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10y ELISABETH HOLDING

pocket, put it into the lock and
flung open the door.
Uncle Rufus was not asleep:
he was sitting bolt upright IN the
bed in that dark, close room.
"Are you feeling better?" Di
asked. stirred to pity and concern
for him.
He only shook his head.
Here's some nice hot cocoa. /"
she went on. >'Wii1 you LET n1e-??"
"I'l have to feed him." whis-
pered Uncle Peter.
LET me-" said Bi. 1os a.1
NO." protested Uncle Peter. u
understand MS ways, y'know." Di
went nearer to the bed. but Uncle
Peter blocked the way. please
don't get him worked up!" ne
whispered.
Di looked over her shoulder at
the old man and saw him looking
at her Sidelong.
uncle Rufusi" she erie d.
please - just tell me how you
feela"
Better" he croaked, in a
hoarse voice.
rs there anything 7 can do for
your"
Don't go till I'm better" he
said, N that same hoarse, painful
voice.
q WON'T" she said. Wouldn't
you hike"
Hes hungry" Uncle Peter ex-
planned. and at once began feed
ing him with the cocoa. When
you go down. would YOU mind
telling your Aunt Emma that I'm
hungry too2 Shs Keeps me Faei
up hefs Lf4ft sh.syean dogiSrF
Uncle Rufus said'sDi. looking
ri s6e aereLaip Nc Stlfne-if7'sFs6tJ
want anything. I'll come back
after lunch and see you.
! The rooaf was too dim tori ia
to see his face clearly! at that dis
lance. but she hoped that ne un-
derstood.
He wrote that note" she
thought. He's afraid. Something
horrible is going on"
AS she left the room. Uncle
Peter closed the door behind her
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

and she heard the key turn in the
lock.
CHE had almost reached the
- head of the front stairs when
something checked her. That
room. =. Now was her chance to
look at it. to rid herself, once and
for all. of this preposterous OBJ
session.
She turned back, she hesitated;
she listened. lfa al{s toI .i* as
Perhaps that's just what Aunt
Emma wants." she thought. For
me 10 go',@s there. Perhaps there's
Sonething~-I WON'T like. J. > -
Better to see it. though, what
ever 1t was, better to go. and be
done with IT. She went softly past
Uncle Rufus's door, to that other
door, put her hand on the knob.
And again she hesitated.
Perhaps I'll be sorry -" she
! said to herself.
But she turned the knob. and
| opened the door.
Nothing there. surely, to trou-
BILE the most tin,id. Through the
window she could see the blue
sky, the tree tops: inside, only
dusty neatness. She stepped over
the threshold.
Then she felt it. A strange tin
Cling in her veins, a dread, an ex-
citement.. that made her heart
beat fast. But there was nothing
there; nothing at all.
She looked toward the door of
the clothes-closet.
"All right" she said. aloud. and
with sort of rush, went over to
It and flung it open. Nothing there
but empty shelves and hooks. She
| closed the door again! and hooked
about her Nothing anywhere. n9 i.
Yet somehow. this ohlankaessf
Lid not geaSSure her. cuu j
And her fear grew, There Was
something mere, something In the
livery air that stified her! She hurE
fied to- theaWindow. to open it,
and stopped there, with her face
grown white as chalk.
For printed on the window
sill in neat black letters was a
name:
"INEz"
Ito be continuedl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

Grits, which are naturally known
for their building of healthy
bodies of children are not to be
had here or in many other places
throughout the country When
will the American people Awaken
to the fact that this country is
being slowly HaakfsaS of lAtetSz
thing we have in order to support
a people who misunderstood gen.
crosby fp weakness on our part?
Noted seiedliists'.lnaEe7' agreed
on the point that because of
malnutritlon theme will be =, a
generation of delinquent. children
in Europe brought ON by. the war,
and these =. sameE inteAectuals
might have added that lie Qgr
government insists cen. giving oovr
food supply aHsSa the sgeRenatiifnan
of delinquent children might BE
in the United St5teSnssr. sdT
c. RICHARDSON
Key West. Fla.
609 Ashe Street.
March s. 1916.
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/ AZ Newsfeoiures

