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Evening star., 1946-11-17

have made it difficult for you at
Harvard, the professor murmured.
do you mean you know nothing
of it?" the gorilla asked.
Until just recently" / explained,
''the professor and have been bur
led in a government project - lit
orally buried. This is our first vaca-
ton in years."
The gorilla lit cigarette and
moodily tipped away the match.
Freshman year wasn't so bad, he
said. II managed to get through it
quite nicely. But as a sophomore"
Perhaps you'd rather not talk
about it." l said.
"Well -. sophomore year was
persuaded to 60 out for football"
"For football?" The professor
closed his eyes. my gosh"
''Of course I realized my presence
on the squad would create several
ticklish problems. But l thought,
by being very, very careful -"
The professor shuddered. II pre-
sumo that was your first experience
with the gamer"
Eyes, but learned quickly. And
with my long arms - Monkey Plays
End for Harpayd Il can still see
that headline. OF course calling me
monkey was sheer ignorance; the
sports writers meant well enough. >.
And so we came to the first game of
the season. Harvard kicked off. Per-
haps was a bit more excited than
in practice sessions. At any rate, it
fell to me to tackle the man running
back our kick. / broke seven of his
ribs and both legs"
II can well imagine" the pro-
fessor whispered.
eyes, quite a, contretembs. The
opposing captain threatened to re-
move his team from the field unless
l was taken out"
Evening star., 1946-11-17

Otherwise, it's simply outside my
thought-register. DIDO you mind
my asking how it happens that you
speak English?"
The gorilla looked at the profess
sor, then down his nose. Since it
seemed to be punched in beneath the
level of the rest of his face. this was
no mean accomplishment.
II don't mind your asking in the
least" he said. Followed one of
those long. awkward ssilences, from
which ! gathered that he might
mind very much indeed.
Il - I beg your pardon" said the
professor, with an air of having held
his breath to the limit of endurance.
For what?" the gorilla asked.
Il thought hoped-you were
going to answer my question"
There was another suffocating ST.
lcnce. out of which the gorilla spoke
Evening star., 1946-11-17

'And were you? / asked quickly.
II took myself out" the gorilla
said. ''It was the sporting gesture
- the sort of thing a Harvard man
would always do"
what a pity it had to end that
way" I said, with vision of the
gorilla inevitably being chosen All
American had it proved practical
for him to finish out the season.
Actually" the gorilla said. ''it
ended the next week. A Texas team
was scheduled. They came on the
field with ionghorn steer"
The professor nodded. "An appro-
pirate mascot" ~
ssMAscoT. my eye, gentlemen.
That steer was listed in their lineup
obviously clumsy protest against
my playing for Harvard. Well,
early in the game the Texans tried
my end, the steer running interfer-
ence. managed to break UP the
play. When we implied. the steer
was dead - a broken neck. >. They
said / was a menace. The clamor
mounted and mounted. It got so
bad that finally / left college"
"A tough break" said.
The gorilla sighed. II was close
to the top of my class. Had re-
manned, l believe I'd surely have
been Phi Beta Kappa"
''You came here at once, then?"
mo-" the gorilla said. "Immedi-
ately after leaving Cambridge /
tried to enlist. You can imagine
what came of that, can't you? First
there was the question of my citi-
zenship. After some delay they got
that Strengthened out, and l passed
my physical with flying colors. Then
came the real hurdle. The only
branch of the service that would
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Red Cross Explains
It's Help To Needy

Frequent misunderstanding by
needy persons who were neither
members of the armed forces,
their dependents, nor veterans,
has caused the Key West Chap
ter, American Red Cross, to
clarity its policies for home serv-
ice assistance, President Earl
Hamilton said today.
The regulations. he stressed,
are formulated, under the charter
given the American Red Cross
by the Congress and by the rules
and regulations of the Army and
Navy.
Home Service is a program
of family service through which
the American Red Cross carries
out in communities its primary
responsibility to service men,
veterans, and their dependents"
the formally adopted policy
states.
''The American Red Cross con-
tinues the program of service ex-
tended to members of the armed
forces and their dependents and
makes it available to veterans
and their dependents during the
transition from military service
to veteran life" the document
continues.
''It recognizes at the same time
that the needs of veterans and
their dependents are the respon-
Sibility of the entire community
and that the best interests of
the veteran and his dependents
and the community are served
when the veteran fully assumes
the status of a civilian as soon
as possible"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Armengol Returns
To P. so. Lines

