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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Todav's Anniversaries
know America

1837-Lewis E. Waterman, New
York inventor, perfector, manu-
facturer of the fountain pen, born
at Decatur, N. Y Died May l,
1901.
1840-John Russell Young, Give
il War Journalist, New York col
umnist-editor, famed journalist
abroad, U. S. Minister to China,
winning Chinese confidence TO a
remarkable extent, born in ire
land. Died Jan. II, 1899.
1855-Josiah Royce, Harvard's
famed philosopher, born at Grass
Valley, Calf. Died Sept. IA,
1916.
1866-Kenesaw M. Lands, jur-
ist, high commissioner baseball
for "a years, born at Millville, O.
Died in Chicago, Nov. Is, 1914.
1367-Patrick J. Hayes, New
York's Roman Catholic prelate
and Cardinal, born in New York.
Died Sept 4, 1888.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Key West In
Days Gone BY
As TAKEN FROM FILES
or THE CITIZEN or
NOV. 20. 1885

A spokesman for the State
Road Department told The Citi-
gen today that the completion OF
the Overseas Highway bridges
will result in thousands OF visit
ors coming to Key West, who
otherwise, would not come here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

Radio and range stations IN
Key West are undergoing ex-
tensive improvements, Robert M.
Graham, who. is in charge OF
them, informed The Citizen to-
day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

All Key Westers who have re-
ceived cards from the Social Sc
curity Board are advised to turn
them in at the local post office
not later than 6 o'clock tomor-
low evening
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

One hundred and fifty-eight
drums of asphalt oil to be used
on Key West streets arrived
here today on the steamship
Ozark.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

DR.. and Mrs. J. y FWm AZ
ard their dau9htes. 3@s la
,vho had been eiellin9 a. &
York several weeks fsis
"Wednesday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

Today The CaliEsn says n 81
editorial paragfaph
TOO gnnch NneFNN ~
fighting ir4H4nafy tsNa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Your Horoscope

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20,
1946-The superior faculties still
prevail and the mind is free and
dependable. The intellect is ra-
Their subtle in quality and per-
haps inclined to be ascetic. The
whole spirit is luminous, faithful
and strong, possibly turning to-
ward the study of philosophy, re-
ligion, or kindred subjects, and
probably writing and teaching
them. ?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN
AND FOR MONROE col NTY. IN
CHANCERN,
Case No. 1O-06O
MARGARET VIRGINIA SMITH,
Plaintiff,
VS.. DIVORCE
ROBERT KENNETH SMITH,
Defendant.
NOTICE TO APPEAR
TO; ROBERT KENNETH SMITH,
co SeleCtiVe Service System,
Local Board No. 5,
Oklahoma County,
Sth Floor.
Cotton Exchange Bldg.
oklahoma City, 2, Oklahoma.
You are hereby required to APP
pear to the sworn bill of complaint
filed against you in the above
stated cause, on or before the l4th
day of December, AID. 1916; other
wise the allegations of said bill will
be taken as confessed by you.
Done and Ordered at Key West,
Florida, this 18th day of November,
AID. 1916.
(SeaD (sd) ROSS c SAWYER, %
Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Monroe County, Florida.
(sd) Raymond +. Lord,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
... nov 13-20-27; dec t, 1916
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

Publicity is a pitfall into
which many well-meaning,
deserving leaders tumble.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

Strange as it may seem,
there are some institutions
of learning that do not have
Football teams.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

The dinner tonight Grew G@
smith declares IL his ealsnn -
The Citizen TO-DAY
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

Insurance is what the
moralists would term an ac-
ceptable gamble.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

Some people talk for an
hour after they have said
all there is to say.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

AS result of World War II,
the U. S, has more shipbuilding
capacity than all the rest of the
world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

Another boom for Florida Is IN
the making, according TO a spe-
cial dispatch from Jacksonville
published in The Citizen today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

Not even beauty and royalty
could win on the local golf course
yesterday in the monthly dinner
matches. Ole Bye, the Duke OF
Rock Island, and Handsome Hor-
ace O'Bryant, teamed up against
Cookie Mesa and Earl Julian, and
ROYALTY and beauty will pay for
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

