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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-19

Perhaps this week Key. West
may have an announcement of
a new concrete block factory in
the city. 1t will not be on Key,
Vests waterfront and win not be
down by the city property at the
foot of Simonton street where
the scavenger tug and barge dock
will eventually be located. S. H.
Drudge is the interested. party,
Mr.. Drudge has many contracts
around town right now and is
very much interested in building
in Key West. According to sMr.
Drudge it will cost anyone 2le a
block to haul blocks to Key West.
Mr.. Drudge said he can construct
the blocks for less than the trans
portation costs, which will give
Key West its first concrete block
factory in recent years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-19
OPTIMISTIC THOUGHT

One of the main points which
the organization will probably
bring out will be to encourage
established business and new
business in this city and not to
handicap it. There were such
statements as 1--WE want to see
restaurants crowded and in a
turmoil" optimistic, youthful
statements benefitting everyone
This statement was made Incl
dentally in discussing the ques-
ton of where and at what time
dinner meetings would be held
in restaurants of the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-19

Very significant meeting was
kcld last night of the Key West
Business Mems Association. This
group was formed about eight
months ago to foster ideas which
they believe important to the
welfare of the city. Newly elect
ed president last night was
County Commissioner Maxine
Valdez. Tom Wilson suggested
that the Business Mems Associa-
ton amalgamate with the Cham
Der OF Commerce and asked that
John Spottswood, newly elected
secretary, give the association a
resume of the Chambers plans.
Mr.. Spottswood asked that a
committee be appointed to con-
fer with him on plans of the
Chamber and possible amalgama-
ton when he assumes charge of
the Chamber. He made it clear
that he was in no position to
make statements at this time
since he had not assumed his
duties at the Chamber. Mr..
Spottswood was told that since
he was on the Board of Directors
of the Business Mems Association
that plans of the chamber which
would affect the Association
could be advanced then. There
were over twenty persons $ pres
ent at the meeting representing.
businesses from all over. town.
Dinner meetings held have
brought a group of as high as
sixty persons out, each person a
merchant in this citysl 10 viz
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-19
APoLoGETIc ACTION

You know think frankly that
this business of everyone asking
for an apology out of this liquor
business is getting to be down
right funny. Everyone involved
has to date asked for an apology,
and nearly everyone involved
has hurled all manner of accusa-
ton at each other. The city the
past two weeks is emotionally
tired from all this wrangling at
city commission meetings, grand
juries, county commission meet
ings, articles in the paper, letters
to the grand jury, letters to the
1editor. It's about time that the
matter be, brought to close for
the present. The question is just
about settled and there should
be no further determination at
this time. A we'll known and es-
tablished business man was tell
ing me the other day that in the
old days of Key West, Key West
ers fell out with each other, that
there were violent arguments
andL there were verbal knock
down and drag out fights at city
commission meetings but that
there was no mention of suits
in those days, local lawyers did
not take these disputatious cases
into the courts and usually it was
necessary for a person seeking
that sort of redress to hire an
outside lawyer to get his case
going. There were few of the
cases taken by outside lawyers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-19
GAS PROBLEMS OVER

Reason why the Gas Company
always closed down gas in the
old days when hurricane came
around was not because of the
danger of fire but because the
men could not stand in the open
plant and continue their work of
keeping the boilers going, Allan
hampton was saying today. The
move the Gas Company is max
ing to give Key West a greater
supply of gas as the city grows,
a cleaner, drier gas seems to be
a fine move. There was some
question during the past election
campaign about the amount of
waste products which were sent
out to sea in the c&ty's sewerage
lines. A pipe which went out to
Hawk Channel on the ocean side
near the Casa Marina and which
apparently had broken during
one of Key Vests storms allowed
the waste products to come up
on the rocks at Casa Marina.
With the new system there will
be no repetition of this.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-19

Relative Humidity
74a
Tnrnorrow,s ALMANAC
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
0SURHAMISSN IS
SeAu6@e e

