davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Teachers Won't
Hook Earnings

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Aug. 26
FNSl.-Upon the issuance of the
first installment warrant for the
payment of teachers salaries for
the ensuing school year in the
sum of 81, 76,366.64, Comptroller
j. NJ. Lee issued the following
statement:
School teachers of Florida will
not again have to hook their earn
ings to live this year while wait
ing for the state 10 collect rev.
enues appropriated to pay them.
For the first time in the history
Of the state financing of public
schools, we can open the school
year with sufficient funds in
hand to pay the salaries of teach
ers and bus drivers. No pay a
month and skip a month this
year so far as the state is con-
cerned."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
WHY HE KNOWS
ALL THE ANSWERS

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo
(AP)-Everyone knows no one
is expected to make perfect
score on the Arny's classification
tests so when j. F. Price did just
that when seeking entry to an
officers candidate school. tn e
officer in charge made him take
another test while the supervisor
watched.
The result was the same, and
fast, too.
SO Price explained to the
puzzled officer:
"1've been checking these test
papers as an enlisted man for
three years. All / have to do now
is look at the question number
and / know the correct answer"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
SATURDAY. AUGUST "a. 1916
know Americal

William Francis Gibbs of New
York, noted naval designer, born
in Philadelphia, 60 years ago.
Prof. Walter p. Eaton of Yale,
author, teacher of play writing,
born in Maiden, Mass, 68 years
ago.
DR.. Morris S. Kharasch of the
University of Chicago. professor
of organic chemistry, born in
Ukrania, 81 years ago.
Willy Pegany of New York,
artist, born in Hungary, 81 years
ago.
Dexter M. Keezer of McGraw-
Hill Publications, New York, ex-
president of Reed College, ex-
WLB member, born at Acton,
Mass, 81 years ago.
Chester J. LaRoche, noted New
York advertising company head,
born in Boston, Sd years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Florida Allotted
$l2 , 900 , 900 For
Better Anports

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Aug. Is
lFNS).-W. c. Lazarus, director
of the Aviation Division of the
State Improvement Commission,
reported this week that Florida
has been allotted twelve million
dollars under the Federal Airport
Improvement Act.
He said $3,79O,O00 of this
amount will be needed to con-
struct or alter air fields and build
ings and he points out that the
greatest need today is for air
field buildings.
Key West Listed
In survey made to formulate
recommendations to the CAA for
inclusion in the national airport
plan, Lazarus reported that Mi
ami's seth street air terminal is
the states leading airport, being
served by eight domestic and in
ternational airlines, handling
about 160 flights each day and
some $500 passengers. Jackson
vile is next with four airlines
and 1000 passengers. Tampa fol-
lows with three airlines, &c
flights and $50 passengers.
Orlando has three airlines, 80
flights and 386 passengers: West
Palm Beach, Tallahassee, Pensa-
cola. Vero Beach, Daytona Beach,
Mariana. Key West and St. Pc
tersburg follow. with IL other
airports listed.
Cities Near Ports
Lazarus points out that no
Florida city is more than 86 miles
from an airline stop and that
about $4,000 residents of Georgia
and Alabama are served by Flor
ida ports.
He lists 10 cities, including
Tampa. Fort Myers, Perry. San
ford. New Smyrna Beach, Stuart,
Fernandina as potential service
stops for planes flying inter-con-
tinental Great Circle Routes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Employee Stock
Plan is Studied
By AT. Ct. Go.

The board of directors of the
American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company have voted to
recommend to stockholders new
issue of convertible debentures in
an amount not to exceed $751;
900, 900, an increase in the author
lied capital stock of the company
from Is million to IS million
shares, and the adoption of an
employees stock plan under
which up to 100000 shares may
be issued and sold to employees
Of the company and its subsidi-
aries.
A special meeting of stock
holders to vote on the recommen-
dations will be held October Is.
Proxies and accompanying state
ments describing the proposals
are being prepared and will be
mailed September Z.
If the convertible debentures
are authorized the company in
tends to file a registration state
ment with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission shortly after
October is. The issue will be Of
fered to shareholders in proper
ton to their holdings of stock.
The offer of approximately $751;
100000 of debentures would mean
that stockholders would be
granted rights TO purchase $500
of debentures for each six shares
of stock held. The debentures
will be dated about December ID,
1916, bear interest at a rate OF
not more than two per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually,
and mature not later than Decent
Der Is, 1861. They will be con-
vertible into A. T. and T. stock,
at a conversion price not exceed
ing $3.50 per share, during pc
Rod starting not later than four
months from the date of issue and
continuing until a date approx
mately three years before the ma
turity date.
The employees stock plan
would provide for the sale OF
stock to all regular employees OF
A. T. and Z. and of most of the
company's subsidiaries, who meet
certain requirements as to length
of service. Officers of the A. I.
and T. Company will not be ELI
gible to participate in the plan
Payment for shares would be on
an installment basis, either
through payroll allotments or by
cash payments, and installmeni
accounts would be credited with
interest at the rate of two pei
cent. No employee could pur'
chase more than so shares.
The company estimates that on
the initial offering more than So.
900 Bell System employees will
be eligible to purchase shares, and
that approximately 2,500,09
shares would be offered, out OF
the total of 100000 which woulo
be authorized for employee sale
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
fKnovv Amerirai

