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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
War
ROUNDUP
BY ELTON c. FAY

WASHINGTON R-Enlisted men
in Korea who want to tote per-
sonal six-shoOters are giving head
aches to the military and post
c..fice. Also they are leading kin
folk into unwilling infraction of
the law.
Officials said today an increas-
ing number of revolvers and pis
tolls have been found in the mail
recently, addressed to Marines and
GTs. Relatives try to mail the
guns in response TO requests from
servicemen in the war zone.
Why dc they want them?
Marine and Army authorities
here said they weren't sure, but
they had some ideas after talking
with relatives. Among the reasons
suggested were these:
/. If officers can wear side arms,
why shouldn't enlisted men?
2. In foreward areas, close to
the battleline, regulations require
that firearms be carried. A re-
volver in a holster is easier TO
carry than an MI rifle on sling
or in the hand.
8. Some soldiers claim in let
tiers that they are inadequately
armed.
d. A mistaken impression that
any officer has the unlimited right
to have a sidearm mailed to him.
leading to an idea that the enlisted
man should have the same priv
ilege.
S. Some young soldiers are only
few years removed from boy
hood days when they yearned To-
pack a pearl-handled six-gu in a
holster, COWBOY fashion. (There
was at least one, older soldier of
fame who wore pearl-handled re-
volvers, name Of Gen. George Pat
TOM 1 80
The military says most enlisted
men don't need sidearms, that un-
der the tables of organization and
equipment" sidearms are issued
Ito any and all whose duties re-
quire use of same"
Postal laws specify that pistols,
revolvers and other firearms capa-
bic of being concealed on the per-
son are non-mailable and shall not
be deposited in or carried by the
mails" However, a provision does
allow sidearms to be mailed to
officers Of the armed forces for
use in connection with their CT
cial duties when an affidavit is
provided guaranteeing that the
need is for official use only.
The trouble seems to be that
most Notwithstanding mothers,
aunts and sisters--simply never
heard of the law covering fire.
arms. And it is likely most CTS
also are unfamiliar with it.
So when Willie writes hCme and
says ma, send me revolver,
she just wraps il up and takes
it to the postoffice. 1t is up to
the postal clerk to ask what is in
the package and then explain it
can't be mailed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
Scouting News

The great out-of-doors! The most
looked forward to item in the life
of Scout. The removal of 'out-
ing" in Scouting" is equal to zero.
Camping" Hikes" and "Out-of-
door Adventure" are the answers
most given by boys to the question:
why do you want to become
Scout?"
Troop No. 253 tries to bring this
out-of-door experience to the lives
of the Scuots in the Troop. In car
rying ont its program, planned a
year in advance, the leaders of
Troop No. 253, sponsored by the
Holy Name Society, under the di-
rection of Leonard McElveen,
Chairman of the Troop Committee
and Tony Martinez, Scoutmaster,
encamped at Snapper Creek Camp
in South Miami over the weekend.
Leaving Key West on the Scout
Bus they arrived at the South Flo.
rida Council Camp and were greet
ed by Mr.. Yearly, Camp Ranger,
who assigned cabins TO the Scouts.
Don Campbell, of Troop No. 80
Miami, was guest of the Troop.
Everyone enjoyed seeing him as
he was a Junior Councillor at Snap.
per Creek during 1851 Summer
Camp. Bob Slaves and Burhl
Knopp, of Key West, were also
guests at Snapper Creek.
Cooking in the open, swimming,
hiking and having fun filled the
program. A couple of cases of poi
son ivy were reported and treated.
Announcements in the Scouting pro-
gram we're taken by various
Scouts. This Camp is now used by
the Scouts in Monroe District only
during the summer months but can
be used at anytime, if permission
is secured ahead Of schedule.
Scouts participating in the outdoor
adventure were: Rene Alvarez.
Raymond Bazo, Robert Halliday,
Gurdon Hamilton, Richard Hoeffer,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
BY GEORGE A. MACARTHUR

