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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
WAR INCREASES
DIRTY LINEN
(By Associated Pressl

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-To most
men those days a suit is just
something without cuffs, but to a
sleeping car porter it's the 370
pounds of linen worn" by each
car each trip.
This suit consists of $50
sheets weighing 27O pounds; 200
pillow slips totaling So pounds;
200 towels, 20 pounds, porter's
coats, II pounds; and 8 car bags,
IL pounds.
Mounting military traffic, now
requiring as many as one-half of
all sleeping cars on peak days. is
reflected in an increase of 17,411,-
841 pieces of soiled linen removed
from cars during 1941-1942 The
total for the year was 170,611,841
pieces, a total which this year,
the Pullman Company expects
will swell to more than 100000
900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
BY RUSSELL KAY

buried in the delicate skin of
the orange-yeS, plus charm and
allure-for from the essential
oils extracted from these golden
pores is made a variety of toilet
articles and cosmetics-soap, per-
fumes, salves, face creams. This
valuable by-product brings $24
a pound or $3.50 an ounce.
And that beautifully colored
scarf of artificial silk which
hangs in your wardrobe, surely
it can in no way be indebted to
the orange. But don't be too
sure. From the citrus seed comes
another oil used by textile men
to fix or set those pleasing col
Iors. Oil that now substitutes for
the Tea Seed Oil which Japan
used to furnish us.
The paint manufacturer knows
it as "turpene'', another oil that
comes from the skin of the or
ange and is used extensively in
the manufacture of the highest
grade paints and varnishes, its
quality on par with tung oil, and
paints mixed with it will not
check or peel in sun or weather.
All this has science and re-
search disclosed, but work in the
laboratory continues, for man in
his eagernesS for knowledge is
never satisfied, and these hum
bic men who untiringly study and
experiment will continue to find
more and yet more treasure in
this one bountiful gift Of an al
wise Providence.
Oh, yes-and some people even
EAT oranges and grapefruit!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
CITY PRISONER
GIVEN LIBERTY;
NOT APPRECIATED

James Brown apparently was
determined to spend Christmas
in Jail. Thursday afternoon he
was one of the prisoners in the
city Jail who were given their
liberty by Mayor Willard M. AL
bury, but before Christmas Eve
was over, Brown had trans
ferred his residence from the
city to the county Jail.
He was found ''helplessly
drunk, the sheriff office reports,
and was locked up in the county
Jail on a charge of vagrancy. He
will be arraigned at o'clock
this afternoon before Justice of
the Peace ESquinaldo. -. 4...
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
RUSSIAN FORCES.

Continued from Page One)
lighting. There was little shoot
ing by either side because of the
fear of killing its own men. so
the determining weapon was the
baYonet. a type of fighting that
the Russians like far better
than the Germans. The result
was that $40 Germans surren-
dered in the Stalingrad fighting.
the communique concluded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
TWO COLORED
WOMEN BEATEN
JAMES NEWTON. ACCUSED. TO
BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT
THIS AFTERNOON

Sheriff Berlin Sawyer has in
his office a heavy piece of scant-
lng-it feels like it is loaded with
Lead, which, so it is charged,
James Newton, A negro, used in
beating up his wife and an aged
colored woman on Christmas day.
The assault occurred on Angela
street, between Thomas and
Whitehead. .....- a..
The women were taken to a
local hospital, and it required
more than an hour to sew up their
scalps and parts of their fore
heads. So much of the skin was
torn off the left side of the wife's
forehead, it hung down over her
left eye to her nostrils.
The case against Newton will
come up at o'clock this after
noon before Justice of the Peace
Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
AGUERRO FUNERAL
HERE ON SUNDAY

The funeral services Of Angus
to Aguerro, 70, who died We'd
nesday morning in hospital in
Miami, will be held Sunday aft
enoon at 4:30 o'clock at the
Lopez Funeral Home Chapel q..
Rev. w. B. Mundy, of the
Fleming Street Methodist Cup
town. Chhrrh, will officiate.
Survivors are four sons, Chas.
and Otto Aguerro of Key West,
Louis G.. Aguerro and Horace
Aguerro of Miami.
DR.. Felix Varela Lodge of Ma
sons, Golden Eagles, Woodmen
of the World and Odd Fellows,
of which the deceased was a
member, will attend the funeral
in a body and pallbearers will
be selected from the member
ship.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
DEFER SENTENCES
ON THREE WOMEN

