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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
800 Turtles Reach Key West
From Grand Cayman Today;
Tourists Are Avid Visitors
Watch Unloading
Of Sea Monsters,
Weighing From
$50 To 800 Pounds

Hundreds Of tourists and win
ter visitors were attracted to the
Thompson Enterprises docks at
the foot Of Margaret street this
morning to watch the unloading
Of ship Of turtles.
The ship was the A. NJ. Adams,
named after the general manager
of the Thompson Enterprises, Al.
Maitland Adams, that arrived
from Grand Cayman, British
West Indies.
Captured by A. o. Ebanks,
tall British subject, who lives in
Grand Cayman, the broadbeam-
ed vessel reached Key West two
and a half days after leaving the
British possession.
Eve are carrying 800 turtles, :
said Captain thanks. They'll
weigh from $50 to 800 or more
pounds"
After the shipment Of turtle
were surveyed by the U. S. Gus
toms Inspectors, plsnks were
laid from the end Of the Thomp-
son dock to the crawls, where
the turtle are held in water un.
til they are slaughtered to make
soup and steaks.
Visitors crowded around the
planks and leaned over the
crawls. AS the turtles were low
cred into the crawls on their
backs, they made flip-over
with a splash Of the salt water
and soon went swimming around
There were many cameras ii
evidence, and some Of the mer
at work were asked to pose fol-
their photographs. They prompt
ly complied.
The crawls have been empty
for some time until this morn,
ing. Visitors have been missing
the turtles, but now will fine
800 of them that may be seer
swimming around in the craWls
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13

More Ships Are
added TO Shrimp
Fleet Locally


Shrimp shrimp and still more
shrimpl
The waterfront was a mass of
masts over the weekend. and II
is estimated that shrimp brought
into Key West in the period To-
tailed abDut $4,000.
Sixteen boats were unloaded "a
the Thompson docks alone. while
at the other unloading p|acrf
spread over the waterfront. abahi
l9 other vessels were empiied 81
their shrimp.
Four more shrimp boats
reached Key West fr0m Bruins
wick, Georgia. for the Brunswirk
Deep Freeze Company, whirh
has leased the Porter Dock
from the Gulf Oil Corporation for
processing the shrimp.
Guy G. Lewis. manager Of the
Key West operation for the
Brunswick Company, said that
six other boats are scheduled 70
arrive here tomorrow. He said
that other ships would be added
from time to time.
.sMost Of the boat captains
coming into KEY West are marri-
ed mem. said Lewis Naturally
they want their wives and fami-
i lies here. It all depends on
whether those men can find
places ii which to live with their
| families if they win like Il here.
eve intend II onerafe 4 n,,n.
her Of boats 10 the shrin.n areas
off Kev West We NAV find 49,,
We win nave Il t,s;,, locsi ,,,cr
IL onerate ffe hoat~ 4 -. r<n.
Isent eanfa;,e AZ 4o1 rs,,,si,, here
1--WE are delsr evervf6soe Il.
] can with l6raI I'.tss -. i.s<-,,
| 10 fabricate the boxes 4n whlcl
1.-THE shrimp are Skinned riehf h
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
CrisWold Named
President OF
Yale University

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 10.
PA 3-year-old Yale history
professor will be the next presi-
dent of Yale University.
Professor Alfred Whitney Girls
void, Yale graduate and mem
Der of the faculty since 1888, has
been selected to succeed presi-
dent Charles Seymour, as Yale's
10Th president. President Sey-
mour, who has reached the man
datory retirement age of 65
leaves YaIe on June ID. Girls
void will become president the
following day.
Griswold was graduated from
Yale in 1929. He taught English
at Yale for one year after his
Continued On Page Two
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
l9-Year-Old Youth
Arrested Today On
Charge OF Murder

BUFFALO, New York, Feb. IS.
-(P)-A 19-year-old youth was
arrested today in the Staying OF
Mrs. Marion Frisbee, a 36-year-
old Buffalo club woman.
Under arrest is Harley Lamar,
son of Cherokee Indian woman
who faces sentence on a man.
slaughter charge in the knitting
of her husband. Authorities say
Lamar signed a statement adj
hitting shooting Mrs. Frisbee,
and gave robbery as the motive.
Mrs. Frisbee disappeared Satur-
day night, and her body was
found on the road side IL miles
from Buffalo Sunday morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
Engineers Get
FeltOn's Plan
OF Development
(Rl Wirephoto

