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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
RED CROSS TO
IMPROVE FRONT
STREET OFFICE
PROPOSE MAKING $1,000 IN
PROVEMEETS: FIRST FLOOR
NOT BEING USED: FORMER
LY ARTISTS COLONY

Red Cross Chapter Ia ne E,s--
through It's chairman, Gcu-rl
Lucas. last night al the City Com
mission meeting requested par
mission TO spcnd 5000 IN an
provements h as building u1
Front Street
II Was unanimously voted lL-t
the Re Chapter be allowed g. Co.
the work.
May Revive Artists ColonY
Further discussion br1ugat OFT
the point thai only ta- Sec n1
floor Of the building Is belr- or
curied. The first floor was ouce
used as an arI eNrIar1 .lu- uT
the artists colony here Jus- be-
fcTc tnc war
There mas been some talk -.71.l-
starting the artists colony ra-
again and using the FIRST -l'"-
Of the local Re Chapters blll1-
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
TWO Pm. LIQUOR
j.. ORDINANCE FAILS
WOULD HAVE ALLOWED
BARS TO EXTEND cURFEW
UNTIL. LATER HOUR

Opening Of bars until 2 o'clock
in the morning instead of the
present midnight cuTfew was lost
as an emergency ordinance last
night when City Commissioners
Demeritt and Cooper voted
against lhe proposal
The ordinance would have per
mitted bars and saloons to stay
open until , o'clock IN the morn
ing on weekdays and to be closed
from , o'clock on Sunday morn
ing until Z am. Monday.
Package liquor stores were to
be allowed TO stay open only
from Z am. to 8 pm. on weekdays,
as is the case now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
CITY ACQUIRING
RECREATION LAND
PROPERTIES TO BE USED FOR
NEGRO RECREATION;
TAXES OFF

City taxes were declared abated
by the City Commission last night
Tor the Margaret T. Leach and
African American properties, both
OF which have been acquired by
the City Recreation Division.
The properties are TO be used
for negro recreation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
MAKES REQUEST
FOR NEW WITNESS
AT TRIAL OF NAILS

NUREMBERG, Dec. 19--One
of the q Nazis who are beng
tried as war crarAArlals requested
today that Lord Halifay, ambas-
sador to the United States be
summoned to testify regarding
the annexation" of Austria to
Germany.
The defendant asserted that
Halifax had told him that Great
Britain had had no objection 10
the union" Of Austria and
Germany.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
GENERAL MARSHALL
ARRIVES AT MANILA

MANILA. Dec. 70. - General
George Marshall. ambassador to
China from the United States.
arrived here today and said
that he will leave for China to-
morrow. with probably another
stop before Teaching that Coun-
try.
Instead of going to Chungking.
capital of the central govern
ment, Marshall viii land at
Marking, where he will be met
by Generalissimo Chang Kai-
Shek. ....-z-es
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
TO INVESTIGATE
PROPERTY VALUES

Committee will be appointed
by the City Commission and the
new city manager to investigate
alleged unjust valuation of prop
critics in the city.
The action was taken at the
commission meeting last night
following a statement by Mrs
Esther Radice that her Division
Street property is paying taxes
of $500 in excess.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
LIQUOR LICENSE
Limit REPEALED
CITY LAW CONFLICTS WITH
STATE SUPREME COURT
DECISION

An ordinance limiting the num-
Der OF beer and wine and liquor
licenses, either wholesale or re-
tail, allowed in the city. was re-
pealed last night by City Com
mission.
The ordinance is in conflict
with a supreme court decision,
which states that a municipality
has no right to limit the number
of these licenses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
CITY COMMISSION. WILL. GRANT
+ LICENSES FOR Z YACHT BASIN
EMM[N&N@NA
MOON ECLIPSE
WITNESSED HERE

Key Westers. as well as mil
lions OF other Americans. last
night witnessed the total
eclipse of the moon. 1t was
cloudless night here. and the
gradual backing out of the
moon could be seen clearly in
its every phase.
II required che hour and
three minutes for the entire
eclipse. The earth's shadow
began 10 cross the face of the
moon at 1897 and at $40
o'clock the eclipse was total
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
Complete BIaCkOut Of News
Of Big 8 Conferences In.
Moscow To BG Maintained
l%Zl\
CALL PATRICIA AT
SIS FOR SOCIETY

Patricia" society editor
for The Key West Citizen
Can be reached at telephone
SOS.
Items on parties, we'd
dings. engagements, social
meetings. clubs, P.T..A. acti-
vities. personal mention,
CIVIC and welfare work
should be called in at thai
number in the future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
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GENERAL PATTON
In GOOD SPIRITS

