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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
"Mo1DER THE UMPIRE"

Editor, The Citizen:
/ enjoyed reading your article
on ''Moider The Umpire, and
deem it proper that I should ado
another inning to our ball game,
I believe in fair play, but it sc
happens that the umpire of our
game out-stepped his rules as ar
umpire, when, as city manager
he deliberately assumes he can
ruin a mans character and repu
tation by his unwarranted arrest,
by sending the. police wagon tc
take the player whose character
has been above reproach in this
community.
No amount of repentance or
his part could retract the damage
he has created in the minds o.
some people.
AS you state, it will require q
civil court to decide the final de
cision; and / feel confident that
our Florida law, which states, INC
person shall be imprisoned fol
debt except in the case of fraud
(and my standing in the com.
munity will prove that 1 have
always met my obligation when
humanity possible) will prove me
to be right,
w. J. SCHONECK.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Peacetine Enlistments
In Regular Navy

From the surrender of Japan
through April 81, regular Navy
first enlistments, transfers to the
regular Navy by reserves and in
ductees, reenlistments and extern
sions, totalled 203, 500, Seventh
Naval Districts public informa-
ton office in Miami has an
nounced.
A number of first enlistments
and reenlistments nave been not
ed in Key West during the pc
riod.
From April Is through April
81, there were 1929 first enlist
ments in the regular Navy at re-
lcruiting stations, 81 first enlist
ments outside the United States,
258 change-overs from reserve
and inductee status, 673 reenlist-
ments and extensions.
During the period of April IA
through goth, the Navy returned
58,254 persons to civilian life,
making total of 2,191, 794 since
August II, 1945.
This summer, the IND infor-
nation office says, men-of-wa1
vii make the first peacetime
cruise in five years.
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FERRIES. Or FAIRIEs2
Editor, The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
At least once week we read
some item in regards to the car
ferry service between Key West
and Havana. Cuba. Many folks
are losing faith and one cannot
hold them at fault for reserving
such an attitude toward the
whole matter.
We lost out on Pan-American
Anyways, the Railroad. the cigar
industry, sponging was taken by
Tarpon Springs and now, to top
it, we are about to miss the fer
ries.
We may well begin to save the
clippings, based on the ferries,
and add it to our scrapbook, with
the following heading, "The
Ferry Tale"
JOSEPH NJ. VILLAR.
Key West, Fla,
May %. 1916.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

On Saturday, May Is, at $3.50
pm, the Duval Street USO is
sponsoring a reception and dance
for the members of the gradual
ing classes of the Key West High
School and the Convent of Mary
Immaculate.
Among those invited to be
sponsors at, the affair are repre-
sentatives from. the following or
CARNATIONS: the Faculty of the
Key West High School and the
Convent of Mary Immaculate;
senior and junior hostesses; the
Rotary Club; the Junior Chamber
of Commerce; the Senior Cham
Der of Commerce; the Business
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Reception and Dance Saturday
for High, Content Graduates

Women's and Mems Associations;
the Senior Woman's Club; the
Hotel Association; the Key West
Lions Club; the Elks Club; the
Junior Woman's Club; the Key
West Players; the Southernmost
Realty Board; the Catholic Daugh-
tiers of America; the Jayshees; the
Merchants Association; the Boy
Scouts; the American Legion; the
American Legion Auxiliary; the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, and
the Ministerial Association.
Music for the affair will be
furnished by Don Rada and his
Music Makers. There will be re-
freshments and variety dances.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring.
Sleepless Nights

Doctors say your kidneys contain Is miles
oftinytubes or filters which help to purify the
blood and keep you healthy. When they get
tired and don't work right in the daytime,
many people have to get up nights. Frequent
or scanty passages with smarting and burning
sometimes shows there is something wrong
with your kidneys or bladder. Don't neglect
this condition and lose valuable, restful sleep.
When disorder of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it
may also cause nagging backache, rheumatic
pains, leg pains, loss of pep and energy,
swelling. pufhness under the eyes, headaches
and dizziness
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, stimulant diuretic, used successfully
by millions fer over 40 years. Deans give
happy relief and viii help the Is miles Of
kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from
your blood. Get Doan's Pills.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
OF INTEREST TO
KEY WEST
State Health Board Urges
precaution Against Polio
National and State News
With A Local Slant

