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TRULY coMMUNIsTIc

The Federal government has one of
is tax-exempt power plants at its Shasta
irrigation dam in northern California. 1t is
an important link i'm the chain now being
welded To socialize the electric industry
of the United States under giant tax-ex-
empt Federal power monopoly. Because
Il IL tax exempt. II offers towns and cities
long served by highly-taxed private utili-
ties. electricity at ''eut rates.
The government does not say that in
order 10 cut rates it does not pay a dime
81 taxes on its power plants. 1t does not
sag that citizens all over the United States
are assessed taxes To maintain govern
mcut. while Federal power plants ride
free. Il does not say that private compan-
les whose business il is taking over, often
In the most ruthless manner. are i'm much
the same position as small nations that
were crushed by German aggression. 1t
does not say that last year one private
company whose business the Shasta plant
h row seeking 10 usurp. paid to the Fed
eral government S26.0l6,046 in taxes, in
addition to S12,737, 916 paid to city, county
end state treasures in California. Nor
does I say that the Federal power monop-
oily Is as totally communistic in effect as is
the great Dnieper dam built under the
Russian five-year plan.
Government ownership of power is a
forerunner of ultimate government own
ership of land.
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[By RUFUS HEED

of energy and driving power
about him commensurate with
his official position As he waited
for Brenda to finish a telephone
call, he was thinking Of those
days in the store when he never
heard closing gong. Then any
excuse was a good reason to be
out of the store as much as pos,
sible. and yesterday he had
checked off nine hours at his
desk!
Something new had surely been
added, he decided.
AS Brenda dropped the receiver
back on it's Lradle, long rays OF
/ the western sun slanted throughl
the smoky office window and
made lambant flame of her red
gold hair. There was the faintest'
suggestion of a smile on Christo-1
piers face as he held out his
cigarette case with one hand and
pointed to her desk clock with
the other.
"It's after working hours, SO
you can smoke--one minute and
half past closing time. I need
a smoke myself" he added rumi-
natingly. II just had a run-in
with Donohue. He got so mad l
thought he'd hold me as special
witness-or something. =.
He leaned over and held his
lighter for Brenda's cigarette.
what burns him up is that you
we've right about Dan and he
wasn't" Brenda said slowly,
watching the smoke of her ciga-
rette drift through the close life
less air of the Office. She had
never seen 1.-THE night Waterman.
but his death had cast its shadow
over her work and the sinister
outline of that shadow was
touching everything that had
happened since the night he died.
'"rhat's right. It was the rope
that finally proved Dan had been
| murdered. The laboratory did a
good job on. that. They found the
fibers of the rope were lying in
| the opposite direction to that OF
the pulling.
''What does that mean?"
GAS ! understand it, just this.
If person slides down a rope,
the fibers of that rope will all
point downward. But if body
has been pulled up by someone,
the fibers will point up on that
part of the rope pulled by the
murderer because of the contact
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-31
By ADELAIDE KERR
AZ Newsfea,ure. Writer

