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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
CASA MARINA TO BE
OPEN THIS SUMMER;
SALE REPORT DENIED
kASDEN SAYS 'sNO IN
TENTIONo Or SELL
NC; CONVENTION
FOR HOTEL. SOUGHT

La Casa Marina Hotel is being
prepared for operation through
out the summer, Managing Di-
rector Eugene Dennison announc.,
ed this morning. a number of
organizations are being contact
cd with view to having them
hold their annual conventions at
the popular resort hotel, Denni-
son said.
Meanwhile, Julius Kasden, co
owner of the hotel. said that
Casa Marina will not be sold
Commenting on reports to this
effect, KaSdcn said, "Wc have no
intention of selling Casa Marina.
| am very we'll pleased with the
entire establishment and with
the results of the tourist season."
Cecil Carbonell, realtor, who
was described to Citizen re-
porter Saturday as the rcpresen-
tative of prospective buyers of
the property said he had mo
comment on the statement of
the hotel owner.
KaSden'S statement indicated
plans to expand and elaborate
the numerous facilities of the
hotel will proceed as originally
outlined. A swimming pool will
be constructed beneath the palms
dotting the spacious front lawn.
A breakWater may also be built
and more sand brought in for
the hotel beach.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
Criminal Court
Recessed Today

Criminal Court opened today
for the hearing of jury trial cases
but Judge Thomas S. Caro- re-
cessed the court without taking
any action on such cases.
There are not enough cases
to warrant drawing a jury list
and SO all trials scheduled to be
heard this week are adjourned
until the next session of the
court" Judge Caro- said.
There are only two, cases de-
handing jury trials. A list OF
jurors will be drawn at the next
session, when it is expected there
will be enough cases on the dock
ct to warrant trials for a week
or more.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
March 30 Deadline
For County, State
Payment OF Taxes

Real estate, personal property
and intangible taxes become de-
linquent April /, County Tax Col
lector Howard E. Wilson an
nounced today.
'These 1916 taxes will become
delinquent after March &c." Will
son said.
Those taxpayers who filed
homestead exemptions last year
will only have to pay $3.50 a
thousand of assessed valuation
Those who did not file them will
have to pay the combined coun-
ty and state tax rate of $3.50.
About 100 taxpayers become
delinquent every year, Wilson
says. Their properties go up for
sale for taxes on June |, if the
taxpayers are delinquent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
UCHTER-THAN-AIR
MEACHAM STATION
ON SURPLUS LIST
NOT YET CLAS-
SIFIED OR PROCESS
ED FOR DISPOSITION,
WAA SAYS
CErOm Washington Correspondent
Key West CiSfZenl

Erom Washington Correspondent,
Key West CitfzenJ
WASHINGTON, d. c., March
10. - (WNS) = Meacham Naval
Lighter-Than-Air Naval Station
at Key West is one of IL war
time installations which have
been declared surplus, the War
Assets Administration stated to-
day.
The station has not yet been
classified or processed for dispo-
sition, and WAA announced only
that it had received an actual
declaration Of surplus.
Representative George A.
Smathers Of Florida, at the re-
quest of the Boy Scouts, has been
endeavoring to obtain equipment
used at Meacham for the Boy
Scouts. 1t was stated at Repre-
sentative Smathers' office that
he had not been successful in OBJ
tanning the equipment asked by
the Boy Scouts.
However. now that the install
lation has been declared surplus,
it is expected he will renew his
efforts to comply with the re-
quest of the organization.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
Purchaser OF Apartments
Here Asserts High Taxation
/. Worst Drawback In Key West

Declaring he hoped to- be help
full and that he had the kindest
regards for Key West and is 60
ing to make his home here, D. E.
Henderson, who bought the Lo-
PEE apartments at United and
Margaret streets, told The Citizen
today that he feels the worst
drawbacks to the development
OF Key West are the city and
county taxes.
Il know three men who came
here recently to invest in local
real estate" Mr.. Henderson said,
land when they found out what
were the city and county taxes,
they turned about and left town
without investing a penny.
Furthermore, | would have
purchased business property in
Key West had it not been for
the high taxes. I am familiar with
real estate, and I regarded the
property as a good buy were it
not for the top-heavy city and
county taxes. I decided not to buy
that business property or any
other real estate in Key West
until there is a decided decrease
in taxation.
"Plcase tell the people of Key
West that l have picked it out
as my future home, and that my
criticism of the tax situation is
made in kindliest spirit. AS l am
going to reside here, naturally
I want to see the town grow.
Besides, I not only like Key West
but l also like Key Westers, and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
Man Held For
Criminal Court