D4. Jerome c. Hunsaker of the
Mass. Institute of Technology,
famed aeronautical engineer,
born at Creston, Iowa, go years
ago.
Rev. DR.. Henry A. Atkinson of
New York, noted Congregational
Church official, born at MERGED,
Cal, SO years ago.
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor,
superintendent of West Point,
born at Keytesville, Mo-, As years
ago.
Charles B. McCabe, publisher
of the N. Y. Mirror, born in
Cleveland, AZ years ago.
DR.. Lee de Forest of Los An
geles. famed inventor in the field
of radio, born at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, 70 years ago.
Jules Romano, famed French
author, born 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Babies Checked
At USO Here

Babies may be checked at the
Jackson Square USO on Tues
days and Fridays from 900 am,
to 400 pm, while the mothers
shop or relax. This service was
planned by the group of mill
tary wives who met for luncheon
with the USO staff members last
Friday.
Further plans included a drive
for members for a Wives Club,
weekly luncheon meetings, card
games on the patio every Friday
at 2:3O pm, and outdoor adven-
ture trips.
Those present were: the Mes
danes Millicent Hobbs, Jerry
Tonden, Juanita Hartman, Vir-
GINA Favors, Mary Louise Rhodes
and Dorothy Irzcwiecki.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
HIS DREAMS
ARE PIJNCTITRED

CLARKSBURG, Calf. - CAP
Liz Nagetti, 33-year-old farm
laborer. felt the need of a siesta
and picked shady spot behind
a pumphouse on a ranch near
here. He awoke in a storm of
bullets, He waved frantically
from around a corner of the
pumphouse and a bullet cut off
two fingers of his right hand.
Three policemen visiting the
ranch had decided to do little
target practice and had selected
the pumphouse for target.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
SolomOn's Justice
Now MOderniZed

ST. ALBANS. Vt.-(AP)-
Judges. in bathing beauty con
test counted the votes and whis-
pered: Its tie between Betty
Fallon and Monica Bashaw.'
They whispered again and then
announced
"Betty Fallon has been judged
Miss ST. Adams and Monica Ba-
shaw Miss Franklin County.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
GETS MORE IN ARMY

CENTRALIA, III. Albert
George, 34-year-old father of Z
children, was rejected when he
tried to enter the armed forces
because his truck driving at the
st. Louis Ordnance depot was
regarded as essential. A year
after the war, however, George
was accepted as an army PR
vate. Now his monthly salary
allowances and base pay, amount
to 1888, which is considerably
more than his $33 weekly pay as
q truck driver.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
THEIR MISTAKE

CHICAGO.-To the surprise of
everyone at the Brookfield Zoo,
Ell Diable, a giant anaconda, gave
birth to 81 live anacondas. Zoo
officials who thought the snake
was a male, have decided to
change "his" name to LA Dia-
bla". the feminine form.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

Bull moose shed their antlers
just after the autumn rutting sea-
son. The new set becomes full
grown about four months later.
The Egyptian papyrus, "The
Book of the Dead" written about
1900 BE-, is the earliest known
illustrated work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

Peter Stuyvesant, determined
the size of Albany, N. Y, in 1852
by firing one cannon ball north,
another south, and declaring all
land between the shots within
city limits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

The female platypus or duck
bill of Australia eats heavily
while sucking young. In one in
stance, female weighing only
two pounds consumed one and
three quarter pounds of worms
and shellfish overnight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

A garment dyed with natural
indigo. a vat color, was found in
tomb in Thebes, where it has
lain since about 5000 BIC.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
IS CHASTITY DISAPPEARING
AMONG GIRLS OF TODAY?
BY DR.. CLIFFORD n. ADAM:

Author of the Book How To director,
The Penn State Marriage Counselng Service
AP Newsfeomes
THERE CON be question that decades there has
been spectacular rise premcuito intimacy omong
youths
Before World Wm for exumple. only about girl in Is
who mmed fulen women. they culled her then.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

A formal gesture of Egyptian
hospitality is the serving of a
small cup of coffee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

Birds use mouth secretions as
cement in making nests of mud,
sticks, grass, hair and feathers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08

 HeoIth

People should endeavor to gain sg. Glcieney. but not without its slde- ilaTtneF-health Unless health re. eeiyes sensible attention. about the time success arrives. health may be lost or sudden. premature ending ol life can come about ohlFoprae- tic tTeatments-wlth important dl. etaFy information and vital advice have helped many to recover and maintain dependable health.
 r you gre generally rundown. oT have a particular health problem to solve, the chances are that thlS form of service ean be Of priceless value t0 you, The cost is reaaon- Gble. No charge for consultation.
 DR. M wUNDRACK
 Licensed ChiF0pvRetoF
 Specializing In this kind Of health service here in Waterbury over l2 years. once lee Bank St, lover Hllton's storeJ Hours Mon. to eat.; i0.I2. 2.5. T.a. Phone t-l0es.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
Smith Explolns 6l loon Procedure

Money loaned Co eRssevleemon for p0ehaslng a home comes di. eetly from the bank making the loan, not from the Veterans Ad. mlniAtratlon which only approves the loan, stated Harold ", smith, president Of the Farst Federal Say. lnRs and Loan Association of Wa. tcrbury, last night smith discussed uf. home loans on the Brass City Veteran" radio program, sponsored by the veterang Advisory center here.
 Also on the program was Stew. art Mlntie, an Army veteran. Mlns tie described che procedure that he followed ln obtaining a or. housing loan. The program vas directed by Dewitt copp. Next week business loans for veterans will De discussed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
Council Not  3rd Party

The Waterbury Council of Com. munlty clubs definitely ls not sponsoring third party" William A. Taylor, president, said today. Mir. Taylor's statement was in reply to a much publicised story tn The American to the effect that the Council was endorsing Mayor Jaspar Mcfevy of Bridgeport and others on q state third party.
 Mr. Taylor bitterly criticized the printed report terTnAng it ground. less without fact"
 Two proposed nominees for the tlcket--Atty. George Lynch Of Mid. dlebury and George R. Lynch, president of the Washington Hill Community club--denied any asso. ciation with such proposed plans. First I had heard of 1t. Not Q candidate for anything" they said respectively. .
 Mayor McLevy admitted he had been approached by Representa-. tives" of the Council who pledged their support They said they were representatives, that is all I know of them" the Socialist mayor said.
 Tn reply to this Mir. Taylor said:
 If any of the membes of the council did see Mayor McLevy they did it on their own and with out authority. The Council of Com Inunity Clubs has indorsed nothing ike that, and has not even dis. cussed it at any of It's meetings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
Lithuonions To See Movie Sunday Night
 MuOloal Program
 To Feature Benefit
 At voRla Mall

Movies of reconstruction and rec mobilization work in Llthuanla will be shown at a meeting arranged by the Waterbury Committee Go Aid LlthuaFla for tomorrow night at 8 at venta Han, lOS Green Street.
 The movie was brought here by Anthony Blmba, Lithuanian news. paper editor, who recently gave a lecture ln this city on a trip to Llthuafila.
 A musical program will be rem. deied at tomorrows meeting by the Viliios Chorus, directed by Miss Gertrude Ulinskas. Proceeds from the event will be use for relief work in Llthuanla. the committee has an. nuunced.
 Arrangements for the meeting have been made by . commltte com. posed of Mrs. Mary StrlEauskas, Mrs. Clementine Jenkul, and Wils liam Jobukonis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
FAYETTEVILLE
WATERVIllE l Uorreuponaent: Gertrude Lane; Phone s.eSlL 48 Sprague School Pupils to Graduate Children's Day Exercises To Feature Worship Tomorrow at Union Church

