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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
County Approves
Advertising Fund
To Lure Tourists

County commissioners fas t,
night, included in the budget for.
the coming fiscal year, $500 as
a provisional fund for advertis-
ing Monroe county, with the OBJ
ject of attracting tourists to Key
West and other parts of Monroe.
The commissioners explained
that the fund will not be used
unless the city and the Over
seas Bridge commission should
each set aside similar sum to
advertise the county. q
The object is, during the tour
list season, to advertise Monroe
county in such resorts in Flor
ida as st. Petersburg and Miami,
in the hope of attracting tourists
to this part of the state.
Should the bridge commission
and the city agree to provide
$1,000 each for that purpose, a
committee of three, representing
the city, the county and the
commission, will handle the
fund.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Accuses
Chilla's Leader
In Food Scandal
(By Aaaoeiated Prensl

NANKING, July Chang
-Shek, generalissimo of the
Chinese Nationalist forces, is I'M
der fire today because of the way
UNRRA supplies has been
handled by the Chinese govern
ment.
First to make the charge that
supplies of foodstuffS of UNRRA
in China had been allowed to
spoil or had been used to influ-
ence communistic centers to give
their support to the Nationalist
government was j. Franklin Rae,
.UNRRA director in China. Chaing
Kai-Shek then asked for Rae's
recall. but Benjamin Kaiser, who
succeeded Rae. reported similar
.mishandling of foodstuff to
Chairman LaGuardia of UNRRA.
Today 300 UNRRA employees in
China wired LaGuardia that the
charges that had been made by
Rae and Kaiser were true. In
many instances, they asserted, the
Chinese government, where it
was unable to attain its end, per
mitted many tons of foodstuffs
to spoil rather than to distribute
ut generally among the people of
China.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
County Budget Set
At $235,OOO; Lease
OF Arfield Okayed
BOARD SETS ASIDE $751;
900 FOR RENT OF
MEACHAM; CITY To-
GIVE LIKE FUND

County commissioners, at their
meeting last night, adopted a ten
tative budget for the fiscal year
beginning October !, 1946. The
budget, which totals $235,500,
will be published, IN compliance
with state law, in itemized
form in The Citizen.
Included in the budget is
$4,000 for the leasing of the
Meacham airfield in conjunction
with the city, which is expected
to provide similar sum.
Mayor w. w. Demeritt, repre-
senting the city, and Glenn G.
Price, representing the Chamber
of Commerce, appeared before
the commission and urged that
$4,000 be included in the budget
for the airfield.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
State To Survey
Roosevelt Blvd.

County commissioners were
notified last night by the State
Road Department that it shortly
will send division engineer to
Key West to make a survey of
the south shore of the Roosevelt
boulevard to determine the inns
provements that will be neces-
sary to put it in first class con-
ton. 1888 Z
That information from the de-
partment is in accord with the
recent agreement with the coun-..
ty commission to repair the
boulevard, which was damaged
by the hurricane on October 10,
1914, which, passed 40 miles west
of Key West.
1t was further. agreed by the
commission to reimburse the de-
partment with surplus gasoline
funds that the county has or may
have available.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10

Mayor Demeritt explained that,
were the field not operated by
either the county or the city, the
CAA likely would frown on the
continuance of the permit to Ma
tional Airlines to use the field.
He said that he did not know
exactly what the CAA attitude
would be, were the field operated
privately but said he did know
that, were il operated by the
city or county, as was explained
by Mr., Berringer, representing
the airlines, at a meeting in, city
hall yesterday, Key Westers
could feel certain that the CAA
permit will be continued.
After Mayor Demer'itt and MFR.
Price concluded their addresses,
the commissioners decided to in
clude $4,000 for the airfield in
the county's budget.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
II Included
In Army Call

