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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-23
Personal Notes
BY PATRICIA

The northers are drawing to an
end. Soon we will be in the gus
W winds of MARCH and the cool
ness of a Tropical APRIL. One
d these days, very soon, there
will be a norther which will come
down hard and then suddenly
clear up in day or so, instead OF
the usual four to seven days. We
will then know that the GOODNESS
is over for another season. Then
will come marching in the col.
thinner, cumulo-nimbus clouds
sweeping westward against the
Gulf Stream out to sea. Then vii.
burst behind these tall clouds the
gorgeous golden hueS of sunset
Key West SUMMER SUNSETS.
splashed with pink and orange
and soft cloudy white. A trip to
the foot of DuVal street near sur
set-time each day will be- we'll
rewarded. o.nF2i VF. 1903
X X X us GEgl
Don't forget to be at the OPEN
HOUSE of the Hospital Auxiliary
which will be held from Us pm
this Sunday. Punch will be
served. t la
X \ X ~ "a
We women are hard to. under
stand, husbands, tell us; My hus--
band came in the other night ard
seemed to be puzzled Finally.
he left the house for a short time
and came tuI with dozen
beautiful red roses. l was very
grateful, and then explained that
he saw me pouting and couldn't
understand why until suddenly It
flashed in his mind that it was
Our THIRD WEDDING ANN
VERSARY!
\ X \
MAYOR w. w. DEMERITT is
one of my favorite Key Westers.
Mayor Bill has run a good cam
paign thus far and has helped to
fulfill many of his campaign
promises. He is a definite boost
10 morale yR 1t the City Hall and
gives praise feapihgly when due.
Like the old Coast 'Guardsman
he is, when something is reported
as in bad shape he gives an i'm
mediate promise that the point.
will be remedied. Sometimes
there are some of his city actions
we cannot agree with but one
thing is certain and that is that
his motive behind it all has been
for the good of the people. and if
a mans motive is good you can
Forgive mistakes quickly. Anoth-
er thing is his infectious humor.
Bill is always ready to chuckle
with people over the little jokes
Key Westers pass between them.
The other day he said over the
phone that he was suffering frorl
padiOscleroastis, which he then
went on to explain was a lack of
Ice cream. Mayor Bill dearly
loves ice cream.
4 4 \
MRS. STEPHEN DOUGLASS is
always so charming. She is one
OF those sweet Key West ladies
the island has produced through
The years and who have charmed
so many visitors to the city. Mrs.
Douglass lives in the oldest house
in Key West on Duval street.
\ \ 4
Another Key West lady like
10 talk to is MRS. HUGH WILL
LIAMS. Mrs. Williams is always
so bubbling n er with fun and
with excitement over just living
She is a southern girl and remem-
bers many of the old southern
ways.
X X X
We have had quite a colon
Of writers and artists come
through Key West this winter.
There will be some BOOKS writ
ten about the Island City, some
FILMS viii be made and there
will be many MAGAZINE ART
TCLES. according TO plans an
TOunced by the writers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-23
MOST FAMOUS

New York; Most famous of
the aboriginal weapons is the
boomerang, a piece of wood about
two feet in length and curved in
crescent shape.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-23

dinner, or short orders in the
Snack Bar, which is open "a
hours a day around the clock.
.sThey never close" The an
nouncement is on the front page
of today's Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-23

BALTIMORE. - Australia pos,
sesses an extraordinary variety Of
birds, including vast. flocks OF
brilliantly colored parrots and
cockatoos.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-23

AT Army hospitals in the Fourth
Service Command 2,328,424 SOL
diers were treated for wounds or
sickness from January, 1912, to
July, 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
TRUMAN LIMIT ON u. S.
WORK JOBS IS JUNKED|
Continued From Page One)

