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LECAI.S
~ Court 90 C0UsTs xxuzeN.
STATE OF FLOnfDa. MmennN

~ COURT o. C0NsTs 81 rae
STATE OF FLORIDA. MmtnmN
COUNTY.
In re Estate 20
Florence McDeTmotf.
Non cOmpos fnentis
NOTICE OF az AfufA<ss es4H
NOTICE * HEREBY atEx< ~
THE UNDETERMINED o. e1afa - s
the estate OF Fiorunrs Mrlsefa.ss8
that l will petition the Hnn ss5'Is
Raymond X. Lord. CountF faaxz
and for Monroe County. FifGk1z. s.
his office In the Court ffeDka Hzs
West, Monroe County. Fi0ft4a. - ~
hour of ~ o'clock A ~. % fh4 Ia
day of September. A ~. tss* ~ s&
order authorizing the safe ~ - -
terest OF the aforesaid FieFenee Nss
Dermott in and 60 the fuifswlne g.
scribed property, lying ana hsfA&
particularly described a. faltwNs
ON the Island ~ Key u&s
known ON VIM. A. Mhltehnaaa
map, delineated In FehFMafA
1929, as a part Of Tract FaAF ia
and now better know a. naF&
of Lot Four ca az e. a. Esssea
subdivision OF Lots ore SD SIS
Two CD, square seventy, Ffaes
Four ca. recorded IN = -
IidNS. B8kF ~ hRAfWH N"@A4N#
Florida. Records,
Commencing 40 u FaiAf 80
Pierce Street distant unH has,
dred and thirty -seyen tt3if fz<4
Northeasterly from the eeFaef
of SimOnton and Pierce stress
and running thence alpHE -
line Of Pierce Street ia 3 &afte
eaSterly direction tuFtY tsR<
feet: thence at right anEies -
NOrthwesterly dirertiun $50
three (63D feet; thence af fk4*
angles In a SouthWestefty 1tFsss
ton forty (ie) feet. thenes g
right angles an a Souihsastsflf
direction sixty ts0l feet - -
point Of beginning.
ELIZABETH !. ALBt ~
As Guardian - the hNt4#
Florence McDcrmatt. asH 49,
pos mentts.
william ". Alhury
Attorney for Guardian -.
aug. ll-ls-s5-sepi, lana
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THE LOW DOWN
zsuusuu-----fssn -
HICKORY GROVE

Qsaa tAIha ear uSA could do,
Ig,nd RE8mta. ii to sit down ana
1eSspA Qast where We viii be COM
4As eAhs 10 years hence, II we keep
GA pAAttSAa IN more Of our time
And fNa4AAs taking care Of folks
IN FosNsnh countries versus our
a~4, feAks he4e Ia Montana ana
Kentucky and South Carolina and
4S ether states /.
ii ID ekay 10 be Christian and
think aseas yeuT aaighbor, and
sel, II seu can, but Il Is not be-
1ae a Christian or having horse
se4Axe TO neglect your own family
and les il hustle for itself---or 60
iauAssy.
We may he nearer the bottom
az the barrel than we think. And
when we do hit bottom, what
country will offer US loan, or
present US a gift? Once we are
on our uppers, other nations will
give us the cold shoulder--which
is human nature. Why didn't the
guy, they will say, have some
sumption when he was flush ver-
sus acting like his sock was a
mile deep, and had no bottom.
When some foreign country -
except Finland--sends us check
and pays up, it is gonna make a
man hitin' mountain lion, look
p0ny and sick--as news.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA
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Once IN awhile public official
WI! take his job seriously enough
to stick MS neck all the way out
10 an effort 10 serve and protect
the folks VINO elected him and
that happened in the little town
Of Vidalia, Georgia, the other day
when Mayor J. z. Darby got fed
up with governmental nonsense,
red tape and bureaucratic bungl-
ing and decided TO take action en-
his own account.
Toombs County, Georgia is a
good general farming and cattle
producing section and the farm
ers Of this area have been pro-
ducing plenty Of good beef and
pork, which was selling at local
auction markets as fast as it was
offered.
But housewives of the commun-
tiles Of Vidalia and Lyons found
that meat market shelves were
as empty as Old Mother Hub
bard's well known cupboard.
Even those who had both points
and money couldn't even find a
stew bone. II didn't make sense
to Mayor Darby so he made a
tour of local markets, talked with
the butchers and found that not
only they didn't have any meat,
bat they couldn't get any because
OF OPA rules. regulations and
fol-de-rol.
The Mayor just didn't like the
idea Of seeingrhis townfolks starry
ing when tfxre was no. scarcity
and he decided to do something
about it. He wired Senator Wal
ter F. George and explained that
the people of Toombs County had
plenty of meat on the hoof, were
selling it at auction and it was
being shipped away while local
market shelves remained bare.
II seemed that Walter, being a
mere u. S. Senator, had no stand
ing or influence or whatever it
takes with the OPA. There just
wasn't anything he could do
about it but "be sorry.
Local OPA officials, their hands
tied with official regulations and
red tape, were very sympathetic
bat they were utterly powerless
to act until some guy somewhere
up the line got soft hearted
enough to press a button and
start the old bureaucratic mach
inc to operating.
Then the Mayor got mad. He
phoned the OPA district office in
Savannah and demanded that
something be done about the
ridiculous situation. Thinking, no
doubt, that Mr.. Darby was ''juSt
another Mayor. they gave him
the regulation (Form XYZ-OPA-
46589) bri sh off. This should not
be confused with Form LL-17863)
which is the run around.
He was advised to just be calm
and patient and let things take
their normal course and by and
by everything would be all right.
Things like this took time. You
couldn't upset the routine for
one little town or county.
But the Mayor wanted action
He politely informed OPA Off
Gals that his people" had plenty
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Who KNOWS!