The app1scas5or OF DerIin E
FELTON, for pergiission Is build
a concrete bulkhead, four marine
railways and to make a solid
fill pier at the foot of Front
street has been received by the
U. S. Engineers Office at Jack
sonville.
Each of the marine railways
will be $50 feet IN length, ac-
cording to an announcement by
Colonel r. w. Pearson, Corps of
Engineers, District Engineer.
There will be no hearing on
the application of FELTON,, Colon
Ell Pearson said, but the plans Of
the construction may be seen at
the district engineers office.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13

AttensPt Made
Within FeaU
Yards or
Police Station

Two bold thieves. operating
within a few yards of police
headquarters, made an unsuccess-
ful attempt 10 steal a 6O0-pound
safe from Sweeting's Garage at
Ann and Greene streets late Sat
urday night
II. s. Breakfield an employee
Of the garage who lives in a small
building right back of Swecting' s,
saw The men in the Workshop OF
the garage and gave the alarm
In a few MINUTES, half dozen
policemen were circulating
downtown streets in search Of the
two men, who fled from the scene
Of the would-be burglary, going
down Greene street to Duval st.
There Breakfield said the men
separated, one going down DuvaI
street toward the Porter Dock
and the other continuing in
Greene street and disappearing in
Whitehead street.
The burglars gained entry to
the garage by forcing a back win :
dow. Then they went into the Of
flee and removed the safe into
a back room.
Breakfield said he noticed that
someone was in the garage. He
thought il was another employee
of Sweeting's. He looked in a
crack of the door. Just then one
of the two men stuck his head
part way out Of the door, and.
then, noting Breakfield, slammed
the door.
Breakfield ran around to the
front of the building. The men
fled through the Ann street door
Of the garage, and then turned
into Greene street.
Heoring BreakfieId's cry OF |
darn, Lieutenants Harry Lee
Baker and Roy Atwell and Pa
srollmen Joseph Hernandez, Eu-
gene Cerezo and r.. Brodhead ran
out of Police Headquarters, and
turned into Greene street. But
the men had disappeared, and
they got no trace of them.
w. c. (Sugar) Sweeting, owner
of the garage, said today that so
far as he was able to determine
nothing was missing. He said
that it took four men to get the
safe into the garage, and was
unable to determine how the two
men moved the rather large
strong box.
Later, Chief Deputy Sheriff
Frank Webber, who joined the
police is searching for the men,
took fingerprints on the safe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
5tegyy,,lan IaaylJ
KneU Be NO Vas
Going Agronnd
Not His Place
To Gre Orders
ToShiI,'s Officers

NORFOLK, Va. Feb. 49, tP
The Battleship Missourrs
steersman testified today he
knew she was going aground, but
did not tell the skipper because
it is not his place to give the
captain orders
1T is my place to take orders,
Quartermaster Second Glass Bev-
an Travis stated.
Travis was restifying at the
Naval Court of Inquiry probing
the grounding of the big Mo In
Chesapeake Bay, january 18th.
The witness said he knew the
ship would ground unless she
were turned to the right.
Asked by the judge advocate
how he knew this, Travis replied
that: The ship was sluggish in
answering the helm, she seemed
to be slowing down, and it was
evident she was too far to the
left. The steersman said Thirnble
Shoal light was on the port bow
when It should have been well
on the starboard bow.
Travis said he had been al the
wheel many times when the
Missouri entered and departed
Hampton Roads.
He said he did not know the
ship was to run a secret cleo
tronic rsage just outside the main
ship channel. The Missouri
grounded while attempting to
run this range.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
Pair Held For
Bus

Carl Pauls, 81 and Earl Wal
tiers, %, both of Charleston S.
c., confessed they stole Key
West Transit Company bus Fri
day night and abandoned it on
Bahia Honda Bridge on Overseas
Highway, according to Frank
Weber, chief deputy sheriff.
They were arrested by Special
Policeman D. NJ. Andrews of
Marathon as the pair walked
across Bahia Honda bridge Sat
urday.
Weber said the pair was held
in County Jail. He also said that
Pauls and Walters came here to
work in the new shrimp indus
try.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
No Date Set For
ROOseyelt-DurstOn
Wedding As Yet

HARTFORD. Conn, Feb. 49,
up. Singer Gigi Durston's moth
er, Mrs. Gladys Durston, said to-
day there is mo truth in the
rumor that her daughter and FL
lott Roosevelt plan to be mar
ried on February %. Mrs. Ours
ton said.
There is still no date set for
the wedding"
Mrs. Durston told the Hartford
Times that the fact that Gigi's
sister, Edith, a Hollywood model,
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
Collect Current
Taxes OF $64,54S,
Roberts Reports