CONTINUED From Page Ohe)
Mr.. Truman ordered the morator-
ium.
New projects will be limited to
those regarded by Steelman's Of
flee as essential.
Steelman said revisions made by
government agencies in their
building programs represented a
determined effort to comply
with the President economy di-
receive.
"In cutting back the federal
construction program" he said,
every effort has been made both
by the sponsoring agencies and the
reviewing agencies to avoid inter-
ference with projects which must
go forward because they r need
ed for the maintenance of national
health, safety, and other essential
services"
For example, he said the corps
of engineers reported that under
their original ceiling they would be
unable to submit new projects for
review by the reconversion office
and might have to defer work on
some essential projects for which
contracts already had been award
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
WILL RENEW

Representative j. Bayard Clark,
when informed of Steelman's ac-
ton last night, declared he would
renew his efforts to have the Cape
Fear river 32-foot project returned
to the rivers and harbors bill.
In a telephone conversation with
the congressman at his home in
Fayetteville, it was learned that
he had been delaying a concentra-
ted effort in support of the project
during the moratorium until he had
something tangible" to work on.
II have it now" Clark declared.
II will enc my efforts before
final action is taken on the pro-
gram next week"
The river project was originally
set up in the rivers and harbors
program, calling for an expendi-
ture of 81, 800, 600. Plans for it were
halted when President Truman is
sued his 60-day moratorium last
August.
Clark said that there was little
doubt but that the Kelly flood con-
troll program would now be com
pleted. Originally setup for an ex-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20

pelditure of s55, 900 for flood con-
troll in the Bladen county area. the
proposal was halted with the is
uance of the moratorium.
1t is emergency work and is vital
to the national health and safety
program spoke of by Steelman,
Clark said. He added that the resi-
dents are about to be BANKED out
by the floods and have failed to
plant crops for fear they would be
washed out.
Clark commented further on the
river project and said ne had in
formed Steelman that the channel
had suffered from non-usa during
the war years when conveys were
stopping at Norfolk and Charles
ton.
The deepening of the channel is
essential to the development OF
Wilmington, Clark said. For that
reason the project has a good
chance of being renewed, he added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
LEJEUNE OFFICER
WILL SPEAK HERE
(Continued From Page Oue)

make the charter presentation and
act as POSTMASTER at the banquet,
Solomon said.
Memorial services for the honor
ed Navy dead of World WarII are
planned for Sunday, Oct. q, Of
fetal Navy Day, with the tradition
al strewing of flowers from a war
ship over the waters.
The Navy department has re-
quested that memorial flowers
from those wishing to pay tribute
not be too costly. The department
has suggested one flower per per-
son, preferably native or wild.
Flowers may be sent to the office
of the District Representative for
laval Reserve, room 243, the Gus
tom house, Wilmington, N. C.
Word received late yesterday in
dicated the orders for the Destroyer
Escort USS Darby scheduled to ap-
pear here had been cancelled due
to other commitments. T e can
collation. leaves a total of six war
craft slated to be on display here
over the weekend. They are the
USS Gearing, the USS Tusk, the
USS Gerhardi, the USS Requisite,
the USS Spangenberg, and the Ism
511.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
BEEF WILL
ARRIVE HERE MONDAY
(Consinued From Page One)

ing grade AA and A club and t.
bone steaks for 65 cents and round
steak for IS cents. The meat was
purchased from the mountain sec
ton of the state in a carload lot.
The manager of a store said he
had turned down lard at SO cents
wholesale earlier in the day. He
was charging 70 cents for fryers
and SO cents for hens. Country
eggs we're being sold for 70 cents
and packers for SO.
Butter was being offered for
$1.20 In one store while a second
was selling the luxury item" for
IS cents against a wholesale price
of 90 cents.
One store was selling cured
hams at "a cents a pound whole
or 80 cents sliced. It was also Of
fering eggs in cartoons at II cents
a dozen and SO cents loose.
Another store manager vas firm
in his declaration that, although
meat was beginning to become
plentiful, the prices were still out
of reach of many families. II had
one case of vegetable compound
shortening which I sold for 81 cenia
a pound" he said. "only to learn
that a competitor was getting &c
| cents a pound for the same ITEM
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
DEMOCRATS MEET
TOMORROW NIGHT
Candidates Will Share Plat.
form With Representa-
tive J. Bayard Clark

