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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-05
BY JACK DELANEY. Fishing Editor

men had complained that the law
hadn't been enforced properly in
the past
The statewide mullet law,
long q bitter issue among COM
mercial fishing factions, was
adopted by the l947 legislature.
Moon Fish
The mere mention of the name
is enough to start the average
Key Wester to smacking his lips
in anticipation. In my humble
opinion there is not a sWeeter
tasting fish in the sea. Not too
much meat, not too many bones,
and properly fried there is moth
ing better
What brings up the subject of
Moon Fish, you ask? Why all this
raving and ranting? Well, I'll tell
YOU For the first time in years,
in fact since l first came to Key
West, | was fortunate enough to
sink my teeth in some, and
brother, they were good. l got up
from the table. filled to capacity,
relieved an already straining belt,
sank back in chair, and just
picked my teeth. Boy, were they
goodi
Frank w. WarEick Was Donor
Lit Frank W. Warrick, Engi-
neering Officer at Surasdevdet,
which is located at the Flagler
Terminal. and who lives across
the street from us, engineered the
whole deal
From his conversation, War
! rick must spend quite a bit of
time fishing. He said that just a
couple of weeks ago he caught
some Moon Fish, but Saturdays
catch was whopper. 54 of them.
The neighborhood Toasted.
The fish incidentally, were
caught on hand line.
Not About Fish
About Christmas
wonder if most of us really
appreciate the work the Fire De-
partment is doing for the needy
children of the city at Christmas
time. know l didn't until yes
terday, when I took little time
to 60 over to the fire station.
Hun0redS Of toys piled in boxes
waiting for repairs, others al
ready repaired and waiting to be
taken away. Captain Brady at
the fire station told me that al
ready truck load had been fix
ed. wheels replaced, handles put
in, touched up, and all looking
almost new.
Its an unselfish gesture on
their part to bring a little hap
piness at Christmas into the lives
of children who otherwise might
have nothing.
Someone said Sunday, that
probably children who did not
really need them would get the
toys, and the statement could
possibly be true but, if in that
group of children there is only
one. for whom the Christmas tree
at the park will mean a Merry
Christmas, the firemen feel they
have been repaid, and the pro-
lect has paid off. So do |.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-05
FIRST NTER-CITY PISTOL AND RIFLE
MATCHES WERE HUGE SUCCESS SUNDAY
Miami Police
Donate Their
Prises For
improvements

TWO ponce teams and ts'0 club
teams and individual shooters
competed in the East Coast PISTOL
League matches held at the Stock
Island range of the Southernnost
Pistol and Rifle Club yesterday.
The winners of prizes on the
Miami Police team donated their
awards to help the local club
make further improvements to
the new range.
The results of the matches
were as follows:
% caliber Slow Fire Match
Class A, G. E. Baldwin, lieuten-
ant. Miami Police LOB; Glass B.
r. L. Beekman. Ft. Lauderdale.
1888; Class C, ]. F. Merry, South
ernmost Club, 1853; Class D, D.
112B.
.22-caliber Timed Fire-Class
! A. E. w. Hall, Miami Police
1863: Class B. ]. F. Merry. South
ernmost. 1923; Class c, M. c.
Santanello, Palmetto Club 1877,
Glass D, c. L. Theed, Palmetto
Club l59.
% callbsr Rapid Fire-ClasS A,
F. J. Neff, Coral Gables Police,
1878; Class B, L. Alexander MD,
Palmetto Club, 176B; Class c. c.
L. Theed, Palmetto Club, 1868;
Glass D, M. c. Santanello, l45B.
% caliber National Match
Glass, A r. L. Beekman, 27lB;
Glass B, E A. Rawsthorne, South
elnmost, 263B; Glass E, ]. H. Col
Inns, Captain, Miami Police, 25lB;
Glass D, D. T. Moody, 234B.
The % caliber Aggregate
places were as follows:
Glass AT. j. Neff, BOB 600; G..
E. Baldwin, sos 900; D. F. Ed
wards, 79S goo: Glass B, E. A.
Rawsthorne, 765 900, r. L. Beck
man, 763 900; j. H. Collins, 756
900: Glass c, Mildred Edwards,
Coral Gables Police. 727 900; j.
RalSton, Jr,, Southernmost, ZIG
900; T. Little, Southernmost, 7ll
600, Class D, A. Kralik, Palmetto,
CAT 300: Helen Kelly, Palmetto,
628 900; H. P. Hansen, Southern
most, 623 900
The winners of the Center Fire
(32, .38 or As caliber pistol, Ma
tional Match were as follows:
Glass A, F. ]. Neff 270B, Class B,
E. W. Hall, Miami Police, 260B;
Glass c, M. c. Santanello. Pal
metto, bib: Class D, Mildred
Edwards, Coral Gables Police,
209B.
Fourteen out of city shooters
made the trip to Key West for
this match. the first conducted
here by the FECPL.
The rifle shooters of the South
ernmost Club shot their first tar
gets of record in the South Flori-
ola Rifle League matches at the
range on Saturday afternoon, De-
cember 3. 1t. Rex Human is
handling the Rifle League shoots
as executive officer of the club.
The best four targets shot by
members will be entered as the
team targets for the club. A
sound movie. Fundamentals of
Rifle Workmanship" distributed
by the National Rifle Association,
will be shown at the regular
monthly meeting of the club at
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce clubhouse, Tuesday even
ing, December 6, at 8 p. m. All
members of the club are urged to
attend this meeting.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-05
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Basketball Standings
Island City Rssketball League

