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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-12
COOP BUILDING PLAN

BERKELEY. Calf, June IL
(P-The University of California
Student Veterans association to-
day has under consideration a plan
to pool G.. L. loans to erect a
81, 1000, 900 apartment hotel for hous-
ing 500 veterans and their fami-
lies. Ollie Trolson, association
president, said the veterans dis
cussed it at a meeting last night
and decided to check further into
the legality of pooling the loans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-12

One western bank has provided
a driveway with tellers SO motor
lists can make deposits without
getting out of their cars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
4 Defendants
Plead Guilty In
Criminal CourI

Criminal court. with Judge Ca
TO presiding, held special SEES
sion today to accept pleas of
guilty.
William L. Hunter pleaded
guilty to drunken driving and
not having a drivers license,
and was fined $50 and costs of
court. Judge Caro- also ruled
that Hunter would be unable to
obtain a drivers license for a
year.
J. B. Hanson loaded guilty to
speeding and was fined $25
Bobby Jones. negro, pleaded
guilty to drunken driving and
was fined $50 and costs. with the
alternative of serving 80 days in
Jail.
Heron Brown was fined costs
for drunkenness. They amounted
to $9.75.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10

Members of the Key West HUI
name Society have passed a reso-
tuition to request strict enforce
I.ment of the Florida State Law
prohibiting the hunting or trap
iping of wild birds.
In accordance with a decision
reached at the meeting of the So
ciety last Thursday night, all in
stances of shooting at birds, either
with guns or sling-shots, or OF
caging of birds will be reported
at once to the police and to Will
liam Montgomery, Humane agent
here. Instances of violations of
the bird-hunting law have been
reported to Society members fire.
quently in the last few weeks.
Persons desiring assistance in
curbing such acts or in protecting
birds in other manners may Sc
cure advice by contracting Agent
Montgomery.
Gratitude to Mr.. Montgomery
for the splendid work he is doing
under difficult circumstances was
Expressed by Mrs. George Mills
White, president. In the six
weeks he has been with the So
ciety, from October Is to Nov. 80,
TIA animals were processed. OF
these, 81 were dogs and II were
cats. Twelve animals were given
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
March OF Dimes
Director Asked
To State Confab

Mrs. Wilhelmina c.. Harvey
campaign director of the March
of Dimes Drive for Monroe Coun-
ty, has been invited to attend q
meeting of county campaign di-
rectors from this section of the
state at the Hotel Pennsylvania.
West Palm Beach to be held to-
day to discuss arrangements and
progress of the drive.
The invitation was extended by
Marion T. Jeffries, state repreSen-
tative of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, who will
be present along with Judge Holt
of Miami, who is the state cam
paign chairman, and other coun-
ty campaign directors.
The March of Dimes Drive has
been started with canvaSSerS Wis
iting business houses and request
ing special gifts. This canvaSsing
will be completed by January Is
for business firms and outStand-
ing philanthropists.
From January Is to January 30,
visits will be made to the local
schools where appropriate moving
pictures and literature will be
given the school children to in
still them with a feeling of safety
instead of fear. TheaterS will al
so be visited during these two
weeks, and the drive will culmin-
ate in the annual Presidents
Birthday Ball on Thursday, Jan
uary 30.
Announcement will soon be
made Of all firms and philanthropy
ic citizens who by their contribu-
lions are now members of the
500, 5000 and $500 clubs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10

Florida Keys
Story In Look
For Dec. "A

Look, a picture magazine, will
publish a story profuSely illus
trated and other Florida Keys
in it's issue of December "a, ac-
cording to advance tear sheets
The Citizen has received from
that publication.
Several pictures are given OF
the Overseas Highway, including
part of the Seven-Mile bridge.
One paragraph of the story
reads:
winter is the best season in
the Keys, but many tourists pre-
fer less crowded off-seasons. The
temperature, summer and winter
ranges from SIS to 20 degrees. Key
West claims to be the only frost
free city in the United States"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
Cigarette May Have
Set WineCOff Hotel
Fire, Marshal Thinks
INDICATIONS 1T WAS,
DROPPED ON MAT
TRESS BY MAN WHILE
DRUNK
(By T'he Associated Pressl


