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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Y ". !
Makes Tallahassee
Trip; Will See Ill, Board

The area has been asked as a
yacht basin project by Tom
Wilson of this city who said that
he would spend by investment
of others approximately $15O,O00
on finger piers in the area which
would give yachts complete serv-
ice. In previous years before the
war Key West was one of the
major yacht harbors in the
country when piers of the Sub
marine Base were used. 1t has
been conServatively estimated
that $l5O,OOO a year was spent
in this city by yachtsmen.
But thirty miles remain to be
completed before there will be
an entirely protected inside water
way all the way to Key West.
Dry Tortugas is another mecca
for these yachtsmen.
Mr.. King said that he had built
city yacht basin in Harbor
Springs, Michigan some few
years ago. 1t was considered a
wonderful asset to the town.
Il had one complaint" Mr..
King said today, "a butcher
came to me and said that the
yachtsmen had bought his store
out and that there was no meat
left for his local customers"
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Conference Being Held To Try To
Settle Railroad Strike Before
Five O'clock This Afternoon
TRUMAN ~ SESSION
WITH REPRESENTA-.
TIVE OF TRAlNMEN
AND ENGINEERS

WASHINGTON. May "a Mp.
resentatives Of the tfainmnn ana
railroad engineers are holsiing :
conference with President 1ra-
man IN an effort a. reaxh an
agreement before s o'clNk tbis
Afternoon which viii assure ll.e
operation OF trains thgouRhutil
the country.
The deadiine was set thrive
days ago when the two bfUtbef.
hoods concerned IN TIE dlspssle
agreed 10 deftr Inc timc Cos shs
nationwide strike en- the faii.
roads.
In The event a strike il eaiiea.
the only exceptions a. the dssxun.
of operating trains Wii
apply % army hospital trains.
trains carrying mlik and usns
on which troops ste riding
II was explained that ne trains
viii not stop wherever shsy ass
when 5 o'clock arrives. They wtll
proceed 10 the nearest atziisn
and viii be abandoned there.
Another thrcatened stfike "a
which government eonclhaiofs
are working feveFishly esncefns
soft-c0al miners. The ninsi aA
ficult question involved between
miners and operators concrfns
the proposed sick-leavs and wci.
fare fund which John 1. Lewm.
president a. the Mine Workers
of America. Is nsssiing ths
companies declare that sirh
fund will eost them s80.ooo Qoo.
but union representative dcelafe
that that amouni Is faF la cSeea
Of what the actual cost will b..
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Testimony showed that the
complainant, Lonnie Page, negro,
owed Dennis money, and it was
in trying to collect it that the
fracas occurred. Page walked
away from Dennis, and he said
that when he saw Dennis fun
bling in his bosom, apparently
to get a weapon, Page ran into
a shop and locked the door.
Dennis fired three shots through
the door, all of which went wild,
then he went to the back cf the
building and fired at Page
through screen window. One of
two bullets went through the
fleshy part of Pages left arm.
The crime was committed
April Is on Petronia, between
Thomas and Whitehead streets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

Property Fence
Dispute liz City
Court Again

In city court today for the
second time. after the case
first came up Yesterday. was
the warrant of Mrs. Eva Lee
Newhouse against Mrs. Olive
Plummer of Elizabeth street.
Mrs. Newhouse charged
Mrs. Plummer with inter-
ference and destruction of
private property in connec-
lion with the placing of a
fence in the rear of Mrs.
Plummer's yard.
The dispute arose over the
placing of the fence on a
disputed piece of property.
According TO surveyors. the
land when surveyed from
one piece of property in
cludes more land than when
surveyed from the other
piece of property.
The case was continued
from yesterday.
The court at 2 o'clock to-
day dismissed the case on
the grounds that the court
here has no jurisdiction TO
entertain ca es involving
boundary disputes dis
MISSED without prejudice TO
the rights of the parties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Night Clubbing

luke boxes will have to use
the little volume control on the
rear of the boxes in the future,
the city manager said today.
In a letter to the chief of police
it was directed that juke boxes
in night clubs over the city keep
their volume down. Complaints
are coming in by residents adj
jacent to the clubs and the city
must take cognizance of these
complaints, King said.
In the letter to the chief. the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

granted By the city cummia sH
and will be foT abutfi a woke
duration. Mr. KING said to-day
Il Is known IN town that IA
least one other steamship cun
pany has been active in Wishing
10 start service here in thi ~
portunity 10 secure profits tT0m
operating an auto fcrry Wfvirr
between this port and Hat na.
Before the war uhrer tiHicn
weekly service was opgfaiea o.
tween these ports by tho y 81 @
Steamship Company iuf pa.srn-
ger and freight traffic bui no
ferry service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

