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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
[By RUFUS HIED)

odor of medicine that smelled like
liniment. Tom was surprised 70
see her. He was obviously expect
ing someone else when she walked
into the room.
Her husband was sprawled out
on the sofa, still wearing a bath
ing suit covered with fecks of
SCOT and dirty spots left BY dried
sand and water. As Brenda came
across the room toward him. she
noticed the grey putty color OF the
skin around his eyes and the bad
sunburn he had on his face, arms
and legs. Tom looked ILL
The apartment was Uttered with
scraps of newspapers and torn
racing sheets. Two. large chairs
had been dragged up before the
sofa. Between them stood a small
table covered with old pipes,
twisted cigarette packages. ashes.
burnt matches and dirty glasses.
Al ragged towel was tossed over
a bundle tied in tattered news
papers lying on the desk.
''What goes on here?" Brenda
exclaimed in anaaZemer1t, gazing
around the disordered room. "You
have been on the beach this after
noon, i thought you had special
work at the Club Boulevard all
day" : $ =
1--WE did some of the work on
1.-The beach and then came up here
| to follow the races on the radio.
Tom leaned back on the sofa
and adjusted wet towel wrapped
around his head. ''Tony's getting
| fussy about having racing returns
| at the Club these afternoons so q
lcouple, of the fellows came UP
here with me after we'd been on
| the beach a while. 40
He scoWled up at her, but be-
lfore she could. answer, a wave OF
pain made him clutch both sides
of his head with his hands. (
ats that damned pain again"
The groaned. Get my medicine
brenda. It's the blue bottle in the
bathroom-in the medicine clos
let"
Brenda hurried to the bathroom
and brought back the bottle with
la glass half-filled with water.
'sWf1at on earth have you been
doing to YOURSELF" she asked as
she handed him the water. She
saw his face was blotched with
ldark ugly spots.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
FULL EMPLOYMENT LAW
IS MUST LEGISLATION
SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMAN

President Truman has given his
endorsement to the full employ
ment plan, calling it must legis-
lation.
Hearings have already been
held on the proposed legislation
On July 80 and 81, sponsors OF
the measure appeared before the
Senate Banking and Currency
Committee and, even without the
presidential endorsement, the
Hearings would have been re-
surned as soon as Congress re-
assemblies.
The purpose of the full-employ-
ment bill is to assure a useful and
|remunerative job to everyone
able and anxious to work. This
is the antitheSis of the belief that
the nation must have depres-
sions. Economists realize that the
widespread suffering and the
social and economic costs involv-
ed in depressions constitute a
dangerous strain upon American
society. q"
Under the plan generally dis
Icussed, the President is required
to submit national production
and employment budget to Con-
gress at the beginning of each
regular session. This is to in
clude: ~ -t*
l. The estimated size of the
labor force desiring employment.
2. The estimated volume of
investment and expenditures nee
essary to give the labor force en-
Iployment opportunities.
8. An estimate of prospective
investment and expenditure by
private enterprises, consumers,
State and local governments, and
the Federal Government.
Should estimated investment
and expenditure be less than the
volume deemed necessary to pro-
vide employment, the President
is called upon to recommend a
program to encourage increased
non Federal investment and ex-
penditure, with especial refer
'ence to private enterprise, and,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
chapter la