tETeCdUL1ou Against Rol1o
With new cases reported almost
every day in cities to the north
of Key West, it is reassuring to
learn that up to the present there
has not been a single case of
infantile paralysis reported in
the Island City.
However, the State Board of
Health this week cautioned that
Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis)
is on the increase in Florida this
year and urges parents to observe
levery precautionary measure
against the disease. DR.. Edwin
|G. Riley, state epidemiologist,
said there is not yet cause for
alarm, but that there is consid-
cradle increase of cases as COM
pared with last year and that
every care should be exercises.
Warm Weather Disease
In 1945, "a cases were reported
over the state by the end of the
first week in May. This year,
however, Sc cases were on record
for the same period and more
have been noted since then.
Up to the first week in May,
cases of polio had been reported
from Bay, Brevard, Broward,
Columbia, Dade, Duval, Escam-
bia and Glades counties. Also
from Hillsborough, Orange, Os-
ceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Polk,
Sarasota and Volusia counties.
Counties with the highest incl
dence are Dade AZ, Palm Beach
20, Brevard z, Hillsborough z
and Polk 5.
DIR. Riley says that both this
and last year the disease is show
ing up considerably ahead of the
universally accepted polio sea-
son.. Ordinarily polio is more
prevalent in the midsummer
months, but that was not true
last year and certainly not this
season. He pointed out, how
ever, that it is definitely a WARM
WEATHER disease, and that
Florida, because of her climate,
might therefore be expected to
be among the first to report an
outcrop of the disease.
Precautionary Measures
Here's list of precautionary
measures:
Guard against exertion. Do.
Il not overwork.
9-Do not swim when over
q heated.
O-SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT
ID BE CLOSED DURING AN
EPIDEMIC. In this way every
child may be closely inspected.
ANY child showing abnormal
90 ity should be placed under
the care of a physician and the
health authorities notified at
once.
1T is strongly urged that all
- houses be screened against
flies: Very little is known about
polio, but the fact has been es-
tablished that the germs are con-
tanned in the secretion from the
nose and throat. Bowel discharges
have also been found to contain
the infectious agent. The virus
has definitely been associated
with flies. Therefore, every pre-
caution is urged to control the
insect known to carry other dis
eases; typhoid fever, for instance.
L-Isolation of sick children is
" important. Children known
to have been exposed to disease
should be quarantined for at least
IA days from the date of contact.
Again DIR. Riley warns that the
manner in which the polio germ
is spread from one to another is
actually not known, therefore,
every possible channel of spread
ing the disease should be con-
trolled.
Peacetime Enlistments
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
GARRISON Blight POLITICS

That was certainly bad news
about the Internal Improvement
Trustees refusing the city purch-
ase of the bottom lands in Gar
rison Blight. Of course everyone
realized that there was going to
be a big Yacht Basin project
planned for that area and I'll bet
a little digging would show that
there was plenty of pressure
brought to bear on the II Board.
I fail to see how anyone could
oppose such project, providing
Il is legitimate. Yachting is one
of the two big things of Key
West income now coming up. I'm
warning you, a little recession is
coming in for Key West prosper
ity. There is plenty of money
in the town right now but the
city is settling back fast with
naval units moving out of town.
We have only one big naval unit
left in twon and if it should ever
go. Key West would really be
dropped back without an ade-
quate tourist and yachting pro-
gram. The Central Civic group
is working on fishing and tour
ist projects right now but have
not taken up the question of
yachting as yet. We have long,
long road to travel to catch up
20 other tourist cities in Florida
which are stepping out smartly
right now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Corn Strangles Boy. 3

LONG POINT, Ill. - John
Charles Carpenter, 3, while visit
ing on his uncle's farm, watched
while corn was being shoveled
into wagon. He picked UP q
handful and put it into his
mouth. Several kernels lodged in
his esophagus and strangled him
to death. He died on the operat-
ing table of q Joliet hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Charles LOsUe
Studies Radio