Helen Brady, Ruby Barber and
Betty Thompson, whose cases
Game up before Judge William v.
sAlbury, of the criminal court, on
Charges of vagrancy, had their
sentences deferred till such time
as they are released by health au-
thoritieS. The women are not
residents of Key West. and came
here from Miami. They are being
held in Jail without bail till their
physical condition is reported to
the judge.
John Mclaughlin, manager of
Kress' store, who pleaded guilty
to using profanity in public. was
fined 81 and costs, with the alter
native of spending 80 days in jail.
He paid the fine.
Sentence was deferred in the
case of James Minis, charged with
petit larceny.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
POSSE OF LETTERS
CHASE SOLDIER
(Rv Assocint,.d Pressl

LAMAR, Mo-, Dec. 26.-Lieut.
Fred Finley of Lamar has been
complaining in his letters recent
ly that the folks back home
newell write, but if his mail ever
catches up with him he's going
to have real writing job of his
own to do.
His bride has written him 81
times but apparently the letters
haven't followed him yet through
England, Ireland, Scotland and
to Africa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
SOCIETY
Galey-Dee WeHiUer
Nuptials Yesterday

Miss Ruth Rose Galley, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Harry c. Galley,
and Ensign Warren Dee Welliver,
United States Navy, were married
yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at
st. Pauls Episcopal church, with
Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick, officiat-
ing at the ceremony.
The newlyweds wall Mako HRh
home in Key West for the present.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
MOST CITY AND
COUNTY OFFICES
CLOSED TODAY

All the offices in the county
courthouse, except those occupied
by the sheriff, were closed today.
In observing the Christmas holi
day, the other offices, with one
exception. were closed at noon on
Thursday and will be reopened at
8 o'clock Monday morning.
The same procedure occurred in
the city-the City Hall was clos
ed at noon Thursday for holiday
lasting there and one-half days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
TO HIROHITO
BY J..

BY J.
We are coming Hirohito
and we are going to
give you hell,
For the foul punch
that you landed
before the sounding
of the bell.
Oh: you pulled an
awful boner
when you said all
Yanks are saps,
For one Yank can
lick a dozen
of your dirty
buck toothed Japs.
Now Gona's gone and
Buna'S busted and
all your Japs are
on the run,
Where Macarthur starts
the setting
of your yellow
Rising Sun.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

stem of busy Winter Haven sits
a modest and unimposing little
building that houses the U. S.
Citrus Products Laboratory. Here
chemists and research workers
spend countless hours puttering
around with test tubes, solutions
and variety of experimental
apparatus.
While you and l may think of
an orange or grapefruit only in
terms of something that happens
to you for breakfast, to the Gag
er workers in this little labora-
tory citrus fruit represents a
treasure house of imitless posi-
bilities.
When you sing praise the
Lord and Pass the Ammunition
you would be plenty surprised if
someone shouted "Hallelujah'
and passed you a mess of orange
peel, but that's exactly what is
happening today, for, thanks to
the research and experiments in
that Winter Haven laboratory,
190-proof alcohol is coming from
the sugary water that is pressed
from white rag of citrus peeling.
That alcohol is used in the
manufacture of powder and a
single machine gun bullet re-
quires more alcohol than is con-
tanned in the average cocktail.
1t may never occur to you to
associate citrus fruit with the
milk your dairyman delivers each
morning, but many Florida dairy
cows are now being fed a nu-
tritious mixture made largely
from citrus pulp. Thus the gold
en- fruit you see hanging on trees
throughout the state, in addition
to contributing their healthful
juices, may also be considered in
terms of milk and beefsteak.
And that little nest of orange
and grapefruit seeds you thought
lessly assign to the ashcan-to
the research chemist they repre-
sent butter. No, I don't mean
jam or marmalade, but real but
ter than you can spread on your
toast or use to fry pork chops
or bake cakes. 1t has a natural
yellow color and is rich in Vita
min A.
You may never catch your
dentist attempting to swab out
the socket from which a tooth
has just been removed with q
piece of orange peel, for he will
simply dip bit of cotton in q
white powder and with it stop
the bleeding. But that powder
is also a product of citrus peel
a solution of pectin, long used
by housewives in making jellies
and jams. Now surgeons shoot
a solution of this pectin into
yur arm before major operations
for research has disclosed that il
makes blood "jelP', too.
Locked in the rag and fiber Of
this same citrus fruit are an
amazing variety of products
made of plastic-gay beads, but
tons and ornaments. ash trays
compacts, fittings for planes and
motor cars, knobs, handles and
knick- knacks. So far such prod
ucts are still in the experimental
stage, but science has proven
that they can all be made from
citrus and some day they will
be.
If the dealer should hand you
your pack of favorite cigarettes
wrapped in discarded orange
or grapefruit hull you might be
tempted to throw it at him, but
that clear glistening cellophane
that protects the contents can
also be made from citrus skins.
This same moisture-proof mate
rial is employed as a lining for
cardboard containers now used
to replace tin.
Beauty, they say, is only skin
deep, and beauty for milady lies
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
BIG HOLIDAY DANCE
AT RAUL,S TONIGHT

