News-Press from Fort Myers, Florida • Page 2

r.hdr.j fin V.3S9 I FORT MTCTS (Fl.) HEWg PRESS. TtSnr. Marc I. 1151 i Uxt York Stilly Czrd by Szztis French To Ctcck Qcdj Ksycr fenrer (Caattaae ftia rif N) nent bleachers. I've talked to several of tha diamond ball supporters and they are in favor of the change if it's not too far out I don't know if wo could get it in Ala year's budget but we are going to need all tha parking area we can get up town." Use of the Richardson Held area of them mentioned how dirty It is.

The fishing has not been good. I'm not qualified to say whether the lake drainage la causing that, but could be. If they have to open up the locks, there should bo a fair distribution of water between the river and the St. Lucie." "People come here from all over the state for salt water fishing," said Mrs. Marvel.

"They a. got fresh water: fishing at home; but. they want- aalt water fish When they come here. If we don't have that to offer, then they have no interest In coming here." Clyde Williams at tha Punta las sa Fiah Camp said he had lost only about 600 shrimp so far because of the fresh water, "but if it keens up III be in the same boat with Drcrncs Ruins Fishing Protttti Flrd as Freih Water Rolls Down Rivor ICuUmmm ttmm FM effect on wit wator fuhinf in thtt area. At Clewiston a protest movo-ment wu reporUd underway over lowering of the lake level.

Phil Francis, U.S. Sugar Corporation chemist, editor of Florida Outdoors nmaiine and a conservationist, said, "People are up in the air over here." Francis said the current 15-foot level of the lake was decided on as "safe" at the start of the rainy season by engineers last year and contended drainage is "unnecessary at this time." It'a going to ruin the bass fishing in the lake, ai well as the salt water fishing around Fort Myers, Francis said. "I'vi done some investigating and as far as I can determine farmers on islands in the lake are the only persons who want a low level. Othere don't, and there is a movement under way to do something about it," Veteran Guide Eddie Fitspat-rick, one of whose favorite fishing spots is the Catoosahatchee above Fort Myers, was one of the loudest protestors. Lines Get Fouled "IVe been fishing the river for 24 years," satf Fitrpatrick, "and this is the first time I have been run out It has been impossible to fish there since thia drainage began; The fish aren't there, and every time you maka a cast, your line is fouled up by moss or some other Junk." Hal La win and George Hartman, a couple of Gladstone, anglers, who have been coming here for aix years, agreed.

Lawin keeps his trailer at Fort Myers Beach, but has been doing most of his fishing in the river. "We kept a boat up the river Just for fishing," Lawin said, "but FOB SALE 1951 Oldsraebilo Super 88 1500 Miles "AH the Trimmings" Substantial Reduction in Price! OWNER Dial 2-4051 fCZZ'JS NEW YORK, March 8 Samla Gamal, perhapa the moat publicised Egyptian beauty since Clso. patia, expoau her celebrated midriff to a Now York night ciuh srowd tonight -A The 87-year-old dancer want through tho aama hip-weaving show that charmed Egypt's fan-loving King Farouk In a command parfoimanca But to sated habitues of Broadway, it looked aimply like a glorified hootchy-kootchy. Still, aha got a big hand from Manhattan's Latin Quarter crowd when her sinuous body stopped shimmying with a clang of cymbals. Then she said: "I hope I can speak very good English So I can tell you how wonderful you are." Backstage, she grinned and said she had put on a weak show because: I was so nervous.

This ia New York, you know. And her press agenT remarked: Tho way you react to Samia is an indication of how you would hove reacted to Cleopatra." Samia came hero from Miami Beach where she made her debut in this country after marrying Texan Sheppard (Abdullah) King, who became a Moslem to wed her. Ho ia a lumDer and cotton heir. Fort tho 88,000 a week she Is drawing, she walks out onto the stage in a gold and purple costume, takes off most of it and proceeds to wiggle her hips in slow motion. Six minutes later tha pare having quickened she's through.

