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government does with money.
am a taxpayer-my income tax is
extremely high, probably above
average, and l invest a large per-
cent of my pay in War Bonds,
and believe me ! want to know
where my money goes. If it is GO
ing to help benefit Key West in
the long run, l have no complaint.
| am in position where / have
actually seen too many examples
of wasteful spending by the gov
eminent and / know that that
money comes from little people"
like myself.
l am interested in the postwar
future of Key West. want to see
security centered here just as
want security for my future and
the future of my children. | want
to see private industry come into
its own and | want to see outside
capital come in to develop it. We
cannot do it alone. Still / am, in
favor of keeping and encouraging
government expansion in Key
West, and l am in favor of post
war Naval Base.
| can't see that the sacrifice to
any one individual or group of in
dividuals who want to rake Off
what they can now in this pros
porous period is worth the sacri-
flee of our future.
Just one more thing. l, too,
am a Key Wester. l was born
here, raised here, and educated
here. Whether or not I'll die here,
l will leave to the future. Any
way, as long as l live here, I'll
always have love for Key West
and her best interests at heart.
Thank you.
INTERESTED CITIZEN.
Key West, Fla,
July 10, 1945.
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GOVERNMENT EXPANSION

Editor, The Citizen:
May take this opportunity to
thank you for your editorial,
Government Money, written in
reply to my recent letter signed
Interested Citizen, and may ]
ask your indulgence once more?
My object is not controversy"
either-but I do think that the
point that / was trying to make
has been entirely overlooked!
am definitely believer in private
industry, and have never approx
ed of State Socialism. I am much
too American for that.
However, l believe that the po-
.sition of Key West is a unique one
with relationship to government
and private industry, Hence, my
letter, Government payroll has
always been the backbone of Key
West" That was the point which
was trying to make. Is there
any private industry in Key
West? Meaning by private indus
try, that which brings profit and
not that which depends upon the
general public for support lie.
grocery stores, clothing bust
nesses, public utilities, etc.. l re-
member Key West in the days of
the cigar trade, the turtle factory,
pineapple canning, sponging and
similar industries. Where are
they now? All of them have left
Key West for other localities. Yet
Key West survived their passing
somehow. BUT, what happened
when the government payrollS
were taken from Key West? Peo-
pie left here by the hundreds,
buildings fell into disuse and de-
cay, weeds sprung up in empty
lots, and the city in many sec
tionS became an eyesore. Local
residents talked about it and ar
gued about it but no one did any
thing about it. Where were the
private industries then? Can tour
iSt trade be placed in that cate
CORY? True those were depres-
sion days and similar conditions
existed all over the United States.
But was not the support of the
government (even as the WPA) a
Godsend in its own peculiar way?
Again the point that l am try
ing to make is that, even now,
there is not an industry in Key
West or a business that is not
flourishing on its own feet. 1t is
because the government came
back in that we are having this
prosperous period. Perhaps con-
struction by private individuals
would have helped boom Key
West, but even that would have
depended upon government pay
roll for support. Lumber and
building supplies are considered
critical materials, therefore some
control was necessary in the early
days even if, not as necessary at
this time. ~
Believe me, Mr.. Editor, I am
more than interested in what the
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JAYCEES DISCUSS
REINFORCEMENT
ISSUE IN STATE
mATrEn BROUGHT BEFORE
NETTING o. oRcANIzA-
T1on LAST EVENING BY
cLAnERcE swEETINc

