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TO-DAY TN HISTORY
Know America

Know America
1830b-- Daniel Webster's hiss
toric answer to Hayne in the
u S. Senate. p5!T cp.tl 49,
18374Michigan admitted to
statehood-26th state. C
1869 = Holley converter for
making Bessemer steel patented.
1918-Food Chief Hoover de-
crees wheatless Mondays and
Wednesdays, meatless Tuesdays
and porkless Thursdays and Sat
urdays.
1887 =. Secretary of Labor
Perkins &rebukes General Motors
for it's strike stand.
1942-First contingent of the
new American AEF lands in
Northern Ireland.
1943-U. S. Marines kill some
800 Japs on Guadecanal.
1914 - American forces and
Allies push on to Rome.
1945-MacArthur's forces take
Clark Field in drive on Manila.
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HANG THIS UP

In the magazine Fortune, for Janu-
AIRY. is an exhaustive article on DOT, the
insecticide that has worked miracles in
controlling or eliminating many pests.
In concluding its review, the follow
ing precautions are recommended by
Fortune:
Keep DOT insecticides where they
will not be used as medicine or in foods.
Wash thoroughly hands and any
parts of the skin that come in contact with
oil solutions.
Avoid inhalation from sprays and
aerosol bombs.
If large-scale application is made, a
mask is advised to avoid irritation from
kerosene or inhalation of DOT.
Some ventilation is necessary during
treatment.
Watch out for fire.
Cover or remove any food when DOT
is being applied; cover the gold fish bowl;
remove the canary.
Keep children and pets away from
sprayed areas until sprays have dried
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ByHelen r.
Woodward |

she'll not want to go back to her
mother"
I'D like to keep her always"
Josie answered smiling. shes
one of the loveliest persons I'VE
ever known" -'.'>.
"Yes-lovely like her mother
but she's Whit's own child, tool
Josie. I intend to speak to Whit
severely tomorrow" t.ut
EDITH lay awake for long
IL time, disappointed and I'M
happy. Finally she rose and
walked to the window. The late
moonlight lay like benediction
over the rolling meadows of blue.
grass.
1t was "a gentle, gracious coun-
try, Edith thought, with its SYM
metry of hills and trees. and
sparkling streams. It's black turn
pixies winding through the white
fences like lacing ribbons. 1t was
land that bred graciousness and
charm. Perhaps her own mother
had absorbed some of her beauty
of spirit from it.
But old Eugenia had none of
the gentleneSs of this land-even
Josie's mildness was a timidity
born Of fear. And as for Whit
Lacey, his nature would have
found more perfect setting in
some dark and stormy region.
He was certainly not product of
this environment, Edith thought,
with the angry intolerance of the
young. '''.-@
She had been on the verge of
loving her father, Edith knew
that. His consideration, hi; gay
good humor, his evident pride
in her, had all done their work,
She had begun to understand
why this mans charm was able
to counter balance his less favor
able qualities, And tina. sense of
oneness with him had persisted
the shock of seeing him use one
of her own gestures, throw back
his head in a way peculiarly her
own. Surely she had been def
nitely marked by this man as his
own!
But only outwardly, Edith in
sisted, in her mind now. And as
she crept back into bed she cried
softly. ooh, God, make me like
ny mother-inside!"
To be continued
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gether they half-carried, half
dragged the helpless man to the
back stairway. Edith stood rigid
after they had passed her, her
fingers futilely twisting the soft
fabric of her gown. A stirring in
the doorway caused her to. turn.
Burk Angus was moving away.
"Wait!" e-s1 >
At the sharp command the man
turned back to face her. He stood
on the second step so that their
eyes were almost level.
TT think somebody-some of
the rest Of us besides your sister
should thank you for bringing
him home," she said hesitantly.
will you accept my gratitude?"
Burk Angus smiled, briefly and
reaSsuringly, ana in that sudden
expression she sensed his quiet,
undermining strength. THANK
you-for thinking of i'll" he said
queerly and with a slight bow
disappeared in the darkness.
''The LaceyS take everything
he offers" Edith unused, "And
give nothing in return-not even
thanks, apparently"
Slowly she turned back to the
drawing room where the gaiety
went on uninterrupted and be-
fore long Barbara came back to
smile and talk with feverish de-
termination: But daughter and
wife were each more conscious of
the presence of the man upstairs
than Of theiguests who surrounded
them. Once the eyes of the two
women met and a look of under
standing passed between them.
r Remembering Edith's sudden
blazing anger, Barbara's lip trem-
bled q 1itt1eAfor always before
Wt1ena things like this had hap
pened, she-Aad had to face them
alone! ~- ''.
The last guest had gone, the
last light on the lawn had been
extinguished. Old Eugenia, tired
but happy over the success of her
party, climbed the stairs to her
room attended by the faithful
Josie. 'NoW that the young folks
have met Edith, she'll be invited
everywhere" Eugenia said COM
placently as Josie lifted the black
lace gown over her head. "And
who knows Josie, she may fall
in love with one of those boys
that were here tonight-maybe
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Chapter IA