They call It the "Dance of the Nile" and she has come up in the world with it since she first began dancing in a chorus line at 16. 'ASH ft BY AIM ftcxrt omcit fate rteM rvl 5-9311 A ar yoor trove! ogee for parkins was also one of the first suggestions made by Bernard Tuck, State Road Department assistant project engineer, bow making a traffic survey hero. Ball ana have pointed out that if a site could be found on one of the major highways not too far from the center town, Fort My ers would soon be able to offer suitable facilities for major league baseball training. In his recreational program, Edwards also suggested trading city land in the old municipal air port-industrial area for- Dunbar Heights property which could be used for a Negro recreational area. "The telephone eompany doesn't have a franchise and they seem a little reluctant to ask for one, said Stevens when he brought up the utility tax question.

"I'd like to suggest a levy on any telephone company using the city streets, say $2 a polo and 25 cents a foot for cable each year. We could use the money to hire more policemen. "The telephone company has just never applied for a said Holt "I know they would like to have one if they just had to ask for it but they dont want to go through the rigors of an election." Holt pointed out the company now furnishes conduits and wires for parts of the fire alarm system and has also furnished several free telephones. "Let's pay for the phones and let the company pay for a franchise," said Councilman R. G.

Williams. The question was held over for further discussion, Bids ranging from $16,900 to $20,700 were received from six companies on a new fire pumper truck. The' successful bidder will be determined today by a committee headed by Councilman Carl Roberta and including Councilman Stevens and Melvin Frey. Tax Itstlmny (CoattaacO freaa Past Oae) tax cases. He aaid he wanted Dun-lap to return and testify under oath on that point The Wisconsin senator said he understood tho President's reorganization plan would give Secretary of the Treasury Synder greatly increased powers over the tax collecting machinery.

In view of that it was important to find out "the extent of the influence of the treasury over the bureau, and whether it has held up prosecutions or collections of taxes." VALUES fcysltry Pcrfrrea (Ceatlaaea ttaos raaw Oao) tion by Chairman Harry M. Stringfellow that railinga similar to those at tho Postof flea be placed on the Courth-use steps for the assistance of tha aged and Infirm. It also approved a request by Tax Assessor John M. Boring that the assessment on land of Leon ard Santinl at the south and of Fort Myers Beach be lowered from $70,000 to $41,000. Boring said improvements made on the land, after the legal time for-making sjsAssmenta, had erroneoualy been included in fhe original value.

The cut lowera taxea on the property from. $3,189 to $1,867 this year. Commissioners approved an arrangement made, by Parks with tho Bonita Springs Exchange Club to buy and stockpile oyster shell for road-bu'lding in the Bonita Springs area with tho club furnishing the loading area. The board also approved purchase by Parks of creosoted piling to reinforce tho Bonita Beach bridge. Oliver Knauth of Beaufort, S.

was given permission to use county pits at Buckingham for a fresh-water shrimp raising project EMERA CLUB TONIGHT PUNTA CORD March 8 The Emera Club of the Order of Eastern Star win meet Tuesday evening at 8 p. m. at tho Masonic Temple. Mrs. Mabelle T.

Baugher is president and Mrs. Anna Frederick and Mrs. Mary Curran are host-eases for this meeting. JALOUSIES Giasa-Alasanaai Whsdowa Perthes Doom Breosewaya R. BRUCE STORTER free BMiaeaea Dial 4-414 SSt sure a $1.60 $2.75 $3.50 $4.00 FREMONT'S Lea Pried I'm going to pull it out tomorrow.

There were some nice spots up there but it's no good now. The water ia muddy and dirty." "And even the Jackfish aren't biting," added Hartman. John (Doc) Wilson, who operate a tourist camp at the Beach, passed on complaints ef guests and others over recent conditions in the river. JM "Quite a few fellows down here fish up the Caloosahatehee when the weather is bad outside," said Wilson. "But now: they all come back complaining that it ia full of moss and other, stuff.

They say they can't get plug in the river without having it fouled up by Floyd E. Alexander, who owns the Palm Oaks Trailer Park In North Fort Myers and operates a boat rental and bait business besides, said trailerites "have been moving out every day" since the lake water began showing up in the river here. Bait Shrimp Killed Alexander was one who lost bait shrimp because of the fresh water. Like other bait dealers, ha pumped water from the river into his shrimp tanks. When the fresh, water started flowing into the tanks, the shrimp began dying.

Alexander said he lost 300 to 400 shrimp for two or three days before he realised the cause of the mass deaths. "Now I have to haul salt water from Pine Island Bridge," he added. "In addition, the cost of re-piping the tanks so the water would circulate properly cost about $100." O. G. Starkey, who operates Starlit Docks next door to Alexander's place, also got caught with dead shrimp and now must haul in his water.

