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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
GGdnnePenalfyI|
Due May Il

Sixteen defendants. convicted
last night in the Mexico villa
House mutuels case after three
week trial for violation OF the
state gambling laws, will appear
for sentence May IL.
A jury of 10 women and two
men convicted them on all counts
after celebrating 12l5 hours.
Recorders Judge Paul (. Krause
referred the verdict to the proba-
ton department.
BROUGHT FROM PRISON
The three ringleaders. who have
been serving one to five-year sem
tences in Jackson Prison on SINH,
lar charges. were returned to
Detroit for trial. They are;
Joseph Bommarito, "a. of 66o
w. Warren; Edward Weisberg, 80.
of 1850 Sturtevant, and Saul
kohn, 81, of 1904 n. Martindale.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
Act 70 End Walkout

CHICAGO, April Il UNS)-
Union representatives and Off
cials Of Swift &; Co. conferred to-
day in an attempt 10 end a cattle
dressing department waikout in
volvlng about 100 employees
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
State, County Fairs
Nav Be Prohibited

WASHINGTON, April 21 (INS)
Col. j. Monroe Johnson, ODT
director. told planners of state
and county fairs today to tread
lightly in the face of growing
military demands on rail and rub
Der borne transportation.
johnson warned fair managers
not to make elaborate advance
plans for fall and summer events.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
Gifts Listed
In Fraud Trial

While operating under gov
eminent cost-plus contract Off
cials of the Affiliated Engineering
Co.. S097 Livernois. spent large
sums of money on entertainment
and gifts and then listed these
expenditures under administrative
and travelling expenses. II was
charged yesterday at the trial OF
Ross ID. Pulford, accountant.
This was the testimony OF Fred
erick f. Deatsman, F'BI agent and
accountant. Pulford, AZ, of 1861
Maiden, Is accused of having cUn-
spired with the president Of the
company to violate the Renegotia-
ton Act by filing a false financial
statement with the government.
KALMAN ADMITS GUILT
The firms president. Andrew
Kalman, 25, of l074 Liberty, Lin
coin Park, has already pleaded
guilty 10 the same charge and also
10 a charge Of violating the war
frauds law. He is awaiting sem
tence,
The government contends that,
during the fiscal year. 194l-42,
the engineering firm defrauded
the government of $4,000 to
$50. 900.
The FBI agent said that some
checks entered in the companys
statement under administrative
expenses" and travelling ex-
penses." were actually used 10
purchase cigars. whisky. clothing
jewelry and even furniture.
HEARD BEFORE O'BRIES
Deatsman testified that inveSti-
CATION revealed these were given
to friends. business associates and
prime contractors, who were IN
a position TO sublet some Of their
work to the engineering firm
The case is being heard by a
jury before Federal Judge Ernest
A. O'Brien.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
CLEARED FOR JOBS

Regional WMC officials said
yesterday that approximately SO
Der cent of the workers who have
already been laid off AT the Willow
Run bomber plant are women
The NMC said that 1000 Will
low Pun workers had already
been cleared by the L s Employ
rant Service as available for
other iohs. These 1000. VINO
said. Included voluntary resigna-
tons. layof's and military with
drawalS
Although about 35 per cent Of
the workers laid off AZ Willow
Run are SAID by the VINO 10 be
leaving the Detroit area. il was
pointed out that the cu'hacks
affecting thousands ~ workers
who have been classified as es-
sen'ial Will be bound 70 ease the
demands of the armed services
by supplying more men 10 fill in
duc'ion quotas
Although the Buick engine plant
a. Flint had laid off about 1000
workers since the Willow Run cut
back began. $500 of the more
skilled employees will he called
lback IN order Of seniority begin
|nlng Monday II was announced.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
War Ldyoffs
AidCiivHians
WPB Promises Jobs
through Reeonversion

Cars. refrigerators. electrical
appliances and other civilian items
now on the short list may be
rushed into production sooner than
expected as the result of layoffs
caused by war contract caneella-
tions.
The WPB today took steps to
speed the transition period from
a war 10 peace economy by re-
assuring workers and manufacture
ers alike that IT would expand ci-
villain production TO take up the
slack in employment.
II promised all possible help to
place laid off workers in the
same plants or nearby factories.
STEPS OUTLINED
Carsten Tiedeman. regional di-
rector Of WPB, outlined the steps
al a press conference yesterday.
He emphasized the need for con-
tinuing war production as the No.
] Job while speeding reconversion
for an expanding prosperity"
Tiedeman said industry would
be allowed a free hand in recon-
version and about one third Of
WPB controls would be dropped
as quickly as possible.
The regional WPB chief gave
reinsurance. 10 small business that
II would not be overlooked, He
said one Of the WPB policies
would be 10 guard the smaller
plants against being squeezed out.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-12-28