Fourteen white and three col
ored Key Westers have been
called to take pre-induction
physical examinations July Is,
Mrs. Marian Caps, clerk of Sell
ective Service Board No. 1, here
announced today.
Included in the white call is
Eugene T. Hernandez, former
Key West police officer. Others
on the white call are:
Jack w. knight, Joseph R. Lo-
peg, Daniel Pumar, Gerald A.
Perez, Arturo A. Henriquez, Dur
ward E. Russell, William Boyd,
Charles W.. Goethe, Jr., Floyd S.
Gardner, Frank E. Hosten, John
B. Putnam, Enrique Sunti and
Jack C. Lopez.
In the colored call are John WI
Smith, George M. Wilkinson and
Arthur L. Dorset.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Return Of BOca Chica
Area Sought By County

angular strip of 6212 acres that
the Navy wishes to retain. When
the county turned the field over
to the Navy, the government paid
$4,000 a year for the lease, but
for the past three years the pay
ment has been only ST a year,
which the commission agreed to
accept in view of the fact that
when the county gets back the
field it will be worth approx
mately 100000, as was said
when the new lease went into
effect.
According to a stipulation in
the lease, the government does
not have 10 return the field to
the county until six months after
the war has been declared by the
United States to be terminated.
That official action has Tot yet
been taken.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Z OF 8 BAVARIAN
YOUTHS JOBLESS

MUNICH. = (AP) = Roughly
81 per cent of $1,000 Bavarian
youths, boys and girls, leaving
school this term will go jobless,
according to the Bavarian labor
ministry.
The government employment
agency has been able to find
only 1000 vacancies for ap-
prenticeships.
Plans are being made hurriedly
by the Bavarian Youth relief or
ganization to put the majority
of the school-leaving youngsters
to work on farms and in bombed
cities clearing away rubble. Most
of the job-seeking girls will be-
come housemaids in farmers
households.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Price Violation
Hearings Slated
By OPA Panel

ieafsngs on OPA ceiling vio-
lss0ps are scheduled to be con-
assetea IN the federal building to-
moffoN afternoon.
NumeFuals complaints hav e
tsen flied against alleged viola
seas. aftacnes IN the OPA price
Eanei office asserted.
Many ~ the complaints were
Gsea aEainst Key West restau-
RESTS following an investigation
Fssaiicied by the price panel
Walrh resulted in the uncover
ias uf price ceiling violations
pEior e. june 80 when the OPA
etiiciaiIF ended.
The hearings. scheduled to
ssafi 81 o'clock, will be con-
@sseied ~ Albert Cooper, chair
ns&n ~ the price panel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
County Board Denies
3 Tax Cut Requests

The county commission con-
Guided its sessions last night as
an equalization board to consider
complaints that came before it
about the assessment of realty in
Monroe county.
Three complaints were filed
with the commission, and reduc-
ton of the assessment asked in
each case was refused. The COM
mission then approved the tax
roll, which is in excess of S2l,-
OOO,0O in assessments, as pre-
sented by Tax Assessor Gandolfo.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Is Killed AS Plane
Hits MOuntainside;;
..0IISeryicemen Victims
SHIP CRASHES IN FOG
In MASSACHUSETTS;
BODIES FOUND 800
FEET FROM CRASH
(By Associated Pressl

HOLYOKE, Mass, July 10
Twenty-Five persons lost their
lives last night when BIT
bomber, converted into a trans
port plane, crashed into Mount
Tom in the outskirts of this city.
Six army and IA navy men and
five civilians lost their lives.
The pilot was circling to make
a landing when, unable to see
Mount Tom because of a fog, the
plane crashed into its side. An
explosion followed the crash.
Flames from the explosion
were seen by boys. atop the
mountain looking for snakes.
They reported the accident to
the, police, and searching parties
were formed to look for the
bodies, some of which were
found more than 800 feet from
where the plane crashed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
lwwMM
atomic Blast
Likely To Cause
Radio ssStOrn,s''
aBx AssocIated Pressl

tBy Associated PressD
BIKINI. July 10. - Vice
Admiral BlandY today pre-
dicted some things that may
happen when an atomic
bomb is exploded slightly
below the surface in Bikini
lagoon July "a.
He said that a volume of
water. one mile in diameter.
is likely TO ascend from
eight TO 10 miles: that jets
of steam will go as high as
four miles. and that frag-
ments of ships that are torn
TO pieces may be hurled into
the air as high as a mile.
BlandlY also stated that
radio thunderstorms a. re
likely to be created west of
where the bomb explodes. as
far away as ESQ miles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Cinderella's Slipper
Will Give You A Fit