"I guesa that altogether I lost 3,000 shrimp before I realised what was causing the damage," Starkey related. The bait shrimp, most of them brought here from the East Coast, cost $2.50 a hundred, or $26 a thousand. "The fresh water has completely knocked out fishing up river," Starkey added. Mel and Thelma Walt at the Cove in Iona said they lost about 8,000 ahrimp when the fresh water first reached that point near the mouth of the river between Iona and Punta Rassa. In addition, the Waites said they had two cabins rented which would have brought in $50 a week through April 1.

Refund the Money i "These people came here to fish," said tha Waites, "But when this mess started they were dissatisfied and there was nothing we could do but refund their money for the rest of the season. They moved out right away." "Several boats from upriver have moved down here to dock," said Tommy Marvel of Port Comfort, near Punta Rassa. "They wanted to get out of tha filth. Practically all 1 laeaieat With Fcit-Acting or Povdors Nowadays when you buy "BC you may have it In either tablet or powder form. In both you get the same famous "BC" formula the tame fast relief.

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Vietmlnh regulars and guerrillas. Right now the French are pushing "operation leap yearV-intend-ed to push back two divisions of Vietmlnh who began 'Infiltrating from Berth and south in an effort to cut the Delta line in two. The general staff announced today that 631 guerrillas had been killed and 1,000 wounded In the operation since Feb. 29. The French say they can launch "an offensive" at any time now.

But obviously they mean a mop-up drive in tha delta, not a knock-out A little more than a week ago the French pulled out of Hoa Binh, 40 miles southwest of Hanoi on the Black River. meant the French have no Immediate intention of trying to push the war into western Indochina where the bulk of the Vietmlnh la scattered. Defeat Gen. Raoul Solan, commander In chief who, ordered the evacuation, doesn't seem to regard the withdrawal as a defeat. With breeiy nervousness lie told a press con ference Hoa Binh wu no longer of any importance.

It was Salan, however, who, along with the late Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny a little more than three months ago, hailed the capture of Hoa Binh as one of the biggest victories of the war in Indochina. It was over the highway through Hoa Binh that the Vietmlnh 1ad moved vast supplies from Communist China, to their troops in central and south Viet Nam. Salan explained it wasn't any use to hold Hoa Binh longer since the Vietminh had succeeded In building new roada farther west Salan said, too, that tha French didn't have enough heavy bombers to continually blast the new roada and keep them out That waa a hint that more aid waa needed from the United States. The French, by giving up Hoa Binh and positions along the Black River, left the way open for the Vietminh to regroup on the eastern bank of the stream and prepare an offensive of which Hanoi itself may eventually by the target. Salan's objective now, he explained, ia to hold Hanoi and the rice, rice-growing and manufacturing centers of the Red River delta, until it wduld be possible for the French to launch a big offensive, possibly in three or four months.

fYier.sa Greetings' Tickets Go on Sale Tickets will be on sale today for the musical ahow, "Greetinga From which will be presented by a group of touring Austrian students in the High' School auditorium on March 10. Meanwhile, a committee of hostesses to entertain the visitors was announced, including Mrs. George Allen, Mrs. Francis Campbell, Mrs. Frank Haneburger, Mra.

Walter Edelblut Mra. Walter Edelblut Mra. George Bail and Mrs. Truman Wilson. Mrs.

Allen requesting anyone willing to house one or more of the Austrian students telephone her at 2-0191. The 1 tickets will be on sale at the First National and Lee County Banks, Arcade Cigar Store, Gluck-man's, Royal Palm and Washburn's Drug Stores, Royal Palm Photo Studio, and Martindale's. Tickets will also be sold at the high school for the special afternoon performance. Currently, an exhibit of colorful Austrian costumes is being displayed at the high school. GETS CITIZENSHIP TAMPA, March 8 Anastatlos Demetracopoulos of Fort Myers, a native of Greece, was granted U.