Ksy west Junior Chamber OF
Cammurre held los first meeting
iaaa NIGHT under It's new presi-
axmi. d. Delio cobo. and one OF
ihe thinas discussed Is the dead
hNh in the Florida legislature.
Ciafence Sweeting pointed out
thai. as ssallh Florida pays "a per-
cent uf the states taxes and has
ihree-flfths Of the population,
the Jaycnes should pass a reso-
iastien. recommending that Rep
rrwniatlve papy do all in his
INiNeF to see that south Florida
oa'sasns whai Is rightly and Justly
tfs prupurtion az seats in the
srliate and house.
MF. Sweeting further said that,
eiaosaid the north Florida sena-
sess continue 10 oppose a just re-
4Ilp<ationHneni law, to recom-
mems that a movement be start
ed 90 divide the state.
isaaore weintraub and Jack
Delaney joined in the discussion,
aita we're firm In their conviction
that south FLORIDA refuse TO recede
from Iis stand for right and JUS
tlcu.
a resolution. as suggested by
NJ. sweeting. Mr.. Weintraub
and ar. Delaney, was drawn up
ana VIII be mailed to Represen-
taiive Papy.
The Jayeees, under DIR. Cobo's
presidency. will continue their
efforts favoring the construction
al beach along the south shore
and other projects in the post
wa Nurld
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Queer, born San Francisco, 81
years ago.
DR.. Alan Gregg, director Of
medical sciences of the Rockefel-
Ter Foundation, born Colorado
Springs, Colo, SIS years ago.
Isobel E. M. Lewis of the u.
IS. Naval Observatory, Washing
ton, popular writer on astronomy,
born Old Orchard Me-. 81 years
lago.
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John Curry Enters
School OF Training

John E. Curry, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert F. Curry of TOO Pearl
street, recently entered the
United States Maritime Training
School at st. Petersburg, Fla.
Young Curry reports that he is
much pleased with the training
station and its many activities.
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Rear Admiral Carl H. Cotter
OF the Pacific Division of Bureau
OF Yards and Docks, born Bay
City, Mich. So years ago.
Clarence Biddington Kelland,
popular novelist, born Portland,
Mich, "a years ago.
Walter Wanger, movie pro-
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PEOPLES FORUM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

The Citizen welcomes express
sions OF the views Of its read
ers. but the editor reserves the
right to delete any items which
ranted. The writer's shou1d be
fair and cOnfine the letters 10
800 words. and write ON one side
OF the paper only. Signature of
the writer's must accompany the
letters and will be published un-
less requested otherwise.
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WILL THE PERSON who walked
out of my office with a ring of
keys please return them. I'm
doubtedly they were picked up
Internationally and holder does
not know the owner. Raymond
r. Lord, County Judges Office.
jly7-5t
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GRooMs. HAVE SON

Announcement has. been made
of the birth of "a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bascom L. Grooms, Jr., on
July z at the United States Naval
Hospital.
The new arrival has been given
the name of BaScom L. Grooms,
III,
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TWO and 3-bedroom bungalows,
furnished and unfinished;
small down payment, balance
payable monthly. Johnson &
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ONE PAwNBRoKER

BOSTON.-There was only one
pawnbroker in all of Scotland in
the early part of the 10Th CEN
fury.
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APARTMENT furnished house.
Income 500 monthly. Apply
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Walter Pach OF New York,
noted artist-author, born there,
81 years ago.
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COMPLETE line of health foods;
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WEATHER REPORT

key West, Fla, July IL, l945
Observation taken at $50 a. m.
Eastern War Time. (City Office
Temperatures
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VITA VAR HOUSE PAINT;
guaranteed 1000 pure. $3.25
gallon. There is none finer at
any price. Pierce Bros.
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HOUSE TRAILER, $500 cash.
Phone Joseph Patterson, 100
Ext. I'll, Naval Air Station.
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INDIAN MOTOR CYCLE; 1910
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USED FURNITURE bought and
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Precipitation
Rainfall. "A hours ending
$50 a. m., inches .. 600
Total rainfall since July /;
inches -..-.------------. 2.24
Excess since July /;
inchoS - l.l6
Total rainfall since Jan. 1;
inches -..---- 8.O6
Deficiency since January /:
inches - 6.78
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Relative Humidity
49,