HEIDELBERG. DEE. IS
General George s. Patton
spent a good night last
night. his physicians said 70
dsy. They added thai he was
in excellent spirits"
However. there mas not
been any indication. fhe an
nouncemens said. Of . relsNa-
tion of his paraiTtiC Co76l-
ticn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
Three-Two Vote

The vote favoring the project
showed Commissioners CarbOneil,
Sweeting and Harden for and
Commissioners Demeritt and
Cooper against.
MIR. .DeEneritt said that he
would not favor granting the
rights until the city obtained some
financial benefit. He pointed TO
the fact that a S1,80O,O00 inside
waterway channel would shortly
be dredged by the federal govern
ment through forty miles of keys
to complete the protected passage
from Miami.
Mr.. Wilson told the commission
Continued on Page Tnreel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
County Favors Project; Z. <.
~ Wilson Presents Plans For
,,'600Foot Area; Rough
Blueprints Shown

City Commission last night vot-
ed to grant necessary licenses to
E. K. Wilson for the operation OF
a yacht basin and construction of
piers at Garrison Blight, providing
he secures title to the land. Coun-
ty Commission has gone on record
as favOring the plan.
Mr.. Wilson stated that his at
torneyS have informed him that
the trustees of Internal Improve
ment Fund are ready to negotiate
with him on transferring property
rights He added that the l. l.
Fund is claiming ownership.
Commissioner W. w. Demeritt
said that the l. l. Fund has con-
troll of all waters over three feet
in depth but raised the question
that the body of water in queS-
ton is enclosed by city prop
erty. City Attorney Lancelot
Lester said that there were priv
ate riparian rights. state rights
and city rights entering into the
matter and that he could give no
opinion at present until he went
into the matter more thoroughly.
Rough Blueprints Shown
Presenting rough blueprint
plans. Mr.. Wilson pointed to an
area 600 feet by 600 feet which
he wishes to develop and showed
a long pier going out into CARR
son Blight with two abutting wide
platforms near the pier head On
the eaSterly side of the project
five long piers extend out from
the main pier and nearer the pier
head there are a number of slips
and piling for smaller boats. At
the entrance to the pier is a light
house affair which is the main
administration building.
There are provisions made for
gasoline, marine engine repair.
provisions and dancing. Mr. VIII
son said that it would fully meet
the needs of yachtsmen coming
here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-19
NOTICE

NOTICE 81
All knights of Pythias and
Pythian Sisters are invited TO at
tend a Christmas Party to be Civ
en- by the Dokey Club on Friday
evening at the Pythian Hall
Bring d friend.
Each person should bring a
gift to be exchanged.
J. WINFIELD RUSSELL,
Secretary.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
MISSING BROTHER

Postmaster E. R. Sharnbroich is in receipt of a letter this week from Betsy Torgensen, Box PA, Amityville, Long Island, N. Y, asking help in locating brother whom she said once lived near Wrangell. His name is Torvald Skoland and he came to Alaska five years ago, supposedly to this vicinity. He is described by his sister as tall and dark, about AZ years of age and Norwegian by birth.
 Miss Torgensen is anxious to contact her brother as his sigma ture is needed to settle an estate in Norway. Anyone having inform ation on Skoland is requested to contact Postmaster Sharnbroich or write directly to the above address of his sister.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28

International Fisheries Commission charged with administration of the North Pacific Halibut Treaty. is requested by the board.
 Almost all of the halibut taken by the fleets of the Pacific North west, British Columbia and Alaska are taken in Alaskan waters or on grounds immediately adjacent" the board declared. Ut would seem only fair that Alaska have a fuller share in the control of what Is essentially an Alaskan industry.
 At present the International Fisheries Commission is composed of two Americans, resident in ahe United States, and two residents of the Dominion of Canada.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28

ing and urged the inclusion of Al aska to the fullest extent possible in post war housing legislation.
 Board members said With thousands of service men returning to civilian life. it is a tragic fact that there is little or no place for these men to live The present situation is that any postwar de velopment. much of which is prom ming and of immediate prospect, is strangled by the inability of men and women to find even the mosH inadequate quarters in which to live"
 A Better Business Bureau for Alaska was recommended to the Territorial Chamber of Commerce by the board.
 Several complaints had been reg isFered with the board from Alas kan newspaper publishers and bus mess men that "fly-by-nighters' in the Solicitation of advertising and business investment are taking an increasing amount of money out of the Territory.
 "A certain type of promoter has always considered Alaska a sucker salesman's paradise'," board mem- bers declared adding. it seems ap- parent this type of promoter is working Alaska to a greater degree today than ever before. The fn- ereasing tempo of business devel- opment in the Territory underlines the necessity for Alaskan business men organizing to protect them selves"
 Alaskan representation on the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
SPORTSMAN TELLS STORY
 OF EARLY DAY HOMER