SEOUL, Korea tR- American
Shooting Star jets sprayed front
line Communist troops with bombs
and tullets today.
Pilots reported killing more than
rs Red soldiers, destroying Is guns
and % troop bunkers and damag
ing a tank.
Swift F-S6 Sabre jets flying cover
for the Shooting Stars exchanged
shcis with IL Communist MIG-15
jets. but reported no hits. Sunday
Sabres destroyed three MICS. prob.
ably shot down two and damaged
eight in the first air battle in four
days.
Communist shore guns hit the
snperstructure of the battlcship
Wisconsin, flagship of the u. S.
Seventh Fleet, off Korea's east
coast Sunday. Three sailors we're
slightly injured. Damage was de-
scribed as superficial. 2 9'a1
The shooting star jets concen,
trated on Communist positions
along the eastern and central
fronts. 4ssf.3I
Other Fifth Air Force planes
pounded North Korean SUPPLY
lines, cutting Red rail lines al Sc
points. destroying Is supply build
ings and knocking out a railroad
bridge, Air Force headquarters
said.
Ground action was minor Mon.
day under a thawing spring sun.
Only light patrol clashes were re.
ported by Eighth Army headquar.
tiers.
One Allied division marked ST.
Patrick's Day by firing green
smoke shells at the Reds.
AT noon Monday Go p. m. EST
Sunday, the U, S. Eighth Army
clamped new ilanket of censor.
ship on frcat lire troop designa.
tons. The Army recently identi.
fled several divisions on the battle
line.
The heaviest ground action Sun.
day was south of Kosong on the
eastern front. Three Allied raiding
parties fought stiff skirmishes with
the Reds and killed at least seven
Communist soldiers.
On the central frtat L. s
Second Division patrol fought 4
10-minute hand grenade battle
killing four Reds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
MRS. CARLOAD MORA

Mrs, Carload Mora, 80. di |
Satu day evening in the re :.
dence, l0ll Truman Ave.
Funeral services will be h. /
today at the Chapel of the Lol Z
Funeral Home. Rev. Gavinus
Egana of st. Mary's Star Of ia
Sea Catholic Church will offiei-
ate at the services.
Burial viii be in family pl !,
city cemetery. ~
Survivors: one SON, Mario Ne
ra; one daughter, Mrs. FeleN 4
Bode; 3 grandchildren; 2 gre
grandchildren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
~ WILLIAM 9. BoGARI

Her eyes went past him and
sought out the mantel above q
huge open fireplace. That's his
picture >. the one at the left"
Johnny walked over to the fire.
place. Within a silver frame was
a picture of a handsome-looking
man with sensitive, sharply de-
fined features. It was Martin
smith. the murdered man. Johnny
mad oftentimes seen the million
ares picture in the newspapers.
but he hadn't realized the man
was so voung-looking.
Johnny merely glanced at the
picture. then turned abruptly to
Nancy. who had come behind him.
Perhaps she had expected him to
study the photograph for a mo-
ment longer. Anyway. she seemed
unprepared for his move.
She, too. had been looking up
at the photograph. He was amazed
by the expression that had come
over her face.
Apparently she had been smil-
ing up at the photograph. But
what Johnny saw was somewhat
awesome. Half of the woman's
features smiled. The other half of
the face was a partially twisted
grimace. 1t was sort of a fright
ful combination that gave Johnny
Saxon distinct shock-until he
realized what was wrong.
The left side of Nancy England's
features were affected by partial
paralysis.
And she knew he had observed
this.
Nancy turned away quickly.
murmured something inaudible
and hurried toward the center
hallway. She moved with a tense
manner that was visible in the
StraightneSs of her slim shoulders.
Johnny Saxon stood there a.
moment, again looking up at the
mans photograph in the silver
frame. He had made an astound-
ing discovery.
JOHNNY closed the screen door
- quietly and let his eyes grow
accustomed to the sudden dark
ness outside. Moe Martins stocky
figure appeared out of the night
and he whispered, "She's over
there" He made a motion indicat-
ing the far end of the terrace
The great Dane accompanied
partner. He came over
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
Brantley Dies
From Shooting.

MIAMI tPl-- William F. Bra /.
ley. 81, chief of police at nea v
Homestead, died Today Of =
bullet wound inflicted by a S: e
prison camp foreman.
Dade County Sheriff ]. B. II 4.
derson said the foreman. Douelss
David Carroll, q, told him he VS.
mad and drunk" when he S 4
Chief Brantley and Mexic |.
Delfino BarbC2a, %, Sat. night. z ;.
boza's condition remains crit, [
Carroll was freeman of the F !.
ida City Prison Camp near Hor !.
stead.
Henderson etc 4th graf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
Man Cut Badly
On Olivia Street

John Henry Smith of S3l Thon
Street was hospitalized Satur
night with serious injuries wher
was cut across the stomach. ci
and arms by a man identified
Governor Peese, a shrimper.
Investigating Officer Ricf
Brodhead later took the knife wi
er into custody on Olivia ST
near the Cemetery. The knife an
handful of % calibre shells "
taken from the aSSailant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
SAM KARp