/. When did our forces -
on Okinawa?
2. How do soldiers ''looh de-
the threats" OF the enemys
3. How far is Tokyo from C.
nawa?
4. How many tines did nnea.
welt, Churchill and stalin eenfzrs
5. The wPB has lifted se.szx.
lions ON "one-armed han}s&
What are they?
6. What is the Blue Star n.
gade?
2. Is the B-29 the largest ~.
Der built by the U. So
8. Will the United NsssR.
War Crimes Commission tsy Az
war criminals?
8. Who is the commando =
the First Ukrainian ArnayY
10. How many flags are flnnn
at San Francisco for the dela9ases
to the Security c0lferencxs
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'LEGAL.S
INVITATION FOR BIDS
SALE OF CONDEMNED PROPERTY
Beard OF Public Instruction.
Monroe County, Florida,
Office of the Suuerintendent,

INVITATION FOR BIDS
SALE OF CONDEMNED PROPERTY
Beard OF Public Instruction.
Monroe County. Florida,
office of the superintendent.
County of Monroe. County Court
House,
hey West, Florida.
SEALED BIDS.
subject To the conditions contained
herein. will be received at the above
address until $50 p. NJ, E.W.T.,
August rs. l945, and then publicly
opened. for the sale of Two CD old
school buses as described below;
said sale for this condemned pro-
perty authorized by the Board of
Public instruction of Monroe County.
Florida, at their regular meeting
held in the office of the County
Superintendent. County Court House,
August 9. 1916:
% Dodge Chassis with Bus body
used for school purposes, Engine No.
TI3-6494 - Model KH33V - Cyl. G.
Serial No. S23S5S6 Year of Make
1885. (This equipment can be seen
at the premises of John Curry, Rock
Harbor. Florida.D
% Ford Chassis with Bus body
used for school purposes, Engine No.
BBfS- 2007S05 - Model 81 --C CYL. s.
Year of Make 1884,. Cribs equipment
can be seen at the{Old Brick Garage,
SImonton ana Greene streets, Key
West. Florida.)
Interested parties are requested
to inspect either or both of these
two pieces of equipment before
submitting bids thereon; this being
condemned equipment and cannot be
used again for it's original purpose; ;
namely, school buses, and is being
offered for sale as junked property.
Bids. shall be placed in an envel-
ope marked for idpntificat ION and
sealed, then placed in another enveI-
ope and addressed to the Board OF
Public instruction, Monroe County,
Key West, Fla. The Board reserves
the right to reject or accept any or
all bids, and to waive any formali-
ties.
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUC-
TION OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA.
By: J. Carlyle Roberts
Chairman
aug. 1f-1S25, 1915.
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KEEP The sEcsgT