OF predators reported IL consider
ably less than the actual take. on
the basis that predator control men
make no effort 10 count other than
those animals taken within sight o..
the deCoy stations. The number OF
predators affected BY lethal bats
Who wander several hundred yards
away before expiring Is estimated
10 be two-thirds more than those
Immediately affected
Government and state pest and
predator control men are working
side by side in an all-out effort 10
materially reduce the tremendous
number OF such animals known TO
be prevalent in the state. No other
method than the chemical control
system can so decimate Arizona $
predator population.
Wholesale cooperation OF ranch
ers. stockmen and property owners
has so increased the effectiveness
OF the program that results e1-
pected will far exceed the hopes OF
the programs sponsors severa.
months ago. In Apache and Nava-
10 counties. under the leadership
Of Roy A Bryant. government trap
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-12-28

bers of the Verde Game Protective
Association of Jerome.
The planting on December 2 of
5000 six TO ten inch trout from the
Arizona Game and Fish Commits
sion's nearby Page Springs Hatch
cry at Cornville into the beautiful
but nearly inaccessible waters of
West Clear Greek climaxed the year
long efforts of the Jerome sports
mems group to provide more and
better fishing for Arizona anglers.
A few steep and tortuous foot
trails provide the only access into
nearly thirty miles of the bubbling.
clear-cold mountain stream. entire
ly surrounded by towering cliffs
No better trout stream could pos
sibly exist but only the hardest
and most ardent OF Waltonians
would attempt TO negotiate the ar
duous trails into the stream Such
a group Is the Verde Game Protec
tive Association.
Anchored high over the stream
bed, a half-inch cable trolley low
ers cans of trout into the valley in
two minutes. A two-horsepower
gasoline engine powers the return
of the containers to the clifftop in
ten minutes.
Installation OF the Fields-Metz
trolley. as 1t is officially named,
was proposed as the 1915 project
OF the Verde Game Protective Asso-
citation and was carried out under
the direction of Alex Fields. secre-
tary OF the group. throughout the
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-12-28
Predators Given
Lethal Pellets In
determination Drive

Coyotes and other predators In
Arizona received their Christmas
presents early this year IN the
form of one-way tickets 10 wher-
ever good and bad predators go
These tickets have been presented
to them with the compliments Of
the Arizona Game and Fish Com
mission. the Arizona Live Stock
Sanitary Board and the L. 5. Fish
and WIldl.fe Service in the form
of lethal pellets that guarantee
transportation 20 all predators 10
the thereafter.
Everet " Mercer. district agent
for the federal department. who b.
in charge Of the program. recently
released a report 10 II l.. Reid. di-
rector Of the state game and fish
commission in which Il was stated
that 757 predators were taken in
the first few weeks Of actual opera
ti0ns. ST. OF these being coyotes
Mr.. Mercer added that the count
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-12-28

per OF Snowflake. coyote tracks
several days after the recent heavy
snowfall were so few as to indi-
cate that coyotes formerly seen In
heavy concentration. had been al
most wholly cleand out. Stacks
OF former stock and game killers
around the decoy stations bore on.
that conviction.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-12-28

year. The entire membership. work
ing in accord. accomplished the
project with considerable effort
under difficult circumstances and
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-12-28
Cable Hoist To
Lower Trout 900
Feet To Clear Creek

Completion of 1900 foot cable
hoist TO lower trout into the waters
OF West Clear Greek from towering
900 foot overhanging precipices has
just been accomplished by mem
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-12-28

the actual planting OF trout on De-
cember 2. made a fitting climax to
the worthy program of this sports
and civic minded group.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-12-28
FIND NEW USES FOR
IOWlY SPUDS

Surplus potatoes are to help pro-
duce the nations supplies OF paints,
laquers. motor fuel and anti-freeze
solutions. A large new plant near
Philadelphia has begun taking
about rs cars a day for making
butyl alcohol and plants at Omaha,
Neb.. and Muscatine. Iowa. viii
produce ethyl alcohol from spuds
soon. These latter plants may also
make glucose from potatoes to help
solve the sugar shortage. Incl
dentally eastern refiners' sugar
stocks are AT an extreme low. Sugar
found recently In Java won't help
much. Takes too long to get II
here.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-12-28

