are being prepared by the
office of the county tax assessor
and will be used to assess real
estate on a more equitable basis.
Clifton Bailey, who was ap-
pointed a licensed surveyor by
the state examiners last week, is
in charge of the work of plating
the keys, according to Claude A.
Gandolfo, county tax assessor.
Right now Bailey is at work on
new plats of the real estate of
Key Largo. Later he will pro-
gress successfully to other keys,
until, a year or two hence, he
completes the same sort of effort
on all the keys.
Bailey, under Gandolfo's direc-
ton, is going back to the United
States surveys, the old Florida
East Coast Line Railroad charts
and the records in the county as
SCISSORS office for his informa-
ton.
Sometime the work goes ahead
rapidly. But at other times must
be a painstaking search of the
records before a piece of prop
erty can be correctly charted on
the plats.
Only the other day Bailey
found a woman who had been
assessed about $4,000 for 40 acres
of Key Largo property. Search
ing through the records Bailey
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
CANADIAN LIKES
WEATHER HERE

Il like Key West so much that
I'd like to live here always"
Such was the statement of
Miss Collctte Vigneux of Toron-
to, Ont, who is visiting with
Miss Lillian Perez, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Manuel Perez, 9l9
DuVal street.
Miss Vigneaux came here a
week ago and will return to
Toronto after spending about
week in Miami. She says that
the weather here is so different
from what it is in Toronto that
she never wants to go home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
GUARD OF HONOR
NAMES OFFICERS

The annual election of officers
of Key West Guard of Honor of
the Arthur Sawyer Post was
held last night in Legion Hall.
Elected were; Captain, U. j.
Delgado; LIST lieutenant, George
A. Warren; End lieutenant, James
F. McCardle.
Plans were completed for par
ticipation in the Maine Memorial
exercises Sunday in the city
cemetery.
A social meeting of the Honor
Guard will be held Friday, Feb
ruary %, in the yacht clubhouse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
Herman Talmadge Declared
To Be Covernor#Of Georgia
By Superior Court Decision
HBy As.oc.area EpressI

ATLANTA, Feb. 12.-Herman
Talmadge is the governor of
Georgia, according to a decision
rendered today by Superior
Govt Judge Walter Hendricks.
The court said further that Tai
madge has the right to serve a
term of four years.
Hendricks based his decision
on Article 5 of Georgia's 1945
constitution. He said that, under
that clause, the legislature had
the legal right to elect Herman
Talmadge governor.
Hendricks pointed out that the
people. of Georgia had not elect
ed either Herman Talmadge or
Lieutenant Governor M. E.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12

Thompson as governor, and, as
the legislature or general assam
bly, represents, the people, to it,
under article 5, is delegated the
power to name a governor when
a condition arises, as in the
present case, the result of the
death of the duly elected COVER
nor, Eugene Talmadge, before it
was time to induct him into Of
flee.
The court set aside the suit
brought by Lieutenant Governor
Thompson to have himself de-
clared governor. Attorney Gen
eral Eugene Cook, who was op-
posing Talmadge, said he would
appeal to the supreme court
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
New Barge System Between
kg WeSt-Mianli Proposed
Before County Commission
Ehklsstif RATES WOULD,
- CHEAPER THAN
tlltlSK PREVAILING,
COMMISSION TOLD

A hasme hme betwecn Miami
ema AB wet b. haul freight
#@ aNgawaed lest night by the
@s Gaamiy Commissioner.
mat was submitted by
8a hfneg III Mlani. who an
#8 thaa b. has already pur-
~ So lafgea with ca
w@saN ~ asa tons each and other
eent mHesied 90 operate the
$50 tANf slmgeN each week.
fMsaaatmmf Frank Bentley,
fH# mam ~ the board. was Sc
t8 M REPRESENT the commits
HM HNb ln at q hearing 10 be
hHhs an that aate IN Miami be-
fe tff Interstate Commerce
HsMaHla#lHn on the question of
aetttsm9 rstea and the sppllca-
taa ta mpeFaie thr barge line.
M#aH# hsfsuf said. would be
esstahiH hBwer than now
eA8faNd hetWeun Miami and Key
@ma hsH he was not prepared
81 ammmamft precisely what they
@ah8 b. uult tbr iCC hears the
aHNl aitun
&hN taie structure viii bc
af ~ thu type ~ service the
e@N gtmpan} wtll furnish. but |
ean aaf that thcy will be- con
eFHtts lover thun now
hasNna uefgef said
tn Mes West Berger said the
hatNf matFm would use the old
asa - enc Chdr Mallory Line
~ fhs 3taa af Whitehead street. /
~ sabH that Charles r Smith. !
tasmer mmmsgut IT the Clyde !
Maifv Interests here. would be |
- fhmfMf 81 lural operations.
b. Mlamt the company would |
mae mief convenient o. the Flor
- Eas Coasi and the Seaboard |
Htusd freight stations. The |
ausmf sll have connection
8h tHuse railroads for ship |
enf o. and from tho north.
tn Wse resolution adopted by
flae esumts commission It was set
th uaai thr new barge rates |
waas1 h era cheapest Tor the dc
Httfs uf freight bctwccn the two
ffh
hearf eaid ,n "a communica-
tHsn tu thV BOARD that he had
tHan i5 wears experience
n thr banding of such barge
HHe o. eas formerly connect
esq etth the Nays system of
hafaF separations between Key
wet and MlAmi.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
ReuOIpers Pistol Stolen

