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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
SHIPPING NEWS
IN PORT
Freighter

Oanish) S. S. Lila Dan from
Ecuador, Canal Zone, and San.
ia Mario, Cuba with cargo Of sug-
ar for this port and other cargo
for New York. Heide and com,
pany, agent.
INWARD BOUND
Tanker
S. S. Atlantic Coast from Atreco,
Texas, with petroleum products
for Atlantic Refining company.
CLEARED AND SAILED
Tanker
S. S. Clevelander after unload
ing cargo of petroleum products.
Heide and company, agent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
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this pleasant @T
easy way ~
Why endure

Why endure I. 1FK
strong-smelling soaps when a daily
bath with fragrant, mildly medicated
Cuticura Soap banishes CRIME and odor
instantly, leavesyoufeelingwonderfully
clean and confident! Finish with fra.
grant, borated Cuticura Talcum to abb
serb perspiration, guard against of.
Tending. Buy Cuticura today!
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29

The United States rubber indus
try has almost doubled in size dur
ing the past five years and has
converted largely to the production
of synthetic rubber.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29

ment until his son VS. driving
him home later in the day and ad-
viSed Robert TO withdraw.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08

naires will be ready for the mi
tiatiOn this fall.
. A lax 40 and 8 lapel button
with. a. diamond will be offered
the Voyageur who brings in the
most new members and renewals
during the coming year in the
American Legion.
Plans are proceeding for the
construction of a Locomotive for
the local Voiture.
The next meeting is set for
August A at the Key West Yacht
Club, -..-..-..
A regular meeting of the Key
West Guard of Honor. American
Legion, will be held this evening
at 8 o'clock in the Legion Home.
U. J. Delgado, Captain, asks
full attendance, as many plans
for the future activities of the
Honor Guard will be discussed.
Arrangements will be complet-
ed for the Honor Guard to pro-
vide military funerals for the To-
cal,lservice personnel who lost
their lives during the last con-
flict and who will be returned
to the city for burial.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Legion Post Is
Going TO Finish
Clubs Quarters

Arthur Sawyer Post %, the
American Legion, is going ahead
with reconstruction of the Coun-
try Club as it's future home, Com
mander c. B. Harvey of the post
said today.
He made his statement in re-
Spouse to reports that because the
National Guard unit in Key West
would evacuate the armory at
Southland and White streets, Ar
thur Sawyer Post intended to re-
main in the structure.
Capt. f. E. Roberts, command
CT of the Key West battery of the
National Guard, is reported to
(. have said the armory would be
abandoned by the guard because
it has been given use of build
ingS and large site at the Army
Barracks, just across the street
from the armory.
1--WE have put in considerable
amount of labor on the Country
Club and we are definitely 60
ing ahead with the entire recon
=! version of the building for the
Legion home," said Commander
Harvey today.
Approximately $4,000 will be
spent by Arthur Sawyer Post
. getting ready to move into the
/ Country Club building.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Local Service
Provides Jobs
ForEighIy-Ninc

Eighty nine people were placed
IN suitable work by the local Of
fscc of the Florida State En-
ployment Service during the
month IL June. jeff knight. Jr.,
manager ~ the local office, an
nounccd today. lie urged all en-
pioyers Ia make special effort
to employ enc or more veterans
registered for jobs with the
Florida State Employment Scrv-
ice.
knight said that during June.
B6 veterans registered for work
and that employment was found
for 20. ~ whom two were dis
abled. The total number of APP
plicants registered for work al
the beginning of July at the Key
West office was 428. including
2D7 veterans. which is higher
than nj the beginning of June.
job applicants in the local of
flee include professional and
managerial. 90: clerical and sales
Il5: service. %: skilled, II; semi
skilled. ia: unSkillcd, 20. and
agriculture. Is. The most sig
nificani of veteran applicants by
individual occupation are found
IN clerical and sales. skilled
scmi-skilled and unskilled.
Payments of unemployment
compensation hounti to
S206.50 were made in this county
during the week ending June 20
90 IA persons. Statewide pay
mcnts amounted to Sl54. 930.50
and were made TO l0,l5l persons
These figures do not include al
lowanccs paid to unemployed
veterans from federal funds
which are tabulated on a state
wide basis. These payment:
amounted To 1907 .089 for the
week ending June %, and were
made to l4,585 veterans.
Knight requests communlca'
ton with the Key West office OF
the Florida State Employment
Service. located at 3l4 Simontor
street. or telephone 489, to ar
range To give jobs to veterans Oh
other unemployed. Job applica
,ions will be taken at the same
office.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Crippled Ship lowed
Into Marathon; Boat
Is Found I'm Straits
r HOT OCRAPHER FOR
THE NATIONAL GEO
GRAPHIC MAGAZINE
Is ABOARD

