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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

waiter a couple of dollars for
service.
SIS For Bottle OF Scotch
Vernon thought maybe a little
snort might be helpful before
dinner so he phoned to room SER
vice and asked if it would be pos
sible to get bottle of Scotch or
Bourbon. II was. if you wanted
to r,,y SIS for it. We didn't, fig
urin' it was cheaper at 75c
drink over the mahogany.
Headquarters for the Apple
growers was the Sherman HAel
and we drifted over there after a
while to see what was going on.
was surprised to find the place
filled with Floridians, most of
them citrus leaders,. who have
found it worthwhile to keep a
close check on the apple deal
because of its close relationship
to the sale of citrus fruits. Among
those registered from Florida
were c. c. Commander of the
Florida Citrus Exchange; Don
Butts, of the Florida Citrus Com
mission: Courtney Campbell, of
the Food Machinery Corporation;
l.. Maxcy, of Frostproof; I'm
Monroe, secretary of the Florida
Retail Growers. Association, and
a lot of others. Between forty
and fifty Floridians were in at
tendance.
Desires Florida "Fox-Hols"
Maybe living up in thu, neck
of the woods appeals to some
folks, but as for me, / wouldn't
trade my little Florida fox-hole
for a dozen Chicagoes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
BY RUSSELL KAY

looking down on Chesapeake Bay,
Washington, d. c.; Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago.
Flying time from Norfolk, Va,
where we boarded our plane, to
Chicago, our destination, was only
a little over four hours. 1t was
my first flight on the new Doug
las DC4 and am here to tell you
it is a real experience.
/ guess Chicago would be a
helluva big city if you could
scrape it altogether in one big
pile like they've done with New
York, but the way it is now, the
darn place seems to have let it.
self go like a fat lady in the
circus, when she takes off her
girdle. You just don't know
where it begins or leaves off.
Folks Millin' Around
!" The Stevens Hotel, where we
put up for the night on our ar
rival, was a right smart establish
ment, a kind of a cross between
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

CHICAGO, Aug. IS (Delayed).
Last week when / wrote my
column from Suffolk, / really
expected to be pounding this one
out on my own typewriter in
Tampa, but my friend, Vernon
Ramsey, twisted my arm and
made me join him on a trip to
Chicago to attend the Internal
tional Apple Growers Conven-
ton.
Now 1 had just about as much
excuse to attend an Apple con-
vention as a peach orchard shoat
would have running for Con-
gress, but you know me when
temptation crooks her index fin
ger. / got no more resistance
than a burned out coil.
Watches U. S. Go BY
Il So the upshot of it was, find
myself strapped in a Pennsylvan-
la Central Airlines plane watch
in the United States go by at a
speed of about 200 miles an hour.
1t is a right pretty sight, too
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Amended Bill Proposes
Life Annuity Payments

An amendment to the Civil
Service Retirement Act propos-
ing the payment of life annuities
to separated employees with %
years of service to their credit
has been favorably reported to
the House Civil Service Com
mittee in Washington.
If passed in its present form,
the amendment would have the
effect of permitting all employees
who have rendered rs years of
allowable service and who are
involuntarily separated from the
Federal service August IA, 1945
and August IA, 1947, to be re-
tired on immediate life annuity
with a reduction in the total
value of the annuity of 2 pei
cent or one-sixth of l per cent
for each month which the en-
ployee is under the retirement
age for his group.
AS interpreted by Washington
Civil Service authorities, the
amendment would take care OF
certain situations comparable tC
the case of a Leadingman in q
Navy Yard who was selected fol
involuntary separation in reduc'
ton in force but who accepted g
laborer's job at greatly reduced
pay. This employee, it is ex'
planned, undoubtedly would have
accepted retirement had the pro.
posed bill been in effect at the
time he was separated from the
service. instead of the lower
classified job. The new pro
vision would give such employee:
the right to benefit under III {
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
SATURDAY. AUGUST "a. ls4s
(Know America)