A meeting of New Hanover coun
ty Democrats il scheduled for to
morrow night at 8 o'clock in the
Superior courtroom Of the court
house to increase interest in the
Nov. 5 election, Nathan Haskell
chairman Of the county commit;
tee, said last night.
The meeting, which will be ad'
dressed by Representative ]. Bay
ard Clark, is being sponsored by
the New Hanover county Demo
cratic Executive committee.
Also scheduled to speak are II
candidates for office on the demo
cratic ticket, the chairman added.
The meeting is open to all demo
Gratis and voters in the county,
Haskell commented that if 1--WE
expect the legislature to do some
thing for us in the county, we must
support it,"
Declaring that a larger vote was
Haskell said that $500 persons
being sought by the committee,
voted in this area in 1914 but that
only 1,847 voters cast ballots in the
1912 election.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
Two Mystery Women May
Have Helped In Theft
OF Jewels From Wally

LONDON, Oct. 19.-B-scot-
land looked into the possibility to-
day that two well = sroomed
mystery women, guests at recent
Mayfair society parties, may have
helped contrive the shrewd $50, DOC
theft of the Duchess of Windsor's
jewels.
Secrecy shrouded the intensive
72~hour-old investigation, but the
yard did not preclude the possibili-
ty that the women, thus far I'M
identified, might have cleaned the
necessary information for the willy
''cat burglar"
Records Of other recent jewel
robberies pointed to two fashion
able and socially acceptable wom-
en- as the eyes and ears Of wall
scaling thieves who obviously
worked with accurate advance in
formation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
VETS REFUSE TO QUIT
N. Y. SENATE CHAMBER
(Con4inued From Page One)

lice official was sent in to plead
with the veterans who eondescend-
ed to appoint a committee" to
study his request.
Cut Off Lights
Shortly after dark, officials click
ed the lights off and on in the
Senate chamber several times, be-
lieving the threat of darkness
might rout the invaders. But they
remained unmoved.
One veteran scornfully laughed
off Bytel's threat and added that
while he did not entertain the idea
of fighting state troopers he would
remain at least until Dewey adj
dressed the group.
Shortly after the group filtered
from the crowd Of 5000 marching
veterans and through the regular
capital guards and into the Senate
chamber, they formed a veterans
senate" naming S. Clinton Stearm
Us CIldllIIldils
He listed their demands specifi-
He listed their demands specific
ally as:
/. A 400, 900, 600 bond issue to be
submitted for referendum in the
Nov. 5 election.
2. Part Of 1t to be allocated for
3d. 900 apartments from boarded
up homes"
3. Another part to be allocated for
hotel rooms to be rented by the
state.
4. Whatever housing to be built
to be allocated without discrimi-
nation because of race. religion or
creed.
5. A fooIproof rent control sys-
tenn in case the federal rent con-
troll is forced out by the same
group who killed price controls on
meat"
One member of the group denied
there was any political significance
for the gubernatorial post, in which
Dewey is opposed by Sen. James M.
Mead. Democrat, was moving into
high gear.
On the floor Of the Capitol, state
troopers and police were guarding
the steps leading to the third floor
where the Senate chamber is To-
Gated.
Some of the 5000 veterans and
sympathizers who marched on the
Capitol but failed to gain entrance
still milled around outside waiting
to find out the fate of the 70 who
slipped by the guards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
MARITIME STRIKE
FARLEY RESUMED
CONTINUED From Page One)


for a week that action would be
taken against them. The union
claims cargoes originally slated
for American shlps-now immobll-
lied by the strike-are moving in
foreign bottoms.
The Seattle dispute, involving
movement of supplies to U. S.
troops in Japan and Korea, arose
over the refusal Of the Seattle
CLIO committee on maritime unity
TO load any but six commodities,
and those only on Army-oWned or
operated transports, the War de-
partment said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
n11zzy PRICE PATTERN