Every American, and ws aae&a ~ SNa9
every geasane Americas, for tAees ase aaasg
efaekpoes of @qaRg types who axe citizens
OF this e0snSfy, will agElseA aesstaay fSs@p~
~ Pfiae MAaasGef ClaafSliaas suggestion
R a speech lip the HSqse Of Geaa@0Es Tlasas-
day that t&e secret Of the ae0aaae 5@saaE5 be
kspt bg the A@efaeaa sad Bfftasa govern
MeBts, whose scientists discovered q way
To release the tremendous power saaat Fs-
agass ff9Ya smashing asG@s.
Whaie agtlaaag has Ssssa sad Gefas4Geig
&bGqt the SIZE Of each 5e#a5 dropped on
Japan, sl4effacisiRy il has beaa stated that
ii weighed 100 pounds. Assuming that 1t
did, the Aas&4beF Of aS0ass IN saea Sesm45 WAS
50 gfs&t ii waRa& fs@s&as ssfaae Of sSessesS
that w6aal& Fssea far Ssst into space to &e~
tefaaSas the total
One may SF3ta5a an idea Of how great
is the total 5p kaom&ag, FIRST taat ala atom
measures @ss-9DfllaSaaa of al asea, as Lord
ksfEA4 said. and, sss he said further there
are thousands of nalafcas of sGsssss aa a
sspeek Sf earth. Ne !ksSw how small q sseek
pf eassh is, but il is Impossible for Us TO ais
seaiize something that is thousands Of aalll
ions Of times smaller laaa rssst sssesek.
In The GisaItet States sasG sa,isatSss govern
aseftS' keeping Gsas s,sGaasa Of The sabsssdc
.5,oub to themselves. sasih actiaa could art
ssieiigrss 5e viewed as . ahsead 20 ssF other
government B..F nssrhes, as an sssssrsssee IF
maintaining the peace Of the ssasi.&l.
Gfssss&stag the saeaet 10 the ahapst. as9
ether country. ss It'd Japan and Gsesna2snF,,
wpsgld begin u conquest designed 80 enasiAaa1e
the world Who mOu4ld entertain even a
passing Thought that the yaps would have
Aaeik-stss5bed rs at Pearl Mss'baf had Nc, III
3tts9 5lsas, been aa possession Of The secret
TO produce atQflle bomAbS the devastating
powers Of which had been 4iealQs<stsateea
in tesdS2
NJ, Chaseaill said further that, rs a
result Of the use Of two atomic b9@abS, the
United States saved the lives of ! 900 1910
OF IFS fighting men and Great Britain, 25@.-
saee. sssesfessss 1sssss
That view is correct, for none other
than the emperor Of Japan himself declared
that Japan had decided 70 withdraw from
the war because Of the overwhelming power
Of the atomic bomb.
The den10cFaeies 1earn--wsfch fhs4rer
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INVITATION FOR BIDS
Board of Public Instruction
Monroe County. Florida.
Office of the Superintendent
County Court House,
key Nest Elarida

Souht! court HOUSE,
Key West, Florida.
SEALED BIDS.
subject to the conditions contained
herein will be received at the above
address until $50 PM, E.W.T.,
August rs, 1945, and then publicly
opened, for furnishing all labor and
materials and performing all work
Tor installing Masti-pave or it's equal
in three rooms and hall of the school
building located at United and Trop-
ical Streets Key West. Florida,
u.t SPECIFICATIONS
MATERIAL: Masti-pave as re-
ferred to or it's equal is manufac-
tured by Paraffin Products Com
INSTALLATION: Material shall. be
installed by AN approved contractor.
ana the installation of the work
shall he taken as evidence that the
base to be covered to produce a
satisfactory smooth, well bonded
tIoor. The surface of the floor shall
De treated to prevent moisture con-
uenSatlon, cover the surface with
asphalt emulsion or some other
Waterprooflng 50 as to fully stop all
moisture and to guarantee a bond
between concrete and material used
and must meet with Manufacturers
specifications for concrete floors.
after the completion of installation
OF the work and before final in
spectton, the floors shall be thor
oughly cleaned by the contractor.
Interested parties are requested
to inspect the building for correct
measurements before submitting
pas. BIDS are to he marked for
identification, sealed in one envelope.
ana then placed in another envelope
and addressed as stated above.
HOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUC-
TON OF MONROE COUNTY.
FLORIDA.
= By: ]. Carlyle Roberts
Chairman
aug. 11-1S-25, I945.
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WHAT LIES AasE ADJ
Gst. Aygaath,e Record