Chapter l8
TWAS nearly nine o'clock when
EBrenda walked into the lobby of
her apartment building that hot
July evening. For more than two
hours she had been questioned by
the police who swarmed into the
fur section after the robbery had
been reported. They had checked
and recheckeG Irene's statement
that Brenda had given her con-
sent for the cashier to carry the
nloney down to the sub-hasement
without guard.
Donohue had been particularly
unpIe asant about it, Brend a
Thought YEARLY as she stood look
. ing sIat the imitation opulenee OF
! the lobby's gaudy decorations
and hating it. She was desper-
aSely tired and very worried about
the position she found herself IN
at that moment. Two -obberies
within a week in one department
was certainly calamity of the
worst sorder for new executive.
And Donohue was emphasizing
this in no uncertain, terms. He
kept repeating that he had warned
! her to be CAREFUL that the mob
would probably stage another
holdup in the store. He reiterated
that her. carelessneSs in leaving
the cash unprotected had invited
disaster. If he kept on making her
action the pivotal point of his in
yestigation there would be serious
consequences for B.enda.
Christopher Humbert tried to
explain and Irene had Historically
insisted it was all her fault. But
Donohue had stnbbornly taken il
all on the down beat and it was
quite evident to Brenda when she
left the store, that he intended to
tighten the pressure around her
If he kept on, it might well jeop-
ardize her new position. Eve
Young would never miss such
golden opportunity to get her out
Of the department.
Her bad luck was certainly
holding!
When Brenda opened the door
Of her apartment few minutes
later, the air of the living room
was full of stale tobacco smoke
alcohol fumes and the sickening
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
REPAIR SHOP FOR
FLA. MOTOR LINES

MIAMI, Aug. 30.-FNS.-Worl
will begin Immediately on a ma
jor maintenance and repair shop
for the Florida Motor Lines, to
be located in Miami, it was an
nounced this week by H. A.
Sweat, oooeal district passenger
agent ,2Qxots zstt afA Il, lEisp ~
I @Tke new,tp 1ant5; which is; being
built at a cost of nearly $4,000,
will occupy a tract 100 feet wide
and a full block in length. Com
pany officials said that approval
for the building had been given
by both the WPB and the ODT.
This will be one of three large
repair shops operated by the
Florida Motor Lines, the others
being located at st. Petersburg
and Jacksonville.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
NO OVERNIGHT AFFAIR

The success of our stupendous task of
reconversion will not depend, altogether,
upon the speed with which the government
relinquishes wartime controls.
The economic condition in the United
States did not improve overnight.
The same factors that made regulation
and control necessary before are,s for the
most part, existent today. It will be weeks
and months before anything like normal
economic conditions can be expected and
even this is not at all certain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

Ap Newsfeatures
For the first time In the wsG
American wsrships steamed bod
" off the coast Of Japan on July
IA. is45, and poured shells inso
industrial installations on north.
ern Honshu. While guns Of The
newest battleships, cruisers and
destroyers Of Adm. William =.
Halsey,s Third Fleet pounded tie
Imperial Iron and Steel Works
rolling mill at Kamaishi z-z75
miles north of Tokyo--1,0 600 car
rier planes blasted Honshu and
Hokkaido.
The next day Halsey moved up
TO the coast of Hokkaido to shell
Muroran. second-ranking steel-
producing city in the empire.
Then, with British warships The
Third Fleet moved down the Hon
shu coast to smash targets at
S,ukegawa, Hitachi and Mito and
a cruiser-destroyer force hammef-
ed the entrance to Tokyo Bay.
Despite the tremendous risks
taken by the Allied warships IA
the operation, enemy oppo<ition
was virtually non-existent. Jap
anese coastal guns were silent and
only few aircraft got into the
sky.
Military spokesman heralded
the strikes as dramatic prod q
u. S. sea and air mastery even
around the foes mainland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

Senator Millard E. Tydings, of Mary
land, has pointed out that sound program
for governmental finance in the postwar
period is imperative when we consider that
two-thirds of the total deposits of all banks
Of every kind in the United States have
been lent to our government, and SIS billion
Of the cash reserves and assets of our life
insurance companies will likewise have
been lent to our government.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

TITS my heart" he sasped. the
pain is terrible"