A big holiday dance will be the
order of things at Raul's Club to-
night when A. Barrosa and his
orchestra start things going with
their dance music it is Sug-
gested that customers make their
reservations by calling 9287 as a
large crowd is expected.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

FOR SALE IN KEY WEST: 1941
Vagabond Coach, all steel trail
er, four wheels, six-ply tires
like new, two-wheel Slimp
dolly, three rooms, three clos
cts with two-pier glass mirrors,
electric refrigerator, double
sink, water tank and running
water connection, two tank
bottled gas stove with electric
exhaust fan, electric blower
circulates heat between floors.
Innerspring touches, sleep four.
Lavatory, septic toilet, Warner
brakes. Interior thirty feet.
Value fourteen months ago, 81
753.00. Make cash offer, no fl
nancing. Phone 292. dec21-6tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
SING, SWING, DANCE
AND LAUGH TONIGHT
AT SLOPPY JOE'S BAR

Sloppy Joe's Bar will have a
holiday party tonight for those
who are stepping out for a big
time tonight -. grand time is
promised for those who like to
dance and Joe Russo's band will
provide the music which starts at
7 o'clock and continues until the
curfeW rings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
Chapter Ten
mo Pictures, No Details

T LIEUTENANT BACON of the
Homicide Squad was a stiff
backed, grazing veteran with
shrewd gray eyes and a matter
of-fact way of talking thasAwas
deceptive.
what else do you know about
that guy?" he asked
Kent Murdoch replaced the
telephone. Nothing. I've already
told you. 1 only met him last
night"
Tell me again, then" Bacon
said. rolling the cigar between his
lips with apparent relish.
"He married my first wife, /"
Murdoch said. Three or four
years ago, but / never knew that
until Yesterday"
"How did he shape up to your"
Like a rat"
"He did, huh?" Bacon sucked
smoke and made some signal to
his blocky assistant Sergeant
Keogh, who brought out a note
book "And he was at the LoSado
woman's party this afternoon,
and you were there, and your
wife, and Dean Thorndike. and
this Ward Allen and his girl Who
else?"
"John Mason was there" Muir
dock said.
Keogh was writing all this
down and Bacon said:
That's the lawyer guy who
used to be purchasing agent for
the Germans. Who else?"
Murdoch went over near the
door and picked up his camera.
'Now wait a minute" Bacon
said. 81 told you no pictures"
Murdoch opened his plate case
and found fashbulb. That's be-
fore you found out / could help
''That makes no difference,
Bacon said. 81 told you no pic
lures and"
"Okay." Murdoch shrugged
mo pictures, no details"
He screwed the flaShbulb In the
synchronized fiashgun and waited
dark eyes steady, grin tipping
his mouth. Actually he did not
particularly care whether he got
any pictures or not. The less pub
licity the better, considering those
involved-and yet, it was his job
If he did not take them now he
would never have the chance; il
he did. he would have them In
case they were needed
Bacon was glowering now
"You can be made to talk"
"You always say that"
81 amt kiddin'."
81 know you're not. ! can be
made to talk-later."
Sergeant Keogh was watching
them. So was the fingerprint mar
and police photographer, both
grinning covertly. Bacon made {
snorting sound
The Story
A HH-nuts. One of these day:
"A I'm gonna" He choked off
turned away, turned back quick
ly, pointing the stogie. But jus
one, understand"
Murdoch was adjusting shutter
and focus. "Over by the body" he
said. "You and the Sergeant
Block it off little. will you, anc
try and look interested :"
Cali right" Bacon said when i