Charles Lowe, 922 Fleming ST.,
Key West. has completed course
in practical and theoretical radio
and television and has been
awarded a diploma by the Ma
tional Radio Institute of Wash
ington, ID. c.
Mr.. Lowe finished the pre-
scribed course of technical stud
les with creditable grades and is
10 be congratulated upon his
achievement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Open House For
Eastern Stars

Worthy matrons and patrons
will be honored at an Open House
meeting of the Order of Eastern
Star, Fern Chapter, meeting to
be held tonight at 8 o'clock at
Scottish Rite Hall.
There will be a social hour fol-
lowing the meeting at which re-
freshmentS will be served.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

lack of help in the forests last
winter is shown by the small
quantities of the 4-foot logs at
the roadsides or bordering the
trails TO the logging swamps,
trails now deep in mud with the
departure Of the frost. The St.
John river has been floating
pulpwoOd to the mill dam at
keegan, two miles west of Van
Buren,, for several weeks, but
rivermen and lumber workers
say the drive is nothing as it was
in the ''old days.
Madawaska is built along the
edge of a shelf paralleling the
So. John. Edmunston, opposite,
extends back from the river up a
beautiful valley with little ex-
cept its railroad yards beside the
rivers bank.
Generally the people speak
French and don't often admit
they can get" English, but il
Is surprising and amusing when
one settles his hotel bill or trans
acts business at the post office
how easily it may be done. There
Is no reservation on the part Of
the French clerks then. But a:
soon as they complete theil
business with an American theii
soft voices turn to the language
Of their native land and as one
listens while the clerk speak:
over the telephone one think:
the dial system is quite an inven
tion-serving all tongues-aftel
all.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
MISREPRESENTATION

Along the line of these slips
there is the remark of Albert
Cooper concerning the fact that
the front end of a dog is not the
only end which gets into trouble.
Many persons misconstrued the
remark into a vulgarity. Cooper
Of course was against muzzling
Of dogs. Just before Mr.. Cooper
made this remark Mr.. King was
telling of property damage which
dogs did which evidently refer
red also to tearing up of plants
and gardens by dogs digging
with their feet, front and hind
legs. This was the other part of
the dog which gets into trouble
which Mr.. Cooper meant. Mr..
Cooper stated very emphatically
that he would not use a vulgar
ism in city commission meetings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
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PEOPLES FORUM


The Citizen welcomes express
sions of the views Of its read
eTs. but the editor reserves the
right 10 delete any items which
are considered IfbeIous or unwar-
ranted. The writers should be
fair and confine the letters to
800 words, and write ON one side
OF the paper only. Signature of
the writer's must accom- pany the
letters and will be pubsished NM
less requested otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
amateur Night
ShOuU Tonight

Boy Scouts of America, Troop
So, present their benefit Anna
teur Night show tonight at the
Harris School Auditorium. All
proceeds from the show will go
toward the summer encampment
fund of the Scouts.
The show consists of fourteen
acts. All types of entertainment
is in store for those attending
The curtain rises at 8 o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
HOT MOVES AHEAD

I think there will be more
news from the II Board in the
near future and at least a more
complete report given by this
body which did not even state
the reason why the municipality
was turned down on the area.
These viii be plenty of, stuff rails
ed about this question which
should not die. 1t all comes from
a form of Key West hari-kari
which has to be guarded against
continuously. Our leadership is
improving. Would that it were
only moro alert!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
CORAL ROCKETS


ts4t1tE - - $500
nN the present repair
$500 BaaleVard there are
ta aamsisieF az this time.
81 - 81 the repair ON the
m3 - Roosevelt B0ule-
Tas enlF point the State
Dsftmeut requires az
m # h fsaa = resolution be
- "a which authority 60
m eant3s - percent gaso-
te4 espios fund b. given
n fng thA purpose. This
s. hishly valnsble 10 the
A saansy Cos many rea-
~ X8 esaasY has not the
fs8ht na@ 30 do the job
EmshNf. th0ae surplus
- "a funds when and IL
can very wei be APP
- : wNfthg project 81 this
KAal Is Ne main thing 20
iah1 noA t.et Us get the
a fepaised "a this time.
~ ts Feu fhis part Of the
haa wiauleheartcd sup
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