Funeral services for Mr.. Sc
Karp. AZ. who died Satlrd
afternoon as the result Of o.
automobile accident at Littlt
Torch Key, will be held III
afternoon at the Beach Memoir
Chapel, Miami Beach, at 2:
p. m. Burial will be in Mt. Sin
Cemetery.
He is survived by his wi.
Sadye Karp; two sisters, Sher
Richards and Dora Hubbard; |,
brothers, Harry and Isadc
Kafp. - go
Local arrangements were i
charge of the Pritchard Funer
Home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17

sssesessesssssssssesss .
JOHN J. LARNER

John ]. Larner,. rs, died Satur-
dag morning at an early hour Z
ter q short Illness, ss.I 81.
Funeral r raj Services viii be h, 4
today at, 4S0o pm. from &
chapel pei, of the Lopez Fune i
Home. $1,000
Rev. John AEmfield. viii o., !
ciate at the services. Burial /
be in family plot, city cemete :.
Survivors: two nieces, Nc. /.
Anna futile, Mrs. May Bar 5
dale; two great nieces, Ms
Joyce Launders, Key West, F. i;
Mrs. Edward Covert, Rus !,
England.
Mr.. Larner was the grandss i
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Fred r
lick Filler. pioneer residents and
large property owners in XIV
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
Dies In Fire

MIAMI R--Fire in a trailer in
which he was living cost the life
of Charles Wicker Jr., 29-year-c,d
painter from Pittsboro, N. c.
Deputy Sheriff Murray Myerson
said the fire broke out about a.
m. Sunday and that Wicker may
have been smoking and dropped off
TO sleep.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17

Robert jenkins, Charles Kaufman,
Arthur Noble, Robert Read, An
drew Saunders, Kenneth Schrader,
Joe Smith, Phillip Spencer, Ralph
Slaves. Reaves Steed. George STE
wart. Ray Taylor, Randall Warren,
Alfred Yates and Charles Yates.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17
T. S. cADoRE

t. S. Galore, of 1468 N.
l4th Ave-. died Saturday afti
noon from injuries received in j
automobile accident at Toi
Key.
The body was sent yesterd;
afternoon to Miami, Fla, foi
funeral services and burial, b.
Lopez Funeral Home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17

There are no growing plants
on sea bottoms below depth
where light can penetrate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-17

Iron resources are being de-
veloped to replace the dwindling
reserves of the Lake Superior
region.
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Go be continuedl
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
FIRST WHITE MARLIN
LANDED OFF HATTERAS

Hatteras, N. C.-First white
marlin to be landed with rod and
reel off Hatteras this season was
reeled in by Capt. Bill Webb of
Norfolk, fishing from a privately
owned cruiser the "Wahoo." His
fish weighed AZ pounds and meas
ured seven feet nine inches from
tip to tip. Capt. Webb was troll
ling, using whole mackerel for
bait, skipped from outriggers when
the marlin struck.
Previously this year one giant
blue marlin, 3671a FOUNDER was
landed off Hatteras in the same
waters where Webb caught the
white on Monday. The blue was
landed by Mrs. Ross H. Walker of
Richmond, Va. Capt. Ernal Foster,
veteran big game fishing guide of
Hatteras stated that white marlin
were plentiful off Cape Hatteras
at the present time and several
were sighted on Monday. Only the
one was hooked and boated.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
INTANGIBLE TAXES
DIVIDED THIS WEEK
Cities and Towns Get Their Share
of AppOrtiOnment from
State

Golfers of North Carolina
counties, cities and towns will be
enriched by $3,382,299.06 next
week, the State Board of Asses
ment reported yesterday.
The money represents shares of
the local governments in the in
tangible personal property tax
collections made in the State
during the fiscal year ending
June 80.
Checks will be put in the mail
next week, according to Board
Secretary j. c. Bethune. The
State keeps 20 percent of the to-
tai tax take and returns 80 per
cent to the counties, cities and
towns.
Intangible tax collections for
fiscal 1852 amounted to $4,227,
1888 and were the greatest in
State history. For fiscal 1851, the
total was 1895, 1861 and 10
years ago the figure was $1,570,-
76O.31.
The tax covers bank deposits,
stocks, bonds, notes, charge &C
counts, interest and similar
items. Shares of stocks, taxed to
the tune of $1,751,557.O3 yielded
the largest single amount, while
bank deposits produced $1,194,
I682.61.
Mecklenburg led the 100 coun-
ties in intangible collections with
$500, 986.65, followed by Guilford
with $456, 155.45; Forsyth, $685.
IO73.63; Wake, $212,325.46; and
Bunc ombe, $209,813.18. The
small county of Camden had the
lowest income, $45744.
Following is the list of Eastern
North Carolina counties, cities
and towns, and the amounts each
will receive:
Beaufort County, $13,888.O4;
Aurora, $23491; Bath, O19.65;
Belhaven, $723.11; Washington,
$6,041.98 and Washington Park,
$217.38.
, Currituck County, $2,571.69.
Dare County, $1,410.85 and
IManteo, $14O. IS.
Hyde County, $1,848.46
Tyrrell County, $1,254.65 and
Columbia, $233.65.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
CHORAL MASTERPIECE
BY BRAHMS MONDAY
Lost Colony Chorus Will Present
Brahms German Requiem
Night of August 4th

