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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-08
Red Cross Makes
Final Plans For
Start OF Drive

Final preparations for Key
Vests 1947 Red Cross drive
which starts Monday were COM
plcted last night at a meeting of
residential canvassing workers
in the City Hall. J. Y. Porter, Nv,
campaign director, said that he
was greatly encouraged about
the prospects of the drive achiev-
ing its goal of $l4,730.
Spirited talks were given by
Porter, Lee Mason, Oliver Girls
void, publicity director of the
Key West chapter; George Cos
tello, field representative of the
South Florida District; Joe Pin
der, local treasurer, and Mrs.
Ruth Higgs, residential canvass
ing chairman.
Costello and Mason gave the
canvaSSers some valuable tips on
handling drive in a residential
district. The latter speaker,
chairman of the March of Dimes
campaign, pointed out that the
door-to door drive had not been
used either by the March of
Dimes or the Community Chest
Terming it the most effective
method available, he expressed
the belief that the Red Cross
should attain its goal.
Movies on Red Gross services
and CanvaSSing were shown and
supplemented by the remarks of
GriSWold and Costello who
stressed the services rendered by
the organization. Costello said
that 92.1 per cent. of the $14,730
to be raised here will be used in
Key West.
Pinder told the canvassers to
turn over their funds to their
zone captains at the close Of each
day. who will in turn make a
daily report to him. Mrs. Higgs
designated the various areas OF
the city to be covered by her
zone captains and the streets to
be allotted to each solicitor.
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SPONGE FISHERMEN REPORT
Educating Public about Taking Understood Sponges
* y
PRESENT. SEASON VERY POOR


Sponge fishermen report this
season as one of the worst in the
history of sponge fishing out of
Key West. And there are fewer
spongers working at the bust
ness.
According to Joseph Knight,
state conservation agent for
Monroe county, the weather has
been bad this season, and
spongeS just are not coming into
Key West for sale.
Yesterday 106 punches of
sleeps wool sponges, taken by
Capt. Nelson Spencer, brought
more than $4,000 on the sponge
market at Grinnell and Caroline
streets. They were bought by
Hilary Whalton.
Another group of 40 sleeps
wool sponges brought better than
$23 bunch. The rest of the Of
ferings were small lots of yellow
grass SpongeS..
Knight said he was trying to
educate visitors to Key West not
to accept understood spongeS or
crawfish. Warnings arc given the
tou. ,stS when first seen with un-
dersized' takes of sponges or
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tai of five are engaged i'll the
business of timber and lumber.
The health of the Legislature
should be well protected by one
doctor and two druggists. Then
there is one minister to assist the
chaplainS in looking after the
spiritual welfare. Four livestock
dealers, four realtors, and four
contractors should make a good
team. Three auto dealers, three
editors and two citrus growers
and one member each engaged in
manufacturing, hotel operation
also there is one railroad man,
one fisherman, one SaWmill man,
one dairyman, one accountant
and one turpentine operator
which gives variety to the pro-
fcssiof1S3 and jvocations.
/, While only about one half of
the sh1ehabers indicated 'their res
ligious or church affiliation, from
the information available, they
were divided as follows: Metho-
dist 25. Baptist 10, Presbyterian
II, Christian 3, Catholic l, Epis-
copal 6, Church of Christ l and
Second Day Adventist l.
A NUMBER OF "JOINERS"
Among the fraternal orders, Sc
are Masons, so Elks, II Shriners,
II Knights of Pythias, 8 Odd Eel
lows and six members of the
Woodman of the World, indicat-
ing that the 1947 Legislature arc
pretty good "Joiners".
CIVIC CLUBS REPRESENTED
While some members, no doubt,
failed to indicate their connection
with civic clubs, yet the record
Continued on Page Three
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crawfish. Arrests usually follow
the warning.
Carlysle E. Beedle, Akron, O.,
who had been around the Key
West market buying sponges
since last December, was arrest
ed by Knight for having under
sized spongeS in his possession.
Beedle was arrested in Duval
street where the sponges were
found in his car, knight said.
Beedlc's bond was set at $50.
He had to go back to Akron. At
torney John Sawyer will enter a
plea of guilty to the charge at
the regular Tuesday morning
hearing in Criminal Court.
"Becdle was also warned about
TIA King understood sponges,"
knight said today. 81 don't ar
rest any stranger in Key West
without warning. 1t is against the
conservation laws to accept UNI
dersized sponees and it means
much to Key West sponge men
to enforce the laws"
knight also said the open sea-
son on crawfish will close March
81. The open season will be re-
sumed July 81.
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81 Nazis In
Underground
Apprehended
cay The As.oeiated Pressp