What is ahead for industry no me
ruth viii the S9Rtafs hlgp s'fapls2s1s''e7se
lssSls. shs higher liyiAg standards, 5hs Wal
zine prosperity, Las into the postwar pc
glydT Why are 50 many Southern people
4igss region il 50 rleb IN resources -
soor7 Whist ean be done 10 assure that the
wartime gains are kept and skpaadedg
a great many people are 1T work
fiztt now in an effort TO answer these qass-
sIobs n q way that WIN hslD the g0hth to
Keep what Il has gained, and continue to ad'
vance,
Fortystwo per cent Of Southern people
llye on farms compared 70 20 per cent OF
the people Of the nation The average net
income ~ the farm worker ID far below that
II the worker IN industry We need aEftcal-
tufisis. We need our farms. But some way
must be found 10 aehisys a bstter balance
~ income If the farmer Is TO stay on the pro-
dseiBg end,
OF course. during the war the indus
trial picture in the South has changed
nightly. Huge hsw plants have been built
III oper the region, utilizing hlghly~skilled
operations. producing virtually every war
requirement,
Alabama. for instance boasts the larg-
sst combination powder and explosive plant
in the nation: Texas, the largest repair and
supply depot; and Georgia, the largest
bomber modification plant. Chemical war.
fare. aircraft production. and shipbuiding
are booming IN Dixts. Over three and 0he=
half billion have been spent during the war
On new industrial facilities Over IA third Of
the nations new construction activity IN
1913 IN big year for war construction was
IN the South m9 4H H fH
These strides forward have set the
stage for period Of postwar industrial OK
pansion. when feeonVefsion ia feasible and
possible, The South has the land, the raw
materials, the fuel and power, the transpor-
tatlon. the newly skilled labor reserves. the
managerial experience. more capital than
ever before, and the potential markets.
The Southern Conference for Human
Welfare In considering tho whole problem
of the South from the workers. standpoint
says that agriculture and industry must go
hand IN hand In order to achieve prosper
10y aud improve living conditions generally.
Industries listed aa particularly suited
To the South are the processing OF farm
products-industrlal alcohol, sweet pota-
making. canning and preserving meats,
10 starch and fertilizer cheese and butter
fruits and vegetabes processing OF timber,
paper and paperhoard. newsnpint, boxes.
plywood. furniture. plasties: industries
based upon mineral products; machinery.
wire. fencing, plumbing AMI heating equip.
ment. roofing, pottery and clay products. as
well as construction and public works.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-18

In MiddleseN County. n j., the sheriff.
the county clerk and the surrogate refused
Ga accept the $500 pay raise wished on each
Of them by the l9lI Legislature, These
three officials. who receive $4,000 an.
nual salary, did not ask for the $500 raise
provided by mandatory state law passed
last year, It is said that they don't want the
raise-don't like il and won't accept It,
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DECLINED OFFER

C1NCINNATI.-In 1928 Egypt
declined the offer of John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., of $4,000, 900 to
help establish a museum for her
antiquities.
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HIGHER QUALITY

BROOKLYN.--If the ears of a
two or three day old Karakul
lamb are long, chances are the
fur will be of higher quality and
the curlS tighter than if the ears
are short.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-18

KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF AUGUST 10, 1895

Mrs. Cyril Griffin 80, died at |
o'clock this morning in her home
at 1913 Knowles lane. Funeral
services will be announced upon
the arrival in Key West of her
father and a brother.
S, p. Robineau, representative
in the Florida legislature, and
w. p. Mooty. clerk of the GRIMM
al court in Dade county, went
fishing yesterday with Represen-
taGve Bernie {. Papy, and re-
turned To port with a big catch.
Shriners from Mahi Temple in
Miami were entertained here at
a banquet last night by local Mas
ons
National Guard units that had
been in Key West on their annual
encampmcnt left for home Sat
ufday evening.
Tomorrow evening Key West
Hospital Band will give a short
concert in front of the Palace
Theatre rs a prelude To the bene-
fit performance to be held there.
An advisory. issued this morn
ing by the Key West Weather
Bureau, said that a tropical dis
turbance of slight to moderate
intensity was central 400 miles
northeast of Turks Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis johnson, who
had been spending two weeks
with their son and daughter.in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs, Amos Johnson,
III Miami, returned yesterday,
Harry Pritchard, engineer of
the Monroe county ferry system,
who went TO Jacksonville with
the ferry Florida Keys for re-
pairs at the Gibbs shipyard in
that city. returned yesterday.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph;
Jupiter PluviuS is no respec-
tor of persons who are in the
open unprotected. He Soaks the
poor and the rich alike"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-18