PVT. LEONARD BURTCHER,
who has been In Japan since Jan
uary. Is stationed at Sandal about
800 miles north of Tokyo. He has
not been able To do any sight see
ing or TO visit any OF the large
cities since his arrival. because
typhus Is rampant in the country
and men OF the llth Air Borne
Division. OF which he is a MEM
Der. have been severely restricted.
Burtcher writes his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Burtcher. In
March there was still plenty OF
snow. he says. and the men wete
taken 30 miles from Sandal for a
day OF skiing. which is about the
extent OF his outside recreation
TO date Burtcher entered service
in June OF l945 and is serving In
the paratroops.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
EOR STATE SENATOR

| hereby announce my candidacy
for reelection to the office OF State
Senator from Pinal county subject
TO the action OF the voters at the
Democratic primary July 10th. 1916.
CHARLES r. GOFF
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FOR REPRESENTATIVE

hereby announce my candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
state representative. District No. /,
subject TO the action OF the voters
at the Democratic primary election
July 18th. 1916.
PARKE t. GILBERT.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10

OMr. and Mrs. +. C. Snider OF Pur-
cell Oklahoma. who have been
visiting his brother and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Snider. for the past
siX weeks. plan to return home In
the near future.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
COUNTY SUPERVISOR

hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF Pinal County Su-
peryisor. District No 3 subject 10
the action OF the voters at the Dem
ocratic primary July 16. 1916.
FRANK WILLIAMS.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
LOUIS TAYLOR
IusTIcE oE ThE PEACE

hereby announce my candidacy
for reelection 10 the office OF the
justice OF the peace Justice Pre-
cinct No. S subject to the action
% the voters az the Democratic
primary. July 18th. 1876.
W. G.. ROCHE.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF school superin-
tendent OF Pinal County subject 10
the action of the voters at the
Democratic Primary July 10th.
1916.
HORACE J. CHESLEY
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF Justice OF the
Peace OF Justice Precinct No. S
subject TO the action OF the Demo
cratic primary July 10th. 1916.
CHARLES ID. ELLEDGE
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FOR REPRESENTATIVE

hereby announce my candidacy
for reelection to the office OF State
Representative from Pinal county
subject TO the action OF the voters
at the Democratic primary July
10th. 1916.
O. w. RUGG
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
EOR COUNTY SHERlFF

hereby announce my candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
the office OF County Sheriff of
Pinal County subject to the action
OF the voters at the primary cleo
ton July 18th. 1896.
AL SIZEMORE
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY

| hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF County Attorney
OF Pinal county subject 10 the ac-
tion OF the voters at the Democratic
primary July 10th. 1916.
X. J. ELLIS
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FOR sUPE RVISoR

hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF supervisor. District
No. 3. Pinal county. subject to the
action of the voters at the Demo
cratic primary July 10th. 1916.
c. w. STOKES
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FOR CONSTABLE

hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF constable OF Jus
tice Precinct No. S subject to the
action OF the voters In the Demo
cratic primary July IS. 1916.
MONROE MOORE
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FoR CONSTABLE

I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF constable Of Jus
tice Precinct No. S subject TO the
action of the voters in the Demo
cratic primary July 10th. 1916.
ASA GARDNER
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR

hereby announce my candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
the office OF County Assessor OF
Plnal County subject TO the action
% the voters at the primary elec-
ton July 18th. 1916.
WYLY PARSONS
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FOR SHERIFF.

hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF Sheriff OF Pinal
county subject TO the action OF the
voters at the Democratic primary
July 18th. 1916.
LYNN EARLEY.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10

the action OF the democratic party
at the primary election July 10th,
1916.
CHARLES II. TREADWAY
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10

day. Others present were Mrs.
Viola Loucks. Mrs .Ellender Lynch,
Mrs. Pluma Morris Mrs. Christie
Roberts. and Mrs. Juanita Golson.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
Political
Announcements
COUNTY
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

SCHOOL SUPEHIN ENUENI
hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF county school
superintendent OF Pinal county sub
Ject 10 the action OF the voters at
the Democratic primary. July 10th.
1886.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10

and Miss Grace Colyin were honor
gueots at a dinner party given
members of Kenilworth school fac
ulty at Montezuma Inn last Tues
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-10
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF Justice OF the
Peace OF Precinct No. S subject to
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
PRICE OF BREAD
BOOSTED BY OPA
Raise Increases Retail
Costs $685. 100000
Per Year