ITS my heart. he sasped. the
pain IS terrible"
BRENDA was alarmed. She had
- never seen Tom in this condi-
t;on before. Gradually the whole
story came cut. Tom had met some
of his friends on the heash wpisn
was lust tive b16kBy fgQna the
Apartment. They had stayed there
|Draetically all afternoon tan9Hefe
heat had been too much for TOMS
attack. The doctor had LETT only "a
| fawplninutes before Brenda came,
| ho1ne. - ~ = = =
AS she listened to the dreary
story and saw the wreck Tom had
made OF himself that day. Brenda
knew this wasnot the time to tell
him Of the robbery at the store.
lSlIe heard someone moving ABOUT
| in the kitchenette and left the
room hastily; closing the door be.
hind herr Anything ito get out OF
| that dreadful placed :,
She found Hannah. their maid
who came in to work by the day,
shifting her disgust as she tramped
around the tdinette. clearing the
table and pushing chairs back In
place. Hannah was fat and black
andousually good natured. but to-
night her annoyance at the APP
pearance Of the kitchen and the
little salcove opposite it. was very
apparent.
go do Lord, I never seen such
la Mess as dis heah apartment
when + come back afew minutes
ago-4looks as II an ole Kansas.
tWister' done gone through de
IBID Mr.. blair have any dinner.
Hannafi?" Brenda asked as she
looked at the Aottls andA !, the
soiled dishes staeked oIvt the fable!
sYes'm. That ISL fixed some for
him. But he, was sick and didn't
eat nothin',. I guess. He told me to
go-he'd take care of things. and
Lordy, when r gets baek-this
here is what finds. Men sure
don't know nothin' bout cleaning
things up"
well, Just wash these dishes
| and we'll leave everything else
until tomorrow. You better come
early in the morning to clean up
the place '5
To be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
From where re ! Sit ,M Joe Mrsh
l l:', Mowers
PreWur Versus Postwar

viii Curry isn't falling for
those pictures of a postwar life
! Of ease. He was sweating over
his lawn mower the other day,
when somebody shows him pie.
lures of mower that runs un.
der its own power.
"Shucks," says Will, 81 like a
lawn mower that gives You some
backtalk and exercise. 1t gets
the old blood circulating and
works up a wonderful thirst.
"Then," Will adds with zest.
"there's nothing in the whole
world that tastes as good al q
cheerful glass of beer!"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
A REAL MISTAKE

TACOMA, Wash.-Heabg a
noise in the house at 4 ans John
Wilkes mother-in-law WEI back
to sleep thinking it waslohn's
or-brother who was pected
to come home late. Til next
morning, however, her Gstake
was discovered. A burg had
taken Johns car, his sieen A
gas stamps and $3.50 in Hh.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
a BOGUS GUARANTEE"

There no basic division of OPINION
...,,,,aau modern industrial leaders ana
truly liberal political thinkers on the re-
spective rights and obligations OF capitai
an Idabor. They recognize that our cap
italistic system must be preserved II TINS
country is to go ahead as the great produc-
ar and pioneer of higher civilization.
They also recognize that ahead as the
great producer and pioneer OF hlgnef
civilization. They also recognize tnat the
era when human labor could be treated as
machinery, is dead.
Industry. cannot expect to hire thou
sand or ten thousand hands and remain
completely free of social responsibility.
ssananly posssble. tlasis atabi
ssa The best brains y INDUSTRY are
In this new era labor canino longer be
the hell-raising, caprieious child. 1t too has
responsibilities-to capital. 1t cannot en-
force impossible demands,h It must turn in
real work for real wages.
The War Labor Board, for the first
time, has ordered that guaranteed" full
employment clause be inserted in union
contract between lrage chain shoe store
and its 800 statesmen. In other words, the
employer i'm this unprecedented case is
hound to furnish employment at specified
wages to a specified number of people for
So weeks-come what may.
While this order applies to only one
retail organization having many stores, its
implications are so far reaching that they
affect the smallest as we'll as the largest
business in the nation Every forward-look-
ing employer is iiifavor of providing con-
tingOus. year-round employment to work
ers TO the fullest extent possible. But en-
plQyera will not agree that an agency of
he Federal government should have the
ppwer to tell them they must guarantee"
work 60 so many men, regardless of con-
ditions.
No order to guarantee" full. employ
ment in retail trade will guarantee" the
buying habits of consumers. A store UNI
der such an order might we'll be forced to
limit its employees rather than seek to give
fullest possible employment at all times.
Full employment cannot be "guaran-
teed" by roders forcing employers to sub
sidize labor for which there is no work,
thus increasing cost of production and dis
tribution. '
Economic security is not creature of
government decree.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

severely, probably to around
$25, o00,0OO,0OO annually. This
means that other expenditures
and investments, must . total
around $145,oOO,O 100000 to-. give
the nation full employment, These
other expenditures. and invest
ments were less than $105,OO0,-
10000 in 1914 and less than
lS98, 900, 900, 900 in 1889.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
A~G1IeesssNe
glekR WARRINGTON