Chapter Is
"DIANA." said Aunt Emma.
Twill you take this tray up to
your Uncle Rufus Then come
down. and We'll have our own
lunch
Di took the tray and went to-
ward the door. 7H Hsso
The back stairs" said Aunt
Emma. opening a door. 1T saves
a good many steps. nsss
Df had not known before of
this back stairway leading up
from the kitchen. II was dark.
with a closed door a. the top. and
darker still as Aunt Emma closed
the kitchen door behind her. And
az once. as that door smut, she be-
gan thinking again of the for
hidden room.
'Oh. how stupid and disgust
ing Of me-" she cried to herself.
in sort of despair. Exactly like
Blueheard's wife. Just because
Aunt Emma said not TO 60 into
IL :. She probably die that on
purpose - one of her horrible
psychological experiments,
Perhaps she wants to divert my
mind from other things. =.
She reached the door at the top,
and had to set down the tray. to
open the door.
IF only / can get word alone
with Uncle Rufus. And I'll
look into that room, just to prove
TO myself.
Uncle Rufus's door was closed
and she Knocked. There was nc
answer. and presently she knocked
again. She sried the aandles and
found the door locked. ISL
"Uncle Rufus" she called.
~ aQps s across the. corridor
opened and Uncle Peter appeared
"AnR he said. iauntiIy. "A lit
ties rsfrsshment. ] can do with
ats for Uncle Rufus" said Di
Indignantly. His doors locked
4 know" said Uncle Peter
with MS old apologetic air.
Please unlock the door,"
Certainly" he said. Certain
lyw He took the Key from hi.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08
THERE WOULD BE NO RIOTS

The rioting that occurs in India and
Egypt reminds us that there would be no
such disorders in these areas if the Ger
mans had won the war
The Nazis had brief and effective
way of dealing with malcontents. They
did not feed them on soft talk about the
rights of man, nor bother much about the
nalienable liberties of mankind. But thew
mad few riots and nothing like organized
rebellions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08
Your Horoscope

Here is danger of a wavering
temperament that may be I'M
fortunate if not guided into prop
er paths There IS love of romance
combined with ability of high
grade, If the mind can be stead
led. Avoid solitude and. seek the
compa1lOnship Of strong natures.
The danger of a collapse in mid
die age may be warded off by
care Of the health and by con-
serving the energies. .,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

CNO stands for United Nations Or
ganization, but the legal name is United
Nations, and the word Organization
merely defines the systematic structure
collectively. We could just as we'll say the
United States Organization, L. S. properly
sands fsR 9nitss(Sssf&s and UfEI would
properly stand for United Nations. with
y ''5ZTf 80 2+-fs o. w. "ie
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

The Citizen welcomes express
sfons of the views of its read
eEs. but the editor reserves the
right TO delete any items which
are considered iibelous or unVyaF-
ranted. The writer's should be
fair and confine the letters tn
300 words, and write orr cine, side
OF the paper OAlS- D csignntHFe. of
the writers nIust accom- pany fHe
letters aBlf viii he published nm
less requested etheF~lses1Hn. a,.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

Wade McCargo, Of Richmond, Va.
recently witness before a Senate COM
mittee, offered the suggestion that a
purple heart" be awarded to business
men who are casualties under OPA regua-
tons. He said thai while OPA has been
holding the line. business has been
holding the sack. and reconversion has
been converted into ''reconversion"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08
TodaY's Anniversaries


1899 - Simon Cameron, PEN
nsylvania newspaper pubiisher
and political dictator, Lincoln,s
first secretary of war, senator.
whose son was also a secretary
of war. born Lancaster county.
Pa. Died June %. 1899.
l807-Samuel Downer, Boston
industrial pioneer, improver OF
refining processes. radical. born
in Boston. Died Sept. 20, 1881.
1839-James Mason Crafts, the
Mass. Institute of Technology's
noted chemist and president, born
in Boston. Died June 20. 1917.
1941-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
son of the famed author. Union
soldier. Boston lawyer is1rist.
famed liberal Justice of the u.
S. Supreme Court, born in Bos-
ton. Died March 8, 1915.
1867 - Homer G. Davenport.
noted cartoonist caricaturist Of
his age. born at Silyerton. Oregon.
Died May 2. 1912.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08
SKIP THE ssnFENERl

