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Evening star., 1946-02-24
Meetings this week are:

Meetings this week are:
Monday-Patton-Ta Tank Corps and
D. G. Taxi Posts, Legion clubhouse.
Tuesday - James Reese Europe
Post, 1914 Vermont avenue NV.
Wednesday - National Cathedral
and Henry G. Spengler Posts, Legion
clubhouse.
Thursday-James E. Walker Post,
Twelfth Street YMCA.
Auxiliary.
Meetings this week are: Monday
Department Executive Committee,
Legion clubhouse. Wednesday,
James Reese Europe Unit, 1914 Ver-
mont avenue NV; Henry C.
Spengler Unit. ONCE of Mrs. Amos
Fries, Keith-Albee Building; Gen.
U. A. McAlexander Unit, 614 E
street NV. Thursday-Depart-
ment Legislative Committee. Legion
clubhouse. Friday-Victory Unit,
Legion clubhouse.
Evening star., 1946-02-24

MIAMI BEACH, FLA.
Evening star., 1946-02-24
Legion Meetings

IfYfre VIII be an Employment
Committee meeting at the clubhouse
tomorrow. The guest speaker will be
Ralph LAYERS, national director of
employment and veterans prefer
enee.
Department Of Commerce Post will
have. past commanders dinner at
the Statler Hotel on Tuesday.
Evening star., 1946-02-24

boardroom, 8 pm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
WASTE DENIED

Who r e m e m b ers the
stories, just after the end of
the war, that told of enor-
NOUS quantities of food
wasted by the Navy and of
boxes of food being tossed
overboard2
Well, a subcommittee of
the House Naval Affairs
Committee, which conduct
ed an investigation in re-
spouse to such complaints,
reports that food wastage,
under Navy jurisdiction, was
relatively minor. compared
with the volume of food
handled"
This conclusion will not
end the circulation of such
reports and, for years, it will
be confidently believed by
many good Americans, upon
the basis of whispered rev.
Citations by somebody with
out information, that both
the Army and Navy wasted
food recklessly and without
concern during the war and
afterwards. Sggs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
WILL PRICES co UP?

There is hardly any way
to tell how the new price
control legislation will work
out but unless it manages to
wipe out some of the in
creases that have occurred
in basic raw materials the
price of living will soon re-
fleet an upward jump.
1t is natural for every sell
er to believe that the higher
price he can get for his pro-
duct the bigger his profit
will be. Subject to adjust
ments that inevitably follow,
the statement is partially
correct. Nevertheless, sell,
ers, are also buyers and the
increases that occur general
" will equalize the temper
airy gain and, in the end, no.
body will be better off but
the price level will be high
err.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
1000 ENTER u. S. DAILY

Some 1000 aliens enter
the United States Illegally
every day, according to u.
5. Attorney General Tom
Clark who says that the
southeast, with its lon 9
coastline and proximity to
islands of the Caribbean,
shows an 500 per cent in
crease in the number of
aliens arrested in the last
eight years.
The Mexican border con-
tinues to hold first place in
the number of arrests. Hun
dreds attempt to pass the
line daily. Not all of them
are apprehended but pa
trolls, operating along the
border and the coasts, COW
ering 10000 miles of from
tier, catch thousands of
criminals, stoWaWays and
struggled aliens and the riff
raft of many nations.
The immigration laws of
the United States restrict the
number of foreigners who
can enter the country legal
~ for the purpose of becom-
ing citizens. There is, Of
course, a yearning on the
part of many others to
make their home in the land
of fabulous prosperity, and,
consequently, a considerable
traffic in smuggling aliens
into the United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