Robert Connert. q photograph
er for the National Geographic
Magazine, was brought into
Marathan yesterday afternoon at
ter being picked zap in the Flor
ida Straits shortly after mid
night Monday by the 81 Tuska.
lusa in a disabled motorboat.
Connert, who halls from Font
Worth, Texas. was sailing In the
straits when his 65-foot motor
boat, Gypsy Mid. suddenly de-
veloped engine trouble. Unable
to start the motor again. connert
hailed the master of the Tuska-
lusa and asked for a tow
In a few minutes the disabled
boat was taken in tow. The mas
ter of the Tuskalusa reported t0
Coast Guard headquarters here
yesterday that he had picked up
the vessel and would leave u
with Connert. near Sombrero
light house.
A keeper at the light house
later reported that the Gypsy
Mid had been taken IN tow by a
small motorboat from the hight
house and had been lowed "a
, Marathon.
The Coast Guard did not send
out a rescue vessel from Key
West.
THE mOtorboat was lowed ia
to Marathon and we did not
think II necessary to send ANY
vessel out from here" said an
official OF the Coast Guard III
Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
key Acreage Sold,
Other Properties
Change Ownership

Thirty acres of Riviera Village
was sold yesterday for $4,000 by
c., r. K. Carter and wife of Dadc
county to Frederick Bowen of
Coral Gables, according to a war
ranty deed filed with Circuit
Court Clerk Ross c. Sawyer.
Other warranty deeds filed
recorded the following real estate
deals:
Betty Gayle Llanes. Hills
borough county. sold $685. acres
on Plantation Key to George w
Langford and others of Miami
fol nominal sum. and 318J
acres on Long Key to John
+. Carter and others. of Miami.
fol a nominal sum.
For $4,000 John +. Carter and
others sold to Delbert l.. Layton.
Miami, 1892 acres on Long Key.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Beer
llld1lll Solu W odI'LCS IL DCIiIfit,
Miami, property on the mainland
fol nominal sum.
For $4,000. Anna Hanker and
husband sold to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred L. Saunders. 1915 Olivia
street, property near Elizabeth
street.
For 5000 Esther A. Harriete
Bridges and others. Miami. sold
to Frederick Bowen. Coral
Gables, 3.79 acres of land at Rock
Harbor.
A one-half interest in 3.79
acres of land at Rock Harbor
was sold by Allie M Allen and
others, Miami, for a nominal sum.
John M. MarzyCk sold to Mar
riet Mae AcoSta, 1901 Won Phis-
ter street, property on that street,
for $4,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
brick foundations seven feet

brick foundations seven feet
high.
Construction of Fort Taylor
started in 1845. 1t was COmplct'
ed 16 years later. The hurricane
of October IL. 1916, destroyed
most of the structure completed
up to that time but work was
Immediately resumed and the fort
was ready for occupancy in 1861
Browne describes Fort Taylor
as "a double casemated brick fort
of the Bauban plan Its arma-
ment consisted of 152 guns and
howitzers, ranging from l5-inch
pieces on down.
The fortress commanded the
entire water entrance to the city.
Built on sand spit about a quar-
ter of mile from shore, it fea-
tured four bastions and four cur
tains.
During the Civil War roomY
quarters were constructed in
Fort Taylor and occupied until
hostilities ceased. The military
post in Key West had the dis
tinction during the Civil War
OF being the only one in the
South remaining in Union
hands.
Sentiment in the city was over
whelmingly Confederate and
when Florida seeded in January
1851, Gen. J. M. Brannan marched
his entire command from the bar
racks to Fort Taylor while the
city slept and took possession OF
lit. Incidentally, since the forti-
fication and Army post were on
opposite sides of the island from
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Mrs. I. W.
Dies In Miami

Mrs Zerla Wilhclmlna Lp"e.
So. died in her residence m Nj
ami Sunday morning. foll"winr
d lingering illness. She was 1
native of Key West, and had.rc-
sided in Miami Is years.
Survivors arc Wldowcr. Paul
S. Lowe; two sons, Morgan AMI
Eugene Lowe; three daughtcl
Mrs. Elizabeth Hill. Mrs Lillp
James and Mrs. Carolyn Bragg
a brother, Will Roberts Of Kcy
West, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be- con
Quoted at p m Wednesday ~
the Gerhardt Funeral Hone
chapel. Miami. with the Rev I.lv
ingstOn Munro, former pastor ~
the First Methodist Church. Kcv
West, officiating, with interment
following in Woodlawn Park
Cemetery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Closing Of Army Post Here Recalls Grand
History OF The Service And Its Influence
In Shaping The Development OF Key West