tBy The Associated PressD
"a VIENNA, March 8.--American
troops and Austrian police today
arrested 81 Nazis who were en-
gagged in underground activities.
After their apprehension, it
was announced that the move
ment had been killed, as all the
leaders were among the men ar
rested.
While the leaders were trying
to build up their organization,
they were also conducting black
market operations in various
parts of Austria, and were using
the profits to increase their men,
bership.
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For
Purchase OF Casa
Marina Under WAY
tCECIL CARBONEII. no.
CAL REALTOR. SAYS
| AN ATTEMPT BEING
| MADE TO BUY HOTEL

Negotiations for another par.
chase of Casa Marina Hotel wtsc
reported under way today.
Cecil Carboncll. reallog. 700
Duval street. said that he Fcgar.
sented the prospective buyer a
the hotel property. bus would nol
divulge the amount Of the oiief.
ing or the parties negotiating Cos
the purchase.
I'VE won't know for some time
yet If the deal Is finally eunrisati.
ed" Carbonell said.
Julian Kasden, Miami ncsth
who is one OF the owners ~ tig
Atlas Investment cofpofatiun "a
the same city. which owsm tts
Casa Marina. was here to-day. tait
presumably left Tor Mlasni b.
fore he could be- reaclsed fos
statement.
+. Z. Dennison. managing "a
rector of Casa Marina. hal ara
heard of the attempt o. bgy the
hotel.
1T was my understanding fhsi
the Atlas Improvement Corpse
ton liked the property sp vel
that it intended keeping a. Den
niSon said.
Last December 20 the CESS
Marina Hotel was sold b. llse
Florida East Coast Hotel Cuia.
pany. which constructed tlse o..
tel "a years ago. to Julisu kas-
den and associates. WIN - iufw
transferred IL to the Atlas la
vestnent Corporation.
At the time the price wsa &C.
ported 90 have been eiHae o.
$3O0,0O0. Since that time il,F
buyers have spent alnasssi "a ni
the 100000 they plannNl ip
spend in improving the atvelF
When thc sale@Gas sxsnsl -
by Kasdcn. Allan y. cieafe. ~,
of Key West. represeFted the
buyers. Clcare was not In tiir tiiF
today and could not be feathel
for statement concerning the
sale OF the hotel.
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Returns From
Miami Hospital

Mrs. Ross c. Sawyer, 1921 Pearl
street. wife of County Clerk Ross
C. Sawyer, returned yesterday
from Miami, where she has been
in Jackson Memorial Hospital un-
.dergoing a series of operations.
Mrs. Sawyer was accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Florence
E. Sawyer.
She first entered the hospital
October 10. Except for about a
month she spent at her home for
the Christmas holidays, Mrs, Saw
yer had been in the hospital ever
since. s'' Re- "a
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MartellO Beach Site
Could Be Obtained Is
Belief In W ashington
PEPPER, HOLLAND AND5
SNfATHERS CONFI-
DENT ARMY WOULD
GIVE UP AREA

The Monroe County Commits
sion would have no difficulty in
securing the West Martello site
for the new county beach, ac-
cording to word from Washing
ton, City Commissioner l. oui S
carbonell said today.
Carbonell talked by telephone
with Representative Georg c
Smathers yesterday and COM
municated with u. S. Senator
Claude Pepper. He has also been
In touch with U. S. Senator SPECS
sard Holland.
All three, Carbonell said, "are
confident we could get the West
Martello Site" He added that in
his belief it is the most appro-
pirate site"
George Smathers told me, )"
carbonell said, that we can get
the site without any trouble"
Meanwhile. County Commits
sioncrs Frank Bentley, Clarence
Higgs and Gerald Saunders and
Carbonell examined all three
proposed sites: Stock Island, Mar
tello and East Boulevard. They
were accompanied by Capt. r. D.
Spalding. engineer in charge of
the recent beach survey by
Spalding and Associates.
The county commissioners said
an overwhelming number of Key
Wcsters favor the Martello site
and hence the commission could
do little more than accede to the
public WILL Carboneu pointed
out that the MartelIo site, now
owned by the Army, will cost the
taxpayers nothing for land cost,
since IL Is fully expected the
property-.will be turned over,
gratis TO the county.
Before the property can be ac-
auired, Carboncll said, a letter
must be secured from Col. Cliff
ford Singleton. commanding Of
ficer, Army Harbor Defenses,
stating that the Martcllo prop
erty Is surplus and of no use to
the Army. If Col. Singleton's let
Ter. plus q legal description OF
the land. is submitted to Wash
incton, Carboncll said, Pepper
Holland and Smathers will get to
work ON il at once.
Within "a hours, Carboneli
quoted Smathcrs as saying, well
wire YOU To come up to Washing
ton and close the deal It is a
pretty sure thing il we decide on
this site" the commissioners con-
cluded
The committeeman were deep
~ interested by the preferences
indicated by many Key Westers
for the Martello site, such as by
the 58-to-2 vote of the Lions
Club for Martello Thursday. AS
a further check of the popular
sentiment. it has been suggested
that referendum, either infor-
NAL or official, be conducted,
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Truman Nav
Speak Monday
About Greece