WASHINGTON, June 12.-(P)-
OPA boosted bread prices a cent
a loaf Wednesday, pushing retail
cost increases authorized for
major food items in recent weeks
to about S485, 900, 900 a year - an
average of about $3,45 a person.
This figure is the sum of gov
eminent economists estimates on
how much more housewives will
pay - on the basis of price in
creases already approved - for
meat, milk, butter, cheese, other
dairy products and bread.
Up With Wages
Higher prices for all Of these
important foods have been au-
thorized since the administrations
wage-policy was liberalized Feb
ruary IA.
Meat prices went UP in April as
a direct result of the policy
change. The increase followed a
wage boost of 16 cents hourly for
packing house workers. Price
hikes for dairy products and bread
also we're granted under the new
policy standards.
Milk prices already r up a
cent a quart in many areas and
See BREAD on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
Along The Cape Fear

chance but on purpose. Although
we have never been to Mecca ex-
cept vicariously by way of the
magic carpet of the neWsreel-
travelogue, there's something
about Mrs. Marines statement -
"Our time once was called from
the tower of the old market -
which brings wildly tc mind the
turbaned fellow who stands in the
mosque tower and calls out every
hour or the hour - like the Mil
waukee Central train-amounce1 -
the time when the Mohammedans
must drop to Their knees.
We don't meal to imply that the
old Cape Fearians had any Mos
lem tendencies, but we do find
a striking similarity between Nee
ca and Wilmington in this matter
of announcing the hour of the day
from a steeple.
NO CLOCKS? - We say all this
the assumption that Mrs.
Marine knows what she is talking
about. We firmly believe that she
does.
But who started the custom? And
were there no clocks in the spires
Wilmington's buildings Of those
days? Didn't anybody even have a
pocket-Watch?
Somehow we can't quite picture
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER
SHIP SETTLEMENT
EXPECTED TODAY

WASHINGTON. June 12.-
R-The government elbowed
private ship operators aside
Wednesday night and drafted
its own settlement offer in an
attempt to prevent an all
coast, CLIO shipping strike at
midnight Friday.
Operators and unions still
had not accepted. Nor had
they seen any formal contract.
All Night Haggling
But they had a chance to
accept government terms in a
late night session at the Labor
department. There were indi-
cations that federal concilia-
tors might haggle with them
most of the night n an effort
to wrest an agreement from
them before morning.
Said one key figure in the
discussions:
"The government has got its
hand in now. l assume they
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13

WASHINGTON, June 12-W'H
Veterans trying to start slhali
business told a Senate COM
mittee Wednesday that it's al
most as tough to buy surplus
government goods as it was 10
fight the war.
Almost Impossible
T. c. Coleman OF "
Spring, Md, and Rooert Free
man of Wooster. o.. both IN
the general contracting busl-
ness, testified at a Senate
Small Business ccmmlttee
hearing that ''red tape ana
rigamarole" make it almost
impossible for the veteran
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
$35,OO0-$45,O 900 Estimated
Damages To Marine Plant
side Conflagration
Brings Fire Boats
Into Fight
BY DON TULLSEN

A riverside fire, reported
to have been burning since
Tuesday afternoon swell | e d
t o holocaustal proportions
to consume an estimated
$35, 000-$45, 900 in buildings ano
materials on the property of the
Stone Marine Railway company
across the Cape Fear from down
town Wilmington.
Before the back of the blaze
was broken at 3 p. m. by fireboat4
and land equipment, it had en-.
croached on the adjacent premises
of Dallas Orell damaging an of.
flee building, pilings, and bargeA
and menacing a sheet metal ware.
house storing some 300 barrels OF
diesel fuel oil.
Black Thunderhead
An enormous black thunder
head of smoke veined with hun.
dred foot flames reared over the
burning yards to be seen as Fl
away as Wrightsville Beach.
Stocked with stored paint, barrels
of turpentine, oil, and a small
quantity of gasoline the fire thun-
dered like Niagara.
See FIRE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13