David Parker, Tavernier, who
was alleged to have stolen S3l5
and was charged with grand lar
ceny, was given a preliminary
hearing Saturday before Peace
Justice E. r. Lowe of Tavernier.
Parker pleaded not guilty and
was held under bond of $500 for
hearing in Criminal Court. Par
ker was brought to Key West
yesterday by State Highway Pa
trolman Warren Bateman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10

: judging from my talks with many
of them, they are acutely aware
of the tax burden under which
they are struggling. If Key West
is to, succeed as it should succeed
as an outstanding winter resort,
as well as an all-year residential
center, taxes must be decreased
to an appreciable extent. Prop
erty owners here can not con-
tinue to carry on successfully if
the oppressive taxes continue in
force"
Mr. HenderSon's hometown is
in Huntsville, Alabama, but he
is now arranging to become a
resident of Key West. He pointed
out that in Huntsville the tax
rate is IL on a 100 per cent val
uation, and in Key West, As, so
that the valuation in Key West
is eaten up by taxes in little
more than 20 years.
Mr.. Henderson concluded:
81 may be asked why am
coming here in the face of such
high taxation My answer is that
l like Key West and want to
reside here, regardless of taxes,
but l will not make any further
investment in Key West realty
under the present exorbitant tax
structure. I have been told that
the three men who came here to
invest and left town when they
heard of the high taxes, are not
the only ones. Others have taken
the same action, and still others
will be scared away by the bur-
dcnsomc tax structure"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
d. E. Lilienthal
Receives 3 TO |
Recommendation
tBy Tie AsseeIated Press,

WASHINGTON, March TO-
The senate, atomic energy com
mittcc, which had been consid-
ering the confirmation of David
E. Lilienthal as head of the Unit
cd States Aatomic Energy Com
mittee, recommended his con-
firlnation today by vote of eight
to one.
Senator Bricl1cr. of Ohio, Scnai
tor sTaft'st; colleague. cast the
negative vote. Taft opposes LII
ienthal's confirmation.
1t was predicted that there will
be heated contest in the senate
before Lilienthal is confirmed,
though the prepondcEating com
mittce vote is expected to help
him considerably.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
MartellO Beach Site
Will Be Approved By.
County Commission
COMMITTEE EXPECTED,
To APPROVE LOCA-
TON AT TOMORROW
NIGHTS MEETING

Committee of the Monroe Coun-
~ Commission, which has under
consideration the selection of {
site Tor a beach, will probably
recommend West Martello Tower
a. the spot for the bathing
beach.
This was evident Saturday
when the committee made an
examination of the Stock Island,
Boulevard and Martello Tower
site with the engineer in charge,
a. d. Spalding.
The committee will report to
the County Commission at the
regular meeting tomorrow night.
Members of the committee are
Chairman Frank Bentley, Gerald
Saunders. Clarence Higgs, and
City Commissioner Louis Carbo-
mrll.
4 think the committee will APP
prove Of the West Martello Tower
site" Saunders said today. "It
h the site most favOrably approx
ed by the citizens of Key West"
HiRas and Carbonell expressed
similar views, declaring that in
their opinion the Martello Tower
ste was the most favorably To-
Gated and suited for a bathing
beach and other appurtenances.
Pull description of Martello
fewer will be sent today by the
committee TO Representative
George Smathers and the state
senatorial men in Washington.
II was pointed out that the
Martcllo site. now owned by the
Army. would cost the taxpayers
nothing for the land expense,
since Il Is expected the property
would be turned over gratis to
thc county.
MartcllO site includes the prop
cFty owned by the government.
ID Is bounded by Reynolds, Laird
and White streets, exclusive of
ihn north corner, which. has been
turned over by the Army to the
Civil Aeronautics Administration,
According to Engineer Spald-
me. the MartcllO site also includes
600 feet at the westerly end of
Ilest Beach with adjacent land
bark to Atlantic Boulevard. The
areas involved arc about 10 acres
of government land, not includ-
ing about six acres under the jur-
isdiction Of the CAA, and about
otc and Onc-half acres of the
STRAIGHTFORWARD Rest Beach,
making "a total of liz acres in
the site.
Rest Beach section would in
eludc about eight percent of the
land AREA and about rs percent of
the waterfront of the tract that
recently sold for 100000. 1t is es-
timatcd by the engineers that
Rest Beach section could be pur-
chased for about $4,000.
Condemnation pr oc d n gs
might Doc necessary on the Rest
Beach property, but the engi-
neers do not believe there should
be long litigation or any question
uf riparian rights.
Entrance TO Martello site would
nc al the foot of White street,
where transportation and power,
water and communication lines
could bc readily made available
The engineers propose to re-
store Martcllo Tower by building
an upper section to serve as a sun
deck. The outlook TO the south Is
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
Eight Cuban Seamen
Brought Here After
Fire Wrecks Vessel
kRESCUED BY TANKER;
| KEY WEST RED CROSS
! SUPPLIES CLOTHING
| AND FOOD