Cay Aanager Dave King said
tsziaY fhat hc thought It would
a. a aood idea" to drop in at
falistasscC on a leg Of his ferry
tanpany "trip and see Depart
ulrnt heads there
late yesterday the city man
uaeF rnceiyed a letter from Sim
cisF Wells ~ the Internal Inn
pauVEmcui Beard la which he
stated that tho Board on their
MaF ii mcciing had turned down
ihF offer "a tho city OF Key West
O. pulChaEc bottom lands from
as 3pard, presumably with the
ihauEht ~ developing the area
luto q Yacht harhor for vessels
rKfsgted o. use the inside water
asY when completed.
4 think a will be a good idea
g. dfap ln on department heads
ai TailahasEco and ict them know
tte cui ~ oar iib down here"
a. kiaF said
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
KEY WEST CITIZEN INVADES
French Hotel Clerk Scans This Paper With Interest
X +
NAMES NORTHERNMOST TOWN

BY FRANK w. LOWERING
Especial to The Citizenl

MADAWASKA, Me-, May %.
"A copy of The Key West Citii-
zen for Saturday, May IL, check
ed in with the writer at the lit
tie National Hotel here Wednes-
day, May 15-probably the first
appearance of this newspaper in
Names northernmost town.
Madawaska is at the top of the
Pine Tree State and almost at
the end of the Pine Tree Trail
which runs 19 miles further
southwest to Fort Kent. From
Fort Kent, also identified on
tour maps as the terminus of u.
S. No. l the motorist may start
and follow that route marker
back through Madawaska and
down to Key West along the
beautiful Overseas Highway.
In the Madawaska region,
Aroostook County, greatest po-
tato-raising area in the world,
lunches its broad right shoulder
boldly into the Canadian Prov
ince of New Brunswick. The
county's other shoulder raised il,
a sharp angle toward the Arctic
Circle, projects itself into the
northwest of Maine is a tracklesS
province of Quebec. That part
wilderness which only trappers
and aviators know.
Madawaska and Aroostook are
Indian names, the first meaning
''the country of porcupines where
one winter enters into another" ,
and the latter: Crooked River"
The writer, who had reached
this town to discuss the estab-
lishment of a new Chamber of
Commerce from the old Com
munity Club-and met success
by a unanimous ballot-left The
Citizen with the hotel clerk, 3
bald, stocky Frenchman of 70,
who "spik Anglais" only slightly
but understands it we'll. He lis
tened with intense interest as
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
HAWK DROPS SNAKE ON
TRAIN

CORNING, N. Y. - Seeing a
hawk flying alongside their
freight locomotive, carrying in its
claws a squirming rattlesnake
nearly five feet long. the engineer
blew a blast on the train whistle,
frightening the hawk, which
dropped the snake right into the
tender. 1t was killed by the train
crew.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
$lOO Fine For
Bottle ThrOwer

Willie Lee Mitchell, negress,
pleaded guilty in criminal court
yesterday afternoon to a charge
of aggravated assault, and was
fined 500, with the alternative
of serving 80 days in jail. She
threw three bottles at a negro,
one of which slashed his head.
The assault was reported to
the sheriff's office, and she was
arrested by Deputy Will Archer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Night Clubbing
Volume Control On Juke
Boxes to be Used Soon

city manager said that juke boxes
were for the entertainment of
the patrons of the club and not
for entertainment of ne'ghbors
adjacent to the club.
Specifically naming the Drift
wood, which is located at the
corner of Front and Duval street.
as cource of complaint, the city
manager directed the police chief
to issue orders to all patrolnen
including motorcycle patrolmen
to keep the juke boxes tuned
down in their beats.
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John W. Pent,
70, Died Last
Night AT Home

John w. Pent, 30, who resided
at 803 Francis street, died last
night after a short illness.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, Susan Penn; three daugh
tiers, Lena, Mary and Grace of
Miami; a sister, Mrs. Euphemia
Eddins of Key West; two broth
ers. Theodore Pent and Charlie
Pent of Key West, and ten grand
children.
Funeral arrangements, IN charge
of Pritchard Funeral Home, Will
be announced later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Goldsmith Wise
One, Saws Pelican

Pelican Bill observes today
that Sam Goldsmith is wise He
forecasts rain and then proves
we have wonderful weather by
not allowing rain to show up,
Bill said.
Bill presents Sans forecast to-
day with wink in one eye:
Partly cloudy with scattered
showers. Moderate east and
southeast Winds"
High tide is at $50 am. and
4.39 pm. tomorrow and low tide
at 1887 am. and 11:47 pm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
JAP ROYALTY TAXED