ROCKLAND, Mass. ZAP
A modern Cinderella's glass
slipper has been developed-not
to help romance but to aid in
fitting youngsters properly with
everyday leather shoes.
Devised by DIR. Joseph LEY
weld, chairman of the National
Foot Health Council, the transpar-
ent and flexible vinylite shoe
will show the correct fit around
the heel, under the arch, over
the instep, at the little toe, at
the large toe, and the space over
the toes and beyond their end,
The method is applicable to men
and women also.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
DOckn.en Deny
Boat Lost Oil

Reports current here last night
that the barge Ohio had sprung
"a leak and lost a large quantity
of gasoline at the Porter docks at
the foot of Duval street were dis
counted this morning by dock
authorities.
The reports grew as a fire
fighting unit from the Navy
pumped quantities of foam into
the water and fishermen and
sightseers We're barred from the
piers.
& Dock officials said the barge
was being unloaded and that the
precautions We're usual in such
cases.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
School Board Official
Back From Hospital

J Carlyle Roberts was return
ed yesterday afternoon to his
home, 625 Francis street, by Le-
PEE Funeral home ambulance
to complete recuperation from a
recent surgical operation in Jack
son Memorial hospital at Miami.
Mr.. Roberts, who says he is
doing as well as can be expect
ed," was accompanied on the re-
turn by his wife. He is chair
man of the Monroe County Board
of Public Instruction and en-
ployed in the office of City Tax
Collector Archie Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Hospital Patient
Builds Business
In Coin JeaOeIry
AP Newsfeatures

AP NeWsfeatures
MADIGAN ARMY HOSPI-
tai. Wash.-While still a
patient in Madigan General
Hospital. Pfc Glenn Seals of
West Salem. ILL.,. has worked
out job for himself. In the
hospital he fashions and sells
jewelrY from unusual coins.
making from $50 to 500 a
week.
Seals caught shrapnel in
both feet and one hip during
Patton's drive on Metz. Dur
ing months in the hospital.
he began making coin jewell
ry as a hobby. Fellow pa
fients. the hospital staff and
their friends came 10 him
with orders. Soon he found
his hobby taking most OF MS
time. He is a careful crafts
man.
Seals gets little chains.
fasteners and oil coins for his
work from friends. He buys
old coins from collectors.
and banks send some.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Hospital Sale Farley III
Scheduled For Juiv %

Ernest A. Ramsey, head Of the
Key West General hospital, Sin.
formed county commissioners
last night that j. F. Brennan. of
the Federal Works Agency, would
not be able to be here until July
% to discuss the proposal of the
agency's selling the hospital and
the Monroe county clinic to the
county.
The commission asked MIR.
Ramsey to inform Mr.. Brennan
that the commission will meet
with him either on Aug. 6 or
Aug. Is. 1t was said Mr.. Bren-
nan probably will be here on the
earlier date.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
MUNITIONS MEN
ARE SUMMONED
N PROFIT PROBE

WASHINGTON, July 1O.-The
EiNsa senate committee, which is
luFeNtiRstinR excessive profits
e. ausne manufacturers in pro-
auring srar materials, announced
teaMy that the executives of
fhfFe prominent mid-western
pianiz. which turned out NUM-
tlsms during the war, have been
sammoned 90 testify before the
N@mmGttce.
u was charged that in these
cs~s MOI only profits were high
80 expenses charged the gov
efnment also were excessive.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10

JACKSONVILLE. July TO-
fENSl-iarge quantities of sur
pN government material are be-
- olfefcd for sale in Florida
uEh tbe regional office of the
WaG Assets Administration.
aates county and city govern
nsntei units and CTS have pre-
lsetnce rating and those interest
ed sH securing such supplies
sssas4ia contact the WAA regional
egIiee. 7. o. Box 4129. Jackson
eaitU Details concerning the
saffeoa items listed and informa-
isan as 30 where they may be
seeufcd will be given on applica-
flaa officials announce.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Death Claims
Lydia L. Adams

Mrs. Lydia Louise Adams, rs,
died early today at her home,
1920 James street.
She is survived by four sons,
Hamilton, Dewitt, Lyman and
O'Neal, a daughter, Mrs. Ethel
Bethel, and six grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at
$50 pm. tomorrow from the
chapel of the Lopez Funeral
home with the Rev. G. Leon
Wells, pastor of the First Metho7
dist church, officiating.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
No New Polio Cases
Reported I'm 2 DAYS