Chapter IA
EDITH disengaged herself from
- her partners arms and ex-
cused herself. GAS she made her
way toward the hallway, she
heard Josie call her name a little
frantically, but something i'm
PEELED her to keep going. She
never knew exactly why, but the
thought that Barbara was having
trouble of some sort motivated
her.
AS she came through the al
cove that led to the back hallway,
she saw Barbara. her arms
around swaying, sodden figure,
her face flushed and miserable.
Outside the doorway stood her
brother, Burk Angus, who had
evidently just delivered the
wreck of Whit Lacey into her
hands. A few quick words passed
between them.
Il thought left him safely
in his room," Barbara was saying.
I found him parked by the
roadside near my place." the man
answered calmly. II thought
you'd want me to bring him
home even" His eyes lifted to-
ward the drawing room. 81 would
have taken him to my place I'M
til later, but I know how he'd
have hated that. II don't think
anyone saw us come in, and if
you can get him up the back
stairs .t-.,s,1- a j., .s.s
p "Yes,-oh, yes! Thanks, Burk!'
Barbara turned and saw Edith
standing Close. beside her. Her
eyes widehed, lher7face flushed ar
even deeper color. your father
is i'll, Edith" she said hastily
But he'll be all right NOW. &C
back to the partyf7u2 WIS
-, But Edith continuedEgtot st and
there, staring at them, scarcely
believing that this senseless-
looking, slack-mouthed, blear-
eyed individual could be the
straight handsome man whom
she had come to be proud of as
a father.
my fathers drunk" she cor
rected Barbara bitterly, scorn-
fully. ooh, get him out of my
sight, please"
Without another word, Barbara
turned away. Jake, lowering near
came to her assistance and to-
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POSSIBILITIES OF RADAR

Radar, in the long run, may prove to
be far greater discovery than smashing
the atom and may even neutralize the use
of the atomic bomb in warfare.
However sound that thought may
prove to be, it was evolved in The Citizen
office yesterday by one of the editors
when he read about the contact that had
been made by radar with the moon by
United States signal corspmen.
Radar is still in swaddling clothes and
to state what it's ultimate development
may be would sound to us today as lurid
dream of man with the horrors.
Direction of bombs or pilotleSs bomb
carrying planes by radar, is already in the
field of certainty, and who knows that the
day may come when radar not only is able
to spot objects in the air and determine
the speed and the direction in which they
are travelling, but will also be able to con-
vey on it's beam some entity that will ex-
plode an atom bomb while it is still far off
from its target?
Besides, radar has the possibilities of
obtaining for man far greater knowledge
of the planets in our solar system, and may
even be used in a more intimate study of
the stars. Excepting thought light travels
faster than anything else in the universe,
and, of course, radar travels with the
speed of light, 10000 miles a second. Go
in gsatzthat speed, it required two, and one
half seconds fol. fadiosimpulses to CON
taets the, moon and return to. Earth, and
the mean distance of the moon from us is
238,857 miles away.
Light waves make radar possible, as
they also make radio possible. Here in
Key West we hear person speaking over
a microphone in New York quicker than
the audience listening to him, because the
audience depends on sound waves, moving
as a snail at LOO feet a second as COM
pared to the 10000 a second at which
light waves carry the voice to your radio.
Don't be surprised at anything you may
hear in the next few years about the de-"
velopment of, radar, Contacts probably
will be made with. our planets, including
Pluto, far out beyond the orbit of Neptune.
wf16ch>auhtih / ss0BS va sup pSsas 70 .ba fhe.
frvthes4 PLANET from dan'ine W., 1874 TO-
600 miles. . a, ~ J o}I}iHf.- -
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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it without
fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack
wrong or to applaud right; always fight Tor
progress: never be the organ or mouthpiece OF
any person, clique, faction or class; always
do its utmost for the public welfare; never
tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice
and praise virtue, commend good done by IN
dividual or organization; tolerant Of others
rights, views and opinions; print only news
that will elevate and not colstaninate Thereafter
never compromise with principle: '*P'>.. - 4
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TODAY'S
ANNIVERSARIES
Know America