High School Gym
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
PIONEERS DONATE TOWARD "SOURDOUGH" MEMORIAL

The Pioneers of Alaska. at their regular meeting last Wednesday donated S25.OO toward the pur- chase of the l4-foot bronze statue known as the "Sourdough" which will be unveiled at Sitka on Alas ka day, in front of the Pioneer home.
 A committee was appointed to take up a voluntary contribution among members of the organiza- ton who were not present at the meeting.
 The committee is composed of: Charles Jones, A. Polet, Pearse W Is h, Binks Seiffert, Rube Cremer.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
Catholic Information Money, maids, and Catholic priests

offer spiritual help to those who need it and to accept the offering customary on such visits, from hose who wish to give it.
 But don't think" he went on, that we ask for money but once a year. At all Masses on all Sun days we take up collections. Some times we remind our people as a whole of their duty to support their church and school asd parish charities. But we never tell an individual what he should give or if he should give at all. That is up to him-according to his means and his conscience"
 But" I asked. to try him out, surely the more you collect, the more goes into your own Opcket?"
 You know" he replied little Whimsically, I'm weak enough sometimes to wish that were so. But mind you. I'm not complain ing. I get my keep, just as your Maggie does; and regular pay a bit under hers. My pastors pay is regular, too, out not quite so hand some as that of your chauffeur. So if I were out for a racket I think could do better than this"
 That does put a different light on it" I said I'm afraid you're a poor racketeer. And I do know how Maggie prizes her Church. So come around to the front door with me and Maggie will let us in"
 Sponsored by
 SAINT JOSEPH'S CHURCH
 CPAID ADVERTISEMENT
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
Committee Asks Navy to Fire Worth, B-36 Note Author

WASHINGTON (P)-The House armed services committee yester- day recommended that the navy fire Cedric R. Worth, author of the now notorious memor a n d u m which touched off a Congressional inquiry into the air forces B-36 bomber program.
 The committee approved a re- port saying oWrth should be per manently discharged from navy employment. A civilian aide to un- dersecretary of the navy Dan Kim ball, Worth has been suspended since his authorship of the B-36 memorandum came to light.
 The committee announced it will open an inquiry into reports that navy morale has sunk to low point as a result of the way the law unifying the armed serv- ices has been administered.
 Chairman Vinson D.-GaJ said the first witnesses will include three admirals whose names were signed to papers that navy source gave secretly to reporters on Mon day.
 They are Adm. Louis Denfield, chief of naval operations; Adm. Arthur w. Radford, Pacific Fleet commander, and Vice Admiral Gerald F. Began, commander of the first Pacif ictask fleet.
 The papers were a letter from Began to secretary of the navy Matthews with forwarding en- dOrsements from Radford and Denfeld.
 Both inquiries are expected to spotlight-as did the B-36 inves- tigation-the bitter quarrel be- tween the navy and the air force over their respective roles in mil itary planning.
 Thus far President Truman has kept hands off the inter-service row.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
Navy Suspends
 Cap. CrOmmeIin