1888 Probate Act, Secs. ll9, l2Ul
IN PHE COURT OF THE COUNTY
JUDGE. NROE COUNTY
FLORIDA. IN PROBATE.
In re: Estate of
FRANCIS W. SCANLAND,
Deceased.
TO ALL CREDITORS ANR PER-
SONS HAVING CLAIMS OR De
~ MANDS AGAINST SAID ESTATE:
You and each of you are hereby
notified and required to present any
claims and demands which you, or
either of you, may have against the
estate of Francis W. Scanland, de-
ceased, late of said County to the
County Judge of Monroe County.
Florida, at his office in the court
house of said County at Key West,
Florida, within eight calendar
months from the time of the tlrst
publication Of this notice. Each
claim or demand shall be in writ
ing. and shall state the place or
residence and post office address
of the claimant. and shall be sworn
to by the claimant, his agent, or
attorney, and any such claim or de-
mand not so filed shall be void.
MILDRED Il. SCANLAND,
AS eXecutriX of the Last VIII
and Testament of Francis w.
Scanland, decea Sed.
nov 6-13-20-27, 1916
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LEGAL.S

LEGAL NOTICE -..... ...... tag -
Notice is hereby given that on
the 2lst day of December, AID
1916, the undersigned, as Commit
tee of the person and estate of
Jerome Blum, an incompetent per-
son, will make application to the
Honorable Raymond r. Lord, Coun-
ty Judge OF Monroe County, Flor
ida, for authority to sell the follow
ing described real estate, the prop
erty of said ward:
on the Island of Key West,
known on WIN. A. Whitehead's
map, delineated in February, AID.
1929, as part of Tract Seven CD;
commencing on the Northeast
side of Salt Pond Road Three
Hundred and Seventy Eight Feet
from the corner of Angela Street
and Salt Pond Road and running
Southeastern on the Northeast
side of Salt Pond Road Forty
nine (49) feet. and extending
back at right angles Northeast
erlY to the waters of the Gulf,
with riparian rights.
FRANCES f. BLUM,
Committee of Person and
Estate of jerome Blum, an
incompetent person.
nov 2027; dec all, 1916
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SPECIAL NOTICE

All reading notices, cards OF
thanks. resolutions of respect. obit-
uary notices, poems, etc., VIII be
charged for at the rate of 10 cents
a line
Notices for entertainment by
churches from which q revenue is
90 he derived are cents line.
The Citizen is an open forum and
invites discussion Of public issues
and subjects of local or general
interest, but it will not publish
anonymous communications.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
PERSONALS
BETWEEN US NEICHBORS

citizen of his community and of the world.
 In the years following the Civil War, the Negro began to feel his way in a hostile country, and cautiously assert his new inde- pendence, it was only natural that he should be regarded as curiosi- ty. Whenever he accomplished anything important, it caused sur prise and wonder among the white population, not on it's own merit, but because a Negro had done it. The time for this attitude is now. past. The Negro is no longer a phenomenon in America, but a free and natural-born citizen. He is a citizen first, and a Negro sec ond.
 So long as society discriminates against the Negro, his chief inter est will be the abolition of racial inequality. But when the Negro concerns himself exclusively with this particular matter, he does himself an injustice. He creates the impression that he is inter ested in nothing else, except the advancement of his own race. However, commendable and ob- jective that may be, in the twen- tieth century it is not enough. It illustrates a failure to appreciate how closely all peoples have come to depend upon each other. The Negro must broaden his interests to include not only racial but eco homie and political and cultural questions. He must make himself heard on all controversial issues, not as a spokesman for the Negro race, but as a citizen expressing his opinions and exercising his critical judgement. He must keep himself informed of what is hap pening in his city, state, and na- tion, not on matter concerning himself alone, but all people. He must observe how governments conduct affairs abroad, learn to recognize injustice in other parts of the world, and help to guide his own government in it's foreign af- fairs, for the cause of international peace is the cause of civilization, and cannot be the monopoly of any one race.
 When the Negro enters with en- thusiasm into all phases of civic life, when he contributes his in telligence to the solution of so- ciety's many problems, then his white neighbors cannot fail to see how cruelty they have misjudged him. The greatest obstacle to his will then be swept aside.
 Let there be no false optimism. The roots of prejudice lie deep and tangled. Complete success in this, as in all things, cannot be expect ed in our lifetime. But it is en- tirely within the realm of prob ability that our children shall live in a more thoroughly enlightened racial ego.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
A MOTHERS PRAYER ON MEMORIAL DAY