if for once if those commission
ers think that the public was sat
isfied they should have come
down in front of the City Hall
and even listened upstairs where
crowds fingered long after the
meeting was cher. There was
anything but happy crowd dis
.cussing how short and sweet the
adjournment had been made.
For the good of public viii, we
should be thankful that Mr..
Cooper has resigned as public
safety director and submission of
all this upheaval ais reported IN
the press is going to be submit
ted tor the U. S. Civil Service
Commission and the Secretary OF
the Navy for consideration and
study to ascertain if this activity.
as is expressed by the press, is a.
violation of Civil Service. We do
not have two political parties SO
named but if we do not have a
display of partisan politics, what
have we? Consideration will al
so. be requested as to the mem
bers of the Civil Service Board
who are Navy Classified Civil
Service Employees. Commission
er Hunter Harden has stood like
a stone mountain and fought adj
mirably and from the many pub
lie expressions ! have heard
made, / think that it is time to
say, Thank you, Commissioner
Harden. for your courage and
determination to stand on your
own two feet and you deserve
every moral support
VIII public officials ever learn
that once the Conch is stirred
that he will forgive but he never
forgets and when the sea is APP
parently all calm his eyes and
ears are wide open and out of
that shell he will come and you
will hear such fired determine
ton that somebody's hair will
stand straight up? Let no Off
cial tell you that he lis doing it
for the public good when we
have intelligent citizens who
could be appointed and not trying
to keep all appointments WITH
IN THE ROYAL FAMILY OF
POLITICS. Is the Royal Ernine
ready to go to the cleaners-for
spotting or a good washing?
Last night proved that Key
Westers have Atomic Power and
their will shall be done. Let's
keep fighting for good govern
ment--if a purgative is necessary
make it a big dose.
ALBERT G.. ROBERTS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
TODAY IN HISTORY
Know Americal

1782-At Newburgh, N. Y,
Gen. Washington establishes the
Order of the Purple Heart, for
meritorious action and extraordi-
nary fidelity-lapsed and revived
again in 1882.
17S9-Congress creates the De-
partment of Warts Secretary
also to be III charge of the Navy
1790-Conclusion of historic
treaty between the United States
and the Creek indians.
1801-Robert Fulton tests his
submarine (''plunging- boat') in
France-under water for over
four hours.
1912-First national convention
of the Progressive Party, Chicago,
dominates Theodore Roosevelt
and Hiram Johnson their candi-
dates.
l929-The Typesetter first COM
mercially used at Evanston, Ill.
1911 Mussolini's son, Capt.
Bruno, killed experimenting with
bomber.
1912 us. Marines land on
Guadalcanal. The OWLS first
statement on state of the war.
1944-Four German armored
divisions make drive on U S. fore
es in Normandy.
l945-American Superfortresses
and Thunderbolts continue the
smashing of Jap cities as the Japs
were warned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
READING PROVOKES
THINKING

Among the 1916 resolu-
tions that you probably for
got to make ought to have
been one that you would
read a sensible book, on a
sensible subject, at least
every month.
When a man or woman
takes a year to write book
on any subject, those inter-
ested in the topic ought to
be able to stand the work
for several hours, without
brainfag.
There are entirely too
many people in Key West
who take it for granted that
they can learn everything
that is worth knowing from
current comment related by
gossipping friends.
Thinking is what makes
men amount to something.
The more the people of a
community think the better
and the more prosperous
that community is. You
needn't ask as to prove that
statement. We haven't the
time and doubt if we have
the brains, but it is the truth,
Just the same.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
ATOMIC POWER"
Editor, The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
Scientists nave harnessed atom
ic power but they have not COR
nered the unsurpassed energy of
Public Wrath and Indignation.
You can fool some of the people
some of the time but you cannot
fool all the people all of the time.
Why should any commissioner
take upon himself powers which
are a violation of the city char
ter when he knows they are a
violation?
/ saw this disapproval last
night in the City Hall when there
was a stomping of feet and heart
felt expressions when some one
spoke out for somebody to re-
sign. Will all officials learn that
they are servants of the people
and that they cannot be duped by
fine phrases and joshing and
take it in the neck at the same
time?
The adjournment of the meet
ing was beautifully handled and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
WANTS KING BACK
Editor. The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
Personally, ! think that after
Tuesday night Windy Bill and
his colleagues should take to the
bushes. Surely it was evident
to everyone that we, the citizens
do not APPROVE of them or their
actions.
The only way they can get
back into our good graces in to
undo all the trouble they've eaus-
ed
Ninety-five per cent of the peo-
pie in Key West believe in Dave
King, and win never be satisfied
until we get him back, under his
own terms.
These commissioners serve at
the will of the people. If they
were truly representing US, they
would get King back immediate
y.
A FEMALE CITIZEN
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
THE SPINNING BALL