Eight Cuban seamen rescued
after an explosion and a fire de-
Istroyed the Cuban lumber schoons
Ier Serena 20 miles south Of Re-
becca Shoals, which are 40 miles
southwest of Key West. were
brought to the city Sunday.
The seamen. who escaped inr
jury. came out of the fire with
only the clothes on their backs.
were lodged in the Gibson Hotel.
where they remained today
awaiting funds with which 10
reach Havana.
Key West Chapter, American
Red Cross, gave the seamcn inn
mediate relief. Acting Cuban
Consul Raoul Alpizar requested
emergency help from the Red
Cross and Immediately Leland N.
Goddard, co-chairman Of the dis
aster service, aided by Mrs. Ca
rola Nettlcs, Red Cross home SER
vice worker, filled their needs
The men needed at once eight
pair of pants, shirts. underclOtles.
two pairs of tennis shoes. plus
food for eight until funds arrive
from owners of the vessel.
Manuel Gelpi, captain ~ tho
schooner, said the fire started
from a spark from a small molor
which was set in motion 30 pump
the bilges. Diesel fuel for the
main engine then ignited, he said.
and spread TO the lumber rargp.
which was enroute from Tampa
to Havana.
After fighting the FLAMES for
what the captain estimated b. be
about an hour. the men launched
their lifeboat with difficulty.
/, They were unable 10 GO lGlpag
decks TO save their personal be-
lLiEo VI
} With the high winds, ilaaaeaFiF
attempts of the crew 10 slow the
lifeboat's position 10 the tanker
Pan Maryland, which was pas.
ing near the scene. were futile.
The crew lighted pieces III paper
and waved a shirt. The tanker
finally sighted the crew.
After the men were taken
aboard the frcighter they were
brought TO the buoy marking Key
Vests channel entrance. There
they were picked up by the Coast
Guard, the 83403, under commansi
of o. D. Odom, BMlc. They were
brought to Key West.
After reporting to the Cuban
consuls office. the men were
taken to the Gibson Ioteisby the
Red Cross. While the men were
securing off the accumulation 81
smoke and oily CRIME, Goddard
got Kantor's clothing stoIc b.
open and to obtain the clothing
needed by the men.
With the Red Cross as their
hosts, the eight satisfied their APP
petites at the Vets restaurant near
the Gibson. Subsequent meals
we're also supplied by the Red
Cross. Allan L. Hampton, chap
ter chairman, pointed oui that
the chapter was pleased to assist
in the emergency. for the men
were temporarily without fuuda
and definitely in need Of quick.
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
HOT AFTER, LOBBY

Observation-Disclosures May
or LaGuardia said today he is
hot after the lobby that is work
ing either for the removal of rent
control or for boost in rentals.
He said the ceiling should be con-
tinued till June OF next year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
GREEK SITUATION

WASHINGTON. - Senate and
house leaders conferred with the
President today about the situa-
ton in Greece. Truman explain
ed it is not the intention of the
United States to send troops to
Greece. He will address congress
Wednesday about the proposal to
bolster up Greece by advancing
her money.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
GOT HER WISH-PLUS

LOS ANGELES.-Mrs. Mary
Salchak, 80, got her wish for a
boy baby, but that wasn't all. Two
baby sisters came along at the
same time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
Late Bulletins
SUGAR STAMPS
tBY Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON. - OPA an
nounced today that sugar stamp
No. 10 would be good for 10
pounds of sugar April /. It was
also stated that an extra 10
pounds may be granted July l.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
Files DirOrce Petition