Dear Father in Heaven teach me to pray As I go about my tasks today, Renew in me my faith in you, As the simple things in life I do. Give me strength to carry on Keep my loved ones from all harm. Make me grateful, kind and true Loving my neighbor and loving you. Make me wise, and brave and strong Seeking the right and stunning the wrong Show me how in a humble way To teach my loved ones how to pray. To pray for a world where strife will cease A world like yours, a world at peace.
 Amelia N. BOwes
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
KEEPING
(Locally and Elsewhere)

OOcally and Elsewhere)
 Fasclsm triumphs again! Hope that the OAR would soon practice the principles for which it stands is now waning. As one commen- tator recently said: "All the OAR needs now is an endorsement by the XXX"
 ''Food for the starving," daily we hear this request to the American people, and yet the United States and Great Britain see fit to ignore the offer of Ethiopia to help supply the starving countries. WHY?
 ***#**
 Meantime, the machinery which could prevent the approaching fla mine in India is kept off the scene by Britain's planned bungling of India's attempt for freedom.
 *****#
 The proportion of Negroes in oc cupation forces in Germany is to be increased according to General Joseph T. McNarney, American military governor.
 ******
 The latest scene of justice in action is in Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Ma ry Lee Drakeford, young Negro mother, was arrested from a wheel chair, given the third degree for four and one half hours, and held incommunicado for seven days because her newborn baby disap- peared from the hospital a few hours after it's birth, while she lay sick in bed.
 On the Columbia, Tenn, scene, fate has made the job a little cas- fer for the defenders of the "31 rioters" Now there are only 30 victims to defend; one has ac- tually died from brutal jail treat ment.
 For Governor Dewey's record in New York. It is we'll worth re- membering that Governor Dewey has NOT been doing all he can for justice. When a policeman, SUD- posedly one who upholds the law, can murder two men, one in uni form, as policeman, J. Romeika of L. l., did recently, and not be brought to trial, and when the governor of a state refuses to take any action as Governor Dew ey has done, then it is worth re- when his voters go to pass judgment on him in the fu- ture.
 The United Nations may soon be stepping on Uncle Sam's toes. Though there is room for changes in the United States atom-wield- ing foreign policy, there is also much space for improvement in Uncle Sam's own backyard. An Bill of Rights, which 1as been proposed by the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations will necessitate elinina- on of much persecution of the mi lorties which now exists in these United States,
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
Two New Poems

We herewith print two poems written by prominent white friend of our race, Mrs. W. R. Bowes, enthusiastic and ambitious club woman, and socialite of Bris- tol, Conn. Mrs. Bowes, who writes under the pen name noted at the end of her work, recently received an expression of thanks from President Truman for the poem titled A MOTHERS PRAYER ON MEMORIAL DAY, 1946.
 We think that the poem titled >OLD GLORY is timely to print at this time because of the recent controversy regarding Constitu- tion Hall as to whether or not it really embodies the principles that are set forth in this poem.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
OLD GLORY

A Tribute to Abraham Lincoln: In Atlantic City by the sea The seagulls laugh in glee, For Constitution Hall is closed to
 one and all.
 From the capital once so gay Its Daughters have gone away. And in Convention Hall they are
 gathered one and all. To frame a resolution they be-
 lieve is the solution To the Article that has caused so
 much, dismay. I Now "with malice toward none, With charity for all," The Daughters of the American
 Revolution Will open Constitution Hall.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08

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 Phone 7-4233
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08