TEAEPERATuRE BULLETIN
Temperature data for the "a
hours ending $50 a. m, as report
Cd b. the u. s. Weather Bureau.
Highest Lowest
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Key West, Fla.
July 10, 1945.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
Request for Rezoning
For Department Store
Parking Lot Studied

The Montgomery County Board
of commissioners, sitting as a dis
trict council, yesterday heard a
request for additional commercial
coming needed for a parking lot to
adjoin a department store planned by
Woodward g. Lothrop in Bethesda.
]. Harry WEIGH, acting as counsel
for the store, requested reclassifi-
cation from residential to CONNER
cial of a 5A -acre tract fronting on
Western avenue and extending
through Willard avenue.
Residents Favor New Store.
A number of residents of Be-
thesda and Chevy Chase spoke at
the hearing in favor of the pro-
posal. Opposition to the rezoning
was made by Samuel E. Stonebraker
Of the Montgomery County Board
of Zoning Appeals, who. speaking
as an individual, called the request
ed coming form Of spot coming"
Mark Shoemaker, Willard avenue
owner, also opposed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21

request. He expressed fear that
the tract might be used for other
purposes.
In another request before the coun-
Gil, the w. G. 81 A. N. Miller De-
velopment Co. asked that property
known as the Clarity Tract, near
Macarthur boulevard and opposite
the Army Map Service buildings, be
rezoned in one section for apart
ment houses and In another for
commercial use.
In asking for permission for this
housing development and shopping
center. they presented letter from
Col. L. G.. Chambers, head Of the
Army Map Service, with the names
of 1000 employees of the Service who
favor the proposed subdivision. Nc
objections we're heard.
Zonlng Petitions Heard.
r. L. Falge asked for the rezoning
of lots 16 and II and part of Is from
residential to commercial. He was
opposed by DR.. B. j. Alison, repre-
senting the Edgewood Citizens AS
ISOLATION, and Norma Martin.
Property known as the Acreage ir
Friendship Heights was asked to be
rezoned from residential to COM
mercial by B. r. g. r. G. Acker.
Another rezoning of residential
to commercial was asked by Albert
w. and Florence w. Walker for a.
acres located on the northeast side
of Massachusetts, avenue at Colds
borough road.
All requests were taken under
consideration by the council for
later action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-21
.O'DonieI Eviction Suit
DeIuyed Until Jan. a

Municipal Court Judge Brice
Clagett today postponed until Janu-
airy 4 jury trial in the second of
Senator ODaniers suits to evict
three tenants from his apartment
building at us Second street NE,
which the Texas Senator says he
intends to make his family home.
Successful in his initial proceed
ing against 80-year -old w. W.
Brauer, the Senator today was to
have attempted to evict Austin Pat
rick Fitzpatrick. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
has challenged the Senator's in
tention to use the 14-unit building
as a private home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-14
|SchweIIenbach Urges
Unity 10 End Strikes

BY the Associated Press.
Labor and management jointly
share the responsibility of averting
strife, says the new Secretary of
Labor, Lewis Schwellenbach.
In a radio address last night, his
first speech since entering Office,
Secretary Schwellenbach told labor
that for its part it should abide by
the no-strike pledge.
Management, on the other hand,
he said, should avoid those things
which provoke men and tempt them
to act first and reason later"
Likewise, he declared, the two
groups must shoulder equal re-
sponsibility in developing what he
termed postwar economy of plenty
with strong consuming power"
If that goal is to be reached, he
said, "short-sighted" management
should not "seize upon the chance"
to reduce wages and smash the
unions.
The Governments job. he added,
will be to provide machinery for the
peaceful settlement of labor dis
putes and to set at rest fear"
among workers that they will lose
their jobs once the war ends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-14
Man Held in Assault
On Baby Found Insane