TOKYO. - General Macarthur
announced today he had issued a
directive to Emperor Hirohito.
stating that his relatives no long
er would be exempted from pay
ing taxation. Macarthur further
said that they MUST ahica by the
same food restrictions imposed on
other Japs. Fourteen families.
connected with the emperor. are
affected. and they no longer will
be permitted to receive from the
royal treasury two million Yens
a year for their support.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

CAMBRIDGE. Ena Juc Bar
Der Hepfer. IL Dixon, ili. teikFd
over trans Atlantic Telephone Cor
twenty minutes--at 81 a minute
before be got up coui Zee
enough to propose o. Jame AamEa
Elizabeth NayloT ~ Saiifan
Walden. She said yea
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Dog Appeals His Case

ALTON, Ill. - AP-A white
bulldog eludcd the dog catcher
and took refuge in the city hall.
Sympathetic city employees took
a collection, bought the dog
licensc-and named him Take"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
Late Bulletins
lBy Associated Press)
las.ooo MINERS IDLE

WASHINGTON. - Despite the
truce under which soft-coal min
ers are working till tomorrow at
noon. it was reported today that
$4,000 still are idle. They re-
fuse to return to the pits till a
new contract is signed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
PROVOKING RUSSIA"

LONDON.-Radio Tabritz an
nounced today that reactionaries
IN Iran are trying TO provoke Rus
STA to begin another war by de-
crying every announcement that
comes from that country about
Iran.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
233 ARRESTS ON DANUBE

WASHINGTON.-As a result
of American raids on shipping in
the Danube in the area of Hun
gary. 233 arrests have been made.
including many Nazi SIS troops.
Great quantities of conkraband
were seized in the capture of 400
boats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23

UNITED STATES APPROVES
WASHINGTON.-Dean Ache
son. acting secretary of state. in
dictated today that the United
States approves the British plan
for giving freedom to India.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
SAYS SPAIN AIDED AXIS

NEW YORK.-Members of the
Spanish government in exile as
serted today that Dictator Fran
CO not only provided a haven for
Nazis during the war but also is
sued them passports so that they
could visit other countries to car
rY on their work of propaganda.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-23
FIGHTING I'M IRAN

TEREHAN.--Fighting was re
ported to be continuing in iso-
lated sectors along the Aberjai-
ban border.
Evening star., 1946-10-31
Health Hazard Dispute
Threatens Ford Tieup
BY the Assoeiafed fress

DETROIT, Oct. 3l-A lingering
dispute over health hazards threat
ened today to halt new car produc-
tion in the Ford Motor Co. Rouge
plant which has $1,000 employees.
Notice of intention to strike in
80 days has been filed by the CIC
United Auto Workers Local soc
with national and State govern
ment agencies.
Thomas Thompson, local presi-
dent, said the action was taken with
the approval of the UAW-CIO exec
utive board and the local member
ship.
| Earlier this month the interna-
| tional union refused to sanction 9
Today strike in the open hearth
unit which affected approximately
500 workers and disrupted the COM
pany's steel production.
| The local contends the health oi
crane operators in the unit is en-.
dangered by the use of .fiuoride ir
the steel-making process. Ford OH.
cials, in series of statements anc
letters to the union. replied that
working conditions are not hazard
Gus and that similar practices are
followed in virtually all steel plants
! Richard T. Leonard, national
Ford director of the union. was re-
ported studying suggestion that
the case be submitted to the Public
Health Service for decision.
/ Wage negotiations with Chryslel
Corp. another member Of the in
dustry's big three" meanwhile
went into the second day with nc
comment from either the UAW OF
the management.
Evening star., 1946-10-31
Mrs. Henry s. Gamble
Dies at Home Here

Mrs. Daisy Callan Gamble, y
native of Washington, died yester-
day at. her home, 1929 Gallatir
street NV, after nearly months
| illness. ......
| She was the widow Of Henry S
Gamble, craftsman at the Coast and
Geodetic Survey here for over 4C
years, who died in 1914 Born Daisy
Callan, she was a graduate of old
Jefferson High School in Southwest
Washington.
Surviving are son. William S
Gamble, sister, Mrs. Vevie Callan
Carter. and brother, James Callan
all Of Washington.
Requiem mass will be said at 10
am. Saturday at Nativity Church
Georgia avenue and Peabody street
NV. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-10-31
.29 Of 3 Snowbound
In Utah Are Rescued
BY the Associoied Press