Current taxes collected during
the month OF January totalesi
$64,548, an increase Of Si3. $40
over January last year. accord
ing TO a report filed today by
Charles r. Roberts. city finance
director, TO City Manager Ralph
ID. Spalding.
Fines and fOrfeiturcs also
showed an increase of S453 Of this
January over fast January. ac-
cording TO Roberts Report. Ia
all the revenue showed an in
CONTINUED On Page Sixl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
Overseas Bridge
Tolls Break All
Records Sunday

Tolls collected yesterday on
the Overseas Highway broke all
records, Brooks Bateman, mana
ger of the Road and Toll Bridge
District said today.
On February IL, 1919, the rec
ord was set last year, when tolls
totaling $3.44l were collected,
while yesterday. February II, the
tolls amounted to S3,743.75.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
Andre r. MumfOrd
Appointed To
W. Point Today

Especial o. The CIflHenl
WASHINGTON. Feb. Ia
~ciad - advise thai Today
have appolnked Andz1 Hob-
eri kfumford. son Of Captain
end igrb. Z. q. Mumiofd. eos
South street Key West. as
my principal appointment 10
the u. s. military academy.
West Point. He Is 70 enter
July 1850" said Senator
spessard L. Holland.
Captain and Mrs. Mumford
are now In Staten Island.
Mrs. hsumford Is the former
Grace Pelaez Of this city.
Andre Robert Is q eradu-
ATE OF the Key West High
School. and LATER attended
the University OF Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-13
&c. Van Dresser
To Write Story
On Shrimp Find

Cleland Van Dresser, is in the
Island City to do a feature story
about the new Key West shrimp
industry for Nations Business. .
a monthly publication of the u.
S. Chamber of Commerce.
Van Dresser was in the city
ten years ago working on deep
sea fishing story for the old
Philadelphia Ledger syndicate.
, 1950-10-30

~C1N1C ~ - EDIIOk
Allow me to state an opinion as
to the choice of our Man-at-Large
in this coming election in Saint
Croix. / write merely as a voter,
who is deeply interested in the
welfare of the island, and not as
an authority who has all the ans
wers. This opinion is based on a
common understanding of an or
binary worker who wishes to be
represented by one who is inter-
ested in the labor conditions of
this, our island home.
There can be no doubt that Har
rigan is the man who the majority
of the voters must consider over
his opponent. We can very well
follow the pattern that is set by
conscience plus our best judge
ment in choosing this man.
These few pointers can be readi-
~ brought to light which I am
sure cannot be by-passed: Harri-
gan knows the laboring man, his
needs, and his aspirations. He is
more informed as to the workings
of government; local and main
land governments. He is expert
enced in the doings of our COM
munities-Virgin Islands commu-
mites. He stands on the merits Of
his own convictions always.
As we move along from day to
day we will come to the realiza-
ton that it is sound common sense
to vote Harrigan as Man-at-Large
on his merits plus the fact that he
is bound to represent the greatest
number-the laboring man. IT
must be a common thought that if
an opponent of the representative
of labor wins what the result will
labor defense in Council.
When there is no direct labor
representative in a legislature and
the majority Of the people who
sent the men there defeat the man
who always have fought for labor
what then can be thought Of the
electors-merely cutting off the.
nose to spite the face-and worst
if they are a working majority
who must depend upon the very
same phase of labor which he re-
presents for a livelihood.
We sincerely cannot tell the out
er world that we did know what
we voted for after November Z.
Do not let our people down
vote Harrigan.
Sincerely yours,
, 1950-10-30
5 U B RIB {
Annuul Meetinq
of Red Cross

The annual meeting Of the
st. Croix Chapter of the
American Red Cross will be
held in the Lutheran Parish
Hall in Christiansted, on Mon
day evening, October 3Oth, at
3 pm. This meeting will be
held for the purpose of elect
ing a Board of Directors, and
for the transacting Of such
other business as may pro-
.perly come before the meeting
Rev. Dean Phillips, who was
the Chapters representative
to Antigua, and who personal
~ distributed much Of the re-
lief packages that were sent
from St. Croix, has been asked
to address the members, fol-
lowing the meeting. Pictures
OF the disaster, which Rev
erend Phillips took while
down there, will be shown on
the screen.
, 1950-10-30

DR.. Robert NJ. De Fretas,
B. a. %, p. Specialist in Eye
Examination Refraction Or
thoptics; announces that on
Tues. Oct. 81 & Wed Oct. Isl.
from 10 AM to IL PM, and
2 p. M. to 5 P. NJ, complete
o~ptometric service will be Of
fered to the Municipality Of.
st. Croix.
The latest designs in Eye
glasses prepaid or c. 0. D.
, 1950-10-30
NOTICE