ATLANTA, Dec. 1O.-One Of
the 80 persons, who were injured
in the Winecoff hotel fire, died
today, bringing the number oil
fatalities to l21.
Harry Phillips, Fire Marshal
stated that he had not yet de-
termined definitely the cause
of the fire, though he thought
a lighted cigarette, dropped on
a mattress in a room on the third
floor, was the cause of the blaze.
Phillips explained that several
empty whiskey bottles in the
room indicated that its occupants
had held a drunken party. His
presumption was that one of the
occupants, while drunk, had gone
90 bed, smoking a cigarette, and
that it had fallen from his hand
and ignited the mattres.
A local electrician today eX-
planned a device that most likely
would have prevented the loss
Of life in the Winecoff. The in
strument has four sockets, and
one of them remains ready for
operation instantly, regardless of
whether or not is is connected.
On discovering a fire, he added,
a warning can be sent instantly
TO every occupant in a hotel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10

5000 ring by three men in taxi
cab at Revere.
Once is enough for me-" Higgs
declared, and | made up my mind
I'd get that guy in Charlestown. "
Returning from work Thurs
day, Higgs waited at City so.
and sighted the grey-haired man.
He watched the man but saw no
suspicious moves. Again on Fri
day, Higgs was at City So, saw
the elderly man and lost sight of
MIN about the time man in the
crowd shouted, 1--we been rob-
bed"
Higgs spent most of yesterday
at the same bus stop and never
lost sight of his suspect. During
the evening rush. Higgs was a
step away when the suspect, ac-
cording to Higgs' account to po-
lice, dipped hand in the rear
pocket of William Wyrwicz of
"a Poplar ST., Chelsea. Selling
the mans arm and holding the
hand still in Wyrwicz' pocket.
Higgs shouted for police. Boston
Eleveated Special Officer Fred
M. King ran to the scene and
with Higgs took the suspect to
the Charlestown Police Station.
There, the man gave his name
as Joseph Forte, So, of Sharon
St, South End. Police said his
record listed more than 200
court appearances with offenses
in Boston, New York, and Phil
adelphia.
Forte admitted to police he had
served "a of SO years in prison on
pickpocket and liquor violations
in Boston, New York and else
where. He was held on $500 bail,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
Message From Santa
Says He VIII Be At
Harris School Friday

Authorities at the Harris
School have received the fol-
lowing message from Santa
Claus:
II wish to notify all children,
that will be on the grounds of
the Harris School next Friday,
December Is at L. m., and will
At that time gladly receive all
letters and Christmas lists of the
things the children want. Be sure
Co attend"
A nice party is planned with
Santa as guest and such goodies
- candied apples, por corn balls,
snow balls, cake, candy, sand
witches, and sodas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
Most Vets Released
AT Sub Base Have
Been Found Jobs

Placement of veteran preference
employees affected by the reduc-
ton in force now underway at the
Submarine Base has been emin-
entity successful, it was disclosed
today by Capt. w. A. Saunders,
u1se, commanding Officer =
Only seven of the SO veterans
involved still remain to be placed,
and there is every likelihood that
they will be assigned to other
positions before the date on
which they would otherwise be
separated, December 81, Captain
Saunders said.
Sixty of the veterans have been
assigned to other positions, and
Of the remainder, "a declined re-
assignment, two resigned, and the
seven mentioned above are in the
process of being placed.
Captain Saunders expressed
his appreciation for the fine CO.
operation extended by local vet
Grams groups. Committees repre-
senting Arthur Sawyer Post No
2B of the American Legion and
Post No. 1911 of the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars have worked close
~ with the industrial relations
division of the Submarine Base ir
ironing out difficulties involved
in the transfer or reaSsignment
Of veterans.
The Naval Air Station and the
Naval Hospital have absorbed
many of the veterans who could
not be placed in other positions
al the Submarine Base.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
- On Petition For
/. Roads On Keys