I the barracks the troops had to
march the mile and half distance
daily.
I "At the time of the Civil War
Browne writes, "there were no
roads OF streets directly connect
ing the Army post and Fort Tay-
, Tor, which could only be reached
, by marching the troops through
the town. In 1861, General John
M. Brannan, the commanding of
fiCcr, cut a road across the island
from d point about thousand
feet northeast of the post, SO that
he could march his troops to the
fort without going through the
city"
! The road was so filled with
coral rock that it became known
as Rocky Road but was later
changed to Division street.
since il was a dividing line
| south of which few. if any. per-
sons lived.
Because of the strong Confed-
crate sentiment in the city, il
was expected that an attack
would be made on the fort by the
citizens, Browne relates. Capt
Brannan reported that he had
-four months. provisions and sew
enty thousand gallons of water
| but could not stand a siege un-
| less he was reinforced Immediate
ly."
He was strengthened the same
year by the 5th us. Artillery un-
der a Maj. French, who had avoid
cd surrender in Texas and sailed
for Key West.
Fort Taylor. we'll supplied
with artillery and ammunition.
displayed so formidable a de-
Continued On Page Four3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Air Power Is ? cace Power"
TO Be Discussed Tomorrow
Night Before XIV. Legion Post
IT. COMDR. ALBRICHTy
OF NAVAL AIR STA
TION WILL BE GUEST
SPEAKER

1t. Comdr. Russell c.. Albright,
Operations, Naval Air Station,
! Boca Chica, will be the guest
speaker at the regular meeting
of Arthur Sawyer Post No. @2S,
American Legion, to be held to-
morrow evening at 8 o'clock in
the Legion Home, corner White
and Southland streets.
The subject of Comdr. AL
bright's talk will be "Air Power
Is Peace Power" Comdr.' AL.
bright is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Florida and native
of St. Petersburg, Florida. He
was flight instructor at the Naval
Academy for two years and has
served in various theaters of the
war during the last conflict.
A class of veterans of World
! War II will be given the obliga-
ton of the American Legion by
the ritual team of the Key West
! Guard of Honor.
Commander c. B. Harvey re-
guess full attendance, as many
matters of Importance are to be
discussed at this session of the
post.
The monthly meeting of Vol
ture Locale No. 1913, 40 and 8, fun
and honor organization of the
American Legion, was held last
evening at the Legion Home.
Chef de Care Robert D. Smith
presided at the session.
1t was stated that the local
Voiture is planning to sponsor
an initiation or wreck" this fall
in the city. Membership in the
40 and is by invitation only and
is based on service to the Amer
lean Legion. It is expected that
a large class of Key West Legion
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08

Scout Voyage
ToCuba Asked
OF Coast Guard
MAYOR. MccURDY CONFER
WITH 1T. MUSE: BOYS TO
ATTEND NAMING OF PLAZA
DE KEY WEST

City and Boy Scout officials
are attempting to secure Coast
Guard transportation from Key
West to Cuba so "a Scouts and
four leaders may accept an invi-
tation from Boy' Scouts of Cuba
TO attend celebration in Havana
July 1920, when one of the city
squares will be named after Key
West.
Mayor w. w. Demeritt. Scout
Commissioners David G. McCrdy
and Assistant Commissioner Pot
ter, conferred with Lieutenant
Luther Muse, Coast Guard COM
manding officer here, yesterday
regarding use of a Coast Guard
vessel for the trip. Muse. officer
( in charge of aids to navigation,
revealed that he is in no position
10 grant the request and is occu.
ricd with navigation work.
He suggested, however, that
McCurdy write Commander j. J
Woodbcck. his superior in Miami
and make the request. The Scout
Commissioner wrote the letter
today.
Presence of the Key West
Scouts at the Havana ceremony
officials said, is highly desirable
in order to observe adequately
the naming of Plaza de Key
West, formerly known as Sar
Francisco Square.
Mayor Demeritt, former Of
ficer in charge of the Coast
Guard installations here. ex-
pressed the hope that permission
for use of the necessary transpor.
tation will be granted in order
that the city may be we'll repre-.
sented at the christening cere.
mony.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
IlIlIZZZI
McCarty Arriues
To address
Jaycees Tonight