WASHINGTON, (P)-The navy yesterday suspended Capt. John c. Crommelin from duty and de- nied to Congress that the morale of naval officers and men is in sad shape.
 These developments piled up quickly in the wake of Crommel- in's admission that he is the man who gave news reporters on Mon day official correspondence about navy morale:
 1. The navy suspended Crom- melin, 46-year-o aviation veter- an, from duty and ordered him re- stricted to his home. That is a pre- liminary action pending final dis position of his case. There is the possibility of court martial.
 2. Secretary of the Navy Mat thews went before the House armed services committee and said he believes navy morale gen. orally is good. Without calling Crommelin's name, Matthews in effect accused him of disloyalty, faithlessness and insUbordination.
 3. President Truman told a news conference he has instructed Mat thews to get to the bottom of the controversy swirling about charg- es that the navy is not being given a fair deal in present military uni ficatiOn policies.
 MT. Truman declined to com ment on Crommelin's release of private navy correspondence crit ical of defense policies.
 CrOmmelin himself was the first to disclose the navy's action.
 He told reporters of it when he came out of the office of Vice Ad- miral John Dale Price, vice chief of naval operations. The action was taken by Price.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07

Let Protestant gentleman tell it:
 On my way from the garage to the house I saw a young Catholic priest approaching the kitchen door. I had heard of this practice, so I called bit coolly; Anything I can do for you?"
 He stopped, not at all embar- rassed, and said: I'm Father Bis sell. I came to see Maggie"
 Well, Maggie is busy. She can not see you, Father Father Chisel."
 "That's perfectly all right" he answered with a smile. I'll come again, MT. . MT. Hammer, or is it Knox?"
 Fair enough" I replied, for this priest seemed interesting, 'but tell me do you get money from all the servant girls?"
 Religion, like water" he stated, still smiling, lis free; but also like water, it costs something to pipe it to you. All Catholics get their re- ligiOn through their Church and when they can afford it, are glad to pay for the piping"
 "Glad?" I questioned. Then why do you invade homes via the back dOor?"
 "We invade the front doors of Catholic homes, answered the priest, and some non-Catholic homes, too. Perhaps, it is a sixth sense that warns of certain un- friendly front doors. But either entrance suffices for this yearly parish visitation. when we come to
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
PHOTOGRAPHY TEAM VISITS MARKS AIR BASE

An Air Force three-man photog- raphy team was at Marks Air Force Base and in Nome October 6-7 under order from Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson to collect pictures of the housing conditions in the Nome area.
 Under the direction and super vision of lst It. John C.. Morris, the two cameramen, S/Sgt. Don Bates and S/Sgt. Luvern E. Barry made interior and exterior shots of some of the houses in Nome that are inhabited by Air Force personnel. The pictures will be used in Washington, D. C., to de- termine the actual needs of Air Force housing in Alaska.
 The team brought some 400 pounds of camera equipment with them and were provided with spe- cial transportation. The group also conferred with public health officials in Nome in connection with living conditions in town.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
ASHEVILLE, N. C. (P)-Range

ASHEVILLE, N. C. (P)-Ranger Tom Huffman reported today that all nine men aboard an air force CAT transport that crashed in he mountains near here were dead.
 The Wreckage of the plane was found six miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway, three-quarters ol a mile down on the east side or Mount Mitchell, highest mountain east of the Mississippi.
 The plane was found as ground
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
SECURE DATA ON ARCTIC REORGANIZATION SCHOOL