WASHINGTON. March a--Tilr
White House said today that thr
President probably viii make .
statement to congress on MuudaT
about the situation ia Crvetr
IL was said further that ie
probably will recommend uHf
the United States loan GitHf
5000. OO0,0 900 and 10 supply b. 81
crnmcnt with arms and smmuu
ton.
Tenscncss over the GFUCian sIi
uation yesterday and last n.Fft
had eascd considerably ~ tlu
morning.
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USS. Albemarle
To Leave Today

USS Almemarle, a 14,000-ton
Seaplane tender, which has been
in Key West for two days, is
scheduled to leave this evening
for Guantanamo Bay Naval Sta
ton.
The ship will bear Rear Adj
miral Carl F. Holden, USN, com
mander of the training command
of the Atlantic Fleet, who is in
speeding the units of his COM
mand.
The AIbemarle is commanded
by Capt. E. II. Eckelmeyer, USN.
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TALLAHASSEE. Fla, March 8.
From available biographical
sketches, some interesting facts
about those men who will serve
in the 1947 Legislature have been
developed While some of the
biographies were incomplete,
enough information is given to
furnish a composite picture of the
1947 session of the Legislature.
THEY ARE EDUCATION
Thirty members of the Senate
and 81 members of the House
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. If this
be an index to the entire mem
bership, we should have a high
level of intelligence running
through the 1947 Legislature
Only, .55. members indicated that
they were. native sons, ~ So, it
seems the Legislature Will only be
about one-half native sons. while
approximately one-half were
born outside the State of Florida
IN THEIR FORTIES-
The average age of members
of the House of Representatives is
46, while the Senate average of
48 is a little higher. SO there
should be quite a few younger
men, but still enough of the older
qrOllD 10 give a conservative ma
ture and experience age level
that portendS we'll for the 1947
Legislature. Experience in the
World Wars has been had by a
dozen of the Senate and q MEM
bers of the House. Nineteen OF
those served in World War One
and 20 served in World War Two
! LAWYERS PREDOMINATE-
Thirty-eight members of the
House and 81 of the Senate arc
lawyers by profession and is the
largest of the professional groups
Following next in line are mer-
chants, there being nine in the
| House and two in the Senate
Farmers, of which there are sew
en- and bankers to the number oil
six, are next. Insurance follows
a close second with five and to-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-08
Chameleon With 2
Tails Found Here
BY Macy Man

A two-tailed. full-grown
chameleon was found here this
morning by Tommy Lee
Douglas. signalmsn second
class. at the Naval Hospital.
Douglas found the creature
on The seat of his bicycle.
Just 10 make sure that no.
body will class his story
with the "two-headed calf"
variety. Tommy took Twin
Tail 10 the Municipal Aquar-
ium. which gave Tommy a
statement saying that il had
received from him a two
tailed chameleon.
Twin Tell is now on dis
play at the Aquarium. and
Douglas has already written
to Ripley about his find.
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Buy Traditional
Maps, Folders