was over. He was still growing
but without rancor. Nov WHIT
else was at that cocktail party?'
Murdoch told him. That he wa!
here at all had been largely ;
matter of chance. On his way
home from the Courier-Herald ht
had passed within a block o.
police headquarters and on ;
bunch had stopped in to see i
Bacon was on duty. A we'll
known labor organizer had beer
murdered three days previou!
and he had wanted to know i
anything new had developed. A!
a result of his curiosity, he hac
been in Bacon's Office when the
telephone call came.
He put away his camera as ne
finished talking and took a turr
about the room, which was {
typical neutrality-suspicious. lay
out with a few inexpensive re-
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Rs<eL1
KNIGHTS HAVE Girl.

An 8-pound girl born Wednes-
day, December %, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred E. Knight. Mother and
daughter are doing fine. Mrs.
Knight was formerly Miss Gladys
r. (Jane) Johnson. The new ar
rival has been given the name of
Jeanneg Anne.syr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
ALFELDS BODY
TAKEN TO MIAMI

The body of Clarence E. AL
field, who died suddenly Wednes-
day morning, was taken to Mi
ami this morning by the Lopez
Funeral Home, following fun
eral services held here by Mrs.
Genevieve Schultz, Christian
Science Reader.
Survivors are the wife, Mrs.
Ruth v. Alfeld, and sister, Mrs.
Janette L. Fraser.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
CABRERAS HAVE
.. HOUSE GUESTS

Col. and Mrs. B. c Ashwhol,
USMA ReD arrived in Key West
yesterday from Sidney, Austria
liza, and are the houseguests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sebastian Cabrera,
III, on Southland street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
TWO THOUSAND FEET

CHICAGO--oThe great falls of
the Essequlbe river in British
Guinea, are 1000 feet from top to
bottom.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
PROFESSIONAL
REAL ESTATE
MISCELLANEOUS

CHILDREN OF PRE- SCHOOL
AGE will receive good care,
good food and training at Miss
Goodspeed's Nursery School,
728 Fleming street. Hours to
suit your schedule. Transporta-
ton service. dec5-12-19-26-4tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

japanese reveal AmerIcaD-FI-
lIpin0 forces are stII fighting
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

FOR SALE-1936 Ford 4-Door
Sedan. Good condition, 5 good
tires. $3.50, cash only. Sgt.
Kelly. Phone so, Fort Taylor.
dec23-3tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

Finland reports that 1899 Rus
sian died IN prison amps
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26
FOR SALE

FOR SALE--One rebuilt Hoover,
one used GE cleaner. Also,
one used, with rebuilt motor,
guaranteed, Electro1ux vacuum
cleaner. I have a few new
Electrolux cleaners for Christ
mas. See O'Sweeney before it
is too late. dec10-tf
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Classified Column
HELP WANTED

WANTED-Houseman, $4,000 a
month and room. Apply to
Charles M. Salas, Manager, La
Concha Hotel. dec24G3t
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1887 war plants financed by
IRFC up to Nov. l, Jones reveals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

FOR SALE-1938 Packard in
running condition, only $4,000
miles; new $1,000 radio and new
heater. Just the car for around
town. Price $125.00. Apply
Manager, North Beach Inn.
dec26-3t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

Girdler says 400 : passenger
plane is ready for production.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