The Lost Colony Chorus will be
presented by the Roanoke Island
School of Fine Arts in a program
Monday evening, August 4, In
the Manteo school auditorium,
beginning at eight o'clock.
The music presented will be
the great German Requiem writ
ten by Johannes Brahms in hon
or of his mother, and will feature
as soloists Helyne McLain, So
prano, and Paul Snyder, bari
tone, Ralph Burrier, director of
music for the Lost Colony, and
head of the conducting depart
ment at the Westminster Choir
College, will conduct.
Accompanies will be James
M. Hart and Franz Engle, organ
ist and associate organist for the
Lost Colony.
The public is invited to attend
this concert, which will cu1min-
ate weeks of rehearsal by the
chorus. There will be no admis-
sion charge.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
EXCURSIONS TO OCRACOKE
OUT OF SWAN QUARTER

Ocracoke.-Capt. Bob Burrus of
Swan Quarter made his first trip
to Ocracoke on Saturday with a
total of about fifteen passengers.
Arriving here in the cruiser Ocra-
coke, formerly owned by the N.
c. Fisheries Department, the pas
sengers had chance to see some
thing of the Island and to enjoy
a square dance, after the Saturday
night movie, at the school rec
reation Hall. They returned to
Swan Quarter on Sunday.
Making these weekly trips to
the Island is no new experience
for Capt. Burrus; he and his ex-
cursionists were familiar weekend
sights in the old days when Capt,
Bill Gaskill's Pamlico Inn was do
ing a thriving business on the
Sound Side of the Island. Capt
Burrus discontinued his excursion
trips at the beginning of the War
and had not resumed them until
this summer. His boat is limited
to % passengers; it is available
for charter at Swan Quarter dur.
ing the week.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
PENNSYLVANIANS HAVE
LUCK IN GULF STREAM

Hatteras, N. C.-Six giant dol
phin, 10 anberjack, six barracuda
and one sailfish were landed in
the Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras
by a group of Pennsylvanians
fishing for two days from aboard
Capt. Bill Fosters cruiser Alba
tross. 1t was one of the best catch
es of the week made by anglers
basing in Hatteras and fishing the
blue water offshore. Barracuda
weighed up to seven pounds each.
Enoch Vaughan of Valencia,
Penna., brought in the sail, fourth
of this species of bill fish to be
landed in Hatteras waters this sea-
son by boats operating from here.
Mrs. Vaughan landed some Of the
large dolphin. Others making the
catches included Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wyles and DIR. and Mrs. E. L. FL
tringham of Pittsburgh. Also in
the party was Lloyd R. Latham If
Washington, N. C.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
RODANTHE ROAD
CELEBRATION TO
BE POSTPONED
Plans For Accommodation of
Visitors and Entertain.
ment Call for More
Time :

Rodanthe'S road celebration.
originally planned for August 16
to celebrate the completion of
the hardsurface road connecting
all the seven villages of Hatteras
Island, has been postponed, and
will probably be held in Septem-
Der instead, Capt. Levene w.
Midget, chairman of the cele-
bratlon committee, announces
this week. Due to the delay in
completing the road, and the in
ability to arrange a number of
proposed features of the celebra-
ton on so short a notice it is
thought best to wait until cooler
weather, and make more COM
plete plans. The original date
was chosen because it was the
anniversary of a famous rescue
during World War l by Rodanthe
men in the Coast Guard service
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
SHRIMP SEASON is NOT
TOO GOOD RIGHT NOW

For one reason or several, the
shrimp season is reported none too
good this summer, and most shrim-
pers are not making expenses.
Engelhard is the largest shrimp
center at this time. Shrimp are
said to be of a fair size.
And while the catch of shrimp
is declining, fishermen are clamor-
ing for permission to operate their
nets day and night. This, the
Board of Conservation and Devel-
opment has fatty refused again
this week. Old timers say shrimp
are now being pursued so vigor-
ously that the supply is being ex-
hausted, and like other forms of
fishing, the industry is rapidly
destroying itself.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
ROANOKE GETS As
FLYING VISITORS
MANTEO AIRPORT
Washn. Air Derby Associa-
tion Takes Week lend to
Visit Lost Colony

