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Evening star., 1946-11-03

Ia food chopper were treated at
Emergency Hospital.
Georgetown Hospital dressed the
injuries of youngster who lost two
toes when large flower pot fell on
his foot. The hospital also treated
an adult who fell into fireplace at
q Halloween party.
Sibley doctors removed a broken
match from a mans ear. Providence
doctors set broken thigh of child
who fell from a ladder, and dressed
burns of another who fell against a
furnace.
A child, scalded when he fell from
stool and overturned pot of hot
coffee, was admitted to Childrens
Hospital.
Less unusual in the home acci.
dents were 81 injured In falls, ~
burned and 27 cut.
Evening star., 1946-11-03
District Government Jobs
Found 98 Per Cent Safe

An annual report of the Office of
the Chief Clerk, made public yes
terday, revealed that per cent of
District government workers lost
working time because of accidents
on their jobs in the fiscal year
ended June 30.
A total of 1901 employees worked
an estimated 29,9O2,300 hours dur
ing the year. AL but 316 workers
ended the year without having had
"a lost time occupational injury
The report said the record re-
f7ected the affiliation of the city
government with certain industrial
safety organizations, improvements
in driver training, inspections and
the like,
Evening star., 1946-11-03

he left the Government service to
re-enter private business with his
brother. They have opened an au-
tomobile sales and service shop at
1901 Rhode Island avenue NE,
Brentwood, Md
Mr.. Jerman was so interested in
price control that when he left the
Government payroll he promptly
volunteered. He was made a menl-
ber of price panel and served until
the end
The paid employees of the local
OPA boards, as they clean out their
desks, have only nice things to say
about the volunteers. And some of
the volunteers, for their part, spoke
of the long hours the employees put
in--without any thought Of over
time. It was all to help win the
war and then to ease the transition
to peace.
Evening star., 1946-11-03
Retired u. 5. Workers
Ask Tax Exemption on
Pensions Up 10 S1,44O

The National Association of Re-
tired Federal Employees yesterday
proposed a bill for the next Con.
gress to exempt Civil Service re-
tirement payments up to $1.440
year from taxation.
Lewis. H. Fisher, counsel for the
association, told memhers the pro-
posal is nearly identical to bill
sponsored by the group in the 18th
Congress which passed the House
but was not reported from a joint
committee on taxation before Con-
gress adjourned in August.
Under present legislation, Mr.
Fisher said, retired employees must
declare per cent of their Fedora
retirement each month as income
for taxation until they have re-
ceived as much money as they paid
into retirement. After that, the
entire payment Is taxable, he said
20 Per Cent Increase Asked.
The association also indorsed a
resolution calling for 20 per cent
increase in Civil Service retirement
pay up to $1,440. A similar bill be-
fore the last Congress would have
granted q. IS per cent increase, Mr.
Fisher said. y sNss
The resolution was adopted after
considerable discussion.
Robert H. Alcorri, Executive Com
mittee member of the association
said the average annuity for re-
tired employees on the rolls for the
last three years was $957 as Of june
80. According to Civil Service sta
tistics, he said, the Retirement Act
covers 2069, 900 former employees
and, as of June 80, the retirement
fund totals $2,199,785. .188.
Elmer johnson, president of the
association, appointed Clarence
Swain chairman of special com
mittee to study proposal for es-
tablishment of national home for
retired Federal employees. Other
members of the committee are Miss
Catherine Drayton, H. H. Marsh and
C. D. Weaver.
InvestmentsApproved.
A motion that the president be
authorized to invest portion OF
the associations funds in United
States savings bonds was also ap-
proved. The amount was left to
Mr.. Johnson's discretion. He said
the treasury had balance of ap-
proximately 1000.
Mrs. Kathleen Cliff, president OF
the Washington League of Women
Shoppers, also addressed the group
and urged members to sign pledges
distributed by the Washington
Committee for Consumer Protection
not to purchase any meat priced
at more than so cents a pound.
The meeting was held in the
Natural History Building of the Ma
tional Museum. About 100 mem
bers attended.
Evening star., 1946-11-03
|Womon Hurt in Fall
On Steps at Her Home

Margaret Truman-but not the
Margaret Truman who lives in the
White House-was taken to Provi-
dence Hospital last night after she
was injured in a fall on the steps
at her home. The injured woman,
who is 40, lives at Ito C street Sc.
She is an employe of the House
Office Building.
Evening star., 1946-11-03
Budget Bureau Ruling
lis Asked on Funds
For Loyalty Checks
By Joseph YOUNG