Know America
182A1orace C. Wilcox, tin
ware salesman, Meriden, Conn.,
king of silversmiths, born in
Connecticut. Died Aug. q, 1890.
1881 - Mary Naples Dodge,
author of juvenile classic, Hans
Brinker'', first longtime editor
of St. Nicholas Magazine, born
in New York. Died Aug. 81,
1905.
1S32-George Shiras, Pitts
burgh lawyer, associate justice
of the U. S. Supreme Court, born
in Pittsburgh. Died Aug. 2,
1924.
1888 - Joseph Cook, Boston's
celebrated lecturer of his age,
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SUNDAYS HOROSCOPE

s Today'S is a harmonious con-
tented nature. A measure of sue
cess will be granted and thei I
is opportunity for fame, A Ger
tain lack of discretion is the
thing most lacking, and this ten
dency should be overcome. The
day comes so close to very strong
aspects that any failure ought
to be avoided by due effort.
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Your Horoscope

Today brings a rather retiring
disposition, with great powers
of penetration. There is a faculty
for teaching and a skill in mech
anic arts. There is also ambition
and careful method that leads
far on the road to success
which, however, will be long
before the purpose is fully &C
complished.
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The goal of the Victory Clothing Col
lection is 100 million garments, plus bed
ding and shoes. Donate your surplusses
and don't delay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-01-26

For every two people in the United
States, according to Government esti-
mates, there are three rats, not including
the two-legged kind.
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The privileged classes include hose
who think they are entitled to special fav-
ors, as we'll as those who have speeial
favOrs.
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born at Ticonderoga, N. Y. Died
June "a, 1901.
1874 - James Simpson, presi
dent board chairman of Chicago's
Marshall Field, civic worker,
born in Scotland. Died Nov. Is,
1899. -
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3ss Times change and people with it;
Why worry if you change bit as you grow
older?
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11:45 Orchestra *sS-o5-f14 --
11:55 News - '2EaNa ~
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Sunday. January 27th
3 A. NJ. 20 NOOn
800 Weather Report
8:05 News
8:15 Singing Evangelist
$50 Concert Hall of the Air
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9:55 Program Resume
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1850 Weather Report 00.cS
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1890 Lutheran Houf*2
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200 Chaplain Jim*
2:30 Bill Cunningham, News"
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Monday. January 18th