A class of @ students will grad- ua1e from Sprague Grammar School this month. Miss Mary E' Congdon. principal. announced to' day. The graduates are:
 Raymond Francis Ahrens. John Joseph Almeida. Robert Francis Arsenault. Camille Barbara Boc- euzzi. Arthur Armand Boulanger, William Brick Brandt. William Henry Brennan. Martin Joseph Ca- rangelo. Harold Lloyd Carnright. Roland George Caron. Wilbur liar. old sclark. William Wilson cloney
 LeRoy Arthur Cook. James Pat. rick Cunningham. Robert Philip Dickey. Margaret Patricia Elinskas. E. Barry Emmons. Robert Samuel Everett. Catherine Carol Faber. David Alan Faber. Charles Richard Fisher, Joseph Bernard Gilhespy. Anna May Oreatorex. Dolores Dor othy GueTrera. Gordon Morris Hen- ley. Harry John Hoethke. John Robert Fsoethke. George Edward Johnston. Martha Ann Kenney.
 Lawrence Erwin Lafferty. Clar- ence Albert LieSring. Robert Ed- ward Manwaring. Mary Joan Nc. Kennerney. Wilma Olga Mueskes'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
 Now Hangs In BoIonce
 Accidentally Shot
 By walsvlown YonlA


 fn on effort to save the life ol l2.year.old Barbara Donston of ai Knowlton Street. WaterloWn, phys siclans at Waterbury Hospital ads mlnlslered blood translusions early this morning. Meanwhile. hope for her recovery was not high. Reports rom the hospital were to the effect that the girls condition was very poor" and her name remained ol, the danger list.
 She was admitted at 5s3O p. N. yesterday with c .22 callber bullet wound ln her head Constable Cos mmbla 6odio of Watertown said the girl was wounued by a bullet which ricochcted from the water Of Steel Brook where her brother, William, 2i, and a next door neigh. Dor, Ralph Humiston, z2, were tars get shooting at tin cans.
 Xsrays showed three fragments of the bullet stlll in the girls brain, hospital authorities said. She suss tained a fractured skull where the missile entered the back of her head and lodged in her brain, phy. slclans reported.
 Ofllcer oodio said the Humlston youth and the girls brother were taking turns shooting the rife. They said only one shot was fired in the direction of the girl and a younger brother who were playing out of sight on the bank of the brook.
 Young Humiston admitted Co be. Ing the one who fired the shot ir the girls direction. Charges against him were withheld pending the outcome Of the injured youngsters condition.
 Barbara, a sixth-grade pupil at Baldwin School in Watertown, is the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. vii. Ham Donston. Her father is ems ployed as a movie projectionist at the Salem Playhouse ln Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
Industrial
 Food Drive Scheduled

Friday. June Ia-Flag Day-has been agreed upon by the Industrial Committee Of the Waterbury Anti Famine Emergency Food Drive as the day for receiving donations of canned food at each participating plant and office. according to an announcement made today by Ed- ward J. Malyey. chairman Of the Industrial Committee.
 On that day. all day. neceptacjes xlll be in place in most Waterbury industrial plants and offices for voi- untary canned food donations. Com panies which have agreed to aid m the drive are:
 American Brass Company, Sco- vile Manufacturing Company, Chase Brass & Copper Company. Bristol Company. BeDrus Watch Company. Waterbury Tool Cofn- pany. Patent Button Company. U. & Time Corporation, Mattstuck Manufacturing Company. Thinsheet Metal Company. Waterbury Buckle Company. Waterbury Companies. Plume & Atwood, Waterbury Far. rell Foundy. Waterbury Rolling Mills. Shoe Hardware Company. Blake & Johnson and 4. E, Wells Company.
 Notices have been posted on plant bulletin boards notifying employees of the date Of the drive and spect- flying the types Of food most uT- gently needed. Listed in order Of priority established by UNRR.A. itself these fOOds-iD cans-arf: Milk feysporsted. condensed or driedl meats. fish. peanut butter. bsby foods. baked beans. stews, soups. honey, fruits. juices and veg. etables.
 Collection Ol donated fOOd at all plants wilI be made on Monday, June l7, by Laskas Motor Lnes. Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
7 Membership Committee Named

The June Membership Committee for the Central Y.M.c.A. has been appointed by Louis A. schneer, chairman of the mems division.
 Named to the committee are:
 George Amicone. David Atkins, John Belsevich. John Brady, Stan. lev Bulnauskas, Louis Chieffo, Thomas Conkley. Walter P. Green. Morton oreetblatt, Wade Hobbie, Charles Hubert, David Hyde Jack Kampner, Max Katz, Edward Keen- an, J. Henry Lawrence, Maurice Liston, Stanley Llica, Charles Mar. tin, A. P. Meyerhans, James Nor rlssey, William Nolan. Ray Onlmet, Prank Pinto. Irving Pivnick. Alfred Rowland, Edward Sabis, Joseph salvo. Edward Satulo Philip See brow, Prank sepanski. Ben Smo. lin, willing Winning. Benedict Yak sa and Bernard Fucker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
Topken-Tufts Property Sold