The early postwar world,
now present, offers women
great career opportunities IN
chemistry, says the first wo-
man chairman of the New
York Section Of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society.
She is DR., Corpelia I. Smell
Of Foster D, Smell, Inc. ICON
sulting chemists and chem
ical engineers of Brooklyn,
N w and author of q NUM-
Der Of books on chemistry. !.
1We are going to be short OF
chemists for several years, even
though the war is over, said DR..
Smell. pretty, fair skinned
blonde, as she sat in her Park
Avenue apartment the other day.
sour young chemists were taken
by the military services unless
they were doing essential war
work. There have been almost
no young men graduates in chem
|istry during the last few years.
"There is going to be big
postwar gap and some one must
fill it..
"Most women think of career
in chemistry as meaning labora-
| tory work. But there is wide
field outside of that. Literature
searches which have to be made
before new. products are deyel-
oped, patent searches, library
work are included in it. There
also is a great need for. chemi-
cal secretaries who can help the
busy eEsfHtlvT6f chemical com
J DR.. Shell, who, in her soft col
orful frocks and hats looks moth
ling like the average mans men.
tai picture of a woman chemist
has had a distinguished career
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Of the rope with the beam or
whatever It is the body hangs on.
I'm this case that is what hap-
pened. The fibers on the rope
wefe pofating in two opposite
directions showing that the rope
had been pulled DIP by the MUIR
derer. They shlorofOrmed Dan.
strangled him, and then tried to
make his death look like suicide"
Suddenly Christopher leaned
forward and polipded the desk
with his fist. '',#
"That's it-exactlyl never
thought of 1t before" He ex-
claimed. They got the poor fel-
low right outside of this office. It
must have been chloroform I
smelt when ! picked up that can
vas cover. There was a funny
sickish smell, / refnember-and
those footstepswe both kept
hearing them. q. Someone came
back to see what we We're do
ing" He stopped abruptly and
there was grim, set expression
around his mouth.
Dan was coming to tell me he
had seen that fur Shipment taken
of on the fifth floor. Brenda
continued where he left off. He
telephoned me when the furs ar
rived-then he saw the man on
the fifth floor taking them off the
freight elevator = and he was
coming to report the theft to me
--or at least to this Office"
you've got il. That's what hap
pened. That's why he was killed.
He knew the mani" i
Christopher jumped to his feet
and began to pace back and
forth in the narrow space in
front of .Brenda's desk. his hands
thrust in his coat pockets. iG
"Donohue batter get wise to
himself-or he'll land behind the
eight ball. Two robberies and q
murder in one week in this store
Not so good. Headquarters has al
ready turned the heat on him
That's why he's after you. He's
trying everything"
81 can take it." Brenda smiled
| briefly. eff he'll just leave me
alone during business hours.
want this sale to be a success, and
he sat in this Office nearly tive
mortal hours this morning. ! CAM
work while he watches every
| move ] make"
To be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-31
VINO RESORTED TO KID
MAPPING AND PIRACY
TO GET NEEDED MEN
FOR SECRET PROJECT
BY JACK STINNETT
AP Eea&-ren Writer

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.
When it came to getting
the highly skilled craftsmen
for the Manhattan (atomic
bomb) project, the War
Manpower Commission had
to stoop to virtual coercion,
kidnapping and labor piracy
the very things it was
fighting so hard to keep out
of war industry.
1t was legalized, of course
by an overall executive or
der from President Roose-
welt that gave atomic bomb
production the highest labor
priorities in the land. That
didn't always make it easy.
"Give me an order for TO-
600 unskilled laborers any
day rather than an order for
one man of the highest
skills," said one WING Off
cial. =.
In the first place, the top
skilled men were those who
might get a peep into Uncle
Sans topmost-drawer war
secret. Not only did they
have to be citizens, but their
parents and grandparents
had to be citizens. If they
had been abroad any time in
recent years before the war
they were automatically
barred. Being ace men in
their professions, they were
normally high-salaried, con-
sentative, steady and gener-
ally disinclined to fall for Of
fers to go to work in the blind
alley which the production
of some fantastic weapon of
tomorrow might be.
Once convinced and cleared by
the FBI, they had to be yanked
from under the watchful eyes of
their employees without ever tell
ing the latter what the Army was
making that was more important
than their vital parts for planes,
ships, guns and bombs.
This situation came to climax
once when an irate Navy captain
in charge of ship repairs at the
Mare Island Navy Yard in San
Francisco Bay came storming
into Washington. He wanted to
know just what the hell was 60
ing on. VINO. he roared, had pir-
ated Is of his best electricians.
Later in the day, hoarse but
chastened, he called the VINO
official on whom he had visited
most of his wrath. H was talking
from the office of one of the
brassiest Navy hats in Washing
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-31
CHEMISTRY OFFERS new FIELD
FOR CAREER GIRLS OF TO-DAY