No polio cases have been re-
ported here in the past two days,
the county health office said this
morning.
Dr. Edwin Riley, state epidemi-
ologist, is still in the city confer
ring with DR.. James B. PARA
more, county health officer, and
Navy authorities on the polio
epidemic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Conductor Candidate
For State Senator

ARCADIA, July 10.-FNS)-
c. A. Boyd, Seaboard Railway
passenger conductor and resi-
dent of Arcadia, has announced
he would be a candidate for state
senator from the 9th senatorial
district, for the seat vacated by
Senator Wilbur c. King, who was
nominated for state railroad COM
missioner in the May primaries.
The 9th district embraces
DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands and
Glades counties. Boyd served as
a representative in the Legisla
ture several years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
TRUMAN MAY VETO
.OPA BILL AGAIN
tBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, July 1o.-7t
was said today that there is a
possibility that President Tru-
man may veto again the OPA
bill because of the weakening. of
its powers. by amendments that
have been made in the senate,
particularly the one that removes
control of prices of meat, poultry
and eggs.
Several other commodities may
be removed from OPA rule be-
fore the senate passes the meas
ure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10


Ralph Sierra was reelected
chairman of the Monroe county
chapter of the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis, INC,
here last night.
Other officers named include
John Gardner, vice'chairman;
Mrs. Wilhelmina C. Harvey, sec
rotary and Charles E. Smith, jr.,
treasurer.
Wallace B. Kirke, head of the
Key West Housing authority,
was named county chairman of
the 1947 March of Dimes drive,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10

Tfr cuunfy attorney was in
mgaeied last night by the county
allasi3n a. write 10 the CAA
naa request Il 20 use its influ-
eN O. have the Navy return
asi paFt of fhe airfield on Boca
INfe ihal belongs to Monroe
Fmfy 60 a civilian status, so
tses H may be used as COM
MrHl field
HfN cuanfy's share of the field
sanis 90 1000 acres. less a tri-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
VETERAN JOURNALIST DIES

MIAMI, July 10.-(FNS)-Wal-
ter H. Grubbs, n, widely known
journalist, lecturer and business
executive who established the
first daily newspaper in Ala
bama and widely publicized the
work of George Washington Car
yer, noted negro scientist at
Tuskegee institute, largely re-
sponsible for the development of
the peanut industry in the
South, died at his home in Cocoa
nut Grove recently.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
TIMBER TIEUp

TOKYO. -(AP)- Allied head
quarters plans to revamp ia
pans system of lumber produc-
ton and distribution, snarled in
government controls. An Allied
report mentioned gigantic" ma
tionwide log jam in the lumber
industry"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
BOY HURT IN FALL

Ronald Crosby, 3, son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. E. Crosby, 1874 Poin-
ciana place, was painfully in
jured when he fell while climb
ing on an iron pipe, yesterday
afternoon. The child suffered a
severe laceration on his back
when he slipped and fell against
a rusty nail. A physician gave the
injured boy anti-tetanus shots
this morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
COUNTY APPROVES
2 LIQUOR LICENSES

Applications for liquor licenses
wege approved last night by the
sssauty commission for Curo's
psekage store in Key West and
UeufEe Lee crim's saloon at Rock
haftor.
Hhr commission also approved
tte transfer Of licenses from
GaY Upton TO Ira Mitchell Sui
um an8 from Raul Vasquez to
~ ID Stanley. ias.'l - =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Never Underestimate
Power OF A Woman

uENNER.-(AP)-Mrs. l.. D.
@aaMiY left a purse containing
fasa in her home when she
s1epp0d into the backyard. She
HetuFned 90 find the purse rifled,
e strange man leaving through
cess front door.
Aise ran after the thief calling,
ahaFply. Come back herer"
The fugitive stopped, retraced
hm steps. handed Mrs. Woody
fise a. So and resumed his flight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Correspondent
Tom Payne Has
His Own Style
BY KYLE VANCE
AP Newsfeotures