kame y q ses0nd part Of
50 t Nhieh will come up
$3.50 sui since Il has no
akAH On getting the
tepalfea a this time.
- eemaAaef h. This Is the
- aha shall maintain
ah@fe 81 ihe Boulevard.
81 have SED mainten-
mN H. nNEeasafy that the
3 aeed "a the prop
IS $50 that IRIS deed can
N& tfuFn present owners
M - q aueatlUn Tor the
49, AL - qaiie q contro-
n = eemss 70. For the
~ ~ - haid ear thought
$3.50 ~ tAe second point
amamee. II need be the
MN8 epald maintain that
MMem repaired Tho main
~ xhi soc - % set the
~ tepa6fed and that Is
whlsh tho SRD wishes
- fie esunty right now.
EAat Ane the proiect has
eastea support There
Ah~E Inside story as far
See - tiaat farsi plan.
AaENB sTIlL oH PENCILS
ams0I waN telling me a
) newepaper slip which
~ Allanta This IL one
- So 5e1anei d aeems that a
f Wmid Wa I would
- aaltie experiences i'm
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Maa the Journal came
- ~ new1 49, with tllc story
MMA veteran says"
- - esAnei ha the ceiling
M M anG BAD hls ears burnt
aH sNae slfunK army
M aaae aas Next day the
nsaf eut with the corr
me 1semnt botgle Scared
- aafs-H Well. Atlanta is
e. he Ia the summer
49, 49, aAlnt nelp thingsl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

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wNa Sos railroad ties.
SO lence pasts. and an
afgss uf poplar and
as mostly IN tbs pulp
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ma aMM ~ hofses o. tractors
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M8 p8mtlnN and potato
eas9 masEh afop two rows al
N eaxh Rye pleCe" nine
ha - ne.ahhors. gave
s. tAs flelels bsli rcecntly re-
- fam tsn harsh grip Of
W.ntef
81 k1ate halisea along the
MeE aaia usen and women
4 sialaa aead POTATOES for
aseliate transfer % the
hHpEFs of ms seeding
- 8 Hha seed Is certified,
~ n matlal teda. and inn
- VS. erup Ia this land.
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s. ng eEainariiy from i25 10
ass tefsa 30 the scFe. whereas
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8 Assnfas SONS La mid
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81 Eelafo foT 5 week Al
s tha 40 og more towns
81 Asslok County unite In d
putaio blossom Fes.
~ Mh4h taa year viii cul.
nts Nish tfse cofonation % Z
aeleeiea ilom among
w. KEaWege aauEhlers In eaci
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a SIS Yeeg fsr the first pres
a AinNe Pearl Harb0r
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Bound To Come

Plastic" hats?
Not quite-yet!
But one manufacturer is max
ing mems hats out of felt in
which wool is combined with
plastic fibers. Can't shrink or
expand, impervious to water, It's
said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

Only one in five World War
marriages between American men
and foreign women failed.
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KEGS 40 esd
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Evening star., 1946-04-28
Win a Cash Prize
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For Junior Star

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have not yet finished high school,
you are eligible to write or draw for
The Junior Star. AS many as five
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the best contributions published
each week, and writer's of stories
which in the opinion of the editor
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Evening star., 1946-04-28
By Elmo WoItner

II you have been required to make
a botany notebook of pressed fow-
ers you have perhaps found that
the pressed flowers are apt to crum-
BILE. But if you blueprint the flow
ers you'll keep their outlines indefi-
nitely.
You won't need much in the way
of materials. Blueprint paper is the
most necessary, of course. You can
usually get this at an office supply
house or some friendly architect
may be willing to supply you with
a small quantity. This paper is very
sensitive to light, so keep it rolled
colored side in and stored in dark
place.
Get a dimes worth OF potash
crystals from the drugstore. You
will also need a piece of glass and
a piece of heavy cardboard.
Cut the blueprint paper in a room
with the shades drawn and lay II
on the cardboard, blue side up. Ar
range the flower specimen on it
separating the petals and leaves as
much as possible Small flowers and
ferns make the prettiest prints
Evening star., 1946-04-28
Pupil Learns About
Mexico From Friend
Who Visited There
Prize Contribution
By Mortho Jennison, IS,