The following are the cam
didates nominated for Election
to the Municipal Council on
November 1850.
For chfistiansted Town
& Suburbs
l. Eric H. Carroll
2. James de Castro Christian
3. Stanley A. Farrelly
4. Antonio Felix
5. Alphonso Sebastian Forbes
6. Alfred Francis
z. Herbert Hosea Haywood
8. Frank Elmore Jacobs
For christiansted Country
District
|. ]. Wilfred Benjamin
2. S. Christian Chase
8. Alfred Osman Edney
4. Aloysius A. James
5. William L. Johansen
6. Octavius A. Paris
Z. Eugene NJ. Schuster
8. Victor Wendell Tuitt
8. George E. Wulff !
For Member s
|. Ludwig E. Harrigan
2. Henry E. Rohlsen
Registration Board Of st. Croix
23rd October, 1850
D. c.
Chairman
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-14
History Of Old "Goshen"
First Methodist Church

and indeed nave found title
deed given in August Ia, 1890 to
the original land, paid for in the
kings currency and signed by two
or three brothers by the name of
Pigman. The Pigmans were prom
inent in early Methodist history.
The deed says "These presents,
doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, re-
lease and give to Joshua Pigman,
Charles Penn, Edward Crown, JOS
hua Crown, Lodowich Davis, Basil
Windsor, Josph Waters Pigman,
Lloyd Beall and John Clark, Cos
hen Meeting House" certain por-
ton or lot of ground being part
of tract of land called "Pigman's
Purchase" lying and being in the
County aforesaid, including therein
a Certain Edifice, Built, dedicated
and set apart for the purpose Of
performance of Divine Worship
by the Society of Christians called
Methodists and now called by the
name of the Goshen Meeting House
containing one acre more or less"
This shows the church was already
being worshipped in before 1890"
She then read the three histories
which had been written previously
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-14
Installation
By Masons To
Be Held 18th

James F. Allen Chapter OF
Royal Arch Masons will publicly
install its 1851 officers at 8 p. IN.
on December Is at the Rockville
Masonic Temple. Hugh v. Keiser
will be installed at Most Excel
lent High Priest; Stanley Wilcox,
Excellent King; Clarence o. Moh-
Ter, Excellent Scribe; Philip w.
Gates, Past High Priest as Sec
rotary; and William F. Prettymau,
Past High Priest as Treasurer.
The Chapter was named in men,
Dry of James F. Allen, a Past
High Priest of the District of Co
lumbia and later honored by the
Masons of Maryland with a like
title. He organized this Chapter
in 1895 and many other Masonic
bodies in Montgomery County.
Masons and their ladies are cor.
daily invited to this installation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-14
Local Post Office
Hours Are Extended

Beginning on December IL,
and continuing through the
22nd, the Rockville Post Office
will be open from 8 a. m. to
p. M, according to an an
nouncement this week by the
Postmaster Norman E. Ward.
On Saturday, the 16 and again
the following Saturday, the Post
Office will be open from 8 to 6.
On the two remaining Sundays
before Christmas there will be
window service from 8 a. m. to
IL noon.
The mails are already begin
ming to get heavy, Mr.. Ward
said, and about twelve extra
men will be needed to handle it
when it reaches it's peak, he es-
timated.
Rural mail carriers COM
planned during the recent snow
fall, about the failure of mail
box owners to clear snow sur
rounding their boxes. Postal
laws require that the area
around boxes be cleared of snow
in order for the postnian to
reach the box without any
trouble.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-14
Council Seeking
Assistant For
County Attorney

The Montgomery County Gov
eminent Is recruiting for an AS
sistant County Attorney TO fill a
vacancy created about two months
ago when James s. Lanigan Of
Silver Spring, resigned to join the
staff Of W. Averill Hartman, For
eign Affairs Advisor Of President
Truman, It was announced this
week by Ben H. Hall, Personnel
Assistant TO County Manager
Irving G. McNayr.
The salary range for the po-
sition is from $500 TO $500 per
annum, but an appointment may
be made at salary above $4,000.
depending upon the qualifications
Of the successful applicant.
Minimum qualifications are.
graduation from an accredited law
school and at least three years ex-
perience practicing law or doing
legal work. Trial experience, or
experience In drafting legislation,
or experience In municipal cor
porations Is desirable, though not
essential. Applicant must be q
member Of the Maryland Bar or
qualified for admission. Additional
information may be obtained by
phone from Rockville 1921, Ex-
tension SO. lf ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-14
Xmas Parties To Be Held
For Patrol Boys And Girls