GONG OF MEMORY - Mrs.
Virginia C'Jennie'') Farr Marine,
the Cape Fear lady who proved 70
us yesterday that hcrse-drawn
streetcars we're the factual, not
fictitious, mode of public trans
portation in Wilmington OF the
1905, also revealed something else
to us which might strike the gong
of memory in the minds OF you
folks with a nostalgia note.
"Our time" writes Mrs. Marine,
''once was called from the tower
of the old market which stood at
Front and Market streets IN the
center of the western side of Mar
ket street"
HAND - This
we repeat, might ring a bell OF
"Reminiscences in the minds OF you
folks. .
But to US, alas, it stirs up all
the loud reverberations OF a feather
falling on a satin cushion. In short,
we know a little less than nothing
at all about what Mrs. Marine is
telling us.
We have no alibi for our igno-
rance. either. The whole thing
tower, market, and time-calling-
is as unfamiliar to us as the palm
of Mohammed's hand.
MAGIC CARPET - We say
"Mohammed's hand not by
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
Tobacco Ceilings
ASKS PRICE
CONTROL REMOVAL

Senate Banking and Currency
committee ,sHoey said, also re-
ceived word from each member
of the OPA advisory committee
on tobacco that the time has
come to take the ceiling of
since the supply is adequate to
meet demand.
Offers Amendment
Hoey offered an amendment
to the OPA bill which would
remove ceilings from leaf to-
bacco and its products by
June 30, putting it, he said, in
the same position as milk and
live stock. Also sponsoring the
amendment are the South Carolin;
Democratic Senators, Maybanl
and Johnston, Senators Burch ID.
Va.) and Senator Stanfill (R.-Ky.)
Hoey said that the OPA bill in 1t!
present form definitely removes
See TOBACCO On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
TESTIMONY ENDS
in MURDER CASE
Medical Witness Brought
To Show Mental Incom-
petence Oh Accused

Attorneys representing the prose
cution and the defense in the trial
of Lem 'Scooper' Cause, Bruins.
wick county Negro charged with
the first degree murder of James
Williamson, Shallotte farmer, com
menced a series of jury addresses
shortly before the recess of SUI
perior court yesterday at 5:45
p. m.
Rudolph I. Mintz, Southport, pri-
vate counsel appearing with the
state, summarized the testimony
of witnesses and reviewed the evil
dence presented by the prosecu.
ton. He climaxed his address
with a raking attack on the in
sanity appeal developed earlier in
the day by the defense.
Mentality Attacked
Before the noon recess, DR.. John
B. Cranmer, Wilmington physic-
ian, had testified that he had
examined the Negro Tuesday night
and that in his estimation, "the
defendant was an imbecile."
Cause has shown o emotion
during the two days of the trial
and has apparently been asleep,
since the proceedings opened, as
he reclines in a chair with his head
hanging and his eyes closed. Flies
have been seen to walk on his
bare head undisturbed.
Hardly Knew Name"
DR.. Cranmer continued his testi-
See Staying on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
MUTUAL INSUR0RS
SLATE MEET HERE
ESQ Expected For State
Convention AT Wrights-
vile Beach

About $50 Tar Heel insurance
men are expected to converge al
the Ocean Terrace hotel, Wrights-
vile Beach, tomorrow morning fol-
the annual two-day convention Of
the North Carolina Association OF
Mutual Insurance Agents.
With a discussien-packed agenda
slated for the Friday morning
meeting, registration of delegates
will begin at 9 a. m.
Perry President
One hour later the convention
will get underway as R. A. Perry,
association president, calls the rep
resentatives to order.
Official greetings to the agents
will be extended by Wofford
HUMPHREYS, chief deputy commits.
sioner of the North Carolina In.
surance department.
Leads Discussion
The insurance discussions viii
then be led off by John F. Fletch,
er, manager of the North Carolina
Automobile Rate Administrative
office, with a talk on recent
changes in automobile rates and
classifications.
The next topic, modern fire pro-
lection, will be discussed by Sher-
wood Brockwell, deputy commits
sioner of insurance, state fire
marshall, and conductor of the
See INSURORS On Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
CLINCMANS DOME
SCENE OF CRASH
BIG Crew OF II Perish
On Tennessee-Carolina
Border