Homer, on Cook Inlet, is a thriv- ing little town with conveniences and cultural advantages; but when little group of prospectors for the Alaska Gold Mining Company landed on the Homer spit on Ap- ri l, 1896, it was much different The village of Homer was born that day. Della Murray Banks. the first lady of Homer, describes the founding of the village and the adventures of its first citizens iu 'Homer's Gold Seekers,' begin ming in the October number of The Alaska Sportsman.
 Squirrel hunting, among h e Eskimos, is woman's work, but 1t sometimes involves exciting and dangerous experiences that would try the nerve of most white men. Squirrel Hunt and Ice Jam," the last chapter of Lawrence Carsons s true story, "The Walrus Hunters, , gives a vivid account of such an experience and proves that Eskimo girls know how to meet emergen- cies. MT. Carson's article also con- tains a fascinating first-hand re- port on an Eskimo celebration af- ter a successful hunt.
 The big lakes of Alaska, like Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula are fine sailing on calm days, but in a high wind they're good places to stay away from. George J. Eich- CT tells about some narrow escapes and gives the newcomer some use full advice in "The Big Lakes"
 Any country that offers the hunter Dall sheep, mountain goats, moose, grizzlies and brown bears is certainly a hunters paradise, the Yukon country is just such a place. In addition to its game, 1T has scenery that defies description. Ran Lake, big game hunter from Minnesota, was thoroughly satis- fled with his hunt in Yukon Ter ritory, and he writes about it en- Enthusiastically in Big Land, Big Game"
 Trout fishing gets into your blood. and you couldn't get rid of it if you wanted to-especially not after a workout with big South eastern Alaska cutthroats! We Caught Elm Trolling" by Ethel Dassow, also in the October num- her of The Alaska Sportsman, is light-hearted tale of a jolly par ty camping and fishing in the haunts of the grizzlies at Re- flection Lake
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28

route through the simple expedient of providing better service and faster trip by changing the inter mediate stopping point from Anch- orage to Adak. If but one carrier is certified across the North Pacific as the Civil Aeronautios Board has indicated the problem becomes elementary-"Will Alaska be in all certainty on the Oriental route i! via Chicago and the land route, yesj while by the Seattle-Orient water route. possibly not. :"
 Jones Act Suspension
 Continuation of the Jones Act suspension order. which permits Canadian vessels to carry com merce between Alaskan ports was urged by the board.
 The board appealed to Congress and the |. S. Maritime Commission the crucial year or so just ahead it's present scheduled termination date of Oct. 31. 1945, until such time as they (American Steamship lines) can come near rendering the service that is required"
 It was asserted by the board that "the development of Alaska in the crucial vera or so jus ahead will De seriously ieopardiZed by curtailuea, of steamship service which abrogation of the suspension of the Jones Act would cause, and would also ultimately diminish the comm cree which American flag lines will carry
 Action was called for in the de- velopmemy of Alaska's National Parks with the board urging Con gressional approval of plans to con- struet new and additional tourist facilities in Glacier Bay and at Mt Mckinley.
 Alaska's old complaint against the National Park Service policy oi permitting national parks to be come breeding grounds for wolves was cause for another Alaska De .velopment Board broadside.
 Tt is the conviction of the Al aska Development Board that i will be impossible to preserve othel and more valuable forms of wild life if the wolf menace is noi checked.V
 Need For Housing
 The Development Board session called to the attention of Congress Alaska's desperate need for hous-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
SON BORN

Word has been received here of the birth of a son to Mir and Mrs E. J. Coons, August 25, at Hoquim, Wash.
 MT. and Mrs. Coon had a photo graphy shop fin Wrangell a few years ago and have many friends here who share their happiness in te baby.s arrival.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
CHILD HEALTH CLINIC

pr. AYIin T. Nelson will be at Health Center Friday, October ,. from to 8:3O D. m. to imunize children against whooping cough diphtheria and small pox. Mothers are urged to bring their children early.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
NOTICE