The petition to be presented to
the County Commissioners tonight
asking for lateral roads. on va
rious Keys in Monroe County IS
signed by the persons listed be-
low, requesting that our lands
be made accessible from the
highway by roads to make it pos
sible to develop our farms and
obtain some income from this in
vestment":
John A. Parks, 603 Southland
Street; T. T. Thompson, $40 ST.
monitor Street; Ignacio Joseph
Avila, 514 Elizabeth Street; Mrs.
Geo. Koch, All William Street;
Mrs. Annie Page, 419 William
Street; Lewis E. Pierce, 142l
White Street; ]. Frank Roberts,
526 William Street; B. M. Forbes,
222 Duval Street.
Arturo Boza, Delmonico Res
taurant; Hilario Ramos, I'll Du-
val Street; Lieut.. Alien, Pee,
7l2 Caroline Street; Raul Cuesta,
GIT Angela Street; Howard Will
son, FOG South Street; Rosinda
Piodela, Porter Place, Gil; Mary
]. Mcknight, laos Newton Street;
Isabel Mcknight, l405 Newton
Street; Mildred Mcknight Weav-
er, 953 S.W. 4th ST., Miami, Fla.
Harold A. Gibson, l401 Pine
Street; Charles Sherman, 48 Main
Street, Aurora, ILL.,; Alton Goer-
ing, 419 William Street; Harry j
Mitchell, I'll North Beach,; Mar
garet. Lacedonia Mitchell, I'll
North Beach; Hastings Smith
1920 Georgia Street.
E. H. Cato, $50 Catherine
Street; Hon. B. c. Papy, State
Representative; Berlin Sawyer
Monroe County Courthouse
Frank G.. Sutton, All William
Street; Juan Carbonell, Monroe
Theater; Mrs. John Rivas, Geor-
gia Street; Chas. Park, 1921 New.
ton Street; L. o. Turner, Ills
White Street; Fernando Carlo
NELL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
Housing To Sell At sl78,O25
Approved By FILA For County

Galveston Lane and Elizabeth
Streets, five-room house, $4,000,
now under construction.
F. L. Rodgers, of 1913 Fleming,
building on Flagler Ave-, four
units, five rooms each, $6,250.
Willard B. Hopkins, Jr., Lots
17-18, Block 5 Flagler Ave. six
room house, $4,000.
VIM. Fl. Monsalvatge, Jr., vet
eran, at corner Fogarty and Sew
enth, three-room house, $500.
Robert J. Whitehead, Jr.. vet
eran, rear of Harris Ave-, Lot IL,
Tract 81, five-room, $4,000.
VIM. W. Cothron, veteran, at
Matacumbe Beach, Broom, 49,
500.
Col. r. D. Harding, Marathon,
$4,000 house.
Charles H. Nawnan, Miami,
veteran, at Marathon, four units.
two rooms each, $4,000, to rent
at $40 per month each.
Bill Edwards, Marathon, So, 100,
five-room house.
Richard j. Williams, veteran,
ISlamorada, at Upper Matecumbe,
three-room house, $4,000.
George F. Curry, veteran, at
1910 Olivia Street, veteran $4,000,
four-room Completely.
Walter w. Zittel, Jr., veteran of
Buffalo, N. Y, $500 house at
Plantation Key.
Edwin E. Nottage veteran, at
Poor House Lane, five-room
house, $500.
Juan ]. Martinez, veteran, at
1909 Packer Street, six-room, S.
500 house.
Manuel Garcia, veteran, corner
of Virginia Street and Windsor
Lane, $500, Six-room house.
Ralph E. Lund, veteran, Tav-
ernier, $4,000 six-room house at
Tavernier.
William M. Pinder, approved
loan to build a three-room house.
$4,000, at Tavernier.
Improvements
Thomas D. McGrath, 523 Eaton
Street, repairs to make dwelling
habitable for two families.
Earl L. Harwell, Key Largo,
repairs, kitchen and plumbing.
Albert G. Roberts, 1929 White
head Street, preparing house for
Pfc Ray w. Tarrant, Marine
Corps, and wife, at Ala Louisa
Street.
Clyde V. Hicks, 408 Louisa
Street, repairs and extension.
r. J. Sigler, Marathon, Par
IRISH Road, plumbing repairs. Z.
Victor Humphrey, .Isfamorada,
repairs.
Theodore Ness, 500 Southland
Street, remodeling and plumbing
at 523 Southland Street.
John J Jackson, Jr., at 1912
Southland Street, renovation of
old building, installation of sewer
and water to provide home for
family and father.
Garland B. Smith, Tavernier,
$1,000 repairs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
Humane Society Moves To Protect
Birds; Agent Processes la Animals