Al Arinengol, well-known Key
West businessman, has accepted
q call to take his former position
with the P. & o Steamship Com
pany as Chief Purser on the Mi
Havana run. A veteran of %
years service with the P. & O.,
Armengol will report for duty
for the Christmas Eve sailing.
Armengol will maintain his
home in Key West, and his place
of business here at 1919 White
street, where he owns the Poor
Old Craig Service Store. Mrs.
Armengol will manage the estab-
lishment.
The Key West man is a MEM
Der of several civic and fraternal
organizations here, including the
Chamber of Commerce, Bust
ness Mems Association, Masonic
Order and Shrine Club. During
the war he served for three years
on the Army transport, USS
Cuba.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Reduction OF 354
Unemployment
Expected In Jan

Unemployment in Key West
which stood at the unusually
high level of 354 on November
80, is likely to be reduced con-
siderably after the first of the
year, according to jeff H. Knight,
Jr, Director of the Florida I'm
employment Service.
IF the contemplated conStruc.
ton in Key West takes place,
knight said, sit will certainly
reduce the number of unem-
ployed."
The projects he was referring
to especially, he said, were the
new $250,000 beach to be start
ed soon by the county and the
extensive addition to be made to
the Kress Company store on Du-
val street. Both would give work
to many carpenters and paint
ers, knight said. Fishermen and
mechanics are among the other
unemployed registered with his
office.
Of the 354 out of work here
203 were veterans and some of
these were transients. Knight
pointed out that many veterans
are so young that they never
learned trade or profession be-
fore entering the service. Conse-
quently, they are in great need
of on-the-job training, a fact,
Knight said, which should be
brought to the attention of Key
West businessmen.
The number of persons filing
unemployment claims has reach
ed a point where the Employ
ment Service is now accepting
them on Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays between l and a
p. m, instead of only two days
week. There were approx
mately 1875 claimants last week,
las of them veterans filing Re-
adjustment Allowance (52-2O
claims.
About 40 claims are interstate
in nature, filed by men having
no skills adaptable to Key West.
These men, especially if nom
veterans, cannot be helped to
much extent here since they must
find localities where their skill
and experience can be placed
to use.
In finding employment for the
unemployed, o the Employment
Service gives veterans absolute
preference over Others knight
said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Reckless Driving
Charge Dismissed

Reckless driving charges
against drivers of two of four
cars which piled up on Roosevelt
Boulevard Friday night were dis
missed in Municipal Court yes
terday by Judge Enrique Esqui-
naldo.
Attorney Paul Sawyer, repre-
senting Bernard c. Papy, Jr., who
was charged with hitting the car
of Ojcoe Hubbard, Chief Petty
Officer of the Naval Air Station,
commended there were no wit
neSses.
Hubbard said he had stopped
to assist victims of an accident
involving Arthur Middleton, 1872
Poinciana Place, who had hit an
unlighted car parked on the
boulevard. Papy contended Hub
bard's lights blinded him.
The charge against Hubbard
was dismissed since he was not
in the car when Papy hit it. Saw
yer said that the Papy-Hubbard
case would be settled out of court
since both cars were covered by
insurance.
A reckless driving charge
against Middleton is pending,
since he is still confined to the
Municipal Hospital with injuries.
In another case, Clifford O.
Ahlgren was fined $50 for reck-
less driving Saturday night
when he ran into a car driven
by L. Turner on. White street.
Original charges of driving while
intoxicated were dismissed since
witnesses, with the exception OF
Patrolman Fred Taylor, could not
testify that Ahlgren had been
drinking.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Mrs. E. Gomez
Will Filed For
Probate Here