ODarrel and Raynella Hall OF
Phoenix are visiting their cousins
Iris and Kenneth Bonner for the
holidays.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25
SOURCE OF NEWS

Hardly a day passes without Key
Wester suggesting to the Citizen to do this
or that, and whenever he is asked if he may
be quoted as having made the complaint,
he throws up his hands and exciaims, "Oh,
no, MOI!
But incidents of that nature are not
confined to Key West. This or that resident
has personal grievance that he wishes the
newspaper to air for him; in other words,
he tries to hang" the story on the paper.
Another thing The Citizen frequently
receives stories already written, in which
somebody is described as brave or beautiful
or courageous, or something is said in a
praiseworthy or condemnatory nature,
which The Citizen knows nothing about,
but, were the story used as written, it
would be The Citizen, not the writer, saying
those things.
The Citizen, like any other paper, must
give the source of its news, aside from those
stories which merely relate an event, not
describe condition. For instance, if John
Jones, fighting in the Pacific, is said to be
lone of his country's outstanding fighters,
we give the source from which that state
ment came, for we may not know John
Jones, and, therefore, don't know whether
he is good or poor fighter.
Further, we have been told stories
about this man or that man about to be
arrested for supposedly doing this or that,
and later asked why we didn't use the
stories. Such questioners seem to be I'M
aware that newspaper can not base a
story of that nature on rumor, without run
ming the risk of libel suit. There must be
a source for that, as we'll as other types of
news, and until the source is known posi-
lively to u.s. the story is not used. In no case
do we chang it on The Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25
saITIsH WANT U. 5. FRIENDSHIP

: one Of the by-products of the unusual
A tempestuous campaign ia Great Britain
/ rhe evidence that all the important poiit-
leaf personages are intensely interested in
sh.s development of closer friendship with
ne United States.
The British, who were worried year
On So ago lest the United States revert into
laslatlonlsm after the war, have taken heart
frnn recent developments in Washington.
The prospect Of speedy approval of the San
FRANCISCO Charter, the prospective ratiflca-
too Of the Breton Woods Monetary Agree
meat and the renewal of the Reciprocal
Trade Agreements Act have about eonvinc-
ed Ihe British that the United States is pre-
pared 30 accept its position in the world
aud 10 exercise its responsibility as the
greatest power on earth.
One of the worries that has come to
Hwht IN the United States, in connection
with our future relations with Great Brit
ain. has been the fear that the British En-
plre viii intensity its preference policies
and thus utilize devices that might discrim-
mate against the United States. This matter
was brought into the election campaign in
England when candidate alleged that the
Conservative Party might repudiate Article
VII of the mutual-aid agreement with the
tuited states.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in
a telegram, Immediately endorsed the de-
NAL made by a member of his party and
pledged that the national government
would adhere loyalty to the agreement,
including Article VII. under which both
nations agreed to promote mutually adj
yantageous economic relations between
them"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25
GREAT RESPECT FOR THE RUSSIANS

Everybody in Europe" declares Gen
eral Jacob l.. Devers, American Ground
Forces Commander, Seems to be little
afraid of the Russians, except US. And, on
the other hand, they are suspicious of ev-
erybody, believe, except us.
The General also expressed the opin-
ion that the Russians are anxious ito CO.
operate with us in promoting world or
ganization to maintain peace and security"
and that ut is up to us to work together"
He honestly believes that the Russians are
interested "in sane orderly world.
The General points out that the Russ
ian people have come a long way in
short time, from nation of farmers to
nation of mechanics in one generation. He
says that under the Cars, the Russian
people were treated miserably, then the
clergy took over and treated them stability
and then the rich tried to take them over
and treat them unfairly. These statements
go long way in explaining the excuses
of the Bolshevik revolution.
We quote literally from the American
General in order that his expressions might
encourage some Americans to forget their
phobia about Communism They might as
WELL
The General calls the Russian people
"plain"spoken and plain-acting.' He says
that they keep their promise :. When
they said they would do thing, they did it.
have great respect for the Russians"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25