There : 2h7SvSbsAalarrassns5a
reRor- from Canada. tel, r9t khs 9sSspTT
tssn and interrogation Of rkrssrS ssesAea
&C having somnEEicassdA seeret aF5n sop
faential infofmatiOn itSH Eod4sn gatEetn
u,euts. OF in ne report that Prime Minister
King indicates that members Of the Soviet
Enlbassy staff were involved
Neither i there cause Of excitement
- the United States over newspaper re-
psrrs that Russian agents are permitted
u move with unguarded ease" through
oug this country. The newspaper reports
isdicate that high-ranking officers admit
anxiety and J. Edgar Hoover. chief OF
he FBI. l. beating the drum on he COM
raunist danger n this country.
some eommonsenSe was thrown into
he discussion by Joseph c Davies. former
AnnbassadVrg nsErEa usis,I WHO asserts EeFy
osrrectly yhseA Russia- a s8f-defeTss. has
exery moral right % seek atomic bomb
sserets thFvEyhl HihGary esPiehagSe il -ex-
cfsded from such information by her
farmer fighting allies"
The former American diplomat points
cl- thar al major powers maintain intelli-
FeEee services In foreign countries. whose
f1netisn il i TO acquire military infOrma-
80 and adj. very pOintedly. that If Rus
.ia.kad developed the atomic bomb and
- rnited states were in her shoes, ve
eeAxnly would ny % obtain such intorma-
rom~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

~ Lya Artman, Jr, who was IN
rk1eNi!West 7ene an enforced Yaca-
tfonndue to the prevalence Of flu
and pneumonias at the University
of Florida, left today to resuple,
his studies in that university. 80,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

Florida State Council, Knights
of Columbus, announced today its
eighth annual essay-writing con-
test for high school students in
parochial schools in the state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

A o3e distinguished author recently.
Wnted eat there are no people who talk
se- tne characters In books, and if there
weHe they would be laughed at
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

II you feel ike gripping. as most Of Us
60 loek Yourself up. SO as not to inflict
yourself on some one trying to dispose of
q consignment Of the same commodity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

S. F. Saunders and A. Canelejo,
two of the keepers at the Logger
head lighthouse at Dry Tortugas,
arrived today to spend their
quarterly Vacation with relatives
in Key West. .aa4
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

Mrs. Glenn Price and son. Wal
ter, who went to TaFpon Springs
to attend the funeral for her
father, and remained there two
weeks visiting relatives, return
ed home this morning on the
steamship Cuba.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

tse idea that Key West is unable TO
s~nee necessary activities Is part Of the
Pa@p@Raaaa Of those who want to avoid
pgsbeF taxation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

to be present at the hearing in
the matter of the FEC Railway
and its extension on the Florida
Keys, returned today. He said
the hearing has been postponed
to March q.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

Today The Citizen says N an
editorial paragraph: Hil
If you can laugh at yourself, d
there's hope for YOU. =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

William v. Albury, county at
torney, who was in Jacksonville
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

Vas your wife refuses 70 listen to
re&soa may be because she can see no
reason for r.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08
Key West In
Days Gone By
FROM FILES OF THE cITIZEN
OF MARCH Q. 1896

The county commissioners, at
a meeting last night, decided to
negotiate with the Florida East
Coast Railway Company with a
view to the county's acquiring
the right of way of the railroad
through the. Florida Keys. Should
= the commission accomplish. its
purpose, the commission intends
to use the right of way, paFticu-.
larry the bridges. for the Over
seas Highway. sA
Papers were filed in probate
court this morning in the estate
of Ethel Pinder, who lost her life
in the hurricane that struck the
Matecumbes on Labor Day of
last year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-08

Arrangements were made to-
day by the WPA for an excursion
trip by plane to Dry TortugaS.
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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-06-27
Typhus Fever Carried
By Rat FIeas