Dr. R. N. Hester, eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, expects to be in Wrangell for a few days about November 1. He will be at Wran- gell hotel. Make your appointments
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
TO PLUS X MISSION

Rosemary, Eddie and Randolph Kalkins, Wenona and William Choquette and OIrma Loftus left this week to enter the Plus X Mission school at Skagway.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04

A model in this class earns from
$3.50 to SIS an hour and may
earn more than 800 in one week.
In the New York fashion cen.
ter these teen ayers, some $50 Of
them, come from all walks of life.
Most are high school students.
Several of the girls are so well
known that they are a familiar
sight to millions of newspaper
and magazine readers who see
their charming likenesses in the
fashion pages. In recent poll Of
dress design students they placed
among Americas outstanding
teen. age models"
In this select group of favor.
ties are Florence Cleveland and
Carole Coleman of the Walter
Thornton Agency, Pat Geoghegan
and Ellen Way of the Harry Con-
over Agency. and Frances Herald
Of the Robert Powers Agency.
All of these girls live in or
near New York City and arrange
their school hours so that after
moons can be devoted TO posing
or clothes modelling.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04

"a ~ HROUGH THE highways Of
the New York fashion
Nw world of today come
groups of yivacious and refresh.
ing youngsters to parade the at.
tractive styles designed specifi-
cally for Americas exuberant,
teen n.age girls They often are re.
ferrcd to as the Junior Miss
Cover Girls"
These models realize they are
most fortunate in fulfilling the
strict requirements set up by
photographers. illustrators and
dress designers. And though they
are the envy of millions of other
junior misses. they view their po.
stions effectively. For they
know that at the ripe old age of
20 they probably will have out
grown their camera usefulness
for teen.age fashions and must
plan some other career
Generally these youngsters
make good income at this part.
time occupation. for the younger
set of this country watches
youthful fashions with all the
aWdity typical of adult women.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-04

EPITOM M { OF The
b o b b y-s oxersis
charming Florence e
Cleveland, Is Qef+l.
who typifies the high
sch o ol girl next
door. 3" She is much in
d e m q n d TO model
Sc mi-sport crea-
tion&. according TO
Walter tn ornton
agency spokesman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

NTS LOVE at last for Lois De Fee.
s feet 3 of feminine wh-e-e. After
} three previous tries Tor is II
eight?) she has just become the bride
Of a man loftier than she-and. she
says, it's the real thing.
Time was when Lois, between
bouncing pumpkins out of Manhat-
tan night clubs land occasionally
getting bounced around hcrselD, pre-.
ferred small fry-such as Billy Cur.
lis. a 3foot 6.inch midget who mar.
ried her in 1888. But now shes
through with all that
The bridegroom is 6foot 5inch
First Lieut.. Hugh NJ Roper, who is
back iu the United States after -
combat missions in the China-BufTna-
India theatre as a bomber pilot.
They met in New York and soon
aftorward were standing before a
minister
When We shook hands and I
looked up instead of down, I knew
we were made for each other" Lois
said i'm telling about their meeting
But X wasn't ever thus. There
is no reliable record of how many
marriages Lois has tucked away
during her 2S years. II has been
said they number nine. She prefers
TO acknowledge only two before the
current one, because she now con
SiderS the midget was a mistake.
Whatever the number. Lois, like
50 many others OF her tall timber.
has consistently favored the little
people of the opposite sex.
Her first admitted husband was
an aviator who measured no more
than ) feet 10 inches. Her second
was a Jockey, who teven in elevator
shoes stood only feet plus.
She did. of course, become the
bride OF Billy Curtis, the midget,
although she doesn't like to think
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

about ii. But at the time, in her
quaint way, Lois observed
Il fall like nobOdy'S business for
little bitsy men"
Lois grew out of Missouri o.
sTeXas her origin. like her marriages
is kept somewhat vagueD and III
Miami attracted the attention or
Harry Richman. who thought she'd
look better in New York. the city
Of skyScrapers. She did
Lois went TO New York and made
a reputation as a bouncer at tha
Dizzy Club and Leon and Eddies
Subsequently she was tossed
around a bit herself, for all her lS)
pounds. In 1887 she accused Lou
Brice, comedian brother of Fanny
Brice. of cracking her nose in five
places during a difference of opinion
in a night club. In 1910 she named
Hal Williams, radio announcer as
a guy who hung one on her eye.
In between physical encounters,
Lois was among the attractions At
the New York Worlds Fair in 1889.
Before that she stripped to tease.
Now, domiciled in Atlantic City
with her husband. Lois is concerned
mostly with stripping the kitchen OF
provocative concoctionS. She aims
to please only Roper and considers
the apron the most important article
i'm her wardrobe.
MY husband says I'm the best
cook in the United States" she says.
uuE .NsEnUs,aA- TuErE1N- N
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25
TOday'S Horoscope.