CARLISLE, Ky.-Tom Payne's
newspaper career began at the
age of IS, but now, at 81, he is
flirting with fame.
Payne spent less than a year
in a one-room log schoolhouse,
and he is putting every ounce
of that education behind his
work as Pleasant Valley 'fcorL
respondent" for the weekly Car
Isle Mercury. RI
His style is something new in
news writing. His pencil and
paper are s1aughtefhouse for
grammar and spelling. But he is
one of the. most quoted writer's
in Kentucky.
His first letter, written in
longhand, was turned over by "a
befuddled editor to the, linotype
operator with the notation Ito
see what you can do about 1t. .
TIE piece was put into type as
written. and it Immediately hit
the fancy of Mercury readers.
Carries His Fame Lightly
The correspondents" ne w
place in the spotlight has made
little change in his everyday
life. Wearing his hornrim spec
tacles, he is still the community
handy man, and he lives with his
sister Gin a little house on the
side of the road WHARF the
school buse turn roun in the
yeard."
Payne is his own best source
of news, judging from the fire.
quency he uses his name, but
the Correspondent" believes lit
tie personal items are of interest
to his readers, He wrote: MRS.
Addie Hunt who lives on the
northeast side of Mrs. Mary F.
Campbell washed for herself
Monday"
His column reflects his posi-
ton as community handy man:
tom Payne has taken a contrak
cutten thorn trees and he sed
he got stuck 10 thousand times
with the thornes. He said he
didn't want a job like that any
more"
All of his columns begin with:
"Tom Payne is the correspond
err" and many of his tall tales
end with the assertion, ''This is
true,a or 81 don't know WHARF
it is true or not"
Asked for sketch of his life,
Payne covered it in five short
paragraphs;
"On the 18th day of March,
1879, Tom Payne was horned in
a two-room log caben on the
Clay farm near Myers, KY. Then
l was mostly raised there. e.
His Marital Adventures VS.
my first, marriage was Jan. 49,,
1910, at Lexington. We had no
children. Then we separated
seven times in Il months. Then
we divorced a few years. 1 mar
ried again in 1917 and still had
no children. Then in 1889 mar
ried a woman from Wayne coun-
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
City Board Meets
Tonight On Air Plan

In his capacity as acting
city manager. Mayor De-
merritt has called a special ses-
sion of the city commission for
$50 o'clock tonight to act on
the proposed joint leasing OF
the airfield.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
SAILOR FINED $50

H. Dunn, a sailor, was fined
$50 by Judge Enrique Esquin-
aldo, jH, in city court yesterday
on charge of having
operated an automobile while
under the influence of intoxi-
cants. Dunn was arrested by
Patrolman Eugene Sanchez.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
PARKERs PAY slls

Miss Angelina Maloney of the
F.sF las collectors office reported
tas maning that parking meter
rallsrfiuus here for the past week
te6alrd sil824.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Sierra Renamed Chairman
OF County Polio Chapter

to be conducted in January. He
succeeds John Spottswood.
Means of combating the. polio
epidemic here were discussed at
the session, which was attended
by DR.. James B. Parramore,
county health officer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Two Sailors Receive
Ss.stDischarges From NAVY

Two Key West seamen have
received their honorable dis
charges, the. Jacksonville. separa-
toin center announced today The
sailors were I Carl D. Russell,
.M3c, 11O6 Olivia street, and
Harry E. Evans, SIC, TIC Olivia
street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-10
Army Announces
New Pay Scale
For Enlistees

New monthly rates of pay for
enlisted men in the Army were
announced today by Staff Sgt.
Lacy Deloach, in charge of the
recruiting substation in the post
office building.
The pay rates are:
Base
Pay
Less
H. y C..z. . n,..,, (.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-22
India Interim Govt. Framir1Q
 Is 10 Resume
Nehru Moves Out of Rash mir Dispute for Time
 Being Only

NEW DELHI, June 22.-Jawah arlal Nehru, President-elect of the Congress Party, temporarily drop ped his dispute with Kashmir au- thorities today. The controversy had resulted in widespread strikes and disturbances and the death of two persons.
 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Con- gress Party President, received a telegram from the spirited chief tain-elect saying he was accepting Azads instructions to drop the dis pute and return to Delhi, "on the understanding that I come back to Kashmir.'
 Nehru was arrested Thursday in the Princely State of Kashmir when he attempted to intervene in agitation by the Kashmir Ma tional Conference against Mahara- jah Sir Hari Singh, wealthy Hindu ruler of the overwhelmingly Mos lem State.
 Shortly afterward press dispatch es said Nehru had left for the Punjab on his way to Delhi, and Azad announced that the Congress Party's Working Committee, stalled by Nehru's absence, would conclude its deliberations on Britain's plans for an interim government tomor- row.