1844-A section of Washington,
D. c., burned down by inviting
British. in second war with Brit
ain.
1891-Edison files patent appli-
cation for pioneer movie camera
granted six years later.
1897-Notable patent for inn
proved time-lock system granted
Ira G. Blake of Worcester, Mass.
1912-The Newspaper Pub
licity Law enacted by Congress;
periodic statement of owner
ship.
1912-Territory of Alaska for
mally organized.
1939-President Roosevelt ap-
peals for peace to Italian king,
Hitler and president of Poland.
1941-Churchill pledges aid if
United States wars with Japan.
1942-Army Flying Fortresses
attack enemy shipyards in
France.
1913 - English-American War
Conference in Quebec ends.
1914 - Americans cross the
Seine River in France.
1945-WPB removes all con-
trolls on making of passenger
cars. Britain's Attlee says lend
lease end places Britain in "a
very serious financial condition"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

the Grand Central Station and
the Polo Grounds. with more
folks millin' around the lobby
than you'd find in most Florida
towns on Saturday night.
The bell-hop who showed us to
our room for dirty look and a
fifty cent tip. opened window
which faced Lake Michigan and
with the first blast liked to froze
to death. We could see a lot of
native Yankees playing around
on the beach, but it was too
rugged for us -blooded South
erners. 1t gave me goose pim-
Piles bigger than hens eggs just
watchin' 'em.
Key West Crawfish, Better
After washin' the shakespeare
off our faces we went down TO
the dining room, or, that is. one
of them-they have five or six
for a mess of victuals. l thought
prices were high in Florida until
/ took look at the menu. The
cheapest thing they had to offer
was hamburger steak at $3.50 per
helping.
I settled for a half baby
n
a slab of plain old Key West
crawfish has it beat mile and
you can still get it in Tampa
at a dollar throw.
The ceilings in Chicago are
about twice as high as they are
in Florida and on top of that you
are supposed to tip the head
waiter a fin for a table and the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
TO-DAY in HISTORY
know America)

1781-Los Angeles founded by
Spanish as the Pueblo of Los An
geles: Gel Pueblo de Nuestra
Sonora la Refine de Los Angeles. /"
1791-First steamboat patents
issued simultaneously to Nathan
Read, James Rumsey, John Fitch
and John Stevens.
1857-In Cleveland, nation
al emancipation society is form
ed to end slavery by getting Gov
eminent to buy up and free the
slaves.
1883-The great eruption of
Krakatoa, a small island between
Java and Sumatra-the most vio-
lent explosion in recorded his
tory.
1884-The linotype patented by
Ottmar Mergenthaler of Balti-
more.
1895-Hydro-ele power for
commercial use first sent from
Niagara Falls.
1920-19th Amendment to the
Constitution-woman suffrage
declared in effect.
1942-American bombers raid
Burma. Japs land on southeast
ern tip of New Guinea. Pope
protests roundup of Jews in IN
occupied France.
1943-American planes bomb
Caen, Normandy, airfield.
1944-Americans- French take
10000 Germans at Belin, France.
Patton's forces fan out from
Troyes. Rejoicing Paris paraders
bombed from air by Germans. !.
1945-Jap delegates board us.
Missouri for peace terms. Russia
and China sign a 30-year treaty
of friendship and alliance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

Telephone; Joiners; Plumbers;
Cement Finishers: Masons, stone
or brick: Painters; Automotive
Mechanics; Operators, Automo-
tive Equipment.
Group IVb in the Marianas Is
lands: Civil. Mechanical, Elec-
trical and Architectural Engi-
neers; Administrative Assistants;
Fiscal Accountants; Typists;
Stenographers; Clerks; Store
keepers.
In Alaska, Group III: Automo-
tive Mechanics; Refrigeration
Mechanics; Joiners; Enginemen;
Electricians. Telephone; an d
Wharfbuilders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Personnel UurgentlY Needed
In Marianas And AIeutian,

Critical shortages of Civil
Service employees for all types
of construction and maintenance
work still exist at major Pacific
Naval establishments.
Workers are most needed ir
the Marianas and Aleutian
Islands where rehabilitation of
Naval Personnel has caused an
almost complete stoppage of es-
sential facilities in some cases.
In the Aleutians, worker short
ages exist in all ratings from
roofers and plumbers. to cleo
tricians and Diesel mechanics al
Adak, :Attu, Dutch Harbor and
Kodiak. A work week of from 40
to 48 hours per week has been
established with time and a half
pay for all over 40 hours. APP
propriate overseas bonuses also
apply.
A shortage of some $50 work.
ers exists at Guam and Sal
pan in the Marianas Islands, with
telephone personnel, carpenters,
painters and refrigeration and
auto mechanics the most urgent
" needed.
However, there are openings
IN nearly all professional, clerical,
drafting and surveying positions.
Living quarters, meals and es-
sential services are provided by
the Navy at nominal expense in
both the Marianas and Aleutians.
Workers will not be permitted
to take dependents.
These vacancies may be of
special interest to personnel af-
fected by the reduction in force
procedures and they should be
remin d e d that employment
agreements entered into for the
Marianas Islands are for a period
OF twelve (12) months; those for
Alaska for a period of eighteen
(18) months.
The Navy Civilian Publicity
Director advises that the job in
formation service at the Labor
Board is inadequate and requests
that interested personnel see ].
Hartman Brodowslxi, Publicity Di-
rector, Bldg. 1872, for their au-
thenticated list of available jobs,
pay rates and locations.
Qualified and interested per-
sonnet should file Standard form
No. 81, by mail to the Labor
Board. U. S. Naval Shipyard,
Mare Island, Vallejo, California,
or with the Director, Pacific Di-
vision Bureau of Yards and
Docks. Room 254. Federal Office
Building, San Francisco, for job
in the Marianas. For service in
Alaska file with the Commander,
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton. Washington.
Each selected applicant will be
required to sign a Statement OF
Living and Working Conditions
for the respective area for which
he is being recruited. This State.
ment of Living and Working Con-
ditions will be supplied the APP
plicant by the activity where hi:
selection has been made.
A partial list of the position:
available in the Marianas Island.
are: Groups III and IVA: Elec,
tricians, General; Electricians
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terms of the proposed amend
ment.
The m ended legislation,
known as the Forand Bill; has
yet to be passed upon by the
Senate and Lower House.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