Typhus fever is carried by fleas
that live on rats, according to H. L.
Callihan of the State Board of
Health, who said that symptoms of
the disease usually appear about IL
days after a person has been bitten
by an infected flea. Such symptoms,
said he, may be a severe headache,
chill, extreme prostration and high
fever, and in some cases a rash may
develop. Convalescence is apt to be
long, stated Mr.. Callihan, and may
leave the victim so exhausted and
weakened that he is unable to work
for several weeks. Some people who
have had typhus fever report, Mr..
Callihan declared, that both in its
acute stage and its long debilitation
it is worse than Influenza and
malaria put together.
''The problem of controlling typhus
fever is made more difficult by the
fact that while a case of scarlet
fever or diphthefia can be quaran-
tined, there is no way to quarantine
thousands of rats and the infected
fleas they carry in their fur" said
Mr.. Callihan. Besides typhus fever
and bubonic plague, rats spread in
fictitious jaundice, pneumonia plague,
parasitic mango, perhaps foot and
mouth diseases-and r in addition
suspected of carrying infantile para
lysis, sleeping sickness and leprosy."
Emphasizing the enormous de-
strution of food and property caused
by rats and the cost to the state
in health and money, Mr.. Callihan
urged communities to take concert
ed action against rats. He said that
individual firms and householders
can not do it alone, but that COM
plete and vigilant cooperation by
everybody and the systematic use OF
all methods of rat control could
eradicate these destructive carriers
of filth and disease.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-06-27
STATE HEALTH OFFICER

Have you been vaccinated within
the past 5years? If not, you had
better see your family doctor ana
discuss with him the desirability of
a fresh vaccination, or 60 to your
local health officer for advice. Since
the first of the year, 7 Mississipplans
have had smallpox-so some people
evidently were never vaccinated or
allowed their protection to lapse.
Smallpox of a virulent type,
sometimes called "black pox," has
been brought to the United States
from the Orient and outbreaks have
occurred in some ports of this coun-
try. The disease could be brought
into almost any state or community
by people returning from abroad,
and could be spread among persons
who have not been ~vaccinated OF
whose resistance to the disease has
increased because long periods have
elapsed since previous vaccination.
In recent years smallpox has be-
come SO uncommon in the United
States that we are apt to think of
it as an affliction that "can't happen
here" General vaccination and COM
pulsory laws requiring it for pro-
lection have practically wiped out
the disease from our country. But
with distance annihilated by swift
transportation today, a case of small
pox can be flown here within a few
hours from other parts of the world
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-06-27
W. E. (Ed) Howell
ReeIeded Mayor;
Mrs. TindaII Loses
Byron Roy Wins Out
In Marshal Roce;
Aldermen Named
5 Aldermen Named

w. +. lEd) Howell, Durant drug
gist, was renominated mayor of Du-
rant Tuesday by the scant margin
of "a votes in the Democratic Pri-
mary. He polled 234 votes to 2l0
for his opponent, Raiford E. Nc
Neer, Justice of the Peace, beat 2.
and a former member of the state
lesiglature from Holmes county.
Mrs. Charlotte w. (CresswelD
Tindall was defeated in her bid for
reelection as city clerk by Mrs.
Lucille (Floyd) Truitt, who sought
the post for the first time. The vote
was 24I-203 in favor of Mrs. Truitt.
B. F. (Byroh) Ray won the Dem
ocratic nomination for marshal over
Casey Griffin by only so votes. The
vote was 248-191.
Harry O'Cain, running for reelection,
who headed the ticket with 3O3
votes; c. S. Crider. in second place
with 301 votes; Clarence Robertson,
former marshal, third with 273 votes;
H. B. Sargent, running for reflect
ion, fourth with 271 votes and Ivy
Mcclellan, fifth with 254 votes.
Other candidates in the alderman
race and their votes were w. S.
Odom, lit; A. j. Leslie, 1873; A. L.
Stevens, 181; and Kenneth Van
Keuren, 100.
Election officials were: j. o. Rit-
ter, C. G. VanKeuren, Mrs. w. c.
Castleberry, Horace Weir, and Mrs.
Mildred LAMAR.
A total of 467 votes were polled in
the Durant election indicating all
time high interest in municipal at
fairs.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-06-27