out for adoption; 20 treated for
minor ailments; IA boarded; five
lost animals returned to their
owners and four biting dogs kept
under observation.
Of this total, u animals were
gassed because of illness, previous
bad training or bad natures max
ing them unfit for adoption. In
the six weeks, SO dogs were Ii
cenSed.
Calls on the Humane agent are
many at all hours of day and
night and it was pointed out by
Mrs. White that too few people
who telephone to have animals
taken to the shelter, realize that
some donation to the Society for
such services is essential, if the
Society is to continue to serve the
community as it should. Mem
berShips and donations so far
have not been adequate, even
with the small sum provided by
the city, to get proper and eff
ficient truck and to provide Mr..
Montgomery with the help he
needs from time to time.
Lee Goddard was appointed by
the Board of Directors to take
over the unexpired term as treas
urer, which Charles Wardlow felt
he must relinquish because of the
press of business affairs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10

A former Key West boy, Seth
E. Higgs, better known here as
Jack Higgs, recently was given
bold, black headlines in Boston
newspapers for his lone-eagle de
tective work in capturing a Su5-
pected pickpocket. The man he
caught was in the act of picking
another mans pocket and was
the same individual who had
jostled Higgs few days previ-
ouSly when the former Key
Wester had lost his wallet on a
bus.
Higgs, 3O-year-old resident of
Chelsea, Mass, was born and
brought up here and is the
brother of Laurence Higgs, 816
AShe street.
The story of HiggS' patient de
tective work, as carried by one
paper, follows:
Last Tuesday at the City So
bus stop, Seth E. Higgs, 80, of
1856 Shurtleff St, Chelsea, was
jostled by a notwithstanding
elderly man and soon afterwards
missed his wallet. About a year
ago, Higgs had been severely
beaten and robbed of $40 and &
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
Object Vf .Gofumbians Was
To Capture u. S. Government,
Youth DiSclOseS In Confession
HE, ANOTHER YOUTH
CRILLED TO-DAY By
CEORGIA'S ATTORNEY
GENERAL
tBy Associated Press)

! ATLANTA, Dec. 10-One of
two Colombians, composed of
youths whose aim was to take
over the government of the Uni
ted States, who had been arrest
ed for questioning by Attorney
General Eugene Cook, confessed
today. involving the leaders of the
organization.
He was James Childers, Is,
who, with Lanier Waller, 81, was
questioned by Cook, Childers adj
mitted that the ColumbianS had
been organized at the behest Of
the Nazis, and that the latter
had sent the ColumbianS arms and
ammunition from Germany.
Childers explained that his or
ganization had based its success
in stirring up hatred against
Negroes and Jews. He also re-
lated plot that had been hatch
ed to seize and whip the editors
of two local newspapers, who had
written editorials denouncing the
ColumbianS.
He stated that the Columbians
had caches of dynamite that was
to be used in blowing up houses
occupied by Negroes. One such
house, he declared, already had
been dynamited.
1t was a Colombian committee.
he admitted, that had compelled
a negro family to move out of a
house they had bought in the
outskirts of this city.
Homer LOOMS. of New York
City, Childers said, was the or
ganizer of the ColumbianS. who
had following of 5000 in Allan
ia alone. However, city officials
disputed those figures, adding
that there are or were fewer than
500 members here.
Childers told of elaborate
/ plans that had ben made to get
sufficient strength in state after
state, and then capture Washing
ton by surprise. The first edict
that was to be issued by the Co
lurnbians, when they came into
power" was to be directed
against Jews and negroes.
So far as could be determin-
ed, Columbians in Georgia were
organized last August Ia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10