Lawrence and Charles Gomez
were left the business at White
and Division streets in the will of
their mother, Mrs. Evangelia Co.
mez, which was filed for probate
yesterday afternoon in the coun-
ty Judges office.
The residue. of the estate is left
to the other children: Evangelina
Gomez (Sister Angeline), Mrs.
Hortense Gomez Bryan and Eos
ter, John and William Gomez.
Lawrence and Charles Gomez
are named executors. An ap-
praisal of the estate has not yet
been filed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Several Christmas
EUents Scheduled
AtNUUGI Base Here

Two children's Christmas par
ties, a Christmas dance, New
Years Dance and a gift-wrapping
project mark the forthcoming
holiday season at the Naval Base
here.
Navy wives are conducting the
wrapping venture at the Ships
Service Store. The gifts will go
to enlisted personnel. More wom-
en- are needed to assist in the
program. 49,
Children of all civilian Navy
employees and of Naval personnel
from the following components
will be given a Christmas party
Monday at the Sub Base Theater:
Sub base, Subron 4, Fleet Sonar
School and Squadron, ships at the
Sub Base or Development Cen
ter, Surasdovdet, the Ordinance
Unit and the Development Gen.
ter. Names and addresses of
children interested should be sent
in to the Chaplain or Recreation
Department at once.
A Christmas Day party will be
held at Fort Taylor for children
of officers. The list of children
who may attend closed Saturday.
On Christmas Eve enlisted per-
sonnet will conduct a dance at the
CPO Club, Sub Base, at 8 o'clock,
a change of location from the
previously announced Fl. Taylor
gymnasium. A New Years Day
Dance will be held at the same
place at the same hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Key Wester Gets
$4,000 Terminal
Leave Payment

Wilbur Thompson. 1917 Pc
tronia street, has received the
highest individual terminal leave
pay thus far in Key West, Jack
A. Saunders, veterans service
officer in Monroe county, said to-
day, so far as he knows.
The amount received by
Thompson was 1929. Twenty-four
dollars was paid in cash and the
remaining SITS in government
bonds. Saunders said that Key
Westers, who had been in the
armed services, are receiving
terminal leave payment at the
rate of four or five every day.
A good many Key West ex-
servicemen are also renewing or
resuming their government in
surance without a physical exam
ination after they have been re-
leased from the service. If they
do not renew in that time, or be
reinstated, as the veterans char
acterize the term, their insurance
policies will lapse.
When they resume insurance,
they make two payments, one for
the first 80 days out of the serv-
ice and the other in advance for
the succeeding month.
Saunders explained that serv-
icemen are given the privilege of
choosing any of six different
kinds of insurance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
TryOut and Rehearsal
Dates For Play GiUen

The location of tonight's try
outs for Junior Miss, coming
production of the Key West
Players, has been changed from
the home of President and Mrs.
Burt Garrett to the Barn Theater
at 8 o'clock. Tryouts will also be
held at the same hour, Thursday,
also at the Theater. 1ye" -'"
A rehearsal of 'The Night of
January the 10Th" will be held
tomorrow at 8 pm. at the Thea
ter. Mrs. Lee Goddard is direct
ing the play; next production of
the company, with John Upton,
former actor of Wayland; Mass,
as co-director. ii -.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
WiIIhites Of Idaho
To Winter In City

Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Willhite, of
Twin Falls, Idaho, are visiting
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Saunders, 1850
Seidenberg avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willhite say they
are delighted with their stay in
Key West, and intend to remain
here the entire winter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Double Christening Held

A double christening was con-
Quoted at the morning service of
the Fleming Street Methodist
Church Sunday by Rev. J. B.
Reid, pastor. Dorothy Janice
Salas. infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles F. Salas, Jr., 500
Margaret street, and Robert Mar
shall Knowles, infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth r. Knowles,
were the children baptized.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Req. Reid and Fleming
Street Church People At
District Conference

Rev. J. B. Reid, pastor of the
Fleming Street Methodist church
and his wife attended the Miami
District Conference Thursday and
Friday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Culling-
ford, Veril Roberts and William
Knowles also attended the con-
ference as representatives of the
congregation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Fleet Reserve association
Christmas Party On Dec. 2T