befhesdo-lheVy SnoSe Ht0h Sehoct
My ideas about Mexico always
have been a little vague, centering
around people with sombreros over
their faces taking siestas, in front
of adobe huts, so I was glad to
hear the account Patsy Berkner
gave me on her return from there.
She said that she saw only one
person taking a siesta. Also the
farmers all wear blue jeans. in
stead Of the traditional clothing.
1t was a little disillusioning.
Patsy entered Mexico by way of
Laredo, Tex, on the Rio Grande,
and from there went to the capital.
On the way, she saw a lot OF
mountains which are used for
farming, no matter how steep the
sides may be.
In Mexico City she saw the
National Palace, now used for Of
fees; the Cathedral, the Jesuit
Church: Chapultepec. the former
home of Maximillian and Carlotta;
Xochimilco, the famous floating
Sdl uCilS, dllu tllC pyi dulluS VI leu
tihuacan, the sun and the moon.
At the floating gardens there are
boats bedecked with flowers in which
you can ride. You can buy your
lunch or soft drinks and musicians
are there to play for you.
After Mexico City, she went to
Acapulco, a beach resort on the
Pacific. There she had wonderful
swimming at the surf beach.
Leaving Acapulco. she saw the
pyramid Of Xochicholoc, which has
ornate carvings all over it. She
saw Cuernavaka, where many veal
thy people have beautiful homes.
Patsy said conditions in Mexico
are not as good as in the United
States, and there is evidently little
education among the farmers and
lower classes. Farming is done by
the old methods, with burros that
cost so cents apiece. The people
are very generous.
The trip was very interesting and
probably more than made up In
educational value for the time she
missed in school.
Evening star., 1946-04-28
Use Blueprint Paper to Make
Your Fl01Ver Notebook Last

Cover the flower with the glass and
carry it out into the sunlight. Since
the intensity of the sun is not al
ways the same, the length of time
necessary for exposure will vary.
From one to two minutes will usual
ly be sufficient. A little practice
will enable you to. tell by the color
of the paper.
Carry it indoors, remove the glass
and paper and wash under the
faucet or in a pan of water, Then
give the print a second bath in a
solution of one teaspoon of potash
crystals to one gallon of water.
A final washing in clear water
and the print is ready to be
stretched out to dry. There will be
a delicate white flower silhouette
on the blue paper, which will keep
indefinitely.
These prints can be used in nu-
merous other places besides botany
notebooks. They make very pretty
notebook covers. Novel stationery is
another possibility. For this a very
small print would be used. Mount
the blue paper on piece of gold
metallic or silver paper that is about
lone-eighth inch larger all around
then glue both to your stationery.
Evening star., 1946-04-28
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, 10, 1e46
Legion Auxiliary
Has 10000 Units;
Other Activities

The American Legion Auxiliary
now has 10000 units chartered. it
was announced last week by Mrs.
Gwendolyn Wiggin, national sec
retary.
Seven hundred thousand members
were in the national organization,
enrolled by April l, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Thelma Healy.
membership chairman of the Dis
trict Department. She urges all
units to send in their new applica-
tions at once in order that the
1945 record may be passed before
the national president, Mrs. Walter
G. Craven, makes her official visi-
tation to the District on May II.
Department President Mrs. Pearl
Heagarty will preside at meeting
of the Building Fund Committee
tomorrow night at the Legion club
house. All department officers and
unit presidents are urged to attend.
United States Department of Agri-
SOlIaiC OiilG WILL give d ullliCl dt
the Fairfax Hotel at $50 pm. Thurs
day for the benefit of the depart
ment's building fund. Members are
requested to contact the president,
Mrs. Elizabeth Moriarty, AT. 6515.
United States Maritime Units Ex-
ecutive Committee will meet at the
home of Mrs. Veronica Donovan,
4O1 East Clifton Terrace, at pm.
Tuesday. Mrs Mary D. Spence,
president, announces poppies will be
made.
Members Of Police and Fire Unit
will begin their first-aid course at
Georgetown University Hospital at Z
pm. Tuesday, under the direction
of Miss Rose Perkins.