The democracies 1earn--watch the rep
arations that Germany will pay this time
pefhaDst
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Was tEIshztn I'm grasssssa IN 2,ssslfsss'>
asfrn with Taniss death ana 1htss sshe
pnEna nIatis n :1hlrgugsh is1uasstlssa,.
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clearing IEp. Eis @nisfa 40 what
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4safsnnrf+y in i. when he SPOKE Ia
tine ailEIitEIia1l1 nn ms rsssG1o Some
sIme H.EEr.
aEETEILE YIN were HWY 1asG-
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glsisatT. 81 had 4 wanaE-n box
nnug1s.ra I'D 4rarn tine Ers-ng and
marking rag1n IN aina basement
ami I put tine rEyse N H.
The 1aasrsEsrEE11 aa1iEEs3 DOWN al
the aGx 81 Their 4E.E.-- liz 29lles2
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Subscribe TO The Citizen-25c
weekly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-18

Shriners from Mahi Temple in
Miami were entertained here at
a banquet last night by local Mas
ons.
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That view is correct, for none other
than the emperor Of Japan himself declared
that Japan had decided 10 withdraw from
the war because Of the Overwhelming power
Of the atomic bomb,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-18

National Guard units that had
been in Key West on their annual
encampment left for home Sat
urday evening.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-18

Tomorrow evening Key West
Hospital Band will give a short
concert in front of the Palace
Theatre rs a prelude To the bene-
FIT performance to be held there.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Johnson, who
had been spending two weeks
with their son and daughter.in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Johnson,
III Miami, returned yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-17

Continued from Page i) last-ditch stand to retain control of the road running from Damortis on the southeast coast of the Gulf of Lingayen to the summer capital of Baguio, r miles to the north east.
 Brisk fighting was raging less than 1,400 yards east of Damortis, he said, but the Americans were willing at least six Japanese to every Tank lost in the northern sector.
 CA Japanese Domei dispatch said American conveys. consisting of 50 transports with escorts of cruisers and destroyers. had been attacked heavily by Japanese planes south of Negros Island in the central Phil- ippines)
 Most enemy troops encountered on the frontal advance on Manila have been of poor duality, largely from labor battalions, and 6 consid- erable number surrendered None offered any organized resistance.
 Casualties on both sides have been very light, the American numbering only & few hundred despite the stiff Japanese resistance at the northeast corner of the beachhead. The Japanese appeared to be hoard- ing their main forces in northern
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-17
Nozi Thrust Extends War

Continued from Page D
 Mouse, began to run out of food and fuel for their tanks.
 Then the American First Army beat Rundstedt to the punch by at- tacking before the Nazi commander had chance to re-group for new lunge toward Namur and Liege.
 With the initiative lost and Allied Forces attacking from three sides, the paramount task for the Ger mans became the withdrawal of as much as possible of their combat forces to avoid encirclement.
 But of the more tahn 700 tanks committed for the offensive, between 500 and 600 were estimated con- servatively to have been wrecked so far by American ground forces and planes. Among the enemy tanks knocked out were many prIzed 70-ton King Tigers.
 Von Rundstedts principal gains unauestionably were time and the at least temporary initiative. At the very least he prolonged the war a month and I have talked with some ranking officers who believe six months would be closer estimate
 It also is no secret that Won Rundstedt barely beat an Allied of- fensive 10 the punch and American men and materiel have been eX- pended which otherwise would have gone into carving a break in the west wall.
 But at the same time, by making and losing their supreme gamble in the west, the Germans sealed their own fate, come later though 1t may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-17

for national service from General George c. Marshall, army chief of staff, and Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the Navy.
 The House Military Affairs Com mittee continued hearings on Mays bill, calling for testimony from Chairman Fred Crawford of the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers. The NAM Is strongly opposed to compulsory manpower measures.
 MT. Roosevelt announced his de- cLsion to press for national service after a White House conference with King, Marshall and high ranking members of the House and Senate Military Affairs Committees,
 Despite industry, labor and con gressional opposition to national service, MT Roosevelt said 1t ap- peared that voluntary methods would not bring the desired results in manpoWer mobilization. What i$ needed, he said, is what he proposed In his state of the union message legal authority to place persons ir positions where they would do the war effort the greatest good
 Marshall and King were reported to have told the White House meet Ing that national service was the best way to assure sufficient man. power for the armed forces and civ ilian war activities. Marshall, 1t wa: said, reported that the Army now has 100000 men in hospitals anc that replacements are urgently l needed.