(Guest writer this week, Dr. James E. Gladstone, Optometrist, vice chairman of the local AVG, sub- stituting for our regular columnist,
 Arthur l.. JOhnsOn)
 The Negro problem is mis- named. It is more a white prob lem than a Negro problem, and one that both races must solve together. It is useless to be bitter over the origins of racial inequal- ity. The people who started the trouble have been dead for cen turies. We, who are alive today, can be blamed only for allowing it to continue.
 It is only a small number of selfish men who seek to keep the Negro from attaining his full growth, in order to take advant- age of his weakness. If the major ity of whites earnestly believed that the Negroes deserved social equality, the opposition of this sell fish minority could not long pre- vail. Therefore, the most rapid and practical way to solve the Negro problem is to educate the whites.
 It must seem inconceivable to the Negro, different from othe, men, only in color, that millions of white people persist in think ing him of inferior ability. No one can blame the Negro for being exasperated and impatient with his white brothers. But the white man does not refuse to accept the truth because of malice, but be- cause of prejudice. To para phrase Thomas Paine, "no man is prejudiced because he knows he is wrong; he is prejudice because he thinks he is right; and when he sees he is not right, the prejudice will be gone" If the white man can be made to realize what he is not yet ready to believe, that Negroes are quite capable of per forming constructive works, of in spring creative ideas, and of as- suming civic responsibilities, then he can no longer have any argu- ment for denyng them full partici- patton in society. A few die-hards may still protest, but the tide of opinion will wash them away.
 Since the time of the Emancipa- tion, the great Negro leaders in science, education, literature, the theatre, and the other arts and professions, have made innumer- able converts to the cause of ra- cial tolerance and equality, by serving as living contradictions to the falsehoods on which prejudice is founded. But great men and women are few in any race, and it is not enough to depend on these famous individuals to pro mote universal appreciation of the Negro. In spite of the regret table obstacles which confront him in almost every direction, each Negro has the opportunity and the duty to make himself a better
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
SOCIAL

And on a plaque for all to see Hangs Winged Victory" And in a bright blue sky Old Glory flies on high, For Abraham Lincoln's task is done The Civil War has just been won.
 Amelia N. Bowes
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
Threaten To Jail
GES i'm Demonstration

YOKOHAMA. Jan. 9 (AP) -
Provost Marshal Col. Charles A.
Mahoncy disclosed today he had
broken up a "h5thead" demon
stration of soldiers on the arrival
here of Secretary of War Patter-
son, telling them you are insult
ing a man who was a soldier be-
fore you were born. T"
Mahoney severely reprimanded
Eighth Army GIs who greeted
PattcrSon'S appearance yesterday
with cries of we want to 60
home.
told them TO stop or I would
take steps 90 break IL up lmme-
diately," Mahoney said. II asked.
" they were soldiers or Boy
Scouts"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09

A mimeographed paper. Dis
charge" circulated among SOL
diers, quoted Mahoney addition
ally:
of you want 10 60 home, I'll
take you home. I'll see that
you get TO my Yokohama prison.
You're insulting a man who's a
better CT than any Of YOU"
At Honolulu last night, $500
soldiers staged a noisy protest
meeting against the demobiliza-
tion program in front of post
headquarters of 1t. Gen. Robert
G. Richardson Jr.
The demonstrators voted to
send their views 10 President
Truman. A larger mass meeting
was scheduled 'or Saturday.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
Held for Lie Detector Test

Verburghs pal also native of Belgium, identified
Desere Smet 35 He also held for lie deector test
Smet known as "Five-b because of his stocky
build custodian of three apartment buildings near the
murder and nseparable companion of Verburgh
police said
Sgt Hanrahan said he Smet at D. m Yesterday
in alley the Degnan home and that Smet promised
help search for the missing parts of Suzannes BODY
Verburgh former gardener at Mount ST. Marys Con-
vent and Parochial School ST. Charles Ill., and his
wife Mary, 64 seized last night after the janitor
walked into the basement where detectives found bits of
flesh and blood in laundry tubs
Mrs. Verburgh was released early today after Chief
CONTINUED on Page Col.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09

Pal of .JanitOr
Held KILLING

CHICAGO, Jan. 9 (UP)-A lie detector
test will be given today to the 65-year-old
janitor of north side apartment building
where police said the body of Suzanne Deg
nan, 6, was dissected by "sadistic butcher"
who kidnapped her from her bed.
DR.. Thomas Carter, coroner's physician,
said medical examination indicated chat an
attempt had been made to criminally assault
the child before killing her.
The man held is Hector Verburgh, graying,
good-natured grandfather whose tenants backed up
his protests of innocence. They pictured him as the
friend of "all the kids in the block" where the
pretty blond child was stolen from her bed Monday
(The Associated Press reported that q second
janitOr-a younger man described as friend Of
the 65-year-od Belgian, aOaS arrested early this
morning The same dispatch quoted Chicago Police
Sgt. Jack Hanrahon as flatly accusing, the elder
jdnitor of the crime. "He's the man lOho did It,"
the AP story quoted Sgt. Honrdhdn.)
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
Plot ID Reconstruct
Reich Industry Barred