"A. NJ. to Neon
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| tbs News
] 7:30 Norman Cloutier
| 7:45 Weather Report
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| 11:30- Take It Easy Time*
| HAS VICTOR Lihdlahr* s.e
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/ 1900 William Lang, News"
| 1915 Morton Downey, Songs"
| 1890 Weather Report
1885 Home Town Frolics
/, lis Corncobblers*
100 Smile Time*
| las John J. Anthony
| 200 Cedric Foster, News
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Evening star., 1946-02-08
Dorothy Dix Says

about it, there is nothing you can
do except steel yourself to patient
endurance, hoping that by some
miracle your husband will come back
to himself and to you. Undoubtedly
every man who was wounded In ac-
ton and went through the horrors
of Nazi concentration camp has
suffered q nervous shock that will
take him a long time to get over,
and, inasmuch as it Is the i'm
memorial custom of men to vent
their temper and their spleen and
their discomfort with things in gen.
eral on the women of their families,
it Is going to be hard shedding for
wives for many years to come.
There is a new book that deals
with this subject in a practical way
that even we lay-women can under
stand, that think would be of great
help to you. It is written by Ar
thur Guy Mathews who spent the
last 10 years studying the art Of con-
quering your nerves. It is called
Take It Easy" It is published by
Sheridan House, New York.
But my earnest advice to you is
to get yourself q job. That will give
you something to think Of besides
how cantankerous your husband is,
and 1t will make you able to support
yourself II the need arises.
Evening star., 1946-02-08

Dear Miss Dix: I am a girl of 20
and have been married since was
16. My husband went into the serv-
ice right after we had been married
and we had only nine days together
He was wounded and spent three
months in a Nazi prison camp and
when he was invalided back home
and I saw him in the hospital, I
couldn't kiss him because there were
SO many people around and I was
shy.
love him more than anything in
the world, and he says he loves me.
But now that he is back for good
there seems to be barrier between
us that we can't break down. When
we go anywhere together, there Is
ice in the air. When I ask him to
go places with me, he says: go
by yourself. You did 1t while I was
gone. Why can't you do 1t now?"
He tells me to shut up when I try
to talk to him. He has good job
and is making money, but he never
gives me any. II people do some
thing that makes him mad, he takes
it out on me.
He Is in no way like his old self
yet love him so / can't live with
out him. What shall do?
DEPRESSED WIFE.
Answer-n you feel that way
Evening star., 1946-02-08

Now don't get your reader inter-
est all perked up, thinking we're 60
ing to tell you how the magician
fiips the purple silk scarf and pro-
duces rabbit. We don't know how
that's done-YET! But, for the
benefit of those of you who are mad
for magic, there's world of tricks
you can do with scarves. Try them
out on your wardrobe!
For years this scarf magic has
been noised around as good thing
to get in on. Maybe you have a
turn Of mind toward magic-but for
us, it was mystic mystery. How
was it done? This year though,
came the greatest scarf show of all.
More tricks than. eyer before. and
not a single trick that you couldn't
see throughl Coming at this time
of year, when there's scarcely one
Of us who doesn't wish We could do
little wand waving over our winter
weary wardrobe, these scarf tricks
done to a dress or two make for a
brighter life. Scarf tricks are ap-
parent in the very front ranks OF
the spring parade, too, and who are
you to overlook a good thing like
that? Here goes for the clues:
SCARF BOLEROS are just as
easy as pie to make. We were down.
right mad that we'd never thought
Of it before. All you need for this
trick is one big, big square scarf.
Spread it out fiat and then knot the
two parallel corners together. DON
dispair-yet! 1t doesn't look like
much that way, but now slip your
arms through the loops that the
knots have made. Pull the edge Of
the scarf across your shoulders.
NOW do you believe it's magic?
Isn't that the neatest knot trick
ever? Turn around and look at the
beautiful way the scarf jacket drapes
In the back. soft and billowy! Well,
there you are, trick No. /, and make
sure that you take in all the posi-
bilities. This trick done with a huge
sequin be-splattered scarf, over a
simple dinner or evening dress-this
bolero tied with scarf dashed with
bold colors and worn over a starkly
Evening star., 1946-02-08
The Young Idea
By Laura and Helen