Residential construction amount
ing to $116,525 (maximum sales
price, has been approved for Key
West, L. H. Warren, OPA Rent
Director, said today. Additional
construction totaling SCI, 500 (max-
imum sales price, has been APP
proved for Islamorada, Mate
cumbe, Windley Key, Marathon,
Plantation Key and Tavernier.
The local rent director will
have control of enforcement of
the maximum sales provisions es-
tablished by the Federal Housing
Administration, especially with q
view to seeing that veterans gel
priority of purchase or rent of the
buildings. Most of the construc-
ton, both in Key West and far
Their down the Keys. is being done
by or for veterans.
Some of the larger construction
here includes three five-room
houses to be built in the East Mar
tello Towers subdivision by Bent
ley, Hicks and TOPPING, 725 Car
oline Street, to sell at prices of
$1,000, $9.625 and $4,000. Carlos
Gellrich, 400 Simonton Street, has
been given approval for construc-
ton of house to sell at $4,000
and Austin G.. Taylor will build
an apartment for veterans at 804
Caroline Street, sales price $8,-
500. The apartment will consist
of three units of five rooms each.
The FILA maximum sales price
does not mean that the units can
not be rented but the rental rate
must be approved.
F. l.. Rodgers, 1913 Fleming
Street, has been granted approval
for an apartment of the same
type to be built for veterans at
the Key West Foundation, maxi
mum sales price $7,750. Charles
F. Major, veteran, has nearly
completed a Six-room house, sales
price $4,000, at GOA Petronia
Street, and has another on an
adjoining lot 20 percent COM
pleted. He is living in the nearly
finished building. FILA sales
price on the other is $4,000; rental
is $55 per month.
Other FILA construction author
lied here and on the other Keys,
some of which is totally or par
TALLY completed, follows:
Donald E. West, Pc. Box No.
20, Islamorada, Fla, six-room
house. $4,000 at Matecumbe Key;
five-roorn house, $500 and 81
room house, $1,000, at Islamorada.
Burton w. Richardson 1903
Seidenberg Ave, a house, $500.
Ralph Bowman, Miami, Wind
ley Key lives in MiamD, seven
room house, $4,000, at Windley
Key.
Manuel Roger veteran, seven
room house at All Amelia Street,
$4,000 Completely.
David D. DoWG, veteran, three
room house at 1904 Bertha Street,
$1,000.
John B. Knowles, veteran, at
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
Report Civil
War Today In
Two Countries

\ LONDON, Dec. 10-In two
countries civil war is flaming to-
day.
Open warfare began this MORN
ing in Iran, and four columns of
government forces radioed that
they had captured 10 towns after
fierce fighting"
News was received from Nan
king that fighting is under way
between Communists and Nat
ionalists in four provinces of
China.
All conferences, dispatch ad-
ded, that had been held in China
in trying to restore peace, had
gone for naught.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT HOUSE

DECATUR. Ill. - Unable to
find materials to build his four
room house, Glen r. Stewart
found substitute for the lum-
Der in ammunition boxes, left
overs from the war. First plan
ming to use the wood from the
boxes. he later decided a strong
CT building would result by leav-
ing them together.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
City Plans Repair
OF Sponge Dock