Howard Arlington, "a, who had
been charged with assault in the
beating June 30 of 9-month-old
Harry Brytnott, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bud v. Brytnott, Carmody Hills,
Md, with whom he boarded, has
been adjudged insane and commit
ted to the Spring Grove State Hos
pital, Gainesville, Md, it was learned
today.
Linden Briscoe, clerk of the Prince
Georges County commissioners, said
DR.. James G. Sasscer and DR.. Paul
Van Malta had been appointed by
the board to examine Arlington.
After they had found him insane,
Mr.. Briscoe said, the commissioners
ordered him committed to the
mental institution.
Meanwhile, the assault case, which
was scheduled to be heard yesterday
in Upper Marlboro Police Court, has
been continued to Friday in order
to allow Arrington's attorney, an
opportunity to appear.
1t is believed the attorney will
ask either that the case be indefi-
nitely postponed or that the charge
be dismissed.
The child was reported improving
from the results Of the beating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-14
Falangisf Eliminated
From Spanish Cabinet
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADRID, July IA high gov
eminent official said last night that
Generalissimo Franco has dropped
the secretary-general of the Falange
Party from the Spanish cabinet, APP
parently in move to make the gov
eminent more acceptable to the
United Nations.
The designations Of at least four
other cabinet members, all presuma-
bly, members of the Falange, we're
reported to be on Frances desk
awaiting action.
Franco ousted the Falange secre-
tary, Jose Luis Arrese, by eliminate
ing the position of minister without
portfolio, the government official
said.
There was no public confirmation
of his report.
Arrese, Basque, who joined the
Falange in 1888, predicted cabinet
shakeup in a speech on June Is and
said 1t would make no difference In
Falange plans for "the conquest of
the state" through national syn
dicalism He retains his party po-
sition under Franco, supreme head
of the Falange.
It'll victory is in the "bag"-pay-
roll savings mustn't lag!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-14
U. S. Occupation Troops
Take Over Stuttgart
By the Associated Press.

6y the hssOclhbeQ ftekS.
STUTTGART, Germany, July A.
American occupation troops have
moved into Stuttgart and taken over
from French forces quickly and
smoothly, without any repetition of
the automatically delicate "affaire
Stuttgart" of 10 weeks ago, when the
French refused to get out.
The American force which took
over is the Tooth Century Infantry
Division, commanded by Maj. Gen.
Withers A. Burress of Richmond, Va,
the same force that stood toe to toe
with the French Sd Algerian Divi-
sion in Stuttgart in late April, when
both sides exercised extreme self
restraint to avoid an incident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-14

A group Of 40 Kansas City tour
lists were enjoying the sights Of
washington today as Office of De-
Tense Transportation officials asked
themselves was this trip neces-
sary?"
Whether or not the trip was nee
essary, ODT officials ruefully adj
mitted that there was no technical
violation of regulations involved.
An ODT spokesman said the group
was within the letter, IF not the
spirit" of the regulation forbidding
more than so persons to travel in a
party.
The party arrived here last night
on tour conducted by Berry Tours,
Inc, of Kansas City. Included in the
group, composed almost entirely of
women, were school teachers, COL
lege students and stenographers.
The group checked in at the May
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1000 More SIeepers
May Go 10 Troops
In Next 3 Months
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The prospects of an ordinary civil
ian getting a berth on o Pullman
dwindled still further today.
With 1916 sleeping cars going out Of
civilian service tomorrow, the once
of Defense Transportation was re.
ported considering diversion Of ar
additional 1000 to troop movements
within the next three months.
The Withdrawals would affect civil
ian travel on 423 intercity lines ant
give the armed forces about 66 PEI
cent of all sleeping cars in the Ma
ton, the Pullman Co. reported ir
Chicago.
Railroads are taking the 1856 cars
out of civilian service tomorrow by
eliminating sleepers on routes OF
$50 miles or less.
The withdrawal of another 1000
would leave only about 1,500 in
civilian service and large part OF
the space on these cars would be
taken by the military services be-
fore space is available to civilians.
In another move to help out the
transportation situation the War
Production Board yesterday granted
AA-2 priority ratings for materials
and parts to be used in the con-
struction of 2,264 railway passenger
cars and troop cars.
OF the total 664 of the cars would
be regular passenger carriers, the
remaining 1000 troop cars. All OF
the troop cars are scheduled fol
completion by the end Of December.
Speed victory by buying bonds
through payroll savings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-14