delions for the season, but were de-
void of any signs of them this spring,
although the usual dense growth OF
of perennial reappeared on all sides.
Explanation for this is that the
chemical travels to the very roots,
thus preventing regrowth.
The new discovery will also kill
ragweed, responsible for about 80
per cent of the nations hayfever.
During a recent weed-control con-
ference, DR.. Gaylord Anderson,
director of the University OF Mime
sofa School of Public Health and
former chief of the 'Army's Medical
Intelligence Division, stated: THE
preparation of AID offers more
promising means of attack upon rag
weed than does WPA relief pro-
jects. For the first time there is an
effective liquid weapon in reducing
human suffering and disability from
the disease" And this is nothing to
sneeZe at.
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Signed:
WAYS TO HELP IN FAMINE
nKrT Tru

ANGSA<ALI
Many persons concerned for the
peace of the world, and for humani-
TVS sake want to help in feeding the
starving people of Europe and Asia.
Help may be given either through
recognized voluntary organizations or
through the collection of canned
foods in behalf of UNRRA.
Since UNRRA's funds are limited,
it helps only in non-enemy countries
Except italy, whose need is great
est; that is, those countries that have
no foreign credit with which to buy
supplies.
The need in other countries Is,
however, very great. The principal
UNRRA countries are Albania,
China, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy,
Poland, Ukrainia, and Yugoslavia.
Thus, UNRRA cannot help in Bel
GUM, Denmark, Finland, France,
Holland or Norway. All of these are
invaded countries that have under
gone great ~privation and suffering.
Czechoslovakia, Finland, France,
Italy, Norway, acknowledgements
cate with the Cooperative for Amer
lean Remittances to Europe (CARE),
so Broad Street, New York A, N. Y.
Through CARE, individuals or
groups may order STANDARD Food
Packages" for delivery to designated
addresses in countries listed above.
CARE expects soon to be able to
send packages to Austria, Belgium
and Greece. Proposals have been
made to the government of Yugo-
slavia and Russia, but CARE says
so far there have been nc replies.
Belgium - Write Belgium Relief
Society, So William ST. New York, 5,
N. Y. The need is for simple food,
clothing, shoes and soap.
Bulgaria, Russian-occupied Ger
many, Hungary, and Romania-the
occupying powers must endorse the
possibility Of operation.
Britain - The Personal Service
League, Al Lowndes Square, London,
will get your food packages to the
persons designated. Need: Simple
basic foods.
France - Write France Forever at
1888 Connecticut Avenue, N. w.
Washington, D. c, or 80 East seth
Street, New York IS, N. X. Need:
besides food and clothing, tooth
brushes, needles and thread, mend
ing wool, soap and candles.
Greece - Write to American Re-
lief for Greece, 221 West 57th Street,
New York 10, N. Y. Need: Food,
clothing and medicines.
Holland - The Save-the Children
Federation, / Madison Avenue, New
York 10, N. Y, Ear arrange for you
to sponsor the care of a child. You
can send parcels to Volkshertel (Peo-
pies Relief Paleistraat l, the Hague,
Holland. You may also write thre
Netherland Information Bureau, 5
Dupont Circle, Washington 8, d. c.
Need: basic foods, canned fruits, all
domestic goods from toothbrushes to
cooking utensils.
Italy - Write to American Relief
for Italy, 90 Broadway, New York
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Wilmington Speaks On
Flood Control Bill
Registration 18th

The speech of Representative Will
M. Wilmington, Chairman of the
Committee on Flood Control, on the
Flood Control Bill, of great interest
to all parts of the Yazoo Delta, may
be found in the Congressional Re-
cord of Tuesday, June Is, 1916,
pages 7209-15, and the comments of
his colleagues on the Committee, as
well as the comments OF members
of the House with respect to his
familiarity with flood control and
with respect to his fairness and
ability, r found in the debates on
Pages 72l5-36. The Bill passed the
House June 20 by a vote of 202 to
80 and Representative Wilmington
believes it will pass the Senate and
be approved by the President.