The first great lighthouse. al
most 400 feet .:.igh, stood on the
island of Pha,os, off the coast of
Egypt, and was known as one of
the seven wonders of the ancient
world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

Part of salt Pond Lots &
land marked "P" on the
South side of Flagler Ave.
or County Road-Bk. G-2,
Pig. AL.
Part Salt Pond lots Plat |
Page 204 Two acres-Bk.
G-2. Pig. AL Blk. CD, Pig.
327
Part of Salt Pond lots 5-6-7
North Side of Flagler Ave.
to South Side Of R.R. g. be-
tween 9th & 18th SITS, ex-
cepting Lime Grove Sub.
No. . Blk. G-2 Pig. AL
Part Salt Ponds Lots I-S
between nth & 18th SITS.
North of Flagler Ave. to
South of R.R. excepting
Lime Grove Sub. No. 1 Blk.
ca Pig. AL
Part of Land marked ''P"
north side of Key West
Foundation Co. Sub. Plat
No. 2 & South of r.. r. g.
West side of 18th ST. Bk.
Co. Pig. AL (Flamingo
part of Salt Pond Lots
and Land marked Pr
north side of r.. r. to
South side of Boulevard
Blk. Ca Pg. AL
The Valley settler., 1946-01-11
PAL MFR TEAM WINS OVER SEWARD

On Wednesday evening of this vook the Palmer first string defeated tho Sovard
 first string team by scoro of 34 to 20. At tho close of the fl rst half tho score
 stooC g to in favor of Palmer. The
 Scuard team were able to gain little bit
 during tho second half but not enough to td1co tho gr1o.
 Polrlor's lino up for tho first string vas: Donnie IrEin, Ray Tinock, Jim Hormon, Ray DoPriost and Clyde Billet. Others in suits ready to sub wore: Marvin Dro gsoth, -ayno Carl son, Donnie Parks, Earl onklsa, Allon Linn, and Bill Chambers. Tho sec cond string ucro put in for foU minutes ot tho end of the first half and the last half. ghct Licbing roforroddtho gnno and tho Palmer Yoll leaders, JoAnn Lentz, Evon DoLond, end Lynn Sandvik encoura ged the players all through tho game.
The Valley settler., 1946-01-11

ALTER HUlIL BY HOME ON FIRE LAST VEEK. La st uook on Thursday evening tho Palmer Fire Department vas called to tho Toltor HuzrtIoy hone to oxt tinqu igh flames that had started uhi1o they uoro attempting to rhoU out the oil limo loading to tho
 kitchen stove. Tho fire vas soon put out and tho only loss Was a feu broken window panos from tho hont of tho fro. The fire in Fa irbanks on Saturday night caused MF. Nof1l a great doal of worry, bu his leo uas not burned, ho learned.
The Valley settler., 1946-01-11

JAMES PEPPERS HOME BURNED IN ANCHORAGE | Lest week on Friday evening the hone of Jaros Peffcrs burned completely. James EPeffcrs, uho Eas injured last fall in the D. lane era sh noar Palmer, is still convn1- lescing. .s::cHo an Mrs. Poffcrs had gone for
 Ia short walk in order to exorc iso the leg lthat had been injured. The ir oldest ldaughtcr Donna, during the ir absence dis covered that the house Vos on f ire and
 mana god to get all four younger children but of the burn ing building. Donna is 8
 years old and tho youngest is 3 years. A hoighbor boy hoard Donna's call for help hnd when ho found it hopo1ess'to try and
 cxtinguish tho fanrn himself, ho notified tthe fire department. Tho fro had started lin an unused room at he far end of tho house. The family lost everything as tho
 f1amos spread too quickly to allow t inc to save anything.
 Mrs. Peffers and the threc youngest child ron have boon staying with Mrs. Poffors parents, nrc. and. lrs;- co. Eunt1ey. The two oldor onos arc with Ralph Hunt1 cy.
The Valley settler., 1946-01-11
! t,E. I4ARRlSS TO BE
 NEW COOP MANAGER