GATLINBURG, Tenn, June II.
-W.H- An Army B-29 bomber,
roaring home on the return leg OF
an all-night training flight, crash
ed into the wooded slopes Of
Clingmans Dome early Wednes-
day, killing the II crew members
and littering the thickly-forested
mountainside with splintered
wreckage.
The plane was en- route back to
MacDill field, near Tampa, Fla,
where it had taken off at Z pm.
(EST) Tueday night on a sche-
duled 10-hour nonstop flight to
Chicago and return.
O. X. Over Knoxville
II last reported all we'll" in a
routine check over Knoxville,
Tenn, about 40 miles away, at
2:16 am. EST) The crash pre-
sumably. occurred a short time
later.
Forest rangers in the Grea'
Smoky Mountains National Park
said the plane struck the mountain
at an elevation of about $500 Zee
about LOO feet below the tor
Of the 6,642 foot peak.
No Names Announced
Capt. Frank Jaffe, public re
lations officer at MacDll nelo'
said names of the crew members
all of whom were officially pre-
sumed dead, would not be an
nounced until positive identl1lca'
See CLINGMANs on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
Ocean off Carolina Beach
Searched In Reported Crash
&C Rescue Craft Fail To
Find missing"
Plane
BY LARRY HIRSCH

Two Coast Guard Air-Sea
Rescue planes from Norfolk,
Va, and Charleston, S. c.,
and an Army crash boat from
Myrtle Beach, S. c., combeo
a wide area of the Atlantic ocean
off Carolina Beach early yesterday
afternoon for an airplane reported
to have crashed into the sea neal
the resort district about II O'Clock
yesterday morning.
Neither the planes nor the boat
we're able to detect a single trace
Of the supposed crash despite g
widespread search which LASTED
an hour and a half.
The rescue planes and boat were
rushed to the scene of the report
ed disaster Immediately aftel
Carolina Be CHI Police Chief E. Y.
Leonard put in an emergency cal
to the Charleston Coast Guaro
ASR station at 1920 a.
Reported To Chief
Chief Leonard said the crash
was reported to him by Mrs. w.
H. Hardy, her son, and an I'M
Identified man. all of Carolina
Beach.
The boy claimed to have seen
The plane zoom out of the sky and
smash into the sea about II a. M,
the chief said.
The man said they saw the plane
in the water after it crashed
See SEARCH on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
OPERATORS
MEET AT BEACH
National Official Speaks
AT Annual State Con-
vention

Over 200 people members Of
the North Carolina Association OF
Taxicab Operators, their wives
and guests-packed the main hall
of the Ocean Terrace hotel at
Wrightsville Beach last night to
hear an address by H. 1. Gwilym,
executive secretary of the National
Association of Taxicab Operators,
Cleveland, Ohio, as the state
groups two-day annual convention
swung its first evening session.
Two-Way Radios
Gwilym's address, a discussion
of taxicab operations in general,
was highlighted by a report on the
new two-way radio sets being in
stalled in cabs throughout the
nation
Gwilym told the large audience
that the 2-way radio is the coming
thing in modern taxicab operation
as revealed by research expert
ments conducted by the national
association.
He also disclosed that taxicab
accidents are "on the downgrade''
and predicted a new era of safety
and prosperity" for taxicab op-
orators.
To Elect Officers
Shortly before Gwilym gave his
speech, the board of directors Sc
lected a nominating committee to
submit names of candidates for
the annual election of new officers
at this mornings meeting.
See TAXI on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13
So To Bed

AS the big Brunswick fire
was raging yesterday after
noon several men were trying
to get a fire-bOat hose into OPP
Grafton.
They struggled nightly with
the hose and otherwise worked
themselves into a sweat with
the contrary cOntraption.
A certain Wilmington Navy
man, observing the struggle
a to the mems aid. As he
took hold of the hose he shout
ed something indistinguish-
able in the noise and confusion
of the fire.
AS he shouted, a hose on an
other fire-boat raked him from
head to foot with a powerful
stream of water.
"What was that you shout
ed?" n of the men asked the
Navy man.
Let me have it," guIped
the officer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-13

will want to press right on I'M
til a settlement is reached.
I'm preparing for 3 or 4 in
the morning"
Owns Most Vessels
Until Wednesday the govern
ment had let private ship COM
panies bargain with the sail
ors, even though it owns most
of the vessels that would be
tied up by a strike.
CLIO President Philip Murray
told reporters that Assistant
Secretary of Labor John w.
Gibson had given him a sum-
mary of the governments
proposal Wednesday afternoon.
He withheld its details.
In advance of the Labor 4
partment meeting, Murray wen
over the plan with Harry Bridge
and Joseph Curran. They are co
chairmen of the se~ven-union, CLIO
See MARITIME on Page Two