Dan McCartY. IS 'Year-old
citrus grower from Fort
Pierce. ex-Speaker of the
State House " of Representa-
tives and colonel during the
War in the Seventh Army.
arrived here today to address
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce at its installation of
officers ceremony toniHht.
The visitor will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the installa-
ton dinner to be held at 1850
pm. at the Fort TAYLOR Off
ers Club. Joe Pinder will be
installed IS president. sue
ceedins Jack Delaney. who
will deliver . brief address as
outgoing president.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
~IIlIlZZZ
WaHaces Become
Grandparents
TaUice Same Day

Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Wal
lace. SOB Ashe stree I. be-
came grandparents twice
yesterday.
Their first grandchild. a
daughter. was born at 8:39
a. M. to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kelly. The newc ON er
weighed eight pounds. eight
ounces. Mrs. Kelly is the for.
rner Beverly Verne Wallace.
AT l:l5 in the afternoon. a
son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hyde. The new arrival
weighed seven pounds. five
ounces. Mrs. Hyde is the for
mer Donnie June Wallace.
Both births occurred in the
Key West General Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08

had even erected barracks be.
tween Duvol and Whitehead
streets in 1924 but the buildings
were not long occupied.
Credit for all this informa-
ton goes to jefferson B.
Browne. author of KEY West
the Old and the New. publish.
ed in 1922
That first contingent of two
companies set up camp near
North Beach about where the
Key West Barracks are now. By
1886 a number of large lots 'front.'
ing the bay land probably CARR
son Blight had been decided to
the United States by the original
proprietors and occupied as an
army post.
Six buildings were erected for
officers quarters, three on the
northeast and three on the south
west side of the parade grounds.
Two soldiers barracks and a
guard house were put up 40 feet
apart southwest of the parade
grounds, each 125 by 20 feet.
With an eye to the climate
the Army engineers built the
living quarters of both officers
and enlisted men high off the
ground. with piazzas on all
sides. Made of wood. the
buildings stood on stone and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
CARBONELL
MAKING SIS 600
IMPROVEMENT

improvements costing $4,000
commenced yesterday on Car
bonelIs Luncheonette, 602 Duval
street. Louis Carbonell, owner,
said that he is installing con-
crete floor with asphalt tile, a
new counter, stools, tables, chairs,
kitchen equipment and a celotex
ceiling.
Sam Drudge. contractor, is
doing the work. A grand reopen
ing will be held. in about two
weeks, Carbonell said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
RUSSIA AT ODDS
WITH SATELLITES
OVER CONFERENCE
10 COUNTRIES ACCEPT
INVITATION TO DIS.
CtJsS EUROPE'S RE.
HAIiII.TTATION


LONDON. July 8.--RuSSia and
several of her satellite states arc
feiNnEted tO he at odds over the
conference ~ bc convened mex,
saturday In Paris 20 consider ap-
plying thu Marshall plan 10 re.
building Europe.
Radio Moscow announced to-
day that k0mania, Poland and
fugoslavia would not send repre-
sentattves % the conference. but
Poland and Romania promptly
announced that they had not yet
decided whether or not they
VIII have representation.
As Tor YuRoslavia. IL has not
definitely announced what il in
tends to do about the invitation
to Paris to discuss the Marshall
plan.
However. the Finnish govern
ment stated that its cabinet had
voted. four 90 two. not to partici-
pate In the Marshall plan dis
cuxsionS.
News was received from Hun
gary that II will make its de-
ctsion tomorrow.
Thus far 10 countries have ac-
cepted invitations 10 the confer
ence. Rehabilitation of Europe
under the Marshall plan will be
undertaken only in those coun-
tries that take part in the Paris
sessions
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
US. Going Dry
Again, Declares
W.C.T.U. Head

ASBURY PARK, N. J.-(AP).
Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president
of National Women's Christian
Temperance Union. says the
United States is voluntarily 60
ing dry by local option.
One fourth the area of the u.
S., containing 20 million popu-
lation, is now dry or bans hard
liquor" she told a w. c. T. L.
convention. Eventually, as the
revolt spreads, entire states will
go dry and, ultimately, the ma
ton"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
New Drilling
Cuts Diamonds
For Wire Dies