CHICAGO, Oct. 19IR-The re-
moval of OPA controls has sent the
price pattern for most major items
in the American food budget into
a dizzy whirl and there were IN
dications today Of growing con-
sumner resistance TIC those products
which turn up with a higher sales
tag.
The impact Of sudden decontrols
hit the markets an erratlc blow
and it was too early to tell how
the food dollar of the near future
would compare with its buying
power of last week.
The major staple decontrolled-
meat-promises to be relatively
plentiful in butcher shops across
the nation in a Few days but al
prices above OPA ceilings. Deal
ers, consumers and trade associa-
tons have joined hands in efforts
to keep prices down.
The prices of all livestock shot
up, despite an avalanche of re
ceipts, and record highs were es-
tablished in some markets. Both
cattle and hog prices, however,
experienced downward trends wher
offerings were the highest.
In the commodity markets, the
price of soybeans, lard and flax
also went up.
However, a long list Of com
modities dropped in price, includ-
ing poultry, eggs, butter, wheat
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
BERLIN WILL CHOOSE
BETWEEN TWO TYPES
OF DEMOCRACY TODAY

BERLIN, Oct l9-P)-Berlin
voters will chose tomorrow be-
tween the eastern and western con-
cepts of democracy in the election
which one high American military
government official said will have
great influence" on the ultimate
political destiny of Europe.
For the first time in IA years
1900, 900 registered Berlin voters
will have the opportunity to cast
a free ballot when they pick a
municipal government to supplant
the one set up by the Russians
after they won the epic battle for
the heart of Hitler's reich.
The Berlin election overshows
district and state b~alloting. which
will also take place throughout
the Soviet-occupied zone.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
Amateur Sleuths Uncover
Fortune OfDead Recluse

Army fatigue clothes, searched
the apartment for the fortune they
knew must be ~there-and finally a
trunk expert helped them find it
in a cleverly hidden secret COM
partment.
The money and some jewelry,
not yet assessed in value, was
wrapped in a hand-sewn cloth bag.
Most of the money was crisp and
new, in denominations of S. 5000,
81, 900 and $500.
Healy is attorney for the estate
and Raymond is an administrator.
They removed II barrels OF trash
from the apartment in the course
of a search that led them into ev-
cry crevice and Granny.
Healy said the apartment was
Sin terrible condition." The Wom-
ans few clothes we're old and
worn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20

NEW YORK, Oct. 49, R) -
When Mrs. Minnie Rosser Weigle,
79-year-old eccentric recluse, died
last August in a junk-lettered hotel
police wrote it off as
a routine matter, but the sequel
came today when two amateur
sleuths produced her hidden fortune
$469, 500 in cash, found in a bat
tered old trunk amidst the dis
order in which she lived.
The men whose pains-taklng
search produced the money are
Timothy j. Healy, an attorney, and
Robert Raymond, member of a
New York stock exchange firm.
Both are former Army officers.
Mrs. Weigle died of natural
causes Aug. II. Two days later po-
lice found her body in the bath
tub of her two-room apartment.
For two months Healy and Ray
mond, often dressed in their
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
COMMITTEE WILL SEEK
TO QUESTION EISLER

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19-P)-
Rep. Rankin (D-Miss) told report
ers today that he will seek to
have the house committee On I'm
American activities question Ger
hard Eisler, who has denied an
assertion that he headed American
communist activities.
Rankin, committee member,
said he plans to ask chairman
Wood O-Ga) to summon Eisler
soon to ask him about the COM
munist program in this country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
COTTON TRADING
ORDERED HELD UP
(Conxinued From Page Otne)