Because of the heavy demand
for folders and maps of Key West,
directors of the Chamber of Com
mercc yesterday authorized the
purchase OF. Is, 900 folders and l0-
600 tnaps,1t;E j. f-ltjEitiG5
Folders. and maps are distri-
buted by the railroad and bus
companies and by filling stations
and at other points, Acting Man
ager Harold r. 'Laubscher re-
ported.
Evening star., 1947-01-20
u. 5. Urged 10 Help
Other Nations SET Up
Atomic Research
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Jan. 20.-The British
Atomic Scientists Association urged
today that the United States, Brit
ain and Canada Immediately give
other nations help in setting ur
atomic research plants "of little use
for military research"
"It would be a generous and help
full measure if the nations now pos
sessing the most advanced knowl-
edge of atomic energy were to Offer
to other nations collaboration In
setting up small atomic reactors," a
2, 2,400-Word statement by the associa-
tons council said.
Atomic reactors are ovens which
produce heat, radioactive rays anc
new atoms. The association sale
they "are Of little use for military
purposes, but are valuable for the
purposes of scientific research ane
for the production Of tracer ele.
ments for research in medicine anc
other fields"
It suggested that plans and per
sonnel be offered by the "know how
nations-defined by officials of th'
association as the United States
Britain and Canada.
AS for military control Of atomic
knowledge, the association said:
eve are impressed with thu
strength of the case made in thu
Lihenthal report for giving to ADJ
(Atomic Development Authority.
positive responsibility for production
and ownership (of atomic plants.
It recommended that Bernard M
Baruch's American proposals fol
Evening star., 1947-01-20

general star when Gen. Marshall
was Chief Of STAFF and who served
briefly after the war as Assistant
Secretary Of State for administra-
ton.
Mr.. Mccarthy is expected to be
brought back into the department
|by Gen. Marshall either as q per-
|sonal assistant or in his former post
The administrative assistant Sec
|retaryship became vacant with. the
resignation, effective today, Of Dom
aid Russell, a close associate Of Mr..
|Byrnes.
Gen. Marshall was accompanied
lon his flight eastward by Mrs. Mar
shall, who had met him In Hawaii
lon his way back from China where
he had worked for more than a
year as President Truman,s special
envoy trying to unite the warning
National Government and Chinese
Communist forces.
In Hawaii, Gen. Marshall had
doffed his uniform for civilian
clothes and spent 10 days resting.
The Associated Press reported that
he told newspapermen as he left
Hawaii that he had "tried to avoid
all serious thinking" while there.
He declined to discuss international
affairs when reporters saw him in
Hawaii and California.
There is plenty Of work ahead
for him here, topped by preparation
for the Big Four Ministers Confer
ence at Moscow in March on Ger
man and Austrian peace settle
ments. The American delegation
will leave for Moscow In about q
month.
/ In the meantime numerous I'm.
Evening star., 1947-01-20
Forest Glen Merges
HEARING Aids Service

Latest developments in hearing
aids for deaf servicemen and vet
erans will be consolidated at the
new Aural Rehabilitation Center at
Forest Glen. Md, it was announced
v day by Maj. Gen. Norman T.
7 surgeon general.
Kirk spoke at dedication
cere. -onies of the institution, an
annex of Walter Reed Hospital,
which will replace three Army aural
rehabilitation centers established
during the war at Butler, Pa;
Chickasha, Okla, and Santa Bar
bara, Calf.
He said S,400 patients had re-
ceived special training for impaired
hearing in these three centers, and
added that o. per cent had ex-
pressed satisfaction at hearing aids
which had been issued them.
Undoubtedly" the general de-
clared, greater developments were
made during the war years, as q
result of the armed forces aural
rehabilitation program for the mass
care Of the hard of hearing than
were ever made before"
After careful examination of each
patient to determine the type and
extent of hearing loss, various hear
ing aids are tested for their ef-
fectiveness. Gen. Kirk explained
Several hundred different hearing
prescriptions are possible, due tc
combinations of microphones, am
plifiers, receivers and batteries, he
pointed out.
Evening star., 1947-01-20
|Byrnes Signs Paeis
with Four Nations
In Last Official Act

Secretary OF State Byrnes, as
la final official act, signed the
World War II peace treaties
with Italy, Hungary, Rcmania
and Bulgaria this morning. i
Chairman vandenberg Of the Sem
ate Foreign Relations Committee
and Senator Connally. Democrat,
Of Texas, who took part In the I6
months Of negotiations on the COM
pacts. were at Secretary Byrnes'
side in the ceremony at the State
Department.
There vii. be a second signing of
the treaties at Paris February 10
when representatives of the enemy
satellite states will afix their sig
natures.
Caffery Will Act for United States.
Other Allies will sign the treaties
at the same time. The Ambassador
to France, Jefferson Caffery. will
act then for the United States.
Today's ceremony was arranged
chiefly to permit Secretary Byrnes
to sign the treaties before turning
over his Office to Gen. George G.
Marshall.
/ The actual ceremony required
only two minutes. AS Mr.. Byrnes
signed the documents at a table,
Senator Vandenberg was on his
right and Senator Connally at his
left.
The Secretary signed the Italian
treaty without changing pens. Sew
eral associates called to him to
switch writing implements and in
signing the Bulgarian, Hungarian
and Romanian pacts in that order,
he used. several pens. These he dis
tributed among the two Senators
and the diplomats who had worked
with him for almost year and a
half on the writing of the treaties.
These included Undersecretary of
State Acheson, Assistant Secretary
Willard Thorp, Ben Cohen, State
Department counselor; H. Freeman
Matthews. head of the European
Division; Samuel Reber, chief of
the Southern European Division,
and Charles E. Bohlen. Mr.. Byrnes'
special adviser on Russian affairs.
At the end of the ceremony, Mr..
Byrnes grinned at the crowd and
remarked:
IF anybody wants to make a
speech he can have about five min
utes right up here"
Mr.. Byrnes himself made no
statement. He did not sign the
Finnish treaty because Finland,
though at war with Russia and
Britain, was not formally at war
with the United States.
Evening star., 1947-01-20