Madge. who was still oblivious
to Sophie's presence, cried out,
IF only Uncle Louie were here
to help mel"
aWho's he?" asked. Sophie
Then Madge berated herself,
sTm behaving like chicken with
its head chopped Off Uncle Louie
did tell me what to dol
ale did," gasped Sophie.
|NHADGE noticed Sophie for the
lNI first time and asked. where's
the telephone?"
"You kiddin'?" asked Sophie.
ct remember" said Madge, as
she turned and few into the bed
room.
A very bewildered Sophie fol-
lowed her strange mistress to ind
out what she was up to.
"Oh, dear" said Madge, as she
seated herself beside the tele-
phone, "Pm so excited ! can't
seem to remember anything" She
turned to Sophie. who stood in
the doorway. Sophie, what's the
name of that man who wrote that
article in this mornings news
paper?"
aYou kiddin'?" CAPPED Sophie.
ooh, I remember, Felix Wild
erl" said Madge, greatly relieved.
ooh dear" she cried again, Il
can't remember the name Of the
newspaper"
Express" said Sophie. whose
gaping was now chronic.
please" said Madge almost
apelogetically. do you happen to
know the telephone number?"
"PA 212i," Sophie said, as
though she was calling a pris-
oner's Identification number.
Thank you, ever. so much, !"
said Madge s.weetly.
you're entirely welcome" said
Sophie, surprised at her own
ladylike manner. - 10 I
where's your bottle of Lotus
PetdlS?" she asked "a
'Hello?" said Madge into the
phone, Express? Will you kind
ly connect me with MIR. Felix
Wilder? Tell him that Mrs. John,
mean Miss Mario Drew is call
ing. Yes, I'll wait, thank YOU"
Il said," said Sophie, where's
your bottle of Lotus Pet1ls?"
Madge asked, Lotus Petals? I
don't know"
"Well, bowl me over with a
feather" said Sophie, as she
placed her hands on her bony
hips. 'that society dame has
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25
SEA- THE SURPLUS WISELY

The United States. when warfare ends,
viii be In possession of millions of dollars
worth of surplus goods and industrial plants
that cost additional billions.
The disposition of this property repre-
sents one OF the grave problems confronting
the nation. The sale of surplus goods and
plants cannot be rushed without practically
giving away the stuff, with the government
taking enormous and unnecessary losses.
This probably explains the insistence
0f the demand in some quarters that the
government Ego out of business" immediate
b after the end of the war with Japan If
sufficient sentiment can be worked up
among unthinking Americans, there will be
q popular demand for the government to
iiquidate whatever it owns. This will be
fine foF greedy, hungry purchasers, but it
viii mean heavier taxation for the average
American.
In cur opinion. the government should
dispose ~ a. surplus holdings in business
hke was. with the idea of salvaging as
much money as possible with which to
meet its future obligations. While some of
the property will have to be sold to avoid
spollaRe. mach Of il can be held for months
az Years. II necessary, to secure a fair price.
Certainly. none OF il should be sold at rates
that amount TO giving it away.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25
BY SIDNEY GOVENAR
AP Newsfeat lures Writer

WASHINGTON, July IS. The
secretary of a certain senator is
taking a college course in English
composition in what little spare
time she has. Recently the class
was asked to write theme on
any subject upon which an opin-
| ion could be expressed.
Here is part of what she wrote:
Il believe there should be some
restrictions made on writing to
congressman during wartime, and
I'll tell you why.
In the first place cannot rec
oncile the daily hue and cry to
be heard everyday over the ra-
dio-'Carry unwrapped packages;
do not waste paper, a vital war
material with the enormous
amount of paper that is consumed
in the correspondence between
senators and representatives and
their constituents.
If people have an important
piece of legislation that they
want introduced to the Congress,
COR a legitimate problem that they
wish to present to- their repre-
sehtatives or senators, that is their
right and privilege and I am all
for it. But practically rs per
cent of all the mail received on
the Hill doesn't accomplish a
thing and might just as well never
be written.
Here are several examples of
what / mean: A great amount of
the mail has to do with other de-
partments of the government, the
State Department, the Treasury
Department, the Post Office De
partment, the War and Navy De-
partments, the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, the War Production
AOli W. SalaA tllG OAllNC Va lIiG Gull
gresham is simply a transmittal
agency.
They send the constituents
letter TO the various departments
with a covering letter asking for
a report on the matter mentioned.
Nine times out of ten the depart
ment to which the original letter
is referred has already received
an exact duplicate from the same
person about the same question.
I'm due course this department
sends the congressman the re-
port on the case and he in turn
sends it to the constituent with
another covering letter. Not only
this, but the same constituent has,
in the meantime, written to both
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25
PEACEABLE CESSION