mp NewSfeuiWcs
NEW YORK a now method
~ of electrical drilling fhuI,cs
diamonds into tiny wine dld.g
forms in onc-fiihcth OF Tho time
it formerly took.
The wine glass diamonds ue
diamond dies used for mukna
extremely hard and fnc WIN
strands. important IN Tudur uud
many other clcciTonIc dcViCcs.
Developed IT thc National Eu
reau of Standards. the dl,"pri.
has revolutIoniled the fine wine
diamond die industry and ni.
dtICed II into the United stat
for the first time. says tho Ipr
nal If the Franklin Institute
Wires finer than ~ th"u
andths of an inch IN diameter ',u
lie drawn only by diamond a.
and they are essential Il - Gee
precision Of size and rOuudu
Before l940. such dies werc u
ported from Europe becausc the
took 100 OF more man hour 20
make. and labor costs here were
too high
With electrical drilling. tho
wine glass die can be mad '-t
about 10 hours. and multiple pfI
duCtiOn brings the time dpNn -
about two man hours. IA" Joe.
nal said. Tho dies also wear to-
ter than those made by mcChan
zeal drilling. 1t added The pro
cess was deveoped by & G. Pet
crs, w. B. Emerson. K r Nrf'
len, F. K. Harris. and |. l. cop
er.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Demand Lends
Enchantment

CHICAGO.-(Ap). - The de-
mand for new homes is moving
in reverse gear. Many are buying
old-fashioned, nineteenth century
residences in a time weathered
section of Lincoln Park. The an
tique houses are being put into
share for modern living. but
their quaint architecture is be.
ing preserved.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Gigs Smallest
Delinquent Tax
List Tomorrow

The smallest delinquent
tax list the City of Key West
has ever published will ap-
pear in the Citizen tomor.
row.
In bYgone days il was a
common thing for a list to
run more than three pages.
and sometimes as long as
four pages. but tomorrow's
list will be only two columns
long. +
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
BY JOHN n. vOSBURGH
City Editor Of the Key West Citizen

TIVE Armys departure from Key West being completed
marks the closing Of proud old outpost founded here ll6
years ago. Closely tied with the development of the city
throughout this period the Army has compiled envioble
ord OF achievement since Maj james Gasse oived with
The soldiers had been preceded by both sdlos and marines
EIGHT years before. In dct company OF mornes
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Reception Tonight
For Baptist People

Members of the First Baptist
Church will give a reception to-
night, beginning at o'clock, in
the Baptist annex for the Rev.
and Mrs. Bronnie Nichols and
the Rev. and Mrs. Negrene.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Hearing Is Set
For Girls Suit
Against Officer
CIRCUIT COURT TO SIT ON
FALSE ARREST CASE MADE
AGAINST HECTOR CASTRO.
AUGUST

Hearing of $4,000 personal
damage suit filed against Police
Officer Hector Castro by an at
torney for Miss Ethel Rota
Plaisance, II, for false arrest on
June 3, was set for August 4, by
Circuit Court here yesterday.
Etienne Paul Plaisance, who
was described as Miss Ethel R..
Plaisance's best friend, who filed
the suit, charges that the plaintiff
i'll the action was arrested June
4 by Castro on a charge of va
grancy.
Attorney Tom Watkins, who
was acting city judge during the
absence from the city of Judge
Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., dismiss
ed the charge against the young
woman.
City Clerk Roy Hamlin ex-
lplained this morning that the city
is protected against suits of this
type by explicit legislation which
holds that the municipality cam
not be held to blame for actions
of. it's police officers.
The case is believed to be one
of the very few, if not the first,
to be brought against a police
officer here. The young woman
was arrested by Castro who said
he stopped a car containing some
sailors on the night of June 4th
and found Miss Plaisance in
their company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08
Coal Miners
Returning 10
Jobs Today

10000 MARCHING BACK TO
WORK IN NORTHERN AREA;
NOW GETTING HIGHEST
WAGES IN HISTORY
(By The Associated PressD
WASHINGTON, July 8.-One
hundred fifty thousand soft-coal
miners, now receiving their high
est wage in history, are returning
to their jobs this afternoon in
the northern area.
Their wage scale now amounts
to $13.05. a day.
Another 100000 are scheduled
to return to pits tomorrow in the
middle and far west.
AS a result of the miners going
back to their jobs after their 10
day vacation PERIOD" steel mills
reported today that they are re-
turning to full-scale operations.
The only area in which a set
Element has not yet been reached
between miners and operators is
in the South.
Southern operators and union
representatives are due to hold
a conference tomorrow afternoon,
beginning at 2 o'clock, to nego-
tiate for a settlement of differ
ences between them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-08

Aey West. Florida. has the
'''oss cauable climate In the
country. with an average
range Of only ~ Fahrenheit