William Davidson, writer for Golfers Magazine and Don Knud- sen, free lance photographer from Anchorage, were at Marks Air Base last Wednesday collecting in- formation and pictures on the Arc tic Indoctrination School to be used in feature article soon.
 They left Thursday for Anchor age.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07

and air groups began their second clay of searching.
 The plane, enroute from Wash ington to Brookley Air Base at Mobile, Ala, had been missing more than 42 hours.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07
Fishermen Vote Against Split
 Halibut Season


 against the proposed split season for halibut fishing at series of three Southeastern area hearings.
 The hearings weer conducted by the International Fisheries com mission. The final hearing was in Juneau.
 The commission advanced the split season suggestion as a mears of inceasing the take through late season fishing. They say there is a large escapement through the ear ly season closing.
 Fishermen and buyers here ex- pressed preference for resumption of the old curtailment plan, under which fishesmen would restrict their own operations by alternate ly fishing and laying up their boats.
 The commission wants to see about 4,500,O00 more pounds of halibut taken from Area ?, and also more from Area 3. It says it can be done ony lby fishing later.
 The split season-l0 days of fishing and 20 days of layup un- til the limit is caught-WOuld ex- tend the season, but AlaSkans con- tend it would favor the larger Seattle and British Columbia boats, which could make their catches and then utilize the 2O-day gap to return to their ports and outfit for another Sortie.
 The Alaskans testified here to a belief that such a split season would cause hardships on Alaska fishermen and processors.
 Governor Gruening said in statement to the commission that the split season would work hardships in Southeastern Alas ka."
 C. L. Anderson, head of the Ter ritory's new fisheries department, said:
 Alaska has no authority in the matter until we become a state. The split season would drive peo- pie away from here, and we must have more folks to give impetus to our Statehood desires" ' Anderson made three alterna- l tive proposals: 1. A shorter lay over; 2. Division of the areas into subdivisions with different open ings for each one; or 3. Leave it as if is until the commission gets au- thOrity to enforce the curtailment plan.
 Elton Engstrom and Wallace George, major buyers and cold storage operators, said the split would result in a large lay-off of Alaskan workers. They said large boats would go to Seattle. They favored staggering of trips.
 George Sundborg, executive of ficer of the Alaska Development board, said a split season would increase the tendency ito get it and get out" He proposed a re- quirement for Seattle boats to in clude their travelling time in the l0-day fishing period.
 c. R. Clark, a commission mem Der from Ottawa, said the com mission probably will announce decision at it's January conference,
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-07

Mrs. E. K. Johanson and Mrs. Henry Wuhrmsn of Coffee Creek and Macklin Creek, returned to town yesterday and plan to be here for a week or more before departing for the States for the winter.
Evening star., 1949-09-18

glanced at the girl on the bed.
What saw didn't make me happy.
She must have been a truly magnifi-
cent-looking girl once, but not now.
A gray shadow hovered over her.
Then, suddenly, she moved. Her
lips opened and a long sigh escaped.
Then came two or three rasping
breaths, a convulsive movement of
her body >. and terrible, abrupt
relaxation. Her eyes were open,
staring at the ceiling - seeing MOTH
ing.
A little sob broke from Dale,
but hadn't needed that to tell me
Evening star., 1949-09-18

though time was pressing hard. But
the thing which riveted my atten-
ton was the stuff he was taking from
Maxine's bag.
Jewelry! Bracelets, rings, pen
dants, necklaces. Diamonds, rubies,
emeralds, sapphires. He was trans
ferring them from the handbag to
his topcoat pocket, and he was do
ing it with the swift, furtive motions
of the thief. 1t was astonishing from
a dozsu angles, most amazing of
which was the fact that Miss Collins
should be packing that much wealth
around with her.
DALE led me back to the far side
of the living room. almost to the
foyer. She said, Hes not a doctor"
I agreed.
He must be the man who tele-
phoned. He had to come up after
those things, so he said he was send
ing a doctor. That was to fool us"
Right. Did you get a good look
at that stuff"
"Yes," she said.
Costume, or real?"
"Ony man would ask that. It's
genuine"
Ididn't argue, but she elaborated,
anyway. I'm the first place, can
tell. In the second place, that's
what he came for. 1t also consti-
tutes the motive for the shooting"
l said, II wish / were less of a
conscientious citizen"
What does that crack mean?"
Evening star., 1949-09-18

light in them didn' like. His wispy
hair was mussed up II not much,
but enough to give him crazy
appearance.
I said, What goes on here?"
His voice had a metallic quality.
He said, Il don't need any help"
Il think you dc" That was Dale.
"Who are you?"
He stared at her, saying nothing.
You're not a doctor" she stated.
The pale eyes of the little man
flickered. You could see that he was
jittery, and that he was holding
himself in check with great effort.
Evening star., 1949-09-18
A CASE OF NERVES
Continued from preceding page