in the field, which she never
dreamed of entering in her youth.
She was born in Binghamton. N.
Y, taught high school niathema-
tics two years, married her girl
hood sweetheart, DIR. Foster
Smell, in 1921, and since then has
devoted her working life to chem
istry.
Young Mrs. Smell went back
to school at Columbia University
and emerged with a Ph.D. in 1880.
Since then she has been most
active in her husbands company,
which develops chemical formu-
lac for cosmetics, household prod
ucts and other things manufac-
tured by industrial companies.
Mrs. SHELLS job is largely litera-
ture research.
'Women generally have q
greater social sense than men,
but we always have let men be
the leaders in fields which affect
life everywhere" she said.
"Women have worked too much
from the ivory tower. They have
failed to see that when their
household duties were done, their
part was not preaching, but
getting out and helping men by
working beside them. Chemistry
will offer some very interesting
postwar opportunities with social
Significance,
"Take. the question of animal
research to find out what foods
best nourish man.
Cosmetics is another inter-
esting field. We are still work
ing on the problem of the in
Idelible lipstick.' Liquid lipsticks
have been introduced, but more
work needs to be done"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-31
ATOMIC BOMB PRODUCTION GIVEN
HIGHEST OF LABOR PRIORITIES
Who KNOWS?
ANSWERS ON PAGE 3

I. How many men were under
arms in World War II? -
2. What was the cost of the
global war?
3. What were the total casual
ties of the war?
4. How will the future Jap
empire compare in area with the
pre-war domain?
5. Can you name the day and
hour when President Truman an
nounced the japanese surrender?
6. How does our war produc-
ton of steel compare with pre-
war years?
7. What happened on August
IL, 1898?
g. The U. S. spent about $780,
000,00G,000 on the war; what was
the cost of World War I?
8. What does ration book 4
control?
10. What does a Samurai sword
signify?
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FALLS FOUR STORIES AND LIVES

The average person, falling from the
fourth floor of building, would not ex-
pect to survive landing on4a sidewalk.
However, press dispatches relate that
three-year-old Irene Oliver, of Cincinnati,
fell from the fourth floor to the ground
and that physicians could locate no in
juries. -
Such events are hard to explain and
this leads many people to conclude that
the miraculous has happened. However,
the law of chance operates and sometimes
produces results that are hard to believe.
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ton. He apologized. If he had
something that took priority over
putting ships back into the bat
tie of the Pacific, it must be the
biggest thing in military history,
he said.
The same thing happened at
the Rock Island, Ill. arsenal The
commanding officer had to be
told of through orders from
General Marshall himself before
he would quit fighting the pirat-
ing of some of his best machinists.
On the whole, private war in
dustry employers were more
tractable and cooperative, one
VINO official said, and gave up
even if tearfully-their best tool
makers, designers, millwrights,
pipefitters, etc. without a strug-
gle, once informed there was
something bigger in the making
than anything they were produc-
ing. "a
Nevertheless, VINO officials
breathed a big sigh of relief when
they, along with the rest of the
world, were informed that the
Manhattan project produced the
atomic bomb and that these vol
canoes on a parachute were the
most devastating success in the
whole history of wars.
If they had Judged a little on
the rule against taking more than
10 per cent of the skilled work.
ers in factories that had more
than 10 of such; if they practi-
cally Shanghaied a few of the
nations finest shoproom artists,
at last they were justified.
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Chapter 10