That earthquake on Sum
day, described by seismolo-
gists as major, and called
catastrophe by one seis-
mologist. occurred 975 miles
southeast of Key West in
the deepest part of the Car
ibbean, 30,242 feet. The
quake lasted an hour, and
it was said generally by
scientists that it probably
caused great tidal waves.
If it did. they apparently
caused no damage. The peo-
pie Of the Dominican repub-
lie felt the shock but said
nothing about tidal waves.
How old is Mother Earth ?
The answer is in the realm
of guesses. One physicist
may say a million years and
another 10 million, But of
one thing we are certain
the earth is still adjusting it
self in striving for global
unity.
The outer part of the
globe is still referred to as
crust. Enclosed in that
crust is fiery liquid, forever
striving to find a vent. The
power at times is so great it
explodes a volcano, as was
the case in the Pacific, when
dust from the bloWn-up vol
cano drifted as far as 5000
miles away.
How many millions OF
years will pass before the
earth becomes a solid ball is
also eonjectural. And what
will happen when it becomes
a solid? Will that phase Of
the earth's life mark the be-
ginning of its becoming a
dead world? Or did the be-
ginning begin" when the
fiery mist was thrown off
from the sun and, through
countless ages, a crust began
to form around the fiery
ball?
The earth and all that
therein is ranges beyond the
capabiIity of the mind of
man to solve. Greatest of the
mysteries is the whence and
hence Of life. We have been
placed on a globe, spinning
in space, and how we got
here we don't know, and the
hence of life is just as mys-
terious.
We assume it is wise for
the average man on the
street to take life and the
world for granted, and not
give a passing thought to
either, except when he feels
his life is threatened. We.
are cast away on a ball.
spinning in boundless space,
and many of us don't give a,
thought to. the force that
keeps the ball spinning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
OBVIOUS
Editor, The Citizen:

Last night | attended the farce
called the City Commission meet
ing. Everything from the sudden
adjournment to the objection of
the Circuit Courts interpreta-
ton of a section of the City
Charter smells of dirty politics.
It was obvious that the wish
of the people is to have Mr. King
back as their City Manager. It is
even more obvious that his refus-
al to play politics was respon-
sible for the pressure put on him
by the CLIQUE
Let's get the clique out and
put in men who will serve Key
West and it's people, It's high
time we have men who will work
for the community, and not for
their individual profit.
MRS. r. E. LEE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
Who Knows?
fANsWERS oN PACE rouRl

i. When did the Potsdam con-
ference begin?
2. Germany is divided into
how many zones of occupation?
8. When did Turkey become a
republic?
4. Did the British ration bread
during the war?
5. What is known as Test Bek-
err
6. What is it costing the u. S.
to occupy" Germany?
I. What causes most of the
noise of airplanes2
8. Who is Carroll Reece2
9. What is the source and
mouth of the Danube2
10. Is any effort being made
to adopt new calendar?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
Candid

The fond mother approached
the teacher anxiously.
Don't you think. Randolph
will ever learn to drawn"
mo, madam that is, unless
you harness him to truck" re-
piled the teacher. .
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

The Cftixen seereonses express
sfons Of the views Of it's read
eFs. hut the editor reserves the
right 20 delete any items which
are considered IibeI0us or unssar-
ranted. The writer's should be
fair and eenffne the letters 20
800 words, and write on one side
Of the paper only. Signature Gf
the writer's must accompany the
letters and will De published AN.
less requested otheryvise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
CAR THIEF GETS PAINTING

LONDON.-Thieves who stole
the automobile of T. E. Lawrence
not only got the car but also an
original copy of THE Seven Pill
lars of Wisdom" a painting
worth $1,000 which Lawrence had
left in his automobile.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
Your Horoscope