< A contract has been si gned with Mir. E.E. AEhrriss to become our next Coop Mana ger. He will tako over his now dutic in May.
 Bo4RD OF DIRECTORS lWFCA
 Max Shorrod
 Soc. & Tross. MT. E.E. Harriss come to tho Icy la st fall Superintendent of the Pa1ncr Schoo He evidently likes tho Valley we'll enough to rona in md tako over the mana gornont of tho lVFCA.
 HARRY LahIoTTE & MRS. LEE -FALtN TAKE vor!s. Last Saturday evening at I'M. Harry LoMotto cnd Mrs. Lee ~ha1in uoro united in marriage at the parish Of Rev. George Savchonko. They voro attended by Clay John son and Miss Ho1mc.
 bride uoro blue suit and corsago of donias and Miss Holno uorc corsago of 5ses.
 Other guests at the wedding ucro Mrs. Clay Johnson and Shirley and Clay Jr., and !: Albert Lallotte, son of Mir. Harry Lollottc. The brido and groom left iruaodiatoly after tho: ceremony for Anchorage Vhore thoy remained over tho week end. They arc rab making their home in Palrncr whore Mir. .4 Lallotto is employed.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-23
King Veto
These Days.; sS;s; ss0' '"ts'85s58I.2%; s sozots7

high and binding national principle.
He said:
THE government OF the United
States has been emphatically
termed a government. OF laws, and
not OF men. II will certainly cease
to deserve this high appellation II
the laws furnish no remedy for the
violation OF a vested legal right"
Then he said:
That the people have an orig
that right to establish, for their
future government. such principles
as, In their opinion, shall most CON
duce to their own happiness is the
basis on which the whole Amer.
lean fabric has been erected. The
exercise OF this original right Is a
very great exertion: nor can Il, nor
ought 1t. to be frequently repeated.
The principles, therefore, so estab-
lished, are deemed fundamental.
And as the authority from which
they proceed is supreme. they
are designed TO be permanent.
This original and supreme will
organizes the government. and as
signs TO different departments their
respective powers. 1t may either
stop here, or establish certain lin
It's not TO be transcended by those
departments"
And finally:
the Constitution is either
a superior paramount law. un-
changeable by ordinary means, or It
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-23
King Veto

The majority vote implies that all
those assembled for mutual agree
ment accept the theory OF equality
wlthou. the slightest regard TO the
fact OF equality. In a word, the
strong and weak have a vote each.
no more, no less. In the League OF
Nations this proved an impedimen.
TO the strong who at one time found
policy determined by such coun-
tries as Spain, Switzerland mad
Czechoslovakia. where as RESPONSE
bility for the enforcement OF policy
lay with Great Britain. France and
the :acit support OF the United
States.
When the League faced the Man.
churian and the Ethiopian issues. II
was not the eloquence OF Madariaga
that mattered but the willingness
OF Great Britain and the United
States to enforce the sanctions Of
the League. The United States was
willing so far as Manchurla was
concerned. but not Great Britain; ;
therefore the League OF Nations
collapsed as an agency for The en-
forcement Of peace and justice.
UNO faces this same problem,
but more acutely. Here the instru-
ment OF the veto is submitted for
the majority vote. Either one OF :he
great powers may, at its discretion
and even in its own interest, exer.
else the veto to the detrlment OF
world peace and justice. From its
very first session, UNO exists in
the shadow o: the veto.
Yet, II there is 10 be justice, the
smallest country must be entitled
to its day in cour. and the unafraid
and uncoerced judgment OF the
world. The case OF Iran is really OF
no Importance to the United States.
which has no very vital interests
in that country. But II Iran can be
subjuga.ed in time OF peace and
forced to accept an agreement
against her will, or by threat OF
civil war, or by overt corruption OF
her officials, the uNO has lost It's
first battle for existence.
The United States faced precise
ly that problem at the very begin
ming OF its national lie. A fedora
tion OF loosely associated former
colonies Of Great Britain. tied to.
gether tenuously by .he wish for
national solidarity without loss OF
Independent sovereignty. the states
might have withheld the authority
from -he federal government essen
tial for effective administration.
The problem was to make the con.
stitution rather than the passing
whims OF individuals binding. John
Marshall asserted. for the Supreme
Court. the rights which established
the American constitutional state.
Marbury VS.. Madison was not
over a great. Issue; II actually In.
volved nothing more than a justice
OF he peace. Yet, Justice John Mar.
shall used this vehicle 20 assert
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-23
By ERICH BRANDEIS