Two rCVOIVerS and a pistol
were stolen from a house at 7l3
Thomas street last night, police
reported today. The weapons, a
pearl-handled 80 calibre revol-
yer, a blue steel 80 calibre re-
volver and an Army AS calibre
automatic. The police had no fur
Their information on the theft at
| p. m, today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12
Budget Is Blasted At Hearing;
Commission Opposes Fire Dept,
Police Radios AndNeW Vehicles
JAYCEES AND TAXPAY.
Frs LEAGUE JOIN l..
CARBONELL TO CUT
OUTLAWS

Key Westers in general and
Commissioner Louis Carbonell in
particular leveled their guns at
the city's 1947 budget at the City
Hall last night. When the smoke
had cleared, items totaling at
least $16,988 had been so badly
riddled that their elimination
from the $562,525 document
seems assured.
The occasion was the annual
public hearing on the budget. Ev-
cry seat was occupied in the
Commission chambers and many
citizens stood up during the Ses-
sion which lasted more than
three hours. The Commission will
take final action on the budget
next Tuesday night.
Victims of last nights barrage
were the following proposed
items: Cd a new $l.700 car for
the fire chief; (2) two new $i.700
sedans for the police department.;
90 $7,888 worth of radio equip
ment for police and fire depart
ment vehicles; (4) $4,000 codifi-
cation of the city statutes.
Roughly $4,000 more in pay
raises for city officials and cler-
ical help appears certain of be-
ing sliced from the proposed APP
preparation, according TO the po-
sltions taken by the commission
members. Robert Ii. Dopp, Di-
rector of Public Service, seems
certain to get a pay increase but
statements by Louis Carbonell
and Commissioner Albert Coop
er indicated that he would be
raised only to $4,000 instead OF
$4,000 from his present $3.268.
Carbonell Ably Supported
While Carbonell led the as
Sault, he had able lieutenants i'm
Isadore Weintraub, representing
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, and Paul Albury, Paul
Scher and Joseph Pearlman of
the newly formed Taxpayers and
Disbursements League. Car
bonells pleas for a total slash
Of nearly $4,000 came close to
the cut advocated by the Jaycees
of $4,000. Pearlman, chairman
of the League committee, CON
tended $4,000 could be eliminat-
ed.
Except for brief remarks by
Commissioner Hunter Harden.
Louis Carbonell was the only
commissioner to breathe a word
during the entire evening until
gave tn c m some
verbal prodding. Albury had
made a similar appeal, asking
the commissioners to explain
where they stood, but only Car
oonell responded. Then Vein
traub arose.
The Junior Chamber of Com "
merce would like to know the
stand of the commissioners" he
said. Pretty soon there will be
another election. We want To
know where they stand. Let's be
men among men. Stand up and
Jay your piece
Immediately, Harden stood up.
Izzy knows where | stand" he
said. I'm going to keep this
budget as low as possible"
Cooper Explains Stand
Commissioner Albert Cooper
umped to his feet. Il can't agree
With all the recommendations for
owering the budget which have
been made tonight" he said.
However, | am for reducing the
budget in some respects
How much would you be will
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Batory To Sail Again

GYDNIA, Poland.-(AP)-The
Gydnia-America Line motorship
Batory is going back into trans
Atlantic service. The vessel, dam
aged by fire few months ago in
Antwerp, is expected to be ready
to sail for New York on March
81.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12

County Commissioners votedx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-12