mediate problems clamored for his
personal attention. These include
the question of continued recogni-
tion Of the Soviet-supported Polish
government In view OF elections
yesterday under conditions which
this Government contends violated
the Yalta and Potsdam pledges for
free democratic balloting.
Another urgent problem involves
demands for q softening of United
States policy toward Argentina.
George S. Messersmith, American
Ambassador to Argentina, who has
been in sharp conflict with Spruille
Braden. Assistant Secretary Of State
for Latin American Affairs, Is in
Washington for consultation and is
expected to press for settlement of
the issue by the new Secretary Of
State before returning to his post.
Evening star., 1947-01-20
U. 5. Expected 10 Win
Delay in U. n. Action
On Arms Reduction
BY the Assecjoted Press

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Jan. 20.
An American motion to post
pone United Nations discussion
of worldwide arms reduction
plans for two weeks appeared
assured OF passage today by the
Security Council.
Only Russia stood opposed to the
move on the basis Of PAST arguments
as the delegates reassembled after
a week end recess prompted by the
death Of Brazilian Delegate Pedro
Leao Velloso.
Warren r. Austin, chief United
States delegate, asked the delay un-
til February because of James F.
Byrnes' resignation as Secretary Of
State and to allow more time for
studying series OF preliminary
proposals tossed into the council
hopper by Russia, France, Colombia
and Australia.
Will Confer with Marshall.
He was represented as being op-
posed to any form Of compromise
which might provide for immediate
establishment Of q subcommittee to
start the work Of a suggested IL
nation disarmament commission.
Within q week Mr.. Austin plans
to confer with Gen. C. Marshall, the
incoming secretary, in q series of
conferences expected to lay the
groundwork for a basic American
policy on the whole broad question
Of arms slashing.
2 Having lost its fight to give pri-
ority to a program for control of
atomic energy, the United States
planned to resist setting up dis
armament commission even next
month. However, it was expected
that Mr.. Austin would agree to
such q body If other delegates in
sisted, but would demand that all
weapons Of mass destruction be
considered by the presently func-
tioning Atomic Energy Commission
and not by any new arms commits
sion.
Thse plans, Of course, were SUBJ
ject to review by Gen. Marshall.
Albanian Case Next.
After disposal of the arms mo-
ton, the Council will be ready to
take up British charges that AL
bania was responsible for sowing
mines in the Corfu Channel, lead
ing to the damaging Of two Brit
ish destroyers with A casualties
last October "a.
Albania rejected the complaint
and in turn accused the British Of
violating territorial waters. The
American delegation was report
ing weighing the possibility of sug-
gesting that the case be referred
to the International Court Of JUS
tice.
Syria announced, meanwhile, that
DR.. Cesti K. zurkay, its minister to
Washington. would sit on the coun-
ell in the absence Of delegate Faris
El Khoury, who left for London to
attend conferences on the Palestine
question.
Elsewhere on the U. N. front, the
Economic and Employment Commis-
sion and the Social Commission,
both arms of the Economic and
Social Council, were called together
to start discussions on wide range
of problems, including reconstruc-
ton OF war-torn countries and the
housing shortage. Meetings were
scheduled to continue approximately
two weeks.
Evening star., 1947-01-20

CHICAGO.-WAITING FOR BETTER WEATHER-Gen. George
Marshall scheduled become Secretary of State at
monies Washington today pictured he entered hotel
with Marshall to await transportation arrangements
Marshas plane bringing him from California to the
Capital set when Washington weather closed in
swearngn ceremonies have been postponed until tomor-
row. -AP Wrephoto