At 1880 this noon ! went TO my
nose-and-throat doctor to have the
remaining traces Of last weeks flu
removed He painted my throat
with several concoctions, stabbed
my nose, stuck something IN my
ear-and told me to see my dentist,
as he thought had an abscess on
one OF my teeth.
SO now have an appointment
with the dentist for 5 o'clock next
Thursday.
In the meantime my wife phoned
me 10 tell me that she would be a
little late for dinner. as she had to
go to her doctor. He is going TO give
her some kind OF injection for her
sinus trouble.
My mother-in-law Is under a doc
tors care for arthritis and several
other ailments, and Deuce. my little
Sealyham, whom you ought to know
by this time. is at +he veterinary's
with dropsy.
Ny niece, Paula, who recently
came cut OF the Wacs, has trench
mouth and her physician just paint
ed her gums with something that
made her teeth all black and she
had to break a date with a fellow
who was going TO take her to dinner
tonight.
John Medbury, one OF my best
triendsI has the shingles, and at
present his head Is full OF ointment;
and his wife is in bed with the
grippe and expects the doctor at
any mcment.
What on earth is the matter with
everybody?
To get an appointment with a
physician you have to make your
date two weeks ahead OF time, and
my druggist tells me that he is so
busy filling prescriptions that he
has TO work fourteen hours a day.
asked our family physician how
It is that with all the discoveries
and all the scientific progress there
seems to be more sickness than
ever before.
at isn't that" he said, its just
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-23
.'HAT TER and
~ a Fact or Two

-the-Don Is q town
In south Russia at the head OF
the delta OF the Don river. II
was the capital Of Kaiedin's Don
Cossack Republic, which had q
short, brilliant career.
Modern poker Is derived from
primero, a game in :avor In the
18th century, through the Eng
lish games OF post and pair, and
braS.
Dragon flies are known to
swarm. both in Europe and
America, but no one knows why
they do,
THAT island which has made
its sudden appearance Just or
the coast of Japan certainly
timed matters perfectly. It
waited to make its debut until
after the shooting was over.
During last year - Phfis-
deIphisns were bitten by other
people. How's the meat Short
age out your way'
Junior teddy asked which Is
the smaller, q poi Of rsstuvrsnt
butter or q molsevls.
Those native islanders who
are being moved from Bikini
atoll preparatory to the atom
bomb test have Just learned
another blessing OF civilization
Now they know what q housing
Ihortage IL like.
Piano playing, il is suggested.
may restore some persons 10
sanity. IL seems TO have Just
the opposite effect on the
neighborS.
Eihiopia, we rsod, Is Fosins q
crisis. Soy, isn't this whore we
came in-'woY back in l9347
! f!
There are ~ magazines in the
United States devoted exclu-
sively to poetry. according to
Photographs. For this large
number. says Grandpappy Jen-
kins, he can't figure any rhyme
or reason.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-23
Nation Getting Soft?
Looking at Life

that people indulge in their sick
nesses more than they ever did.
when I first started to practice,
people didn't run to their doctor
every time they had a little cold
or a headache.
But now they seem to have lost
the ability to stand sickness. May
be It's that America has become
softer, or maybe it's Just that every.
body has so much money that they
just don't know how to spend It,
so they run to the doctor with ey-
cry little complaint"
But doesn't that make I. good
for you physicians? l asked. Don't
you all make much more money
than you ever did before?"
mo, 1t isn't good he said. I'VE
get so many would-be sick people
now that we have 10 neglect those
who really need us.
Maybe II we hurt our patients
a little more they wouldn't enjoy
coming 20 the doctor so much"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-23
THEY SA Y

Eisenhower asks continuation OF
the draft: III we pretend the war
is over the second the shooting
stops We are likely TO lose the aims
and purposes for which We have
sacrificed"
Chicago OPA Administrator
Paul A. Porter emphasizes that the
price line must be held on rents,
food and clothing: THE soldiers
on Two Jima fought for something
more than having TO come back
and live with mothers-ln.law.'
New York-Robert A. Seidel. di-
rector OF the National Retail Dry
Goods Association: THE OPA Is
wartime emergency agency that has
no place in peacetime civilian econ
omy."