Stephen J. Kiet filed suit for
divorce against Martha Kiet to-
day, according to the records of
the office of County Clerk Ross
C.. Sawyer.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26

The theme of this part Of the
show will be "Gardening through
the Ages" featuring interesting
historical gardens. One of the
outstanding exhibits in the group
will be an exact replica of a
Ninth Century Monastery Gar
den.
''Visitors to the show will be
thrilled" said Sykora, cat see
ing, in blustery March, a bright
Spring garden consisting of more
than $4,000 vari-colored tulips,
hyacinths and narcissi sent all
the way from Holland as good
will gesture by the famous bulb
growers of that country
Other exhibits expected to at
tract attention of scores of thou
sands of persons are the rainbow
flower garden, displayed by
Clavey's Ravinia Nurseries, and
a Korean Garden, created by
Billy Baxter, famous landscape
architect from Detroit, who de-
signed the spectacular Crescendo
Falls for the 1912 Flower Show.
''The big 1947 show" said Sy-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26
$4,000 IN PRIZES OFFERED
IN NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW

Prizes totaling $25, 900 will be Of
1ered at the oath National Flower
and Garden Show, to be held at
the International Amphitheatre
In Chicago March 16 to %, it
was announced by James Sykora,
Chicago chairman Of the show,
who said that a fortune in flowers
from all over the United States
and abroad already has been en-
tered in the exhibition.
"The outstanding success Of
the last National Flower Show,
held at the Chicago Amphitheatre
I'm 1872" said Sykora, "resulted
I'm an overwhelming request that
the show return to this city,
Hundreds of spectacular ex-
hibits from commercial and anna
teur entrants, he declared, will
turn the Amphitheatre into a
Spring fairyland of beauty and
c0l0rs. Women's clubs, garden
clubs, horticultural societies and
other interested groups from a
wide area around Chicago will
sponsor exhibits in the amateur
section.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26
YOUTH FOR CHRIST

Come to Youth for Christ
and bring your Scandinavian
friends.
. From Salem Evangelical
Free Church, Chicago, comes
Rev. Burns Anderson with
just loads of good music and
testimonies for Saturday night,
March LIST.
Formerly associated with
Oran H. Smith in California,
he sang for two years with the
Old Fashioned Revival Hours
choir and spoke recently at
Youth For Christ, Aurora,
Muskegon, Lacrosse and soon
at Kansas City.
81 expect to bring with me
a cornet duo (tops), Harold
Christensen, who will also
lead singspiration, and Erling
Reinedtsen, also our Teenage
Boys sextette. We call them
the Salemsons-Olson, Thomp-
son, Jensen, Tonnensen, Mich
aelson and Feurer. Let us
pray for Gods Spirit upon us.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26

kora, twill be a treasure-house
of ideas for the amateur and
backyard gardener. A special
college section will feature latest
developments in Horticulture and
horticulture. There will be special
gardens for the small home, as
well as formal and rock gardens.
Even window-box gardens will re-
ceive attention"
OF the more exotic plants, he
said, there will be strange and
grotesque cacti, giant lowered
amaryllises, flaming tulips, Afri-
can violets, gigantic Creole and
Croft lilies, roses with six-foOt
stems and rare and expensive
orchids in profusion.
The objective of the show, spon-
sored by the Society of American
Florists, declared Sykora, is to in
spire people to beautify their
homes and gardens through
flowers and plants, thereby MAX
ing their communities better
places for the American way Of
living.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26

Not by might nor by power
(nor by a super program) but
by MY SPIRIT, saith the
Lord.'"
Marian Main and her asso-
ciates are arranging to pre-
sent the Bible Program, Sat-
urday, at 80, at Leader Hall.
Send the children in while you
are down town shopping.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26
RE-ENLISTS

Robert (Bob) Wright, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward l..
Wright of 2119 Emmaus Ave-
nue., re-enlisted in the Army
Air Force last week. During
his former service he spent 81
months with the Air Force in
the African and Mediterra-
mean theatres. On his re-enlist-
ment they gave him back his
Sergeant's stripes. Bob as he
is known to his family and
friends, is now stationed at
Rantoul Field near Cham
paign, Illinois, awaiting his
assignment.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26
GERALD MASON PLEADS
FOR CONSERVATION
BEFORE EXCHANGE CLUB