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 31-All
but four of 80 persons stranded in
snowbound Utah mountains had
been rescued today by searching
parties using snowplows and bull
oozers to break through waist-deep
drifts to reach them.
Two deer hunters remained iso-
lated in mountains near Ogden and
two others were stranded near Cedar
City in Southern Utah, but both
parties had shelter and were believed
to be in no immediate danger
Efforts to reach them were con-
tinuing.
A party of eight men, five women
and three children in a logging
party was rescued after being
marooned in mountains near Provo
after part of the group snowshoed
to a Forest Service telephone tc
summon aid. Eight hunters were
rescued in wagons equipped as sleds
Meanwhile. clearing skies appar-
emily signaled an end to the two-day
storm which swept several Mountain
States, causing damage to railroad
| lines in Nevada and scattered DAM
age to utility poles and other prop
erty in Utah.
A shuttle bus service still was
carrying passengers across l25-mile
stretch from Cahente to Las Vegas
New, while Union Pacific Railroad
crews rushed track repairs. The
roads main line from Salt Lake City
to Los Angeles was washed out neal
Elgip. New, but was expected to be
back in service late to-day. q
Evening star., 1946-10-31
Purchase Of Tract
For Recreation Area
lin Woodacres Voted

Purchase of q 71a-acre tract as
"a park and recreation area for the
Woodacres community in Mont
gomery County was authorized yes
terday by the Maryland National
Capital Park and Commission.
The land will be bought from
Allen c. Minnix for $3.50 an acre.
1t also will serve future residents
of the area north of Massachusetts,
avenue, east of Goldsboro road, south
of River road and west of the new
high school site.
In addition, Park Commissioner
E. Brooks Lee was instructed to ne
gotiate for the purchase of a part
Of the Blessing tract, east of the
Minnix property, to provide for a
softball field and four tennis courts,
Mr.. Lee also was ordered to ne
gotiate for land for a playground
to serve Brookmont residents and
for additional property not already
acquired along the proposed Little
Falls Branch parkway.
Condemnation proceeding will be
instituted for acquisition of the
Brookmont and Blessing site, il
negotiations fail, the commission
said.
According to plans, the Brook
mont playground will include a soft
ball diamond, three tennis courts, g
young children's play and equipment
field and picnic area The plan
also provides for Brookmont COM
munity house.
! Land to be purchased for the play
ground includes large tract owned
by Royal H. Carlock, member of the
Maryland House of Delegates. Mr.
Carlock announced he would turn
over the entire proceeds from the
sale to the Brookmont Baptist
Church.
Brookmont residents have long
sought q playground in the area
In the last few years Donald H
Drayer, president of the Brookmont
Civic League, sponsored the projecI
with Mr.. Carlock, Paul j. Alexander
Mrs. Malvina Cole and Mrs Mary
Wheeler, as members OF the play.
ground committee.
Evening star., 1946-10-31
Rites 10 Be Held Monday
For Soldier Killed in Reich

Requiem mass for Pvt. Robert De-
LORNA Seth, II, who died in Munich
Germany, as result of injuries
suffered in truck accident, will be
said at am. Monday at Holy
Comforter Church, Fourteenth and
East Capitol streets. Burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery.
Pvt. Seth, according to a report
received by his mother, Mrs. Kath-
erine Compton, 1o46 c street Sc.
was injured September % when the
truck in which he was driving Ger
man workers home from duty COL
lided with another truck.
Il. A native of Williamsburg, Pa. Pvt
Seth attended Holy Comforter
School and Fork Union Military
Academy. He also was an appren-
tice machinist at the Navy Gun Fac
tory.
He enlisted in the Army in Janu-
ary, 1916. and went overseas in July
Evening star., 1946-10-31
Mark 0deII, Jr., 33,
Industrial Engineer,
Dies Of Polio Here

Mark Odell, jr., SO, Of 4205 -Four
Mile Run drive, Arlington, died
yesterday of infantile paralysis in
Gallinger Hospital.
An industrial engineer assigned
to the War Assets Administratstsl,
Mr.. Odell died six days after being
stricken, making the 1lth Wash
ington area polio death of the year.
The city proper has had three
fatalities.
Mr.. Odell first complained of i'll
ness last Thursday. The next day
he went to work but returned home
early and was taken to the hos
pital that night. Breathing diff
Guilty caused him to be placed in
an iron lung Sunday. He died at
2 pm. yesterday.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Eunice sOdell, and two children
Richard Burr, 4, and Suzanne
Marie, 2. He also leaves his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Odell, sr.;
a brother, Burr Odell, and a sister
Mrs. John Willard Lundin, all OF
Seattle, Wash.
Born in Seattle, Mr.. Odell was
graduate of the University o1
Washington. He came to Wash
ington. eight years ago, working
with the Agriculture Department
and later with the OPA. In 1874
he became a civilian employe ol
the Army Air Forces at the Penta-
gon.
For the last three months he hac
been working for the New Yori
firm of Cresap, Mccormick & Paget
assigned to WAA.
Private funeral services will bt
held tomorrow. .....
Evening star., 1946-10-31
John W. Lovegroye Dies;
District Resident Is Years