1T looks like I've got to do some
thing"
She grabbed both my arms. She
said, Don't you 60 getting any
noble ideas, Steve Warren. l won't
stand for it."
What do you want me to do?"
Something sane - for once in
your life. The little man came up
after the jewelry. He's got it. Let
him keep it. After he goes, we'll
phone for a real doctor, and for the
police. It's only a matter of a few
minutes. -"
I looked down at her with fresh
interest. She was worried - about
me. That was nice: it was one of the
incest things that had ever hap
pened to me. I had a sudden i'm
pulse to tell her that, plus a few
other things, but this seemed to be
a particularly inappropriate time
and place.
l HAD no intention of arguing.
What Dale had said was simple,
logical and right. And we'd prob
ably have played it just that way if
suddenly, from the bedroom, there
hadn't come a gasping, choking
sound -. the sort of noise that
makes your muscles twitch.
Dale said. ''Maxine!"
moved fast. l barged into the
bedroom with Dale right behind
me. Doc was standing by the bed,
tense as a hairspring. His pale eyes
were narrowed, and there was a
Evening star., 1949-09-18

that Maxine Collins had reached
the end of her journey. I'd seen
other people die, but never like this.
A hot, unreasonable anger surged
over me.
Dale had gone to the bedside.
She was holding Maxine's wrist: she
put her ear down to the girls lips,
trying to detect the breathing that
was no longer there. Her stricken
gray eyes flashed me a message.
Now there was no further need
for argument or debate. no fancy
theories about being or not being
"a good citizen. If we'd sized
things up right, the shooting of
Maxine Collins was no longer just
a shooting. It was murder.
The one telephone in the apart
ment was on the table beside Dale's
bed. l started for it. The voice of
the little man cracked across the
room. What are you doing?"
I'm phoning for the police"
reached for the instrument.
Then heard a sharp cry of warning
from Dale, and looked at the man
we called Doc.
His right hand had come out of
its topcoat pocket. It was holding
a gun.
IF you touch that telephone. he
said steadily. 80 help me God, III
kill you"
ITO be concluded
Evening star., 1949-09-18

Next week Octavus Roy Cohen re-
seals whoi happened to Dale and
Steve when Docs bad case Of ne7ses
and his splitting little pistol TUNED
their evening into moment Of honor.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-18

pect new orders when they enter the field of international relations and it has too long been thought that diplomats and statesmen alone can handle economic and political affairs of an international nature. No force this side of Heaven can be felt like the force of inspired humanity marching in unison, moving in harmony with the cross of Christ as its breastplate and a burning love for freedom urging 1t on toward a goal-a goal which all of us surely agree must be reached if nations and peoples are to embrace each other and banish war as a means ot settling dis puteS.
 Peace is more sought after to- day than ever before. A more lit crate world populace is feverishly seeking the answer to the age-old question of how can nations merge themselves into world family and become brothers without be- trayal. Idealistic as il may seem, # is nonetheless true that honor and integrity must precede all uni flying efforts and these can be al tained only when morality and re- ligiOuS influence are permitted to assume their proper roles in the formation of policies and are made part of the formulas to be ap- gled in the effort. If moral re- armament is a force in this direc- ton, then it needs dignif.ed nod Of approval from this Government the leader Of the crusade for peace. This movement is not Q church movement, and in noticing it's efforts by sending a commit .ee 70 observe it's activities the House has in no way violated the letter or the spirit of the first amendment Of the Constitution, the opinion of the Washington ! gost to ti-e contrary notwi.hstand- ing.
 If th.s moveaen. is to imple- ment the Marshall plan and the Atlantic Pact a. Ml'. Robert Schu- man, Foreign Minister for France, says it will by es:ab. 'shing an ide- oloqy of democracy resting on the premise that the individual is 2 person of dignity in Gods sight. .llen it is a handy tool which can be used constructively and well.
 Time forbids ,he lengthy dis cussion of this subject i, deserves bu; before closing my remarks l wish to commend the fearless and able majority leader, the gentle man from Massachusetts Mr. Me Cormack), for his timely action and alertness in offering the reso- lution which sent your committee to this important meeting. gladly share any criticism directed at the action taken by the House. His ac-