DEF ONE LANk1<A1VoG SAOD
Gerald Mason, a we'll
known local citizen and the
teacher of General Science
and Biology in the Zion-Ben-
ton High School invited the
members of the Exchange
Club to an imaginary flight
over the United States Tues
day noon at their regular meet
ing.
The first word picture he
drew was America about 1920
Boosting of over a billion acres
of wonderful forests with var
led types of wooded growth
and the great plains with their
tall grasses, all of which build
up in the soils a balance on
which our entire economy rest
ed. He pictured the clear,
clean, healthy rivers of that
period. He contrasted that,
with the picture of America
today and called attention to
the fact that the agricultural
waste land of America over
this period of 1926 years is e.
quail to the area of one and one
half times the State of Illinois.
He decried the common prac-
tice of wasting vegetable mat
ter, the burning of lawn clip
pings, weeds, leaves, ct cetera,
and quoted on authority to
the effect that more beneficial
insects were destroyed in burn
ing so called rubbish than
harmful ones and that the
harmful ones multiply faster
than the beneficial ones do.
Zion has 200 acres of parks.
Mason has investigated and
finds that the cost of develop
ing all of this area as park
and maintaining it would be
prohibitive. He suggested that
a part of this park be used
in a forestry program which
could bring a financial return
and maintain the balance of
the area.
He quoted information from
a town in New Hampshire that
was entirely supported by the
funds from their forest plot
and certain churches are sup
ported by a piece of land de-
voted to forestry. He mention
ed the common Christmas
trees as one of the fine in
come producing possibilities
and encouraged every individ-
ual to do his part in conserv-
ing the basic wealth of Amer
ica's food value in our soil.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-26

The number of hospitalized
Veterans has now reached
119,845, the highest total in
Veterans Administration his
tory.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-18
.FB| QUESTIONS C|O
OFFICIALS ON TIL
ACTION

Washington (LPA) - The FBl
has made three visits to CIO head
quarters here, questioning CIC
President Philip Murray once anc
Publicity Director Allan l.. Swim
twice, to lay the groundwork for q
possible Indictment under the Taft.
Hartley laws prohibition Of politi-
cal activity by unions.
Both Murray and President Wal
ter Reuther, of the United Auto
Workers-CIO, were reported to be
under investigation for their delib-
crate defiance of the Taft Hartley
law in urging support of Judge Ed
ward Garmatz, as candidate for
Congress from Baltimore last July.
Garmatz was elected with combin-
ed CIO and AFL backing.
The FBI inquisition of the CIO
officials centered on two questions:
Who ordered that this particu-
lar issue of the CIO News support
ing Garmatz to be sent to Balti-
more; Whether the CIO News is
supported chiefly by per capita tax
or Individual subscriptions.
If an Indictment is brought
against the CIO officials it was ex-
pected that it would be handed
down by grand jury in Washing
ton. Justice Dept officials, who re-
fused to admit that such an indict-
ment was under consideration, ad-
however, that grand jury
action could not be expected for
at least two months.
In the July 18th issue Of he CIO
News Murray came out flatly for
election and asserted
that he would be "remiss in his
duties" if he did not challenge the
Taft Hartley ban on political ac-
tivity. The CIO chief declared that
Sen. Robert Taft (R., Ohio) had
claimed the laws purpose was 'to
stifle the voice of labor in politi-
,al matters and particularly to pre-
vent labor from supplying in its
own publication, distributed among
is own members, facts and infor-
nation with respect to election is
sues and candidates.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-12-18
u. S. Urged To Stop
Recruiting Migrants
AS Strikebreakers

New York City QLNS)-Secre-
tary of Agriculture Clinton P. An
derson has been asked by the
Workers Defense League to stop
it's farm labor office in Bakers
field, California from sending mi
grants to the big Di Giorgio ranch
without informing them that a
strike is in progress.
"For a government agency to re-
cruit strikebreakers is reprehen-
sible enough" the WDL wrote An
derson. "To recruit them without
letting them know strike is on,
is even worse. This practice is rec
ognized as so obnoxious that it has
been declared illegal in some states.
In New York City private agencies
have had their licenses suspended
for this"
The league expressed the hope
that the Department of Agriculture
would act as it did when it final
ly freed 100 Mexican nationals who
had been held on the ranch for the
first 40 days of the strike, which
is being conducted by the National
Farm Labor Union. On that occa-
son action came following protests
rom the AFL, the WDL and other
organizations.