Celebrating a birthday today
means that you have an attable dis
position, are optimistic Of your flu
ture and im%pervious to failures. You
should guard against a tendency 70
act without due thought and de-
liberation. Your embotions go deep
and your love is sincere and stead
fast. Try not to be too sensitive to
criticism or the absence Of affection
in others. The rainbow hues OF pro-
gress and constructive action may
exhilarate you under the current
Venus vibrations. Cash spent on en-
tertainment, clothes OF home deco
rations may be we'll invested. This
is a splendid chance for a shopping
spree.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25
Good Beginning


OOOQ beginning
Whatever is lnsItficlencles. -at
charter of the United Nations which
an, a5ea framed at-the san Fraa-
CISCO conference can be set down
ss ar9t BEGINNING toward objee-
.,,e> which all ueaee-I.g.a2 peoples
lrf haut>tIv striving for.
The world had expected a great
deal from tins gathering y me POW
els. great Jad small Iu aaFe antgt-
pated perfection .a their .aaols Mas
never justified Never before have
the Representatives et N-.sed groups
of the human race faced so great
4 task L even d"Jlted the ~rSJl.teS
peace conference. and It may be
hoped nat u tar better JOB Aa~ 9eeo
done tins time For u>r part, we ne
IieVe II has.
Vices common 10 humans "2.e
not wholly absent At San Francisco.
Greed. ~seIllShneSS ana JealuuSIeS
cropped up more thah once. F"fts-
nately, there was enough OF sincerity
ana integrity OF purpose t. "N@f-
GENE these evils hN application 81
the principle Vl compromise. Even
me people Wno were HrSs 10 3cge2'
Christianity III the inst century We're
NOT at the outset completely 0oL1iI-
mated by the deals NhIcn tAeN hta
embraced But they q enough 10
lay me ~oundatIonS Hoy eNpanaIaS
ne righteous movement I4uhch"d 3E
the saviour oi he'3. II -tAa' '4+lH
when IufhlShed me paste stimulus
HOY Whatever 9ooa mas ''eN accom-
p'lShed al me UAt}eQ -N1tlollS con-
ieEehce.
80 lnal WINE wagons were hllcheo
/" stars aho O me stars ave
i-o' oteiI I"echeu' d So"u beginning
mas oeeh maze. enough mas oeeh
accomplished 10 4ui''lsh me nope
s1dl al lo!s last tie "0IIo may pt
'' us way 10 4 hI5hef society Oh
greater justice ana StapIIl'E Ihah mas
even oeI''e oe''' "ch'eN eo' AT Ie's'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25
Hints on Etiq

If a girl has a date with a young
spend, and she suggests the pro-
gram for the occasion, she should
offer al least to pay her own way.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25

GROW YOUR OWN FRUIT BY
planting early bearing fruit trees,
nut trees and berry plants, offer
ed by Virginia's largest growers.
Write for new low-priced cata-
logue, listing extensive line Of
fruits and ornamentals. Waynes-
boro Nurseries, Waynesboro, Vir-
giria. M-W-F
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25
One Minute Test Answers.

!. John Adams and Thomas JET
ferson.
2. George Washington and James
Madison.
3. Thomas Jefferson.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25

OFFICE SUPPLIES, Pre- = WAR
pencils, ledger binders and sheets,
numbering machines, typewriter
papers, ribbons and carbon paper:
Rubber stamps made to order.
School supplies. Henderson Book
Co. Established 1884. lott
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25

That Florida angler who caught a
2OO-pound sWordfish with a wire
coat hanger probably had the strange
experience Of having his friends be-
lleve the fish but scott at the hook
part Of his story.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25
Words of Wisdom.

The s|anctity of marriage and the
family relation make the corner
stone of u American society and
CiViIiZatlon-GartIeld.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25

New York cops are reported to
have exposed a fake perfume racket.
They should have no trouble smell
ing out the higher ups.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25

FOR SALE MILK COW, HOGS
and peaches. w. c. Medlin, EPSON
Route l, Henderson, N. C.
22-25-26-3O
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-25

WILL BE AT ALEX PEGRAM
Store North Henderson Wednes-
day, June 9th. from 1890 to 200
p. m. to v%accinate dogs. A. P.
PaSChall. 25-lti