Property of Tapken.Tufts Manu. facturing Company, Cumberland Drive, has been sold to Precision Methods and Machines. inc, ac. cordtng to a document filed in the town clerks ofilce yesterday. The sale includes land a one story con. crete building. Price was approxi. mately e2s,O0
 A bill Of sale for equipment in the plant also was filed. Selling price of this equipment was not revealed in the document.
 Tapken-Ttifts will continue bust. ness. filling oders from the present stock. Leland Y. Tufts, one of the partners in the firm. announced. He was unable to state at present whether the firm would remain in Waterbury or would move out of town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
Weyand Company Acquires ~. Y. Firm

The Henry Weyand Company of Brown Place wlll soon take over the assets Of a New Work sheet metal firm. The factory wtll eoFls tinue operations here.
 claT L. Weyand, president and treasurer. said the merger will not result ln any change 0f name. He declined to name the New York firm involved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
Borough Star Now At tHone

Michael Towme, who left NaueA. tuck to become a featured player m Hollywood. is visiting ln the 6or- oueh with his parents, Mir, end Mrs samuel Kievman, og iiS oormAn Street.
 The 2s.year-old actor recently completed work in Gallant Jour ney," a Columbia Studios produc. ton. lie Is now awaiting assign. ment to a new film.
 Towne was discharged from the Army after three years of service. He was wounded while serving with the Third Army ln France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
sAIlORN OFFER sERvICEs

Ten former sailors from this area have offered their services for the anticipated maritime strike next week. according to Mickey Klein, CAAoAfM, in charge of the Water. bury Recruiting Station.
 Klein stated that he had for. warded their names, addresses and serial numbers to the recruiting headuuarters at New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
BANKRUPTCY HEARING

Hearlnes wlll be held June 70 at the county courthouse Co the bank ruptcy eases of John Carey Of Oak. vile and Neither P Johnson of Naugatiick. according to an ans nouncement by Saul German. state referee in bankruptcy. First meet- lngs of creditors will be held ct tAat time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
.U. s. Time Payroll
 HeGUiest in Years

The U. s. Time Corporation IS steadily increasing the number Of emplOyes and uDpSDg watch pros duction. John M Ivory. company yiee-pregldeDt, said yesterday.
 Mr. Ivory said the factory nos has oyer 2.000 eIDpl0yes, greater number than were on the payroll before Pearl Harb0T and 50 percent Of the top wartime figure. The company. he said, has almost ex- hausted it's seniority list for the re. hiring 0i eippIoyes laid of at the end of the war 4 second shift has been added Rt the MiddlebuFy plant. and the number Of workers on this shift Is being enlarged week. ly,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08

morning at 0:iS from the Delinfks Funeral Home. l7 Congress Avenue to st. Josepf's Church for a solemn high Mass of requiem at 0:30. Bur- ial will be in the family plot. Cal. vary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today and to. morrow from to 10 D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-08
Politics
 In Passing

TO mach aiane Appear h the heal p9esa ehis week about the cllS oa Waterbury repaytne itS temper. afe tean Co tAe WaterbOry National nan& ne loan vas only of four moa.AA duration, o0t amounted so e0oeo ln what are commonly termed Tax Anticipation Notes. For she uNa ol this amount oi money iron EeorAFy ( so June . the city only had so pay sgeo. the rate ot snlerez1 beng thlFty~nlne hon- dgeolhs of one percent. which Is pgeImmeay log. but no more 70 than ether nogfowesS of such large amounts would have to pay in as competitive money market as exists rirht now. Tine was when the city borrowed d rates higher than one percent. eas of late years the trend has been downward. However, t was cheap borrowing and oouhly 50, because it vas transacted with few additional expenses in view Of the fact that the Waterbury National Bank is xioe hg side with the City Han. allowing the latters financial officers to step across the street in rehraAry with the notes. receive a cheek for ee0o Ooo. deposit it, even leaving su1ne og the money h the aenainx bank. On June eth the process was reversed-offacials step ped across the street with a check for seoo,Ge handed it to bank heads, and were given back their notes.