The Fleet Reserve Association.
Branch Sc, of Key West. will
sponsor Christmas party for
children of service personnel be-
tween and pm. at the club
house on December 81.
Santa Claus will be present TO
welcome all members of Branch
Sc and their families, as well as
all families of Army. Navy, Ma
rine or Coast Guard personnel.
Information may be secured at
the clubrooms, Fitzpatrick and
Front streets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Try-Outs Tomorrow Night

TryoutS for roles in Junior
Miss" production to be offered
by the Key West Players after
"The Night of January 16th," will
be held tomorrow night at 8
o'clock at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Burt Garrett, 1918 South
street. Garnett is president of the
Key West Players.
Junior Miss" will be directed
by Joseph Lazarovici.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
PIT. A. Session Tonight

The Parent Teachers Associa-
ton of the Junior-Senior High
School will meet at 8 o'clock to-
night at its final 1916 session. The
gathering is scheduled for the
high school auditorium where a
good program will be presented.
Each member is asked to bring a
25-cent gift. An exchange of
gifts will take place after the
business session.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Women Plan Dance

The Junior Woman's Club will
sponsor a Holiday Dance on De-
cember 20 at Raul's Club on the
Boulevard. A floor show will be
presented with headline enter
tainers and a turkey donated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
DiUOrce Suits
Filed Locally

Following suits for divorce
have been filed in the county
clerks office:
Maud ]. Allen against w. S.
Allen.
Thomas L. Moreno against
Zelma T. Moreno.
Richard J. Taylor against Alice
j. Taylor.
William Nardozzi against Cath
crime Nardozzi.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17

Robertses Have Son

Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Roberts,
729 Love Lane, announce the
birth of a 1212-pound daughter,
Sylvia Gene, at Galey's Hospital
at $40 am, Thursday. Mrs. Rob-
erts is the former Miss Maude
Brady.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
Six On G.. OfC. Trip

Six visitors to Key West signed
for the first tourist trip of the
Keys held by the Chamber of
Commerce today. Those sign
ing for the trip were Mrs. L. D.
Sacey of Evanston, ILL.,; j. Din
seski and K. Bojhus of Cleveland,
O.; Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Conrad OF
Provincetown, Mass, and Louise
White of New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
The Weather
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy this afternoon, tonight and
Wednesday. Slightly warmer
Wednesday. Moderate east and
southeast winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy today,
tonight and Wednesday. Mild
temperatures today and Wednes-
day, not quite so cool tonight ex-
cept becoming cooler north por-
ton Wednesday.
Jacksonville through the Flor
ida Straits and East Gulf of Mex
leo: Gentle to moderate winds,
east to southeasterly over south
portion and southeast to souther-
ly over north portion through
Wednesday except shifting to
fresh northerly over extreme
north portion Wednesday. Partly
cloudy weather.
Jacksonville to Apalachicola:
No small craft or storm warnings
have been issued.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
AllllulllllnnIlnulunlIllnllllIllllIIll
MEETINGS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
City Commission Meets

The last regular meeting of the
year of the City Commissioners
will be held at 8 o'clock tonight
at the City Hall. Repeal of Sun
day ''blue laws, maximum
hour provision for store, clerks
and other important business are
on the agenda.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17
REPORT

Key West, Fla, Dec. II, 1916
observation taken at $3.50 am,
Eastern Standard Time,
City Office
Temperatures
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17

Tomorrow's Almanac ,
Eastern Standard Time)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-17

Relative Humidity
Yp ..Uv 86%o s,s -.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
4-H Dance Announced

A square dance sponsored by the
Fairview All Club will be held New
Year eve at the Fairview School.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Leo to Continue Fight
Aquinst PetriIIo Union
BY fhe Assoeioied Press

Representative Lea, Democrat, of
California. said last night that if the
Supreme Court knocks out the So
called -Petrillo" Act which he
sponsored he will urge new legisla-
ton on the relations between radio
stations and their musician en-
ployees.
He told a reporter, however, that
he is confident the high court will
disagree with the Chicago Federal
Court which held that the Lea Act
is unconstitutional class legislation.
A major purpose of the law was
to stop the musicians union, head
ed by James Caesar Petrillo, from
requiring broadcasters to employ
more musicians than they want or
saw they need.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
By the Assoeioied Press

Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 28.-Three
panthers, loose in a railway baggage
compartment after their escape
yesterday from their shipping cage,
still paced up and down the side
tracked car today apparently as
perplexed ,as was J. w. Callahan,
express agent, who paced up and
down outside.
A carnival employe, who said he
had trained wild animals for 20
years, asserted the big cats were
hungry and frightened and offered
to shoe them, barehanded, into an
empty car. His offer was rejected
pending the arrival from Dallas Of
DR.. Noble Hamiter, shipper and
trainer of the animals
Sharing the car with the panthers
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Daniels Sees U. n. Building
Basis for Lasting Peace
By the Associated Pres.

DURHAM. N. c.. Dec. 28.-Jo.
sephus Daniel, Secretary of Navy ir
President Wilson's cabinet. today
predicted the United Nations woulo
build the foundations for lasting
peace before another Christmas"
In a radio address ON the Goth
anniversary of Wilson's birthday
Mr.. Daniels said a spirit of defeat
ism has taken hold of many people
because of the longer delay in at
tanning peace after the recent war
than before World War I.
"They should remember" he said
that, as World War II was wider in
scope and raised more difficult prob
lens than World War I, the draft
ing of an instrument to reach all
the world is the supreme challenge
to the craftsmanship and the diplo-
macy Of the ages"
Citing conflicts between national
leaders after the First World War
and the. subsequent "consecration to
peace" In the League of Nations
Mr.. Daniels warned against discour-
agement because the League failed
1.-THE defect was chiefly because
sad to say, two of the greatest ma
tions, the United States and Russia
were AWOL," he said.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
|UAW Group Opposes
Wage Increase II
Price Boosts Follow
BY m. Associated Press

FLINT, Mich, Dec. 28.--A CIO
United Auto Workers group here
advocated hold-the-price-line pol
icy today as preferable to wage in
creases if the latter are to be fol-
lowed by price jumps.
This choice was expressed by
members Of the self described rank
and file group of the big Buick Lo-
cal No. 500 of the UAW-CIO In a
statement setting forth views Of
various union matters.
II The auto union has announced
Its Intention Of seeking q 23.5-cents-
an-hour wage increase, which aver
ages about 20 per cent.
The rank-and-flle group, headed
by Bert Moore, chairman, and Mar
lon Butler, chairman OF Its Steering
Committee, represents an element
in Local 500 which has opposed the
present administration of Ben
Woodland, 500 president.
Mr.. Woodard defeated the rank
and-file groups candidate for presi-
dent in the locals last election.
Discussing wages, the rank-ard-
file group said it was strongly in
favor of hold the price line
policy" adding:
"Wage increases are Of no benefit
If they are followed, as has been
the practice in the past, by increases
in the prices of consumers goods.
Invariably those price increases
are established at levels so high
that the net result OF pay raise
amounts to wage cut because OF
the lower purchasing power of the
wage earner's dollar"
without going into detail, the
rank and file group also attacked
"communistic and Trotzkyite activ-
tiles" The persons responsible, the
group said, are doing great serv-
ice" to employers by their constant
efforts to create dissension within
the union"
The group also proposed elimina-
ton of the dues checkoff system.
The checkoff, they said, tends to
"deactivate" the members interest
in the union. Further, they advo-
Gated use of the strike "only as a
last resort"
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Punthers Still Loose in Boxcur
As Owner Fails to Show Up

was small dog, which yapped ner-
vously from a crate and appeared
to be keeping the panthers at a
distance.
Express shipments in the car, in
Guiding motion picture films, re-
mained unloaded. Anather item was
barrel of fish, at which the un-
Gagged animals occasionally shifted.
The car was shunted to a siding
here last night after the panthers
gnawed their way out of crates.
Mr.. Callahan, who would like to
get the dangerous cargo of his
hands, sought instructions from Los
Angeles, destination of the animals
but said no one hung out a welcome
sign. No one was able to explain
the delay in arrival of DR.. Hamiter,
who repeatedly left Dallas last night
to take his charges in hand.