Work will commence in day
or two on improving the sponge
dock at the foot of Grinnell St,
City Manager o. J. S Elhngson
said this morning The wood GOV
ering of the dock will be ripped
off where it is in poor condition
and the dock will be filled in
with mari.
The result will be a smooth,
substantial surface for the sponge
fisherman to use as d display
area. the city manager said, as
well as a sturdy dock for yes
sells of the sponge fleet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10
Providence
Teachers Out
On Strike Today
NBy The A.soeiated Prsssl

PROVIDENCE, r. Teach
erS in local public schools went
on strike today for higher wage.
Reports from, Pawtucket said
that teachers in that city have fill
ed demands with the board of
education that they would go on
strike if their salaries are not
increased
Unrest among teachers else
where in Rhode Island was re-
ported in news dispatches receiv-
ed here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-10

Casa Marina Gets
$4,000 Painting
And Repair Job

A $4,000 building paint
ing permit for work TO be
done on the Casa Marina Ho-
tel was issued Friday by
Building Inspector Enrol
Sawyer. he said today. Of
the total cost of improve
ments. $1,000 is for wood
work renovation and $4,000
for painting.
The permit was issued to
Julius Kasdin. president. Mia
mi Beach Corporation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-27
FISHING NEWS

Capt. Sam Johnson's Good Tid- jngs is due at noon today with 200 barrels of bait for the halibut fleet at the Juneau Cold Storage Com pany. Johnson brought in 200 bar rels of herring yesterday.
 Taking on ice and bait today were the following halibut boats :: Capt. Frank Olsens Defiance, Capt. Charles Larsen's Vivian, Capt. Ole Brandall's Ford, Capt. Pete Oswald's s Tundra, Capt. Tom Ness Emma, Capt. John Lowells Fern II. Capt. Peter Hildre's Margaret T., Capt. Olaf Westby's Queen, Capt. Bernt Alstead's Thelma, all due out by Monday.
 Yesterday, Capt. Gus Swanson's s Mayflower brought $500 pounds of black cod which were sold to the Alaska Coastal Fisheries. Also arriv- ing yestreday was Capt. John Mar tenson's Isis, which brought 25 tons of salt from Seattle for the cold storage company.
 A six-foot. spotted shark, caught by Capt. Ralph Mortenson while trolling in Funter Bay, also made port yesterday aboard Mortenson's s Boomer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-27
FILM AFFAIRS OF
 SU5AN'' FEATURE
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Previewers are saying that Joan Fontaine goes romantic with a bang in the first comedy role of her career, Paramount's The Affairs of Susan" She's out to do the town with not one, but four, hand some men and it's anybody's guess who'll be the luckiest of the lucky four when George Brent, Dennis OKeefe, Don DeFore and Walter Abel do the counting.
 Susan's hectic love life to be re- vealed at the 20th Century tonight has a surprise in store for the Fontaine fans, who think of her as the tragic, timid creature of "The Constant Lymph" In "The Affairs of Susan" Joan emerges gay and glamorous in twenty eight change wardrobe, designed by Edith Head. She thinks nothing of changing her personality with equal ease and to please each of her four suitors, Joan does an about-face on four separate occasions. First, there is the sophisticated George Brent, then playboy Don DeFore, then writer-poet Dennis O'Keefe and, finally, airline big-wig Walter Abel. Joan has to go some to suit them all, and she does.
 It all starts when Fontaine, as actress Susan Darrell, returns from an overseas tour and says yes to Walter Abel. Subsequently, Walter uncovers evidence of three other men in her life which prompts him to find out a little more about Susan before marching her to the altar. Abel doesn't want to re- peat the mistakes of the previous three.
 A bachelor dinner follows at which the rival trio attempt to enlighten the perplexed Walter, leaving him more confused than ever. The situation clears when Susan finally makes up her mind. It all makes for great entertain ment.