The Budget Bureau has been
asked point blank by the Govern
ment Employees Council of the AFL
to take stand on whether it favors
sufficient appropriations to enable
the Civil Service Commission to
conduct adequate loyalty investiga-
tions, it was learned last night.
Foster j. Pratt, secretary treas
urer of the council, which represents
more than 250,000 Government
workers, recently sent a letter to
Budget Director James E. Webb in
which he was sharply criticized of
the commissions lack of funds to
do an adequate job.
Declaring that it was imperative
that Communists and other sub
versives be weeded out of the Fed
eral service as well as being pre-
vented from getting Government
jobs in the first place, Mr.. Pratt
called on the Budget Bureau to rec
ommend enough funds to do the
job. The last Congress slashed the
commissions request for more
money for this purpose.
Bureau Questioned.
Mr.. Pratt asked the Budget Blu.
reau: May we have some expires.
sion as to whether you agree there
is desirability in ridding the serv.
ice of Communists through setting
sufficient numbers of Investigator
to the task2"
Mr.. Pratt told The Star that the
Council understood that the Budget
Bureau, if it wanted to, could re-
allocate the total appropriation
voted the Commission and earmark
more of the money for loyalty in
vestigation purposes 1t is also un-
derstood that the Council will urge
the new Congress to appropriate
more funds to do the job.
In another council communication
sent to members, it was stated that
one of the organization represent
atives was told by a high Budget
Bureau official that his tthe Off
cials) wife had some sort of bad
experiences with a civil service COM
mission investigator one time and
that he wasn't too happy about in
vestigations in the Government
anyway"
The communication continued: ::
Until some word is received from
the Bureau, this matter of loyalty
investigations may remain a matter
for thorough airing before the
House and Senate Civil Service and
Appropriation Committees"
Investigations Reduced.
Lack Of funds has caused the
Civil Service Commission almost to
cease its investigations of Federal
job applicants. With only skeleton
staff of investigators the commission
is only able to investigate about
out of every 500 applicants.
Shortly before Congress adjourned,
a subcommittee of the House Civil
Service Committee conducted brief
inquiry into the situation and rec
commended that President Truman
appoint a special committee, COM
posed of top Federal officials, to con-
duct complete study of the subject
and report its findings to the 80th
Congress.
Mr.. Truman, however, has failed
to act in the matter, despite the
repeated urgings of Chairman Ran
dolph of the House Civil Service
Committee that the special group
be appointed.
Evening star., 1946-11-03
Porty for B'noi Birth

Cooperating in the annual men,
bership drive of B'nai Birth, the
Montgomery County lodge will hold
membership card party" at 8 pm.
tomorrow at the Jewish War Vet
Grams Building, 3147 Sixteenth street
NV.
Evening star., 1946-11-03
Do You Know That

Every employe in the dietary
department at Children's Hos
pital is required to pass a food
handler examination, including
q chest X-ray?
A resume of the growth of the
building fund campaign during
the past week follows:
Amount needed - 81 300, 600 90
Contributed to last
Monday --------- 1,o5s, ,1ss 40
Received during the
week ----- 2,147S6
To be raised 238, ,662 65
Contributions should be sent
to the Children's Hospital New
Building Fund, Thirteenth and
v streets NV, Washington Q,
D. c.
Evening star., 1946-11-03
Church Plans Turkey Supper

The st. Marks Church, Fairland.
Nd, will hold its annual turkey
supper from to pm. Thursday.
Evening star., 1946-11-03

Ben d. Jerman of 1151 Forty
fourth stneet NV. was chief clerk
with OPA and later a price special
list in the District OPA office. Then
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ChampD iUer
Desjardins
Will Be Here