Inaptel lS$
THE apartment stified her. She
i had a hysterical feeling she'd
have to get out of it for a while
before she went to bed or she
would never be able to sleep. She
had to get better control of her
self. Tom had his back to the
door, dlaling number ON the
telephone when she returned to
the living room. His voice was
low and furtive and Brenda
quickly realized he was steering
the conversation so that the per-
son on the other end of the line
would pick up his cues and do
the talking. -
"Why all this subterfuge,
Brenda thought YEARLY, as she
started to clean up the room. It
was all so dreary--so sordid. This
silly air of intrigue and mystery
Tom was putting around every
thing he did these DAYS irritated
and harassed her. The sooner
there was an end to the mockery
of their living together. the, bet
ter it would be for both of them.
This sort of thing could not go
on.
But she found she was too
tired to even attempt to straight
en- up the living room. A short
walk might clear her head, which
was now aching so she knew she
could not sleep. AS she went into
the bedroom she picked up the
bundle of old newspapers lying
on the desk and threw it in the
laundry hamper in the bathroom
Tom was still talking on the tele-
phone. While she was in the
Kitchen he had thrown his soiled
bathing suit on the floor. Leaning
over, she gingerly picked it ur
and rolled it into a bundle with
a disreputable beach robe lying
on a bathroom chair. She threw
them both on top of the package
of old newspapers and then
without a word, walked out of the
apartment.
CHRISTOPHER was in a chail
~ beside Brenda's desk as the
closing time gong sounded in the
store the next afternoon. The tai
young man with his well-brushec
brown hair and his faultlesSly
tailored brown suit, had a surge
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1t will soon be open season for out
of-town publications to attempt to make
raids on the taxpayers money for adver-
Using space that has little or no value. One
such has been turned away with the la
comic rundown: mo funds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-31

The war was won by teamwork, in
Guiding the fighting services and all those
who aided the war effort on the home
front. Why can't we continue that coop
Grafton?
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This writer is one of those who believe
and vehemently so that the atomic bomb
discovery should forever remain a secret
between the United States, England and
Canada. Let other nations create their own
inventions.
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TRUTH!

Does the moon affect the
tide?"
mo, just the united"
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cYNIic

''Do men always kiss the bride
at a wedding?"
No, some sneak away"
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KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF AUGUST 81, lass

IAN advisory issued by ; the
Weather Bureau at ! o'clock this
afternoon reveals that a tropical
disturbance of small diameter
but considerable intensity lis; cen
trail go miles east of Long Island,
Bahamas, and apparently is NOV
ing west-northwestward .
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Key West Merchants Associa-
ton announced today that the
Thursday half-holidays at men,
Der stores have been discontinued
for this year.
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disturbance of small diameter
but considerable intensity is cen
trail go miles east of Long Island,
Bahamas, and apparently is NOV
ing ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
| 1922 s.te- ~
Key West Merchants Associa-
ton announced today that the
Thursday half-holidays at mem
Der stores have been discontinued
for this year.
City council, at a special ses-
sios this afternoon, adopted a
resolution asking the WPA for
funds to construct a water sys-
tenn in Key West.
Plans have been perfected to
begin an intensive drive in Key
West to raise funds to advertise
the city in the hope of attracting
many tourists here. the coming
winter. fs
MIR. and Mrs. Leroy Sawyer
left Yesterday for a sojourn in
Miami. as q
Fern Chapter, Order OF the
Eastern Star, gave a picnic yes
terday afternoon at Rest Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Archer.
who had been visiting in Miami,
returned yesterday.
Members of Key West Junior
Woman's Club gave party yes
terday afternoon at Rest Beach.
The hostesses We're Miss Rita
Finder, Mrs. Raymond Curry and
Mrs. Harry Pritchard.
Mrs. Mary Day, who had been
in Gainesville taking a special
course of study, returned yester-
day accompanied by her son,
John Louis Day. : ~,
Today The Citizen says in an =
editorial paragraph: =
Some men who live a dogs
life probably have no license to
do So"
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Non-veterans barred from get
ting places on Federal payroll.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Archer.
who had been visiting in Miami,
returned yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-31

Fern Chapter, Order OF the
Eastern Star, gave a picnic yes
terday afternoon at Rest Beach.
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City council, at a special ses-
sios this afternoon, adopted a
resolution asking the iWPA for
funds to construct a water sys-
tenn in Key West.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Sawyer
left yesterday for a sojourn in
Miami. q
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Today The Citizen says In an =
editorial paragraph: = ''."'5'
Some men who live a dogs
life probably have no license to
do So"
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Mrs. Mary Day, who had been
in Gainesville taking special
course of study. returned yester-
day accompanied by her son,
John Louis Day. ! ~
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