As far as history knows, good old
st. Valentine had nothing to do
with what made his name famous
as the patron Of lovers. According
to the encyclopedia, 'tthe association
Of the lovers festival with st. VAL
entine seems to arise from the fact
that the feast of the saint falls in
early spring" You can take that or
leave 1t. Personally we think that
there must be something history
doesn't know about. At least we
can use our imagination!
No matter how the custom start
ed, it's up to us to keep 1t going.
The Romans had good idea for a
party, way back in the days of the
Lupercalia. Does that sound fam
iliar after Roman hiseory? Any
way, we think it's still a pretty good
idea. Ask lot Of people over for
the evening and have party. Ask
them separately, or they can bring
some one, but they've got to come
with the idea that when they get
there, you'll have the names of the
gals In box, and the boys can draw
to see who their date is for the eve
ming. That way we add a little va
riety to the party variety, which
they say, is the spice of life. OF
course If there are a few who really
take this Valentine stuff to heart,
you can always fix that up so every
one is happy.
Another little feature that would
make the party seem more like q
Valentine gala would be for all the
girls to wear something red. Almost
every one has some kind of a
red dress or accessory, so that
shouldn't be hard.
Now we've got the idea for. the
party, what do we do about decora-
tions? It's day when we can af-
ford to be sentimental and frilly,
with hearts and lace making the
background for the recreation room
AL the stores are featuring paper
tablecloths just for this occasion. II
your fond families are like ours,
there won't be many Of Mothers
good lace cloths around. She likes
them the way they are. So just
browbeat a little extra cash from
Dad, and take yourself down to the
nearest five and ten and see what
they have to offer. And if Dad
Evening star., 1946-02-08

should happen to say no." when
you approach him with those dollar
signs in your eyes, then you'll have
to resort to home talent. 1t doesn't
take much to draw heart on red
paper. Cut as many as you think
you'll need, and string them up
around the room. (Get couple Of
friends over to help with this or
you'll be almost ready when the next
Valentines Day rolls round) Crepe
paper doesn't cost much; find some
in red and white and try rufding it
as borders for tables on anything
else that looks bare. Just take a
needle and thread, start in one end,
go in and out till you get to the
other end, then pull up the string.
Your hearts land I'm speaking Of
the paper ones. should be different
sizes. Use white crepe paper as a
background for them too. We can't
tell you where to put them, because
We don't know the kind Of rooms you
have.
If the crowd Is the "Boheme"
type, you could get some red can
dies, put them in empty bottles, on
the tables, to give that "coke, wom-
en- and song" effect. You'd have to
be pretty careful though, cause Of
the fire hazard.
II you look around while you're
buying crepe paper you can also
find some games made for the occa-
sion, or just bring out the Victrola
and line up your records and roll up
the rug.
What to eat? Since it's the heart
that's the special theme for the
day, make heart-shaped sandwiches
and cookies. That sounds like a lot
of hearts, but this is one day when
It's proper to be sentimental. Have
plenty OF them though, for they are
are bound to be sort of small IN size,
the kind that go down in couple of
gulps, SO quantity Is a good thought
to keep in mind. Cokes, of course,
for the pause that refreshes," a
cake with little favors that you put
in the batter, with red frosting with
little white hearts on it, or you can
reverse the colors.
That's scads of hearts, but as we
said there's only one day like this
in the calendar, so let's make the
most of It!
Evening star., 1946-02-08

with right arm and leg. Continue.
@. "Will steam baths reduce one?"
A. Steam baths reduce the water
in the tissues and therefore give you
a temporary loss which you can re-
gain by drinking water.
@. what foods are fattening?"
A. Fats-oils, nuts, butter or oleo,
fat meat, gravy, salad dressings,
cream, fried foods-and carbohy-
|drates (starches and sugars.
@. 81 have a big stomach. 1t
sticks straight out. Can I reduce
this with exercise?"
A. Yes. Send for my abdominal
exercises If you want them "a
stamped. self-addressed envelope,
please.
@. "I am Is. I would like to make
my feet smaller and also have a
nicer arch. My feet seem to be sort
Of fiat"
A. I cannot make your feet
smaller, but I can help you with the
arch problem. You should remedy
this for future comfort because
fallen arches can become painful.
These two exercises are good. Stand
with your toes on the edge Of .