:
ssss:ssssssasss..4sfsal l z sssm22ployment, the
fafid expenditure to reach the
level necessary to insure full en-
Yployment. as,r- .st
! On the other hand, if the pros
pective volume of investment and
expenditure exceeds the total
necessary for full employment,
the President is required to rec
Commend program to prevent in
lIflationary economic dislocation
by diminishing the volume of in
vestment and expenditure to the
level that will assure full en-
ployment.
There is nothing radical or
absurd in the proposed produc-
! ton and employment budget.
Critics insist that the estimate
will not be accurate and that even
if they were, Congress could not
take effective action in time to
arrest threatened slump. These
objections beg the question be-
cause they rest upon the premise
that if it is impossible to. cure an
economic disease, the nation
should make no attempt to treat
it. 3..@' a.
/ Supporters of the full employ
ment plan insist that it isanecesE
sary to maintain a free-enterprise
system that will produce the
standard of living that a wealthy
and selfrespecting country should
provide for it's population. They
intimate that the people of the
nation, having seen full employ
ment during the progress of two
years, as result of government
al spending, will not sit idle
through a major depression, in
volving widespread unemploy-
ment. They even intimate that,
under such conditions, the people
of the nation might turn against
our so called free enterprise sys-
tenn and demand more stringent
governmental controls.
There has been a widespread
idea that the nation will need
6O.000,0oO postwar jobs to avoid
unemployment. This seems an
over estimate to Richard M.
Boeckel, who thinks the correct
figure is between SIS and Sc mil
lion, but he points out that this
is about ten million more than
the number of civilians actually
working in 1910. 1t is, he says,
close to four million more than
the number of civilians employ
ed at the wartime peak.
| Economists come along with the
suggestion that the number of
employed depends upon the gross
national production of the nation.
They point out that in 1914, when
about 100000 civilians were
employed, national production
amounted to nearly $200,000,000,-
600 with the Government spend
ing about sos, ,0N, 900 for war.
: Obviously, after reconversion,
Federal expenditures will drop
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
6y HUGO 5. SIMS Special Y
BRAVERY OF FIGHTING

- Ihs IIni4ads Stqtasg .shasaaf "a
tam bases IN all areas OF the
Pacific irrespective of cost, as a
comparatively inexpensive form
of national insurance, declares a
House Merchant Marine sub
committee after thitry-two
Thousand mile inspection trip to
the Pacific.
The committee had in mind
strategic military factors but did
not overlook the possibility
that the retention of various ISL
ands might open up economic
possibilities which would permit
them to pay large part of the
cost of their maintenance for
naval and military purposes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

From where I sit, there's q lot
OF good sense in what WIN says
A little honest effort never hurt
anybody. And there should be
more to our postwar plans than
now to make life comfortable
and easy.(
Outdoor work work yOu do
with yonr hands and yoar back
--ought to be part Of cvsrybOdy's
postwar plans. And % a hot
day. as wiiisays. theresalways
that sparkling glass Of beer a. q
s''''' &e &uG
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
Don't Neglect Slipping
FALSE teeth

DO false teeth drop. slip or wabbie
when you talk. eat, laugh or sneeze?
Don't be annoyed and embarrassed by
such handicaps. FASTEETli. an aka.
line (non -acid) powder 10 sprinkle on
your plates. keeps false teeth more
firmiy set. Gives confident feeling OF sc :
Guilty and added comfort No Ngommy.
gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Get FA5.
TEETH today at any drug store.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