S. citizenship today at a hearing before Federal Judge W. J. Barker. Phoao 4-1441 If.

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to 2 p. m. and for only STOP IN Today or tomorrow and try mis grana rasry ana appetizing daily lunch see if we are kietdin' Breakfast is served every week day from 8'til II a.m. Moderately Priced Too P.S........ We almost forgot to mention it But We Serve a Really Wonderful Evening Dinner Every week day from 5 to 8:30 p.

m. and we believe after you have tried it you will agree that it is just as tasty and enjoyable as our favored NOON DAY LUNCH Thanks, Folks The Management of the PARKER HOUSE Patio de Leon and Main Street tho Most Interesting Store in Town" THROUGHOUT THE STORE the rest of them." Williams recall-ed that during the rainy aeason last summer he and his' partner, Carl Collier, lost 7,000 shrimp before they finally went out into the Galf and hauled back salt water. Not Even Brackish Williams and thla reporter tasted the water being pumped Into his bait tanks at the mouth of the river. It had a slight taste of salt but couldn't, ba classed even. as.

brackiah. "I know that fishing parties now have to go almost all thtf -way to Sanibel Island before they can catch anything Wil-liama said. "It looks to me as though they could split up this flow between Port Myers and Stuart." a If the water was less than brackish at Punta Rassa, it waa "just like getting It out of the faucet" at the Daniels Seafood Co, plant on East Riverside Drive rn Port Myers. That was how F. H.

Hartman, onrr of the plant, described the condition. Hartman has had to halt his purchase and resale of live soft crabs, although he is still packing crab meat. "We bring the live crabs down from the Myakka River, which ia very salty," said Hartman, "They stay alive In the fresh water until they shed their shells, then die. We stopped buying crabs last Friday night. At that time we had about 8,000 on hand.

We're trying to salvage what we can by adding salt to tha water; but that ia not satisfactory and wet probably lose 95 per cent At 10 cents apiece, that runs into money." Lcttliaero Discussed Post With Russian -1 i i "WASHINGTON, March 8 (JP-Senate investigator hmucrht nut today that Owen Lattimore discussed his assignment aa a nnlitl- cal adviser to Chiang Kai-shek with the-Russian ambassador here before it was announced publicly and while Russia waa still allied with Hitler Germany. The diacuaainn njvurrail itnrtnir a Mayflower Hotel luncheon on June 18, 1941, Just four days be fore the German invasion of Russia signaled the end of the Hitler-Stalin pact. ,4 A Senate Internal security sub-committee hearing also disclosed that in June, 1940, an article written by Lattimore for the Institute of Pacific Relations (1PR) was submitted in advance of publication to the Soviet ambassador, Conatantine Oumansky. Lattimore was questioned for the sixth day by the subcommittee, which is searching for any subversive influences on U. S.

policies in the Far East The Investigation has centered on the IPR, a private research organization of which Lattimore is a trustee. When today's session was cut short by legislative action in the Senate, Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins' University professor and Far Eastern affairs specialist, was directed to return tomorrow. Florida Democrats Opposed to Truman WEST PALM BEACH, March 8 Vf) Chairman E. B. Donnell said today early returns from a poll of the state Democratic executive committee members indicated solid opposition to President Truman running for re-election.

The 134 members are voting by mail on a platform containing a plank which says in effect that Mr. Truman shouldn't run again. Twenty of the first 21 replies, Donnell said, favored the; platform. The platform was submitted at a committee meeting in St Petersburg Jan. 5 but no decision waa reached then on whether to adopt it DR.

ADD1K PRINCE HARRILL Funeral services for Dr. Addie P. HarriU will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from the McQueen A Young Chapel with Elder O. H. Taylor, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, officiating.

Interment in F6ri Myers cemetery. Pallbearers; Henry Hill, J. C. Byers, Arden Palmer, O. H.

Taylor, L. V. Harris and Arthur R. Pinkerton. EDWARD E.

TAYLOR Funeral services for Edward Eugene Taylor will be held today at 8 m. at Leo W. Engelhardt fun-erar home with Rev. Millard Cleveland officiating. Pallbearers will be Lester Fox, Frank Nodine, W.

J. Allen, Forrest Baumgardt Lewis Barber and Julian Rogers, Inter ment will be in the Fort My era Ce- mat.pv CORA MAE PHILLIPS Funeral services for Cora Mae Phillips will be held today at 3:30 p. m. with the Rev. Charles Hamil-ton of LaBelle officiating.

Pallbearers will be Alto Hiera, Roy Brown, M. G. Sllva, Earl R. Murry, Lewia Nobles and R. B.

Waldron. Honorary bearers will be R. N. Miller, J. D.

McCIoud, C. A. Murphy and R. J. Moon.

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