ran out on the porch to welcome
him as his car drove up. Maj.
Floyd D. Miles family met him at
the Modesto, Calf, station as the
train pulled in.
A story of prayer and squadron
missions was told by the men work
ing under 1t. Col. James L. Rob-
ert, 81, of Knoxville, Tenn. Before
every mission, save one, Col. Rob-
erts would say prayer. The night
he did not say a prayer the squad
ron was slated to fly over Sicily on
what was expected to be milk
run" Instead six planes out of IL
were lost and of the other six only
one was able to fly next day.
Capt. Billy M. Smith of De Quin-
cy, La, told how carrier planes went
in to "evac" hospitals, tents 20 miles
from front lines, at Verdun. THE
nurses wore steel helmets, galluses
and big baggy coveralls and the
wounded soldiers had their combat
uniforms on. All were litter cases
to be flown back to England. One
boy, with his leg shot off, refused
to believe he was going away from
the fighting. 1t just didn't seem
possible, he kept saying.
A mission to Bastogne during the
battle of the bulge" was described
by Capt. George B. Quisenberry, Is,
of Atlanta, Ill. He has the most
points in the group, 1859. The job
was to fly in supplies to the 101st
Airborne Troops in daylight. Ger
man small arms oppositions hit all
the ships, the crew chief of his
plane being seriously wounded. They
were forced to land in France and
found SO small arms and fax holes
in the plane. The left main gas tank
had eight holes in it, both engines
and propellers were struck. But
the engines still ran like sewing
machines" Capt. Quisenberry said
with pride.
AS the reporters left Pope Field,
the last remarks made by the air.
men were still about home. Only
this time, they said, dreams of fish
ing on Sebago Lake, Maine; a bottle
of beer, football game and fried
chicken made by mother we're not
merely dreams. They were realities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-14
|ODT Says Kansas Citions' Tour
|OfD. c. Is Within Regulations

flower Hotel where 20 rooms had
been reserved for them. Edward Ash,
Kansas City school teacher, who
has the job of tourist escoft during
the summer, said all arrangements
for train and hotel reservations are
made by officials Of Berry Tours.
Mr.. Ash said the group used day
coaches throughout their train travel
on the eight-day trip. At no time
were Pullman accommodations used,
he added.
Berry Tours Is complying with
ODT regulations and since the war
has curtailed its tourist programs to
comply with the law, he added.
ODT officials agreed there was
no violation involved, but said 1t
was regrettable that tours were
being conducted at a time when the
transportation situation is at it's
most critical point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-14
Ex-Marine Gets 80 Years
In Raleigh Woman Death
By the Associated Press.


RALEIGH, N. c., July IA 49,
year-old ex-Marine, Harry @. Har-
rison, was convicted late yesterday
of second-degree murder in the
death last Easter Monday of Mrs.
May Davis Higham, Raleigh club
woman. His attorneys entered no.
tice of appeal.
A Wake County trial jury here
found Harrison guilty and Judge
Clawson L. Williams sentenced him
to 80 years in prison and ordered
Harrison held without bond pending
the State Supreme Court decision.
The State, which charged Har-
rison with f1rst-degree murder,
sought to show that the former
Marine struck Mrs. Higham, a dis
tant relative, on the head when she
surprised him in the act of robbing
her home. The State alleged Har-
rison then set fire to her home to
cover his crime. A charge of arson
still is pending against him. Mrs.
Higham's body was recovered from
the house and an autopsy revealed
she died of head fracture rather
than from burns.