The 100000, 1000, 900 that, was. spent
for warfare would have wiped out all. the
slums in the cities of the nation, taught
cleanliness and beauty to our people and
saved thousands of lives because of proven
tive unsanitary conditions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

The most important job before a
thankful nation is the creation of jobs for
all returning service men; gratitude may
be appreciated but men home from the
wars must be given the opportunity to
make living for themselves and their
families -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
MISTAKEN IDENTITY

What caused you to beat that
guy up?"
He insulted my girl.
why, all he said was that she
danced like a zephyr"
my mistake! / thought he
said 'heifer'."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

In thinking of the Europeans and
their plight it should be remembered that
most of it is through their own doing. Be-
sides, charity begins at home and should
stay there.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
ONLY A SIGH

Lady in crowded car stop
pushing, can't your"
Fat man: Pardon, r%am, I
wasn't pushing. ! was sigh
ing"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

The body of William Roberts,
who died in Miami Wednesday
arrived on the morn
ing train today, accompanied by
members Of his family. Funeral
services will be held late this
afternoon in the First Congrega-
tional Church, with the Rev. z.
Z. Evans officiating.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

One trouble with news, as it is retaiIed
in the United States, is that it plays up too
many freaks. srf.. e4s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
''We learn from the experience
of others that we seldom learn
anything from the experience of
Others" ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
TEMPERATURES

Temperature data for the "a hours
.If ending $3.50 am. I 1
s3i< HIGHEST Lowest
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
REPORT

Key West, Fla, Aug. 80, l945
Observation taken at $3.50 am,
Eastern War Time Getty Office
Temperatures
rT.-L.a Iork "a AntarrS q IN
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

A committee of prominent
business men in Key West are
holding meeting this afternoon
in Colonial Hotel to discuss plans
to raise money to advertise Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

Employees in the bureau of
lighthouses in Key West will,
hereafter, be paid by checks from
Atlanta instead of directly at
the office here, it was announced
today. + >fot TNd4a!s ~
lei 50 -- - Z ---p fesa;s s. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew r. Mi
Ter will leave this evening for
Atlanta, where, after a short
stay, they will continue on to
New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

q = fts q 4.t~a.-l la p . 80 y
Steamship Cuba arrived from
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30

A circus parade, starting at
Greene and Simonton streets, will
be held on Labor Day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-30
KEY WEST IN
: DAYS GONE BY |

FROM FILES or TIE CITIZEN
], es@AoF AUGUST 80, 1885 r. q
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coP,nghs, 1916. United State, B,.,,... F,uuoai.ss
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-11
Post War

That post war world we have
heard about for the past three
years has hit a few little snags
and it looks 40 If the consumer
will ultimately be the goat.
Strikes in several industries
have tied up production Of the
much needed commodity goods.
We don't ATTEMPT to say who Is
right or wrong. Workers have
been held largely to a maximum
wage increase of Is per cent UNI
der the Little Steel formula. They
have paid high prices for all the
necessities Of life and were only
able to do this because Of the long
er hours at time and a half. Now
they are faced with returning to
straight time with no reduction
in living costs. It would seem
that their demands were justified.
OPA says there shall be no in
crease over pre-War prices on
manufactured goods, most Of
which has been out of production.
Manufacturing costs generally
have increased some 20 per cent.
If there is to be no increase in
retail prices obviously that diff
ference will have to be absorbed
between the manufacturer, the
wholesaler and the retailer. None
of these wants to be the goat.
The highly competitive market
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-11
Annual Seal
Meeiinq Planned

The annual Seal Sale meeting
of the Benton county Tuberculosis
League will be held Tuesday, Oc-
tober Is, at the home Of Mrs: G.
II. Smith in Prosser. The meeting
will begin at 1890 with potluck
luncheon to be served at noon.
Mrs. Bethesda B. Buchanan, Ex-
ecutive Secretary Of the Washing
ton tuberculosis Association Will
be the main speaker.
Everyone interested in the tu-
berculosis program is cordially IN
vited to attend and the County
Board members are especially urg-
ed to be present.