Among the several groups
visiting the rehabilitated Manteo
Airport this season was the As
visitors coming with the Wash
ington, D. c., Air Derby Asso-
citation during the past week end.
Manager Bill Henderson knew
many of the visitors personally,
and one of the reasons for the
visit was to see him and renew
acquaintance. But all of them
bought tickets for The Lost Col
ony and saw the show Saturday
night; all required rooms, and
all bought meals.
It is easy to see how a visit
of this type bring a lot of new
week end business to Roanoke
Island. All travellers are boon
to taxi-drivers. They spend a
great deal of money during their
visits.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
FORMER PASTOR
OF CHURCHES IN
COASTLAND DIES
DR.. G. A. Martin Served
Chures in Currituck and
Roanoke Island in
War Years

DIR. G. A. Martin, IS, a beloved
minister of the Baptist faith
whose last work was serving
churches in Currituck County and
the Roanoke Island Baptist church
during the war years, died Thurs
day night at the Baptist Hospital
in Winston Salem after long i'll
ness. He had been retired for sew
eral years. He had served many
large churches and was prominent
in his calling.
He was born in Mt Airy, a son
of William S. Martin and Sarah
Ann Aaron Martin, and had been
in the ministry for the past So
years. He was a graduate of
Wake Forest College and the Bap-
fist Theological Seminary in Louis
vile, KY. Among the pastorates
served by DR.. Martin were the
First Baptist Church in Whining
ton, First Baptist Church in Con-
cord, First Baptist Church in
Marion, First Baptist Church in
Landrum, S. c., First Baptist
Church in Waynesville and the
First Baptist Church in Ruther-
fordton. New churches were built
at Townsville, Landrum and Con-
cord, while he was their pastor.
While serving the First Baptist
Church in Townsville, he also
served as the pastor at Mills
Home Church. DIR. Martin retired
in 1916 and moved to Townsville
to make his home. He was a
Mason, a Shriner and member of
the Concord Lodge of the Junior
Order. He was active in the First
Baptist Church in Townsville,
where he held membership at the
time of his death. In 1905, he
was married to Huetokah Marsh
banks of Mars Hill, who survives.
Other survivors include one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Glenn Mann of the home,
OIlS SUI, NEdHdiH "A. MAI iii VI LH6
American Embassy in France; two
brothers, Wesley Martin of West
Virginia and Robert Martin of
Butte, Montana; and six grand
children. Funeral services were
conducted from the First Baptist
Church Saturday at pm. by the
pastor, the Rev. Charles F. Leek;
DR.. Ralph Herring, Pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Winston
Salem; and the Rev. Mack Sum-
mey, pastor of Carolina Avenue
Baptist Church in Thomasville.
Interment was in the family plot
in Holly Hills Cemetery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
MANTEO SCOUTS
W'MELON PARTY
ON AUGUST 18th

Manteo Boy Scout Troop is
planning a big blowout at their
bathing beach at the Manteo
Airport Monday night, August
II, with a watermelon party for
all their friends. Tickets will 60
on sale this week at ST each
which admits a couple, a court
ing couple will get an extra
slice of melon. The scouts also
expect to have plenty of extra
lce-cold melon to sell to those
who are not satisfied with what
hey get on a regular ticket.
Everybody is expected to bring
his or her bathing suit, and take
dip at the beach.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-01
MlDDLETOWN LOSES ONE
OF OLDEST RESIDENTS

Louis D. Swindell, who was
70 on Friday, died Saturday, the
9th az his home near Middle
town, Hyde County. He was the
son of the late Dixon ard Mary
Fisher Sw.;Idell of Hyde Coun-
ty, and husband of Mrs. Flor
ence Tankard Swindell. He is
survived by two sons, Harvey of
Snow Lake Kansas, and David
of M;dd.c:own; one daughter,
Miss JESSIE Lewis Swindeil Of
Middletowa, and his wife.
The funeral was conducted
Sunday, the 9th at St. Georges
Episcopal Church by Few. a. e.
D. Noe of Bath, and interment
was in st. Georges Cemetery.
Pail bearers were Royden Clark,
R. L. Gibbs, Bill Payne, Tommy
Gibbs, Clement Miller and Jim
Nixon. The Berry Company. fu-
neral directors.
Mr.. Swindell had been a life
long resident of Middletown. His
father died when he was three
months old.