BERLIN, Jan. 9 (AP)-Dis-
closure of a secret memorandum
from a high official of Germany's
second largest chemical trust to
his fellow directors indicated to-
day that German industrialists
were maneuvering behind the
backs of occupation authorities to
rebuild the Reich's economic en-
pirc.
The memorandum, written by
Hans Verchemeyer, former chair
man of the board of SChering,
A. G., and dated Sept. s. 1916
was found in Verchemeyers per-
sonal files in Berlin by repre-
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09

seutatives Of the America n
military government.
Verchemeyer told the directors
that the occupation OF Germany
might last for years" and added:
We cannot weit to-begin recon-
struciOn until the occupation
period has passed
The memorandum said that.
after about three year, we should
try TO get in touch with Du Pont
and offer Du Pont approximately
one-third of our share Of capital
al a good exchange and make
available 10 them our patents.
experience and discoveries for 1.
moderate license payment and :
division OF the market"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
Ike Orders
Releases for
Surplus Oils

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9
(INS)-Gen. Eisenhower has
sent out instructions to all
theater commanders TO ship
TO the United States for dis
charge all men who are not
needed, regardless of their
length of service or number
Of points.
This was revealed today as an
army spokesman disclosed that
Pacific occupation troops will be
cut from $4,000 to $4,000 by
May instead Of July. At the same
time, il was also learned that;
AL Pacific men now quail
flied for discharge-1S0, 600
Will be home by the end Of this
month.
2-The army plans TO have
all men with two and one-half
years service home by April
and those with two years serv-
ice returned by the end of June.
The Eisenhower order was
prompted by complaints from
some troops overseas that they
were being held there without
anything TO do.
Meanwhile, Rep. May CD OF
Kentucky said ne would confer
shortly with members of his
House military affairs committee
10 determine whether an investi-
cation of the arnys new slow
down demobilization program is
warranted.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
Battle Italian Troops

ROME, Jan. 9 (AP) 49, Italian
press dispatches said today a full
scale battle was raging IS miles
from Palermo, Sicily. between
1000 Sicilian separatists and a
large force of Carabinieri rein
forced by regular Italian troops.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
China-Erance Pact Set

CHUNGKING, Jan. 9 tUP) -
The foreign affairs office an
nounced today that a new Chi
nese-French treaty in which
France gives up eXtraterritorial
rights was ready and awaiting
formal signature.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
Greek Strike Reported

LONDON. Jan. 9 (INS)-An
Athens dispatch said today that
the Greek labor federation had
announced a general strike at
Patras and Corfu
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
WelIes' Son Weds

LONDON, Jan. 9 QS)-Maj.
Benjamin Welles. son of Sumner
Welles, former l.. S. undersecre-
tary of state, and Cynthia Aitken
were married today.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
suspicious AROUSED
Windsor Visits Kinq

LONDON. Jan. 9 tUP) - The
Duke Of Windsor visited his
brother King George VI for an
hour at Buckingham Palace last
night.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
Murder Warrant
To Name BIafterf
Anociattd Prt.. wirephoto

charging Pfc Walter j. Battert confessed killer
Gladys Marsden with first degree murder will be issued
tomorrow Prosecutor Gerald X. OBren said today.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
Charter, Law, Policy Violated
Civil Service
Abuses Barred

EDITORS NOTE-This is the first Of series of
articles By The Detroit Times dealing NTH the complaints
Of city employees and job applicants the abuses IN opera
tiOn Of the city gOrernD,ent ciUH Service.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09

1t is operating contrary to some
Article of the primary principles on which
One good civil service systems are based.
These practices result in unfair
treatment of Detroit citizens who aspire to city jobs
They result also in unfairness to those who already
lold city jobs, and seek promotions.
Moreover the holders of the 10000 jobs under civil
service and the thousands of seekers after city jobs
lot the only persons affected by civil service laxity