The cession of Ruthenia to the Soviet
Union by Czechoslovakia affects a popIa-
ton of about 725,oO0 people, which asked
to be made part of Russia as far back as
the end of the first World War.
Czechoslovakian officials point out that
it was impossible to grant this request at
that time because Polish territory lay be-
tween Ruthenia and Russia Now that the
revision of Poland's frontiers has brought
the area into contact with Russia, there is
no longer any reason to reject the agitation
of the people, predominantly Ukrainian, for
incorporation into the Soviet Union.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25
KINDLY STAY OUT OF THE
WASTE BASKET

their senators and several repre-
sentatives on the same matter,
and they all go through the same
procedure. What else can they do?
There is an unwritten law that
congressman must acknowledge
all the mail they receive. And yet
they do not have the authority to
decide departmental matters, they
are not supposed to use P, L. (po-
litical influencel with the War or
Navy departments and they are
not in a position to appoint dele
gates to the peace conference, for
instance, or TO issue visas for the
foreign wives of our servicemen
to enter the United States"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25

/ SWITCHED your perfumer Then
her ewes opened wider. "And Il
she didn't hook your makeup
too!n
aHello? Oh, hello, Mr.. Wilder,
Madge said pleasantly. aYes, this
lis MRS. mean Mario Drew. ]
beg pardon? Oh yes, ! thought
your article delightful. bat want
you to change it. Yes. ] want you
| to contradict it. ] have decided
not to retire from the theatre.
Yes. Mr.. Wilder, I've had a
change of heart. That's right, I'm
going to open in Crimson Angel
after all Yes. Pm starting re-
hearsals tomorrow morning. No.
l won't change my mind again.
Thank you, Mr.. Wilder. Oh. Mr..
Wilder" she added before he
hung up, you viii print that IN
| tomorrow mornings paper, won't
you?" A smile of satisfaction
came over her face as she said.
Thank you ever SO much, MIR.
Wilder" and hung up.
'sThat's that" said Madge, as
she relaxed and leaned back in
the chair.
@What about your bottle Of
Lotus PetdlS?"
what on earth are you talking
about?"
"Mrs. Fancy Drawers stitched
your makeup and perfume while
you was SEEM Mr.. Winston"
Madge raised herself up and
asked, "Mr. Winston?"
"You sure put it over on her
by sayin' it was publicity man.
Madge burned with indigna-
ton, How could she steop so
low!"
ats a good thing your. purse
wasn't around or she'd snooped
into that"
Sc Durse" screamed Madge, as
4 she almost jumped out of
Marlo's skin and nearly shocked
Sophie out of hers.
Madge started flying around the
room looking for it. MY purse!
My purse! I've got to find my
purse!' she cried desperately. as
She flew into the living room.
"a fine thing" said Sophie,
helping her look around. "you
can't even trust the filthy richl"
Then Madge suddenly stopped
dead and turned white as sheet,
as she realized her purse had
gone with Mario.
Madge gasped. "She's taken it!
she's taken it," n
To be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25
WHO KNOWS?
ANSWERS ON PAGE 9

i. When was the RFc Great
ed?
Q. Who is James e. Murray?
8. What per centage Of beer
is taken by the government
4. What age group is interest
ed in essential wark work.
5. What is the normal popula-
ton of Berlin?
6. How many members SIT IN
the House of Representatives!
Z. What per centage OF nurses
is in the armed services?
8. Have the British Isles or
the United States contributed
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25

Propaganda is great power for good
and bad, though the effects, like hinge,
wears off and the facts stare us in the face.
Right now an effort is being made to delude
the masses of the people into thinking that,
when the war is over, they aresgoing to live
better, work less and make as much money
as they are now making.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-07-25
ALL THREE TOGETHER

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -. On
November Is, 1910 Leroy j.
Proctor, and his brother, Tannis
V. Proctor, and their cousin,
Homer A. Proctor went into the
Army with a Gun Battalion unit
They served with the 967th Anti
aircraft Gun Battalion in the
Asiatic-Pacifie theater, were re.
turned to Fort Mcpherson and
discharged at the same time.