Tnternationa fam Gus
aquatic stars are coming TO
Key West Thursday night to
present Q water show at the
Naval Air Station.
To be presented for all Ma
val personnel and their guests
the show will include such
featured performers as Pete
Desiardins. former Olympic
diving champion: Earl Clark,
who has held most of the ma
ior u. S. diving titles. and
Jack Mccarthy. former ma
tional A.A.U. champion.
Jean and Joy Fitzsimmons
and company will be featured
in water waltz and ballet
numbers. adding no little to
the spark and attraction of
the show. Most of the per.
formers for the show are now
appearing in Miami.
There are spots on the show
for local Navy talent also. it
was announced by the Air
Station Welfare and Recrea-
ton office.
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consequently went on hunting TO-
rays into the mainland TIE
mainland Indians, a rival tribe, re-.
taliated by making inruptions into
the islands, pushing BACK the is
landers until they were pushed
onto Key West and there was no
further place to go but into the
sea. Apparently this aboriginal
population had no defensive bull.
Warks against invasion, first signs
(of civilized and sedentary HABITS
lof living. The original name of
the island, Island of Bones, could
apply equally well to the relics
lofs the unhappy Indians and ITS
own appearance from distance
lat sea as a white bony ridge, fatal
alike to mariners and its original
population.
One is reminded of Thucidides'
description of the earliest inhabi-
tants of Greece who did not till
the land, had no market place,
money, or easy communication
with one another by land or sea.
They dwelt on land ridges some
what removed from the sea, for
lthey were in constant fear of pi-
rates from the sea, as well as in
vaders by. land, and as they We're
unprotected by walls and FORTH
cations, they had no alternative
other than migration, whenever
they were threatened by rivals
| greater in number. Doubtless
many such groups became extinct
before the dawn of the Greek his
torical age, which saw strong
walled towns capable of with,
standing the onslaughts of a su-
| perior migratory foe.
/ After Key West was rid sofsthe
Indian menace of the mainland il
became a very pEosperous dslana
| veritable treasure 8islaI1d, ac.
lcording to legend which sclaims
that much valuable treasure, de,
posted by brigands, still reposes
in the vicinity. A few days age
an expedition set out to recover
$30,000,000 worth of Spanish gole
which presumably still lies or
the ocean floor.
i One of the most flourishing in
dustries had been sponge fishing
for which the Greeks from tia
Mediterranean, settling on tn
west coast of Florida about tn.
turn of the century, introduced
, the most modern and efficien
methods.
The other lucrative industf.
was wrecking. Ships from ever.
Continued on Page SKI
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Among peoples who live isolated
on islands, dependent upon mu-
tual trade and imports from the
mainland, piracy becomes the
normal method of acquiring
needed goods, until one state be-
comes powerful enough to cheek
the general unlicensed robbery,
During the heroic age of Greece
piracy was universally practiced
In the Homeric poems mention is
frequently made of piracy, which
indeed was considered an honor
able occupation. The Greek word
peirates, from which we deriye
the word pirate, indicated mere
ly a rover.
A pirate practiced an honorable
vocation, so that host, when ne
asked a guest what the purpose
of his voyage was, would enun,-
crate, as matter of course, mari.
time plumber as being among tbs
possible objects of his conteln
piation. fare syou1a pirate?'
would be asked with no more IN
tention to deprecate the guest
than if the question had BEEN
Are you a merchant"
Phoceans, in Solon's time, be
cause of the poverty of their sell
became pirates, and Scion, I'M
laWgiver, tolerated and regulases
associations of pirates. The CT
lician coast was at all times til,
stronghold of sea raiders, and tn,
great .Pompey had to muster tn,
power of Rome itself agains
them, for they became a threa
to the Empire. Etruscans wer;
skillful practitioners in the aneien
days, the Tyrrheneans, .Cretan
and Taphian pirates were esteem
ed highly for their proficiency il
the art of robbery. In fact, the.
were admired more than the can
ny Phoenicians, for whose avaric,
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Old Tie,cs and Ne,U
The Tradition OF Piracy