Commissioner Albert Cooper
jumped to his feet. Il can't agree
with all the recommendations for
lowering the budget which have
been made tonight" he said.
However, l am for reducing the
budget in some respects. "
How much would you be will
Continued on Page Four
Evening star., 1947-01-27

is removed and roots cut away. For
smoked or picked tongue you will
need to soak it for several hours
before cooking.
LIVER.
Probably the most popular and
most widely used of the meat spe-
cialties is liver. It is tender meat,
however, beef liver is not quite as
tender as calves liver or pork or
lamb. They are all equally good
if prepared properly. Liver may be
braised, broiled, fried, made into
patties or ground for a loaf. In
frying liver avoid too long cooking
and too high a temperature; you
not only harden it and make 1t
tough, but destroy the flavor as we'll
KIDNEYS.
Kidneys go into stew, steak or
pie with equal success. They should
be washed and the outer membrane
removed, then split through the
center and the fat and tubes re-
moved. Marinated in well-sea-
soned French dressing does a lot to
improve the flavor, particularly If
they are to be broiled. For kidney
stew roll the pieces OF kidney in
-four, season with onion, salt, pepper
and paprika. Brown in a small
amount of fat, add water to just
cover and simmer gently for about
As minutes About 20 minutes be-
fore time to serve add small pota-
to balls, made with your French
vegetable cutter, or top with pastry
and brown in the oven.
TRIPE. OxTAILS, PORK FEET.
Tripe, oxtails and pork feet are
probably the least used in your
kitchen. You can purchase the
picked pigs feet in jars for home
consumption.
Oxtails are we'll favored, but con-
tain considerable portion of bone
They need long. slow cooking with
moist heat for the best results. Use
them for soup or braised en- cas-
serole.
Tripe can be purchased either
fresh, picked or canned. The cured
tripe requires shorter cooking time
than the fresh. Tripe is the muscular
lining of the stomach of the ami
NAL, the honeycomb tripe, which
is the lining of the second stom-
ach, is considered more desirable of
the two. AS you might expect, it
needs cooking in moisture to make
1t tender. It can be served with a
tomato sauce, stuffed with dressing
and baked, creamed or used in
soups.
Evening star., 1947-01-27
LEMON PIE.
CHEESE CAKE?

(Fron1 Mrs. w. A. S., RockUHLe)
delicious lemon pie that hope some
of your readers will make for their
hungry husbands.
Lemon Pie: One cooled baked pie
shell, IL cups sugar, teaspoons
cornstarch, Ia cups water, 2 egg
yolks, tablespoons butter, 3 table
spoons lemon juice, u tablespoons
grated lemon rind.
Mix sugar and cornstarch thor
oughly, add water and cook over
direct fire until it starts to thicken,
then set over boiling water and cook
10 minutes, stirring frequently. Beat
egg yolks slightly, then blend into
them some of the thickened mixture
Then add to the cornstarch mixture
and cook until eggs are done. Re
move from fire, add butter, lemon
Juice and rind. Pour cooled filling
into pie shell and cover with this
meringue:
Three egg whites, teaspoon cream
of tartar, tablespoons sugar.
Beat whites of eggs and cream of
tartar until stiff enough to hold a
point, then gradually beating in the
sugar, continue beating until mix
ture is stiff and glossy. Put on pie
and bake in 300-degree oven for Is
or 20 minutes.
Now, I would like to ask some OF
you ladies to send in a good recipe
for cheese cake.
Evening star., 1947-01-27

Before Varga, and before Petty,
and before Barclay, Charles Dana
Gibson was creating beauties, not
in color, but in black and white.
A reflection of the attitude and
fashions of an era, the lovely, Shirt
wasted Gibson Girl became leg
end.
One series. 1.-THE, Widow and Her
Friends" was a factor in creating
that legend. In an alcove to one
side of his attractive Victorian liv-
ing room, Mr.. Henry Weiss of Wash
ington has hung a set of "a plates
that tell the widows story.
The sketches follow the lady
through her trials and tribulations
from the day of her bereavement.
The widow, we might add, is ex-
tremely lovely, and it's small Won
der that from the time she emerges
from retirement she's surrounded
by a flock of suitors. Amusing is
Gibson's subtle commentary on the
position of a widow in society
dominated by Victorianism. She
was obviously woman to be
watched-and watched she was.
She was watched by the women
and she was definitely watched by
the men. One of the panels reveals
a mother gazing apprehensively at
her adolescent son, lest he succumb
to the widows charms. Another
suggests a scandal" involving the
widow.
No matter where the lady goes the
gentlemen go with her-if it's fish
ing, they're there, all but sinking
the boat. If it's ice skating, she's
seen calmly fishing the swarm out