John w. Lovegrove, resident of
the District for more than Is years,
died yesterday at Garfield Hospital
after brief illness.
Born in Staunton, Va, he came
to Washington from Richmond as
an agent for the Union Central Life
Insurance Co., with whom he was
associated for Al years. He. also was
president of the Lovegroye Milling
Co. of Charlottesville.
Active in the Calvary Methodist
Church. 1859 Columbia road NV,
he was a member of the official
board of the church, an usher and
member of the mems class. He also
was a member Of the ODD Fellows
and former member Of the WASH
ington Board of Trade. He lived at
3O8 East Capitol street.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Blanche B. Lovegrove, auditor at
the Agriculture Department for 28
years; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert
A. Via, ST., and Mrs. Frances Rodef-
fer. and four grandchildren, all OF
Washington.
The Rev. Orris G. Robinson asst
ed by the Rev. Daniel w. Justice,
will conduct funeral services at 7:3O
p.m. tomorrow at Lees funeral
home, Fourth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue NE. Burial will be
Saturday in Staunton.
Evening star., 1946-10-31
Hartman and Snyder
Deny Talk Of Slump
D. the AsscSioted Press

Secretary OF Commerce Hartman
and Secretary of the Treasury Sny-
der advised Americans last night
against talking hard times when,
they said, the future looks good.
Thus for the third time in two
days, top officials took occasion to
speak against what John D. Small
the civilian production administra-
tor. calls talking ourselves into a
depression"
Mr.. Hartman. in a speech at the
Herald Tribune Forum in New York
said fears that a bust" would fol-
low the time when the war-causeo
backlog of demand is met are based
on unreasonable defeatism."
Mr.. Snyder called such talk OF de-
preston bad psychology.
I'VE have the knowledge and abil-
-ity." Mr.. Hartman added, ito handle
our affairs in such a way as to main
tain high level of employment with
an expanding economy"
/ The Harriman-Snyder-Smal argu-
ments were aimed at forecasts, some
lof them from within the Govern
ment, that business slump may be
in the making for next year.
| Mr.. Snyder told news confer
ence, in citing current business con-
dition reports:
1T is bad psychology to be con-
tinually talking about depression
and recession when we have all tht
elements for a continued prosper
GUS period"
Evening star., 1946-10-31
Explosives Revealed
As Workman Kicks
Surplus 'Mochinery'

The Erie Steel Co. of Pill
adelphia got more than it ha"-
gained for when it bought
carloads of machinery the Co.
ernment had scrapped. O"e
shipment Of 124 cases, 1t SUI
denly discovered. containea
explosives.
Innocent-looking boxes ar
rived. the House Surplus
Property Committee was told,
and were stacked IN the COM
pany yard. One pile fell over,
breaking open a bog and spilllng
out a shinny foot-long tube,
A workman kicked the thing
to get it out of his way. 1t
exploded, Rocking him fat. All
124 cases thereafter were care
fully reshipped to the Govern
ment. s
Army officers here thought
the bombs" we're target prac-
tice blanks and may have been
left over from the World War,
since they were said to con-
tain black powder.
Evening star., 1946-10-31
Mrs. Simms, II, Dies Here;
Widow Of Carolina JUDGE

Mrs. Frances Maher Simms, ~
widow of Judge Charles Carroll
Simms of the Souths Carolina Cir
cult Court. died yesterday at hel
home, 1908 Morrison street NV.
after a three month Illness.
A native of Barnwell, S. c., Mrs
Simms came here Is years ago with
her husband, who died soon after
moving to the District. Judge
Simms was the son of the we'll
known South Carolina Civil Wa,
poet and historian, William Gilmore
Simms.
Surviving are five sons, Perry
Gilmore, Edmund and Beverley
Simms, all of Washington, and John
Simms, Miami, Fla, and three
daughters, Misses Kathryn and
Frances Simms and Mrs. Edith
Agard, all of Washington.
Funeral services and burial will
be held in Barnwell Saturday.