and tedious bargaining methods
the Greeks felt a strong aversion.
Herodotus even traces the causes
of the Persian War back to the
theft of Phoenleian traders. e
& When one looks at map of the
Western Hemisphere, it is easy TO
locate IFS island region in the
Caribbean Sea-. Bermuda, Ja-
|lmaica, and the Bahamas were
Istrongholds of piracy until the
Hast century, when the United
States, after many stubborn bat
| tiles had been fought, was able to
secure the seas against lawlsss-
mess. The first steam-propelied
vessel of the United States WAS
employed against these pirates.
Some British malcontents settled
upon an island in the Bahamas,
which they named Eleutheria,
which was to signify the anarch4al
], kind of freedom from constraint
which was the basis of their 20
/ habitation. Each of the colonists
felt himself free to do as he de-
sired. The settlers engaged in ag-
riculture and preyed upon pass
/ ing ships for a livelihood. Some
of these individuals came to Key
!, West, the southernmost point oil
| the United States, and formed G
considerable part of the towns
population.
Key West, connected to tne
mainland through chain of Sane
land limestone sislets, has retained
islanR Characteristics, along witt
traces of its earlier tempestuous
history Stone walls. remains Of
iearthWork and the like indicate
that the island was well known Il
the pirates who frequented thoss
waters during the eighteenth cen
fury. But its position in the sea
lenee a plague to mariners, whit
! lost many fine ship on her shoal:
land became stranded inhabitant.
!; of the city, is now boon to fish
ermen who can find the creates
variety of marine life-in the Unit
ed States. The white of sails anc
houses is intense, and structure
tinted pink or blue are softer L
the eye.
4 Its island position was fatal tt
the aboriginal Indian population
now extinct These Indians Were
unable to subsist by fishing AMI
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HOUSTON. Tex. March u.s.
fred Martin Is back from the wer
80 eatside Of being 10 pounds
nazsFwelRht before the spring
uainlng season he was ready Co
~ far q pitching Job with u.e
~ Loazia Cardinals. He reported
= Ne Cardinals At ST. Petersburg.
-, Feb. g.
MMFsln's pitching career was cat
siaoFt Ia November Of 1871, when
BE- mam called 10 Inc service. He
MmsaHsna shaa season with the
MAmmfum Bluffs Of the Texas
kAMMmn with q record az % VIC.
AmAea m9aiFst san defeats.
mxF tssa snonths IN thn Army
hnamst aalled his thirling effla :
k.*WuesA. he said before joining ne
Earsla.
Z ean throw as hard as I eve.
mald. ~ declared. and has been
assaensirating that he wasa't
aaItan.
ne 1o-yenr-old Martin ia5
nN&m ia the Cardinal organization
Nmns ~ first entered pro ball in
- aaxancing up the ladder
ksusa Class d.
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100000 For Quacks
BY FRANK Eek
APP Newsfeotures Sports Writer

NKW YORK. March 25.-The
f1rsf peacesime duck hunting sea-
go was quite spotty in general
bsa Ray e Benson. executive sec
retary II Ducks Unlimited. Inc,
nlil bsileses Tie end Of the war
waa . boon 20 DUs work Of in
eleasing natural production OF
wmaerfowfi on their most import
ana bFeeding grounds in Canada.
Construction materials for
amnas. - well as labor. have been
nleaaea from priorities and We
mzNTNNx ~ NwEu. says Benson who
WmFasaa Du's national headquar-
f4fs haEe. 49,.
~'riAa saskatehewan government
N cooperation with DU has sci
a1lee an area Of over 1000. DOC
ares On the Saskatchewan River
e . permanent wildlife' reserve
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for waterfowl nesting. DU is ear
marking fund of 100000 for de-
velopment work, mostly stabiliza-
ton of water levels in great
marshes bordering the river 10
protect duck nests from being
washed out by periodic floods" {
In some drought years millions
of young ducklings perish when
these great marshes dry up. 9
During the season recently con-
cluded guides were booked solid
in most of the popular cunning
localities.
good hunting While in Iowa the
shooting fell off -. Arkansas
however, reported its best season
in many years with a notable N,
crease in mallards
Minnesota, which has more
duck hunters than any other
state, reports an increase.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION

1t appearing from the affidavit
of Samuel S. Kraut, the plaintiff on
file in this cause, that the defend
ant, SADIE L. KRAUT, is a resident
of some State or County other than
the State of Florida, that the resi-
dence of the said defendant is, 2407
Morris Ave, Bronx, New York, New
York, that diligent search and in
quiry- have been made to discover
the name and residence of the de
PENDANT, that the said name and
residence of the said defendant are
set forth in the said affidavit as
particularly as are known to the
hplaintiff, that there is no person in
the State of Florida the service Of a
Subpoena upon whom would Bind
the said defendant, that the age of
plaintiff and that the said defend
ant is over The age of twenty~o;Ie
years. it is therefore
ORDERED that the defendant,
Sadie l.. Kraut, do appear to the
plaintiffs bill of complaint far
divorce on April 18th. 1916, or else
all the allegations of the said bill
of complaint will be taken as con-
fessed by the said defendant, and
it is further
ORDERED that this order he
published once a week for four con-
secutive weeks in The Key West
Citizen, a newspaper published in
Key West, Monroe County, Florida.
cSEAL) Ross c SAWYER
Clerk Circuit Court
BY (sd) Florence E. Sawyer.
Deputy Clerk
LOUIS NJ. JEPEWlAY &
S. Enroll MESTREZAT
Attorneys for Plaintiff
mar1S-25-apr1-S, 1916
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LEGAL.S
NOTICE ne CREDIToRs