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Z,
1946-TodayIs nature is too inn
pulsive and idealistic and need
ing good training to hold the
fortune that may come to it I'M
der favoring aspects. Such help
from parents may prove the sal
walton of the person born under
this degree. 1t bears honors,
friends and success when prop
erly trained and curbed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

The brain is hollow organ,
the inside of which consists of
chambers communicating with
one another and filled with a
fluid secreted by a network Of
nerves.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
apECIAL NOTICE

- NFE0IAL NOTICE
XII reading notices. cards of
thanks. resolutions Of respect, ohft-
uary notices, poems, etc., will be
charged Tor at the rate Of 10 cents
a line
Notices for entertainments by
churches from which a revenue is
TO be derived are 5 cents line.
The Citizen is an open forum and
invites discussion Of public issues
and subjects OF local or general
interest. but 1t will not publish
anonymous communications.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

Political campaigns sell
dom produce a candidate
who knows that he is not go
ing to be elected.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

High prices in the United
States will not encourage
other nations to buy our
products.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

Ernest Hemingway's father
wanted him to be doctor. his
mother wanted him to study the
cello.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

There were only 100 dentists
in the United States in 1920.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07
Key West In = - =, 5:s'"
DaysConeB By a 4 ZEE
OF AUGUST !. 1886


Ballot boxes for the special
primary on August IL viii be de-
livered at Marathon, Islamorada
and Rock Harbor on Monday.
Supervisor John England said to-
day. Two candidates for the
United States senate will be nom
mated to succeed the late Sena-
tors Duncan u. Fletcher and
Park Trammell. Doyle Carleton
and Charles o. Andrews are OPP
ponents in the contest for Tram
.mell'S seat, and Claude Pepper
is tmopposed in his candidacy to
succeed Fletcher.
Captain William McKillip, for
merly of Key West, now of
Miami, is here visiting relatives.
Seventy Five local WPA work
men quit their jobs this morning
and marched to headquarters to
complain about working condi-
tons. The conditions were
changed and the men returned
to work.
B. H. Lowe. first assistant
keeper at American Shoals light
house, who was recently operat-
ed on for appendicitis. was taken
to his home today in a much inn
proved condition, it was said at
the Marine Hospital.
Mrs. Carrie A. Crowson and
daughter, Florence, are visiting
the formers father. A. L. Di-
Negro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell N. hyde
and daughter, Marie. who had
been visiting Mrs. Hyde's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Cato.
left yesterday for their home in
Boston.
Mrs. Mamie Costar, who had
been visiting relatives and
friends in Miami, returned yes
terday.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
THE candid in candidate is
overlooked by most OF them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
THE candid in candidate is
overlooked by most OF them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

Mrs. Mamie Costar, who had
been visiting relatives and
friends in Miami, returned yes
terday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

Captain William McKillip, for
merly of Key West, now of
Miami, is here visiting relatives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-07

Mrs. Carrie A. Crowson and
daughter, Florence, are visiting
the formers father. A. L. Di-
Negro.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-27

"the continuance Of some form Of
OPA control but with a much more
flexible administrative policy"
Congressman Earl Kitchener had
the letter put in the Congressional
Record so all his colleagues could
read It.
Like other congressman, the Ad-
rian Republican has had thousands
Of messages concerning the con-
tinuance Of the OPA. But most
letters want OPA price controls
repealed only on the goods that
affect their own business. Keep all
others. Apparently. they believe
in price control-for the other fell
low.
Kitchener thinks the attitude OF
this community important since 1t
is a typical war defense area busy
converting from wartime economy
to peacetime activities, with the
Kaiser-Frazer Company taking
over the Willow Run factory.
A second Michigan congressman,
Louis C. Rabaut, Detroit, told the
House about a similar request he
had received from Detroit.
II seems a new group has been
formulated called the Inter-organi-
rational Committee for the Reten-
ton of Price Control, including
many estimable organizations such
as the League of Women Voters,
Detroit Council OF Churches, Ma
tional Negro Congress, American
Jewish Congress, the AACW, De-
troit PTA, Detroit Council OF Cath
Ollie Women, and the American Lee
gion.
A third Michigan congressman,
the daring Clare +. Hoffman Of
Allegan, charges that Chester
Bowles has spent plenty of tax
money Inducing school chaildren
to write in requesting the confirm.
ance of OPA. He makes the point
that is worse than all the lobbyists
who at least don't spend the tax
payers money to influence con-
gressmen.
Congressman Paul Shafer OF Bat
tie Greek. says Army chapains
have never received their just due
in publicity.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-27