TO unleash upon the unwelcome
foe. In desperation, they could
be expected to resort to crash
dives upon the American Fleet
units, since their own navy no
longer could protect japan.
Nothing had deferred the
Yanks' steady progress to their
attack point, least Of all the Grip.
pied Jap fleet. For by this time
the battered Nip navy had
learned to fear any encounter
with American warships. Be-
sides. the best Of the once proud
japanese sea forces was at the
bottom Of the Pacific instead Of
the top, thanks to battles In the
early part Of the war.
Meanwhile, in readiness for
this attack upon Hirohito's bas-
tions, lookouts had been doubled
on every vessel In the task force.
Earlier. patrol planes had found
Jap snoopers hiding in the clouds.
watching the passing Of the great
naval forces.
The lOudspeakers, just pre-.
viously, had announced. I'VE
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

are on the right flank Of a
force ~. 81 which extends for
so miles across the ocean. We
have plenty Of company. Take
IL easy. Remember what you
have learned"
But when, on this first night
Of the assault. the loudspeakers
gave the unexpected warning. the
information was startling.
'Man overheard from ship
ahead" they had roared-
In a few minutes a destroyer
had turned back and diyed past
the other speeding ships. Then
two planes crossed over, sweep
ing the black sea with brilliant
searchlights.
Here was one for the record on
the 'cNavy taking care Of Its
own"
To take planes off a carrier at
night was hazardous in itself,
and to show even a glimmer Of
light in enemy territory was un.
thinkable. For as this. one Of
the most powerful armadas in
history. slipped silently into Jap.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

'Man overheard from ship
ahead" the loudspeakers
blared.
The Yank warships at this
point had to go full speed ahead
since they already had begun a
speed run.
On this memorable night, de.
spite dangerously high seas and
Stygian darkness, the great U. s.
task force had started to attack
a Japanese stronghold.
During the spectacular maneu.
vers, intrepid Gilbert Bundy
world famous artist covering the
Pacific war zone for the Hearst
newspapers, sketched this dra-
matte scene from a vantage point
on one of the vessels.
For IL days the bristling u. S.
warships and their valiant crews
had moved stealthily towards
their strategic goal. Now that
they were in enemy waters, the
officers and men were ready for
Nip air attacks due momentarily.
The jittery defenders of Nip
pom had only land based aircraft
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

controlled waters Of the Pacific.
every precaution had been in.
voked against detection.
Yet Il was taken for granted
that every one Of the thousands of
men on these u. 8. warships was
willing to risk being found and
attacked In order to light the
rescue Of this unfortunate COM
rade.
Next morning the bulletin
boards on every ship of the
force bore a welcome surprise
potice.
Sole reason the destroyer
WAS able 70 rescue the boy hast
night from otherwise certain
death was that his whistle was
heard after I hour and Is min.
utes searching just m the de-
stroyer was making n final
sweep prior TO abandoning the
search"
Below the rescue notice was
command from the executive Of.
ficer on each ship which was
hardly necessary:
IAN hands will henceforth
wear whistles"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

risk Of detection by the Nips. gallant
fighter pilots lighted the sea TO aid in
the rescue Of their hepless shipma+e.
Many were more than willing to risk
being found and possibly bombed
if their comrade could be saved.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

AS THIS POWERFUL American naval
task force in the Pacific stole through
enemy waters under cover of dark
ness. one unlueky sailor slipped on ihe
tiItine deck Of a crippled warship and
fell into the ocean. Then. despite the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-10-13
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tie added thar this was due r.
the cooperation given The policf
~ residents Avlns In this area
He said that they report promptly
any suspicious providers and give
the police correct Information
Good housing makes good citi-
zens Walters said
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