NOTICE no CREDITORS
(1933 Probate Act, Secs. ia. 12O)
IN THE COURT OF THE COUNTY
JUDGEs MONROE COUNTY. FLA.
IN PR0BATE. Il
In re: Estate OF
MAY TUTTLE
Deceased i
Ta.Ee u ffsHffllsi u A66r 64emHffds Against
Said Estate:
Yon and each of yon are hereby
notified and required tospresent any
claims and demands which you, or
either of YOU, may have against the
estate of May futile, deceased, late
of said County, to the County Judge
of MonroeT County, Florida, at his
office ~fh the court house of said
County at Key West, Florida, witt
in eight calendar months from the
time of the first publication of this
notice. Each claim or demand shall
be in writing, and shall state the
place of residence and post office
address of, the claimant, and shall
be sworn to by the claimant, his
agent, or his attorney, and any such
claim or demand not so filed shall
be void.
ANNA FOUNDERS,
AS eXecutrix of the Last Will and
Testament of May futile, deceased.
ar11-lS-25-apr1,1 946
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ROOMS FOR RENT

Light Housekeeping rooms. StOI
and $12 weekly. All utilities
furnished. Pauls Tire Shop.
mar19-6tY
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Cards Have 23-Came Winner

He has battle stars from action
at New Guinea and in the Philip
pines but he also had time for
some baseball. pitching last sum-
mer at New Guinea, New Hebri-
des and in Manila against a team
managed by Hugh Mulcahy of the
Phillies. In series between the
Army and Navy all-stars, Fred
hurled 20 and 10 victories be-
fore losing in the finals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-25
WHO KNOWS?

D Y. wnem was INC tSeaE1e OF Ma
itions organized?
2. Is King George Of England.
the Fifth or Sixth George?
3. What American recently ne
gotiated a truce?
4. How many men were re-
leased by the Army and Navy in
December?
5. Our present Congress Is the
nth, 18th or 10th?
6. Who is Chou En-lai7
z. Who was the last King Of
Spain?
3. What institution Of learning
has the greatest enrolment az
students working for degrees
9. When will Selective Service
end?
10. Which are the Big Three"
OF the automobile companies?
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CLASSIFIED ADS
Information for the Advertiser

is Sc a word and the minimum
charge for the first Is words
or less is 45c.
PAYMENT
Payment for classified adj
vertisements is invariably in
advance, but regular advertis-
ers with ledger accounts may
have their advertisements
charged.
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WoLYMPIA, Wash.-The county
welfare office which spends most
cf its time helping homeless per-
sons find y shelter got the old
heave-ho itself. The expanding
state highway department served
notice the welfare department
would be evicted from highway
Offices.
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MAINE MEMORIAI.. Southard

and Margaret. This is a turret of
the Battleship Maine blown up in
Havana Harbor February Is, 1889
AT the end of Margaret street in
the city cemetery are the remain ::
of soldiers and sailors who lost
their lives in the sinking.
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CONVENT OF MARY IMMAc.

ULATE. In 1868 the Sisters of the
Holy Names opened boarding
school for girls here. Here is
housed a museum open to the
public in which a flag of the Bat
tleship Maine is exhibited.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-25
Haskins Leads Basketball
Scorers With l23 Points
ny PEDRO AGurLAR

Most fouls were committed by
B. Schoneck 36. Ray Schoneck 80,
w. Schoneck 80, Sweeting 26,
Roberts %, Mcdonald Is, Shurt
26, Herrick 10, c. Levin 18, Has
kins FL, Barber is, Bruno Is.
Most free throws were missed
by-R. Schoneck 80, Herrick 81.
c. Levin 10, Haskins 10, Roberts
and Barber Ia each, Sweeting Is,
Bruno and Weenhoff II each, and
B. Schoneck and Rogers 10 each.
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RECREATION

maVwinw Park-Tennis. basket
AL amd handbaii courts. Dia-
mwsnAhan Comfort stations.
Mmah Beach and Rest Beach
MmwminR
CO nnek and Rest Beach
meeaana fishing. small boats.
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Statesmen WANTED
WANTED statesmen
Various Cities, Towns,
Eary,o Coafio~c

Farm Sections
Cash in on the boom years wiz
national advertised products
now available, Sold direct to
user. Every business concern,
institution, farm and better
class of home owner a live pres
pect. Earn some real money
while demand is great, Will
send YOU proof of the success of
others. No Obligation Rush
name and address. Add. Re-
cruiting Manager, P.O. Box 983,
Dept. D-4, Dayton 1, Ohio ).
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tEDrToR.s NOTE.

EDITORS NOTE: Miss
Marjorie Kerrigan, who is q
reporter on . Greek language
newspaper in New York City,
has written the following ar
tiele concerning Piracy and
the dread Brethren of the
cosst" who haunted the lone
~ Florida Keys around 1880.
Miss Kerrigan is in Key West
at presently :