FOR SALE-New Bicycle Tires
at 1900 Staples Avenue. -
dec24-3tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

THREE BEDROOM BUNGA-
LOW, with additional lot in
rear. For quick sale. $4,000
cash. 1106 Margaret Street.
Brokers protected or phone
Judge Caro-. dec24-12t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

FOR SALE-Furniture. New
three months ago. Living
Room Suite, Bed Room, one
Single, one Double Bed, Din
ing Table and Six Chairs.
Cheap for cash. Leaving town
M. L. Barber, I'll Poinciana
Place. dec26-3tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

Neutrality-suspicious. man to
sell produce to grocers, hotels
and restaurants. Address Pro-
duce, clio The Citizen.
noV21-tfx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

WANTED - Experienced Wait
resses. Best paying job in Key
West. Apply to Charles M.
Salas, manager, La Concha
Hotel. dec24-3t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

WANTED-Chef, Dinner Cook,
Mattresses and Dish Washers.
Apply j. D. Cafe, 526 Southland
ST., opposite Bus Station.
dec22-6tX
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

MOTORS, SCOOTERS, Mer-
curry Convertible Coupe, Trail
ers. Skating Rink. dec23-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

Continued mild Temperature TINS
afternoon and tonlEnt with &C.
casIonaI showers
Florida Continued mid TINS
afternoon and tonight wIrr
slightly higher temperature over
extreme north portion some IKE
lihood II scattered showers n
s0utheaSt and extreme north
west portions
Hatteras. n C q ApaIachi-
cola Fla No small Craft ~
storm warnings have been IS
sued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-26

Pre=zrzxz@1z
Rainfall - hours ending
$50 a n fncbes eco
Total rainfall since Dec Z
inches ca
Deficiency sfuce Dee
inches Ell
Total rainfall sinoe Jan l.
inches @gT
Deficiency since ian l.
inches ssI
Evening star., 1942-06-01

Pvt. first class Elmer E. Long, jr.,
"a, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer E.
Long, ST., of Frederick, was serving
his second enlistment in the Marine
Corps at the time he was reported
missing. He applied for Asiatic duty
and sailed for China in 1910, serving
Evening star., 1942-06-01

taehed to a submarine. Subsequently
he was advised to leave submarine
service because Of his height, but
later rejoined when larger vessels
came to the islands.
Mother Transferrod.
His father, Porter johnson, VINO
lives at 1904 e street NE. last
heard from him in April, when he
reported he was well. His father is
. veteran Of the World War.
The next Of kin OF three Of the
men could not be located at ad-
dresses given by the Navy Depart
ment.
Vernon Melvin Deck, fireman, first
class, listed his next of kin as Mrs
Mabel Roger, his mother, at 1927 N
street NV. Residents there said she
had never lived there.
John A. Best, private, first class,
Marine Corps, listed his next of
kin as his mother, Mrs. Helen Best,
care of the Treasury Department
At the Treasury Department they
said a Mrs. Helen Best who had
worked there had been transferred
to the Internal Revenue Bureau at
Des Moines.
Patrick Lynch, ships cook. first
class, listed his wife, Mrs. Nettie
Lynch, at 18 Tenth street NE
Present occupants of the house said
she had moved.
Evening star., 1942-06-01
Destroyer Is Launched
Sidewise First Time
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
MOBILE, Ala, June IA sleek
new destroyer slipped sideways into
muddy waters Of Chickasaboque yes
terday In the Nays first sidew1se
launching Of such craft.
The vessel-the U. s. S. Caps
was launched at the Gulf Shipbuild-
ing Corp. yard as the first COM
Blatant naval unit to hit the water
in the East Gulf since the Civil War
Mrs. Charles Gaines Stokes. OF
Meridian. Miss, mother OF five naval
officers, smashed the bottle of cham
payne against the bow and the
Capps slipped into the water in a
simple 10-second ceremony.
A 10,000-ton Liberty cargo ship
the Thomas Hayward. was launched
simultaneously at the neighboring
shipyard of the Alabama Dry Dock
and Shipbuilding Co.