Morton, one Of the fathers. The
program is a skit entitled WEST
brook Scandals, or "Why Did
This Ever Happen to Met" This
is the first time in Montgomery
County that the entertainment will
be provided by the fathers of the
patrols. The term Entertainment
is used loosely, it really is a rioS!
The Takoma Park Lions Club is
sponsoring a Christmas party for
the patrol in that area on December
10, 1850, at the Montgomery Junior
College. George H. Kissinger, MEM
Der of the Lions, will be the Santa
Claus.
Several businessmen in the
County are sponsoring Christmas
party for the colored patrol at the
new Long View Elementary School
in Emory Grove on December 20,
1850.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-14
Smiths Salary
Increased, Other
County Business

The salary of j. Hodge Smith,
assistant county attorney, serving
as acting county attorney in the
absence of County Attorney David
Macdonald who has been ill with
polio, be increased in the amount
of $3.50 per annum. This brings his
salary to $500 per annum, retro
active as of December l, 1850.
The Council approved the APP.
pointments of Floyd L. Rippeom, so
years old, of RID 2, Germantown,
and Bradford William Atkins, A,
of Hutton Road, Gaithersburg, as
county jail guards with starting
salary of $2,420. They will replace
Melvin c. Owens, 80, of Silver
Spring who has been transferred to
a position as police patrolman with
the Bethesda substitution; and Billy
Jack Miles, Silver Spring, who re-
signed on Monday to enter the
us Army Air Force.
Mrs. Nellie Virginia Mcdaniel
of Damascus was appointed special
police patrolwoman at $50 per
working month for duty at Damas-
Gus School.
A resolution from the county
farm bureau was referred to Mr..
McNayr for study. The resolution
opposes increase in the police force,
complains of bottleneck in the
public works department hinder
ing construction of roads, opposes
construction of anything but class
rooms for county schools and
urges abolition of the personal
property tax.
Public hearings will be held JAN
uary 3 at 8 p. m. in the Bethesda
County Building on purchase OF
39,577 square feet near the pro-
posed extension of Arlington Road
at cost of $79,154 and for 16,946
square feet on Elm Street near
Wisconsin Avenue at cost OF
$25,419 for public parking lots in
Bethesda.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-14
Social Security Is
Topic At Meetings To
Be Held For Farmers

Since farmers have a definite
responsibility under the Social
Security Law which has been
amended to include farm labor,
County Agent o. W.. Anderson has
arranged the following series of
meetings for the benefit of local
farmers:
Monday, December IS, Pooles-
vile School Cafeteria, P. M.
Tuesday, December 10, Damascus
School Cafeteria, 2 P. M. Thurs
day, December 81, Sherwood School
Cafeteria, Sandy Spring, 2 P. M.
James d. Moore, Field Repres-
entative of the Social Security
Administration Field Office of
Washington, will be present at the
meetings. Farmers may attend the
meeting most convenient for him.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-14

locate the site, he said. He urged
another public hearing on the mat
ter inasmuch as few knew any
thing about the matter until after
the first hearing was held, when
they read about it in the papers.
Last week the council refused a
rehearing and voted six to one to
purchase the site. Councilman Stel-
la B. Werner cast the dissenting
vote.
Surrounded by his protesting
group, one Of whom stood directly
behind the Council President, j.
Louis Monarch, holding one of the
placards, Mr.. Liipfert asserted that
despite modern methods of Gag
animals Give dogs still bari = and
dogs still smell bad" Within two
hundred yards Of the site are forty
small homes bought by people who
had come to Kensington to live
because it was quiet community,
he said. ut Is a residential sec
ton and we do not think the county
has any more right to build a dog
pound there than a private enter
prise to build a business" one Of
the group told the Sentinel report
err. Another suggested the former
county home be used for the shell
ter.
Council President Monarch told
the group the county now is COM
mitted to the purchase Of the land
whether II uses it for dog shelter
or not and that the council viii
consider the matter and decide
whether second public hearing
should be held.
Acting County Attorney r.
Hodge Smith later said the inter-
est of Mr.. Chapman is not enough
to be in violation of the charter
provision, that negotiations were
carried on entirely with Frank r..
Long, trustee, and the county had
not known Chapman was an heir.
The provision is only intended to
permit the council 10 void a con-
tract which was believed dishonest,
he said, and leaves such action to
the discretion of the Council.