As a member Of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee he has col
lected some factual data concern
ing the war service Of chaplains.
There still remain more than 400
chaplains on duty. Some $500
chaplains have been released from
Army service since last Septem-
Der first. OF these, 2709 were
Protestants, S53 were Catholic, and
9S were Jewish.
Brig. Gen. Luther D. Miller, Chief
of Army Chaplains, reports thar
some 1,S26 decorations have been
given TO chaplains. One received
the Congressional Medal Of Honor.
Those who gave their lives in ac-
ton numbered II. Non-battle
deaths numbered 76, including five
who died in Japanese prison camps.
Shafer added Let's not forget
these men go into battle unarmed."
Senator Arthur II. Vandenberg
did not wish to give a premature
speech on atomic energy controls
in the Senate. But two things
forced him to defend the Vancen-
berg amendment to the Mcmahon
atomic energy control bill
The one senator on the LINEN
Der committee, Brien Mcmahon,
who did not vote for his amend
ment, made a radio speech. and a
group Of women, headed by Con
gresswoman Helen Gahangan Dou-
glas, went on the war path.
Both the senator and the women
charge this proposal gave the
military the right OF censorship
over the action OF the proposed
civilian control commission.
What especially annoyed Van
denberg was the statement of the
Connecticut Senator, THE militari-
zation OF the control of America
was not only possible but that
probably it was the purpose Of this
amendment" To the Michigan
senator, this implied not only re-
Election upon himself, but all 10
hitihDtio VI Allt NOinlllllct.
Senator Vandenberg maintains
that under the 10-man proposal
"the civilians have the last word
in everything. And | mean every
thing. they even control the
amount fashionable material which
the Army may have for expert
mental purposes"
As to the military liaison board
around which this controversy
roards" it merely makes recon-
mendatiOns to the civilian com
mission when II believes the ma
tional security is involved.
II reports to the President-a civil
ian-and his decision is final.
Vandenberg adds, 81 am unable
to believe that any American city
en- wants the national security ig-
nored"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-27
Safe Use of
Atom Found

Washington. Mar. II AP An
easier road toward worldwide shar-
ing Of atomic energy secrets is op-
ening up with reports that scien-
fists have discovered how to render
plutonium useless for bomb-hak-
ing.
This "denaturing' process assert
eddy would not interfere with the
release of atomic power for in.
dustrial purposes.
These reports were carried to
the Senates special atomic COM
mittee Monday by Under Secre-
tary OF State Dean Acheson. Mem
bers said he presented a study
which urged an international licen-
sing system to control raw mater
ials and the production of atomic
energy for peaceful uses
But the recommendation were
quickly oyershadowed by state
ments three senator's credited to
Acheson that scientists have learn
ed how 10 "denature' both pluton-
ium and U-235. These are the sub
stances which furnish the atoms
that are split to release vast power.
One senator, who declined to be
quoted by name, said the problem
of sharing atomic energy secrets
with the rest of the world may he
very much simplified" If the proc
ess is proved in practical opera
tons
He pointed out that II n way can
be found to control tightly the
worlds supply Of fashionable ma
terldl and II II can be treated to
make 1t useless for explosive pur-
poses, then there need be little
fear of the secret manufacture Of
! A bombs
But he added that there stlll Is
a long way TO gO-eyen II tho Gle
ment can be so poisoned to
make certain that 1t could not be
manufactured in the original form
in which It was used in the Ma
gasaki bomb. The understanding
of all concerned. he said, Is that
once the plutonium is 'denatured"
it is extremely difficult to return
to its original qualities.
There was a feeling among sena.
tors. also, that the reported de-
maturing discovery may open the
Way fOl commercial use of atomic
! energy.