(Continued From Page Otne)
ton that a subcommittee will open
al investigation Thursday into the
price break. Agriculture depart
ment officials will be asked tc
explain the scope of their inquiry,
he said, ard officials of farm or
CARNATIONS also will be invited to
testify.
Managers of The New York ex-
change said only that the closing
would best serve the interests
of the public and the exchange
A spokesman described it as a
''breathing spell to analyze the
situation"
At New Orleans, exchange presi-
dent D. T. Manget, Jr.. in a state
ment referring to the confusion
and uncertainty of recent days,
said, THE rumor afloat that GER
tain people are in financial diff
ficulty is, to OIL, mind, greatly
exaggerated. All contracts in our
clearing house are margined up
to our full requirements"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19-U.R-
Chairman Elmer Thomas. D., Ok
Ia, announced today a Senate Ag-
riculture subcommittee will begin
investigate hearings next Thurs
day on the break in the cotton
market.
Thomas called the hearings at
the request Of the Southern Com
missioners of Agriculture.
The .Oklahoman, who charges
that the break already has cost
cotton farmers upwards Of $225,-
GOO, 900, plans to sponsor legisla-
ton in the next Congress to i'm
pose "strict federal SUPERVISION
Oh commodity exchanges and COM
mission houses.
Thomas made public a telegram
from J. E. Macdonald, vice chair
man of the Southern Commission
ers Of Agriculture, asking to be
heard in the Investigation.
Macdonald noted that cotton
prices had declined Sin face 81
one Of the shortest crops of record
and full knowledge of a worldwide
famine of cotton and cotton tex
tiles"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20

and cotton. Trade sources attribut-
ed the butter drop to the removal
of ceilings on other fats and oils.
Reports of buyers resistance to
higher meat prices came from
many cities. In some instances, re
sistance was building up against
higher prices for dairy products.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
r NEW BUDGET

MOSCOW, Oct. 10 - R)-Dele-
gates to the second se3sion of the
supreme Soviet left for home to-
day after approving Russia's new
budget and ratifying the appoint
ments of V. S. Abakumov as min
lister of state security and of G. I.
Malenkov as vice chairman of the
council of ministers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
Aerial Stunts
Will Be Presented Here

An exhibition of dead stick aero
les will be given this afternoon
2:30 o'clock by Carl Dunn, of
Air Progress, Inc. at the Whining
ton Airpark, Wrightsville Beach
road.
Dunn developed the stunt five
years ago and has presented it
before many Army training cadet
classes. 1t will include slow roll
loops and spins with the motor
dead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20

Relief Now

Millions Of sufferers in the last
10 years have found q way to get
quick relief from the itching and
smarting Of piles. They use a de-
lghtful cooling, soothing and as
Taert. No wonder one sufferer
writes. The itching and smarting
were relieved. and 49, all night,
SeterSon,s Olnfm9 Vicious"
with appl !ck IL nj
(aelighted "o'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
NATIONS MEAT
SUPPLY GROWING
(Consinued From Page One)

in prices that i'll some cases Were
double the old ceilings.
Housewives stood in line at Chi
cago markets to pay 81 a pound
FOR spare ribs and round STEAK.
Most beef cuts ranged upward
from so cents a pound.
Customers were being urged to
buv only what they needed for the
weekend, but bought all they could
carry anyway, apparently doubt
jul that meat supplies would con-
tinue to improve.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
PILOT

DAYTON, O., Oct. 19-WD-Air
force officials at Wright Field near
here today identified Brig. Gen.
Mervin E. Gross, 46, as the Poo
jet plane pilot who was killed when
the plane crashed near Brooks
field, Ky, late Friday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
UNION PLANS
NEW PAY DEMANDS
Continued From Page O,,el

the JAW takes will be on thsj,
own. All affiliated bodies Of r..
CLIO are free to form their own
programs, ne said, adding ,s
action here of the JAW will r,.
reflect CLIO policy on such NAT,
tiers as wages
The Clio president said, howcvor
that there must be an increas= +,
wages sufficient in size to NEE,
the increased cost of living"
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
CONVENTION

RALEIGH, Oct. 19.P-The North
Carolina home economics associa-
ton will open its annual conven-
ton here Friday, October Is, with
around 800 members representing
public schools. Extension work,
business and the home attending.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20
PLANT PEONIES

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-20

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-07-06
DEAF MUTE SHOT By
BOUNCER NEAR BAR

\ deaf and dumb NUT, Va, !.
innocent victim OF a shot ~ Y
a tavern bounccr Sunda, w ?
The shot was said 10 hs,, y
fired in defense aeanis, - "a
with a knife by a patron VIII IVA .
just been elected from tho ~. .
1900 Hastings,
Otis Fowler. 30 Of eSs ? r,..
the mute, was tho innocen, ~